The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MA RC H 17, T RE: ATM , : ROYAL, D U LAST E.-- Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. L. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Last 3 Nights of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the Caost magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform A CURIOUS CASE. Followed by BETSEV BAKER. After which will be produeerl SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, 7.larlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to snit every one :—Galleries, ea. and ls. ; Second Circ'a of Boxes, 18. (d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Poxes, 35.; Stalls, gs. ; Private Boxes, 10s. Cd., I'. Is., 1/. Ils. Cd., and 2/. 2s. LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD TFIE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. K an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC LEATH CHARMS. OYAL LYCEUM TREATRE Lessee, Mr. C. Dillru. THIS EVENING, will bo performed the new drama, in five acts, by Westland Marston, Earl_ entitled A LIFE'S RANSOM. Lord Revesdale, Mr. C. Dillon ; B.lncroft, Mr. Stuart ; Felicia Revesdale, Mrs. C. Dillon. Followed by gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woo'gar, &c. After which, a now farce. entitled KF PRIEND 'mom LEATHERHEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B. White. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super , ntendcnce of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to sei down at the State ontranco in Burleigh-street. tf`orein Policy we need no explanation what:yen Its character and its tendencies have been illus trated, beyond the shadow of the shade of any mis:tonception, by a public career of now half century's duration. A career which has now for many years been the glory and the boast of Eng land. A career already, as the world recognises, historically illustrious. A career which long since extorted a memorable panegyric from a great living rival and contemporary. One which ha:: not only won for the present Premier the enviable +AI , 3 of "THE BRITISH MINISTER," but which .received upon a notable oecasicn the for mal, deliberate, and enthusiastic approval of Parliament, and which has now at length, in the tallness of time, and at a crisis of extraordinary emergency, left the British Minister par excellence without one single compE tit 3r in popularity among the ranks of living English Statesmen. It is solely in regard to his views and intentions as to our Home Policy that wo are solicitous, as we intimated yesterday, to have a formal Political Manifesto from the hand of Lord PALMERSTON. And for thus untentionally but authoritatively enforcing this demand we esteem ourselves i❑ the present instance as it were under a personal obligation to the Noble Earl the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Mr. COBDEN has clone his best to befeol the country, but it is to be hoped the country can well look to itself. He has sent down an issue to be tried at the hustings and the polling booth, which the Cabinet had settled satisfactorily, and, no thanks to him, if that too rare opportunity—. a GENERAL ELECTION—be not thrown away upon the savage YEN, and the most savage of the semi-barbarian Chinese. It will require all the efforts of all hearty Liberals to prevent the great sep'ennial chance from being wasted about what, only in the most indirect manner, concerns our own domestic progress. The last Parliament was elected to decide an issue already settled, Protec tion—that was almost entirely a waste election ; as a Parliament for the country it accomplished nothing but the passing of a few bills, which had been waiting some time, which their parents could not reject, and which their foster-parents thought it well to get the credit of. Let electors take care that they be not again taken in. If it were needful to sacrifice everything to bury Protec tion, it is not necessary to waste an election on a Chinese War—DISRAELI and Lard JOHN have at last acknowledged that practically that business is now settled ; that the nut Parliament will have little to do with it ; that in a word, if COBDEN were Prime Minister, he must fight it out. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in Ore," acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstono, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Rorers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs, E. Fitz• wit lam. After which, A WICKED WIFE. Followed by THE L'TTLE TREASURE. To conclude -with A KISS IN THE D A RIC. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Lessee--Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama •f IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Airs. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pawl Bedford will appear. BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'T,ole, Mr. Barney Williams. Followed by a now Piece de CAractere, entitled IN All*D OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, a new drama. entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTI Mes:irs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c. After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS YOUTH. To conclude with the Spanish ballot, EL DESCUID ADO. Sancho, Kr Buck. THEATRE ROYAL, SA.DLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps, THIS EVENING, lON. Characters by Mr. Thep!, Mr, F. Robinson, Miss M. Eburne, &c. To conclude with THE POOR, GENTLEMAN. TR A. ND THE IT RE.—Manager, M. T. Payne.—Thin Evening- will be per , brraed DO S7TAKF, ITANDS. After which, THE DEATH OF ETA, in which the lloward Family will appear. Followed by COUSIN CITERRY. To conclude with THE BLUE JACKETS. Commence at Seyon. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2a. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, Gd. Mr. COBDEN teals us the Ministerial Programme .r: PALMERSTON—no Reform and a Chinese War. We care not what programme Manchester chooses to assign to the Ministry ; no man better knows than Mr. COZDEN, that the country can, if it be only awake, put what it pleases into a Ministerial programme. He has seen the Corn Laws repealed by the Parliament elected to maintain them, and buried by another elected to revive them. THE Electors of England CAN make a REFORAI PARLIA MENT of one chosen to reverse a COBDEN crotchet on the Chinese War. Will they do it ? Will they allow themselves t 3 be All tified by cotton spin ners and Peace Society men ? We do not know, however, yet, that we aro not unjust to cotton s pinners. If they stand by those amongst them who first uttered their voice on receiving the news of the COBDE'N-GIBSON triumph, -they will demon strate plainly that cotton spinners do not surren der English common sense to the men of crotchets. Our readers will nee that the two great classes who need political reform have spoken out. The represented and unrepresented have each made ' their demand. The represented want a free vote, and the unrepresented a place on the regiAor. The BALLOT and the SUFFSAGE j these are the words which must not be forgotten ou the hust ings. There is no fear whatever about Lord PA.LMERSTON and China. The Premier is safe enough, and we are glad he is. The penitents all over the country loudly proclaim that PALMER STON cannot be ejected. Reformers are free, there fore, to fight their own battle. They cannot en danger the Government, but they can put reform into the Ministerial programme. We aro confident that Iv the country pronounced for the Ballot and Household Suffrage, or any other suffrage, that PALMERSTON would carry what they asked. He is a Conservative, they say, at heart. We believe it. We believe the same of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Lord Joraer, cafe - lit for party purposes, would not like to move an inch beyond the Reform B it, and no Tory would care t ) repeal it. Neither would Lord PALMERSTON. But as surely as Lord PALMERSTON sits on the Treasury benches, so Yesterday the E;rl of Dzary, in the course or surely would he, if Mr. HATTEIt told him, after hi' really remarkable address to the House of the elections, that three-fourths of the con.stitu- Lerds—ostensibly upon the Income Ti!x., but encies had voted for the Ballot and the Suffrage, virtually upon the existing Sinie!ion came himself initiate both, or, it may be, put them in down with one energetic and sledge-hanimer blow the QUEEN'S Speech. upon ourselves. treexpected as the blow was, It is the fault of Reformers themselves if Lord and fermidible as any How dealt by one s PAI,fERSTON be not a Reformer in the next puissaet in Debate and so author tvivo ire Puri- Parliament. No man amongst the Premier elms Lion could hardly fail to he, we do.re say it may objects less to reform,—it is the bother of it he be survived. The Nobl e Earl had been recently dislikes, and ho carts nothing about it. He would embarrassed, it will be remembered, by taunts infinitely rather reform than go over, he and violently directed against his Party through that to the Opposition benches. Who imagines that Chink in it-3 Armour —the semi-recognised and Lord PALMERSTON would quit the Treasury demi-authentic weekly organ of 11.2 r MAJE3TY'S benches from aversion to reform ? He is of too Opposition. Lord Dann; net unreasonably, genial a temperament, in fact, to go out upon any determines, therefore, to avail himself of the thing that a majority of his countrymen were very earliest opportunity for retaliation. He eager to have. He would rather, like ell the resolves—acting upon an old and time-honoured rest, let reform alone, but he would much rather plan—to carry the war, if possible, at once i n t o t a k e i t up than hand it over to some one else, or the Enemy's Camp. To accomplish which pur- be at variance with the bulk of the people. We pose, however, he obeys in the present instance, have now, then, in our hands just the very in we cannot but think (to say the very least of it.), strument to put Lord PALMERSTON right, and we a most eccentric inspiration. Resolved, as we have in him a Premier who would give us quits as have intimated, upon carrying the war without good a Reform Bill as the Vienna Lord, and per any more ado forthwith into the Enemy's Camp haps a better one. It is just now remitted to us --What, after all, does the Earl of DERBY actu- to see, pie quid detrimenti respublica capeat, and if ally decide upon to this end? What, but, plainly Lord PALMERSTON do not turn reformer, we may and literally, upon taking exception to the line of justly exclaim, 7103, 7103-populi desumus ! The argument pursued not by any partisan newspaper, commonwealth is in our hand', and it will be our not byan yreeogniaedofficialorgan of Lord PALMER- fault, ours alone, if we use not our power. eToN'S Government but t by a journal of long-sus. Reformers have been lulled to sleep by coalition tained a and thoroughly established independence. Ministers, and divided by war. There is nothing Lard Drawrretortsupou those w h o h ave t aunte d h i s now to excuse inattention. A war in China can be Party, as before intimated, by directing retention no pretext for their not going heart and soul int) to earnest o p inion s expressed by ourselves, by a reform. Seven weary years may await them, if pointed reference to the views advanced in The they demand not, now, shorter parliaments s u n_—an organ the Noble Earl described last electoral serfdom at intermediate elections, and night ix the House of Lords as " a news- the next general election, if they do not insist paper which warmly suPPerti th e ie r Non le on the Ballot; and a relatively diminished constit- Viscount, and—asserts his claim to the confidence uency, if they do not req u ire an ex t en d e d fran chise. my Lord DERBY. —but of the country ." chise. The House of Commons makes Ministers, what under? how, upon what Plea, upon 4 nding, but the people makes the House. It is useless upon what clearly indicated stipulations Why, whining and moaning to HERCULES when our own indicated by the obviously and notoriously as was shoulders to the wheel is all that is wanted. Let Tery views of ours which were referred to yester- any one but take that notable and impartial Redday i n th e U pper House by the di s ti ngu i s h e d B oo k, "Doll's Elector a l Pacts" let him • jus t Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition—upon the turn to the proportion of voters to the population, net popu t' lon, nct simply implied, but rather upon the distinctly and notice the miserable fraction of the population an d explicitly defined condition that Lord PAL- i entitled to a vote ; let him glance over the pare- MERSTON prove himself to be indeed woethy of graphs innumerable informing whose " influence" that confidence by a manly enunciation betimes I predominates in the borougha—i• nto the counties of the guiding principle; particularly in regard ' ho needs hardly to trouble himself to 100k —let to our Home Policy, which are intended te actu- I him add to this all he remembers of bribery and ate and regulate the movements of the' corruption in 1852, and, then, let him ask whca Noble Viscount's government. In regard iD his ! ther Reformers can, with decency, be content to OYA.L OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lece, Mr. Alfrod Wigan. THIS EVENING, fa new . - f.,ree, called THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Rob3on, G. Vinin, dtc. The neTy drima, by Toni Taylor, 'Mg . ., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, lsy Bayle Bernard, Esq., 0171c1 A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. And A BLIGHTED BEING. Mr. F. Robson, kc. Commence st balf-isast Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP MTH E A TRE. Lessee and, Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (first week) Shakspere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH Part First), with novel and effec tive equestrian illuqrations invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke. HotErar, Mr. James Holloway. - Alan, a number of amusing Entertainments, ennelnilinx with a Brilliant Display of Equestrian SKILL and SCIENCE, by first-rate artistes, in the SCENES in the cirmr: Cornmetce at seven o'clock. Dress B3xes, 4s. ; Upper Poxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 17,., no charge for booking ; P.t,28. ; G 1114317, Is. ; Upper Gallery, GI. Fox ogee open from Eleven till Four. Stae:e Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CA.NTERBTJ RY II ALL, Westmi ngtex-roal OPEN EVERY E VENING. —The follow. in company of Vocalists are engagod for the performance o Selections from all the popula. , .. Operas, Madri;als, Choruses, Gleci, Duets, &c., via. Miss E. Peerco, Nfrs, J. Caul;:eld, Miss Brunel!, 3fiss Summers, and 3farlarne Marietta ; Mr. J. Canlleld, Herr F. Jonzlimans, I', Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Me'lincf. P. Cori, Senor Antonio M. tie Solla, and E. L. Hiroo; Nfasters Austin, Bennett, and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Afo.ckno.y, and C. J. Wilklus. Pianoforte, M . .r. Coed Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pro 01111Y. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. leave our electoral laws and constituencies as they are. We do hope that Liberals will not be shame faced or dilatory. Addresses already show that candidates are sensible of the rights of electors to free voting, and of non-electors to the suffrage. These are the fundamental pointy. They are to all the rest what the Repeal of the Corn-laws was to all other monopolies. Carry the BALLOT, indeed, and you will carry all the rest. Untie the voters' hands, and they will unfetter the non electors' hands—and both will then demand, at least, Triennial Parliaments. Church Rates, Jewish disabilities, army reform, and we know not what reforms, will follow. The BaPot is the way to all. If we could pin a member t) only one thing, we would have his word of honour, that, life and limb permitting, he would be in his place and vcto for THE BALLOT. Everything in the latfet intelligence from China confirms us in our often-expressed convic tion as to the absolute necessity of at once strengthening our forces at Canton, and confroet ing our Asiatic assailants with all the might and energy of a groat military and maritime expedi tion worthy of sustaining at all hazards the glory of our imperial reputation. It is, we repeat, in the interests of prudence, of economy, of huma. nity, that we demand these prompt and vigorous warlike demonstrations against the Chinese. The violaters for fifteen years of the solemnly-ratified Treaty of Nankin, the insolent and audacious in sulters of the National Flag, the murderers of the English civilians on board the Thistle, the poisoners of the British residents at Hong Kong, the miscreants setting a price of so many taels and candarins upon the head of every Englishman, and thereby, holding out an infamous bribe, cal culated to instigate most effectual'y the very scum of the Chinese mob to assassination--surely barbarians such as these demand at our hands the retort of an instant and overwhelming retribue tion. Particularly is this rendered necessary when it is observed, in regard to these same per fectly Harmless and wholly Innocent and altoge ther most Exemplary Chinese—the model nation mawkishly eulogised by Mr. Menaßl" COB DEN and beelavered with preposterous pane gyrics by my Lord DEBBY—(Doves though they be 1 and Planters of Olive ! and Dealers in Peose-wter Diplomacy ! Fighters with Feathers and Pelters with Sugar-plums !)—actually are emp7oying all this, while every bloodthirsty con triranm within reach of the most lawless despot ism upon the Earth's surface, with a view to the destruction not merely of the little band of armed Englishmen in the Chinese waters, but also of the unarmed British residents at Victoria and elsewhere, including amongst their number both women and children. Prudence, humanity, and justice alike call for vengeance, instant and signal vengeance, upon these miscreant Chinese ! Upon the poisoners of Hong Kong ! Upon the cut-throats of the Thistle ! Upon the incendiaries of cur factories, and the robbers of our merchan dise ! Upon the savage emissary of the Celestial E;nperor, who has held out the tempt scion of bloodinomey to the assassins of Englishmen 1 According to the nows just received by the Overland nail from China, it is satisfactory to know that already retributive measures had been adopted at Hong Kong. ALLUM, the principal baker of the colony, together with two or three of his chief accomplices in the crime, having been summarily tried before a council-of-war fcr mixing arsenic in tho bread supplied to the Par- Ives, and the Moormen, and the British residents indiscriminat3l; 1 Convicted of which atrocity, it appears that these wretched men were at once most deservedly led forth to execution. Among the Cuatonese again, and up )n the waters of the Estuary leading to the City, mea sures no leap prompt and vigorous seem to have been meanwhile energetically carried out by the maritime forces under Admiral Sir MICHAEL SEY MOUR. A course of proceeding all the more ad visable under the circun3Aenoes—seeing that Mr. COBDEN'S . Model "Sucking Doves" the Chinese, have been there most deliberately and systemati *ally resorting to every means within their reach to obstruct the British forces as much as pssible, and to do as much damage as they could by any means contrive to do, to British lives and British property. Sinking junks in the narrow channels wherever they could find the opportunity for so doing, to the end that our progress up the Pearl River might be retarded. Cemtnit'ing arson whe'rever a torch could be set to a Beit!sh Factory. Resorting to the Drug, and the Dagger, and all the more dastardly means for secretly caueing Death familiar to the hand of the Hireling Mur derer. Atrocities which have forced Admiral SEYMOUR, even with the restricted powers at his 1.113;333A to the most energetic and resolute mea sures of retaliation. Insomuch, that while pru dently withdrawing his men ficim the untenable positions at the Ditch Folly, and the Bird's-Nest Furl - , and the Factory Gardens, retiring to the Macao Passage, and retaining possession solely of the Teetetum Fort—the British Ad ral had contrived to set firs to the suburbs at Shameen Fort, and t) bombard the city with the Niger, the Eacounter, and the Barracoutl. The rathor remarkable "brush," which is spoken of in our adrices from Bombay, as having tAken place between the Samson and an enormous mandarin fleet of no less than 150 war junks--while it reminds us of GULLIVER swimming among the fleet of the Ulliputians—iu ' dicates plainly enough, surely, what might be accomplished off-band by an adequate force of British men-of-war, aided by a corresponding military armament Let a warlike expedition, worthy of England, be forthwith despatched against the Cantonese, and there wi►l soon be an end of this deplorable bloodshed and of these lamentable conflagrations. here, as in many other instances, wherein war is declared—energy is humanity, and daring prudence ! For this rational prudence and genuine humanity—for this vigour and determination—England looks with oonfidenee to the Cabinet of Lord EiALMERSTON. The Peace-at-any-Price Meeting held yesterday ,Jvening at the Freemasons' Tavern, was, all things Considered, one of the most indecorous, if it were not actually one of the most despicable, demonstra tions within our remembrance. It will tend, we feel perfectly satisfied, to confirm in the most sig nal manner possible, the now notorious unpopu larity of Mr. COBDEN—the present Member fox the West Riding of Yorkshire. It will effect, no less signally, we fear, what we regret a vast deal more than the final bursting up of the swollen bladder of the demagogic reputation of the Great Political Bagman—destroying, we mean to all appearance, the last vestige of any hope we might still have cherished, as to the once auspiciously rising Political Fame of the gifted Resurrectionist of the Nineveh Antiquities. Alas ! after the melancholy exhibition made by Mr. LAYARD last evening, on the platform of Freemasons' Hall-- "Farewell, a long Farewell" to the Parliamen tary repute of a Young Politician in whose re gard we formerly, and we must say most foolishly entertained, the very highest, and the moat elevating anticipations ! The wretchedly unpopular and unpatriotic sentiments enunciatA yesterday by Mr. LATAED upon the occasion of this Packed Conclave cf Brummagem Philanthrc pists, may be regarded, we conceive, as virtually ringing the knell of the legislative life of the pre sent Member for Aylesbury ! A blunder all this on his pact, not so much inatt,tr perhaps for our astonishment, when it is borne in mind how a veteran representative of the people like Mr. ROEBUCK—appropriately enough the Chairman of yesterday's proceedings has stumbled, and bungled, and floundered over to the wrong side in the midst of the Oratorical Skrimmage of the Chinese Controversy ! It has long since been jocularly understood among all classes of obser vers that if ever Mr. ROEBUCK really did after all take office he would so the most aptly under the name, style, and title of "The Dissenting Minis ter !" Generally, however, his dissent has been a dissent on the popular side, or, in other words, upon the Right Side : for, as Jumus has said so grandly and so wisely , " The People are seldom wrong in their opinions, in their sentiments, never 1" But, unto, now, we cannot call to mind any occasion at all in his protracted political career in which Mr. ROEBI7OE has so erred in judg ment, as opposed at once to the earnest opinions and the conscientious sentiments of the popula tion, as he has notoriously and irremediably done in the matter of this Chinese Controversy. By his vote, and still more by his virulence in uphold ing that vote of his, he has, so to speak, set an indelible brand upon his reputation. Mr. LAVARD has done the same foolish thing, identically. Mr. COBDEN being beforehand with both them in assum ing that Tattoo of Combination which must long remain the Taboo of unpopularity. And so it comes to pass—perhaps, after all, not so very unnaturally—that these three Chieft tins of the newly-organised and very mongrel Peace Party yesterday danced together, moat amicably, upon the platform of Freemasons' Hall, not a War Dance of course, but a Peace Dance—a strange sort of a maudlin political saraband —amidst the deafening hubbub, the mingled cheers and hisses of a most tumultuous assemblage of lookers-on ! It ought in reason, however, to be remembered, after all, by Messrs. ROEBUCK, LAYARD, and COBDEN, that if they have consented at Est to squat under the same wigwam, and calmly smoke t , gether the Caluaatt of Peace, they are at last, by the People at large, fairly " smoked" themselves ! TELEGRAPH TO INDIA YIA THE RED SEA. LATEST NE WS. THE FORTIFICATION OF ALESSANDRIA. The Sardinian Chamber has graLted an extra ordinary credit t) the Ministry of fire millions for the carrying on of the fortifications of Alessaudria, by the overwhelming majority of 106 votes against 14. An immense Remotion has been produced by this vote, which is interpreted, by the enemies of Italy, as a demonstration of distrust, if not of hostility, towards Austria. Private letters from the Chinese Seas state that the baker at Hong Kong who had taken the lead in a conspiracy to poison the Europeans had been arre:ted, tried bofore a Council of War legally constituted, and convicted of an attempt to poison the English Charge d'Affaires and his family. The man was condemned to death and shot, together with three of his accomplices. This eztunple had produced a deep impression on the lower classes in Hong Kong. It is said that the Treaty of Peace with Persia contains one or two articles which have not been published. There is reason to fear the Awitrian Govern ment will turn a deaf ear to the welt -meant coun sel of England and France, and recall Count Paar from Turin. The order has rof yet been issued, but persons who are in a position to know what is intended say that in a very few days the diplo matic relations between Sardinia and Austria will be entirely broken off. The members of the Conference on the Neucha tel question are enjoying a long vacation, and no one can say wLen they will be ready to resume work. A day or two ago it was stated that a note had been addressed by the French Government to their Minister at Berlin, to be of course communi cated to the Prussian Minister. We now learn that it was couched in rather energetic terms, the sum and substance being„ that if the King of Prussia did not make up his mind to do something the Conference would go on without his representative. M. de Hatzfeld has received the instructions which he expected from Berlin ; they are not deacribod as likely to bring matters to a close, though they may afford occasion for a third meeting of the Plenipotentiaries, when it is to be hoped. that some thing like business will be got through. The Swi., , s Envoy has also received additional instructions from Berne. A letter from Berne, of the 14th, states that the delay in the negotiations has pro duced a very unfavourable impression throughout most of the cantons. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. A letter from Copenhagen, of the 15'h, in the Monitcur, say, :—" The general treaty which has been no 2otiated between Denmark and the principal maritime States of Europe for the Euppresi .n on the Sound dues was signed yesterday in this capi tal. Acciirding to the terms of this document, the dues of all kinds, to which vessels were sub jefted in passing the Sound and the Bclt , , mill be completely done away with from the 1.1 of April. Denmark also engages to suppress for certain kinds of merchandis-, and to materially reduce fur others, the dues whic'i she has hitherto received for transit on the canal of the Eyder and on the rou'es which unite the Baltic to the North Sea. The maritime States on their part engage to pay to Denmark as compensation, in one or more in stalments, an indemnity representing the average for five years of the revenue of the present Sound dues, capitalised at the rate of 4 per cent." BOURSE, March 16.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i por Cents 3 per Cents 7l 71 20 New Loan Bank Shsroa 4 , 105 Roman . . B9l Credit Mobilier 1,42? 50 A ustr i an Belgian Five 5......... Spanish Threes Pietmontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt RAILWAY - 5-170R CA3II. fr. . fr c Orleans 1,470 c Western - Northern - Lyons ......1,595 -- New Ditto - Mediterranean 1,9D0 Grand Central - Lyons Geneva - Cette B5O Austrian Cum.....,. 783 - WATER. AT LONDON" THiri DAT—Mqrn. 30 min. 11. s—Xv.inir; ntk. aft. 5 rc%..Mc37loW—Morn. 7 m 413. aft. 6—Evening 27 rair.th 6 TJE Oa dice, 21Ancii 17. TII3IIMOXETATI, IN THA SHAD. 54-111 ( Theat Singe 110013 TeSt2rds , .. 4( —lowest thss mernitg and dniir.g the night. 55 —this day at aecn. PAllirdrrws, 29'85. WIND, S. to S.S.E.--Light, with fine we-a'lar. y At sY 46e*&4l* " t iotszlv L'iN OON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, in :1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - SIP, --With refercoico to a letter from Mr% W. P. Andrew, which appeared in your paper of the 14th inst., and in which be states that her Majesty's Go xernmeat and the Hon. the East India Company have entered into a provisional agreement for sup por ing the telegraph tl India vice the Euphrates Valley, I have to remind you that such agree ment does not take effect until the whole capit a of the company is subscrib and 20 per cent. paid up, nor unto the whole line h lid, and only con tinues so long as it is in working order. I have also to remind you, that the European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company have no concession to lay a nide of their lire, and that it is state 1 in th-ir prcsp ?c t us "No call will be made until the concession ha s bees secured by the firmau of the Sultan, and the other arrangements contemplated by the directzs are completed." On the other band, the concassiwis for the M:d Sol route are ob tained, and no preliminary arrangements have to be spade, as perfect ch t its and soun di ng ex i st f rom Suez to urrAchee. I feel this isaquestion of national impor'ance, and the puldic are deeply interest .;(1 in securing the mast pract'eal and efficient route for a telegraph lino to India and the East.—l am, the., LIONEL GISBORNE, C.E. Coheeseionaire of the Indian Telegraph, via the Red Sea. 6, Duke-street, Adelphi, March 16. His Excellency M. Gonzalez Bravo, the newly-op pointed Spanish Minister at this Court, is staying at Claridge 's Hotel. The Marquis Camd en has left town for the Wilder- ness, his seat, near the Sevenoaks. The noble marquis and the La lies Pratt will come •to town immediately after Easter for the recess. The steamship City of Washington, from' Liverpool, arrived at New York on the 3d inst., having made the voyage from New York, discharged and loaded, and arrived back again in 30 d ays. The son of Prince Menschikoff, a young man aged 22, has just arrived in Paris. The confirmation for St. Mary -le-Strand parish will be held by the Lord Bishop of London on Thursday, April 9, at the parish church of St. James, Westminster. At the beginning of April the French company, Mat• thi., Magnan, Parrot, and Co., will enter into competi tion witlr the Austrian Danubian Company on the Lower Danub.. ROYAL FREE llosnreri.—The number of patients re lieved at this hospital during the week ending March 14 was 2,693, of which 1,225 were new cases. Tne Peninsular steamer Tagus has brought 8,0751. specie. The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena, to sail to-lay for the West Indies, will take out only 4,8001., principally silver. Yebt:rday (Monday) the new free public library at Norwich was opened. I is said that after the departure of - Perak Khan from Paris the Persian Government will be represented in France by as Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Pienipo. tentiar v. CouUt Walawski has had a conference with M. de Hatzftl It, the Prussian Minister, to whom he c arnmuni cat d verbally a note in ve r y fi rm language, which M. e de Hatz'eldt transmitted by telegraph to his Court. The same day a French courier was sent to Perlin with de spatches for the Marquis de Moustier, the French Minister. M. de Bour‘eoulon, French CisargaS d'Affaires to the Caurt of Caine, left by the last Indian mad, which sailed from Marseilles on the 12 h inst. He carries with him instructions to Admiral Gc6rin and Rgault de Ge nouilly, who eemmand the French fleets'ia the Chinese Seas, to clrabine in future their operations with those of the British forces, conformably to the arraurernent cm eluded in Paris between Lord Cowley ancrthe French Government. A letter from the Crimea states that measnces have been taken for repairing in the spring the towns which suffered from the late war, and especially Kertch, Eupatoria, and Sebastopol. The materials for the re pairs are to be obtained from Odessa and Nicolaieff. The latter town is now the centre of different branches of the administration of Southern Russia. REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA FROM CEYLON.—We extract the following from the Colombo Observer re garding the requisition of troops from Ceylon for service in China :—"A report is current, which, however, we cannot trace to any certain source, that a despatch went to the Governor last night, ask ng if troops from Cey lon could be spared fur China. We hope when the demand is made that the answer will be in the affirma tive. We are aware that the military authorities will have many and cogent objections to offer. There are so many detachments here and there that the duties fall heavily on the troops ; and then the pearl fishery is just calming on. Fifty men of the 37th would be suffi cient for the fishery, and detachments would be called in. We have now a large and well organised police force —we have the Pioneers ; and as for the Kandians, even if any further rising were possible, the planters and their coolies can more than deal with them. The case is one of extremity and ought to be so dealt with. One-half of the Ceylon Rifles ought to be sent. Look at the example of Singapore. With a fiery population and disturbances only quelled, the Governor has not hesitated to run the risk of despatching the majority of the force at his dis posal."—Bombay Times, GREAT STORM Ix DUBLIN.—The Freiman states that on Friday night and Saturday mornintr Dublin was visited by a storm, which for violence and duration has not been equalled since 1849. A considerable amount of damage of a miscellaneous character was done, ha"; we did not hear of any marine disaster. At Kilmaie ham gaol a decreasing accident °weaned. A violent gust of wind prostrated the chimney of the governor's apartment, and the humanise mass of brickwork crashed through the roof and fell into the bedroom underneath, where Mrs. Alison, the wife of the governor, happening to be at the time, suffered the most serious injuries. Drs. Tuffnell and Cusack are at present in attendance, and the position of precarious. Mrs. Aliso n i s s t a t e d t o b e very GALE IN THE C RANNEL.—FOUR MEN LOST.—BRIGH TON, March H.—The weather was extremely rough and boisterous in the Channel during the latter part of last week, and particularly so on Friday night, when the melancholy loss of four men was the result. The unfortunate sufferers were the crew of the Martha, of Colchester, which it seems was about fifty miles off in the Channel whoa she was overtaken by the gale, and the poor fellows were washed overboard a rd lost. The en'y one of the crew left was a lad, about 18 years of ace, and who su cceeded in bringing the smack safe into S 6 storeham harbour on Saturday afternoon, having laboured for several hours in accomplishing his perilous and ex'raordinary task. On reaching Shoreham he was much exhausted, time. having been without food for a long GREECE. ATHENS ' March 4.—On th e d e p ar t ure l a t e l y o f the French troops from the Pine w, M. Morcier, the French Minister in Greece, having written to the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs announcing ix) him their embarkation, received the following reply, dated Feb. 28 : "Monsieur le Ministre—Yon have done me the hon our to inform me, under date of yesterday, that in ac cordance with an understanding with yiur colleague of England, who bad, on his part, given similar instruc tions, you had just auth or i se d th e commander-in-chief of the French troops to embark, and thus to put an end to the occupation of Greece. In acknowledging the reception of your communication, I feel real pleasure in being able to unite my testimony to those generally expressed at the excellent conduct of these troops during their sojourn in Greece, and at the care which they bale taken never to depart from the rules of order and discipline. By their irreproachable conduct, by the examples of order and qt labour which they have set in the Pireees, and by the embelhuhtnents and public works which they have there executed, these soldiers have acquired the esteem and gratitude of the inhabi tants of that pace. It is most pleasing to me to be able to affirm, Monsieur le MiDistre, that the government of the King unites in the well-merited praises which are bestowed on the troops who to-Jay quit the soil of Greece.—Accept, &c., " ItAsaaing." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, March 11.—The Zeit of this morning oontains tho text of tho Note which Baron.von Manteuffel addressed to the Representatives of Piussia in London, Paris, Vienna, and St. Peters burg on the occasion of the Swiss Government liberating the Royalist prisoners in tho middle of last January. As it is not long I venture to give it you in, extenso "Berlin, Jan. la, 1857. " I have the satisfaction to inform you that according to official information that has reached the King's Cabinet, the Swiss Federal Assembly, in the course of yesterday and to-day, voted the unconditional liberation of the Neuchatel prisoners. The King our august master sees herein the sole condition fulfilled on whi&a ho had made his participation in meetings with respect to the future relations of the Principality of Neuchatel de pendent, and he has therefore been pleased to command me to renew the declaration that his Majesty is prepared to enter into deliberations of this nature, and also that he will therein be influenced by the same moderation and the same conciliatory sentiments from which he is con scions of never having deviated throughout the various phases of this question. Be good enough to make this despatch known to the Cabinet at which you have the honour to represent the King our august master. " Receive the assurance, &c., ATANTEUFFEL" The few words used to introduce this short de spatch to the notice of the reader state that its text will show forth how little truth there is in the va rious allegations put forward in the press as to the King having entered into any definite undertaking in connection with the liberation of the prisoners. SPAIN. A Madrid letter of the 12th says << The Court martial charged to try General Prim assembled to day, and heard the pleading of General Zavala in his behalf. It is at present in deliberation.'' Not withstanding the rupture of diplomatic relations with Mexico, General Comoofort, president of that country, had re-established M. Rid.alge in the post of secretary to the Mexican legation at Madrid. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH. MONDAY. The merchant ship Dunbar, of London, Captain Jame) Green, 78 days from Sydney, arrived off Plymouth this morning, and landed a mail and passengers. She left Sydney Dec. 27, passed Caps Horn Jan. 27, and crossed the Line Feb. 20. The Sydney Empire of Dec. 27 gives the prices current for gold—Port Philip, 31. 19e. to 4/. per ounce ; fine flour, 181., seconds, 16'. per ton ; wheat, 7s. to 7e. 6d. per bushel; the rates ruling for wool are high ; t Wow is scarce. Labour much in demand. The Dunbar spoke Jan. 26, off Cape Horn, the , Hamburg ship Paul, bound west ; Jan. 27, off Dijon, the Hamburg ship Ramirez y Luisa, home ward bound ; Feb. 21, in lat. 240 N., long. 26 45, the Fusilier, for Valparaiso ; March 6, i n l at. 35 5 N., long. 43 54 W., the Rossini, from Bombay for , Glasgow, 18 7 MONEY MARKET A REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY v LONDON. MEETING THIS DAY. tb d e This afternoon th e adjourned genera l meeting 0 at London Liberal Registration A ssoc iation was h sid t ee the London Tavern, Bishopegate-streer, relative _t;' representea io n o f th e c it y o f L on d on ; to receive f ast , aa s Currie's answer t o an i nv it a ti on to b eco me a ci l oo for the represe n t a ti on o f t h e c i ty o f London; a s - de to receive Sir J. Duke's explanation relative to b' e elec . dining to support the Liberal candidate at the la te tion for Weet Kent. Mr. Travers, M.P., Pre leici ' cl. ail There were p resen t Si r J . D u k e, B a rt., Mo l) ,: derman Satom ous , S ergeant P arry, M r . F. .° e . o " -- ,: c etf Mr. a. Batem a n, M r . F . A. D o L ane , Mr. Dakin, Mr. Gedye, Mr. Cobbett, M.P., M r ,' efr. cher, Alderman L awrance , M r. C raw f or d, al e e'a,',' via Puiching, high bailiff o f S out h war k ; Mr. it'. If M.P. ; Alderman Humphreys, Baron Rothschill, Mr. S. Morley, Mr. J. Foster, M.P. ; Mr. W. j ib e at' Mr. Kirk, and other gentlemen of influence. ro ent tendance of members w as ra th er t hi n ; the la r g e me see' was not more than th ree -p ar t s f u ll a t the cor d m of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN proposed, first, to call on Sir j• iorot e the sitting candidate s who was a h sen t on the 'if cat, occasion, and Mr. Raikes C urr i e , one of the as didates, to address the meeting. , gr e ed After a short discuesion the proposition g a te. . 10' Sir J. Dug; on rising, was received with sPr ee kete He said that Mr. Ledger Lad kindly declinedila;elnerel of admission for his friends, but he av'arie therm' ) and preferred throwing himself for OPP ; m eet the electors. (Cheers.) He had been in rar" 3 s , about 20 years, and he new appeared before tbea3Cable culprit, to give an account for an act of omiesi°l oo for part in reference to hi s no t suppor ti ng Mr. De Ore l West Kent, who, be said; was a gentleman of to gel political p r i nc ipl es , an d w h ose on l y d es ire tte 'pod into Parliament to support the G o v er nment. ° t d that Mr. Dodson ent er t a i ne d p r i nc i p l es at T adao% se his (Sir J. Duke's). H e h a d always e be e ed enemy to voting money f or Ch urc h endowment"' etrea was opreeed to the grant to Maynooth, on the + g r o f the that it might lead to an extensive endownlaTa L an Roman Catholic Church. (Hear, hear.) lie' lue ;l a il ' ing with Mr. Dodson on those two points, ha — b s i t ele fered with him on the balet, he (Sir J. Pu les / h e rem ,h strenuous supporter of that measure. (e.- --r ted complained of Alderman Salm - none bringing folc - Le er matter without notice to him, especially after ° a te given him an explanation of his conduct in refereatli the West Kent election at the Reform Club. C.th reference to the West Kent election, A tot r ' e fera den came to him the oth er d a y a t the '';' - fiee e club and addressing him said, " Well, Sir Jante" i siag are you getting on in the city, they appear to be f oe you badly. Tell them from me that I wa s 134°1 tltat o for Mr. Dodson, but I refused on the grennu would not go across the street to support a D I - 0001 will not support the b a ll o t." (Ch eers .) Af te ' As ea r ' further remarks of a general character Sir Ja rs i e eer that although he could not support Mr. Dodson d elf° va sed a gentleman to support him. (Hisses a a re a . of "That's inconsistent.") Sir James then ref er /40 01 his past Parliame n t ar y career, to his votes in Far 'jot' in favour of all popular measures, and his desi re to 00, he possibly could for the benefit of the City of 'l6'heseer If re-elected his services would be a!waye at mend of his constituents. (Cheers.) VI S i: Mr. Alderman SALOM ON exp l a i ne d the. be tha t personal feeling against Sir James Duke, ba i t l ot e t considered it was his d u ty t o as k Si r James fey 0 , planation of hie cond uc t a t th e W est K en t eleet la l i e re' Mr. EAMES CORRIR, who ,was enthusiastieed.', fat ceived, thanked the electors of the City of Id y l ; be inviting him to stand as a candidate for that e ll i e 'oel on a former occasion he could not accept "jeber i until he had made himself sure that a 0p tee' tee' candidate could b e re t urne d f or n f 11 icp That he understood was cer t a i n i n th e pereOn ; 0 0 e e Gilpin, and ho had th ere f ore no } rec it a tion la { e rre d cepting their offer. Th e h oe. gent l ema n thenbe fr A to the advantage it was t o t h e Ci ty o f London te a derey presented by commerci a l men, and defended his ineite4ll to the electors from the charge of being* " too e e l e c re ete y Palinerstonian"—(hear, hear)—but his Pan e e esty, conduct was so well known that a lenthened sets onset' from him was unnecessary. As a proof of °Zoe t ency of his conduct, he referred to the first a". e ger',i issued to the electors of Northamton 20 yea r ' de which he pledged himself to the tallot, free tr a 0 1 0 . 1 fullest sense a large extension of the suffrage by be e : household suffrage, and the abolition of the gr ea , 3 fro" rs/. c b be , then existing in th e Cnurch Ireland—(chee which he separ a t e d th e Ch urch of &Timi d ' in "ID g er regarded the sound ness o f en d owments , Tbe hr ; piel ileman pointed to all hi s votes ( man y given indeect. majrrities) in s upp or t o f bi g consistenc y of con -didat asked them whe re th ey could get a man for ca n be pfr with a bettor charact er frern his last o w e that; vot oia malted to them. (Cheers.) He theWieterred to hi s _OO Parliament, sayi n g, by way of prelude, that he coula il l ie d forget the great services Lord J o hn Russell had re lif e to the Liberal cause—(l )u d c h eers ) —hut 1 1013 ' 4 04 gretted the course the noble lord had taken on. oil occasions. (Hear, h ear .) Th e no bl e lord bad add P the electors in an able and ingenious address, I Q s OP/ he said he supported peace, reform—[A v at) has Lord Palmerston done for reform n--(he ar ',o l —and retrenchment, an d h e (M r. C arr i e) was a",1,0r to know that Liberals had sunk that cry, and t"; get J. Russell was en ti t l e d to monope lice it. The tletnan then enter e d i n t o many o f the questions a"°,l,ole between the Lib era l s and L , :eo J o h n, an d i n pa wl': t he he believed Lord P a l mers t on was the man to preBer.lo4' pcav of Europe—(lo u d c h eers )— an d d e f en ded hi e , ehip . s conduct from th e c h arges t h a t had bee n beet against him to the contrary. Had Lord Thelnierstlefe t e Primo Minister sense years since, they wou' te lf have had the Russian war, for it was the idea ant e ba t b e by the late Emperor Nicholas that ho could do -top liked with Lord Aberdeen that led him on steP till he could not retrace his steps. (Hear, heereotea reply to the question, what reform Lordra lal r eel,e ° would give the country, the bon. gentleman refer slr; the address of the Attorney-General to the e .. 1 00. of Aylesbury, in which he stated that the Gover'' Ott were prepared to introduce and support, arnoai s t bet e :, measures, an extension of the frenchiee, san e • t t , tuoval of inequaiities from the electoral si s ' e Je ' e a extinction of church rates ; the removal of the p oi disabilities ; abolition of ecclesiastical courts ; a e fpu o ", suppress dishonesty in trustees ann the directeri oft" lie confiderce sic., &c, and an enlarged opt s ?, 1 () ; education of ' the people. (a. Voice—"': . r al e d! s ne ' quoting from Puncit.) (Laughter.) . No, he g ee ' o _lo o T io from the Attorney General's address. ° a il ed ti e ,' the lion , gentleman said that the electors had a s- A 11 1) to come forward, and leave one of the safest at-a, e lec t ciples seats in the country. He had laid clef; ciples before them, and on that he asked thent him, assuring them that be should not canvas for a e pee; vote. He should esteem it a high honour to be theif a t t o sentative, and he confidently left the iesueiu the ref-efie,ei° tlos electors. In conclusion, the bon. gentleman re' s ",, Lord Palmerston, who he said was feared and re ti t r e gor abroad, and called upon the Liberals to suPP s e r. estd men to assist Lord Palmerston in governing th e " c 1 satisfactorily. n a Baron ROTHSCHILD a dd resse d t h e mee ting, a bee-, loudly chee re d. H e d en i e d a statement that bai l ee! publ:shed in a morning paper that a coalition e d th at between himself and Lo r d J o h n R uss ell, an I°' at the last hour he would resign d e. Lord John Russell. no totally denied the or iel meat, and said that, however it e miekt &Alt him to lose Lord J. Russel as a collea g u e , ha not withdraw from the representation withou t 0 01' wished it. He had never been able to render thaw, zens of London any public service as a ° ep ees!! but as his name was associated with a ; ; 1 1 , principle he thought it would be a great ar n eoP i weakness were he to flinch from the contest. 11 , e e le- bs: to Lord Palmerston's foreign policy, he said the' t " n e ef); always approved of it, and had on many oeoa e ' ° ,i pressed his readiness to endorse, blind-folded, Lor d 01 ruerston's foreign policy. (Cheers.) He h °l l,aera' Liberals would support only men of genuine ed• principles, (" Hear, hear," and cheers ) e arl Mr. CRAWFORD a dd resse d t h e electors, i n the -- r eie' of whi c h h e sad t h at he came forward as a comm a for man. Ho was iu Parliament on a former °col' s , be a short pe r i o d, an d a l t h ough he only vo t e d on''' 1 'l' o could refer to it w ith pr id e, b ecause i t wa s gi fora favour of the ballot. (Ch eers. ) After some ge-ef.4. remarks, Mr. C raw f or d sa i d that he appeared- them as an earnest and zealous reformer. te f ar Mr. S. MORLEY sa id th at h e should re f use to 1° 0 0 Sir James Duke, on the ground of hi s a b s ence 1 0 6 ° 0 4 House, for he found that out of 198 di v i s ions th at ., place last session, Sir James Dake had only voted 1 01 l which showed a w an t o f th a t earnest support aecort-ed°, in a representati ve o f th e C ity o f L ondon. He cili a ' tf° Mr. Raikes Currie as being too Palmerstonia s l o leet shoull support L or d J. R usse ll f or hi s great Prite'eori and he was a m an th a t wou ld b e remembered in u t .- del when hundreds o f th e no i ses t m on o f the preasin,;eoo' were forgotten. Not w ithstanding L or d J. Rttser'lAss nection with the aristocracy and th e Ch urc h, °r still disposed to carry out great p r i nc i p l es if Pr°r supported, ofea, Mr. F. BENNOCH denounced a resolution the L, passed at the last meeting without the full knolvia' ff ie' e r ar the meeting, and whilst the press was excluded, $- 3 , V ing that no candidates except commercial men O c t SP invited to become candidates for the City. It v eil ", l :te' rowing the area from which to choose their rePr i ali tives. That area should be as wide as En land ;Bele! which, b he said, was passed to give Lord J. Zuf' e ;oo throughout the h j i b . er ß al us r! e e l a r s o ur p e a s s , t se T r h v e ic p u e . ople oug" Mr. DrAoKeereely smecoovneddeadnthaemmenodtimone.nt s resolution lfe of I . o " se, nn e l e r the me_eting pledge itsslt to suppo; et Baro bar, ahsehild, Sir J. Duke, and Mr. Crawford. for some . STRODE seconded the amendment, which, a s 0 discussion, was carried, and having been Pa t • substan ti vefresOlution e c to g n of o k fr i m go , re o s w mt v who had on hr t dd h e de been rescinding t he Mr. 'ADZE moved an amendment upon it, "e n n• effect that while the meeting deplored the t he to the recta -04 duet of Lord John Russell in connection witui t ee Russian war and Chinese question, in consequence °' o f • great service he had r en d ere d t o hi s country an d the can e ted reform, he shout' no t b e di sp l ace d f rom t h e di s tinguisav o f poeition he bad fo r 16 y ears occup i e d i n the 041 London. , we e Dr. SPAREES seconded the amendment, which' - negatived by a l arge ma j or i ty , an d th e resolia,th ie oo ba7irg been a d o pt e d, t h an k s were vote d t o the cna man, and the lyre: taia raieeraied. The Duke a nd Duchess of Cleveland and L f ‘ ci ti i Augusta Powlett intend to remai n a t B a by Castle 121 ' • week after Easter, when the nobl e d u ke an d duchy" will arrive in London for the season. D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In Mining Shares no business of any importance has been transacted. Cobre Copper realisel 62. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous unler takings have been very inactive, and generally at lower quota Cons. Ottoman Bank declined 10s., Union of Australia 10s. to 11. Canada Land improved 11. 3RITISII FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES --TB IS DAY. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Console Onmtnr Annuities 93k 3 2i 13k iu iia Ronde, .£l090 Ditto, under £lOOO 2 tl 2 p Consols tor Account ...... .. 93i 4 i 1 rehequer Bills, 20. £l000 t.)tno M t 01 Cit'o B mda, liis4, 3a per Cent PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. rexican 3 per Cent 23 } a Ditto Account Peruvian Bowls 4 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. . 55 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 -- Ditto 1856, 3 per Cent. 43 , ussian Bonds, 1822, St., 5 per Cent.... 107 k Sardinian Bonita, 5 por Cent. Spanith Beads, 3 por Cent. 6panisli CeintuAtco Cert. of Coup. not fun fa Turkish Sends, 6 per cent 9 7i i Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. ~ .cends.on the above ,ayable in Lerultn. Datch Exchange, 24 per Cen.:., 12 Guilders 65 Ditto 4 por Cant. Certificates lIIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto, Account (April 8) ____ LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. CommisEioner El anr.) IN RE W. J. ROBSON.—THE CaYSTAL PALACE FRAUDS. ADJOURNED DIVIDEND MEETING.—TO-day was ap pointed for a dividend meeting which had been adjourned, for giving the assignees an opportunity of inquiring into a proof tendered on behalf of the Crystal Palace C,m pany for 17,894 f., for moneys received by the bankrupt, and misappropriated by him, for shares which bad been forged by him, for which the company were liable. Mr. Monk, for the assignees, said that the accounts bad only been sent in on Friday, and the assignees had not bad time to go through them. Mr. Lawrence said that so far as he was concerned he was prepared to proceed with the proof. Mr. Bagley said he appeared for 24 craditers, and who were anxious for further inquiry, especially into the petitionirg creditors' debts. It was ultimately agreed that the meeting S h ou l d be again adjourned till the 2lat of April next, at 11 o'cicek THE NATIONAL DEODORISING MANURE COIIPANY. A paragraph appeared in some of th e pipers tL a t a petition had been presented in bankruptcy agin,st thi s company, but which is en error, and in constquence or a complaint inquiry has ben made in a t , court a.sa are requested to contradict the stateme n t. "" v THN ROYAL BRITISH SANK. The further examination of the directors will take place to-morrow, at 11 o'clock. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was, an improved appearance, and prices in most instances were rather higher. The sales were 7,000 bile; 1,500 of which were taken for export and on speculation. A statement has been issued by Messrs. Fustana and Compan%, of Liverpo 1, and Calata Brothers, of Manchester, who recently failed. From this it appears that the assets are estimated at 73,3857., while the liabilities are set down at 72,458/. A dividend of 20s. in the pound, by five half-yearly instalments, is therefore proposed. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have opened this week . with a quiet appearance ; but prices are generally well maintained. The advises received yesterday by the overland mail have had no effect upon the value of tea, but the trarket is rather flat in consequence of the largeness of the stocks and the supplies which are known to be com ing forward. There was a slight improvement yes terday in the demand for tallow, which, in addi tion to orders from the Continent, produced rather more firmness in the market for that article. A further slight advance has taken place in the market for silver, the dollar, by the last Mexican steamer, having been sold at ss. OZd., which is id. per ounce more than was realised for those by the previous steamer. The accounts from New York by the steamer Asia describe the Money Market as having become rather easier, but local writers express the opinion that no decided improvement would yet take place, the commercial payments throughout March being generally of a very heavy character. The last re turn published by the City Banks showed a de crease of 5G35,855 in the loans and discounts, with an increase of $213,098 in the bullion. At the meeting of the London and Paris Bank, held yesterday, it was resolved, after some opposi tion, to dissolve the company. The chairman stated that the balance available for distribution would allow a return of 13s. or 14s. per share in addition to the sum or 77., exclusive of calls re turned on those shares on which the calls had zot been fully paid up, and of 18s. Bd. (ss. Bd. being for interest) on those where the full amount had been subscribed. A very angry discussion took place owing to the con=iderable amount which had been expended in the preliminark arrangements, espe cially with regard to the 4,0001. which had been set a.,&de as director's remuneration. Notwithstanding the large amounts of gold with drawn from the Bank of England and sent to the Continent, in addition to nearly all of the supply received from Australia, scarcely a day pasiea with out some further quantity being taken from the National Establishment LT the same destination. On Saturday nearly 100,0001. was withdrawn. Yesterday a further sum of 35,0001. was despatchedf; and it is evident, unleis this efflux is checked, a very serious reduction will take place in the metallic reserve of Threadneedle-street. There is a brisk inquiry for discount to-day, and the market generally presents no new feature o importance. The English Stock Market still tends downwards, and the value of the Fund) appears to be gradually receding. An eighth or a quarter per cent, decline is almost daily n-polteJ, but speculation for a fall has been confined within narrow limits. Consols for money hare been 93 to 93k, and for account 93g 4, and 93f g. East India Bonds are 2s. dis count to 2s. pram. Exchequer Bills is. discount to ls. proem., and the Bonds 93'k. A flatter market also prevails for Foreign St-lcs, but no general movement in prices can be reported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are marked 97g I for money, and 97 t) 98e for account. The present quota tion for the lattar is 97g and the 4 per Cents, are about 1001. Spanish Certificates have been dealt in at 61 ; Sardinian, 91. Russian 5 per Cents. 107-4, Peruvian 3 per Cents. 55. Dutch 2i per Cents. 65, and ditto 4 per Cents. 98f. Mexican Bonds aro• 23l 4. The payment of the following dividends has b'en advertised :—On Danish 3 pc.r Cents., Brazilian per Cents., Peruvian 3 per Cents., Chflian 6 p:r Cents., and Caili3n 3 per Cents. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Gronada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Moxf mn, 23i 232 ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto Three per Cents., 55 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 4 .1 per Cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 par Cents., 41} 412; ditto Deferred, 241 25i ; Ditto Certificates, cg ii ; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. The dealings reported in the Railway Share Market this morning ware of a very unimportant character. In most of the principal lines dealt in lower rates were curren', although not to any great extent, the decline in the value of Consols having partially influenced pr . ces. Great Western re ceded ss. to 10s., Lsneashire and Yorkshire about 53., Midland Hs., and North-Eastern (Berwick), and Oxford and Worcester, and Wolverhampton about ss. The Paris and Lyons advanced 10s. to 155., Eastern of France 53., Northern of France and Great Luxembourg ruled steady, as elsa Sambre and Mouse. East Indian advanced 10s., Grand Trunk of Canada 55., and Great Western of Canada ss.