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

T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.—. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the popular Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til• bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, kiss Cleveland, and Miss M. Oliver. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, ed. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. Ed. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, Ss. ; Private Boxes, 108. Cd., V. ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s.' ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE THIS EVENING, will be performed --- - A MIVSUMNIER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi. pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Non-u and C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, iu three acts, entitled DOUBLE FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone: Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farreu, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz wit i am. Followed by (13th time) a new drama, called A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with Moncrieff g comic cbama of THE IRRESISTIBLES, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, in five acts, by Westland Mauston, Esq., entitled A LIFE'S RANSOM. Lord Revesdale, Mr. C. Dillon ; Bancroft, Mr. Stuart ; Felicia Revesdale, Mrs. C Dillon, Followed by a new drama, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., entitled ANGEL OR DEVIL. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dillon, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Barrett, &c. After which, a new farce, entitled MY FRIEND FROM LEATHERHEAD. Mr, Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B, White. To be followed by CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene raL The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Pirbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole hied ora lira. Charles Dillon Clowns Mr. H. Marshall The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super itendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveyinr , parties i 3 the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pall Bedford will appear. Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. To conclude with the new original comic drama, called BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney 7 10) OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIM'S, Messrs. Creswiek, Shepherd, &c. After which, HAIRLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr F. Clover •, Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa mily; Columbines. Mesdames Marie and Agnes. THEATRE ROYAL, S A.DLER'S-W ELLS Under the Manlgement of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, HENRY IV. Sir John Falstaff, Mr, Phelps ; Henry. Mr. A. Rayner; Hotspur, Mr. H. Marston ; Prince of Wales, Mr. F. Robin.on ; Francis, Mr. L. Ball; Carrier, Mr. J. W. Ray : Luly Percy. Miss M. Eburne. To conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES. OTR AND THE ATRE.—Manager, M. T. Z 7:, Payne.—This Evening will be per , brmed a now Drama, FASHION AND FAMINE ; or, The Straw berry Girl. Julia Warren, Little Cordelia Froward. Affer which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the Howard Family will appear. Followed by a Ballet Divertissement. _ _ To conclude with DON'T LEND YOUR, UMBRELLA, Commence at Seven. Stales, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. Callery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. This Evening, the new drama, by TOM Taylor, Esq., carted A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson., Follow:A by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq, called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. This Evening, with the original vocal music, and novel rnd startling Equestrian Illustrations, invented by Mr. Win. Cioke, the eqnestrian operatic drama of ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the brilliant SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the equestrian barlequinade called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK. CommeLee at seven o'clock. lircs Boxes, 4s, ; Upper 11, , xes 3s • Private Boxes,ll., from uo charge for booking ; ,_ _ . . , Pk., 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. _ l'ox•office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— J OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of l=elections from all the popula , : Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, &e., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Canfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, IL. ,Grover, T. Farrant, S. Joles, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Rime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pi snoforto, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. MGR WATER. AT LONDON BRUNIE. TEM DAY—Morn. 31 min. aft. 6 —Evening 57 Mid. aft. 6 ;'n-MOBROW-34crn. 25 min. aft. 7—Evening 0 anit.aft. 8 TdE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 3. THERMOIV:TER, IN THIC SHAM 51—highest Einse noon yesterday. 4€ —lowest nis morning and during the night. 48 -this day at noon. HABowyrini, 30.4(3—falling. WIND, S.E.-- -Light, wit's dull, mild weather. • se , - AVSI,3kS, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 1857 Another adjournment of the interminable debate in the House of Commons upon the Chi• nee Difficulty ! A Lengthened Dullness " long drawn out !" Literally, this, for we cannot call to our recollection any discussion of lite years upon a really Great Question—% question involv ing in its solution a probable recombination of Parties and a possible reorganisation of Govern meet—less strikingly illustrated by oratorical dis plays either on the side of the Cabinet or on that of the Opposition. As we intimated on Satur day, to our thinking incomparably the ablest speech yet delivered in the Rouge of Commons on behalf of the Ministerial branch of the argument was, beyond all manner of doubt, the eminently lucid and logical oration of the Lord A .Ivocate. An opinion we were gratified to hear corroborated in the House last evening by the authoritative voice of Sir FREDERICK THESIGER. A distin guished rhetorician and debater, who—while awarding the pal m to that Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman, facile princeps t he " up hol ler of the cause of the AdrniniAration—him self acquired the glory ( s „ e as it is) of altogether surpassing in oratorical fervour and argumen tative acumen, all the honourable and right incurable gentlemen who have ,vet other in favour of the motio n of the Mem ber for the West Riding of Yorkiiure ; or, in words, in support of the views sust a i ned by the whole strength of the P resent motley and hetero geneous Opposition. Arguing, as he did yester day, to our entirely upon the wrong side— Sir FREDuicICK THESIGER neverthelesq, from the first sentence of his exordium to t?l3 closing syl lable of his peroration, fixed the attentioa of the House, and commanded its admiration. H'i analysis of the legal part. of the Minist3cial argu ment, as advanced by th 3 Hon. and L?irnt.d Attorney-Genet al, was masterly throughout. His felicitous revival of Sergeant MAyNARD's memorable reply to a pragmatic persou taunting him with ignorance of the 14w,--..i6 Sir, I have forgotten more law than you ever knew" i —his complimentary reminiscence of this re nowned retort, suggestive of its falling anew from the lips of Lord LYNDHURST, constituted an eulo gium upon that Noble and Learned Lord, as telling in its delivery, as it was eminently adroit and de served in its application. Nothing, again, could have been happier in its way than his sarcastic encomium upon Sir J. BOWRING, as one of so astute and subtle 'al intellect that he might have been aptly designated, in the days of the old schoolmen, as one of the old Casuists was in point of fact designated—" The Irrefragable Doctor l" Capital, too, inimitable in their way, were the crowning phrases of his comment upon the already minutely dissected oration of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Aylesbury, to the effect that precisely when it might have been conjectured that the dignus vindice nodes had arrived, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman having ostensibly descendedin to the lists for the pur pose, as it appeared, of dissipating all doubt, he only "exhibited there a few feats of legal legerdemain, and disappeared in a cloud of authorities !" Sir FREDERICK THESIGER'S allusion subsequently t..) his own personal recollections of another bom bardment (a rather more formidable and terrible bombardment, by the way, than the recent bom bardment of Canton), namely, that of Copes.- hagen, was—let us say it at once distinctly and positively—a magnificent piece of forensic and parliamentary clap-trap ! It was only to be deplored—listening to the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman, as the House could not fail to do last night, with unflagging interest and unstinted admiration--it was only to be deplored that the gifted Advocate was unfortunately constrained by circumstances to hold his brief upon the wrong side, and to squander all his genius as a Debater in the futile endeavour to prove black white, and light darkness. During the course of last night's discussion, when it became observable that from ten to fifteen Honourable Members endeavoured to catch the Speaker's eye simultaneously, the debate long before midnight seemed to threaten another ad journment. A threat ultimately fulfilled, as we have seen, upon the motion of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman the member for Plymouth. To-night, however, it may be confidently relied upon, in spite of all the verbosity and garrulity of the more talkative of the popular represeu- tatives, that the Ides of Afarc4 will, indeol, havo at length arrived—to decide the Hopes of the Opposition ani the Fate of the Govern ment. Neither of the two confronting Leaders of the House of Commons have as yet ex pressed their views in the matter of this Chinese Controversy. Neither, for that matter, has the Grand Intermediate below the gangway, the Right Hon. Gentleuan the Member for the University of Oxford I Something may be said, too, upon the now tolerably hackneyed subject under discussion by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Nineveh, as he has been happily entitled, as well as by the Right Hon. Gentle man the Member for the City of Manchester. When these, and some few of the aroXXot of the House, shall have unburdened their hearts (and Memories !) in the hearing of the Reporters, then, at length, we may hope that to-night, and not later, by a single adjournment more, wo may ar rive at the final test of the long-looked-for and anxiously -awaited division. Mr. Speaker sum ming up the whole of this protracted Chinese con troversy by putting the Query from the Chair (let us say) thus significantly : Yza or Nay ? the incomes of the industrious classes—and thus give a very considerable addition to the amount brought within the operation of the impost. The total loss will therefore not be more than from three to four millions, and that, to say nothing of the increased spirit duties, will be more than made up by the additional duties on tea and sugar, which were manifestly never thought of by Sir G. C. LEWIS until he found himself compelled to surrender what has been erroneously termed the war 9d. He now endeavours under the pretext of that surrender to retain the tax without revision or modification, with all its acknow ledged, unequal, and oppressive characteristics. We have shown that he neither can nor will relin quish in 1860, or at any other time, a source of revenue so productive. There is, therefore, no thing to prevent the immediate modification of the impost so as to render its apportionment more equitable, and its collection less inquisitorial and oppressive. The battle must be fought sooner or later. Under such circumstances, procrastination is always "injudicious." It is peculiarly so ou the present occasion, when the revision of the entire fiscal system must depend on what takes place with respect to the Income Tax. Every sincere and consistent Reformer will press for a speedy decision. The faineants will, on the other hand, endeavour to evade the duty, and to cast it on the next Parliament, to be decided in 1860, in place of 1857. The enhanced Tea and Sugar Duties may he regarded as the inauguration of a retrograde policy, repudiating the doctrines of free trade, and determined that so far as he is concerned the principle shall receive no further development. He is the first Minister who for 17 years has ven tured to give expression to such opinions, and who has diametrically opposed that which has been the chief object of the Liberal party to effect, and so intent has he been on this scheme that he has not hesitated to break faith with the impor ters and dealers in tea. We trust that the House will refuse to stultify itself by reversing the legis lation of the last 16 years, that the professing Liberals will decline to follow the crab-like move ment of the Right Honourable Baronet. They cannot do so without bringing shame and disgrace upon themselves—without prov ing that there is a total absence of consistency and sincerity in their composition. Tergiversation of any description is at all timer abhorrent to every honest and true-hearted man ; but it would be doubly so under existing circum• stances, when the welfare and prosperity of the nation for a long succession of years depend on the conduct of those who obtained their seats on the faith of promises totally opposed to the plans now promulgated by Sir G. C. LEWI.. Let the House, then, refuse to sanction any alteration in the existing law —or, if something is to be granted from tea, in order to prevent the modification of the Income Tax--for that is the real question —let the amount be given in such a manner that it may really benefit the consumers, and stimu late consumption, in place of all going into the pockets of the retailers. By a fixed rate of Is. 4d. per lb. for three years, the re venue would lose but little, while the importers could conduct these operations with some degree of security, and the people would obtain a real benefit from the change. We therefore earnestly desire the success of Mr. GLADSTONE'S motion, which prevents any tampering with this important article. But, should that be rejected, Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S compromise Wilt be a vast im provement on the original proposition of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Public attention has been partially diverted b: the Chinese discussion from the consideration of the financial scheme. Having obtained a hetero geneous majority against Mr. DISRAELI'S motion —a majority which seemed to consider the mere financial merits of the question of comparative unimportance—the Chancellor of the Exchequer will now have to enter into details on the different points where, under the specious pretext of granting considerable reductions, he is really im posing additional taxation, which he would not he authorised to levy under the existing law. The subjects on which contests must take place are the Income Tax and the additional duties on tea and sugar ; and it is right that the people should thoroughly understand the actual state of the case on each subject, so that they may know how to deal with those who vote contrary to their professions when claiming a renewal of the confi dence they have violated. Ist. As to the Income Tax, Sir G. 0. LEWIS takes vast credit to himself for refusing to avail himself of the " pettifogging quibble" which he declared in the House to have arisen through a pure accident ; although, if we recollect right!y, he took very different ground when receiving the Anti-Income-tax Association, contending that it was "no mistake," but the legitimate and proper form in which the enactment should be framed. Here, by a strict adhesion to the letter, to the total disregard of the spirit of the law, he might have maintained the 16d. tax until April, 1858. But he had good and sufficient reasons for not resorting to a course so objectionable in every respect. The public indignation had been thoroughly excited in every district throughout the length and breadth of the land. It was clearly perceived that the nation would not stand the " disreput able quibble." Sir G. C. LEWIS maintained a total and unbroken silence, until the last moment, and it was not until se veral independent members had given notices of motion on the subject, and Mr. DISRAELI one for the repeal of the Act of 1855, which would have reduced the duty to sd. in the pound, that he yielded with a very indifferent grace, follow. ing the precedent established by the intrusive dog, who left the room when he saw unequivocal tour. iudicatione or air intention to kick him down The Earl and Countess of Perth have arrrived at stairs. He, however, clung with desperate tenacity Thomas's Hotel, Berkley-square, from Brighton. ,to a portion of the pl un d er . B y a strange mis- The Earl of Granard and Vi scoun t ess F or b es are still take, Jul. in the pound was represented as the at Forbes Castle, Ireland, and will not come to town until the first week in May. war portion of the tax in place of 11d., and Sir The Earl of Radnor and Lady Mary Bouverie are not G. C. LEwls hastened to avail himself of the error. expected in town until after Easter. He stated that be was giving up 9d. in the pound, Lord and Lady Wensleydale gave a dinner on Satur or nine millions of taxation when he was really R day to m the an D d uk u e rsanßdo i Deches m s of Bdedmford,r. anrs. F the d, R ij i ht onr.rs. demand Leg 20. in the pound, or two milli ons per. Lane. Fox . , Miss Morier, Lord Glenelg, the Hon. E. annum, for three years. Nor was thin all. He Phipps, Sir H. Rawlioson, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Hibbert, declared his intention of abiding by the war duty Mr. Temple, &e. A few of her ladyship's friends joined on spirits, bringing in 1,500,0001. according t o the party a ft er di nner. R. L il ord ch Cre h w . Crewe has arrived at the Clarendon, from Crewe his own estimate, and stimulating the illicit tr a d e re. to the highest degree ; and, at the same time, in Lord Ossulston arrived in town yesterday from Bramp• order to prevent the Teetotallers from gaining a ton Park, Huntingdonshire. triumph, l ie p ro p ose d a dd i ti ona l duties for th e M Royal Hi g h ness t h e General Commanding-in-Chief,ajor-G enera l Sir Chas. Yorke, military secretary to ntxt three years on "the cup that cheers withont hi. gave an elegant dinneryesterday at his new house in inebriating," and on " the corn of the tropics." South -street, He would thus practically obtain far more than Of the remittances of specie and bullion by the Indus, lie was giving u p, even if h e cou ld a b i d e b y the I 0 the 4th i ns t., w hi c h are expected to reach about " pettifo gg ing quibble" and retain the 16d. in 800,0001., only about 8,0001. is understood to be in gold, th e pound for the next year. the rest consisti ng en ti re l y of silver. Sal, s of bar silver were e ff ected on Saturday and to ile h as thus stated the case himself. Ho day at ss. Id. per oz. standard, being the same price as would, under the existing law, have received was realised for the remittance by the last West India in the three years from the Income Tax packet. 26,000,000.1., namely, 16 , 00 0000/. in 1857 and cket. 1858, and 5,000,0001. in each of the fcl'ole• Advices from St. Petersburg mention that the new , tariff was expected to be published about the Ist of or 21,000,000/. in all. March. ing years. In place of this he would receive , THE COINAGE.— Great inconvenience is daily sustained - by the public in consequence of the brittleness of a great The 7d. in the pours-1 7,000,000/. each year, will, however, be more p qure uantally is the g cause of thep ty of the old coin at resent in circulation. 1 m - t' productive during tlt , -1 latter years in proportion The mail steamer Clarendon, for the Cape of Good Hue d Calcutta, will take ou t 50,0004 in gold to the t) its amount, the reduction of 9d. will a dd to Cap P e for the Government service. • THE SUN S LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1857, LYCEUM. Two pieces were performed at this theatre last night, which may be regarded in some measure as novelties. The first was "Don Comar de Bazan," a well-worn and hackneyed drama, but, having been laid aside a good while it has recovered something of its original fresh ness; and this was its first performance by the present Lyceum company. The part of the melodramatic hero, with his dissipation, gaiety, fearlessness, and high sense of honour, is well suited to Mr. Charles Dillon, and he sustained it with great effect. Mrs. E. White played the character of the Gipsy, Maritana, with considerable feeling, and Miss Woolgar gave a new interest and im portance to the little part of the boy Lazarillo. The piece was well put upon the stage and received with much applause. The other piece was "Angel or Devil I" announced as a new drama by Mr. Stirling Coyne. This announce. ment is scarcely accurate, as the drama is neither new nor by Mr. Stirling Coyne. It is a third English ver• sion, under a new name, of the popular French piece which is at present performed every night at the Hay market under the title of " The Wicked Wife," and at the Olympic under that of "A. Sheep in Wolf's Cloth ing." Mr. Coyne has made a few alterations, but they are not improvements, and he had better have stuck to the original. It was extremely well acted ; Mr. Dillon being the prescribed royalist husband, Mrs. Dillon the devoted but seemingly heartless wife; and Mr. Toole the faithful comic servant. The part of the child was prettily played by a remarkably clever little girl, Miss M. W►l ton. The piece had a very favourable reception, and promises to be as successful at this theatre as it has been at the others. THE MEETING OR' THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As one of those mentioned in the account of the proceedings, on Friday last, at Lord Eglinton's house, which the Press newspaper has pretended to give, and on which you have founded an article, I beg to inform you that the article in the Press newspaper contains an unauthorised distortion of the truth. You will not ex peat me to follow the example of the caterer from whom the Press newspaper has derived its matter, by violating the confidence of those with whom I have been for some years politically connected. I must, therefore, con tent myself by thus endeavouring to disabuse you of the belief (if you ever entertained it) that the article in the Press newspaper conveys a true version of what occurred between Lord Derby au his party on Friday last.— I have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, C. N. NEWDEGATE. House of Commons, March 2, 1857. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending 28th February, 1857, is 2,890, of which 973 were new cases. FREE EMIGRATION.—Yesterday a meeting of , the working-classes was held in Bethnal-green-fields, to pe tition Pa r li amen t on the abo ve su bj ec t. Resolutions, praying for the promotion of free emigration, were greed to unanimously. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. Yesterday another reduction in the price of bread was made by a large number of the bakers in the metropolis, ami what is termed "good wheaten bread" is now selling as low as 6d. the 41b. loaf, and "best wheaten bread" at 7d. the 41b. loaf, in the densely-populated districts chiefly in habited by the poor ; and in some parts, where strong competition exists, the first-mentioned description of bread is even selling as low as sd. the 4!b. loaf. The high-priced bakers, who sell bread of a better quality and give credit, are charging Bd. and 9d. the 41b. loaf. The corn-chandlers are selling flour at from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 6d. the stone of 141bs. FIRE IN WATLING-STREET.—Last night a fire took place in the premises formerly in the occupation of Messrs. Fisher and Watson, silk warehousemen, which are situated two doors from the corner of St. Paul's churchyard in Watling-street, and extend almost as far as Cord wainer's Hall in Cannon-street West. The en gincei from Watling-street, Jeffrey-square, Farringdon street, that of the West of England Insurance Office, and several others, attended. The firemen, under the direc tion of Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, Mr. Fogo, foreman of the A district, and Mr. Connorton, of the West of England Office, went to work with a good sup ply of water from the New River Company's mains ; and a strong body of police, under the command of In spectors Hamilton and Newnham and Acting-Inspector Salter, kept the crowd out of danger. The fire was con fined to the premises in which it commenced. SCENE AT A FlRE.—Yesterday morning, between four and five o'elock, a destructive fire, attended with great loss of property and danger to life, broke out on the pre mises belonging to Mrs. C. Da Caux, proprietress of the Essex Tavern, High street, Aldgate. A police-constable+ observing smoke to issue through. the bar shutters, alarmed the inmates, who attempted to descend by the staircase, but on reaching the second floor lauding the smoke was so dense as to overcome Mrs. De Caux, who is very corpulent. Her family being unable to lift her,. commenced screaming most piteously. At thiejunc‘ure George Harmsworth arrived with the'Aldgate escape, lyinglaess iu - s a e n n d s i b b e l e i n ugpinformedlanding, n that g t w h t h proprietress s t w c a o s o as cended and entered the second floor window. The crowd called loudly t, him to come down, bat he proceeded to crawl along the, flooring and to reach Mrs. De Caux, whom he found quite insensible. Having raised her on his back, he carried her through the smoke, and pushed her safely down the escape, amid the enthusiastic greet ings of the spectators. The fire was not extinguished until considerable damage was done to the upper part of the house, and the bar and its contents utterly destroyed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. —The question about the future permanent home of the Royal Italian Opera after the present season has expired may, there is good reason to believe, be looked upon as settled. Until last week no arrangement had been concluded ; but we are now informed, upon the best authority, that the necessary documents are signed. The Duke of Bedford has leased to Mr. Gye, for 90 years, not only the ground on which Covent-garden Theatre stood, but also that which is covered by the Piazza Hotel, together with other tene ments in the rear, extending into Hart-street—the whole being equivalent to upwards of an acre of land. The area of the theatre will be considerably larger than pre viously, comprising an enclosure of 240 feet by 100. The building is to be entirely fire-proof. Although the space to be occupied by the theatre is necessarily large, it will not include the whole of the ground comprehended in the lease. It is intended to devote the remaining por tion to a flower market, in the shape of a vast glass bazaar, 80 feet in diameter and 250 feet in length, for the exhibition and sale of flowers, plants, and all the objects and conveniences that incidentally relate to them. Tells idea was suggested by the well-known Marcb6 aux Fleury, which forms one of the most popular and agree able lounges in that city of loungers, Paris. THE DISTURBANCES IN EDINBURGH. On Saturday afternoon, after the generaL meeting of the students, the deputation waited upon the Lord Provost at the City Chambers. They stated that they would place themselves unreservedly in his hands and act upon the counsel he might give them. After expressing his re gret for the course they bad taken, and which had un fortunately led to more serious consequences than they anticipated, his lordship advised them to cease from further agitation on the subject, which course the deputa tion, on behalf of the students, plc-iged themselves to follow. The lecture of Dr. M'Culloch, of which the students, by their taking possession of the hall, pre vented the delivery on Monday evening, has been an nounced for Friday next, at is. charge for gentlemen. On Saturday night there was again considerable uproar in the streets around the college, in which, however, the ed . students took no part. A goo d many l amps an d w i ndows were brok en b y stones, and 10 or 12 persons were ap prehended. T he police, however, soon succeeded in re to Dlellar'nKaliN's i pr s e pssoipnuglatrhity, isturbance Museum—THE GREAT TOBACC O CON TROVERSY.—This valu a bl e in s tit u ti on con ti nues to reta i n t somethi ng largenumbers ofth e wonders of he assembling human frame, dai ly andtomake themselves a c qua i n t e d w ith th ose l aws o f divine Pro v id ence the violation of which produces so many of the physical ills that flesh is h e i r t o . O n Satur day eveni n g the audience was unusually large, arising doubtless from the fact it had been previously advertised Dr. Sexton would discus what has been cared—from the great interest all classes seem to take in it—" The Great Tobacco Controversy." The lecturer first glanced at the origin of the present movement. Then gave a sketch of the history of the tobacco plant—described the chemical properties of the weed—showed its effects on the human c onstitution—and reviewed the papers of Professor Solly and others in the medical journals, and the pamphlets of Professor Lizars, Dr. Shew, &c. Ile contended that the moderate use of tobacco neither in jured the body nor clouded the intellect, and that most of the statem en t s made by the opponents of smoking were gross exaggerations and hideous caricatures. Some of them were so amusing, that the doctor's description of them created roars of laughter. The lecture contained a happy combination of scientific knowledge, pleasantry, logic, and humour, and was eloquently delivered. The audience seemed highly delighted, and the announce meut that Dr. Sexton would repeat his discourse every evening whilst the present excitement lasted, was re ceived with unanimous applause, THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape to the end of December. The last mail 'from Kafirland brings the intelli gence that all was quiet, that no rumours of war were heard, and that the Kaffirs were making their usual purchases at King William-town. The Frontier Times says : " The late heavy rains appear to have been very general throughout the country, but as yet we have not heard of much datiaage being done to the crops. The appearance of the country is described as splen did, and the grass in some parts is said to be so high as to resemble fields of waving corn. A letter from Wolve Kraal, of the 17th inst., says—' We have had in this part of the country, for the last month, scarcely one fine day for reaping; abun dance of rain has fallen, the fields looking beauti ful, and the standing crops promise a good harvest.' " FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. It is confidently stated that the last preliminary conference between Count Hatzfeldt and Count Walewski, on the affairs of Neuchatel, will take very shortly. The Moniteur states the reception by the .Em peror, through Baron Hubner, of a letter from the Emperor of Austria, announcing the death of her Imperial Highness the Arch-Duchess Elizabeth of Austria, widow of the Archduke Regnier. The French Court has ordered four days' mourn ing, beginning on the 2d of March, the first two ordinary mourning, the other two second mourning. There were many presentations on Sunday at the Tuileries by the English, Spanish, Russian, Prus sian, and Mexican Ambassadors. _ The Independance Beige says that Sir Henry Bulwer and M. Talleyrand, members of the Com mission for there-organisation of the. Principalities, are expected at Bucharest in the first week in March. The Austrians are already moving their troops to their own frontier. According to the last French despatch from China the English forces cannot move until rein. forcements arrive. Numerous masses of men are hovering about Canton. It is death for a China man to communicate with the English, who are left without servants. BOURSE, March 2.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft'• C. End of Month, 4i per Conte 3 per Cents 7O 40 70 40 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credii , Mobilier 1,425 -- Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese (5) 9l home Debt RAILWAYS —FOB CASIL fr. c. fr Orleans 1,410 - -Western Northern 992 5 0 Strasburg 840 Lyons ......1,452 50 New Ditto Mediterranean ...... 1,865 G ran d Central 613 75 Lyons Geneva ...... 770 Teste Cet t o THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 20th, in the Constitutionnel, says :—" The .Russian government has sent a M emo i r to the great Powers, in which it examines in detail the question of the union of the principalities. This document goes back to 1828, when the Russian troops occripied the principa lities, and makes known the efforts of Russia at that period to prepare the union. It sets forth that Russia, first of all, endeavoured to establish a customs union between the two principalities, in order to promote their material development, which was embarrassed by restrictions. At the same time, it was desired to place the nobles and peasants of each province in an analogous position, and to unite the Moldo-Wallachian Militia under one commander. All these projects, the execution of which.would undoubtedly have led to a complete union, failed completely in presence of the oppo sition of the Porte and the intrigues of Austria— the later power fearing Viat her projects in the East would be compromised by the creation of a strong Moldo-Wallachian state. At length, however, organic regulations, beneficial to the Principalities, were wrested from the Sublime Porte and the Court of Vienna. It is certain that greater differences exist in the manners, religion, origin, and language of the inhabitants of provinces of certain great European States than between those of Wallachia and Moldavia, and that a union of the two would be of as great interest to Europe as to the provinces themselves." RUSSIA. Another letter from St. Petersburg says : " Count de Morny is now engaged with Prince Gortschakoff in remodelling a treaty of commerce, and he will not return to France until that has been completed. The Count continues to be treated by the Emperor Alexander with particular atten tion. His Majesty has taken him with him several times on hunting excursions, in one of which they killed a very large bear, which stood 12 shots before it fell. His Majesty presented the animal to the ambassador, begging him to preserve it as a souvenir of the pleasant day which they bad passed together." AUSTRIA. The Emperor and Empress of Austria, the Vienna journals state, will arrive at Goritz on the 7th, and will reach Vienna on the 10th. A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says :—" The reports of a Joan which are in circulation are merely propagated by speculators for a fall. According to the last Bank return the debt of the State to that esta blishment is only 209,643 florins, and in the next return it will cease to appear altogether. A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says :—" CoHnt Buol's visit to Parma after leaving Milan was for the purpose of definitively concluding `the renewal of the treaties of com meren with the duchies of Parma and Mo dena. These treaties were very advanta geous to the duchies, inasmuch as they open a large market to their raw materials, and enable them to procure the manufactured goods which are indispensable to them. The duties established in Austria on colonial productions constitute the sole obstacle to the renewal of the treaties; but as the Austrian government is ready to make the most liberal concessions, it is not doubted that the affair will be brought to a satisfactory conclusion."—The same letter says :—" Our cabinet has not replied to the invitation addressed to it by the French go vernment to give instructions tp its representative at Paris with respect to the affair of Neuchatel, and it will not reply to it before the return of the Emperor to Vienna." SPAIN. We have receivedtVellll;drid journals of the 25th and 26th. A return in the Gazette shows that the real estates to be sold in virtue of the law of desamortizaciom of the Ist May, 1855, amounted to 243,109, of which 12,711 belonged to the regular clergy, 129,372 to the secular clergy, and the rest to communes, military, charitable, and educational establishments, and to the late Don Carlos ; and that of that total 52,162 were really sold. The total sum realised was 944,407,442 reals. The Epoca says that the Government was about to in crease largely the force of the marines. The Go vernment had ordered the provincial authorities to observe holidays. The Minister of Public Works had directed the surveys of the railways to Portugal and Andalusia to be carried on as rapidly as pos sible. M. de Cueto, ex-minister plenipotentiary, and several other gentlemen had been nominated members of the Royal Council. Preparations for the elections were being made in all the provinces, but the Progressists, it was said, were taking no part in them. Wheat had declined a real the bushel at Madrid, and in most of the provinces it had declined considerably. Accounts from the Savannah, to the 24th January, say that a small squadron had al ready left from Vera Cruz, and that General de la Concha was making'activa preparations for a more important expedition. If the Spaniards should capture Vera Cruz, Mexico, it is alleged, would be deprived of her most important branch of revenue, the Customs being principally levied there. The same letters say that at the reception held by the President of the Republic of Mexico on New Year's day, a speech was delivered to the president by one of the members of the diplomatic body (it is not said by whom) in the name of Guatemala, France, the United States, the Equator, and England, ex pressing, in a marked manner, the hope that he would "faithfully di , eliarge his high duties by seeing order and the reign of justice re-established, and by preventing for the future a repetition of the sad scenes which had unhappily taken place in a part of the republic." It is stated that this speech had created a great sensation in Mexico. The Neuchatel journals lately announced the return of the councillors of state, MM. Paget and Humbert, from Paris, and added that these gen tlemen brought back with them the most satisfac tory impressions. M. Paget has, however, pub lished a statements in which he declares that, so far as he is concerned, his impressions have been most unfaithfully described by the said journals. The Chamber of Deputies of Hanover adopted on the 26th ult. the bill relating to the establish ment of decimal weights. The government has likewise submitted to the chamber a bill for a deci mal coinage. The King of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess de Brabant, the Count de Flandre, and the Princess Charlotte left Laeken on Saturday at half-past 11 o'clock, by express train for Ghent, to b 3 present at the opening of the quinquennial ex hibition of the Botanical Society. The King and Royal family were accompanied by the Minister of the Interior and the brilliant suite. • A letter from Belgrade of the 20th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, s tys :—" We have received let ters from Bulgaria and Roumelia. A church has been destroyed by fire at Phillippopel, but it is not known whether or not the Turks were the cause of it. The pacha of Sophia has been going over the whole of his district e i 3 the head of 40 men, levying a kind of forced loan of 120 to 140 piastres from each family, for vvhi-.l\ he gives a receipt in the name of the Turkish Government. They will be, doubtless, repaid in the same way as were the sums collected during the war, that is to say, by the persons giving the money being made to sign a petition to the Sul tan, praying him to acceptthe money as a voluntary contribution." The Cattolico of Genoa publishes a letter from Naples of the 21st, mentioning another explosion which took place three days before in the fort of Vigliena, on the sea-side between Naples and Por tici, but caused little damage. The letter adds that upon examination it was found that both this explosion and that of the Carlo 111. were owing to the spontaneous ignition of a peculiar com pound invented for military purposes by one of the officers who perished on board the above men tioned vessel. This compound had been made up into various kinds of projectil es , w hi ch were kept in small quantities in various places. Expe rience now shows that it has the seri ous d efect of igniting spontaneously, which renders it unfit for service. ROYAL BRITISH- BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S IR , —ln your columns of Saturday Mr. Coleman has animadverted upon the observations made by me at Tewkesbury with reference to his report of the 20th September last, on the position of the affairs of the Royal British Bank. 1 The object of that report was so apparent that I have neverheard any attempt made to justify it ; and I should not have again recurred to it but that it has become necessary to recall to that gentle man's knowledge that terms have a signification as well as figures. By the report abovementioned, in making up the balance-sheet, Mr. Coleman takes upon himself to assume the value of the bank assets, and arrives at a result by conjectural approximation ; all reference to the se curities held against my obligation is studiou t s y e a species of • suppressed. Again, in his examination before .nuar h Court of • Bankruptcy, on the 19th J a he stated, on being requested to particularise (why not Ptr i . t losses of the bank by each direefor,thatthe loss by Mr. Brown, coupled with three others to the allega tion said by Mr. Brown and twenty others) amounted to 70,8091. With regard had he done part of t i: 1 ) w tio o n ul a d ga h in ay st eon s the e t ' e p r a , me he eo contained prtldee t i n Coleman, before venturing such an accusation, to have taken more trouble to make himself ac quainted so, he would have ascertained that of the two Ves sels with the real facts ; and, which be accuses me of having sold a n d a propria , p ted the proceeds, namely, the Mad onna and the Hero—the Madonna was sold on the 24th September, 18 55 , and the proceeds handed over to the bank, and the Hero was disposed of by the brokers of the bank, and the proceeds paid over by them to the bank. HUMPHREY BROWN. Westminster, March 2. COURT CIRCULAR. The Lr,rd Chancellor had an audience yesterday o her Majesty at Buckingham Pal ice. Hiss Royal Highteas... the Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince, ac companied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Louisa, took a drive in an open carriage and four in the a fterP.oor. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros attended on horseback. Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales in the forenoon. Prince Leopold visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, at her •residence in St. James's Palace. The Princess Alice took a carriage drive. Earl Granvi le and Lord Pannanre bad the . honour of dining with her Majesty in the evening. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Itos have rtlieved Major-General the Hon. C. Grey and Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby in their duties as the Equerries in Waiting on the Queen and the Prince. A numerous assemblage of members of the House of Commons had a conference with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. A deputation from the Birmingham Society of Retail Brewers had an interview with Sir George Grey yester day at the Home-office on the subject of the Beer Bill. The deputation consisted of Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M.P., and Messrs. Joseph Foxall, George Welch, and T. Harding (solicitor). The Royal Commission for determining the Site of the New National Gallery met yesterday at 17, Great Queen -street, Westminster. Present —Lord Broughton (in the chair), the Dean of St. Paul's, Professor Faradal, Mr. Cockerel!, and Mr. Richmond. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The appeals from the Admiralty Court, "Cargo ex Aapasia " and " Cargo ex Geraaimo " (Prize), were proceeded with. Despatches were received at the Colonial -office yes terday from the Governors of Ceylon, Malta, and New foundland, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Newcastle is expected to arrive in town in a few days from Clumber Park, Notts. The Earl and Countess Vane left town a few days since for their seat in Wales. The Earl of Portarlington left town yesterday, to join the Countess at Emo Park, Ireland. The noble earl and and her ladyship will shortly proceed on a continental THE - T HEAT RES. DRITRY-LANE. Morton's Comedy, ".A. Cure for the Heart• Ache (compressed into three acts), was revived here last night, when Mr. and Mrs. Keeley reappeared as members of the Drury-lane company. The part of Old Rapid, which requires an actor of the Munden and Dowt )n school, is scarcely suited to Mr. Keeley's peculiar style ; but, of course, he made it excessively funny by his quaint stolid humour, and offered about as strong a contrast to the restless effervescence of Mr. Charles Mathews' Young Rapid as it is:possible to imagine. Mrs. Keeley's persona tion of the young rustic, Frank Oatland, was an inimit able performance—an admirable embodiment of simple honesty and truthfulness, and her finished acting made the part one of the most prominent in the piece. The cast was in other respects most efficient, including Mr. Tilbury as Vortex, and Mrs. Frank Mathews as Miss Vortex ; and the comedy evidently afforded the highest gratification to a very crowded audience. LATEST NE WS. Accounts from Constantinople, to the 231:1 ult., state that Isaah Khan, who defended Herat, bad been killed. They also bring a contradiction of the rumour that Ferrah, a town between Herat and Candahar, bad been taken. The Russians had exempted from taxes several tribbs who were to furnish to the Shah 30,000 men, infantry and cavalry. It is added that arrangements are being made to convey this force from Daghestan on board the Russian fleet on the Caspian Sea, as auxiliaries to Persia. Mehemet Bey, who served in the war of insur rection in Hungary, has set out for Circassia, where he has been invited to act as Generalis- siam. Great agitation prevails in the Caucasus, and preparations are in progress against a Russian in vasion, which is said to be imminent. A telegraphic despatch received in Vienna yes terday, announces the death, at Jassy, of Theo dore Balsch, Kaimakan of Moldavia, which took place on Sunday, the Ist instant, at one o'clock p.m. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (Second Edition), in his letter, dated yesterday, says:-- "The bases of a treaty between Persia and Eng land are not yet signed. Hostilities are suspended, but there is no regular armistice agreed upon. No representations have been or will be made at Teheran by friendly Powers until the bases of the treaty are signed." A telegraphic despatch from Vienna announces that, on the 22d February, the Moldavian troops occupied and garrisoned the towns of Bolgrad, Ismail, and Reni, surrendered by the Russians in pursuance of the Treaty of Paris. The same des patch mentions that the Russians were expected to take possession of Komrat, and the new territory on the Upper Yalpuk, some time between the 25th of February and the Ist of March, at which period the boundary would be defined. ; , A. French letter from Constantinople, of the 20th ult., contains the following passages : "I complete the information I have already given as to the movements of the English vessels in the Bosphorus. The steam frigate Desperate leaves for England, the Magician for the Pacific, and the Sphinx for Galatz to convey the English Consul to Odessa. " The Trebizonde boat, arrived on Tuesday last, brings news from Teheran to the 14th of January. Private letters announce that Ali-Kruli-Mirza Khan, commanding-in-chief the first corps operat ing in the East, has taken possession of Can dahar, and that Sultan Murad Mirza has entered Cabul. The plan of campaign is General Buhler's. The Shah has conferred on him a decoration only given to persons of the greatest distinction. General Buhler is busily engaged in erecting fortifications everywhere, and which rise as if by enchantment. The movement of troops and of convoys of ammunition is continual. Some chiefs of Affghanistan and Cabul are said to have offered their services to the Shah. Notwithstand ing the capture of Bender Bushire much confidence prevails at Teheran, and the Persian Government seems decided to carry on the war with vigour." It would appear from a report presented to the Russian Government by the Governor-General of Russian Siberia, that since the attack on Canton by the British Admiral the trade between Russia and China by land, and by Kiakhta, has considerably increased. The commercial relations bet wcen Russia and China, it adds, will become every day more intimate as long as the war continues. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The steam-ship City of Baltimore has just arrived with one day's later news than that brought by the Africa. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa has arrived with advices from New York to the 18th ult. She has brought 228,480 dollars specie ou freight. By a vote of 25 to 20 the Senate had laid over the Dallas-Clarenclon Central American treaty un til the sth day of March, the first day of the new Administration. The South was said to be opposed to it, amend ments and all, on account of the slavery clause. The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirersays the committee on foreign affairs reported the treaty with two amendments; the first strikes out the provision recognising the famous land grant. _ The second amendment proposes to cede the BaY Islands settlement entirely to Honduras, so as to preclude the possibility of any further protectorate of the said settlement. It is understood that if the treaty is held in abel; ante in the Senate until the 4th of March Mr. Jei ferson Davis will give his support to it as it stands , notwithstanding the opposition which the Southern statesmen are generally supposed to cherish t ° ' wards it. The Atlantic Telegraph Bill has been committed to a Committee of W a y s an d M eans b y a vo te 0 f 112 to 74 votes, thus indicating its success. The Tariff question bad been under frequent de bate. The French Minister had made a demand on th e United States' Government for indemnity for losses suktained by French residents at Greytown dines its bombardment by the Cyane frigate. It was considered probable that President Pl' chanan's Cabinet would be composed as follows :"^:„ Mr. Cass, as Secretary of State ; Mr. Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury ; ex-Governor Floyd) " Secretary of War; ex-Governor Brown, of Ten nessee, as Secretary of the Navy ; Mr. Towsef, 1 / 1 4 , ' Attorney-General ; Mr. J ones , o f P ennsy l va nia / Postmaster-Gene ra l • Mr. Jacob Thompson, ° Mississippi, as Secretary of the Interior. Late accounts from Havannah report that Pr . ; Kane was on the p o i n t o f d eath. H.M.S. Nil e ha" sailed for Bermuda. There is an active demand f or all qualities of sugars. Advices from Mexico state that on the 31st Ja l3 ;, a treaty was signed with the U ni t ed St ates, by wilier the latter is to lend Mexico $15,000,000; of tlO 4 sum $3,000,000 goes to pay American claims. 14 , security for the loan the United States i s t o re ceive 15 per cent, of the Customs. Arrangements are also to be made for more unrestricted commercial inte r course between the two countries. Major Banzal had been sent by the Governinenl to Europe on som e i mpor t an t m i ss i on. I t i s s tated that Mr. Barron, wishing to absent himself fr° the British Consulate at ° Tepic, the Legation ha_ named Mr. ALsop to ac t i n hi s stead, but that tit Supreme Governm en t h a d d ec li ned to give him exepatur. ora ted Tbe rebels are r e p or t e d t o have been w and scattered. ar The Mexican C ongress d ec l are d it se lf i n per 0 nent session on th e 28th J an . till the final vote ° the new constitution should be had. Senor Montes w as s p o k en o f as successor t o Sen or Lerdo as Minister of Finance. A private despatch received by us is to the S a lowing effect "NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 1 7 ; e C o The steamer Texas, f rom G rey t own on ' et 10th inst., has arrived at Belize. The stea e3 . Tennessee, from New Yo r k, w ith recru it s and s 0 munition for Walker, has arrived off Groytovig r t s , bad also Colonel Titus, w ith hi s recru it s from der sas. Colonel Lockridge had proceeded up the rl so o from Greytown and attacked and defeated 1 Costa Ricans, with a heavy loss to the enemy .„ s . but a trifling one to himself. His steamer's u t chinery getting out o f or d er , h e was obliged tclo back again to Punt a A renas . Af ter repairing :t0 he proceeded up, and it was thought at It o . Arenas that he would i n a wee k b e i n full 1:10!:it. sion of the river. Th e a d v i ces f rom W a lk er 's P", tion are to J anuary 3 , rece i ved by the Orizavi; These advices are from Walker's agents, and be received accordingly. They say that the aLlh tho under Covas, had m a d e th e i r appearan ce in t o vicinity of Rivas, but were driven back. 0 2 1 00 28th of January General Henningsen, vriti.„go, troops, attacked 1,500 Costa Ri cans a t St. Ge°' ls- re . and after driving them from th e ir positives turned to Rivas. Walker's whole force is rate , .; sn 1,300 men, of whom 1,100 are fit f o r duty auth o f good health and spirits, and ha v i ng three Mell` supply of provisions and ammunition." sets the Burdell case the jury had re t urne d a dict of wilful murder against Mrs. C u n n inghl Eckel, and Suredgass. Th ey were o f op i nion the daughters of Mrs. Cunningham were also isr plicated, and recommended their safe keeping' Suredgass said, in reply t o th e coroner, "tam fe s tirely innocent ; I know nothing whatever of If facts relating to the murder of Dr. Burdell. 1.0 any one knows anythi ng a b ou t th e mur d er in family, I think it is Miss August A. CunninghT, with the mother—understand me, that is, if of murder was perpetrated by any of the inmate s the house." a O f At New York a li ve ly d eman d pre vaile , money, and the market was a little more stringe n t There was no po s iti ve scarc it y o f ava il a bl e calNT s i and the banks and brokers were granting lih e e r facilities at the followi ng ra t es — v i z. : -9 to 10 Pio cent. on first-class two to four months' p a per ; to o to 12 per cent. for fair to good four to six ni° l3 e t. notes ; and 7to 8 per cent, on call. In the W oe market there had been a better feeling, though e , leading quotations indicate no material chi ° , For principal State stocks there was a steady mand, and prices were well sustained. The Bank statement for the week showed crease in all its items. In exchange a l arge b us i ness h as b een done ; the , - o r market closed flat an d regu l ar ; t h e range of P,r',:e„er of regular dr awers were on L ondon 8 to 8 1 cent. premium ; Paris, sf. 23/c. to sf. 22ie- In cotton buoyancy continued, owing 04 to decr`: ing receipts a t th e por t s an d t h e favourable :Oil of received per Europa, which caused an advance kc. per lb. The market closed firm. Flour was without important change. Tto grades, which were more plentiful than fancies T v extras, had declined 55., with little inquiry at reduction. Canada flour was dull and drooping. Soutit i t flour was with ou t i mpor t an t c h ange , the niar"`„, closing steady a t $6 90 c . t o $7 20 c . for mixed, s l good state brands, $7 25c. to $8 for low to ger fancy and extra, and $8 50c. to $9 for choice ditil For mess pork there was an increased demandr4 an advance of 10c. The supply o f b ee f bad slightly increased. The market wa s l ess buoyant, and qu n tations reduced. Iron was firm, and prices supported. English bis r were scarce, and h e ld fi rm ; refined at $67 s ° °' $7O ; and common at $5B. Turpentine was very quiet and dull. White resi o was scarce, quiet, and steady. There was an proved demand for linseed oil. The demand f or K en t uc k y tobacco continue d active, and prices were well supported. - Whalebone continued very film. Freights to Great Britain were easier, with raw' more doing at the decline. At New Orleans on the 16th ult. cotton e t . firm. Sales, 6,500 b a l es , a t 12g c. t o 12/C.. J°. middlings, holders dem an di ng an a d vance at t he close. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Yorkshire, hence, and the Fanny meg e nds from London, have arrived at New York ; the $Y ranak, hence, has arrived at Philadelphia ; th e Grey Oak, the S. Curling, the Lexington, tr • Georgians, the S. Gerant, the Henry Cook, and to ° Fury, hence, and the Nathaniel Thompson an d the William Libbey, from London, h ave arrived iis New Orleans. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, Mimes2', The Minho steamer brin gs Lisbon dates of O r e 24th February, when th e f o ll owing vessels of war were iu the Tagus :—Her Maj es ty' s s t e a m - 3 1 Duke of Wellington,_ Rear-Admiral Sir B. A ; Dundas ; Princess Royal, Captain G. Giffan4 James Watt, Captain T. V. Anson. The French steamship Austerlitz and theFren° h transport Egerie had left the previous day. ~.. The Hamb urg steamer Teutonia, from the zils, had not yet appeared. Telegraphi c de4patches had been received Ira:. Oporto of th e 23d, stating the arrival of the 09 6 _ Company O ''s steamer Madrid, w rec ked a t Vigo 1 with the mails from the Peninsular and Orient the 20 t h, The mails were expected in Lisbon 0P the 25th. In consequence of the carnival little further prf" press h a d b een made b y the peers in the de.l3‘e upon the reply to the Throne. The Pope, on the 25th ult., performed in th e Sixtine Chapel, the ceremony of distributing ashes to the cardinals and o th er pre l a t es . The King °f Bavaria was present at the ceremony. EXTRAPAROCHIAL PLACES.—Some correspondence log taken place with the Poor Law Board relative to the 1 . non-relief of the poor i n e xt ra parochial places s ince On , year 1847. Cases of great hardship are adduced, 19 %' Whiting the imperfection of the existing laws, it appor • ing that paupers in extraparochial places have no claim for relief by law. A bill, however, has lately been in" troduced to obviate this evil, and an abstract of it h as already been given.