The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

TT ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE SEASON 1857. In announcing the arrangements for another season, the Director of her Maje,ty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin cere gratitude, to the success which attended his efforts, un der very trying circumstances, in the season of 1856. Dramatic Opera, which in every foreign State is fostered by Government aid, is, in this country, denied the support which is extended to other departments of art; and it is to the patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round the establishment, that the country owes the prosperity of a noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported individual efforts could maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown. In acknowledging the munificent assistance which enabled him to conquer the unprecedented difficulties of last year, the Director cannot sufficiently express his grateful appreciation of the delicacy with which it was bestowed. Support was freely and nobly accorded for the sole purpose of insuring the prosperity of the institution, and the counsel which added to its value was never a, corn )anied by a word to shackle the discretion or impair ihe authority of the direction. To this the success of the past season is greatly owing ; and from the generous confidence w th which the subscribers have renewed their subscriptions for the present year, without awai, ing the publication of the annual programme, the Director derives the assurance that he has not altogether disappointed the patrons of the theatre, and that he may rely on the continu ance of the cordial encouragement by which lie has been hitherto upheld, and under which it is hoped still higher triumphs may be achieved than were immediately attainable on the restoration of the est tblishment. The enthusiasm which welcomed the re-opening of her Ma jesty's Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. The hearty interest and genuine appreciation displayed by the audiences who thronged the house from the first night to the closing farewell demand the warmest thanks of the Director, which he will endeavour practically to express by renewed efforts in the service of the public. _ . The Director is most anxious to acknowledge how much he is indebted to Maddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely f)r those efforts of genius which won the sympathy and admira tion of the subscribers and the public, but for that high artistic feeling and honourable fidelity which secured the audience from disappointment, and enabled the Direction to produce the entertainments promised for each evening with out a single change of performance—a fact without precedent in Operatic history. The advantages peculiar to her Majesty's Theatre—its cen tral position, and associations now more than a century old —give to it a natural pre-eminence of which no occasional circumstances can ever permanently deprive it. These ad vantages will be turned to account by a Company combining the prestige of acknowledged genius with the attraction of New candidates for the highest rank of their profession. Those who last year won favour at the hands of strangers will re appear to claim the cordial recognition which au English audience never refuses to established favourites; and the direction has been further strengthened by an accession of new aspirants of the highest order, whose merits are already acknowledged on the stages of Italy, and who only await the verdict of the subscribers and frequenters of her Majesty's Theatre to confirm their fame. Although, in an Establishment especially devoted to Italian Opera, the compositions of Italy will naturally predominate, the gems of other schools will not be neglected. Ballet will continue to be supported by the most famous of established Artistes and the most promising of those who are ambitious of the same distinction, It is hoped that the organisation of every department will prove completely worthy of that state of renewed prosperity to which her Majesty's Theatre has now attained. The following are the arrangements already completed : OPERA. Madame ALEONI, Mdle. MARIA SPEZIA (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fenlce, Venice; San Carlos, Lisbon, &c.—her first ap pearance), Male. ANGIOLA ORTOLAN' (Of La Scala, Milan ; L'Ori ente, Madrid, &c.—her first appearance), F ig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI, (Of La Scala, Milan; Carlo Felice, Genoa ; San Carlos, &c.—his first appearance), Sig. JACOPI, Sig MERCURIALI, Sig. LLTIGI BOTTARDI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa, &c.—his first appearance), Sig. BELLETTI, _ Sig. BENEVENTANO, Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI, Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI Director of the Music and C Sous-Directeur and Maitre d Suggeritore—Si; BAL: Mdle. CAROLINA POCCHINI (Of the Karnther Thor, Vi enna ; La Scala, Milan ; San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo Felice, Genoa, &e.—her first appearance). Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Mille. BOSCHETTI, Mdle, KATRINE, Mdlc. TERESA ROLLA (Of La Fenice, Venice—her first appearance). LUIGIA BRUNETTI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa— her first appearance), Mdle. BAILLOU. Madame FRANCH. Mdle. BERTI, Mdle. POMA, M. PAUL TAGLIONI, RONZANI, M. CHARLES, M. PIERRE MASSOT (Of the Oriente, Madrid—his first appearance), Sig. FILIPO BARATTI (His first appearance), Mdle. TRENETA RAMOS (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin —her first appearance), AND Mdle. PICCOLOMIN (Of La Scala, Milan, and Italian Opera, Paris, &c.— his first appearance), BAILLOU, Sig. DE SOIIOS, Sig. GARIBOLDI, AND Sig. FILIPPO VIALETTI (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fe. nice, Venice. ; L'Oriente, Madrid, &c.—his first ap• pearance). BONETTI. Chant—Sig. VASCHETTI. 'g. FONTANA. LET. Mdle. ELISA SALVIONE (Of La Scala, Milan--her first appearance), Mdle. GIUSEPPINA MORLACCHI (Of the Teatro Eegio, Turin— her first appearance), Mdle. ISABELLA KAIt- LISKI (Of the Academie Imperiale, Paris—her first appearance), Mdle. CAROLINA PAS , QUALI (Of the Imperial Theatres of Vienna and Milan her first appearance) • And Madame ROSATI. Sig. CASARE CIIECCHETTI (Ilis first appearance), Signori RAFFAELLE GAM BARDELLA, LUIGI VA RINI, LUIGI TURBINO, and PIETRO BUZZIO (of the Teatro Begio, Turin, and Carlo Felice, Genoa— their firg appearance). Maitres de Ballet— M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig, BONZANI, and M, MASSOT, Regisseur de la. Dause—M. PETIT. Master of the School of Instruction—M. MASSOT, Madlle. PICCOLOMINI Will arrive early in April, and, in addition to the characters which last season she made her own, will appear in a varied and attractive repertoire. Madlle. SPEZIA Will have the honour to appear for the First Time at the Opening of the Season in Donizetti's Opera of LA. FAVORITA. Immediately after Madlle. ORTOLAN' Will make her first appearance as Elvira, ia Bellini's Operao I PURITANI. Madlle, ORTOLANI. Signor GIUGLINI. Elvira. Arturo Madame ALBONI Will arrive before the Ist of May, and will make her first ap pearance this Season as Azucena, in Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne, Madlle, SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madlle. PIC COLOMINI, Will be effected in Mozart's Opera of IL DON GIOVANNI, Which will be produced with the perfection of ensemble and details necessary to realise the intentions of its great author. All tho great Artistes of the Establishment will join in aiding the efforts of the Director to do honour to the noble work of the Shakspearc of music. Signor GIUGLINI. This charming Tenor will have the honour of inaugurating the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear ance as Fernando, in the Opera of LA IAVORITA. The distinguished Basso Profondo, Signor VIAL ETTI, Will also make his first appearance at the opening of the Theatre. The admired Tenor, Signor BOTARDI, Will make his first alqicarane.) early in the season. 13c;i,lcs the principal excentants of last year, the Orchestra s been strene-thened ley the engagement of, amongst others, Signor PEZZE, First Violoncello of La Scala, and Signor GIRALDONI, First Contrebasso of Bergamo, Li Scala, &c. The Chorus wi!l be numerous and effective. In addition to the union cf operatic talent at the opening of the season, the inauguraton of the Ballet portion will be made by the fascinating Artiste, pobcfllNl. The most successful Ballet, LA ESMERAL DA, Will be reeved expressly for her debut. Early in the season, Madlle. BOSCHETTI and Madlle, KATRINE will appear. Madllo. MARIE TAGLIONI Will arrive early ia May, and will shortly afterwards appear in a New Ballet, eompo3od expressly for her by M, Paul Taglion]. Madame ROSATI Will appear in a Ballet Divertissement from Auber and Scribe's New Ballet of MARCO SI'ADA, Now preparin g for her at the Acalemie Duperlcle, Paris. Principal Artist to the E-tahlishment Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL. The Cestlu ne DePtl , trnent under the sole direction of Mme. EE. Executed by M. LAUREYSCO a P nd ll Mrs. MASTERMAN. Principal Machinist —M r , D. SLOMAN. head of the Property Department—Mr. BRADIVELL. - • •• ••- terms Tho will Subs be ow criptio consist of Thirty Ni g ht s, and the as fol n : Pit Boxes . Grand Tier One Pair ..... 150 guineas. ..... 20') . ..... 150 " ..... 100 ..... 25 " Tsv , . , Pair Pit Stars The THEATRE will OPEN en TUESDAY, April Is, when will be prez4euttd Donizetti's Opera of L.t FAVOR,PLA Leonora Baldassare Fernando Sinor GIUGLINL To be followed (first time these 10 yells) by the favourite Ballet of LA ESMERALDA.. Founded on Victor Ifit•o's "Notre Dante de Pori'.. Esmeral.la ALI,(IIIe, POWATINE, C a.r.de Frollo,. Signor IitONZANL A.No Pierre Gringoire.... ........ M. MASSOT. Applications for Boxes and Stalls to bo male at the Opera Box-o - T:ce, Colonnade, Haymarket. nrIHEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI li LesBec—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will bo perfumed 4ASSURANCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. Mr. and MrF3. Rime) , Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Wrijht and Peal Bodfor.l will appear. Followed by a new Piece de Caraetere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Danis. BARNEY THE BARON, Barney O'Tcolc, Mr. Barney /IRlliams. LEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EV ENING, MARC El 24, 185 7. /111 - 11:.:ATRE ROYAL, DRURN LANE.— DURING PASSION WEEK. GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT Eveiy Evenir g, Friday Excepted. Band of 50 Performers, including all the First Solo Players of the clay. Conductor—Mr. ALFRED MELLON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shak espere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. IC' an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr Stuart, Mr. J. L. Nolo, Miss Woolgnr. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND ME DORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super utendence of Mr. C;hatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties t the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. rpHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TFEIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzw ll liam, dm. Foll ,wed by the now Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE Characters by Mr. Buckstone, qr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, qr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz wii ram. And LA FOLIE ET L'AMOR. flo OPAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIM'S. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c. To conclude with TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS. tit 0Y A L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. Tim EVENING, (a new farce, called THIEVES! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson; G. Vining, dre. The new drama, by Torn Taylor, EN., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq, called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT, An A BLIGHTED BEING. Mr. F. Robs.); &c. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. LIL. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with the highly successful equestrian Mrs trations invented and arranged by Mr. Win. Cooke. Hot spur, Mr. James Holloway ; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Mr. Anson. After which, a combination of Skill, Eamo, and Eleganc3, and the Equestrian EXER( ISES in the CIRCLE To conclude with A MORCEAU CHOISI of en amusing nature. Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress Roses, 4s. ; Uppei 30xcs, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Ir. ; Upper GAllery, 6d. ' - :os•ofl'ice open from Eleven till Four. Stago Manager \fr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBI7RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ttlz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o , elections from all the popula' Operas, Madrigals, Choruses qlees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, ‘liss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. — anlfield, Herr F. Jom;hmans, H. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Celli, Senor Anto n io M . !e Soils, and E. L. Hiroo ; Masters Austin, Bennett,. and !'orri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Hackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforo, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; iirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Sevon o'clock pr. ei3ely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. TaIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. 13:15 DAT—Morn. 45 coin. aft. 12—Evening 6 Mid. aft. 1 r4' MlYttFO",',.—Morn. 28min. aft. I—Evening 46 min.aft. 1 THE WE A THF-R—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 24. THERMOIGITEE, IN THE SHADE. 48 —highest since noon yesterday 36 —lowest this morning end during the night. N —this day at noon. BA.WYETEB, 29'62. Wisp, W.N.W.—Light and fine. I ` 9 '•' • • - '.) t 6 to come. anybody, even at this eleventh hour, knows at all about—namely, the contour and complexion of the Home Policy of his Administration. The country needed not, for an instant, to be -told all over again about the Paris Conferences, about the Russian War, about our summary reconciliation with Persia, and our temporary tiff with Ame rica, and our ineffectual remomtrance with the Court of the Two Sicilies. What the country did want to know, however, was—what it still wants to know at this moment is—something wonder fully different 1 Something that Lord PALMER- STON does not dilate upon—as he dilates u?on his Foreign Policy—in ten successive pa ragraphs of this his Address to the Elec tors of Tiverton. Something—the merest trifle ! his Home Policy in point of fact I nothing more !—something so little worth talking about that our vivacious Premier polishes the whole thing off in a single sentence ! And that sentence ? Well—read it. It won't take you long. It is shoat enough, in all con science. And, for that matter, easy enough of comprehension. But read it. Lord PALMERSTON has just said, "Abroad it will be our earnest endeavour to procure peace, but peace with honour and with safety—peace with the maintenance of national rights —peace with security to our fellow countrymen in foreign lands." And he then adds—" At home our guiding principles will be judicious and well-regulated economy, progressive improvement in all that concerns the welfare of the nation, the continued diffusion of education among the people, and such well-considered re forms as from time to time may be required by changes of circumstances and by the increasing growth of intelligence." So—the Guiding Principles of his Government are :—Judi cious and Well-Regulated Economy—Progres sive Improvement Continued Diffusion of Education—Well-Considered Reforms. Capital things in their way every one of them— but here vaguely indicatci—most provokingly and tantalisingly generalised 1 The country, we are bold to say, looked to Lord PALMERSTON to be a little more outspoken than this. It is precisely because he is not more outspoken in his Address that we regard that Address, as we have observed, as so exceedingly disappointing. He has spoken distinctly and satisfactorily upon his Foreign Policy—in regard to which he need not have uttered one syllable. While in reference to his Home Policy--about which people expected him to say so much—he has spoken most in-distinctly, and so far, there fore, most un-satisfactorily. So far, but no fur ther. For as a vague outline to be filled up ad libitum hereafter—when the country shall have pronounced itself through the seven-years' decree of the constituencies—it is most admirably and most satisfactorily comprehensive. That is the Saving Point in it. That is its Redeeming Characteristic. It is almost a tabula rasa, upon which the Nation may now write anew with the iron stylus of this General Election. It loaves everything open to Reformers. It commits Lord PALMERSTON'S Government to nothing—but it admits in every way of that Cabinet moulding its Home Policy according to the necessities of the tame, as expressed in the general character of the new Parliament. It is no dereliction of principle, so to conduct the movements of our Constitutional Govern ment. The greatest English Statesman of Modern Times s) conducted the State Vessel through many difficult and most perilous emergencies. Not by acting slavishly, according to the despicable dictates of mere Expediency. But by watching the turns of the tide, the necessities of age, the novel and ►arious requirements in the way of modification and innovation, growing with the growth, and strengthening with the strength of each successive generation. This was the glorious and distinctive policy of Sir, ROBERT PEEL --a Statesman ever open to conviction, never ashamed to confess himself in error, always prepared to acknowledge Fiat justitia, ruat ccelum, as the motto of his Governmebt. It was the policy, lot us repeat again, the glorious and distinctive policy of Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is the policy more vagu€ ly expressed, no doubt, but still clearly enough indicated to •be perfectly comprehensible, ❑evertheless—the cautious, and, so far, the saga cious policy of Lord PALMERSTOX. Let the coun try remember that—and Act accordingly 1 "Finance has always been a stumbling-block in ,he way of the Whigs." This is "a great fact," so notorious that it would be an act of superero gation to offer additional arguments in support of the assertion. It is greatly to be regretted that the Government of Lord PALMERSTOIC, deservedly populAr in many respects, exhibits not the slightest improvement in this particular over that of hi: predecessors. Sir G. C. LEWIS is perhaps the most inefficient Chancellor of the Fxchequer ever pitch. forked into Downing -street ! Fortunately for the country, his hands are so far tied that he cannot now introduce exploded principles, or resusc,t ate the monster grievance that received a death-blow in 1846. But he has shown an un flinching determination to support and sustain all the existing abuses. He may be regarded as the chief impediment in the way of fiscal, financial, and monetary reforms ; and, if permitted to have his own way, the nation will for a protracted period be afflicted by the monopoly of the Old Lady of Threadneedle-street—an unimproved Bank Charter Act continued for a further term of ten years, an unmodified Income Tax for an in definite, period, and the maintenance of variour burdens alike condemned by justice and expe diency, and which will effectually prevent the further development of the glorious principles of Free-trade or unrestricted competition, or what soever other denomination may be accorded to the doctrines that have been rezognised by Par liatnent for the last 15 years. Now, the groat problem that requires a satis factory solution, and which must speedily be de cided, is----whether it is not possible to continue a Government in which the nation approves, so far as the Foreign policy is concerned, without delivering it bound over hand and foot to the tender mercies of an incompetent Financier, who will certainly retard, if he cannot altogether pre vent, the introduction of measures essential to the welfare and prosperity of the country. We may highly approve of Lord PALMERSTON—may con sider him " the right man in the right place," but does it therefore follow that we must repose con fidence iu Sir G. C. LEWIS, and submit to all his vagaries in the financial department. The sick lion, in the fabl , 3, grieved more at the insults of the donkey than at more serious evils. If there most be a financial dictator, it should unques tionaLly be a man of very different mental calibre from either Sir G. C. L . F.:wrs or Sir 0. WOOD. The verdict on this important issue is in the hands of the several constituencies. If luke warmne2s or indifference bo now displaycd, the national interests must suffer severely for years SAne time ago the people manifested extra.)rdinaly excitement. Economy and re trenchment was the universal demand, combined with a judicious mode of procuring the necessary re venue to provide for the public expenditure. More leonktly, tilt) mere notion that a "pettifogging quibble" was about to be resorted t), created n fever throughout the length and breadth of the land. But some trivial concessions, or rather pretended concessions, allayed the excitement. The people proved thc'r irresistible power, but unfortunately refrained from pushing their victory to its legitimate results. In 1853 they were bamboozled by the "GLAD STONE dodge." The vain expect ition of seeing an end of the inequitable impost led them from the scent, and the much-required revision of the tax was postponed sine die. At the moment when the game was in the popular hands, it was recklessly flung away by foolish play. These self constituted leaders deliberately fell into a trap that could not have misled the most unwary, unless willing to be deceived. Again, before the last meeting of the defunct Parliament, the people spoke out plainly and it telligibly. They demanded alike the withdrawal of the special War Tax, and the equalisation of the remainder. They were, perhaps, more in tent on the latter than the former. The paltry trickery of the former excited intense in dignation ; but calm reason urged the propriety and expediency of the much-required revision of the burden, and an unequivocal recognition of the vast difference for fiscal purposes bt tween perma nent and precarious receipts—the former certain, so far as any worldly matter can be,—the latter depending on a variety of fluctuating elements which were totally ignored from the calculation. But although a partial concession was made en the first point, and 9d. out of the war 11d. was nominally surrendered (4d. being re quired during the two following years), the spirit of COCKER was altogether disregarded by the Financial Minister, and the objectionable inequality was continued with all its monstrous defects. Had professing fiscal reformers been in earnest this could not have occurred. The nation could not a second time be led astray from its fair and moderate demands. It only requires that similar demonstrations should be ,continued to insure a complete victory. Sir G. C. LEWIS has unequivocally proved that he is made of squeezable materials, and if the people show that they are really in earnest Lord PALMERSTON will not support him in hobbies that may endanger the stability of the Government. The Noble Lord knows how to bow gracefully to popular demands, but they must be clearly and unequivo cally preferred. This is the golden opportunity, which may not again occur for seven long years-- a tedious apprenticeship to a system destructive to the welfare and happiness of the people. " The light cloud" will soon pass away, and nothing but unavailing regrets will remain— mourning for that which might have been, but was not, accomplished. Once more we call upon the several constituencies to shows that they are worthy of the trust confided to their charge —to prove that while they are sensitively alive to the maintenance of the national honour, they also feel acutely the wrongs under which they have hitherto suffered, and imperatively demand complete and speedy redress. Let the voters not be content with vague declamation in favour of economy and retrench ment, but insist on specific pledges respecting fiscal, financial, and monetary reforms—pledges which, if disregarded, will cover the deceivers with well-merited reproach and obloquy. HIT AND MISS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. Thirty years ago we knew a country gentle man who thought he would test the probabilities of his success as a duellist. We are not aware that he was intending an affront t') any of the class, rather large at that time, who thought powder and lead the scales of gentlemen's justice, but our friend was a man whose blood coursed pretty quickly through his veins at all times, and it did not take much to get it up to expres4, and even to collision, speed. CURRAN proposed to a challenger to chalk a man on the barn door, and whichever hit him first should make the apology. Our friend preferred a pump in his yard for an experimental antagonist, and placing himself with his back to his parlour window, and in front of his man, and, making his own signal, he pulled the trigger, and—smash went the parlour window ! Let no reader liken him, in imagina-- tion, to the Pickwickiau who maimed Mr. TITP MAN. Our friend hardly knew what it was -to miss his bird. His bullet had, of course, hit the pump—had made a wound that would assuredly have been fatal to any living pump ; and having penetrated two inches or more into the wooden representative of too many mortals, had rebounded over our friend's shoulder, smashed the window, and marked the opposite parlour wall ; he very wisely thought his honour satisfied, declined a second shot, and we never heard of his challenging a pump of any sort again. Perhaps our great Opposition Leader may, on .00king round, perceive his admirably-aimed bullet has smashed the glass of his house also. Per fectly aimed—deep as any duellist, as Sntr,ooK, had he been a duellist, could have mAshed, went the ball into its mark. Lord PALMERSTON—. "The Tory Chief of a Radical C a bi ne t." Wh a t shot at one asking confirmation in office from the hands of all the Liberals in the kingdom 1 Tories, can you vote for a captain who mans his ship with Radicals? Radicals, will you vote for a Minister who crimps your representa tives to steer with them whither he pleases The Tory Cnief of a Radical Cabinet l Excellent that. We have not heard a smarter or a truer thing for a while; saving, of course, a little dif ference between the epigrammatic and the actual radical qualities of Lord PALMERSTON'S staff. We rather fear some of them would stammer at the Candidate's Catechism as much as their master. But let that pass. Mr. DISRAELI has made a capital shot. But then the parlour windows I and the oppc site parlour wall I Of what sort of Cabinet is Mr.. DISRAELI to be chief ? Of Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. Rortanoic, of Lord J. RUSSELL and Mr. MIALL, of Sir 3. GlnAnAlt and Mr. COBDEN, of MILNER GIBSON and Mr. LAYARD.---" Tory Chief of a Radical Cabinet" —of a Peelite Cabinet, of an old Whig Cabinet, replies the crashing glass Lucky for the marksman if the shot has rebounded over his shoulder, and not graz3d him in passing. Why, if he once attempt to form a Cabinet out of his majority, the whole China service presented him by Mr. COBDEN'S motion would be surtshed on his mantelpiece, and by his own bullet. He must be the T ory Chi e f o f a R a di ca l Cabinet —or re.,l-Whig-Radical CAbinct—equally odious, or more so, in the eyes of all good Tories. Could Mr. DISE,AnT have meant to have a Radical Chief of a Tory Cabinet ? Mr. CORD EN —whom ho and the Tories followed as 13ader in the House of Commons I' Could ho mean thus to nullify a Radical as the Radicals now nullify a Tory ? Oh, but, of course, all except thorough - bred Tories were to b e l e f t b eh i n d . Th e DERnY-DIS- RAELI Cabinet was to be of pure blood. Mr, DISRAELI IS to be the deputy Tory Chief of a Tory Cabinet. Bat that's worse than th smashed glass—it's the indented parlour well. only shows with what deadly force the shot re bounds. Why, of all things in the world, that just the thing the country will not stand. A Toi y Chief is bad enough in all conscience ; but it is something to have a Cabinet that at least keep 3 him out of mischief. A Tory Chief, Cabinet an& all, in the year Anno Domini 1857, in Vie year of the Reform Bill 25, and the year of Protection dead and buried s—is it to be thought of ? Lard DERBY knows better. He thinks the contest hopeless—he has no mind to have a Tory Cabinet, if he could get it, holding office by favour of Mr. COBDEN, " whom he never spoke to, and has not the slightest acquaintance with." He prefers an Arab independence to an urban subserviency. Better to reign in opposition than to serve in a Government. He accordingly threatens Lord PALMERSTON if he does not keep the Tory peace ; but does not hint that he intends to be the Tory chief of a Tory Cabinet, or of any Cabinet at all. No—Mr. DISRAELI hit the bull's eye, but he smashed his own parlour window and indented the wall. And what would the Right Hon. Member for Bucks do had he it all his own way? His policy is " honourable peace—reduced taxation—and social improvement." The last all agree 4o—but of political improvement not a word. Ra Heals would not profit by his reign. Lord PAL MERSTON has begun " reduction of taxation ;" and we somewhat like a Premier out of whom nine millions could be squeezed by popular deter mination, while we hardly know what Mr. Da lt/ELI and Mr. GLADSTONE drove at, unless it were keeping up the intolerable sixteenpence—their rid dle has always puzzled us, that of taking off taxes in order to provide against a deficit in 1860. As to an honourable peace, we cannot quite relish their notions on that topic. Viscount PALMERSTON made, NAPOLEON 111. perhaps compe'ling him, an "honourable peace" (?) with 'Western semi-bar barism last year; Mr. DISRAELI and Mr. COBDEN would persuade us to make a less honourable one with Eastern semi-barbarism this year. LATEST NEWS. The Gazette Piemontaise of yesterday announces the recal of Count Paar, and the departure of the whole Aus I rian Legation. Austrian subjects are transferred to the protection of the Prussian Ambassador. A letter from Berlin in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort says :—" The settlement of the Neucha tel question encounters a fresh. difficulty from the circumstance of the agnates, or younger branches, of the house of Prussia refusing to consent to a re nunciation of the principality. Without their con sent the renunciation of the King would not be valid." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The approaching Conference on the affairs o: Neuchatel will probably take place on Wednesrlay, M. de Hatzfeldt and M Walewski have bad seve ral interviews on the subject. The Emperor yesterday received M. Escher, Pre sident of the National Council of the Swisi Contt de ra ion. " The importance which the French settlement at Senegal has attained during the last few years," says the Moniteur de la Flotte, "induced the- Minister of the Marine, some time back,- to create a new post of superior commandant of the navy at that place. Captain ,Duroch, who had been ap pointed to the situation, has just arrived at S'. Louis, and been duly installed. He will, under the authority of the governor, centralise the service of the vesQeli of war on the station, - direst their re pairs when necesary and organise a dock for tha' purpose ; he will also have the direction of all works execut d in the port - , the police of the rold stead, pilotage, arc. He is to draw out a mon , hly return of the vessels under his orders, and ever ) quarter make a regular report on the stores, &c., under: his charge. His residence is to be at St. Lo via." • Thefollowing is the summary of the expose des motifs of the budget of 1858, read on Saturday in the Legislative Body by the.Pre3ideat to the mem bers : "On the whole, the comparison of the receipts and expenses presents a surplus of receipts of 20,128,9811. It we add to that sum the 5,000,000 f. set down for the first time in the budget of expenses, and destined to reim burse part of the debt to the bank, we find a total sur plus over the expenses of something over 25,000,0001., which, in our opinion, ought to be devoted to the dimi nution of the floating debt. No doubt it is scarcely right to expect that in 1858 causes of unforeseen ex penses will not rise; the course of human things, the life and movement of a great people, &most fatally oc casion such expenses every year. But the severe calcu lation of the estimates as regards the receipts authorises us to believe that the resources of 18E8 will suffice to cover not only the expenses set down in the budget, but even suck expenses as are not proviled for therein, and at present not foreseen ; and that thus the surplus receipts to which we have just referred will remain appropriated to its natural destination--the diminution of the floating debt. Last year the report of the committee of the Legislative Body charged to examine the budget 1 1857 called the serious attention of the Emperor's Government to the necessity of re stricting the supplementiry credits, and of reducing them to rare cases and small proportions. The decree co the 10th November, 1856, carried on the proposition o the Minister of Finance, has proved to the country that the Emperor in his wisdom had like you foreseen this danger, and desired to pre'erve the future from it." It may not be forgotten that, when the article of the Moniteur on the union of the Danubian Princi palities was known at Bucharest, the greatest-joy was expressed and the most flattering complements directed to the French political agent. The French Government has not, however, been over - pleased at these manifestations, which, in point of fact, were a censure on the English Government, which was known to be opposed to the union. Baron Talley rand, the French Commissioner to the Principali- Ve4, has received instructions from his Government to keep himself on the reserve, and not only not to encourage any such demonstrations, but rather to do all in his power to check them. BOURSE, March 23.—The following were the las quotations : _ Cash. fr. c. 44 per Cents 3per Cents 7O 55 New Loan — End of Month. —fr. 70 75 Bank Shares 4,`zC) Roman Credit Mob'l'er 1,445 Aus:rian Belgian Fives lool— Spanish Threes.... Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASE fr. c. fr c •Orleans 1,490 -- Western Northern OB7 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,540 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,080 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette THE PENINSULAR MAILS . (BY BLECTaIe TBLEGRAPII. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY M ORNING. The PeninF•ular and Oriental Ct,mp lily ' s s t ea mer Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, has just arrived, with the Peninsular mails. She left Garaltar March 14, Cadiz 15!h, LisbOn 19th, Vigo 20th. No communication with Oporto. She brings 13 first-class and 20 deck passeng er !' including Mr. Ward, Charge d'Affaires, from lea bon. On freight —specie, value 6,8351., and cal ° of fruit, eggs, nine elephants' teeth, coffee, dcc.the Colombo, night si gna l s on th e 16 t h wilh Colombo, steamer; and on the 20th with the Pen insular and Oriental Company's screw ate imerf steering for Vigo. Passel two F renc h line-of-19AI tit, ships off Lisbon on the 19th ; on th e 21 s t exchange d numbers with a screw steamer showing third distin: gnishing pendant No. 6,817, stewing south -wesb half-west. At Gibraltar.—H.M.S. Curlew. a At Lisbon.—H MS. Exmo u th, James Watt, and Princess Royal ; the French line-of-battle-ship .1111 s. terlitz, and Brazilian cyrvette Imperial Marin Tue Braganza steamer, fr o m Li ver p oo l, arriv a a' Lisbon on the morning of the 18th. Lisbon exchanges, for three months :—Lonann' 53 ; Paris, 535 ; Amsterdam, 31i • Hanll al l 571 ; Genoa, 535. A fair aiii..ruut of b'usiness dna in the stock m-trket. Gibraltar exchanges on the 14th inst. : —Lor: ( 14 ' 90 days, 51 to 1-16114.; Par;s, sf. 35 c . ; Ma! sei lle4 ' of. 37c. ; Genoa, sf. 37c. The Pet , opolis steamer for th e Br3,zils bad p ut w hack to Lisbon with tw o bl a d es o f her scre w broken. MUSIC ON THE CONTINENT. PARIS, MARCH 20. There is little to record this week either at the Grand Opera or the Italiens. The former was filled by those who still find delight in "Lea Elfei," and the latter has attracted full houses with the " Puritani." The tele graph is now used by the musical as well as the commer cial world—the success or fiasco of an opera or singer is regularly sent to distant lands, like the price of the funds, &c. The French journals thus record the result of the first representation of Verdi's new opera at Venice : " VENISE, 12 Mars.—' Simon Boccanegra' h la Fenice. —R6sultat incertain—musique 6!aboree, mais pen sai• sissante. Public edvere. La cavatine de is Bendazzi, bien—quatre rappels. Trois rappels au duo entre la Bendazzi et Giralboni. Cinq rappels h Verdi." The telegraphic news is followed by printed details, and we lerrn " the composer in this new opera is said to have entirely changed his style in this new work, so much so that the Venetian public, who expected to find something of Verdi's usual noisy grandeur, were at the first representations somewhat at a loss, and the success was in consequence less on that occasion than had bean anticipated. But on its second performance, the audience, better prepared for the change, were enabled to listen and judge of the m u s ic. The result was triumphant. The delighted public indulged without reserve in their enthusiasm, and the maestro wal recalled no less than 19 times during the evening." The friends of Verdi say he will stick to his more mature style of composing, and subdue the noisy passages found in his early works. M. Guiglini, the principal tenor at her Majesty's Theatre, is expected in Paris in a few days, en route for London. THE FRENCH COURT. In consequence of the great abuse which has taken place in the usurpation of noble titles, the attention of the Government has been called to the subject by a peti tion addressed to the Senate. In consequence of the re port made on it by that Lody, the Emperor has, it is said, given orders for a bill to be prepared in order to put an end to the existing abuse. After the first concert given at the Tuileries, at which Madlle. Lauters obtained such a decided success, M. Auber, on the part of their Majesties, presented to the young cantatrice a magnificent bracalet in diamonds, purls, and emeralds, as a mark of their satisfaction. COURT CIRCULAR. ...- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Roy& Highness the Prince rode on horseback in the forenoon, attended by his Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albeii;, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Princess of Hohenlohe Langen burg, took a drive in an open carriage and four in the afternoon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros atten , led on horseback. The Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe Langenburg visited the Princess Mary of Cambridge. The Prince of Wales visited the Duchess of Kent at Clarence-house, St. James's. The Princess Royal visited the Duchcsa of Glocester yesterday at Glocester house. Her Majesty had a dinner party. The company in cluded his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, their Serene Highnesses the Princess of Huherlohe LangPn burg and the Princes Feodore, his Excellency the Persian AmbasFador, Fetal( Khan, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl an I Countess of Cla rendon, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerton, Viscount Torrington, Meerza Zeman Khan, Meerz% Maleum Khan, Meerza Ali Nacke, Mahomed Ali Aga, the Equerry in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge, and Captain Lynch. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at her residence in St. James's Palace. Despatches from the Governors of the colonies of the West Inc ies were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the colonies on the West Coast of Africa. Her Blyal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday, at her residence in St. James's Palace. The Countess of Westmoreland arrived in town, yes terday, from Aptborpe. The noble earl will leave town for Northamptonshire to-morrow. The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough have arrived in S'anhope-street, from Bath. The Viscountess Somerton was safely delivered of a daughter, at her residence in Prince's-terrace, on Satur day last. Her ladyship and the infant are going on favourably. The Earl of Bective has arrived at Underley Hall, near Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bruce have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Mr. F. West is suffering from indisposition at his seat, Ruthin Castle, North Wales. We understand that Mr. Frederick Cator has so far recovered from his late gunshot wound as to render it probable that he will soon be able to be removed. His Majesty the ex-King of Oude, attended by a suite` of about thirty, visited yesterday the exhibitio n of Madame Tussaud. His Majesty was most splendidly attired in an Indian costume. The Earl of Elgin, the Minister Plenipotentiary Ex traordinary to be sent to China, has, since his arrival io London from Scotland, hsd several interviews with Vis count Palmerston and the Earl of Clarendon. The noble earl is at present uncertain when he leaves this country, but trusts to be able to complete arrangements for his departure by the second week in the ensuing month.— Zdinburgh Courant. The public debt of Piedmont amounted on the Ist January last to the sum of 32,346,650 fr. of rente, eluding 4,500,000 fr. for the late war. The Postmaster-General gave notice yesterday that the mail-steamer Gambia, which should start to-day from Plymouth with the mails for the west coast cf Africa, will not leave before Sunday next. The Duchess Regent of Parma, in order to facilitate the we of the telegraph in her states, has decreed that the p ice of despatches in the interior shall be notably reduced. The King of the Belgian 3 has conferred the title of baron on the Chevalier de Beaulieu, Be 4 i4n Ministe-r at Copenhagen, as a mark of his royal satisfaction at the services rendered in the negotiation of the special treaty concluded between Belgium and Denmark relative to the Sound eue 4. DEATH OF MR. PLAYFAIR.- --We have to record the death of the greatest of our northern architects—the man who, more than any other, has filled the Sottish capital with monuments of his genius. William Henry Playfair died on Thursday morning, after a long illness, which had for some years paralysed his limb , , and for tile last day or two made him insensible to everything. Mr. Playfair was born in Llrdon in July, 1789. He came of to undistinguished stock. His father was an areh:- test of note in his day, although his reputation has long been obscured by the brighter eminence of his son ; and his uncle was the celebrated mathematician and natural philosopher, Professor John Playfair. He had the a ti - vantage of being educated under the roof of the htter t at a time when Lord John Russell was not the only pupil of mark whom it sheltered. At a subsequent period he accompanied his uncle in that continental tour which occupied the closing years of the geologist's life.—Edin -6142g4 Courant._ MONTENEGRO. A 19tter from Cattaro of . the sth, in the Vienna Gazette, says :—" Some Montenegrins, devoted to Prince Danilo, have just arrested and thrown into prison Luca Radonich, a descendant of a family which has long played an important part in the country. Luca Radonich, who was educated at the religious seminary of the non united Greeks at Zara, lately formed the project of dethroning Prince Danilo, and getting himself proclaimed head of the Montenegrins in his stead. Information of this capture was at once transmitted by telegraph to Prince Dauilo at Paris by his devoted partisans, who talk of shooting the conspirator. This ques tion is complicated by a violation of the Austrian territory, ou which Luca Radonich was arrested through treachery." • BELGIUM. The Belgian Moniteur publishes a royal decree, directing that such holders of the 5 per cent, loan of 1851 as may wish to obtain the reimbursement of their capital shall deposit their titles in the offices of the Public Debt at Brussels within a de lay 0f.15 days from the 21st inst. The persons who do not demand the reimbursement within that period will have their securities converted at par. into four-and-a-half per cent. rente on the Ist No vember next. A premium of a half per cent. will be given to those who present their securities for conversion. NAPLES. The Journal de Pretnkfort contains an article from a❑ official Austrian pen which deserves notice, as •it accuses the Russian Government of ingratitude towards the King of Naples, "who is now under going punishment" for the sympathy which he dis played for the Emperor Nicholas during the war. The Governmental writer says : " The Russian envoy at Naples professes to be the friend of the Court of Naples, and gives it the benefit of his advice, but the Russian Minister at Turin, and the members of the Imperial family residing at Nice, openly approve of the policy of Sardinia. Now it is evident that if ever the pi 'icy of Sardinia should get the upper hand in Italy, the dynasty which at present reigns over the Two Sicilies would be in an imminent danger. The state of things in Naples becomes worse and worse, and as long as the diplomatic relations between that kingdom and the great miritirne Powers are interrupted there is no chance of improvement. We do not doubt that the in• tentions of England and France were good when they pronounced the international interdict against Naples, but the effect of the measure may perhaps be much greater the.t was intended." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th contain a piece of news which is of some importance, and which i 4 confirmed by the semi-official Hojas Autografas. It is that the Government had formally notified to M. Hidalgo, who had been sent td Madrid by the Mexican Government to treat of the pending difficulties b3t ween Mexico and Spain, that it could not receive him or any ocher diploma tist from Mexico until Spain should have obtained froth that country the redress to which bhe consi ders herself entitled. In accordance with this reso- lutio n, M Lafrag ua , another Mexican aged, who was expect din Mac Ted, would of course not be received. The Epoca intimates that the mediation offered by the Emperor of the French would most likely be respectfully declined, and that Sprain would obtain reparation from Mexico by sending a fleet to her shorei. The Independance Beige states that Chevalier Pinelli lett Naples on the 12th for Rome, and that ho will proceed thence to Paris and London, with the view of bringing about the resumption of diplo matic relations between Naples and the Courts of, England and France. A Vienna letter of the 19th, in the National Gazette of Berlin says :—" It is stated in well informed circles that France is disposed to exercise mediation in the Austro-Sardinian conflict ; but a mediation cannot be advantageous in an Austrian point of view, unless Sardinia shall positively dis avow any intention of calling in question the Aus trian possessions in Italy, the language of Count Cavour not having satisfied her on that point. It is rumoured th at a o nu theusual Austriannumber a f many no of ny t R R i e t ur i .s s s s i i c oa a nu n posted troops are now the Pruss;an fi outier th ere are only soldiers as are necessary to guard it. Th e R uss i an Embassy in this city has received no advice 3 that the Emperor Alexander intends to go to Sardinia and France in the spring. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1857 Viscount PALMERSTON has at last issued his Manifesto to the Country, according to the old established usage ever observable under similar circumstances. He has spoken indirectly to al' the possessors of the elective franchise through out the three kingdoms by addressing himself di rectly to his own immediate constituents. He has, for the most part, repeated deliberately in his Epistle to the Electors of Tiverton, what he had already expressed cursorily in his after-dinner speech at the hospitable board of the Mansion house. Nothing more ! Or, if anything, some thing so very trivial in the way of additional sup plementary explanation, that it would require for the purposes of scrutiny to be placed as it were under the lens of a Political Microscope I Now, in a very great measure, of course, this is disappointing. Not to comment upon the mat ter at all in the language of exaggeration, this is at the least, we repeat, disappointing. It is dis appointing when we are hearkening with the most eager curiosity for some explicit, minute, formal, categorical statement, to find ourselves in refer ence to the very topic in regard to which we are , wait Mg, as we have before intimatA, for every imaginable de'ail, and for the utmost possible degree of particularity—listening only to the most vague generalities It is disappointing when we are prepared to receive the utterances of the Oracle to hear actually, for the most part, little else than the "foam and fury"—(really just now "signifying nothing ")—of the presiding Genius of the Delphos of Government. We are surely no, speaking ( xtravagantly when we venture to observe that Silence or Evasion in regard to the Great Questions of the Hour, at such a time and from such a sJurce, appears to us really, after all, very—d isappoi nti ng. Yet it must be remarked that Lord PA Malt- STON'S Address to the Electors of Tiverton is, with one exception, altogether admirable in what it expresses. That one exception being, as a matter of course, the c , mplimentary, or rather the eulogistic, reference to the Peace with Russia, a Peace never to be glossed over in our opi nion, a Peace in regard to which we, at any rate, can never b© cajoled into a sort of an after-thought of admiration ! Apart from the really preposte rous and wholly inadmissible encomiums upon the Treaty of Peace, and upon the Diplomatic Negotia tions through the means of which it was brought at length to the date of its ultimate ratific.tion —the Premier's Address to the Electors of Tiver- ton is altogether admirable, we repea t , i n what it expresses. It disappoints us solely iu regard t o what it leaves un-expressed. As an enunciation of the Prime MiniAcr's Foreign Policy it ig, in the very highest sense of the term, inspiriting and satisfactory. But in regard to that policy we really needed no info: nation whatever. It is patent to the whole community. It cannot, in common parlance, bo ignored. It is part and parcel of the National History during the past Half Century. It has already become the theme of our popular annalists. It may still be carped at by the more jealous and the more c3p tious, by the least generous and magnanimous among Lool PALMERSTON'S contemporaries. But with reference to the impartial judgment of Poste rity, Events have long since secirted for it its most signal and decisive vindication. Therefore the mere circumstance of the Prime Minist. , il's rest rid ing himself almost exclusively, its this his formal Political Manifesto, to the detailed enumeration of the more recent and more c3nspicnous, and then-- fore doubly wd!-known phases of his Foreign Pclicy—"eS really and truly appear to us to be a mo d e o f proceeding, to say the very least of it, quite superfluous l Instead of recapitulating what everybody by this time knows so perfectly I well, Lord PALMEINTON would have done much,l better, we conceive, by ennilciati ng what scarc.tay THE BRAZILS. (BY ELECTRIC TKLEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING' The Royal Mal Company's steamer Tamar, C i: ar a twin Jellicoe, has just arrived with the Brao l ' a ,„. Mail.; and dates from Buenos Ayres to Feblu a „Z t 1 ; Monte Video, 5 ; Rio de Janeiro, : 4 `' t l Bahio, March 1 ; Pernambuco 3 ; St. Vin ce° ; Teneriffe, 16 ; Madeira, 17'; Lisbor, 20. She landed 34 passengers, and things 35 he re ' as On freight she has specie value 4,8851., diamond value 25,8001., 100 barrels tapioca, 14 serou s c g, ipecacuanha, 25 bags of cocoa, 334 bags of coelun' and 113 packages of sundries. The Brazilian Minister's had had several ai i.u o ences with the Emperor, and it was believed a new Ministry would be soon called. There was nothing stirring in politics. Exchange was flat at 27k. Yellow fever prevailed at a l l the Brazilian 'lt but at Bahia and Rio principally, among the ping, of a very malignant type. • , h oe The Buenos Ayrean money-market hau_ u " 0 0 very tight. Exchange opened at 725., ca„',', o o London ; subsequently declined to 71, wn!, e l;,,,g maintained until-the day of the packet's ; when some large amounts were done at 6 9 a : f o r short credit. Large transacti ons for freigh l l. te ro England and the continent, b u t f o r other qu a a limited business. inef During January the Norwegi a n brig Ca.- -z w as laden with wet sorted hides for Englarid .110 a wrecked on the Parecha rock, off Monte Vide ° ' l b the American barque E mily, from Baltimore, rnatt cargo of flour, was - capsized in a heavy squal l ; of the cargo saved. Both crews saved. co ff e e At Rio little done in freights. Prices Or e r ,"" s ie had undergone no variation ; about 100,0 00 bass stock. 4 Of Bahi, • - irlatiert At . ,ahia there bad been large impo- arks' goods, and stocks were all full. sugar 11 ‘ ,,, „is active, and browns eagerly purchased at 39 2 % - iir per arroba, in cases, with slight abatement s , °- f a ii ferior descriptions. Coffee in brisk deman d ' to quality from the interior selling at prices 8 0 j o l t 445. 4d. and 435. 3d. per cwt., free on board, f . , e a r o g excluded. Cocoa much inquired alter, at prices. Rum firm, and higher prices deT a n il a irr Hides much inquired for, and stocks 0 11 _,t a- go significant. No tapioca in the market. Y- 4 . 3.° " -1) settled down to 23, at which it eloped fiat. „ t o Business at Pernambuco was very brisk. Sa.ca, in active demand, and high prices fully m aintal o h e t Cottons firm ;_ bides in less request, an d 1° prices expected shortly. Freights very dull. t he The steamer Norman left Bahia for Rio on 21st of February. The Salclinian steamer Genoa arrived at ni° the 23d of February. 13abilb The Union was at Rio and the Celt a t when the Tamar left. 06 The Medway sa lid from St. Vincent on the of February, outward bound. ' h Of The Avon arrived at Madeira on the 17 0 - March, outward bound. THE WEST INDIAN MAILS. [A summary of the following appeared hi V. Sicn, of yesterday :—] SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNII4gb The Royal Mail Company's steamer Pe r i the Captain T. A. Bevis, arrived this morning virit i j o ba West India mails, in charge of Lieutenan t Brown, RN., Admiralty agent. Her dates are 0 Nassau (Bahamas)..Feb. 17 Grenada ....... 1 Beliza (Honduras... 17 St. Vincent... ...... Mar Kingston (Jamaica) 27 St. Lucia ............ Jacmel (Hayti)...... 28 Martinique ...•••••• San Juan (Porto Guadaloupe ......... 5 Rico) March 2 Dominique .......... Georgetown (Deme- Antigua ............. S rare) Feb. 26 M on t s errat ......... Tobago 26 Nevis .............. Port of Spain (Trini- St. Kitt's ............ dad) — 27 St. Thomas ......... Bridgetown (Bar badoes) March 1 t he The Parana was delayed at St. Thomas's 7th inst., waiting for tue mail steamer Trent, tte r the mails from the Sp an i s h M a in ; but the i la d to vessel not having arri ve d, th e Parana procee ds England on the morning of the 7th, and we t o consequently without mails from that quarte r. have no Pacific advices by this arrival. bt This steamer brings 26 passengers. On free per she has speci e , i n sil ver , $37,440 ; gold an d 5 t a i, coin, $21,386 50c. ; and old silver; $ 515---t° s_ si s erons e $37,341 50c. Her cargo comprises 191 cochineal, 230 serous of indigo, 90 bags of co 8 cases of succades, and 40 packages of sundries. 11 Her Majesty's ships at Port Royal, Jamaica, vb, Feb. 17th, were the Termagant, Imaum, Al he and Pioneer •, on the Windward Island station, Lver Eurydice and Brilliant. The Basilisk was o n way to Bermuda, to join the Admiral ; the alus at Havannall ; the Aranche at St. Donoinn The United States' steam-frigate Merrimac calico; off St. Thomas on the s th inst., but having sev i er to cases of fever on board she was n o t allowed be com municate with the sh ore , and on the all proceeded on a cruise to the northward. ao• There is no new s f rom J ama i ca. Th e nevi' da y vernor was anxi ous ly l oo k e d f or, and every , 61 expected. Th e L eg i s l ature was not in Weld The island was generally healthy, and the eh ell ' sugar crop s p resen t e d a very c h eer f u l asp ec t . 1 Mining operations were report e d to be very fav ° o f aide. In butter there had been some sal es ,, o t, Irish at 14d. p er lb. Th ere was no co ff e e at mar k o f and no operations in corn to report. Resa les or flour had been made of 1,500 barrels, at 429• P ero barrel. The stock of lard was very light, and l as t hid been sales at 12d. to 131 d. per lb. Th e e l. sales of alewives i n cargo rea li se d 24 5 . per L' 3. 1 ," ut In pork sales of mess hid been made at 1- 053 ' , A . the stock b e ing ve r y li g ht 115 s. was apmande' i ; o t lot of 600 odd barrels prime mess sold at 925.9 , tire market was firm a t 100 s. for that descripti°i Rice was dull of sale at 14s. 6d. The sugar m O %, was very active, and sales averaged 225. to 25 3 .9 a o , cording to quality. Nothin g to report in toba ce o Irish tongues were very scarce ; a small lot sold, 68s. Exchanges on London, at Jamaica and c a ` ° , nial banks-90 days, per cent. prem. ;60 JAY', 1 per cent. prem. ;30 days, per cent. pron . ; private bills at par. On *ow York—merchan te bills, 1 per cent. prem. At B illoadoes the attention of commercial rae ll was occupied with a project static 1 by the " W re s t India, North, and South American T e legraph Co n s ' ~ parry," to lay down a line of sub mar i ne telegraPl connecting the West Indies with the North e n South American cont'nents, the line then to is s 1 i t n t c o o b n e n l e a x i i d o connexion t n h . tl p ie u t ' b ri l i i n c s m at e la et n i t n i g c s li b n a e d w b b e i e c : held to hear the scheme explained by °apt. r2 hf le , r, it la g t e e n ly tle in in thean osefrgyriceeatorfeliriuistaptioannisahs Majesty: j e e n s f c : S-. Augustine, T , _ i lg i ?roposed terminus of the submarine telegrap h in Florida, or some other convea. n_ient p o i nt on the south-eastern coast of the U n ite ‘.ta es. It will b e carried th ence t o St . Thomas °J der a c oncess i on w hi ch has already b ee n obtain ed f ona the G overnmen t o f Denmark, and thenc), to some suitab!e peiut on th e coas t o f South Arner' e i l via, th e W es t I n di an I s l an d s. Th e requ i re d caP.`,[ls 0 lay down the line will ho 350,0001. ; and I ' l l 3 proposed that, while the British Government s hot . P o be acked to guarantee the company (on the 119 o t coming into operation) business to the extent 7,0001. per annum, certain of the West India e°, io, nice most favourably positioned for the laYn i v down of a direct line should also guarantee the 0 0111 0 i parry for a term of years business to the amount 7,0001. a-year likewise ; which would together beg guarantee of 4 per cent. on the assumed caPit' i d The company, wishing to have as direct a route 0 1 ; j, few stations as possible, had determined to aPP e in the first instance to Barbadoes, Demerara,, tad d Antigua. The plan ' had been well receive J, and House of Assembly had almost unanimously ad°l3`,ed