The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-16 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, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Last 4 Nights of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, tho most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform A CURIOUS CASE. Followed by BETSE V BAKER. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAN; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one: —Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. • Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., If. Is., lls. 6d. ' , and 21. 2s. - ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, I THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tr , gedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. K an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. JUL THIS EVENING, ANGEL OR DEVIL. C. Dillon, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Barrett, itc. DON CiESAR DE BAZAN, with new scenery, costumes, Rio. Don Caesar, Mr. C. Dillon. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND IdEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, ezo. The box-office open daily, from II to 5, under the super• Ittendenco of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties ta tho Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. Mr. and Mrs. 1 HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK ET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in 'three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, bin Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz. wir After which, A WICKED WIFE. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with A KISS IN THE D NRK. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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 Paxl 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 INARNET THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney OYAL SURREY THEATRE, 1. 1 t) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIIIS, Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, dm. After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS YOUTH. To conclude with the Spanish ballet, EL DESCrIDADO, Sancho, Mr Buck. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Phelps Deodentona., Miss M. Eburne. Ta conclude with THE HANDSOME HIISBAND. STRAND T FIE RE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—This Evening will be per tbrmed DO SiIAKE HANDS. Aff.r which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which th• Howard Family will appear. Followed by COUSIN CHERRY. To conclude with THE BLUE JACKETS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, (a new farce, called THIETES! THIRTES ! ! Mears, F. Robson, G. Vining, die. The new drama, by TOM Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called ♦ SPLENDID INVESTMENT. And A BLIGHTED BEING. Mr. F. Robson, dic. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. l'l Lessee and M anager, M r. W . Cooke. THIS EVENING (first week) Shakspere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH (Part First), with novel and effec tive equestrian illustrations invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway. Also, a number of amusing Entertainments, concluding with a Brilliant Display of Equestrian SKILL and SCIENCE, by first-rate artistes, in the SCENES in tke CIRCLE Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Roses, 3s. •, Private Boxes, from 1/., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, fid. 1 - co.r-effice open from Eleven till Four. Stag. Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CA.NTERBIT RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel!, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Sella, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corti; Messrs. Run Collins, E. Hackney, and C. J. Wilkins. , Pianororte, Mr. Coen Hicks ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun ; director, Mr. J. Caulfleld. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. cilelY. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. BaGR wArrmit AT LONDON BRTLYIK, Tots DAY—Mora. 1 rain. aft. s—Evening 15 Mid. aft. 5 I'n-MOnnow—Morn. 30 min. aft. s—Evk ning 50 rnin.aft 5 THE 'ATEAEWER—Sur; OFTICIC, MARCTI THERVOKSTER, IN THE SHADE, 57—highest since noon yesterday. 47 —lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. , eABOI(e eER, 29 's3—risinz. WIND, variable from W.S.W. to W.N.W —Fresh and squally, with showers of rain and hail, and bursts of sun shine. It was stormy in the night, with heavy rain. 16. 49 - hiFbeat siner noon yesterday. 42 --!owest this morning and 4.lnrtn4 the night. 51 -thl. day at noon. DAIIOII4"ETER, 33 —a rise of half an inch. WIND, W.S.W. to W.--Light, with fine, sunshiny weather. 'r. r ft, j • ," 1,1 i.d i tit v v , ' V. R' L'i't. ,'ON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1167, Viscount PALMERSTON must be up and doing I There can be little doubt about that. For although the Noble Lord goes to the Country in the midst of very general and very deserved enthusiasm in his character as " THE BRITISH MINISTER"—w e thank Lord JOHN for teaching us that phrase— there is no quo tion at all about it that the Elec tors are yearning just now (and not by any means unreasonably) fir the issuing by the Premier at the present Crisis of something bearing the charac ter of a Grand Political Manifesto. About Lord PALMERSTON'S Foreign Policy there is felt, far and wide among the vast majority of the English People, no difference of opinion whatever. About the course pursued by the Noble Vac )un t and his Ministerial Colleagues in regard to the new-horn Chinese Difficulty, the views entertained by the community are all but unanimous. About all the grander problems in what may be collec tively designated the Home Policy of Great Parliamentary Reform— Fiscal Reform— Financial Reform— Educational Reform— Legal Reform Colonial Reform Sanitary R e f orm to say nothing of such matter s as "The %Dot" and "The Currency —aboutall th ese things, and a great many more, England wants Lord PALMERSTON to "speak out" categorica lly, for (ice and f or a ll ,--and to do so, moreover, With the utmost pos sible distinctness and explicitness. Th o Electors generally require this, all the more eagerly, it may be observed, because of the rather eccentric an d Sir-Peter-Laurien proceedings of the First Lord of the Treasury (to say the least of them) in "putting down," a few weeks since, th ,, memor able motion of Al r. LOCKE KING. Now that the constituencies are appealed to—they ongh I - , in reason, to know precisely in regard to what they aro appealed to. Not simply in reference to the Chinese Question Not even, for that matter, exclusively in reference to the whole of the comprehensive and complicated questions implied under the gene ric title of our Foreign Policy ! They ought, as clearly as possible, to be apprised upon all the various great questions agitating the public mind, upon all these questions without distinction-- what., positively, aro the Opinions and Priaciples cherished in regard to each by the PALMERSTON Administration. Never, perhaps, had any Prime Minister, on Appealing to the Country, a nobler or more envi- able opportunity. It is the very tide to be taken at the flood—the very tide which if taken at the flood, as The Immortal Bard bath it, leads inevit ably "on to Fortune." It rests entirely with Lord PALMERSTON, at the present moment, whether this golden opportunity shall be lost, or whether it shall be fully realised. Let him but speak out plainly and `to the purpose, without any unneces sary delay, and the Liberals of the United King dom en masse will be among the number of his ardent supporters. In testimony of this—l©t the Noble Viscount but mark the "sinus of the times" among the Radical Reformers generally almost from the first moment of the present emergency. Let him bear in mind, for example, the course pursued frankly and boldly by really Independent Members, and by really Independent Journalists. Uninfluenced by Party Bias, they have each and all spoken out frankly and explicitly. We ourselves have so spoken from the commence meat. The Times has so spoken in the matter of the Chinese Controversy. The Examiner has so spoken. And so on through the whole catalogue. The earnest yet dispassionate sentiments thus enunciated by the printed Organs of Public Opinion out-of-doors, being enthusiastically and all but unanimously responded to by almost all the independent constituencies,without one notable ex ception, throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the Individual Organs of Popular Opinion within-doors—that is to say, such of them at least as remained altogether uninfluenced by the Syren Voices from the West Riding of York, and the City of London, and the University of Oxford—How about these ? How about the really liberal and independent represen tatives of the People in the British House of Commons—how about the Faithful Few who con- tinued to the very last undeluded by the prevail ing political hallucination ? Why, as to these, let Honest Tom DIINCOME; of Finsbury, be taken as the very Typo as well as Para- gon ! And from him, Lord PALMERSTON will remember that his deserted and vilified Go vernment received the support of a manly and cordial vote—the vote of as thoroughly indepen dent a man as ever took his seat in the represen tative Chamber of the Imperial Legislature. The Radical-Reforming M.P. for Finsbury following up this manly vote of his with sundry very well tempered and very significant suggestions, point edly addressed to the Noble Viscount at the head of Her MAJESTY'S Government. To the effect, for example, that as to Lord PALMERSTON'S views in regard to his Home Policy—Why, that the Noble Lord must alter these ! A recommen dation good humouredly, and yet, as we have said very pointedly, addressed to the Prime Minister the other evening by the Liberal Member for Finsbury, amidst the mingled applause and laughter of Parliament. Yet one, which we are now somewhat amazed to find, distorted into something diametrically the reverse by our ever earnest and out-spoken contemporary the Dispatch, and (thus perverted) taken as the text, for sundry gibes at gallant-hearted THOMAS SLINGSBY DUN coam—for what? Why we distinctly assert for what he did not say—for what he never intimated —for what he would be about the very last man in the House of Commons to declare or to insi nuate, no matter who the Statesman might be, his remarks alluded to, or what the Government ! No ; the Member for Finsbury was right—we believe we ourselves have been all along right—in asserting that Lord PALMERSTON'S Government, if they really want to avail themselves of the present golden opportunity, must, in regard to their Home Policy, in regard to the whole series of problems referring to the complex Question of Reform, go to the country proclaiming, Nous aeons change tout cela ! At any rate, from Lord PALMEItSTON himself individually, we repeat, the Electors look (and again we say not unreasonably) for a Politi cal Manifesto, giving to the world, legibly in black and white, a candid statement of the Opinions and Principles which will guide, and influence, and regulate the whole of the compli- cated machinery of his Government. A Manifesto which may be demanded all the more reasonably now—when we have arrived at the very evening upon which, through his pro mised Speech in the House of Lords, the Eirl of DERBY is to make what may be regarded as a formal bid for the Premiership Never has the necessity for large and compre hensive measures of Parliamentary Reform been more powerfully demonstrated than during the brief Session now rapidly drawing to a conclusion. Noble Lords, Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen have shown themselves utterly ignorant of the wishes and opinions of the People —or profoundly indiffereet thereto. They acted as if a day of reckoning could never arrive, as if their legisla tive tenure were permanent, in place of being of the most fleeting and precarious character. Every person of ordinary capacity, out of doors, well knew that public opinion was in favour of the course adopted by Ministers respecting the Chinese difficulty—could have stated that the coalitionists were ruining their own prospects by the factious vote they were about to record. But in Parliament the temporary triumph was all that was regarded. The majority scarcely imagined that the act which they fondly hoped would hurl Lord PALMERSTON from place and power, and bring into the same Cabinet DISRAELI and GLADSTONE, RUSSELL and COBDEN, would be the signal for their own political annihilation, the sealing of their death -warrants as public men ! They regarded objects through Parliamentary glasses, which pre sented them in a very different point of view from what they appeared to the naked eyes of the people. They had many favourable grounds for opposing the Government., and had they only given Sir G. C. LEWIS sufficient rope he would speedily hare rendered himself and his colleagues, according to the expressive Hibernicism, " past praying for." But they permitted the golden opportunities to slip unnoticed and disregarded. They made no decided effort for the amendment of the Bank Charter Act, but permitted Sir G. C. LEWIS to " pack his Committee" to his heart's content. Parliamentary Reform was passed, in like manner, with scant notice. Aud although there was a sharp, contest on the budget, weak points were slurred over, and the real battle took place on mat ters of which the public thought but little. And, finally, all their strength was concentrated on the point when Ministers had not " a slight convenient intrenchment in the distance," but an impregnable fortress —guarded and supported by national en thusiasm and public opinion. It was a grave mistake into which ti ley w ere b etrayed, and wo already find sundry members of the party making whining appeals ad mu' enc . ora'iam, declaring that rthee andbe r they were not aware o f t h e consequences of their vote. Woc .rr. forgivewe.nir,A2fr onew on,fra the , members, Member r, for ol Lambeth, has made economy and retrench ment his guiding stars. His Tote, although a & lave mistake, was unquestionably h onest. it itiE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY- was given from an exaggerated sentiment of what he deemed t, be right, and honest, although sometimes mistaken, WILLIAM WILLIAMS cannot b 3 spared from the assembly, of which he is one of the most useful, as he is unquestionably one of the most consistent members. The several constituencies must now discharge their important functions, without fear, favour, or affection—with honesty and with independence. They must look to the foreign and domestic policy. At present Lord PALMERSTON, so far as the former is concerned, is the man for the occasion— , although he may at times desire that he should more closely follow what may be emphatically termed " the PALMERSTON policy." We well know the concealed influences to which he is sub jected, influences which require no ordinary firm ness and determination, and which cannot, by the Minister at least, be brought under public notice. But from no other man, or body of men, can we we expect so much. Although even he cannot give all that we desire, there is no other one who can give so much, or has expressed a readiness to do so. Fortunately, Germanism has nothing to do with China, and therefore we may reasonably anticipate that the chief difficulty of the moment may be brought to a speedy and satisfactory con clusion, notwithstanding the late factious vote of the hybrid majority. But in domestic affairs we are by no means equally contented ; and it behoves those in whose hands the decision rests to speak plainly and intelligibly on the important topics now at issue. The extension of the suffrage—the security of the voter by means of the ballot—the abolition of the Parliamentary qualification —a more equit arrangement of the electoral districts—and a shorter duration of Parliaments are all impera tively required. The monopoly of " the Old Lady of Threadneedle-street" imust be destroyed ; and a currency adequate to the wants and exi gences of the industrial community conceded to the popular demand. There must also be a more equitable apportionment of the Income Tax, and a fall recognition of the great distinction between permanent and precarious incomes. Mr. Drs- RAELL and his party paid a heavy price in that respect for the doubtful benefit of the GLADSTONE alliance. The advantage arising from the pro posal in the Budget of 1852 was, however, deli berately surrendered, and the natural consequences must be encountered. The agitation and excite ment displayed just before the meeting of Parlia ment shattered " the pettifogging quibble," and insured the reduction of the impost to more mo derate dimensions. Similar demonstrations, may achieve its modification, and remove the chief objections to a burden that cannot be dispensed with for many years to come. If every contributor under schedule D peremptorily refused to record his vote in favour of any cau -1 didate who will not pledge himself to advocate a more equitable assessment, as well as the exempt tion of all incomes not exceeding 1501. per annum, we shall find that Sir G. C. LEWIS, albeit no CEDirus, will discover an easy solution of the problem that now seems so abstruse. There are other points also to be insisted on ; for the present we shall endeavour to impress on every voter the vast importance of pressing for adequate measures of Parliamentary, monetary, and fiscal reform, on whioh the welfare and prosperity of the nation. and the happiness and prosperity of the people so greatly depend. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing -street. The Ministers present were Vis connt Palmerston, the Lord Chan ce ll or . E ar l G ran ville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Ex eaequer, he Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stan. ley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—It appears to be now reduced to a certainty that the dissolution of Parliament will take place within the time mentioned in our last— namely, the 25th of this month. Indeed we may now pronounce all but positively that the last sitting of the present Parliament will take place on to morrow (Mon day) week, the 231 inst., and that the proclamation for dissolving Parliament will immediately follow. Observer. THE SPEAKER'S TITLE.—It is stated that the title under which the Speaker ascends to the House of Lords is that of "Lord Bromley," the right hon. gentleman having property in that part of this county (Middlesex). DEATH OF THE EARL AMHERST.—We have to record the death of the Earl Amherst, who expired at nine o'clock on Friday night, at Knowle Park, near Seven oaks, Kent. The venerable peer had been in a very in different state of health for some weeks past, arising from a thorough decay consequent on old age, so that to the immediate members of his family the mournful event was not unlooked for. Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale and Sir John and Lady Sarah Hay Williams were with the noble earl at his dissolution. ABOLITION OF THE SOUND DUES.—COPENHAGEN, March 15. —The definitive Treaty for the Abolition of the Duties on Vessels pasing the Sound was signed yesterday. These tolls are to be abolished from the Ist of April next. DRIIR7-SANE THEATRE.—The revival o! the comedy of a "Cure tor the Heart Ache" has proved a great bit for the enterprising lessee of this theatre. Ever since 112-) first night of its production it has attracted im mense audiences. On Wednesday next Mr. C. Ma tte NEI takes his benefit, on which occasion it is to be again performed in co'njunction with the magnificent pantomime of "See-Sew Margery Daw." An over flowing house is sure to be the result. Mr. Lumley has announced the opening of her Mr jesty's Theatre on the 14th April. He has made seat( - lel important engagements, particularly Signor Giu glini, a tenor of great renown throughout Italy, and Madame Spizia, a soprano now performing with great eucces4 at Milan. Signer Ginglini will make his debut on the first night of the season. We shall also again have Piccolnrnini (and the Traviata), and likewise, it is repeated, Jo'ianna Wagner. Miss lel. Oliver goes to the Haymarket at Easter, where she will make her appearance in a new burlesque written by Mr. Francis Talfourd. Mr. Bayle Bernard's drama will be produced on Thursday. Madame Celeste is engaged to perform this and follow. ing evenings, at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. She re-appears at the Adelphi in " Like and Unlike," and in " The Elves" on Easter I . slonday. Mr. Phelps, Mr. Robinson, and Miss Atkinson are engaged at the Standard Theatre for a few evenings, commencing next Saturday. Mr. C. Dillon, having leased the Lyceum to Mr. Gye for au Italian Opera season, has engaged with Mr. G. Webster to appear at Sadler's Wells for twelve nights. He appears on Easter Monday. The floe steam--hip Pacific is, it is said, about to be placed upon the line between Cork and Milford, for the purpose of conveying passengers and cargo, and, it is hoped, the mails to and from the south of Ireland. The principal shipowners, merchants, &c., of Milford, Haverfordwest, and adjacent places are about to memo rialise the Postmaster-General to permit all letters from South Wales to the South of Ireland to be conveyed by way of Milford, instead of, as at present, via Liverpool and Holyhead. THE REV. CANON PARKINSON.—The Cumberland Pacquet of Tuesday says :—" Our readers will be grati- fied to learn that the Rev. Canon Parkinson had so far recovered as to be able to return home to St. Bees on Friday afternoon. THE DOMESTIC POISONING CASE NEAR SOUTH AMPTON.—The maid servant, who was apprehended last week for attemp ing to poison her mistresss, Mrs. Read, of Bittern, in Hampshire, has been committed for trial. The servant, whose name is Harriet Vassingcombe, con fessed that she was guilty of the offence. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT OFF CHATHAM DOCKYARD. —On Saturday morning a fatal accident occurred off Chadian) dnckyard, by the capsizing of a cutter belong ing to one of the ve sets of war, at Chatham, by which two feamen, named William Thompsett, belonging to the Fantome, 12, and Robert Minton, of the Meroury, 42, were drowned. THE FORCE FOR CHINA.—The United Service Gazette says :—" When the regiments arrive from England, there will be a force of 10,000 men at Hong Kong. The anniversary festival of the Royal Literary Fund will be presided over this year by Esrl Granville, an esteemed patron of men and letters, and member of the commit es of the Guild of Literature and Art. NEW Er01)8F1 OF PARLIAMENT.—The estimate for the current year is 138,08 Gt., and CO,OOO/. is required on account. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com mons gave his last Parliamentary (full dress) dinner on Saturday evening last. A letter from Belgrade of the sth, Augsburg Gazette, says only daughter of Omar Pacha, who wes married in 1853 to Tefik Pacha, a nephew of the Sirdar, and,after his death in the Cr:mea, to Omar Bey, another nephew, poisoned herself a few days ago. She had been educated according to European habits, and was driven, it is said, to the rash act by the bad treatment she ex perienced from her husband.", LATEST N E WS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (Front Second Edition of Daily News.) We have received our despatches from India, China, and Persia by the Overland Mail via Mar seilles. Their dates are, Bombay, Feb. 16 ; Cal cutta, Feb. 7 ; Bushire, Jan. 23, and Hong Kong, Jan. 30. 11;YKNING, MA RC H_ 16, 1857. settling up long-outstanding accounts, which par ties had dunned' him to settle up for months before. Oue of these parties was one of the owners of the steamer Shamrock, and during the arrangement of accounts Allum was particularly anxious to be as sured of a passage for his family to Macao tie next morning. Suspicion immediately alighted more particularly on him. Had it depended on our Government to pursue and capture him, he would have escaped, but for a want of precaution on his part (supposing him to be the guilty man.) The, steamer Shamrock had been supplied with the bread from the Esing shop, and all who partook of it experienced the same effec's as the parties 9n shore ; this aroused the suspicions of the captain of the steamer, Mr. Antonio (formerly of the En deavour, lorcha), and he knowing he had the baker on board retained him and his family, be lieving that the bread delivered in Hong Kong would be of the same kind, and that all supplied with it would have been poisoned. A very active private citizen, Mr. W. M. ttobinet, did what the Government should have done, and chartered a private steamer, the Spark, which got under way at 11 o'clock, and reached Macao from two to thrree hours after the Shamrock: Mr. Robinet finding Allum detained on board that ves sel had him arrested, and he was delivered over by the Macao authorities to the police officers sent after him in the Queen, and he was brought back next day in the Shamrock. There was naturally a great excite ment, but Lynch law is out of the question, for many reasons, in this colony ; and so the prisoner is undergoing the usual examination before the magis'rate. The atrocious attempt has, we are thankful to say, failed in every case, and although two or three hundred people must have partake❑ of the poisoned food no lives have been lost. Many suffered very severely—none more so than the family of Sir John Bowring—Lady Bowring more particularly. Two children who were incautiously allowed to eat some of the bread a second time were at one time in con siderable danger. A careful analysis by the other medical men of the colony has shown that the poi son was arsenic. The following additional items are chiefly taken from the Hong Kong Register : News from Amoy show a rather unsat'sfactory state of affairs commencing there. No disturbance has taken place, but the Chinese are throwing up batteries—they say not for offence, but defence, in the event of our operations. The foreigners are not very easy, and the receiving ships are fitting out. The Sir Charles Forbes has been chartered by the Admiral, and will, we believe, be placed under command of a Lieutenant, with a crew of forty men, and armed with two guns. Lieut. Curme, first of the Nankin, is spoken of as the probable commander, and—no disparagement to the other gallant officers now here—we imagine a better choice could not be male. Lieut. Curme is long and favourably known to every one in China. The vessel left yesterday, Tuesday, morning, in charge of Mr. J. Tully, Master's Assistant of the Barra conta, with a temporary crew supplied by that vessel ; the Hong Kong, having been thoroughly repaired, is also to be chartered, these with the first detachrnenb of gun boats which ought to be here shortly, will enable the Admiral, we hope, to cut up and sweep away the scum of mandarins,- rebels, and pirates now infesting the river. After the Chinese fashions Allum's uncle has been making an appeal by a proclamation in Chi nese freely pasted about the walls. He sets furth his version of the story, and calls for the sympathy of the colonists. In ordinary times such placards may be treated with contempt, but in the special position in which we now stand it would be as well to show the Chinese, that if they want to live quietly, and do nothing in any way calculated to disturb the peace, such as, in this case, issuing in flammatory placards, as we are still under the law, Allum will have a fair trial—that he may depend upon, and that also notwithstanding the general feeling is against him. Particulars of the attempt to poison the whole community by bread from the Esing Bakery will be found elsewhere. The partner of the firma, Allum, arrested at Macao, was brought back, and after an examination before the magistrates, was committed with nine others to take his trial at the crimi nal sessions this month. The trial will commence on Monday next. On Wednesday last an ap plication was made to the court to have the money seized on Allum's premises given up to pay for his defence. The Attorney-General, backed by the affidavit of two of Allum's creditors, re sisted the application, stating in his usual courteous manner, that he did so to prevent the money being plundered or squandered in his de fence. The counsel, in support of the motion, seemed to think the Attorney-General was using strong language, when, of course, the Attorney- General repeated the expression, adding that he did not object to the bill for Allum's defence being paid out of the money, after it was laid before and approved by his lordship. His lordship very pro perly sustained the Attorney-Genera), except of course as regarded his insinuations. The prisoners will be well defended. They have two attorneys and two barristers. It is satisfactory to find that the Deportation Ordinance is not, like that of registration. to be come a dead letter. The police have been making numerous seizures ; but from 147 taken ono night in Tai-ping-shan, only 8 were deported ; and of about 200 apprehended in the Lower Bazaar, including several well-known pickpockts, not a single man was detained, for all readily found security, and were allowed to go free. The Phcebe Dunbar was chartered to take 200 to Hainan]. ; but left yesterday morning (January 28) with only 168, made up of the 3 emissaries above-mentioned, 8 of those seized in Tai-ping-shan, 37 beggars, and 120 pickpockets and others in gaol for petty lar cenies. The guard sent with them consisted of a lieutenant, a serjeant, and 50 men of the 59th, and a serjeant and six European police constables, who go on to Singapore, and return by the mail steamer. The Chinese, we understand, are not to be landed at one place, but a boat-load here and there on various parts of the island. The _North China Herald reports that on the Bth December a great engagement took place be tween the imperialists and insurgents. It seems that Chang-kwo-leang, the second in command of the Imperial troops, was decoyed. into Keu-yung with a number of his forces, on the suppo-ition that the insurgents had left the place. The latter, however, were only in ambuscade within the city, whence they came out on hearing that the Imperial forces had entered. They soon overpowered them and drove then back. During the attack the imperial general received a gunshot wound in the thigh, which is said to be rather se rious. On the 13th, the chief iv. command of the imperialists, Ho-chun, attempted to make an en campment on the west side of the above city, on the high road to Nankin. He was warned not to do so by his subordinate, who, from his formerly belonging to the rebel party, was better aware of their tactics than his superior officer. 110-chun, however, was fully confident of his own abilities, declared himself to be a man of valour, and had already—at least according to the Gazette--proved himself to be a hero in many fights. He planted his camp at a little distance from the city, and in the course of the same night the insurgents sallied out in great force, swept through the camp, and obtained a complete victory. Many of the impe rialists were killed in this encounter, and it is said also the Generalissimo was wounded in the arm. The same Journal says— "We hear that the rebels have retired from ing-kwoh, of which they have been long in Pos session, and were observed by some of the native tea-merchants to be retiring towards Whei-chow. The place has been accordingly occupied by the imperialists. It is also reported that two of their important strdngholds, Wuchang and Han-yang, have been evacuated by them, but no doubt after having been well drained. SINGAPORE• SINGAPORE, FEB. 8. Here at Singapore matters have settled down to something like quiet, the Chinese being a f ra id of the great military preparations that were made to punish them if they carried out their threat of ex terminating the European residenst. The danger, however, will continue so long as the war lasts in. China. Her Majesty's ship Spartan, Captain Sir Wm. Hoste, is the only vessel of war at Singapore. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ships Manilla and Rajah, intended to run between Singapore and Manila, are here. It appears the negotiation with the Spanish Government has been broken off; so the Rajah proceeds to China and the Manilla to Bombay. We are daily expecting the arrival of the gun boats and ships from England. Troops are anxiously looked for from England and India for service in China. __— The Madras Atheiamm, of Feb. 14, says :-- "-A message was received by electric telegraph, late on Wednesday evening, ordering troops to be sent to Singapore on account of the disturbances it 4 China, lii csmegAnco a WI request the 14th N.l.—which was about to embark on board the Oriental for Burmah—has been ordered to proceed - to Singapore ; the regiment embarked yes terday morning. The Singapore merchants have protested against the despatch of the troops to China, and have notified to the Governor that they will ho:d the East India Company responsible for any loss which may accrue to them therefrom." The Straits Times has the following warnings: We think it well to caution masters of vessels taking passengers hence (Singapore) to China to be cautions of receiving on board. Chinese, without ex amining theirbaggage. The recent outrage onboard the steamer Thistle, in the Canton river, is evidence that too much vigilance and examination cannot be exercised ; for had the baggage of the passengers been examined the weapons clandestinely taken on board would have been discovered, and the lives of those on board, as also the steamer itself, would not have fallen a prey to the treacherous conduct of the Chinese passengers on board. The influ ence of the Mandarins and other authorities in China —the gross ignorance and barbarity of the lower classes—may tempt Chinese from the Straits to ports in China to cut off vessels in the hope of ob taining a reward. There is no outrage too gross, no cruelty too severe, or treachery too base for the lower orders of the Chinese ; whilst the official pro clamations recently issued by the Chinese authori ties at Canton, offering rewards for the heads of foreigners, clearly prove the encouragement which Chinese officials are prepared to give for murders and the worst of crimes. We are not alarmists, but only perform a duty in drawing the attention of ships' masters and others to this subject. While on this subject we may mention that the bark Fuzil Currim, which arrived at Swatow yes terday, was attacked by some of the Chinese pas sengers on board, but they were got under and some of their number killed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. EXCHANGE AND BULLION.—Hong Kong, Jan. 19. Oriental Mink Corporation on London at six months' sight, 4„8 ; on India, 2151 Rs. ; Gold, nominal ; Can- ton Sycee, nominal ; Duty Sycee, nominal. Other bills on London at six months' sight, 4„82 to 4„91. On India, 216 Shanghai, Jan. 20. —On London, 6„8 ; India, 3 days' sight, 306 Rs. per 100 dols. Drafts on Canton and Hong Kong, 30 per cent. discount. Manilla, Dec. 4.—On London, 6 months' sight 4„1, —3O days' sight 4,, ; on Canton and Hong Kong 16 per cent. premium ; on Amoy 18 to 20 per cent. premium ; silver dollars, Spanish and South American unchopped, 13 per cent. premium. OPIUM.—Hong Kong, Jan. 29.—Patna 412 dots. to 417 dols., Benares, 415 dol., Malwa 460 nominal. Macao, Jan. 29.—Patna 415 dols., Benares 415 dole. Canton.—No market. Shanghae, Jan. 20.—Malwa, 367 to 368 taels ; Patna 316 to 322 tads. FREIGHTS AND TONNAGE.—Canton.--None. Shanghai.—To London, U. 10s. to 21. for tea, and 51 for silk. To New York, 5 dole, per 40 feet. Manilla.—To London, 21. 10g. ; sygar, hemp, &c., 31 10s. To the United States, 8 dole. to 9 dole. To Aim tralia (all chartered). PERSIA. (From the Bombay Times.) From the Gulf our news extends up to the 23d ultimo, the Pioneer, which arrived here on the 4th instant,. having left Bushire on that date. We regret to be obliged to qualify our former assur ances that supplies were pouring in abun dantly from Bussorah, and the neighbourhood of the camp itself. Supplies are furnished from both quarters, but it seems scantily, and our com missariat has been working night and day in the preparation and embarkation of stores and pro visions. There is not the slightest room for anxiety on this score-..but it would be unwise not to rectify our former statements on this subject as early as possible. The troops were in health and capital spirits, and earnestly antici pating the arrival of General Outram's staff. Colonel Jacob and a thousand of his horse are about embarking at Kurrachee at the present moment, and the 23d Regiment of Native Light Infantry from Porebunder. The ]4th Light Dra goons remain for the present at Kirkee, and although the reason of this is not distinctly stated, there can be little doubt that we are felt to be already denuded of troops to a degree which has become dangerous. ARMY IN PERSIA. HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS. 14th Light Dragoons (under orders). 64th Regiment Foot. 78th Highlaniers. HONOURABLE COMPANY'S TROOPS. REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. _ . 3d troop. 4th troop (under orders). Ist Battalion Ist company. Ditto ditto 4 . h ditto. 2d ditto let ditto. 4,11 ditto 4th ditto. Reserve Artillery. COMPANY OF SAPPERS AND MINERS. Head-quarters. 2d Company. 4th Company. One Company Sappers and Miners, Madras (ander orders). NATIVE. LICIIT CAVALRY. 3d Regiment N.L.C. INFANTRY. 2d European Regiment Light Infantry. 4th Regiment N. I. Rifles. 20th Regiment N. I. 231 Regiment N. L. Infantry. 25th Regiment N. I. (under orders). 26th Regiment N. I. 29th Regiment N. I. (under orders). Light Battalion of ten Companies. IRREGULAR AND LOCAL CORPS. Ist troop Aden Horse. One regiment Scinde Irregular Horse (Jacob's) under orders. Head-quarters Poona Irregular Horse. 2d Belooch battalion. Southern Maratha Horse (under orders). 300 men of H.M.'d 86th regiment have volunteered for service in Persia. INDIA. The Bombay Times of Feb. 16 says : " The conferences between Dost Mahomed Khan and Sir John Lawrence broke up on the 28th ult., on which day the former took leave of our plenipo tentiary for his own 'dominions ; and the belief is very general that the Dost has given his consent to the establishment of a British Residency at Canda har.—The western border of our Presidency is unsettled by fear of the Rohillas, who ever mani fest a desire to take advantage of any opportu nity for plunder.—The report of the Bank of Bom bay for the last year, just published, contains a more striking statement. It asserts that since the esta blishment of the Bank in 1841, accommodation in the shape of discount has been given to the public to the extent of twenty-two -millions of pounds sterling, with a total lots during the whole period of 1,6001. only. It is quite impossible to en hance the tesimony these figures give to the charac ter of the trade of this place. The new Five per Cent. Loan is finding subscribers, though slowly, and with a slightly easier money market, will doubt less be fully taken up, without resort to the Friend of India's wild proposil to allow subscribers to pay in old Fours. Col. Sir H. Lawrence has been ap pointed Chief Commissioner in Oude, in the room of General Outram. A melancholy occurrence took place in the eveniugof the 27th ult., which certainly was a sad finale to the Dost's visit. Four officers rode out towards the Dost's camp, and when about a mile from it met some men, to all appearance in charge of cattle. It, however, turned out that they were Afreedies, and as soon as the officers pissed, the natives turned round and gave them a 'volley, and immediately bolted into the pass. The officers were unarmed. Lieutenant Hand, 51st N. 1., was mortally wounded, and after riding a short distance towards the Dost's camp fell ; he lived about an hour after he was brought in. The Dost's people made a litter and carried him into the camp formed near the Kiyber. —The Governors of the Presidencies are at the respective seats of their administration.—The business transacted in our import market during the fortnight has been to a limited extent ; the money market has become considerably easier than could have been antici pated ; government securities are very flat and dull of sale ; and freights continue firm." • BOMBAY, FEB. 15. Our money market during the past fortnight has be come very much easier than could have been anticipated, and money can be had in the Bazaar on easier terms than at the banks ; but as the season advances, we must look for higher rates to prevail, more especially as Calcutta Bank rates of interest now rule from 12 to 14 per cent. We have no change to report in Bank rates here. The new 5 per cent. loan is progressing very elowly, and the prevalent opinion is, that it will prove as much a failure as the 4! : , per cent. one. Government securities are very flat and dull of sale ; but local stocks have inci eased sli g htly in value. CALCUTTA, FEB. 7. The Money Market.—Since our last, the directors of the Bank of Bengal have raised the rates of di: Count - And interest, on Lane of 4 pa. cent., all round ; they are, at present :—Discount : On private bills and netts, three months, 14 per cent. ; on Government acceptances, 12 per cent. Interest : On deposit Company', paper, 13 per cent.; on open cash credit accounts, 13 per cen t. ; ou deposit of goods, U per cent, This has disarranged the money market, which coniinue3 very tight, : arid has af fectbd the rates of efi anvernment S-curities, which have already fallen considerably. CHINA. The advices from Hong Kong are fifteen days later. Trade was at a standstill, the attention of the European inhabitants of Hong Kong being chiefly directed to means for their protection against the Chinese. One Allum, the alleged bread poisoner, and his associates were to be tried immediately. Public expectation was directed to the arrival of anticipated Naval and military reinforcements, and the recommencement of offensive operations. Her Majesty's steamer Samson arrived at Hong Kong on the morning of the 23d, having on board H. E. Admiral Sir M. Seymour, and H. E. is re ported to have forwarded to Indiaurgent despatche s for a large military force. A letter from Canton, dated the 22d of January, states that the city is nearly all destroyed. The Samson, on her way down to Hong Kong, fell in with a fleet of 150 Mandarin junks and de stroyed several of them. These junks had threatened an attack on Hong Kong. With the exception of retaining Tee-to-turn fort, it appears that Admiral Seymour has been forced to abandon Canton, even the entrenched gardens could no longer be retained as all the available force is required to keep open the passage of the river, in consequence of the wilful sinking of junks to prevent any vessels of war or steamers passing up with troops. Whampoa has been completely abandoned, H.M.S. Sybille having been removed —all the valuable property, as dockyards, &c., had been abandoned to the Chinese who were destroy ing everything of value. "These events," says the Straits Times, " prove that our position in the Canton river is unsafe and unsatisfactory, and that an overpowering force—naval and military—will be needed to place matters on a sound footing." The Overland Friend of China, of Jan. 30, says : —"Since the despatch of the clipper steamer Lance field on the 21st instant, the only military move ment of importance has been the abandonment of Canton and the Dutch Folly—the highest position in the river now held by the squadron being Tee to-turn fort in the Macao passage, about two miles below the factory ruins. Naturally, after having contended against such odds—a thousand to a million—so long, the retirement from the position has given rise to expressions of regret. But no one can deny the prudence—the necessity—of the step, for in a short time the river will be so thick, often during the whole day, with fog, that it would be impossible to keep up the chain of communication with such scanty means. The excitement conse quent on the great event of the month—the poison ings—is abating ; though nothing is being done by Government to assure confidence against a similar or worse catastrophe. The inability of Sir John Bowring to hold a Colonial Government was never so evident as at present. " The deportation of some hundred and thirty larceners under sentence of imprisonment, because we were afraid to keep them in the gaol, is the most extraordinary imbecile act ever performed by the governor of a British colony. Why, the very guard taken from our small garrison at such a junc ture to take care of them on the way to their desti nation, could keep treble such a posse in check here if properly ordered 1" On the 20th of January, when Admiral Seymour blew up the church and club-house, the last rem nant of British property, previous to leaving his station off Canton, the fleet, after the Dutch Folly and Bird's Nest forts had been abandoned, dropped down the Macao passage, and took up their stations as follows :—The Eacounter and Niger just below Macao Fort ; the Conics three miles below them ; the Acorn at the Barrier Fort ; the Sybille in Blenheim Reach, the Barracouta at High Island, and the Nankin et the Bogue ; thLw keeping open the entire channel and line of communication, which it was supposed will be continued until some of the reinforcements arrive. A fact mentioned to show that great caution is necessary on board the river steamers occurred on the 23d. " The steamer Queen (says the Friend of China), with a valuable cargo on board, and a lorcha in tow, started at 1 p.m. from her anchorage off the P. and 0. Co.'s Wharf, and just as she had cleared the shipping a message was sent that she had seve• ral bad men on board, who meditated an attack. Upon hearing this Capt. Wynn at once cast off the lorcha, and after seeing her anchored in a safe place proceeded on his way to Macao, keeping a sharp watch on the reputed robbers. When off Cap sing -moon the Williamette was descried in full chase, and shortly afterwards fired two guns as a signal for the Queen to bring to, when a b oa t was Williamette, and M essrs. M ay, with four p o li cemen , pro lcoawl d e rweedllfr o a m n the uff, ceeded in her to the Queen. After consulting together the Queen returned with h er passen gersand on their a rr i va l th e majority o ilwenrge Kong, at once conducted to the police station. Some of the peaceable and well disposed of the passengers informed Capt. Wynn that the rascals, who had concealed their plans of attack, had furnished themselves with sand and gunpowder to throw into the eyes of the crew and bli n d th em, while two piratical boats were awaitin g th em a t a certain ok. point r, o utside, to aid in th e comp l et i on of their w The same journal says : But little time was lost by the " Braves" in sig nalising the flitting of Sybille from Whampoa by a glorious burn of everything foreign owned burnable ; the destruction, including the dock-yard buildings of Hunt and Co., an American firm, and a very large quantity of other American though nomina►ly English property: That Commo dore Armstrong, Commander-in-Chief of the United States naval forces in this quarter, had most .ex cellent reason for leaving Whampoa when he did, and taking up a position off the United Stites Naval Stores in Hong Kong at the present junc ture, we do not entertain a doubt ; but to us, un initiated as we are in the mysteries of American statesmanship, there also appears some justice in the complaints heard from "citizens" on all hands —that commercial interests are not properly cared for in these waters, and American property has been unjustifiably sacrificed. This, however, is subject for comment by American rather than by English journalists; but it may be that they, too, may think, as we do, that it would have been wiser, as it would have been more generous in Commodore Armstrong, to have joined the English throughout in the demon s t ra ti on they are ma ki ng, an d not have remained contentedly on hi s arms a f ter the simple destruction of the Barrier Forts. _ _ • The following account of the poisonings is from the Hong Kong Register In an extra which we published on Thursday last we had just ti me to ca ll a tt en ti on t o t h e f act that an attempt had been made to poison all the consumers of bread supplied by a Chinese baker. This has naturally caused great stir and excitement dui iug the week, and been the fertile cause of many rumours, true or false. The following is, as nearly as we can collect, a s t atement of facts. We believe it is the custom of the Parsees and other natives of India to eat an early first breakfast. Early ou the morning of Thursday a medical gentleman resident with us was called upon to pre scribe fur several Parsees and Moorrueu labouring under the effects of what appeared to ba poison. were from different hous es , a A n s d ti h w av p i e o r g so s n e s yili rv a a p n p t l sof g their own country, the only suspicious article was, naturally, the bread, supplied to tliem from the Esing shop, a Chinese bakery. As the morning advanced numerous cases of sickness occurred, and our attention was so much occupied in giving what assistance we could render that we were unusually late in breakfasting, owing to which the cause of the sickness being apparent, we escaped it. by not eating any b rea d . Attr being tolerably satisfied of the nature o f t h e case, our first course was to go to the police an d report it, and advise that every man in the Ling shop should be arrested. The arrest was effected after some time, the per sons taken into custody amounting to 49 ; but Al lum, the principal partner, and his fancily, consisting of himself, his father, son, two women and children w ere missing, and on i nqu i ry it was discovere d t h a t the family had started f or Macao in t h e Sh amroc k at 8 a.m. From various sourcei we learned that Al . lulu had Devu iJutJily eagage4 tlia previous day in ENGLAND AND PERSIA. The following is a resume of the Persian Treaty : By Articles 6 and 7 Persia renounces all rig ht over Herat and Afghanistan, and any interference whatever in the affairs of either. But wh ile Article 6 provides tha', in the event of differeve , with these countries, Persia shall appeal to the good offices of England, the latter recognises, b i Article 7, the right of th e P ers i an G over nment 11° of have recourse to ar ms i n th e case o f a v iolation o ,t the Persian territory by th e i n h a bit an ts either Herat or Affghanistan ; on con diti on always withdrawing its troops i mme di ate l y on having e ob tained the reparation required. The Consular Agents•and subjects of Great Bri" tain are to be treated in Persia on the same footing as those of the most favoured nation. adopt ed A separate note defi nes th e mo d e t o be adop in the reception of th e B r iti s h Mi ss i on a t Teheran" The Persian Govern men t engages t o appoint s Commissioner at Teheran to examine the claim made upon that Governnent by English stihi eet6 or by subjects of th e Sh a h, or b y t h ose of oth e; Powers who shall not have renounced the Pretee tion of Great Britain. By Article 12 the latter engages not to tal l under its protection any Persian subjects, e% ee „,,t h such as should be iu the employment of the Eng"' mission. The two contracting parties renew their treaty a of 1851 for th e suppression of the slave trade la the Persian Gulf. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MeßrriN e ' The screw steam-ship Indian, Captain Jo l 2 has arrived, with ad v i ces from ortland to the h inst. She ha s l os t h er foremast from bad weetr ar, to On the 12th she p asse d a s t eamer, suppose(' be the Africa ; yesterday she passed the Europe. The French steamer Cadiz, from Havre an Liverpool, had arrived at New York. A a Ia the Senate on th e 3d M r. H unter mad? report from the C on f erence Committee on the Tariff Bill, which war finally agreed to. The P ar' titulars are not given. In the House of Representatives Mr. CautP- - ,. of Ohio, from th e C omm itt ee o f C onference o n vi r ' t disagreeing votes of th e T ar iff Bill, ma d e a r epe He said in the first place, the 100 per cent. sched w and so much of th e o ld 40 per cent. schedule ae a re not reduced dow n t o th e low schedules or Free are reduced to 30 p er cen t. ; t h e 4 0 per cent. sc hen° , including all th a s pi ces an d art i cles not produced In that country, and which enter into general °° to sumption, are eith er u p on th e F ree List or in of 4 per cent, s c h e d u l e . M any articles ar e brought down from the 30 per cent. schedule t ?, lower schedule. Th e same i s the case with the , bo ;; termediate schedule s b e t ween C. andl. The lig committee yielded t o th e amendment efLt" ier Senate, which proposed a reduction of the big i s e schedules to 30 per cent. ; and in the comprcti, lof the matter they have procured substant l ,7 l ; the. Free List, yi e ldi ng some immaterial P ° , 7 o t in that re s p ec t. Th e ot h er schedules are re °ll'3o about 20 per cent. The remainder of the old t per cent, sched u l e i s b roug h t down to 24 per coy; the 25 to 19, th e 20 t o 15 , t h e 15 to 12, the 10 t(14.0.. land that would b e about 4,U00,000. He was n et :, fled that this bill would give relief to the coun. t ;;: and stimulate an d s t rengt h en the art of Amer i i industry. They h a d t rea t e d i ron, sugar, be—ill and lead on the principle of quality, reducing alike. The report was carried. n of The State of Mai ne , re f err i ng to the 00 4 ° - o f Congress on the tariff, says, "the great measu re oe the past four years is the New Tariff Bill. re details of the perf ec t e d bill are not yet fi l "J t he ceived. The House bill proposed to enlarge. oleo' free list without reducing the duties on other art l- fe . The Senate bill, with a more limited free list ,ier duced the duty on cotton, flour, sugar and other $ articles. The Committee, in conference, compromise ; the duty on iron, sugar, cotton, 0 . „. is reduced from 30 t o 20 per cent. a d vatorevi, The passage of the bill was resisted by Pe nThs j o s vania and the high prot ec ti ve i n t eres t, but " carried in both houses." A screw steamer was reported to be fitting (11 ,1 at New York for the r e li e f o f W a lk er . Sh° vi°lll% go round the Horn. hea The Mexican Minister is reported to have , iOl an interview with President Pierce, and urged 0 to submit the Mexican treaty to the Senate. President declined. Advices from Havannah to the 26th of Febrilari report that sugars had a downward tendenci • Stock on hand 85,000 boxes. Exchange on Lona ° 54 to 6 prem. At New York on the 2d the money market a little easier. The stock market was pretty w e ' sustained. Erie hung heavily. Cotton had tisi9f owing to the Niagara's advices. Flour was in PI demand, wheat firm, co rn i n goo d d eman d, Pro: sions steady, lard heavy. By telegraph to Portland we learn that at Neer York, on the mo r ni ng o f th e 3d, s t oc ks o°r 4 higher and active ; money i n goo d d e mand fair supply at 7 per cent. on call. Sterling 7 0 change continued dull, at 1084- to 1081. In evening of the 3d stocks were heavy and O , Erie, 57/ ; R ea di ng , 81k • Michigan Central, S b Flour better ; comm on wheat lower and irregal* corn better, lard better, iron steady, tobacco 1.133. The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, with the. ll 4 York m a il s o f t h e 4th , is off the port, and W 3 -11 rive in the afternoon. CORSICAN B A NDlTkc One of the last bandits of Corsica, a man named C a of bianca, was l as t wee k b rought to trial bef,re the C °ll.- A; Assizes of that i s l an d f or murder and attempted Ea r " 0 . In 1834 his b ro th er was kil led i n a quarrel with two br thers named A n d rean i, an d i n accordance with the custo m 0 of the count r y th e pr i soner swore that, to avenge Pul„i; he would kill e ith er one o f t h em, or a member o f '- family. By the intervention of some influential persol: however, he promised, in th e name o f h i mse lf an d all b family, not to kill any of the Andreanis, prov ided th e l, never entered the vill a g e i n w hi c h h e and his family t o sided. But a ft er t a ki ng t hi s engagement he eeenie"; i v th regret it, and n o t on l y re f ra i ned from assoc i at i n g , vf: the villagers, but w en t a b ou t constantly arme d 3 ' gut, a pistol, a n d a stiletto, frequently absented self from hom e t o wan d er i n the mountains, and ofti, visited the spot on whi c h hi s b rot h er wa s kille? • At length, on th e 18th o f A pr il, 1836 , i n one of b i b excursions in the mountains, he accidentally fell ill W it ," Felix Andreani, one of the assassins of his brother, 11° losing all control over himself, he shot him Akd. afte r this crime, to avoid arrest, he fled to the mountain., aiL adopted the life of a bandit. Ten years after he met u, chance Dominico Andreani, the other a ssass i n of bi d brother, and ordered him to kneel d own and make,_l"° peace with Heaven, for that hi s l ast hour was 000°1 Andreani took to flight, but the bandit fired at him, and wounded him seriously in the arm. The wounded man continued to fly, and the bandit, r i e ,i loading his gun, went in pursuit of him, and wo o l probably h ave murdered him, if be had not bee"„ prevented by some persons who happened to com e up. He afterwards continued his career of bandit" and in the course of it committed numerous cricoes; but as he acted with great kindnc^s to the peasantrif they supplied him with provisions from time to time, and contrived to give him warning when, as was fr A e' quantly the case, gendarmes were sen t t o arr est him. ; few weeks a g o, rom the severity of the weather, he WAd compelled to . ask for shelter in the hut of a wood.cutter• This man gave information to the authorities, and one night a detachment of gendarmes surrounded the hut J° which he was sleeping. Casablanca proceeded to bag cade the entrance, and to cut loopholes in the wall wiw" the intention of making a desperate resistacce ; but the woodcutter, fearing that the Gendarmes would burn th e hut down, entreated him to surrende r qu i e tly, and thl after some l hesitation, he consented to cll. A parley o r , accordingly come to between him and the geo dareie 4 but such was the terror his name excited that the would not promise n o t t o fire on him u n til be h ad thrown from the hut his gun, his pistol, and his stiletto, and had walked forth with his hands clasped a bove h i . : head. The ju r y d ec l are d him guilty of th e mur d e r au " attempted murder, though with extenuating eire uill i stances, and the court condemned him t o 20 y e arehar labour. THE LIINDHILL COLLIERY Exp LosioN.. _ on the pit yesterday everythingappeared o f th e most me; notonous character. Scarc e ly anything in the shape " life was to be seen in the neighbourhood, and the wh ole place appeared as if de , e r t e d . The cupola, which 0 1, g W e dnesday and Thu rs d ay sent out a small q uantity * 9 ' black smoke which was an indication that the Sre wa g smouldering the pit, n ow s h oes net the slightest smoke from which it m a y b e inferred that the water bas " least reached su c h a height as to overcome the fi r e ' Thisis further b orne out b the fact that the maximu m height of 30 f eet was nearly reached on Thursday, th e water at tw o o ' c l ock on that day being 29 feet 4 inche s, and bef ore n i ght, although not exaininel there is po t the sli g ht est doubt but more than 30 feet was attain"' It had been agreed upon by Mr. Wood and the oth er engineers, at their meeting on Saturday last, that, when the water reached the height stated, they abaci(' he telegraphed for ; and if tbst should not occur before Saturd a y ( t hi s d ay), they would meet on that day to do' CUSS the steps to be taken. The water, however, daring the whole of yesterday (Friday), was sent into the pit' but owing to th e d r y wea th er, t h e quant it y wa s corn derably di m i n i s h e d . Th e o ffi c als at the p i t sta t e d, tha t although the water had reached such a height yesterdai (Friday) as to j us tify th em i n telegrap hi ng f or the en gineers, yet nothi ng cou ld b e ga i ne d b y so d o i ng , as t he y would would be there in th e morn i ng j us t as ear ly as If tele graphed for. tae i Such being e state of affairs, it s cop'? dently expected that operations will b 3 commenced this day (Satu r d a y) f or ge tti ng ou t th e wa t er .—Leads Mc 7 ,