The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

B. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BL ANC, BADEN, up the THINE, and PARIS, is NOW OPEN E TIMY EVENING (except Saturday) at 8 o'clock.—S•alls, 38. , area, 28. ; gallery, Is. Stalls can be secured at the box office Elaptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven and four, with _444 all.r extra charge. The Morning Representations take place ` l.l '3' Tuesday and Ntturday, at Three o'clock. MR- W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and various Novelties, 'Focal and Cha ...rrristic, every evening (e xce pt Sat ur d a y) a t Ei g ht. A MORN -0 P ERFORMANCE every SATURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes t 4 a Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-ofilee, fdlaraohic-hall, Ki ng Willi am-stree t , Ch ar i ng - cross . The hall has been entirely redecorated. 'TIRE Original GENERAL TOM THUMB, who Ttixt aPPeared Three Times before her Majesty in 1844, performs 209 E TIMES DAILY at PRINCE OF WALES BAZAAR, to Fite . from Half-pa.t Twelve to Two, Half-past Three os ': •e. and half-past Sev , n to Nine o'clock. New Songs, Dances, 2 "Imes, Imitations, dm Admission, is., regardless of age ; Stalls, Chlldren, is. ARGYLL ROOMS.---LAIIRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.— The above elegant ° ° ,11 3 are now open every evening for the winter season, with _L4arant's ce l e b ra t e d Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, ..9121coUrt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fa shionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the poems open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis '9,l One chilling. THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. , F,XTON will LECTURF. on this important topic every eVeniag; at half-past 7, at Dr. K ANN'S MUSEUM, 4, Coventry street, Leicester-square. The Museum is Open (o ly for Gentle- Men from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures on the various branches cf Physiology, at 12, 2, and 4, by Dr. SEXTON ; and at a quarter put 8 p.ire. by Or. KANN. Admission, One Cats 's:tillers containing Dr. Khan's Lectures, gratis. • QECURE I N VESTMENTS. -- 7 Mr. REGINALD _Pc- , BOSLEY', 0, Threadneedle-street, sworn Stock, Share, and _alining Broker, wUI be happy to forward a list of carefully selected eeellt Mies, paying good dividends , to thos' who may favour h , m with Mkair business, and to advise them on the safest mode of inve‘ting Isalr capital. Bulginess transacted in the English Funds at 1-16th L' er 'eent, and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most `Tnaanable terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20 Par cent.) and progressive mines to be had personally or per letter. ETROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENKRAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent •uset. Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. Rt. TT TRUSTETA. n - -n. SPencyr IL Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. 'leery- Peter Fuller, Esq. lE. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance bnsiness transacted in all its branches. dN.B. The bon us d ec l are d at the last d i v i s i on of pro fit s average d a Per cent. on all the premiums paid. • F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. Tx TISTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., 11i.P. I Wm. Gee. Prescott, Esq. Thomas Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes of society. Existing Policies £B 0,000 Accumulated Fund. .. .• • 83,000 Annual Income .• A. THIRD BONUS will be declared during the ensuing year. The Report and Balance sheet for 1856 may be obtained at the Ofilce, 15, Moorgate-street, London. WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. January 31st, 1857. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, LONDON, 2r. , 1857. i grOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the BOOKS far the TRANS '4'I! 'sf SHARES in this Society will be CLOSED on Thursday, 1 9th inst., and will be re-opened on Wednesday, the Bth day of 2ril next. The Dividends for the year 1856 will be payable on ". 1 after Monday, the Sth day of April next. By Order of the . Dtrectors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. P...ollctes effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN ro .....ult4rtirTffs, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, litng to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. s__4fl Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives re ▪ lower than in many other Old-established offices, and Insurers protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in 1...'w0n to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of - "ennui:no. 4, b_Pollel stamps paid by the Office. r_-TiPectuses may be obtained at the O ffi ce in Threadneedle - street, - 'daon, or of any of tke Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. NT R. HOWARD, burgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet p,„. yA street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI- L perfect ly resemble ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so resemble the natural teeth as not to he distinguished from e d_ M itinal by the closest observer; they will never change colour or This and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is Vaaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth i li and erad sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet - street. At " le from ten till five. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Broropton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu art has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor Zelcted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, meadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted Itt the Brompton Establishment, for one month. and for a longer Period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be Paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's ; Messrs. Contts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Aces, 167, Piccadilly. By order._ W. J. COCKERILL, Secrel OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Pounded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re "Mlnendation is required. - During the past month the following number received the benefits sf this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal a pplication : Week ending 7th November...... 2,154 Ditto 14th November...... 2,043 Ditto 21st November ...• •. 1,972 Ditto 28th November ...... 2,309 P9th and 30th November... . 269 Total in November ••.. • • 8, ef which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (5ti11 747 under treat ftlent) having been admitted previously. Pati h T -e clergy of all denominations have unlimite d ac c ess to the ents. ht s litaY Y expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such eaten ,. e relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of me Public, The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, t r i ea llY elected from th e general list of subscribers, at the Annual 4 o'clock eperal Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, .1.1 any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at "'Ulm es desirous of r ece i v i ng sugges ti on s or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun aly con tributions and legacies, which are received by theTreastuer, Jo hn Masterm an, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drum mon d an d C o . ; !ferries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; .IPrescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn9and Co. ; _ones Loyd a n d Co.; Barclay an d C o . ; D en i son an d C o . ; Williams. D eacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. Just published, price 55., by post free, Cs. 6d., . . . . . . 0 N its S P T AT R ILI T O C LO T G U Y I a E nd R O AT F ION T A H LTRE U A' R t M E E T NT. R ll l lllB- trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful PracJce, and which embrace every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate Means of Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. H. Bail Were. 214. Reirept-tatreftt. _ _ •• We believe 1Vi;: Courtenay's experience in - the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of any of his contemporaries ; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe cr.e of stric ture."—Medical Circular. THE SPEAKER OF TEE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Commons, we have reason to believe, are about to lose the services of their able and ex cellent Speaker. Though this announcement will be received with regret by his numerous personal frends, and by all who have come within the wide range of his influence, yet his retirement could scarcely have been postponed beyond the close of the now expiring Parliament. He has served for 13 years a longer period than any previous Speaker, we except the well-known Arthur Onslow, who occupied the chair for the unexam pled space of 33 years. But we have lived faster since the days of Onslow, and have learned, per haps with scant wisdom, to compress into one modern session the labours, the night watchings, and the wear and tear of at least two sessions of the olden time. In years of service Mr. Speaker Shaw Lefevre has already exceeded the late Vis count Canterbury ; and if the labours of a Speaker could be computed in days and midnight hours, our distinguished contemporary would not be se cond. even to Arthur Onslow. Elected to the chair in four Parliaments, he has witnessed the fall of four Administration, and the recent crisis of a fifth ; he has enjoyed the confi dence of Conservative as well as Liberal majori ties ; and whether the House of Commons has been led by Lord John Russell or Sir R. Peel, by Mr. Disraeli or Viscount Palmerston, the as cendency of his high office and his own personal popularity have ever been the same. His dignity, free from poirp or affectation, is natural to him ; his judicial clearness, his quick sagacity and tact, are never at fault ; while his admirable temper is proof against all the wearisome trials and exhaus tion, to which he is exposed. Meanwhile, the valuable improvements which he has introduced into every department of Parliamentary b us i ness are evidence of his great administrative ability. Nobly has he won the rewards which now await him. His talents, his high character, and eminent public services entitle him to a distinguished plAce ix the House of Peers ; and the public will cordially approve of any pecuniary a cknowledgment whi c h Parliament may offer to a public servant, at once so worthy and so justly popular.—. Post. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE OR CO - NSTIPATIO74;INDiGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrholdll affections, flatulency, disten lion, , acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, bYsteria, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at t he Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup tons of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, after eating, or at sea; low spirits, -spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushin g , Paralysis, trern rq, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me mory, delusions,' vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan chelY, groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, naoreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, to drestore the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebra ted Professor of Chemistry Dr Andrew tfre, Dr. Shorland, Dr .Har eY, Dr. Ca mp b e ll , Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, L sr d other Stuartlpa Decies, the Dowager Countess of C as tlestuart, and 50,000 wel'-k novv a individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful an d economical diet, after all other means had been tried I . i , vain for m an y y ears, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. Jt helYsis by the celebrated Professor of Chem'stry Andrew Ure, F.R.S., &c., &c. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square I hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta rabica I find it to be a pare vegetable Fa - ina, perfectly whole some, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW URE. M.D., &c., Analytical Chemist." Irkase by the Emperor o-Russia. Russian t:'onsulateGeneial,LonciOn, Dec. 2,1847. The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they h a d sen t t o his Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Palace. Suitably puled for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, llb 23 9d; 21b 48 6d; 51b I Is, 121 b 225; super refined quality. lib 6s; lb lls ; 51b ; 101 b 33s The 1010 and 121 b cants t..,era are rorwarded carriage free , on rec ei p t o f Post- office order. tinTY Du Barry and Co.. 77, Re g ent-street, London; Fortnum, ason. and Co.. purveyors to her M ajesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at w hGracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, V i si n 11111 ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper siker-stre e t ; fr 4 and 150, Oxford-street. A - NEW AND IMPORTANT DIS COVERY d'Ecole de Pharmacie OF MEDICINE. IN THE SCIENCE Dip Patent Often see of Great Britain. C — ollegei of yedicine, Vienna. Phartnacion de Par is, Imperial the form ot a lozeng e , TRIERRMAR ,2, and 3, prepared devoid of taste or smell , and can be carried administered b 3 Fold in tin cases. divided into separate doses, as Valpean. Lallomand, R nx Ricord, &C., 80 ' n in the waistcoat pecke • rilruEsEmAi k is R e medy f or RE 0. 1 is a JIL LAXATIO ...,...._N. SPER MATORRIREA, or too egnaequenees— ' w g t eem early discriminate excesses, long residence in hot climates. abuse, in restored boduY a nd sexual strength and vigour t o th ous It has .. ~.t ials w ho ar and all the distressing now In the enjoyment of heal of debilitated i divai whatever may be the can s ',7 ll for DI SQUALIFICATIONS for MA R ' nd the Functions of Manhood; end RIAGE, they are effectually an , - , , Discovery. TRI uuuel by this Wondermi .., ESEMAR N effectually, in the short space of thr entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrluea, tee days, o*iL, completely and aggravated Loth in its mild and _ o f corms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation trine, Pains of the Loins and Ridne the Bladder, Non-retention . copaivi and Cubebs have so long been s , rain of the health of a vast port and those disorders whicn i„ of ta eught an antidote for, to the toulation. TRIESEMAR NO' is the great Continental Remedy for Syphills"and Secondary SymP , rims, It also constitutes a certain cure for S Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and eapeuingeteryY, Scrofula, and all :ourse all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, a s ' it l , o t% g ther to eradicate the Tires of disease, and expel it with the cras s anlide perspiration whniehurine, and is a through the medium of the pores of the skin u t l tortunately raver-failing remedy for that class of disorders au able theerar dostruc the English Physician treats with Mercury, to tbe in i lion of the patient's constitution, and which the worli cannot restore. Price lls., or tour cases in or Par o 111 3 a , 1 , n which saves I Is., and in M. cases, whereby there is a saving e o f f r 1 - 2 ; • Son, 27, Far: To be had wholesale and retail in London, ot Derby and Gloirdon. 140. Leadenhall-street; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, 0, ' -street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford otreet ; Barclay and Son f ,rd -street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. UUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price ls., post free, beautitullythustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricerd, &c. giv copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those w c• are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadtul results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, _soldhe author's newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lenises.— by J. Allen, 20, Warwick /line, Paternoater-row ; and from agenti for the sale of "Trim mar.", Now ready, price 2d., Part I. of FEIST'S RACING RECORD, containing a complete CALENDAR of SPORT, from the Ist of January to the day of publication. Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the "Sunday Times," and Reporter of Sporting Intelligence to the London daily papers, &c. Printed and published, on the Ist of each month, by William Wright, Sporting Printer and k üblisher, Fulwood-rents, N o . 20,193.) SALE BY AUCTION. The ST. TAMES'S THEATRE, a Freehold Property, with posses sion, including the two rdjoiaing .vesidences and the spacious Cel larz.gc, let at 1601. per annum, its addition to the. Rental derivable from the Theatre. MR. ROBINS is instructed by the Mortgagee, under his Power of Sale, to submit to Public Competition, at kis Auction Rooms in Covent-garden, on. TUESDAY, APRIL 21 st, at One tor Two o'clock, in One Lot, The important Freehold Property, known as THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, in King-street, St. James's, with handsome E'evation, elaborately designed, erected under the superintendence of the late celebrated Architect, Samuel Beaz:ey, Esq., at AN OUTLAY or 50,0001., independently of the phrchase of the Land, which cost 8,000/. No expense has been spared in carrying out all that ingenuity could suggest from a thorough knowledge and experience of the require ments of this particular class of building, and to accomplish, fur its size, THE MOST PERFECT THEATRE IN LONDON; and, although it must be admitted the original intention was the REPRESENTATION OF ENGLISH OPERA, yet, from its peculiar situation, it would seem to Us more particet• larly considered u TILE COURT THELTRE, and intended to Introduce THE HIGH-CLASS FRENCH DRAMA, both Tragic and Comic, and the Opera Buffs; and when the many triumphs that have been achieved, by skilful catering for the public taste, are remembered, it may reasonably be expected that; under popular management, s milar profitable results may again be ac :tom wished. The Theatre is elegantly and completely fitted up, and may be readily converted _either for English or French performances. , It has a c sp tal stock of Scenery, all nccessary Machinery, with Ward robe and Properties, and possesses also the great advantages of Two Residences adjoining for the Management, and spacious Cellarage beneath, let off at 1601. per Annum, in addition to the Rental to bo produced from the Theatre. May be viewed by cards only. Descriptive particulars, with a Ground Plan showing the arrangement of the property, had, 21 days prior to the sale, of C. H. Moore, Esq., Solicitor to the Mort gagee, 36, Lincoln's-inn fields; at the Auction M trt ; and at Mr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW NOVEL. THE SECOND WIFE, In 3 vols Will be ready at all the Libraries oa Wednesday, March 10. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbui a, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits by Heath, 21s , bound, ELIZABETH . DE VALOIS, QUEEN OF SPAIN, and .the. COURT of PHILIP II ; from Numerous unpublished sources in the Archives of France, Italy, and Spain. By Miss FREER, author of" The Life of Margaret D'Angouleme,"&c. Hurst and Blacked, Publishers, 13, Great Marlbprough-s•reet. Price Three Pence, SAVINGS BANKS, their History, Laws, Investment, Management, Interest, Defalcations, Responsibility of G wernmept, Trustees and Officials, Past Progtess, and Present Results; with Remedial Suggestions. By the Rev. J. BEAUMONT HAWKIvS, B.A. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. Th's day, two vols. Bvo., with Map and Illnitrations, 32s , THE KINGDOM and PEOPLE of SIAM. By Sir JOHN BOWRING, F.R.S., her Majesty's Plenipoten tiary in China. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. NEW SERIAL BY THE BROTHERS MAYHEW. This day, tiro.. sewed, price Is., No. I. of PAVED WITH GOLD ; or, the Romance and Reality of the London Streets. An Unfashionable Novel. By the BROTHERS MAYHEW. With Illustrations by Porn. To too completed iu Toirteen Monthly Numbers. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, London. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of _ . _ THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the S LIVER, NERVES, LUNGS, &c., without Medicine, Galvar'sm Electricity, inconve nience, and exper - e, by an easy, natural, peasant, end infallible remedy, which saves DV titres its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testi 4 nontris from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew lire; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. lia-vey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. InAram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle-Stuart; Major-Gen. Thornr% King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failtd. London : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. THE LUNDHILL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. was generally LATEST PAitTIOULARS. y L u e f r n e a c I t L e ri d , t F h R a t I DAY r y E t h v e z Nero close . Itof the present week the water would have reached suf ficiently we are anotherto say to , will the flames. Such, however, w not be the case, as in all probability will be in a state wheß that will commence admit of operations being com menced for drawing off the water. The period water may be calculated when tne it is stated that th e to rise 30 feet up the shaft in the first instance had ftfr On Tuesday lest the wa t e r i rt the bottom. ad only reached 11 ft. 1 inch ;on Wednesday, 14f eet 5 inches ; Thurs day, feet. 16 T f h e e et ei 5 st i e n m ch s e f s o ; r a d n ra d win today at five o'clock, 18 the water off have just been finished and fixed, a g nd im mediate use ; they will hold aboutare ready for a nd will descend and discharge 550 gallons each, their load of water in less than a minute. Yesterday Mr. Pease, a former steward of the colliery, descended into the Abdy seam, about 80 yards down. He found that the h • heavy piece of wood, known as a conductor, an d which regulates the asc ending and descending of the corves, was n early burnt in two, showing that ,the flames had prevailed in that immediate vicinity to a consider able ex t e nt. In the Melton-field bed eight men are at work building up stoppings ; but in conse quence of the impurity of the air they can work at the utmost only six-hour shifts. On Thursday evening an attempt was made to pull up the chair and gearing from the bottom of the shaft, where it had become embedded in the debris. The engine was set to work, but so f ir mly set was the chair that it was unable to move it, the wire rope which is calculated to raise a weight of 30 tons breakirg in the attempt, • the recoil knocking off the celing i n the engme-bouse This, it is exp ected, will be a seriou • • 8 InVediMent to the getting out of the water and reach in the bottom,m the bodies, a number of which, being b e if not already unrecognisable, will made so To 4130 by the action of the cisterns. L sick E a ub w the effect of the accident upon some of the .• h as . just s ' We might state that one of these societies paid for th e d ea ths of 15 of th e men now lying in the pits -7; - TPt•:-._ 4 1111116 ' ,II A , 4 11 17 • . °XI - 11/41M qt- 1 1 ' kgeti ", 1 411 1.11% ‘ll4l nen. V.;) • . " ".• • • • •,,,1 • , • ‘,4 1 • ..4.lkze ° • --- )Rott. • '4 „_, "/ E 41 1 1t...'' • k. ~... • / [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 18b7. STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION. BRISTOL. After high 'Change on Saturday afternoon an ad dress-to the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, expres sive of regret at the result of the Cobden vote, was set on foot - and received a number of most influen tial signatures,•inCluding those of many magistrates and town councillors, leading merchants, &c. The address is couched in the following terms, and, al thoughoriginated by members holding Conservative . vitws,in politics, it has been subscribed by men of all prties : " We, the undersigned, inhabitants of the city and county of Bristol, beg to :represent to. your• lordship the feelings of surprise and regret with which we have received intelligence of the result of the recent division on Mr. Cobden's motion in the House of Cointnons. " We greatly lament that an Opposition so openly factious, and combining within itself men and prin c;.p'es too incongruous to afford hope of any useful alliance, should have commanded the support of so large a number of members of the House of Com mons as to have enabled it to defeat a Ministry re markable for its truly English character, for the respect it , has won for the, British name throughout the woad, for the security it has obtained for mer cantile intercourse with foreign nations, and for the vigour with which it has carried on its governmen tal functions at home and abroad. "We venture •to believe that the alliance. by which you have been assailed, while it has greatly lowered the political reputations of the parties en gaged in it, has gained no sympathy in the,hearts of the British people. " We thank your lordship that, instead of yield ing the reins of Government into other hands, you have resorted to the constitutional alternative of appealing to the people; and we desire to express to you our firm conviction that the result of that appeal will not confirm the •decision of - the House of Commons." It was expected that the address would be very numerously signed on Monday (this day). SHEFFIELD. The recent defeat of Lord Palmerston has caused a great sensation in Sheffield, but from the result of our inquiries we are able to state that the public feeling, at least among the middle classes, appears decided►y in favour of his lordship, and opposed to the coalition. On Saturday morning a meeting of the principal merchants of the town was held at the Exchange-rooms, to consider the propriety of adopt ing a memorial expressive of confidence in the pre mier. Die following is the memorial : "We, the undersigned, merchants, manufacturers, and others, inhabitants of Sheffield, feel bound at once to assure your lordship that we have heard with the gr-atest regret and di iiatistaction the result of the division on Mr. Cobden's motion, in the House of Commons on Wednes day morning last ; and, at the same time, most decidedly to express our opinion that a Liberal Government, with your lordship at its bead, will give the best guarantee for the prosperity of the British dominions at home and abroad." The memorial was signed by all the gentle men present, including many of the most eminent merchants and manufacturers, and the document is still receiving an additional number of names, prior to its being despatched for presentation to his lordship. LEICESTER; The feeling here in favour of Lord Palmerston is very strong, and is shared in alike by all political parties. The Conservatives very generally regard him as the best - possible Minister at the present time, and would be anything but elated at the prospect of his downfall. The three local journals, representing respectively Conservative, Whig, and extreme Radical politics, and which on most sub j,cts are as wide as the poles asunder, are united in representing the late vote of the House of Commons as the result of an unprincipled and factious combination. Had the borough members voted against the Government their return at the ensuing election, would certainly have been im perilled, for the almost universal feeling of their constituents is, that the present contest is bttw er n Palmerston and England on the one hand, and the the tripartite coalition and Russia on the other. ( Prom the Economist.) Few topics have been more thoroughlv winnowed and sirtea man tee origin and detatli of our pre sent qualrel with China. Tho debates contiuued for two sights in the Lords and four nights in the Commons, and nearly every speaker of eminence in each branch of the Legislature, and many who were eminent in neither, took part in the discussion. It may be presumed that every point contained in the papers laid before Parliament, .and every piece of information possessed by the public, was tho roughly well examined and brought to bear on the decision ; but whether all these papers and all this information combined were sufficient either in clear ness or in ;fullness to warrant any confident deci sion at all, is a very different question. And, look ing at the matter actually as well as"constitutionally, it cannot be said that Vie nation has arrived at any definite or fixed conclusion. The House of Lords has expressed one opinion ; the House of Commons has expressed an opposite opinion, and the people of England, the co ur t o f u lti ma t e resort, is about to be appealed to as umpire between these conflict ing verdicts. ' We frankly and unreluctantly admit both the difficulty of the dilemma in which Parliament was placed, and the unsatisfactory character of the facts end materials of the special ease before it. It was almost impossible to debate th e ma tt er w i t h ou t doing harm and incurring serious dangers. It was equally impossible to avoid debating it without a de reliction of one of the most obvious duties of a con trolling ,and governing assembly. Ministers, on whom devolved the heavy responsibilities of action, and independent and conscientious members of Par liament, who could not but look at the actual or apparent merits of the case, were alike in a position of grave perplexity. If Ministers blamed and de serted their representatives in China for acting in a manner which they themselves, if consulted, proba bly never would have sanctioned, and which, judg ing by the facts as partially known to us, seemed open to serious question, they might possibly be in error ; and at all events would greatly embarrass and complicate the crisis at Canton, and by discou raging the English and encouraging the Chinese, might bring the most formidable dangers on those who looked to them for protection, and who at the very moment might be struggling for their lives. If, on the other hand, they resolved to assume the re sponsibility of what bad become afaitaccompli, and to justify and endorse proceedings which their in structions had not warranted, and which undeniably, as tar as yet appears, were not free from flaw or doubt (to say the least) —they placed ,themselves in the awkward and painful predicament of having to defend what it was clear they could not heartily ap prove—and thus gave a great and manifest advan tage to their rivals and antagonistsiat home. Again, honet senators felt that Sir John Bowring and Con sul Parkes appeared to have acted hsetily and harshly, and, however just their chronic grounds of quarrel with the Chinese, to have chosen an unlucky and defective case for bringing that quarrel to an issue—thus placing themselves and their country in the wrong by a mistake, though there might be no mistake at all as to the substan tial merits of the cause. Yet to condemn these officials for what they had done and the Govern ment at home for supporting them when it was done, would not only be to hazard actual and seri ous mischief by playing the game of our enemies, but would—before the world at large, where the niceties of a question are always overlooked—be equivalent to con f ess i ng that, in the quarrel with the Ohinese authorities (not about this miserable lorcha, but about their whole conduct towards us), they are right and we are wrong—which every one believes or knows to be the very reverse of the truth. It is not surprising, therefore, that there should neve r h ave b een a di sc ussion in which sin cere men and wise men felt so entirely puzzled as to the language they ought to hold and the vote they ought to give. . . A second consideration, which has not received the attention it deserves, is this :—Whatever may be the reality or the importance of the flaw in our case relating to the lorcha which Sir J. BoNvring made the immediate occasion of the rupture, there can be no doubt that it was only the occasion, and not the real cause. One und ou bt e d f act—a t l eas t i we believe t to be undoubt e d—i s , t h at every indi vidual acquainted with the Chinese or resident in China, whether merchant, naval officer, diplo matist, or missionary, whether E ng li s h man or foreigner,. of the same opinion i n thi s mat t er . All.deplore the decision of the House of Commons, and all concur in the absolute necessity of chas tising. the persistent faithlessness, the incessant aggressions, and the systematic affronts of the Cuinese. It is very possible that in the matter of the lorcha we may have been in error as to f ac t ; it is probable, even, that in point of law we were in error. It is too probable, also, that as regards the illicit trade carried on in the Canton waters our hands are not clean. - But we must not overlook the consentalleollll testimony of nearly every per son wboie knowledge of China entitles him to be listened to on such a subject. All declare that sa tisfactory, safe, and dignified intercourse with those arrogant and cruel people is impossible till they have met with se vere c h as ti sem ent, and have been forced to respect our super i or p o wer and their own solemn engagsm.mts. A l ong course of insults, not only to us, but to other foreigners, had been gra dually reaching its climax ; further endurance and forbearance had become impossible ; everylbing was ripe for a quarrel ; and it seems to have been determined that the next insult to the British should be peremptorily dealt with when the Arrow was boarded. At- the very time this happened, we were in consultation with the French and Ame ricans, in order to devise some plan for placing our common relations with the Cantonese upon a more satisfactory footing, and btinging that ignorant and overbearing people to a sense of their true position with regard to European Powers. Now, we do say, that the unanimous feeling of all most qua lified to judge as to the necessity of taking a high ground with China, and of prosecuting with energy and resolution our substantially just quarrel—just in'its essentials, though erroneous in its accidental circumstances—ought not to be lightly put aside. The debates in Parliament and the decision of the House of Commons—even if reversed by the country on appeal—will render the further action of our Government in this matter full of difficul ties, and embarrass not a little the proceedings of the Commander-in-Chief or Plenipotentiary we may send ont to prosecute or terminate the quar rel. We do note apprehend as many do that either the adverse vote, or the strong and reckless language held by .many members of the Opposition will really imperil the lives of the Europeans in those parts : for the same mail that carries out this news will carry out also such reinforcements as will place opposition and danger at defiance. (From the Examiner.) The Yehs have it. The Ayes, who are identical with the Yehs, have carried by a majority of six teen Mr. Cobdas resolution condemning the mea sures taken against the Chinese, without consider ing the provocation. Thus, upon the motion of " the leader of the Peace party," the House of Commons has performed the kotoo, and struck its head sixteen times against the floor in token of its submission to the Brother of the Sun. When the joyful tidings arrive in China proclamations will be published setting forth that the foreign devils were seized with trembling when they heard of the audacious steps take❑ at Canton against the autho rity of the wise and virtuous Yeh, and that they immediately confessed the fault, and humbly en deavoured to propitiate the wrath of the Celestial Empire, before which they knew it was impossible to stand. Never was there a more motley majority than that of the Yehs on Mr. Cobden's motion. Black spirits and white, blue spirits and grey, spirits of every hue of the rainbow, mingled together in the oddest confusion, or fusion, that ever astonished and disgusted the public. It was but a few nights ago that Mr. Sidney Herbert voted against Mr. Locke King's motion for the extension of the fran chise, not because he was against reform, to which indeed, p h a e r w ty as w s h o en fr i i n en p d o ly w ,ertoLord Joh n R usse ll' s Re form that h e h a d b een a form Bill, but because he held it to be a paramount obligation to look to the state of parties, and not place Lord Palmerston's Administration in diffi culty, much less in danger. These considerations have, however, all vanished, and Mr. Sidney Her bert's tender regards are all transferred from the Premier to Commissioner Yeh. Since 1831 we have not observed so strong a fealing of public displeasure at an attempt to over throw a Ministry as has been manifested upon the present occasion. The judgment has been all but unanimous out of Parliament, and Lord- Palmer sten has good grounds for asserting that he has not lost the confidence of the country. We will not evade the truth--the Chinese affair was not liked, for it is not every one who understands the charac ter of that singular people, and the only means of dealing with them ; but the public had soon the wit to perceive that the question was not discussed on the merits, but was merely wielded as an instru ment for a deadly .blow to the Administration. " What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba 1" asked the public of Mr. Gladstone's and other similar extranactancaa-- "Tears in his eyes, distraction in 'a aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting, With forms to his conceit, and all for nothing I" Fol 7 Yeh ! The current word for the thing has been humbug, every dne knowing that the Opposi tion, if sides were changed, would chastise the Chinese miscreant in authority at Canton with a will not a jot less hearty than that of tile present Government. Nay, more ; if Lord Derby and Lord Malmesbury had been in power, they would have approved all that had been done, as surely as a Liberal Opposition would have pursued the other course. Men never will learn how much their views are influenced by the position whence taken —in or out. (From the 41anchester Guardian.) For gentlemen who have their personal connec tion principally among the mercantile clwses, and whose influence is mainly based on their presumed knowledge of, and regard for, the interests of trtde, Mr. William Gladstone and Mr. Richard Cob den have managed to distinguish themselves in a very remarkable manner. As we address a com munity wh ch has some slight pre tensions to commer cial importance, we have reason for taking special note'of the obligation under which they have placed us. Mr. Gladstone encouraged the House of Com mons to turn a deaf ear to tha voice of the merchants of England on the Chinese question, by saying that to listen to this class of witnesses would be the same as if they had decided the question of slavery by a reference to the slaveowners. We must leave others to decide whether the comparison is more damaging to the right hon. gentleman's cause In a logical or in a rhetorical point of view ; for, in the first place, it clearly involves an admission that the attitude assumed by our officials in the Canton River is favourable to the interests of trade, which has been again and again denied ; and, in the next place, it implies that th e w h o l e o f a soc i a l c l ass , w hich exercises some influence on the election of members of Parliament and on the policy of the country, is base enough to p rost it ute i ts consc i ence pursuit of gain. Th e e l a b ora ti on idea wa s c hi e fl y, h owever, under to f t t ilis he fi su a c t c te e rin ssful g taken by Mr. Cobden, who appears to have a rather worse opinion of his old friends than that which he used to express of the landowners. If he had been contented with throwing them overboard with re gard to this question alone, the exigences of his argument would have afforded a presentable ex cuse. But the heartiest and longest part of his speech was an invective against the cupidity, sel fishness, and atrogan.oe of British merchants all over the world. After the betrayal of feelings so very nearly allied to contempt, it may not be a very serious thing to threaten either of these orators with the displeasure of the class whom thPy estimate at so low a figure. But as we know what Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Cobden think of the commercial class, it is in evitable that we should soon learn what the com mercial class thinks of them. An earnest of its opinion was decisively afforded during the debate itself by the circumstance that even such opp onents Lord Palmerston as Mr.Gregson,M r . R o b ertson, and Mr. Honfall, happening to be a l so connected and resist withit n e g ret s thef, were otrade cu and re unreserved w re h ci l u eh ' nug the to a n k c e o e condemning an eye on it s in d membersem n for in the West g Riding and the University of Oxford had com bined to adopt. The voice of the commercial interests of the country has now to be beard di rectly pronounced, and, apparentl y , t h ere will b e i an unusual unanimity n its declaration. (Prom the Derbyshire Courier.) There are not a score of Englishmen out of the tagellesedtobbyeparty prejudi ces or th e gained b y a c h ange o f hh i u n e3 i es st 'o e if r i s o , ta w dt h rvaa o mnm will not acquit Lord Palmerston of any intention 'of acting with cruelty towards the crafty barbarians of Canton. All that can be said against him is that, finding two official servants in responsible situations in China when he became Minister, and believing that they were not men to act with undue severity or reprehensible want of consideration towards the Chinese, he has refused to secure his own safety by sacrificing the former friends of his political opponents. Lord Palmer ston has stood up with the manliness of an English gentleman for Sir John Bowring and Admiral Sey mour. (From the Gateshead Observer) As soon as the necessary arrangements can be made the Parliamentof 1852 will be dissolved, and a general election will ensue. weh ave no misgiv ings popula r ar cause will be as to the result. It will not accord with the views of Mr. Cobden. It will not serve the pur pose Whateve r party ad vanced by the election of a new Parliament. De ceived by all the echoes of their ow n petty clique and may O go f th t e o Conservative tthe waiit he circles, the coaletioiDg exPeOtantsiu London Imagine the whole country to be chorusing their party cries. Ne;i-er was there a greater mistake. The country is quiescent--more quiescent perhaps than it sh Auld be._ •But so it is. And .the -probability is-that we shall have fewer election contests than in 1852. (From the rorle Herald. ) Lord Palmerston has fully justified the confidence reposed in him by his country. ' (From the Brighton herald.) The question to be decided will I.e a national one: the Palmerston Government will appeAl to the country for support in i!s pursuit of a national policy against a conspiracy of parties. (From the Bath Journal ) This vote will obtain the approval of d spots, and of all who envy and hate this country ; but England has now to speak out. (From the Hertford gerettry.) The contest which is about to take place must, to a certain extent, a , sume the character of a personal one. It is Lord Palmerston,.the ablest of the Libe ral statesmen, and. the most successful of Liberal leaders, whO is assailed. It is his policy which is specially attacked, and it is for or against hini that the decision must be given. . (From the Bucks Advert;ser.) We have no fear that a Parlianrvnt can be re turned that will for a single week tolerate a Tory Government. (Prom yce Western 7ini e,s. )" Lord Palmerston's thorough English spirit, his indomitable power of work, and genial got hu mour, have made him more personally beloved than any public leader of the day. His defeat was the work of treachery. (From the 71Velsh,man.) Lord Palmerston may safely appal to the court try for the support which a factious combinalion it the House, of Commons has refused. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. EAST SUSSEX. The official declaration of the poll was made ou Satur day at Lewes by the High Sheriff of th*county, Mt. It. C. Pomfret, the number of votes recorded being as fol lows : Lord Pevensey Mr. Dodson . . 2,234 Majority for Viscount Pevensey (C) ps The result, while showing the maj , rity in Viscount Pevensey's favour as less by 21 than in a former return published, proves the present contest to hava been the most severe one known for this division. Viscount PEVENSEr, after the ceremony of buckling on the sword to the newly-e!ected nlemuer had been performed, returned -thanks._ Mr. DODSON also returned thanks, and, having con• gratulated the electors on their success in the infliction of a death-blow on Tory monopoly in that division of the county, said they would not desist in their efforts until they had wrested the division from the grasp of the Tories. Before very many weeks w tre ovtr he should appear again as a candidate before them, and be believeJ that next time the result would not be doubtful. LITERPOOL—The election campaign at Liverpool has commenced. Mr. J. C. Ewart, one of the preetnt mem bers, issued his address on Saturday soliciting a re newal of the confidence which has been so far reposed in him. He refers to his vote in support of the Minis try against the motion of Mr. Cobden,' and makes pro minent mention of his sympathy for Colonel Tulloch and Sir J. M'Neil, and of his address on the subject which he had the honour of forwarding to them from the principal merchants and others in Liverpool. The feeling of the town is at present strongly in favour of re turning both the present members, Mr. Horsfall having gained the favour of all sections and p4rties by his bold and independent c onduct in the house, and by the at tention with which he has looked after the interests of his constituents in Parliament, while the moderate Tot ies have no objection to Mr. Ewart. The extreme party' men, however, are determined to bring Mr. Turner for ward in connection with Mr. norsiall, and a severe struggle is anticipated. MANONESTEE. --- The Liberals of Manche-ter are anxious to get some Liberal of mark to oppose Mr. Milner Gibson, whose course of conduct has given deep dissatisfaction. There is no place where the principles and English policy of Lord Palmerston are trier., war.nly espoused. Some of the old Free-trade party are, how ever, anxious for the election of Mr. Bright and Mr. Gibson on the ground of former services in the cause of commercial reform. YORKSHIRE.—The constituents of the various Parlia mentary boroughs in the West Riding of Yorkshire have already begun to 1 sok out for the right men to send as their representatives in Parliament, and among a liirge portion of the inhabitants there is a strong determina tion to return such as will support the policy of Lord Palinerston's Government with reference to the Chinese question. First of all, as to the representation of the West Riding itself, there is not a shadow of a chance of Mr. Cobden being again elected, tae hon. gentleman's opinions of the war with Russia having decided his fate some time ago. Indeed, it is extremely doubtful whe ther Mr. Cobden will venture to come before the elec tors even to thank them for their past confidence. So far, therefore, as the West Riding is concerned, the mover of the resolution which has had the effect of bringing about a dissolution will most undoubtedly not find his way back again to St. Stephen's. Mr. E. Denison, the other member, will most likely be again elected. The probable successor of Mr. Cobden is not yet known. Tarious gentlemen have been mentioned, including Sir John Ramsden, Lord Goderich, and the Right Hon. T. Baines, but no definite nomination has been made. It is said that Sir John Rarnsden, who w 11 be supported by the Fitzwilham interest, is likely to be preferred. At Leeds, the capital of the Riding, there is every probability of the re-election of the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and a meeting is to be hel I on the 16th inst. for the purpose of taking steps to pre sent a requisition to Mr. Baines and to Mr. William Beckett, one of the present members fur Ripou, who, although a Conservative, voted with the Government against Mr. Cobden's resolution. Mr. Robert Hall, bar rister, is also spoken of as a Conservative candidate ; and the name of Mr. S. Morley, of the Administrative Reform Association, has also been mentioned as a candi date on the Liberal interest. Sir George Goodman, in consequence of ill health, will not come forward again. At Bradford Mr. Robert Milligan will resign his seat, but Mr. H. W. Wickham will again come for ward. Soma' names have been mentioned as those of probable candidates to succeed Mr. Milligan, among whom may be mentioned Major-General Thompson, Mr. E. Ackroyd, of Denton and Halifax ; Mr. Titus Salt, of Crow-nest ; Mr. William Murgatroyd, of Bankfield ; and Mr. H. W. Ripley, of Sightcliffe. At Halifax, the present . members, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood and Mr. Frank Crossley, will again be nominated. The Conservatives are getting up a requisition to Major Edwards. At Huddersfield it is anticipated that Lord Goderich will again be returned, be having on several occasions refused to allow himself to be nominated for any other borough as long as his present constituents were satisfied with his conduct. At Wakefield, Mr. George Sanders, the Conservative mem ber, will retire, and Mr. J. C. D. Charlesworth or Mr. Leathern will probably be brought forward in his stead. The Liberals have not yet fixed upon a candidate. At Pontefract no opposition will be offered to Mr. Monck ton Milnes, but Mr. Oliveira will ba opposed by Mr. Wood, to whom a very numerously signed requisition was presented a short time ago. There will be four candi dates at Knaresborough. Mr. Dent, one of the present members, and Mr. Westhead, who formerly sat for the borough, will be brought forward by the Liberals, and Mr. Woodd, the present Conservative member, and Mr. Collins, barrister, who has also represented the borough, will be nominated by the Conservatives. The Liberal electors of Hull held a meeting at the Cross Keys Hotel on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of selecting two candidates for the representation of the borough in Parliament. There was a large attendance. Mr. Jas. Clay, M.P. for Hull, was unanimously selected as one of the candidates. The Hon. W. EL F. Denison, son of Lord Londesborough, was proposed as the second can didate, and a letter was read from that gentleman an nouncing that he was a thorough Reformer. He was unanimously selected as the colleague of Mr. Clay. Dur ing the meeting a letter was read from Mr. W. D. Say- I mour, one of the present borough memberr, declining to stand again for Hull The meeting was strongly in favour of Lord Palmerston, and it was underste e 1 that the two gentlemen selected were prepared to support his lordship. Mr. Schneiderand Mr. Hall, of London,and Mr. Aldam, late M.P. for Leeds, and chairman of the Aire and Cal der Company, are also mentioned as probable candidates. EAST REVIVED AND THE HUNDRED OF BASSETLAW. —Viscount Galway and the Hon. W. E. Duucombe, both Conservatives, are the present members, and they are both to be put in nomination, but so early as Friday last the friend§ of Mr. F. Foljambe (Libera), son of Mr. C S. Foljambe, of Osberton-ball, coinnienced a canvass in Retford on his behalf. There is also a party, by no means inconsiderable in numbers, who are desirous of seeing the Earl of Lincoln, the eldest ,on of the Duke of Newcastle, put in nomination, and it was currently rumoured on Saturday that he is to be bi ouehtt out. WORCESTER.—There is likely to be a contest for the representation of this city. The conduct of the Liberal member, Mr. Laslett, in voting against Lord Palmerston on Mr. Cobden's motion has met the decided disapproval of a certain portion of his supporters, -- who are about to exhibit it in an unmistakeable manner. Tbe Derbyites in tend, it is said, to bring forward Alderman Sidney, of London, and Mr. Huddleston, of the Oxford Circuit, in timated at the last - election his intention of coming for ward again in the Conservative interest whenever an o p- 1 portunity offered. The Council of the Parliamentary Reform Association here have issued a long address to the electors of the city calling upon them to support Mr. Ricardo and Mr. Laslett as being two consistent re formers. The address is dated March 9, but was circu lated on Saturday night. SOUTHAMPTON.—The present Liberal members, Mr. B. M. Willcox and Mr. T. M. Weguelin, have each pub: lished an addiess to the electors ; and the unfortunate difference which existed between the Liberal electors, we hope, no longer existing, it is probable that no Tory candidate will offer himself, and these gentlemen will be returned without opposition. CIRENCESTER.—The Hon. Ashley Ponsonby, one of the sitting members for this borough, has issued an ad dress to the el,:eteas soliciting re-election. Referring to the Canton aff kir lie says "I deeply regret the unfortunate occurrences which have recently taken place at Canton ' but feeling, as I did, that the Home Gov ern ment were not fairly chargeable with the acts or agents abroad, with wham they had had no pre vious coeimueication on the subject, I did not feel justified in refusing them my support on the recent division, espe cially bearing in mind the previous character of the officer whose conduct was chit:illy impugned, and the fact that his appointment had been . approved by men who have now joined the Opposition. While rendering Lord Palmer aton'aAd ministration a general - support, I have not scru pled to give my - vote in opposition to it when I felt that that vote would ba of service in promoting measures which the interests of the country appeared to require. The ex tension of the suffrage and the protection of the voterfrom undue influence in the exercise of thefranchise have always had and will continue to have my cordial support. The abolition of church rates is a measure whisk I hope to see shprtly carried. .I shall watch with satisfaction the further progress of administrative reform, as I think promotion should depend on merit en every department of the public service. My opinions on the subject of the income tax are in unison with - your own, as expressed in your petition re cently presented to the House of Commons on the subject." Mr. Ponsonby adds a hope that with the war will cease the heavy expenditure of the country, and that our naval and raillery establishments may be placed on a reduced footing. It is understood that Mr. Mullings will again offer himself, and a third candidate i a the person of a nephew of Eaal B.ithurat is spoken of. GLOUCESTER.—Au opposition to the Return of Admi ral Sir M. Berkeley and Mr. Price is talked of here. Although the Conservative party was beaten at the last el ction, they intend to bring forward Mr. S. Baker, of hh irngrove, Worcestershire, as their champion. Mr. Baker is Chairman of the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the borough of Stroud at the last election. He pro f, uses Conservative and Free-trade principles, and is an able speaker. The annoyance which has lately been ex perienced here on the subject of the incomes tax has somewhat prejudiced the minds of the electors against that tax, and this will be taken advantage of by the op position party. TEWKESBURY.—Foor' candidates are likely to offer themselves for the representation of this small constitu ency. The two sitting members, Mr. Martin and Mr. H. I3r)wn (both Liberals), offer themselves for re-election, and Mr. Cox (of the Northern Circuit) has pledged him self to c elle forward in the Conservative interest. A requisition ha + also been got up soliciting the Hon. F. Lygon, son of Earl Beauchamp, to allow himself to I e put in nomination in the Conservative interest. There is a stroeg feeling here will respect to Mr. Brown and his connection with the Royal British Bank. STROUD.—Mr. Horsman and Mr. Scrope have both intimated their intention to appeal to the electors of Stroud for a continuance of their suffrages. Tile nomi nation of a " third man," professing decided anti-In c me tax p , ineiples, is threatened. WINDSOU.—Mr. Grenfell and Mr. S. Ricardo will again come forward for Windsor, and Mr. Hope, Mr. Roberts, the banker, and Mr. Wm. Vansi:tart are an nounced as likely to oppcse them, without, however, aiiy very great chance of success. NORTIUMPTONSHME.—Lord Altborp is about to come forward in the. Liberal interest for South Northampton shire. LYNN.—At Lynn Lord Stanley and Mr. J. H. Gurney will not, it is presumed, be disturbed in their seats. NORFOLK.—Major-General Windham is reported as about to to brought forward as a Liberal candidate for West Norfolk. Now/nat.—The vote given by Mr. Warner, the Libe rel member for this city, against the Government, on Tuesday night, has caused dissatisfaction among some of his constituents, although it has received approval from others. Thera has been a rumour that the hon. gentle man does not intend to offer himself for re-election ; but this appears extremely doubtful. GREAT YARMOUTH.—Here there is every probability of a severe contest. The Conservative candidates are expected to be Sir E. Lacon, one of the present mem bers, and the Ron, C. S. Vereker, who received pledges of support from the party some time since. The Liberal indidetes are Mr. T. fe: iCillagh, and Mr. E. Watkin, of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway ; and they have Leued an address to the electors. CHATHAM. 14/r. W. G. Romaine, C. 8., Deputy-Judge- Advocate with tint army latelyservingin the East Indica, a Liberal in p has announced his intention of be coming a candidate for the representation of the borough. In his a idresQ, just issued, be says , " The dissolution has been brought about by the tempo rary union of certain public men, who, differing on all the great questions in politics, have nevertheless agreed to risk the welfare of their country in the hope of grasping place and power. Am I wrong in supposing you will con demn such conduct ? I feel certain that you will not join in censuring officers who on the distant shores of China have sustained the honour of the British flag. You will not assist in driving from the helm the pilot who weathered the great Russian storm and brought the ship into a fair haven. You will not help to bring into office men who at the turning point of England's fortune would have made a cowardly and ignominious peace with Russia. The coun try is now called upon to choose between Palmerston on the one hand and Disraeli and Gladstone on the other. What is your answer?" Mr. Romaine was a candidate for Chatham at the gene ral election in 1852, but then retired in favour of Ad miral Sir J. Stirling. InvoNrouT —Mr. J. Wilson will be a candid'ate . for 'Davenport; Gen. Berkeley retires, and Sir E. Perry's junction with the factious Opposition the other night has placed his seat in great danger. PLYMOCTII.—" _Plymouth, we are glad to see," says the Western Tirnes, " will get rid of Mr. R. Palmer, and return two Liberals. North Devon has two members aho are getting past,senatorial labour. Mr. Buck, it is said, can never go up to Parliament again ; and Sir T. Acland, who is 70 years old, experiences the infirmities incidental to that advanced period of life. The Tories talk of bringing Sir S. Northcote forward for North De, von, in the room of Mr. Buck, as a slight compliment to Mr. Gladstone, in return for the services rendered by that able casuist, and in token of their peace with the Peelites. In South Devon Sir J. Buller and Mr. Palk will, of course, be returned without opposition. Dart mouth may, perhaps, wrestle against Sir H. Seale's as cendancy, but in no other part of the county do we see any likelihood of a change." CORNWALL.—In East Cornwall there will be a con test ; Mr. Roberts and Mr. Kendall, the present mem are the candidates. In West tiers, and Mr. Carew, Cornwall Mr. M. Williams will likely be re-elected, and Mr. Tremayne will probably succeed Sir V. Lemon, who, it is understood, retires from his Parliameatary duties. SOUTH WALES. BRICOONSIIIRE.—The Conservative interest being so strong in this county, it is rather improbable that any opposition will be offered to the return of Sir J. Bailey, Bart., although it is rumoured that Mr. De Winton, banker, will come forward in the Liberal interest. If such should be the case, we learn that it is absolutely im possible that Mr. De Winton will succeed. BRECON.—We hear there will be a contest for the re presentation of this borough. A member of the house of Tredegar (Morgan), whose influence is great in the town, will, it is said, oppose the return of Col. Watkins (Liberal). RADNOR BOROUGHS.—It is anticipated that the re turn of the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be op posed by the Conservative party. A candidate is, it is said, forthcoming, but the triumph of Sir G. C. Lewis is considered certain. GLAMORGANBIIIRE. —Mr. H. H. Vivian, M.P. for Truro, sometime since signified his intention of offering himself at the first opportunity for the representation of this county. Mr. Edwards Vaughan, of Eheola„Neath, will also come forward, so that a sharp contest is antici pated. We have heard from well-informed circles that Mr. Talbot, one of the present members, and Mr. Vi vian, both Liberals, are likely to be returned. CARDIFF.— Col. Stuart, son of Lord J. Stuart, will come forward for this borough. Mr. Coffin will, it is said, retire from the representation. No opposition is likely to be offered either at Merthyr or Swan.ea, Mr. H. A. Bruce and Mr. Dillwyn being highly popular. CARDIGAN.—The return of Lord Lisbunre for the county wi'l be unopposed. It is probable that the re presentation of the borough will be contested. Mr. Lloyd, of Bronwydd, is spoken of as the Liberal candi date. Mr. Lloyd's influence is great, and, should he come forward, his return is almost certain. _ _ _ CARMARTHEN.—No opposition is anticipated either for the county or the borough. Sir James Hamilton was dome time since spoken of as a candidate on the Liberal interest; but nothing has as yet transpired to intimate such an event. PgMBROKESHIRE.—Viscount Emlyn„ who is now highly popular, will be returned without opposition for this county. HAVERFORDWEST.—Mr. W. Rees, solicitor, has com menced an active canvass in the Liberal interest. Mr. Poilipps, the present member, has arrived from London. Mr. Philipps is very popular and his return is undoubted. PEMBRObE.—We hear that the return of Sir John Owen will be opposed. We have net learned who the Liberal candidate is, but his success is probable. ISLE OF WIGHT.— Colonel Harcourt has had his day and must give place to a better man. He belongs to ' I " old Tory party. Sir John Simeon's name has been mtw tinned as a golitlenaan standing very high in the estima tione Id the electors o f th e Isle of Wight. Toe L i b eral s a . l arc strong en oug h t o b r i ng him in, or an y other gentle man of liberal. principles. BOROUGH OF NEWPORT.-11r. Massey . stand azain, but the second man is no t yet is not expected that Mr. Kennard T luck again, and the Liberal party agreed not to start either of the i t s na med. It will try his expected to now combined, have i n sist three candidates .NEWSPAPEik .00 ;p:5,-.., ~7-. ,--- :;% , ; - -'9.;,-,- .tga 'they put in nomination, LatnelY , dl4 , - ,...tr•-° 1:4 , nd gin lake but choose one a e 441: ...,W.. , .. y, - 34 - 4 - -) .i . •'; '.:.%.• , •' ? - •; - 7- - ''`c 2. -''''' electors. .BERWICK —Th e Berwick Acly j 5 si.,t li k . i . g i t, ~,-,-. - . 4rti p i . q Matthew Foriter formerly membe ti:4o4- Wit ~ ~",:tio the present members of the burgh) a .• - , ; 4. banks (one of the present members) wili s lcomflorwSl for Berwi c k a t t h e approaching election. Ata. 'Staple ton, who was returned for Berwick in 1852, but, along with Mr. M. Forster, was unseated on petition, has issued an address. All these candidates are Liberals; but, it is expected that a Conservative will also be brought forward. IRELAND. There is every prospect of the displacement of the present Tory members for Belfast, and the substitution of two Liberals. A committee has been formed, and active steps will be taken. For the county of Carlow Captain Bunbury and Mr. Brien are in the field on the Conservative interest. Mr. John Ball, it is said, will , go to Waterford with every prospect of success. SCOTLAND, LEITH BURGHS.—On Saturday afternoon the Lord- Advocate addressed a crowded meeting of his constitu ents in the Assembly-rooms, Leith ; Provost Taylor in the chair. The Lord Advocate entered into a general defence of the policy of Lord Palmerston, and expressed his belief that the country was of opinion not only that the vote of the House of Commons in regard to China was not well grounded in itself, but that the circumstances under which that vote was given, and the parties from. whom it proceeded, so far from weakening the hold which Lord Palmerston's Go vernment had on the people, ought more properly to htrengthen it. His lordship alluded to the course adopted towards Persia as another proof of the firmness and vigour ~f Lord Palmeraton, and proceeded to alluda to various matters of domestic legislation, and to the great industrial and commercial prosperity that existed. A resolution of confidence in Lord Palmerston's Govern ment was Adopted DUNDEE—RESIGNATION OF MR. GEORGE IlitlNcabr, M.P.—A special meeting of the Dundee Town Council was held yesterday afternoon at half-past two o'clock. Provost Ewan, who occupied the chair, intimated that the meeting had been called in consequence of a letter he Lad just received from their respective representative, (Mr. Duncan, intimating bis intention to resign the office he had so long, so honourably, and so satiefactorly filled. The Provost then read the letter, which was dated "House of Commons, March sth;" and in which Mr. Duc. can, after referring to the approaching dissolution of Parliament, said—" It is not my intention to ask a re newal of the trust reposed in me for so many years by my fellow-townsmen. Allow me to offer to you, to the Magistrates and Town Council, my sincere and grateful thanks for your attention and kindness to me in all public matters I have had to conduct while member for the burgh during your tenure of office. I beg to add that you are the only one to whom I have communicated this resolve of mine, so that no candidate for the vacancy can have it in his power to say that I have in any way compromised the full and fres elective power of my many friends in Dundee." Mr. Duncan concluded by expressing a hope that the burgh of Dundee might con tinue to prosper as it had done since he was elected in 1841. The Pi ovost after referring to the exemplary manner in which Mr. Duncan had peformed his duties, said he was confident that the entire community would come forward and request Mr. Duncan to reconsider his resolution, in order that they might . have the benfit of his valuable services for some time to come. The Provost con cluded by proposing the following resolution :—"That tt e Council express to Mr. Duncan their continued high sense of the able and efficient manner in which he has for 16 years discharged his important duties as member for the burgh, and their unabated confidence in him," The resolution was seconded by Dean of Guild Smith, and carried by acclamation. Baiiie Mackay proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by Coun cillor Rollo, and also unanimously adopted :—" That the Provost be requested to communicate to Mr. Dun can the resolution just adopted, and that the Council farther request the Provost to call a meeting of the elec tors on an early day, in order to afford them an opportu nity of taking Mr. Duncan's letter into consideration." The Council then adjourned. The above resolutions were forwarded to Mr. Duncan yesterday afternoon. It is considered doubtful, however, whether they will have the effect of inducing him to alter his decision, although in the event of his doing so, his re-election without oppo sition, would be certain, eo universal is the satisfaction felt by the constituency as to the manner in which they have been represented by Mr. Duncan. GREENOCK—RESIGNATION of MR. DIINLOP.—We are favoured with a third edition of the Greenock Advertiser of yesterday, containing a letter from Mr. Dunlop to Mr. Hunter, Provost of Greenock, intimating that he will not come forward at the next e'ection. Mr. Dunlup defends at length his vote against Ministers on the Chinese question, and says : " When I came to the resolution to vote as I did, I had likewise to form another, which I have now to make known to my constituents. I had for some time been hesitating as to whether I should offer myself as a candi date for next Parliament. Prior to my meeting with my constituents last autumn, I had nearly resolved not again to' do so. The universal .heartiness of my reception on that occasion, even by those who ha I formerly opposed )me, led me to pause ; but in deciding the question of my recent vets, I was compelled to decide this Auestion also. I had no relations with any of the political parties in the house who are opposed to the Government, and I desired to have none. By voting against the Government on a motion so vitally affecting their existence, I saw that I would necessatilv place myselt in a position of isolation which, were I to continue in Parliament, would be most painful to my feelings, and might greatly mar, if not de stroy, my usfeulness as a member. I therefore resolved that on the first occasion of a dissolution, I would retire from public life ; and on that event taking place, I shall solicit a final meeting with my constituents, that I may take leave of them, and in person offer them the thanes of a grateful heart, for the kindness, forbearance, and in dulgence which I have received at their hands while I have been their representative, in which character I have at least striven to the utmost to do my duty to them, and have not, I trust, altogether discredited their choice." In another letter to Provost Hunter, Mr. Dunlop says : " I owe so great a debt of gratitude to the constituency of Greenock, that if the suddenness of the announcement should expose them to inconvenience or disadvantage in selecting a successor, I should feel bound, if they still con fided in me, and desired it, to accept the seat temporarily, till they were prepared for a new choice ; but I do not an ticipate that there will be any occasion for this." TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. Sir,—The Observer having stated that I am to retire from the city of London, I will feel obliged by your allowing me to contradict such a report, and to state that at the proper time I will present myself with confi dence for re-election.—Yours faithfully, Sunday Night. J. DUKE. The following address has been presented to Lord Palenerston by the principal firms connected with the trade to China. Its importance will be appreciated by all who are conversant with the standing of the mercan tile houses of London : "THE RIGHT HON. THE VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, M.P., &c. " London, March 5. " My Lord,—We, the undersigned merchants of the city of London, engaged in trade with the East, beg leave to address your Lordship to offer the expression of our cor. dial thanks for the firmness which you have displayed is upholding the honour of Great Britain, and in a determina tion to protect the lives and property of British subjects, peaceably engaged in commercial intercourse with China. "We lament the collision, causing the destruction of life and property, which has occurred, and we are under grave apprehensions that still further difficulties and die. asters will be created by the late adverse vote in the House of Commons. ~ We therefore look confidently to your Lordship to devise measures calculated to protect our friends and f'el low-countrymen, and to extricate us honourably from the present painful state of things in China. - " In pursuing these great objects we trust you will not be deterred by what has occurred from continuing to main tain a firm and dignified attitude until all treaty obliga tions are fulfilled, and our commercial relations with China placed on a permanent footing of security and peace. " We have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your Lordship's most obedient servants, " Matheson and Co. ' Arbuthnot, Latham, and Co. " Gregson and Co. " " T. A. Gibb and Co. "J. Thomson, T. Bonar, Gledstanes and Co. and Co. " W. A. Lyall and Co. " Palmer MlCillop, " Maitland, Ewing, and Co. Dent, and Co. " Harvey, Brand, and Co. ~ C ra wford, Colvin, and " Danie ,s l ,s D ran i r c de ki vs,o n sa so t: n dan , Co.a.:nCC:: Co. " Mackay and Read. "yin c l o a . y, Hodgson, and hi Fr o i r t ri h " Dallas and Coles. ',Robert Benson, and " Anderson, Brothers, and Co Co. " Sanderson, Frye, Fox, and Co. information Two DETER Striomas.—Yesterday whose body bo b d o y dy was was found remo inv removed the was given by the police of two d e t erm i ned suicides by two respectable females. 'she first by Mary A nn Willi s , laceS tpny. Stepney, lv RAergbeonntr;p Canal,Regent'ssto the Gunmakers' Arms for the inquest. The sewed by a female, whose name was unknown, by throwing her self from the steps of London-bridge into the ice: Thames. The body was picked up and conera " ,7 3. dead-house at St. M ary ' s-hill, Tower-st restite"°"7 d Pills t A mvErrlSlMENT.l—Holloway's Ointment Erysipelas. —Mr. extraordinarily efficacious in Curing Bnulfered with Charles' Henley, aged 18, Abingdon , Ox on, f t of cutaneous intermittent attacks of this most di disorders for several years, and . t h e same, but without of the b a d recourse to every known rem e dy for the core success. As a dern i er resort he tried Holloway's oint . ment and pills, which w as us ual signally beneficial, for he was entirely cl e f: five weeks, to the astonish ment of all who bad be cure beld his suffe rin g s, and t o the in. d friends. Sold by all reedi. his femilY an finite delight of bout the world ; at Professor Rollo. tine vendors throuega, 244, Strand, London, and 80, way's setabir w y o rk ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople; Maiderhtne , s ev NT.] of Whrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. A. Gardich ME -in " —Jane Hallett, [ADVERTISEitty Head, Dorset, suffered for many years from is u t h e rbury, E ll l e e From the knee to the allele it had several a-- " • thatshe unable stan d or move about wmin ds, so IL. She triedof means and applies. a variety the wAlse. tions, ng of Man's Friend, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessi ng God and using only three pots of Poo r and taking three boxes of pills, she wa s perfec tly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wo unds an d erup. tions of every description, is sold in pots, ls. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. His Pilules Antiscrop , ' hulas for all im purities l i of the blood, is sold in boxes, ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 11s., and 225. each, by all medicine vendors ' throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. 0-o--a--C__