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T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.-- Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting MAnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Eat". ;o Manager, Mr. R Rnxby. Scenic ArOA, iir. W. Beverley, The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening, Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the popular Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cleveland., and Miss W. Oliver. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. 6d. • Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, cis. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 25.! -ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will he produced a new petite comedy. in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi , pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murre7 wad C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz wil' am. Followed by (13th time) a new drama, called A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with Moncrieff s comic drama of THE IRRESISTIBLES. OYAL LYCEUM TFIEATRE. Lessee, Jr . C. Dillon. TFITS EVENING, will be performed the romantic drama of DON CiESAR DE BAZAN, with new scenery, costumes, ate. Don Caesar, Mr. Dillon. Followed by a new drama, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., entitled ANGEL OR DEVIL. Mr, and Mrs. C. Dillon, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Barrett, 87e. After which, a new farce. entitled MY FRIEND FROM LEATHERHEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B. White. To be followed by CONRAD AND MEDORA: Or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the "ottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The hArlequinacle upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Coral (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Thrbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Med ora Mrs. Charles Dillon Clowns Mr. H. Marshall The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super atandence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties ta the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Les.ee—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 Pala Bedford will appear. Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. To conclude with the new original comic drama, called BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, 24 ' Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cr9swick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIMS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, M r . B ra dbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa mily; Columbines. Mesdames Marie and Agnes. HEA.TRE ROYAL, SA.DLER'S-W ELLS Tinder the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, HENRY IV. Sir John Falstaff, Mr Phelps ; T - Tent7. Mr. A. Rayner; Hotspur, Mr. H. Marston Prince of Wales, Mr. F. Rohinson ; Francis, Mr. L. Ball Carrier, Mr. J. W. Ray : Luly Percy, Miss M. Eburne. To conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES. TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. C" , Payne.—This Evening will he perbrmed a New Drama, FASHION AND FAMINE ; or, The Straw berry Girl, Julia Warren, Little Cordelia Howard. Affer which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the Howard Family will appear. Followed by a Ballet Divertissement, To conclude with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Callery, thl. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. This Evening, the new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., called A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robsin. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE. Lesskee aria Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. This Evening, with the original vocal music, awl novel and startling Equestrian Illustrations, invented ~ v Mr. Wm. Cooke, the equestrian operatic drama of ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the brilliant SCENES in the CfRCLE. To conclude with the equestrian hariequinade called PA UL PRY OY HORSEBACK. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Ryes, 4s. ; Upper oxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. _ _ _ 'ox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, W. West. Egnestria❑ Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBUItY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ' , elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Simmers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmaus, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corgi, Senor Antonio M. sic Solla, and E. L. Ilimo ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and l'orri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. 3. Wilkins. Pi tnoforto, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. WATEP AT 'LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAY—Morn. 25 'pin. aft. 7—Evening 0 mid. aft. 8 rrk-- o , 3r.ow—Moru. 4G min. aft. B.—Ev,ning 35 mir.aft. 9 TUE WEATIIER—SDN OFFIOZ, MAncit 4. THstRMOI4gTCR, TN THE SHADS. 61---ltlgneet Einee nocn yoeterday. 41 lowest this morning and during the nigh'.. 52 tide day at nor;.. FA =nxs r,71.1t, 3)lS—falling rapidly. WIND, S.W. to W. Fresh, with cloudy weather. • it lo ‘‘, • ` , li 67'). 1-0N1)oN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1887 SIXTEEN was this morning announced from the Chair of the Commons by the Right Honourable the SPEAKER, to be the very notable majority—in a House of 515 Members—against Her MAJESTY'S Government ! The SPEAKER himself, of course, standing aloof, and the four tellers counting out into the opposing lobbies—" for" the resolutions of the Member for the West Riding 263 "against" them 247 ! Altogether, as we have said, there were present last night in the House of Commons 515 out of the nominal aggregate of 658 representatives. A very unusual number to have assembled together for division upon any Question whatever—a most unusual number to have divided upon a Question involving, in all probability, in its settlement—the state of poli tical Parties the fate of the existing Admi nistration the future of the present Parliament t It remains now to b© seen, of course, R ow it may affect all this —Flow it may operate in regard to political com binations—How it 'nay influence the fortunes of the Cabinet—How it may tell upon the duration of the House of Commons as at present consti tuted ! As we have intimat e d, the gathering was unusually large upon the occasion of this most important Division. Although unusually large, however, it was still, as we have remarked, an assemblage of but 515 out of what we have termed the nominal aggregate of 658 representative s ! An aggregate advisedly so designated, seeing that the disfranchisement successiv el y of St. Alban's and of Sudbury has reduced that nominal total, by four, to the still merely nominal maximum of 654 altogether I One of the most conspicuous seats out of all these 654 as a residue —namely, one of the four seats for the City of London —being shut up (in vindication of a lofty principle) at the instance of the Jew Banker, the Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD. So that, in point of fact, put ting on one side the Hebrew M.P., and the no longer createable li. P.'s for St. Alban's and Sud bury, and the Speaker himself, and the four tellers —.out of the remaining 648 members but 510 voted this morning. Consequently there were as many as 138 of the popular represent3,tives, after all, still most unaccountably absent from tc-Jay's Division. Actually 138 members unaccounted for—being only twenty less than the whole of the representatives of Scotland and Ire- and ! Scotland with her 53—Ireland with her 105—yielding together an aggregate of 158: nearly a score above the number of absentees from the momentous division in the mat- ter of this Chinese Difficulty. Cui Bono ? The Opposition ? Hardly—in a direct manner : seeing that the motion upon which the House has divided emanated not from their side but from a back bench below the gangway ou the side of the discomfited Government. The Manchester School? Scarcely—even in an indi rect manner : seeing that they, as Free-Traders and Peace-Men (we had almost said Peace Hum- bugs), have had to fraternise with the strenu• ous and magnanimous upholders of the late War, and with the long-persistent and long- persevering Champions of Protection ! The Peelites, or rather let us call them the Gladstone- ites ? Barely—seeing that they constitute, after all, but a marvellous little cluster of leaders, with out any folbwers whatever, good, bad, or indif ferent. Again, then, we ask in the presence of this startling majority of "sixteen," in a House of 510 voting representatives—Cui Bono ? It is a problem of which the House and the Country have now eagerly to await the solution. That solu- tion, if it be vouchsafed soon, will be vouch safed in plain terms simply as a gratuity by her MAJESTY'S Ministers. For the decision arrived at this morning by the Commons, though adverse to the Cabinet, is not in point of fact expressive of a distinct censure, much less expressive of a want of confidence. It is literally a decision in favour of a Select Committee, in answer to certain resolutions proposed by an independent member on the Ministerial side of the House—not in answer to any resolutions emanating from the side of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. It is conse quently, as LISTON had it in the Farce, "quite optional"—if Ministers show themselves in any signal manner, influenced by the result of to-day's division. There is neither any political ne cessity for a Resignation, nor any Parliamen tary necessity for a Dissolution. Supposing either of these strong measures to be acted upon, in consequence of this majority of " sixteen," the result, we repeat, will be, in either instance, a gratuity on the part of Lord PALMERSTON'S Ad ministration. Meanwhile—simultaneously with this division I of the House of Commons, in the matter of the Chinese War, comes the timely intelligence that the Persian War has been brought to a sudden and satisfactory termination. Than which latter event nothing could scarcely be more happily well timed ! _Here is our opportunity. Let the Squad ron under Admiral Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR be at once enhanced by the combination with it of the military and maritime forces recently despatched against Bushire, under the joint command of Admiral LEEKE and General OCTRAM. Let our energies be now directed in a compacted and concentrated manner upon the lawless cause represented by the insolent scoffers at the British Flag, and the audacious and contumacious violators for fourteen years of the Treaty of Nankin I That is the course which we look to her MAJESTY'S Ministers to follow in the present emergency ! That is the course upon which the newly negotiated peace with the Shah of Persia affords them now the opportunity of adventuring 1 That is the course, the ener getic and patriotic, the national and rational course which we are encouraged to anticipate at the present moment from. Lard PALMERSTON'S Government. Encouraged so to anticipate it by the bold and chivalrous, the manly and statesman like attitude assumed this morning towards the close of the late protracted discussions by the Noble Viscount himself, the Leader of the present Administration. Notwithstanding all the eloquence lavished on the wrong side of the argument during the recent debate—notwithstanding the " opening" attack of the Honourable Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the " closing" onslaught of the Right Honourable Gentleman, the Member for Buckinghamshire—Mr. COBDEN'S roll of thunder and Mr. Drosnama's forked lightning—the facts, the dates, the law, the justice, nay, let us add, the real humanity and morality of the question rest to the very last, we still believe, in this case upon the side of Her MAJESTY'S Government. The decision of the Commons in this respect cannot, we rest assured, influence in the end the final and more authoritative judgment of the Country. This, be it said, in spite of all the really extraordinary powers of debate squandered upon the support of the resolutions before the [louse by the more remarkable and conspicuous members of the late motley and triumphant Oppo sition. In spite, for example, of all the matchle , s rhetoric artifices of the Hon. B ironet the membe for Hertfordshire. In spits of the brilliant orato rical disi•lay of the Right Hon. Gent!eman the member for the University of Oxford. Notwith standing the great forensic achievement accom plished, to very general admiration, in the House of Commons on Monday night ! Notwithstanding the brief but noble burst of eloquence with which the Hon. and. Learned Gentleman, the member for the borough of Leo minster, yesterday adorned the fallacious argu ments of the Opposition ! Although assailed thus formidably by a combination of genius as well as by a combination of parties—the cause of Mi nisters in this Chinese Controversy, the cause, in other words, of Truth and of Justice—remained to the last serene, erect, and unshaken in the midst of the contentions of the De bate, and in defiance even of the adverse majority of the Division. In striking testi mony of which it is only necessary to direct at tention to the one really Great Speech delivered on the side of the Government, the impres sive, logical, argumentative, and incontrovertible harangue with which Lord PALMERSTON himself, at the close of the debate, memorably and authori tatively vindicat d the China Policy of his Ad ministration. Commissioners intrusted with the task of enter ing upon a most delicate and difficult Inquiry— Colonel TIILLOCH and Sir JOIIN M‘NElL—it now appears, have not only been wholly unre warded, but monstrously and wantonly insulted in Her MAJESTY'S name, through the instrumen tality of Her MAJESTY'S Government ! Every body know s by thi s ti me h ow j u diciously, how effectively, how chivalrously and uncompromis ingly those two wo aistinguished persons acquitted themsal v es from first to last in the conduct of their most complicated a investigation. Tl e l o o rn anV esP th r es o u n c s c ib es le s of their joint commissions, indeel, have been so conspicuously anci vividly re • cognise-1 as to have become by this time " patent," as the to the whole population. They have been acknom lodged officially by the Administration. They have been eulogised authoritatively in. both Houses of the Legislature —in the Lords by the Secretary `of the War Department--inn THE SUN, the Commons by the First Lord of the Trea sury. Yet, in spite of all this, Colonel TuL- LOCH and Sir JOHN WNEIL, notwithstanding the acknowledged merit and success of their extraordi nary Commission of Inquiry—notwithstanding the almost universal acclaim attended upon that merit and that success, have remained up to this moment unrewarded. They have, it now appears, been not only unrewarded, but have actually I been grossly and unjustifiably insulted by her MAJESTY'S Government. How—any one may understand in a few moments by glancing over a remarkable correspondence published elsewhere in our impression of this evening. A correspondence between Sir J. M'NEIL and Lord. PANMITILE, at the outset of which the last-mentioned " ready writer" coolly announces to that distinguished gen tleman—" I have the honour to acquaint you that her MAJESTY'S Government have de cided to mark the services rendered by you in the discharge of your duties in the Crimea by ten dering to each of you the sum of 1,000 !" In most impertinent explanation of which very asto nishing announcement the Noble Lord goes on to remark—" This grant is intended not as a mere pecuniary equivalent for the results of your in quiries, but to convey likewise in the manner which appears to them most proper the recogni tion by her MAJESTY'S Government of the zeal and ability with which those inquiries were conducted, to which Lord PALMERSTON in his place in Parliament has already borne testimony." As if these two high-minded gentle men were really nothing more than a couple of honest bagmen recompensed by their emptDyers with a douceur, instead of being her MAJESTY'S Commissioners Extraordinary ! Is not this, we ask, an insult most monstrous, most gross, most wanton, most unjustifiable? And an insult— to whom ? On the one hand, to au eminent and veteran diplomatist, a Grand Cross of the Bath, and formerly Minister Plenipotentiary, in the name of Queen VICTORIA, at the Court of the Persian SHAH at Teheran ! And, on the other hand, to a Colonel in her MAJESTY'S Army, eminent by his long services in his twin capacity as an officer and a gentleman ! To these two dis tinguished men, in recognition of their last, and not by any means their least, good service to their QUESN and Country, her MAJESTY'S Minis ters have been offering the astounding insult of a bounty of 1,0001. a-piece by way of most appro priate recompense I No marvel that, in a haughty spirit of scorn and. amazement, Sir JOHN M‘NEIL and Colonel TuLLocii have declined to be the recipients of alms from Her MAJESTY'S Government. No wonder the latter shrinks with horror from what would almost have been resented by a German Jager, and the former (as with a genuine " British stare" of amazement) from an " act of grace" scarcely to have been expected even from the creatures of a German Princeling. It is scarcely possible that, under existing cir cumstances, the Chancellor of the Exchequer can contemplate pressing the enhanced duties on Tea and Sugar on the popular branch of the Legislature. It would require a strong Govern ment to inaugurate a total change in the fiscal policy of the country. A change opposed not only to the wishes and feelings, but even to the express pledges of the majority of their supporters. A change, moreover, which will be steadfastly resisted by many influential members, and which.) even, if carried, must materially damage tke Ministry in the estimation of every consistent Reformer. Surely Ministers are not now in a condition to Bet public opinion at defiance, or to risk another serious defeat. If an appeal to the coun try is in contemplation, they will have far better prospects if they can simplify the question by eliminating the fiscal element. Their financial policy is, so far as the people are concerned, their weak point, and while a general election is im pending, they muA at least, "assume a virtue, if they have it not." Even the most hackneyed waiter on PROVIDENCE, the professor of the most elastic vertebrce, perceives the necessity of resist ing a proposition which, if carried, might oppose an insuperable obstacle to his triumph at the hustings. Parliament has now received unequivocal notice of approaching dissolution. Its days are numbered. It only exists on sufferance until indispensable arrangements can be made. All disputed points must be carefully eschewed, and more especially a question like the tea duty, which may be re garded as the introduction of a retrograde policy, diametrically opposed to everything that has been ventilated by any Ministry for the last 16 years. We have pointed out some of the many serious objections against indirect taxation, and which especially apply to the duty on tea, the most ob noxious of all. The very proposition is a viola tion of faith virtually pledged to the nation, as well as of the more direct understanding arrived •.tt with the importers and dealers in tea. It is the abandonment of the principles of Free Trade for the petty doctrines of Mr. ARTHUR YOUNG, the shining light, that has bewildered the faculties of poor Sir G. C. LEWIS. We must have a speedy intimation •f the course which Ministers intend to adopt. It would greatly tend to the convenience of men of all parties if Sir G. C. LEWIS would intimate his in tention of withdrawing the resolution respecting the duties on tea and sugar of which he has given notice, and which stands for Friday next. He would thus meet the wishes of the community at large, remove a very serious difficulty in the way of Ministers, and greatly improve their position in the inevitable contest that must take place. The sooner a distinct understanding can be arrived at the better for all parties. Sir G. C. LEWIS may be assured that promptitude and decision in making his views known will be very beneficial to himself and his colleagues. He has already suffered sufficiently by the mystery so unnecessarily and so injudiciously m tintained on the subject of the " pettifogging quibble." The very notion that he intended to avail himself of it greatly damaged the Ministry. Let them carefully avoid a similar mistake on the present occasion. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was last night read a second time in the House of Lords. That legislation is urgently required on the subject is beyond the possibility of dispute or difficulty. None have the hardihood to defend the existing law of husband and wife—a law so unfair to females, which renders the wife rather the slave than the partner, and gives her no redress for the most serious grievance. But, although almost any change must be an improve ment, we cannot say that we greatly admire the measure submitted by Lord CRANWORTIL The Noble and Learned Lord is afraid to apply a remedy at all adequate to the extent of the evil. He halts in the path, and stops -very far short of the goal at which he should arrive. He is, in fact, constitutionally timid, and is clearly not made of the stuff from which a great Reformer can be constructed. Unfortunately, however, he stands in the way of those useful propositions on which bolder politicians adventure. Ho is just at present the representative of the time-honoured " dog in the manger." He will neither I do what is required himself, nor permit I others to do it. Thus with really good intentions he obstructs and impedes every whole- some suggestion, and does far more than the most strenuous supporter of legal abuses to maintain matters in statu quo. The bill of this year is, with some trifling ex ceptions, the same as that of last session, on which we have already commented. The alterations are merely in the details ; the principle is to all intents and purposes identical. There is still the new court authorised to grant divorces a vincuto matrimonii without the triple test at present re- chaired. But having granted so much, and it would have been impossible to have resisted the general demand, the concession is doled out with the most niggard hand. There are t) be five Judges of the New Court—the Lord Chancellor, the Chief Justices of the Queen's Benah and the Common Pleas, and the Dean of the Arches, who has been substituted for the intended Judge of the Court of Probate. It is scarcely necessary to remark on the extreme difficulty of procuring the attendance of these noble and learned Judges, who have so many other important functions to discharge. The expense, although far less than that of passing a bill through Parliament, will still be very considerable, and far beyond the means of any but wealthy persons, who can afford to spend 4001. or 5001. at least in getting rid of the chain by which they are fettered, and which destroys the happiness of their existence. It is a middle course, which will scarcely please any party. Some will object to a divorce being granted in any form, or under any circumstances, and they will of course object to any additional facilities being granted. Others who feel that where an insuperable obstacle has arisen to the parties living together again, a complete dissolution of the unfortuna;e contract should be allowed, will naturally complain of the heavy expense, which leaves tLe law still open to the animadver sion of being °Le way for the rich and another for the poor. The clause that prohibited the subsequent mar riage of the guiLy parties has been very properly omitted. Lord CLANWORTEI pointed out its proba ble effect, which vould be to encourage the adul terer when assured that he could not be required to act as a man of honour towards his unfortunate victim, whom he could get rid of whenever the passing fancy lad departed from his mind. Separations between husbands and wives are also to be legalised without the intervention of trustees. The wife will be competent to contract with her lord and master. These are the main features of the bill. All we tan say for it is that it is a step in the right direct.on, although by no means going as far as the urgency of the case demands. Unless it be greatly•extenied in committee it can scarcely be considered worthy of acceptance. A bolder hand than that of lord CRANWORTH must operate before the wishes of the people can be fulfilled. THE MIIIISTERIAL CRISIS. The division of .ast night in the House of Com. mons has caused considerable excitement in Govern meat circles. At an early lour this morning Earl Gran ville arrived at Cambridge House, and had a lengthened interview with Lord Palmerston. At one o'clock this afternoon a Cabinet Council was held at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The whole of the members of the Ministry were present. DEATH OF MR. SERGEANT WILKINA This forenoon Mr. Sergeant Wilkins died at his cham bers, No. 8, Queen's Bench-walk, Temple, he having been for some weeks past in a state of health which almost d prived his friends of any hope of his recovery A few days ago there was some expectation that he euld recover, but, as is stated, he was prescribed for under the homoeopathic system. Symptoms soon appeared which tended to justify the opinion that his recovery was impossible. During the week the most anxious inquiries were made by barristers, solicitors, and all others connected with the Temple, about him. The Temple - Church bell, shortly after his demise, tolled the event, which, upon becoming known, was received with deep melancholy. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince left Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. The Queen and Prince Albert were accompa nied by the Royal family- His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, on Monday afternoon. The Duehess of Somerset has arrived at the Claren don, from Stover House, Newton Abbott, Devonshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal and family have arrived at their new residence in Grosvenor-square from Ireland, for the season. The Earl of Hardwicke arrived in town yesterday, from Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers arrived in town yesterday, from Middleton Park. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers are expected in town to-day, from Middleton Park. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for an assem bly on Saturday next. Lord and Lady Ragl‘n are staying on a visit to the Earl Beauchamp, at his lordship's seat, Spring Hill, Worcestershire. Lnrd Panmure has taken the mansion in Chesharn place, late the residence of Lord John Russell. Lerd Crewe has left the Clarendon, ft,,r Crewe Hall, Cheshire. Lord and Lady Lilrord are still at Lilford Park, Northamptonshire, and will not come to town until after Sir 11)derick and Lady Murchison entertained a se. lect circle at dinner at their residence in Belgrave-square, last evening. Her ladyship " received" i n th e even i ng . _ _ _ _ _ _ The Hon. Mr. Justice Macdougall has left the Cla rendon for the Priory, near Douglas, Isle of Man. The negotiations for a fusion of the Great Central of France Railway Company with the Orleans Railway Company have been re-opened. The firm of Messrs. Denham and Sharer, ship and insurance brokers, has been reconstituted, under the title of Sharer, Lamb, and Co. SANITARY STATE OF THE CITY.—Dr. Letheby's mor tality table for the week shows an ordinary state of the public health, there having been 69 deaths, of which 32 were among children of less than 5 years of age. A project is on foot for the junction of the North- Wtstern and South-Eastern Railways by means of the Thames Tunnel. One side of the tunnel is to be used for the railway, the othei for passengers. The letters from China gave a renewed impulse to the tea market on Monday morning, and some large opera tions were effected in common congou at is. ld. per lb. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Monday, the 15th, Wednesday, the 17th, and Friday, the 19th June, have been fixed as the days for the three performances of the grand Handel festival at the Crystal Palace. The oratorios to perform on the above days are the "Messiah," "Judas Macca bmus," and "Israel in Egypt." IMPORTANT TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS..--An instru ment has been invented to show the.number of passen gers and the amount of fares received by the London omnibuses during the day. The instrument is about to be fixed to the whole of the omnibuses of the London General Omnibus Company. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY.—Tbe adjourned inquest on Monday on the body of Abraham a li v e, but afterwards died, was furth er a dj ourne d un til Turner, one one of the men who got out, of this pit ne er. The most careful inquiries have been made as to the sacrifice of life by the explosion, and the exact number of deaths has now been ascertained to be 186. MEXICAIi AND SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY.—There was a meeting of Mexican and South American Coln p in y yesterday, Mr. Schneider in the chair, who gave a statement of the position of the company. This not being the meeting for t he accounts, no balance-sheet was pr, rented. During the year the ,reianlicsahtilioi,nhoafdcobpeepn about erfrom • p a e n r d ce a t b d r a o g a e d had been lo w . Th e yi e ld oi 5 the p rnustthhtlireece here and year would b e i mprove d, au dit was operations op r e a er oo b n s l e d that the high price of copp er , an d t h e free dom copper oetp e n operations Somediscussion was a b ou t t o ar ise . doin from debt now e n j o y ed b y the company, would ena ble the manager ( Mr. Barnes ) so to th lc t u t r iv e i, a je f n a d ir s profit the on current might again be nce of the charges brought ag a i ns t the direc tors by a quondam e m p lo y e, bu t it was negatived, as a reconciliation appeared to be on the tapis betwixt the f o rth consequence co year' s nm g . patties, A vote of thi#4ll who mimed to the directors. LATEST NEWS. SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH PERSIA. Yesterday afternoon the Treaty of Peace with Persia was signed in Paris by Lord Cowley and Ferukh Khan. WHOLESALE POISONING BY THE CHINESE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The official Moniteur, this morning, publishes despatches from Hong Kong, dated 15th of-Jan. When tho despatches left, the European colony of Hong Kong appeared to have been poisoned, and the famdy . of Sir John Bawring especially was suffering from great pain. All the Chinese bakers had fled. It is believed that these men have poisoned all the foreigners. Fortunately, up to the moment of the mail staitin, no death had occurred. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 2. The Grand Council approves the statutes of the National Bank, and ratifies the concession to Mr. Wilkins. BERLIN, TUESDAY. The Roman Catholic proposals for a law of divorce have been rejected by the Assembly. M. Manteuffel made an appeal to the Chamber, de claring the high importance attached by the Go vernment to this law, which had been prepared for two years past. The general vote will be taken period - 0f.72 years of service has afforded such a match -I,.!ss example to the army, induced you on my arrival in my Lombardo-Venetian kingdom to represent with noble candour_ that your years weighed heavily on you, and to petition to be removed from your post ai Commander of the Army and Governor-General. " With the grsatest regret I accede to your request, but I do so only because your release from such a great weight of business affords me the hope tLat - , you may, for a series of year 9, and in perfect health, enjoy a life which is so dear to me and so glorious. At the same time with - this I issue orders concerning everything re lating to your future personal position. You will always be a heartily welcome guest in any of my castles, as well at Stra, Monza, and in the Villa Reale at Milan, as at Vienna, in the Burg, in the Palace, in the Au garten, and- at Iletzendorf. Your presence will afford me an opportunity -of -learning your wise views, and of taking your approved• counsel whenever it may be required. - May you ling live—loved and honoured by me and by all true Austrian hearts—to serve my army as a living proof of its glory. Your reward for the eventful past you will find in the grateful remembrance of your Sovereign, and in your own glorious reminis calms. " FRANCIS JOSEPH. " Milan, Feb. 23, 1857." "Dear Brother, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian,- In order to give my subjects in the Lombardo Venetian kingdom a specisd proof of my livtly soli citude for their welfare, I have resolved, being moved to confidence by the great circumspection which you, my well-beloved, have hitherto displayed, to ap point you to bo Governor-General of the above. named kingdom. As my alter ego (Stellvertreter) io the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, you are furnished with the necessary Dowers in order that you may wor thily represent me. The powers received will enable you to see that everything procel-ds in a regular and lawful way, and that the businesS of the different branches of the public adinmistration is quickly despatched. You will watch over the moral and material development of the country ;.you . will observe any necessities that may arise, and at the proper time, and with energy, take• the initiative in introducing those measures, and in making those arrangements which may be best calcu lated to satisfy them. You will reside alternately in Milan and Venice. I impose it on you as a duty always to employ the powers which I now confide to you in my service, and for the welfare of the country whose pro gress I have so much at heart. "FRANCIS JOSEPH. " Milan, Feb. 28." On the same day (yesterday) the Emperor ap pointed the Fivld-sMarshal Count Gyulai to be Commander of the Second Army; and Commander in-Chief in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, in Carinthia; CJarniola, and on the maritime coast. ,o-morrow. The Paris correspondent of the Times :Second Edition), in his letter, dated yesterday, says : " For some days past it has been repeatedlystated that the Treaty of Peace between England and Persia was signed in Paris. The Belgian journals, and particularly the Nord and the Independence, were especially remarkable for their premature an nouncements. The latter journal, on the strength of a telegraphic despatch from Paris, declared that on Sunday or on Monday the signatures were posi tively affixed. Both journals were in error. It was not signed on Sunday or Monday, nor up to two o'clock this day. I may, however, now inform you that it is very probable that at the hour I write the treaty is signed. At least, it was this morning fully expected that such would be the case. Feruk Khan stated last night that every thing was concluded yesterday. He added that he had made some sacrifices. What the sacrifices were he did not mention ; that they are of the nature 1 hive already alluded to I think very probable. But, according to him, the peace is one which is under all the circumstances honourable to his coun try. I only trust that my anticipations, founded on the best authority, are now. realised, and that Lord Palmerston may have the satisfaction of an nouncing to-night in the House of Commons that the war with Persia is at an end, and that, among other desirable conditions, Herat will be eva cuated. " Now that matters have been brought to so satis factory a conclusion after many difficulties and delays, arising in great measure from thejpeculiar character of the persons with whom Lord Cowley had to deal, and whose patient perseverance enabled him to overcome them, it is but'an act of justice to speak of the gentlemen who have lent their co ' operation. Lord Cowley has been assisted in nego tiating with Feruk Khan by several Persian scho lars sent out from England by the Government. They are Mr. Redhouse, Colonel Otter, and Colonel Ouseley. But it was, I believe, to Captain Lynch, C. 8., of the Indian Navy, that the country is in debted for the settlement of this question. Captain Lynch took part accidentally in the negotiations, but he distinguished himself by his zeal, as well as by his intimate knowledge of the Persian lang,uage, and the great skill he displayed in dealing with Feruk Khan. It so often happens that those who render important services to the State receive little or no acknowledgment from the public, that I think it but just to mention these facts." PERSIA. The following is the text of the Firman read in all the mosques throughout Persia, calling the po pulation to arms against the British : "Actuated by our religious duties, and guided by our wisdom, we have ever regarded as a sacred obliga tion the faithful execution of our treaties of friendship, and the strict observance of their stipulations. " We have not violated the treaties exiting between us and the English Government. On the contrary, we have always esteemed its friendship, and we have re spected the treaties which are the most ancient ever contracted with our Government. "But England, without any reason, has broken the treaties which she had contracted with us. Her ships of war have invaded the Kilid-Fars (Persian Gull), her troops have entered by an unexpected attack into our principal port (Bender-Bushire). Thus England paid no attention to the words of our Ambassador Extraordinary at Constantinople, who had a conference with the Am- CaE.3ador of that Power, nor the promises made for the purpose of preserving relations of friendship and peace. " After acts st injurious, and threats uttered against our Government in contempt of all justice, taking into consideration the hostility of the British Government, we wish to preserve intact our honour and our religion. We place all our hopes in God, and we will resist by every means (emedje istadeim). " You all, inhabitants and fellow-believers, who for so many years have given me so many proofs of your devo tion and of your courage, I call on you ! You will place your foot firmly in the road of honour, and you will as sist me to defend with valour and energy our honour and dignity, which have been my rule of conduct as they have been that of my ancestors." The reading of the firman was received with im mense applause. The Sadrazam was commissioned to transmit to his Majesty the expression of the devotion of the entire population. The Teheran Gazette, from which the firman is taken, speaks in warm term's of the enthusiasm displayed after the conolusidn of the 'ceremony. FRANCE. PARIS, TIJESDAY EVENING. Ferukh Khan, the Persian a mbassador, yester day had the honour of presenting to the Emperor the Turcoman horses sent bythe Shah as a present to his Majesty. These horses, it may be remem bered, arrived in Paris at the same time as the am bassador and have been since standing in th e sta bles of the Emperor, in orderto recover themselves from the fatigues of the journey. Yesterday being fixed for their formal presentation, his excellency repaired to the Tuileries, accompanied by his two secretaries and. interpreter. The Emperor came down into the• court-yard of the palace where the horses stood, coverell with their Persian clothing, and led by Persian grooms. His Majesty expressed his gratification at possessing these fine animals, which were much admired by the persons present. BOURSE, March 3.—The following were the last quotations Cash. ft. c. 4. per Cents 3 per Cents 7O 90 New Loan Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier ...... 1,435 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 993 Spanish Threes Piedmoutese (5) ...... 91 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS — FOR CASEL End of Month. —fr. 71 40 tr. c. tr c Orleans ........••••••.1,455 Western Northern ............... 992 50 Strasburg Lyons .................. 1,4C0 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,890 Grand Central 620 L yons Geneva Cott° .................. 795 Au strian Corn. 790 AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 1. Subjoined. is a translation of two Imperial auto graph letters, which are contained in the official part of the Wiener Zeitung of this morning I. " Dear Field-Marshal Count Eladetzky,—That strong fooling of duty and faithful cleutiog which during A AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. In addition to the intelligence from the United States, bought by the Africa, a summary of which you received yesterday, we have advices to the afternoon of the 19th ult., brought by the iron screw-steamer City of Baltimore, which arrived in the Mersey this afternoon, with 0 passengers. In the House of Representatives, on the 18th ult., Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, reported back from the committee of ways and means the Senate's Sub marine Telegraph. Bill, with an amendment to the effect that the citizens of the United States should have the right ttho' use of the line for all times, instead of 50 years, on the same terms and condi tions which shall be stipulated in favour of Great Britain. _ _ An ineffectual attempt was made to table the bill, which was passed amended as above by a vote of 112 against 81. The amendments require the concurrence of the Senate. vv In the Senate, on the 19th, Mr. Seward reported a bill providing for the exploration of the river Niger. Te Washington Union, of the 18th, contains a proclamation, calling the Senate together on the 4th of March. In the Nova Scotia Legislature, on the 18th of February, the Hon. Mr. Johnston moved a resolu tion, declaring a want of confidence in the Govern ment, and carried it by a majority of six. The despatches say much excitement prevailed. A. railroad accident occurred at Buffalo on the 18th, by which several persons were killed and wounded. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, FEB. 17. Cotton has advanced ; sales to-day 9,000 bales ; middling 121 c. to 128 c. ; receipts of the last three days, 28,500 bales. Pork very dull, and declining. Freights dull, and easier. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 3. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Orinoco, Capt. T. W. Sawyer, arrived this day at 5 p.m., from the West Indies, with the Usual mails, in charge of Lieut. Seward, Admiralty agent ; 53 passengers, and 972,955 dole. in gold and silver. The latest dates brought by the Orinoco are as follow : - Santa Martha Jan. 23 Tampico Greytown Jamaica Barbadoes Jacmel — 12 Nevis Montserrat — 12 Antigua St. Kitt's — 13 Porto Rico — 15 St. Thomas — 15 Vera Cruz Chagres ...•• • - Havana Demerara Trinidad Carthagena -- 10 - - Grenada JAMAlCA.—lntelligence from the mining dis tricts continues to be favourable. The public health has greatly improved. Exchange on Lon don, at 90 days, A per cent. prem. ; 60 days 1 per cent. ;30 days, 1i per cent. Private bills at par. GRENADA.—There has been no change in the weather ; it still favours the work of the estates. His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor, C. a Kort-, right, arrived, and has been duly installed in office., NICARAGUA. — The latest advices inform us that a battle had been fought at St. George, in which the allies lost 200 killed and 400 wounded. The loss on the side of Walker was 16 killed and 33 wounded. ' The fight lasted 18 hours. On the 20th of January, at midnight, the ship Daylesford, R. Carey, Commander, ran aground on the Catalanta Reef, near the Island of Saona, St. Domingo, and became a total wreck, a heavy norther blowing at the time. The crew were saved in the ship's boats, and all arrived at St. Domingo. THE PACIFIC. By the West India mail steamer Orinoco we have Panama papers to the Bth of February. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's ship Bogota, Captain Wyld, arrived at Panama on the 6th, with dates from Valparaiso to the 16th Janu ary, and Callao to the 26th, 22 passengers, and $267,000 in specie. At Chili commerce still felt the effects of the paralysation mentioned in the last review. There was promise of an abundant harvest. The termi nation of the railroad as far as Limache had shown how profitable the undertaking was to the share holders ; in March or April it will run as far as Quillota. In Peru the revolution was progressing; although theVivanco party had made little or no further pro gress towards gaining possession of Callao and Lima, .the only two points now in the hands of Castillo. MARKET NEWS.,--(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate suppfy of English wheat was on sale here, to-day, chiefly in poor condition. Limited samples of both red and white moved off steadily, at full quotations. Inferior panels ruled dull, but not cheaper. We were fairly supplied with foreign wheat es granary ; but the imports continue on a limited scale. The transac tions were wholly confined to small parcels, yet prices generally well supported. Barley was in short supply, and good request, at full quotations. Fine malt moved off steadily, at very full prices. Se condary kinds were dull. There was'only ft limited demand for oats, beans, and peas, at Monday's currency. The flour trade was heavy, yet no change took place in prices. ARRIVALS THIS VEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. 1,160 1,120 3,810 I English Irish Flour, 1,24 c; Foreigu.,... 11,670 14,090 800 10,980 BOROUGH HOP. • Most kinds of hops are in modorato supply, and fair re. quest, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL. The trade generally ruled very firm, as follows :—Beef from 3s 4d to 48 Gil ' • mutton. 3s 8d to 5s 01; veal, 4 s to ss; pork, 3s Bcl to 5s 4d per 8113 s by the carcase. CRIMEAN MEDALS.—Yesterday, Stephen Cotter, the keeper of the Albion beershop, Tothill-street, West minster, was charged before Mr. Arnold with having in his possesion two Crimean meda's. The magistrate fined him 51., the costs , three times the va lue of the medal in one case, and bound the medal him over to c ome up or judgment in the other when called upon. The magistrate said it was his determination io inflict the full penalt3, viz ; a fine of 201., in all future cases. THE QUEEN OF THE BEGGING LETTER WRITERS. — Yesterday this notorious character was placed at the bar of the Marylebone police-court, charged with having in the most artful manner obtained money from Mr. Brooks, of Doctors'•commons. She a pp ealed to the feel ings of the prosecutor on behalf of her daughter, who was about to undergo a very painful operation. Her tale, of course turned out an entire fabrication, sh e 7a 5 Neat t 9 prison for throe month's, THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE CRIMEA• The f , ) 1 1-,wing correspondence hag been sent us for publication :--- " To SIR JOHN M c NEIL, G.C.8., AND COLONEL TULLOCII, LATE COMMISSIONERS OF INQUIRY IN THE CRIMEA, FROM THE MAYOR AND PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS OF PRESTON. " To discover how it happened that a British army per forming prldigies of valour, gaining victory in every en gagement, and suffering little from the weapons of the enemy, became in a few months almost annihilated for want of raiment, shelter, and even food, and, by ascer taining the cause, to prevent the recurrence of such a calamity, you were sent to the Crimea. " Your mission required high intelligence, ma t ure d ex perience, discreet zeal , and a degr ee of moral courage not ordinarily possessed ; that all these qualities were exer cised the Premier warmly declared in Parliament soon after your return, and the Secretary for War, after a longer in terval for reflection, has, in a place hardly less public, fully acknowledged. " Our gracious Sovereign has with her own hand placed badges of honour on the breasts of many survivors of this dreadful campaign, and long may they wear the distinc tions they have thus honourably won ; but we have not yet heard that yourservices have received any public re- ward. vYe are unwilling to believe that if your report bad spoken smooth things, and had contained less truth, it would have been more acceptable ; we would rather think that, official forms affording no reward for extraordinarf services such as yours, our governors have been restrained by an adherence to that routine which proved so fatal in the scenes of your inquiry. However that may be, per the undersigned magistrates of Preston and its vicinity► j,,in in this expression of our gratitude, and thus make known to our countrymen our desire to concur in some more substantial proof of it, in case of your services failing to meet a due reward from the Government which required them. "Grantors-house, Feb. 21, " Gentlemen,--You have done me the honour to send me, through Mr. Parker, your representativeinParliament , an address from the Mayor and magistrates of Preston and its vicinity, in which you convey to me and to my colleague (Colonel Tullocb) your thanks for the manner in which we performed the duties required of us as Commissioners in the Crimea. Allow me to assure you that I have received with much satisfaction and gratitude this spontaneous ex pression of approbation from gentlemen to all of whom I am a stranger, and whose intelligence and information both enable them to form a well-founded opinion and en title them to announce it. " You appear not to be ware that any step s have been id o t t a ken by her Majesty's nment to mark their recogni tion of our services ; an seem to doubt whether ani such are contemplated 3 - I. therefore consider it due to them a s well as to you to put you in possession of an official com• munication which I have recently received on the subject; and of my answer, copies of which are enclosed. " I have honour "to JO be, Sm., HN M`NEILL. " Law. Spencer, Esq., Mayor • T. B. Addison, Esq., Recorder, &c., Preston." " I am, gentlemen, yours, &o. " L. Spencer, Esq., Mayor ; T. B. Addison, Esq., Recorder, &c., Preston." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) - [(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.), SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, 10 a. n] Wind E. S. E. Arrived—Kate,• from Ibrail a. DUBLIN, March 3. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Emily, from Bordeaux. Sailed—greole, for Cadiz. WATERFORD, March 2. Wind E.S.E. Sailed—Martha Popo, for Malta. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wind S.W. ; tide G t R w A o v h E o s u E r N s e , b W b ; e d w n e e a s d t h a e y r , c 9 0 4 u 0 d a. y . m Arrived—Loone and Leon. from Gravelines. Sailed—Fort William, for Calcutta. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind W., moderate. Passed—March 3—Sabrina, from Shields, for Malta. " War-office, Pall-mall, Feb. 20. " Gentlemen,—l have the honour to acquaint you that her Majesty's Government have decided to mark the ser vices rendered by you in the discharge of your datieslia the Crimea by tendering to each of you the sum of 1,0001. " This grant is intended, not as a mere pecuniary equi valent for the results of your inquiries, but to convey like wise, in the manner which appears to them most p ro p er, the recognition by her Majesty's G ov ernmen t of t he zeal and ability with which those inquiries were conducted, to which Lord Palmerston, in his place in Parliament, ball already borne testimony. I have reason to believe that you have felt hurt by the omission made on my part of the usual official acknowledg ment of so important a document as the report laid by yen before the Government. I at once admit the ground of this complaint, and express my personal regret that it should have existed, but the fact was that, having ac cepted the report from the hands of one of the Commis sioners at a personal interview, without, so far as I caa trace, any formal letter accompanying it, and my mind being much occupied by important affairs at the time, I omitted that formal acknowledgment of your services which courtesy and my own opinion of their value rc• quired. " With this explanation on my part, and tendering to you the thanks of her Majesty's Government and my , own for your services in the discharge of an arduous and ira• portant duty, " I have the honour to be, &e., " PANMIIRE.II - 1 " Sir John Nl`Neill and Colonel Talloch, &c." " Granton-house, Edinburgh, Feb. 21. " My Lord—This evening I had the honour to receive your lordship's letter of the 20th inst., and I beg leave to assure you that it affords me great satisfaction to be put in. possession of a document containing an official acknow ledgment of the services of that commission which I cos" ducted to the Crimea two years ago. It is a source of still greater gratification to me to receive at the same time the thanks of her Majesty's Government and of your lordship for the manner in which those services were conducted. " I can readily conceive how the circumstances alluded to by your lordship may have accidentally led to the omis sion of the usual official acknowledgment of the report of the Commissioners, at least until the Nth of April, when official intimation was conveyed by your directions to Col. Tulloch, for the information of the Board at Chelsea, that there was no document at the War Department approv the report. "Your lordship informs me that her Majesty's Govern ment have been pleased to grant me 1,0001., and you add ' this grant is intended not as a mere pecuniary equiva• lent for the results of your inquiries, but to convey like wise, in the manner which appears to them moat proper, the recognition by her Majesty's Governmen t of the zeal and ability with which those inquiries were conducted, to which Lord Palmerston in his place in Parliament ha already borne testimony , " If I rightly understand this statement of the grounds on which the grant is tendered to me, it means that the sum of 1,0001. is intended to be considered not merely as a recognition by her Majesty's Government of the manner in which the duty was performed, but likewise as the pe cuniary equivalent of the results of the inquiry—that is, the money value of the advantages which the country has derived from those results. " This estimate alone is sufficient to lead me, withou further consideration, et once to decline a proposal which, as explained by your lordship, appears to me to involve the admission that the results of my labours have been so insignificant as to be almost without appreciable value to the public. The thanks which your lordship has done me the honour to convey to me would have been far more acceptable if they had been unconnected with such as estimate. • " Had it been considered expedient to adopt the course which Lord Palmerston seems to have believed was acts• ally in progress, I might perhaps have been spared the pain of formally declining what your lordship has proposed, but the letter which I am now answering is the first com munication which I have received upon the subject. " Your lordship is well aware that I have never sought to obtain for myself any reward or remuneration. Her Majesty's Government have till now, apparently considered my services in the commission as gratuitous, and I am quite ready, as I have always been, so to consider them ; I shall be amply rewarded by the consciousness of having freely given them at a time of difficulty and anxiety to the Go vernment and to the public, but I am not prepared to forego that reward for any consideration the acceptance of which would be disparaging, or forfeit the good opinion of the country. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, " JOHN lii`NEILL. " The Right Hon. the Lord Panmure." The following is Colonel Tulloch's reply to the Preston address " 63, Eaton-square, Feb. 27. "Gentlemen,—lt has afforded me the highest satisfaction to receive through your representative, Mr. Townley Parker, the address from the Mayor and magistrates of Preston which you have done me the honour of forwarding through that channel, and I beg to -assure you that this mark of your attention at a time when it is so appropriate will ever be remembered by me with the deepest gratitude. " I regret that I cannot inform you that the services on which you have placed so high an estimate, and to which such ample testimony has been borne by the Premier in Parliament, have led to those rewards to which your refer. The only proposed recognition on the lAA of her Majesty's Government has been in a form which I could not accept; but the highest of all rewards has been attained in the con sciousness of having done my duty honestly and fearlessly and that my conduct has met with the approbation of illy countrymen. LONDON, March 4.—Wind this day at noon, B.S.E. to S.S. W. ; Light breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, March 3.—Wind E. to S.W.—Sailed— H.M.S. Retribution, for Devonport. PLYMOUTH, March s.—Wind S.—Sailed—Willing, for Rio Janeiro. PILL, March 3.—Wind W.—Sailed—Lady Raglan, for City Point, Virginia. COWES, March 3.—Wind E.—Arrived—Texas, from Bremen. HULL, March 3.—Wind W.—Arrived —Union, from Monte , Video. SCILLY, March 2.—Wind S.E.—Off the port—Van Dyk, from Rio Janeiro, fo Antwerp. FowEr, March 3.—The Lark, of Looe, 'which ran on a rock in the river and sand, on t he 27th init., has been raised without damage. Wind N. W., fresh. Arrived.—Vectis, from Sunderland. Adelaide, N ew p or t . Sailed.—Marmer, for Sunderland; LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Arrived--Johnstone, from Demerara Arri: Isabell a S co tt, Para; Tyro, Leghor n ; Wind W. Julie, Bilboa; Si r Charles Napier, • and Port Wallace, N ew Orleans , Cas sawattee, Savannah; H e nry Clay, New Y ork ; Do do (s. s• ), Rott er d am. S a iled—Flora, fo r Val p araiso ; Orient, Portland ; Tas manian, Bombay ; Italian (s s), Havre ; Arcadia (s s), Con stantinoplo ; Rattlor (a a), O porto ; Princess Royal, Para. QUEENSTOWN, March 2.1 N MR. CHISHOLM ANSTEL—During the debate last night, ISIL B. Osborne announced, that amongst the persons suffering from the poison put into the bread by the Chinese at Hong Kong, was her Majesty's Attorney General (M r . C. iinstey). The learned gentleman is not expected to recover.