Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-21 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. r e 'ir cip iiTs.—Michael Boyce, residing in Rose-lane, oja Saturday night, and sustained a fracture of the leg. _ Lewin, residing in E s t cour t- s t ree t, susta i ne d a sca lp ' fo und from a like . cause. SBVIin $ """ - HILL. SCHOOL—A lecture will be delivered evington-hill schoolroom, this evening, by. the Rev. Chair Marsde n , su bj ect, " England's Responsibility." T x to b e taken at eight o'clock. AI 4 PHITHEATRE.—The performances of the Opera b Com pany concluded on Saturday night, with the new and :4 r l.liant ope ra w hi c h we have already noticed. To-night, 11 WilliaM and Lady Don commence a short en gagement. -Amnaiev_s- MAILS.—The British and North American I N . ° Yal Mail s t eam e r , E uropa , C ap t a i n L e it c h, sailed f or ab el ° York di rect, o;.1 S atur d ay, s h or tly b e f ore noon , w ith 11 °11t 60 passengerg ; and the semi-weekly mails for the lifted States and Canada. ?OCEAN STEAMERS.—The screw steamer Ebro, sailed I, ll as Saturday ; f or Corunna. Th e screw s t eamer P res t on , 'v ar rived.at B or d eaux , from this port; and the Chris 0-ana, from Liverpo o l, had. arrived at Beyrout, and left %the 29th January, for Alexandria. bP d A T he ship Perthshire, leh arrive here on IMBER Saturday, from Honduras, reports f o as sing the wreck of a timber-laden vessel of about , 300 an ri A s, aPparently a derelict, with only one mast standing, 0 4 , a quantity of deals floating around her. This was tgl the 15th of February; about 200 miles W. by - N. of ae Clear. DDEN DEATH.—`P. Taylor, an old man, aged 86, j ,_. ll ePkeeper. res idi ng i n Great Howard-street, was found "'g in a fit in Love-lane. He was taken to the Northern st ° Vital, but he died b e f ore reac hi ng th ere . We under jild that he had been ailing for the past six months Tth water on the c heit. a nd thi s seems t o b e .th e imme ulgte cause of his demise. a re rtV ER CRADLE:.`—The burgesses of Middlesborough z .. about t o present to Dirs. John R i chardson, the wife of the wor shipful th e 'Mayor, in accordance with a time "floured custom in many older towns, a silver cradle, to r:,emorate a recent happy event hi his Worship's 4111 Y, and the first of the kind that has ocourred since - the in corporation of the borough. rived MARIN E HOTEL, NEW BRIGHTON. —We have ( rived from the proprietor of this . establishment sundry reetinients bearing highly respectable signatures, in Ife,lreoce to the case that came before the Police Court on B,l"nY, and a report of which appeared in our paper of C ur day, which tend to show that he has been unjustly reated : t o eraain ins understand the . . matter will not be allowed THE its present position. DREADNOUGHT.—We have often recorded the N i i \ f s e ntlerful. rapid voyages made by this ship, to and from out, and have again to state that in her last voyage i n -. 2 1 9 the face of great difficulties, she made the passage twenty days. We understand several ves sels that left l ong before her, a n d a t th e sam e time, did not arrive out Under from twenty to thirty days after she had been safe at New York. All passengers well. THE RUMOUR OF BODIES BEING WASHED ASHORE.— Letters from Galway state that the rumour of a mast, supposed of a large vessel, with five bodies lashed to it, had been driven on the Connamara coast, is entirely Without foundation. The report was first published in Lloyd' s List, about ten days ago ; and afterwards in the ;Slapping Gazette. Neither had there been pieces of boxes, trunks, &c. &c., been washed ashore on the coast. jitszoLEn's Ciacus. —No pla.ce of amusement in Liverpool is mare popular, and we must add, more deservedly supported, than Hengler's Circus. Not even Astley's famed Amphitheatre can surpass the splendours a nd varieties of the Circus in Dale-street. — The manner 1 4 1 , 3 _ 'which the com f or t o f t h e spectators i s prov i ded for in VP arrang emen t s o f th e h ouse , deserves' no less credit th an the spirit with - which their - amusement and delight are aroused and satisfied in the entertainments of every LIV ERPOOL ROYAL INFI R MA RY . -- Return for week l en ding Feb. 19th, 1859. Admitted : in-patients, 24 ; out /astients, 11; surgical casualties, 12. Discharged: cured, relieved, an d a t own request, 14 ; made out-patients, ;0, irregula r , 0 ; d ea d , 7 ; rema i n i n t h e h ouse, 182. and U V, ensuing week. Visitors : Messrs. W. Gregson Brooke • physician Dr. Dickenson; sur 9e'n, Mr. Long house surgeon, Mr. T. S. Walker ; Junior house surgeon, Mr. J. Allen; chaplain, Rev. H. J. arr°4ll A.B. Robert Hutchison, treasurer. Ca • the Croft on , C. 8., the founder of the new system tre atment of convicts in Ireland, of whose success !.40eiard Carlisle, the late Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, spoke v i l i r s o i pO i t lY on a t or the Liverpool meeting of the Sociaty for the Social Science, in October last, about to la r Mr. Commissioner Hill. Mr. Hill has invited a er ge party of ladies and gentlemen to meet Captain W h oft °, and Mr. Barwiek Baker, of Hardwicke Court, ko:se reformatory has been. so'effoctive in this neighbour th for the purpose of hearing those gentlemen explain bg e i ir course of proceeding. The meeting, we understand, the „take Place at •Mr. e Commissionerr. Hill's rooms, in 'te txuildhall, this evening (Monday).— Bristol Mercury. SAN-•••,,ITPTCY COURT. —ln re WILLIAM W ILCOX.- ler • uank rill)t, until recently in business as a ship chand krll Liverpool, made an application for his certificate. Deighton represented the assignees, and Mr. .1111Paninall appeared for the bankrupt. The bankrupt r o nan examination in reference to the sale of his hePewalks to his father in 1854 for £2,000, which sale v,_explained was with the sanction and at the wish of th e Borough Bank, his.principal creditors ; .the purc d ha b s t e- Iti f Y he had applied in liquidation of hi? trade e . s. sr at tra n. her, who bought the property from him, had since gi ve ed it to Mr. Harger. The bankrupt could not to li “ 1 - 8 father's address. The waspexaination in reference ri Bt4 o i s, fathe r and Mr. Harger continued until the fo - til t the court, shortly before three o'clock, when the r consideration of the case was adjourned to enday th 'rlitA TßE ROYAL.—The engagement of Mr. and Mrs. th e Mathew s Mathe ws w ill con tinue during this week, and in petrogramtne will be found the names of the fannni .mr.rances, which may be termed the Specialities . c t , t 0 d . athew s as well as some promising novelties mean thr a . lB the characteristics of his lady. We .do not 1— hay • fL . 00l recsarding Mrs. Mathew's, pinion 0 iverp ~ - 0 yea;tucations as an aetress, is otherwise than as we talent, early last week to report it that .she has much es . i' , but all . ows herself to be carried away into a degree of aagallee, and sometimes even of vulgarity, which' is peleially rep ugna nt to E ng li s h spectators. Among the `gi , r n ances announced for this week we are glad to see th Critic " put forward, with Mr. Mathews 'to sustain e e AT P a rts alike of Puff and of Sir Fretful Plagiary. Mr. th Th eSe ch ie ws cannot be seen to greater advantage than in aracters. L sT fro ir ; °l' PASSENGERS, per It M.S. Ar . abia, James Boston 9th, and Halifax 1 lth .February, for Liver l:Boston : Messrs. Spaulding; Cunningham, Graikefield and lady, Dr. D. Sands and servant, Mrs. J. L. I, 4 : ll ani and daughter, Mrs. J. T. Graham Miss Dwight, Oi L ,.„ a ' srs • McKim, C. Allen and lady, Blane, Dezener, ' Casses, Aqf, 5 4 113 c , Ward, lady, three children, and servant, Miss and Miss Ward, Messrs. Montmollon, Ward, Meyer C o l t ` a .,9', Baro, Ornellas and servant, Hayward and son, Wei; e .,, L4 '.., l •Y, Cranston, Poppenhensen; Bellhouie, Porter, 1ia 2 ,h 4 ,,' Wiseman Allen, Jun., Robertson, Wood, Rust, Bracken'berg, Cole Perkin, Waite, Dr. G. R. Prof:, essrs. Holmes, Sharples, Hamel, Miss Haldeman, 4era'ssor naldeman, Messrs. Rimaildo, Usborn,. Bates, : e ' Andre, Martin, Meyer, Hamilton, Simons, Mor ke Lobel, Bodmer, 'Blank, Jacoby, Master Seller, lieLsrs Glinchy, Watts,' Bahn, A. Erbe, F. Erbe, Clark, u re 'llau and lads'', Mage. Ersen, Brown, Woolen, Rees, lk es T, Evans, Cavis and Kaner. From Halifax : ad y Lookart, Elliot, Bennet pp t, Hegan, Neil, Bagmen, ) two children, and servant, Messrs. Bell, Manse . y, ' M`Phersen ' M'Culloch, Magee, Lieutenant "Scott, Ali Messrs. Kirkpatrick, Mortimer, A. Hastings, k t , o . nowty, Thomson, Beard, Bryden, Thomas 1111°c h c : Stubbs, J. Hastings, Morroson, Mrs - . Aressrs. Sticey, Brown, Major, Alexander, Elk h, Read Mrs. G. Cole and infant, Messrs. Woolich, fol°lol\wEiltn'gs CoußT.—On —.41 ), Barrow, V' • Thompson. C OD. , Saturday, the coroner held inquests :—On the body of Henry Fish, sol -th ree years of age, who lived at Aberdeen-street, a fro December Ctistom-house officer. It appeared that fro last he was superannuated, and expected .t 4 £ 5 O to £6O a -y ea r allowance. Some d a y s ago h e andtiotice that his pension was to be only £25 a-year, e f fe from the evidence it seemed this had a very bad of - d,, e " his mind, and quite Upset him. Whilst in a fit ( I .o „7, 4 eadful depression, he hung . himself. There was no be was insane, and the jury found that he hung ~rns e lf whil s t l a b our i ng un d er temporary insanity. Onn irr body of John Sandon, a carter in the employment of T • . I.l i Bl l, the Corporation contractor. He lived in deeriterden-street, and was twenty-four years of age. The a il e d ea rd was in the Corporation and at Arrad-street, suddenly, consequence of " jibbing" horse , star ing the deceased was crushed between . two carts, deatho injured that he died. Verdict, " Accidental tl i " On the bod of Donald Turner, who carried on e trade of a butcher at 275, Scotland-road. On the night of the sth he fell on his head in the street,. and •%. ce i'ved concussion of the brain,' from which he died. _erdict accordingly. On the body of John Harris, a r(gger, forty-eight years of age, who lived in . Stone-street. ‘jll Wednesday- last he was at work on board a ship in o ne of the docks, when h e fell a hei g ht o f forty feet, and wa s, ; B o much injur e d th a t h e di e d i n t h e N or th ern Ilk,- 2L : al. Ther e was no blame attachable to any 00,• -and, '"e jury found a verdict of " Accidental death;" Stone, LATEST TELEGRAMS. THE INDIAN MAIL. MARSEILLES, Saturday, Feb. 19. The steamer w :th the Bombay Mails to the 25th of January has arriv,7 l The Bombay Ti mes o f that date states, that Oude is completely pacified. Public notice has been given dot the provinces of Oude and Rohilcund are.again open to European families. Lord Clyde has applied for authorisation to pursue the rebels to Nepaul. He will 'return to England in the month of February. A battle with great slaughter has taken place at Niz am. Colonel Campbell has been surprised and wounded, and his baggage has been taken. Two other colonels have been wounded, one of them mortally, in the following affair :- 30,000 rebels of Rohilcund had been beaten with great loss on their side, and were pursued. Lord Canning has given a greater extension to the Amnesty, and has interdicted any execution without his approval. THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRITA.R 2i, in all the markets of the south. The decline, however, has been less than might have been expected, in view of the heavy receipts at the ports—as advised by mail, and given in detail in the tables to-day, as well as by tele graph for a week later and the large stock everywhere on hand. In this, market the sales have been confined to the requirements •of spinners and do not exceed 3,000 bales, closing at a decline of ac. per lb. The clearances have been, for Hamburgh 730 bales, Naples 430, Gibraltar 29 ; total 1,189 bales. Cotton in transitu has been dull of sale, bnt not forced, and prices may be quoted lc below the currency a week ago. The sales, which amount to 1,200 bales include barely middling Apala chicola at loc, and Low Middling 101 c, with freight *d per:lb. Southern markets by mail show no change inliobile and New Orleans, except on the low dusty cotton, which is very abundant, and slightly lower. . At Savannah and Charleston the business was checked after the receipt of advices per Arabia, and sales ,were made at a partial decline of lc on the lower grades. By telegraph, for a week later, we learn that the advices per Arabia caused a decline of lc in Mobile and New Orleans, with only a limited quantity sold. By telegraph the .following has been received :-- . NEW ORLEANS., February s.—Receipts for the week, 74,000 bales (net). Sales for the week, 28,000, market weak. Middling, 1 V i c per lb. Export for the week, 42,000 bales, of which 12,000 are for Great Britain, and 409 for.Havre. Total export from this port to date, 814,000 bales. Stock on hand, 500,000 bales-. Freight to Liverpool, 15-32 d to per lb. P.M.—Sales to-day 3,000 bales, at easier, but not quotably lower prices. MOBILE, Feb. 4.—Receipts for the week, 29,000 bales. Sales to-day, 1,000, and for the week 18,500. Middlinb 11c per lb. Export for the week to , Great Britain, 13,000 bales. Stock on hand, 201,000 bales. Exchange' on London, 108 per cent. Freight to Liverpool, 7-16 d per lb. sth.—Sales to-day, 6,000 bales. Market easy. .Cao•P : The continuous large receipts at the ports re ported by mail and for a week later by telegraph, causes a more general belief in a crop of 3,700,000 bales; but, as we have before remarked, the question of crop is now lost sight of in the more interesting one of price. Consider ing the heavy receipts and stocks, and the small business done for English account in all the southern markets, the maintenance of our present currency is a matter of sur- prise, and is only accounted for V I the-easy manner iu ;vhiehmonied.faCilities are attained in the south Receipts at the ports during the week under review are 134;000 bales - . The excess as compared with last year is increased to 989,000, and as.compared with . 1356 , to 485,000 bales. It was confidently expected this would prove the Anaximurn excess of the season, but we are advised by telegraph of heavy receipts_ at , New Orleans, which,wah those already known at Mobile, Texas, &c., is likely to give us a total for our next week's tables of 150,090 against 124,000 bales during the corresponding week of la - st year, and thereby increasing the excess Co over a million of bales. The reports from the South that the increased facilities for hurrying the crop to market, and the inducements, to do so, have been unusually great ever since the season opened ; that while there is _cotton to come it will come freely, and that when a falling off does occur it will be sudden and rapid, are entitled to consideration, as they account in some degree for the large delivery,already made of the present crop. Exports for the week amount to 82,000 bales, of which Great Britain gets 60,000 bales, France 5,000 bales, and other, foreign ports 17,000 bales. Next week the quantity to Great Ifrittiin will be moderate, as we learn by tele graph that but 25,000 bales were cleared at Mobile and New, Orleans for the week ending on 4th inst. The vessels drawing 17 feet of water are meeting with some delay at New Orleans, owing to an obstruction on the bar. This may keep a large amount of cotton from getting to sea. The following is a statement of the movement in cottoit since the Ist September last as compared with the previous four years :--- 1859. 1858. 1857. 1856. 1855. Receipts at Ports 2,472,000 1,483,000 2,015,000 1,987,000 1,350,000 Ex. to G. Brii;ain 762,000 524,000 511,000 763,000 647,000 „ to France 301,000 190,000 204,000 260,000 145,000 other F. P. 215,000 126,000 143;000 190,000 111,000 Total Exp3rts . 1,281,000 840,000 888,000 1,213,000 903,000 Stock on hand.. 920,000 612,000 786,000 598,000 398,000 Of which during the past week, included in the above : --- --- Received at Ports 134,0110 110,000 72,000 Ex. to G. Britain 60,000 40,000 68,000 „ to France 5,000 12,000 9,000 82,000 105,000 50,000 83,000 28,000 8,000 other F. P. 17,000 11,000 9,000 13,000 15,000 Total Exports 82,000 63,000 86,000 91,000 56,000 SUMMARY.—Receipts : Increase at the ports compared with 1855-6, 485,000 bales. Exports : Decrease to Great Britain compared with 1855-6. 1,600 bales; increase to France, 44,000 ; increase to other foreign ports, 25,000. Total increase in exports, 68,000 bales. - FREIGHT to Liverpool dull at 3-16 d to 7-32 d per lb and to Havre, lc. W. P. WRIGHT & CO. Messrs. Neill Brothers. in . their circular say : NEW YORK MARKET.—Business in this market has been kept on the lowest scale during the past week, owing to the absence of later news from Europe. The Arabia's news. was • received here on the 28th ultimo, and we arc since without anything later. The decline then reported at Liverpool, together with the pblitical ferment on the 'Continent, at once checked business here, and buyers have since been generally unwilling to operate until - something definite is known as to the result of the impendiniv hostilities. Our last report- closed upon a dull market at 12c. for middling uplands, and there has since been' some irregularity. The week's saleS reach about 5,000 bales, chiefly to the home trade,'the market closing quietly last night at 111 c. for middling uplands. Southern Markets : By mail we are advised of an active week in the leadinc , Southern markets. At New Orleans buyers had operated pretty freely at former prices, and at Mobile an active business was also done up to receipt of the Arabia's news, after which the market became quieter, and holders yielded slightly to encourage opera tions. By telegraph we learn that the markets have since been rather unsettled, owing chiefly to the unfavour able political news from Europe by the Arabia, while the continuation of heavy 'receipts at the ports has probably also had some influence. At New Orleans the demand was suddenly checked, and business has been limited throughout the week, buyers waiting for later news before renewing their operations: The sales only amount to 24,000 bales against 67,000 in the week 'previous, while the receipts for the same time amount to 73,000 bales. Prices have yielded about -1-c., middling being now quoted 11 wc. The decline has been greatest for the lower qualities, owing to their great abundance ; while the better grades are held with much firmness, as they are now becoming. less plentiful, and are already difficult to buy without a portion of low dusty cottons. At Mobile there has been a In - Aerate liminess done—that market possessing decided advantages over New Orleans, both in price and quality. 'The stock at that'. point is now 100,000 bales, of which only 31,000 is on the market. The Charleston and Savannah markets have been irregu- • lar, and prices have fallen about lc. at each point, ren dering quotations quite nominal. Sterling exchange and freights to Liverpool are without materiafehaiwe. BREADSTUFFS : The market for State and. Western Flour shows much steadiness on the part of holders, and prices are generally sustained, but 'the market is quite inactive, and some inferior are rather pressing for sale at prices under our quotations. Southern flour shows some . weakness • for supers, and they are lower, with but a moderate trade. Corn meal is a shade easier, with sales of 150 brls Jersey at $3 65e to $3 70c, mostly at the lower figure. White wheat is in quick request for milling, with sales of 14,000 bshs. of prime quality at sl'6oc for Michigan, $1 65c for North Carolina, and $1 70c for Kentucky. In other descriptions a light business was done at unchanged prices—about 2,000 bshs. at $1 222 c for prime Milwaukee. club, $1 37c for prime. mixed Illinois, and $1 38c for red Kentucky.. Corn is dull and unsettled —very little Western mixed offered or inquired for; sales, 10,000 bshs. at 80c for. common new yellow Jersey, 81c to 82c , for southern, yellow, 'and 83c for prime Jersey yellow, for shipment to the West Indies. Southern white is dull and heavy. In barley a sale of 9,000 bshs. Canada was made on private terms, but understood to be within the range of' 85e to 95c. Rye and oats are quiet and unchanged. PROVISIONS : There was a large demand for pork to day, principally for filling contracts, and prices are without essential change, the market remaining at about the closing rates of Saturday. The transactions comprise , 3,950 brls, at $lB 50c for new- mess, $lB for old de, closing quite firmly for the latter;' $l7 to $17•25c for thin do, $l7 25c for sour do, $2O for clear, arid $l3 Me. to $l3 2c for prime. Included in the sales are 1,000. brls mess, for summer months, at 119. Lard met with a con siderable enquiry, but prices are lower, closing dull and drooping ; we have to notice sales of 1,650 tes and brls at 12p - for prime western, and 12c to 12-1,-c for city. Cut meats are in steady request, and prices are better, with sales of 525 hhds and brls at 61c to q-c far dry salted shoulders, 6P to 7c for pickled do, Bye to Re for dry salted hams, and 9c to 91c for pickled do ; also 8,000 lbs light rough sides at 8-1-c. Dressed hcgs are steady at 7-te to 7-1 c for Western, and r i c to Bi-,e Ow city. Bacon is quiet but firmly held, at 10c for sides, and 7 , , i c to 8c for shoulders ; we have only to notice a sate of 25 hhds old pickled sides at 91e. Reef is in very moderate request, and prices are steady, with sales of 300 brls at prices within the range of our quotations. Prime mess is in active at 516 to $lB, Beef hams are less active, and we have only to notice sales of 75 brls at $l3 50c to $l7 for state and western. Butter and cheese are firm at our quotations. ASHES : The nominal price for store lots of both pots and pearls is still $6. per 100 . lbs., but smallare ver lots of pots as arriving are pic ked up at,55.75c. ; pearls y quiet, g iron is in demand , and p rices are IRON : Scotch p i firm at $2B to $3O, the latter price for lots from yard.. 4 Amer i c an is firm at $ 22 50e, to. 525. t Q oaths ikaius bar is in very moderrequest, at $56 to $57, 6 month s 7 50c., 6 months, for common. Swedes for refined firmly and $46 t held t o rt. per ton, 6 months. 11. Swedes isit sales of 150 brls. N. 0. MOLASSES : 'We nonce invoice of cloyed is re- Molasses at 41c. A sale of eft t i,,,, Au •rday, on private terms, ported to have been made for distilling..' finues rather quiet NAVAL STORES. —The mart and sellers bein,,o . for' Spirits Turpentine, both bO:4FB -, unwilling to enter into any operatkoa , til the receipt . of the news which is now daily expect ). -om Europe , prices,remain without change, and we' haV4s. to notice sales of 175 brls. at 4W c., merchantable st4rf and.loo brls., in pine brls., at 40e., the market cloziiir 50c. having • been offered and refused for 20V 41P ping order; the receipts for . some time past biave . quite light, and the stock must be small ; the r stonk 04. ,Crude N very much reduced, and $3 87-Ic. is asked. Common Rosin is less active, and there is a slight detlinv to be noticed ; we have only to notice a sale of 300 bils. at $1 76c. per 310 lbs., delivered from yard; in the low and medium grades there is but little doing, but tho finer grades are in good request at full prices ; the trans actions iriclade 400 brls. No. 2 at s2' 124-e. per 310 lbs., 37 brls. low Yo. lat $2 75c.., and 'BOIY brls. No. 1 and white at $3 75e. to 0 per 280 lbs. Tar meets with a very moderate enquiry, and prices are better ; we have to notice a sale of 50 brls. Rope at $2 66c., delivered in order in yard. OiLs.Linsed NI is quiet at 70c ito rte. In Crude Whale, we notice sales of 400 barrels at 60e,. and 800 barrels on private terms; market buoyant In Crude Sperm there has beeTi a' sale of 160 barrels at $1 46c. The sale of 500 barrels of Falmouth, was at $1 48e, not $1 50c, as previously understood. RroE.—The market is very firm at 31c to 4ic per lb. for the whole range, but` transactions are confined to 150 tietces. • SITGAR.--The market is quiet ; sales confirm& to , 125 hogsheads at unchanged p - rices. SEEDF.--The market t contintres dull and inactive for Calcutta Linseed, and there• is no quotable change in prices, holders asking $1 78e cash, in Boston. Clover meets with a fair inquiry, partly for export, and prices have advanced ; we have tosnotice sales of 250 begs at 111 c to 12c, closing quite firmly. Timothy is dull and unchanged at $2 12c to $2 372 b-per bushel. TA.LLOW : Is firm, and we , Lave to notice sates- of 15,000 lbs. prime Western at 11)-,e., and 6,000 lbs. Grease at 1.1. c. Rough Fat is firm at 7c. cash. . FREIGHTS : To Liverpool, 60'bales S. I. Cotton IA ; 150,,bx.5. Cheese 255; 100 bxs. Ram). 17s 6d; and per Steamer, 10 tons Clover Seed 30s. To London, 200 bbls. Rosin 2s 74-d per 280 lbs. , ;: 200 tc3. and bbls of Reef 22s 6d. - ITALY MILAN, Saturday, Feb. 19. Trade is in a complete state of stagnation, no business'being at present transacted. A considerable number of recruits deserted from the Austrian army, and have crossed the Pied montese frontier. The Grand Duke of Tuscany intends to grant a liberal constitution." TURIN, Thursday, Feb. 17 The Senate to-day adopted the bill relative to the loan of 50,000,000 francs, by fifty-nine votes to seven_ The Duchess of Parma, according to the Opin.ione of Turin, has ju % st signed a treaty with Austria, authorising this latter Power to occupy all the forts of the State with her troops, in case of war. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Saturday, Feb. 19, Closing prices, 41 p c ; Rentei for Money, 97 70 ; 3 per Cents, Money, 67 90 ; Ditto, for Account, 67 85 ; Bank shares, 28 90. 1 p.m : The Bourse is very inanimate, the un certainty respecting political affairs being the sole cause. Reines 68. 3.20 p.m. : The Bourse closes rather flat at 67 90 for Money, 67 85 for Account. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol lowing :—" A large military forage magazine at Vincennes was burnt yesterday evening. 'Two thirds of the stock of hay was consumed. The loss is estimated at 200,000 francs." The Paris correspondent of the Herald again remarks that the warlike preparations still continue. The manifestation in favour of peace, which was being prepared by the Chambers of Commerce, has, it is said, been regularly burked by the threatening paragraph in the Patrie. The journals are silent, and no channel is left for the public to express their pacific views. According to the Paris correspondent of the Times, the great instigator of war is Prince Napoleon, and his influence with the Emperor is at present extraordinary. The cool reception given by the Senate to the proposal for an increase m the Prince's income was intended as a rebuke to him, for indulging in such eagerness for war. At Paris the same dark uncertainty prevails, as to whether the issue of the present crisis will be peace or war. ENNISKILLEN ELECTION CLOSE OF THE POLL-SATURDAY Cole Collum Paul Dane • W. A. Dane 107 71 34 1 PARIS FASHIONS We do not perceive much dift;zence in grand ball toilets. Amongst the younger women - puffed tulle reigns supreme, and this year, white is generally preferred to all other colours. Her Majesty the Empress has appeared several times in simple tulle dresses, the double skirt being raised by two large bouquets blue or lilac. This costume was as graceful as becoming,. and there was nothing to bespeak the Sovereign,, excepting the diamond crown and necklace. There is a good deal of talk about necklaces, ear-rings, and diadems, which are copied from the Morisco style and the sixteenth century. The preci ous stones in favour this winter, always excepting diamonds, which have no rivals, are amethyst and topaz. The amethyst is worn in the day, the topaz in the Avening. Waist-buckles are made of these stones ; and entire sets of tiny square buckles to put in the centre of bows of 'stuff or velvet, which are used to trim the dress in front and the. whole length of the skirt. The sleeve-studs, instead of being ,made double, are replaced by a kind of little brooch which passes through the two button-holes. These brooches are of jasper, lapis-lazuli, or amethyst. They are very pretty, and shaped so as not to prick the arm. Of course it is understood that we are now speaking of toilettes de jour. The greatest novelties often make their appearance on a Sunday morning at the chapel of the Tuileries. The Empress appeared there this week in a dress of grey French moire with figured velvet flounces • each flounce was of a different design 'and; colour. :Several other illustrious ladies have adopted this description of dress. The effect is luxuriOus and striking ; but the greatest taste and care must be taken in the selection of colours. At the last court ball her Majesty wore a dress of white tulle ; the Princess. Mathilde a white tulle embroidered with gold. Madame de Morny was all in white, and on her head a large white couronne. Her complexion was as white as her dress, so altogether she looked like a beau tiful apparition. The Countess Walewski had on a white crape, with seven flounces. which were bordered with crepe rose de chine. Her veil of white silk blonde covered her dress. These tulle veils are very successful. They should entirely envelop the dress, except, on one side, where they should be lifted up by a cordon of flowers starting from the waist. The figure looks as if it were seen through a light cloud, and the thin disguise makes beauty more beautiful. The veil appears to the greatest advantage over a skirt that is bouillonne, and where the bouillons are dotted with small bunches of flowers. At the same ball was Madame La Baronne de T. Her dress was of salmon coloured tulle, and in all the bouillons were bunches of violets of every hue. The veil entirely coves ed the wearer, excepting on i the left side, where it exposed to view a ladder (ealielle) of white blonde, on every step of which was a cordon of violets. The veil was arranged in such a fairy-like way over the flowers, that the effect was perfectly aerial. The corsage had a double berthe of white blonde. It was trimmed 'all round with violets, and there was a bouquet in front, and a smaller one on each shoulder. The coiffure consisted of little bunches of voilets, arranged in the foam of a couronne. The bouquets, were separated from each other by emerald and diamond clasps. The necklace and bracelets were also made of emeralds and diamonds. Ladies, whose caskets are not richly stocked with jewels, supply their place with a thousand fantastical trinkets, made mostly of gold. Charming head dresses may be composed of a plate of gold openwork fastened with pins, and placed in the midst of a bunch of dark-coloured velvet flowers. For instance, blue prim roses or auriculas, or deep violet periwinkles, or only a simple green velvet foliage of vine, ivy, or oak ; the latter with its indented leaves and its veins traced in purple and mixed with gold, produces a capital effect. These coiffures are always accompanied with a little diadem, in the centre of which is a plate of beautifully worked gold. Ladies with regular features cannot do better than adopt this style, while others of more playful outline should give the preference of a wreath made of different sized bunches of flowers. Excepting for a ball, we recommend the mousquetaire cap, which was invented for the Princess Mathilde by Mesdames Noel. It z has earned for itself the distinction of appearing in all the saloons of the season. Ima gine an irregular puff of green velvet and roses from which rise two wings in white blonde. On one side is a bouquet of roses, and the other a bow of velvet with long ends. Nothing can be more coqaetish than this coiffure ; it lends piquancy to the expression ; and it possesses another great advantage, for it may be worn with equal propriety at a dinner, theatre, or evening party. There is no end to the variety in caps, but wo cannot say they are all alike successful. The shape which becomes the greatest number of women is the capuohon of tullo, which is o o eons s t p f p p fl i o e flowers, a r r s e , finished off with two long and wide lappets of plain tulle. As to the trimm in g s, they usually; double velvets, or of r oses without _ l eaves orris D'AUNET. also inftnitoly graceful and effective; AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA, • The Royal Mail Steamer Arabia, which sailed from Boston, on the 9th inst., arrived here yes. terday afternoon with Boston dates to the Bth inst., bringing 132 passengers, and 69,804 dollars in specie On the 15th February passed the steamer Africa, and on the 19th the screw steamer Jura, both bound West. The steam-ships Asia and Kangaroo had both arrived out at New York, from Liverpool. The former after a passage of sixteen days, and the latter twent y days. Both vessels experienced very 'Severe weather. _ dongressional proceedings were unimportant. In the Senate a communication had been received from the secretary of the navy, adverse to the pro ject of transferring the revenue cutter service to the navy department. There had been a debate on the subject of the tariff. In the House of Representatives, a resolution, in relation to the settlement of the Oregon and Washington wax claims,"was reported. -Senator Fitch intends in troducins, a bill, authorising the government to use American iron for ships and public buildings, in lieu of other solid materials. Mr. Forsyth, the American Minister to Mexico, had formally tendered his' resignation. The Mexican minister at ' Washington had formally tendered his resignation to the State Department. Mr. Cass . assured him that his course had met with the approbation of the American Government, which, as yet, had come to no determination relative to ,Mexican affairs. The disposition of the President was to await further aevelopments, while he was not prepared. to recognise either of the - Governments. Mr. Forsyth 's- resignation was prompted by reasons of delic - acY, he not being desirous - to continue in a diplomatic capacity under present circumstances, and while the action of his government regarding Mexico remains --undetermined. The Steam Mechanical Bakery in Boston had, been destroyed by fire, the loss was about $250,000 - The Secretary of State had transmitted to Conegr?„ss his annual commercial report It 'appears from this report, ±hat _ the - num- ber of acres under vine_Cultivation in France exceeds four millions, yielding annually 919,545,575 gallons of wine, and 27,220,050 gallons of brandy, worth, at the present low prices in France, $98,617,660. The report contains a letter from C. G. Baylor, dated Brussels, in December last, iv which he says, "he has devoted his means and opportunity to the development of a direct, reci procal, and independent trade between the Tobacco and Cotton State' of America and the continent of Europe. Such trade would benefit the general interest of- the Southern States-, and incidentally the Western and North-western States also:" With the concurrence of the friends of the move- ment, Belgium has been selected as the base of European operations, and with the concurrence of the leiding commercial and financial influences of the kingdom, Mr. Baylor is authorised to say, with the approbation and good dispo3ition'of the Belgian government, the long expressed wishes of thee - Southern States will soon receive such aid as to result_ in the realization of the practical and sue: cessful carrying on of direct trade with continental Europe. There has been formed in Brussels, to negotiate the details of this commerce, and to represent the planting interest of America, a con tinental and direct trade association. Steps are now being taken to receive the cotton direct from the plantations of America, to be sold on the Con tinent, under the auspices and guarantee' of ample and well known capital, in the most expeditious and economical manner, direct to the consumer in Belgium, in Switzerland, in the Zollverein, and in Germany. To meet this cotton import, and impart the V character of reciprocity to the trade and supply the important feature of a return trade, with cheap.freights, the manufacturing interest 'in Belgium is about to be organised, and through a means at once simple, practicable, and attractive, a committee has been farm ed, under the adminis tration of whioh will ho ivaa nyhibitinns nf Con tinental industry, taste, and manufacturing, skill, throughout the Southern States of America, in the principal towns. These industrial exhibitions will partake of the character of the German fairs and trade sales. The goods of the continent of Europe will then, in a most attractive manner, be brought as it were to the very doors of the Southern people at first cost, and exchanged for cotton. The California Mails of the 16th ult. had reached St. Louis, and the steamer Quaker City, from San Francisco, had arrived at New Orleans. Rumours prevailed at San Francisco that three hundred prisoners in the penitentiary had been accidentallly poisoned by the use of some chemical mixed up in the flour. There was, doubtless, some truth in the rumour, but the matter was greatly exaggerated. General Kibbee was still persecuting the war against the Indians in the north with great success. His troops had killed quite a number, and taken over two hundred prisoners. Parties in California were maturing a proposition to transport the entire letter and newspaper mail overland in twenty days, with the limits of the United States, asking no extension for a failure to transport the mail within the given time, and no special - protection against Indians. That portion of the President's. Message in relation to Kansas' was not favourably received in Oregon, on the groUnd that Mr. Buchanan's policy would retard the admission of that. territory into the Union. The legiSlature of Washington Territory had passed resolutions instructing their delegates to Congress to urge the necessity of establishing a line of military posts from Walla Walla via the South Pass to the Missouri river. The weather throughout California was excellent, and the accounts from the mines exceedingly favourable. The French had taken possession of the Clifforton guano island. Flour was dull at San Francisco, Richmond selling at $l2 50c per barrel. Whiskey sold at 35c per gallon. _ . _ . We have - news from the city of Mexico to the 28th of January. General Miramon reached the Capital 'on the 26th ult., with a thousand cavalry. Ile disapproved. of the acts of General Robles, and displaced him, after whiCh he placed General Sables at the head of the army, and reinstated Zuloaga. It. was reported that Miramon intended marching on Vera Cruz with a strong force. The liberals had routed General Negretti near Jalapa. It was reported that the Mekican war schooner Iturbide had been captured by an American and six foreigners, who killed five of the crew and escaped' with the vessel. The time that this took place is not stated. There had been no very important change in the aspect of commercial affairs between the sailing of the Etna and the Arabia, though the last return of the New York City banks is stated to have been the WOrst 'that had been published for some mOnths. It shows, as compared with the returns for the preceding week, an increase of $778,927 in loans, $467,213 in circulation, and a decrease of $1,733,847 in specie, and $1,872,679 in deposits. The following are the figures for the week, for the previous week, and for the corresponding week of last year : Date. Loan & Disc. Sonic. Circulation. Deposits. Jan. 29, '1859. 129,663,249 27,725,290 7,483,642 93,837,935 Feb. 5, - 1859. 130,442,176 25,991,441 .7,950,855. 91,965,256 [Same time last year :] Feb. 6, 1858. 103;602,932 30,652,918 073,931 86,700,480 There was a moderate demand for Exchange for remittance by the Arabia, and the quotations on London were firm at 109;1. The New York Stock Market showed no signs of a better feeling, and the sales were unusually limited. Prices of some Stocks were, however, rather firmer. We subjoin. full reports of the Cotton and other markets : NEW YORK MARKETS.—FEB. 8. COTTON. Until this morning, when the Asia's news to the 22nd of January was.received, we have been without laternews since our last circular of the 2nd inst. The sales for the • week, in Liverpool, amounted to 44,000 bales, at a further decline of 1-16 d per lb. 'Middling Orleans was quoted at 6 13-16 d, Mobile 61d, and Uplands 60 per lb. In Man chester trade was quiet, A very uneasy feeling continued to prevail regardin. , politics on the continent. The un favourable politicafaecounts, asmadekrumn to us by the arrival of. the Arabia ten days ago, have had a bad influence on the cotton trade of this country. As we are still without later advices from Europe, the public mind is very sensitive, and the business in cotton has been very much rostrioto4 in, consoquonoo, not only i 4 this city, but LXTEST BY TBLEGRLPII Nnw YORK, Feb. 8 : , Cotton dull and lower, sales 1,200 bales, mid, uplands, 1 lte. Flour : Receipts,. 2,726 brls ; sales, 8,300 'brls; State andWestern,.dulcand lower ; un sound, $4 to $4 50c ; superfine State, $5 15c to $5 25c ; extra State, $5 65 to $5 90; round hoop Ohio, $6 15c to $6 ; common to good extra Western, $5 70c to $6 25; Southern lower, sales 700 brls ; mixed - to good, $5 60c to $6 ; fancy and extra, $6 10c to $lO 75c ; Canada extra, $6 30c to $7 25c. Corn : New; white Southern, firmer, other kinds unchanged, sales 52,000 bush mixed Western, nominal, 84 to 86; new white, $B3 to 84; new, yellow Jersey and Southern, 79 to 82. Oats : steady; Southern and Jersey, 50 to 54; Northern and Western, 54 to 65. Beef steady, sales 630 brls ' • country mess, $7 75c to $9; prime, $6 50c to $7l repacked Chi cago, $8 75 to $lO 75. Pork dull, sales 1, 225 brls, in cluding 500 mess for. May at $l9 ; mess, $lB for old, $lB. 50e for new; prime, $l3 64. Dressed hogs steady, at 71 to 81. Lard firm, sales 1,600 brls, including 1,000 for March, April, May, and June at 13c ; brls, 121 to 121. Batter steady ; Ohio, $ll to 20 ; State, 16 to 27. Whiskey dull and lower, sales= 150 barrels, 271 to 28. Rice active and firm, sales of 600 tcs 34 to 1 1 - sugar firm, sales. 1,130 boxes; New Orleans, 7 to 7-. r Muscovado, 71 to 71. Coffee quiet but firm; no sales Rio, Java, and St. Domingo. Molasses steady, sales. 250 hhcls, NO4l to 42. Spirits Turpentine buoyant, sales small, 494 c to 50c; 800 brls rosin, com mon $-1 77e to $3 81c for fine. Iron firm, Scotch 28 to 30. Linseed oil- 70 ; lard $1 ; 500 brls sperm $1 50c ; 30,000 brls whale, 58c. Hides quiet, sales 2,200 Rio Grande 26, Orinoco 24. Lead firm, Galena N. Tallow firm, sales 11,000 lbs 111 e. Wool, : Domestic fleece very firm but quiet, manu facturers generally well supplied, small sales only at 43 to 60 for B blood to Saxony ; pulled quiet but firm at 37: to , 55 for No. 1 super and extra. Foreign firm, with small sales at previous prices. CINCINNATI, Feb. 8: Flour dull and unchanged. Whiskey declined lc, sales at 261 c. Contracts were made to-day for 200,000 lbs bulk meats at 61 to 8 7 1 ,- - 2 . Nothing done in mess pork or bacon. Lardrnominal, holders unwilling to make concessions. THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI We have dates from Port au Prince to the 9th of January. They report an engagement to have taken place between the imperial troops and the insurgents. The Emperor had made tin unsuc cessful call for volupteers, and •his forces were reduced to about three thousand men. A revolu tionary movement was each moment expected in the capital. • From Jeremie and Aux Cayes our dates are to the 16th.. No revolt had yet taken place, but a rising was each moment expected. In the latter city the wild inhabitants of the Mount de la7Hotte had made their appearance, defying the imperial go vernment. From Gonaives—the birthplace of the rebellion —our advices are to the 12th. General Geffrard was within a short distance of the army from Port au Prince, and his forces, already large, were each moment increasing in number, while the roads leading from the north were represented as crowded with ',Jana of half-armed men, all directing their steps to join the revolutionary army. We have also received news from Cape , Haytien to the 14th, which completes the circle—this being the only one of the five principal cities. and open. ports of the empire that remained to , be heard from. The Cape has gone somewhat beyond the southern cities, and loudly proclaims the republic. She now moves hand in hand with. Gonaives, and is said to have sent two thousand , troops. to aid in the revolution. Her example is followed by the interior cities of Dondon, Limbe, Plaisance, and others. The result. of . the approaching campaign can hardly be questioned, and for a few years Hayti will be a republic. General Fabre Geffrard is already named President, and undoubtedly will be so ; but Soulouque is still supreme at Port-au- Prince, the capital, and is undoubtedly a man 'of very great energy and decision of character. His troops may be diminished by desertion and' now number but three thousand men—but they are represented as the best disciplined and best armed soldiers in the island, and in general much better provided for than the insurgents. Many of the . officers are devotedly attached to the Einperor• and his cause ; and the whole body of counts,. dukes, barons, chevaliers and good-for-noughts . whatever, they may think:of their sovereign , . find life and death wrapped up in his came. Some of these self-constituted nobility, thinking that Geffrard's party will succeed, are of course making arrangements to turni up head foremost in the new state of things. Perhaps the rank and file of the three thousand remain with, the Emperor merely from good. training and want of oppor tunity to join the insurgents.. Still, the old man will have the means of giving more than one battle if he remains firm himself.. Should, however, the present inactive cities of the south loin the revolt, it is supposed. that his. sable Ina ' ;testy will not even attempt to. recover his tottering throne ; but having celebrated:mass, as is his royal pleasure befeve taking any celebrated step, he will abandon the Queen of the Antilles, and make his , way to some, foreign covntry. Batt where an ov ? Are New Yorkers dispos ed to give the ex-king a tion ; , or shall the first of the bkucks delight the heart of the enthusia sticall y ideal modern Athens ? Are the Athenians prepared. to: get up an agitation on this. point Whea. in powcv,.England and F rance deemed it politic to , flatten. The flattery may vd power with ai : theitdhenostorereig to the p d e nt Geffrard. If so , F a ustin may find favour Person and win' bbee,'ltlr t r ansferred s t f i e e n ne ither in one country nor the other. Wh a t, only in his own cent to serve wh er e . t c l o i u e , tr i y s P le a f i t id t o as hi b m e , w a i p u p :o re t t o l n y s , once he has reigned, the day that Soulouque is deposed may, inaugurate a counter revol u tion, winch, growing month by month, may in a few y an ea a rs d res uke to s re to hi t m hei w r it f h onn t h e offices and dignities. the baud of faithful earls A former gover nment l that of .Geffrard lasted but a few months ; all this as it may b e equally short lived. Be days the flight may, of it the issafe. to predict that in a fe , -,k Emperor and the es ab meat oxvp lA* 11 10. v be made. IFAQWII. SECOND EDITION-. NORTHERN Trmßs OFFICE, MONDAY, y A. 24 THE PEACE AND WAR QUESTION. Lord Cowley, the Ambassador from Her Majesty, at the Court of the Emperor Napoleon, arrived in London on Saturday, from Paris, whence he had been summoned by the cabinet. The Times, after making the above announcement, says the accounts from the Continent are by no means re-assuring, but adds that Lord Cowley has most probably come over to receive instructions as Pleni potentiary at the Paris Conferences on the Danubian question. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says the tactics of the Government are to blow alternately hot and cold on the question of peace or war. There however, not a mement's relaxation in the French the p fo e r a e ' e r o o r mP w t a i prep:tr i ati are O d n for p u w b a l irs.h Mr.No n e D e l o a f n thees circularF reneh t p o ap t e h r e s h a y e to pr Nord was seized for containing it, provincial af o 3 n oin ta . in na m is g an th t e h ir e ignusetsrtuicotniono; A circular despatch issued by the Prussian Government dwells upon the hope that peace will not be interrupted. It atlutlefir . to the joint efforts of Prussia and England to maintain it. It expresses its conviction that Austria will lend a willing hand to diplomatic solution of the difficulties resulting from the state of affairs in Central Italy. Prugsia says the circular, while reserving her action as a Eitnipean Power, will nevertheless fulfil her duties as a member of the German Confederation. COMMERCIAL. Dulness prevailed to-day in the Stock 'Exchange. The fends have declined about 4- per cent, being unfavourably effected by the terms of the circular addressed by the French - Minister of . the Interior to the prefects. The political crisis continues to weigh heavily-on most branches of business ; and a very impatient feeling is In the Discount Market to-day choice bills "' and 2 per cent. There were no —Pgily News City Article, growing up were done between gold operations at the flu Saturday Evening. The English Minds opened this morning al a recovery of 4, but it was not maintained, and the market has awn_ clOsed with a very hadappearance. The- bullion at the Bank is greater than at any time during thee• last six years, and is the consequence-of prevailing alarm,. which; is causing money to be withdrawn or withheld from all -Times City Article, Saturday descriptions of enter Evening. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., has pledged himself to go to• the poll for Marylebone. The papers announce the death of the Duke of Buck ingham. He was author. of the celebrated Chandos clause, of the Reform Bill. • Tne Times announces that the Rev. Mr. Stook, Vica r of Leeds, has had the Deanery of Chichester offered to him, and has acceptad the offer. reat excitement prevails at Suffolk and Northamptort in consequence of the intention of immediately applying machinery to the manufacture of boots. The Daily Neivs gives a rumour of ministers having first agreed to a scheme of Reform, and then upon sub sequently re-touching some of its features, dissension broke out, and, as the report goes, Government have found themselves forced to balance the evils of spoiling the plan of Reform settled before Christmas, or causing a new split in their sorely chipped and splintered parts before Easter. MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. • Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams are re-engaged for sir nights more at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. They appear at the Lyceum Theatre on the 28th inst. During the month of Jannary, 30 books were pub lished in Great Britain, including new editions, pamphlets, and sermons. If we go on at this rate, we shall soon have to enlarge the British Mus:eum. The musical festival, which 1 will assemble in the Exhibition Palace of the Champs Elysees-7,000 musi cians from all points of France -will take place on the 11th, 12th, and 13th March next. Eleven choruses wilt be sung by the united societies There is a s iT afloat that Dejazet's femme de chalnbre' has just died, bequeathing to her mistress a funded sum of 200,000 f., which she confesses was from time to time purloined with the ultimate object of securing to her im provident employer an income of 10,000 f. in her old age. We (Critic) find that the verses quoted by Ml* O'Callaghan as having passed between Lord Byron and Lady Blessington, are printed Murray's edition of Byron's poems published in one volume (1854) This renders Lady Morgan's appropriation of them all the more extraordinary. The Glasgow Citizen says :—" Miss Goddard is one' of those ' bright particular stars' of the theatrical world whom men delight to witness and honour. Modest and natural in her actios, she wins the approbation of the student of Shakspeare for her obedience to one of his most famous precepts." Miss Margaret Eburne, the young actress who made so successful a metropolitan debut at the Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells, in the character of Julia, in "The Hunchback," and sustained the juvenile parts for two _ (Era) hear, about to rejoin that company upon the occasion of Mr. Phelps visiting Berlin and Vienna at the latter part of next month. . seasons there, is, we It is stated that Alfred Tennyson , is busy with the last of the four poems, which will be included in the volume which may be looked for from his hand about March. These will include the history of ➢ierlin's bewitchment by the blandishments of Nemae, the type of wicked womanhood ; ,of the loves of the faithful Eind, example of perfect loving truth in woman ; of the fair maiden of Astolet, who hopelessly loved Launcelot to the death ; and of the repentance of Guinever, of Glastonbury. Mr. E. T. Smith is still preparing for the opening of Drury-lane as an Italian Opera-house. He has engaged Mlle. Titiens, Mlle. Vaneri, Mlle. Elvira Brambilla (front Milan), Mme. Giuseppina Lemaire (a prima donna con— tralto, from the Carlo Felice, Genoa), Mme. Sarolta, Ludovico Graziana, Signor Pietro Mongini (who is spoken of as a first class tenor), Signor Badiali (from the Italian Opera, Paris), Signor Fagotti (a baritone, from La Scala, Milan), Signor Graziani, Signor Itafaelo Laterza (a basso, from La Scala), &c. M. Benedict. is to be the conductor. M. Wieniawski quits us for Paris (says the Literary . . Gaz - ette), just at the moment when his presence among us would have proved moat serviceable. He returns,. however (as we are informed), in time to play at the Monday Popular Concerts on the " Beethoven night,"' which has been postponed for his convenience. Mean— while, a greater than M. Wieniawski is shortly expected, viz ..—Heir Joseph Joachim, who comes armed with a new concerto. Both of these :consummate violinists, if rumour speaks truly, are about to institute quartet-soirees , an their account--Herr Joachim, with a special view to the posthumous quartets of Beethoven. There is every reason to believe that (war or no war) the approaching musical season will be unusually stirring. It is rumoured (says the a•itie) that in consequence of a disagreement between Mr. Charles Dickens and Messrs. Bradbury and Evans a great change will be made with regard to Housthold IVOrds. This publication, as is pretty gener ally known, was founded at the sugges ti on of Mr. - Wills, its present editor, and was intended as a sort of rival to Chambers s: Journal. Mr. Dickens became a a shareholder, and his name is-constantly announced as have v e either its " conductor," although his contributions to its pages have been few and u.mfrequent. Acting under an im... pressiou that it is his name that offers the sole attraction Pro— ot to the public, Mr. Dickens has det ermin e d, i t is said, to withdraw from lituwehold Words, and found ano th er periodical ceedodsofar upon at - a nn si o in in i c la e fr,pn.latiiii,e newand matters journal era taken or in progress of bei n g taken in Wellington-street. 0 on -street. Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, on their part,have resolved t o continue Household TVords, a n d i t . • le whispered that they have endeavoured to prevail u t o become its conductor. '\Vhether 131011 Mr. Th ae k era y in persuading the great Tit marsh they have succeeded marsh to accede to their prayer we‘ are , unable to will have, at their say:, but it is certain that they disposal the whole of the Poach- staff; and it *., -- is confidently stated that they will nvite , the t re urn .to Household Words of Mr. 3r . e°l 'g'9 Au stus Sala, whom witty and suggestive I.ettires of v life and manners formed the. chiefest traction of that publication a few years ago. PARISIAN IR EATRICALS: While Mr. Charles Keam, in London, has been gaining new applause by his adiritable performance. in M. Casi mir Dolavigne's play, "Louis X 1.," his French prede cessor, M. Ligier, has been representing the same king. --not in the same piece, but in a new play by M. Victor. Sojour, entitled " Las grands Vassatkx." - This work is rather an historical picture than a drama, the great object of M. Sejour being the liberation of his hero from the contempt cast - dpon him by ; the earlier poets. He does not, indeed, , make him good, but he makes him grand, and, that the monarch may not be altogether alien from, popular sympathies, au amiable partiality for an illegitimate clang-liter qualifies his less pleasing attributes.. Unlike the drama of M. Delavimne, which, with some approach to the old unities, is cort‘ed to the last hours of the King's lire , M. Seinur's woAk spreads over a long series of years, beginning w ith jaw battle of Monthery, which was fought IR 1465, an d 1 ending with the death of Louis, which took place iii I 1483. The theatre favoured with this piece is the Odeon, so often selected for the production of ,hair dramas by Ipoets of literary pretension, At [ to rds dle c ll