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Tuns DAT, the 31st instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Apsley-buildings, Oldhall-street, 1,500 Tons Pedro Keys GUANO. For samples and analysis, apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and forwood, Merchants ; or to SAMUEL RICKMAN, Broker, Ellt 'o.t[ttllttn THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1859. THE ASSIZES. During the Assizes, we shall publish an Evening Edition, daily, at 5 o'clock, giving the proceedings in both the Civil and Criminal Courts up to the hour of going to press. The trade, in order to secure a supply of papers, must give their orders early each day. THE DAY'S NEWS The House of Commons held a day sitting yester day. Mr. Beamish asked if there was any objection to lay upon the table of the House, the corres pondence which has passed between the President's of the Queen's Colleges in Ireland a_nd the Irish Government, on the question of the residence of the President's in their respective colleges. In reply, Lord Naas said, there was no objec tion, and the correspondence was ordered. Mr. Dunlop moved the second reading of the trial by Jury (Scotland) Bill; and Lord J. Russell moved that the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill be referred to a committee, upon which a con versation ensued, and ultimately it was agreed to refer the bill to a committee, who should decide upon what points information was required, and ask the House for leave to obtain it. Mr. Hadfield moved the second reading of the Admiralty Courts Bill, the object of which he stated to be the throwing open the court to the profession at large, and after a few words from the Attorney-General, who reserved his opinion on the question of compensation, the details of the Bill was read a second time. The House then went into committee on the Markets (Ireland) Bill, and the first thirty-three clauses were agreed to. The Lunacy Regulation Act, and the Parliamentary Voter's Ireland Bill were both read a second time. The Continental news again assumes an unplea sant aspect. The movements of the French govern ment betoken anything but peace. The Paris cor respondent of the Herald, writing on Tuesday night, ays—" The French government have just taken a step which all friends of peace cannot but view with equal alarm and regret. The colonels of the regi ments of infantry have received orders to form a fourth battalion, a measure which is never taken but in time of war. The regiments at present con sist of three battalions, one of which remains at the depot—the fourth battalion is to remain at the depot, and is to consist of the sth and 6th companies of the three first battalions, and two new com panies are to be created in each of the three &stallions de guerre. Such a step fully justifies the distrust which prevails of the sincerity of the French government regarding the coming ( F_ongress, and its adoption during the pre sence Count de Cavour in Paris is highly significant. It would be preposterous to deny that this measure is by far the most alarming that has been taken by Fr ance since the commencement of the year. It shows, however, pretty conclusively that France is in want of men, and confirms the information that reaches me from t authentic sources o that were hostilities to break to-morrow , France would be unable to bring into the field to that of Austria. But what Can . 1) an army equal said of such a measure being taken on the eve of e a Congress P The alarmists never circulat ed assembling of so threatening to the peace of Europ e as this a report of the army by 600 companies, or 80,000 me increase can the public believe in the return of then.'How govern ment to pacific ideas with such a fact staring them in the face ? There are other warlike symptoms, such as t h e re turn of troops from Algeria , and the Italians, with characteristic courage, continue the use of the stiletto A Dr. Vandoni, of Ferrara, suspected of Austrian leanings, is the last victim of the bravi. Count Cavour continues here, where he has ample oppor tunity of witnessing the dismay and consternation of which his ambitious folly is the main cause. He is said to have been greatly satisfied at the result of his trip. No doubt he is. It is said he intends paying a visit to London. The mails from Calcutta to Feb. 24th, and from Hong Kong to Feb. 15th, have been received. The Calcutta Englishman says, the excitement of the rebellion has ceased. The last fortnight had produced nothing stirring. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times gives a deplorable account of the finances of India, and does not see how an Indian bankruptcy can be avoided, as a total deficit of .£7,000,000 may be anticipated in the next few years. For the first time the Governor-General has prepared and published a financial budget. The mutiny expenditure in India alone has been £8,000,000 in excess of the revenue. A sum of £8,000,000 more is wanted for the present year. For the next two years there is no possibility of remittances to England, and as the home expenditure now £5,000,000 a year, a further sum of £10,000,000 must be raised to meet it, mak ing altogether an addition by 1861, of £34,000,000 to the territorial debt. It is, however, the prospect of a permanent deficit which perplexes Indian. politicians. The advices from China state that such a force is being organised for the north as will most probably, if required, suffice to make the Chinese duly ratify the treaty, which there is little doubt they will try to evade, unless our Ambassador is backed by suffi cient forces to make resistance hopeless. The telegraph announced yesterday that the Mar quis of Waterford had been killed whilst hunting. He was thrown from his horse on his return from the chase, the horse h av i ng s hi e d, an d p it c h e d hi m against a wall. He was carried home, but died a few minutes after reaching his own house. The death of the Countess of Harrowby is also announced. She died at her town residence on Tuesday. Another move has been made to add to the com plexity of the Reform Bill debate. Mr. Roebuck has given notice of an amendment to Lord John Russell's resolution. It is a proposition declaring that for the guidance of the House in preparing a Reform Bill, it is expedient to proceed by a series of resolutions, affirming the principles on which such legislation should be based, and defining with pre cision the new franchises to be created, the enlarge ment for extension of existing franchises, and making such further amendment as may be deemed requisite. 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INDIAN WAR AND FINANCE, THESE are subjects which, of necessity, must ever go together. War cannot be carried on without supplies ; and supplies involve a question of finance, very serious, often very ruinous, before all is done. " The sinews of war" are, in fact, its financial resources ; and just in proportion to the activity and energy with which the campaign is carried on, will those resources, generally speaking, become ex hausted. We mainly owe our national debt to our wars; and what a question of finance is there not there ! One of the scourges of war is increased taxation : an after-scourge, often, it is true ; but one which is generally felt fur a long time, after its first infliction. Now, with respect to our Indian war, every suc cessive account we receive from its seat encourages the hope that, gradually subsiding as it continues to do, it will soon be at an end. We have just had assurance made doubly sure, of the conquest, the subjugation of Oude. As many as three hundred and seventy-eight pieces of cannon have been taken there—seven hundred and fifty-six of their forts have been completely levelled—and the army has been dispossessed of nearly a million of their arms of all kinds. The character and extent of these captures go to show how well provided the kingdom must have been for warfare,—how formidable a warlike neighbour we had on our Indian frontier. Still there is more work for our gallant troops to do. The Begum and the Nena, according to the latest advices, were still in the Nepaul territory ; but they do not, it seems, present a very formidable front. Brigadier HORSFORD had just taken fourteen guns from the rebels on the Nepaul frontier ; he was but slightly opposed, and suffered no loss. Tne rebels in Central India, under TANTIA TorEE, were re ported to be making for Pertabgurgh. They had burnt Gassoonda, south-west of Jeerun. A telegram from Indore had brought information that four generals, several other officers, and 600 men of the rebel force, have given themselves up to the Rajah of Bikaneer. The troops of the Punnah Rajah in Bundelcund attacked and defeated a body of rebels at Al6ve. Such are, in substance, the accounts by the last Indian mail. And although they show that the rebellion is not yet entirely at an end, they yet give renewed assurance of its drawing rapidly to a close. And now comes the question of finance unhappily, is in a much worse condition than the For the very vigour with which our troops have encountered the rebels, has had the effect of making all the greater inroad on the resources that have had to be raised to defray the cost of the operations. Some idea may be formed of the state of our Indian finance from the fact, that the expenditure which the struggle has occasioned will not, it is now believed, fall far short of forty millions sterling ! To meet this enormous outlay, recourse has been had, unavoidably, to borrowing. Increased local taxation has had to be imposed also. But borrowing—and borrowing, in the emergency, at a high rate of interest —has been the principal expedient for raising the ways and means ; and now it is ascertained that there will be a deficit to provide for, even over and above the new loan, to the amount of probably ten or , eleven millions more. Nor is this, it seems,'the extent of the difficulty. It is understood that the Indian Exchequer is in a position of very considerable embarrassment, and it is reported that at this present moment in some parts of India the Government have been unable to pay the salaries of their officials in full,—that, in fact, they have for some time paid merely subsistence money. This is a state of things, then, that is certainly not calculated to invigorate the _cutive ; and should its influence unfortunately reach the army. it might have a very disastrous effect. The real condition of Indian finance, therefore, is somewhat alarming, both as respects the present and the future. The debt has been increased by the rebellion to upwards of eighty millions—nearly half of it contracted within the last two years. About twenty millions of this has been raised by loan, in India and in this country. But financial difficulties often propagate themselves, and thereby become more and more formidable, without being acted upon at all from without. And these difficulties, thus augmented, in India, do not appear to have been generally affected at all by the progress of our arms, and the general approaches towards pacification ; for, strange to say, coincident therewith, there has been an increasing deterioration in Indian securities, and an advance of the rate of interest, to the extent of 14 per cent. Of course it is the finances of India to which this state of things belongs. But now that India has been made virtually an integral portion of the British empire, it is impossible not to feel anxiety at home for the liabilities of the Indian Government, or to be quite free from the apprehen sion that they may have eventually to be thrown upon the British nation. This apprehension —the very probability of its being realised—ought to suggest, we cannot but think, a timely examination of the whole financial case. Lord DERBY has promised to submit to Parliament documents bearing upon the whole question, which will enable it to form a better understanding than probably there is at present of THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY', MARCH 31 1869 the real state of the case. It appears to us to be one of those cases in which a timely investigation may be of very great benefit. The very fact that the expenditure is still increasing, and exceeding the yearly revenue, were of itself sufficient to demand inquiry. To put off an examination of the matter, under such circumstances, will only be to complicate the difficulty, and aggravate the mischief. As a contemporary has well observed— " after struggling on for a year or two, in the vain hope of nursing resources which are hopelessly deficient, the Indian Minister will do at last what he ought to have done at first, and will tell Parliament the plain truth, that it has but thi s option before it—either to let India go, or to rein force her credit and restore her revenues by a frank acknowledgment of the ultimate liability of the Imperial Exchequer. Meanwhile, every year of delay will add to the burden, and the new six per cent. loans which may possibly be raised in the interval will be so many additional millstones about the neck of the Indian Administration. It is well to be wise even at the eleventh hour ; but it is far bet ter to be wise in time."* pnnity,"—that " there is no gratitude for past ! services, no Compassion for present want, no protec tion against future suffering : down goes the indi vidual to the grave ; and the best wish of the country —or, indeed, of his friends—is that his descent may be as rapid as his rise was rough, and his elevation insecure." And, although Mr. COLLINS has not yet, we are happy to know, fulfilled the former of these fates, yet he has, in a measure, realised the next "best wish"—having fallen from his high estate, as the aforesaid, " man of steamships," and fallen, it is to be feared, like Lucifer, " never to rise again." The republican reflections on such contrasts as those must naturally be bitter ones. Well may they, with mortification, have to record—as we find it done in the journal from which we have already quoted —that, "while the British Government, surrounded as it is by absurd conventionalities and hampered by, antique prejudices, is quick to discern and ready to reward the special services of its subjects in the arts, or literature, or commerce, or anything that tends towards the progress and developement of the world, we, boasting of our youth, our strength, our independence of old forms and ceremonies, our admitted superiority in many of the useful arts, and our valuable contributions to the scientific world, either allow our representative men to lan guish in obscurity, or push them out of the paths that they have made towards the fame and fortune to which their labours entitle them." And more, and worse than all, in so far as public princi ple, and national honour are concerned, that, "as for our statesmen, they have quietly pocketed the spoils, rewarded their friends, fomented sectional dis cords, in order to feather their own nests, and allow art, literature, mechanics, and commerce to take care of themselves !" Such, it appears on their own showing, is the "model republic !" God grant the day may never come, that England is to be induced to make that model hers ! REPUBLICAN INGRATITUDE IN using this phrase, as the heading of a few ob servations upon a matter of passing interest, we are not ourselves inventing it for the occasion. We have before us a recent issue of one of the most popular of the public journals of republican America, which, after referring to several instances of the republic's ungrateful treatment of men who had conferred great benefits upon their country, and con trasting their cases with those of several English worthies who had been honourably rewarded for their public services, declares :—" We could cite many more examples, not only of republican ingratitude, but of positive meanness ; but these are enough for our purpose. That is, to show that between the politi cians quarrelling for the spoils, and a want of proper appreciation and mercantile honour among our people, our best men are often forced to the wall." This is the contrast, in such matters, between a monarchy' and a republic. It has long been a pro verb, that "republics are ungrateful." They always were, and, it would appear, they always will be. The occasion of such a contrast being drawn, just at this moment, by the American journal we refer to, is that of quoting an intimation in the English papers of its being the intention of her Majesty to bestow a mark of honourable distinction upon one in whom the Americans cannot but take a deep interest. " There is a simple announcement," it is remarked, •' in the news by the last European steamer to the effect that Mr. CUNARD, the founder of the Cunard steam-ships, is about to receive from the hands of the Queen the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom. The circumstance is one of many of a similar nature ; and, by contrast, they should put our people and our Government to the blush." Herein, then, lies the ingratitude ; and in this particular instance it is the more glaring, because there happens to be in the United States men occupying a very similar position to Mr. CUNARD, whose treatment certainly does present a most unfavourable contrast. One could scarcely expect that the well-known Ameri can jealousy' of the decided success of the British line of steam-ships which bear that gentleman's name, would ever allow an American journalist to say very much—at least very impartially—in praise either of the achievement, or of him by whose enterprise and energy it was accomplished. It is confessed, however, that " the Cunard Line is well managed,"—that " during sixteen years its voyages have been made with commendable regula rity,—that it possesses the confidence of the mercantile, and the travelling community "—and that, "in a business point of view it pays." It is further declared, that " the British people point with commendable pride to the CUNARD ships as a British institution— a thing to be quoted, and upheld, and defended, in season and out of season, like the British Consti tution, and the British Museum, and the British Parliament, and all other matters that our Eng lish cousins especially delight to honour,"—and that " this public feeling, reacting upon the Govern ment, makes Mr. CUNARD, the man of steam ships and of trade, a Baronet." All this is acknowledged, and evidently with a latent feeling of mortification ; for there is betrayed, in the manner of the acknowledgment, if not in its very terms, a soreness that it should be an English affair, and not an American, where so great a triumph had been achieved by " a man of steam ships and of trade," and achieved, too, in an undertaking to which American energy had been unequal. "It is not much, perhaps," adds the writer, "in our view, for Mr. Cunard to be a Baronet; but it is a great deal in England, and is a most significant mark of recognition for special services." And this is everything. The honour, the reward, is one which a republic could not, in fact, bestow, were it grateful enough to desire it. But the treatment of " special services," of a similar kind, by the republic of the United States, rendered for the public good, and to the credit of the country, by one of its own citizens, does certainly present a most disreputable contrast. Well might they be asking, when they heard of the inten tion to do honour to Mr. CUNARD, " What have we done for our European steamship proprietor, Mr. What, indeed, but lure him on to his ruin ; and then stand by and see him sink, Without one hand stretched out to save him ! "He estab lished," it is now recounted, "in the face of difficul ties which Mr. CUNARD never encountered—a line of ocean steamers. They were unequalled in the previous history of naval architecture. They were larger, swifter, more commodious, and more beauti ful, than the Cunard ships. They made for American ships a world-wide reputation. Englishmen were forced to acknowledge these facts. We were, after our manner, proud of them. We wrote poetry about them. We wrangled with the English on the questions of time, and model, and machinery. In fact, we did everything but pay for them. Congress gave a subsidy, and then, through the efforts of Philadelphian and other provincial jealousies, with drew it, and refused to pay a portion of the mail money. That was the first blow for Mr. COLLINS. Subsequently, rival proprietors of steamships under mined and underbid him. He was thrust aside, after years of toil, and his ships laid up to rot. His services to the republic are matters of history ; others reap the profits and he suffers the losses accruing from them." Such is the native account of Mr. COLLINs's case,—the American "man of steam-ships and of trade." And what a contrast ! Is it not only too true, then, that republics are ungrateful ? Well may COLLEY GRATTAN declare, in his " Civilised America," which we have more than once had occasion to refer to lately, that it "is not the country where a public and a poor man may meet misfortunes with im- CourNs * Saturday Roview, THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL THE fate of this luckless measure is still undecided. " He is a wise child," says the proverb, " that knows his own father." And, verily, did this most un happy offspring of a Conservative Cabinet ever pass through the ordeal to which it has been so eagerly sought to introduce it, it would assuredly come forth in such a mutilated shape, that its parents could never recognise a lineament of their own bantling. However, this at any rate has come to pass,—we have had the whole questionkof Parliamentary Reform thoroughly discussed in the House of Commons. Ministers have certainly not shrunk from that ; which is more than could be said of their predecessors in office for several Administrations back. And the principle is an incontrovertible one, that whoever is afraid of submitting any question, civil or religious, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with truth. But then, even in free discussions, there are generally difficulties to be encountered which militate seriously against the interests of both truth and justice. " We assemble Parliaments and Councils," was the remark of Dr. FRANKLIN, " to have the benefit of their collected wisdom ; but we necessarily have, at the same time, the inconveniences of their collected passions, prejudices, and private interests." And this long debate on Parliamentary Reform has assuredly been no exception to the rule. We remarked, in a former article, on the manifest want of agreement there was, among both the two great parties now contending for different kinds and degrees of Reform in Parliament, as to what should be the particular kind and degree which it would be proper and safe and beneficial to pass. In the ranks of the Liberals, and in those of the Conservatives, it is just the same. All are Reformers now—or profess to be ; yet not only does one party, as such, differ widely from the other, but individual members of both parties differ so much, that without some great compromise, some liberal concessions on all sides, it will be impossible, at present, it is evident, to pass any measure of Reform whatever. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had a motive of his own in saying, as he did . so emphatically the other night—" Even at this moment, whatever may be the difficulties created and increased by this pro longed discussion, I do not think . that I ever saw in this house, on the whole, considering all the elements of which this House . is composed, more disposition now, in this Parliament, immediately, in this Session, to pass a Bill which would command the confidence of every party in the House." It is true, there may be the " disposition ;" but then the various tempers of mind of which it is made up, the different objects in view to which it looks forward, would make its being reduced to practice a very difficult, if not a most impossible affair, in any such way, at least, as to issue in the adoption of " a Bill which would command the confidence of every party in the House." Sir JAMES GRAHAM himself illus trated this, in a single observation that fell from him afterwards. " What," he asked, " are the doctrines of the democratic party in this country ? 1 What are the great landmarks of republican institu tions ? I say distinctively they are manhood or universal suffrage, equal electoral districts, and vote by ballot. The President of the United States, in his inauguration address, stated that the Republic rested on the ballot-box. I do not intend to argue that question. I do not think, however, that I have misstated the real danger to be apprehended." Of course we are to understand, that Sir JAMES himself —as are, no doubt, a majority of Parliament— is opposed to this popular doctrine. But how could a Reform Bill " command the confidence of every party in the House," if that doctrine were not fully and fairly embodied in its principles ? And so like wise of other varieties of political sentiment and purpose. There is no question, perhaps, in which there are involved more of such varieties. The House itself, therefore, must deal with the important subject, untrammelled by any dictation from one quarter or another, whether ministerial or otherwise. The country wants a liberal measure, though a safe one; and the House must itself make the best endeavour it can to satisfy the country. There was great force in what Mr. GLADSTONE said, on Tuesday night, as to the advantages which the present Government have in dealing with this question, arising, perhaps, from their peculiar posi tion with the House. "I think, indeed," he said, " that the claims of her Majesty's Government can be carried one point further. Having a Reform Bill now before the House, and the second reading of the bill being proposed, they have a claim on those members of the House—and I am one—who have been a party to the numerous miscarriages and disappointments which have occurred, to do nothing beyond what is absolutely necessary to intercept the progress of the Bill." But, of course, this pre supposes that such a Bill would be made out of it as would be satisfactory. And this is just the issue in which the country is really interested. The attempt on Monday night to cut short the discussion met with little favour from either side of the House. "It was all very well," as one member-' observed, " for the great guns to go off night after night, but they should recollect that there were other members who, though they were not of the same calibre, had constituents, and wished to justify the vote they were about to give to them, as it was probable they would soon appear before them." And several others having demurred to the proposal to close the debate, in somewhat similar terms, the , Chancellor of the Exchequer at once observed, " that' on an occasion of this kind the general feeling of the House ought to be consulted, and he would not press the termination of the debate against the general feeling." It was then rendered probable, therefore, that it might occupy the remainder of the week. On Tuesday night the wish was eagerly ex pressed, that it might close to-night (Thursday.) " Hon. gentlemen on both sides must see," said the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, " that when a debate arose upon a subject of great interest and im portance, it would be impossible for him to oppose the legitimate claims of those me tubers who were anxious to take part in it. But he had received a great many communications —not confined by any means to gen tlemen on his own side—upon that subject; and, after having weighed all the circumstances as far .as he could, he really thought it a fair course to propose, and one likely to meet with the general approval of the House, that they should come to a decision on the question at issue on Thursday next, and he should himself, as far as he could, endeavour to carry out that arrangement." Later on, however, this was so strongly demurred to, that it is scarcely The debate now probable it can be carried out stands adjourned to this evening. THE COITRT The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompainied by Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, left Osborne at 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Hon. Mary Bulteel, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge, the Master of the Household, and Major Elphinstone, crossed in the Fairy, Royal Steam Yacht, to Gosport, and travelled by a special train on the South Western Railway to the private station at Vauxhall. The Queen was escorted by a party of Light Dragoons to Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty arrived at a quarter before seven o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Purves, were present in the House of Commons during part of the debate on Tuesday evening. The Ceylon Times understands "that the Pearl Necklace subscription so long in abeyance, has at length been appro priated, though not in the manner originally intended. Sir Charles MacCarthy will, we are told, be the bearer of Lankas' Gift' to the Princess Royal of England, now the Princess Frederick William of Prussia. It will consist of a richly worked silver box, mounted on an elegantly carved ebony pedestal, and surmounted by the gold elephant, already alluded to as the intended gift. Beside the elephant will be placed a pair of bracelets set with the choicest pearls from the Arippo Fishery ; and the whole will be encased in a richly carved ebony cabinet. The Calcutta Phcanix says : —" A ball was given on the 2nd instant by his Highness Prince Golam Mahomed to the Right Hon. Lady Canninc , and the Gover nor -G enera l, who arrived about half-past ° nine with their suite, Major Bowie, Major Bouverie, the Hen. Capt. Stanley, Capt.Banng, &c. The Lieutenant-Governor with his suite arrived some what later. The civil service and the military were well represented. A guard of honour of her Majesty's 99th Regiment audits band were in attendance, playing alternately with a private band. Their Highnesses Prince Golam Mahomed, his son Prince Feroze Shah, and other Mysore princes conducted Lady Canning and the Governor-General to the ball-room ; supper was partaken at about 11 o'clock, supplied by Messrs Wilson and Company. Dancing was kept up till three o'clock. We read in the Glasgow Daily Mail, under the head of Perth, "Mr. Millais was kind enough to ask a large num ber of his friends and admirers to his studio, on Wednesday and Thursday last, for the purpose of seeing two pictures, which he intends sending to the Royal Academy Exhibition, which opens in May. These pictures are—' Digging the Grave of a Carthusian Nun.' and ' View in an Orchard, with Apple Trees in full bloom.' Into this last picture a number of young ladies are introduced, but the picture was still unfinished. The effect of twilight in the grave-digging scene is very beautiful, and true to nature. The apple blossom is a work of great labour, but as it was unfinished, it would be wrong to say anything about it." A PRESENT FROM CEYLON TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL.--- Pakier Tamby's gold and jewelled box, surmounted by an elephant, is, after all, to form the main portion of the present to the Princess Royal. A pair of rich pearl bracelets is to be added. The old jeweller told us last evening that he looked more to the honour than to the profit of the transaction, intimating that he had parted with the box below its value. But then, when the Queen and Princess ask, " Who made this box ?" the reply will be, " Pakier Tamby, of Ceylon !---the same wh ose wor k mans hip, exhi bited at Paris, received honourable mention." And so, he says, his old age will be crowned with honour. A photograph of the old gentleman, in cashmere shawl and full dress, would form no bad accompaniment to the present—Ceylon Observer. THE DELHI F J The foil n.dv- RIZE Lowing advertise ment appears in the Calcutta papers :---" Hamilton and Company have the honour to announce that they have been favoured with the commands of the prize agents, Ma' Edward F. Campbell, Bart., -and Major Charles R. Wal ford, to submit to public and unreserved sale by auction, the remaining portion of the Delhi prize jewels. These magnificent jewels are now on view at Messrs. Hamilton and Company's showrooms. They comprise several very beautiful large pearl necklaces in single and double rows of fine colour and quality, con nected with emerald beads and drops, and with pure diamond pendants, or door Bookies ; many diamond necklaces, or haurts, of the best Hindostanee style, set in enammelled gold, with pearls, rubies, and emerald fringes and tassels ; magnificent diamond armlets, or bajoos, pearl bracelets, diamond and pearl goolbunds or necklets ; beau tiful gold and enamelled chumpskullys, set with large white diamonds of first quality; pearl sauth norry, or seven row necklaces with diamond namms, singaras, and jugnoos ; pearl toirah with brilliant diamond, emerald, and ruby ornament, &c., &e., &c. The sale will take place on Mon day, the 14th of February next; and the attention of native princes, rajahs, the gentry of India, and the mer chants, is respectfully invited to this rare display of very costly ornaments, which offer an opportunity for very advaatageous purchases. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD. WATERFORD, Wednesday.—The Marquis of Waterford was killed last evening while hunting. (From the Clonmel Examiner.) CLONMEL, Wednesday Noon.—The only particulars that have reached here yet are, that the Marquis of Waterford was thrown from his horse yesterday, when returning from hunting. The horse shied and he was pit c h e d against a stone wall. He was carried home, where he died in a few hours from the injuries ho received. (From the Kilkenny )loderator.) This melancholy event, which ;lust be esteemed a national calamity, took place,on Tuesday afternoon, whilst his lord ship was hunting with his own hounds. The meet was at Castlemorris, County of Kilkenny. More than.one hunt had taken place, when, at Copbelly, midway between Castle morris and Carrick-on-Suir, on leaping a small fence, half bank half wall, not much more than two feet high, the Marquis's horse missed his hind legs on the bank, dropped his fore legs into a small cut on the other side, which threw the animal on its knees and nose, so that his lordship was thrown off on his face—his hunting cap having a dinge in the top, but there being no cut or bruise on the head. On being lifted up, he was placed in a sitting position, but was entirely unconscious, and never afterwartl s spoke. He lived about ten minutes, and the only sir a o f life was, that he drew up one of his legs and sighed. _lmme diately after this, however, Dr. O'Ryan, of Carrie', K , w h o had been engaged in the hunt, was immediately in atten dance, and pronounced that life was extinct, anrl. th a t d ea th had been caused by concussion of the brain, DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF HA:RROWBY. —We have to announce the demise of the Coun!..ess of Harrowby, who expired on Tuesday, at the farc . ay mansion in Grosvenor square, after a painful illness of several weeks' duration. The deceased countess was ilaupter of John, first Marquis of Bute, by his second. marriage with Frances, second daughter of Mr. Tholras Coutts, and was sister of the late Lord Dudley Stuart,. Her ladyship was married on the 15th of SeptembP.;r, 1823, to the Earl of Harrowby, then Viscount San?..Lon, by whom she leaves surviving issue Viscount S,andon, M.P. By the lamented decease of this estimable lady, many families of distinction are placed in mourning, LOCAL INTELLIGENCV, was THE WEATHER.—Yesterday afternoon, snow "— in London, accompanied with rain and sleet. n•ff Of THE AMERICAN Mems.—The screwsterner 1-ith 4'J the Baltimore sailed for New York direct yesterdah United States' mails and about 100 passengers. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1325 L ee : pleased to add the name of Mr. George Id`Cnre u " Newton, to the commission of the peace fo r the eourtY:,,„ill THE BOGOTA. CASE.—The trial of Mitchell, the 6 T, , 0 engineer of the Bogota, is fixed for ten o'c lock to-orr°,o the Crown Court, before Mr. Justice Willes. T- 14 encrineer has not, as yet, surrendered to his bail. s ter HE Loss OF THE VESTA.—By advices received Fecied day, it appears that the crew of the Vesta, which Nin o , t ie while on her passage from Liverpool to Sin, ag po re,. 11th of January, had arrived at Japan after being teef in the open boat . ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—Yesterday, George a sailor, 24 years of age, died in consequence eqiioo received on the Ist March, on board the Niagara. . c or Hardman, aged 65, died in the Royal Infirmary, ul sequence of dislocation of his ankle. h PALMER'S PATENT PUMP.—Another trial, pletely establishes the, patent power of this Pun i fhpriie . place, a few days ago, on board the steamer lit`ro, This experiment was as to the capabilities of the eng l f a fire pump. It was worked by a donkey . eng il r ° in t i° power, and threw two tons of water a minute 1 0 , - 4 , and a half inch hose, which would fill any ship, t !f• Gooder.ool4-, in a few minutes. We have already spoken on several occasions, and recorded its wonderful per, • 3 1. and every day proves its excellence; and, in from only again to say that it must become universP vast superiity. AN EXA or MPLE WORTHY OF IMITATION.- - T he John Jones, of Crown-street, bequeathed in his wil l t o ber s i of £5O, to be divided amongst fifty of the p o orest.r i . re", of the United Methodist Free Churches in the ; - 11- e stl ee . circuit. Last evening the executors met Rurterestall chapel to distribute tlis legacy, and a most ' 11 ;1 1 0 13°5 1 spectacle was presented. The recipients were for t i i i s gi n " part poor widows far advanced in years, to wh01 n ,,,1 3 6 6 7 though small, was most accepti ble. The ladies in $ l e " with the chapel had generously provided tea, 311 40 Re' happy and appropriate address was .delivered 13Y John Peters. ,00 do t NEW LINE OF CLIPPERS BETWEEN Liltw - Tat e ';1 1 NEW ZEALAND.—We are glad to be able to alle ° d in / ' an eminent firm in the emigration trade is about to , v e : a first class clipper every month from Liverpool t he t p Zealand. The first departure will be on or about, „a of May, and the vessels will afterwards be d.latti7-reigfic); that punctuality which has always characteriseu traders between Melbourne and Liverpool, and gt i o " rigo t y' notoriety for Liverpool clippers. We hope th e ,A11 0 ,,1 - 10 will meet with the encouragement it deserves: ell-de, Mersey will take a portion of the New Zealaner rli the Thames has so long monopolised. THE LIME-STREET SUPPER-ROOMS.-- Bendano, and Mr. Baxter, keepers of T sli e l:P teert 7 i r i t ' ll ei l l Lime-street, and who have had bills of indic" - jje A a. against them before the Recorder for keep i n g o houses, appeared before Mr. Mansfield 4 a re ) 0, bail for their appearance. Mr. Bendano's ba gua Samuel Whitby, joiner, of Lord-street, Everto, ol e eo John Coates, of Plumpton-street, Evertors, s e Ow, maker, and Mr. Baxter's bail were Mr. 4 0 ,0,0 re Theatre Royal Tavern, Williamson-squa, 0 011 04_ Thomas Greenall, painter, 21, Sefton-terrace , 7 4 The securities were approved of and taken by , 11 ,' s e oi SERGEANT-MAJOR CHEW.—Sergeant-Major uli fer of Antrim Militia, has been appointed Quartere las ,: c eri ll o Antrim Artillery. This officer commenced his,e3" atY 52nd Regiment, and saw a good deal of ser v ' ee ,: e ivc'l resent at the battle of Waterloo and r e "„A(1 0 „ t r aterloo medal, a good conduct medal, and 3103„r, from his own officers. On a recent occasion ,_b sented by the officers of the Antrim Rifles wit ° ; if en t ) cent tea-service . and a purse of sovereigns, and ; i f en promotion he has further received a valuable g er o f iri j and chain.—Belfast paper. [Mr. Chew is brot h o ble Inspector Chew, of our police force ; a very r es P ec deserving officer.] : our 10 A NEW ENCYCLOPJEDIA.—It will be seen a l be ts tising columns, that Messrs. W. and R. Ch aril- cto s ef. announced a New Encyclopaedia. The prosPAe-r esf d i before us, states that the work has been n flue cb e preparation for several years. It will be th e co' Encyclopaedia ever published, and one of the I n° : o lPb e s ei hensive. It will be expressly a dictionary in °T3- o f l e oit i as distinguished on the one hand from a cluse e r , i , , c tioY treatises, and on the other form a combination 0,""c0000 of special branches of knowledge. Mes srs ' ecli tc. o announce it as the crowning contribution of it s , 00 cheap literature ; a work designed in a sPe ei „%le• OP, equally in its construction and price, for the le git ek e THE REV. A. MURSELL AT HOPE HALL. ---". leC - the Rev. A. Mursell, of Manchester, delivered a N o Hope Hall ; his subject being " Sermons in Stcale:citotrp attendance was pretty large, and the lecturer se e % tb P ol entire satisfaction to his audience. We could wi sh O. of would deal less in slang phrases, but this feclinfotiiteriy sorry to say, is becoming very prevalent wi th 111 5 e". 11 the gospel, who lecture to the working el3s 11/ lecturers, who. may be placed in the category o f d o r e l Preachers," seem to think the minds of the it 0 0 classes of our population cannot grasp a subje e ';bis W„ t o' elucidated to them in every day Tanjua'e , h i g # t be - f Ii : P A - • assure them is a mistake ; yet we are afraid "'" tinue in their ways, and give us no credit for o gr t be Pl e il lit e THE BURNING OF THE EASTERN CITY.- - , 11 0 91 0 1 stances in connection with the burning ef . $ l/- 1 0 , ship will be in the recollection of our re , w e 'Yer e ' t teo' valuable services rendered by the captain of th e n forg r of , man, in rescuing her passengers, will not have be : 4 yest e t pul The Cape Argus, of the 15th ultimo, recei l rolO n ,e, contains the following The captain of the i oui so e, as soon as he arrives in Englanu/A GlPt ie t merchants in Liverpool, M an chester,,, 0 00 v, Ciy, 1 of l'.--Vaiter4r t , is to recei,' rescmng the sufferers on boar the burnt s . 11 l e af from a horrible death. The Merchantman wi t to Bay for England, probably to-day weU l` regre a,dwhOS oa 4 ,' 11r T yesterday, after a very long and severe illness•aostelit'a remember the kind att en ti ons w hi c h the untb rt b oa es gers of the Eostern City met with whilst 011 0 ,c1- 11 Merchantman, will sympathise' w ith the , commander in this his hour of bereavement',"? 0 0 1 i death is here announced rendered 11 SO their, aid to the passengers of the Eastern City, wile lib d eb the on board the Merchantman, and wr m eltu d , r ei the distribution of h er w a r d ro b e a s to leave suvreo of proper clothing, from which it is state d 6 . 0 health, and never rallied. We are quite s,elm,,zirriel will join in the sympathy expressed by the t' a ee ldi THE LIVERPOOL REFORM CLUB. ' lle lub' ll° ; f 11 took place on Tuesday evening last at the c c ba' a ' t io Clayton-square. Mr. J. R. Jeffery in. n t ,, li p e c t subject for debate was, as announced, ivelv o jell and, althongh the number , in attendance W,7 1 , of 41 311 than usual, yet neither was there an y la ° t pausity of speakers, and the debate was key of ,„ 11 ; t utmost animation. The disadvantag es helllot taxation being exemplified by statistics, 6 0 0 01 while the working man paid taxes toter cla- 4 .4 1t about 70 per cent. on his income, the W il g eaelel only after the rate of 74 per cent., which, 1,1,, ,t the expenses of collection were to an extent belief. That the'present system eng of talcs" smuggling, which was the natural result ; to e t speaker proposed a mixed taxation saYelly ilttb a necessary, and tob a cco as a luxury— . t ha time preferring to ta x a ll luxuries, virh e ' e . or ope wealthy classes would be made to bear a pithr'reteL burden of the taxation of the country. the the receipt stamp tax it was argued that 111- ,n3ac pays more in proportion to the merchant, at an d g rc transactions of the one are smaller in am ell f or eac h number, while the stamp was the sol e ced Income Tax v tous and inquisitorial ; that the system e as at resent levied, was dal bad In and badly applied; that to be surcharge d i Sar„criPgpt much as to appeal was only to ask the sur esse d Itt to to confirm openly that which he had ass eut itied that upon all surcharges the assessor wit s _ „ r actis o , tentage, and that he was legally entitled tu_rtt-ro.tial,e zation to an unlimited extent. yarions_toriy brought forward on both sides, and ev ‘ e: : , , was adjourned till next Friday evening' 91' Two women and a man, the latter a d tb cheeslauTi. ref fabNrsuoespmwinreitenahssesteilpemaatl magistrates Sou t h Sh e i Shields, d a s , chargehave o b f c b e e n i n co l .. e c rjl o lic ile er f r i o t . I°4 e j to a s n o mm r . acc t o e m n pelaitcteise_dineaitleare, recent robb ery 4 $ owo Snaitb• oelle ,itit On Monday evening, Mr. Flanigan wa s „ the ‘,-, 0 /1 4h l c e o e n ti f ir es e si i o n n t a te ,N , e w A C olanrcgert linuarrill,bßeroltonyur fin v ° i s o w f 0 : ld °1/l io a t ;11 e :b o ll:d il obtained possession of the Hall, and lecturer to speak. The clamour reached sn 7 c or d i a number of police were called in, an d the 131 1 p i l f the meet' ino• he t of t piAt II 0. ande l be '•-tv A CURs Comparnityr.----.A. corresP • ac e ,all'A castle Chronicle writes --" Not matlY dayss;‘, hilslfeeriss fl of e D lit ur a h t a ß m is h b c_t s, d rt number of foxes couveie" in boxes, and afterAu ctkhlealuderfrroiTme arrived avternthes-stsahtio_ea;iciootc:_ t o ' l l ,l not being satisfied with his confinement ;`,aricicfoitte,, expedition, gave vent to his impatience by A aa •,05 t i bark attracted the attention of the bystandel-54 o dic ye p some management on the part of the. fk;ar gonsl9 make the sly gentleman silent. This aulw caused several curious comments," ,--...010..- ---- , e udere,