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'Under no circumstances can we insert col accomnanied by the author's real name and a aril) , for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—THIS DAY, ROYAL AMPHITHEATI HENGLER'S CIRQUE YARIETE—MiSeeIIaIIf THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street laneous Attractions. Attractions. Royez, COLLOSS advertisements c r-tortbtrit Eintrls MONDAY, MA]? CH 28, 1859. -O. 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 Under the head of latest telegrams will be found a digest of Indian news, brought by the Calcutta mail of the 22nd February. The news is satisfactory. Throughout Oude tranquility continued to prevail, and the disarming of the provinces continued to progress with satisfaction. Up to the 12th ult., 378 cannons, and 975,000 stand of arms had been secured. The rebels in Central India under Tantia Topee, were reported to be making for Tortabjurah. On the 17th of February they were at Antoolah, and burnt Gassoonda on the 19th. A telegram from Indore states that four generals and several officers, and 600 men of the rebel force had given them selves up. _ Dates from Hong Kong to the 13th of February and from Canton to the 11th, have also been received It is stated that Admiral Seymour Lord for the to return to England on the Elgin was preparing an expedition exploration of the Perl River. At Hong Kong the business going forward in manufactures had somewhat improved, but the export market was dull and freights not active. Exchange on London was quoted at 4s 61d to 4s 7, 1 ,d. At Shanghae the prices of both teas and silks were advancing. Freights to London for tea 30e., and silks 70s. The Continenal news is almost wholly confined to rumours respecting the approaching Congress. The latest of these state that the place of meeting 7641 be Baden, and that the Plenipotentaries, it is °ell eved, will be Lord Malmesbury, Count Walewski, Prince Gertschakoff, Count Buol. and for Prussia, Baron Sehle i • • natz The Italian States will be indirectly represented. It is stated that the first meeting will not take place until after the closing of the Paris C onference on the Danubian Principalities question, which be held in the beginning of The Paris telegram of Saturdayensuing month, states that Count Cavour had a rivate interview with the Emperor on that dayi and that the visited Sardinian Premier afterwards d Prince and Princess Napoleon and Count Walewski, Paris Presse of Saturday says, co n fid en tly, that The . it was the mission of Lord Cowl e y that made the Congress possible. The iik9na Gteur of Saturday declares that the publication in the .Armonia of the 2nd inst. of a summary of a despatch alleged to have emanated from the Duke de Gram mont is wholly false, and without any foundation, whilst everybody here believes that peace will be secured by the proposed congress. The Paris cor respondent of the Herald draws attention to the fact that the French Government appears determined to caution the public not to place too much reliance on the success of the negotiations which are about to commence. It is asserted that one of the divisions of the army of Lyons has received orders to march to the south. The Mediterranean squadron has been ordered to take on board provisions for six months; and another division bas been ordered home froin Algiers, to swell the future army of the Alps. night He adds :—lt is even said that four frigates have sailed from Toulon to embark the troops, and though. I am unable to confirm this from my private informa tion, I have no doubt the statement is correct. These preparations for war, carried on simultaneously with the efforts of diplomacy to prevent the disturbance of the peace of Europe, perplex and agitate the public mind. The Government papers are instructed to say, a great change has come over the spirit of the country, and that the vaunts of the German papers have roused the dormant military instincts of the nation. In Paris you may rest assured nothing of the kind has taken place, and I see no reason for believing that the provinces do not in this respect thoroughly agree with Paris. People are all the more sensible of the blessings of peace for having been in danger of losing it, and the expression of public feeling has been so unmistakeable that I cannot bring myself to believe, not withstanding the preparations and the blus tering tone of the semi-official papers, that there is any serious intention on the part of the Govern ment of disappointing the hopes Ito which the -an nouncement of the Congress has given rise. The public, however, as yet have not completely re covered from the panic of the last three months— and the military movements which are daily taking place considerably retard the complete restoration of confidence. Between the war and peace rumours, and the vacillations of the semi-official papers, the public are yet uncertain as to whether the issue Is meant to bepeace or war. The Times publishes letters from its correspon- Vienna, and Turin. dents at Pali the semi-official journals seem for the present quietly to drop the evacuation of Lombardy, and to content themselves with the cessation of the undue influence of Austria in Central Italy. At Vienna, there is an ardent desire far peace, but Austria will go to_war rather than cede any part of At Paris to Sardinia At Turin the news of the projected Congress has vous shock to the war party. Orders for preparing certain large buildings for the reception of troops have been countermanded. been c In Savoy an opposition candidate has beaten the ministerialist by 350 votes to 130. The Paris correspondent of the Times expresses an opinion favourable to a pacific issue, if each of the Powers enters the proposed Congress without mental reservation, and if no fresh complications occur in the meantime. It is reported that the French government will allow the Neapolitan exiles to pass through France to Piedmont. The debate on the Reform Bill has taken a course that appears to have bewildered all parties. The speech of Lord Palmerston on Friday night has put all previous calculations out of view, and none seem now to understand what course the ministry can adopt. The Press of Saturday tells the Government that their duty to the country is clear, as was in the main correctly, " though somewhat offensively," stated by Lord Palmerston. " They, assuming goverment as a re cognised and acknowledged minority of the House of Commons, undertook to bring in a reform bill." It adds, " they have redeemed their pledge, and the Home, in recognition of the fact, are willing, nay desirous, of aiding them in carrying it. We say, then, that the mere assent to the resolution proposed by Lord John Ru.siell need, and ought not, to involve the resignation of the Government, still less the dissolution of Parliament." The Globe, after fully reviewing the position of the question says :—" What shall we do with it P" is indeed a Cabinet question. The course recommended by Lord Palmerston is the most simple if not the most pleasant solution. Next to carrying the second reading, the best thing for Ministers would be to take- the resolution with thanks, and throw themselves upon the mercy of the House. Is this what they will do with it ? The will be resumed to-night, unless the Govern ment should adopt the course pointed out by the Globe, which is not improbable. debate The steamer Jura arrived here yesterday, from New York, with two days later news, and conveying some important intelligence from Mexico. The par ticulars will be fouud elsewhere. As also will the the details of the news received by the Australian mails which arrived on Saturday. THE LONG DEBATI TEM debate on the Government Refor al Bill has dragged its weary way through one entire week, and will this evening enter into another. It is, in fact, a debate, althqugh ostensibly upon the measure pro posed by Her Majesty's Ministers, yet one which is virtually upon the whole question of Parliamentary representation ; and a wider field for discussion could not, perhaps, be found, in the whole range of politics. Now, as respects those forensic displays, of which, ever and anon, one House of Parliament or the other is the arena, they are occasions, or ought to be, of great value, as well as interest, to the nation, from the opportunities which they afford of enlightening mind upon the subjects under considera such as involve principles of more or less importance to the common weal. the pu tion, which ar generally LOCKE, we think, it is that says of such an occasion, that " it is a way that men ordinarily use, to induce others to submietheir judgments, and receive their opinions, by requiring them to admit what they allege as a proof, or to assign a better." This, at any rate, is the theory. Well would it be for us all, were it invariably the practice also,—were it really, as it should be, to diffuse a light over the understanding, in our inquiries after truth, and not merely to fur nish the tongue with the means of disputation and controversy. But then there are the passiots, the prejudices, and the purposes of party to be encoun tered,—there is that to which too many are ever ready to give up what was meant for mankind. Still it is in debate that even political questions are to be thoroughly . sifted. And although, during that we now refer to, it has doubtless been found as diffi cult as ever to " convince a man against his will,"-- that is, against his party predilections, or his party —yet there is as little doubt that not only the merits and demerits of the Ministerial measure, but the bearings of the whole question of Parliamen tary Reform, are better understood both by the House and the country than was the case a week interests There is another most material consideration, in reviewing such a debate as that which is now absorb ing the attention of the House of Commons. Are they who engage in it all of one mind as to the end to be attained ? Is it such a reform as shall really be a change from worse to better in the system, in its integrity, in which it is to be effected ; or, on the other hand, is it to be but the means to an end far beyond, and utterly regardless of, that system altogether ? Is the object to preserve the monarchical Constitution to which it apper- tarns, or to change it for something more ,re publican ? Very forcibly do the remarks of an eminent writer on Political Philosophy apply to our as it is in this point of view presented to us, when he says,—" Upon questions of Reform, the habit of reflection to be encouraged, is a sober com parison of the Constitution under which we live— not with models of speculative perfection, but with the actual chance of obtaining a better. This turn of thought will generate a political dis position, equally removed from that puerile ad miration of present establishments, which sees no fault, and can endure no change ; and that distempered sensibility which is alive only to perceptions, of inconveniency, and is too impatient to be relieved from the uneasiness which it feels, to compute either the peril or the expense of the remedy. For political innovations com mo, y pro duce many effects beside those tl• Are intended. subject. THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 28 1859 The direct consequence is often the least important. Incidental, remote, and unthought of evils or advan tages frequently exceed the good that is designed, or the mischief that is foreseen. It is from the silent and unobserved operation, from the obscure progress of causes set at work for different purposes, that the greatest revolutions take their rise." ♦ s uch an argument as this—for its force is irresistible—shews beyond all question to how difficult, as well as how important, a question it is that this long debate is being devoted. But a still more practical consideration, and one much more pertinent too, perhaps, to the subject in hand, is the fact which this debate has, day by day, more and more forcibly brought out, that there is such a difference of opinion among those who are the most competent, or, at least, the most ready, to undertake the construction of any measure of Reform, that it would be very difficult, if not utterly impossible, in the present state of political parties, and of public opinion, for any Ministry to be formed, capable of carrying on the business of the country, that would be found in entire agreement on the question, or that could concur in all the de tails, if even in all the principles of such a measure, without some considerable compromise. And it is on this account, if on no other, that we presume to differ from the position taken up, in the debate, by several undoubted Reformers; and, among others, by Mr. MILNER GIBSON, when he said,—" I will not shadow forth schemes of Reform that in my opinion may be desirable, nor allude to schemes that other hon. members think ought to be adopted. Parliamentary Reform is essentially a question that must be dealt with by the Ministers of the Crown." Now, we humbly think that, on the contrary, Parliamentary Reform is essentially a question that must be dealt with by the Legislature —the Great Council of the nation. And on this account, it is, that there was so much force in what the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, the other night, in answering a question respecting the intentions of Ministers as to persisting in retaining certain objectionable features of their Bill,—that " when he introduced the Bill for the amendment of the representation of the people, it was the opinion of his colleagues there was no proposition in the Bill that might not be beneficially submitted to that calm and dispassionate consideration which the House had pledged itself to her Majesty to give to the consi deration of that question, and without which pledge on the part of the House, considering the circum stances under which they acceded to power, .that Bill certainly would not have been introduced." We know how liable such a declaration as this is to be construed into a mere pretext for yielding to the necessity of alterations in the measure, rather than subthitting to the greater mortification of defeat. Into this, however, we will not enter. All •we say is, that the principle enunciated therein is a sound one, and one of peculiar applicability in the case in question. Any measure of Parliamentary Reform, in the present state of public opinion, and of parties, to be successful must be the act of Parliament itself ; and Parliament, rather than the Government of the day, must be responsible for it to the country. Whether or not this is the view which the House of Commons will determine to take, and to act upon, is on the eve of being decided. We cannot but think, under all the circumstances, that it is, as Mr. WALPOLE so forcibly shewed, the first duty of the House of Commons, to see what practical grievances are to be found in the Constitution, and what defi ciencies are to be sunnlied. and then flint They allmil 1 endeavour to see how they can remedy those griev- and supply those deficiencies in such a manner as to recognise in the changes they effect all the constitutional rights and usages of the community, to make it harmonise with the existing Constitution, and to elevate by the change, and not depress the character of that House, and thereby bring the matter, if possible, to a satisfactory and practical ances, conclusion ENGLAND THE HOME OF FREEDOM. THE evident appreciation, by the Neapolitan exiles, of that cordial welcome they have met with in this country, ought certainly to excite a feeling of no ordinary satisfaction and pride in every British bosom. Patriotism is a commendable, nay a noble quality. There is no sensibility of a popular description more worthy of being cherished. But then the country must be deserving of one's love, and one's attachment. There must be in it something worth being patriotic for. If we are to be proud of it, there must be that which, to a rational being, and a freeman above all, may give just cause for such a feeling. True, there are those,—and their name is legion,—of whom it can only be said, " They love their land because it is their own, And cannot give another reason why." But Englishmen, thank God, stand in an infinitely higher position than that. They " love their land,' not only " because it is their own," but because it is the land of liberty,—the land of free and liberal institutions,—the land of enlightened opinion, of justice and charity,—and, as such, a land in which the persecuted and the oppressed will ever find refuge and protection. The Neapolitan exiles have experienced this, in a manner which it is impossible to think of but with a proud consciousness of our great and noble superiority over every other nation of Europe : an advantage which ought indeed to make us grateful, as well as elated,—not forgetting, at the same time, that it involves a measure of responsibility on our part, which we must faithfully discharge, each in his vocation and opportunity; for to every one does it, in some form, and in some degree, attach ; if we are to stand acquitted in the national test by which onr patriotism is to be tried,— •" Eng- land expects every man to do his duty." And, at any rate, what England expected of every man is being done to those patriotic exiles,—patriotic to their country, and martyrs in her cause, in her struggles, alas ! so unsuccessful, to shake off the despotism that so grievously oppresses her. Well might Signor EMILIo PETRUCCELLI declare to the company that received him and his fellow-sufferers at Bristol the other day, that " they were overpowered by the reception they had met with everywhere; and if ever fortunate enough to return to their native land, they would tell their wives and children what a great country England and always seek to impress them with a feeling of veneration for a nation which could receive unfortunate men with so much warmth and cordiality of feeling." And well might he further declare, that "the free institutions of this country heightened not only its political but its moral elevation,"—while he and his countrymen at the same time felt, that 0 although political subjects might for awhile be put aside, there was one thing Englishmen never put aside, and that was the principle of humanity." Could there be more honourable testimony borne to any nation than this ? And well did he add, that " he hoped that some day the exiles might be enabled return to their own native country, and they would then tell their countrymen that their natural alliance was with England,"—that "he trusted the day would come when their own country would be free, and that then the alliance would remain for ever, permanent and sure." Yes,—it is only between free nations that there can be any true alliance. There must be something congenial, if there is to be anything cordial. A cold and formal alliance there may be ; but it will also be a distrustful one, and therefore it can never be "permanent and sure." There must be something—something sacred, in common,—some tie that has its fixture in what may be, perhaps, a cognation of mind, or nature, mani fested and realised in the congeneality of the institutions under which they respectively live. England, by her reception of those martyred exiles, presents a spectacle just now which cannot but, provoke anew the envy and admiration of the civilised world. Where is there another country of Europe that conld have presented such a spectacle ? Where is there one that would have ventured, that would have dared to do it, under similar circum stances ; or, if it had, would not have aroused a spirit of insurrection and revolution ? There is no other country in which the principle of a well-ordered liberty is to be found in any such reality or efficiency, either to have enabled the people to give such political sufferers so hearty a welcome, or to have allowed their rulers to incur the risk of such a demonstration of popular sympathy with them, as the victims of a despot's wrath. And certainly it ought to commend those noble souls who have done us the honour to throw themselves upon our protection, and our hospitality—it ought to commend them, we say, all the more warmly to our respect and sympathy, that they have not only shewn no desire to parade their claims to our favour, but have firmly but respectfully declined to be made the objects of the popular dis plays that were intended to be held in their honour. " We feel," they say, " that, after our long absence out of the world, we cannot give to such forms of welcome the return which they ought to receive, but that in retirement alone we can, for the present, do justice to the proposed sentiments of gratitude which the generosity of England has awakened in us." And doubtless this is a sincere expression of their feelings ; as it must evidently be a very natural one, with men who have spent the last ten years of their lives, not only " out of the world," but in the afflictions of a dungeon. But as well as this, they saw and felt, no doubt, the danger they might create by giving rise to a state of political:excitement in which the sacredness of the cause in which they have suffered might be too rudely dealt with, either for its own interests, or those of any of the parties concerned. But they do cherish, nevertheless, we may be assured, " sentiments of gratitude ;" and they are ready, they have shewn, deeply yet modestly, to acknowledge and to perpetuate the feelings " which the generosity of England has awakened in them." Let us, then, as Englishmen, be also grateful. Let our gratitude be made manifest for the blessing of liberty we are privileged to enjoy,—ever remembering that it is a blessing only because it is a liberty con nected with order—which is not only, indeed, connected with order and virtue, but could not exist without them. To preserve and to perpetuate this should be our constant care, in all the political changes that we would promote ; and this can never be done, we may depend upon it, by impairing or deranging that Constitution under which we possess, ...a +1,,,,,, 0 rh which alone we can retain it. THE COURT, OSB9RNE, March 25th.—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by Princes s Helena, rode on horse back yesterday afternoon. Major-General the Hon. Sir James Scarlett and the Rev. George Prothero had the honour of dining with her Majesty. A deputation on the subject of the Sale of Poisons Bill had an interview with Mr. Secretary Estcourt on Friday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Messrs. George Waugh and G. W. Sandford, and the secretary, Mr. Bremridge. At Rome, on St. Patrick's Day, the Prince of Wales drove to visit the Irish friars of St. Isidore, and the mem bers of the Irish college at St. Agatha, between the hours of religious service, wearing a large bunch of shamrock in his button-hole, in commemoration of the national festival. The prince left the friars, whose institution is entirely dependant upon charity, a generous souvenir of his visit. At the college his Royal Highness had an inte rv iew with Archbishop Cullen, who attended the prince to the door upon his departure._ A letter from Rome states that when the Marquis d'Azeglio waited on the Prince of Wales to present him with the collar of the order of the Annunciado, he found his royal highness decked out with the insigna of the Golden Fleece, which the Emperor of Austria had sent to him on the previous day ! The Prince Regent of Prussia having on Tuesday, the 22nd, entered on his 63rd year, his royal highness received in the morning the congratulations of the royal family, of the distinguished personages now in Berlin, the ministers, great dignitaries of state, &c. In the evening Prince Frederick William and all the ministers gave grand dinners in honour of the day ; all the members of the Chamber of Deputies, without distinction of party, dined together, as did also the members of the municipality ; and the Prince Regent had a grand soiree. In the day time the greater part of the houses of the capital were decked out with flags, and at night were illuminated. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. The clipper-ship Tornado, from Melbourne, whence she sailed on the 23rd of December, arrived here on Saturday with £113,532 in gold dust. AMERICAN Mails.—The Cunard steamer Canada sailed for Boston via Halifax, on Saturday afternoon, with abont fifty passengers and the mails for Canada and the United States. On Friday evening last a meeting was held at the Derby Arms, Kirkdale, of the members of the Victoria Cricket Club, Mr. George Gordon in the chair, when it was unani mously resolved that Messrs. McCombe and Kenion be secretary and treasurer for the ensuing season. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU TION, 13, Rose Hill. —New patients entered on the books last week, viz :-26th March, 1859 : Relieved at the institution, 171 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 69 ; total, 240. Visitors—Messrs. E. Watts, and G. Jordan. Hon. secretary and treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, Esq. HORSPALL'S MONSTER WROUGHT-IRON GUN.—This im mense piece of ordnance will in a few days be permanently placed in its position, where it will form a part of the sea defences of Portsmouth. Midway between Southsea Castle and the. Western Auxiliary battery a bed of concrete has been made in the shingle seven feet in depth, and on this the gun, with its carriage, platform, and loading crane, will be erected. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Return for the week ending March 26th, 1859. Admitted : in-patients, 37 ; out patients, 19; surgical casualties, 25. Discharged: cured 20 ; relieved, and at own request, 11; made out-patients 6 ; irregular, 0 ; dead, 6; remain in the house, 181. For the ensuing week. Visitors : Messrs. J. G. Livingston ; H. Campbell, Esq. ; physician, Dr. Vose • surgeon, Mr. Bickersteth ; house surgeon, Mr. T. S. Walker ; junior house surgeon, Mr. J. Allen ; chaplain, Rev. H. J. Garrod, A.B. Robert Hutchison, treasurer. ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday morning William Hewitt, lodging in Cunliffe-street, and a traveller for a Sheffield surgical instrument maker, fell down the steps of his lodg ings and broke his leg. On Saturday John Lawrence, a labourer, residing in Tarleton-street, Everton, fell down the hold of a ship in the Stanley-dock, and fractured his leg. Yesterday a child named Thomas Watson, three Years' of age, fell down the steps of his father's house, in Ormond. street, and broke his arm. The above cases were reported at the Northern Hospital. MARCH DUST.—It is said that a pound of " March dust" is worth an " ounce of gold." • On the principle that the quotation is true, it would have taken a good many ounces of " Ballarat stuff" to have purchased the quantity of dust that was going about the streets, blown hither and thither on Saturday. There was rather more than a good strong breeze " out" during the day, and the gravel dust that rushed through the streets, was rather injurious to the optics of the pedestrians. An appearance of rain was clear, and as April showers may be expected, the, storm and dust of Saturday may be looked on as the precursors of such balmy evenings. THE CIVIL SERVICE.—The Recordership of Norwich has become vacant by the death of Mr. Prendergast, Q.C. Customs : Mr. James Baxter has been promoted from second to first class tide surveyor at Liverpool ; Mr. John Hol loway has been promoted from third to second class tide surveyor at Liverpool; Mr. Martin Byrne has been pro moted from third to second class tide surveyor at Liverpool. Stamps and Taxes Branch : Mr. William Clark Shaw, supernumerary surveyor of taxes, Liverpool, has been ap pointed surveyor of taxes at Pershore.—Civil Service Gazette. THE ENGINEERS OF THE BOGOTA. —Up to last night Buchanax, the chief engineer of the screw steamer Bogota, charged with the murder of a coal-trimmer on board that vessel while on the voyage between Valparaiso and this port, had not surrendereehimself. The police are on the active look out for him, and we understand that all the different police stations throughout the, three kingdoms have been,advised of his disappearance. It is said by some that he is yet in Liverpool hiding from justice, but this the detectives of Liverpool do not believe in. They have searched' everywhere that it is probable he might be con cealed in. A REPOSITORY SALE or WORK will be held on Easter Monday and Tuesday, for the benefit of the National Schools of Christ Church, Hunter-street. Further parti culars will be duly announced. Contributions are respect fully solicited, and will be thankfully received by the following members of the ladies' committee : —Mrs. Bous field, 53, Shaw-street ; Mrs. Blundell, 27, Everton-terrace ; Mrs. Canty, 33,• Norton-street ; Mrs. Crosthwaite, 124, Islington ; Mrs. H. J. Hindley, 3, Grecian-terrace, Ever. ton ; Mrs. T. L. Hodson, 41, Islington ; Mrs. Martin, 116, Finch-street ; Mrs. Osborn, 17, Earl-street, St. Paul's square; Mrs. T. K. Twist 72, Huskisson-street ; Miss Howard, 23, Stafford-street; Mrs. J. W. Twist, Homer terrace, Bootle. 10.--- THE LATEST TELEGRAMS. INDIA AND CHINA: TRIESTE, MARCH 26TH. The Calcutta Mail of the 22nd ultimo, has arrived here to-day. OUDI Tranquility continues to prevail throughout Oude, and the disarming of the provinces progresses rapidly. Up to the 12th instant, 378 cannons, arid 975,000 arms of all kinds had been collected, while 75 forts have been entirely levelled. The Begum and the Nana are still in the Nepaul Terai On the 9th instant, Brigadier Horsford took four teen guns from the rebels on the Nepaul frontier ; was but slightly .opposed, and suffered no loss. Mr. C. J. Wingfield assumed charge of the office of Chief Commissioner, from Mr. Montgomery, on the 15th instant. CENTRAL INDIA AND RAJPOOTANA, The rebels in Central India under Tantia Topee are now reported to be making for Portabjurah. They were at Antoolah on the 17th, and burnt Gassoonda, South West of Jeerun, on the 19th instant. A telegram from Indore dated the 18th instant, brings information that four generals, several other officers, and and six hundred men of the rebel force have given themselves up to the Rajah of Bikaneer. BUNDELCUND The troops of the Punnah Rajah attacked and dispersed a body of rebels at Alove on the 10th instant. All is quiet 'in the North-Western provinces and in Bengal. COMMERCIAL CALCUTTA, Feb. 21.—The market for imports is de clining. In the export market there is only a limited business going forward, and prices have a downward move ment. Freights are very inactive and the rates are lower. Exchange on London stands at 2s. 10. to. 2s. I,ld. At Madras Exchange is quoted at 2s. sd. to 2s. 1/d. CHINA. HONG KONG, Feb, 13.—Admiral Seymoiir will return to England on the 21st inst. Lord Elgin is preparing an expedition for the purpose of exploring the Peri. River. Freights are dull and flat. Exchange on London is quoted at 4s 61d to 4s 71d. CANTON, Feb. 11.—The export market is quiet, but the demand for manufactures has improved. SHANGHAE, Feb. s.—The demand for both Tea and Silk has improved, and with increased business prices have an upward tendency. Freights are quoted at 30s for tea, and 70s for silks for London. Exchange stands at 6s ld to 6s 14-d. GERMANY. FRANKFORT, Saturday, March 26.—The following is official :---The Federal Assembly has voted sup plies for arming the federal fortresses with necessary artillery. The Ober Postarnto Zeitung contains news from Stutgardt to the effect that Prince Frederick of Wurtemburg has been appointed Commander-in- Chief of the Bth Federal Corps d'Armee. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Saturday, March 26.---It is confidently asserted in diplomatic circles, that the Congress will be held in the Grand Duchy of Baden, most pro bably in the town of Baden. TRIESTE, Sunday.—Advices have been received from Alexandria to the 20th instant, the Profressro announces that the Viceroy has rejected the written application of Mr De Lessep, for permission to com mence the work of the Suez canal, and that Mr. Lieantbeg, the Engineer-in-chief has tendered his resignation FRANCE. PARIS, Saturday, March 26th, 1859.—At one p.m., the Count Cavour was received by the Emperor in a private audience. The Sardinian Premier afterwards visited Prince and Princess Napoleon, and Count Walewski, and will dine this evening at the Tuileries. The Marquis D. Azeglie, Sardinian Ambassador in London, is also now in Paris. It is confidently asserted the Congress will be held in Baden, after the closing of the Paris Conferences on the affairs of the Danubian Principalities, which will be held in the beginning of April. The Press of this evening says, that facts justify the assertion that it is the mission of Lord Cowley to Vienna which has rendered the Congress possible. PARIS, Sunday.—The Moniteur of this morning states, that the publation in the Armonia of the 2nd instant, of a summary of a despatch alleged to have emanated from the Duke de Grammont, is absolutely false, no such despatch having been sent, Letters from Turin state, that the Prince of Wales will not visit that that town, but that he will pro long his stay at Rome. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, Saturday, 1 25 p.m.—The Bourse opened heavy and'inanimate.. Rentes 68.65, being } decline since yesterday. 3 30 p.m.—The Bourse has been very dull throughout the day, Rentes closing 68.70 for MOO . and 68.65 for Account. Railway shares 4 to 7 folio' below yesterday's closing prices. FOREIGN INTELLIGENC FRANCE. Friday the PARIS, nounces fact, Ev though many desired it should net, till realised, of the adhesion of Austria to the nic e oe of a Congress on the difficulties with Ita l P.,jetli semi-official journals seem for the present to cl. o t drop the evacuation of Lombardy, and to cf el o Evening.—The felliwonit d e/ o ir uLbo a ll te " themselves with the cessation of her undue e air in Central Italy. If this is the questi on to ureic/ cussed in Congress, frankly and sill° if nothing be done to add to o°ll3roore tions of a question which already has D or 6 than it can well bear—and if each of the 0,0 comes to it without mental reservation, roll. is no reason to despair of a pacific The pci The Moniteur also confirms what I ment'° ll 6o ll ; terday—the expected arrival in Paris of 3 1 . fic e There is no doubt that he comes at the instance the French Government, to plead for the auLa of Sardinia to the Congress. Notwithsta hul-r 'bee a fatal announcement in the Nord, that this h fi s t , acceded to, I think that it is one of th e under discussion. Austria will, doubtless, '"i a on the grounds mentioned yesterday. B us ' '6 o ' France will, most likely, take a differenitn per England, perhaps, will hardly think the I3scilicil fectly made out, seeing that the Italian Stat e ' are immediately interested in the treatie s h , discussion are not admitted ; but whether "" persist in opposing it remains to be ' see :i l joi (el a Cavour, I presume, will, if his claim b e t ., iv, a ll " assume to speak and act for the whole of one fsl., it is no injustice to suppose that, having g °1 ;: in he will endeavoue to throw every obstacf" of way of an amicable solution, or, indeOP t iect v settlement that does not realize the greatf 'OOO3 t has at heart—namely, the annexationo the of Sardinia of Austria's Italian possessions. 9,40' It is said that remonstrances have been fr ied, the part of Austria respecting the note the Moniteur, which is likely to produce thdiejoil" sion that she is opposed to a pacific s et elj t whereas, on the contrary, her intentions ar e tc , ri t :„ . so; and a wish has been expressed 'do t bofeY:o should appear in the organ of the Frew", A ll meat until after the official adhesion 01 Pow M. ers. g , Chasseloup Laubat is named W I-- ter Algeria and the Colonies. TROOPS TO ALGIERS, or, PARIS, Saturday.—The Moniteur of tolgtl': tains the following :—" Count Chasseloup been appointed Minister for Algiers and th e d i e The 3rd, 4th, 12th, and 24th regiments of 'c,loo intended to form part of the African at e , ( lo received orders for their departure, and Algiers in the commencement of April." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 23.—Austria ardently 4'Q; it god peace ; by you' may be sure that she w-- I rather than consent to cede any part of h er e of sions in Italy and Sardinia. As has alreg s l o l,o said, Austria is not likely to object to a ( I :, c i t ki her special conventions with the Italian oi, i . FA she will not voluntarily consent to withdr6r the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, n° j 9 she relinquish the claims of thes - , A i brances of the Imperial family of Tusniet'a e Modena. During Lord Cowley's sojourn IP t 0, 7 4 1 Count Buol would not hear of a Congress, lie Russia seconded England and Prussia, th e , , o ; Government became more docile. It is 'D ip here that France, Russia, and Sardinia or e i lte J O a concerted game, but it appears to m e tils'orre j 4 Petersburg Cabinet is acting in strict c e si li p-tericsi with the Berlin and London Governments. 1. „ - i ;elli evening there were two strange and $ - 40 4 0 alarming reports in circulation, which wer e .` s e. het purposely spread by the speculators a/a bot i s ro cret' 3 ,l of them was,that the Hospodar Couza e ' p rcir l 't . 0 disappeared," and the other, that the Ell i P i ,, c o left for Italy. The truth is, that the 1 05 ," log 1 gone down the Danube to Braila and Gal a lassi'l i of returning by land from Bucharest to, ost a : co f t am not aware that the Emperor left V' e f " c , '", 4 , night, but if he did, it was probahlYi;i)le'rse capercailzie in the neighbourhood of the S e th ero'ilis To-morrow, at one o'clock Baron von W e ',..', 4 1 to new Prussian Minister, is to be presea" Majesty. SARDINIA. . ec te 4 vroJ 01 0 TURIN, March 23.—The news of th e :arie:ot, Congress of the five great powers has been,; e . r 'to_:ot shock to the war party here, and espeet . :aelldl large majority of it which, ignorant an' " .. t ' e .K- 0 0 of what was passing in the diplonterit reh ' eF ° scouted the idea of a pacific arrang e "' 0 0 considered war certain and imminent' forie gentlemen are, as you may supPcl' e re,44 at the fresh obstacle opposed to t' ic , y o , 6' tion of their wishes, and particularilie with England, on whom they lay much of r They are excessively indignant at the li ttr i o g behaviour of Europe, which declines plutlia o : t iii diately into war at the request of the ''' r eo' 410 desires to exhaust peaceable means beforeolcis to the sword. The news of the CO 9 " Li oa , * l i lo received here on the evening of Monday' ,01 0115 ( lac:' terday morning, one of the most unser i rreit' t ell v headlong organs of the war party, wh' e ' e t he P ing the telegram, denied the truth 01 " Bence. Notwithstanding the tales that have bee n -aeyo some of the war journals of the willingliet co . : 0 000 enthusiasm of th e contingents in certain t y 3 . Y are the strongest reasons to believe th at , it to 35,000 men that have been called T e t 7 i iian #P, generally sufficiently imbued w ith the, "" si r` ive s t i f elL to feel much . pleased at leaving th e ' r s e r1 ;11 children in penury, and in many to destitute, while they join the army t e , 0 ,04 th e support. The Piedmontese are a reYal ia 03 1 0 .0 people, accustomed to obey; they are to , King and country require their services , os t At il, once go whither they are req u i r ed, but to slhe f tad do so cheerfully would be to mist a t ° s O Sp As you will readily imagine, th e i i i l t e tle t all‘ t°' l l Congress caused a great crowd and Ile b ,i l excitement - in the coffee-houses last illo ari e of doors Turin preserved its usual tr 0 1 00. 041 0 0 orderly aspect, and Ido not believe sho any grounds for apprehending the disturbance. ty. Two MEN - BURIED ALIVE.—We regret , rer o t to _ ci ae is occurrence of one of those frightful disasters y a I t fo h li; c morning last,.a man, named Charles mining operations—the falling in of a sha t i : s of C 00 3 Knowle, and a lad named Bartlett, of Stoboreagd heea,a a a clay mine, near Wareham, and after they hand clneef a short time the sides of the shaft gave w a Y' f7O fe et otb ef t the entrance to the mine (which is upwards ~~ •ayo The „pa below the surface) to within six feet of the toPr.oo, e scar s be Woolirie h , desesoist of the lad, who was at the windlass, had a na l. o rrli ll ge l being buried also, as the ground sank dol o, e diateli ii 4 I I whole of the apparatus with it. fi e inlnl heing s a cce l d i an alarm. Fortunately, a new shaft iv i ,a-? ch w as o r few yards from the one which fell in ( vila in tl' e 60 1 tro ced op er e a_A,le kept open for drawing away water sinking), and the men immediately cairn° consl cj iir s ' sl in both shafts ; the new one beiig do s ? - a nd ''' 1 " depth, All Monday, Tuesday, wdn esut9r ;forka lell 'ea ter the utmost exertions were made by the 4 . f ears w ere foa; greatest excitement prevailed, and grea - . . 11 , 8 whoa ier: tamed whether the poor fellows would be a 0 ale° dr the t vl in o tli At length, at midnight of Thursday, They we re ~,„1 , ,,, released from their perilous position. was l. " 0 - t d 1 ; ately taken to a house, where every ass istanc eUnP ris° °- rendered. When liberated they had h t hours . tiet‘ • sis d j3sr their living tomb for upwards of eightY c „, an ,r man Wooltlies is nearly sixty years of a tfae ? f i rs t ta t ' id es; about seventeen. The young man W as Iris °s ot tji when the miners piercedthe hole through. , tiraa ftli e t the o 0 who a to tion was an, inquiry for his father, ~, t he .P io til accident was winding at the windlass a ' s ' sus piele shaft It app( ars that the young mal l , self his I ' - ' had blia--ed a worse fate tha i-,.'