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money annually expended by Great ~Britain in be long in the affairs before it can be retrieved. Thiel
connection with the lonian islands. Agreed to. may be the tide of America which prevents further
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained
leave to bring in a bill for extending the time of mischances and misfortunes at all events, and it must
credit for the payment of the excise duty on malt. be the prayer of all those well-intentioned to their
country and their kind that it may be taken at the
Mr. PULLER expressed his disappointment that
flood, so that the past with its sins and its sorrows
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not brought
forward some measure giving greater relief to the may be lapsed into oblivion, and the future with the
mating interest. golden light of a happier day may shine out over
Mr. DODSON recommended the reduction of the `the distracted Republic of the Western World.
malt duty, and its transfer to the manufactured
article.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the commutation of the malt duty into one
upon beer would entail a sacrifice of £2,000,000.
After the appointment of a select committee on
printing, proposed by Mr. RUSSELL, the house
adjourned at 8 o'clock.

The news from Poland serve but to fill the heart
with grief and indignation. The people suffer—and
the reckless Russian exults in his infamous acts.
With him mercy seems a mockery to stimulate his
vengeance the more. He revels in deeds of blood
and devastation. What he finds poor and helpless
he leaves more desolate than he found it. His
career is stained with all that makes nature shudder.
He reasons not—cares not—regardless alike of
consequence to any—not even himself—for "duty"
is his tyrant plea for whatever may befall in his
atrocious, relentless, and ruffian course. The CZAR
—his Emperor and Religious Idol—sanctifies all
his doings. Promotion—the soldier's honourable
stimulant to deeds of valour—is with the Russian
looked upon as the sure reward for acts of
shame. There is no cruelty too wicked to stay
his hand, be it in heedless passion or cold,
calculating devilment of bloodshed. To obey
is to rise, while to doubt is death. The path
of duty may be strewed with thorns, but it is the
path to profit and eminence. What cares he for
others who respects not himself—nor ever questions
whither his orders may lead. Such is Russian dis-
cipline. Humanity has no hold in the military
heart of Russia. All is for empire and the glory
of GOD—as SIIWARROW wrote in his barbarous
despatch from the smoking ruins of a city reeking
in carnage. So now the revelry of death, and even
worse than death, runs riot over the plains of
Po:and. And Europe looks on—yet speaks not.
She cannot be indifferent to the sufferings of a
brave people goaded by continual persecution to
rise at last in the very agony of despair. The Poles
become willing martyrs to their love of country,
burning with patriotic rage at the accumulating
wrongs of relentless oppression. Can such things
be, and wake no echo in the breasts of freemen ?
Forbid it Heaven !

This evening there will be some interest and ex-
citement in the House as to the answer Lord
PALMERSTON will give to Mr. BENTINCK. The hon.
member has announced his intention of enquiring
" whether the liovernment are in possession of any
official information of the defeat by the Confederates
of the Federal blockading squadron off the port of
Charleston, and, if so, whether that event will
I raise the question as to the future legality of the
blockade of that port." It has been said in some
quarters, and doubtless many share the opinion,
that Ministers will leave things in statu quo. It
may be so, but surely such a line of policy will
be a great mistake. This seems to be a
glorious opportunity for a happy adjustment of
the present complication. Whether or not it was
advisable to have allowed the blockade in the first
instance, it is highly important for the interests
alike of the Old and New World that it should
still be maintained. If the thousand elaists of the
sufferers from this cruel and unnatural war do not
prevail to influence the decision, if the all-para-
mount consideration of our starving fellow-country-
men in the North does not present convincing
proofs of the necessity of bringing this contest to a
close, there is another argument that might carry
weight with some members of the Government, and
through them with their subordinates. President
LINCOLN himself would, doubtless, rejoice at the
prospect of a settlement of this vexed question.
He would doubtless rejoice at having a golden
bridge built for his retreat by the timely interference
of foreign powers. The Emperor of the FRENCH
has already come forward in so worthy a manner and
expressed himself so earnestly on the subject, that
we trust he will seize this favourable chance which
has presented itself for the solution of the diffi-
culty. The Constitutionnel of this morning, a semi-
official paper, writes on this subject, and says that
while we must wait fordefinite information on some
points, at all events this affair at Charleston has
given rise to an interesting question as to the rights
of nations ; ought not the interruption of the
blockade, duly notified by the Confederate Govern-
ment, to oblige the Federal Government to notify, in
its turn, the resumption of the blockade ? and can
this notification be made before the expiration of 60
days? This question thus forcibly put to the French
by the journal in question is to-night to be ad-
dressed to our Prime Minister. It would be well
if Lord PALMERSTON could act for himself in this
case unbiassed by the prejudices of those who sur-
round him, and uninfluenced by the crotchets of
his peculiar Foreign Secretary. The dashing spirit
evinced by the chivalry of the Soutb, their energy
and enterprise which has crowned with success
their encounters by land, and which now promises
to shed the same lustre over their naval exploits, is
of a character peculiarly appreciated by those of
this country. Whatever Mr. GIBBON may say of
their pestilent institutions, Englishmen will re-
cognise in them the leading attributes of the Aug lo•
Saxon race in their skill and daring, their resis-
tance to overbearing assumption, and their deter-
mined advocacy of their rights of inrlependence.
Surely now sufficient evidence has been given
to the world of the merits and demerits of the rival
candidates, let some satisfactory solution be come to
at last. Although it is probable that in the next
encounter at Charleston the Confederates will settle
the question themselves without the aid or inter-
vention of foreign Powers, still it is not wise to let
the vital interests of our people be at the mercy of
the chances of war. We are sure to find the Em-
peror of the FRENCH ready to meet us more than
half way, and thus an all important obstacle is
removed. It will be the kindest thing in the world
to put a stop to the war so far as President LINCOLN
is concerned, for sooner or later he is sure to be
defeated, and then the Confederates will dictate
their own terms. Now, he might make a
peace, alike honourable and profitable, so far as
practicable under existing circumstances. Another
startling fact to adduce against the wishes that
are fathers to the thoughts of the advocates for the
Northern side, is that want of means will soon
stultify their progress. Their financial difficulties
are daily increasing, and the latest intelligence
informs as that the " Senate Finance Committee
is opposed to a further issue of legal tender
notes. Money is growing tighter, and it is
rumoured that Congress will take measures to
check speculation in gold. As a striking con-
trast to this we learn that at New Orleans Con-
federate notes were rising in value. The North can
gain nothing by putting off the evil day, and court-
ing the ignominious failure that will assuredly
overtake them, by the want of confidence of their
own people. How long is this disastrous and de-
plorable state of affairs to continue ? Gold is now
at fifty-five per cent premium. Are we to wait
until it reaches a hundred before ABRAHAM LIN-
COLN can listen to reason ? Surely the dictates of
common sense, and the warnings of experience, com-
bine with the voice of humanity in proclaiming
that this war should cease. To England
and Prance, as the leading countries of
Europe—to the well-wishers of their fellow-
men of whatever politics they may be, mad
especially to the rival States of America may be
addressed these words of sacred import, " Behold,
day of
to
now is the accepted time, now is the
salva-
tion." To throw away a chance of settlement,
prolong a deadly strife, which will end without the
triumphs of war or the trophies of peace, is suicidal
to the North, and of no avail to the South. This
encounter at Charleston, rightly taken advantage
of, may prove a heaven-sent opportunity to the
Disunited States of America to close this sad
episode in their history ; but, if the chance is
missed, many heavy sufferers and many
agonised mourners will regret the golden
opportunity thrown away, and the saving clause
abandoned. If the Ministers act worthy of the
occasion there will be no fear of the result,
France would gladly join the undertaking and the
belligerent parties beyond the broad Atlantic will
be too glad of the excuse and the opportunity to
cease their struggles. If the Government are un •
equal or unwilling
to assume their responsibility, it
i will remain for the House to decide the question
itself. The Parliament of England is independent,
and can never better exercise its rights or assert its
privileges than when it comes forward as the
have the satisfaction of
champion of independen
mercy to thousands at home
wouldherald aolsfo ce, anal in this in-
stancebeing thite
and the friend of peace to disunited states, dis-
organised constitutions, and disaffected households
abroad. If the present opportunity is lost, it may

And yet England makes no sign—save in the
irrepressible ardour of public opinion through the
fervour of her press glowing in thoughts that
breathe and words that burn. And France—but
we will not touch the chivalry of that heroic and
impulsive nation. She has delegated to one the
mind of millions, and only awaits the signal—up
and be doing! That freedom which ye fought for
and conquered is now struggling in the grasp of
fiendish garotters on the fields of your once daring
allies in Poland—a spectacle for humanity. But
no—France has a warm heart ; but her EMPEROR
has only a pulse for himself. " Order reigns in
Warsaw," as SEBASTIANI announced in the shud-
dering Senate of France,—

6' When freedom shrieked as KOSCIOSKO fell."
Nor shall we gain much sympathy from Austria—
herself bewildered in the terrors of a tangled des-
potism, with Venice brandishing the dagger of her
expectant deliverance on one side, while Hungary
is heaving with heavy throes of majestic might on
the other. The KAISER quails.
And Prussia !—the Right Divine Robber of all
weak States, and the shameless participator in the
spoils of the strong—that juggling friend—allied
to all but true to none—Prussia—a nation made up
of wrongs—has no heart for others in her erring
ruler—she will help to kill, but not to save—

" 0 bloodiest picture in the book of time I
Sarmatia fell—unwept, without a crime."

So sung the bard of Hope, and what Prussia vvae.
then she is nearly so now, as far as her "divine"
aggressor of Constitutional liberty is concerned.
Poland may not hope for any help from her. On
the contrary, she has just entered into a compact.
with Russia to shut the gates of mercy on mankind
along the frontiers. But, surely, the wrath of
Heaven will yet arise and avenge the cause of
Poland, however deaf be the justice of Europe to
her appeals—
" Even from the grave the voice of nature cries"—

and man will cease to be worthy of his being if he
suffer Poland to sink in this the last day of her
struggling resurrection for freedom.

" Freedom! what spirits bless thy sway—
Immortal Habitant of Mind i
And catch thy beauty from the day—
Thy music from the wind."
It cannot be, that the Poles will again be left to the
vengeance of Russia—a nation which has broken
all faith with Europe in her treaties with regard to
Poland, and now tramples her people under the
iron hoof of oppression. Look at the daring of men
rushing, not in despair, but with a stern purpose,
to the muzzles of the batteries and sacrificing them-
selves to save their friends from the enemy. The
two hundred Poles—most of them young nobles—
where all were nobly brave, were worthy of those
of Thermopolce—in their heroic rush with the
scythe of death mowing down the gunners in
the very agony of patriotic devotion. Does
not conduct like that bespeak the feeling of
the universal mass P And yet the nations look on
but help not. The policy of non-intervention is
cold as ice, if it be to succour the oppressed—but
let the aggressor require assistance, and every virtue
is appealed to in order to maintain the rights of
power founded on treaties made by those who are
banded together to keep the peoples in subjection.
'There never was a greater robbery on a large scale
than the partition of Poland by the three Northern
Powers—Russia, Prussia, and Austria—the last
being content with the smaller portion of the spoil
—while Prussia shared a large slice along the
shores of the Baltic, and would have taken much
more but for the mighty cormorant of all the Rus-
sias demanding, aye, and appropriating to himself
as a matter of right, the lion's share—for the prin-
cipal Conspirator. But Poland, though
torn asunder, is not dead. The pulse
of freedom still beats in her quiver-
ing veins. Oppression has served but to
quicken her sensibility and cement more closely the
spirit of her people. They would not die—but they
suffer in silence—they felt that to endure was to
conquer their fate, and their fortitude has defied
the utmost efforts of the tyrants tosubdue the national
sentiment.
Now
tohweirancdhatinlase,n,biuntdetehdey, attemptsproved
tive—less from wa tof were
a o
made to burst r
n zeal than from the requisite
means. They appealed to the nations of the West,
who prided themselves on their civilisation
and
freedom—but in vain. The policy
had no feeling beyond the margin of their parch-
ment sympathy. Words were rife as worthless—
and advice gratuitously abundant. "Trust to the
clemency of the despot—the EMPEROR'S interest
is in your happiness, so you be peaceful 1" Such
is the assistance tendered by England, and vouch
cafed by France, the self-complacent organs
of order and civilisation ! No wonder the
heart sickens at the mockery of such canting mo-
deration. The Poles only demand their rights—
they insist only on their own—that liberty gua-
ranteed to them by the faith of treaties, but with-
held by the very Governments who signed the
deeds!

If Lord PALMERSTON'S Ministry do not now
remonstrate in favour of the Poles, all that Eng-

and has done for the Turks will have been done in LATEST INTELLIGENCE
vain. Had Russia been made to pay the expenses •
of that mismanaged war, Poland might now be an [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
independent nation, and so prove grateful for our
conduct, while the interests of commerce would be
bent fited to an indefinite degree. Poland is a natural
obstacle to the ambition of Russia, extending a bar.
rier from the Baltic to the Elaine against aggres-
sion from the North, thereby strengthening the
defences of Germany and the West of Europe for
all time to come, so that policy and interest counsel
us to be just and fear not.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION,
WILNA, FEB. 16.

A state of siege has been proclaimed by the
Russian Government in all the towns and districts
of the Governments of Wilna and Grodno where it
has not hitherto existed.

Tranquillity prevails in the district of Kiew.

THE BRAZILS.
BUENOS AYRES, JAN. 10.
(Per French Steamer Bearn.)

The Earl of DERBY is turning restive under the
dolce faniente of the Upper House. Its complacent
inaction does not suit his energetic spirit while the
affairs of the nation and the state of Europe are
offering subjects of discussion out of doors. Night
after night their lordships come down to linger for
half an hour in their gorgeous chamber, and night
after night they adjourn without the world being
much the forwarder for their trouble. After nearly
a fortnight of this interesting and profitable labour,
Lord DERBY thinks it time to ask when the Govern-
ment proposes to lay on the table the promised list
of the measures to be introduced before Easter,
adding a hint that he thought it very possible that
the notice was delayed not from malice prepense,
but from sheer inability to furnish a detailed list of
measures which were as yet in the clouds. Lord
GRANVILLE, not knowing how to escape from the
dilemma, ingeniously carried the war into the
enemy's camp by reminding the noble earl that he
had himself once upon a time commented upon the
difficulty of measures being originated in their lord-
ships' house ; and having thus applied the to
quoque argument, which seems to be the
sum total of Whig logic, he proceeded to
conciliate his antagonist by informing him
that a bill was in preparation on a subject in which
the noble earl took much interest. Even the pro-
mised dispersion of noxious vapeure however, failed
to satisfy Lord DERBY. He apprehended that the
bill would not be sufficiently comprehensive, and
proceeded to ask some awkward questions about
Brazil, which the opportune absence of the Foreign
Secretary enabled Lord GRANVILLE to escape from.
We can easily believe that Earl RUSSELL finds it
more convenient to keep out of reach of close
questioning on his foreign policy, and would like
to atone for his superabundant activity during the
recess by remaining in the background during the
session. What with America, Denmark, Italy, and
Brazil, so many points are open to attack, that
it is well to stave off the commencement of hosti-
lities as long as possible. We suspect, indeed, as
we have before stated, that there is a tacit under-
standing on both sides that little is to be done until
after the festivities, consequent upon the Royal
marriage, have been happily celebrated. The pre-
sent position of Ministers is so precarious that it
would be unwise to provoke an animated debate, or
raise a Government question, at a moment when
a political crisis would be deprecated by all sides.
The Lower Howse do not certainly appear inclined
to enter upon the discussion of any great social,
fiscal, or political questions at this early stage of
the session, and on the principle of the old adage
about the ill wind, the troubles of the adven-
turous members of the sister kingdom are receiv-
ing unusual attention. We anticipate therefore
that the grievance complained of Lord DERBY, it
indeed it be a grievance, will be felt for some little
time to come. The combatants will linger on the
outskirts of the arena until the fitting time comes
for the struggle. Till then let the Ministerial
benches in both Houses make the most of the pacific
interlude, And ...juice in tho oppnrturtity of oorry
ing out in its entirety the Do Nothing policy of the
modern Relom A~irnini~ motion.

Exchange, 67s 6d; ounces, 4061. Wet salted ox
hides, 414 ; dry American, 35 to 38; wool, former
prices maintained ; tallow, 16 ; lumber, 40 to 41;
flour, nominal ; refined sugar, 181.
Imports dull, with heavy arrivals.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, FEB. 16.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
Herr von Bismark-Slhonhausen, in reply to a ques-
tion put to him collectively by the Polish members,
said, " The aim of the Polish movement is the re-
establishment of Poland as far as possible to the for-
mer extent of the kingdom. Even setting aside the
possible result of this struggle, the insurrection
affects the political interest of Prussia, as, accord-
ing to official information it aims at preparing a
similar movement in Prussian territory at an oppor-
tune moment. The Government trusts to the fide-
lity of the majority of the Polish subjects of the
crown, but is obliged to protect them against the
compulsion and seduction which hes been exer-
cised in Russian Poland towards the citizens and
peasantry by emigrants, the gentry, and a portion
of the clergy."

Herr von Bismark-Schonhausen said in conclu-
sion that the Government was determined to ener-
getically take measures to ensure the public safety
whenever it was endangered.

The Nord Deutsche Zeitung of to-day, in a leading
arrrcle on the Polish insurrection, says :—" The
intervention of Prussia in Polish affairs has com-
menced by the assistance rendered to the fugitive
Russian troops. An actual invasion of Polish ter-
ritory was not intended by Prussia. Such a pro-
ceeding would require a convention between Prussia
and Russia, which at present is not heard of."
The same paper states that Eirl Rtisell had
cautiously expressed himself in terms which are
neither for nor against such an intervention.

FRANCE.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

PARIS, Feb. 17.

Le Pays, in remarking on the theory insisted
upon by President Davis, that a blockade to be
legal must be effectual, says that some members of
the Chambers had proposed an amendment to this
effect, which they withdrew from motives of expe-
diency and convenience. The recent American
news, however, supports the arguments of those
who maintain that the blockade is a fiction. The
question for neutral Powers is therefore to consider
whether the suspension of the blockade for 24 hours
is not enough to forfeit the right of the North to
maintain it. It is well known, adds the Pays,
that at the outset the Cabinet of Paris thought of
contesting the efficacy of the blockade, but the
Cabinet of London did not share its views.
This fact at first created some astonishment,
owing to the effect on English commerce, but
it was attributed to the large profits made, on
the numerous English goods which were got suc-
cessfully into the Southern ports. Tne Charleston
affair, and the diplomatic question it raises, is the
most important feature of the American news. The
Prussian policy towards Poland is made, in all the
journals, the subject of severe comment. The frost,
in Paris, is said to be increasing in severity.

g 4 THE WINNING SUIT."

At the present time, when sensation dramas are the rage,
the announcement of the production of a new original four
act romantic drama in blank verse is one of no ordinary im-
portance, and accordingly this theatre was last evening
crowded with a brilliant audience to witness the
first performance of "The Winning Suit." We can-
not at the outset go the length of agreeing with the
bills of the play that Mr. Filmore's drama is either new or
original, as a brief outline of the plot will show, because our
readers will at once recognise the same idea in the opera of
" The Rose of Castile." A certain Princess Orelia, who,
by the way, is rather a coquette, has arrived at a period in
her existence when it becomes her to think of choos-
ing a husband, and accordingly the King of Arra-
gon becomes a suitor for the lady's hand. Her
uncle, the King of Castile, favours the proposition,
and accordingly we hear the envoy to the King of
Arragon has made proposals, which the King of Castile
on behalf ef the Princess has accepted. Orelia herself
determines she will not be a party to the compact, and
accordingly when the last moment arrives she refuses to
accept her royal suitor as her husband. Count Roderick,
a cousin to the Princess, and a clever diplomatist, resolves
the marriage shall take place, and, unknown to the lady,
advises the King of Castile to be somewhat more deter-
minedodriek puts sto' but all is of no avail, and then
Rwork, and although the means
e with the
his Pr
wings
he adopts are not the most unobjectionable, he in the end
succeeds. Roderick first compromises Orelia by conceal
ing himself in disguise in her chamber, and is dis-
covered there by the King, who, in his rage, immurs the
royal lady in prison. Here her clever plotting cousin
visits her and persuades her to escape, he providing her
with means to cross the frontier, and also with directions to
take service as barmaid at in inn, which he points out. He
then communicates with the King of Arragon, and in the
third act we find Orelia, under tha assumed name of Loretta,
washing glasses and attending on the visitors at a roadside
inn. Here a party of re ysters assemble, and, to avoid the
insults her beauty causes, she determines to leave the place
at all hazards. As she is on the eve of doing so she meets
a supposed wealthy goldsmith, and, as danger seems to beset
her at every turn, her protector persuades her into a mar-
riage with him as the only means by which she con escape
from difficulty. After some reflection she consents, and then
her gratitude to her deliverer soon ripens into a still warmer
feeling. She goes to the goldsmith's home under a promise
of leaving it if she feels disposed, but remains to become its
happy mistress ; and after her constancy and love have been
sufficiently tried and proved she is allowed the exquisite
pleasure of discovering that the seeming goldsmith is no
other than the King of Arragon.
The play in many parts is well and carefully written, bu,
in the earlier scenes there is a want of interest in the prin-
cipal characters, and it is only in the third act that the
audience begins to get an inkling of the author's intention
with respect to Count Roderick, who, by the by, looked
more of the lover than the somewhat venerable goldsmith.
The "casting" of parts, in some respects, weakened the.
performance ; and, as an instance of that, it appeared
mistake to set down Mr. Marston for the lover, awl
Mr. Hermann Vezin for the acute diplomatist. The
first named gentleman acted, of course, with his usual
skill and ability, but there was a want of youthfulness about
his appearance that certainly would have been a very plau-
sible reason for the lady's rejection of his suit. We cannot
help believing that if each of the two gentlemen named had
played the other's part, the result would have been far more
pleasing and effective, because then the lover would have
been the younger of the two. As it was, Mr. Vezin did
all that was possible with his part, and really succeeded in
well pourtraying the cool and clever yet well-intentioned
plotter ; but still he evidently was out of his element. Miss
Sedgwick's Orelia was a delightful performance,—as the
princess she was all grace and dignity, whilst as the pretty
barmaid she looked just the sort of person who would play
sad havoc with the hearts of her admirers. Mrs. H. Marston
and Miss Murray gave a spirit and point to their respective
parts; and the same may be said of all engaged in the per-
formance, for each seemed animated with the desire to do
their best for the author. The curtain desc-nded amidst
universal applause, and the " Winning Suit" must be pro-
nounced a success.

BOURSE, Feb. 16.—The announcement of a new
Italian Loan has telt( n the market by surprise, and
heaviness has been the result, with a retrogr.de
movement in prices. Threes, for the Account, after
having, receJed to 70f. 40c., are now at 70f. 45e.
'the Railway Share Market has also been heavy.
The market left off as follows :

t per Cents .. 99
Do. end month.... -
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7O 60
New 3 per Cents
Do„ end month —
Credit Ilobilier 1260
Do. end month,, 1258 75
BAIL'

Bank Shares 3380 -
Credit 1, oncier 1527 50
Piedmontese
tAli an Loan 69 90
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 62 50
home _Debt

Orlean •
Northern
New ditto - • •
Lyons and Moditerranean 1190 , . 1192 60
Geneva..
Southern .. BOB 75 .. 810
Western
Eastern
675350712053
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.:.....
65b3!18655
7:255
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon.bard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

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1115 1112 50
1036 25 1036 25

The principal actors were called for at the end of the
third act, a similar honour being conferred at the termina-
tion of the piece.

It is stated that between £500,000 and £600,000
of a contemplated advance of £3,000,000 to the Confederate
Government has been negotiated at Paris and Frankfort by
Messrs. Erlanger and Co. The amount is to be secured by
cotton at 54 per lb., which is to be delivered on the cesea-
tion of the blockade.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Mon-
day, Feb. 16.—Admissions on payment, 593;
NOM tickets, 649; total visitors, 1,242. ditto by

CORRUPT PRACTICES BILL.—Sir G. Grey's Bill
renews for five years, with some alterations, the Acts
in force for the prevention of corrupt practices at elections.
All paid agents of any and every description are to be in-
capable of voting. The election auditor disappears, but it
is to be a misdemeanour to make any payment (except in
respect of the personal expenses of a candidate) otherwise
than through an agent whose name and address are pub-
lished before the election ; claims must be sent in within a
month, and a detailed statement of all election expen-
diture published within three months of the election, and
an agent or candidate wilfully furnishing an untrue state-
ment will be guilty of a misdemeanour. Witnesses before
committees or commissioners must answer, although it may
tend to criminate them, but such answer csnnot be given
in evidence against them except on indictment for perjury,
and a certificate of their having made a true disclosure is to
stop any other indictment or action. On a charge of treat-
ing, it is not to be necessary before a committee to prove
agency before giving in evidence the facts whereby the
charge of treating is to be sustained. In case of a resolu-
tion of the HOUS3 of Commons that no new writ be issued
for five years, no new writ is be issued for that term.

TELEGRAPHS BILL,—The object of the bill
brought before Parliament by the Board of Trade is
to make general regulations in respect to all telegraph com-
panies, existing and future, but not to affect existing com-
panies in respect of a past exercise of powers. Much of the
bill is of general interest and concern. No telegraph above
ground is to be placed within ten yards of a dwelling-house
worth £2 a-year, or across an avenue or approach to such
t house, without the consent of the occupier of the house.
But a subsequent clause provides that, where the body hav-
ing the control of a street consents to a telegraph being
placed along it, that consent is to be sufficient authority for
placing the telegraph along or over any land or building
adjoining to or near the street," but not directly over
any building if the owner or occupier objects. Any
person in the employment of a telegraph company wil-
tUlly or negligently delaying a message, or improperly
divulging its purport, is to be liable to a penalty not ex-
ceeding £2O. Every telegraph is to be open to all persons
without favour or precedence, except that messages on her
Majesty's service aro to have precedence, if required by any
department of the Government. Telegraphs also may be
taken possession of for her Majesty's service if the Secre-
tary of State is of opinion that an emergency has arisen in
which it is expedient for the tublie service that the Govern-
ment should have control over the transmission of messages;
the company to be compensated according to the average
profits of the previous three months.
MACBETH IN PARIS.—A French version of" Mac-
beth," by 111. Jules Lacroix, has just been produced
at the Odeon Theatre in Paris. Its success is said to have
been so decided that all Paris is likely to be attracted to the
representation. For the first time Shakspet e would appear
to have been rtndered with something like appreciative
fidelity on the French stage. Many years ago M. Jules
Lacroix published a full translation of "Macbeth," and
this version has been as closely adhered to as theatrical exi7
gencies permitted. Tho witches and their cauldron are
boldly introduced, and, contrary to expectati3n, they do
not excite the slightest merriment. On the contrary, they
produce,
sits s M. Paul de Saint Victor of the Presse, " ten
immense effete." It is the same with Banque's ghost at the
banquet. A shudder is said to have run through the house
when the spectre appeared. All the more striking inci-
dents of the tragedy appear to have been reproduced in the
French translation, and the scenery and costumes by which
they are illustrated are described es exciting much admira-
tion by their barbarie pettoresque. The acting obtains only
modified praise. M. Jules Janin, in his feuilleton, describer
the representation as a really important event, and signifi-
cantly mentions that on the very night "Macbeth" wa-,
brought out at the Odeon the great Theatre Franois re-
vived, with all the honours, a petty little piece by Reguard,
la third•rato French dramatist,

HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 16.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out in a carriage
and four this morning, attended by Lord Alfred
Paget.

It is expected that the Crown Princess will leave
Berlin for Windsor on the 19th inst., but that the Crown
Prince will not take his departure until the 2d proximo.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice and
the Prince Louis of Hesse visited St. George's Chapel
on Saturday for the purpose of inspecting the preparations
for the approaching marriage ceremony. The visit was
strictly private, their royal highnesses entering the chapel
about 20 minutes past 3 p.m. They were received by Mr.
Turnbull, the clerk of the works for the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests, who explained to the royal visit, 'rs the
general arrangements in the chapel, nave, and assembling
hall, which is outside the west door of the cathedral; and
the prince and princess, having examined the progress of
the window over the altar of the chapel, which is int, nded
as a memorial of the Prince Consort, retired after a
lengthened stay,
M. Usedom, the new Prussian Minister to Turin,
has arrived in that city, and is to immediately present his
credentials.

Lug Victor Emmanuel invited all his Ministers
a few days back to a shooting party at Rancor igi. Several
of them, and among others MM. Farini and Amari, ac-
cepted the invitation.

Baron Nicotera has left for Caprera, to confer
with Garibaldi.

The Volunteers generally having expressed a
desire to be permitted to assemble under arms
during the progress of her Royal Highness the Princess
Alexandra of Denmark through London on the 7th of
March, we are authorized to state that her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to accede to their wish, and to
direct that the corps authorized to bo present on the occa-
sion shall be drawn up in Hyde-park, with the exception of
the corps belonging to th, City of London, which will be
placed at such points within the precincts of the city as the
Court of Lieutenancy may, with the sanction of the Secre-
tary of State, direct. Applications from corps desirous of
attending must be transmitted in the usual manner for the
sanction of the Secretary of State and delivered at the
War-office on or before the 2d pros., after which date no
further applications will be received.

THE ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—From
inquiries yesterday we are happy to learn that the Bishop
of Oxford has so far recovered as to be enabled to leave his
room, although he is still unable to resume his episcopal
duties.

REPRESENTATION OF CHICHESTER.—A vacancy
is about to occur in the representation of this city, Mr. H.
W. Freeland having informed his constituents of his in-
tention to retire from Parliament immediately. We regret
to learn that ill-health is the cause of the hen. gentleman's
resolution.

REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT.—The Western
Morning News gives currency to a rumour to the
effect that Sir Arthur Buller, who has accepted a seat at the
India Board, had, or would in a few days, vacate the seat
he held as M.P. for Devonport; that the Conservatives
would bring forward as their candidate for this vacancy Sir
Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bart,, late the Admiral Superinten-
dent of the Dockyard ; and that the Liberals had determined
to secure a good candidate of " ads anced Liberal opinions,"
an advocate of the Ballot and the Permissive Bill.
MIDDLE TEMPLE.—We understand that the
Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, of which his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales is a Master of the Bench,
intend to celebrate the marriage of his Royal Highness on
Tuesday, the 10th day of March, 1863, by giving a grand
dinner to the members of the Inn in their ancient hall.

The Peabody trustees have purchased from the
Crown a piece of land in Commercial-street, Spite Welds,
and are preparing to erect dwellings for the poor thereon.
The architect is Mr. Derbyshire. The trustees are in
negotiation for other properties in various parts of Lon-
don, which will be applied to a similar purpose.
The Roman Observer has a telegraphic despatch,
dated London, Feb. 5, qu,ting Lord Palmerston's declara-
tion that the Pope had taken the initiative by asking Mr.
Odo Russell whether he might reckon on the hospitality of
England. The Roman Observer adds—"lhis fable of the
English Prime Minister does not merit the honour of a
contradiction."

Captain Allan Young, the Arctic voyager, who
is about to serve under Captain Sherard Osborne, in the
Chineee-Anglo fleet, is at present at Southampton, for the
purpose of inspecting the fitness, preliminary to the pur-
chase, of Mr. Ander'on's yacht Thule, for the Chinese-
Anglo squadron, now fitting out in th;s country.
LADY HERBERT AND THE PAPAL POLICE.—At
Rome, a few days ago, a body of gendarmes in uni-
form invaded the ap iranents of Lady Herbert, at the Laz-
zano Palace, to protest against the too Italian combination
of scarlet and white drapery with green laurel branches at
her ladyship's tllci,nies. The danger of a demonstration
before the palace, which the gendarmes appeared greatly to
apprehend, was avoided by the addition of a few yards
of gold brocade ribbon twined round the laurel branches by
Lady Herbert's orders, thus combining the Papal yellow
with the Italian tricolour.

It is stated that there will be no division, as
was expected, in the Quorndon country, conse.
quent upon the resignation of Lord Stamford as master of
the Quorn hounds; but that that well •known sportsman,
Mr. Clewes, of Woodhouse Eves, Loughhcrough, will hunt
over the same country as his lordship. This will doubtless
be fully appreciated by all sportsmen. On Lord Stamtord's
resignation his horses and hounds will be sold by Messrs.
Tattersall. The sale will probably take place at Quorndon
in May next.
THE WINCHBURGH COLLISION.—EDINBURGII,
Monday night.--At the High Court of Justiciary
to-day, Mr. Latham, general manager, and Mr, Thomson,
traffic superinteLdent of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way, were charged with culpable homicide and culpable
neglect of duty. To the defects of a special order, dated
the 12th of September, issued by the accused, was attii-
buted the catastrophe of the 13th of October. It was, how
ever, shown, in cross-examination, that the order was in
the usual form, had hitherto worked well, and been deemed
sufficient; that the line under relay was in the engineer's
department, as also the selection of the subordinates, by
whose blunder the accident was directly caused. After
eight hours' trial the Lord Advocate intimated that he could
not press for a conviction. The Court concurred, and a
verdict of not guilty was returned.
THE CONVICT MILNE.—A memorial has been see'
to the Home Secretary in behalf of Alexander
Milne, convicted of murder at Edinburgh on Wedneeday,
signed by counsel for the defence, praying for reprieve of
sentence, on the ground of the prisoner's insanity. The
verdict of the jury finding Milne gui:ty was passed by nine
to six, the minority I eing of opinion that the prisoner was
insane ; and the convict was recommended to mercy on
account of the divided state of the jury. the charge of the
presiding judge was, on the whole, favourable to the plea
put in for the prisoner.

THE M URDER IN OXFORDSHIRE.—The prisoner
Noah Austin, who stands charged with the mur-
der of Mr. Miller, of Heyford, was yesterday formally
brought before Dr. Marsham, Warden of Merton College,
one of the magistrates of the Ploughley division, at the
County Hall, Oxford, when a remand was applied for until
Thursday, to be in possession of sufficient evidence. Sub-
sequent to the writing of our notice of yesterday, the police
have discovered the pistol with which the foul deed was
committed, a six barelled revolver, in a cart in the yard of
the prisoner's father, and the bullet mould, &c., in the
prisoner's desk. With the latter the deceased's purse has
also been found. The prisoner, it appears, between the
time of the murder and his arrest, had given the key of the
desk to his sweetheart, who, we are informed, would not
believe the prisoner's guilt until the saw her father's purse
and learned it had been found in his possession. The
pistol was purchased by the prisoner of a tradesman at
Banbury. A post mortem examination has been made
of the body of the deceased, the result being the extrac-
tion of two bullets from the head. The prisoner, who is
26 3. ears of age, still maintains his innoe, nee of the
cha' ge.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE ORETO.—John Newlam;
Ataffirt was born in Ireland, but, having emigrated,
was appointed to the United States' Navy from the State of
New York. He became a citizen of Georgia, and originally
enterediour naval service in the year 1832. For over six
years he was unemployed, making his total service 26 years
and 5 months. He was last at sea in the year 1858, and was
afterwards employed on the Coast Survey, during which
he discovered a new channel in the harbour of Charleston,
marked on all our charts and known as Maffitt's channel,
after the name of the discoverer. The father of Captain
Maffitt was a well-known sensation preacher in this city
and other parts of the Union, and created considerable ex-
citement here by his bold and vigorous exhortations to
crowded assemblies. He created such a furore among the
women that they frequently took Gff their jewelry to lay it
at his feet as an offering to the Most High. Young Maar,
while in our navy, was always reputed an accomplished
officer. When the war broke out he seceded, with other
Southern officers, and united his fortunes to the fate of the
Southern Confederacy. The next thing we hear of him .ts
iu charge of the steamer Oreto and successfully limning
the blockade of Mobile. 11 is crew consisted of but 13
men, and, although sick himself, he was not deterred from
attemptiug the h zardous enterprise. Capt. Maffitt likes to
produce on the ocean the same sensation, in a differen
form, which his father used to produce in the pulpit,--.Yeto
York herald.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

By the arrival of the Arabia we have New York
papers to the 3d inst.
In the Senate, on the 2d, a communication was

received from the president of the Smithsonian In-
stitution, suggesting that George E. Badger, of
North Carolina, ought no longer to be a member of
the Board of Regents, as he had not attended any
of the meetings, and was, moreover, in the rebel
army. The petition of Madison Y. Johnson was
presented, setting forth that he was arrested in
August last by order of the Secretary of War, and
imprisoned until the 13th of September, and that
no reaso❑ was ever assigned for the arrest or dis-
charge. Mr. Richardson moved for a select com-
mittee to inquire into the facts, but the petition was
laid on the table by a vote of 22 against 16. The
judiciary committee reported back the bill granting
pecuniary aid to Missouri in emancipating slaves.
The Paymaster. General was directed to inform the
Senate what payments, if any, were made to the
army up to the 31st August, and, if none were made,
what was the reason for such non-payment. The
bill making appropriations for executive, legislative,
and judicial expenses was passed, and the Senate
adjourned.

In the House of Representatives the Senate's
amendments to the Army Appropriation Bill, with
the exception of 5,000 dols. for the survey of the
Minnesota River and the Red River of the North,
were concurred in. The Senate's amendments to
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill
were also concurred in. The Senate bill emenda-
tory of the act for the collection of direct taxes ill
insurrectionary districts was passed. The debate
on the bill authorising the President to employ
negroes as soldiers was then resumed. After an
animated discussion the bill was passed by a vote of
85 against 55, and the house adjourned.
The steamship Australia arrived at New York on.
February 1, and the Norwegian at Portland the
same day.

The port of Galveston has been declared open to
the trade of all nations friendly to the South by a
proclamation of General Magruder, which he sent
forth under a neutral register to a neutral port.
The merchants of these friendly countries are in-
vited to resume their usual commercial intercourse
with the port, now that it is in the possession of
the rebel forces. The following is the text of the
proclamation :

PROCLAMATION.

Galveston, Jan. 4, 1863.

Whereas, the undersigned has succeeded in capturing and
destroying a part of the enemy's fleet, and in driving the
remainder out of the harbour of Galveston and beyond the
neighbouring waters, and the blockade having been thus
effectually raised, he therefore proclaims to all concerned
that the harbour of Galveston is open for trade to all friendly
nations, and their merchants are invited to resume their
usual commercial intercourse with this port.— one at Gal-
veston, this 4th day of January, 1863.
J. B. MAGRUDER. Major-General Commanding.
In reference to the above the Houston Telegraph,
of the 7th says:—
We had the satisfaction of sending a number of copies of
our last paper containing copious accounts of the battle by
the same vessel, addressed to the principal journals of the
West Indies and Europe. We thus have rtason to hope
that the true account of the affair will be published to the
outside world. '1 he proclamation ought to have the effect
to invite trade, and bring cargoes of needed merchandise to
our shores.

The special correspondent of the Inquirer, at the camp
of the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, near Williamsburg,
Jan. 20, writes :—" On yesterday, the 19th inst., the Third
B attalion, consisting of Companies I and K, L and I\l, com-
manded by Major Wm. 0. M 'Candles, made a reconnois-
sance in the direction of Barnesville, through the country
thoroughly scouting all the roads branching from th
Williamsburg and Richmond turnpike. Companies I and
K, which remained on the turnpike, under the command
of Captain Cameron, having been sent forward as an ad-
vance guard, Lieut. H. A. Vez:n, with 18 men, who re-
mained, detained 12 as a reserve, and ordered Sergeant
Josiah Anderson, of Company K, forward with six men,
to march 200 yards in the advance of his column to act as
videttes, and if attacked by a superior force, to tall back on
the column. Thus the squadron marched to within one mile
of " Burnt Ordinary," when a body of mounted rebels ap-
peared, drawn up in a line across the Richmond road, esti-
mated at about seventy men. Sergeant Anderson ordered
his men to fall back, but immediately in his rear appeared
some twenty rebels drawn up in line, thus cutting himself
and party off, and capturing the whole advance. Seeing
his critical position, he put spurs to his horse and succeeded
in cutting his way back to Lieutenant Yeahn and his re-
serve, giving that gallant officer the alarm, who, with true
courage, ordered his twelve heroes to draw sabre, charge,
and give the rebels the cold steel. Here was daring with
scarce a parallel in the present war. One Lieutenant, one
sergeant, and twelve men charging about one hundred of
the enemy, drawn up in line of battle. Dashing forward,
they broke the rebel ranks and recaptured all our compa-
nions but one, together with four rebels and Ave horses
fully equipped.

'ihe Galveston city sexton buried 28 persons 11P
to the 3d, of whom 17 were killed in the fight arid
11 died subsequently.

The English steam propeller Princess Royal,
while trying to enter Charleston harbour on the
28th January, was chased ashore and captured by
the blockaders off Long Island, about 15 miles from
Charleston Bar. The pilot and one of the crew
escaped to the shore. She was from Glasgow, and
contained a most valuable cargo, comprising eight
Whitworth guns, engines for four gunboats, gun-
powder, rifles, &c. Important despatches to the
Confederate States from Capt. Maury, in Europe,
were saved from the Princess Royal previous to her
capture.

The _Richmond W7ug, of January 31, gives the
following account of this capture—

After our form was sent to press on Thursday night
telegraph despatch was received announcing the capture 01
the British steam propeller Princess Royal, Capt. Lawson,
while attempting to run the blockade into Charleston, S.C.
At the time of the clextrture of the Princess Royal from
Halifax for Bermuda the Northern papers announced the
tact, and gave a full description of the vessel and cargo.
As might have been anticipated, therefore, the Yankee
cruisers were on the look out for her ; and as she was making
her way in before daylight on Thursday morning she was
suddenly surrounded, and the officers were compelled to run
her on the Long Island beach, where she was captured.
The Princess Royal had on board a most valuable cargo,
consisting of eight Whitworth guns, four steam engines for
gunboats, rifles, powder, &c. The bulk of her freight was
about 900 tons weight and measurement. A party of Eng-
lish workmen skilled in the manufacture of projectiles were
captured with the vessel. The pilot and one or two of the
iTew escaped in a boat and reached Charleston safely. We
arc gratified to learn that important despatches from Capt.
Maury to the Government were saved by these persons.
The New York Herald of the 3d inst. contains
the following general summary of news :
The latest news from Suffolk represents that the enemy
was last night in force between 16 and 17 miles from there,
this side of the Blackwater. Our trt,ops had taken every
precaution to attack him again should he advance farther
towards Suffolk. There is now no evidence that an engage-
went will ensue immediately.
With regard to the reported disabling of the Union iron-
clad 'Montauk, in the Ogeechee, off Fort M'Allister, there,
ere two very different versions abroad. The Richmond an'.
Savannah papers say that the Montauk came up to the tort
in fine style, and that she was the only boat engaged. Their
shell and shot were broken to pieces as they struck her Bid/
but her turret was so badly injured that she had to hall,
off. The other in the meantime remained below a bend of
tho river, entirely out of the action. On the other hand, the
avy Department received a despatch last night frenl
Fortress Monroe, stating that there is no truth in the repo
that the Montauk was disabled; that Commander Wordea
lay under the enemy's guns for four hours, and that their
shot had no more effect upon his vessel than hailstones.
Nothing had been heard at Port Royal of the capture
of
the gunboat Isaac Smith in Stono river.
In additioo to the news we gave yesterday relative to the
reported destruction of the Oreto or Florida, we have since
learned that a leading mercantile house of Havana st.nt
word off to the Columbia, as she was about leaving that
port, that the tebel vessel had been destroyed.
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the ia.ae!
waters between there and Beaufort are black with vessels of
all kinds, which are only awaiting the;
the abatement of
severe gale which has been prevailing for the past five day._
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Jobff. Davis had a conference last week with Governor
Vance, of North Carolina, upon the relations of that State
with the Southern Confederacy, meeting him for that pur-
pose at Franklin Depot, Virginia on the Blackwater. Go-
vernor
would North insist upon the reserve and recall of an adequate tore
for the protection of North Carolina from any further Unin
advances. North Carolina has now 80,000 troops in the !The
set vice.
•MOIMrt

PEDESTRIANISM —E. MILLS (YOUNG ENaLAN 9)
AND C. MOWER.—T— h
eBe clippers met on Mondal
cide one mile for betting .5
at Mr. J
t.. Roberts's, West London Cricket Ground, to de"
to (41
Mills,their and then closedrace at 2 and£loo 3' toThe 1, there being Mitt:
money invested. Mills, on coming to the mark, vos aer
tended by W. Price, M.O. of hackney-wick, and INl°w
t)3,- George Martin. On the' word being given, Mower teols
he lead and held it for the first half mile, when INIO
At three-clupte _
made a spurt and went to the front.
4. a mile Mills was leading by six yards, which clistaarn.c_:
ne increased, and finally ran in a winner by 30as
haying run the distance in four minutes and 35 seconds'