The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-27 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

Lord llolland's will, which from particular
causes has been much delayed, and which has ex-
cited the interest of the public, was proved in Lon-
don, in the principal registry of the Court of Pro-
bate, on February -20. It was executed by his
lot dship the day before his death ; the greater part
was written by his medical attendant, and finished
by the British Consul at Naples, who is one of the
witnesses thereto, his lordship having resided in
that city for some time. The will runs thus :—He
leaves everything " to the will" of Lady Holland.
To his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale he
beqeaths a portrait of Prince Talleyrund ; to his
Imperial Highness Prince Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon
by Gerard ; to his friend Mr. Edward Cheney he
bequeaths his Italian paintings,
M which he h
Dopes will
be worthy of his acceptance ; to r. M. S. avid
son, £500; to Mrs. Smith, of Barfoot, £100; and
he bequeaths the following annuities :—To Mr.
John Latham, his medical attendant, £3OO a_
year ;
to his valet £lOO a-year ;to his butler £5O
dck Spicer
Davidson, of Spring gardens, to his cook £6O a-year ;to his head gardener
ze tt4rc
a-year ; and one half-year's wages to all his ter-
vents respectively ; and appoints
,L.ady -Holland, the
urn
Earl of Shelburne, and
Nlr.
leis executors. The
'oln under £so,ooo.—The late
eminentE alike' both as a physician and
i)r. personalty
Todd,
for medical literary attainments, died suddenly on
thel3 t hmocfs
most
intelligibleet ob r l 5
the 30th (,f January.
framing ; but it was
alltte.ssted by
_W
year (on the 970 He had made his will on the
It is exceedingly brief, and
6l.anguage is employed in its
of
inot executed till the following
1 )ecember, 1857), when it was
W. Connor,. M.D., and' H. Cooper Todd.
which
vas
disposition ; and the per-
sonalty, sworn under £14,000, is held
in_ trust for the widow during her life, and at her
decease is to be equally divided amlng his four
children The executors are the widow of the de-
ceased ; the Rev. James Henthern Todd, D.D.,
Trinity College, Dublin, his brother; and Mr.
Robert Cheere.-11lustrated London News.

The Queen has been pleased to nominate the
Rev. Dr. Vaughan, late Head Master of Harrow School, to
the Bishopric of Rochester, in the room of the Right ROT.
Dr. Murray, deceased.

ROYAL VOLUNTEER BALL.—Under the except by a passing sarcasm from the man who
immediate patronage of -
Her Most Gracious :Majesty the QLELN. k must have felt it most, and its most important parts
His Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT. are likely to remain unanswered. Mr. WAL-roLE
His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDG-E, Commander- makes no pretensions to oratory, beyond the
in-Chief.
Ifer Royal Hig-hness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. oratory of facts, and a kindly
:tier Royal Highness the Princess MARY of CAMBRIDGE. appreciation
LADIES PATRONESSES. of their actual bearing on society, but we are
Her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort mistaken if, when all the illusions of the debate
Her Grace the Duchess of Argyll
Her Grace the Duchess of Roxburghe have died away, one part of Mr. -WALPOLE'S speech
Her Grace the Duchess of Montrose
Her Grace the Duchess of \Veiling-ton will not be remembered by thousands ; they will
Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland
Her Grace the Duchess of Inverness look to him as the man who told the House of
The Marchioness of Salisbury
The Marchioness of Downshire Commons their case.
Maria Marchioness of..estmiAilesbury
Westminster, His whole argument was, that all the rea-
The Marchioness of W
The Countess of Shrewsbury
The Countess of Derby sons assigned by Mr. GLADSTONE for giving
The Countess of liinnoul
The Countess Frances Waldegrave up the paper duty applied yet more strongly
The Countess of Harrington
The Countess of Sefton to the Income-tax. The first was that the
The Countess de la Warr
The Countess Spencer house had pledged itself by a resolution to give up
The Countess of Clarendon
The Countess of Malmesbury the duty ; but, as Mr. WALPOLE observed, that was
The Countess of Donoughmore
The Countess of Beauchamp only a general pledge, and avowedly qualified by
The Countess of Uxbridge
The Lady Laura Meyrick the state of the revenue at the time ; the pledge to
The Lady Constance Grosvenor
Lady William Powlett give up the Income-tax in 1860 was one em-
Lady Alfred Churchill
bodied in an Act of Parliament, and had been
The Viscountess Palmerston
The Viscountess Ingestre
Tad
Saltoun the very reason by which the nation was induce
Lady d
Lady Panmure to submit to so galling an impost for seven long
Lady Elcho
Lady Stanley of Alderley years. Again, in regard to the obstructions said
The Hon. Lady Phipps
The Hon. Mrs. Sidney Herbert to be placed in the way of trade by the Excise
The Hon. Mrs. Edward Curzon
regulations, he showed by irrefutable documen-
ts
Lady Armytage
Cochrane.
tary evidence that this was a mere fiction. On the
Mrs. Baillie Coc
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. other hand, such are the perplexities arising out
Earl Grosvenor, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Westminster
Volunteer Corps. of the working of the Income-tax, that not fewer
Viscount Ranelagh, Lieutenant-Colonel of the South Middle-
sex Volunteer Corps. than 250,000 claims annually are presented
Lord Elcho, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Scottish Volunteer
Corps. . for exemption or repayment, accompanied
I.ord Colville, Lieutenant-Colonel of the lion. Artillery
Company Volunteer Corps. with powerful appeals frequently to corn-
Lieutenset-Colonel the Hon. C. Lindsay. Lieutenant-Colonel
passion or forbearance. Such is the statement of
of the St. George's Volunteer Corps.
The Royal Volunteer Ball will take place (under the imme-
diate sanction and patronage of her Majesty). on Wednesday, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.
March 7, 1810, being the day which her Majesty the Queen
has specially appointed to hold a Levee to receive the patriotic But it is the third point insisted on by Mr.
Volunteers from the different parts of the kingdom.
The Ball will be given in THE NEW FLORAL ITAII„ GLADSTONE, in reference to the repeal of the
Covent-garden, which building, has recently been completed,
and from its great dimensions, its form, and general arrange- Paper Duty, which is infinitely more strik-
meet, will, when decorated for the above special occasion,
form a Ball Room of unsurpassed grandeur, ing in regard to the Income-tax "its
A raised Gallery will be devoted to the exclusive accom-
modation of the Ladies Patronesses. greater pressure on the poor compared with
It is proposed to give, out of the proceeds of the Ball, Four the rich,
of the Income-tax on a class of
in regard to cheap literature." The
Prizes for the four best Rifle Shots, to be contested during
ressure
the ensuing Summer by the Volunteers of the London Dis-
ti„ p
trict. Each Prize will be of the value of Twenty-
Guineas. The Winners of these Four Prizes are then to
persons, who relatively arc among the poorest in
compete for a Fifth Prize of the value of One Hundred
Guiueas. the kingdom, is intolerably cruel. Take schedule
Further details of the Entertainment will be published
next week. D—trades and professions—the number of persons
Ticevrs.—Gentiemee, being Volunteers, may obtain
assessed under it to the Income-tax amounts to
vouchers for their Tickets through the Commanding; Officer
of their respective Corps, or through the Committee of
Management, Floral Hall, Covent-garden. 208.000. Of these more than 200,000 are assessed
Each Volunteer who may wish to be accompanied by a
Lady, will, through the same source, be furnished with a on incomes under £3OO a year. "These," exclaimed
Voucher for a Double Ticket.
Gentlemen, not being members of any Volunteer Corps, as Mr. WALPOLE, " are the persons on whom this tax
well as Ladies who desire to be present, will please to apply . ihi
for vouchers to either of the Ladies Patronesses, or to the is weighing so heavily. It is not your landed
Committee of Management, Floral Hall, Covent-garden.
Every Lady and Gentleman's name must be inscribed on proprietor—it is not your rich manufacturer—
their Tickets, as the Tickets are not transferable.
it is not your opulent and powerful merchant.
Dancing will commence at Ten o'clock.
Refreshments will be supplied during the evening by the N
Messrs. Gunter, of Berkeley-square. o, itlis your hardworn tradesman, your struggling
At One o'clock the Supper will be served by Messrs. Staples. clerk, your needy professional man."
Tickets for the Ball, 255. each; which will include refresh-
ments, supper, and wine. This is the class which so rarely finds an advo-
The Vouchers must be exchanged for Tickets on or before
Saturday, March 3d, at the Floral Hall, Bow-street, Covent- cate in the House of Commons, yet the class which
garden ; or at the Libraries of Mr. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond
needs
and Mr. Sams, I, St. James's-street. needs one as much as any. The artizan and
N.B.—As the number of Tickets to be issued is, of necessity,
limited, preference will be given to those who first present operative are thought of. Mr. GLADSTONE tells
their Vouchers for exchange. us that his budget is meant to find them em-
ployment. The rich, of whom for the most
part the House consists, want no advocates ;
they say little about themselves, but always vote for
themselves. But those who are in the condition,
which appears at first sight the one we are taught
in Scripture to pray for, " neither poverty nor
riches," are those who are most severely scourged
by the GLADSTONE Income-tax. It is remarkable
that in the same prayer we are taught to
say " remove from me vanity and lies." Mr.
WALPOLE tells us that to this class the
Income-tax schedule is an irresistible tempter to
lie to the collector, who, they are quite sure, is
wronging them.
There is not, in truth, a poorer class than the
middle class, -whose incomes are below the line
drawn by Mr WALPOLE, and yet above the low-
water mark of the Income-tax. It is a class
which must have a respectable dwelling ; which
must have decent furniture; which must
keep a table not to be quite blushed for
if a friend steps in; which must dress so as to not
betray the difficulty of paying a tailor's bill ; which
must educate its children fairly; and must keep a
servant and keep up appearances, and not unfre-
quently must pay a Church-rate from fear of the con-
stable, while it pays too liberally for its means to--
wards the support of Dissenting worship, from honest
conviction. And this class is increasingly feeling
its relative poverty. The highly-paid artizans
press on its sensitiveness from below ; the
different grades of the wealthier classes from
above. The first men rise from illiterate intelli-
gence, find a competency in an income of between
£lOO and £3OO a year; but their children
feel the position a trying one. They can-
not dress as servants, or well do menial work.
They have no capital. The girls become governesses,
the boys clerks, and some of them, luckier than the
rest, contrive to marry before the reign of the more
generous instincts and sentiments is subverted by
that of a selfish prudence.
This is the class—to 200,000 of whom Mr. GLAD •
STONE is a merciless taskmaster. For him they must
make bricks without straw. Would to HEAVEN
they would bestir themselves to force him to make
a budget without an Income-tax ! They could do it.
They form half the constituency of most boroughs.
Utley have but to tell him—We will no longer
smart for your " landed proprietors," whose rents
rise with the foreign commerce of the country ;
nor for the " rich manufacturer," who makes his
hundred thousand a-year out of the treaties for
which we pay Income-tax ; nor for the " opulent
,tcnhhdaonl pet
chants
l we
e rful merchant," who rolls in wealth by
v
pay
dealings in the manufacturers' products.
Let your landlords, and manufacturers, and mer-
their
thecssw
what they please—for tariffs which over-
-611 pockets—we demand to be dealt with on
a
whom Mr.
If totally
a
differentl
mr.
would but bestir themselves, t WALPOLEo
could p
el pleads f
even now
noowr
give this tenpenny-tax on their uncertain lives and
labours a rude shake. They can do the two
things which, combined, never fail to tell on mem-
bers. They can write to their own represen-
tatives, and tell them their minds.
These Senators, as Mrs. BEECHER says, are
men, after all. They have hearts like_ other men
—and while they will vote grandly with party
in the House, when an individual case comes
before them they feel it like others. They are
generally gentlemen, and would not violate confi-
dence. Let now several of their constituents in
each place but write and tell them confidentially
how this tenpenee grinds on their very soul; and
half the members written to would see Mr. GLAD-
STONE himself, or the Treasury
whip, and tell him
that come great change must be made. The other
way, that of petitioning, is obvious, and should be
adopted where a false shame does not prevent. But
all electors can write ; and they will be wise if
they do, and at once.

BENSON'S WATCHES.
" Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Poet.
Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas.
Silver Watches
33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C.
Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the manazement of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING (Monday), will be produced the grand
Opera, entitled LURLINE, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs.
W. Harrison, Santley, Corri, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa
Pyne, Pilling, and F. Cruise,
Conclactor, Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS
IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden
Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, 11. Payne. E'. Payne, Barnes,
Tallien, Infants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original
Comedyy, in three acts, entitled THE OVERLAND
ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip-
pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy
of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled
Leclereqs.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.-
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.
Brilliant and Increased Success of the new ma—Colette
Dubois and Therese Defarge, by Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, the new Drama of A TALE OF
TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that
name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr.
James VininlT, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Souse, Forrester, J.
Johnstone, 'l'. Ln. Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler,
Clifford, and Fredericks; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner,
Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste.
After which, will be produced the Grand Christmas Ex-
travaganza and Pantomime. KING TIIR US ÜBE A D, the
LITTLE PET and the G SEAT PASSION, in which is pre-
sented one of the most novel, cositly, and brilliant effects ever
witnessed -designed and-painted by Mr. William Callcott.—
King Thrushbeard, Miss Julia St. George.
CommenOe at T.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, the Comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Geo.
Melville, Ryder, Frank Mathews, Widdicomb, H. Bland, 11.
Saker, Garden, Graham ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Clifford,
and Mrs Charles Young
After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H.
J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER; or, Harle-
quin King Art;iur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack - Panta-
loon, Mr. faulo —Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.

W THEATRE - ROYAL, Al) ELPHI
NESole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
First Night of a New and Original Comedy, by Watts
Phillips, entitled PAPER WINGS.
THIS EVENING, ICT ON PARLE FRANCAIS, Mr. J
L. Toole. Chas. Selby, Billington, Mrs. Chatterlev, Mrs. Bil-
lingion, Miss Kate Kelly, and Laidlaw.
After which, PAPER, WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, J. L.
Toole, D. Fisher, Billington, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby,
Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer, Mrs Alfred Wigan,
Nisei!. Simms, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley.
Followed by DINORATI UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Messrs.
J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss
K. Kel y.

Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Bog-
Of ice open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats.
nor for bills of performance. All tees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES's. LessS
ee INTIr:1-IT.EBA.CTiaRtteEr:
King-street, St. James'
Theatre to
ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The'
all hours 01 the night,
open to
Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the nearest
carriages and foot passengers
TIIIS
performances will commence with
I WILL, EfENENO the
IF YOU WILL.
After which, FIRST AFF ECTTONS. Messrs. 11. T.
Craven, G. Spencu, and Miss ffyndham.
Followed by a new burlesque called DIO. Mr. Chiz
arles
Young, Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Cass Murray, Arles
Young, C. Ranoe, A. Evans, and Corps de Ballet.
To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson.

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING,
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
(Donizetti).
Donna Lucrezia
Maffio Orsini
•
M
Gene
''''''
illL,rirssris. Anderson.
ITundsirsveyeorliliol.
Don Altonzo Herbert.
bert.
Conductor—Mr. Jongli te ans.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Geortv liorison (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. 1.. Critchfield, and E. W. 111ackney.
Several interestin Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique anti brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
The zallery is (me:. from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

CONCERTS..

TILE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, Fm 3. 26, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
45—highest since noon yesterday.
44—lowest this morning and during the night.
52—this day at noon.
TIATIOMETER-29.70—a fall of three quarters of an.inch.
"WIND, South-Westerly ; fresh, with rather fine weather
—some rain in the night.
Three o'clock—Wind more Westerly ; fresh and squally
—rain all the evening and night.
FED. 27.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
54—highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.33; still falling
WIND, ; strong and squally, with gusts of
rain, and sunshine occasionally. It blows a strong gale.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TIIIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 57m.—Afternoon, sh. 12m
TO-MOURow.-Monaing, sh. 27m.—Afternoon, sh. 44T.:

There is hope at last for us that the Serpentine
may really be cleansed. The new Chief Commis-
,ioner of Public Works acknowledged, on Saturday
tfternoon, that he did not think the plan now be-
ing carried out, nominally to that end, was at all
" a good plan,"—indeed, the Right Hon. Gentle-
man went the length of saying, quite frankly, that
he, for his ewn part, should never have thought of
adopting such a plan " But," said Mr. COWPER,
"my hands are tied." The work has actually been
commenced with a view to the carrying out of that
expensive and ridiculous and dirty scheme of Mr.
HAWKSLET—that perfectly absurd, and worse than
worthless scheme, which was adopted in a moment

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THE SUN.

LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 27, 1860.

.We wrote the other day—" Tax Manchester for
a Manchester budget." Mr. WALPOLE, on Fri-
day night, illustrated very forcibly the justice of
our remark. His speech was wholly unanswered,

of incomprehensible fatuity by the late Mr. HENRY
FITZROY, and more than that, was posi-
tively championed in a moment of still
greater fatuity by the late illustrious engineer
Mr. ROBERT STEPHENSON. We all know too
painfully what this plan was—what, alas, it is, for
it is literally now being carried out ! Namely, an
elaborately arranged method of puddling and mess-
ing and dabbling in all kinds of filth—drawing the
foul water off, and filtering it, and pumping it back
again—and, while periodically carting away the
loathsome and putrescent residum, still carrying on
the nasty process in one ceaseless round of drip and
drizzle and stench under a fluctuating atmosphere
of more or less odious exhalations. Say whatever
the contriver of this absurd and abominable plan
may, in extenuation of it,—the fact that it involves
all this is a matter perfectly obvious, perfectly and
absolutely undeniable. It is so wholly undeniable
that we cannot in any way wonder at all for a
single instant that Mr. COWPER on Saturday after-
noon should, have spoken as we have here al-
ready intimated, that he should have said in so
many words—for what he said upon the subject is
so entirely in accordance with our own often ex•
pressed views, that we here gladly reproduce the
ipsissima verba of the Chief Commissioner of Public
Works :—" As to myself, I have no responsibility
for that which has been done, yet still I do
not think it a good plan, nor should I have ever
thought of adopting such a plan." Then follow
the obnoxious words before quoted—" But my
hands are tied." Cannot some one untie them for
the sake of the public, for the Chief Commis-
sioners' sake himself ? Cannot the House of Com-
mons ? It is in these matters politically omnipo-
tent. It can do, when it is put to it, pretty nearly
any thing. It was only the other day (compara-
tively but a few hours since) that we saw it doing
with the greatest sang froid the most sur-
prising thing we could almost expect to
see done even by a House of Commons—
namely, while swallowing an Income Tax of
£10,000,000 upon the twelvemonth, for the luxury
of having a Treaty of Peace with France that binds
us for ten years to the chariot wheels of NAPOLEON,
signallising the Ministerial acceptance of that
treaty by setting apart (chiefly because of the im-
mense army and the formidable navy of our imperial
ally) £30,000,000 upon the year for our war
establishments ! Surely a House of Commons that
can go that extraordinary length can achieve
the far less difficult feat of untying Mr.
COWPER'S hands so that he may wash
them clean of all the dirty work of filtration con-
trived by the whimsical engineering genius of Mr.
HAwKsLEY, and now unhappily in course of being
practically commenced upon the banks of Serpen-

LATEST

NEW S.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, MONDAY, FEB. 27.

The Constitutionnel publishes a despatch of M.
Thouvenel, dated the 31st January last, which was
addressed to the French Ambassador at Vienna, to
be communicated to Count Rechberg.
M. Thouvenel draws a historical outline of the
useless endeavours of France to bring about a solu-
tion of the question of Central Italy.
The inhabitants of these provinces having refused

to recognise their former Sovereigns, M. Thouvenel
appeals to the conciliatory spirit of Austria in
favour of the English proposal.

As regards the Romagna, TI. Thouvenel expresses
his regret that the Pope should have allowed the
state of things in that province to become so ag-

gravat ed.
France would, however, consent to a less radical
combination than one proposing the dismember-
ment of the States of the Church, on condition of
the principle of non-intervention being maintained

PARIS, SUNDAY;

It is stated that the Cabinets of Berlin and St
Petersburg, in their reply to the English proposal
for the settlement of the Italian question, have made
counter-proposals, to be submitted to a future Con-
gress after having been examined by a conference
of the Five Great Powers. It is further said that
M. Thouvenel, on receipt of these counter proposals,
stated that the French Government will give its
answer to them in concert with England.
The report of the intended departure of Count
Walewski for Vienna on a special mission is with-
out any foundation whatever.
The Moniteur publishes a decree on the reorga-
nisation of the artillery, suppressing the regimental
lists of the storehouses for field artillery, increas•
ing the number of batteries of infantry by creating
three new regiments and re-establishing the artil-

lery train.
The Moniteur also publishes the programme of
the opening of the Legislative body on the Ist of
March, and announces that the Emperor presided
yesterday at a Council of Ministers.

MADRID, FEB. 24

Yesterday two messengers from Muley Abbas
presented themselves at General O'Donnelrs quar-
ters to inform him that Muley Abbas, accompanied
by El Ketib (Minister of Foreign affairs), was wait-
ing for him on the Tangier road. The interview
took place. It commenced by the discussion of the
question of the occupation of Tetuan. As the Moors
obstinately objected to such occupation General
O'Donnell was on the point of breaking up the
conference. Muley Abbas earnestly entreated him
to renew the discussion, but it led to no result.
The Moors requested a further delay, which Gene-
ral O'Donnell refused to grant. The armistice was
declared at an end. The General-in-Chief returned
to Tetuan, and immediately issued orders to Bus-
tillos, who commands the naval - squadron, to con-
cert active operations."

tine.
It was the House of Commons that came
blindly to the conclusion that £17,000 had better
be spent in carrying into effect this nasty process
—a proCess in its character as filthy as in its
result, it must prove ineffectual. If the
House blunders into a wrong path, it can
surely retrace its steps. The present Chief Com-
missioner thinks now, with many thousands of
other persons who are not Chief Commissioners,
that the path entered upon at the instance of Mr.
HAWKSLEY, with the consent of Mr. FITZROY, and
under the astounding mismanagement of Mr. STE-
PHENSON, is a wrong path altogether. Do let us
hope, then, that the House having—as it certainly
must have—the power, will also have the goad
sense to stop these outrageously absurd proceed-
ings. Let it acknowledge that it was acting in the
dark and under insufficient information. Let it
annul its own mistaken decision. Because a thousand
pounds or so have already been wasted in the preli-
minary works—that is manifestly no valid reason
why the whole remainder of the £17,000 should also
be squandered in building up this nuisance alike to
Hyde•park and Kensington-gardens. Twelve years
have already been consumed in the agitation of this
really important metropolitan question of the puri-
cation of the Serpentine. It was in 1848 that a
meeting was held that appointed to this end a com •
mittee, the representatives of which committee on
Saturday last waited in deputation upon the Chief
Commissioner of Public Works to protest against
the folly of a scheme which the right hon. gentle-
man himself has the manliness to acknowledge to
be self-evident. What plan ought to be adopted in-
stead of Mr. HAWKSLEY'S, wo have ourselves, over
and over again, in these columns explained. It is
a plan that would be clean instead of dirty—though
rough instead of being merely partial—and it is a
plan that would cost £ll,OOO at the outside, instead
of £17,000! It is the very plan that has been em-
ployed with such eminent success in the treatment
of the ornamental water in St. James's Park. Let
the present filthy current of the Serpentine accord-
ing to this rational plan be cleared out, the holes
at the bottom of it filled up, the unequal channel be
reduced to one uniform level say of four feet, shal-
lowing off to the margin, and then having
lined it all with concrete, or sand, to be had
in abundance in Hyde Park, brim it up with
fresh water and provide then for a perpetual sup-
ply of fresh water that would pass off at the end in
an ornamental cascade ! By this plan we should no
longer have as a bathing place in summer, and as a
skating place in winter, and always as an adorn-
ment (?) to the noblest park and the most beautiful
garden in all London a gigantic " man-trap," filled
with a liquid like " green pea soup," and called
aptly enough from its treacherous and deadly na-
ture the Serpentine !

The Spanish squadron has left Algesiras, in
order to bombard the seaport towns of Morocco,
and will probably commence operations by the
bombardment of Arcilla.

TURIN, FEB. 25.
A circular of the Minister of War, dated 24th

February, says :
" The presence of Lombardian sub-officers and
private soldiers already in service under the flag
of the Royal army rendered it necessary to reunite
with them the soldiers of the old provinces, now on
unlimited leave, in order to bring both classes into
close union with their chiefs, to consolidate the
organisation of the different corps, and to make the
instruction uniform. The King has, therefore,
ordered, the individuals of the class 1830, 1831,
1832, and 1833 to be recalled to service."

We observe, through the Gibraltar Chronicle of
the 10th February, that at a general meeting of the friends
and supporters of the Catholic division of the Civil Hospi-
tal of Gibraltar, held there on the 6th inst., Henry Felix
J. Recano, Esq., Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple,
was elected Deputy Governor.
ORDER OF THE THiSTLE. Her Majesty will
hold an investiture of the Order of the Thistle on Friday
next, at Buckingham Palace, on which occasion the Earl of
Fife, it is understood, will be enrolled a knight of that noble
and ancient order in the place of the late Earl of Camper-
down.

We believe that there will be an examination for
direct commissions at Chelsea immediately after the Easter
week, No day has been actually fixed, but candidates will
do well to attend to the above intimation.—Army and
Navy Gazette.

FEB. 26.

The Russian Ambassador has, in the name of
his Government, represented to Count Cavour the
heavy responsibility which would fall on Sardinia
if, at the very thoment when the European Powers
are endeavouring to make the state of affairs less
threatening, she were to take steps for the annexa-
tion of Central Italy to Piedmont. It is said that in
consequence of these representations, and following
the advice of France, all projects in refereice to
Central Italy are to be suspended for the present.

NAPLES, FEB. 18 (via GENOA).

A decree of the Minister of War orders officers
on leave to join their regiments on the Ist of March.
Part of the Municipal Guards have been mobilised.
Agitation prevails in Palermo and in the Abruzzi.

MARSEILLES, FEB. 25.

News from Constantinople to the 15th states that,
Prince Milosch being seriously ill, his son has re-
quested the Sultan to recognize him as hereditary
successor. This demand was supported by Russia.
Fears were entertained that in case of-refusal an
insurrection of the Sclavonians in Turkey might
break out. Said Pasha had written a letter to the
Sultan expressing his desire to come to some ar•
rangement on the question of the Suez Canal. El
Hami Pasha, son-in-law of the Sultan, had been
sent to Egypt on a special mission. It was asserted
that the Porte had ordered a loan of £6,000,000
sterling to be negotiate]. in London.

CHINA.

EXPERIMENTS WITH FRENCH COAL—It may be
interesting at this juncture to know that experiments are
now being made each day at Toulon, on board the frigate
Imperatrice Eugenie, on French coals of different pro-
vinces, particularly on those of Graissessac, and of the basin
of the Loire, some of which. are prepared by a new and
economical process for consumption. in steam furnaces.—
Army and Xavy Gazette.

SHANGHAI, JAN. 6.

The tonnage dues have been reduced by an edict
from the Emperor on ships of all nations under the
American treaty.

Arrivals Lem England.—The Potosi, the Illi-
mani, the Clarendon, the George IV., the Medina,
the Marie, the Gabrielle, and the Westburn.
From New York.—The Superior and the Golden
Rule.

From Philadelphia.—The Mountain Wave.
Departures for London.—The Spray of the
Ocean, the Australia, and the Solent.
For New York.—The Sancho Panza, the Sky-
lark, and the Surprise:
Cleared for London.—The Chryseis.

HOMEWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA
MAILS.

The following telegram has been received at Mr,
Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company :
MARSEILLES, FEB. 26.
The Vectis, with the above mails, arrived here al

A SINGULAIt PAItISILL-I
city,
elytO the ißnagtuhl,atrhofuagcth that
in the parish of St. Peter and Stat.nild altul 5:
containing the Abbey
Rectory of Bath), the
and four of the
church
n (twhhoiccieingitryeeosfthteheti
, there is
Guildhall, the baths, pump-rooms, mar
principal hotels, and c,mprising 3,000 inhabitants,
not a single private house, nor a person returneditant in the
census as "gentleman," nor is there a clergyman
surgeon resident in it.—.. Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.clergyman, or
THE CIIINA WAIL—The composition of the
Chinese Staff shows that Lord Clyde is not forgetful of hise
old officers and friends, at the same time that it is a most
thin George All_
efficient body. We see Colonels Mackenzie and Ross, of the
old Highland Bri,_ffatic, and forxnulyon the Quartermaster.
:G.enCearpal of Lord Clyde's
General's Staff at Balaklava, in charge of the Chinese force.
igno
ohigherd ,th e
Assistantgrades o f
cithe a
rd
teeprzlinTsrenr
_t
head-quarters, is also on the
nt
staff—no more active or zealous
officer in the service. The appoiment a Colonel Hay
thorne will be most agreeable to all who know the merits of
that excellent soldier. Lieut.-Col. Stephenson, C. 8., has
seen much servicein the Crimea and elsewhere, and Lums-
den is a man whose name goes far and wide through India,
and on whose career many eyes are fixed in (mat expec-
tancy. In fact, if the expedition fail, it cannot be unsuc-
cessful on account of any' incompetency on the staff, for
most of them have already gained by actual experience in
the field the knowledge in which our Crimean staff was
at first so disastrously deficient.-4rmy and Navy Gazette.

10 a.m. this day.
Mails left for London at noon.
Letters will be delivered in London on Tuesday

morning.

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH

INDIA.

The following message has been received at the
office of the Red Sea Telegraph :
We arrived off Maculla this day, and are about
making the splice, which will complete telegraphic
communication between Alexandria and India. All
well on board the Imperatrice.
The submariLe cable has been successfully laid

SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1860.

RAILWAYS.

and Alexandria is in telegraphic communication
with the capital of her Majesty's Indian possessions.

FRANCE.
PARTS, SUNDAY.

The illoniteur publishes an Imperial decree mak-
ing a considerable number of judicial appointments
in Paris and the departments.
THE BOURSE, Feb. 25.—There was an improve-
ment at the opening of the market, but it was not
maintained, and prices again receded. Threes,
after having been done at 68f 16c, are now at 671
90c ; Mobilier varied from 752 f 50c to 746 f 25c ;
Austrian, 505 f to 502 f 50c; Lyons, 890 f to Bi6f
25c; Orleans, 1,375 f to 1,370 f; Northern, 917 f to
912 f 50c.

The following are the last quotations :-
43 per Cents. .... 97 50 ' Credit Foncier 740
Do. end month .. 97 75 Belgian 41 . —
3 per Cent 5....... 67 85 I Piedmontese (5) BO
Do. end month.... 67 85 Roman BO
Bank Shares 2BOO \ Austiian
Credit Mobilier .. 748 75 Spanish Threes
Do. Account

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 915 .. 912 50
New ditto 827 50 .. 827 50
Lyons and Mediterranean BB6 25 .. 885
Genova 490 .. 490
Southern
Western 582 50 .. 582 50
Eastern
Sardinian ..
Austrian
Lombard ....
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 111 c. ; money,
25f. 10e.; three months, paper, 24f. 90c. ; money, 24f. 871 c.