The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-01 00:00:00

R .0 Y A I,

ENGLISH OPERA
COVENT-GARDEN.

Wider the management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr.W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING '(Thursday), will be produced the grand
Ppera, entitled LURLINE, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs.
W. Harrison, Santley, Corri, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa
ryne,•Pilling, and F. Cruise,

Condactor, 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, F. Payne, Barnes,
Tallien, I nfants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan.

Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original
Comedy, in three acts, entitled Tim OVERLAND
ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip-
pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
Followed by the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy
Of the True Lovers' knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled
Leclercqs.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.-
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.
Brilliant and Increased Success of the new Drama—Colette
Dubois and Therese Defarge, by Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, the new Drama of A TALE OF
TWO um' lES, by Tom 'l7:tylor, Esq., from the story of that
name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr.
James Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, House, Forrester, J.
Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, 11. Butler,
Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner,
Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste.

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Atter which, will be produced the Grand Christmas Ex-
travaganza and Pantomime, K ING TIE RES lIBEA It 0, the
LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION, in which is pre-
sented one of the most novel, costly, and brilliant effects ever
witnessed -designed and painted by Mr. William Callcott.—
Sing Thrushbeard, Miss Julia St. George.

Commenoe at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Barrie.

THIS EVENING, the Comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Geo.
Melville, Ryder, Frank Mathews, Widdicomb, 11. Bland, H.
Baker, Garden, Graham ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Clifford,
and Mrs Charles Young
After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by 11.
J. Byron, called JACK TILL GIANT KELLER ; or, harle-
quin King Arnur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—llarlequin, Mr. Cormack -Panta-
loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.

ISW THEATRE - ROYAL, Al) ELPHL
ITiole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
First Night et a New and Original Comedy, by Watts
Phillips, entitled PAPER. WINGS.
THIS EVENING, ICI ON PART.E FRANCAIS, Mr. J.
L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billington, Mrs. Chatterlev, Mrs. Bil-
lington, 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, l'oweil, Romer, Mrs Alfred Wigan,
Miss 11. Simms, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley.
Followed by DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss
It.Kely.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to
Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to
Carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night.
TillS EVENING- the performances will commence with
I WILL, IF YOU WILL.
After which, FIRST AFFECTIONS. Messrs. 11. T.
Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham.
Followed by a new burlesque called DIDO. Mr. Charles
Young, Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Murray, Eliza
Arden, C. Ranoe, A. Evans, and Corps de Ballet.
To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson.

Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform
ance commences at 7.

CANTERBUR Y HALL
THIS EVENING,
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
(Donizetti).

CONCERTS.-

Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell.
Kam) Orsini ka• Ili's. Anderson.
Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting 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 and brilliant
eights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 1, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
36—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.05.
WIND, South-West; light, and fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, Gh. 481-IL—Afternoon, 7h. 14m.
To-uonitow.-Morning, 7h. 46m.—Afternoon, Bh. 27m.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1860.

Another " great fact " is the rifled gun made of
cast iron, throwing enormous solid shot to a distance
of five or six miles with extraordinary accuracy of
aim—all this having been actually accomplished
according to the simple and ingenious system con-
trived by Mr. JOSEPH Wlirrwoferri. The inven-
tor of this astonishing system will soon doubtless
be Sir JOSEPH WIIITWORTII, receiving, what he has
earned equally well with his eminent contemporary
Sir Wiemaar ARMSTRONG, the knightly accolade
from the hands of her MAJESTY. Very recently,
as will have been remarked by the general rimier,
our own columns and those of the rest of the public
newspapers have given detailed reports of the sur-
prising success attendant upon the Whitworth
guns under the test of many severe experiments.
Those experiments have proved beyond the reach
of further incredulity that poor Captain WARNER
was at any rate not talking altogether idly and at
random when he insisted upon the possibility of
manufacturing pieces of ordnance callable of hurling
a cannon ball to a distance of several miles. When
he used not so very long since to talk of his long
range, he was regarded derisively by the mass as
doing little else than just pulling the long bow.
Yet here in 1860 we are put in possession of cast iron
guns that the inventor not merely insists can throw
but that actually have thrown ponderous cannon
balls to a distance of over five miles and a half,
doing this, moreover, as we have said, with an
accuracy of aim truly astounding.
Mr. WHITWORTH, the inventor of these wonder-
ful guns, has very recently (in fact his letter is
dated only the day before yesterday) penned a com•
munication singularly interesting in its character,
elucidative of many of the hitherto only partially
recognised advantages brought to light the other
day for the first time by the flash of his marvellous
ordnance. Speaking in the first instance of the
stress not unnaturally laid upon the surprising
magnitude of the range attained by these guns i❑
the course of the recent experiments, Mr.
WmTwonm observes, however, at once "My
rifled guns have not been made expressly with the
view of obtaining great range; that is one of the
advantages they possess, but it is not obtained at
the sacrifice of others." And he adds to this em-
phatic intimation immediately afterwards—" They
are all adapted, not only for firing solid shot, but
also for hollow shot, which may be filled with
molten iron, and for every description ofshell. The
capacity of the shell is easily increased by add-
ng to its length ; and, as my guns are rifled
throughout and require no chamber, shells of any
length may be fired with any requisite charge of
Powder;' In reference to these last observations
ye we not but just now had, so to speak, a lumi-
nous glare thrown upon this frightful advantage
accruing in this manner from the use of the WHIT
WORTH cannon, as a means of hurling to Lo huge a
distance hollow shot filled with molten metal
or shells charged with other kinds of liquid or de-
toe e destruction Ilas not that veritable Fire-
Rine, or SULTAN-K ERlR—Captain NORTON writ-
ten to ourselves and to our contemporaries these
startling and burning words ? "The recent ex-
periments with WHITWORTH'S rifle cannon," writes
captain NORTON, "more particularly his three-
pcunder, flu-owing its elongated shot to the distance
of five miles and a half, prove that he could throw
elongated rifle shells, charged with liquid fire,
from the high ground at Hyde, Isle of Wight, into
•,the ara enal and dockyards of Portsmouth." And

Captain NORTON adds, impressively, "It therefore
becomes a question for our Government to ponder well
whether it would be wise to expend millions of money
in constructing fortifications that would now be ut-
terly useless." It is a solemn consideration enough at
any time—but particularly at a time when (in the
very act of entering, at considerable cost, into a
commercial treaty with France) we are expending
£30,000,000 within the: year upon our maritime
and military armaments !
Reverting, however, to Mr. 'WHITWORTH'S letter,
we come to the record of a fact which certainly
escaped observation in the published accounts of
the late successful experiments. During these
experiments, Mr. WHITwoRTiI here tells us—" in
some series the longest ranges were attained
by the last shots fired, and the piece, as it
was warmed by the discharges, became clearer
than it was after the first or second
shot." As to the explosive power attained
under his system, he writes, " I may mention that
the service cast-iron 68-pounder rifled by me, when
tried at Portsmouth in 1858, propelled my flat-
fronted shot through one of the 4-inch wrought
iron plates, and also through the ship's side on
which they were firmly bolted, the range being
450 yards. In no one instance, I believe, has a
single shot been driven through the 4-inch
plate." The experiment he tells us in this
instance was not repeated, "as the cast-iron
gun burst." But he adds immediately,
" All the guns, however, which I have myself made
are ready for any proof and any comparison that
may be required. Their strength is such that they
can be elevated on their carriages, and be fired, if
necessary, as mortars, at any angle, with the largest
charge of powder that can be consumed in them."
Indeed, he gives proof sufficient of this when he ob-
." The 3-pounder was repeatedly fired at
an angle of 35 degrees, and attained a range of
more than five and a half miles, without
doing the piece or its carriage the slightest
injury." Nor is this all. For later on in his com-
munication he writes distinctly—" Of the dura-
bility of my guns I can speak with the utmost con-
fidence. Being made of the harder and tougher
homogeneous iron, they must be more durable than
forged guns, made of comparatively soft and fibrous
wrought iron. From one of them upwards of 1,500
shots have been fired, chiefly at high elevations, with-
out the gun exhibiting any injury or sign of wear."
The other facts enumerated in Mr. WHITwoRTH's
letter are hardly less worthy of consideration. In re-
gard to these, however, we must content ourselves by
directing our reader's attention to the whole com-
munication. The above extracts comprise the chief
of the salient points in the document upon which
we have been here desirous of expatiating.

serves—'

A Dissenting Alinister, who in point of intelli-
gence is without a rival among the clergy of all
denominations, the Rev. THOMAS BINNEY, Minis-
ter of Weighhouse Chapel, visited Australia about
a year ago, fer his health, and during the time of
his residence there preached to overflowing con-
gregations in all the colonies, the local authorities,
and even a bishop being forward to do him honour.
As he had been there during elections under the
Ballot, and as he had every opportunity to form a
judgment on its moral workings—for Mr. BINNEY
has never taken an active part in politics—the
Ballot Society very properly applied to him for his
opinion on its moral effects in the colonies he had
visited.

Our readers will peruse his letter with pleasure.
It is like the writer, cautious and measured, and
free from exaggeration in its statements, but con-
clusive. When he arrived he found " all with
whom he came in contact, ministers especially, ex-
pressing themselvs as alike gratified and surprised
by the results which had taken place."
He was in Sydney during the general
election, and nothing could, he says, be
more satisfactory than the working of the
Ballot there. What his views were before we
have no means of knowing, but he certainly re-
turned with impressions most favourable to it from
a minister's point of view—the good order and
absence of immoral practices in connection with the
Ballot. Such a testimony is invaluable. Mr.
BINNEY is no ordinary man. For a period of
more than a quarter of a century he has been the
attraction of all intelligent young men in London
who frequent public worship ; and that from his
reputation among them as an independent thinker,
possessed of considerable command of remarkably
select language.
The letter has struck us the more in consequence
of Mr. E. CRAUFURD'S motion for Thursday next,
" That it be an instruction to the Committee on
the Corrupt Practices Acts to take evidence as to
the working of the Ballot in Australia." Here is
a witness whom the committee ought certainly to
hear. But what, now, will our hardened House
of Commons do with this motion ? They have
already rejected Mr. DUNCOMIZE'S for applying the
Ballot to Gloucester and Wakefield. They have
refused even to put Mr. H. BERKELEY on the
above-mentioned committee. What will they not
do next to shut out the daylight at every
crevice through which it might throw any
available light on electoral corruption ? Mr.
EDWIN JAMES himself has turned his back on the
Ballot, for:which we shall certainly not be surprised
should the electors of Marylebone turn their backs
on him. He, indeed, had the nomination of the
committee, and was therefore the immediate cause
of the exclusion of Mr. BERKELEY, while be ad-
mitted thirteen lawyers, the class who make most
profit out of the present mode of conducting elec-
tions. The House of Commons has been as heart-
less on the subject of the Ballot as Lord JOHN
RUSSELL himself could desire; on Mr. DUNCOMBE'S
motion there were not fewer than seventy•seven
absentees. If they do not retrieve their character
on Mr. CRAUFURD's motion—one so perfectly un-
objectionable for honest men—their names deserve
to be displayed in every liberal journal during the
next general election.

Well, on Thursday night we shall hear, as Sir
R. PEEL would have said, what our great Con-
stitution Doctor has to prescribe. He is called
in by his own wish, and we shall see what
Whiggism in 1860 has to offer us better than the
Tory proposals of 1859. Of one thing we are cer-
tain—we cannot be disappointed. Whatever there
be in the Bill more liberal than that of last year we
shall frankly put down as an unexpected gain.
Mr. GLADSTONE has, at least, the credit of propo-
sing something bold, something to produce some
effect for good or for bad. Do any of us expect
from Lord JOHN anything which shall give the
people of England a particle more of real power ?
Will he liberate the counties from the despotism of
the landlords ? Will he liberate nomination

boroughs from the ,;rasp of Whig and Tory patrons?

Will he save the corrupt boroughs from the gold

of the money-mongers ? Will he give representa-
tion in any reasonable proportion to population,

and take it from the THETFORDS and ARUNDELS ?
If we are not mistaken Lord JOHN RUSSELL will

leave the constituencies much as they are, and as
much as over at the mercy of the Landlord and the
Lawyer.

The Countess of Desart will leave on Saturday
for Ireland,

AT.TSTRALIA.—r.The Roxburgh Castle has arrived
from Melbourne with 22,280 ounces of gold, worth about
£89,000, the whole of which will immediately go to the
Continent. The Australian gold ships known to be out are
—the Commodore Perry, 102 days at sea, with £58,000 ;
Cleadon, 88 days, £65,000 ; Saldanha and Essex, 81 days,
with, together, £112,000; and Indemnity, 73 days, £72,000.
Some anxiety has been expressed about the Commodore
Perry, which, in addition to her gold, has a valuable cargo
of wool. At Lloyd's 4 per cent. insurance is asked on the
gold, 30s. being the usual rate, and 5 per cent. cn the
wool.
The Countess of Euston has left town on a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Grafton, at Wakefield Lodge,
Stoney Stratford.
The Count ])'Alton has returned to the Bruns•
wick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a visit to his estates in
Ireland.
Colonel Vandeleur, M.P., has left the Brunswick
Hotel for liilrnsh, Ireland.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Middleton have left
Edwards's Hotel for Lenten Spring, near Wetherby.
Mrs. Cookson and Miss Cookson have arrived at
Wallace's Hotel, from Torquay.
It is stated by the Paris journals that a series of
experiments on the art of-directing balloons are to be made
in the Champ-do-Mars during the ensuing spring.
A Turin letter states that Poerio, who has lately
been veryill, but is now quite recovered, will probably be a
candidate for the representation of Milan in the National
Parliament.

BIRMINGHAM RIFLE CORPS.— Mr. Perton, of this
town, has followed the patriotic example of the brother of
the worthy ex-Mayor, Sir John Ratcliff. It will be recol-
lected that Mr. Charles Ratcliff, only a few weeks ago, set
a noble example to the gentlemen of England by raising
and equipping, at his sole expense, a company of 100 men.
The patriotic feeling will, we trust, find many imitators in
other parts of England.
The Vocal Association will repeat Mendelssohn's
Psalm, "Hear my Prayer, 0 God !" on Thursday Evening,
March Bth, at St. James Hall, with Mdlle. Parepa and
choir of 200 voices. Miss Arabella Goddard will perform
"The Ilarmonius Blacksmith," and " Where the Bee
sucks." It is well that the public should be informed that
those attractive performances terminate at a quarter past
ten o'clock, thereby enabling the company to retain their
seats until the end of the performance, without inconveni-
ence from the lateness of the hour.
THE NEW TURKISH LOAN.—According to official
intimations just received, the positive statement that the
Turkish Government propose to raise a fresh loan in this
country is without foundation. Suggestions and offers have
been made to the Minister by certain capitalists or specu-
lators, but they have not been entertained.
STOCK AND SHARE MARKETS.—Notwithstanding
the important financial and commercial announcements of
the last month, the range of Consols has been unusually
limited, the difference between the highest and lo west prices
being only 13/4 per cent. The general result has been to
establish an improvement of a per cent. In the railway
market the changes have been of a corresponding character.
THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND THE RE-
PRESENTATION OF TIIE Crrv.—At the present time there
are six members of the Corporation of London, who have
seats in Parliament—namely, Sir James Duke, Bart., Al-
derman Copeland, Alderman Salomons, Alderman Cubitt,
Charles Gilpin, Esq., and J. T. Norris, Esq. It is, more-
over, a curious historical fact, that four aldermen—or
three aldermen and the Recorder—have sat for the City,
with very slight intervals, for three centuries prior to the
passing of the Reform Bill in the year 1832.
WEST SURREY ELECTION.—The election to fill
the vacancy in the representation of the 'Western Division,
occasioned by the death of Mr. Drummond, has been fixed by
the Sheriff to take place on Saturday, the 10th inst. At pre-
sent the only candidate in the field is Mr. Cubitt, who comes
forward upon Conservative principles. Applications, it is
understood, have been made to several gentlemen of the op-
posite party to contest the election, but all of them have
hitherto declined to do so, principally upon the ground that
a general election will probably take place very shortly under
the new reform bill, and they do not consider it advisable to
disturb the county at the present moment.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—The houses
between King-street, Covent-garden, and Upper St. Mar-
tin's-lane which were sold a few days ago, by order of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, and which were to be taken
down to form a communication from Covent-garden to the
West-end, are cleared away. The intended new street can
now be clearly seen, and in a very short time measures will
be taken to form the sewer and lay down the gal and water-
pipes. 'When the street is constructed it will form a lead-
ing thoroughfare from the 'West-end to the Floral Hall
and to Covent-garden and Drury-lane Theatres, avoiding
Long-acre. The avenue, will also be of great advantage to
the market-gardeners attending Covent-garden market
from Brentford, Isleworth, Twickenham, &c.
SAGACITY OF A DOG.—A sturdy farmer, a little
north of Tallnamounth, one night lately, crossing a small
hill on his way home during a fog and snow-storm, lost his
way, and wandered for hours, not knowing where he was
going. Fortunately, however, he had for his companion a
trusty friend, his collie dog, which, on observing his peril-
ous condition, drew near, leapt upon him, and then pressed
on a little before, looking back occasionally, as much as to
say, follow me. The man, bewildered, followed the saga-
cious animal, which soon landed him safe at his own fire-
side, very much exhausted, after his long travel and
excitement. Collie that night was worth his supper.
Previously the dog had been considered rather stupid, but
is now more than ordinarily esteemed.—Banfsh ire Journal
THE PRINCE OF ORANGE AT OXFORD.—The
Prince of Orange and his suite, with Colonel Seymour,
arrived at the Angel Hotel, Oxford, on Tuesday about one
o'clock. Tho Vice Chancellor gave his usual attendance
on royalty, and after luncheon accompanied the party '
through the colleges and public buildings, with which his
Royal Highness expressed the highest gratification. On
their return to the hotel his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales paid them a visit, and after an interview of half an
hour took his departure. At eight o'clock the prince and
patty dined with the Prince of Wales at Frewen Hall, and
returned to the hotel at 11 o'clock—leaving the next morn-
ing immediately after-breakfast in the Prince of Wales'
carriage, and the suite in another, for the Great 'Western
Railway station. His Royal Highness was compelled to
abandon his intended visit to Blenheim in consequence of a
telegraphic message requiring his immediate presence to
meet a distinguished party just arrived at the Isle of
Wight.

A CHASE AFTER AN M.P.—lt will have been
seen from our Parliamentary report of yesterday that Mr.
J. P. Hennessy, M.P. for King's County, has been ordered
to attend forthwith in the House of Commons for the pur-
pose of answering for his conduct in not attending a com-
mittee of which he was appointed a member. On Tuesday
evening, a few minutes after the motion was carried, Lord
Chas. Russell, the Serjeant• at-Arms, sent for Mr. Inwood,
one of the officers of the house, and handed to him a docu-
ment which had been issued by the Speaker, and requested
him at once to proceed with it to Ireland, whither it ap-
peared the hen. member had gone for the purpose of support-
ing Lord Campden, who had started in opposition to Mr.
Serjeant Deasy, the new Attorney-General for Ireland, who
sought re-election for the county of Cork. Mr. Inwood reached
Dublin yesterday morning, and while the House of Com-
mons was sitting yesterday afternoon a telegraphic message
came from him to say that since he had arrived in Dublin
he had aseertainalithat Mr. Hennessy was at Cork, and that
he should forthwith proceed to that city for the purpose of
personally serving him with the Speaker's message. The
document of which Mr. Inwood is the bearer is not a war-
rant, so that the hon. member will not actually be in cus-
tody, but it is a peremptory order for him to return forth-
with, so that he will in all probability reach London to-day,
and take his seat on the assembling of the house at four
o'clock this afternoon. The last case of this sort was that
of Colonel Greville, who went to Ireland on business con-
nected with his regiment after his name had been placed on
a committee of the house.
CASE OF EDWIN THOMAS SALT.—A petition has
been transmitted to the Home-office, prayinc, for commuta-
tion of the sentence of death passed by the High Court of
Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th instant, upon Edwin
Thomas Salt for the murder of his wife. The petition was
signed by about 14,000 persons. Petitions signed by about
80 members of the College of Justice, and by 800 inhabi-
tants of Juniper-green, the village in which the murder was
committed, have also been forwarded. The convict, a native
of Staffordshire, aged 34 years, had been for some years
employed as excise officer at the paper mills at Juniper-
green, five miles south-west of Edinburgh, and had been
married 10 years to his wife, Mary Anne Hall, who had
borne to him four children. Thedeceased had been addicted
to drinkihg to a desperate excess, and her conduct had long
broken up the unfortunate man's domestic peace and com-
fort, and he had also to a considerable extent given way to
the same baneful habit. On the afternoon of Nov. 18 last,
coining home and finding the deceased in a state of intoxi-
cation, and being himself the worse for drink, he murdered
the wretched woman by striking, her v ith a stick and after-
wards thrusting the instrument up her inside, causing in-
ternal injuries so extensive and severe that death ensued

the next Morning. The jury, bya majority, found the charge
proven, but unanimously recommended him to the mercy
of the Crown on account of the great provocation he had
received. The prisoner is ordered for execution on Tues-
day next, should the Crown not arrest the sentence.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—The Court of Assizes of

the Lot three days ago tried a woman, named Moles, of
Maxan, and her son Jean, who is 27 years of age, fur the
attempted murder of her husband and his father. For
many years the woman entertained a violent hatred of her
husband, and she succeeded in inspiring her son with a
similar sentiment. The two frequently threatened to put
the man to death, and repeatedly ill-treated him in a brutal
way, on one occasion tossing him out of the window. On
the 22d Dececnls last, a neighbour heard the man cry
out " Murder ! help !" and on entering the house
he found him struggling desperately with his wife and son.
lle rescued him, and the man then stated that the two had
had thrown him down, and had attempted to strangle him
with a rope; but that not succeeding in consequence of his
resistance, one of them, lie could not say which, had en-
deavoured to cut his throat, but fortunately the knife had
encountered the rope, and did no harm. If the neighbours
had not entered at the moment there is no doubt the Man
would have been killed. The jury declared both the accused
guilty, but with extenuating circumstances. The court
condemned the woman to death, and the young man to hard
labour for life.
PROSPECTS von, TURKEY.—Tt was not probable
(says a correspondent) that an empire so abundant in re-
by her vast - • •
Turkey would be deprived of the moral support
sources as
which England,
The merchant princes of Lattlibreeknnost vell that,
.e
of all the sophistries that h
mercantile relation- can extend
itno Isrreft
written about
Turkey, her great grievance lies in a nuts'hel. The
ex-
changes arc so deranged, so irregular, so capricious, that it
is impossible for exporters or importers to form any correct
notion of the results of th,ir enterprise—and thus commerce
is nipped in the bud. It i;, therefore, welcomed throughout
Turkey as a circumstance of the utmost importance that
English capitalists should have come to the rescue by the
whose object is firmlyand finally to equalise
formation of the Bank of Turkey—a thoroughly national
jilt: the sterling value at 120 piastres.
(i)ll reanimate commerce at borne and
Phis,
is,,ite:itseb,xl
anizisiegiestse,,elntn,hd
abroad, and establish entire confidence. The Dark, which
it is expected will hold bullion to the amount of two mil-
lions, has the privilv,e of issuing to three times the amount
of which, at only 6 per cent. (in lieu of 10,
15,
tnanch deposit,
and
d2eopert
cent.), would leave large dividends for

shard] old ers;
There was a decrease of twenty-six ships, but az
increase of 2,929 tons, in the "entries inwards" at the port
of Liverpool last week, as compared with the correspond-
ing weok of the year 1859. In the "clearances outwards"
there was a decrease of two ships, but an increase of 5,537
tons,

LATEST

NEW S.

FRANCE, AUSTRIA, AND
ITALY.

The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes, in
prominent type, an article under the above heading.
It is signed by M. Grandguillot, and, doubtless,
shadows forth the Imperial speech.
After alluding to M. Thouvenel's despatch to
Count Rechberg as the clearest explanation why
the stipulations of Villafranea could not be carried
out to the letter, and that France was by no means
to blame in the matter, the Constitutionnel says :

" Engagements have been made between France
and Austria which bind the two Cabinets. This
reciprocity of engagements appears to us the best
guarantee of the peace of Europe.
" Those who consider the Convention of Villa-
franca and the Treaty of Zurich as morally invali-
dated by the impossibility of the restoration of the
Princes are therefore completely at fault. They
take the accessory for the main point ; they forget
that between France and Austria there is a higher
interest which binds them together, and invites
them not to separate, but rather to come to an un-
derstanding (a s'entendre).

" We wiil now clearly define that higher interest.
" For Austria it is the conservation of Venetia ;
for France the absolute independence of Italy from
the Alps to the Mincio.

" The conservation of Venice, the independence
of Italy from the Alps to the Mincio, such is, in
two words, the double bearing of the Treaty of
Zurich ; such is the actif of each of the contracting
parties.

" Is :it likely that France, Austria, and Pied
mont, who signed that treaty, would willingly run
the risk of losing the benefits thereof ? Would
Austria, who is obliged to take so many pre-
cautions to maintain her power on the Adriatic,
run the chances of a new campaign ? Would
France, who, in the full blush of her glory, having
behind her Lombardy free, and the left bank of
the Po, delivered from Austrian occupation, stopped
spontaneously on the Mincio, in the interests of
general peace, think of compromising that grand
result ? Would Piedmont, hitherto smothered in
the hot-bed of nationalities, of which she is the
soul, between Austria reigning at Milan and the
tributary Princes of the House of Lorraine, risk
her enfranchisement, and that extension so rapidly
acquired, in a new struggle ?
"Evidently not. A little reffection and calm
consideration of the particular situation of each of
the parties concerned will suffice to show that no
one can seriously desire anything else than pacifica-
tion. We are, therefore, convinced that at Vienna,
as at Paris, there are only good intentions and a
sincere desire to settle the pending difficulties by
w'se transactions. The moderate language of M.
Thouvenel is a guarantee for us ; and without
knowing exactly the terms of Count Rechberg s
reply, we have the certitude that the Minister of
the Emperor Francis Joseph does not show himself
less conciliating than the Minister of the Emperor
Napoleon.

" There remains Italy. Well! The counsels of
France will not be more disowned than her ser-
vices. King Victor Emmanuel is a man of an up-
right and firm character, and up to the present he
has played too glorious a part for him to tolerate
that the conduct of his Government shall be in-
spired by any other sentiment than that which he
himself has always derived from his intimate union
with the Emperor."

THE AUSTRO-RUSSIAN
TREATY.

(From the Second Edition of the Morning Chronicle.)
On Saturday last we announced to the public
that a treaty was about to be signed between Rus-
sia and Austria, and we were enabled to lay before
our readers the bases of the treaty. We observe
that our announcement has been contradicted by
several English journals, as well as by a large
portion of the French and Continental press.
But in all these denials the error is committed of
assuming that we stated a treaty was actually in
existence. Our announcement was, that "the
treaty was on the eve of being signed." We are
now enabled to carry our information further.
The Prince of Hesse has quitted Vienna. He
takes to St. Petersburgh the treaty before an-
nounced, which has undergone some modifica-
tions.

Russia will not aid Austria in Italy. Russia
makes this change in the stipulations of the treaty
because she wishes to remain on good terms with
France. Hence she will not interfere in Italy; but
she will act with Austria in any complication that
may arise in regard to the countries on the Danube,
or to affairs in Hungary.
We have good reason to believe that these modi-
fications are owing mainly to the timely denounce-
ment of the treaty made to Europe by the Morning
Chronicle.

We mentioned above that a large portion of the
French press had contradicted our announcement.
This they did, so they said, "on authority." What
authority can French journals have for contradict-
ing a statement that concerns not France, but
Austria and Russia ?
The fact is that in this instance the Morning
Chronicle furnished information to the French
authorities. And that we hope to be enabled to do
more than once, having sure and certain means of
intelligenee through our correspondents in the
different capitals of Europe. Had the French
Government meant to contradict our statement, the
Monitcur, its only organ, would have spoken. •
It were folly to suppose that either Russia or
Austria would acknowledge the existence of such a
treaty as we have described. It was no doubt the
intention of both these Government to have kept
the treaty a secret, and to have acted upon it whin
they had prepared for the action by a concerted
course of policy. Such secrecy we have rendered
impossible by our prompt discovery to the world
of what was going forward. Time will show that
we have stated the exact truth.

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

PARIS, MARCH 1.

The Moniteur says—The Emperor presided yes-
terday at the Council of Ministers and the Privy
Council. The Empress was present at the sitting.
The note by which the French Government re-
quests Sardinia to give up the project of the annexa-
tion of Tuscany is dated the 25th February, and
was despatched the same evening to Turin, where
the courier arrived on Monday last. Baron Talley-
rand has informed M. Thouvenel, by telegraph,

that Count Cavour was not expected to return to
Turin before the 28th ult., and that be will then
deliver the note.

ROME, FEB. 28.

The reply of the Holy See to M. Thouvenel's last
message of the 12th inst. will be despatched to
France by the next courier via Marseilles. The
cardinals convoked by his Holiness to a special
congregation have unanimously decided that th•
peeservation of the patrimony of the Pope is too

intimately connected with the general interests of
the Church to be treated simply as a political

question.

VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING.

The announcement of a treaty between Russia
and Austria is without foundation ; but it is as-
serted that Austria, although not bound by such
a treaty, will no longer oppose the Russian policy
in Turkey.

TURIN, FEB. 29.

By a Royal decree of to-day the Electoral As-
semblies arc convoked for the 25th of March, and
Parliament is to meet on the 2d of April.
Another decree appoints 32 new Senators.

MADRID, FEB. 28.
The Spanish squadron has been compelled by
bad weather to put back to Algesiras.

Marshal O'Donnell will march to Rabatt in
three days. The tempest interrupts the commu-

nications.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The Debate alludes to the new plan for arrang-
ing the Italian question which a Paris correspon-
dent of the Indepandence Beige had mentioned, and
according to which Tuscany would not be annexed
to Piedmont, but given to the young Duke of Genoa,
nephew of King Victor Emmanuel. As to
Romagna, the same correspondent speaks of its
being placed under the suzerainty of the Pope
with either the King of Piedmont or the new
Grand Duke of Tuscany at its head, but governing
as a vassal of the Holy See. The Debats states
that on this latter point it has reason to believe that
the Sovereign designated for Rbmagna is decidedly
the King of Piedmont. It then proceeds in these
terms :—" Such would appear to be the bases of the
new arrangement which was to have been submitted
on the 25th February to the approbation of King
Victor Emmanuel during his stay at Milan. The
despatch from the French Cabinet in which these
propositions were announced is also said to have
contained the declaration that, in case they were
not accepted by the King's Government, the French
troops would be immediately withdrawn from
Lombardy. On all these points, the information
transmitted to the Belgian journal coincides with
our own. The correspondent, however, supposes
that no mention was made of Savoy or Nice in the
despatch sent to Milan ; on that point we have
reason to think him misinformed. On the con-
trary, it appears that the French Government for-
mally maintains its well-known intentions rela-
tive to the annexation of both, which it rightly
persists in regarding both as a legitimate and
necessary compensation for the territorial aggran-
disement which Piedmont will obtain, and as an
indispensable guarantee for the security of the
French frontier.'

" Count de Rechbeit," says a correspondent of
the Nord," before replying to the last French des-
patch of the 31st of February, determined to con-
sult the Courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin. It
was on that occasion that he put forward the idea of
substituting for the Congress, which he had pre-
vented because he had nothing to expect from it, a
Conference of the five Powers, in which he hopes
to obtain a triumph for the principle of legitimacy,
and a sanction for the conclusions which he draws
from the stipulations of Villafranca and Zurich.
Such is a true statement of what has occurred."
THE BOURSE, Feb. 29.—The market has been
rather agitated, in consequence of the arrange-
ments for the settlement. Speculators have had a
quantity of stock to buy back for that operation,
but the effect on prices has not been material.
Threes, after having been pushed up to 68f 40c,
declined to 68f, and are now at 68f 10c. Mobilier
varied from 755 f to 752 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,382 f 50c
to 1,380 f; Northern, 915 f to 912 f 50c; Austrian,
507 f 50c to 505 f ; Lombard, 547 f 50c to 545 f. The
following are the last quotations :
tf per Cents. .... 97 9.5 Credit Fonder 740
Do. end month .. 97 90 I Belgian 4}
3 per Cents. 6B 151Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month.... 68 10 ' Roman BO
Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian -
Credit Mobilier .. 752 50 Spanish Threes 441
Do. Account 750 Home Debt 43