The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-10 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. 1 ELECTI'
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

HUNGARY.
TESTA, MAIICIt 10.

The draught of the address in answer to the
Imperial rescript has already been prepared by the
Committee entrusted with the report thereon, and
will be laid before the Lower House of the Hunga-
rian Diet on Monday next.
The draught adheres to all the former demands
of the Diet.

THE PRINCIPALITIES,

PARIS, MARCH 10.

Austria and France are said to have come to a
complete understanding in reference to the Rou-
manian question. It is denied that Austria is con-
centrating troops on the frontiers of the Prin-
cipalities.

AMERICA.
QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 10.

The National Steam Navigation Company's steam
ship Scotland arrived off Roche's Point from New
York last night at 12 o'clock. She has 84 passen-
gers, 13 of whom she landed, and proceeded for
Liverpool at 12.30. All well.

THE OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.

MALTA, MARCH 9.

The Poonab, fromMariseilles, the sth inst., arrived
at midnight on the 7th, and left at 9 a.m. on the
Bth for AlAandria.

The Nyanza, from Southampton, Feb. 27, arrived
to-day at 9 a.m., and will leave at 4 p.m. for
Alexandria.

PRANCE.

PARIS, MARCH 10.

The Memorial Diplonzatique of to-day declares
the statement that the French Government had
consented to prolong the Extradition Treaty to be
without foundation.

The draught of the Concordat drawn up at
Rome, on the bases agreed to by the Emperor
Maximilian, has been forwarded to Mexico.

BOURSE, March 9, Ti
closed at the following qu
41 per Cents 9B 20
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 6211,-
Do. end month 69 75
Credit Mobilior 697 50
Do. end month 695
Bank Shares 3640
Credit Foncier —
Italian Loan 62 35
Do. end month 62 35

tree o'clock.—The market
rotations

Roman

Ottoman Fives —
Mexican Loan 4B
Do. Bonds 307 50
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes •••
Rome Debt
Deferred

ILAIL)1 AY2.
Cash.

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western

Acct.
... 883 75
1133 75

•a• 905 --
- - ... 557 50

Eastern
Sardinian .
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

... 546 25

140 -

- - ... 407 50
- ... 417 50
- - 170
- - ... 237 50

116 25

The New Palace of JustTv.

(From the Law Times of To-day.)

The profession will, we are sure, be of one mind
as to the propriety of opening to competition the
design for the new Palace of Justice, and will pro-
test against all attempts to make a job of it. The
magnificent site presents an opportunity which
should not be lost for producing one piece of archi-
tecture creditable to our age. This can be obtained
only by the freest admission of genius to strive for
a work which will hand down the name and fame
of the artist to far distant generations. The lawyers
are entitled to a voice in this, for to their persistent
demands is the project itself due, and they have the
most direct and personal interest in its successful
completion. It seems, however, that, as at present
arranged, the competition is to be limited to six
selected favourites, and that all genius outside
the charmed circle is to be sternly excluded. The
lawyers should protest against this by petition :
let them pray that the design for their Palace of
Justice may be opened to public competition. There
is yet time to change the purpose of the Govern-
ment. Thus does a legal correspondent of the
Times express what every member of the profession
must feel :

" In the House of Commons last week, Mr.
Cowper, in reply to a question put by Mr. Bentinck,
stated that the design for the new courts of jus-
tice were to be submitted to competition among
six architects whom he named. Now, sir, lam
not saying too much in stating that this announce-
ment has been a source of disappointment to the
whole body of architects in the United Kingdom,
as well as to a large portion of the general public.
Surely, the choice of an architect for a national
undertaking like the above, involving an outlay
of at least £750,000,. ought not to be made in
any degree a matter of Government patronage.
No one can doubt that the most advantageous
course in these matters, as well as the fairest, is
to throw them open to public competition.
It is to public competition that we owe some of
the finest of our modern structures•—for instance,
the Houses of Parliament ; St. George's-hall, Liver-
pool ; Town-hall, Leeds ; the new Foreign-offices ;
and also the Manchester Assize Courts ; all these
were the result of fair and open competition. It
must be borne in mind, too, that we are indebted
to public competition for the discovery of some of
our best architects. Sir Charles Barry was himself
unknown to fame until in an open competition he
obtained the first prize for his Houses of Parlia-
ment ; the same may be said of Mr. Waterhouse,
the architect of the Manchester Courts, and also of
many other eminent men I can name. Why, then,
since there are so many arguments in favour of
open competition, has it not been adopted in the
construction of the new Palace of Justice ?

It is to be hoped that some independent member
will bring the matter before the House, and thus
endeavour to prevent it being made a Government
" job" of.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.--Their Royal Highnesses
the Princess of Wales, the Princess Helena, and the Prin-
cess Louise, visited the Olympic Theatre last evening.
ADELPIII THEATRE.—His Royal Highness Prince
Leopold honoured the performances at the Adolphi
Theatre yesterday evening. •

STRAND THEATRE.—The promised production at
this theatre during the approaching Easter holidays
of a posthumous play by Mr. Sheridan Knowles is antici-
pated with no little interest in dramatic and literary circles
Tho work in question, which has never been published or
performed in any shape, is a romantic drama in two acts,
written in blank verse.

ST. JAMES'S DRAMATIC CLUB.—The gentlemen
amateurs of this club will perform the following pieces on
Thursday, the 15th inst., viz.:—" Who Speaks First,"
" Charles X 11.," and the screaming farce entitled, " A
*Thumping Legacy." The entertainment will be in aid of
the National Lifeboat Institution. The performance is
under the patronage of many leading members of the
nobility.
GREAT FIRE AT BRADFORD.—A fire broke out OR
Thursday night at Bradford, on the premises of Messrs.
Wilson and Son, builders, White Abbey. The firo spread
with such rapidity that it could not be checked until the
workshops and their contents had been destroyed. The
books were fortunately saved from the counting-house.
The workshops were stocked with the newest machinery
and the best materials, and the loss will be, at a rough
estimate, nearly £12,000.
DEATH OF SIR JOHN ROGERS KYNASTON, BART.
—On Wednesday last the above baronet died from
the effects of an accident at the Great Western Hotel, at
Paddington. , The late Sir John Rogers Kynaston, Bart.,
of Hardwicke and Worthen, county Salop, was born 2d
July, 1797. He succeeded his father, the second baronet,
in 1839. The late baronet had not taken any prominent
part in politics, although an active magistrate in his county.
He was educated at Rugby School, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A.
in 1820. The late baronet was a deputy-lieutenant of
Oxfordshire, and served the office of sheriff of Mentgo-
morphia) in 1842.

ON INTELLIGENCE.

WEST WORCESTERSHIRE.

The address of Mr. W. E. Dowdeswell, the Con-
servative candidate for the seat in the western divi-
sion of Worcestershire, vacated by the death of
Earl Beauchamp, and the Consequent elevation to
the House of Lords of the Hon. F. Lygon, was is-
sued last night. It is dated Pull-court, March 9,
and, after referring to the death of the late Earl
Beauchamp, proceeds—" Born and bred among you,
I shall, if elected, actively employ myself for the ge-
neral welfare of the country ; and, warmly attached
to the principles advocated by the Conservative
leaders, heartily support that pasty, reserving to
myself that independence of action which is due to
every country gentleman. An ardent supporter of
the Church of England, and jealous for the main-
tenance of her fabrics and services, I am anxious for
a fair adjustment of the disputed topic, The aboli-
tion of Church-rates ;' and, although opposed to
total abolition, would support a moderate scheme
calculated to set at rest that much-controverted
question. While I deprecate any hasty or precipi-
tate lowering of the franchise, I would support a
measure for the lateral extension of the suffrage to
those who prove themselves entitled to be admitted
to the exercise of so important and responsible a
trust. lam an advocate for economy and the dimi-
nution of the public expenditure, so far as is con-
sistent with the maintenance of our naval and
military forces on an . efficient footing without en-
dangering our colonies and commerce." Mr. Dow des-
well adds that he is opposed to the system of cen-
tralisation, and in favour of local self-government.
Mr. Brown Westhead, late M.P. for York, is spoken
of as the probable Liberal candidate.