The Express. — London, England, 1863-02-12 00:00:00

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Ossqotaa and Wu L Katler.—And 00X XAXY ANNE. Mr. Chart sad Mar tiardeur. PRINCESS'S. Ten EVErnoo. LAW,. T.,01FRL0314300D TURN rERERVES ANOTH NIL Mr. R. Rozby and Min Amy Sedgntek. -And RIQUIST WITH THE TUIT or. Harlequin and Mother Shipton. Mews. Milano. 8.. Powys. and Ballard; Mies A. CoLthuon. LYCEUM. MIS EVEIRIPG, A REIDDEI -- AWACK. Yens Wlddleomb. Genie% and Shore : Mtn Henrade and Mn. Lee. —And THE DUKES MOTTO. Megan Feebler, G. Vining, Brougham, and Raymond ; Misses C. Lerierm, L Terry, and glawortby. BRITANNIA._ Ten Emma, the Paul:67l6T. ADON RAMAN. Nn. Lane: Nassau. [sane. Lou.i Newham, and lidllesetephan ; Tom Sayers and Ms two Mmes—THE CIRCLET OF GOLD. Was Sophy Mlles—Aud MARY lIIMONSTONIL —Commence at half-put 6. HINI WATER AT LONDON BROOK Mr DAT - - - - -- igaiiTgriii7i.7.7.7ite o ss. — ns. 61a l'aliceaow—llardaig. ft. 111......Abirears. as I. LONDON, THI7RBDAY, FEBRUARY 12. Tun promptitude with which Earl R MENU, when personally introduced into the Brazilian difficulty, has accepted the arbitration of the King of the BELGIANS as to whether any offence was given to the British navy by the manner in which the laws of Brazil were enforced in the case of the three officers of her MAJESTY'S ship Forte, indicates a due sense of the importance of the British interests affected by the rupture of our relations with that Empire. For had that arbi tration been rejected, it is obvious, from the in structions given by the Government of the EM PEROR to his representative in London, and which were published in Rio, that the arrangement provisionally made with Mr. Camerae on the case of the barque, the Prince of Wales, would have been regarded as null and void, and the English Government would have been left to its own remedy, at a moment when that remedy could hardly have been a repetition of reprisals. We have, then, to thank Earl Roseau. that there is at least a pause, and time fir reflection in this unfortunate transaction. Reduced to its due proportions, the ques tion as to the loss of the Prince of Wiles really is : did the Brazilian Government do its doty in its efforts to punish the "pillagers" of the salvage! The true point in the case has no further extent than this. Now, from the papers published, it appears that it ordered and instituted two in vestigations, that it dismissed at least one negli gent functionary, and that it apprehended eleven persons charged with participating in the pillage. It might possibly have done more, and it might have done even this more expeditiously. But, having done so much, it had not, it must be ad mitted, been guilty of such laches as to render it responsible in damages. Neither had itexhaustedita efforts when Mr. Cannerrs came down with his ultimatum. Again, the Brazilian Government, in reply, appealed to the arbitrament of the Bri- fish Government from its Minister. Bat hers, . too, that Minister would listen to no delay, would allow no each appeal ; he refused, in a matter which did not press for an immediate solution, to wait for sixty days ; he resorted to force without any real or overwhelming necessity ; he drew upon himself the censure of his own countrymen h Brazil; his proceedings are condemned by the entire press of England, with only one important exception ; and be has embarrassed the Govern ment he serves. Reprisals made, some dozen email coasting vessels captured, the position in which Mr. Cliaurriz involved himself was this : he could not proceed to sell those vessels in the port of Rio de Janeiro ; he could not send them for sale to any neighbouring neutral port. To have sent them across the Atlantic to England at the tail of the capturing steamers would have denuded the Brazil station of a great part of our squadron when its presence was necessary to protect the British lives and property he had endangered. In truth, be had reduced himself to this ridiculous dilemma, that he had no alternative but to come to terms with the Brazilian Government ; sod, in the nego- tiations which ensued as to the terms of their re lease, Mr. Cultism was very much at its mercy. What those terms were as to the officers of the Forte we have seen. As to the salvage of the Prince of Wales they are more discrsditab'e and embarrassing. The Brazilian Government, pro testing against the justice of any payment, and refusing to concur in any liquidation or apprcia tion of the value of the "pillage," simply says it will yield to the force Mr. Cluny:is applied to it, pay any sum of money, great or small, that may be assessed against it, and will then claim satisfaction for the disregard of its territorial waters. What • plight for an English Minister to have thrown his Government into Such are the incidents which Mr. Cmairris hes exasperated and exaggerated into questions of magnitude and importance; such are the trifles out of which he has inflamed passions, excited dangers, and then abandoned the reprisals he made and the captures he effected. The whole affair has these fatal vices in it, that the remedy was altogether disproportionate to the complaint, and that the protection offered to British commerce British merchants repudiate. It is under such circumstances that we turn from Mr. CIIRISTIZ to Earl Rumm,confident that a statesman who has so frequently censured and condemned excessive diplomatic zeal and indis cretion, will take the proper steps at once to place our relations with Brasil on a better and sounder footing. That done, the errors committed by Mr. Cannella will not bawl marred in vain. FLOGGING It TEN ABUT AND KILITIA.—Tbis morning • pulisawaskry retain was honed, setting forth the aumbss al BM flagged in the army and militia of Great Britain awl .'""lied in the year 1861. There was so sue la the militia. In the arm, ••1444. wars 49444 8,204 leases Mier in all ielioted. The gosio•C• 4 9 amen ems, assn was fifty lashes. In the Seats Fusilier (lairds, Pa& man street barracks, • man who wag semtonaed to 50 lashes for hembeediestkm neeived only 14, sod lime an two or three eases et man on whom • airailsr emstemes wee weed, megrim( ZS ar 40 beim. 110 at the Royal Artißmy were M 4 9at the lOW 11 et the Military Tide, 7 of the 32m1, 4 el Ne 31146 Dewertime, making away with uscusessies, and hambortinatien an madly the offences. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1863. €be Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, ft.. IL Her Majesty the Queen arrived at Windsor Castle to-day, at a quarter met 6 o'clock, from Osborne, so. compenied by the Prince of Wales, Princess Louie of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold. In attendance were the Marchioness of Ely, the Baroness von Schenck, the Baroness von Grimm, the Hoe. Mrs. Bruns, Lieutenant-General Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, Lord A. Paget, Equerry in Waiting, and Major Teesdale. Prince Louis of Home arrived at the Cagle soon after her Majesty, attended by Captain Westerwellier, Lieutenant. Colonel du Plat, and Dr. Becker. The Hon. Beatrice Brag and the Hon. Emily Cathcart are the Maid, of Honour. Lord Rivers and Lientenant•General air H. Bentinck are Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. C. Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. A meeting of the governors of the Wellington College wss held yesterday morning at the Palace of Westminster. Present—The President, the Earl of Dert7, K.G., the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., the Duke of Newcastle, K.G., the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., Lord Chelmsford, the Right Hon. J. Spencer H. Walpole, M.P., the Right Hoe. B. Disraeli, M.P., Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart., Sir Alexsoder Woodford, C.C.S., Henry Rd. Cox, Eq., and the Rev. G. R. Gleig, M.A. The Rev. E. W. Benson, 8.D., Head Muter, Colonel the Hon. P. Talbot, Hon. Secretary, and Mr. Chance, Secretary, attended. A deputation of the inhabitants of Finsbury-circus and its neighbourhood, consisting of Mr. Alfred Stnee, Mr. Thomas Brown, Mr. Thomas Piper, the Rev. Thomas Hugo, Mr. David Hyam, Mr. Daniel Green, the Rev. E. Miumering, Mr. Samuel Harris, Mr.T. H. Pereira, Mr. John Hyde, Mr. Barton Shillitoe, Mr. W. L. Child, Mr. Henry Starry, Mr. Daniel Gilbert, Mr. G. Sydney, Mr. Walter Moron, James Edmonds, M.D., and Mr. Thome. Randall, was introduced to the Right Hon. William Cowper, M.P., Chief Commis sioner of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, yester day, by Mr. Tito, M.P., and Honorary Secretary of the London Institute, to ask the opposition of the department to the project for bringing the Great Eastern Railway to Finsburycircos, and the entire absorption of that um and garden, and ell the houses end streets around it, for the purpose of a railway termiotia. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hind, chairman of the Birkenhead Commissioners ; Mr. Wain, law clerk ; and Mr. J. Laird, M.P. for Birkenhead, bad an interview with Secre tary Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home•odice. A deputation from the Salt Chamber of Commerce, re presented by Mr. Blackwell, chairmen ; Mr. Corbett, de puty chairman ; Mr. Falk, and Mr. H►dield, iatradacad by Mr. Laird, M.P., Sir J. Pakiogton, Bart., M.P., and Mr. Gressel!, M.P., bed an hitmeiew with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the Mos of the Baud of Trade. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. An appeal from the Cape of Good Hope "The Rev. W. Long v. the Bishop of Cape Town" (cart heard), was resumed. The Lords present were Lord Kingsdown, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir J. Coleridge, and Sir E. Ryan. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial•ofsce to the Governors of Ofinalter and Malta. RZTVRN OF THR COURT TO WI/PDOOR. —Her Majesty, with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, their Royal Ingham's, the Prises mid Prisons of Hama, and other members of the royal family and suite, arrived at Windsor Oaatle at • quarter past 6 o'clock yesterday evening. The Queen, although looking rather pale, probably from the fatigue of the journey, appeared to have somewhat regained her wonted spirita. For the hest time since the lam of the Prince Couort • joyous peal from the parish church of St. John weloomed her Majesty's arrival, and the streets, from the station to the cantle gates. were thinned by the inhabitants, who loudly thawed the royal party u they paned is seven carriages with the blinds drawn. _ _ The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duke and Duchess d'Anmale honoured the per formances of the Adelpati Theatre with their pressmen lest evening. The Earl Russell has issued cards for a diplo. matte dinner on the 14th instant, at his residence in Char ham-place. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull have arrived at their new residence in Belgrane-square. Visconut Walden hue taken a residence in Eaton plies for et.a= a/ years. _ Lord de Lisle and Dudley, Lord and Lady Chorealll, sad Lord Wrottealey have left the St. Gorege's Hotel. Lady (Anthony) de Rothschild gave a grand ball last evening at Aston Clinton, which was ontnerously and fashionably alteodel The Right Hon. B. Disraeli gave a parliamentary dinner yesterday, et his residence, Grorrecor.gate. There were reassat—the Duke of Buckingham and Cbandos, the Marquis of Normanby, the Bul of Shreeelmq, the Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, Sir Charles Mordannt, Sir Thomas Heeketh, Sir Massey Llses, Sir Henry Strsory, Sir George Former, Mr. Charles Turner, Mr. Merritt, Colonel Bar. to lot, Mr. William Onbitt, Mr. Soma, Mr. John Hardy, Mr. Hanby, end Mr. Butler Johnstone. Yesterday the Karl of Shaftesbury laid the fotmdatioo stone of a building to be called the "Alderahott Minion Hall and Soldier.' Institute." The undertaking was originated by Mrs. Daniell, a lady well-known u the 'Latham' of the "Village Mission," and whose name Is emaciated with other instantiate of a similar nature in different parts of the country. The building will contain a lectors-room, capable of accommodating 803 persona, a library, reading.room, smoking-room, and other offices. Facilities for chest, draughty and other games, will be provided; sod refreshments of a harmless character re tailed at a moderate rate. The site, which is in rear of the east cavalry bariacks, has been given by F. Eggar, Esq., a resident at Aldershott, and who, with Mr. Siapley, of Farnh►m, is the arehltaet of Miebuilding. On an early day Mr. Braley-Moore will call the attention of the Hones of Commons to our relatious with the empire of Brasil and submit a motion. To-morrow Mr. Wykeharn Martin will introduce a bill Into the Home at Common, to amend the law re specting the liability of inakeepas, and to prevent certain treads epos them. On Monday the Chancellor of the Exchequer will bring is a bill relating to malt credits. Sir George Dray, of Tneoday, will bring in a bill to amend the lawrelating to the religious instruction of primroses la county sad borough prisons in England and &otland. Tn Tartaatlinaanir on rim Don:wren ma COUNTY Coollll—The elks vacated by the death of Mr. Edwin Nicholetie has been couferred es the Hon. Evelyn Ashley. son of the Earl of Stud tiebum and private meretery of Lord Palmennea. It ie worth 700 e. a year.—Slierburne Journal. We (Dublin Everting Moil) have reason to under eland that the heads of the Irish Church are at present anxiously considering the propriety of revisits; the power, of limbed, et convocation in Inked. We Wive that his Rape tie Lord Primate is at present in Dublin, in further ance of this design. The Colombo Observer of Jan. 17 says :—" We hear that an accident happeasd at Hells which might have Droved fatal to our Gerseeor and to Sir Charles Trevelpus These two gentlemen end Lady Trevelyan were in a ear liege going out to WA-wells, when ►he. horse shied sad took the vehicle iota a ditch. The honekeeper alighted to set matters right; but with the stupidity ems ' soon to his class left the ream to themselves ; and before he scald reach the horse'e heal the saimal aierled off at toll armed, and without sleek or guklaace of any kind, mot a esaddrelde distance —seem say two miles—al that rate. Fortunately the has wen • etegmed before any tejury we. dose to the oecupaote of the carriage." The Leot preacher appointed for the Chapel of ties TIMM= this year is, it is mid, the Abbe Dauphin, sum of fli Dada His aati-aitrwaselarie °ginkgo an wen lama. promote the peace, prosperity, and general wen -being of the colony, to give stability to its political inetitutMits, to maintain amongst its people the sentiment of loyalty to your Majesty's authority, and to preserve this valuable and wealthy dependency of the crown as an integral portion of the British empire. That your memorialists have learnt with deep regret and concern that his Excellency has tendered to your Majesty the resignation of his office as governor of this colony. That your memorialists would moat humbly beg leave to represent to your Majesty that the withdrawal of his Ex cellency Sir Henry Barkly from the governorship of this colony at the present time would certainly be, in their opi nion, a great misfortane, both as regards the interests of the colony itself and those of the British empire at large. That your memorialists are deeply convinced that such step would complicate seriously the internal political affairs of this colony, imperil its peace, disturb the now universal sentiment of loyal devotion to your Majesty's authority, and weaken those bonds of common loyalty and affection which unite the people of Victoria to their fellow-subjects throughoat the whole British empire. That your memorialista therefore, always expressing their most dutiful obedience to your Majesty, do neverthe less, for the reasons Wm* assigned, humbly petition your Majesty that your Majesty will be pleased not to accept the resignation of his Excellency Sir Henry Barley, bat to continue him in his office as governor of the colony of Victoria for another term of years. And your memorialist', an in duty bound, will ever pray. The Governor's Salary Reduction Bill which was reserved fo: her Majesty's assent has been dis allowed, and the resignation of his office, which Sir Henry Barkly bad tendered, not accepted. The thriving young town of Inglewood has been all but burnt to the ground. The loss is estimated at something like 80,0001. Talbot (or Back Creek) has also been the scene of a serious conflagration, the loss being estimated at 12,0001. Mr. Howitt and his party had arrived at Ade laide with the remains of Burke and Wills, which were on their way to Melbourne. The remains were to lie in state in the Royal Society's ball until the 21st of January, when the public funeral would take place. The remains will be interred in the General Cemetery. Mr. Summers's design for the monument to be erected in Melbourne, to comme morate their achievements and their fate, has been accepted. The discovery of new gold fields in Gipps Land is adding largely to the extent of the known auri ferous land of the colony. Some magnificent quartz reefs have lately been opened up in Donelly's Creek, and fresh fields are likely to be discovered all along the southern slopes of the Dividing Ranges. On the western side, in the fern-tree gullies, on the head waters of the Yana, some very promising alluvial diggings have been made known within the last few days. They are no more than seventy miles distant from Melbourne. Surveys of the country for railway purposes are progressing in various directions, and are contem plated in others. A vote of 5,0001. has been assented to for the purpose. .t. 12. • Nair& v24o Aberdeen Leith 0741 A:drama Partrtub Galway Valenti& Iv . . a uftt optiss a d v . a 145 Liverpool Pembroke Pomamoe Jamey Breet VOrima 36.36 34 Rochefort Plymontb Weymouth Portemouth 60.3647 Kew. 10.1542 Leedom llO.Bl 43 Parma* tilearborousk.4o.22 Wi . Shields Het eektaid Oopealmipu . I-- Healer W. a. W. N.N.W. &W. N.W. &W. W.d.W. N.W. N.W. N.N.L N.N.W. N.M. wit:w. w:is:w. LATEST INTELLIGENCI. - INDIA. • We have received letters and papers from Madras to Jan. 14, and from Calcutta to Jan. 8. H.M.'s steamer Feroze, with Lady Elgin and suite on board, was announced as being in the river on the morning of the Bth instant. Her ladyship was to land in Calcutta that afternoon. Letters from Central India inform the English man that the Ranee Wudjee, of Khettree, and her son, who have for some time been on bad terms, have at last come into actual collision, with a loss of some two hundred on both sides. British troops have been ordered to the spot to restore order. The Englishman says that letters received at Cal cutta on the 7th inst. from the Jynteah Hills, and dated Omwai Poonjee, give anything but a peace able or peace promising account of the state of affairs there. The railway was opened to Benares without any ceremony or celebration of the event. There was to be a formal opening of it, however, about the end of this month, when the Governor-General will be present The journey from Benares to Cal cutta is accomplished in about twenty-nine hours, and travellers report favourably of all the arrange ments on the line. Such s multitude u assembled the other day at Bewares to bathe in the Ganges during the solar eclipse, has not been seen for the last 50 years. Four millions of people are calculated to have dipped that day in the "sacred stream." We read in the Madras Atheneum Another case of considerable interest and importance, in emulation with missionary work in India as affected by the same code, has recently occupied the time of one of our police courts and the attention of the public, but we may briefly here my, that • native father charged the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, of the Wesleyan Mission, with having kidnapped his son, he being (es stated) under fourteen years of age, with the view of con verting him to Christianity.—After a patient hearing, the case entirely broke down ; the medical evidence pro duced al to the boy's age showing him to be about sixteen years old, and therefore a free agent. His freedom he need to forsake his family, and throw his lot in with the mis sionaries. Ten or fifteen years ago, a matter of the kind would have created a much greater sensation among the caste native community, than almost any amount of con versions could do Dow. The members of that community have grown wiser, and value the secular advantages of cheap miarionary education sufficiently to make them run the hazard of proselytism. CHINA AND JAPAN• Hong Kong papers of Jan. 1 say that no events of importance had taken place in China or Japan during the previous fortnight. In the latter coun try nothing authentic can at present be ascertained with regard to the real state of the government. The nobles continue to leave Yeddo. The English legation are all at Yokohama, according to the last advicen, which reach to the 15th of December. It is evident that in the present conflicting state of parties among native politicians, while reports of assassinations are rife, the Mikado himself being included in these reports as among those assassinated, the representatives of foreign nations cannot have much official correspondence with the Japanese authorities ; as, indeed, they can scarcely tell who the real authorities of the country are. The foreign communities are still In a state of expectancy as to what view will be taken by the Western powers of inch murders as that of Mr. Richardson. By the decision which is arrived at in this case, will undoubtedly be determined the next position to be occupied by foreigners in the country ; although it is far from certain that the Japanese will not seek to trample upon foreigners still further. The Rumiaos are said to have the following fleet in Eastern waters, chiefly at Nagasaki, ready to loin the allies in suppresriog the Chinese rebellion :-1 Corvette, 21 guns and 281 men ; the Bogatin flag ship ; Calavala, 10 gun corvette, Commodore Tshebescoff ; Novick, Riede, and Posadnick, 10-gun brigs, 180 men each; Rasbonwick, Nyasnick, and Merge gunboats, each 4 guns and from 80 to 100 men ; Abreck, despatch boat, 2 pins and 80 men America paddle-wheel steamer, 4 guns and 120 men ; Japanitz, transport, 2 guns, ►od 140 men. The North China Herald, from which we quote the foregoing list, says that a portion of the fleet may possibly sail for China imme diately to act agaiost the Taepings. Admirals Popoff and Kuper have conferred on the matter at Hong-Konr, but their plans hare not transpired. The British forces in China seem to have instructions against quitting a defensive attitude. Shanghae continues to be as busy as ever, and to push forward plans for municipal improvements. As for the rebels, the little that has been heard of them is to the effect that they are in distress for want of supplies. Her Majesty's ship Bouncer went to Nanking recently, to inquire after some British junks that were missing. Her commander, Captain Creasy, was received by ilsnwang a t the east gate of the city, and his inquiries as to the I I jests were kindly replied to; be did not encored, h owever , • I. di scove ring any clue to them. Harming told Captain Cressy that there were 2,000,000 el Chilies* inside of Hoskins. The walls of the city bad been greatly strength ened, but them were signs of distress about the people. Kattwaas asked Captain Creasy for some European soap and candles. Nothing was said as to the rumour that the T.eping leader bad left Nanking and gone to reside in Chang-chow, on that this report must at present be viewed as unconfirmed. Chang-chow is a ssoood-class city, situated of the east bank of the Great Canal, 75 miles from Nan king, 45 from Chin-kiang, 54 from Soo-chow, and 115 from Sbanghae. It is said that the Bouncer, having shown an aptitude for this sort of *orrice, will pay another visit to Nanking to demand four Sepoys who ware taken at Bah ding. Captain Creasy will no doubt return without the men, but if be ceo bring farther reports of how affairs stand in the Teeming camp, his errand will not have been thrown away. There is a doubtful morality about this system of espionage, for the Taepinp will And that all the informs• idols they convey, or which is otherwise acquired by the Bouncer, will be used against them. AUSTRALIA. VICTORIA. Our advises from Melbourne are to December 26. Parliament adjourned on the 19th of that mouth for the Christmas holidays. From tho ter mination of the debate on the financial statement —which was protracted over several nights, although no amendment was proposed—to the adjournment of the house, the Legislative Assembly was mainly occupied with the eetimates. The Treasurer anti cipates that the revenue of the year 1863 will not exceed 2,945,5001., and the expenditure has been cut down within the anticipated receipts. The ac counts of the year 1862 will close with a balance of 56,968/. to be carried forward ; and Mr. Haines estimates that at the end of 1863 he or his succes sor will have 9,1341. with which to open the ac counts of 1864. At a monster meeting of the inhabitants of Mel bournet the following memorial to the Queen has been adopted : _ . To not Qunot'sMOST Excetuarr Mammy. The humble memorial of the undenigoed, loy;landdutiftd subjects of her Majeety,rmident in the colony of Victoria, in Australia, in public meeting assembled, Humbly sboweth, 71at your memorialista beg leave to approach your Ma- Piety's throw with the expression of their true and hearty loyalty to your 111.ajeety's authority, and of their inviolable attachment and devotion to your Majesty. Thal your messorialiste have had nesrly sir years' impe rious, of the mares of administration pursued in this part of your Mssesty'i dominions by his Erosnosey Sir Beery 8a5k1,4140.8. • That your memoriallete, es the result of swab expetiesee, do soot sineerely be , i.va that the governmeot of his Hied- Isney Slr Henry Barkly hes been, from the drat, grounded on principle' of the wisest ard soundest policy, designed to NEW ZEALAND. New gold-fields of some importance, though of no great extent, have been discovered in Otago during the month. Matters iu New Zealand are still in an unsettled state. The Queen's natives, however, seem to be increasing in strength. SYDNEY. The Sydney Morning Herald of Deo. 24 says : "After a session of seven months' duration, parliament will be prorogued by his Excellency Sir John Young this afternoon. Although the session has lasted much longer than was anticipated or than was desired by the government, it is brought to a close somewhat abruptly, and as a consequence, several important measures have had to be dropped, while the standing orders have in both houses been suspended that others might be passed through all their stages in one sitting. The 8081i011 will be ren dered memorable by the settlement of the state-aid qnestion, the Bill to Prohibit Future Grants for Public Worship being at length passed. The Land Titles Declaration Act, which embodies Mr. Tor rens' system, and the sot to alter the succession to real estate in miles of intestacy, are the two other moat important measures of the session. The esti mates for the public service were gone through in the Assembly without any material alterations, and the passing of the Appropriation Bill did not occa sion a lengthened debate in either house ; but the introduction of the Loan Bill called forth some em phatic protests against the extent to which the sys tem of borrowing for public works is being carried by the government." SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The South Australian Register (Adelaide), of December 26, mentions the return of Mr. Stuart from his expedition to the northern coast as the most important item of news to be transmitted by the present mail. This explorer, it will be remem bered, left Adelaide in the beginning of last year to complete the exploration which be commenced in 1859, and which, fur the second time, he was unable to finish in 1860. On the first occasion he was turned back by hostile natives, and on the second occasion by a dense scrub, which separated him from the Victoria River, after be had reached as near to the °oast as latitude 17 deg. and longi tude 133 deg. We are now glad to announce that in this third expedition Mr. Stuart has been completely success ful. Atter crossing to latitude 17 degs. upon his old route, he found in the course of a lengthened examination of the country that the belt of scrub which had seemed to hem him in hopelessly from the coast beyond was penetrable in a northerly direction ; and instead, therefore, of further seeking to reach the Victoria River, he pressed forward through Arnheim's Land and came out upon the coast near Point Hotham, opposite Melville's Island. Thus there is now a direct route from Ade laide to Port Essington, and more than three parts of the country through which it runs has been traversed by Stuart and his parties six times, this being the third consecutive year that his expedi- tions have crossed and recrossed the continent. From these facts it will be seen that the explora tion is one of vast importance to all the Auatralian colonies. The journeys of previous explorers who have crossed the continent have terminated at the Gulf of Carpentaria, where the country is low and swampy, and where ships trading with India and China would meet with difficulties in navigation. But a route is now opened from South Australia to a point on the coast six degrees beyond the head of the gulf, which was the place reached by Burke, and afterwards by M'Kinlay ; and this route is found traversable during the driest of 1.811101116 QUEENSLAND. ARRIVAL OF MISS RYE AND THE FEMALE EMIGRANTS. Qaussuartg °CARMAN Ottloe, &Mace, December 18, 1862. The third anniversary of the foundation of the colony wee celebrated on the 10th inst. with the =nal »- Joking'. An address to the explorer, Mr. William Landsborougb, wee presented to that gentleman from the public of Queens land by his mosleney the governor, at a meeting held in Brisbane on the Bth inst. The proposal of the irnrerial government to annex North Australia temporarily to Queensland does not and much await f. this mks,. It is expected that the amble telegraph will be =tended northward next year as fax as Rockhampton. The Queensland Steam Navigatios Company are sending Captain Patullo home by t►is. .oath's mail to superintend the oonstruction of several new steamers. Telegraphic intell4enes from England to Nov. 7 was re ceived in Brisbane rid Adelaide on the 12th instant. The man has not yet arrived. The ship Conway, with 400 immigrants (including 140 single females sent out by Miss Rye), arrived from South ampton on the Ist inst., and the new comers were wall received. The Wendell also arrived on the 26th ult. with 300 immigrants. The trying drought from which the colony suffered en many months seem. at length to be at an end, rain baring fallen lately in considerable quantities. Mr. Penton, merchant, of Ipswich, states him profile on tee acres of lest sesson'e cotton at 4271. Labour is still so Douce in the colony that in tome district, as much as 21. per week is paid (or ahepherda. _ _ _ At the November Brisbane Criminal Sessions there were no prisoners for trial ; this pleasing state of affairs has now occurred three times. The Young Australia sailed for London on the 15th instant, with passengers and a large cargo of wool, cotton, and other produce. (Riuna's museum.) AMERICA. QIIMXSTOWN, Fin. 12. The Inman steamer Kangaroo, from New York on the 31st ult., has arrived here with the mails, 900,000 dollars in specie, and 50 passengers. She has heard nothing of the China. NEW YORK, JAN. 31. (Per Kangaroo.) The Richmond Dispatch warns the democrats and conservatives of the North to dismiss from their minds the delusion that the South will ever consent upon any terms to re-enter the Union ; and says that if the North allowed the South to write a con stitution, and gave every guarantee, the South would prefer the government of England or France to re-entering the Union. The New York Tribune says the people want to see the government make war in earnest. If they cannot make war, or if they make war and fail, and shall therefore be satisfied that the struggle is hope less, the people will next wish to ascertain if the government is equally incapable of making peace. The New York Herald and the Times favour the continuance of the war until the Union is restored. THE REVOLT IN FRENCH COCHINCHINA. (From the Serails Times, 27th December.) The news brought from Saigon by the Echo is of rather an important character. The Annamese have risen in revolt against the French, and it is reported are destroying the rice fields all around the neighbourhood of the troops. We believe only one private letter has come to hand by the Echo, and consequently very few particulars an yet known here. _ _ (From the Singapore Free Peru.) By latest accounts from Saigon we lam that a very serious revolt had broken out against the Fren,l govern ment there. no troops, amounting to about 3,000 in Dumber, were nearly surrounded, and as t h e supplies of rice were pre vented from coming forward, provisions were becoming scarce. Reinforcements bed been urgently demanded both from China and France. . . . We hear from Saigon that the innamese rre ..;:ain giving trouble to the French at Saigon ; they have attacked a captain's guard within six miles of the city and killed the captain and six of his men. They also surprised the tele graph station near Cape St. James, and killed the engineer and all his assistants. Natives said to be spies are cogged to make them give information, and afterwards hung. Rice is said to be very scarce and selling wholesale at above three dollars per picuL (Straits Times, January 8.) • • The most important Dews from the surrounding parts is that from Saigon. It appears that the Annaineee have risen in considerable strength and attacked the French troops in various parts. Report says that ► guard of six men, .in. timed some nine miles from Saigon, have been completely cut off, and, is feared, destroyed. It is also reported that the telegraph station near Cape St. James was surprited, and all the people killed. ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. The anniversary fcstival of this institution took place yesterday ev ening; at the Loudon Tavern, under the possidescy of M '. J. Studdy Leigh. The object of the in 'anti= is to allow annuities to decayed merchants, tankers, professional men, muter manufacturers, trades men, their widows and clerks, and to single females, daugh ters of persons belonging to such classes of society. The number sunuitants at present is 40. In consequence of fiaaacial difficulties the payment' were unfortunately, a short puled since, somewhat in armor ; but through the indefatigable exertions of the present secretary, Mr. Gould, who joined the society in Starch last year, the annuities are all folly paid up to December, 1862, leaving Jalm only unpaid, the deficiency being 45 /. From up . to the clue of last year the aggregate re craved was about 1,0001., wed the thaburnements, including all debts and liabilities during the year, were of about the same amount ; leaving 150/. invested in tho funds untouched. When Mr. Gould joined the society the arrears owing to the anauitants were about 1861., and old accounts and claims about 120!. more, making a total of 3061., which has since been Litany extinguished. Among the subscrip tions announced in the course of the evening was 25/. from the Earl of Cardigan, who was to have taken the chair, but was unavoidably abs ent. In proposing " The Health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Waits," the CHAIRMAN read the following letter, which, he said, had just been received from the Prince's equerry : " Buckingham-palms, 10th February, 1863. " Royal Highness the Prime of Wale.: has de sired me to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 27th ultimo, by desire of the directors of the Royal ' General Annuity Society, and to acquaint you that his Royal Higbee's, greatly appreciating the benevolent and useful purposes of the society, nowt bat feel graWied on i being nvited to become one of its patrons. The gratifica tion ia enhanced by enabling him to follow the example of the lamented parent who took so much interest in its suc cess. His Royal Highness accedes with great pleasure to the request of the directors, and has commanded me t, forward a donation to the society of twenty guineas. —I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " William Gould, Fart." W. KIIOLLTS. The total amount of subscriptions sod doastions an nounced was about 220!. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Grage, who was misted by Miss Emil i Z e Lthers, Miss M. Collins, Mr. Habra, and Mr. J. J. WEATHER REPORT.-{THIS DAY.) FIIMAIIMIT 1% I L. N. !ta I - :1: . SATURDAY. N.W. to N.N. de 1,11.11.. DOOTIJXD. N.N.W. so IN.L. moderate, Sae. light, variable. 11. N. W. to K. sod 5.6., ISILADO. Pogo. ty, Nita, SRL moderate to light, hoe. _ _ _ Am itat above. W eammtat. N. to L and B.L, N.W.7lAsc7 tr.* to moderate. As Love. t# W.AIMILAWD. K.W.L. to &AL. coo- AL iiIISARD. Winds, fon. La above, As mat 'boo,. ILE, to SA, toodetato. As above. Similar. X nnare. filiaUrr. King Victor Immanuel has conferred the title of Omit on IL leatosel, ea•preeideot of Vie coma I. Ls s O- 2 o 1 MO 2 I- $ o 4 0.17 4 b- 2 - b I GI $ O II O. 2 b $ 0.1 $ b 10. $ 111 1 1 THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALE& MEETING AT ST. ismaars HALL—(THIS DAY). This morning a public meeting of the inhabitants of Regent.street was had at St. Jamees.hall to take into oonidderatioe the best means of making a suitable de. moestraticie on the 7th of )(Arch next, the day appointed for her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra's snivel, and to appoint a deputation to wait upon Rix George Grey, to request that the royal procession should peas up Regent. street, as one of the chief thoroughfares of the metropolis, end to take such steps as may be considered necessary for promoting the object io view ; Mr. BAZIN in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, as the circular which had been sent round fully explained the object of the meeting, it was an. necessary for him to dilate upon the subject, but the im portance of Regent-street was well known ; sod if the royal procession should pass through, he felt certain that every inhabitant would do hie beet to show his affection for the newly-adopted child of the country. Although every in. habitant of the neighbourhood would do hie best on the occasion, yet, in order to sustain the wealth and import. anon of Regent-street, they should do something in the agg►egate. Mr. Marvin, of the firm of Meppin Brothers, moved the first resolution as follows :—"That this meeting, repreient ing the householders and residents of Regent•street, St. James's, being desirous of celebrating the arrival within this country of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra in a manner befitting the auspicious end joyful occuion, and in such form as shall at the same time present tangible proof of the warmth and cordiality of their greeting, unanimously resolve to use every eau. tion in their power to insure the procession passing along Regent•street en route to Paddington, it being universally acknowledged to be the finest thoroughfare in the metro polis, and so eminently adapted for the purposes of a demon. titration such as is contemplated by its inhabibuits." Mr. lifumoN seconded the resolution, which wan carried unanimously. A deputation was then appointed to wait upon Sir George Grey, to ask him to allow the procession to pass through Regent-street. A oommittee having been appointed to carry out the object of the meeting, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. A meeting convened by a circular signed by the mayor was held yesterday in the mayor's parlour, at the Pown-hall, Manchester, to discuss the steps to be taken on the forthcoming marriage of the Prince of Wales. There wan not a very numerous attendance, the majority being members of the corporation. The mayor, who presided, stated that a rub-committee, tppointed from the Gomel Purposes Committee of the town council, had been wad daring the question which they had met to discuss, and it was thought desirable that the committee should be joined by gentlemen unconnected with the counciL The sub committee suggested that on the 10th of March. when the marriage of his Royal Highness would be celebrated, there should be a public holiday, a general illumination, a general display of flags, a gathering of the troops of the line, sad a muster of the volunteers. A procession of trades unions wu also mentioned, but the committee, considering the state of the times, thought it best not to suggest such an expensive affair. The committee could not undertake any expenses out of the corporation funds, and it was therefore necessary that an appeal should be made to the general public. A committee was subsequently appointed to raise funds and carry out the esessaary arrangements. SERVICE OP GLASS FOR THE PRINCE OP waras. A service of engraved glass, manufactured ex pressly for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, is now on view at the rooms of Messrs. Pollan and Co., 58 and 59, Faker - street, Portman-square. It consists of about 410 piece*, intended for 36 persona, and alike for beauty of design sod of execution is • remarkable specimen of this species of art manufacture. The water jug may be regarded as the model of the whole, the decanters and other articles of similar shape being worked from that pattern. The satire service, which in form is pure Etruscan, is engraved in longitudi nal bands and stripes, with pure Geeek orna ment. On each side of the larger pieces are two shields, on one of which is engraved the coronet with plumes and motto, and on the other the monogram "A. 8.." surmounted by the Prince of Wales's rzown. The dessert sugar bowls, with covers, are particularly elegant, while the decanters present the chute simplicity of the germinal design in the most effec tive manner. A peculiar feature of the wise-ginner is that they all have a twisted stem, in one piece, producing, when turned in the hand, the appearance of a winding column of water. Excellent taste is shown ha the ice-plate. A Greek circlet in the centre encloses the coronet and motto, and, with the bands radiating from the circlet, the result is very pleasant to the eye. Even in the liqueur glasses the letters of the Prince's motto are perfectly distinct, and the plume well developed. It may be added that the bands of the service follow throughout, as far as possible, the pare outline of the piece, instead of breaking it in their eons% as is too frequently the cue in manufactures of this cdees. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of thin company was held this day at the Waterloo Station, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, declaring a dividend, and disposing of the general business of the cool pear ; Captain Massacre, the chairman, prodded. The report, an abstract of which has already appeared, was taken as read. _ _ . . The Ctraninax said that during the whole time he had had the honour of presiding over them, he never felt that there was leas to MIST to them. He was happy to my they were not at war—(hear, hear)—and therefore there was no necessity for him to justify their hostile proosedings when at war. No doubt shareholders were entitled to all the dividend that could be earned, but unfortunately director; were in a position that when they had a surplus revenue they were tempted to wipe off exceptiousl ex penses. That was not so popular a course as the increaseof the dividend. He, however, had to ask them to be satisfied with a partial increase in their dividend, and to allow the directors to pay off thou exceptional expense*. They had, therefore, proposed to pay the whole of the ex penses of the Wimbledon accident, and to carry 10,000/. to the re-laying account. They had now no claims upon them for accidents, and he hoped they would have no more of them, but would now proceed on a safe and sound basis. It bed been said by the tint journal of Europe that railway companies were privileged bodies. He did not know how they could claim any privileges over other trading com panies when they were mulcted to the extent they were in the cue of an accident. When passengers had complained that the trains on their line were slow, they had always admitted that if they were not so fast as others, they were much safer. He now rases to the accounts, and would take the capital account first. There had been an Meyer* in the capital of the company to the extent of 371,7411.. which had been unavoidable in building works, extending lines, making sidings, and laying down the narrow-gage lines on certain puts of their system. They bad, there fore, mach increased their proyerty, and that could not be dme without the outlay of capital. With regard to the locomotive department, they had en increased charge, but that was caused by the increased traffic. sod the increased charge was only 20 per cent. on the augmentetion to the revenue. He was happy to say that they were at peace with everyb and without saying anything disparaging of the Great We stern ' Company, he would say that his (the Chairman's) company vas the last to go to war. With regard to the Bishop's Waltham and Sidmouth Railways, they had only taken them on working arrangements. He would say with regard to the last paragraph but one in the report that they were prepared to go to parliament for a bill to enable the company to complete the amalgamation of the undertakiegs of the North Devon, the Bideford, the Peterefield, and the Chard Railway Companies with this company, upoo terms already submitted to and approved by the proprietors. During the standing orders some of their opponents had already expired, and he t r o7s s ir to be able to state that the abets had followed their example. He then moved theadoption of the report. The Hon. R. H. DueroN, seconded the worm. Mr. Bates called the attention of the chairman to the fact that the sum of 2,0301. mentioned in the report u costs in opposing other schemes referred to in the report did not appear in the accounts. The CHAIIIIILS pointed out that it was charged in the capital account. Mr. HELPS deprecated its being pieced there. Mr. Mircesix was sorry to nod that by one paragraph in the report, which was vary unsatisfactory, it was under stood at theism* meeting that no more lines should be pur rimed, and they were now asked to agree to the purchase of certain linos. He might refer to the Nader Linn, which would never pay. He hoped the directors would abandon the plan of absorbing these new schemes, for they were only made to sell, and the profit thus made by them west to make other smaller lines. Lord BURY thought they ought ant to be engaged in oppoeieg all those whams, sad asked how they would affect them if they were allowed to stand. After some discuasiee fv raped vu adopted. CORE AND LENIRICI RLILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of the Oar! and Limeade! Railway was held ou Tuesday, is the sorapaay's IMO" South Mall, Cork. The re port was The review amount from August to December. 1167 4 :0we a set credit baker* of 9R21. 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