The Express. — London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

.II DAILY NEWS 2 LONDON NORNINO Mali. gellmaadreasi AL. am IL Lease Lang Jam* las abana it am samaws gal al alas las soma sal who at Ms p.. araa-an O.worry fi 1 . be wpm, sad tube 'wad naotalas an ammesia alranslak ......„ aaal l al lag la& law& sal mearrary arado-ilie papa is Ea FWFORZION m, IN RINJABLI AND IINPAINZ ed Aa analaaar say wq of *tame a as Man am a Ile a by wiry *masa sad 1 posada. MI ONLY AIL! 113111 MOMT. OM ad et paw. IT INCLUDES ALL 01111iN1111,1 ADYNZTINZIMIL II Nana, ladaysaliat. aad. Vanua mama 4 IWO ..... ......ala gill PM at ma w.l .a laa Paw Ima abl balloted for lira a Ilona& al pmallia tiamtar To as at v. anar a llaa libalaa t at all Illa aim le Mi JUL 1:1:211,10 la Ile Mat W e: vim peatabar Mk as appaaalloa. teraba l.a l l a dedglailift Imaaaillada MIL aarasinet. pm , le Asaam• mem it toe Oxinefig. TO COI ~alpaca. h.3;4.lT.;••ii;itio;;•l:4l4.F.eln l m er, dad d be bilisdoe. ofte, 14k. Ilemelerirest. le Iwo Moak re Ir pa NAT WARN CT. symettrin TNi PLOUOIL—AB4 Übe emir ChrMA= TEM PLIIIIVICI BEAUTY IN TIIC WOOL.; rr=lilmod lin OpWed Pig. You, ll.<<Ay. A Leelurol. and IANIcroll: SW I. Lame. Me Fumy Wri4llA—Commeacu at I. TIMIOTIOIL SIN &Mee ZINO IVIONA fIrOOND. lir C IM . .mIMIMNaILLQCIS er II ITE Ca ; or. Tler rerrerhed her Miley Oneheethere /darn Coma*. Ind Pads; We O. Lbw. min Late Tem.—Arm M here S. IaCMUIL Tam Stumm lIIICRICLIZU. Mr. C. DlDes.—Aletolisxl • amlasd LLA ROO Massos.T. a. J. siol Hart Ichntigad M S. a>aG. Mar W ootirat. Yalsai. me "Thar A... vd ... -zzatirsit urx . . MGR WATIR AT LONDON SITD3I. =la= tit scums, 711047, 143UA11l L oar yesterday's isprewion we wound up the records of the year by a retrospect of the events — social, coresiersisi„ sad political—of the last twelve months. We this day avert our gaze from the peat, and begin to grapple with the work which the future Us in store fur us. The New Year breaks upon us like the dawn after a stormy night at sea. Though the strength of the gale has abated, the waves still run high, and the hes% y clouds, hanging low in the firmament, cut a dull shadow on the dark waters as they scud across the sky. At such a time the most experienced seaman feels uncertain whither the gale has finally exhausted itself, or whether the lull ia bat one of those deceptive pauses darirg which it gathers fresh strength. The monetary crisis has, it is true, passed over, but men of business are now anxiously on the oatlook for its after effects in our manufacturing districts. The re lations between our Cabinet and the Government of the Tuileries are shrewdly suspected to have been of late assuming a less cordial, nay a somewhat antago nistic character. We learn from China that at the time when the last mail was despatched an attack upon Canton by an exclusively naval force was daily looked for. No doubt seems to have been entertained on the spot that it would prove successful, but what oven the success of this operation would lead to it was Impassible to foresee. The Euratom, it was under stood, contemplated retiring into Tartary—a move ment which would imply a resolution on his part to seek to baffle our warlike attacks, and our at tempts to open direct negotiations, by the cis Os er:ie and delay. If this were the cue, oar acquisi tion of Canton would only serve to raise the wider and more puzzling question, what are we to do next? This, in itself sufficiently perplexing question, would have to be solved with a world of precautions to avoid exciting the susceptibilities or arousing the counteraction of the other great Powers, whose representatives are present, along with Lord ELGIN, iu the Canton waters. And whit:, these new sources of trouble are opening up, our difficulties in India are far from being at an end. The letter of our special Calcutta correspondent, which we publish to-day, describes in strong lan guage the unusual hostility against British rule which exists among the population of Oude. A private letter from Calcutta, which is now before us, speaks still more emphatically on this subject, and combines with it a remarkable phasis of general public opinion in India—the utter incredulity that pervades the native mind as to the reality of the successes we hare obtained. We quote the writer's own words, simply premisiog that his official position gives him access to the molt correct in formation on this latter point, and that he has from the commencement of these disturbances been the muse of an alarmist. " Lucknow has been relieved " bat not taken possession of; indeed, the latest " news only places us is one of its outskirts, which wu not gained until after some very severe fight " ing. My opinion is that there will yet be very " serious oppositiew in Onde; and where the news " of the fall of Delhi is believes', it does not seem to " have had the anticipated effect. But you will be " surprised to learn that it is very generally dial*- " Used by Mahoramcdans ; and here, in Calera* it " is a fact that up to this day they believe that we land a regiment and send it down the river again " and re-land it, as a means of impressing ' the people with an idea of the rapidity with which " large reinforcements are arriving. This seems " incredible, but I repeat that it is a fact." The writer next proceeds to advert to the recent mutiny at Chittagong—elm noticed in the letter of oar special correspondent--as an illustration of the en couragement which this disbelief in our successes gives to the mutinously disposed to persevere in their hostile efforts. We request particular atten tion to what he Icjs with reference to this subject, of Lord CAN•stNt;'s Government, of which, in all his previous communications, he had been a warm, in telligent, and disinterested defender:—" I am sorry " to say--and it shows how far from hopeless the rebels yet consider their case—that the three " companies of the 34th Native Infantry that had remained apparently true have thrown " off all disguise, risco, released all the prisoners in " the gaol (at ('hittagong), plundered the treasury " of three lace of rupees, murdered a non-commis " Moned officer who tried to dissuade them from " violence, and gone off with their booty and the " Government elephants, making, no doubt, for 4 . Dacca, a here there will be a disturbance unless " the most prompt mcooMio are taken. Lord Cax- THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY " NINO luta been most unjustly assailed touching " many matters ; but as respects this outbreak at " Chittagong I confess I do not see what excuse clan "be made. To have relied on the fidelity of any " ooe native regiment in the service, or of any por tion of any regiment, was a strange infatuation " after the lessons of the last six months. Troops " have been arriving daily in large numbers, and " only two or three days ago about 4,000 men " were inspected on the Midan. We have a large " number of steamers here ; Chittagong could have " been reached in a few hours, and one company of " British bayonets would have preserved the peace, " saved 30,0001., and prevented the junction of these " latest rebels with the disaffected of the adjacent 0 districts. The fact is that when the Government " saw the Bengal army was thoroughly disorganised " it should have disarmed, if not disbanded, the " whole. Supposing even half-a-dozen regiments " had remained true (for want of opportunity, pro .' bably, to throw off their allegiance), the inconveni " ence would not have been small when the time " came for the re-formation of the army. At " this moment there is a native regiment of " Infantry, and two of Irregular Cavalry—some " 3,000 men—at Berhampoor, with arms in their " hands, which we have a right to fear would be " turned against us if the utmost vigilance were not observed. When everything has to be done " by British soldiers, and when the few we have " hitherto had have had to watch their native allies, " would it not have been better to get rid of the " fellows altogether ? The Chittagong affair is "damaging, and the outcry will be loud if things " go wrong at Dacca." These extracts, taken in connexion with the lucid narrative of our special correspondent, will convey to our readers a better ides of the actual state of affisirs in Hindoatan than any laboured ex position of ours could do. The mutiny—the insur rection, call it what you will—has been checked, but the day of its suppression may yet be far dis tant. Anarchy reigns triumphant in Gude, and in the adjoining districts of Rohilcund. It does not clearly appear that the insurgents have any definite plan or policy, but they are animated with an envenomed, stubborn detestation of British rule, which inspires them with a determination to resist —whether massed together or broken up into straggling bands—to the last. This defiant spirit nourished and supported by the general incredulity as to our victories, and the arrival of our reinforce ments, which pervades the Mnssulman mind throughout Ilindostan. In Gude it is not • mutinous army, bat a desperate people, we have to deal with. They cannot stand against British troops in the field, but their submis sion will, for a long time, not extend beyond the range of the British guns. There was one man among them who was reluctantly driven to take up arms against us, partly by gross blunders on the part of the local officials who had to deal with him, and partly by the false representations of the.;insurgent leaders—a man whose hereditary wealth and political influence gave him authority among his countrymen whose conduct throughout these disastrous times was truly chivalrous, whose hands were unem breed with British blood. With this man—MtuN SINGII—we might have entered into negotiations, and he could have answered for his countrymen's fulfilment of any terms. But Providence, for its own wise though inscrutable purposes, has stricken him down, and no one is left who can be looked to as capable of becoming the medium of an ultimate sou.loot. There Is little prospect of a speedy termination of the anarchy in Oude, and while it continues no permanent tranquillity can be looked for in the whole surrounding region. TIM Revenue Returns for the year and quarter eliding yesterday present the rather formidable falling off, ea compared with those of the preceding year, of somewhat more than 1,800,0001. This diminu tion would have been greater but for an unwonted increase under the head of Miscellaneous ; and as we learn from a ministerial organ that this increase is principally owing to sales of military stores, it would really appear that these sales had been forced on at a time when military stone arc so much in:demand for the purpose of trying to save appear ances. In the Customs there has been a diminution in the yeses receipts of 1,154,0231.; in the Excise, of 801,7781. ; and in the Property Tax, of 890,4261. The first two items indicate a falling off in the year's consumption amounting to nearly two millions; and this falling off in consumption appears to have been steadily increasing throughout the last nine months. 7. .31 .i 5 E § § P . e. •• P P A i E 1 ': - I. G S - E J P.r. ..." I' P ... L y si ii ; ; ; ...i. E. P r z . z": I • 3 3 J a : E iEi _ r. _ A I '..• r. • T T T 6 1 § :- .. -!. "r z P o, J.- E Y,.11 Alb g 4 i .... . ::1 .1 -.". C C ; § f 11 I d I!; No. lII.—An ACCOr SHOWINIthe RE VENUE and OTHE RECEIPTS of Quarter meted December bt, the Applkstion the same. end the Charge of the Consolidated Fund fur the tteM Quarter, together with the Surplu s or D e fi c i ency upon such Charge. earplug Balance Osyond the tharge o 4 the Corrabdausl Fund, for the Quarter ended dept. 30. 1037, Great Britsga IMAM boom recetred In the Quarter ended Dee. 11, Isl 7, Z 561,1140 as shewu V Amount L Amount ..seed la the Quarter ended Dee. 71, MT. sepal mend Adverse toe Pub.kc Works. as...* 479.71n I .S 4f'u aloha, beteg har t he DeSeines en the lift Deasesher. UST, upon o cge of the Fund la G Britai tl n, a to meet the Divid °Anoint/dad ends and WM adevElle pl reet y. able la the Guano' to Kurth 3 , labs, ewe tee which Exchequer Ellis (Deficieney) wW be lewd In that Churtar 1,111.621 410,14,51 S amount applied oat of the Troonto to Supply Santo's, to the Quarter ended Dec 11 t, 1057 Morse el the Coughlotod had for Liss Cioartor ended Doe. S!, HST, ViX.: Intereei d the Permanent Debt Terrefnahlo De - rt.. Interest of Exchequer Me (Delleleney) ItU The Civil IAA Other Chartres en Coneolkteted Font 115,971 Advance. for Faun Worts, v • /01 1 S blnkAg Dual. 7,1114,063 Iltrpts. Manor beyond the Charge of the Combatted Pond, for the Qterrier ended Dvo. 31, 107. : Greet Man 714.16$ WO THE QUICKEST DESPATCH OF THE INDIA MAIL. —The Calcutta portion of the India Mali, consisting of 42 boner, left Paris yesterday morning at 6.10, sad arrivod at Boulogne by special train at 11.26. The boxes were em barked in ten minutes on board the mail packet Prises Frederick William. The vessel ran to Dover in one hour and 38 minutes, the shortest time in which the pioneers has ever been made. The male were at the railway station within 12 minutes, and the South-Eastern special train started at 1.26, and come op to London in , :ne hour and 38 minutes, arriviving at London-bridge at three o'clock: peed per Miles. S hour. Railways, &c. Paris to Boulogne 169 32. 2 Northern of France. Boulogne to Dover 30 18.37 Mail-packet. Dover to London.. 88 66. 2 South-lisetern. Thus the Calcutta mail wan conveyed from Paris to London, including all stoppoges sod time occupied in embarking end tenting, and conveyance to and from steam-boat and railway, in eight hours and 60 minutes. By this special a-range. leant on the part of the General Post-oflige, the London letters were sent out for delivery before id: o'clock, and ell crrrespondence for the country was despatched by evening mail trains. DRAM Or SIR DAVID H. BLAIR, BART.—We announce with much regret to our readers the death of the venerable Sir David Hunter Blair, of Blalrqahan, county Ayr, N. 8., which event happened at his country seat in the north on Saturday, the 26th ult. We believe that at his de ems* be bad recently entered upon the 80th year of hie age. Our readers wi.l remember that hie eldest son by his first union, the late Colonel Janice Hunter Blair, dike FosWer Guards, and sometime M.P. for Ayrshire, wee killed at Likermann in November, 1854, and the title has conse quently devolved on hie second son, Edward, formerly lieu. tenant in the 93rd Highlanders, now fourth baronet. • ACTIONS FOR CRIMINAL CONTERSATION.—From the Order to Council, taking egect . under the new Divorce Act on the I Ith instant, no action is to be maintainable in England" for criminal oonversati.n. HILAIOT TEr.x.—On Monday week, the 11th inst. Hilary Tenn commences, when the several courts of law and equity will resume their sittings. On that day the two acts of last session will come into operation, when two sew courts will be established—" the Court of Probate," and " the Court tor Divorce and Matrimonial Causes." The arrears of rules in the common law courts are inconsiderable. PIOICIAL SEPARATlON.—Henceforth no decree is to be wade for a divorce ci natal et thoro but for • Judidal , which may b e o bt a i ne d un d er the sew set .(z—s:rtal Vass. o. 8.5), either by a husband or wife, on the Sn mood of adulterre y Or cruelty, or desertion wi t h out mum, for yoses sad ua& the Court. WINDSOR, Du. 31. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, rode In the Riding•house this morning, attended by the Hon. Lucy Kerr. The Prince Consort went out shooting. The Prince of Leiningen:accompanied lite Royal Highness. The Princess Royal has honoured Mn.s Thornycreft with sittings for her bust. The Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Mary, and the Dike of Cambridge,Nre expected to arrive this afternoon on a visit to her _Majesty. We are requested to contradict the statement, contained in the journal* of yesterday, that the public can obtain tickets to view the procession oa the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal, on application to the Lord Chamberlain. •rrangementa have already hem made for the disposal of the few tickets which, in consequence of the limited space in St. James's Palace, can be given on the °minion. The Chapel and Rooms, however, will be exhibited to the public by ticket immediately alter the ceremony. 'Count Baptiste Metaxi arrived with despatches from the Lord High Commissioner, from the lonian Islands, yester- day, to Mr. Secretary Labouchere. A meeting of the Cambridge University Commissioner, was held at 6, Adelphi-terrace, on Wednesday, the 30th of December. The Commissioners present were Lord Stan- ' ley, M.P., the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., and the Rev. Dr. Vaughan. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-ofece from the Governors of Hong Kong and Malta. Their Highnesses the Siamese Ambassadors re turned to Claridge's Hotel last evening, from a lengthened tour in the manufacturing districts. Their highneeees came from Birmingham direct to London. His Excellency the Persian Ambassador, accom panied by Captain Lynch and the members of his suite, paid a visit to the new City prison at Holloway yes:erday. Hia excellency dined at Claridge's Hotel in the evening, and afterwards honoured the operatic performances at Her Ma jesty's Theatre with his presence. _ _ The Duke of Bedford is Surrounded by a family circle at Woburn Abbey. _ _ The Marquis of Clanricarde arrived in town on Wednesday e►ening from Windsor Castle. James BankeaStanhope, Esq., at Revesby Abbey, Horncaatle, a few days ago, entertained Lord Stormont, Lord H. Brntinck, Cob Chaplin, Wm. Elmbirst, Esq., under the management of Mr. Watkins. They killed, in four or five hours, 24.5 pheasants, 97 bar., 77 rabbits, 12 woodcocks. The Earl of Shelburne has joined the family party at Bowood for the Christmas holidays. The Count, Cormteers, and the Hon. Miss E. de Flahault, Lord John and Miss Russell, the Bean of St. Paul's and Mrs. Mittman, Mr. Chaney, 'Mr. Twopenny, Rev. Prebendary Guthrie, Hon. James and Lady Louisa Howard and family, have been spending Christmas with the noble marquis and the Countess of Shelbwao, who intend receiving a suxession of visitors at Bowood for some time to come. We are happy to learn that the venerable marquis is now enjoying excellent health. Viscount and Viaoountess Combermore will arrive in town on the 20th inst., to be present at the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal. The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Kingstown from Holyhead on Wednesday night at ten o'clock. His exoel lency and suite proceeded to town by special train, and shortly afterwards left for the viceregal lodge in the park. Mies Harcourt, of Derwentwater, has bestowed her hand upon the Rev. Mr. Mortram. This young lady, who is an immensely rich heiress, was courted at different times by a marquis a baronet, and a bsnke r ,lb u t gave a posi tive refusal to the three, and has at last preferred an humble carafe.—Stamford Mercury. irarallits PREPARATIONS FOR ME ROYAL MARRIAGE. — TheTimes States that there will be no state pro em:loos to St. James's at all. The various royal and dis tinguished guests will assemble without any preconcerted order or arrangement in the Throne-room of St. James's. The only arrangement made is that the bridegroom elect, attended by the officers of his suite, will arrive first, and will probably reach St. James's aeon atter ten o'clock. Imme diately after his highness's procession has been formed in the Throne-room it will move at once to the Chapel Royal. The same regulations will be observed with regard to the arrival of her Majesty with the royal guests and the bride elect, the Princess Royal, with her ladies and I 1-blastulas's There will then be three procee atone formed from the Throne-room to the Chapel Royal, and each will occur in the order we have mentioned. The arrival of each procession in the chapel will be marked by the performance of an appropriate march or anthem by the choir of the chapel and Queen's band. All the distin guished personages who take part in the processions will aster the widen of St. James's Palace by the gateway {sad ist how the Mall, and proosed along the old carriage drive le the Queen's rival& entrance. The private chapel at Buckingham P is "611 smaller than th e Chapel Royal, end in spite of linme sums that hav e bum spent upon it there ls sot (except the bell-roo m ) a t B nc kh rg h em .±... Palace which is equal to any in the suite at St. Jamie's. TM court, therefore, had no choice but between S. James's and Westminster Abbey, and a stale minviage the latter edifice would involve an outlay of a beteen 60,0001. and 70,0001. The Chapel Royal hag been thoroughly altered and refitted for the prevent ceremony. The very old high- backed pews, which were built up an extra height in consequence of Bishop Buniet's urgent complaint to Queen Anne, that the ladies came dressed to chart* as if going to the opera, and pruned the hours of envies in ogling the beaux in the sur , rounding pews have been entirely done sway with, se as to make every inch of the 'mall amount of space in the band ing available for the spectators. In place of the pews four rows of seats, raised one above another, occupy each aide of the church. In front of where the communion rails for t:only stood a haul-pas has been raised, which extends down the church as far as the reading desk and I. meant for the accomm o d a ti on o f th e royal relatives of the high contracting parties, the brides maids and others in Immediate attendance. A great improve ment in the chapel, and one which we are pled to say Is a permieent one, is increasing the size of tho old window over the alter by one-third. Thu allows a full stream of light into the building, though its effects will be modified when the window is filled in, as it is to be, with richly stained glass. Above the raised seats two narrow galleries have been built which will accommodate about 150 persons. Both galleries are supported on iron columns, and their construction is light and elegant in the extreme. They are fronted with carved oak, sad the spandril' of the little arches which rest on the columns are to be decorated with the royal cipher and the emblarammenta of England and Prussia. The recesses on a level with the organ loft on each site have also been fitted with seats, though from those but the moat limited glimpse of the processioa, era posoaet, can be gained. The large royal pew immediately over the entrance and facing the altar w 4 we believe, be set aside for the corps diplomatique as on the ocomaion of the celebration of her Majesty's nuptials. Sir George Smart will preside at the organ and over the usual choir of the Chapel Royal, which consists of about thirty persons. There will occupy the organ loft, and the recess facing this at the opposite side of the chapel has been enlarged and opened backward so as to afford accommodation f or her Majesty's _.... privets band. The music to be used e■ the suspicion; mis sion he not yet been decided on. There le to be neither /fife:leer nor banquet in the line old benynetting-hall of St. Jamie. Tire PRINCESS ROYAL AND THE BALMORAL COITAOSIN—Now that the marriage of the Princess Royal is just at band, that auspicious event forms the engroming subject of converse with the cottager. on the Balmoral es tates, among whom her royal highness is an immense favourite. And justly so. Nowhere else, perhaps, is the state of royalty so entirely laid aside as at Balmoral, and no where else does joyous, sympathetic human nature shine out more unditguiredly among the younger members of the Royal Family. Her Royal Highness the Primers Royal was wont to be a frequent visitor at many of the humble cottages around the palace, and her habits of acute and intelligent observation had rendered her gaits familiar with the details of lowly life as seen in a Scottish peasant's home. Burns has sung ; th e praises of " parrit c h," " Soothe' barely food." Some of our readers may be surprised, while sager Imes will relax into a genial smile, on being told that a prinoem of royal blood has, in this nineteenth century, dunned the housewife's apron, and In childish Yrs " tried her hand" at stirring the porridge pot. One anecdote we have heard of the Primer Royal was this .—" Several years ago, when quite a young girl, a matron, for who m h er royal highness had a special liking, bad added one more to her husband's family. The baby, of coarse, was an object of superlative interest; and, when the christening was about to take pleas, the printer* asked to be permitted to attend and act aa god mother. This was freely agreed to. The day Cann, and so did his prembyterian reverence, but the expected god mother, from some mum, did not make her ap peanmoe, and after a little the ceremony wrat on in her absence. It wa• barely concluded when the pincess came,: breathless with baste and excitement. On being told bow matters stood, her undipguised feelings found vent in a sorrowful "Ohl but couldn't you do it over again 1" When the Court left Balmoral last summer, the dependants were invited op to the lawn to bid farewell to her royal highness. The feelings of the princess so over her, however, that she was unable to make her appear ance before them, and the Prince Consort beds adios on her behalf. It is a cherished hope that they will yet me her at Balmoral, though her home must now be at a foreign court Invitations to Le in London at the prineeeee marriage have, w hear, been sent, by her own spacial request, to Dr. Robertson, the Prince Consort's commissioner, and to Xr. Omsk the head pmaksepsr at BatasteaL—Bdiainryd THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The following extract from a Calcutta letter ex presses an opinion which we have found to prevail with all the wellsinformed English in Bengal, who with an independent position combine opportunities of observation and a dispassionate turn of mind " I am thoroughly independent, and, I believe, stand equally between the Civil Service party and those extreme reformers who are not prepared to re-form what they would see at once pulled down. I hare been some eighteen years in India, and have some knowledge of what the Company has dope and what it has left undone, and without being in the slightest degree the partisan of that well-abased body, I cannot shut my eyes to the all but incredible growth of our power and declare it the result of systematic misgovernment. I want extensive reforms in the military and civil systems , but in fairness the put government i s t o b e judged rather with reference to the past, and what has been accomplished, than to the present and the require ments of the times. The popular and I must say vulgar course is to reverse this, and pronounce utter condemnation because all is not perfect." Tees MATO ELECTION.—CASTLEBAR, WEDNES DAY Borst:4o.—nm meeting of the county to Wool a mew brr to MVO In parliament, in the room of George Henry Moore, Req., was held et one o'clock this day i n t h e Court house. After the writ had been read by the pub-..berill, Colonel Rao. Clore, of Bailin., proposed Lord John Browne as a fit sod proper nto represent the county. Mr. Charles L. Fit of Turiough, seconded the nomina tion; and, no other candilate being proposed, Captain F. Biggins, the high sheriff, declared Lord John Browne duly Jetted. A large police force was In the vicinity of the Court house. The proceedings passed off with perfect regalarity and the utmost quietness. ENDOWED SC II 00L9 CONDISSION.—We are enabled to 'tate that the report of this 001=11/18i9f4 which will be made public in • few days, will advocate the opening of all school endowments to permits of all prmuasione. In other words, the protestant foundations in Ulster will he thrown open to Roman catholice.—Bsifost Neece-Letter. HERR WI LJALBA FRIKELL.—Last evening the =/lyrists, and Nestaiyttaterr Herr Frikell, had the of performing, by command, before her Majesty the Quiff , . hi. Royal Highness the Prime Consort, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the other members of the Royal Family, and a distinguished circle ~f visitors, at Windsor Cest.h. The 5:. lamei a Theatre was clo se d on this TUE REVENUE. No. T.—An ABSTRACT DUCE of the REVENUE DON, in the undormenticce 31, IM7, otenperwl with the preceding year. .1 g Ii of the GROSS PRO of the UNITED KING ad period•,, ended December oorrevonding periods of the I 1 a 5 0- = P = r Jo" g.ll i a iii i No. IL—INCREASE and DI Quarter, Kim Maths, and Yew 1807, as compared with the correspo Rims yew. U!1 e' G f :CREAI ended I 1E in the ecember 31, riods of the ... . itrtj ill I i ii, 'di VI 1 .. : I ll !,- _F. .7. i .;. i a : z Eu t . l.l i 1 II E v. 1 7 sr:.. < 1 I* P 0 .= 11 1 1 C 51 Il I El El [ I I ja ill 5r the. Lti 1858. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ova OWN ow PARIS, THURSDAY EVERIXO. To-day the second plenipotentiaries of the Con gress of Paris met in conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and exchanged the ratificitione of the treaty relative to the boundaries of the Bessara bian frontier. The bands of all the regiments of tho garrison of Paris and of the National Guard went, according to custom, on New Year's-eve, to the court of the Tuileries this afternoon to play an aubade to their Majesties. At about two o'clock the Emperor, the Empress, and the Imperial Prince, appeared in the balcony of the Pavilion d'llorloge, which was fitted up with crimson velvet for the occasion. The day was very fine—bright, frosty weather—and all the streets and quays leading to the Tuileries presented an animated appearance all the morning, in conse quence of the number of officers in uniform who thronged to see the spectacle. Count Walewaki yesterday gave a grand dinner to the Russian Ambassador. The Baron de Dour queney was the only foreign minister present. Prince Poniatowaki and the Princess Radziwill were of the party. The Bourse hu been the scene of a great struggle on the occasion of the settlement. Many sales to realise profits occurred, and after considerable fluctuation the Rente closed with a fall of 25c. for cash and 15e. for account, at 68fr. 30c. and 68fr. 35c. Mobilier fell 20fr. The railways were neglected, speculators being occupied with the settlement of the Rente, and disinclined to do business on the eve of the holiday of to-morrow. Orleans and Lyons fell about 12fr. each,and most of the other lines from 2fr. 60c. to Mr. Letters from China, cited by the Pays, state that persecution of Christians was going on in that country to an extent never surpassed. In October eleven executions took place at Kecbo, the capital of Tonking. The individuals sentenced to death for their adhesion to the catholic faith belonged to the best families in the country. In the province of liotelong the mandarins were making wholesale arrests. Monsigneur Melchior, the successor of the martyred Bishop Deuz, had only escaped by a miracle. He was saved by one of his converts. In Cochin China the persecution is equally virulent, and executions are continually taking place. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal West India Mail Packet La Plata, Captain Weller (Admiralty agent, Lieut. W. Sea ward, R.N.), arrived at Southampton yesterday with the West India mails. The following are the dates of the advices by this arrival : Vera Crux, Dec. sth ; Tampico, 3rd; Havannah, 9th; Grey town, 2nd ; Carthsgena, 11th ; Jamaica, 11th ; Deme rara, 10th ; Trinidad, 9th ; Barbadoes 12th ; An tigua, 13th; Dominica, 14th; St. Timms., 17th; St. Lucia, 13th; St. Vincent, 11th. The freight on board consists of specie to the amount of 1,119,583 dole., of which 12,000 dols. are on acootmt of Mexican dividends. The specie con sists of 151,122 dole. value in silver, and 55,623 dols. value in gold. In Jamaica the public health had much improved, although there was still considerable tendency to febrile indisposition in the intermittent form, and many fatal cases had occurred. The legislature had been engaged in a plan brought forward by Mr. Hoeack for completely revolutionising the finan cial system of the island by abolishing the hereditament; tax on the assumed value of landed property, and substituting new taxes, chiefly on exports. The mode in which it is pro posed hereafter to levy 23,7001., which is the sum found equal to the net parochial wants of the island, is variously distributed. It is proposed to levy in the first place a tax of 3.. per hogshead on sugar, which, on 30,000 hhds., is calculated to yield an annual revenue of 4,5001. ; on 18,000 puns. of ram, at 2s. Bd., 2,0001. ; 6d. per head on 100,000 breeding stock of all kinds, horned stock, mares and followers, to be paid by way of licence, 2,5001.; 9d. per beg on 60,833 bags o f pimento, 2,9101.; on 6,888 tierces of coffee, at is. 6d., 2,1661. ; on minor articles of ex port not enumerated, 8001.; by a registration tax on houses, rateably according to annual value, if and above the value of 201. per annum, 3,7761. ; by additional duties on soap, say Is. per box on 30,000 boxes, 1,5001.; on tobacco, 2,5161. ; by an additional 3d. per gallon on ram consumed in the island, 3,0001.; total, 24,6681. Amount required, 23,7101.; surplus, 9581. The resolutions, affirming the principles, as well as most of the details, of this scheme, were successfully carried in committee of supply on the evening of the Ist December. In British Guiana the public health was good, and the weather all that could be desired ; vegetation was most luxuriant, and the cane crop in a most satisfactory condition. The following are the exports for the last fortnight:—Sugar, 2.084 hhda. 128 tree. 185 brim. 1,235 bags; ram, 1,047 puns. 294 hhda. 205 brls. The legislature was convoked in extraordinary session on the 26th of November, when the proposed introduction of sepoy mutineers into the colony, and the affairs of the Demerara Railway were prominent topics in the speech of the Lieutenant-Governor. Subsequently, after a long discussion on the former subject, the house passed the following resolutions: 1. That looking to the great resources of the colony and to its capabilities of employing a.n unHmited amount of labour, and to the need which exists of an additional number of people to umintain oven the existing cultivation, and also to the expressed general desire that large numbers of three en raged in the Rest India rebellion should be transportedirom the country, this court anticipates that when the present un happy struggle shall have terminated, and British supre macy once more firmly established, there will be found at the mercy of the government a very large number of muti neers who have been led or forced into the revolt by others, but who, nevertheless, have not been actively concerned. 2. That in the event of the But India government being disposed to transport at its own expense, such persons for life to the West Indies, this Court is of opinion that many ouch persons, exclusive of their wives and families, might be ',del), and advantageously received into this colony, with their wives and families, in such number., and upon such terms and conditions, as her Majesty's government and the Governor and Court of Policy of this colony may hereafter frame with that view. 3. That on ascertaining the views of her Majesty's govern ment and that of the East India Company, this Court pledges itself to make the neceseary financial provision for carrying out the foregoing resolution. 4. That his Excellency the Lfoutenant-Governor be re quested to communicate these resolutions to the Right Ho nourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Co the in formation of her Majesty's and the East India governments. Mr. Harrison, of Newcastle, lately transmitted to the Earl of Clarendon and Lord P.ilmcrston the newspaper narrative of the indignities committed upon the English pri soners at Naples, soliciting their lordships to use the best means for obtaining a fair and early trial. The following replies were returned :—"Foreign-offlce, Dec. 26, 1657.- 81r,—Lord Clarendon desires me to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter of the 21st, and to thank you for the extracts from the Daily Express whisk it enclosed. His lordship desires me at the same time to assure you that no effort on the part of her Majesty's govern ment has been or shall be wanting to obtain's speedy and just trial for our unfortunate countrymen now imprisoned at Salerno.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, J. T. LISTICIL— J. F. Harrison, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne."—" Downing street, 26th Dec., 1867.—Sir —ln reply to your latter of the 21st inst., I am desired by Lord Palmerston to acquaint you that her Majesty's government are giving due attention to the subject thereof.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, GAZIALD PON6ONBT.—J. F. Harrison, Esq." A Vienna letter states that Lord Stratford ie Radcliff§ was entertained by Count de Bud at • grand dinner on the 26th ult., by Sir H. Seymour en the 27th, and by Prince Callimaki on the 28th. His lordship had also dined on enteric= day at the Imperial table, and was seated text the Empress, who conversed with him fur a length of time in English. At one of these entertainments his lord ship announced that he hoped to be back in Constantinople bytthe 16th of March. GRAND SET7IFP OP BRITIMI FORMS' A. CALCUTTA. h 1 (From a late edition of the Calcutta IleglisAmeit of Nov. N, For many, very many years, th e inhabitants et Calcutta have not had a richer treat afforded th em i n them of a grand and imposing military sp ec t ac l e t h an that w ' . was presented yesterday afternoon, by the mustering of the British infantry regiments now in tho garrison, a reties of which took place, according to previous notice, under il , inspection of the Right Honourable the Governor•Genakii Lady Canning, staff, and suite, at four p.m. Fully 80,000 persons, of every caste, colour, creed, t re k and avocation, assembled at an early hour, to witness** kk martial exhibition, and on all aides was nothing t o be assii but a vast surging sea of human heads. The Rifle Brigade and the Calcutta Volanteots, though not in very great numbers, were the first to fall in, g .e . Majesty's 64th, with band playing and colours flying, th en marched on to the ground, coming from Chou-1.444 e , nnd presented an imposing front, Lacing the Volunteers. Net, came a strong detachment of the 42nd Highlanders, pi. coded by the bagpipes, and coming from the northern p*. tion of Calcutta. After them, with grisly-looking pima* in front, came the stately 79th Royal Highlanders, Me * , ing to the martial strains of the pibroch. They halted nee the Peepul tree, and people's tree it ought to be designate., for it was crowded with denizens of anywhere but th e forest. The muscular development of the men belonging tc her Majesty's 79th {was very striking. They nuniberail about six companies, some of them however bell ; evidently recruits. Her Majesty's 19th &limed with a very fine band playing; as a Light Infantry co,* they seemed remarkably well cut out for their work; the ) also numbered six companies. Shortly came her Mejestra 80th Rifles; the sound of fifes and drums was then head emanating from the Fort, and on Cams that aplendid rap. meat her Majesty'. 97th. The blue canopy of heave above, the green sward below, the blooming floes and the thousands of bayonet. and gaudy costumes of thee. sands of gallant soldiers glittering beneath a western san„ presented at this moment a magnificent spectacle—very , might the spectator's heart beat with pride and emotion, f and the tongue give utterance to the most fervent wishes f the weal of those before him. The different regiments, after a brief interval, formed in, line, the post of honour to the right being gratefully amigos', to the Calcutta Infantry Volunteers, and surely none man richly deserved that proud place. To their left ta e other gallant regiments were formed in the following tinier: —Her Majesty's 60th Rifles, her Majesty's 42nd High. lenders, her Majesty's 19th, her Majesty's filth, her Mal jesty's 97th, the 79th Royal Highlanders, and the 3rd bat. Wins Ride Brigade. Precisely at four p.m. the Governor-General, accompanied s by Lady Canning, Genteel Lowe and suite, the greaterpert eel which was composed of denture, rode on the ground, ',lend the bands struck up the National Anthem. The Governor. General and staff took up a position fronting the centre of the line, and after colours had been sloped and are presented, they proceeded to inspect the line, attendel by the oorumandhr; officer of the day, Genera' Sir R. Garrett. The staff returned to their forme position in front. The whole of the line of trope them broil into open column of companies, occupying, however, appe really but little space, end the regiments, being beaded b - their respective commanders end bands, marched past thl Governor-General and eta' in slow and quick time. the Cal mats Volunteers taking the lead, and followed by the °tie regiments as they were placed. The Volunteers and tha Highlanders at one period were seen to double, and in wheel ing on the pivot they did remarkably well ; the other rut,. manta did nut, while marching put the staff, double, but it. was noticed that the majority of the companies in wheelie, presented the precision and stability of a wall of bricks. W must say that the Volunteers won the entombs of all aroma The troops smbeequently went through • variety of manoeuvre After they had marched round the ground in close colums some of them termed into squares. The whole of the High lenders deployed into line ; the usual regimental evolution throwing out the Rifles r skirmishers for attack, end re turning to the main body, was gone through, in the mute imaginable manner, showing the cat-like nimbleness of lb sharpshooters ; there was no mistake about their pace. The Highlanders then came to the front, doubled, charged, an gave three British cheers, after which, having formed tote deep, they retired. Returning again to the mein body, close column was again formed by each regiment, and at the new word of command they formed, to receive charge of es valry—that formidable square which hes so gained the dal in Britain's hour of need and glory. The bagpipes in the mutes of the Highland regiments' were all the while Ile) fag a national air. The whole of tie troops subsequently advanced to the gerund salute, and with the national ensign sloped, at the word of command, "Pre sad arms," the bands again all struck up " God save Queen." Close column was once more formed, and led b their Lands, each regiment in fie turn, terming four deep was marclrsd off tire ground, some for the fort, some f:-. Chowriaghse, ice., the tine band of her Msjesty'e flith play./ ing "Partant pour la 13yrie." Every one appeared to be highly delight , ..4 with the mar.' tial show. The tine, clean, bronzed and soli , ' appearance of the men, numbers of whom wore the Crimean me tot, was the "died of general remark. The highest prai.o is due to them all for the excellent manner in which they acquitted themselves of their respective duties. There was certainly neither firing In a volley, nor firing in Blue, u it was feared that accidents might have occurred, had such teen the case, but it was very evident that they are well fitted and prepared for the future. flo great was the audition and notion of stability of all the companies in marching, that he who saw them would be a fool to wonder any loom at rho success which erowind our arms at Alma, Inkrmana, end I lislaklara, Great praise too is due to the police for the admirable manner in which the ground was kept. We understand that the Provisional Commander-in- Chief, Sir Robert Garrett, halted the velnsteers on the glacia of the firt, for the ewer purpose of thanking them fur the readiness with which they bad turned out at s moment's notice, and took this opportunity of complimenting them on their marching, in particular, which be pronotmced to be unsurpassed by that of any regiment of the line. Mr. Schroeder, &missionary in the Zulu country, met recently with a severe accident from a tiger, which howith hie natives were endeavouring to kill. The animal sprang sud denly out of the long grass upon Mr. S., and severely late-' Mad his arm and wrist—the wounds, from want of proper management, did not heal, and unfavourable results were feared. Mr. S. has, however, since recovered. • FETES AT LUNATIC ASTLUMS.—ne covincial journals contain interesting 'mounts of the re ration • Chrientas in various county 'nude uylanic Deacrib- Mg a scene on Monday evening at the Essex County Asyltue, the Chelauford Chronicle says In the great hall or ball room, decorated by the artistic testa of the insane, were 20/ lunatics, male and female, some seated at their eau along the walla, and enjoying the bright scene before them, others dancing gaily to the music of madmen, rr, with aefi *too, the orcehstra was filled by the patients of the establish ment. It was a strange and striking scene—net Omar from the appearance of the place, for there was little to show the visitor he was not entering an ordinary ball-room, elegantly fitted up for the occasion—but strange from the easociations connected with the now happy beings aunt him. The walls and ceiling of the tine rote were profusely decorated, Mrs. Campbell having buppLed 1,101 artificial flowers, which the patients bed interwoven Into figures and festoons of laurel, alternated down each Ode with banners, thus achieving a very tasteful iffect. At the bottom of the room was a cartoon, and Along the wills, set In laurel, were sketches nom rade Tows Cabin, the Essex arms, and over the two doors were the Indian Mew. Havelock and Wilson, all the work of patients, sketched and completed with that continuity of design and correct:en which a stranger to the system in this sultan, and its du in drawing the mind back to health by the indulgence of any 1 harmless favourite theme, or the nurture of arty specie] ta lent, would not expect from hands like these. In the inter vals of the dances several of the patients &mimed the com pany with songs and recitations ; refreshments were served out to all ; and such was the salutary effect of the FreDe open their minds, and ro excellent were the arragenunta, that not a breach of decorum, not en incident occurred, to interrupt the pluming current of the festival; and Dr. Marshall, of Casey Hatch, who was present, expressed himself quite astonished et the quietneos and good order of the patients." At the Derbyshire Lunatic Asylum, a grand ball wee gives cc Chrieunu Eve. The herby Reporter Pap , :—" In all our experience of social assemblies, se do not remember havig ever seen arrangements fit and harmonise with more appeal exactitude, safety, and satisfaction than this. The slue& nese with which ouch places ought to be impeded, Feral' oar giving in illustration some of the particulars OSA might otherwise be presented. Of oouree there wee sot wanting "many, sad and melting,' though sometimes eon proofs, of sli ghts y we were in, and moo and tbsa diwe might be a eccentric though innocent frolic, or ex Ask time of delightatsomeof the proceedings; but let as bejust.d my, that there were, on the other hand, exhibited mimeses marks of delicacy and good breeding, in thermoset desire to emulate each other, the vieritorn, or managers, in =OM of politeness, that would have dune credit to any select, altos afforded a good pattern to many a raised aiessahly, it ol . world beyond those walls. And , se on if the kind, the prepuce even of ads vldting without the el ighteot fear with some of the am" venation or dancing, speaks far better than can sew p 5 ir the spirit and zaanagesent of the place." II! .g • •':; 5k P 4 /g§i - EV 61 " r.