The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-25 00:00:00

CU erpreos. COR RL4 Pr)N DRNT& 14weet1anewila t it;u4.l for The Y.spnsa Lowden Events( pave, mere be et the otll. e, 10, liouvetle•street, by Two ergs* es the Jay of pabllcatioe. HAYI(AWT. Imo Er aurae. 'IIE $71;073TU PiNQUKR. Meows.. hipp p. nark and I:uck.t.me : YN Vann QU EEN Lt .t HUI CMU4 MZN . or, Harlequin and *II uise rn Frrr. lien' Vole. Tbellaelereqa MN V. Wright, Visa E. Weekv, nuxceora. THIS EeMUNA. TUE COltiall'AN 14ROTIIEK.e. Ileum. A. Kanto awl Feebler. —And the pantomime. e Atka! fa4l\ vitt eaIKE . or, annotate' freWay, And The King of the rarrlbbee Wand*. Mune. raptness A MJIle. M. Uumantre, Mr. A. Vomit. IT. JAM W 4 TRIO Cinema. WIVE's JoIANAL —TH 14LE Or ST. "Muni %lam A.Wlgan and EAKI7. Ln. Kutinuuham White. Unl ILN DV MION o, Mr Naughty Boy thrterird forth... Woo. Maws. C. Young A &Amara Mime gt-Coome, Herbert. A tumor. EJLITANNIA. TN= Emma, THE PRINCE AND THE Mrsars. nit, Vlrr). jc3ll Inn. . Ruh,. rod Newk.o.l 51.1111 r c 4frphan, Nis. A la,. ' firs. W. enniforst—Aal A UP:44A6E. Elm% Till: *EA. Mt.ers. &mod& and Masythsue; Mn. E. Vart.l4. WIGS WATER AT LONDON BRIMS VGA DAT —llenisor.uLL "•lut Afternoon. th. i'll. Tneownoto—liesshoe. Ik. lon AMMONS. Al. SM. LONDON, FRIDAY, .I.IN. 2%. THEGE are no doubt periods at which a paper knife or a penwiper of tolerably ingenious construc tion might till the office of Cabinet Minister. But the present is not one of these periods. Every Minister has enough to tax his powers, and Sir eII•ItLEA Wool" in particular has been selected for a post of surpassing responsibility. He is the Dictator of India—practically the absolute master of many millions of Eastern people and many thousand Europeans—and that just after the most funiiidable revolt which ever threatened British power has been quelled. No English minister was ever clothed with powers so extensive, and at no period of our history was the task of ' governing India so full of perplexity. The' consequences of failure in this momentous task are too great to be accurately defined. The loss of India—or even another revolt—would not only seriously affect our prestige throughout the East, but would ruin thousands, perhaps entail a national bankruptcy. The enormous amount of capital, drawn from the pockets of every clam in ' this country, which has been invested in India, makes the permanent prosperity of that country a matter of concern to almost every family in these realms. It has, indeed, been universally admitted that the finances of India were utterly disorganized, and that unless the expenditure could be reduced either the income must be increased or insolvency Wait inev Rabic. To remedy this state of things a special officer was appointed by the Government and sent out to Calcutta, and it was confidently expected that heixeforth not only the fivancial state of the coun try would be made public, but that the control of the finances would be left practically in the hands of the new Chancellor of the Indian Exchequer. Consider now, for a moment, how Sir Qualms Woo.. has interpreted his duties and proceeded to Mil them. When the powers of the Indian REVILLTAILY were increased, it was considered essen tial to furnish him with the means of forming a correct judgment upon Indian affairs by consulting eminent men practically acquainted with that country. A Council was created ; and it was spe cially provided that none of them should sit in Parliament. Most wen of ordinary intelligence and reasonable modesty would probably consult such a Council, and would, in most cases, defer to their authority. But Sir CHAIM'S WiKll/ does neither one thing nor the other. In the most important matter ever submitted to his judg ment—the organisation of the army—ho not only contradicted himself, hat he ignored the opinion of every officer of eminence in the Indian service. What follows I It is notorious that the state of the Army in India is far from satisfactory. The Indian officers, who have been set aside and prac tically insulted by Sir CHABLV4 Wil01), are discon tented and moody, and cling with natural predi lection to the opinions of such men as Sir Jams (ItTKAM and Sir .14,11,: LAWKENcE. The native troops of Bombay and Madras ask, with something like indignation, whether dis missal from niilitary service is the re ward for their fidelity in the hour of danger. The Royal troops, finding that they are the only army in India, and appreciating in all its due im portance the fact that the Government cannot do without them, are disposed to make demands, which however extravagant are still difficult to refuse. It is, unfortunately, too true that the spirit of discontent amongst the Indian armies is gradually increasing, and there is corresponding alarm amongst the most far-seeing of the Indian statesmen. Nor is this all. There is as yet no plan suggested for the permanent military occupation of the country. And yet without some such plan it is impossible to ascertain whether the number of troops is in excess of what is required. The Horse Guards have found out the advantage of the abolition of the old Company. In former times there was a jealousy between the Indians and the Hone Guards. Thu number of troops was re duced to a minimum. But now the Indian SWIM' nal and the Hone Guards are agreed. Their interests are identical. The Horse Guards keep up the number of troops in order to avoid the danger of having them disbanded if they should be sent home. In the meantime the resources of India are exhausted, and a reduction of expendi ture is indefinitely postponed. Every mail adds to our perplexity. Accord ing to the latest accounts, civilians, both native and European, have been roused to a new fit of indignation by that conciliatory Minister, Sir (aim Wool,. At the very time when the people of India have been called upon to make considerable sacrifices, and to submit to an income tax, Sir CHAaLts 11'0(.0—against the remonstrance of the Govealloe-G Esees 1., and, it is said, without consulting his Council—has presented 500,000/. --half the estimated produce of the income tax— to a rich Prince, the descendant of ono of the most violent enemies of the British Crown. If this tribute was due by a treaty, and at this par. tieular moment, there would be some etzuse for the ad. Hut, had this been so, it is difficult to believe that Sir BARNES Pr.seth's the Chief Justice of Calcutta, and another judge, would bail e made this grant the ground of an attack upon the Government. Even Sir BARTLE FRZAZ only do...tided his chief IT declaring that such subjects %. rt• h..yond the jurisdiction of the Indian authorities. In such matters we are afraid that the Home Government—in other words, Sir Ciimmrs Wool) —is supreme. Now, if this is really the truth, let it be declared openly. Pt is idle to send out such mew as the late Mr. Jaws., Witnux sad Mr. LAM: to preside ever the finances if Sir •," .Iraw upon Ow Indian ex chequer at his own .114 , cri•tion. It worn! than melees to have a Cou n cil ~f Indian st.itesiutn and proconsuls if they are first to be overruled by privileged presumption, and are then to be com pelled to remain silent. If Sir Ciimti.r..4 Woon has not self-knowledge enough to appreciate the Opinion of such a man SG Sir JOHN LAWAliticli at its right value, let us hear his own opinion and that of his colleagues in the House of Commons. It would be presumptuous to mention the House of Peers. No Ms wool, no MuNlio, no LAW RENcE, was ever yet deemed fit company for a MALMENIURV or a LYVEDEN. If this could be, the opinions of some of the Indian Councillors might be delivered with authority to the public. In any case, it is neither wise nor just--scarcely indeed decorous—to allow the Indian Secaersav the pri vilege of suppressing the proofs of his capacity for mischief by silencing the most competent witnesses of the fact. And it becomes a most serious ques tion whether the members of the Indian Council should any longer be excluded from Parliament. But things can scarcely remain as they are. The Government cannot be carried on if the governing powers are in a chronic state of internal anarchy. Consider only one thing. What should the people of India think when they find the chief Judge of that Empire denouncing the chief Indian Minister of the QUEEN ? If any case ever required prompt explanation it is this grant of half a million. Unless Sir CHARLES WtIOD chooses to anticipate the discussion in the House of Commons by publishing the documents connected with the transaction, it must form one of the very earliest and most critical subjects of national debate. Ut Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAL. ?A. The Duchene of Cambridge and Pril;t:C101 Mary arrived ye4eag afterouoa, attended by Lady GeraWine limier mg and Captain P. Cost. The following visitors likewise arrived at the Castle: tie Lt,rll Chancellor, the and Marchioness of Westminster, the Earl and Countess of Tankerrille, Lord Waterpark, the Right Hoe. the Speaker, the Right Hon. IL and Mn.s Disraeli, and Vies-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. 8. Duda.. Her Majesty's dinner party included the Princes/ Aline, the Prue Sea Minister, Count Berostorff, Gesend Yon Bonin, Lord John auseell, Colossi Blumenthal, Captain You Bustin, and the visitote who arrived is the afternoon. Her Majeet)'s private hand performed afterwards in the drawing-room. The 44041eD, accompanied by the Duchese of Conliridge, Primer Alice, and Princess Mary of Camipridge, drove out a an opus carriage this morning, and horsoured with a visit die Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, at New Lodge, Wiistleor Forest. la attendance were Lady Mae &saki, Lady Ger-Jilin° Somerset, and Lord Alfred Paget. TM Prince Consort went out shooting, stteaded by Colonel Posioaby. Count Bentaturff and the Earl of Tankerville had the honour to accompany his Royal Highness. The Prussian Minister, Count Bertinoiff, General Von Benin (on • special mission from the King of Prussia), Oohed Bhune•thal (A.D.C. to (kitten! Bonin), Captain Van Boni•, and Lord John Russell, have left the Castle. The Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Horntia fßopford have sactvwded the Hoe. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. )(Lary Bulteel, u Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. A Cnenmittee of the Lords of her Majesty's Moat Bosworth's, Privy Council mat yesterday in the Council elhember ilederimee had been made to their lonlahips for the esswideraticm of an ordinance of the Oxford University Oontleisaitems, bearing date the 16th April, IKNI, relative le et. Jahn Baptist College, in the I;nivereity of Oxford, and the report of the commissioners, dated 10th June, WA, addreseed le the Searetary of State for the Home Depart. meet. Raderewes had also been made to their lordship; of petitions from the President and Scholars of St. John Bap tist College ; from the Master sal Wardens of the Mer chant Taylors' Company, in the City of Loudon ; from the Head-Mseter of the Granitnar School, Reading ; feast Mr. E. C. Benner, Mr. W. Marshall, Dr. Stanley, aid LA. Shupe, S.D. The lords present were the Lord Pre sident, Lent Craaworth, the Lord Justice Knight Braes. the Might Hen. Spreseer Walpole, and the Right Hoe. Behest laws. Mr. Heips, dm* to the Privy Council, attended. The Atterney-tlemeral and the Moheitoe-4;eserel were in atteodanoe as memears. Mir H. Cures and Mr. R. Palmer were beard by their lordships. The trusteed fur the International Exhibition of Ir 4 2 met at the Coneed-offlos on Wednesday, the 2:trtt inst. The Bastin was Wended by Earl Omni - die, the Marquis of Chan*" Mr. C. W. Das, and Mr. Thomas Fairbeirn. Mr. Joseph Barry had an interview with the Duke of Xi:wreath yesterdAv. Mr. J. Hillyanl Cameron also had as interview with his area at the Colonial.otlice. Despatahas were sent from the Coloeisl-offiee to the Osswernor of Canada yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of CilM• bridge and the Princess Mary have arrived at Windsor Castle, ea a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. His Excellency General Von Bonin, accompanied by Colonel Blumenthal and Captain Bonin, have returned to )(swig's Hotel, from Windsor Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will arrive in tows to-day from Broadleads, Haste, for the anima. The Duke of Argyll comes to town to-day from Trentham, Staffordshire, is order to attend the meeting of the Cabinet miniatem this afternoon. Lord John Runnel! and family will remove to Ckwkam•pbee to-day from Pembroke-lodge, Itiehmusd- Park. ineaces Anne, blarclaimaraii of Londonderry, kern 'bees enteetainieg the following company at Wynyard Park: - The Earl and l'outitera Vane, the Countess of Antrim and Lady Helen M'Donnell, Lord and Lady de L'lsle and Dudley, Mr. Studio, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. llilainwaring, Sir David Wood, Mr. Henry Milkanke, Captain Lumley, and Major Johnstone. The marchioness has recovered from her late lediapositioo. The iarl and Countess of Meath passel through tows ce Toney en their way to Ireland. Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley and family eons to town to-day fromAlderley Park, Cheshire. Lord and Lady Aveland have been entertaining a escoession of visitors at Norroaatoo Pork daring the peat fortnight. The company has included the Earl Jermyn, the Pail at Pomfret, Lord and Lady William Powlett, Lady Egerton (el Tattoo) and the Hoa. Mire Egerton, Lard Hotham, Major the lion. H. Amon, M.P., How. Mr*. A. Tinier., Mr Henry Willoughby, General Fludyer, Hou. Hatthcote, ILP., t.e. The Has. George Waldegrave and the Countene et Reams arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, oa Tuesday lent, en route for the Continent. Mr. Colley Baru's!' Scotland, of the Oxford Circuit, has teoeived the rppoiotrnent to the Chief Justice , @hip of Madras, vacant by the derth of Sir Henry Devious. The special services at St. Paul's Cathedral will be reamed on Russia' evening next. January 27, at 7 chaotic ; fieeethee, the Lord Bishop of London. Dzam or Ma. are worry to learn that the above Wilma expired on Tuesday night at Newby Hall, Y • . The deceased gentleman wee father of the Counters de Grey and Ripon, the Mar. chimer of Noethamsen, and Mr. Vyner, the new member far Ripon. The late Mr. Veiny win son of the late Mr. Robert gyner arid Lady Theodosia, youngest daughter of John, second Earl Ashburnham. He marned in 102 Lady Mary Gertrude, youngest daughter of the late Earl de Orei, S.O. TIPTIMONIAL TO Slit W. HATTER, Bela., IL P.—The testimonial which is to be presented to Kr Wm. Hayter, Bark, M.P., next month, at a dinner over which Lord Palmerston will preside, contains 1 , 100 01:1001)11 of direr. la plan, at bottom, the wor k is a square of 25 inches, with curved sides. having a height of about t feet 6 inches. The square base has projections at each of its extreme angles, in front of which are shells is silver beautifully chased. Over these projected portions there are taxi adapted t o th e r e . eeption of natural or artificial Bowers. The central portion of the work over the base assumes the abacus form, in th e ' centre of which is a pedestal of bright silver, whereon stand. a statue of Siltation with her attendant hon. Around this pedestal are four cloaked female figures. seem rally emblematic of Fidelity, Loyalty, Industry, and Jus tice: On the front of the work, on a bright silver ground, is the following inwription :—" This testimonial wee pre sented to the Right Hoe. Sir William Goodenough Hatter, Part M.P., by :tgi members of the House of Cortouons, in rememhe.suee .4 the courtesy mid eltieiever with stnrh he rf..rtne.l the (Hie. of I' lithe! !.....avary to the Tr,..• between the Jean IKrl and 1658." QECOND-HAND PIANOFORTE& 04,3 VILOILIt, SEAM awl cm have • law ammo, ut lie•voct•lised M•••••rtr., Ory LW tokefte4 mAlt, Small) nodiscol /ken... .vi, 1••••••611081. THE EXPRESS, FRI LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. MANIFESTO OF OF THE EMPEROR. The following is the text of the imperial manifesto which the Emperor of Austria has just addressed to the comitats and municipal bodies of Hungary : When, twelve years ago, we resumed the government of the monarchy ailisastrous civil war was raging lathe interior of our empire; almog every state, society itself, was shaken to its' foundations. The passion, the blindness, the errors of many honest and well-intentioned men—the terrorism of the evil disposed—a Kerries of diverse and unhappy circumstances, led to a solution by the sword. It was our will that this solution should not form the permanent basis of our political institutions. We did not wish to, and we could not abandon the interest. of our monarchy, which bad bees defended and made secure by s., many painful sacrificer; nevertheless., as to their definitive organisation, we have had above all the desire to re.establiali, as promptly and completely as possible, the political institutions of this kingdom, rooted in the nation. to which they are so dear ; and we found therein, at the same time, for all our other peoples a guarantee for the pre paration and the establishment of the constitutional evyier. It wee in order to accomplish this work, that we published our diploma of the 20th of October. But peace, the coin. promise itself, and reconciliation, demanded in return 1601110 good will and a sincere concurrence, without arriere peraa'r and without passionate excitement. We have well considered and recognised the scruples which are opposed to the partial re-establishment of the Hungarian constitution before the definitive regu lation of the whole political organisation. How ever, these scruples have not prevented us from effecting this regeneration, especially in the domain of municipal action ; and we were persuaded that confidence begets confidence, and that a frank and loyal initiative would ever find just appreciation, real agreement, and sin oere assistance amongst a noble people, politically mature. Our expectation has not been completely realised. We observed with calmness and indulgence the first impulses of political life, and attributed them to the agi tated current of the time, suppressed passions, and the effervescence of long•suppreoed political activity. Now, however, that some cornitata profit by the election of committees to admit ammiget them intlividuah who are the breooncileable enemies of our monarchy and of our sove reign rights ; who, allying themselves to foreign enemies, threaten the repose of our country by perfidious conspira cies and insolent appeals ; now that they seek to make use of the divergence of views relative to the ap proaching settlement of the question of imposts, in the sense of a refusal which dries up the natural resources of the state, troubles men's minds, and forced the situation in a direction which its hypo critical and frivolous advocates ought themselves to con sider iutoleralde ; now that it is sought to cast aside with feverish impatience the temporary measures indispensable to the mainteuance of private rights; that under the preteat of maintaining public order, certain committees reeestablish and arm the National Guard, which is a new impinge to the people ; remove, in making the appoint musts of the functionaries of the comitats, our authorities, and do not hesitate to forget their duty and exceed their legal province, to confiscate to their profit as lode pendent bodies almost all the authority of the state; now, we my, it is an imperative duty upon as to put a barrier to these criminal encroachment., and not to suffer constitu tional liberty to be vs abused as to overturn public order by revolution. The faith of our peoples in the sincerity of oar intentions to bring buck the constitutional system, will be upset if we tolerate much longer the anarchical ten deucies, the development of which has always caused the ruin of legitimate liberty. We hold ourselves unchangeably to our resolutions of the 20th of October, ■nd we shall preserve to our peoples the constitutional development which we have guaranteed, and maintain all that we have promised to our kingdom of Hungary. Bat our resolve is not the less firm to oppose revolution withall our strength, whether it present itself with au open front, or hide under legal forms ; and oar efforts, we are convinced, will find support in the true patriotism of all good citizens ; they will not suffer otemeles, provoked by the egotism or pas dons of certain men, to close the path of peaceful arrange meets; they will exert themselves to prevent authority from being reduced, in the accomplishment of its most lamed dune►, to its material force, at is moment in which the latter ought only to serve au; an aasistauce to moral power. In bringing our intentions and warnings to the knowledge of all the cornitata of our kingdom of Hungary, we recall the Article 3 of the year 1790, the provision■ of which, with regent to our coronation, we expect shortly to fulfil, but the other provisions of which establish equally the duties at subjects up to the time of the coronation, and we strictly ordain : 1. That everywhere, where they have the audacity to cheese as member of the commissions of contitats men con densed as traitors to theircountry, and who, living &bread, ally themselves to the extern►l enemies of the nvonarchy, In order to weave criminal plots against us and the state —those elections are null and void. 2. We decree, under severe penalties, that all attempts having fur their object to arnst directly or indirectly the levying of direct or indirect taxes, or arbitrarily decreeing sew ones, be supprmool, that all decisions relative thereto be immediately abrogated, and that the royal governtueut be immediately informed of the execution of this order. 3. Aloe we declare, until the deliberations of the Diet, and eventually until the provisional measures which we shell demos, upon the proposition of our ja<ler cerise,-- null sad of no effect all resolution. suppressing the judicial authorities which we have maintained tem porarily by our diploma of October 23, or which fetter their action, mad we severely enjoin upon the tribunals of the reentry to maintain the laws and OrtliftlinCell existing in it, and the definitive reform of which cannot be validly effected in the interest of the country and of private in terest., but by the regular deliberations of the Diet ; and not by arbitrary decrees, plunging all public rights into hopeless chaos. 4. Considering that we hate reserved for the Diet of the 2nd of April the confirmation, modification, or the abrogation 011 the laws of 1847 end 184 x, and theirconfornmbility to our resolutions, and that the actual re-establishment of the alsevementioned laws connected with questions the arbi• teary and precipitate solution of which would compromise all the historical institutions and the interest, of Hue• pry as well us those of other countries, which we must watch over with equal solicitude ; con sidering, moreover, that the decision upon questions which helms to the reestablishment of the said laws is the object of a profound examination which is not possible to private individuals or to comitairee conse quently interdict every attempt to apply those laws in reality, and we order that any such attempt be opposed by the most serious meeos. If • resistance is manifested by the comitats to these olden, the sittinp of the commissioes of the oonutats will be suspended, or those assem blies will be dissolved, and the executiou of our pre wet commaDdi will be, if necessary, secured by the use of material force. All these revolutions are dictated by the imperial so licitude fur the geuend good of our peoples, and if our paternal intentions are again imposed upon, or threatened by a prolonged resistance, we shall recur with regret to those rigorous 114111101111e$ which it has been our desire to avoid. If in consequence the meeting of the Diet, which we greatly desire, were delayed, ■od the solution, demanded not by the interest of Hungary alone but by that of the whole monarchy, of the moat urgent and important questions, and of the re<►tablish ment of the constitutional order of things, was again inde finitely postponed, with tranquil conscience we throw the responsibility of the numerous disadvantages which would result therefrom, upon those who prevent by design or levity the work of peaceful arrangement. Deeply penetrated by the gravity of these measures, we fulfil the duty of protecting against new storms the country which Goil and our hereditary right have confided to our cue, mad relying upon the intelligence of true patriots, upon our right, and upoo the blessing of He►ven, we wait with 000fidence the moment in which the crown of our glorious ancestors will consecrate the success of our efforts for the satisfaction and the pacification of the country. (Signed) Fa tact,. JOSEPH. ruititersi.m.l) BAIWN NICPOLIA vAI. Euw.teu Zegtasi Vienna, Jan. 16, IMI. .Y EVENING, JANUARY; 25, 1861. -4. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office: HUNGARY. JAL 24. The Comitat of Houth has resolved upon send ing an address in reply to the imperial manifesto. The following is a summary of this address : "The Comitat has not transgressed, and will not transgress, the limit of lawful rights. It will, however, preserve all its ancient rights, and will maintain the laws of 1848 until the Diet shall have resolved upon a change in the same. "The Comitat is of opinion that without the existence of an independent Hungarian ministry, allich was guaranteed by the laws of 1848, Hun gary cannot be considered to be lawfully governed. The Comitat will gladly submit to the decision of such a ministry." PFATH, JAL 73. The tribunal of the Comitat of Pestl; has com menced its functions by trying some criminal cases. The conference for judicial organization, which had been convoked by the Jude: Curve, has been opened to-day. M. Deak proposed the re-esta blishment of the Hungarian laws, se far as can be done without interfering in questions of civil law with individual rights, PESTII, JAN. The Court Chancellor, Baron Vay, has informed the Prince Primate of Gran that the recalling of the refugees is prevented at present by the ques tion arising from the sequestration of their property. The Emperor has stated that after the settlement of that question, which has been ordered to take place at as early a period as possible, a general am nesty shall be proclaimed. ITALY. THE BOMBARDMENT OF GAETA. 3101,A DI GAETA, JAN. 23, Evraixo. The fire of the Sardinians ix vigorously conti nued, and is slowly replied to by the batteries of Gaeta. NAPLES, JAN. 24, 10 r.ic Prince Carignan hart held a review of the National Guard, by whom lie wax received with enthuliaitni. The batteries of Gaeta slackened their fire yes terday. This morning a powder magazine exploded in the Sardinian camp, killing twenty persons. General Senna: has defeated the insurrectionary Lands at TagSwami.° and Comma'''. The victory was complete. Praia; Carignan will proceed to Mola di Gaeta. The confidence in the government is increasing. FLORENCE, Jaa. 24. The royal princes have arrived here. notes are taking place in their honour. SWITZERLAND. BRIM; JAN. 24. The Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary of Switzerland at Turin has received leave of absence for an indefinite period. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 23. The President of the Cortes has congratulated theQneen on the tranquil and prosperous condition of the Spanish nation in the midst of the agitation prevailing in Europe. MADRID. JAN. 24. The Correspondencio Antografa denies the ru mour that disturbances have taken place in certain provinces in Spain. The ministry has announced that before liqui dating the claim of France, it will give an account to the Cortex. THE STADE DUES. HANOVER, JAN. 24. The last difficulties in reference to the redemp tion of the Stade Dues have been removed. Hanover has been placed among the states whose share in the repartition of the indemnity had been fixed according to their naval importance. The fulfilment of some formalities in Hanover, and the receipt of certain communications from the Belgian government, are now only necessary for the settlement of the question. CHINA. FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH. Foreign Office, The following telegram has been received at the Foreign Office from Her Majesty's Consul at Mar seilles, dated January 24, 10 . 30 . . " Great part of the expeditionary forum had ar rived safely at Hong Kong on December 15. The Peiho was completely frozen up. " Two thousand five hundred Engligh, under General Staveley, and a quota of French, have been left at Tien-tain, comfortably Loused, with plenty of warm clothing and fuel. Lord Elgin reached Shaughae Dec. 4, and was about to start for Japan with Sir Hope Grant. Sir Robert Napier had left Hong-Kong for Calcutta. The Yang-tee was much infested with pirates. Baron Gros and Mr. Ward bad been at Canton. The site of Yeles yawun had ►een selected by the French for a Roman catholic cathedral, under per mission. A steamer has been up the inland waters near Canton with perfect safety. (Signed) EDWARD MARK, British Consul. MR. MIMS'S TELEGRAM.) TIENTSIN (Nos. 30S. The first instalment of the indemnity has been paid. The 314, the 67th, gm Rifles, the Military Train, and two batteries remain here. All is quiet at Pekin. The weather is intensely cold, and the river is covered with ice. The troupe are very healthy. SHANGHAI, Du% 7. Loa! Elgin and Sir Hope Grant have left fur Japan. The rebels are still in force and gain strength. INDIA. CALCUTTA, Use. M. A monster meeting has been held, protesting against the Wood gift t Tippoo Sultan's de scendant& _ _ Troops have been ordered to Datieeling. OALLE, Ow. M. . . " ' • The ship Herculean was totally loat -- o'ntini 29th November at Paul's Head (1). The crew were saved. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 9 p.m. yesterday. The mails were to leave fur London at 10.30 p. m. The Pera, with the heavy portion of the mails, left Malta on the 21st, and may be expeuted at Southampton about the 30th lust. The Ellora (from Southiunptou on the 12th) arrived at Malta, and left for Alexandria, ou the 21st lust. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAIL. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Cambrian liM arrived with the above mail. She left Cape Town 22nd of December last. Governor Grey was on his way to the frontier to adjust matters in British Kaffraria. ' The political question which excited the greatest attention wu the schezue of separation with separate colony urged by many Eastern districts. The vine disease had amtin appeared, and great loss wu anticipated in consequence. The market wu depressed. The l'i. , neer, one of the vessels 1 elonging to Dr. Living expedition, was in finnuu's lay, :did woe to leave ahortl). EXPREBg FROM PARIS. 471011 OM OW PARIS, THURSDAY EVININCI. The papers publish a scrap of a letter lately ad dressed by the Emperor to the general commanding the French forces in Syria, which scrap was quoted by the latter in the following order of the day : The general comnutnding the expeditionary corps of Syria beaten.; to inform the troops which he has the honour to command that the Emperor has deigned to send him a letter commencing with the following words: " My dear general,— Although the opportunity has not yet offered for the expeditionary corps to distinguish itself by snooesses, or for you to lead it to victory, your mission is not the less honourable. To protect an entire population against a cruel fanaticism, and to guarantee it by the mere preseooe of our soldiers against the calamities which still hang over it, is, as yon say, a great and useful work. I therefore beg you to tell those who are so worthily co operating with you how fully I appreciate their devoted ness. • • " Na.rouos." The general commanding the expeditionary corps feels sure that this testimonial of satisfaction and kind feeling will be to all a high and puissant encouragement to perse vere in the path of duty, abnegation, and devotedness. The General, BEAUPOST D'HAUTPOUL. Beyrout, Jan. 8, 1881. The Pays observes upon these opening lines of the imperial letter, which the general did not think it discreet to publish at length, that they are a sort of confirmation of its " la►test news " yesterday as to the prolongation of the stay of the troops in Syria. " A sort" of confirmation no doubt it is, because the letter shows that more than a month ago the Emperor himself cherished the notion of continuing his occupation of Syria, but it can scarcely be decently averred as a confirmation of the statement anticipating the decision which the other powers, parties to the treaty of Paris, will oome to after examining the subject for themselves. Very apropos for French pretensions, the Pr , asP brings out the following post scripture to a letter from Syria : Beyront, Jan. 14. P.S. to my letter of this day. Horrible news. I learn from a certain source that the population of ter) Christian villages in the neighbourhood of Damascus have been max. sacred by lhoses who bad taken refuge in the Haman. All details are wanting. The Druaes were persuaded, as the Mussulmans also were, that the Sultan bad prohibited the French army from crossing the line of the Anti-Lebanon, and therefore they ventured thus to threaten and defy Europe. You observe the important circumstance that of this terrible story, as to which the telegraph awl the Moteiteur hive hitherto been silent, details are " wanting." No doubt ; and I think it may be safely added that they are very much "wanted." The long-expocted installation of the Abb4 de Lacordaire at the Academie Francaise cisme off to-day in the presence of an audience which may truly be called " select," since the hall of the Institute could not possibly be made to hold a tenth part of the people who months beforehand had applied for tickets. The Empress, Prince Napoleon and the Princess Cluthilde, and the Princess Mathilde were present. Among the general public were Generals Changaruier and Lamoricire. M. Guizot pronounced the reply to the new member's oration. I shall send you extracts from the speeches by the next post. The repot t in an English journal that before the French fleet left Gaeta. it seized a Neapolitan ship which was going out of the port with arms and munitions for the insurgents of Calabria, is contra dicted by the government papers, which say that the vessel in question had on board only 150 °ldlers who had accepted Francis ll.'s offer to go away. The great affair at the Bourse was the announce ment that the stockbrokers, at a general meeting yesterday, had resolved to abolish the practice of paying a commission to the unauthorised agents (called members of the ccoMm.) who bring them business. This resolution, quite sudden and un expected, was passed by a vote of 34 against 23, three members of the house being absent. It occasions great surprise, because its manifest ten dency is further to restrict business, the slackness of which has long been complained of. Some of the members of the centime, however, express themselves glad of the new measure, because they think it will provoke the government to throw open the market. The Rents ruse 20c. for cash, and 10c. for account, closing rather firm at 671 r. 60c. and 671 r. 55c. Mobilier rose sc. The Orleans Railway rose Bfr. 75c., and Lyons,6fr.7sc.; the other line; from lfr. 25c. to 2fr. 50c. . The Gic te of Bordeaux in to be prosecuted for some articlee offennive to the municipal sutler ritien. THE VOLUNTEZU AND THE GOVERNMENT MIZE& (nom • COIMPONDENT.) The difficulties which beset the volunteer move ment have just received a formidable accession. Hitherto volunteers generally have been allowed by their mutual:id ing officer to have the custody of their rifles at their own homes when not on duty, subject to certain necessary regulations ietended to secure their due preserva tion and periodical return. An order has, however, just issued from the War-office, which deprives them of this advantage, declaring, in effect, that in future all rifles shall be kept at the armoury, be taken thence before drill and deposited there immediately after Jrill. A discretiou is, indeed, giveu to com manding officers with regard to the rifles used by effective. living in situations which would make the application of the rule in their case especially oppressive or inconvenient ; but frequent returns are required with regard to the cases in which this di...venom is exercised, and it is evident that the object is so to limit and restrain it as to make the instances of exemption exceedingly rare. Can the War-office authorities be really aware of the effect of this new order! lb they know that practically it will render drill all but imprnsible to forty or fifty per cent. of the volunteers now enrolled! Men engaged in trade or in a manufactory, after the ordinary labours of the day hastily attire themselves iu uniform, and having, incidentally as it were, swallowed a scalding cup of tea, seise the rifle which lies ready to hand rod reaoh the drill ground just in time to fell in. Between the drill-ground and the armoury there is often an interval of nearly a mile, and of course the Casa are rare in which the latter lies between the rift,. man's home or workshop and the piece of drill. More over, if the volunteer. have to go to the armoury for their rifles whenever they want them, a considerable time will inesitaidy be occupied in the living out of tides; the difficulty of erne will be increased enormously by the pressure of a erewd of applicants ; and " con fusion worse confounded," as well an great loss of time, will generally be the result. Survly the authorities of the Wm , office cannot have thought of all this ; having hitherto foe treed and sided this volunteer movement they cannot all et once wish to discourage and destroy it. The pretext for this mischievoue order is probably the frequent misuse or neg lect of rifles kept at home ; but the obvious remedy fur this is greater stringency in enforcing the regulation which make., captains of companies personally responsible for the proper use of the arms issued to their men. At all events, if the Waroffice is determined that this order shall be carried out, let them suspend the en forcement of it for three months, so as to enable volun• teer corps, it possible, to mitigate the evil which is here pointed out, by providing au armoury spacious enough for the purpose contemplated and at the same time con tiguous to the drill ground. ICRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLINI; DAY. THUIPMAY, JAN. 24.-6.dininsini.s on pnyment, 75n ; ditto by sawn tickets, tit. 9 ; tut.: vu....ori, I, /I', UNITY BANY.-(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly court of proprietors iu the above bank took place to-day, at the Leedom Tavern, under the presidency of Alderman MEC/11, governor of the company. After the usual formal preliminaries the secretary reed the following report : " The directors submit to the shareholders the balance. sheet of the bank for the half-year ending the 31st ult., by which it will be seen that the leases, as shown in previous balance sheets', have now been written off the capital ac count ; and that, after payment of the current expenses, interest to customers, and making provision for bad debts, there remains (including the balance of profit of the tufted. ing half-year) an available surplus of 4,2131. Hs. Out of this amount the directors propose to pay a dividend of ten shillings per share, and carry over to the next half.year • balance of 2,7531. lls. sd. lo December last • branch of the beak was opened in lwm• beth, which, it is believed, will meet the requirements of a large trading district, up to that time without banking ac. commodation. The directors think it their duty to state, that the business of the bank would show a far more successful result if its many wealthy and influential shareholders were to give it a larger share of support then they have hitherto done. BALANCE Sugar.—Dr.: To capital paid up, 179,1961. ; less amount written off on account of lasses by bills die. counted, as per last report, 39,1791.195. 7(1.-141,0151. A. 5d.; to amount due on current and other accounts, 136,1791. 6e. 5d.; to balance of interest account, after payment of in. terest to customers, and making provision for bad debta, 4,116 c. 19e. 7d. ; to balancer of profit and In. account, as per bust _rePcrt, 2,6261. 6s. !IL —6,7451. se. 93.: total, 28:1,9311f. 12a. 7d. ' Cr. : By preliminary expenses, as per last report, 32,648/. 15e. rid. ; by investment in bank premises, including the Brighton freehold, 24,4161. 14s. 10d. ; by current expenses, from the 30th June to Slat Deeember,lB6o, 2,531/. 14e. 4d. ; by bill, discounted, leans to customers, fr.c., 171,377/. 4.. ; by cash in hand, 52,965/. 3a 11d.: total, 249391. 12s. 7d. " Peon? AND Lore ACCOUNT.—IIi.: To current ex. pewee from June 90 to Dec. 31, 1860, 2,5311. 14.. 4d. ; to balance, after making provision for bad debts, 4,213/. lls. 5d.: total, 6,7451. ss. DLL —Cr. : By balance of interest moment, after payment of interest on customers' balanced. 4,1104. 19s. Td. ' • by balance of profit and In. account, an per last report, 2,6061. 6s. : total, 6,7 . 451. fie: OIL " We, the undersigned, have exam ined the fweng balance sheet, and compared the items it comprises with the several books and veuehen relating thereto, and have found the Fame to be were& —tEliguedq Wm. Gomm and Ws. Horwoon, Auditors. Unity-building", Jan. 17." The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be adopted, I said that the first point he had to mention was, that the bad debt question having been thoroughly sifted since the last meeting, the directors had determined upon writing off the loss, deducting the amount which had been recovered out of ihenr. This, of course, will go in diminution of mate. At the last meeting it was announced that the bank would lose 5001. through the failures in the leather trade ; since then, however, it had been ascertained that the loss would amount to 1,4001., in consequence of the way in which many of their customers had, although per fectlyin good faith, been mixed up in these tranuctione. The profits were therefore further reduced to that extent, hut the more rigid the scrutiny they had made, the more they were convinced of the sound discre tion which had been exercised by Mr. Terry, their manager. The proprietors would see that • dividend was declared of 10s. a share. The feet was that this being the second year in which a tessd-fide dividend had been realised, the directors thought it was time the shareholders .should have some return for their money. It would also be seen that sines their last meeting a branch of their establishment bad been opened in Lambeth. That branch ' had been opened at • very small expense ; the rent was only 1151., the fixtures they lied already, and • clerk had gone over from the central establishment. It was an expert. meat, if it succeeded, so much the bettor, if not the co 4 I would be but trifling. (Hear, hear.) He had, however, received satisfactory assurances that • branch was wanted in the dis trict. He had only further to say that those prospect& were improving daily, and gentlemen who had banked with them from the commencement now brought in their friends, and the consequence was that their deposits were gradually increasing. Redid not think he had anything further to say beyond moving the adoption of the report. Mr. JOSEPH HAWKINS seconded the motion. It was submitted that the more prudent zourse would be to postpone the declaration of a dividend until the nett meeting, ax, looking at the present price of discounts, the more money left in the 11ads of the directors the better. Mr. Horwoon took a different view. As a holder of :41 shares, he thought that prestige was to be considered as well as profit, and that the prestige of the bank would he very much unproved by the declaration of a dividend. The GOVIRNOH said they were entirely in the bands of the meeting. (Hear.) Mr. CUTHEIZEIT moved an amendment postponing the dividend. Mr. WTNNE wooded the amendment. He did not think that during the present demand for money the directors' hands should be tied up. Mr. Deputy BOWER, a director, thought that the tune had come when a dividend should be declared. It was not pleasant to go on from half-year to half-year allowing their enemies to say that they were still unable to declare a dividend. (Hear.) The GOVERNOR then put the amendment and the original motion (the adoption of the report), when the latter was awriedby a very large majority. Mr. WEaucorr moved that a sum of 5001. be given to the directors. Mr. Iltorron seconded the motion, with a worn eulo. gium on the labours of the board. He suggested an ezten• sive system of advertising as an effectual mean.' of pronwt• tog the fortunes of the bank. Mr.TURNER objected to the grant as premature. Although willing to acknowledge the valuable services of the di rectors, ho tit might that a vote of 5001., coupled with a li. vidend of 1,500 f., was too much in the present state of the money market to be abstracted from the available funds of the bank. Mr. Mamma warmly supported the vote. He thought that when the meeting remembered the state of things frau which the directors had rescued them, it would be mat ungracious in the shareholder, to refuse them this small re cognitioa of their labours. Mr. COLLINS was also in favour of the gratuity. It was trifle, but, if note spontaneous gift, it should not be offered at all. lie hoped there would be no division on the subject of giving this small sum to the directors as an asknowledg• meat for labours of five years' duration. Mr. TtRNEII withdrew his suggestion with the observe. tion that he would never have offered it except in the hope of being able to propose a much larger sum on a future day. The original motion was then put and curried uuani moody. The GOVERNOR thanked the meeting for the vote. At the same time he reminded them that unpaid labour was generally the worst, and that the directors were en titled to clone their fees. This they had not done, unlike many other directors. Now, however, they had been making a loons fide profit for four half-years, and from a state of depression and difficulty hail realised in that tune a profit of between eight and nine thowniod pounds over and above all ex_penditure. Mr. CUTIIIISKT moved, and Mr. TURNKII se , onded 3 vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried un..ni mously ; and after a similar vote to the managing office r 4 the proceedings terminated. ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN CHARTERED BANE.-(THIS DAY.) This day the half-yearly meeting of , tharelioldem was held at the bank premises, Cornhill ; Mr. Incasini in the chair. The following report and statement of account- were read: "The director" have now to present to the proprietor" the result of the operations of the bank for the half-year ending, at the branches, on the 30th September, aml is London on the 31st December last. It will be area from the ;mucus' statement . of accouuta, that the available lialance of pmeit is 19,402/. 14. 3,1., after making provision for estimated bases. The depressed state of commerce in Australia, adverted to in the last report, continued unabateilduring the six menthe now 'under review, but at the date of the latest advice. an improvement had manifested itself. The director* have to acquaint the proprietor" that the banks in Mellsiarne have agreed to discootinne the allowance of interest on the balm• ese of current accounts, a system which had been ',myna...ly abandoned at Sydney. With the increase iu the pandits of the past lialf-year as compered with Donee( the prenonsux months the directors feel j ustified it. recommending the follow ing iippmpriation of th e balance of 19,402/.45.3d., via.:—To the payment of a dividend at the rate of six per emit. pee annum, free of income tax, on 500,004., the paid-up capital of the bank, 15,001.11. ; tow ards the reduction of the amounts at debit of—preliminary expenses, 501 M. ; bank premises and furniture accounts, 1,001/. ; leaving 2.902/. 1.. 3d. to le added to the reserved fund, which will then amount to 72.487/. :is. 3.1. " —lied-up capital, 500,000/. • deposits. ee1,92.31. Ba. ; bills parable mid other liebiliam, 99,704/. lea. 7d. ; circulation, 77,862/. ; reserved fund, 19,5A1/. amount earned to prifit awl law account, 31,114/. 3a. Til. 1,2140,1 89. . RC 2d. " Assets—Bids receivable (including the estimated 'elm of those overdue), loans on security, cash at hanker+, 1,0114,240/. 19'. 7d. • specie and bullion, 1.2:,,:.8'. 18a. 2d. ; bank prernise* Lal furniture, 65,307/. 41. ; prelimiumy expenses, 5 ,0 1 M0/. ea. Id. ; total, 1,2A9,1*9/. 2d. " Profit and Lose Account.--To current exense. in Mel bourne, Sydney, and sub.b rAn d ie ,„ 8,059/. 1 3..:d., ditto London, including directors' remuneration s od income tax, 3,0521. is. 11d.-11,7111. 19a. 4d. ; to balance, 19,4412 , . 4 .. 3d.—t o tal, 31,1141. 3s. 7d. By amount brought dew., 31,114/.3*. 7.1. " Examined, compared with the books and vouchers, aid together with the Pecurities, found correct, 11th January, 1801. ^ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the repot. said that they had to submit to • reduction in the amount of business dose during the just half-year, but that was owing to the depressed state of the colony which was great indeed, and continued up to the slate when the report was made. But still they were able to show that they kept up the amount of their deposit* and also of their profits. awl %heti trade improved in the colony, they