The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-17 00:00:00

E S PAPER • •?a• 1 je ( IFF rtg% • ssaudxa r - i 1 • • t• .11 1 • fro/ „,, ._ APO- • ,„1P No. 4,503.] (Stamped, ld. Additional.) (TWOPENCE. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUAILV 17, 1861 NVEICK STEAM COMICINICATIttS to co Welk —The U YiKW YORK. sad 11 ILA 1.4.LP111.1 lerL.tll Rum MN h 1:11.11.1 tlesputrlolset aim htll iv... erv•t lene •terett Siseisalps, rolling et Qtr.. astonts I . 1....—09 •+ sal elsohntehre. a. 1.43....1 KV". Il' ria , M ut Citroen. wok NKW t 1.... 1 1 1...1 overlay S.a it IIALT1111011:. e.15e..10.3.0. I ‘I• Wettok.4ay, 'Ns SW every atertvertlogy Wednesday AA% pa...tr. IS 17. sort 11 nears, stort.r.th....t 1.. the areers. notvLotooroe. Komori . s Meese. lachitlos: all provivi.voe hleklo/Ofr. ter Cowls awl the SI rat, u states bombed tlontoosh v. ry streserhseetvos tree..—Yu, further partirshora ittly W11.1.1%11 I CYAN. - Wstrr.stros t. Liverpool. et to I PVC. .*,l 11A1.13 - al. klavgWllthoes stn. t. I it). HUCK LEI'S' A RItANt:ISMENTS for the ihotio.tv. —opts 11%1A:1 NtilllT et et, a►l Teo trey P. rforstarsera Wedaredet an•l aetunley After. seas. et A —at. Jelsee• lad). rterettlftir -Stella. arra. Se 1 11 $ 11 •Y r• IA Seale res le wooe! at all the Meath", anal at the WWI ~Sr... al, Plenetelly IRLINOV)N PHILHARMONIC HALL, near tM nate —Ur. i.minn. Tedder ship In • ‘..nu." and •• I Puritan* .41 TemLiya. Tharmlajis. and , at at. Loa. The conk link tit jkn IVI.a . aw l want, ...rue Hanky. Mews Ll•lft Yet n.l ntiillier. the Allnimaie V.n.tn le. and Mein I:slan so 4 4.lty. —l.lm4s arm at 7 lIDLIDAYA. ARGYLL ROOMA-U .ND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, with the ceiebrated Irani. Forty la itaaeto rlevre pram charm Email the l'hilhanstade Cowart, la•tral 11•11.91 I,ems.eM the HoLeeta , kl Troopa ta,ada,-a t., W. 4. Waage. eremeWl ri-t M bakes/S. DANCINI. at •.• .ckck. AJadsios, EVANS'S suagnificeut MUSIC and SUPPER AA Ili■.sls. rottat aas.k.o.- MACE N EY hake returned to das Eatahli.i.uaht. 'tappers, a. two 9. s/ter the Theatres. SUPERIOR PIAN'OFORT ZEL—Menen. and ru., Oblique, Grand. Censor. and Piccolo Plea.goete ‘lzsinfai otters, lb 7, futtenhainicoarTrarl, London. beg t nil thi attentiiiii of nobility. gentry, prof,cors. Are., to Uwir TIIKEL UNIAHN ottutel: PIANOVOIL tromping' or lave.. hn I. Ls admitted to Ie oival to ally horizontal Wand pianoforte ollercil to the public It It holit with Iron bars. nwi. lac pate , soilerlor double itirtion. and Improved soft pedal, oho the shifting of the &Akio. in that the time, alth ...ft... tog f. cl.lr Tlwse noir - 100ton; ate of ekrgisat catistrocti.•u. no I arc awl doted behind, awl that Ow) .ricy placed In the centre or in soy pert of the drawitw n a.m. The above instruments preparc.l mid flinched tor eat,. Ilerchni•ls, shippers, na.l the trade sup. OW. Lio of prices. awl testimonials from the most eminent pretrawn...nt frec..ll application. B RIDE CAKES, Ono to Twenty Cininem each— de t .ke for tire 'obsess ; homier. thieleirs. and &boot Cakes, foot lo to Igo sorb . slant. tosolloont of Almond Cakes for 41. sent 1.. Pl. per lb.. :loop, .h bias, CrraMs. bud ling Tartlets. Sappers and Wedding IlreaktoOt prorklttL •—,VIUISIILLI.. Mot and vontectlorter, 16;:, Repeutotrert. IQTVIZNS and SON, Wine and Spirit Merchants. I roakinN PIM Ins of high naaltly at adiant4neus viten Geginse Brandies, very superior, li.. Ca. per gallon . choice old Pala Caviar, Vt., 31). Wit pa= cast Sehlrilans Nd bri. lin per gallon. or Pia per ors (cos dozen Y..reign =el eN hisw4 Full Wee Me beets application. Term. - 7 4. Shillopeantentralt wurva PILIKAATINIS 81111 R at the Reduced Duty —Ball paid teraddlatias la —THOU. NUNN sad I strongly rseammeaci the WIN of tan above sailnest 'Uppers Snead dhow Wins, 11e. sad ala per dozen : sugarie. Ws. 44.. 44a. and &la . ansonallado, 4.2 t. Sta. and . old East Indian, w... and ditto Madeira. M.... 4•31.1410.4 n • Peru, 310.. nod Jas.. adder tie., t 0.., sad L 4... very old and bldis claw. IS., TL.. a4a, 4. Ital. Claret,—;pod Bordeaux, SW . $l. Julien. aka . Mt. Pateplse, 30s. sad 315 lAA', claw staging Soso 41. to Ms Clusragagns, good. t 3.: very 110011, 0/55 . superior. Sia, Ofia, IS., and Pa. supplied by THOS. NUNN nal r4/N:4, wine, spirit, sad Name user:baits rigrarards of W years purveyors to ths Nola Society of Luseoln'abaa, 21, Lamb's Con.luttalesst, W.C. Prised lists on opplicstieu. POULTRY AT IM triNT TO YAMILIZA, ROTAL ► LEPKItn, etc. /moo Poultry. kw, and Dalry.fad Pork frrelt from the mootry morning. Plorst York Rama 10.1. per lb.. Wilt. Miro Inevoq. by the LW* or halt std.fir American theme, by the half or quarter, 7id. to d.:Si Cheddar. aid. to 10d. . Cleashire. old. to 19d.. Gisler, Id. to Pd. ; Maltose. le. to la ad.: (harem. hal. per Ih.. rood mak butter, la to la 3d.. fresh. la to la hl par lb.. rani chlokom, la large fowls. from to fa dd.. young Od. s. Os Oa dd.. young pro m 4a. el• ; of Poek.ll4. turkey te pee lb. loin; bid. W. sod J. IL TATL OL Halo Palbeery street. WATHIRSTON and BROODEZT'S GOLD CHAINS ^7 / 70 7 wale* o 6 esollsokio voloo,aoll ircollomeklp at cobolcsolo tamahasamot prism no wad la Ike dribs guaranteed, awl mparaliorad at tam poke diarist .• Swats tha Mo. Pm alba valeta le dr alma Neat Ifs Imams dUr ased, camp kr bake." —alumna& laawsladary, No. 16, Ilenrletto.droet, Coveotiaralea, W.C., Lassasa. Amps um& at amino and Joirglory for It emelt X. The colabb•hment doom a& ha tie tvaalag, and es Ilatardoes at 1 o'clock. A BMW CAM, lite OXIGL, to be had oaly XI. at 11.11111.11.16 sad IDITTOTS. Talon. WC Strand = 41.aw lielkierofo, alt• • meted Stork of Monte/ I.ostartog and so hest aorveraf Liveries of best qualities =.—ILLI=3I rd atrood, opposite Euler- DRESB FOR JUVENILES. Every drserl,l9oe, to 2119 beet and latest styles, say be slitabeed at • mate nts setlett. & d d Ralekerhucker Ban& train 19 6 I Sp:WY Drees treat 7 0 ilmeste salts „ 21 0 Cambridge Suite to 0 ides Data . 12 0 lirreruese Cape... e 0 Opole Witte 11 0 ilebonet Or:tepees „ 741 Meer Mote „ 18 6 thwhridge 6410 „ 10 6 Reich sesta . la I t. 1106101 AND SON. SI ERCMANT TAILORS, WOOLLEN DC %FEES. HOSIERS, BOOT AND SOW: RAKERS, AND GENERAL OUTFITTER , . Lades Roam . Omar K /d/serteri aed Meseta Jiorr Claberdesreol. wpm el liartetreet Ceram d Tellea De and Luetoneeed. Oeuteeley : dbaradoWe 1101.0 et Yorkshire. It Mr ell my MEW be approved or . It will be ex am g o ' e many rebeneed. 1 end SOWS SOLO tar 11172-311413CILEIIILST sod lit al pas% peopiloa ea the deaddearle Clethlair Out aed eu appliestlaa. es poet free. DT- The ISTABl=k i a l at t WOW EVERY /LIDA Y !WILY MI6 ism{ tmtß Ilatorday monk wham Weans la seemed nil II Pole& OWING )(ACHIM:EL—WHEELER and inuors risk LOCK4TITft" MO %ICBMS. W i t iffea ssa LIMN USI) Mid= wafts —syr Koury 462, Draftily" /Mr SRATIII. —JOHN MOOLEY sad SON, cutlers am Inl maalaalania. 17 aai 1$ llowalreel. °mut laaaaa. far lIALS • Lap marlasasa el SKATES d all slow Lofts dab and Wm plasma boa la Ile. tea Math with c se pehhise, =ailt *a Is lab Gate tad Savor Spectacles arl L k . mmoo. at Kean, HA S piles. Illsylere c t ls" etri~YNsekee. THOtt IM end lON $o the , epsomite llassem larkma. Oaths.So travellers sespieyed. IT°PARR:NTS aad GUARDIA NS. —Tbe Mara at meth le UM ramethe boarding schools in. dam a Meltalo for oar psommi as ras and attraction ; and BOWLAN ler AIACMIJAK tar implaratlas the growth and kr heiprtn hot and the ; VOW LANAI' "AMOK, tot improving to NM and eamiallou. and rem.. tas mamma. et-options; and ILOWLANDir inniNTIL or Pearl Dnetertee, fn trneterhig the teeth beautitally whits and pro. taming the gum an can Mined Ind lope rabbi acammainne dor the attainment of those personal advandattra as ustrenally sought for and otnaus4--neld by A. 'LOWLAND and PONS, Batton &Arden. L.ottou, and by Mama and Portman. -.• Mk for 11.0WLAN lac ankle& BUCHAWS DOMESTIC ItEDICIAEI+,- rAIiXT aG4II.II4XLITZD VIGITABLX f Lid& • Palpthe for the howella, peril) aqi th• reoartleg vitiated bilious and ...nmplainia. tboa arttrse etas. cooler, os, ie. Vegetal& PlunOtiatersat, hr assassin all skin eruptions. ewes, tilaew stated Wawa be., die. Oinausersdad Vegetable Itissese. lie Mates& @lowlier:set d astere• for the &Beate, debilitated. mai sgedof both sews, egetteally curing cinproalun of sprite trrl entromeal, witherin; of the rode& entsghs, do tad all cleat eaogialeta, Weather with the rogulta truing fruo Pilau% and • is the extreme. at climate, irapartine Insatiful and esaiplezion. affordine at • Mtn a new lease of be to aIL Cnro prated sad swore below Alterman delosacos, W P.. at ootilari4 wllia• the Jurielactiou of the !Light Boa. Oa lord Maier ad Larks. Said by Beduin and Ve.. Paltrattlak Kmaao-nreet. Odartlattrat Loudon, W., sad 111 Cia. 6288 la lowa rad eanntry. hires: Pills hoe la , 911.,a•dlia %ton per t, per pot, Is. 14d. and 9d. ltd. 4 A. Od., 31& ens 61 111. I:ordaining tear tunes that quantity, Ws. Age••a:—Dirir ,ial, t ..u.nagdosetreet J banger ; Ibo. Ostoni4lobbe: /homy, lA, 4),./ord-otsvct huller, a, CllO/441•10 Boyar, di, 11 . 0 g street, Lou tuu•britigv. I< Ilottueu. Bi, ersair *mirth street: Romani), rand. <tr., ie. Eats ola gratis or pest ho bran. sump , ot a menu, and rt, ear:moot. lh. Betia•ll wattle lledleJess, asalaining remedies for gravy &sum AN EFFN(TIJAL REMEDY.—LAMBERTS ANTIIVATICIALIUM. without eoltinine the bowels or ""Kultu,_ the heal, trete eleeseinew sad piedmont, Is admitted to wilt, beet medicine for insuediatety relieving tvergits, colds. "'tract Attlee*. and Incipient consunipt:ou. It ire curet pere..te whoa the faculty prouutince iilearAbk. tin* •ri the tickling which prov.kee trequentconsltint Aege conenmptioer 14 effects are truly beim/halal. dfrrl,./1 of sleep. ur even lying deem few fear of enfruca. ▪ 0 7 4..penel .a ref Ina few Winter. after takieu it.— iui) Int auld by W. LA IA BEAT.. lirmutt. 20. Jennyn• &La I.) all Jroueleta. in hotike , =4 l -. 28 . 3a. • ▪ " ;,.. perticular set ask far L•aul. i s Aetluastic Ito mane 44,1 address is ,ugrAecil !VI.) !'HARM} uuvlu fur STAMPING PA PEI: ♦ aud orvvuorrx with AQ4s, Cltt+T, INIIIONKT INITIAL+ If plain —11111(tr satpertlue emus Ld IMI size Note f. Tails 11.,r li.l. mr: ettra sei•rtleoe .111 to. her wit., .list 44111 v • rwankald rat .1..n01001l at. , l M.A. %RI" 114 po r hvimire.l • name plate emraired anal 11., wiperilut car?. prtsardl for four shillin•rs. Wedding order+ • u • 4+441 In thr ws ••t f4-11,..u.i1.4.*1)1• —4; HICK . ' hay l it , ellov: new+ at +beet 4/...eirunt. 1.. MVAAII awl Kehtar's. VWER awl BRITISH awl FOREIGN 1.4 MUSICAL LI lIRA IV. the bawd oit-a4uhownt I. ~ .bw 01 . 10. Prusmo wee gralls.—KWlSK and Cu.. musk lo►rr Meindy. ST. Regent-sheet. Landau THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXVII., will be published writ Saturday. cvsirms canada. 7. Welsh lalemturc. Iron. e. 11.41eja rafted Netla 6. Italy . n.Dom .4 Romance and 111.tory 7 Oxford Lamy. awl Reviews Mnance aud the Income I'm Jobe Ilutray, Internal.: street. C. A. SALA'S NEW NOVEL. THE SEVEN SONS of M AMMON comment,. In t!S!.YAN VARY Nf NI IA "I TES( PLE BAR. A Landow Maywrine for Town an.l Country alllllcro. Conducted by G6oitta6 Al:Grert+ Slaw. Author of Vl4lll.kni " Twice itonw4l the Cluck," .te. PA* Me KWh*, MosUdy. Office of " Tempi Bat" 122, Restwl.rert, Lionlou. ILVTIRELT ORIGINAL TALL THE INDIAN SCOUT. B OCITAYI Allg•RP. Anther all "The Prare flower. Ac. Bee TYLVINLOONI GUN/a7. all, week . landau : lionlAum and Wailed, 06. Paternoster-row. The day. price In.. foolecap bro. fancy hoards, OUT WITH GARIBALDI. Comprising • full and authentic account of Berlin&l . trio his landing at Palermo to his retirement to Cowers. By W 111%. , 1, an English tiarlhaldiazi Volunteer. London . N aril and L >ck, 158, lelentatreet. In a few days, price fine Shilling. BRAHMINS awl PARIAHS. An Appeal by the Indigo Manufacturers of Bengal to the hritish ilidernmeut, Parliament, and People for Protection .timitist the Lieutenant.liosernor of bengal setting forth the pr.sweilients by which this high officer has dr.putitally interfered with the free course of Justice, has destroyed capital and trade id British settlers In India, and has created the present ill,astreils condition of ii.ecniliarisin and insurrection now spreading iu the rural districts id bengal. " Every Mike in the rvitintry la held hymen pledged to owns. the .ettkment of Europeans in the country, and they are aide to make their own statements."—letter from Times correspondent. releutta. nth licceinher, 1/01, and pubhalied In the ii 1131,4 of 14th January. 1,01. Jam's RailkwaY. Piccadilly, and all bookseller, Just published. r A ilie tr biret 14 stamps, R . red Premature Dean% and the mamas to be employed In order effectually f , retain or regain primitive vigour and health elery deer of life and under alt circumstances. Pull cause and effect has been carefully studied and aulysied by per snal observation in the ratio., Continental and Rualish hos pitals. as also In private practice. By SALMI BilloWr, N.D. Lkentlate of the College of Physicians, lhneber of the Royal Colkge of teareeono. England, de. London • J. Allen. 10, Just published. DISEASES of the SKIN , with Photographic Illustrations. peke Is ; by pose, la. 1L ; also, SKIN Di 4 tAmts and their UhIIEDIE9. Is. Al. : by past, b. led ity 7 e. J M D , Licentiate of the R„ al Co ll ege of Maas, Mahwah, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. England, itc. Publishes' by Jelin Churchill, to be had from the Authoe only. Coasultations daily, from 10 to 2 and from b to 8, or by appointment.-29. Ueorge street, Hanoveraunare. Joe publiehed. price It., ;met tree fmin the Author foe liebeepi, A. MEDICAL ESSAY ou the CAUSE MU MIS of PREM AT 1:1111 DPA:LINS, with phis dime lms for perfect restorstine to health a: d vigour, the result of twenty ee pests auccerful practice is the treatment of those peculiar 'wrens and mental d memo', which tend to endiitter and shorten life. By De. J. 1. (Timm, 15, Albemarle-direct, Picedilly, tendon. --. " . This Is the beet hook on aervoneweee."—lledical Record. 1,14.1011 : Kann. 39, Cornhill ; and J. Mien, 20, Warwick lane. THs NEW BRONZE COINAGE. Do bronze coinage is now largely in circulation. At flie Mint, in Landoll, very asasidsrable quantities are manufactured per day, and, as has been before stated, Mtests. James Watt and Co., of She Soho Foundry, are seconding the efforts of the metropolitan Mint. We may meution, however, that the government have likewise given large orders to Meows. Ralph Heaton and Suns, of leknield.strest. The Messrs. Heaton were, some mouths since, applied to fora tender for about 1,700 tons of coin age, the aggregate amount to be turned oat during the next two yeses sad a ball being estimated at somewhat above 3,400 toss. Messrs. Heaton applied for Certlill modifications in the form of supply, but were in formed that the contract would require to be executed accordion to the conditions specified. One of these coodits was that the first delivery of the coin— about tate—should take place on the 6th of November. The te rof Marra Watt and Co. was accepted is p ro ference te that of Maws. Heaton, but Meier. it att, although working night and day, made no delivery up to the 6th of December, and up to the sth instant had deli. cored only some five or six tons. In the meantime so great was the peerun upon the Mint that the master applied to Mears. Ffeatos for supplies to relieve it, and about ten or eleven tared cilia have already been struck at the Icknield Hemet Works. Yesterday vise or two tons of this amount were ronsigeed to London. It will be borne in 'Mod that as the 4th August, MVP. the Chancellor of the Exchequer obtained a vote of 10,000!. to re-coin the old copper coinage, the whole value of which at that time was estimated at 800.000/., the aggregate amount of coffer being 3,530 toss. la order to ascertain the state of the old coinage, a considerable quantity was exa mined in the large towns, and the revolt of the investiga tion in London, Birmingham. sod other places, showed that shout one-third of the whole was below its legal state, and ought to be withdrawn. A part of it was counterfeit, another part foreign coin, and soother part injured and battered : and ' inscribed" according to the pe culiar fancy of re' ta;ri individuals, who, while " turning an honest penny." exercised their ingenuity in defacing it. The result was that this one-third portion requi red renewal. If the whole coinage had been renewed, the Chancellor would have required a vote of 40,000 f. As kg is, although many misgivings were expressed after the parliamentary vote that the new coinage would not make is appearance " for generatium," the abominable botch-potch of ugly copper, represented by our ancient nenniee and halfpence, a gradually iniecumbing to the large supplies of light, elegant, Freech-lookfmg coppers, which government and the contractors are daily turn ing out. The calling in of all the old stores of " bed half pence," of which our own town has been proverbially pro lific, will occupy, it may be, some generations ; but the old coin in other cities is rapidly being exchanged for their bright and bandy successors. One great advantage of the new coinage is its superior durability. '!be use of bronze was not new to the Mint, as the metal his been tried for coinsge io Canada and Nova Scotia, and the new issue re sembles the small coinage adopted is those countries.— Bi /WO Vail Si Journal. THE 'MELO! SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held at the offices in Guildhall Chambers, on Tuesday, Mr. Mao in the chair. Mr. Nadia, Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. &stems, ke. were present. The following letter from Mr. Wm. Hargreives (Treasurer of the Constitutional Defence Committee) was road : " 34, Craven•bill.mudens, Jan. 11. "My dear Sir,• I observe that the executive committee of the Ballot Society will consider at its next meeting the flues. Jim of a conference at Blanchester. I think this suggestion of the secretary at Manchester an excellent one. In look ing over the hst of subscribers from time to time, it has struck me that our friends in the North of England have net responded to the efforte of the London society with their usual spirit. The names of wealthy men and firms me often followed be sums ridiculously *until, when the abject to be astiined and the work to be done are coo/i -sland. Now, whether it be, that our leading subscribers have taken from the beginning too low a level, or whatever be the cause°, this state of things, it seems to me that this is a good opportunity to commence, so it were, de euro. With the object, then, of strengthening the sinews of war, I have icier/seed my own subscription to your funds to M., and 1 am prepared to do this and more, until an end is put to our provost diegmreful system of open voting. Talk of liberty, and of protection to life and pro perty Why, the chief of all liberties in • free state ought to be the free vote, and the first protection given to the poor man ought to be the protection of his political rights against the intimidation of the rich, the powerful, and the unscrupulous. With my best thanks to the members of the executive committee for their persistent efforts on behalf of the oppressed,--1 remain, my den sir, very truly yours, " WII. HARORSAVEN. Splenhaur Nodes. Eaq., Treasurer of the Ballot Society." It was resolved that the Coeference should be held in the committee MOM of the Free Trot. Hall, Manchester, on Tuesday. the tith inst., at 3 p.m.. mod that Lord Teynham, Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley. M.P., Mr. E. C. Whitehmat, and Mr. Wiltshire Austin Should be the deputation to represent the executive committee. CHTA'AL PALACH. SHILLING DAT. vTSDAt JAX. ditto NINO I licketa, Yl2.—Total THE DISTRESS IN THE METROPOLIS. it-derilay morning from an early hour the serious !arts of the inetnipolis, eel faith:Wally at the East-end, presented • sail appearance, iu conscoueuee of the large numbers of destitute lelouriug nien who were standing outside the workhouse doors and panulin;, the chief thoroughfares seeking for alms and beggiug of the foot per engem for assistance for their hungry families, who hail been thrown into a state of actual want thnsigh the continued severity of the weather. At the front entrance of the Whitechapel Union a large crowd of IMO, women, and children collected, and the relieving officeni and their cods taints were engaged during a grea t portion of the day in das , trihuting bread, meat, and money. The workhouse of St. Geor;e's-iti-tlie-Eut, in Charles-street., Old Gravel-lane, WWI besieged with applicants fur temponiry aid, and some buudreds of quartern leave* were distributed. At the workhouse of Mile-end Old Town, Bancroft-road, Stepucy. there were upwards of five hundred appli cants for relief, and temporary assistance was ren dered to them by the relieving officer sod his assistant. The increase of pauperisni in the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, has been euortinais. The board of guardiaus of St. Leonard's, Shoreilitch, bad n special meet- Kg in the committee-r oom a t th e wor kh ouse , iogsland-rnud, to grant temporary relief to the starving 1100 f, and to-day some huncheilsofilestitute persons of both sexes will be assisted with bread, meat, and small !HIM of irony, from the funds of the parish. Math.) Leaden and St. Katharine Docks and the East and West India Docks the amount of unemployed labour is very great. Arrangements for the wants of the men have been temporarily made. The number of applications at the Mansion-tow pence court fur relief continues very peat, and the benevolence of the public still enables Lis lonlship to afford relief to a great number. Yeatenlay no fewer than 30111 persons applied for assi.tatav ; and after strict inquiries had been made, all who were found deserving, to the number of 180, reeeivel an amount sufficient for the relief of their preeert wants. At Guildhall police-court Alderman Mechi was for several hours ailministering the relief placed at hr dis purl to about 70 poor and diatiesaed families ; and as ever) came had been previously visited and fully inquired into by I the police, who issued certificates of the genuineness of the results stated, there was not even the possibility of imposi tion. The inopectors of police claimed the desert-Big appli. cants according to the various degrees of distress in which ' they were found, au that the magistrate was able to distri buts the funds in sums more appropriate to the wants of the poor, and the coal and soup tacker where they would be meet serviceable. The eyatem has been found to work ' exceediagl . well, but, iu order to prevent disappointment to nuiny of the poor Irish in the neighbourhoods of Gray's , inn -lane, Sawn-hill, Whitechapel, and Southwark, it should be known that hundreds of recommendations, meetly from Roman Catholic priests, in favour of minas in those localities, have bees destroyed, because they did not reside in the City. Indeed, it was found necessary to confine the distribution to the City poor belonging to this district, as in vary many instanter the parties relieved at this court peo oeeled immediately after and endeavoured to get relief at the Mansion-house, and those relieved at the Mansion-house repeated their applications at this court. A number of additional donations have been received at this court; in addition to which Mr. Alderman Mechi stated that he racer pleasure in mentioning that Mr. Crawford, of th e kmdTarn, King-street, and Gresham-street, had very entseribed 11. to the poor-box, and that be had further placed at the magistrate's disposal tickets far one hundred basins of soup and one hundred loaves of bread, and had also tendered the gratuitous use of his kitchen, cooking apparatus and serrate, to padre any quantity of soup which benevolent pares might wish made for distribution among the earwig of the district. Mr. Crawford explained that many prams would give soup away in preference to money, if they had I the means of getting good soup at as lowa price as poseible; 1 and he wished such persons to understand that he would make any quantity to order for the mere price of the mate ' vials of which the soup actually consisted. Alderman Mechti said, be was happy to say that other benevolent gen tlemen had came forward with similar afar Mr. H. Haynes, time auctioneer, of Moorgreestrer, and Mr. T hus. Beard, solicitor, of Basinghall-street, had kindly given tickets for 400 mart, of soup and 400 loaves of bread, to be distributed at this office, and the relief supplied at Mr. ftwainaton's, at the corner of the Old Jewry. At the Clerkenwell police-court the number of applicants for temporary relief—notwithstanding that may have altusdy received its benefita—appears to be greatly oulthe M ersin, and Mr. D'Eyncourt has for some days part been I eng aged in looking over the rec o mm e nd a ti ons th a t the c: hare - brought. In consequence of this increase the of ' attached to the court have not been found sufficient to nuke the necessary inquiries, and Mr. Superintendent Garnet, of the G division, was applied to for the assistance of some of the officers under his command. The request was acceded I to, and the inquiries being at once made, several persons were to-day relieved with meat, bread, dour, blankets, coals, and in some instances money and flannel. No really de serving use has been sent airy, and no difference is made or gaietiea asked as to what reed or country the applicants belonged. Mr. IYEyncourt is the course of the day re ceived several donations. At the Thames Police Court, the magistrates have adopted different systems of administering relief to the un employed and destitute population of the district. Both, however, have effected much good. Mr. Hells c om mence d by relieving poor women, whose poverty and misery was verified by the clergy of all sects in the district. and others of repute known to him, sad in this way pee temporary relief to about 700 women, principally widows, and • few men. Mr. Yardley commenced by relieving a few unem ployed labourers on Thursday evening last, and their num bers asereased daily until Tuesday, when 1,100 out of 1,500 assembled were raided, about 800 with is. each, 100 with Bd. each, and another hundred with 2s. or 2s. Gd. each. It was announced on Tuesday that women only would be relieved on the following day, and that letters of verification from the clergy or from ladies and gentlenien known to the magistrate only would be at teoded to. At noon a vast Assemblage of pour women, thinly clad, many suffering from cold and hunger, anew bled in the street. They continued to increase, until they amounted to at least 2,000, and as they completely blocked up Arbour-street East, directions were given to admit them into the station house yard, the great pre of which were thrown open for that purpose. About 1,000 letters were handed to Mr. Selfe in the course of the day by the half ' famished women. A selection was absolutely neer sary, and the letters from tradesmen ad land lords not known to the magistrate, and not • few of whom were suspected of recommending applicants for the pupae° of obtaining payment of debts and arrears of rent, were thrown aside, and the magistrate pro ceeded to relieve the women recommended to him, and did not terminate him humane labours until 11 o'clock. About 300 women, a groat majority of whom had husbands sad children at home wanting breed, received front Is. to de. each. Great numbers, whose poverty, apparently as great, was not verified, did not obtain anything. Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, was solely uccupied from 11 o'clock in the morning in opening the letters containing cheque*, bank notes, money orders, and postage stamps, and recording the same in • book. Mr. Obseler, a gentleman residing in Hammersmith, and .ho ahrays devotes considerable time to ameliorate the condition of the poorer charres,'scoompaoied by the Rev. Charles Butcher, curate of RC Paul's, Hammersmith, and Mr. Roberta, the vestry-clerk, attended before Mr. Ingham, at the Hammersmith police-court, to solicit a donation • - behalf -^ hem the poor-box on of the parochial soap-kitchen. Mr. Meter said the soup-kitchen had been formed by some ef the inhabitants to relieve the destitute pour, who were thrown into distress and want by the present severe weather. During the last fortnight they had given away 1.200 gallons of soup, and their daily consumption was MO ;snook A fortnight ago they found 187 families in • destitute state, and they had relieved them with soup, beside* providing them with bread and fuel. There were upwards of 200 men at work in the stone yard in the union workhouse, all of whom had partaken of the soup to nourish them while exposed to the inclement state of the weather. They had exhausted their funds, having spent upwards of ROI. in the fortnight. They had been promised 90f. if they could prevail upon his worship to give a like sum, and they would endeavour to collect more from private subscriptions. He could assure his wor ship that every case was well investigated, and from the manner in which the soup was given away it was impossible for the funda to be abused. He also stated that it was expected that the number in the stone-yard would be in creamil, and if the society were unable to raise the aeolemary leo& they would not be in a position to continue the relief from the soup-kitchen. Mr. Ingham observed that district societies had a better opportunity of knowing the parties who relight to be relieved than the magatrates, but at the same tune he thought soup-kitchens were open to abuse, and he wished to know what security was takes topevent imposition. Mr. Chester said they had a baod effoetiy ladies who went round and investigated every ear, swept these who were toned destitute in the streets. No soup was given away without a ticket, and those who were at the stemisylvd attended personally in batches of 50; so they were certain of their receiving the soup. Mr. high= said that, from the present state of the funds, and the probable demands made in the curren year, he should not be j ustified in offering • larger sum than 10f. lf thesevere weather continued another fortnight there was - nothing to prevent Mr. Chester applying again. Tee Durranss IN NorrtnonAm.—ln consequence of the depressed state of the staple trades, both hosiery and lace, the operatives engaged in each manufacture are suffer ing to a fearful extent. There are at the present time more than 1,000 inmates in the union, and 6,309 recipients of out-dear relief. Numbers of the workpeople are walking the streets, and the inclemency of the weather adds considerably to the inteusity of their sufferings, Yore soup kitchens are being emoblished, and further methods adopted to soften the rigour of the present calamitous state of things. GLASGOW AND GARIBALDI. Thy following letter app•ars in the Glasgow Mould "Sir,—! returned yesterday from Italy, where I trust the performance of au honourable duty imposed on me by our committee Ise been useful to many brave men there, and Lot discreditable to the character of our native country. First, I should thank the ladies of Scotland for the hand some sum of INX, which they transmitted through me to General Garibaldi, more especially as it came to him at a time when every chilling was worth a pound ; and coming as it did to me through the hands of Robert Henderson, Esq., Sardiniau Coosa!, whose careful attention to ray help I might require in a strange country, did me more good than all that was done fur me in my unexpected mission. " I am preparing my report to the committee, who will hest judge bow much should be published at this time ; but f owe it to the general public of Scotlaud to satisfy in some degree the anxiety which I am glad to witness exists among our people regarding the approaching crisis in Venetia and Hu . Altos simply thanking the pres:., therefore, for therir Y play I have received while performing an arduous but honourable duty, it may be right that I should request publicity to the following letter of General Garibaldi, Which embraces all claws of his friends : TO THE GLANLOW GARINZLDI YUND COMMITTEE._ " • Caprera, Dec. 314, 100. " ' Gentlemen,—The conflict between the two opposing principles of good and evil -- th e fi rs t represented by Christ, who came to bring liberty and equality to the peoples, and the second represented by the tyrants and the false priests, who conspire to keep them degraded and enslaved, is ren dered fiercer than ever at the present day, because the first principle, which has been dominant for so muy centuries, k assessed ; awl, in the reandrenlng of our people with an energy hitherto unparalleled, justice compels us to declare that, as regards Italy, England is the representative of Good, and she deserves our deepest gratitude. " • May Ood bless the people of England, who, while they proudly and vigilantly guard the liberty of their own country, are ever ready to grant unreserved hospitality to the unf ortunate, and who, strong in the commonness of their own freedom, have dared to speak out boldly in the hour of contest between the oppressor and oppressed-- spreading dismay to the heart of the tint, and giving com fort and support to the last. " • Most generous among the many generous was Glasgow --the first to send us the help and comfort of moral and material aid in the hour of our greatest need. " ' I beg of you, gentlemen, to transmit these few words of gratitude to your fellow-citizens for the good they have dope to our cause.—Yours with respect sad gratitude, •" G. GARIBALDI.' " Even these beautiful and grateful lines but poorly express the feelings which Garibaldi evinced when parting with me ; and grasping toy hands in a manner which no true heart can mistake, he bade me thank my countrymen, and to tell them 'that whatever fate awaited him in the enter prise before him, his last and most grateful recollection would be the kindness and sympathy of the people of Scot ' land? "Two nights ago I parted with Louis Kossuth—with his proud heart almost broken by the apostasy of one he had loved and trusted ; but ho more than repaid me for all my fatigue on this affair by his grateful expressions to those who had sent me to Naples—when I told t M of the thanks rendered to me by one of his brave old officers, and his mes sage to his honoured chief—that though deprived of one leg, and his wound scarcely healed, he trusted in two months to be again in the saddle, fighting for his native Hungary. May God bless and protect the noble Kossuth in this his hour of trial ! "On the tarn. evening I met iu the house of James Stans feld, Seq. M.P. (who, with our London agent, Mr. Ashurst, and their relatives, have been the moat devoted friends of Italy in the world), with another puremiuded patriot— Joseph Mamini—worn out and exhausted with his immense labours and anxieties. He is deeply grateful to the people of Scotland, and hopeful for his country —of which he is the real chief—because, had there been no Massini. there might have been no Ga ribaldi, and certainly no Victor Em manuel, in the south of Italy. lam glad to see that the world is at last giving him credit for the honest support that he will give Victor Emmanuel—if he remains true to Italian freedom and unity. Maraud is preparing for inune dials and effective support to Garibaldi and Kossuth in the coming struggle. Towards this coming struggle I have done all I could for those of our men determined to remain in Italy. The namesof Forbes, Penni, Dowling, De Mohan, Dunn, Davidson, Gearing, and many others--no natter for present misunderstandings—will in a few months be again familiar to us, and Scotland will be proud of her share in esfouragiog these brave men in their perseverance. For the non-commissioned °Seers and men, who may be looked for in a very few days, I earnestly request early and effective action. I know at this season many things are in the way of our people; but the young nieu, if they did go against our maims, fought bravely on any occasion given them sad on my word, as one who expecte to be trusted, their conduct has been such that I was prood at an animation I heard when entering their barracks at Salerno—' There comes our father sad any kind heart can eaderstand what I felt whoa the gee young lads asked me, though commissioned °Meets were present, to lay the had of their comrade, Alexander Ross, in the grave. " The moment I hear of the snivel of these men, I am prepared to welcome them on my own amount, but 1 believe they have a claim on our people, and it should be general. Many kind hearts in Scotland have sympathised with me, and no nun yet hes asked nie during many yean what I have done with this money. It is a great compliment, and all the greater that in many cases I dared not tell the world where the money went, but not one penny of other people's money went to an unworthy purpose-even if I was at times imposed on personally ; and I can say with xitisfaction that we have sent to Garibaldi by these private means more men who have served him well than any other community. Messrs. Donald Kempt, Donlon-street, or James Smith, 421, Argyll.struct, will receive any sum sent immediately to prepare for these young men being wel comed in Glasgow. One penny each from our workshops will pay all preliminary expenses, and some ono in each workshop or district should see to this. Confidently awaiting this immediate action. I am, respectfully yours, " 45, Hyde-park-street. " JOHNIVAIMIL " P.S. I may mention here that I went over carefully the accounts of our agent, Win. Asburst, Eeq. 6, Old Jewry, London, and that Garibaldi was quite satiiillad with the statement given him by me. Mr. Aghast deserves our warmest thanks." BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEWALL, JAN. 15.•-- RUSSIAN hfroirrn.—The Bight lionourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretory of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of • despatch from her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersham, enclosing a copy of a notification issued by the Russian government, providing that articles of merchendise, other than effects intended for personal use , imported into Russia by persons not enjoying the rights of trader., will be sub jected to the usual import duty on such articles augmented by one half, in default of which the articles may be re-ex ported. The same notification further makes known, that I in the event of persons of the above clam importing goods belonging to privileged merchant* and admissible at the ordinary rates of duty only, it will be necessary that such merchandise should be accompanied by the usual formal pars. —Gazette. THE COSTER/SO:411E1W or LoNDOTI.—The charac teristics of the ancient Billingsgate ladies aaawer exactly to the costennongers and their wive. of the present day, who are just as carless and improvident ; they are merry over their last rope of onions, and laugh over • basketful of stale henings. There is • colony of them singular people in the Lower-road, Islington, where (in Ward'splaes) a student of human nature may learn much that books will not teach him. They have little religion and less politeness. In per. son they are tolerably clean, but they are not at an peda l cular as to decency, and are habitually foul-mouthed. Some of the younger men are tall, strong, and fearless ; souse of the girls are exceedingly good-looking, but quickly loss all modesty of demeanour, aud become m a sculine both in word and deed. The older men and women are frequently re duced to the most deplorable wretchedness; while the children tumble in the filth that surrounds their dwellings, and learn to curse and swear as soon as they are weaned. At night the donkey, the children, the mothers and fathers — tor not uncommonly there are several families in one hovel— all huddle together in the same rooms. They go to market verrzly in summer, and as soon as it is light in winter, pure ,the cheapest stock, fish, fruit, and vegetables, when there is • glut, or • better commodity, when the price 1. reduced by its remaining on hand. They sell their bargains in the poorer streets, at • small profit, making their chief advantage by using short weights and measures. They are content to lire very butlly, and are seldom habitual drunkards, though often, in extieniely bad weather, they resort to drinking in mere despair ; and in absolute destitution have no refuge but the work house, where they remain till the guanliaus give them • new start by advancing them • few shillings, frequently as little u 2s. 6d., end scarcely ever more than 7s. 6d. or 10s. On this they will trade for months. When such advances are made by private hands, in the way of loans, they gene rally repay them. Nor are these apparently unhappy and mischievous folks entirely useless to the community, for it is chiefly through their agency that cheap fish, frUit, and vegetables are brought to the doors of the working classes, who, in their absence, would seldom be able to benefit by the bounty of nature in abundant sesames. —City Press. THE LATE DEFALCATIONS 01 Minna BOOFT, POWELL, AND CO., TEA 1111ACHANTS.—The late forgery cam in which this firm was easeerned, and far which Yr. Powell was sentenced to wen years' penal servitude, wil be fresh in the memory of our readers. Yesterday (Wednesday) there was a meeting at the Liverpool Bank ruptcy Court, for the purpose et hawing the last examina tion of the firm's accounts. Mr. Powell, who is in confine ment in Kirkilale gaol, was not present, and the meeting was therefore adjourned for • few days A formal sentence of outlawry was passed upon Mr. Scott, who has been miss ing since the detikatiou of the Erin were tint brought to THE ABOLITION OF FRENCH PASSPORTS. Mr. Hewat, of the Edinburgh Chamber of Como- melee, having been in communication with the French Con sulate oo the subject of the abolition of pitsaportn in Franc*, has been favound with the following document.,: "Conaulat de France, a Edimbourg, "Edinburgh, Jan. 15 , 1861. " Dear Sir,--In accordance with the desire you have made me the honour to expreac 1 bog to mend you the answer which 1 have just received from M. te Comniimairede Police o Calais. " You will see that this functionary thinloi proper to give the subjects of the Queen a ticket or to stamp their cards, when they leave ; but as the special desire of the French administration is that the citizens of the United Kingdom do not meet with any trouble, I do not doubt that at Calais, as well as in the other ports, this mere formality is not accompanied with any trouble fur your countrr g e n. " I also to inclose a copy of the different instructions which we have received from his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, by one of which you will see that the subjects of the Queen have only to present their cards, or give their Daises, iu order to obtain complimentary allnli9- 11101111 to our public nionumeots. " I shall be always most happy to furnish you with any information you can * desire ; and I remain, dear sir, yours most truly and obediently, "L. TROCKSEL, Chancellor of the French Consulate. " John &mat, &N." Translation of a letter addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paris, to the French Consul, Edinburgh, dated 7tis January, - " Sir,- In order to ensure the execution of the Imperial decision concerning the abolition of French visas for the English subjects, the Minister of Interior has addressed to the prefects two circulars, which I have the honour to enclose, and which will serve to you as a rule.-1 am, dm, lty order of the Minister, The Couseiller d'Etnt, Director of the Consulates. (Signed) " Henan." Translation of a circular addressed to the Prefects of the Empire by the Minister of the Interior, dated 26th of December, 1860. "Sir, —ln order to ensure the execution of the Imperial decision concerning the abolition of the French visas for the English subjects, I send you the unclosed notice, which you will have published and posted in the different ports of the empire.—l am, &c., (Signed) " PIRSIONY." _ _ _ " ' The subjects of her Majesty the Queen of Greet Britain and Ireland are admitted in France on their merely declaring their nationality. The said subjects, who can wish to be furnished with a title allowing them to claim the advantages conceded to foreigners, bearers of paisporta for the complimentary aihnission to the public monumenta,will only present to the special agent on the frontier a visiting card, upon which thesaid agent will put the administrative stamp, or they will ask an authorisation, which will be de livered to them by the Prefect of Police.' " Translation of a despatch addressed to the French Consul at Edinburgh by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated 31st December, 1860. "Sir,—You have known by the Afoniteur of the 16th instant that his Majesty the Emperor has decided that, from the Ist of January next, and by way of reciprocity, the English subjects will be allowed to enter and travel through the territory of the empire without passports. " I will on an early omission transmit to you the in structions which this new state of things necessitates, and which can be only in conformity with the circular addressed by the Minister of Interior to the Prefects of the Empire. am, &c., (Slimed) •' THOUVIIML." Translation of a private letter addressed to the French Conant Edinburgh, by the Commissaire de Police, Calais, dated Jan. 13, 1861 : "Monsieur le Consul,—The Imperial decision, as well as the instructions relating to it, do not speak about the formalities to be accomplished by English gentlemen on their leaving our territory, but I have no doubt myself that the favour granted to them must be the same when they land as when they leave. Still, in order not to bring any confusion, I beg of them, when they leave, to give me their cards or their name', and then I grant a ticket or put the stamp on their cards, so that they cannot meet with any diflieulty on entering on board the steamer.—l remain, with respect, &c., (Signed/ "La 00X11188AIRZ DZ Ponca Di CALM." EFFECT OF THE SECESSION ON BRITISH AMERICA. The effect of the disruption of the American Union, however severely it may be felt in the Untied States, will came no injury to eaes , N If, as some persons seem to think, the secession of the Northern States may lead to the establifinnent of a number of smaller confederacies in the north, the United British colonies would thee be much more powerful than any of thew separate governments, and would obtain en influence on the North American contined proportionate to their extent, wealth, and commanding fron tier. The British government has no wish to mrandise itself in the new world ; but if circumstances should arise to make us relatively the greatest power on the continent, we hope it will not be considered • great political crime if we co endeavour to realise th e tions of a writer in one of the Boston journals must come the first of American nations, as she now the first of European nations." " The next best thing for us, " says another writer, "of the North-Eastern States w ould be the as cendancy of England on this continent, and that is what must happen if the United States are false to their trust, end the union be changed into half a dozen weak and rickety confederations. " The change anticipated in this passage is the formation of four confederacies—one formed of the New England States' ; a second, of New York and the Central States ; a third, of Illinois and the West ; and the fourth made up of South Carolinas, awl the Gulf re gions. In the event of such a poli tical change being accompbahed, the position of Canada would be most favourable. There would exist • rivalry between the new confederacies for the trade and products of Canada, which would not fail to have • most beneficial effect upon the mercantile, shipping, and railway interests of the co lony. If the secession movement is, however, confined to the southern states, British colonial intereeta rill not suffer. An extensive trade will be carried on between Canada sod the south, either by way of Chicago and the Mississippi, or wQuebec sad the south porta. The antagonism which ould exist between the south and New York and the Northern States would facilitate negotiations and extend the trade between the south states and Canada ; both I being opposed to the New York interests. If the north and south oppose each other by hostile tariffs, as they no doubt will do, the rapprochement will be all the more easy between Canada and the British provinces and the southern confederacy.—Canadian Nees. MR. COBDEN AND THE BIRMINGHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The following letter from Mr. Cobden haii been received by the Mayor of Birmingham in acknowledgment of the vote of the Chamber of Commerce : " Algiers, Jan. 8,1861. " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter communicating • resolution passed at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for Birmitighana and the Midland District, approving my services in connexion with the Treaty with France. I feel the more indebted for this liberal inteneetetiou of my conduct, because it emanates from a body representing an interest which in one important branch has met with very unfavourable treatment. I allude, of course, to the duty on rail and bar iron, which, not by any inadvertence or mistake, but by an exceptional provision in the treaty itself, has been subjected to • rate of duty far exceeding that of the other articles in the French tariff. This arrange ment, by which a most important raw material, forming the main iniprethent in the productive force of almost every in dustry, is rendered nearly inaccessible to the French mann (octane forms as great an anomaly as did the preservation of the darn Law by Sir Robert Peel in his early reforms of the English tariff. It is self-evident that, in justice to the French producer, such an arrangement can only be tempo rary. It would, however, be unreasonable, and this is doubtless the view taken by your enlightened body, to ex pect that the Emperor of the French could, by one sudden measure, reverse entirely a systern which has been fostered by ✓ummies governments for centuries ; sod it will certainly be only in accordance with our own experience if in the struggle for existence it be found that the most powerful monopolies prove also to be the longest lived. In begging you to convey my grateful acknowledgments for their kind- OW to the members of your body, it must not be forgotten that my thanks are particularly due to Mews. Fletcher and Wagner for then- repeated visits to Paris, and whose practical linowledge guided my colleagues and myself in all our estimates and calculations. Let me also assure you per sonally how highly I appreciate the friendly expressions contained in your letter.—And I remain, sir, your obliged servant. " RICHARD COBDCS. " Arthur Ryland, Faq., " Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce for ii;;;;;0 8 - 1;in - i,;it Several French journals have announced that the government was going to have acommemorative medal struck for the soldiers who have taken part in the Chinese expoli tem. Varieu. pleas are being diactuoed at thi. moment. mays the Cowditat;oanef, and according to one of them the ribbon would be yellow, and bear, 11S a black woof in the warp, the Chinese characters sigui4:l4; (Pekin) ur 'Unita of the N srth." THE UNITED STATES. Tho Governor of the State of New York, in hi. opening speech to the Legislature, said in referent..• to the secession question : - - - The complicatioos which euviron the question of speedy adjustnient of existing national difficulties are out the result of any new and unexpected cau ses , but are the slow growth of a generation. The event+ of the past year, among which is the significant disruption of the Charleston convention in April Lot, have served to pnaluce a more general conviction that there exist. an active and ui fuential class of politicians at the South, deliberately con spiring to destroy the American robin, and to construct from the ruins a Southern confederacy. While many Lave believed that the frequent mandestatione of discontent among our Southern brethren had their origin in real or fancied wrongs on the part of the North, and have been willing to give a sympathetic ear to those complaints. they are not disposed, now that it is more apparent that secession has been contemplated for years, to encourage an attempted destruction of the government upon mere declarations unsupported by evidence. But Ido not question the sincerity of all who threaten secession. On the contrary, I accept the declaration of many as those of earnest and determined men, and while I have faith that time will essentially modify their views, change,their and prevent them from rushing madly to inevitah e destruction through the paths of treason and civil war, ordinary prudence dictates that this patriotic Vealerinwealth ah not hoLi a posn et apparent ference, bat that we ithould deliberately consider our rela tions to the question of proposed secession as well as the duties which such an event nay force upon us. Believiog that as this confederacy had its origin and consummation in mu. teal sacrifices and benefits, that it is based cet a solemn com pact to which the whole people of the United States were parties, and by which all are firmly bound, and that this compact provides for a peaceful redress of fundamental grievances, it is clear that without • disregard of mutual en gagements DO state ean voluntarily swede from the Union. A separation of oneor more of the states, though called secession and claimed to be lawful under rights erronemudysupposed to have been reserved to the States, can nevertheless be prac- Scilly nothing else than disunion ; and disunion, so neon as it shall take its needful form and proportions, must reveal itself in the character of treason which it will be the high duty of the general government to arrest and punish. The laws of the United States must be executed, the require ments of the constitution must be obeyed. If the national government is to exist, its power must be adequate to the enforcement of its Lim in any of the States of the Union, and under any circumstances. To permit or to acquiesce in • treaeonable conspiracy against the national authorities is to confess that our government is an absolute failure. The people of the state of New York, in my judgment, are not prepared fur such an admission on the contrary they will give to the federal authorities in the adoption of all wise, just, and necessary measures fur the enforcement of the laws, their just, earnest, and faithful support- - A resolution had been adopted in the New York Senate referring that portion of the Governor's message relating to the crisis to a select committee of bye ; and Senator Spinola, democrat, imme diately offered a preamble and resolution, autho rising the Governor to tender to th e national admi nistration 10,000 of our militia to put down insur rection in one portion of the country. Mr. Robinson offered a preamble and concurrent resolution, recommending, as a compromise on the slavery question, that after the admission of Kansas as a state with her present constitution, the whole remaining territory be divided in two great states, and admitted into the Union as soon as they adopt constitutions which are republican in form. The New York Herald of the 3rd of January lays: The President's reply to the commissioners of South Carolina hu just been communicated. They demanded as a preliminary step to the initiation of negotiations that the troops be withdrawn from the forts in Charleston harbour. The President positively refuses to do this, and reiterates his views in reference to the public property as set forth in his inessige to Congress, and informs them that he not only intends to collect the revenue and execute the laws, but to defend the property of the United States with all the power et his command. He dote not recognise the commissioners officially, bet regards them as distinguished citizens of the United States from South Carolina. The policy pursued and the understanding had with South Carolina up to the evacuation of Fort Moultrie are given, Dad the people of the United States will now understand what kind of pledges existed between the President and the authorities of South Carolina, and whether South Carolina will be sustained, even by the South, in taking possession of property which does not belong to her. The position taken by the President has produced the utmost consternation among the commiasioaers and their friends. Instructions have been sent to the commander of the steam frigate Brooklyn, now at Norfolk, to put her in readiness and be prepared to leave at a moments warning. The question of reinforcement has not been fully determined on, but should an attack be made on Port Sumter, a large force will be at once despatched. The commissioner have telegraphed Governor Pickens all the contents of the President's letter, and also that they are satisfied that the President had determined to reinforce Major Anderson. They urge upou the governor to put the state upon a war footing, and to concentrate all his force at once, The President sent the name of Mr. ld'lntire, of Penn. sylvania, to the Senate to-day as collector of Charleston. The President could not find a Southern man who would accept. He will, it is understood, be sent to Charleston in • revenue cutter, and if not allowed to land he will anchor off the harbour and there collect the revenue. From the action of the Southern senators to-day, in refusing to go into executive session to confirm the collector of Cheri,— ton, it seems that they intend to resist his confirmation. The same journal states that Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, has despatched troops to seize upon Fort Macon at Beaufort, the forts at Wilmington, and the United States arsenal at Fayetteville. GT-0114TA, Jan. 2. Returns indicate that Georgia has gone for im mediate secession. The state troop; of Georgia now occupy the forte of Pulaski and Jackson and the United Stated arsenal at Savannah. An extra edition of the New York Times, pub lished on the afternoon of the 2nd instant, con tains the following : _ _ _ WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. We have a government at last. High authority an nounces that the policy of the administration towards the secessionists is entirely changed. Henceforth it will be conciliatory but firm in the execution of the laws. The steam-frigate Brooklyn and another vessel at Nor folk were yesterday ordered to be in ready em for imme diate departure to Charleston. The secession leader discovered yesterday the intention to start these vessels, and notified to their sympathisers at Norfolk to have the minute men ready to seine them if they attempted to go to eta. The administration is on the watch to prevent it. Secretary of War Holt has appointed Captain Charles Stone, on the recommendation of General Scott, to be in• specter-general of militia in the district of Columbia. To him is entrusted the important duty of immediately organising the district militia, to repel invasion, suppress insurrection. and preserve public property. The rumour gains credence that all the important southern posts will be immediately reinforced by troops. Mr. Buchanan having shaken off the traitors, henceforth will be sound. Let him experience immediately, then, that he has the support of all union men so long as he upholds the fin of the country. Advieca from Havanna!' to the SOth ult, state that the late issue of Treasury notes had failed to affonl relief, and that they were not generally re ceived by merchants. Advices had been received front San Francisco to the 19th tilt. Owing to the continual heavy rains at San Francisco there was no business doing, but prices remained without alteration. There was no news of importance from the interior of the state. THE FRENCH At %DENT. —' 4 Great interest," says a Paris letter in the Franre erstrok, "is felt in the ap• proachiug reception of Father Lecordaire a t th e F renc h Academy. The solemnity appears to be decidedly axed for the 24th of the present month, and M. Guizot is now terniinating the reply which he is to make to the reve• read gentleman's discourse. That discourse is said to be very democratic, and K. Guisot is reported to have said. ' The author is not enough of a monk in it—l will be more monk than be.' It is described as well written, but as offering nothing very striking. Father Licorduire, indeed, appears to have been so much afraid of exposing his faults. that he has not shown his great abilities. M. Guinot, in his reply, will dwell on a fact which is generally but little known ; it is believed that the illustrious restorer of the order of St. Dominick in France is the first monk Admitted to the academy, but that is a ruhdake. lioa.net replae..l a iaonk of the Warne of Dhandion, hut the renown of former has caused the latter to bra entirely forgotten. t~ *1