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W►. are all accustomed to look with contempt Mk CIO shabbiness of .10NAH'S companioue in throw ing :.un overboard to appease the storm; but there is a-mottling far more shabby in the ill-disguised suie;estiou of a contomporam that while in port, and ere putting to sea again, his comrades had better get rid of Mr. flummox& If the Cabinet rode out in safety the squall which the presence of the prophet of Oxford was supposed to have pro vol,el, it would be • species of political cowardice almost unparalleled to make such an immolation when the waters are calm, and future danger can be but conjectural. The cargo, concerning which so many misgivings were entertaiued, has been confessedly landed in good order and condition, and its real value has been admitted by the most unwilling appraisers to hare turned out very much greater than that which had been officially declared. Ingratitude, therefore, would be added to cowardice, as signal as it would probably prove suicidal, if in the hour of sue. es and security the Minister were to be bustled away, as a cheap mode of insurance against the contingent perils that may await her Muevrv'e ship Cabinet in the session to come. Apart from all other difficulties in the way of such a proceeding, however, there is one which, happily for the credit of all concerned, is certain to prove insuperable. Lord Piserzerox is not the man to trip up the heels of a colleague, or to suffer others to do it while he has the command. We should be very slow to believe, indeed, that there are in the Cabinet any individuals capable of playing their most gifted and versatile comrade so selfish • trick. But if there were, the Pacifica is just the man to prevent it. Whatever faults may have been imputed to him in the course of • long career, want of loyalty to his friends and asso ciates has never been ascribed to him ; and many well-known instances might be cited in illustration of that fidelity which has always been understood to form a personal characteristic of his policy. e say " the policy " of Lord P•LIIIIRSTON, be calm: the truest considerations of prudence con spire with the clearest obligations of high principle to point to firmness and consistency as the best course which the Administration can pursue. They have to deal, no doubt, with a Conservative House of Commons, and Lord Paulen:moles method of handling the Privilege Question, and his mode ci treating the question of the electoral franchise, show how anxious he ia to keep well with the majority bequeathed to him by Lord Deasy as Log as he can. But the measure of this sort of concession Le thoroughly understands, and will not make the mistake of neglecting. 8o long as he can boast of men as his colleagues whose sen timents are in unison on most important subjects with those of the Liberal minority of the House, he may feel himself to be, in a Parliamentary *ewe, master of the position. But the moment this element of his administration were materially weakened or lost, he would, in spite of him self, sink into the unenviable condition of • supernumerary general in the camp to which be would be said to have deserted ; or he would find himself compelled to outbid his recalci trant Liberal colleagues in Liberalism. When he and Mr. limiciaeue quitted the Duke of W ILL LIN.MON'S Cabinet in 1828, because they could not induce their colleagues to move onwards at a prudent pace, Mr. Hcaciaeos is said to have foretold tha the DUKE and Pert would forthwith set about carrying the great Liberal mea sure of the day, namely, Catholic Emancipation ; and so literally did the prophetic words come true, that before twelve months had pulped every vestige of penal laws for conscience' sake were obliterated from the statute-book. Vet this was done nu a Parliament elected ender a Tory Cabinet not three years before, and containing a decided preponde rance of men pledged ,to the maintenance of Church and State as Church and State then were. As for the other alternative, it is hardly worth discussing. Twice within contemporary recollection has the leadership of the Conservative party been pressed upon Lord PALYZILSTON, and twice declined. The veteran Viscount likes well enough to play the part of special protector of the feelings and susceptibilities of the country gentle. ace of England ; and they have never forgotten the tone and air with which, to console their drooping spirits after their last defeat by the Free-traders, he declared, referring to the terms of a resolution which they complained of as un neceesarily humiliating to them, that though out-voted " they must not be insulted." But with fair words, and an occasional rich bone or two of patronage, L or d peters's-1. 0 e%; generosity towards the Tory party ends. Accord ing to his notions of the composition of an administration he would have no scruple in ad mitting some of their chiefs to his Cabi net : but then it must be on con diti on o f ti air consenting to sit, as Lord iiseie.w ex did ui til the other day, with men of decidedly liberal si eech and action. A mere I'on•ervative Oovern ent, made up of stand-still Tories and retrograde THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1861. ' Whip, would, he well knows, go to the bottom in 'spite of all the good humour and tact on which he is so ►viehly complimented at the expense of higher qualities. In a word, the present Admi nistration, whatever may be its destiny, is a coali tion of three distinct porta ; and it needs no witchcraft to tell what happens to him who sits on a three-legged stool, if one of the legs be but for • moment withdrawn. Nor can wo be blind to the spirit that fain would beguile Lord PALMERVTON into new and tintrodden courses at the present hour. Notwith standing the more than expected success of the Commercial Treaty with France, and in the face of tar confession wrung front its depreciator, that it has turned out in all respects as well as they foretold it would turn out ill, the services of hint by whom it was negotiated from first to last, are studiously and wantonly con temned as worthless or superfluous, inasmuch as without them the French Government, we are assured, has proved ready and willing to yield even more than it at first promised. How was it then that week after week and month after month during the spring and summer and autumn of 1860, the cry was kept up incessantly that we had to deal with an over-reaching customer, who had bewildered our unaccustomed negotiator, and be fouled him into making a contract in which "we " get everything and give nothing " f When it was thought damaging to Mr. Gianeroxe and the other official friends of the Treaty, it was described as a had bargain, and Mr. COBDRN was made out a downright blockhead. It is still deemed desira ble to depreciate the Finance Minister and his friends : so now we are told that instead of a good bargain we have got a benevo lence, free and for nothing, front our mu nificent and magnanimous friend the Empe ror of the FReNCH, and that Mr. COBDEN, MO far from having had any merit in the affair, is after all but a common impostor ! Not such, however, will a benefited and grateful people judge him to be, who under great difficulties and with manifold disooursgetnents to contend against, has brought this notable business to the most satisfactory issue. During the whole of last Session, Mr. Commit never once availed himself of his privilege as a member of the Legislature, to vindicate the work he had taken in hand. He left that to be done by the great orator of his day ; and we all remember how admirably the task was performed. In this way it has come to pass that the popularity and the credit of Mr. COBDEN and of Mr. GLADSTONE are in a certain sense linked together ; and the unison of their commercial and finantial views is so well under stood, that it appears to call forth an animosity to both on the part of their detractors, as it is calcu lated to animate with double confidence the hopes and anticipations of their friends. Tax Revenue Tables given in another column show the gross produce of taxation for the year and quarter ending last night. It will be seen that the net increase on the year is 5,897,0261., and that on the quarter 1,157,5181. Taking first the quarter, we find under Customs, still the greatest of all our sources of revenue, a decrease of 364,0001., explained by the changes in our import duties consequent upon the CommercialTreety with France. For while other articles of import have yielded about as much as formerly, the falling off in the yield of duties on silk, brandy, and wine is about equal to the whole decrease under this head. The Excise accounts show a decrease of 1,000,0001., explained by the displacement of the Malt Credit, about 900,0001., and the postpone ment of the hop duty. The decline in the con sumption of home-made spirits has, doubtless, told upon the returns under this head, and the appa rent decrease would have been greater but for the transfer of the Came Certificate account, about 130,0001., from Taxes, which, in their turn, accord ingly show a decresee to that amount. The effect of the new duties imposed last year is seen in the increase of 18,0001. under the head of Stamps, and the prosperity of the Post-office in an increase of 50,0001. The Income and Property Tax, which is heavier by twopence-halfpenny in the pound than it was this time last year, gives an in crease of 2,592,0001., and more than covering all deficiencies, makes the quarter's revenue, as men tioned above, greater by 1,157,5181. than in the corresponding period last year. The accounts of the year, extending to a date long before the operation of the new financial measures, combine the result of two fiscal systems. The general resemblance between the results of the year and quarter, however, is little affected by this circumstance. Excise, instead of showing a decrease, shows an increase of 28,0001. ; but the transfer of the Came Certificate account is one of the causes of that augmentation. Stampssliow an increase of 308,2771., and Taxes a decrease of 105,600/. from the causes already mentioned. The increase from the Post-office is 195,000/., and that under the heads of Miscellaneous and Crown Lands 438,000/. The Income and Property Tax yields 6,824,710 L more than in 1859, and the net in crease of the year is 5,897,0261. We have seen accounts that make a better out ward show than these, but there is every reason to believe that the elasticity of the public revenue is only concealed by the incidents of a financial transition. The relief which has been given to the springs of industry, and the increased facility afforded to commerce by reductions of obstructive duties, must, according to all experience, re-appear in the form of augmented national income. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nox 003 OWN PARIS, MONDAY Evora. What will the Emperor say in his New Year's speech ? is the question universally asked in politi cal circles. It seems to be forgotten, by common consent,that possibly he may make no speech at aIL There is, in point of fact, nothing in the programme of the receptions of to-morrow which necessarily im plies a political speech. The few words addressed by the Emperor to the Austrian Ambassador two years ago, and which turned out to be the prelude to the war in Italy, took the whole world by sur prise. They were not generally known till two days after they were pronounced. Last year the Emperor said nothing on New Year's Day beyond complimentary speeches of no importance. Nevertheless, I share the general belief that he will, in the course of to-morrow, take occasion to say something bearing upon foreign politics, lf, contrary to all expectation, he should be silent on this head, we may be quite sure that a vast amount of negotiation has hitherto failed to produce any avowable result. The Bourse continues to be depressed. The Bente suffered a further fall of 10c., closing at 67fr. 55c. )(Allier fell sfr. The only exception to the gene ral decline in railways was the Southern line, which realised the alight improvement of If r. 25c. Orleans fell 2fr. 50c; Eastern, 7fr. 50c. ; and Lyons, 3fr. 76c. Western was without change. The Pope's allocution very distinctly designates the Emperor as one of the pretended sous of the church who are in reality "children of darkness." The performance of the Massacres de &iris, in which, as I told you, Abd-el-Kader plays a prin cipal part, is closely followed by the arrival in Paris of one of Abd-el-Kader's cousins, who comes with an autograph letter begging the Emperor to order the Turkish government to except the troops of him, Abd-el-Kader, from the general order of disarmament applicable to all Arabs. In case of this order being insisted upon as regards himself, Abd-el-Kader threatens to leave Syria and come to France. A new coinage is just coming out bearing the Emperor's effigy in coronation robes. From this circumstance it is legitimately inferred that the Emperor's coronation, which has been relegated to the Greek calends, is likely to be brought on the tapir immediately. The rumours that in case of a dissolution MM. Thiers, de Montalembort, Guizot, and other nota bilities of former governments would present themselves to the electors, are, I believe, un founded. A deputation of English operatives has arrived in Paris, and is now visiting a great many French factories. The Duke of Malakoff (Marshal PeHasler) left Marseilles at 10 o'clock this morning on board the Christophe Colomb, to take possession of his go vernment of Algeria- At Marseilles he met the Duke of Wurtemberg, with whom he had a long interview. Ilhignifieent English vehicles, a present from the embassy at Lord liamilltrol• They, as well as their gilded harness, were in the place where they must lave been placed 44 years ego, without a potable of the dug with which they were covered having been ever removed. It would require a volume to describe all I have seen my greatest regret la that 1 have no photographer attached to the expedition, so that I might lay before the Emperor the picture of what language cannot express. Oct. 18. At the moment I am about to resume this hasty but oft interrupted recital, I have received three fresh coffins, con taining the bodies of Intendant Dubut and two of our soldiers. There now only remains missing the Abbe Duke, but it is no longer possible for me to doubt his being dead. Out of the 28 English prisoners, 13 are dead and 13 have returned ; out of the 13 French, seven are dead, and six have been restored to us. Yesterday, the 17th October, the English victims of the treachery of the 18th Sept. were interred in the Rausian cemetery, we being present at the sad ceremony. To-day I have taken advantage of the occasion of the interment of our fellow-countrymen to send to Pekin for two mandarins °t high rank, to tell them that I well know their respect for the dead, and that I wished to bury the mortal remains of our prisoners in the old French cemetery, which the Em peror Kang-Hi had formerly conceded to the catholic mia iiirmaries. They acknowledged that nothing could be more reasonable, and they left for the purpose of taking mime. dint. measures to that effect.—Aocept, &c., De XOZITAUBAN, General Commanding-in-Chief. ITALY. (nox 017 Z OWN TURIN, Dec. 28. Signor Vegezzi, the Minister of Finance, read this afternoon to the assembled Senate the royal decree for closing the parliamentary session, and in the Chamber of Deputies the Minister of the Interior. Signor Minghetti, read likewise the decree for closing the Chamber. In a short time will be published the other decree for the convoca tion of the Electoral Colleges, which it would appear is fixed for the 24th of January. It may now be considered certain that Commen datore Farini resigns his post as the King's Viceroy at Naples. Count Ponza di San Martino (an ex minister, pas considered to be an excellent admi nistrator) las been asked to take the difficult post vacated by Farini, but he has begged the ministers first of all to request some one else to bear the heavy burthen. Yesterday the ministers, having received fresh and minute accounts from Naples, and having considered the state of parliamentary parties, wishing, moreover, to be conciliatory, and to support certain ideas emanating from the love reign himself, discussed a plan which will have to be laid before the King the next time he presides over a cabinet council for the royal sanction, and his Majesty is expected to return by the end of the year or on the let of January. The ministers in the mean time prpose , in case Farini should insist on retiring from office through ill health and domes tic bereavement, to send to Naples Prince Carignan, who will be assisted in hie administration by Signor Urban Rattazzi, and in military matters by Ge neral La Marmora. The cabinet wishes, through these nominations, to show that it does not desire to govern as a party, but wishes to unite to itself all the vital strength of the nation—all honest and able men, in short, who love their King and country. But will Rattazzi himself accept this arduous though noble mission or will he persist in holding out for a portfolio, and keeping in a state of division and in two separate camps the moderate liberals, thereby weakening their strength in the midst of so many obstacles at home and abroad ? Will he comprehend the generous impulse and the political meaning of Count Cavour ? We shall soon know. In the mean time it is certain that Rattazzi will be him self encumbered by the opposition journal that some of his friends, with some of his money, were until very recently preparing to bring out, and which was to appear on New-year's-day under the name of National Monarchy. Count Cavour and his colleagues are perfectly well aware of what the programme of this paper was to be, a paper that was to have for its eontribu tors certain writers at Turin and Genoa who are known to be most hostile to the present ministry. But it appeared to the cabinet, that if Rattazzi can be useful to the State, it is not good to leave him unemployed ; and that it is far better to stretch out a friendly hand, and lead him away from the false path into which he had been drawn by private grudges and dissatisfied friends, to his own loss and to the detriment of the commonwealth. Rattazzi's position in this country greatly resembles that of Thiess in France during Guizot's ministry in the time of Louis Philippe. Thiers had substantially no principles divergent from those of Guizot, but in opposition lie ap pear ed to be the more liberal man of the two. Being of a lively and impetuous nature, he promised what he knew he could not perform, but when he became minister he continued I Guizot's policy, and on the whole showed that be had lees tact and skill. In like manner Rattazzi's principles are identical with Cavour's ; but although he is a clever parliamentarian, many of his ultra-liberal friends cause others to think him less conservative and moderate than he really is. Thiers perhaps was not much inferior in intellect to his rival, politically speaking, but Rattazzi is superior to Thiers in loyalty to the throne, which he loves as sincerely as Cavour does, and this it may well be is the only thing that prevents Rattazzi from going astray, get ting mixed up with the sects, and sinking to the level of his dangerous friends. His affection for the King is in fact the compass that prevents him from running the ship of state aground when he has the tiller in his hand. There is great inquiry at this moment, to use a bookseller's term, for maps of the last century, especially those of the republic of Venice, that its limits may be accurately ascertained. Our map sellers do not possess any, and therefore cannot satisfy the demands of several diplomatists, who have ordered them. The Austrian government has sequestrated every copy on its way from Venetia to Piedmont. lam convinced, however that before long some Italian or foreign dealer will supply the want, so that the proper parties may be able to study and discuss the most important question of modern times. Count Cavour has all but entirely recovered from the short but severe illness with which he was attacked last week. He has not stirred abroad yet, but it is hoped that by the King's return he will be strong enough to meet him, and be present at the first council to be held under the King's presidency, a council that will doubtless be of the very highest importance. General Tarr has returned to Turin. He is very much afflicted at Count Teleki's arrest, and highly indignant at the vile conduct of the government of Dresden, which the whole press of Europe concurs iu stigmatising. (nom cm owx colizzarontar.) NAPLES, Doc. 24. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining transports the second half of the British Legion has not . yet mailed ; and, greatly to the poor fellows' (Inapt:sant meet, they have little chance of being in England in time for the Christmas parties. The 4th of next month is the date now fixed for their departure. The sooner, of course, they go the better, under present circumstances ; but, in justice to Colonel Pearl, I must say that this unfortunate delay is not justly attributable to any want of energy on his part. I regret to state that I have to mention the deaths of two members of the Legion at the Hospital of San Sebastiano —Dec.: 19, Alexander Ross, Glasgow ; Dec. 21, Wil li am Wade, Holborn. It will be some comfort to their relatives to know that during their illness they received every at tention and kindness. The general health of our volunteers is very satisfactory. Some days ago I alluded to an act of gallantry on the part of some English volunteers, and am glad to observe a full though rather tardy account of it in to-day's Gazette in the following terms : On the 9th of this month Mews. John Macklin Eyre, sergeant.major ; Richard Nendall, corporal ; Frederick Blackett, under corporal ; Thomas Donmison, John Mac. donald, and William Seeley, privates, all volunteers in Colonel Dowling's English artillery brigade, rescued with great efforts and at the immin'nt risk of their own lives WO persons who had been upset in a boat off the Carmine fort during the fearful storm on that day. Irk Court. WINDSOR CASTUL, MC. 31. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice, walked in the Home•park this morning, and visited the Duchess of Kent at Fregmore. The Prince Comport left Windvir at half•past Moe o'clock for Cambridge, attended by Yajor•Oemenl the Hon. R. Bruce and Colonel Poneoraby. The Prince visited Ms. dingley Hall, near Cambridge, which has been engaged as a residence fur the Prince of Wales. The Prioce of Wales rode out on horseback, attended by Lieuttesant-colonel Koppel. Primal Beatrice took a carriage drive, and called at Frogman Howe. Demetehes were received at the Colonial office yesterday from the Governor of Canada. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has kindly con sented to preside at the anniversary cliontr, in support of the (nods of the Roy al Free Hospital, Gray's.ino-road, to be Lehi at the Freetuasons' Tavern in the early part of the 7110.1% - His Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh has left Englaud on a visit to his mother at Lahore. The mall s . rajeh is expected to return to London before the close of the ensuing season. The Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigma rheum wee betrothed on the 16th ult. at Lisbon to the Pria' Donna Antonio of Portugal, Duchess' of Saxony, who was born on Feb. 17, 1843. This is not the first al. liana between the families, inasmuch as the late Queen Stephanie of Portugal was dau..3hter of the Prince of Hahmollent-Siaraariagen. The PriaCeill DJIILA Antonia is aster to the Yin. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. RELEASE OF COUNT TELEKI. VIENNA, TIIVIDAT. . . _ The official Wiener Zeit,ing says :—" The Empe ror having summoned Count Teleki to his presence, accorded to him the cessation of the pending pro 'mailings against him and set him at liberty. " Count Teleki promised to give up all his poli tical oonnexious abroad, not to cross the frontiers of the Austrian Empire, and to abstain from all participation in political affairs." PARIS, TCESDAT NOIWINO. The Monifeur has commenced publishing iu its non-official part a daily political revies. That of to-day contains the following :—The Emperor of Austria has received Count Teleki. and announcrif that he would grant to him a full andlcomplete par don on condition of his conducting himself hence forth as a faithful subject. Count releki pro mised this, and left the imperial palace a free man. The Moniteur also publishes a decree conferring on General Montauban the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. AUSTRIA AND ENGLAND. A communication from Vienna, in the German Gam& of Berlin, says :—" A brochure which has just appeared here, entitled, 'The Austrian Navy by an Austrian Sailor,' with the signature Aut-aut,' has caused much sensation here. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, brother of the Emperor and superior commandant of the Austrian navy, is the author. He proposes a vote of 36,000,000 florins to create • navy equal to that of Italy. In urging this proposition he says that he regards the lose of Venetia as verypossible ; that he recognises the great political talents of Cavour ; that he has familiarised himself with the idea of a united Italy ; and that Austria ought to seek to form an alliance with England. " Austria," he says, " ought so to reform her internal system that England would not fear in the presence of public opinion to take the hand which we stretch out to her." THE HUNGARIAN MOVEMENT AND THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Austrian journals have accused Prime Couza and the government of the Danubian Provinces of favouring the attempts recently made by some Hungarians to introduce, by the Danube, arms and ammunition into their country to aid in an insur rection. An inhabitant of Galati writes to the Brussels ind;penciance to say that the Moldo- Wallaohian government, far from being an accom plice in these manceuvres, has given its agents the strictest orders to prevent any attempt against Austria. Five vessels have been seized : the three last were taken at Galata on account of their re fusal to allow of ► visit ; two others, which had succeeded in escaping the vigilance of the Ottoman government, were unable to disembark their cargo, and were obliged to return to Galata. They had on board 12 guns, with carriages and accessories, 15,000 muskets, a great quantity of bullets, car tridges, shot chests, cartouches, and many millions of knapsacks and cartridge boxes. All this ma teriel, sufficient to arm 15,000 men, has been seized as contraband and deposited in the barrack ships of Galata. FRANCE AND ITALY. According to the Paris correspondent of the /a dependence Beige, our Foreign Minister has sought to learn the definitive intentions of the French government as to the siege of Gaeta, expressing the desire of the English cabinet to announce the cessation of French intervention in the affairs of Naples at the opening of parliament, and alluding to the bad effect which the absence from the Queen's speech of a formal declaration that a complete un derstanding exists between the two governments respecting the Italian question, must produce. The Emperor, according to the same authority, re plied that it would be difficult to announce a complete understanding, seeing that England wished for the unity of Italy, while France still remained faithful to the idea of a federation. However, before the opening of parliament, Vice Admiral Lebarbier de Tinan should receive his orders of departure, and Francis 11. should have three week slnotice before they were executed. This would lead into the month of March, "and if," says the bidipendaace, " Gaeta, as some think, can resist for a month, they would in this way gain the month of April—that is to say, the period at which is expected the execution of the projects openly announced by Garibaldi, and a general conflagra tion in Italy, from which the King of Naples hopes to derive some benefit." The Correspondancs BsiWet circulates, on New Year's-eve, a correspondence from London, ac cording tolwhich Lord Cowley, having pressed K Thouvenel to recall the French fleet from Gaeta, was asked whether he would be responsible for the consequence), and would undertake to prevent the northern powers from interfering. The corres pondence goes on to affirm that the English govern ment, being placed in this fix, was fain to submit the whole question to the "wisdom of Napoleon Ill." TURKEY. TRIESTE, Dia 3L It is reported here, on the authority of private letters from Mostar, that the inhabitants of Piva, Drobpek, and Banjani have revolted against the Turks, and declared their intention of placing them selves under the government of Montenegro. filultorino, Spica and Klek are being fortified, in order to prevent the landing of any Garibaldians. THE UNITED STATES. QUMNSTOWN, TUMIDLY. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott, from New York on the 18th ult., arrived here at 7.30 a.m., landed all mails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 8 a.m., all well. She brings fifty passengers. The steamers Etna and Bohemian bad arrived out. The members of the South Carolina Conven tion were received at Charleston on the 18th ult. with military honours. The Convention had ap pointed a committee to prepare an address to the people of the Northern states. The Senate of North Carolina had passed a bill for arming the state. A large mass meeting, sympathiaintr with Italy and Garibaldi, was held at the Cooper Institute on the 18th ult. Advice. from Washington state that Congress appeared more disposed to meet the present agita tion in a practical manner. A resolution bad been passed in the Senate providing for the appointment of a select com mittee of thirteen to report on the state of the Union. Advices from Havannah were to the sth ultimo. Sugars unchanged. The stock amounted to 40,000 boxes. 005IXERCIAL DITELLIGOTCR NEW YORK, Die. 18 (Evening.) Money markets are more cheerful but rates are unaltered. A fair business has been done in Es. change at 1031 to 104. Stocks opened higher to-day, but in the afternoon the market became flat, and remained in that state at the close. The following are the latest quo tuitions : New York Central, 731 ; Erie, 2dj to 7J ; Illinois, 821 to 1. Fbur.—The &deices received from Europe bare favour ably Infinenced the market, and quotations advanced Sc. to 10e. Sales, 8,000 barrels. Whest is firmer. and higher. Corn firm. The cotton market closed stiff. Middling upland, IN tot. S01:00 holders demanded an advance of to to. Bales, SOO hales. The provision nuirket is buoyant. Sugars are more active, but quotations are unchanged. Coffee quiet. Freights better, but rate. wirluinged. THE FRENCH DESPATCHES FROM CHINA. The Moniteur continues the publication of docu ments connected with the late proceedings in China. In a report from the commander of the French corps of operations in that country to the Marshal Minister of War occurs the following account of the plundering of the Summer Palace : After a rather difficult math we reached the village of Yam-Ming-Yuen, of sena o'clock ; we followed a read paved to wi th granite flags, and we weed over a handsome leading the Imperial Palace, the entrance of which faces the bridge, an is distant only 200 metres ; the mad between the bridge and the palace is bordered on the left by a row of stately trees ; on the right is • tarp square containing a row of fine houses, the residences of the principal mandarins. Before bivouacking, I determined to examine the entrance of the palace, which wee closed by a very strong gate and by barriers on the right and left. It was said that there were Tartan in the courts and gardens inside the gates. I immediately sent two companies of marine infantry to ex amine the entrance of the palace and the wood behind, as well as my orderly officer, Lieutenant de Pine, of the navy. This officer, hearing a noise inside, summoned them to van the gates, and receiving no answer, he had a ladder brout, and scaled the wall, followed by Ensign Viveson. On reaching the top they saw Tartan armed with pikes, bows and arrows, and muskets, who appeared ready to defend the gate. On perceiving our officers, these men retired, and Lieutenant de Pine got over the wall to open the gate to our troops. At that moment the Tartars returned to attack M. de Phis, ands conflict took plea between him and the men who were hastening up. He bravely malted, and fired some shots with a revolver, but was wounded in the left I head and the right wrist. The Marines went to his &mid size* and to that of their officer, IL Vinson, who had re ceived a bell in the side, and the Tulare, after a useless resistance, took to Bight in disorder, leaving behind them three men killed, and carrying off several wounded. The noise of the firing having attracted me to the spot, I made General Collineeu come up with the brigade, and occupy strongly the first court-yard of the palsies, not wishing to advance farther during the night in an us. known place. About 700 or 800 Tartars, who were behind a series of palaces which extended to the woods, might have attempted to disquiet our men. But the night passed without events, and the next day, very early in the morning, I went to the palace, accompanied by Generals Jamin and Collinear', by the chief of my eta, and the English Brigadier Fettle, with whom were Major Sley, of the Queen's Dragoons, and Colonel Fowley. A company of infantry preceded es, to aeon our march, but the palaces were completely evacuated by the Tartan. I was anxious that our allies should be present at this first visit to the palace, which I suspected moat contain great riches. After passing through several apartments of indescribable splendour I had sentinels pieced everywhere, and I 'elated two 'Allier, officers to see that no one entered the place, and that everything should remain as it was until the arrival of General Grant, who was seat for iamedistedy by Brigadier Fettle. The Eoglish officers haying arrived, we consulted what we had better do with all these riches, and we appointed three commissioners of each nation with instructions to set apart the objects of greatest value as curiosities, so that an equal division might be made ; it would have been impossible to think of carrying away the whole of the property, our means of transport being very limited. Soon after, a further search led to the discovery of a sum of about 800,000 f., in small ingots of gold and raver. The sane commission also proceeded to make an equal &via= between the two armies, which gave about MK to each of our soldiers. The division among the men was made by a commission which was composed of all the chiefs of corps, and of the different branches of the service, and WWI pre aided over by General Jamin. The commission having deliberated in the name of the army, declared that the latter desired as a souvenir to make a present to the Em peror, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial of the whole of the curious articles carried off from the palace. The army was SIIIIIDiDIOUI in approving of this offering to the chief of the state, who will consider it as a mark of gratitude of his soldiers for having been sent on the most distant expedition that was ever undertaken. At the moment of the division between the two armies, I insisted, in the name of the Emperor, that Lord Hen should make the first choice for the Queen of England. Lord Elgin selected a baton of command of the Emperor of China, in green jade of greet value, and mounted with gold. A second baton similar in every respect having been found, Lord Elgin in his turn resolved that it should be re served for the Emperor of the French. There was, there fore, perfect equality in this first choice. It would be impossible for me to describe to you, Mon sieur is Marimba, the magnificence of the numerous build ings which succeed each other over an extent of four leagues, sad which composes what is called the Summer Palace of the Emperor, being a succession of plod," all containing gods in gold, silver, and bronze, of mantic di mension. One deity in bronze, a Bouddha, is about 70 feet high ; gardens, lakes, and objects of curiosity heaped up for centuries past in the midst of buildings of white marble, roofed with dazzling varnished tiles of all colours ; add to that the view over a delightful country, and your excellency will have but a very feeble idea of what we have seen. Is each of the pagodas there exia, not object., but whole store-rooms of objects of every kind. To mention to you only one fact : there are such quantities of the finest silk goods, that we have wrapped up in pieces of silk all the alleles which I seed to his Majesty. What makes one mad in the midet of all these splendours of the past, is the carelessness and waste of the present government, and of the two or three which preceded it ; nothing is taken care of, and the moat beautiful things, with the exception of those which ornament the palace which the Emperor inhabits, are in a deplorable state of degradation. In one of the pagodas, that of the carriages, at hall* league from the inhabited part of the palace, we found two WRECK OF AN AMERICAN SHIP. LIVERPOOL, Tcsso,ti. The screw steamship Great Britain, Captain Gray, from Melbourne, was reported off Voel Nant, at 8 o'clock this morning. The American ship Golden Star, from Mobile for Liverpool, has been totally lust on the coast near Wexford. The captain, his wife and servant, and 15 hands were drowned. The mate and 6 hands were saved. The cargo consisted of upwards of 3,700 bales of cotton. TEE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EvzwTNo. The Peninsular and Oriental bompany's steamer Tagus, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 12 pamengers, 3,430/. in specie, 2701. in precious stones, and a genera cargo. The Tagus experienced strong westerly gales, heavy sea, and innemant rain, throughout the voyage. She brings the crew of the Cygnet, of Glasgow, which was lost at sea on the 11th December, 400 miles northward of the Western Islands. At Lisbon her Majesty's ship Centurion, and several other vessels lying in the Tagus, received considerable damage during the heavy gale on the Kith December, by running foul of each other. At Lisbon, on the 27th December, exchange on London was quoted 541 ; on Paris, 527 ; Amsterdam, 424; Ham• burg, 48 ; Genoa, 526 ; Three per Cent. Rents; 474 ; ditto Deferred, 374 ; Coupons, 464 ; Bank of Lisbon, 562 milreis; the Commercial Bank of Oporto, 260 milusis ; the Mercan• tile Bank of Oporto, 260 milreis. THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, Ditc. 30. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena, with the above mails, arrived here this morning, en route for Southampton. She brings advices from Rio de Janeiro to the Bth inst. Exchange on London wee quoted 27. Total exports of coffee since the departure of the last mail, 291,775 bags, of which 29,700 bap were for the ChanneL Stock, 70,000 bap. Price of good first, 5,500 reis. Freights to England, 50s. to 80a. BAHL.—Exchange on London was quoted 24 Price of cotton, 7,800 xis. PIERNAIIIIDCO. —Exchange on London was quoted 26g. Price of sugar, 4,850 reis. The Magdalena will leave for Southampton at 2 p.m., with 43 passengers and 27,7261. in specie. GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES. A gentleman writing from Ardmore, on tile eceat of Waterford, thus details the pliant memo's of the lifeboat at that place, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution : "Ardmore Dec. 26. " I beg to communicate a circumrtance, which I am sure will afford all supporters of the Royal National Lifeboat Iratitutlon sincere pleasure • the lifeboat of its breach here being, under Divine Provide;ce, the means of saving front a wreck that occurred in the bay this morning, seven men of the schooner Diana, William Mathreich, captain, from Bordeaux, laden with wheat and i br r ind i d , struck on • low reef of rooks in the lo tt k about 600 from high-water mark ; the wind a whole from the south-mat. Between 10 and 11 o'cloc a.m., the tide being full out at the time, the coast guard, under the superintendence of chief boatman Halm, promptly and off rockets to the I vessel, but unfortunately they fell short of her. " The lifeboat was then called for, when the two fast men who volunteered to go in her were Michael Twine and James Fletcher. lir. John Roderick, • young gentlemen on • elan here, and nephew of S. Beggs, Req., also came forward immediately, and in a short time a volunteer crew, composed of the following men, had the boat launched and went In her . : —Mr. Roderick ale, chief boatman; Shop paid, boatman ; Stewart, commissioned boatman, coast guard •, Michael Tenney, James Fletcher, Garret Keane, Corbett, coxswain of the lifeboat. They proceeded to the wreck under the management of the coxswain Goebert, and nothing could emceed the steady molars, daring intrepidity ? and utter abnegation of self, that ac tuated this crew in the pedal:ones of what they eon ' sidered a sacred duty, and heroically they went forward in the face of • sea that might have daunted many • stout heart.. The boat twice filled with water, but soon emptied herself, such being the force and fury of the waves, which broke at the same time plea over the wreck. After having made p c :ttempts to near the vessel, they found it utterly ice ble to reach her with any hope of saving life. the meantime they observed that the crew had attached a rope to their own smell boat, and had ant it adrift so as to reach the shore. This small boat swamped before it reached the shore, but three or four men rushed out in the surf to their necks and caught the rope and hauled her in. Then the lifeboat returned, brought back, with skill and judgment, through • surf and sea that I have scarcely seen equalled after a residence of 22 years. The warp of the rocket apparatus was then got to attach it to the rope from the vessel (here it was that the skill and judgment of chief boatman Halm, and ocm• tensioned boatman Stewart, were apparent). The ropes were then made fast and secured to the lifeboat, and at a given signal from the shore to the wreck, the crew of the latter hauled away at their rope, and the lifeboat was di teed to the wrech, the men on shore holding steadily their rope. Never was beheld anything more fearful than the attempt of the unfortunate crew to drop into the life boat when she got to the vessel ; the sea running moon. tales high, and the tide coming in fast ; one by one, at imminent risk, they literally were tumbled into her, and one poor fellow got a severe contusion of the shoulder from a fall into the boat. Seven men were now in the lifeboat, the remaining man was left behind, whether from timidity on his own part, or the 'need the rest bent in the balance, for 1 do believe, had the rope not been cut be them at the moment it was, they would have been lost, the boat was so fearfully knocked about by the sea, striking the vessel every instant. The men from the shore, the instant they saw the rope cut and the lifeboat free, hauled away with a will, and in a brief space we had the heartfelt satideetion of behold- Wei seven men rescued front a watery gram. ' The tide coming in fast, and theses, if possible, greater , the wreck. after a little while, driftedin nearer to t he beach, and when from 200 to 300 yards distant, the remaining man flung himself off the wreck, on a small raft, and en deavoured to reach the shore, which he happily did, by the assistance of two men, who deserve the especial notice of the National Lifeboat Institution. The poor sailor was evidently exhausted, being tossed by the surf in his anxiety to retain his raft, when two men, commissioned boatman Stewart, followed by the coxswain of the lifeboat Corbert, rushed into the surf, caught hold of him, and brought him in safe ; a third man, named Foley, also aided in bringing him in. Where all composing the crew I have named evinced suoh skill, forethought, steadiness, and humanity, it would be invidious indeed to make any selection, or draw comparisons ' but I cannot help particularising on this occasion, where there was such evident risk of life, the clear thoughtfulness, prompt decision, and intrepid conduct of coxswain Corbert, chief boatman Balm commissioned boatmen Stewart, and Mr. John Roderick, as deserving of all praise. I should remark that the Rev. Mr. Wale, the Roman catholic clergyman of the parish, exerted hi mself particularly, and afforded valuable aid in making the people on shore render themselves useful. All spoke in Ramie. Bono f the lifeboat, and expressed the greatest confidence in her. Fiter, NEAR Your, Dec. 30. — During a heavy gale of wind this morning the brig Gloucester, of South Shields, coal-laden, from Shields to Southa mpton, ran ashore in this bay. The lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was immediately manned and launched. She soon reached the wreck, and took from her, to their great joy, the crew of 11011113 men, who were afterwards safely brought on shore. The lifeboat behaved very well on the occasion ; and her transporting carriage, sent here by the institution about a week ago, answered admirably. The vessel had since broken up com pletely. About six weeks since this valuable lifeboat was also instrumental in saving the crew of six men, of the brig Flying Fish, of Whitby, which was totally wrecked during a heavy gale of wind, in this bay.—Fowir, Coa.rwm.t. DEC. 20.—We to-day, for the first tbs., practically tested the utility of our new lifeboat, the Catherine Reshleigh, belonging to the National Lifeboat In. stitution. She behaved most admirably in one of the severest gales we have had on our coast fora long time past. Early this morning the Coast Guard discovered a schooner at anchor in the middle of St. Austell Bay, the wind blowing • perfect gale from S.S.E., making all the western part of the bay • lee shore, and without the possi bility of the vessel running anywhere within the bay fur shelter, or attempting to weather the °ribbon so an to reach Fo•wey Harbour. She laboured heavily at her anchors. The gale °motioning to increase, the sea running high, and the reseal pitched still more heavily, we decided to launch the lif e boat, which, amid the cheers of the villagers, dashed over the foam-creeted waves in gallant style. Her progress was watched with great anxiety as she stretched acmes the Icy in the teeth of the gale and piercing showers of sleet, until the dusk prevented any further observation. The life boat, after great difeaulty„ reached the vessel about 5 p.m. She proved to be the Lel" of Goole, in ballast, bound for Charlestown, in the bay. The poor fellows were g lad to see the lifeboat, but declined thee to abandon their ship. The beat returned to the shore at 6.30 p.m*, when ~he was &glen put on her carriage and made all ready, and the crew r..• rnained in the boat-house during the night. This morning (Sunday), the wind having changed, the vessel was found to be out of danger. The Royal Mail ateatuer Avon left Southatupt ,, n on Friday hat to convey troops from the West Coast of Afriea to the West Indies, and to effect rehab on the West India atatiuh. ce at Weetmin. George'a C Ciosi WI OF '7 to the 7th in Geed to the pu tiring the rece. thu conditiou e works suppli the entire cc with the tare of the diL recent want, ese Empire the national c • n to obviate D. Nap,- YZAlem !Ir.—This day DIUd., who plat o tl lb. of beef, f 1 lb On Chr earner half -a owance made er was prom a estahhshnie dale, were c tenor, Lieut . This was tb ley Comae] ease. The . Crouch, i oe. )1( (Bel ' The bankra • plied for hir trifling NEC Mr. Limas • ered DO om Mr. Lewis (3 , ufacturer, • • had ts I . or 7001. I Bill Honour , prudence an . the case he Ma. W. J • nsequence .. mad res.( "plates rail' • of Deities At Torque • y wet , ; Febru; 1 ; June, 6' 48; October, .),5•82; to • e annual ay. Mr. K J. that " th has been • the 24th the on the 25t1 ow that of t 1 perature fa A Ventnor • • • influenc ently as man number o dow almost the whoh under the a .ic pertinse 'Dg ground .m side to ski hes, the ho , .p the road. • tely genii .ntoor." The second w anchored it .Admiral I annibel, 91, • ; Renow ptain Hope; Captain Hil Commander 1 Madame at St. Pe The Debats of French c great openit of Chins, temporary p • not to lo hat thus tin "M. Charlt the celebrates campaign of .tain in the re merited th the Italia A Turin lei • • • to Tu journey has • •, and el Marshes, as • y and p befriended t • m has be ed." 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