The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-15 00:00:00

President—The Right Hon. WM. CUBITT, Lord Mayor. COMMITTEE. TheßightHon.and Ri,htßev. the Lord Bishop of London. The Right Hon. the Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. The Earl of Coventry. Lord Henry Lennox. Lord Elcho. The Hon. G. Denman, M.P. The Hon. A. Kinnaird, The Hon. J. S. Wortley. Sir Moses Monteflore, Bart. Sir Morton Peto, Bart., M.P. Sir Thos. Phillips. Sir E- Antrobus, Bart. The Very Rev. Dr, Millman, Dean of St. Paul's. The Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mr. Alderman Wilson. Sir P. G. Moon, Bart., Alder- man. Mr. Alderman S Ilomons, M.P. Mr. Alderman Rose. Mr. Alderman Phillips. Mr. Alderman Gabriel. Mr. Alderman Mechi. itlr. Alderman Bes ley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P. Mr. Al der.nan Finnis. Mr, Alderman Sidney. Mr. Alderman Lawrence. Mr. Alderman C. J. Lawrence. r. Alderman Hale. r. Alderman Abbiss. C. .T. Cockerell, Sheriffof DRURY-LANE THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN TOM IME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY, Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c. Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and .oesigns for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Change s , an d T rans t o nations, by Mr. Needham, r ham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langhorn, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments I.v Mr. 1. inckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by _Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's pribcess. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E.L. BLANCHAR ti. And the whole arranged and produced under the imme , diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, find Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Dst'ance(llaylight), Old Mother Hubbard, she w - eni'to - the cupboard, to gei her poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur- Kry Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins; Her Dog, Signor Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn "), Miss F. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins of t.ee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won derful Cat, Mister Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master Sleaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish Beadle, Mr. Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, Whackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &e. ; Rosetta (the " Maiden ali Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat rnd the Hose—The Dog' s T a l e an d M rs. H . ' s Narrative - Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning-- Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Will-o'-the-Wisp %Iles Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore ; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap- Icy, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer. Hawkins, Delaney, Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel ton. znd Pallet, Chanme-a-Lantern, by the Mi sses GUN. NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation! The Incar4tation I ! and the Evapora. tion I I I THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE. II OUSE. Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche (lis Clerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway; Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tight& ; Mum inies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides, O'Reilly, M'Phun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe; the 'Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyeriy ; Orson, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear- Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins; Land lcrd, Mr. Trebles ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, I , +lp, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village vol that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time I how the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is rested in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub - I.)nrd's reason. THE "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mi,t her Hubbard. The Dreamer and the IVorker—The Vision of Pleasure and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the 'Fancy -store of Dykwynkyn) - 3.Lssrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, Hodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, The Hat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser; Tli By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle ; The Priest (" All shaven. and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The Cock (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle don. _Realisation of the famous Ficture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare ork in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). s ong , " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. Hew the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in cons equence—Another curious instance Skip, Jump of C Creanak, ine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, , &c. S'QUASII-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. ?low the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance,.and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir _The re•vard and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE VAT ERFALL. The Transformation. Harlequins.,,,,, Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE. Columbines .... The Misses GIT N N 'SS. F;tiltaloomi ...... Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. CI4 .wro ........ Messrs. FORREST and II U LINE. 1"," ...... Sinor LORENZO. 1861- 1562 ...... Mr. STILT. S ['RITES by the RIDG WAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1.- -EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " DOWN" STREET. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S..Gunniss. Cliriitioas Pi eeuts—every Man (and Boy) to his Post, eveil lb., r u st-Man —Clown riilef.; the hi;:h horse, which prow ,, . - 4 his rock: a-head—Two Y Dung Men from the Country, an] Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor N , o,lleworoan)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re duced eircumstanhe—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers —the Polic© in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a - row an(l blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all Bustle—N.B. Not Crinoline. 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest Corn aek Morley, and Miss Gunnies. rlaluin seeks Protection itithougli a Free-trader The Couk's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head MEMORIAL FUND—His Late Royal High ness the PRINCE CONSORT.—At a PUBLIC N EET .NG, held in the EGYPTIAN HALL, Mansion Douse, on TUESDAY, the 14th January, 1862, The Right Hon. Wit. CUBITT, the Lord Mayor, in the Chair, _ _ The following resolutions were unanimously carried : Moved by th Lord } ishop of LONDON, seconded by Colonel WILSON : " That this meeting, deeply deploring the irreparable loss the country has sustained by the lamented death of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, whose powerful and well-regulated mind, and great abilities, have for more than 20 years been unceasingly devoted to improving the condition, of the humbler classes, and to the development and exten sion of science and art, and to the judicious education and training of the Royal Family, is of opinion that a lasting memorial should be erected, commemorative of his many virtues, and expressive of the gratitude of the people," Moved by Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, seconded by WESTERN WOOD, liSq , ➢I.P. " That the memorial recommended should be of a monu mental and national character, and that its design and mode of execution be approved by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen." Moved by Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD, M.P., seconded by the lion. GEORGE DENMAN, : " That committees throughout the United Kingdom be formed to raise subscriptions for the proposed memorial, and that all her Majesty's subjects be invited to subscribe." ➢loved by HARVEY LEWIS, Esq., M.P., seconded by P. LE NEVE FOSTER, Esq.:— " That a committee be formed, consisting of the following noblemen and gentlemen, to carry into effect the foregoing resolutions, with power to add to their number, and that the Might Hon. the Lord Mayor be President of the same and Treisurer of the fund." Moved by the Earl of COVENTRY, seconded by SAIVIUET. MORLEY, Esq. : " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Eight lion. the Lord Mayor for convening and presiding over the same." Thos. Chambers, Esq., Com mon Sergeant. Harry Chester, Esq. Henry Cole, Esq., C.B. R W. Crauford, Esq., M.P. A. A. Croll, Esq. Geo. Cubitt, Esq., M.P. I C. W. Dilke, Esq. Jno. Dillon, Esq. G. J. Frith, Esq. P. Le Neve Foster, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq, Henry Ghinn, Esq. Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A. G. Godwin, Esq., F.R.S. P. Graham, Esq. S. Gregson, Esq., M.P. Russell Gurney, Esq., kz.C. Recorder. T. Hankey. Esq. , m.r. Wm. Tfartridge, Esq. Chas. Hill, Esq. W. 13 owes, Esq. W. Humphery, Esq. 1 Harvey Lewis, Esq. S. P. Low, Esq. J. C. Macdonald, Esq. I Chas. Mills, Esq. G. Moffatt, Esq., M.P. Saml. Morley, Esq. W. Murray, Esq., M.P. J. F. Norris, Esq., M.P. R. N. Phillipps, Esq. Henry toberis, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. S. G. Smith, Esq., M.P. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Thos. Sopwith, Esq. W. Spottiswoode, W. Tite, Esq., M.P. W. Foster White, Esq. Western Wtod, Esq., M.P. John Wood, Esq. Edw I. Majoribanks, Esq. Thos. Winkworth, Esq. London and Middlesex. W. I LTwentyman, Esq., Sheriff' of London and Middlesex. lin Alger, Esq. N. Alexander, Esq. W. Angerstein, Esq., M.P. Thomas Baring. Esq, M.P. W. IL B dkin, Esq. liev. W. Brock. C. S. Butler, Esq , M.P. With power to add to their number. Subscriptions may be remitted to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House. A Sub-Committee will sit daily at the Mansion House. The first hat of subscriptions will be published on Monday, the 20th inst. MICHAEL GIBBS, S. R. GOODMAN, Hon. Secs. SAMUEL BROWN, Mansion House, E.C., Jan. 14, 18C2. THIS EVENING (15th January) her Majesty's Ser vants will perform the popular Farce, by J. B. Buckstone, Esq., entitled AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob cket, Mr. Atkins; Pugwash, Mr. Barsby ; Mr. Skinner, Mr. Hope; Susan Swee , apple, Miss Keeley; Miss Wadd, Miss Stuart; Miss Tibbit, Miss Bland; Miss Gimp, Miss 'Lafleur ; Deborah, Mrs. Dowton. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled 11 ARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and het W onderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land fr. - uu sunset to sunrise, and encl• se a piece of ground, wherein th_sre shall be a tree, a br.ast feeding, a fire kindled, a Aim my smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall Lo freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. ish of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— Clown and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his own trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad Buzz-uess for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well known character—Clown meets with a few Friends (not Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. 3.—THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s Gd—Duty off Paper— " The Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book that takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a-Loud, only on the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree — late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale of goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands I I The Sands II I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier Master's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn sandy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert—fine ears for Music —they fish in troubled waters —a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) —The latest Novelty in Parrehutes. Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doors open at half-past Six, to commence at Seven o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be had at the Box Office before the opening. (..? 0 YAL ENGLISH OPERA, 1-1) COVENT GARDEN. Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne; Mr. Santley, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. Georgre Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. T. Distin, 31r. Wallworth, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyall, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. After which will be produced (written expresly by J. M. Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdignag, a . _ Peep at Lilliput, and a; nil= Visit to Laputa. Gulliver, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Guldver, Mr. F. Payne. Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Harlequinade sustained by the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. 11. Payne, F. Payne, H. Lauri, E. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. Commence at Seven. i'liEA TRE-R0 Y AL, HAYMARKET, Loßciee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING to commence with THE HONEYMOON. Juliana, Miss Jane Coombs ; Jacques, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE MISS MUFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle quin and Old Daddy Lonulegs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Rosine. Commence a 7 . ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, Jan. 15, the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal coner : Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING ROOD ; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by Mr Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at if Box-office open daily from 11 tlll5. RO YA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Mr. John Brougham. After which a Comic Christmas Pantomime, WHITTING TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." The Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose I.eclercq; Alice, Miss Pauline Le clercq ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast ings. Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris; Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. 1111dyard ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice. N EW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADEL PHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, and during the week the great Drama, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA : 3lessrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip Jamison, Smith, Stephenson, Romer. Lewis; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis. After wlech, at 20 minutes past 9, tin great Irish Drama of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.D. Bouc.cault, Missßanoe, Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar, &c. Box Office open from 10 till 5. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE Dean-street, Oxford-street. Last Two Nights of Mdme. Albina di Rhona's engagement. THIS EVENING, A LESSON FOR HUSBANDS After which, CAMELIA ; Camelia, Mdme.Albina di Rhona. Fol lowed by a New and Operatic Burlseque, by ,J. H. Tully, Esq., entitled THE VERY EARLIEST EDITION OF IL TROVATORE ; or, Who Killed the -. To con lude with A NICE QUIET DAY.--Commence at half-past 7. A S ITEY'S ROYAL AIVI PHITHE ATRE.- Engagement Extraordinary of Young GUNERINS (Escuyer Norwegian), who created the great sensation at the Cirque, in Paris, in his original performance of his Passage du Pont, and Madame HALVERSON, the most daring Equestrienne in the World, with their highly-trained Steeds, who will make their first appearance on Monday, Jan. 20. THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN. New and daring Scenes in the Circle. Concluding with the Grand Comic Pantomime of JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE TO EDMONTON. A MORNING PERFORMANCE on SATURDAY next, at Two o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. W. S earle. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Triumphant Success of Mr. Marshall's Grand Christmas Entertainment, "THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND EDITION)--Wonderful Transformations—Every Evening at a quarter-past ten—in , ddition to the following Comic talent: Mr. Frederick French, the great Shakesperian Bur lesque Vocalist, Mr. Wood and Son, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss Harriet Covency, and Miss Greene. Grand Selections from LA PRA VIATA and TROVATORE, at ten o'clock, 13y S Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, ignor Tivoli, and full Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. CANTERBURY HALL.-VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN " Every Evening at half-past Nine o'clock. T II E 0 X F OR B, 6, OXFORD-STREET OPEN EVERY EVENING AT 7 O'CLOCK. Selections from Verdi's Operas, " Ernani." " La Traviata," and "Macbeth," by Miss Russell, Madame Negri, and Madame Enderssohn ; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene, and C. Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Viotti Collins (the great English violinist). And other Vocal and Instrumental Entertain ments, the Comic portion by bliss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Marshall, M. P. Foster, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LQNDON BRIDGE. This DAY. — Morning, lh. 35 m. — Afternoon,f1h. 55m. To-monnow.-Morning, 2b. 15 m. —Afternoon, 2h. Wm. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 15, 1862. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41—:ighest since neon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 37—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.0—a sudden rise. WlND—Northerly ; sharp cold wind. 11 1 , S I v: . ov. , 4 ti " T-HE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15, 1862. We hardly expected to have seen so early the beginning of the end" in the Northern States. Our readers learned yesterday, we doubt not with considerable surprise, that the principal Northern banks, and the United States Treasury itself, had suspended specie payments. To have recourse t,) such a step so early is undoubtedly a confession of weakness, which will be felt in the Southern States, who had before taken, as was expected of them, the same step ; and of course every loan market in Europe will feel its influence on American secu rities. England never had recourse to such a mea measure till after years of heavy war expenses; the Federal Government has made the Apostolic decla ration within three quarters of a year of the com mencement of their struggle. Let, however, the true state of the case be acknow ledged. A Government which issues paper on the security of the necessity of an internal medium of exchange, is not, therefore, insolvent. Our own Bank of England - issues some fourteen millions of this kind of paper. It might, or rather the Govern ment might, and ought to, issue much more. So long as the issue of paper did not exceed what was indispensable as legal tender for domestic trade, the notes would not depreciate. Not till depreciation begins dots insolvency, to the extent of that depre ciation, take place. It Mr. CHASE issues no more notes than the Northern States require to carry on their internal trade, he will practically, to that extent, enrich the country ; he will set free so much bullion for purchases from abroad, while at home the notes receivable for taxes, and legal tender for all the Government needs to buy, and all that one citizen needs to buy of another will be practically as valuable as the dollar itself. The Banks of the States who make a profit by issuing their own notes may not like it any more than the Monopolist Bank and the country banks would here. But the country is a gainer to the extent to which taxation is lightened. The only point to be resolutely ad hered to is, that not a note must be issued—when the note would purchase less than the silver dollar. Inconvertible paper is not the danger, but excess of it. Mr. CHASE must avoid this. Excessive issue is the shoal on whichmost needy Governments, Austria, Russia, and France in her revolution, have wrecked their Finance. Some in America already perceive that recourse must be promptly had to " immediate," by which, we suppose, they mean direct taxation. Nothing seems to be more certain. It has pleased the manu facturers of the North to destroy custom-house revenue by protective legislation. Nothing remains, therefore, but heavy assessed taxes, stamp duties, excise, and income tax. The separate States are already taxed pretty heavily for State purposes in most of these ways; and there seems to be no alter native but putting on the screw in the direct and odious shape of income tax. Loans will be, we sup pose, no longer obtainable. The resort must be there fore to taxation, unless Mr. CHASE should go on to issue his notes till he has destroyed their value. This would probably soon cure itself. The army would mutiny if paid in depreciated paper. We must confess, however, our suspicions that North Americans will not bear taxation. It will open their eyes more than anything else to the real character of the struggle on which they have entered. They had hoped to crush the South with out making the contest one for universal liberty, and with comparative immunity from taxation. They will find that it must be one or the other. If they will not fight with emancipation for their chief weapon, they must fight beneath a heavy and rapidly increasing load of taxation. They must make their choice freedom for the slave, or a heavy burden for themselves; and thus we trust they will be driven to accept justice to the negro, as the only condition of ending an otherwise interminable war, and escaping present taxation such as they will have no heart to bear. When they clearly see that they are to be mulcted so heavily, only that slavery, the origin of the war, may be spared—will not the universal cry be immediate, unconditional abolition ? All classes, all localities, have manifested the most loyal eagerness—so soon as any voice might be raised without indecorum—in hastening to assure their beloved and bereaved SOVEREIGN of the profound sympathy with which her MAJESTY'S late affliction is regarded throughout her MAJESTY'S empire, and by all ranks and sections of her MA JESTY'S subjects. Municipal corporations, learned societies, representatives even of the different pro fessions—one after another these and kindred 'assemblies have anticipated by their echoes of the national grief, those impressive resolutions to a like effect which will now, before many more weeks shall have elapsed, be passed with a solemn and affecting unanimity by the two houses of the Imperial Parliament. The London Gazette has already—while printing in extenso the more re markable of these addresses of condolence—filled up many a column with a mere catalogue of the names of the different public bodies who have thus evidenced their loyal sympathy with the QUEEN. The City of London has at length taken its part also in this melancholy procession of mourners ; pressing forward to lay the documents, expressive ol their participation in her MAJESTY'S recent sorrow, at the foot of the Throne. It had been wisely delayed, this assemblage of the citizens of the metropolis, until a few more, at least of the leaders of society, should have returned to the capital from their holi day rambles either in the provinces or on the continent. Yesterday, however, the meeting took place according to announcement. The scene being, as a matter of course, the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House—the chairman presiding over the assemblage, the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Dignitaries of the Church, conspicuous among them the Bishop of LONDON and the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral—distinguished members of the House of Lords and of Diplo macy, including among them the Marquis of SALISBURY and Viscount STRATFORD DE RED CLlFFE—eminent lawyers such as Lord KINGS DOWN and Sir HUGH CAlRNS—leading statesmen like Mr. WALPOLE—great moneyed Chiefs of the Commercial World like the head (in England) of the House of ROTHSCHILD, the Governor of the Bank of England, and a throng of the principal merchants in this the greatest trading community upon the globe—these and a crowd of other mis. cellaneous citizens gathered yesterday afternoon, eagerly, yet most sorrowfully, together in the re ception hall of the Mansion-house, in answer to the summons of his lordship the Chief Magis trate of the City of London. And when, almost immediately after the proceedings had been opened by a few preliminary remarks from the LORD MAYOR, the First Resolution had been read to the meeting by the Lord Bishop of LGNDON—it would hardly be extravagant to assert that not another syllable need then have been articulated; Those who were assembled together were but of one mind —they were animated but with one single feeling ; namely, one of earnest solicitude to lay the simple assurances of their loyalty and affection before the SOVEREIGN in this hour of her anguish. That first and really all-sufficient resolution said everything that there was any need whatever should be said, when it remarked—" That this meeting, deeply deploring the irreparable loss the country has sustained by the lamented death of his late Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT, whose powerful and well-regulated mind and great abili ties have for more than 20 years been unceasingly devoted to improving the condition of the humbler classes and to the development and extension of science and art, and to the judicious education and training of the royal family, is of opinion that a lasting memorial should be erected, commemorative of his many virtues and expressive of the gratitude of the people." How this was to be effected was manifest to all uFon an instant's consideration. it was to be effected, then, simply and obviously by the erection of a suitablo monument w:thin the limits of the City—a monument that may attest to after times, in a fitting manner, the love, respect, and gratitude with which the memory of his late Royal Highness was regarded by his own immediate contemporaries—by those who were, therefore, the best qualified to appre ciate his noble, useful, and vii I nous life, and to honour, as they were entitled to be honoured, his many splendid personal gifts and rare accom- plishments. As the right reverend mover of this first and principal resolution observed, however, while putiing it, " Doubtless, it must occur to many that there are other ways in which the sense of our great bereavement might be expressed. It might not have been unnatural," said the Bishop THE ',:SUN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN CIARY 15, 1862. of LONDON, "to wait for the quickly coming assembly of the representatives of the nation ; and nothing could be more becoming than that they should testify by some great public act their sense, as the representatives of the nation, of what it has pleased God to bring upon us. But still, perhaps," said his lordship, " it is something more congenial to the feelings of Englishmen that the first move ment in this matter should come from ourselves— that it should not have that formal appearance which a vote in the Houses of Parliament would necessarily present—that it should not be merely that the representatives of the people should pro pose that a monument should be erected to an illus trious Prince, but that the youngest and the poorest in the land, as well as those who are our chiefs in wealth and in rank, should have the opportunity of joii.ing spontaneously to testify what it is they feel in this calamity." Acting upon this very natural impulse under the circumstances the citizens of the metropolis have now (delaying the expression of their loyal sympathy no longer) formally resolved that a monument, such as the one suggested, shall be raised, and the cost of it provided for by public subscription. A numerous committee has been at once formed, in order to carry out the necessary arrangements. Four thousand pounds sterling was collected yesterday afternoon before the meeting in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion House, had dis persed, And as a guarantee that the Testimonial about to be erected, by national subscription, in the City of London, in honour of his late Royal High ness, shall be such as could best be wished in its character—the plan of it, before being carried out, is to be submitted to our widowed QUEEN for her MAJESTY'S approval. It was yesterday beautifully and most touchingly remarked by the Bishop of LONDON that this projected monument will tell to our children, in times to come, and to their children's children" the story of a young man who came to this country from a foreign land, unknown —and Englishmen are peculiarly unwilling to learn lessons from foreigners—who soon won his way to the best affections of the country into which he came—who, knowing that nothing was so dear to Englishmen as the due discharge of duty in domestic life, first won our hearts in this simple way, and then was able to go forth also into a wider sphere and perform great public duties, the advantage of which we shall reap for many generations." In that one brief, and simple, and eloquent sentence the whole grace and nobility of that too short life is admirably summarised. In uttering those few words the Bishop of LONDON was pronouncing upon the departed PRINCE a lofty and truly enviable panegyric. As to the abundant reason there is for the manifestation of a particular respect and affection towards th 6 memory of the late PRINCE CONSORT by the City of London, it is suf• ficient to remember what was said yesterday upon that subject by the Lord STRATFORD DE RED CLIFFE. "It is becoming," said his lordship, " that this metropolis, which represents more com pletely than any other part of the country the whole various range of the arts and industry of the country, which are seated on the foundations of our national prosperity, should be early in the field doing honour to that PRINCE whose memory is so much endeared to us by the double tie of his perfect domestic conduct, and the con stant sympathy he showed with all the interests, institutions, and prosperity of the country, and especially with the welfare and advancement of the working classes. These," added Lord STRATFORD, "were the titles which particularly recommended him to our esteem and reverence, but they came home to our feelings—Rot dryly addressed to our principles and convictions, but accompanied with all that could engage our sentiments, exhibited by him in the most intimate connexion with the SOVEREIGN of the land—with a lady who, indepen dent of her high station, has fixed her seat in the hearts of the people as a pattern of un exampled virtue and maternal affection—in whose conduct some, perhaps, from political motives might have rejoiced to find a flaw, but none could be discovered, while under her beneficent sceptre we enjoy all that dignity, honour, and prosperity which so happily mark the present era." Let us hope that for once the monument that is now about to be raised in the City of London will be one that Englishmen may not have reason to blush for when looked at by intelligent foreigners. It is due to the memory of His Royal Highness, as one of the most illustrious Patrons of Modern Art, that the monument now meditated shall be, as far as possible, worthy of the age of whose gratitude it will be the attestation, and of the Princely, and Knightly, and Noble, and Stainless name that is to be inscribed upon it. Lord RUSSELL has closed the correspondence on the Trent affair in a style quite worthy of that with which he commenced it. His countrymen will, to a man, be proud of their Foreign Secretary. It is impossible to conceive a happier combination of dignified urbanity and desire to put the best construction on an opponent's language, with im movable firmness on what was needful for his country's honour, than has been shown by Lord RUSSELL in this correspondence. The account of his interview with Mr. ADAMS over the unlucky despatch of Mr. SEWARD to the latter, dated the 30th of November, is interesting. Mr. ADAMS appears to us to have been unbecom ingly desirous to ascertain what the British Govern ment would do if the prisoner were not given up. Lord RUSSELL declined to satisfy him. But the questions represented Mr. ADAMS as viewing the subject in the light of a bargaining affair rather than one of right and justice. His questions pointed to the American conclusion that if the penalty of wrong-doing were not too great the wrong might be adhered to. Lord RUSSELL, on the contrary, would do nothing to interfere with their freedom of action—nothing which should seem like a threat. It is impossible not to notice with pleasure his happy retort on the American Ambassador. Mr. ADAMS said that the French Government had always been very consistent in their maintenanre of the rights of neutrals. "He added that he could not pay our Government the same compliment. I said I would dispense with compliments if this matter could be amicably arranged." The most important now of the despatches is the last in reply to Mr. SEWARD'S, forwarded to Lord RUSSELL by Lord LYONS on the:27th,of December. It is dated the 11th of January. Lord RUSSELL had the task before him of accepting a despatch filled with sadly faulty reasonings, finished off by by a very acceptable conclusion. He regards, therefore, as ho had informed Mr. ADAMS he should, the disavowal of the act of Capt. WILKES by the Government as an apology, and accepts the unconditional liberation of the prisoners as a substantial compliance with the British demands. "11cr MAJESTY'S Government having carefully taken into their consideration the liberation of the prisoners, the delivery of them into our hands, and the explanations to which I have just referred, have arrived at the conclusion that they constitute the reparation which her MAJESTY and the Britifei nation had a right to expect." All the rest Lord RUSSELL leaves Pit. future discussion. His Lordship seems unwilling to mar the good feeling with which he desires to write, by SANDIrUBT COLLEGE. The following is the official list of successful can didates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, December, 1861 : Order of Merit. Name. Marks. 34 Simons, J J M 2,420 35 Banbury, C H 2,405 36 Shirley, It 37 Dunlop, S J 2,305 38 Bevan, J F 2,280 39 Vousden, W J 40 Porter, G 41 Barton, C 42 Fisher, A T 43 Voyle, F S It 44 Calland, C F 2,045 45 Gubbins, A W 46 St George, H H 1,975 47 Ebert, S P 1,973 48 Campbell, F 1,955 49 Hill, R, W 50 Johnston, E J 51 Logan, A A 52 Cox, A C W 1,870 53 Watkins, J . 1,857 54 Hearsey, G P .. 1,832 55 Phibbs, W 1,770 56 Phibbs, G 57 Barton, J E 1,745 58 Gordon, H S 1,643 59 Cary, B P .. 1,525 60 Talbot, II 61 Hutton, J C 1,417 62 Fisher, A M 1,410 63 Mitchell, H H 64 Dickson, It L 1,315 k 56 Hely, C 615 Apthorpe, F E n. also passed for Queen's Merit. Names. Mt Lrks. 1 Morris, G T 6,500 2 Davidson, J 5,103 3 Randolph, EH .„ 4,708 4 Wood, H 5 Gordon, F A 6 Brereton, W P B .4,190 7 Pratt, J 8 Stringer, F .. 4„15 9 Waring, T 3, 554 10 Boultbee, J E L 3,359 11 Stillwell, T F 3,348 -12 Levert, A L F 13 Brown, T H M 3',.217 14 Kirkwood, J K 2,460 15 Louis, W 16 Blundell, J E 2,935 17 Oregson, J D 2,933 18 Hincks, F 19 Smith, J W 2,81.5 20 Carleton, F R 21 Hazlerigg, C C 2,7130 22 Baker, G E B 2,77'0 23 Tidy, F J 24 Gore, F A 25 Turner, J 26 M'Causland, C K 2,683 27 Brydon, W 2,587 28 Brooke, R O'S 29 Elliot, J M 2,525 30 Hutton, F W 2,519 31 Brock, M W 32 Butler, W S 2,473 33 Smart, H J de B 2,455 The following gentlemi cadetships : Order of Order of Merit. Names. Marks. 1 Oldfield, Thomas 2,411 2 Gahan, M C 1,585 Order of Merit. Names. Marks, 3 Constantine, W N 1,515 THE LATE LADY BYRON.--A tablet has recently been erected in the Red Lodge Reformatory, at Bristol, with the following inscription :—" Sacred to the memory of Anne Isabella Noel, Dowager Lady Byron, who, ever devoting the many talents entrusted to her to the service of her Master, purchased these premises in September, 1854, for the purpose of rescuing young girls from sin and misery, and bringing them back to the paths of holiness. Sho was born May 17, 1792, and departed this life May 16, 1860, faithful unto death." COMPLIMENT TO GARIBALDL—The steam-ship Thetis is about to sail from the Clyde -with a general cargo for Genoa. Among tho articles on boat dis a two -gallon jar containing 2,500 salmon ova, the gift of Mr. John M'Adam, of Glasgow, to General Garibaldi, for distribution in the waters of Caprera. They have been procured from Ireland.—Glasgow Herald. ANOTHER FATAL CRINOLINE ACClDENT.—Yes terday morning a fatal accident happened to Miss Mary Jones, residing E, t Woolwich. The deceased was standing before the fire combing her hair, when her crinoline took fire. Her screams brought assistance, and with great diffi culty the flames were extinguished, She was then taken to Guy's Hospital, where she expired. SHOCKING ACCIDENT WHILE WINDOW-CLEAN lNG.—Yesterday, as a young woman named Esther Milnes, in the service of Mr. Stevenson, corn and coal dealer, Crawley-street, Oakley-square, St. Pancras, was on the cill of the second floor, cleaning the window, she suddenly fell from her position into the back garden, a height of nearly 30 feet. Upon the alarm I dng given she was picked up and attended to by three Medical men, who advised her removal to the University College Hospital, as she had received serious internal injuries besides a broken arm. The house surgeon will not give an opinion as to the result of the injuries. SATURDAY'S GALE IN THE CHANNEL.—The mail steamer Courier, Captain 11. B. Harvey, which runs be tween Southampton and the Channel Islands, encountered a terrific hurricane on her passage across on Saturday morn ing. She left Southampton about midnight on Friday, and at six in the morning it began to blow hard, continuing to increase in violence, with a mountainous sea running, till about half-past 11, when a heavy sea struck the ship with a fearful crash. Bulwarks, stancheons, rigging, and boats were stove in or lost, the lifeboat and all her gear washed away, and the mainmast swinging to and fro with the roll of the ship. The mast, however, was soon again secured in its place. A passenger was thrown out of his berth on the star board side of the ship, and pitched across the saloon table, faling against another passenger on the port side, and injuring his shoulder. Others on board were more or less injured. The gallant little steamer rode out the gale ad mirably, and reached Guernsey at 1 30 p.m., where her damages were temporarily repaired, and she left for Jersey at 6 10 a.m. on Sunday, returning again to Southampton on Monday evening. Captain Harvey and ethers of his crew, who have been on the passage for many years, state that they never knew it to blow harder, or witnessed so heavy a sea in the Channel. At Guernsey the storm baro meter rose during the hurricane from 1 to 8, which was the same indication as when the Royal Charter was lost. The hurricane did not moderate till past four o'clock on Satur day afternoon. The steamship Aquila, which left Wey mouth on Saturday morning at seven o'clock, was com pelled to return to Portland, after being out about five hours. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT.—On Monday night about 7 o'clock, an elderly man, named Edward Lister, whose home is sa'd to be at New Wortley, near Leeas, appeared before the shop of Mr. Geo. Frank, draper, Barker-end road, Bradford, and attempted to shoot him with a pistol. The shop door was open, and Mr. Frank, who was in the place, observed Lister cock a pistol and prepare to fire at him. Instantly he got to the d.,or and closed it, and the quickness with which this was done in all probability saved his life, for Lister discharged the pistol, and the contents (shot) lodged in the door. A person in the etreet saw the pistol fired, and Lister afterwards threw it down on the road, where it was found. Lister was arrested on the spot, and was placed in the police lock up, to await his exami nation before the magistrates, which will probably take place on Wednesday. lle has a wife, but she has not re sided with him for some time. She is at present, it is said, conducting a respectable hotel at Bradford. The motive for shooting at Mr. Frank is not at present known. THE GALLOWS AT LAST.—The Australian papers record the trial and condemnation of Robert Thos. Paplin, for having burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Samuel Harding, of Fremantle, and committed an assault by force of arms. The offence was clearly proved ; the pri soner threatenedMrs.Harding that he would blow her brains I out if she made any noise, and the property carried off was found in his house. After the judge had passed sentence of death in a most impressive manner, the prisoner said he was not the first man who had been condemned to death while innocent, and that he could die but once. The dread sen tence was carried into effect a few days after. DESPERATE AFFRAY.—ALNWICK, Jan. 12.—A desperate affray took place between a number of salmon poachers and ffve of the Northumberland County Con stabulary, at Bramsheugh, near Felton, on the Coquet, on Saturday night, and it is supposed that one of the poachers has lost his life by drowning. It seems that in consequence of information having come to the ears of the authorities that extensive salmon poaching was going on upon the Coquet, the county police were in structed to keep a look out ; and upon Saturday night five police officers on the watch came upon twelve men in the act of taking salmon from the river. The river was _ _ _ much flooded, and the poachers, who were consequently all on land, fled on seeing the officers. They gave chase, but were immediately confronted with another gang of poachers , and a fierce contest with staves and sticks ensued. After a hard battle four of the latter gang were captured by the police, and they havo been brought here in carts in custody. It seems that part of that first gang of poachers, in their endeavours to escape from the police, took to the flooded river, which was sweeping down with great violence. Two of the men actually escaped by swimming across, but a third person in this gang is supposed to have been swept away and drowned, Cries of distress were heard to come from the river while the affray WaS going on between the second gang and the police, and then gradually die away, and the person hnewn ac the third in the first gang has not bc.en beard of r.ince. lievas a 4lioernaker belonging to n:lt,n. Thirteen salmon were taken from the poachers. BARBAROUS ASSAULT.—An assault of a moat barbarous character was brought to the notice of the Man chester city police magistrate on Monday. Three men, it appears, went into a public-house in Cumberland -street on Saturday night, and because the waiter said the sixpence they gave him was a bad one they tr saulted him violently, and attempted to thrust his head into the fire. 'I he waiter was severely burnt about the hands before help came to him. entering on the theoretical questions foolishly raised by Mr, SEWA AD'S despatch, he only quietly re.• marks :—" It ifs necessary that I should say that her Majesty's I,rovernment differ from Mr. SNAVAAD in some of the conclusions at which he Yaas arrived. And it may lead to a better under standing betwei m the two nations on sev,asal points of inter national law which may during the present contest or at some future time be brought into qwestion, that I should state to 37i:i11, for communicati on to the Secretary of State, whero in those difference consist; I hope to do so in a felv days." And then with a hint that it would be as well to instruct ,American cruisers not to repeat acts which might revire of the British Government to ask redress, he clooes this long anxious, and to Eng land, costly affair. We have but little fear that be will soon have to }make another similar demand. AMERICA AND MEXICO. LONDONDERRY, JAN. 15. NEW YORK, JAN. 3. The Senate has bgreed to Mr. Sumner's resolu tion, asking the President to transmit to the Senate all the correspondence which has taken place since the Paris Congress in relation to neutral and belligerent rights upon the ocean. It is reported that a strong effort will be made to repeal the Canadian Reciprocity Act. General M'Clellan's health has much improved. A Federal steamer has been despatched to the coast of Europe for the protection of American commerce. Others are expected to leave shortly. The New York Chamber of Commerce has re monstrated against the instructions of the Secre tary of the Treasury regarding the immediate action of the new tariff. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO PORTLAND.) NEW YORK, JAN. 4. The New Ford; Tribune states that Messrs. Mason and Slidell will only proceed to Halifax in the British steamer Rinaldo, and that from Halifax they will proceed to Europe in the next Cunard steamer. The New York press generally considers that there will be no American interference in Mexican affairs unless a permanent Spanish occupation should be attempted. The financial plans of the Federal Government attract much attention. The press continues to urge heavy taxation as the only legitimate means of relief. Active measures continue to be taken in Canada for the formation of effective Volunteer Corps. The New York press is again speculating on an early advance of the Federal army. The Confederates in Kentucky have destroyed a large portion of the railway between Louisville and Nashville. The Charleston Mercury states that a large Fede ral force had landed on North Edisto and seized the railway station and some war vessels. It is reported at Ship Island that Fort Pickens opened fire on Pensacola en the Ist inst. The rcsult is unknown. A destructive fire has taken place at Richmond The steamer Asia has arrived out. The Bohemian passed Cape Race on the 3d. The Persia will sail from Halifax for Liverpoo on the Gth inst. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YOlia ; JAN. 4. Exchange—Bankers' bills, 113; gold, 2 per cen premium, Stocks firm and active. New York Central, 80 ; Illinois, 62 ; Erie, 32i. Cotton quiet, but firm. Breadstuffs and corn steady. MEXICO. NEW YORK, JAN. 3, AFTERNOON. The Spanish steamer Francisco d'Assis arrived at Havannah on the 28th ult. She reports that the Spanish expedition arrived at Vera Cruz on the Bth, and that the Governor of that city had 24 hours to decide if he would abandon it. The Governor replied that he had instructions to abandon the city as soon as he perceived that he could not resist the force brought against it, and then, with the troops, withdrew to the interior. On the 17th the Spanish troops disembarked and hoisted the Spanish flag on the fortress of San Juan d'Ulloa and in the principal squares of Vera Cruz. One hundred guns were found in San Juan d'Ulloa. The Diario Marino says that the municipal authorities and the people of Vera Cruz received the Spaniards with shouts of welcome. The Governor, before evacuating the city, issued a proclamation forbidding all communication with, or supplies being give to, the Spaniards, and declar ing that all Mexicans who failed to take up arms in defence of Mexico, or who remained in the Spanish army, would be treated as traitors. The Spanish Commander, Gassett, on landing, issued a stirring address to the troops, in which he ► says : " Your mission has only now commenced. It will only be finished when all Spain can say, 'These are the troops who have avenged in Mexico the insults offered to the Spanish flag, and have again won the affection of those wbo in other days were our brothers.' " Commander Gassett also issued a proclamation to the inhabitants, which says:— '° The Spanish troops come with no mission of conquest ; they come solely to demand satisfaction for the non fulfilment of treaties and for violence committed against Spaniards, and to obtain guaran tees against the repetition of similar outrages. Peaceful inhabitants will receive protection, but disturbers of order will be tried by a military commission." Commander Gassett urges the inhabitants to re turn to their occupations, and says he is confident that the greatest satisfaction to the Spanish army, after hating fulfilled the mission of the Queen, will be to return to Spain with the certainty of having merited the affection of the Mexicans. The frigates Guerriere, Ardente, Massena, and Astrec arrived at Havannah on the 27th ult., under the command of Admiral de la Graviere. General Prim arrived at Havannah on the 23d, and was received with intense enthusiasm. The city was illuminated, and the streets festooned with flags. The British steamer Spiteful arrived at Havannah on the 27th with despatches for Commodore Dunlop. It is rumoured that these despatches have reference to the American imbroglio. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. SPEECH OF THE KING. BERLIN, JAN. 14. The Prussian Chambers were opened to-day by the King in person, who, in his speech from the throne, said : " I deplore the irreparable loss which Providence has inflicted upon a great friendly state and Royal house, allied to my own by the dearest ties of re- lationship. ,‘ The bills which will be laid before the Cham bers will show that I remain true to my principles LATEST NEWS. The Canadian screw steamer Nova Scotian, which arrived here this morning from Portland, brought 40,000 dole, in specie. Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and their Secretaries, embarked on the Ist inst., at Providence-town, on board the British steamer Rinaldo, for England. Their departure caused scarcely any excitement. The comments of the New York press on the sub ject are unimportant. The uneasy feeling in the public mind in regard to the relations with England still continues. The belligerent tone of the English press and the British warlike preparations have caused the im pression to gain ground that England will shortly make the subject of the blockade, or the fact of ves sels being sunk in the Southern harbours, a pretext for war with America. and keep steadily in view the development of the constitution. " The Budget will show an increase in the public revenue, which will serve to diminish the addi tional credit required for military reform." His Majesty then dwelt on the happy issue of the Anglo - American difficulty, and continued . " My interview with the Emperor of the French has already had the effect of placing the friendly relations between Prussia and France upon a more intimate footing. The negotiations for the regula tion of commerce between the Zollverein and France are still in progress. " My Government is continually employed in preparing the way for the uniform military organi sation of all the German States and in caring for the defence of the German seaboard and the deve lopment of the national fleet. "Prussia will be indefatigable in endeavouring to introduce reforms into the Federal constitution corresponding with the actual proportions of strength and the interests of the entire father land." The King regretted that the constitutional con flict in Electoral Hesse continued, and said that he still had hopes of the re-establishment of the con stitution of 1831. His Majesty announced that Prussia, conjointly with Austria, had entered into confidential nego ciations with the Danish Government in reference to the Duchies, and said : "In common with all other members of the German Confederation, Prussia will uphold the rights of the Confederation and the principle of international union. " The development of our institutions must be subordinate to the strength and power of the country. I can never permit that the progressive development of interior political life should ques tion or endanger the rights of the Crown and the power and security of Prussia. " The political state of Europe requires har monious cooperation between myself and my people, and I reckon with confidence upon the patriotic support of the representatives." FRANCE. BOURSE, January 1 4.- , —Business has been active, and a further advance in prices has been obtained. For the Account, Threes, are now at 691 20c. Rail ways firm. The following are the last quotations : ft per per Cents ... 97 10 Credit Fonder l2lO Do. end month.... 97 20 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 20 1 Roman Bank Shares 2950 Austrian '.. — Credit Mobilier 733 75 ; Spanieh Threes.... 47 50 Do. Account 735 Home Debt • -- ' RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1332 50 .. 1333 75 Northern 975 .. 977 50 New ditto 915 . Lyons and blediterranean 1035 .. 1036 25 Geneva 353 75 .. 355 Southern 6BO .. 682 50 Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Lowbard POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, JAN. 8. I told you in my last letter how truly Christian and national has been the conduct of the Polish clergy in guiding the people, protecting their reli gious rights, and defending the sanctuaries of wor ship from sacrilege and profanation at the hands of the Russian soldiery. The churches closed by order of the now imprisoned Abbe Bialobrewski have been, and still are, a subject of negotiation with the Holy See. The Czar, unable, even with the citadel at his command, to conquer the unshaken fidelity of the clergy to their ecclesiastical duty, has attacked the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church at Rome. The Russian Minister in that city had presented an ultimatum to the Pope, that unless his Holiness declared his disapprobation of the proceedings of the Polish clergy, and orders the churches to be re-opened, Russia would recog nise Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy. The Pope after a deep and most anxious examination of the Russian complaints, thought it his duty to return to his Czarine Majesty a polite but a flat refusal. Beaten on hi 3 hasty and unjustifiable demands, Mr. Kiliolew, the Russian Minister, has again returned to the charge, but meek and penitent. This time he had represented to Cardinal Antonelli, by way of solicitation, that it was not his Czarine Majesty's wish to break off the diplomatic relations with the Holy See, trusting that Pius IX. would see, in his wisdom, the necessity of condemning the singing of the national hymns in Poland, and ordering the churches to be thrown open again. That, confiding in the good dispositions of the Holy Father, he will submit for his Holiness's approbation the appoint ment of the new Archbishop. The very laconic answer returned to the Russian Minister was, that the Pope saw nothing objectionable in the national hymns against the creed and the rubric of the Church, and he could not, therefore, condemn them. Along with the movement by Russia against the Pope, came an attack from that haughty and blas phemous brother-oppressor of Poland, the King of Prussia. He also found it necessary to appeal to Rome for assistance against the Polish clergy in the Grand Duchy of Posen. His Minister, Mr. Kanitz, in a diplomatic' note submitted to Cardinal Anto nelli, stated that his Majesty (as usual, in his despotic and stupid way) would shoot the first priest that dared countenance the singing of the Polish revolutionary hymns. To this the Cardinal, with a calmness becoming his dignity, replied that the Polish clergy were never revolutionary, but na tional, and that he hoped the inborn humanity and magnanimity of his Prussian Ma jesty would deter him from following the example of the barbarities and cruelties practised in War saw by the Russian Government. How much both Russia and Prussia are afraid of the spiritual power of the Pope, may be easily imagined from the man ner, both threatening and conciliatory, they employ to induce him to come to their terms. Protestants as we are, and differing as we do on many grounds with the Pope, we cannot refuse him, in his con duct towards the Poles, our tribute of unfeigned admiration. The Russian Emperor, while exercising, through his satellites, an iron sceptre in Poland, finds the people, as ever, calm and resigned. In return for that his Russian subjects are not so pliable, and bid fair to deprive him of peace for ever. The worst is the breaking up of the discipline in the Russian ranks, which has been illustrated not long ago in town of Lublin. A Russian officer on duty ordered his men to present arms, which command was re fused. General Chruszogu, a witness of this act of insubordination, asked the cause of it, when he was informed by the soldiers that they would never submit to any command of the officer in question, since he had robbed them of their pay and the money due for their clothing. The officer was arrested, and several soldiers, for appearance sake, have been transferred to other regi ments, w i thout however any other punishment having been inflicted upon them. How far the efforts of the Russian authorities to stifle the national spirit have been unavailing will be seen from an incident that occurred a short time ago. In the town of liainienice I'odolski, it ap peare, the national hymn had not been sung lately in the churches, for which abstinence the Emperor ordered thanks to be given to the inhabitants in his name. The next day the whole of the popula tion Went to the church and commenced the intona tion of the national hymn, which caused the town to he declared in a state of siege. You are aware of the discovery of the patriotic publication, the Vigil etraznica, and the imprison !tient of the editor, Mr.Waoblewski. This was a great miNfortune for the patriots ; but, undaunted by any ill-success or calamity, they have started another clandestine periodical, called Sternith (the Pitote), which circulates freely, and exercises a most salutary influence upon the minds of the people. The lofty n ttion,l feeling, coupled with the wisdom and moderation it displays, and the patience it recommends under the present political circumstances, have already earned for it a high reputation in the country, and made it the house hold paper of every right-thinking Pole. I shall endeavour to send you extracts from it. -