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, PIANOFORTE FOR SALE.—A very rich I toned 7 Octave COTTAGE PIANOFOE.TI4I, in a handsome carved and fretwork roseNvood case, to be disposed of a great bargain. It has a beautiful touch, and is in sound and thorough repair. As an immediate purchaser is required, the instrument would be parted with for Sixteen Guineas. It is the property of a private individual. To be seen at N 0.12, Goldington-street, 4Dld St. Pancras-road. --------_ ROVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT 1- 0 - GARDEN', under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entir ely NELLA ; new and roman tic Onera, by Mr AT.A. W. Balfe, entitled S or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing, gon malignantly distorting the lineaments of JAMES the SECOND into an equally impossible mon strosity. Altogethe r p resentin g a marvellous contrast in this to " that cold, rigid justice," before 'Which, one and twenty yeais ago, the noble annalist had paused avowedly in unaffected wonder and admiration. Recognising the total absence of this great attribute of inflexible justice in the opus mag num of MACAULAY, the his torian of Europe, Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON remarked in Blackwood's Magazine, for April, close of his review of the two first volumes of the 1849, at the g 4 History of England," by MACAULAY, that " Nothing but the adoption. of it, and taking his seat on the Bench instead he of t Bar of History, is required t o render his noble work as weighty as it is able, and as influential in forming the opinions of future ages, as it will unquestionably be success ful in instructing the present." It was admirably L said thus by ALISON, in Maya for April, 1849, but tbe words were MACAULAY'S Own for—in the .Edi n •burgh Review of 21 years previously, in the number for September, 1828, at the commencement of the eritc,ism already referred to, upon HALLAM'S " Constitutio.nal History , " spoke thus Lord. (then Mr.) MACAU LAYOf the style of its composition— " The language, eN -en where faulty, is weighty and mas sive, and indicates s t ro ng sense in every line." Observing of it also—" / 1 " - often rises to an eloquence not florid or impassioned, Nit high, grave , a nd a State paper , sober ; such as would becon l6 a 6 .reat 'magistrate, or a judgment delivered by a SOMERS or a D'AGUESSEAU.” Adulirig) thereupon 'cation—" In these remarkable words of comment this respect the character of Mr . HALLA:P mind co rresponds strikingly with his style. His word is eminently judicial. Itswhole sp irit is that o j e the bench, not of . the bar. He sums up with a calm;' steady impartiality, turning neither to the right nor to the left, glossing over nothing, exaggerating nothing, while the advocates on both sides are alternately biting their lips to hear their conflicting mistatements and sophisms exposed. On a general survey we do not scruple to pronounce the ',Con stitutional History' the most impartial book that vivi , ever read." It is the weed won by HALLAM'S historical writings generally—that high fame as an annalist, singularly just, serene, and dispassionate. Before this century had yet entered upon its teens, just fifty years gone by, at the dawn of 1809, Mr. HALLAM was sufficiently distinguished as a critic to call down upon him the cynical sneer expressed in a well-remembered line inLord BYRON'S "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" Herbert shall wield Thor's hammer, and sometimes, In gratitude, thou'lt praise his rugged rhymes, Smug Sydney, too, their bitter page shall seek, And classic Hallam much renowned for Greek." Nearly thirty years ago, namely in 1830, Mr. HALLAM received one of the two fifty guinea gold medals instituted by his late Majesty King GEOB,GE the Fourth—the second being awarded to a great writer still happily surviving, WASHING TON IRVING—both medals being awarded for eminence in historical composition. The homo love, the domestic joys and griefs of the distin guished annalist but just now gone from among us, will live for ever in the exquisite numbers of ALFRED TENNYSON'S "In Memoriam." The re mains of the venerable historian may now at last mingle with the dust of his beloved and lamented son ARTHUR—the theme of that most touching and resplendent commemoration. How many of us would like just now to stand behind one of our governors in the Cabinet Council! It would enable us to gratify not a few, could we but, " on authority," state what Lord DERBY or his second in command were really proposing to one another. Lord DERBY, however, has just told us to look for nothing of the kind; he would not take the bait at a City dinner, and now he is even more reserved. If he must receive a deputation to press on him the claims of an unrepresented borough, yet he tells them he must receive them in silence. Not one of the unrepresented constituencies may know whether they have a chance or not—and all fair, too ; for the alternative is to tell none what he will do for them, or to have such a crowd of appli cations as will compel him either to tell everything or to offend some. As the Government could hardly reveal its plan before Parliament meets, we do not see what other course the Premier could adopt. Yet, smoothly and silently as opinion circulates amongst the Right lionourables and Lords of the Cabinet, we cannot help imagining, every now and then, that the bits of straw floating on the surface indicate a movement in some direction. Guessing, perhaps—a wrong guess it may be—yet when some people are very curious, and others very secret, how can the former help guessing ? We fancied then we saw a straw floating in a direction which rather pleased us—for it was in the direction of the Ballot, and seemed to indicate that the tide was flowing that way in the counsels of Government itself. There was a glorious Reform meeting last Friday night in the immense hall of St. Andrew's, Norwich, one in which a very large number of the middle classes of the old city met a yet denser crowd of the operative class to pass cordially resolutions of the same tenor as have been passed in Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bradford, and numerous other places. The meeting was not only a vast, but an enthusiastic one, and proves with so many others that there is nothing really like apathy on the subject of Reform. The Whig Mayor• a respectable man enough, had refused to call a common hall ; the citizens, therefore, indemnified themselVes by calling a public meeting, at which they did full justice to their cause, and concluded by ordering their resolutions to be forwarded - to JOHN BRIGHT and Lord DERBY. The marked feature of the meeting, however, was its giving mote prominency to the Ballot-than an other the reports of which we have yet teeny Lord BURY was there, and declared his, views i 4 favour of it, in accordance with his votes. Mr. ScHNEIDER, the other member, was confined by illness to his room, but wrote, after recommending as he had done before, a £5 borough franchise and . a £lO for the counties, " The main point, however, must be the Ballot, the adoption of which I consi der as absolutely and indisputably necessary to secure the purity and freedom of election." And besides other speakers, the well-known " Norwich Opeiative," Mr. C. J. BUNTING, who knows, if any man does, the wants of his class—observed " The extension of the franchise, however —though the franchise was, he believed, the right of every woman--was:-was not the great point aft er a ll ; the Ballot man--was was what they wanted, and what they must have." But we were almost forgetting our straw ; it is I a letter from Sir HENRY STRACEY, the Conser vative candidate, who, it will be remembered, was defeated at the late East Norfolk election by Major COKE. Chiefly, he had reason to know, because a noble lord's influence was used against him; while he believes that the tenants, if they had voted by Ballot, would have voted for him. Shortly after Sir HENRY announced himself, in pretty strong lan guage, a convert to the Ballot, and having been' invited to the great Reform meeting, his engage ments not permitting him to attend, he wrote as follows : " Sir lizratx begs to assure Mk, COLM'AIi that he ..i........---. --......----- sboli‘be much interested in the proceedings at that m voting, and he earnestly hopes that the subject of thie indepandence to which the elector is entitled may be a prominent one at the meeting; that the absur dity of calling him in all instances ' a free and in dependent elector' may be pointed out, and that the fare:o, and, in fact, insult to the voter in so calling hint may be shown, when his vote is in some in• stances comp nlsorily suppressed,and in others coerced to the violation .of both his conviction and his con- science. "-Sir. HENRY Ousts the hands of the Government may be strengthened to free the voter from the abuse now existing of this constitutional privilege. "39, Dover-street, Jan. 28, 1859." Now, over and above this being the language of an avowed and sincere Tory, a gentleman deservedly of high standing with his party, we can but notice two things: One is, that Sir HENRY writes from London; we may presume, therefore, that he is more likely to know the views of the leaders of his party than if he were deep down in the country among the partridges and pheasants. The other is that he speaks of strengthening the hands of Government to free the voter from his present shackles! It is at least obvious that this friend of the present Government, who ought to have good opportunity of Knowing the tone of feeling which pervades it, speaks of it as no friend of the late Government, would have ventured to speak of that. Who would have thought of strength ening Lord PALMERSTON'S hands, or even Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S in securing the independence of the voter P There has been, indeed, for some time a rumour that the Government thinks of granting a permissive ballot. Even this would be but some thing whiCh depends wholly on the way in which it is done. It has been rumoured that it is to be granted when three-fOurths of the constituency demand it—this would be a nullity. Where the . Ballot is really wanted, three-fourths of the Consti tuency dare not ask it. To vote for the ballot .would entail punishment for life on the dependent ele,ntor. The demand for the Ballot, unless, indeed, the &viand were made by the Ballot itself, must always %.7.ome from the minority of independent electors who felt that there own independence was neutralised by the dependent condition of others. One-fourth, or one-sixth of the electors ought to be competent to demand the ballot. We have no doubt whatever that if once a few constituencies adopted it, Ole practice would rapidly become universal. We only 12.0pe the Government will :adopt our oft-ten dered eivice, We are fully confident it is their interest to do so , a nd the y now see that one of the staunchest conservatives in the kingdom believes that the Ballot would save his party. It would save it by elevating it to the position of the party which trusts the people. THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF - ROBERT BURNS. 25V1 JANUARY, 1759. 25T11 JANUARY, 1859. A magnificent lithographic engraving has been published by Messrs. Maclure and Macdonald of Glasgow, as an appropriate commemoration of this world-famous anniversary. As the central point in this beautiful work of art is the Portrait of the immortal ploughman poet, by D. Macnee, R.S.A. —Robert Burns with his "black brows and his sun-eyes," as Carlyle has described him—glorious Robin with a noble brow worthy of a bay wreath, and manly features expressive of a lofty genius and an exquisite sensibility. Yet the portrait is in not one line of it a mere idealisation. It is an un mistakeable likeness--a picture of the man as he was (now between 60 and '7O years ago) in the bloom of his manhood. Encircling this portrait is a laurel garland, scattered round which are pic turesque groups illustrative of one or other of the bard's glorious masterpieces. Here the Royal Bruce clad in armour cap-a-pie, seated on his war horse, cheering on his warriors with uplifted battle-axe upon the field of Bannockburn! Here is the Ayrshire ploughman guiding the keen share along the trail of that furrow in which the uprooted daisy died into the immortality of verse ! Here Tam o' Shanter on his grey mare clattering, like one " gane daft," across the bridge, whither he is chased through the weird midnight by " Cutty Sark" and her sister witches Here Willie, having brewed his " peek o' maut," carouses with Rob and Allan, his immemorial boon compa nions. Yonder sits the glorious songster himself at the tavern table, hobnobbing—with the " twa dogs" by his feet, sitting to have their portraits taken by his brush of fame. Yonder, again, are the Jolly Beggars, footing it to the squeaking strings of the fiddler, and carousing merrily in their rags and squalor. Burns is there a stripling in the corn field, first dreaming► of love and song fray the tender glance of the young gleaner beside him —an unconscious muse in russet. Burns is here in domestic pride as a father and a husband, where his " own wee wifie" holds up to him iii her arms the youngling infant—the elder children " toddling stacher thro'," clinging about his knees with lov ing endearments. Altogether, the engraving is charming. It will be right welcome to-day in many and many a household. And, framed upon the wails within which those songs of music and. poetry have long been familiar as household words in the mouths of a whole people—this picturesque and beautiful lithograph will long serve as a grace ful memento of to-clay's centenary. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Duchess de Malakhoff left Albert-gate House yester day, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Wellington at Strathfieldsaye, Hants, until Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington are at present at Strathfieldsaye, Hants, where they intend to receive a select circle during the week. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., it is said, will return home from his tour in Italy in order to attend his Parliamentary duties. The Earl Yermyn has left his residence in Eaton-place on a visit to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. The Countess of Desart will leave town to-day for Windsor Castle, to succeed the Viscountess Jocelyn as Lady-in-Waiting on her Majesty.. The Countess of Longford and Lady Louisa Pakenham have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Nor- I wood. The Dowager Countess Somers has arrived at her residence in Grosvenor-place, from Eastnor Castle, .Herefordshire. . The Count-d'Alton has left the Brunswick Hotel for Paris, en route for Rome. . . _ . Viscount Sydney has arrived at his residence in Cleveland-square from visiting the 'Marquis and Mar chioness of Ailesbury at Savernake Lodge, Wilts. Viscount and Viscountess" Emlyn are expected in town on the 2d of next month from Golden Grove, South Wales. . . Viscountess Jocelyn, whose term of waiting on her Majesty expires to-day, on leaving Windsor Castle will repair to Broadlands, Hants, and join the circle visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. Lord and Lady Colchester will leave Berkeley square to-day for Windsor Castle, the noble lord and Lady having been honoured by an invitation to visit her Ma- jesty, Lord Win. Powlett has arrived at his scat, Downham, Norfolk, from Raby Castle, Durham, where his lordship has been staying with the Duke of Cleveland. Lady Cafeline Neeld intends to leave town to day for St. Giles's, Dorset, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury. Lord, and Lady Arthur Hay left town yesterday on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, Lt Strathfieldsaye, Hants. Sir Michael and Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart are expected to arrive at their mansion in Delgrave-square to day, from a continental tour of several months. _ . The Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labou chere will return to town on the Ist of next month, from Stowey Park, Somersetshire, for the season. The Right lion. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood are expected in town in a few days from Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire. The Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., arrived at his residence in Sloane-street, yesterday, for the season. Lady Caroline Charteris has left Claridge's Hotel for Nideley Lodge, Kensington. Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley and the Hon. Eleanor Stanley are expected to arrive in, town at the end of the week from rScotland, Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr. and Mrs. Bat ney Williams. To conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. ]EtOYAL I'RINCESS'S THEATELE . Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or , Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. P THIS EVENING, THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. Widow Cheerly, Mrs. W. C. Forbes. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime., entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Water e s. Commence at 7. p OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mana.c,rer, Mr. Edmund Falconer, -LC THIS EVENI:IO, will be performed THE ISTER'S SACRIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled TILE SIEGE OF TROY. The prin c ipal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, M r Weston, Bliss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, &c. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young , Mr. Ellerton, Ms M. r. J. Rogers, Mr. Bauett, &c. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Mis Charles, Mis 4 Harriet Dalton, &c. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mec h an ical devices, entitled HARLEQITIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; P an taloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 48. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, Is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. First Night of a New Drama. THIS EVENING, THE BORGIA RING : A Legend of Stonehenge.. Mr. Ben. Webster, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington. To be followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS. Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Henrietta Simms. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupin° ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING. THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE; Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Great and glorious Success of the p.:orgeously-appinted Pan tomime.—The celebrated continental equestrians, Mr. A. Brydges and Madame Brydges, every Evening. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, :Is. ; Prt, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the grand Spec tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, The Edict of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries and ponies, and the Starßiders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Equal,- trian Pantomime, entitled HAR LE Q UIN BARON HIM - CHAUSEN AND HIS COMICAL CRAM COB CRUISER., Baron Munchansen, Mr. W. Anson; Harlequin, Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. The last grand Morning Performance of the matchless Pan tomime on Saturday next, January 29, at ffsvo o'clock. Carriages for the day rperformance at half-past four, and night representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road. --- lJ Proprietor --C. MoRTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS WOW OPEN DAY AN - I) NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the ingdom. • The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT COMMERCes as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the 'usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at-Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATFIER.—SUN Omcm, JAN. 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.95. WIND, Westerly ; light, with fine weather. THE SUN. TUESDAY. JANUARY 25, 1859. The luminous historian of the middle ages, born in 1778, expired on Saturday, the 22d of January, 1859, having attained, consequently, the ripe age of an octogenarian. As the fruits of those eighty one years, HENRY HALLAM has left seven incom parable volumes as his contribution to the treasures of the national literature. These same volumes being the two octavos of his History of Europe during the Middle Ages--the two octavos of his Constitutional History of England—and the three octavos of his Introduction to the Literary History of Europe during the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. As one of the brilliant group of men of letters who began their intellectual labours in this country simultaneously with the corn- 1 mencement of the present century, Mr. HALLAM had survived almost every one of the illustrious contemporaries of his youth, had survived to become —almost—u/timus .Romanorum. He enjoyed for several years a foretaste of his fame in the hereafter, an anticipative relish of his posthumous reputation. His had long taken rank among the classic lore of his native land. His own generation had, for the most part, passed away—another had grown up and partially died again—he found himself in his old age in an epoch which, to himself and his worki, was all but posterity. LINGARD dead, TrrtEß dead, SHARON TURNER doad—HALLAII remained among u ntil the close of last week, the us last of our elder historians. The distinction enjoyed by him among that race, as one of the world's greatest annalists, had been long recognised as one not simply of eminence, but, in some respects, of a pre-eminence quite , extraordinary. Held by his impartial hand, the balance of historical justice hung ever with a perfect equipoise. It was in generous and cordial recognition of this that incomparably the greatest annalist of the next generation, as he likewise is, to our thinking, in the new style of his composition the most perfect prose writer in the English lan g,uage—Lord MAcAuLAY—wrote. in his famous re view of the Constitutional History these emphatic words of commendation--- ,, We should probably like Mr. HALLAm's book more, if, instead of point ing out with strict fidelity- the bright points and the dark spots of both parties, he had exerted him self to obliterate the one and to blacken the other. But we should certainly prize it far less. Eulogy and invective may be had for the asking. But for cold; rigid justice, the one weight and the one mea sure, we know not where else we are to look." N ot certainly to Lord MACALTLAY himself. Eulogy and invective are had from him in abundance -without th e as king. He has proved himself a perfect master since then in the contrasting arts of blackeningand whitewashing—flattering WILLIA3I of ORANGE, for example, into an impossible para- ... c . •.. '. '•••-• ' -- 11\ ' : . .-11, N ...,,LiZT.;i• MAL! '''"' , . , ',.,,..:7,-,Ft -41.!--,-,. ~,___ 1 ~,,, .'. &,, ~, ~,„....„t. „,,,,,„,,,, 4i:o VI -N,.. . 7 7' ,-. bii7',',l6,ki- - -wk..' ~-,N 4. - _. • ...,,, , • fi,kt, .;• .....• • THE SUN, LONDON, TU'ESDA.Y EVENING: JANUARY 25, 1859, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Renter's office this morning : • TRIESTE, JAN. 24, A telegram just received here from Naples an nounces the continued improvement of the King's health. _ _ All the guests who have arrived here from Naples, are going to Vienna according to an invitation received from the Imperial Court. BELGRADE, SUNDAY.- A salute of cannon has announced the arrival of Prince Milosch upon the soil of Servia, at Negotin. The Skuptschina insists upon the promulgation of a better law for the convocation and election of the National!Assembly of Servia, and censures the modifications which that law has undergone. MUNICH, lAN. 24. Yesterday all the Ministers had tendered their resignation, which, however, was not accepted by the King. The following are extracts from a private letter dated Marseilles, 22d January, which has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : Business is very dull in grain. The rumours of war which circulate here oblige our merchants to be excessively cautious. They will also not under take for distant dates, or they demand prices out of proportion to the quotations of the day. Oats are in demand for Minh, 18fr. 50c., for 240 litres is offered, but our merchants hesitate to con tract even at 19fr. Two thousand bales Yura flour, marked " Dene lain," have been sold at 39.50 ; the same mark of, an inferior quality was offered at 36.50. These flours have been sold in large parcels to . our bake houses, the former at 40.50, and the latter at 39.50. I believe that it will interest you to read the following list of the arrivals of grain which have taken place during the past year. We have re ceived:— Loads. Hectolitres. Wheat 1,850,000 amounting to 2,960,000 Oats... 422,750 I) 1,014,600 Beans , . 8,495 Maize ~.... „ 108,760 Barley ... we 211,980 Rye ... 32,710 13,590 174,016 339,160 52,330 T0ta1.... 2,634,695 4,653,696 The importation of grain has decreased in the two last months. In the year 1856 we received about nine million hectolitres of grain; the last year about five millions and a half. Here follow the items of the preceding year, which may serve for comparison :-- Loads. Hectolitres Wheat 2,524,432 amounting to 3,639,091 Oats 270,000 „ 650,000 Maize Barley 173,500 ~ 277,600 Rye .. 129,885 „ 191,816 T0ta1.... 3,456,960 5,333,135 50,000 kilos .Sifted flour. 50,000 ~ ....Rye flour. 20,000 litres ...Vinegar. 195,000 „ ...Wine (Yin de eampagne: From this list results that the arrivals of only common kinds of grain have augmented in 1858 in in consequence of the scarcity of crop. There was last Sear a considerable trade in flour. The corn measurers, particularly those of Aix and Ailes, have worked without cessation, in order to satisfy the enormous wants of Spain, in part also of Algeria, and even of Corsica. The measurers of Marseilles, who possess, altogether, about 250 corn meters, have measured not less than one million of bags of 1221 kilogrammet weight each. Indeperident of this enormous quantity, we have received from the interior, and more especially from Meld 'or and the Jura, almost 1,200 bags, which have been transported in great parcels by the Lyons railway to the Mediterranean. Russia is and will always be the granary of Europe, it is from there that we have received the greatest part of our wheat and oats. Our commu nications with the Black Sea, and the Azof are also very frequent. Then comes the Danube, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Algeria, Lombardy, T&- cany, and the States of the Church, which have only delivered insignificant quantities. These supplies of grain have found a sale in Spain and also in Provence, Languedoc, and some other parts of the interior of France. It would be difficult to conjecture to-day the future as regards this article ; all what can be said is, that the actual prices are too low, and will only rise in the event of Spain enacting protective duties, or in case of political events of importance occurring to affect them. Fresh recruits have arrived here to-day from the Pyrenees. During the last two months 3,000 at least have been despatched to Algeria, who had been previously exercised here. It is said that troops will be recalled from our colonies. . Our materiel are taken from the arsenals at Paris, Lyons, Toulouse, Metz, and Lafere. We have at present eight millions of cartridges, and expect to receive four millions more. The Minister of War has sent , to Marseilles a detachment of workmen, Ivho will arrive to-morrow, to erect ovens for the purposes of the army. The naval commissariat at Marseilles has bought rice, coffee, sugar, and has announced for the 25th for public tenders— _ _ This auction is in no way connected with the very important public auction which took place at Toulon a few dajs ago. PRUSSIA. We have just received the text of the address which the committee of the ChaMber of Represen tatives of Prussia has presented for the adoption of that assembly. The presentation of an address in reply to a speech from the throne is a fact of rare occurrence in the Parliamentary annals of Prussia, the only instances being the addresses at the ses sions of 1849 and 1858. The only demonstration contained in the document is the omission of the word German in the phrase relative to the duchies under the Danish sceptre. That omission would appear to lead to the belief that the Chamber in tends to claim for the duchy of Schleswick also the free enjoyment of the rights, the restoration of which is claimed by Holstein and Lauenburg. The document is as follows : _ _ " August Prince, and very gracious Regent and Lord- . -- The Chamber of Representatives, united for the first time by your Royal Highness, inaugurates its labours in reply ing, by the respectful expression of its gratitude and of its devotedness, to the gracious words with which your Royal Highness deigned to welcome the representatives of the country. We unite our prayers to those of your Royal highness to the Almighty that He will alleviate the suf ferings of our well-beloved King, which his Majesty has supported with a resignation and patience calculated to make him a model of Christian piety for his people. Your Royal Highness, fully recognising the high im portance of our task, invites us to second your Govern ment in the path which you have chosen, by reminding us of the mission of Prussia, her glorious history and her national traditions: . Wishing to conscientiously serve the King and the country in fulfilling the noble func tions confided to us by our constituents, we respond with eagerness to that appeal. The people comprehend that it is in invariably following the path of right and law which your Royal Highness has chosen that we shall enjoy the political benefits which are indispensable to civilised nations It is in the intact rights of the crown that the Prussian nation finds the precious guarantee of its own prosperity and ofits power among the nationz of the world. These rights in all their plenitude are for it, as well as for your Royal Highness, sacred and inviolable, The Chamber of Represen- tatives heard with satisfaction the assurance that the general situation of the country as regards agriculture,commerce and manufactoriesras well as its judicial and financial adminis tration, is satisfactory. In reminding us of the tried strength of the Prussian army and of all the people formed to the use of arms, the nation, which will never fear war when the defence of the safety and honour of the country is at stake, hopes with confidence that this situation will con tinue to improve under the hgia of peace. To augment the prosperity and the power of the country is also to in crease the mainsprings of morality and patriotism, which are the bases of all civil virtues. We will devote all our care to the discussion of the measures which may be sub-, mitted to our examination. We congratulate ourselves with your Royal Highness on the continuance of friendly re lations with foreign powers. We feel confident that your Royal Highness's Government, in concert with the others of Germany, will succeed in re-establishing the Duchies subject to the Danish sceptre in the full enjoyment of the rights in which they have been too long frustrated, and which are founded on laws, federal decrees, and treaties. It is with legitimate pride, most gracious Prince and Lord, that we raise our eyes towards that flag which your Royal Highness, on your accession to power, displayed to the ac clamations of the people. In following that standard, Prussia, in the midst of a political system already in exist ence, has become great ; it is by following it that, with the aid and protection of God, she will remain groat to the end of her days." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. According to a Paris letter in the Independanee of Brussels, Count Walewski on the 14th addressed a circular to all the Powers explaining the general tendencies of French policy, but making very little allusion to the Italian question. The circular is represented to be of a very pacific character. At the review held by Prince Napoleon at Turin, as already stated by telegraph, of all the survivors of the Grande Armee decorated with the medal of St. Helena, his Imperial Highness addressed them in French in the following words I thank you for the eagerness which you have shown in assembling here to meanie. lam deeply affected by it. Noble and glorious remains of our army I you are an addi tional bond between France and Piedmont, which, as well as our dynasties, are and will be allied in future. I shall inform the Emperor of your ardour, and I thank you in his name. Vive l'Enipereur ! Vive le Roi Victor Emmanuel !" BOURSE, San. 22.—The market has been very feverish. Prices were at first lower than on Satur day, but there was afterwards _a rally. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 30c., and 681. 20c., rallied to 68f. 65c. Mobilier varied from 762 f. 50c. to 775 f. Austrian, 5601. to 565 f. Orleans, 1,305 f. to 1,325 f. Lyons, 832 f, 50c. to 840 f. Northern, 935 f. to 940 f. Eastern, 675 f. to 680 f. Southern, 5221. 50c. to 527 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations:- 4 3 / 4 per Cents. 97 Credit Fonder 650 Do. end month 96 85 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents 6B 70 Piedmonteso (5) .. 844 Do. end month 6B 65 Roman — Bank Shares. 2960 Austrian Credit Mobilier 787 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 937 50 .. 937 50 New ditto BO5 .. 810 Lyons and Mediterranean B4O .. 841 25 New ditto 560 Geneva _ . _ Midi .- — — - - Southern Western 595 592 60 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12P. •, money 25f. 10e.; three months, paper, 2tt. 95e. ; money, 24f. 92P. SERVIA. A letter from Belgrade of the 18th gives some details of matters which we have only briefly announced in telegraphic despatches : " Kabouli Effendi, the Turkish Commissioner, yesterday received from the Porte a telegram to the following effect The Sultan consents to the removal' of Prince Alexander and to the wishes of the Servian nation. Prince Milosch's nomination as Prince of Servia is confirmed by the Sultan. Ac cording to usual custom, Milosch ought to come to Constantinople to receive the investiture,' but, on account of his great age and the season of the year, his visit will be dispensed with until the spring. The order confirming his new dignity will be forwarded to him by a special commissioner, who will accompany the Prince to Belgrade. His Majesty informs Prince Milosch that until his arri val in Servia he may place the Government pro visionally in the hands of a person on whom he can confide. As soon 'as Kabouli Effendi received this despatch, he sent for the members of the Provi sional Government, the Ministers, the Presidents of the Senate, and of the Skuptchina, and communi cated it to them. Soon after a salute of 21 guns was fired, announcing the confirmation of Prince Milosch by the Porte, and bands of music, followed by an immense number of persons, paraded the streets. In the evening the city was illuminated, and the Skuptchina held a sitting, when the pre- sident announced to the assembly what had taken .place. The assembly protested against the conduct •of the president in going to the Pacha without their authority, and named a deputation to proceed to the provisional government and demand that the telegraphic despatch should be submitted to them. The Skuptchina, it is true, rejoiced to see Milosch confirmed by the Porte, but there are other thingsdn the despatch with which they were discontented, particularly the part which states that Milosch may temporarily confide his govern ment to another person. This the Skuptchina consider as an attack on the rights of Servia, and requested the provisional government to commu nicate their opinion to Prince Milosch by tele graph. The provisional government immediately sent a despatch to Prince Milosch, containing a copy of that received by Kabouli Effendi, - with the following addition The Skuptchina having been informed that your Highness is authorised to temporarily place your powers in the hands of a person enjoying your confidence, declares that it does not wish to see those powers confided to any one except those who have been already invested with them by the Skuptchina."' AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steamship America, Capt. Miller, arrived to-day at noon with the New York mails of the 11th, Boston of the 12th, and telegraphic ad vices from. the former port, via Halifax, to thd evening of the 14th inst. She has brought 68,054 dols. on freight. • The weather was very severe at New York. A bill had been introduced into the Pennsylvania Legislature to provide additional means for the ex tinguishment of the State debt by raising the rate of discount by banks to 7 per cent., and requiring them to pay over 1 per cent to the Commonwealth. The only business of interest transacted in Con gress was the passing by the Senate of the French Spoliation Bill by a vote of 20 to 26. The joint resolution, reported to the Senate by Mr. Mason, recites that by reason of the distracted and revolutionary condition of Mexico, of certain of the States of Central America, and occasionally of those in South America, the lives and property of American citizens are subject to lawless violence, or otherwise placed in peril ; all redress in the usual diplomatic forms being in vain ; and, it being the indisputable duty of the Government to protect the lives and property of our citizens against law less violence, therefore it is proposed to authorise the President to use the military and naval forces, and interpose in such cases where he may deem it necessary. The Mobile Mercury contains the statement of Maury, the captain of the schooner Susan, which was wrecked while on a Filibustering voyage. He states that :—" The Susan was driven on the Hon duras coast by adverse winds. On the 16th, at three in the morning, saw breakers under her lee bow. The helmsman mistook the order, and the Susan, under eight knots headway, went on to a sunken coral reef, bilged, and broke in two. The foremast was cut away, and the mainmast went by the board. The Filibusters rushed to the boats, but were stopped by an officer with a re volver. At daybreak a raft was commenced, and after six days' labour it was completed, and the 1 Filibusters reached a small island. Maury and Anderson went to Belize in a small boat, where a charter was arranged for the brig Kate, but Capt. Goodspeed refused to sail with Filibusters. Capt. Bates, of the American barque Honduras, offered some of the leaders a free passage to New York, whieh they declined. Governor Seymour, hearing of their predicament, invited Capt. Maury to call, and asked the particulars of his voyage, and especially what had been done with Lieutenant Whyte. He then said if they could do no better, he would send them to the United States in the 6-gun steam sloop Basilisk. As they had violated no law of England, he regarded them simply as shipwrecked United States' citizens. He did not inquire into their original intentions. He gave Captain Maury one hour to decide. Governor Seymour went himself to the reef, and told the boys' they were in the sacred character of guests, and, then leaving, sent them on to Mobile. The Mobile papers call for a demonstration in honour of the Basilisk." The Secretary of the Treasury had transmitted to Congress the report of Professor Alexander; who was commissioned to ascertain the relative value of coinage of the United States and Great Britain, and fix the relative value of the unitary coins of the two countries. The Secretary says that the report is not so encouraging -as he had hoped, though, with the limited power conferred on Professor Alexander, no fixed policy could have been adopted. It is for Congress to say what additional steps are to, be taken. The British Treasury authorities recom mend that the United States' Government be in vited to indicate such a plan as may be made the basis of further negotiations. The intelligence from Kansas was not satisfac tory. A special messenger had arrived at Wash ington with despatches, reporting that Montgomery, Brown, and their partisans were determined upon making a desperate stand. The action of the Missouri Legislature in calling out volunteers, and appropriating money to be used against them, had caused a great deal of exasperation among them, and was likely to result in a bloody civil war: The Kansas Legislature has as yet taken no action in the premises, and Governor Medry made`na mention of the troubles in . his Message. The Legis lature has adjourned to Lawrence; with the sanc tion of the Governor. The overland mail, with California dates to the 17th ult., had reached St, Louis. A large spring had been discovered in the middle of the Colorado desert, yielding an abundance of water. Both the Apache and Camanche Indians were committing depredations on the mail stations, in consequence of which the Government animals were obliged to be used to carry the mail some distance. Mexicans were also suspected of stealing mules from the mail stations, The passengers via the Tehuantepec route failed to make a connection in consequence of the boisterous weather in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The revolution at the capital of Mexico, - which resulted in the overthrow of Zuloaga, took place on the 23d ult. General Echegaray, a partisan of General Robles, and who had been joined by the Constitutionalists of Jalapa and Cordova, advanced upon the city. Zuloaga tried to compromise with Echegaray, but failed, and was afterwards captured and sentenced to death at Puebla, but a revolt in the city of Mexico saved him. General Robies had released all political prisoners, and it was sup posed that Juarez would be placed at the head of the Government. All parties, including the Liberal, were rejoicing at Vera Cruz at the turn affairs had taken. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 13, EVENING. Cotton in this market during the past two days foot up 2,500 bales. Prices have declined c. per lb., middling being quoted at 11 c. Breadstuffs generally are firm, at former rates. Indian corn is tending upward, but quota tions are nominal. Messrs. Neill Brothers and Co. report this market steady for cotton, and midland uplands worth 12c. per lb. Their reports from the Southern markets state that a quiet tone prevailed under the African's news. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Alamo, from New York, had arrived at Galveston. The St. James, from New York, and -the Troy, from Cagliari, had arrived at New Orleans. The Glencairn, from New York, had arrived at Sa vannah. The Chace, the Virginia Ann, and the Challenger, from New York, had arrived at Charleston. The C. C. Duncan, from Cardiff, had arrived at Mo bile. The Victoria, from New York, had arrived at Philadel phia, experienced heavy weather, stove bulwarks and main topg-allantmast. The Haze, from Malaga for New York, put into New port, in distress, having sustained damage to sails, rigging, and hull, and three of her crew frostbitten. The ship Rubens, from Bremen, arrived at New Orleans in a sinking state, having struck on some sunken rocks known as the Silver Banks, 120 miles north of San Domingo on the 16th ult.; crew and passengers kept at the pump until her arrival in port. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 12s ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 12s; clover do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 68 to £1 lOs per lead. Supplies moderate ; trade steady. _ _ WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 12s ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per load. Both hay and straw were in fair request, at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.—Sinee the arrival of the telegraphic advices by the overland mail the market has been exceedingly firm, and common Congou is quoted is per lb. SUGAR.—A moderate business has been done in the finer descriptions, chiefly for home consumption, at about former rates. In other qualities but few dealings have been re ported. The refined market continues very steady, at former quotations. COFFEE.—There has been a fair inquiry for the finer qualities of Plantation Ceylon, and prices are well main tained ; other descriptions, however, are dull, at barely previous values. RICE.—The market is extremely dull. No sales of atiy importance have been recorded, and prices are quite nominal. SALTPETRE.—The demand has been rather active, more particularly for the finer qualities, - and, in most instances, improved rates have been current. TaLLow.—A steady amount of business has been tran sacted, and prices are generally firm. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 535. 3d. ; March, 535. 6d. ; and for last three months' delivery, 51s. 9d. to 525. per cwt. THIS DA: 'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 25.—Wind this day at noon W. ; light breeze and cloudy, with every appearance of rain. GRIMSBY, Jan. 24.—Wind W.—Sailed —Guiding Star, for Bahia. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 24.—Wind Asia, from London, for Barbadoes. PLYMOUTH, Jan.24—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Comet, from London, for Havana. CARDIFF, Jan. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Conference, from Payta ; Suding, from Havana; Pillonia, from New Orleans. ,Dovuu, Jan. 24.—The Jane, of Hastings, from Caen, went ashore at Dungeness yesterday, and rem.lins. COWES Jan. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived — Ann and Li zz y , from Rio 'Janeiro, for Hamburg; Wilhelmine„from Ham burg. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning, WindW. Arrived, Jan• 24.—Princeton, and W. F. Foster, flora New Orleans ; Jane, and Arizona, from Havannah. Arrived, Jan. 25.—Velocidale, from Ceara; Arica, from Huelva; T. F. Gales, from Smyrna. Off.—Minnesota. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W., tide half ebb, weather cloudy. Arrived—B. C. E., from Berdianski ; Glenburn, from Saguenay. Sailed—Sir Edward Banks, for Calais ; Watchful, for St. Skitt's ; Thomas Lowry, for Bombay. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. by N., moderate. Anchored—Speculation, for Plymouth ; Hrelun, for Odessa—both from London; A. F. Moore, for Galatz. Passed—Acor, from London for Boulogne. The Rev. John Cambage Thompson, Beverley, has been eleeted to the chaplaincy of Yori Castle. - - - AN INDIAN FAlL—Vast crowds of people of all classes and creeds gathered on Monday evening to witness a fair, held at the country-hous., and temple, at Gc..walla, of Juggenauth Sunkersett, Esq. On the road were innumer able shops, glittering with the costliest and rarest toys, and all surmounted by a white canopy. Over one of them was a transparency, with the inscription, " Go save the Queen." European ladies and European and nativ gentlemen, to whom invitations had bee n sent for t he occasion, were ac commodated on a gallery. 'One of the inner entrances tot] 4) spacious gardens was decorated with a huge transparency, with. the royal arms and the inscriptions, ~ Victoria Welcome to India." The tastefully-arranged walks and seats about the gardens; a beautifulliii:ge fouutain playinginthe moon beams ; fruit trees on all sides, ~ with the branches d roo pi n with the weight of their delicious burden ; flowers shedding their grateful perfume to regale the senses of those whO re posed awhile near them ; flags and Chinese lanterns wa‘ ia,g . the air ; Hindoo devot ees washing their hands and faces here an d there on the steps of the , tank in the gardens ''- roc kets whizzing . and . paper balloons rising to th e c l ou d s f ro m different directions; while the strains of music en ' livened one's spirits, and moonlight enhanced the charms of the spectacle—each and all made for the beholder a fairy scene. The rush of the crowd into th e gardens was lin - - mouse when the fireworks commenced soon after midnight ' • and the zeal of the spectators had not diminished even up to two o'clock in the morAing,—.oo43ay Times, Dee. 24. ALARMING ACCIDENT. A somewhat serious and alarming accident oc curred on Sunday evening on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway to the Great Northern express train, which left London at 6 p.m., for Sheffield and Manchester. The train con sisted of two guards' vans and three first and second class carriages, and when at a curve between the Kiveton-park and Woodhouse junction stations, about eight miles before it reached Sheffield, it ran off the line. It afterwards proceeded about 100 _ yards,. the wheels of one side being between the two rails on which the train had been running, and the other wheels being on the " six foot"—viz., the space between the up and down lines. While so running the train turned first against one rail and then against the other, tearing up and breaking the rails, and jolting the passengers in a frightful manner. The rails at this point are laid upon a somewhat high enbankment, and it is considered most fortunate that the train did not run off the rails towards the side of the embankment, as in that case the consequences must have been most disastrous. As it was the engine did eventually roll over, lodging on the side near the top of the embankment. In the fall the coupling chains were broken. The carriages, with the exception of the last van, all fell over, and remained linked together, were thrown in a very curious shape, one being across the line of rails and the other on the edge of the embankment. Immediately the train stopped the guard on the last van returned to the Kiveton-park station to prevent any other trains coming up, while one of the least injured of the passengers walked forward to the station at Woodhouse Junction and gave information to the stationmaster there, who at once telegraphed to Sheffield for assistance. An engine and carriages, with porters, &c., were promptly despatched thenceto the scene of disaster. In the meantime the passengers had succeeded 10 extricating themselves from their uncomfortable position, some of them having been under the neces sity a kicking out the windows to get out of the carriages. The head guard, whose name is Brad ley., was found to be very severely cut and bruised, and was taken to an adjoining hotel, where he was attended by Mr. Letall, a neighbouring surgeon. On Monday morning he was, at his own request, conveyed back to London, where he resides, in a first-class carriage, the surgeon being of opinion that the journey would not do him any harm. The remainder of the company's servants and all the passengers were brought forward to Sheffield, where they arrived between 11 and 12 o'clock. The pas sengers numbered about 14, and three of them, who were most injured, got off at Sheffield, and were conveyed to the Black Swan Hotel. The rest were able, to proceed forward to their homes at Manches• ter and elsewhere. The names of the gentlemell, w ho remained at Sheffield are Mr. Campbell, 01 Falwood-park, near Liverpool ; Capt. Collingridge; and Mr. Millgrove, of London. Mr. Campbell, who has sustained severe cuts and injuries about the head, was insensible for some hours, but rallied during the night, and though confined t o bed, le expected to recover. The other two gentleme o are severely but not dangerously injured, botl! having received severe bruises about the heat!, and elsewhere. All three have been attended by Mr. Haxworth, surgeon. Wm. Mills and Wm. Spriggs, of Peterborough, the driver and stoker; were taken to the Tunnel Hotel, Sheffield, and attended by Mr. Parker, surgeon. They are severely injured internally, and have also received some rather foul external bruises, but, like the rest! . are expected to recover. The cause of the acc idco has not yet been positively ascertained, but the matter is undergoing a searching investigation by the company's officials. A cr ank. connected with the axle of the engine is found to have been brokeuf and it is thought by some that this may have, caused the train to run off the line. Others thinl. that the accident was caused by a defect in the rails, and that the breakage of the crank was sub" sequentto the engine running off the line, but 00 this point all is uncertainty. The rails war ° thoroughly repaired a few months ago, and wer e , supposed to be in excellent condition. It is stat ed by some that the train was behind time at Retford, and was running at the rate of 50 or 60 miles a° hour to make up, but this is denied by the corn' pany's servants, who say that it was going at 115 usual speed of about 40 miles an hour. The c urve in the line is supposed to have had some influenc e in causing the accident. The engine and tender are much broken, the funnel and other part s being severed as with a sharp instrument. The ca rria g es are also much broken, the ends and sides of severe,' being smashed in, the wheels and spr in g s bent ane,', strained, &c. It is strange, though fortunat e, that no one was killed, especially when the speed of the, train is taken into account. One line wa s cleared so as to allow of the resumption of traffic d urin q Sunday night, but the other was still obstructed a' a late hour yesterday. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new piece; "The Borgia Ring," was produced last night at this theatre. Tho plot can speedily be described' Piers Wenlock (Mr. B. Webster) is the spendthrift, good' for-nothing, outcast nephew of an old Wiltshire gentlema n ' recently deceased, in whose house he has recently been staying under an assumed name, and to whose will he 1 133 been a witness. He has thus learnt that he is disinherited; and that the estates are bequeathed to a certain Lieuten ant Raby Langley, on condition that he gives up a certai ll , humbly-born girl to whom he isbetrothed. The lieuten anv is away with his regiment, but the girl, Mabel D a ventri (Mrs. A. Mellon), is in the house, and she alone kno b 5 where the will is hidden. Pressed by Goldhawk (Mr. C' Selby), a Jew money-lender, to whom he is largely indebted, Piers Wenlock offers Mabel a large bribe if phe will aid h nli in destroying the will, pointing out to her thianot only de e4 she gain wealth but an opportunity of safely marrying na l) , 1 „ Langley', whose fortune would bo forwarded were he I" make her his wife. She indignantly refuses, and their COy ference is broken in upon by the arrival of Langley (r 11 .:, Billington), who is annoyed both at finding her c loset& with a stranger, and at her distraite and wander ing manner. Mabel is painfully unselfish and horoic--6110 will not rob Raby Langley of his fortune by ma m a' ' ing him ; all she can do is to quit the place, an„ she is preparing to do this when the Jew Goldh aN" giveslher a note, by which she is informed that her lover? welfare depends upon her presenting herself that night 1 , 11 ,1 the Druid's Circle at Stonehenge—there a mystery woo, be revealed to her. When Raby is concerned Mabel we als ' brave anything ; but, previous to starting, she goes to al l old cabinet where the will is preserved, in a drawer of wh iell , she finds a ring, which, when pressed, possesses poisonon ci' properties, and which is duly ticketed as having belong e to the Borgias. Fearful that such a dangerous play thin g should fall i n to ignorant hands, Mabel places the ring ° her finger, and, hiding the will in her dress, sets off for th. rendezvous. The next scene gives us Stonehenge by rneell: light, where we find Piers Wenlock and Goldhawk, th former bent on first learning from Mabel the place mil e ': the will is deposited and then on her destruction, the WO' timorous and irresolute. Mabel arrives, and Piers nlOO, no disguise of his intention. Mabel hesitates, but is c hant to yield on Piers swearing that ho will spare her life. 11° seizes her hand to register this oath with due stage imPr e° : s iveness, presses the ring, and falls in a swoon, whil e " blinding snowstorm, which curiously commences at el ° moment, prevents Mabel from regaining her path, and act drop falls on, her bending over Piers' prostrate body. . 1. the next act the Jew Goldhawk has been found by sel shepherds in a raving state, and by what can be gathet e L from his mutterings, suspicio n o f foul play against Mabel ' I , aroused, and Raby Langley-and his friends set off to se ° her.- They arrive at the Stonehenge ruins but just in time' for Wenlock temporarily reviving from his stupor, 1 1 seized the will from Mabel, and has presented a pistol her, which luckily missed fire. tut so enormous is thi o gentleman's capacity for crime that he is not yet satisfied' but endeavours to persuade Langley to shako hands, i ll s order that ho may indulge him with a taste of the ring, b ll is again frustrated by the watchful Mabel. Mr. Webster and Mrs. Mellon acted with their ustut; excellence in their respective characters, and were honour & with a recall at the fall of the curtain. The curtain fe ll amidst loud applause. . COURT CIRCULAR. - WINDSOR, JAN. 2 4 • Her Majesty, with Princess Alice, rode in the Ridi' house this morning, attended by the Hon. Horatio SOS• fora. His Royal highness the Prince Consort wont out Will i iug, attended by Lieut.-Col. Ponsonby. Mr. Roebuck, M.P., had an interview with the Charlet lor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence Downing-street. • A deputation, consisting of Mr. Whateley, Q.C., - Skinner, Q.C., Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., Mr. Gray, Mr. I\ l9e' mahon, M.P., and Mr. Phipson, had an interview on Sotel day with Mr. Secretary Walpole at the Home-office. Despatchesifor the Governors of the colonies on the - We,' Coast of Africa were sen t y es terday from the Coloni'; office, and despatches were received from the Governor °' the Mauritius. We are requested to state that all speculatio n : in regard to any nomination to the St. Helenaßishopric entirely premature, as the question whether or not a 13i 61-14 should be appointed to that See is still under the cousidellr. tion of the Government. ' Col. and Lady Jane Dundas have left Claridge 8 Hotel for Grantham. ERRATUM.—Inthe first leading article yesterdoP, the allusion. to the Prince of Wales should obviously li al o b_Tn—his Royal Highness's " six months' sojourn 1 11i ' Eternal City." BURNS' FESTIVAL.—PRIZE POEM.—The on authorised edition of this poem is published by Bratt' an d Evans, 11, Bouverio-street—price Sixpence. The ing th since t has b upwai a limit home variat and fi ingnii slight and It on th( &live to 52E. Thu heavil exhil Kipp( 6 8. 1 Weal wont Mai Previ niont ful. Bliar( adop liibit of a of I rate mat 911