The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

II ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE THIS EVENING. Piecolomini, Spezia, Giaglini, Belletti, Rossi, Vialetti, and Aldighieri. IL TROVATORE. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Jan. 6), LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Last Act of LA FAVORITA. Prices : —Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold font persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s ; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, U. 5 5 .; three pair, 15s; gallery boxes, 10s; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Her MAJESTY the QUEEN has graci ously signified her intention of HONOURING with her PRESENCE a SERIES of FOUR FESTIVAL PERFORM ANCES, intended to be presented at the period of the ap proaching Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA. The general arrangements are under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and favoured by the assistance of the following Managers of the Metropolitan Theatres ; Mr. Smith Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. Mr. Biekstone Haymarket Theatre. Mr. Webster ...... . ..... Adelphi Theatre. Mr. Harrison and * Miss Pyne „Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Robson and Mr. Emden 01ympie Theatre. Mr. Phelps Sadler's Wells Theatre. The programme will comprise the following Entertain ments On TUESDAY, January 19, MACBETH. Produced under the direction of Mr. Phelps. _ _ ..... . Macbeth, Mr. Phelps ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit With Locke's Incidental Music, under the direction of Mr. Benedict. And Mr. Oxenford's Farce of TWICE KILLED. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. THURSDAY, January 21. Balfe's New Opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE, By Miss Pyne, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Weiss, and the Operatic Company of the Lyceum Theatre ; conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. With a COMIC AFTERPIECE. SATURDAY, January 23, AN ITALIAN OPERA, By 3fadlie. Piccolomini, Signor Giuglini, and the Principal Artistes of Mr. Lumley's Theatre. And a FESTIVAL CANTATA composed by Mr. Howard Glover. With a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, Fourth Performance, AN ENGLISH COMEDY, By Mr. Buckstone's Company of the Haymarket Theatre. And an AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and Members of the Adelphi Company will perform. Admission to the pit (for which a limited number of tickets will be issued 10s. 6d. Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. Od. Gallery Applications for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with SPEED THE PLOUGH. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, Chippendale, Mrs. Poynter, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, and Miss E. Tertian. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening) i 3 c. each. (No charge for booking.) First PFice. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 upper Boxes.. .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 P.t 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADIES' BATTLE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Miss M. Oliver will perform. After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. Lady Eleanor, by Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paul* ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Tun EVENING, will be performed the second and third acts of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Madame Celeste, and Mr, Wright will perform. After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mars, Mr. Frank Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billington ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulwer's play of RICHELIEU. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Poynter; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham Whits, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. A Morning Performance on Saturday next, on which oc casion the Children of the Westminster Grey and Green Coat Schools will be present. In active preparation, a new and original Comedy, by Leigh Hunt, Esq. 3ox.office open from II to 5 daily. ' . .I)OYAL SURREY THEATRE, . Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed BROKEN FAITH. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. TRA:VD THEATRE. —Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. 0 —THIS EVENING, will be p-rformed HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO LOST HER HEART. Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine, Madlle. Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lam' ert Family and the Red Man of Agar in the'r wonderful performance, &c. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2i.; Pit, ls. Gallery 6d. ir 4 ANTERBTJRY HALL, WeßtminAter-road. k.J OPEN EVERY EVENING.._Th© follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S dections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, drc., v i z . : —Mi ss Russell , Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta , Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An'onio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr Ber nard; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchleld, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmaus. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &s., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS 1311AffAM will make his first appearance on Monday, the 25th inst. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY—Morn, 35 min. aft. 6--Even., 55 min. aft. 6 To-Monsow —Morn., 15 min. aft. 7 —Even., 40 min aft. 7 THE WEATHER—Smq OFFICE, .TAN VARY 6. THIEMOMETHR, 124 THE SHADE. 35—highest since noon yesterday. 33 28—l— thi owests day at noon this morning and during - the night. BAROMETER. 30.22—falling. WIND, S.W.; light, with sharp frosty weather. ' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 1858. Several despatches have been received from India, which although only confirming and ex plaining what was already known in this country ►ill still be perused with deep interest, and the more so because they contain the lists of casual ties in sundry actions, but also of many non commissioned officers who were either killed in the discharge of their duty, or subsequently died of their wounds. These lists will be anxiously scrutinised in many humble dwellings from whence some member has gone forth to fight the battles of Old England on the burning plains of India. They may have been poor, boasting of no high descent, but many loving hearts will still throb anxiou ly for tidings of their wolf r.., a!,tl tray be stricken down at the intelligence of their deaths far from their native land, arid the dear ones who looked forward with hope t t! - Jeir return. The list is unfortunately a long cne. But when ' we consider the perils and fatigues so cheerfully encountered, the deeds of valour so daringly accomplished, it could scarcely have been shorter. We trust that the Government may adopt speedy measures to alleviate the sorrows of the bereaved parties. A small memorial—were it but a medal —in memory of the lost one, would prove that services seldom equalled, and never surpassed, have been duly appreciated by a grateful nation. Such a boon, if promptly granted, would be not merely graceful, but exceedingly politic. It would be handed down as an heirloom in the family, a monumentum cere perennius, and would stimulate others of the rising generation to emulate the deeds for which their relative had obtained re nown. A resting place in Westminster Abbey or a statue in the metropolis would not be more to one of the upper ten thousand than such a memento to the humble youth who was about selecting a path in life. It would unquestionably materially assist the arguments of the recruiting sergeant on any emergency, when every nerve should be strained to the utmost to maintain the honour and ensure the safety of the United Kingdom. One of the despatches is from Capt. WILLTAM PEEL, R.N., commanding the Naval Brigade, and is peculiarly interesting, inasmuch as it indicates what our jolly Jack tars can do, when removed from their native element, and engaged in inland opera tions. It proves that oven the greatest discipline and organisation on the part of our land troops cannot produce greater efficiency than the natural courage and indefatigable energies of those of whom Eng land has abundant cause to be proud—the garri sons of her " wooden walls." Many of those heroes—for they have well merited the title--+- were from the merchant service. They were raised at Calcutta, and, as Captain PEEL justly remarked, their fine appearance, good behaviour, and excellent discipline displayed the ability and zeal of Lieutenant J. W. VAUGHAN, their com manding officer. It, however, did more, for it proved, beyond the possibility of dOubt, the value of the materials which that very efficient officer had at his disposal. They were speedily engaged in the battle of Kudjwa, where, on the death of the gallant leader, Colonel POWELL, of her MAJESTY'S 53d Regiment, Captain PEEL took the command of the combined forces, and succeeded in obtaining a decisive vic tory. They had arrived on the 31st October, at the camping ground of Thurea, and there heard that the sepoy mutineers from the Dinapore regi ments, with three guns, had crossed the Jurnna with the intention either of attacking Futtehpore or marching into Oude. It was, of course, essen tial to arrest their progress,and immediate measures were adopted for that purpose. After a march of 16 miles, the column halted for refreshment,and then resumed their march in double quick time. The battle commenced at 2.30 r.M. j the enemy, con. sisting of about 4,000 men, of whom 2,000 were sepoys in uniform, fought with the energy in spired by despair. The gallant POWELL fell early, and his duties fell on Captain PEEL, who faith fully and nobly discharged them. The long and tedious march had greatly ex hausted our men, but the excitement of the con test revived them. No refreshment could do more for a true-hearted Briton than the presence of an armed enemy. After a severe conflict of two hours and ten minutes, the enemy retired in confusion at 4.30, leaving our forces in command of the field and two of their guns, the third being subsequently abandoned eight miles further on. This was a gallant transaction, in which the Naval Brigade greatly distinguished themselves. There is also a despatch from Capt. BANNISTER, commanding at Neemucb, in which he details the particulars of a severe struggle with some of the rebels from Mundesote, in which several gallant officers were killed or wounded. The despatches from Lucknow add nothing to the information we have already obtained. gation.] Because the Indian revolt necessitates the immediate revision of the whole fabric of our Indian Government ; because of this, that, and the other, the question of further Parliamentary Reform admits of yet longer delays and of a yet more tantalizing evasion ! It being monstrously hinted among those most sage and singularly con stitutional reasons, that Ministers very wisely de fer to some remote opportunity the consideration of the problem of this . particular and very compre hensive reform—because, forsooth ! the country is not so bent upon its acquisition this time as to be literally upon the very verge of insurrection. Last time, if the Reform had not been granted when it was granted, there would certainly (there is now not the slightest doubt of this) have been bloodshed far and wide throughout England. So hard run then were the people of this free land by a procrastinating Legislature ! And because we are not now upon the eve of an outburst that was then imminent--that but for that concession was inevitable—we are to delay, and delay, and delay, until we snppose we are again by those delays goaded to the very brink of rebellion ! Another month and Parliament will have re. assembled. Its labours were but dimly fore !,hadowed through the Royal Speech inaugurating the extraordinary session convened in the winter of '57, simply for the purpose of Indemnity. Nevertheless, through that Speech from the Throne—dimly--they tiers foreshadowed. Dis tinctly enough (however faint the outlines) to en tble us to conjecture the chief, at least, am,,ng Is this really and truly the principle of legislation established by our Constitution ? Is " pressure from without "—indicated by a Shadowy Monster holding in one hand a petition, and in the other the detestable banner of insurrection—the one, sole signal of Parliamentary improvement ! GOD forbid ? An evasion upon this plea —upon the plea of the popular quietude —were indeed no thing less than an infamous evasion. But-- directly illustrative of this very point—what says M. DUMONT in his preface to his treatise on the " Principles of Legislation !" He says this (with the perfect cognizance and with the direct ap proval of a no less illustrious and philosophical observer than the late JEMMY BENTHAM)---." La seule 6poque oit Fon puisse entreprendre avec succes des grander reformes de legislation, est cello oa les passions publiques sont calmes, et o 4 le gouvernement jouit de la eta bilite la plus grande." Memorable words—words we would now mos earnestly submit to the judgment and the consci ence of her Majesty's Advisers ! Wherefore, in spits of all these sinister rumours as to the possible cushioning even now of Parliamentary Reform for '5B, we venture to assert that the country looks calmly but confidently and exactingly for the ful- filment in this matter of the solemn and reiterated promise of Viscount PALMERSTON. Under what inspiration we know not, but the journal which boasts of being the " European" one has taken in hand to teach all Europe that Eng land has a hankering again for slavery or even the slave-trade. Of course both in modified forms. The slaves are to be apprentices, or to labour under a ten years' contract or so ; and as to the slave trade—well, it is notorious that we have utterly failed to suppress it. Still, as public opinion will not tolerate an open traffic in human bodies and souls, it is to be an emigration or im migration under Government Commissioners, and the whole thing is to be but a parallel with the voyage of Scotchmen to 0 tna da, or of Irishmen to the United States. Dr. LIVINGSTONN has com- pointment of a Committee of Inquiry in regard to the anxieties and responsibilities of the Grand Difficulty of our Anglo-Indian Government. Another and not the least urgent of these con spicuous themes for legislative scrutiny in '5B, is of course, the only one in regard to which the Prime Minister had long since formally pledged his Administration. The most important problem of all, so far as our political condition internally is concerned—meaning obviously by all this no other vexata qua'stio than that long expected, long delayed, hitherto avoidable, but ultimately ine vitable achievement of legislative sagacity—Par liamentary Reform. Lord PALMIIRSTON, it must be remembered, was long since pledged to that : and in the Speech from the Throne in November his promise was spontaneously and explicitly rei terated. Nevertheless whispers are occasionally audible even now that the subject yet admits of further postponement. It is declared for several very cogent reasons to admit of this further postponement. Because, for example, the currency has at once to be looked to. [lt matters nothing that that "at ono3 " looking to the currency involves the intention simply —as already intimated—of organising another dawd ling and quite unnecessary committee of investi- proportion of women should accompany the immi pants ; this, of course, would raise the cost of immigration from India fully six or seven to one in favour of the Mauritius. The grand end of the West India Planters and their advocates at home, too, is doubtless that of Protectionists. They cannot brook the demands of Free Trade. Accustomed once to have their labour for nothing, or what seemed like nothing, they have not yet outgrown the habits and ideas generated by the good old days when every planter could flog his nigger as he liked. Such labour was indeed dear enough. It ruined them. When emancipation came, and when by a sad piece of trickery England's tax payers gave them 20,000,0001. of their hard earned money for their labourers' freedom, it was found im nediately that the money belonged to mortgagees at home—that the plantations were bankrupt—that but for this windfall from JOHN BULL's adored tree of liberty, the mortgagees would never have got a farthing. All they had gained indeed had been gained by a heavy tax, in the shape of a protective duty, inflicted on sugar consumers in England, and all for no earthly pur pose but to bolster up slavery and bankrupt planters. To have equalised the sugar duties all over the world, to have given our own East India sugar alone a fair and equal chance in the market, would have broken up the planters, and perhaps have emancipated their negroes, too, without our paying them a penny. There is not a set of quondam monopolists in the world who have less claim to Legislative bounties in aid than these same West India Plan ters. As a class they extracted an enormous an nual tax from British consumers, and wasted our liberality in extravagance, slave-driving, and finally fleeced the country out of 20,000,0001. of hard cash. Even since emancipation gave them a free peasantry, instead, like sensible men, of looking the plain facts in the face, what must they do but seek in every way to irritate and oppress the peasantry whom they could no longer " wal lop" at pleasure. They made vagrant laws, in tended to compel them to labour where they lived. They laid taxes on all the imported arti cles most used by the negroes ; they charged them rents for cottages, or huts built by the poor people themselves ; and above all they endeavoured to grind them down to the most unreasonable wages. A few planters had the sense to employ the missionaries as mediators on the wages' question, when all went smoothly. The great majority, however, tried every means to get the labour of the freemen for much less than it had cost them, all things con- sidered, for the labour of slaves. This was, of course, resented. The peasants, many of them, " squatted," many of them obtained small quan tities of land by aid of the friends of emancipation at home. And worst of all for the planters, they taught the people to live without labouring for them. They have taught them independence— laziness if they like to call it so, and must bear the results of their meanness and folly. There is, of course, still open to them the one resort of frank conformity to the requisitions of their case. They can exchange antiquated and unaided cultivation for modern labour—saving appliances. They can exchange the clumsy hoe for the plough, and hand-labour in many pro cesses for the steam-engine. They can give wages which shall evoke the spirit of industry by making it worth while to labour. Two facts speak volumes. One is that for those kinds of labour which are fairly paid for, there is no want of hands. Another, that from those colonies where labour is beat paid, the largest exports are sent forth. The negro is just like any other human He will work with an adequate motive ; but, why he should toil and broil under a tropical sun fur Sid. or 6d. a-day, it is difficult to see. Waste land abounds, and he can raise pro bably one or two shillings' worth of produce, or more, while the sugar planter would have him labour for sixpence. The Prince (le Moskowa has arrived from Paris at the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, where the Marquis and Marchionness de Cadors, the Cunt and Counte 8 de Lubedoyere, and the Cuunt de Castelnajac have joined hii Ilighnees. The Lord Chancellor will receive the j u d ges, Q ueen ' s con sel, &c., at his lordship's residenc e in Upper Brook street. on Monday next, the first clay of Hilary term, at 1 2 o'clock. The Count Edward D'Alten has returned to the for Gloucester Gardens, Hyde elled a reluctant acknowledgment that purchasing Tile Ladies Charteris have arrived at Claridge's the principal themes about to be submitted to the P deliberate consideration of the Legislature, after negroes from Africa, under the mild designation Hotel, fro p m per Scot o i r a w n do d o . md,isfos Brunswick Hotel, from Brighton. the date of its supplementary assemblage in Feb- of " labourers by special contract," must neces- Hotel, Lady u Duake N tt have left the Queen's ruary. We know perfectly well, for instance, sadly result in changing the incipient inland com- park. The Duke and Duchess of inCleveland have not had already in connection with the senatorial achieve- Enema of Africa into slave hunting and village c' the usual festivities at Baby consequence of the seri went of November, namely, the redoubtable burning ; so that suggestion, though looked on our indisposition of her grace. Indemnity Bill, that w ith a v i ew t o t h e solut i on with a lingering ey e , mus t b e g i ven up. Still, oor West India c His ee Exc s d elle e p n :r y st t , h e e y Az i ba le s a sa y d e or th o e f r F e France and the the the p of the long-scrutinized b u t hith er t o w h o ll y un- some thi ng must be done for the Embassy, Albert - gate House, to - day, on a visciet of t s solved problem of the Cur renc y, we are t o have planters. What mu s t it b e ? C au 't we get t h em Duke of E Ne i w i cas tl o a u t h C t I v a .0o;:epr-ipark, the otts. that extremely absurd, b ecause en ti re l y super- . gratuitous lab ourers ? Th a t wou ld be perfection, g's the C o urt o Y f Sweden has taken a large New M manst • n t in r fluous Committee of Investigation. It is deeded, If that cannot be, sve must devise some means t ) Grosvenor-place. Excellncy the Minister for the Hanses Towns l e f t get them. I n di an or Chi nese coolies —we must t ow il e is a f e w days since for Berlin. iii other words, that a solemn con c l ave s h a ll b e formed to discover whether or not th e no t or i ous give them a lift some h ow . His Excellency the Sara Minist er w i ll return to Bank Charter Act operates in any way as au i m - No w , we t rus t a ll E urope, and America toe, to‘ i z a t L o i r el norrow from Germany. B , Tuesday.—Baron utib erg, the Russian pediment to what is called the Circulating knows enough of this country to be aware that Ambassador at Vienna, is nominated to the embassy at , eledium—though calamities the most dire ha ve under no mo difi ca ti on s h all we tolerate again the Berlin. Baron Brunnow, long Ru ss i an M inister at the Court of St. Jetties s, has again received his credentials again and again proved, beyond the possibility of vice which we paid 20,000,0001. to be rid of, and to the English Court. Mary Dou g l a s, `laughter denial, that the stricture caused simply and solely which we see t o b e suc h a p l ague spot to the pill- A u leter by that Act operates with all the strangling tical and so c i a l h ea lth o f A mer i ca at t hi s moment. te t rot fro t m he N D i a c k e e sa s y-- p e dD i p ' Lady of Hamilton, is seriously ill here. Sir Joseph 011iffe h as just rrrived obduracy of a tourniquet ! Wherefore, let us We do not re p en t o f h av i ng parte d company with f rom Paris, hav i ng b een summoned to attend on her l repeat so far we know already perfectly well—but slavery. It was never a " domestic institution" a d i ets iE h A i L p. T ' ff ' OF THE DUKE OF SUTHERLA.ND. Tile health too well, alas !—that among the labours of the with us, and was always a nuisance in our col a . of his grace the Dulte . of Sutherland hag for some ti m e approaching session of '5B there will be those flies. And all the sighs of planters will never was ve u i w ps r i s n e e . s s i t i n e h i i s s friends.able By to move consequent upon this wretched Committee in re- recal it. In Jamaica, as in England, our Q UEEN about, but is greatly affected by general debility.— i p a a s s t t a b c e c e h n u , suchlts his i s a as r t a o c g e i gard to the working of the Bank Charter Act, will never be the sovereign of slaves or slave- NoLtil::;71Eo RACHEL —Mademoiselle Rubel die d - That—so far as we yet know an ythi ng i n re f erence h o ld ers. I n addition to our inborn hatred of terday at her residence near Cannes. . yes to the new session—is about th e h ea d an d f ront s l avery, we are now Free-traders, and all these Mr. J. D Fitzgerald bas declined a ccep ti ng e i t h er o f appearance in the vacant Irish judgeships, of its offending. plaintive cries from the West Indies, for improved We hear tbat Miss Gerard, India, again, and its Government will inevi- labours, are but the cries of monopolists of labour. so t pr t r o l vo d ic ip e, g who is spoken members theof very favourably by some a Young lady with a fine o tably furnish another and fecund subject - for cis- They want cheaper labour ; and forthwith cry to profession, pu,,ic is expeo I Despatches shortly t cussion in both Houses of the Imperial Legislature. the State to furnish them, in great part at the High Commissioner of the lonian I-lends were received yesterd at the Colonial o ua k f e r om her theai Another problem will here have to be dealt with, public expense, with additional hands, to lower office. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the to the end that we may arrive as speedily as pus- the wages of their present labourers. They are Cape of Good G Hops, , Bible at its solution : and we dare say it will after quite free to hire labourers honestly whenever rea C rrr tolerlearnEltliTantEnt:e S s es e a r v y i . oE s . ces o—f thelt willgal lrlftgrlOM all be dealt with—just about as summarily I they will. The British empire is open to them, Greatbed have been recognised by the Commander-in- Ceief and that on the arrivalof S . Colin at Alumbagh Unless, indeed, the horrors of the late revolt in from Labrador to the tropics, from the far East Colonel(Nov.gave Greathed the Bengal nerve Parliament to some more energetic to the far West ; but of course they must do it- command of the Infantry Brigade, consisting of the Bth, exercise of its authority, and excite it to some under the conditions requisite to insure that men same7sth, timeand two i r Colin m mo t o f h P u d nj Apb I intimated Infantry. At t o t t h h te e more prompt evidence of its wisdom, with a view of a strange language, our own subjects ne vert h e- hero of Agra, " that after all ' h o rs esUccesses with his to the resolute and . systematic dissipation of the less, are not imposed on where their personal avenging command column, d not let sanbyttonre tinterfere r appalling evils consequent upon the preposterous liberty is concerned, and where there is every Colin C amp b e ll h ow to aepe e y e i a k t e no e w ea l merit in a sol scheme of the double Government. The mercao- facility for fraud. So far, however, as sugar, and dier ; and we hope the time is not far distant when we may congratulate Colonel Greathed on receiving some tile cal amities hitherto have unhappily proved some other tropical produce, is concerned, it really substantial acknowledgment at the hands of his country altogether inoperative of these beneficent conse- does seem much easier to erea•e aogar plantations, f r 1 his distinguished services.—Times.—[We intes.—[We cordially I say ditn. —Sun.] quences - ,as but just now intimated in our refe- by irrigation, for our East India subjects, than to ELECTION INTELLIGENCE SOUTH NORTHAMPTON• renc t e to the bewi ld ering procrastination of Parlia- carry them thousands of miles away to' cultivate SHIRE —A. vacancy heir, - e; about to occur in the southern in regard to the imminent difficulties . ' the fee uently exhausted lauds of the West India odfivisio of the county of Northampton, by the elevation in . d q Viscount Althorp, m . io to the House of Lords, as volved in the Question of the Currency. It may islan s. Earl Spencer, in room of his deceased father, this part be different with the sun • of the county is already in the thick of an election con disastrous and so far more The West India Planters seem to have stirred which ' test, promises to be equally sharply fought with disastrous calamities of Sepoy 11,i ie ti • • n'l's calamities up a little by envy of the Mauritius. That little that which took place here at the late general election. affecting not merely the Pecuniary fortune'',successfully Lord Henley stands the Liberal interest, and Col. but c ilony has resorted to immigration , . on Henry Cartwright on the Conservative. It will be a the lives of our valiant and un ff • ° end ing fellow- from India, but it bas two great advantage.. One close run. Lord Hen,ey h d a COMO era . ble amount of citizens in Hindostan, and what was far dearer Indies might it Mal influence - a th e -, as , ..Aent member is I to that the West equally possess, has . . i county, and the pr family 1 them than their lives, those of their outr his frieud ; white Co!. Cartwright belongs to a a g e d employed artificial manures, guano especially, long of great influence here. wives, and sisters, and daughters, and those even with DEATH OF WIL DAVIE, Bee, LL.D.; TOWN-CLERK and skill ; the other advantage is industry of their little nursling babes, and prattling chi]- ou , OF GLASGOW.—Mr. Davie, the senior town-clerk of with which the West Indies cannot compete) G asgovediedftat his residence, BlthesvrTd-sau v a i r e e w , on dren. The recollection of these more hideous and the e NI comparatively close to India, the Wednesday, n a de protracted illness.. D r. more dismal calamities may prove somewhat more West Mauritius is to r.-clerk, under and latterly as senior Indies is nearly I lf the circumference of in dfi . ce fox:more then ' 4o r. eddle not tees re efficacious of good in its influence upon the Coen- tee Zue e e t ta half yeare, andK was nt. The coat of transit, is :lb( tit : opect , ed for the high legal gettlificatione than for hie cils of the Lords and Commons of Eliglaud. Cow 31. or 41. urt,E4.3 ,- and sir I,of diemyitiati. Dr. i to th i the . igu.ar amiability . • Davie was released from his euiferiage by grant it. As yet at any rate there is the enet, u- oncs more than raging possibility that the Session about to be must be added, that it i 10 nearer colony, to remoter three times that sum. To this it , 4 found necessary, for the death, just. two days before he would have ceased by Vie terms of {hip own resignatien to be town-clerk of Glas;ow. About recommenced, may result in more than the ap- moat obvious of mor a l : lour months ago he intimated his intention to resign on t reasons, that a reasonable the 31st Dec., in consequence of ill health, A EST NEWS THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, w - ERNESDA.Y MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, Captain Evan. 4, has arrived with these mails. She left Alexandria, Dec. 23 ; Malta, 27th ; and Gibraltar, Jan. 1. She has 70 passengers, 47,3681. in specie, 610 bags of wheat, 50 bales of silk, and general cargo. The Indus spoke the barque Meg Merrilies on the Ist inst., and the Alhambra, steamer, on the 2d. At Malta, her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Princess Royal, Centurion, Conqueror, Vulture, Coquette, Ariel, Vigilant, and Harpy ; at Alex andria, screw steamers Arcadia and Abeona ; at Gibraltar, H.M.S. Curlew, and screw steamer Elmo. The barque Caleb, which grounded in the bay on the 21st, was got off on the 29th. MILAN, JAN. 5. ; Field Marshal Radetsky died this morning at 8 o'clock, after an illness of a week. General re gret is felt throughout the city. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received •two letters ' written by the Kin g o f B avar i a an d P rince Luit pold, his brother, thanking his Majesty for having sent the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to that Prince. The Moniteur announces that in consequence of slight indisposition of the Empress, the ball which was to have taken place this (Wednesday) evening at the Tuileries is postponed to Satur day next. This has been one of the coldest days we have had this winter in Paris. The water in the public gardens is frozen some inches thick, and to-mor row, no doubt, will be crowded with skaters. A magnificent sunset was witnessed to-day from the Champs Elysees. A group of many-shaped purple clouds screened the copper coloured golden glare of the declining sun. The buildings, the skeleton trees, all below was cold grey, which gave remark able value to the warm rich colours above. BOURSE, Jan. s.—The following were the last quotations : 4i per Cents Do. end month._ 3 per Cent. ..... 69 50 Do. end month 69 90 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier Do. Account 930 95 50 Credit Foncier Belgian 44 . Piedmontese (5) Roman Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . 37i VAYS. RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto BO5 Lyon and Mediteran. 8821 New Ditto B6O Geneva Midi Western 7OO Strasburg Grand Central ... 652A Slrdinian Austrian TURKEY. The Lloyd of Pesth7orthe 31st ult., contains some fresh details of the late conflict between the Turks and the Christians in the Herzegovina. Tney are given in a letter from Mostar : " The Turkish authorities of this place, a few days since, received some alarming news from Piva, in the district of Gazko. The Christians at that place being tired of the oppression exercised by the Turkish irregular soldiers, threatened to rise against them, and began by refusing to sell them wheat, oats, Jsc. Last week a body of from 400 to 500 took up arms and marched upon Piva, in order to drive out the Turkish garrison. The building in which the latter were quartered adjoins the Greek convent, which was closed on the approach of the armed band, who advanced uttering the most me nacing cries. Three Turks, not belonging to the garrison, and one of whom was the son of the Mu 'of Piva, had however taken refuge in the inner court of the convent. It i s sa id that the in surgents first called on the soldiers in the barracks to surrender, and on their refusal set fire to the building. Eleven soldiers perished in the flames, and the 3 who had sought shelter in the convent were afterwards killed by the Christians. The Mudir of Piva, who had on that day gone into CrAno, was stopped on the road and forbidden to return to Piva. The president of the tribunal of Mostar was charged to open a negotiation with the inhabitants of Drobujak and Piva, to induce them to alter their r esolution of not supplying the Turkish ir regulars wish provisions, ou a promise that for the future they should have no oppression to complain ttf. To these advances the rajahs replied that the aarue assurances were given them six years ago, but without their having ever been attended to. In the end, however, negotiations were entered into between the parties, and hostilities have for the present ceased." THE SCN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1858. AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter, in the French Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Lord Stratford de Redcliffe whilst here was the object of very special attention and he must tike away with him a very pleasing reminiscence of Vienna. The rumour that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe will not return to his post appears only to repose on the sale of part'of his furniture and of his equipages ; and from informa tion obtained from a good source, I believe that he has not finally left Constantinople. Ho merely takes advantage of a leave of absence, and cer, ainly intends to return to Turkey. This at least is what he said at the grand dinner given to him by Aali Paella on the eve of his departure, as well as to the Sultan himself at the audience which he had ob tained to take leave." According to the Deutschland of Vienna new efforts are being made to put an end to the dissen sion between Naples and the Western Powers. Austria, in particular, it adds, is taking advantage of her present friendly relations with England to bring about that result. The Nuremberg Correspondent contains a letter from Vienna which states that the Archduke Fer dinand Maximilian will proceed to London to be present at the marriage of Prince Frederick Wil liam of Prussia, having been expressly invited to do so by Queen Tictoria. PRUSSIA. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin, of the 2 , 1 says :-- " It was thought probable here that Major de Wildenbrach, the Prussia. Ambassador at Con stantinople, would soon return to the Turkish capital. What detained him at Berlin was the serious illness of his wife, who, we regret to learn, expired this morning. A Berlin letter says :—" According to authentic accounts from Frankfort, the Committee on the Duchies terminated b"fore the end of the year the collecion of materials for its report, and will present the document itself to the Diet en the 7th of January. At the same time it will bring forward a series of propositions, and, from what is known of the instructions which the members of the Diet have received from their govern ments, it may be hoped that the decision of the Assembly will be given soon after. It is re marked that in the Russian noie addressed to Denmark there is more a question of an amicable arrangement than of an absolute recognition of the rights of Germany. It is therefore thought that the explanations which the minister of Rus sia at Copenhagen is charged to give verbally on the note will be more important than the despatch itself." BELGIUM. The Brussels journali inform us that the Belgian governnietit has just ordered. Colonel Charras to quit Belgium. He was once before expelled in 1854 under the ministry of M. Brouckere-Faider. Since that period, and after the accession to power of the party of the right, Colonel Charras, who was residing at the Hague, requested permis sion to come to Brussels for some time in order to obtain medical advice for a complaint which threatened his life. That permission was granted, and on the intercession of different influenti per sonages, among others M. Felix do Merode, it had in some measure been prolonged indefinitely, on the condition that lie would leave on the fiat intimation being made to him. This has now been done during the last few days. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 31st ult., due yester day, have reached us. A Royal decree in the Gazette, signed on the report of the Minister of Finance, en acts that, as the Cortes will not meet in time to pass the subjec ,, , the Usual payments for the different; branches of the public service Shall con tinuo to he made from the Ist Jai . next, until the eAitnates be votvid. The Espana, in the cour:ie of a long article on the message of the Proil dent of the United States, expresses the opinion that the Spanish Government will "continue firm in its refusal to give satisfaction to the United States in the affair of the Dorado, since no instil had been committed, and that it will energetically reject the insulting proposition relative to Cuba." The Queen, on occasion of the birth of the Prince of the Asturias, had made large donations to the poor. The Due de Tarangon, a younger son of Queen Christina and the Duke de Rianzsres, had arrived in Madrid, and was about to entet the cavalry school at Valladolid. The Infanta Dona Josefa has completely recovered from her recent accident. ITALY. In the sitting of the 2d of the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin, the report on the election of M. Bottero by the first college of Ni ce , recommen di ng its approval, was r ea d. M. Deviry, of the right, proposed an inquiry into it on the ground that the government had exercised undue influence over the electors in favour of its candidate. The In tendant, he said, had told an elector that if he did not vote for the government candidate. he might do injury to his son's career in the financial department. Count de Cavour emph , tically denied that any such threat had been held out. The sou was one of the ablest functionaries of the finance, had been promoted three years ago, and would be promoted in future according to his merits, without any regard to electoral votes. The Intendant, he added, had no power at all in the matter. After some further discussion, the motion for an inquiry was negatived by a majority of 70 against 45. Next followed the report on the election of Pancaheri, where General Lamarmora had been ousted. The report recommended an in quiry on the strength of a protest signed by the Syndic and the majority of the communal councillors, in which it was stated that the ballot-box had been left unotarded for some time. There was, however, a counter pro test from the members of the electoral board. Count de Cavour observed that this was the elec tion which had been most regretted by the Cabinet, on acconnt of General de Lamaralora s ill-success, but that he must oppose a n in qu i r y, b ecause suc h measures ought not to be often resorted to. After a debate of some length the inquiry was rejected by a small majority, nearly half of the Right having abstained from voting. At Florence and in other large towns of Tußcany, prayers have been offered up for the safe delivery of the Hereditary Princess of that Duchy, who is shortly expected to be confined. In the Germanic Diet, on th ,, 31st ult., the com mittee on military affairs presented a report setting forth the federal fortress of Landau, but a vote on the subject was postponed for a fortnight. THE AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY EVENING. The African Royal Mail st , aru ship Gindace, Captain J. H. Bolt, arrived here this day. Her homeward dates are Fernando Po, Nov. 26 ; Carneroons, Nov. 28 ; Old Calabar, Nov. 30 ; Bunny, Dec. 3; Lagos, Dec. 6 ; Accra, Dec. 10 ; Cape Coast, Dec. 11 ' • Monrovia, Dec. 15 ; Sierra Leone, Dec 20 ; Bathurst, 23 ; Goree, Dec. 24 ; eneriffe, Dec. 28 ; Madeira, Dec. 30. She brings the usual mails, six cabin passengers, and the captain and part of the crew of the barque Countess of Durham, the wreck of which vessel has been noticed previously. Her cargo consists of 1,801 ounces of gold dust, 334 casks of palm oil, 902 billets camwood, 64 packages gum, 47 packages bees-wax, 81 tusks and 60 cases of ivory, and 40 packages of sundries. At Fernando Po there were no ships of war. At Lagos, the Vesuvius, Wirefly, Hecla, Brune, Con flict, and Bloodhound. At Siert a Leon e, the Pluto and Childers. At Teneriffe, the Spitfire, hound for the, Coast of Africa, Heron, and the American frigate Powhattan ; the screw steam ship Powerful put in here leaky, making five inches per hour, ex pected to leave on the Ist of January. Trade was quiet in the rivers. The Niger exploring vessel Dayspring was lost near Rabba, on a reef of rocks. The publication of the New lira newspaper had been suspended at Sierra Leone through the go vernor having refused to accept the sureties offered under a colonial regulation. A m-nnorial has been forwarded on the subject to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the subscribers to the paper await the result. aTATIS OF TRADE. - MANCHESTER, JAN. 5. We have had a quieter market owing to the ad vance in cotton. The sales of cotton to the trade yesterday, at Liverpool, were rather large, and forced up prices, making the total rise from the lowest point about Id. per pound. Such a serious advance in cotton has been necessarily followed lyt producers of yarn and cloth asking a corresponding increase, and manuta.ctureia required fully 3d. per 1. iece more for long-cloths, T-cloths, madapollams, and Indian shirtings. Spinners asked an advance of id. per pound for yarn. Buyers, however, had satisfied their more pressing wants at the turn of the market, and the advance has stopped business. Some manufacturers having accumulated large stocks are easier to deal with, and there would have been a large business in both yarn and cloth at lase week's rates. • For Germany there was little dis position to take yarns at any advance, and to some parts of the continent the frost will neces sarily prevent shipments so late in the season. LEEDS, JAN. 5. With the improved seasonable charac er of the weather, which is now bright and fro4y, and the receipts of m re cheering accounts from Americo, together with the favourable reports of the way the bills due on the 4 , h have been reet throughout England and Scotland, there has been a better feeling in the Cloth-halls this morning. Tile at tendance of buyers was of an average nature, and they operated more freely than of late, so that altogether the market was more animated, and a greater bulk of cloth changed hands. The dressers and dyers are receiving tlittle more work to do, but not anything of an extensive character. A brisk trade is not expected, but with the advance nf the year an improved state of things is confi dently anticipated. Cloths, as well as wools, are tolerably steady in price, and no great alteration is likely soon to take place in either. BRADFORD, JAN. 4. A little more business has been done in wool at our market to-day. The full rates of la-t week have been maintained, and in s.ime instances sel lers have obtained a slight advance. Inactivity is still the ruling feature of the worsted yarn trade. The demand for Germany is likely to be affected by the severe weather which has set in, as it is sugges tive of the closing of the navigation, and will cause exporters to refrain from shipping to that quarter at present. There has been increase of business in cotton warps, the firmness of the markets in Man chester and Liverpool having led manufacturers to think that prices for the present have reached the lowest point of depression. As regards pieces there have been few transactions in the market tulday, and Lo improvement can be noted as compared with last week. HUDDERSFIELD, JAN. 5. There is some improvement to notice in the mar ket of this morning. Not, very large purchases have been made, buyers confining themselves chiefly to heavy goods. A few orders for spring goads have been given, and the prospects of the trade are looking better than they did a week ago. The trial of Mr. Glover, has been postponed until the February sessions of the Central Criminal Court. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT BANK.— It was determined on Touraday to take immediate steps for placing the affairs of this bank under the operation of the voluntary clauses of the Winding-up Act.-- Northern, Express. MURDER OF A POLICE-CONSTABLE AT STEPNEY. —Yes terday afternoon Mr. Wm. Baker the coroner, held an inquest at the Masons' Arms Tavern, Watnoy-street, Commercial-road, St. George's.in-the-East, respecting the death of Henry Morgan, aged 25 years, a police constable of the K division (No. 403), who died from the effects et ihjuries received in an affray on the night of Wednesday, the 29th Dec. last, in Jubilee-street, Mile eed Old-town, Mader circuin-tances already described in the police rep .rts, and after some evidence had been taken the inquiry was adj.aireee. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN DRURY-LANE.— Yesterday afternoon an inques. was held at the Brown. low Arms, Brownlew-street, Drury-lane, before Mr. Wakley, coroner for the western divisiou of Middlesex, on the body of Mary Page, aged 48, who was killed in Drury-lane, on New Year's Day, by a cart filled with grains going over her. Mr. Frederick Spear, saddler, 14, Drury-lane, who witnessed the occurrence, con sidered that the death of the unfortunate woman way accidental, and that no blame e as attached to the driver of the cart, who was cerainly a voiy careful driver, and quite sober et .he Om,. Mr. Evans, cuwkeeper, whose omple7 the driver eeic, gave him a - good character. The GArquer observed the present case was one ‘‘f rna , ,y arising from the effects of intenipera iei; Had the wretched woman been sober the accident would not have occurred. Verdict, "Accidental Death." FAILIIRES.—The North British Daily Mail announces the suspension of the firm of Thomas Callender and Sons, bide and leather factors, and Mes r Miller, and Ogilvie, wholesale warehousemen, both Gl,sgow. In the latter cast , the liabilities •tr:, to amount to 80,0001. The Glasgow rook.tiou also the st , ppage, of Messrs. J. aed W. ‘Veliace, iewed muslin manufacturers, f. r 250,0001 At Daqt7ee Ait r John &Nati, the chief magiqrate of th e tog s ,, a m%nu . factures and export merchant, has stopped for of 50,0001. THE LEVIATHAN. ---,cp.-- LAUNCHING OPERATIONS RESUMED. Yesterday the works and increased machinery having been entirely completed, at an early hour operations were once more resumed for effecting the launch of the monster vessel, and with highly satisfact pry results. In the effectual attempt made to clear the boun dary of the ship -yard by a certain date, in order to save a sum of 1,0001., which would have been then due as a monthly fine, it will b e remem b ered the head of the vessel was forced much lower down than the stern, and therefore the first attempts yester day in the operations were for the purpose of en deavouring to.remedy this, and "square" the ship, by bringing, if possible, her stern parallel with h er head. . The operations were renewed at nine o'clock, Mr. Stephenson, M.P., together with Mr. Brunel were present throughout the day superintending the works, which were specially under the direction of tried scientific men, iu the persons of Mr. Hepworth (at the foremost cradle), Mr. Dixon (at the aft cradle), and Mr. Roberts. There were a number of scientific gentlemen, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, present likewise during the operations, all taking a deep interest in the affair. The machinery used and the hydraulic ap paratus had been greatly increased in strength, and, instead of six hydraulic machines, ten were brought into play, one being the original press used in the operations for carrying out that vast under taking the Menai-bridge, and which alone gave over 200 tons nominal pressure. The river tackle, for hauling purposes, was not required to be used dur ing the day's operations, as the great principle aimed at was, by means of the hydraulic apparatus, to square the monster, preparatory to the whole power, the hydraulic and the hauling, being brought into motion on a fair footing, so that there might not be more drag or pressure on one part (1 the vessel than on another. In the course of the day's operations the movements were slow, but at the same time sure, and although the greatest move ment at one lime forward was 6i inches, and 5 inches aft; yet the movements were accompanied with such satisfactory and pleasing results as to give the greatest satisfaction to the scientific gentle men present, especially Mr. Stephenson, who seemed to fall in with every idea of Mr. Brunel, and indeed appeared more desirous than the latter to keep a strict check on the monster's sudden movements. The slides varied from 2i inches to 3,4, 5, and 6i inches, making for the whole day's operations a decided motion of 7 feet 8i inches aft an d 3 feet 1j inches forward, thereby almost iguar nig her. The whole machinery worked beautifully through. out the operations, and, with the exception of one of the small hydraulic pumps getting out of order, which did not affect the works in the least, no dis aster happened, and although upwards of 200 men were employed at the work, no accident whatever occurred. There are at least 160 feet of "ways" yet to be got over before the vess-1 is entirely launched, but considering yesterday's satisfactory operations, little fear is now entertained by the scientific men concerned as to the successful results of a few days' more such operations. A very beautiful series of stereoscopic views of the Leviathan has just been completed at the yard by Mes , rs. Howlett and Downes. They give all the most striking points of her interior and exterior, the cradles, engine-room, drums, chains, and, above all, the hydraulic rams used in the launch, with the most admirable minuteness and effect, and, indeed, are the only pictures which convey a correct idea of the gigantic ship and its still more gigantic launching apparatus. • I PROGRESS OF THE LAUNCH THIS DAY. The launching of the Leviathan was resumed this morning. During the whole of the night huge fires were kept burning around the hydraulic rams, feeding-pipes, and pumps to prevent the water from freezing with great success, for, notwithstanding the intensity of the frost, Mr. Brunel was enabled this morning to recommence operations without .some idea difficulty. Th e fi res are k ep t b urn i ng during the the w weatherork,and r may mebefrom the fact that the water that d r i ps from the t p t r ie ogr severity ess of t o b f e pumps immediately freezes and hangs in icicles under the stages upon which the men work. The vessel as the power is applied appears to move with the greatest ease, though, of course, very slowly, and every arrangement has been made to continue the work until she is low enough on the ways to float with the rising tide. The work was resumed at about 10 o'clock, and proceeded with the utmost satisfaction till 12 o'clock, when the .3aen left off for dinner. It was then found, by a reference to the indicator, that she had moved 34in. forward and 36in. aft. The motion was imperceptible to a casual observer, and it, was only from the reg stry of the index that her progress to the water could be accuiately ascer tained. The pressure brought to bear on her appears to be more uniform than on previous occa sions. She this morning moved gradually broadside on, instead of by slips, (further at the stern than the bow) as on former occasions. Captain Har rison's active operations in connection with the al-o recommenced this morning. The chit n cables, fore and aft, carried across to the piles, and. Trotman' s anc h ors on the other side of the river, are under his directions, ably assisted by M r . P rowse, t h e chief mate ; and this morning the trawling chains were found of essential set vice in the pi ogress of the launch. On the return of the men, at half-past 12 o'clock, they again commenced operations, and were very successful. On the first application of the power she wade a splendid slip of six inches forward and seven inches aft. Up to the time of our despatoh leaving she had moved 55 inches forward and 56 inches aft, and everything was progressing satisfac- torily. CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE SURREY SESSIONS —Yesterday at a meeting of magistrates for the County of Surrey, Mr. J. E. Johnson was elected chairman, and Mr. T. Tilson deputy-chairman of the sessions held at Newing tUrl. "LET GLASGOW FLuDßlfslit I"—Between 3,000 and 4 000 gallons of whisky passed our door from Clenury dignilie. y on Monday last, en route for the City of Saint Mongo —Aberdeen. Free Press. THE BELFAST TEA FRAUDS.—It appears that the total loss originally to the Customs did not exceed 5,0001., out of which 3,000/. has been already paid by some of Moore's sureties ; besides from other sources ' some property has been made available, and it is more than probable that a very trifling balance, if any at all, will ultima ely remain. The Custons' authorities, however, h ave not yet done with the matter. They have bt en put in possession of certain information, and they have no choice hut to follow it up. THE BISEIor OF OXFORD a. Tun VICAR OF EINSIAM. —ln consequence 'of the dispute between the Bishop of Oxford arid the Rev. William S. Bricknell, M.A., Vicar of Eynsham, Oxon, relative to the removal of the communion-table in the parish church, the following notice was placed on the church doar, Eynsh, previous t o Ch r istaaaF-day :—" The Bishop oani f Oxrd having dire cte d the removal of the communion-table fo in the parish church of Eynsham, by violence if necessary, in the event of its being placed in the position required by the rubrics arid callous of the Church of togland when the holy communion is administered (canoa. 82), and it having been made known to me that several persons are likely to be deterred from at tendance at the communion upon the approaching festival through fear of witnessing the unseemly consequences which might ensue from an attempt to carry out such a direction from his • lordship, I feel it my duty to give this public notice that no opportunity will be afforded on Christma—day for any such desecration of the sane tuary.—W. S BRICKNELL, vicar." CIVIL SERVICES, &c.—A. return was issued yesterday giving a detai:ed statement of the estimates for civil ser vices (classes 1 to 7) for the year 1852, showing the in crease or decrease in each item of those estimates for every i , uhsequent year to 1856, inclusive. Upon class 1 (public works. &o.), the net increase as compared with 1856 is 2 70,7691 ; upon class 2 (saltines, Ste.) the increase is 485.2431.; upon cals 3 (law and justice), the increase is 952,7091. ; upon class 4 (education), the increase is 408,1811 ; upon class 5 (colonial), the decrease is 49,0431; upon class 6 (superannuatiuns, (&c., and chari ties), the increase is 13,1761. ; upon Class 7 (special or temporary), the incrPase i,t 225,471/ A MORE THAN SOLVENT BANKRUPT. —We understand that the affairs of Jonn floptun Wyld, wine and spirit merchant, and late alderman, Bristol, having, as our readers are aware been wound up in bankruptcy, the balance sheet has just been completed, and, after the stock, furniture, &c., of the so called, but not real, nankrupt, have been sold, subject to the usual sacrifices necessarily trade in such sales, it shows a cash balance in favour of Mr. Wyld (after paying every creditor 20s. in the pound and all expenses) of 5,0001. Here was certainly a victim to the monetary pressure, which, combined with a confusion of the business accounts, cau.,ed a proceeding in bankruptcy to be hurried on, ‘vile.n, as the sequel proves, it was worse than useless.— Bristol Times, MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—In consequence of the de cease of the widow of the late John Flinchliffe, Esq., of Notting-hill, on Nov. 28, in her 92d year, the following bequests under his will have fallen in, and are now being paid by his executors to the undermentioned charities : ° per Cent. Consols : Cancer Hospit a l, 1,0001.; Charing. cr, as Hospital, 1,000/, ; Middlesex Hospital, 1,0001. ; St. Mary's Hospital, 1,000/. ; Asylum for Idiot's, 1,000/. ; Three per Cent. Reduced : Indigent Blind Society, 1. 0001. ; Deaf Dumb A6yluin, 1,0001. ; We3tmlukt.t . hospital, 1,0001 ; Magdalen Hospital, 1,000/. ; Lock Ilimpitai, 1,000/.: Loudon Fever Hos pital, 1,0001. ; London Truss Society, 1,000/, ; Jour . neyruaa • lii,titution 1,0001 ; li oa , r l eAa P oor Society, 5001. ; Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Society. 5001.