The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

NOTICE] IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the NAVAL and MILITARY HERALD and COMMERCIAL MARINE REGISTEKNEWSPAPER CO3IPANY; Limited, will be held at the registered Offices of thd Company, 310, Strand, on MONDAY, the 17th day of January, 1859, at Two o'clock in the afternoon, precisely, for the purpose of enabling the Company to pass a special resolution requiring the said Company to be wound up, either voluntarily, or by the court. And it is also intended at such Meeting to propose a resolu tion requiring the said Company to be wound up alvountaril uida y, and also to propose another resolu tion appointing Liq for for that purpose. J. W. CHALLIS, Secretary . Dated this Bth day of January, 1859. ROVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; 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 lothing. Commence at Seven, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. Tins EVENING will be presented THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. C. Kean, After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARS.ET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE BUSYBODY. Messrs. Buckstone, Farren, &c. ; Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam and Miss Reynolds. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UN. DINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commenvi at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING —Increased Attraction—Production of a new and original Drama, MARION DE or, The Cradle of Steam : in entitled which Madame Celeste will LORNE ap ; pear., After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, nties Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, Jtc. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, Are ; Miss Rosins Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, dm To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. Reduced Prices Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, Is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past to commence at 7 every evening. A Morning Performance on Saturday next, at Two. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, MR. WEBSTER'S COMPANY IS REQUESTED AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOIREE. Manager, Mr. B. Webster ; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Memory, Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Everybody else. After which, MEPHISTOPHELES,. Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Keeley. Followed by THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billing,ton ; Miss Kelly, Mrs. Ch atterley, 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. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 30.; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. . _ During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN INDIA; or, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. Mier which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Sear Riders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr Cole; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. The grand Transformation Seene, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained paifries, pronounced unpreeedentedly magnificent. The new scenery, including the matchless re presentation of the "New Palace of the Peopl e, at Nuswell Hill," perfect gems of art. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. A Morning Performance of the Pantomime on the Bth, 15th, and 22d of January, at Two o'clock. Carriages for day performances at half-past for, and for night representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND 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 nnattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences 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 WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.75. WIND, N.E.L fresh, with hazy weather. There was alight fall of snow this morning. --~ - THE SUN. SATURDAY. JANUARY 8, 1859. What an enormous amount of mischief and anxiety has been occasioned by a few hasty words. A ni ni ;rho . can direct nr , 6N - T . , , nt, , ,,rbf,1191f 9 m ini" o 1 disvipLim , (l troop:, •dod powerful aliaull not adopt haAy language, which by any possibility could be subject to misconstruction. As we have already stated, it is easy to excite, but exceedingly difficult to allay, a panic; and neither the semi-official declarations, nor even the para graph in the Moniteur, have re-established the confidence so rudely disturbed, nor restored ease to the money market. There can be no doubt that there is an intense desire at head-quarters to avert the consequences of the grave mistake of which the EMPEROR suffered himself to be guilty, or, at all events, to allay the excitement thereby occa sioned. It is producing unexpected results, very injurious to the trade and commerce of France, as well as to the value of the public securities—a matter on which it is notorious that Louis NAPO LEON is peculiarly and very properly sensitive. His address was not a mere impromptu, de livered on the .spur of the moment. Far from it. It was carefully premeditated—thrown out as a feeler to Austria, to France, to Italy, to England, and to Europe generally. It was desirable to know whether Austria would succumb to the pressure,• and yield to, menaces what would not be accorded to diplomatic reasoning —whether France would edgerly respond to the call to arms, and show its anxiety for a new onslaught on Austria. The state of public opinion in England was also: to be discovered= -- what would the people think of the unity and independence of ,that ; glorious nation and hawit wonla be received by the other powers of EnraPre. These were points worth knowing, and perhaps the EMPEROR adopted the best mode of obtaining information without going beyond' the eiNceirmi' l l, or himself without " locus peni - ••1 LLJ.% ti 44 Li., • tenties," a position from which he could retreat; tiecerifiee" of 'principle, whenever he thought proper, to do so. We may receive an instructive lesson from the old fable of the shepherd's boy who, constantly occasioning false alarms, was nct credited when the wolf really was devouring his flock. Might not a very cunning Wolf create such " false alarms," in order to render the " watch-dogs," who might i n terfere with his proceedings, less vigilant ? It is possible, and there are some matters in the antecedents of the quondam prisoner of Ram which prove that it is not altogether opp ose d to his system. There were many rumours previous to the coup d'etat of his intention to follow the example of our own CROMWELL, and to dissolve the Legislative Assembly in a very summary manner; to have him self, appointed a dictator for the time being, so ' long as the state of public . affairs required , such an officer.. These subjects were, however, 'so frequently spoken of, tht tt the repetitio palled, and the people finding themselves so fro quently excited without:due cause at lc ngth, be came indifferent, and at la at were ta':en by sur prise when the crisis arrived. The pu'ilie vigilance that was of such vital import ante, vir relaxed, and there was not the vigorous or organised defence that might naturally have been anticipated. We must not suffer ourselves to fall into a similar trap. Although we 'could not by any possi bility take the part of Austria, or assist her in riveting the chains on Italy or Hun gary, we may become involved, in one way or the other, and it is , essential that we should interpose to prevent any breach of the peace which might give us a renewal, or possibly an increase of the Income-tax. . The EMPEROR has been very indiscreet, but that v ery indiscretion has warranted our interference.' We may tender our good offices, and if the most important and valuable provision in the Treaty of Paris be not a mere humbug, our arbitration, or that of some other friendly power, must be ac cepted. We do not suppose that, at present, any attack on Austria is impending, but these formidable hints are quite sufficient to create alarm, and are only less injurious to the best interests of society than war itself would be. It would be well if we could discover the real in tentions of the EMPEROR. if he means mischiei, we ought to know it, and make our arrangements accordingly; but if, on the other hand, it was a mere expression of ill-temper, he would be like the man who raised an unfounded alarm of fire at a public meeting, and who would be justly liable for all the injury thereby occasioned. At a period when the Parliamentary Reform agitation has been directing popular attention in this country to the contrast presented between the political institutions of England and America, , it. is interesting to note the official statement , recently put forth on the other side of the Atlantic as to the extent and the cost of the regular army of ,the United States. It is in this direction, we conceive, that we might most reasonably look with advan tage to the course pursued by cousin JONATHAN. There is something preposterous in talking about the visionary day-dreams of democracy coming within the scope of our realisation. American institutions are, no doubt, extremely admirable in a raw new country like that of the great Anglo- Saxon Republic in the Western Hemisphere. We don't call a Yankee preference for those institutions either fanaticism or infatuation. But at the same time the political alternative in this country is certainly not a mere choice between a, Federal Republic and a Constitutional Monarchy. English men have made their choice in that alternative long ago definitively. The Commonwealth formed from first to last an episode of no more than ten years altogether in English History. Beginning in 1649 with the execution of CHARLES outside Whitehall—and ending in 1659 with RICHARD CROMWELL'S resignation. It was in many re spects, no doubt, a glorious episode, but if demonstrative in a political sense of any one thing more than another, it was certainly demonstrative of the fact that purely republican or democratic institutions are not only not indigenous, but are not to be transplanted and firmly rooted in the soil of England. Why, long before the demise of old 0 uvEn,the Protectorate had grown to all intents and purposes into a sovereignty. In 1653, on the 20th of April, upon the forcible dissolution of the Long Parliament by military intervention and the orders of CROMWELL, the - latter (as that familiar passage in our national annals relates) had even the bauble of the Speaker's mace removed from sight as a symbol of authority in every way repugnant. Yet only four years afterwards, on the 26th June, 1657, he was seated in state on the dais at the upper end of Westminster Hall, grasping a sceptre of gold in his hand, and' robed 'in a purple velvet mantle, bound with ermine, like the robes of coronation. Even during those brief ten years ofithe Common wealth-1649-1659—it was a Republic only in name. There was besides the House of Commons —"another place," in Parliamentary phrase, though that " other place" did not happen to be called the House of Lords. There was the supreme Ruler of the State above the two houses who, instead of being spoken of as his Majesty,was termed his High ness. Under a difference of forms, and names, and ceremonials, it was, to a very considerable extent, the same identical constitution. A trifle more arbi trary perhaps—the sword of State clanking in the eabbard slung by th- thigh of the ruler. in, lieu of bring. 1 . 0 I' pinl Ur nis 1.0 11111 by ~,1C of his great nobles in a court procession. The same —with this difference—there were the KING, the Lords, and the Commons, making up as ever (with an occasional dissonance from some of the leading instruments being in unaccustomed hands)—" The according music of a well-mixed state." No--even the annals of the Commonwealth proclaim, as clearly as can be, that our national political con dition is that of a constitutional monarchy. What we may learn, however, with some advantage from the teachings of the United States of America is a lesson in administrative reform in state economy, in what is most expressively signified as Cheap Government. Here, according to the last military -returns of the American Republic, is the extraordinary fact (which it would surely be well to bear in mind) that the whole army of the United States amounts to no more than 17,498—1e5s than the authorised number of upwards of 18,000! That the disburse ments in the Quartermaster's Department amount, in the aggregate, for this last year, to 10,000,000 dollars ! That, out of less than 17,500 men, there re main, over and above those engaged in regularduty, no more than thirteen regiments; or 11,000 men, ready for actual service in the field. ALISON long ago remarked upon the smallness of the American army as compared with the vastness of the American dominions—that it is just the strength of a Roman legion, or one of NAPOLEON'S' diVisions. " It in" not ' a fifth of the military foree oNaria," writes' Sir ARcuinaLD (Hi s t. o f Eur ' vo i liii' 4 ~ p. 308, library edition), " nor a half of that maintained by 'Saxony or Wnttemburg ;" 'adding, " Such as it is, thinlilliputian force is_scattered over fifty forii- fed I)ioats on the froittkvand twelve arsenals in the interior, stretching over an extent two thousand miles in length—being not, on an average, 250 men to each post." " Of all marvels," observes the histo rian of Europe, "this amount of military force is the most marvellous, when the magnitude and re. sources of the Republic are taken into view, the vast extent of frontier they have to defend, and the arrogant tone which they assume in their diplo matic intercourse with foreign nations." Never has the tone of American diplomacy been more arro gant than it is at present. Yet, as we see, the aggregate of the whole regular army of the United States does not reach the full authorised number of 18,000—and of these there only remain for active servicein the field 10,000 ! True that the militia of the States, even eighteen years ago, was said, even then, in 1841, to include within it, as capable at any, moment or emergency of being called out to support the banners of the republic, upwards of 11,500,000 combatants, Contrast with all this our . • own military and militia` drganisation: And then say, is there not a lesson of thrift to be learnt from the American democracy ? „ • ..4 2 1 . samiC 4 4l - 411 / 1 ‘ r7411K6,'"4 . . z •P ' • •,,„„„ „ tolV-$0 • bli; '; ~- .. .41111Lai1.7 A A, 7,2101 T rHE SUN, LONDON, SATITIIDAY_ _EVENING, JANIT,ARY 8, 1859. I" TITHE COMMUTATION. TO THE - EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—As many oryouireaders may feel anxious to know the, result of the corn averages for the seven years to Christmas, 1858,,,published by autho rity in the London Gazette of this evening, viz. : Wheat Barley • 48.51d. ditto. Oats I beg to state for their information that each £lOO of tithe rent-charge will for the year 1859 amount to. £lOB 19s. 6&d., which is a little more than 3 per cent. - above the last pear's value. ' The folloWing statement from my " Annual Tithe Commutation Tables" will show the worth of £lOO of tithe reut-charge for each year since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, viz, :-- km. the year Xs. d. Fortheyear £8; a. 1837 9B 1 7 , 9+ 1849. - lOO 3 71 1838 97 711 1850........... 98 16 10 • 1839 ' 96, 7 9 1 1851. 1840.. V,B 15 9+l 1852. 1841 'lo2 -12 511 1853 ' - Ol 13 51 1842 . ..... 105 824 1854 • 90 19 5 1843 .. 105 12 2 T 1855. 1844 ' • ... 104 3 5l 1856 93 18 11 1845 . lO3 17 111 1857 .. .99 13, 7+ 1846 • 102 17 1858 lO5 16 ` 31' 1847..... 99 18 10 81 + 1859 lOB 19 6+ 1848., .. 23)2,287 2 0+ General average for 23 years.... £99 8 91 am, sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES M. WILLICH, Actuary, University . Life Assurance Society. 25, Suffolk-street, Pall=ruall, S.W., Jan. 7. ,COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Jas. 7. Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included the Prince of Wales, the Hon. 'Frederick Bruce, the Hon. Colonel R. Bruce, Lieutenant-General Sir William and Lady Codrington, Sir Charles Eastlake, and Captain Grey. Also the Hon. Charles Gore and Mr. W. Fitz gerald, who arrived at the Castle in the afternoon. Lady Emily Cavendish and Col. the Hon. Sir C. and Lady Phipps had the honour to be invited. The Duke and'Dueliess of Aumale visited her Majesty. M. Bardi, of Florence, had theleninu• of submitting to . the Prince Consort a copy of a work published by him, and of which his Royal Highneii has accepted‘the dedication. The work consists of photographic fac-similes of original pictures by Battelle in the galleries of Vienna and : Venice. Lieutenant-General Sir William and Lady Codrington, the Hon. Frederick Bruce, and Sir Chei. Eastlake, have left the Castle. The Master of the Mint had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Despatches were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, yesterday, from the Colonial-office, and to the Governor of Canada. Despatches were received from the Governor of Falkland's Island. Arrangements for the reception of the Prince of Wales have been made at the Hotel des Isles•Britanniques, on the Piazza del Popolo, Rome. , Prince Alfred left Malta harbour on the 30th nit. under a royal salute, in her Majesty's steam frigate Euryalus, whose next destination is said to be Tunis. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan con veys to her Majesty the Queen the three magnificent arti ficial bouquets of chenille work, made by the sisters or nuns of St. Catherine, and presented to his Royal Highness by the governor, the Bishop of Malta, and the mercantile com munity, according' to the ancient usage of the Maltese. His Royal Highnesshas also sent home akanool, or Birchir cam stove, and an imreuyhhah, or fan-bellows, as Maltese curiosities. The Earl and Countess Howe have been receiv ing a select family party during the holidays at Gopsall Hall. Among the guests may be mentioned Lord and Lady Burghersh, Viscount and Viscountess Curzon, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Sturt and' Miss Sturt, Colonel and Lady Emily Kingscote, Lady Arthur Hay, Hon.lian Fane, Colonel Baring, &c. . The Count and Countess Pontiloff and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. Baron de Theiry has left the same establishment for Paris. Sir Harry and Lady Jones have left Farranee's Hotel for Sandhurst College. Capt. H. Walker and Mrs. Walker have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Miss de Salis, a daughter of the late Count de Salis, with Col. Challoner, of Portnall Park, took place on Thursday by special license, at Harlingen, in Middlesex. The cere mony was performed by the Rev. Henry de Solis, in' the presence of Lord and Lady de Tabley and a small party of the nearest relations of the bride, who was given away by. her brother, Mr. de Sails. The small church of Harlington was on this occasion crowded with the tenantry of the De Salis family and other inhabitants of the village, who evinced their deep feelings at the prospect of their separa tion from a lady whose numerous acts of charity and kind ness have endeared her to the whole of the surrounding population. On the conclusion of the ceremony the party returned to Dawley Court, the residence of Mr. de Salis, where a collation was served, after which thanewly-wedded pair took leave of their friends, and left for Portnall-park, the seat of the bridegroom. • _ _ Mr.,ltalph Earle, who has acted for months as private secretary to Mr. Disraeli, is appointed, it is said, paid attache at Constantinople. He was unpaid attache at. Paris when Mr. Disraeli accepted his services on coining into office. Mr. Lytton has .also' obtained 'promotion, and joins the embassy at Vienna. Mr. Bonham, many years consul at Calais, is made consul at Naples in place of the late Captain Gallwey. THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, JaR. 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, Capt. W. B. Hall, sailed hence to-day with th e Peninsular mails. She has 16 .passengers, including the Hon. B. Denison, fmd Major Tngli , . twral cargo, and £2.000 in bar gold for so it, o. captain Coot. with ly , aVY nor tioo +h.. Bono a . %. mail:, and the T.viot. Captain ward, with the Australian mails, are both eXpected here on. Stinday. The Tamar, Captain Jellieoe, leaves with the outward Brazil mails on Monday next. AruripcAnms'-HALL.—'rho following arc the names of Ale gentlemen who pasted their examination in the science and practice of medicine and received certificates to practise on Thursday, January 6":—Wm. Smith Thomas; Dew-street, Haverford west ; Charles Wyatt Smith, High tdreet,yoplar. , , . A dreadful accident took place the day before yesterday at Saumur. Captain Jsinchere, one of the officers of the School of Cavalry of that place, was out riding, when his horse took fright and, dashing off at a &emelt, dous pace, mnped into the Loire. The unfortunate officer Was drcwlted, and his body was not found for sonic hours after. ,The horse regained the bank in safety. The Var publishes the following particulars of the duel which lately took place near St. Laurent du Var, near Nice, already briefly mentioned :—" The hostile meet ing took place with pistols in a wood belonging to General Count Partouneaut, the parties being Count de Luzy, bro ther of the general 'commanding a ' brigade of the army of Lyons, a num of 60, a nd C oun t de Saissy, of Nice, a young man of 24. Count de Saissy took 'Hence at sonic expres sion used by M. de Luzy, who at once apologised, but M. de Saissy would hear nothing, but exclaimed; ' Though you are the brother of a; general, you must fight me, o therwise you shall be stigmatised as a coward I' and at the same time he tore the decoration of Isbella the Catholic, which M. de Limy was then wearing. In these painful circum stances M. de Luzy had the good sense not to give way to passion. He retired, and wrote to M. de Saissy that he was no coward, but that, well knowing his (31.de Saissy's) hasty temper, he would overlook the insult if lie consented to make an apology. M. de Saissy refused, and the meeting took place. M. de Saissy was wounded in the right area, the ball passing through the fleshy part. The wound, though serious, is not dangerous. After receiving his antagonist's lire,' 31. de Saissy held out his hand to M. de Luzy, and said, ' You are a brave m an , an d I as k yOur pardon.' " At Angouleme, on Monday morning, a man named Gaudichaud, condemned to death by the Court of Assizes for murder, was executed. At five o'clock the chaplain en tered his cell and told him that his last hour had arrived. " Ah, my poor daughter," cried the man, "I must then die without seeing you 1" The chaplain then Proceeded to heap his confession and administer; religibuifkionsdatiOn • but all,nt once the: turnkeys who renniinbd rntside ' heard the reveitid gentleman call . 44 1k1p,:help17, ;Ibiteting at. pnee, - .they:totmdi. - to . their - astonisfulient, thec . chiplain struggling-with the•iondeumed—thelatter,hidttied a htuid kerchief tightly round his own throat, and was try!itg - to strangle himself, whilst. the chaplain was endeavouring to , i prevent him. The_toxiikeysovir Fed the man, and as thre* did - so he oriel'', "Let'ke • ..ii, i 3gou have.deceird , me ICnbt'telling `the .of tifii,44 . i f, ?Vt. _ _ion I lf ieli had told me yom would not haVef: .. I e illiVel" • Theinini sheringibie anieWhat more:ctifin, the chaplain again remained alone with him ; but presently new cries of the chaplain drew them into the cell, and it appeared' that the man had made a new attempt at suicide by striking himself violently in the forehead with one of his wooden shoes. Shortly after he was pinioned, and when his hair was cut off he begged that it might be given to him, but it was re marked that it could 'be of no use to him. He wept. At his own request he was allowed to walk to the scaffold, and he displayed great firmness. Arrived at the scaffold he calmly ascended the steps, kissed the crucifix, and gave himself up to the executioner. A vast crowd, composed chiefly of women, witnessed the execution. • A fire broke out in the night of 17th. May last in a house occupied by a married couple, named Louvancourt, at Lafosse d es Sautes in the Eure et-Loir, , and completely destroyed it. Suspieion fell on a yoUng, man of the vil lage, of the name of Brusle, cousin' of Louvancourt. who had entertained 'great animosity to him on account of his having rebuked him for ill-treating his mother, and he was arrested. He was ordered for trial before the Court of Assizes of the department in August last, but the trial had to be postponed in consequence of Louvancourt having, in despair at being ruined by the destruction of his house, committed suicide. Three days ago the trial took place. It was_proved that n o t on l y h a d t h e pri soner borne rancour to Louvancourt, and threatened him . with vengeance, but that, when the fire was burning, he was the only person of the village who did not ren der assistance in extinguishing it, and that afterwards .he had made a sort of admission that it was he who occa sioned it. But the evidence was not sufficiently clear to satisfy the jury, and he was acquitted, MR. DD WARD MIALL AT BANBURY Yesterday evening Mr. Edward Miall addressed, a crowded meeting of the electors and non-electaxs of Banbury in the Town-hall. When he came upon the platform he was attended by 'a ninnber of his leading supporters. Mr. Alderman Goffe was called upon to preside. Mr. Wall addressed the meeting at great length. On the subject of re form he !mid, what he should prefer was manhood suffrage, vote by ballot, and a r e-di s t r ib ut i on o f seats, whichi would give such an approximation to equality of constituencies as would secure for the majority of electors a majority of members; but it was of more importance to consider what, if the offer was made, it was worth while to accept„ He should prefer a moderate measure, thoroughly eineere and sound, to a large mea sure that was defective and rotten. (Hear, hear.) lie did not, however, believe that a small measure of reform, however sound, would answer the pur pose. , To he acceptable it ought to be large enough to render utterly unnecessary any further organic change for at least a generation to come. No con siderable class, intelligent enough at least to take any interest in politics ought to be left by it in a state of justifiable dissatisfaction. The new repre sentative institutions should be such as should easily and effectually give expression ,to the political con viction and sentiments of the people of the. United 'Kingdom, for, say, 30 years to come..lt was requi site to take the future into the account, as well as the present—to strike an average between what is required at the present moment and what will be required when those who are now children will have grown up to be the active spirits of the age. He thought that any bill, for. reform that would deMand and deServe the support of 'Parliament should be sufficiently well considered in its scope' and, its provisions, and sufficiently, in harmony with national - feeling, to ensur e th e ap p ro h a ti on of t'fiK great bulk of the community. It would be false policy to insist upon carrying a bill which would require, in order to its success, several years of out door vigorous agitation.. He considered; it would - be the dictate of political, wisdom to,limit their demand for the present to what there was reason able ground for supposing that the constituencies of the country, taken as a whole, would approve. The hon. gentleman then said that the gran& prin ciples that had been announced as constituting the basis of the bill to be brought forward by Mr, Bright —with the provisions of which he was acquainted, but was not, at liberty to make . public—would answer all the reqUirements that he had laid_ down. Mr. Miall, in conclusion, said, that as there were three Liberal candidates, all of whom supposed that" they possessed a majority of electors supporting their pretences, he thought ibey should adopt some proper method for finding out who had the majo rity. His committee, therefore, in the course of to-morrow, would make a proposition to the com mittees of the other two Liberal candidates that a ballot should be taken of the whole Liberal portion of the constituency, and that those Members who were below the highest point should retire. At Uleiconclusion of his address Mr. Wall was loudly cheered, - " , • SERIOUS ILLNESS OF IVIR S 1 M 8 REEVES.—We much'regret to hear that this accomplished artist, wife of the celebrated tenor; has been for some weeks very seriously ill, so much so, indeed, as to cause• her fatally and friends great anxiety and alarm. Under such distressing circum stances the frequent inability of her husband to fulfil his professional engagements, which has recently been com mented on in Many quarters in no very charitable spirit, • may be easily accounted for. " Mrs. Garratt (formerly Miss' Sinithyes), a favourite Col um bi ne a t Sadler's Wells and the''' Surrey Theatres, died at Islington. on Friday morning,- of con sumption, leaving two young children totally unprovided for.—Era. Miss Annie Fowler, the favourite and talented Colunibine at the Grecian Theatre, died yesterday (Friday) morning. We are not yet in full possession of the sad par ' • titulars, but we hear her melancholy and sudden decease was caused through her clothes accidentally catching fire. —Era. • A story is told which is so. good that everybody who hears it will say it ought to, be true.. sPn the first " cap" night 'of Ike Weitminsf6r Ptak,' Lord Chancellor Chelmsford told his' coachinan to" drive - thither; and his. lordship's astonishment may be at least as readily.imagineil as described when he found that his carriage had suddenly, stopped with the door opposite ,that, of Astley ' s. The. coachman,' neVerhaving'heard of any 'other " Westminster play," .naturally 'concluded= that his master Vianteeto see the horse-riding,—.Era.- . ACCIDENT TO MISS CHARLOTTE COOKE.—A Very serious accident occurred last.week ,to Miss. Charlotte Cooke, who, during the last season took all the leading parts at the Theatre-avyal, Preston. Miss Cooke had accepted an en gagement At Stafford, and was waiting on the platform of the railway station, Preston, for the South train, when, in turning round to speak to a friend, she caught her foot and fell, breaking her arm in the fall. Medical aid was at once procured; but it was some days before the fracture could bo reduced. The accident excited strong feelings - Of regret and sympathy, as Miss Cooke, during her stay in Preston, had famed many admiring friends by , the ladylike and effective manner m which she supported many leading le gitimate characters in the course of the last season.—Era. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Alfred, 1,278 tons; Captain George Cossey, which sailed from Liverpool on the 17th of June, in charge Of Surgeon-Superintendent John Hayden Brownfield, with 76 married couples, 126 single men, 60 single women, 38 boys between' the ages of 1 and 12, 41 girls between the same ages, nine male infants and 11 female, making a total of 437 souls, equal to 3771 statute adults,.arravod at Moreton 'Bay, New South Wales, on the 19th of September. Two deaths (infants) and, five births occurred dung the voyage. Mrl Brownfield, the surgeon, was taken ill, and died shortly before the arrival of the ship in the colony. EXFORTS FROM HULL.—The following are the Custoni-house returns of the exports from Hull frora.l3ec., 1857, to November, 1858, both inclusive :—Plain calicoes, 47,757;361 yards; printed calicoes, 35,340,176 yards cam bncs and muslin, 48,690 yards; lace,gauze, net, andcrape, 30,961,571 pirds ; cords, jeans, fustians, velvets,- and velve teens, 150,408 ,• cotton thread,. 466,90011►. ; cottons uneim merated, declared value, £11,012; cotton yarn, 7`9,273,062; cotton and linen mixed, 13,643 yards ; linens l . .joartly, de dared fit YaluO nnd partly in length; £15,202, and 6,287,249 yards ; linen thread and yarn,'12,002,4951b.; 'woollen goods, £35;303; woollen:and Worsted goods, £1;203,568 woollen and cotton goods, 213,331; woollen and worsted • yarn, 14,952,1291 b.; woollen and cottoniarn, £2,937, and 20,460 1 b. _N ATAL ACCIDENT.7—I' hursday evening, the 6th inst., as Mr. Gnunich, manager, of the lace-ware house of Mr. Moritz Marx, Nottingham, was returning front hunting, and had proceeded so far hemeivard'as the London-road (about a mile from the town), - his horse came in contract v - ith a, milk,cart r xhich w-ac goinr.r. in the opposite Mr. (iii.lf lior,e phi lig ,, d and thi , m- its rid , ig•btt'oll v rroshed. unfolittnate'stitteru• whs y e(1 .peedil3. 3 :;is pos sible, and surgical assistance procured. tii - ,ou examination it .was found, necessary to amptitate the leg. Mr. Grnmich, howeVer, never rallied, and. expired a few hours afterwards. THE REV. Mu. PE7GH AND TILE ST. PANCRAS Guinnt.t.xs.—The Rev. Thomas Pugh, who was lately dismissed from his office of chaplain to the St. Pancras Workhouse for having refused to divillge the address of the late assistant-surgeon, the same having been comniuni&•tted to him in his capacity as a minister of, religion as a profes sional and privileged communication., has appealed to the Poor-law Commissioners to institute an official inquiry into his conduct and to reinstate him in his office. The - hoard of Guardians, however, deny the right of the Commission ers to interfere in the matter, as they are appointed . under special Act of Parliament. .The. Board aLso denied, upon a recent occasion, the right of the Commissioners to send an auditor, but, as the Commissioners insisted, the Guardians gave way. MlNES.—During the week the demand for a few particular mines has been very great, and numbers of orders could not be .executed. The effect of this has been in sonic measure to turn public attention to sound progres 7 sive mines, such as are likely to have a rise in price. ,Those chiefly in demand have been Grambler and St. Aubyn, West Seton, East Basset, Condurrow, Besset, United Mines, Providence Mines, Great South Tolgti,.' Tamar Consols, Trelawny, Mary Ann, East Russell, Margaret, North Dol coath, South Caradon Wheal Hooper, North Minerva, And a few others. East Basset advanced to 190, buyerk but after wards became flatter, and left off at 175 to 180,; the ore sold on Thursday realised upwards of £2,000., but it is un derstood a dividend will not be paid till March. ,rambler and St. Aubyn havabeen, in great demand; and have ad vanced to 190, 195; or, as the shares have been subdivided into 486ths, the quot;ion is 921 to 971 ; at the meeting, a dividend of £3 per share was - declared, and at the'next two-monthly meeting it will be at least £5 per share ; at the present price of shares the mine is only selling at half the price of East Basset, and from the report pre sented to the meeting, it would scent to be about the cheapest in the market. South Frances, 230 to 235 ;at the meeting the accounts showed a profit of £2,551 4s. 7d. on the two months' working, and a dividend' of £2,480 (-c5 per share) declared. Copper Hill, 95 to 100; the mine has much improired in the winze below the 6 fin, whichlis yield ing 3 tons of rich ore per fm. Rosewarne Shares have still been in derhand at 30 to 35, aril MAO Itiii eereditlik lieved in Cornwall the mine has improved.—Mittikok nfi t 4 of this : day. VACANCIES, ATPOINTKANTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—East India Depatment—A vacancy, in . the Council of India has been caused. by the resignation of Captain Shepherd. Messrs. Edward Henry Whinfield, Win. Christopher Eades, Ward, Joseph Samuel Armstrong, Alexanderdelfafrq 111 4 ifiegor, • and Frederick Jones, having -piissiantheinTexaminatiori# are recommended by the Civil Service Coinnliesioners,fini ap} pointments in her Majesty's Civil Service in India on the Bengal establishment. Army Medical Department—The office of principal medical officer at Fort Pitt, Chatham, has become vacant by the promotion' of Dr.' J. R. Taylor, C. 8., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals in India. Law De partmcnt.—A _clerkship has become vacant in the office of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, by the death of Mr. B. Lewis. General Post-office.—Mr. Wm. P. Reed, of the second class in the secretary's office, general Post-office, Dublin, has been appointed to the first class, in the room of Mr. Urquhart J. Thompson, appointed chief clerk. Public Rec or d- o ffice.—An assistant-keepership in the Public Record-office has become vacant by the death of Mr. F. Devon. Customs.—The surveyor-generalship has become vacant by the retirement on superannuation of Mr. Thos. How. The office of assistant receiver-general will shortly beCom n rut by the retirement of Mr. T. Lee on superannuatio . A clerkship in the Receiver-General's office is vaca , vice M'Dermott. Several clerks are to be appointed in *he Long Room, owing to increase of businesS. The establishinent at the portof Grangemouth has been in creased, and the following promotions have consequently taken place :—Mr. Wm. Miller, clerk, has been promoted to be first clerk ; Mr. David Stevenson, landing-waiter, has been promoted to be first landing-waiter; Mr. Jas. Cobb, second landing-waiter at Yarmouth, has been promoted to be first landing-waiter. Inland Revenue Department, Excise Branch.—Mr. John Walsh, second-class- clerk, Athlone collection, has been appointed., to Middleton divi sion, Cork collection, at his own request. Mr. John Thornton, officer of Colyton ride, Exeter collection, has been promoted to Alloa second division, Stirling collec- Um—Civil Service Gazette. LATEST NEWS;-. The fofi r' llowing telegrams .have„ been received`Mr.iiieutcr's office PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. It is asserted that a scuffle has taken - place be tiveen the Hungarian .and Austrian regiments forming the garrison of Cremona, the Hungarians siouting Viim Italia r 'VIENNA, FRIDAY, JAN. 7. 3 iThe third corps d'armee of the Imperial army, amowiting . to 30,000 men, has left for Italy. VIENNA, JAN. 7. All securities fell considerably to-day, especially Lombardo,Venetian Railway Shares. , • Jan. 5. (*) Jan. 7. FiVepeirent.Metalliques 83 60 .. 82 80 Naiiimai'Loan ..... . 84 70 .. 83 70 Bank Shares 993 -- .. 978 Lombardo-Venetian ll4 --- lO6 ditto' e New 110 .. 103 , .Tan. 6 being a holiday, no Bourse.) t • TANGIER, DEC. 29 Five ships of the Spanish 'squadron have been dispatched . = a visit to the coast of the Riff and the garrisons of Ceuta and Melilla. -The demands of the Spanish agent had not suc ceeded. The amount of the indemnity for the San Toaquin was placed at his disposal, but he had declined to accept it until the whole of his demands should have been coneeded. The Spanish Genertil requires :- 1. - To be ,placed in the same position as France and England in relation to the Riff. 2. The liberation of several Spaniards, including an officer, at present prisoners with the people of Riff 3. An extension of territory around Melilla. 'IA FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. " It appears," says a Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels, "that Baron de Rubner had an interview with Coitnt Waleivski an Tuesday, and that the cogference was of a most courteous description, and is said iehave had reference to Italy. M. de Hub neti s weil i versed in matters of international policy, and ;more ' - especially i n a ll th a t re lat es ' to that coun't4 . : it'Was he who drew up in 1848 the di plomatic, correspondence of the Archduke Reinier, then Viceroy of Lombardy, with the neighbouring princes. Surprised by the Milanese- insurrection in March, he was detained for some months as a hostage until restored to liberty by ait exchange of prisoneKs. We are assured that notwithstanding thrst personal annoyance M. de Hubner has no hostile feeling towards Lombardy; but, as he says himself, the emancipation of Milan would be the defeat of Vienna. To require Austria to relinquish Lombardy would be just the same as requiring France to give up Algeria." BOURSE, JAN. 7.---Thc note of the Moniteur con tradicting all the warlike reports of the last few days Il i ad• produced a rally in the fitfids at the opelling e.)f the market , but further sales , having been pressed in Rente, a new decline took, place. Threes, after, baying been done at 71f. -60 e., `receded t0..71f. 25c. ; Mobilier-varied from 910 f. to 855 E ; Austrian, 612 f 50c. to 605 f. ; Orleans, 1,362 f. 50c, to 1,350 E ; ,Lyons, 865 f. to 865 ; Southerrs 560 f: to 555 f. ; and Northern, 967 f. 50c. to 955 f. The following were the last quotations 4Z per dentsl,_. ' . .". 97 -- !Credit Fonder.... 658: Do. end month 96 50. Belgian 41 . — 3 per Cents 7l 10 Piedmontese (5) .. 93 Do. end ' 71 Roman 92 60 Bank Mares' ' 2855 Austrian Credit Mobilier 875 Spanish Threes - Do. Account 865 Home Debt 42 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans - 1360 .. 1350 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 862 50 .. 857 50 New ditto — .. -- Geneva 590 .. 590 Midi . Southern 560 - .. 557 50 'Western 595 .. 600 Eastern Grand Central - • • Sardinian .. • r•••• 420 -- .. 415 Austrian - ... 607 50 T Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f 15c. ; money, 25f. 121c.';- three months, paper, 24t: 971 c, ; money, 24f. 95c. SERVIA. . . The telegraphie despatch from Vienna which op prised us . of , Prince Alexander's '. departure from Belgrade for 'Sernlin was". not complete.- It ought to have 'added that before leaving: he signed a formal abdication at the demand of Kouli Pacha, governor Of Belgrade, who acted upon instructions received, from Constantinople. A general pardon had beennceorded bythe Skuptschina to all Prince Alexander's partisans. Prince Milosch's arrival at Belgrade:Was' alone wanting to , make everything regular. 7 Rumours, however, prevail that the Prince is rather alarmed at the re-establishment of the old pril - ilr2r, of the witi ,, n , fl 1.-pr•ri.,Vion. and tiro. hi , ;:•.., 1 ,1,: in , , i, dp riu le, ll " tit. „l op _ Lion of inettui.c., to diminish the present pre• penderating influence-of the democratic party.- - AA letter , from Jassy of the 24th ult., in the Constitutiwinel, says In the elections, which are now on the ei-e of being terminated, the Caima kams, nave rigidly followed the prescriptions of the convention, and have more particularly endeavoured to - be 'punctual to the term fixed, and • have suc ceeded, in spite of party struggles and of foreign Interference.- ~, Up to the present time, every thing has , gone, on i without any ..disorder.-worth mentioning, and according to the interests of the country. The resignation, of 11. Catardgi -does not check the zeal .of MM. Stourdza and Pano, and the intrigues which were intended to caus e disturbance in the Government ' will hate been in vain. '7 . . The remonstrances of the Porte, and the reproaches cast on the Camakams, caused a considerable sensation.among the people; but MM. Stourdza and Pano received the observa tions with great deferenee, and replied to them with all the respect due to a suzerain power. The emotion n illy therefore calm down, and there is no fear of the Provisional Government taking offence and dissolving itself. Some of ;the remonstrances of the Porte arc not at all tenable, or, at least, it is impossible for the Caimakans to pay attention to them. On the 18th inst., for instance, a telegraphic order directed the Caimakams to repeal the decree which' had re-establit;hed the law on the liberty of the press. - Under the .-government of M. Theodore . Balche, whose docility towards the Porte accorded with-his own _personal views, the execution-,ofthel decree was-suspended on a mere -letter , kora tbeirl24 ; but under Lexisting eitetins . stances-it- ' s to imitate the-conduct of M. Balche. pThe present Government is founded,on the internatienat act of the :19th Au4ust; it is trec f to act as it thililts , it) riti; the internal affaiiti at the country, and- übli siAthriorr is -ell-Wit l iC itri favour. ..ntithiiii atso ~ itil a ilfsMe, r evoeation of the decrees is; that at the moment when such . im portant electiOns; were about to take place it Was both just mid moral to give parties entire liberty to act anti toe Peak, to allow the* press to freely judge of men and things, and, in short, to give full sway to new i ideaiand to, the most contrary opinions. The Caimakams have therefore refused, opts the present time, to attend to the order of Dec. 18, and there is every reason to suppoee that, it will remain without effect. Considerable sensation was at first caused by the dismis r sal of the Moldavian'Charge d'Affaires at Constantineple, but . that act was neither violent nor illegal. It was well known that M. PhOtiadi was the private correspondent of Prince Vogorides, and he ie; moreover, brother-in-law of M. Stourdza, the candidate for the post of Hoepodar. The Cai makams were, - therefore, bound in honour 'not to leave the interests of the country in the hands of a man who might -be regarded both as the agent of the ex-Hospodar and- of the future one. MM. Stourdza and Pano have done nothing which-in the slightest ,way merits blame d and , all their acts have been called for by local exigencies. Be assured that the difficulties of the moment cannot be imputed to the organization which has been given 'to the Principality, and that the work of the Conference has lost nothing of its value and of its importance." ITALY. The Opinione of Turin; of the sth, contains a letter from Milan, partly confirming the statements made relative to agitation in that `city. It states that ,there was a large number of people in the street Corsia de Servi, on the night of the 31st ult., and tliat there were cries expressive of 6inptiihy for Piedmont, &c. - But, from the meagre .apouut given, it may be 'inferred that the former statement was: highly "coloured, to say the least of it. • The Minister of Finance at Rome has authorized the introduction, at Ferrara, of the New Austrian florin at the rate of 49 baiocchi (2f. 52c). AUSTRIA AND PIEDMONT. The following letter has been received from Turin, dated the 4th of Jan.:—" The persuasion that a war will arise is now so general and so firmly fixed in the public mind, that any one who asserts the contrary is regarded as a friend to the Austrians. Everybody pretends to know , from an excellent source that war is resolved on, but if one asks for any precise facts one cannot obtain an answer. Everybody says that the war will be between Austria and Piedmont, but nobody knows who'is to be the ally , of Austria and who the ally of Piedmont —everybody comprehends that Pied Mont cannot carry on a war without an ally—or what will be the occasion, of the war, and this is . precisely what ono would Wish to 4noW. To , every question or objection an ora torical 'figure is given in reply—' The mine exists— there is only wanted a match to set it on fire.' War, in my opinion, is not 's() imminent as people be lieve ; nevertheless, it cannot be denied that the almost unanimous opinion entertained that war will, break out is a serious fact, and merits atten tion. Whence comes this belief ? How has it arisen ? How can it be justified ? I shall answer these questions in a few words. The cause of this excitement among the public is, first, the conviction 'Una Piedmont cannot persevere in her liberal course without causing a change in the condition of Lombardy. Now, the experience we have had of the effect of diplomatic intervention, the exiiiing state of European politics, render thi s change impossible except by a violent crisis, a revo lution, or war. A war is considered more probable than a reVohition, because it is supposed that the great Powers have an immense interest in proclaim 7 ing the first in order to avoid the second. Add to this consideration the agitation which prevails 'in Lombardy, the silence maintained by the official organs in presence of the rumours in circulation, the measures - of precaution adopted here, which are exaggerated, but which exist, such as p rov idi ng r • a quantity of cloth, c oa l, an d th e purc h ase o f 2,060' horses for the army, and you will not be surprised that such an opinion is entertained. As to the speech from the Throne, the Government can not speak of War during a period of profound peace. It does not fear war, and I do not say it does not desire it, but it neither can nor ought to confound its, desiFes with. the realities of political , propriety. Moreovex:, it will not contradict the reports cur rent, beLuse it is beneath the King to do so ; nor disapprove them, because they point to an expres sion of liublic opinion which cannot displease the Government r and which is favourable both to the national policy' of Piedmont and to that of the house of Savoy. The speech will consequently con- Itself to ' a few phrases on the subject, which, without saying anything positive, will give the nation to understand that at the same that the King will never violate his word or fail in his duty, he feels confident' the people will never fail to sup port' him with their courage at any sacrifice in de veloping all practical liberties at home and the national policy abroad. It will be endeavoured in the speech not to discourage public opinion, and at the same time, not to add to the existing excite ment. An opportunity will be taken of the occa sion to state that the Government relies on the nation to support the King under all contingen cies." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 30th Decem ber informs US that 'all the ecclesiastical authorities had been recommended by the Holy Synod, to en courage the subscription opened for the establish ment of orthodox Greek seminaries in Montenegro. The Holy Synod has further requested all the Con sistories throughout Russia to lend their zealous co-operation in the accomplishment, of the work in which tho orthodox Greek Church feels so warm an interest. Bishop Nikanov, of Montenegro, who is at present travelling in Russia, has everywhere received a hearty welcome. Sympathy for all the Sclave nations is gaining ground in Russia. A reinforcement of troops is about to be embarked on board the steam frigate Mogador for Senegal, to enable Colonel Faidherbe, the Governor, to un dertake new operations against the hostile tribes in the neighbonrhbod of the colony. 17U: L. 1 2 1.;•: I:.1,1: I, 1 . 0 Rli Just at the close of last year death added tethe bead roll of the sporting aristocracy of England the name of th6nbeve nobleman. Such an event our readers could hardly have been unprepared for, from the advanced age of his lordship, who was born in 1783, and consequently was in his 76th year. Descended from the great statesman,".Sir Robert. Walpole, who after serving as , Prime Minister to George the First and George the Second, was raised to the peerage as Earl of Orford, the late nobleman succeeded to his ancestral honours in 1822, and soon became a frequenter of Newmar - ket, and the other great' racing meetings' of that period. The first horse of any 'consequence his lordship may' be said to have possessed was Clear well, by Jerry, with whom, in 1832, he won the stake of,that name, beating Nonsense and a very large field ; and the Two Thousand Guineas in the following year, after which lie was beaten for 'the Newmarket Stakes by Forester : and beyond win ning the Wokingham with him at Ascot, as a four year old, with the top weight, Clearwell did little more worth remembrance. - In 1855 Lord Orford's luck improved, as he won the St. James's Palace Stakes, at Ascot, with Ascot, as well as the New market St. Leger, and was only beaten a head with the same horse for the Derby, by Mundig, after one of the severest races ever remembered at Epsom. The defeat of Ascot was mainly attributed at the time to the style in which William Scott rode Munclig,, as he fairly " flung him ,tin" by sheer physical force. PasSing' over several years, Viieh, although he had many horses in training, Lord Orford seldom acquired a nod from the judge, we find him in 1846 and 1847 winning some good stakes with Footstool and Prussic Acid; arid in'lBso he won the One'Thou sand and the Coronation Stakes at Ascot, with'the filly b_y Shine itut Of EXOtic. ' 1852 he brou g ht out A.korsM,‘,bY Theon,.which horse it will be re collected beat Stockwell at Newmarket in the Craven, mind wori.",a, large sweepstakesin'. the First Springi !therefrom he became a promittthit favourite for theiDerby.;, arid but for' his temper, which inteifere3lWith-his preparation, there is no doubt the horse would have been a formidable op ponent to the winner, Daniel O'Rourke. With his increasing years his. stud diminished in numberS, and was not of, a character to require farther refe rence. Lord 'Orford 'preserved in a remarkable degree the eccentricities Of his family ; and hiS re ply to the Bishop of Norwich, when asked for a subscription to 'the Society for the Propagation of ' the Gospel in Foreign Parts, will long be remem bered as a curiosity for its quaintness and reasoning. By the older school of Turfites, more than the pre sent generation, Lord Orford will be missed, for when seated on his pony, or standing on the seat of his carriage' (his lordship was of a very short stature), watching the running of his horses, he was frequently apt tc, 'betray his excitement in terms which, hpwever amusing to certain of the bystanders at the cords, were hardly calculated for ears polite. His lordship's horses of late years , were f9i,merly, trained by Beresford, and more recently by Arnull, at Newmarket, and generally ridden by Flatman, Sly, Bartholomew, and the late Frank Butler. The present. Earl has as yet exhi bited but a slight tendency to the pastime to which his father was so attached, but it is to be hoped' the white jacket and orange sleeves will long re main in the pages of " Weatherby " as a memento of the old associations of Newmarket,--Be lla Life, HIS .ROTAL HIGHNESS P.RINCP, ALFRED. On the 24th of Dec. the Admiral commanding the Mediterranean fleet issued the following or der to the captains of her Majesty's ships in Malta Har bour :—“Her Majesty having permitted her son, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, to enter the Royal Navy, intrusting him to the care of the offi eers, seamen, and marines of the naval service, and his Royal Highness having joined the Mediterranean fleet, under my orders, as a naval cadet on board the Euryalus, in order to commemorate the event of his passing his first Christmas in the naval service, it is my direction that all men under punishment on board the ships in port be forgiven, and that an extra allowance of, spirits be issued to the respec. tive , ships' companies to-morrow afternoon." Wei learn that 26' civilians were released from Conti' dino Prison by the local authorities in commemora' tion of the auspicious event of Prince Alfred's visit to Malta, and also about the same number of pri. soners belonging to the two services, naval and 'military, who were sentenced to imprisonment by the Courts of this island. A splendid illumination of the public buildings and principal s t ree t s o f V a l-I letta took place on the occasion of the memorable Malta Exchange ball. On Tuesday, the 28th of December, his Royal Highness honoured Rear' Admiral Codrington, C. 8., with his company at% dinner, at the Admiralty-house. The Prince, ac' companied by Major Cowell, R.E., and Captain Tarleton, C. 8., arrived there' a few minutes before 7 p.m., • and was received on landing by Admiral Codrington, his Flag-Lieutenant Fellowes, and secretary, Mr. Telfer. During dinner the fine band of H.M.S. Conqueror performed several beautiful selections of music. In the evening. Mrs. Codring ton gate a ball, which was numerously attended by the principal personages of Malta, among whom were his Excellency the. Governor, Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, 'and Lieutenant-General Sir J. Penile father. lis Royal Highness opened the ball with Mks. Codrington, and dancing was kept up with spirit till 2 a.m. The beautiful 'arrangements made for illuminating the whole front of the Ad' miralty residence were partially frustrated by the tempestuous state of the weather. Blue lights were burnt on the arrival and departure of his Royal Highness. The Prince cadet left on the 30th of December, in her Majesty's ship Euryalue, amid Royal salutes, for Tunis, from which place, it is said, his Royal Highness will return to Malta in about a fortnight, and then proceed to Corfu, Athens, and back again to his home, Old England' —Malta paper. TURKEY AND TILE PRINCIPALITIES Memorandum, dated 28th INTovember, 1858, ad' dressed to the Sublime Porte by the representa' tires of the .contracting powers in the treaty el Paris respecting the late acts of the Caimakann of Moldavia and Wallachia. "To the demand of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte, the representatives of the contracting Powers of the Convention of Paris, being assembled to-day in conference to take into consideration the, irregular conduct in certain respects of the Caimakamies of the Principalities of Moldavia; and Wallachia, are unanimously agreed on the following points : " 1. That the conduct of the Caimakams has $ manifest tendency to surpass the limits traced for them by the.firmans. • • . "2. That the ,authorities in the Principalities ought to display a suitable respect for the suzerain power; both out of regard for its peculiar position relatively to said Principalities, and by reason of its capacity as the organ of all the great Powers collectively when it enjoins the observance of the Treaty of Paris. " 3. That the refusal made by the Caimakams of Moldavia to' 'send a 'telegraphic message of the Imperial Cc mmiksioners of ' the Subliine Porte is $ want of courtesy that - no . eircunistance can justify ; and that. if th.e..Ottoman Commissioner, Abstains from All interference in th e a ff a i rs o f the country, he .is entitled in the present case • to . prolong his stay in the Principality, for the 'object . of keeping his Government ap' prised of events ; for that the basis of the conduct to be followed by the •Caimakams ought to be the . organic regulation, and that all deviation from this rule should be justified by. a serious and urgent necessity, or by the exceptional case previously 'arranged, viz., the immovability of the ministers and directers of departments, as well as of the functionaries nominated after the 19th of August 13 1 the ex-Caimakam. "5. That the ordinary affairs of the administro' tion can be decided by the majority of the Caimo' kams, but as to questions referring to the interpre' tation of a treaty or of a firman, they must be sub' mitted to the Sublime Porte. In cases of serious differences of opinion; as f or th e nom i nat i ons o f employes, as it touches a principle announced in the firman, it seems to them that it would be more ay'' propriate to assure themselves of the unanimous approbation of all the members of the Caimakamie , , that it would be a guarantee against the spi r it of faction or party ; it being necessary to take account of the opinion of the Caimakam on whom directlf depends the agent to be nominated or dismissed. '"6. It 'being- seen the difficulties which may-arise in seeking to annul certain acts that the Caimakanis may have sanctioned unanimously, or by a majorityrl the representatives admit that these "acts, provide° at least they do not seriously contravene the con' ditions on which the Caimakamies• have been con' ithtuted, may . not be revoked.. " 7. They consider, nevertheless, the dismissal of the dircetor, or of otlter employes of the Minister of the Interior, or of one of the Caimakams by his two colleagues, without his consent or knowledge, as an abuse that it is so much the more just to reform, that the conditions, on which the Caimakamie re pose established him chief of his own department. • "•They think, finally, that in the case of a partial vacancy in the Caimakamie, the member, or the two members remaining, shall have the power to provide for the vacancy by the appointment of one wo Ministers. in the order of their rank; and thal• thc cos, (.1' totpl vweanev. thp 1 4 rovision, 1 Administration of the Prineipaliiv shall have l . ,lll.ight 'wafer - fed . on a - Council of Ministers by analogy with the terms of Article 11 of the Con vention of the 19th August; in either case, the Provisional Caimakamie so constituted must refer the matter to the Sublime Porte, whose opinion is expressly reserved, as also that of the guaranteeing' Powers. The representatives express the wish that the Government of the Sultan will be pleased to give instructions to its commissioners of Bucha rest and of 'Jassy to understand, with the members of the consular body, who will on their side be advised as to the unanimous opinion of the guaran teeing powers at Constantinople." THIS DAl's SHIPPING. LoNnorr,. Jan. B.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; strong breeze and heavy. A fall of snow early in ti morning. LAMLAiiII, Jan. 6.—Wind W. — Sailed—Greenock, for Mauritius; Jasper, for Callao; Salaeia, for New York. Foul's - mot' Tn, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Edla, Nina, from Goatza for llaniburg; feroottnileols.tio Janeiro, S(7.—WindE.—Sailecl—Tagus (B.s), , Jan. fur Gibraltar. PL1'3101.71.11, Jan. 7.—Wind L--Arrived—Matilda, from Havana. BRISTOL, Jan. 7.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Frances, from Denierara. HouvnEAD, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E., strong—Sailed-- Bahamian, forYernambueo. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 6.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Dick Arnold, from Melbou rne; G ertru id a Mar i a, f rom King George's Sound. RAMSGATE, Jan. 7.--:The Issapandi, from Shields, to Chita Vecchia, has been thwed in here to-day leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTIIANIPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind N.E. ; frosty. Arrived.--Ituby, from Waterford; Wender,, steamer, from Dorsey M a ry, from London ; Lucille, and Favorite, from Sunderland ;, Georges, Number Four, and West L o thi an , from Cherbourg ; Integrity, from Odessa; Ken net,Limerick Lass, from Newport; CalYPsot Sailed.--Emma, and Fleur de Marie, for Cardiff; Light and Sign, 'for'Pertsniouth ; Tagus , steamer, for Gibraltar; ,peorges; for Cherbourg; Havre, steamer, for'Havre; Dis patch, steamer, for Jersays: 3 • • sli, from fraildrY •Li'IBItPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind E. Arrived, Jan. 7.--Eliza Morrison, from Alexandria ; Novo S. Maria, frem Gallipoli; Livorno, packet, from Stettin; Nummer Drie, from Memel. Sailed, Jan. 7.—D. G. Fleming, for Mobile ; Belle of the Ocean, for New Orleans ; Earl of D er by, f or M on t e Video ; George Evans, for New York; Tomas, for Havan nah ; Colombo, for Charleston ; Susan E. Howell, for Baltimore. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturdy ing. Wind Northe r ly ; tid e, last hour's ebb ; weather c n loudy. Sailed.—Triton, steamer, for Calais; Belgium, steamer, for Ostend; Ennomia, for Madras. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N. by E. ; moderate. Passed, Jan. 7.—Colon, from London, for Cardiff. Passed, Jan. S.—Henrietta Maria, for Port Phillip; Sylph, for Bordeaux—both from London; Assolina, schooner, from Shields, for Naples. PLEASANT ADVENTURE OF A STREET MUSICIAN. —A poor boy, who has lost the use of one of his legs, but who is an accomplished musician, and plays with admirable taste and skill upon the accordion, has been for several years gaining a livelihood by street playing in Liverpool. In the long summer months crowds of delighted listeners have been accustomed to gather in a circle around him, and remain almost entranced by his beautiful and expressive airs and improvisations, so wondrously different to the horrid torture of street organs. We learn with pleasure that Miss Burdett Coutts has taken the youth under her care, and intends t 9 prmote lus fertituee, 111 0 .11' A The B to the 5t tions, bu bullion, usually I reserve extent a accounte4 and the.l tion con: numerous the year, I ent secs books: increase, In the of little' cha the subjoi Active Bullioi Rest Public Do Other. 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