The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Ilalfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantoinime of LITTLE RED BIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing, Commence at Seven, ROYAL rRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET.. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean—Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be presented THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark; Miss Amy Sedgwick and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING the new Drama, entitled MARION DE LORME ; or, The Cradle of Steam : Madame Celeste, Mr. Vandenhoff, Mr, Emery, Mr. Falconer, &c. • - - • • • --- - After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written I expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brongh, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Mi ss J u li a St. G e orge, bars. Weston, Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, ; Mr. Hillery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. .7. W Roger., Mr. Barrett, d i e . ; Miss Rosina right, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, Sze- 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, 59. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from Ito 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 ev l ery evening. - xi', ENV THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. IN Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington ; Miss Kelly, Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by TARTIIFFE. Tartuffe, Mr. B. Websier ; Orgon, Mr. C, Selby ; Darning, Mrs. Bellington ; Elmire, Miss Henrietta Simms; Dorine, Mrs. Mellon; Marcani, Miss Keeley. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown, Mr. Croneste ; Harlequin, Mr. brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupin° ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING. THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; Or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE, Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, • Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Great and glorious Success of the gorgeously-appinted Pan tomime.—First appearance these two years of the celebrated continental equestrians Mr. A. Brydges and Madame Brydges. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2a, ; Gallery, Is., Upper Gallery, 6d. During the week , the great Eastern Specta c le o f THE REVOLT IN . INDIA; or, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by' the Star Riders of Europe. Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eqnes- Irian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchansen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr Cole; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. A Morning Performance of the renowned Pantomime every Saturday, at Two o'clock. Carriages for day performances at half-past four, and for night representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE Awn GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT 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 unattempted 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 haie 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.-Strx OFFICE, JAN. 16. THERMOMETER, 7N THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.19. WIND, S.W. ; rather fresh, with:flue weather, but cold. hN. 17. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 46--lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BARomuTzu-30—falling. WIND ; S.W. ; dull weather, with rain. THE SUN. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1859. There will be no want of work for the chosen representatives of tke people during the ensuing session ! We have heard, on high authority, that " our foreign relations will supersede our domestic concerns ;" that the anxiously looked for Reform Bill will not be the great work of the session. But whatever questions may be ventilated, the monetary one cannot by any possibility be evaded. It is the point on which the welfare, happiness, and pro sperity of the industrious population of the country mainly depends —on which it turns whether they shall obtain " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work," or be consigned with their families to the tender mercies of the Union Workhouse, to be come unprofitable consumers, in place of being the creators and producers of national wealth. Hitherto the question has been v involved in mystery—has been so carefully represented as an abstruse science, which none but men acquainted with the highest branches of mathematics and poli tical economy could properly understand, that the community at large have shrunk from investigation. And this is the chief cause of the immunity which the " hard calculators" have hitherto enjoyed, and of their retention of the most injurious monopoly, when that in cereals was abolished in 1846. But it is not merely the electors who evade this all important topic, but even members of Parliament of high standing profess not to understand it suffi ciently to be enabled to " instruct Parliament or the country." They therefore shirk the question, and it thus languishes on from year to year, as it will ever do, until popular attention is directed to it, and the voice of public opinion shall penetrate into the most secret recesses of Downing-street. Even JOHN BRIGHT, one of the leading members of the Liberal party, professes ignorance. He does not "compre hend what his constituents complain of, or what they wish done !" In many conversations he has never been enabled to find any two persons agree ing on " the precise grievance or the precise remedy." When this is the answer of aoRN BRIGHT what can we expect from ordinary members, those who are merely dummies, giving silent votes, will of course follow the pre cedent established on such high authority. But a man who has not studied the question is not duly"qualified for a seat in the legislature. Should he, when interrogated on the hustings, put forward such an excuse, he should be forthwith sent back to the place from - whence he came, until he had prepared himself on the point, of all others, most important to the people, and with which any would-be legislator shouldmake himself thoroughly acquainted. When he had studied the question, and qualified himself to return a s u it a bl e answer, then he might fairly demand the suffrages of those - whom he desired to represent ; but not while he w as unable to say what would be his vote on the monetary code, or whether he would abolish or N Ajilo: 1 „ • APINK " 4 . ' • ' increase the restrictions created by the Bank Charter Act of 1844. There may possibly be an appeal to the country during the ensuing session. That will be the golden opportunity that should not be wasted or misapplied. If neglected, or misapplied, years must elapse before another similar chance can arise. Another commercial crisis will ensue, and the working classes will endure suffer ings worse than those that would attend an. Euro pean war, or even an internecine contest, and all because the "hard calculators" have considerable Parliamentary influence, and will, not relinquish any portion of their monopoly so long as they can possibly retain it. The issue is literally one between " labour and money." While we had paper currency there was always liberal remuneration for toil. The man able and willing to work was certain of obtaining a rea sonable support for himself and family. But now he may starve, unless the savings of former years have proved a fund on which he can fall back and maintain him self and all dependent on him in the dark hour of distress. All that is required is a little study, some slight attention to that which, of all others, ought to attract the attention of the voter. The letters of that earnest and consistent monetary reformer, Mr. HAMER STANSFELD, will alone supply the necessary information. If they were attentively considered, nothing more would be wanting. They explain the evil, and point out the ,remedy so cleverly, that he " who runs may read." We want a really national Bank, issuing really national paper, which every one will be willing to accept, inasmuch as it will be a legal tender, and receivable in payment of taxes and every other demand. Such a sys tem would prevent the fluctuations in the rate of discount, which have been more injurious to the interests of the people than the failures of all the Banks of Issue that have ever suspended payment. The question of Monetary Reform is in the hands of the people themselves, and if it is not satisfactorily arranged during the ensuing session they alone will be to blame, and they will be the chief sufferers. The Right Honourable Member for Stroud is certainly bent upon drawing as broad a contrast as possible between himself in that character and his now almost forgotten alter ego, as the Honourable Member for Cockermouth. " None but himself could be his parallel" might be said of anybody else but Mr. HORSMAN. With him it should rather run—None but himself can by any possibility be his antithesis—an antithesis in every way so startling and remarkable. Restive in harness, he is as tame as you please—to the driver against whom he formerly rebelled—now that he is let loose in the paddock of the Opposition. The ex-Secretary for Ireland was the first to repudiate the ex-Premier so soon as the Noble Viscount had fallen (with the triple pathos of DAnius) from his high state. Now— Mr. HORSMAN is the first, and nearly the only one, to pronounce a studied panegyric (rather " out of place," in a double sense, under the circum stances) upon Lord PALMERSTON. Yet instead of commending, either his genius as a statesman► his sagacity as an administrator, or his capacity as a parliamentary orator...he directs his admiring allusions rather to the agility of the veteran Vis count as a dancer at Compeigne, and as a hunter across country down in Hampshire. Mr. HORSMAN is especially struck with the "pluck and go" of the noble lord—a phrase of evil import, as it happens, however, seein g that the "go " with Lord PALMERSTON has been chiefly signalised of late by his go out as the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Government. However, the ex-Secretary for Ire land is so repentant for his unfaithfulness that he overdoes it. " Lord PALMERSTON as Premier," said Mr. HORSMAN (for we must accord him the advan tage of giving ipsissima verba), " Lord PALMER STON as Premier might have failed, but if he failed it was because he had no colleagues as capable as himself. If they polled the whole House of Com mons through they would find no man half so popular, and as to his age, there were more pluck and energy about him than in the youngest member. He had , shown that during the recess ; for, while others deprived of the sunny regions of office, which they had occupied since the days of Earl GREY, com plained of the rheumatism, and enveloped themselves in flannel and worsted nightcaps, Lord PALMERSTON was starring it at Romsey, and dancing at Com piegne; and the other day they heard that he had broken his collar-bone riding at a fence in Hamp shire. There was more English pluck and ' go' in him than in any half-dozen of those who, having once made him their idol, would now turn him into their scapegoat." By a parity of reasoning, we ought to choose for a female sovereign a DIANA of Poictiers, or a Countess of DESMOND— " Who lived to the ago of a hundred and ten 1 And died by a fall from a cherry tree then; What a frisky old girl I" Our Lord High Chancellor ought to be invariably a HATTON or some such perennial specimen of grace and agility. The notion of commending the Noble Viscount as a Premier because of his riding at a fence, and dancing in a quadrille, and not wear ing either a flannel jacket or a woollen nightcap is certainly in accordance with the face tious idea of Mr. DICKENS that the noble lord's true title ought to have been First Lord of the Jokery rather than first Lord of the Treasury. As to the flannel derisively spoken of by Mr. HORS MAN—What, by the way, is that glimpse we obtain through the historico-romantic lens of Mr. THACKERAY'S " Virginians" (see the very latest number for this current month of January, vol. ii ., p. 74), that glimpse of a really great Minister, the renowned Earl of CHATHAM, when he was still the famous Mr. Secretary PITT, tall in stature, with an eagle eye and beak, and a grave, majestic presence. Observes Mr. THACKERAY—drOp ping his voice to a hushed whisper—"As I see that solemn figure passing, even a hundred years off, I protest I feel a present awe, and a desire to take my hat off. I am not frightened at GEORGE IL, nor are my eyes dazzled by the portentous appear ance of his Royal Highness the Duke of CULLO DVN and FONTENOY, but the Great Commoner, the terrible Cornet of Horse ! His figure bestrides our narrow isle of a century back like a Colossus ; and I hush as he passes in his gouty shoes his thunder bolt hand wrapped in flannel." As to the night cap question, gravely particularised by Mr. HORS MAN, it reminds one of that entry in BOSWELL'S Tour to the Hebrides, under date Wednesday, Sept. 29, where JOHNSON mercilessly roasts his biogra pher_ci I asked him," writes BOSWELL, "if he had ever been accustomed to wear a night- cap ?' He said No.' I asked if it was best not to wear one.--JoHNsoN : Sir, I had this custom by chance, and perhaps no man shall ever know whether it is best to sleep with or without a night-cap.' Soon aftcrvrards, he was laughing at some deficiency in the Highlands, and said, One might as well go without shoes and stockings.' Thinking to have a little hit at his own deficiency, I ventured to add, Or without a night-cap, sir.' But I had better have been silent; for he retorted directly, Ido not see the con nection there (laughing.) Nobody before [or, duce, for that matter—till Mr. 1101153W] -THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1859, ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.- The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending 15th Jan., 1859, is 2,587, of which 823 were new cases, CITY OF * LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VicTORIA••PARK.--The number of patients relieved at this institution during last week was 973, of which 130 were new cases. A new two-act drama, by Mr. Slous, author of the " Templars," &c., is in rehearsal at the Adelphi; and it is understood that an engagement is pending with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews to appear at the same theatre. Mr. Wigan (says the Illustrated Times) is in treaty for the Lyceum Theatre, and the transaction will be concluded, one way or other, in a few days. Should Mr. Wigan not be the future lessee, it is not improbable that the direction will be undertaken by Madame Celeste. The Bra states that Miss Annie Fowler, the favourite Columbine at the Grecian Theatre, whose dress caught alight last week at the conclusion of the Pantomime, causing her to be severely burnt, is fast recovering, and will be able to resume her professional duties at an early period. Most of the English journals were detained at the Paris Post-office till a very late hour on Saturday, in consequence of their reports of Mr. Roebuck's speech at Sheffield, but the authorities ultimately resolved to allow them to be distributed. The Courrier de Marseille states that the direc tors of the Mediterranean Railway Company, charged with the construction of the line from Marseilles to Toulon, have received another urgent request to have it opened in April next. A NARROW ESCAPE.—The steamer Lion, from Rhyl, for Liverpoool, in entering the latter port on Friday evening, at half speed, during a dense fog, just missed running down a schooner, but so close that she cut the boat from the schooner's stern. " We learn," says the Ocean of Brest, "that an order has just been given by the maritime prefect of this port to hurry on as much as possible the fitting-out of the five steam-frigates, the Amazone, the Panama, the Danae, the Descartes, and the Orenoque ; also the Gassendi steam advice-boat and the Perdrix transport." SECRET SOCIETY.—THE ARRESTS IN BELFAST. —lt is stated that in consequence of directions from Dublin Castle, any of the fifteen prisoners now in custody who can produce sufficient bail will be permitted to stand out on recognisances to take their trial at the assizes. The amount will probably be the same as in the case of Hughes —themselves in £lOO each, and two sureties in £5O each. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—The follow ing gentlemen have been elected members of this college : —Rev. A. 0. Hartley, M.A., Head Master of Fauconberge Grammar School, Beccles ; J. N. Langley, Esq., M.A., Wolverhampton ; Langham Dale, Esq., 8.A., Oxon, Cape Colony; R. H. Harbridge, Esq., Alcester, Warwick; J. S. Stone, Esq., Yeovil. _ TINCTURE OF lODINE IN CORNS.—Dr. Varges states that corns may be rapidly cured by the application of the tincture of iodine, the corn disappearing in the course of a few days if touched with the tincture several times a day. If the corn be situated between the toes it should be covered with a piece of linen steeped in a mixture of the tincture and glycerine.—Medical Times. _ LOSS OF A RUSSIAN STEAMER.--Intelligence reached Malta on the 9th of January of the loss, on the 4th, by striking on a rock, 10 miles N.E. of Gallipoli, within the Dardanelles, when on her voyage from London for Odessa, of the Russian Navigation Company's steamship the Dnieper, formerly the Dutchman. She was, when the Elba passed on the sth, full of water, endeavouring to save, by means of boats and steamtugs, some portion of her cargo. MR. BRIGHT'S REFORM BILL.—The Manchester Examiner, the peculiar organ of Mr. Bright, says that Mr. Bright will lay before the Bradford meeting, on Monday next, " a clear statement of the provisions of his new Re form Bill." " The suffrage, the distribution of represen tatives, and the machinery by which the hon. member for Birmingham proposes that elections shall hereafter be con ducted, will be exactly described." The Examiner adds : " On this bill we need, perhaps, scarcely say, its author has expended many weeks of patient and careful industry." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—A fatal accident took place yester day afternoon on the London and South-Western Railway at the Farnborough station. From the particulars obtained, it appeared that one of the company's servants was in, the act of assisting to shunt some carriages in the goods-train, when, either by stepping off the bail ox one of the carriages, or slipping off the platform, he fell under the waggons, several of which passed over his neck, severing the head from the body. The deceased was a very sober man, and had been in .the service of the company for several years. ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-ARMS.—On Saturday an accident, which it is feared will be attended with fatal con sequences, occurred at the residence of a gentleman in the Queen's-road, Bayswater. The son, a youth ? was passing through the hall, and seeing his father's gun in the corner, and some percussion caps lying on the hall table, took up the gun, thinking it unloaded, and, and, placing a cap on the nipple, drew the trigger. His sister, a young lady aged 17, was unfortunately coming down stairs, and, the gun being pointed in that direction, she received the charge of small shot in her face and neck. She fell to the ground bathed in blood. On the arrival of a surgeon it was found that some of the shot had entered her eyes. Her sight,is utterly destroyed, and it is apprehended that from the shock to her system she cannot survive ; FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT TO JUMP OUT OF A WlNDOW.—Yesterday (Sunday) morning, about one o'clock, the inhabitants of Drury-lane were alarmed by the piercing shrieks of a female, which appeared to issue from Charles-street. Believing, from the character of the loca lity, that a murder was being committed, several persons, with five constables of the F division of police, hastened to the spot, and discovered a young woman suspended from a second floor window, a man inside having hold of her dress, which was giving way. It was at once decided that the man should let go, as she was in an upright position ; this was promptly done, and the fall having been broken by the persons assembled beneath, she alighted on her feet, and, with the exception of fright and a severe shaking, unin jured. It appears that the young woman, Ellent Morant, had some words with her father, and in a paroxysm of frenzy 'attempted suicide by jumping from the window of No. 47 her father, being a most powerful man, seized her dress, and held her in a perpendicular position until the arrival of assistance, which alone saved her from a premature death. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—The varied entertain ments presented by this talented corps of artistes seem to preserve their attractiveness as fresh as ever, judging from the immense audiences which they have been drawing during the week. Last night the concert room was thronged with *a assemblage numbering many fashionables of both sexes. We have only space to call attention to 'the grand de,y performance announced for half-past two o'clock this day, which will be crowded to the very doors. Plades are already et premium, and certainly the programme of per formances promises a splendid musical and comic• treat. The entertainment this evening (the last of the series as announced) will be enhanced by several new and additional pieces of solo and concerted music. Too much praise can not be given to the conductor Mr. Raynor, and also to Mr. Mitchell, of London, and his agent, Mr. Nimmo, for the excellent arrangement of these concerts.—Ereeman"s Journal. WRECK OF A GUANO SHIP.—EXTRAORDINARY TIDE.—ISLAND OF BARRA, Dec. 22, 1858.—Since our last communication the only news of any moment worthy of being chronicled is, that this island was visited on the night of the 21st inst. by a most terrific gale from the south-west, accompanied by an exceeding high tide, which went beyond its usual bounds by several hundreed' filet; swee➢ing away everything coming in contact with it. Por tions of the roads bordering upon the sea shore, are much damaged, and' large boulders cast upon them, impeding vehicles. Houses were shaken to their foundation, and stripped of their thatch. But what is more serious, a large brig, laden with guano from abroad, drove from her anchorage, and went ashore among the rocks below Castle Bay Inn, and we understand she is much damaged—the cargo being valuable. amounting to no ordinary sum. Another small smack, abandoned by her crew a few days previously, also drove ashore, and went to pieces ; but her small cargo was, a day or two before the pre. sent gale, saved. In the meantime the salvor is waiting instructions from the owners, &c. Before any attempts can be made to get the brig off—if such be practicable—the cargo must be discharged ; but we doubt the vessel is much and materially injured by the rocks and the high tide. In all probability, such a valu able cargo will be insured. If not, the loss is great, and serious to the owner. We mayadd that a gentleman in the neighbourhood had upwards of 80 loads of peaty swept away by the storm. We have not had such a gale as the present during the last 14 years.—lnverness Courier. DESPERATE BATTLE WITH A DOG.—A. lady of some property, residing in the Rue des ;Views, at Vaugi-: rard, was possessed of a huge mastiff, which, being very savage, had to be constantly kept chained up, but which she prized because it had belonged to her late husband. Yesterday morning, according to custom, she took the animal his food, but he seemed more indocile than usual, and she gave him a beating. Watching an opportunity he suddenly rushed on her, threw her down, dragged off the greater part of her clothes, and bit her dreadfully in the breast, arm, and one of her legs—in fact,Atering away fragments of the flesh. The lady's cries attracted some of the neighbours to the spot, and they rescued her. Although suffering dreadfully, and faint from loss of blood, she requested them to strangle the animal. They accordingly passed a cord round the dog's neck, and removing his collar prepared to effect the operation ' • but he tugged so violently at the cord that he broke it, and rushed towards the room into which the lady had been conveyed. The door was closed on him and he tried to force it open, but failed. On this barking furiously,, he rushed towards the people who remained in the courtyard, but they were able to escape by the door and to close it. The commissary of police, who had been sent for (a French man sends for the commissary of police if he cuts his little finger), now arrived, accompanied by some gendarmes, and he made them kill the animal. Medical assistance having been obtained for the unfortunate lady, it was found that she was In a fearful state, but hopes are entertained that she may reeover. The dog was, after death, examined by a veterinary surgeon, and he declared that he was neither 11124 nor labouring under any malady; he further declared that in his belief the animal must have had a sort of instinc tive hatred of his mistress, and must have been driven to fury by her beating him.—Paris paper. GLENFIELD PATENT STAROIL—In one of the law courts lately the audience were a good deal amused by an unintentional admission, on the part • of one of the counsel defending a party who had been copying the name, labels, and forms of packages of the celebrated Glenfield patent starch. The judge could scarcely conceal his indignation at the fraudulent attempt, and told the counsel to advise his client to alter the appearance of the label, and give it a different name, when the counsel for the defendant ex claimed, " Oh, my lord, unless we give it the name of the Glenfield Patent Starch it will not sell." His lordship immediately granted the injunction, restraining the party from again using the name, or adopting the label of the Glenfield patent starch ; and at the same time remarked that it was the most disgraceful attempt to deceive the public that had ever come before him. It is but right that the public should know that every package of the genuine Glenfield patent starch has the manufacturer's name, R. Wotherspoon, printed on the label. All others are spurious, and designed to deceive the unwary. was ever foolish enough to ask whether it was best to wear a night-cap or not. This comes of being a little wrong-headed." Echo nowadays— to Mr. HORSMAN and not to Mr BOSWELL—" This comes of being a little wrong-headed." Night-cap or no night-cap, flannel or no flannel—we are con• tented to leave the youthful veteran dancing (attendance upon the EMPEROR) at Compeigne, or leaping the fence in Hampshire, while another Premier, occasionally afflicted with the gout, like CHATHAM, is prepared, like CHATHAM, to vindi cate, at all hazards and at all times what Lord GEORGE BENTINCK finely called the chastity of the national honour of England. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Se cretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. It is expected that her Majesty will return to town the latter end of this month in time to open the ses sion of Parliament in person, though no orders have as yet been officially given en the subject.—Court 'Journal. The Prince of Wales, it is expected, will return to England in July. Next year, of course, we may expect the young Prince to take an important place in all the prin . cipal proceedings of Court and fashion. After his next birthday the young Prince will be entitled to take his seat in the House of Peers.—Court Journal. The Earl of Mornington•has left the Clarendon for Draycot House, Chippenhara. The Earl of Warwick has arrived in town from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord and Lady Norreys and Mr. and Lady Caro line Townley are passing the season at Rome, and will not return to town for some months. The Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert are expected at their residence in Belgrave-square, in a few days, from Wilton House. Mr. Estcourt, M.P., and Mrs. Estcourt have left Farrance's Hotel for St. Leonard's-on-Sea. A Berlin letter of the 11th says :—" Yesterday the Prince Regent had a conversation of about three hours with Baron de Halzfeldt, the Prussian ambassador at Paris. We are assured that the relations of our cabinet with the French GOvernment are of the most satisfactory kind." A letter from Jassy, in a Vienna j ournal, states that the deputies of Moldavia were to meet on the 7th to elect the Hospodar, and in the event of no election being made before the 16th, the candidate who at twelve o'clock on that day should have the majority should be declared Hospodar for life of Moldavia. A valuable piece of patronage has just fallen to Lord Derby in the shape of the Green Riband vacant by the death of the Earl of Haddington. It would be prema ture to speculate on whom the Premier's choice is likely to fall just now, but the bestowal of this Order is always watched with great interest by the nobility of Scotland, and the selection will doubtless fall on one of high rank, and be calculated to strengthen the hands of the Government. — Court Journal. vv CONFIRMATION OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA OF COORG.—Her Majesty having expressed a wish that her god-daughter the Princess Victoria Gowiamma of Coorg, should be confirmed, the ceremony took place on Monday last at Kew Church, and was performed by the Lord Bishop of Winchester. The Princess was accompanied by her father, the Rajah of Coorg, the Dowager Lady Hardinge, and her guardian Sir James Weir Hogg, Baronet ; also by Sir John and Lady Logan (under whose care her Majesty has now placed the Princess), and a numerous circle of friends. After the ceremony the party returned to the resi dence of the Princess, Church House, Kew, and partook of luncheon.—Homeward Mail. DEATH OF SIR JAMES PITCAIRN.—This distin guised military surgeon died last week, at his residence in Haddington-road, Dublin, aged 83. Sir James served at the Helder in 1799, and the whole of the campaign in Egypt, in 1801. The deceased was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, having passed his exami nation June 7, 1798. He was also a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and an Inspector-General of the Army. ACCIDENT TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF SlTF roLx.—The Earl of Stradbroke has met with an accident while shooting with Sir Edward Bowater, at Sotterley, Suffolk. The contents of Sir Edward's gun were acci dentally lodged in his lordship's legs; he is going on avourably. . AMERICAN MAIL DESPATCH.—The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Arabia sailed from Liverpool for Boston on Saturday last ; besides the Ameri can mails, she also took out 55 passengers and a full cargo. The steamship Kangaroo will be despatched en Wednesday next for New York with. the United States and North American mails. Letters will be received" at the Post-office, Liverpool, up to 9 a.m., with a late fee, till 10 a.m., and finally at the landing stage at 11 a.m. Telegraphic de spatches to the United States and British North American Provinces can be sent through the office of the New York Press, 10, Exchange-street East. MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company being about to de spatch their steam-ship Malta; to Sydney (touching :at St. Vincent's, Cape Verd), to take up her station between Aus tralia and Suez, under the company's new contract with her Majesty's overnment, the Postmaster-General intends to avail himself of the departure of this steamer for the trans mission of additional mails to St. Vincent's and to Austra lia. The Malta is appointed to leave Southampton on the 20th inst., after the arrival of the day mail from London, and will convey ship-letter mails far St. 'Vincent's and the Aus tralian Colonies, Tasmania, and New Zealand. All letters, news p a pers, &c., intended for transmission by this steamer must be specially addressed" By steamer Malta." By com mand of the Postmaster-General, RoWLAND HILL, Secre tary.—General Post-office, Jan. 15. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have an nounced that the mail packets, which heretofore have run between Southampton and Gibraltar, calling at Vigo, off commencingOp or to, Lisbon, and Cadiz, will, commencing with the packet of the 27th inst., terminate their outward voyages at Lisbon. The mails to and from Gibraltar will be con veyed direct by the weekly Mediterranean packets, leaving Southampton for Gibraltaron. the 4th, 12th, 20th, and 27th, and Gibraltar for Southampton about the sth, 13th, 20th, - and 27th of every month. The Cadiz mails will also be conveyed between England and Gibraltar by these steamers. The Peninsular line of steamers will leave Southampton for Lisbon, calling at Vigo and off Oporto, on the 7th, 17th, and 27th, and at Vigo, on the 17th, 27th, and 7th of every month. By these arrangements the course of post between London and Lisbon will, be reduced from 18 to 15 days. _ _ The Southampton portion of the Australian mail has been delivered during the week. Great complaints are justly . made by merchants and others of the extreme irre gularity of transmission of newspapers, as it constantly occurs that those marked and paid for "via Marseilles" come home " via Southampton,' , • and consequently do not reach the respective persons until the intelligence con veyed has been made known many days previously through other:channels. The blame is said to rest with the colonial Post-offices, and the irregularity complained of is more frequent and noticeable with papers from South Australia ; therefore, it is hoped, that the authorities at Adelaide will secure better attention on the part of the Post-office subor dinates for the future.---Mining Journal. • We have before alluded to the great punctuality which is a characteristic of Lord Derby's Government. Another instance has just occurred. The Earl of Hard wicke had signified his intention of being present at the Privy Council on Tuesday at Windsor Castle ; but the Lord Privy Seal had rim it so fine in endeavouring to make an ordinary train from Wimpole serve his purpose on the some morning, that he arrived at Paddington five minutes after the time specified, and lo I the train had gone. After allowing a little grace, and a very little, Lord Derby gave the word to start, leaving the Lord Privy Seal behind. Lord Hardwicke's official presence not being necessary on this occasion, he contentedly ordered his carriage round and drove home again, not caring to emulate the vigour of Lord Palmerston, who, in a similar instance, gave chase to the special -train on a railway engine.—Court Journal. JUDICIAL AND LEGAL CHANGES.—Mr. Justice Wiles is about to retire from his position of one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and the present is, in all probability, the last term in which he will take his seat on the bench of that court. Since the establishment of the Court of Probate and Divorce, the business has gra dually accumulated, until it ha s at length completely out stripped the powers of the Judge Ordinary (Sir Cresswell Cresswell) to deal with it. It is intended, at the commence - meat of next term, to appoint a second judge of the Pro bate and Divorce Court, so that t wo courts may sit at the same time, and this office Mr. Justice Wiles has accepted. The judgeship of the Court of Common Pleas, which will become vacant by the transference of Mr. Justice Willes to the Court of Probate and Divorce, will, ft is expected, be conferred upon Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Q.C., member for the borough of Cambridge. ILLNESS OF MR. SELFE.—Mr. Selfe, one of the ma gistrates of the Thames p olice court, and Chairman of the late commission of inquiry relating to military stores and clothing, has been confined to his room by severe illness during the last four weeks, and it is feared that some time will elapse before he will be able to resume his magisterial duties. This gentleman presided in the Thames police court for one day only after the commission of inquiry had terminated its labours, and complained in the course of the day of indisposition. Ile hash en unable to attend relati to any b u siness since. Anxious inqes have been made ng to the health of Mr. Selfe by persons of every rank and con dition. On Saturday it was aruaouneed at the Thames police court that he was a little better. RESIGNATION OF MR. W. BROWN, M.P.—The Liverpool Mercury of Saturdays says :—" The public will learn with regret that Mr. William Brown, one of the mem bers for the southern division of this country has intimated his intention to resign his seat in the House of Commons after the dissolution of the present Parliament. Mr. Brown announced this determination at a banquet given by the Mayor on Tlprsday in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Blue-coat Hospital. The honour able member was first elected for this division, without op position, in 1845, and on each recurring election . since his return has been unopposed. Both on public and on private grounds , h nbd is eerc r a e iut tirement is a matter for regret ; publicly, because of the loss of services %Veil have been[alike hon ou r , a h b riea l v e lat t r o ir hi ye mself and advantageous to the comm unit y; and privately, because prudentis increasing that he should years and avai g i n t e h rE a d a s r t d a n te an o a f du dis ti rch e n s ,r s Oos l f a Ep te roar h li o Ea ur il s eTn w Et hi aNry c s h ldo t uN il t e ie e so ffi nr C ec ie p ll Ts t v an E an dconscientious te involve. oo meeting thborrow on szo Sa o t , or oo da o fyo, r D o CKS. — The new Diverpool ttha D e ock Board resolved, at a special evidence tionw o a f s t e h arri e satisfactory a p p arp ply as t e o af P im. arpliroamvienngt and powersextending the Liverpool Docks. £h ere was a lengthy dis cussion,eainnhan and the the as p a r n proposition of the estate, that the receipts of the Board for 18 58 had exceeded thew of 1857 by £5OO, b fa ir ct l o s ry to condition di T tio h n e though the ronrns in 1857 were greater than had Previously been experiwed. LATEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul Green arrived at the Foreign-office at 1.30 a.m., January 16, dated ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 10. The steamer Benares arrived at Suez, from Bombay, on the 6th inst. The dates are Bombay, Dec. 24 ; Aden, Dec. 31. The subjugation of the disturbed districts is rapidly progressing. The insurgents are dissolving before the merciful con ditions offered by the Queen's Proclamation, and the dismantling of forts and disarming of the population are being carried on vigorously. On the Ist of December Brigadier Troup's colunm met a large body of rebels at Biswa, in Oude, commanded by Ismael Khan. Our artillery and cavalry only were engaged, but the enemy made very little stand and fled. The result of this affair was, that on the 4th Ismael Khan gave himself up, with a considerable number of adherents. Some others have since followed his example. Tantia Topee is still at large. When last heard of he was supposed to be making for Oodeypore, in Rajpootana. On the sth of December a party of rebel fugi tives from the Fil Fitilh, at Biswa, eluding the vigilance of the British troops posted along the banks of the Ganges, between Cawnpore and Kimong, crossed at once into the Doab, with the in tention, it is conjectured, of joining Tantia Topee in Central India. This party, under Feroze Shah, mustered 900 horse, 300 foot, 1 small gun, and some elephants. On the Bth they were encountered by Mr. Hume, who was forced to retire upon Hur chandpore, where he occupied a small fort. On the 12th the rebel party was at Tangeooa, moving south, plundering and burning as they went, and closely pursued by General Napier. The following telegram, dated Gwalior, Dec. 18, from Major Manakersen, gives the latest intelli gence of them at Ranade : On Dec. 17, Sir R. Napier's force beat and pur sued with slaughter, for eight miles, the rebels under Feroze Shah. Captain Pretlyahn, (Pretty man ?) 14th Dragoons, wounded in leg, and eight or ten men wounded; none killed. Malta, Dec. 14. J. GREEN. ARTHUR FANSHAWE, Vice-Admiral. The following telegrams have been received by Mr. Reuter : TURIN, JAN. 15. Prince Napoleon arrived at Villafranca this day at noon, and visited the King of Wurtemberg at Nice, whence he departed for Genoa at 5 p.m. JAN. 16. Prince Napoleon disembarked at Genoa at nine o'clock this morning, and will leave for Turin. SUNDAY EVENING. Prince Napoleon arrived here at 3 p.m. He was received at the terminus by the Prince de Carignan. The concourse assembled to await his arrival greated him with shouts of " Viva Napoleone ! " " Viva it Re ! " " Viva Francia !" and " Viva Italia !" The Prince drove direct to the Royal Palace, and was received at the foot of the grand staircase by the King and his Ministers. This evening a grand representation will take place in the Theatre Royal in honour of his Im perial Highness. NAPLES, SUNDAY, JAN. 16. The decree commuting the fine imposed upon the political prisoners has been modified by a Minis terial ordinance. The prisoners will be conveyed to Cadiz, and thence transported to America, where they will be compelled to take up their residence. Poerio, who is an invalid, has refused the Royal pardon, because, in his opinion, it is equivalent to transportation. AUSTRIA. We read in a letter from Vienna of the 11th : " After the arrival of a courier with despatches from Baron de Hubner to•day, Count de Buol had a long interview with the Emperor. We are assured that immediately after the audience orders were sent to the commander-in-chief of the army which indicate further armaments. Field-Marshal Sok sevich, who replaces Baron Jellachich during his illness, and wbo was summoned here respecting the mobilisation of the frontier regiments of Croatia, has arrived. Orders have already been given for the departure of eight Croat battalions for Italy. Several regiments of light and heavy cavalry have also received orders to march immedi ately. These forces would. seem to exceed what could be required for merely precautionary mea sures against a movement in Lombardy. The num ber of troops despatched for Italy within the last five days is about 25,000, and it is thought that as many more will march in the course of a week." The Austrian Gazette contains the following : "All the information which we have before us, and all derived from authentic sources, tends to prove how little the words made use of on New Year's Day by the Emperor Napoleon to Baoon Hubner had for object to produce an unfavourable impres sion ; and the expressions used relative to that occasion by the Moniteur are so selected as to re fute with more strength than ever the rumours of war. But what is more than all this is the situa tion in itself, which renders so doubtful any conflict of the powers who govern Europe that we consider such an eventuality as not only very improbable, but even quite impossible." FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 15. The Emperor yesterday afternoon left the Tuile ries in an open phaeton, which he drove himself, and proceeding to the left side of. the Seine visited the various works in course of execution there, from the Invalides to the Rues de Sebastopol and des Ecoles. A letter from Toulon of the 14th informs us that on the 12th the crews of the ships of war composing the Toulon fleet, under the command of Vice-Admi ral Romain-Desfosses, effected an imitation of a hostile landing and a sham fight at the Grosse- Tour. The population of Toulon, who occupied the adjacent hills to witness the manoeuvres, warmly applauded the precision with which the commands of the Admiral were executed. The Moniteur contains the following paragraph relating to the Charles et Georges :—" In restoring the ship Charles et Georges the Portuguese Govern ment consented to pay an indemnity proportioned to the losses sustained by the shipowners, the cap tain, and crew. This indemnity was fixed by a commission, who, in a perfect spirit of impartiality, calculated the damage it would be just to repair, and the amount has been handed to the Emperor's Minister at Lisbon." The Oloniteur publishes the following return of the taxes and indirect revenue for the year 1858, with a comparison between the receipts of that year and those of 1857. The total amount in 1858 was 1,091,728,000 f., and in 1857, 1 , 052 ,713,000 f., being an increase of 39,015,000 f. in favour of the first named. year ; but if the second decime on the regis tration dues, which was suppressed in 1858, be taken into account, the real augmentation would be 56,187,000 f. The items which show an improve ment are the duty on manufacture of beetroot sugar, 22,294,000 f. ; import duty on French colo nial. sugar, 15,028,000 f. ; duty on potable liquors, 12,933,000 f.; tobacco sales, 4,005,000 f.; registration dues, 2,612,000 f.; customs export duties, 1,994,0001.; sundry customs duties, 1,071,000 f. ;. postage, 432 3 000 L do, on transit of foreign lette'rs, 361,000 f. ; duty on the consumption of salt beyond the bounds of the customs, 214,000 f. The decrease falls on the following: Import duties on sundry merchandise, 8,104,000 f. ; ditto on foreign sugar, 6,939,000 f. ; sundry receipts, 1,887,000 f. ; stamp duty, 1,607,000 f. ; duty on consumption of salt within the bounds of the customs, 1,764,000 f. ; sale of gunpowder, 1,244,000 f. ; import duty on corn, 583,000 f. ; navigation dues, 353,000 f. ; post-office orders, 39,000 f. ; malles-postes, 15,0001. As com pared with 1856, the total receipts of 1858 show an lincrease of 65,524,000 f. BOURSE, Jan. 15.—The tone of the market has been better, and prices have improved. Threes .have been done at from 69f. 15c. to 68f. 85c. ; Mo biller, 795 to 785 f. ; Orleans, 1,307 f. 50c. to 1,302 f. sc. ; Lyons, 842 f. 50c. to 835 f. ; Southern, 535 f. to 530 f. ; and Northern, 940 f. to 935 f. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 96 Credit Foncier 640 Do. end month .. 96 Belgian 4i 3 per Cents 69 Piedmonteso (5) .. 87 Do. end month 6B 95 Roman 9l Bank Shares 2870 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 782 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account 787 60 Home Debt 4O 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto BO5 .. 802 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 832 50 .. 833 75 Now ditto Geneva Midi — Southern , Western 595 .. 595 ;astern 677 50 .. 675 Grand Central 555 - Sardinian 407 55 .. 410 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 25f. 121 c.; three months, paper, 241. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 95c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. The proceedings in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies on the preceding day were not of any political importance. The Government had sus pended the recruiting of men for the army of Cuba, but had ordered it to be continued for Porto Rico. M. Rios Rosas, ambassador at Rome, had been obliged to stop at Barcelona, from indisposi tion, on his way to Rome. This had given rise to the report that he had interrupted his journey, not from indisposition, but from the determination of the Pope to insist on the execution of the concor dat and of the convention of M. Mon, and to refuse to enter into negotiations for the modification of them. The Duchess de Montpensier, says the Correspondancia Autografa, is in an interesting situation. MALTA. A letter dated Malta, Jan. 10, says considerable sensation has been created here by various changes introduced by the governor on the first of the year, consisting principally in the appointment of young and active men in place of those whom long ser vice had enfeebled. Hitherto, in Malta, appoint ments have usually been filled by seniority, and promotion is slow. The head of a department is generally old and worn out ere he reaches that much coveted elevation. It was alleged, and I fear with some truth, that places were made for people in Malta. This is cer tainly not the case in the late appointments. The person best calculated to do the duty has been the one selected, without undue preference or party favouritism. The only official, influence has been that of the Crown Advocate ; but evidently, how ever great the weight he may have with the governor, the latter has in every instance satisfied himself that the person recommended was fit for the place. The salaries of many of the officials, and especially of the subordinates, have been increased.. The following garrison order has been the source of much bitterness : " All guards to turn out to the Archbishop of Malta, and all sentries to carry arms and present arms when the Host passes." Capt. Sheffield, of the 21st R.N.B.F , having re fused to obey the abov e , h as been ordered under arrest, and will in all probability be tried by court martial. It is a case of conscience with Capt. Shef field, who, it is reported, is ready to submit to any punishment rather than do homage to the Host. This presenting and carrying arms to the Host has long been a cause of complaint with the Pro ', testant soldiers at Malta, particularly the presby terians, when Highland regiments have been stationed here. Some years ago, General Aitchison, now Governor of Dover Castle, while commanding a company of artillery at Malta, was dismissed the service for refusing to salute the Host. Her Majesty's ship Swallow proceeds to England to-morrow to be paid off. The Caradoc is ordered to proceed with any telegram of importance to Cagliari. The cable, it is supposed, is broken about 30 miles from Malta. The admiral offered any assistance, but the engineer preferred waiting for the steamer Elba, which ar rived yesterday. We had rough weather during the night, and a Greek brig loaded with wheat drifted on shore and got bilged. The merchant steamer Dutchman is lost in the Sea of Marmora—crew saved. TERRY'S BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, A powerful and most effective weapon, known as Terry's patent breech-loading rifle, is, by order of the Secretary of State for War, to be supplied im mediately to several cavalry regiments. The pecu liar advantage of this weapon is to make one man equal to ten ; the carbine may be loaded with facility at the time of a horse being at full gallop, because neither biting the cartridge nor a ramrod is required, and there is no risk of blowing off the hand while loading. The Small Arms Committee have submitted the carbine to the severest tests, making a most favourable report on its peculiar advantages, and hence its adoption in the army. Only some few months ago Terry's rifle was subjected to a test by Captain Richard Hewlett, of the Excellent gunnery ship, and 1,800 rounds were fired without the carbine requir ing to be cleaned, or missing fire; the same carbine was tested on Southsea-common by order of the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, and 25 rounds were fired at 300 yards' range from the butt ; and the General himself made a centre hit. An officer on the ground, one of the instructors of musketry, then took the instrument and struck the target afloat twice out of three times, at a distance of 1,050 yards ; yet the barrel is but 30 inches in length. THIS DAI'S LONDON, Jan. 17.—Wind this day at noon S.W. ; light breeze and hazy with drizzling rain. The mercury has very much fallen during the last two days. HULL, Jan. 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Anna Maria, for Hayti. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 15.—Wind blowing strong—Arrived —Armorial, from New Orleans. Sailed—Bavaria (s.s.), for New Orleans. _ _ _ _ LIVERPOOL, Jan. 16.—A semaphore telegraphic report was received here this afternoon that a steamer had struck on West Hoyle, and immediately sunk. GALWAY, Jan. 15.—The Propeller (s.s.), which went on shore, on Kinmore Point Jan. 8, was got off to-day and will be docked to ascertain damage. Wind W. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Dart, from London; Caroline, from Guernsey, Edward and Mary, from Jersey; Harmony, G o li a h, an d Martha, from Lyme; Griffin and Syren, from Sunderland; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Le Coq, from Cherbourg. Sailed—Waterford, Royal Eagle, and Leila, for Cardiff; Charlotte, for Havre ; Rainbow, Douglas, West Lothian, and. Cadmus, for Sunderland ; Henry, for London; Lizzie Flavin, for Cowes; Ceres and Delapole, for Lyme; Mary Ann, for Burliest. Wind S. W. LIVERPOOL ; Monday Morning. Arrived Jan. 16.—Lizzy from Moulmein ; Riverdale, from Quebec; Sharon, steamer. from Alexandria; Araxes, screw steamer, from Palermo ; Margaret Pride from Huelva ; Tamaulipas, screw steamer, from Bordeaux. Arrived Jan. 17.—Abbotts Reading, from Iquique ; Arabia, from Mobile ; Corsair, from Messina; Montezuma, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Lizzy Harwood, from New Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.S.W. ; tide, one hour's flood ; light and fine. Arrived, Jan. 16—Ada, from Odessa ; Thomas and John, from Saffi ; Scotia, from Bombay ; Star from Seville ; John, from Rouen • Zephyr, Mary, Rob y, and Mary, from Dunkirk ; Lao, from Lisbon ; Juan Henry, from St. Malao. Arrived Jan. 17—Newton, from Ba h ia. Sailed,Jan. 16—Englishman, for St. Michael's ; Storm Nymph, for Corfu. Sailed, Jan. 17—S. L. Tilley, for Boston. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. ; fresh. Passed—Star in the East, frqm West, for North. Anchored—Palestine, from New York, for London; Prometheus, for Rio Janeiro; Heroine, for Manilla; J. A Pritchard, for Nickerie; Brenda, screw steamer. for Havre ; Shooting Star, for Bahia ; Lady Jocelyn, for Pernambuco —all from London. Passed, Jan. 16—Ada, from Odessa; Governor Rl'Donald, from Africa; Nourland, from Belize; Chinsura, from Demerara; Leicester, from New York; Whim, from Seville—AU for London, LITERA T U The Young Middy. By F. C. Armstrong, a uthor of " The Warhawk," &c. E. Marlborough, M e Maria-lane. 1 I 1 This is a stirring tale of adventure and escull in the perilous days of the French Revolution, The hero, Henry Barlow, and his cous in, Alfred Hammond, are out in a small boat on a pleasur e excursion, when they unfortunately get lost ' ll° ,, fog, and are picked up by a privatee r . The captal" is one of a rough reckless sort, and treats then! cruelly, refusing to land them, or to look out f°` another vessel. After many adventures they ar e shipwrecked near the French coast and beconl e prisoners of war. They afterwards make then, escape, but H enr y B ar l ow , a s pi r it e d b oy , w h o lun', been a midship man , j o i ns a par t y o f th e R o yalists in a skirmish, and gets wounded and captured one' more. His cousin joins him, and after having narrow chance of being executed, and another being sent as convicts to Cayenne, they once mor e elude their jailors, a n d, a f ter many an d var i e d a il ventures, are rescued by an E ng li s h vesse l. Th e numerous stories introd uce d b y th e persons thei are mixed up with in their strange wanderings fla, c to the variety and inter es t o f t h e work. rifi readers of " Peter Simple" w ill pro b a bl y detect strong likeness to some parts of that well-knot work, and it is somewhat tant a li s i ng to the read er e to have the fate of Magnus left so uncertain. Th e author promises, however, to giv e th e conc l us ion ° his history in a 'subsequent volume. A trifling fault of style which i s no t lik e l y t o b e no ti ce d bQ young readers, yet one which the author would j well to avoid, is the constant use of adjectives tn l i superlatives. Almost every person in the book described as " fine-looking,' " beautiful," " " remarkably handsome," indeed the word some recurs so often that the reader is tempte_a_i smile at the unusual bou n ty o f na t ure . Th e D 7,, is of just the kind to f ascina t e th e y oung r eal for whom it is intended, and many youths charmed by the new and strange scenes to Will its heroes are introduced. Popular Tales from ' the Norse. By G. We l Dasent. Edmonston and Douglas. The old Norse tales have often - made the appearance in this country, and have always he l popular among us. Mr. Dasent has collected the and has written an able and interesting preface the origin and diffusion of popular tales. Soni,e . the tales in this book will b e f am ili ar t o Eng„,l readers, as in the instance of the story of " Twelve Wild. Ducks," which forms the subjec t one of Hans Ch r i s ti an A n d ersen ' s d e light/ legends. A strong family likeness exists anl °/ 0 them ; the youngest son is always the one to s tj teed where his broth ers h ave f a il e d ; and , youngest princess is a l wa y s t h e most beautiful ~w, good. Kings and queen s give away "half of t" u kingdom" to needy adventurers with su rpril readiness, and giants are in var i a bl y defeated the fortunate heroes. All these familiar feat l/ /1 will be readily recognised by the reader of P b tales in every land, and are almost as indispeo i; as the " once upon a tim e " w ith w hi c h our gel : English specimens invariably commence. e author deserves credit f or th e f ree d om an d e 0 , 511 the style, which seems to preserve its rto t quaintness and simplicity. It 'is an accept' volume, showing the singularity of the old til t ) tions, which often develop the peculiar points of national character. The Physiology of Common Life. By G. 11. Tie; author of " Life of Goethe," &c. Part I. BL wood. This is the first part of a work which proi v s ; to be both interesting and instructive. Mr. Le ec was struck with the gene ra l i gnora n ce o f so deeply important to the human race, as ' if connected with the structure and laws of the I 3 frame. He therefore attempts to set before, public a concise and comprehensible series der, which shall teach them th e e l emen t s o f physl°,l cal science, without necessitating any degoif anatomical knowledge. We quote the folio, passage from his brief and sen s ibl e progranuilri "No scientific subject can be so important to mane ';" of his own life. No knowledge can be so incessant e i pealed to by the incidents of everyday, as the knovil the processes by which he lives and acts. At every In he is in danger of disobeying laws which, when die°, may bring years of suffering, decline of powers, pre'', decay. Sanitary reformers preach in vain, becan''d preach to a public that does not understand the laWs —laws as rigorous as those of gravitation or motionv the sad experience of others yields us no lessons, 'nr.', 4 l undersand the principles involved. If one man is suffer from vitiated air, another is seen to endure it 11 , apparent harm; a third concludes that it is all cP and trusts to that chance; had he understood the ciple involved, he would not have been left to e his first lesson in swimming would not have been wreck. " There i s i ncreas i ng d es i re f or sc i en tifi c kno f ; Science passes from its laboratories into the public Woo fares. But althsugh thousands are now anxious to 0 01, stand the chief physiological laws, the majoriti, 00, overcome their inv inc ib le repulsion from anatomieeJ Many would rather remain ignorant than gain kee 0 ( 1 through such paths. It is. believed by the author of proposed work that a clear and accurate conceptiO ft ,p chief physiological laws, sufficient for ordinary P a , guidance and for scientific culture, may be impresse t the mind, and illustrated by mem ora bl e f acts, withoil o i appealing to anatomical k now l e d ge. It will be his ~ to expound principles rath er th an to teach a sc i en ej these principles Fill be illustrated by the most 01 '.: facts hitherto ascert a i ne d . Assuming the positioiil lecturer addressing a miscellaneous audience, he svi itil f , gine that beside th e medical student there sits al l e r gent artisan—be s id e th e .man of letters sits the raotl'a family; and he will endeavour to be intelligible a n r O, resting to all, while reproducing the latest disco`i!„l European investigators, and the results of 01401 search." Some of these articles have been published inf o wood's Maga z i ne , w h ere t h ey have attracted able noti ce . Thi s first part, containing atreatis e " Hunge r and Thirst,' appeared in that a few months back. The object of the wort- io o, cellent, a s th ere i s ' no doubt that the diffilsid sound physiol og i ca l k now l e d ge wou ld tend o f to diminish the sufferings and mortality re people, m ore espec i ally i n large towns, where evils of over-crowding, bad ventilation, ana, of exe rc i se , are so little thought of in r tion to their devastating effects. The in which the intention is put into practio i l adapted f or genera l rea di ng, b e i ng clear an9tl and seldom encumb ere d with unn ecessa ry e' tion of style or obscure technicality of terras. Tales of the Colonies. By Charles Roworoftl New edition. Smith and Elder. Mr. Rowcroft's " Tales of the Colonies" Le i itt established favourites long before the goldeil 6 # tions of the Australian co n ti nen t h a d reil i o emigration so common an enterpris e . The fl it tive of the difficulties and struggles of a se m life, and his labours, failur es , an d successes vio Diemen's Land, have not lost in freshness O rest by, the changes that years have pr, They will still fasci na t e th e l over of advent"„ land and sea, and need fear no competitiO more modern rivals. Webster's Royal Red Book. 60, Picea d We have here a useful compendilo A taining a street guide, an alphabetien, of the nobility and gentry, with their and country houses; a list of the baroo the United Kingdom, of the Croo law officers, ambassadors and consuls, K ° ' d? Houses of LO r d s an d Commons are of eours ° to the list of general intelligence. Thougl / i ili f limited in its character than a directory, i t 0 1 perhaps equ a lly useful to those who mov e d fashionable or p o li t i cal world ; wh i le its Pcl6 size, and l ess comprehens i ve c h aracter, r eli ~e , more convenient f or re f erence and conve yall' f ior present edition appears to be in no way in' its predecessors. Burns's Poetical Works. Cheap edition• ledge and Co. e V` This is a marvellously cheap edition of the P t 0, works of Robert Burns. Its appearance i t 4o season is especially opportune, and the r ea c . t y of its price will enable all those who havel il to felt a complete edition of the poet's worn, o o, beyond their means, to secur e a co py. Till ie nience of its size, and th e excellence ofjt and paper, leave nothing ,to be desired. prettily bound in boards, the picture on representing the Scottish Muse crowe'7 o l o dreaming poet with the garland of holly, a s his beautiful " Vision." TIA I RETURN OF WRECKS IN LIVERPOOL Dui; 1858.—FromsierryaD0 Beard , it appears return duringe ye yesterday yeas`a y t° :5 t ip 0 1 ' were wrecked. Of these 12 were totally lost, mainder, with four exceptions, either raised or renjOt;' , LADY VISITOR TO THE LIVERPOOL Wol ll f, y e ilo o A special committ ee o f th e Li verpoo l select ves-OPj Friday to investi ga t e a c h arge pre f erre d aga i ns t hill ill e o f a catholic lady, an d one o f th e occas i ona l v i s itors 0 11 0' 1 4 mates, for an,alleged abuse of privilege, by end, , to exercise undue influence over a Protestito" t o44 Catherine Foley, the party alleged to have beeN o lt,Y with, said that she had been sent for by Miss Glit" i ii; on going into the hall of the workhouse, Miss Gri'tt if she was a Catholic, to which she replied in th e 01 4 ,0 , ', but said that her father ! was a Roman Catholi c 0 1 $, mother a Protestant, and that all her brothers °' old sf ( were Protestants. Miss Gillow contradicted 1 031. 1,40 11 e 1 , her she was doing wrong by changing her rellof,ll that if she did so " her soul would be damned. c ottil l nity." Miss Gillow was not present, but Mr. ; ILer, he had received a letter from the lady's bro,_' s t a ted that Miss Gillow was not conscious of W o r anything unworthy, and scorned the insinuatilo against her. The board thought otherwise, fl i t, r ecr was passed to the effect that Miss Gillow should to discontinue her yisits to the workhouse. I bus sale sha ver rat , etc so i gel Th dui Fo eV( Ne Sc'