The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles wean. THIS EVENING, LIVING TOO FAST. And MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. Followed by a new Farce, in one act, entitled THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed a new Comedy, THE TIDE OF TIME. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale, arc. ; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter. A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE, In which Perea Nena will appear. With WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. John Small, by Sir Wxn. Don, Bart. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. WOOING EN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST : Miss Swanborough. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with the successful gorgeous Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN THE EAST; or, The Fugitives and their Faithful Steed: concluding with a Grand National and Allegorical Tableaux. After which SCENES IN THE ARENA, introducing Mr. W. Cooke, and his beautiful horses, Mr. Runnels, Madam• Blanche, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Fleurette, and the first male and female equestrians in the world. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, is, ; Galleries, 6cl. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. C ANTERBURY 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- Musie 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 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, DEC. 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.20—a sudden rise. WIND, Northerly; light, with dull cold weather. THE SUN. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1858. We often hear of the contrast between Lord DERBY and his justly popular son—are we to have another contrast between the Whig Lord Chief Justice and his son ? On Tuesday we had the veteran judge at Fishmonger-hall warning the Tories not to be too radical ; if they dared to be so, the Whigs were ready enough to act the Conser vative, and to prevent the good old Constitution receiving an irreparable shock. On the following Thursday, however, we had the son of the noble lord, at Taunton, proving to a crowded audience there, that the Ballot was the one reform of all reforms, which Whigs and all professsed reformers ought to be ready to concede. We shall, however, till we receive advice to the contrary, prefer to understand that the noble and Learned Judge himself is a friend to the Ballot. It may be that, like Sir ARTHUR HALLAM ELTON, he deems it a Conservative measure, or it may be that he agrees with Lord MACAULAY and Mr. GROTE, or it may be, that being an aged judge, and presumably filled with a strong sense of jus tice, he approves from his best moral judgment of rotecting the right of every elector to an un biassed vote. Whatever be Lord CAMPBELL'S own opinion that of his son is now before the world, and it is no more than justice to the Hon. W. F. CAMPBELL to say that on a subject so repeatedly pronounced " worn thread bare," he hasmade a really interesting speech. Our readers will, we are sure, if they commence its perusal, not turn from it till they have concluded it; not at least if they are, as we all should be now, interested in the Reform question. Mr. CAMPBELL reviews the political bearings of the subject in a very impartial manner, and recalls opinions of great statesmen which probably have been for gotten by most, on both sides, and shows very fairly their present relevance or the contrary. After all that has been written most will find some instruction from his remarks, and we may hope that few will be able altogether to resist his beautiful peroration on behalf of the independence of the voter—" The indepen dence of judges had long been a com mon theme of pride and exultation. Since 1688 no court had dared to attempt the coercion of our representatives in Parliament. It was, therefore, an anomaly, as well as a misfortune, that the elector, by whom the whole machinery of government is called into existence, should be oppressed in his performance of the duty the Reform Act had assigned to him. They knew, for well-authenti cated figures had explained to them, that a very large proportion of electors in the country lived in houses between the values of £lO and £l5. Such men, however honest in their characters, however sound in their political opinions, were cut off from the various excitements of which wealth and ease were indispensable condi tions. It must occasionally happen that rent and loeal rates pressed with too much severity up on them. Unhappy speculation might embar rass them. Debt might choose them for its victims. And these evils undoubtedly received a cruel aggra vation if at the very moment the elector would seem to be enabled to dismiss them from his memory—when he was called upon to do his duty to the public, to assert the tenets which he held, and which perhaps his forfathers had left to him — he found himself compelled, as he advanced towards the hustings, to balance the reproach of sacrificing his convictions, and the fear of ruining his home." Freedom of election, as established by the Ballot, would still leave them a national establishment as they had at present. The voter's free use of his own judgment would in no way affect the retention of an hereditary chamber or an unpaid magistracy. " It was not from the fragments of a throne or plunder of a church that the supporteri of the Ballot desired to raise another temple to the free dom which imparts a dignity and charm to every homestead of the island we belong to." In 1833, when Mr. GROTE first submitted his motion for the Ballot, Sir ROBERT PEEL frankly objected that the Ballot would emancipate the voter from the influence of property, that it would give perfect vigour to the principles of the then new Reform Bill ; his argument was, indeed, that the Ballot would do the very thing it was wished to do. Most opponents now abandon this ground, and plead all kinds of moral excuses for not con ceding it ; but the truth undoubtedly is, as Mr. BRIGHT said at Manchester, that the real reason for opposition to the Ballot is, that the argu ments in its favour are too well understood. Sir ROBERT had the manliness not to deny that he understood them. To Lord MACAULAY, in 1839, it was replied that the Reform Bill was then but a recent settlement, and that it was not needful to try the ultimate measure before they had tried all other means of suppressing bribery and intimidation. In vain he argued then that intimidation could be met by no laws, and we all know how thoroughly his argu ments have been verified by the results. There is now no pretext for relying on our not having minor schemes—all have failed, notoriously failed, and there is no known remedy left but that which we have uniformly demanded. We need, not, however, extend our remarks, but heartily com mend again Mr. CAMPBELL'S speech to the atten tion of our readers, and the Hon. W. F. CAMP BELL to any constituency needing a thorough Re former as its representative. Ribandism, so long the curse of Ireland, is again becoming rampant in the Sister Kingdom. Lord EGLINTON'S proclamation proved beyond the pos sibility of doubt that convincing information has been obtained to show that secret and illegal societies were again flourishing, and that it was essential to the peace and tranquillity of the country to nip the incipient treason in the bud, and thus prevent the loss of many valuable lives, and the demoralisation of every district into which the atrocious system obtained a footing. The attempted assassination of the Rev. Mr. NIXON - the cold-blooded and deliberate murder of Mr. ELY— proved that agrarian outrages were again becoming rife, and that the apostles of evil were again active in their infamous vocation. But there was something of even a more serious character than simple murder or arson on the tapis. It was not merely to shoot an obnoxious agent, or a landlord who had the audacity to expect pay- ment of the rent to which he was entitled. It was not to burn the stacks of a tenant who had taken land over the head of a member of the society, or even to administer a gentle castigation as a mild reminiscence of subscriptions in arrear to the society. There were even higher aspirations— nothing less than an invasion from the United States, and the addition of Ireland to a position amongst the luminaries in the star-spangled banner. These visions, indulged in by a few grocers' assistants and others of an inferior class, seem to be very ridiculous, but they :are very dangerous ; not, of course, as to the final result, but as to the intermediate mischief—the loss of many valuable lives and the destruction of property. When these illegal societies were in the ascen dant some five-and-thirty years since, no person could trust even those who had appa rently rendered faithful services for a series of years. The gates were opened, the watch-dogs poisoned, and the assassins guided by men who, but for the terrible conspiracy in which they were en gaged, would have shed the last drop of their blood in defence of the parties by whom they were paid and fed. The fatal condemnation of the dread tribunal—the Irish Vehmgericht—paralysed every energy, and rendered even the most highly trusted domestics participators in the intended crime. " Prevention is better than punishment," and it is greatly to the credit of Lord EGLINTON'S Govern ment that they decided on eradicating the deadly seed before it had arrived at maturity. The rewards offered for the apprehension and conviction, not only of parties engaged in adminis tering illegal oaths, but of being members of the unconstitutional society, will occasion a wide spread panic throughout their ranks. Every one who knows that there is a price set upon his head —that any of those present can obtain £5O or £lOO by delivering him up to justice—must feel decidedly uncomfortable while considering whether every man of his numerous associates can be re garded as trustworthy. Had similar steps been taken on former occasions the riband con federacy would never have grown to such gigantic proportions, nor would the results have been by any means so formidable. But former Governments waited until the seed had taken root, and the fruit had arrived at maturity. The gallows and the convict hulks were readily available for those who had graduated in crime, but there was no obstacle or impediment placed in their way—no warning administered to inculcate the necessity of caution, or to convince them that the moment they accepted the obligation they were at the mercy of the very lowest of their compa nions, possibly of one who would sell his nearest and dearest relative for less than one-half of what has been offered; or even worse —of a treacherous spy, bent on betraying all into whose society he has been admitted, and seeking only to obtain the largest amount of blood money practicable. We believe that in offering timely rewards Lord EGLINTON has rendered most important service to the nation. lie has prevented the growth of the mischief, and saved many lives and a large amount of property from destructiol. Perhaps the parties who should feel most grateful are those who were becoming entrapped in the meshes of the net. At present they are comparatively clear, and a few light examples may be deemed sufficient to arrest the further spread of the mischief—to abate the social nuisance. But when innocent blood has been shed, when many have been implicated in the highest crimes known to the law, justice will de mand a sterner retribution, and the expiation will be much more terrible. Ireland has for some time past been comparatively tranquil ; let its trust that the misguided individuals who seek to disturb her peace may be warned in time, and abandon the evil courses on which they had so incautiously arid recklessly entered. DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.—WC believe that the following appointments in the diplomatic service will be soon officially announced :—Lord Napier, at present Minister at Washington, to succeed Lord Abercromby as Minister at the Hague ; Lord Lyons, at present Minister at Florence, to succeed Lord Napier as Minister at Washing ton the Hon. P. C. Sea rlett, now Minister at Rio Janeiro, to be Minister at Florence ; the Hon. F. R. Forbes, from Dresden, to be Minister at Rio ; Mr. L. Augustus Paget, Secretary of Legation at Berlin, to be Minister at Dresden. The state of the Dowager Empress of Russia is most alarming. The members of the Imperial family h ave all been summoned to St. Petersburg, according to a tae graphic despatch. • , zs . ' ~ . t ' :7'.... ,''-- 1 , •••• i t s . . fh, . .'eg '. . :: .^::' '4lO z. - ir '-. . ',_ •. .1 '74 . -.41111 -, ' . ' :.,A ." ,-. :1 1, • -,. ..-, ... ,.. .1 ....0 % , ..:' * ,' • , a f a ilo plin , o,, , ... ~,, ~.;-,,,„ ~.). ~,,i,,, ~,.., - 1 , OIT r; .% ...-,.... ~,,,„ ~0,.t.....,-,„,..,_ s ~- „fr., WINTER. —NO GENTLEMAN during the Winter should be without one of 3IACDOUGALL'S FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAKS, Universally acknowledged to be the most comfortable, useful, and gentlemanly upper Garment now in use, either o r Town wear, or the Rail, the Coach, Riding,!Driving, and Walking. They are made of Scotch Tweeds, in every variety t Plain Colours, and very pretty Mixtures also in dark Grey and Black, for B Clergymen's wear. Good useful qualities from.... 265. to 365. The best do. d 0..... 38s. to 50s. The Height and Size round Shoulders is sufficient measure. Patterns and price per post, free. Any number of Cloaks forwarded in nfodon.ur days from date of , to Lo D. MACDOUGALL, Thu ROYAL TARTAN WA.REHOUSIL INVERNESS. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison.—The public are respectfully in formed that this new and elegant Theatre will be OPENED for the first ENGLISH OPERA SEASON on MONDAY, Dec. 20, when will be presented an entirely new and original Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe , entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Playhouse prices. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1858, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's Office, Dec. 14th : gARSEILLES, MONDAY, DEC. 13. The Hongkong Journals bring news from China to 28th Sept. The forces of the Chinese rebels are increasing. The town of Nanking is surrounded and the Go vernment of Pekin threatened by the revolt. Seeing that its financial resources are much ex hausted Government becomes more conciliatory towards foreigners. It is on this account, therefore, that Government has recalled the governor of Can ton, and has allowed the importation of opium under certain regulations. Advices from Manilla of the 22d Oct. assert that the Government of Cochin China has refused to negotiate. CALCUTTA. Splendid fetes took place here on the 9th Nov. The East India Company's stocks are rising, and trade is reviving, but communication with the in terior of India is still difficult. covered by the sum resulting from the sale of the • railways." NAPLES. A letter from Naples of the 7th says :—" The rejoicings at the approaching marriage of the here ditary prince with the Princess Maria of Bavaria are great, and foremost in congratulation is the King himself, who is said to carry the portrait of his daughter-in-law elect about with him, showing it to many. To manifest his pleasure, he gives the bride 20,000 ducats' worth of jewellery as a mar riage present, to the infinite annoyance of the Queen, who thinks him far too liberal. An apart ment in every palace in the kingdom has been assigned and embellished for the future residence of the newly-married pair. The marriage, it is: said, is to take place on the 19th at Caserat, where the bride and bridegroom will remain in private till after the anniversary of the death of the prince's mother, when they will come to town, and give balls and other festivities in honour of their marriage. The theatrical performances here at present are really good. lone, or the Last Days of Pompeii,' a new opera of Petrilla's, has been most successful. Verdi's Simon Boccanegra' has also found favour, and San Carlo has seldom been better attended. The Royal Accademia balls will be unusually brilliant this - winter. This is a less crowded but more aristocratic season than we have had for many years. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and family, Lord and Lady Londonderry, Lord Sheffield and family, the Hon. Somerset Cal thorpe, the Hon. Georgina Browne, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord and Lady Lismore are numbered among the visitors. The weather has been wet, but very mild, promising now to be really fine, the barometer having gradually risen high, and a brilliant sun shining at this moment." HAYMARKET THEATRE. "The Tide of Time" is the alliterative and not unsug gestive title of a new play by Mr. Bayle Bernard, which, on its production at this theatre last night, was received with cordial applause. Mr. Pendarvis (Mr. Chippendale) dwells in ease and affluence upon his ancestral estate in Shropshire. He has all the noble social qualities usually attributed to that most popular of all traditional person ages, the fine old English gentleman, but he has his weak points also, and of these not the least conspicuous are an irrational aversion to the improvements of modern times, which he simply regards as innovations, and a morbid horror of people who affect to be gentry yet have no pedigree to sustain their pretensions. His daughter Mildred (Miss Reynolds), a high-spirited girl, proud but generous, shares the virtues and peculiarities of his disposi tion. She is engaged to be married to Sir Dormer Brazenby (Mr. Compton), a booby baronet residing in the neighbour hood, who fancies himself a philosopher, and is eternally devising all manner of impossible schemes for the regene ration of society. He has a plan of his own for demolishing London, and rebuilding it on the unheard-of plan of curves and semicircles, and he carries about with him a piece of tin ware which he calls his " cerebral regenerator," and which is nothing more or less than a tin cap contrived to expand and contract the various bumps on the human head which phrenologists suppose to be indicative of vicious or virtuous propensities. These aristocratic but somewhat eccentric people have one common object of horror in the person of an enterprising manufacturer, Mr. Spalding (Mr. Howe) who has given mortal offence to Mr. Pendarvis by erecting a cotton-mill within view of his drawingroom windows. Spalding is a man of yesterday, and "late in the afternoon," too ; never theless he has a glorious heart, and the sequel proves that he has a far better title to' the character of a " gentleman" than some other persons of more ancient lineage. It so falls out in the, chapter of accidents that misfortune over takes the house of Pendarvis. The county bank fails, and the old gentleman is a severe sufferer His false friends of course fly from him, and the-philosophic baronet is one of the first to turn his back upon him. The slighted manu facturer, however, shows that he is made of truer metal. He comes generously forward with an offer of pecuniary assistance, and makes the most disinterested efforts to retrieve the fallen fortunes of the family.. In this design he is cordially assisted by his friend Molehill (Mr. Buckstone), an admirable character, and also by Miss Mildred herself, who, finding that young ladies who lose their nerves must make up their minds to use their muscles, discards the affectations and frivolities of fashion able life, and only studies to manage her father's household with the care and frugality of a prudent housewife. After much retrenchment and good management, the family is restored to something like its ancient prosperity, and Spald ing finds the reward of his benevolence and magnaminity in the acquisition of the heart and hand of the haughty Mildred, who, like her father, has lived to learn the truth of the classic maxim, " Virtus cola nobilitas." The piece is from last charmingly written, and contains more witty say ings, and more genial sentiments, expressed in ornate and poetic language, than any drama that has been produced on the London boards for a very long time. The characters *are vigorously conceived and not less effectively contrasted, and the dialogue is unexceptionably to be admired. The acting was excellent, and the performances of Miss Rey nolds, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, and Mr. Howe in particular, deserved, and did not fail to obtain, the warmest commendation. The house was crowded. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT= GARDEN. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Morning Post : Sir,—l fear that tho announcement which Miss Pyne and Mr. Harrison have made in your paper of to-day, respecting the opening of the English opera at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, might create an erroneous im pression. Miss Pyne and Mr. Harrison say in their advertisement that I have let the theatre to them " for a succession of seasons, extending over several years." I sho'uld feel very much obliged if you would kindly permit me to make known, through your columns, that I have only let the theatre for the winter months, and that my regular Italian opera season will commence on April 2 next.—l remain, sir, your most obedient servant, FREDERICK GYB. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, Dec. 13, 1858. Sir George and Lady Dashwood have left Cla ridge's Hotel for West Wycombe Park, Bucks. Captain Hunter and Mrs. Hunter have left Cla ridge's Hotel for Burnley Hall, Norfolk. Viscount and Viscomtesse de Berg•have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, from the Continent. Lord Sondes arrived at his residence last even. ing, from Elmham Hall, Norfolk. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Dis raeli have left Grosvenor-gate on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield House, Hert fordshire. Viscount and Viscountess Campden are still at Claridge's Hotel. The Viscountess is slowly recovering from her recent illness. The Countess of Powis and the Earl of Powis and the Ladies Herbert are passing the season at Powis Castle. The Earl and Countess of Craven will leave Gorhambury Park in a few days, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at the Grove, near Watford. Mdlle. Theresa Ferni, the sister of Caroline and Virginia, who are now delighting the Viennese by their performances on the violin, met with a terrible accident on the sth at Lausanne. The wheel of a railway carriage went over the left arm of the poor girl, and completely crushed it. A letter from Corfu of the 7th says :—" Mr. Gladstone sailed this morning in H.M.S. Terrible for the Southern Islands and Athens. He will return here on the 22d." THE TEA TRADE, Dec. 13.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week were 818,4771 b., which is an increase of 34,7921 b. compared Nyith the previous state ment. A letter from Florence, in- the Indipendente of Turin, states that the King of Prussia's health has not improved there, and that tho air of Florence does not seem to agree with him. He never goes out, and the Queen is seldom seen in public. The Officzal Journal of the Two Sicilies announces that a commission has been formed at Naples to collect sub scriptions for a monument to Charles 111., the first King of Naples of the present dynasty. The designs of the monu ment have already been executed by the sculptor Salvadore Irdi. VERDI'S NEW OPERA.—Accounts of the new opera of " Simon Bocca Negra," at Naples, represent Verdi's last work as being of the most uproarious cha racter. All sorts of noises—bells, cannon, anvils, and hammers, monks roaring vespers, azd finally, a chorus of Newfoundland dogs barking, appear to diversify the ope ratic score, and to give emphasis to the instrumentation. THE REF•RM MEETING AT SHEFFIELD.--We understand that, in accordance with the wish of 'the meet ing last Monday, Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Hadfield have con sented to give up the arrangement which they had entered into to address their constituents next Wednesday. Mr. Roebuck, however, having other engagements up to the end of the first week in January, finds it impossible to visit Sheffield either in the. Christmas or the following week, as requested in the resolution passed at the meeting. He has, however, undertaken to come about the middle of the second week in January. Mr. Hadfield has agreed to come at the same time. It is expected that the meeting will be more than usually interesting, as we understand it is the intention of Mr. Roebuck to express his opinions not only upon the question of Parliamentary reform, but also upon the aspect of affairs in respect to our foreign policy.— Sheffield Times of Saturday, SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH FOR TASMANIA.—In a few days the screw steamer Omeo will leave the river with the telegraph cable which is to connect Victoria with Tas mania. The contract has been superintended here by Messrs. Brown, Dunn, Salmon, and Co., and we feel sure that the manner in which it has been executed will afford every satisfaction to the colonies. The cable is a single conductor of 240 miles in length, and is to be laid from Cape Otway, Victoria, to King's Island, and then continued to the mouth of the River Mersey, in Tasmania, whence a land line will be carried to Launceston. There is a telegraph already in opera tion between Launceston and Hobart Town, and thus both the principal cities of Tasmania will be placed in communication with Melbourne, and, through it, with Adelaide, and in a very short time with Sydney also. The telegraphic communication with the capitals of three Aus tralian colonies and Tasmania will thus be complete—an immense advantage in every point of view. Captain Mac meikan, to whom is intrusted the command of the Omeo, is under contract to lay the cable on his arrival out.—Austra lien and New Zealand Gazette.. ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. The planet Saturn rose on the 11th inst. at 8 minutes past 8 p.m., on the 21st at 26 min. past 7, and on the 31st at 35 min. past 6. On the 22d an occultation of this planet by the moon will take place, with the curious circumstance that the immer sion will commence from the dark side of the moon, so that the planet-will seem to disappear from the heavens without any visible cause. The occultation will commence at 20 minutes past 9 ; some of the satellites will be the first to be eclipsed, and then a portion of the ring. The passage will last 45 minutes. Venus will, on the 13th, be in inferior conjunction with Mercury, and from that date the former will only be visible early in the morning. The sun will enter Sagittarius on the 17th, and will touch the tropic of Capricorn on the 22d, at 21 minutes past two a.m., the exact time of the winter solstice. Jupiter is now vis - ble close to the horns of Taurus, and is extremely brillia t. In the same constellation we also find Uranus, which ill cross the meridian to-night at 33 minutes past 10, nd again on the 21st at 52 minutes past 9 p.m. Nep e is also visible at present in the constellation of Pi ces, near the tail of Cetus, or the whale ; its next p sage through the meridian will occur on the Ist Jan. ext, at half-past 4 p.m.—Ga/ignani. ILL-TREATMENT OF LUNATICS AT ACOMB-HOUSE, YORK.-At the York assizes, on Thursday, the grand jury for the city returned a true bill for misdemeanour against Mr. Metcalfe, the recent proprietor of Acomb-house Re treat, near York, for an assault upon Mrs. Turner, who was alleged to be a lunatic , and who was under his treat ment for some time as an insane person. Mr. Seymour, who appeared for the prosecution, applied to his lordship for a Bench warrant to apprehend Mr. Metcalfe, who was now abroad, and also what amount would be required if Mr. Metcalfe were admitted to bail. Mr. Baron Watson stated that he knew nothing of the charge ; but on Friday some further proceedings took place, and it was understood that -a Bench warrant would be issued, his lordship stating that Mr. Metcalfe must be held to bail on his own recog nisanees of £loo.—Pork Herald. ST. PETERSBURG, MONDAY, DEC. 13. The Northern Bee of this day publishes a leading article, respecting the lonian Islands, and says : "It is necessary for England to retain possession of Corfu, on account of its importance as a station in the Adriatic. The other lonian Islands could be given up to Greece, with the option left to the inhabitants of Corfu to emigrate within a stated time." BERLIN, MONDAY, DEC. 13. The Prince of Wales will leave Berlin to-morrow. He will pass the night at Magdeburg and will go on Wednesday morning by express train to Cologne, whence, after a short stay, he will set out by special train for London. The Bank of Prussia has announced that the Bank discount from to-morrow will be 4 per cent. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor received on Sunday, at a solemn audience, his Excellency M. Mon, who came to present his credentials as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Queen of Spain and of the Duchess Regent of Parma to the Court of the Tuileries. The Emperor was surrounded by the great officers of the Crown and the officers of his Majesty's household on service. The ambassa dor, having been presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressed the Emperor in the fol lowing words : " Sire,—ln presenting to your Majesty letters of H.M. the Queen of Spain, which accredited me to you in the quality of ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, I am happy and proud to be able to express the sentiments of sin cere and cordial friendship which actuate my august sovereign towards your Majesty, and those of the whole Spanish nation, for the illustrious French nation, its neighbour and ally. Deign, Sire, to permit me to hope that your imperial Ma jesty will be pleased to receive with kindness the person who feels honoured at having to express these affectionate sentiments on the part of a friendly people and government. I will employ all my efforts to render myself worthy of it. Sire, I have the honour at the same time to present to your Majesty letters from H.R.H. the Duchess Regent of Parma, which also accredit me to you as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary." The Emperor replied : " Monsieur l'Ambassadeur,—l always seize with pleasure the occasions which present themselves to express my sincere friendship for the Queen of Spain and my esteem for the Spanish people. Will you assure her Majesty that I express wishes for her happiness and for the prosperity and glory of the people she governs ? I thank you for the senti ments you express to me, and lam persuaded that the distinguished men whom the Queen selects as her representatives at Paris will, by their presence among us, contribute to draw closer the ties which unite the two countries." The audience then terminated. M. Mon and the gentlemen of his embassy were conveyed to the palace of the Tuileries in court carriages, and after the audience were taken back in the same way to the Spanish Embassy. A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says :—" A dispatch has, it is said, been received at the Ministry of Marine which makes known a very serious act on the part of M. Sabbatier at Djedda. The French Commissioner, in consequence of the inves tigation which he had made, felt fully convinced that the principal instigator of the assassinations was the governor himself, Namick Pacha. Acting on that conviction, M. Sabbatier and the captain of the English frigate, accompanied by a detachment of French and English sailors, went to the Gover nor's palace, and arrested him in the midst of his staff. No resistance was offered to this bold pro ceeding. Namick Pacha was conveyed on board the Duchayla, where he is detained a prisoner, until instructions are received from the French Govern ment. The news of this arrest, if it be confirmed, will produce a considerable sensation at Constanti nople, and will most propably lead to remon strances from the Porte." BOURSE, Dec. 13.—The attention of speculators has been en grossed to-day by the financial state ment just published, and which produced a favour able impression on the market. Prices are steady. Threes have been done at from 73f. 20c. to 73f. 30e. ; Mobilier, 985 f. to 992 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 641 f. 25c. to 642 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,397 f. 50c. to 1,400 f. ; Lyons, 882 f. 50c. to 885 f. ; Southern, 585 f. to 590 f.; and Northern, 997 f. 50c. to I,ooof. The following are the last quotations : lf per Cents. 97 Do. end month 97 30 3 per Cents. 73 15 Do. end month 73 15 Bank Shares 3120 Credit Mobilier Do, Account Credit Foncier Belgian 41 lOl 12 Piedmontes© (5) 94 Roman 93 Austrian Spanish Threes 47 75 Home Debt 43 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern lOOO .. 1001 25 New ditto. B4O .. 843 76 Lyons and Mediterranean BB2 50 .. 882 50 New ditto Geneva Midi Southern Western 602 50 .. 606 25 620 - .. 622 50 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian .. 697 50 435 - .. 435 - Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c. ; money, 24f. Vbc. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna says :—" The new financial measures which are to be adopted in the course of this month are looked for with great impatience. The object of them is to enable the Bank, which is now in a very critical position, to meet all the demands which will be made on it from the Ist January next in consequence of the new monetary convention, withon t its being compelled to have recourse to restriotions. An expedient might be found in the reimb . ersement, even if partial, of the debt of the State to the Bank, but the difficulty would be to disco , ver the means of enabling the State to do so. Tlw assigning over to the Bank the first instalment of the sum due to the State for the purchase of the r xilways by the Austro-French company would be but a very feeble assistance, the metallic reserve re( iuiring to be reinforced in a far different knanner. The hope which had been v.t one time entertained th at the house of Rothschild would discount half of the • sum has vanished, all the nego tiations entered in,to for that purpose having failed. The only plan is to have .recourse to a loan, and rumours arc alread y current that the Government is negotiating for ( )ne with some bankers abroad. The amount is estir aated at from 80 to 100 millions of florins (from 200 I'D 250 millions of francs), and it will, according to : report, be exclusively applied to the extinction of ,e debt to the Bank, and be VENICE. A letter from Venice, in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, relates the following :—" On the night of the 3d a violent explosion was heard here in the quarter of Santa Croce. The commissary of police immediately proceeded to the house where it had taken place, and finding that the master was in the country, caused the door to be forced open, when the fragments of a large bomb-shell were found strewed about, but no indication of who had fired the projectile. The master of the house returning in the morning, he was arrested, but nothing was elicited to inculpate him. At length it turned out that the shell was one of those thrown into the town in 1849, and that the culprit was a poor car penter who, having already made some money by selling fragments of shells picked up during the siege, had fired this shell with a long pole, in order to make it burst, and sell the pieces. He has been arrested on a charge of having endangered the safety of the quarter, where there are large ware houses of spirits, and other inflammable matter." BEYROUTH. A letter from Beyrouth of the 25th ult. says : " The chief of the Ainsariis, in the Libanus, who lately revolted, was killed in a combat which took place on the 20th between his followers and the troops of Tahir Pacha. His death puts an end to the disturbances in his district ; but the general situation of the Libanus remains deplorable, there being disorders everywhere, and not only the in habitants of the same village but members of the same family being in hostility with each other. In the Koura, for example, a father the other day shot his son dead for having joined in a rising against the Camaican. In the plains of the Bocah, near Damascus, a terrible affair has taken place. Two nomad Arab tribes, the lahalans and the Hennezis, being in hostility, the former on the 19th ult., assisted by some allies, attacked the latter. The Hennezis, with their wives and chil dren, abandoned their tents, and the lahalans penetrated amongst them. The Hennezis then dividing themselves into three sections attacked their foes with indescribable fury, and defeated them, with, it is alleged, a loss of 3,000. But the number stated is probably greatly exaggerated." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 9th have reached us. Rumours had been current that the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier had resolved to leave Se ville to reside abroad, but the semi-official Corre spondancia asserts that such is not their intention. An official return shows that the number of vessels which protect the Isle of Cuba is 26, and that they carry 381 guns. The Senate had held no new sit ting, and. the Congress was occupied with election matters. In the former, General Prim, it is stated, intends, in the debate on the address, to propose a motion blaming the projected war with Mexico. A circular of the Minister of the Interior to governors of provinces directs that henceforth public-houses, hotels, and similar establishments shall not be opened without authorisation, and shall have need of an annual licence; also that the keepers of them shall register the names and occu pations of all persons who lodge in them, and shall be subject to police regulations. The King of Sardinia has issued a decree, order ing the usual annual levy of 250 men for the Royal navy. The Opinione of Turin states that the students lately arrested at Pavia on a charge of high treason have been unconditionally set at liberty by order of the Archduke Maximiliam. In the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, on Saturday, the 'Minister of Foreign Affairs informed the Chamber that the Government had sent a Consul-General to China to conclude a treaty and collect such information as may be useful to the commerce of Antwerp. Similar arrangements will be made with Japan, Cochin China, and Siam. Prince Raclziwill gave a grand supper on the 9th at Berlin, at which were present Prince and Princess Frederic William, the Prince of Wales, several members of the Royal family, Prince de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the Cardinal Arch bishop of Cologne. At the last sitting of the Germanic Diet, the united committees on the affairs of Holstein pro posed, subject to an ulterior decision, to wait for the result of the negotiations of the Danish Govern ment with the States of the above Duchy. The assembly postponed its vote on this proposition for a fortnight in order to give time for the representa tives to apply to their respective Governments for fresh instructions. THE CHRISTY'S MINSTREL'S. Few entertainments ever took so well in Edin burgh as that given by Christy' s Mi ns t re l s . E very evening since their first performance the Waterloo Rooms have been uncomfortably crowded in every part with delighted audiences; and on Saturday, when they removed to the Music Hall, the same inconvenience of lack of space to accommodate the visitors was felt. Two or three things have contri buted to this extraordinary and long-continued suc cess. In the first place, the entertainment is in itself excellent. The vocalists, if not remarkable for their power of voice and brilliant execution, can, at all events, sing a plain song in a highly creditable style—and that is agreeable, after what, to the majority of a Scotch audience, however they may affect the contrary, can only seem the musical screaming of Italians ; while the instrumental performance is attractive, the violin solo beautiful, and the American dance unique, and wonderful as unique. In the second place, the entertainment is novel in character ; and, in the third place, accord ing to conventional notions, it can be safely at tended by those who dare not set foot in a theatre. The stay of the Minstrels in Edinburgh is limited to two nights ; and we should advise those of our readers who have not seen them not to miss the present opportunity of doing so.—. Edinburgh Daily Express. HEREFORDSHIRE ELECTION.—The High Sheriff of Herefordshire having received from the Crown-office the writ for the election of a member for the county of Here ford, in the room of Mr. Booker Blakemore, deceased, has fixed Saturday next for the nomination, which will take place in the Guildhall, Hereford. Lord William Graham, a supporter of the present Government, is the only candi date yet in the field, and it is not anticipated that there will be any opposition t 7 his return. THE FRENCH BUDGET. (From the Times' City Article.) The French Budget for 1860, just published in the Moniteur, cannot be regarded. as a document of much importance, since it deals with a period the requirements of which at this moment it would be idle to scan 'in any country, and more particularly in France. According to his hopes, M. Magne will then find the revenue not only sufficient for the service of the year, but such as to afford the means of raising the salaries of the smaller public officials and the magistracy, whose fidelity is thus for the present inexpensively stimulated, and to yield an extra £BOO,OOO to be applied to the sinking fund. The rest of the statement is devoted merely to an expose of the manner in which the budgets of the past four years have been kept free from deficits, and as no allusion was necessary to the heavy an nual increase of debt by which that equilibrium has been maintained, the entire report will doubtless convey to most of the readers for whom it is intended an agreeable impression. " I may affirm," says M. Magne, " with more assurance than ever, that since 1854 the deficit of the budgets, the primary cause of the floating debt, has not increased one centime." But capitalists cannot forget that France has added to her national debt at the rate of more than £12,000,000 per annum for the last ten years. As this, hower cannot go on uninterruptedly it may be hoped to operate as a warning in favour of peace and the advantage of cultivating commerce. M. Magne mentions that the budget for 1859 was formed with an estimated surplus of £320,000, and that the recent experience of the revenue movements of the country tends to show that even a more favour able calculation might have been made. It would, therefore, appear obviously in the power of the emperor to cease from this date the constant resort to the loan-market. The following figures give a complete view of the public debt of the French Empire. The total charge to the . State for interest on the debt for the year 1858 is estimated at £20,915,345, as under : £ Interest to stockholder Sinking fund (not necessarily employed in the redemption of stock) Interest on special loans for public works, &c 392,875 Interest on floating debt 1,700,000 Life annuities in commutation of stock £20,915,345 On the 14th of last month, according to a decree published on the 4th inst., the interest due yearly to stockholders is £12,777,205—name1y, Interest. Amount of Stock. 41 per Cents., produced by £ reduction of 5 per Cents 6,881,117 153,711,000 Old 4i per Cents. 4 per Cents 3 per Cents. 5,770,215 192,340,500 £12,777,205 £348,313,775 It thus appears that £348,313,775 is the present nominal amount of the funded debt of France, and it is supposed that this is held by a b ou t 1,100,000 stockholders, whose average share is about £3OO nominal capital, and £l2 annual interest. The last return, showing the number of holders of each de scription of stock, was on the Ist of January, 1857, when the total debt was £321,279,698, and the proportions were then as follows : No. of Holders. Amount of Stck. 4} per Cents., produced by reduction of 5 per Cents 778,235 £152,683,260 Old 4i per Cents. l,BlO 786,276 4 per Cents. 3 per Cents. 1,027,784 £321,279,698 The small investments are here shown to be chiefly in the 41 per Cents., since, although there is rather less of that stock than of 3 per Cents., it is divided among more than treble the number of holders. The explanation is probably to be found in the fact of 41 per Cents. having been given in 1848 to the savings banks' creditors in lieu of their deposits. It will be noticed that nearly half the public debt of France is in 41 per Cent. stock. and as the market price of that stock is considerably under its right proportion to the market price of the 3 per Cents., it has been supposed that holders of the former would willingly exchange into the latter for a little less than half as much again nominal capital, and if they did so, of course there would result a saving of interest to the Government, while the stockholders would apparently be compensated for the sacrifice of interest by the relatively higher price of the security they would voluntarily have accepted. This is the idea under which rumours of a conver sion were spread some weeks since, but it is doubt ful if such an operation could be extensively carried out without affecting the proportionate quotations of the two stocks to an extent sufficient to defeat its object, while the guarantee against further re duction, given when the 5 per Cents. were con yerted to 41 per Cents., which subsists for some years longer, might become a technical obstacle to the measure, even if it resulted generally from the voluntary option of stockholders. The policy, more over, would be improvident, since in some state of future prosperity, after the guarantee shall have expired, a reduction of the 41 per Cents. to 4 per Cents. might perhaps be effected, naturally, without adding to the principal of the existing debt. EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS IN ST. PANCRAS 'WORKHOUSE. Somelfurther extraordinary proceedings are re ported in connection with St. Pancras. It is stated that the assistant-surgeon of the workhouse, a young man, seduced some of the female inmates, and with the view of concealing his conduct, resorted to pro ceedings which resulted in the removal of one of the women to the infirmary. He then took to flight, and in his concealment was visited by the Rev. Mr. Pugh, the chaplain. The reverend gen tleman, refusing to give up the address, has been dismissed, and three months' salary given him in lieu of notice. The circumstances under which the visit was paid are detailed in the following letter addressed by Mr. Pugh to the vestry, with a view to avert his dismissal from office, as recommended by the board of directors : " St. Pancras Workhouse, Dec. 8, 1858. " Gentlemen,--I beg most respectfully- to memo rialise you as to the subject of my dismissal from the chaplaincy of the workhouse, which was yester day resolved on by the directors of the poor, and will be brought forward to-day for the purpose of being confirmed by you. The facts of the case are as follow : "On Saturday last I received a letter from Mr. Muskett, requesting me as his minister to repair to him, as he was hindered by circumstances from coming to me, to console his disturbed mind, and to give him spiritual aid in his indescribable sorrow. Being led to the belief that the sins he adverted to were not of a darker character in the calendar of crime than misdemeanour, and noticing from the strain in which he wrote that he was in the lowest state of despondency, and fearing that if left unadvised in such a state of mind he might be led on to commit a crime that would preclude his repentance and acceptance with God, I hastened, as instructed by himself in a secret manner, to ob tain his address. Here again I was enjoined to keep his address a profound secret before I obtained it. I then called upon the penitent, and offered him the required consolation. " On Monday evening last I was requested to attend Mr. Wyatt at the workhouse, which I did, and was asked by that gentleman to give up Mr. Muskett's address. " Considering the obligations I was under as a minister of the gospel, I felt the impossibility of complying with the request. " I then left him, and consulted our judicious and respected vicar, who is also rural dean, . , and the proper ecclesiastical authority to afford advice on such an occasion • and after he had learned all the particulars of the case, both from a secret letter which I produced, and other particulars from myself, he has given me permission this day to in form you that ho fully concurs in all the steps I have taken. " I have also been privileged with the opinions of two of the most eminent barristers in the profes sion (which opinions I read to the directors yester day), who also approved of my proceedings. These being the best authorities, both ecclesiastical and temporal, which I could under any circumstances procure, I fully hope and trust you will defer to their authority such a measure of your considera tion as their position in their respective spheres merit. " I beg, in conclusion, to assure you that I regret exceedingly the circumstances in which I find my self reluctantly placed, my profession and promise pledging me to keep the secret of Mr. Muskett's address inviolable, and the directors on-the other hand wishing me to betray the secret. I shall,only just observe, that from you, gentlemen of the vestry, I obtained my appointment, and I implore you to protect me in the same.--I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " THOMAS PUGH. " To the Vestry of St. Pancras, Middlesex." It is stated that Mr. Pugh has laid the whole matter before the vicar of St. Pancras, the Rev. Thomas Dale, as rural dean, who has in his turn laid the subject before the Rev. Dr. Sinclair, the Archdeacon of Middlesex, and the Bishop of Lon don ; and that they all three concur in the pro priety of the course which he has pursued in this matter. HABIT.—An American paper tells of an editor who went soldiering and was chosen captain. One day at parade, instead of giving the orders—" 6 Front face, three paces forward," he exclaimed" Cash, two dollars a-year in advance." LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY. Last night the ordinary fortnightly meeting of the members of this society was held at the rooms in Regent-street ; Mr. Craufurd, M.P., in the chair. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT. Mr. HASTINGS read the following letter from Lord Brougham : My dear Hastings,--It appears to me very ex pedient to lay before the. Law Amendment Society a defect in the important act passed last year, the 20th and 21st of the Queen, cap. 85, esta blishing the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes • Courts. No sufficient security is provided, hardly any security at all, against the frauds which may be practised by parties acting in collusion to obtain a divorce. The court is entirely at their mercy, and unless by some accidental slip of the parties or their professional representatives, the conspiracy is sure to succeed. When the marriage could only be dissolved by act of Parliament it was otherwise, for although the House of Lords was occasionally imposed upon, yet in many cases the contrivances of the parties failed in consequence of the communication which could be had with mem bers of the house much more freely, indeed with fearless irregularity, than can be held with judges. I have known many instances of important sug gestions made to peers, either by their brethren in the house, who .had their attention called from general report, or things that came to their know ledge not in their legislative capacity. I recollect Lord Tenterden calling my attention to • what seemed to him suspicious circumstances in a divorce case, his suspicion having been roused by something he had heard on circuit. Those who with me dis posed of that case found that his suspicions were well founded. I have known more than one divorce bill thrown out by the law lords sifting the evi *lence in consequence of information which had reached them, and which gave rise to strong sus picion, nothing of which could ever have been sus pected from any part of the evidence, as it was left by the patties at the bar. In none of these cases did the house exercise its right of examining the parties, a right which the act gives the new court, but which the result of my experience while sitting on divorce bills leads me to consider most ineffec tual security against the frauds of parties, if it were resorted to. There are two kinds of collusions, one from the mere common purpose of the parties, who being, in the great majority of cases, equally desirous of divorce make almost all such cases really undefended ; the other, when there has been such connivance as shows that the offence was committed with the design of causing a dissolution of the mar riage. This last kind of collusion is, of course, in all cases fatal to the su it f or di vorce, b ut the other, though much less criminal, may yet be sufficient to frustrate the object of the parties. But the court, in exercising the very high jurisdiction conferred upon it, ought to be possessed of all the particulars which can have any influence upon its exercise of the sound discretion with which it is entrusted. As the law now stands, and the practice of the court under that law, there can be nothing more helpless than its position.. It cannot conveniently, perhaps not effectually, cross-examine the witnesses pro- •• duced ; and whatever suspicions may have been roused by some accident in the course of the trial, it cannot bring forward witnesses whom the parties have not called. There is nothing in the act that even resembles a provision for the protection of the court against the conspiracy of parties, excepting the power of adjourning th e case , and to require further evidence when it is not satisfied. But how is it to learn the circumstances of a suspicious kind when the parties conceal them, and of what use is the adjournment of the case unless suspicion has been excited ? It seems that the only chance of protection to the court is the requiring the Attor ney-General or same one representing him to be made a party in all such cases. This has been done under the act giving thejudicial committee power to extent patent rights, and it is for the protection of the public, and to prevent a patentee who has bought off his opponent from thus obtaining an extension of his monopoly at the ex pense of the public. There seems every ground for giving a like protection to the high-interests of the community, its interests in preserving the sanctity of the marriage tie, preventing the injury to morals which must accrue from granting divorces as the fruit of conspiracy. The whole subject seems to me well worthy of the society's attention ; and from what occurred during the progress of the bill of 1857, in both houses, I should think the adver saries of that important measure would be inclined rather to favour than to oppose some such provi sion as I am now suggesting. I threw out this proposal in one of its stages in our house, but I have no distinct recollection of any discussion arising upon it. I have written to Sir R. Bethell upon the subject, as well as to some friends on the bench, and I have every reason to believe that, at all events, they will be inclined to approve of the sub ject undergoing a full discussion among profes sional men.—Yours, &c., " BROITGRAM," On the motion of Mr. E. WEBSTER, the letter was ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the members. Mr. TROWER called attention to the fact that the rooms were occupied by the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science to the occa sional exclusion of the members of the Law Amend ment Society, and asked to be informed what were the relations between the two societies ? Mr. HASTINGS said that the relation between the two, societies was that of landlord and tenant—.the National Association paying this society £lOO a year for the use of the rooms. Last year the Na tional Association used the rooms only nine times. He had no reason to believe they would require it more frequently in the present, year, and thi s being the case, he th oug ht the society had made a good bargain. (Hear.) CONSOLIDATION OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS. Mr. E. WEBSTER read a paper on the consolida tion of judicial decisions. The decisions of the judges were contained in 1,200 volumes, which were increasing at the rate of 18 volumes a year. The statute law w as con t a i ne d in ninety eight volumes, sand a new volume was added every Tear. If a consolidation cif the statute law was considered expedient and necessary, much more was a consolidation of the decisions of the judges desirable and urgent. After the adoption of a code a department of the government should be invested with authority to receive the judicial de cisions on the code as soon as they were officially communicated, and it should be the duty of that department to record the effect of each decision on the code, and to state to the Crown and to both Houses of Parliament in what respect it would, if at all, in consequence require amendment. In this way the laws would be kept in an intelligible form, suitors would be protected from the arbitrary deci sions of the courts, the machinery for the adminis tration of the laws would be kept uncorroded by doubts and difficulties ; they would have no more judgments sowing broadcast the seeds of litigation, or exhibiting the fallibility of the most profound judicial learning ; their laws would be contained in a few volumes, to whiek the public bould, in many cases, resort unaided by a jurisco'asult. It was moved and adopted. that the paper be printed and circulated, and taken into considera tion at a future meeting. UNANIMITY OF JURIES. The discussion on this subject, which occupied the attention of the society on two preceding even ings, was resumed. Mr. Percival, Mr. E. Webster, Mr. White, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Dimond, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. Ashurst addressed the meeting. The same dissidence of opinion which marked the sentiments of the speakers on the previous oecasio i ns was mani fested on this ; and as it was deemed inexpedient to pledge the society to an expression of opi n i on one way or the other under such circumstances, the report of the committee on the subject was simply received. The proceedings then terminated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. During the last fortnight rumours have been spread that very serious differences existed between the above companies in reference to negotiations for an amalgamation of the interests of both. In the early part of the week it was believed that so ma terial was the dispute between the two companies that a settlement of the terms between them was not likely to take place. It is satisfactory to state that, after several discussions, the London and North-Western board have agreed to guarantee a dividend upon the ordinary share capital of the Chester and Holyhead Company in the hands of the public. For the years 1859 and 1860 the Lon don and North-Western are not to pay any divi dend on the ordinary share capital of the Chester and Holyhead ; but in 1861 they guarantee to pay £ll,OOO, equal to 1 per cent.; in. 1862, £22,000, equal to 2 per cent. ; and in 1863 and afterwards, £27,500, equal to 2 per cent, on the ordinary share cap ital. HEROES.—It were well if there were fewer heroes, for I scarcely ever heard of any but did more mischief tb)kui go These overgrown mortals commonly use their will with their right hand, and their reason with thei.-z:left. 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