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B ANK OF DEPOSIT, 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established May, 1844. _ - . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That from this day until farther notice the INTEREST payable on deposit accounts will be increased to .S 5 PER csaT. per annum. Parties desirous of investing money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Forms for opening accounts and every information post free on Sppllcation. Feb. 1,185 d. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — EXTRA PERFORMANCES. r To-Night, Feb. 2—Thursday, Feb. 4—Saturday, Feb. 6. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Feb. 2, LA TRAVIAT.A.. Tialetta, Pic olomini ; Alfredo, Gineini. On THURSDAY, Feb. 4, Lk SONNA.MBULA. Amiga* Pieeolomini ; Liza, Sannier; Conte Rodolphe, Belletti ; and Elvino, Giuglini, On SATURDAY, Feb. 6, will be produced, f o r the first time in England, LA ZINGARI, being t' e Italian version of Balfe's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by 3,ladlles. Piccolomini and Sannier; Signori Belletti, Violetta, and Giuglini. To conchae each Evening with the successful Divertisse ment, by M. /Janet, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Morlacehi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 61; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, '2 23; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery b oxe s, 103; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery% 2s. A. TRE-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE , T Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed A N )VEL EXPEDIENT, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Mr. Kinloch will perform. After which, a new comic drama, A LUCKY HIT. Followed by the new grawl'pautomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, FIA.YMA.RICET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven: o'clock, with THE RIVALS. After which, a new c,mic Chr►stmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine. Min Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening Vs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. a. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 6 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit.... 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a now grand comie Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor meek ; Clown, Mr. Ilnline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the now drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webst3r, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WE \VER. After which, a Mythological ExtravAganza, entitled THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley ; Venus, Mrs. Billingtou. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIE A.T RE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— Grand Combination of Attractions—Sec .nd Night of a new Domestic Tale, by Westland Marston, Esq.—Leigh Hunt's highly successful play—and the gorgeous Spectacle, Lalla Rookh. THIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play. LOVERS' AMAZEMENTS. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. After which (2d time), a domestic tale, by Westland Marlton, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by Messrs. C. Dillon, Batrett, J. G. Shore, Mesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAII ROOICH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebcrs of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. On Friday, Charks Dillon will appea., as Othello. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 30x-ofilee open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creavriek. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. After which, QUEEN MA.I3 ; or Harleq lin Romeo and Jolliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad. bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. is, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S dections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, (Sze., viz. :—Miss Rus3ell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brinell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, Russell Grover, 8. Jonec, J. Barker. W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. E lwards, Mr. Bell, and 3fr. Bar nard; Messrs. W. T. CritelVield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dis., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRALIAM will make his Bth appear ance THIS EVENING. "SUN" MAP OF CHINA. SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND. On Wednesday, the 10th of February, we shall print an Outline Map of China in The San. The capture of Canton may be expected by the next mail from China, so that our readers will see the contiguous position of surrounding places. Orders received by all news-a,gents, and at The Sun Office, 112, Strand. Price only 4d., stampel sd. by post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Mrs: DAY—Morn., 33 min. aft. 4 —Even., 52 min. aft. 4 To-Hoititow—Morn. 11 min. aft. s—Even., 27 min. aft. 5 "ft,t---- 1""PI QA) A t , -47 • THE WEA.THER—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 2. TIIERMOMETER, IN TILE STEADS. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER. 29.82. WY -D, Southerly and Westerly ; light, 'with "snow and frost. This is tho first regular fall of snow we have had this season in London, so that the Princess Royal bas left the metropolis with genuine white favours. 3 ,O'CLocK.—WIND, South-Easterly. It has been snowing for the last three hours. It is really beautiful to se's the tops of houses—the streets and the thousand vehicles passing along, clad in the milk-white raiment of winter. The passers-by seem to enjoy it, and the very doge lick the !snow and caper about in wonderment — such is the singular effect of novelty I LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 2, 1853. There is su c h a thing • • death —of abusing a golden as riding a hobby to properly applied, would * 3 : opportunity—which, Frenche peculiarly valuable. The MU/MO . II of the (for the time being !) has fallen into tl' assassins. He seems to think thatitshaeslauttsintecrniger;ttyesd tion of the 14th January justification for any extravagance—that it authorises to trample out the attenuated remains' of s , a h r liberty in France, and to insist on a total ch'ngelonal in the constitutional laws of independent kin g _ doms. He is no longer contented with being :ie . ally of Great Britain. He aims at being the a:zeraine, whose ukases we are bound to register "with bated breath and deep humility." H e la . not satisfied with cliplomitio remon atrances, but caules the insolent bluster of toadying soldiers to be inserted in tha official journal, as if he thought these vapouring and contemptible productions would " fright our isle from its propriety !" He have known better. Ho had ample opportunities for learning the nature of public opinion in this country. His own experience might have taught him that, though we may be cajoled, we cannot be bullied ; though we may be led, we cannot ba driven. After the military addresses that have appeared in the Monitear, no English Minister could afford to concede a single point, however trivial. The mere attempt would be the signal for his downfall. We value the honour and independence of our rßi SON LtiNDO'N, TUESDAY EVENING,_ FEBR UARY A 2, lB5B country too highly to permit either to be dragged through the dirt, at the tail of the EMPEROR'S chariot. The truth seems to be that the EMPEROR is losing head, that he is throwing away the trump card which the infamous attempt of the would-be regicides and actual assassins of the Rue Lepellc tier placed in his hand. The abortive attempt of a few miscreants, in which, with all the tried inge nuity of the police, they have been unable to implicate a single Frenchman or a single English man, is made a pretext for establishing a despo tism more grinding even than that of the Russian Autocrat—a despotism by which the Press is not only to be completely muzzled, but to be held responsible for acts of omission as well as of com mission—for what it does not say as well as for what it says—that enables the authorities to seize any obnoxious person and send him into banishment. The sufferings of innocent persons are regarded as of no importance. When the detectives utter the magic words, " a measure of precaution," that is sufficient to cover a multitude of sins—an excuse for any atrocity provided it received the Imperial sanction, or rather that of subordinates, who could proceed to any extremities, under that convenient cloak. But it is for the People of France to decide for themselves, if they choose to surrender themselves bound band and foot, to be spurned and coerced by any man it is their own business, and we can only wonder at their taste ! But we can at least speak for ourselves anti repudiate the folly and ingratitude that attempt to make Britons the serfs of a foreign potentate bowing submis sively to his high behests, and ready to abolish our ancient and time-honoured institutions to do him pleasure. We tell the Emperor boldly—we tell his insolent and audacious myrmidons, who have dared to speak of Great Britain as "a den of assassins," and to fulminite their absurd threats—that there is not one, the very humblest of the refugees, whom we would not protect, so long as he merited protection, against all that they could attempt, and all they could do, just as we protected "the Emperor himself. How dare they speak of England as the encourager of assassi nation. Did we ever reward a foiled assassin Did any English authority ever pay a sum of money to one who had fruitlessly tried to murder in cold blood one of the most distinguished of our opponents. Let Lours NAPOLEON lay his band on his heart, and, recollecting the legacy bequeathed to the infamOus CANTILLON, and the payment of that legacy with large arrears of interest, honestly declare who is the encourager of assassination, the " accessory after the fact," to a wilful and deli berate act of homicide But what can he say respecting his own filibus tering expedition against Lioulogne ? That was an act of aggression against a friendly power—a decided breach of the English law. He could not have hopel that the effort would have been blood less—at least it was not his own fault or that of PERSIGNY that it was so. The ono with lead, the other With cold steel, endeavoured to make it otherwise. Fortunately for themselves, they totally failed, and saved their heads, that would other wise have been forfeited to the offended laws of their country. But when Louis NAPOLEON escaped from the fortress of Ham, did we surrender him to the then Govern ment of France, or even expel him from our shores? Far from it. He found an asylum when he wanted one. lie was treated with kindness and consideration, received into society, and the violation of our laws was forgotten in the suffering he had endured. We sheltered him in the dark h.mrs of adversity, until he gathered sufficient strength to strive to sting the pro ecting hand. WOregard with profound indifference all the threats that have been hurled at our devoted heads ; whether they come from Minister, Senator, or soldier, they aro equally despicable and equally futile. If any effect could be thereby produced, it would be one totally adverse to the object for the ad vancement whereof they:were fulminated. We may be engaged in war both in India and China, but we have men and money sufficient to protect our- Idves and our eJuutry against aty aggression, no matter from what quarter it may proceed. We are not about to pteacb, but there is a passage in one of the most valuable books in the Bible—one so much overlooked in the din of doctrinal controverAy that we hear little of it—of which we are forcibly reminded by Lord GREY'S essay on Reform " Surely in vain is the net spreaad in the sight of any bird," said the Jewish Sotommr. Now none can be mor e ready than we are to do justice to Lord Gnat's ability, especially his ability minus his crotchets, nor would we deny the ability with which the present essay is written ; but its drift is too obvious to deceive any one. The net is spread in the sight of the birds, and very silly birds indeed must we be if we allow ourselves to be caught in it. His object is to keep us out of all Reform this year, and perhaps for another, and another, possibly till the 3d Earl GREY shall occupy the place filled by the 2d Earl GREY in 1832—and then what are we to have as a Reform Bill? Why, avowedly one which shall be a compromise between the two great parties to keep out the people to the end of the chapter. Demagogues and democracy are the rocks ahead. A strong people and weak Governments are the great danger. That a Ministry should be able to override popular delusions, is one principal end to be arrived at ; that it should be able to pro•. pose and carry what it thinks right, is the corrollary. _ _ Stand aside democracy, let Whiga and Tori fight it out between them—this is the kernel o Lord GRry's pamphlet. We have no doubt that he considers this to be the perfection of Repre sentative Government in England. What have the Tribunes of the people to do on the Treasury benches? The hereditary aristocracy of our country, its two divisions rather, are the poles of good government—popular power is the mere uninfluential part between them—the mere curved part of the magnet, juit serving to enable the two extremes to combine their strength, and exAt all their energy for their common objects. It is almost impossible, of ceurs.e, for a thoroughbred favourin pow er while n e Whig to believe in the people. He can believe b idding one or two per cent. more for their be which has a ti g ht d• • t a he Torywould do ; they may safely offered what will give 'them the shadow of avoid it, than a substance remains with the class inns to govern, but a GREY will give n° more plat of that subatance, re - mlar or if he can l ats. ELLENBWLOUGH, or Houses of Lords and Comm 'a obstruction:3 in the than any of the Lord GREI avows that m th c' e n s s o • l e scope and object eonlteafnodrmthE:lmwoar: t:illspu.,ulterdaobwln p th ti of ru glarin g ear -1 that small boroughs were kept, and monopoliest ; cooked to render the consti tueucios he counties easy o f digez _ tion for landlord influence 3 and that, though in the fracas an increase of pompular power was inevi table, yet good care was taken that tho people should not be al'-powerfe. Of course not. Lord JOHN RussELL very soon to) d us that; and the PAL3IERSTON Cabinet, with. its aristocratic titles, and the PiL3LERSION apps intments and promo. Lions, and the PALMERSTON non-promotions too, are the existing and glaring proofs that, in living under the Reform Act of 1832, we live neither under the Crown nor under the Commons, but under an aristocracy. The defects of the old Reform Act are, according to Lord GREY, that the Lords and Right Honourables who govern us have not enough power ; that Members cannot be put in to suit the convenience of Cabinets, as they could prior to the Reform Bill ; that some corruption—the cor ruption of bribery, not of landlord intimidation, is that on which stress is laid—does still exist ; and that we have made so much progress that some of the anomalies left by the Act of 1832 may now be removed—and this is all ; and, of course, in rectifying such trivial defects as these, due care must be taken that no more strength be added to the dreaded democracy. Lord GREY, indeed, thinks the Reform move ment premature. We want, he tells us, further inquiry ! and by whom is the inquiry to be con ducted I By, if practicable, a well selected com mittee of Privy Council l And what is their task to be ? To prepare recommendations - which all parties—that is, all Whigs and Tories—could accept as the basis of, a bill—a bill which would, therefore, be sure to pass both Houses of Parlia ment. We have no doubt that it would. Indeed, we hardly believe it possible to select a committee from the Privy Council which would propose a measure unacceptable to the two great parties. Her MAJESTY'S Opposition might feel quite sure that, like the old Reform Bill, it would be Liberal in appearance, Conservative in reality. Lord GREY deprecates a little Reform Bill, because we cannot afford tea be always tampering with the Constitution—a great one, because we have not yet had inquiry enough for that. Respecting his last reason, we should ask—when skill we have had inquiry enough ? Respecting his first, we deny that correcting evils, as they become odious, is tampering with the Constitution, if Lord GREY can tell us what it is ; only giving it wholesome medicine and exercise. We must have another glance, however, at Lord Grey and hia essay. T.HE THEATRES. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new comic drama, in one act, was produced at this theatre last night, under the title of " A. Lucky The time is during the reign of the Grande Monarque, the scene Versailles, and the interest centres in the stratagems (la certain boasting CAptain Gaston 11 Tour (5.1 r. Robert Rozby) to retrieve his lost fortune, which he is successful in doing, though unaccountably being hit by a lady's bouquet. Miss Oliver has a very pretty character in the piece, and the authlr has also fitted Mr. Tilbury, who was evidently pleased with his part. Rozby's acting was admirably sustained throughout. The pantomime has lost none of its attractions, and the spirited lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, was vociferously demanded by the audienc?, and cheered to his heart's content, when he bowed his thanks. LYCEUM. Last evening a new domestic drama, in one act, by Westland Marston, Esq., entitled " A. Hard Struggle," was produced here with great success. The plot of this affecting little story is as follows :—Reuben Holt, the ward of a rich farmer named Trevor, has, years before the opening of the play, been betrothed to Lillian, the daughter of his guardian. Lillian, however, in the mean- time, has been sent to Madeira for the recovery of her health ; has been brought into contact with classes of society very different from that in which she mixed at home ; has had her li'e saved by a young surgeon, and hag, not unnaturally, fallen in love with him. When, shortly after his return to England, he calls to offer her his hand in marriage, she I. , jectis from a principle of honour towards Reuben, but the letter, after at first intending to thrash the young gentleman, ands oat how matters stand, and then nobly sacrificing his on n selfish wishes to a higher, truer, and purer love, resigns We betrothed to the man she loves, being himself consoled by the affection of his young niece Amy. The part of Reuben, a country lad of r.,ugh exterior but of noble nature, was beautifully delineated by Mr. Dillon. Mrs. Dillon, as Lillian, acted with ;race and feeling, and Miss Amelia Conquest, who made her debat as Amy, a little girl some 13 or 14 years of age, won all hearts by the sweetsees and reality of her acting. The piece was given out, by Mr. Barrett, for ritpetition every evening until further notice, amidst loud applause. CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS. O ring to the very unfavourable it Ito of the weather on Saturday last the concert at the Crystal Palace was very far from well or numerously attended. Indeed the earlier part of it, viz., an overture by Beethoven, an aria—"ln diesen, Heil'gen Hallen"—by Mozart, well given by Herr Deck, a basso profundo, from the Roya Opera of Dresden, and a capriccio fantasia for the violin, by M. Kettenns, was performed almost to empty seats; even when the audience did arrive, it appeared to be absolutely chilled by the dampness of the atmosphere through which it had passed in its transit front town, and a heavy, apparently unconquerable, dulness reigned throughout, anvil it was warmed into something like animation by the exquisite singing of Mademoiselle Finoli, who gave Rossini's beautiful " Di tauti palpite" in a manner to call forth loud marks of approbation. Mademoiselle Finoli also sang with Herr Deck (s basso profundo from the Theatre Royal, Bailin) R )ssini's duet " Dungue io son," most charmingly, It was remark. able, not only for the facility of her execution bat for the simplicity and graces of her style. An enthusiastio encore was the inevitable result. She was also equally successful in Donizetti's gay and animated brindisi, "Il segreto," which she sang with great brilliancy, and which was unanimously and deservedly redemanded. We offer this young lady our congratulations on having in so short a time established herself by her talents so great a favourite with the musical world of London. Herr Deck acquitted himself well in an aria by Meyer beer ; and a M. Swensden, a Belgian, performed a fantasia on the flute, by Boehen, with great sweetness. With the exception of the latter, we cannot speak in terms of commendation of the instrumental portion of the concert. In the symphony by Mendelssohn particu• lady, we could not help on more than one occasion remarking a carelessness, which produced a most painful effect. We call th• attention of Mr. Manna to this, as on him as conductor is the responsibility, and on him falls the blame, if there be any. His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Lord High Admiral of the Prussian Navy, left Newhaven on Saturday last, for Dieppe, en route for Paris and Berlin. lie Royal Highness arrived at St. Leonard's-on-Sea on the previous day, and honoured Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, of Mazehill Cottage, with his company at dinner on Friday evening. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours visited the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen has left Howchin's Hotel, St. Jame -'s-street, for Portsmouth. The Marquie Tanay de Neili has left the Clareudon, for Paris. Vi_ceuntese Dungannon and Mies d'Arcy Irvine have left town for Florence, on a visit to their sister, the Mar chioness Iccentri. Lord Breugham arrived at Paris on Saturday last, from Lis lordship's chateau, at Cannes. Tile noble and learned lord, who is in excellent health, will leave the Frenoh capital to-morrow morning for London, in orler to be in attendance in his place in the House of Lords at the meeting of Parliament. Lord and Lady Poltimore leave town to-day for their seat in Devonshire, where the noble lord and lady pur pose to remain several week e Lord Colviile'e nettle was omitted from the list of those atteudirg the Drawing-room on Saturday last. The la n. Arthur Kinuaird also attended the Drawing room Tire Barons l‘llle:rtz Malt: it e, and Lichensteia have left the Brucewick hotel, St. James's, fur the Continent. S , r Wra. and La)y Knighton lave left Howchin's Hotel, for their seat, Blend worth Lodge, Sou'llampron. We undentacd that Eerl Cowley arrived in London from Perla yesterday afternoon. In the present critical state of our relations with France, the unexpected vied'. of the Ei,glish Aruba,sador at the French Court natu rally gives ri - e to cenaiderablo anxiety. The petition of the East India Company ac&nst imn - e• dietsl(3l Ilrc isea l . u. ;y e z : ,‘..l ta i : t o l odi, a. nihß t it i n. bj , Ea ) e r last January, Bp ei a ur la r n e,,i d ey. ro,roa, in ; isehef presented : iv lif v o n Ci u ust r sit 1, tut n i e • u f ru:s a oh: . f n, .a u u:va l p l ebe 1 uo u rf v i i n i 4 : i r g t a ha t o i l o l : w i E a e ae.r d k y be li en r. a T s . f ß el a lo ri w n s ' : 2 01 ;16 th 0 e ; 6 / 3t iV i l.. eeo o! set t 7 T Ete u :nean;inaT t v :es a d n a d y ( free Saturday ever, i n ( , f z e s e ) e , 2 d , 2 1 4 - )1 ; 6d.), days eve(andiningi,s,. Wednesday, ) n tto the public 2437 ; tots), 6,56, DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM. This morning the Prince and Princess Frederick Wil liam of Prussia took their departure for the home of the former amidst the acclamations and fervent prayers for their happiness of thousands of spectators, who bad con• gregated along the line of procession and thronged the windows of the houses to bid them adieu, and at the same time express ,their love and admiration for the eldest daughter of our Queen, whose many estimable qualities, us a Queen, a wife, and a mother, have endeared her to the hearts of the English people. The separation of parents from pbildren, brothers from sisters, relatives from relatives, and friends Irons friends, when it " may be for years, and it may be for ever," is at all times a painful and trying ordeal for the respective individuals ; and there can be no doubt that the same maternal feel ings exist in the breast of a Royal mother, and the same devotion and love to a parent in the breast of a princess, as in those of less illustrious personages. Without in vading the sanctity of private life, or laying open to the public eye the conduct and feelings of every individual clost ly connected by the strongest ties to the illustrious pair who this day left our shores, we may state that the separation has been keenly felt on both sides, and with the recurrence of each eventful day since the con summation of the nuptials, and as tha period of depar ture drew nigh, the reality of the severance of one beloved by all, has increased and added a bitterness to the pang which this day has been inflicted on the Royal circle by the necessities of State. There can be no doubt when the day of departure arrived, and the period of separation was counted by minutes, that it was painfully and acutely felt by all. The love of home, the associations of youth, and the remembrance of past happiness could not fail to present themselves to the mind of the illustrious Princess, blinded with the hope that the support and comfort, the love and affection, she relied on from him whom she had vowed to "love, honour, aid obey," would compensate fur the loss she was about to sustain, and procure for her a happy home in the country of her adoption ; whilst -to the Royal Family the reminiscences of the past and the anticipa tions for the future must have equally, if not more in tensely, occupied the ir minds. It was not, therefore, surpri,ing that her Majesty should have put aside the pomp and ceremony of State to give free vent to her noble womanly and motherly feelings in bidding adieu to her first-born, whose amiability of temper and disposi tion and corteous bearing has secured the love, the affection, and the devoted attachment of all who have come within the circle of her acquaintance—to one who, like the delicate tendril, had clung to her for support, and, when about to burst into bloom and beauty, to be aken from her to be transplanted iu a foreign soil, here to " blossom as the rose," and diffuse happiness around her. The morning was intensely cold, the sky was lowering and heavy, and the whole effect was one of depression and sadness, in harmony with the thoughts of thousands at one so young being torn, by the requirements of state policy, from her happy home ere she ripened into woman hood. But as the decree had gone forth and the fiat had been sealed, the inhabitants of the metropolis con gregated in thousands at an early hour, to cheer her, at the outset of life's arduous and difficult journey. Punctual at 12 o'clock, amidst a heavy fall of snow, fit emblem of purity, the Royal c )rtege emerged from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a detachment of Horse Guards. In the first open carriage (to gratify the people and to return with greater ease and freedom their salutations), rode her Royal Highness, the Prin. cess on theriright hand side of her husband ; his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales sitting opposite. The Princess wore a grey travelling cloak and dark blue velvet bonnet and veil, with white feathers. Her swoollen eyes, suffused cheeks, and flushed coun . tenacce told plainly the cost of the separation to that young and hitherto joyous and affectionate heart, presenting a marked contrast to that of the Prince Consort, who evidently felt proud of the alliance with a Prussian house, an honour highly coveted by the small German States. In the second carriage rode Prince Alfred, the Duke of Cambridge, and two of the ladies of her Royal High- Leases suite. Then followed four other carriages all open, conteining his Royal Highnesses suite, Lord Alfred Paget, and seeeral gentleman of her Majesty's household. On the Royal cortege coming from the Palace, a loud and hearty shout of acclamation rent the air which con tinued as the procession advanced, accompanied with the waving of bats and handkerchiefs, which was cour teously acknowledged by the Royal personages. At the cornsr of the garden of Stafford House the Duchess of Sutherland and various members of her Grace's family, despite the inclemency of the weather, were waiting on a platform. erected expressly for the occasion to bid adieu to their Royal Highnesses. As the carriage turned the corner to enter Cleveland-row, the. Princess Royal caught sight of the party, heartily bowed, and waved her handkerchief most affectionately, turning as the carriage moved on and returning the salutations till the Duchess was out of sight, evidently much pleased with this marked attention from an old friend, and probably surprised at meeting on the route co familear a face. Tue buoy Legate to clesc:nd faster and faster as the cortege moved on, but the pace at which they travelled wiatinued, notwithstanding, at the slow and even tenour with which it started, and her Royal Highness braved the cold and the driving snow to gatify the assembled thousands, an act of condescension and kindness on her part at the expense of her comfort, which the delighted concourse highly appreciated and testified by their loud and continued cheers. The procession passed through Pall-mall, the Strand, Fleet•strei:gt,virLuadligaamte.a-street, Churchyard,fide, through Cannon street, K High-street, Borough, and Dover-road, to the Brick• layer's.arens-Station in the Kent-road. The Lord Mayor met the procession at Temple-bar, and conducted it to the railway station. His lordship accompanied the Royal couple to Gravesend, and was present at their departure. At the station the Royya, lapnadrtythweerperirnecciepivaeldobfaycitahles Chairman and Directors of, twhheoSowutehreEahsitgehrnlyßcaoimlwpaliy. °Cie:lnn:lee:l2Tb' withtt h h e e illustrious S etheeretalira line, personages for the admirable arrangements they had made for the conveyance of the Royal Party at Gravesend. All being in readiness they left the station amidst loud and enthusiastic cheers, waving of handkerchiefs, &c., of the persons who had been favoured with seats erected near the departure numbers of t o r f ai p n e e rs o o u n ld s h b a e d go c t o a n s . g r egd platform. On the wherever r railway lgway glimpse l i mit shot along wit h its illustri ous occupants. a te Shortly after iwo o'clock the arrival of the train was signalled. On its drawing up to the platform their Royal highnesses were received by Viscount Sydney, as Lord Lieutenant of the county, and colonel of the Wept Kent Yeomanry Cavalry,'the Cobham troop of which regiment, under their captain, the Earl of Daroley, were on duty. Tne guard of honour consisted of 100 men of the East Kent Militia, lelth their band and colours ; 600 men from Chatham, and a draught from Woolwich kept the line. The procession to conduct _the illustrious personages to the pier was then formed, and proceeded down Windmill-street, along King-street and Milton-road, and down Harmer-atreet, to the Terrace-pier, a distance of about half a mil e , in the progress of which their Royal Highnesses were received with the same enthusiasm as greeted them i n their progres e through the metropolis, with the addi t i on of several vollies known as the Kentish fire." A triumphal arch was erected in Windmill-street, and another at the entrance to the Terrace-pier, each of which were prettily and appropriately decorated. On reaching the pier the royal visitors alighted, and proceeded on foot to the place of embarkation. At the entrance of the structure the mayor and corporation were assembled, and an address was presented to Prince Frederick William, which he graciously accepted. A very pretty sight was here afforded ; seats were erected on each side filled by hundreds of the fair maids and matrons of Kent, and lining the pathway over which the royal visitors proceeded, were stationed on either side 25 young ladies, who strewed flowers at the feet of the illustrious personages as they passed. Salutes were fired from Tilbury Fort and by the Town battery at New Tavern Fert, as their Royal highnesses embarked and eped their way t)wards the channel, a ith the hearty prayer and good wishes of the assembled thousands for their future happinces. In the evening a public ball will be given, and in addition to a general illumination, there will be fire works and an enormous bonfire on if the weather will permit. It is a singular circuinstanco that the first snow we have bad this winter fell on the day of ller Royal Highness's depar tare. We aro requested by General Changarnier to state that as the decree which e x led several French Generall. has not been repealed it id not at present his intenticn to return to France. the Bank of France, was interred to-day in the Cern ,tery of Pere-!a-Chaise. " M. Gabriel Delessert, Prefect of Police during the reign of Louis Philippe, died yesterday at his residence at Passv, and was interred to-day." THE BOURSE, Fob. following were the closing quotations':— por Cents 9l 80 Do. end month — - 3 per Cent. ..... C 9 15 Do. end month 69 55 Bank Sh►res Credit Mobilier Do. Account 960 -- RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto BO7 Lyon and Mediteran. R7ll New Ditto ........ 8471 Geneva Credit Foncier - Belgian 4 A Piedmoutese (5) Roman ..... BB Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt ...... •. 36.; 'AI'S. Midi Western 692i Strasburg • 705 Grand Central ... Sarainian j Austrian SWITZE RLAND. The Suisse, of Berne, has the f llowing on the refugee question :—" The Federal Council re ceived not a note, but a simple verb_►l communica tion of a despatch addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France to the French Legation. In substance it says that if Switzerland, as a neutral State, is entitled to the kind con sideration of the Powers, she has also inter national duties to fulfil, and in particular she cannot permit the refugees who reside in her territory to concert machinations calculated to dis turb the tranquillity of neighbouring countries. The hope is, therefore, expressed that the Fe deral Council will be kind enough to take measures for sEnding the refugees now stop ping at Geneva into the interior. The whole de spach is drawn up in very moderate terms. The Federal Council, which received the communica tion three or four days ago, resolved to ke , p it secret for a time, in order not to embarrass the course of negotiations between the two countries ; and it is annoyed at the publicity which has indis creetly been given to the hffair." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 20. —lt is becoming pretty clear that Austria, with her ageeta ' the catholic monks and priests, is at work in theller z-govina, a district that is now in a state of insurrection. The whole southern part of the Herzegovina is up in arms from Trebigne to Jesera. Bienani, a small fortress near Gasko, and which held garri son of no great streugth, has been suddenly at tacked and stormed by the arme 1 peasantry. The troops, outnumbered and. surprised, have been all put to the sword. In the vicinity of Niksich, between the Lake of Krupatz and the Montenegrin frontier, a bloody battle has been fought, in which the Sultan's troops are said to have left 200 on the field. They were obliged to retreat in haste to Niksich, being closely pursued by the peasants, who then proceeded. to blockade the place. Jesera, is similarly invested, and though Melimed- Bey has five companies there, he is unable to move, being fir too weak to cut his tell way out and run for it. Thine ai:b lesairetgtehrseris il° receive rein forcements every day, and ing where all this will end. The insurgents have chosen the very test time of the year, for the whole country is covered with snow, and it is next to imp , issdale for the government to send help to those who are so hard pressed at Niksich and Jesera. Let us now look at he opposite side. There is Ismail Paella, the hero of Kalafat ; he is the com mander-in-chief of the arm in Roumelia, and lie has divided his forces into two parts. OLIO division, 12,000 strong, leans towarls Herzegovina ; the other, c ,nsisting of 16 , 000 men, is so s a,tioned to wards the Ser t hat, in case of need, it is availa;de for the defence of Bulgaria. All this ri:,ws has made a most painful impression here. The inhabitants have bad ely recovered from the visitation of the late war, and here comes a Few s .urce of troubles, a disaster that bids fair to result in a civil war, if not semething worse. For the last three days a furious blast from the nor h has beef' raging here and at sea, and not a single steamer can leave the harbour. It has been snowing incessantly, and the narrow streets are so bl eked up by it that the shops are closed and business at a stand-still. During the last week the exchange had been rapidly going down, and everybody was anxious to sell. Al! at once the government has issued bonds called Medjldiell Consols, and they bear interest at six per cent. They are to be redeemed in three years from this time with geld medjidiehs at par, that is to say at 100 piastres. The merchants on 'Change received this new paper with eagerness, so that the rate of exchange has gone up ag lin. More bad news has just arrived !rem the feleraegovina. The Turkish garrison of Niksich has been massacred in cold hl ,od, in the presence and with the sanction of a Franciscan monk, who is declared to be an Austrian emissary. Most re volting acts of cruelty nave been displayed on this occasion, not by the Hinduo Brahmin, but the Christian priest. THE IiAVELoCK MEMORIAL. ant s. Yesterday a deputation from the Committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund had an interview with Viscount Palmerston. Tuere were present _The E irl of Shaftesbury, the Rigllt. lien. H. U. Addington, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Sir Ed ward Hulse, Bart., Sir James Duke, Bart., Gen. Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart., General Sir William F. Williams, of K K.C.8., Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, Bart., K.C.8., M.P., Sir Ja mes G ran t, 0 . 13 . , 1.G.H., Col. Sir Duncan M‘Dougall, Sir John Logan, Sir Macdonald Stephenson, Mr. Samuel Gregson, M.P., Mr. George Moffatt, M P., Mr. P. F. Robertson, M.P., Mr. W. Roupell, M.P., Mr. Henry B. Sheridan, M.P., Lieut.-General de la Mot e, C. 8., Major-General Duncan Sim, Major Adair, Capt. Adair, Lapt. Morrison, R. A.C., Mr. Christopher Rawson, and Mr. Alexander Wilson. The deputation requested permission to have a site in Trafalgar-square set apart for the purposes of the committee, with a view to the erection of a monument to the gallant hero, Sir Henry Havelock; the monument to be supported by a base broad enough to record the names of the officers who ac companied the deceased along the " path of fire" which ended in the relief of Cawnpore and Lucknow, together with a full relereuce to the regiments so honourably associated with these events. L'ird Palmerston replied to the deputation by expressing his warm sympathy with the object of the committee, and said that although there were certain conventionalities that prevented a definite reply to the request of the committee at OCC!,`, still he would confer with the proper persons and com municate with the deputatior : in two or three days. The deputation, which was introduced by the Earl of Shaft sbury and the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., having acknowlelged the satisfactory reception given to them b) the noble lord, retired. THE LINEN TRADE.—After a season of rare martian and &lees?, the market for white goods begins to stir up and some vety fa r orders for are foreign trade :lave been roc ivrd by the chief houses. The anxiety felt about the acctituuleti de of white goods may be said to be quie'ed now that the turning pint has been gained, and that the prospects of a mothrate demand are more fully confiresed. Brown linens at the public markets were pretty freely supplied this week. The quantities of that class of goods in the bands of makers are much below the usual range from the fact that holders have bad large lots bleached during the winter. Stocks of brown linens are, therefore, much below the average of the same period of last year. Yarns in large parcel., with however little advance in value. High counts are very firm in all qualities. Flax sells at about the rates of last week—say, ss. .5 , J. to 7s. 3d. per Stone for hand-scutcbed, and 7s. 3d. to 12s, for milled. Flaxseed quiet.— Ulster Banner. THE GRAVEYARDS OF THE CRIMEA.—It is not gene rally known that the Emperor of Russia, immediately after the evecuation of the Crimea by the allied troops, directed an elaborate ground plan, upon a large scale, to be made of all the localities which had been used by them as cemeteries. This plan was prepared with the utmost care by Russian officers of engineers, and accompanied by an album, in which the inscription on every grave was entered at fall length, with reference to the plan. At the same time, the Emperor issued an ukase that no grave should be interfered with. This was particularly necessary, as som e of the spots selected fur interment were in the heart of valuable vineyards. This ukase had been str.cily complied with down to the time when our informant visited the Crimea, where the plan and album we have referred to were exhibited to him by the cfficers who had prepared them; and we have no doubt the same generous feeling which tic .ate, the formation of so effeeteal a check upoii any desecration of there burial grounds will take every pre. caution for their future protection.—liLrary Gazette. PROSECUTION FOR SEDITION.—On Saturday Jain F. Nu4ent, printer arid publisher, 35, Cook-street, Dublin, appeared before the magistrates at the head police-office in that city, to answer a ~Umrudns to show cause why information should not be taken against him for publi-h -ing "Nugent's Correct and Genuine Moore's Mercantle, Weather, and Prophetic Sheet Almanac for 1858," being a paper of a seditious aeal libellous nature, and intended to create alarm, discontent, and disaffection in the minis of her Majesty's subjects, a,,AI to bring religion and the laws aed Government of the country luta hatred and disrepute. Mr. Chap. Barry, with Mr. Geo. Keogh, ap peared to sustain the prosecution on behalf of the Police Commis-Toners. Mr. J. A Curran and Mr. Coffey, v ith Mr. C. Fitzgeralil;sen, wet e concerned for the defey dent. The proceedings disclosed the character of the publica tion only in a very general manner. The probe.:utinn disavowed a desire to press for severe penalties, and the defendant, promising to suppress the sheet, was bound over in his own recognisance in a sum of 3001. to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for seven years. BIRMINGIIRAM AND THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. The spirit and liberality of the Mayor of Bir mingham, Mr. Jo'an Ratcliff, have been evinced in an unexampled form o:i the occasion of the re joicings in celebration of the marriage of the Princess Royal. The specimens of Birmingham manufactures prepared for presentation to the Princess Royal have been received with so much Leagura:an 1 satisfaction, and have been acknow- [edged in such a gracious manner, as fully to justify the kindness and the wisdom of the originator and promoter of the undertaking. Upwards of a month ago Mr. Ratcliff, the chief magistrate of the borough, with whom this gift on the part of the in habitants originated, put himself in communication with the authorities at Buckingham Palace with the view to ascertain whether they wou'd have the approbat on of her Majesty and the Prince Consort in tendering a present worthy of themselves and of the joyous event t , ) the Princess Royal of her marriage. The desired permission was at once accorded in flattering terms to the proper municipal authority, and Mr. Ratcliff immediately entered upon the necessary arrangements for giving full effect to the generous wish, in which he received toe most cordial co-operatic) n of the chief inhabi- On Saturday last a large and influential deputa tion from the Corporation of Birmingham, headed by Mr. John Ratcliff, the Mayor, and accompanied among other gentlemen, by a considerable number of the principal inhabitants representing the manu facturing interest of that town, had the honour of an interview with the Prince and Princess Fre derick William of Prussia, for the purpose of pre senting to their Royal ighnesses an address of congratulation on their auspicious marriage. They also brought with them an interesting col lection of specimens of their native manufactures and works of art, prepared expressly for the occa sion, of the aggregate value of 2,000/., which they presented to the Princess, as tokens of their affec tionate respect and admiration towards her Royal Highness, and of loyalty to the Throne. Mr. Scholefield introduced the deputation to their Royal Highness , s, mentioning Mr. Ratcliff by name, and saying hat they were the bearers of au address from the corporation, which Mr. Stan bridge, the town-clerk, would read. The town clerk then produced au elegantly ornamented copy of the address, and read as follows •4‘ To THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM Of PRUSSIA AN - ) THE PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND. " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, a n d B urg e s ses of the borough of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, in Council assemlled, participating in ti e general joy which pervades all classes of her Majesty's subjects, respectfully offer to your Royal Highnesses our sincere congratulations upon your auspicious marriage. "In humble testimony of the affectionate regard we bear towards your Royal Highnesses, we offer for your gracious acceptance some specimens of the manufactures of our borough, at the same time expressing our sincere and earnest hope that the union of your Royal High• !lessee may not only be the source of continued happiness to yourselves, but the means of cementing in still closer union with Great Britain the kingdom over which you may hereafter be called upon to reign. "Given under our corporate common seal," &c., &c. Af er reading the address, M r . S tan b r id go handed it to the mayor, who then stepped forward to pre sent it to the Prince: s. Sbe, however, with a pleasant smile, turned towards her husband, inti tna ing that he, as head of the family, should receive the address. The graceful manner in which this little bye-play was performed made it perhaps the most interesting feature of the day. The address having been presented to the Prince, he received from an atte n d an t a paper, f rom which he read the following reply : "Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—Accept on behalf of myself and the Princess, our warmest thanks for your congratulations, and fur your beautiful and interesting present, which is a most worthy representation of the manufactures of one of the vast centres of British indus try. Your gift will ever remain to us a precious token of the affectionate sympathy of the corporation and the manufacturers of Birmingham. With you I hope that this union, the source of the greatest happiness to myself, may at the same time prove the means of increase. lug the friendly relations which so happily animist between the two countries." At the conclusion of the reply the mayor again stepped forward to present a catalogue of the con tributions, beautifully written and illuminated, and handsomely bound. In doing this Mr. Rateliff said : " It affords me great pleasure to hand to your Royal Highness a catalogue of the articles which you have honoured the town of Birmingham and its manufactures by graciously accepting. They are offered not as work , " of art, but as a humble and affectionate expression of loyalty to the Crown, of devotedness to the beloved Sovereign of this yea empire, and in testimony of our participation in the general happiness to which year, union has give n r i se . O n t h e part of the inhabitants o f the important borough which I have the honour to Ill; present, allow me to hope that on leaving the shores of your native country, and on arriving in that of your adoption, it may please Providence to grant you and your Royal husband every happiness and felicity." The Princess said that she had examined the pre' cents in company with the Queen, and that they were highly pleased. She should always regard them as corning from the people of Birmingbant and should retain a lively recollection both of the gifts and of the kind terms in which they had been pit seated. She hoped the mayor would convey this expression of her regard and her pleasure t ( ' the burgesses. The Prince said that some years ago be had visited some of the manufactories of Birmingham, and the presents that day re ce i ve d reca ll ed to his mind the pleasure whicli he had felt at that visit. He tlfs sured the mayor that he should ever highly esteerc l , this token of symp a thy an d Eoodwill of the peer ° of Birmingham. Their Royal Highnesses then graciously bowe d to the deputation, who withdrew. The deputation Was accompanied by Mr. &bole' field, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Rev. WO Spconer, and Mr. Charles Ratcliff. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. ' PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Government of France has submitted a projet for the constitution of a Council of Regency The Empress is to be Regent, of right ; she failing, two French Princes, in the order of primogeniture. The members of the Couticil of Regency will be the two French Princes in their own right, Cardinal Morlot, Marshal Pelissier, Count Pers;gity, M. Fould, and the Presidents of the Senate, the Corps Legislatif, and the Council of State. The Times' Paris cos respondent, in a letter dated yesterday (Monday), 6 p.m., says : "M. Billault's Penal Bill, which was warmly discussed on Friday last in the Council of State, is this day laid on the table of the Legislative Corps. As I mentioned yesterday, the principal clause, the one which produced so much uneasiness and even alarm among the public, is that which gives so much power to the Government over the liberty of the subject. That clause provides that any person accused of making use of words implying hatred or insult to the Emperor or the Im perial family shall be proceeded against in the Correctional Police Court, and, if convicted, shall, after having undergone his punishment, be still liable (as a measure of public security) to be sent out of the country—in other words, he shall continue to be for an unlimited period at the disposal and mercy of the authorities. You are aware that in the Correctional Police Court there is no intervention of the jury. This, even in a mild form, is a considerable innovation. They are not overt acts only that are now punished, but words. A similar change in Roman law is noticed by Tacitus (Annals , Lib. 1, cap. 72), who describes the old practice with his usu d brevity —"facta argue bantur, dicta impute erant"—so different from that which prevailed at the period to which his annals refer. " I have said that the discussion WAS most aid mated, and that M. Billault's law mot with the strongest opposition. If lam informed correctly, M. Vuitry, President of the Section of Finance in the Council of State, 'Called upon the Minister to explain what were the circumstances in which the "paroles de haine et injurieuse:." of the clause ehould j be uttered in order to justify a prosecution. The Minister is said to have replied that the words should be spoken " with a certain publicity." M. Vuitry thereupon proposed that the word "pub liquement" should be inserted in the clause, as it bears a very liberal interpretation in the language of the French Penal law. M. Billault declined. He was reminded that such an omission would leave a door open 0 informers, and that the personal liberty of the subject would be constantly exposed to danger. The Minister resisted any such amend ment, on the plea that the " words" should be proved so that the character of publicity would necessarily be implied. M. Boiuvilliers, President of the Section of the Interior in the Council of State, and who, I believe, was, in the time of the Restoration, as under the Government of Louis Philippe, one of the most eminent members of the Liberal party, and still preserves the same sentiments in the present func tions, displayed on this occasion the spirit of his younger days, and strongly opposed a law which seemed to regard France as a hostile country - , whereas, he said, no Government was ever so popular, or deserved to be so. "During the long speech of M. Billault in support of his obnoxious measure, M. Chaise d'E-.t Ange, the distingui led advocate, now Procureur-Ge udrai at the Imperial Court of Paris, and Councillor of State on extraordinary service, more than once showed by tlae abruptness of his movements and the expression of his features his fe -ling with regard to the law. The President of the Council of S tai e, M. Baroche, who is said to have done his utuu-at to dis suede M. Billault from bringing forward tee mea sure, remarked the movements of M. Chaix d'Est Ange, and requestesd him to address the Council, who were impatient to hear his opinion on a matter ci such gravity, awl on which no one was more competent than he was. M. Chaix d'Est Ange oh served that, whatever his opinion was on the bill, he, as a functionary, was bound to follow his official superiors. M. Baroche persisted, and M. Chaix d'Est Ange, with the indeptn lence and good sense which have earned for him so high a position in the country, observed that he was unable to comprehend the arsenal of new laws which the Council of State was called upon to fabricate ; that the Government had at its disposal' all the arms necessary for com bat or defence without forging more ; and that be feared it was only men wore wanted able to employ them. This difference of views between the Pro cureur-General of the Imperial Court of Paris and the Minister of the Interior produced a marked effect on the Council of State ; and though the law was adopted by ainajority of 4 only, yet M. Citaix d'Est Auge indicted a blow on it from which it will not recover In order that you may form an opinion as to the real value of that majority, I may mention that four or five Ministers who ate ex officio mem bers of the Council of State, and aq. the Secretaries General of the Ministerial departments, not merely extraordinary members, were convoked to take part in the deliberations, and vote. It was pro genteel to-day to the Legislative Corps. Public opinion, which has already given to this the name of Loi des Suspects, will find a support iti the mi nute nr - tjet ity which has voted ie ie th , Council of State. What. the fate of the bill will be in the Legis lative Chamber is another question. After the divi sion just noticed the project passed in its totality as a mere form. M. Billault spoke at considerable length in support of his measure, and appeared to i demand the vote of the Council 'as one of con• ! fidence in the Government. " I have just heard that the word " publique ment" refused to be introduced in the clause of the Bill on the " paroles de haine" uttered ageinst the Emperor, will nevertheless be inserted at the ex press desire of his Majesty, and indeed tLat through the same intervention some of the worst features of M. Billault's project will be otherwise modified. This is what every one expected. '• The proposition from the Senatus-Consultum on the regulation and completion of the Regency is before the Senate. The Regency will be as exten sive as is consistent with the exteting institutions of the Empire. " I understand that the papers discovered by the English police at Pierri's house iu Birming. ham are now in the hands of the authorities, in Paris. Lord Clarendon has eiven every facility , in the affair. He offered to the French Govern ment to send the papers hit her by a person of con fidence, or, if they preferred, to send to London their own agents to examine them. I presume this latter step is .the one that has been f lowed, as the papers are now in Penis. I cannot yet say whether they have led to any further disclosures touching accomplices. It is certain that the prisoners confess all that is imputed to them —at least, Orsini and Pierri—but whether they implicate others I caanot say. Their murderous designs were, it appears, not confined to the Emperor of the French ; other Sovereigns were to be included in the assassination, and especially the Pope, the King of Naples, and the King of Sardinia. " The following address from the English resi dents at Cones was presented to-day by Lord Brougham to Emperor of the French, through the Duke of Bassano : • " 4 We, the Engbsh resid, nts in the district of Cannes, respectfully present to your Majesty and the Empress oer hesrty congratulations on your providen'ial preservation from the execrable assassins who had laid a plan of wholesale murder in order to obtain the chance of subverting the Government and plunging the country into a civil war. " ' It adds greatly to our satisfaction that your Majesty, with equal justice and wisdom, leaves the trial of the offenders and the punishment of theii offence to the ordinary course of the existing laws which have been so scandalously broken.' "Permission has been refused to the evening journal La Presse to be sold in the streets. It is thought that the tame prohibition will be extended to the other evening papers, though they are the papers of the Government. " Prince Ottajano, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Naples, arrived in Paris this morning, with an address of congratulation to the Emperor of the French on his late escape from assassination. "A letter from Toulon, dated y ester day, informs us that the screw transport Saone is ready for sea, and that to-morrow she is to receive the troops for China. She is to sail for Can.oo on Frid,y next. "It it reported that Aali Pasha, who lies alr , ads manifested his intention of resigning the functions of Grand V zier, is to be appoint: d And atsador to the Court of France. and that Mehamed IDjemil Bey will be appointed to another site anon. " I am informed that tl a physicians of M. de Rayneval, having declared he canno', with safety to his life, support a northern climate, will not proceed as ambassador to St. Petersburg. "The plan presented to the Council of State for creating a reserved list for the Commisrary-Gone rats and Inspectors-General of Marine, has b_ee favourably received, and an Imperial decree will shortly appear on the subject. " The Empe . or granted a private audience this morning to A'lmirel La Reps° Chard' ay, who has lately arrived in France from Rio Jaueiro, on board the Poursuivaute. The Ada iral commanded the naval station of La Plata. "M. Gautier, Senator us' Deputy-Governor of THE INDIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MOND:.Y EvErarta• The Colombo has arrived with the heavy portio n of the India and China mails. She left Alexandria on the 18th January, Ma lt* on the 23d, and Gibraltar on the 28th. She brings 80 passengers, amongst whom 21 Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Gabbett and family, it ° ," Mr. Gib son Li eut. Christie ; Mrs. Eaton and ity fart, and Mrs. Holt, from Madras • Mrs. Lunaed° l7 2 Mrs. Boswell, Mr. Gill. Mrs. Block and Wavy , Mrs. Rond And infant, Mrs. Kitson, Mrs. lien and child, Dr. and Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Saunders all infant, Captain Tait, Messrs. Gaynor, lVferriovr Jones, Shave, Thursby, Nassett, and Macpber 3 2 l3 o3 from Cal cut t a : M a j or Lewis,' her Majesty's 31 . 4 Regiment, Dr. an d M rs . Bradford and family, 211, Yard, and Miss Rickett, from Point de Galle. ic e Her cat go consist s of 31 p ac k ages o f spec i e , 1 1 1 of packages of silk, 12 e ases of shawls, 226 cases - orAnge4, and 38 bales of flax and wool. The British screw steamer Victor Emanuel O s lying at Gibraltar with damaged rudder. The Colombo experienced severe weather in .- Mediterranean, en coun t er i ng h ead gales, both N"..;"0 outward and homeward bound, accompanied i latter case with torrents of hail and.sleet. The 'Mb can coast, when seen, w as p a rti a lly co vered 0 ., 1 0 * 'snow. On January the 26th, the wind shifted Gibraltar to the west, enabling a large number wind-bound ships to proceed up the Mediterran n et At Alexandri>a was her Majesty's ship 'Veit ° h o disembarking her Majesty's 71st Regiment, / 1 • had beeu conveyed acre as ftomMalts by the Prinet Royal, which latter vessel was passed at s e a on t" e 20th January half-way to Maltp. Her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Hiberil igl ; Conquercr, Centurion, Centaur, Medina, Tartar : ll i ; Caradoe, Harpy, W an d erer, Coquette, and lant, were at Malta. .1 of The Indus, which took out th e Indian 0131 tile the 20th ult., had arr i ve d out at Gibraltar on 25th ult. The Nemesis called at Gibraltar on the 25th dio , and after taking in 500 tons of coals left for , 0 11* DESTRUCTION OF THE H OLYHEAD BRlLLP.vg telt"' Wonx..s.—The staging l a t e l y erecte d f or the Ortolr Con of a round head on the north breakwater at beep head New Harbour Las, during the late gale,' O6l destroyed by the terrific fierceness of the gl ue d' 11l about 70,000 feet of timber were carried away $0 „ - u t now strewn along the coast below Penrhos. seven turn , -tablev, and thirty-three of the str°",„ A l dr waggons laden with stone, placed on the top for "" lo gs ing the timber, were plunged ii to the sea. TI „ 1 :19. sustained must arneunt to many thousands of P o ° - bet' ANOTHER INDIAN HERO.—Major the Hon. Irt° bo t ‘ Barlow Palmer By ng, of the y net Light D J as tri t o t. talion, who was kill e d on the 18th D ec . last, 01 ', 1 „7 34 ) lant:y le:iding his m, u against the nintineeis of lt , •gitrent of Bengal N.L, was the second ion 0f,,, 11 „ j og 6 th Viscount 'Torrington, by his second wife! F t 130 r Harriet, daughter of the late Ad.k i iral Sir Itnu e ci r ", svot 1)w, G.C.8., and brother to the present peer. born Nov. 30, 1816. Having passed his exami"d tbt the military college of A.ddiscombe, he e nter s pas Bengal army as ensign in June, 1834, became l'e"„. be, in 1836, and captain in 1844. Hi- commission° ' ea " IA; vet maj ,r and major date from 1854 and 18 56 r f ly. At the time of his decease he was waPr of 62d Regiment of N.I. (late let battalion 31at - 1 °,! 0 0 131 , BAgal N. 1.) Ile had seen ac'ive service with tu - a , s tar' in Gwalior, and had received the medal and brui 4- 140 04 . for gallantry at Maharajpou, lie was heir P r . e c ,bei ti f tive to his brother's title. He married in 1839 Pic t i Maria Lowther, eldest dau g Lt er o f C o l. G. Tfi t e l O P.- '° the Bengal army, by 'about he has a family 0 ' 1 and ono daughter.