The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-13 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management - of Misa 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. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakapere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Followed by a new Farce, in one act, entitled THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucketone. THIS ETENING will be performed a new Comedy, THE TIDE OF TIME. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale, &o. ; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter. A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE, In which Pcrea Nena will appear. With WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. John Small, by Sir Wm. Don, Bait And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. WOOLNG IN 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, Madame Blanche, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Fleurette, and the first male and female equestrians in the world. Dress Circle, is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls, ; Galleries, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprie tor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FrNE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters • and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAmmENT 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.—Sus Orricm, DEC. 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 42—highest since noon - yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.12—bning. WIND, Southerly ; fresh, with dull weather. Rain in the night. Dec. 13. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.92. WIND, Westerly ; moderato, with dull rainy weather, THE SUN. MONDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1858. M. MAGNE has a task of no ordinary difficulty to discharge. It is not merely the finances of the current year for which he is responsible—he must look two years a-head, and give a financial scheme for the year 1860. It is true that he gives merely the elements of a budget—only an outline of what may be anticipated; and inasmuch as great latitude must necessarily be allowed, very favourable anti cipations may be indulged in. There must, of course, be compliments to the EMPEROR. Every felicitous result must be ascribed to his prudence and sagacity, —not anything on the other side as to untoward events which no foresight could discern, no pre caution avert ; but we are told that he has given the rare example of a prudence which avoids excesses, and knows where to stop at the right moment. In this country we do not consider the SOVEREIGN in any degree responsible for the budget. That is a matter which rather concerns the tax-paying com munity. They do these things, however, very differently in France, and inasmuch as the EM PEROR is not limited, either in private or personal expenditure, by any constitutional check, great credit may be due to him for the economy that leaves a surplus in the national ex chequer, or, according to the terms of the report, confining himself within the means at his disposal. The French financier does not confine himself to the prospects looming in the future. He also ex amines the accounts of bygone years, to show that they had fully verified the expectations indulged in. He declares that the budgets of 185,5, 6, and 7, despite the difficult circumstances of the time, in place of showing a deficit, did not even exhaust the means placed at the disposal of the Government. He, however, maintains a discreet silence as to the mode by which these " means" were realised. He says nothing of loans or future liabilities contracted —nothing of any additional burden to be sustained in future years. It is, however, notorious that the public debt was considerably increased during the war, and that the addition must be provided for, and will call for larger receipts from the tax paying community. It appears that the budget of 1855 showed a surplus of 394,000,000 f., or £15,860,000 sterling; that in the following year it amounted to 112,000,000 f., or £4,480,000 ; and that in 1857 it was 36,000,000 f., or £1,440,000. This is certainiy redeeming the avail able balance pretty quickly. It is drawing pretty sharply on the funds in hand, and would scarcely be considered as a source of congratulation by a Prudent trader, or a cautious banker with whom he kept his account. But matters get still worse as they go on. The budget of 1858—the first of peace—was voted with an anticipated excess of receipts of 20,000,000 f., but they have really exceeded that amount by 75,000,000 f., or £3,000,000. M. MAGNE declares that " everything tends to show that the balance will be an excellent one ;" but still the accounts of 1839 are started with a surplus of £8,000,000 only, a great reduction from the 394,000,000 f. that inaugurated the commence. ment of the financial year of 1856. We come, however, to something startling. lAT " e hear of the deficit of many years which has swelled the floating debt to such extraordinary proportions, and of the large amounts required to pay off the necessary bonds and the savings' banks funds. These are matters that must be attended to, and although the wisdom of the Emperor may not have produced such heavy de mands, we shall be very happy, indeed, if the promise shadowed forth in the financial scheme can be faithfully redeemed. We are too closely con nected with France in monetary concerns to be indifferent in anything that may lead to a finan cial difficulty. We can purchase the gold in our own markets when it is required, but we cannot hope for pecuniary ease while she is in difficulties. •`" sr .t , '' . 4:4 04 • , S :'= l itun. ,9e -714.4 1 1V-'• .4161&N ~.!.•Yt-' )0, - • 7i301,zw4V 1 111 biz , r „oh , , , R 0 " We trust that M. MAGNE may be fully justified in his estimates by the result, although we fear that it may be " too good news to be true." Nearly a year has elapsed since the announce ment-27th January, 's7—of the plan prepared by IL J. YEATMAN, C.E., for the junction of the various metropolitan railways. The concentration at one convenient site of all the different lines of railroad branching from the capital to the different extremities of England has long been recognised as one of the most desirable, and sooner or later a perfectly inevitable metropolitan improvement. It is an improvement that must obviously come even tually: The only problems now remaining to be solved in its regard, indeed, are—when and where the projected change is to be accomplished. According to the suggestions recently thrown out by Mr. CHARLES PEARSON, City soli citor, the project might readily enough be rendered subservient, in a peculiar way, to the interests of the labouring population—to the best workmen in the world, the workmen of London and Westminster. Upon the possibility of this humane enterprise we have ourselves descanted at some length, and that too pretty frequently. The chief difficulty yet to be vanquished appears still to be the selection of the spot most suitable for being the core of all the complicated network of our railway system, the centre of all the marvel lous web of the iron roads of England. The favourite site of all, with the majority of speculators upon this great project, is the one to which we have frequently before now pointed, as precisely the locality best suited in every respect for this central terminus—the vacant site of the old Fleet prison in Farringdon-street, one of the widest of our London thoroughfares. There, at that particular spot, there is no necessity for a clearance ; the clearance is made already. The ground waits only for the builders, the old encum brance having long since been removed. Thither, towards that central point, all the great leading highways of London tend—Oxford-street and Holborn—Piccadilly, Long Acre, and Drury-lane— the Strand and Fleet-street, Gray's-Inn-lane —St. John's-road—Blackfriar's-road—Hackney • road—Mile-end-road : from the north, from the south, from the east, from the west, all the great highways lead directly to that one great point of convergence. And it is about the most central point upon the map of London in relation to the existing termini of the different metropolitan rail ways. Continue the line of those railways to one common focus, and the site naturally pointed out would be this very site of the old Fleet Prison. Draw a line as the Crow flies from the Great Northern Station at King'-cross to the London-bridge Station, and another line as the crow flies from the latter station to the North- Western Terminus at Euston-square! Afterwards draw another line, at right angles to these, from the Eastern Counties Station to the Waterloo bridge Station—bending this new junction line slightly so as to cut through the two previous ima ginary lines of junction midway ! Cross these again (with the same regard to a central point) 'with another crow-flight line connecting the ter• minus of the Great Eastern with the terminus of the railway to Blackwall—and the one central point will be found to be precisely that very spot—the site of the old Fleet Prison. Added to this, it is about the nearest point that could well be chosen to the General Post-office in St. Martin's le-Grand. Nay, the two localities are so contigu ous to each other that it would certainly not be very extravagant to count upon some direct communication being contrived between the two —if by no other means by sßbterranean engineer ing. But, while all these combined advantages, (the vacant site, the central position, the contiguity to the General Post-office, &c.), point directly to that tempting plot of ground in Farringdon-street— Mr. YEATMAN'S plan certainly has in its way also a very extraordinary attractiveness. The allure ments here are comparative cheapness and sim plicity. Less engineering difficulties would require to be vanquished according to Mr. YEATMAN'S proposal—and altogether much less expense would have to be incurred. The projector of this remark able plan proposes that Lincoln's-inn-Fields, and not Farringdon-street should be the site of the Central Terminus. He suggests that by the one simple device of constructing, in a line of two or three miles' length, connecting the South-Western and the Great Northern Railways, everything would be accomplished. The intended junction railway along the channel of the Grand Surrey Canal - would connect the South-Western with the South-Eastern and all its branches. The North London railway could absorb the traffic of the Eastern Counties. The Great Western and South-Western would remain united at present, at Brentford. And thus, according to Mr. YEATMAN'S ingenious proposition by means simply of the junction of the three miles of railroad having its terminus in Lincoln's-inn fields, the metropolitan railroads would be at once united. The suggestion, to say the very least of it, is startling by . reason of its simplicity, its feasi bility, and its economy. It is certainly entitled to serious and deliberate consideration. MINISTERIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.: The Earl of Derby, accompanied by the Countess and Lady Emma Stanley, left town on Friday for Knowsley park, near Prescott, to receive a succession of distinguished friends during the Christmas holidays. The Earl of Malmesbury will leave town early this week on a tour of visits. The Countess will go to Heron Court near Christchurch, for the Christmas. The Right Hon. the First Lord of the Admiralty and Lady Pakington left the Admiralty on Saturday for West wood-park, near Droitwich, where the right hon. baronet will remain until the second week in the ensuing month. The Marquis of Salisbury hits gone to his seat, Hatfield house, Herts, where the noble Lord President and the Marchioness of Salisbury will receive a large party during the week. The Earl and Countess of Hardwick() and the Ladies Yorke have arrived at Wimpole-hall, Cambridgeshire, from town, and are about to have a succession of visitors. The Right Hon. J. W. Henley left town on Friday. The Right Hon. Sir Buiwer Lytton will leave town to day for his seat, Knebworth-hall, Herts. The Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Stanley, remain in town. Major-General the Right Hon. J. Peel has left town. Lord John Manners has left town for a few weeks. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli leNve own this day for the right hon. gentleman's 'seat in Bucks. It is stated in political circles that Sir John Pakington, the First Lord of the Admiralty, will be selected to fill the vacant place in the Trinity Corporation, by the death of the Earl of Haddington. FUNERAL OF THE LATE LADY CLE3IENTINA VILLIERS. The funeral of this much-esteemed lady took place on Saturday afternoon, at Middleton-park, the seat of the Earl of Jersey, in the presence of a large number of relations and friends. The mournful cortege left the hall shortly after one o'clock, and proceeded slowly to the village church, situate in the park, where several hundreds of per sons were assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to the deceased lady. Among those present were—Lord Villiers, the Hon. F. Villiers, Mr. IN m. Russell, Mr. Hedworth Lambton, Mr. Charles Bayley, Captain H. Bagot, Lord Burghersh, the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. W Aug i :s r t . the Rev. Lord riothesley Russ e ll, Lord Enfield, ford Templemore, the Earl of March, Lord Alexander Lennox, the Hon. Edward Russell, Mr. George Russell, Henry Lambton, the Hon. George Byng, Lord Churchill, Mr. W. 11. I'. Cavendish, Dr. Wadhani, Dr. Acland, the R ev . , C rh an e e n n ev Clifton,3 Mr. Prettyman h e Rv. I r I e a d F t o h r e t e funeral u c e e r , a a l n s d e r v M i r e e . Godfr e y. • Lord Henry Lennox would have been present the mournfultinleand arceremony, ris,'edin receive L b o u n t do d n id to n o ot late t o the obey i rHE - SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1858. LATEST NEWS AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Canada has arrived with the mails from Boston of the Ist inst., and telegraph advices from New York to the 2d. She has brought 59,781 doll. on freight. Among the passengers is General Williams. The Africa, Europa, Arago, Hammonia, North Briton, Bavaria, and Prince Albert had arrived out. Mr. Worrall, who has recently been expelled from Mexico, had been introduced to the President. The English, French, and Spanish Ministers had called upon him. The Illinois, with the California mails and 1,800,000 dols. had reached New York. Advices from Vera Cruz to the 21st ult., report that three Spanish and two French vessels-of-war had anchored at Sacrificios, and Admiral Renaud was daily expected with the rest of the French squadron. General Trezos surrendered the Castle of Perote on the 16th, after being reduced to starvation. His remnant of troops had arrived at Vera Cruz. The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 18th. General Miramon had arrived there. The Liberals occupied Zacatecas, and elsewhere had been suc cessful. Zuloaga was levying contributions to repair the fortifications. It is stated a number of adventurers had landed about 40 miles from San Juan del Sur. At New York, on the 29th, sterling bills were done by leading houses at 1091. Money was with out change. Brokers were refusing money at 31 per cent. The rate for short prime bills was 4 per cent. The Bank statement exhibited an increase of coin and a decrease in circulation. The net deposits reduced 1,200,000 dots - tvithout any reduction in the loan. Cotton had advanced, middling uplands 123 c. By telegraph via Boston we have advices from New York to the evening of the 30th. The following were the quotations at the Stock Board :—Missouri Sixes, 90 dols.; Lacrosse Grants, 26a dols.; Canton Company, 21.-1 dols. ; Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company, 93i dols. ; Delaware and Hudson Canal, 99 dols. ; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 3111 dols. ; Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, NI dols. ; Galena and Chicago Railroad, dols. ; New York Central Railroad, 83?, dots. ; Erie Railroad, 171 dols. ; Hudson River Railroad, 33 dols. ; Harlem Railroad, pref., 29 dols. ; Read ing Railroad, 501 dols. Ashes dull ; State and Western flour heavy ; unsound, 3 dols. 50c. to 4 dols. 10c. ; superfine State, 4 dols.' 20c. to 4 dols. 40c. ; extra States, 4 dols. 65c., 4 dols. 90c. to 5 dols. 50e. ; common to good extra western, 4 dols. 75c. to 5 dols. ; Southern mixed to good, 5 dols. 15c. to 5 dols. 40c. ; wheat dull and heavy for common parcels, but steady for prime Western, 1 dol. 20c. to 1 dol. 45c. ; Southern red, 1 dol. 12c. to 1 dol. 25c. ; beef active, but lower—country mess, 8 dols. to 9 dols. 75c. ; prime, 6 dols. to 6 dols. 75c. ; mess pork, 17 dols. 40c. for old ; sugars steady—Muscovado, 61e. to 71c. ; Molasses firm ; New Orleans new, 42c. Spirits of turpentine, 47c. to 48c. per gallon. Scotch pig iron, 25 dols. to 26 dols. Tobacco quie Tallow firm at 10c. Freights to Liverpool.—For cotton, 1-d. ; mid dling upland cotton, 121 c. (BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.) NEW YORK, DEc: 2. Navigation at Montreal has closed on account o: iee. The stock market is firm, but prices have under gone no material alteration since the closing of the mail. Our cotton market has been quiet during yester day and to-day, and prices close with a downward tendency. Flour is firm, and slightly dearer—say 10c. per barrel. Wheat is very dull. Indian corn steady at the rates advised per mail. Pork is firm, and 25e. per barrel dearer. At New Orleans yesterday cotton was active at 111 e. to 111 c., closing firm. Sterling exchange, 1071. SHIPPING. Timour, hence, at Mobile ; W. S. Schmidt, hence, for City Point, in Hampton Roads, leaky, bulwarks stove, and loss of sails. lowa, from Mobile, for this port, with a cargo of cotton, put into Savannah 29th ult., leaking badly. Helvetia, hence, and City of Brooklyn and Windsor Forest, from London, at Mobile. The British steamer Scotia, from Havannah, formerly engaged in the coolie trade, was at Savan nah, seeking a freight to Liverpool. Roseway Belle, brig, was spoken on the 4th ult., in lat. 24, long. 36 N., under jurymasts, having been dismasted in the Gulf on the 30th of Oct. Rankin, of Glasgow, was passed on the 6th ult., in lat. 41 N., 51 VT., abandoned and full of water, by the Richard A lsop, arrived at New York. Castine, Simpson, hence for New Orleans, put into St. Thomas on the 11th ult. for medical aid, the captain being very ill. She sailed for her des tination on the 12th. • Golden Light, from Bristol ; Reaper, from Ant werp ; Republic, from Bremen ; Wm. Wirt, from France ; and Roswell Sprague, from Bordeaux—at New Orleans. Albert (British ship), from New York, for Rio Hache, put into St. Croix, sth ult., in distress, with loss of mainmast, fore topmast, rudder, brads, and leaky. She would probably be condemned. The cargo was not much damaged. Ferrierie, New Hampshire and Odessa, from Havre; Amede, Snow, and Memphis, from Bor deaux; China, from Bremen ; R. B. Sumner, from London ; Trenton, from Marseilles ; Josiah Quincy, from Bristol ; and John Patten, from Hull. At New Orleans.—Arab Draper, from Liverpool for Wilmington, N.C., with a cargo of salt, put into St. Thomas's, having been dismasted in a gale on the 24th Oct., and afterwards sailed for her destina tion. Went ashore, the 20th ult., near Main Bar. She was abandoned on the 21st covered with water. Zingara, from Calcutta ; Athena, and Atlan tic, from Bremen ; Algonquin, from Shanghai, Richard Alsop, from Antwerp ; Enterprise, from Marseilles ; City of New York hence ; Sophie Elizabeth and Genurtes, from Amsterdam; Ply mouth Rock, from London ;—at New York. DENMARK. A Copenhagen letter of the sth says :—" The at tention of the public has been anxiously directed towards the discussion which took place yesterday in the Second Chamber. The legal existence of the great Charter of 1855, which is common to the whole of the kingdom, being compromised by the continued exigencies of Germany, it was thought that .it would be difficult to obtain, before the defi nitive arrangement of the affair of the two Du chies, the credits necessary for the general service of the monarchy. The fears of the public have, however, turned, out groundless. Some of the members, before granting the credits demanded, called for certain explanations on the subject of the Duchies from the Ministers present, but they refused, in the pr. esent state of the negotiations, to enter into any. .in the absence, however, of any official explanati-on, the political friends of the Ministry declared. that the Government considered as being still in rce in Denmark and Schleswig the same constitut ion to which the German Duchies made such obstina to resistance, and that the two former countries, According to the constitution, could not refuse tc ► contribute to the general ex penses of the king( tom. The great majority of the Assembly considere d the declaration unsatisfactory, and the credits dem anded were accordingly voted. The Ministry will 2) tow have to make a similar de- mand separately to the States of Holstein, when they meet on the 3d January at Itzchoe. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. BOURSE, Dec. 11.—The market has again been very flat. It was rumoured that the Comptoir d'Escompte had consented to receive a governor and a sub-governor appointed by the Minister of Finance, so that the project of the new Imperial Bank would be abandoned, and the bases of the Comptoir National would be enlarged, and their capital increased from 20 to 60 millions of francs. Threes have been done at from 73f. 15c. to 73f. 25c. ; Mobilier, 977 f. 50e. to 982 f. 50e. ; Austrian, 645 f. to 643 f. 75e. ; Orleans, 1,395 f. to 1,398 f. 75c. ; Northern, 997 f. 50c. to 998 f. 75c. ; Lyons, 880 f. to 882 f. 50e ; and Southern, 587 f. 50e. to 590 f. The following are the last quotations : It per Cents. 97 Do. end month 97 10 3 per Cents. 72 90 Do. end month 73 10 Bank Shares 3140 Credit Mobilier Do. Account 978 75 Credit Foncier . Belgian 4f . 971 Piedmonteso (5) 94 Roman 93 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 43 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto B4O .. 842 50 Lyons and. Mediterranean BBO 880 New ditto Geneva 625 .. 622 50 Midi -- Southern Western 6lO .. 605 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 437 50 432 50 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12ic. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 951 c. ; money, 24f. 9bc. ITALY. NICE, Dec. G.—The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, accompanied by the Grand Duchess and their son, arrived at Villafranca at 10 o'clock this morning in the Russian war ship Retzivan, fol lowed by the frigates Bayan and Polkan. As soon as the Retzivan had cast anchor in the roads a salute of 21 guns was fired from the fort of Villa franca, and was answered by the Bayan gun for gun. The Intendant-General de la Marmora, Majok. General Mollar, the Russian consul at Nice, and the Russian vice-consul at Villafranca, went on board the Retzivan to salute the august visitors. At noon their Imperial Highnesses disembarked, the three Russian ships firing salvos of artillery, while the bands played national airs. Carriages were in waiting to convey them to Nice, to which place they were escorted by a picket of Sardinian cara bineers. At a quarter past one they arrived at the Victoria Hotel, where a detachment of Sardinian troops was in readiness to receive them. At Genoa, from which the Imperial party had come, the Grand Duke and his consort were received by the authorities, and drove about the town in an open carriages. A St. Petersburg letter says:—" The nomina of Count Karolyi as Austrian ambassador to our Court appears to be confirmed. It is now apparent why the Cabinet of Vienna hesitated so long in choosing a representative. M. de Balabine, our Minister to Vienna, had never been at the head of any legation, having been previously Secretary of Emb:,.ssy. Austria, in consequence, did not wish to send to St. Petersburg any but a young diplo matist, who would be in an analogous position; and it has now found that person in Count Karolyi. The Austrian and Neapolitan Governments, a Vienna letter states, have come to an understand ing on the subject of the small island of Pelagosa, situated in the Adriatic, which is for the future to form part of the Austrian possessions, and have a lighthouse c•nstructed on it by that power. The Boersenhalle of Hamburg of the 7th says : " The commission on the navigation of the Elbe which has been assembled in this city since June last has just brought its deliberation to a close, but without coming to any definitive result. Although Prussia, Austria, Saxony, and Hamburg modified their previous propositions, and merely demanded that the dues on the river should be reduced one quarter instead of one half, as they at first pro posed, Hanover and Mecklenburg have persisted in opposing any reduction whatever. At the last sitting Prussia and the other powers above men tioned again proposed the reduction of one-fourth, but that course was again opposed, and the sittings were adjourned sine die." Accounts from Damascus state that the Porte had obtained the most complete success in its Syrian expedition. Ismael Bey had been aban doned by all his people, and given up by the in habitants of a village where he had taken refuge, THE FRENCH BUDGET. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing report of M. Magne, Minister of Finance, on the French Budget for 1860, or, as he styles it, les elements du budget de 1860. " Sire, —I ask your Majesty's permission to send to the Council of State the elements of the budget of 1860. " For some years past the volume containing the project of law for the receipts and expenditure of the state, and the documents published as vouchers, have been distributed on the day itself of the open ing of the session. This despatch gives to the Legislative Corps all the time and facilities that are necessary for examining our financial situation in its minutest details, and for thoroughly under standing it. Your Majesty desires to preserve this custom. It is a most valuable guarantee to the country, which rightly considers good order in the finances as the most solid basis of its prosperity and credit ; it is an advantage to the Government, which ought to desire the annual assistance of an impartial and thorough control, with a view to en lighten public opinion on these important matters, generally little known and too often improperly appreciated. When we contemplate the gigantic works that have been executed within such few years over the whole surface of the empire with a rapidity that astonishes the imagination, at the very time when war and so many other calamities seemed about to exhaust the strength of the county ; when we think of the efforts and immense sums they neces sarily required; and when we remember the diffi culties and delays of ordinary periods, it is natural we should ask ourselves by what miracle the re sources of France have all at once been found suffi ciently high for the development of such extraor dinary activity? " Doubtless, among that portion of the public that can appreciate the benefits of order and perfect tranquillity, of the pacific relations for which the country is indebted to your Majesty ; which is not ignorant of the prodigies that may be engendered by the wisely-combined action of the state, the communes, and private industry developing itself amidst general confidence ; which comprehends that these very works (that would of themselves suffice to constitute the glory of an entire reign) have fertilised the land and opened for us fresh sources of power and wealth ; in these, by the enlightened and sincere portion of the public, are duly estimated, without difficulty, the marvels of which the present generation is a witness. Nevertheless it may not be useless, to meet any doubts which might exist, to prove by official figures, by unchallengeable proofs, that the Em peror has given the rare example of a resolution which overcomes all obstacle, and of a prudence which avoids excesses and knows where to stop at the right moment ; after a long time no Govern. ment has so strictly confined itself within the limits of the means at its disposal, and that the favourable results indicated in my former report have been fully confirmed by facts. " Last year, at the time of its publication, the draught of the accounts for the budget of 1855 was submitted to the examination of the Council of State. That draught showed, for ordinary and extraordinary services, an excess of receipts of 394,000,000 f. This sum was duly certified by the Legislative body, and the surplus of 394,000,000 f. carried over to 1856. " The budget of 1856, though much affected by the expenses of the war and by the outlay incurred by the return of our troops, was nevertheless esti mated to give a bonus of 106,000,000 f. The surplus has new been ascertained to be 112,000,000 f. "The budget of 1857 settled all the expenses of the war. Last year the accounts of that budget were not cast up, and only an approximate estimate could be made. A surplus of 20,000,000 f. was cal culated upon. The accounts of that budget were closed on the 31st of August last. The surplus of receipts will be at least 36,000,000 f. " The budget of 1858 is worthy the particular at tention of your Majesty. Excepting our expeditious to the Chinese Seas, it is free from those exceptional circumstances which influence the receipts and expenditure of the four preceding budgets. It is the first budget of peace which can give a just idea of our normal situation. It was voted with an excess of receipts of 20 millions, and up to the present the produce realised exceeds by 75 millions the anti cipated returns. Everything tends to show that the balance will be an excellent one. " The accounts of the budget of 1859 have not yet been made up. It is started with a surplus of receipts of 8,000,000 f. Nothing has as yet occurred to alter that estimate : on the contrary, the returns of 1858 already exceed the estimate by 22,000,000 f. " The draught of the budget of 1860, conceived in that spirit of moderation and of prudence which prevailed at.the former budgets, and which cannot fail to improve under the control of the Council of State and of the Legislative body, indicates suffi cient resources for the development of various im portant branches of the public service, for an im provement in the salaries of the under officials and of the magistrature, and to add 20 millions to the dotation of the sinking fund. " In short, the budgets of 1855, 1856, and 1857, despite the immense expenses of the war and the difficult circumstances of the time, instead of show ing a deficit, did not even exhaust the means placed at the disposal of the Government. The budgets of 1858, 1859, 1860, free, as regards receipts and expenditure, of all those exceptional complications, give reason to hope, founded on known facts, of a no less satisfactory final result. Therefore, I may affirm, 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. " That deficit is the work of many Governments ; but, as each succeeding Goverment becomes an swerable, and a great floating debt might become an embarrassment to the Treasury, the laws of the 9th and 19th of June, 1857, decided that that debt should be reduced, and ascribed to it for that purpose the new capital of the Bank and the dotation of the army. The elements of the floating debt, which the above-cited laws had in view to diminish, are evidently on account of their being due at short sight—The Treasury bonds and the Savings-banks funds. " The first sums received from the dotation of the army were applied to pay off Treasury-bonds. That fund added to the increased revenue, and the anticipation of the increased return of faxes enabled us to liquidate more than 140 millions of Treasury bonds since February last. Thanks to the reduc tion of interest established with that view the de crease continues gradually and easily. " The funds of savings banks pushed beyond a certain limit would not leave that security to the Treasury which is a necessary to a good financial system. They amount at the present moment to 293,000,000 f., of which 197,000,000 f. have been placed in the Government chest. I am happy to inform your Majesty that the State will be enabled to pay off a great portion without difficulty, and without having recourse to a loan. " The means at the disposal of the Treasury, especially what we have to receive from the Bank of France, and which I have carefully abstained from touching with that object in view, and those which the dotation of the army will give us, will place nearly 200,000,000 f. at our disposal for that purpose. But in this question it is not only the Treasury which is concerned, and its interest must be made to agree with that of the depositors." (M. Magne then proposes that a project to that effect shall be brought forward.) M. Magne concludes his report with a compari son between the financial state of France at the present moment and last year. M. Magne seizes the opportunity of again attributing the improve ment to the wisdom of the Emperor. " In the first nine months of 1858 (he says), the imports of gold exceeded the exports to the amount of 376 millions, and, what is worthy of observation, the imports and exports of silver were nearly balanced. In that short period the total amount in circulation was increased to the amount of 374 millions. The Bank of France, the reserve of which had fallen to 190 millions, has now a reserve of 554 millions. _ " In a general point of view it must be admitted that some excesses caused a certain stagnation in business, but quiet soon restores activity ; such is the common law. We already feel its happy in fluence, and the situation . of the country, so favour able in every respect, is a guarantee that the re vival will be energetic and permanent." SPORTING NOTES. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT AND " AUNT SALLY" The case of " Weatherley v. the Duke of Beau fort" presents features of interest and amusement to persons in the habit of frequenting race-courses, while at the same moment the proceedingq will not be without a material degree of usefulness. My readers will, of course, be acquainted with the facts of the case before these remarks come under their observation. However, as the trial was of consi siderable length, a brief recital of the principal incidents, with comments, may not be unacceptable, especially to those persons who have merely been enabled, by pressure on their time, to cast a cur sory glance at the reports which y have been pub lished. The story of " Aunt Sally" is simple enough, and may be told in a few sentences. Last Brighton races his grace the Duke of Beaufort was beguiling himself with a game which enjoys much popularity with the race-going multitude. The pastime of " Aunt Sally " is played in this wise :—A wooden head, similar _to a barber's block, is stuck on a thin crowbar about four feet high, and at that portion of the face of the block which should be adorned by the nasal organ there is a small hole. " Nature hates a vacuum," and to obviate the vacuity in the head of the doll, the spirited proprietor of "Aunt Sally" inserts the bowl end of a pipe, and emulous persons desirous of breaking " Aunt Sally's" extempore nose are permitted to have so many " shies" at a certain dis tance for a stated charge. On every occasion on which the imaginary nose of " Aunt Sally" is broken by the player he is rewarded by 'a shilling from the pocket of the proprietor of the amusing device. In fact, the game is of a mild gambling description, which fascinates by prospect of emolument, and allures by its inge nious peculiarities. We should state here, how ever, that the Duke of Beaufort never receives anything won at the game, but merely plays from a pure love of fun, and a desire to benefit the poor people who belong to the "Aunt Sallies." His grace would appear to be an uncommon hand at the game. He seldom misses his aim, and is as accomplished at the game of " Aunt Sally" as Morphy at chess, or Stansfield at billiards. On that particular day of Brighton races his grace was astonishing a large crowd of persons by his marvellous success in the demolition of " noses." As a shilling is offered by the proprietors for every triumphant essay made on poor "Aunt Sally," the art of hitting her nose must be of great difficulty, and the Duke's accomplishments must be of a vastly superior order. Last Brighton races an " Aunt Sally" was placed between the ropes which mark the ground intended for vehicles and horses, and there the Duke of Beaufort was engaged as vigorous in the annihilation of "noses" as his grace is ardent in the destruction of foxes at Bad minton. While the Duke was engaged in the act of aiming a stick at "Aunt Sally," Mr. White Weatherley, a person who describes himself " some times as a gentleman, but having occasionally done a little in the veterinary art," appears upon the scene mounted on a "gaunt grey horse." Whe ther this " gentleman"—who, by the by, is a Cockney, living in one room, for which he pays five shillings a week—first came in collision with the Duke, or whether his grace was the first to come in contact with Mr. White Weatherley, must remain a vexed question, as on that point the evidence was very conflicting. It is, however, certain that Mr. White Weatherley had no possible right to be within arm's-range of the Duke, and especially where a crowd of pedestrians was assembled. Be that as it may, the duke was, as I thoroughly believe, run against by a mere lout on horseback, who was so ill-bred that he neglected to offer an apology, such as is common among gentlemen ac customed to polite society. Who can wonder that such boorish behaviour extorted the remark from a friend of his grace, that Mr. Weatherley was a d—d tailor who " ought not to have been trusted with a horse." The Duke of Beaufort, enraged at the nonchalance of the individual by whom he con ceived he had been nearly injured and then in sulted, threw the sticks intended for " Aunt Sally" at the mounted dabster in " the veterinary art." The sticks were aimed with as much dexterity and precision as if Aunt Sally had again been the object of attack. One struck Mr. White Weatherley on the back and another took effect on the arm, causing merely a momentary sensation of pain. The duke, noticing that Mr. White Weatherley raised a crop hunting whip in a menacing manner, and thinking he was about to be struck, by a rapid movement managed to unhorse the occasional prac titioner of veterinary science, who descended on his feet. Towering with indignation the " gentle man" of luxurious tastes, who lives in one room at five shillings per week, rushed frantically for a policeman, to elicit from the Duke of Beaufort his name and address, which was at last, after some delay, declared by an acquaintance of his grace. The story ends so far, and the duke hears no more of the matter until four days after, when he receives a letter from an attorney—a certain Mr. Colom bine, of Basinghall-chambers. The reading of the letter in court, from its high-flown impudence and rhetorical vulgarity, excited much derision in court. Such a specimen of impertinence and coarse opinions, couched in schoolboy declamation, I should think has never before been perused. Imagine an attorney instructed to apply for an apology and compensation for an injury, coolly taking-the opportunity to offer his admonitions on the duke's amusements or recreations. Telling his grace, as Clara Vere de Vere was told in the poem— " You know so ill to deal with time, You needs must play such pranks as these." This wonderful epistle stated that the writer be lieved that at the time of the assault being com mitted his grace was " engaged in an amusement the precise nature of which" the writer was " un acquainted with personally," and proceeds to charge his grace with "propelling bludgeons" at the per son of his client. A higher strain is take". as this legal and literary curiosity proceeds, and the moral and verbose attorney completely soars on eagle's wings with his theme. The Duke of Beaufort is thus impressively reminded of the amenities and re sponsibilities of his high rank and position :—" It would almost seem the sport in which your grace was engaged is rather more becoming the humble frequenters of race courses and apprentices, than a peer of the realm. However, if a peer thinks fit so to beguile his time, he must conduct himself with the same propriety as others, or the law will reach him as well as a poor man. I regret that I shall be compelled to adopt the course sug gested, for the purpose of obtaining redress for my client ; but this is somewhat diminished by the fact that it may be useful to do so, to show that in public places of resort, and especially where large numbers of persons collect together, good conduct must be observed and the peace preserved. It is a subject of additional regret, that tho position of your grace in society renders any pecu niary infliction without a public examination of little avail in the absence of a full apology, and such offer to requite my client for the personal in juries and insults shown to him while unprotected, which, if made, shall be submitted to him, with every wish to stop further proceedings," & e ., &c. I find it impossible to believe, on a reperusal of this precious effusion, that it is origi nal, or the production of an attorney engaged d a y by day in mere six-and-eightpenny formalities. The touching bit about the peer of the realm and the poor man," &c., is a cruel plagiary. It may be heard any evening huzaaed at the Britannia and hailed with applausive shouts at the Victoria. It has been borrowed without acknowledgment from the works of those poor gentlemen who " do" the " blood and 'thunder" dramas for the minor theatres and saloons. Perhaps Mr. Colombine has one of those gentle-. men as:a client, who works out his six-and-eight pences by throwing in a touch of the melodramatic or pathos into Mr. Colombine's correspondence, as occasion may require. If so, the gentleman has done his work well ; he has blended an attorney's formal insolence with clap-trap. All will perceive the consummate impertinence of the writer's ad mitting, in the early part of the letter, that he was " unacquainted" with the game his grace was en- THEATRICALS AT BRADFORD. On Thursday last "King John " was performed with great success. The Lady Constance, one of Shakspeare's most beautiful conceptions, of Miss Forester, was an admir able piece of acting, evincing profound and careful study. Her anguish was so intense, so true to nature, without being overwrought, that she entirely carried with her the sympathy of her audience. Her address to her son, Prince Arthur—" But thou art fair ; nature and fortune joined to ' make thee great," was charmingly given ; and afterwards to Austria, where she exclaims—" War I war I No Peace —Peace is to me a war 1 "—was grand, replete with energy, and elicited considerable applause. Miss Forester is making rapid strides in her profession, in which, with perseverance, she may look forward, at no distant period, to hold a very prominent position. She possesses every requisite for it, but she must carefully avoid straining for effect. Her action is graceful and easy, her voice is good, and her delivery excellent—hence, with care, we may pre dict much for her. Greatpraise is due to Miss Jones, a young ladypossessing considerable personal attractions, for her very clever impersonation of Prince Arthur. Her scene with Hu bert, in which thOatter is about to deprive the Prince of his sight, deserves especial notice. Her appeal to him—" Spare mine eyes"—was exceedingly beautiful and touching. The King John of Mr. Harald would have been much im proved if more warmth had been thrown into it. He has a full, rich voice, but his declamation is cold, phlegmatic. The gentleman who played Faulconbridge had evidently mistaken the character. Miss Gray made a very graceful Queen Elinor, and Mr. Blythe, though last not least, acquitted himself well as Hubert. The tragedy was fol lowed by the burlesque of " Masaniello," in which Miss Huntley, as the Prince, and Mr. James, as the Masaniello, played with great -spirit, and kept the audience in a roar of laughter. It is but just to acknowledge that they were well supported by - the rest of the company, and the whole went off admirably. DEATH OF COLONEL PERCEVAL.—CoI. Perceval, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Lords, died on Thursday last, at his house in Chester-street, aged 72, after a pro tracted illness. The gallant officer formerly represented the county of Sligo in the House of Commons, having been returned for the county at the general election in 1831, and during the 10 years he was in Parliament gave a zealous support to the Conservative party, having voted against the Reform Bill, the Municipal Corporation Bill, &c. In Sir R. Peel's short Administration of 1835 he was Trea surer of the Ordnance, and in 1841 he vacated his seat in the House of Commons to accept the appointment which be held up to his decease, on the present Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour resigning in order to take office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, on the formation of the late Sir R. Peel's Government. He married the eldest daughter of the late Mr. H. Lestrange, and was for some years Colonel of the Sing's County Militia. The office of Sergeant-at-Arms is to attend the person of the Sovereign, to arrest offenders of rank, and to attend on the Lord High Steward of Eng land when he sits in judgment on traitors, also on the Lord High Chancellor, the Lo r d T reasurer , an d on both Houses of Parliament, and, if need be, on the Lord Mayor of Lon don. Their number was limited to 30 by the 13th of Richard 11., chap. 6. In old books they are called virgatories, because they once carried silver rods, gilt, as they now do maces. During the sitting of Parliament one is constantly in attendance in each house. The appointment is in the gift of the First Lord of the Treasury. THE SOUTHAMPTON ADDRESS TO GENERAL No-M.—The following letter has been addressed to Edward Palk, the chief magistrate of Southampton, by the Lord Chancellor, in reference to the honours paid to his lordship's son-in-law, Sir John Inglis, on his leaving South ampton, for India,fon Saturday week :—" Eaton-square, Dec. 6, 1858.—Sir_,—I wish that I could have been present on Saturday to have witnessed the parting honours paid to Sir John Inglis by the corporation of Southampton, under your auspices as their Mayor. It has heightened consider ably the gratification which-I have felt at such a compli ment having been offered to one so closely connected with me, and of whom I am justly so proud, that it should have proceeded from a town with which I became associated so many years ago by a tie which has formed so much of the happiness of my life. With this recollection I may, per haps, be pardoned if I am unable to restrain the feelings which prompt me to express my gratitude to you for the honour conferred upon my gallant son-in-law, and to re quest of you- to convey the expression of my heartfelt thanks to every member of the corporation.—l have the honour to be, sir, your faithful and obedient servant, CRELMSFORD." gaged in, and then telling the duke at the close of,the epistle that the sport with which he was beguiling himself was " more becoming the humble fre quenters of the race-course,:and apprentices, than a peer of the realm." Bathos is admirably illustrated by this precious composition. How marvellously smooth and easy is the descent from strains of dida: t «lo(inenee to the compeir•ii t ;on" of tile client, and " the desire to stop further proceedings." The convictions which I have formed on the case are, I believe, accurate and tenable. That- Mr. Weatherley was not illegally assaulted and not fully entitled to damages, I do not pretend to argue or assert. On the contrary, the verdict of the jury appears to me to be a most righteous one. The Duke of Beaufort lost his temper, and in an ebullition of anger unlawfully assaulted Mr. Whetherley. Still, at the same moment, I know from experience that the presence of such eques trians as Mr.Weatherley on a race-course is a most serious nuisance. In the course of the season I have had my life and limbs endangered more than once by scampering snobs and louts who " ought never to have been trusted with a horse," and with whom all remonstrance is futile. They are thoroughly reckless, and often as utterly unacquainted with the control of a horse as a Venetian Grandee. Blundering and galloping about, intent only on their own gratification, they are equally indifferent whether they graze your " favourite corn," or break your limbs. Something of this class is Mr. Weatherley who, possibly, with an idle desire to lose none of the sights of Brighton racecourse, went jamming and cramming with that borrowed brute he was on, oblivious of everything but his own comfort and safety. But it will be said the Duke of Beaufort had no right to plant his " Aunt Sally" on a spot of ground reserved for carriages and equestrians. A dreadful amount of nonsense was talked on this head in court on Sa turday. On a racecourse no place can be free from pedestrians, or said to be " reserved," unless it is bricked in. Why, too, if the Duke of Beaufort was playing on a forbidden situation,would he not have been " moved off" by the police, who were abun dant at Brighton. Enough, the Duke of Beaufort was there surrounded by many persons, and being there, even if without any just right, are they to be trampled on by the first Johnny Gilpin who May pass ? A word on " Aunt Sally" and " Knock em-Downs." These games are hearty, harmless, English diversions, but they ought to be re stricted to spots where people are not obliged to pass. If the devotees desire to enjoy "three sticks a penny," let the " bludgeons " be " propelled " where interruption will not put a hundred pounds into the pocket .of a " gentleman living on his friends," or endanger the noses of animate beings instead of " Aunt Sally." The hearing of Wea therly v. Beaufort, in the Queen's Bench, appeared to delight the entire audience and even the in flexible Lord Campbell. The details of the man ner in which the game was played elicited such laughter as greets the eccentricities of Robson at the Olympic, or Wright at the Adelphi. The grave and sedate manner in which the learned judge affirmed that "he'd never played at Aunt Sally," and the Duke of Beaufort's assertion that " he broke her nose nearly every time," caused the auditory and barristers much merriment. When Mr. Lush, who most ably conducted the plaintiff's case, sat down, he whispered to the opposing counsel, "I say, Chambers, will you have a game at Aunt Sally by and bye ;" and Mr. Montague Chambers seemed to express concurrence—but who broke the most noses in the bout we have not been able to ascertain. Mr. Weatherley has been most fortunate ; but I offer him some few words of advice. You have obtained your £lOO, to which you were, by law at least, entitled ; put the money in your purse, and let us hear no more of the matter. Should you, however, again visit Brighton races, on that gaunt grey animal, and inadvertently push against a person, even if he is a peer of the realm, remember, not to apologise at once is conduct far more contemptible than that of " a tailor," and, even if " bludgeons" are " propelled," you will soundly deserve it, unless you act the part of a man and a gentleman. A FRESH MAN. MORE GOVERNMENT ARRESTS IN IRELAND. BELFAST, SUNDAY EVENING. This evening considerable excitement was caused by the general report that a Riband Lodge had been captured in Belfast. The facts are as follows :—At six o'clock a party of constabulary, fully armed, surrounded a public-house in Cromac-street, kept by a woman named M'Kee, and arrested some fifteen persons who were there assembled on the charge of being members of an illegal society. The prisoners were immediately marched to the police office, where Mr. Tracey, resident magistrate, a nd the inspector and sub-inspector of constabulary were in attendance. The committal was made out, and the men were immediately marched off, under a strong escort, and lodged in the county of Antrim gaol. The men who have been arrested are be lieved to be all Roman Catholics, and of course the report goes that they were members of a Riband Lodge. They are of the class of working men, and of ages ranging from mere lads to gray haired men. The authorities are believed to have been in possession of this information since last night. Whether the arrests be expedient or justifiable, or not, there can be no question as to the promptness and dexterity with which they have been effected. There is considerable excite ment in the part of the town adjoining Cromae street, but no apprehension of any disturbance. INDIA GOVERNMENT CIVIL SER VICE. East India House, Dec. 9. Sir,—l am desired by Lord Stanley to acquaint you that there being vacancies in the establish ment of the Secretary of State for India for eight writers, he has resolved to fill those vacancies by means of an open competitive examination. The salaries and allowances attached to the ap pointments are as follows : For the first five years, salary £BO per annum, with an additional allowance of ls. per sheet of 480 works, for all works in excess of five sheets per day. From five to ten years' service £9O per annum; from ten to fifteen years' service, £lOO per annum; from fifteen to twenty years' service, £l2O per annum ; from twenty to twenty-five years' service, £l5O ; from twenty-five upwards, £2OO per annum with an allowance of Is. 3d. per sheet as above. The writers are for the most part employed in copying, but they are at other times employed in accounts, and assisting in the ordinary duties of clerks. The age of admission is from sixteen to twenty six. I am accordingly desired by Lord Stanley to re quest that the Civil Service Commissioners will be so good as to prepare a scheme for the examination of candidates for the above appointments. I have, &c., (Signed) J. COSMO MELVILL. J. G. Maitland, Esq., Secretary, Civil Service Commissioners. INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.—It will have been ob served that under the regulations which have been recently promulgated for the examination of candidates for the civil service of India the maximum age, which since the intro; duction of the competitive system has been 23, was reduce" to 22. Having regard, however, to the just claims of stu dents who are now preparing for the expected examinatiol in July next, many of whom this new rule, if immediately enforced, would have excluded from the right of competing; the Secretary of State for India, in Council, has deterinin r eu to suspend its operation until th e exam i na ti on i n 1860. ' l l l July next, therefore, the max i m um age f or can did a t e s be 23, and after that occasion 22. _ His Royal Highness the Duke o f C am b r idge has appointed Tuesday, the 22d Feb. next, for the celebrati on of the third jubilee of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's S; ciety for the orphan and other nece ss it ous c hildren e' parents once in prosperity. THE ILLNESS OF THE LORD MAYOR.—We 0 9 1 1 state upon authority that the attack of illness from which the Lord Mayor has been suffering has not been so severe as might have been inferred from a paragraph taken front ono of the provincial papers. His Lordship, when tak en ill last Monday week, never lost consciousness, and wa s able to walk to his carriage with ou t assistance. We are happy to state that he is rapidly improving, and it is hope will be able shortly to resume his official duties. INDISPOSITION OF MR. W. HARRISON.—A very numerous audience assembled on Friday night at Drurr lane Theatre, expecting to hear the above artist and Miss Louisa Pyne in the opera of " Trovatore," but Mr. Hari son, from hoarsenes s , could not appear, so "The Bohemia n Girl" was played, w ith M r . St. Alb yn as Thaddeus, an,, Miss Louisa Py ne a s A r li ne . Th e au di ence a t first seemed determined to have " Trovatore," but the appearance of gr.; Harrison before the. malcontents, and his candid aPPO 4 that he could hardly speak, much more sing, immediate)/ restored silence, and the opera was allowed to proceed., ThE distri( has bE aPpro woolh firm. bowel tires , den la y reque, but at for we bee n China, i /i^ it tr„luir exhibi mine fleeted At Sh, had pi contin of the doi ng lake in In t rathe r were f 8 ,000 firmly; Tic e ' bard,. rath er are on divide; A lir orei g , bibit it are ma dis. ; c I) eferri 11 1 at 3 per Join have J oint Ottom PE *v 010 Th t r, , -irle ai art to A rx al ic i c Ar e 40 Sai 1 Ar (r . 1, out] , Ar arora