The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

EMBARKATION of the PRINCE and PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA from GRAVESEND. —Bricklayers' Arms Station.—Those parties holding tickets for the Bricklayers' Arms Station are respectfuly requested to be in their seats by 12 o'clock, noon, to-morrow. C. W. EBORALL, General Manager. To VIEW THE PROCESSION.—To bs Let in the best part of Dover-road. For Tickets apply to R. SEAGSR, Jeweller, 25, Leadenhall•street, City. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-1 EXTRA. PERFORMANCES. Tuesday, Feb. 2—Thursday, Feb. 4 —Saturday, Feb. 6. On TUESDAY, Feb. 2, LA TRAVIATA. Vieletta, Pie" colomini ; Alfredo, Giuglini. On THURSDAY, Feb. 4, LA SONICAMBULA. Piceolontini ; Liza, Sannier ; Conte Rodolphe, Bell e tti ; and Ginglini. On SATURDAY, Feb. 6, will be produced, for tversion he first time in England, },A ZINGARI, being the Italian of Balfe's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madl Giu gli les. Piccolomini and Semler ; Signori B e lletti, Violetta, and ni. To conclude each Evening with the successful Divertisse stout, by M. Ntassot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; th re e pair, 150; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2e. T ill:A TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed A N3VEL EXPEDIENT, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Kinloch will perform. After which, a new comic drama, A LUCKY HIT. Followed by the new grandipantomime, LITTLE JACK NORNERt Commence at 74, T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven', o'clock, with THE RIVALS. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the eveningl6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First nee, a. d. Second price. s. d Brass Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit .. 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Sean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shaksperes Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat) , Miss Kate Terr y ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor- Black ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and ColuMbine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr, B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— Grand Combination of Attractions—First 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 (first time), a domestic tale, by Westland Marston, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by MOMS. C. Dillon, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Mesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. To conclude w ith the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH BOOICH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers 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 Lou. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. On Friday, Mr. Charles Dillon will appear as Othello. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. loz-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Stu-ray Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S3lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz, :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, MacUle. Marietta, Slim; Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, Russell Grover, B. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, R. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney„ Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely, Suppers, &a, until twelve o;clock. .Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will make his 7th appear &nee THIS ETENING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tius DAY—Morn., 5 min. aft. 4—Even., 25 min. aft. 4 TO-MOBROw--Morn. 45 min. aft. 4—Even., 0 min aft. 5 THE 'WEATHER—Sux OFFICE, JA.NISARY 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 43 lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.95. WIND, N.E. ; light, with fine weather. Heavy rain in the night. FEBRUARY 1. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night , 38—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.78. Wiwi), W. N. W. ; rather fresh, with fine sunshiny weather: ..,4,9 , ( - ,....A 4 1.::.,,,,_,___,..,--- _ -:' 4 Z LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 1, 1858. If the accounts from India de nog possess the thrilling interest which belonged to them so long as Delhi remained in the hands of the rebelq, and the lives of the helpless fugitives at Lucknow were still in imminent danger, there are yet matters of immense importance which are communicated by each weekly mail. The great events have been decided. We can no longer trace the progress of HAVELOCK and his handful of heroes against over whelming odds, but we may watch the work of pacification, and regard with admiration the brilliant strategy of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL and of his efficient lieutenants in various quarters. These are quite sufficient grounds to induce us to await each successive telegram with anxious curiosity, and t° ma intain the excitement for fresh intelli genes with scarcely diminished intensity. It is manifestly the intention of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL to drive all the rebels into Oude and to tranquillise a ll the adjoini n g districts in ' the first instance, before he m a k es is fin a l, an d, w e trust, his deci s i ve , onslaughj gs h en Saturday, there w ere three distinct columns we expl a i ne d scouring the country b e t ween the Ga n ges an Junin% and even west of th e latter river. T hese the diff e rent bodies wilt eventually b e . reunited at Agra when their work has been accomplished. Sir COLIN himself had, with the main body of his troops, marched towards Furruckabad, where b e 1 might .naturally conceive the hardest work was required. Brigadier WALPOLE, with his division, had proceeded south-westward to Calpee, and thence by Nawab to Agra ; while Brigadier CHAMBER LAIN swept Rohilcund with his gallant followers. •And the gallant SEATON had occupied Mynpoorie, baring previously defeated the insurgents in that quarter, and captured six guns, leaving compara tively easy work for Sir COLIN and his - followers. Parther south, Brigadier ROSE was marching from Indore for the purpose of relieving Saugor. iS"obvious, then, that the result of these com plicated movements will be the purification of the districts west of Oude from the insurrectionary element, which will all be concentrated in Oude, affording an opportunity of completely suppres sing at one decis ive blow aitihful and On the North-eastern bound ar y our f efficient ally, Jvrxe BAaADOOR, is operating with 10,000 hardy Ghoorkas. Brigadier Fititifxs and his contingent will co-operate with the Nepaulese General, and effectually prevent any escape or disturbance in the direction of Jaunpore, Azim ghur, or Goruokpore. B y these means, in p lace of having a wide-spread rebellion, with men in arms against us in every quarter, the matter will be reduced to a war with a proportionately small kingdom, which we shall have comparatively but little difficulty in reducing to obedience. It may be a work of time; but the result, humanly speaking, can scarcely admit of doubt. Nor is Oude altogether in the hands of the insurgents. A British garrison, consisting of 4,000 good men, commanded by an experienced and efficient Gene ral, hold their positon in the very heart of the kingdom, within three short miles of the capital and four of the residency, which was twice so miraculously relieved, despite the efforts of 50,000 or 60,000 rebels, and which was held by the small but uniinching force under General INGLIS for a series of months, against all the power that could be brought against it, although its assailants were actuated by the most fiendish thirst for blood. ,This garilson is not now encumbered with women and children. The veterans of which it is composed could at any moment cut their way through all the forces that could be brought against them. Indeed, they were enabled to sally forth and severely chastise a large body of rebels who were in their vicinity, completely dispersing the insurgents, and capturing four of their guns with but little loss to themselves. This brilliant ex ploit shows how little the party in the Alumbagh have to fear from the machinations of their oppo nents, mere especially as communisations are maintained with Cawnpore, and thus with the main body of the troops' under the Commander in -Chief, WA.LPOLE, and CHAMBERLAIN* The battle of Cawnpore was more decisive than had been supposed. It was not merely the Gwalior Contingent that won the victory over WINDHAM, or pressed on the garri son, hoping to perpetrate a second mas sacre. There were also the whole of the force of the arch-rebel NANA SAHIIi and his almost equally villanous brother. There were also four regiments from Oude, and numerous parties of the mutineers which had suffered in previous actions, making up altogether fully 25,000 men, with all the guns belonging to the Contingent, 36 in number, and some five guns belonging to the NANA. This was a formidable army, far more than double their number with inferior organisation and de fective artillery. The eagle eye of Sir CoLIN, however, perceived a defect in their arrangements. He says, in his modest despatch, "It appeared to me, if his right were vigorously attacked, that it would be driven from its position without assistance coming from other parts of his line — the wall of the town—which gave cover to our attacking columns on our right, being an effective obstacle to the movement of any portion of his troops from his left to right. Thus the possi bility became apparent of attacking his division in detail." This possibility was taken full advantage of. The rebels were not only completely defeated, but dispersed in every quarter. Their force was scattered in every direction, and the victory was ably fol lowed up by Sir CoLIN himself and by his worthy coadjutor Brigadier Horm GRANT. Under such circumstances, and having accom plished such extraordinary results with compara tively scanty resources, we can afford to await patiently the operations which, although they may be protracted, will, doubtless, be effectual in restoring the British supremacy in the Anglo. Indian Empire. If there be one thing, which more than any other gives to Englishmen their nobility cf character, their quiet consciousness of holding a position in society worthy of men, it is those laws, written or unwritten, which secure to every man, especially to every householder, some of the most valuable civil rights. The eloquent decla mation of one of our greatest orators respecting the cottage of the peasant, which all the elements of heaven could invade, but at whose door the King of ENGIAND must stop, was no more than literal truth. But who can say how much the sanctity as against the mighty of even the humblest cottage ; the perfect freedom of locomotion, un ettered by any passport system ; the security afforded by the principle of the Habeas Corpus Act ; the equality of all before a thoroughly in dependent judicial bench ; and the certainty that the greatest cannot insult or w rong the meanest ' without full legal responsibility—who can tell how much such ; facts, so well known, that like the light and air we live and breathe in, we hardly think of them—have had to do with making Englishmen what they now are i We do not want to boast of ourselves to ourselves, but if there be anything which all Englishmen respect in each other, it is the JOHN BULL that is in us all—in the poor man as well as in the rich man. W e idolize wealth too much, hub if the wealthy man want that characteristic which we designate by the rough epithet, we do not respect him. We admire the polish, ease, and urbanity of a gentle man of good breeding, but if he lacks the JOHN BULL element, from his valet to the Duchess who invites him to her parties, he is not respected ; nay, he must ape the quality, whether he has it or not, to keep his position. The thing may b© difficult to define, for its exterior is so different in different individals, but none will doubt that the legal and civil status of every Englishman has much to do with it. If he travels and bears of necessity for the time, more or less of the weight of the yoke, which foreigners submit to as a matter of course—his shoulders wince under it, and he cannot suppress something like contempt for " men who will stand such things." All this should be much in the thoughts of our Reform Bill makers. Symmetrically arranged constitutions and constituencies may suit our neighbours' imaginations ; they prefer symmetry and mathematical order, perhaps to substantive liberty. What we want, however, in all our Reforms, is to foster and extend the mcst prized elements of our national character. With all our Liberalism we would give little for the most democratic Reform Bill, if it did not tend to cul tivate, in our electors, the noble sentiments on present a wiii ; b ; as a people, we pride ourselves. We Would o double rather or qu a d rup l e th e presen t nu mber not h ave a bill c o n f err ing the fran- owfhNe-oltee,rts,etiltif it to d e i l d ev n e o t t e the byits arrangements i r character. y non-el ec t or of intelligence and t ever feels himself placed politically is on© degree, at public spirit his e es enfranchised neighbour. . mus n be e t l r o i w ght less least, lower in' the social sc ri a.e te, a be p t o h li tic —he is of a different political ,Soodra, in fact ; the consequence either gradually acquiesces in his inferiority,at he resents it as an indignity. In the fo er.case he ot. sinks just so much of the English t spirit ; in th e latter he is one of the " dangerous ",nr tented," or " revolutionary - Y classes, to use the „- phraseology of his supeziors. The me, general principlogf„,,afiguip existing constituency. Electoral rights lower or elevate the Englishman in them, according to the conditions under which they possess them. The old Freemen, for instance, as a body, are, as things now stand, degraded by their retention of the franchise. All the class open to bribery are so. They have lost self-respect, and the respect of others too. The country has bestowed on them a right, hardly second in value to personal liberty, and they sell it for money. The bribe taker it is true, like the fallen female, has chiefly himself to blame ; but as in the case, we take for illustration, the seducer, the first one especially, must bear no small share of the guilt. In the case of poli tical prostitution, surely then we are bound to see to it that the law of the country itself is not the first seducer. Better withhold from a man the franchise, if that be necessary, than tempt him to sell an Englishman in his own person. If not in an equal degree, yet to a greater ex tent, we believe, the right of franchise as now guarded, or rather exposed, saps the JOHN BULL in the hundreds and thousands whose vote is de cided by fear. The man thinks one way and votes another. A timid tradesman, or money dealer, perhaps, he dreads a revolutionist in the Radical candidate, but his principal customers are related to the latter, and he quietly plumps for the Radical ; or he has customers on both sides, dares not offend either, aticl votes equally for what he deems light and darkness. Far more frequently, of course, the wealthy and the powerful being Conservatives by nature, the Radical voter, whe• ther tenant, farmer, or foreman, or head clerk, or tradesman, or mortgagor, or dependant in any way, must falsify his conviction, and sell his fran chise to his taskmaster, to get in his tormentor's candidate. It is impossible to enumerate the variety of cases in which the Englishman, hon ourably dependent in his pecuniary or other rela tions, is made on that account dishonourably de pendent in regard to his vote. Every now and then the dependent must feel this. He would feel it less humbling not to have a vote, than having the right to find in it but a badge of serfdom. This vote deprives him of that glory of an Eng lishman—the power and the determination to do what he will with his own. He sinks to the con tinental level. It is commonly objected to secret voting that it is unmanly, un-English, and would imply a want of courage in our voters. Can it be more unmanly or more un-English than voting under fear of another, and against one's own judgment ; or even than abstaining from voting through fear of giv ing offence ? It seems impossible that secret voting could lower so many Englishmen in their own esteem as open voting now does. Granting that, we like to see the courage which can vote in the teeth of landlords or customers when loss, probably ruin, certainly very unpleasant are the inevitable consequences, have we a right to demand such courage and such sacrifices for the public benefit, if it be not necessary l Does the electoral franchise appeal to a man's courage or to his honest judgment ! And do we not place the very judges of the land in the utmost possible independence because we want their honest judg ment. We should prefer to see them courageous, ain prepared to brave removal by the Minister of the day—but, as we want their independent judgment we remove the temptations of depend ence. Now, as we cannot give salaries conferring independence on all our voters, while we want them also to exercise an independent judgment, we seem bound to take the only other course open to us. What that course is the practice at court ma►rtials sufficiently indicates. It is impossible to make military officers independent of promotion ; we, therefore, secure their honest judgment by giving them a secret vote. We think the English men in them is less endangered by removing the temptation than by exposing them to it, and we are right. The truth is secret voting appeals to some of our highest and best sentiments. It trains men to the exercise of intelligence and judgment ; since, instead of blindly following the dictum of the person feared, they have nothing to guide them but the merits of the case. It trains them to conscientiousness and honesty, as like our judges, having nothing to gain or lose by any upright decision, they are thrown upon their integrity as their best counsellor. It trains them to think of and study their country's interest, instead of that of local despots or a party, since their country would put the vote into their hands, in a way which left them responsible to the country only. It would generate the public sentiment that an appeal to anything but the elect•n's judgment, would be like spacial pleading, or declamation, cr the presentation of a threat or a bribe, to a judge. Indeed we have been told from the best authori ties that these are the results in Australia. They would appear to be the natural results anywhere. Secret voting trains men, in truth, to all the higher sentiments relevant to the subject, except that of risking personal and family interests to se cure the best representative for one's country. A kind of sacrifice few men, certainly not our judges or our military officers, are expected to make. If it does not demand of the voter a gratuitous sa crifice, one which the country has no reason for asking, it does teach him to act out his convic• tions, to be self-consistent and conscientious, to study his country's welfare ; above all, it makes him a freeman and so far an , Englishman in voting. We therefore believe that the Ballot would do more than anything to elevate and strengthen the best qualitiesof an English elector, and deprecate especially for this reason an extension of the suffrage without it. INDIAN NEWS.—There will be no India telegram due this week, but news will be due on Monday, the Bth inst. We should then receive Calcutta news up to Jan. 10. The Bombay mail, which dates up to the 911 i ult., should reach London, via Marseilles, pn Wednes day next. The Colombo, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta mail, which dates up to the 24th Dec., is ex pected to arrive at Southampton this day. She will also bring a China mail. The Overland Australian mail, via Marseilles, will be due in 1.43nd0u on Wednesday next, and the heavy portion of it may be expected to arrive at Southampton on Saturday next. The Bombay and Australian mails via Marseilles will probably arrive in London on Wednesday next. The Tamar, which left Malta on Friday evening with the specie, and heavy portion of the Bombay and Australian mails, is expected to reach Southampton on Saturday or Sunday next. AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard mail steamer Niagara sailed from Liverpool on Saturday lir Boston Halifax, with the usual mails and 84 passengers, including Lord Mulgrave, family, and suite, em rents for Nova Scotia. The Niagara took no specie. It is stated that the increase necessary to make up the cavalry force to the strength at which it stood be fore the dparture of the regiments sent out to India this year, will be made by the creation of two addi tional regiments of light dragoons. The Australian mail announces the shipment of wards of 700,0001. in gold for this country. We there fore append a complete statement of the sums known Li be at sea. Including the 100,8131. in Australian g.: Id on board the steamer Tamar,-which will probably arrive at Southampton about the 7th February, the aggregate is no less than 1,503,0001.: Na, nc. Sailed. Period at Sea. Ounces. Marco Polo Oct. 24 NortintrabalandOct. 22 Speedy Oct. 31 Oliver Lang Nov. 15 Au s t r al .Nov. 17 Sea Breeze... „Nov. 21 Blackwall .......Nov. 28 63 days 23,219 Donald I,l‘Kay .Dec. 1 Total ounces 351,961 L S The light portion of the Australian mails caLvee_clotne uez by th e steamer European is Exp e cte d to reac h !lon about the ad of February, and the heavy portion, bY_way of South ampton, about the 7th idem. bePt s ember 1 7 _ The H of South ampton, Colu m bi an with the Lon d on m ail of 44 - 15 nive4.94 Sydney on the 17th of Nov. IEIE ;SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVIENING, P r HA YMARKET THEATRE, On Saturday evening Sheridan's comedy of " The I Rivals,"as performed before her Majesty, the Prince and Princess Frederick William on Friday last, was repeated at this theatre. The performance was received with the utmost enthusiasm, and without doubt the revival will prove highly successful to the enterprising lessee. The part of Sir Anthony Ab solute was admirably sustained by Mr. Chippen dale, a a nd eo, Messrs. Farren and Howe acted, with the respective parts of Captain Absolute and Faulkland. The great feature in the cast was the Boh Acres of Mr. Buckstone—the David Mn Keeley—and the re-appearanc e , after aa bsence, of a great public f avour it e — Mr. protracted o f Hudson. The performance.ef each of those distinguished artistes produced the greatest enthu siasm. Miss Reynolds as Lydia acted and dressed the part magnificently ; Miss Chalmers's Julia was a very graceful performance, and the rest of the characters were all capitally sustained. The comedy was given out by Mr. Buckstone for re p e t i ti on every evening amidst the applause of a house crowded to suffocation. .11EPARTURE OF THE ROYAL COUPLE FROM GRAVESEND. The embarkation of the Prince and Princess will take place at Gravesend to-morrow, the arrange. ments for which were given in our paper of Friday. The crush of visitors from the metropolis is expected to be numerous, should the weather be fine—at 100,000. Special trains will run every few minutes both by the Norrh Kent and the London and Tilbury lines, and several are advertised to run on that day. In order to prevent confusion and un due pregame of the crowd, a large body of the metro politan police with their usual quota of detectives, as well as the county constabulary, have been ordered. down. In fact, as far as the corporation is con cerned, everything Seems to have been done to render the ceremony as effective as possible, and to display their loyalty in the most pleasing manner. The royal flotilla will be a numerous one, consist ing of not less than 14 or 15 vessels, which will accompany the royal yacht as far as thel mouth of the Thames. The vessels already off Gravesend are the Victoria and Albert yacht, the Fairy, the Osborne, and the Nimrod ; several others are ex pected to arrive to-day. Those who wish to view the procession . shod be early, as, although seats are being raised in every possible place where there is the slightest chance of a sight of the proceedings, they are taken up with great rapidity. The Tilbury Railway Company, to whom the pier belongs, have g iven it up to the corp ora ti on , on l y reserv i ng t o themselves a certain amount of space for the direc tors and their friends, but they have kept the Terrace Pier Gardens, from which there will be a capital view of the embarkation, which they intend to threw open gratis to those who take return tickets to Gravesend on the day in question by their railway. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS 07 PRUSSIA FROLI BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, attended by their suite, will leave Buckingham Palace at a quarter to twelve to-morrow. The procession will pass through the Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's Church-yard, Cannon -street, King William-street, over London Bridge, through High-street, Dover-road, and enter the Bricklayers' Arms Railway station in the Kent-road. The Lord Mayor and sheriffs will meet the procession at Temple-bar, and conduct it to the railway station. Hi , Lordship will accompany the Royal couple to Gra►esend, so as to be present at their departure. The route by way of Cannon-street, instead of Cheap side and the Poultry, was selected on account of the inconvenience to which the traffic of the City ways have been subjected by the passage of the procession through the latter streets. The procession will arrive at the Bricklayers' Arms station at a quarter to one o'clock. Count Bernstorff, the Prussian ambassador, in ac knowledgment of bis services in all that appertains to the arrangement of the Royal marriage, has received the order of Hohenzollern, which is only given as a reward for particular services rendered to the Royal House of Prussia. It was instituted in 1851. The highest class consists of a handsome chain and clasp in silver enamel, which have the quarterings of the house. The cruse itself bears the inscription " vom Fels zum Meer," surrounded by oak leaves.— Court Journal. The Duke of Norfolk left Norfolk H )use on Saturday to join the Duchess and family at Arundel Castle, Sussex. The Duke and Duchess of - Buccleuch and the Earl of Dalkeith leave Montague House, Whitehall, to-day, for Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The Duke of Cleveland, who came from Raby Castle, Durham, expressly to attend, as a Knight of the Garter, the investiture of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia with that illustrious order at Wind sor Castle, left town on Saturday on his return to his seat in the north. The Earl of Chesterfield has received a large party of friends at his shooting-box, Gedling Lodge, Nott4. Earl Grosvenor returned to Stafford House on Friday from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Maccle.field, at Sorrborne Castle, Oxon. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers leave Berkeley-square to-day, to join the noble Earl at Middleton Park, near Bicester. Lord Stanley, M.P., arri►ed in town on Friday last for the menting of parliament. The Earl of Derby has issued invitations for a grand dinner on Wednesday next, at his mansion in St. Jamei's,quare, to his political friends in the House of L'irds. Zeal Granville, the Lord President of the Council, bad a grand banquet ou Saturday at his lordships mansion in Bruton-street, for the usual annual " pricking" for the sheriffs. There were present the Lord Csancellor, the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl S t t Le Ge ß rm ig a h n t o ll , e L zl o . rd si P re Sir a G n e m e u me , G L r o e r y d , S th ta e n ß le i y gh o t f Wood, the Right HOB. H. Labouch ere , Charles t iA h il e '' dn ß e ' l i l i Y h r' sHon. R. Vernon Smith, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Mr. Charles Greville, and the Hon. William Bathurst, the Clerks of the Council. The Duke of Argyll was unavoidably absent. VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES TO THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC —At an early hour on Saturday morning Professor Pepper was taken by surprise with a visit from the Prince of Wales and l ic yal Prince Alfred, who were accompa ied by M r . G i bb s an d Dr. Becker. After v iewing the also groupshenumerousby objects Madameieth N e galleries, fa pictures, mil ieB h o l f o a E t n a g n l a a r n i' d a d rt i sit i t lh rxe n s w e e q ep u p i n c r e a e e fi e g e t ie s u ° r g na e s t t , a a h r e they proceeded t o t h e large tank, to view illustrating su b marine blasting and the operations of the diver. Th e w h o l e results were very n t , Mexican succ essful, and the miniature "R oyal George " was he i en France, e ee bbwn to atoms, which ascended and floated upon the surface of the water. Their Royal Highnesses, after kindly throwing some golden likenesses of her most gracious Majesty to the diver under water (the whole of wh i c h were duly found and appropriated) passed to the large lecture room, to see the electric experiments with the great hydro-electrical machine ; experiments p n e o s whe r i ea. else scale. t be T o he Pri nce witnes sed of Waleson such r remained n a e n d d i and in lin close proximity to the mseeine, and appeared to be much pleased w ith the gigantic spark s , the falling star, and the auroi ain vague- After staying till about 1 o'clock rt e e h l i l ef the party retired , expressing great sat i sfaction with the i r visit. REFOR M MEETING AT H OLM FIRTL—On Thursday a crowded meeting of the inh a bi tants of the polling district i e n o ntshtea Town-hall, a Cel i t pur suantt l E s q.) in order to petition P ar li ament in favour of an ex t e nded measure of refor m . A resolution declaring .• that nothing 1 1 1 88 than h ousehold suffraee woull be acc eptable to the people:, was carried withsome little opposition ; an amendment having been put to the mee ting in fayour of " manhood suffrage." Not more t o o a f requisitionnOlWfih to Was the h than 10 person declared for it ; but it was stated by the supporters of the resonation that they stedfastly believed in the right of manhood suffrage, but they would accept household suffrage for the present. Rego • lutioue, embodying the ballut, triennial parliaments and au equal divisiOn of electoral districts, were carried amidst much cheering. T It was also resolved that a peti tion embracing the resolutions be signed by the chair man on behalf of the meeting ; and that another, of a similar character, be signed by the inhabitants generally, and that Lord Goderich be requested to present both petitions to P arliament.—Manchester Guardian. MEETING OF LCOTCEL GRADUATES AT EDINBURGH. — On Saturday l ast a numerously attended meeting of graduates of the Scottish universities "favourable to the assertiou of the rights of graduates, and representa , ion of the universities in Parliament," was hold at Edin burgh. Sir J ohuM'Ns,ll, G.C.8., presided, and among those on the platform were Mr. A. Black, M.P., Mr. C. Cowan' M.P,, lir. Buchanan, M.P. (Glasgow), Colenel Mure, of Caldwell; Professors A.ytoun, Blackia, Fraser, MiDeugall, George Wilson, and Campbell Swinton, of Edinburgh, eee, and deputations from the Graduates Associations of Glasgow, St. Andrewe, add Aberdeen. The following resolutions were proposed and carried una nimously—"l. That it is desirable that the graduates of our Scottish universities shalt have part in their governs anent, and have such other privileges conferred on them as may enhance the value of degrees, and promote a higher education throughout the country. 2. That the universities of Scotland lebour under serious disadvan tagos from the wee t of parliamentary representation, and that due representatien ought to bo secured to them in aey future Reform Bel. 3. Titat the Franchise should be corkftrred on graduates, they being presently so numerous as to form an ample constituency for the elcc• tion of r epresentatives. 4. That it is desirable there isheuld be a lot mat recoenition of graduates by the learned professions of the country. 5. That the resolutions of this meeting be einted and for warded to all members of her Miljssty'e Government, and to all members of the House of Cornrnon-e" OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS, &c.. AT OXFORD —Twe scholar ships of the value of 521. a year, open to all persons under 20 years of ase, w ill be filled up at Pembroke College o n F r i day, the sth of Match. Candidates eho may desire it will be examined chiefly in u.athematioel A scholarship of the value of 401. a year, open to all persons educated fir cut lea t h a n two ye ars in Charte r House Scheel, will also be filled up i n this c o lle ge Candidates are required to call on the master (the Rev. Dr. Jeune) on T uesday, M arc h 2, w ith certificates of age and testimonials of good conduct. 1858, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. TO THE EDITOR Or THE SUN. Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall-Mall, Saturday. SIR, —Allow me through your columns to draw attention to a modern innovation, which is really becoming perfectly insupportable, and, should it continue, will render the English language very soon unintelligible to natives who may be ignorant of the Teutonic languages. Let us prate and brag ad libitum about the Anglo-Saxon race, whether on this or the other side of the Atlantic ; though I suspect our dark and lanky transatlantic ccusins, in type or anything else, about as much resemble our fat and fair Anglo-Saxon predecessors as the North American Indian does a Chinese. Nor, I suspect, do we ourselves bear any extraordinary similitude to these much-lauded savages of the eighth and ninth century. Let that, however, pass. Since we appear so much to prefer Anglo- Saxon solidity to Norman dash, and Anglo-Saxon phlegm to Norman acuteness, let us by all means assume this generic appellation, faute de mieux, if, by so doing, we can be supposed to arrogate to ourselves our Germanic predecessors' estimable qualities. But what Ido deprecate most cordially is this, that the noble English language—the speech of Shakspeare, of Milton, and of Johnson—should be sacrificed to this puerile hankering after Saxon isms, which are really nothing more than barba risms. The time is now past for us to alter the genius of our language materially, and its beauty and its riches essentially consist in the fact of its mixed nature. Why, then, should men, like Tennyson, the poet-laureate, employ such stuff as this in his addi tional verses to the " God save the Queen ?" " Fair fall this hallowed hoar ;" And, again, " Farewell, fair rose of May, Let both the peoples say." For mysFlf, I admit I am utterly at a loss to com prehend their exact signification, or beauty. They would seem to have been composed merely w 44 a view to some exploded notionsof Saxon allitevation (in compliment to our German gu.sts), and of ex adding any expression from the romance moiety of our tongue, by which means they have been rendered nearly incomprehensible.--I enclose my card, and am your obedient servant, SCRIITATOR. MR. JOIN PETER, GRANT. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—As head of the family of which Mr. John Peter Grant is a member, I am desirous of informing you that letters have been received from him by the last Indian mail, dated from Benares on the 21st of December, im mediately after he became aware of the story relating to his having released 150 mutineers and interfered with General Neill. In regard to this he writes:— "The answer is that there is not the slightest conceiv able foundation for any part of the stony. I have not released or pardoned a single person. No case about European soldiers assaulting mutineers, or rebels being released, or ordered to be released, ever occurred at all either at Cawnpore or any where else. I never saw Gen. Neill, nor had any relations with him of any sort, public or private, or any concern with any of his measures; and beyond thinking him a very fine fellow, and expressing my opinion of him frequently, I have never taken a part in anything relating to him, or had as opportunity of doing so." My brother concludes his remarks on the calumnious charges which have been brought against him with the following reflection:— "It is, no doubt, a painful thing to be traduced in this way, but those over whom this tempest has burst, and who have suffered nothing worse than this, I hope, temporary annoyance, have infinite reason for thankful. ness." Requesting that my communication may meet with an early insertion in your newspaper, I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, W. P. GRANT. 20, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, Jan. 20. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—It ie officially announced that the Norton and Cannock branches will be opened for traffic to-day (Monday). BLACKWALL RAILWAY —ln consequence of the friendly understanding between the London and North Western and Great Northern Companies, arrangements, it is said, are in progress for a junction of the line of the Groat Northern with that of the North Lon , 'on Union, through which passengers by the Great Northern will have the option of proceeding to Blackwall or Fen church-street, instead of being set down at Kings-cross NORTH LONDON. —The accounts of this company are not all in, but it is believed by parties well acquainted With the line and its traffic that the dividend will be not far on either side of a rate equal to 41 per cent. per annum.. MIDLAND.—It is said that the dividend will be at tee rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the past half-year. LONDON AND NORTH WISTERN.—Though not abso lutely settled, it is pretty well understood that this corn• pany will divide for the past half-year at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum. RAILWAY TRAFFIC EXTRAORDINARY.—Tbe enormous benefits to the public, and profits to the c impanies, of cheap and excursion trains, may be judged of by the traffic of one station aline—that of Che=t-r, which pre sents for the past season, or half-year of 1857, upwards of one-this dof a million of extra passengers through the station, in addition to the ordinary traffic, which averaged 110 trains a day, and about 50,000 passengers a week. This traffic was conducted by Mr. Jones and Mr. Mills at Chester, Mr. Kelly at Shrewsbury, aim Mr. M'Kee at Birkenhead, without accident or seri Pus delay of any kind. Upwards of one-half of it era , from the Great Western, through North Wales, and a large portion from Birkenhead, mainly towards Manchester and London, ar.d involved no additional outlay, hut much cheeriu llabour to the railway employes.—Liver pool Daily Post. THE WESTMINSTTR ABBEY SERVICES —Yesterday evoning the fifth of the series of Westminster Abbey services, designed for the benefit of the working classes, was held in the nave, which was, as on previous OCCA sions, densely crowded. Full choral service was per formed, prayers being read by the Rev. J. C. Haden, M.A., one of the minor canons, and the lessons were read by the Very Rev. the Dean. The preacher was the Rev. C. J. Phipps Eyre, M.A., rector of Mande. bone, who selected as his text the 25th verse of the 7th 'chapter of Sr. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews—" Where fore He is also able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing that He ever liveth to make intercession for them." The rev. gentleman proceeded to enlarge upon this theme with great eloquence, and concluded by a pathetic appeal to those present to receive the Gospel message. The sermon in the Abbey next Sunday evening wi'l be preached by the Rev. Dr. Moberley, head master of Winchester; School MINCHIN HAMPTON AND ITS CHURCH,—There are few more pleasant parts of England than that portion of Gloucestershire known as the Stroud valley : there you have always a diversity of hill and dale rarely to be equalled ; there, also, you seem to possess brighter skies and more sunny weather. When, iedivi ually, one has kind friends in the neighbourhood, tee attraction is still greater ; and if, in addition to alt these advan tages, good specimens cf ancient art can be found, why then surely, the enjoyment of any reasonaule man mutt be complete. And, taking up at once the professional part of the subject, let us say that Gloucester and Tewkesbury, Cirencester and Elstone, will furnish the student with as much material as he can use for a time ; and, if he does riot fear a hilly walk, he will, &beet four miles from Stroud, find Minchin Hampton. We know from experience that the walk is trying, but we know also that the reward is very great. Once upon a time (that is, 12 years ago), the whole of the ancient parish church was in being : now, only the transepts and tower remain. The other portions of the building have been removed, only to be replaced by a wooden nave and chancel, which, to say the least, de not in any degree distract your attention from the transept and tower. The south transept is particularly worthy of notice. The stone ribs of the root are almost unique. There is one other specimen, on a very small scale, at Willingham, in Cambridgeshire, but the roof of Mincein Hampton stands alone for boldness of conception and execution—The Builder. TITLES OF THE FIRST EMrIRS•—The death a short time since of the Duc de Dalmatia has directed attention to the families which were ennobled under the First Empire. The following is a list of the titles still exist ing, and of those which have become extinct in the male line. The titles of duke which still exist in the persons of direct heirs are those of Beesano (Maret). Ca lore (° ll3,l3 Pagny), Rivoli (Massena), Prince of Emoting, Trevise (Mortier), Elchiogen (Ney) Prince de la Moe c"3, Massa (Regnier), Rovigo (Severer), Bellune (Perlin), Tarente (Macdonald), Veinier (Kellerman), A.brantes (Junot), Albefera (Suobet.), Ticence court), Montebello (Lamle?), Padoue (A rrighi), Piaisaece (Lebrun), Oisante(Fouche), Wagraw (Bertbier), Prince ee Neuchatel. The titles which ar e extrnctareCeetiglioue (Augereau), Anerstaedt (Davoust), Prince e'E_lneull, Feltre (Clarke), Gab r (Gaudin), Raguese (M.armont), Dentzick (Lefebvre), Frioul ('Michel du Boo), 'eerie (Beoceres). The Prince Duke de Ponteceryo (Berna dotte) was elected to the throne of Sweden, which his son now occupies. The title of Prince Duke de Bencvent (Talleyrand) would have died with him had not his brother been authorized by a royal ordonnance, of Dec 25, 1815, to take the title of Prince de Talleyrand, which he transmitted to the present Duke de Talleyrand Perigord, father of the Dukes de Vaiencay and de Diet). The title of Duke de Conegliano was transferred by a royal ordonnance of December 21, 1825, in default of direct heirs, to Baron de Giilevoisin, the eon•in-law to Marshal Moncey. Lastly, the title of Prince Duke de Parme (Cambacreres) has ceased to Exist, but a decree of May 27, 1857, trausfeered to the present Grand-Master of the Ceremonies of the Emperor the title of Duke de Cambaceres. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The new project, which bears the popular appel lation of the Loi des Suspects, though not so sweep ing and so ruthless as the imagination indulged in, is, nevertheless, very stringent. It contains nine clause, and among other provisions it ren ders all those who were condemned by the special commission after the coup d'etat, or by the ordinary tribunals at the same period, liable to transportation for new offences and words which may be construed into hatred or threats against the Government, render those who utter them liable to the same punishment. One clause in particular excited great opprobium in the Council of State. It proposed to give the autho rities power to expel from the country, or to re move from the large towns, the persons who were arrested temporarily during the coup d'etat ; on DO charge, but merely by way of precaution ; in fact, to prevent them doing harm to others, or harm themselves, but who were soon after allowed to return to the country. Such a clause would affect some of the most distinguished in France, as statesmen, writers, or soldiers. It was opposed vigocously and angrily ; and we are told that the Emperor ordered the clause to be expunged. Among others who most strenu ously opposed the Ministerial measure was M. de Parrieu, Vice-President of the Council of State, and M. Chaix d'Est Ange, the newly-ap poin , ed Procureur. M. de Parrieu, to his honour, is said to have positively refused to draw up the report which will have to be presented to the Legis lative Corps. There is hardly a deputy you speak with who does not condemn the project; when the time for voting comes t here is little doubt it will be voted by a largo majority. It is said that, notwithstanding the 'exertions of the police, no accessories to the plot to assassinate the Emperor have been discovered ; and that the four principals already in custody, and two ethers who have escaped from justice, will be brought to trial. The report of the " Chambre des Mises en Accusation" will be read to-morrow. It, of course, recommends the prisoners shall be put on their trial. The reports in circulation relative to measures restrictive of the liberty of the subject to be pro posed by the French Government, in consequence of the attempt to assassinate the Emperor, together with the violent language used in some of the mili tary addresses presented to the Emperor, have checked the improvement which was beginning to be observed in the general trade of the couniry. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 30. The Prince and Princess of Prussia 'duly arrived in all safety at Cologne, on the 27th instant, and passed on from thence to Coblentz, making use, for the first time, of the new railway that runs round Cologne, connec ting the different railway t erm i n i. Part of tlir Royal Highnesses' suite reached here on ThArsday morning, but the Prince himself ar rived only this morning, having made a little detour by way of Frankfort and M iyence, in order that he might visit the scene of the late disaster. The Princess will remain at Coblentz till about February 3, and then come on to Berlin. Most of the gentlemen composing the suite of the Prince and Princess of Bruslia, and of their son, have received orders or other distinctions in connexion with their participation in the late interesting cere mony. Count Buckler and the Cabinet-rash Illaire are made Actual Privy Councillors, which c.nfers on them the title of Excellency ; Count Berusterft has received the Grand Cross of the Hohenzollern Order, General von Schreckenstein that of the Red Eagle, in brilliants ; Gen. Moltke and Count Boos, the Red Eagle, of the second class ; Lieut.-Colonel von Boyen and Colonel von Alvensleben, the Knights' Cross of the Hohen zollern Order, and Major Count Goltz the Red Eagle, of the third class. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 29. Since the Austrian Government has expressed its willingness to alter anything in the Riverain Con vention winch ii not in strict accordance with the Vienna Act of Congress, the French Government has become less violent. The Berlin Cabinet begins to fear that the Powers may wish to make some changes iu the Act of Navigation for the Rhine, and, consequently it is no longer such a warm partisan of the French Government in the matter of the free navigation of the Danube as it was a week or 10 days ago. If the information given me be correct, her Majesty's ministers have made " such a sad mess" of the whole affair, that they must heartily wish to have the question settled without any public explan &one on tbs part of this Government. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st says : " Three days ago, tile cdremony of blessing the waters cif the Neva took place with all the usual pomp in presence of the Emperor and the Imperial family and all the troops of the garriien. The metropolitan officiated. The Einpercr afterwards passed the troops in review, and was greeted with enthusiastic acclamations by an immense crowd. The Emperor a few days ago visited the Law Sohool, and was present at two lectures. The students were overjoyed at the honour done them. i'he Emperor has signed a rescript autho rising the nobles of Neil Novgorod to proceed to the liberation of the peasants, and committees for acting on it will soon be formed. In a great !minuet of other provinces the nobles have met to deliberate on the steps to be taken to meet the wishes of the Emperor. In the province of Tarn bow, however, tee nobles refused to do anything, and gave information to the Minister of the Into iior to that effect. But in consequence of obser vations from_the Mirester, and of the condemna tion passed on their conduct by the public, they 11-tve sent the m ars h a l t St . P e t e rsburg to solicit authorisation t o f orm a comm ittee. Tho government is devoting great attention to the affairs of the Baltic provinces. In order that the Government of those provinces shall be managed with every possible care, the Emperor has placed under the orders of Prince Souwarow, grandson of the celebrated general of that name, and go vernor-general of the Baltic provinces, vice-gover nors for each of the sub-divisions of his govern ment. Councillor of State de Coube, who has been for some time attached to the prince on extra ordinary service, has been appointed vice-go vernor of °outland. It is, moreover, rumoured that the prince will be called to high functions about the person of the E.nperor.. As an excop tional measure, Russian vessels leaving the ports of the Baltic, the White and Black seas, and the sea of A zoff for foreign ports, will receive passports valid until 1863, in case such vessels are com manded by foreign captains, and have one-third of their crew composed of foreigners. The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the provino , i of C a nterbury will tint ait on Friday, the ith of February, but will be further prorogued to Wednes- day, the 10th of 'February. General Havelock, we (Athenceinn) hear, has left behind him valuable papers more or Las autobiographical, papers descriptive of his feelings as a religious man engaged in wa-, of hos mode of dealing with his iroopq, a,,d of his relations to grew - governing officials. We r.tilice to hear teat these p +p 1,, are in good hands, and that ere lo .g they will be in everybody's hands. THE CONiPIR;TOB la , ,t two numbers of the Nottingham Journal have contained some particulars relative to this person, from wince it appears that about two years aoo he went to Nottingham, and there married a young girl, only 16 years of age, who was engaged as overlooker in the warehouse of Mr Fisher, Short-bill. At that time he was employed as tran,letor to a French newspaper, published in London, but that journal being discontinues!, he endeavoured to obtain a living as teacherand was said to be a g oo d ln u to some of his friends th a t h e i,ist. o f languages, H e stated had formerly served in the Italian Legion, and, having hecome involved in several private quarrels, he was compelled to make his escape from his own country, His pupils at Nottingham dropped off one by one. and tail December he decamped, leaving some sinal debts behind him. On the 22d inst., according to the paper just mentioned, Detective Henry of the metropo litan police force, arrived in Nottingham to make in quiries respecting De la Sylva, a li as C ount Carlos de Rudin. It seems that the wife of the Count, who had bees living with her husband in London, suddenly left her lodgings on the 18th inst., and the police were ap prehensive that she had been murdered to prevent her from Tevealing any particulars of the plot with which she was acquainted, having been present at several of the meetings of the conspirators. These suspicions, however, were not verified, as the detective succeeded, after so me d, fficulty, in finding out that the " countess" was staying - Kith her grandfather, a persen named James Stewart, at the house of Mrs. enambere, in Bloemsgrove-street, New Radford. He immediately proceeded thither, and suc ceeded in getting po.sessien of a number of papers he- Inegmg to the Count. He communicated the fact of his success on Wednesday night, by telegram despatched to Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Dspartment. Detective Henry left Nottingham for London by the 11 o'clock train on Thursday morning, accompanied by the Count's wife, who seems not unwilling to put the police in full possession of all she knows reepectiug the plot. Among the things seiz,cl by the London detective was the waistcoat the some time ago. Th e cause of the quarrel Count wore at the time he was stabb e d b y Foschini, in London, bet weeu Foschim and the Count is supposed to have been some dispute reepec ing who should lake part in a simi lar plot to the one which h as h appi l y, in the present instance, so signally failed. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, MIDNIGHT. The Royal mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan non, has arrived with advices from New York to the 20th inst., and 1,244,367 dnls. on freight. In the Senate on the 19th, oil the motion of Mr. Seward, a resolution was adopted requesting the President, if not incompatible with the public interests, to communicate to the Senate any infor mation in his possession derived from officers of the United States squadron on the coast of Africa, or from the British or French Governments, or any other official sources, concerning the revival of the slave trade. The Chairman of the Special Committee on the Pacific Railroad scheme had introduced a Bill ; it proposes to locate the road at a point on the Mi o " sours river between the Big Sioux and the Kansas • rivers, thence running to San Francisco on the mo•t eligible route. In :yid of the construction of the work alternate sections of land on each side of the road are to be granted, and 12,500d015. advanced on the completion of every twenty-five miles of the track until 25,000,000 are expended, the amount to be reimbursed in mail service and the transportation of troops and munitions of war. The President is to receive the bids and make the contract for twenty years. Five per cent of the stock is to be issued. In the House of Representatives on the 18th Mr. Campbell asked leave to offer a joint resolution authorizing the President to negotiate, through the State Depai tment, for the acquisition of Ca nada, Nova Scotia, and other parts in British North America, and Cuba and the other islands adjacent thereto, and aum ring them to the United States. In the event of any acquisition no portion should be admitted into the Union until possessed of suffi cient population to send one member to the House of Representatives, or until the bonafide residents should have an opportunity of voting on the Cow. stitution, and regulating their domestic institutions in their own "way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States. The motion did not meet with approval. The New York papers ridicule it, and ask why Mr. Campbell did not include the entire continent of America. " Owing, says the New York Times— " To the continued heavy westerly winds which have prevailed for the past two months vessels bound westward from European ports are making uncommonly long passages. With those carrying passengers, at this season of the year, a long pa' sage proves very injurious and destructive to health and life. Ship f ever more particularly is apt to make fearful work among emigrants ill clad and provisioned, and poorly supplied with the pure air, so absolutely essential t o th e preservation a health. It is almost impossible to force emigrant passengers upon deck during reugh and wet weather. Many captains are prone to indulge their passengef in their desire to remain below, and the sad result 1 1 . at this season of the year that s hi p f ever i s almo st certain to follow. We learn that a vessel arrived during the past week at Quarantine had 20 death! on the passage, and about the same number bad the ship fever upon her arrival. There are maul vessels now at sea that have been out, some 6 0 0„ and soma even 70 d ays. It is feared they will suffer much from want and disease." A public school at Brooklyn had been destroYsa, by fire. There wer e near l y 9 00 pupils present a t the time the fire broke out, and in the excitement attending their exit from the building seven boy*, between the ages o f 6 an d 10 years, were crushed and suffocated by their companions on the middle landing of the lower stairway. The steamer Fashion, which conveyed Walker V" Nicaragua, had arrived at New Orleans and WO seized by the authorities. The St. Louis Republican bad received informs; tion of a meeting on the 23d Dec. between 600 al 31) „ 700 Cheyenne a n d C omanche Indians return i n g from Salt Lak e t o th e i r v i llage on the Black Vira° nut Mills, about 80 miles south-east of Fort LaTa' mie. They were accompanied by about '2O Dior', men leaders. It was th e i r intention to remain:, the camp erected th ere until spring, and then em' ploy themselves, under Mormon influence in hare !" , sing and cutting off th e supply trains sent ' to the lII' lief of Col. Johnson. The Indi ans h a d b een l e d to b w e e l l i l e ve tk equippeda t t h e for Mormonsservice. l 1 a d TheyBo ,000 a l fi s g o h s t p in o g k i e :ne c. i , O numerous fortifi ca ti ons and a large numbesA Indian allies, and decktred that the Mormons 'l9- no idea of running away from Utah. The folio wi ng telegram from St. Louis, date a Jan. 19, furnishes further information : "The Leavenworth, City Ledger of th e Bth iI3- e ,t; says that thr ee young men, Henry Baker, Jani- Smith, and Al exander Francis arrived there „, °j e Thursday aft ernoon, the 7th, ' direct from 114 Bridger. Th ey came the whole distance, le2oo is miles, on f oo t, an d accomplished their journey 45 days. Th e y report that the day they left le Mormons cam e i n t o camp and reported tlect,-0 Mormons were in a state of civil war, Brigu, s o Young and abo u t one- h alf desiring to march again. the troops ; the o th er h alf being in favour of t b . troops coming into Salt Lake and establishing military governm en t th ere , an d overthrowing ,I'en present powers that b e . Th ese gentlemen '..ff Leavenworth last July with th e t ra i n of 11!'", Charles. On their return they were caught I s iete snowstorm at Rock Ridge, and su ff ere d co nSlu 1 , cani ably ; but t h e y weat h ere d th e storm, and _ _ i thr .ugh with ou t any mo l es t at i on. I t was cOrtal li ° an undertaking at this season of the year." ege At Havan na h on. ther'llth there was no ce -a TO in the price o f sugars • tie demand was less. stock there a n d at Matanzas was 54,000 b° e; ~bol Exchange on L on d on 16 to 18 premium, Freib' were not improving, and the number of vessel port was increasing. The Clyde left for Southampton on the jo tib Another cargo of slaves had been landed. AO Advices from Y uca t an to the 6th report -,il Sisal was block a d e d , and a change ~, in the Gov e r n ment had tak en p l ace. Peace negotiations " t be progressin g , an d h opes were entertained that revolution would soon end. 0 The New Y or k b an k s ' statements exhibits,a 30 favourable asp ec t ; th e specie balance exceedeawis millions of dollars. The accumulation of und l ; o 9, deposit s h a d attained the large fig'ire of $67,72.0 of being a ga i n i n the three months since the Pio/ over 25 milli ons o f dollars. The increase in lea was gradual. The sto c k mar k et had exhibited a 331°-Arat° e , degree o f act i v i ty, with a constant tendencJi tO r higher prices. The operation s i n St a t e des°r r tion for per manent i nvestment had been ti st r e, ally lar ge , at t h e same time that railroad B hog had not b een neg l ected. The speculative teesfaS was rapidly reviving, and the only dange r thet that prices wo u ld b e so rapidly carried up another panic and depression might follow. !Pe is The Rhode I s l an d b an k s had resumed ialifesi payment. The exc h ange market had noi"„nol.; largely supplied with bills, and pri c e s were lip, buyers were mostly d e p en d ent on bankers' draegot. ; We quote bills on London 9 to 10 per ° r ot France, sf. 13ic. t o sf. 171 1 c. Th e money- 039 0 9 was easy at 6 to 7 per cent. at call, add 7 0 per cent, for discounts, where the paper 04 A vla strictly choice. Potathes were in fi r m -e e for export at the r ecen t d ec l ine ; pearl were 04 gleoted. A fair demand existed for cotton , vet with further f avoura bl e advice! from Europe the America at Bost on an d rising markets 44 cot South a further advance of one quarter of a t o had been established. The gradual reap'? I t ) r OS of suspended mills in &is the manufacturing 0 , was increasing the orders from th ose directi . 0_ P ear , The demand for State and W es t ern flour „, we tinued moderate, mainly for home use , th o ug h notice some little export inquiry for Great cot tarn, and the market was without impel . , t i l e change. The supply on sale was in excess (,),' of Present wants of the trade and shippers, whi le tolf rka receipts were to a fair extent. The reins. or tr mild open weather favoured railway trap% IC lion greatly, and the winter might be set d ow n history as a meteorological marvel. Cana c l or eV remained steady, with rather more inquiry wa s a perfine, which was scarce. Southern flourwheat trifle higher, but the market left off dull. . O ,pOV remained inactive, and prices were withou t . 1 . . 0 11 taut change, holders not being disposed ro," 0 0 lat the expense of a decline. Corn was irregu la r the lower. Iron remained almost without deina a e jiat° only sales being of Scotch pig to supply to b e wants. The new crop of molasses contin ued eer re' pressed on the market, and prices had furtnc e tlee rpe'' p d. ceded 2c. to 3c. per gallon; Crude tu 00 0 firm. Spirits of turpentine in better de r iot_ Rosins in moderate demand, at steady . y b ooP Pork was rather dull ; 13,ef in good request ' w oo, had imp ro i e d i n pr i ce. Sugar was slightli:eviol There was a f a i r d eman d f or t o b acco , a t P- _, eo e'' prices. Th ere was no quota bl e c h ange in r a ise freight. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY NO °. Latest from America by telegraph : NEW YORK, JAN. 2°, to tl llB " The steamship Black Warri o r arrived beLiost° morning with Havannah dares to the 15t ;;iet" She reports that part of the Sp an i s h fleet, c° ,i o oPP lag of one - ship of the line, o ne f r i ga t e , one one brig, and one steam frigat e , s ailed froolo t ill vannah on the 12th inst. for a cruise ill tb° r pm of Mexico for 'he health of the crews; 17 b l e i r Fa v o i : mour is afloat that the real object of the °" - Lirtit to pay their respect to the Mexicans at The United Stares steam frigate Wabash,„ ll :ool on board Colonel Anderson and 40/of his / 01 `„ c l 0 " the last of the Nicaraguan Filibusters, arri."-wee Havannah on the wonting of the 15th. i li e s ive ° ther in Cuba continued very warm, and was dull. Exchange on London, 118 to lid"' 1