The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-28 00:00:00

ROY AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Mae, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. Commence at Seven, EATRE -R OY AL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr• E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, LA I'EST FROM NEW YORK. Mr. and Mrs. Bat ney Williams. To conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN ROOD or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. ROYAL ritiNcEss s THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.. • THIS EVENING, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new rand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE HUNCHBACK : Julia, Mrs. W. C. Forbes; Helen, Miss Reynolds; Master Walter, Mr. Howe; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. W. Farren ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone Fathom, Mr. Compton. LNDlAfter which, 'E ;hich,a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Water s. Commetwe at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager. Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rog ers. Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. GeOrfre. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF' T RoY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon. Miss E. R kc.; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles YOUTIE, Mr. Ellerton, Ru l er, Rogers, Mr. Barrett, Ike. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, &c. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin. Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny• Lauri. Reduced Prices —Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, Is. Box-otlice open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -Past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPIII. 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. First Night of a New Drama. TUTS EVENING, THE BORGIA RING: A Legend of Atonehenge. Mr. Ben. Websfer, Mr. C Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington. To be followed by THE LAST OF T HE PIGTAILS. Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Henrietta Simms. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP; or, Harlequin Johnnyin, Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown , Mr. Crotteste ; Harlequ Mr. Hlde brand ; Columbine, Miss 'Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh. THIS EVENING. THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Great and glorious Success of the gorgeously-appinted Pan tomime.—The celebrated continental equestrians, Mr. A. Brydges and Madame Brydges, every Evening. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. THIS EVENING, and during the week , the grand Spec tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, The Edict of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries and ponies, and the Star Riders of Europe. Ts conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CH A ITSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUTsEII. Baron Munchansen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. TT. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. The last grand Morning Performance of the matchless Pan tomime on Saturday next, January 29, at Two o'clock. ,and Carriages for the day 'performance at half-past four night representation at halt-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations , within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLIiT FAMILY, ot 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 an Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 28, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. .53—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAuommtDit-29. 88 . WIND, South-Westerly; light, with fine mild weather. Slight rain in the morning early. THE SUN. FRIDAY. JANUARY 28, 1859. There is not an English heart that will not ear nestly rejoice at the happy tidings respecting the safe delivery of the Princess FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA, and that a presumptive heir has been born to the House of Brandenburg, in whose veins circulate the pure blood of the Royal family of England. Queen VICTORIA, of course, rejoices at the fortunate event that has made her a young grandmother, and her faithful people will "be joyous in her joy," exulting in all that adds to her domestic felicity. We are not, generally speaking, ad vocates of Royal marriages, nor did we support that with Prussia. But when it had been accomplished, when the die had been actually cast, our only desire was that the felicity of " the Daughter of England" should be complete—that she should become the ancestress of a Royal line, conferring happiness on their subjects, and proving that the instincts of their British origin will still prevail. England and Prussia are the two great Protestant Powers of Europe. They may be regarded as natural allies. Unfortunately, however, the vacil lation and timidity of King " CLICQUOT " placed his nation in a false position, and degraded it from the position it had previously occupied. We be lieve that the PRINCE REGENT 15 well dispose , but he is not the actual Sovereign. He cannot surrender rights and privileges of which he is not the real possessor, but merely a trustee. His son has as yet no power, but his time will come in the ordinary course of events, when he may i m prove the welfare, prosperity, and ma t e rially happiness of his subjects, and that the valuable lessons which he learned in England, and which were fixed on his mind by a gentle and amiable instructress, will produce a bundant fruits. In Berlin there is , of course, great enthusiasm. The Germans are a c:Jmonstrative race; and the simple fact that one who, if he lives, must inevitably become their ruler, has just come into the world under the most auspicious auguri es, will naturally occa sion intense excitement. But the feelings of the people of England will be no less earnest and sincere. They will watch with anxiety the career of " the little stranger," and trust that he may fulfil the high anticipations that have already been formed respecting him. By a telegram which has just been received through Mr. REI.ITER'S office, it will be seen that the Royal mother and the Princely infant have passed a good night, and " are as well as can be expected." Through the valuable exertions of that gentleman we were enabled to announce the pleas ing fact yesterday, and there is no question of importance on which his clients will not be fully informed. We trust that there will be nothing to change the universal feeling of satisfaction that the hopes of Prussia and, we may add, of England, may not rest on a s ingle scion, but that there may be " a quiver full of promising shafts." Our Princess Royal has :., • •,, - Ito N:4 , 5 0..11, 1,4, 4 . fr - • ; A 4 , . , . 1.1 .... ' . a d 4' .- S. I t 1 1411 1;" 4fej, : "I 4 W 0 .' 7 41 411111 L ~... . 13. , ••••4",...1) ,, , ...e ‘ • .. ' 1 1 i.C . - '.. ;418,:e . , t.,,‘;... l'i•Mt o . .e . ,".0, 'Bort ~ N., ~I, • , ~ ~ . , ~,,, __ • t. commenced well. It will not be the last telegram which Mr. REUTER will receive on similar points. Prussia is, of course, most deeply interested in having an unquestionable succession to the throne of FREDERICK the Great, but England also is con cerned, and we believe that we only r nticipate the sentiment of millions, when we offer to our gracious SOVEREIGN heartfelt congratulations on this happy end to her maternal anxieties and wishes—anxieties and wishes in which we feel justified in saying the -whole British nation participated. The improvement of London has certainly not kept pace with its expansion. Not much more than a hundred years ago Marylebone was a clear mile from the metropolis. Cavendish-square and Hanover-square were open meadows. Fleet Ditch was really an open ditch that was anything but fleet, being foul, sluggish, and pestilential. Vine court and Elm-court, Figtree-court and Green arbour-court, were each respectively leafy evidence of the origin of their sylvan names. Blackberries were picked along the skirts of Tottenham-court road ; and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields was by no means regarded as altogether such a preposterous misnomer. And now the area of our capital is such that it is estimated at some eighteen square miles, having within it a population of nearly 2,500,000 !—ex tending northwards to Highgate, southwards to Norwood, eastwards to Epping-forest, and west wards to Shepherd's-bush! An ancient prediction .• _ _ says that Hampstead is eventually to be the centre of the metropolis. London is still, as CRUIK SHANK'S pencil once facetiously depicted it to be— going out of town : the country in all directions being yet steadily, at some points, rapidly invaded by an army of bricks and mortar. At the different outskirts, new streets, and squares, and terraces are springing up perpetually. Where the occupants come from, remains still an inscrutable mystery : but come from some part they evidently do as quickly as the new tenements are completed. The mere index of names—the names of the houses and of their inhabitants—has grown to be that ponder ous tome under which Mr. PUNCH and his faith ful attendant Toby are represented as stag gering in the vain attempt to lift it on to one of the bookshelves, in the last number of our comic contemporary. The capital is increasing in every way—in its contents, in its extent, in its wealth, in its populousness —in everything but its beauty and convenience. As an illustration of this —there is the instance of the national library at the British Museum, considerably enlarged though the building has been in the last few years, so incon veniently crowded now by its accumulated stores of literature, that it is seriously proposed that the rest of the collection now there should be removed else• where, and that the British Museum should be ultimately devoted to the purposes of a library ex clusively—a suggestion which, we certainly con ceive, it would be well before long to have actually realised. Twenty-three years ago Dr. GREGORY remarked—as though the idea expressed were some impossible day-dream—that the library of the na tion, to be worthy of its name, ought to consist of volumes numbering in all 600,000. The library of the British Museum consists, altogether, of nearly 600,000 volumes—it contains at this moment, at the lowest estimate, 560,000. And the rate of annual increase is something quite astounding. The average of the yearly increase is about 75,000 —for the year last past it was over that, being ex actly 75,067. The manuscript catalogue, now in use in the reading-room, extends to very nearly one thousand volumes. The new and complete catalogue, which has been in preparation now for the last quarter of a century, and which is under stood to be at length upon the very eve of its perfected appearance, will extend to just double that number—to as nearly as possible 2,000 folio volumes. Seventeen of these volumes consist exclu sively of the catalogue of Bibles— three relate to SHAKSPERE—two to ARISTOTLE—tWO to HOMER —one to HORACE, and so forth. All languages, all nations, have contributed their quota to this treasury of literature. As a testimony of the wide range of its completeness, it is credibly asserted by a citizen of the United States, in every respect a competent authority, that the British Museum contains double the number of books published in the transatlantic Republic, literally about double the number of those books anywhere discoverable to gether in the States themselves—oar American collection numbering altogether :about 30,000 vo lumes. Since the magnificent new reading room was opened, on the 18th of May, during the year, upwards of 75,000 readers were in attendance. So that, curiously enough, the annual number of readers and the annual increase to the library are now very nearly equivalent—the increase, as we have seen, being for the last year 75,067—the number of readers being for the last year 75,128. Gigantic though the proportions of that superb reading room, the room is at times inconve niently crowded—there is occasionally insufficient accommodation. The number of readers will pro bably, before much longer, attain a full total of 100,000—the contents of the library must in a few short years, at the present rate of increase, reach the wondrous sum of 1,000,000 volumes. It is a type of the general growth of the metropolis itself, of the increase of its material wealth, and of its resident population. For this there must be due provision. Hence is it becoming every day more and more obvious, the necessity of better social, sanitary, moral or political, of our adventuring be times upon bold and comprehensive measures of metropolitan improvement. .d, I There is plenty of cant in other things as well as in religion ; and, if it must be ever most odious where the motives to sincerity and reality are the profoundest which can be imagined, it is yet con temptible everywhere. Most of all is it to be repro bated in those who know that they are speaking or writing cant. The penny-a-liner, in his penny paper, or Lord LITTLE-BRAINS, asked to take the chair only because he is a lord, may well be only laughed at; but writers of higher pretensions, and speakers whose just reputation obtains them a hearing, deserve severer measure ; they ought not, when better arguments fail, to shake their heads with the look of solemn wisdom, while they re hearse the old song which sounds like sense to those who know no better, but which they know to have no other merit than that of having been said or sung for the thousandth time. We need hardly advert to politics as one of the most fertile subjects of cant next to religion, and while we avoid rio loss or t a o men tioning the name of a writer, or a speaker, journal, most of our readers will be at recollect numerous illustrations of the taut political. " Our glorious Constitution," for instance, has had to do plenty of involuntary penance in this line, The conservators of every abuse have set the words to their melancholy music as each abuse has been attacked, and not perhaps in vain for a time. Negro Slavery, Test and Corporation Acts, Catholic Disabilities, Parliamentary Reform, of course, Corn Laws, even Church-rates, above all, coped vot ing ; in a word, all improvements worth struggling for, have been resisted to the tune of that favourite air of corruptionists—" Our glorious Constitution." It is wonderfully in vogue just now, and, strange su to say, much more with Whigs and Palmerstonians than with Tories. If representation in proportion to population is talked of, immediately you hear a piping behind you of—" Our glorious Constitution" —perhaps also an old, new, song too is announced, commencing, " It's balance would you quite de stroy ?" till you almost exclaim impatiently, " Bless us, we did not know our constitution was a tight rope dancer !" You happen to be speculating on the comparative advantages of a rating, or a household, or a manhood suffrage,—round goes the organ handle again, and you can hardly hear your self speak for the discordant grinding out of the ever lasting old air ; you are almost ready to curse the constitution itself because you can never get out of the sound of it. You wish there were some politi cal policeman who could bid the nuisance " move on." Perhaps you advert to the ballot, and venture to see some reasonableness in what commends itself to the reason of twenty million Anglo-Americans and many millions of the freest States in Europe, and to our own colonies on the other side of the earth, and for what looks like an efficient protection against the dry rot in our own electoral independence,—forth with your ears are deafened with the dirge of "Our glorious Constitution," till you are ready to wish it really dead and buried. The thing being so eminently reasonable there is nothing for it but to collect the whole band of street musicians and to give you a Dutch concert for the salvation of the English Constitution. And, there are Statesmen, and respectable journals, who can fall back on this trumpery device ; who utter themselves tones of affected sadness, and tip the hint to the crowd of humble plaguy cant singers around them, who know no better ; who, having no cue of their uwn, stand ready to grind or sing as they are bid. We may always be sure enough that arguments on the merits of a case there are none when its supporters resort to the everlasting cant of " Our glorious Constitution. At the present moment there is another piece o cant absurdly in vogue with the argumentless. I seems that take what test you will—population — registered electors—real property—income tax — other taxes—it will come out that the mctropoli tan and manufacturing districts ought to have a very large increase of representatives. Every device has been exhausted to prove that acres of arable and pas ture, and even of moor and heath, ought to have votes, rather than population and property gene rally ; yet, after all, will it look unfair to give votes to clay or sand, rather than to human beings ? The " Old Constitution" air has been tried, but at unavoid able pauses a counter song of a merrier strain was heard, in which the words of years long gone by are revived; and it seems that merry England once held that every man paying taxes called " scot and lot" had a vote ; and the older song seemed most popular. Hereupon has arisen the new cry, which has been taken up by one after another ; a bit of precious cant, too, about things as they are, and which may have the special advantage of making some of the stouter Radicals blush for themselves and their constituents. The cant consists in decry ing the present representatives of large constituen cies. " See," it is said to us, " what you have got now for Manchester and Marylebone, for Birming ham, and even the City of London, for Lambeth and the Tower Hamlets. Match these men with the representatives of many small boroughs, which must be wholly or partially disfranchised by your proposed bills." And this is said with an air of triumph, as if it were quite an axiom that we are to be ashamed of the representatives of our large constituencies, and that an argumenturn ad verecun diam had been found, to which we could not reply. It is, however, cant and nothing else. It will not bear looking at for one moment. The old seasoned debaters may perhaps be chiefly found amongst the class which has hitherto engrossed the management of affairs ; but are orators altoge ther wanting amongst the sons of the middle classes ? One, just now in full feather, another rusticating for awhile, not to mention inferior names, may answer the question. But two facts dispose of this current cant. First, the members for these large constituencies are the members who vote right. They have voted on all such great questions as we have mentioned at the beginning of this paper, as the professed orators and states men who opposed them at first had to vote at last ! If we want men to do what wants to be done, not men to entertain us with splendid orations against what they at length deliver splendid orations for, then our large constituencies return the right men. At this moment all this class of members will vote for what the other class will soon vote for too, or be " nowhere." Secondly, if the candidates of higher pretensions to intellectual power and education will but consent to vote right, these constituencies would prefer them. Edinburgh was proud of MACAULAY, but she would not tolerate his voting wrong on the Corn Laws to suit his party, even to secure his genius. But how soon and handsomely was the offence forgiven ! Let the men of genius and high talent in the house know that none would our larger populations elect so readily as themselves, if they would vote for the people, and not for aristocratic cliques. The pre sent members themselves would many of them willingly retire, if an eloquence superior to their own could be heartily employed in the same cause. The fault, therefore, is in the men themselves, who are obliged to run to earth in some petty borough. Let them become worthy of popular election, and hey might carry it by acclamation. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Minister. present were—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, General Feel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W.'Honley, and Lord John Manners. The Address in reply to the Queen's Speech will be moved in the House of Lords by the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, and will be seconded by Lord Delamere. The Duke of Buccleuch and the Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., are expected to arrive at their new residence in Bel grave-square, on Monday next, from Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester come to town for the season on Wednesday next, the duchess, as Mistress of the Robes, having to attend on her Majesty at the opening of Parliament. The Marquis of Clanricarde has arrived in town from visiting Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P., and Frances, Countess Waldegrave, at Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire. The marchioness came to town yesterday from visiting the Earl and Countess of Cork at Marston House, near Promo. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio and Count Louis Corti have arrived in town from Broadlands, Hants, where they have been visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. .-. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff have returned to the Prussian Lega tion, Carlton House-terrace, from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston at Broadlands. Earl and Countess Spencer have arrived at Naples from Rome. The noble earl and countess intend to return home by the 9th of March. Lord and Lady John Russell and family will arrive at their mansion in Chesham-place to-day, from Pem broke Lodge, Richmond Park, for the season. At the meeting of the Electric and International Telegraph Company on the 4th of February, a dividend is to be recommended for the half-year at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. _ . The Speaker of the House of Commons will give his first full dress Parliamentary dinner on Saturday, the 12th of February, to which the Ministerial members of the Lower House, as customary, are invited. The banquet will be given at the right hon. gentleman's official residence, at the Palace at Westminster. LATEST NEWS. AC COUCHK \IENT OF HER ROYAL HIC ifiNEss THE PRINCESS 0 F.' PRUSSIA. The following telegram 'vaa received at Mr. Reuter's office, Jan. 27th, 1859: - BERLIN, Tiv JRSDAY, 4 P.M. Her Royal Highness the LI: rincess Frederick William was safely delivered of a Prince shortly after three o'clock this afternoon. Both are doing OFFICIAL BULL ETIN. BERLIN, FRIDAY, Jitasi. 28th, 10 A.M. The Princess Frederick has, passed a most favourable night, and is, toget her with the new born Prince, as well as can be trxpeeted under the circumstances. WINDSOR, JAN. 27. Intelligence' of the Princess Frederick William of Prussia having been safely delivered of a son arrived at Windsor Castle at three o'clock this afternoon. The Royal mother and infant Prince, we are happy to learn, are doing well. This auspicious event was communicated to her Majesty through the electric telegraph, a message by which reached Windsor Castle from, Berlin in six minutes after the occurrence. At one o'clock the Queen was apprised of the Princess being taken in labour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was immediately apprised of the circumstance at Frog more Lodge. Several communications have since been received at the Castle, announcing that the Royal mother and infant Prince were favourably progressing. Immediately the welcome intelligence became known to the borough authorities and the inha bitants at large they gave expression to their sym pathy and joy by suspending in front of their houses various banners, bearing the arms of England and Prussia, and other loyal devices. The bells of the Chapel Royal of St. George and St. Johns's Church sent forth merry peals, and in the evening many of the Royal tradespeople illumi nated their houses. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 26. Mehemet Kybrisli Pacha has refused to replace Djemal Bey as Ambassador at Paris. Rumours are current of an approaching change in the ministry. Mehemet Kybrisli Pacha will probably be ap pointed Grand Vizier ; and Fuad Pacha, it is said, Minister of Finance. Djemal Bey or Savfet (Sever ?) Effendi, Minister of Foreign affairs. Mehemet Ali Pacha or Mehemet Rouchdi Pacha, Minister of War. The Circassians have been victorious oyer the Russians. TRIESTE, JAN. 27. The steamer, just arrived, brings news from Con stantinople to the 22d. existing treaties. BELGRADE, JAN. 27 CORFU, JAN. 25, Sir John Young has left. The lonian Parliament has been opened to-day, FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY, The official journal declares the election of A. Couza as Hospodar of Moldavia to be contrary to A petition from the commercial community solicits measures against stock -jobbing. The difficulties in connection with the telegraph between Alexandria, Syra, and Constantinople are surmounted. The laws which the Skuptschina has passed for the regulation of its own constitutional power, con tain enactments of such a nature that the future liberty of the press is guaranteed by them. In referring to the late article of the 21Ioniteur on the Franco-Sardinian marriage, the Opinione of Turin expresses itself as follows :—" The alliance between France and Sardinia is quite distinct from the marriage. The latter strengthens the bonds of amity between the two dynasties, and it has more over the advantage of perfectly suiting the interests of France and Piedmont. If France is to intervene for the independence of the Italian Peninsula, it is because her interests induco her to do so, independ ently of the family alliance just concluded." BOURSE, Jan. 27.—The market was heavy at the opening, but afterwards rallied. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 5c., declined to 63f. 85c., and are now at 69f. 15c. ; Mobilier varied from 790 f. to 807 f. 50c ; Austrian, 570 f. to 575 f. ; Or leans, 1,325 f. to 1,330 f. ; Lyons, 840 f. to 845 f. ; Northern, 935 f. to 937 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 680 f. to 682 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations:- 41 per Cents. .... 97 10 Credit Foncier 660 Do. end month .. 97 Belgian 41 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 80 Roman B7 Bank Shares...... 2920 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 790 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 792 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. -- -- Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Bl2 50 .. 810 Lyons and Mediterranean 845 .. 841 15 New ditto Geneva 567 50 .. 567 50 Midi Southern Western 597 50 .. 597 50 Eastern Grand Central - .. -- Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 251. 121 c. • money, 25f. 10c.; three months, paper, 241. 971 c.; money, 24f. 971 c. MILAN. A letter from Milan of the 22d, in the Constitu tionnel, says :—" The * Austrian Government , pre viously to sending off the third corps d'armee, explained that the measure was only adopted for the purpose of securing, as much as possible, internal order and tranquillity. That order and tranquillity have never been in any way disturbed. The situation may change, but it will not be the less true that, in consequence of the reduction of the army, the garrisons in Italy had been much weak ened, and it was very natural under existing circum stances that their regular complements should be made up. The garrison of Milan, since the new troops have arrived, only amounts, as formerly, to three regiments of infantry, of 600 men each battalion, one battalion of Chasseurs, four regiments of cavalry, and a certain amount of artillery, making altoge ther a force of 15,000 men. The regiments which have marched from this place towards the frontier have served to increase the garrisons of Como, Pavia, and other towns on the Ticino. The cavalry do not form a cordon, but merely perform a service of patrols,to prevent the agents and enrollers of Pied, mont from freely communicating with Lombardy. With the exception of these arrangements, no other measure or preparation has taken place either in the fortresses or in the army. Any accounts given to the contrary are completely false. Neither at Milan nor in any other part of the country does the army in any way interfere in the administration, or display any force or authority. General Giulay has hitherto resided at Milan, but he merely exer cises his functions as commandant. The civil adminis tration of Lombardy is concentrated in the hands of Baron de Burger, and that of Venetia in those of Count Bissingen. Above them, as before, is the Archduke Maximilian, the governor-general of the kingdom. The commission charged to examine the serious question of the land tax continues its labours, under the superintendence of the Arch duke ; and that which has to study the question of public instruction also assembles at the palace. The terrible measures, spoken of by some journals, which were to be adopted at Milan to suppress an insurrection, only exist in the imagination of the writers. The city, on the contrary, is perfectly tranquil. The officers go to the theatre, and at night frequent the cafes. Patrols in the streets rarely take place ; the police carry on their duties just as usual. Foreigners arc neither watched nor annoyed. The carnival promises to be very ani mated. The Archduchess Charlotte, who went to Trieste to receive the Empress of Austria and the Princess of Calabria, will return to Milan in a few days." AUSTRALIA. The Blackwall arrived this morning from Mel bourne, with 80,589 ounces of gold, valued at £322,356 ; and the Swiftsure, with 84,775 ounces ; or £339,loo—making a total of £661,450. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFIL) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The City of Manchester has arrived with advices from New York to the 15th inst., and 124,187 dols. and £1,300 specie on freight. The screw steamship Jura arrived at New York on the 15th inst. Additional advices from Mexico of the 9th inst. state that Juarez had refused to listen to the Com missioners from Robles. Zuloaga before his fall had approved the propositions from France and England for a settlement of the Spanish question, and the Spanish authorities had expressed their satisfaction that there were five French, four Spanish, and three English men•of--war vessels at Sacrificios. _ _ Havannah advices report great activity in the slave trade. Exchange on London, 131 e. At New York there was further disposition by capitalists to invest in business paper at 5 to 6 per cent. Exchange on London, 1091 to 1091. The following were the latest quotations for shares :—New York Central Railroad, 86 ; New York and Erie Railroad, 15 ; Harleem Railroad, 131; Reading Railroad, 521 ; Hudson River Rail road, 351 ; Michigan Central Railroad, 521 ; Michi gan Southern Railroad, 21 ; Panama Railroad, 117 ; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 56 ; Illinois Central Railroad, 70 ; Clevedon and Toledo Railroad, 921; Chicago and Rhode Island, 60 1 ; Milwaukie and Mississippi, 13 ; Galena and Chicago, 711 ; La- crosse, Fair business in cotton ; middling upland, 12c. Ashes in fair demand : pot, 5 dols. 621 c. ; pearl, 6 dols. Since the departure of the America flour had ruled steady; the receipts were light. State superfine, 4 dols. 50c. to 4 dols. 75e.; Michigan, fancy, 4 dols. 85c. to 5 dols.; Ohio, common, 4 dols. 95c. to 5 dols. ; Genessee, fancy, 5 dols. 70c. to 5 dols. 80e. ; Missouri, 5 dols. 90c. to 8 dols. 50c., to 6 dols. 90. Higher prices were being asked for wheat. Molasses firmer at slight advance. Tur pentine also higher. Pork slightly dearer. Beef unchanged. Sugars buoyant. Freights were a trifle easier. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The City of Manchester spoke the Lord Dufferin on the 24th, bound east. Sharon and Rajah Gopaul, hence, at Mobile ; Volante, from Marseilles; Cairo, from Amsterdam ; and Mary Ogden, from Amsterdam—at Now York. Favourite and Argonaut, hence, and Empire, from Gib raltar, at Savannah. Gan Man, from Cronstadt, and W. H. Jenkins, from Ardrossan, at Boston. Skilelader, from Bordeaux, at Charleston. John Merrick, from London ; Fanny Bick, from Pa lermo ; Oroondates and Star of Peace, hence—at New Orleans. William Fisk, Roswell, Sprague, and Golden Light, from New Orleans for this port, were spoken in the Gulf on the 2d inst. ABANDONMENT OF THE NEGRO IM MIGRATION SCHEME. The Moniteur de la Colonisation publishes the 'ollowing decree :- 4 To THE GOVERNOR OF LA REUNION.—PROHIBITION OF ALL RECRUITING ON THE EASTERN COAST SF AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR. " 1859, " M. le Gouverneur, -- On receiving the present despatch, you will take the most rigorous measures for prohibiting all recruiting of labourers, either on the eastern coast of Africa. or at Madagascar, or at the Comores, and also the introduction into Re union of immigrants from those provinces or from Sainte Marie, Mayotte and Nassi-Bee. I have written to this effect to Lieut.-Colonel Morel. " In acknowledging the receipt of the present communication, you will acquaint me with the number, the particulars, importance, and the date of authorisation of such recruiting operations as, with the assent of your administration, may be in course of execution at the moment of the arrival of the despatch, and which will on that account be the only ones excepted from my decision. " You will render me an account of the arrange. ments w hich you adopt, to assure the strict execu tion of my directions in this respect.—Believe, &c., " The Prince charged with the Ministry of Algeria and the Colonies, " NAPOLEON (JEROME). " P.S.—I enjoin upon you the strict and prompt execution of this order." PROPOSED CONGRISS •N THE ITALIAN DIFFICULTY. The Independance Belge of Wednesday evening publishes a statement to the effect that the British Cabinet has addressed the French, Austrian, and other governments, with the object of reviving a project proposed by Austria herself in 1848 to Lord Palmerston for satisfying the requirements of the Italians. This scheme establishes the administrative separation of the Lombardo-Vene tian provinces from the other parts of the monarchy, and in consideration of certain financial conditions, assures them a quasi independence and self government based upon constitutional prin ciples. The Independance adds that Russia and France are willing to accede to this proposal ; but a reply has not, as yet, been received from Vienna. The same journal says :—" A circumstance which to a certain extent corroborates this information, and which we merely give out again without ac cepting the responsibility of it, is that at Vienna the idea of a European Congress, convoked in order to re-establish the good accord. of international rela tions, received at first very ungraciously, on account of the interference by the other powers in the inter nal affairs of the empire, is beginning to gain ground, and no longer encounters so much hostility, This, at least, is what results from a letter addressed from that capital to a ' Correspondance Generale' of Paris. A Congress is the corollary to the proposal initiated by England ; this alone can introduce into the treaties of 1815, that fixed the political organi. sation.of Italy, modifications as great as those it is desired to effect. Only on this occasion the Congress would meet in London, and no longer in Paris. It is from the capital of England that the Lombards and Venetians would await the liberal' institutions which, since their annexation to Austria, they have vainly demanded by means of incessant conspiracies and repeated insurrections." ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT. " Hail this auspicious morn, To Prussia's throne is born A Royal Heir. May he defend its laws, Joined to old England's cause; Thus - win all men's applause, God save the Queen I" The announcement of the safe accouchement of the Princess Frederick William, made by Mr. W. Harrison to a crowded auditory, was received with every demonstration of loyalty. An impromptu verse by Mr. Stirling, introduced by Miss Louisa Pyne, was sung in the National Anthem : 7 CHOIR. 1 THE HERE. LESLIE'S CONCERT Last evening this popular musical artiste gave his third concert of the season to an overflowing audience at St. Martin's Hall. The first part of the concert consisted of madrigals and other compositions—that of " Take heed, ye shepherd swains, beware," being encored with much ani mation. A motett for soprano, contralto, and chorus, with accompaniment for harp and organ, by Mr. Leslie, being its performance for the first time, was much admired and applauded for the sweetness and solemnity of its choral strains, Miss Annie Cox being soprano ; Miss Leffler, contralto ; Mr. Ward, organ ; and Mr. Perry, harp. Much approbation, however, could scarcely be bestowed on a part song for male voices, by F. Mori, the first time also of its performance, beginning, "The bud is on the bough," but which the choir will dont Vess give more competently after a few further rehearsals. The in terest evinced by the audience thereafter rallied under the spirit-stirring strains of an Anacreontic, the music by C. E. Stephens, and words by Mr. Ball, which was given with great vocal nerve and vigour by the male voices of the choir, the composition being the one that gained the prize in 1858. This terminated the first part of the concert. The succeed- ing part consisted of sacred cantatas and part songs, musi cally descriptive of Christmas, the Passion, and Easter; " The Kyrie Eleison" of the latter forming a fine and effective chant of triumph. This was anothernovelt y in the programme, the music being by Otto Goldschmidt, and the melody of the Passion part of the chorale (a secular song), dating from 1600, and subsequently introduced into the Lutheran Church, in which it is known under the title of " 0. Haupt. voll Blut mid Wunden." The grand concertante duet for two pianofortes, on themes from Meyerbeer's opera " L'Etoile du Nord," by Miss Cazaly and Miss Hemming, was excellently executed, and produced considerable ap plause. A sacred cantata introduced to the audience the ♦ery able tenor solo of Mr. Regaldi, and some further choral and cathedric compositions brought a concert of two harmonious hours to a close shortly after ten o'clock. It was announced with regret that Mr. Meaten's prize composition for the whole choir could not be performed until the next concert, as the parts were not obtained in time to allow of its being properly rehearsed. 'ORD 'LURE 'ES. CONSERV4- 1 HEREFORD, THURSDAY. Yesterday a grand banquet was given in th e Shire•hall in this city to the two county members, Mr. King King and Lord William Graham. About 300 persons were present, including the hon. guests , Mr. R. Foley Onslow, chairman ; Lord RodneY. Sir H. Hoskyns, Mr. J. Freeman, Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hast ings, C. 8., and many of the leading Conservati ve gentry and farmers of the county. Lady Emily Foley, Lady Rodney, and other ladies were present in the orchestra. • After the customary loyal and constitution al toasts had been drunk, .The CHAIRMAN proposed "the health of Mr: King King and Lord William Graham." (Grew' applause.) Mr. KING KING said he felt that so large an as:, semblage as that he saw before him augured well for the future prospects of the Conservative party in Herefordshire. While they all were, as he pre; sumcd, prepared to consider any plans that might be proposed for the amendment of the eke' toral system and for the amelioration of the general government of the country, he felt c ertain that in Herefordshire the Conservative party still looked with great respect and regard to Di a old-established landmarks of our glorious constitu tion. (Cheers.) He should ask them to leave hi m , to deal with the Reform Bill according t o the be st of his judgment after it had been laid on the tabl e of the House of Commons, and he had had an °,1 3- portunity of examining its clauses and hearing tt l ! arguments for and against it. He must confes s that the impending Reform movement seemed some what curious, for no longer ago than 1854 a veil remarkable scene occurred in the House of C° lll , - , mons. He alluded to a certain afternoon, wil e ' the noble lord the member for the city of Londe a came down to the house, as it was thought, to Pre" pow a Reform Bill ; but it turned out that he on J came down to withdraw the bill, and, with tears l t o his eyes, to express his chagrin and disappe ill t went that nobody cared much about reform —t ' his bill was likely to meet with a very small m aw cum of support, (Cheers.) To come to a 1 11 ,1 recent date. At the commencement of the very 14s , year the noble viscount then at the head of lee ' d Majesty's Government, being pressed by s °11 , 1 ; zealous Radical to give him some information as the state and prospects of the Reform Bill, O a ' fesscd, to the utter astonishment of the whole hous,ei that he had not even a rough draught of th e bli o prepared. (Cheers.) So that Lord Palme rste a must have discovered, as Lord John Russell 113 1 found out before, that there was no decided, tea) feeling in the country for Reform. (Hear, bear . He could quite conceive it possible that a bill ea l ' e t a Reform Bill, having for its object the amendn lea d of certain existing defects, might be a very gr dt bill, and a very proper one to support ; but wi a _ l " t he protested against and disliked was, not wn? the hon. member for Birmingham called class lee' lation, but what he (Mr. King) called " class leg' s. lotion." (Cheers.) He objected to any one class's be it whatsoever class it might, having advantag e f and privileges handed over to them in excess a_d the advantages and privileges of all other cl as i in the community. (Cheers.) To any measure.% reform, any alteration in the electoral system, wiled treated all classes fairly, and as he On, honestly—not as the hon. member for BirmingNill called honestly, for his was a kind of honesty Wll le , o he (Mr. King) could not comprehend—he should v prepared to give his support. Lord M. W. GRAHAM said he understood thei, had drunk the health of that great Conser vat ' c it party which had always maintained its attachrae.ll, to the institutions of Church and State, and will s he trusted would have the advantage of earryi.lls.° out an enlightened policy under the administrate et of Lord Derby. (Cheers.) They must remero b dr that the constitution was not made in a day' D i - a struck out in a week ; it had been gradually mouln e , and welded together by the wisdom and experienca of ages—a bit had been stuck in here, a bit P o been taken out there, as each successive generate saw the necessity of the case ; therefore it was ova impossible or improbable that it might be reserv il e c for the present generation to do something in t A t way of improvement and repair. (Cheers.) is the same time, he did not believe the people of country wanted any great or violent change. ki s Bright had at last spoken out, and published Reform Bill ; and although he was far from s l q . l e f i that there were not parts of the scheme vflae might advantageously be carried out, still t; .4 general bearing and character of the measure N c to transfer political power from one class to anotlieo (Cheers.) It would take political power away frait the agricultural and country interest and co nfer y upon large towns. In that very district, in t rill counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire P i t Shropshire, Mr. Bright proposed to take away members, and did not give one single additieno member to any one of those counties. Was t' ri f fair ; was it just ? He did not believe Sir llea o s t Cotterel (the Liberal member for the county)' Sir George Cornewall Lewis, or Mr. Clive W oa it support such a measure. It had been thrown in th..er teeth, by certain parties who were disappointed f the cause the Conservatives had themselves taken ull.bio advocacy of rational progress, that it was i m poss l to know what Conservatism meant ; that they Nve.i3O all turned Reformers, and that they ought to gi s t up the name of Conservatives. His answer to allegation was that as long as there was an ytl l l, to reform there would always be something to eon serve. (Cheers.) Therefore they must not give P the name of Conservatives. They did not Wis' l , i icl sweep away all the existing institutions ; they "of not wish to injure the Throne, or the Ch u rch, , e the House of Lords. But if, with safety to t't,. Throne, with safety to the Church, and with safefil to the other institutions of the country, they CO' l o { confer the political fraxchise on a large number li t their fellow-countrymen, then, perhaps, they reig;,l do something towards strengthening the s°c.;,i` fabric ; they might give permanence to our inst.' Ile tions, and might emblazon more vividly en D e annals of time the glory and greatness of i th , British power. To such an end he hoped the for a , coming deliberations in Parliament would le a (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN proposed "The House of Lori. - Lord RoDsEY brifly resoned. Rear-Admiral Sir e T. HAS p TIN d GS, in acknowl ed F, ; ing the toast of his health, adverted to his 33 ye a ,l:e service in the navy, and his ten years' service ill Ordnance. Department. He exposed the el l3 , lll 'f which had taken place in the avowed sentim ent Mr. Bright, who started by proposing equal e. l O , toral districts and equal numerical represent atl° but who had since very much modified his via l ' Other toasts of a local nature succeeded. A LIVING CONTEMPORARY OF BURNS. At the demonstration in honour of Scotland's Bard, held in Edinburgh, a venerable person and contemporary of the poet was introduced to the numerous assemblage. The Chairman, in proposing " The Peasantry of Scotland," stated that there was present on this occasion one man who had seen the day which this day celebrated, who was alive when Burns was born, who had met him and spoken with him face to face—namely, Mr. Walter Glover, at one time carrier between Dumfries and Edinburgh, and had for some time enjoyed the personal acquaintance of the poet. He was born on the 18th July, 1758, and was thus six months older than the poet. Mr. Walter Glover, who had been led from the body of the hall to the platform, then stood up, and amid signs of the deepest interest recited, with voice Mill hale and distinct, several stanzas of " Tam o' Shanter." He also related several interviews he had had with Burns, " the guager," in 1795, when employed in his vocation as a carrier to drive a number of puncheons of rum from Dum fries to Loith ; and how on one occasion, being storm-staid at Dumfries in the severe winter of that year, he was treated to share of half-a-mutchkin in his landlady's by Mr. Burns. He described Burns as a " weel-made man, with dark hair and chesnut eyes," and said "he was not talkative ; but of coorse he had nae business to converse with me ; he just signed my permits, and my business was dune wi' him." At the close of Mr. Glover's interesting narrative, three hearty cheers were given in honour of him. THE BELFAST BURNS' PRIZE POEM. The prize offered by the Northern TVhig for the Burns' Centenary elicited one hundred and ten pieces. Professor Craik was the adjudicator, who gave his decision in favour of the following poem. The successful author proved to be Mr. Thomas Henry of Mill-street, Belfast. ROBERT BURNS. Amid all changes, evermore unfolded, By mental throe, by accident of time, Mankind shall venerate the bards who moulded Their thoughts of beauty into shape sublime. Oh, bards ! who shine along life's desert places, Whose song to hearts athirst like dew returns, Affection hails ye with profound embraces, And bows before the memory of Burns, For nature loved him—in his soul implanted A manifold delight of rocks and streams And flowers and dear companions—and he chanted In many tones his rainbow-coloured dreams. She bared the human bosom to his vision, Till its mysterious scrolls were all unfurled, And rolled his thoughts in melodies elysian That sound for ever o'er and o'er the world. He sings of love and beauty ; and the glory Of his own land grows brighter in his song : He gives new life to heroes of old story. He battles for the right, he smites the wrong. See I Mammon-worshippers grow small before him, They shrink from his path to Freedom's van, From whence he sings, with Hope's fair banner o'er him, Of universal brotherhood for man. The song is never silent ; earth grows older ; Men live and die ; states fall or spring to life ; The columns topple, and the turrets moulder, Waging with time unprofitable strife. And though the power of error yet aboundeth, Truth wins new fields unmarked by flame or gore, While still, amid all change, that song resoundeth From heart to heart, on every sea and shore. Oh, Poet I in the light of that fair morning, While the Three Isles make merry o'er thy birth, They must remember when thy wreath adorning, Woe made thee wear a crown of thorns on earth. Joy melts to pity o'er that recollection, And pity cries, " Root out your father's shame ; Plant the prolific seed of generous action In the bright sunshine of the Poet's fame." Then, come away beyond umisen ages, Lo ! Time's lethean waves still rolling on, Break o'er the prostrate forms of kings and sages, Once big with promise as a summer dawn. Drowned, overshadowed, hushed their ghostly voices, Their literal names confined to crumbling urns, While the wide earth, from pole to pole, rejoices In the great peasant-poet, Robert Burns. AUTHORS OF THE AGE.—The lectures by Mr. S. C. Hall, F.S.A., to which a short time since we drove the attention of the public, will this evening be commenced at Willis's Rooms. From the interesting nature of the sub ject, and the well-known name of the lecturer, a very large attendance may be anticipated. Under the prospect that if the belief in peace can be temporarily restored by anything that may be said on the approaching opening of the French Chambers scarcely a couple of months will elapse before Russia, Sardinia, Austria, and perhaps France herself will put forth appeals to the capitalists of London and Paris. USE OF ROCKETS ON THE RIVER MERSEY.—The danger of using rockets at night as signals for steam tugs was brought forcibly before the attention of the Mersey Dock Board yesterday, in a communication from the police authorities. It was stated that the other night a rocket which was sent up for this purpose fell upon the deck of a Dutch barque, and had it not been promptly exti n gu i shed would have set fire to the vessel, and caused most serious damage. The matter was referred to one of the sub-eom mittees for investigation. SALE OF A ROYAL MAIL STEAM-SHlP.—Yester day, at Lloyd's Captains'-room, Royal Exchange, Messrs. Baylepand Ridley offered to public competition the new iron Alm s t eam - s hip Tasmanian, 2,4 40 tons builder's measurement, built at Port-Glasgow in 1858, and constructed as a passenger steam-ship for the service of the European and Australian Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, fitted with three trunk cylinder engines by Inglis and Co. After being offered for some time without a bid being obtained, the vessel was withdrawn from public sale. SUPPOSED WRECK.—WC give the following with the observation that too much importance must not be given to communications of this kind, as practical joking too often originates the attempt to mislead and pain parties interested :—A bottle has been picked up near Maryport containing a paper as follows : Off the Scillies, blowing a whole gale, the masts gone by the board ; six feet water in the hold, making fast, in spite of all hands at the pumps. The master and two of the crew washed overboard. God help us. American ship Jane, of Boston, Dec. 24, 1858. If this should happen, by God's assistance, to reach land, telegraph to Lloyd's immediately. Cargo thrown over board. No hopo for the ship.—JAMES Ilmtnis, Mate." LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—RHYL, Wednesday.—lt has been blowing a violent gale during the night and morn ing from W. to W.N.W. At 12.15 p.m. signals of distress were hoisted, and Richardson's tubular lifeboat, which be longs to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, stationed at Rhyl, was promptly got out with horses, and launched in Abergele Bay, through a heavy surf, in a most seaman like manner, and proceeded under canvass and oars in an admirable style in the direction of No. 139 per chart, the wind W., towards a large American ship, with her ensign downwards, and a jack flying at her foremast head. Several very large ships were in the offing, beating about for pilots, and for water to cross the bar into Liverpool. The lifeboat was seen through the telescopes at the Semaphore among the ships, eight or nine miles off; she is now supposed to have run into the Point of Ayr or Prestatyn i as she could not possibly fetch Rhyl with a strong flood tide and heavy sea. 8 p.m.—The coxswain has just returned. The boat had reached Prestatyn safely, and was there moored for the night. The boat behaved most admirably, and chased the ship, which got into Liverpool, name not known. The signals of distress were shown off the Little Orme's Head in the morning, and were continued till midday, when they were observed to be such. The promptitude with which the lifeboat put off elicited the admiration of all present. The men will be paid their usual reward by the National Lifeboat Institution for their laudable services. BILLS FOR RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC IMPROVE MENTS. —Yesterday the examiners (Messrs. Smith and Frere) declared the standing orders of both Houses of Par liament to have been complied with in respect to the follow ing bills—(Before Mr. Smith) —Thames Watermen and Lightermen—Great Western and Brentford Railway— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway—Stokes Bay Railway and Pier —Newcastle-under-Lyme Burgesses Lands—Malltreath and Corsddangan Marsh—Wimbledon and Dorking a nd Epsom and Leatherhead Railways—North London, Paddington, Richmond, Hampton Court, and Kingston Railway—(Before Mr. Frere)—Border Counties Railway—Somerset Central Railway—. Maidstone Waterworks—Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Liffey Branch)—Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Cavan to Clones, &c.) —Mersey Docks, Liverpool, and Liverpool Property Rating —Hereford and Brecon Railway—Caterham Railway— Mdiland Great Western Railway of Ir e l an d (D ev i a ti on of Sligo Extension Line), RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. A to The directors of this company have resolve' . A. recommend to the proprietors at the general Ili e ;, ( 1 ing on the 10th of February next that the dividcs, for the half-year ending 31st of December, 1 7 1 , 6 be at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum on v ii j capital of the company. This, added to the divid es paid. for the half-year ending June last, makes,' dividend for the year 1858 amount to 5 per OD' DiST SUFFOLK RAILWAY. This line, the most important which has L' i ; carried out in the Eastern Counties since 1 85 7 10 expected to be open for traffic in March ; and.: 0 extensions to Yarmouth and Lowestoft will, 1 ,,,' 130 stated, be ready for traffic by the same date. t o East Suffolk line proper extends from Haleswor tll, 9 Woodbridge, where it meets an extension of 0,1 Eastern Union Railway between that place °ila Ipswich, and the branches to Yarmouth l'ef Lowestoft will place those towns 30 miles near 0 London by railway than by the present East e 4 f ir Counties system. The line will be worked by : - ; e r Morton Peto, under a lease for 21 years, at sis cent. on the subscribed capital. g , FACTS, FAIL URES, AND FRAUDS'° If 10" A work called "Facts, Failures, and Frauds, :ti n; Mr. D. M. Evans,* has just been issued, embodP; i a a history of the principal commercial laxities °il l delinquencies of recent times. Commencino'l l a , the railway delusions under th e re i gn o f Mr. ° P," i ts son, it proceeds with the f rau d s o f W a it e r / Y 01 upon the Globe Assurance-office, the entire attic Strahan, Paul, and B a t es , th a t o f J os . Wi n dle 1, "„;, Davidson and Go r d on , an d th e fi c titi ous d o ck l c c i:jl rants, the career of John Sadleir, the rise and of the Royal B r iti s h B an k, th e frauds of iteb t i r and Redpath, an d th e b u lli on ro bb e ry on the Se i ti :j e l Eastern Railway down to the villanies of Cel°„'"dl Petrie Wau g h and Mr. J. E. Stephens. As e' ti cl narrative is accompanied by a reprint of official ' l e a legal documents, the record cannot be impug l l o - and will serve, as the author has intended it, fo r l e v partial purposes through future time. Som e bat' traordinary narratives yet remain to be added , ~,c1 being at present incomplete they must be 10,04 for in a supplementary volume. The Western / 33 0 v of Scotland, the Liverpool Borough, and theNer,ti, umberland and Durham District Banks will 1 -D rc , mately furnish materials that should, like the Pi l o sent cases, be put into a form accessible to all `‘,'l l e in the next generation may require to revioo commercial morality of 1858.---Tinges. * Groombridge, I