The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

THE OCCASIONAL. By LEIGH HUNT. No. llL—Bee the SPECTATOR of SATURDAY NEXT. Published at 9, Welling ton -street, OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Tyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Ralfe, 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, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. To conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; of, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. • ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presentedCßETH. Shakspere's Tragedy of MA Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Frillee Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed TUE BUSYBODY. Messrs. Buckstone, Farren, arc. ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Miss Reynolds. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled 17NDINE ; or, Harlequin and th e e Spirit of the Waters. Commenc at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. - Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George. After which, will produced the new Burlesque, written be expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brongh, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, Bliss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss'E. Romer, ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, dm. ; 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 HA_RLEQUIN 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 , 4 s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ;Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from it to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. First Night of a New Drama. THIS EVENING, THE BORGIA RING : A Legend of Stonehenge. Mr. Ben. Webster, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington. To be followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS. Mr. C. Selby, Mr. j. L. Toole, Miss Henrietta Simms. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown, Mr. Crouest ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupin° ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh. THIS EVENING. THE RULE OF THREE. Alter which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queen% ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLETS 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, Is. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, M. 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'e, beautiful and highly-trained palfrics and ponies, and the Starßiders of Europe. Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CIIAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley ; Clow n, 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. Carriages for the day 'performance at half-past four, and night representation at hall-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road: — Proprietor—C. -MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed t hat the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS WOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of "Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, - .will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine awl Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 4j—lowest this morning and during the night, 51—this day at noon. • BAROMETER-29.75. Wnm, Westerly; fresh, with beautiful weather, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1859. The extraordinary rapidity observable in the development of the most gigantic of all our great colonies—Australia —was strikingly notified last evening at the anniversary dinner commemorative of its original foundation. Within the compass of an ordinary life-time, during the lapse of just threescore years and eleven, our magnificent colonial possessions at our antipodes have become enhanced in importance with a speed altogether unprecedented. Instead of comprising exclusively a single penal settlement of comparative insig nificance, Australia is now peopled by one million loyal freemen, devoted and enlight ened subjects of the Crown of these domi nions. There, according to the last published estimates, flourishes a dependency having a yearly revenue of more than £5,000,000, absorbing im ports to the annual value of £27,000,000, and sup plying exports to the annual value of nearly £23,000,000. An extraordinary efflux and influx of wealth—a really wonderful revenue for a colo nial possession so youthful as this dependency of Australasia —remembering that the revenue of the venerable mother country herself, the entire revenue of the United Kingdom at the date of the Revolution was, upon the average, actually no more than £4,000,000 ! Remembering again, that our imperial imports in 1857 amounted to just £187,000,000 --and the whole of our exports in the same year to £122,000,000. Yet, within the brief interval already particularized within the compass of a single lifetime, one dependency of the Crown of England, founded as recently as the year 1788, has so swiftly developed its varied.and prolific resources that we find it now , in 1859, with an annual income of almost £5,000,000 ---import in g yearly to the value of £27,000,000, and exporting yearly to the value of £23,000,000. One remark able circumstance vouched upon by a comparison of the returns of the United Kingdom and those of our antipodean possessions in Aus tralasia, i s that of the imports in each instance being in excess of the exports. What to a supeificial observer might in this appear to be an adverse balance in our commercial transactions, is one of the most reliable indications of the healthy condition of the trade—here in the United Kingdom, there in Australia. _Together with the growth of the commerce of that great dependency, and with the rapid increase of its aggregate re venue has been the steady advance there made in the educational interests of the dependency. The university already established under Royal charter at Sydney, will, in all human likelihood, obtain the balance of a sister university, established also under Royal charter, at Melbouhie. Simultane ously with all which striking evidences of the mate rial prosperity of the colony, there have, within the last few years, come to the old mother-country the .„„..0 • ~.4 , .., so .-:•--- .•;,,, "Av -1 - , ~,..__ q• .•:-.: \ •r•. • 4 , -___\ ,- ' uri. - ; I T ~,,,,, , _ - • m 0 DRoyr ...,-0.0: THE SUN. nobest tokens of . loyalty and love such, for example, as the splendid , contribution recently transmitted to England in behalf of the sufferers from the late Hindoo insurrection—such, again, a little further back, as the princely sum of £150,000, sent to these islands as an expression of sympathy to the sufferers from the Crimean war, from their fraternal fellow-citizens, the colonists of Australia. Coupling incidents like these-with others of a kin dred character, transpiring at opposite extremities of our vast colonial empire, such, we may add, as the recent embodiment upon the opposite shores of the Atlantic of the 100th Foot or Royal Canadian Regiment—it was observed last evening by Her MAJESTY'S Colonial Secretary as truthfully as elo quently—" These things make us feel that, though oceans divide us, we have all English hearts, and that the sceptre of Queen VICTORIA is an electric rod, which unites in kindred sympathy the extre mities of our glorious empire." The words closing the thoughtful and patriotic address delivered yesterday by that eminent statesman will resound, we doubt not, across that wide waste of waters, and thrill to the heart of many an earnest citizen in that loyal million of Australians. "The time may come," said the right hon. baronet, " when these new colonies of ours will be great States and nations, when they will find it easier to raise armies among them than they now find it to raise a police—when, instead of that single armed steamer for which the colony of Victoria now so nobly pays, she will have in her harbours forests of masts, and in her.waters a navy of her own. It may so happen in that distant day that England may be in danger. It may so happen that the great Powers of Old Europe may then rise up against the venerable parent of many free commonwealths. If that day should arrive, I believe that her chil dren will not be unmindful of the tie which binds them to the dear mother country ; and that to her rescue across the wide ocean, vessels will come quick and fast, among which there will be beard but one voice—' While Australia lasts England shall not perish." With the utterance of that thrilling hope and belief upon his lips, the Colonial Secretary closed his admirable speech commemorative of the foun dation of our colonies in Australasia. Are we to have peace or war ? Is the tranquillity of Europe to be disturbed, and every nation to be compelled to sustain a heavy outlay in defraying the expenditure essential even to the most decided neutrality? England will not sustain Austria ix keeping fetters on Italian limbs. " Lombardo- Venetia" is one of the talismanic words that must create a strong impression on any of the authorities inVienna. The wrongs of the country are well known, but the inhabitants are wealthy, the taxes produce a large amount to a not very wealthy exchequer, and the German sabruirs find it an agreeable lounge, wherein they can exhibit " high arts," and display unbounded insolence. Were it not for the conduct of the military the irritation at Milan, Venice, and other towns, might be more easily appeased, and the people rendered more contented with the Government they are compelled to submit But Austria now knows that no assistance can be anticipated either from England or Prussia. The universal tone of English journalism proves the former fact—the speech of the Prince Regent clearly indicates the latter. Although it has one hundred and fifty thousand disciplined soldiers in Italy, and many strong fortresses, which formi dable forces would be required to capture, it would not willingly encounter either . the foreign foes or domestic insurrectionists by which it might be assailed. It will rather grant the indispensable reforms, and endea vour to conciliate the people than risk an encounter with France and Sardinia, which must, under even the most favourable circumstances, be exceedingly costly, and that at a very inconvenient time, when they are actually figuring in the Money-market as borrowers, and are striving to extract the paltry sum of six millions sterling from the pockets of JOHN BULL. There will, then, be no war on the Austrian side ; on the contrary, it will probably offer every reasonable concession to avort so formidable a calamity. But the great point to be considered is what course will be pursued by Loins NAPOLEON ? No one can perceive the intricate and devious paths through which he may be inclined to wander. None can foretell the difficulties imposed by a boisterous and turbulent army, for whom it may be necessary to provide active employment, lest they might turn on their employer, and the hand that gave them bread." Such might be the case with Louis NAPOLEON. We have seen the truculent addresses of French Colonels published in the official columns of the Moniteur. Their tone was such that it could scarcely be anticipated that peace could be preserved, but still the firm, but conciliatory tone adopted by Lord MALMESBVItY, produced a fortunate change in our diplomatic relations, and "peace was maintained, notwithstanding all the inauspicious omens that " Frightened our isle from its propriety." We believe that the result will be similar in the present instance. There will not be an European war, as we believe ; but trade and commerce have been paralysed, andproduction has been arrested, all because Louis NAPOLEON willed to utter a few threatening words on a very unsuitable occasion' and VICTOR EMMANUEL chose to follow suit, and to sacrifice his Poor little daughter, not yet sixteen years of age, at the Bonapartist shrine. Piedmont has, as every one knows, her own quarrels to avenge and her own ambition to gratify. But she cannot do it unless with powerful assistance. She must be certain that France will take her part, and on what terms? For even if triumphant, it might occur that she would gain a loss, and that France might take " the lion's share" of the booty. We should desire to see Italy perfectly free and united under a con stitutional government ; but that felicitous result will not be obtained under such inauspicious auguries as those proceeding from the Despot of France or the Autocrat of Russia. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis o f Salisbury, the Earl of Hard wicie, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John PakinEon, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. His Itoyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as the general commanding-in-chief held a levee yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards ; at which there was a large attendance of officers. His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess d'Apponyt will leave the residence of the Austrian Legation to-day, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, at Blenheim. His Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands has returned to town from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, at Combermere Abbey. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and family arrived in Arlington-strett, yesterday ; from Hat field, for the season. The Marquis of Lansdowne is expected at Lans downe House, from Bowood, on Wednesday next, for the. Parliamentary session. The Earl and C ou ntess of Clarendon will arrive in town early next week, from The Grove, near Watford, for the season, rife SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1859. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was was held this day at the Bridge-house Hotel—Leo Schuster, Esq., chairmarr of the Board of Directors, presiding. The usual routine business having been disposed of, and the report, which has already appeared in The Sun, being taken as read, _ _ The CHAnimarr, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, congratulated the meeting on the cheering position of the undertaking. The capital account was so clearly set forth in the report that he thought he could pass it over by merely observing that although the addition to it was large, it had been required to meet the expenses of acquiring land for the erection of the Pimlico station, and he had the assurance of the engineers that the works were pro ceeding satisfactorily, and he entertained no doubt but that they would be completed and delivered up to the company at the stipulated time in June next. The position of debenture stock was very satisfactory. The next point he referred to was the revenue. The report was very full on that head, and if the proprietors carefully examined it, they would be fully satisfied with the results. We have had during the past year to struggle with a commercial crisis, and it was gratifying to find that they had acquired a net in crease of £ll,OOO, after deducting the decrease of the previous half-year. (Hear, hear.) It was perfectly clear that this satisfactory result could not have been ac complished without the greatest attention to the traffic, and in all cases where increased accommodation, and where such hadbeenoffered , an increase of receipt s had inVariablifollowed. In the year 1851 there had been no less than seven reduc tions of fares ; three in 1852 ; two in 1853 ; one in 1854 ; four in 1855 ; three in 1856 ; nine in 1857 ; and three in the past year. (Hear, hear.) In not one case had there been an increase. (Hear, hear.) We have also greatly im proved the carriages of the company, feeling it our duty to do all that was possible to give increased comfort to those possessed of little as well as those possessed of much. (Hear, hear.) We have, in carrying out this arrangement, converted many of our second class carriages into thirds — (hear, hear) —and to the third class carriages in possession of the company we have adapted all the latest improve ments. Our second class carriages have also been made more comfortable ; we have added cushions and stuffed backs, indeed, your directors have done everything to promote the general comfort of all travellers availing themselves of the London and Brighton railway. The proprietors would recollect that in the year 1856 powers were obtained I by a new company to extend this company's Epsom line to Leatherhead, and he had now the pleasure to inform the meeting that the directors of the Brighton Company had entered into an agreement for the lease of the Leatherhead line with an option to purchase at any time within three years. The line, he believed, was in such a forward state that it was fully believed it would be open forjrfrtac the first of next month. (Hear, hear.) The necessary steps had been taken to obtain Parliamentary sanction to the agreement, and also for a further extension of the line to Dorking. The plant of the company, it would no doubt be a satisfaction to the shareholders to know, was in the best possible condition, so it was not likely that any large expenditure on that would be required for some time. (Hear, hear.) He now ap proached a - isubject that was of importance to them all, he meant taxes. In 1858, notwithstanding that the income tax had been reduced, • this company under the head of taxes had paid no less a sum than £68,000, which was equal to one and a half per cent of the dividend. (Shame.) With respect to their relations with the South Western Company, the chairman assured the meeting that the board of directors of the Brighton Railway Company had never taken anything but the straight road, they knowing full well that any other always led astray. (Hear, hear.) They had not asked for anything that was not their own, and they meant to insist on that right being conceded with firmness and moderation. (Hear.) They would do all they could to avoid a contest; and all the directors asked for was the confidence of the proprietors. (Hear, hear.) He did not know of any other remarks he need address to them, so he would conclude by moving the adoption of the report, and observing that he should feel great pleasure in• answering whatever questions were put to him. (Cheers.) The motion of the chairman having been seconded, was, after a short discussion, carried unanimously. Resolutions directing the payment of the dividend of 3t per cent. for the half-year, and re-electing the retiring directors, Leo Schuster, Esq., Charles Lushington, Esq., and John Nix, Esq., were also agreed to unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. We are requested to state that Mr. Gladstone has ac cepted the Lord High Commissionership of the lonian Islands, though his tenure of that office will be of extremely short duration. He was to open the Session of the lonian Parliament on the 25th inst. About the beginning of the seoond week in February he will be recalled, and his suc cessor appointed; so that, although this temporary accept ance of office vacates Mr. Gladstone's seat for the Univer sity of Oxford, he will be re-eligible by the time a fresh election can take place, while the primary measures con • netted with the better administration of the Islands will be introduced with greater adruntage than by any successor to his office. The Earl and Countess of Digby will arrive in town on Saturday for the season. The noble earl has taken a mansion in Belgrave-square. _ The Earl and Countess of Haddington have arrived at the Euston Hotel. . The Countess Astelfiani has arrived at the Bruns wick Hotel, Jormyn-street, from the Continent. The Earl of Carlisle is expected to arrive in town early in the ensuing week from Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere will arrive in town on Monday from Combermere Abbey for the open ing of Parliament. Lord and Lady Foley and the Hon. Adelaide Foley are expected to leave Nice in the early part of next month on their return to England. Lord and Lady Feversham have arrived in town from Duncombe Park for the season. The Bishop of Chester left the Euston Hotel yesterday for the Episcopal Palace, Chester. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. J. North have left Fenton's Hotel for the Castle, Dublin. Sir George and Lady Grey will return to town on Monday next for the season. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, accompanied by Lady Charlotte Denison, is ex pected to arrive in town from his seat in Nottinghamshire on Tuesday next. The right hon. gentleman is invited to dine with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 2d proximo. The wife of M. de Magnus, charge-d'affaires of Prussia at the court of Brussels, died on last Saturday night or Sunday morning whilst giving birth to a daughter, who survives. The deceased lady had been a resident at Brussels for about three years, and expired at the early age of 22 years. Madame de Magnus wasthe daughter of Baron do Brunnow, the Russian ambassador at London. The Archbishop, of Canterbury has fixed Wed nesday, the 18th of May, for the celebration of the 205th anniversary festival of the Sons of the Clergy, at St. Paul's Cathedral. Sir Matthew Sausse, late Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Bombay, has been promoted to the Chief Justiceship of that Court. The vacant Puisne Judgeship has been conferred on Mr. Arnould, of the Middle Temple and the Home Circuit. Mr. Arnould is the author of a well known work, entitled " The Law of Marine Insurance." PREPAYMENT OF INLAND LETTERS.—On the 10th February and thenceforward, the prepayment (in stamps) of all inland letters will be compulsory ; and any inland letters which may be posted wholly unpaid will be returned to the writers. Insufficiently paid letters, how ever, will be forwarded, charged with the deficient postage and en additional rate of one penny. By command of the Postmaster-General,—ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. Ge nsral Post-office, Jan. 27. DOCTORS IN GALORE.—One of the fancy schemes of the Poor-law Board is to have two medical officers ap pointed to every parish in the Union. Carried out in the City, this scheme would prove a costly joke, for the ninety-eight parishes would require 196 medial men with stipends from parochial rates, and no patients to keep them out of mischief. Two hundred parish doctors within con versation distance of each other, in a city of shops and ware houses I In the days of the barber-surgeons, such a scheme might have worked well, but you cannot now go to Escula pius for an "easy shave" and a shampooing I Capital joke 1200 doctors and the half dozen patients flung from one to the other to give them all a turn at useful practice ! —City Press. CLEARANCE OF JUGDESPORE JUNGLE.—We are told that the Government has presented a gold watch and chain to Jummeat Ally, Gomasta of the opium factory at Cawnpore, for his loyalty, and in recognition of the services rendered by him to the state in protecting the Government treasure when the factory was threatened with an attack by the rebels. We hear that the clearance of the Jugdespore jungle is progressing satisfactorily. The work has been given to Mr. Burrows, of the enterprising firm of Messrs. Burn and Co., railway contractors. The Engineers' Journal states that 2,000 workmen are now employed in cutting and removing the trees, and that nearly 2,500 acres, or one twelfth part of the jungles, have already been cut down. The work, observes the journal, has been undertaken by the contractor on condition that thejungle is to be cut down at his own expense, the Government granting him the whole of the lands rent free fora period of 99 years. If this be true, it is a move in th e r i g ht direction. If the Judgespore jungles are soon cleared, as the Engineers' Journal is led to expect, from the system of cutting pursued, it will be intwo months' time, Mr. Burrows will have rendered a most substantial service to Government, for which he would well deserve the enjoyment of the rent-free lands of the jungles of Judgespore. These have formed the refuge of the rebels for months past, and it is from these retreats that Kooer Singh's followers have given so much trouble. There are several jungles, tracts of uncultivated land in the upper provinces, which might be given away to enterprising speculators rent free for limited periods. The Stmderbund grants cannot have failed to convince the Government how much of the woods, the aboriginal dens of wild beasts, can be converted into fertile soils. The grant and appropriation of wild and uncultivated lands to those who are willing to undertake their cultivation on liberal terms must tend to develop the resources of the country, LATEST NEWS. The following telegram was received at Mr. Renter's office this morning : PARIS, THURSDAY, Jan. 27. The Moniteur of this day contains the follow- ing : " The men-of-war Napoleon and Algesiras, and the frigate Impetuouse departed on the 26th of Joluary from Toulon for Genoa." The vessels are probably intended to accompany Prince Napoleon and his bride. The Moniteur de la Colonisation contains a Minis terial decree of Prince Napoleon, dated January 6th, prohibiting all recruiting of immigrants on the eastern coast of Africa and Madagascar. The following telegrams were received at Mr. Renter's office last night : MARSEILLES, SAN . 26. The English steamer has just arrived here, bring ing the India and China mails, and has on board the bearer of the treaty of commerce concluded between France and China. Adviees have been received from Constantinople to the 19th inst. Previous to the election of the Hospodar of Mol davia the Porte had notified to the Ambassadors its intention of reserving its veto, but the unanimity of the vote for A. Couza has completely disconcerted the Porte, which also apprehends a similar check in Wallachia. It is asserted that the Civil List has contracted another loan of 30 millions of piastres. The Sultan is about to marry his daughter, the widow of Ghalib Pasha, to his favourite, Osman Bey, who would then replace• Rim Pasha in the Ministry. From Persia another victory over the Turcomans, is reported. In Circassia Naib has condemned Col. Ladiensk - s) be hanged. MADRID, JAN. 25. Some English houses (conzpagnies Anglaises) have bought up, at advanced prices, all the wool in stock in Estramadura and some other provinces. MADRID, JAN. 26 Government, suspecting a project got up in order ;o rescue the Neapolitan transported prisoners on ;heir arrival at Cadiz, have taken measures to pre- vent it. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. M. Proudhon, the well known Socialist writer, was, it may be remembered, some n tonths ago con demned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to three years' imprisonment and 4,000 f. fine for hay outraged public and religious morality, and de• fended in his work De la justice dans la Revolution et dans Eglise acts which the le.w describes as crimes. Against that condemnation he appealed to:the Imperial Court, but when the appeal came on for hearing he did not present himself, and the judgment was confirmed by default. He put in an opposition to that decision, and the matter came on yesterday anew. But when he wriF called he did not appear, nor did any advocate appear for him. The court accordingly rejected his opposition, and again confirmed the judgment. A letter from Brest says :—" The Minister of Marine has, in a recent despatch, &fined in a clear and preicse manner what is to bo understood by the phrase—state of commission of - vessels in port. The true definition is, he says, tha t a vessel should be ready for sea in a very short period, and should only have to take on board her cr e - w, the part of her stores which had been landed for safe keeping, her provisions and her powder, so as to be then ready for immediate service. The order to pnt a vessel in a state of commission therefore implies that all the works of construction, repair s, &c., are to be completed so that she may be at ()nee flitted out. After giving these explanations, the Minister pre scribesthat the greatest activity shalL be used in bring ing forward such vessels as can be got ready with the greatest expedition, and then mentions the names of the vessels now in the port of ]?rest, which are to be placed in the state of commisciion—that is to say, that at the first order they may be fitted out and be ready for sea. Those vessels are the steam frigates Caffarelli, Panama, Descartes, Orinoque, Danae, Amazone, d'Assas, Caton, Chimere, and Montezuma; the screw liners Turem - ne, Duguesclin, Breslau, Imperial, Tilsitt, 'Ulm, an a Wagram ; the steam corvette Gassendi ; the trantsports Garonne, Menge, and Forbin ; and the floati ng battery Con greve. Ido not speak,' says the minister in conclusion, ' of the screw liners Lomis XIV., Tage, Duguay-Trouin, Jean Bart, and Duquesne, nor the steam frigate Ardente, which I consider as being all completed as regards their hulls: and engines." The Journal de Cherbourg says :- —"The Minister of Marine has just informed the maritime authori ties in this port that the necessities of the service require that the ships of the line Ar tole, Alexandre, and Donawerth shall join, as quickly as possible, the experimental squadron in the Mediterranean, These three vessels in consequence will soon quit Cherbourg for their destination. Th e steam frigate the Sane, which was to have accompanied Prince Napoleon to Genoa, but could not be got' ready in time, is also under orders for Toulon. She is now completely fitted out and is taking coal on board. Everything leads to the belief that she will leave before the end of the week." BOURSE, Jan. 26.—The market has been buoy ant on the report that the Vienna Cabinet has made overtures for the establishment of conferences in order to settle the pending difficulties. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 50c., improved to 63f. 85c. ; Mobilier varied from 777. f. 50c. to 795 f. ; Austrian, 567 f. 50c. to 572 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,320 f. to 1,327 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 842 f. 50c. to 847 f. 50c. ; Northern, 937 f. 50c. to 940 f. ; Southern, 527 f. 50c. to 532 f. 50e. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 527 f. 50c. to 535 f. The following were the last quotations:— 41 per Cents. 96 . 90 Do. end month 96 85 3 per Cents 69 Do. end month 69 50 Bank Shares 2910 Cr6dit Mobilier Do. Account • PAW Credit Fonder Belgian 4i .. 99 25 Piedmontese (5) B5 Roman B7 • Austrian ... • Spanish Threes -- • Home Debt, 4O MAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Bl5 .. 812 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 845 .. 845 New ditto Geneva Midi — • • Southern 525 .. 625 • Western 6OO .. 600 562 60 Eastern Grand Central — , . Sardiniaa 415 417 50 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 26f. 121 c. ; money, 25f. 10e.; three months, paper, 241. 97te.; money, 24f. 971 e. SPAIN. The following telegram has been received : " MADR.LD, JAN. 25. " Enfilish companies are buying, at high prices, all the wool in Estremadura and other provinces. " The health of the Infante is better." The Madrid journals of the 22d contain no news of political importance. It is asserted in a letter that the reason why General Zapatero resigned the Captaincy-general of Andalusia was that the Go vernment blamed him for having, in spite of his orders, shown the Pane attentions to the Count de The Madrid journals of the 21st publish an official return, which shows that on the 31st Dec. last the floating debt was 574,493,868 reals. It was said that in March next the Qu.cen will pay a visit of two months' duration to Andalusia. A royal decree, in the Gazette, allows General Zapa tero y Navas to resign the Captaincy-General of Andalusia, and appoints General Villalonga y Es calada his successor. Paris on his visit to Seville as if he were a prince of a reigning family. The public meeting at Hamburg, which had been convoked by 16 heads of the principal families in the city, took place on Saturday. The resolutions passed were in favour of the complete revision of the constitution, and the meeting named a com mittee charged to suggest the best means for at taining that object. A letter in the Opinione of Turin states that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has refused to accede to Austria's request regarding an exchange of Tuscan for Austrian troops. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Royal Mail steamship Phcebe, Captain Clarke, we have received,Capenf Good Hope papers to the 22d of Dedember. They do not, however, contain much of interest. The Phcebe has brought specie to the amount of £7OO ; copper ore, 1,995 bags ; wool, 37,6371 b. ; and sundry wine, horns, &c. Among the passengers from the Cape were Sir Robert Stamford, Captain Salmond, Captain Cress well, R.N., Mr. Hammersley, R.N., Major Morse, and Major Fraser. (From the Cape Argus of Dee. 21.) Since our last summary for England was written the designs of the Transvaal Republic upon the neighbouring Bechuana tribes have been fully developed, and they comprehend nothing less than their total subjugation and enslavement. Very little rumour of wars and cattle-thefts has come to us during the last month from the Free State. British Kaffraria is tolerably quiet and uncom plaining ; but there are said to be (on the authority of the Graham's Town Journal) at least 100,000 natives in the colony, of whom, as might be ex pected, an occasional complaint is heard; and it would be as well if they could be put under a little more restraint. A continuous stream of immigra tion from home will be the best corrective for this untoward influx of Kafirs. - We have late news from the neighbouring colony of Natal, whose Legislative Council is sitting, and carrying on, as usual, a fierce and not very elegantly worded wai,with a " despicable and despotic official clique." Natal bids fair, as things are going, to become a black settlement with a few white officials, instead of a European colony. Sugar is doing ex ceedingly well, and it may now be considered to have fairly " riz" as a sugar colony ; but its credit is not yet equal to raising £lOO,OOO loan to carry on its public works. The vineyards throughout the country look ex ceedingly well. The vines are healthy and well laden with grapes. There has been some fine warm showers of late, and the fruit is swelling beautifully. The vintage promises to be very fine indeed. The crops of oat-hay this season are very large, and forage has come down by the run. Oats are now selling at 9s. 6d. per muid, whereas, at the beginning of 1858, they were realising 18s. per muid. Oat-hay at that time fetched upwards of 15s. per hundred, now it is selling from ss. to 6s. 6d. The inhabitants of Graham's Town and Pert Elizabeth lately presented to the captain of the Royal mail steam ship Phoebe, H. Clarke, Esq.„ a purse of £75, as a recognition of the well-working of the line, and to reward him for making the quickest voyages. WRECK OF THE ARAGO. The Hamburg bark Arago, 630 tons, D. C. Kt): ling, master,from Memel for this port and Batavia, went ashore on entering Table Bay, on the night of the 30th ult. A court of inquiry, composed of commander Gordon and Mr. Salfleet, of H.M. steamer Hermes, Captain Tinley, shipping-master, Captain Murison, and Mr. Poppe, acting Hambi:irg consul was appointed to investigate and report upon the circumstances. attending the wreck of the vessel. The captain made a statement to them, in the course of which he declared the error on his part in entering Table Bay rose from his having, after taking bearings of the lights, miscalculated the scale of miles, and thus mistaken his distance feom the land. The court, however, did not attribute the loss of the vessel to this cause. The following was their report to Government :—" That we are of opinion, from the evidence produced, that the loss of the barque Arago was caused by the wrong ful act and default of the master of the said ye ssel in not taking soundings, or having the lead going, or causing a proper look-out to be kept whilst standing in for the eastern shore of Table Bay, the ship being well under command, with a fresh working breeze and a - clear atmosphere.. The master, moreover, does not appear to have taken any bearings of Green Point light after six p.m., just before tacking for the last time, although the lights were clearly visible when the vessel struck." The hull and cargo of the wreck were sold by public auction, and realized £2,200. CAPT. BEDINGPIELD'S RETURN FROM THE ZAMBEZI. Capt. Bedingfield, R.N., who accompanied the Livingstone e xpedition to the Zambezi, returned to Cape Town by' H.M. st. Lyra a week or two ago ; and subsequently proceeded in the Sanspareil to England. It mivears that some mutual misunder standing of a trifling character between Captain Bedingfield ana, the leader of the expedition was the occasion of lais withdrawal from it. LO 38 OF THE MADAGASCAR. The Cape an Natal mail steamer Madagascar was wrecked o. a the night of the sth inst., off the south-east emit, near the mouth of the River Beka, on her passage from Last London to Algoa Bay. From the publi shed accounts of the catastrophe, it appears that at; six o'clock in the evening, the vessel was competed to be six miles off the coast; at nine o'clock live miles, and at ten, before the captain's leaving': deck, he ordered her to be kept still further seavir ard. The tops of the hills were visible, but a misty bank hung over the land. At midnight, whilst. the passengers were all in their berths, the steam e r struck heavily up on.a reef of roofs, on the edge of wl L ich she rode for 20 minutes, bump ing and straining . , fearfully, and then got off into deep water. The fora hold was immediately half filled and the steamer was found to be sinking. Her boats were at on .te got out, and provisioned, and the captain, selectin , g a spot less rocky than the usual run of the coast, hoisted the spanker, and ran the vessel on shore. At about three-quarters of a mile out she beached, amid a terrible surf, but was judi cously made a 't akwater for the boats, which were kept under her lee until daylight. Whilst so lying, the steam or rolled so much that the rigging could be touched' by those in the boats. At day light the boats, it, great peril, crossed the surf, and reached the lan d nearly full of water. On the occasion of the di :s aster, coolness and judgment were displayed by the • .master and officers of the vessel, willingly and al Ih y seconded by the crew. No life was lost, but the ) passengers and all on board lost nearly everythii iv, including their luggage. The officers' and crei p suffered a good deal of privation after landing, b at this appears to have been una voidable. In c 'far first notice of the, melancholy accident, we we re led to believe that the steamer was well insur , tat, and so we stated it. We, how ever, have since learnt, upon the best authority, that she was in Pared for a sum very considerably below her value The loss of the Madagascar will be a loss to the 'whole community. The transport ; ship Clasmerden, now 'in Algoa Bay, will conve yto India 80 women and children— the wives and f ir,nilies of soldiers belonging chiefly to the 13th Reg itnent, at present serving iu India. SMALL-PDX. The small-po: t epidemic, which prevailed here with great fatal iit, yr for about three months, has now almost totally d ist Lppeared. Our business relations with the count - y districts are therefore improving. Property sale s all parts of the country show a favourable adva nc e in the value of land and build ings. Farms w hi ch were originally purchased for a mere song, as the saying is, have realised very considerable pric :CF. '. U 111 )ER - SECRETARY. Mr. W. de E ;m idt, formerly secretary to the Central Road 1 fqq, rd, will shortly be appointed Acting Under Colonial Secretary, in the place of Mr. Montagu, to whom leave of absence has been granted in consequence of ill health. DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF SORTERS. Among the obituary of the month, the death of H. M. Watson, Esq., is recorded. Mr. Watson was, for several years past, President of Sorters at the General Post Office. LOSS OF THE BARQUE ANDROMEDA. From St. Helena we have received intelligence of the loss of the barque Andromeda (of Dundee), Captain Macpherson, bound from Algoa Bay to Falmouth. She was abandoned at sea on the 30th October, in lat. 33 25 S., long. 15 31 E., having four and a half feet of water in her hold, and rudder gone ; and the captain and crew were picked up by the barque Royal Rose, from Mauritius, and landed at St. Helena. • THE B URNS' PRIZE ODE. Miss Craig, the successful competitor for thi s prize and poetical distinction, is a young Scotch' woman—a native of Edinburgh, and for two year s past resident in London. Early left an o rphan , she was reared and educated under the care ef. grandmother not in affluent circumstances. 11 ;_l t ",, praiseworthy industry, and self-cultivation of intellectual powers, she early resolved to work 66 , her own pecuniary independence. By occasi ona ' poetical contributions to the Edinburgh Scotso o she gained the notice and kindness of Mr. Jobe Ritchie, the oldest and principal proprietor of that journal, and for some years she was employed 14 this early patron and friend on its literary depart' ment. In 1856 Messrs. Blackwood published small volume a collection of Miss Craig's fugitil e metrical compositions, under the title of " Poe' r by Isa." The author has also been a contributo under the signature of " C." to the poetry of t ?, e National Magazine. In August, 1857, on MP' Craig's first visit to a London friend, Mr. Hasting s ' the hon. secretary of the National Association 0,1- Social Science, engaged her services in the ore.l; sation of the society, and to this association „,, 15 , Craig is still attached as a literary assistant. published transactions of the association owe M e ue , to her talent and. good judgment. At the livc e 'i pool meeting in October last, Miss Craig attract c b , general notice and commendation by her u n° 0 trusive conduct and tact in the management of sol o departments of the business.. Miss Craig . 0 0 , absent at the Crystal Palace meeting, really le„a rant of the success of her literary competition , BP O of the award of the judges. It had happened th ril l she had not seen the mottoes on the success',es poem made public some days since. The chan tie s of a young Scotchwoman against 621 male are female competitors did not tempt her to attend li e , adjudication, and she was not informed of he et, cess till late after the termination of the me at at Sydenham . Palace. CORRECTION OF COMPASS ERRORS A new instrument for ascertaining and corr ec , v • ing the local errors to which compasses are liarly liable on board iron steamships, whieh:; just been invented by Mr. Robert Eardley pin a chief officer in the Peninsular and Oriental CO-5; pany's service, is now on view in the capta il ! i t room at Lloyd's, Royal Exchange. The ins trunle" : is in a box similar to those used for chrononieol7,l hung on jimballs, and over the top is a dumb cor (similar to Friend's Pelorus) and an equatorial 13 sun) dial, which, byneans of a graduated ar i ct 0 e the side, can be adjusted to the latitude of the eflt The observer, with a watch set to the apP a r r ;io time, or time of the ship, causes the shadow exert dial to fall on the part of the instrument represero ing the time. Immediately this is done on e p o, to of the cross is in the direction of the true raeti`",o of the place, and consequently all true bearings eon be ascertained at once—all magnetic bearings; o b. applying the known variation for the place el a o servation. The instrument may be used in ins part of the ship, the only adjustment required " e ; ( 1; to put the lubber line towards the ship's Ile,; t ) then, by placing the dumb card to correspond no the meridian, or the magnetic meridian, as re° l desired, the difference between its indicatior t or that of the compasses on board will be the er for which allowances must be made. Mr. Pi invention has already received the strongest aP9 bation of nautical men who have ex amined it, 541 Captain Steward, of the Alhambra, to which•ce'te 4 the inventor is attached, says :—" I have ass' s Mr. Pinhey in determining the errors of our eit)o,'l passes by his patent corrector, aidshaPc' of course during the voyage by them, and, fren l ec t. land-falls I have made, believe them to be coil and that the errors have, as he states, mat altered since they were last determined in SVot ampton. The change on the north-east qua << , l particularly demands attention, as I have se s ,`,„lr times found myself to the eastward of my re , c° o o ing in. making Ushant when steering - by tl' e ni J errors ; and this voyage, having shaped my c ° ,4 by Mr. Pinhey's corrector, I made Vshant exactly as I expected." The importance of ay ing the variations of compasses i n iron shirs, that so large an amount of property and life er ( Vti the ocean in iron - built screw steamers, caTill°oo over estimated, and therefore this invention des.et,,,s attention, to discover what may be its Well' demerits. CHINA SQUADRON. Three of the squadron lately engaged on the coast of China, the Sanspareil, the Nankin, and the Pique, have arrived in Simon's Bay, and sailed again for Portsmouth. The steam sloop Surprise has also arrived from China, and, it is said, she will remain on this station. THE HARVEST. In the Western Province, the grain harvest has just been brought to a close ; it has been' in every way a plentiful one. In the Eastern Province, the long-continued drought, of which we complained last month, has happily been broken, and. copious refreshing rains have fallen in various parts of the country, just in time to save a great portion of the crops. This rain, which has been pretty general, came most opportunely. The farmers had been suffering severely—their crops parched up, and theirjstock dying daily for want of pasturage and water. Fresh life and animation have been im parted to all agricultural pursuits, and our gloomy prospects with regard to food have given place to brighter hopes respecting the coming harvest. H. DI.. SHIPS IN SIMON'S BAY. H.M.S. Boscawen, H.M. steamer Lyra, and H.M. steamer Hermes are now in Simon's Bay. Some time ago it was rumoured that one of her Majesty's ships on this station would be sent in search of H.M. brig Sappho, which was missing; but recently it has been stated that in consequence of information receiyed by Admiral Grey, via New Amsterdam, no alarming fears are now entertained as to the safety of the Sappho. REGIMENTS IN THE COLONY. The regiments serving in this colony and Natal are :—The 2d (Queen's) ; the 85th; 45th, and Cape Mounted Rifles. It is said that the latter corps is to be raised to 1,500 strong, Several statements are current respecting the 45th ; in one quarter, it is stated that the regiment will be relieved by the 59th, from Hong Kong. Another rumour prevails in Natal, that meanwhile the 45th will return to Fort Napier. THE ELECTIONS. The elections for the House of Assembly are to come off within the next three months. The nomi nation of county members is to take place on the 29th inst., and of Cape Town and Graham's Town Bth Jan. The polling for county members is to commence on the third of January, and all are to be concluded on the same day. The Cape Town polling is to commence on Wednesday, the 12th, and to end on the evening of the 15th. This ar rangement has given great dissatisfaction. It will afford an opportunity to all candidates ousted in the country to come into Cape Town and contest the city. Should they do so, it will throw additional expenses upon the pre sent candidates. The candidates who are now before the public are : Mr. Solomon, one of the late members ; Mr. J. D. Thomson, of the firm of Thomson, Watson, and Co. ; Mr. Kotze, a gentleman of Dutch extraction, well known in the city; Mr. Arderne, the late member for Somerset; Mr. James Mortimer Maynard, the ex-member for the Cape division, whose connection with the late Parliament is marked by events familiar to all who are acquainted with Cape history. A petition is being taken round the city by Mr. Fairbairn's people, of the Commercial Advertiser and Mail office, in favour of Dr. Abercrombie. Dr. Aber crombie has distinctly declined to stand over and over again. He was compelled to divide his time so much between' his patients and the house during the last Parliament, that he could neither give satisfaction to his patients nor to his constituents, and he wisely refused at the close of the session to allow his name to be mentioned as a candidate for re-election. Besides this, it is hardly probable that he will permit himself to be, made a tool of by the people who are so anxious that he should alter his intentions. By the latest papers received we find that there are six candidates for seats just started at Port Elizabeth, viz., Mr. W. M. Harries, the late mem ber for, that town, Mr. Wormald, Mr. J. S. Kirk wood, Mr. Chabaud, Mr. Frames, and Mr. Wil liams. Port Elizabeth is only entitled to send two members, so that a sharp contest seems probable. TILE STEAMER PACIFIC OF THE GALWAY LINE. The following is the captain's report of the Pacific (steamer), from New York and St. John's, Newfoundland, and Galway, Jan. 8 : Jan. B—NW ; at 12 cast off from wharf ; 12 25 set on full speed ; pilot left ship 2 15; took departure, abreast of Sandy Hook light ship, 2 35 ; Fulton (s. s.) in company. 9—Northerly; distance, 210; fine weather, passing showers of snow ; Fulton abeam. Variation of binnacle compass by azimuth, 24 de g . W ; navigation by variation chart, 11 deg. W ; error, 13 deg. 10—N to E ; dist., 217 ; snow storm,. and from a.m. strong E winds and sea. Variation by azimuth, 25 42 ;by chart, 15 ; error, 10 42. 11— NE ; dist., 143 ; hard gale and thick snow drift ; ship covered with ice. Variation, 35 W. 12—N to W ; dist., 228 ; weather moderating, forenoon fine. 13—At 11 a.m., arrived at St. John's ; time of passage from wharf at New York to anchorage at St. John's, 4 days 22 hours ; time at St. John's, 1 day 23 hours. Took in 325 tons of coal ; detained owing to our having but two vessels to coal from, and the telegraph wires bein g broken . 15—At 11 a.m. left St. John's ; light southerly winds. 16— SW ; dist., 226 ; moderate weather and variable. 17—Variable • dist., 249 ; strong breezes and sudden changes from SW to NE ; at 8 p.m. pole star lat. 51 24. 18—Variable dist., 200 ; moderate weather and passing snow showers. 'Variation, o 4 deg. W. At 4 p.m., pole star lat. 51 48. 19—Westerly ; dist. 180, lat. 52 19 d. r., long. 32 d. r. At midnight glass falling fast, took in sail. At three a.m., bar. 28 7, increasing gale, and sea rising fast from southward ; at four, wind SSW,. hard gale ; at six, wind SW, heavy gales and increasing cross sea, laid to bow to sea ' • eight, WSW ; 10, a heavy drift , like fog, blowing a hurricane, and terrific mountainous cross sea, shipped a sea, and carried away fore companion. At 1 p.m., wind veering westward, ship moue heavily, and shipping much water ; at 2.30 p.m., tainous, confused sea, bar. 28 1; shipped a tremendous sea forward, carrying away bulwarks and stanchions on both sides, starting bowchocks, and carrying away port cutter, icehouse, bakehouse, ship's galley, gun, foretrysail, fore staysail and jib, and a quantity of running gear, &c., injur ing carpenter, ship's cook, and one fireman, and washing overboard carpenter's mate. At 4, wind WNW, and awful cross sea. At 7 p.m., sea running more evenly ordered steam on fourth boiler, and at 8.30 kept away. At 10 p.m., --wind NW, and veryheavy squalls, ruuning under bare poles. Midnight, bar. 28 5. 20— NW, dist. 182, lat. 52 22, long. 27 18 ; at 6 a.m. set foresail and foretrysail; hard gales from NW and strong sea. 21— NW to NE and back to NW, dist. 198 ; at night wind chopped round to NE, strong, with snow squalls, and at daylight backed to NW ; under reefed foresail and top sail ; variation, 43 W ; Arran Isle N 84 E, 425 miles ; - variation, 42 W. 22— NW, dist. 245; strong breezes and squally, with snow and hail; variation, 41'W ; ship lurching heavily. 23— SW to NW ; dist. 208; at 9 a.m., abreast of Arran Light; at 11 a.m. anchored in Galway Bay ; hard gales and heavy squalls from N, with rain and sleet. St. John's to Galway—Time of passage, 7 dap 20 hours. New York to St. John's, 4 days 22 hours ;—total, 12 days 18 hours. It is alleged that the Government have com pleted a contract with three large ix= companies for a supply of 68-pounders as fast as they can be cast. An im portant contract for gunpowder has also been taken: SINGULAR DEATH OF A HORSE.—On Wednes day afternoon a carriage belonging to the Earl of Winchil sea, and containing the countess and a gentleman at prep sent staying at the noble earl's, was entering North-street, Ashford, from High-street, when one of a fine pair of horses which were drawing the carriage suddenly sprang up, and, as the coachman said, " Gave a loud cry like a Christian," and then fell down dead. The animal had ruptured a blood vessel. It was stated to be worth a hun dred pounds. NEW SUBMARINE CABLE FOR THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. —Yesterday (Wednesday) Mr. Allan, the tele graph engineer, met the principal shipowners and merchants of Liverpool at the Underwriters' Rooms, in order to explain his system of ocean telegraphy. Mr. Wm. Ermtn, M.P., presided. Mr. Allan exhibited specimens of his submarine cable, which is much lighter and flexible than that used by the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The metallic strength is placed in the centre of two folds of gutta percha, which is again covered by a miked material as tough as leather, the total weight being 10 cwt. to the mile, and only Z cwt in sea water. Mr. Allan was closely questiOned, and his replies and explanations appeared to give general satis fasctien, THE BAR. The undermentioned gentlemen were this (Jan. 26) called to the Bar by the Hon. Soci" the Inner Temple, viz. : Eyre Lloyd, Esq., B.A. ; Richard Treville Ito. ley, Esq., 8.A.; John Rolt, Esq., jun., 8.A.;,. 1 John Garraway, Esq. ; Richard Thomas N ti j Esq. ; . Matthew Forster, Esq., jun., M.A.; of - Bateson, Esq., B.A. ; Charles Wm. irooda ,ll, 1 0 ) 8.A.; Joseph Fenwick, Esq., B.A. ; "Wra., l , Ewins, Bennett, Esq., B.A. ; Joseph Stanfield r v ,,e shaw, Esq., 8.A.; the Hon. Edward Chandos J-44 M.A. ; Wm. Emerson Tennent, Esq. ; Win. P I6 P Grey, Esq., B.A. ; Thomas Serle, Esq . ; 13) Thompson Fitz Adam, Esq. ; and. Thomas Sprague, Esq., M.A. 'rel - Middle Temple—Barristers-at-Law (Hilanipp., 1859), Jan. 26—The undermentioned ge l "' 7, were this day called to the degree of the U tter by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple :---", pli d ' Wm. Pain Weston Norsworthy , Esq., .‘,o,i I hill, Slough ; James Cornelius O'Dowd, -u454 11 Trinity College, Dublin, and of 5, Paper-buij,v, Charles Edward Jemmett, Esq., of Eieter I ),° o r Oxford, 8.A., and of 41, Chancery-lane ; et Wm. Hume Williams, Esq., of Trinity CO"aft' Dublin ; Richard Searle, Esq., of 5, Harellee Richard John Hodges, Esq., of Worcester C° or, Oxford, M.A., and of Little Barrington, no t ,,,eot ° „ ford ; Henry Richard Burn, Esq., of - Vir (3l :o College, Oxford, and of 6,Bloomfield-crescent, , bourne-terrace ; and Peter Clarkson Reed, 0' d 2, Middle Temple-lane. , i The undermentioned gentlemen were t lO l/ Di (Jan. 26) called to the degree of barrister-at -la the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz.:-- 0 0 0 Charles Arthur Russell, Esq:(certificate °flog or, first class) ; Wm. Ambrose , Esq. (certificate 4 : 0. fl our, first ' class) ,• Arthur Jas. Wigram, Estiiiil i ward Wilson, Esq., M.A., Cambridge ;E. Kirkby Fenton, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge iiirgliv,, Wm. Lord, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; ,ie Walter Cargill, Esq. ; Henry Richmond ~4, Esq., M.A., Cambridge • Henry Chas. Finaol k ol, MA. Oxford ; Miles Henry Prance, Esq., 'i Frederic Cornwell, Esq., David Gray Begt,for Wyndham Lewis Williams, Esq., M.A., vIA: Charles Fyfe, Esq., Russel James Kerr,' -1' ~,i Ch a rles W. Blakiston Houston, Esq., 8.A.., 0 Richard Horton Smith, Esq., Cambri d g e' Wm. Stephen Shoobridge, Esq.. Gray's Inil', 4 ll /1 ; At a pension of the Hon. Society of GraY -03 P; holden this day (Jan. 26), the undernaroed ,gol'd men were called to the degree of barrister -s ," - S A , i Ben Thomas Williams, Esq., of the Unic e 'o ', Glasgow, ALA., and of Carmarthen College, )le. University of London, the eldest son o f tli ..4 e fr Thomas Rayson Williams, late of ge w l.4 .d i Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, deceased ; and L' .4 Joseph Thackwell, Esq., the first son of Lietl„l" General Sir Joseph Thackwell, G.C.8., of 01 ' Hall, in the county of Cork. BANK _RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of frelPi p,e, culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks ill, 101 , and Wales for the four weeks ending Dec. 1°.,,tc11,y returns, combined with t he cir culation of the Se'cirvt)i Irish Banks for the same period, and the average O A ; tion of the Bank of Eng land fo r the four weeks en e tirj 15th Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their ,r oo tec ji ; will give the following results compared with the r tsofthecirculatio t n ol o j il the United Kingdom, when Nov. 20, I Dec. 18, 1858. 1858. llncrease• Bank of England Private Banks Joint-stock Banks Total in England. Scotland... ... . . Ireland United Kingdom 21,077,449 1 20,113,189 3,456,409 3,325,405 2,970,917 2,877,234 27,504,775 26,315,828 4,3&3,305 4,355,438 6,835,1151 6,756,889 And as compared with the month ending the 1901 ber, 1857, the above. returns show a decrease of a eo r in the circulation of notes in England, and an £712,971 in the circulation of the United Kingdon l i j o r 1 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of t fi.: / ral banks the following is the state of the circula ti° ' rhe English private banks are below their fixed 01 9 issue The English joint-stock banks are below their e.o°' fixed issue Total below fixed issue in England... • ei. , ; The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue . e 5; „ gYA The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... • 1 , oflf The average stock of bullion held by the Bitotile e of i land in both departments during the month dndi-1143,1", of Dec. was £18,875,546, being an increase of o ° e:A compared with the previous month, and an i%„o o , o ti' £10,840,425 when compared with the same perioo sl' The following are the amounts of specie held by pe e ' and Irish banks during the month ending the IS, fr}Mit' Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks .. • 150 / ' Gold and silver held by the Irish banks...... • ' .o' ll • °Pill 1 0 4 p , Being an increase of £87,116 as compared Co s if` previous return, and an increase of £114,169 when with the corresponding period of last year. • 4• o egr CRYSTAL PALACE.— ONE SHILLING -n :5 by terday the admissions on payment were $72; ditto tickets, 483; total, 1,355.