The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE IL TROVATORE. Piecolomini, Spezia, Giuglini, Belletti, Rossi, Vialetti, and Aldighieri. THU.. EVENING (Tuesday, Jan. 5), ' IL TROVATORE. Pricesi :—Pit Stalls, 123 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 28 ; grand tier, 3d. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 103 ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buck - stone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with SPEED THE PLOUGH. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, Chippendale, Mrs. Poynter, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliaca, and Miss E. Ternan, After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or , Harle• quin and the Spiteful F a i r y . H arlequin, Mr. A . L ec lercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq, Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Ifice, s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 2 0 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 1 0 P.t... ...... ... ............... 2 0 Pit Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 THEATR E-R 0Y A 1., DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADIES' BATTLE, iu which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Miss M. Oliver wilt perform. After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEA.TRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented THE RIVALS. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, Lessee--Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the second and third acts of THE GREEN BUSLIF.S, in which Madame Celeste, and Mr. Wright will perform. An^r which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mars, Mr. Frank Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billiu;ton; Cupid, Mfrs Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— . , TIIIS EVENING, THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. Prin. cipa characters by Messr'. Charles Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, Poynter, Ho'ston; Mesdames VI oolgar, Buckingham White and Weston. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAII ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, awl the TROU BAD4U - P or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, awl Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. 'l'. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. - - - _ . A Morning Performance on Saturday next, to commence at half-past 2. On Monday next will be produced a new and original Comedy, by Leigh Hunt, Esq. 3ox-ofnce open from 11 to 5 daily. OYAL SURMA( THEATRE. IL Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will ho performed BROKEN FAITH. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. TRAND THE A.TRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING, will be performed HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO OST HER HEART, Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine, Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lambert Family and the Red Man of Agar in their wonderful performance, &c. Commence at Sevon. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2i. ; Pit, Is, Gallery 6d. CA.NTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow i iz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance co lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dzc., :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunei', Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Mks Montagne, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. 10:JeG, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. 8. , 31:- card ; Messrs. 3. Collins, W. 'I. Critchfield, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, llerr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, des. until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will make his first appearance on Monday, the 25th inst. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAY—Morn., 50 min. aft. s —Even., 10 min aft. 6 To-Monnow —Mum., 35 min. aft. 6—Even., 55 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JAS VARY 5. tiIIaIfOIIETER, IN THE SLIDE. 3 ) --highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night. 33 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 30.35. WIND, N.E.; fresh, and cold bitter weather, with slight snow. `.e.• . „,4 .1! • (1 41 C-4 I LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 5, 1858. The dreaded 4tll of January has passed over in a much better way than wasgenerally anticipated. The acceptances falling due were very fairly met —indeed, the average was just as good as in ordi nary times. But what sacrifices must the parties have made to preserve the honour of their names? None can know the intensity of the struggle, and the magnit u d e o f th e l osses sustained_ in the struggle—losses that may cripple the sufferers, and so reduce their powers as to make them amongst the earliest ♦ictims of the next Crisis, which, if the Act of 1844 is to be maintained without change or modification, will most assuredly arrive, and that in less than ten years. Thai. hard calculators have ascertained the enormoifY profits that may be realised from a panic. They see the mode in which it may be produced, and will undoubtedly resort thereto whenever a suitable opportunity may oc our. Let the people look to it in time, they are fully warned ; and if the terrible lesson they have endured should be forgotten or disregarded on a temporary improvement, their case will indeed be hopeless, and they will only have themselves to blame for the results, however untoward they may be ! The year 1858 has thus been favourably luau gnrated, a nd we may anticipate an auspicious sea son for the industrial community. The hard cal culators have brought out their secret hordes, and there will, of course, 1. -e money in abundance, not only for the lecitimate requirements of trade arid commerce, 'but alio for wild speculations. The Government letter, which for the second time " virtually condemned and abrogated the Act of 1844," again saved the country. The sufferings were more intense, and the period of suspense more protracted, because the Government waited longer before affording the necessary relief, and made the conditions on which it was granted far more stringent than in 1 847. In that year 8 per cent, only was required, and that at the time of issuing the letter—the rate of discount having been previously by no means nnteasonable—but on the late occasion commerce had been for some time groaning under 7,8, and even 10 per, cent .; and the latter rate was vantinued, until the Bank—for whose sole benefit the relaxation was granted—Lad retrieved its position, and was placed in a position of perfect ease and security. We now know that the Bank must otherwise have stopped payment before the end of the week ; indeed, it is more than probable that a single day would have decided the question, and that the note would have been rendered inconvertible by the very means adopted t) ensure ita con vertibility. There were no such dangers in France. The Directors were permitted to exercise their own N, LONDON, TtTESDA r EVEN IN G, J JANUARY 5, 18 judgment. They could purchase gold at Lord and Lady H arr y V ane h ave left town, for ! Brighton, for a few weeks. Viscount Evereley and the Hon. Misses Sb aw Le its market price, wherever it was of able, could issue paper to any extent they fevre left Sutton Place, near Guildford, where they have thou ht proper been staying on a visit with Si r J o h n an d Lady Lefevre ;and , consequently, the emezgeney t3-day, for Heckfiel e l Park, Hant s . was by no means so formidable or so protract ed I The Marquis of Exeter, accompanied by Lords Edward at Paris as in London. As we recently pointed i and Henry Cecil and . Ladies . Cecil, has left town for Burhle The march is in to out, the current rate at the; French Banks.is but be removed from London at ioness present.o delicate a st a t e t o 5 per cent., while at our quasi national ef itablish- PRINCESS'S TEIEATRE.—In consequence of the sudden idissition of Mr. Charles have been Kean, the tragedy of " hamlet," which was t o performed las g t ment it is still kept up at 8 per cent., 07: 60 per n ht, cent. more than the price of pecuniary a( ;eOllll3lO- wee unavcidably postponed. dation in the French metropolis—a differe,ace that DEATH OF SIR JAMES FELLOWS, F.R, F.--We have must very injuriously affect the commerciol lute- to announce the demi se o f Si r J ames Fellowee, expired on Thursday l as t, at hi s s m ' s residence at rests of the United Kingdom. This must', how- Havant. Sir Janes had completed his 85th year. He , g ,f ra A l i U e a d t ie el ne as in ßa l c B l o ie 3 lor sofirle James.fedicine in 1797, and Doctor ever, speedily be changed. Money is worth but served with the army 6 per cent, in Lombard-street, and must, however on the Continent in 1794, and afterwards ia the reluctantly, conform to existing circumstances. Peninsula. The Bank has rofited larg el the panic, as the DEATH OF DR. FORBES R OYLE .—W e regret to an p y by nounce the sudden death of thi s di st i ngu i shed b otaniet fortunate proprietors of stock will discover on the on Sunday last at Acton, where he resided. He had been unwell for sever a l wee k s prev i ous l y, b ut up to the next occasion of declaring a dividend. last moment his illness was not believed to be of a dan- But at what price has that gain been purchased ? gerous character. Dr. Royele's profound knowledge of Let the black catalogue of failures, showing a total them k a i t n e g rial dom r e s a o n u d r ces o the warm a ln d i i a n , t e r eespeciallyinterest wl3 i h ch h e t t e n vege tablek in n of between fifty and sixty millions sterling within everytbingcalculated to increase the industrial prosperity little more than two months, answer. There was, of our Eastern empire, re n d ers hi s d eat h a pu bli c loss. Ile was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in his own besides, a considerable reduction of the national de?artment of science had a European reputation. revenue, and an enormous amount of suffering and A letter from Toulon announces that the screw trans port Yonne is being fitt e d ou t th ere t o convey troops to privation entailed on the working classes. All Senegal. The gun brig Tocsin has sailed from Cherbourg, these calamities were occasioned by the mis- and is to be followed by the Trombe for the same chievous, and we might almost say whimsical destination. The canonry in e Bstol Cathdral, vacant b the provisions of the Act of 1844, which con t rac t e d death of the Rev. J. th Sarteries, has bean conferred on the just at the very time that an increased issue would Rev. John Guthrie, M.A., vicar of Caine, Wilts, Pre bendary of Salisbury Cathedral, and domestic chaplain have materially alleviated, if it did not altogether to the most noble the Marquis of Lansdowne. remove the existing distress. It was the remedy Positive information has been received to the eff: et that Baron Gros, the French Ambassador to the Court that proved successful in every instance, until of Pekin, has arranged that after the squadrons shall have taken up a positi on b e f ore C anton a final sum it was prohibited by th e i nsane l eg i s l t ti on mons shall be addressed to the Chinese Government. adopted at the instance of the currency quacks. The accomplishment of this formality was to commence Can it after the double failure be again forced on the 16th of November. upon the unwilling country ? Time will tell. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—M. Mullendorff, presi dent of the Chamber o f C ommerce o f Verviere, in Bel- The attempt will unquestionably be made, and giurn, went three days ago to inspect a spinning menu efaectteoirryeabseelonnngitnhge t e o ee h e i n m at Pellour, and on looking down we fear with the privity and consent of Sir G. d storey, the bannister gave way, C. LEWIS. If the commercial, agricultural, and ,and be fell headforemost to the bottom, a height of about manufacturing population, whose interests in that 40 feet. His skull was f rac t ure d, b ut h e was not killed. Hardly any hopes of his recevery are, however, enter respect are one and indivisible, remain apathetic tained. and indifferent, it will be so. They must " awake, MEDITERRANEAN EXTENSION TELE GRAPH .—Thi s li ne is now open for the transmission of messages between arise, or be for ever fallen." The sooner they Cagliari, Malta, and CoEu. The compa n y' s eng i neer, writingfrom exhibit symptoms of vitality, the better f o r Matta, says, " that the state of the cable since it has been submerged i e hi g hly sat i s f actory ; and themselves and for the nation. It is th e most it gives me great pleasure to inform you that lam cen important domestic question that can possibly viaced the traffic will exceed our greatest expectations." The Government subsidy of 6 p er cent . on th e capital is arise, and corresponding zeal, energy, and activity now in full operation. should be displayed without a moment's delay. DEATH OF A CHILD BY FlRE.—Yesterday an inque , t was taken by Mr. Baker at the London Hospital, touch ;rig the death of Jane Wenhen!, aged five years, who lived with her parents, at 10, Middlegrove-street, Com mercial-road. Last Wednesday week deceased was in the parlour, and tried to take the kettle off the fire. In doing so her frock caught fire, and she was soon in Humes. Her sister, eight years o l e l, was a l so much b urnt in trying to assi s t her. She was dreadfully burnt, and was taken to the London Hospital, where she died on Saturday. Verdict—" Accidental death." It will be remembered that the mildest Christmas-day on record (that of 1837) immediately preceded the long and severe frost of January and February, 1888. SIR JAMES BROOKE AND BORNEO.—The question of Sir Jamas Brooke's status in Borneo is one of the imme diate and permanent public interest. He is, admittedly, the independent, sovereign of a considerable territory, the key to those portions of the vast i-land unab sorbed by the Dutch. No w, is itde irable to perpetuate this anomaly, or to bring the rajah and the British Government into closer relations ? We believe we are right in saying that the settlement of Labuan is still upon its trial, and that a period has beau officially fixed within which its vitality must be made apparent, or the British flag will be hauled down. Such a retreat would be most discouraging, ill-timed, and unfortunate. But. the success of Labuan might be placed bee ond doubt were complete protection established for trade and commerce in those waters; to this and a Government policy favours able to Sarawak is indispensable. Sir James Brooke may reign over a quarter of a million of happy and flourishing people, but he cant of be expected to mount guard over the whole coast, or to promote the interests of depart ments by which he is ignored. Large and varied ques tions connected with our Eastern policy are arising ; and while the subject is open there is no reason why we should neglect Borneo, a territory intrinsically of far more importance than Siam or Japan.—Leader, TEE LEVlATHAN.—Yesterday added another to the long list of disappointments which the public: have already undergone in connection with the often deferred process of getting the big ship into the water. As is generally the case when an unusual attendance of the public occur., nothing was done, and the miserabl e visitors to the inclement yard passed the day in sug gesting all possible reasons as to why the launch was not attempted. The plain reason was that the preparations were not in a sufficiently forward state. Tne immense array of rams fixed against the fore and aft cradles have been connected by small pipes in groups of threes, so that there is no v little chance of the mechanical world being further astonished by the bursting of these power ful machines. Though nothing in the way of work was done yesterday, it, nevertheless did not pass off entirely without the usual average of uefortunate 'mishaps. A. bark coming up the river ran into the steam barge which, anchored off the vessel, contained a large portion of the windlasses and gear to be used in hauling the monster bulk towards the river, and sank it instanter. There were no lives lost, fortunately, but the accident may have the effect of rendering even the remote day now fixed for her floating still more distant and uncertain. THE HERO OF THE WATER BASTION (THE LATE LIEUT, EVERARD LISLE PHILLIPPS) —On the 14th of September, the day of the Delhi assault, the storming of the water bastion was led by a youth of 22. This was Everett Lisle Phillips, second can of Ambrose Lisle Phillips, of Grace Dieu Manor, Leicestershire. The youth was followed by seven of the Rifles (who were scattered along the whole front), and some of the 86h Queen's, immediately supporting them, the fort was per manently secured. The oldest soldiers present could not remember a hotter fire; and the young hero was wholly unscathed, only, however, to live three days longer. On the 17613, he fell gloriously in the discharge of his duty. He had rushed forward with very few teen to cover the movement of two of our guns, by making a sand-bag battery, and as he was setting an example to his men, placing the sand-bags with his own hands, he incauti ously exposed his head over the parapet and was shot dead. lle is universally regretted by the officers of the 11th Native Infantry, in which he had served more than two yea's, and those of the 60th Rifles, in which be had obtained a commission without pur chase, June 5, for gallant conduct, at the request of Lieut.-Colonel Jones, whose orderly-officer he was. Fur his splendid deed at the Water Bastion, as well as Lie c induct ever since the attack, he was recommended by General Wilson for the Victoria Cross. RE-OPENING OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW BANK.—The opening for general business to-day of the City of Glas gow Bank affords another cheering indication of the reflux of the monetary tide, and a return, we trust we may safely augur, to general mercantile prosperity. The circumstances which occasioned a temporary suspension of this popular banking institution are so well known, and the investigation into its affairs, by a gentleman of the highest mercantile repute and standing in Glasgow, has placed it in so favourable a light before the public, that it is almost unnecessary for us to say another word on the subject. The City only retreated, to us a military phrase, before a surging host in the shape of a mob and money panic and run for gold, such as was never before experienced in Scotland. Since it is now in full action, we have little doubt that it will rank as former y in all time coming as one of the leading banking institutions in Scotland. One thing may be very properly mentioned to the honcur of the City Bank. No other bank in the c runtry has done more than it has, both in a social and p )11ticel sense, to lift up the operative class of the community to a common platform with that either of the merchant or the em ployer, in giving them equal banking facilities and privileges in being allowed to lodge and draw daily en their accaunte at pleasure. However much this valuable privilege was abused—as greatly abused it was on the occasion of the recent run for gold on this establishment we would like to see the practice revived, as it involves a very salutary principle. The banks, we know, ire very chary of working men's deposits, and the City pro bably now shares the common jealousy. Were an appeal, however, made from the operatives as a body to the direc'ors of the back to continue the accommodation bithert afforded, we have little doubt it would be responded to.—North British Daily Mail. It appears that the liabilities of Messrs. W, Cheese brough and Son, the woolstaplere of Bradford, whose failure was announced on the 16th of December, amount to 315,2391., with assets for 13s. in the pound, and that tboso of Mr. W. C. Haigh, of the same placed are 75,7031., with assets for ab nit 6 11. The estate of Messrs. Cheesebrough is to be wound up under inspection. Mr. Haigh is to make an assignment. At Leeds a meeting has been hell of the erediters of Messrs. S ralfield, Brothers, woollen merchants. Their liabilities are 64 2031., and they show 7s. 9 1 . in the pound. A composition of 7e. 61. was offered, acd declined until an examination shall have been made by a committee of creditors. FATAL iiue s t at Ac t hee London eree. —YHeosetpeirdteay Hospital on Mr. Biker oie. body hell o: Charleserin Goodwin, aged 21, who was run over by a van drawn by two hones, the property of Messrs. Watson and Westall, salt merchants, Upper Thames-street. On Thursday, the 24th ult , about nine o'clock in the deceasedfore nwo.olene.icf anw,as whichdriving a cart drawn by three horses el.one the road. He was on his right side, within a short token to the distance of the church, when the van passed him on his , near side. Re was knocked down, supposed by the off He was above institution, where it was found that ha had Jeceived such a n of the knees . passed over his . legs. that amputation was necessaryextensive lacerationdedin conse• quence on Friday last. The Coroner and he Coroner observed that it was a case ne ar l y amounting to manslaughter, and that the relative s o f th e deceased would in of action against the d i l e e • or h have a good g round atui xi by being run over b y the employers for COtfl• pcnsei ioe. V er di c t—" Teat the d yaue%eacied'S death was Notwithstanding the denunciation of Filileus terism, contained in the Speech of President BIICRA.NAN, inaugurating the present Session of Congress, an expedition, under the notorious WALKER, has actually landed on Nicaragua, of which he has proclaimed himself Governor. This is practically waging war on a friendly State, and according to the universally recognised principles of international law, is an act of piracy of the worst description. The United States Govern ment, which:has been so contumaeliously treated, should take immediate steps to vindicate its own honour, and to preserve the people thus invaded from the atrocious proceedings of the modern buccaneers. It appears that WALKER'S operations were per fectly notorious in New Orleans—indeed, so much so, that he was actually held to bail in a considerable amount to answer the charges about to be preferred against him, of raising money and ammunition, and enlisting men, for an illega purpose. He, however, totally disregarded his obligations, and, immediately after his liberation, started with the motley crew he had gathered around him on his speculative voyage. The American law and legal authorities having proved thus helpless, it could scarcely be expected that the American navy would be more efficient. WALKER therefore unhesitatingly landed under the guns of the U. S. steam sloop Saratoga ; and, as his papers were all right, nothing could be done to check his audacious career ! We cannot conceive how these regular papers could have been obtained save by the connivance of the authorities at New Orleans, and it is certain, that in other matters, American Naval Commanders would not stick very closely to these forms if they considered the interests ;of their country, endangered by pro ceedings substantially wrong, though disguised in a flimsy veil of mere forms, the entire affair would be perfectly incomprehensible, but for the notorious fact that filibusterism is popular in the Southern States, and thatanything will be tolerated, the result whereof may be to add another Slave State to the Union ! The effort; at supposition will, therefore, be merely colourable, and the authorities—including even the Presi dent himself—will subject themselves to a charge of duplicity and insincerity if they do not take decided steps to stop the evil in limine, and to subject the offenders to the penalties of the laws they have so deliberately violated. If Mr. BUCHAN'AN has any respect for his.own political character he will adopt this course. A simple instruction to the commanders of the United States' vessels of war would be quite suf ficient to prevent the arrival of the reinforcements, without which WALKER can make but little progress, and to make prisoners of those who have already landed. If that course be not adopted, other nations should interfere. As pirates and robbers the Filibusters are the ene mies of all mankind, and all should combine fur their destruction. Their hands are against every man, and every man's hand should be agains them ! It is obvious that the mischief will never be averted, the ulcer healed, until some decided step be taken. The pretext of emigration is easily resorted to, but when it is palpably false and fraudulent, used only to cover the most nefarious project, it should be visited with condign punish merit. And the expedition on a large scale may be anticipated. The Mormons are ou the move— Maw"Am YOUNG has sounded the note of prepara- tion, and it is more than probable that those who may be regarded as rebels against lawful authority will carry with them their tares and penatos to other territories beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. How can Mr. BUCHANAN take measures to punish them if he connives at the outrages com mitted by WALKER and his followers ? It is time that energetic steps should be adopted to check the growing crime, and to teach those practising it that they cannot carry on such practices with impunity. MARRIAGE OB Han ROYAL H I GHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL. —Th e public will be admitted to the Chapel ; Royal, St . J ames's, by tickets, on Wednesday the 27,h inst., a n d th e two following days and to the Chapel and Sta'e apart ments in the following week. Tickets of admission w ill b e i ssued at the Lord Chamberlai n's-office on Tuesday, the 26th inst. We learn from the Northampton Hera ld accident bet e l th e Ri g h t Hon, Vernon Smith , Presideb n of the Board of C ontro l , whilst hunting the other d: with the Fitzwil l i am h ounds. Tne hon. geni ai collar bone w a s f rac t ure d ; b ut under the skilful u:rrats ment of Mr. J. G. L ie t e, surgeon, of Thrapston, h e i s progrear.ing favourably. Lady Arthur Hay is slightly indisposed, at her reel dei.ce in Chester-square. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. G. Barrington have arrived in town, from visiting Lord and Lady Barriogtcn, r.t Beckett House, in Berkshire. The Right Hon. C. Villiers, M.P., left town on Mor.. day, on a visit to 14. , rd Brougham, in Wiltshire. 'rue EArl and Countess of Mulgrave arrived in town last evening from visiting the Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland, at Newton House, Bedale, Yorkshire. Toe Countess Dowager of Macclesfield and Lady Louisa Parker have arrived at Howchild'e Hotel, St. James's-street. Laura Countess of Antrim arrived in town yesterday from visiting the Mal and Countess of Macclesfield, at Sher.orne Castle, Oxon. T TIE PROPERTY OF DESERTED MARRIED WOMI N. LATEST NEWS On Monday next the following provision in th e Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act (the 20th and 21st of Victoria, cap. 85) will come into ope ration with respect to the property and earnings of deserted married women. Section 21—" A wife deserted by her husband may at any time after such desertion, if resident within the metropolitan district, apply to a police magistrate, or if resident in the country to justices in petty session, or in either case to the Court, for an order to protect any money or property she may become possessed of, after such desertion, against her husband or his creditors, or any person claiming under him, and such magistrate or justices or Court, if satisfied of the fact of such desertion, and that the same was without reasonable cause, and that the wife is main taining hen elf by her own industry or p roperty, may make and give to the wife an order protecting her earnings and property acquired since the coin ' mencement of such desertion from her husband, and all creditors and persons claiming under him, and such earnings and property shall belong to the wife as if she were a femme sole ; provided always that every such order, if made by a police magistrate, or justices at petty sessions, shall within ten days of er the making thereof be entered with the regis trar of the county court within whose jurisdiction the wife is resident, and that it shall be lawful for the husband and any oreditor or other person claiming under him to apply to the Court, or to the magistrate or justices by whom such order w.is made, for the discharge ; provided also that if the husband or any creditor of a person claiming under the husband shall seize or continue to hold any property of the wife after notice of any such order he shall be liable at the suit of the wife (which she is hereby empowered to bring) to re store the specific props-rty, and also for a sum equal to double the value of the property so seized or held after such notice as aforesaid. If any such order c f protection be made, the wife shall, during the continuance thereof, be and be deemed to have been, during such desertion of her, in the like position in all respects with regard to property and contract, and suing and being sued, as she would be under this act if she obtained a decree of judicial separation. FRANCE AND CHINA. The Indep3nclance Beige publishes the following telegram from Path, dated 4th inst. We give it with duo reserve : "Despatches have been sent to Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly to prevent the French troops under his orders in Chins from acting in concert with the English troops against the Celestial Empire. " The 500 men recently sent to reinforce his squadron have another destination. It appears that a demonstration is to be made against Tou rane, a town of Cochin China, ceded to Franco in 1787, but never taken possession of by her. " A Council of Ministers has been convoked, under the presidency of the Emperor, to discuss the question of sending out additional reinforce ment, and the part likely to be taken by the Spanish Government in the expedition, which is caused by the persecution of some of its subjects in the Empire of Cochin China." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The upward movement, which showed itself strongly on Saturday last, has to-day assumed a much more decided character. The rumour was revived of a fund of 50 or GO millions being about to be formed by the joint efforts of the Bank of France and the Discount Bank, in order to assist tho commercial community by loans of money on the security of merchandise. The Pays has the following news from China : On Nov. 16 an address from the principal merchants and most influential inhabitants of Canton was presented to Admiral Seymour. It stated that the undersimed, fearing from the atti tude of the English fleet that an attack was about to be made upon the city, desired to represent to the Admiral that they were altogether unconnected with the CaIIQCS which had lied to a rupture betwt en the British Government and the - Viceroy of the province, and they requested, that in consideration of a ransom in merchandise, such as flour or rice, which they were very willing to pay, their property and warehouses might be spared. This incident shows that the inhabitants of Canton are very anxious to separate their cause from that of the Chinese Government." " It is positively stated," says the Nerd of BrusselA, " that the Council of State of Franco will assemble on the sth January, under the presidency of the Emperor, to discuss the ques tion of the rats of interee. It is also men tioned as certain that the legal rate of commercial interest will be suppressed, and will only be regu lated for the future by the decisions of the Bank of France." BOURSE, Jan. 4.—The following were the las . quotations : 4 per Cents Do. end month — -- 3 per Cent. ..... Do. end month 69 93 uik Shi,res Credit Mobilier - Do. Account 930 94 - RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto BWI Lyon and Mediteran. 882 A New Ditto B6O Geneva Credit Foncier Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . 37 rAY S. Midi Western 7OO Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian RUSSIA. "Some journals have asserted," says a letter from St. Petersburg, "that the Russian Cabinet has addressed a note to that of England relative to the Isle of Perim ; but we can positively state that no diplomatic document of the kind exists. The Russian Cabinet is disposed to leave the Porte to make such representations on the subject as it may think necessary, not only because it is principally interested in the matter, but because the relations of the Russian Cabinet with that of London have lat•erly become more friendly. An official report of the further operations in the Salvatia, in the Cau casus, and some details of the late occurrences there have just been published; the cutting through the wood between New Eftcturai and Dylim was termi nated, but behind the wood Schamyl had constructed on a hill a rather strong redoubt, the defence of which he had confided to Schamihal Naib of Bogo bal, who had under his orders twelve naibs and about 3,000 men, and the Russians had to sustain a very severe combat before they could expel the Circassians from it ; when they had done so, they drove the Circassians into a defile, and attacked them with the bayonet. Schamihal and four other naibs, together with 350 of their men, were killed, the Russians had two captains woueded. The enemy afterwards evacuated the Salatavia, and pro ceeded towards Kurgeso and Almako, where the ,principal forces of Schamyl are collected. The Russians burned down Dylim and all the neigh bouring villages, also all those near which there had i been combats, and then they returned to their quarters." the 30th ult., that in a short time the question of ' the Duchies will enter on a phase, the French go vernment having officially informed our cabinet that it has authorised its envoy at Copenhagen to pronounce on the affair in the same sense as the Russian note of the 1.56 Dec. The Berlin cabinet has, besides, reasons to believe that Denmark will make other concessions, but the moment has not come for making them known." Lord Stratford de Redcliffe left Vienna in the evening of the 28th ult., for London ; but he has been obliged to stop at Dresden on account of the illness of one of his daughters. He hoped to be able to resume his journey on the Ist. The first bulletin issued by Marshal Radetzky's physicians, dated the 30th, states 'hat he is labour ing under a hypostatic pulmonary inflammation. The Archduke Maximilian, on learning the state of the gallant veteran, immediately proceeded to the Villa Reale to visit him. The Mexican Congress has declared itself in per. manence. The condition of tho provinces is de. plorable. "JASSY, Jan. 2.—The Divan of Moldavia, after voting thanks to the guaranteeing Powers, has closed its session. In its latter sittings the Divan, taking into consideration the wishes of the peasants', voted the abolition of forced labour, the seculariza tion of ecclesistical property, and the principle of payment of the clergy by the State." The last accounts from the frontiers of Asia state that Abbas Mirza, brother of the Shah of Persia, to whom Bagdad is assigned as a residence, had pro tested in legal form against the proclamation of Ervin Nizan as heir to the throne of Persia, and that the British Minister at Teheran is the on!y foreign repreSentative who has consented to receive this protest. _ _ The reports of the Commissioners for the Danu bian Principalities will, it is expected, be all in Paris by the end of this month. . A letter from Naples announces that the Marquis Gropello, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires in that city, had quitted on leave of absence. His depar ture was attributed to a political motive. IMPORTANT DABATE IN THE PIED MONTESE CHAMBEU. In the sitting of December 30, during a protracted debate on the " verification of powers :" Count CAMBCZANO maintained that the clergy had exercised no pressure upon the elections. Every party naturally did its utmost to exclude its adver saries. Thus it had been said, if you vote for the clergy you will have civil wars, if for the Left, you are in danger of the republic ' • if for ministers, be ware of schis m . Complaints had been mad e o f an it ruption of priests into the electoral colleges. Why not ? They were electors. But it was said further the priests had written bulletins for electors who could not write. Again, he would ask, w h a t h arm was ther e i n t h at ? They had threatened excom munication —but had not the monarchy threatened electors with dismissal ? The deputies of the Right, he'would assert, were there by virtue of the national will. Their lives, after all, were devoted to God, their King, and the law, and the blame of their adversaries was praise. (Cheers.) Those who de sired to see the country flourish by its institutions were certainly not partisans of the repeal of the Constitution. In defending the cause of religion he and his friends felt that with that cause was bound up the practice of equity, respect for the laws —that that cause was the palladium of Piedmont. " The nation," he said in conclusion, " is at our back, and supports us." (Cheers.) On Count Cambuzano, who had spoken with con siderable warmth, resuming his seat, M. Costa de Beauregard pressed his hand. Count MAMIANI said 'he was convinced that no body desired to violate the Constitution. But to come to facts :—A priest had threatened an elector with excommunication. A VOICE—Name ! Count MAerfe.Nr—lf a protest were to be held not woi thy of attention whenever proper names could not be given, nine out of ten must be passed over without notice. (Oh,. oh.) It was necessary to do justice when the country believed that one half of the clergy had been guilty of a breach of duty. (Oh, oh.) MM. Bxxro and C.A.ArntrzArro gave notice that they would ask leave to speak. Count MAMIANI asked for justice ' because he hoped that an inquiry would prove that the church had not transformed itself into a political camp. He trusted that the clergy would remember the beautiful language of a holy bishop of Montpelier to his parishioners, " For the love of God renounce all party spirit ; your place is at the foot of the cross." (Cheers.) Count CAVOUR rose and said—This question has taken such a serious turn, that it is indispensably necessary for me, as the organ of the ministry, to state our opinions up on i t. It is a fact beyond dispute, that the clergy took a most active part in the late elections. I will not, before inquiry, go into the question of the means they employed. It was not an isolated, individual in terference, but it was one hierar c hi ca ll y organised, perfect!y disci plined, and one that demonstrated a thorough know ledge of electioneering tactics. This fact is doubly important when we consider what is going on in other states o f E urope, where also now the clergy i s making great e ff orts to obtain political influence. In Switzerland a u a t tempt is making to raise th e ghost of the Sond er b un d . In France the ec t l o er b gy nn i g s trying t o a b r id ge Gallican liberties, and that country back to the sixteenth century. In Belgium the cle rg y is working to re-establi s h mort main tenure for the benefit of the church, and does its utmost in the electoral committees to impede the regul ar d evelopment of civilisation. I would not hold the clergy as a body responsible for the violence of th e cat h olic press, but cannot avoid noticing the f ac t that no sooner I on_er were the electoral colleges c onvo k ed than the bishops pub lished pastoral letters. In some of these letters a Christian spirit of impartialityp o revails, but others One are redolent of p ar t y sp i r i t. prelate even de scended so low as t o wr i te like a party journali s t. His virulent p en ma d e the mostreckless attacks upon his adversaries, and he branded the govern ment and the parliamentary majority as e ene •lof the church an d c hil dren of Satan. (Laughter.)s The parsonage houses were converted into election eering reudezvous. The priests left their flocks to canvass, and after having marshalled their own people to the poll remained on the spot as elec tioneering agents to influence others. All this would not constitute moral pressure ; but it is asserted that they went so far as to abuse the con fessional to this same end. I do not affirm that they really did this, but they are accused of having done it, and it concerns the dignity of Parliament, and the members whose elections are tainted with this suspicion, that the fact should be cleared up. I hope, with all my heart, that the clergy may come clean out of the inquiry. The intervention of the clergy in politics has good as well as evil conse quences. Iu all free countries the clergy always plays a part in political struggles—it does so in England, in America, and in Switzerland. lam far from wishing to exclude them from all political influence. Living, as they do here, in a medium of liberty, its members imbibe a tas'e for liberty. That fact is a compensation for many inconveniences. Many who enter parliament with clerical passions be come constitutional conservatives. There have been circumstances in which I have warmly applauded the efforts of the clergy —particularly in regard to the revolution in Belgium—to the emancipation of the Irish Roman Catholics—aud to the abolition of the penalty which once existed in Switzerland against anybody converted to Catholicism. But when the clergy attempts to reconquer its old pri vileges, and when it becomes an obstacle to the progress of civilisation, I deplore its interference and I oppose it w ith a ll the energy that I can com mand. (Cheers.) So long as it uses legal means I acknowledge its right and do not fear its retro grade influence, because I have faith in progress. I would say to the liberals, if you 'would triumph over your adversaries you have only one thing to do, oppose organisation to organisation, discipline to discipline, and there can be no doubt of the result of the struggle. (Cheers.) But if the c:ergy makes use of spiritual weapons the struggle is no longer equal, and a physical conflict is to be apprehended. When the defenders of liberty are represented from the pulpit as enemies of the Church, and when they aro threatened with Divine wrath, then the clergy gives the Government and the majority A right to combat its manoeuvres. The employment of spirituel arms may lead to civil war. Since the opinion of the immense majority of this nation is that the clergy has resorted to illegal means, an inquiry is indispensable. Should that inquiry prove that the clergy is not liable to reproach the rese7t will be immense ; but if, on the contrary, it should appear that it has abused its influence, then the Ministry will be bound to consider whether or not existing legislatisn is sufficiently strong for the repression of such at- uses, and, if it sliou'd to found filet it is not, it will then be the duty of Ministers t ask Parliament for additional powers to enable them to prevent the repetition of such conduct as is now complained of. (Cheers.) But the facts must be ascertained beyond doubt, in the face of the nation and of the Conservative party, and in the interest of liberty as well as in that of the clergy. (Cheers.) M. SOLAItO DELLA AIARGAILITA read a speech. Lk said that the clergy had deserved well of their country in sending Conservatives to Parliament, and that it bad used only honest exhortations and advice to obtain this result. If any pressure had SWITZERLAND. A Berne letter says : "A kind of manifestation, which hitherto has been only seen in Switzerland for political causes, has just taken place at Geneva, relative to . the present financial crisis. A placard, emanating from citizens belonging, for the most part, to the manufacturing classes, convoked a public meeting for Dec. 29 at a place called the Coulouvreniore, and at the appointed hour a compact crowd filled the room. No member of the Council of State was present. M. James Fazy was unwell • but even were he in good health it is likely that he would not have attended. The question of the prest.nt crisis was discussed with the utmost calm. The meeting, which consisted of about 1,500 persons, listened with the grestest attention and interest to the speeches of several persons who endeavoured to show that the position of the . manufacturers in Geneva called for exceptional measures to ward off the effects of the crisis. A proposition, emanating from MM. Perrier and Corsat, t , , have a commission appointed consisting of delegates from the various corporations of work men, and charged to examine what ought to be done in present circumstances, was adopted by an immense majority. Although the Revue de Geneve speaks in terms of approval of the manifestation, it is not very probable that the Council of State will permit 'icy transformation of the public institutions of credit now existing into banks where the work men might obtain the resources of which they ar e temporarily in need. Such a remedy, somewhat revolutionary in character, would present consider. able danger, inasmuch as the capital of these insti tutions, such as, for instance, the Mortgage Bank ) have fixed employments." PRUSSIA. " There is no doubt, at present," says a Berlin letter, publisihe 1 in the A icgsburg Ga:xtte, " that the office of the Prince o f P russ i a, as representative ing at the head of governmen t , w i ll b o pro longed. His Majesty mad e over t ures to the Prince on Christinis-eve in that affecti ona t e manner which s uits the intimate terms always existing b e t ween th e two brothers, and several othe r p rocem li ngi of a more official character have since taken pl ace . Th e Moniteur will soon publish the announcement, as the matter Inuit ba terminated before the opening of the diet. The welt point still to be regulated is whether the Prince's mandate i 8 to be renewed fur three, six, or nine monthq, or indefinitely," DENMARK. " In spite of the applications made to the King of Denmark," says a Copenhagen letter, " by a certain number of manufacturers for setting aside the law recently voted in favour of free manufac tures and trade, his Majesty has sanctioned the work of the two chambers, and the measure has be come the law of the kingdom. It is in error that the German journals have announced the nomina tion of the Count de Lewenhattpt to the functions of marshal of the nobility of Sweden, in the room of Count Hamilton, who was in ill-health. Count Hamilt in, it is true, manifest °d his desire to re sign his functions as marshal, but he still retains thorn in consevence of au application to that effect made to tli ) Prince Regent by the nobi lity. As to Count do L3wenhaupt, he has been named grand marshal of the court, a title which hat no political significancy, although it confers im portant functions in the palace." A Naples letter of t . .e29th ultimo says :—" The Criminal Court a few days ago condemned to death Dominique Luizzo, valet de chambre to the Count d'Aquila, bro'her of the King, for having, in Feb ruary last, attempted to poison 1 1 1.R.H., but on the solicitation of the prince, his life has been spared. The inan was triedalone ; but it is certai❑ that others wore concerned in the crime ; in fact, it appears that a plot exi.t9tl for killing all the mem -I.),:rs of the royal family." ftrmniti The Leipsic Gazett e s a tys :--" Wo can announce positively, on authority of a letter from Berlin of THE DANISH QUESTION. The report of the Commission of the German Diet on the question of the Duchies is ready. It is drawn up by the Bavarian Envoy, and is said to be a very able document. It has been read to the Commi is on, and is down in the order of the day for tie next sitting of the Diet on Thursday next, the 7th inst. The New Prussian Gazette publishes the text of a note addressed by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs to its representative at Copenhagen calling th 3 attention of the Danish Government to the important phase at which the question has now arrived "Toe G,rinanio Diet," says the despatch, "has a right to pron:'unce itself in virtue of the 31st article of the final act of Vienna. We do not doubt, M. le Baron, that the Diet, in the exercise of that right and in the accomplishment of an obligation which cannot be questioned, will observe the forms and remain within the limits prescribed by the Federal institutions. " His Majesty the King of Denmark, as Duke of Holstein and of Lauenburg, has therefore ''an opportu nity of coming to an explanation with his co-Estates on the different points of this much-to-be-regretted diffe rence and on the intentions which guido him in the execution of engagements contracted towards the Con feleration in 1852. " Toe Russian Government thinks that on these exp:anations will depend the issue of an affair which attracts the attention of all Germany, and which ever keeps Denmark in suspense. It is needles., therefore, for it to say how earnestly it hopes that the King will take advantage of the opportunity offered to him to follow the conciliatory views which animate him, and to give an unquestionable proof of his intention to main taln the engagements agreed upon between his Majesty and it e C tiLderation in 1852. " Russia has abstaiaed, as she ought, from interfering in these questions, whicti, in her opinion, come exclu sively under the cognizance of public law in Germany ; Lest she could not remain long indifferent at the piolonga'ion of a state of things of a nature to compro mise the peace of the North of Europe, and which cannot in any manner serve the real interests of Denmark. "The Russian Government hopes that his Majesty will give such explanation to the Diet as will not close the path to au amicable arrangement, which is as much in hi. own interests as becoming the dignity of his Crown. * * " Your Excellency is authoriged confidentially to communicate the wishes of the Imperial Cabinet, and, if requ sted, to leave a copy of this despatch in the bands of the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs." CEIIIRCH RA.TICS —PROPOSIM GOVERNNIZNT MEASURE. —lt will probably be recollected, that, at the opening of the parliamentary session ' Lord Palmerston, in answer to a question put by M r . Trelawny, pledged himself to introduce a bill in reference to church-rates during the present year. We learn from a quarter well informed as to the intentions of Government, that the proposed mea sure will simply be the substitution of pew rents in the nave, or in other parts of the edifice which will not inter fere with, or infringe upon, the accommodation of the poor ; and this power will be vested in the churchwardens of large towns only, In rural parishes, where the populstion is imited and scattered, it is not intended to make any alteration in the law. The Government entertain the conviction that, were the rate removed, it would be impossib'e to maintain the churches in such a state of preservation as is to be desired. This attempt to settle the vexed question of church-rates will probably not meet the views of the abolitionists, although it ma y conciliate many of them in the assurance that it is a step in the right direction. One important element in the matter is, that the scheme will not excite strong opposi tion from the Church party.—Doncaster Gazette. AMERICAN SLAVERS.—A despatch, dated Norfolk, United States, Dec. 21, published in the New York papers, sa y s :—" The bark William G. Le w i s , 35 days from the coast of Africa, arrived here to-day. the was clpturt,cl as a slaver in the Conge river, by a boat expe tdhiteioun,nictoemd t s aa ta n t d e e te d ,, M p L e ie f u w ts e . r W p a a l i k e e s r . a r n r d h e C h u r m i gmin Wind of, willwa ward d h , e s h u e p r p e o i s n e d a t f o e w be d e a y s s . l a v T e h r e , w B a r i s t i a e l h s so steamercaptured, Electorand had seized the bark Clara B. Williams, and en American schooner about the same time. Many slavers are re ported to be on the African coast. Twelve had been captured after the arrival of the Dale there. She was to leave for St. Helena. Her officers and crew were crying, and at d e 0 going i all well." OACCIDENTALdaughter etee the death nh o , f Mary, ensrnyhnd e imme diately infant ver, of Ceoston. O a th e IB th arl of onN vm. Friday,SpTd yße touchingßlviNeGa—An inquest w as held . the deceased, who was 18 months old, went ou t o f her parents' house to play with a cousin and a littl e b oy theeu surgeo n , L t o attend u. named Thomas Almond in a garden adjoining. S oon () afterznzt freely t to deceased'seefrewhatomher motherdw daughter's gth h h te e e a rm r , s heard the rh e a fe. childf diately took her into the house and examined the wound, which was shout an inch and a half in width, b u t not very h() d ee P r ' daughter, SliShe then bu c t a d l e le s i p l it M e I r tis H eff il o to rt n ; The boy Almo n d states. that the accident was occas i oned gered in great pain, and died upon Thursday m orn i ng. by the deceased running against an open knife he had in his band. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased had died from the effects of being accidentally cut with a knife by Thomas Alrnend.—Preston Guardian. SINGULAR CLAISL—The Hartlepoel bench were en- gaged on Thursday in adjudicating in a rather singular case, the first of the kind ever brought before them, anl one which was probably never contemplated by that section of the Merchant Shipping Act which gives power to magistrates to decide upon all claims in dise pute for services rendered to vessels in distress, or in dangerous circumstance On the 2Gth November, the sea bein very rough and stormy, the Figlia Jenny, a large fine-looking Austrian ship, commanded by Cept. Mattel Secehnich, from London, in baba - ,t, made for the harbour of West Hartlepool, in commend of a North Sea Pilot. The tide had fallen considerably at the time, there being then only 15 feet of water on the bar. The Figlta Jenny :drew 15 feet ; the consequence was that she grounded outside of the harbour piers, and was i n a dangerous position. A West Hartlepool pilot got on board to render hie assistance, and was requeate.l by the captain to take him on shore for the advice of the Aus trian consul. The pilot did so, and at the samo time, as neither be nor th e captain could converse together, he took him to the house of an int-rp reter, John Bttist, who at his request was engaged by the captain to go off to the ship and interpret the orders of the captain and the pilot to the crew. Betist, a landsman, went off to the ship at great p ersona l inconve n i ence and danger, and remained on board from 3.30 till 10 pen . . The vessel was got off th e groun d i n t h e even i ng, and taken into the harbour. Betist continued Berin g the four following doya to a tt en d upon t h e capta i n as interpreter, and then sent him i n a bid for 8/. 5e., b e i ng 5 guineas for 1 s pgu o h h er f ie i i B ord t sus h e s oanr e e ni adrdst services e )Eo i r o c ha v: ai en i "gel, interpret, s hr l ehtpauh r rdcl b e eedr n t o e:b a d hwre r e hee d , r evw e ne d : t wo h thti obneeuyae order vessel,n, B mir du . I tnri securedas tho, services. Toe pilet g a ve evidence as to the importan ce l aegwithout3l. for krv f ee o sws r ohshmei his osl some oeoff ataih ordersti theed r: uhave rbeeneete greater obliged expenseto t h e em ploy ploy an n Batista clai m . T ee B ench decided that she services te , r! a d i e v r a e g d e by pe r ß v i t e t e i though w e re y not et e . f e n suchtici they deern.ei the sum c l a i me d not au exorbitant one, and they made an or d et f ir Si. 55., s t at i ng that they could pated in importance the ac ta t h as t not interfere with th e land portion of the claim. tion in a rei v work with a queint title, Mr. Walter Savage Landor has the following dedica just published :—" W. S. Landor to L. Kossuth. President of Hungary—At your' ate e lay my fagot of 'Dry Sticks,' and go away. I Offended you by a•tempting to bring fortune thither, whom I sever solicited to favour me personally. my zeal was which he has incensi lerate, but, perhaps, it ought t.) have ciff3nded less that lofty pride to which alone I wart ever ob equiouz. fan attain. . a higher station e qtie u than o f Pt rmit me to off e r th e on l y amends I can—permit me to shoe my respect and reverence toward the man who t h f a e s s c w o o u r n t t h r i y l .. ) ;n occupied at D mosthenes failed in th e support of their cause—the same cause and the same e l oquence as yours. Supply me with your English, a n d I may be able at last to express my veneration cf y our virtues, M an i y lto o n ne and been exercised in the elections, it had been on the part of V e prefects, mayors, judges, and carabi neeers. He opposed inquiry, as being insulting towards the clergy, degia,ding to the electors, and altogether useless. Moral pressure must ever elude inquiry. He would like to see the house set an example of tolerance. In Belgium the scrutiny of the new elections had lasted only two days. Why should they require several weeks ? M. BROFFERIO said he did not desire to irritate the priesthood, but to control it. He was glad that the clergy htd returnEd their partisans, for the fact had aroused the country from its lethargy and forced the ministry to march in the path of progress. The clergy had abused the name of heaven-and the authority of the gospel to weigh upon the elections, and had endeavoured to es•ablish a theocracy in the country. The conduct of the priests brought them within the purview of the Civil Code, articles 1,196 and 1,199, against violence and threats to intimidate electors. He concluded by an impas sioned appeal to the ministry to put itself at tbe head of the movement against the action of the clergy. Mier a few words from Cauon Soggiu, the de bate adjourned. A. telegram from Turin states that a motion of Count Cavour's, for an inquiry into the conduct of the clergy during the late election was carried by a large majority -88 votes against 35. THE CONDITION OF MEXICO. From Mexico the following mercantile letter fur nishes the latest particulars of the financial and general condition of that Republic : " Nothing of great importance has taken place here since my last. The country remains in the deplorable condition previously described. The oldest residents in Mexico declare that they never knew such a complete stagnation, nor such an absolute want of safety on the high roads, which are no w lit era ll y i n t h e possession of e numerous bands of robbers which infest them in every direction. The Pronunci ados have adopted a new way of raising money, calculated to interfere very materially with the course of agricultu re , and whi c h cons i sts i n carry ing off the man agers of the large farms (or haciendas) peculiar to the country, and keeping them in durance till a handsome ransom is paid for them. The Government forces had lately an encounter with the rebels near Puebla, and remained masters of the field, the latter having suffered, morbover, a very severe loss in killed and wounded. " The Congress continues its .sessions, exclusively taken up with the most frivolous questions. " Great complaints are to be heard among the mercantile classes, in consequence of the awfu di mensions the smuggling system has lately reached, thus destroying the equilibrium of trade, and caus ing serious losses to the fair-dealing merchant. Far from seeking to check this evil, the Government connive at it, and allow their officials to indulge in the most disgraceful fraud and dishonesty with per fect impunity. _ " The second instalment due to Mr. Barron by way of damages fell a few days Mince, and was paid over to him as punctually as the first, thus showing practically that a where th ere is will there is a way.' Other British claims are treated with the usual neglect ; for long experience has proved that no Mexican Government will ever pay its debts unless it is actually forced to do so . While they all plead their inability to meet their pecuniary engagements, the old system of extravagance and peculation is kept up in great style. As a trifling instance I may allude to large sums of money just laid out to provide for the printing of voluminous reports (Gr memoirs) in each of the Ministerial Departments, made up of trashand imposture, and the real object of which is a jobbing transaction with the printers thus patronized. " Comonfort was installed on the Ist inst. as constitutional President of the Republic, w i t h all the usual po m p an d ceremony." PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN FRANCE AGAINST THE INTRODUCTION OF YELLOW PATER PROM LISBON. Information has been received from Brest that, as a precaution against the importation of yellow fever, all ships arriving there from Lisbon are put into quarantine, and the particular circumstances of each ship reported to the Minister, in order that he may determine the number of days she shall be detained bef ore b e i ng admitted to lib7e The first ship coming utithr thi s re La Meuse, g rea t screw transport ulation was , whi g pratique. ch sailed from St. Louis, S enegal, with 186 invalids, most of whom were ill of dysentery, uremia, marsh fever, and pulmonary complaints. On the Gth of November La Meuse put into the Tagus and anchored under Belem Castle, where she remained until the 9th, and then sailed for Brest without having commu nicated with the shore. During her passage from Senegal to the Tagus four men had died on board ; between Belem and Brest she lost four more, and on the 15th inst. one man died in Brest roads ; Lut no case of yellow fever had occurred on board this ship. The Minister, under these circumstances, directed that she should be released from quaran tine on the 19th, when ten days would have ex pired from the day of her departure from the Tagus. This decision is conformable to the inter national sanitary convention (now carried out in Fiance), which stipulates that when no case of yel low fever occurs during the last ten days of passage on board of a ship coming from a country where yellow feer prevails no quarantine is inflicted. The late presence of yellow fever at Lisbon has caused great precautions to be taken in all the ports of France, not only agai ns t th e present danger, but fo r future contingencies, it being now considered as certain that yellow fever may be-im ported and. become epidemic in latitudes which hitherto were supposed to be exempt from this risk. The great and increasing extension of this dreadful malady is taking along the coasts of America, and in places where it. was totally unknown 15 or 20 years ago (the Brazils and the River Plate), are thought fully to justify the precautions. All the lazarettoes in France, which have been lying in a state of comparative neglect for several preparing f or th e reception of in elier, the insp ec t or - general of sani vyaeaiirdss,. are Dr. nowm tarty services in France, is going round the ports where quarantine may be performed. A few weeks ago he arrived at Blest, and visited the lazaretto in company with the local authorities. This build ing is on the island of Treberon, in Brest Bay, seven miles from the town. A year ago it was in a state of ruin, but has now been entirely rebuilt. There are four wards, fitted up with 120 iron bed steads, and capable of holding more than double that number ; also more than a proportionable number of officers' and passengers' rooms and lodgings, and offices for the medical and com missariat departments ; all the bedding and other furniture being kept ready in.dry stores at Brest, whence they can be sent to Treberon at an hours' notice. THRARICALS IN HONOUR 07 THE PRIAGESS RoYAL'S MARRIAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—rn most of the journals of to-day appear the particulars of the theatrical performances to tAke place at Her Majesty's Theatre ontheocoasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal. It is there stated that Mr. Mitchell has received the co-opera tion of Mr. Webster, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Robson, dsc., in forwarding his views. I think it due to myself to state, that I believe I was the first London manager who, by letter and in person, offered that gentleman every co-operation and assistance in my power, placing unreservedly at his disposal my dramatic company and the resources of my establishme As an obvious act of discourtesy is dOne to my. self by the announcement in question, and as it might lead my numerous fri nds—the public—to believe that I had not leen equally willing with my brother managers to assi,t in the general object and f stivities on the occasion in question—that I lose not a moment in waking this statement, Which I shall feel obliged,if you will find room for in your journal.—l am, &c., Jan. 4. E. T. SMITS. A LEAF FROM THE "PEZRAOE." The following is not a bad illustration of "How to do it," as practised by the Upper Ten : The Marquis of Normanby—Our Minister at Florence, and high in Austrian favour. The Earl of Mulgrave (son o f th e a b ove p e e r )-- Just appointed Gov ernor of Nova Scotia. (?) The Hon. Charles Kip, C. B. CJlonel in th e army (brother o f th e marquis)—Keeper oflher Ma jesty's Privy Purse, and Treasurer of the Household to the Prince Consort, His son, Charles—Page of Honour to the Queen (which will soon procure the boy a commission in the Guards, worth 1,2001.) his son-in-law, Captain Sayer, Deputy-Assistant 'Quartermaster-General at the Horse Guard s .' The R on. E dmund Ph i pps ( second brother of the mar cluis)—Commissioner of Encumbered Est i tea in the West Indies (usually resident in Italy). The Hon. Augustus Phipps (third brother of the marquis)—Rectorot Eu-t n-cum Bainham,Suffolk, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. Here we have an entire family excellently pro vided for at the public expense. It is indeed time for a now Reform Bill. ~S 1 I I late deal imps Caw 8 ,nlc $ 1), I New Loup. 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