The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

This day is published, A DAM B E E. By GEORGE ELIOT. Author of " Scenes of Clerical Life." Three Vols., post Bvo.. X 1 lls. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Ediubttrgh and London• ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY _ (Limited) for the NAVIGAT ION of the RIVERS of DIDLA. (Under Subsidy from the Indian Government.) Capital—X2so,ooo, in 2.5,000 Shares of £lO each. Now proposed to be increased to £500,00 0, TRUSTEE. James Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. DIRECTORS. Chairman—Colonel Grimes, Norwood, and Ampthill Lodge, Southampton. John Bourne, Esq., 9, Billiter-street. Whitchurch. C B. Captain F. Vere C o tton, R.N., Alport House, Captain W. 11. Ha ll, ~ Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Captain J. C. Hoseason, R.N., Highbeech, Essex. James Kennedy, Esq., late of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy. sir John Spencer Login, Director of the Oude Railway Com pany, 'Jew. MANAGING DIRECTOR. John Bourne, Esq. AUDITORS. John Glenny, Esq., Strand. George May, Esq., Gresham House. SOLICITORS. Messrs. H. R. Hill and Son, Throgmorton-street. BANKERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane. SECRETARY. John Mathewson, Esq. Offices : 9, Billiter-street, London. The Directors give notice that, in consequence of the great and undiminished demand for Steam Vessels upon the In rivers, and e wide field resenting itself for their profitable employment, th they hve resolved to double the capital of the Company. The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that the steamers and barges, consisting of twelve vessels in al which they forwarded from this country in August last, have now arrived safely in India, and will commence plying upon the rivers without delay. An equal number of vessels of still greater power is at resent in preparation, and will be sent out as soon as possible. B e fore embarking, in the present undertakin the Directors g bad not only satisfied themselves of its eminently profitable nature, but they h a d secured for it the marked co-operation of the Indian G ov ernment, by the acquisition of a subsidy ; and the Government, both by the gift of land for stations, workshops, and depots, of wood for fuel, and in every other way, has rendered every possible aid to the present under taking. At the same time the Directors have insu red com plete exemption from Government control and interference ; and this is the only Company so distinguished which pos sesses any Government support. The Directors have the satisfaction of finding that not only the Reports of the Company's servants in India, but the whole concurrent testimony of the advices received from that country, through whatever channel, completely confirms the f a vourable anticipations they long sinc e formed of the profit able character of the present unde rtakin g . It would be im possible, however, within the limits of an advertisement, to recapitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the Directors are constantly receiving ; an d they content them selves, therefore, with giving the follovving quotation from a, recent leading article in the " Times," which shows that simitsi lar information had been reaching that paper through Indian correspondents. From the • Times,' Jan. 29, 1859. " It is not only Government but the whole nation that seems remiss. Any day during the last year we might have filled our columns with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de cline of their trade, owing in a great measure to the happy termination of the Russian War. But what do we now hear from India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are about. Month atter month they are expecting the steamers that are to come. • The Indian General Steam Navigation Company declare this month,' says our correspondent, ' a dividend of 100 and upwards per cent. The Home Government had been requested to send out six river steamers and it had sent out only one, which, it said, would be enough. , "Next month,' continues our informant, the Indian Government had to en gage all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would have bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is room and work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges Alone, flowing, as it does, through a territory with a popula tion of 350 to the square mile, with an export trade of 216,000,0000, and an internal trade beyond human calculation. Yet, with this vast opening before us, there are found men in the prime of life, neither schoolboys nor dotards, who can waste their time in holding meetings and memorialising Go vernment to find them customers for their shipping. Many a time ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker element into its idle, dreamy soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps, we owe the real opening of the Indian navigation to British enterprise, and the railways which are certain to follow. But verbum sat; we have said enough to start our shipbuilders and shipowners, if they are Englishmen." The Directors have all along felt that neither the vessels which they have already sent to India, nor those which they have at present in preparation, could do much to satisfy the great want of Inland Steam Navigation which exists in that country. But they have also all along felt that the only safe way of entering upon such an undertaking was not to rush into it with sanguine precipitation, but to advance with gra dual and cautious steps, and without being, dazzled by the large prospect of profits it holds out. The first steps, how- ever, having been successfully taken, the whole of the exist ing Shares in the Company having been allotted, and being at a premium in the market, and the field being so large as to require a large capital to work it in an efficient manner, the Directors are of opinion that the time is come when the capi tal of the Company may be advantageously increased, and they have, therefore, resolved to raise the capital to half a million sterling without delay. Applications for the new Shares must be forwarded to the Directors, at the offices of the Company, 9, Billiter-street, London, on or before the 20th day of February next ; and existing Shareholders will have a preference in the allotment. A deposit of two shillings per Share to be made on appli cation. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Oriental Inland Steam Company (Limited). Gentlemen.—l request that you will allot to me of the new issue of Shares in this Company ; and I hereby under take to accept the same or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the calls thereon when due, and to s i g n the Articles a Association when required. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE I SAUTE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all !toast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur ries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safeguard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also ty Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other °Wive.. and merphamts. London and,enerally by the j3.—ro guard against Imitations, see that the names of "L KA and PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa I'v ne and Mr. W. Harrisor EVENING will be presented an entirely new and antic Opera, by Mr. W. Italfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or. PIM POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. I'o conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED itI.I)ING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's thing. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -R Y AL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. Tuts EVENING, OUR GAL. Mr. in 1 Mrs. Barney Williams. Followed by BARNEY THE BARON. l'o conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Fo res t. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 11 Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean—Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mr. Buckstone, &c. Atter which, a new grand Comic Pa ntomime, entitled UNDINE; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mnager, Edmund , THIS EVENING, wil M l r. be performed Falconer EXTREMES; or, Men of the D a y. M essrs. Emery, E . F a l coner , Rogers, &c, To be follo we d b y the new Drama of T HE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madam e Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, an d Miss Julia St. George. Reduced Prices—Dress 'Boxes 4s • Upper Boxes, 35. ; 28.; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. • THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Kelly. To be followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS. Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, C. J. Smith, Mrs. Chatterley, Miss Henrietta Simms. , After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayma n ; P antaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. Doors open at half-past six — Commence at seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Sw-anborough THIS EVENING. THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. After which, the ne w Extravaganza, KENILWORTH' or Ye Queene. ye Earl e, and ye Mayd , enne. And THE LIT Comm e nce at 7 o'clock. ROYAL AM PHITHEATRE, Wes t m inster-roa . Lessee and Manager . ........ Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Another high'y attractive and successful Drama. THIS EVENING, and during the week. the gr gi d e ct Spec tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN VIE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries and ponies, and the Starßiders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque E2ues trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON 3 UN eIIAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER.. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. M. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley ;1 Clown, Mr. A. 14orreat the Grimaldi of the day; Columbine, Miss Julia with t t Brilliant and unsurpassable Tran.formation Scene, and evezzlinz e ff ects of Co l our and Fi re. G orgeous S cenery, the „ N 7 incide n t in bustling reality, from Regent-street to Palace for the Peopl e , a t Muswell Hill," Dress Cl w rcle, 4s . ; B oxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, M. Stage Manager, Mr. K. Phillips. Proprietor _.e . CANTERBURY R ATL, MORTON. L, Westminster-road.— The public is most resPeettully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with h e o loc ve k ll a a m ll : l u S n N ti r T 2 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, frcoorl,:ti4soa' o'clock p.m. The New Gallery extensive Collee n:el:re and is also tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Moci, rn a k4 proprietor feels devoted to Art productions generally. n i r l d eliee exist he may confidently assert that, viewed altryog,eat whieh e recently nv, Music Hall, the New Fine neat Galle whether t dded Ante-Hall, will present raction s regards the architectural beauty of the structures 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 El-Milk; at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB, 6, TIEERHOMF,TER, IN THE SHADE, .51—highest incA* noon yesterday. 42-lowe,st this morning and .during the night, 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER.-29'28. WIND, W.S.W. ; light, with fine weather; very dull in the morning, with rain in the night, FEB. 7. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. - BADOMETEIV-29.35. WIND, South -Westerly ; fresh, with fine weather. Two o'Clock—Heavy ram. THE SUN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1859. The desired Austrian loan has now closed. The little draft for six millions sterling has been re- fused acceptance. The English capitalists did not bite quite so readily as had been anticipated. They were not quite satisfied as to the security tendered, nor as to the certainty of peace being maintained in Europe. As to the political consequences of such a transaction, it was a question of minor impor tance. The prospect of a quarter per cent. more would render the result a matter of the most pro found indifference. It might rivet the fetters on Lombardy, maintain the disturbances in Italy, and prevent any improvement in the Papal or Neapolitan Governments. But these are but mere bagatelles, provided there be good interest and a handsome premium, which will enable the original investors to realise handsome profits. Sardinia, too, is entering the field as a borrower, The two millions sterling which she has already received from the English Government has stimu lated her cupidity, and she is desirous of doubling the obligation. We wish well to Piedmont, as the only constitutional power in Italy ; but it would be a cruel kindness to comply with her request in the present instance. It would be like pleasing the depraved appetite of a sick child, when the greatest injury might be occasioned by the tem porary gratification. The pretext, too, on which it is put forward is so palpably ridiculous, so ludicrously absurd, that it shows what a humble estimate must be entertained of our judgment and intellectual capacity. Never was there so plausible and unfounded a pretext put forward to obtain money. Austria is threatening (!) She is the wolf against which the innocent Pied montese lamb must protect itself, and wants just fifty millions of lire, or two millions sterling, to provide and support the watchdogs, or, to use the ipsissima verba," for the defence of the country, and for the safeguard of its honour, its liberty, and its national independence." This is really something too rich. Austria is bound over in very heavy recognisances to keep the peace. She cannot afford to go to war, and the failure of the projected loan has rendered her dis position even more pacific than it might otherwise have been. She certainly will not provoke a con test, although she may strive to resist any attack. But we see Sardinia regularly preparing for an encounter. Its fifteen years' old Princess has been delivered over to a fat epicurean of forty, and it is said that VICTOR EMMANUEL himself is about to marry the widowed Grand Duchess of LEUCH• TENBERG, heedless of the little responsibilities which she has incurred since the death of her former husband. Ties, which can only be for political purposes, are thus contracted with France and Russia ; and yet, poor innocent, he dreads aggres sion on the part of Austria, and requires means " for the defence of the country and for the safe guard of its honour, its liberty, and its national • - - lITI, menaced, will be the universal interrogatory ? It is one by no means easy to answer ; but Count CAVOUR fancies he can blindfold Europe, and under such mendacious pretexts obtain the means of flinging a.firebrand into the heart of Europe, and occasioning a conflagration which cannot be extin guished save by an immense sacrifice of blood and treasure, as far exceeding in amount the sum now demanded as the stacks of wheat consumed by an incendiary would the value of the lucifer-match which created the blaze. We cautioned the gentlemen of the Money Market and Stock txchange against having anything to do with the Austrian loan ; we still more emplaaticaPy advise them to abstain from the Sardinian. If granted, it would not only occasion bloodshed, but would depreciate the value of every public security, and, as we have stated, far more than double the loss of sixty millions sterling already sustained. The pamphlet " L'Empereur Napoleon 111. et l'ltalie," to which we alluded in our impression of Saturday, has not by any means alleviated the apprehensions that previously existed. The com plete disregard of existing treaties, whenever they may prove inconvenient or annoying, exhibits in the strongest light the views and feelings of the Gevernment that has expressed or even sanctioned such opinions. " Treaties are the international laws of peoples, and would only be invariable if the world was immoveable!" But who is to decide the time and extent of change ? Who can say what should be the alteration ? Certainly not one of the contracting parties. It should if possible be re ferred to the arbitration of disinterested parties. Austria might get out of the scrape by withdrawing her troops from the papal States, and conceding many essential reforms to the Lombardo-Venetian king dom. But if she has not the good sense to adopt the remedial measures of her own accord, there should be another Congress before the armies have come into hostile collision. Hitherto the blow has always preceded the word. Surely it would be right that the order were reversed, and that there should be no hostilities until negotiations and arbi tration had totally failed, and that one or both parties were determined on war. To-morrow Sir to promise, H. WILLOUGHBY will, according lery under th e not i ce bring the q ues ti on o f th e N a ti ona l G a l- Government. H e will ohfavtehetheHcooursdeialansudppoofdthoef and Mr. C ONINGHAM . He men like Lord PLcuo will find, we are satisfied, no a n t agon i sm either in i mss the Noble Lord the Chief Com • ioner of Parks and Palaces, or in the Right Hon. G entleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was the latter, in deed, who at the period of his first tenure of office —when in 1852 he was, as he is now once more in 1859, the leader of the House of Commons, an d the custodian of the public purse—first kindled the popular aspiration for a palace of painting and sculpture worthy of containing the art treasures of the United Kingdom. That che rished project has since then been post poned and postponed with the most tantalising pertinacity—as the phrase is, left in abeyance. The Tory Reformers again in office we may hope that the design may at length be realised. Additional reasons accumulating round it encourage us in this belief. The half of the present unsightly and inadequate building (at all times affording insufficient accom modation) has now become wholly unequal to the • -..- ~ t 'F.',..".. , "s• - , . ....,,,,,,,,,, , I MA t:,;_ov ...,,,dhini, J eli 1 , it--Z —.re 7 1 - 111 0 , 4 1 4 ~.-i ......, ' -it 4 45;- , s' 4- Arryi kas ,- - .....__ , ,i-- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING , FEBRUARY I , 1859. purpose for which it was originally designed. The 1 VERNON Gallery, it will be reme mbered, imme diately upon its coming into the possession of the nation was temporarily consigned to the cellar age of the structure. The VERNON Gal lery was subsequently removed from its sub- , terranean position. The SHEEPSHANKS collec tion never went there at all. The TURNER col lection has found shelter elsewhere. And that elsewhere—that casual refuge for the Destitute— Marlborough House- 7 -is now wanted for the resi dente of his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES so soon as the heir to the Crown of these realms shall have returned from his six months' sojourn in the Eternal City. By that time his Royal High ness will be upon the eve of the eighteenth anni versary of his birth—the heir-apparent to the Throne on that account requiring, after the 9th of November, 1859, in consideration of that maturity I and of his august rank, a separate establishment. So that, simultaneously, the paintings belonging to the nation, and now hanging upon the walls of Marlborough House, will have to be removed hence —and the paintings belonging the Royal Academy, and now and for many years past hanging upon the walls of the National Gallery, will have to be removed thence ! Marlborough House cannot possibly after this year of grace 1859 harbour the art treasures bequeathed to the nation by the muni ficence of Mr. TURNER, of Mr. VERNON, or of Mr. SHEEPSHANKS. The National Gallery, we trust, will not be allowed to harbour, after this same year of grace 1859, the Royal Academy, originally established under the roof-tree of Somerset House. Marlborough House is required for the Prince of WALES. The National Gallery is required for— the National Gallery ! The latter is surely a rea sonable demand. The Royal Academy, instead of grumbling over its removal now, in obedience to a positive necessity—ought assuredly only to be grateful for its past good fortune in being so long provided with a home in the National Gallery, very much to the national inconvenience. Everything combines to confirm us in the hope that the next exhibition of the Academy in Trafalgar-square will be the very last that may be there holden. The Government ought in reason to give them notice to quit—now when the pictures belonging to the nation are actually going a begging for room, and when, even supposing the Academy to be already removed elsewhere, the existing building would be insufficient for the art treasures already in the national possession. The mysterious rumours as to the £l,OOO building said to be now in course of rapid and secret construction down in that melan choly slough of despond at South Kensington— these at least, we are sanguine, may be to-morrow effectually dissipated by the official reply vouch safed to the pertinent inquiries of Sir H. WIL LOUGHBY. For it is altogether incredible that after the positively and peremptorily adverse decisions of the House of Commons last session, any Minister would so directly and so flagrantly go counter to the expressed views of the popular branch of the Legislature. So London has met, and in the Guildhall—the Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. BRIGHT tells us that " the nation dwells not in the palace but in the cottage ;" and, accepting this dictum, the nation, so far as London is concerned, were certainly present at the meeting of Saturday, for it consisted chiefly of working people, with Mr. ERNEST JONES as orator in chief. Who can blame them ? If the other classes in London chose to let the metropolis give its judgment on Reform, without the aid of their counsel, they have no right afterwards to complain of the decision. The meeting was public, apparently willing to hear all—why were not some of the advanced middle-class reformers, and some of the less advanced also, there, to state their views? They will bear discussion, and, to a great extent, and it would have been better for the usual actors in to have been in their places. The " people who dwell in the cottage" should now be met by those who are termed "their betters," and they would be the better for being thus met. English workpeople, when fairly dealt with, are the most reasonable, the most conservative workpeople in the world. We believe, for instance, that such an aristocratic reformer as the " noble lord the member for London" would on Saturday have had a fair hearing ; as fair a hearing as he had at Liverpool when lecturing to working men on Social Science. He very strenuously insists on the responsibility of the electors to the unenfranchised. This is, indeed, his stock argument . for refusing the Ballot. Why did he not show his sense of responsibility to non electors on Saturday ? He might then have asked them themselves what they thought of his argument. We begin to see, however, that if there is a large class which thinks Mr. BRIGHT has gone too far, there is a yet larger class which thinks he has not gone far enough. We apprehend that public meet ings of working men, as large as that which assem bled at Guildhall, could be called without difficulty in every large town in the kingdom. Mr. E. JONES, in London, had a coadjutor of the same opinion from Newcastle, who was returning thither to a large meeting, as it certainly will be, also in favour of manhood suffrage and the Ballot, the latter being the one demand in which all Reformers who have yet spoken unite, as a matter of course. The longer Ministers defer their bill the more numerous will these meetings become, and the more apparent will it become that a rating or household suffrage is the lowest which can be offered to the many. The resolution itself—demanding a " just share of poli tical power for all classes of the community" was of course general,—but Mr. JONES'S speech was its interpretation, and the speech was for manhood suffrage and the Ballot. We recently directed public attention to Mr. BRIGHT'S want of comprehension in reference to what was complained of by monetary reformers. Our esteemed contemporary, the Derbyshire Courier, has ably followed up the subject, and in an admirable article, which we extracted into our columns on Monday last, not only pointed out clearly and distinctly what was complained of, but the nature and extent of the required remedy. The question is one pre-eminently of labour against money. We will not use the word " capital," because many capitalists of enormous wealth are deeply in terested in obtaining a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country. Every owner of real estate, for instance, would find his income greatly enhanced by what would create an additional demand for agricultural produce, en courage his tenants to improve their respective holdings, and bring them into the highest degree of cultivation. His property is thus increased largely in value, while, if it should be subject to any encumbrance, either for mortgage or family charges, the burden will be found far less onerous so o ab r tt o ias p ifn p ye r d e a s n s ay i t v p e a , r fea i s n isr a i n s a m gn u ac lc reasonable can and ratedt h the of m inasmuch as the p roperty would comoinrmeteareneasdstilytao, higher price in the market, should it be come necessary to force a sale. Even those whose farms were let at fixed rentals, would find it to their advantage, inasmuch as there would be no defaulting tenants or accumu. lated arrears—and tlicy would have the most ample security for the payment of the sums to which they were justly entitled. The same may be said of all other classes of capi talists—save and except money brokers and hard calculators—who contrive to extract large sums out of the misery of the industrial population, to grind them down to the lowest point, and, as the Derbyshire Courier justly remarks, drives too many, at intervals of a few years, by poverty and priva tion, into the workhouse or the gaol. We had one deplorable illustration in 1847, and another in 18571 Poor-rates were enormously in creased; for even the best hands—men able 1 and willing to work—could find no employ- ment. Whatever they had accumulated in more prosperous days—furniture, clothing, or the tools of trade—were necessarily disposed of. Any money laid by for sickness or old age, went first, as a matter of course, so that even the most provident operative found himself obliged to begin life de novo. Even the termination of the monetary crisis did not work an immediate restoration of confi dence. What was miscalled prudence prevented the re-establishment of credit on its former basis, and many mills and factories were kept at half time, long after money became cheap and abun dant. In consequence of the Act of 1844 the burden of the taxes is frequently doubled. We might possibly get on with a purely metallic, or quasi metallic currency—the establishment whereof was the manifest intention of Lord OVERSTONE and his followers. But the enormous debt under which the nation is suffering—debt mainly contracted in an inconvertible paper currency, when gold was worth £5 Bs. per ounce—imperatively requires that there should be a taxation money, receivable in payment of every public demand, and rendered a legal tender. Such paper would be gladly accepted as long as the visits of taxpayers or rate collectors continued. When they altogether ceased, the taxation money might be withdrawn, and then, what might literally be termed " a golden age" would naturally follow. It is a grave mistake on the part of Mr. BRIGHT to suppose that no two currency reformers agree in opinion. There are, of course, some slight differ ences and shades of opinion, but not more than there are between the various classes of Parliamen tary or other Reformers. All concur in demanding the total and unconditional repeal of the Act of 1844, and that there should bo free trade in currency as well as in cora. Indeed , " free-trade and a fettered currency " are utterly incompatible, as has been clearly proved by one of the ablest writers on the monetary question—Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON ; and also by Mr. GODDARD, a strenuous opponent of the Corn Laws. A large majority desire that gold should be regarded merely as a commodity, and sold at its market value, but that should no more prevent the nation from ob taining a fair measure than the fact that there are differences of opinion among Parliamentary Re formers on the question of the franchise that should be conceded, the boroughs to be consigned to sche dules A or B, or on the most important point of all —the Ballot. We trust that Mr. DISRAELI will direct his attention to the subject, and thus render the Ministry, of which he is an influential member, the most popular that ever governed the nation. The Count Perponcher has arrived at Mauri gy's Hotel, from Berlin, with despatches for her Majesty. His Excellency the Count and the Countess Lerascha and suite have left the same establishment, for Brighton. The Countess d'Apponyi will hold her first assembly for the present season to-morrow evening, al Chandos House. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Lans downe House, on Saturday, for Bowood. The noble mar quis has quite recovered from the attack of gout which detained him in the country and prevented him from being toe opening ot arimment. . --- The mortal remains of the late _earl of Ripon were interred in the family vault at Nocton, in Lincoln • shire, on Friday last. The funeral was conducted in a pri vate and unostentatious manner. Mr. Wigan having for the present relinquished the idea of entering upon management, has, with Mrs. Wigan, accepted an engagement at the new Adelphi Theatre, where they will make their appearance on the 28th instant. Mr. Wright having recovered from his long in disposition, will re-appear at the Adelphi Theatre on Mon day, the 14th inst. THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—In our account of the opening of the Wellington College, on Monday last, it was stated that fifteen acres of the heath were the gift of Mr. Gibson, the army saddler, of Coventry-street. We are requested by Mr. Gibson to state that this is a mistake, as he never possessed any land in that locality. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at a meeting of the court of examiners on the 4th inst., viz. : Messrs. Adolph Weber, Lima, South America; William Hepworth, Ginsley, near Leeds; Henry Stokes, Brixton; Frederick Keene, Bow-road; Robert Jacob Jordan, Bed ford-square ; and Charles Sanders, Chigwell, Essex. It is in contemplation, we believe, to establish races, under Mr. Topham's management, at .Uxbridge, within a quarter of a mile of which town an excellent natural course is to be found.—Bell's The last advices from Peru reiterate the com plaints of discreditable conduct on the part of the Govern ment of that Republic with regard to the circulation of a depreciated coinage, and also the resort to measures to influence unfairly the fluctuations of the rate of exchange on England. ENGLAND AND BRAZIL.—The convention between England and Brazil for the settlement of outstanding claims on the respective Governments by the subjects of each country has been printed. It was signed at Rio on the 2d of June last, and ratifications were exchanged on the 9th of September. It provides that each Government is to appoint a commissioner, and that in case of need an umpire is to be chosen by lot. All claims are to be pre sented within 12 months from the first meeting of the com mission, and every claim is to be decided upon within two years. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The advices from South Australia by the present mail are dated Adelaide, Dec. 11. Trade generally was dull, and the markets overstocked with goods. There was every prospect of an abundant harvest, heavy rains having opportunely set in. The price of copper had advanced from £96 to £lO5 per ton, in con sequence of an improvement in its value in India. Burra Burra shares were 137 ex div. Wool, 17d. to 181 d. per lb. It is stated that the construction of the telegraph between Constantinople and the Persian Gulf, so long pro mised by the Turkish Government, is making progress, and that the section from Constantinople to Bagdad (the prin cipal part of the work) will be completed in a few months. Already a certain portion is in operation. If the submarine cable through the Persian Gulf, from Kurrachee to Bus sorah, were in a state of preparation, we might thus hope for a new and independent communication with India. At present, even for the merely partial communication that exists, we are entirely dependent on the line through Egypt and Austria, or on that through Egypt and thence by the Sardinian station at Cagliari. In the event of a continental war, the prospect of these routes remaining uninterrupted would be doubtful, and the statesmen responsible would then have to explain and justify their neglect of the alter native means. When the laying:down of the Persian Gulf line was originally discouraged, the fact was attributed to deference to the Emperor Napoleon, whose visit to Osborne took place about that period. THE INCREASE OF THE NAVY.--The gentlemen who discover in all taxes raised for naval and military pur poses nothing but the cunning devices of a knavish aristo cracy, should correct their opinion by what is now transpir ing in reference to the navy. The Admiralty have deter mined to add considerably to the number of our line-of battle ships ; the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Surveyor of the Navy are early and late together, devising the necessary measures ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer has coolly added a million or two sterling to his budget for the purpose ; and the Navy Estimates will, in all proba bility, be passed with as great alacrity this year as last, and give equal satisfaction to the country, although the estimates of last year were cut down by the present Minister, and pre sented to the house as evidences of retrenchment. And yet there have been no aristocratical influences at work in secretly bringing these things about. The speech of Lord Hardwicke had, it is true, some slight influence upon the public mind ; but it was an influence openly exerted, and in proportion as the statements of his lordship were erroneous, as they undoubtedly were in some respects, they failed in their design. The great and almost the only cause of the contemplated increase of the navy, and of the public ap proval of that increase, is to be found in the simple an nouncement of the fact that the French have more steam line-of-battle ships than ourselves. This announcement, which appeared originally in a leading article in the Times, and was subsequently confirmed in that journal by an authentic detailed statement from a correspondent, has alone determined the action of the Cabinet, and prepared the , public to support them. Even the Times itself in no way urged either the Government or the country to pursue the course adopted, but was content to leave the former to act and the latter to think for themselves. When it is remem bered that a single steam line-of-battle ship of the first-class costs more than £200,000 sterling, and that the detormina tination of the Admiralty therefore involves an extra ex penditure of some millions, the all but unanimous approval of that determination by the country at large is the more remarkable.—)Mechanics' Magazine. LATEST NEWS. ~ayT~ ~. OPLI_NING OF THE FREINCB CHAMBERS. THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH The following telegrams have been received from Mr. Reuter's office PARIS, MONDAY (THIS DAY). His Majesty the Emperor of the French delivered the following speech to-day, at the opening of the Legislative Assembly : " MESSIEURS LES SENATEURS, MESSIEURS LES DEPUTIES, " France, you know, has seen during six years her welfare increase, her riches accumulate, her internal disputes become extinguished, her prestige restored ; but, notwithstanding, there arises at intervals, in the midst of this calm and general prosperity, a vague disquietude, a deep agitation, which, with no well-defined cause, seizes on certain minds and injures public confidence. " I deplore these periodical discouragements - without being astonished at them. In a society shaken like ours by so many revolutions, time only can affirm convictions, reinstate characters, and create public faith. The emotion which has arisen without any appearance of imminent danger may well cause surprise, for it testifies at the same time, too much defiance, too much fright. They seem to have doubted, ow the one hand, the mode ration of which I have given so much proof, on the other the real power of France. Happily the mass of the people are far from entertaining the like impressions. " To-day it is my duty to display to you again that which seems to have beenforgotten. What has been constantly my policy ? To re-assure Europe -to restore to France her veritable rank cement firmly our alliance with England — and to regulate with the Continental Powers of Europe a degree of intimacy, in conformity with our views, and the nature of their proceedings vis-a-vis of France. " It is thus that on the eve of my third election I made at Bordeaux this declaration, L'Empire c'est la paix. " The Empire is peace," wishing to prove by that, that if the heir of the Emperor Napoleon remounted the throne, he would not recommence an era of conquests, but he would inaugurate a system of peace which. could not be troubled, except for the defence of the great national interests. As for the alliance of France and England, I have directed. all my efforts to consolidate it, and I have found on the other side of the Channel a happy reciprocity of senti ment on the part of the Queen of Great Britain and on the part of statesmen of all opinions ; also to attain this object so necessary to the peace of the world I haxe trampled under foot on just opened an immense empire to the progress 01 civilisation and the Christian religion. assumed the character of the most frank cordiality, in litigation. all occasions the irritating memories of the past, the attacks of calumny, and even the national prejud ices of my country. This alliance has borne its fruits—not only have we acquired together durable glory in the East, but also at the extremity of the world we have " Since the conclusion nr 42-`" peace my relations with tb.e Emperor of Russia have because we have been in accord on all the points " I have equally cause to felicitate myself on my relations with Pr assia, which have not ceased to be animated by a mutual goodwill. " The Cabinets= of Vienna and mine, on the contrary—l say it with regret—have found them selves often at variance on important questions, and it has required alarge spirit of conciliation to succeed in resolving them. 'Thus, for example, the reconsti tution of the Danubian Principalities could only be terminated after numerous difficulties, which have united to the full satisfaction of the most legitimate desires ; and if it is asked of me what interest France had in these distant countries which the Danube waters, I shall answer that the interest of France is every where where there is a cause of justice and civilisation to make prevail. In this state of things, then, it was not extraordinary that France should draw itself nearer to Piedmont, who has been so devoted during war, so faitlnful to our policy during peace. " The happy marriage of my well-beloved cousin, Prince Napoleon, with the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel, is not one of those isolated facts for which a hidden motive must be sought, but the natural conse quences of the community of interests of the two countries, and of the friendship of the two Sove- reigns. " Some time since. 'the state of Italy and her anomalous position, where order can only be main tained by foreign tro ops, naturally disturbed diplo- macy. "It is not a suffici mat motive for believing in war whether the one side call it so without :a legitimate reason to meet their wishes, or whether the other ; , in its exaggerated fears, chose to show Fral ace the perils of a new coali tion I shall rem ain immoveable in the right path of justice and of national honour, and my Government sb.all neither beled away nor be intimidated, becauf le my policy shall never be either provocative nor pusillanimous. Let us keep far from us these false abuses, these unjust defiances, these failings of confid ence. Peace, I hope, will not be at all disturbed. Take up again calmly the usual course of your w orks. I have explained frankly to you the state of our external relations, and this explanation confirms in all points that which I have endeavoured to make known for two months to France as well :Is to others. " You will find, I believe that my policy has not ceased fo-r an instant to be at the same time firm and con( aliatory. Also I reckon always with confidence on your concurrence as en the support of the nation which has confided to me its destinies : she knows that never does a per- sonal interest or a wicked ambition direct my actions. "When sustained by the wish—the popular sentiment—one mounts the steps of a throne one is elevated by the most grave responsibi- for having discussed a question which had been above the low region where vulgar interests I Arcady decided by the King, the only judge. fly() combatting, and one has for first motives INTADRID, IFEJL as for ultimate judges God, Conscience, and Pus- According to advices -accived from Lisbon, the Portuguese Chambers have been prorogued to the 2d April. The Count of Paris has arrived at Gibraltar. .erity." (ORIGINAL.) Discours prononce pari Sa Majeste I'Empereur a l'ouverture de la Session Legislatif de 1859—1 e VIENNA, FEB. 6. A considerable fall has taken place to-day in all 7 Fevrier. MESSIEURS LES SENATEURS, MESSIEURS LES DEPUTIES, _ _ securities. " La France vous le savez a vu depuis six ans son bien etre augmenter—ses richesses s'accroitre—ses dissensions intestines s'eteindre—son prestige se s'elever et cependant it surgit par intervalles au milieu du calme et de la prosperite generale une Metalliques and National Loan are 1 per cent. lower than yesterday. Lombardo-Venetian Rail way and Austro-French Railway have declined 9fl. FRANCE. inquietude vague—une sourde agitation qui sans cause bien define s'empare de certains esprits et altere la confiance publique. PARIS, SUNDAY• BOURSE, Feb. 5. The tone of the market has been rather better. Threes, after having been done at 66f. 95c., rallied to 67f. 45c. Mobilier varied from 740 f. to 760 f. ; Austrian, 540 f. to 545 f.; Orleans, 1,280 f. to 1,295 f. ; Lyons, 8201. to 8251. ; Sruthern, 5021. 50c. to 505 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 925 f. The following were the last quota " Se deplore ces decouragements periodique sans m'en etonner. " Dans une societe bouleversee comme la 'tare par tant de revolutions, le temps seul pout affermir les convictions, retremper les caracteres, et creer la foi politique. " L'emotion qui vient de se produire sans appar ence de dangers imminents, a droit de surprendre car elle temoigne en memo temps et trop defiance et trop d'effroi. " On semble avoir doute d'un cote de la modera tion dont j'ai donne tant de preuve, de l'autre de la puissance reels de la France. " Heureusement la masse du peuple est loin de subir de pareilles impressions. Aujourd'hui ii est mon devoir de vous exposer de nouveau ce qu'il semble avoir oublie. Qu'elle a ete constamment ma politique ? " Rassurer l'Europe—rendre a la France son veritable rang—cimenter etroitement mitre allianoe avec l'Angleterre, et regler avec les puissances con timentales de l'Europe le degre demon intimite, d'apres la conformite de nos vues et la nature de leurs procedes vis a vis de la France. " C'est ainsi qu'a la veille de ma troisieme elec tion je faisais a Bordeaux cette declaration-- L'empire c'est la paix." Voulant prouver par la quo si Pheritier de I'Empereur Napoleon remontait sur le trone it ne recommencerait pas une ere de conquetes, mais it inaugurerait un systeme de paix qui ne pourrait etre trouble que pour la defense de grands interets nationaux. "Quanta Penance de la France et de l'Angle terre, j'ai mis toute ma perseverance a la consolider, et j'ai trouve de l'autre cote du detroit une heureuse reciprocite de sentiments de la part de la Reim de la Bretagne, comme de la part deshommes d'etat de toutes les opinions. Aussi, pour atteindre ce but si utile a la paix du monde, ai je mis sous mes en touts occasions, les souvenirs irritants du passe, les attaques de la calomnie, les prejuges memo nationaux demon pays. Cette alliance a porte ses fruits, non seulement nous avons acquis ensemble une gloire durable, en orient, raais encore a l'ex tremite du monde nous venous d'ouvrir une im mense empire aux progres de la civilization et de la religion Chretienne. " Depuis la conclusion de la paix mes rapports avec l'Empereur de Russia oat pris le caractere de la plus franche cordialite, parceque nous avons ete d'accord sur tons les points in litige. " Pei egalement a me feliciter de mes relations avec la Prusse qui n'ont cesse d'être anima d'une bienveillance mutuelle. "Le Cabinet de Vienne et le mien au contraire, je le dis avec regret, se sont trouves souvent en dis sidence sur les questions principales et it a fallu un grand esprit de conciliation pour parvenir 6. les resoudre. Ainsi par exemple la reconstitution des Principautes Danubiennes n'a pu se terminer qu' apres de nombreuses difficultes qui ont uni a la pleine satisfaction do leurs desirs, les plus legitimes, et si l'on me demandait quel interet la France avait dans ses contrees lointaines qu' arrose le Danube jo repondrais que l'interet de la France est partout ou it a une cause juste et civilisatrice faire prevaloir. " Dans cet etat de choses it n'y avait rien d'ex traordinare que la France se rapprochat davant age du Piemont qui, avait ete si devoue pendant la guerre si fidele a notre politique pendant la pail. " L'hereuse union demon bien aline cousin le Prince Napoli/nil n.vor In fiui an R . ni Virtnr Rm inanuel n'est done pas un do ces fait insolites aux quelle it faille chercher une raison caches mais la consequence naturelle de la communite d'interets d'eux pays et de l'amitie des deux sovereigns. " Depuis quelque temps l'etat de l'ltalie et sa situ ation anormale ou l'ordre ne peut etre maintenu que par des troupes etrangeres inquietant juste meat la diplomatie. Ce n'est pas neanmoins un motif suffisant de croire ala guerre. Que les uns l'appellant, de tous leurs voeux sans raisons ligi times, quo les autres dans leurs craintes exagerees se plaisent a montrer a la France les perils d'un nouvelle coalition, je resterai inebranlable dans la vole du droit do la justice de l'honneur nationale ; et mon Gouvernement ne se laissera ni entrainer ni intimider parce que ma politique no sera jamais ni provocatrice ni pusinallime. Loins de nous done ces fausses alarmes, ces defiances injustes, ces defail lances internes. La paix, je Pespere, les ne seras point trouble. Reprenez done avec calme le tours habituel de vos travaux ; je vous ai explique franche ment l'etat de nos relations exterieurs, et cet exposé conforme a tout ce quo je me suis efforts de faire connaitre depuis deux mois, a l'intereur comme a l'etranger. Vous trouvera, jaime a le eroire, que ma politique -n'a pas cesse un instant d'être la meme ferme mais conciliatre. Aussi je compte toujours avec confiance, sur votre contours, comme sur l'ap puie de la nation qui m' a confie ses destinees. " Elle sait que jamais un interet personnel ou une ambition inesquine dirigeront mes actions. " Lorsque soutenu par le vomx--le sentiment populaire—on monte les degrls d'na trone—on s'elevo par la plus grave des responsabilites au dessus de la region infarae, ou se debattent des in terets vulgaires, et Pon a pour premlLers mobiles comme pour derniers juges ' Dieu—Sa c onscience et la posterite.' " tions 41 per Cents. 96 Do. end month 96 3 per Cents 67 85 Do. end month 67 85 Bank Shares 2840 Credit Mobilier Do. Account RAIL' Credit Fowler.. Belgian 41 -- Piedmonteso (5) 83 75 Roman • Austrian - -- Spanish Threes - .-- 1 Home Debt ,_ .WAY S . Cash. Account. Orleans - Northern 927 50 .. 930 -- New ditto — .. 800 --• Lyons and. Mediterranean . 831 25 .. 830 -- New ditto G eneva - .. 540 --' -- Midi .— . „ S ou th ern - W es t ern 5BO -- .. 585 --- Eastern Grand Central — .. —•—• Sar di n i an 405 .. 405 -- A ustr i an Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. Oc. ; money, 25f. Oc.; three months, paper, 251. 121 c.; money, 25f. 10c. PARIS, FEB. 7 The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol• lowing message - , addressed by the Consul Genera: of France at Bucharest to Count Walowski. BUCHARES.7 FEB. 5. I The Wallachian assembly has unanin tously elected as Hospodar of Wallachia Alexander Couza, who had been already chosen Hospodar of Moldavia. The forms prescribed in electoral matters by the organic regulations of the country (reglements organique) and by the convention of the 19th Aug. had been strictly observed. The proc b tmation of the vote was received with demonstratic ms of joy by the inhabitants. In the evening the whole town was illuminated. TURIN', FEB. 5 The loan of 50,000,000 lires will be contracted by alienation of the Rentes on the pi) .blic debt of the State. It is currently reported h Lere that the Archduke Maximiliam is about to quit Milan. The Austrian troops, which were distribut I -;d between the Adda and the Ticino, have been '.reunited in large masses at the two extremities,. Pavia and Plaisance. MARSEILLES, FEB. 5. Advices have been received from NapL es to Tues day, February Ist inst. The Archdukes Raynier and Willi,9 ,m and the Archduchess Maria arrived there oz . the 30th January and departed again for Bari , where the marriage of his royal highness was to b e celebrated on the 4th inst. The Neapolitan Government has repli ed offieially to the Council of Advocates respectin , 3 the Taranto Railway, in the matter of the seizur e of the com pany's caution money. Governmer ' it declares the Council contrary to law and closer` ing of censure THE CALCUTTA AND CHIN MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 2. The India and China mails have arrived, with dates from Calcutta to the 9th January ; Madras, 4th January; and from Hong Kong to the 30th of December. By a notification, dated Allahabad, the Ist of January, the Punjab is raised into a separate Pre sidency. At 'Calcutta the Oude campaign was considered closed. The rebels about Kirwee were dispersed by General Whitlock on the 29th Dec. Rajah Govind and his brother, with about 300 rebels, were slain• All their guns and much cattle were captured. General Benson, after a pursuit of 140 miles iii five days, defeated Tantia, Topee, at Zagpore, ind flicting great slaughter. A telegram from Allahabad, dated the 11th of January, reports from Gwalior that 3,000 of Tantia Topee's force had crossed the Chumbul on their way to Jeypore. The Calcutta import market was quiet. The up-country markets contiue stocked. The Bank of Bengal has raised its rate of in terest 1 per cent. Exchange.—Bank bills, 2s. Old. Baron Gros was still at Hongkong. No intelligence had been received from Lora Elgin, The Cochin China allied forces continued to suffer much from sickness. Exchange at Hongkong, 4s. 7d. The advices from Shanghai are to the 22d oil December. Imports were in fair demand. The silk settlements amounted to 3,500 bales. Exchange, 6s. 60. The tea-markets continue very firm. The ship Alert was totally lost near Chungwai and the Mazeppa near Donba Island. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, Feb. I.—The lonian Parliament, sPe' cially convoked., held its first sitting on the 25th4 and the following propositions have been submitte 4 to the National Assembly : "PROPOSITION OF MR. DANDOLO. " I propose the union of the Seven Islands with Greecer; and that a memorial be presented by the Assembly to the Queen, and that, through her Majesty, the other Powers b 4 also called upon to accept the proposition. "PROPOSITION of MR. LOMBARDO. " Inasmuch as the wish of the people of the Seven Islan in respect to its national allegiance has now officially be at made known, and by the vote of the Assembly of 26th November, 1850, with respect to union, both by the pulat cation of the unanimous vote of the Assembly under date 4 , the 20th June, 1857, and by the unanimous expression 0 1 the departmental councillors and municipal councils on tb. ,7 arrival of the present Lord High Commissioner in extraoe' dinary mission, which has lately taken place ; " The Assembly resolves that a committee of 11 mete bers be chosen to propose to an Assembly the appropriint e plan for carrying into effect the now generally express' and officially published wish of the people with respect 1 47 its national allegiance." This resolution was passed in the following for 11 " The Assembly of the Seven Islands proclaims that th 1 ,7 sole and unanimous will of the lonian people has been, an 1 0 , is, the union of all the Seven Islands with the kingdom 71 Greece." Thereupon Deputy Marinus moved, on the pW of the whole Assembly, the following proposition " That a committee of 11 members be chosen to repot' to the Assembly on further measures for carrying out th, order of the Assembly with respect to the declaration of OW Assembly as to union." On the proposition of Mr. Dandolo, the Assemblf decreed that the Parliament House be illuminated in the evening as the temple of all the seven islands' On Friday a ceremonious levee of installatio was held by the new Lord High Commissioner sj the Palace of St. Michael and St. George. It WO more numerously attended than any former on ot and the representatives of the lonian Assembl who the day before had so conspicuously proclaim( their disloyalty, all hastened to make their Waal to his Excellency. The Parliament assembled a half-past 1 o'clo' 11 4 and was met by the following official message frt ) 11 the Lord High , Commissioner, which was deliver' by Sir G. Bowen, the Government Secretary, 13. 4 tended by his Excellency's aides-de-camp "MESSAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE LORD HIGH CO 111 ; MISSIONER TO THE MOST .NOBLE THE LEGISLATI ASSEMBLY. " His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner has bee informed that in yesterday's proceedings of the Most Nobl the Legislative Assembly there is a proclamation of the wi ll of the lonian people for union with Greece. " The Assembly exists in virtue of the constitution, Dag cannot but regulate itself according to its provisions. " The Assembly has also, through inadvertence, deviated in another point from the constitution. tc It has. elected a committee for the purpose of submit ting to the Assembly the further measures connected witlt the proclamation aforesaid. " The one and only legal method of expressing the desirs o of the Assembly is by a petition, memorial, or represents tion,' in-conformity with the Constitutional Charter, Chap.' VII., see. 7, art. 8. " By immediately limiting the power of the committees., and by declaring it competent only to suggest and draw such petition, memorial, or representation,' the Assem blj will be in the path of legality. " His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner, seei, sit no other possible mode of applying a remedy to the mid'' carriage which has occurred, considers it his duty to g i this information to the Legislative Assembly, and has col. fidence in its prudence. " By command of his Excellency. (Signed) " G. F. BOWEN, " Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner. " Corfu, Jan. 28, 1859." THE LAST OF THE CONVICT HULKS.—The 101 44 ' remaining vestige of the system of keeping prisoners e board disused ships of war is just about to be abolished the breaking up of the staff of the Stirling Castle cow n hulk in Portsmouth harbour. This ship has lately bct9l; used for the reception of prisoners sent home from the col %, vict establishments at Bermuda and Gibraltar, but it ' henceforth to be discontinued even for that purpose, 1111 10 there will no longer remain a single convict hulk in us CI the English Prison Service.—Civil Service Gazette. ~._