The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-08 00:00:00

R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— BX.TR A. PERFORMANCES. To morrow (Tuesday), Feb. 9—and Thursday, Feb. 11. TO-MORROW EVENING, will be repeated, for the 2d time in. England, LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of gape's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlles. Piccolomini and Sannier ; Signori Belletti, Violetta, anti Giuglini. To conclude each Evening with the successful Divertisse ment, by M. Massa, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, ii. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10a; gallery stalls, 38 6d pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new coin% drama, A LUCKY HIT. After which, TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER, Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL,IiAYMIR KET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE RIVALS. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes ................ 3 0 Upper Boxes Pit fi e ry 1 o,Gallery .................... ... 0 6 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspore's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. om Kean. C After which, a new grand cic hristmas 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 meek ; Clown, Mr. lialine; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— Grand Combination of Attractions—Seventh Night of a new Domestic Tale, by Westland Marston, Esq.—Leigh Hunt's highly successful play—and the gorgeous Spectacle, Lalla ROoih. THIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play, LOVERS' AMAZEMENTS. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. After which (7th time), a domestic tale, by Westland Marston, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, slpported by Messrs C. Dillon, Barrett, J, G. Shore, Mesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA.LLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Euekingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns. Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites. Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbnes, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 33x.oface open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY TH EATR E. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. F - THIS EVENING, will be performed an orig*nal English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. After which, QUEEN NAB ; or Harleq lin Romeo and Jolliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad -1)1217. CANTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-roal. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performanea or Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dcc., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Bruiell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghtrans, Mr. Renshaw, Russell Grover, S. Joner.,l J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchf!eld and E. Mackney. Piano, fo7t2, M. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jon 6 lizia2.9. f'mn nt Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dcc., until twelve o'clock. Mr. A.UGIISTIIS BRAITAM will appear every Evening. "SUN" MAP OF CHINA. SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND. On Wednesday, the 10;h of February, we shall print an Outline Map of China in Th.': San. The capture of Canton may be expected by the next mail from China, so that our realer 3 will see the contiguous position of surrounding places. Orders received by all news-agents, and at The Sun Office, 112, Strand. Price only 41, stamped sd. by post free. HIGH WATER AT LOND;”.T BRIDGE. THIS DAT —Morn., 43 min. aft. B—Even., 28 min. aft. 9 To-MORgovr—Morn. 12 min. aft. 10—Even. 5G min aft. 10 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 7. InsitmomETEtt, Ili Tag SILIDE. 50--highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 43 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.01. WIND, S.E. to E.S.E. ; fresh and cold, with fine wea ther. FEBRUARY 8. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night, 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 3%03. WIND, E.S.E. ; fresh, with fine cold weather; 1 ,-.,-) ,v,,4,,,•;,:,..,--:i.t..,-,-?,-,-.. &.:.,- - sy, ric li . ) t . ccea-!:-,--. - -.. , .. , ),---: , - , -- ) iti • ...., ~, .--,-,,,_,-:,,•-,.•,, _.•,-, e 1 '-- 2 - ''( - W - z ".--, -' r , - ------ --..:-;--- 6 - ' -, LONDON, MONDAY, FEB 8, 1858. The future popularity of Lord PAL3IERSTON— nay more, the fate of his Government depends on the nature and extent of the measure of which he has given notice for this evening. misting circumstances, and considering the gross Under insults so recently offered to England, with the sanction and authority of the EMPEROR himself, any concession, however trivial, was inexpedient and injudicious. If a change in the law were really required, it should not be made until ample amends, or at least satisfactory apologies, had been tendered for these insolent and bullying publica tion% Otherwise our kind friends on the conti nent will attribute the new legislation to fear, and the honour and prestige of Great Britain will be materially damaged by the inopportune move ment. It is now attempted to be shown that the publication of these inflamm ato ry documents was put of a mere mistake on the the editor of the Monitemr, and that no one regrets their appear ance more than the EMPEROR. hirnael a f u l an.e 7 o t afd ‘ it t was no mistake, it could be no miatake_ h‘ shall be no mista ke !" Th e manager the official journal is not q uite so slovenl y or so reck less in his proceedings as to insert hastily any thing that comes to hand, for the mere purpose of filling his columns. Nor if there had been error on his part, would it have remained unnoticed fcr a single day. He might not have received a re. gular warning, such as would be given to less favoured publications, but a hint would have been given quite sufficient to prevent him from allow ing his zeal to outrun his discretion, and commit a second and third mistake of a similar kind. But these incendiary addresses, grossly and menda ciously libelling England, by designating it as " a den of assassins," asking permission to invada it, and demanding that it should be destroyed, appeared day after day usque ad nauseam ! They were received with bland smiles by the autho rities, and tacitly sanctioned, if they did not directly emanate from the Ministerial bureau. Indeed, considering that they were the productions of military officers of high rank, and s hould be transmitted through the proper channels to the War-office, it is palpable that they must have been THE SeN LONDON, Senates, and. Representatives would have been elected of late years I sent from that department for pul - I; cation in tliP Moniteur, with the assent and approval of the Minister who is especially responsible for the diiec• tion of French journalism. We can easily conceive that the EMPEROR now regrets the rash experiment against English independence. But not a word was said of that regret, until a storm of indignation had been evoked throughout the length and breadth of the land at the audacious menaces against our coun try ; thus sanctioned and adopted by the French Government. When the English Press had spoken out boldly and unflinchingly, with all but perfect unanimity, then, but not till then, was the mistake discovered. But even now, when it has been ascertained, what redress has been afforded, what expression of displeasure announced ? The guilty parties were soldiers, peculiarly amena ble to military discipline. What would be said at the Horse Guards if British officers had insulted a friendly nation, and called for its invasion and destruction ? They would have received at least some intimation that they had transgressed the limits of military decorum, and the censure would pro bably be attended with the punishment of some of the most truculent offenders. Even the English law, defective as it is said to be, would suffice to bring such libellers to justice for acts calculated to occasion great disturbance of the public peace, good order and government of the kingdom, and the great danger of creating discoid between the Emperor of FRANCE and his subjects and the Queen of GREAT BRITAIN and her subjects. But it is not merely that the contemplated measure is totally unnecessary and uncalled for. The highest legal authorities—the Lord Chief Justice of England and Lord BROUGHAM-- have emphatically declared that there can be no doubt that the existing law is amply sufficient to render any party conspiring to commit an offence abroad liable to severe punishment. What more, then, could b 3 required consistently with our constitutional principles, which we shall never abandon at the will of any foreign Prince or potentate, or military ruffian. If the Bill be S 3 greatly diluted, of such milk and water character, as not to offend the feelings of the British community, it will be a mare work of supererogation without the slightest utility or advantage. If otherwise, if the law of England is to be changed at the will and pleasure of any foreign power, if Lord PALMERSTON forfeits, as he will do, the character of not being the Minister of France, of Russia, of Austria, or of Prussia, but the Minister of England, he may forthwith commence setting his house in order, for his tenure of cffico will be brief indeed ! The best way will be to have the obnoxious measure withdrawn with all convenient speed. If not, we trust that every independent member will strain every nerve to have it thrown out at the very earliest stage in its progress. It merits no batter fate, and the Premier must sub mit to the inevitable consequences of the grave mistake into which be has been betrayed. If we may use a homely phrase, but one which precisely describes the fact, Lord GREY has let the cat out of the bag. One sentence in his Essay (p. 128) indicates, though in that vague language in which the whole book is written, his object in writing it. "The objects that ought to be aimed at," says his Lordship, " by such a measure, are to interest a large propoitien of the public in the constitution, by investing them widi rights, without disturbing the :existing balance of power ; to discourage bribery at elections, toW.out giving more influence to the arts of demagogues ; to strengthen the legitimate authority of the Executive Government, and at the same time to guard ag hist its being abused ; and to render the distribution of the Parliamentary franChise less unequal and lesa anomalous, but yet carefully to preserve that character which has hitherto belonged to the louse of Commons, from its including among its mem bers men representing all the different classes of society, and all the different interests and opinions to be found in the nation." Again (p. 129), "It can hardly be doubted that any increased power given to the democratic element in, our constitution must end, scones or later, in its complete ascendancy. Though strongly convinced of the value of free institutions, and a firm friend of popular liberty, I am yet persuaded that stch a change in the character of our Government would be one of the greatest misfortunes that could befai the country." Lord GREY wishes, when we have a Reform Bill, that it should be one that should, like the last one, settle the question for a long tine to come, but his reason is the same ; a bid making but slight alterations would not ap pease but rather stimulate democratic demaods, which would thus go on from year to year, till in a short time the people would gain far more than they would have done by a liberal cppcession at first. Lord Girt' deserves the beat thanks of Radicals. He plainly states that he thinks the Reform ques tion has been brought forward prematurely ; but his advice to his order is, whatever you the thing in appearance handsomely. If, for in stance, ho argues, you were to disfranchise all boroughs whose constituencies were under 1,000, and to dispose of their members amongst the larger boroughs, and by dividing larger constitu encies, such an arrangement would settle for a angle year the question of what our future repre sentation should be, while it would annihilate the only argument for the small boroughs—that of prescription (p. 125). No doubt his lordship is right, but the reason for his objecting to such limited Reform is, that it would ultimately strengthen democracy. Democracy is indeed the phantom which haunts Lord GREY his whole book through. An American mob tyranny is his con stant dread ; he sees that England is gcing down the plane, and his counsel is, that the check tackle be made, if possible, more efficient than tie launching power. `ire are certainly not disposed to controvert the ghreeraitne institutions t a u r t t io o n f s wha t t t he we says m u cabout question whether and hlienelatyostthhienkbtlahmate the people rpleighhatvceamusae. merle t W he ein Go vernment what it is, not that the Government has corrupted the people. The American people have had among them a great political immorality, and a peat political folly from the beginning. Slavery has meanaspoisoned all their political action at ho jealousy of England, with boyish propensity to bullying and swagger, have lowered the tone of th e i r foreign policy. The f l A very party has been unitA by its vile bonds more firmly th any other ; it has made itself necessary tr the party which would. be in power ; naturally it would have been of the aristocratic party Lu finding democr ac y th e more poweiful, aLd demo cracy needing its aid, the two have long embraced each other most cordially. The result has been a progeny of political immoralities, and a de,, a d s ., tion of politics altogether unsurpassed probably in any civilised country, certainly in any free and Chzistian country. Mrs. BEECUER STOWE has given us ample illustrations of the way in which slavery has tainted the jurisprudence and the I.l a t n i d te i d ffe S re ta n t t e s p . r e ß s i d u t e n f t o s r , twhhOolesl3,l'PleUlicquieifetioonf thweh Lord GREY nowhere expresses his opinion re• specting the Ballot ; indeed, he carefully avoids all approach to definite opinions, but he cer tainly seems to have drawn out most ably the case for secret voting ; and but for supposing that he would view it as a democratic implement, we might imagine him a member of the Ballot Society. He shows that in small constituencies it can hardly be expected that each voter having so much power in regard to a much-coveted prize, should have virtue enough to resist the appeals which would be made by the wealthy and ambi tious ; that legislation may interpose difficulties in the way of direct pecuniary bribery, but can not long prevent even that ; but that it is power less to hinder an " understanding between the par ties for giving and receiving money's worth." " The voter," he adds (p. 118), " may have a house or land let to him on such advantageous terms as to be equivalent to an annual present from his landlord, to whom, consequently, he will not refuse his vote. This is pro bably the most common mode of bring ing the pecuniary interests of the elector to bear upon his use of the franchise, and while this continues to be notoriously practised with im punity, it is impossible that, in counties and boroughs, where property is thus used by one party, those on the other side will think them selves, morally, more guilty of bribing than their opponents, if they endeavour to compensate the disadvantage to which they would be thus exposed, by giving to the voters who support them, an equivalent in money, for what is given by their antagonists in value. Surely Earl GREY, in the Lords, will back Mr. BERKELEY in the Commons. But, no, there is a hitch—the fear of the demagogue intrudes. In page 120, we are told that " such an employment of money is not more immoral than the use of other means to prevent the judgment of the voters. To give money bribes to electors, is not worse, or rather, not nearly so bad, as to court their favour by flattery, by flattering their pas sions and prejudices, and by encouraging them, knowingly, is mischievous political errors. More real guilt is incurred, because greater injury is done to the nation, by having recourse to acts of the demagogue, than by the illicit use of money, for the purpose of carrying an election, and at the present moment the former abuse seems to be more common than the latter." Further on his diatliictly states that it would be a change for the worse, if demagogues took the place of men of wealth, that the great object, therefore, is to cheek, if possible, both kiada of abuse, and to make arrangements which wall favour the re turn of members to Parliament who should not owe their seats, either to their money, or to their base courting of popularity." (p. 121), What those arrangements are to be, apart from the Ballot we do not see. Lord GREY confesses they are difficult, but he does not despair of seeing them effected. Now it is not denied that with the Ballot, and tolerably large constituencies, pecuniary bribing and " value" bribing, as described by Lord GREY, would at least be very difficult or very much die couraged. But what of demagogue flattery and courting ?—the latter expression showing that the vice is pre-eminently characteristic of Courts. It would seem, according to Lord GREY himself, that the practice is gro•sring now ; indeed, if we are to believe him, outstripping the good old five ur ten pound note practice. The Ballot could not, there fore, make matters much worse on that score. But we have a strong opinion that it would hssen the influence of demagogues. Most assuredly in advo cating it such is our wish. These contemptible men aro much more likely to find their level in the ballot-box than in the poll-book. The dema gogue is mistrusted by thousands of men who must hurrah with the noisy of their own class, but who, if the eyes of that class would not be on their vote, would give it in accordance with quiet conviction. At the worst they would only have to do like their betters. Peers, till better taught by experience, have been beguiled by aristogogues, and the demos would soon learn wisdom in the same school. We claim Lord GREY'S vote for he Ballot. The military prottige3s of are, after all, not very successful. It may even be confi dently asserted that they are, one and all, invari ably and signally—unsuccessful. There was General CeDRINGTON. There was —high treason and rank blasphemy though it he t) sly so in the hearing of his numerous admirers —there was (distinctly we aver it) Lord RAGLAN. Thera is— last but not least remarkable among all these un heroic failures on the put of warriors selected fur high co:nu-laud by 11.11.11.—there is General ASHBURNIJAII. As to the closing scenes in the historical career of Field-Marshal Baron RIGLIN, there is not a doubt about it that he so conducted the Siege of Sebastopol, that ho brought about three grand catastrophes. The surprise at lalcerman—the• blunder cf Balalilava—and the repulso of the Redan being, at any rate in a great measure, the result of his hesitating and most mistaken policy; the last, of course, posthumously. Happily for the glory of British arms, the officers and soldiers actually engaged upon each of those memorable occasions were staunchly true to the national reputation. Insomuch that the surprise of Inker man was turned by the stubborn resistance of the Guards into a victory ! The blunder of Balaklava was transformed by the matchless heroism of the Cavalry and the dauntless front of the Highlanders into a feat of arms perhaps never surpassed in its audacious magnificence ! The repulse of the Redan, even being signalised among the events of the Crimean campaign, by a dogged tenacity of resistance, resembling in all but it lack of a successful issue, the hand-to-hand en c3unter, forty years previously, within the walls of the old farm house of Hougoumont. But the glory thus won before Sebastopol during the late war, was won neither by generalship nor by stra tegy, but rather than that, in spite of bad general ship and bungling strategy—by the strong right hand of the private soldier, with the edge of his sword and at the point of his bayonet. So much for the warrior-pets of H.R.H. So much for Lord RAGLAN'S generalship. General CODRINGTON again. There was another of 11.11,11.'s military protegees ! What a brilliant success that was—don't we all remember it. Why it was like the sudden collapse of the Great Nassau Balloon at the moment of its ascent ! The King of FRANCE, with his forty thousand men, marching up the hill, and then marching down again, was nothing to it. There is really only one incident at all resembling it that we can anywhere recall to our recollection. It is an incident re corded among some of his pleasant memories by Mr. L EIGH H UNT . It occurred, Mr. LEIGH HUNT tells us, Pr teens of the present century, when Englan d was threatened with precisely ConsulFTiilnrset—ilithe earlyo. by P LEON BONAPARTE. Scene—a court-yard, some where in London, where a body of Militia was about to be drilled by its chief commanding officer ; a member of the actual train-baud being Mr. LEIGH Lord Brougham's Acts and Bills. Collected and arranged by Sir John E. Eardley Wilmot, Bart. Pp. 879. Longman and Company . This subst tntial volume is a truly remarkable publication. As a cempilatiou no`able in a parti cular way for its comprehensiveness, and beyond that for the singular perspicuity of its a: rangemeut, it reflects the highest credit upon the learned Re corder of Warwick and Judge of the Bristol County Court, to the industry and sagacity of whose re searches we are indebted for the first accumulation of the " Acts and Bills" of our great ex-Chancellor. Sir Eardley Wilmot has in this solid tome built up one of the noblest monuments at once of the genius and of the civism of Heury Lord Brougham. The issue from the press of these 800 luminous pages is an incident which seems to us, in a manner, to bear a certain fantastic resem blance to the erection of the colossal bronze ,einestrian statue on the triumphal arch over against Apsley House during the lifetime of the late Doke of Welington. It is in other words a gigantic and conspicuous attestation of the fame andpoeularity of a great man, brought immedia..tly under his own observation net less than under that of his own conte=mporaries. Everyone—Lord Brougham himself—must recognise now that the author of those ext , aerdinary legal reforms, has in truth, not lived in vain. Hera is conclusive testi mony that the golden talents entrusted te li s keeping have not been laid up in a napkin and buried away, instead of being multiplied—and the affluent interest of them. sttown abioal with an hand es 1-try.-ss to th, general pas illation. With an.ev:peci-iliso - t ° n iicauce has this volume been r espectinliy dedicated by the compiler to "The Society for the Amendment of the Law" as a su.:2;- ' gestive and surely an encouraging " Record of the Labours of their President in the Sacred cause" of —what ? " Humanity, Justice, and Freedom I" " Whereunto," adds the Dedication, with impressive eloquence, "the Laws themselves bear Faithful and Living Tgatimony." Truthfully is all this written—for the Legal Reforns secured to the nation by these " Acts and Bills" of Lord Broug ham affect among other subjects :- 1, The Slava Trade, 2. Thra L'ai of Libel and Slander, 3. Education and Charities, 4. Chancery and Privy Council, 5. R,!al Properly, 6. Criminal Law, 7. Bankruptcy and Insolvency, 8. Local Courts, 9. Law of Evidence and Procedure, c haracter. ,fra,e is Why,the e th a e cc c oLi a lp u l:h y tn o en f : h o o f m arvellous itnienevements by one ener getic w i t h kmultitude of other subjects of a mis gean, is like any other of the feats of c tsgt e ltel l at l tt t ol n e ‘23Ls o oe u a fw s A the fabled Hercules. We epeak without exaggera ti n when we say that the good, and gi.eat, and wise citizen who has doae all this is a man admiration. Let neither of them be who has de-ierved well of his country. Honour to ,ensltsyhtahrta:ttlll'eusine herculean achievements in the him while ho is yet living amongst us—chief among the glories of our generation. Gratitude is his du once, eo l eusly. Yet, be it remarked at after all, but a h a lf century. The Great Lawyer has w,iy of legal reforms, accomplished single-handed y c v iLi e l co a l 1 1 r s icttl himself, during these same forty or fifty c'orongliani, represent, pas t, great also simultaneously as a CHI btnp the last his ',doings during the best portion of Philosopher. For—be it as a Statesman, as a yPanserocars last a t ' e l a ) r y sina t a l e fl tO etv 'iPt ho turn wonderingly over the pages of this extraordinary volume—that the author of these enoyneus reforms in the law is the s tine Henry Brougham who contributed a paper on an abstruse optical theme to the Royal Society publishedonce re cogn ised to forthwith the year after h is p recoci ous matriculation at the University of his native city of E iinbur il h—a paper wi t c a h as a t baemsuffici entlyni iro-- r nto b sophical Trausactionsi. It is th e same Henryry Brougham r who, from the very commons , m tut of the Edinburgh Review, was ainonest the very fore most of its many gifted contributors. Nay, of whom it is related, in. connection with that fa netts per i o dical, that, having written to the then pub-. lisher of the R‘cviciv ConAable) for an ad vance o f a thousand pounds, uuclertaking to clear o ff the debt by his subsequent writi • ' ngs, he so rapidly entered upon tha fir filment of this promise, that, with the exception of two articles, he himself wrote the whole of oae particular number (the number is one of those in vol. xvii. of the Edin burgh)—the papers in that one number, of course, relating to a variety of subjects, one of them being a. treatise upon ti ns O perat i on o f Litho'_ orny I A circumstance, by the way, that probably may have suggested to the whimsical tnind. of Sydney Sinith his welt-known sarcasm in relation to Lord J fin Russell's self-confidence in his own versatility. This, is the same Henry Brougham who, although h had Denman among his colleagues, was incomparably the most distinguished among the counsel of the unfortunate Queen Caroline. The same who as far back as 1803 Produced his memorable disqui sition on Colonial Policy—whose pen has since written, in six volumes, "The Lives of the States men of the Re ig n of George ;" in four volumes propounded a system of Political Philosophy ; illustrated and expanded Palo Y's masterpiece on National Theology ; a ided Mr. Ch . ules Kn i g ht with contributi ons to the Penny 111 crjateine, that inaugurator of the whole scheme of the cheap peri odicals ; assisted Dr. Birkbeek in establishing the Mechanics' Inetitutea in the United Kingdom orginisd the Uciversity of London ; and founded the Society for the affusien of Useful Kuowleilge. It is the same man wl:o, in ills midst of all thesis splendid labou r s, shared se fie:cely in the debet-s of the House of dommons—th it upon one occasion, (the 17th of April, 1823) when chiritig that etni • neat statesman with ‘• th mest inenstreits truck ling for office, that the whole history of politic tergiversation could pr. sent," he caused Mr. C tu• ping to leap from his seat With the ex , :lamation, "It is false I."—while upon another, a later, occa sion —(when of cr referring wrath'',.illy to the la. e Iron Duke's famous decla-a,tion against reform, h thus apo3tropl iced Sir R - Aterte we see r' not—it is you we scorn ; you, his mean, b .ee fawning, parasite !") he startled Peel into an in stant and contemptuous prote.taton that he wa the parasite of no man breathing . It is the same who s iddenly, and not Henry Bioughatn iu fine, by any graduated promotion, put aside the stuff gewn of a barrister, assu ming, iilst,ad , the robes of England's Lord High Chancellor. Novel theless, in spite of all this versatility, while still c outiuumg, moreover, to prosecute uninter pru tedly his experi- MONDAY EVENI tor of °Jr) occur-1 li re u n N ce T . " dressed hiTrn:elf,mfohme e f n ic t pt ti i t zn ed Arr f El or de..,erivtion is ust await his avi c n o g lonei, t u h p a " t f i u n r twhheircheeethpteiurnankesf, h the appearance upon the very tiptoe of expectation. A crash of drums and trumpets—the gates of the court-yard are flung Wide open—the Colonel's horse plunges in through the entrance—and the Colonel himself, very stmt . , tightly-strapped, and excessively red in the face, is sud denly sent sprawling over the head of his charger, down in the dust, at the feet of the men who are presenting arms to him ! It was for all the world the counterpart of General CODRINGTON' S abrupt and ridiculous appari tion as the British Commander-in-Chief. Never was there such an anti-climax ! At every event of this kind we can literally—only grin and bear it. It is certainly impossible to bear it without grinning. The result of the grand preliminary flourish being generally so intensely preposterous. The latest illustration of this, the one which has been just vouchsafed to the country by General ASHBURN llA.ll—kno vrn far and wide as another of 11.11.11.'s admirable military selections. Pre cisely when everybody is expecting to hear that General A sTIR URNHAM is going to begin the deadly game of war out in those remote parts of Asia to which he has been sent as British Com mander-in-Chief—back comes—General Asa- BURNHAM ! Now all this, while it is very ludicrous is also very intolerable. Is it (we should like to know) to be doggedly persisted in, as a "system" at the Horse Guards ? Are we to permit H. R. H. indefinitely at once to make geese of our troops, and ducks and drakes of our money, just for the sake of amusing the leisure, and testing the whimsies, of an amateur Field Marshal ? We hardly expect to find a German King Consort tnother Organiz3r of Victory, like atizen'CA.nNoT —particularly after the melancholy absurdity of the exhibitions afforded to Europe by the nomina tion to the chief command of military protegees of H. H. H. like General AsanunNallf, or like General CODRINGTON. LORD BROUGHAM. FEBRUARY 8, 1858. mental researches in naturtl philosophy—Lord pt• 1: of this in the huge volume here published by the Messrs. Longman)—Lord. Brougham, instead of merely indulging in showy exhibitions of his vari ous and virile genius, has been securing to the com munity all the solid good resulting from these bold and comprehensive reforms of the law ; thereby building up his own most glorious, enviable, and imperclitrahle monument - . Born in the September of 17;8, Lord is co riseq,iwitly, at „hi s mouielit, in his yi , ar—yet it is, we to know, the eightieth year of a man whose g,nius is still vital with all the energies, the ardour, the hopefulness, the buoyancy of youth. May that vitality long remain unimpaired ! With which earnest aspiration we close ear present and most inadequate tribute to that venerable and patrician Senator, in whom, as a Commoner, we still gratefully remember the daring and daunt less Tribune of the English People. THE AFRICAN MAIL. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING. The African Steam Navisritioa Company's mail pack , :t Ethi , T?, 0, -, mminder. Croft, artived last night. Her dates are—Fernando Po, Dec. 27 ; Ca,me roons, 28th ; Old Calabar, 30th ; Bonny, Jan. 3 ; Lagos, 7th ; Accra, 9,h ; Cape Coast, 11th ; Liberia, 15th ; Sierra Leon©, 20th; Bathurst, 24th ; Goree, 21th ; Teneriffa, 30th; and Madeira, Feb. 1. The Ethiope brings 3,056 ounces of gold dust, and the cargo includes 460 puncheons palm oil, 12 packages and two cases ivory, 28 teeth, 22 toes camwood, 85 cases arrowroot, 9 cases sundries, and 16 octanes Madeira wine. At Sierra Leone trade is brisk, especially in breaking up the slave vessels condemned by the Mixed Court. Rear-Admiral Sir George Grey was expected shortly. A war-steamer has been ordered to visit Elobey, one of the Spanish Corisco islands, where Captain Stewart, a British resident, has been cruelly shot by the natives, in the presence of his wife. The partial success of the Niger expedition in establish ing trading factories in the upper parts of the river is said to be the cause of the attack on the settle ment, George, by the jealous natives. A swift paddle-steamer, drawing four feet only, will Le required to complete the operations of the expo• Consul Itchinson was at Bonny, Jan. 2, in the Bloodhound, (3,) Lieu'enant Robson, to inquire into the cause of the murder of a Krooman by the natives, at the cash-house of a British supercargo. The trade of this river has been somewhat sus pended. Governor Sir B. Price went from Accra to Cape Coast Castle iu the Ethiopia. Some sickness prevails at Liberia, !where three deaths occurred rather suddenly. The Governor of Bathurst was preparing to go up the Gambia in the steamer Dover. Heavy rains have fallen at Teneriffe, but have not affected the health of the inhabitants. At Lagos, the steam-ship Hecla, 6, Commander Elan. The vessel Brune, Lieutenant Lodder, had crossed the bar and was lying in the river opposite the town. . . . 1 4rr ivi , 4 rri ~"- 7 — l N - w - r • ci 1 January stat e that the Cumberland, Admiral Wallis, ',. d i-1 ti S 4 :'--4 , , .„ .. . ~' t 6 .,. ' , L.- s. ' . 4-) • -.. i , , ,--, . , - . .-4_ - ... .1 ii_ .... .4 ~...:—.l T T ~....., 6 I ExchAnge at lia,nia, on the 18th of Ja,Jualy, 24. At Pernambuco, - on the 21st of January, the exchange was 24. THE BLACK SEA. A serious disturbance has been occasioned at the Turkish port of Trebizond, on the Black Sea, by the refusal of the Rus,dan Consul to allow a party of Aavo morchurs, toochfd at Ti ebzo;,tl wi - h a cargo of women and children from their own country, to continue their journey to Constantinople, where the slaves were, to have been sold. It is said that the Circassians, with their armed followers, attacked the Russian Consul's house, and threatened to kill him. The other European r:;sidents, healed by the French and English Consuls, armed themselves to the number t.f three hundred, and surrounded the Russian Consulate to protect it against this vielei,ce. Atter some delay the Pacha of Trebizond interfered, and order was re-established. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOETTH, SATURDAY. The screw steamer Celt, Captain Brown, arrived here to-day with mails, Sc , from the Cape. Her mails ara Cape of Good Hope, December 30 ; St. Helena, Jan. 6 ; and Ascension, 12. She brings a full cargo, valued at 10,0001., consisting chiefly of wine and wool. She has two eases of specie Twenty passengers came in the Celt, including Lady Grey, the wife of Sir G. Grey, the Governor-General of the Cape •olony. Six eastern members of the Legislative Council resigned their seats in disgust, on the pwsing of a bill providing facilities for the construction of rail roads in the western provinces. The only vessel that has touched at the Cape during the month w:th troops for India was, ou Deo. 10, the Malabar barque, from London to Madras, with 132 men Royal AI; illery, under com mand of Major Lawford. She reported all well, and left for India on the 14th. The steamer Himalaya left Table Bay on the 2d of December, with 200 horses for India. The Euphrates also left Algca Bay with a part of the 80th Regiment, and the Lodore with a part of the 6th. The Blue Jacket sailed Decernbr 29th for India, having taken on board iu Table Bay 225 horses, with a large supply of forage. The ship Lady Kennaway arrived at East Lon don, with Irish female emigrants, and went ashore shortly after entering tee port and became a complete wreck. The passengers had been previously landed in safety, and a number of them have already been comfortably "settled." About 70 proceeded to Graham's Town, where it is said they were also well received. A commission ap pointed to inquire into the circumstance attending the loss of the vessel has attributed it to "great mismanagement, or. neglect, or beth." The steamer Bombay Cas le, with a portion of the Queen of Oude's retinue, arrived at the Cape, on the 14th December, and has left again for India. They landed in Cape Town and lodged at one of the principal hotels during the vessel's stay. Lieutenant-Cole :n el D'Ut ban, the new command ant of British KaPfratia (and son of the late Sir Benjamin D'Utban), had arrived from England ey the Ida Zieglar. The richest man in South Africa, Mr. Jonas van der Po:1, die t on the 14th December, leaving, ,t is said, some 400,000/. or 500,0001. to be divided equally between six relatk 03, cne of whom is the wife of Lieut. Jamieson, R.N., the port captain. AUSTRALIA. HER MAJIRSTTS TEEATRE. The Italian version of Mr. Balfe's " Bohemian Girl"—originally prepared for Bologna, under the supervision of the composer—was produced at her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday night, with well- marited success. Madlle. Piccolomini "created" the part of Arline at Bologna ; audit was therefore not at all surprising that she should exhibit so thorough a familiarity both with the music and the histrionic requirements of the character. Her impersonation of the suppositious gipsy was perfect ; while the contrast between her unrestrained and joyous de meanour in the first two acts and the melancholy reserve so consummately assumed when the truth i 3 revealed that Arline is the daughter of Count Arnheina—who has just condemned her for the presumed crime of robbery—exhibited the subtlest. artistic discrimination. The singing of Madlle. Piccolomini was equally to be admired from ano ther point of view. Whether in the s'mple, half English, half Spanish ballad, " I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls" (Italica, "In una reggia splendida"), or in the new romenza, composed for her by Mr. Belie, at the beginning of the taird act, " Sempre torna it min pensiero," which is in a more florid and "demonstrative" style, her vocali satien was equally pure and effective. In the first Madlle. Piccolomini was rapturously encore], and in the second as rapturously appl aided. Bat this was npt all. Every finesse of the character was seized and made the most of by the gifted and im pulsive Italian. Mr. Dalfe himself must have owned the, for the first time ou the English stage a wholly " ideal" Arline was before him. Signor Giuglini, in The/Ideal-4, obtained even a greater success. In the first and second acts the hero of the opera is somewhat insignific tnt ' • bat in the third he has the lion's share both of the vocal and dramatic interest. And here Signor Giuglini proved himself more than worthy of his reputation, which is saying a vast deal. The femiliar romance, " Wh -n other lips and other hearts" (Tu m'aini, Ah si, bell'anima), was sung wieh exquisite sentiment, and encored twice with accelainatious of applause. "The fair land of Poland" exhibied the tine declamatory powers of Signor Giuglini in a no less forcible light, and this, toe, was redemended tty the whole audience. A greater success in a new part was probably never obtained. The next character of importance—that of . Count At ',helm ("the heavy ft tiler," to use the familiar language of the corstiascs) was sustained with the same excel lence ; and it will be readily believed that the ac compf'shed Signor Belletti sang the well-known ballad of "Thy heart bowed down" (D'Aelina riii minim utati) will the utmost feeling anti expression. He was honoured by an uproarious encore. The opera was carefully executed throuahaut, the band and chorus, by their zeal and iutelligeuce. efficiently aupportieg the efforts of the principal singers. The whole performance passed oft with immense eclat. Macll e. Piccolomini, Signer Giuglini, and Signor Belletti were more than once brought before the curtain ; and at the end, when due honour had been paid to the chief singers, the author himself wts loudly summoned. Att-r some delay Mr. Belie appeared before the footlights, and was cheered " to the echo." PRINOFVS THEATRE. -~ Her Majesty on Thur.iTlly visited the Princess's in order to witie-;i " A Midsuramr-Night's Dream" and the admirable pantomime of " Har lequin and the White Cat." This affords, sAiffi n - c' , -nt ~videel th7.t M--. e. 11l - :,'..i. 11A. - i not suifete i iu the Royal esteem by his inlbility to appear at the f,,stiyal performanceA. We are happy to find. that he has sa far recovered from his late itulispogil iim as to be ()tabled to resume the arduous part of Hamlet, which be so admirably delineates. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the QM3rl received a Idressee on the throne on Saturday from the House of Peers and the liouse of Commons, congratulating her Majesty on the nuptials of the Princess Royal with the Prince Frederick Wiliiam of Prussia, The Lord Chanc.llor arrived is state about 3 o'clock, from the House of Lords. His lordship wore his gold robe, and was attended by his principal Secretary, the Hon. W. Spring Rice, the Purse Bearer, Deputy Ser. geant-at-A.ruas, and Train Bearer. The Peers accompanying the Address were the Arch• bishop of Canterbury ; the Marquises of Winchester, Ext:ter, and Westminster ; Earls of Derby, Stanhope, and Cawdor ; Viscount Stratford de Redeliffe ; Bishops of Oxford, Bath and Willa, Carlisle, London, St. Asaph, CniehE.3ster, and St. David's ; Lords Monteagl-,, Dun Cromorne, Wensleydale, and Ebury, together with several otl,ers. Mr. William Bow Drputy Clerk of the Parliament, _ . _ and Mr. Pulr►an, acting for the Ge'ntleman Usher of the Black Rod, were in attendance. Toe Peen were conducted to tl,:e Green Drawing Room. _ . The Queen was conducted by the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain, t, her throne. The Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales were on the Q left. the Duchess of Sulherland, Mistresg of the Robes, 'ha Counte,s of Desart, Lady in Waiting, and the Vi47:.ountes3 Chewton Woman of the Bedchamber in W4itihi, were on her iVlaj,sty's right. Th, Earl of St. Germans, G.C.B , Lord Steward; the NT,:irquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Catuberlain*; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Elyrse ; the Marquis of Abercoro, K.G., Groom of the St• le to the Prince Cons. , rt ; Lord Erne,t hru.e, Vie_-ehatn herlain ; and Viscouut Castlenisse, Comptroller of the Hou,ehold, occupied their usual stations near the Q le3n. Her Majesty wet atten3el by the folly:ving mini,ters of state, viz.—Earl Granville, the Marquis of Clafiri crdc, the Marquis of Lan.d,wne, ViscoantPalmereton, Sir George Gr,y, tt.e Eirl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Sir G. C Lawie, the RigA lion. It Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, a:.d tie Duke of Argyll. tier Majest - y's B Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gan tLmen-stemma lined the throne-room, undJr the core. Irani o! t'le lieutenant. Tta:: eob-_ffiuers, Lieut.-Wends Ne , :ilfe aid Cooke, wsre on duty with the c ttps. The Queen bAng peated, the Nero wera introduced, and the Lard Chancellor, f )(lowed by the other kids, advanced until near ne soverei,;n, when the nobla and learned lord rt , nd the Address . of Congratulation from the House of Pco , rP. ll , r Majesty returoe 1 a most gracious answir, and t* a ileputAtiou withdrew. Tao Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of C mons arrived in his state ooach shortly before 3 o'clock. Mr. Denison wore his gold robe, and was attended by Lord C. Russel , Sergtant-at-armr, hi 4 Secretary, the Hon. Cr. Waldo : Jaye, and his train-beartr. The right hon. gentleman was followed by a numerous body of metubets of the House of Commons, and the deputation we conducted up the grand staircase into the promenade gallery. Atter the rtoeption of the Paers the House of Commons was ushered to the presence of the Queen on the throne. Tao Speaker advanced, supported on one side by the _ _ Right Hon. 13. Disraeli and on the other by Lord John Rus , l , ell. The right hou. gentleman was followed by a numerous body of members, including Sr J. Pakinton, the Right lion. E. Cardwell, Mr. Roebuck, the Right Hon J. W. Halley, Mr. Locke, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Tite, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. White, Mr. Wyld, Mr. Haistings Russell, Mr. Whitbread, Col. Gilpin, Col. French, Mr. Roupell, Mr. W. Evart, Mr. Wood, Mr. Brand, Sir Mint° Farquhar, Mr. Majoribauke, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Pilkic,gr, n, Sir 13. Bridges, Earl Jermyn, Sir H. Verney, Mr. Ingram, Mr. W. Vansittart, Mr. R. Sumers Gard, Mr. H. Emil, Mr. S. Gregs.on, Mr. Thornely, Mr. T. L. Miller, Sir WiLiam Fraser, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Mr. Arthur Russell, Mr. C. Grencell, together with numerous other:-. The Speaker read the Address of Congratulation from the House of Commons. Tits Queen returned a most graciou4 answer. The members then withdrew from the royal presence. The Eta of Clarendon, Sir G. Grey, and ViEcaunt Pulmereton had an aulience of her Majes'y. The Prinoa do Muskowa lett Aluert-gate House on Saturday, for Paris. The Cauntess of Sefton and Lady acCilia, Molynetx have returned to town from visiting the Earl and Countess Craven at Ashdown park, Berks. The Earl of Stradhroke hal lest the Brunsv,i2k Hotel St. James',) for Henliam Hall, Suffolk. Lard and Lady J. Russell have arrived at Fa-rance's hotel, Belgravia, from Richmond Park. Lady Mary Wood has issued cards for an as-embly on Wednesday n..xt, at the First Lord's official residence in the Admiralty. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, CABRIDGE, Feb. 6 The un,hrunentioried have pa-sed t h e natural and ex e f rimental philoEophy examination of the Jacks , ni~rt professor :-- First Cla - s— Close, Emmanuel; Coble, S. Cathmice ; Giant, ; Lord R. Grosvenor, Trinity ; Mason, S. Catherine ; Minns, S. Catherine; ho'. eats, IS. John's. SsoJud Ciass—Audersun, Emmanuel ; SAW, citron, Trinity.. The paddle-wheel steam vessels Medusa, 4, Corn. mauder, Wm. Bouden ; the Spitfire, Commander, James Canipbell ; and the sloop Heron, 12, Com mender Win. Truscott, were at Sierra Leone. The Royal mail st,qimer Armenian left Madeira n the 30th of January for the West Coast. The brig Peeping Toni has been condemned at Sierra Leone as unseaworthy. The merchant ships Olinda and Africa were at Old Calabar. The Olinda reports the Lima, from London for Valparaiso, cff Cape Verd. The Catherine left Bonny, Jan. 3, for Liverpool. The American brig Hannah arrived at Liberia Decembir 1, the ship M. C. Stevens cn the 25th, and the British brig Constance on the 29th. The cutter yacht Miranda arrived at Teneriffe on the Bth of January ; the British Alarner ClevAand arrived ou tho 23d, and left the same day for Loando ; the schooner yacht Maria left, January 29, for Gran l Canary. PARIS, MONDAY, FEB. 8, 8.30 A M. General Lespinasse, Aide-de-Camp of the Em peror, is nominated Minister of the Interior and of Public S dety, iu the place of M. Billault. BERLIN, FEB. 7. The Prince and Princass arrived at Potsdatn yesterday. They were received with the greatest enthu siasm. The whole town was decorated, and in the evening there was a magnificent fele and a general illumination. Tc-morrow their Royal Highnesses will make their grand entry into Berlin. HAMBURG, SATURDAY. appeared of another loan to A prospectus has be raised by the Swedish Government, bearing interest at 4i per cent., and of the amount of 8,190,500 dollars, to, be employed in the con struction of railways. The loan is negotiated by four German house;, and considerable .purchases have been made at 94k. TURIN, FEB. 4 The result of six out of the ten new election:4 is already known. They are all in favour of the anti-jesuitical party. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. Tho Emperor has accepted the resignation of M.. Billault, the Minister of the Interior. The .41fortiteur publishes . the following notifica tion relative to the blockade of the rivtr and port of Canton and its tributaries : " It is notified by these presents that his Excel lency the Minister of Marine and of the Colonies has been informed by Rear-Admiral Rigault de G •nonilly, CJinmander of the Naval Forces of the Emperor in the Chinese Seas, that on the 12th of December, 1&57, and from thAt day, an effeciive blrYkade was established of the river and port of Canton and its tiibut.4riei, by the naval forces placed under his command acting in concert with those of her Britannic Majesty. , "It is, mo• - eover, no,ifiela by these presen s that all measures authorised by international law, and by respective tr. aties existing between his Maj• sty and the different neutral Powers shall be adhered to and carried ow, as regards all vessels that may attempt to force the said blockade. _ "Pali% Feb. 6." The above is followed by the subjoined despatch from Pear-Admiral de Genouilly : " NAVAL DIVISIoN OF THE RBUNION AND OF INDO-CHINA. "I, the undersigned, Rear-Admiral, Comman der-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of his Majesty the Emperor of the , Fren:l•in the Cnint se and Indian Seas. " Aft er having co nsulted the High Commissary of his Imperial Majesty on the difficulties pend ing betwe.:n the Governments of France and Chi ea„ on the means to put a stop to them ou the resolu tion of the Governments of France and Englandto act in concert in procuring the satilaction due to them, and is virtue of the powers intrutted to me as C o mmander-in-Chief, do declare :-- "That from the 12th inst. the river and port of Canton and its tributaries are placed in a state of effective blockade by the naval forces placed under my command, acting in concert with the naval forces of her Britannic Majesty. "Any vessel attempting to force the blockade will be acted against according to the terms of in ternational law and of - existing treaties with neutral States. " Done on board th 3 frigate of hii Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Nemesis, in the Macao Raid., on the 10th of December, 1857. "RIGAULT DE GENOUILLY." THE RIVER, PLATE. We have received tile following telegram from Lisbon : LISBON, FEB. 7. The Avon has arrived with 233,000 livres ?) for England. Civil war bad broken out in the River Eate. Revelon had defeated the troops of Montevideo and surrounded the town. At the lattel. date (the 5.b of Jamiary) the Eng- French, Brazilibn, and American Marines had lAuded. Advices from Rio de Janeiro of 'the 14th of The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamar ) C aptain Jel icoe, arrived at Southampton on Satur day, with the heavy portion of the mails from Aus alia, which, uudsr the new regulations adopted n. titis line, were all sorted on board during the pas.xage from Alexandria, ready for et livery irn med.iadely on the ship's arrival. The Tamar left alexaudria at 12.30 p.m. on the 26th ult., arrived at Malta at 10.40 a.m. on the 29th, sailed from Malta at 7 p.m. the same day, and stopped fa health visit in Southampton Water at 11.45 a.rilit ,ur the 6th inst. Her voyage from Alexandria was thus compl e t e in 10 days 2 hours (including stoppage at Malta of 8 hours 20 minutes), and from Malta in 7 days 161 hours, being, we believe, the faa Cat passage on record. She experienced fine weather throughout. The S . )til R eu% a - n.l part of the 57th Foot e g i were at (lane, waiting t r ansit to India. The 5 0 th Regiment was d o i ng duty on the island, head-quit' ter s at Colomb o . Her Majesty's ship Royal Albert, Princess Royal, Conqueror, Centurion, Hibernia, Vulcan, Tortano, Caradoc, Wand rer, and Vigilant were lying at ta, also the Prussian fiigate Thetis. Oa the 3d Feb., off Cape IlTichel, the Tamat cx_han, ed colours with the screw steamer Danube , steering sciuth ; and. on the sth, at 4.30 p.m) pas sed the Peninsular and Ori:ntal Company's steamer Pera, about 20 miles off Ushant, outward hound. Th. Tamar brouglr: in all 45 passengers, among whom were Cid. Bloomfield, 11th Foot • Thompson, R.E. ; the Hon. J. P. Darvall At orney-General for New South Wales) an d family, Rev. G. Barlow, Mr. F. D. Rose, and fi v e distressed British seamen. Oa freight she had a total amount of specie of 105,0931. lOs , of wh ic r , 9,2801. was in sove re i g ns, 3,3751. 10s. in bar gol d ' 92,388/. in gold dust, an d 1061. in silver ; able; packages of general merchandise. of The subjoined extra c t f rom th e T amar 's log her daily runs during the outward and bonael, r , voyages will he interesting to the p u bli c . '. l- „ - calculations are made to noon eac h d a y, an d If elude 24 hours' run, except w h en . o th erw ise pressed : Jan. 13 (20h 15m under way); distance run 180 miles; strong head winds and heavy westerly swell. Jan. 14, 252 miles ; moderate head wind for eig ht hours, and teen light and calm. r 1 0 Jan. )5, 230 m il es ; w i n d a b eam very s t ron g or hours, and then light. Jan. IG, 277 miles ; wind abeam moderate for hours, ant f‘ur hours' head wind. Jan. 17, 236 miles ; fresh and very strong head wi ejf water tioltral>ly smooth. Jan. 18, 278 miles ; light head wind. Jan. 19, 281 miles ; cairn and light head wisae• Jan. 20, •806 miles ; moderate wind abeam. Jan. 22, -271 miles; fair wind, fresh. ' Jan. 23, 296 miles ; fair winds, strong and he ibil swell. fair Jay. 24 (19 hours under weigh), 208 mile" winds ; going half-.peed for eight hours. Jan. 27 (23h 10m), 263 miles ; strong breeze 6 ' 114 bead swell ; win miles ; m points on bow. Jan. 23, 281 etierate head wind 12 lo ciri4 and calm 12 hours. Jan. 29 (211 50m), 264 miles ; strong head le -6 hours, and then moderate and calm. , d o 8 30 (171,), 184 m il es ; mo d era t e head wl° hours, and lair 9 ours. Ja . 31, 270 rotes ; moderate head winds 12 hetirgt and then livht. Feb. 1, 274 miles ; variable winds and caire• Fets 2, 265 m il es ; var i a bl e win ds 12 boargs - fresh head wind-;. 12 Leers. • re , . 3, 282 miles ; tight head winds and Feb. 4 285 miles ; variable, with N.N.W. El ife Feb. i, 278 mih= g , j ot Feb. 6 (23 45 m), 298 miles ; stopped tw ice pitt and heaLti officer. FAREWELL DINNRI TO DR• 'LITINGtSTONA Li lk vilig d ! n t€Te r , of his departure from this country f r a fresh Or; t is h e th Afr b i e can giv tr e a ti ve o ll n er, Sa o i n ur th da e y o li c ceifst L ; dition into the interior of Africa. He is furni s h with all requisite assistance from the Govern/10'4 of this country to push hisdiscoveries to satin n ic)- o f successful conclusion than heretofore. A 00 0 . 0.0 5,0001. has Loen assigned to him for the prosecallbi of his enterprise. lle is to be accompal?iu: competent assistants, and, in short, everythi n g his pea , s to have been done which can help hira i ° ll first way. ' Dr. Livingstone is to proceed in tu rn e t hat inetance to the Cape of Good Hope. Fr ° 1 in 0 point he and his qompanions will be convey viper Government vessel t , -.) the mouth of the "Tale Zambose, and even there ,the watchfulne ss ° Or ll' British Government over the travellers is not s o re drawn. Dr. LiViligstone and his comParl i ° l2 te arir to be conveyed 300 miles up the river in a ded i 0 launch, and. not until they have been lat o oti' safety at a pint so far onward in the bras vent which they are about to explore Wi l l i le ri f s t p t ir o ,s th s e u mr ea lv n es t hey tw hial lihe enterpriseadventurous Ae with the heartiest sympathy in Engla nd ' 60 3nr BPI", we. d"ubt n. , .t many persons will be pri se nt oil fri con as this will sur lna day next to bid farewell to Livingstone, be he ia traveller, and bid him " God steed." th e due course return among us again to receive_,a doe admiration and respect of his coun tr y weu reward 1 - -Jai° Car - A . UPPv BED LOSS OF AN AUSTRAL IAN Sal. bon of the Auchneagh, which arrived at will on the 12th of DP,cember, make a report whichiatitual war y a overt with panful anxiety. When sigh"tfr" 50 deg. 40 min. S., and longitude SS deg. 8., b . . ° b r 113 four large icebergs ' ; and on the 15th of Novt" lieff7 Latitude 49 deg. 16 min., and longitude 45 dig. 0. , ) 3 7 0 1) ; abut one-halt of the hull of a large ship, APP ar ,rl3 l av i° l long in the water. It had the appearance mu i t been rubbing against rocks tr ice, as it was le r i 0 1 1 chafed. No further paiticulats could' be obtain."' b $ 0 was blowing hard at the time. Again, on tb,e o AO. ° November, in latitude 48 deg. 15 MID. S., , L 13 00 113 utg. E., the Auchntagh sightedfeet 0 , ,_ 5 10 , 10 together with six stanchions and "/ fiGli ° :attached, painted stone colour.—Austrdign, an‘ Zealand Gazette,