The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-04 00:00:00

unt MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- RITRA PERFORMANCES. This Evehing, Thursday, Feb. 4—Saturday, Feb. S. THIS EVENING, Feb. 4, LA SONNAMBUL A.. Amina, Pteeolanini ; Liza, Sannier ; Conte Rodolpho, Belletti; and Giuglini. On SATURDAY, Feb. 6, will be produced, for the first timo in England, LA ZINGARI, being tte Italian version of M's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlles. Piccolomini and Sannier ; Signori Belletti, Violetta, and Giuglini. To conclude etch Evening with the successful DiVertiSSe tacit, by M. Massot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clayella, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), plt and olio pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 14 Ss. three pair, 15s; gallery boxes, 103 ; gallery pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. stalls, 3s 6d HEA THE-ROYAL URY-LANE , T Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS lIVENING, will be performed T3O MUCH OF A GOOD THING. After which, a new comic drama, LITTLE JACK A LUCKY HIT. Followed by the new grandrpantomicne, KORNER. '.•.ance at 7. H.E.A.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. T 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 eve nin gik each. (No charge for booking.) First Wm. L d.I Second price. s. d Dross Boxes 5 ODreas Boxes ................ 3 0 Upper Bona ... 3 0 Upper Boxe s 2 0 Pit 2 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Under the management of Mr. Charles Kean.— Oa MONDAY NEXT, Bth inst., Mr. CHARLES KEAN will RE-APPEAR in the charactr of HAMLET. "LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kew,. THIS ETENING will be performed Shaksper e's Pla y of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand eomis Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT; or, Tho Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanch* (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr, Cor maek ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, is which Madame Celeste, Mr, B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS Wt IVER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— Grand Combination of Attractions —Fourth Night of a new Domestic Tale, by Westland Marston, Esq.—Leigh Hunt's highly successful play—and the gorgeous Spectacle, Lalla Rookh. 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 (4th time), a domestic tale, by Westland Marston, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by Messrs. C. Dillon, Barrett, J. G. Sh:za, Mesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LAILAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ' • or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham 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 ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. On Friday, Mr. Charles Dillon will appea• as Othello. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3oz•ofce open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Juliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of SAsotions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Madlle. Marietta, bliss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bortelatti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, Russell Grover, B. Tones, J. Barker. W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, du., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening, "SUN" MAP OF CHINA. SUN OFFICR, 112, STRAND, Wadnesday, the 10th of February, we shall print an Out' Iff dip IA gny, The capture of Canton may ba expected by tlie $•zE mail from China, so that our readers will see the contiguous position of surrounding places. Orders reoeived by all news-agents, and at Tha Bun Office, 112, Strand. Price only 4d., stamped sd. by post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn., 45 rain. aft. s —Even., 2 min. aft. 6 To.licautow---Morn., 20 rain. aft. 6 —Even., 36 rain aft. 6 THE WEATHER—SUN 07proz, FEBRUARY 3. THERMOMETER, IN TIER SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. W —this day at noon. BABOMETIB, 29.53. WIND, d. W. ; fresh, with heavy rain. 11 1 Tb --kk't LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1853. The extraordinary activity displayed by the French Government in introducing new measures —most of them of a repressive or coercive cha- racte; clearly indicate that the Emmon a length sees the necessity of setting his house in order. The existence of a plot of which the police had no previous knowledge, has excited grave ap prehensions lest another of a similar description might terminate more fatally. Unfortunately the EXPIROR does not perceive the necessity of con ciliating his people, or winning their respectful love and affection, and thus rendering every true hearted Frenchman a devoted guard, who would sacrifice even life itself before any danger should Dome to his Sovereign. In place of that course whieh would pa ralyse aaasin the aim and distract the assassin, lava of th e is striving to rivet the al:tains more fir m l y on ' h their e limbs, to gag and fetter the his subj ec t s , an d render Go ver nment of France a pure auto cracy . Free disc ussion is altogether public suppressed not o n ly i n the journal,, but in the cafés, and eve n in private so true that the word " publicly" has b e en inserted It is nte in the bill, but we are yet to lear n what ire tation will be given to that phrase, or whether it 'will not be extended to any place where even two or three are assembled together, and where the conversation may chance to turn on political *vents, judging from the ready subservience exhibited in other matters. We cannot consider the insertion of that simple word, although a decided improvement, sufficient to remove the Well-grounded objections that prevailed against the obnoxious provisions. The worst clause of all, however, is that which authorises the imprisonment, or banishment, or expulsion of every individual who has been either Of-mdemned or removed to the interior, expelled or transported, as a measure of general security, on account of the events of May or June, 1848, of June, 1849, or of December, 1851, and whom serious facts again point out as dangerous to public reettrity. This is virtually a return to the lettres de cachet and protracted, perhaps permanent, im prisonment to the creation of a new Bastile, and i ill.) r, not merely of simple extradition, but of consignment to a penal settlement. According to the proposed regulations, to have been once suspected is sufficient to deprive a man of all legal protection —to render him an outlaw—who may be dealt with as a wild beast. No wonder that the clause has excited great consternation amongst those who see themselves ill-treated and deprived of all security because a set of foreign miscreants endeavoured to commit an atrocious crime, in which, however, not a single Frenchman took part has been implicated ! Again, we may ask, by whom are the " serious facts" to be decided on ? Not by the public tribunals, or independent jurors. Far from it. It is by the petty subordinates of the police, who will accept the mere charge as "confirmation strong as proof of Holy Writ," who will strain every point to the utmost, and execute their orders without much regard to the legality or propriety thereof ; many of these persons will pre • fer simple banishment to the care that would be taken of them by the police authorities, the cer tainty of imprisonment in Algeria. They will flock to our shores, and we shall be considered responsible for the good conduct of men exasperated and goaded on to madness by the ill-treatment they have sustained, the injustice to which they have been subjected. If England is to be consi dered "a den of assassins" as some amiable and gentlemanly (!) soldiers and others have been pleased to designate her, who has been the cause of the mischief ? Who has rendered men reckless, and induced them to think " killing no murder r It requires no extraor dinary acumen to answer these questions, and to show that we have just grounds of com plaint in having so many refugees forced upon our hospitality. The French Government is beginning to dis cover the mistake into which it was betrayed in ventilating the insolent and unwarrantable addresses it received, and giving them a promi nent place in the official journal. Without the approval of the EMPEROR himself they could not have been thus distinguished. Their insertion stamped them with his approbation, and rendered him practically responsible for every sentiment and opinion. Now that the perfect unanimity with which these audacious and unjustifiable publications have been defied is apparent, we are assured that they were not intended as threats, but merely as a strong display of zeal and ardour in the cause of the Imperial Dynasty. Credat jadceas Apellas. If not as threats, for what were they intended. The EMPEROR and his flunkies may rest assured that England will neither be bullied nor cajoled into becoming a department of the Empire, and that the menaces of his rude soldiers, and the per suasive eloquence of his diplomatists, will alike fail in inducing England to depart from the even tenor of her way, and maintaining her glorious constitution unchanged and unchangeable through a long succession of ages yet to come. The passport system has long been condemned by every disinterested and unprejudiced person. It afforded no security to any Government, but rather the reverse. It was an instrument of ex tor- tion and annoyance so far as innocent travellers were concerned, but a mere cobweb through which any conspirator could break with the greatest possible ease. Indeed, so far as persons of the latter description were concerned, it was rather injurious than otherwise, inasmuch as it induced the authorities to rely on a manifestly inadequate precaution, and to look rather to the regularity of the papers than to the antecedents and views of the parties by whom they were presented. It was generally supposed that the EMPEROR himself was perfectly aware of the inutility of these proton , tious documents, and that he would have long since abolished them, but for the gains which it brought to sundry employes, who had sufficient interest to prevent the destruction of the craft whereby they gained their bread. It certainly was never supposed that the proceeding would have been rendered mote stringent, or that any of the facilities that previouely existed would have been taken away. But so it is. New regulations have just been issued by which every British subject desirous of travelling through or sojourning in France must henceforward provide himself with a Foreign office Passport. The Consul-General of France or other Consular officer in the United Kingdom will no longer be permitted to grant passports to others than the subjects of his Imperial Majesty ! Henceforward every foreigner in France must have the sanction of his own Government for travelling, a sure way of prevent ing any unwelcome visitors from approaching its shores or crossing its boundaries. Under these circumstances it was, of course, indispensable that greater facilities should be afforded at the Foreign-office for obtaining the magical document. Hitherto it could easily be obtained by any of the Select Upper Crust, or by those who were fortunate enough to be known .to the Foreign Secretary, or any of the clerks in his office, or even to a London Banker. But there were many respectable persons wbo might be desirous of visiting the Continent, who could not obtain the requisite recommendation. The expense was comparatively trifling, only 7s. 6d.; but as the passport should be vised, and another fee paid thereon, it formed an appreciable item in the expenses of a week's trip to Paris ; and as there was a day's delay between the appli cation for and the obtaining of the document, the majority of casual and hasty viLi tors dispensed with the honour, and were satisfied with a consular passport. Now, that is all changed. The Foreign-Office recommendation must be obtained, and it will be granted on easier terms, both as to cost and re commendations. Henceforward, only will be charged, of which ss. will go for the stamp ! That as., however, is a payment to our own Govern ment, and should most decidedly be abolished. Let not any adventurous traveller lay the flatter ing unction to his soul that he will have satisfied every pecuniary claim on payment of .. _ that sum. He is, in fact, only in the commence ment of his misfortunes. By the 7th clause it is provided that Foreign-office passports must be countersigned at the Mission in London, or at 8013 : 1 e consulate in the United Kingdom, of the country which the bearer of the passport intends to visit. A. pretty little series of perquisites will thus b e extracted from his pocket even before his hasdeparture,not disbursed and he m a y d eem hi mse lf we ll off if he disbursed ten or tvlentyfuld the amount before his return. He can now get the Passport on the recoln - mendation of the Mayor or Chief Magistrat3 or any corporate town, or of any Magistrate of Justice of the Peace, but there must still be a day's delay, and probably another in getting it counter signed by the necessary functionaries in runni n g, from the Edgware-road to , the City. Besides there are many persons vho may wish to travel' who cannot prccure these requisite recommenda tions ; who know not a M,,:cyor or Magistrate to whom they can apply. This change, is another o f luh th o e fresults January, of, the abortive and allords additional proof abortive attempt of thfe that the EMPEROR has lost his head in consequence thereof. If it had the effect of keeping our countrymen at home, and inducing them to visit the beautiful districts in their native land, in place of becoming the victims of foreign extortion, we should not regret the change. As it is, we cannot compliment the EMPEROR or his advisers on the prospects or expediency of the stringent measure. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF OF PRUSSIA. ANT WERP, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Royal squadron arrived in the Scheldt this morning at 11, and reached Antwerp at 4 o'clock. The Prince and Princess were received on land ing by the King of the Belgians, the English and Prussian Ambassadors, the Consuls, and the civil and military authorities of Antwerp. The Royal party drove at once to the railway station, and left by special train at 5 for Brussels. Immense crowds lined the quays and the streets traversed by the procession, and the Royal couple were everywhere received wtih enthusiastic accla- mations. The Princess Royal looked remarkably well. FRENCH REFUGEES. M. LE PRESIDENT, —A Frenchman, after having committed a crime or a misdemeanour in a foreign country, can, in taking refuge in France, shelter himself from judicial pursuit. Why should the French Government, without modifying its jurisprudence, established in prin ciple and in fact (Art. 5 and '7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure), wish you to detract from your fundamental laws ? And this on occasion of an action prepared and combined abroad. French men themselves who had contributed to the pre paration of the act of January 14, could shelter themselves from French authority in returning, to France before any judicial pursuit in Eng land. What object is there in demanding the extradition, if not to get secretly at the refugees, since even these latter, recognising their com plicity, could nut be pursued under the French laws. Receive, Monsieur, I pray you, the homage of A POLITICAL REFUGEE. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Queen and the Prince Consort honoured the Hay market Theatre with their presence yesterday evening, when the entertainments consisted of Sheridan's brilliant comedy of " The Rivals," and the very attractive panto mime of "The Sleeping Beauty." With the exception of the part of Julia, which was last night assigned to Miss Chalmers, the cast of characters was precisely the same as on the occasion of the festival performances at her Majesty's Theatre. The Luse was crowded, and the performances passed off with eclat. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, Prince Arthur, and the Prin cesses Helena and Louisa, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James. The Duke and Duchess of Athole have left the St. Georgb's Hotel, for Dunkeld, N.B. The Earl of Stradbroke has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, from Benham Hall, Norfolk. The Earl of Derby entertained at dinner, last evening, at his mansion in St. James's-square, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Salle bury, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Downsbire, the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl Talbot, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Verulam, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Malmeebury, the Earl of Wilton, Lord Southampton, Lord Forester, Lord St. Leonards, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Colville. Lord Brougham was expected in town last evening from his chateau at Cannes, and it is said, intends im mediately to introduce a measure for the Reform of the Bankruptcy Courts, the abuses in which are, it appears becoming daily more and more intolerable. The rumours that reach us from time to time regarding these establish ments are truly alarming, and if even a tithe of them be true, it is high time his lordship sets himself to work fir their removal. We are told the official assignees are receiving from two to five thousand pounds a year each, and that during the last year one of their number netted upwards of six thousand pounds. after paying clerks' salaries, rent, and office expenses ! ! TUB ROYAL SQUADROIt—The Vivid steamvessel, Master-Commander H. W. Allen, arrived at Sheerness at 5.30 p.m., on Tuesday, with a despatch from the Royal yacht for the Commander-in-Chief. The Vivid left the Royal squadron at anchor on the Warp, where they were to remain until daylight the next morning, the weather being hazy, with constant thick snow. At 10.30 a.m. yesterday a steam tugvessel, belonging to the Shipowners' Towing Company, arrived at Sheerness with despatches from the screw steamvessel Alacrity, Commander A. Wolehouse, for the Commander-in-Chief. The Alacrity was reported to be left on the Shingles, where she got on high water on Tuesday. The steamers Lizard, Lieutenan`-Commander L. Maunsell, and the African, Second Master Reuben Harvey, were ordered to get up steam immediately and proceed to the assist ance of the Alacrity. At the close of the proceedings at the Court of Pro. prietors at the India House, on Wednesday, the chair man announced the completion of the New Indian Museum in Leadenhall-street, which will enable the manufacturers of England to learn what are the raw products and what are the textile fabrics of India. The Queen's Reraembrancer in the Exchequer, Mr. Henry William Vincent, has resigned his office, it being intended by the Government to abolish it, and inertia its duties in the General C sort of Exchequer. Mr. Vincent has been uninterruptedly in the public service for 45 years. t The Petropolis has arrived from Brazil with 71,0001. in specie. THE REFORMERS OF OLDHAM AND PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.—A. petition was sent last night to W. J. Fox, Esq., M.P. for Oldham, for presentation to Parliament on its opening on Thnreday. The petition, which is from the Oldham Reform Association, an d . . which is signed on behalf of the society by Mr. Conn• cllor Kaott, president of the association, the vice-presi dents, secretary, and committee, states that the peti tioners "are deeply impressed with the justice and neces sity of a thorough Parliamentary reform," considering it "a needful preliminary" to good government either in domestic or colonial matters, and the petition prays that Parliament will " take the state of the representation into prompt considt ration, and thus give the subject precedence in point of time, as it is paramount in im portance." The Reform Association meet 3 on Thursday evening, when it is expected that a requisition will be prepared to the mayor, to call a public meeting to con sider the question of Parliamentary reform. A large number of signatures have been affixed to the petition agreed upon at the reform meeting held at Royton on Wednesday last, many of them being those of the influential inhabitants of the township.— Manchester Guardian. The commercial advice from Australia on the present occasion possesses considerable interest. Although at the departure of the mail the commencement of the English panic was not known, a general conviction seems to have been entertained of the nature of the trade carried on by our principal exporters. It was plain to every one that for months and menthe goods had been recklessly consigned to the Australian markets on English and Scotch account, and that a revulsion of some kind could not fail to occur. There was conse quently great distrust and a cry of a scarcity of money, although, as on the other tide, it was confidence, not money, that was scarce, laud being readily bongLt at high rates, just as Commis were bought in London during the worst of the pressure. Nameroue suspen sions had taken place, 15 firms having recently broken at Melbourne alone for sums ranging from 9,000/ to 90,0001., and which represent an aggregate of 470,0001. A. run upon the Union Bank had happily soon subsided, but it is a point to be remarked that while this was the only banking institution sutjected to such a movement, it is also the only one in Victoria based upon the pr,n• ciple of unlimited liabilay. With regard to railway projects, there were increasing signs that the capitalists of London were expected to furnish abundant subscrip tions. At Melbourne the Government of Victoria had called for tenders for the construction of more than 200 miles. In New South Wales the policy adopted is in direct opposition to that of Victoria, it having been re solved to leave such works entirely to private enterprise and that the American plan should be practised of giving a bonus of land to encourage the formation of indepen dent companies. The illiberal measures at one time ccoohnstiedmerpalabtleydsaogt softened, , th a e h Chinese dth ek.% t i m p m as i s g e r d a n h t y s t h h a e ve L e i e s n . lature of Victoria with regard to them merely requires that each should pay a residence tax of 61. annually (1/. m t x ) . . r e o p o t v etru, that in a t t h e t i s n o p w e t f h o; ). n on l - t p a a y r t a n r t s , ' and d e they t h at w e i , l ia l g n e o ci t be e aetltly eti t te h l e d i cue easur i e n i ay c s n exp o e ti c r t t ed of ! t la o w a , g reat ,xteet, io become a deal 'Ater. DR MOIR, TEE FAVOURITE POET OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. —ln proposMg a coegratulatery address to her Mei sty on the auspus occasion f the Princess Loader, en Tuesday, Mr. Parker, Ued, , r in the Ceurt of C r l a m er o a n r e e t f i e u r n ri c c i ,g !, her benignaiitsinile,s—those outward indications said : " Her gentle presence, d r n exprresive fee indicaticns of the mind's treasures, of the heart's store., tion ; and though the may shall still be prose nt to our mierttliDnetr itay,tahne.,l dominions for many, many yearn t come—as we hope greatly The thoughts Prussian imagina s he will—to attract by her graces and win by her oirtue, yet shall we say, in the words of her own favourite poet,the late Dr. Moir, of Musselbur • b, to whose elegant compositions, it is understood, her Majestie family Soft, soothing, holy, As of a star that sparkles o'er are T e d hts of thee are - as a pleasant dream ; beautiful,ara e n a d ul b right Ueranaing the dewy corontel of LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur publishes the following Imperial reee : " Napoleon, by the grace of God and the na tional will Emperor of the French, to all whom these presents may concern, greeting. ' "Desirous of giving to our well-beloved uncle Prince Jerome Napoleon a mark of our high con fidence, we have resolved to invest him, as we now do invest him by these presents, with the right of attending the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of our Council, wishing him to preside thereat during our absence, and this in conformity to our instructions and our orders. • " Our Minister of State is charged to communi cate these presents to our Keeper of the Seals, to be inserted in the Bulletin des Lois. I " Done at our Palace of the Tuileries, February , 1858. , c NAPOLEON. "Countersigned, ACHILLE FOULD. Minister of State. M. Billault's new penal law has certainly been deprived of much of its moat obnoxious qualities by the intervention of the Emperor. It is still, however, harsh in character, and may prove a for midable engine in the hands of some future Minis ter. It is thought that it will receive further modi fications in the Legislative Corps. There are two or three reasons why this hope is entertained. The Emperor is known to be averse to severe or op pressive measures. The law encour.tered strenuous opposition in the Council of State, and even with extraneous appliances bad only a majority of four, and those considerations lead the public to hope, now that the highest interposition has diminished their alarm, that it will undergo a further purifica tion in Committee, It was in the 7th clause, as it originally stood, that the power was given to remove to the interior of France or of Algeria, or to expel from the French territory, not only those who were condemned to punishment, expelled, or transported in May or June, 1848, June, 1849, and December, 1851, but also those merely eloig nes (not espulses) on the last-mentioned occasion. Gentlemen of irreproachable conduct and of emi nent condition would thus have been placed at the mercy of the authorities. The alarm was great, and some intimated their determination of imme diately quitting the country. The Emperor's atten tion was called to the fact, and his Majesty, without delay, ordered the oppressive clause to be ex punged. It appears certain that in consequence of the observations addressed to the Sardinian Cabinet by the English and French Governments, the note which was to have been presented to the Neapolitan Government has been withdrawn. At 1 o'clock to-day the Emperor reviewed the por tion of the Imperial Guard at present in Paris, to gether with the infantry regiments lately arrived, and the lst and 4th H ussars . The infantry were formed in batt a li ons i n th e C our t of the Tuileries— the artillery of th e guard and the cavalry on the Carrousel. The infantry presented 10 lines, and were formed in the following order :—The two bat talions of the Gendarmerie of the Guard formed one line ; the four battalions of the Grenadiers two lines ; the Zouaves one line; the battalion of Rifle men one line ; a second battalion of Riflemen and four regiments of infantry, five lines. A space was reserved between the infantry of the Guard and that of the line, to permit the Emperor and his Staff to pass between them. On the Place du Carrou sel were drawn up two batteries of the Imperial Guard on one line, four squadrons of Lancers of the Guard, one line ; eight squadrons of Hussars, two lines. The Emperor mounted his horse at one o'clock, and the air instantly resotinded with the noise of the drums and the music of the military bands, intermixed with cries of " Trivel'Empereur." Prince Albert of Prussia rode on the Emperor's right, and Prince Napoleon on the left, wearing the grand sash of the Black Eagle of Prussia. Then followed the Princes Frederic Charles and Adalbert of Prussia, the latter wearing the uniform of Grand Admiral, the Austrian Prince Liechtenstein, in an Austrian hussar uniform, then Marshals Vail lant, Magnan, Canrobert, and. Bosquet, Generals de St. Regnault, de St. Jean d'Angely, Espinasse, and Rollin, followed by a crowd of Prussian and Austrian staff officers, and finally a platoon of Cent. Gardes. After having passed in front of the first line of the Guard, and the Infantry of the line, the Emperor stopped a moment at the extremity of the Court of the Tuileri es, then revie w e d the Artillery and the ca w v i y 2 while the infantry prep are d t o d e fil e. Theo e defiled before the Pavillion g "Vise l'Emperea r ," " Vi se l'lmperatric e . " At half- p as t 2 o'clock the troops ltroops atlhr the cries of re turned to their barracks. The troops appeared de- I lighted to.have an opportunity of proving, by their bat teriesof which of cavalry, enthus i asm , in the pres ence o f so many foreign Princes, their de voti on to the dynasty of Napoleon. The Empress, who remained on th e b a l cony of the force and m ay two be p l ace , w itnessed the evolutions o f 18 b atta li ons o f esti mated at 12,0 00 men. ME BoußsE) Feb. 3.—Th e following were the closing quotations: — 4L; p er Cents infantry,of 12 artillery, thev a ly 95 Do. end month 3 per Cant. ..... 68 90 Do. end month 69 15 Bank Shares 3200 Credit Mobilier Do. Account 915 RAIL p e i r .e e d dilF n o c3 lier Belgian 4A 00 Roman (ii) SS: Austrian Spanish Threes ', home Debt 3G. AVA.YS. Orleans Northern Now Ditto BO5 Lyon and Mediteran. 8874 New Ditto .. 840 Geneva Midi Western 690 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian •................ AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 1. After some caustic remarks on the conduct of th o British Cabinet on the question of the free naviga tion of the Danube, a semi-official Austrian corre spondent of the Augsburg Gazette expresses his astonishment that it should venture to maintain the right of the Paris Conference to revise the Act for the Navigation of the Danube after having officially communicated to the Austrian Govern ment a memorandum drawn up by the " Law - °fillers of the Crown" in April, 1837, in which are the following pass3ges : " All that is provided (in the Treaty of Paris) is, that both Commissions shall have completed within the space of two years the duties respectively assigned to j them for performance within those two years, namely, as regards the European Commission (at Galatz) the determination and execution of the requisite Works, an d t h e compilation of the tariff charges ; and, as regards t h e Ri ve r Commission, the compilation of th e regu l at i on s for navigation and river police, and the removal of all obstacles to the applica• Lion to the Danube of the arrangement of the Treaty of Vienna ; and that . they shall report to the Conference that they have done so,—not, however, that the Con ference should ratify or confirm what they have done, sentence o f bet should mere l y record the f ac t o f its having been done, and th ereupon pronounce t h e di ss olution of the European Commission," &e. Tthhe Article finishes run s thus : "It would seem, by re f erence to the terms of the 1S th e withTr e which the Memorandum Treaty of i Paris,t that there is no Provi.ion ma d e for those regu lations being ever re or approved by the Conference , whose duty, as far the w or ki ng of the article g o e s, would se e m to .be li m it e d to receiving from the European and River Co mm i ss i oners an d re coraing the notice bat they have completed the task which b y the 16th and 17th Arti c l es o f the Conven ti on they were called upon to execute within two years. - - - - The Austrian s p os itively maintain that there is nothing i n . the Riverain Convention which is not in strict keeping with the Act of the Congress of Vienna, but the assertion is not correct. GREECE. The Jou rna l d e St. Petersboarg announces, as naws, that th e cana l between Eaboaa and the main land of Greece is completed; and admits of the passage of vessels of the very largest siza ; but it appears to me that it W3B finished some time ago. T he suspension- bridge over the canal, between CliaNis (Egiros) and the point of land opposite, yiat. opened a few days since by King Otho, in person. Vessels going to Salonica and Constantinople now pass through the channels of Egripos and Talante, instead of going to the east of Karystos and Eubcea. ITALY. A letter from Pamara of the 26th ult. informs us that a slight shock of an earthquake had been ex perienced in that city. Telegraphic advices from Milan, Modona, Placentia, Massa, and Genoa state that nothing similar has been experienced in those places or iu their neighbourhood. THE MURDERER SATTLER. The public is aware that the execution of this prisoner, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of Thain, the detective officer, was rospited from the day originally fixed, in order that a point of law as to the legality of the arrest of the prisoner might be argued before the judges, and that this point has since been decided against the prisoner. Dur ing the interval that has elapsed, Sattler has con ducted himself in the most proper and becoming manner, and has prepared a memorial to the Secre tary of State, praying in the most earnest terms that his life might be spared ; and this memorial was forwarded to Sir George Grey by the Under- Sheriffs, Messrs. Millard and Parker ; but they at the same time entreated the prisoner not to enter ' tain any hope that it would have the result he prayed for, as every chance the law afforded him had been given to him, and from tie nature of the crime it was not likely that the Government would feel justified in recommending him to the mercy of the Crown. Yesterday morning a communication was received from the Home Office to the effect that, after a care ful consideration of all the circumstances, no suffi cient ground could be seen to justify the Home Se cretary in advising a commutation' of the sentence. This was immediately communicated to the culprit by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the Ordinary of Newgate, in the presence of the Sheriffs and the Under- Sheriffs, and the Governor of the prison. When the prisoner had been informed of the determina tion that had been arrived at, he answered, with apparently great resignation :—" I thank you, gentlemen, for all the trouble you have taken on my account. God's will be done ! I know that not erre hair of my head can pass to the ground without His permission. I rely entirely on my Saviour. I believe that through Him I shall be pardoned, and go to everlasting rest. When I was a boy, I loved my Saviour ; but I have been sepa rated from Him by my wicked desires, and now I find Him to be my only hope, and I trust in His sacrifice." The Rev. Mr. Davis, after a few words of exhor tation and encouragement, said that the day fixed for the execution, as the prisoner was aware, was Monday next, to which the prisoner replied imme diately, " To-morrow, if you like, gentleman. I am quite ready." As they were about to leave the cell, the prisoner turned to Mr. Under-Sheriff Parker, and tearing a leaf out of a copy-book in which the prisoner had been writing, he handed it to that gentleman and said, "Sir, I have nothing else to give you in token of my gratitude than this piece of paper, which I hopo you will accept from a dying man," The paper contained a very well written expression of the prisouei's gratitude. "THEY ARE COMING." (From Punch.) If anything could add to the horrible panic into which Mr. Punch has been thrown, by the terrible addresses of the French 59th and 82d Regiments, and of the Com mander at Rouen, who, in consequenee of the clum'iness of the French police (" the worst in Europe," according to the Emperor), beg to be employed " to sweep out the den of assassins," meaning England, it would be the fol lowing petition from the 2d Zouaves, which has just ap peared in the Moniteur : "To S. M. THE EMPEROR OP THE FRENCH. "SIRE,—Your Majesty's devoted Second Regiment of Zouaves approach your throne with profound emotion and indignant congratulation. " Miscreants from that murky (tenelo where, amid eternal fogs, the genius of aristocratic de magogism unceasingly sharpens the arrows of treachery, have aimed at your Majesty, and have failed. The heart of your army bounds high (saute) at the intel ligence. " We implore you, Sire, to accede to the prayer which has been offered by some of your valiant soldiers, that they may be sent to rout out assassination from its haunt (repaire) and to admonish those who shelter it. " Your faithful Zouaves, Sire, long served in the Crimea by the side .of the islanders, and by a strange chapter of accidents, lost so much faith in their French comrades as to get into the habit, of declining to go into action unless the British were with them. They obtained and saw no reason to reject the name of Providers for the British Lion ( Chaeals), and they formed a military friendship for that animal which manifested its,lt in abundant interchange of kindnesses, and in the volun tary honours paid him by the Zouavee, when, at the end of the war, ho departed for his isular caves. " They therefore speak to your Majesty if matters withia their knowledge, when they pray you to designate for ttre service in England, the soldiera who must be most desirous to establish in British eyes a character slightly soiled (souille) by certain incidents of the Crimean campaign. " Especially, Sire, they would suggest to your Ma jesty's generosity to give the post of honour upon this occasion to your respectable iviarices, wlio, upon a certain 24th of February, being assailed by the Russians, did effect a masterly retreat, with extreme speed, and with their node backs to the barbarians. And the honour Sire, should be shared by a certain Regiment of your Line, which upon the same occasion did imitate your gallant Marines, but perhaps with an increase (addition) of speed. • Your faithful Zouaves retrieved the day, and may therefore refer to it. " We take the liberty of approaching you with this petition, Sire, in order that we may atone for our some what thoughtless and damaging conduct towards those Marines and that Regiment after the events of that February day. We are sorry to say that we so far forgot ourselves as to howl and hoot at any of them who approached our quarters ; and, but for the friendly stolidity of those impassable islanders, who were requested to interfere, we should upon certain occasions have finally demolished (eerase) those unfortunate men, whose motives for running away we may unhappily have misunderstood. "We pray you, Sire, therefore, to designate the Marines and the other Regiment for sweeping out the lair of the insular animal who protects assassination, a mode of warfare which his history and notorious character testify to be unchangeably dear to him. Signed, for the 2d Zouave, (Ciacits Anglais), " February 2d." " PHILIBERT, Colonel." MARKET NE WB.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. • GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Feb. 4, 1858, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,"per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE BEANS PEAS 47s 6d 37s ld 23s ld 31s 10d 39s 5d 40s 6(1 METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON. Last night (Sunday, Jan. 31, 1858), at 10.40 p.m., when about half a mile from Ferns Plat, Corn wail, says a correspondent, I was walking amid mooulight, which at that instant was perfectly clear, but which had hem obscured from various masses of clouds, heavily charged with water, still floating in the air, I saw in an oppo site direction (or at least 140 degs. from the moon), somewhere in the north-west, an object which I thought in my confusion to be another moon, }mind, abotit five or six days old, of the usual size and the accus tomed brilliant orange hue. I had scarcely time to examine its form when it became a little elon gated and commenced falling, somewhat gradually, in a spiral line ; the general course of the descent being nearly perpendicular. In its fall it revolved regularly around a perpendicular axis, the diameter of the spiral line being about three times the length of the crescent. The horns of this apparent moon during the revolutions were sometimes turned plainly towards the west, which was their first position, and alternat , ly with equal distinctness they faced the east; and, although in its downward progress it threw off sparks as large as or linary meteors, it preserved its full size and undi minished brilliancy until it disappeared in the horizon (which, as I stood on the side of a hill that intervened, was not very . remote) _ _ I confess I felt at first a little alarm, and a perturbed imagination brought to my memory the flaming sword which Josephus speaks of as being suspended over Jerusalem (if I recollect aright—l have not that author at hand), which preceded a great catastrophe ; but Gam mon sense soon came to my rescue, and convinced me that the accumulation of.gases and other chemical substances is a natural event in the atmosphere ; that these bodies sometimes spontaneously ignite, and may develope themselves in any capricious form that the force of the explosion, assisted by the wind, may direct. So the idea of an omen was at once dispelled. Bright objects, about as conspicuous as Venus or Jupiter, shoot horizontally or obliquely through the lower sky in single motion so frequently as to call forth no comment ; but a luminous body so gigantic in its dimensions, and revolving so peculiarly in its descent, as this meteor was to me a strange phenomer oa ; and its singularity is my apology for troubling you with this report. HOW WE COME TO RAVE REFUGEES IN ENGLAND. The summer before last (writes a correspondent) while residing with my family at Boulogne, I witnessed on two or three occasions the shipment of batches of Italian refugees on board the Folkestone boat for delivery in England. I was particularly struck by one lot who were brought down to the harbour, esc .irted by a large body of police. Judging from the extreme attention shown them by their guardians and the number of those who were linked, in no affectionate bonds, to the wrist; of their conductors, I concluded that the party would form a very pretty addition to English society. Two or three of them appeared men of education, and most of them were of the exact type which formed, in Cassius' eye, the perfected conspirator. Several of them had hunches of black bread in their hands. All of them were buttoned up in rags and half-famished in appearance. What I learnt of them 'was, that they had been passed on from police-station to police-station, and were not wanted in France. I well remember the insulting gestures and u -, arse oaths which were flung at the gendarmes as the boat left the quay, and felt satisfied from the violenCe of one or two of them that bad the means been in their hands they would have left with those gentry some more de finite token of their opinion of France and its authoritie3. Some six weeks afterwards I twice met two of these men still buttoned up in their rags, but as erect and defiant as ever, parading in Piccadilly. Do you not think it possible that this lot might have furnished a band for the Rue Lepelletier business ? SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.-4t the meeting of the board of directors, on Tuesday, it was resolved on recommending, at the coming half-yearly meeting, a dividend at the rate of 1/. 13s. per cent, per annam on the consolidated stock. REPRESENTATION OH' DEVONPORT.—A. meeting was held on Tuesday evening, in the Town-hall of Davenport, to bear an address from Mr. James Wilson, M.P. for that borough, who had been prevented by official busi ness from attending the meeting two or three months ago, at which his colleague, Sir Erskine Perry, ap peared. He spoke at considerable length upon the principal topic of the day ; and the Plymouth Mail says that, when he sat down, an elector sarcastically inquired why the bills announcing the meeting had not been headed " A Lecture on India," as that had been almost the only subject referred to. A. resolution, expressing confidence in the hon. gentleman, was unanimously adopted. THE BELGIAN MAIL STEAMERS.—It appears from an official letter received from Brassels that the Belgian Government mail packet•Diamant was not in so much danger in the gale of the morning of the 21st ult. as reported. It is stated that she shipped a sea while crossing the Stream Bank, near Ostend, which carried away her steering wheal and injured two rum at the tiller, and other seas causing more damage, and the water falling considerably during the time of clearing away and refitting, the commander deemed it imprudent to attempt to make the harbour, and therefore ran for Flushing, and then to Terneuse on the Scheldt, whence the mails and passengers were for warded to Ghent. A FEW RUSSIAN IlsoTs.—We have seen a private letter from a gentleman occupying an important official position, who has just returned from the Black Sea, in Which, after stating that the American engineers have only succeeded in raising two of the many Russ:an ships sunk at the time of the war in the harbour of Sebastopol, and that they consequently must have lost a large sum of money by their failure, he says that nothing has been done or is doing, towards the rebuilding of the docks and fortifications of that place, while the forts of Odessa have been dismantled. The writer of the letter accounts for the latter fact, by supposing that if Odessa be thus made a purely commercial port, we should not, in the event of another war with Russia, seek to destroy it. At Nicolaieff two line-of-battle ships, with engines of BCO horse power each, are now in the course of construction. —Morning Advertiser. ENTERTAINMENT TO CABMEN.—On. Monday night Mies Catherine Sinclair, encouraged doubtless by the success which attended her efforts to promote social union amongst the upper ranks of Edieburgh society, extended her operations to the lower classes, and entertained some 300 cabmen to supper iu the Lower Music Hall. Iu order to suit thefiusinesseurangements of the company the late hour of half-past ten was fixed for assembling, and about that time the guests began to flock in and take their places. By-and-by, when the long benches were filled, the show of glossy black broadcloth and snowy cravats displayed by the more elderly portion of the fraternity was highly imposing, while the wonderful variegated neckties and gorgeous pins in which many of the younger branches indulged greatly enlivened the view. At first, when they took their seats, the company on the whole were rather stiff and slightly uneasy ; but as the evening drew on, when the supper was over, and the speeches were begun, all bashfulness wore off, and they entered heartily and enthusiastically into the spirit of the entertainment. The tables were loaded with tempting joints of ruddy beef, smoking steak-pies, heaps of bread and butter, piles of "cookies," and kettles full of tea and coffee ; and grace having been said, the company- set to with heart and will, doing ample justice to the abundant fare. Miss Catherine Sinclair and her sister, accompanied by seve ral ladies, occupied a prominent position on a raised platform at one side of the hall ; while, at the heads of the tables, various gentlemen acted as troupers. The Very Rev. Dean Ramsay occupied the chair ; and addresses were delivered by Dr. Guthrie, Rev. Mr. Mackerzie, Rev. Mr. Robertson, of Greyfriars ; Rev. Dr. Hanna, and Professor Miller. In the course of the evening, Mr, James Stewart, cab-drlver, returned thanks for himself and lea brethren to the speakers, and to the benevolent lady to whom they were indebted. Edinburgh Extress. EUROPEANS AND INDIANS.—At a dinner of welcome given by the wealthy natives of Borebay to the European soldiers recently landed from England, Lord Elphinstone took the opportunity of reading, something in the shape of a lesson to those who confound in one common dis like all classes of Indians. He affirmed " that with very few exceptons the revolt had been purely military, and that the great body of the people had nothing to do with it ;" that in Oude only had there been anything liko a popular adhesion to their cause, while in Itohilcund the , feeling bad been decidedly in our favour. lie added that in Scinde, where there were those who owtd us nu good will, whose greatness had been extinguished by us, and whose power had been reduced or null by our successes, the conduct of the mutineers and their associ ates had been viewed with disgust and indignation, and he quoted words spoken by Shere Mahomed, one of the ex-Ameers of Soinde, to the effect " that this was not like meeting the English in the field, and that the fiends who murdered women and children deserved the punishment of Sodorn and Gomorrah." These expres sions Lord Elphinstone dwelt on with pleasure, because he said he had heard that the profession now made by the natives of Bombay were considered insincere and hollow by some who believed that they shAld have been publicly made at au earlier period, when the symptoms of the re-establishment of our rule were less decided than they had since become. Against such senti ments Lord Elphinstone considered it hie duty to protest, reminding his bearers that the wealthy na tives of Bombay had been among the first to come forward with subscriptions in aid of the sufferers in the ;mutinies and expressions of indignation at the cruelties perpetrated in various parts of the country ; that Bombay was the olle.st possession of the English in India ; and that during 2CO years no attempt had ever been made to subvert our rule. All this and more to the same effect, Lord Elphinetone urged on his listeners, whom, let us hope, he convinced of the truth of his views.—letter from Bombay. SILKS AS THEY WERE AND AS THEY ARR.—Pow things probably have been ,object to more strange viciseitu des than the price of bilks. Prior to the recent monetary panic they became higher than had be n known fur yeare, and now that the fever of the Market has subsided, prices are again advancing, Is t is a serious consideration to purch asers . It happens, however, that a wel.lenown house, which had the good fortune to make large investments h i L yons and otb,,, Silks during the panic, is now enabled to offer a stock. said to ha choice and varied, at 20 per cant. below tie current rates. To ti.e lady community this is of some importance; and when it is stated that the firm referred to is that of Jay in Regent-3trett (the London mourning warehouse), it will be accepted as a sufficient guarantee for quality), as well as the advantages of moderate cost. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WEIEAT I EARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 48s 01. '36s 7LI 225 7d 32s lld 39s 4d 40s 41 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 92,511; barley, 91,438; oats, 15,631; rye, 57; beaus, 5,478 ; peas, 1,695 quarters. MEAT MAItKETS. NEWaATE AND LEADENHALL.—Each kind of meat was in fair request, at full prices :—Beef, from 2:310d to 4s 4,1; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 831; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4a 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALD, Feb. 3.—Only moderate supplies of fat stock wore on sale here to-day, and the trade generally ruled Idea ly, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 4d to 43 8d ; Mutton, 4s 01 to 53 2d ; Veal, 48 0,1 to 4s 101; Pork, 23 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RoMFORD, Feb. 3.—Our market was firm to-day, and prices had an upward tendency: - -Beef, from 33 Od to 4s 8d ' • Mutton, 33 10d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 45 Gd ; Pcrk, 4s Od to 4s 4d por 81bs ; Stora Pigs, —s to --s ' • Mulch Cows, 141 to 201; Loan Cows, ---/ to —1; Suckling Calves, 14s to 27a each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, 21 103 to 41 Os; clover, 31 103 to 51 Os; and straw, 11 Gs to 1/ 10a per load. A moderate supply, and a fair demand. CUMBERLAND. --11.adow hay, 21103 to 41 2s; clover, 31 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 Os to 11 103 per load. Trade dull. - • WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; clover, 31 108 to 5/ Os ; and "straw, 1/ 5s to 11 104 par load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. THE LATE CLERICAL' INQUIRY AT LITTERPOOL.—The break down of the prosecution of the Rev. Mr. Gent (the curate of Dr. M'Neile) has given universal satin• faction in Liverpool. A committee of gentlemen (members of Dr. M`Ne►le's congregation) has been formed to collect subscriptions for paying the expenses of the defence, and presenting a testimonial to Mr. Gent. The expenses iocluded a retaining fee of 2001. to Mr. James, and da " refreshers" of ten guineas, amounting altogether to ahom 2501. Yesterday (Wed nesdas) about 3001. was collected, and the subscriptions are expected to amount to a large sum by the end of the week. MADAN?. TUSSAUD'S EXEIIBITION —This popular Ex hibition ha,s just received the addition of the nuptial group. It represents her Royal Highness the Princess Royal in her bridal a'tire, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Princo of Prussia. Her Royal Highness is dressed in a similar dress to the one worn on that auspicious occasion, composed of white moire antique, with flounces of Honiton lace, and tastefully ornainented with sprigs of orange flowers. Her Royal Highne,e's head is also decorated with a wreath of similar flowers. His Royal Highness is represented in au undress military uniform —blue coat and white trousers. This group will long continue, no doubt, to be a favourite objeot to the visitors of this Exhibition, SYDNEY HARBOUR. The awful wreck of the Dunbar, and the more recent but less terrible catastrophe of the Catherine Adamson, have turned the attention, not of the Government only but of the people at large, to the necessity of more perfectly marking by lights the approaches to our harbour. The loss of the last- named ship, indeed, was not attributable to any want of this kind, but it has, nevertheless, had the effect of keeping the popular feeling alive. This feeling has strengthened the hands of the Govern ment, and instead of any mere temporary or imper fect system of lighting, the unquestionably splendid harbour of Port Jackson will be rendered easy to approach and easy to traverse, either by night or by day, by the adoption of on© of the most com plete designs as to lights and land-marks ever de vised. The subject has been discussed in all quar ters. Thera have been suggestions innumerable ; some of them by thoroughly practical men, and therefore worthy of the most serious consideration. But something far more effective than mere discus sion, however competent the persons engaged in it, has in the meantime been gone on with. The cap- - tsin, officers, and crew of her Majesty's ship Herald have quietly set themselves to work to make a com plete and elaborate survey of the harbour and its approaches. How they have accomplished it in the time we can scarcely understand, but the survey has been so perfect that the chart in which its re sults are shown, and which we have seen, is as much a map of the land beneath the waters as of the lands which border them. Every little shoal, every in equality of depth, is clearly traced by the most careful soundings. Every distance and position have been calculated and laid down with the utmost nicety. A very little consideration will show the great difficulties and labour of such a work. To survey and map down with similar accuracy even the same space of dry land would be a stiff job. But the surveyor's assistants cannot run about with flags and chait,s over the waters. There must be the most careful Observations in every direction, with good instruments, and with a man or men who know how to use them. And not only must the series of angl, s be taken and laid down with the most minute exactness, but the same strict and continuous attention is necessary in the boats. They must traverse the whole surface, feeling their way along the bottom with their lead lines. A ordinary observer, looking at a chart covered over with shadings and figures, may admire its execution, but can scarcely apprsciate the enormous labour which the accurate delineation on paper of the portion of our globe's surface there represented must hive occasioned. The chat t, and the beautifully exe cuted drawings which ze.tompany it, will reduce the task of entering and traversing Port Jackson. to One of mere care. Every line of approach and of tra verse is made plain even to the most unscientifie eye. The lights and landmarks, which have been designed by Captain Denham, and which, as the necessary vote has already passed the Assembly, will in a few months be erected, will give such bearings to the mariner as will lead him clear of every danger, whatever his course. The sailing directions, which affurd the key to the chart and drawings are plain and simple. We will not attempt here to go into details. The design must be seen and understood as a whole to give a correct appre ciation of its completeness and of the necessity of each component part. Some of the obelisks, for instance, were nearly vetoed in the Assembly last week because hon. members could not understand the need of such landmarks. It was easy, they conceived, for any one to traverse- our harbour by day. It,ia so in vessels of light draught and with ordinary care ; but there are shallows in the apparently fair w a y on w hi c h a l arge sh i p, h an dled by a stranger or by any one not well acqu tinted with the bearings and soundings, may stick. We have seen a fine ship of 800 tons fast upon ono of thethe se banks, and with a pil o t on b oar d too. But with ordinary attention to the bearings which the obe' lisks will give, such a n acc id ent would be irepossib.l6 even to a stranger. Th e chart, drawings, and 8 1111 ' ing, directions, will, we understand, be immediately despatched to England, and, as it will take some time to execut e th em, w i ll be in the hands of shIP; masters about th e t i me that the new lights an d obelisks are completed. All honour, then, to C 4 r tam Denham, and all honour to the men of science and the men of sinew—the officers and crew of the Herald, by whose aid this work hasbeen accomplishe e• And we do . hope that th ere w ill b e some thi ng m ore substantial in the way of acknowledgment than nil thanks. Wh en th e naval estimates were considere d last year the propoed allowan ce for the ship W,,_ 11 . 1 negatived in th e A ssem b ly upon the plea that an: had been engage d on Imp vice. This was no t wholly true even then, a 5 Imperial, not colonial s et t surveys in the Pacific must ultimately benefit th e Anstralias more - at Britain, fo r it is by the e ; colonies rather than by the parent land that ti l t commercial r esources o f the Polynesian Isles must be developed. B u t now that Capt. Denham and his officals and men have done us such a servic6-:( a service of g rea t er magn i tude than twenty Yearli guardianship aga i ns t f oes who would pro bably never come—the same excuse for parsimony earl ° hold good.—Sydney Morning _Herald, Nov. 17. THE NEW SHERIFFS. (Front the London Gazette of Tuesday Evening) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3d F eP —present, the Q ueen ' s M os t E xce ll en t MajeatiM rs Council--the following sheriff s we r e appointed the year 1858 : Bedfordshire --John Sambrook Crawley, of Stocks Was Esq ß . bal n erkshire—H enry Ri c h ard Eyre, of Shaw-placet Newbury, Esq. ~,y,j, Buckinghamshire—M a tth ew K napp, of Little Lin"' - Esq. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Christer' uer Robert Pemb er t on , o f N ewton, Esq Cumberland —Anthony Bent Stewa rd, of Chapel Bourn Esq. . Cheshire—El Gorge Fortescue Wilbraham, of Delata° House, near Northwich, Esq. Derbyshire —Gladwin Turbutt, of Ogston Hall, E 6c l'ol Devonshire---Sir Edward Marwood Elton, of Viridwor Court, Bart. Dorsetshire—George Frederick William Miles, of V III Abbey, E sq . .1) orham—Timothy Hutchinson, of Egglestone Hall , a*. E ex-0 ag ood Hanbury, of Holfield. Grange, C°o hail, E sq . • rt° l2 GlJucoster s bi ra —Th omas B ea l e Browne, of Sa•P e Park, near Cheltenham, Esq. e nd Herefordshire -Richard Snead Cox, of Pembridg e Eaton Bishop, and of Broxwood, near Kingtoa, 10 Hertfordshire—William Wilshere, of th e Fryti'" Welwyn, Esq. forh Kent—Uslwar c l Ladd Betts, of Preston Ball, APLl— near Maidstone, Esq. Leicestershire —Chas. Thos. Freer, of Billesdon CoPlo Esq. - Lincolnshire— George Neville, of Stubton Park s ..s4o Monmouthshire—Godfrey Charles Morgan, of 1: 1 " P*rk; Esq. Norfolk— Stephen Lyne Stephens, of Lynfoll, SVber Northamptonshire —John Christopher Manse!, grove, Esq. Igoo.l North~ be ....oithuteberland—Lancelot John Hunter All; Nunwick, Eiq. Nottinghamshire —Jon a th an H ar d cas tl e , of Blicllor : Da Oxle, Esq. fordshire—Hcnry Lomax Ga.skell, of ICia.d* D " gt Hall, Esq. L eff Rutlandshire—Wm. R u dki n M orr i s, of North IA ham, Esq. Shropshire—Edmund Wright, of Holston, Esq. db, AV Sornersetshire—Si r Al exan d er Acland Hood, of P dries, Bart. Staffordshire—Philip Williams, of Tipton, Esq. cif County of Southampton—Thomas Smith, of I)ll°C°f near Bishops Walam, Es g ob/ uffulk—Petrir R th obert B q. , urrell of Stoke Park, I P s E iq. . Tee Surrey—The lion. George John Cavendish, 01 Grove, ChcEdwartsey. hatif Sassex—rd Smith Bigg, of the Hyde, Slau. Esq.W fie° arwickshiro— Owen Pell, of Radford Semebb Leamington, Esq. k o ple Westmore landßobert Addison, of the Friary, °"'" I by, Esq. OA Wiltshire—Francis Alexander Sydenhr 1.001‘41' Rowdeford, Esq. iydenbain 0 614 Worcesteishini— Samuel Baker, of Thorugo' Worcester, Es q . 0.- 4 Yorkshir e —J ohu Walbanke Childers, of Coititl' Doncastor, Esq. WALES. Anglesey—Richard Davies of Bwlch-y-fen, E SCI. gicl',,p Breconshire—Thomas Wood, jun., of the Lodg e, ,- me.- Carnaevonshire—J o h n Nanney, a Maesyneuoduo o n Denbighshire- t ne h in. s nab h ia i g r rh e t , shho E inr s se q h . i _ r j e o —illiam Morris, of Coomb, g,scli , DeFnibinigtshh,iErel.philip Cardiganshire—ThomasJocelyn Ilugli e s if o o f u N l k o e y s , a. LI ofd fa_ v vi r • rt , . g 0... Montgomery s h a i h re ir - o pei Hall, Esq. 1504' forgan, &q. Lewis,sonroufaGdroecekn Long' 7 1 04 1 Mei ionethabire—Edinunfl Buckley, of P1a59 0(1 . 7 17 ,1 Pe mbrokeshire—Nicholas John 'Dunn, of " -8 ' _ un ß en r irc y yh a a n Lrde D w a il vies Cooke, of Gal" Esq. Radnorshire—Howell Gwynn° Howell, of Ijalleifie°4 .. V efj Hall, E sq . Aciet)fi, . ....--..... THE WEATHER IN THE' NORTH.—SHIELD.' - 'o' Night.—Tne wind has been more moderate _000,., Vough the weather is bitter cold, and the ther.mot. li bt has fallen to seven degrees below freezing P i °l ,, oii, o ; vessels have left the Tyne or Wear since 6101°14 1ife° 1 : 0 0 and the sea E.ti:l looks very rough and stormy J o e v - 04 nidht's t'de ran higher up at Sunderland than t he 6 i observ e d f or som e ti me . Th e sea broke o ver bA I/ t . - t;,,,nkineet a little to the south of the easte r° o3 , clo c ;t: cranes, and floated along the railway and lat ° we pt P o , doing. dania.;e to Foals wooden exec !ions as i t ° so 00) b Considerable damage has been done at 41.', the 13or b t t. ance ; about 100 ket of the masonwork of be tim e d, pier has been torn d own t o th e foundations, ,'ee 0440 if ,jur t b, ro iitt b rks and breakwo r k s are , h o w e ver, but .I . Tete sea also brok e over th e embankment At t j WO f eastern extremity of the t x l ens i on , and / I °° te :i iII°P;IS dunk in large qu:Lntitics, rendering the ra_; l2v og it 0 01 1 sable, and sweepin g away port i ons o f the o °P f s ooci.pa forms the dock. A cons id era bl e qu antitY ° t una " ou Monday in the hill di s t r i c t s o f Northula be t, Durham. There has been no fall upon the CO'la THE SON LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1858