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ITER MAJESTY'S THEA.TRE. —The Festival Performances To-Morrow, (TUESDAY,) THURSDAY, and SATUR DAY, will com mence each E v ening, at half-past 7 o'clock. Doors will be open at half-past 6. The Box-office will eat be closed on the days of performance at 4 o'clock. Appliions and tickets at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mit chell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Her MAJESTY the QUEEN has graci ously signified her intention of HONOURING with her PRESENCE a SERIES of FOUR FESTIVAL PERFORM ANCES, intended to be presented at the period of the ap proaching Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA. The general arrangements are under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and favoured by the assistanoe of the following Managers of the Metropolitan Theatres ; Mr. Smith Theatr e Ro y al, Drury-lane. Mr, Backstone Haymarket Theatre. Mr. Webster Adelphi Theatre. Mr, Harrison and Miss Pyne _Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Robson and Mr. Emden Olympic Theatre. Mr. Phelps Sadler's Wells Theatre. The programme will comprise the following Entertain ments : To.moßßow, TUESDAY, January 19, MACBETH. Produced under tho direction of Mr. Phelps. Macbeth, Mr. Phelps ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit. With Locke's Incide ntal Music, under the direction of Mr. Benedict. And Mr. Oxenford's Farce of TWICE KILLED. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform, THURSDAY, January 21. Balfe's New Opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE, By Miss Pyne, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Weiss, and the Operatic Company of the Lyceum Theatre ; conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. With a COMIC AFTERPIECE„ SATURDAY, January 23, AN ITALIAN OPERA., By Madlle. Piccolomini, Signor Giuglini, and the Principal Artistes of Mr. Lumley's Theatre. And a FESTIVAL CANTATA composed by Mr. Howard Glover. With a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Fourth Performance, AN ENGLISH COMEDY, By Mr. Buckstone's Company of the Haymarket Theatre. And an AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and Members of the Adelphi Company will perform. Admission to the pit (for which a limited number of tickets will be i55ued........., 10s. 6d. Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. Od. Gallery 3s. Od. Applications for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE—FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES, TUESDAY, 19th ; TZURSDAY, 21st ; SATURDAY, 23d ; and FRIDAY, 29th January, 1858. REGULATIONS TO PREVENT OBSTRUCTIONS BY CARRIAGES. SETTING DOWN. HAYMARKET ENTRANCES TO ALL PARTS OF THE THEATRE. Carriages to fall into line at the top of the Haymarket, pass down the right-hand, or west side, and after setting down, pass away by Pall-mall or Cockspur-street, or turn round and pass up the Haymarket. CHARLES-STREET (ARCADE) ENTRANCE TO BOXES _ . _ STALLS, AND PIT, Carriages to enter from Regent-street, set down with horses' heads towards the Haymarket, turn round to the left, and pass away by Regent-street. PALL-MALL (ARCADE) ENTRANCE TO BOXES, STALLS, AND PIT. Carriages to form in line on the left-hand, or north side of Pall-mall, with horses' heads towards Cockspur-street, and after setting down, pass away along Pall-mall. WAITING AND TAKING UP. HAYMARKET ENTRANCES. _ _ Carriages to wait in a double rank on the right-hand, or west side of the Haymarket, as far as Charles-street, with horses' heads towards Pall-mall, and, after taking up, pass away along Pall-mall or Cockspur-street, or turn round and pass up the Haymarket. CHARLES-STREET (ARCADE) ENTRANCE Carriages to wait in single rank on the right-hand side of Charles-street, and in Waterloo-place, with horses' heads towards Charles-street, and after taking up, turn round and pass away by Regent-street or Waterloo-place. PALL-MALL (ARCADE) ENTRANCE. Carriages to wait on the left-hand side of Pall-mall, with horses' heads towards Cockspur-street, and, after taking up, pass away along Cockspur-street, or along Pall-mall. No empty carriage will be permitted to wait near the en trances of the theatre, except for the necessary time to take up. Servants waiting are to remain where directed by the police. No persons, except servants waiting for the company, will be allowed to remain under the Coloinados or Arcades, and no persons will be allowed to obstruct the footways near the theatre. RICHARD MAYNE, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police-office, 4, Whitehall-place, Jan. 16th, 1858. rim FE EA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. T171.g EVE_NINC:, will be performed HIS minas CHAMPAGNE, fa irtuca arr. Lora , . Alter which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with SINGLE LIFE. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEACTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle• quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; lown, Mr:. Charles LeClercq: Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Ace. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAIf. After which, a new grand , !omit Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WRITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mars, Mr. Frank Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billington ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley. R OYAL LYCEUM THE A.T RE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulitor s play of RICHELIEU. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Poynter ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, awl the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebcrs 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. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Morning Performances on Satnrday next, January 23, and again on Monday, 25, to commence at half-past 2. 3ox.office open from 11 to 5 daily. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S3lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, Duurs, dtc.,viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Kiss Brinell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Toner", J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, M r. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critch'ield and E. M ackoey. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. A.I.7GUSTLTS BRAIIANI V7lll make his first appearance on Monday, the 25th inst. MG!" WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim Dar —Morn., 5 min. aft. 4—Even., 20 min aft. 4 To.Moßßow—Morn., 40 min. aft. 4 —Evon., 55 min. aft. 4 'i.HE WEATHER—SUN OFFT.CZ, JANUARY 17. IHIRMOMETER, IN THE SFIADE• 50—highest since noon yesterday. 40----lower this morning and during the night. 33 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.63. WIND, Northerly ; light, with very fine wintry weather. JANTTATty Is. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 31--lowest this morning and during tho night, 42—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.45. WIND, W.N.W. ;light, with fin e weather. • "‘ ?if §ll,ll 47 LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 18, 1858. Although the rebellion in India has beea vir• tually crushed by the capture of Delhi, and the relief of Lucknow, the most energetic efforts are still required to restore the peace and tranquillity TIRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 18N5 that had been so cruelly and wantonly disturbed. The assassins who thirsted for the blood of the Lucknow fugitives numbered some 50,000 or 60,000, and they are still in possession of the capital of Oude, and obtaining new recruits every day from a warlike people. Even as a scattered banditti, wandering from place to place, they would be formidable, and many valuable lives would still be endangered by their machinations. At Fattehpore, too, some 50 miles from the head quarters of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, the garrison have been threatened by an overwhelming force, and compelled to abandon a portion of their entrenchments, and to take up another and more secure position. The proceed ings of the Gwalior contingent, and the victory obtained over General WINDHAM, prove that we should not rely too strongly on prestige, but should take every precaution, in order effectu ally to put down such daring opponents. It is true that Sir CoLIN CAMPBELL rendered a good account of the rebel force, and that his triumph was ably followed up by Brigadier Hopi Ga&NT. But still it was shown how rapidly reinforcements could be obtained, and new artil lery and stores provided, even after a serious defeat, and that those who were fugitives one day might become a powerful force ou the sue• ceeding one. It is therefore manifest that we cannot in any degree relax our efforts until well assured of the pacification of the disturbed districts. It was long before her MAJESTY'S Governmen could be fully aroused to the extent of the actual danger. Mr. VERNON SMITH treated the revolt with levity for some time, and much valu able time was lost in sending reinforcements by tardy modes of conveyance, and disregarding the facilities afforded by the Overland route, and the friendly dispositions of the SULTAN and the PACHA, and also by steam transports. Had it not been for the troops previously despatched to China, and which were diverted from their original destination, and the aid supplied from Ceylon, the Mauritius, and the Cape, very terrible results might have followed, and the wide-spread conspiracy might have been more effectual than we are at present willing to admit. We only recall these matters to prevent the Home Government from falling into another mistake that might possibly prove no less detri mental to our interests in Hindostan. We must not pride ourselves too greatly on the triumphs already accomplished, or suppose thst because matters are going on favourably that every peril has been averted—every difficulty overcome. It is no time for cheese-paring economy, or counting the cost of efficient and adequate forces. India is worth preserving ; and more important even than that splendid empire which constitutes one of the brightest gems in the Imperial diadem, is the safety of our own fellow-subjects spread over that broad domain. We should fully profit by the painful lesson we have received, and not for the future repose in undue confidence or placid security, that might at any moment be rudely disturbed. The war will now chiefly be carried on in Oude. There we have a hostile population. The muti neers are surrounded by relatives and friends, ready to afford every possible assistance. The rebels are well aware of that fact, and whenever they are placed in difficulties naturally turn towards that quarter. Lucknow, and, indeed, the entire country, with the exception of the road from Cawnpore to the Alumbagh, are in their hands. There are also numerous detached posts and petty proprietors, or zemindars, almost all of whom are wlio may cause much trouble. The 2reat object should be w pu. surrection yrompily and completely as possible. Under these circumstances, money must be a secon dary consideration. If India is worth keeping, it is worth the expense of saving it, and any parsimony under existing circumstances would be treason against our own power and prestige. The more speedily the necessary steps can be taken the better. If Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. VERNON SMITEI will not adopt the necessary measures of their own accord, they may receive very rough remedies when the reassembling of Parliament will again expose them to the interrogatories and comments of the staunch representatives of inde pendent constituencies. SUDDEN DEATH OF TEIZ DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. It is a sufficiently significant circumstanc9, we take it, that the mercantile immorality of the pre sent age has been very lately, and vary sternly reprobated by two eminent chiefs among that most conspicuous class of Observers, the Novelists of our generation. The one speaking from the judicial bench with juridical authority. The other addressing himself to the community at large from the literary rostrum of one of the most popular and influential of our weekly periodicals. The circumstance, we say, of these two men, so speak ing, is, we repeat it, in itself, in every way, to say the least of it, sufficiently significant. Not that the coincident opinions thus expressed by them can be regarded as having been, in any particular, requisite to "point the moral" of so many recent exposures, or as having been in any way needed to illustrate further the necessity fur some ener getic change for the better inaugurated by the Legislature. That necessity has been long among the more reflective, all but universally re• cognized. It is satisfactory, however, to find it proclaimed anew now thus pointedly and authorita tively. " Within a certain circle, of which the Royal Exchange is the centre," writes Mr. DICKENS, In a recent number of _Household Words, lie the ruins of a great paper city. Its chiefs—solid and substantial as they appear to the eye—are made of paper. They ride in paper carriages ; they marry paper wives, and unto them are born paper children ; their food is paper, their thoughts are paper, and all they touch is transformed to paper. They buy paper and they sell paper ; they borrow paper, and they lend paper,—a paper that shrinks and withers in the grasp like the leaves of the sensitive plant ; and the stately-looking palaces in which they live and trade are built of paper,—. small oblong pieces of paper, which, like the cardboard houses of our ohildhood, fall with a single breath. That breath has overtaken them, and they lie in the dust." Not a syllable of all this--wo every one of us feel—we every one of us perfectly well know, from our own experience, as merely watchful contemporaries—is iu any, even the slightest degree, exaggerated. We admit the factso readily, so instantaneously —the fact of there being, not a hundred thousand miles away from us, this curious world of "Unlimited Papet" that we scarcely needed the satirical demonstr2- tion of that "fact " of its existence, afforded by Mr. DIcuENS'S inimitably satirical description of the great houses of COLLAPS, VORTEX, DOCKET, and Company ; of STRIWBOY and RAG ; of Fos- SIL, INGOT, and BAG -STOCK ; above all of CHAOS, itoTeru, and CLAY, with their managing man, Mr. M‘Vactruar, of the Etna and Vesuvius Joint Stock Bank, Filch-lane, London. With the his tory of these, and numerous other kindred firms, the public at large are long since familiar. People have not quite forgotten the frauds of the house of STRIIIIN, Palm, and Company, any more than they are disposed just now to over- look, as matter merely of indifferent interest to them the romantic annals of a certain Gallant Colonel, late of Branksea Island and Campden House, Kensington. The narrative of the rise and fall of the British Bank has not wholly dropped into oblivion. The incidents connected with the somewhat parallel careers of Messrs. ROBSON and RIDPATM are not entirely lost to the general remembrance. Every thing combines, in fact, to remind us that commercial affairs far and wide throughout the United Kingdom have of late proved in reality to be, after all, little better than a repetition, here, there, and everywhere, of the domestic in cidents of the famous Lyceum play called "The Game of Speculation." Only—with this one marked difference in all their repetitions—that the rascal SPARROW never, in any one single in stance, turned up again at the right moment op portunely. Wisely and resolutely was it remarked, a few days since at Kingston-upon-Hull, by the learned Recorder of that borough, " that the ex isting state of matters mercantile, afford such facilities for fraud as are a scandal to the intelli gence, as well as the integrity, of the age in which we live ; and for that scandal, an indolent Legislature is largely responsible." With the recognition of that responsibility will come Vie certainty, please GOD, of energetic reforms, resulting in rapid and com prehensive improvement. Hereupon, more over—let us observe at once—it was impressively explained by Mr. WARREN that the facilities to which he was alluding, while they were daily in disastrous action, were "at once temptations to the honest, encouragements to the dishonest, and ' snares to the unwary." The Learned Recorder adding, that his allusions signified, of course—• 14 the shameful but systematic abuse of the machi nery of negotiable instruments, debasing their character, and prostituting them to discreditable and mischievous purposes ; the abuse of banking facilities, and of joint-stock companies. The paper produce of all these sets of machinery, so far from furthering the objects of legitimate com merce, is too often nothing more than the cards and dice—the packed cards, the loaded dice of the mercantile gambler." Here, precisely, are enumerated in plain words some of the deadliest ills for which, during the approaching Session, the Legislative sagacity ought in reason to strive to discover some wholesome and effective medicament. Earnestly, very earnestly, do we hope that these Monster Necessities may not be overlooked in any important particular in the midst of all our press ing anxiety in regard to the revision of the Indian Government. THE BOMBAY MAILS. We have been favoured by the Peninsular and Oriental Company with the following despatch, received by them from Marseilles this (Monday) morning " The steam-ship Euxine, with the Bombay mails, arrived at Marseilles at 10 p.m. yesterday. " The mails left for London at 10.30 p.m." TURIN, SATURDAY EVENING. The Chamber of Deputies in its sitting of this day, elected M. Cadorn& President of the Assem bly, by 88 votes against 44 for M, Arnulfo, can didate of the Right, COPENHAGEN, JAN. 15. Among the projets de ,loi announced by the King of Denmark, in his speech at the opening of the session of the Supreme Council, are several intended for the organisation and strengthening of the means of national defence. A. customs' tariff is also announced. Professor Madvig is :named. President of the Council by the King, and Baron Buckdorff, Danish Ambassador at Berlin, Vice-President. BERLIN, SATURDAY. MADRID, JAN. 16. The President of the new Cabinet, M. Isturitz, has declared to the Cortes that the Ministeria programme will be conformable to the Constitu• Lion of 1845. Senate. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Duke of Devonshire died at Hardwick Hall la,t night suddenly. His Grace had been out in his carriage during the day. William Spencer-Cavendish, D.C.L., Duke of Devonshire, Marquis of Hartington, Earl of Devon• shire, Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke, Baron Clif ford of Lauesborough, K. G., K. S.A., and K.A.N. ; born, May 21, 1790 ; succeeded to the title, as Gth duke, on the demise of his father, July 29, 1811. His Grace was nominated Ambassador-Extraordi nary, in 1826, from his Britannic Majesty, to assist at the coronationlof the Emperor Nicholas of Russia. The deceased nobleman was lord lieu• tenant and custos rotuloram of the city of Derby. The noble family of Cavendish, of which, in the last century, two branches attained dukedoms, laid the foundation of its greatness originally on the share of abbey lands obtained at the dissolution of the monasteries by Sir William Cavendish, who bad been gentleman-usher to Cardinal Wolsey. The dukedom was created in 1794. The deceased nobleman is succeeded in the title I 1;o: end month 3 per Cent. . .. 69 50 Do. end month 69 70 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 925 Do. Account 930 THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. The illustrious guests invited to be present at the approaching royal nuptials continue to arrive in rapid succession. His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha reached Buckingham Palace shortly before midnight en Friday, from Paris ; and on Saturday evening, at 10 o'clock, the Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha arrived direct from Germany. His Royal Highness Prince William of Baden also arrived in London on Saturday, and proceeded direct to Buckingham Palace. The gentlemen of his suite are staying at Farrance's Hotel. Oa Saturday afternoon her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, mother of Prince Frederick William, arrived at Buckingham Palace, from Berlin. The Count Boos Waldeck and other members of her Royal High ness's suite are provided with rooms at Fenton's H...tel. Yesterday his Majesty the King of the B,lgiane, accompanied by the Duke de Brabant and the Count de Flandres, arrived at Calais by special train from Brussels. The royal party were received at the railway station with military honours, and escorted to Dessin s Hotel, where they passed the night. The King will leave Calais. at eight o'clock this morning in one of the Belgi‘n Government steam packets, and his Majesty may be expected to arrive in London about midday. The preparations at St. James's Palace baying been finally completed on Satarday, it is expected that the Queen will pay a visit of inspection in the course of this day. The Countess Bernstoff has issued cards for an assembly at Prustiia House o❑ Saturday next to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia. ROYAL VISIT TO THE CITY.—On Saturday the Prince of Wales, with the Princes of Prussia and the Prince of Hohenzollern, paid a visit to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion Hansa. After viewing the Egyptian Hall and other apartments of the civic mansion, their royal high nesses proceeded to the Bank of England, and, under conduct of the governor, inspected the internal arrange. ments and machinery of that vast establishment. From the Bank the Princes went to Guildhall, where the Lord Mayor again met them—now accompanied by Alderman Copeland, Alderman Wilson, the sheriffs and under sheriff, &c. After passing through the various courts, the Princes were led to the Chamberlain's-office, where the Lord Mayor's sceptre, the ancient civic purse (now empty), and the civic seals were exhibitel to their royal highnesses. Gog and Magog came in for a fall share of observation, and the young Prince of Wales facetiously described to his Prussian cousins the legendary history of these two stalwart champions of the city. The crypt in which her Majesty supped in 1851, was next visited, and then the library, where the royal party were shown Schedel's "Nuremberg Chronicle of the World," dated 1493, Shakspere's autograph to a lease of the ground on which the Globe Theatre stood, and the sword of the ad miral left in command of the French fleet after the battle of the Nile, presented to the corporation by Lord Nelson. The visiting book was now signed, and the usual cere mony of introduction having been gone through, the royal visitors re-entered their carriages, and drove away amidst the most enthusiastic greetings of a crowd of spectators. HIS EXC,ELLENCY FEEUICHKEIAN.—This distinguished diplomatist, who has for many months past divided his time between Paris and London, having completed the objects of his mission, finally left Claridge's Hotel yester day morning for Paris, on his return to Persia. Hi s Excellency, who was accompanied by Capt. Lynch, and attended by a numerous suite, before leaving the hotel expressed to the proprietor his great satisfaction with the arrangements which had been made for his comfort during his residence in the establishment. His Excel. lency left London by the morning mafl express for Dover. HIS EXCELLENCY BARON BRUNOW. The Dover Chronicle says it has been suggested that on the arrival of Baron Brnnow, early in February next, again to take up his residence in this country as Anabassaior from the Court of St. Petersburg, it would not be out of place for the corporation of Dover, upon his Excellency's landing, to meet 11'm with an address of congratulation. There is no doubt that in doing this the Dover authorities would be but expressing the unanimous feeling of every one who has ever had the slightest relations with Baron Brunose, eearcely any representative of a foreign power having gained the seine measure of e,teeea which fell to the siiaro of his Excellency during his residence among us prior to the events which unfortunately ren dered his departure necessary. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM MATJLE.—This eminent lawyer and able judge died on Saturday morning in the 73,1 year of his age, at his residence, 22, Hyd-- park-gardens, from the effects of bronchitis, wit , , which he was seized on Monday last. The deceased was a fellow of Trieity College, Cambridge ; se n i or wrangler and first Smith's priz 3 man in 1810 ; led the Oxford circuit for many years; was M.P. for Carlow 'from 1837 to 1839 ; was appointed a justice of the Court of Common Pleas, which position he resigned in 1856, and was succeeded by Mr. Justice Willey. He never held the post of attorney or solicitor-general, but wee a Q.C. when he was raised to the bench. He was made a' privy councillor in 1855. The deceased was a " Whig and something more," and was a staunch sup. porter of Government during the short period he was in Parliament. ATTEMPT TO LA W THE TEST NEW S.! THE EMPEROR NAPOLEONASSASSINATE. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the ad dresses to the Emperor of the Corps Diplomatique, of the Senate, Legislative Body, Council of State, kc., congratulating his Majesty and the Empress on their escape from assassination. The Papal Nuncio was the speaker for the diplomatic body. The Bank of Prussia has again lowered its rate of discount. It is to be in future five per cent. on inland bills, and six per cent. for foreign bills of exchange. M. Miraflores and the Marquis de Viluma are named as candidates for the Presidentship of the The Emperor drove along the Boulevards this afternoon at half-past 3 o'clock. He had an orderly officer out of uniform by his side, and two servants behind, otherwise ho was unaccompanied ; not even an outrider preceded the carriage. This proof of confidence in the Parisian population is received as it deserves. He was saluted everywhere, and by all classes, with the greatest respect. When Pierri was taken to the guard-house, near the spot where he was arrested, the explosion had not yet taken place. In two minutes, however, it reached his ear ; he cried out to the guard, " Do what you like with me ; I am content—the blow is struck !" He appeared certain that it had taken effect, but was dismayed when he heard of the Emperor's escape. The person named Orsini is, it seems, the same whose extraordinary escape from the prison of Mantua, as recounted in the papers about a year ago, excited so much curiosity. He had been condemned to death by the Austrian tribunals. He had taken a very active part in the Italian revolution in 1848. The Paris papers are, as might be expected, wholly occupied with the recent dastardly attempt on the lives of the Emperor and Empress. The Countess de Morny has given birth to a son. The Cour Imperial° has pronounced a judgment annulling the decision of the Tribunal of Commerce, and declaring Auguste Thurneyssen, of the house of Stieglitz, not comprised in the failure of his son Charles. _ _ BOURSE, Jan. 16.—The following were the las quotations per Cents 94 50 Credit Foncier Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) . 9l. Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes Ilome Debt RAILW AT S. Orleans Northern New Ditto BO5 Strasburg Lyon and Mediteran. 885 Grand' Central V; ...,,r1;‘,... Rgn tßardinian this crime was not premeditated and executed by Frenchmen." The Union throws upon society at large the responsibility of crimes such as the one we now deplore. It says : " Assassination is a cowardly crime, that excites horror in every honest mind, and that is detested by every loyal and sincere political party. In uniting our voice to the general expression of in dignation, we cannot abstain from offering a pain ful reflection on the state of our society. What can be more lamentable than a period when such abominable crimes are conceived and executed How oft'n during the last 60 years have the Sove reigns of Europe been exposed to the blows of mur derers 7 And this not only in France, but in all Europe, as if to prove that the venom of crime had penetrated all the veins of the modern social body. Who will deny the Wicked influence exercised by doctrines of disorder and destruction ? Who will deny the decline of faith, the loss of respect, the worship of success, the contempt for the essential laws of justice, the degeneration of morals, the rage of cupidity and ambition ? Thence proceeds the element which perverts and depraves the souls of mankind. Let, then, the fanatical breath of passion pass over the dregs of society, and, alas ! docile instruments are not found want ing ! In this sense, the gloomy spectacle of daggers and bombs throws a sinister light over the present period. Let not this terrible warning be lost • let all classes recognise the danger and multiply ;heir efforts towards re-establishingthe authority of those great moral and religious laws, the neglect of which encourages the most frightful disorders and the most detestable offences." The President of the Senate addressed their Majesties as follows : " Sire,—After having given vent to the painful emotions of our indignant hearts—after having ren dered thanks to Providence which miraculously shielded the lives of your Majesties, the Senate turned its thoughts towards the future, not with - a feeling of alarm, but to rally with still greater confidence round a throne beyond which we see nothing but danger. Sire, dynasties are not founded without trials, and and we are all ac quainted with the difficulties and troubles of the first ten years of the glorious House which now sits so firmly on the throne of England. It is not in France that these conspiracies are hatched—not in France, which three times gave you a popular ovation, and which has always responded to your appeals. She perseveres in her resolutions, and rejoices to see at her head a Prince who while re establishing her power at the same time revives all the sources of her greatness. Let us continue, then, in the principle of autho rity which France has personified in you. Your Majesty will find the Senate ready to sup port you in all legitimate consequences ; for it is through the breach of weakened powers that revo lutions rush, and France wishes to remain upright, firm, great, and united, not to descend to party squabbles nor to degenerate into the saturnalia of anarchy. But there is something more than this. The revolutionary spirit having been driven from France has been settled down abroad, has become cosmopolite. It is from foreign strongholds erected against Europe, situated in the centre of Europe, that fanatical hired assassins are sent with fire and steel against the Prince who bears on his powerful arm the buckler of European order ; execrable conspirators, whose policy is assassination, and who even assault gentle women, unaware that some of them have the hearts of heroes ! But how comes it that, as these implacable Revolutionists trample all the duties of hospitality under foot, and are united in their mad plans of destruction, foreign Governments and peoples do not take measures to give a legitimate support lo the cause of order ? The law of nations authorises it ; justice and common interests make it a duty. It is especially due to the moderation shown by France, to the wisdom of her Sovereign, and to the invaluable services rendered by her policy. Such, Sire, is the cry now raised by France ; such is the wish of the Senate. The days are gone by when nations stood isolated in thoir egotism. Civilisation has so bound them up together that the sufferings of the one are the sufferings of the other. Let them, then, assist each other in carrying out the common work— that is to say, the consolidation of peace and the stability of society, so deeply stirred at the close of the last half-century. It is on this condi tion that Providence will give them support in their turn in the difficulties from which none of them are exempt. As far as we are concerned, Sire, our most ardent hopes will be realized if God, who leads empires, preserves to us the Prince whom the love of the people sought in a land of exile to intrust its destinies to him, and who has exceeded all the hopes of the country. Yes, Sire, God, whose Prophet exclaimed, Away from me, ye blood thirsty men will not allow crime to interrupt, be fore it is completed, the mission of order, restora tion, and progress which He has intrusted to you." The President of the Legislative Body spoke as follows : " Sire,—We have waited upon you to express to you how we have rendered thanks to Providence for having preserved your life and that of the Em press ; but we also thought that you would allow us to give expression to a legitimate indignation arising from deep attachment to your dynasty. We cannot conceal it, Sire, the populations we have recently visited are anxious on account of the effects of your clemency, which is too much in keeping with your kindness of heart; and when they see such abominable attempts concocted abroad, they ask how it happens that neighboarly and friendly Governments have not the power to destroy those nests of assassins, and how the sacred laws of hos pitality are applicable to wild beasts. " Sire, your government, which is founded on two principles, authority and the protection of honest men, must at all cost put a stop to these periodical convulsions. To attain this end the support of the Legislative Body is at your command. " You are only thus attacked because you are the Aim n mil of nublic order ; we therefore natural courage, and not to forget that when you risk your person you risk also the peace of France. " Sire, I am naturally the mouthpiece of the De puties, yet I have but feebly expressed their senti ments." The President of the Council of State spoke as follows : "Sire,--France has just escaped an immense danger, and Divine Providence, by miraculously preserving your days and those of the Empress, has given another striking proof of the protection it gives to the Emperor and to the empire. " The indignation felt by every Frenchman at this cowardly attempt will be shared by all Europe. " Those incorrigible men who to satisfy their passions do not hesitate to cause desolation and death in the public thoroughfares, are not only the mortal enemies of France—they conspire against the peace of Europe, and against civilisation itself. " Who does not shudder at the thought of the evils which their odious victory would entail upon our country, and which would soon spread over the rest of Europe ? " Let us hope that this feeling of a common danger will ultimately lead to a great and just common action between two nations, and that these cowardly assassins, who abuse the hospitality granted them in friendly States, and the protection of their laws, to organise conspiracies and construct infernal machines, will at last be cast out of civilised Europe, of which they are at the same time the shame and the danger. " Sire, at a moment when your Majesty has just escaped this criminal attempt, the French people, trembling at the risk it has incurred, feels its affec tion and devotion to your person increase. " The hatred of your enemies, their cowardly attempts, only draw closer the bonds which unite the French nation to the Imperial family, all the members of which it includes in the same devotion and in the same hope. " France, so often and so painfully moved, feels, however, reassured at beholding at your side that noble Empress, your consolation in these sad trials, and who unites to all the virtues of a woman and a mother a courage and an energy superior to all danger. " She thinks with fond love upon that young child, the precious pledge of the future, already associated to his father in our hopes and affection ; upon those noble Princes always ready to rally round your Majesty, and to defend, if necessary, your Crown and that of your son. France, placing her full confidence in God, devoted to the present, relying upon the future, exclaims with joy that the Imperial. dynasty shall not perish. " Sire, your Council of State, called by your Majesty's confidence to aid, under your high guid ance, in the development and consolidation o the Imperial institutions, shall not be found behind hand in its duties. " No matter what happens, its zeal and love for you will always be on a level with the high mission you have intrusted ti it." The Emperor, in reply to the great bodies of the State, expressed his firm cenfidence and reliance in their support and devotion, His Majesty added, that at the same time that he was resolved to adopt such measures as might be deemed advisable, ho should not depart from that path of firmness and moderation which he had hitherto followed. OPINIONS OF THE PARISIAN PRESS. With sincere feelings of satisfaction do we record the unanimity with which the Paris press has de nounced the dastardly attempt on the lives of their Imperial Majesties. Party spirit has been quench ed in the blood of the innocent men and women who have fallen victims to the savage indifference of the murderers, while political animosity has silenced itself before a crime which has excited indignation and disgust in every honest heart. Journals of all opinions unite in rejoicing that the criminals are net Frenchmen, and that France has thus been spared grievous dishonour. In the extracts which we offer below, we have dwelt almost exclusively o . n the articles of th a portion of the press which is Independent of Government influence, and whose opinion is consequently of peculiar interest and value at the present moment. We read in the Siecle ; "There remains a consolation for humanity find for our country : it is the horror inspired by the guilty—it is the unanimous aversion for such crimes entertained by the nation. We are p roud to think and to say that there does not exist in France a single political party that would consent to owe the triumph of its opinions to murde r, toa aysination. It is stated, and we are glad to repeat it, that the as sassins are foreigners. All those who, like ourselves, have at heart our national honour, our ancient and legitimate reputation fur loya lt y , will rejoice that the investigation into the affair will be promptly terminated, so that the trial can take place in the session of the Court of Aseizes of the first fort night of February. Part of the Rue Lepelletier was yesterday morning strewed with sand to pre vent the lsloocl with which it was covered from be ing seen." According to the Moniteur, the number of wounded up to the present time is 102, thus divided —47 civilians, 12 Lancers of the Imperial Guard, 11 of the Municipal Guard of Paris, 28 police agents of different ranks, and 4 belonging to the household of their Majesties. Of the 12 men of the Lancers, 7 received serious wounds ; the 5 others are only slightly injured. Of the 11 of the Municipal Guard 1 is wounded mortally, four seriously, and 6 slightly. Three of the footmen who were behind the carriage of their Majesties were struck by seve ral projectiles ; their injuries, though serious, do not inspire any uneasiness. The Emperor's coach man, slightly wounded, displayed much presence of mind. Of the civilians several are wounded seriously. One of them died on reaching the Hos pital de la Riboissiere. Twenty horses, belonging to the Lancers, were struck. Two were killed on the spot, and rive are mortally wounded. The following is from the Debats : "All honest men will, like ourselves, be afflicted at these savage attacks, which ara so contrary to the loyalty of our character, and to the mild nature of our habits. The authors of this last crime are, we are assured, in the hands of justice, and consola tion has been derived from the fact that, up to the present moment, no French hand has been detected in this dastardly plot." The following is from the Univers ;-- " France will experience a deep sentiment of consternation and shame on learning the fresh attempt on the life of the Emperor. The sect of assassins which exists amongst us is the most dis tressing humiliation of our epoch and of our country. The attempt of the 14th January, 1858, will rank amongst the most atrocious misdeeds. It is the second attempt of the kind made within the last 25 years. Can it be conceived that the same generation should witness two such monstrous and dastardly crimes ; that the perversity of Fiesohi and of Morey should have found imitators ! God persists (s'obstine !) in saving us. The Emperor has escaped unhurt from the crater opened beneath his feet. France would have been assassinated with him. What terror would at this moment reign in Paris, in France, in the world, had this one man perished ! Should the assassins have issued from the spot from where they have before proceeded, the den must be swept. For the honour of France, and for the security of the world, no spot should be allowed to exist on earth where the prince of assassins can with impunity marshal his agents and prepare his plots. Are we to be the nation that plots and suffers the majority of regi cides ? Shall we not be delivered from this terror and from this disgrace ?" The Courrier de Paris exclaims : " What was the object of these assassins ! Did they suppose that France would permit one of those governments without name which dishonour a na tion to be imposed on her after a night of crime France is firmly attached to the Imperial dynasty, which is to her the symbol and the guarantee of all the ideas bequeathed to us by our fathers of 1789." The Pays says : " The indignation produced by the horrible attempt which has just ensanguined our streets, and plunged more than a hundred families into mourning, becomes more and more profound as the details become known of this infernal machination. Every one is anxious to see the pl Lee in which the event occurred, and since yesterday evening the crowd has not ceased to encumber the streets in the neighbourhood of the Opera. "It is asked how men can conceive such a crime and deliberately execute it in the midst of a crowd of inoffensive creatures, spreading certain death among women and children. " Whoever be the authors of so detestable a crime, they will be for ever attached to the pillory of public opinion, and the object of the execration of all honest people. Assassins, cowardly and cruel, without heart and compassion, they have not even the audacity that belongs to their enterprise ; they glide amongst their victims, and slink behind their bodies for protection. " The first arrests have placed in the hands of justice one of the chiefs of this band of murderers, an Italian partizan of Mazzini, known for his de magogic fanaticism and criminal antecedents.. Pierri oame from England, where he was iu secret communication with the political refugees which our allies. end protection in the country of " Further information will teach us what to think of these matters ; we shall without doubt learn that the attempt of the 14th January is a new and bloody page to add to the murderous history of demagogues, of those men who call themselves the saviours of the people, the apostles of humanity; and of whom the mere apparition makes the heart shudder with fright, and whose every step leaves a trace of blood. Suck is their fearful mission. "There is another mission truly worthy of the love and respect of the people; it isthat which Providence has confided to the elect of 10th December ; it is that which stays society pushed by factions towards the abyss of anarchy ; this holy mission God de fends with his visible protection, and against this mission evil passions cannot prevail, for it is planted on the repose and the future of the whole world." The Droit gives the following details : " The bombs were of cast-iron, oblong, and iu the form of a pear, and in the widest part from four to five inches in diameter. The shock of one of the caps, of which each hail several, on a hard substance necessarily - caused an explosion. The bombs were loaded with detonating gunpowder. The first thrown at the carriage of the Emperor was just after the vehicle entered the Rue Le pelletier ; it did not touch the Emperor, nor even the vehicle, but it wounded about twenty persons. On this the coachman whipped up his horses, but almost immediately a second bomb burst, and one of the horses being struck by three projectiles fell to the groan 1. A third bomb, thrown with more precision, fell beneath the carriage itself and burst with tre mendous force, smashing part of it in pieces. The splinters of this bomb wounded the second horse, which expired some hours after. The coachman, named Ledoux, was wounded in the head. The only person in the carriage with the Emperor and Em press was General Roguet, and he, as already stated, received a slight injury. The escape of their Majes ties was quite miraculous. The Emperor received a slight cut on the side of the nose by a piece of glass from the carriage window. Another piece of glass struck the Empress at the corner of the left eye, but left no trace. Superintendent Herbert, of the police, who opened the door of the Emperor's carriage at the moment of the third explosion, was dangerously wounded. The carriage itself was' yesterday taken into the courtyard of the Tuileries, and visited by great numbers of persons. All under the part and front of the carriage had the appearance of being blown to pieces. The Abbe Melanie, chaplain of the ship of-the-line the Ulm, who was in the vicinity of the Opera at the moment of the attempt, manifested great zeal and devotedness, assisting iu removing the wounded, addressing to them words of consola tion, and giving absolution to the dying. He did not leave the scene of the disaster until after every one of the injured had been taken taken care of. At eleven o'clock at night, M. Billault, Minister of the Interior, M. Royer, Minister of Justice, M. Pietri, Prefect of Police, M. Chaix d'Estange, Procureur-General, M. de Cur douen, Procureur-Imperial, M. Treilhard, Examin ing Magistrate, and M. Nurse, Assistant to the Prefect of Police, assembled at the Prefecture of Police, and commenced an investigation which lasted all night. The result of this investigation was the discoverythat no Frenchman was concerned in the atrocious crime, but that it was the work of Italians. M. Treilhard was all yesterday engaged in examining witnesses, and has interrogated Pierri. It has been ascertained that in the course of the evening of the attempt a wounded man called at the druggist's shop in the Rue Lepel letier, and after having had his wounds dressed left without saying anything of who he was. A short time after another man entered the shop in great agitation and asked the shopmen if they could tell him anything of his mast er , w h o h a d b een wounded ; and he gave a description of his mister's person, which corresponded with that of the man who had just left the shop. He was asked the name of his master, but he then became troubled and refused to tell it. He was threatened with art est, on which he was attacked with a nervous trembling and fainted. On recovering he was pressed to tell the name of his master, and at last declared that it was Count Orsini. At 3 o'clock in the morning Count Orsini was arrested in his lodgings in the Rue Monthabor. He confessed that he threw one of the bombs. Two other Italians, who had false names and passports, were also arrested iu the night. On the persons arrested or at their lodg ings important sums of money or securities were seized, as were also poniards, revolvers, and a bomb similar to that seized on Pierri. It is believed that ITALY. A letter from Lombardy in the Corriere Aferctn tile of Genoa say : " Immediately after the death of Marshal Ra detzky, some of hie servants who would appear to have enjoyed his entire confidence, since they knew where he kept his money, took advantage of the confusion and forgetfulness which the melancholy event gave rise to, to make off with a con siderable sum. The robbery was instantly discovered, and telegraphic messages were sent in every direction to put the police on the alert ; nevertheless the thieves might have escaped, had they known the country better. Milan is not more than a few hours from the frontier, and had they managed to get into Switzerland or Piedmont, they might have baffled the police for a long time, and perhaps got off with impunity ; but, as it was, they went to the frontier place called Borgo-Ticino, where they were not allowed to pass, because they had no passports ; and then they were fools enough to go to Pavia, hoping to cross the frontier there. But the telegraph had done its work ; they were arrested, and 72,000 florins (upwards of 180,000 fr.) were found on their persons, in Vienna bank-notes and new imperial sequins." PIEDMONT. In the sitting of the 13th of the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, the reports on several elec tions were brought forward. Parliamentary inquiries into the elections of Boves and Ales were voted, the latter, to ascertain whether there had been any informality, and the former on the ground of undue influence exercised by the clergy. The Chamber then heard the reports on the elections of Domo dossola, Calaso, and Busachi, which had re sulted in the return of three canons (the Revs. Scavini, Ponzetti, and Sotgiu.) In consequence of the precedent established in a late debate on a similar case, these elections were annulled, not however without a severe struggle on th e part of the opposition. MM. Scavini and Sotgiu took leave of the Chamber in speeches remarkable for wit and good feeling ; the third gentleman was not present. AUSTRIA. A letter just received from Vienna says : "Austria has not as yet taken any part in the ne gotiations to i n duce England to give up th e i s l an d of Perim, and that from two motives in the first place, her relations with that Power are so intimate at present, and both are BO perfectly agreed on all the great European questions, that Austria will certainly not oppose England on this question. In the second place, it is known at Vienna, through Lord Redcliffe, that England will n e unless ctohnes possession te the ofthe opening islan of the canal of Suez d be guaranteed to her. It is moreover certain that Austria is endeavouring to prepare a mediation. She seeks, in fact, to induce the Port e t o accept a pecun i ar y i n d emn ity, which England is ready to give, and which probably would ha ve a l ready b een accepted. at Constantinople if M. de Thouvenel had not pre vented it." The same letter says :—" MM. Go lesco and Bratiano, members of the Divan of Wallachia, who have been here for some days, were received on the 11th by Count de Buol, to whom they were presented by Prince Kalimaki. They leave to-morrow for Paris, where they intend to solicit an audience of the Emperor." The most recent accounts from Stuttgard do not announce any sensible improvement in the state of the King of Wurtemberg. The malady with which he is affected presents, on account of his advanced symptoms calcul a t e d t o caus e great uneasiness. ge h His physical strength is stated to be every day diminishing, and a certa i n d egree o f fever co ntinues. a CANADIAN AND AaIERICAN EMIGRATION.—An im portant arrangement has been completed between the London and North-Western Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, by whi c h p as sengers of the 3 of the latter C ompany, 2 1 , 01 l street,Broad to their desti na ti ons on the A mer ican cot - tinent, for one payment, which i n cl u d e s the railway fare from London Liverpool, the sea transit, either ros ° second, EoCf fi , ceand third cl asses can be booke d a t the fi Ln t' dn by steam or by sailing ship, and the railway fare to upwards of 150 leading stations and cities in Canada and the United States, as far even as Kansas, a dis tance of 1,694 miles from Quebec, and of 1,818 from Portland. The valuable pamphl e t s on the resources of Canada, the map of Canad a , s h ow i n g the railway connec tions with the U n i te d States, t h e t ar iff of through rates, and the protection afforded to emigrants by the Grand Trunk route, continue to be issued as usual, gratis, on application either personally or by letter, at 21, Old Broad-street, London, E.O. MONETARY AFFAIRS. (Prom the Derbyshire Courier.) The reduction of the rate of discount is a necessary consequence of the re-action after the suspension of that most iniquitous of all specimens of blundering, modern legislation—the Bank Charter Act. The ruin which it has brought upon trade by the systematic depreciation of all property to the amount of several hundreds of millions sterling, for the childish object of bringing back a few millions of gold, is now telling its tale. Hundreds of per sons of respectability and unimpeachable honour who have conducted their business on the strictest system of integrity and prudence have been ruined by the violent and sudden contraction of the cur rency, which has deprived them as completely of their hardly-earned property—as if Government had sent a band of burglars into their warehouses and counting-houses, and seized one-half of their goods. . What difference is there to a trader whether you seize on half his goods, or pass an Act of Parliament by which his goods are in a few weeks lowered 50 per cent. in saleable value I In such cases it is not whether a man has enough to pay 20s. in the pound, but whether he can imme diately realise a surplus capital to an extent to en able him to pay 30s. in the pound. The city writer in the Times, obeying his instinct of hitting the man on the ground, issues a tissue of unsupported misrepresentations against the trading community in general. There is, this writer affirms, "an almost universal desire on the part of creditors to cloak the offences that have been com mitted." This is on the face of it absurd. Men who are losing their property are keen enough in tracing and exposing any objectionable proceedings on the part o f th e 'debtors by whom they suffer. The truth is that the creditors know very well that the houses which have stopped payment have been ruined, not by their own improvidence, but by the direct operation of Peel's bills. In many cases, therefore, they have acted with that forbearance and consideration which all good or honest men would exhibit to the unfortunate victims of unjust and unwise legislation. " Take," stys the city writer of the Time; " the reports of Monday last." Very well. Take them from the Times itself. • The city writer mentions several, one of whom will pay, he says, only 4s. in the pound. A large house at Bradford has also, he affirms, been traffick ing in accommodation bills. A joint-stock bank allowed some accounts to be overdrawn. Messrs. Harrison, of Hull, did not make a balance-sheet, and so on. Here is the other side from the same day's paper of the bullionist organ—the Tintes. Take Sheffield, where " all branches of industry continue severely depressed." The Times' report says of this town, "There has not been in Sheffield a single case of commercial dishonesty." "The only failure was that of the respected firm of Nay lor, Vickers, and Co., who showed assets to the amount of 250,0001. after paying 20s. in the pound." At Halifax, Messrs. Crossley and Leeming will pay 20s. at 4,8, and 12, and 16 months, the last three payments with 5 per cent, interest. At Bradford, Messrs. Craven and Harrop expect to pay 205., without doubt. At Dudley, Messrs. Woodhall and Smith propose to pay in full: The same thing will occur in many cases. The wonder is, considering the dreadful depreciation of all property and the severity of the commercial pressure caused by the abominable and most unjust action of Peel's Bill, that the failures have not been much more numerous even than they are. This can only be accounted for by believing that Lord Overstone was right in what he said in July last ab3ut the prosperous and healthy state of trade. Lord Overstone and the Times' writer must settle between them which is right aua ..inch is wrong. rsftart wrong, both as to facts and arguments, that they will soon lose the degree of public confidence which either have, unfortunately for his country, contrived to obtain by hardihood of assertion and dogmatical presumption of a elf importance. WILL OFFICE.—NEW APPOINTRENTS.—...MT. E. F. Jenner, son of the late judge, Sir Herbert Jenner is appointed a Registrar of the new Court of Probate, upon the resignation of Mr. Dynely. The salary is 1,500/. a year. Mr. Coleman, Mr. J astice Cresawell's clerk, is appointed one of the Record Keepers, salary GOO/. in the room of Mr. Joseph Todd, resigned. Mr.! Shaw, keeper of the strong room, is appointed Examiner in the reading.room.—lllustrated News. BRITISH ASYLUM FOR DEAF AND DUMB FEMALES.— The friends of this excellent and mush-needed charity held a sale of ladies' fancy work, in the ai3luso at Ilomerton, on Saturday and Monday last, which was so numerously attended, that many were compelled to leave without being able to effect purchases. The rooms were tastefully and seasonably decorated, for which great credit Li due to the committee of management, as well as for their general arrangements for the convenient., of the public. The amount realized has exceeded the most sanguine anticipations, which may be attributed to the superior character of the articles exposed for sale, in comparison with those generally contributed to similar bazaars, no less than to the fascinating allurements of the fair ♦endors. There is no doubt that this charity requires only to be known to be appreciated ASHTON-UNDER-LINE MILITIA RIOT. —On Satur day morning at Salford quarter sessions for the hundred, held before Mr. Foster, the chairman, the Ashton under-Lyne rioters were placed in the dock, indicted for having committed a riot and assault at Ashton on the Ist instant. There were twelve prisoners, ten of whom belonged to the Queen's Own Royal Dublin Militia— viz., John Cuff, Patrick Smith, James Murtha, John Skelly, Patrick Coyne, Patrick Garrerty, Patrick Kelly, Michael Reilly, James M'Dermott, and Patrick Welsh, the two other prisoners were Lance-Corporal Joseph Mallaband and Private John Fitzgerald, of her Majesty's Ude Regiment, who were sent to the militia to teach them the new-rifle practice. The chairman sentenced Mallaband to be imprisoned for three months ; that Cuff, Coyne, Skelly, Murtha, and M'Dermott be im prisoned for six weeks, with hard labour ; that Welsh, Reilly, Kelly, and Smith be imprisoned one month, with hard labour ; and that G arrerty be imprisoned seven days. THE LATE CONVICT BSALE AND THEIGAOL GUAM— A case of improper conduct by one of the gaol guerds towards Beale, says the Brisiol Times, has been followed by the instant dismissal of the former. Only three or four days prior to the execution, Perry, a newly-ap pointed turnkey, was found in the condemned cell, where he and the convict were laughing over some rude figures of an indelicate nature which the officer had sketched on Beale's slate. The guard "was, of course, immediately suspended, and the circumstance being reported to the Visiting Justices, he was very properly discharged. The property belonging to Beale, including his watch, carpet bag, wearing apparel, pistols, &c., remained in the hands of the constabulary officials from the time of his apprehension at Daventry until after the execution, when it was formally taken charge of by the under-sheriff, Mr. Nicholette. ,We understand Beale's wife has sent in a claim for these articles, and his father also asserts his right to them ; under these circumstances the sheriff detains the malefactor's effects until the Secretary of State for the Home Department has decided upon the rival claims of Beale's relatives. THN BROMPTON HOSPITAL.—This valuable institution, which was established 16 years ago for the treatment of pulmonary oomelainte, has lately been enlarged to twice its former size by the completion of the original design of the architect. This hospital is now one of the largest in London. Its wards contain 230 beds, and the out- door department is capable of affording medicine and medical attendance to any number of sufferers who may need the treatment of the institution. At the present time about 100 are prescribed for daily. The hospital has the advantage of the gratuitous services of some of the most distinguished medical men of the day, while the arrangement and fitting up of the building is every thing that could be desired to promote the successful treatment of pulmonary diseases. The building is warmed and ventilated throughout on the most ap proved principles, and is so perfectly under command that the temperature can be regulated to simulate that of different climates, and thus meet the requirsenente of the cases under treatment. Attached to the hospital, and communicating with the wards by a long passage, is a chapel for the performance of divine service. This structure is an exceedingly handsome one, and was built at the sole expense of one of the governor?, the Rev. Sir Henry Foulie, Bart., and presented with Princely liberality as a "donation" to the charity. We regret to say that this hospital—so admirably adapted to meet the wants of a very numerous class of sufferers — is limited in its operations from the want of funds. Out of 230 beds ready for the reception of patients, only 90 :an be occupied with the present income. The charity is dependent upon voluntary contributions, legacies, &C., and it is to be hoped that these will be sufficiently in creased to allow the committee to keep all beds occupied —especially as there are seldom less than an average of 200 on the books awaiting their turn of admission. ni 10, Cep 44(