The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism,"—Xorning Post. - Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. eilTer Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Feb. Gth, TROVATORE es Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, Walworth , a nd Lyall ; Miss Pilling and Parepa. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, calle G d FUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the olden Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Barnes, Tallien, infants Lauri, and Misq Clara Morgan. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. T HEA TRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'ASSN', Mr. J. B. Buokstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE STRANGER. Mt Haller, by Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the new Haymarket ComieCluistmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leelercqs. should jeopardise everything. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Last Nights of the Spanish Dancer, Isabel Cubas. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, called A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dieken , :, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. J am es Vininz, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. Johnstone, 'l'. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, 11. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, airs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING THRUSHBEA.RD, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. H. arshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. _ Re-engagement of the Wonderful Damn', Mons. Espinosa. kirst appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sf-use of La Scala, Milan ; and the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON TILE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK Til E GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Artliur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta .oon, Mr. e aulo —Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams— Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. STEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. ..k1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster. Reproduction of TIIE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Billington, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Kimr-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre t• Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. THIS VEN LNG the performances will commence with A DEAD SHOT. Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c. And A BORDER MARRIAGE. Messrs. 11. T. Craven, Charles Young, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham. Reduced Prices--Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Last Two Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season. THIS EVENING, the Powerful Equestrian Drama 'of THE WOODMAN'S HORSE, in which is displayed the wonderful training of the Cream Palfrey, "Beauty, ' —Ex traordinary Acts of Ilosemanship by John Henry Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, and the great company of talented Pro fessors, French Pierrots, and facetious Clowns. To conclude with the Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs ; Tom, Mr. Herbert; Patty, Mr. G. Belmore. Commence at 7. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips Thefinal Morning Performance of the Pantomime will be on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Two o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.— EVERY EVENING. SterndAe - Bennett's MAY QUEEN. 4na_ ( Zirdlet 'Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of PINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BON HEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea. from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. TB B WEATHER.—Svx On icrl FEE. 5, 1860. TIMILMOVETER, IN THS SHADS. 47 —highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. .50—this day at noon. _ _ BAROMETER-30; falling. WIND, W.S.W. ; rather fresh, with fine mild weather. FEB. 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day at noon. BAROMETER—`29.B3 ; now 29.69. WIND, North-Westerly ; fresh, with fine cold weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY.—Morning, lh. Om.—Afternoon, lh. 26m. To-ioaßow.-Morning, lh. 51m.—Afternoon, 2h. 15m. - 4 c o-0.0 t• 1.4,* h I • it , s I C. 4 l 4 -, , I• )1 ' lrejz 1 , 44 •-•- THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 6, 1860. The indisposition of Mr. GLADSTONE has sub jected the country at once to an extraordinary in convenience, and to a very grievous disappointment. The postponement of the Budget produces a dead lock in the whole course of Public Business. Until the Chancellor of the Exchequer recovers his voice sufficiently to speak out, England--Europe, in a great measure—is left in a bewildering maze of the wildest. conjectures. It is the very time, of course, for the flitting to and fro of the tittle-tattle of every professional gobemouche. As bats are on the wing at the mock twilight of an eclipse—all sorts of flying rumours are about at this moment in the midst of this strange obscurity in the political atmosphere. Suspicions have broken away from their chrysalis form, and fluttered off in the shape of the very gaudiest canards. The larvaa of doubt upon both sides, among both parties, have become within the last few hours thus wonderfully transformed into the most brilliant butterfly statements well imaginable —statements, of course, put forth in each instance upon the highest authority—statements about the implicit acceptance of which there could not be room for one instant's reasonable hesitation. And so — quite naturally—it came to pass that while The Press of the day before yesterday was announcing in alarming posters and in extra-leaded leaders a Ministerial Crisis, a French Cabal in the Cabinet, a Distinct Treaty with our Imperial Ally, a Treaty both Offensive and Defensive, and we don't know what all the veracious and menda cious, and curiously and classically scurrilous Saturday Revior (going just exactly upon the opposite tack) suddenly announced the discovery of the most amazing mare's-nest of the season, in the shape of a secret compact entered into between the Earl of DERBY and, with him, the Earl of DERBY'S party, and [tell it not in the Gath of Exeter Hall—publish it not in tha Askalon of the purlieus of St. George's-in-the -East] —hin t it not to Mr. Sroo NERI NEWDEGATE!—and whisper it not to Mr. the emissaries and represen overnment I tatives of the Papal G Brushing aside this gnat-like swarm of w orr3 i ng , teazing, droning, rumours —there remainsbefore us the stubborn and disagreeable fact that the I I Budget is postponed. Instead of making his finan cial statement this evening, as had been formally , a rranged, Mr. GLADSTONE will now have th ree days more grace, and at the end of these will— influenza permitting—submit that financial state ment to . the House of Commons at the latest on the evening of • Thursday. To say that the delay is, under the circumstances, singularly vexatious, is, of course, to say merely what if left unsaid would be perfectly self-evident. But, remembering what the circumstances actually arc, we may add, we ........,---........----.:.........---,---- are almost constrainedby the forc _© of our convictions to add, tbat the " baulk" is in " every *respect_ most ominous for the Government. It is as omin ous in its way as the Romans would have deemed it—had one of their Caesars, on setting forth on some great enterprise, stubbled upon the threshold ! It argues ill, in every particular, that:the Tre4ty has been hushed up so carefully to the last moment, until the most adroit rhetorician of the Sixteen should, with the grand national Thumbscrew of the Budget in his hand, held in terrorins before the Commons, explain the obnoxious clauses of this wonderful Treaty, away, at the instant of its first revelation before Parliament ! And then that, at that lost moment, a trifle like a cold, a sore throat, a sudden hoarseness, One naturally asks oneself can the race be won when the jockey is so heavily weighted ! Will not all that ponderous and complicated mechanism shipped-amid-ships, break the back of even that good ship of the Coali tion when held suspended in the heavy swell of the session, upon the crest of those two giant waves—the division upon the Budget and the division upon the Treaty. Too much is obviously dependent upon this wonderful, wordy Financial Statement—now abruptly delayed by a tantalising casualty from Monday to Thursday. What is it in fact that Mr. GLADSTONE is expected to do—or rather, perhaps we should say, what is he not expected to do through the medium of his Financial State ment ? - [The Signal for the sudden delay of which, by the way, is strictly Shaksperian, being, as in the last scene of the "Merry Wives of Windsor," simply—" Mum, BUDGET !"] The Chancellor of the Exchequer, then, among other surprising political and financial pirouettes, will have to turn round swiftly and upon the instant upon all kinds and descriptions of subjects—upon the income-tax, upon free trade, upon the war with the Chinese ! He will have to advocate the cause of a Commercial Treaty directly opposed to all Free-trade principles ! He who himself, seven years ago, voluntarily pledged the Treasury to forego the Income-tax altogether in this very year of grace 1860—will, in this very year of grace, 1860, have to demand the reimposition of that worse than simply obnoxious tax, of that absolutely ab horred tax, at the rate of Ninepence ! And to what end ? Why, actually, forsooth, he is in the inte rests of " Peace" to ask for the * imposition anew of a regular " War " tax of .Nine pence on the incomes of the English . People, on the thrifty earnings of the labour and indus try of the masses of toiling Englishmen—so that our Imperial neighbours over the way (who, we are to remember with awe, possess so very power ful a steam fleet, and have, besides that, such an exceedingly formidable army of 500,000 men, in eliding among them those terrible dare-devils the Tnrcos and Zouaves, and Chasseurs d'Afriques) so that in craven terror of what our friends - in France may do to us unless we consent to con ciliate them, we may (in , the name of Free Trade) truckle to their Protectionist prejudices ! We are to pay an income tax of ninepence, so that the duties may be dropped on silk and claret—the toiling millions in England having such a pro f bable chance before them of wearing silk, and such a reasonable prospect of drinking claret ! And all this while the French monopolists are to have a clear eighteen months' grace, without conceding during that halcyon • interval a single tittle of reciprocated advan tages ! Why, absolutely in the presence of this monstrously and glaringly one-sided treaty, signed at Paris (with a painful consciousness before him of NAPOLEON'S steam fleet and army of 500,000 men, and the dreadful possibility of war being adventured upon against poor, little, helpless, decrepid England, by that formidable poten• tate !)—why, with a one-sided treaty like this before us, a treaty signed the other day so very eagerly by our Peace-at-any-Price Plenipotentiary, we may confidently pronounce the notorious Con spiracy Bill to be just absolutely nothing in com parison ! The Question now simply resolves itself to this—Will Englishmen agree to pay nine pence in the pound on their incomes so that they may no longer be frightened out of their senses by the perpetual fear of a French Invasion ? Will Englishmen pay an income tax of ninepence, so that the duties may be dropped on silk and claret for the particular benefit of the wealthy class of consumers ? Will Englishmen pay this income tax of ninepence for the sake of a singularly ingenious plan for extending Free Trade principles to France by means of a commercial treaty, the chief feature of which is an outrageous concession to French Protectionists ? Above all—will Englishmen con sent to do all this at the behest of Mr. COBDEN, who is a Free Trader no doubt, who, to his honour and glory, is the first and foremost of all Free Traders, but who is also (unhappily for England at this juncture) a conspicuous advocate of the craven and astounding doctrines known as those of Peace-at-any-Price ? Eighteen months, is it, Mr. COBDEN, during which England is meekly to wait for reciprocations from France ? England all the while paying dawn upon the nail that cruel ninepence Income Tax, which is the most cunningly - devised scheme ever contrived for any nation by means. of which she is enabled to pay her heart's blood for drachmas ! Eighteen months !—is that the interval, Mr. COBDEN ? Is that the interval, Oh, wonder-working Coalition ? Who shall say what may be the political situation at this rate in eighteen months ! Particularly remembering that Continental Europe is heaving and seething towards War in several distinct directions— at the very moment that Imperial France, sword in hand, occupies a dominant position in the councils of Christendom—at the very moment when England is being cozened into these craven concessions through the agency of a Peace-at-any- Price Plenipotentiary ! Whether the present junc ture is one of a Ministerial crisis or not—it is cer tainly one of a National Crisis, and of a National Crisis of vital importance. And it is this consideration beyond all others that we would now urge upon the judgment of the Legislature. The Treaty, at least, ought, in very decency, to be laid this evening upon the table of both Houses. The Budget again, in its turn, is promised for Thursday. Both Treaty and Budget the nation, at this juncture, earnestly and confidently commits to the PATRIOTIS3I and to the CONSCIENCE of the Commons House of Parliament. Amor , the many wonders of our Age there is none that yet comes up to the Electric Telegraph It seems as if we were speaking through eternity by its magical means. Time and space, which have hitherto been the inipecEinenta to progress, are now, as it were, banished from the earth. Next to the Telegraph comes the Photographic Art, which stamp s the present, by a glance, on the wondering but admiring countenance of the future. Then the railway—that marvellous conductor which takes the world in its warm embrace, and delivers it beyond the reach of vision in the twinkling of an eye ! All these are but mighty beginnings of a boundless future pregnant with happiness to man kind. Really it would almost seem, judging by ...---0. .., „....,,,,.....—,-- what we see, as if 'the world wer'Conly in its \ll boyhood,7rying with the toys of the universe. Well then we have reason to be thankful in spite of 11 our manifold troubles—most of them arising from our own folly and disbelief•in the wisdom of the CREATOR whose beneficense is immeasurable as it is inscrutable. We have been favoured with a map of the greatest wonder in this day of progressing intelligence— a very large map of Europe with parts of Asia and Africa, to which the lines of the Electric and the International Telegraph Companies are now extended. It is indeed a fine specimen of Art, and a still finer exemplification of how far the progress of mind extends with freedom of thought—free trade and human improvement all bound in one unity of good. It is, truly, a marvellous sheet for contemplation ! There, on the whole face of Europe, we see the lines of telegraph amply displayed, so far as the march of mind indicates the progress of improve ment. And the more we gaze and scrutinise sometimes in doubt, and then in questionable curi osity—we ask—how is this ? Some parts of the map seem, to be peopled as with the busy haunts of men, while other parts are lost in the wilderness of ignorance. " There is no mind, there, 'then !"—we exclaim, or if there be, it has no local habitation or Mr.-P~etiter'& office a name. Yes, it may have a name, but it is one even unknown to itself. As we scan yet closer, we are struck with a singular group of lines much resembling that of "the milky way" in the glorious firmament above, clustering into a family group of intellect, as compared to the wandering and disfsnt strangers sparkling around, and far away in the distance: Now what do these groups—for there are many of them—indicate? Why, this—they indicate that men, proud of their fatherland and the freedom of thought vouchsafed to their kind by good and wise laws, join together, and by the fruits of their labour enrich not only themselves, but diffuse, by a generous example the benefits they enjoy to surrounding com munities. In surveying this map we see the spread of intelligence starting, as it were, from the North though we know that it came originally from the South, but having lost its way in the maze of progress, it settled in the North for safer protection—and found " DeF Albion next— Thy free sea-girted Isle." Well, then, taking a view from Scotland—over England—across to Belgium—on to Dresden—and taking a turn to Switzerland on to Northern Italy Turin, &c. the line of commerce if not the line of beauty yet that of grace, seems to take its course in this manner from the cold but hearty North, to the warm and glowing glories of the South into the bosom of Italy and the gulf of Genoa ! The regions on either side those to the west are nearly as barren as those to the east, not excepting-even France. For, as to Spain, the lines are few and far between and, as for Eastern Germany and its kindred wilds of Russia, there is scarcely a line to be seen, save where the despotic chord is the best emblem of the Powers of darkness and superstition. Well, then, Freedom has much to boast of, for her votaries are the denizens of the earth, and will be the harbingers of good to all genera tions yet to come. A Cabinet Council was lield . on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing• street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Duke of Argyll, Sir G. C. Lewis, Lord J. Russell, Duke of New castle, Right Hon. S. Herbert, Sir C. Wood, Duke of So • nterset, Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, Sir G. Grey, Earl of Elgin, Right. Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary have taken up their residence in St. James's Palace for the season. Their Royal Highnesses have already re ceived numerous visits from the nobility in town.—Court Journal. - - His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge en tertained his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange at dinner on Saturday evening, at his residence in St. James's Palace. There were present to meet the illustrious Prince—their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prin cess Mary, his Excellency Baron Bentinck, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, the Right Hen. Major-General J. Peel, Major- General Sir Richard Airey, Count Bylandt, in waiting on the Prince of Orange, and Col. Clifton, in waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his first Parliamentary full-dress dinner this session on Saturday evening to the following :—Vis count Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Sir George Lewis, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, Sir George Grey, G.C,B. ; Lord Proby, Viscount Castlerosse, Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, the Right Hon. W. Cowper, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, the Right Hon. Judge Advocate-General, the Right Hon. J. D. Fitzgerald, the Hon. Henry Brand, Sir Wm. Dunbar, the Solicitor General, Mr. Baring, Mr. George Clive, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. S. Whitbread, Mr. Laing, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Mr. Massey, Mr. Bagwell, Mr. Sergeant Deasy, the Lord Advocate, the Hon. George Waldegrave, and the Rev. Henry Drury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was Prevented by a severe cold from being present. It is stated that Mr. Hutt, M.P. for Gateshead, has accepted the office of Vice-President of the Board. of Trade, vacated by the Hon. Mr. Cowper, in consequence of his appointment to the Presidency of the Beard of Works. We observe that Mr. Woodin is now starring it, with his " Olio of Oddities," at Southampton. Lord Seaton resigns the command in Ireland on the Ist of April, and Lord Melville that in Scotland at the same time, but the statements which have appeared with regard to their presumed successors have no substantial foundation, no arrangements having been yet made respect ing the anticipated vacancies.—Army:and Navy Gazette. According to advices from Nicaragua the Go vernment, by decree of the 13th of December, have annulled the contract respecting the transit, entered into the 15th of June, 1859, with MM. Belly and Thome de Gamond. CHURCH-RATES.—Mr. Hubbard's bill allows dis senters to claim exemption from church-rates by notice to the churchwardens. Such persons will not be qualified to attend any vestry meetings. Church-rates will be levied as before on these persons who shall not have claimed ex emption. THE EXCAVATIONS AT BUDRUM AND CNTDUS.— Further papers relating to the excavations at Budrum and Cnidus, 100 pages in extent, were laid before Parliamenten Friday. They will be interesting to antiquaries. A most painful sensation was produced at Ver sailles the day before yesterday by the accidental death of M. Richebourg, paymaster of the 4th Regiment of Hussars. He was smoking a cigar at the window of an upper room, when the hand rail on which he was leaning gave way, and falling head foremost on the pavement he was killed on the spot. The Brussels letters mention that the Bank of Belgium is expected to raise its rate of discont to 4 per cent. next week. The financial accounts from Calcutta by the pre sent India mail are only eight days later. The advance in rupee paper has not been more than about per cent., and consequently all that may have been transmitted will be likely at our prices to yield such a profit as will encourage an active continuance of operations. The latest dates to hand front London were by telegraph to the 26th of Novem ber. It will be by the mail of the 10th of December that the most favourable quotations will have begun to be re ceived. with p i. e n n d si India on trade, isannouncedof Mr. J. in rithilrEsausstll. Cohn, about 00,000. The state, liabilities . to the amount of u nsatisfactory. it is feared, will turn out The supporters of Mr. Love o s tatement published respecting the c e ha lit end that the joint committe ( nut the j oint trete committee) of the East ern Counties, Nor folk, and Eastern Unioe was incorrect. Their represe ntation of the case Companies com mittee, have to elect a chairman, was equallyr divided, that the a..t.i that Mr. Bruce was the refore ' a pp ointed chairman for the day, under protest, it be in g a g reed b y all p r esent to re fer the legal point to counsel fur decision. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.—The intelli gence from Melbourne by the present mail comprises a re vived complaiat of the irregularities of the mail service. The English October m ails were not delivered until nine days after they were due. The despatch by the Peninsular and Oriental Company of the Columbian once more to the Australian waters, was complained of as the cause of this. The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce have taken up the question of the detention caused by the m detourmade by the mail steamers in calling at Nepe an Bay, and have de spatched through the President of the Chamber, a letter to the Postmaster-General, in reply to the despatch forwarded from St. Martin's-le-Grand by the October mAus tralian Nail, ' • r R E sir , toiNTDOI%. isiOsi)A3E- EV-Er(iNa- Lrit T E S T - N E The following telegrams have been received at _ _ PARIS, SUNDAY. In all the churches of Paris the priests, following the orders of the Archbishop of Paris, read to-day the last encyclical letter of the Pope. The Archbishop has also ordered public prayers to be offered until Easter, in order "that his Holi ness may overcome the tribulations and persecu tions to which the Church is now exposed. These last words were taken from the nzandement, which was also read to-day from the pulpit. Yesterday Lord Cowley visited the Ambassador of Austria, with whom he had a very long con ference. ROME, SUNDAY. Thl Marquis de Cadore, who replaces M. Sam pay as First Secretary to the French Embassy, has arrived here with orders from the Emperor to General Goyon, to take all measures for the maintenance of public order. PARTS, MONDAY. The .Moniteui . contains numerous nominations of Sardinian officers to the Legion of Honour, and announces that 2,000 military medals have been granted by the French Government to Piedmoitese sous-off ciers and private soldiers. BERLIN, MONDAY. It is stated that France is disposed to withdrew her troops from Rome provided the Pope consents, and engages himself to call in no other foreign troops. There are no negotiations whatever going on concerning the cesetion of Venetia. MADRID, FEB. 5. The camp of the enemy before Tetuan has been taken by the Spanish, after a glorious and 'complete victory. A number of cannons and tents of the Moors were also captured. The surrender of Tetuan is imminent. PARIS, SUNDAY. A few days ago Lord Cowley communicated to M. Thouvenel a project of the English Cabinet for the definitive settlement of the Italian question. This project contains the following points :- 1. The principle of non-intervention to be applied in an absolute sense. BERLIN, SUNDAY. TURIN, FEB. 4. OFF TETUAN, FED. 4 (via MADRID). 2. Venetia to remain apart from all negotiations concerning new territorial arrangements, and to continue under the Austrian rule. 3. The inhabitants of Central Italy to be again invited to vote on their own Constitution. Should they pronounce themselves for annexation with Sardinia, the latter Power to be authorised to ac complish their wishes. 4. Sardinia to abstain from every measure des tined to favour the annexation until the new vote of the Italian States has taken place. 5. France to withdraw her troops from Rome and from the other parts of Italy. M. Thouvenel, after having received the orders of the Emperor, declared that before giving a defi nitive answer to the propositions of the English Cabinet the French Government thought it indis- I pensable to be informed of the ♦iews of Austria. The cour i er bearing the reply of Austria is not expected at Paris before the end of the week. The Conatitutionnel, in an article signed by M. Gran dguillot, says., 7 — " The report going the round of the journals rela tive to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France is but the result of a presentiment of public opinion and a statement based on the logic of facts. " The press has been struck by the attraction felt by the population of Savoy towards France, and by the justice of a measure which at the moment when Piedmont is- to be singularly aggrandised would give France a geographical frontier. " But this unanimous tendency of the press re mains completely without official impulse. " What Savoy wished for, what France desires, does not appear doubtful, but what the Government will and can do remains hidden under the veil of FRANCE: diplomacy. " Those who assert that the affair is settled are no better informed than those who say that it will not take place. " The Emperor is the scrupulous defender of the essential conditions which insure and guarantee balance of power in Europe, and will certainly not allow it to be altered, either to his detriment or tict of others." The Western Powers, it is asserted, have pro posed to Austria, as a solution of the Italian ques tion, that the States of Central Italy should be called upon to vote again concerning their annexa tion to Piedmont, and that the principle of non-in tervention should be recognised. It is reported that Austria has declared her re solution not to abandon the basis of the agreement of Villafranca ; it is also said that she will not pro mise an absolute non-intervention in Central Italy, and that, should no Congress take place, she will only negotiate with France. The Opinione refutes the accusations of the Patric concerning the conduct of the Sardinian Government in Savoy. Sardinia has ever shown great confidence iu Savoy and Nice, which have always justified it by their exemplary fidelity. The Piedmontese Government has left,those provinces without troops, thereby allowing the inhabitants the free manifesta tion of their feelings. At the last communal elec tions in Savoy and Nice the party favourable to separation did not obtain the majority. The idea of nationality must not be forced upon peoples. In case Sardinia should obtain sufficient compensation and strategic :positions, and should the annexa tion of Savoy to France then be asked for, it might be granted, but it is very difficult for Nice to be come French. Nice protests against it by her acts ; her interests are also contrary to it. Therefore these two distinct questions must not be mixed to gether. Sardinia is the friendly, loyal, and grate ful ally of France, but as long as Austria possesses Venice the principle of Italian nationality cannot' be developed. Austria will be a permanent threat against Piedmont, and no Power would require that Piedmont should weaken herself. On Thursday the weather was extremely bad. The sea has never been worse, and many ship wrecks occurred. The disembarkation of the siege train has been completed. The semi-official ( orrespondencia Aulografa denies the reports that peace is about to be con• eluded, and says :—" It is impossible to enter into negotiations before complete vengeance has been obtained by taking Tetuan and Tangier." Yesterday Marshal O'Donnell announced to the army that they would march against Tetuan. It is believed that a great battle must have taken place before the walls of that town, but no news has yet been received. • VIENNA, FEB.. 5. On Friday last Baron Vay and Baron Pronay, Great military preparations are being made, and arrests continue everywhere. General Hess has been pensioned: PARIS, SUNDAY. The Moniteur publishes the following report, dated Feb. 3d, to the Emperor from the Minister of War : " Sire—ln conformity with the intentions ex pressed by your Majesty, I have the honour of submitting to you a bill to the effect that the con tingent fixed by the law of May 31, 1859, for the recruitment of the land and naval forces from the class of 1859 shall be reduced from 140,000 men to 100,000. I beg your Majesty to authorise this bill being sent to the Council of State for examination, in order that it may be presented to the Legislative Body at the opening of the next session. I am, Sire, with the deepest respect, &c., " RANDON." The signature of the Emperor attests that the suggestion made is approved of. THE BOURSE, Feb. 4.--The opening of the market was buoyant in consequence of the nduc tion of the French army announced in the 3foniteur, but prices afterwards again receded in consequence of sales for realisation. Threes, which had im proved to 68f. 45c., declined to 67f. 85c. ; Mobilier varied from 760 f. to 745 f. ; Lyons, 890 f. to 882 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,362 f, 50c. to 1,355 f. ; Southern, 505 f. to 4971. 50c. ; Austrian, 505 f. to 500 f. ; Lom bard, 505 f. to 545 f. The following are the last quotations :- 4/ per Cents. .... 97 15 Credit Fonder 740 Do. end montk I Belgian 4} 3 per Cents . 67 851Piedroontess (5) .. 81 Do. end month.... 67 80 , "ttoman 77 50 Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 748 75 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 743 , Flom Debt — PMITIVART S , 1860. members of - the Proles - taut depiitation from ILln gary, were received by the Emperor at a long audience. His Majesty promised them that in a legal way their legitimate wishes will soon be satisfied. MILAN, SATURDAY. The Austrians are constructing four new forts round Peschiera, where a large hospital has been established. Sixty-four rifled cannon of large calibre have arrived at Mantua and have been placed in the for tresses of the Quadrilateral. Heavy rifled bronze cannon have been substituted for the cast iron can- non. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 912 50 .. 907 50 New ditto 825 .. • 820 Lyons and Mediterranean BB5 .. 882 50 Geneva 497 50 .. 495 Southern Western 577 50 .. 575 Eastern Sardiniali 393 .. 392 50 Austrian L0mbard......645 547 50 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. ; money, 25f. 7e.; three months, paper, 24f. 85c. ; money, 24f. 821 e. ... Ll2 l- BATCR..E. The Hallow Isle Tragedy. 3 Tols. Chapman and Ilan. This is, in many respects, a peculiar book, but it has the advantage of novelty in the choice of its scenes, and of presenting a variety to the ordinary run of romances of the day. It is also very well written, and some of the wild scenes and mysteri ous adventures tnat take place are narrated in a fitting and impressive manner. The reader is agreeably surprised in the story being, fur the most part, unconnected with the religious discussions and dissensions that then raged in the country. Such topics never form a desirable subject for stories, therefore the present one is to be com mended for merely touching on the topic without tracing effects too deeply to their causes, and descanting and dilating on the pros and cons of the case. The character of Logan, the young minister, is well described ; he was not himself in favour of the new movement, but he was influenced by those around him ; and although nominally on one side of the disputants, he really did not care which cause triumphed. Perhaps he was not the worse for his indifference, as the excess to which the ardour of zealous converts carries them is most inimical to any advantages that might under calmer conduct really accrue from a new system being introduced. The story is rambling and disjointed, but it depends more on its style than its events, more on its cha racters than its construction. Melethor, the master, as he was called, is a very fine straightforward young man, and in the conflicting chaos of discus sions and disturbances, social and religions, it is a positive relief to meet with one sensible person who is not influenced by selfish motives, or actuated by prejudiced views, but who renders better service to his country in the unimpassioned exercise of his moderate abilities than others of far higher attainments who are vehement in their actions and misguided in their zeal. Effie, the sister of Logan, is a very pleasing young girl, and in her simple style and her downright conversation she forms an amusing contrast to her brother, who is sometimes rather didactic in his tone and rather theoretic in his views. Effie was essentially practical, and in deed carried some of her notions too far, as when she concealed the extraordinary story of Kith, the servant, from those whom it so immediately con cerned. The winding-up of the tale in the old ruined castle before the strange Mrs. Deerness and the contending claimants for the estate is very exciting, and reminds one of the memorable denoue ments in the romances of old times. Weatherby is an artful and yet a weak man, whose career of crime and whose eventual misery form one of the morals of the tale. His confederate in villainy is also well displayed, and his awful fate at the last is indeed a tragedy. Some of the scenes are worthy of parti cular notice, in especial the one in which Rollockson is entrapped into captivity, and has to escape in a pantomimic style. Altogether this is a very read able story, and the variety of persons who figure in its pages, combined with its skilful details and exciting events, may render it a favourite with many ; at any rate, it possesses the merit of being quite out of the common in its general tenor, and of being spirited in its style. Dublin Univereity Magazine. " Vonved the Dane" is continued, and the story takes a new form in this division, it is so far nar rated in an impressive manner. There is a very sensible article on a book recently published, en titled " Realities of Paris Life," in which the unfair insinuations, the absurd notions, and the prejudiced views of the author of that work are most ably ex posed and treated with the censure they so fully . merit. It is not that the object is to praise every thing French, but a parallel case is always drawn in which the English side of the question is not only inferior, but generally weak or wrong. In describing the French army the author defiantly asks, "Could any other than French soldiers have been converted V into Zouaves ?"—and again, " In what country in the world shall we find a regiment like them." It is here worthily answered, "We take liberty to doubt whether any Zouave regiment is comparable to the 42d Highlanders, or the 88th Connaught Rangers. Should it ever happen that the Zouaves have again to cross bayonets; with these, or any other British regiment, we apprehend that the precedents of Magenta or Solferino will hardly be found to rule the issue of the grim de bate." A considerable space is very properly de voted to refuting the unworthy charges preferred against the army chaplains of avoiding disease and danger while the priests, on the contrary, " seemed to court it." It would be unfair, on the other hand, to run down the character of the French army or people, but the annals of history have proved that no nation has surpassed the English in every species of heroism, at the same time if books like the one under discussion are written, it is only fit ting that they should bo repudiated. One of the outrageous statements is properly refuted when treating of missionaries. It is said that the Catho lic priest toils with no hope of preferment, no dazzling mitre beckons him oa. To this, it is ob served, that the "Pope, now ruling at Rome, has it counted as one of his deserts, very properly by his biographers, that he served in early life in the missions of Chili. Dazzling mitre, indeed, what of the triple tiara !" In the exciting discussions on the Conspiracy Bill, Lord Derby admirably expressed himself con cerning the letters of the colonels, he said he would not believe they fairly represented the noble army of France, for true courage never indulges in bom bast, so the right-judging reader will feel that such sentiments as are professed in these pages neither exhibit the spirit, or the temper, which actuates the majority of the members of an ancient church, or the people of the most polished country. This article will be found eminently worthy of perusal from its temperate tone and its judicious remarks. " Artist and Craftsman," is continued. There are some momentous seems in this instalment, and Clara and Mark part for ever. She is devoted to her " glorious vocation," which he denounces as unworthy of her. This forms a better foundation for a quarrel than lovers can often lay claim to, and the result is that they dissolve their engagement, and each pursues a separate line, There is an ex cellent article on the " Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas." Few of the occurrences of these latter days are more fraught with the solemnity of reality, and the interest of romance than the records of those discoveries in the Northern Seas. Nothing could have more effectually described their suffer ings than the lines written long before their expe dition was planned : " On the frozen deeps repose, 'Tis a dark and dreadful hour, When round th• ship the icebergs close, To chain her with their power." Although t unsuccessful, their courage and constancy are,above all praise, and En gland will not forget that her dead slumber in those ice-bound regions. It is truly stated in this memoir of Captain WClin tock that some testimonial of his great .exploit should be awarded to him as a slight recognition on the part of the Government of the ser vice he, his officers, and his men have rendered to h . umanity, to science, and to our country. In this number there are various other articles that afford attrac tion to different classes of readers. Bentley's Miscellany. Mr. Ainsworth is fairly in the saddle now with his new serial story of " Ovingdean Grange," and is off at a canter over the beautiful South Downs t Pleasant sward it proves, moreover, to the Pegasus bestridden by the Romancist. And the localities traversed are manifestly as familiar to the Tale Teller as they are undoubtedly delightful in them selves. By the time the narrative has been com pleted associat ions hardl y less historic al than roman tic will, through its agency, have come to be indissolubly c onnected with almost ever y hill and dale, copse and ba rrow, cli ff and ruin in those lovely haunts of the Sussex wayfarer. Here the reader of Harrison Ainsworth's last romance will e Grange" ig be enabled to say, as ho loiters among t ures que scenes brought so very vividly bef the pie an the e, , —Here, mind's e y at e thisby the angle writer o fthe road, C o l one l Mau nse l of " Ovingd drew rein as he came within view o f the inhospitable g - - c in ov a e n t:od walls the dwelling of old Zachary Tr itv ai the shadow of these rissptahneieelosrnaenrdof the Here, under e u r l c m i a e r l t i a n r tarried dfi fist. t. with y Yonder f O a s ir tri D g k tv, le ,a g i i n ft. ancient churchyard in which icsh theol y trystvery court with in w Increase hieh l‘ t the she had her melan- Yonder too by the trusty old trooper, John were watched Haburgeon. Again and again, before now, Mr. A' Ainsworth has displayed in a very remarkable ' manner his skill in investing with a novel glamour of romantic interest the halls and corridors, the every nook and angle, of some stately histo r i c edifice —Windsor indsor Castle, for example, St. James' s Palace, the Tower of London. What lie has done well,or time after time, with a single structure, lie i s now doing in regard to a whole countryside. A n d this time too his achievement is effected, so to speak, si • ngle handed— without any of _ i the ingenious illustrative wood D cuts of Mr. lamotte • —without any pictorial aid from the graceful pencil of Tony Johannot, or from the m • agical etching-needle of George Cruik s nha k of . The absence from Mr. Ainsworth's p iges any such f am ili ar accom paniments only enhances the merit of his p res ent success. His delineations are independent of embellishments. He carries his readers with him in his present excursion to the neighbourhood of Lewes, into the very midst of the Old Priory ruins, and within the walls of the Old Priory House, where (in the latter locality) we new make acquaintance with two entirely cha racters, to wit, burly Skraw Antraln t the porter, and the master of the dwelling (al rea dy mentioned), grim old Zachary Trangmaii. later we hai - e iit succession, how Ninian deliver ed his message at the Grauge of Ovingdean—how the search over that old mansion was conducted by the Captairi of the Ironsides—and lastly, how Increase Micklegift (of all men in the world) did a good turn to Clavering. The breathless surprise and confusion in the last brief chapter are in every way worthy of the author of " Rookwood" and " Jack Shep pard." " Ovingdean Grange" is so much the attrac tion just now in Bentley'3 111iscellany that we have not unnaturally left ourselves merely room to enu merate a few of the other contributions. Among these the more noticeable papers are—another chapter of " Mingle Mangle," anent " Romeo and Juliet" by Monkshood—another story, by Ouida, entitled "Belles and Blackcock"—three additional chapters of " Gurney" by Dudley Costello—and the commencement of a smart and tart series of Franco- English running-commentaries on passing events, written by M. Victor Gouache, and designated for the nonce, " The Outremanche Correspondent." Colburn's United Service Magazine. In this excellent magazine we find as usual much to attract the attention both of the professional and non-professional reader. All to whom the military and naval services of their country are objects of interest will do well to study the two first articles here met with, at the present juncture especially they are of great moment, as notwithstanding the enigmatical advantages pre paring in the shape of mystical treaties of commerce, the great questian of the day with all patriots is the efficient protection and suitable forces of their country. Some of the arguments here met with are most sound, and it would be well if they were attended to. In referring to the storm of abuse which generally assails all entrusted with com mand, it is wisely suggested that the energies of the complainants would be better employed in seek ing the right men than in stigmatising the wrong ones. The following passage alludes to the want of efficient commanders, and the indifference that exists on this important point : " The Russian dicta—that we have an army of lions, led by asses—is the one which seems most pleasing to the na tional vanity. Tf we believe it to be true, why don't we change it ? for an army with leaders who cannot be de pended upon is not one in which any nation can trust. We are loud in our anxiety about our defensive means, but where is the general, when the hour of need comes, that ws arc to place at the head of them ? and what steps are we taking to insure our ever having one ? Is he to be found at Aldershott, or in Ireland, or anywhere amongst those now in active employment? If he is, why is he not made known, that the army may hear of him, and learn to place confidence in him ? That feeling is seldom inspired all at once ; and if there is a capable man on whom the Govern ment has its eye, it would surely be desirable to bring him forward at once, and to let him have all the practice in peace which our camps of instruction, or the command of large bodies of troops, can afford. It will not do to shut him up in a band-box, to be brought out only at the moment ho is wanted. It' matters are somewhat precarious as to the pos sibility of invasion, we ought at least to have some indica tion of the coming man to whom we are to trust for saving us when it does take place. Is he at home or abroad, or in Parliament, or where is he ? will the militia or volunteers furnish him P He certainly does not seem to be incommand anywhere, or we might expect to hear something about him." The second article, which treats of " The Mis management of the Royal Navy," is also deserv ing of regard. It asserts that there is a want of internal management and discipline, that places it in great peril. It truly states that in the late mutiny of the Princess Royal every one concerned was to blame. The crew were much to blame for their mutinous conduct, but they had the excuse of being drunk at the time, and therefore their insu bordination was not premeditated rebellion. The officers were very faulty in permitting the men to get drunk, and in not suppressing the insubordination. Captain Baillie was also unfit for the post he held, he was wanting in decision, and, as often happens to such characters, in endeavouring to arrange mat ters both sides were annoyed with him. "It was his misfortune to be appointed to command a ship, having such a disorderly crew, and Sir Charles Wood is responsible for having appointed him." A comparison is instituted between the late and pre sent Government in this department, and it is stated that the Whig Board of Admiralty do not deserve, and will doubtness not obtain, the confi dence of the House of Commons : " At the commencement of last year, we had a First Lord of the Admiralty who devoted his whole mind and time to the duties of his office, and who had obtained the the confidence of nearly all naval officers, from his prompt attendance to their complaints, and from his determination to introduce new life and energy into the British Navy. Now we have a First Lord who has disregarded most of the improvements suggested by his predecessor—who is above being troubled with the hardships that naval officers suffer under, and who cares not what other shoulders bear the blame so as he can manage to retain a fleeting popularity. " Sir John Pakington did not desert Admiral Hope be cause his gallant attack on the Peihe forts was unsucces o h u e b t w l cost: would had havehe s e l l remain lavish ed at the promotionsßo ard to I f A u d i n ; • i a r n a d l y d , those brave officers and men who showed that they pos sessed the true spirit of British sailors, by fighting to the very last against such overwhelming odds. But, because the Times censured Admiral Hope for his rashness, the Board of Admiralty, under the presidency of the Duke of Somerset, has shown the most cold neglect to the services of those officers serving under that Admiral. Indeed, we have even heard it rumoured, that had it not Leen for our beloved Queen, Admiral llepe would have been superseded in his command." Various other papers on the different subjects are to be found, and, on the whole, the readers of this number will not find that it falls short of its prede cessors. Th. Cornhill Magazine. Smith and Elder. The brilliant success achieved by the first number of this periodical prepares the reader to welcome the second with favour. His anticipations will not be disappointed, for in style and subjeet, in quantity and quality, this second number fully maintains the reputation acquired by the first. Prominent amongst its contents are the two stone* whose dramatis personee were last month admitted to the circle of our acquaintances, and are doubt less soon to be numbered in the list of our especial friends. Mr. Tennyson's poem has disappointed us. It is taken from the old legend of the goddess who bestowed eternal life on her lover, forgetting that hewould grow old. Though many touching lines and graceful images m ay meet us, we c an no t consider that Mr. Tennyson s recent contributions to periodical literature have at all en h ance d his fame. The article entitled " Nil Ni s i B onum " i s in accordance with its subject and reflects credit on its composer. Few more grateful tasks are devolved on those whose vocation it is to note the progress of ev en t s th an w h en th e y have to render their homage to the memory of a great name w hich bel ongs, f rom h ence f ort h , no m ore to the trivial events of the day, but has be come a part of the great future of history. Melan choly though the feeling may be which pervades the min d , it is sati s f actory to know that one i s en gaged in an undertaking where it is a sacred duty to ignore all errors, and to remember all merits, as the poet has expressed it in these inimitable lines— " But far from us, and from our mimic scene, Such things should be, if such have ever been. Ours be the gentler wish, the kinder task, To give the tribute, glory need not ask— To mourn the vanished beam, and add our mite Of praise in payment of a long delight." In speaking of Macaulay and Washington Irving, the spirit of the above passage has actuated the language of the writer. He commences by stating that " two men, famous, admired, beloved, have just left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time." After a brief summary of their different attainments, this admirable essay thus concludes : " It has been the fortunate lot of both to give un accountable happiness and delight to the world, which thanks them in return with an immense kindliness, respect, and affection. It may not be oar chance, brother scribe, to be endowed with such merit, or rewarded with such fame. But the re• wards of these men are rewards paid to our service. We may not win the baton or epaulettes, but God give us strength to guard the honour of the flag." The last knight who has entered into the tilt could commence his warfare fired with no nobler zeal, and ambitious of no better success. The first of a series of essays on "William Hogarth and his Time" promises well. Its picture of the time when the "Little boy Hogarth," the hero of the first essay, makes his entry on the stage of life, is vividly and forcibly drawn. Full of incident and research though it is, the write r pl easan tly di sc l a i m s any attempt to write a complet e bi ogra phy of Hogarth ; asserting that he does not know enough to complete a reliable and authentic life. Whether this be the case or no, the reader will have little cause to quarrel with him on the score of ignorance, for information of the most varied character is scattered through the essay, with a readiness of memory and smartness of style which forcibly re minds us of a writer who has done good service in this school of literature already. A paper on " In vasion Panics" offers a good deal of suggestive matter to the attention of the reader. It commences ty observing that when about the year 1899, Field- Marshal Dowbiggin, full of years and honours, shall edit the correspondence of his kinsman, the cele brated War Minister during the Russian struggle, the grandchildren of the present generation may probably learn a good deal more respecting the real causes of the failures and shortcomings of that period than we are likely to know on this side our graves. And so " when some future Earl of Pembroke shall devote his splendid leisure, under the cedar groves of Wilton, to preparing for the information of the twentieth cent ury,the memoirs of his great ancestor, Mr. Secretary Herbert, posterity will then have some chance of discovering what is kept a close secret from the public just now—whether any domestics causes exist to justify the invasion-panic under , which the nation has recently been shivering. The correspondence of Lord Cornwallis, recently, published, admits us behind the scenes of officia l SARDINIA. A letter from Turin of the Ist, in the Constau tionnel, says : " Count Cavour opened his salons the evening before last for the first time, and they were literally too small to contain the brilliant crowd that flocked to them. Among those present were the Prince de Carignan, more than 150 ladies, and the whole diplomatic body, with the exception of the mem bers of the French legation. That absence at first excited some surprise, until the cause of it was known to be the death of the Grand Duchess of Baden. The relations between Count Cavour and M. Thouvenel, the new French Minister of Foreign Affairs, are said to have been already established on an excellent footing. The French Cabinet, how ever, it is reported, thought it necessary, a few days ago, to complain in a friendly way of the mistrust which the Sardinian Government appeared at times to feel towards its best ally, and at the same time gave some counsels of prudence. Count Cavour is said to have received these communications very graciously, expressing warmly his constant grati tude for the services rendered to Italy by France, and his entire confidence for the future in the noble and generous support of the Emperor Napoleon. As to the fears which were expressed to him that he was giving a too precipitate and consequently dangerous impulse to the march of affairs in Italy, the Count sought to remove them, by himself explaining to the French Minister at Turin the terms of his circular to the Sardinian legations, and the language of which is essentially conservative. By way of conclusion, I will give you two items of local news : Count Nomis de Cos sila has been appointed mayor of Turin, and Count Cavour elected honorary member of the Academy of Milan." A Turin letter, in the Gazette du 211idi, says : " The general opinion is that the last act of annexa tion will be played in the Sardinian Parliament, to which the deputies of Central Italy are to be ad mitted shortly after the opening of the session. There is, however, still a difficulty, and no one yet knows how to solve it. It is this :—the Sardinian kingdom, augmented by Lombardy, will have 260 r epresentatives—Tuscany 57, Amilia 70 ; in all 387; and where can all these people sit ? The present chamber, in the Carignan Palace, is not large enough. Count Cavour gave orders to the architect to see to the matter; and that gentleman, after making calculations and drawing up several PP lans thinks he will be able, by leaving but little room to each deputy, and by adding two rows of seats, to accommodate 350 members. This will leave 27 to be unprovided for. On days when busi ness is dull, they will no doubt be able to take the places of absent members ; but what will they do when the Chamber is full ?" The Duchess of Genoa has arrived at Turin. The Vienna Gazette announces that the Court of Austria will go into mourning for a fortnight for the Grand Duchess of Baden, the first week deep. and the second half mourning. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, The clipper ship Donald M'Kay, Captain Pryce, belonging to the Black Ball and Eagle line, arrived in the Mersey to-day from Melbourne, whence she sailed on the 12th of November, bringing 190 pas sen ;ers, specie valued at £150,000, about 5,000 bales of wo.)1 of the new clip, &c. She was off Cape Clear on the 31st ult., but was blown seaward by a strong north-east wind. The run from the Equator to Cape Clear occupied only 20 days. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. —The answer to inquiries at the right lion. gentleman's residence this morning was, that he was much better. THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE.—Most unfortunately at this important juncture of public business the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been assailed by a severe cold and influenza, which will prevent his customary attendance upon public businoss for a few days. Since the Cabinet Council on Friday Mr. Gladstone has been in a weak state, and been confined to his chamber. The bulletin issued yesterd morn i n g we supply :—" Mr. Gladstone has passed a goodnight, and is better this morn ing, the chest being relieved in a m easure." Dr. Ferguson was in attendance twice ye sterda y , and at a late hour last evening the right hon. gentleman was pronounced to be rather better, and progressing as favourably as could be desired. Mr. Gladstone's medical attendant orders perfect repose for a day or two, and hopes that his patient will be so far recovered on Thursday as to be able to attend to his official duties in the House of Commons that evening. I n consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Gladstone there were a great many inquiries yesterday at the right hon. gentleman's official residence in Downing-street. Among those who called personally were Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, the Duke of Somerset, the Earl Stanhope, the Earl of St. Germans, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right lion. Edward Ellice, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, the Right lion. Edward Cardwell, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood , t he Right lion. Sidney Herbert, L or d Clarence Paget, Sir Walter James, &c. The Observer of yesterday says :—We regret to state that the health of Mr. Baron Watson is in a very precarious state—so much so that the learned judge has, in accordance with th e o p inions of his medical ad visers, left London for the benefit of the sea air. partii light: dotes the E War 1 at wo prisot more order hewn with the at render excite