The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 1, 1858. If the accounts from India de not possess the thrilling interest which belonged to them so long as Delhi remained in the hands of the rebels, and the lives of the helpless fugitives at Lucknow we* still in imminent danger, there are yet matters of immense importance which are communicated by each weekly mail. The great events have been decided. We can no longer trace the progress of HAVELOCK and his handful of heroes against over whelming odds, but we may watch the work of pacification, and regard with admiration the brilliant strategy of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL and of Us efficient lieutenants in various quarters. These are quite sufficient grounds to induce us to await eaeh successive telegram with anxious curiosity, 1 11 44 to maintain the excitement for fresh intelli gene° with scarcely diminished intensity. It is manifestly the intention of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL to drive all the rebels into Oude, and to tranquillise all the adjoinit, districts in the first instance, before be makes his final, and, we t r ust, his decisive, onslaught. As we explained en Saturday, there were three distinct columns l ' scouring the country between the Ganges and the Jumna, and even west of the latter river. These different bodies will eventually be reunited at Agra when their work has been accomplished. Sir COLIN himself had, with the main body of his troops, marched towards Furruckabad, where he might naturally conceive the hardest work was required. Brigadier WA LPOLE, with his division, bad proceeded south •westward to Calpee, and thence by Nawab to Agra ; while 'Brigadier CHA3IBER LAIN swept Rohilcund with his gall int followers. And the gallant SEATON had occupied Mynp oor i e, having previously defeated the insurgents in that quarter, and captured six guns, leaving compara tively easy work for Sir COLIN and his followers. Further south, Brigadier Rom was marching from Indore for the purpose of relieving Saugor. It is obvious, then, that the result of these com plicated movements will be the purification of the districts west of Oude from the insurrectionary element, which will all be concentrated in Oude, affording an opportunity of completely suppres sing it at one decisive blow. On the North-eastern boundary- our faithful and efficient ally, Rm . * BA.HADOOR, is operating with " 10,000 hardy Ghoorkas. Brigadier FRANKS and his contingent will co-operate with the Nepaulese General, and effectually prevent any escape or disturbance in the direction of Jaunpore, Azim- , ghur, or Goruckpore. By these means, in place of having a wide-spread rebellion, with men in arms against us in every quarter, the matter will be reduced to a war with a proportionately small kingdom, which we shall have comparatively but little difficulty in reducing to obedience. It may be a work of time; but the result, humanly speaking, can scarcely admit of doubt. Nor is Oude altogether in the hands of the insurgents. A British garrison, consisting of 4,000 good men, commanded by an experienced and efficient Gene ral, hold their positon in the very heart of the kingdom, within three short miles of the capital and four of the residency, which was twice so miraculously relieved, despite the efforts of 50,000 or 60,000 rebels, and which was held by the small but unlinching force under General INGLIS for a series of months, against all the power that could be brought against it, although its assailants were actuated by the most fiendish thirst for blood. This garrison is not now encumbered ' with women and children. The veterans of which it is composed could at any moment cut their way through all the forces that could be brought against them. Indeed, they were enabled to sally forth and severely chastise a large body of rebels who were in their vicinity, completely dispersing the insurgents, and capturing four of their guns with but little loss to themselves. This brilliant ex ploit shows how little the party in the Alumbagh have to fear from the machinations of their oppo nents, mere especially as communications are maintained with Cawnpore, and thus with the main body of the troops under the Commander in -Chief, WA.LPOLE, and CHAMBRILLAIN. The battle of Cawnpore was more decisive than had been supposed. It was not merely the Gwalior Contingent that won the victory over WINDHAM, or pressed on the garri son, hoping to perpetrate a second mas sacre. There were also the whole of the force of the arch-rebel NANA. SAHIB and his almost equally villanous brother. There were also four regiments from Oude, and numerous parties of the mutineers which had suffered in previous actions, making up altogether fully 25,000 men, with all the guns belonging to the Contingent, 36 in number, and some five guns belonging to the NANA. This was a formidable army, far more than double their number with inferior organisation and de fective artillery. The eagle eye of Sir CoLIN, however, perceived a defect in their arrangements. He says, in his modest despatch, "It appeared to me, if his right were vigorously attacked, that it would be driven from its position without assistance coming from other parts of his line— the wall of As town—which gave cover to our attacking columns on our right, being an effective obstacle to the movement of any portion of his troops from his left to right. Thus the possi bility became apparent of attacking his division in detail." This possibility was taken full advantage of. The rebels were not only completely defeated, but dispersed in every quarter. Their force was scattered in every direction, and the victory was ably fol lowed up by Sir Cormr himself and by his worthy coadjutor Brigadier Holm GRANT. Under such circumstances, and having accom plished such extraordinary results with compara tively scanty resources, we can afford to await patiently the operations which, although they may be protracted, will, doubtless, be effectual in restoring the British supremacy in the Anglo. Indian Empire. If there be one thing, which more than any other gives to Englishmen their nobility of character, their quiet consciousness of holding a position in society worthy of men, it is those laws, written or unwritten, which secure to every man, especially to every householder, some of the most valuable civil rights. The eloquent desla mation of one of our greatest orators respecting the cottage of the peasant, which all the elements of heaven could invade, bib at whose door the Kin g of ENGIIIAND must stop, was no more than literal truth. But who can say how much the sanctity as against the mighty of even the humblest cottage ; the perfect freedom of locomotion, un ettered by any passport system ; the security afforded by the principle of the Habeas Corpus Act ; the equality of all before a thoroughly in dependent judicial bench ; and the certainty that the greatest cannot insult or wrong the meanest without full legal responsibility—who can tell how much such ,facts, so well known, that like the light and air we live and breathe in, we hardly think of them—have had to do with making Englishmen what they now are t We do not want to boast of ourselves to ourselves, but if there be anything which all Englishmen respect in each other, it is the Joart BULL that is in us all—in the poor an as well as in the rich man. We idolize wealth too much, but if the wealthy man want that characteristic which we designate by the rough epithet, we do not respect him. We admire the polish, ease, and urbanity of a gentle man of good breeding, but if he lacks the Joxur Bum. element, from his valet to the Duchess who invites him to her parties, he is not respected ; nay, he must ape the quality, whether he has it or not, to keep his position. The thing may be difficult to define, for its exterior is so different in different individalg, but none will doubt that the legal and civil status of every Englishman has much to do with it. If he travels and bears of necessity for the time, more or less of the weight of the yoke, which foreigners submit to as a matter of course—his shoulders wince under it, 1 and he cannot suppress something like contempt for " men who will stand such things." All this should be much in the thoughts of our Reform Bill makers. Symmetrically arranged constitutions and constituencies may suit our neighbours' i m aginations ; they prefer symmetry and mathematical order, perhaps to substantive liberty. What we want, however, in all our Reforms, is to foster and extend the most prized elements of our national character. With all our Liberalism we would give little for the most democratic Raform Bill, if it did not tend to cul tivate, in our electors, the noble sentiments on which, as a people, we pride ourselves. We would rather not have a bill conferring the fran chise on double or quadruple the present number of voters, if it did. not by its arrangements as a e whole, tend t o e l eva t e t h e i r character. At present very non-elector of intelli gence and public sp i r i t feels himself placed politically below his enfranchised neighbour. He is one degree, at least, lower in the social scale—has one right less —he is of a different political caste, a political Soodra, in fact ; the consequence must be that h e either gradually acquiesces in his inferiority, or resents it as an indignity. In the former case he sinks just so much of the English spirit, in the latter he is one of the " dangerous " or "discon tented," or " revolutionary " classes, to use- the phraseology of his superiors. The same general principles apply to our existing constituency. Electoral rights lower or elevate the Englishman in them, according to the conditions under which they possess them. The old Freemen, for instance, as a body, are, as things now stand, degraded by their retention of the franchise. All tie class open to bribery are so. They have lost self-respect, and the respect of others too. The country has bestowed on them a right, hardly second in value to personal liberty, and they sell it for money. The bribe taker it is true, like the fallen female, has chiefly himself to blame ; but as in the case, we take for illustration, the seducer, the first one especially, must bear no small share of the guilt. In the case of poli tical prostitution, surely then we are bound to see to it that the law of the country itself is not the first seducer. Better withhold from a man the franchise, if that be necessary, than tempt him to sell an Englishman in his own person. If not in an equal degree, yet to a greater ex tent, we believe, the right of franchise as now guarded, or rather exposed, saps the JOHN BULL in the hundreds and thousands whose vote is de cided by fear. The man thinks one way and votes another. A timid tradesman, or money dealer, perhaps, he dreads a revolutionist in the Radical candidate, but his principal customers are related to the latter, and,he quietly plumps for the Radical ; or he has customers on both sides, dares not offend either, and votes equally for what he deems light and darkness. Far more frequently, of course, the wealthy and the powerful being Conservatives by nature, the Radical voter, whe ther tenant, farmer, or foreman, or head clerk, or tradesman, or mortgagor, or dependant in any way, must falsify his conviction, and sell his fran chise to his taskmaster, to get in his tormentor's candidate. It is impossible to enumerate the variety of cases in which the Englishman, hon ourably dependent in his pecuniary or other rela tions, is made on that account dishonourably de pendent in regard to his vote. Every now and then the dependent must feel this. He would feel it less humbling not to have a vote, than having the right to find in it but a badge of serfdom. This vote deprives him of that glory of an Eng lishman—the power and the determination to do what he will with his own. He sinks to the con tinental level. It is commonly objected to secret voting that it is unmanly, un-English, and would imply a want of courage in our voters. Can it be more unmanly or more un-English than voting under fear of another, and against one's own judgment ; or even than abstaining from voting through fear of giv ing offence ? It seems impossible that secret voting could lower so many Englishmen in their own esteem as open voting now does. Granting that, we like to see the courage which can vote in the teeth of landlords or customers when loss, probably ruin, certainly very unpleasant ill-will, are the inevitable consequences, have we a right to demand such courage and such sacrifices for the public benefit, if it be not necessary ? Does the.electoral franchise appeal to a man's courage or to his honest judgment t And do we not place the very judges of the land in the utmost possible independence because we want their honest judg ment. We should prefer to see them courageous, and prepared to brave removal by the Minister of the day—but, as we want their independent judgment we remove the temptations of depend ence. Now, as we cannot give salaries conferring independence on all our voters, while we want them also to exercise an independent judgment, we seem bound to take the only other course open to U 3. What that course is the practice at court martiala sufficiently indicates. It is impossible to make military officers independent of promotion ; we, therefore, secure their honest judgment by giving them a secret vote. We think the English men in them is less endangered by removing the temptation than by exposing them to it, and we are right. The truth is secret voting appeals to some of our highest and best sentiments. It trains men to the exercise of intelligence and judgment ; since, instead of blindly following the dictum of the person feared, they have nothing to guide them but the merits of the case. It trains them to conscientiousness and honesty, as like our judges, having nothing to gain or los• by any upright .decision, they are thrown upon their integrity as their best counsellor. It trains them to think of and study their country's interest, instead of that of local despots or a party, sines their country would put the vote into their hands, in a way which left them responsible to the country only. It would generate the public sentiment that an appeal to anything but the elector's judgment, would be like special pleading, or declamation, or the presentation of a threat or a bribe, to a judge. Indeed we have been told from the best authori ties that these are the results in Australia. They would appear to be the natural results anywhere. Secret voting trains men, in truth, to all the higher sentiments relevant to the subject, except that of risking personal and family interests to se cure the best representative for one's country. A kind of sacrifice few men, certainly not our jud g es or our military officers, are expected to make. If it does not demand of the voter a gratuitous sa crifice, one which the country has no reason for asking, it does teach him to act out his convic tions, to be self-consistent and conscientious, to study his country's welfare ; above all, it makes him a freeman and so far an Englishman in voting. We therefore believe that the Ballot would do more than anything to elevate and strengthen the best qualitiesof an English elector, and deprecate especially for this reason an extension of the suffrage without it. INDIAN Niws.—There will be no India telegram due this week, but news will be due on Monday, the Silth inst. We should then receive Calcutta news up to Jan. 10. The Bombay mail, which dates up to the 9th ult., should reach London, via Marseilles, on Wednes• day next. The Colombo, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta mail, which dates up to the 24th Dec., is ex pected to arrive at Southampton this day. She will also bring a China mail. The Overland Australian mail, via Marseilles, will be due in London on Wednesday next, and the heavy portion of it may be expected to arrive at Southampton on Saturday next, The Bombay and Australian mails via Marseilles will probably arrive in London on Wednesday next. The Tamar, which left Malta on Friday evening with the specie, and heavy portion of the Bombay and Australian mails, is expected to reach Southampton on Saturday or Sunday next. AMERICAN MAILS,—The Cunard mail steamer Niagara sailed from Liverpool on Saturday fJr Boston Halifax, with the usual mails and 84 passengers, including Lord Mulgrave, family, and suite, en ronte for Nova Scotia. The Niagara took no specie. It is stated that the increase necessary to make up the cavalry force to the strength at which it stood be fore the dparture of the regiments sent out to India this year, will be made by the creation of two addi. tion A al regiments of m ofl a i i g l announces n d h ra h g h o h o c ns. The the shipment of up wards of 700,0001. in gold for this country. We then.- fore append a complete statement of the sums known to be at sea. Including the 100,8131. in Australian g;l6 on boerd the steamer Tamar, which will probably arrive at Southampton about the 7 t h Februar y , the aggregate is no less than 1,508,0001.: — Nave. Sailed. Period at Sea. Ounces. Marco Polo Oct. 24 Northumb....rlandOct. 22 S pee d y Oct. 31 Oliver Lang Nov. 15 Austral .Nov. 17 Sea Breeze... „Nov. 21 d b o y n w a a b y o about t he 3d Blackwall Nov. 28 ~ 63 days Donald 11`liay.Dec. 1 Total ounces 351,961 T T h h e e l'i s g t h e : m p e o r rtion of the Australian mails conveyed to ' Suez by the steamer European is expected to reach Lon Southampton, about the 7th idem. . 1 a a d m o v f ed a t February , Sydney and the heavy portion, September 16 .Columbian , with the London mail of i on the J 7th of Nov. I / ;%x EMBARKATION of the PRINCE and PRINCESS FRRDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA from ORAVESEND.—Bricklayers' Arm. Station.—Those parties holding tickets for the Bricklayers' Arms Station are respectfely requested to be in tkeir seats by 12 o'clock, noon, to-morrow. C. W. E BORALL, General Manager. TO VIEW THE PROCESSION,--To be Let in the best part of Dover-road. For Tickets apply to n. SEAM, Jeweller, 25, Leadenhall-street, City. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— EXTRA PERFORMANCES. Tuesday, Feb. 2—Thursday, Feb. 4 —Saturday, Feb. 6. On TUESDAY, Feb 2 LA TRAVIATA. Viol etta, Pic oolomini ; Alfredo, Gi uglini. On THURSDAY, Feb. 4, LA. SONNA.ILBULA. Amino., Pioceloraini ; Lisa, Sannier; Conte Rodolpho, Belletti ; and Elvino, Giuglini. On SATURDAY, Feb. 6, will be produced, for the first time in England, EA ZINGARI, being tr e Italian version of Balfe's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlies. Piccolo mini and Sannier ; Signori Belletti, Violetta, and Ginglini. To conclude each Evening with the successful Divertisse. sent, by M. Maasot, entitled L'FIYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Morla.cchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12. 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 11. 55.; th r ee pair. 154 ; gallery boxes, 10. ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 34 6d; gallery , 28. TREAT R.E-R OYA L, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed A NDVEL EXPEDIENT, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Mr. Itinlocb will perform. After which, a new comic drama, A LUCKY HIT. Followed by thenew granOpantomime, LITTLE JACK 11ORNER. Oonunance at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. ----- THIS EVENING t o commence at Seven: o'clock, with 9 THE RIVALS. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening) 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First PVice. s d.r_ Second price. e. d Dress Boxes . 6 Dress Boxes - 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... .. ... ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit. 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play o: A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. . ... . . .... . . ----- After which, a new grand eomis Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor. mask ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss . C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI, Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr: B. Websiler,.Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALPIELDS WEAVER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. eland Combination of Attractions—First Right of a new Domestic Tale, by 'Westland Marston, liK.—Leigh Hunt's highly successful play—and the gorgeous Spectacle, Lalla Rookh. THIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play, LOVERS' AMAZEMENTS. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. After which (first time), a domestic tale, by Westland Marston, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by Messrs. C. Dillon, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Mesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, 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 Lem Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. I On Friday, Sir. Charles Dillon will appear as Othello. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Iox•ollice open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. LeGeese, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Atlliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, drc., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, Russell Grover, S. Jonec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Him., Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackaey. 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. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will make his 7th appear ance THIS ETENING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT —Morn., 5 min. aft. 4 —Even., 25 min. aft. 4 TO-MOBRow—Morn. 45min. aft. 4—Even., 0 min aft. 5 T 13.8 WEATHER—Sim OFFICrE, JAREARY 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SEA.DE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.95. WIND, N.B. ; light, with fine weather. Heavy rain in the night. FCBUIIA.BY 1. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 35--lowest this morning and during the night, 38—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 2178. WIND, W.N.W. ; rather fresh, with fine sunshiny weather; Tri) F,r ; §11,14, IRE :SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FE'BRIYARY TA, 1858 HA YMARKIT THEATRE. On Saturday evening Sheridan's comedy of " The Rivals,"as performed before her Majesty, the Prince and Princess Frederick William on Friday last, was repeated at this theatre. The performance was received with the utmost enthusiasm, and without doubt the revival will prove highly successful to the enterprising lessee. The part of Sir Anthony Ab solute was admirably sustained by Mr. Chippen dale, and Messrs. Farren and Howe acted, with spirit and effect, the respective parts of Captain Absolute and Faulkland. The great feature in the cast was the Bob Acres of Mr. Buckstone—the David of Mr. Keeley—and the re-appearance, after a protracted absence, of a great public favourite— Mr. Hudson. The performance of each of those distinguished artistes produced the greatest enthu siasm. Miss Reynolds as Lydia acted and dressed the part magnificently ; Miss Chalmers's Julia was a very graceful performance, and the rest of the characters were all capitally sustained. The comedy was given out by . Mr. Buckstone for repetition every evening amidst the applause of a house crowded to suffocation. DEPARTURE OF THE ROYAL COUPLE FROM GRAVESEND. The embarkation of the Prince and Princess will take place at Gravesend to : morrow, the arrange ments for whit& Tore given in our paper of Friday. The crush of visitors from the metropolis is expected to be numerous, should the weather be fine—at 100,000. Special trains will run every few minutes both by the Norrh Kent and the London and Tilbury lines, and several are advertised to run on that day. In order to prevent confusion and un due pressui e of the crowd, a large body of the metro politan police with their usual quota of detectives, as well as the county constabulary, have been ordered down. In fact, as far as th e corpora ti on i s con cerned, everything seems to have been done to render the ceremony as effective as possible, and to display their loyalty in the most pleasing manner. The royal flotilla will be a numerous one, consist ing of not less than 14 or 15 vessels, which will accompany the royal yacht as far as the mouth of the Thames. The vessels already off Gravesend are the Victoria and Albert yacht, the Fairy, the Osborne, and the Nimrod ; several others are ex pected to arrive to-day. Those who wish to view the procession should be early, as, although seats are being raised in every possible place where there is the slightest chance of a sight of the proceedings, they are taken up with great rapidity. The Tilbury Railway Company, to whom the pier belongs, have given it up to the corporation, only reserving to themselves a certain amount of space for the direc tors and their friends, but they have kept the Terrace Pier Gardens, from which there will be a capital view of the embarkation, which they intend Ito threw open gratis to those who take return tickets to Gravesend on the day in question by their railway. DEPARTURE OP THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP PRUSSIA PROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, attended by their suite, will leave Buckingham Palaoe at a quarter to twelve to-morrow. The procession will pass through the Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's Church-yard, Cannon -street, King William-street, over London Bridge, through High-street, Dover-road, and enter the Bricklayers' Arms Railway station in the Kent-road. The Lord Mayor and sheriffs will meet the procession at Temple-bar, and conduct it to the railway station. Hi= Lordship will accompany the Royal eouple to Gravesend, so as to be present at their departure. The route by way of Cannon-street, instead of Cheap side and th e P ou l try, was se l ecte d on account o f the inconvenience to which the traffic of the City ways have been subjected by the passage of the procession through the latter streets. The procession will arrive at the Bricklayers' Arms station at a quarter to one o'clock. Count Bunstorff, the Prussian ambassador, in ac knowleigment of his services in all that appertains to the arrangement of the Royal marriage, has received the order of liohenz )11ern, which is only given as a reward for particular services rendered to the Royal House of Prussia. It was instituted in 1851. The highest class consists of a handsome chain and clasp in silver enamel, which have the quarterings of the house. The cross its,lf bears the inscription " vom Fels zum Meer," surrounded by oak leaves.—CouttJournal. The Duke of Norfolk left Norfolk House on Saturday to join the Duchess and family at Arundel Castle, Sussex. The Duke and Duchess of - Buccleuch and the Earl of Dalkeith leave Montague House, Whitehall, to-day, for Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The Duke of Cleveland, who came from Baby Castle, Durham, expressly to attend, as a Knight of the Garter, the investiture of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia with that illustrious order at Wind sor Castle, left town on Saturday on his return to his seat in the north. The Earl of Chesterfield has received a large party of friends at his shooting-box, Gedling Lodge, Notts. Earl Grosvenor returned to Stafford House on Friday from, a visit to the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, at Sherborne Castle, Oxon. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers leave Berkeley-square to-day, to join the noble Earl at Middleton Park, near Bicester. Lord Stanley, M.P., arrived in town on Friday last for the meeting of parliament. po next, litin l a f a r t ien h The Earl of Derby has issued invitations for a grand dinnerJames's-square, d in h ie se mansionthe House' ou in se' St. Of Lords. 'ail Granville, the Lord President of the Council, had s ,5.3 on ua Wednesdayre, to hi 3 a grand banquet oe Saturday at his lordship mansion in Bruton - stre et, for the usual annual " pricking" for the sheriffs. Teere were present th e Lord Cele-leaner, th e Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, Viscount Palcueraton, q the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl St. Germans, Lord Panmure, Lord Stanley of . M. a T. Aldetley, the R i g h t Hon. Sir George Grey, th e R ight Hon. Sir C harles Wood, the Right Hon. H. Lab ouc h ere, the Right HBaines, Mr. un. Charlesß. Bath un avoidably urst, the Cler absen t t. ks of he Council. Th e D u k e of Argyll V ISI T OF HIS ROYAL H IGHNESS THE PRINCE OF W ALE S TO THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC --.At an early hour on Saturday morning Profess or P epper was taken by surprise with a visit from the P r i nce of Wales and Vernonno Gre n v Siume,it and n ithe thel tigHhton .H.n William was Prince Alfred, who were aceompa led by Mr. Gibbs and Dr. Becker. After viewing the numerous objects in the galleries, the new coemorarnic pictures, M ou t aear i' s exquisite Mexican figures, and also groups by Madame Montanari, representing the royal families of England and France, they proceeded to the large tank, to view experiments illustrating submarine blasting and the operations of the diver. The whole results were very succe ssful, and the miniatur e " R oyal George" was bl wn to atoms, which ascended and floated upon the surface f'tin water. Their Royal Hi g h nesses, after kindly thrwg some golden likenesses of her most gracious Majesty to the di ver under water (the whole of wh i c h were du y found an d appropriated) passed to the large lecture room,,to see th e electric experiments with the great hydro-electrical machine ; experiments nowhere else to be witnessed on such a grand and ina nesing scale. The Prince o f W ales remained in close • to the p r oximitymachine,. and appeared to be much pleased with the gigantic sparks, the falling star, and the aurora in vague. After staying till about 1 o'clock the party retired, expressing great satisfaction with their visit. REFORM MEETING AT HOLIIFIRTH. On Thursday a crowded meeting of the inhabitants of the polling district of Holmfirth was held in the Town-hall, pur suant to a requisition to th e c hi ef constable (Abel Cuttele Eire) in order to petition Parliament in favour of an extended measure of reform. A resolution declaring .. t h a t nothing less than household suffrage would be acce ptable to the people" was carried with some little opposition ; an amendment having been put to the meeting in favour of " manhood suffrage." Not more than 1U persons declared for it ; but it was stated by th 9 supporters of the resolution that they stedfastly believed in the right of manhood suffrage, but they would accept household suffrage for the present. Reso• lotions, embodying the ballot, triennial parliaments and an equal division of electoral districts, were carried amidst much cheering. It was also resolved that a peti tion embracing the resolutions be signed by the chair man on behalf of the meeting ; and that another, of a similar character be s i g n e d by the inhabitants generally, and that Lord Goderich be requested to present both petitions to P arliament.—Manchester Guardian. MEETING OF SCOTCH GRADUATES AT EDINBURGH. — On Saturday last a nurneruuily attended meeting of graduates of th e Scottish universities "favourable to the assertion of the rights of graduate., and representation of the universities in Parliament.," was held at Edin burgh. Sir Johe &Meal, G.C.8., presided, and among those on the platform were Mr. A. Black, M.P., Mr. C. Cowan ' ISL P.I Mr. Buchanan, M.P. (Glasgow), Colonel Mure, of Caldvrell ; ProhisorA Astoun, Blackie, Fraser, 11 1.‘Dlugall (it Wi l s on , a nd C mpbell Swinton, of George Edinburgh, Associations, and deputations from the Graduates Glasgow, Sr. Andrews, asd Aberdeen. The follo w i ng rtsolutions were proposed and carried una nicnou.ly—"l. That it is desirable that the graduates of our Scottish universities shall have par t in their goverr. meet, and Ilan such other privileges conferred on them SS may enhance the value of degrees, and promote a higher education throughout the country. 2 . That the universiti es o f Scotland labour under serious disadvan tages from the want of parl•arneutary representation, and that due representation ought to be secured to them in any future Reform B 11. 3. Teat the Franchise should be conferred ou graduates, they being presently so numerous as to feral an ample constituency for the elec tion of r epresentatives. 4. That it is desirable there should be a fox real recognition of graduates by the learned professio ns o f the 5. That the resolutions of country. this meeting be pr.nted and forwarded to all members of her Majesty's Govermn:ut, and to all members of the House of antnon.,'.' OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS &C.. AT OXFORD —Two scholar. ships of the value of 521. a year, op en to all person s under 20 pea rs of ,a e 4 will be filed' up at Pembroke College on Friday, the sth of March. Candidates %4 h o may desire it will be examined chiefly in inathernaticsl A scholarship of the value of 401. a year, open to all persons educated f .r not less than two years in Charter House Scheol, will also be filled up in this colle ge. Candidates are. rc quired to call on the master (the Rev. Dr. Jeunu) on Tuesday, March 2, with certificates of age and testimonials of good conduct. THE ENGLIMII LANGUAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall-Mall, Saturday. Snt,—Allow me through your columns to draw attention to a modern innovation, which is really becoming perfectly insupportable, and, should it continue, will render the English language very soon unintelligible to natives who may be ignorant of the Teutonic languages. Let us prate and brag ad libitum about the Anglo-Saxon race, whether on this or the other side of the Atlantic ; though I suspect our dark and lanky transatlantic ccusins, in type or anything else, about as much resemble our fat and fair Anglo-Saxon predecessors as the North American Indian does a Chinese. Nor, I suspect, do we ourselves bear any extraordinary similitude to these much-lauded savages of the eighth and ninth century. Let that, however, pass. Since WO appou so much to prefer Anglo- Saxon solidity to Norman dash, _and Anglo-Saxon phlegm to Norman acuteness, let us by all means assume this generic appellation, faute de mieux, if, by so doing, we can be supposed to arrogate to ourselves our Germanic predecessors' estimable qualities. But what Ido deprecate most cordially is this, that the noble English language—the speech of Shakspeare, of Milton, and of Johnson—should be sacrificed to this puerile hankering after Saxon isms, which are really nothing more than barba risms. The time is now past for us to alter the genius of our language materially, and its beauty and its riches essentially consist in the fact of its mixed nature. Why, then, should men, like Tennyson, the poet laureate, employ such stuff as this in his addi tional verses to the " God save the Queen ?" : " Fair fall this hallowed hoar ;" And, again, " Farewell, fair rose of May, Let both the peoples say." For myself; I admit I am utterly at a low; to com prehend their exact signification, or beauty. They would seem to have been composed merely with a view to some exploded notionsof Saxon alliteration 6n compliment to our German gu-sts), and of ex cluding any expression from the romance moiety of our tongue, by which means they have been rendered nearly incomprehensible.—l enclose my card, and am your obedient servant, SORITTA.TOR. MR. JOHN PETER GRANT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—As head of the family of which Mr. John Peter Grant is a member, I am desirous of informing you that letters have been received from him by the last Indian mail, dated from Benares on the 21st of December, im mediately after he became aware of the story relating to his having released 150 mutineers and interfered with General Neill. In regard to this he writes:— "The answer is that there is not the slightest conceiv able foundation for any part of the edify I have not released or pardoned a single person. No case about European soldiers assaulting mutineers, or rebels being released, or ordered to be released, ever occurred at all either at Cawnpore or any where else. I never saw Gen. Neill, nor had any relations with him of any sort, public or private, or any concern with any of his measures; and beyond thinking him a very fine fellow, and expressing my opinion of him frequently, I have never taken a part in anything relating to him, or bad as opportunity of doing so." My brother concludes his remarks on the calumnious charges which have been brought against him with the following reflection:— "It is, no doubt, a painful thing to be traduced in this way, but those over whom this tempest has burst, and who have suffered nothing worse than this, I hope, temprary annoyance, have infinite reason for thankful. ;Nee' Requesting that my communication may meet with an early insertion in your newspaper, I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, W. P. GRANT. 20, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, Jan. 20. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—It is officially announced that the Norton and Cannock branches will be opened for traffic to-day (Monday). BLACKWALL RAILWAY —ln consequence of the friendly understanding between the London and North West-in and Great Northern Companies, arrangements, it is said, are in progress for a junction of the line of the Great Northern with that of the North London Union, through which passengers, by the Great Northern will have the option of proceeding to Blackwell or Fen church-street, instead of being set down at Kings-cross NORTH LONDON.—The accounts of this company are not all in, hut it is believed by parties well acquainted with the line and its traffic that the dividend will be no t far on either side of a rate equal to 4 per cent, per annum. MDDLAND. —lt is said that the dividend will ho at fie rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the past half-year. LONDON AND NORTE WESTERN.--Though not abso lutely settled, it is pret y well understood that this cem• pany will divide for the past half-year at the rate of 5i per cent. per annum. RAILWAY TZAFFIO EXTRAORDINARY.—The enormous benefits to the public, and profits to the companies, of cheap and excursion trains, may be judged of by the traffic of one station alone—that of Chester, which pre sents for the past season, or half-year of 1857, upwards of one-this d of a million of extra passengers through the station, in addition to the ordinary traffic, which averaged 110 trains a day, and about 50,000 passengers a week. This traffic was conducted by Mr. Janes and Mr. Mills at Chester, Mr. Kelly at Shrewsbury, and Mr. M'Kee at Birkenhead, without accident or serious delay of any kind. Upwards of one-half of it was from the Great Western, through North Wales, and a large portion from Birkenhead, mainly towards Manchester and London, and involved no additional outlay, but much cheerfu llabour to the railway employes.—Liver pool Daily Pest. ' THE WESTMINSTTR ABBEY SERVICES —Ye. evening the fifth of the series of Westminster Abbey services, designed for the benefit of the working classes, was held in the nave, which was, as on previous secs Mons, densely crowded. Full choral service was per formed, prayers being read by the Rev J. C. Haden, M.A., one of the minor canons, and the lessons were read by the Very Rev, the Dean. The preacher was the Rev. C. J. Phipps Eyre, M.A., rector of Marv's , bone, who selected as his text the 25th verse of the 7th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews—" Where fore He is also able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing that He ever liveth to make intercession for them." The rev. gentleman proceeded to enlarge upon this theme with great eloquence, and conducted by a pathetic appeal to those present to receide the Gospel message. The seroion in the Abbey next Sunday evening wi I be preached by the Revs Dr. Moberlev, head master of Weacbester Soh 101 MINCHIN HAMPTON AND ITS CHURCH,—There are few more pleasant parts of England than that portion of Gloucestershire known as the Stroud valley : there you have always a diversity of hill and dale rarely to be equalled ; there, also, you seem to possess brighter skies and more sunny weather. When, indivi tastily, one has kind friends in the reighbourbood, tie attraction is still greater ; and if, in addition to all these advan tages, good specimens cf ancient art can be found, why then surely, the enjeyment of any reasonaule ma'. must be complete. And, taking up at once the professional part of the subject, let us say that Gloucestt r and Tewkesbury, Cirencester and Eleetone, will furnish the student with as much material as he can use for a time ; and, if he does not fear a hilly walk, he will, about four miles from Stroud, find Minohin Hampton. We know from experience that the walk is trying, but we know also that the re Nerd is very great. Once upon a time (that is, 12 years ago), the whole of the ancient parish church was in being ; now, only the transepts and tower remain. The other portions of the building have been removed, only to be replaced by a wooden nave and chancel, which, to say the least, d x not in any degree distract your attention from the transept and tower. The south transept is particularly worthy of notice, The stone ribs of the roof are almost unique. There is one other isee-imen, on a very small scale, at Willingham, in Cambridgeshire, hut the roof of Minchin Hampton stands alone for boldness of conception and execution —The Builder. TITLES OF THE FIRST EMPIRE.—The death a short time since of the Due de Dalnetio has directed attention to the families which were ennobled under the First Empire. The following is a list of the titles still exist ing, and of those which have become extinct in the male line. The titles of duke which still exist in the persons of direct heirs are those of 8W431110 (Maret), Cadore (Champagny), Rivoli (Massene), Prince of Dieting, Treviso (Mortier), Elchingen (Ney) Prince de la Moe cows, Massa (Regnier), Rovigo (Savary), Bellune (Perlin), Tarente (Macdonald), Valmy (Kellerman), Abrantvs (Junot), Albufera (Sachet.), Vicence (Caulin conrt), Montehelle (Latino), Padoue (e.rriehi), Plaisance (Lehr*, o:rante (Fouche), Wagram (Berthier), Prince ite Neuchatel. The titles which ar et xtitiet areCastiglione (Augeroau), Anerstae 't (Davoust), Prince d'E Feltre (Clarke), Gae - .e (Gaudin), Raguese (Marmont), Danizick (Lefebvre), Frieul (Michel du Bee), Istria (Bee neres). The Prince Duke de Pontecorvo (Berna dotte) was elected to the throne of Sweden, which hi s son new occupies. The title of Prince Duke de Bencvent (Talleyrand) would have died with him had net his brother been authorized by a royal erdoneanee, of Dec 25, 1815, to take the title cf Prince de Telleyrarel, which he transmitted to tee present Duke do Talleyrand Perigord, father of the Dukes de Va . ericay and de Diet). The title of Duke de Centesoano was transferred by a royal ordonnance of Deeerubsr 21, 1825, in default of direct hairs, to Baron do Gillevoi!'n, the son-le-law to Marshal Moncey. Lastly, the ti le of Prince Duke de Panne (Cambaceres) has ceased , to tximt, but a d ecree of May 27, 1857, trauefeered to tne present Grand-Master of the Ceremonies of the Emperor the title of Doke de Cambaceres. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The new project, which i)ears the popular appel lation of the Loi des Suspects, though not so sweep ing and so ruthless as the imagination ind ulged in, is, nevertheless, very stringent. It contains nine clauses, and among other provisions it ren ders all those who were condemned by the special commission after the coup d'itat, or by the ordinary tribunals at the same period, liable to transportation for new offences and words which may be construed into hatred or threats against the Government, render those who utter them liable to the same punishment. One clause in particular excited great opprobium in the Council of State. It proposed to give the autho rities power to expel from the country, or to re move from the large towns, the persons who were arrested temporarily during the coup d'etat; on no charge, but merely by way of precaution ; in fact, to prevent them doing harm to others, or harm themselves, but who were soon after allowed to return to the country. Such a clause would affect some of the most distinguished in France, as statesmen, writers, or soldiers. It was opposed vigorously and angrily ; and we are told that the Emperor ordered the clause to be expunged. Among others who most strenu ously opposed the Ministerial measure was M. de Parrieu, Vice-Presidt nt of the Council of State, and M. Chaix d'Est Ange, the newly-ap point ed Procureur. M. de Parrieu, to his honour, is said to have positively refused to draw up the report which will have to be presented to the Legis lative Corps. There is hardly a deputy you speak with who does not condemn the project; when the time for voting comes there is little doubt it will be voted by a large majority. - It is said that, notwithstanding the exertions of the police, no accessories to the plot to assassinate the Emperor have been discovered ; and that the four principals already in custody, and two •there who have escaped from justice, will be brought to trial. The report of the " Chambre des Mises en Accusation" will be read to-morrow. It, of course, recommends the prisoners shall be put on their trial. The reports in circulation relative to measures restrictive of the liherty of the subject to be pro posed by the French Government, in consequence of the attempt to assassinate the Emperor, together with the violent language used in some of the mili tary addresses presented to the Emperor, have checked the improvement which was beginning to be observed in the general trade of the couniry. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 30. - - - The Prince and Princess of Prussia duly arrived in all safety at Cologne, on the 27th instant, and passed on from thence to Coblentz, making use, for the first time, of the new railway that runs round Cologne, connec ting the different railway termini. Part of heir Royal Highnesses' suite reached here on Thursday morning, but the Prince himself ar rived only this morning, having made a little detour by way of Frankfort and Mayence, in order that he might visit the scene of the late disas er. The Princess will remain at Coblentz till about February 3, and then come on to Berlin. Most of the gentlemen composing the suite of the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and of their son, have received orders or other distinctions in connexion with rheir participation in the late interesting cere mony. Count Puckler and the Cabinet-rath Matra are made Actual Privy Councillors, which c ,nfers on them the title of Excellency ; Count Berl storti has received the Grand Cross of the Hohenzollern Order, General von Schreckenstein that of the Red Eagle, in brilliants ; Gen. Moltke and Count Boos, the Red Eagle, of the second class ; Lieut.-Colonel von Boyers and Colonel von Alvensleben, the Knights' Cross of the Hohen zollern Order, and Major Count Goltz the Red Eagle, of the third class. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 29. Since the Austrian Government has expressed its willingness to alter anything in the Riverain Con vention which is not in strict accordance with the Vienna Act of Congress, the French Government has bec. me less violent. The Berlin Cabinet begins to fear that the Powers may wish to make some changes in the Act of Navigation for the Rhine, and, consequently it is no longer such a warm partisan of the French Government in th e matter of the free navigation of the Danube as it was a week or 10 days ago. If the informatio n given me be correct, her Majesty's ministers have made " such a sad mess" of the whole affair, that they must heartily wish to have the question settled without any public explanttions on tb• part of this Government. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st says : "Three days ago, the ceremony of blessing the waters of the Neva took place with all the usual pomp in presence of the Emperor and the Imperial family and all the troops o f th e garr i eon. T he metropolitan officiated. The E m p erer a ft erwar d s passed the troopsin review, and was greeted with enthusiastic acclamations by an immense crowd. The Emperor a few days ago visited the Law School, and was present at two l ectures . The students were overjoyed at the honour done them. Erie Emperor has signed a rescript autho rising the nobles of Nijnii Novgorod to proceed to the liberation of the peasants, and committees for acting on it will soon be formed. In a great numner of other provinces the nobles have met to deliberate on the steps to be taken to meet the wishes of the Emperor. In the province of Tarn bow, however, the nobles refused to do anything, and gave information to the Minister of the Into rior to that effect. But in consequence of obser vations from the Minster, and of the condemna tion passed on their conduct by the public, they have sent the marshal t r St. Petersburg to solicit authorisation to form a committee. The government is devoting great attention to the affairs of the Baltic provinces. In order that the Government of those provinces shill be managed with every possible care, the Ena,,eror has placed under the orders of Prince Souwarow, grandson of the celebrated general of that name, and go vernor-general of the Baltic provinces, vice-gover nors for each of the sub-divisions of his govern ment. Councillor of State de Coube, who has been for some time attached to the erince on extra ordinary service, has been appointed vice-go vernor of Courland. It is, moreover, rumoured that the prince will be called to high functions about the person of the Emperor. As an excep tional measure, Russian vessels leaving the ports of the Baltic, the White and Black seas, and the sea of Azoff for foreign ports, will receive passports valid unil 1863, in case such vessels are com manded by foreign captains, and have one-third of their crew composed of foreigners. The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the province of Canterbury will not sit on Friday, the sth of February, out wili be further prorogued to Wedues day. the 10th of February. General Havelock, w - ei (Athenceunt) hear, has left behind him valuable papers more or less autobiographical, papers descriptive of his feelings as a religious man engaged in war, of b s mode of (waling with his troops, tosi ef his relations to vet' governing officials. We rejoice to hear t . at these papers are in good hands, and that ore lo •g they will be in everybody's hands. THE CONSPIRATOR RIIDIO.—Tee last two numbers of the Nottingham Journal have contained some particulars relative to this person, from which it appears that about two years ago he went to Nottingham, and there married a young girl, only 16 years of age, who was engaged as overlooker in the warehouse of Mr. Fisher, Short-hill. At that time he was employed as translator to a French newspaper, published in London, but that journal being discontinued, he endeavoured to obtain a living as teacher of languages, and was said to be a good linguist. He stated to some of Lis friend s th a t h e ,had formerly served in the Italian 'Legion, and, having become involved in several private quarrels, he was compelled to make his escape from his own country. His pupils at Nottingham, dropped off one by one, and last December he decamped, leaving some small debts behind him. On the 22(1 inst., according to the paper just mentioned, Detective Henry of the metropo litan police force, arrived in Nottingham to make in cpairies respecting De la Sylva, alias Count Carlos de Eudio. It seems that the wife of the Count, who had hees living with her husband in London, suddenly left her lodgings on the 18th inst., and the police were ap prehensive that she bad been murdered to prevent her from revealing any particulars of the plot with which she was acquainted, having been present at several of the meetings of the conspirators. These suspicions, however, were not verified, as the detective succeeded, after some difficulty, in finding out that the "countess" was staying with her grandfather, a person named James Stewart, at the house of Mrs. Chambers, in Bloomsgrove-street, New Radford. He immediately proceeded thither, and suc ceeded in getting porsession of a number of papers be longing to the Ciunt. He communicated the fact of his success on Wednesday night, by telegram despatched to Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home D. part ment. Detective Henry left Nottingham for London by the 11 o'clock train on Thursday moreing, accompanied by the Count's wife, who Seems not unwilling to pot the police in full pesseesion of all she knows respecting the plot. Amoeg the things seized by the London detective am the waistcoat the Count wore at the time he was slabbed by Fosehini, in London, some .1039 ago. The cause of the quarrel bstween Foechiui and the Count is eupposed to have been some dispute respect lug who should take part in a simi lar plot to the one which has happily, in the present instance, so signally failed, AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SAIMILDAY, MIDNIGHT. The Royal mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan non, has arrived with ad - vices from New York to the 20th init., and 1,244,367 dols. on freight. In the Senate on the 19th, on the motion of Mr. Seward, a resolution was adopted requesting the President, if not incompatible with the public interests, to communicate to the Senate any infor mation in his possession derived from officers ef the United Stat es squa d ron on - t h e coas t o f Africa, or from the Bri , ish or French Governments, or ai3Y other official sources, concerning the revival of the slave trade, The Chairman of the Special Committee on 5 the, Pacific Railroad sch eme h a d i n t ro d uce d a Bill • proposes to locate the roa d a t a point on the M 1 sours river between the Big Sioux and the Kansas rivers, thence running to San Francisco on the mo't eligible route. In aid of the construction of, the work alternate sections of land on eac h s id e of the road are to be granted, and 12,500d015. advanced on the completion of every twenty-five miles of the track until 25,000,000 are expended, the amount to be reimbursed in mail service and the transportation of troops and munitions of wen The President is to receive the bids and make the contract for twenty years. Five per cent of the stock is to be issued. In the House of Representatives on the 18th Mr. Campbell asked leave to offer a joint resolution authorizing the President to negotiate, through the State Department, for the acquisition of Or nada, Nova Scotia, and other parts in British North America, and Cuba and the other islands adjacent thereto, and annticing them to the United States• In the event of any acquisition no portion should be admitted into the Union until possessed of sofa' cient population to send one member to the House of Representatives, or until the bonaficle residents should have an opportunity of voting on the Con' stitution, and regulating their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States. The motion did not meet with approval. The New York papers ridicule it, and ask why Mr. Campbell did not include the entire continent of America. " Owing, says the Now York Times— " To the continued heavy westerly winds whist' have prevailed for the past two months vessels I bound westward from European porta are making uncommonly long passages. With those carrying passengers, at this season of the year, a long lot Ewe proves very injurious and destructive to health and life. Ship fever more particularly is apt to make fearful work among emigrants ill clad an,a provisioned, and poorly supplied with the pure al, so absolutely essential to th e preservat i on 0' health. It is almost impossible to force emigrant passengers upon deck during rough and wet weather. Many captains are prone to indulge their passenger; in their desire to remain b e low, an d th e sa d resu lt , at this season of the year that ship fever is alma: certain to follow. We learn that a vessel areive during the past week at Quarantine had 20 death on the passage, and about the same number had the ship fever upon her atrival. There are nes . .„ 2 l vessels now at sea th at have been out, some UFA and some even 70 d a y s . I t is feared they V' suffer much from want and disease." A public school at Brooklyn had been destroyed by fire. There were near l y 90 0 pupils present a t : the time the fire br o k e out, and in the excitemen t attending their exit from the .building seven bol' between the ages of 6 and 10 years, were crush i t and suffocated by their c ompan i ons on the mid n'w landing of the lower stairway. The steamer Fashion, which conveyed Walker U V Nicaragua, had arrived at New Orleans and be ll seized by the authoritio4. The St. Louis Republican bad received inforina; tion of a meeti ng on th e 23d Dec. between 600 sad 700 Cheyenne a n d C omanche Indians return i t from Salt L a k e t o th e i r village on the Black V al' nut Mills, about 80 m il es south-east of Fort Lar s' mie. They were accompanied by about 20 li a 4 ,%' mon leaders. It was th e i r intention to remain '- the camp erected there until spring, and then off"ploy themselv es , un d er Mormon influence, in het ee sing and cutti ng o ff the supply trains sent to On l' lief of Col. J o h nson. The Indians had been led v",; believe that th e M ormons had 80,000 fighting 111 well equipp e d f or service. They also spoke d numerous fortifications and a large numbereeA Indian a lli es, and declared that the Mormons ha d no idea of running away from Utah. 1 The foll ow i ng te l egram from St. Lou* da te d •es o4 Jan. 19, furnishes further information : t, "The L eavenwor th Cit y Le d ger of the Bth Woo says that thr ee y oung men , H enry Baker, Jame Smith, and Alex a nd er F ranc i s, arr i ved there, 14 Thursday afternoon, th e 7th , di rect from 110 Bridger. They came the whole distance, 1, miles, on foot, and accomplished their, journal. i i 45 days. They report that the day they left ;lie Mormons came into camp and reported that, 0 Mormons were in a sta t e of civil war, Brigtl/01 Young and about one-half desiring to march agaD' ef the troops ; th e o th er h alf b eing in favour of tuo troops coming into Salt Lake and establishint o military government there, and overthrowing ; e ls present powers that be. Th ese gentlemen Leavenworth last July with th e tra i n of fleesd Charles. On their return they wer e caug ht it r , snowstorm at Rock Ridge, and suffered corvin e ably ; but they weathered the storm, and eni the ,ugh with ou t an y mo l es t at i on. I t was eertal w an undertaking at this season of the year." de At Havannah on th e 1 1t h there was no 015 in the price of sugars • the dema n d was l es s. stock there and at Matanzas was 54,000 ba. 1.,el .,e ie Exchange on Lond on 16 t o 18 premium, Frill i i e were not improving, and the number of vessel port was increasing. The Clyde left. for Southampton on the 1 ° Another cargo of slaves had been landed. , t Advises from Y ucatan to the 6th report 1.. Sisal was bl oc k a d ed, and a change in the Gaeore ment had tak en p l ace. Peace negot iationi!the progressin g , an d hopes were entertained that revolution would soon end. t a The New York banks' statements exhibi -e 0 favourable aspect ; the specie balance exceed e d i millions of dollars. The accumulation of unclog, deposits had attained the large figure of $67,7 2 ,k 0 of being a gain in the three months since the 1 3,1 ;0 over 25 millions of dollars. The increase in .1 was gradual. The stock mar k et had exhibited a moderatod ie degre e o f act i v i ty, with a constant tendenOripe higher prices. The operations in State de ac „or tion for permanent investment had been unj ar ee ally large, at the same time that railroad 0 1 0 ; had not neglected. The speculative Woe was rapidly reviving, and the only danger t ot that prices would be so rapidly carried nP another panic and depression might follow. el' The Rhode I s l an d b an k s had resumed leeo payment. The ex c h ange market had rintfoi largely suppli e d w i t h bi lls, and prices were bee buyers were mostly d e p en d en t on bankers' drangot, ; We quote bill s on L on d on 9 to 10 per se, g aff France, sf. 13ic. t o sf. 171 0 . Th e money-010 9 was easy at 6 to 7 per cent. at call, and 7 of per cent. for discounts, where the paper e s strictly choice. P otas h es were in firm cle'-r, for export at the recent decline ; pearl We e s ees glected. A fair demand existed for eottonP e pet with further f avoura bl e advice' from EurnP ,toe,to e America at Bost on an d r i s i ng c markets st oif South a further a d vance o f one quarter of a t oll had been established. The gradual resen 3 . F rio te of suspended mills in the manuf ac turing 0 1 % 0 , was increasing the order s f rom th ose directiu or The demand for State and Western flour li fe tinued moderate , mainly for home u se , thong title notice some little export inquiry for Great r iot taro, and the market was without inW. ° olle change. The supply on sa l e was in excess ! / 10 to o present wants of the t ra d e and shippers, wilohli receipts wens to a fair ex t en t . Th e rem° oets' mild . open weath er f avoure d ra i lway tranal;le f$ tion greatly, and th e w i n t er m i ght b e se t do itoo t histoky as a meteoro l og i ca l marvel. Cana da e n' remained steady, with ra th er more inquiry os e i t perfine, which was scarce. Southern trifle higher, but the market left off dull. ;er remained inactive, and prices were without 1 0 01 taut change, holders not being disposed t°, 10 .0" Pat the expense of a decline. Corn was irregni a too lower. Iron remained almost without deon n e jiat 9 only sales being of Scotch pig to supply /W a d i to D ° wants. The new crop of molasses continue re' re; flour,lloo pressed on the market, and prices had fur tu ele tin, , ceded 2c. to 3c. per gallon. Crude tur, l 2, a as firm. Spirits of 'turpentine in better 0 74 0 6 , - Rosins in moderate demand, at s teady P bo aan Pork was rather dull ; beef in good request ; , 0 0er: had improved in price. Sugar was slightlY ,43 ' . v iol There was a fair demand for tobacco, at P rs tee u prices. There was no quotable change in freight. • LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY Nl° lll.l Latest from America by telegraph : sis NEW YORK, JAN. 20, `‘ A tht g " The stoamahip Black Warrior arrived he u r- i l isto morning with Flavannah dates to the 16t0i0t. She reports that part of the Spani s h fleet, (3- 2 -tooi ll sag of one ship of the line, one f r i ga te, one; fi l o; one brig, and one steam fri ga t e , sa iled fr ° ' - at ij " vannall on the 12th inst. f or a cru i se the f t 'Y of Mexico for health of th e crews; 11 ' 1 , t e i s e mour is afloat Ciat th e rea l o bj ec t o f the c'Crot to pay their respect to the Mexicans at Ire ri t s vit i P The United Stales steam frigate Wabash/ ri v et on board Colonal And erson an d 40Z o f his foll t ,° . ‘l the last of the Nic araguan F i l i b usters , Havannah on the morning of the 15th. •l and ther in Cuba conti nue d very warm , an' '' was dull, Exchan ge on L on d on , 11,8 to I#"' I