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NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES (a ithout Physic) of Indige s ti on ( Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervouv, Eillous, and Liver C omp l a i nts, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhcea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartbar , i, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fit s, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ale effected by II BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA AIiABICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never Sums acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but Imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a tew out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids:—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de D ec i es. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Curt No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Northam L iss, near Dims, Nortonc."— Cure No. 47,121. Miss klizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner v s .mess, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cii.*e No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, (lateacre, near Liver po a cure of ten yeq •'s dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No 18,16. 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"Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured bs Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis peps'a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. "Throe years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Rees, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arahica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth," Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imitas tation a:— The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc tion On the 10th March, 1864, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arahica Food." suitably pat.sed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, Ilb '2s 5d : 219 49 ilif ; 51b ifs , 121 b 225. The 12Ib car sLige free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Itegent-street, Lomion; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. pur veyors to her 'daiesty, 182, Piccadilly; also at 60, flracechnrch s'reet ; 330. 430, and 451, Strand; 4, iTheapshie ; 119, Blahs mate street ; and 150 end Its Oxford-street . SEAMEN'S WIVES AND FURNITURE BROKERS.—Sea men belonging to the eorth-east ports, who are mostly a domestic ited class of men, are sometimes unfortunate enough to fall in with bad wives, and though most of them leave a fair provision behind for their spouses when upon distant voyages, it sometimes happens that on their return they find their houses sold up by their wives to a broker, and the household entirely destroyed. A case of this sort bas been before the North Shields County Court this week. A seaman, named Taylor, sailed upon an American voyage in October, and left his 'wife at Fome with ample provision for her maintenance- Upon returning this Christmas he found his hou-e sold up, and his wilts fled. She had sold his furniture to ens Crofton, a broker, for 9/. It way worth 25/. He brought an action for the value of the furniture, and the judge adjudicated that Crofton should pay him 211. with full coete.—Manchater auardian. (2- ) ‘l4-• - 41.• • )f • - r• • 4111111111 ) / N., n „ . as- • - ;4". LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1858. FESTIVE DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL EIV TE.RTAINME N TS. Maltese, of Dec. 18, received at • Gibraltar by the British steamer Lebanon, Capt. Cook, which put into the bay on the night of the 23d, from Malta for Liverpool : " The French steamer Province de Constantine reached Malta on the morning of the 17th from Tunis. She brings six Tailors belon g ing to the Austrian barque Lib urno , wrec k e d on the night of the 12th ult. at Herkla, nearly 25 miles to the west of Stpa, on the Barbary coast. Two of the crew perished. The Liburno was from Taganrog, bound to England with a cargo of grain. " Capt. Morton, of the British steamer Blarney, who arrived at Constantinople on the morning of the Bth inst., reports that, having touched at the port of Taganrog, he found the roadstead blocked up with ice, which compelled him to proceed to Marianople to discharge the cargo destined for the first -named place. In the bay of Taganrog Capt. Morton observed six vessels fixed on the ice, and another (name and nation unknown) lying on her side." The entertainments on the occasion of the ap proaching nuptials of the Princess Royal are to con sist of four dramatic performances at Her Majesty's Theatre previous to the day of her Royal Highness's marriage, and a grand choral concert at Bucking ham Palace on the evening of that day. The ar rangements for the dramatic performances are under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and with the assistance of the follow ing managers of the principal theatres : Mr. Buckstone, of the Haymarket ; Mr. Webster, of the Adelphi ; llr. Harrison and Miss Pyne of the Lyceum ; Messrs. Robson and Emden, of the Olympic ; and Mr. Ph e lp s , o f S a dl er ' s Wells. The first performance is to be "Macbeth," under the direction of Mr. Phelps ; the parts of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by him and Miss Helen Faucit ; with Oxenford's farce, " Twice Killed," in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, will appear. The second performance will be Balfe's new opera "The Rose of Cas jibe," as it has been given at the Lyceum, wi , h a comediett t by Mr. Robson and members of the Olympic company. The third is to be an Italian opera, with Piccolomini, Giuglini, and other stars of Her Majc sty's Theatre, and following by a ballet divertissement. And the fourth will consist of an English comedy by Mr. Buckstone and the Hay market company, with an afterpiece in which Mr. Wright and members of the Adelphi company will perform. The Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Court, and her Majesty's royal and illustious visitors, are to honour these performances with presence ; a great portion of the grand tier of boxes being set apart and magnificently fitted up for their reception ; and the whole theatre, moreover, being splendidly decoratod. The Russian war steamers Bounivol, of 11 guns, Capt. Jante Vink Dobrorolsky, and Vepre, of 10 guns, Capt. Vink, left Cadiz for the Med►terranean on the 23d ult. The Tabus brings Lisbon dates of Deo. 29. The usual Portugwese- squadron was lying in the Tagus, and the Brig Caroline, of Dartmouth, dismasted. The Lisbstn exchanges are quoted this packet for three months as follows :—London, 54t ; Paris, 515; Amsterdam, 431-; Hamburg, 48i; Genoa, 514. On Loudon short paper continut'd in demand at 53 for 30 days' sight ; at 90 days' date the exchange fluctuated from 54i to 541, the principal amount being.effected at 'the quoted ra e of 54 and busi ness closed with money over for first-class 90 days' date paper at 54k. On the continent the transac tions were of very little importance, paper in gene ral being scarce. An improvement in the prices of stock had taken place, more buyers having appeared. Three per Cent. registered were at 461 to 47 ; Coupons, 46 to 46i ; Deferred, 27 to 28 ; Bank of Portugal shares 9 to 10 per cent. premiuin. Our Lisbon correspondent states that no cases of fever bad been reported after the 22d, and that the total of the official bulletins during the 105 days commencing on the 9th of September had amounted to 13,482 cases of fever, and 4,759 deaths. The weather at Li-bon had been clear, cold, and brac ing, with only one day's rain during the whole month of December. The inhabitants were return- The concert at Buckingham Palace is to be on a large and magnificent scale, embracing the services of our greatest - vocal and instrumental performers. Madame Clara Novello, we learn, will come to London Qxpressely for this occasion, and will not return to Italy till the commencement of our regular season. SEEING THE OLD YEAR OUT AT WHITE HORSE CHAMBERS, FETTER - LANE.—Hearing that the proprietors of the monster lodging-house in Fetter-lane intended giving the inmates of the house a Christmas treat, we dropped in on Thursday evening to see what was going on, and gladly co n f ess t o th e grat ifi cat i on it afforded us to behold some two hunored of the least fortunate of our fellow-creatures in the enjoyment of a happy hour. They had partaken of a substantial tea, and were passing the remainder of the evening in a concert, and while we were looking round the piano was playing most merrily. The large room in which the concert took place was decorated with evergreens and banners, and densely packed with rather hirsute faces, on which want and care had carved many furrows. From what we observed the entertainment was strictly of -a teetotal character, but not the leas productive of an hour's social sunshine to those for whom it had been provided.—Oity Press. THE CHRISTMAS of 1857.—A plate of raspberries was gathered on Christmas eve, in the open air, in the garden of Mr. John Wood, of Kingsthorpe, near North ampton. In our more northern county of Durham we hear from our rural friends of simple birds that have built their nests in the hedgerows. An old farmer, who had four ploughs at work in one field on the 28th ult., said he had never known such weather, his land was in April order. On Saturday a brown linnet's nest was found at Newbiggin waggon-way with four young ones; and on Monday a sparrow's nest was found with four eggs in it. Whinbushee are everywhere in• golden flower. Pansies and polyanthuses are reported by our Sunderland c..rrespoi,dent to be in full blow in his locality. On the 29th wild strawberries were gathered between Shildon and Sedgefield. Women were gath ering wickens" on the 30th near Durham. A hedgesparrow's nest, with four eggs, and the old bird sittin g on them, was found on a farm at Bar low a few days ago ; and at the same time the po!y. authus was bloomin g at Ryten, and roses and woodbines were ready to blow. A picnic party left Gateshead in an open conveyance on the last morning of the old year. At night there came a nipping frost, and the earth was horn on Ne N Year's morn ; but the day was delightful —at once sharp and eummery.—Gateshead Observer. [lt should he remembered that the mildest Christmas-day on record (that of 1837) immediately precede the long and severe frost of January and February, 1838.] NEW METROPOLITAN POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.— On Friday a new and important alteration in the postal arrangements for the facility of letter del;veries through out the north-western district of the roetropoliscame into operation, by direction of her Msjesty's Postmaster Gene ral, in the establedament of a central officefor the entire north-west district. This establishment, which con sists of a manager and perfectly separate staff, has been erected at great expense in Evershelt-street, Oakley square, St. Pancras. It is exceedingly capacious, situate just at the entrance to Camden-town, and as nearly central as possible in the north-western district. The effect of this new system is stated to be, that alt the letters posted in and belonging to the di-, trict will find their way to this central office, from which, having first been duly sorted, they will be de livered direct, without having, as heretofore, to travel to St. Martin's-le-Grand, and then hack again to the dis trict in which the letters are posted. The re-ult to be obtained by the establishment of these central district offices is that all letters within the district will be delivered two hours earlier every post than they were under the old system. Should the new plan be found to work well, of whiob there is but little doubt, it is understood to be the intention of the Post-office au thorities to establish a similar central depot in every postal district of the metropolis. The establishment is also a central office for general post letters up to a later hour than five o'clock. ing to their town residences, and business sh6wed signs of renewed vitality, which led the merchants to anticipate a brisker trade tLau u,ual in the month of January. The House of Deputies had at last been consti tuted on the 28th, when 56 members assembled ; but, being only two above the legal number, little progress could be made even in the election of the standing committees, much less in any contested . legislative act. January Ist, in lat. 48 6 N., long. 6,4 W., the Tagus passed the brig Harriet Josephine, of Caen, steering south-west; and 1.30 p.m. same day a French bark, in lat. 48 15 N., long. 5 45 W. The Tagus will have to leave Southampton again on Thursday next with the outward mails, passen gers, and cargo for the Peninsular ports. THE CORN TRADE IN FRANOE.—The f oniteur pub lishes the official return of the price of wheat for the last week of November and the first fortnight of Decem ber, in the different markets of France by whi , th the import and export duties on corn and fi)ur are regulated. The highest price is 23f. 21c. per hectolitre in the market of Marseilles, and the lowest, 14f. 78c., in that of Metz. The highest average price for any district is 19f. 9?., in the markets of Toulouse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseilles, and the lowest, 15f. 34c., in those of Metz, Verdun, Charleville, and Soissons. The average for the whole of- France is 17f. 850., being a decline of 110. on the last return. The following has been the progressive decline in price during the last six months ;—End of July, 25f. 75c.; August, 21f. 62c.; September, 20f, 23c.; October, 181. 73c.; November, 17f. 96c.; and December, 17f. 85e. The average price at the end of December, 1856, was 27f. 82c., and at the corresponding period of 1855, 33f. 47c. The prices are now sufficiently low in all the sections to allow corn and flour to be exported at the simple scale dues of 25c. per hectolitre of wheat, and 500. per metrical quintal of flour. As to the imports, they are not now subject to the regulating table, as they remain free until the let of September, 1858. TIIE SUPPOSED POISONING AT KEIGHLET.—On Thurs day, the adjourned inquest on the body of Barbara Sagar, aged 39, matron of the Keighley workhouse, was held before T. Brown, E-q., coroner for the district, at the Court-house, Keiebley. The court was again densely crowded. John Sagar, deceased's husband, was placed in the dock, on suspicion of having administered the arsenic from which death bad arisen. The case was watched on his behalf by Mr. ''.7asney, of Skipton, The jury returned the following verdict :—" We find that Barbara Sagar bas died from the effects of arsenic, but by whom administered there is no evidence to show." The Coroner—l don't know that you could have returned any other verdict according to the evidence,—There was no manifestation of feeling on tile part of the crowded. audience when the verdict was announced. The prisoner was detained in custody till yesterday morning, when the magistrates discharged him. It might be noticed, in connexion with this inquiry, that not one of the medicine bottles taken possession of by the police has been ana lysed ; although the deceased invariably took her medi 7 cine from her husband's hands, and complained that the stuff burned her.—Lecds Mercury, POISONING AT HALIFAX. —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Dusty Miller Inn, Halifax, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of .Mary Eastburn, wife of Mr. R. Eastburn, stover, Pal lon-lane. The husband of the deceased, who has been in business in Halifax many years, bas latterly been unfor tunate in the investment of his capital, and the result is that the whole abler property is advertised for sale, under an order of the Bankruptcy Cour'. Mr. Eaetburn's embarrassment has been taken much to heart by his wife, and on Tuesday morning, in a state of mental delusion, she poisoned herself and endeavoured to poison her hus band. The case, as stated by the witnesses at the inquest appears to be as follows :—On Monday the deceased was out all day with her two sons, on Mr. East burn's busimse and on her return she appeared more than usually depressed in spirits, and remarked that the family would be turned out of doors. Next morning, about five o'clock, she went dow stairs, and took from the cupboard a bottle containing oz. of laudanum, purchased for Mr. Eastburre be being in the habit of taking it with burnt brandy for spasms in the stomach. Having poured into a cup a portion of the con tents of the phial, she drank off the dose, and then pre sented one to her husband, telling him it was rhubarb wine. Mr. Ea-tburn took oily a small quantity of the liquid, bet his wife drank the remainder. As she bad taken scarcely anything to eat for some days past, and had, therefore, au empty stomach, the poison speedily took effect, and though Mr. Nowell, surgeon, and his assistant, Mr. Stocker, were early in attendance, and did all they could to preserve life, the unfortunate woman died about eight o'clock in the evening of the same day. In the case of Mr. Eastbourne, however, the medicine eperated, and happily he was soon out of danger. Th e occurrence caused a very painf u l sensati on in the neigh bourhood. The jury returned as their verdict that the deceased had died from laudanum, administered by her self whilst in a temporary fit of insanity. SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AT PRESTON. Oe Saturday evening an emeute of a threatening nature (the second in the space of ten days), took place among the pauper labourers at the 'relieving offices, Saul-street, Preston. As has been before stated, the men are about 1,000 in number, and are employed on the moor. Half have latterly been employed in the forenoon and the other half in the afternoon, but on Friday orders were issued that they should work the entire day, or only receive a moiety of the usual allowance —viz., 6d. The paupers determinedly resisted this order, and the more violent of them threatened death to the well disposed who were willing to comply. The opposi tion assumed such an alarming form that it was not deemed prudent to carry out the resolution, and the labourers accordingly received their ls. each for only half a-day's work. On Saturday evening the men assembled at the offices to the number of 1,000, and demanded their pay as usual. On being informed that They would only receive Gd. each a most serious disturbance occurred. The commotion commenced before 5 o'clock, and several or the more violent of the labourers rose and harangued the . rest:, calling upon theni to resist this attempt "to starve them to death." The guardians present were Messrs. M. Satterthwaite (the chairmen of the board), Ward, Dewhurst, and C. Satterthwaite. Mr. Ward essayed to speak to the people, but he was hooted and groaned at, and denounced in the most violent and profane terms The affair assumed such an aspect that the Mayor of the borough (Mr. J. Humber), Mr. Dadd, the magistrate's clerk, and Mr. Gibbons, the police superintendent, with about 20 constables, ultima tely went to the spot. The leaders of the paupers continued their hal angues, and al efforts at expos tulation were useless. The men declared that they would have the pay either one way or another. consultation between the guardians present and the authorities took place, and it was contemplated to read the Riot Act. The superintendent of police went to one of the orators, who was appealing to the passions of his fellows, and requested him to be quiet, but no notice was taken of the intimation. One section of the guardians, backed by the autho rities, for some time expressed a determination to resist the tumult, and adhere to the resolution for stopping the 6d. Mr. C. Satterthwaite and others, however, pointed out the d„nger of onth a course in the then excited state of the men, and also that there was some ground for the complaint, seeing it was attempted to make the abatement on Satur day, as on Sunday they would receive no money at all. After a long discussion it was agreed to pay the parties their shilling each, and enforce the new rule on Monday (this day), with the determination that the men should either work a full day or only receive payment in proportion. The superinten dents have instructions to put the labourers a full day's employment. It is very probable that a serious riot will be the result. An outbreak was cert anly avoided on Saturday night by the conces sion of the guardian ; and the enforcement of their order will be exceedingly difficult. if not danger ous to the peace of the town. The commotion lasted nearly three hours. It is to be hoped that the number of this class of paupers will be speedily reduced. Six additional mills have within the last few days commenced running full time, and they will, to a small extent, lessen the number of the labourers ; but it must be borne in mind that the paupers on the moor include a large class of idle persons who seldom worked in good times. ADVERTISEMENT. ] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills remarkahle for their Efficacy in curing diseases of the Skin.--Scurvy, ringworm, and other cutaceous dis orders are engendered by the impurity of the blood, and the only sure means of eradicating such complaints is to undergo a course of Holloway's Pill -4, and at the same time apply externally his invaluable Ointment. Cures by these extraordinary medicines are daily attested, proving their astonishing efficacy in purifying the blood, strengthening the constitution, and re-estab lishing the best of health. They are equally beneficial in curing wounds, &o.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishment', 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden lane, New York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ;and E. Muir, Malta. _ . I.A.Dve erissmzsr..}— SIGHT AND 'NAMES SPECTACLES POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND Paasrearive GLAssza.—S. and B. Solomone, opticians, 39, Aibemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with iucreasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pin , pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for sheeting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. • Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dan gerous effects of further powerful a seistanee. Pers , :n, can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Oxganio Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all of hers, surpassing anything of the 'kind that has been, or prob ably can, be. produced. Being of the same colour as the sk in, is not perceptible. It enables de af persons to hear distinctly at churchaud at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensatic ° singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, an d it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. A lba Dario-street, PiendillYs—Opposite the York Hotel, W, F - , :• less than an attempt to take adv44k satisfaction with some parts ( - ,f ) of IndiAt Governmentt whi ele (parer-4, to enablo the Or 3 tj Ministe:s o. usurp au en: moil and per ona'qe, aid share it better_ a boll--fac •(.1 u-urpati. nis pregnant_ d`ate. ' the ha ante of the Constitution, audTertheiltert, of the citizen, which that Constitution was framed to wren). Even the poor apology that this hazard of our liberties will be compensated by increased administrative ofliciency cannot be.offere4l f4ir the forthcoming Bill. The division of the Army in India into a Earopeau force under the Horse Guards, and a native force under the looal Government, is a partition of authority that will render effective military acdon impoesile. The selection of mem bers of the present Board of Directors to fill up the seats at the Council Board of the new Indian Minister, shows that Government has no fault to find with the policy hitherto pursued in the English dominions in India, and no intention to change it, It will continue to act by the advice of the Director., hut it will strip them of all patronage, and of all administrative authority. Lord Palmerston, a n d his colleagues, flatter themselves that they will in this way obtain the advantage of the lights of those men who really know India, and at the same time remove all impediments in the way of their jobbing Indian patronage. The six Councillors for India will bo as arrant nonentities as the Junior Lords of the Treasury, and greater nonentities than the• Junior Lords of the Admiralty. Appointments in India will no longer be conferred on the most de serving, but on those whose friends can repay their donors with parliamentary and electioneering ser. vices. At the same time that political corruption is augmented in England, administrative efficiency will be diminishep in India. We have only one remark to add at present. It is generally understood that Lord Clanricarde is to be First Minister for India under the new arrange went. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE. (A- 92n the Australian and New Zealand Gazette.) iWe have been favoured with the following iufor mtiou respect to the Australian steam postal seiviee via Suez At a uneetinlz of the committee of the General Asso• ciation tJr the Australian Colonies, held on Deo. 10, the following resolutionq were agreed to : " ' 1. Teat for the efficient performance of the postal service between Suez and Melbourne six first class steam ships are required, of 2,200 tons bard n at least, and to be l calmble cd poi forming, when tested for speed, not lees then 12 :knot.] per hour. " ‘ 2. That for the performance of the postal service beiween Southampton and Alexandria three first class steamships, of not less than 1,2E0 tons, and capable of still greater speed than the preceding, are required. "' 3 That, understanding the European and Austra lian Royal Mail Co. have joined the Royal Mail Steam packet Co., and that the contract entered into by the fur mil- for carrying the Australian mails is to be performed with the combined resources of both companies, a de pu. Cation from this association shall seek an interview with the directors of the said companies, and ascertain from them sele ther they are prepared to carry on the contract in eonepliaece with the foregoing condi - ions. " '4. That, in the event of a sufficient guarantee being given that these c 'editions will be faithfully complied with, and that na reasonable expense be spared to secure the efficient performance of the contract, this association will write to the Governments of the various Australian culinies, recommending them totake no steps on account of past negiect to terminate the existing contract. " '5. That the hoe. secretary send a copy of these resolutions to the chairman and directors of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, requesting them to ap point a day to receive the deputation. " ' W. C. WENTWORTH, Chairman. " 'JAMES A. YoIIL, Hon. Sec.'" The committee received a reply from the secre tary of the Royal Mail Company, stating that the directors would be happy to receive the deputation on the Ist inst. ; and, accordingly, on Friday the following gentlemen—Mr. W. C. W en t wor th , Si r C Nicholson, Mr. W. Westgarth, Mr. E. Ste pipits, Mr. J. A. Youl, Mr. A. L. Elder, Mr. Tobias, Mr. H. G. Ashurst, and Mr. F. A. Du Ctoz—bad an interview with the board. After s me conversation, in the course of which the di r ctors gave a most explicit assurance that they w uld exert themselves to the utmost t o carry out title service in an efficient manner, worthy of the great and rising importance of the intercourse be tween the mother country and Australia, they stilted that, as soon as possible, there would be five ships placed on the station between Suez and Aus tralia—viz., the Victoria, Australasian, European, Colombian, and Etneu. The Victoria was taken up some time since to convey troops to India, and the Australasian has only recently left on the same service. Both of these vessels will imme diately on their being released from the Govern ment service be placed on the line between Suez am.d Mell e The directors, however, stated that they intend, d. to place six bolts on the line, as they felt that number to be absolutely necessary for the efficient execution of the service. ,We also understand that the committee of the General Association intend to recommend to the Legislatures of the various colonies the continuance of the contract to the Royal Mail Company. We trust that we may therefore congratulate our readers, and all interestild in our Australian colonies, upon the pleasing prospect that the service will at length be placed upon a satisfactory footing. A very alight consideration will show that the delays and disap pointments which have occurred with such singular ill-fortuce have arisen from an attempt upon the part of the original acceptors of the contract to exe cute a difficult and complex service too hastily be fon; the lino could be efficiently organised and the proper arrangements made. We therefore hope that under the new regime these steps will be at once taken, and then we shall have very little doubt of the success of the Overland route. FIRE AT ROTHERIIITHE-DESTRUOIION OF GOVERNMENT BOATS AND OTHER PRO PBRTY. A very destructive fire happened yesterday (Sun day) morning, in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Thornkson, government ship builder, Horseferry stairs, Rotherhithe. The property in question stretched from the land side to the edge of the river Thames, nearly 200 feet ; it was two stories high, nearly 50 feet wide, and contained not fewer than 16 large boats, built for the British Govern ment, and a great amount of ships' stores, whilst piles of timber were stored in the open yard. Adjoining this, on the south side, stood the private residence of Capt. Smith, the superintendent of the works, which was several floors high. Between these buildings was the thoroughfare leading to the Thames, termed the Horseferry, and on the east side were the premises of Mr. Geo. Marshall, shipowner and merchant, and within a few feet were the premises belonging to Mr. G. Thomas, a shipwright. About two o'clock yesterday morning police-con stable No. 174 of the M division, whilst proceed ing along his boat, noticed an unusual body of smoke proceeding from about the centre of the boat-building houses of Mr. Thompson. At that time no fire was perceptible ; but the smoke hover ing so long over the roofs, convinced him that the interior of the main building was in flames ; and, without delay, he gave an alarm, and sent off for the necessary attendance of engines and firemen belonging to the neighbourhood, but before even those situated within a mile on the land side, or the steam-float at Rotherhithe had time to get on the way, the fire rushed forth from every window and loophole in Mr. Thompson's factory . ; and by t he timber and the engines arrived, :pile after pile of and vessels, together with a dwelling-house stand ing on the ground, became completely enveloped in flame. The firemen, under the personal directions of Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent ; Mr. Hen derson,loway, the engineer ; and ylvMnerno. not yielding e t o'D work nort °i n the chief officer of the D section ; M r . b y ut th e water, tthh m e ainsof f f t E he nkla en nd t C O o fli m e p e a , n the gratings of the sewers were pulled up, and the h tu o r s e e s ,o of and the by that e t se; p e e r e d i d e r n o t p t p h eedth rolandughg i t n h e e s a w l) o e r r e fed with water, whilst the two powerful steam-floats kept pouring many thousand tons' weight of water per minute on the flames ; but the fire could not be entirely extinguished for six hours. The origin cf the fire is not known. The following is the official list of damages : " Mr. J. Thompson, ship boat builder, Horseferry stairs, Rotherhithe. Two timber buildings, of two stories high, about 150 feet deep, destroyed and contents consumed. The stock of timber and boats, some finished and some partly so, very severely damaged. The windows in dwelling-house burned and pulled out ; rest of building and furniture damaged by fire, water, and removal. The build ings and their contents were not insured, but the furniture was insured in the County Fire-office. Mr. G. Thomas, in the same place, shipwright. Timber building, 70 feet, destroyed. Insured in the Sun Fire-office. Ditto ditto, Capt. Smith (private). The side and front windows and roof considerably damaged by fire, and furniture by water and re moval. Ditto ditto, Mr. George Marshall, ship owner and merchant ; the old stores partially de• stroyed. Insured in the Imperial Fire-office. The fire was extinguished by the engines and firemen of the brigade, &c. namely ; the two steam-floats, four engines of D, one of A, two of B, and that of the West of England office." ER C t ß i E o D ut. HARMONIC SOCIETY, ESETER-llALL.—Saardn'a a is to be performed on Fri da y nest, the Bth of January, when Mr. Silos Reeves wi ll make bis first appearance this season, togethe r with Miss Lo uisa:ng and Mr. Santley. / • , - - AEI PAP., '-e adv,KijarlAri:N e of , •k e ~ c. r i-) . , - 4.. , ,, , .t ix zko.u,-• r rpt,„ t --... ti .. A „ ~ , , .---,, i.,_ .;,‘,•: AMERICA. 1 LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4. The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa has arrived, with advises from New York to the 23d ult., and $2,337,742 in specie on freight. The Adriatic arrived at New York on the 21st. Tho Europa passed the Persia on the 24th. The Senate had passed a Bill authorising the issue of $20,000,000 of Treasury notes. The opera tion of the Act is limited to one-year, and notes of a less denomination than 100 dollars are prohibited. A resolution calling for all correspondence with reference to alleged losses by the bombardment of Greytown was adopted. The Senate iu executive session confirmed the appointment of Mr. Lamar, of Texas, as Minister to Central America. Mr. Douglas, in the Senate, and Mr. Banks, in the House, introduced bills authorising the people of Kansas to form a State Government. Orders had been issued to the Federal officers at the South to stop all vessels bound for-the relief of Walker, and also to arrest the steamer Fashion. The frigate Jamestown bad been ordered to Grey town. Captain Chatard, of the Saratoga, was to be superseded for allowing Walker to laud. At Mobile a revenue cutter fire 1 into a new steamer under the impression that she was a Fili• bustering vessel. Gores nor Walker, of Kansas, sent in his resigna• tion. There was a doubtful report from Kansas that General Lane has been shot by a Government officid at Lecompton in a disturbance at Fort Scott Several lives were lost. Some troops had been de spatched to quell the otithre'llit. There was a runio :r that the depot at Fort Ela vamire had been threatened by the Mormons, and that two companies of the United States' expedition had met with a reverse. From Havanuah wo learn that trade was very dull and money exceediugly scarce, at enormous interest. Sugars had slightly advanced. Some of the now crop, which was expected to be unusually large, had been sent to market. Two American vessels had landed cargoes of negroes. Exchange on London w a s quoted at 14 per cent. Advices from Yucatan state the revolution in Campeachy had been suppressed. A vessel had been seized at Now York on suspi cion of being a slaver. The A' cif; York Courier and Enquirer says : " Notwithstanding the favourable Bank state ment of the past week there is a general indisposi tion to commence again the active operations of trade until a decisive change takes place for the better abroad. This conservative policy prevents shipment, and also keeps the exchange•market un settled. Exchange on London is quoted at 1081 to 1091 for 60 days, 111 i to 1114 for short sight. " Depressing causes continue to act upon the stock-market, and the quotations of to-day show the same small but steady decline that has taken place every day for the past week. The latest quotations are as follows :—Missouri Sixes, 791 ; New York Central Shares, 74 ; New York and Erie Shares, 17i ; Reading Railroad Shares, 531; Michigan Southern Shares, 19k; Clev land and Toledo Shares, 41i ; Panama Railroad Shares, 94 ; Illinois Central Shares, 89 ; Illinois Central Bonds, 85; Chicago and R.I. Sh ares , 73k; Milwauke and Missouri, 26 ; Gale na an d Chicago, 72i La Crosse, 10i; Michigan Southern New Stock, 83i ; Delaware and Hudson, 1081 ; Cumberland, 91. ), The New York Shipping List says :-- "The asp-ct of financial affairs continues to brighten. Money is daily becoming more and more abundant. Confidence s strengthening, and, ge neral trade being paralysed, capitalists are earnestly soliciting good commercial paper at comparatively low rates of intere , ts—viz., 7 per cent. for choice signatures with 60 days' maturities ; 9 to 10 per cent. for prime three to six months' notes ; 10 to 12 per cent. for fair endorsed and good single paper, and 5 . t0 7 per cent. on call. "The heaping lib of idcal capital in the form of gold and silver at the banks, es shown by the enor mous balance, nearly 28,000,000 dols., in last week's statement, we cannot bui consider an evil. The other points of the Bank Statement are favour able, there being an increase of 685,000 odd dols. in loans, a gain of 800,000 odd dols. in deposits, and a small decrease in circulation. "Suspension of specie payments by the banks of Georgia, South Carolina, and illsibam4 has at length bEnu legalised by the Legislatures of those States." Ashes were very dull, with an accumulating stock. Cotton tended downwards ; the demand was con fined to the wants of home spinners. Middling Uplands was quotcd at 10k. There was considerable depression in flour, and prices had declined 25 cents.; there was little or no expo' t demand. The business in wheat was extremely light, at a decline of sc. to 10c. Iron was dull at a decline. A firm demand for molasses and sugar at steady prices. Turpentine quiet. Provisions dull and drooping. Rice dull. Tal low firm. Tobacco firmer. Freights very dull. The steam-ships North St ar arid Borusia had arrived at N ew York. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. Soluthheampton Company'sonGaturdOaryieanftuelrnoon to the south- Peninsular ----"°.-----. her outward vo; steam ship Tagus, Capt, an E d dward Christian arrived at 27 ; Lisbon, charge of Lieut. , with mails iin reville, R. Admiralty agent, fol lowingdates 29 :—Gibraltar, Dec. 26 ; Cadiz, Oporto and Vigo, 30. On heavy the Tagus experienced a south-westerly gale in the Channel aid the Bay • along the er Y & e , coast of Portugal and home wards,Nveath This steamer brings 16 pas sengers, 46 packager. and cargo -es of specie, value 29,914/. 10$., boxes of comprisingtangerines, 399 half-boxes of oranges, 40 dates, and 149 c p l a : k s, , 43 boxes of eggs, 52 boxes of packages of general merchandise. Gibraltar advic are to the 26th ult, on which day the exchanges es 90 days' date, 49 were quoted as under :—London, Marseilles, do., I f to 49i ; Paris, do., sf. 31c.; Madrid, eight .a • 32c. ; Genoa, do., 3f. 35c. ; Malaga, do., dis.; sight, la dis . ; Cadiz, do., par ; do., 1k dis. ; ai ; Seville, do., ft dis.; Alicante, Spanish pillared "611 ' a dis• ; Barcelona, dis dollars, 4 per cent. prem.,none, no demand. Her Majesty' s ship Curlew was the only vessel of war lying at Gibraltar when the Tagus left. The Prussian Bailing sailed at 7 lng frigate Thetis, Capt. Sun dewally,aon the 17th, inteniling to proceed as far a s Toni . In. Gibraltar crui-te, and then return again, touching at The Thetis fired a it traltar on he r way to Prussia which salute as she passed the fortress under sail, compliment was promptly re turned by the guns His NetherlandsM of th e sa l ut i ng b atter y. ales t•y's steam-frigate Admiral von Wasfenner, Capt. Grove, where she haftVaynis, left the Orange of the strong easterly anchored during the preva lencetime as the Thetis, and wind s , a b ou t th e same proceeded under sail for the e astward, likewise on a cruise The hired ship Lady M'Naghten as f ar as T ou l on . ticket of-leave men from the Gibraltar with 91 with convict establish ment, left for Deptford, a day light on the morning of the mtb fair wind, at By the steamer Durance, which arrived at Gib raltar from Malaga on the t afternoon of the 15th ult., intelligence was received of the loss of the Dutch steamer Wilhelm II 1,, which was run foul of by the French steamer ii - orinandie, bound to Barcelona and Marseilles, ,:n the previous Satur day night. The Dutchman D I anaged, however, to reach the harbour, where Part'u of sank just at the en trance, sternforemost. the cargo has been saved, owing to her having vy . ater-tight compart ments. The Normandiesuffered damage, and put back to Malaga in a leaky state, The British bark Caleb, c flf. .." 7 P. Pelham, which arrived at Gibraltar o n t ' i r - - • ± • 21st from Shields and Grimsby, with coals for Mlotril, otril, dragged her anchors during the same night, and went ashore be tween the two rivers on the Oriental opposite side of the bay. The Peninsular and Company's steamer Pera, Capt. Soy, with the India and China mails of the 20th from Southampton, put into the Bay of Gibraltar at 7 a.m. on the cavin g2dth experienced strong westerly winds in the Channel and Bay of Malta Biscay. She proceeded to and Alexandria at 1.30 p m. ; all well. The fellowing British merchants had arrived at Gibraltar from England since previous dates i—On the 17th, the Scamander, S. Giebra tt, ltar and 7i days from Liverpool, with bale goods for Alex andria ; 18tb, the Gibraltar, gall, from London on and the 10th, with nine passengers a Cast cargo of Go vernment stores and other merchandise for Gibral tarand Cadiz; 20th, Ignez de C astro, W. Kennedy, a nine days from Glasgow, with general cargo for Gibraltar and Seville ; 24 th, the A. Scott, nine days from London and eight fre enda, m Havre, with a general cargo for Malta, Constantinople, and `Odessa. The following items are extracted from the Lloyd in . [ Pricil 4 . S'rNl A PED 5 PROFESSOR FARADAY'S LECTURES AT THII ROYAL INSTITUTION. At Professor Faraday's thin.' lecture on " Con duction, Insulation, and Lightning Conductors," we observed among the distinguished company pre sent M. de Due d'Aumale ' M. le Prince de Conde, M. le Comte de Pari s , M. le Duo de Chartres, with M. le Docteur de Mussy, the eminent and accom plished physician of the Orleans family ; Sir Ben jamin Brodie, Bart., F.R.S.; Sir C. Fellows, F.S.A.; the Rev. Dr. Whewell, F.R.S. (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge), Revs. J. Barlow, F. R.S. ; C. W. Page (Student of Christ Church, Oxford, 41. c.), Ar.e. His R )yal Highness the Prince of Wales (at tended by Mr. F. W. Gibbs, Dr. Becker, and Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish) took the chair at three o'clock, with his usual punctua'ity. On the wall, behind the Professor's table, were fixed circular cards, containing an epitome of the previous lec tures ; electricity being shown to be 1. Evolved or destroyed at pleasure. 2. Produced by any two bodies ; and 3. Apparent on the rubbing of the bodies. Fur ther,--7 4. The acting body is not changed. 5. Force is local. • 6. It is variable to any degree. 7. The result is attraction and repulsion. 8. Two states are in the force. 9. The power is transferable. 10. The power is conducted. 11. C.unduction and insulation are demonstrated; 12. Ca: rying or convection. When the professor made his appearance he was greeted with loud cheett from his juvenile (and ma tur) admirers, to which he responded by saying, that " although in that place he was surrounded by the highest.society, both in rank and intellectual eminence, he was happy to find the privileges of children allowed there, and therefore he accepted the cheers of his young friends." By various ex po intents the learned Professor proceeded to show the power of conduction—iron, copper, and wood being shown to conduct differently. To de monstrate the conduction of the electric force as operating diversely with divers substances, two rods, one of copper, the other of iron, were exhibited against the chimney, between which a phosphorous lamp was placed, and it was shown by means of little wooden balls, which had been stuck on to the rods by pomatum, and fell from the rods at different times, that copper was more powerful conductor than iron. A very curious experiment was tried with two kinds of thread used as the conducting force. From the electric machine on the table a silk thread was carried to the indicator a yard or two off, and was shown to be a non-conductor when the glass tube was rubbed and applied to the machine (although the silk when wetted conducted), while a metallic thread of the same thickness, when treated in the same way, conducted the force so much as to vehemently agitate the gold leaves within the I indicator. The difference in the conducting power between glass and brass was then explained, and it was proved that brass conducted, while glass insulated. The professor then treated of the circumstances under which electricity is conducted, and when it ceased, after which he gave a lucid and interesting description of the Atlantic telegraph (part of which he exhibited), and of the late Dover and Calais telegraph, and when his explanations were cheered, said, " Thank you for all your approval ; I think your silence gives it best." His ignition of a jet of gas when, standing "insulated" on the carpet, be put one hand on a branch of the electric machine and the other on the burner, was, notwithstanding, loudly applauded ; as also when he held in his band and used for an electrometer a passel of paper, which became dishevelled and violently agitated when being "insulated," his hand wag electrified. The rest of the lecture was devoted to the eluci• dation of the principles of lightning conductors, as useful on lighthouses, Arc. A model of the Eddy stone Lighthouse was used in illustration, and one of St. Katha r i ue ' s l ig hth ouses was exhibited on a table in the ante-room, which was examined after the lecture and much admired. THE .NEW INDIAN BILL. (From the Daily News ) "The aftrirs - of my fea4 -- 111 liardotainionrs will -require -yotu -ilserious consideration, and I recom mend them to your ear-est a•tention." This was the injunction laid by the Queen upon her Parlia ment when they met, at the openiug of the session, on the 3d of last December. Immediate compliance with the injunction would net, however, have suit ed the purpose of Lord Palmerston. His lordship has to obtain the sanction of the Legislature to a bill for the future government of India, which has been described by ono of his own organs in the press as such a crude measure as " may arise from the aberrations of a Parliament talking six months upon a subject studied hurriedly and without pre vious preparation." A piece of legislation of this kind, it is obvious, will require to be hurried through Parliament without allowing time to scru tinise its defects too narrowly, Hod it been pro duced when the Houses first met, members must uecessarily have had a couple of months to study its provisions before the great debates could come on. To avoid this Lord Palmerston has, up to the pre sent time, kept his own secret. In February Par liament will ba called upon to ppss an extempore measure for the government of India. Such in decent precipitancy ought, if possible, to be pre vented ; and this is the reason why we submit to the pubic such details of the Ministerial India Bill as we have been able to glean from various well informed quarters. Our sketch of its most essential provisions will, we have not the shadow of a doubt, be found correct. If there is any inaccuracy in the minor details, Ministers have it in their power to set themselves right with the public by putting forth their own version. In this way our object will yet more fully be attained ; fop that object is simply to frustrate the nefarious attempt to smugle a Bill, intended to revolutionise the government of India, through Parliament, with alinitaimum of discussion. We learn, then, from sources on which we have been accustomed to place great reliance, that by Lord Palmerston's India Bill— The political affairs of India are to be transferred to the direct management of a member of the Cabinet, who, it is understood, shall be a Peer, and in whom all patronage, —wi th one exception— is to be vested. This member of the Cabinet is to be President of a Council to whom simply consultative functions are to be entrusted; they are to have neither ad miniitrative nor executive powers. The Members of Council are to be six in number ; and they are to be chosen in the first instance from the existing Court of Directors. The European portion of the Indian Army is to be greatly augmented, and placed directly and ex clusively under the Crown. All regulations and orders regarding it will emanate from, all patronage will be exercised through, the medium of the Horse Guards. The Native Army will be confided to the charge of the local Government an India. The Indian Services will be kept distinct from the Home Services, and charged directly and ex clusively on the Revenue of India. The first consequence of this measure that stares us in the face is, the immense addition it will make to the power of the Crown. The European army of the Crown in India will be withdrawn from tbo annual supervision and control of Parliament, A great army of European soldiers will be maintained in India irrespective of the Imperial Parliament. The patronage dispensed by the Commander-in Chief—an officer who has come to be regarded as the more immediate Minister of the Crown, and in dependent of and unaffected by the mutations of the balance of parties in Parliament—will be error; mously increased. It has been generally under stood that so long as Lord Hardinge remained at the;head of the army every paper of the Horse Guards was submitted to the Prince Consort, and strong suspicions are entertained that this practice has not been entirely abandoned since Lord Har dinge's demise. If Parliament sanctions the transfer of the largely increased European portion of India to the Horse Guards, the power of the Crown iniits very worst form—that is, straintiand control of_ responsible Ministers—will be augmented to perilous extent. to the re_ Again, s h ou ld Lord Palmer.ston's India Bill become law, the influence of the Political Govern ment of the day will be increased. All the non military patronage of India will be placed at its disposal. Under it the Civil Service of India will be jobbed to an extent of which some recent objec tionable appointments convey but a faint notion. The Cabinet of the day will be, more than compen sated for the loss of Colonial patronage consequent on the concession of self-government tothe Colonies India will become a preserve for the aristocracy and their venal tools and dependents in Parliament and the constituencies. The measure for the government of India con ,emplated by Lord Palmerston is neither more nor