The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-11 00:00:00

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor -C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the Rpm ARTS G LLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND . NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of-Pictures. by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted. to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist- Inc* Music hall, the'New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently, added Ante-Hall, will preseut an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be fbund to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. -- - The Music:At. ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAITVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine ant Eleven o'clock. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. lalfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's lothing Commence at Seven, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS HVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of TILE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE BUSYBODY. Messrs. Buckstone, Farren,. Arm ;, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam and Miss Reynolds. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. • Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund' Falconer. THIS EVENING the new Drama, entitled MARION DE LortmE ; or, The Cradle of Steam : Madame Celeste, Mr. V andenhoff, Mr, Emery, Mr. Falconer, &a. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, - Mrs. Weston, miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, &c• ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. .f. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss ROBilla Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, &c. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices , entitled HARLEVIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery , i s. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 8, to 00mmenCe at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, MR. WEBSTER'S COMPANY IS REQUESTED AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOIREE. Manager, Mr. B. Webster ; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Memory, Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Everybody else. After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrr. J. L. Toole. Killington, Eburne, and Miss Woolgar. Followed by THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington ; Miss Kelly, Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown , Mr: Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupin ; SPrite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE , Lessee and Directress', Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ;„ or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATR E, Westminster-road. LeAgee and Tanager Mr. William Cooke. Immense Success of the new Pantomime. Dress: Cirole, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25,.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. _ During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle' of THE REVOLT IN INDIA ; er, The Fug,itives and their Faith ful Steed. After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star Riders of Europe. - - Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL, CREAM COB CIWISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr eble ; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest; Columbine. Miss Julia Weston. The grand Transformation Scene, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful and highly-framed palfries, pronounced unpreeedentedly magnificent. The new scenery, including the matchless re presentation of the "New Palace of the People, at Muswell Hill," perfect gems of art. - - - Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. A Morning Performance of the renowned Pantomime every Saturday, at Two o'clock. Carriages for day performances at half-past four, and for night representation at half-past eleven, THE WEATHER.—Sus Orricz, JAN. 1:. THERMOMETER, IN THIS SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.52. • WIND, N.W. ; light, with fine weather 4-11 1- • ..1k 1'4 :41;$ " 44' AIPA4 • baorr ' r TI;IE SUN. TUESDAY. JANUARY 11, 1859. King VICTOR EmmAN u EL, on the 10th of January, followed the suit led by the Emperor NAPOLEON on the Ist of the month. It is more than hinted that the Royal Speech on the opening of the Sardinian Chambers, a summary of which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, was revised at the Tuileries, if its inspiration were not derived therefrom. What, then, becomes of the pacific conferences which so boldly and authoritatively declared that there was nothing in the diplomatic relations which war ranted the fears to which the alarming rumours that had been prevalent tended to give rise ? But, notwithstanding the warning thus given, we find the mischief occurring a second time, and that with the express connivance and approbation of the first offender. The tone of the KING, although couched in vague terms, strongly savours of gunpowder. He declares that the political horizon is not clear, but that the future must be tnet teithfirmness. This is indicative of some formidable perils to be encountered. But whence the danger ?—who is the Imperial delin quent who should be bound over in heavy recog nisances to keep the peace ?—where is the overcharged cloud from whence the thunder will burst forth ? Austria certainly does not seem disposed to become the aggressor. She has quite enough to do to arrange her rather dilapidated finances. She has no money to spare in " playing at soldiers." She most certainly will not make any new attack, although she unfortunately clings to the false position in which she has been placed, and from which she is unwilling to retreat, and by which those who might otherwise be dis posed to act in a friendly manner towards her are disturbed and alienated. Who, then, is prepared to fling the firebrand, and enkindle the flames of war throughout the fertile plains of Italy ? Can it be that VICTOR EMMANUEL himself meditates such a step ? We can scarcely believe it, unless he is assured of such powerful assistance as will enable him to despise the superior force of Austria, and to ensure that "fortunate future," to which he looks forward, " because the policy of Piedmont is based on justice and the love of its country's liberty." This is possible, but not probable. There are many griev ances rankling in the hearts of the Piedmontese. The sad events that broke the manly heart of CHARLES ALBERT have not yet passed into oblivion. The conduct of Austria on that occasion will not s p e edily be forgotten or forgiven ; and there is a bright hope in every Sardinian heart, that sooner I or later Italy will be regenerated and united, and that their Sovereign will become the champion of its indepen firm ce. But still Sardinia would bide its tim e , and wait for some demonstration on the part of the oppressed nationalities, . before it would provoke so unequal a contest as one with Austria—a contest in which it was previously sig nally defeated—that is to say, unless it had the mast satisfactory pledges of support and assistance from a Power or Powers fully capable of meeting Austria and any auxiliaries that might come to her assistance, on at least equal terms. It is tolerably notorious that Great Britain will not interfere to sustain the throne of the POPE, propped up by foreign bayonets that she anxiously desires that both the French and Austrian occu pations of Rome and of the Legations may cease and determine ; and indeed, the voice of public opinion has complained very earnestly that no steps have been taken to procure the cessation of the unconstitutional system. Very unexpectedly LOUIS NAPOLEON has proposed to withdraw" his troops, provided the Austrians also withdrew theirs. The latter, however, know too well the value of " possession," to give it up readily. They are quite willing that the French troops should depart, but they would instantly fill their places, and the people would have no cause to rejoice at the change. To , parody a celebrated passage that may be heard at the Princess's—" The French baked meats would coldly furnish forth the Austrian banquet." Now this cannot be longer tolerated. If FRANCIS JOSEPH desires to obtain the sympathies, or, what is. perhaps, no less important, the support of Britain, he must be prepared to come into court with clean hands, and to consent to the removal of all his troops now stationed in the States of the Church. He should also commence setting his house in order, so as to render a good account of his steward ship, when called on, and to no longer shudder at the talismanic words—Lombardy, Hungary, Gal licia. Were it not for the former, he would not re quire Austrian forces in the Legations, would have nothing to fear, even if there should be intestinal commotions in Italy. But he well knows that the stringency of his rule, the iron nature of the chain which he has wound around every Lombardo- Venetian, makes his Government one of fear, not love, and that all classes, from the peer to the peasant, are only pining for an opportunity of flinging off the hateful yoke at Milan and Mantua, Verona and Venice. The alle giance that can only be preserved by steel and gunpowder, by the bayonet and the musket, must be of a very doubtful character, and can scarcely be deemed worth retaining. He has tried the experiment of coercion suffi ciently long. Its failure is palpable and noto rious. Might he not try the effect of a little conciliation- - see what he could do by offering free and liberal institutions ? He might take a leaf out of the book of VICTOR. EMMANUEL, and try the efficacy of an alternative. Ho may be assured that it is his . only chance of retaining any territory in Italy. We do not want, however, the interfer ence of France or Piedmont. If liberty is worth having it should be gained by the parties them selves. Let them have " a clear stage and , no favour ;" and if they cannot obtain it, they are not deserving of it. We should, however, be disposed to doubt the advantages that had been obtained by French intervention. We should rather repeat with the late DANIEL O'CONNELL, the celebrated lines of BYRON— " Hereditary bondsmen, know you not, Who would be free, themselves should strike the blow !" The Plutarchian contrast between the English and French Navies, recently,exhibited to Europe in the columns of the Conversations Lexicon, has elicited from Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER a very sensible communication, conveying to the First Lord of the Admiralty a variety of timely and some of them most important suggestions. Read by the light of our latest naval exploits, the letter of the gallant Admiral, it is true, assumes to itself at times (quite unconsciously) a tone of melancholy satire. For example, at the very commencement of this remarkable epistle, Sir CHARLES observes that the article which appeared the other day in the German newspaper already particularised will have shown Sir JOHN PAKINGTON " that on the Continent the prestige of the British Navy is very much damaged, if not lost." An observation (thus coming to us) irresistibly suggestive of the inquiry —How this prestige has become " damaged if not lost ?" Not certainly because of the inadequacy of the maritime armaments sent out against the enemy during the last war. For never throughout the whole of the great wars of NELSON and NAPOLEON, never previously upon any occasion recorded in our history had such a fleet left the shores of England as the one despatched into the Baltic four or five years ago. No—if " damaged," if " lost "—it has surely been helped to this very lamentable anti-climax, it has been expedited in its descent to this miserable bathos by a maritime campaign beginning with immense promise, but ending not even in smoke—in the burning of a few broadsides of gunpowder off Cronstadt. But for the reminiscences provoked by- the gallant Admiral through this reminder, we should certainly have been content to let bygones be bygones. But when Sir CHARLES NAPIER volunteers the remark, that "on the Continent the prestige of the British Navy is very much damaged if not lost," it would be impossible, it would be cruel affectation, it would be a shameful reticence not to cast one wistful look askance at the memo ries of the Baltic expedition. Enough said, he-Weyer, in regard to the Past—letus look rather to the Future, as Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER looks to it now, hopefully and encouragingly. Almost immediately at the commencement of his letter, the sailor M.P. for Southwark reminds Sir JOHN PAKINGTON that, upon coming into power, he, the First Lord of the Admiralty, distinctly enough gave the country to understand that he would fit out a Channel Fleet, and altogether put the Navy of England into a much better state of efficiency. After taking the whole of the existing and much neglected maritime difficulties categorically into' consideration Sir CHARLES ends his letter with these words—" To do all this would cost very little more than our present system. It is so simple that if the Government do not put itin force they ought to be displaced by the House of Commons ; and I for one will assist to do it." Bravo, Sir CHARLES ! This is plain speaking—a fair broadside—a raking fire—clearing the way fore and aft, as effectually as a charge of the 88th to the cry of Faugh-a-ballagh, and to the tune of Garryowen. And what is " all this" which can be done at so little cost and with so much simplicity ? Sir CHARLES NAPIER ex-: plains this as clearly and unmistakeably as we have seen he intimates his intentions in regard to the treatment of her MAJESTY'S Government. He care fully sums up the whole of his argument as to the improvement of the navy and the permanent esta blishment of a Channel Fleet—an argument pre viously considered by him in detail clause by clause—he sums all up very happily and minutely towards the close of his elaborate and ingenious communication. After remarking with start- ling and encouraging brevity, " I see no difficulty in manning the fleet, on an emer gency, in a week provided our peace establish ment is kept on a proper footing," Sir CHARLES proceeds at once to explain his plan succinctly. A Channel Feet of at least ten sail of the line—that to begin with—that as a sine qua non. Each of these ten ships to have a full complement of. 900 thorough seamen, with 100 marines. Ten thousand fighting men in all as the strength of this efficient Channel Fleet. Supposing war to arise— one watch from each of the ten ships to be dis charged into the other line-of-battle ships now in ME SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY ,11, 1859. readiness. licre at once would be, consequently twenty sail of the line manned each with 450 thorough seamen. Add to these, says Sir CHARLES NAPIER, " 200 marines (which should form our garrison in peace, to be replaced by the militia in war), and 150 officers and boys, easily obtained" —and there would be twenty sail of the line manned, each with 800 men. Sixteen thousand fighting men at once capable of being despatched in twenty men-of-war against the enemy. Nay, with 200 men additional for each ship, taken from the Coast Volunteers, and we should actually, as the Admiral observes —without touching the Coast Guard—have " twenty sail of the line better manned than the fleet ever was in the greats war." We should have this magnificent fleet of twenty sail of the line ready immediately, upon the outbreak of war, to be directed against the foe with the force of 20,000 combatants. Without entering further into the gallant Admiral's propositions at this moment, that in itself is surely sufficient as a commencement. It is a spirit-stirring suggestion worthy of the brave sailor in his best days. It is a proposal we heartily trust he will further from his place in the House, during the ensuing session, with all his accustomed energy as a Reformer of Our maritime Administration. TILE PRINCE OF WALES AT SHORN- CLIFFE. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales commenced his military career by present ing colours to the 100th (the Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot, at Shorncliffe Camp. The Prince was accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke 9f Cambridge, and attended by Colonel Bruce, Captain Grey, and a distinguished. staff. After the regiment had been duly paraded, and the usual formalities had been gone through, his Royal Highness, on presenting the colours, said:— " Lord Melville, Colonel de Rottenberg, and Officers and Soldiers of the 100th Regiment,—lt is most gratifying to me that, by the Queen's gracious permission, my first public act since I have hadthe honour of holding a commission in the British army should be the presentation of colours to a regiment which is the spontaneous offering• of the I3yal and spirited Canadian people, and with which, at their desire, my name has been specially associated. The ceremonial in which we are now engaged possesses a peculiar significance and solemnity, because in confiding to you for the first time this emblem of military fidelity and valour I not only recognize emphatically your enrolment into our national force, but celebrate an act which proclaims and strengthens the unity of the various parts of this vast empire under the sway of our common Sove reign. Although, owing to my youth and inexpe rience, I can but very imperfectly give expression to the sentiments which this occasion is calculated to awaken with reference to yourselves and to the great and flourishing province of Canada, you may rest assured that I shall ever watch the progress and achievements of your gallant corps with deep interest, and that I heartily wish you all honour and success in the prokeution of the noble career on which you have entered.'? After' the ceremony the Prince of Wales left for Dover; where he arrived yesterday evening at half past five o'clock, to embark for Ostend, on his visit to Rane. _ _ _ His Royal Highness was attended by Colonel the Hon. R. Bruce and a distinguished suite. He wore the uniform of a colonel in the Guards: Mr. J. P. Knight, the superintendent of the South-Eastern Railway Company, was in attend ance upon the Royal train. On the Prince alighting from the State carriage the band ,of the 4th battalion 60th Royal Rifles, which regiment supplied the guard of honour at the rail Way station, struck up " God save the Queen." His Royal Highness, was received by Major-General Craufurd, the commandant of the garrison; Captain M'llwaine, R.N., naval super intendent; Major 'Barnard, Grenadier Guards;, Captain SMithett ; the Mayor of Dover (Dr. Astley), &c. Every arrangement for the reception of the Prince had been made by the superintendent of the station, Mr. Way. There was a large assemblage of spectators, whose salutations were graciously acknowledged by the youthful Prince as he walked, attended by the per sonages above named, to Birmingham's Imperial Lord Warden Hotel. A guard of honour of the Bedford Militia wasin attendance at the Lord Warden, and as his Royal Highness left the railway station a Royal salute was discharged from the guns of the Drop Redoubt. After refreshment at the Lord Warden Hotel, his Royal Highness and suite embarked at the Admiralty-pier in the Royal mail packet Prince Frederick William. His Royal Highness, attended by Captain M'llwaine, was received on board by Mr. J. G. Churchw'ard, and the vessel, in charge of Captain Smithett. started for Ostend at 8 p.m. - THE - PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAm.—The Xord contains a letter from Berlin, dated Friday last, in which we read We are expecting the accouchement of the Princess Frederick William from day to day., The accoucheur of Queen Victoria and an English nurse are on their way. • Another nurse of the Rhenish province will be at the disposal of the Princess, who, I should add, remains marvellously well. On the occasion of her delivery some of the political prisoners and refugees look for an amnesty." His mentioned in another letter that the nurse now in the royal household is the wife. of a husbandman in West phalia. The Duke of Leeds has left the- Clarendon for Hornby Castle, near Catterick, Yorkshire. • Tho Earl of" Derby arrived in London Yesterday from his seat, Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. The Earl of Radnor is receiving company at his seat, Coleshill House, in Berkshire. • Lady Elizabeth Bulteel has returned to her seat in Devonshire from visiting the Earl of Radnor at Coles hill, Berks. • Lord and lady Eleho have left town for the New Forest. Lady Granville Somerset has arrived at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street. Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley are passing the season at St. Giles's, Dorset, the seat of the Earl and Countess ofShaftesbury. Count de Jarnae has left Claridge's Hotel for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford. ,Lady Molesworth has left town for Tatton Park, Cheshire. Lady Morris has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Capt. and Mrs. Lord have arrived at Wallace's Hotel, Hyde-park-corner; Mr. Campbell has arrived at the same establishment. The Aberdeen Herald states thafthe late Thomas Edmonstone of. Buness, Zetland, " has surprised most folks—particularly his relations—by leaving nearly the whole of his wealth, landed property, and £30,000 in cash, to his natural daughter." The Brussels Independance of yesterday con tains the following telegram from Berlin, dated Saturday : —" The report of the betrothal of Prince Napoleon Bona parte to the Princess Clotilde, daughter of the King of Sardinia, is circulated and accredited in the best informed circles of our capital." The princess, who is the eldest of his .11ajesty's children, was born on the 2d of March, 1843, and, will, therefore, be but sixteen on the 2d March next. Prince Napoleon is in his 38th year. We (Times) are requested to state that Mr. J. H. Orde, having resigned his situation in the War-office, has ceased to act as private secretary to Major-General THE N'vir BISHOP OF BRITISH kdoLumßlA.—A TI subscription has been commenced at great Yarmouth by the parishioners of the Rev. Dr. Hills, Bishop Designate of British Cblumbia, with the view of establishing in the new diocese a permanent memorial of the esteem which they entertain for him. .The subscription already,exceeds £2OO. The ladies seDr..Hill's congregation at St. Nicholas, Yar mouth, have presented him with a handsome communion service for the cathedral church which will be erected in the colony. The bishop will be accompanied on his departure for his diocese by 20 missionary clergymen. One of these is Mr. Lupson, a Scripture reader at Yarmouth, who is to be specially ordained 'a minister of the Church of England. ELOPEMENT IN' THE EAST RlDlNG.—Another strange match has again been made in the East Riding of Yorkshire, respecting which the following are a few brief particulars :—An accomplished young lady, daugfiter of a squire, r es id en t not 50 miles from the town of Driffield, had become attached to her father's valet, and the charming beauty (for Eiiich she is) resolVed to communicate her thoughts to her admired one. This done; of course he readily proposed a s p ee d y marriage, to which she consented; biit as to how the marriage was to be effected ivithOut the knowledge of her parents was a matter for consideration. With the ingenuity'peculiar to her sei she' idon overcame the difficulty. ' She'proposed to her father to visit a friend in the country, some 20 miles distant, for w fortnight or dd. Consent was obtained, and the necessary instructions were given b3i - the young lady to the valet to meet her at the ter mination of a week at York. She, instead of going to the " relation's," prOceeded to' York, where a week after her departure, she was met by the young man, who had also ob tained leave for a couple of days. No suspicion whatever was entertained by the parents, who were s t ar tl e d i n th e course of a fortnight by receiving "the wedding cards." The runaways are supposed to be in the metropolis or Man chester, where they will doubtless stay until the storm is over.--Manchester .Examiner, LATEST NEWS. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Royal Mail steamer Teviot, from Alexandria, passed Hurst at 9.15 a.m. AMERICA. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GALWAY, TUESDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Circassian sailed for St. John's, 'Newfoundland, and New fork, this morning, with 230 passengers and a valuable cargo. She also carries some important telegrams. The following telegrams were received at Mr. Rcuter's office this day : NAPLES, MONDAY, JAN. 10. All the principal political prisoners have been amnestied. and sent into exile. Poerio and Settem brini are amongst the liberated. There are hopes that others will be pardoned. VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING. Our funds fell again considerably. Five per Cent Metalliques closed to-day, 81 ; Saturday, 82.50. National Loan closed today, 82 ; Saturday, 83.30. The Times Paris correspondent (second edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : " You will, doubtless, have received before this the substance of the more important passages of the King of Sardinia's speech, delivered this day, at the opening of the Chambers at Turin. What sense will be attached in England to the passages that have reached you I know not, but here they have increased the panic which, on Monday last, was produced by the Emperor's address to M. Hubner. Much anxiety was betrayed the whole of the morn ing about Turin. It was known that the speech had been sent up here to be retouched, but opinion was divided as to whether these touches were in cheerful or gloomy colours. A despatch from Turin, giving an analysis, was known here about 2 o'clock. The last sentence was followed by fresh sales to a large amount, and the fall continued to the close. " Another circumstance, which perhaps does not contribute much to restore calm,.. is the news of the approaching marriage of Prince Napoleon with the daughter of the King of Sardinia: At any other moment this event might pass un noticed except among the personal friends of his Imperial Highness ; but, coincident as it is with rumours of war, it seems to betoken an intimate alliance, for good or for evil, with Piedmont. The Prince will, it is said, set out for Turin on an early day to become acquainted with his future bride. After his marriage he will have the disposal of the whole of the Palais Royal; . the offices of his de partment, as Minister of Algeria, &c., will be established at the Louvre. It is affirmed that the Emperor gives a dotation of, one million francs to his cousin. This last is, of course, but a trifle, if the state of the finances, as described in the flowery report of M. Magne the other day, be correct. Anticipating, probably, that the mar riage would not at this moment enchant the public, who are so anxious, and I may say so alarmed, at the thought of peace being disturbed, orders have been sent round to the newspapers not to make any allusion to it. This was understood to be at the instance of one of the Prince's household acting by authority. The Minister of the Interior and the Prince are both, as is well known, partisans of the liberty of the press ; their notions of it, however, are, as we see, peculiar. The newspapers have, as commanded, kept silence. The Prince will be accompanied to Turiu by one of his aides-de- camp." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 8. When all the reinforcements have reached their destihition the Austro-Italian army will consist `of no fewer than 150,000 men ; but a part of the troops will be placed in echelon between Casarsa, Conegliano, and Venice. At first it was intended to send only two divisions to italy, but the day before yesterday orders were given that seven brigades (three divisions and a' half) should move towards the southern part of the empire. By Wednesday next the whole of the third corps d'armee, which is under the command of General Prince Edmund Schwarzenberg, the son 'of the late Marshal, will be on his way to Italy. The third army corps, which formed the garrison of this city, consists of the brigades Martini, Palffy - , Ram ming, and 'Wetzlar. The other three brigades, are already moving from the provinces of Galicia and Transylvania towards this city. Notwithstanding these warlike preparations the impression on my mind is that there will not be a collision between this Empire and Sardinia. The latter may con tinue to agitate in Lombardy and in Central Italy, but she will hardly venture to attack such a formidable adversary as Austria now is. The Turin papers tell us that, in case of need, an army of 120,000 men can be raised,' but the thing is almost impossible, as the kingdom of Sardinia has but 5,167,542 inhabitants.. Both Austria and France have repeatedly shown that they are not chary of human flesh and blood, but neither of them has ever raised an army which mach ex ceeded two per cent. of the entire population. As is but natural, the Austrian military authoriiies keep their plan of operations secret, but it is self evident that Count Gyulai will—for the moment, at least—act strictly on the defensive. A rising , in Modena, Parma, Tuscany, and the Papal do minions would, perhaps, lead to a conflict between Austria and France, but neither Louis Napoleon nor Victor Emmanuel is likely to send troops to the assistance of the disaffected Lombards. The position in the triangle formed by Peschiera, Mantua, and Verona is exceedingly strong, and English engineers have' often remarked to me _that the Austrians, if true to themselves, could maintain it against an. enemy of twice their own strength. The Austrian papers are not allowed to give any information relative to the state off affairs in the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, and the natural consequence of the silence of the press on a subject of such import ance is, that the most alarming rumours are in cir culation. A strange story is now related here, but it is not in my power to say whether it is true or false, as the Vienna authorities profess to know nothing of what passes in Lombardy. It would appear, if the tale which is here told be true, that five officers have recently lost their lives at Brescia under the following circumstances :—An attempt which was made by some of the inhabitants of Brescia 'to disarm a sentry, who was standing before a guard house, led to a conflict between the troops and the people, during which seven of the latter were killed. Five of the officers who commanded the troops were assassinated a few hours after . the disastrous col lision had occurred. The chances are that the story. is not entirely devoid of foundation, but you must look to Turin for more exact information on the subject. There was a regular panic on 'Change to-day, and a great fall in kinds of stock.—Times (second edition), FR ANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, 7 P.M. According to desp atches which have reached Paris the Austrian Gc ivernment has sent off special messengers to Rome, Naples, Parma, Modena—to all the Italian States beyond Piedmont—calling on the respective Sovereigns and Governments to be prepared in case of revolutionary movements. Austria too, offers tp g unison any place where the native army cannot be ) depended upon. Meanwhile all the military stati ons of Austrian Italy are to receive a further angi nentation of troops, and an army of reserve for Italy is to be immediately formed. This: intellit rence I quote from a tele graphic despatch, date a Vienna, this day (lan. 10.) The Indipendente of I :Turin announces that its in troduction ,into ,the I omb ar do -Ve neti an provinces has just been prohil xited, and that the Unione, Gazetta del Popolo, a 5 0 Opinione have shared the same fate. There was a fall tc tiilay at the Bourse of no loss than 80c. in the 3.per • Cents., and all other securi ties equally retrograd ed. Commercial men incline to a belief in war wi th Austria. The Threes left off at 70f. 20c. The eN 'ening journals do not indulge in comments on fne Ding of Piedmont's speech, but its effect has ;been immediate on the money market. The rep( )rt of the marriage of Prince Napoleon with a di aughter of Victor Emmanuel has cast, a gloom, upot i the speculators. Threes were done from 70f. 854 3. to 70f. 65c., and rallied to 70f. 85c. ; Mobilier vvc ried from 835 f. to 845 f. ; Orleans, 1,335 f, te1 1 ,342f.. 50c; Lyons, 852 f. 50e. to 857 f. 50c. ; and South ern, 5501. to 552 f. 50c. The fol kiwing were the Last quotations:— 4-1 per Cents. .... 96 60 Do. end month , 96 50 3 per Cents. 7O 20 Do. end month.... 70 50 Bank Shares. '2850 Credit Mobilier .. 820 Do. Account . BO7 50 Credit Fonder 655 Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) Roman — l Austrian I Spanish Threes Home Debt 42 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. Lyons hnd. Mediter r mean. 85 " .. 50 .. 845 New ditto . - • • -- Geneva Midi . • . Southern ~ - Western Eastern ........... Grand. Central ... . Sardinian Austrian . .. 590 Extliange on L f r ation, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 12ic. ; three x (tenths, paper, 24f. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 95c. . SWITZERLAND. The following telegram has been received : Tr " BERNE, Jan. 10. "The Federal Assembly opened to-day, in order to ccntinue thq ordinary session, under the pre sidency of M. Stehlin, of Bale, member of the National Counc ii, and M. Niggeler, of Berne, mem ber of the Council of State. No speech was de livered." . SPAIN. The following telegram has been received:— " MADRID, Jan. 9. "The Government has presented to the Cortes draughts of bills for ,the re-organisation of the system of keeping' the provincial and municipal accounts.-- • " The rnow.iment of the smugglers in the Pyrenees calises,great uneasiness." THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON; MONDAY NIGHT. The screw steamer Sultan, Captain . Cook, has arrived with the Bombay mails. She left Alex andria on the! 26th tilt., Malta the 31st, and Gib raltar the sth inst. She brings 18 passengers, among whom are Captains Marshall and Buchanan, Lieutenants Tweptyman, Ryad, Ashe, Gubbins, Bishop,- and Gaskell, and Mr. Crolly. On freight she has £66, in specie, 46 boxes of oranges, three packages of dates, eight bales of wool, 161 bales of flax, 153 packages of tusks, and 105 packages of sundries. • At Alexandria—The French frigate Chaptal and the American frigate Macedonia. At Malta—Tier Majesty's steamships Marl borough, Conqueror, Brunswick, and three despatch boats. At Gibraltar—An Austrian frigate and her Ma testy's steamer U rgent. T he Q ua i l gu n boat re urned to her anchorage, at the, New Mole on the 31st ult. from a cruise to the Riff coast. The Pen insular and priental Company's steamer. Behar, with the outward Bombay mail, .arrived at Gibraltar on the morn;..ng of the Ist inst., five days from Southampto'j, and the Alhambra on the 4th. The ineTchant steamer Thalia, from London, arrived, on the 2.d, and the Albanian, from Liver pool, on the 4th. - The Russian Government steamer Tonapse ar rived on the 2d, from Havre and Falmouth. A letter from Gibraltar, of the sth inst., says— " Yesterday the whole of the garrison assembled under arms, and marched to V indmill•hill, the southernmost part of the Rock, to witness the execlif tion of a private soldier of the 2d battalion of the 6th Regt., named Connor. This unfortunate young . Inan,,aged only 18; was hanged for having, witheut provocation, on Sunday morning, Dec. 19, at eight o'clock,, killed Sergeant Taylor of his own company, by firing at him with his rifle. None of the inhabi• tants were, by strict orders of the authorities, allciwed to witness the execution, which took place at eight (i.m. precisely." The commission appointed by his Excellency the Governor to inquire into the malpractices and abuse of power in the Police Department continued to sit daily, from 12 noon until 5 afternoon. A number of witnesses have been examined, but as there is Feat secrecy preserved nothing but rumours are in circulation, greatly to the prejudice of the cha ractex i nf ; tbe director of the department. The Austrian screw corvette Archduke Frederick, Capt. Tegasoff, which arrived here under sail from Trieste on, the 3d inst., is prep ar i ng t o p ro c e ed i n a day or two on a4O days' cruise to the coast of Mo.: rocco, as far as Mogadore ; she will not use steam, but sail, during the cruise. On her return froni Nogadore she will provision .here, and go on an other cruise off 'the Riff coast. The Government expects there are some Austrian subjects.. in capti vity belonging to a. vessel of this nation supposed to have been wrecked on the Morocco coast some 12 months ago. In case the Aichduke Frederick be unsuccessful in her search she will return to Trieste in the month of March next. Latest quotations - of exchange at Gibraltar were —London, 50k; Paris, 5 20 ; Marseilles, 5 28; Genoa, 5 30; Madrid, Seville, and Barcelona, dis. each ; Alicante, 4-; Cadiz and Valentia, 4. each ; Malaga, par. - 4 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SmiTHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os. to £4 12s ; CIOVer, do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. A fair trade, at full prices. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover do., £.4.0,p to £5 ss; and straw, £1 6 s. to £1 10s per load. Bath' hify and straw were in request at extreme rates. WirrrEurApEL.—Meadow hay , £2 18s to £4los ; clover io., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load, A fair average supply and a steady demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—The transactions in this article have been very limited, both buyers and sellers deferring their operations until after the arrival of the adviCes by the overland mail. SUGAR.—There has been a partial inquiry for the better qualities, and previous rates have been fully supported. In the refined market business has been very quiet, without alteration in prices. COFFEE.—The market has exhibited little activity, and prices are steady.: Stocks, however, show a decline of about 1,100 tons compared with those of the same time last year. Rica.--LVery few inquiries have been made, as a large quantity is announced for public competition during the week. Prices remain steady, RUM.—The marketls dull, with little variation to report in values. TALLOW.—There has been rather more firmness and prices have been steady. , P.Y.C. on the spot, 52; 3d; Narch, 51s fid , • and for last three months, 51s 6d per`ewe. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND THE BOROUGH OF Sonntrifer:—lt seems that the town-council of the horough of Sudbury are making an effort to have the frau- Oise restored to the borough, which, it will be remem hered, was deprived of its representatives on the ground of orrupt practices in 1843. The petition has been forwarded to the Attorney-General for presthitation to the House of Oommons ; and Sir Fitzroy Kelly, in acknowledging its receipt, writes to the town-clerk (Mr. Stedman) :—" I have received your petition, which Captain Lambert had pre- Viously mentioned to me and recommended to my atten= lion, as taking a deep interest in its success. You may rest assured that I shall take an early Opportunity of presenting it to the House of Conimons,*and it shall not be my fault if its th prayer be not, in some eff ec t ua l wa y or other, complied !Wi," LITE.RA TURE. Fretkrick the Great and his Merchant. From the German. By Lady Wallace. 2 vols. Bentley. Thie is a very interesting little work, and will most likely be appreciated by those who peruse it. The dialogue is as natural, and the narration as spirited, as if it were written in its original lan guage, instead of being a translation. The char acter of Gotzkowsky is a noble one, and one can not fail to be attracted by the superiority of his mind, and touched by the devotion with which he dedicated , himself to his country's service. His fate was not an uncommon one : he was at last re- j ected by those whose constant benefactor he had been, whom he had preserved in peril and succoured in distress. But the dauntless spirit which sus tained and animated him when the enemy thun dered at the gates, and foes in va d e d th e sanc tit y o f home, did not fail him in the sharper trial of false friends and ruthless adversaries. The descriptions given of 'the troops entering the city of Berlin are most graphically pourtrayed, and the various miseries to which the inhabitants were subjected are very *powerfully detailed. War, splendid in the blaze of accoutrements, and grand when waged amid the thunder of the battle-field, is seen in its true horrors, when it enters the crowded city, and when peacefUl inhabitants become the prey of law_ less soldiers. General Totleben is an interesting study,rand' forms a strange contrast with his zeal for the service of the Empress and his ineradicable attachnient to his fatherland. The interviews in which Gotzkowsky pleads for his afflicted city aro some of the most exciting passages of the work. Besides these public transactions, there is a private tale of joys and sorrows intermingled, which is interesting, and the eventful episodes of which are related with great ability. The daughter of Gotz kowsky is a pleasing character, and one feels attracted by her affectionate' nature, and grieved by her unfortunate position. The Russian noble to whom, unhappily for herself and all connected with her, she had become attached was every way un worthy to be connected with a superior maiden like Elise; and it is satisfactory when the artifices of Feodore are discovered and Elise is united to one who was devoted to her father and herself, and who proved himself true in the hour of adversity. Altogether, these volumes deserve to •be perused, and it is not probable that any of their readers will be disappointed, as they present, in a varied form, historical incidents and domestic sketches. The style is simple, but elegant, and the heroic character, of Berlin's merchant prince, who, when his millions vanished and his troops of friends de parted, preserved untarnished his most precious possession, his honour, as a sacred relic no changes Of forttine and no fluctuations Of royal favour could give nor take away, is of itself sufficient to render these records attractive. The book may therefore be considered a valuable addition to the literary contributions of the day, and Lady Wallace has most successfully executed her task of translation. The Westminster Review. The first article in the new number of the West minster is on the all-engrossing topic of Reform in Parliament. We have had occasion to refer to this article in another place, and to differ from some of its arguments. A criticism on the Religious Policy of Austria is not disposed to regard the Con cordat axial much favour. It is written in a fair and modbr'hte spirit, and gives an•interesting sum mary. of 'the _religious history of the Austrian Empire. A paper on the -" Sanitary Condition of the Army," enters thoroughly into that important subject. A very curious and interesting paper on the use of anaesthetics follows, in which the writer strongly maintains the vast benefits conferred on the human race by the discovery of their wonderful powers. He does not deny the , danger that has existed, but only, he maintains, from a rash appli cation, and he asserts that, as in many instances death results from the exhaustion produced by excessive suffering, the soothing properties of ether and other anaesthetics may be regarded as having saved more lives than they have cost. Such a boon to suffering humanity, under some' of its terrible ordeals, is certainly not to be lightly surrendered, but-incrased .care and circumspection seem to be necessary in its application. One great mistake would appear to be, in this, as in so many other cases, in not making sufficient allowance for the difference of constitution and temperament. The paper will well repay the reader for its perusal, should he be interested in physiological questions. A treatise on " Spiritual Destitution in England,'" deserves the attention of all earnest philanthropists. Among the remaining contents of the number we may mention a 'critique on Carlyle's recent work, and a paper on the modern mania, respecting witchcraft. Our C'hildren's Magazine. Vol. VIII. Published Ethe Committee of the Ragged S c h oo l U n i on , eter Hall. The eighth volume of-this excellent little maga zine has now made its appearance with the new year. It is published in halfpenny parts as well as in annual volumes. Ragged schools are now a recognised means of aiding and educating the children of the poor, and, acting upon the old fashioned maxim, " Prevention is better than cure," they have probably saved the State some thousands for the conviction and maintenance of criminals. Taking a higher view of the subject, it must be a subject for thankfulness and gratification to the promoters of these institutions, to reflect upon the brighter future and elevated faculties given to these young creatures, often neglected and destitute, worse than homeless and friendless. A pleasant gift to them little people must this magazine be. It gives them short accounts of several interesting and instructive matters : a description of ancient monuments, a story about Alexander the Great, an account of travelling in Africa, a chapter about the primrose, are interspersed with anecdotes and advice, all written in a style suited to the abilities of children. We could have wished there had been a little less direct preaching in it. Some religious teaching would of course be indispensable to the character of the work, but if its introduction had been more incidental, it might have been more effective. However, the intention is so good, and the general style of the little. volume so excellent, that it would, be' hard to censure it on this ground. The numerous woodcuts scattered through the volume must considerably enhance its attractions in the eyes of its young readers. k The Eclectic. Ward and Co. The Eclectic :Review has been enlarged and altered, and now appears under this titlf. It has been considerably improved, it is more enlarged in its sphere, and less sectarian in its subjects and style. While preserving its former liberal views, it no longer forces its theological tenets upon the reader, and those of - totally different opinions may' find much to please and interest them in it. The names of P. H. Gosse, Alexander Smith, and the author of "Mary Powell," are among the contribu tors, and a better style of literature, qs well as a wider sphere of interest is now perceptible. Mas ion's " Life of John Milton" receives a thoughtful criticism, in which the writer analyses the charac ter of the poet with skill and felicity. One of the most attractive articles to the reader of literary tastes, is on the recent volume of " Lyra Ger thanica," written with -a full appreciation of the spirit of the old German collection. There is truth, as well as eloquence, in many of the passages. The author of " Mary . Powell ' contributes the first chapter of a pleasing story, showing hoW much good may be done with little means, by a kind heart and ready thought. There is a paper on Comets for the scientific reader, and several politi cal articles. We congratulate the " Eclectic "on its increased interest and improved style. Illoore's,Sacred Songs, with Symphonies and Ac companiments. By Sir J. Stevenson. Longman. This is another of that beautiful series of volumes which Messrs. Longman have been recently pub lishing. The " Sacred Songs" of Moore are well known and appreciated for their beauty and pathos, and the lovers of sacred melody could scarcely meet with a more attractive volume. When we see the names of Handel, Beethoven, Hadyn, and Lord Mornington among the original composers of the airs, and when they have been arranged and super intended by Sir John Stevenson, many of whose beautiful compositions are included, we cannot wonder at the extended reputation and popularity of these " Sacred Melodies.' Six songs from Scrip ture, the words by Thomas Moore, arranged by John Goss, a name well known in the musical world, are added, and are well worthy of their predecessors. The arrangements in many cases are suited for one or more voices. The size and printing of the volume are in all respects suitable, and there could scarcely be a more acceptable addition to a family circle, who have taste and ability sufficient to appreciate the rare combination of poetic and musical excellence it possesses. The Art Journal. The illustrations for the current month are of • They consist of engravings from average merit. Landseer's painting of " The Marmozettes," and Maclise's " Gil Blas at Pennaflor," both in the Royal Collection ; and of an engraving from the bas-relief of " Emily of Rylstone," by F. M. Miller. The likeary portion maintains its; usual high character. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall commence another of their pleasant illustrated books, under the title of " Excursions in South Wales." The woodcuts are numerous and very pretty, some-of the landscapes being especially graceful. The essays on " British Artists" are proceeded with, and criticise the works of Louis Haghe. An interesting article on " Rubens and his Scholars" is to be con tinued next month. There are several other illus trated papers, and one on the " Domestic Games and Amusements in the Middle Ages," is the first of an entertaining series. A pleasant variety of papers on artistic topics is offered to the reader. The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction. New Edition. Smith and Elder. This is the second part of the new edition of this pleasant little work, which accomplishes the diffia cult task of combining amusement with instruction very successfully. This number has some very interesting papers for juveniles. One on electrical eels is chiefly extracted from Humboldt's Travels in South America, and gives some curious details about the gymnotus. There are two or three stories with no further aim than amusement. It is admirably adapted to the taste and comprehen sion of young children, and a most seasonable acquisition to the nursery library. Songs of Robert Burns. Centenary edition. jack, Glasgow. This centenary edition - of Burns' songs gives those favourites of poet and musician complete for a shilling, with their respective airs. It is a de lightful little volume, and its appearance at the present time is peculiarly opportune. .THE GREAT SOCIAL QUESTION REVIVED. Yesterday an important and influential meeting of gen tlemen interested in the great social question which agitated the metropolis some months since took place at the School room, Riding-house-lane, adjoining All Souls' Church, Portland-place, for the purpose of receiving a report from the All Souls and Trinity Prevention Association, a model society formed for the purpose of meeting the great evil by moderate reformatory measures, and for a general review of the whole question. Mr. Thomson Hankey, M.P., occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after some preliminaries had been dis posed of, regretted the absence from the chair of Mr. Palmer, Q.C., who had always taken a deep interest in the All Souls and Trinity Preventive Reformatory Associa tion, and at once called upon the rector of Trinity, the Rev. Mr. Gamier to read the report of the committee. The report was somewhat lengthy, and it would be, therefore, in his opinion, advisable to have it read at the opening of the proceedings. The Rev. Mr. GARNIER accordingly proceeded to read the report, a lengthy and very ably worded document. The Committee in presenting their report observed that the labours of the association for the mitigation of the formidable evils it had been set on foot to repress, had been quite as successful as could have been expected from the means placed at their disposal. When the movement coma menced, which resulted in the establishment of the associa tion at the close of 1857, the condition of the districts (All Souls and Trinity) comprising the streets lying im mediately to the eastward of Portland-place, was per fectly appalling. It was then calculated that in those streets there were no less than 140 notorious houses of ill-fame, containing from six to ten fallen women each, which fearful array of prostitution was swelled by a large number of young women lodging in the districts who were known to be gaining their livelihood nominally by working for shops, but principally by the wages of night prostittt. tion. One natural result of this dense aggregation of ~dep ravity in one narrow spot was the front of insolent and shameless defiance which vice had put on. Indecent exhibi tions in broad day from the windows of these houses, utterances the most revolting that startled and shocked the ear of the passenger who had unwarily penetrated these haunts of infamy, together with the outrageous conduct of the unhappy children of shame, who even before the shades of night had fallen were wont to come forth in hundreds upon the pavements of Portland-place and Regent-street, seemed to indicate a determination that no vestige of re spectability should be suffered to linger in a neighbour hood which not thirty years before was as pure and as much resorted to as any of the most favourite districts of western London. The keepers of these houses were many of them foreigners—some were known to the police as de termined forgers, gamblers, and thieves. Others, indeed the principal part, were females grown old in the path of depravity in whose bosom every spark of womanly tender' ness had become quenched. who could treat, indeed, with a show of kindness the unhappy girls they had enticed to their doors so long as they were able to satisfy their ex.. orbitant demands, but who did not hesitate to cast them out into a deeper. degradatiOn. or utter destitution the mo ment a decay of their attractions or ill-health had disabled them from paying the extravagant charges for their hired rooms and dresses. Riotous and brutal outrages were con stantly taking place in those houses, and evidence that crimes of violence and sensuality of the deepest type had been enacted In them, came to light. It was also ascer tained that among these wretched traders in sin were those who had embarked in a still more repulsive branch of their guilty trade, and were making large gains by turning their houses into receptacles for young unfallen girls imported from abroad, who were sold out from time to time to the neighbouring brothel-keepers. Such was the awful moral pestilence which,' up to that time was raging unchecked, and year by year it was rapidly enlarging the area of its ravages. The report then went on to explain the measures that had been adopted. During the year 1858 no less than 63 young women (two of them with infant children) had been re ceived. Of these 30 had been provided with servants' situations, or restored to their friends, 11 had left of their own accord, while= remained in the Home. As evidence of the acceptableness of the Home, and to show that the efforts of the association were not thrown away, even wheal they seem in some cases to fail of any salutary effect, it might be mentioned that several women had gone to the Home of their own accord, in consequence of the favourable representation made to them of its character by some of those whose who had left it to return to the way of sin. The Refuge, or Home, was situated at 9, Portland-road, under the pastoral charge of the Rectors of All Souls and Trinity, and was managed by a committee of ladies selected by them in equal nuinbers from the districts. The Committee, in evidence that the repressive ex' ertions of the association have not been in vain, and as a warrant for their being still continued, would call attention to the following fact :—" At the commencement of the movement, in July, 1857, in Buckingham-street, where the girls' school of Trinity district is situated, nearly every house was a brothel, now only one remains. In Norton-street, at least 59 houses of the most infamous description have been emptied of their abominations. In Carburton-street and Duke-street, also, a considerable clearance has taken place ; and although in Charlotte-street and Cirencester-place many brothels still remain, they are now no longer characterised by the outrageous proceedings which rendered them once so demoralising and offensive to the neighbourhood. In concluding their report, your com mittee would . submit whether .the general objects of the association might not very properly be promoted by memorial, addressed to her Majesty's Government, setting forth the awful extent and intensity of this gre at social evil, as it has shown itself in our particular neigh bourhood, urging upon the Government the necessity of some improvement in the law affecting the suppression of disorderly houses of ill fame, with a few to render the wort of proceeding against such houses less burdensome to the parish, and the character of the evidence required less repulsive—the enforcereent of severe penalties against the crime of seductio n an d procuring —the placing that class of refreshment shops called night-houses under proper control, and lastly, the abating of that flagrant manifestation of prostitution in the public streets, at present so demoralising, offensive, and discreditable to a civilised and religious people." The report was received with warm approbation, and Mr. GLENNIE having moved, the Rev. Professor MARKS seconded its adoption. The Rev. Mr. GARNIER, alluding to the importation and sale of young females from abroad, said he had had visible evidence of the fact, as he visited himself whouse in.Norton street, where, in one room, he saw seats placed around, so as to hold as many . of the poor creatures as possible on a day that was appointed for brothel-keepers to attend and bid for their purchase. (Hear, hear, and much sensa tion.) The unfortunate girls thus disposed of w ere brought from abroad, and, while connected with the House of Commons, he had the best evidence of this, for noblemen and members of Parliament showed letters they continually received soliciting them to partake of the de pravity. (Much sensation.) The letters spoke of a beauti ful girl just imported from Belgium or France, and the nobleman or gentleman, whoever he might be, was asked to visit her, as she was at his service. In one case a letter was received from the rector's district of that parish (Marylebone), in which it was stated a girl wet; ready at a certain address—ready to be given up to lust-- to the highest bidder. Those letters were addressed to the speaker, as well as to the members of the House of Com mons, and this, together with the spectacle he (the rev. gentleman) witnessed in Norton-street, was, he considered, very good evidence of the abominable traffic that was car ried on in this country. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Professor MARKS said that he could not per , haps speak so well of the conduct and behaviour of the women in the houses ; but, unfortunately, he could speak too much of the depth of the shocking vice alluded to by the Rev. Mr. Gamier. Within the last 15 months he had been called to visit three Jewesses, painful as the duty was, and this visit was made in the Rev. Mr. Gamier's district. These three girls had been imported for the purposes of prostitution. (Hear.) In one case alone he was enabled to take the poor creature from the abominable vice that threatened her, and sent her home ; and he nearly suc ceeded with another, but with regret, aye, deep regret he said so, he was prevented by her brother; it was indeed with great regret that he said this, considering that that brother was a legislator of the country, and no less a sum than £2OO was given to get the girl to remain. (Cries of " Shame.") It was a most sorrowful thing to have to make such a statement ; as to whom were they to look to put down this nuisance, unless to the Legislature ? how mor tifying was it to look at a man holding such a position as this brother did in the country, a man of good means, a married ma n actin in this way, having a family and daughters ? (Hear.) The resolution was then put, and carried nem. con., amidst applause. The Rev. J. P. EYRE, rector of Marylebone, moved the second resolution, "That, while this meeting rejoices in the first year's success of the association, particularly in that part of its operations connected with the Home in Great Portland-street, it is of opinion that more active co operation, and continued efforts on its part, alone are needed in order to greatly ameliorate the evil against which its operations are directed." (Hear, hear.) The resolution having been seconded, was unanimously carried. After some fuither observations in support of the great question by the Rev. Mr. WILMOTT, rector of All Souls', and others, and The CHAIRMAN having briefly replied, the proceedings terminated. TESTIMONIAL TO SIR JOHN PAKINGTON.—The Pakington testimonial has, we believe, at length been de cided on. The sum already subscribed by the magistrates and gentry of the county and city of Worcester, as a mark of their appreciation of the public and private character and estimable qualities of the Right Hon. Sir John S. Paking ton, Bart., the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the ex chairman of the county, amounts now to between £6OO and £7OO. The committee appointed to decide upon the form of a testimonial, have agreed on, as being most appropriate, a superb and costly shield, of the diameter of about 40 inches, on which will be represented, symbolically, the chief fea tures connected with the respected baronet's career from his boyhood to the attainment of his present proud position. The 'execution of this work of art has been entrusted to a local firm of celebrity. When completed it will be presented to Sir John at a dinner of the subscribers, to be holden at Worcester, about the middle or end of spring.—Birminr ham Journal, 31 0 N 1: sifirfnaivaeuelwgit.g a sleeniaes e i o f idirs, s r or fga s yyi 3 i stecoachshoof off for Ea. Waiting 1 last y ear. Tallow c( unproved The Li heavily, c were estir change on In Rhilwa The ste inst • for B of X 81,251 Th e d e anlounted h avinf , d 1 A furthi the discos ° Perations the supp rather lim has increa the divide Wards, an Paper"has minimum applicatim The usu the Loud( took place half-year £12,025 6 mended a half year, ing adj our The - Tm 5 8,700 it The Rai: more aetiv: takings a Northern, declined 1( Caledonian Western, Eastern (1 10s. ThE of Pra nce Os. to lOs East In, press e d , an lately notic 'Value of t, 8;i8e;e1 recollects eSiChs ont the th ese and appare n t - t tak e up Positio n an of interest In the C heavy, h a , Tru n k of has bee ll Joint Sts very inacti 3 BRIT a Per Cent. ] i \i Per Cent. !,.'w 3 per C O h io Stock Deben uitt o B onds • Ditto tinder e ) onsol s for 2 Div ' e 'gian 4 1 13 '441 Ditto Cer