The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

6 1? OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT -LA GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING, FRA DIAVOLO. Miss R. Isaacs, Miss Susan Pyne, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr, Fred. Glover, and Mr. W. Harrison, Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, OUR GAL. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. F o ll ow ed by BARNEY THE BARON. Lo conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. 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, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Beek - wick, Mr. Buckstone, &c. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING, will be performed EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day. Messrs. Emery, E. Falconer, Rogers, Jrc, To be followed by the new Drama of THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery , I s. hex-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with (by desire), the comedy of TARTUFFE. Tartuffe, Mr. B. Webster ; Damais, Mr. Billington • Oregon, Mr. C. Selby ; Elmere, Miss A. Simms • Dorine, Miss Woolgar ; Mariane, Miss Keeley; Madame Pennelle, Mrs. Chatterly. After which, TIIE INVISIBLE PRINCE. - , - -- • - To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billing,ton, Miss Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING, THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE . Commence at 7 o'clock. A' TLEY'S ROYAL ster-ro ad AM.PHITHEATRE, Westmin Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Another high'y attractive and successful Drama. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the grand Spec tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID; or, The Edict of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, Introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's b eau tif u l and highly-trained palfries and ponied and the Starßiders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAITSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; P an t a l oon, Mr. Morley ;I Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene, with dazzling eiTects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery, and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to he "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill," Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FrNE ARTS GALLERY, 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 he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ng Musie Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently dded Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether s regards the architectural beauty of the structures-Ahem selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUMICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual al Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET 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 and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—Sux Omer, FEB. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER.-29.53. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with dull weather, and partial rain. It rained yesterday all day and night, with heavy squalls. Two o' Clock—Fine sunshiny weather. A timely letter from Mr. COBDEN will be found in another part of our impression of this evening. A communication apropos of the Ballot-- of Mr. BERKELEY'S next motion in its regard—of Mr. BRIGHT'S energetic agitation for the Reform of Parliament. Our only regret in respqt of this letter ii its brevity. Every syllable of it, however, is full of encouragement. Its whole . purport is propitious. Coming from Mr, COBDEN'S hand previous to his departure for the United States, and at the close of hisprolonged silence and retirement, it • is peculiarly acceptable. It is a letter, as will be observed, to the vice-chairman of the Ballot Society—a letter deprecating the notion that the comprehensive movement set on foot by the Mem ber for Birmingham in anyway whatever implies the advisability of the Ballot Society abandoning their own distinct organisation. "Don't for a moment suppose this"—says Mr. COBDEN, in his homely, forceful way, adding "I'll venture to say, *when Mr. BERKELEY brings forward his motion, he will have no better advocate at his back than Mr. B RIGHT! , Seconded by Mr. BRlGHT— supported by some 230 believers - in the efficacy of the Ballot already in the House of Commons—aided by the knowledge that there is that inevitable " appeal to the country" coming fast towards us in the later part of thi s very session— the pear ripe —the breezes of the reform agitation rising audibly, now in one direction, now in another —the Hon. Member for Bristol is at this moment rapidly approaching that very period which he has so long aspired to witness, the period foretold years back by the Hon. and Learned ex- Member for the City of London, GEORGE GROTE, banker and scholar—historian of the Greeks, and champion of the Ballot ! Mr. BERKELEY succeeded Mr. GAoTE with the annual motion for the Ballot—now very speedily, we doubt not, to be transformed from a motion into a Bill, and from a Bill into an enactment. The Ballot at this hour has become the touchstone of the true Reformer. It will be the watchword in the midst of the struggle of the next general election. Whichever of the great parties contending for power first declares for it—as one of them inevitably will shortly—will receive in recompense from the country a prolonged tenure of office. The Whigs, in order to do this, would have to pass, first of all, through the painful ordeal of a flagrant and delibe rate recantation. As yet, they are distinctly pledged against it. Not so the strong party now holding the rei ns o f G overnment. I n regar d to t h e B a ll o t, they, as a party, have not yet, in either way, dis thictly committed themselves. Their fate, at this moment, is in their own hands. Let them re cognise frankly th e necessity of the hour, and give the Ballot, and they may appeal to the country with a Perfect confidence in the result of that appeal —and they may carry their own Re form Bill almost intact through both Houses in the new Parliament—and they will s ecure themselves firmly in office as a popular Government. Let them, on the contrary, miss this golden opport un i ty _ pre , cisely, at the wrong moment, declare against --the Ballot—and then—" Farewell, a long farewell to all their greatness !" They will forthwith be succeeded by m en wiser in their generation. Their now con. siderable minority will rapidly collapse . to one much smaller. They will have committed political suicide. It would be idle, however, to look for anything so inconceivable in the way of fatuity as this from men who have upon all other questions, as yet, since the date of their acceptance of office, shown such remarkable sagacity amidst the mani fold toils and responsibilities of government. What ever course Lord DERBY and his colleagues may pursue in regard to the question of the Ballot, we are at any rate sanguine of this—that Mr. COBDEN will return from his " very short visit to the United States," but just in time to wit ness the triumph of that Great Question, and, in all probability, himself to participate in the first advantages derived from it, by entering once more the scene of his own former triumphs, as a member of the new re-reformed Parliament. There has been a supplement to the Imperial speech. Count de MoRNY has, in his capacity as President of the Corps Legislatif, spoken out plainly and intelligibly in favour of peace —or at least he puts that interpretation on the speech of the EMPEROR. He wishes that there should be an expression of " unlimited confidence, which ten years of wisdom, of moderation, of devotion to the interests of France, and religious care of her honour, must have inspired the people with !" There is, however, one sentence at the conclusion of the address which will de prive the remainder of its efficacy. Count de MORNY says—" Our resolute co-operation will give the EMPEROR greater authority to negotiate, as it will give him, if need be, greater force to conquer." This was an unfortunate phrase—it showed even at the eleventh hour the ruling passion. There is manifestly a notion of conquest still prevailing. The Empire may be peace, but still that peace may ~ ,be disturbed on the most trivial causes, and conquests are to follow. What, then, is to be the field on which these conquests are to be gained ? At whose expense are the anticipated triumphs to be obtained? Italy, at present, seems the destined spot, and Austria the intended victim. She has, however, a powerful and well-disciplined army, occupying posts of great strength ; and should she be disposed to conciliate the Lombardo-Venetians, by conceding much-re quired reforms, France would have no easy task to accomplish in driving her troops out of Northern Italy, after trampling under_ foot all existing treaties. The Austrian loan has failed. English capitalists have refused to hand out the six millions of pounds sterling with that cheerful alac rity so pleasing to Royal borrowers. But although the sinews of war have not been supplied, Austria is by no means helpless ; and if she only conciliates her Italian subjects, and obtains their good will and cordial co-operation, she may effeetually resist the most strenuous onslaughts on the part of France and Piedmont. Sardinia, too, is looking for a loan, but she modestly demands only 50,000,000 lire, or two millions of pounds sterling. We shall be greatly surprised if this transaction finds greater favour in the money market than that lately proposed on behalf of its rival. It must now be perfectly appa• rent that the effect of what may justly be termed a " war loan" must be to greatly depreciate all public securities—to lower the quotations of the stocks and funds of every European nation. Al though no patriotic considerations may influence the parties, they may yet appreciate the extent of the losses they would themselves sustain from a general reduction in the value of all public secu rities—so much so that the prospect of or :aths premium could not influence them. We have al ready lent two millions sterling to Piedmont, and in doing so have gone to the utmost length of our tether. We have not the slightest desire to double the extent of the obligation. If she really wants the money for any unobjectionable purpose she can procure it from her new ally, with whom she maintains such friendly relations. England sympathises deeply with Italy, but LOITIS NAPOLEON is not the champion who could be expected to break her bonds and confer freedom on the anxious patriots. When he has given liberty to France, when he has done all that is prac- ticable for the mighty nation that has entrusted its destinies to his charge, then we may place confidence in his. professions, and believe that he really desires to bestow freedom on others. But we doubt his plausible pro fessions. We dread the alleged boons coming from such a quarter ; we should greatly prefer a spontaneous movement on the part of Austria— something that would tranquillise public feeling in Lombardy and Venice, and alleviate the excitement now prevailing. The POPE, too, must make con cessions, or be prepared to endure the consequences of his perversity, when the foreign occupation ceases, and the French troops have beenwithdrawn from Rome and the Austrian bayonets from the - v '•.;;; ; ;V, a: ift t i ;r: • .." 9e y:2,4 ~ t Y.,i . ' . ,: - --i ">: '-2I dr i , L 'r l et,,-- ~ i.*,,,t- ,71,- - , ---..‘ AZ" ... w 7 -- -- .- ",..- , A .74, ” :,, .„,„, ... 114 c ,„ ; - .. ~,,,,.,0 0 6s, Ditorr ~ .1 •14 ,• ik; ,C. Al' ...., ' • THE SUN. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1859. Legations. The speech of M. de MORNY, to which we have already referred, was not altogether ex mero motu. The inspiration was drawn from another quarter; and it is more than probable that the Eat- PEROR, finding that his own speech did not pro duce the full effect anticipated, put the words into the month of the President ofthe Legislative Assem bly, which would, he hoped, complete the impre's- sion he intended to produce ! The question of Peace or War rests solely with the EMPEROR himself. If he desires the former, he can easily satisfy the rest of the world by relinquishing the gigantic preparations now in progress. If the latter, he will incur a serious responsibility, and may possibly cast down the dynastic edifice which he has erected with such elaborate care and well considered skill. Patience, Reformers! You have not thoroughly learned your lesson yet. A little more time is to be allowed you; whether it be meant for a " wet blanket" or not, it is your own fault if it damps your zeal ; and it will doubtless also be your own fault if the time required:for attention to the urgent matters of Mr. DISRAELI and the no distant day of Sir JOHN PAXINGTON means more than a few days, or two at most. intimation th a tf oprretatywceleekartheWe e publichav naonwd the t h e House desire it, the second division may yet be taken before Easter. You have but to will that the Government, as well as Mr. B RIGHT and the Times, should produce its measure ve • ry speedily, and produce it it must. We must think delay wholly indefen sible. The bill, Sir JOHN PAKINGToN tells us, is prepared—then why hesitate to present it ? Long enough has it been in hand ; there is no excuse on that ground for not giving it to us at once. It is the special business of the session ; we ought, there fore, to have it at the earliest possible hour, that we may have full time to do justice to its principles and details. As distant a day as necessary might be named for the second reading ; and thus, while Parliament was attending to matters of temporary importance, however urgent, the country could be attending to its own more appropriate business — how it wishes to be represented. We cannot conceive a single good reason for withhold ing the first reading of the bill, if it be ready, and if it be not it ought to be. We take, however, Sir JOHN PARINGTON'S word for the , fact of itsbeing in a, fit state for the nation to see it; and we warn the present Government that delay will be both undignified and hazardous. We have always demanded fair play for our Conservative friends, but we look for fair play in return. /t will not be fair play if we have not the Govern ment Reform Bill before us all in a very short time. Lord JOHN RUSSELL about hit the mark when he said the House—he might have added, and the country—will " wait their time, but they must not be putting off the subject." Of course, his Lord ship wants to get the Reform business before the House for his own purposes—still, the old adage is ever true, fas est ab hoste cloceri ; and it was just because Lord JOHN knew correctly the general feeling, that he plied the Government with this re presentation. The least appearance of " putting off" will bemore damaging to the Government than even a bill obviously tinged with Conservatism. Both would injure their position, but the latter would be excused as consistent, however severely it might be attacked. The former will be attributed, justly or unjustly, to cowardice, perhaps to fraud. It will be taken for a scheme to protract the dis cussion, by means readily conceived, into another session, perhaps into another Parliament; or, it will be supposed that the Government is conscious that its measure will not be popular. Had our Ministers anything to give us in the way of Reform (it will be said), which ought to strengthen their position with fair-minded men, they certainly would proffer it amongst the first fruits of their labours during the recess. We trust, therefore, that our Premier will carefully consider his position, and that he will, on a very early day—why not next week P—give us a bill which shall enable all the irresponsible Reformers to avow that their "occu pation's gone." Meantime, an opportunity is thus given us to appeal again to those who make Reform Bills, and to those for whom they are made. We place first, as we always have done—The Independence OF THE VOTER. We hold that any reform which does not secure the integrity of the unit of each constituency cannot secure a sound constituency at all. It seems generally agreed that moderate sized constituencies feel much more interest in the members they select than very large ones ; it seems to be also agreed by all schedule makers that we shall not have equal electoral divisions, and we certainly do not like them, but for a consi derable number of moderate-sized constituencies— for all of these the INDEPENDENCE of the indivi- dual voter is the essential thing. Even at Man chester we have heard of millowners conveying their men from the factory yard to the poll, to vote, not for themselves, but for their employers. But second to this is the question on which there is most dispute at present—the re-apportionment of members. Respecting disfranchisement, the Tory party, whether represented by the Anti-reforming Times, or the honest but moderateßeformers, like Sir JOHN E. WILMOT, do not irreconcileably differ. The tug of war commences with the question— What proportion of the vacant seats shall be given to the boroughs, what to the counties ? We have, we think, placed the question in a much fairer light. We decline to pit the borough constituencies as a whole, against the county constituencies as a whole. We ask, What proportion shall be given to POPULOUS, WEALTHY, EDUCATED COUNTIES, and what proportion to THINLY-PEOPLED, LESS WEALTHY, and LESS EDU- CATED COUNTIES ? Let each class of counties take the proportion of members belonging to it. Let each individual county, then take the share which is its due, and then let each county apportion the members fairly belonging to it between the towns in it which are sufficiently populous, and convenient divisions of the remainder of the population. The latter part of the business would be easily enough settled. It is the needless and undesirable element of pitting all the boroughs in the kingdom against all its counties which has caused all the feeling. Take the number of members which any county should have, and probably there would rarely be any dispute within that county as to what towns should return representatives, and how many. What can our Landed Gentry ask more than that the counties should be compared with each other, as the basis of rearrangement ? What can they ask more than that POPULATION, ASSESS MENT TO INCOME TAX, and ASSESSED TAXES— should be the grounds of distinction between county and county ? Bare land can have no claim to vote. Heaths and moors do not want members. Industry requires population., population and industry create wealth ;—so strictly is this true in England, that as will have been seen by our tables the industrious the populous, and cultivated counties can claim more on the ground of property than on that' of population itself ! Mr. BRIGHT and we have often enough had oc casion to dffer. He is by no means our model statesman, but he is a man of popular origin, of popular instincts, and of business habits, and his schedules, when subjected to a test so different from any to which he has yet' referred, only show that he has been thoroughly moderate in his claims for those counties to which England owes her greatness. These are the counties which enable England to pay the interest of her enormous debt, and to raise her immense revenue—the counties which support her army and navy, and which fill the whole world with the fame of her commerce— the counties which alone make the other counties worth high cultivation, and which require not only all their surplus agricultural produce but that of other countries besides. To the twelve counties which we have contrasted with the forty; our land lords owe the value of their estates, their increased rent roll, the absorption of a surplus population which would otherwise beggar their estates with pauperism, and the best market in the world far their produce, close at their own doors. We call upon the landlords of England to look facts in the face, not to fight with their best friends, but to accept the terms dictated by population, intelli gence, and wealth. The Count Perponeher has left Maurigy's Hotel for Berlin. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for as semblies on Saturday, the 12th, and Wednesday, the 16th instant. Vicomte Bouillon has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Switzerland. Lord and Lady Rokeby have left Montagu House for Windsor. assumed name of Ben Trovato, has just now celebrated the Burns' Centenary with a volume of "Rival Rhymes," w ,, o ß rt ej h e y et o e f d taking their ir henceforthp an la a ce theimmoa rt ~w ithß ont hG e Who is Ben Trovato asks Curiosity. Rumour replying — A literary celebrity, who, for all-sufficient reasons, prefers fora w hil e the mask of the anonymous. ualtier." famous About 2,000 bales of silk, and 40,0001 b. of tea have been saved from the cargo of the Jubilee, ashore near Bo ulogne. The total shipments by this vessel were 2,329 bales of silk and 765,9001 b. of tea. - The next sales of colonial wool will commence on the 24th. Since the last sale the quantity arrived hasbeen 25,746 bales, about half of which are from the Cape. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—Last week a man was found frozen to death among the snow on the hills near Stanhope, in Durham. In the same week some sports men found the body or a person known as an American prophet lying out on the wilds of Northumberland, near Falstone, where he had frozen to death. In the same week cowslips were gathered near Stockton, in Durham, and wallflowers and other hardy garden flowers were in full bloom in the public parks and gardens in the towns on the coast of Northumberbzl. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1850. VOCAL ASSOCIATION, ST, ,TAMES' HALL. The first dress concert of the season was given last night by the Vocal Association, in St. James' Hall. It opened with Beethoven's fine overture " Leonora," which was exceedingly well played, and elicited warm applause. Three songs of Handel's, sung by Mr. Santley, Miss Palmer, and Mr. Wilbye Cooper, followed—all performed cre ditably. The great attraction of the evening, how ever, was the production of Professor Sterndale Bennett's new cantata " The May Queen," which was a complete success. At its previous perform ance at Leeds, and at St. Martin's-hall, its success was unmistakeable, and the enthusiasm which it excited last night on the occasion of its first production at St. James's Hall must have been very gratifying to the composer. It is a charming composition, full of fresh and varied melody, and so simple and unaffected in its charac ter, that it disarms criticism. After a brief overture, it opens with a spirited chorus, " Wake with a smile, 0 month of May," followed by a graceful air for the tenor, " Oh, meadow clad in early green," which Mr. Wilbye Cooper, who was unexpectedly called upon to supply the place of Mr. Sims Reeves, sang with much taste and expression. One of the gems of the piece was the charming solo with chorus, "With the carol in the tree," in which Miss Stabbach rendered the soprano part most successfully. An unanimous encore was elicited by this striking passage, which was followed by a melodious duet for the May Queen and her lover, " Can I not find thee a warrant for changing ? " sung by Miss Stabbach and Mr. Wilbye Cooper. Mr. Santley, as Robin Hood, took the bass part, and acquitted himself respectably, though he scarcely did justice to the, spirited bass song, " 'Tis jolly to hunt in the bright moonlight," which might have been given with much more animation and effect. The trio for soprano, tenor, and bass, was carefully sung; and the choruses, "111-fated boy," and " Hark their notes the hautboys swell," though very different in character, were both very well rendered. Miss Stabbach sang the last soprano s•lo very grace fully, and the chorus finished this charming can tata with spirit. The instrumental music was excellent, and the performance of the chorus, though not always perfect, was very creditable to them, considering the novelty of the music. Mr. Wilbye Cooper acquitted himself satisfactorily, though it was impossible to avoid regretting the absence of Mr. Sims Reeves, to whom the tenor part seems especially suited. At the conclusion of the piece it was warmly applauded, and there were enthusiastic calls for the composer, who acknowledged the compliment from the gallery. We cannot refrain from felicitating Mr. Chorley on his graceful and flowing verses, which afford full opportunity for the composer to display his varied abilities. The second part opened with M. Benedict's festi val overture, very well played. A new part song, composed for the Vocal Association by Herr Otto Goldschmidt, though not rendered with perfect correctness, was so animated that it was rede manded Miss Stabbach sang Weber's difficult scena, "Ocean, thou mighty monster," with care, but it is an arduous undertaking for so young a singer. A tuneful part song by Mendelssohn, and Beetho ven's march and chorus from the " Ruins of Athens," concluded the evening's entertainment. The hall was attended by a large and fashionable audience, who appeared highly gratified by the per formances. THE COUNTESS OF DERBY'S ASSEMBLY. The Countess of Derby opened the season with a political reunion last evening, at the family mansion of the First Lord of the Treasury in St. James's-square. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured her ladyship with his presence, arriving at 11 o'clock, at tended by Col. the Hon. James Macdonald. The party was rather more select than numerous. Among the members of the corps dtplonzatique we re marked : His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and the Prince Vogorides, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, his Excel lency the Bavarian Minister, his Excellency the Austrian Mi nister and the Countess Apponyi and the Countess Baum garten, his Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excel lency the Netherlands Minister, his Excellency the Ame rican Minister and Mrs. Dallas and Miss Dallas, his Excellency the Minister of the Hanse Towns and Madame Rucker, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Countess Platen, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Danish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, Capt. de Falbe, Count Jaucourt, M. Blanpre, Count Blucher, Chevalier de Cavalho, Baron Aldenburg, Count Chotek, Count Brandenburg, and M. C. Tricoupi. Among the general circle were—Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duchess of Inverness and Miss Wemyss, the Duke of Hamil ton, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Count and Countess Grote, the Countess Sandwich, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Lanesborough, the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl of Powis, the Earl of Mornington, Viscount Campden, Vis countess Combermere, Viscount and Viscountess Melgund, Lord and Lady Colchester, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford and the Hon. Miss Thesiger, Lady William Powlett, the Ladies Murray (2), Lord Downes, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord Wynford, Lord and Lady Sondes and the Hon. Miss Milles, Lord Henry Gor don Lennox, Lady Burghersh, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., and Miss Corry, Hon. Capt. Grey, the Queen's Advocate and Lady Hard inge, the Solicitor-General and Lady Cairns, Hon. Charles Murray, Sir William Jolliffe, M.P., Col. R. Taylor, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Russell, Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir R. W. and Lady Carden and Miss Carden, Sir Charles Locock, Sir Hamilton Seymour, Col. and Mrs. Brooke Taylor, Col. Tyrwhitt, Col. Lowther and Miss Lowther, Capt.. Archdale, the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole and Miss Wal pole, Hon. Charles Edgcombe, M r . an d L a d y M ary Stan ley and the Hon. Miss Stanley, lion. Mrs. Spencer Ponsonby, Col. Airey, Mr. A. Cony, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Fleming, Mr. R. Perry Nisbet and Miss Nisbet, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Merivale, Mr. and Mrs. Gaythorne Hardy, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Conolly, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. Bovill, Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Graham Vivian, Mr. William Peel, Hon. Henry and Mrs. Butler Johnstone, Mr. Adams, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Drummond, Mr. Campbell (of Islay) and the Misses Campbell (2), Mr. New degate, Mr. and Mrs. Jones (of Pantglas), Mrs, Disraeli, Mr. and Mrs. Darby Griffith, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Adderley, Mr. F. Eliot, Mr. Willis Fleming and Miss Fleming. Previously to the assembly the Earl and Countess enter tained at dinner his Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Duchess de Malakoff, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess de Bernstorff, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Lord and Lady Arthur Hay. Lord and Lady Colville, the Earl of Malmesbury, Count Louis Corti, Col. Hon. W. P. Talbot, Hon. C. Eliot, &c. AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard mail steamer Canada will sail from Liverpool for Boston and Halifax on Saturday next, with the mails for North America. The Post-office box will close at 12 noon, with late fees at 1 p.m., and on the landing stage at 2 p.m. THE MAIL SERVICE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednes day.—The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tyne, Capt. Sawyer, left the ri ver thi s d ay, w i th the usual Brazil and River Plate mails, 76 passengers (among whom is Mr. Cow per, her Majesty's consul for Pernambuco), specie value £40,637, jewellery value £29,200, and a full genera l cargo. The steam-ship F u l ton left Cowes Roads this day for New York, with the French and English mails, a full com plement of passengers, and a good cargo. The steam ship Union, destined for the Mauritius, is still in the Solent. The Orissa, with the heavy p or ti on o f th e B om b ay mail, may be looked for on Friday. LATER DEPARTURE OF MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA. .—As it appears that the packet by which the Australian mails of the present month are to be conveyed from Suez to Sydney cannot reach Suez until at least a week after the proper time for her arrival, it has been decided to postpone, for the period of one week, the despatch of those mails from London. The mails for the Australian colonies, to be con veyed via Southampton, will accordingly be made up on the morning of the 19th instant, instead of on the 12th ; and those to be conveyed via Marseilles will be made up on the evening of the 23d, instead of on the 16th inst.—By com mand of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secre tary.—General Post-office, Feb. 9, 1859. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.—Two blue books, yesterday issued, contain the 24th Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland for the year 1857. Why these reports appear so out of date re mains to be explained. It is shown, however, that at the end of 1857 there were 5,337 schools in operation, an average daily attendance of 268,397 children, and an average num ber of children on the rolls amounting to 514,445. The increase, as on 1856, is equivalent to 14,386 children actu ally attending, and from 26,000 to 28,000 is the average number on the rolls. There were 13 " district model schools" at work in 1857, and 166 " national agricultural schools. The amount expended from the Parliamentary grant in these latter schools was £6,721. The total receipts of the commissioners for the year amount to X 302,224, and the expenditure to £289 , 425, l eav i ng a b a lance a £12,799 at the close of the year. We believe that the question has already been raised in Parliament whether it is worth while to spend so much of the public money on the printing of the voluminous details and tabular statements appended to the " report" properly so called. LATEST NEWS. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, FEB. 10. The Calcutta and China Mails arrived at Mar seilles last night, and were to leave by the ten o'clock train. Their delivery in London may be expected to-morrow (Friday) morning. The following telegrams have been received al Mr. Reuter's office : DRESDEN, FEB. 9 The Dresden Journal publishes an extra edition, in which it announces that the hereditary Grand duchess of Tuscany, daughter of the King of Saxony, has fallen seriously ill at Naples. On Sunday, at her desire, she received the sacra ment. Yesterday's news state that she is no worse. MARSEILLES, FEB. 9. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 2nd inst. The reserve of the Turkish army has arrived; but such is the want of money that the arrears of pay of the forces in Asia, and also of the Government employes, have remained undis charged for 18 months. Ten per cent. has been offered to the creditors of the Civil List, which, however, was protested against by them. The Sultan has ordered magnificent fetes to cele brate the occasion of the new marriage. The contest among Ministers in the Divan still continues. Kybrisli Pasha denounced the conduct of Safetti Pasha. According to a report from Persia, the populace of Herah (Herat ?) had expelled the English Com- missioner. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 2 Ethem Pasha has been sent to the Principalities as extraordinary Commissioner. Twenty batta lions of infantry, together with the necessary artillery, will be, despatched to the Danube and placed at the disposal of Ethem Pasha, who, in certain exigencies, is empowered to order the troops to enter the Principalities. THE SARDINIAN LOAN. SPEECH OF COUNT CAVOUR. TURIN, FEB. 9. The following is a summary of the speech of Count Cavour on the occasion of the debate con cerning the project of the new loan. He said :—• Our consistent policy has been at all times national and Italian, and never of a revolutionary character. Austria has lately taken a menacing attitude towards us. It has increased its military force at Piacenza, and has collected very large forces on our frontiers. Therefore the necessity arises for us to look for means for the defence of the State. The English alliance has always been the constant care of our whole political life. We have always considered England as the impreg nable asylum of liberty. " The cries of suffering coming from Bologna and Naples arrive still at the borders of the Thames, but the tears and groans of Milan are intercepted by the Alps and the Austrians; but the cause of liberty, of justice, and of civilisation triumphs always. As regards England, Lord Derby will not tarnish his glory in making himself an accom plice of those who wish to condemn the Italians to eternal servitude. Our policy is not defiant ; we will not excite to war, neither will we lower our voice, when Austria arms herself and threatens The project of the loan was ultimately voted by 116 against 35. PARIS, THURSDAY, The lLtoniteur, in giving an account of the sitting of the Corps Legislatif of yesterday, states that the project of the budget and a project of a contrast between the state and the railway companies has been communicated to the members of the Corps Legislatif. AUSTRIA. The Austrian Gazette of the 6th, alluding to the remark of the Earl of Derby that Austria will not make any attack, says :—" We well know Austria has never had any intention of making war on Sar dinia, although sufficient causes have been given for doing so. Austria does not wish for any conflict ; she would rather avoid it; she can gain nothing by such a course, and will not seek for it. The most im portant thing is that France also promises not to attack, if Sardinia is not interfered with. That promise has doubtless been given to the English Minister in a very positive manner, and in face of it disappears all the rumours, pamphlets, and articles of the semi-official journals. There only remains the case of Sardinia commencing war of herself, in the hope of bringing on a general struggle. We think little of the political talent of Count de Cavour, but we do not dispute his common sense, and he would have lost the last spark of it if he were to resolve on such a mad act. We therefore retain the hope that there will be negotiations, and no fighting ; that ink will be spilt, and not blood." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Tuileries' ball last night was, it is said, rather dull. The Emperor was suffering from gout or rheumatism, and did not appear. The Princess Clotilde was fatigued, and kept her apart ment, and Prince Napoleon was equally invisible. Admiral Hamelin is about to make a personal inspection of the French ports. The number of ships of war at present in com mission in the French ports is 200. A ship being in commission, however, does not imply that she is ready for sea, as has been erroneously stated by some journals. It is announced that the draught of a bill is shortly to be submitted to the Council of State for establishing a line of steamboats between Algeria, Suez, the island of Reunion, and China. BOURSE, Feb. 9.—The market has been more steady, but the variations have not been very im portant. The Rente, after having been done at 68f. 50e., declined to 68f. 35c., and are now at 68f. 45c. Mobilier varied from 782 f. 50c. to 792 f. 50c.; Austrian, 560 f. to 557 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,325 f. to 1,322 f., 50c. ; Lyons, 835 f. to 832 f. 50c. ; Southern, 517 f. 50c. to 515 f. ; Northern, 922 f. 50c. to 920 f. The market remained firm to the close, when the following were the quotations:— 41 per Cents. • .... 97 —' Credit Foncier Do. end month .. 96 80 Belgian 4 i 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 45 Roman BB 50 Bank Shares. 2920 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 792 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 791 25 Home Debt 39 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 925 .. 930 New ditto 802 50 801 2 5 Lyons and. Mediterranean 837 50 833 75 New ditto• Geneva — • . Midi •• Southern. 520 520 Western Eastern ... .. 680 .. 675 . Grand Central Sardinian ...... . .............. 405 .. Austrian .................... 560 • • 558 75 " Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f. 10c.; three months, paper, 25±.; money, 24f, 071 c. CAPTURE OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT.—Gray, whose escape from the Durham county prison was noticed in our impression yesterday, was captured at half-past 11 on Saturday night, in a low beer-house, Hartlepool. Mr. Hodgson, a warder in the prison, in company with some policemen' found him tr ea ti ng some lewd wome n with g las ses of ruin. He made no resistance. He was safely deposited in his old quarters on Sunday nick. ut .-4romeastle Cltro- LITERATURE. Japan and her People. By A. Steinmetz, Esq., Barrister. Rutledge. Japan and her people threaten to become as wearisome as Constantinople and Hiudostan have lately done. Books of all sorts—histories, travels, descriptions, essays, magazine papers, quarterly articles—seem likely to render the subject tedious, without the public obtaining much real or solid information. The little work before us will at least be useful in conveying some idea of the cus toms and habits of the Japanese, and of the amount of our knowledge about them. It is compiled from all the existing works of value on the subject, that is to say, it is in the author's own words, but he has read and studied all authorities of whatever country, and has founded his account upon the most authentic. It is very comprehensive and well arranged, and the numerous illustrations will assist the reader in forming a clear idea of the natural or artificial curiosities represented. New York to Delhi. By R. B. Minturn, junior. Longman. A lively and clever narrative of the impressions of an American traveller, who went from New York to Delhi by way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia, and China. He, therefore, gives us an account of some very different localities, describing them all with spirit and animation, and the reader, when he differs from the opinions expressed or the prin ciples defended, is always entertained by the style. The author is evidently a man of sense and observa tion, and as such his work, even though on a some what hacknied subject, affords infbrmation and entertainment. Painting Explained. By T. Gullick, painter, and John Timbs, F.S.A. Kent and Co., Fleet-street. This is another of those useful little works, pub lished under the auspices of Mr. Timbs, which bring down the principles of arts and sciences to ordinary , comprehension. The object of this little volume is to supply a practical history of painting, showing the various steps made by succeeding generations, and the processes through which each department has passed before attaining its highest development. It is a work calculated to be especially useful and interesting to artists, but, as the preface justly says, "As all men cannot be painters or watchmakers—cannot all learn how to do it or even see it done—surely the next best thing must be to get a trustworthy description of how it is done. This will at all events save them from making some awkward mistakes." Painting in tempera, and encaustic, mosaic painting, missal illuminations, fresco paint ing, oil painting, and painting in water colours are all discussed in separate departments, with an account of their earliest mention, their progress and development, and the chief artists in the respective styles who lighted the path for others. It forms a very interesting record, which those who appreciate the art will gladly avail themselves of. It does not aim at being attractive to the general reader—that would, indeed, be scarcely compatible with the accuracy and minuteness of its details, but it is calculated to be of much service to the young student, and full of interest to the connoisseur and collector. The labour and care manifest in its composition, and the knowledge of Art and its history which it displays, reflect the highest credit on the writer and artist who are its joint authors. us." THE lONIAN ISLANDS. According to the Nord, the following is the text of the address sent by the lonian Parliament to the Queen of England : " Madam,—The lonian people, which has always preserved the consciousness of its nationality, and which desires its union to free Greece, presents itself to-day respecfully before your Majesty's throne, to place at your feet the official expression of that ardent sentiment. "In the midst of the sufferings which the Hel lenic race has had to endure, the lonian people has lost nothing of its civilisation, and has conserved intact its nationality and its independent. " The treaty of the 15th of November, 1815, con cluded at Paris, without the lonian people taking any part therein, and in virtue of which the lonians have been placed under British protection, had only in view the preservation of a small State, which the same treaty acknowledges to form a State of its own, free and independent. " These terms define the object of the duties de volving by the treaty on the protecting Power, as they also indicate the p o liti ca l re l a ti ons h i p which ought to result between Great Britain and the pro tected people. But, on the creation of a kingdom of Greece, the reason which had dictated that rela tionship having vanished, the lonians spontaneously conceived the ardent desire of their political reunion to the free portion of the nation of which they form an indissoluble part by identity of origin, religion, language, traditions, and by their numerous sacri fices in the same struggle. " The sentiments which the ninth lonian Parlia ment was forbidden authentically to proclaim, and the wish expressed by the eleventh Parliament at its sitting of the 20th of June, 1857, were only the consequence of that irresistible aspiration ; the Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary, whom your Majesty has deigned to send lately to the Seven Islands, has had a striking proof of the fer vour of those aspirations, and of the unanimous desire of the lonian people. " Strong with these motives, the representatives of the lonian people, in the Parliamentary sitting of the 27th of January, 1859, voted as one man That the sole and unanimous wish of the lonian people was and is union of the Seven Islands to the kingdom of Greece.' " In submitting these considerations the lonian Assembly entreats your Majesty to communicate the present declaration to the other great European Powers, and to co-operate with them for this just and sacred wish of the lonians. " The representatives of the Seven Islands hope that Divine Providence, which once armed England in favour of the Hellenic nation, will again inspire your Majesty, so that, by your powerful assistance, the lonian people may obtain the restoration of its nationality ; the bonds of invariable sympathy which will then arise from deep gratitude will for ever bind the hearts of the Hellenic nation to the throne of your Majesty." THE CASE OF THE REV. THOMAS PUGH.—Yester day, at the meeting of the representative vestry of St. Pan cras, for the purpose, amongst other matters, of considering the appointment of a chaplain to the workhouse in the room of the Rev. Thomas Pugh, who was dismissed from his office on account of his refusal to give up the address of the absconded medical officer, Maskett—Mr. Churchwarden Attenborough in the chair, a communication was read from the Poor-law Board, stating that by an order issued in 1846, still in force, the dismissal of an officer could not be carried out without their sanction. The Rev. E. Eckett disputed the right of the Poor-law Board to interfere, and said as the question of their power had never been tried it was the duty of the vestry to contest the point. He moved that the communication bo referred to a committee, with power to take legal advice in the matter. Mr. Collins se conded the motion. Mr. Churchwarden. Cameron said the 19th section of their local act was so clear that the vestry had power to remove all officers at their will and pleasure, that he could not conceive the Poor-law Board had the slightest ground for their interference. Mr. Nodes moved that the communication from the Poor-law Board be ac knowledged, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Ross seconded the amendment, which was carried. THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND TIIE FRENCH EXHIBI TION or ART.—The following letter has been addressed by Mr. John P. Knight, secretary of the Royal Academy, to M. Theophile Silvestre, appointed by his Excellency the Minister of State and of the Household of the Emperor of the French, to inspect the museums and other institutions of the Fine Arts in Europe :—" Royal Academy of Arts, Trafalgar-square, London, Jan. 31, 1859.—Sir,—I laid your two letters, the last dated the 24th inst., before the pies' • *dent and council of the Royal Academy o f A r t s , a t their meeting on Saturday last, and am directed to convoy 'to you the assurance of their high appreciation of the ex pression of his Excellency the French Minister of State, in apps obation of the English school of art, and also of the offer on his part to devote a room for the reception of Eng lish works of art for exhibition at the Palais de l'lndustrie in April next. I have also received instructions to make known this gratifying and generous offer to the president of the different art societies in Great Britain. The president and council feel that this expression of sympathy for British art, on the part of the French government, deserves and de mands an earnest response from British artists, as founding a noble emulation and mutual good-will between the artists of the two countries.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN P. KNIGHT, R.A Sec. M. eo Th - phille Silvestro." PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—In the year ending the 31st December, 1858, the public income of the United Kingdom amounted to £66,286,995, and the public expenditure to £65,159,388, leaving a balance of in come amounting to £1,127,657. The balances in the Ex chequer at the end of the year were £7,755,455. The fol lowing are the it ems o f the income of 1858 :—Customs, £24,091,999; Excise, £17,966,000; stamps, £7,996,342; taxes (land and assessed), £3,158,034 ; income-tax (inaccu rately styled " property-tax"), £7,591,187 ; Post-office, £3,075,000; and Crown lands, £277,440. The items of expenditure are :—lnterest and management of the public debt, £28,501,479 ; the charges on the Consolidated Fund, £1,82,576 ; and the supply services, £34,575,282. Th e Army (in this last item) figures for £12,588,736 (including Commissariat, Ordnance, and Militia charges) ; the Navy (including packet service, transports, &c.), for £9,637,103; Miscellaneous Civil Services, for £7,253,059; the salaries of Revenue Departments, for £4,474,440 ; the Chi na N aval and Military operations, for £391,943 ; and the war expenses (Russia), for £230,000. The Civil List costs the country £406,871; annuities and pensions, £339,405; salaries, &c., £158,060; diplomatic salaries, &C., £162,638; and courts of justice, &c., £598,885. A MAGISTRATE UNDER FIRE. —J, Foord, Esq., J.P., found himself in a most disagreeable and somewhat perilous position the other day, in crossing the ground at Tom All-Alone's, Chatham, used for musketry practice. The officer in command stopped the firing at first, but it re commenced before Mr. Foord had got out of its range, and the worthy magistrate was compelled to seek safety by lying flat on the ground until the practice was over. He was not released from his danger until he had spent more than half an• hour in listening to the bullets whizzing over his head. --Nizidstenc Ivornal, NB. COBDEN ON PARLIAMENTARY' REFORM. • Mr. Cobden in sending to the Ballot SocietY annual subscription to their funds, accompanied 1 : with the following letter to Mr. E. C. Whitehurs" the vice-chairman of the society : " Midhurst, Feb- l ' he "My dear sir,—l enclose my subscription to . t_ t Ballot Society. Don't for a moment suppose t A n. a s , Mr. Bright would wish you to give up your , u f i r , tinct organisation. I'll venture to say when ' re Berkeley brings forward his motion he ha / no better advocate at his back than Mr. Bright. , e , cannot be present at yo ur b a ll o t di nner , simply be' cause I have laid d own a ru l e , which for a sea will prevent me from attending any public don° o, stration. Had it not been for that resoluti°ll,' which I had form e d b e f ore M r . Bright took eha r l 3 e of his Reform Bill, I should have been at his a ' long ago ; for the programme he has put forth almost identically th e same as th a t w hich I .. e ' L e dorsed in 1848, and which I supported in the ho- a when it was brought forward by our revered fl i t. Mr. Hume. W a t c hi ng f rom my re ti rem ent 3 , Bright's progre ss , I am s t ruc k w ith th e similar' of the ordeal he h as gone th roug h t o th a t Whic , ', underwent in the earliest stage of the League tation ;—the samirmisrepresentation of motives and misstatement of his arguments, the same affea,,: horror of his designs on monarch, church, aril li;o racy, and property which he now undergoes, I a went through; and if h e s h ou ld p erse vere 0 ,, r few years until his plan i n it s ma i n f e atures comes law, as it assuredly will do, then he will ea' perience, as I did, the pleas an t er s id e o f the order Then when everybody discovers that instead of. o o, the evils predicted, nothing but increased seeur l r i e .. contentment, and prosperity springs from his w forms, he will find nine-tenths of those who 11° 0 profess the greatest dread of him the most eag er shake hands with him on the success of his ra ea. sures. Nay, they will claim to have been sit / with him on principle, only regretting that TA, s t did not better understand each other at the out of This is the chequer e d f a t e o f a ll the p i oneer political progress, and our f r i en d h as had too Il e a experience in such matters to be either disappoi i l l , or discouraged at what is now h app ening. 1 ' true that I am about to carry out the i have some time entertained of visit to the United States. I hoi report to you that I have Mr,itnessed .` open: ,s4 l° of the ballot in that country.—Believe me " truly yours, " R. CoBDO• "E. C. itehurst, Esq." THE SIKH ELEMENT IN THE INDIO ARMY. A letter from " Camp near Lahore," of Nov. ,s te says :—lt is now a month or so since I last svr,u lio to you. Since then the public anxiety about t h e Punjab has apparently increased both at home Lt in India. Out here it is commonly thought w ro , the Punjabee army is too strong for the Goer ment, and that our next struggle will be with thele and, in truth, although we are right as yet, t. 11 : 130 is trouble looming in the distance—even if 1 ' distant. You will remember about that consint a i t i in two Punjabee corps at Dera Ismail Khali August last. It was necessary in consequenee uer e send a European column t o th a t quarter, vi:e European troops had ne ver b een b e f ore . The ',co when the column arrived at Dera Ismail Khan , critical. If the Punjabee troops h a d, mos t of 'th e 1 to a clear conscience, then they would not be sorit ij , see the Europeans arrive ; the well-disposed e a jority would feel confidence, th e evil-dis Peso, w minority would be overawed. If, on th e o ther ha they were, most of them, conscio us of having 01 tended mutiny or brewed mi sc hief, th en they Nv e tio ; regard the arrival of the E uro p eans as omin°„a they would beli eve th a t th e G overnmen t h a d ibLio them out, and was about to punish them. Su, c o t feeling might bring on an outbreak, and in case the European column, though the larges' we l could spare, was not l arge enoug h to overP°.r, the Punjabees on the D era I sma il Kh an front i l t e e a The column, however, crosse d th e I n d us an d hiu,t at Dora Ismail Khan, with ou t an y exc iterac s ' i among the Punjabees being produced. We T e o , therefore hope- that the conspi rac y was not 0%, sive, and that for the most pa r t it was limiteud the comparatively small number against whom Pr o is obtainable. e 1 We received not unfrequent w a rn i ngs f r om 1 :., 00 , informed and well-disp ose d na ti ves th at the roe jabee troops are very . numerous, and that , 10 , national pride of the Sikh race is rising fast. felted with th e pl un d er an d spo il s o f Hi n dos, 4 the Sikhs are con t en t e d as ye t . B u t they tZ i l $ less of us and m ore o f th emse l ves t h an t h e y cu to short time ago. The men on service continu e fo i write to their homes i n th e P un j a b most satle,oo tory letters, breathing a goo d sp i r it . B u t t° ;o , who return home from l eave are sa id t o be °,7 0 / glorious of their own de e d s , an d d ec l are that have reconquered India for the English. Now I see that in some parts of India, and P s if titularly in Bombay, peopl e wr it e an d talk as this Punjabee army had been gra t u it ous ly crest —as if Sir John Lawrence, while saving the Sste , to from one dan g e r , unnecessar il y expose d another. It may therefore be as well that 4rs t plain one or t wo p ar t s o f thi s su bj ect. I n the place, Sir John Lawrence was obliged to 1 7,4 these troops. The emergency was extraordin in 1857. It mi g ht b e o b jectionable to ere a; a fresh army w h en one had just mUt inLe 7 , 1 0 ot but we must have either done that 0 perished. There was no other alternative ~„0 option what ever . At th at t i me our few Europe'o were wasting away ; na ti ve t roops mus t b e hsk, ( , auxiliaries, or else the Briti s h wou ld b e swe pt 0:l e t Now that thi ngs are somew h a t a lt ere d peop l e ferl o . how terrible the emergency then was, and hoW4O evitable was the necessity of rai s i ng a FOP' army. Then look at the vast ness o f th e wor k t o be n° There was Delhi to be retaken, the Punjab to a; held, 800 mile s o f t ur b u l en t f ron ti er t o b e gu ards there were the Affgban tribes to be kept at nvi e .. length ; then there were 15,000 Pandies to be stroyed, coerced, or driven out, and 20,000 mor e be watched, guarded, or di sarme d. F or all I;03 terrible work at home—i.e., the Punjab—tlaa were a few thousand Euroyeans. What else 0 40 bo done except en li s t Punjabees ? Then look at.'o, work there ha s b een a b roa d—i. e . ou t o f th e Pun.] 0, Our Punjabees have been employed in the contra, occupation, or pacification of Oude, Behar, BO' cund, Bundelcund, Hind os t an , an d Gwalior. How was all this immense work to be done' 1 , 0 cept with a large Punjabee a rm y ? Wh ere e lse In t o troops to come from ? Not f rom B om b a y, for e r, army could not be trusted. (Scinde, hovel e j furnished two battalions.) N o t f rom th e disturPe districts of Hind os t an , O u d e , B e h ar, & c. , ford, people have been too mu c h d emora li se d b y the g, turbances ' and have only f urn i s h e d a f ew battali° l l A Not from Bengal, for the people are effeminate• ii o fact, wheneve r t roops are wanted every one the looked to the Punjabees as the trustworthy'', e a martial peopl e ; an d w h en they have been ralso and have p u ll e d us through the scrape, ever y now decries and mistrusts them ! Notwithstanding the kind of cry that gets uP, of are always getting requisitions from other parts it the Pre s id ency f or more Pun j abees, despite /0 John's oft repeated remonstrance that we ha et already got t oo many . A t l ast, at S i r John's earn'o, request, th e G overnor -G eneral has notified i n ge 0 , 1/ ral orders that no more men are to b e enl i s ted the Punjab. But, despite the risk and hazard,. is evident that at p resen t we must retain this Pt; jabee army. O n t h e one hand, we must never ' es " native troops have a preponderance; on the oth, o hand, we cannot hold the country without a cert tf proportion of them ; and s o l ong as we are pre'P strong, we c an a l ways k eep a party i n the country,,.' who will fight faithfully on our side. In the meantime, as we must have them, we r a !, l o comfort ourselves with the re fl ec ti on th at t h e y ba s done nobly for us as yet—almost as well as if t„ 11t, '— had been our own country men. Wherever Engl.'? troops have been, they h ave b een a l so. I n our se': vice they have marched all over the Presidency; they have endured e ver y ki n d of fatigue and hard ship ; in devotion they h ave a l most rivalle d ° „f :' t white men. They h ave b een victorious over °`,,"*4 enemies of various ki n d s, and in various sorts 1% warfare. They h ave bl ed and died by thousan'' in our cause. Ma n y reg i ments covered with deear°' tions have lost h a lf t h e i r numbers during this ~ We have employed 85,000 or 90,000 of them; a il d out of all th ese only a few rascals in two corps, eft a remote frontier, have given cause of trouble. would not b e well, therefore, that their indignati °- should b e moved by our ingratitude and deereciati°o of thei r mer i ts. The great thing, no doubt, is to keep th e i l numbers do wn t o th e very l owest figurecompat ib` o with the efficiency of the public service. None ea„,- 0 be m ore a li ve to th i s than Sir John Lawrence. 1` is co ns t an tl y l oo ki ng over returns of their numbers —clipping here, paring there, reducing everywhernei Within the last two or thr ee mont h s the number -a Punjabee troops in the Punjab has been lessell n e o by several thousands. We have now about 36, 1 f ) t0 Punjabee troops in the P un j a b , f rom De lhi the Trans-Indus frontier. B e f ore the mutinies, "0 used to have within this a rea 41 ,000 Hind ostanwe'e and 24,000 Punjabees—in all 65,000 men. have now 36,000 Punjabees, or little more half, in the place of 65,000. (It is true that rut have several thousands of Hindostanees they have to be guarded, and are really n l , ll- %. -. 1 1 were removed, no m quantities. If they 0 ° Punjabees would be employed in their place.) „ v . you see how immen se l y we have economised - respect of native troops in the Punjab.