The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-29 00:00:00

TB o NIW PR-erester ALLIANCIL frHE SPECTATOR of Saturday next, the 30th J 1 January will contain a compact Synoptical Account of the SIGNING FAMILIES of Europe, their Origin, Intermarriages , t t d Connexions. The survey not only affords the means of estimat ing the New Affiance with Prussia, bat it also explains the nature of the Royal Power and Influence in European Combinations. — Office, 9, Wellington-street, Strand.' R MAJESTYrS THEATBE.I By command of Her MAJESTY. In honour of the Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Pence NTH WILLIAM of PRUSSI, S R EVENING, FRIDAY, Jan. A 29, w be presented Sheridan's Comely of THE RIVALS. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. During the evening the National Allthel:11 Will be sung by Madame Clara Novello, ea fisted by Mr. Benedict's Vocal Association of 300 voices and the Chorus of Her Majesty's Theatre, Conductor, Mr. Benedict. Applications for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-oftlce of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's Rsoyal LibTsry, 33, Old Bond-street. ---------- INLAJTISTY'S THEATRE.—EXTRA PERFORMANCE. TO-I&ORROVI EVENING (SATURDAY), Jan. 30, LA. SONNAMBUL A. Ana, Piccolomini ; Lisa,. Sannier ; II Conte Rodolfo B e lletti ; and Elvino , G iu g lhu. Conductor, Signor Arditi. To conclude with the Festival Divertissement, entitled 'HYENEE. The State Festival Decorations will be retained. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2a; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, lOs ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEA TRE-ROY AL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE, in which Mr. Leigh Murray will perform. After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Soren' °Wok, with A FISH OUT OF WATER. After which, a new 0013113 Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; 'town, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) Fir Ice. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor snack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee —Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webst er , P au l Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Panl Bedford ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley ; Venus, Mrs. Mina-ton. R OYAL LYCEUM THE A.T RE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. — Triumphant Success of Leigh Hunt's new play : vide the Public Press. THIS EVENING will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play, LOVERS' AMAZEMENTS. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdamas Charles Dillon and Woolgar. _ _ _ To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR • or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Hbrr Zeleski and Sons ; Colurab'nes, Misses Malcolm and. Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. A. Morning Performance to-morrow, Jan. 30, to commence at half-past 2. In active preparation, a new and original Drama by West land Marston, Esq., and apowerful Novelty. 3ox.ofEee open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performccl PERILS BY LAND AND WAVE. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Jolliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminater-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Rns4ell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Branoll, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. ileushaw, Russell Grover, B. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critelifield and E. Maekney. Piano - forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will make his sth appear ance THIS EVENING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY —Morn., CO min. aft. I—Even., 15 min. aft. 2 TO-MORBOw—Morn. 40min. aft. 2—Even., 5 min aft. 3 _ME WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 29 111EIMONETER, IN THE StI.IDE. 46--highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day' at noon. _ _ BAROMETER, 30.28. WIND, S.W.; • light, with dull weather. Rain in the morning. VA c c)l-141., • - LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 1858. The Bank Directors yesterday reduced the minimum rate of discount from 5 to 4 per cent. The movement did not, however, produce any great impression in the money market. It had previously been, to use the technical phraseology, fully "discounted," or, in other words, its effects anticipated, and already acted on. The general feeling was that thc step was too tardy, and did not go far enough, to restore the business that had been forfeited by their cupidity—that they bad acted like petty tradesmen, ready to take ad vantage Of any increase of price, however trifling, but unwilling to give the benefit of reductions to the consumers u ntil compelled to do so. Thi s unworthy policy has operated very injuriously for their own interests, and, as they are still lagging prospect behind, there is not much that they can successfully compete with es tablishm en t s rea d y and willing to advance money, on secu rities, at 3, or even less than approved 3 per cent. Never, perhaps, in the monetary histor of the country have there been such nuraero Y and supply violent fluctuations in the value and of money as within the last two or three months, during which time the range at the quasi national establishment varied from 10 to 4, and in other quarters from 15 to 3 per cent. ; and 10 per cent. before the issue of the Government letter, suspending and virtually abrogating the Act of 1844. Pecuniary accommodation could scarcely be obtained on any terms, however stringent, and but for brief periods. Each man buttoned his pockets against his neighbour, and, reckless of expense, provided himself, at any price, with ample funds to meet any possible emergency. There was a general system of hoarding in operation: The hard-calculators profited largely, although many from excessive greediness, and er p by keeping h o ping to realise s till larg the olden rofits opportunity. th e i r money by th em, los tg These were the men who were so indignant when the Government, no t for the benefit of the com. in order to sav © the Old mercial community, but Lady from closing her doors, issued the letter of the 12th Nov. last, promising to bring for ward a riff SigN bill of indemnity f o r any viola ti o n Of the law. Their organ b abbled a great d ea l about the neces imared by the debts bein g s ity of preserving faith with cre ditors, as if that i n any wai pi farthing. It might as well paid coatboetue stepped between the r ail agains t the man who u ttermost u surer fr s o u m o btain;2z and his yictim, and prevented' the former the he had not hargaint , : m ight enforce if his intenae— :d poun of flesh" for which a. but which he thought he . 1-1 v i c tim were left to Ile tliought his tender mercies, to dea l with as. proper. Much valuable property was undaibted!:,7 sacrified, and many houses of unquestionable solvency obliged to suspend payment, but this was not sufficient. What they were pleased to designate as " the vicious system of holding depo sits, paying interest, which interfered with their profits was nob abolished by " the crumbling to atoms of the institutions by which it was fostered." lino ince lacirrynice. Hence the source of their direful wrath—the escape of the mercantile and joint-stock banking community from their toils, defeated if not all, a large portion of their selfish schemes. It was on the sth of November that the Bank raised its rate of interest t 3 the then unprecedented sum of 9 per cent. This, however, did not suffice, and on the 9th another increase to 10 per cent. was adopted. All this time the Leviathan and its servile imitators were encouraging the victims to bear each fresh turn of the screw with equani mity, telling them what fine fellows they were, and that the rate of interest could not affect any really solvent house. The gammon was, however, too transparent, and neither the bullying or cajol ing of " hard calculating" journalists could satisfy the sufferers of the propriety of having their sub stance devoured, and themselves and their fami lies ruined, in order that usurious money-lenders may build up enormous fortunes on the dberrs. On the 12th November, as we have already stated, the Government interfered, and only just in time to save the Bank, which was forthwith obliged to avail itself of the permission thus obtained, and to issue a further sum of 2,000,0001. on securities. The relief was instantaneous, or would have been so, but for the impolitic condition with which the boon was clogged. "The interest should still be main ttined at 10 per cent." Even when the Act of Indemnity was introduced, that was made a sine qua non, and an amendment proposed by Mr. MALINS, authorising the Bank to reduce the rate of interest without the act being thereby annulled, was rejected by a considerable majority. It was on this account, probably, that the exor bitant rate of 10 per cent. was retained for more than six weeks, namely, until the 24th December, when there was a fall to 8 per cent. This, how ever, did not go far enough, and on the 7th January there was another tumble to 6 per cent., the variation within a single fortnight being thus no less than 41. per 100/. in the rate of interest, a change greater than the wildest imagination ever conceived. In another week, on the 14th inst., there was a further reduction to 5 per cent., and yesterday the rate was fixed at 4 per cent., from whence there must be a further reduction within a brief period. Never at any time were there such fluctuations within five weeks, the fall being from 10 to 4 per cent. Even as yet commerce has not revived from the terrible blows it encountered, and those who, a few months since, were hoarding their superfluous wealth, are now eagerly looking oat. for eligible investments on far less favourable terms than they could then have obtained. Before the passing of the Bank Charter Act, the rate for a century and a quarter never varied beyond the limits of 4 and 5 per cent., with the exception of a few months is 1838-9, when it was raised to the then exorbitant rate of 6 per cent. Merchants, traders, and manufacturers could then make their calculations with safety. But now legitimate speculations are converted into gambling transactions that will give enormous profits or enormous losses. No wonder, then, that we see adventurers springing up, and by their reckless dealing casting discredit on commerce. All these evils may be directly traced to the hateful effects of the monetary codes of 1819 and 1844. The latter has greatly aggravated the mischief produced by the former. This will appear beyond the possibility of doubt in the discussions that must speedily take place ; and we earnestly hope that the people may be sufficiently awake to their own interests, so as to insist on the immediate repeal of this obnoxious law, and the introduction of a better and more equable circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country. We have at last something which may be called i new on Church-Rates ! something which really will repay a perusal by all parties who feel inte rested in that question. Some facts clearly as certained, and put in an admirably clear light ; and, will our readers believe it--=-some, really not many, figures so arranged that the most per functory reader will feel their force at once. We refer to the lucid and unanswerable statement laid before Lord PALMERSTON on Wednesday, by Dr. FOSTER, when an Anti-Church -Rate deputa tion from all parts of the country waited on his lordship to counteract the misrepresentations of Lord SHAFTESBURY and the committee of laymen, made not long ago to the Premier. Whatever Lord SHAFTESBURY and the Premier may think, Church. Rates though an old subject are not a worn-out one. People are often impa tient of discussion about them, for the very good reason that they think no discussion can be needed. The great majority of laymen look upon Church-Rates as a parson's crotchet ; they know that if the Rev. Rector or vicar would but let them alone, they could just put their hands in their pockets and raise without more ado all that is wanted ; but the Rev. Rector is ex officio chairman of the vestry, and the Rer. Rector likes the usual assertion of his right to " take tribute of the Philistines," and the Churchwardens—well, they must even be good Churchmen and do what the Rev. Rector tells them ; so, a vestry is called, and a rate is proposed, and if none of the Philistines interfere all is done as good Churchmen ought to do the thing. Dissenters, if there are any in \ Parson the sthorp or Squireham, grumble and p a y , or P erha ps pay without grumbling because sh o p cus tom or tenancy of a farm depend on meek subjection. But all Dissenters are not so meek. A great many of them cannot get rid of an Englishman's characteristic resentment of an ov erc harge, or an unfair char ge . A fee, where no service is rendered, or a disproportionate :t evenne, a not thought have ave to put 'toll over a bridge doeswhereh f e act, a get of somethingextra palpabl e f or gall hi m his money, in charges where he thi n k s h e s h ould petty his hands in his pockei - , vex and all proportion to their money value. A ra nd this of no doubt the secret of Dissenters' irritation s 'h i 8 Church-Rates, and most thoroughly do we symp t a , thise with them. Had our reighbonrs of Exeter Hall, and all the con venticles of London the power to levy conventicle rates on us, while we repaired uur own churches and paid for our services, we know that we should be but too ready to show even if he returned t h e collector the door, L 0 Ni1310"N;. with Bu ell s piritual soldiers as o ur own some times em ployed in the enforcement o f Ch urc h - Rates. As an undeniable matter of fact, our blood would boil ; and as Dissenters' `blood is, we believe, very much like ours, despite their preferring the conventicle to the Church, we by no means wonder that their blood boils—we should only wonder if it did not. Hence we are never surprised to see the Rev. Rector and Messrs. the Churchwardens challenged at a vestry meeting. Rather we are surprised that a vestry meeting ever passes off smoothly. Were not the Dissenters in towns busy in their heir merehau..ge! and Dissenters in villages busy in their farms or afraid of the rural despots, we fancy no one would need to rouble himself about a Church-Rate Abo ition Bill. The rate is paid to save time or ,rouble, or to escape the wrath of the village powers. The vestry war, however, is proceeding bravely ; in all the more populous towns, and in hundreds of smaller places, the vestries have con quered their freedom ; and still there are scores, hundreds, perhaps, of these annual contests, in which the Church-Rate party are sure to be ulti• mate losers. In hardly an instance, unless by some discreditable manoeuvre, is a Church-Rate levied again where it has been for a few times successfully refused, while on the other hand some fresh parishes are conquered every year. The rate-levying party aro obviously the losing party. Indeed one of the most striking facts, proved by Dr. FOSTER in the able document referred to, is that the amount raised by Church-Rates has diminished nearly one-half in the course of the last thirty years ! If the Abolitionists have no got a Bill yet—a whole Bill—they have at leas) got half of (me by their own emertion9, without owing any thanks to Lord ALTHORP or Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or Lord PALMERSTON, or to any of their Whig Lordships. In the year 1827, according to a return then obtained the amount collected for Church-Rates was, in round numbers, not leas than 519,000/. ; in the year 1832 it had fallen to 432,000/. ; in the year 1839 it had again fallen to 351,000/. ; and by the last return in 1854 it had sunk to 314,00 0! We may pre sume that a return for 1857 would show a yet smaller amount. The ascertained loss, therefore, in 27 years is 205,0001., or nearly half I A splendid result certainly to be achieved without help from Parliament, by the sturdy local resist ance of Anglo-Saxon energy and love of liberty. In what country of Europe could a populace be formed thus to be heard all over the country, the church of the aristocracy and the court, and of the great ecclesiastics, to deprive it of half its tribute For our part we feel disposed to urge our Dis senting friends to work yet more energetically in the course which has proved so successful. There is no Premier in a parish vestry, and no House of Lords and bench of Bishops ahead. When their point is carried there, they have succeeded for that time ; and when they have succeeded a few time;, they have converted the refusal into an act of vestry ; and the act of the local Parliament is quite as good for them as an act of the national Parliament. It seems to us quite possible in this way to abolish Church-Rates in detail, and to leave little for the Imperial Legislature to do. It appears, too, quite practicable now to turn the tables of Church-Rate law upon its supporters. Till the HOUSE, of Lords reversed Judge TYNDAL'S dictum, Church-Rate men repeatedly carried the rate by minorities. We believe that it is in the power of a resolute minority not° to defeat any rate which Churchwardens may attempt to lay. Let a relevant amendment be proposed—such as the omission of some item, or the curtailing of another —or a reference of the estimates to the Church wardens for amendment—on a refusal by a majo rity of the vestry, lot a poll be demanded ; this poll must taka place on the amendment, but the rate is not thereby carried ; another meeting must be held to do that ; at this meeting another amendment can be proposed and another poll taken : the contest may thus be prolonged beyond the endurance of the oppressors; and if they con cede everything, and reduce the rate to what is allowed by strict law, in the vast majority of cases it would be too small to be worth the trouble of collection. All this is perfectly fair against mon who used to levy rates by minorities them selves, and who, in levying a rate at all, are guilty of a gross infringement of religious liberty, as understood by Englishmen of the present days Dr. FOSTER completely diminishes the grounds on which a demand is made for " compensation" for the abolition of Church-Rates. He shows that 75,0001. is the sum, out of the amount now raised, which can be legally demanded from the parishioners ; the amount derived from other sources, as proved by the returns, being adequate, with that small addition, to the strictly legal objects of Church-Rates. His document also shows thatthe Laymen's committee of Lord SHAFTESBURY were guilty of most egregious blunders, we will call it nothing worse, in telling Lord PALMERSTON that Church-Rates were collected without difficulty in 95 per cent. of the parishes of the kingdom. First, Lord SHAFTESBURY stated, that there were returns from 9,672 parishes ; it appears it should have been 1,000 less ; secondly, his lordship said that rates had been refused in only 408 parishes, and that 544 only had endowments. The fact is that 2,700 parishes derive income from other sources, and that in 2,000 parishes the rates, even if granted., were not collected This, of course, leaves as the result, that FIFTY PER CENT. OF THE PA SISIIES DISPENSED IT/Tll 011DSCIFI- RAT= refer the reader, however, to Dr. FOSTER'S con densed, yet very lucid and interesting, paper for fuller information. Lord PALMERSTON seems to have been as good tempered, but as evasive, as usual, notwithstand ing Mr. T. DUNCOMBE'S efforts to elicit a definite promise from him. The deputation, therefore, before separating, very properly recommended their constituents to press another bill in Parlia ment this session, but above all to agitate the question in the parish vestries. The latter is he way to succeed with the former. Yesterday Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence and Mr. Sheriff Allen (sheriffs of London and Middlesex), accompanied by the Remembrancer, proceeded to Windsor Castle for the purpose of learning, when it would be agreeable to their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia to receive the congratulatory addresses of the Court of Common Council: Their Royal Highnesses were pleased to appoint to-morrow at half-past one o'clock at Buckingham Palace. MAILS FOB THE CAPEOF GOOD HOPE.—Arrangements have been made for the despatch of a packet from Devon port to the Cape of Good Hope once a month. Mails will be made up in London on the evening of the 5E,h of each month, and will be forwarded to Devonport for transmission by these packets, excepting when the sth fa o l u ls tws o ea n prad a Sunday, when the despatch will be deferred until the following evening. All letters, Ste., for the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, and Ascension will be forwarded by these packets unless specially ad dressed.uenistrolti:as,(,)therwise sent. The packets will call at )11 t. t Helena and Ascension on the homeward voyage only rate mails for those places will be made up for Emperorp Ist't-a7oleicon. packets to be delivered in all cases when the packets'....._ , i wita __ r_ixecidentally touch there, but in all other : a t h e w 7 l3 u t t n to e nl , b lv e Vlleftith on the return voyage.—By command ter - General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. -- t three shorthorn u n t nil Pa Until ST cc; Jan. 23' il i l Hill last heifers,w k b s r o a l d d a to t their suckin g salves, for 150 guineas each. -FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1858 FESTIVITIRS AT BIRMINGHAM IN LATEST NE WS HONOUR OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. • The spirit and liberality of marriagethewbe oa acs evcae M oes lifbeaoteybnheroenaor Princess evincedeortdfhi neb ß eye i r sas h re joicingsnin a y gna Royal. u . a n n i Ti e n :x ce a j e m el o ev i p l be l irneadi celebration go f a o n t o r e fo m l mf i f f t :o h nEenas Esq. , y h sumptuous:dinner at Bingley Hall, provid e d a t th e expense of the worthy chief magistrate, at which upwards of 1,200 poor persons were entertained, and festivity and cheerfulness were the order of the evening. Mr. Ratcliff, anxious to give pleasure and happiness to the really indigent and deserving, hit upon the novel and ingenious mo d e of issuing tickets to the entire of the cler g y an d rs a brought together i n minister of religion in the town f or di str ib ut i on a o c f co th rd e it ing app to ies t t h ;e ir sui ch ts o , ic :ii . This was producti ve one joyous meiiiing the most aged and deserving of the poor of Birmingham. In the toasts given and responded to, a hearty spirit of loyalty was manifested : all hearts appeared to be gladdened, and the kindest expressions of mutual good-will were universally prevalent, coupled with cordial aspirations that Heaven would bless the union of the happy pair. In addition to this a grand banquet was given by Mr. Ratcliff, at Dee's Royal Hotel, to abo ve t wo hundred of the principal inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood ; also a free concert of surpass ing excellence, at the Town-hall, to an assemblage of nearly five thousand persons. Such munifi cent consideration for his fellow-citizens on the part of the present Mayor will long be held in grateful remembrance among the loyal inhabitants of Bir mingham, from whom Mr. Ratcliff has gained "golden opinions, which cannot fail to be endur ing. We have further to add that the intended pre sentation of articles to her Royal Highness the Princess Frederick William of Prussia, from the Birmingham manufacturers, originated with Mr' Ratcliff, and has been met in the most gratifying manner by the production of unequalled specimens of art, which will be presented to-mor row at Buckingham. Palace to the . Royal Bride in Influential deputation, headed by the value of the cadeau is person,th the m a b y y o r . an estimated at more than two thousand pounds. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Emperor yesterday received autograph letters of congratulation on bis late escape from the King of Sweden and Norway, the Grand Duke of Hesse, the Duke of Nassau, and the Duke of Brunswick, and also an address to the same effect from the Senate of the free town of Lubeck. His Majesty also received a letter, in which the Grand Duke of Tuscany notifies that the Archduchess Anne, wife of the hereditary Prince Ferdinand, had been safely delivered of a princess. A Paris letter, in the Nerd of Brussels, says " The document which the French Government has drawn up on the subject of the refugees is not a ' note,' properly so called, but merely a series of directions to its representatives at London, Brus sels, Turin, and Berne to present observations to the Governments of those places on the subject. In sending these directions, the Cabinet of the Tuileries has ceded to the wishes of all the Euro pean powers, and especially the German ones. The ministers accredited in Paris and the personages sent there to congratulate the Emperor have all insisted on some measures being adopted. The King of Sardinia, like all other sovereigns, has manifested a firm determination to expel from his States the agents of a criminal propagandism against foreign governments ; and there is reason to believe that the revolutionary press in Pied mont will be for. the future subjected to a more severe §urveillance. The King of Wurtemberg, though on a sickbed, has written to the Emperor of the French to say that he will take part in any measures that may be adopted by the powers to protect the Continent against attempts of the re fugees. In addition to the communication made by Lord Cowley, the Queen and Prince Albert, who are frequently in correspondence with the Emperor, have written to his Majesty letters full of touching interest. There was at one moment a question of sending the Duke of Cambridge to Paris, but the Queen and the Ministers thought it, unnecessary, on account of the extremely cordial understanding existing between the two Cabinets. Letters from London state that the Prince of Prus sia, in the name of all Germany, represented to the English Government the necessity of giving to Fthnce and Europe some guarantees against the manoeuvres and plots which are organised under the protection of British hospitality." Tue following telegraphic despatches have been received here BERLIN, Jan. 27.—A new project from Den mark, having for object to place the Duchies of Holstein and Lanenburg in an exceptional position in the Danish Monarchy, has been brought to Frankfort by Baron de Blixen, but the members of the Diet have declared against it as insufficient. Madrid, Jan. 27.—The Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne has been read in the Chamber of Deputies. It signifies that the appro bation of the house is given to the programme of the cabinet. BOURSE, JAN. 28.—The following were the closing quotations per Cents 94 60 go: end month Credit Foncier Belgian 4i Piedmontese (o) . . 9): Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes llome Debt 3 per Cent. ..... ... 63 95 D. end month 6B 95 Bank Shares.. Credit Mobilier 497 50 Do. Account 940 RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto BOO Lyon and Mediteran. 867 i New Ditto B4O Geneva Midi Western 690 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian TUNIS. Letters from Tunis, dated the 18th, state that Gouma, the Arab chief, who had rebelled against the _Bey of Tripoli, and had refused the asylum and pension offered him by the Sultan, had accepted the offer, through the French Consul at Tunis, to establish himself in the south of Algeria. He is there to receive the title of Caid, and a territory, to be assigned by the Governor of the province. The Regencies of Tunis and Tripoli are pacified by the agreement. The thanks of the Bey of Tunis have been presented to M. Roches, the Consul general of France. The Ministers of the Bey are busied with reforms andpromised r reconstruction the n str u p e e t o i p o l n e f A Among the Code. are a regency 10,PARTURE OF THE ROYAL COUPLE FROM GRAVESEND. The following is the programme of the arrangements which will be made at Gravesend for the reception and embarkation of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and her Royal Consort Prince Frederick William of Pr ussia. The Royal party will leave London by the North Kent Railway in time to arrive at Gravesend by 2 o'clock p in., when they will Le received at the railway station by a guard of honour of the East Kent Militia. They will then proceed in four of the royal carriages towards the place of embarkation—the Terrace Pier ; the Cobham troop of the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of the Earl of Darnley, forming the escort. A magnificent triumphal arch will be erected on the railway bridge, and the whole route will be decorated with flags and banners, flowers, evergreens, &e. At the corner of Parrock-street and the Milton-road two large fir trees will be dressed out as Christmas trees, and on an arch in King-street, formed of banners, &e., will be prominently inscribed, " Farewell, fair Rose of England," and " Wer geben sie in Deinen Schulz." (We give her to thy keeping.) The boys of the Free School and Union children will be placed within therail ings of the Free School and St. Thomas' almshouses. At the entrance to the Terrace-pier will be erected a grand arch, and the pier itself, which will be fitted up with seats for the accommodation of 1,200 persons (leaving a promenade 10 feet wide in the centre) is to be hand somely decorated with festoons, &e.; another arch is to be erected at the south end of the pier. On arriving at the pier, the party will he received by a guard o honour formed by the Royal Marines, and on alighting will be met by the Mayor of Gravesend, the members of the corporation, and the county members of Parlia ment. The mayor will then present a written address, and the party will proceed on to the pier, where a bouquet of flowers will be presented to her Royal High. ness by Miss Troughton, the daughter of the mayor. A procession will then be formed in the following order: The High Constable of the Borough and assistants. The Corporation Mace, borne by the Sergeant-at-Mace. The Members of the Town Council, the Town-clerk, and other officials, walking three and three. His Worship the Mayor. Twenty-six THE Twenty-six Young Ladies, ROYAL Young Ladies, uniformly dressed. PARTY. uniformly dressed As the Prince and Princess pass down the Pier, the young ladies will strew their path with flowers. The county representaaves, the borough magistrate, the military authorities of the district, dol. Eden, Com mandant of Chatham Garrison ; Colonel Kelly, Corn naandant of Tilbury Fort and New Tavern Fort ; Col. Sandham, Commandant of the Royal Engineers ; Col, Parker, Commandant of the R )yal Marines; and Brigade Major Gordon, will alio take part in the procession. On the embarkation (which will immediately take place) salutes will be fired from the forts and the fleet in the river. The ground throughout the line will be kept by the borough and county police, and the men of the Royal Engineers will be stationed at the corner of Parrock• street. Immediately after the departure of their Royal High nesies, the escort and other officials will partake of a dejeuner at the Assembly-rooms, at the invitation of the mayor. At seven o'clock a displu of fireworks (under th e ma nagement of Dalby) will take place on Windmill hill, where also a monster bonfire will be lighted. The whole management of the transit of the royal party from London to Gravesend is in the hands of Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry to her Majesty. 1 i t a ppears that the e xpenses i ncurred at the E LECTIO N EXPRNSES.—From the e l ec ti on au dit or ' s Mr. A. W. Y oun g , M.P., and Mr. J. Mellor, M.P., r e e le t c u t r i for Great Yarmouth, a few months s i nce , by n on who were returned without an opposition, although one was threatened in the first instance —amounted to 3751. is. Bd. Of this sum 1991. 9s. 3d. was paid to and by agents ; the other principal items are the fees paid to returning officer and the election au di tor, t h e ex the9e 8 o the r h u . s p ti o n ti g i t t , o :a t v h e r s e rt: o n f t Reigate, have issued a joint P en REIGATg EnEurioN.—Messre. ' W. A. Wilkinson, R. ecto o r f s that they have resolved to & la:liberal candidates Walter., a forego their several personal claims in order t, maintain the unity of their party. They propose that the liberals of the constituency shall choose by ballot which of them shall fight the battle with the conservatives, and announce that their respective committees are preparing means to the t the borough ei carry this arrangement into effect. The Hon. Mr. M 0113013 u n o ot w ifi b c ' a f t ' io r n was invited to concur in these proceedings, but declined to do so. WANT OF TROOPS IN BENGAL. —The Friend of India says, in its last issue received by this mail :—" The arrivals of troop-ships in Calcutta no longer continue w ith their accustomed regularity. Since the departure of the last mail not a single soldier has arrived from E ng l an d. Sir Colin Campbell urgently requires rein forcements, and Calcutta itself, recently so full of troops, i s now well nigh denuded. Every available man has !seen sent up to the North West. This exhaustive process has indeed been continued until it would be difficult DOW to spare a regiment for Eastern Boogal, were it ever so much need,,d!, FATAL ACCIDENT DUBIN% T— mn FOG.—Yebterday an Black Horse Tavern, u,„ 4 Street, Poplar, respecting theiccl u d e e s a t th w o a f s i e n n ua b ß y i M eh rL d n' s, ag ß e a d k 3 e l r, y c e o a r r o s, ne w r h , o at d t i h „ d e from drowning. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a watchman in the East India Docks, and on Monday night last he was seen on duty at his usual early hour on th e f o ll ow i ng mor ni ng post' (Tuesday)but he at was an roissed by one of his companions. Search was made, when deceased was dicovered in the water of the Import Bisin. The deceased was quite dead, and bad been immersed for several hours. The night was very foggy and dark, and it was generally supposed he must h ave fallen into the wa t er wh il e go i ng his round. Verdict, "Accidental death." THE TOLL REFOIIII IN SCOTLAND. —There have been lately some severe contests in the Scottish counties, but reform has generally carried the day, the old turnpikes going to the wall. Lord Elcho's intended motion seems to get continuous support, and a proposition of his the Haddington op ponent, Mr. Christopher Nisbett Hamilton, the ex protectionist M.p., was negatived by 17 against 11 at ton's proposition was a re-adjustment of tolls. The Marquis of Tweeddsle's motion fora rate in aid on horses in support of the local rates in the event of the abolition coMsty meeting lest week. Mr. Hamil lof gates, has been postponed. This extra horse t3x is the millstone which hangs round the neck of the progre 4 s of abolition, an d it 14 generally. impossible to levy it on horse S d l a N y G a i t L t e A r a n 0 0 0 ter C n CUREBNOE AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yes neighbourhood o f t h e Camden Town R a il wa y Dock, in the Hampstead road, in consequence of the sinking 41 of one of the a great, sensation was created i n t he captain, his ;( boats upon the canal, with the w ife , and three children on board ; the result of which was the loss of ono the childran, Susan Walker, a fine little girl three years of age : the rest of the family being indebted for their preservation to the exerti ons of the men who were l oa ding their cart s with ice at t h e t i me the acc id en t happened. It appea=r .the boat, n ame I t h e Krzlat , belongs to Btrk ham ps tead, in Her e f or d s hi re . Walser, the toaster, was shipping a quant i ty of iron from t h e ra il Nit y dock when, in consequence of same chains giving way, the crane came down with the greatest violence upon the gunnel of the boat, causing it to heave deep into the water ; while, at the Caine time, the whf la of the iron broached from the opp os it e bide of the deck, and at once swamped the boat. Walker his wife, and three children, were at the time in the cabin at the after part of the boat, and, upon the first alarm, rushed upon deck, but only to find themselves immersed In the water. A general rush of men from all p ar t s o f t h e d oc k t o ok place, to save, it possible, the unfortunate family, in which they were sue easeful, with the exception of the little girl above-named The ehole family %ere conveyed to the house of Mr. llariert, the Locomotive, where Mr. Harley a surgeon, at t‘iir fed them, and, after great exertion, succeeded in restoring the whol e b u t th e youngest daughter above named, SPAIN. en ; of o fg t r h tah e ned 2 4 A t b l sa i tuu rhaveiians honour arrived. andh eo her ce opened it by dancing with the Duke de The e The b Q i Montpensier. Her Majesty afterwards danced not fewer than four times, her partners being the OPfDinoenen ell, a G n a d lit t z h in e Co Marshal G N u a e r n v d a u ez i a , i D M , ivi ar i s n h i a s l . ter of Public Works. The Queen had also held a grandrreception, and amongst the personages present' were deputations from the Senate and the Congress. The presidents of the deputations delivered short congratulatory speeches, and the Queen returned suitable replies. M. Pastor had been nominated Director General of the Public Debt. The new Majestyr u th e eonf Madrid tre aplirvei governor of Madrid having invited conductors there of newspapers to wait on him, had requested them to abstain from discussions on religion and the monarchical principle, and to be moderate and cir cumspect in their writings on political affairs. The editors of the Clamor _Public° and Iberia having solicited information as to the length they might go in discussion, the governor said that he cou!d not lay down a rule, but that journalists would be permitted to criticise freely the acts of the Govern ment and of public functionaries. The Iberia as serts that the Ministers are not agreed as to the choice of the personage to be President of the Senate. Intelligence from Vienna announces that Aus tria, by a note of the 10th, has consented that the act signed by the States along the banks of the Danube shall be submitted to the Conference of Paris. It is asserted that the British Government has agreed to pay a pecuniary indemnity to the Porte for the occupation of the Island of Perim. The amount of the indemnity is to be fixed amicably between the two Powers without the intervention of any other. Advices from Hamburg state that the police there have been making in several houses searches, supposed to be connected with the late attempt to assassinate the Emperor of the French. A con siderable number of refugees are always to be found at Hamburg. Lord Howard do Walden, British minister at Brussels, gave a grand ball on Tuesday in honour of the marriage of the Princess Royal of England with the Prince of Prussia. The Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, in its siting of Monday, voted unanimously the bud get of the publio debt, which amounts to 37,830,555 francs. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. LL V ERPOO la, THURSDAY. The United States mail steamship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon from New York. She sailed on the 16th instant, and has brought 50 passengers and 923,934 dollars in specie on freight. The Cunard steamship America had not been heard of at Halifax on the 15th, having then been fourteen days out. The United States news by this arrival is very meagre, and of no great interest or importance. The NW York Herald makes the following state ment regarding the migration of the Mormons into British territories :—" The telegraph and the sews brought by the Star of the West from the Great Salt Lake indicate that the Mormons contemplate removing to the British possessions in the spring. Doubt is thrown upon tho story, and it is pos sible that the wish on the part of their assailants may have been father to the thought. But there are reasons why the rumour may be true.. It is known that for some time past Brigham Young has been having a very thorough survey of the country lying to the north of Utah, especially the banks of the River Columbia. We hear that latterly he has despatched orders to his scattered disciples in California and in the southern parts of the terri tory of Utah to join him at Salt Lake City without delay ; and that, a , .3ordingly, notwithstanding thh , season, trains were en route for the Mormon head ; quarters from the south and the south-west. The country along the Columbia is admirably adapted for settlement and cultivation, much more so than any other which is open to the Mormons on the Pacific. COMMERCIAL. NEW Yohir, TAN. 15. Foreign exchanges firm, with a fair business doing. Sixty days on London range firm, 108 to 110 ; s i g ht, 111 ; Paris, 60 days, 4.18/ to 5 15. COTTON.—The market fins further improved under the foreign advicep, and we now quote midi:ling Upland 101 to 10 ; middling Orleans, 101 c, BREADSTUFFEL—Under the influence of the foreign advices, State and Western flour was very heavy and a slight decline was accepted fur lots to the Eastern trade, from which there is a fair demand. The buyers for citp , rt were not much in the market except at a decline. oL.utaern was in better demand and firmer. Canada and Genessee flour was in fair demand and unchanged. There was a good demand for Western spring wheat for export, but the offers were quite limited, and we hear of no transactions. PROVISIONS.—Mess pork was firmer, but there was a slight decline in prime. The sales include mess at 14.75 doh:. to 14.85 dole., and prime at 11.85 dols., with sates t.f email iota at 12 dole. Lard was unchanged ; prime was scarce and wanted, at 9i to 94c. There was more inquiry for beef, and we note sales of 8.75 dole. to 9.50 dols. for country mess, and 13 dole. to 14 dols. for extra Imes. FREIGHTS—To Liverpool, some grain was taken in bulk on terms we did not learn—supposed 4,1 d. ; 2,400 bushels wheat in bags at s,id. ; 500 bbls. flour is ls. 9d. to 2s. 101 d. ; 509 bates cotton 3 16d. ; 400 bbls. rosin is. 9d. ; 30 boxes bacon, 20s. To London, 1,500 bbls oil cake, 2s. 6d. ; 300 bbls. pork, 3s 9d., 15 tca. do., 5s 200 boxes bacon, 25g. THE BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT. A telegram received here from Lisbon announces that the screw steamer Petropolis arrived there this morning from the Brazils, and will leave for Southampton at noon to-morrow, the 29th. She has 68,000 sovereigns in specie, diamonds value 3,5001., and 2,000 sacks of coffee for Southampton; also 3,600 sovereigns in specie, 3,860 sacks of coffee, and 100 mangots of tobacco for Hamburg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, .Tan. 29.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; light breeze and fine. OFF DOVER, Jan. 28.—Arrived--Elizabeth C. Felton, from Bremen for Charleston ; Adelaide, from London for Geelong. POOLE, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Shepherd, from Heenspond for Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 23.—Wind S.S. W.—Sailed—Oscar (as), for Africa. ILFRACOMBE, Jan. 28.—Wind S. W.—Sailed—All vessels for eastern ports. CARDIFF, Jan. 28.—WindW.—Sailed—Gibson Craig, for Caldeira. - w - ATRE.roun, Jan. 28.—Wiud S.S.M—Arrivod----Sarah Ray, for Maarags. BELFAST, Jan. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Amina, from Troon for Barb idces. SHIELDS, Jan, 28.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Edward John, from Hnela. SWANSEA, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Velocity, from St. Valery ; Mentor, ditto ' • Leonia, St. Malo ; Rio Nunez, from Liverpool for Rio Nunez, with loss of sails, bulwarks, and other damage, having been out 25 days. Sailed—Alome, for Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—An. canasta, from Callao ; Medora, from Cardiff from Bahia, leaky. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W. Two flats were loaded last night with deck cargo in good condition from the Loire, screw steamer, but the remainder of cargo is badly damaged. The ship will be a total wreck. Arrived—Atrevida, from Mexico ; Melina, Marseilles ; Ariadne, from Smyrna. Sailed- Panther, for Montevideo; Boomerang, Jamaica; Ann Buckle, Bombay ; Agnes, Rotterdam ; M. R. Ludvig, New York ; Mensagera, Cape do Verds ; Perastina, Trieste; Hiate Hercules, Gibraltar. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.30 A.M. Wind S.W., light.; tide two hours' flood. Arrived, Jan. 28th—Sincerity, from Dunkirk. Arrived, 29th—Mary Aim, from St. Michael's ; Triton, steamers, Boulogne ; Caledonia, steamer, Hamburg. Sailed, 28th—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Mowe, Bremen. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. Passed—Her Majesty's steamer Caracas, from Ports mouth, for Gravesend; Mangerton, screw steamer , from London, for Lim er i c k. Anchored—Dawst on and Czar, for Sydney; St. M ich ael , St. Kitt's ; Vi c t or i a , Antigua ; Adeline, Rio Janeiro —all from London. SALE OF THE ADRIATIC.—It ie reported that the Adriatic steamer, o f th e C o lli n s line, has been sold in New York to the Russian Government. She is des tined, it appears, for a steam war ship. We understand that Messrs. Currie and Cs., the bankers, upon balancing their books at the close 2 0 0 1 the year, have presented the handsome gratuity of to the per cent, upon the amount of their salaries employes in their establishment. The Hanover Gazette of the 23d announces•the retire meet from office of ti. de Decker, Minister of Justice. _ M. de Bothmer, Minister of Public Worship , has been charged provisionally with the direction of the vaeact department. A letter from Berlin of the 25th says :—" Several houses in the capital are already ornamented with flags and garlands in honour of the marriage with Prince Frederick William. The lower classes are flocking to the pawnbrokers in order to pledge articles of less value than five thalers, as they well know that on the occasion of the marriage of any prince of the royal family the pledges fJr that amount will be restored to them gratis," CARDIFF DOCK EXTENSION.—The new East Bute Dock has now been opened its entire leugth. The bank of eat th which separated the portion first used from t ,e second has been nearly removed, and the water allowed to run into the extension, the whole forming a lake of water 3,000 feet in length, and from 300 to 500 fast in width. Vessels have entered, and the steam dredging machine is actively at work. Professor Pepper, of the Royal Polytechnic, ha ex?erimen'ed upon, and scientifically tested, the pro perties of the patent cork mattress, manufactured by the Cork Mattress Company under the patent of Mr. Ritchie. He reports most favourably and at considerable length, and considers that the mattress is indeed all that it asserts itself to be, via , "a perfect bed and life-buoy." As to its medicinal properties, it generates caloric and prevents cramp ; it is easy of management, being light, wrong, and easily removed. He also says that he has [.Tactically tested the mattress, usingocEi n his own dor mitory, and finds it the best he has used. In addition to this, experiments are going on every day. A sea faring man is constantly employed by the company to make experiments, which consist in his being thrown overboard from large vessels in strong tides with a mattress tied round him, and in his being buoyed up successfully and comfortably. Many members of the n tval and mercantile marine have exeree-ed themselves perfectly astounded by the powers shown by the mattr e s in these expel imects. Government has also, after an experiment very successfully carried out at Woolwich Dockynrd, given considerable orders to a certainly perfect, and, to emigrants and sailors, unparalleled invention. DRAW! FROM STARVATION.—Yesterday an investiga tion, which lasted upwards of two hours, took place at the Lion and Lamb, Drummond-street, Euston-square, St. Pancras, before Mr. Wakely, the coroner, on view of the body of Caroline Lewis, an infant, four months old who died of starvation. D av i s , th e summoning officer of St. Pancras, acquainted the coroner that the deceased was one of many which had been placed by the mothers soon after the birth at an institution near the Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, in the New-road, Mary lebone—the children were illegitimate, and a woman, named Kearsley, was in th habit of taking some of them to nurse from this institution, he (Davis) had summoned her upon the present occasion. The body of the deceased was a mere skeleton, and shocked all who viewed it. The Coroner said he had never heard of the institution in question ; and, in answer to questions, Mrs. Kearsley said she was paid 3s. weekly for the infants she took to nurse. She fed them upon sago, arrowroot, milk, &c. The mother of the deceased was a servant. The mother of the child she had in her arms was also Is servant, and had gone out as a wet. nurse. Mr. Densay, a surgeon, said the child died of starvation, for want of the breast milk, Verdict— " Died of starvation." THE GREATEST SOCIAL EviL.—At a meeting of the joint vestry of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, at St. Giles's Vestry-room, Jan. 23, the Rev. A. W. Thorold, Rector of St. Giles, in the chair, it was resolved unanimously :—"1. That the joint vestry of St. Giles-in-tlae-Fields and Sr. George, Bioomsbury, seriously considering the present flagrant condition of prostitution in the streets of this metropolis, andfully aware not only 'of the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers,' but also of the scandals to public decency and the grievous temptations to the youth of both sexes, re suiting from co mmon prostitutes anti night-walkers loi tering or being in any thoroughfare or public place for the purpose of prostitution and solicitation,' hereby recognises the duty incumbenton the vestry to make all feasible efforts towards diminishing so great an evil, especially within the limits of the united parish es . 2 . The public mind being now directed to the question, ,and the vestries of St. James, W r estininster, and St. Marylebme having exerted themselves with considerable success in this direction, the present appears to be a favourable opportunity for the independent and yet har monious action of other metropolitan parishes. 3. This vestry, being aware that certain of the visting evils can only be reached by an amendment of the law, is of opi nion that the following improvements might expediently be pressed upon the Legislature :—(i..) The improve inent of the criminal law for the affording greater facilities for the prosecution of houses of ill fame by admit ing a certificate under the hands of a certain number of house holdnr; (hereafter to be fixed) and of the superintendent of police in the district to be prima facie evidence that the house described in such certificate is a house of ill fame. (2.) The placing under the immediate control of the police the class of houses known night houses ;" and all houses of refreshment kept open beyond reason able hours, not incla led in the present class of licensed houses. 4. It being, however, apparent that much of the existing mischief may be put down at once by the more vigorous execu tion of the Police Act ; and that an emphatic expression of public opinion will strengthen the hands of the exe cutive, and greatly contribute to the more fully carrying out those provisions of the existing law which bear on the subject. 5. The joint vestry accordingly appointed the following gentlemen —t he rectors and church wardens Mr. W. Rogers, and Mr. W. Gaussen—to form a depu tatien to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, to express to him the strong feeling enter tained by the vestry with respect to the presentcondition of street prostitution ; to suggest to him th e expe di ency of introduc ng into the existing law the additions above specified ; and earnestly to press o n hi m t h e spee d y abatement of an evil which so intensely affects the decency of our thoroughfares, the respectability of our places of public amusement, and our character as a Christian people." lAMB. DRU.RY-LANE THEAT &E.-MEETING OF PROPRIETORS. Yesterday afternoon a general assembly of the proprietors in the above company was held in the saloon of the theatre, for the purpose of receiving the report, and to elect officers. Mr. B. B. Cabbell was called to the chair. Amongst those present were the Earl of Glengall, Lord Wm. Lennox, Sir Wm. de Bathe, Capt. Parnther, Capt. Thompson, Mr. Waring, Mr. Arden, Mr. E. T. Smith, Mr. M. Sharpe, &c. , M. FLADGATE, the secretary, read the report from the committee, whichincluded the annual statement of accounts and report of the architect. The report stated the architect has reported the state of the building and the progress of the lessee in the per formance of his covenants to repair and decorate the theatre. The committee directed that a specifica tion of the works to be done in accordance with these covenants should be prepared by the architect. Differences of opinion having arisen in regard to the specification, the adjustment of them by arbitration has been agreed upon by the committee and Mr. Smith. The committee cannot but refer to the satisfactory settlements of the claim of the engi neer for works executed in the year 1856, as re ported by the architect. The accounts have been audited by Mr. Savory and Mr. Crombie. The receipts, added to the balance of 3011. 10s. 9d. from the previous year, amount to 4,7261. 2s. 9d., and the payments to 4,5081. lls. 2d., leaving a balance of 2171. 11s. 7d. available for the external repairs immediately necessary. The receipts comprised the sum of 4,0001. from the lessee for the 12 months' rent. Of the payments four had been made quar terly to the Duke of Bedford on account of the arrears of rent. The four quarters' rates and taxes, together with the ordinary current expenses of the year and all tradesmen's bills, have been paid up to Christmas last. In addition to which the sum of 9001. has been paid to the trustees of the new renters. The committee conclude their report by adverting with satisfaction to the improved condi tion of the property, and the successful commence ment of the present season. The report of the architect stated that the interior of the theatre had boon repaired and decorated by the lessee. As there is a portion of the works uncompleted, he was at present unable to report that the covenants of the lease had been fully complied with. The dis puted account for the works in connexion with the additional precautions taken in 1856 for the pre vention of tire had I )een reduced by arbitration from 6301. ss. 3d. to 4741. lls. 6d. If the works were completed as required by the covenants of the lease, the building, both externally and internally, would be in a satisfactory state of repair. On the motion of Mr. WARING, seconded by Cap taro PARNTHER, the report was confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the follow ing noblemen and gentlemen retired from the com mittee, viz. :—The Earl of Westmoreland, Lord Teuterden, Sir H. Webb, Mr. R. Harrabine, Mr. Waring, and Mr. Rawlinson. The Clerk stated that these noblemen and gentle men were eligible for re-election. Mr. MARCUS SHARPE suggested there should be a new infusion of blood on the committee, as be thought they had not d one t h e i r duty inleasing the theatre to Mr. E. T. Smith at the low rental of 4,0001. a-year. The rentals paid by the lessees of the Lyceum, Hay market, and Princess's Theatres were much larger in proportion to that paid for Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. E. T. SMITH explained, that when he took the theatre it was in such a dreadful state that fevr men would have ventured to open it. Moreover, the gentleman was out of order, as his lease wag not out for' wo years, and the question of terms • could not, therefore, be discussed. As far as be was personally concerned, he did not care two straws whether or not he obtained a renewal of the lease. Lord W. LENNOX deprecated the discussion upon the question of rent, upon the saute ground as gr. Sir W. DE BATHE defended the committee, and said they had done everything in their power. Be fore Mr. Smith took the theatre they had adver tised for a lessee again and agiin, and not a living soul came near it. The size of the theatre, whie. ll had been put forward as an advantage, was a maw' fest disadvantage, inasmuch as no manager would care to be encumbered with so large a theatre. The Earl of GLENGALL bore testimony to the fact that no advertisement had produced a single lessee' On the motion of Mr. ARDEN, seconded by M r ' CRA.WTTER, the re-election of the retiring committe e men was agreed to after some discussion. The auditors having been elected with thank° for their past services, A vote of thanks to Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee , for the satisfactory manner in which he had COn' ducted the matter, was then proposed, The CHAIRMAN b ore t es ti money to the value ,° ,l Mr. Smith's char ac t er, an d said that there could be but one opinion, and that was, that Mr. Smith, in man ag i ng D rury -lane Theatre, had the wishes the public in providing for their amusement, more at heart than he had his own private interests. The motion having been carried with acelaate fiend dr. E. T. SMITH, in returning thanks, said 11 ° trusted he might be excused for stating that during the past three mouths he had expended I,B o U.' a over the theat re , independently of having 1 2 31 4,000/. a year's rent. The usual compliment was paid to the chairraav , and the meeting separated. TRACING A lIIGIEWAYMAN. - - A report of a desperate encounter with a highwat H man appeared in The S un o f th e 23d inst., in which it was stated th a t M r. Clarkson, of ugoa; lodge, about eight m il es f romDriffield, was savagely set on as he was returning from market by a big' • wayman, who attempted to rob him when withi° a mile of his own house, and that Mr. Clar k ' son discharg e d f our barrels of a revolver at 111 assailant with suc h e ff ect that the latter was g l a d , 0 decamp, although severely wounded, and with li; clothe s on fi re. T he Eastern Counties _Herald ? a yesterday tells how the thief was pursued O h apprehended :—" N ex t morn i ng , M r . JOT; Young, superintendent of the Driffield police, 0 4, informed of th e a tt emp t e d ro bb ery, and immedi ately ately took those st e p s , k nown on l y t o sharpwitria detectives, for the a pp re h ens i on o f t h e o ff en d er . first carefully examined the scene of the • attael4a discovered copious blood marks on the road, a° f , foot traces through a gate in the direction of PI. find, the gate bein g bl oo d y . H e also receive" ; cap and a bludgeon, f oun d on the spot, an d neckerchief and bur n t pi eces o f a shirt, which wedfe - found iu an adjoi n i ng fi e ld . On the following day' ,`" o ' (1, froni some inf ormat i on h e received, he wen t Burlington, 18 miles fromHuggate-lodge• std ascertained ascertained that a man h a d arr i ve d at a 104°1.1'; house there about 2 o'clock the previous mornif; —which would be six, hours after the robberf. t b minus shirt, cap, and neckerchief, covered 1111 „ d blood, wounded, and very much exhausted, Asti - 7 to the inmates of the h ouse th a t h e had been ° t tacked and fired at on the Dritfield-road, and th at ho was anxious to g e t away b efore he should a overtaken, and ha v i ng was h ed his woun d s an e 0 stayed about ten minut es h e made off. Young th o o lost sight, or rather trace of his man, but he s l ?., d again got wind of hi m , an d on th e follov" 1 3 Tuesday succeeded in ascertaining at Scarboroubd that a man answering to the description _ 0 the one he was in pursuit of had applied tu e , insurgeonh te d thereirec direction of Robin medical relief, and Hood'shadß then g o ° lit n a o Whitby. On the Thursday Young traced him, Q . the latter place, found that he had b een lodg n r ; there in the house of a sweep, having left 28 1 1 °1 4 • previous, and then qui tt e d f or th e moors. Y64l—cl afterwards discov ere d th a t h e h ad dou bl e d, and once more mad e f ur th e sea - coast. On that dal 0 traced, him to U pgang, th ence to Sandsend, 6 1 ,_ aftersyards to Ruuswiek iron works and Straith;; where he had stopp e d th e n i g ht before. He s lie a traced him in a circuitous ro u t e a l ong th e Nan o , " few hours in advance, beggi ng f rom h ouse toll° ll n ,b, and finally traced him on th e roa d to Guisbor°itt where Young, learning that he was a few rail es o advance, pulled bridle for a While, till night s,". ti s , on, when he resum e d hi s pursuit, got into ul l , a borough, and fin a ll y ran h i s man to earth Tye lodging-house shortly after his arrival there. t he prisoner's waistcoat was found to be burnt in to f back, and with a b u ll et-hole through the f ro nt it, and a small wound on the breast corresce° a pe to ,",the puncture in the waistct at. lie was, a of wounded in the moith, which was discolourea lar ge from the effects of gunpowder. A veil , ili wound was found on hi s b ac k, some fi ve inch° t be diameter, and corresponding with the burn i°_, w itts waistco a t. On being a ppr e hended and chargo" b iog the offence the prisoner state,' that he knew nel o ist of the matt er , and that if he had done it it- o e 4 be unk nown to him. He gives his name as i'_. au ti Ireland, and states that he is a native of the eu_ . 08' Rosconnnon, but he has gone by other atios°,..rpo veral highway , robberies have been lately yoyuiti trated in the neighbourhood. of Dritileld, and o lico, cieflt information is in the pos,sessiou of the 12 st o; to show that Ireland is one, if not the forelai t u o se: the gang. Too much praise cannot be give°, l , o tl° perintendent Young for the prompt and e°,,Vpr measures he took for the apprehension of t t _% ii lle soner, and the clever effective manner in viu,',,, re carried them out ; and, were it not for that t f u oto r d o velation might be ,turned to account V vst ,sivi criminals, we could give our readers some 3 do 0s; details of the ingenious shifts and device 3 re; ow to to obtain information from unconsei° l- V° sometimes unwillin g deponents. The pris oner been committed f or trial.