The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE THIS EVENING. Piccolomini, Spezia, Giuglini, Belletti, Rossi, Vialetti, and Aldighieri. IL TROVATORE. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Jan. 6), LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Last Act of LA FAVORITA. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold fonr persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s ; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15e; gallery boxes, 10s; gallery stalls, 3s 6d; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Her MAJESTY the QUEEN has graci ously signified her intention of HONOURING with her PRESENCE a SERIES of FOUR FESTIVAL PERFORM ANCES, intended to be presented at the period of the ap proaching Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA. The general arrangements are under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and favoured by the assistance of the following M an agers of the Metropolitan Theatres ; Mr. Smith Theatre Royal, Drury-lane Mr. Buckstone Haymarket Theatre. Mr. Webster ........... ...Adelphi Theatre. Mr. Harrison and Miss Pyne ...Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Robson and Mr. Emden...Olympic Theatre. Mr. Phelps Sadler's Wells Theatre. The programme will comprise the following Entertain ments On TUESDAY, January 19, MACBETH. Produced under the direction of Mr. Phelps. Macbeth, Mr. Phelps ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit With, Locke's Incidental Music, under the direction of Mr. Benedict. And Mr. Oxenford's Farce of TWICE KILLED. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. THURSDAY, January 21. Balfe's New Opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE, By Miss Pyne, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Weiss, and. the Operatic Company of the Lyceum Theatre ; conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. With a COMIC AFTERPIECE. SATURDAY, January 23, AN ITALIAN OPERA, By Madlle. Piccolomini, Signor Giuglini, and the Principal Artistes of Mr. Lumley's Theatre. And a FESTIVAL CANTATA composed by Mr. Howard Glover. With a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Fourth Performance, AN ENGLISH COMEDY, By Mr. Bnekstone's Company of the Haymarket Theatre. Aid an AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and Members of the Adelphi Company will perform. Admission to the pit (for which a limited number of tickets will be issued los. 6d. Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. Od. Gallery 3e. Od. . Applications for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. riIIHEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with SPEED THE PLOUGH, Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, Chippendale, Mrs, Poynter, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, and High E:Ternan. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr, Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which map be retained the whole of the evening) ds. each. (No charge for booking.) First Alice. s. d. Second price. H. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 111 HEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. 4- Lessee, Mr. E. T. S m ith. __._. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADIES' BATTLE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Miss M. Oliver will perform. After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK lIORNER. Commence at 7. J OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, ►gill be presented EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. Lady Eleanor, by Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a now grand conic 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 mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams, T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the second and third acts of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Madame Celeste, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sara, Mr. Frank Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billin ;ton ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulwer's play of RICHELIEU. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Poynter; Mesdames Charles Dillon and W.olgar. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. A Morning Performance on Saturday next, on which oc casion the Children of the Westminster Grey and Green Coat Schools will be present. In active preparation, a new and original Comedy, by Leigh Hunt, Esq. Sox-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee; Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed BROKEN FAITH. After which, QUEEN MAR ; or Harlequin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. STRAND THEATRE.—Less e e, M r . T. P ayne. —THIS EVENING, will be performed HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO LOST HER HEART. Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine, Madlle. Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lambert Family and the Red Man of Agar in their wonderful performance, 'Sze. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 23.; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. CANTERBURY HILL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow i ig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, & c ., v i z.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchileld, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dcs., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAITAX will make his first appearance on Monday, the 25th inst. HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 35 min. aft. 6—Even., 55 min. aft. 6 To-Moßliow —Morn., 13 min. aft. 7—Even., 40 na!n aft. 7 THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, JA CARY 6. 11111811011ETICR, IN THR SHADE. 35—highest since noon yesterday. 28—lowest this morning and during the night. 33 —this day at noon. 13,11tOILIITIER. 30.22 —falling. WIND, S.W.; light, with s h arp frosty weather. cA11.1 4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 1858. Several despatches have been received from India, which although only confirming and ex plaining what was already known in this country will still be perused with deep interest, and the more so because they contain the lists of casual ties in sundry actions, but also of many non commissioned officers who were either killed in the discharge of their duty, or subsequently died of their wounds. These lists will be anxiously scrutinised in many humble dwellings from whence some member has gone forth to fight the battles of Old England on the burning plains of India. They may have been poor, boasting of no high deseent, but many loving hearts will still throb anxiously for tidings of their welfare, and some may be stricken down at the intelligence of their deaths far from their native land, and the dear ' ones who looked forward with hope to their return. ) The list is unfortunately a long one. But when •we consider the perils and fatigues so cheerfully encountered, the deeds of valour so daringly accomplished, it could scarcely have been shorter. We trust that the Government may adopt speedy measures to alleviate the sorrows of the bereaved parties. A small memorial—were it but a medal —in memory of the lost one, would prove that services seldom equalled, and never surpassed, have been duly appreciated by a grateful nation. Such a boon, if promptly granted, would be not merely graceful, but exceedingly politic. It would be handed down as an heirloom in the family, a monumentum cere perennius, and would stimulate others of the rising generation to emulate the deeds for which their relative bad obtained re nown. A resting place in Westminster Abbey or a statue in the metropolis would not be more to one of the upper ten thousand than such a memento to the humble youth who was about selecting a path in life. It would unquestionably materially assist the arguments of the recruiting sergeant on any emergency, when every nerve should be strained to the utmost to maintain the honour and ensure the safety of the United Kingdom. One of the despatches is from Capt. WILMA/A PEEL, R.N., commanding the Naval Brigade, and is peculiarly interesting, inasmuch as it indicates what our jolly Jack tars can do, when removed from their native element, and engaged in inland opera tions. It proves that even the greatest discipline and organisation on the part of our land troops cannot produce greater efficiency than the natural courage and indefatigable energies of those of whom Eng land has abundant cause to be proud—the garri sons of her " wooden walls." Many of those heroes—for they have well merited the title— were from the merchant service. They were raised at Calcutta, and, as Captain PEEL justly remarked, their fine appearance, good behaviour, and excellent discipline displayed the ability and zeal of Lieutenant J. .W. VAMMAN, their com manding officer. It, however, did more, for it proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, the value of the materials which that very efficient officer had at his disposal. They were speedily engaged in the battle of Kudjwa, where, on the death of the gallant leader, Colonel POWELL, of her MAJESTY'S 63d Regiment, Captain PEEL took the command of the combined forces, and succeeded in obtaining a decisive vic tory. They had arrived on the 31st October, at the camping ground of Thurea, and there heard that the sepoy mutineers from the Dinapore regi ments, with three guns, had crossed the Jumna with the intention either of attacking Futtehpore or marching into Oude. It was, of course, essen tial to arrest theirprogress,and immediate measures were adopted for that purpose. After a march of 16 miles, the column halted for refreshment,and then resumed their march in double quick time. The battle commenced at 2.30 P.m. ; the enemy, con• sisting of about 4,000 men, of whom 2,000 were sepoys in uniform, fought with the energy in spired by despair. The gallant POWELL fell early, and his duties fell on Captain PEEL, who faith fully and nobly discharged them. The long and tedious march had greatly ex hausted our men, but the excitement of the con test revived them. No refreshment could do more for a true-hearted Briton than the presence of an armed enemy. After a severe conflict of two hours and ton minutes, the enemy retired in confusion at 4.30, leaving our forces in command of the field and two of their guns, the third being subsequently abandoned eight miles further on. This was a gallant transaction, in which the Naval Brigade greatly distinguished themselves. There is also a despatch from Capt. BANNISTER, commanding at Neemuch, in which he details the particulars of a severe struggle with some of the rebels from Mundesoze, in which several gallant officers were killed or wounded. The despatches from Lucknow add nothing to the information we have already obtained. Another month and Parliament will have re assembled. Its labours were but dimly fore shadowed through the Royal Speech inaugurating the extraordinary session convened in the winter of '57, simply for the purpose of Indemnity. Nevertheless, through that Speech from the Throne—dimly—they were foreshadowed. Dis tinctly enough (however faint the outlines) to enable us to conjecture the chief, at least, among the principal themes about to be submitted to the deliberate consideration of the Legislature, after the date of its supplementary assemblage in Feb ruary. We know perfectly well, for instance, already in connection with the senatorial achieve ment of November, namely, the redoubtable Indemnity Bill, that with a view to the solution of the long-scrutinized but hitherto wholly un solved problem of the Currency, we are to have that extremely absurd, because entirely :super fluous Committee of Investigation. It is decided, in other words, that a solemn conclave shall be formed to discover whether or not the notorious Bank Charter Act operates in any way as an im pediment to what is called the Circulating Medium—though calamities the most dire have again and again proved, beyond the possibility of denial, that the stricture caused simply and solely by that Act operates with all the strangling obduracy of a tourniquet Wherefore, let us repeat so far we know already perfectly well—but too well, alas !—that among the labours of the approaching session of '5B there will be those consequent upon this wretched Committee in re gard to the working of the Bank Charter Act. That—so far as we yet know anything in reference to the new session—is about the head and front of its offending. India, again, and its Government will inevi tably furnish another and fecund subject for dis cussion in both Houses of the Imperial Legislature. Another problem will here have to be dealt with, to the end that we may arrive as speedily as pcs sible at its solution : and we dare say it will after all be dealt with—just about as summarily I "Unless, indeed, the horrors of the late revolt in Bengal nerve Parliament to some more energetic exercise of its authority, and excite it to some more prompt evidence of its wisdom, with a view to the resolute and :systematic dissipation of the appalling evils consequent upon the preposterous scheme of th e d ou bl e G o vernment. The mercan tile calamiti es hith erto h ave un happily proved altog e th er quene es ' as i but just of these beneficent cense - JUSt now intimated in our refe rence to the bewildering procrastination of Parlia ment in regard m volved i n th e Q uestion of the Currency. It may to the i mm i nent diffi cu l t i es in be different with the sanguinary disastrous calamities of Sepoy M u ti ny, and so far more affecting not merely the calamities pecuniary fortune., b u t the lives of o ur va li ant and unofferaua* g . fellow citizens in Hindost an , an d what was far dearer to them than thei r li ves, t h ose of their outraged wives, and sisters, and daughters, and those even of their little nursling babes, and prattling chil dren. The recollection of these more hideous and more dismal calamities may prove somewhat more efficacious of good in its influence upon the Coun cils of the Lords and Commons of England. GOD I grant it. As yet at any rate there is the enccu raging possibility that the Session about to be I recommenced, may result in more than the ap- pointment of a Committee of Inquiry in regard to the anxieties and responsibilities of the Grand Difficulty of our Anglo-Indian Government. Another and not the least urgent of these con spicuous themes for legislative scrutiny in '5B, is of course, the only one in regard to which the Prime Minister had long since formally pledged his Administration. The most important problem of all, so far as our political condition internally is concerned—meaning obviously by all this no other vexata qucestio than that long expected, long delayed, hitherto avoidable, but ultimately ine vitable achievement of legislative sagacity—Par liamentary Reform. Lord PALaraRSTON, it must be remembered, was long since pledged to that and in the Speech from the Throne in November his promise was spontaneously and explicitly rei terated. Nevertheless whispers are occasionally audible even now that the subject yet admits of further postponement. It is declared for several very cogent reasons to admit of this further postponement. Because, for example, the currency has at once to be looked to. [lt matters nothing that that "at onoa " looking to the currency involves the intention simply—as already intimated—of organising another dawd ling and quite unnecessary committee of investi gation.] Because the Indian revolt necessitates the immediate revision of the whole fabric of our Indian Government ; because of this, that, and the other, the question of further Parliamentary Reform admits of yet longer delays and of a yet more tantalizing evasion ! It being monstrously hinted among those most sage and singularly con stitutional reasons, that Ministers very wisely de fer to some remote opportunity the consideration of the problem of this'particular and very compre hensive reform—because, forsooth ! the country is not so bent upon its acquisition this time as to be literally upon the very verge of insurrection. Last time, if the Reform had not been granted when it was granted, there would certainly (there is now not the slightest doubt of this) have been bloodshed far and wide throughout England. So hard run then were the people of this free land by a procrastinating Legislature ! And because we are not now upon the eve of an outburst that was then imminent—that but fur that concession was inevitable—we are to delay, and delay, and delay, until we suppose we are again by those delays goaded to the very brink of rebellion ! Is this really and truly the principle of legislation established by our Constitution I Is " pressure from without "—indicated by a Shadowy Monster holding in one hand a petition, and in the other the detestable banner of insurrection—the one, sole signal of Parliamentary improvement ! GOD forbid ? An evasion upon this plea—upon the plea of the popular quietude —were indeed no thing less than an infamous evasion. But-- directly illustrative of this very point—what says M. DUMONT in his preface to his treatise on the " Principles of Legislation !" He says this (with the perfect cognizance and with the direct ap proval of a no less illustrious and philosophical observer than the late JEREMY BENTIIAM)--•" La mule epoque ou l'on puisse ontreprendre avec succes des grander reformes de legislation, est celle oh les passions publiques sont calmes, et oit le gouvernement jouit de la stabilite la plus grande." Memorable words—words we would now most earnestly submit to the judgment and the consci• ence of her Majesty's Advisers ! Wherefore, in spite of all these sinister rumours as to the possible cushioning even now of Parliamentary Reform for '5B, we venture to assert that the country looks calmly but confidently and exactingly for the ful filment in this matter of the solemn and reiterated promise of Viscount P4.1.15613.5T0N. Under what inspiration we know not, but the journal which boasts of being the " European" one has taken in hand to teach all Europe that Eng • land has a hankering again for slavery or even the slave-trade. Of course both in modified forms. The slaves are t) be apprentices, or to labour under a ten years' contract or so ; and as to the slave trade—well, it is notorious that we have utterly failed to suppress it. Still, as public opinion will not tolerate an open traffic in human bodies and souls, it is to be an emigration or im migration under Government Commissioners, and the whole thing is to be but a parallel with the voyage of Scotchmen to Canada, or of Irishmen to the United States. Dr. LIVINWTONE has com pelled a reluctant acknowledgment that purchasing negroes from Africa, under the mild designation of " labourers by special contract," must neces sarily result in changing the incipient inland com merce of Africa into slave hunting and village burning ; so that suggestion, though looked on with a lingering eye, must be given up. Still, something must be done for the poor West India planters. What must it be ? Can't we get them gratuitous labourers ? That would be perfection. If that cannot be, we must devise some means t get them. Indian or Chinese coolies—we must give them a lift somehow. Now, we trust all Europe, and America too, knows enough of this country to be aware that under no modification shall we tolerate again the vice which we paid 20,000,0001. to be rid of, and which we see to be such a plague spot to the p)li- tical and social health of America at this moment. We do not repent of having parted company with slavery. It was never a " domestic institution" with us, and was always a nuisance in our colo nies. And all the sighs of planters will never recal it. Iu Jamaica, as in England, our QUEEN will never be the sovereign of slaves or slave holders. In addition to our inborn hatred of slavery, we are now Free-traders, and all these plaintive cries from the West Indies, for improved labours, are but the cries of monopolists of labour. They want cheaper labour ; and forthwith cry to the State to furnish them, in great part at the public expense, with additional hands, to lower the wages of their present labourers. They are quite free to hire labourers honestly whenever they will. The British empire is open to them, from Labrador to the tropics, from the far E ist to the far West ; but of course they must do it under the conditions requisite to insure that men of a strange language, our own subjects neverthe less, are not imposed on where their personal liberty is concerned, and where there is every facility for fraud. So far, however, as sugar, and some other tropical produce, is concerned, it really does seem much easier to create sugar plantations, by irrigation, for our East India subjects, than to carry them thousands of miles away to cultivate the frequently exhausted lands of the West India islands. The West India Planters seem to have stirred up a little by envy of tho Mauritius. That little colony has successfully resorted to immigration from India, but it has two great advantages. One West Indies is that the West Indies might equally possess, it has distal. employed artificial manures, guano especially, with industry and skill ; the other advantage is ° th " 31. o w r itlw t h o ic t : the West Indies cannot compete, ° Mauritius is comparatively close to India, the ones more tha n the 7 must be added, -USG • nearly half the circumference of The cost of transit is ab( ut 0 nearer colony, to the remota. *tree times that sum. To this it tbat it is found necessary, for the most obvious of - ;moral reasons, that a reasonable proportion of women should accompany the irnmi- grants ; this, of course, would raise the cost of immigration from India fully six or seven to one in favour of the Mauritius. The grand end of the West India Planters and their advocates at home, too, is doubtless that of Protectionists. They cannot brook the demands of Free Trade. Accustomed once to have their labour for nothing, or what seemed like nothing, they have not yet outgrown the habits and ideas generated by the good old days when every planter could flog his nigger as he liked. Such labour was indeed dear enough. It ruined them. When emancipation came, and when by a sad piece of trickery England's tax payers gave them 20,000,0001. of their hard earned money for their labourers' freedom, it was found im nediately that the money belonged to mortgagees at home—that the plantations were bankrupt—that but for this windfall from JOHN BULL'S adored tree of liberty, the mortgagees would never have got a farthing. All they had I gained indeed had been gained by a heavy tax, in the shape of a protective duty, inflicted on sugar consumers in England, and all for no earthly pur pose but to bolster up slavery and bankrupt planters. To have equalised the sugar duties all over the world, to have given our own East India sugar alone a fair and equal chance in the market, would have broken up the planters, and perhaps have emancipated their negroes, too, without our paying them a penny. There is not a set of quondam monopolists in the world who have less claim to Legislative bounties in aid than these same West India Plan ters. As a class they extracted an enormous an nual tax from British consumers, and wasted our liberality in extravagance, slave-driving, and finally fleeced the country out of 20,000,0001. of hard cash. Even since emancipation gave them a free peasantry, instead, like sensible men, of looking the plain facts in the face, what must they do but seek in every way to irritate and oppress the peasantry whom they could no longer " wal lop" at pleasure. They made vagrant laws, in tended to compel them to labour where they lived. They laid taxes on all the imported arti- Iles most used by the negroes ; they charged them rents for cottages, or huts built by the poor people themselves ; and above all they endeavoured to grind them down to the most unreasonable wages. A few planters had the sense to employ the missionaries as mediators on the wages' question, when all went smoothly. The great majority, however, tried every means to get the labour of the freemen for much less than it had cost them, all things con sidered, for the labour of slaves. This was, of course, resented. The peasants, many of them, " squatted," many of them obtained small quan tities of land by aid of the friends of emancipation at home. And worst of all for the planters, they taught the people to live without labouring for them. They have taught them independence— laziness if they like to call it so, and must bear the results of their meanness and folly. These is, of course, still open to them the one resort of frank conformity to the requisitions of their case. They can exchange antiquated and unaided cultivation for modern labour—saving appliances. They can exchange the clumsy hoe for the plough, and hand-labour in many pro- cessei for the steam-engine. They can give wages which shall evoke the spirit of industry by making it worth while to labour. Two facts speak volumes. One is that for those kinds of labour which are fairly paid for, there is no want of hands. Another, that from those colonies where labour is best paid, the largest exports are sent forth. The negro is just like any other human b ing. He will work with an adequate motive ; but, why he should toil and broil under a tropical sun for sid. or 6d. a-day, it is difficult to see. Waste land abounds, and he can raise pro bably one or two shillings' worth of produce, or more, while the sug,o.l - planter would have hiin labour for sixpence. The Prince de Moskowa has arrived from Paris a the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, where the Marquis and Marchionness de Cadora, the Count and Counte-s de Lubedoyere, and the Count do Castelbajac have joined his Highness. The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges, Queen's counsel, &c., at his lordship's residence in Upper Brook street, on Monday next, the first day of Hilary term, at 12 o'clock. The Count Edward D'Alten has returned to the Brunswick Hotel, from Brighton. The Ladies Chartoris have arrived at Claridge's Hefei, from Scotland. Lady Duckett and Miss Meakin have left the Q ueen ' s Hotel, Upper Norwood, for Gloucester Gardens, Hyde park. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland have not had the usual festivities at Raby iu consequence of the seri ous indisposition of her grace. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny will leave the residence of the Embassy, Albert-gate House, to-day, on a visit to the Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber-park, Notts. His Excellency Count Von Platen, the New Minister from the Court of Sweden has taken a large mansio n i n Grosvenor-place. His Excellency the Minister for the Hanse Towns left town His E a few xl e d n a e y n s o sincey the for s B x Minister will re t urn to i town to-morrow from Germany. BERLIN, Tuaeday.—Baron Budberg, th e R ussian Ambassador at Vienna, is nominated to the embassy at Berlin. Baron Brunnow, long Russian Miuister at the Court of S:. James's, has again received his credentials to the English Court. A letter from Nice says Lady Mary Douglas, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, is seriously ill here. Sir Joseph 011iffe has just rrrived from Paris, having been summoned to attend on her ladyship." HEALTH OF THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.—The health of his grace the Duke of Sutherland has for some time past been such as to give uneasiness to his friends. By last accounts his grace was worse. He is able to move about, but is greatly affected by general debility.— Northern Ensign. DEATH OF ItscaEr..—Mademoisel!e Rachel died yes terday at her residence near Cannes. Mr. J. D Fitzgerald has declined accepting either of the vacant Irish judgeships. We hear that Miss Gerard, a young lady with a fine soprano voice, who is spoken of very favourably by some of the leading members of the profession, is expected shortly to make her appearance in public. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian I-lands were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Cape of Goad Hope. COLONEL GREATHED'S SERVICES.—It will gratify our readers to learn that the services of the gallant Colonel Gee/abed have been recognised by the Commander-in. Chief, and that on the arrival of Sir Colin at Aluinbagh (Nov. 9) ha immediately gave Colonel Gr/rlthed the command of the Infantry Brigade, consisting of the Bth, 75th, and two regiments of Punj sub Infantry. At the same time Sir Colin most handsomely intimated to the hero of Agra, "that after all his successes with his avenging column, he would not let any one interfere with his command." Nobody knows better than Sir Colin Campbell how to appreciate real merit in a sol dier ; and we hope the time is not far distant when we may congratulate Colonel Greathed on receiving some substantial acknowledgment at the hands of his country f,r his di s ti ngu i s hed services. —Times.—[We cordially say ditto.—S un.] ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. --S OUTH NORTHAMPTON SHIRE —A. vacancy bein g ab out to occur in t h e sou thern divisiof Viscount n f t th A e I t o rp, M.P., to t h e House o f Lords, as county of North ampton, b y the elevation Earl pancer, i n r o om o f hi s deceased father, t hi s p ar t of the cou n ty i s a l rea dy i n t h e thick of au elect i on con test, which promises t o b e equally sharply foug ht w ith that which took plac e h ere at the late genera l e l ec ti on . Lord H e nley st a nds o n th e L iberal interest, an d C o l. Henry Cartwright on the Conservative. It will be a close run. Lord Henley has a considerable amount of local influence in the county, and the prosent member is, his friend ; while Col. Cartwright belongs to a family long o' great influence here. DEATLI OF WM. DAVIE, ESQ LL.D., TOWN-CLERK. OF GLASGOW.—Mr ' Da v i e , the senior town - c l e rk of G asgow, died at his residence, Blyth es wood-square, on Wednesday, after a p ro t racted illness. Dr. Davie was torn-clerk, first under Mr. Reddie, and latterly as seni or in office for more than 40 years, and was not less re spec:.ed for the high legal valifications than fur hie courtesy and singular ami a bili ty of d i spos i t i on . Dr. Davie was released from hi s sufferings b y d ea th, just two days before he would h ave ceased b y t h e t er ms of MI own resignation to be t own - clerk of Glasgow . Abort four months ago he intim a t e d hi s intent i on to resign on the 31st Dec., in conseque nce o f i ll health. X4l'' 1 JLA IL 1 - PST NEWS, THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, Captain Evans, has arrived with these mails. She left Alexandria, Dec. 23 ; Malta, 27th ; and Gibraltar, Jan. 1. She has 70 passengers, 47,3681. in specie, 610 bags of wheat, 50 bales of silk, and general cargo. The Indus spoke the barque Meg Merrilies on the Ist inst., and the Alhambra, steamer, on the 23. At Malta, her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Princess Royal, Centurion, Conqueror, Vulture, Coquette, Arid, Vigilant, and Harpy ; at Alex andria, screw steamers Arcadia and Abeona ; at Gibraltar, H.M.S. Curlew, and screw steamer Elmo. The barque Caleb, which grounded in the bay on the 21iit, was got off on the 29th. MILAN, JAN. 5. Field Marshal Raletsky died this morning at 8 o'clock, after an illness of a week. General re gret is felt throughout the city. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received two letters, written by the King of Bavaria and Prince Luit pold, his brother, thanking his Majesty f or h av i ng sent the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to that Prince. The Moniteur announces that in consequence of slight indisposition of the Empress, the ball which was to have taken place this (Wednesday) evening at the Tuileries is postponed to Satur day next. This has been ono of the coldest days we have had this winter in Paris. The water in the public gardens is frozen some inches thick, and to-mor row, no doubt, will be crowded with skaters. A magnificent stmset was witnessed to-day from the Champs Elysees. A group of many-shaped purple clouds screened the copper coloured golden glare of the declining sun. The buildings, the skeleton trees, all bzdow was cold grey, which gave remark able value to the warm rich colours above. BOURSE, Jan. 5.--The following were the last quotations : per Cents Do. end m0nth...... 3 per Cent. ..... 69 50 Do. end month 69 90 /link Shi.res . 3200 Credit Mobilior Do. Account 930 95 50 Credit Foncier Belgian 4 Piedmontess (5) Roman B7 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt VAYS. RAIL Orleans Northern . .. 980 New Ditto BO5 Lyon and Meditoran. 882,i New Ditto B6O Geneva Midi Western 7OO Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian TURKEY. The Lloyd of Posth, of the 31st tilt., contains some fresh details of the late conflict between the Turks and the Christians in the Herzegovine. They are given in a letter from Mostar : " The Turkish authorities of this place, a few days since, received some alarming news from Piva, in the district of Gazko. The Christians at that place being tired of the oppression exercised by the Turkish irregular soldiers, threatened to rise against them, and began by refusing to sell them whea, oats, &c. Last week a body of from 400 to 500 took up arms and marched upon Piva, in order to drive out the Turkish garrison. The building in which the latter were quartered adjongs the Greek convent, which was closed on the approach of the armed band, who advanced uttering the most me nacing cries. Three Turks, not belonging to the ` garrison, and one of whom was the son of the Mudir of Piva, had however taken refuge in the inner court of the convent. It is said that the in surgents first called on the soldiers in the barraoks to surrender, and on their refusal set fire to the building. Eleven soldiers perished in the flames, and the 3 who had sought sh elter in the convent were afterwards killed by the Christians. The Mudir of Piva, who had on that day gone into Gazko, was stopped on the road and forbidden to return to Piva. The president of the tribunal of Mostar was charged to open a negotiation with the inhabitants of Drobujak and Piva, to induce them to alter their 1 esolution of nr , t supplyiug +l.O Turkish ir regulars with provisions, on a promise that for the future they should have no oppression to complain of. To these advances the rajahs replied tliat the same assurances were given them six years ago, but without their having ever been attended to.. In the end, however, negotiations were entered into between the parties, and hostilities have for the present ceased." AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter, in the French Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Lord Stratford de Radcliffe whilst here was the object of very special attention and he must take away with him a very pleasing reminiscence of Vienna. The rumour that Lord Stratford de Radcliffe will not return to his post appears only to repose on the sale of part of his furniture and of his equipages ; and from informa tion obtained from a good source, I believe that he has not finally left Constantinople. Ho merely takes advantage of a leave of absence, and certainly intends to return to Turkey. This at least is what he said at the grand dinner given to him by Aali Pacha on the eve of his departure, as well as to the Sultan himself at the audience which he had ob tained to take leave." According to the Deutschland of Vienna new efforts are being made to put an end to the dissen sion between Naples and the Western Powers. Austria, iu particular, it adds, is taking advantage of her present friendly relations with England to bring about that result. The Nuremberg Correspondent contains a letter from Vienna which states that the Archduke Fer dinand Maximilian , will proceed to Loudon to be present at the marriage of Prince Frederick Wil liam of Prussia, having been expressly invited to do so by Queen Victoria. PRUSSIA. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin, of the 2.1 says :-- " It was thought probable hgre that Major d e Wildenbrach, the Prussian Ambassador at Con stantinople, would soon return to the Turkish capital. What detained him at Berlin was the serious illness of his wife, who ) we regret to learn, expired this morning. A Berlin letter says :—" According to authentic accounts from Frankfort, the Committee on the Duchies terminated before the end of the year the collec'ion of materials for its report, and will present the document itself to the Diet on the 7th of January. At the same time it will bring forward a series of propositions, and, from what is known of the instructions which the members o f the Diet have reJeived from their govern ments, it may be hoped that the decision of the Assembly will be given soon after. It is re marked that in the Russian no's addressed - LI Denmark there is more a question of an amicable arrangement than of an absolute recognition of the rights of Germany. It is therefore thought that the explanations which the minister of Rus sia at Copenhagen is charged to give verbally on the note will be More important than the despatch itself." BELGIUM. The Brussels journal - 1 inform us that tho Belgian government has just ordered Colonel Charras to quit BAgium. He was once before expelled in 1854 under the ministry of M. Brouckere-Faider. Since that period, and after the accession to power of the party of the right, Colonel Cuarra,s, who was residing at the Hague, reque ted permis sion to come to Brussels for some time in order to obtain medical advice for a complaint which threatened his life. That permission was granted, and ou the int3rcession of different influential per sonages, among others M. Felix do Merode, it had in some measure been prolonged indefinit-ly, on the condition that lie would leave on the first intimation being made t him. This has now been done during the last few d Lys. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 31st ult., due yester day, have reached us. A R iyal decree 'a the Gazette, signed on the report of tile Minister of Finance, en acts that, as the Cortes will not meet in time to pass a, law oti the subject, the mud payments for the different branches of the public service shall con tinue to bo mado from the Ist Jan. next, until the estimates be voted.. The Espana, in the course of a long article on the message of the Pfeii dentof the United States, oxpresEes the opinion that the Spanish Government will "continue firm in its refusal to give satisfaction to the United States in the affair of the Do - eado, since no insn:t lind been committed, and that it will energetically reject the insulting proposition relative to Cuba." The Queen, on occasion of the birth of the Prince of the Asturias, had made large donations to the poor. The Duc de Tarancon, a younger son of Queen Christina and the Du! e de Rianzares, had arrived in Madrid, and was about to enter the cavalry school at Valladolid. The Infanta Dona Josefa has completely recovered from her recont accident. ITALY. At Florence and in other large towns of Tuscany, prayers have been offered up for tho safe delivery of the Hereditary Princess of that Duchy, who is shortly expected to be confined. In the Germanic Diet, on the 31st ult., the com mittee on military affairs presented a report setting forth the federal fortress of Landau, but a vote on the subject was postponed for a fortnight. THE AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY EVENING. The African Royal Mail steam ship Candace, Captain J. H. Bolt, arrived here this day. Her homeward dates are—Fernando Po, Nov. 26 ; Cameroons, Nov. 28 ; Old Calabar, Nov. 30 ; Bunny, Dec. 3; Lagos, Dec. 6 ; Accra, Dec. 10 ; Cape Coast, Dec. 11 • Monrovia, Dec. 15 ; Sierra Leone, Dec. 20 •, Bathurst, DeC. 23 ; Goree, Dec. 24; Teneriffe, Dec. 28 ; Madeira, Dec. 30. She brings the usual mails, six cabin passengers, and the captain and part of the crew of the barque Countess of Durham, the wreck of which vessel has bean noticed previously. Her cargo consists of 1,801 ounces of gold dust, 334 casks of palm oil, 902 billets camwood, 64 packages gum, 47 packages bees-wax, 81 tusks and 60 ewes of ivory, and 40 packages of sundries. At Fernando Po there were no ships of war. At Lagos, the Vesuvius, Virefly, Hecla, Brune, Con flict, and Bloodhound. At Siert a Leone, the Pluto and Childers. At Teneriffe, the Spitfire, bound for the Coast of Africa, Heron, and the American frigate Powhattan ; the screw steam ship Powerful put in here leaky, making five inches per hour, ex pected to leave on the Ist of January. Trade was quiet in the rivers. The Niger exploring vessel Dayspring was lost near Rabba, on a reef of rocks. The publication of the New Era newspaper had been suspended at Sierra Leone through the go vernor having refused to accept the sureties offered under a colonial regulation. A memorial bas beeu forwarded on the subject to the Secretary of State for the CJlonies, and the subscribers to the paper await the result. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JAN. 5. We have had a quieter market owing to the ad vance in cotton. The sales of cotton to the trade yesterday, at Liverpool, were rather large, and forced up prices, making the total rise from the lowest point about id. per pound. Such a serious advance in cotton has been necessarily followed by producers of yarn and cloth asking a corresponding increase, and manufacture's required fully 3d. p..tr fiece more for long-cloths, T-cloths, madapollams, and Indian shirtings. Spinners asked an advance of id. per pound for yarn. Buyers, however, had sfitigflocl their mot-. pressing wants at the turn of the market, and the advance has stopped business. Some manufacturers having accumulated large stocks are easier to deal with, and there would have been a large business in both yarn and cloth at lass week's rates. For Germany there was little dis- p l sition to, take yarns at any advance, and to ' some parts of the continent the frost will -neces sarily prevent shipments so late in the season. LEEDS, JAN. 5. With the improved seasonable character of the weather, which is now bright and frosty, and the receipts of nif re cheering accounts from America, together with the favourable reports of the way the bills due on the 4th have been met throu2hout England and Scotland, there has been a better feeling in the Cloth-liAlls this morning. The at tendance of buyers was of an average nature, and they operated more freely than of late, so that altogether the market was more animated, and a dgreater bulk of cloth changed hands. The ressers and dyers are receiving a little more work to do, but not anything of an extensive character. A brisk trade is not expected, but with the advance of the year an improved state of things is confi dently anticipated. Cloths, as well as wools, are tolerably steady in price, and no great alteration is likely soon to take place in either. BRDFRD, JAN. 4. A little m ore business has b en done in wool at our market to-day. The full rates of lag week have been maintained, and in some instances sel lers have obtained a slight advance. Inactivity is still the ruling feature of the worsted yarn trade. The demand for Germany is likely to be affected by the severe weather which has set in, as it is sugges tive of the closing of the navigation, and will cause exporters to refrain from shipping to that quarter at present. There has been increase of business in cotton warps, the firmness of the markets in Man chester and Liverpool having led manufacturers to think that prices for the present have re.ched the lowest point of depression. As regards pieces there have been few transactions in the market to-day, and Lo improvement can be noted as compared with last week. HUDDERSFIELD, JAN. 5. There is some improvement to notice in the mar ket of this morning. Not very large purchases have been made, buyers confining themselves chiefly to heavy goods. A few orders for spring gods have been given, and the prospects of the trsd , 3 are Loking better than they did a week ago. The trial of Mr. Glover, has been postponed until the February sessions of the Central Criminal Court. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT BANK.— It was determintd on Thursday to take immediate st-ps for placing the affairs of this bank under the operation of the voluntary clauses of the Winding-up Act,— Northern Express. _ _ MURDER OF A POLICE-CONSTABLE AT STEPNEY.—Yes terday afternoon Mr. Wm. Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at the Masons' Arms Tavern, Watuey.etreet, Commercial-road, St. George's-in-the-East, respecting the death of Henry Morgan, aged 25 years, a police constable of the K division (No. 403), who died from the effects of injuries received in an affray on the night of Wednesday, the 29th Dec. last, in Jubilee-street, Mile end Old-town, under circumstances already described in the police reports, and after some evidence had been taken the inquiry was adjourned. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN DRURY-LANE.— Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Brown low Arms, Brownlow-street, Drury lane, before Mr. Wakley, coroner for the western division of Middlesex, on the body of Mary Page, aged 48, who was killed in Drury-lane, on New Year's Day, by a cart filled with grains going over her. Mr. Frederick Spear, saddler, 14, Drury-lane, who witnessed the eccurreece, con sidered that the death of the unfortunate woman was accidental, and that no blame was attached to the driver of the cart, who was certainly a very careful driver, and quite sober at the timf. Mr. Evans, cowkeeper, io whose employ the driver was gave him a good character. The Coroner observed the present case was one of Tea- e arising from the effects of intempera , c , ; Had the wretched woman been sober the accident would not have occurred. Verdict, "Accidental Death." FAILURES.—The North British Daily Mail announces the suspension of the firm of Thomas Callender and Sons, hide and leather factors, and Dales r Mitchel', Miller, and Ogilvie, wholesale warehousemen, both ot Glssgow. In the latter case the liabilities are believed to amount to 80,000/. The Glasgow Herald mention: also the steppege of Messrs. J. and W. Wallace, 'Owed muslin manufacturers, fur 250,0001. At Dundee, Nlr. John E van, the &aid' magistrate of the town, a mane facturer and ex p or t merchant, has stopped for w of 50,000/, In the sitting of the 2d of the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin, the report on the election of M. Bottero by the first college of Nice, recommen di ng its approval, was read. M. Deviry, of the right, proposed an inquiry into it on the ground that the government had exercised undue influence over the electors in favour of its candidate. The In tendant, he said, had told an elector that if he did not vote for the government candidate. he might do injury to his son's career in the financial department. Count de Cavour emphatically denied that any such threat had been held out. The son was one of the ablest functionaries of the finance, had been promoted three years ago, and would be promoted in future according to his merits, without any regard to electoral votes. The Intendant, he added, had no power at all in the matter. After some further discussion, the motion for an inquiry was negatived by a majority of 70 against 45. Next followed the report on the election of Pancaheri, where General Lamarmora had been ousted. The report recommended an in quiry on the strength of a protest signed by the Syndic and the majority of the communal councillors, in which it was stated that the ballot-box had been left unguarded for some time. Thera was, however, a counter pro test from the members of the electoral board. Count de Cavour observed that this was the elec tion which had been most regretted by the Cabinet, on acconnt of General de Lamarwora's ill-success, but that he must oppose an inquiry, because such measures ought not to be often resorted to. After a debate of some length theinquiry was rejected by a small majority, nearly half of the Right having abstained from voting. THE LEVIATHAN. LAUNCHING OPERATIONS•RESUMED. Yesterday the works and increased machinery having been entirely completed, at an early hour operations were once more resumed for effecting the launch of the monster vessel, and with highly satisfactory results. In the effectual attempt made to cl9ar the boun dary of the ship -yard by a certain date, in order to save a sum of 1 ,0001., which would have been then due as a monthly fine' it will b 0 remembered the head of the ve sse l was forced much lower down than the stern, and therefore the first attempts yester day in the opera ions were for the purpose of en deavouring to remedy this, and "square" the ship, by bringing, if possible, her stern parallel with her head. The operations were renewed at nine o'clock, Mr. Stephenson,' M.P., together with M r. Brunel were present thr oug h ou t the day superintending the works, which were specially under the direction of tried scientific men, in -the persons of Mr. Hepworth (at the foremost cradle), Mr. Dixon (at the aft cradle), and Mr. Roberts. There were a number of scientific gentlemen, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, present likewise during the operations, all taking a deep interest in the affair. The machinery used and the hydraulic ap paratus had been greatly increased in strength, and, instead of six hydraulic machines, ten were brought into play, one being the original press used in the operations for carrying out that vast under taking the Meuai-bridge, and which alone gave over 200 tons nominal pressure. The river tackle, for hauling purposes, was not required to be used dur ing the day's operations, as the great principle aimed at was, by means of the hydraulic apparatus, to square the monster, preparatory to the whole power, the hydrauli c and the hauling, being brought into motion on a fair footing, so that there might not be more drag or pressure on one part ( f the vessel than on another. In the course of the day's operations the movements were slow, but at the same time sure, and although the greatest move ment at one time forward was 6 inches, and 5 inches aft ; yet the movements were accompanied with such satisfactory and pleasing results as to give the greatest satisfaction to the scientific gentle.. men present, especially Mr. Stephenson, who seemed to fall in with • every idea of Mr. Brunel, and indeed appeared more desirous than the latter to keep a strict check on the monster's sudden movements. The slides varied from 2i inches to 3,4, 5, and 6 inches, making for the whole day's operations a decided motion of 7 feet 8 inches aft an d 3 feet 11 inches forward, thereby almost squar ing her. The whole machinery worked beautifully through out the operations, and, with the exception of one of the small hydraulic pumps getting out of order, which did not affect the works in the least, no dis aster happened, and although upwards of 200 men were employed at the work, no accident whatever occurred. There aro at least 160 feet of "ways" yet to be nt over before the vessel is entirely launched, but considering yesterday's satisfactory operations, little fear is now entertained by the scientific men concerned as to the successful results of a few days' more such operations. A very beautiful series of stereoscopic views of the Leviathan has just been completed at the yard by Messrs. Howlett and Downes. They give all the most striking points of her interior and exterior, the cradles, engine-room, drums, chains, and, above all, the hydraulic rams used in the launch, with the most admirable minuteness and effect, and, indeed, are the only pictures which convey a correct idea of the gigantic ship and its still more gigantic launching apparatus. PROGRESS OF THE LAUNCH . THIS DAY. The launching of the Leviathan was resumed this morning. During the whole of the night huge fires were kept burning around the hydraulic rams, feeding-pipes, and pumps to prevent the water from freezing with great success, for, notwithstanding the intensity of the frost, Mr. Brunel was enabled this morning to recommence operations without difficulty. The fires are kept burning during the progress of the work, and some idea of the severity of the weather may be formed from the fact that the water that drips from the freezes the ed menhangs w work, icicles The Lu d m e i r )s immediately ti stagese upon which vessel as the power is applied a pp ears t o move with the greatest ease, though, of course, very slowly, and every arrangement has be en ma d e to continue the work until eis low enough on the ways to float with the rising tide. The work was resumed at about 10 o'clock, and proceeded with the utmost satisfaction till 12 o'clock, when the men left off for dinner. It was then found, by a reference to the indicator, that she had moved 34in. forward and 36in. aft. The motion was imperceptible to a casual observer, and it was only from the reg stry of the index that her progress to the water could be accurately ascer tained. The pressure brought to bea r on h er appears to be m ore uniform than on previous occa sions. She this morning moved gradually broadside on, instead of by slips, (further at the stern than the how) as on former occasions. Captain Har rison's active operations in connection with the launch al,o recommenced this morning. The chain cables, fore and aft, carried across to the piles, and Trotm an ' s anc h ors on the other side o f the river, are under his directions , ably assisted by M r . P rowse, the chief mate ; and this morning the trawling chains were found of essential service in the progress of the launch. On the return of the men, at half.past 12 o'clock, they again commenced operations, and were very successful. On the first application of the power she made a splendid slip of six inches forward and seven inches aft. Up to the time of our despatch leaving she had moved 55 inches forward and 56 inches aft, and everything was progressing satisfac torily. CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE SURREY SESSIONS.---Yeaterday at a ►neeting of tnagietrates for the County of Surrey, Mir. J. E. Johnson was elected chairman, and Mr. T. Tilson deputy - chairman of the sessions held at Newing ton. "LET GLASGOW FLOURISH !"—Between 3,000 and 4 000 gallons of whisky passed our door from Glenury di'etillery on Monday last, en route for the City of Saint Mongo I f —Aberdeen Free Press. TAE BELFAST TEA FRAUDS.—It appears that the total loss originally to the Customs did not exceed 5,0001., out of which 3,0001. has been already paid by some of Moore's sureties ; besides from other sources some property has been made available, and it is more than probable that a very trifling balance, if any at all, will ultimately remain. The Customs' authorities, however, have not yet done with the matter. They have been put in possession of certain information, and they have no choice but to follow it up. THE 13ISLIO? OF OXFORD V. THE VICAR OP EMIR/AM.' —ln consequence of the ditloute between the Bishop of Oxford and the Rev. William S. Bricknell, M.A., Vicar of Eynsham; Oxon, relative to the removal of the communion -table in the pariah church, the following notice was placed on the church door, Eynsham, pre vious to Christmas-day :—" The .Bishop of Oxford having directed the removal of the communion-table in the parish church of Eynshasn, by violence if necessary, in the event of its being placed in the position required by the rubrics and canons of the Church of Erogland when the holy communion is administered (canoe 82), and it having been made known to use that several persons are likely to be deterred from at tendance at the communion upon the approaching festival through fear of witnessing the unseemly consequences which might ensue from an attempt to carry out such a direction from his lordship, I feel it my duty to give this public notice that no opportunity will be afforded on Christmas-day for any such desecration of the sane tuary.—W. S BRICKNELL, vicar." CIVIL SERVICES, &O.—A return was issued yesterday giving a detai.ed statement of the estimates for civil ser vices (classes 1 to 7) for the year 1852, showing the in crease or decrease in each item of those estimates for every sub ,, egnent year to 1856, inclusive. Upon class 1 (public works, &c.), the net increase as compared with 1856 is 270,769/ ; upon class 2 (salaries, &c.) the increase is 4 85,2431.; upon class 3 (law and justice), the increase is 952,709/. ; upon elasr, 4 (education), the increase is 408,181/. ; upon class 5 (colonial), the decrease is 49,0431; upon class 6 (superannuatione, &c., and chari ties), the increase is 13,1761. ; upon class 7 (special or temporary), the increase is 225,4711. • A MORE THAN SOLVENT BANKRUPT. —We understand that the affai rs o f John Hoptou Wyld, w i ne and spirit merchant, and lat e a ld erman, Bristql, having, a s our readers are aware, been wound up in bankruptcy, the balance sheet has just been completed, and, after the furniture, &c., o f th e so called, but not real, l , ankrupt, have been sold, subject to the usual sacrifices necessarily made in such sales, it shows a cash balance In favour of Mr. Wyld (after paying every creditor 20 , . to the p )und and ai l expenses) of 5,0001. Here was certainly a victim to the monetary pressure, which, combined with a confusion of the business accounts, caused a proceeding in bankruptcy to be hurried on, when, as the sequel proves, it was worse than useless.— Bristol Times. MUNIFICENT B EQUESTS.—In consequence of the de cease of time widow of the late John Ilinchliffe, Esq., of Notting-hill, on Nov. 28, in her 92d year, the following bequests under his will have fallen in, cod are now being paid by his executors to the undermentioned charities :- 3 per Cent, Consols : Cancer Hospital, 1,0001.; Charing. , ss Hospital, 1,0001. ; Middlesex Hospital, 1,0001. ; St. M ary ' s Hospital, 1,0001. ; Asylum for Idiots 1,000/. ; Three per Cent. Reduced : Indigent Blind So ciety, 1,0001. ; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 1,0001. ; Westminster Hospital, 1,0001 ; Magdalen Hospital, 1,000/. ; L oc k Hospital, 1,0001.: London Fever Hos pital, 1,0001. ; London Truss Society, 1,000/. ; Jour neyman Tailors' In.tit u ti on , 1 , 0001, ; H ouae l ess P oor Society, 5001. ; P revent i on of C rue l ty to A n i ma l s ' Society, 5001. E V ING, JANUARY 6, 1858