The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

ROYAL F GLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN , um ler the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W . 11 arrison EVENES G will be presented an entirely new arid romantic Opera. by mr. ra...e, )F LOVE;. en titl e d SATANELL.N.; or, THE POWEI t Curt,4 lucter—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude wit & the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED BIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's lothing. Commence at Seven, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under t ,he Management of Mr. Charles Kean. T HIS EVENING will be presented THE COW iICAN BROTHERS. Mr. C. Kean, After whicl 1, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OP THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond d Princess Brighteyes. THEA.TRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE BUSYBODY. Messrs. Bnckstone, Farren, &c. ; Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam and Miss Reynolds. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commen‘e at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENlNG—lncreased Attraction—Production of a new and original Drama, entitled M adame l LORNE ; or, The Cradle of Steam : in which Madame Celeste will ap- pear. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, writ ten •expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Broil gh, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal c ha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, firs. 'Wes ton, _Bliss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon. Miss E. Romer, .kc. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, km ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss X. 'Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, Arc. To conclude with the new Comic pantomime, replete TO th - new tricks and mechanical devices. entitled HARLEQUIN 'TOY HORSE; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Char,les :Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; • Pantaloon, Mr. Hen ry ;Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Fit,. 2 's. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-p.ast 6 , to commence at 7 every evening. A Morning Performance on Saturday next, at Two. T EW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELM'. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. rr,tirs EVENING, MR. WEBSTER'S COMPANY IS REQUESTED AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOIR7RE. Mant.tger, Mr. B. Webster; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole; Memory, Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Everybody sis e. After which, MEPHISTOPHELES. Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs.. A. Mellon, Miss Keeley. Followed by THE BIRTHPLACE OF FODGERS. 31r. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington ; Miss Kelly, Mrs. Chatterley. To cot tclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTH IR RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmo nton.' Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. HiAde brand ; ( 7olumbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, 2 , 1 r. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And TILE LITTLE SAVAGE Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. During► the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN INDIA; •r, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star Riders of Europe. Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. IL Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr Cole; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. The grand Transformation Scene, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's beautirul and highly-trained piffles, pronounced unpreeedentedly magnificent. The new scenery. including the matchless re p resentation of the "New Palace of the People, at Muswell Ifill," perfect gems of art. . Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips. A Morning Performance of the Pantomime on the Bth, 15th, at id 22d of January, at Two o'clock. Carriages for day performances at half-past for, and for nivtt representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westm;nster-road,— Proprietor --C. MORTON. The üblic is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTSGALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The Nev Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Rasters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, JAN. 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BArxmETER-30.75. N.E. - ; fresh, with hazy weather. There was a slight fall of snow this morning. THE SUN. SATURDAY. JANUARY 8, 1859. What an enormous amount of mischief and anxiety has been occasioned by a few hasty words. A man who can direct the movements of half a million of disciplined troops, and a powerful navy, should not adopt hasty language, which by any possibility could be subject to niisconstruction. As we have already stated, it is easy to excite, but exceedingly difficult to allay, a panic; and neither `the semi-official declarations, nor even the para graph in the Moniteur, have re-established the confidence so rudely disturbed, nor restored ase to the money market. There can be no doubt ti tat there is an intense desire at head-quarters to ert the consequences of the grave mistake of which thc EMPEROR suffered himself to be guilty, or, at a ll events, to allay the excitement thereby occa sioned. It is producing unexpected results, very injurious to the trade and commerce of France, as well as to the value of the public securities—a matte - r on which it is notorious that Louis NAPO LEON is peculiarly and very properly sensitive. • His address was not a mere impromptu, de livered on the spur of the moment. Far from it. It was carefully premeditated—thrown out as a feeler to Austria, to France, to Italy, to England, and to Europe generally. It was desirable to know whether Austria would succumb to the pressure, and yield to menaces what would not be accorded to diplomatic reasoning —whether France would eagerly respond to the call to arms, and show its anxiety for a new onslaught on Austria. The state of public opinion in England was also] to be discovered—what would the people think of the unity and independence of that glorious nation— and how it would be received by the other powers of Europe. These were points worth knowing, an d perhaps the EMPEROR adopted the best mode of obtaining information without going beyond the exact limit, or leaving himself without " locus peni tentice," a position from which he could retreat, without any sacrifice of principle, whenever he thought proper to do so. We may receive an instructive lesson from the old fable of the shepherd's boy who, constantly occasioning false alarms, was not credited when the wolf really was devouring his flock. Might wolf create such " f a l se a l arms ," not a very cunning in order to render the " watch-dogs," who might interfere with his proceedings, less vigilant ? It is possible, and there are some matters in the antecedents of the quondam prisoner of Ham which prove that it is not altogether opp ose d to his system. There were many rumours previous to the coup d'etat of his intention to follow the example of our own CROMWELL, and to dissolve the Legislative Assembly in a very summary manner; to have him self appointed a dictator for the time being, so long as the state of public affairs required ouch an officer. These subjects were, however, , - • - mow, ci-41 • .. 1 , 41.11111111111114 191111FWI''.1 " 0 • „. • , 0 • • ,bßorr (.41Y- • so frequently spoken of, that the repetition palled, and the people finding themselves so fre quently excited without due cause at length, be came indifferent, and at last were taken by sur prise when the crisis arrived. The publc vigilance that was of such vital importance, wa; relaxed, and there was not the vigorous or organised defence that might naturally have been anticipated. We must not suffer ourselves to fall into a similar trap. Although we could not by any possi bility take the part of Austria, or assist her in riveting the chains on Italy or Hun gary, we may become involved, in one way or the other, and it is essential that we should interpose to prevent any breach of the peace which might give us a renewal, or possibly an increase of the Income-tax. The EMPEROR has been very indiscreet, but that very indiscretion has warranted our interference. We may tender our good offices, and if the most important and valuable provision in the Treaty of Paris be not a mere humbug, our arbitration, or that of some other friendly power, must be ac cepted. We do not suppose that, at present, any attack on Austria is impending, but these formidable hints are quite sufficient to create alarm, and are only less injurious to the best interests of society than war itself would be. It would be well if we could discover the real in tentions of the EMPEROR,. If he means mischief, we ought to know it, and make our arrangements accordingly; but if, on the other hand, it was a mere expression of ill-temper, he would be like the man who raised an unfounded alarm of fire at a public meeting, and who would be justly liable for all the injury thereby occasioned. At a period when the Parliamentary Reform agitation has been directing popular attention in this country to the contrast presented between the political institutions of England and America, it is interesting to note the official statement recently put forth on the other side of the Atlantic as to the extent and the cost of the regular army of the United States. It is in this direction, we conceive, that we might most reasonably look with advan tage to the course pursued by cousin JONATHAN. There is something preposterous in talking about the visionary ' day-dreams of democracy coming within the scope of our realisation. American institutions are, no doubt, extremely admirable in a raw new country like that of the great Anglo- Saxon Republic in the Western Hemisphere. We don't call a Yankee preference for those institutions either fanaticism or infatuation. But at the same time the political alternative in this country is certainly not a mere choice between a Federal Republic and a Constitutional Monarchy. English men have made their choice in that alternative long ago definitively. The Commonwealth formed from first to last an episode of no more than ten years altogether in English History. Beginning in 1649 with the execution of CHARLES outside Whitehall—and ending in 1659 with RICHARD CROMWELL'S resignation. It was in many re spects, no doubt, a glorious episode, but if demonstrative in a political sense of any one thing more than another, it was certainly demonstrative of the fact that purely republican or democratic institutions are not only not indigenous, but are not to be transplanted and firmly rooted in the soil of England. Why, long before the demise of old OLIVER,the Protectorate had grown to all intents and purposes into a sovereignty. In 1653, on the 20th of April, upon the forcible dissolution of the Long Parliament by military intervention and the orders of CROMWELL, the latter (as that familiar passage in our national annals relates) had even the bauble of the Speaker's mace removed from sight as a symbol of authority in every way repugnant. Yet only four years afterwards, on the 26th June, 1657, he was seated in state on the dais at the upper end of Westminster Hall, grasping a sceptre of gold in his hand, and robed in a purple velvet mantle, bound with ermine, like the robes of coronation. Even during those brief ten years ofithe Common. wealth-1649-1659—it was a Republic only in name. There was besides the House of Commons —"another place," in Parliamentary phrase, though that " other place" did not happen to be called the House of Lords. There was the supreme Ruler of the State above the two houses who, instead of being spoken of as his Majesty,was termed his High ness. Under a difference of forms, and names, and ceremonials, it was, to a very considerable extent, the same identical constitution. A trifle more arbi trary perhaps—the sword of State clanking in the scabbard slung by the thigh of the ruler, in lieu of being carried point upwards before him by one of his great nobles in a court procession. The same —with this difference—there were the KING, the Lords, and the Commons, making up as ever (with an occasional dissonance from some of the leading instruments being in unaccustomed hands)—" The according music of a well-mixed state." No —even the annals of the Commonwealth proclaim, as clearly as can be, that our national political con dition is that of a constitutional monarchy. What we may learn, however, with some advantage from the teachings of the United States of America is a lesson in administrative reform in state economy, in what is most expressively signified as Cheap Government. Here, according to the last military returns of the American Republic, is the extraordinary fact (which it would surely be well to bear in mind) that the whole army of the United States amounts to no more than 17,498—1e5s than the authorised number of upwards of 18,000 ! That the disburse ments in the Quartermaster's Department amount, in the aggregate, for this last year, to 10,000,000 dollars ! That, out of less than 17,500 men, there re main, over and above those engaged in regular duty, no more than thirteen regiments, or 11,000 men, ready for actual service in the field. ALISON long ago remarked upon the smallness of the American army as compared with the vastness of the American dominions—that it is just the strength of a Roman legion, or one of NAPOLEON'S divisions. " It is not a fifth of the military force of Bavaria," writes Sir ARCHIBALD (Hist. of Eur., vol xiii., p. 308, library edition), " nor a half of that maintained by Saxony or Wurtemburg ;" adding, "Such as it is, this lilliputian force is scattered over fifty forti fied posts on the frontier and twelve arsenals in the interior, stretching over an extent two thousand miles in length—being not, on an average, 250 men to each post." "Of all marvels," observes the histo rian of Europe, " this amount of military force is the most marvellous, when the magnitude and re • sources of the Repablic are taken into view, the vast extent of frontier they have to defend, and the arrogant tone which they assume in their diplo matic intercourse with foreign natious." Never has the tone of American diplomacy been more arro gant than it is at present. Yet, as we see, the aggregate of the whole regular army of the United States does not reach the full authorised number of 18,000—and of these there only remain for active service in the field 10,000 ! True that the militia of the States, even eighteen years ago, was said, even them, in 1841, to include within it, as capable at any moment of emergency of being called out to support the banners of the republic, upwards of 1,500,000 combatants. Contrast with all this our rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, .1859 own military and militia organisation. And then say, is there not a lesson of thrift to be learnt from the American democracy ? TITHE COMMUTATION. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. SIR,—As many of your readers may feel anxious to know the result of the corn averages for the seven years to Christmas, 1858, published by autho rity in the London Gazette of this evening, vi z . :_... Wheat Barley Oats I beg to state for their information that each £lOO of tithe rent-charge will for the year 1859 amount to £lOB 19s. 6d., which is a little more than 3 per cent. above the last year's value. The following statement from my " Annual Tithe Commutation Tables" will show the worth of £lOO of tithe rent-charge for each year since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, viz.:-- For the year £ s. d. ' For the year £ a. d, 1837 9B 13 9/ 1849. 1838 1839 1840 9B 15 si 1852. 1841 1842 1843 lO5 12 21 1855 B9 15 8/ 1844 lO4 3 51 1856. 1845 1846... lO2 17 n 1858 lO5 16 3i 1847 1848 lO2 0 1 23)2,287 2 O General average f0r.23 years.... £99 8 9i I am, sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES M. WILLICH, Actuary, University Life Assurance Society, 25, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, S.W., Jan. 7. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 7. Iler Majesty's dinner party yesterday included the Prince of Wales, the Hon. Frederick Bruce, the Hon. Colonel R. Bruce, Lieutenant-General Sir William and Lady Codrington, Sir Charles Eastlake, and Captain Grey. Also the Hon. Charles Gore and Mr. W. Fitz gerald who arrived at the Castle in the afternoon. Lady Emily Cavendish and Col. the Hon. Sir C. and Lady Phipps had the honour to be invited. The Duke and Duchess of Aumale visited her Majesty. 31. Barth, of Florence, had the honour of submitting to the Prince Consort a copy of a work published by him, and of which his Royal Highness has accepted the dedication. The work consists of photographic fac-similes of original pictures by Raffaelle in the galleries of Vienna and Venice. Lieutenant-General Sir William and Lady Codrington, the Hon. Frederick Bruce, and Sir Chas. Eastlake, have left the Castle. The Master of the Mint had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman, at his official residence, in Downing -street. Despatches were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, yesterday, from the Colonial-office, and to the Governor of Canada. Despatches were received from the Governor of Falkland's Island. Arrangements for the reception of the Prince of Wales have been made at the Hotel des Isles Britanniques, on the Piazza del Popolo, Rome. Prince Alfred left Malta harbour on the 30th ult. under a royal salute, in her Majesty's steam frigate Euryalus, whose next destination is said to be Tunis. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan con veys to her Majesty the Queen the three magnificent arti ficial bouquets of chenille work, made by the sisters or nuns of St. Catherine, and presented to his Royal Highness by the governor, the Bishop of Malta, and the mercantile com munity, according to the 'ancient usage of the Maltese. His Royal Highness has also sent home a kanool, or Birehir cara stove, and an imreuyhhah, or fan-bellows, as Maltese curiosities. The Earl and Countess Howe have been receiv ing a select family party during the holidays at Gopsall Hall. Among the guests may be mentioned Lord and Lady Burghersh, Viscount and Viscountess Curzon, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Sturt and Miss Sturt, Colonel and Lady Emily Kingscote, Lady Arthur Hay, Hon. Julian Fane, Colonel Baring, &c. The Count and Countess Pontiloff and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. Baron de Theiry has left the same establishment for Paris. Sir Harry and Lady Jones have left Farrance's Hotel for Sandhurst College. Capt. H. Walker and Mrs. Walker have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Miss de Salis, a daughter of the late Count de Salis, with Col. Challoner, of Portnall Park, took place on Thursday by special license, at Harlingen, in Middlesex. The cere mony was performed by the Rev. Henry de . Salis, in the presence of Lord and Lady de Tabley and a small party of the nearest relations of the bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. de Salle. The small church of Harlington was on this occasion crowded with the tenantry of the De Salis family and other inhabitants of the village, who evinced their deep feelings at the prospect of their separa tion from a lady whose numerous acts of charity and kind ness have endeared her to the whole of the surrounding population. On the conclusion of the ceremony the party returned to Dawley Court, the residence of Mr. de Salis, where a collation was served, after which the newly-wedded pair took leave of their friends, and left for Portnall-park, the seat of the bridegroom. Mr. Ralph Earle, who has acted for months as private secretary to Mr. Disraeli, is appointed, it is said, paid attache at Constantinople. Ho was unpaid attache at Paris when Mr. Disraeli accepted his services on coming into office. Mr. Lytton has also obtained promotion, and joins the embassy at Vienna. Mr. Bonham, many years consul at Calais, is made consul at Naples in place of the late Captain Gallwey. THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Jal4. 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, Capt. W. B. Hall, sailed hence to-day with the Peninsular mails. She has 16 passengers, including the Hon. B. Denison, and Major Inglis, a general cargo, and £2,000 in bar gold for Cadiz. The Sultan, Captain Cook, with the heavy por tion of the Bombay mails, and the Teviot, Captain Wool ward, with the Australian mails, are both expected here on Sunday. The Tamar, Captain Jellicoe, leaves with the outward Brazil mails on Monday next. APOTHECARIES'-HALL. —The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine and received certificates to practise on Thursday, January 6 :—Wm. Smith Thomas, Dew-street, H aver f or d wes t ; Charles Wyatt Smith, High - street, Poplar. A dreadful accident took place the day before yesterday at Saumur. C a pt a i n J auc h ere , one o f the officers of the School of Cavalry of that place, was out riding, when his horse took fright and, dashing off at a tremen dous pace, jumped into the Loire. The unfortunate officer was drowned, and his body was not found for some hours after. The horse regained the bank in safety. The Var publishes the following particulars of the duel which lately took place near St. Laurent du Var, near Nice, already briefly mentioned :—" The hostile meet ing took place with pistols in a wood belonging to General Count Partouneaut, the parties being Count de Luzy, bro ther of the general commanding a brigade of the army of Lyons, a man of 60, and Count de Saissy, of Nice, a young man of 24. Count de Saissy took offence at some expres sion used by M. de Luzy, who at once apologised, but M. de Saissy would hear nothing, but exclaimed, 'Though you are the brother of a general, you must fight me, otherwise you shall be stigmatised as a coward I' and at the same time he tote the decoration of Isbella the Catholic, which M. de Lazy was then wearing. In these painful circum stances M. de Luzy had the good sense not to give way to passion. He retired, and wrote to M. de Saissy that he was no coward, but that, well knowing his (M.de Saissy's) hasty temper, he would overlook the insult if he consented to make an apology. M. de Saissy refused, and the meeting took' place. M. d e S a i ssy was wounded in the right arm, the ball passing through the fleshy part. The wound, though serious, is not dangerous.. After receiving his antagonist's fire, M. de Saissy held out his hand to M. de Luzy, and said, You are a brave man, and I ask your pardon.' At Angouleme, on Monday morning, a man named Gaudichaud, condemned to death by the Court of Assizes for murder, was executed. At five o'clock the chaplain en tered his cell and told him that his last hour had arrived. " Ah, my poor daughter," cried the man, "I must then die without seeing you!" The chaplain then proceeded to hear his confession and administer religious consolation ; but all at once the turnkeys who remained outside heard the reverend gentleman call "Help, help !" Entering at once, they found, to their astonishment, the chaplain struggling with the condemned—the latter had tied a hand kerchief tightly round his own throat, and was trying to strangle himself, whilst the chaplain was endeavouring to prevent him. The turnkeys overpowered the man, and as they did so he cried, "Let mo alone 1 You have deceived me in not telling me of the day of execution 1 If you had told me you would not have found me alive l" The man having become somewhat more calm, the chaplain, again remained alone with him ; but presently new cries of the chaplain drew them into the cell, and it appeared that the man had made a new attempt at suicide by striking himself violently in the forehead with one of his wooden shoes. Shortly after he was pinioned, and when his hair was cut off he begged that it might be given to him, but it was re marked that it could be of no use to him. He wept. At his own request he was allowed to walk to the scaffold, and be displayed great firmness. , Arrived at the scaffold he calmly ascended the steps, kissed the crucifix, and gave himself up to the executioner. A vast crowd, composed chiefly of women, witnessed the execution. A fire broke out in the night of 17th May last in a house occupied by a married couple, named Louvancou r t, at Lafosse de s S au t es, i n t h e Euro et-Loir, and completely destroyed it. Suspicion fell on a young man of the vil lage, of the name of Brusle, cousin of Louvancourt. who had entertained great animosity to him on account of his having rebuked him for ill-treating his mother, and he was arrested. He was ordered for trial before the Court of Assizes of the department in August last, but the trial had to be postponed in consequence of Louvancourt having, in despair at being ruined by the destruction of his house, committed suicide. Three days ago the trial took place. It was proved that not only had the pri soner borne rancour to Louvancourt, and threatened him with vengeance, but that, w h en th e fi re was b un ti ng, he was th only person of the village who did not rep, der assistance in extinguishing it, and that afterwards he had made a sort of admission that it was he who occa sioned it. But the evidence was not sufficiently clear to satisfy the jury, and he was acquitted, MR. EDWARD MIALL AT BANBURY Yesterday evening Mr — . Edward Wall addressed a crowded meeting of the electors and non-electors of Banbury in the Town-hall. When he came upon the platform he was attended by a number of his leading supporters. Mr. Alderman Goffe was called upon to preside. Mr. Miall addressed the meeting at great length. On the subject of re form he said, what he should prefer was manhood suffrage, vote by ballot, and a re-distribution of seats, which would give such an approximation to equality of constituencies as would secure for the majority of electors a majority o f mem b ers; b u t it was of more importance to consider what, if the offer was made, it was worth while to accept. He should prefer a moderate measure, thoroughly sincere and sound, to a large mea sure that was defective and rotten. (Hear, hear.) He did not, however, believe that a small measure of reform, however sound, would answer the pur pose. To be acceptable it ought to be large enough to render utterly unnecessary any further organic change for at least a generation to come. No con siderable class, intelligent enough at least to take any interest in politics ought to be left by it in a state of justifiable dissatisfaction. The new repre sentative institutions should be such as should easily and effectually give expression to the political con viction and sentiments of the people of the United Kingdom, for, say, 30 years to come. It was requi site to take the future into the account, as well as the present—to strike an average between what is required at the present moment and what will be required when those Who are now children will have grown up to be the active spirits of the age. He thought that any bill for reform that would demand and deserve the support of Parliament should be sufficiently well considered in its scope and its provisions, and sufficiently in harmony with national feeling, to ensure the approbation of the great bulk of the community. It would be false policy to insist upon carrying a bill which would require, in order to its success, several years of out door vigorous agitation. He considered it would be the dictate of political wisdom to limit their demand for the present to what there was reason able ground for supposing that the constituencies of the country, taken as a whole, would approve. The hon. gentleman then said that the grand prin ciples that had been announced as constituting the basis of the bill to be brought forward by Mr. Bright —with the provisions of which he was acquainted, but was not at liberty to make public—would answer all the requirements that he had laid down. Mr. Miall, in conclusion, said that as there were three Liberal candidates, all of whom supposed that they possessed a majority of electors supporting their pretences, he thought they should adopt some proper method for finding out who had the 'majo rity. His committee, therefore, in the course of to-morrow, would make a proposition to the com mittees of the other two Liberal candidates that a ballot should be taken of the whole Liberal portion of the constituency, and that those members who were below the highest point should retire. At the conclusion of his address Mr. Miall was loudly cheered. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MRS. SIMS REEVES.—We much regret to hear that this accomplished artist, wife of the celebrated tenor, has been for some weeks very seriously ill, so much so, indeed, as to cause her family and friends great anxiety and alarm. Under such distressing circum stances the frequent inability of her husband to fulfil his professional engagements, which has recently been com mented on in many quarters in no very charitable spirit, may be easily accounted for. Mrs. Garratt (formerly Miss Smithyes), a favourite Columbine at Sadler's Wells and the Surrey Theatres, died at Islington on Friday morning, of con sumption, leaving two young children totally =provided for.—Era. Miss Annie Fowler, the favourite and talented Columbine at the Grecian Theatre, died yesterday (Friday) morning. We are not yet in full possession of the sad par ticulars, but we hear her melancholy and sudden decease was caused through her clothes accidentally catching fire. —Era. A story is told which is so good that everybody who hears it will say it ought to be true. On the first " cap" night of iixe Westminster play, Lord Chancellor Chelmsford told his coachman to drive thither; and his lordship's astonishment may be at least as readily imagined as described when he found that his carriage had suddenly stopped with the door opposite that of Astley's. The coachman, never having heard of any other " Westminster play," naturally concluded that his master wanted to see the horse-riding.—Era. ACCIDENT TO MISS CHARLOTTE COOKE.—A very serious accident occurred last week to Miss Charlotte Cooke, who, during the last season took all the leading parts at the Theatre-royal, Preston. Miss Cooke had accepted an en gagement at Stafford, and was waiting on the platform of the railway station, Preston, for the South train, when, in turning round to speak to a friend, she caught her foot and fell, breaking her arm in the fall. Medical aid was at once procured, but it was some days before the fracture could be reduced. The accident excited strong feelings of regret and sympathy, as Miss Cooke, during her stay in Preston, had gained many . admiring friends by the ladylike and effective manner in which she supported many leading le gitimate characters in the course of the last season.—Era. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Alfred, 1,278 tons, Captain . George Cossey, which sailed from Liverpool on the 17th of June, in charge of Surgeon-Superintendent John Hayden Brownfield, with 76 married couples, 126 single men, 60 single women, 38 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 41 girls between the same ages, nine male infants and 11 female, making a total of 437 souls, equal to 3771 statute adults, arrived at Moreton Bay, New South Wales, on the 19th of September. Two deaths (infants) and five births occurred during the voyage. Mr. Brownfield, the surgeon, was taken ill, and died shortly before the arrival of the ship in the colony. EXPORTS FROM HULL.—The following are the Custom-house returns of the exports from Hull from Dec., 1857, to November, 1858, both inclusive :—Plain calicoes, 47,757,361 yards ; printed calicoes, 35,340,176 yards • cam brics and muslins, 48,690 yards; lace, gauze, net, andcrape, 30,961,571 ys.rds ; cords, jeans, fustians, velvets, and velve teens, 150,408; cotton thread, 466,9001 b., ; cottons unenu merated, declared value, £11,012; cotton yarn, 79,273,062; cotton and linen mixed, 13,643 yards ; linens, partly de clared in value and partly in length, £15,202, and 6,287,249 yards ; linen thread and yarn, 12,002,4951 b.; woollen goods, £35,303; woollen and worsted goods, £1,203,568; woollen and cotton goods, 213,331; woollen and worsted yarn, 14,952,1291 b.; woollen and cotton yarn, £2,937, and 20,4601 b. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening, the 6th inst., as Mr. Grumich, manager of the lace-ware house of Mr. Moritz Marx, Nottingham, was returning from hunting, and had proceeded so far homeward as the London-road (about a mile from the town), his horse came in contract with a milk-cart, which was going in the opposite direction. Mr. Grumich's horse plunged violently, and threw its rider, whose leg was frightfully crushed. The unfortunate sufferer was conveyed home as speedily as pos sible, and surgical assistance procured. Upon examination it was found necessary to amputate the leg. Mr. Grumich, however, never rallied, and expired a few hours afterwards. THE REV. MR. PUGH AND THE ST. PANCRAS GUARDIANS.—The Rev. Thomas Pugh, who was lately dismissed from his office of chaplain to the St. Pancras Workhouse for having refused to divulge the address of the late assistant-surgeon, the same having been communicated to him in his capacity as a minister of religion as a profes sional and privileged communication, has appealed to the Poor-law Commissioners to institute an official inquiry into his conduct and to reinstate him in his office. The Beard of Guardians, however, deny the right of the Commission ers to interfere in the matter, as they are appointed under special Act of Parliament. The Board also denied, upon a recent occasion, the right of the Commissioners to send an auditor, but, as the Commissioners insisted, the Guardians gave way. NllNEs.—During the week the demand for a few particular mines has been very great, and numbers of orders could not be executed. The effect of this has been in some measure to turn public attention to sound progres sive mines, such as are likely to have a rise in price. Those chiefly in demand have been Grambler and St. Aubyn, West Seton, East Basset, Condurrow, Besset, United Mines, Providence Mines, Great South Tolgus, Tamar Consols, Trelawny, Mary A nn, East Russell, Margaret, North Dol coath, South Caradon Wheal Hooper, North Minerva, and a few others. East Basset advanced to 190, buyers, but after- . wards became flatter, and left off at 175 to 180; the ore sold on Thursday realised upwards of £2,000., but it is un derstood a dividend will not be paid till March. Grambler and St. Aubyn have been in great demand, and have ad vanced to 190, 195 ; or, as the shares have been subdivided into 486ths, the quotation is 92J to 971 ; at the meeting, a dividend of £3 per share was - declared, and at the next two-monthly meeting it will be at least £5 per share ; at the present price of shares the mine is only selling at half the price of East Basset, and from the report pre sented to the meeting, it would scent to be about the cheapest in the market. South Frances, 230 to 235 ;at the meeting the accounts showed a profit of £2,551 4s. 7d. on the two months' working, and a dividend of £2,480 (£5 per share) declared. Copper Hill, 95 to 100 ; the mine has much improved in the winze below the 6 fm, which:is yield ing 3 tons of rich ore per fm. Rosewarne shares have still been in demand at 30 to 35, and though it is generally be lieved in Cornwall the mine has improved.—Mining Jour nal of this day. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN TILE CIVIL SERVICE.—East India Department.--A vacancy in the Council of India has been caused by the resignation of Captain Shepherd. Messrs. Edward Henry Whinfield, Wm. Christopher Eades, John Ward, Joseph Samuel Armstrong, Alexander Mair M‘Greger, and Frederick Jones, having passed their examinations, are recommended by the Civil Service Commissioners for ap pointments in her Majesty's Civil Service in India on the Bengal establishment. Army Medical Department. —The office of principal medical officer at Fort Pitt, Chatham, has become vacant by the promotion of Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals in India. Law De partment.—A clerkship has become vacant in the office of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, by the death of Mr. B. Lewis. General Post-office.—Mr. Wm. P Reed, of the second class in the secretary's office, General Post-office, Dublin, has been appointed to the first class, in the room of Mr. Urquhart j. Thompson, appointed chief clerk. Public Record-office.—An assistant-keepership in the Public Record-office has become vacant by the death of Mr. F. Devon. Customs.—The surveyor-generalship has become vacant by the retirement on superannuation of Mr. Thos. How. The office of assistant receiver-general will shortly become vacant by the retirement of Mr. T. Leo on superannuation. /A clerkship in the Receiver-General's office is vacant, ,vice M'Dermott. Several clerks are to be appointed in the Long Room, owing to increase of business. The establishfnent at the portof Grangemouth has been in creased, and the following promotions have consequently taken place :—Mr. Wm. Miller, clerk, has been prolnoted to be first clerk ; Mr. David Stevenson, landing-waiter, has been promoted to be first landing-waiter; Mr. Jas. Cobb, second' landing-waiter at Yarmouth, has been promoted to be first landing-waiter. Inland Revenue Department, Excise Branch.—Mr. John Walsh, second-class clerk, Athlone collection, has been appointed to Middleton divi sion, Cork collection, at his own request. Mr. John Thornton, officer of Colyton ride, Exeter collection, has been promded to Alloa second division, Stirling collec tions—ON &mice Gazette. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. It is asserted that a scuffle has taken place be tween the Hungarian and Austrian regiments forming the garrison of Cremona, the Hungarians. shouting " Viva Italia !" • VIENNA, FRIDAY, JAN. 7. The third corps d'armee of the Imperial army, amounting to 30,000 men, has left for Italy. VIENNA, SAN. 7. All securities fell considerably to-day, especially Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares. Jan. 5. (*) Jan. 7. Five per Cent. Metalliques . 83 60 .. 82 80 National Loan Bank Shares 993 .. 978 Lombardo-Venetian ll4 106 ditto New 110 .. 103 (* Jan. 6 being a holiday, no Bourse.) TANGIER, DEC. 2g Five ships of the Spanish squadron have been dispatched on a visit to the coast of the Riff and the garrisons of Ceuta and Melilla. The demands of the Spanish agent had not suc ceeded. The amount of the indemnity for the San Joaquin was placed at his disposal, but he had declined to accept it until the whole of his demands should have been conceded. The Spanish General requires :- 1. To be placed in the same position as France and Engl_and in relation to the Riff. 2. The liberation of several Spaniards, including an officer, at present prisoners with the people of the Riff. 3. An extension of territory around Melilla. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. " It appears," says a Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels, "that Baron de Hubner had an interview with Count Walewski on Tuesday, and that the conference was of a most courteous description, and is said to have had reference to Italy. M. de Hub ner is well versed in matters of international policy, and more especially in all that relates to that country. It was he who drew up in 1848 the di plomatic correspondence of the Archduke Reinier, then Viceroy of Lombardy, with the neighbouring princes. Surprised by the Milanese insurrection in March, he was detained for some months as a hostage until restored to liberty by as exchange of prisoners. We are assured that notwithstanding that personal annoyance M. de Hubner has no hostile feeling towards Lombardy; but, as he says himself, the emancipation of Milan would be the defeat of Vienna. To require Austria to relinquish Lombardy would be just the same as requiring France to give up Algeria." BoursE, JAN. 7.—The note of the 3loniteur con tradicting all the warlike reports of the last few days had produced a rally in the funds at the opening of the market, but further sales having been pressed in Rente, a new decline took place. Threes, after having, been done at 71f. 606., receded to 71f. 25c. ; Mobilier varied from 910 f. to 855 f. ; Austrian, 612 f. 50c. to 605 f. ; Orleans, 1,362 f. 50c. to 1,350 f. ; Lyons, 865 f. to 855 f. ; Southern, 560 f. to 555 f. ; and Northern, 967 f. 50c. to 955 f. The following were the last quotations : 4} per Cents. 97 Do. end month 96 50 3 per Cents Do. , end month 7l -- Bank Shares 2855 Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Foncier 6581 -- Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) Roman ' 92 60 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 42 RAILWAYS. Cash. Accovnt. Orleans Northern . 960 .. 952 50 New ditto B2O .. 817 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 862 50 .. 857 50 New ditto — — Geneva . 690 .. 590 -- , Midi . Southern Western . 595 .. 6GO Easlern Grsnd Central — •• Sardinian 420 .. 415 Austrian Er.chan,sc on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 121 e.; three months, paper, 24t. 97ie.; money, 21f. 95e. SERVIA. The telegraphic despatch from Vienna which ap prised us of Prince Alexander's departure from Belgrade for Semlin was not complete. It ought to have added that before leaving he signed a formal abdication dt the demand of Kouli Pacha, governor of Belgrade, who acted upon instructions received from Constantinople. A general pardon had been accorded bythe Skuptschina to all Prince Alexander's partisans. Prince Milosch's arrival at Belgrade was alone wanting to make everything regular. Rumours, however, prevail that the Prince is rather alarmed at the re-establishment of the old privileges of the national representation, and that his acceptance is dependent on the adop tion of measures to diminish the present pre- ponderating influence of the democratic party. A letter from Jassy of the 24th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says :—" In the elections, which are now on the eve of being terminated, the Caima kams have rigidly followedthe prescriptions of the conveation, and have more particularly endeavoured to be punctual to the term fixed, and have suc• ceeded, in spite of party struggles and of foreign interference. Up to the present time, every thing has gone on without any disorder worth mentioning, and according to the interests of the country. The resignation of M. Catardgi does not check the zeal of MM.. Stourdza and Pano, and the intrigues which were intended to cause Oi.sturbance in the Government will have been in vain. The remonstramces of the Porte, and the reproaches cast on the Camakams, caused a considerable sensation among the people; but MM. StoUrdza and Pano received the observa- tious with great de'erence, and replied to them with all the respect du?, to a suzerain power. The emotion will therefore calm down, and there is no fear of the Provisional Government taking offence and dissolving itself. Some of the remonstrances of the Porte are not at all tenable, or, at least, it is impossible for the Caimakans to pay attention to them. On the 18th inst., for, instance, a telegraphic order directed the Caimacams to repeal the decree which had re-established the law on, the liberty of the press. Under the government of M. Theodore Balche, whose docility towards the Porte accorded with his own personal views, the execution of the decree was suspended on a mere letter trom.the sVizir ; but under ex;sting circuni stances it is impossible to imitate the conduct of M. Balche. The present Government is founded on the international act of the 19th August; it is free to act as it thinks proper in the internal affairs of the country, and public opinion is entirely in its favour. • Another reason against the revocation of the decree is, that at the moment when such im portant elections were about to take place it was both just and moral to give parties entire liberty to act and to speak, to allow the press to freely judge of men and things, and, in short, to give full sway to new ideas and to the most contrary opinions. The Caimakams have therefore'refused, up to the present tine, to attend to the order of Dec. 18, and there is every reason to suppose that it will remain without erect. Considerable sensation was at first caused by the dismissal of the Moldavian Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, but, that act was neither violent nor illegal. It was well known that M. Photiadi was the private correspondent of Prince Vogorides, and he is, moreover, brother-in-law of M. Stourdza, the candidate for the post of Hospodar. The Cai makams were, therefore, bound in honour not to leave the interests of the country in the hands of a man who might be regarded both as the agent of the ex-Hospodar and of thg future one. MM. Stourdia and Pano have done nothing which in the slightest way merits blame, and all their acts have been called for by local exigencies. Be assured that the difficulties of the moment cannot be imputed to the organization which has been given to the Principality, and that the work of the Conference has lost nothing of its value and of its importance." ITALY. The Opinione of Turin, of the sth, contains a letter from Milan, partly confirming the statements made relative to agitation in that city. It states that there was a large number of people in the street called Corsia de Servi, on the night of the 31st and that there were cries expressive of sympathy for Piedmont, &c. But, from the meagre account given, it may be inferred that the former statement was highly coloured, to say the least of it. The Minister, of Finance at Rome has authorized the introduction, at Ferrara, of the New Austrian florin at the rate of 49 baiocchi (2f. 52c). AUSTRIA AND PIEDMONT. The following letter has been received from Turin, dated the 4th of Jan. :—" The persuasion that a war will arise is now so general and so firmly fixed in the public mind, that any one who asserts the contrary is regarded as a friend to the Austrians. Everybody pretends to know from an excellent source that war is resolved on, but if one asks for any precise facts one cannot obtain an answer. Everybody says that the war will be between Austria and Piedmont, but nobody knows who is to be the ally of Austria and who the ally of Piedmont—everybody comprehends that Piedmont cannot carry on a war without an ally—or what will be the occasion of the war, and . this is precisely what one would wish to know. To every question or objection an ora torical figure is given in reply—' The mine exists— there is only wanted a match to set it on fire.' War, in my opinion, is not so imminent as people be lieve r nevertheless, it cannot be denied that the almost unanimous opinion entertained that war will break out is a serious fact, and merits atten tion. Whence comes this belief ? How has it arisen ? How can it be justified ? I shall answer these questions in a few words. The cause of this excitement among the public is, first, the conviction that Piedmont cannot persevere in her liberal course without causing a change in the condition of Lombardy. Now, the experience we have had of the effect of diplomatic intervention, the existing :state of European politics, render this change impossible except by a violent crisis, a revo lution, or war. A war is considered more probable than a revolution, because it is supposed that the great Powers have an immense interest in proclaim ing the first in order to avoid the second. Add to this consideration the agitation which prevails in Lombardy, the silence maintained by the official organs in presence of the rumours in circulation, the measures of precaution adopted here, which are exaggerated, but which exist, such as providing a quantity of cloth, coal, and the purchase of 2,000 horses for the army, and you will not be surprised that such an opinion is entertained. As to the speech from the Throne, the Government can not speak of war during a period of profound peace. It does not fear war, and I do not say it does not desire it, but it neither can nor ought to confound its desires with the realities of political propriety. Moreover, it will not contradict the reports cur rent, because it is beneath the King to do so ; nor disapprove them, because they point to an expres sion of public opinion which cannot displease the Government, and which is favourable both to the national policy of Piedmont and to that of the House of Savoy. The speech will consequently con fine itself to 'a few phrases on the subject, which, without saying anything positive, will give the nation to understand that at the same that the King will never violate his word or fail in his duty, he feels confident the people will never fail to sup port him with their courage at any sacrifice in de veloping all practical liberties at home and the national policy abroad. It will be endeavoured in the speech not to discourage public opinion, and at the same time not to add to the existing excite ment. An opportunity will be taken of the occa sion to state that the Government relies on the nation to support the King under all contingen cies." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 30th Decem ber informs us that all the ecclesiastical authorities had been recommended by the Holy Synod to en courage the subscription opened for the establish ment of: orthodox Greek seminaries in Montenegro. The Holy Synod has further requested all the Con sistories throughout Russia to lend their zealous co-operation in the accomplishment of the work in which the orthodox Greek Church feels so warm an interest. Bishop Nikanov, of Montenegro, who is at present travelling in Russia, has everywhere received a hearty welcome. Sympathy for all the Sclave nations is gaining ground in Russia. A reinforcement of troops is about to be embarked on board the steam frigate Mogador for Senegal, to enable Colonel Faidherbe, the Governor, to un dertake new operations against the hostile tribes in the neighbourhood of the colony. THE LATE EARL OF ORFORD. Just at the close of last year death added to the bead roll of the sporting aristocracy of England the name of the above nobleman. Such an event our readers could hardly have been unprepared for, froth the advanced ago of his lordship, who was born in 1783, and consequently was in his 76th year. Descended from the great statesman, Sir Robert Walpole, , who after serving as Prime Minister to George the First and George the Second, was raised to the peerage as Earl of Orford, the late nobleman succeeded to his ancestral honours in 1822, and soon became a frequenter of Newmar ket, and the other great racing meetings of that period. The first' horse of any consequence his lordship may be said to have possessed was Clear well, by Jerry, with whom, in 1832, he won the stake of that name, beating Nonsense and a very large field ; and the Two Thousand Guineas in the following year, after which he was beaten for the Newmarket Stakes by . Forester : and beyond win ning the Wokingham with him at Ascot, as a four year old, with the top weight, Clearwell did little more worth remembrance. In 1855 Lord Orford's luck improved, as he won the St. James's Palace Stakes, at Ascot, with Ascot, as well as the New market St. Leger, and was only beaten a head with the same horse for ,the Derby, by Mundig, after one of the severest races ever remembered at Epsom. The defeat of Ascot was mainly attributed at the time to the style in which William Scott rode Mundig, as fairly " flung him in" by sheer physical force. Passing over several years, in which, although he had many horses in training, Lord Orford seldom acquired a nod from the judge, we find him in 1846 and 1847 winning some good stakes with Footstool and Prussic Acid; and in 1850 he won the One Thou sand and the Coronation Stakes at Ascot, with the filly by Slane out of Exotic. In 1852 he brought out .Alcoran, by Theon, which horse it will be re collected beat Stockwell at Newmarket in the Craven, and won a large sweepstak es i n th e First Spring, wherefram he became a prominent favourite for the Derby, and but for his temper, which interfered with his preparation, there is no doubt the horse would have, been a formidable op ponent to the winner, Daniel O'Rourke. With his increasing years his stud diminished in numbers, and was not of a character to require farther refe rence. Lord Orford preserved in a remarkable degree the eccentricities'of his family; and his re ply to the Bishop of Norwich, when asked for a subscription to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, will long be remem bered as a curiosity for its quaintness and reasoning. By the older school of Turfites, more than the pre sent generation, Lord Orford will be missed, for when seated on his pony, or standing on the seat, of his carriage (his lordship was of a very short stature), watching the running of his horses, he was frequently apt to betray his excitement in terms which, however amusing to certain of the bystanders at the cords, were hardly calculated for ears polite. His lordship's horses of late years were formerly trained by Beresford, and more recently by- Arnull, at Newmarket, and generally ridden by Flatnran; Sly, Bartholome w , and the late Frank Butler. The pres en t Ea r l has as yet exhi bited, but a slight tendency to the pastime to which his father was so attached, but it is to be hoped the'white jacket and orange sleeves will long re main in the pages of " Weatherby " as a memento of the old associations Newmarket.--Bell's Life. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED. On the 24th of Dec. the Admiral commanding Meditei Tanean fleet issued the following order Nlajesty ha v i ng perm it te d h er son , to t1:1 e captaiv. 3 of her Maj es ty' s s hi ps i n M a l ta Har bour Hff.,Tl. mess Prince Alf re d, t o en t er th e -" Her his Rovai Mediterranean Roy al Navy, trusting him t o th e care o f t h e offi cers,marines of th e nava l and - having joined th e M e seamen, ant. his toyal Highnes\ service, -s, as a naval cad e t on b oar d t he fleet, under my ordo, Euryalus ,^ommemorate th e even t o f hi s passing h s first Christn. as in the na va l serv i ce ,, it i in order tce ,:en under puni s h men t o n is my direction that all board the ships in port h. e f org i ven, and that ap extra allowance of spirits It l)'e issued to the respec tive ships' companies to-mor. -ow afternoon." We learn that 26 civilians were •eleased from Corra dino Prison by the local authorix lies in commemora tion of the auspicious event of Pr:nee Alfred's visit to Malta, and also about the same . number of pri soners belonging to the two servictes, naval and military, who were sentenced to 'imp - risonment the Courts of this island. A splendid illumination of the public buildings and principal sti .eets of Val letta took place on the occasion of the .memorable Malta Exchange ball. On Tuesday, thy' 28th of December, his Royal Highness honoured Rear- Admiral Codrington, C. 8., with his comvany at dinner, at the -Admiralty-house. The Prince, ac companied by Major Cowell, RE., and Captain Tarleton, C. 8., arrived there a few minutes be fore 7 p.m., and was received on landing by Admiral Codrington, his Flag-Lieutenant Fellowes, and secretary, Mr. Telfer. Duriag dinner the fine band of H.M.S. Conqueror perforaied several beautii`,:ul selections of music. In the evening Mrs. Codrin.,g ton gave a ball, which was numerously attended by the principal personages of Malta, among whoqn were his Excellency the Governor, Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, and Lieutenant-General Sir I. Penne father. His Royal Highness opened_ the ball with Mrs. Codrington, and dancing was kept up with spirit till 2 a.m. The beautiful arrangements made for illuminating the whole front of the Ad miralty residence were partially frustrated by the tempestuous state of the weather. Blue lights were burnt on the arrival and departure of his Royal Highness. The Prince cadet left on the 30th of December, in her Majesty's ship Euryal'us, amid Royal salutes, for Tunis, from which place, it is said, his Royal Highness will return to Malta in about a fortnight, and then proceed to Corfu t, Athens, and back again to his home, Old England.. —Malta paper. TURKEY AND THE PRINCIPALITIES'. Memorandum, dated 28th November, 1858, ad dressed to the Sublime Porte by the representa tives of the contracting powers in the treaty of Paris respecting the late acts of the Caimakams of Moldavia and Wallachia. "To the demand of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte, the representatives of the contracting Powers of the Convention of Par: is, being assembled to-day in conference to take in to consideration the irregular conduct in certa in respects of the Caimakamies of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, are unanimously agreed on the following points : " 1. That the conduct of the Caimakams has a manifest tendency to surpass the limits traced for them by the firmans. "2. That the authorities in the Principalities ought to display a suitable respect for the suzerain power, both out of regard for its peculiar position relatively to said Principalities, and by reason of its capacity as the organ of all the great Powers collectively when it enjoins the observance of the Treaty of Paris. " 3. That the refusal made by the Caimakams Moldavia to send a telegraphic message of the Imperial Commissioners of the Sublime Porte is a want of courtesy that no circumstance can justify; and that if the Ottoman Commissioner abstains from all interference in the affairs of the country, ho is entitled in the present case to prolong his stay in the _Principality, for the object of keeping his Goveviment ap prised of events ; for that the basis of the conduct to be followed by the Caimakams ought to be the organic regulation, and that all deviation from this rule should be justified by a serious and urgent necessity, or by the exceptional case previously arranged, viz., the immovability of the ministers and directors of departments, as well as of the functionaries nominated after the 19th of August by the ex-Caimakam. " 5. That the ordinary affairs of the administra tion can be decided by the majority of the Caima , kams, but as to questions referring to the interpre tation of a treaty or of a firman, they must be sub mitted to the Sublime Porte. In cases of serious differences of opinion, as for the nominations of employes, as it touches a principle announced in the firman, it seems to them that it would be more ap propriate to assure themselves of the unanimous approbation of all the members of the Caimakaunie, that it would be a guarantee against the spirit of faction or party ; it being necessary to take account of the opinion of the Caimakam on whom directly depends the agent to be nominated or dismissed. 6. It being seen the difficulties which may arise: in seeking to annul certain acts that the Caimakam may have sanctioned unanimously, or by a majority, the representatives admit that these acts, provided at least they do not seriously contravene the con ditions on which the Caimakamies have been con stituted, may not be revoked. " 7. They consider, nevertheless, the dismissal of the director, or of other employes of the Minister of the Interior, or of one of the Caimakams by his two , colleagues, without his consent or knowledge, as an. abuse that it is so much the more just to reform,, that the conditions on which the Caimakamie re pose established him chief of his own department. "They think, finally, th a t i n th e case o f a par ti a l vacancy in the Caimakamie, the member, or the two members remaining, shall have the power to provide for the vacancy by the appointment of one or two Ministers in the order of their rank ; and that, in the case of total vacancy, the Provisional Administration of the Principality shall have the full right conferred on a Council of Ministers by analogy with the terms of Article 11 of the Con vention of the 19th August; in either case, the Provisional Caimakamie so constituted must refer the matter to the Sublime Porte, whose opinion is expressly reserved, as also that of the guaranteeing Powers. The representatives express the wish that the Government of the Sultan will be pleased to give instructions to its commissioners of Bucha rest and of Jassy to understand, with the members of the consular body, who will on their side be advised as to the unanimous opinion of the guaran teeing powers at Constantinople." THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. S.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; strong breeze and heavy. A fall of snow early in the morning. LAMLASIr, Jan. 6.—Wind W.—Sailed—Greenock, for Mauritius ; Jasper, for Callao ; Salacia, for New York. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Edla, from Rio Janeiro, for Hamburg; Nina, from Goatza coakos. - A;UTHAMPTON, Jan. 7.—Wind E. —Sailed—Tagus (s.s), for Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, ,Tan. 7.—Wind E.—Arrived—Matilda, from Ilavana. _ ----- BRISTOL, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Frances, from Demerara. HOLYHEAD, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E., strong—Sailed— Bahamian, for Pernambuco. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 6iVind N.N.E.—Arrived—Dick Arnold, from Melbourn e •; Gertruida Maria, from King George's Sound. RAMSGATE, Jan. 7.—The Issapandi, from Shields, to Civita Vecchia, has been towed in here to-day leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind N.E. • frosty. Arrived.—Ruby, from Waterford; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; Mary, from London; Lu c ill e , and Favorite, from Sunderland ; Georges, Number Four, and West Lothian, from Cherbourg; Integrity, from Odessa; Ken net, from Jersey ; Limerick Lass, from Newport ; Calypso, from Shields. _ _ Sailed.—Emma, and Fleur de Marie, for Cardiff ; Light and Sign ' for Portsmouth ; T agus, steamer, for Gibraltar; Georges, for Cherbourg ; H avre, steamer, for Havre; Dis patch, steamer, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind E. Arrived, Jan. 7.—Eliza Morrison, from Alexandria; Novo S. Maria, frsm Gallipoli; Livorno, packet, from Stettin; Nummer Drie, from Memel. Sailed, Jan. 7.—D. G. Fleming, for Mobile • Bello of the Ocean, f or N ew O r l e a ns ; E ar l o f Derby, for Monte Video; George Evans, for New York; Tomas, for Havan nab ; Colombo, for Charleston ; Susan E. Howell, for Baltimore. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind Northerly; tide, last hour's ebb; weather cloudy. Sailed.—Triton, steamer, for Calais; Belgium, steamer, for Ostend ; Ennomia, for Madras. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind. N. by E. ;. moderate. Passed, Jan. 7.—Colon, from London, for Cardiff. Passed, Jan. B.—Henrietta Maria, for Port Phillip; Sylph, for Bordeaux—both from London; Assolina, schooner, from Shields, for Naples. PLEASANT ADVENTURE OF A STREET MUSICIAN. —A poor boy, w.ho has lost the use of one of his legs, but who is an accomplished musician, and plays with admirable taste and skill upon the accordion, has been for several years gaining a livelihood by street playing in Liverpool. In the long summer months crowds of delighted listeners have been accustomed to gather in a circle around him, and remain almost entranced by his beautiful and expressive airs and improvisations, so wondrously different to the horrid torture of street organs. 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