The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-03 00:00:00

MR. EXTRA PERFORMA NHEA CESTRE.- . Thursday, Feb. 4—Saturday, Feb. 6. On THURSDAY, Feb. 4, IA SONNAMBULA. Amina, riccolomini ; Liza, Saunier ; Conte Rodolphe, Belletti ; and Elvin, Giuglini. On SATURDAY, Feb. 6, will be produced, for the first time in England, LA ZINGARI, being t'e Italian version of Balfe's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlles. Piccolomini and Sanuier ; Signori Edictal, Violetta, and Giuglini. To_conclnde oseh Evening with the successful Divertisse ment, by M. Massot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6 , 21; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 23; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, lt. 55.; three. pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6( 1 pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. T HEA TR E-R OYA L, DRIJRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed T3O MUCH OF A GOOD TEEING., After which, a new comic drama, A LUCKY HIT. Followed by tho new grand,pantom LITTLE JACK ISOMER. Commence at 7. HEA.TRE ROYA L, HAYMARKET. T Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven: o'clock, with THE RIVALS. 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 may be retained the whole of the evening4 . 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. 5. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes ................ 0 Upper Boxes ....... Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 0 • 6 Gallery 1 0 Gallery ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspore's Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Bleach. Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mach ; Clown, Mr. Rano ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the now drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. 11. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— Grand Combination of Attractions—Third Night of a new Domestic Tale, by Westland Marston, Esq.—Leigh Hunt's highly successful play—and the gorgeous Spectacle, Lalla Itoo. THIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play. LOVERS' AMAZEMENT'S. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. After which (3d time), a domestic tale, by Westland Manton, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by Messrs. C. Dillon, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Mesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKFf. 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 forntation Scene. On Friday, Mr. Charles Dillon will appea" as Othello. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3ox•olFtCe open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. After which, QUEEN 3f.113 ; or Harlequin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow - company o• Vocalists are engaged for the performan , c n' 80octions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Rusiell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, .Liss Bruuell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mi. Renshaw, Russell Grover, 8. Jones, J. Barker. W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Mime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghrnans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAIIAM will make his 9th. appear ance THIS EVENING. "SUN" MAP OF CHINA. x. 74 SUN ()FLUOR, 112, STRAND. On Wednesday, the 10th of February, we shall print an Outline 11cflp of China in The Sun. The capture of Canton may be expected by the next mail from China, so that our readers will see the contiguous position of surrounding places. Orders received by all news-agents, and at The Run Office, 112, Strand. Price only 4d., stamped &d. by post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tat•' DAT—Morn., 11 min. aft. 5 —Even., 27 min. aft. 5 To-Moimovr—Morn., 45 rain. aft. s —Even., 2 min. aft. G THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 3. TRAMMOMETER, IN THE SELMA. 40—highest since noon yesterdaT. 39--lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER. 29.83. WIND, S. W. ; rather fresh. Yesterday a heavy fall of now—to-day, thaw, and plenty of slush. 111 of much value. Unless nations and Governments 1 . feel that their interests draw them together, and are favourable to friendly relations, they will not be influenced by matrimonial connections. " England has no cousins," and it would be well for her if she never had any.. Hanover was decided by a dainn,osa hereditas. The first Gror.eiEs looked far more to the welfare of their German territories than of their British dominions. Their favourites, male and female, were selected from their fatherland, and England was involved in many difficulties and embarrassments from their very decided predilections. In every matrimonia alliance that has since taken place, the balance has decidedly turned against this counlry. We defy the most unblushing toady to point out a single instance in which we received a single benefit from any royal marriage since the acces sion of the House of Brunswick----indeed, we believe we may extend the period to the so-called Conquest, and the accession of the first William. e again refer to the fate of the children of George 111., the uncles and aunts of Queen VICTORIA. What misery was entailed on that promising and numerous family by the provisions of the Royal Marriage Act; and what scandals were occasioned in consequence ? " The Bill of Pains =id Penalties,' the onslaught against Queen CAROLINE, showed the impropriety of looking only to the joinder of hands where the feelings of the heart were disregarded. The public sympathies were strongly enlisted in favour of the unfortunate "bride of a night," where the union did not continue during even the conventional honeyrn,qon. We shall say nothing of the marriage of the Duke of YORK. Although no issue resulted therefrom, there was at least some reason to anticipate that it resulted from affection. But the other sons eschewed matri mony until the death of the Princess CHARLOTTE created a necessity for heirs to the throne, and extraordinary inducements were held out to per suade them to take partners. One of the number —the Duke of SUSSEX—to his honour be it spoken, steadily refused to contract fresh nuptials during the lifetime of the amiable, virtuous, and high-born lady to whom he had been united by a marriage valid in the sight of GOD, if not in that of man, and, be it said, with a deep regret that embittered his existence, his truly noble children deprived of the inheri tance and position to which they were justly entitled. Here, then, were all the males of that fine family, with scarcely an exception, deprived of the freedom and independence, which , oven the mo st humble of their fellow-subjects, enjoyed, in a matter on which their happiness in this world at least mainly depended. The condition of the Princesses was still worse Some were married. The aged and widowed King of WURTE3IBURG accepted the hand of the then PRINCESS ROYAL; the reigning Sovereign of HESSE took another ; and the Duke of GLOUCESTER a third, while the others were compelled to con tent themselves with private marriages, which although they might have satisfied " moral" obligations, were not recognised by the State, and gave no legitimate protection to their offspring. Surely it is time that the system which le'l 0 s uc h unfruinnatc results in one generation should be altered before a new race are sacrificed at the same shrine. It is public opinion in this country that is to be regarded, and we have no hesitation in saying that there would not be the less devotion or loyalty to the Sovereign or Royal family of Great Britain, if there were a larger infusion of English blood in their veins. Nor do we sup pose that Continental despots would slight the English alliance, because we had thought proper to break through the rules which they had es tablished for their own purposes, and to keep up the system of kingeraft in its least eligible as pects. Now that we have got through all the stir and ceremony of the Royal Marriage, we find ourselves immediately upon the eve of the re-as sembling of Parliament. It behoves every think ing man amongst us, therefore, to reflect at once upon what are among the chief difficulties which will have to be brought forthwith under the considera tion of both Houses of the Imperial Legislature. Foremost among all, of course, are the anxieties originated, on the one hand, by the Bengal Mutiny, and on the other, by the Monetary Crisis, arisit.E 4 out of simultaneous commercial failures in Eng land, in Scotland, and on the opposite shores of the Atlantic. Hence will the Lords and Com mons propound to themselves without delay the enquiries --How is the currency hereafter to be regulated ? How is India henceforth to be governed Y There will be, of course, the custo•• mary old Parliamentary evasion or "put off"—a Committee. An Indian committee will take in hand the future of JOHN COMPANY. A Currency Committee will ring the changes yet again upon all the stock platitudes with which JONES LOYD —we beg his lordship's pardon with which Baron , OYERSTONE—and his compeers have long s'r -;e familiarised us. The latter " dodge," in fact, is already un fltit accompli. Insoef.uch that we have a tolerably fair prospect of finding the s3ssion of 1858 slip by fruitlessly in this matter by means of one adroit delay upon another until the season for grouse-shooting has come on, when members will have to lay down their blue-books, or to put up with the blue devils, to fling aside their Han sard and take to their Manton. The same fear ful possibility threate*s us obviously in regard to the no less vital question of our sway in Hindos. tan. A Parliamentary Committee, the mere dread of a Parliamentary Committee is in this way to the nation, as the hair-su3pended swortlabove the head of DAMOCLES. We can hardly "fall to" at the legislative banquet, through a perpetual terror of it. It tends so often to make that political feast the mere feast of the Barmi?.ides. It so often happens to JOHN BULL, as it happened once upon a t me to SANCHO PANZA, that—with au appetite whetted to the finest edge imaginable—the dish (often, as it happens, one to set before a king) is whlbked away from him in a very twinkling by the t wand of Doctor PEDRO REZIO —the beck of one of those tantalising Parliamentary committees. Honest JOHN' plays oftener than ho list; the starved and hungering Governor of Barataria—famishing in the midst of plenty, at the whim of some one amon g his innumerable Quack Physicians. According to Parliamentary slang at least (this must, under every circumstance, b e some consolation t o us ) t h e Currency Question' and the Indian Question, will in this way, (luring the present session, be ventilated. Something more, however, than the mere yen tila"tiou of the Reform Question must tend to console the country at large for many probably disappointments. In regard to that one question the Prime Minister is personally pledged to the people and to the Parliament. And what is more, that solemn promise of his has been very recently and quite Voluntarily reiterated. There is no pretext for further procrastination. The Bill—is over due. The liabilities of the First Lord of the Treasury in this matter require to be speedily and satisfactorily liquidated. It is a debt of Honour. That, in truth, is perhaps our chief security in regard to it. That is the principal our belief, that up on thi s h ea d , at ; may, to a very co ns id era bl e extent, ilastsbueeritefi: our justification hopen of realised. M - 9. re, however, than many imagine depends, in refe.renc,l to all such hopes, upon the Opposition than upon the Government. It should be remembered, howbe 'it, in our complex system, that the Opposition i. 2 reality constitutes the motive power of the A cluiinistration. It is this which is the secret of so many undeniable advan tages having resulted to , the nation from the con flict of parties. The fear of the Opposition has been the incitement of the Government. In tes timony of this, it is altogether undeniable that we have never had such indolent Governments as when we have had weak and powerless Oppositions. Hence it is come to be almost a political axiom, that a strong Opposition makes an active and energetic Government. All this being, of course, simply the result, in one word, of wholesome —competition. It is not unreasonable, therefore, to look for further advantages arising out of wholesome competition of this kind between Con servative-Liberal, and Liberal-Conservatives. THE ILLUSTRATED NEWS OF THE WORLD. Under this title we have been favoured with a specimen number of a new paper, which is to appear on Saturday next, and if the forth coming weekly publications be one half as beautiful and promising as this specimen, it will be a work rich 'in art and admirable in execution. Here we have St. James's Palace, the scene of recent grandeur and of Court ceremonials. Then a bird's-eye view of Windsor Castle, splen didly delineated with its parks and gorgeous trees —Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey casting its "dim religious light" over the Sunday evening services of the pious worshippers. Again we are treated with Balmoral Castle and its Highland scenery; facing which, by way of con trast, picturesquely illustrated, is Osborne House, rearing its homely front to the broad waters of the vasty deep—and then a fanciful sketch of dreams of the Past, where " Youth, age, and infancy lie." very poetically pourtrayed with the motto of "Peace on earth, and good will to men." Alto gether it is the most promising specimen of a first number we have ever seen, and the price is only fo u rpencel k. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1853. The last of the pageant has been performed The curtain has fallen I " The daughter of England" has, for the first time, departed from our shores, and henceforward her lot will be cast amongst strangers, with nothing to remind her of the land whore she was loved and cherished, not only by friends and relatives, but by every true hearted Englishman. No wonder that she evinced deep emotion at the leave-taking—that her fresh young heart was painfully moved at the great change that had taken place in her position and prospects. She experienced that terrible trial— " the last look of home." She had left her Parents and brethren, and should thenceforward, in accordance with the natural laws, "cleave unto her husband." " His People should be her people, and his GOD, her GOD 1" Can we wonder, then, at the excitement mani fested in her favour, or the earnest aspirations for her future happiness and prosperity. The most strenuous opponents of the sy s tem were deeply and sincerely anx i ous that all s hould be couleur de rose, and that she should rove i Excepti o n be liegeneral rul e , too a . to what they f eare d would be P should similar experiments frequently attempted. She, that was really dear - t - British nation, and w e ll merited the love s th h e e received, has left us for ever. F rom this time forth she is a stranger; and the most that can be anticipated are some brief visits--‘ , f ew „ nd ftt between." Her tastes, her habits, and associa tions will be formed in the new sphere in which she is destined to move, and which she is a ct ,. lated to adorn. She is like the daughter of a private family who has married an Indian officer, and the light of whose presence will never again gladden their home, which she has abandoned in obedience to the paramount claim on woman's destiny. May she enjoy peace and happiness in her new estate beyond that which the most strenuous supporters of the match could antici pate. On that point, at least, there will be the most perfect unanimity on every side. But having thus disposed of the personal clues emains open for discussion. tion, the political one r We again ask, what possible advantage can the nation derive from the match T An alliance that not be I was merely sustained by &oil a tie would IRE SUN, THE HOUSE'S OF PAELIAJIENT, Since the adjournment of the Houses of Parliament on the 14th of December, the following changes have taken place : HOUSE OF LORDS. Duke of Devonshire.—The Earl of Burlington suc ceeds to the dukedom, on the death of his cousin. Earl Spencer.—Viscount Altkorp, M P., for South Northamptonshire, succeeis his father in the title. Earl of Ilchestei.—The lion. William Thomas Horner Fox Strangsrays succeeds his brother in this title. Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham.—Viscount Maid stone succeeds his father. Baron Che4ham.—The Hon. Charles Crompton Caven dish, late M.P. for Buckinghamshire, bas been called to the Upper House by this title. HOUSE OF COMMONS. COUNTIES. Backingbamsbire.—William George Cavendish, Eq. in the room of the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, created Baron Ciaesham. County of Mayo.—Lord John Thomas Browne, in the room of George Henry Moore, Esq., unseated on petition. North Northamptonshire.—Geo. Ward Hunt, Esq., in the room of the late Augustus Stafford, Esq. South Northamptonshire.-o , le emit is vacant fo r this division by the elevation of Viscount Althorp to the peerage, on the death of his father, Earl Spencer. The candidates are Col. Cartwright (Conservative), and Lord Henley (Whig). BOROUGHS. Ashton-under-Lyne.—The Right Hon. T. Milner- Gibson has been eleo'ed for this borough, in the room of the late' Charles Hiudley, Esq. Elgin Burghe.—Mount Stuart Elphinetone Grant Duff, Esq., in the room of George Skene Duff, Esq., retired. Paisley.-11. E. Crum-Ewing, Esq., in the room of of Archibald Hastie, Esq., deceased. Scarborough.—John Dent Pent, Esq., in the room ol the Earl of Mulgrave, appointed Governor of Nova Scotia . Whitehaven.—George Lyall, Eiq., in the room o Robert Charles Hildyard, Esq. The following seats are vacant : Reigate, by the death of William Hackblock, Esq. The candidates are Mr, Doniton (Liberal), and Sir Henry Rawlinson (E.►st India Director) and the Hon. Mr. Monson (Liberal Conservatives). Limerick (o,ty).—A vacancy has been created in the representation of this city by the elevation of Mr. Ser geant O'Brien to the judicial bench. The candidates are Mr. Ball and Major Gavin, both Liberals. By the succession of the Earl of Burlington to the Dukedom of Devonshire, Lord Cavendish, M.P. for North Lancashire, becomes Marquis of Hartington. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Pal merston, the Lord Chancell )r, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricard® Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. REFORg MEETING AT NORWICH.—A great meeting was held here last evening, in favour of parliamentary reform. The city members were present, and declared for a substantial extension of the franchise, vote by ballot, and more equal electoral districts. TELE PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4- per mills discount, and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per 1/, sterling. Oa comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17e. 10.3 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly the same price in London as it is in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 419 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.41. per 11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 1 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS.--A court was held yesterday, Mr. Deputy Christie in the chair. Dr. Le theby's report stated that the total number of deaths in the City for the week had been 72, those of last year having been 64, and of the year before, 40. Disease of the respiratory organs had been the principal cause of death. Dr. Letheby had visited the Moorfields burial ground, and reported that the recommendations which be submitted to the court on the 12th ult. had been i lully carried out. The ground had been levelled and [elver], and every available precaution necessary for the healthofthe public had been taken. Deputy Barnard con eidered the communication quite satisfactory. Mr. Abra ham inquired whether the rolicitor was authorised to make anycoeimunication from Messrs. Piper and Young as to the expenses which the commission had incurred in r r alecuti IA g them ? Mr. Tyrrell replied in the negative. Dr. Letheby said that the two objects be had hal in view in bringing the matter before the public had been fully established. The public had been protected from danger, and a very important precedent had been established as to the necessity of consulting local hoards before taking steps of the kind. It was ultimately unanimously resolved that the required works having been done by the defendants, the prosecution against Messrs. Piper and Young be discontinued. THE WADSWoRTH-MOOR MUEDER.—Joseph Shepherd, the young man in custody on a charge of murdering a ca'tle dealer named Bethel Parkinson at the Commons Farm, Wadsworth-moor, on the 13th nit., and against whom the coroner's jury have already returned a verdict of wilful murder, was taken before the West Riding magistrates at Halifax on Monday for further examina tion. Mr. Marsden, solicitor for the West Riding, a ga i n appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and produced a veluininoue amount of evidence similar to that given before the coroner. It is stated that the prisoner is to , b ls e w ch i t aged h r the with way t h it i i g c hw ffa a r L e r . ob Ei h i ey w His d: ?ill i c t a h rio vo u i r le o n n ce as mo well nda Monday was more seriens than on any former occasion. Great excitement prevails in Ilalitex on the subject of the murder, and theCeuri-houee was den- ely crowded during the day. It is reported lb et the mother of the prisoner is in a ei stressing state of illness :tied cot likely to survive: PAuretteset se' 1855 AND 1857.—A parliamentary r recently issued, gives a comperati , . estatestent of the number of paupers of all classes (-xcept lunaeic t paupers ar' inasylums and i d n oo t r h s e ) in receipt quarters ended Michael,nas 1856 end 1857 respectively, unions appears o thatl.e lastthe in unions, er . of paupers &a.r elluiEemfrsoi From relievedthis in the it d7 ,72 in 6 ; t, the out-door e 3 sov3e,e7k7s ; total,o fO c t 9 1 1, 85 5 6 0 , 17 T e re i e — L i n y - e d a o r e r o e n , 2 the same dat e , the numbers were—in-door, 27,927 ; out-door, 64,931 ; total, 92,858, being an increase of 1,357. The total of the 11 divisions of England and NdVaecrleesasevenarse, in 1856 —in-door, 116,325 ; out-door, 7°,1621.1:54. out-loon, shoals w6. t0ta1, 20 a 3 8 4 2 ;ti 2 do 7 tl laanl: total, 822,885,, 9 l 2 n i 18 being i i , it ig -_ d an n o r , increasell 6, 8 51 0 i ....._ p,; - c r it3 cent. Tee divisions which show a 2,599 ; the west eastern , 2,676 ; the south-western, I The north-western 1 la increase tiONpON, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, lgNa LATEST NE WS. THE ROYAL SQUADRON. The Victoria and Albert brought up last night at the Nore, and departed thence for Antwerp at two o'clock this morning. She was expected to reach her destination at nine o'clock. Her Majesty's despatch gun-boat Alacrity, Commander Wodehouse, one of the Royal squa dron, got ashore on the Shingles Shoal at 4.30 this morning, where she remained high and dry. The Port-Admiral at Sheerness sent her Majesty's steam-tenders Lizard and Wildfire to her assist ance, and there was no doubt she would be got off at high tide. THE BRAZILS AND PORTUGAL. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Petropolis, Captain Paulsen, has arrived from the Brazils. She brought up outside Calshot all night on account of thick fog. The Petropolis left Rio Jan. 1 ; Bahia, '7th ; Pernambuco, 10th ; St. Vincent, 20th ; and Lis bon, 29th. She brings 20 passengers, '71,0001, i n spec i e ; diamonds, value 3,500/. ; 6,000 bags of coffee, and a general cargo. On the outward voyage spoke ship All en, Bed forth, from for Valpa ra i so , a ll we ll , i n ia t . 3 de p g . Liverpool y n go v .o o l 30 deg. w. At Rio were hex Majesty's ships Virago, Harrier, and Madagascar ; French frigate Pursuivant, and American frigate Plymouth. At Bahia her Majesty's brig Siren. The markets at Rio were materially affected by the disastrous news from Europe. On the 24th the Bank of Brazil raised their rate of discount to 11 per cent., and bills on England had been passed at 24 to 234. Stocks of coffee were very large, amounting to about '75,000 tons. Excepting in wines, sales had been very limited. Bank Shares were worth 106 to 108 premium. Trade was generally dull, and would so continue till sales of coffee could be effected. Freights dull. Arrivals numerous. At Bahia sugars were up to 2.400 raw browns, and 2.700 fine browns ; whites were neglected at 3.200 ; coffee, 5.300 to 5.600 per arr. ; unwashed, firsts, 4.500 to 5.150 ; seconds, 3.650 to 4.400 ; cocoa, 6.600. Crop nearly over. Tonnage abun dant. Exchange closed at 22}. The weather was very wet, which would retard the sugar crop. The mail steamer Avon arrived at Bahia Jan. 1. Considerable anxiety prevailed at Pernambuco in commercial circles, on account of the news from !his side. Exchange had gone down to 24, 90 days, and even to 23, 60 days. Discounts advanced to 12 to 15 for first-class bills. Portuguese gold had been freely purchased at 12 prem.; sovereigns, at 1.0.300. Prices of sugar were very high compared with European rates :—Muscovados were 2.400 to 3 per arr.; whites, 3.400 to 4.500 ; stocks for sale small, and packers firm in their demand. Cottons, 6.600 to 6.800. Her Majesty's steamer Wasp arrived at Pernam buco on thcsinber 31, and proceeded to Paraiba and Para on the 2d of January. On the Lisbon Exchange bills continued scarce. General rates on London were 53 to 30 days; and 53i for three. Some short bills were done at the clo - :e under 53. A. good deal of money remaining over. Continental paper scarce. Paris, 52G ; Amsterdam, 43; Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa 52. The Marquis de Soule's Cabinet had been rein stated in office. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. We have received the Moniteur of yesterday. It ;fives an account of the meeting of the Senate under its President Troplong. At half-past 3 o'clock M. Fonld rose and " Gentlenien Benaters,—Tne Emperor has ordered me to bring you the following message : Messieurs lee Sonateurs—The Senatus-Consultum of the 17th of July, 1856, leaves a doubt which I now think it advisable to put an end to. In fact it only confers the Regency on the Empress, or, she failing, on French Princes, provided the Emperor has not by some public or secret act willed it otherwise. " believe lam responding to the public wish at the same time that I follow my own feelings of the highest confidence in the Empress by designating her as Regent. Actuated by the same feeling, I designate, she failing, as her successors in the . Regency the French Princes in order of hereditary succession to the Crown. "'I have also wished to provide for any doubts which might arise as regards the Council of Regency from the alternatives left open by the 18th article of the Senatus- Consul , um of the 17th of July. Consequently, I have established a Privy Council, which with the addition of two French Princes nearest in the line of hereditary succession, will bccome the Council of Regency from the sole fact of the accession of the Emperor a minor, if at that moment I should not have established anothei• by public act. This Privy Council, formed of men who enjoy my c onfidence, will be consulted on the great affairs of the State, and will.prepare itstlf by the study of the duties and necessities of a Government for the important task which the future may have in reserve for 1L. 16 I whereupon, I pray God to have you in hie holy keeping. "'NAPOLEON. Palace of the Tuileries, Feb. 1, 1858.rn The Message was accompanied by letters patent, couched as follows :- 4, Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French, to all present, greeting. "Being desirous of putting a stop at once to any doubts which may result from the Senates -Consultant of the 17th of July, 1856, and of giving to our well-be loved spouse Eugenie marks of the high confidence we repose in her, we have resolved to confer upon her, and do confer upon her by these presents, the title of Regent to bear the said title and to exercise the functions thereof from the day of the accession of the Emperor as minor, in cmformity to the regulations of the Senatus-Con sultuin on the Regency. " We charge our Minister of State to communicate the present letters to our Keeper of the Seals, to be inserted in the Bulletin des Lois, an d also o the ' Pre sidents of the Senate of the Legislative Carps, and of the Council of State. "Dane at our Palace of the Tuileries Use Ist of Feb., 1858. " Countersig-ed, " NAPOLEON. "ACHILLE FOULD." His Excellency then read the following decree, establishing the Privy Council Napoloin, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French, to all present and future, greeting.. " Wt; have decreed and do decree as follows : " Alt. 1. A Privy, Omen is established, which will meet under the presidency of the Emperor. "Art. 2. The Privy C ounc il w i ll become, w i th t h e addition of the two F iench Princes nearest in line of succession, a Coun c il of Regency, in case the Emperor should not have d es i gnated a n other by public act. " Art. 3. The f o ll owing are appointed members of the Privy Council:-- ,His Emine nce C ardinal Morlot. "His Excellency Marshal Duke of Malakhoff. " His Excellency M. Achille Feuld. " His Excellency M. Troplong. "His Excellency Count de 111,:roy. "His Excellency M. Boroche. " His Excellency Count de Persigny. "Are. 4. Our Minist,r of State is charged with the execution of the present decree. " Done at th e P alace of .the Tuileries the Ist of February, 1858. " Countereigu,d, gi NApOLEOZT, " ACHILLE FOULD, (Minister of S ate)." This communication was received (says the Moni ieur) with re p ea t ed shouts of " ViTe. P.Erupereur I . The President then said : "The S ena t e t akes note of the documents which have just bee n communicated to it, and, conformable to Art. 7, of th e Sc na t us Consultuna of the Regench the Senate ordains that th e Message, as well as the documentsthereuntoannextd—viz., the l et t ers patent and the decree ,appointing the Privy Council—sball be placed among the archives." The meeting broke up amid renewed cries of 4‘ Vivr l'Empereur !" The following articles occur in the " PrJjet de Lori" relating to measures for insuring the public safety : . 1. Im p ris onment from two to n fi ve years, and a itine of 500 t o 10,000/rancs, to any individual who shall have exc i te d , i whatever manner, to crimes contemplated in A rt i cles 86 an d 87 of the Penal Coc'e, when such excitement shall not have been followed by practical effects. 2. Imprisonment from one mon'h to two years, and a fine of 100 to 2,000 francs to any individual who, with the object of disturbing the public tran quillity, or of exciting hatred or contempt of the G)vorninent of the Emperor, shall have entered into intrigues, or kept up communications, whether in France or foreign countries. 3. Every individual who, without being legally authorised, shall have manufactured, sold, or dfs tributed— I. Destructive machines, acting by explosion or otherwise ; 11. Fulminating powder, of whatever descrip tion— shall be punished with imprisonment for six months to five years, and to a line of 50 to 3,000 franc!, Article 7 declare s al f o ll ows : cc A ny individual may be interne in France or Algeria, or expelled, who was condenined, expelled, interne, or transported in May or Juno, 1848, in June, 1.849, or in December, 1851, and who may again have been pointed out by important circum stances as dangerous to the public safety." THE BOURSE, Feb. 2.—The following were the closing quotations:- 4l per Cents 95 Do. end month — - 3 per Cent. ..... 69 n Do. end mouth 69 30 ....... Bank Shares Credit Mobilior 90 ..... Do. Account 9lO Credit Foncier ........ Belgian 41 1 Piedniontese (5) .. Roman — Austrian Spanish Throes Florae Debt 361 MAYS. RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto BO7 Lyon and 11Iediteran. 875 Now Ditto B5O Geneva Midi Western 697i Strasburg Grand Central . Sardinian Austrian THE PRINCIPALITIES. The following is the text of the Imperial firman addressed to Prince Alexaudf-r Ghika, Caimacan of Wallachia, ordering the dissolution of the Divan of that Principality : " The Divan, which was convoked in virtue of my firman, in order to carry into execution in the province of Wallachia, which forms an integral part of my empire, articles 23 and 24 of the treaty of the 30th March, 1856, assembled for the purpose of expressing the wishes of the country, and of giving to the com mission, of which the delegate from my Sublime Porte as well as those of the guaranteeing powers form pert, the necessary information for the accomplishment or its mandate. The said commission having declared that this Divan cannot be of any further utility, I have decided, in concert with tuy allies, to order its dissolution. On the reception of my Imperial order, you will have to dissolve the said Divan ad hoc, and to notify this docu ment to all whom it may concern." (Signed by the Sultan.) SARDINIA. The Ragione of Turin, a number of which had been seized by the authorities for publishing a letter from Paris which appeared to contain a kind of defence of the men who attempted the life of the Emperor of the French, was tried on the 28th ult. by the Court of Assizes of Turin. The prosecution was conducted by M. Lavini, deputy fiscal advo cate, and the d e f ence b y M. Tecchio, a member of the Chamber of Deputies. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The Ragione itself has the folowing on the subject : " Now that our words can no longer be misinterpreted, we repeat that the authorities had misunder stood the meaning both of our correspondent and the journal it =elf. When one declared that poli tical assassination is murder, and the other joined in the universal execration of the regicides, it was not irony, as the authorities pretended, but, on the contrary, as our counsel showed, the imme diate and necessary consequence of the principles which the Ragione has ever professed," SPAIN. The Spanish Congress commenced on the 28th ult., the discussion of the amendments proposed in the address in reply to the speech from the throne. The first amendment was to the effect that the Congress was sincerely desirous to put an end to the uncertainty which exists on the subject of the constitution in Vigour, in order to put an end to the agitation occasioned by projects of reform. M. Isturitz, president of the council, declared that the amendment was unnecessary, in asmuch as the Government did not desire anything else than the constitution of 1845, was determined to govern according to it, and would present no bills not in conformity with itg spirit. The amend ment was withdrawn. Ano , h-r, somewhat similar in spirit, was rejected by 183 votes to 7. In the course of the sitting, M. Bravo Murillo promised to support the conservative party. In the Senate, the address proposed by" a committee in answer to the speech from the throne was read. It is for the most part a mere echo of the speech, but declares that the Senate will see with pleasure a law which, whilst sanctioning the sale of ecclesiastical property, shall indemnify the clergy. The Cabinet had ap proved of the proposed address. The Marquis de la Pezuela bad given notice that he should recoil) mond %Ind', instead of Ole ad,h-00. of 42h0 e,na,..iz 'sion, a short one, expresing monarchical principles, joy at the birth of the Prince of the Asturias, and a readiness to co-operate with the Queen's Govern ment in promoting the welfare of the State, should be adopted. Rumours of changes in the Ministry were again current, but, as usual, the Ministerial I organs declare them unfounded. " Adding example to precept, the Emperor Alexander," writes the St. Petersburg correspon , dent of the Nord, " has resolved to emancipate the whole of the serfs on his private domains, at the same time securing to them all the advantages granted to tho-peasants of private individuali. H e also gi ves up t o th em gratu it ous l y a ll t h e buildings with their dependencies in which the peasants reside. The Nuremberg Correspondent contradicts an assertion made by a Belgian journal to the effect that Hanover would ba called on to occupy the Duchies in the• event of Denmark refusing to conf , rm to the resolutions of the Germanic Diet. This contradiction was hardly necessary, for the improbability of the statement spoke for itself. The German Journal of Franlfrt staLes that the last propositions made by the Danish representatives are limited to changes in the financial laws and method of representation of the Duchies and by no means modify their general constitution. The Archduke Maximilian, as Governor of the Lombard and Venetian provinces, has just accorded to 11 other political refugees authorisation to return to their country. ARRIVALS FROM INDIA. Among the passengers who arrived at Southamp ton yesterday morning, in the India mail packet Colombo, was a widow lady with her two children. Her husband was killed by the mutineers in India. She and others were saved ly a friendly r a j a h, and through h's connivance they passed through Oude on their way to Calcutta disguised as a native wedding party, and wero completely shrouded from view by veds and other coverings, and travelled in a cart, according to the customs of such parties. One of this lady's children was born about the time of her escape. The rajah has since joined the nviti • neers. He protected the lady and children, as well as other refugees, for come time before he was able to provide for their escape in the disguise they assumed. Another of the lady passengers on board the Colombo had a narrow escape : she and her husband, while flying from the upper country, were fired at repeatedly. The driver of the vehicle in which they escaped was killed, and a hall fired a , . them grazed the lady's finger ; but although wh6le volleys of musketry were aimed at them they re ceived no serious injury. At one time the danger was so imminent that they were obliged to rush out of the vehicle and hide away. Slie left her husband in India, fighting. Calcutta is very crowded with refugees, owing to the unwillingness of the wives of officers and others to come to England and leave their husbands in danger in India. Many of these ladies are almost forced out of India by their hus bands. The passengers from Calcutta say that troops are very much wanted in India. Although a largo number of soldiers are gene out, they are scattered about, and are at no part in very great force. --- - HORSMAN, M.P., AND THE IRISH SECRETARY bHIP. —lt will be reinembered that when Mr. Horeman resigned the Irish Secretaryship last summer, it was stated that his " management " of the Irish elections had displeased the head of the government, and led to his re- signation ; but in his explanation, given at a meeting at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire (a contributory borough to Stroud), the other day, he actually stated that there was too little to do, and too much pay for the office. His words were : —" As far as the difficulties of the office went, I found it took a great deal of ingenuity to occupy myself two hours a day with that once important offic and now ono of thu highest paid under the state. * * In Ireland I had I. , gh wages—greater altogether than any Secretary of State. I had very little work, be. cause my place was almost a sinecure, and I had the givir g away the patronage most of the good things in Ireland. nut I conscieatiously feel on the whole, that h lying, in order to retain an office, which did not give mu very much work, to give up a great deal of iu,!epend ence and freedom of discussion upon general roltical subjects unconnected with Ireland—fur instance, such a question as the war in India or Russia--holding a sub. ordinate place in the Cabinet, I was not able to speak a word, and of course, under the rules of official subordi- nation and discipline, it was my duty to vote always as the Government voted ; and, feeling on the whole, that the mere empty 'distinction of office, and the m ere emoluments, did not compensate for the sacrifice it entailed, and that my leaving it could be of no loss to the public service, as my place could be easily supplied, I did feel the, without the abandonment of any public duty, I might resign that office, the holding of which was an advantage to no one but myself." THE EDUCATIONAL FRANOBISE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Having experienced that your columns are opsn to the advocacy of fair and just principles, I ven ture to express my views upon the subject of the new educational qualification for voters. Education, impartially and efficiently effected, would form a grand medium of suffrage ; but, partially and inefficiently carried out, would fonm one of the most dangerous instruments that a Go vernment could possess. This educational suffrage, intended by this frail Government, is based upon the Russian policy, where all are educated that are not born serfs, in the way which suits the power of despotism, by bringing the child up in the way which the State requires it to go, the child ever associating the State power with some hing sacred. Scarcely ever possessing a thought that does not identify the State with all that is righteous ; having some purposely confused idea that the State is of some divine potentiality. Implicit obedience and reverence follow, where even iniquity abounds ; the free education has bound the child, the youth, and the man to another bondage ; leaving him a little better than the instinctive animal, with one : idea prevailing always, i.e., vassallage. There would be no great objection to this kind of state-bound man, were the state perfect—based upon first principles—but since this immaculacy does not exist in any state throughout the world, there is danger in any kind of partial or political education. There is still greater danger whore edu cation assumes a semblance of freedom ; where education is to qualify any voter, unless it be lett indefinite as to where educated—by what profes sion, persuasion, religion, or class. Any pre ference .of an university or college education would not only frustrate the advantage, but would augment the evils of partial suffrage. Now no good can come out of the creation of new constituencies under any class system, such as the Church, the law, the army, professors of medicine, science, and art, nor of Banking nor E Est India Companies. Votes given in such classified forms will be setting every man interestedly against his neighbour. The national object of the statesman will be overthrown : the member would be bound not to give an independent, but a depen dent, vote in the House of Parliament ; and when a measure touching the interest of the Church, the army, or the arts, or any of the classes be directly under discussion for lawful enactment, the in terest of the class, not that of the entire nation, must be considered. The law representative would not fail t 3 uphold the law interest, for if he did not, he would certainly not represent their interest again, as would the other class repres,nta tives regard their respective interests. The result would be that the law interest, the most crafty of all and already too nneneroue and powerful in the House, would soon enjoy other immunities, benefittiug their class only while it injured and punished the whole country besides. The Church, also equally powerful and influential, would not forget her loaves and fishes though the country were starving by her encroachments : her command ment of love the neighbour would soon be effaced from the requirements of the Church, substitutine for it, love the Church above all things and wink at all her corruption. The Church, the Law, and the Army, are already three powerful ministerial adjuncts, and to add to the power they already possess is evidently only the Russia❑ system attempted here, to enslave a comparatively free people. Who:everlexpected an) better kind of reform from Lord Palmerston ? He is utterly incapable of real reform. Subtle diplomacy is his forte, and lie will ever deal with the franchise as lie would deal with an enemy, evade and outwit a just claim, or punish the pre sumptive expectant. To encourage education is good, but to play a trick of this kind with a country, under the specious garb of reform, proves that something more than education is necessary. Something more than the education of the mind only is required ; the heart and the conscience must form a part if education hencetort rt. A new system must be instituted among tLo higher classes of education, for virtue must find its place somewhere. Certainly the labouring people of Great Britain exhibit a tendency to integrity greater than do the higher orders. Do you find the men of labour exercising undue and unjust in fluence over their employers because of their nume rical strength ? Do they not toil on in peace early and late, day after day, year after year ? not in creasing in their substance even with frugality, caution, and economy—their day of toil never ending in life—their family wants increasing without the commensurate increase of moans attainable in their locality where all the surrounding ties of kin dred centre. Yet numerous, almost general, are the hearts of the higher orders hardened against their social and political claims ; and Lord Palmerston would certainly put aside their just claims as if he never had received an education at all. I recognise no education that has not inculcated a sound integrity of purPose. I call no man great, though he be Premier, if he be not good in heart, Justitia cum core is my maxim. It is also the higher orders that require the edu cation—that most essential part of it—which bears upon first principles—that which no man can ignore with impunity. Compromise is a subterfuge, expe diency a deception, and evasion an excuse, at tempted only by the vain ungrounded man in virtuo. There seems a disease of bo h heart and mind among the influential and affluent men of this day. Two thousand two hundred years back, better sen timents were promulgated than now. How comes it that the sentiments of that great, good, and vir tuous man, which Eusebius "declared, of all the Greeks, reached the vestibule of truth," are not prominently taught and imbibed in our colleges and universities. How is it this " Maximus Philo sophorum" has no weieht and influence in our day that we would call a day of advanced civilisation and education ? . Thtt broad-shouldered man, which the Times journal would have denounced unqualified fur the English araty—bacause of the width of his shoulder?, and unfit to mess and associate with the witless sons of lords—is none other than Plato. How comes it _ . that the journal whioh WM once the first in Gnat Britain, should have blundered so egregiously as to have forgotten Plato But not only have the Col le4iates and the Times forgotten the shoulders of Plato, but, what is much worse, the sentiments of that great man are altogether and alike oblivious in every utterance that journal fawningly brings forth fir the Ministerial interest. Plato was more deeply interested in a good form of Government, having witnessed the corruptions . _ in his own country—the Atheiran democracy. Alio that of the desp3tic and absOlute rule of Dionysius; had he lived in our day he would have had more ample means of witnessing the corrup tion of a monarchy under a denominated constitu tional form—the whole of which were and.are alike opposed to his exalted views. His ethics require to be taught to the great statesmen of this day, they require little revision for this day. Neither does the advocacy of virtue over require modification. Virtue is an abstract pr:nciple which man n.:ver can modify, although in thi= day various are the attampti to dres3 it in , o corrupt semblance. Whereas Plito asserts ' vice to be a discos') of the mind," but " virtue is pur chase,l as the true good of the soul." My advocacy is to injureno class whatever. I seek not the destruction of the posse3so!s of we ilth nor of honours, but I sesk their funlimeutal ameliora tion in the thorough possession of happines 3 . Happiness is never unconnected with virtue. If, therefore, our members of State have disregarded the line of reAitude, which should benefit the majority of their country, they have simultaneously disregarded that which shall ever benefit themselves I the most—i e. virtue. Plato ateA3 the fact when he siid that "virtu ous conuuct, apart from its benefits to society, is advantageous to the individual practiing it, inas much as it ensures that regularlity of theimagination —that tranquillity and internal harmony which constitute the mind's proper happiness.* Our English statesmen would do well to notice Plato's above remarks ; they Would then cease to legislate for themselves, and do so for their country essentially and only. Neither, riches, land, honour, nor education . , without vi r t ue, purc h ase for the statesman bapr ness ; happiness must extend to. the legislated—t° the people for whom we legislate, before it call reach the legislator ; one and the other must stand in right relation to each other, just as a man an' not be happy when,his household are in jeopardis ing misery (that ill, if ha be a man)—if his m anly' spirit he have not forsaken ; if he have, he no longer possesses happiness consonant with man, but only that consonant with demoniacal passions. In order that the State be a perfect State, the statesman must be a perfect statesman. Just now) for the good of one's eyes, point him out. Polities must over be branches of dialectics and ethics, it must never be separated from rational deductions and the moral rectitude of the best men in till State. The State based upon first principles must become vigorous, healthy, and beautifill, because as its rouudation becomes good and solid, its emanations follow in orderly relation. England now requires the trim Conservative (not the savage —the Tory) such an one as shall con• serve virtue, as the only true basis upon which a Constitutional Government can be founded. * Republic, IX., 577. J. a. THE CRYSTAL. PALACE SUNDAY OPENINCI. The following letter in reference to the recent depot* , Lion to the Home Secretary was received by the Lord* ►ay Society on Monday morning : " Whitehall, J. 30, 1853. " Sir,—l a m di rec t e d b y Secretary Sir an George Gref, to inform you that he has given his attentive considers! tion to the memorial presented to him by a deputation of the Society for Promoting the due Observance of the Lord's-day, in which it is stated that a resolution bad been sul mitted to a meeting of the Crystal Palace Company on the 11th of December last, Ind, carried by a l arge ma j or i ty, authorising the boon of directors to agree with any proprietor for conversion of his shares in the company into tickets of admission into the buildings and grounds of the company, pursuant to the 11th section of the Crystal Palace Act, 1856, and reque.ting the board of directors to pass a resolution authorising admission by thee. tickets to the Palace and grounds on Sunday afternoon, as a gratuitous privilege, and without any money pal' went to be made, directly or indirectly, to the company for such privilege, which resolution, if carried into effect, Sir George Grey understands the Committee of thig Society to conteed would be either a violation of the aas of 21st Geo. 111., c. 49, or an infringement of the con' dition of the charter of the company, that no person shall be admitted to the building or grounds on the Lord's-day in consideration of any money paymel made, either di rec tl y or indirectly, unless W t the express sanction of Parliament. It appears to Sir George Grey thot the application of the society for the interference of the Government i n this matter is at least premature, as, unless the resolution te carried into eff.Tt, which is not stated in the memorinio no proceeding could be taken against the company °II the ground of the alleged violation of the condition of their charter. If the resolution should be acted upS O . Sir G. Grey will be prepared to consider whether the interference of the Government is required. " With respect to the prayer of the memorial, that DO alteration be made in the charter to permit the admission of the shareholders or others to the grounds of the cos pang on the Lord's-day, I have to inform you that no application for any such alteration has been made.—"' I am, sir, your obedient servant, "a WADDINGTON." THE CAMEL IN AMERICA. In the exploration by Lieut. Beale of a waggon road from Albuquerue, New M ex i co, d ue west, or nearly Bet to the Colorado River, the adaptability of camels t° those arid w es t ern regions seems to have been p u t to pretty thorough test. The imported camels, some t°, in number, b es id es several dromedaries, were lande d originally at I n d ianola, Texas, whence, ;fter recruiting awhile, they were taken to San Antonio, to be employed in the expedition of Lieut. Beale and that of Capt. PcP e for sinking artesian wells in the deserts intersected bl the Rio Pecos. Lieut. Beale left San Antonio on the 25th June, having selected for his expedition 23 caftle le and 3 dromedaries. The camels were laden with a large portion of the grain necessary for the teams of ml llOl4 Those of them which in their native country bad been trained to this business were found capable of carrying 1,08010. The expedition took the route from San Au' t. , D10 to El Pa•o, and thence up the Rio Grande tO Albuquerque, at some distance west of which the new explorations were to begin. From San Antonio to Albli m querque, by this route, the distance is over 1,000 miles a large part of it through districts very scantily Sur, plied with either grass or water. It was accompliske 4 in 45 days, the train moving at an average rate of miles an hour, and the camels bearing the journey Per, fectly w e ll. F rom Al b uquerque the expedition marc h e d to Zuni, an outlying settlement of New Maxine' Lieutenant Beale left Zuni on the 28th August, havieg obtained an escort of troops from Fort Defiance; situated some 90 m il es to the n o rth in the country 0* the Navajos. His route lay nearly due west, along t he 35th parallel of north latitude , and through a region hitherto almost u n k nown . As ax as the Little Colorades the road, though with volcanic ranges of mountains C on' stantly in sight, some o f them capped with snow, 1 „ "; comparatively level. Th ere were abundant supplies (1` grass, with . timber sufifiaeut for fuel, and pl-nty of water. After crosne g Little lorado, which was followed for some days and which has a wide and fertile bottom, wi th a fringe of cotton wood along the banks, the expedition encountered the San Francisco mountain, having on its eastern elope great forests of pine, and on its western slope forests of cedar. From the Western foot of this mountain the country grows more barren, till, near the banks of the Colorado, it becomes a desert, except the bottom lands, a few miles in extent. The river ha t was found to b e f rom 200 to 300 yards wide, flowing e; the rate of th ree or four miles an hour, and with 19 fe e t of water in th e m i d channel. It was unobstructed vr rocks, and was.apparently navigable for large steamer& The inhabitants of an Indian village found here renre; seated the river as maintaining the same character as $ Fort Yuma, near its junction with the Gila. H e re the camels were put to a very important test. It is noe l. tively stated by Father Hue, in his t rave l s in Tartaill and by othe r wr i ters, that the camel cann o t s w i m , this alleged defect of theirs had caused Lieutenant Bee"' a good deal of anxiety. Having !Cached the Colorad o he was determined to settle the question for himself, The fiist camel brought to the bank refused 0 enter the. river; but another being brought down, tO the great delight of the whole company, it took th e water freely and swam boldly across. The others, boa o re behind the other in strings of five, were take ° across in the same way. They not only swam with eat but in this particular, as in others, they seemed to 012 0 " the horses and mules. This seemed to be the -only remaining test needed to establish the character of th e camel as a beast of burden specially suited for WO regions. What particularly adapts the camel for use those regions is not merely their capacity to end ll t fatigue and to go w ith out water, but the very coarse an d scanty food with whi c h th ey are content. They eat they go along w h a t ever they find in their path, bend i n g their long n ec k s , an d t h rowing their heads into every narrow crevice of th e k oo k s w h ere grows a cactus or a clump of grass , or c ro p p i ng t h e l eaves from the b ra nches _ of trees with ou t in th e l east retar di ng thei r . pr. grow s In this respect, as in many otters, they have a grey a ivantage over mules or horse., which require food " regularly as mail blinselt.—New York n ibune. Tux DUTY ON SPIRITS.—There has been a narrent report in quarters likely to be well informed that th,, ° Government intend to equalis e th e d uty on spirits all over the three kingdoms. They have long been watching an opportunity of doing so, and it is only too likely the present peridd may be considered a favourable one for making the. attempt. —Dublin Freeman's Journal. AUSTRALIAN POSTAL COMMUNICATION.—On so rer ! l occasions we have pointed, out the necessity of increase's p n3tal communication between this c ,untry and our Australian dependencies, and have done as much as us lies to secure two, instead of one ma il p er mouth to and fro. The rapidly augmenting business intercourl imperativ e ly d eman d s it; and as this desirable ohje e can be attained w i t h li ttle additional expense, there ; Epeciaily a s a s y stem of weekly mails has been eat 3 " s seems no reaso n w h y i t should be longer withheld, m or e jibed betwe m the East I n di es an d th e mot h er cou nto and the Audralisn bags could be conveyed as far i,t ° Ceylon by th e same means of transit as those used for tir East Indian letters. It is, indeed, more than posslb i l that increased poStal accommodation for Australia so u s t s prove a sour ce o f profit to the Post Office ; but be tul as it may, it is c l ar t h at the mercantile relations o f t hese eel toes are sf that value and moment to Great BritaieS that every possible facility should be afforded. It i•itr e ir met at thi s p resent moment there is urgeet necess ity fo r . frequ en t i ntercourse with our East Indian possess i o ns hut under ordinary circuinstancee, and in a c°_o3" Mercial, or even postal sense, there is no ren e :a why the one should enjoy ; heee advantages s e s tet the other I e d e b arre d. W e say i n a 13''t Einve, for by a return furnished by the governn%. authorities, it appears that the number of letters veyed between the Uoited Kingdornand the East In a "' and China was 1 542,257 tluring the twelve months to ending D. c. 31, 1856, while the nu m b er t ran smitted er and fro between the Aretralian co l on i es an d t h e nwt country during the it me p.:iriori was 1,467,334, or °ollif o r 64,923 less than those which were received from, _ a forwarded to our extensive E as t I n di an terr it o ries a:, O our commercial settl e m ents in Ch ina. Surely these statistics which warrant th e Australian coloniat% So 0 .. pressing the consideration of th e question on the tion of the Home Government,—Mtning J° 4l " Jan. 39. *