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The in teh Lteantur Balli. _ _ tativet ?,nce of )lin, at nousll THE SUN, LONDON, 14 1 RI L DAY EVENING, JAN VARY 28, 1859. Wil)ON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. N°. 20,781. I itlCk; 4'. ►S FAAIPED-51). At Maeau.—The Portuguese INlcudego and the lorehA Atuazona. This ma-,miticent hnildinz is NOW OPEN to the'pnblic, for the•SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. The Photozraphic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment itoom, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring- Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL musEum, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). T , F.CTURES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and Interesting topics in connectio n with ANATOMY, , PHY SIOLOGY; and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). ONE DT.KAHN'S Admissi NINE on LECTURES ON SHILLING. THE PHILO SOPHY. 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Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, LONDON, Ist January, 1.859. NOTICE 1$ -HEREBY . That a_ GENERAL `.l TI of the PROPRIETOIts of the LAW LIFE AS ZURANCE SOCIEY be held; at he Society's l eo:street, London. T on W wiIt EDNESDAY, t the' 2d day of Office Feb , tu arYuext, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the Provisions of the Scliety - 's deed of settlement, for the purpose receivintr the Auditor's Annual Report of the Accounts of re SocietY, up to the 31st . December, 1858 ; to elect two direc ,s(?rs in the room of Richard Harrison. Esquire, and James 411a nce Esquire, both deceased, and one auditor in the room or William Frederick Hiab ne, Esquire, resigned ; and for I,'e!,Pral purposes. I.,he Director to be chosen in the room of Richard Harrison, 4 6 1, deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of June, 11and the Director to be chosen in the room of James Val nee, Esq.,.deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of 2* 1860 ; and the Auditor tO be chosen in the room of Wil- Frederick Higgins, Esq. will remain in office until the of June, 1859. By Order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. UNITED K -61 -- )0111 LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, rph 11. °. 8 , Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, S.W. b ee, pjunds or Property of the C,ortipany as at 31st Deeem othel6o7, amounted to £617,801, invested in Government or A r approved securities. —`ll,loal Income, upwards of £lll,OOO from premiums alone. CIIAIUMAN:—The Hon.' FRANCIS SCOTT. M.P. e u neIIAIRMAN.—CITARLES BERWICK CURTIS,Esq. t heir li ves LlVES.—Persons not in sound health may have insured at equitable rates. li.,,FCOMMODATION IN PAYMENT OF PREMIUM.—OnIy ot the Annual Premium, when the insurance is for life, ineluires to be paid for the first live years, simple int,treat be t.,ch,arged on the - balance. Such arrangement is equivalent fii ,mmecliate advance of 50 per cent. upon the annual pre re p ast Without the borrower having recourse to . the unpler- NrEnecessity of procuring -sureties, or assigning and thereby li...flung with his Policy, during the currency of the Loan, ii7sPeetive of the great attendant expenses in such arrange tarh b • ove mode of insurance has been found most advan !eolls when Policies have been required to cover monetary ,rpi,sactions, or when incomes applicable for Insurance are at ;7-ent limited as it only necessitates half the outlay formerly ins fired by other Companies before the present system was +/Muted by this Office. Are granted likewise on real and personal Seen- S. Pr n , of Proposals and every Information afforded on ap eatton to the Resident Director, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, S.W. order, E. LENNOX BOLD, Resident Director , T ATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION , For 4S, Gracechurch-stre e t, L on d on . 3IIITUAL ASSURANCE.. - on LIVES, ANNUITIES, &c. Established December, 18.35. DIRECTORS : SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq., Chairman. ...CHARLES LUSHINGTON, Esq., Deputy Chairman. "uhn Bradbury, Esq. I Robt. Ingham, Esq., M.P. Thomas Castle, Esq. Ch a rl es R ee d, E sq. - Kichasd Fall, Esq. ..,,uhn .Feltham, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq, Jonathan Thorp, Esq. I.lllries Gilpin, Esq., 3LP, Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Good, Esq. PYSIC : ;I 'ri A COn quest, M.D. HIANS , F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin. M.D. • —litztus. --- Messrs.. Brown, Janson, and Co, and Bank of England. —‘ Nolt.—Septimus Davidson, Esq. O •TstiLTING ACTUARY.—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.E.S. 1 F s P il the 2 °t ll of November last the total number of policies 4: ll u c e ad was '21,633." A.lnni, M 2 Unt °f capital was £1,621,55011d. Paid for claims arising from death, and ')onuses ac ...creued thereon £ 809,646 14s. 4d. luiz os s annual i ncome arising from pro- ItunuaiS aba " 15,26 2 policies is tement on the 20th November, ii,`Zi:o4): continued for the live years end o2 • - 50,112 0 0 Add Interest on invested capital £197,481 1 1 69,850 7 1 £267,-131 8 2 ~, Total net annual income A ,the present nr.inber of members is 12,617. ..., the Quinqtr-nnial Division of Profits made .4 1) to the 20 ch November, 1857, the computed „C 1,000,000 16 6 . value of assurances in Class IX. was 1,345,125 0 r; Assets in class IX. £345,034 3 11 Surplus or profit th lr e l ,c e b eir2Ct of the successful operation of the Society during capit„ t r le Period of its existence may be best exhibited by re rf,„,e , sting the declared surpluses at the four investigations 1, 11 tip to this time. For the 7 years ending 1842 the Surplus was 412,074 11 5 years „ 1847 91 91 " " 5 5 years „ 1852 11 19 2 8 3 1 i : 06 22 1 1 8 8 3 4 Ml e m eM „ 5 years „ 18 57 , 345,034 31l bers whose pre m i ums fall due on the Ist January alef • etninded that the same must be paid within 30 days from that (late. „r he P rospectus, with the last 'Report of the Di rec t ors, an d :rah illustrations of the profits for the five years ending the It4th November, 1857, may be had on application, by which JiliWill be seen that the reductions on the premiums range ohon 11 per cent. to 981 per cent, and that in one instanc2 `he premium is extinct. I ns t ances of the bonuses are also m . nuary 1, 1859. JOSEPH MARSH, S ecre t ary. 4 a -...._ FIFTY THOUSAND CURES )lave been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense °„„,.' i '.dirrestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, .01ryonsness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, te r l u l p r t l ion ia s , , Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Ilea:tburn, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, hemorrhoids, I - lead:idle,. Noises in the Head mid Ears, Debility, Despondeuey, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, n n ' l Si aness Awing pregnancy or at sea), Sinking, Fits, ~eugh, Astlinia, Ilionchitis, Consumption, also Children' s I Co mplaints, are effectually removed by ) U 13 ARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring R EVALENT..I. ARA 111 CA. FOOD, which saves fifty ,lines its cost in other rem dies, and is, raw:cover, the best ' H ood for intent. and invalids generally, as it never turns acid c'a .t,lle weakest stomach, nor interteres.with a good liberal diet, ,; 1 1 4. Imparts a healthy relish for lune% and dinner, and restores ,e faculty of diestion, and nervous and muscular energy to th e most enfeebled. _ We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of Zstude from i uvalids thus cure.l :—Cure No. 71, of dysnep „O, from the Right Hon. the-Lord Stuart de Decies—" Dro na, Cappognin, County Waterrord.—l have derived con ncra.ble it from Du Berry's Ileyalenta Arabica Food, 1.7,(1 consider it due to youvselves and the public to authorise 41,,ptiblication of theze lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 11 Fifty "Fifty years' indeScribable agony from dyspepsia, ner ,:' 'Mess, a s th ma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, i 01: u 0 S8 at the st omac h , and vomiting, have been removed byy i llarry's ex ce ll en t F ood. Marla Jolly Worth:Lin Ling, near Vlls, Norfolk.' Cure No. 47.121. Miss' Elizabcth JacObs, of .sazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Hefts, of extreme ner tnusness, intliEres t I on, gat herin gm, low snirits. and nervous fan ,l”. Cure No. 48,314. Misa Elizabeth and ell near ~ Iverpool : ol' ten years' dyspepsia. and ell the horrors 4 t ti emus irritabllity. Cure N 0.18,216. Dr. Ant' rel 7 UM, of con ;llPatio, dyspepsia, d ebility. liy Calla No. 34,210. lir Shorland,-ot dropsy and Cure No. 30,212. Cap ,,ldn Allan, of enileptic fits. No. 42 1 10. Ma'or Edie, of liver and kidnek disease. and tot: 11 pros'tration of strength C are No. 30.418. Rev. Dr. Minster, o r cram:E . ,, apa.mi, and la i l Y Yomitings. Cure No. 20,418. D r . H arvey, of diarlioca lttld. debility. - Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of con sum pti on. u re No, :,:2,880. Wm. Hunt.• Esq., b..rrister, o f paralys i s. Vure - No. 46,'70 Mr. *Tames Roberts,timber-merchant,rim .leY, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spittiw , (4 - Wood. liver ee -Aing'ettlent partial deafness. Cure No. ISO. "Twenty-five ''rears' Wer; us, ' , constipation, indigestion, and tV ditty, ;Zorn which ° l 117:suffered great misery, and which no me j'Zie could remove or relieve, have been effectually cased hems uu tarry'F:Food in a veg sliort time. W. B. Reevea,lBl. -:,; leq-street, I ondon " Cure So. 4,208. " Eight years' "3-BPnsia, nery . otisnes, debility, Zsrto 1 Du Barry's health nausea, bat,: been effectually Clwyd .1 - • ‘rith cramns, swims, and ,ee ory, torinr , s'cow , h, indiges -11 - I ood. Bev...John W. Ftuell, 11 ,, id . dlimtton I` t nr , l k” Cure No. 3,90 i. "Thirtean Y -al . - e,,.'"and Zeneral debility have been removed by Da berry's - llt hood. .Tames Porter. Atliol-streef, Per th 1 Scuitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. Q ' . l __ :1.1.111 ers, 11b., 2s. Od. ; 51b., '2(1,1i refined quality. 101 b., 31s. The 10 1 . b. and 121b..c o ali!: T Th or are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post- Fort num, erder. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fort ntlrn, Mason, and Co., 182. Piccadilly, and through all gruce" a nd chemists in town and country. !PDr. PALLACE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepared en scientctle principles, without mercury, to prevent the "ntlger and iniury resulting from quack prepamtlens ; they purify, regulate, and strengthen the system, and cure effec tually dy'spepsla (bad digestion), bile. tlattil enev, constipation. liver and stomach complaints and all internal 'disorders ; and th e oi n t ment h eals sores, wounds. ulcers, - hails, burns, car buncles, chaps, PimPles. (Hams-% of the scalp ,'-c. Both pills I , l , iid ointment are carefully pasted for all cliniates, at is. lid.. , R. 9d., and 4s. Gd. London turents : ITanna:Y, 63:Oxford-at.. B ange r 153, Oxford-str ee t , and 'nay be ordered through all Medicine vendors. 1.)Ij HARPY'S PULMONIC COUGH BON BONS are a nice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness. ItBthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat. and a. ncl j. o . 4' a u n n g r e ir r a , l i l ao rd , ;"-xcellence. In landid, 2s. 9d, Oxf ord-atreet, London all Chemics. DU BARRY'S ANTI-MA . IIMM AL BON BONS are a r, ! cr er - failinv, remedy for English cholera. bowel complaint, liarrhcea, dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes—ls. lAd.,2s. 9d, 4s. Gd. d • Sa ner,Oxford-street, London, and all Chemista. ,BU 'BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN , ''N't) INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of ll'et nursing, as infants are eagily reared with it, and it is the est and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of 11 rs Y. af-re• In canisters, at 25., and 121 b 21s. The la rge cards- , street e free London. ' of carritere * Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Reg en t- Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys- It'.ePsial, habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita nn "the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, A erynusness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrlicea. Cough, rnatl.tnla. Conaumption. Despotulency, Spleen. itc. Send 2d.. ti s : l a,,TPd you wig 'receive free by Post, a popular Trea 'l`f ' :)-•` P aces:-"TE NATURAL REGENERATION OF ili., DIGESTIVE OR Ns " Without pills. purgatives, in otli 0 11 r le ra asTg lne a,of any kind, A mid' . by a simple, without' expense, its cost ~.atin infallible means which 'saves 50 times its cost ja. _ . er i emedies ; adapted tc the general reader. London: atirj r l Gilbert,ll9, Pa ternoster-row, and through all book. 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Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacies de Paris. Imperial College of Me dicine. Vienna. TRIESEMAR Nos. 1,2, and :I, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. • Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricortl, &c , adapted for b o th sexes. TRIL 'SEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA TION, SPERMATORRIICEN, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitat,d individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of 'Manhood: and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MARRIAGE, they are effectu ally subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TruzsEmAit NO. H. effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, 1)o'41 in its mild • and aggravated forms, Glects, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders wide% Copaivi and Cubebs have so long "teen thought an antidote :or, to the ruin et' the health TRIESEMAR NO. 111. t Continental Remedy :or Syphilis and Secon dary the great of a vast portion of the nopulation. Symptoms. It also constitutes a ce*.tain cure for Scurvy, in its course ail corruotions and impurities from the vital and all Cutaneous Eruptions, remov7n7 and expelling S c rof u i expel it with the insensible I urine, and is a never-failing skin and stream, as altogether toer p ti s ca p i t r e at t i l o t e n ague througho d t i i s w e a m s ee,d medium of the pores of the a ta te b l l y e tdiele ci to t unfortunately r u t e u v n i English Phy.Vcian treats 17- end wh'ch all the sar tit.ttion, struction o: the narent's cons remedy for that &Ass of restore Prcells.. free by p os t , sar saparilla in the world cannot '1 saves it s., and in X. 5 cases, d r 3 1 I e e i r 's cu w e l y i i , for 335.. by post :13.1d. ex:To, whici . Sold by Daniel Church, whereby there is a sav;ng of £1 12.. eft Hooper, 43, Minn Wil ts. &I.extra to any ,natt or felzin„„...do - n : or four cases in one 78, Gracechurch-street. City; Bartl liam-street (four doors from London br:dn); Watts , 17, Strand; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay. 63: Oxford - stre et ; Sanger. 150, Oxf or d- s t ree t ; Butler, 4, ampside • , Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Medical Work, price !_ e, s s: grr post free, illu s t ra t e d with 100 enavings, containing the opinions of Valpeatt, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &e. Fives instructions instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are pre vented by impediments from entering into the married state, also shoving the dreadtul resultsimm early abuse, gonorrhoea and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and the examination of the spertnatcza by the newly-con structed microscope, with powerrul lenses. The Author may be consulted daily according to the rules in thc Book. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-ronv, and from all agenta for the Bale of " Triesem.ar." FDUNI), in the neighbourhood of Soho-square. A PITIISE, containing Money. Any one having lost it can have it on giving the description and paying expenses, by applying at &iO, Greek-street, Soho. WHO WTT,I, PAY THE CHINESE INDE3INITY ? Why, the Etrlish themselves. An export dWy is to be levied, and then not even the East India Tea Company will be able, as they now are, to sell Ib. of Flack, Green, or Mixed Tea, at ls. lod. per lb.. and Coffee, in the Berry, at na.—Warehotise; 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, City. CI_LENFIELD PATENT - STARCH, \- 11 USED IN TIIE ROYAL LAUNDRY, Axn prtolvouNcxn fIY TIER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER. USED. Sold by . all Chandlers, Grocers &c., &c. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-41.R. IL THE PRINCE CONSORT. Important Norelty ; the ITALIAN SALAMANDER, Signor !MON() CORE, walkim, , ' in the Midst of. Flames, un injured, in his Patented IWpaied Dress. Last week of CIIILDE'S PI ANTASMAGORIA. DISSOLVING VIEWS OF DON (41. 7 1N0TE. Lectures on CH EMIST 1", NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, MOULE'S PHOTOGENIC LIGHT, MUSIC, &e. ke. HARP PERFORMANCE, by FREDERICK CH ATTERTON, Esq. MADRIGALS, &e., by the ST. GEORGE'S CHOIR.' Managing Director—R. I. LONG BOTTOM, Esq. CONTRACT FOR RUM". Department of the Comptroller for Victualling . and Transport Services, Somerset-hOnse, 20th Jan., R 8.19. MITE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICEof LORD MIMI ADNURAL of the UN [TED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the i 4 February next, at Half past One n'eock. they will h. reads to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into tier Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford. RUM . W,OOO Gallons. When to he delivered-11W in three weeks, and .the re tnainder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party ,te ndertn g. ' Tenders may be mlde for the whole or any portion of the rum. Their Lordships-reserve •to - themselves the power, when the tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, fir for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contrac.ing for any, and also an unli•nited power of selection. • The rum to b^ exempted from the Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Samples of the rum to be cent in pints for each import m'srk, and the average strength of each mark ex to be stated, and not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports, and any parcel of rum that. is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average strength of the sample ten dered andaccepted, will be rejected by the officers,. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac cepted, are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Contract has been decided. ------- No tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained at the said office, or to the Officer conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of .the revised contract, to which particular attention is called,may be seen at the said office, and at Liver pool and Bristol. No tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will b:3 communicated to him and his pro posed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner `the words "Ten der for Rum," and must also be delivered at Somerset house. . . THE AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS. The population of the island of St. Helena, so famous from its association with the name of Napo leon the Great, is not given in the blue book before us, but it is stated that the births in the island in 1856 we - .-e'lol, the marriages 81, and the deaths 158. As the deaths had. considerably exceeded the births foi- three years, it would seem to follow that the island is being gradually depopulated. There were 13 schools and 740 scholars. The public in come amounted to £18,035, and the public-expendi ture to £17,910. £11,177 accrued to the revenue from Customs' dues and harbour dues, and £2.469 from tonnage duty. The Governor's establishment cost £1,458 ;• the judicial department, £2,992 ; public buildings and roads, £2,133; and education, £495. 331 vessels, of 171,007 tons, entered in wards, and 49, of 17,980 tons, cleared outwards. , The imports of 1856 are valued at £101,562, and the exports at £24,925 ; of the exports whalebone figures for £BOO, oil for £21,795, - and wool for £3BO. The island contained 1,625 horned cattle, 4,23 Q sheep, and 670 goats. Wheat flour cost £3 per barrel of 1961 b; wheaten bread, 4d per lb ; horned cattle, £lO to £l5 each ; horses, £l5 to £4O i sheep, £1 to L 2 ; swine (alive), Sd per lb ; milk, 3d per quart ; fresh butter, 2s 6d per lb ; cbcese, 2s per lb ; beef, is per lb ; mutton the same; pork, Ithl per lb ; rice, - per lb ; coffee, is .per; lb ; tea, 2s 6d per lb ; sugar, 8d per lb ; Cape wine, 6s per gallon ; brandy, 25s per gallon ; beer, is per bottle ; and tobacco, is per lb. Domestic servants earned £2 a month, predial 2s a day, and trades 5s to Os Gd a day. We now turn to the Gold Coast Settlement. Here there were 43 schools and 1,531 pupils. The revenue was £12,917, and the expendi ture £10,772, including the item of £1,102, as "stipends" to native chiefs,and £7Ol as compensa tion to natives in riots. 105 vessels, of 27,152 tons, entered inwards. There are no returns of those that cleared outwards in the year 1856. The im ports are valued at £105,634, and the exports at £120,999. The exports included gold dust, £59,360; palm oil, L 54,471 ; ivory, L 1,984; gum, £390 ; Guinea grains, £824 ; and ground nuts, £2,420. The prices of various kinds of produce were—lndian corn, ls per basket ; yams, id per lb ; plantains, 2s per dozen; bananas, 3d per dozen; palm wine, Id per bottle ; palm oil, 2s Gd per gal lon ; sugar cane, Id per stick; and pineapples, 1 d each. The wages of domestic helps were 10s. per month, predial the same, and trades 15s. per month. At Sierra Leone there were 62 schools and 7,903 scholars. The re% enue was £35,601, and the ex penditure £34,457. 300 vessels, of 35,555 tons, entered, and 321, of 38,672 tons, cleared. The imports were valued at £151,907, and the exports at £180,384. The exports included 55,0671 b of arrowroot, 9,0101 b of beeswax, 18,004 bushels of benneseed, 449 packs of cotton goods, 1,139,2551 b of ginger, 84,1721 b of gum copal, 226,349 bushels of ground nuts, 1,069,6581 b of hides, 10,8391 b of ivory, 451,313 gallons of palm oil, and 2,562 loads of timber. The rate of wages was for domestic servants 16s Sd per month, predial 9d per day, and trades 2s Gd per day. Of Gambia the public income was £17,375, and the expenditure £14,097. 221 vessels, of 31,938 tons, entered, and 224, of 33,189 tons, cleared. The imports were £108,852, and the exports £176,577. Among the latter, ground nuts figured for £130,497, and clean wax for £21,416. The soil produces Indian corn, millet, beans, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, ground nuts, cassada, and rice. There were 180 horses, 360 horned beasts, 110 sheep, and 200 goats. Domestic wages (in 185 t) were at the rate of £1 12s per mouth, predial is per day, and trades 3s 6d per day. A'.FRENCH EXECUTIOM The execution of Parang, lately condemned for the double -crime of violating and then murdering his own niece, a girl of 16, took place yesterday morning on the open space in front of the prison of La Roquette. Both at the trial and ever since, he constantly denied his guilt,-although the evidence was of the clearest character. He was frequently, since his condemnation, visited by his wife and mother, both of whom, particularly the latter, im plored him to pay attention to the exhOrtations of the chaplain, the Abbe Hugon. The prisoner always received the reverend gentleman with satisfaction, but alWays maintained that his condemnation was a judicial mistake. " Que voulez 7 vous?" he was accustomed to say, " I'm now going to be punished for others' bad conduct. If I had not been formerly condemned for other things I should not now be here." When the chaplain yesterday morning en tered Parang's cell he found him in bed, but awake. The prisoner said quietly, " I have heard a good deal of noise during the night; I presume that it is for to-day." . The chaplain having admitted that such was the ease the prisoner rose, and with the aid of the turnkeys dressed himself, saying to one of them, " I shall ascend the scaffold bravely, for I have nothing to reproach myself with." lie then remained about a quarter of an hour in the cal alone with the chaplain. Immediately after, M. Bonnyfoy, the examining magistrate, presented himself, and implored the prisoner to make au avowal of his crime, but without effect. In pro ceeding to the room where the last toilette was to be made, the prisoner entered the chapel for a few minutes, accompanied by the chaplain, and prayed i N um. N e , ni:tdsih under rtbetrepair apparent oearptea rn he f e cd . to t: le - 1 o ds, u ea. ci t. In coming s • uoeniiceaor impossibleiNf t o hi arriving outfort ati h hi e di: e ntn x ht 07: hear.esoisoned e mg where the executioner's men were waiting for him, one of these latter proceeded to cut off his hair short behind, as is usual on such occasions. On the steel.of the scissors touching Parang's neck, he shuddered, but immediately said, "It is the cold that makes me tremble, and not any feeling of fear." Shortly- after, the executioner led the way, and the prisoner proceeded to the plaCe of execu tion. In going through the gate•he nalutcd the turnkeys, and after he had passed outside he saluted the p?rsons present, bowing .his head to the right and • the left. He ascended the steps firmly. and kneeling down on the scaffold, prayed for a . few seconds. -He then kissed the crucifix and delivered himself up to the executioners. I n a moment after he had ceased to live.— Galignani. TILE OCEAN MAIL SER VICE. SOUTIIAWTON, Jan. 27.-The ,Peninsular and, Oriental ComPany's steamship • Itipob, Captain Munro, sailed hence to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, with the gir hay mails, 291 boxes containing £76,195 in speatillind £559 in jewelry, a full cargo, and 53 first and 35 second-class passen gers. Among the passengers :who embarked arc Lieutenants Bartholomew' and C.J. Plaughten, and among those who proceeded via Marseilles are Lord Itendlesham, Capt. J. It. Sladen, Capt. and Mrs. 'Hawkins, and Capt. and Mrs. Miller. The above named company also despatched their steamer Alhambra, Capt. J. D. Steward, to-day with the mails' for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon. She has nine passengers, including Baroness Van Acrncss and Lieut. do Kautzon, and 2,000 sovereigns for Lisbon. The Union Screw Company'S steamer Phtebe, Capt. Clark; arrived here early this morning from the Cape of Good Hope, last from Plymouth. She brings 30 passengers, and a cargo comprising 46 casks And (mks, 25 pipes and 50 hhds. of wine, 92 bales of wool, 2,000 horns, 1,995 bags and 25 . tons -of, copper ore, 5 cases of ii'ory tusks, 4 cases of ostrich feathers, 15 'cans of' fibre; 8 packages of sundries,. and £B2O in ;specie. On the 29th of December the Phoebe spoke the Dutch ship Schoonerbond, bound from Batavia for AMster dam ; same day the: English ship 'l'imandra, froth Manilla for London, 89 . days out. At 4.30 p.m. on the 4th inst. the Phoebe hove to, and a boat came alongside from her Majesty's steamer Industry for a supply of coal, which Captain Clark was not able to spare ' • the Industry was bound 0 Ascension. - We tee by the Cape papers that the Union Com pany has submitted proposals to the Cape Govern ment for the extension of mail communication with the Mauritius by. the establishment of branch Steamers touching - at Poet Elizabeth and Natal. The estimated guarantee is said to be £22,ooo—ene-half to be defrayed by the home. Government. The mer chants of Graham's Town and Port Elizbeth pre sented Captain Clark, of the Phecbc, with a check for £75, in acknoWledgMent of the valuable services he had rendered to the mercantile com munity of the eastern province in having performed two voyages in time to enable people to reply to their letters by the homeward vessel. The Athens, Captain Strutt, arrived in Table Bay on the 14th of December, with the English mails, four days before her time. The next mails for the West In dies, &c., are due at Southampton on the Ist Feb., per Parana, Captain Bevis ; from Gibraltar, Cadiz, ,Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, by the Sultan ; Captain Cook, on the 3d; from. India and China, by the Ceylon, Capt. Evans,- due on the 4th, but expected to arrive about Su . nday week ; from the Brazils and r Plate, sth; t Australia a•A onnd New' , • Captain Zealand,le Nit , by on the to from Thames, Capt. "Lewis, on the 6th ; and from Bom bay, by the Orissa, Captain Joy, on the 12th. The Indus, Captain . Evans, leaves - With the East India and China mails on the 4th Feb. ; the Tagus, Capt. Hall, with the Peninsular mails, on the 7th ; the Tyne, Captain Sawyer, with the Brazilian mails, OR the 9th ; and the Fulton, Captain Wotton, with the French and English mails for New York, on the 9th. MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Yesterday afternoon the annual general meeting of the proprietors and renters of Drurv-lane Theatre was held in the saloon of the establishment. Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P., F.R.S., was called to the chair; and amongst the proprietors and renters present we observed Lord Tenterden, Lord G. Let not, Sir Wm. DC Bathe, Captain Painther, Mr. G. B. Allen, Mr. Arden, J.P., Mr. Ibbetson, Mr. Raw linson, Mr. T. M. Nelson, the architect, Mr. E. I'. Smith, the lessee, &e. The CHAIRMAN, having explained the object of the assembly, called upon ,the Secretary to read the report of the managing committee. The report stated that the committee had great pleasure in stating to the proprietors that they had at length received the award from Mr. Lockyer, the arbiter, as to the long-pending question between them and the proprietors in respect of the repairs of_the theatre, andit would be their duty to s ots the directions contained in the award duly complied with. The receipts of the year, adding the balance of £217 lls. 7d. of the previous year, amount to £4,858 6s. 11d., the payments to £4,480 19s. ld., leaving a- cash balance of £337 7s. 10d. The receipts comprise the sum of £4,000 for the year's rent paid by the lessee, and a further sum .a £155 paid by him for 31 extra performances., The payments com prise the sum of £1,639 ls. 11d., for five quarters' rent, paid to the Duke of. Bedford on account of the arrears due to his grace, and the sum of £1,050 paid to the trustees of the new renters. The rates and taxes and all otheraccounts, with the exception of items under p 00, had been paid up to Christmas. The committee were again enabled to eonclue their report by adverting with satisfactio-n to the success which had attended the commencement of the pre sent season. This report having been received and adopted, Mr. T. M. NELSON, the architect to the proprie tors of the theatre, was then callecLupon to present his report as to the state of the building, which stated that the reinstatement of the large skylights over the prcperty room and a portion of the other extensive repairs referred to in his former report, have been satisfactorily executed. An important addition has been made to the new water supply and fire-main, by which a constant supply is afforded to the cis terns on both sides of the house, and the water for scenic effects is also furnished without diminishing the supply required in case of fire. The frequent inspections at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane have tended much to the greater security of the building and the safety of the public. In conclusion, the report stated that, although the theatre has been erected upwards of fifty years, it is (with the ex• ception of a - few matters which are capable of im provement) unsurpassed in this country, not only on account of its architectural proportions, and its adaptation for dramatic performances, but for this no less important reason, viz., the perfect security that even person may feel, whether in pit, boxes, or galleries, in ease of any sudden alarmor panic. The architect's report was received, and directed to be entered upon the minutes. A long discUssion then took place on the subject of a reconstruction of -the managing committee. Lord G. Lennox, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Pyefinch, Mr. Seale, Mr. G. Baugh Allen, and several other pro prietors and renters, took part therein, and it was contended that the introduction 'of new blood into the committee was necessary, in order to obtain better terms from the lessee of the theatre' than a rental of £4,000 per annum. A RENTER warmly contended that £4,000 per annum was a most inadequate sum, seeing that in the time of Elliston the rental produced .by the theatre was .10,000 per annum. Formerly the average rent to each renter, taken over a period of thirteen years, was £l3 on each £5OO sham; bitt since that period the rental had only averaged £2 14. 6d. per, share, which, setting down tflo. value of the theatre at £100,0.110, -vas not equivalent to 1 .per cent. He thought with care a larger amount of interest might be obtained . fortheir outlay. (Hear.) Mr. SHARP moved that the committee be reor ganised, and consist of the folloWirig gentlemen viz., Lord G. Lennox, Mr. C. Dance, Mr. G. Pons ford, Cant. Paiather, and Mr. Thompson. Mr. THOMPSON was understood to second the motion. Mr. ARDEN, J.P., thought any attempt to disturb the unanimity which existed in the present manage ment would be a most unwise step. It had alreay resulted in giving them a larger dividend than usual, rind if allowed to remain might tend still further to increase it. Mr. SEALE said such a proposal, in the face of the very satisfactory report they had heard read was not, at all justifiable. (Hear, hear.) The renters, he con sidered, had very little to complain of, when it was recollected that the proprietors paid the Duke of Bedford as ground landlord, as well as increasing their dividend. Lord GEORGE LENNOX was sure the present managing committee had been guided by one -motive, and that was to do the best they. could for the property intrusted to their care. The object of the committee ought not to be to jump at the highest offer they might receive from a proposed lessee. That had` not always been found the most satisfactory course. iewas their desire to do the best they could for the concern. The proposition on being put was negatived, and the existing committee re-appointed. The CHAIRMAN observed before theyseparated that he was sure the proprietors and renters would agree with him that they should fail in their duty if they did not tender to the present lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, their cordial thanks for his management and punctuality. The motion having been put and carried, Mr. E. T. SMITH briefly responded. A similar compliment having been awarded to the chairman, the .proceedings closed. EG I)I74N4FFiI LRS. .ALExAxpitit, Jan. 18.—After a long interval of silence ; iminterrnpted ever since the departure of Mr. Wale from Cairo some six weeks, ago; a steamer has at length arrived from Jeddah, bringing us some slight addition to the information you already possess touching the procc•edings there of the three Imperial Commissioners. Particulars arc as yet unknown. The operations - of the - Commission have been conducted with strict secrecy, and very little has transpired to the general public beyond the fact. that the first portion of its labours—that re lating to what may be termed the criminal ques tion—had been brought to a cloSe, and that the Commissioners were entering upon the discussion of the next point, that of inquiring into the claims for indemnities and establishing the. amounts due to the sufferers in the late disturbances. The meshes of the conspiracy which resulted in the massacre of last year have been fully unravelled, and, .when all details become known, it is said they Will be found to afford a new and striking illustra tion in support of the oft repeated adage, that the most elaborate fictions can seldom attain the dra matic strangeness of simple truth. Few of your readers Will feel much surprised at hearing that the men who suffered death last year to stay the stern demands of outraged Christendom consisted of merely a small nuMber of the bumbler instruments of others . more powerful, but no less cowardly and treacherous. Indeed, lam informei that the greater number of those who composed the tribunal by which they were`. condemned arc found . themselves to have been among the chief instigators of the massacre, their own hands imbued with the very blood in expiation of which they censigned _their - - Wretched accomplices to a. miserable death: And yet justice is again delayed.' Scyid Pasha, the Ottoman Commissioner, declares that he has no powers qua' the Porte beyond .that of joining in the inquiries of his' European colleagues. - • This really seems the strangest part of all, and the question must necessarily Ilse to every lip, What does it n.can ? Can_ it be that the intrigues of a few miserable fanatics arc even in this instance allowed to prevail, and that the Turks are willing toiforfeit the goodwill.orevery honest man, and to suffer - themselves to be held up before the world as devoid of every sense either of justice or of shame ? The analogy of other cases of a similar nature, though of less notoriety, might lead us to fear that it really is so, that the eremies of Turkey are right, and that dementv.tion is indeed preparing the way for utter destruction ; but the information before the public is still defective, and. it may therefore be necessary to suspend our :judgement. It may be that Seyid Pasha will still receive the authority he was.believed to hold, or at all events that the Porte will:be able to explain the delays there have been in the fulfilment of the pledges it ..openly gave to the civilised world, though even then the Govern ment. of the Sultan will not be exonerated from the Maine of having so repeatedly allowed appear ances .to weigh heavily both against its officials, and through them against itself. According to our . latest intelligence, the two European Commission ers, unless Seyid,Pasha during the interim should receive fuller powers, would return from Jeddah immediately on coming to a conclusion on the question of the indemnities. A few-days ago all Alexandria was alive with expectation, lookinf , for the arrival of. the Euryalus with Prince Alfred.° A premature report had gOt abroad that the frigate had left Malta on her way to Egypt, and preparations were made to follow the example set at other places visited by his Royal Highness, - and to give the Royal midshipman, if possible, as brilliant a reception as that with which he has been greeted in her Majesty's dominions, It is still hoped that he will visit Alexandria to wards the end of next month, and in that case the arrangements previously made. will probably be adhered to. According to the preconcerted pro s-ramme, when the Euryalus is reported in sight, one of the; Viceroy's steamers will put off to-sea to meet her with our consul and some of . the leading members of thQ Egyptian Government. The moment she drops her anchor in the harbour a Royal salute will be thundered forth from the forts and, Egyptian war vessels, to be again repeated when the young Prince sets his foot on shore‘ There then will be public receptions and a grand ball, which - the Vice roy has signified his intention of attending, accom panied-1)v the heads of the several departments - of his Government. Our diplomatic body will, cf couri - e, also be present at thefetes, in the persons of the consular officials. A visit this winter from the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is likewise spoken of. The adoption of the reformed system of currency has been deferred to the lath of February, so as to allow full time for a complete and careful revision of the Government tariff valuations of . fireign coins. For this purpose a special council has been formed at Cairo, and we learn that they arc ablaut to apply to the principal European Governments for official statements of the precise - assay fineness and weight of their respective' coinages. In addition. to .the revised tariff we have the promise of a good supply of small coin from the Cairo Mint, which of itself will constitute a great and undoubted boon ; but it is very generally felt that the only real and thorough remedy for the sad state of confusion at which we have arrived consists in furnishing the country with an ample and continued .supply of native coinage, and of adopting one single metal at a fixed standard as the legal tender of the country. But this course it is feared would be attended with almost insuper able difficulties. The revenues of Egypt have of late - years been burdened with heavy expenses, and would at present be ill able to bear the additional charges which the execution of that plan would necessitate. We know by former.experienee that the native coinage would at once be seized upon by hoarders at even any sacrifice, and that none of the new money would come into circulation until the foreign coins now lying hidden throughout the country had been displaced to the very last. This alone would involve a considerable outlay, from which the country would in reality - not. derive an atom of benefit. We mu' therefOre of necessity content ourselves with the present measures, which after all will constitute a decided improvement, and we may trust to the future for a more favourable combination of circumstances to admit of the appli cation of a more thorough remedy. Mr. Brunel has left Cairo on a trip to. the upper country, and Lord Dufferin has also sailed for the latitudes of Southern Egypt and Nubia. Mr. Brunel, on his return to Cairo, will probably visit Suez, in' areordance with a request made to him by the Viceroy, who is desirous of having his opinion as to putting into execution the long talked. of projeCt of transferring the port of Suez to the Bay of Ataka, some 10 miles • south of the present landing place. The great inducement for effecting this change consists in the depth of water on this part of the coast. It would admit of the largest steamers being discharged close in shore, instead of lying, as at present, at a distance of some five miles from the landing place. But a breakwater would be necessary to protect the shipping from the prevalent north-east winds. Mr. Robert Stephenson paid a cursory visit to tha spot, . prior to'his departure by last mail for Marseilles, and his opinion seems generally favourable to Suez, with the impression that the expense of construct ing the jetty would far exceed what was generally supposed, and that the cost might even attain the sum of . ..4:500,000 sterling. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-TH LT RSDAT. A good " Thursday's" attendance, and a moderate amount of business wai • transacted. Ghika was first favourite for the Liverpool Steeplechase, and 15 to 1 was taken about him. Drogheda. advanced to 17 to 1 for the Chester Cup; 5 to 1 was offered against The Promised Land for the Two Thousand, while 15 to 1 was taken about his stable companion Nimrod ; 500 even was laid on Hal o' Wirklees against Nimrod, the backer of the former offering to increase the bet to 1,000. 12 to 1 was offered on the field for the Derby. 4,000 to 200 was taken in one bet about Marionette. Balnamoon was firm at 30 to 1. 1,000 to 30 was laid once against Rainbow, the taker offering to go on at the price. After 2,000 to 50 had been booked about Gamester, 33 to rwas the highest offer against him Closing prices LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Ghika (taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 17 to 1 agst Drogheda (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Argosy (taken) 1009 to 10 agst Thornhill (taken) TWO THOUSAND OUINE.tS. • to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 15 to . I.agst Nimrod (taken) 500 cvat on Hal o'Kirklees ant Nimrod (taken) THE CA NA S t a h n a e t l . fl ajzs h f l i l o i The Canadian Parliament meet for the des ln will airtfeb(uAilinemsseiolsnjitili cdonv, as it affects its most delicate relations witli the Imperial Government. Of late years the mother country has wisely abstained from vexatious inter ference with the local affairs of its transmarine I n e p 2 o o rt t l i l l u i e li e:t t o ' possessions, yielding to the inhabitants an almost exclusive right of ruling themselves. As at home, the majority in Parliament practically nominate the Ministers, and the Ministers distribute the patronage of Office. The Legislative Assembly make the laws, - frame the tariff, sanction loans, impose taxation. A volunteer force is embodied, and the privilege of bearing arms for the defence of their territory dis tinctly proclaims the freedom of the citizens. Ca nada is, indeed, united to Great Britain by a silken thread, and the alliance, based on moral influences alone, may be deemed voluntary. But the question now pending, which has already overthrown one. A dministration; and may displace another, involves the exercise of the Royal prerogative in a form and manner so peculiar as to be truly exceptional. The point at issue is the selection of the . future capital of s nni c a h cin t g he b i e t t is te to r ry un o ler p -s a t s o t od o l .e V n e t i s )r w o!" h %Se ,i the country : and, t o • ma k e th e controversy now briefly f base to to the present crisis. . . In 1819 the seat of government was fixed at don t:cal, in which year the. Parliament buildings were fired and destroyed by an exasperated party or mob w sa li n o e ' ste were d was tiga cl i t n l called the Earl Elgin he eb iou Losses to . r Bill. An attempt had been made some lime before to excite ei it war, which- Was -supp.4"ssed tary force. During the riots a eonsiderablc amount of property had been de-stroyed belonging both to the loyalists and the rebels, - nnd a sum of money was voted by the Legislature to indemnify both parties, to which Lord Elgin gave his assent. Those who remained faith:nl to the Z2rown w(re indignant, and testified their displeasure by burn ing; the: GOvernment establishments/. In conse quence of this revengeful act a resolution was passed in the Lower House of Legislature to remove •the seat of government from Montreal, and, to con• ciliate the eastern and western province, to render it ambulatory, so that Parliaments might he held alternately at Quebec and Toronto. This plan was carried by 34 rotes against 29, but 21 members were absent. On the other hand, the Upper House ar rived at the opposite conclusion, resolving that the removal was inexpedient. • Lord Elgin, however, adopted the resolution of the Lower Ilonse, though carried by a small majority and directly negatived by the Upper House, and became very unpopular with the defeated party. Many ineffiTtual attempts were made to render the new policy impracticable, but they failed ; and when Parliament was held at Toronto Mr. Baldwin, an influential member, de clared that Ottawa was the most eligible locality for the permanent seat of government ; but, as the public faith had, been pledged' to the ambulatory system, he acquiesced in Quebec taking its turn, and thither Parliament was transferred. This,ar- rangemcnt was expensive and inconvenient, causing a double outlay for the necessary buildings and fre . - quent removal of archives and other official docu ments. The evil was soon perceived by all unpre judiced men, and in Is 3 a resolution was moved in favour of a single capital, hut it was negatived, opponents arguing that, if carried, it would amount to an acknowledgment of the - old claims of Mon treal. This divided policy was kept in a state of feverish agitation down to the year 1857, when the Administration of Colonel 'Liebe, convinced that' the Canadian members themselves s wnyed by jarring interests, would never *settle the controversy, made it a ministerial measure. The proposition was that. the whale matter should be referred to her • Majesty Queen Victoria, and it was carried by a majority of votes in a well-tilled house. To guard as far as possible against any reversal of this decision money was also voted to. erect Government buik ings on any site that her Majesty might please to prefer, and that money is still held at the disposal of .her Majesty. A humble petition was accordingly addressed to Queen Victoria, requesting her to fix the future seat of government for United Canada, and she those Ottawa. The selection was judicious. It is central to both provinces, fold accessible from both at all times of the year. No war can be expected in the country except from the United States, and Ottawa, from being in the interior, is sakr from sudden invasion than any other town or city. Its local position is such that, in the judgment of com petent engineers, it might be converted into an impregnable fortress. It commands all the inland communications from cast to west, add in a military point, of view, may be pronounced the key of the country ; while for naval defence Quebt c is pre eminent. Ottawa is on the river which bears the svme name, which is the boundary line between Eastern and • Western Canada; and, to prevent all jealousies, it is under stood that the Parliament Houses would be built on one side and the residence of the Governor-General on the other. If, then, any choice could reconcile all conflicting opinions, that of the Queen ought to have been hailed with unmixed satisfaction, but the baleful spiritof party has so far nullified her beneficent wishes and disappointed her anxious hopes of. becoming a friendly pacificator. In the last session of the Provincial Parliament many of our readers will remember that the Mac donald Ministry proposed that the choice of her Mjesty should be confirmed and carried into exe cution, when they were defeat.:d by a majority of fourteen votes, the Opposition deciding that. Ot tawa was not. the best scat of government but did not name any other locality. The Macdonald Mi ni.t:y at once resigned, and were succeeded by Mr. Brown and his friends, who only held office for two days, when their predecessors, with sonic modifica tions, more nominal than substantial, were restored to power. It is reported that they will bring for ward the same measure and before the same Par lianient, notwithstanding their defeat of last year, and of course, public opinion is very much excited as to the result. Hitherto the representatives of each of the:great cid( s, as Toronto and Kingston, Quebec and Montreal, have claimed a preference for their own constituents, in order to make political capital for themselves : and those tactics have been approved by party spirit, how ever condemned by patriotism. But now the ques tion is raised, shall the Royal prerogative be para mount, which imparts peculiar interest to the approaching struggle, if, indeed, reflection has not convinced the opponents of the Queen's command of the duty of obedience. The treatment her Majesty has received has dis gusted and incensed all her truly loy al subjects the colony, who look with scorn and indignation on c . the small section of demagogues who have the har dihood to insult the Throne . thot they may obtain ff N‘ e -e r i e • n o c r es re h n a d v e in r g a lelognotisn-eurendmicoirl,ci t a n r i s io i b co l eLo n . c ilenb e al di the more temperate legislators agreed to a reference!. Her Majesty was appointed umpire by the Provin cial Parliament, and, with her wonted kindness,.she accepted the delicate and ungrateful task of arbitra tion. Can it for a moment be supposed that our Gracious Queen would have undertaken such a duty had she entertained the remotest suspicion that her award would not have been final? -Under all the circumstances we arc compelled to view the adverse . vote of last year as a personal affront; but there still remains the indignity oflincd to the Royal pre rogative. Canada is a province of the British em pire, and bound by its allegiance to respect the supreme authority which the whole United Kingdom respects and obeys. Her Majesty his declared her will and and the Provi:tcial Parliament cannot set aside her award. To listen to any other doctrine would sanction an lower inn& in imperio. The whole case is the more offensive and factious, for while the malcontents reject Ottawa they can not agree among themselves on any other locality. We give every praise to the Cartier-Macdonald Ministry for persisting in the establishment of the Queen's decision, and. sincerely hope that the More sober-minded of the Opposition have already re pented of their folly and rashness, and will inake amends for their past disloyalty- and discourtesy by rescinding their former vote.—Moruing herald. GALI,ANTRY OF A :MOORISH BEY.—in the recent' dreadful tempest on the roast of 'l'unis, the Bev, seeing' a French vessel, the Sulfide, wrecked within view of his palace, went off himself in a boat and rescued the crew. Ile stripped off some of his own garments to give to one of them, made his finite do the same, previdt l for all their other wants, and in additicn. presented each man with 100 piastres, and the captain with 200. Moreover, during the two days the tem pest lasted, the Bey was constantly on horseback visiting, different parts of the coast, to see that proper relief as afforded to the numerous shipwrecked sailors of differen nations. The hey's brother-in-law, Ismail Sunni. keeper rf the teals, also visited • the coa ts, and exerted a , .tivalv in resedocc and provi , iio:: for the wrecked, General liheired Din, INlinister of Mat fine, though confine°, for a year to - his chamber by indispositicn, likewise went to the coast, +t ad in spite of the wind and rain did gm al th l f h oa e rt could to save and relieve the sufferers; he besiCcs caused Led, d pcloostshibiTteeinetas,uhiroodrs,c;,; iejearptal:Givnidtedheitnevaimunytdhianli and he undertook to pay everything out of his tywn purse. DEII.IIY 12 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 20 to 1 agst Marionette (taken) 20 to 1 twit Musjid (taken) ' 7 4 to . 1 agst Electric (taken) 30 to 1 agst Balnamoon (taken) .30 to 1 agst Rainbow (offered) 33.t0 1 age Gamester (40 to 1 laid once.) Lcarnir,gton is struck out of the Northamtonshire Stakes. ADDITIONAL SCRATCHINGS FOR TII", CHESTER Cur.— Roneoni, Paul Jones, Willie Wright, Ditto, Ducrosv, and Jealousy. - In Canton lliver.--The British s earners Bittern and Camilla ; the frigate Cambriat ; the steamers Adventure, Assistance, and Firy, the gun-boats Algerine, Bustard, Clown, Dral e, irm, Forester, naughty, Ilesper, Janus, Kesti I, Leven, Plover, Slaney, Starling, Staunch, Wat.c fu,, and WOO& cock ; the French frigate Capriciet e ; the ne Lily and Mcurthc ; the America.t Lteamer Pow hattan. At Amoy.—The British sloop Acorn. At Foochow.—The British stc-tim.‘r Sampson and the gun •boat Banterer. At Ningpo.—The British gun-bo vt Nimrod. At Shanghai.—Th e B r i t i s h friga, ► Activon ; the steamers Cruiser, Furious, Highilver, Retribution, and Inflexible ; the gun-boats Dove, Opossum, and Lee; the French steamer 1 A .l -, 1„„ . • At Corea.—The Russian steamerA Askohle. Ame rica, Bigarinc, Marigoor, Plastron, Streloct, Voveraon . the gun-boats lijuplite and No - ick.. - At Cochin China.—The Freneh frigate Nemesis ; the steamers Catinat, Scotland, Dordogne, Durance, Marceau, and Primauguet ; the g - n -boats Ava lanche, Dragonne, Fusee, and Mitraiiie. On the Coast of China.—The French steamers Audacieuse, Alarm, and Phlegethon. The following is an extract 014 Ater from Malta dated January 23: « There are in port the following ships of war:— The Marlborough, 131 ('scaring the ;lag of Vice- Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8.) - Capt. Lord F. 11. Kerr ; Conqueror, 101; Centurion, 80, Capt. Sir G. N. Brooke, C.B. ; Hibernia, guardship, (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 11. J. Codrington. Capt. Hon. A. C. Hobart; Euryalus, 31, screw steam frigate, Capt. J. W. Tarletoit, Scourgt , 6, paddlewheel steamship, Commander 11.::.11. PAnce.Victorofllohenhilte-Langenbergrflinu:layn, screw steam stot:cship, Com. J. Selcombe ;• gmal-oat Boxer, Lieut. - S. I'. Townsend, tender to the larl boroUgh ; paddlewheel stennve! , sels Medina, Cart. T. Spratt ; Recruit, 6, Com. 11. M•Iiillop ; Tartarus, Cont. A. L. Mansell ; Lapwing, Corn. O'Reilly, Caradpe, Lieut. C. M. Buckle; and the Hearty tug steamer. lI.M. ship Lapwing will proceed to 'Corfu immediately. lI.M. ship Himalaya will leave to morrow for England with stores and invalids ; she will call at Tangicr4 to take on board some lions, horses, ostriches, and other things as presents front the Emperor of Morocco to (linen Victoria. The Cesarewitch • Russian line-of-battle ship (without armament) arrived at, Malta on Jan. 17, from Nico laief and Sebastopol, bound for Cronstadt. The Elba, which left Malta for Cagliari on Jan. 17 with the electrician, AT hl and the superintending engineer of the telegraph companyat Malta, reports by telegraph from sea, to have underrun lilB nauti cal miles of cable front Malta without. finding any serious damage. The defect is now calculated in he within 200 miles flout Malta by the tests made." • The Atlas, 91, one of the new screw steamers of the line ordered to be built at Chatham dockyard, will in all probability be launched daring the pre sent year, when she will be attached to the Chan nel squadron.. ,The Hood, 91, just, completed at Chatham, is also intended for the Channel fleet. , • • Tne Sansparcil, .70, screw, Captain flochford Maguire, arrived at Spithead yesterday thrrning from China: She has been about hour mouths on her passage from Hong Kong, and her news has therefore been anticipated by the Indian awl Cape. mails. The Sansparcil brings home a number of naval invalids which she this afternoon discharged to the Victory and liaslar Hospital, and also a few. - marine artillerymen, which she landed this even ing.. The ship is very defeceive in her hull and engine department, and is ordered to sail to-day for Plvmooth, to be paid off. The Pique, 40, Captain Sir F. Nicholson, Bart., and Nankin,.so, Captain the lion. K. Stewart, lire reported to be on their passage home, and are daily expected to arrive at Spithead. The Illustrious, 42, training ship, was brought down alongside the dockyard yesterday, and awning over her crew to the Mita onia, whic!i ship will take up her moorings eff Ilaslar th 7 next spring tides. A court-martial will assemble en: board s the Vic tory flag ship today, to try Mr. Ford, boatswain of the SandflV, gnnboat,itender to the Cornwallis, on the charge of insubordination, &c. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : • • Captains—Wallace Ilonstoun to ti-:e Grion,vice Captain D'Eyncanrt ; Itubert - Hall tetthe Termftgant; c9mmissivneti. - Commanders—E. 11. G. Lambert to the Gannet, com missioned; E. Harding - to the - Persian, vice Commodore Chat's, invalided. • Lieutenants—J. 8.. D. Cooper, C. D. San•lers, and 11. C. Best to the'Termatiant ; 11. Burnaby (additional), 11. C. Wagan (additional), G. 'I It. Eattray (additional), and F. S. 11. Webber (additional), to the Vesuvius. - Masters—Thomas Potter to tile Termagant; Albert M. ltobrrts to the Gannet. TH E .4 RY. Lieut.-(b1. Fleming, - WoolWich division Royal Marine Light Infantry, was yesterenv instructed in garrison orders, to proceed to Plymouth, on corn mud duty at that garrison. The ancient piece of ordnance, described in The Sun of the 15th inst., which was presented to Go vernment. by Sir J. Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak, packed, NN f l x o IS r, e(e!:tvee;(l,aalvicerteo -1:0‘11.en. 1g 1 1 ) .o e IN en c ' a o r o e l y h , , Windsor, in charge of Mr. Morris, master wheel wright, under whose design the gun has been mounted and fitted. Cul. Tulloch will proceed to the Castle this morning in order to 11 ceive and execute the Queen's instructions relative to the dis posal of the gun. • During her inspeci ion of the' Arsenal in the summer of iti.i7 this gun, among a number of about 40 aneicnt pieces of ord• mince captured from the pirat:cal inhabit4mts of Borneo in 1851, attracted her notice, and 1) direc• lion of Lord Panmure, who was present, it was im mediately ordered to be laid aside and mounted in lal apnrooriato yle, to be deposited in the armoury lof Windsor Castle. The carriage. I; I .)er, and nth( r appurtenances are composed ofsolid Spanish maho gany, ingeniously decorated with beanie filigree work and bronze dolphins to correspond with the ornaments on the gun. The work has been pre , trounced a perfect masterphc2 of ingenuity and I labour. &V.! LL PA recE Ls POST; . _________4--__:_. At a meeting of the Society of Arts held on Wed nesilav—T. A Nieholay, E 3q ., i n t h e c h a ir—M7.. l'eterGraham, member of the council, broiight be fore the society for discussion the report. of the committee :.:pointed by the council to consider the subject of a " Small Parcels Post." The report tended to show that the present rate of :loz , tage Oil parcels amounted to a prohibition, exalt in very few cases, and also that the private means of trans mission were so expensive and uncertain, tne cost of porterage to and from railway stations being so great, that great difficulty was txper!cueed in con veying. small parcels from one part of the country to another. The Post-office, however, already had Pin agency established and paid far, which might be called a general 'porterage fcr the delivery of letters, and Which would render a Feparnte porter age fir small parcels unnecessary over a large por tion of the kingdom. The committee were therefore of opinion th a t at a payment of 4s. for a parcel of a pound weight; the post might do at a profit t , 1 . 1: , t 1 which private employers cJuld not do for a n . . , larger sum. Examples are g.von to slTtvih• great number of changes of eouveyanec 1 .:1 result of til)11,:::::11:e Public antaltairl:‘)aci..et-I:s eel would undergo in tranAmission fiiioc g of the country to another. The pr , ( c ' is, ...,..ry scat this was that hardly any small I rue plft thus losers Of a corOderable ammo! „ evidcoce f om these long distaoces, the ra ilwa3 l : . ( t • l in 6 P f 933 l :2 . 6 .l) t 2 a i l l :C e r I t a lic a ;T ._ traffic. Vi.tio is extracts were quoted l , . ,ciceincit O- ..• 31r. llii.'. evidence givenbe tm•e t i L ' Co h n; cOnveyanceof mails by r b a o l l AN l : a -r ‘ ii eel 4, :Ind tended to nionstion the principally referred to . . m lowland jtteeaft 1 1 1. f el ill and eKpensive their and other I ‘ c -ttc m c c ia a i ir r: rN s ~ 31:1: i 31 .1 ,1 1 1 ;10 N s r.v i lh i ; t1 ,1,a 1 i c: s m:::. ,, - , show nit e n t o il appeared that some . transmissiodin:Nffiovii of the ru ph ( emaucluit, a consider able rate for the ton . „ r 'Le 0 malls, and the re post-office authot.ties to their applica plies of the _ 't fOrNard th i e t g p t i o a: i t r .!c t ie f o o f r tioas seemed to demonstrate that, as most of tho books. and small parcels sent throUghthepost would not otherwise be tent at all, and, moreover, as tne Post-office was in the habit Of paving Vic railwa , . - compames at a higher rate than books( Hers paid for their parcels, the companies were gainers, both by an increase of traffic and by the higher rate of ye tuuneration. Other evidence to a similar effect Wa3 adduced in' the report, which concluded by answer ing some of the objections to the proposed measure, , and urging this very important' subject on the attention Of the public, and especially of all those interested -in the industry and 'ednrnerce of the _ country. A discussion ensued,in which Mcszs. Aldc:lunn Mcchi, W. - Haves, Llurence, SalomonQ. Hs rry Clu.ster, E. Chadwick, C. 8., Sir Thomas Phillips, -- Edwards, Prof. sor Tennant, S.W. Brooks, , ind the Chairman, took part.