The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-08 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE THIS EVENING. Piceolomini, Spezia,and A Giaglinidighieri, Belletti, RoSsi, ViakW ; THIS EVENING (Friday, Jan. 8), LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s ; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 11. 55.; three pair, 15s; gallery boxes, 103; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s, H ER MAJESTY'S QUEEN has graci ously signified her intention of HONOURING with her PRESENCE a SERIES of FOUR FESTIVAL P EFORM. ANCES, intended to be presented at the period o R f the ap proaching Nuptials of her Royal Highness ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA. The general arrangements are under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and favoured by the assistance of the following Managers of the Metropolitan Theatres; Mr. Smith Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. Mr. Backstone Haymarket Theatre. Mr Webster Adelphi Theatre. Mr . . Harrison and Miss Pyne Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Robson and Mr. Emden Olympic Theatre. Mr. Phelps Sadler's Wells Theatre. The programme will comprise the following Entertain ments : On TUESDAY, January 19, MACBETH. Produced under the direction of Mr. Phelps. Macbeth, Mr. Phelps ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit. With Locke's Incidental Music, under the direction of Mr. Benedict. And Mr. Oxenford's Farce of TWICE KILLED. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. THURSDAY, January 21. Balfe's New Opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE, By Miss Pyne, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Weiss, and the Operatic Company of the Lyceum Theatre ; conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. With a COMIC AFTERPIECE. SATURDAY, January 23, AN ITALIAN OPERA, By Madlle. Piccolomini, Signor Ginglini, and the Principal Artistes of Mr. Lumley's Theatre. And a FESTIVAL CANTATA composed by Mr. Howard Clover. With a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Fourth Performance, AN ENGLISH COIIEDY, By Mr. Buckstone's Company of the Haymarket Theatre. And an AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and Members of the Adelphi Company will perform. Admission to the pit (for -which a limited num ber of tickets will be is sued .. 10s. 6d. Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. Od. Gallery 3s. Od. App li ca ti o ns for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. _ __ 4 THEA T R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADIES' BATTLE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Miss M. Oliver will perform. After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. T UE ATIt E ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with SPEED THE PLOUGH. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, Chippendale, Mrs. Poynter, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliarn, and Miss E. Ternan. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the eveningWs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes SOI Dress Boxes 3 0 .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Upper Boxes P .. .t Gallery ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of KING RICHARD 11. King Richard 11., by Mr. Chas. Kean ; Queen, by Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams.! THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the second and third acts of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Madame Celeste, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a. Myth o logical Extravaganza, entitled HARLEQUIN. OR THE LOVES OF CUPI D AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; mars, i. Frank Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billin;tou ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulwer's play of RICHELIEU. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Poynter ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR • or, Harlequin and the Ghebers o f the Desert. Supported ' by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. A Morning Performance to-morrow (Saturday) on which oc casion the Children of the Westminster Grey and Green Coat Schools will be present. In active preparation, a new and original Comedy, by Leigh Hunt, Esq. 3ox•office open from 11 to 5 daily. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. 1.4) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed BROKEN FAITH. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlevin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. S TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING, will be performed HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO LOST HER HEART. Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine, Marine. Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lambert Family and the Red Man of Agar in their wonderful performance, &c. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 33. ; Boxes, 23. ; Pit, is. Gallery 6d. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow i lig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S >lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, ac., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Bruuell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jonec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. S. Collins, W. Z. Critchfield, and E. Mack noy. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRATIAM will make his first appearance on Monday, the 25th inst. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 5 min. aft. B—Even., 30 min. aft. 8 To-Mounow—Morn., 5 min. aft. 9—Even., 35 min aft. 9 'ME WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 3, IusaNOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest sines noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BABOMZTICR. 30.12. WIND, S.W. ; light, with dull mild weather. *, 4 ' , .Q r ---, e• - •-' '''-- --- , .§>.. 4,11111; LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 1858. The Globe has thought proper to read ns a lec ture cosicerning the article we published on Mon day last respecting the approaching marriage of the PRINCESS ROYAL. We mention the Globe by name, not resorting to the despicable evasion of speaking of "an evening contemNrary" when making a virulent and unprovoked attack on a journal at least its own equal in every respect, and, indeed, that is not chiming very much for ourselves. In every controversy in which we have engaged, we have treated our opponents as gentlemen. But we know how to defend our selves, and to repel such gross and ungentlemanly attacks with the profound contempt which they so eminently merit. We wrote on a subject of deep interest to the nation, and we regarded it in a thoroughly English and independent spirit. We did not derive our inspiration from German sources, or from the servants' halls, for which the writer in the Globe is best fitted. We tell the mean-spirited flunkey, that every true-hearted Englishman is opposed to the match not merely for political reasons, but more so on account of the fair young Princess for whose future welfare and happiness all are anxious, and for her sisters, who may be deprived of all dear to the female heart in consequence of lan obstinate adherence to the objectionable system. We but copy a sentence from the Globe—a very unusual occurrence, for there are not many which we would admit into our columns—when we say that, " with all its greatness and its charms, Royalty is subject to some irksome penal ties from which ordinary persons are free." For that very reason, the matrimonial alliances that may be contracted by any of its members, and which may greatly affect the future government of the country, are subjects for legitimate comment, and that privilege we shall continue to exercise despite the puny efforts of the toady that seeks to curry favour by its mean and mendacious remarks. We use the term "mendacious" advisedly, for the Globe has endeavoured to put a wil fully false construction on our statements. After a little introductory pudding, it says,— " The writer approaches the more domestic part of the subject, and expresses his sympathy for the Royal Lady, whom he describes as the victim' of this marriage de convenance." Now the writer must have known that he was stating a deliberate falsehood in that respect. We repeat what we published, and which no hon ourable and straightforward gentleman could torture into anything justifying the gross misrepresentation above referred to. One pa ragraph was as follows :—" We trust that the daughter of England,' may experience every do mestic happiness in her new position, that it may not be sacrificed to a mere marriage de convenance, in which her heart has no part. So far as she is concerned we earnestly hope that every sinister augury may be averted. And, if we complain of the system, it is with fervent wishes that she may not be the first and most illustrious victim." Let any disinterested and unprejudiced person compare these passages, and say whether the writer in the Globe has been guilty of a wicked and deliberate falsehood, for which if he had any sense of shame he would make an abject apology. The Globe states that "it is well known that the alliance about to take place is the result of the warmest affection." We know no such thing, and from the above specimen afforded of the Globe's veracity, we are not disposed to place implicit reliance on its assertions. It may be, for we do not profess to be acquainted with back stairs gossip or kitchen traditions. But we do say that if it be the case, it is the result of a happy accident, which could not reasonably have been anticipated. It is well known that the future marriage was arranged before the Princess was ten years of age—indeed, we believe we might say at a much earlier period. Now, young ladies are scarcely capable of knowing their own minds at that time of life, and the very fact that they are directed to bestow their affections in a particular quarter, may excite aversion rather than love. It is said, "the course of true love never did run smooth," and that truth, which has passed into a proverb, has arisen from the natural opposition between parents and children on the all-important point, whereon Princesses do not differ from their more humble sisters. With regard to the other Princesses and Princes, the Globe treats our observations as " the result of gratuitous and malicious assumption, to support which (it declares) not a single fact mists." Can the writer ignore the history of the nh Aaron, of George the Third, both male and female ? Can he say how many Royal Princesses were mothers before they were wives ? How many fine young men were compelled to sacrifice their happiness in consequence of the imperious provisions of the Royal Marriage Act ? These matters are but too painfully notorious, and it would be but false delicacy to abstain from allu sion to a matter of such vital consequence to those in whom the nation feels the deepest interee. We have seen the evil in one generation, and it is surely time that reasonable precautions should be adopted to avert it from another. We know the intense passion for Germanism in Courtly circles, but that is by no means shared by the nation. The People are disgusted with the system, and would gladly see it abolished. We write for the People. We address ourselves to their feelings and sympathies, and so long as they are gratified with our efforts—and we have every reason to believe that such is the case—we shall treat the comments of the Globe with the con tempt they merit. Ixnx may do for the servant's halls, but they will be repudiated at the hearths and homes of independent and high minded Britons. The Globe makes a polished allusion to a horse pond. We only wish that the dastardly writer, associated with a kindred worthy—for he would not try it without considerable odds—would attempt to carry his suggestion into execution ! We shall be quite prepared for the effort when ever he desires to make it. It often happens in everyday life that the rather must learn from his lad. He has given the stripling a first-rate education, and he is not above supplementing his own early deficiencies by his son's acquirements. Frequently it is a matter of pride to him. It is not surprising therefore to find our Colonial offspring giving their parent a little useful information now and then. We kept them under paternal control, till, in point of prac tical good sense, they attained their full majority, and of course may expect that, with all due defer ence, and yet with pretty well assured confidence, they will tell us some useful things. We hope Lord JOHN RUSSELL therefore, as standing counsel for our "glorious constitution," will not be above attending to the remarks of an Australian journal on his crotchets respecting the ballot. His favourite crotchet, as we all know, is his fancy of trustee electors. Where he picked it up we can't tell. It seems most like a clever inven tion devised to apologise for the denial of an ob vious right. In no discussions in Parliament prior to the demand for the ballot did we ever read of a nomination of trustees responsible to the unrepre sented for representing them aright. So far as we can remember, the argument has always been that the suffrage was conferred upon such or such an electoral qualification, because its possessors were presumed t o be better qualifie d to vote on national questions than the excluded classes. We appeal to Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself whether ho did not in the fi rs t R e f orm Bill, and in all his all classes whose know r subsequent abo r ti ve lere bills,and positionai m t o g i t n i a c i l i t.. fi l e l a l them, as he thought, to be electors ; and whether he has not always spoken of the exclusion of the few he thought competent, a s an acc i dental ev il suc h as must attend any huma n arran g ement.theory that If so, then, what becomes of his electors are trustees for the non-electors ? They were, as a body, made electors, because they were presumed to be more competent than the n on _ electors. They were entrusted, not with the duty of voting according to the supposed ignorance of Lord JOHN'S non-elect, but with the duty of voting in accordance wick their own better kuow- ledge. Our Australian contemporary, The Melbourne Argus, shrewdly asks the ex-Premier, " Does a man vote more conscientiously because he votes openly ?—and, if he votes according to his con victions, how does he vote - wrongly ?" Now, we cannot see how Lord JOHN can answer the former question in the affirmative, since it would as ' suredly be difficult to prove that our secret duties are performed less conscientiously than those we I perform before men. We know, at least, that the Highest of all Authorities has enjoined secresy, as a condition most favourable of all to the single-minded performance of duty. The registration of a vote in the polling-book is surely a temptation in numberless cases for a man to record it in opposition to his real opinions, and under the influence of some fear or hope which ought not to bias him. We may truly say that not even Public Opinion, that is, the opinion of the great majority, whether of electors or non electors, ought to decide his vote, but real opinion. If he be in a minority of one, he ought to vote accordingly ; and such a vote, as our con temporary observes, could not be a wrong one. If, however, real opinions are to be expressed by votes, what becomes of the trustee theory ? We have, indeed, before pressed the same argumen t in another form. Our demand has always been that the first reform ought to be to make the votes at elections as far as human law can do it —REAL VOTES—the real, not the bought or co erced votes of the electors. And all human ingenuity may be defied to devise a more simple and effectual means to effect this than the Ballot. And we must tell Lord JOHN respectfully, that he and his clique have no real reason for opposing the ballot, but that it will make the electors free and independent of the Duke of BEDFORD class. Our contemporary acknowledges, as we all must do, that the right to vote must involve a corresponding duty—just as the possession of pro perty, or of knowledge, must—but it is a duty of the kind on which no mortal can be judge for, another. Two candidates of opposite opinions demand our vote. The opinions of one must be in the main wrong, those of the other right. Yet if I think the wrong opinions right, ought all the non-electors, or all the educated gentlemen, or all the dominant gentry in the place to induce me to vote on the right side ? There is, perhaps, hardly a case in which what is right for one man may be wrong for another, more than in giving a vote at an election. The duty is so entirely relative to the most secret convictions of the voter, convictions which, perhaps, he could ill defend and yet may strongly feel, that every man who wishes an elector simply to do his duty must be an advocate for the Ballot. The Argus lays more stress than any English journalist would do on the opinion, the statements we should say, of the Times, as reflecting the opinions of the majority of Englishmen. We do not wish to speak disrespectfully of our " Great Contemporary," but having, in our long life as journalists, so uniformly found the Times up holding every anti-popular view till the eleventh hour, and having, times innumerable, found it some fine morning turning suddenly round, with out a word of advertence to past errors, and adopting views which we and other labourers on the popular side had been long enforcing—having, we say, been so long accustomed to our contem porary's never advocating the rights of the people till they could be withheld no longer—we, and Englishmen generally, know that it may be the eleventh hour of the success of a popular question and the Times be yet dead against it. The Argus need not fear that the question is in the position among electors which it occupies in the banter of the Times. The Times itself does not think so. It will write on laughing at the Ballot, till some day it will take it into its head to laugh at its opponents, and to wonder that anyone can be found to dispute so simple a proposition as that every man ought to be protected, in voting, from the tyranny of mobs, of landlords, of bankers, of creditors, of mortgagees, and of all who might make use of " undue influence." Perhaps our friends in Australia, to whom we owe so much for setting us the right example, and for sending us hither an advocate like their practi cal Mr. NionoLsoN, are hardly aware of the pro gress the Ballot is making amongst electors. Its stronghold now is the pocket boroughs and the counties. At the last division, of those present, with the pairs, 219 voted for the Ballot, and 287 against it ; and this was the greatest number of votes ever recorded in its favour. The Ballot question therefore is not retrograding. If we glance, ever so generally, at the constituencies which returned anti-Ballot members, it is obvious enough that the sense of the really free consti tuencies is decidedly in its favour. The larger and more popular constituencies, with a popula tion of upwards of eleven millions, and 374,146 electors, sent 53 members in favour of the Ballot, and only 19 against it. The agricultural counties on the other hand, where the electors vote to their landlords' order, containing about the same po pulation and the same number of electors, returned 116 members against the Ballot, and only 5 for it ! Pretty good evidence who it is that really fear the Ballot. It should be remembered, how ever, that the population, and the landlord con stituencies though nearly equal in respect to po pulation and electors, return in the former instance but 72 members, and in the latter 136 ! Had the popular constituencies returned an equal number of members with those in the power of the land lords, the votes for the Ballot would have been nearly doubled. One thing our Australian friends may regard as certain—that we shall have the Ballot, and that when it is obtained we shall be much indebted to Australia for the aid of a prat' much to ask that the people should receive son benefit from the improved prospects of the o,Jun try. We shall witness extraordinary prosperity for a short period, leading to another mania and another collapse, for these are incidents inseparable from the existing monetary code, but we may at least expelite the auspicious part of the cycle ; the bad one will come too soon, and occasion much misery on its arrival. Let us try to obtain the poor compensation that may be obtained before the cup can be stricken from our parched lips. rtiE Se N 1 "'LONDON, PRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, fBl5B. LATEST NEWS. DEATH OF RESCHID PACHA. A telegraphic despatch has been received from Constantinople announcing the death of Reschid Pacha, Grand Vizier of Turkey. Death ensued after an illness of only three days. FRANCE AND CHINA. His Excellency the Persian Ambassador, accompanied by Captain Lynch, and attended by a numerous suite, occupied the royal box at Drury-lane Theatre last evening. His excellency appeared highly pleased with the entertainments, and especially with the pantomime. The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk will return to town on the 18th, from visiting Lord and Lady Foley at Worksop Manor, Notts. The Duchess of Wellington will return to Apsley House to-morrow, from Strathfieldeaye. Lord and Lady Ribblesdale have left the St. George's Hotel, for Brighton. Lord and Lady Waterpark will come to town on the 18th inst., from Doveridge, Derbyshire. The Countess of Powis and the Ladies Herbert and the Earl of Powis are expected in town, on the 18th inst., from Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire. EARL GREY.-A volume of much interest and im portance on the subject of the new Reform Bill, giving his own views on this Important subject by this dis tinguished statesman, is now passing through the press, and will be published by Mr. Bentley, of New Burling ton-street, in a few days. This great measure is likely to engage the attention of the legislature early on its reassembling. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.-On Tuesday last C. Dresser, Esq., Mayor of Coventry, a nnounced to the Town Council f this city that on the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal he in tended to give a free ball at St. Mary's Hall, and a concert at the Corn Exchange. Two hundred tickets for the concert will be reserved for the members of the council. On the day after the ceremony the whole of the boys belonging to the free schools will be treated to a dinner.-13irming1tene Daily Post. THE OUTWARD PENINSULAR MAIL.-The Peninsular and Oriental Company s steam-ship Tagus, Capt. Chris tian, left Southampton yesterday with tt e usual Penin sular mail, 20 passengers, 11,4671. in specie, for Lisbon, and a general cargo. THE OVERLAND MAILS.-H.M.S. Caradoc most pro bably conveyed the Calcutta and China mails from Alexandria to Malta, as well as the Government telegram ; in which case they will reach London on Sunday night or Monday morning. Considering tee importance of the intelligence, we trust the Government will suffer no detention to occur at Marseilles, and will give directions that these mails be fOrwarded the whole distance from Marseilles to Boulogne or Culeis by special trains. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Valetta will convey to Marseilles the Bombay portion of the Indian mails. . LIVERPOOL, Jan. 7.-A letter has been received from the Black Ball clipper transport Lightning by a gentle man here, which expresses the satisfaction the officers and troops who went out in her to Calcutta experienced during her rapid passage of 87 days from the Downs. The Lightning arrived off the Sandheads on the 233 of November, after a passage of 87 days. She only lost one ma n, _ a private. THE ROYAL CHARTER FOR AUSTRALIA.-This steamer sailed from the Mersey last evening for Melbourne, with 400 passengers. Some disappointment was experienced that she was not detained until next morning, in order that she might convey answers to Australian letters which came to hand yesterday per Indian snail, which reached England last evening. THE NEW TRIBE JUDGE.-LIMERICK, Wednesday. The Limerick Reporter and Tipperary Vindicator state that rumours are prevalent to the effect that the vacant 1 judgeship has been offered to and accepted by Mr. Ser geant O'Brien, M.P. The fact, it true, will afford general satisfaction. Already much excitement prevails in political circles in anticipation of a vacancy in the representation of this city.-Freeman. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE HOUSE OF CORER° TION.-Yesterday about half-past six o'clock, a notorious convict, named Charles Butler, succeeded in breaking out of the House of Correction, at Wandsworth, Surrey, Lsri made good his escape. It has been stated that a tradesman of Rennes has been arrested on the charge of endeavouring to obtain money under false pretences from an English life assur ance company. His wife has just been taken into custody for alleged complicity in the forgery. THE PATAI 4 POACHING AFFRAY AT ANNESLEY-WOOD. -Nottingham, Wednesday.-The inquest upon the body of George Winfield, the unfortunate gamekeeper who was concerned in the affray at Annesley-wcod, a week ago, and who died on Monday last of a guashot wound received during the encounter with the poachers, was held yesterday, before Mr. Swann, coroner, at the Blue Ball Inn, Annesley ; but no evidence being onred, it , was adjourned to Saturday. A. New Year's gift, in the shape of a purse of 1301., has been presented to the Rev. E. B. Squire, Vicar of Swansea, by a number of his friends and membe rs of his congregation. This is a pleasing token of good fooling. The vicar's income is eonsiderably reduced on account of the loss in burial fees he su,tains by the opening of the cemetery. He is advertising the vicarage house to let, stating that " by reason of the poverty of the living it can no longer be rnaintained."-Swansea, Herald. DISTRESS IN LISBON FROM THE LATE EPIDEMIC OF YELLOW FEVER.-By late advices from Lisbon, we learn that the yellow fever epidemic had at length exhausted it ;elf, but not until it bad carried off nearly 5,000 victims out of 13,500 attacked. Some idea of the terrible nature of the malady may be formed from this unprecedentedly high rate of mortality, but none, except those on the spot, can have any conception of the di tress which the sickness and deaths combined have ptodticed. The Consul-General of Portugal, M. Vanz tiler, has made an appealo itwqccotocaownohuyonnei lida.ealbssittdiyaorytthelesnoeiwliitsr yidslNastusTtreoo,9tripneet,tas. returns, oeheTwt. swallows utores h ter. Irefc6b e dnsrsestooi sfsr b hoef:ceopoAseu e tn, irclageat tweas greatest aieeosiv o ßtass : .tc e aae2ha n lsn7nea t td7es i The. be,w n b aet others nehsntai want. Mu ch , , i N lc provided.wotuuht that c n on htt arer, country in n iw a i et favour , elolm o f a a the widoWS, th e e r pns, and others w ho are at this moment in a st ate of the grea t est want. Mu ch , ho wever, remains to be done be f o r e it c an be said that re lief at all ade injureth e new ae r i o fi u s s h l y ( ltamhtsehtaerbykaeoesayktrsetiutei used ehdd t oe r lvt a doo d st e ele . d2a tit T 6od, ohorteoheonew:b)heloslkdietee side baskets co, now t -f Tun SNAIL DELICACY.-Tte consumption in Paris of snails (escargots) has increased to such an extent as too f delica cies among shell-fish, the rest being frogs and 8 000 panniers : the snails have evicted As complete accuracy is obtainable by the these facts may be relied or. NEW SOUTH WALES.-Turning to our Australian empire, 5 i t;tn r m9o uh a mos y wobtuh b eoli a :es:ho c ,. f a v pi birthslzoee . p d a, , ral w l sao e Btwui ,commenceorasns2r3l:omf,asthr4 kalm a lest: the nu ',her of marri Bs a s g f e e s ma 2 l , o 76 6 s ch ; o a la n r d s. th l e 4 n ,s u 6 m 7 b i e ca r na o i f . public and private schools, and refi.4:3rs) s 6t , hm 4 e , ra o el 2 e 2 wand e 1 1 n 24,78 1 67 8 greets arrived at the public expense, and 3,116 at their own expanse, of whom 6,759 were males, 6,380 females (upwards of 14 years), and 4,553 males and females under that age. The total immi g ratio n from 1851 to 1855 (both inclusive) amounted to 52,816. The total number of convictions in 1855 was 526. The public revenue amounted to 1,660,7111. and the public expenditure to 1,675,0241. The items of revenue included 421,7351. from " s e e ms, 641,432/, from general source's (excise duties, ex penditure 39236 in l. cl te f d o e r d j u1.ch8c3i,a71,9714.1, fBoor7l.cifvoirl eectsctiae: li c enses, &c.), and 698,4821 . from miscellaneous sources. The slilahtincloaeln,t3ss' ,3221. far sducati Ina], 16,3281. for medical, 27,6861. for gold, 21,0811. for the Mint, 30,1831. for mi litary and naval, 138 , 4031 . for police, 37,7 621 . for gaol. for vessels o f 353, 42 immigra ti o n m 3 loos ex -123,130/. for the Sydney Fewerage and w aterworks, 402.7281. for 187,1211. r the survey, sale , a nd manage. tons me nt of Crown lands. 1,152 en tered from various countries in 1855, inc ludin g 134 f ro m the United Kingdom, 136 from New Zealadd, 46 from the South Sea Islands, 15 from the fisheries, 56 pei2is. 7fromo2, 814. the - United States of America, and 113 from foreign States. 1,185 vessels of 362,483 tons cleared out in the same year. 33 vessels were built and 138 registered. The total value of the imports in 1855 was 4,668,519/. ----= (including 2,569,7901., the produce of the mother and that of the exports The Bank of England has at last reduced its F ountr y ), 2,884,130/..(includ ine 2 , 0 09,8501., the produce of the colony, inclusive minimum rate of discount from Bto 6 per cent. f ('-' gold). A list of the articles imported and ex- It was time to do so. The directors coul d no ported is given in the tables before long for ire, but it is too longer maintain the exorbitant and usurious rate in 1855 was 20.9,250/. (64,384 ounces), against of discount which they were ready enough to 773, 209 /.411854, 1,781,172/, in 1853,2,650,9461. in 1852 quotation. The value of the gold exported and 468,336/ in 1851 270,6361. was received from the exact, so long as it was possible to do so, albeit sale of Crown . lands. . The . the trade and commerce of the nation was lan- 1855 was 137,076 ons, valued at 89,0831. The num ber of post-effi , a was 155 ; the extent of postal roads, quantity of coal produced in guishing under its paralysing influence. They 1,023,255 C ' of le tters passed miles ; the total number were, however, subjected to the competition of through the General Post-office, 2,114,179 ; and the Lombard-street, and of the many Joint-Stock 1855 was 170,070 acres, to f tal numb er of „ wspe pers, 2,100,989. The income the Post-o ffi ce was 24,902/., and the expenditure Banks whose proceedings are so obnoxious to the 60,2211. The total quantity of land under crop in hard calculators.of which 86,309 acres were under wh eat , 34 ,406 under maize, 4,476 under barley, The change has not produced any very important result3so farasthe Stock Exchange and Money Ma- potatoes. The produce was-1,335 440 bushels of wheat, 1 016 494 bushels of maize, 64,887 bushels of 1,614 uner oats, and 9,151 acres under' ket are concerned. To use the ordinary phrase, it I 1,030 i were lett barley, 49,85 ' 5 bushe l s of oats, 38,296 tons of note had been previously " discounted," and it is pal- 1 toes, 1,512 cwt. of tobacco, and 43,067 tons of hay. p ted with the grape-vine in pable that the " Old Lady " will have to make a further move in the same direction, if she hopes 1855, and acre s the p roduce was 115,614 gallons of wine and 1,426 of br andy. The live-stock included 157,159 cattle, 68,091 swine, and " 1! d ',' 0,603,499 sheep. There were 31 b to obtain a fair share of business. The Bank of l 2or s es, 1,858,407 horned 01 tug- own eeta- France only charges 5 per cent., and will pre- bli,huients i n 1855, f or which 223, 1 3 4 sheep and 23,459 , horned cattl building steam of tallow. Tanneries, steamship yards, bably reduce it to 4. Why should the quasi Na- 1 -e were slaughtered, producing 61,832 cwt. tional establi shment of Great Britain demand sa,w-mille, b re weries, and soap of view • and in 1855 MOTO . 2 Why should the trade, comm erce, and factories in a numerical point,p 4aids of cloth and , f a ctories are the rincipal manufactures o f this country be subjected to an tweeds, 47,435 sate. o f soap, 1 , 376 cwt. o f to bacco , and , y there were manufactured 35,7 e infliction from which our continental brethren are ( wit houtb ' labour in 1855 were as follows :-viz. ca rd and 119,000 cat. of refined s . ugar. The average waees . of exempted ? ; lodg ing), carpent :re, 15e. ; smiths, 15s. ; wheelwrigbte, hrdi., 301. to 351. sad lodging) from labourers, 30 .to 4 . a-year ; shep. it is true that the people should look to matters • . 15 '. ; and bricklayers, 17s. per I diem ; o a l nd (with board in which they are so deeply interested-on which 251. to 301. ; their welfare and happiness so greatly depend:'. housemaids, 181. to 25/. ; laundresses, 251. to 30/. ; ; p lain (women) cooks, The bullion has been l ly augmented, the arge 251., and Gas 51. q •&c 20/ to 241. a-year. All nursemaid s , 151. to 201.; general house servants, 20/. to reserve o f no t es cons iderably enhanced, the ex- rates of wages have risen considerably since 1851. The changes favourable, hoards brought out and the from their hiding-places. It is surely, then, not to exclusively. To the other Australian colonies another above statistics refer to the colony o . f New South Wales paper will be devoted. .cal ess►mple. We yesterday published an extract from the independance Belge, in which it was announced that France had resolved not to participate in the operations which England was preparing against Canton, and that formal orders to that effect had been sent to Admiral Rigault de Genouilly. That journal, finding that it was ill-informed, corrects as follows its first assertions : " The instructions sent to the French admiral naturally do not apply to the operations which were on the point of commencing against Canton when the last mail left, and which have by this time probably received at least a commencement of execution ; they apply to what may take place after Canton has been taken. That first result being obtained—that is, Canton being taken—the French admiral would confine his co-operation to that point, and proceed to the coasts of the em pire of Cochin China to obtain further successes." In another part of the same journal, we find the following observations on the conjoint attack of the French and English forces on Canton : " Whatever may be the means of resistance possessed by the inhabitants of Canton, and what ever maybe their energy, tha success of the French and English arms cannot admit of doubt. But what will be the consequences of that first affair ? Will not the occupation of so populous a city pre sent difficulties which it will be impossible to over come with the limited forces which the allies can dispose of ? It is in fact not easy at present to foresee the bearing and result of this first act of hostility, for the ambassadors of the two coun tries have plenary powers. It does not appear to be the intention of the French and English govern ments to go further than to obtain an advantageous treaty of commerce, as well as the right of having diplomatic agents at the Court of Pekin. It is easy to see that, on the first point, the govern ment of the Celestial Empire will cede as it did in 1840 ; but, on the second, a sharp resistance may be expected. The success obtained by force of arms will even perhaps be insufficient to bear down the opposition of the Emperor of China ; and the demonstration made against his States may not be crowned with all the success that the send ing out of troops, relatively considerable, might originally have rendered probable. It is not un likely that the war will not be urged on beyond certain limits. England will, it is said, be satis fied with taking possession of some towns on the coast, having good ports. Her interests will be sufficiently protected by her occupying, as abso lute mistress, such points as the necessities of her commerce render necessary. In that way she would be no longer subjected to be interfered with by a fanatical mandarin as she has hitherto been. As to France, which is much less interested in the matter than England from the restricted amount of her commerce with China, she will probably go and take a compensation elsewhere." AUSTRALIA. Wo have received files of papers from Melbourne ;o the 16th November inclusive. We take the following from the Argus of that date : THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. "In availing ourselves of the departure of the City of Sydney as the mail ship for November, we regret that we must begin our summary of the his tory of the past month by chronicling the existence of a general and widely-spread dissatisfaction with the postal service as now conducted. THE GOLD. " While the commercial aspect of the colony is clouded by the recklessness which has continued throughout the year to characterise the mere intile relations of home thippers with this colony, i-b is well that we can point to ourgold-fields as evidences of our material prosperity. " The vessel that will convey this to Suez will take a parcel of gold that will complete the quan tity of 100 tons of that metal shipped during the current year. " From all the gold-producing districts the yield Ins been well maintained, and the escort returns are still in excess of those of the year 1856. " Tne district around Mount Ararat, the most westward and the newest gold-field, is extending its lines daily, and a field for the employment of min ing labour and enterprise as extensive as the far ofamed and still flourishing Bendig is being opened up. From thence to Beechworth the reports are alike. ' The yield is steadily maintained, and the population is employed.' 1n stances of individual suc ce ;s have not been wanting this month. A nugget of solid gold 2ft. 4in, in length by 10in. at its with st point, and weighing 1,743 oz. 13 dwts., or 1461 b. kas been brought down from Kingower by four men named Robert and James Ambrose and Samuel and Charles Napier. The treasure was discovered in 13 feet sinking embedded in sand. It is perfectly free from extraneous matter. The lucky owners have been above four years engaged in gold digging, during which they have . acquired a competence for life, irrespective of this their men last and best hole. A gold-field contemporary tions the following case, whicis intersting as showing the fluctuations that beset a e digger's career : " 'An instance of luck scarcely paralleled even in the annals of Ballarat occurred yesterday. Three men nine mouths ago, left Ballarat for Ararat, and re mained there until the present time, without being able to earn a livelihood. On Thursday they returned here, possessed of only one single sixpence, and went to work, on the old shallow ground on the Black-hill Flat. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon they came upon a large quantity of small gold, and a beautifully veined specim en weighing 125 ounces, which, from its size is evidently nearly all gold. This is another proof of the unexhausted state of our ground, and a well deserved reward to those per severing men, who for nine long months have battled with extreme poverty, and five minutes before they came upon those richer did not know where to procure their evening meal.' " The necessity forth° economising of labour by the establishment of a Prospectus Association is being discussed in public meeting and through the press at the Ovens, the most eastern gold-field, and at Ararat, the newest and most western. The miners of Snake Valley, in the former district, have reduced the idea to practice. A small body of prac tical miners, well appointed and provisioned at the joint expense of the storekeepers and miners, have been despatched to thoroughly prospect Bowman's Forest. This kind of enterprise has extended to Melbourne, and parties, properly equipped, have been despatched to test certain localities by store keepers, whose sole advantage is the cer!ain profit arising from the trade which they will secure by being first on the sprit, when such localities are known to be auriferous. "The departure of treasure ships since our last summary have been as follows : Date of Sailing. Ships. Destination. Ounces. Oct. 15.... Sint'a.. • • Oat. 24.... Marco POlO • Oct. 25.... Northumberland • • London ...; •• .. 46,851 Oct. 31.... Gellert . Nov. 5.... City of Palaces " LABOUR. " The number of assisted and unassisted immi grants arriving during the last few days has been very great, and we much fear that many of those who depend on immediate employment will be dis appointed. Although shearing commenced two months since, and the farmers are now beg innin g to cut their hay, there is absolutely no inquiry in Melbourne for in.eri capable of performing these descriptions of work, which usually require all the spare hands available at this season. It appears that the extra labour required can be obtained up the country, without employers being necessitated to come to town ; and this is a feature in the case which renders it improbable that the ser vices of all these tieT arrivals will be quickly called into requisition. This is the time of year when, from the isbundance of water, as compared with the summer and autumn, labour is most in request on the gold-fields ; and if the super fluous labour is now sufficient to meet the wants of the settlers and farmers, it may be considered that, there are already hands enough in the interior to perform all the extra work of harvest ; for, as the supply of water on many of the gold-fields will soon be e xhausted —at least, so far as to put a stop to the wol king of the puddling-machines and sluic ing operations, on which much of the hired labour is engaged at the diggings—the number of men seeking other employment will increase as the summer advances, and be quite sufficient to gather in the corn as it ripens. For some weeks the State, then advanced and read the following rescript, past the Government ;has been sending many written by the Shah himself In the name of the of the unemployed men from Melbourne to Great and Almighty God : our well-beloved son, the work on the roads up the country until they can eldest of our children, Etair-Mehemmed-Cassm-Shan, obtain engagements in private service, and these Emir-Nizam (the Commandant-in-Chief of the regular draughts have helped to furnish the extra number army) having been trained and brought up since hi of bands needed to meet the requirements of the birth until the pre s e n t day, by our care, instructed by our lessens whose forehead and look express the majesty spring ; but the numbers thus sent up are not which is to support the throne, and at the same time sufficient to account for the total absence of the ' the proper meekness of submission, our Majesty has demand that usually exists iu Melbourne at this highest degree sp lendour season on raising him to th e season for the services of all men capable of shear among our children. This is why we this year came our eldest and well-beloved so n to be successor to the ing or mowing, or for aiding effectually in those operations. There has lately been no inquiry throne. This is the first dignity of the empire, and we worthy of mention, except for a few grooms hereby confer it on him. We recommend our well and coachmen, gardeners, or men and boys beloved son to the Almighty God, who, we hop e, will willing to make themselves useful about a support him in all his undertakings. We confide the house near town. Now that the preliminary care of him to all the inhabitants of Persia, great and measures have passed a portion of the rail small. The saslrazan is one of our first a nd o f o ur most ithful servants, the guardian of our secrets, and po - way works will soon be commenced ; but, as sesses l all our esteem. Our well-beloved son ,s will have - can be judged at present, these will not every consideration for him, and for his counsels.' The afford employment for so many men as there fi rman , as published in the Teheran Gazette, was then was at one time reason to expect they would. The read, and the young prince, after receiving the congra amount of money available in the first instance will tulations of the grandees and of the ambassadors, returned not allow of the works being commenced on that into the palace. The fetes, which lasted three days, scale which the colony would be justified in adopt- passed off without the slightest disturbance." ing were it certain that the funds necessary for their completion could be readily obtained. Nor is there any certainty that even the moderate amount of work that we can offer in the first in stance will be continued for more than a twelve mouth without interruption. This will depend on the favour with whioh our railway scheme is entertained in England, for the colonial autho rities in money matters say that no more can be raised here than will be sufficient to meet the expenditure of one year • so, if the funds are not forthcoming from England, we may look for ward to the works being stopped at the end of that period. If an arrangement for the con struction of one or both of the linesshould. be entered into with one of the large English contracting houses, this alternative might be avoided ; but, whatever probability of an arrangement of this sort existed a few months back, we believe it is scarcely to be looked for now. Tenders are to be called for, so as to allow of competition of contractors of large and of small means ; and the colonial contractors, having at present little or nothing to do, will be likely to tender at very low rates. Their ability to perform the works they propose to undertake will not be called in question, so we may cal culate on their being entrnstod with the con struction of the railways, as the lo west tenders will be accepted. Leaving out of the questions the advantages or disadvantages, in other respects, of this mode of letting the works, it increases the difficulty of predicting what the prospects of the labouring classes are likely to be a twelvemonth hence ; or, rather, it renders these absolutely dependent on the sale of our rail way debentures in England. None of the colonial contractors have sufficient capital to carry out a large undertaking without frequent payments ; and if the money is not forthcoming, whatever engage ments they may have entered into, they will be obliged to dismiss their men. We need not point out that a sudden stoppage of extensive works of this nature will cause a most serious disturbance in the labour market, and will, after a temporary gleam of prosperity, leave this in a more unsatis factory state than it hat; been in of late. " Many of our readers in England will not be prepared for such a disheartening picture of the present state of this so-called paradise of the work ing man, and such it really is to those who are for tunate enough to obtain constant employment at trades or occupations which they understand, but difficulties are looming in the distance to which our rulers are either wilfully or foolishly blind, and the greater the number of persons coming to our shores with false expectations before them, the more arduous will be the struggle that is likely to arise. The present unpopular land system is at the root of the evil, and the adjustment of this on a liberal basis will not be effected without engen dering animosity on both sides. In the meantime we have only the railways to look to for the em ployment of a large proportion of the working popu lation, and there is at present no certainty of these being carried on uninterruptedly. A better sys • tem of managing and working the gold-fields, so as to offer more encouragement for investment of capi tal in productive works calculated to facilitate the obtaining of the precious metal is much needed, and will eventually be the means of affording employ ment to large numbers of men ; but our immediate prospects are such as we have endeavoured faith fully to describe them. Our powers of absorbing labour have been overtaxed of late, and until the land and railway questions are satisfactorily and permanently settled we cannot pretend to offer ready employment to such numbers of people as have flocked hither within the last few months. Those who may think of coming to Australia, and have friends and relatives here, will, of course be guided by their representations ; but all without these sources of trustworthy information SI10111(1 ror a Uwe be very .autioua in their move ments. Any such who may determine on emi grating to Victoria, dependent solely on hired service, should time their departure fromhome so as to arrive here between the mouths of September and February inclusive. Thus no one without friends to receive him, or independent means of his own, should leaveEnglaid for this colony during the five or six months that will elapse after the receipt of this intelligence, by the end of which period we trust that our principal difficulties will be over come, and that all doubts as to the steadiness and rapidity of our industrial progress will be removed. " AGRICULTURE. " During the past month no event of especial importance to the agricultural interest has occurred. There has been a downward tendency iu the prices of most articles of produce, but this more nearly affects importers than our own farmers, who had mostly disposed of last season's crops before the fall in prices commenced. We are now on the eve of what promises to be an abundant harvest, and there is no fear this year of any of the corn being lost for want of hands to gather it." The "act" for the navigation of the Danube, drawn up by the Raverain Commission, is in 47 articles. The Nord of Brussels, which publishes the principal portions of it, complains that all the most important articles are worded in such a way as to give undue advantage to the vessels of Austria. The Emperor of Russia has just promulgated new regulations for the government of Min grelia during the minority of the Prince Sovereign. They enact that the province shall be under the authority of the Emperor's Lieutenant in the Caucasus, and that the local 'administration shell be confided to a Russian functionary assisted by a council of five members—two nominated by the Russian govern ment, two elected by the native princes, and one elected by the class of the Aznaoura. A letter from Constantinople of the 25th ult., in the Gazette dit Midi, says :—" Reschid Effendi has been nominated conservator of the relics of Mecca and Medina. His predecessor was dismissed for having abstracted some of the sacred objects ; amongst other things, he is accused of having sold to the Shah of Persia for a large sum the mantle and standard of the Prophet. A fire a few days ago in the Dardanelles destroyed 24 houses, 16 khans, and a great mans shops. The Government is causing to be con structed, under the direction of Englishmen, stewn mills at Tetimburnu for making good bread at cheap rate for the army. From snow and bad weather the routes of the caravans from Erzeroura to Trobisondb are impracticable." The Constitutionnel says that a modification / 0 about to take place in the Sardinian Cabinet by the retirement of M. Ratazzi, Minister of the Interior• AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The screw ste ams hi p Anglo-Saxon, Captaill, M`Master, has arrived w ith advices from Portland to the 26th ult., and from New York, by telegraplh to the 25th. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY A despatch, received here yesterday, announced the rather serious illness of the King of Wiirtem burg. This morning his Majesty was somewhat better. The death of General Havelock has caused the deepest regret amongst the English in Paris. The same feeling was expressed by the Emperor and those around his Majesty. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. " Sir H. Bulwer and Baron de Talleyrand- Perigord, the English and French Commissioners in the Principalities," says a Paris letter in the Nord, " are expected in Paris towards the middle of the month. It will not be until after their arrival that it will be possible to settle the bases of the reorganisation of the Principalities and the date of the meeting o; the conference." BouusE, Jan. 7.—The following were the last quotations :- 4,j per Cents 95 Do. end month — - 1 3 per Cant. ..... 70 15 DJ. end month 6O 45 Bank Shares 3300 Credit Mobilier 960 Do. Account 963 50 • RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto 823 Lyon and Mediteran. 910 Now Ditto Geneva Credit Fonder B9lgian Pieamontese (!) Roman B7 Austrian Spanish Threes Rome Debt 37 NUYS. Midi Western 7lO Strasburg G rand Central 617 Sardinian [ Austrian THE KEIGHLEY , POISONING CASE.—On WeaV o r ) last Jphn Sugar, master of the Keighley Union 0 , 1 house, was arraigned before .the local magistrat i3 tp ••,•••••••MMO PERSIA. Keighley, on the charge of poisoning his wife. o i I evidence was adduced, and the prisoner was real° A letter from Teheran of the 14th Nov., in the till to-morrow. 0 1 Presse d'Orient, g ives the following details of the 1 WILLS, &c.—The win of the Right Hon. Ba r d proclamation of the heir presumptive to the throne, ' Lisle, of Millbrook, Southampton, was proved in 1 ! A ° 10 which was said by some journals to have given rise under 16 , 000 /. personalty. Admiral Thos. Le 14 81- 0 to a protest on the part of Mr. Murray, the English ' , Goss er n, 60,00 -h ilo/. Y George Braithwaite Lloyk 0 ,1 banker, Parkl, ardley, Worcester, 30,000/. J, ° oo minister : Henry Good, Esq., Kensington Palace-green, 9°' if F, ant is Mascall, Esq., New-square , Linoo "On the 31st of October the fetes commenced in I • 10: 4 0 20,000/. Charles Craddock, Esq., CM Ipl a_ Kent,, celebration of the proclamation of the veliat or heir presumptive to the crown of Persia. Invitations had dish-square, 30,0001. John Schofield, Old Chapel-place, f‘ been sent some time before to all the ulemas, savans, ,ii 25,0001. Miss Martin, Cambridg e -t errace , IfYd e ' , and distinguished po ets of the kin g dom, and orders 14,000/. ; and has bequeathed t o t h e R oya l Free had been transmitted all the governors of provinces pital 3001. ; Sailors' Home, 300/. Mendicity S ° . to fete this importa nt event. On the Meidan-i-Ak, 2°ol, ; Cruelty to Ani ma l s , 2 001. i • The personal e or large square in f ront of the p alace, a lar g e orchestra in England of the l a t e D uchess de Nemours we re ' was erected, which was filled by the first musicians nistered to under 1 2,0001. and singers in the cap i t al . This erection was ar- 1 _ STRIKE AT TH E M ANCHESTER WORKHOUSE ~--_,,0 0 1 ranged .G. with rich hang in g s and li g hted b y numerous Oa Wednesday th ere was again an out b rea k o f uy lamps and candelabra. Behind the orchestra, on a ' tent among the pauper labourers employed on th e t erra ce on which some pieces of cannon had been chaster Workh ouse Farm at Crump s a l l , and yell'll placed, Wag a large piece of wooden f ra mework for morning they suspended work and marched doted letting off a brilliant display of fireworks. Lines of body to the workhouse in Bridge-street. The boft g i sea ts, one over the ether, were also e rected on either g uardia ns were holding their weekly meeting, 1.1, side of the orchestra for the a ccommodation of the deputation of six of the men was admitted. TheljO principal persons of the city. The Russian and Eng. a variet y of complaints , chiefly tha t the y were of i lish ministers walked about the square together sad to work while snow was on the ground, that the9o were received with marked respect. The throne room not sufficiently paid fur their labour, and that the 14r i and two large saloons of the palace were opened to the of food given them a's relief in kind were n ot ° o ii guests. On the diplomatic body entering the palace they value represented. Mr. C. H. Rickards, who pre o )i were received with the usual military honours, and were censured t h e men for coming down in a body, ~,.0r met in the throne ro om b y the sadrazan, who co n - guardian s would not y ie:d to an y attem p t at int' ducted them, with th e hi g h functionaries assembled into tion. If the men had any complaints they ought V l ' an inner saloon, where sherbets and pipes were cffsred brought them before the committee who met to them in the name of the Shab. When all the invited farm on the previous day. The farm bailiff 4 0 , guests had assembled, the political parts of the fete exercise his discretion as to when they should 1 , , commenced. A small throne was brought into the The law did not allow payment of wages O v e , cen tre of the principa l court of the palace, and soon labour of paupers, and the amount of relief must a there wa s seen approaching from the royal ap ar t men ts to the relief boards. Mr. Hodson, deputy - ch i t:BJ a brilliant cortege, in the midst of which was a c hild o f stated that everything supplied to the labourers "„ f l f rom seven to eight years of age. This was the P r ince the best quality, and was supplied at a rather l o nd Em i r -Mehommed - Cassim-Khan, the son of the Shah, than it could be purchased at the shops. Sata i i ' who was abut to be proclaimed heir to the crown. The all the articles were produced. The itite-vieW til di p lomatic body and the min:sters i m m e diately ad vance d her a considerable time, and the men ultimately re ,A II 110' to meet the young prince, and offer congratulations. The to the farm on the understanding that they 87 secr etary of the palace, Miraz T ag hi ( a di s tinguished p oe t, th e i r di nn e r given to them as usual, and must 0° who hears the title of /icart-ta-ntou/k—the Tongue of to the rules laid down by the guardians. She experienced very heavy weather. The Persia arrived at New York on the 25th ult* The President, in reply to a resolution of the Senate, transmitted to that body the correspondence which took place nearly a year ago in reference to the bombardment of Greytown. Count Sartiges, sd . appears, asked indemnity for actual losses snstaine by the French subjects, who found it physically inv possible to remove their goods from the conflagre; tion caused by the movem e nts of the commander 0 ' the United States' sloop of war Cyane. Governs Marcy, in reply, i n f orme d hi m th a t th e Preside, had not been able to find upon what principles right, or even of equity, the reclamation could P: sustained, and; in a lon g d espa t c h , expoun d e d i" him the international law. Count Sartiges ackni ledged its receipt, and said he wo u ld not f a il t o Governor Mat cy's communication to the Frencl Government. No response to the letter is embrae in the documents. Although the resolution for the information included any correspondent with Great Britain, none was transmitted to tP Senate. The following communication from St. Louis giT ei , further particulars of the disturbance in Kansas " A. Kansas letter to the Democrat, says that on °A I evening of the 16th De cem b er a b attle occurred at P; Scott between the P ro - s l avery and Free State 113 e k"; Five of the fo rmer were killed, among them 131 fr Little, a me m b er o f the Lecompton Coneent i°d , ; 4 Several were woun d e d on b oth sides, and twos; Free State men were taken prisoners, and 6/ 4 fined in th e f or t. Th e Mi ssourians were assembio a strong ftece on the border, and more fighting 1 0 apprehended. The difficulties grew out of the fact t e ll o Clark, notorious as the murderer of Barber two since, went about, accompanied by a deputy sheriff, u a v lecting taxes of the F ree St a t e men, and seizing tlPi property in default of payment, making prosecution 1 10 1,1 the rebellion law. The Te rr it or i a l Executive Commiboi had issued a call for the reassembling of the dela Convention, held at Lawrence o n th e 2d i ns t., to V o l into consideration the beat course to pursue in O 0 quence of the Legislathre having failed to submit d Topeka constitution to the people with th e L e con% f instrument. The Democrat has further advices from-w a l sas, stating that the Legislature has passed an 00 , repealing the law authorising the Constitutional u d i vention. The militia law is passed over acting Gover" r i Stanton's veto. Gen. Lane is appointed major-goll e with eight brigadiers. An adjutant has been appolliol and a full military organisatio n h as b een f orme d . report of General Lane's death was false.' Another communication from St. Louis relrj that despatches from the Utah expedition had ‘, received; that the whole f orce , w ith the except:, of Colonel Cooke and his comman d h a d ea_ j trated at Black Fort, and were moving tonil Fort Bridger. Their prog ress was very slow, ey two or three miles a day being sometimes ra ti f ) The animals were " givi ng ou t" h our l y, an d its thought all would perish. The supply trains 1 70, all up with the milita r y, an d prov i s i ons were stu t dant. The report that t wo com p an ies of infse i o had met with reverses on the route to Utab.,o without foundation. Five companies of Col. P: l t ner's regiment of the first cavalry had roe° taken up their quarters at Fort R?ley. At New York there was but little business ..` l° ,o i° in stocks , but prices generally were fi rme r. 6 0 Board f Brokers had adjourned t o th e f t Money was without change and moderately ac ti o d Sterling exchange was dull at 109 to 1094 ; Chi and Rock Island Railroad, 74i ; Illinois Cello Bond., 85 ; Michigan Southern and Northern _ diana Railroad, 20.1 ; New York Central Raili4 94 ; Reading Railroad, 52i ; Lacrosse and ( 0 0 waukie Railroad, 16i ; Erie Railro a d, 17j - land and Toledo Railroad, 41i ; Clevelan'd) 'embus, and Cincinnati Railroad, 35. Ashes were quiet, with small sales, at 6 dolt 4 both pots and pearls. Cotton was dull, and eat? nominal at 91 to 91 for middling Upland 101 for New Orleans. Flour was rather fil,;} though .the receipts were large. Wheat was ,'" 0 and tending in favour of the buyer.] Sugar and lasses were steady. A despatch from Toronto states that on the 0 a fight took place at Fergus during the electiclit one man was shot dead and another stabbed. ji At New Orleans on the 24th cotton wasirregvs the highest quotation for middling was 9,1 c. change on London, 106.