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• On February 1 will be published, ..A_ )A M BED E. Ty GEORGE ELIOT, B Author of " Scenes of Clerical Life." 'I three V 0 ls., post Svo. Price .£1 11s. (Id., cloth. r. Black wood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. RO YAI r. ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT G PLR DEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Tyne a 'id 1 vlr. W. Harrison THU ; ES ENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic 0 pera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, Ti LE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor-31r. Alfred Mellon. To cc .ncluete with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED s RIDP 4 G lIOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny' Clothllig Commence at Seven, EATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tg Lessee—Mr• E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, LArEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr. and Mr s. Rainey Williams, T o mclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD; or, flea lequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood gores t- OPAL YItINCESS'S THEATRE. - Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. TILTS EVENING will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Di a mond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. ' THIS EVENING, THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. Widow Cheerly, Mrs. W. C. Forbes. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime. entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Messrs. Emery, Barret, and Rogers. Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, Le. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Merton, Mr. J. Roo-ers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosins Wright, 31iss M. Charles, Ws , Harriet Dalton, be. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. R e duced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Tit, 2s._; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. D nat half-past 6, to commence at 7 every. evening. EW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. First Night of a New Drama. THIS EVENING, THE. BORGIA RING : A Legend of Stonehenge. Mr. Ben. Webster, Mr. C Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. I'. Bedford, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington. To be followed by THE LAST OF TIIE PIGTAILS. Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Henrietta Simms. T. conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown. Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye }laydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE . Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Great and glorious Success of the gorgeously-appinted Pan tomime.—The celebrated continental equestrians, Mr. A. Brydges and Madame Brydges, every Evening. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the grand Spec tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, The Edict, of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries and ponies, and the Starßiders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley ; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. The last grand Mornincr, Performance of the matchless Pan tomime on Saturday next, January 29, at Two o'clock. Carriages for the day 'performance at half-past four, and night representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MusteAT. ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose vari instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa• tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, wr perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.82. WIND, Westerly ; light, with very fine weather THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 26, 1859. It is satisfactory, at last, to observe unmistake able indications that the legal profession is really in earnest in desiring to effect a concentration of the hitherto scattered courts of justice. The dis cussion which took place on Monday evening, in the chambers of the Law Amendment Society, in Waterloo-place----a discussion entirely devoted to the consideration of the attractive enterprise—was full of the happiest auguries. Sir RICHARD BETHELL'S remarks alone were replete with the most encouraging assurances. The learned ex- Attorney-General intimated, in the course of his remarks, that he himself, in his high official capa city, had some three years since not simply medi tated, but actually and earnestly advocated this very measure of improvement, as the first law ad viser of the Crown, under the late Whig Govern ment. The adoption, at his instance, of the wise suggestions made by the •Council of the Law Society, Sir RICHARD tells us in so many words, was merely postponed until it was too b late _ y reason of two very forMidable, but, alas ! also, very familiar obstructions : the jealous hesitation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and, what the ex- Attorney• Gen eral happily terms, the vis inertiee of Governments. But for these two obstacles, the pro posed change might have been fairly inaugurated —the site of the new Palace of Justice might long since have been definitively chosen—the building of the projected structure might positively by this time have been commenced. Because, however, of that vis inertia, and of that jealous hesitation—the acheme yet to this day remains in nubibus. The Palace of Justice is otherwise, up to the present moment, no better than a castle in the air. It only requires, however, we do honestly believe, a little determination and perseverance on the part of the legal profession to realise the day-dream of that desired edifice in the substantial form of a palatial pile worthy of being the home of all the courts of law, hitherto distributed, as ik were, at random over different parts of the metropolis. The advantages that would obviously accrue, that must necessarily accrue, from the concentra tion in a single locality of the various courts of justice have been already so frequently particu larised by ourselves in these columns, as scarcely to require now even the most cursory enume ration. They are advantage s - which would affect alike the public and the profession— suitors as well as attorneys and advocates : jurors and witnesses, no less than the several officers of the various courts, whether high or low, from the ermined judge upon the bench to the humblest messenger and doorkeeper. One of the most direct and appreciable steps towards the cheapening of Justice would be insured to the community at large by this very concentration of the Courts of Common Law and Equity in a Nitta- „, tir:; ) 1 .411111%\ 0: 04' • biz tr !\••)::. tion at once c. tntral e.nd convenient. Money would be saved, t une would be saved, the regular course of proceedin . gs -would be materally facili tated, the comfort of all parties engaged in the administration of the 'laws of the land in connection with the different cot' arts of justice, wculd be practi cally consulted; for tl le first time the dignity of those high courts would be duly cared for. England would at length post )ss a Palace of Justice worthy of sheltering under its roof-tree the legal dignitaries holding office as the administrators of the law, under the authority of the Crown of these. realms. One of the r aost essential of the great public buildings of th a metropolis would at last be discoverable somew. here within its precincts. The end would then 1• lc put to what is surely, to say the very least of i t, a flagrant anomaly— the fact that while we hay e, at an enormous expense, erected a Palace at \V esl:minster for the fabrication and amendment of the laws of the land, we have nowhere raised an edifice designed for the labour of the administration of those laws when made and amended. As the administration of the army is conducted from the central point of the Horse Guards—and that of the affairs of the navy from the central point of the Admiralty—so assuredly ought the administration of the laws to be conducted from the central point of a Palace of Justice. Under the shelter of this great Palace of Justice ought to be gathered together in close contiguity the Courts both of Common Law and Equity, now respectively divided—the Equity Courts in Lincoln's-inn, the Common Law Courts at Westminster Hall. In their respective courts, distributed over the proposed edifice, ought to sit.—the Lord Chief Justice of England and the four Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench—the Lord Chief Justice and the four ,Judges of the Court of Com mon Pleas—the Lord Chief Baron and the four Barons of the Court of Exchequer. There, too, in their several courts, should sit—the Lord High Chancellor of England—the two lords Justices of Appeal—the Master of the Rolls- —the three Vice- Chancellors. There, moreover, grouped in their immediate neighbourhood, should sit, each in his appointed court, the five Commissioners of Bank ruptcy and the London Commissioners of Insolvency. There, likewise, should sit the Judge or Judges of the Courts of Probate and Matrimonial Causes. One comprehensive Palace of Justice, collecting together under its roof the members of the Bench and of the Bar, the wearers of ermine and coife, of silk gown and of bombazine.. As we have already often intimated, the cost and the site of the proposed edifice, have alike been delibe rated upon and de cided upon by competent authorities—the actual site selected being the plot of ground (at present little else than a foul abomination) situated between the Strand anti Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn. There, for very little over half a million of money, a palace worthy of the design might, it is estimated, be erected. "At all events," says the Report of the Law Society in regard to this estimate, " at all events, we may safely consider the ultimate cost as between £500,000 and £7so,ooo—the larger sum representing, at 3 per cent., an income of only £22,500 per annum." Recollect this—the cost of the proposed Palace of Justice is calculated at £750,000 at the utmost, a sum representing at 3 per cent. an income of only £22,500 a year ! And the annual rents for the present inadequate accom modation provided in the scattered courts now used (some among them literally mere makeshifts), is calculated to amount absolutely to more than £so,ooo—a sum representing a capital exceeding £1,500,000. Eventually, therefore, the creation of this costly and palatial edifice would be a clear saving of £27,500 a year—or otherwise a diminu tion in the required capital of at least £750,000. The English do like " pluck." The word is their own, in the vocabulary of common life, and the thing is thoroughly English. Lord JOAN RUSSELL has saved himself many times, at the last election re markably, by the quality designated by this homely little word. He must, however, now yield the palm to JOHN BRIGHT. We have heard no more, lately, of Lord JOHN and his Reform_B ill than if they had been shut up in a Ballot Box. He, the Hero of Reform in 1832; who never before that time feared to tell his views, is now utterly silent. Tories speak out, Radicals speak out, but Whigs, and Lord JOHN and Lord PALMERSTON, also, say not a word. They are timid, no doubt of it. They reserve themselves, although they have been leaders, for the pitiful work of criticising and carping at others' Bills. They will plead, perhaps, the miserable excuse that to bring in a Reform Bill is the task of Government not of a private member. We take leave to desig nate such an excuse by the only epithet it deserves, " bosh." They are both men who, if they are earnest Reformers, are as much entitled to lay a bill on the table of the house as the Cabinet itself. They are what we may term consulares, may be again at the head of affairs, and both have either given us, or promised us, Reform Bills since 1832, indeed within the present lustrum. They have allowed, however, Mr. BRIGHT completely to beat them in point of moral courage. He has not shrunk from submitting his Bill, his schedules at least, and his proposed franchises, to the criticism of his legion of opponents. Well knowing the disadvantage, to himself, of throwing his bill on the table of the nation, there," he says, " there it is, do your worst with it." His countrymen will appreciate his bold ness, his frankness, his readiness to take them into his councils,—and they will tolerate no unfair criticism of a leader who deals openly with them. Mr. BRIGHT has, we consider, fulfilled his Edin burgh pledge of making his bill " irresistibly strong in its moderation." Heartily would his antago nists have rejoiced had it been less moderate. It annoys them most by its not going far enough. Right glad would they have been had he cut up the old kingdom into equal electoral districts, or had he given to the metropolis, and the larger towns, the proportion of members to which the Rule of Three would entitle them. Alas, London, and all the provincial Londons, rejoice in a prof fered proportion of members, according to which the eighty-four boroughs in schedules C and D, and even the twenty-three in schedule E, beat them hollow in representative power ; one man, even in Bath, being as good as thre e M anc h es t er men, and one man in King's Lynn, Lord STANLEY'S borough, being as powerful in the House of Commons as half-a-dozen in the great cotton city. He has given more members to the large towns, it is true, but he has allowed the smaller towns a much larger proportional share of representative power• What, however, will be most looked at by the country gentlemen will be the effect of Mr. BRIGHT'S bill on the county representation. To advert first to the redistribution of seats : In 1832 the aristocratic reformers of that day ga ve about half the vacant seats to the counties, and allowed their opponents to enhance the Tory value of those scats ten-fold by the Chandos clause. In 1854 Lord JOHN RUSSELL again brought forward an aristocratic Reform Bill—one even yet more aristocratic than that of 1832. It gave just about two-thirds of the sixty-four vacancies it created to the counties ! But now, in 1859, we have a Re former, who comes forward in the people's interest — we may say at the people's request—and he proposes to give one fifth only of the one hun dred and thirty vacant seats to the counties, the rest to the boroughs. Rather a wide difference certainly; and we may rest assured that whatever number of boroughs be disfranchised, wholly or partially, the lords of the soil will fight hard to appropriate a larger share of the spoils of borough disfranchisement. They will now loudly proclaim that the disfranchised boroughs were landlords boroughs, and that landlords ought to get the seats ; yet it was but the other day they were reckoning up all these members as proofs that the boroughs had the lion's share of Parlia mentary representation ! But the Bill contains, or is to contain when its other half is published, a yet more cruel onslaught on the tenant-drivers in the counties. The more cruel, because so reasonable are the clauses that no argument can be found against them, and they can only be resisted by sheer clamour and wilfulness. We refer to those clauses which will give the dis franchised town voters votes for the county in which they live, and which will protect their votes and those of all other voters against land lords, lawyers, and all other intimidators by the Ballot. The Chandos clause will not be repealed, nor the voters under it disfranchised ; they will be rendered as independent as they ought to be, and willbe surrounded by a host of new andindependent voters. Merging the little boroughs in the coun ties to which they naturally belong, and establish ing a £lO franchise, will elevate the counties to free constituencies. Indeed, if these clauses be carried, we see no reason why the members for counties and for boroughs too should not be iiro portioned to the voters in each. We must grant, however, that town populations can hardly fail to be the more intelligent. Let our landed aristocracy take care. It will be dangerous indeed to their order to raise the ques tion of equal representation for towns and counties. They have a House of Lords now—let them not forget that it is the most vulnerable to political argument of all the institutions in the country. With very trivial exceptions it is a house of Land lords. It has no claims but those of prescription— & kind of claim which is becoming of less value every day. There are Episcopal Life Peers there too, whom, 4tt least, half the nation thinks had better attend to their episcopal business. Other Upper Houses in civilised and constitutional coun tries are elected; and unless their lordships and their sons and connections in the Commons be very quiet about the number of county members, they may soon hear of a Supplemental Reform Bill for " another place." The country may soon think that elected Lords must be superior to those fur nished us by the chances of birth. It would be fortunate for the country if strin gent examinations should be passed by all desirous of becoming candidates for Parliamentary honours. We should not then find pleas of ignorance, or of being unable to comprehend what is put forward on questions of vital importance, on which the wel fare, happiness, and prosperity of the community mainly depend. A celebrated writer on what was accustomed to declare that he had hope of any player who was guided by any principle, however erroneous, but that the man who professed " ignorance" was perfectly incorrigible. So it is on the Money question. If Noble Lords Right Honourable and Honourable Gentlemen, would do their duty we should have no doubt as to a triumphant issue, and that within the ensuing session. All that is re quired is a full and fair discussion, and calm and attentive consideration ? It will be the wonder of posterity that so much apathy, ignorance, and in difference could have prevailed on a subject of such vital consequence to the best interests of society. The question must be considered, and that with out further delay. The nation is disgusted with sham inquiries before packed committees. There is no lack of information. Any person that chooses to study the topic can find all that is essential for arriving at a sound judgment. It would be impos sible to refer to all of what may justly be termed " text books," on the interesting subject, but those who read the admirable report of the Select Com mittee of the House of Lords in 1848 ; " The Free Trade and Fettered Currency" of Sir A. ALISON ; the writings of Mr. JONATHAN DUNCAN, and al though last, not least, the productions of our re- Mr. HAMERSTANSFELD, and spected correspondent, we may add, our esteemed contemporary the Der byshire Courier, will be enabled to give conscien tious and judicious votes. There can be no excuse for ignorance, as we have already stated, and there fore it is indispensable that every man desirous of obtaining the support of an " independent" con stituency should study the question, so as as to make some response when interrogated. He may be a DACUS, not an CEDIPus, but still gross negligence should not be received as an excuse for shelving the point. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will have a diffi cult task in preparing his budget, but it is even more essential to give the people the means of providing for all the charges that may be required. Cheap ness is not all that is required. There must also be the means of obtaining the " low priced articles." The creators and producers of national wealth have been cut down in their charges ; the wages of ope ratives have been reduced, and they have not been able to spend so much as otherwise would have been the case. The result was that the drones pro fited at the expense of the bees in the national hive, and that a third party, that may be termed " the hard calculators" enriched themselves at the expense of both. What is required is free trade in currency —that there should be a sufficiency of what Mr. STANSFELD properly terms truck tickets—which can be used as the instruments of exchange, so that the business of every-day life may be transacted. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are enter taining the following company at their seat, Broadlands, Rants :—His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess de Bernstorff, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Exellency the Spanish Minister, the Countess of Shaftesbury, Count Jaucourt, Baron Marochetti, Count Louis Corti, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Mr. and the Misses Sullivan, Mr: and Mrs. Chamberlyne and Miss Chamberlyne, Mr. Fleming, &c. Prince Alfred landed at Tunis on the sth inst., from the Euryalus frigate, and the visit somewhat astonished the Moslem population. It was soon known that the Prince's arrival was an event quite destitute of political sig nificance, his object being to inspect the works of excava tion now being prosecuted on the site of Carthage. The Prince was received very cordially by the reigning Bey, who had the City Palace prepared for the use of his royal highness. The Bey also begged permission to invest Prince Alfred with tke badge of the reigning family of Tunis, a diamond only worn by princes of the blood. Be fore leaving Tunis Prince Alfred honoured the Consul- General by accepting an invitation to rt ball, which was got up with all the magnificence possible under Tunisian circumstances. ®Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont returned to Bretton Hall, Wakefield, on Friday last. Mr. Beaumont is expected in town early next week. DEATH OF MR. BASIL BAKER, THE ACTOR. — Yesterday morning Mr. Basil Baker, one of the last remain ing actors of the old school, died somewhat suddenly at his residence in Grove-street, Liverpool, at the age of 54. Mr. Baker was for many years connected with the Liverpool theatres, though he was also a deserved favourite with the theatrical public of Dublin and Manchester. He was also for several years a most useful actor in the Lyceum Theatre in Londons during the regime of Madame Vestris and Charles Mathews. Mr. Baker, previous to his death, which was caused by rheumatism of the heart, had only been absent from his duty at • the Theatre Royal about a week. Mr. Baker, who was twice married, leaves a widow, three young c hildren, a married daughter, and a son in the Customs at Liverpool. HIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1859. return to Shanghai. Thence the Baron and suite again departed on the 7th, and finally arrived here iin the English mail steamer Aden on the 11th nstant. The La Place has been towed back to Shanghai by her Majesty's ship Inflexible. His Excellency Mr. Reed, United States' Com missioner, left this port for America on the Bth instant. The Leghtion is now in charge of the Chinese Secretary, Mr. S. Wells Williams, LL.D. At Canton matters are progressing steadily, though Major-General Sir C. T. Van Straubenzce's policy of keeping the garrison closely confined with in the walls, is loudly decried. NINGPO. The hostile attitude of the Tong-sean people and the Taoutai's party is still maintained ; they have occasional encounters, in which either side have men killed or captured and then decapitated. In the last fight the Taoutai lost 16 men and the Tong scan people 12. A few heads, in red pails hung on bamboo poles, are seen on the bridge of boats—not a very pleasing spectacle. A foreigner visiting Ningpo started to return to Shanghai overland one day last week. When a short distance past the city of Yun-yow, he was stopped, his boat was searched, and he was told that he could not proceed, or return to Ningpo, but must remain there some days. A Chinaman, however, who spoke a little English, finding that the foreigner was only travelling for pleasure, induced the people to let him return. It has been ascertained that a Chinaman of wealth, who had a feud with some of li the country people, has had agents in Ningpo buy ing fire-arms and ammunition, and a boat laden them had been seized a day or two before, and 12 Cantonese and one foreigner, supposed to be a Manilla man or a Portuguese, who were in the boat, were decapitated, and no boats were permitted to pass through the district.—North China _Herald, Dec. 4. The state of affairs at Ningpo is alarming. From Foo-chow-foo and Amoy reports are favourable. A rather alarming fire broke out in the centre of the city (Hongkong) on the sth December, and only by the most extraordinary exertions were the premises of the Oriental Bank Corporation kept from destruction. One fine building, the residence and godowns of Messrs. Schaeffer and Co., mer• chants, and offices of H. J. Tarrant, solicitor, was totally destroyed, together with foUr other houses of the style "eempradoric." Sir John Bowring left Hongkong for Manilla in her 'Majtsty's screw steamer Magicienne on the 29th ult.—Friend of China, Dec: 15. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. HONG KONG, DEC. 14. ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION. On London—Six months' sight, 4s. 81d. On Calcutta—Three days' sight, 222r5. per 100 dols. On Bombay—Three days' sight, 222r5. per 100 dols. Gold Leaves-23,20 dols. per tael. Gold Bar-22,90 dols per tael. Sycee Silver-8 per cent: premium. OTHER BUM. On London—Sid months' sight, 4s. 81-d. to 4s. 9d. On Calcutta—Three days' sight, 222r5. per 100 dols. On Bombay—Three days' sight, 222r5. per 100 dols. AMOY, DEC. 8. Exchange—Mexican dollars, 1 per cent. discount. SHANGHAI, DEC. 6. On London—Six months' sight, 6s. 9d. per tad. On Calcutta—Three days' sight, 315 rs. per 100 taels. On Bombay—Three days' sight, 315 rs. per 100 taels. Draughts on Hongkong, 30 per cent. discount. • OPIUM. Hongkong, Dec. 14.—01 d Patna 680 dols. ; new Patna, 715 dols. ; Malwa, 600 dols. to 605 doll. ; old:Benares, 635 dols. ; New Benares, 750 dols. Macao, Dec. 13.—01 d Patna, 680 dols. ; new Patna, 715 dols.; new Benares, 730 dols. ; Malwa, 605 dols. Amoy, Deb. B.—Patna, 735 dots. ; Benares, 745 dols. Foo-chow-foo, Dec. 6.—Patna, 725 dols. ; Malwa, 615 dole. Shanghai, Dec. 2..—Patna, 535 taels ; Malwa, 460 taels. FRANCE. PARIS, FUESDAY. It is said that the marriage will take place on the 30th at Turin. The Prince and his wife will leave on the Ist February. The Princess Mathilde will meet her brother and sister-in-law at Marseilles, and all will return to Paris on the 4th. Something is said of the probability of the Duchesses of Istria and Grammont being appointed ladies in waiting to the Princess Clotilde. BOURSE, Jan. 29.—The market has been very unsettled, and little business doing. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 70c., are now at M. 50c.; Mobilier varied from 7901. to 777 f. 50e. ; Austrian, 567 f. 50c. to 565 f. ; Orleans, 1,330 f. .to 1,320 f. ; Northern, 937 f. 50c. to 9351. ; Lyons, 840 f. to 835 f.; Southern, 530 f. to 527 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 4f per Cents. .... 96 50 Do. end month - Credit Ponder Belgian 41- 99 60 Piedmonteso (5) Roman B7 60 Austrian — 3 per Cents. 6B 50 Do. end month.... 68 45 Bank Shares. 2900 Credit Mobilier .. 777 50 Do. Account ..... 776 25 Spanish Threes .. Home Debt , 40 -- RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto • Lyons and. Mediterranean 842 50 .. 840 Now ditto — • • -- Geneva 560 . • Midi — • • Southern Westeia 595 .. 590 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 4lO .. 412 50 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121. c. ; money, 25f. 10c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c. ; money, 24f. 95c. THE CAPE OF. GOOD HOPE. (BY ELECTRIC• TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steam-ship Phoebe, Capt. Clark, arrived this morning. She left the Cape Dec. 22,, St. Helena Dec. 31, and Ascension Jan. 4. She has specie, £7OO ; copper ore, 1,995 bags ; wool, 37,6371b5. ; and sundry wine, horns, &c. Among the passengers from the Cape are Sir R. Stamford, Captain Salmond, Capt. Cresswell, R.N., W. Hammersley, R.N., Major Morse, and• Major Frazer. Trade is improving at Cape Town. Railroads are progressing. The smallpox has disappeared. SERIOUS POACHING AFFRAY.—A poaching affray of a most violent character took place early yesterday morn ing at Shelford, in the preserves of Lord Chesterfield, seven miles from Nottingham. It appears that about one o'clock six gamekeepers were on the watch, when they dis covered a number of nets, near to which were about twenty poachers. The keepers courageously attempted to capture some of the men, when a regular melee took place. Life preservers, loaded sticks, and other dangerous weapons were used by the poachers ; the keepers let loose their dogs, when some of the poachers shouted out "Stab them," and three dogs were shortly afterwards dangerously wounded. The scuffle between the poachers and keepers was terrible, and one of the latter, named Woodward, was fearfully wounded. Some of the poachers also received dangerous wounds. One of them named Ward, a native of Notting ham, received some , severe blows on the head, and was cap tured. The keepers also succeeded in taking another of the poachers named Woolaston, alias Curzons, shortly after which the poachers ran away. The keepers state that the wounded poacher Ward, received the injuries he sustained from the hands.of his own party; the blow having been intended for one of the keepers, who eluded it, and the weapon descending with terrific violence upon the head of the captured poacher, who is not expected to survive, not having been able to speak since his capture. BILLS FOR RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC IMPROVE MENTS.—Yesterday the examiners of bills declared that in respect to the following bills, the standint; orders of both Houses of Parliament load been complied with.—Before Mr. Smith :—Perth, Kinross, and Fife Roads ; Tavistock Mar kets, Streets, and Improvements ; Llanidloes and Newtown Railway; Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Rail way; Epping Railways; Portsmouth Railway; Midland Railway ; Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway Abandon ment. Before Mr. Frere.—Price's Patent Candle Coin pany ; Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge ; White.. haven Port, Harbour, and Town ; Bridport Railway ; Whitehaven Harbour and Town ; Kensington Station and North and South London .Junction Railway; Vale of Llan gollen Railway ; Norwood and Streatham Railway. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A FEMALE IN A WATER TANK. -Yesterday morning a, widow, named Ellen Wallis, res iding at 18, Cottage-place; Maidenstone Hill, Greenwicli, committed suicide by drowning herself in a tank of water at the rear of her residence. The deceased, it appears, retired to rest about ten o'clock the previous 'night with her son, a lad about nine years of age, who, on awaking about five o'clock yesterday morni ng , mi sse d her from the bed. Not being found in the house, a search was made, when the body of the deceased was discovered, as above stated, a heavy flat iron being fastened around her neck. Medical assistance was at once obtained, but life was quite extinct. The deceased was in her 50th year, and no cause can be assigned for her committing so rash an act. EMANTJEL HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday at a special Court of Aldermen the Rev: Arthur Mozley, M.A., and Mrs. Mozley were elected master and mistron of this charity, in the place of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Waters, who recently reoigne4l their oppointmento, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office this morning MADRID, JAN. 25. Some English houses (compagnies A nglaises) have bought up, at advanced prices, all the wool in stock in Estremadura and some other provinces. VIENNA, JAN. 25. It is said that the Emperor, in an address to the deputation of the National Bank, expressed him self in terms calculated to tranquilise the public mind on the present position of political affairs. According to a telegram of yesterday's date (23rd), received here from Naples, the King's health is progressing favourably and his Majesty is shortly expected at Brindisi. BELGRADE, JANUARY 25. The Archbishop Peter has retired to a convent. The Under-Secretaries of State, Ziranorick and Nikolich together with Knezeriech, Counsel to the Court of Cassation, and Major Zack, have been banished (proscribirt). Further dismissals and fresh appointments are expected. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received from . he Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Panther, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at 6 this. morning. The mails leave for London at 10. Quarantine, 34 hours. INDIA AND CHINA. We have received, by way of Trieste, Calcutta and Hong Kong journals in anticipation of the Overland Mail ; their dates are, from Calcutta, 22d of December ; Hong Kong, 15th of December. The following summary of events since the de parture of the last mail is given by the Calcutta Englishman of the 22d of December : " The intelligence we have to forward by the present opportunity is not of a cheering character, but it will not take by surprise those of our readers who have paid attention to the repeated remarks we have offered regarding the manner in which military operations have been carried on for several months past. In our last paper we adverted to the peculiar tactics pursued by the Commander-in-Chief, which consisted in nothing but marching and coun termarching, and in crossing and recrossing rivers ; and the same movements appear to have continued. From the disposition of the various columns and their constant movements the public were led to believe that the rebels were completely encircled, and their retreat rendered impossible—in fact, that they had no alternative but to surrender or fight it out. To us, however, these representations ap peared deceptive, because we could not held noticing that, while an immense force was being concen trated within Oude, several districts bordering on that kingdom were actually denuded of European troops, so that in that direction, at all events, no adequate force could be opposed to the progress of the rebels should they manage to escape the attacking columns, and we regret to say that our apprehensions have been fully realised. No battle has been fought, no action has taken place, not even a skirmish has occurred, but the re bels, almost coming up to the muzzles of our guns, have once more made their escape, and in derision of our military tactics fired a sort of feu de joie in crossing the river, which the marching and counter marching of our troops were particularly intended to prevent. Tantia Topee has thus once more escaped, and the Nana, who suddenly turned up again, has, with all his followers, for the twentieth time eluded pursuit ; nay, it is even asserted that en passant he stopped at Bithoor, his former residence, to dig up and carry away with him, the treasure buried there. Other rebels haTe escaped with equal suc cess, and thus the necessity of marching and coun termarching occurs afresh again. It is impossible to steel our minds against the belief that the rebels understand stratagems of warbetter than a General of the Commander-in-Chief's experience, and we, therefore, can come to the only conclusion that it was a part of the policy pursued by the Governor-General purposely to allow the rebels another loophole of escape, in the hope that they might still avail themselves of the proffered amnesty. " From private letters received from the camp it would appear that the real object of Government was not to cut up the rebels, but to coerce them into an acceptance of the promised amnesty, for it has been asserted that our troops had received positive instructions not to fire on the enemy, but patiently wait till he fired first. The result of all this is that the several columns are now again in pursuit of the fugitive rebels, and it is only to be hoped that on coming up with them our generals will act upon their own responsibility, and do their duty. While writing this we learn that General Napier over took the force under Ferozeshah at Ranode, and defeated it with great slaughter, thus clearly prov ing that as soon as the direct influence of the Com mander-in-Chief ceases, and Generals act upon their own judgment, a great and crowning victory is the result: The Governor-General has made up his mind to return to the Presidency, and his establishments have received orders to hold themselves in readi ness. His lordship is expected to arrive in Cal- cutta by the 14th of next month, and will then re sume the office of President in Council, hitherto so very ably held by the Hon. John Peter Grant. The Lieutenant-Governor is still in the districts on his official tour, but will probably return by the end of the month, A private letter from Allahabad says that Lord Canning, it is reported, will leave that city for the Presidency shortly. The Rajah of Shabgurh has been pardoned by Government. • The same letter also says that the magistrate of Furrackabad has imposed a fine on certain vil lages for not opposing the progress of the fUgitive Rajah of Mynpoorie. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TUE CALCUTTA MARKET, Wednesday, Dec. 22. The produce market has continued in an unsatisfactory state, and buyers do not willingly meet holders of goods. Business, particularly for Europe, has been done only for actual requirements of ships' loading, and under engage ments. Holders of goods, on the other hand, who are prim.. cipally natives, evince considerable firmness, notwithstand ing the continued unfavourable advices from home, and the large supplies of some articles. In indigo we have had no private transactions. Raw silk dull and lower. Sugar only in demand for Bombay. Saltpetre'in largo supply and less demand. Jute in neglect and value lower. Linseed in small i n quiry. Rape and other seeds in moderate demand. Some business in progress for the home markets in rice. Corahs again in neglect since arrival of the mail. Hides in small supply and well sustained. Safflower bare of stocks. Cutch, large transactions at lower prices. The Money-market continues without anymaterial altera tion. The rates of interest and discount in the Bank of Bengal are still the same as before. Exchange.—A fair business has been done for the mail in six months' sight ; credits at 2s. id., and documents at 2s. ld. to 2id. On China the rates have ruled at 220 to 222, according to the character of the paper offered. CHINA. The intelligence from China is unimportant. Since the Earl of Elgin left Shanghai on a trip up the Yangtzekiang, nothing authentic has been heard of the expedition; and as his lordship had been absent four weeks when the mail steamer was despatched,intelligence is looked for hourly. His Excellency Baron Gros, Ambassadeur Fran cais, left Shanghai on the 27th ult., in his Impe rial Majesty's ship La Place, bound to this port. But the La Place had the misfortune to run into the mud off one of the Chusan Is.ands, and lost her rudder ; in consequence of which his Excellency had to shift his quarters to her Majesty's ship Nim rod (soon apprized at Istingpo of the accident), and VOCAL ASSOCIATION, ST. JAMES'S FALL. The membeis of the VoCal Association gave their first undress concert, this season, last night. The programme was varied and entertaining, and the performances of the Vocal Association were highly creditable. Miss Chipperfield, a member of the association, sung a very graceful song, by Vivenot, with so much sweetness and expression as to obtain an unanimous encore. Miss Gresham, who possesses a fine and powerful voice, gave a cavatina from " Der Freischutz" with much taste and skill. Miss Harrington also distinguished herself by her ren dering of the difficult air from The Creation, " With verdure clad," and by a duet from Maritana, which she sang with Mr. Suchet Champion. The part songs which were sung by the whole association, were more successful than those by the male voices alone. The instrumental part of the concert was of a very high order. Herr Daubert performed a solo on the visloncello on " The last Rose of Summer," which was enthusiastically ap plauded. His obligato accompaniments to some of the songs were all that could be desired. Miss Susan Goddard bids fair, with increased age and study, to be equal to her gifted sister. Her performances on the pianoforte last night were quite surprising from so young a pianiste. The pieces selected were a prelude by Chopin, a " Schlum merlied," by Schumann, and a " Caprice Hongrois," by Ketterer. The Slumber song was smooth and melodious, and very gracefully played, but the caprice Hongrois displayed the brilliant execution of the young pianiste to the best adVantage. She was warmly applauded, and the audience all through the evening seemed fully satis fied with the entertainment provided for them. On February 9th Mr. Sterndale Bennett's new cantata of " The May Queen," will be per formed at St. James's Hall, when Miss Stabbach, Miss Palmer, and Mr. Sims Reeves will be among the principal voealists. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT TO PRO FESSOR WATSON. The following particulars of the above melancholy occurrence proceed from a trustworthy source : "It appears that the rev, gentleman had gone down to New-cross, to attend a meeting there of the Young Men's Christian AsSeciation, over which the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor was presiding, in St. David's Chapel, of which the Rev. G. A. Evans is the pastor, /11 . --"" At that meeting he spoke with his usual elo quence and earnestness for about 40 minutes. He left the chapel at 9 o'clock, and departed by the 9.20 train for London. When about the middle of London-bridge the accident occurred. In attempt ing to cross the road he was struck in the mouth by the shaft of a cab (net an omnibus, as stated). It is presumed that .the cabman pulled up very violently, and this movement on the part of the end of. the shaft carried away the nose and palate of the unfortunate gentleman. In fact, those members were almost entirely separated. With extraordi nary presence of mind he jumped into a passing cab and was driven to St. Thomas s Hospital, where he actually paid the fare, discharged the cab, and directed that his own medical attendant should be immediately sent for. This request, of course, was promptly attended to. " During the tedious and painful operation of sewing the detached parts—what horrible torture extended over one hour and a half !—the rev. gen tleman is reported by the medical officers to have exhibited the utmost Christian fortitude. They im mediately pronounced his case to be extremely dan gerous, although, from his good general health and strong constitution, they did not once consider it hopeless. Numberless inquirieS were made by sorrowing. and despairing friends. On Saturday afternoon, about two o'clock, he became delirious, and remained in that state for about half an hour, and then he almost imperceptibly passed away. The Lord Mayor has used every exertion to discover the cabman who was the cause of the accident, but hitherto without success. It is to be hoped that, after such a tragic occurrence, the police will re ceive instructions to be more than ever on the alert to prevent vehicles from being driven carelessly, and at an improper speed, in such crowded thoroughfares. The rev. gentleman leaves a widow to lament his untimely end, but the statement that he had a family is inaccurate." An inquest on the rev. gentleman's remains was held yesterday afternoon at St. Thomas's Hospital, before Mr. Payne. Several witnesses were exa mined, and the jury returned the following verdict —" That deceased met with his death by reason of the injuries he received, but how and by whom they were inflicted there was no evidence to show." RAILWAI' INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the Examiners declared that in ro apeet to the following Bills the Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament had been complied with : (Before Mr. Smith.) Llanidloes and Newtown.—To make a railway from Newtown to the Shropshire Union Railway. Great Northern and Western (of Ireland).—To make a railway from Castlereagh to Castlebar. Epping.—To make a railway from Loughton to Chipping Ongar: Portsmouth.—To authorise the company to use the joint station of the London and South-Western and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies at Landport. Misiland.—To make a railway from Alfreton to Claycross. Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway (Abandon ment).—To abandon the tramway and dissolve the company. (Before Mr. Frere.) Bridport.—To,:raise additional capital, and to lease the undertaking to the Great Western Rail way. Kensington Station and North and South Lon don Junction.—To make a railway from the West London Railway to the West. end of London and Crystal Palace Railway and to High-street, Kensington. Vale of Llangollen.—To make a railway to Llan gollen. Norwood and Streatham.—To make a railway from the Norwood station to the West-end o f London and Crystal Palace Railway near Balham hill. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. M.—Wind this day at noon S.W. ; fresh breeze and fine. FALMOUTH, Jan. 25.—Wind W.—Sailed—No, for Havana. • CARDIFF, Jan. 2.s.—Wind W.—Sailed—Uncle Joe, for New Orleans ; Chicago, for Mobile FLEETWOOD, Jan. 25.—Wind S.W .—Arrived—Adriatic, from Savannah. PonTemou'rn, Jan. 25.—The Diana, of and from Ham burg, for Cardiff, ashore in Bracklesome Bay, has been surveyed and condemned, and will be sold as she lays. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 25. Wind W.N.W. to N.W.— Arrived—Carolina, from Liverpool, for Charleston, leaky and part of cargo thrown overboard. GRIMSBY, Jan. 25.—The Stella, from Shields, i for Lon don; has come in with damag e, havin g been run into while at anchor between the Ballfloat and Cleeness, by a screw steamer, reported to be her Majesty's gunboat Ruby, which lost mizen mast. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning, Wind W. Arrived.—Nepaul, steamer, from London; Vestal, from Newport ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed. —Fellowship, for Sunderland ; Resolution, for Shields ; Contender, for Seaham ; L'Etoile, for Carentan ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for London. LtirEarooL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W. ; a gale. Arrived, Jan. 25.—Star of the Sea, from Smyrna ; Frankfort, screw steamer, from Lisbon. Arrived, Jan. 26.—Charter Oak, froth Mobile ; William Mitchell, from Waterford. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. by N., tide three hours' ebb, weather fine. Arrived—Belgium, from Ostend. Sailed.—Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. by N., light and fresh. Passed—Herald, from London for Port Phillip. Anchored—Kron Princes Laise, screw steamer, from Amsterdam, for Alexander. SALE OF LAND.—John Forbes, Esq., of Haddo, has purchased from Lord Seafield the estates of Crombie, Raemore, and Cmnnah, all in this county. Cr ombie and Raemore extend to 1,590 acres arable, with 630 acres of pasture,'wood, moss, and waste; while Crannah measures 700 acres arable and 414 acres pasture, moss, and waste.— Brnif 'Journal. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. p er ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer, Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of go ld is 424± per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Stanthrd gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex changeranesceentforractehaleragveessoaf tvreanrys.ptriflortinagndprdoifilfteroennctehoefirainpteorrett is slightly in favour of England ; and; after making t a h ll e ow p tion of gold from the United States. . THE QUARTERLIES. The Edinburgh Review. No. CCXXI. Altogether a very able, but, it must be confessed, at once also a particularly heavy, number of our Whig quarterly contemporary. The principal poli tical paper in the number is in itself so ambiguous as to be for the most part simply tantalising. It is entitled " History and Prospects of Parliamen tary Reform"—yet in its character it is chiefly retrospective. It appears upon the eve of all the Parliamentary disclosures, and was penned before Mr. BRIGHT'S revelation f his scheme, with all its explanatory schedules. Lord John maintains an inscrutable silence. Lord Palmerston keeps his own council perfectly. The Cabinet of Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli remains, of course, until the ap pointed time, wholly unrevealing. The reviewer in the _Edinburgh, therefore,, writes accordingly. His speculations are especially vague and misty. He avoids as much as possible the chance of com mitting himself. He argues in generalities. He bides his time in the darkness and the silence of the recess, between the prorogation and the re assembling of Parliament. The happiest comment upon the whole situation is that in which the writer remarks:— " Lord Derby's followers already rank among their politi cal trophies the proud distinction of having, emancipated the Catholics, repealed the corn laws, and admitted the Jews to Parliament by the hands of Tory Ministers. They will, perhaps, add to their triumphs that of having expanded and enlarged the popular representation of the country. But though the hands are the hands of .Esau, the voice is the voice of Jacob " Cordially do we coincide with the conclusion of the Edinburgh reviewer as to the imperative. necessity of doing the work of reform either thoroughly or not at all. Even "a further delay," we agree with the reviewer, " would be preferable to a tame ac-• quiescence in an imperfect and unsatisfactory mea sure." The paper on Reform is the closing contri bution—the first article being a luminous and dis passionate criticism on Arthur Helps' history of the " Spanish Conquest in America." The second is a shrewd and sensible treatise upon "Life Assurance" —upon which apparently dull and unsuggestive theme the reviewer who has penned it has written both wisely and interestingly. The critic is evi dently himself one who has sympathised to the full in the lament of the facetious poetaster whose rhymes he has quoted casually : " By fire and life insurers next I'm intercepted, pestered, vexed Almost beyond endurance ; And tho' the schemes appear unsound, Their advocates are seldom found Deficient in assurance." After a chapter upon the /ong•vexed " Church-rate Question"—comes a rather scrambling and incohe rent essay upon " The Roman Catacombs"—a mag nificent subject treated here but very indifferently. Due homage is paid to the learned archaeologist and antiquary, the Padre Marchi, whom the reviewer, by necessity, regards as entitled to the honour of having revivedthe study of those interesting monu ments. But by one flippant sneer the critic affects to ignore the whole of the laborious investigation' made in the track of Marchi by Mr. Spencer Northcote and the profound and gifted scholar to whose genius Europe is indebted for the exquisite tale of Fabiola. As to the perversely disingenuous argument in favour of the doomed " Hudson's Bay Company," we have already commented upon that paper in our leading columns at considerable length. The historian of our administration during the last half century, to whose pen the readers of the Whig Quarterly have been already indebted for a record (Edin. Rev., Oct. 1858, art. 1) of the course of the Grenville, Portland, and Per cival Administrations, here pursues his narrative most ably from the date of the murder of Percival in 1812, to the close, in 1822, of Lord Liverpool's protracted administration. The reviewer promises on a future occasion to carry on his retrospect from 1822 to the resignation of the Duke of Wellington, and the advent to power of Lord Grey's Reform Administration. When completed, the series will be well deserving of re-issue by the Messrs. Longman, in the form of a separate publication. The Edinburgh closes—prior to the final paper on. Reform—with a charming bibliographic gossip on the Library of the British Museum, and a masterly article on " Life and Organisation." SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES. Yesterday a deputation of the Anti-Slavery So ciety waited upon Sir E. L. Bulwer Lytton, at the Colonial-office, to present a memorial against immi gration to the West Indies, and against the Immigration Bill recently passed by the Jamaica Legislature. The deputation consisted of the fol lowing gentlemen:—The Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Geneial Thompson, M.P., Messrs. C. Gilpin, M.P., Samuel Gurney, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Carlisle, the Rev. H. Richard, the Rev. D. J. East (Jamaica), the Rev. J. Kennedy, Messrs. Joseph Sturge, J. Cooper, W. A. Alexander, J. Moreland, Josiah Forster, E. Miles, H. Sterry, Dr. N. Shaw, Messrs. G. L. Neighbour, J. R. Birchett, S. Bourne, C. B. Warner, T. H. Gladstone, and L. A. Chamerovzow. Mr. CHARLES GILPIN, on introducing the depu tation, observed that the Committee of the Anti- Slavery Association did not object to immigration per se ; on the contrary, they were in favour of the right of every man to leave his country for another where his labour was required, and where he could better his condition ; but they strongly objected, and always had done, to the system called " immigration," which consisted, according to the modern interpretation of the term, in obtaining men under contract to labour in foreign countries t where slavery existed, and under terms incom patible with free labour. Under the present system labourers were not free to choose their own masters nor to put an end to the period of their services, without heavy penalties. Mr. CHAMEROYZOW observed that, in addition to the evils referred to, the colony into which the immigrants were introduced was made responsible for one-third of the cost of importation, while the incidental expenses would be more than double that amount. The effect of such a system was to saddle the community with the larger proportion of the expenses. Those expenses fell upon the labouring population, into competition with whom the foreign immigrants were brought. The absence of all effectual provision for the proper care and treat ment of the immigrants formed another objection. In fact, not only on principle, but in detail, the Jamaica Bill was considered destructive of the best interests of the colonists, injurious to the native labouring population, and also to the imported labourers. Sir E. B. LYTTON sa;_d he had only received the memorial of the deputation five minutes before they had entered the room. In all large offices of this kind papers of importance passed through seve,:al departments, and required time for inspection. First, they were cent to the Emigration Board, thence to another office, and then to the Secretary of State, who might refer it to some other depart ment. At any rate, he had only seen tl/e memorial referred to five minutes before he had met the depu tation. - Mr.CHAMEROVZOW then proceeded to show from the bill that the immigrants were regarded as mere chattels, when The lion. A. KINNAIRD Observed that it was not the desire of the deputation to go into details, but to deal with general principles. Mr. JOSEPH STURGE then remarked that the immigration scheme was not needed, that it was attended with immense sacrifice of human life, and. that it was neither more nor less than a revival of the slave trade. General THOMPSON hoped something would be done to prevent this system of immigration, and said he could propose himself as a witness. He had been governor of Sierre Leone, and had papers in his box to prove that the parties engaged as im migrants were in reality slaves. He trusted Sir Edward would adopt such measures as would pre vent the evils of the existing system. Mr. JOSEPH STURGE said there was no want of labour in Jamaica and the statistics of the last Cooly immigration showed a loss of 50 per cent. in lives. Sir E. B. LYTTON--'I think there is some exag gerwaon in that. I think it was 33 per cent. After a few words from Mr. J. FORSTER and the Rev. J. D. EAST , Sir E. B. LYTTON said he had listened with the grea t es t attention to what had fallen fro m th e de putation, and, although he was not disposed to argue with them on any points of difference that might exist between him and them, still they might rest assured that the memorial which the had pre sented, and the observations which they had made, would receive his serious consideration. The cause were engaged—The suppression of in which they slavery—was a noble one, and, however he might be disposed to differ from them as to the mode of achieving that desirable object, any suggestions from them on the subject would receive his best attention. After some observations from Mr. Jos. STURGE and Mr. FORSTER, the deputation thanked the right hon. baronet for the kind reception he had given them, and withdrew. _ The deputation having retired to another room, General Thompson expressed his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Government in reference to the immigration scheme, and promised the depu tation that in the course of a few days he wound " sound his three-halfpenny trumpet on the ques tion." We regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of Mr. Frederick Town Fowler, which melancholy event took place at an early hour yesterday morning. Mr. Fowler was for many years connected with the metropolitan newspaper press, 011 Thel tellige] busine: of imp turing it is buoya i abroad howevi and the A sati lag els of the trients institu' rate lot In salt] esc a p e( Sto c k . tious tions i Politic( fresh 11 predict Thel at the Ploy m , dis cou , rate to at a t the C( th e • These howe; eon sidi Dioneti lik e ti Stimuli official busine, l'emii from ] tinu e