The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ,g company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dn., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. ;oae^ J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. Si. Collins, W. I. Critchfield, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, <its until twelve o'clock. Mr. ACGUSTETS BECAILLII will make his first appearance on Monday, the 25th inst. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY—Morn., 50 min. aft. s —Even., 10 min. aft. 6 To•MOBROW —Morn., 35 min. aft. 6—Even., 55 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JA N UARY 5. IHERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 3 1 —highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night. 33 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.35. Wuri N.E.; fresh, and cold bitter weather, with slight snow. %, - “...-43„,, , ,, ~ p.,5._,,,,_, H ER MAJETR STY'S THEATRE IL OVATORE. Piccolomini, Spezia, Giaglini, Belletti, Rossi, Vialetti, and Aldighieri. THIL EVENING (Tuesday, Jan. 5), IL TROVATORE. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12, 6d; boxes (to hold four persens), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 38 • two pair, 11. 55.; three pair, 158; gallery boxes, 10s; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARICET. 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. Fitzwilliam, 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. '2,harlea Leclercq, Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 68. eac h. (No charge for booking.) First Ace. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upp er Boxes 2 0 P.t w 2 0 Pit 1 0 0 6 Gallery ~ 1 0 Gallery REA E. TR E-R 0Y A DRURY-LANE TLessee, Mr. 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. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented THE RIVALS. 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 snack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. 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. Aft ,, r which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mars, Mr. Frank Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billin;ton ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.-- THIS EVENING, THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. Prin• cipa , characters by MessrP. Charles Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, Poynter, Holston; Mesdames 11 , oolgar, Buckingham White and Weston. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Ether Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. I'. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and 'ons ; 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 on Saturday next, to commence at half•past 2. On Monday next will be produced a new and original Comedy, by Leigh Hunt, Esq. Sox-ofllce open from 11 to 5 daily. 110YAL SURREY THEATRE, lA, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed BROKEN FAITH. After which, QUEEN 'NAB ; or Harleciain Romeo and Jolliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad- bury. TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING, will be performed HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO OST HER HEART. Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine, Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt The Lain')ert Family and the Red Man of Agar in the:r wonderful performance, Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. I LONDON. TUESDAY, JAN. 5, 1858. The dreaded 4th of January has passed over in a much better way than wasgenerally anticipated. The acceptances falling due were very fairly met —indeed, the average was just as good as in ordi nary times. But what sacrifices must the parties have made to preserve the honour of their names! None can know the intensity of the struggle, and the magnitude of the losses sustained in the struggle—losses that may cripple the sufferers, and so reduce their powers as to make them amongst the earliest victims of the next Crisis, which, if the Act of 1844 is to be maintained without change or modification, will most assuredly arrive, and that in less than ten years. The hard calculators have ascertained the enormous profits that may be realised from a panic. They see the mode in •which it may be produced, and will undoubtedly resort thereto whenever a suitable opportunity may oc cur. Let the people look to it in time, they are fully warned ; and if the terrible lesson they have endured should be forgotten or disregarded on a temporary improvement, their case will indeed bo hopeless, and they will only have themselves to . blame for the results, however untoward they I may be I The year 1858 has thus been favourably inau. , gurated, and we may anticipate an auspicious sea son for the industrial community. The hard cal culators have brought out their secret hordes, and there will, of course, be money in abundance, not only for the legitimate requirements of trade and commerce, but also for wild speculations. The Government letter, which for the second time " virtually condemned and abrogated the Act of 1844," again saved the country. The sufferings were more intense, and the period of suspense more protracted, because the Government waited longer before affording the necessary relief, and made the conditions on which it was granted far more stringent than in 1847. In that year 8 per cent. only was required, and that at the time of issuing the letter—the rate of discount having been previously by no means unreasonable—but on the late occasion commerce had been for some time groaning under 7,8, and even 10 per cent.; and the latter rate was cmtinued, until the Bank—for whose sole benefit the relaxation was granted—had retrieved its position, and was placed in a position of perfect ease and security. We now know that the Bank must otherwise have stopped payment before the end of the week ; indeed, it is more than probable that a single day would have decided the question, and that the note would have been rendered inconvertible by the very means adopted to ensure its convertibility. __ I There were no such dangers in France. The Directors were permitted to exercise their own judgment. They could purchase gold at Lord and Lady Harry Vane have left town, for its market pri ce , w h erever it was obtai n - Brighton, for a fe w w ee k s , Viscount Eversley and the Hon. Misses Shaw Le able, could issue paper to any extent they fevre left Sutton Place, near Guildford, where th e y been staying on E a visit fid with Sir John and Lady Lefevre thought proper ; and, consequently, the emergencyhave —to-day, for eck el Park ) Mists, was by no means so formidable or so protracted The Marquis ofExeter i accompanied by Lords Ed war d at Paris as in London. As we recently pointed and Henry Cecil and Ladies Cecil, has left town for Burghley. The marchi oness i s i n too d el i cate a state to out, the current rate at the French Banks is but be removed from London at present. 5 per cent., while at our quasi national establish- PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—In consequence of the sudden ment it is still kept up at 8 per cent., or 60 per indisposition o f M r . Ch ar l es Kean, the tragedy of " Hamlet," which was to have been performed last night, cent. more than the price of pecuniary accommo- was unavoidably postponed, dation in,the French metropolis —a difference that DEATH OF SIR JAMES FELLOWs, F.R.S.—We have to announce the demise o f Si r J ames F ellowes, who must very injuriously affect th e commerc i a l l u t e - to on Thursday last, at his son's residence at rests of the United Kingdom. This must, how- Revisit. Sir James had completed his 85t,thhayatedhar. DoctorHe g of ra m da e a d t i e e d as Bachelor inein of 1803. Sir r M j e a d m ic e ine is James se rved 9 ‘7 7 ' ever, speedily be changed. M one y i s wor th b u t 6 per cent. in Lombard-street, and must, however on the Continent in 1794, and afterwards in e ar. t il h Y e reluctantly, conform to exi s ti ng c i rcums t ances . Peninsula. The Bank has profit e d la rge ly by th e p an i c , as the DEATH OF DR. FORBES ROYLE.---We regret to an nounce the sudden d ea th o f t hi s distinguished botanist fortunate proprietors of stock will discover on the on Sunday last at Acton, where be resided. He had been unwell for sev era l wee k s previously, but up to the next occasion of declaring a dividend. last moment his illness was not believed to be of a dan- But at what price has that gain been purchased ? gerous character. Dr. Royle's profound knowledge of t ta he mat erial resourc ea o f especially in th e vege - Let the black catalogue of failures, sh ow i ng a t o t a l table kingdom, and the warm interest which he took in of between fifty and sixty millions sterling within everythingcalculated to increase the industrial prosperity little more than two months, answer. Th ere was , o f f our Eastern em p ire , ren d ers his death a public loss. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in his own besides, a considerable reduction of the deational derartment of science had a European reputation. revenue, and an enormous amount of suffering and A letter from Toulon announces that the screw trans privation entailed on the working classes. All port Yonne is being fitted out there to convey troop s to Senegal. The gun brig To cs i n h as sa il e d from Cherbourg these calamities were occasioned by th e Ellis- and is to be follow e d by t h e T rombe for the serae chievous, and we might al mo st say w hi ms i ca l des ti na ti on. . The canonry in the Bristol Cathedral, vacant by the provisions of the Act of 1844, which contracted death of tbe Rev. J. Suttees, has been conferred on the just at the very time that an increased issue would Rev. John Guthrie, M.A., vicar of Caine, Wilts, Pre bendary of Salisbu r y C at h e d ral, and domestic chaplain have materially alleviated, if it did no t a lt oge ther to the most noble tbe Marquis of Lansdowne. remove the existing dieress. It was the remedy Positive information has been received to the effect that Baron Gros, the French Ambassador to the Court of Pekin, has arranged that after the squadrons shall that proved successful in every instance, until it was prohibited by the insane legislation have taken up a position before Canton a final stun moos shall be addressed to the Chinese Government. adopted at the instance of the currency quacks. The accomplishment of this formality was to commence Can it after the double failure be again forced on the 16th of No n v b e A m er b oo re cf r m . Cß NinT vi upon the unwilling country ? Ti me w ill tell, de E n t IC T o n t A t O h R e D I c N b A a ßy —erMce; Nullendorff, i pr n B esi . The attempt will unquestionably be made, and glum, went three days ago to inspect a spinning manu we fear with the privity and consent of Si r G. factory belongin g t o him a t P e ll our, and on looking down a staircase on the second storey, the bannister gave way, C. LEWIS. If the commercial, agricultural, and and he fell headforemost to the bottom, a height of about 40 feet. His skull was f racture d , b ut he was not killed. manufacturing population, whose interests i n th a t Hardly any hopes of his recovery are, h o wever, enter respect are one and indivisible, r em ain apathetic tained. and indifferent, it will be so. They must " awake, MEDITERRANEAN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH.—This line is now open f or th e t ransm i ss i on of messages between arise, or be for ever fallen." The 'sooner they Cagliari, Malta, and Corfu. The company's engineer, exhibit symptoms of vitality, the better for writing from Malta, says, "that the state of the- cable themselves and for th e na ti on . It i s th e mos t since it has been subm erge d i s hi g hl y satisfactory • and it gives me great pleasure t o i n f orm you that I am ' ci n important domestic question that can possibly The vin n ce the ve r trafficer,t sub s idy will of 6 p exceed ce greatest expe ctations,'' arise, arise, and correspondi ng zea l, energy, an d activity now in full operati on . ca p ital should be displayed without a moment's delay. DEATH OF A CHILD BY FIRE. --Yesterday an inquest ng was taken by Mr. B ntae tains Wednesday ahteeuutar%dgvtyatnhateeeltkanstoerdb: fire,saeat mymoh L w o d ,ak n dae ne d w.:l det o keatgd n si rsedoahHospital, hrst ~t e ,: a o:l ls wnore l n ahnii h nnnoti a l : : liv e ed with h s: wr sri 0.: death Ho rt h on hear her e r. sa r , td):Lfaeo triedarc J ane in trying to assist ' her. She was dreadfully burnt, and was taken to the London Hospital, where she died on Sa'urday. Verdict—" Accidental death." It will be remembered that the mildest Christmae-day on record (that of 1837) immediately preceded the long and severe frost of January and February, 1888. SIR JAMES BROOKE AND BORNEO.—The question of Sir James Brooke's status in Borneo is one of the imme elate and permanent public interest. He is, admittedly, the independent sovereign of a considerable territory, the key to those portions of the vast Mend unab sorbed by the Dutch. Now, is itde irable to perpetuate this anomaly, or to bring the rajah and the British Government into closer relations ? We believe we are right In saying that the settlement of Labuan is still upon its trial, and that a period has been officially fixed within which its vitality must be made apparent, or the British flag will he hauled dcwn. Such a retreat would be most discouraging, ill-timed, and unfortunate. But the success of Labuan might be placed beyond doubt were complete protection established for trade sod commerce in those waters; to this and a Government policy favours able to Sarawak is indispensable. Sir James Brooke may reign over a quarter of a million of happy and flourishing people, but he Caine, be expected to mount guard over the whole coast, or to promote the interests of depart ments by which he is ignored. Large and varied ques tions connected with our Eastern policy are arising; and while the subject is open there is no reason why we should neglect Borneo, a territory intrinsically of far more importance than Siam or Japan.—Leader, THE LEVlATHAN,—Yesterday added another to the long list of disappointments which the publics have already undergoes in connection with the often deferred process of getting the big ship into the water. As is generally the case when an unusual attendance of the public oscure nothing was done, and the miserable visitors to the inclement yard peeled the day in sug gesting sal possible reasons as to wliy the launch was not attempted. The plain reason was that the preparations were not in a sufficiently forward state. Tne immense array of rams fixed against the f ire and aft cradles have been connected by small pipes in groups of threes, so that there is now little chance of the mechanical world being further astonished by the bursting of these power. ful machines, Though nothing in the way of work was done yesterday, it, nevertheless did not pass off entirely without tne usual average of fortunate nsishaps. A bark coming up the river ran into the steam barge which, anchored off the vessel, contained a large portion of the windlasses and gear to be used in hauling the monster hulk towards the river, and sank it instanter . There were no lives lost, fortunately, but the accident inay have the effect of rendering even the remote day now fixed for her floating still more distant and uncertain. THE HERO OF THS WATER BASTION (THE LATE LIEUT, EVERARD LISLE Puteerres) —On the 14th of September, the day of the Delhi assault, the storming of the water bastion was led by a youth of 22. This was Everett' Lisle Phillips, second sun of Ambrose Lisle Phi lips, of Grace Dieu Manor, Leicestershire. The youth was followed by seven of the Rifles (who were scattered along the 'whole front), and come of the Bth Queen's, immediately supporting them, the fort was per manently secured. The oldest soldiers present could not remember a hotter fire; and the young hero was wholly unscathed, only, however, to live three days longer. On I the 17th, he fell gloriously in the discharge of his duty. 1 He had rushed forward with very few men to cover the movement of two of oar guns, by making a sand-bag battery, and as he was setting an example to his men, placing the sand-bags with his own bands, he incauti i ously exposed his head over the parapet and was shot dead. He is universally regretted by the officers of the 11th Netive Infantry, in which he had served more than two yea-A, and those of the 60th Rifles, in which he had obtained a c marnission without pur chase, June 5, for gallant conduct, at the request of Lieut -Colonel Jones, whose orderly-officer he was. For his splendid deed at the Water Bastion, as well as Us conduct ever since the attack, he was recommended by General Wilson for the Victoria Cross. RE-OPENING OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW opening for general business to-day of the City of Glas gow Bank affords another cheering indication of the reflux of the monetary tide, and a return, we trust we may safely augur, to general mercantile prosperity. The circumstances which occasioned a temporary suspension of this popular banking institution are so well known, and the investigation into its affairs, by a gentleman of the highest mercantile repute and standing in Glasgow, has placed it in so favourable a light before the public, that it is almost unnecessary for us to say another word on the subject. The City only retreated, to us a military phrase, before a surging host in the shape of a mob and money panic and run for gold, such as was never before experienced in Scotland. Since it is now in full action, we have little doubt that it will rank as former'y in all time coming as one of the leading banking institutions in Scotland. One thing may be very properly mentioned to the honour of the City Bank. No other bank in the c mntry has done more than it has, both in a social and political sense, to lift up the operative class of the community to a common platform with that either of the merchant or the em ployer, in giving them equal banking facilities and privileges in being allowed to lodge and draw daily on their accounts at pleasure. However much this valuable privilege was abused—as greatly abused it was on the occasion of the recent run for gold on this establishment we would like to see the practice revived, as it involves a very salutary principle, The banks, we know, ere very chary of working men's deposits, and the City pro bably now shares the common jealousy. Were an appeal, however, made from the operatives as a body to the directors of the bank to continue the accommodation hitherto afforded, we have little doubt it would be responded to.—North Britlab Daily Mail, It appears that the liabilities of Messrs. W, Cheese brough and Son, the woolitaplers of Bradford, whose failure was announced on the 16th of December, amount to 315,2391., with assets for 13s. in the pound, andtharteth7os,se7oo3fl. , with assets fo Mr.W. C. Haigb, r about of ,a the same plat e d a 6s. 4 , 1. The estate of Messrs. Cheesebrough is to be wound up under inspection. Mr. Haigh is to make an assignment. At Leeds a mesting has been hell of the m:fibre of Messrs. S talfiold, Brothers, woollen merchants. Their liabilities are 64 2081., and they show 78. 9!. in the pound. A composition of is. 61 was offered, and declined until an examination shall have been made by a committee of creditors. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of Charles Goodwin, aged 21, who was run over by a van drawn by two horsss, the property of Messrs. Watson amid %Vestal', salt merchants, Upper Thames-street. On Thursday, the 24th ult., about nine o'clock in the fore "'ten deceased was Eli iving a cart drawn by three horses alwle the road. He was on his right side, within a short distance of the church, when the van passed him ou near aide. He was knocked down, supposed by the off wheel of the van, which passed over his legs. He was h t q a , tekt aboveetnnea,tmoopatuhtFeartiido that had received such an extensive laceration of the knees a n y w l z . nec T ezr e y, or a o n a d er h o e of action a,ainst the w is a case nearly ans, would . hay Oat. pens %floe. Verdict--" That he decemed's outin g to manslau b g sd h ei t er e dv r e , the relatives of the deceasedddieananttdhhwatwnthlaiestt. e a good ground apss4 by being run over by,trbteh:4:l:lloyers for c Notwithstanding the denunciation of Filibus terism, contained in the Speech of Piesident BUCHANAN, inaugurating the present Session of Congress, an expedition, under the notorious WALKER, has actually landed on Nicaragua, of which he has proclaimed himself Governor. This is practically waging war on a friendly State, and according to the universally recognised principles of international law, is an act of piracy of the worst description. The United States Govern ment, which has been so contumaeliously treated, should take immediate steps to vindicate its own honour, and to preserve the people thus invaded from the atrocious proceedings of the modern buccaneers. It appears that WALKER'S operations were per- fectly notorious in New Orleans—indeed, so much so, that he wax actually held to bail in a considerable amount to answer the charges about to be preferred against him, of raising money and ammunition, and enlisting men, for an illega purpose. He, however, totally disregarded his obligations, and, immediately after his liberation, started with the motley crew he had gathered around him on his speculative voyage. The American law and legal authorities having proved thus helpless, it could scarcely be expected that the American navy would be more efficient. 'WALKER therefore uuhesitatingly landed under the guns of the 11. S. steam sloop Saratoga ; and, as hi. 4 papers were all right, nothing could be clone to check his audacious career ! We cannot conceive bow these regular papers could have been obtained save by the connivance of the authorities at New Orleans, and it is certain, that in other matters, American Naval Commanders would not stick very closely to these forms if they considered the interests of their country, endangered by pro ceedings substantially wrong, though disguised in a flimsy veil of more forms, the entire affair would be perfectly incomprehensible, but for the notorious fact that filibusterism is popular in the Southern States, and that anything will be tolerated, the result whereof may be to add another Slave State to the Union ! The efforts at supposition wil►, therefore, be merely colourable, and the authorities—including even the Presi dent himself—will subject themselves to a charge of duplicity and insincerity if they do not take decided steps to stop the evil in limins, and to subject the offenders to the penalties of the laws they have so deliberately violated. If Mr. BUCHANAN has any respect for his own political character he will adopt this course. A simple instruction to the commanders of the United States' vessels of war would be quite suf ficient to prevent the arrival of the reinforcements, without which WALKER can make but little progress, and to make prisoners of those who have already landed. If that course be not adopted, other nations should interfere. As pirates and robbers the Filibusters are the ene mies of all mankind, and all should combine for their destruction. Their hands are against every man, and every man's hand should be agains them I It is obvious that the mischief will never be averted, the ulcer healed, until some decided step be taken. The pretext of emigration is easily resorted to, but when it is palpably false and fraudulent, used only tl cover the most nefarious project, it should he visited with condign punish in en t. And the expedition on a large scale may be anticipated. The Mormons are on the move— BRIGHAM YOUNG has sounded the note of prepara- Lion, and it is more than probable that those who may be regarded as rebels against lawful authority will carry with them their Tares and penatos to other territories beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. How can Mr. BUCHANAN take measures to punish them if he connives at the outrages com mitted by WALKER and his followers ? It is time that energetic steps should be adopted to check the growing crime, and to teach those practising it that they cannot carry on such practices with Impunity. MARRIAGE OE HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL. —The public will be admitted to the Chapel Royal, St. .Tarnee's, by tickets, on Wednesday the 27th inst., and the two following days ; and to the Chapel and State apartments in the following week. Tickets of admission will be issued at the Lord Chamberlain's-office on Tuesday, the 26th inst. We learn from the Northampton Herald that an accident befel the Right HUM Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Control, whilst hunting the other day with the Fitzwilliarn hounds. Toe hon. genlernan's col!ar bone was fractured ; but under the skilful treat ment of Mr. J. G. Lete, surgeon, of Thrapston, he is progressing favourably. Lady Arthur Hay is slightly indisposed, at her rest. derice in Chester-square. The lion. Mr. and Mrs. G. Barrington have arrived in town, from vii,iting Lord and Lady Barringia n, at Beckett Hones., in Biq.kshire. The Right Hon. C. Villiers, M.P., left town on Mor day, on a visit to 14 , rd Brougham, in Wiltshire. The Eirl and Countess of Mulgrave arrived in town last evening from visiting the Duches4 (Dowager) of Cleveland, at Newton House, Bedale, Yorkshire. Tue Countess Dowager of Macclesfield and Lady Louisa Parker have arrived at Ho wctaild'e Hotel, St. Jamas-etre( t. Liura Countess of Antrim arrived in town yesterday from vi.4iting the E ►rl and Countess of Maoeleefield, at Stler . ol-ue Castle, Oxon. THE PROPERTY OF DESERTED MARRIED WOMF.Y. On Monday next the following provision in the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act (the 20th and 21st of Victoria, cap, 85) will come into ope ration with respect to the property and earnings of deserted married women. Section 21—" A wife deserted by her husband may at any time after such desertion ) if I:eisident withia the metropolitan distre.t, apply to a police magistrate, or if resident in the country to justices in petty session, or in either case to the Court, for an order to protect any money or property she may become possessed of, after such desertion, against her husband or his creditors, or any person claiming under him, and such magistrate or justices or Court, if satisfied of the fact of such desertion, and that the same was without reasonable cause, and that the wife is main taining her-elf by her own industry or property, may make and give to the wife an order protecting her earnings and property acquired since the com mencement of such desertion from her husband, and all creditors and persons claiming under him, and such earnings and property shall belong to the wife as if she were a femme sole ; provided always that every such order, if made by a police magistrate, or justices at petty sessions, shall within ten days after the making thereof be entered with the regis trar of the county court within whose jurisdiction the wife is resident, and bat it shall be lawful for the husband and any creditor or other person claiming under him to apply to the Court, or to the magiatrate or justices by whom such order was made, for the discharge ; provided also that if the husband or any creditor of a person claiming under the husband shall seize or continue to hold any property of the wife after notice of any such order he shag be liable at the suit of the wife (which she is hereby empowered to bring) to re store the specific prop rty, and also for a sum equal to double the value of the property so seized or held after such notice as aforesaid. If any such order c f protection be made, the wife shall, during the continuance thereof, be and be deemed to have been, during such desertion of her, i n th e lik e position in all respects with regard to property and contracts, and suing and being sued, as she would be under this act if she obtained a decree of judicial separation. THE DANISII QUESTION. The report; of the Commission of the German Diet on the question of the Duchies is ready. It is drawn up by the Bavarian Envoy, and is said to be a very able document. It has been read to the Commi 's on, and is down in the order of the day for the next sitting of the Diet on Thursday next, the 7th inst. The New Prussian Gazette publishes the text of a note addressed by the t:ussian Minister of Foreign Affairs to its representative at Copenhagen calling the attention of the Danish Government to the important phase at which the question has now arrived : " Tne Germanic Diet," says the despatch, " has a right to pronounce itself in virtue of the 31st article of the final act of Vienna. We do not doubt, M. le Baron, that the Diet, in the exercise of that right and in the accomplishment of an obligation which cannot be questioned, will observe the forms and remain within the limits prescribed by the Ftderal institutions. " His Majesty the King of Denmark, as Duke of Holstein and of Lauenburg, has therefore an opportu nity of coming to an explanation with his co-Estates on the different points of this much-to-be-regretted diffe rence and on the intentions which guide him in the execution of engagements contracted towards the Con federation in 1852. " Tile Russian Government thinks that on these explanations will depend the issue of an affair which attracts the attention of all Germany, and which ever keeps Denmark in suspense. It is needless, therefore, for it to say how earnestly it hopes that the King will take advantage of the opportunity offered to him to follow the concidatory views which animate him, and to give an unquestionable proof of his intention to main• tain the engagements agreed upon between his Majesty and the C nfederation in 1852. " Russia has abstained, as she ought, from interfering in these qm stious, which, in her opinion, come exclu sively under the cognizance of public law in Germany ; bat she could not remain long indifferent at the prolongation of a state of things of a nature to compro mise the peace of the North of Europe, and which cannot in any manner serve the real interes's of Denmark. "The Russian Government hop.s that his Majesty will give such explanation to the Diet as will not close the path to an amicable arrangement, which is as much in his own interests as becoming the dignity of his Crown. * * * " Your Excellency is authorised confidentially to communicate the wishes of the Imperial Cabinet, and, i° requ, ated, to leave a copy of this despatch in the hands of the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs." CLIDEICEI RANKS —PROPOSED GOVEB.NMSNT MEASTIRE., -It Will probably be recollected, that, at the opening of the parliamentary session, Lord Palmerston, in answer to a question put by Mr. Trelawny, pledged himself to introduce a bill in reference to church-rates during the present year. We learn from a quarter well informed as to the intentions of Government, that the proposed mea sure will simply be the substitution of pew rents in the nave, or in other parts of the edifice which will not inter fere with, or infringe upon, the accommodation of the poor ; and this power will be vested in the churchwardens of large towns only. In rural parishes, where the population is imitNi and scattered, it is not intended to make any alteration in the law. The Government entertain the conviction that, were the rate removed, it would be impoesib e to maintain toe churches in such a state of preservation as is to be de , ired. This attempt to settle the vexed question of church-rates will probably not meet the views of the abolitionists, although it may conciliate many of them in the assurance that it is a step in the right direction. One important element in the matter is, that the scheme will not excite strong opposi tion from the Church party.—Doncaster Gazette. AMERICAN SLAVERS.—A despatch, dated Norfolk, d _ yrks United States, ,D The ec. bark v 21, published G bl i i i sh i e r din . L th e e wi T s i , e 3 w s York papers, says from the coact of Africa, arrived here to-day. She was captured as a slaver in the Congo river, by a boat expe dition, commanded by Lieuts. Walker and Cummins, of the United States' sloop of war Dales. The brig Wind. ward, supposed to be a slaver, was also captured, and will be here in a few days. The British steamer Elector had seiz e d the bark Clara B. Williams, and an American schooner about the same time. Many slavers are re ported to be on the African coast. Twelve had been captured after the arrival of the Dale there. She was to leave for St. Helena. Her offic!re and crew were all well." . . ACC IDE NTAL STABBING.—An inquest was held a t Crouton, on Friday, touching the death of Mary, infant daughter of Wm. Pye, weaver, of Creston. On the 18th e a g r a d rden the adjoining child c rti Soon ng, a n d ult. the deceased, who was 18 months old, went out of her parents' house to play with a cousin and a little b oy named i h n Te g h( t lo o emc s ea e a o sse d w ier a nm t ono w dth a e s th hinra e matter she found blood ce , zlng freely from her daughter's forehea I. She irnnae diately took her into the house and examined the wound, which was about an inch and a half in width, but not very deep. She then called Mr. Hilton, surgeon, to attend her daughter, but despite his efforts the child lin. gered in great pain, and died upon Thursday morning. The boy Almond states that the accident was occa s i one d by the deceased running against an open knife be had in his hand. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased had died frern the effects of being accidentally cut with a knife by Thomas Alinend.—Preston Guardian. SINGULAR CLAIM.-- - The Hartlepool bench were en• gaged on Thursday in adjudicating in a rather sieguler ease, the first of the kind ever brought before them, and one which was probably never contemplated by that Fection of the Merchant Shipping Ac; which gives power to magistrates to decide upon all claims in dis pute for services rendered to vessels in distress, or in dangerous circamstancee On the 26th November, the sea being very rough and stormy, the F•glia Jenny, a large fine-looking Austrian ship, ceturnande I by Capt. Mattei Secelenich, from London, in bal'ast, mode for the harbour of West Ilertlepool, in command of a North Sea Pilot. The tide had Wien considerably at the time, there being then on!yr 15 feet of water on the bar. The Figl;a Jenny drew 15 feet; the consevenco was that she grounded outside of the harbour piers, and was in a dangerous position. A `Neat Hartlepool pilot got en board to render his assistance, and was requ.steJ by the captain to take him on shore for the advice of the Aus trian consul. The pilot did so, and at the same time, as neither he nor the captain could converse together, he took him to the house of an interpreter, Jehn B,tist, who at his request was engaged by the captain to go off to the ship and interpret the orders of the captain and the pilot to the crew. Batist, a landsman, went off to the ship at great personal inconvenienc e and danger, and remained on board from 3.30 till 10 p.m. The vessel wan got off the ground in the evening, and taken into the harbour. Batist continued daring the four following doys to attend upon the captain as int.' preter, arid then sent him in a bill for 8/. 53., being 5 guineas for his services on bard the vessel, and Si. for his after services. The pilot gave evidence as to the importatice of the services rendered by Batist, without whose aid, he said, he should have been unable to make his .orders F understood by the crew, in older to g t the vessel off the ground; and had ho net ce e , ol .,A Batist or some oth er Persrn to interpret, he would h ave b een o bli ge d to ern ploy an Englishcrew, at a m uc h greater expens o than Betiei'a claim. The Be nc h d ec i ded that the serv ices rendered by Bunt, though not anticipated i n t h e a ct as " salvage services," were y et of such impor t an ce that they deemed the sum claimed not an exorbitant one, and they made an orde! f)r Si. 53., stating that they could not interfere with the land portion of the claim. Mr. Walter Savage Lawlor has the following dedica tion in a new work with a qualut title, which he has just pubii.nhed :—" W. S. L au d er to L. Koesuth, ; President of Hungary—At y our gate T lay my fagot of 'Dry Sticks,' and go a way. I offen d e d you by attempting to bring fortu ne thi ther, w hom I aever solicited to favour me personally. my zeal w as inconsiderate, but, perhaps, i t ought to h ave offended less that lofty pride to which a l one I was ever ole:iequieu. Permit me to offer the only amends I can—permit me to show my respect and reverence toward the man who has worthily occupied a higher station than any one in this country can attain. The eloquence of Milton and I Demosthenes failed in the suppor. of their cause—the same cause and the same eloquence as yours. Supply me with your English, and I may be able at last to express wy veneratiou cf your virtues. LATEST NEWS FRANCE AND CHINA. The Independance Beige publishes the following telegram from Paris, dated 4th inst. We give it with due reserve : "Despatches have been sent to Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly to prevent the French troops under his orders in China from acting in concert with the English troops against the Celestial Empire. " The 500 men recently sent to reinforce his squadron have another destination. It appears that a demonstration is to be made against Tou rane, a town of Cochin China, ceded to France in 1787, but never taken possession of by her. "A Council of Ministers has been convoked, under the presidency of the Emperor, to discuss the question of sending out additional reinforce- ments, and the part likely to be taken by the Spanish Government in the expedition, which is caused by the persecution of some of its subjects in the Empire of Cochin China," FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The upward movement, which showed itself strongly on Saturday last, has to-day assumed a much more decided character. The rumour was revived of a fund of 50 or 60 millions being about to be formed by the joint efforts of the Bank of France and the Discount Bank,in order to assist the commercial community by loans of money on the security of merchandise. The Pays has the following news from China : --" On Nov. 16 an address from the principal merchants and most influential inhabitants of Canton was presented to Admiral Seymour. It stated that the undersigned, fearing from the atti tude of the English fleet that an attack was about to be made upon the city, desired to represent to the Admiral that they were altogether unconnected with the causes which had led to a rupture betwt en the British Government and the Viceroy of the province, and they requested, that in consideration of a ransom in merchindise, such as flour or rice, which they were very willing to pay, their property and warehouses might be spared. This incident shows that the inhabitants of Canton are very anxious to separate their cause from that of the Chinese Government." " It is positively stated," says the .Nord of . Brussels, " that the Council of State of France will asemble on the sth January, under the presidency of the Emperor, to dilacuss the ques tion of the rate of interest. It is also men tioned as certain that the legal rate of commercial interest will be suppressed, and will only be regu lated for the future by the decisions of the Bank of Franca." BOURSE, Jan. 4. —The following were the las quotations : per Cents 94 - go. - end month Credit Foncier Belgian CI Piedmontese (5) Roman .... Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 37! VATS. 3 per Cent. ..... ... Do. end month 69 95 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 925 --- Do. Account 930 - RAIL' Orleans Northern Midi Western 7OO Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian New Ditto Bflli Lyon and Mediteran. 882.?,; New Ditto B6O Geneva •• RUSSIA. "Some journals have asserted," says a letter from St. Petersburg, "that the RUSSi:in Cabinet has addressed a note to that of England relative to the Isle of Perim ; but we can positively state that no diplomatic document of the kind exists. The Russian Cabinet is disposed to leave the Porte to make such representations on the subject as it may think necessary, not only because it is principally interested in the matter, but because the relations of the Russian Cabinet with that of London have latterly become more friendly. An official report of the further operations in the Salvatia, in the -Cau casus, and some details of the late occurrences there have just been published; the cutting through the wood between New Bacturai and Dylim was termi nated, but behind the wood Schamyl had constructed on a hill a rather strong redoubt, the defence of which he had confided to Schamihal Naib of Bogo bal, who had under his orders twelve naibs and about 3,000 men, and the Russians had to sustain a very severe combat before they could expel the Circassians from it ; when they had done so, they drove the Circassians into a defile, and attacked them with the bayonet. Schamihal and four other naibs, together with 350 of their men, were killed, the Russians had two cAptains wounded. The enemy afterwards evacuated the Salatavia, and pro ceeded towards Kurge , o and Alcualso, where the principal forces of Schamyl are collecied. The Russians burned down Dylim and all the neigh bouring villages, also all those near which there had been combats, and then they returned to their quarters." SWITZERLAND. A Berne letter says : "A kind of manifestation, which hitherto has been only seen in Switzerland for political causes, has just taken place at Geneva, relative to the present financial crisis. A placard, emanating from citizens belonging, for the most part, to the manufactur;ng classes, convoked a public meeting for Dec. 29 at a place called the Coulouvreniere, and at the appointed hour a compact crowd filled the room. No member of the Council of State was present. M. James Fazy was unwell • but even were he in good health it is likely that he would not have attended. The question of the present crisis was discussed with the utmost calm. The meeting, which consisted of about 1,500 persons, listened with the greatest attention arid interest to the speeches of several persens will endeavoured to *show that the position of the manufacturers in Geneva called for exceptional measures to ward off the effects of the crisis. A proposition, emanating from MM. Perrier and Corsat, to have a commission appointed consisting of delegates from the various corporations of work men, and charged to examine what ought to be done in presenecircumstances, was adopted by an immense majority. Although the Recite de Geneve speaks in terms of approval of the manifestation, it is not very probable that the Council of State will permit my transformation of the public institutions of credit now existing into banks where the work men might obtain the resources of which they are temporarily in need. Such a remedy, somewhat revolutionary in character, would present consider able danger, inasmuch as the capital of these insti tutions, s uch as, for instance , the Mortgage Bank, have fixed employments." PRUSSIA. There is no doubt, at present," says a Berlin letter, published in the Augsburg Gazette, " that the office of the Prince of Prussia, as representative o f the King at the head of government, will be pro longed. His Majesty made overtures to the Prince on Christmas-eve in that affectionate manner which suits the intimate terms always existing between the two brothers, and several other proceedings of a more official character have since taken 'place. The lifoniteur will soon publish the announcement, as the matter mumt be terminated before the opening of the diet. The great point still to be regulated is whether the Prince's mandate is to be renewed for three, six, or nine months, or indefinitely." DENMARK. " In spite of the applications made to the King of Denmark," says a Copenhagen letter, " by a certain number of manufacturers for setting aside the law recently voted in favour of free tnanufac tures and trade, his Majesty has sanctioned the work of the two chambers, and the measure has be come the law of the kingdom. It is in error that the German journals have announced the nomina tion of the Count de Lewenhaupt to the functions of marshal of the nobility of Sweden, in the room of Count Hamilton, who was in ill-health. Count Hamilton, it is true, manifested his desire to re sign his functions as marshal,- but he still retains them in consequence of an application to that effect made to the Prince Regent by the nobi lity. As to Count de Lewenhaupt, he has been named grand marshal of the court, a title which has no political significancy, although it confers im portant functions in the palace." A Naples letter of the 29th ultimo says :—" The Criminal Court a few days ago condemned to death Dominique Luizzo, valet de chambr , to the Count d'Aquila, brother of the King, for having, in Feb ruary last, attempted to poison H.R.H., but on the solicitation of the prince, his life has been spared. The man was triedalone ; but it is certain that others were concerned in the crime ; in fact, it appears that a plot exi=ted for killing all the mem bers of the royal family." The Leipsic Gazette, tys :—" We can announce positively, on authority of a letter from Berlin of the 30th ult., that in a short time the question of the Duchies will enier on a phase, the French go vernment having officially informed our cabinet that it has authorised its envoy at Copenhagen to pronounce on the affair in the same sense as the Ruesian note of the ls& Dec. The Berlin cabinet has, besides, reasons to believe that Denmark will make other concessions, but the moment has not come for making them known." Lord Stratford de Redclife° left Vienna in the evening of the 28th ult., for Londtn ; but he has been obliged to stop at Dresden on account of the illness of one of his daughters. He hoped to be able to resume his journey on the Ist. The first bulletin issued by Marshal Radetzky's physicians, dated the 30th, states hat he is lalymr ing under a hypostatic pulmonary inflauptiation. The Archduke Maximilian, on learning the state of the gallant veteran, immediately proceeded to the Villa Reale to visit bin]. The Mexican Congress hAs declared itself in per manence. The condition of the provinces is de plorable. "JAssY, Jan. 2.—The Divan of Moldavia, after voting thanks to the guaranteeing Powers, bas closed its session. In its latter sittings the Divan, taking into consideration . the wishes of the peasants, voted the abolition of forced labour, the seculariz.:- tion of ecclesi•tical property, and the principle of payment of the clergy by the State." The last accounts from the frontiers of Asia state that Abhas Mirza, brother of the Shah of Persia, to whom Bagdad is assigned as a residence, had pro tested in legal form against the pr , clatnation of Emin Nizan as heir to the throne of Pt.nia, and that the British Minister at Tehran is the only foreign representative who has consented tJ receive this protest. The reports of the C , mmiseioners for the Danu bian Principalities will, it is expected, be all in Paris by the end of this month. A letter from Naples announces that the Marquis Gropello, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires in that city, had quitted on leave of absence. His depar ture was attributed to a political motive. IMPOBTAAT DABATE IN THE PIED MONTESE CHAMBER. 69 40 been exercised in the elections, it had been on the part of ti e prefects, mayors, judges, and carabi neeers. He opposed inquiry, as being insulting towards the clergy, degrading to the electors, and altogether useless. Moral pressure must ever elude inquiry. He would like to see the house set an example of tolerance. In Belgium the scrutiny of the new elections had lasted only two days. Why should they require several weeks ? M. BROFFERIO said he did not desire to irritate the priesthood, but to control it. He was glad that the clergy had returned their partisans, for the fact had aroused the country from its lethargy and forced the ministry to march in the path of progress. The clergy had abused the name of heaven and the authority of the gospel to weigh upon the elections, a•id had endeavoured to es' ablish a theocracy. in the country. The conduct of the priests brought them the purview of the Civil Code, articles 1,196 and 1,199, against violence and threats to intimidate electors. He concluded by an impas sioned appeal to the ministry to put itself at tbe head of the movement against the action of the clergy. Alter a few words from Canon Soggiu, the de bate adjourned. A telegram from Turin states that a motion of Count Cavour's, for an inquiry into the conduct of the clergy during the late election was carried by a large majority -88 votes against 35. THE CONDITION OF MEXICO. From Mexico the following mercantile letter fur nishes the latest particulars of the financial and general condition of that Republic "Nothing of great importance has taken place here since my last. The country remains in the deplorable condition previously described. The oldest residents in Mexico declare that they never knew such a complete sta2nation, nor such an absolute want of safety on the high roads, which are now literally in the possession of the numerous bands of robbers which infest them in every direction. The Pronunci ados have adopted, a new way of raising money, calculated to interfere very materially with the course of agriculture, and which consist s i n carry ing off the manage rs o f t he'large farms (or haciendas) peculiar to the country, and keeping them in durance till a handsome ransom is paid for them. The Government forces had lately an encounter with the rebels near Puebla, and remained masters of the field, the latter having suffered, moreover, a very severe loss in killed and wounded. " The Congress continues its sessions, exclusively taken up with the most frivolous questions. " Great complaints are to be heard among the mercantile classes, in consequence of the awful di. menstons the smuggling system has lately reached, thus destroying the equilibrium of trade, and caus ing serious losses to the fair-dealing merchant. Far from seeking to check this evil, the Government connive at it, and allow their officials to indulge in the most disgraceful fraud and dishonesty with per fect impunity. " The second instalment due to Mr. Barron by way of damages fell a few days since, and was paid over to him as punctually as the first, thus showing practically that a where th ere is will there is a way.' Other British claims are treated with the usual neglect ; for long experience has proved that no Mexican Government will ever pay its debts unless it is actually forced to do so. While they all plead their inability to meet their pecuniary engagements, the old system of extravagance and peculation is kept up in great style. As a trifling instance I may allude to large sums of money just laid out to provide fer the printing of voluminous reports (cr memoirs) in each of the Ministerial Departments, made up of trashaud imposture, and the real object of which is a jobbing transaction with the printers thus patronized. " Conionfort was installed on the Ist inst. as constitutional President of the Republic, with all the usual pomp and caremony." -- In the sitting of December 30, during a protracted debate on the " verification of p avers :" Count CAMBUZANO maintained that the clergy had exercised no pressure upon the elections. Every party naturally did its utmost to exclude its adver saries. Thus it had been said, if you vote for the clergy you will have civil wars, if for the Left, you are in danger of the republic ' • if for ministers, be ware of schism. Complaints had been made of an i n t o ru t i T o e o y f p w r e i r e e s t e s l i e n: t o o r t s h . e electoral a c s oll sa e r a d es fur l t V h l e ly r the priests had written bulletins for electors who could not write. y b e had would threatened ask, m w t harm was there in that A ? ga T in h ' e excom munication—but had not the monarchy threatened electors with dismissal ? The deputies of the Right, he would assert, were there by virtue of the national will. Their lives, after all, were devoted to God, their King, and the law, and the blame of their adversaries was praise. (Cheers.) Those who de sired to see the country flourish by its institutions were certainly not partisans of the repeal of the Constitution. In defending the cause of religion he and his friends felt that with that cause was bound up the practice of equity, respect for the laws —that that cause was the pasladium of Piedmont. " The nation," he said in couc!usion, " is at our back, and supports us." (Cheers.) On Count Cambuzano, who had spoken with con siderable warmth, resuming his seat, M. Costa de Beauregard pressed his hand. Count MAMIANI said he was convinced that no body desired to violate the Constitution. But to come to facts :—A priest bad threatened an elector with excommunic .tion. A VOICE—Name Count Masereser—lf a protest were to be held not woe thy of attention whenever proper names could not be given, nine out of ten must he passed over with eit n Mice. (Oh, oh.) it was necessary to do justice when the country believed that one. half of the clergy had been guilty of a breach of duty. (Oh, oh.) MM. Besseo and CAMBUZANO gave notice that they would ask leave to speak. Count MAMIANI asked for justice, because he hoped that an inquiry would prove that the church had not transformed itself into a p Athos]. cam. He trusted that the cl erg y wou ld remember toe beautiful language of a holy bishop of Montpelier to his parishioners, " For the love of God renounce all party spitit ; your place is at the foot of the cross." (Cheers.) Count CAVOUR rose and said—This question has taken such a serious turn, that it is indispensably necessary for me, as the organ of the ministry, to state our opinions upon it. It is a fact beyond dispute, that the clergy took a most active part in the late elections. I will not, before inquiry, go into the question of the means they employed. It was not an isolated, individual interference, but it was one hierarchically organised, perfect'y disci plined, and one that demonstrated a thorough know• ledge of electioneering tawics. This fact is doubly important when we consider what is now going on in other states of Europe, where also the clergy is making great efforts to obtain political influence. In Switzerland au attempt is making to raise the ghost of the Sonderbund. In France the clergy is trying to abridge Galilean liberties, and to brine b that country back to th e s i xteenth century. In Belgium the clergy is working to re-establish wort main tenure for the benefit of the church, and does its utmost in the electoral committees to impede the regular development of civilisation. 1 world nut hold the clergy as a body responsible for the vieleuce of the catholic press, but I cannot ' avoid noticing the fa c t t h at no sooner were the electoral colleges convoked than the bishops pub lished pastoral lett ers . I n some of these letters a Christian spirit of impartiality prevails, but others are redolent of party spirit. One prelate oven de scended so low as t o wr i te like aparty journalist. p His virulent p en ma d e the ost r_ee'kle attacks upon his adve rsar i es, and he branded the govern ment and the parliamentary majority as enemies of the church an d c hi ldren of Sago. (Laughter.) The parsonage houses were converted into election eering rendezvous. The priests left their flocks to canvas, and of er having marshalled their own t p i e tr o u p e le :r n to .agents thep t 01l remained on the spot as elec o influence others. All this would not constitute moral pressure ; but it it as•erted that they went so far as to abuse the con fessional to this same end. „ r ide not affirm that they really did this, but they are accused of having done it, and it concerns the dignity o: Parliament, and the members whose elections are t tinted with this suspicion, that the fact should be cleated up. I hope, with all my heart, that the clergy may come clean out of the inquiry. The interventie it of the clergy in politics has good as well as evil cense quences. In all free countries the clergy always plays a part in political struggles—it does so in England, in America, and in Switzerland. lam far from wishing to exclude them from all political influence. Living, as they do here, in a medium ee liberty, its members imbibe a nine for liberty. That fact is a compensation for many iaconvenieuces. Many who cuter parliamen t with clerical passious be come constitutional conservatives. There have been circumstances in which I have warmly applauded the efforts of the clergy—particularly in regard to the revolution iu Belgium —to the emancipation of the Irish Roman Catholics —and to the abolition of the penalty which once existed in Switzerland against anybody converted to Catholicism. But when the clergy attempts to reconquer its old pri vilege., and when it becomes an obstacle to the progress of civilisation I deplore its interfer ence and I oppose it with a ll the energy that I can com mand. (Cheers.) So long as it uses legal means I acknowledge its right and do not fear its retro grade influence, because I have faith in progress. I would say to the liberals, if you would triumph over your adversaries you have only one thing to do, oppose organisation to orga n i sa ti on , di sc i pline to discipline, and there can be no doubt of the result of the struggle. (Cheers.) But if the clergy makes use of spiritual weapons the struggle is no longer equal, and a physical conflict is to be apprehended. When the defenders of liberty are represented from the pulpit as enemies of the Church, and when they are threatened with Divine wrath, then the clergy gives the Government and tho majority a right to combat its manoeuvres. The employment of The following is not a bad illustration of "How spiritual arms may lead to civil war. Since the to do it," as practised by the Upper Ten : opinion of the immense majority of this nation is The Marquis of Normanby—Our Minister at that the clergy has resorted to illegal means, an Florence, and high in Austrian favour. inquiry is indispensable. Should that inquiry The E irl of Mulgrave (son of the above peer)_. prove that the clergy is not liable to reproach the Just appointed Governor of Nova Scotia. (?) result will be immense ; but if; on the contrary, it Tee Hon. Charles Phipps, C. B. Colonel in th e should appear that it h as a b use d i ts i nfluence, then army (brother of the marquis)—Keeper of her m a _ the Ministry will be bound to consider whether or jesty's Privy Purse, and Treasurer of the Household not existing legislation i s sufficiently strong f or the to the Prince Consort, His son, Charles—Page of repression of such abuses, and, if it should ie found Honour to the Q ueen ( w hi c h will soon procure th e that it is not, it will then be t h e d u ty o f Ministers to boy a commission in the Guards, worth 1,2001.) ask Parliament for additional powersto enable them His sou-in-law. Captain Sayer, Deputy-Assistant to prevent the repetition of such conduct as is now Quarto; master-General at the Horse Guards. complained of: (Chests.) But the facts niut-t be The Hon. Edmund Phipps (second brother of the ascertained b e y on d d ou b t , i n the fees of the nation tnarquis)—Commissioner of Encumbered Est . tea in and of the Conservative par ty, an d i n the interest the West Indies (usually resident in Italy). of liberty as well as in that of the clergy. (Cheers.) The Hon. Augu-tus Phipps (third brother of the M. SOLARO DELLA MARGARITA read a speec,. marquis)—Rector Eu-t , e-cum Bar nhaneSaffolk, He said that the clergy had deserved well of their and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. • country in sending Conservatives to Parliament, Hre we have an mire family excerently pro and that it h a d use d on ly honest exhortations and tided for at the public expense. It is indeed time advice to obtain this result. If any pressure had for a new Reform Bill. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN PRANCE AGAINST THE INTRODUCTION OP Y ALLOW FEVER PROM LISBON. Information has been received from Brest that, as a precaution against the importation of yellow fever, all ships arriving there from Lisbon are put into quarantine, and the particular circumstances of each ship reported to the Minister, in order that he may d e t ermin e the number of days she shall be detained before being admitted to libre pratique. The first ship coming under this regulation was La Meuse, great screw transport, which sailed from St. Limis, Senegal, with 186 invalids, most of whom were ill of dysentery, anceulia, marsh fever, and pulmonary complaints. On the 6th of November La Meuse put into the Tagus and anchored under Belem Castle, where sae remained until the 9th, and then sailed for Brest without having commu nicated with the shore. During her passage from Senegal to the Tagus four men had died on board ; between Belem and Brest she lost four more, and on the 15th inst. one man died in Brest roads ; but no case of yellow fever had occurred on board this ship. The Minister, under these circumstances, directed that she should be released from quaran tine on the 19tb, when ten days would have ex pired from the day of her departure from the Tagus. This decision is conformable to the inter national sanitary convention (now carried out in Fiance), which stipulates that when no case of yel low fever occurs during the last ten days of passage on board of a ship coming from a country where yellow fever prevails no quarantine is inflicted. The late presence of yellow fever at Lisbon has caused great precautions to be taken in all the ports of France, not only against the present danger, but for future contingencies, it being now considered as certain that yellow fever may be im ported and become epidemic in latitudes which hitherto were suppo s ed t o b e exem pt f rom this risk., The great and increasing extens ion o f this dreadful malady is taking along the coasts of America, and in places where it was totally unknown 15 or 20 years ago (the Brazils and the River Plate), are thought fully to jus:ify the precautions. All the lazarettoes in France, which have been lying in a state of comparative neglect for several years, are now p reparing f or th e reception ofin valids. Dr. Melier, the i ns p ec t or - genera l of sani tary services in France, is going round the ports where quarantine may be performed. A few weeks ago he arrived at Blest, and visited the lazaretto in company with the local authorities. This build ing is on the island of Treberon, in Brest Bay, seven wiles from the town. A year ago it was in a s ate of ruin, but has now been entirely rebuilt. Teere are four wards, fitted up with 120 iron bed steads, and capable of holding more than double that number ; also more than a proportionable number of officers' and passengers' rooms and lodgings, and offices for the medical and com missariat depart men t s ; all the bedding and other furniture b-Ang kept ready in dry stores at Brest, whence they can be sent to Treberon at an hours' notice. THEARICALS IN HONOUR OF TITS PRIACESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE. TO TiIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Tn most of the journals of to-day appear the particulars of the theatrical performances to take place at Her Majesty's Theatre on the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal. It is there stat , Al that Mr. Mitchell has received the co-opera tion of Mr. Webster, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Robson, &c., in forwarding, his views. I think it due to myself to state, that I believe I was the first London manager who, by letter and in person, offered that gentleman every co-operation and assistance in my power, placing unreservedly at his disposal my dramatic company and the resources of my tstablishmi nt. As au obvious act of discourtesy is done to my self by the announcement in question, and as it might lead my numerous fritnds—the public—to believe that I had not been equally willing with my brother managers to assLt in the general object and f stivities on the occasion in question—that I lose not a moment in making this statement, which I shall feel obliged if you will find room for in your journal.—l am, &c., Jan. 4. E.' T. SMITS. A LEAF FROM THE "PEERAGE."