The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

RIARK ET MONEY ,_ll, coMMERCIAL TNTELLIGENC CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Some indications of improvement are now visible in the textile manufacturing districts, the more seasonable state of the weather having stimu lated the demand for winter gouds. In several of the principal towns greater ac tivity prevails, and this will have the effect of giving fuller employment to the operative classes among whom, both in the provinces and in Lon don, there has been, and still is, much distress. There is very little providence among this portion of the population, and, although they were pros perous in the early part of last year, they are now suffering rather severely. This is perceptible as much in Spitalfields, and other localities, as in the north of England, and any amelioration in business, however slight, must be hailed with satisfaction. The 4th of the month seems to have passed off in a favourable manner, but a few failures are recorded. In Glasgow the sus pension is announced of Messrs. Thomas Callender and Sons, leather factors, and of Messrs. Mitchell, Miller, and Ogilvie, wholesale warehcusemeu, and of Messrs. J. and W. Wallace, muslin-manu facturers. It is also reported that Mr John Ewan, of Dundee, manufacturer and export merchant, has succumbed. During the next few months there will, no doubt, be a few similar casualties, and it is just possible that the late collapse at home may have a prejudicial effect in distant c,elonies, that may react here, although it is not imagined that any serious check is to be given to the recovery which is now taking place in monetary and commercial affairs. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with less animation, and prices declined fully id. per lb. on most descriptions. The sales were eAi mated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken on speculation. The Railway Share Market mani fested a very buoyant appearance, and quotations considerably advanced. The arrivals this morning consisted of the Mar mion from the Brazils, the Indus from Alexandria, and the'Candace with 1,801 oz. of gold from the west coast of Africa. A further slight decline has taken place in the foreign exchanges, but the movement is not of great importance. About 360,0001. in American and other gold has been added to the stock of bullion in the Bank vaults. A further supply is expected there to-day. The market for English Securities has been very flat, and at reduced prices, but it is now rather firmer. The discussion with respect to an Indian loan having been renewed upon the eve of the settlement, several of those who bought at lower prices deemed it prudent to secure their pro fits, and the necessary operations for that pur pose occasioned temporary depression. At the present moment there is rather more firm ness, a few buyers having appeared. Consols fur money have been dealt in at 941 4,94 k a ex dividend ; for Thursday they are marked 94g .4, 94± f, and they are now 94i f. For February the quotation is 94i 95. Exchequer Bills have risen to Bs. and 11s. premium. India Bonds under 1,0001. are is. to 4s. prem. The New Three per Cents. are 94i ; and the Reduced 948 f. There is rather more strength i❑ the market for Foreign Securities, but business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 981 I, and the 4 per Cents 104; Mexican 3 per Cents. are 20i ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. 79i 80 ; Sardiuian 5 per Cents. 86i ; Venezuela 4i per Cents. and Spanish Passive si. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Greuada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6; Mexican, 20t f ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; Portuguese 3 Fer Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Coats., 41 42 ; Ditto Deferred, 25i 26k. There has been a rather active business reported in the Railway Share Market, but in most instances prices have receded fully 1 p-r cent. on yesterday's quotations. North-Western, midland, South- Eastern, and Great-Northerns, have declined 10s. to 15s. ; Caledonian, Eastern Counties, LancaThire and Yorkshire, South-Western, Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln, and North-Eastern (Berwick), 11. Most of the other lines dealt in were at a slight reduction in values. The foreign lines were quiet. Great Luxembourg receded 103., and Pernam buco ss. In the Colonial undertakings business was rather active, and prices exhibited a decided downward tendency. Grand Trunk of Canada receded 2/. ; Great Western of Canada, 10s. ; and East Indian, 21. Geelong and Melbourne, Great Indian Penin sula, and the New East Indian lines were at steady rates. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have been dealt in to a moderate amount. Bank of Australa sia have advanced about 2/. ; London Chartered of Australia, 10s. ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 10s. BR [TISEI F UNDS.—CLOSIN G PRICES —THIS DAY. /from tlic Official List%) St. 20 1.00 100 Businersdoce. tank Stock 220 3 per rut. Reduced Annuitteh 3 per Oent Consols Annuities 944 AAO d New s per Cent. Annuities 94i India Stock I die £3OO . under tlooe 1 4 p (JUL sots f•-st .econ. t Exchequer. Hills, 20. 1;1000 ••• /.stlo 11128 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Clilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO3 Mexicau_3 per Cent Ditto Account 203 Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto Account 8D 79 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con, 1841 Ditto 18h6, 1 per Cent 44i Sardinian Bonds, :y per Cent. Ditto Account ...... — i Sp i.i.h per vent. Ditto Account 4ll Ditt, Passive 54 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account . 1 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er C ent. Ditto Account 103 k 3 Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent Bitto Account 32 Dividends on the . abo ve p ayable in London. Console accou n t, J an. 8 .. k [MEE O'CLCCH. 94i d 20i 20i 100 100 100 100 DEATH or Ma. HAcitaLoca, M.P.—We regret to announce the death of this gentleman, member for the borough of Reigate, and much esteemed and respected in the county of Surrey. Mr. Hackblock had I)ng been in indifferent health, and at one periA had saint inten tion of resigning his seat in Parliament on that account. His death took place on Saturday last, at the residence of his brother, Br ,ckhatn Warren, Betchworth. The deceased was formerly a merchant in the City of London, and was returned on the Liberal interest for Reigate in April, 1 857. He was in bis 531 year. DEATH OF THE EARL or ILCHESTER.—We regret to announce the demise of this respected nobleman, who expired on Sunday last at Melbury House, the family seat, in Dorsetshire, after a brief illness, dating less than a fortnight since. The deceased was the son of the second earl by his first wife, who was a daughter of Mr. ri Standish G ra d y. H e was born in 1787, and Murray.a .are, i Bish op of St.s n 1812, the econd daught er fourth Duke of Athole his who di e d i n 1818. Lard Ilchester succeeded s father in 1802, and appointed Lieutenant Colonel n —ommandant of the Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry in 1846. His lordship widelyh his deservedly esteemed in the various localities situated, and his death will ebsewere lBapreonpteerdlybywaas large circle of riends. The heir deeply sum m tive of the deceased earl i f the lion. William Thomas Horner formerly Strangways, Envoy and Minister at Frankfort. PURCHASE OF PICTURES 11.08 THE NATION. — A cor respondent at Florence makes known the fact that Sir Charles Eastlake has purchased a collection of paint ings of the early Tuscan masters, for the National Gallery. "In purchasing the most valuable portion Of the Lombarii collection,' writes the correspondent, "our government has profitted by an opportunity present itself of furnishing which mitht never again artists and amateurs with the materials for an un broken and oontinuou , , history of art, as exhibited in the productions of the Florentine school, from its glorious dawn with Ciambue, to its meridian splendour under Masaccio and Filippino Lippi.” The purchase consists of 22 pictures, by Ciambue, Giotto, Duccio, Segna di Duccio, the priest Emanuel (a great artist), Taddeo Gaddi, Spinello Aritino, Jacopo di Casentino, Andrea Orgagna, Fra Angelico, Gentile da Fabriano, Pietro della Francesca, Andrea del Ca , tagno, Filippo Maealino da Panicale, Lipp,. Paolo Andre,i Mantegna, and itt:rgheritone tlAre zao. wo take Into account the separate thinapArtments into hich the pictures are divided, t ,, e number %you'd be much greater. That of Andrea Orgagna consists of 10 separate pieces, the Jacopo di Casentino of 9, the Taddeo Gaddi, of 7, &c. The entire collection bas been bought for 7,000/." st. St. St. St. t. 0 St. st. It. 100 4 t. 100 t. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 12 all SC all 1611 14* 16i 15 St. 100 16 6 3 1 20 all Ili all St. 100 St. 100 20 all 10 all 12i 5 St. 100 5 all 25 all k. 100 10 11 10 1 St. 100 St. 100 >0 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all st. 100 50 36 St. 100 St. 100 St. too St. 100 St. 100 26 all 25 151 St. 10) St [OO St. [OO 10 31.1 20 17i 20 all 10 all St. 100 ruE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1858 MA,.)lhilttaS— k This Day.) RAILWAYS. AILWAT.. Closing Pr c this day. Business done this day. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. ds Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballymen Rtrmng. WolNerh. ~ tour Valley B.rkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire June: Mack burn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)... Bristol & Exeter.,..,. Ca1ed0nian.......... . 'Pi - tester & Holyhearl Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D A ' Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc DUE L P. drAber.Junc. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... EasternTJnion,A. stk. Do., do. 8.......... .. Do. New A ..... East Kent _ East Lancashire ... East Suffolk ...... Do. Edinburgh d; Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb. Prth. diDunde 4 'orth and ClydeJunc. Furness 5 i - I 8 - 8i 68 - 70 ... - 91 - .9i 89 - 91 1 86i - 87/ 39 - 41 10 - 12 'i - -6 111 w) 101 100 100 - 19 81 -- 19 61 - 62 45 - 48 3 - 31 1 all 'lOO all all 100 17 - 18 92 - 94 6 3 6 4 32 - 100 all 10( WO Glasgow & S. Western (Great N. of Scotland great Northern Do., A. Stock no., B. Stock StlL&West.(lre). Great Western. 91 -. 93 9i 10, 99 - 100 85 - 87 124 12! 98 100 bad CO 58 62 Do. Str. V. R gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster di Carlisle. Do., Th.i•ta. ..... 77 - 80 8 - 9 ; 8- 9 ; 954 - 99! i - i Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshin Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Sonthpurt. London & Blackwai Lond. Bright. & S. est London & N. Wester Do. Fifths - 108 - 110 994 - 100 Do. ,161.5h.,1ii&8...0 Do. Eighths - 98 - 99 , London & SA - uteri) Lnilndrry.diColeraine Lndndrry. Sr Ennislt., Manch. Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L Ricardo'F arrangement Midland 354 931 -93 i 66 - 68 Do. Birming. dt Derb , Aidland G. West. (Ir. ; Do. Shares Newcastle di Carlisle.. Newpt.A berg.dtHrfd Newry dr Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint dr EPstrevor N0rf01k...... li -- ii Northn. Counties Un North British ...... 62 - 64 31 - 3 4 53 - 54 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ........ .. -- Do., A Stock ... B Stock ... N. Eastern -- Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N.B. Purch Do Leeds 98i : 99i, 2d par 55 564, 86. 84 90 95 I FDo. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ ... - ... 3 - 21 N. & S. Westru. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 1 Portsmouth 8 - 93 33 34 9 5 di hymney Scottish Central ... Scot. N.E.Abrdu. St Shropshire Uniou Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Devon South Ea5tern... ...... 105 - 107 47 1 - 49 1 - 2i 34 - 73 - 73 Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales.. Yorksh. River DIIT , ............. 80 83 13 18 7 8 d 9 11 36 36 Staines,Wok.,StWok. !Stockton & Darling ' Do. do., 1854 Do. do 1.8N5 !Stockton dt Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames day. D. &R. Vale of 191 - 20! 13 - 15 Waterf(l. & Kilkenny I WaterforickLimerick West Coi nwa11....... West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B 7 - 9 3 - 34 5i - 64 'West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class I Wmbledon &Croydon aRITISH Pi Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 P.C. Do. Buffalo dr Lake Hui. Buff. , Brnt. dz God eh • 6 p.c.lads,, 1 Aug., , 72 1 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do, do., I June,'74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares _Do. B. do. Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares , Do.4i p.c.Bnds. 7 '57 Do. do. do., '59, do., Geelong & Melbournel guar. 5 per cent ! Gd. Trunk. of Canada' Do. 6 p. c. Deben I Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '571 Do. do., 76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Du. do., '73, without) option Madras, guar. 44 c 1 Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten.! Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per o Do FOR: I SSESSIONS. 11 - 2i - 40 185 - 90 81 - 83 82 - 86 _ iip 1 -- 1* 1131 -141 A 21 -- 20 - 21 54 - 56 86 - 88 22. -22 i 1 - 11p 1 21 -21 i 'lOB - 112 1 108 - 112 103 - 105 211 - 22 1 1 iP - li p - lip 86 71 381 9 i 19 61 601 1i 4 32i 3} ••• - ••• 2/ - 2p lON. 59i 9 86 6 124 5 60 59 I i 96i 5i 6 + 1 110 si 9 99A 9 i i 98 7 8 i 93 i i i i 63 24 53i i 99 8i 55i 87 6; 14a i 33i 3 9 72i 34 804 25 St. 5 St. 201 St .1 10 sii 26 13 20 . St. St. 124 12. St. St. I 124 126, 12 1. 20 12i 25 20 St. St. 8i SL St. St. 25 10 L 0.6 6} 6 lro 12 13 27 17s 17/5 203 521 3i 2443 86 53 22 3i 13i 21$ i li I6lThI 1031 41 22i 101 6* 6j 6 ii i 40 12s 1 20 5 . 4 1.17 s LINES LEASED AT FIXE D RENTALS. Paid RAILwAYO. Leasing ;ompanies. Closing Prices yesterday 100 100 all 100 all 1100 Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jo. Col.Stour Vy. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils.Direet. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon. &Greenw Do.Preferene Lon. TH., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Baton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. &Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp. e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. Roystn. & Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Staftordsh WearVaLg6pe Do. Wilts&Sonarst Ln.&N.W. Caledon... E.U.dtE.O C4t.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. 92 - 94 94 - 96 12 - 14 130 - 134 3i - 4 kl t, „ IVestn I V. & N.M, • •• ''' IDO - 107 r6o'sth - 12 - 13 23 - 24 93 - 100 i - P 2i - 21 91 - 92 IPeto &Co, iDo La. &N. W. tSt Midld. Midland. 1100 51 I E. Count. 55 * I - P - 57 Do IDo . L. &I S. W It.Nortl Brassei M. MCI eau Stk.&Dar Do Gt. Westn 130 - 133 - - 31i 326 84 86 E SHARES. 89 - 95 -- ••• 6 105 -- 110 - 106 - 104 114 109 - 107 127 1124 - 115 il7 107 - 109 100 - 102 62 - 10 - 51- 89 -- 83 83 -- 96 -- 9i - 9i -- 69 -- 17i -- 8 -- 13} -- [135 - 140 1115 - 118 .55 -160 115 - 120 61 - F$ 132 - 134 95 - 97 86 - 88 ••• - 11iii 1094 102 - 104 96 - 98 i— I d - 114 - 116 103 - 105 110 -- 112 71 - 73 I 10 -10 i 22 - 23 95 - 98 94 - 98 26 - 28 7i I Basinesi this day 1: 2 : • : N 4 tk.4'Uttitoll SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments were made this afternoon at the Admiralty : Master—NV. L. Scamell (additional) to the Indus. Second Master—E. Monrelyan (additional) to the Indus. all A atwrp St Rotterdam all Ardennes... all tielgian East. Junct al I Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Minos and Ry 13 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley all Gt. Central of France all Great Luxembourg 6 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo -Venetian all Lucca dt all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran. all Maria Ante - ala all Do. New all Namnr & Liege all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 9 Reeife (St San Fran., (Perham,) g. 7 p. c. all Rome and Frascati, ah Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i per cent. pref all Southern of France all ! West Flanders all iDo. 5i per c. Prif all W.& N. W. of France 6 Western of Austria all We.,t. of Switzerland all Wlestaden all Do. Bp. cent. pref. all Zealand ••• 6i - 7 'II --: li 3 - 2i 274 - 2E ..i = ii .•• ••, • 6 - 6ip ii :: 28 gi 204 - 21 39i - 40 - 9. 351 - 3 55 - 57 1 .- Ipi 16 - 18 81 - 8 - 8 23 - 231 - 6 8i - 9 27 - 28 r 44 ... ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 'Australasia IBank of Egypt , Bank of London ' :Bri. Col. Bk. dz Ln. Co British N. American 'C.Bk.of Ind. Au.drCl , City • Colonial Commercial of Loud. Eng. Scot. &Ans. CI t ;Lon. Ch. Bk.of A ,st 'Ditto New !London and County Lud .&E.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock. Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank !Provincial of Ireland ; Do. New Axis. South Australia i Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual A r ostrußk of Loud 84 86 3i 2Ad 48 52 ••• .." •• 57 - 61'l ••• ••• 14 - 19 17f - 16.1 45 - ii 31 - 33 18i - 19 33 -- 35 49 - 01 ••• -. ••• ... - ...(1 •of "": nod PREF ERENI 100 7 100 100 100 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. it, Do. 4 per c. Shares. Caledn. £lO 4 i p. c, Ches. 4: Ho. 5 p. c, Do. do. 5 per cent Cork & Bandons ip.c Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c, Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No. l Do. No. 2 6 6 1 St. St. 100 100 100 Roo rtoo 100 IDo. New 6 pr. c. St 'East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent, Do.lol. IDo. 5 P:e., Red. at 51 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S dr W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.drll.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 44 p.c. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do, irred. 4 per ►ent. Do 5 p. c, red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. d0..5 p. c. do Do. Birm, Gua, Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do, do I !Do. do. do 100 100 100 100 100 104 1 1100 L L: n n .. sz es ß Yo G rlc ip 6 c p . ? ,io S i t D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. Now Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon, & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy. & Color. i Sh. Londy. &Ennis. i Sh. ~ 5.,&14. 6 p. Cent. oi do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 3} per cont Ifarypt.&Carl.4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Mid. Como]. 613. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. dr IL Pref. St. New., Aber., Scc., pr. 5 p. c.red. 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ot. Korfk.Deb.4 p. 0. Sh. Do. sp. C. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf 1847 Do. Wv. V. sp. , 1847 North British . ...... Do. 71. Preference , N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do, do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do, do. Qrs., 1848... Do. York El.& S. Par. North Staffordshire.. 'Ox., Wor. dx Wolv. 6 p.c., let guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ Do. do. Debeatr. St. Scot. Ceut.New Pref. Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. D0..d0.3i p.c. pf. St. ouch Do. fi x e Devon d4 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d. Do. 4 A per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4 pr. cent . Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4. p. c '.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 1 3 . c Do. do. do. IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (ised.at 801.) _ _ Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p. ctn. E.drW. York. J. sths Edin. dL Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. dz 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent _ _ BRITISH Alfred Cons. (PhißE. British Iron Condurow (Cambra; Dev. Gt. Coals. (Tay., East Basset (Rogan: Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk ; Vor (Helstn , Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradou (St. Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances(lllogn. ) Tam. 5. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Up. Mime (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camay.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck, Wh. Kitty (U. Llant Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney ( Lis. THE COLONIAL BANK. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank has just been held—Charles Marryat, Esq., in the chair. The report was ♦ery satisfactory, showing a profit of 30,0341. 12s. for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1857, from which the directors recommended a divi dend of 3 per cent- for the half-year, or 6 per cent. per annum. They would also pay off the balance of bad debts, viz., 10,0781. 17e. Bd., and then appro priate 4,965/. 149. 4d. towards the commencement of a reserve fend. The CHAIRMAN was sorry the report was not so favourable as previous ones, but they must make allow. ance for the times. He was not apprehensive that the American crisis would have any serious effect on the business of the bank. If it did, he was happy to say that the directors bad made ample provision to meet them without encroaching on their dividend or the reserve fund. The report was adopted unanimously, and a Tote of thank■ was passed to the directms. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RH LION SAMUEL.-RENEWED APPLICATION JOE DISCHARGE. Mr. Sturgeon this morning renewed his applicatit n for the direcharge et this bankrupt, whose case has bran so frequently before the public. He had been a diamond merchant in St. Mary-axe, and his last examination had been adjourned eine die, without protection, it being suspected that the bankrupt bad concealed property to a very large amount. He bad been thrice bankrupt, iv a now there were nu assets. The conduct of the bank rupt during his numerous examinations had been of a very extraordinary character, and it ultimately be came a question whether he was perfectly sane. Mr. Sturgeon applied on Monday, that the bankrupt should be discharged, it being the opinion of the surgeon of the prison that any further imprisonment would lead to insanity of a setions character. His Honour did not think that a mere letter could be attended to, but if an affidavit was put in he would consider the application. A certificate was now banded in, and Mr. Sturgeon was heard in support, and urged that the warrant of commitment should be discharged, and the bankrupt would give bail if required. His Honour said that although the bankrupt had acted in a very violent and extraordinary manner, and from which it was attempted to be deduced that he was not right in his mind, he (his Honour) did not at pre sent come to that conclusion—it was well known that in some cases parties assumed symptoms of insanity to suit their purposes. He would not say it was so in this case, but the surgeon did not say that the bankrupt wa. now insane, and the Court could not order his release, but the bankrupt could come up for further examination, but it must be at his own expense. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) MURDER OF THE CITY DETECTIVE. Christian Sattler, described as 32 years of age, and a surveyor by profession, wal indicted for the wilful mur der of Charles Thain, a city detective officer. The prisoner, at his own request, wai tried by a jury of Englishmen. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh prosecuted. Mr. Lilly defended the prisoner. The particulars of this ease bare been so recently and fully been before the public that it is unnecessary to again enter into the details. It will be recollected that Train, a City detective, apprehended the prisoner at Hamburg, on a charge of robbery, and was returning with him, on board the Caledonian steamer. The prisoner, who was handcuffed, complained that the irons hurt him. Thain replied that he had been warned of bins, but that he would take them off on arriving in Eng land if be behaved himself. Oa the following day Sunday, about four o'clock, the prisoner and Thain were in the cabi❑ together. A report of fire-arms was heard, and on entering the cabin the prisoner was seen sitting on a che-t, and the deceased was stand ing holding on with one hand, and with the other on his breast. The prisoner admitted having shot the deceived, alleging "that he had broken faith with him, and that he would shoot any roan who did so like a dog." The prisoner said he had purohamed the pistol in Hamburg to eboot a man named Miller, who bad swindled him out of 231. Alter acme further evidence, The learned judge rimmed up, and the jury retired, but had not returned into court when our deepatch left. Das;'•. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind this day at noon, 5.8.. mode rate breeze and cloudy. OFT HURST CASTLE, Jan. 6.—Arrived—lndus (s), from Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, Jan. s.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—John Bagshaw, for Buenos Ayres. LOWESTOFT, Jan, 5. Wind N.E.—Arrived—Mason, from Sunderland, of and for London, assisted in leaky. FALMOUTH, Jan. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Latonero, from Havana ; Trafik, from Lisbon, with main topmast and fore topsail carried away. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 5. Wind E.N.E.—Arrived —Geo. W. Bourne, from Callao; her Majesty's steamer Dee, Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, Jan. s.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—H.M.S: Lyra, for coast of Africa. GUERNSEY, Jail. s.—Wind E.—Saiied—./Eolss, for St. Michael's. CARDIFF, Jan. s.—Wind E.—Sailed—Research, for Rio Janeiro. FLEETWOOD, Jan. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived — Malacka, from Savannah. SIERRA LEONE, Dec. 19.—The Peeping Tom, of Liver pool, which got aground in the bay previous to 19th Oct., was condemned there on the 17 Dec. DANZIG, Jan. 3.—A ra th er s h ar p frost has now set in. The Mats, from St. Petersburg to London, which put in here Dec. 17, with cargo s hifted, has discharged about 150 quarters of wheat damaged, which will be sold ; the vessel is repairing. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIT.) Wind E. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Alliance, st ea mer, from Havre; Indus, steamer, Al exan d r i a: Sailed —Edward for Sunderland ; Jason, steamer, Gravesend; Atalanta, steamer, Jersey; Lucksall, Port land. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. W. Arrived—Andes, screw steamer, from Smyrna. Off—Fernandez, and Red Coat. Sa iled—Constitution, on consignment, for New Orleans E dwin, Charleston ' • Jesusa, Havanna ; Mazeppa, canto ; D or i s , Vera Cruz ; John and Edward, Rotterdam, Salve, Matanzas. QVIENITOWN, Jan. 4. Wind 5.5.8., strong. Arrived—Mease, from Venice. DUBLIN Jan. 5. The Franc e an d Bressel , from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro, struck Kish Bank this day, and became a total wreck ; ono man saved. Sailed— ? a lit n o d ni fr i e n a g t . y. iIY SUBMARINE ♦HD BRITISH TELEGRAPH. Wind S.B.E. . Nereid, for Jamaica; Voyager, Colon; Paris and London steamer, Paris. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. tide G f ß ou i r TE h s ou E r N s E; 'eb W b e ; d c n l e o s u d d a y y Wind S.S.W , moderate. PAssad— RaneFrederich, from Alexandria; and Revival, from Callao, for London. The Berdianski, packet, from Antwerp, for Syra, having sprung a leak, has proceeded to the Thames, in tow, for the purpose of stopping it. Nzws.--alus Day.) CORN EXCHANGE enevertheless, was firm, The arrivals of English wheat fresh . up to-day, coast wise and by land carriage, were limited, and the few sam ples on offer were readily disposed of at fully Monday's advance in the quotations. inquiry, at rate rates. Foreign wheat --the show of which was tolerably eaten trae t w i o e n l well . supported. F or m al t Oats were in short supply and steady request, at a slight The barley trad ; a w l v e e had — s o a l d steady slowly improvement in the quotations. :t p f i n ic ll es q w uo e Beans, peas, and flour were tolerably firm, but not dearer. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 710 1 1,620 3,950 1,340 1,170 800 __ English Irish Foreign 7,780 3,010 1 1,690 aka 1 bli B OROUGh HOP. The show of samples is extensive, and the demand ge nerally is very inactiv e , at about last week's prices. Eaoh kind of meat WIIITECH APEL. was in fair request, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Cd ; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 10d : lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; teal , 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3 s 6d to 5s Od per Ms by the carcase. whichl-leaves R arnsgateiat 11.30 conveyed, on FALL OF A CHILD OUT OF A. RAILWAY CARRIAGE.— last, to Lond on, a mother with her family of little children. At the C anterbury station the guard, one of the most careful o n t h e line, looked, more care fully than usual, three tim es to see that all the carriage Thursday The train doors were fastened ! just as the train started, and unnoticed by the guard, a woman opened the door of the carriage in which the family were ; and, soon atter the train lett, a little girl three years old fell out at the open door. The agonised mother, as also the other passengers, were unable to make themselves heard by th e guard ; but as the train passed Chartham the gate-keeper made signals, and then, after stopping, the whole of the passengers were shocked at hearing of the accident that had happened. The train backed as far as Chartham, and the engine went back on the down line immediately to Canterbury, and found the child lying, uninjured. Great credit is due both to Ow engine -driver and guard, the latter acting in the kindest manner and with great promptness. The passengers again took their seats, rejoicing that nothing more than a little delay had occurred, and on arriving at London-bridge the little passenger was cheerful and looked as though nothing had happened.—Boutle Eastern Oa** THE MARRIAGE 01? THE PRINCESS ROYAL. BERLIN, Jan. 4.—ln compliance with a recent invitation that has emanated from our Court, most of the Princes of Prussia, who were already invite] to the nuptials of the Princess Royal and the festivities that are to precede them, will proceed to England at an early date, so as to be enabled to participate in some sh')oting parties in the Highlands before the period of the Loudon festivities commences. Among them Prince Frederick Carl is probably the keenest sports man, as he is also the most enthusiastic soldier, and one who devotes himself heart and soul to his pro fession ; in consequence of the extreme industry, as well as the partiality he has shown for the military career (more particularly for the cavalry arm), he has already obtained the command of the Ist Divi sion of the Prussian Guard. ' In addition to the noblemen and gentlemen already named as about to compose the suite of Prince Frederick William on occasion of his proceeding to England to his nuptials, Count Redern has been invited to visit the Court of St. James's. Count Redern, who at present occupies at this Court the pest of Grand Master of the Royal Household, or, as it should be styled according to the no menclature adopted in the times of the Ger'- man Empire, and will ret•iined in Prussia, High Dapifet (in German, Oberst T ruchsess), was for merly Director of all the Royal theatres in this country ; he is favourably know❑ in the musical world as a composer, and to all English artistes who have visited Berlin he has been in the region of art 'dramatic and musical) what Baron Humboldt has, in the regions of science and literature, always been to our countrymen—a willing and judicious friend. Prince Frederick William and the Princess Royal have subscribed 600 thalers to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Mayence explosion. The King of the Belgians has contributed to it 2,500 f. The Berlin subscription for this object has just been closed, after amounting to nearly 9,500 thalers. The British residents in Berlin are going to get up an address to the Princess Royal and to Prince Frederick William cez the oocasion of their marriage and subsequent entry into Berlin. The same may be said of our countrymen resident in Cologne and Bonn. At the latter place they are probably stronger in number than anywhere else in Prussia. In Potsdam the municipal authorities and the trades' companies are apparently no less busy than the Berliners in their preparation for the entry of the young couple into that city of palaces. Accord ing to the present arrangements, these trades' com panies will line the whole distance from the railway station across the bridge into the town and up to the Palace, where the bridal couple will rest fur the night ; and if the weather be not altogether un propitious, the procession over the bridge will be a very pretty sight indeed, for these trades' compa nies are not on these occasions mere aggregates of the "great unwashed," but bodies of well-dressed and well-conducted men, that with all the evils of the guild system of the middle ages have preserved also the banners, the emblems, and the customs of those days. The procession from the railway station is to be preceded by a squadron of the Hussars of the Guards (the only red regiment in the Prussian army), then will come the Royal Master of the Horse in fullest gala costume, followed by two carriages and six, with the ladies and gentle men of the household of the Prince and Princess. The carriage containing their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Fre lerick William of Prussia will be preceded by a squadron of the Garde-du- Corps, a splendid Cuirassier regiment with white uniforms and black facings and trousers, the helmets and cuirasses being of plated steel, and on the officers' helmets a silver eagle perching with outstretched wings, escorted on the right side by Major-General von Bonin, the Military Commander of the town of Potsdam, and on the left by the highest officer in command of the garrison there. The carriages of the remainder of the party are to follow immediately, and the whole to be closed by a squadron of the Ist regiment of the Lancers of the Guard. Instead of taking the most direct route to the Palace, the procession will wind through two or three streets, and, entering at the back of the Palace, set down its company in the Lustgarten there. The trades' companies will then walk past in procession, exhibiting their emblems, &c. After this is over there will be a general pre - sentat ion in the Palace of all the high civil and trilitary officers of the town and garrison. As the next day will be Sunday the Prince and Princess will attend Divine Service in the Garhison Kirche ; they will drive through all the numerous R yal parks and gardens, they will then diuo in State, and in the evening attend a gala performance at the theatres (theatre pare) On the Monday morning early the Prince will conduct his bride to Charlottenburg and present her there to the King and Qeeen, and thence the entry into Berlin will be made February Bth. During the shortperiod that the Prince and Prin cess will reside in Berlin previous to their caking possession of their own palace, which will not be ready till the summer, they will occupy a splendid suite of apartments in the Royal Schloss, command ing a most attractive view over the Schloss brucke, up the whole vista of the " Tinter den Linden ;" the residence that has been finally decided on for them in Potsdam. during the summer is the so called Cabinets-haus, where the Prince has of late resided when in Potsdam. It was in this house that his grandfather, the late King, was born. ROYAL INSTITUri ON. Yesterday Professor Faraday delivered the fourth lecture of his course on electricity at the Royal Institution. H.R. H. the Prince of Wales occupied a chair in front of the I , cturo table, and the Persian Ambassador, with three attendants, and accompanied by au interpreter, was also pre sent. The property of electricity to which Professor Faraday directed the attention of his audience was induction, and its action on bodies at a distance. He commenced by exhibiting, in the first place, the instantaneous passage of electricity through a long wire in which there were interruptions near to the point of dis charge and at its termination near the outside of the Leyden jar, at both of which spots the sparks were visible at the same time. The velocity of the transmission of electricity is so great that it has been ascertained by Mr. Wheatstone it would pass six times roulid the globe in a second of time. The consideratien of the action of the electric force through non-con ductors is, as Professor Faraday observed, even more wonderful than its transmission through metals, for through those non conductors el. c tricity passes instantaneously without c , ntact. The approach of an excited glass rod to an elec trometer is sufficient to prove this peculiar action of the force, for the gold leaves expand w: , eti the electric is at a distance from the instrument ; but the effect becomes more remarkable when a solid insulating body, such as a sheet of shell-lac, is interposed between them: With that arrange ment of the apparatus the electrometer becomes as readily affected as when there is no intervening body. Induction takes place on all bodies, within the sphere of electrical action, though in ordinary circumstances it is not apparent. Thus, when the hand is brought near an excited electric a quantity of electricity is induced in it, which is not perceived until an insulating substance, such as a strip of paper, is brought near ; and then the hand repels the paper, because both have electricity in duced in them of the same kind so long as they remain within the range of the electrical action. The fact that static electricity is retained in the surface of bodies, and net in the interior, was illustrated by a variety of experiments; the most remarkable of which was performed with a silk net with a small metal plate at the bottom fastened round a ring to which a handle was attached. When the net was electrified the out side manifested evident signs of electricity, but an insulated ball applied to the inside brought away no charge whatever. By a dexterous turn of the handle the net was turned inside out, and then the circumstances were reversed ; for the part that had been inside became highly electri cal and the other side was free from electricity. Several striking experiments were also shown to illustrate the interesting fact, that bodies on which electricity is induced exhibit the two electricities, and that an .insulated conductor,. when brought near to an excited electrical . machine, d tor has the side nearest to the prime the ou other u charged with negative electricity, and____ side with electricity of the positive kind. When an insulated conductor is under electrical. influence, its opposite side is in different electrical states, and when removed to a distance from the machine it loses all traces of electricity. If, however, an insulated conductor be touched whilst under the influence of induction, and be then removed, the conductor remains charged. Professor Faraday observed that the remaining lectures would be principally devoted to further exemplifi cations of the conditions of induction, which i s th e most im portant of all electrical properti es, and without which no electrical phenomena c(»1,1 occur. THEI ..POICRING I.2TRAY BTA.NNESLEI WOOD.—The unfortunate man, Winfield, who was shot by Draper, a poacher, in the affray at Annesley Wood (the particulars of which appeared in the Sun of Thursday last), lingered until Monday night, when he expired from the effects of the wound received in the encounter with the poachers. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 3. It is whispered in political circles that Baron Bruck is preparing a surprise for his colleague Count Buol. The programme of the thing is said to be, that at the next sitting of the Academy of Science, Baron Czcernig, the head of the Depart ment for " administrative statistics," will make a speech, in which he will endeavour to show that it ought to be the policy of the Imperial Government to persuade the Porte to grant a firwan for a canal across the Isthmus of Suez. Among the hearers of this speech are to be the Ministers of the Interior, of Finances, and of Commerce. It appears that a day or two after the closing of the Sta tistical Congress, held her© in the month of Sep tember last, Baron Czceernig, who acted as Presi dent of the Assembly instead of the Minister of Commerc , ., endeavoured t 9 amuse some of its members, who were dining with him in a public room at a restaurant's, by turning into ridicule the gentleman who had lepresented England. It ap peared that Mr. had been guilty of the misde meanours of speaking bad French and of shaking hands with the Minister of Commerce instead of simply bowing to him. THE EMANCIPATION OF THE RUSSIAN SERFS. The following is the report addressed by the Rus sian Minister of the Interior, M. Lanskoi, to the Governor-General of St. Petersburg, under date of Dec. 17, 1857, explaining the measures which have been authorised in that Government, as well as iu the provinces of Kovno, \Vilna, and Grodno, for the gradual abolition of serfdom : I hare had the honour of submitting to his Ma jesty the Emperor the regulation plans drawn up by the noble proprietors of the lamburg and Peter. hof districts, for the peasants inhabiting the mano rial lands, plans that you communicated to me, as also the considerations that accompanied them, and which were drawn up by the assembly of represen tatives and deputies from the nobility of the entire government of St. Petersburg. It is with a most peculiar satisfaction, that the Emperor has learned this noble tendency on the part of the St. Petersburg corps of nobles towards the amelioration and definitive organisation of their peasantry's existence. By the rescript addressed you, his Majesty deigns, in consequence, to autho rise the nubility of this government to prepare, iu a committee appointed for the purpose, a plan of regulations, keeping for their form the indications of the above-mentioned rescript for the order that must be observed in the labours of this committee, and likewise for the chief bases of these regulations. As a complement to the instructions mentioned in the rescript. for the comp esition of the committee formed for this object in the government of St. Petersburg, and also for the order of its labours, his Majesty has deigned to order as follows 1. For the election, in each dis,riet, of the mem bers of the committee, the nobles wtil hAve the right to elect, if it be desired, the marssal of the nr bility of the district. 2. It will be the duty of the nobles to oleo, simultaneously with the members of the committee, substitute candidates for each of its members, who will have to represent them in ease of absence. 3. The election by the nobles of the committee, member, , , and their substitutes must be submitted to your Excellency for approbation. 4. 'I he committee will be allowed, upon receiv ing your authorisation, to admit to its sittings, ter consultation, such of the noble landowners in the government of Sr. Petersburg as may be able to give to the committee any useful information or suggestions they require. 5. The nobles wilt have, if they find it expedient, to pay out of their own resources salaries to the elected members and the other expenses of the committee. 6. The committee is bound to report regularly' to your Excellency the course of its proceedings. The committee, at your intimation, will be able to change its resolutions without being tied down by its previous decisions. fr t. The committee will be bound to finish its labours within the term of six mouths, reckoning from the first day of its sitting. 8. In its labours and deliberations the committee must confine itself to the subjects submitted to its examination. His Majesty has been pleased at the same time to direct too to communicate to your Excellency my own considerations, that they mayate sist the committee aforesaid in the peclormance of its task. In execution of this supreme order, and taking into consideration everything connected with the matter, I find that the committee, charged with the task of preparing a plan of regulations for or ganising and improving the existence of the pea santry inhabiting the seigneurial lands of this goverinnent, should keep iu view and examine in detail, by applying them to the local conditions, the following considerations : I. The future organisation of the manorial pea santry, based upon the principles laid down in the imperial rescript, ought not to be accomplished at once, but progressively. To this end the pea..ants should be frem the first in a state of transition, that is to say, more or less attached to the glebe ; and it is only then that they will enter into a de finitive condition, when the government shall have authorised them, on certain conditions, to pass from one locality to an ther. Fur the duta ion of this transitory siate it will be nece-sary to fix a term, which ought not to extend beyond twelve years. _ 11. In conformity with the principles laid down in the imperial res,:ript the proprietors preserve their right of properly over their estatts ; but in order to avoid the dangers that might accrue to Cie aglicullural population from a wandering and vagrant life, the peasants will preserve their allot ments (oussadebnaia ocedtost), which they will titen have to purchase in fee simplo by a redeinp:iou within a given peiio lto 1._ , 0 determined on. More• over, in order to insure their existence and them to fulful :heir obligations, both towards the state and the proprietors, they will have allotted to them according , o the locabties, a sufficient quan tity of land, the usufruct of which they must pAy off to the proprietor, either by instalments (obrA), or by personal labour. For the development and application of these principles in all their details it is indispensable that the following observations should be taken into consideration : 1. The peasant's allotment consists of the house or hut he dwells in, with its court-yard and acces sories, its kitchen-garden, and all the ground within the enclosed space. 2. The peasantry's right of condition, after their dt-fiuitire organisation (excepting the right of migrating to other localities, which will be defined at a convenient season by the government), and the right of holding a tenement with its appurten ances, will be acquired either by the entire com mune (mir), or separately by the families of the peasants, but only in either case aLer the payment of the price to the proprietor within a periodto th e specified. In the former case (purchsse by commune) the enclosures (oussadebnyia outsha st ki) become the exclusive property of the peasant families belonging to this commune. In the latter case (purchase separately by the peasant families), either c these families, with thei r enclosures so re deemed, will continue to form p art. of the commune, and remain subject to all t he con e di e ti ff o e n e s te o d f t e o munal organisation and administration. redemption l a b o ni u r a s y , b distinct f rom th ose mo3n.eyThois rprivate which the peasants are bound to perform as an equivalent for their usufruct of the land allotted to them, in virtue of the f present article. ourth paragraph of the 4. Over and above the tenement with its en closed space, a suffi • cient portion of the noble's land, according ditious, will g to i circumstances and the local con be allowed n usufruct to the peasants, with a view to secure them a livelihood and enable them more easily to fulfil their obligations towards the state and the proprietor. For the en joyment of this laud the peasants will have to pay to the proprietors its value in service and personal labour, or else in money and produce. 5. The land when once allotted to the peasants must ever remain at the disposal of the commune, and its exchange, partial or entire, so as to be re annexed to the lord's manor, can only be effected , with the consent of the commune, and under the sanction of the tribunals to be created in each district by reason of the new regulation. 6. The price of purchase (see sec. 2d of this article) must be fixed, not merely according to the value of the tenement and its appurtenances, but also to the industrial advantages and other favour able conditions of the locality. 7, The Axing of the purchase-money (obrok), of the dues and services in exchange for the land, tea t by the terms of the 4th section in the present article is allotted to the peasants will hare to be regulated on the same bases. 8. The redemption may be distributed by the year over the entire period of the transitory state. 9. It will be necessary to preserve for each family the right to a certain plot of ground, without inter fering thereby with the organisation of the com mune, and whilst endeavouring to avoid as far as possible too frequent divisions and exchanges of these plots or allotments. 10. It is at the same time essentially requisite to establish and preserve the rights of the head of each peasant family—the rights of successicn respecting the dwelling, and also the land allotted to each housekeeper or hearth (tiaglo) ; likewise the con ditions of partition among the members of each family. 11. The services to be rendered, and the per sonal labours will have to be undergone by the peasants, according to prescribed rules drawn up by the committee in the simplest and most practicable way possible. 12. In case of irregularity in the payment of the liquidation money, the landowner may demand personal work from the delinquent. Independently of that, it will be proper to prescribe in a suffi ciently detailed manner what measures are to be taken, so as to guarantee to the proprietor the re gular payment of the money instalments and the tulfilmeut of all the obligations due by the peasants. The rural police remains in the attributes of the seigneur. The peasants ought to be divided into rural coiumunes. The administration of the communal affairs and justice is reserved for the communal assemblies, or else for communal tribu nals composed of peasants under the superinspec tion and after the confirmation of the proprietor. IV. In order to superintend the introduction and due observance of the new regulations, also to form decisions in disputed cases that may possibly arise between the proprietors and the peasants, special tribunals might be created in each district. Y. As soon as the new regulations shall be con firmed and take effect : 1. An end will be put to all alienation of the pea sants away from the glebe, whether by sale or gift or other mode; likewise to all transfer of the pea sants into other localities againstitheir will. On the other hand the peasants will not have the right, during the period of the transitory state, to leave their villages without the permission of the com mune, and of the lord on whose manor their set tlement obtains. 2. So long as the peasants shall continue in their state of transition, the proprietors shall have the right to deliver over as recruits such peasants as shall have rendered themselves guilty of offences or of vicious habits, or to hand them over to the Government fur transfer to other provinces, but only after confirmation by the special tribunals to be created in each district by reason of the new regulations. VI. The plans to be devised by the committee ought to establish and indicate :- 1. The rules to be observed for the fulfilment by the peasants of their rights of recruitment and the designation of the recruits, which designation ought to be confided to the communes themselves, dis tinct from the approbation of the proprietors. 2. The means of securing the public alimenta tion, and of organising the regular payment of the sums due. To this end, it would be expedient, perhaps, to improve and repair the communal magazines, to organise a communal culture, and creates communal fund or capital. 3. The measures essentially required for the pro pagation among the peasantry of primary instruc tion and of useful trades, of religious principles and good manners, for securing relief to the aged and infirm, for succouring the sick, are. In communicating the preceding remarks to your Excellency, I have the honour of requesting you, sir, to be so good as to submit at the proper time tie considerations above detailed to the committee that will be formed i n the government of St. Peters burg. Should this committee, from local conside rations, find any of the former impracticable, I then request your Excellency to invite the com mittee to explain circumstantially iu its final reso lutions the reasons that prevented it from accepting them. The Minister of the Interior, (Signed) S. LA_NSKOI. THE BOYAT, ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE. The old familiar site in Bow-street upon which so many theatres have been successively built and .iest , oyed, is now rapidly being once more covered with an edifice which bids fair to go far beyond even its latest predecessor in size, substantial legauce, and the completeness of its arrangements for the accommodation and convenience of a large audience. As yet everything is bricks and mortar a'id scaffolding, and general incomprehensibility, but a little patient inspection soon ascertains that an immense and lofty parallelogram of brick work raises its imposing sides against the sky, and that a very few more feet of altitude will satisfy the most important portion of the architect's design. The facade in Bow-street seems to be almost com plete, and Vie side walls are so nearly finished as to just fy the raising of the first great girder, six teen of which are to support the roof. These girders, which are what is called the lattice girders, are all of wrought iron, and weigh each somewhere about sixteen tons. The workmen commenced yesterday the erection of a scaffold of framework, composed of great beams of timber, upon which the purchase is to be erected by means of which this enormous mass of iron is to be raised to the top of the walls, and placed in its proper position. As the span of these girders is ninety feet, an idea may easily be formed of the extent of the roof which is about to be erected without any support from beneath save the boundary walls. The in ferior semicircles of brickwork from which the several tier of boxes are to spring are finished, and the workmen are now busy at the back wall, which yet wants a good many feet of its proper altitude. The area, although now nearly filled with scaffold ing and long derrick poles, piles of brick, waggons and horses, and workmen passing to and fro, may yet be seen to be of great extent ; but the visitor is surprised when he is told that the footlights will cut this whole space exactly in two, and that a full half of the inclosure, in the centre of which he stands, will be devoted to the stage and its appen dages. Standing also as he dues on terra firma, and at a very little lower level than that of the street outside, he will perhaps feel rather astonished when his attention is called to a white line painted about half way up the wall, and he is told that at that high level the Alarios and Grisis and Lablaches of the day will sing and strut their hour for the entertainment of the fashionable world. There will be fewer tiers of boxes and fewer boxes in each tier than in the late theatre, the object of Mr. Gye being to give greater space and better accommoda tion to his patrons, even although at the cost of considerable pecuniary sacrifice. The pit will be ten feet wider, the same increase being given to the stage ; and by a judicious alteration in the de sign, every one in the house will be enabled to see the stage without stretching out, a process which often fearfully disarranges the cravats of the polite cavaliers who generally occupy the back chairs in an opera box. The box company baying passed through the vestibule will find themselves in a very from thence ingress e s a t n h d er e e gr w ess ill bs Pe —aanc spacious s s a t n‘ i d n e i ru p un e su r t hs a ur n : nil f p a : c o C vYs l i ed o s n . when we remember the accidents to which buildings of this kind are liable. Great impr a e ra m or e no n og ts all will 9 other s f b e e e t themade erection n tti andoh ne extensive painting e 'l ts t os h cfe e ann a ie bolition . of the old-fashioned " flys ;" the effect of the latter innovation being to facilitate the exhi bition. of spectacle to an extent hitherto unknown in our theatres. Lastly, in almost every case, the use of iron will be substituted for wood, and every other precaution taken to render the building as nearly fire-proof as possible. The works, which commenced on the 29th of September last, have been carried on with great rapidity, and in their present aspect afford every prospect of being finished by the Ist May, on which day Mr. Gye is bound by his contract to open the theatre. There are about 300 men daily at work on the walls and roof, and simultaneously the Messrs. Lucas ' s large fac tory at Lowestoft is fully employed on the interior . fittings, while all the ironwork being con structed at the foundry of Messrs. Gristmill. It is obvious that progress may in the same way be made with the scenery and decorations, so that as we approach the end of the work the rate of pro gress will exhibit what, were we not aware of the above particulars, would appear to be an almost magical acceleration. Under all these favourable cir cumstances, we may fairly anticipate that an early day will see Mr. Gye comfortably installed in his newly-erected lyric temple, and we trust rewarded by that amount of patronage on the part of the public to which his energy and unwearied exer tions for their amusement so justly entitle him. MARSEILLES, Tuesday.—We learn from Naples, under date of the 2d, that shocks of an earthqua ke and vibra tions of the earth, are felt almost ever y day. On the list of January two violent shoc oat:arr. em d na, impending io o nf t ghe theiran equally severe succeeded the dis kstt retires se from !napt:be wilig lifeh December on the 28th and 29th, Nroieittlie ;iota accident has taken place, but the public, panic is intense and general. 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