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PROVIDENT CLE. ASSURANCE ZKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1810. . TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. William George Prescott , Esq . I Thomson Hankey, Esq., 31. P. Baron L. de Rothschild, 31.1. 'MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE FOR ALL CLASSES•ro Annual income Invested Fund Rifle Corps.—No extra charge made to Assurers joining Volunteer Corps. The balance-sheets for the year 1859 are printed, and can be had on application at the office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C. Feb. 2, IFGO. W3I. T 110 S. LINFORD. R YA I, 14INGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ROMANCE. Music by Henry Leslie. Messrs. G. Honey and W. Harrison; Miss Thirlwall and Miss Louisa Pyne. Condactor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS El BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Messrs. W. H. l'ayne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Barnes, Tallien, Infants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan. Doers open at halt-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Miss Amy Sed,c,rwick. After which, the new Haymarket ComieChristmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled I.eelereqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Last Nights of the Spanish Dancer, Isabel Cubas, TIFLIS EVENING, a new Drama, called A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. James Viningr, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, l'almer, White, 11. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex trava.zanza and Pantomime, KING THRUSIIBEA.RD, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. H. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosin°. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sense of La Scala, Milan ; and the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON TIIE HEARTH. After which, a new f.;hristmas burlesqne pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK Til b; GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Art:4'lr and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta ^n, Mr. fauio—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Reproduction of TIIE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, TIIE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Billiagton, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which TIIE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this es t a blishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with A BORDER MARRIAGE. Messrs. H. T. Craven' Charles Young, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia Thompsen, Clara St. Casse, &c. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ante commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westmin ster-road. Last Three Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season. THTS EVENING, the Grand Illustration of Shakspeare's RICHARD THE THIRD, or The Death of White Surrey. Richard, Mr. Ennis; Richmond, Mr. R. Phillips, New Olym pian Scenes in the Circle by the first riders of the day—Mr W. Cooke's great Mennge Act—terminating with the Eques trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY; or, Old Towler thelluntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and dazzling Transformation Scene. —Harlequin, M. Richarde ; Columbine, 3ldlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Hilderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. P. Abbot —A family of Sprites Epsom Races by Living Jockies and raal Ponies, with ring and Stage com bined. Commence at 7. has made their most respected and able leader, the Plenipotentiary of a commercial treaty with France. But appearances must be kept. The Prevention Act expires this year. Gloucester and Wake field have made their revelations, and the friends of the Ballot are tolerably awake, with the argu ment from facts stronger in their favour every year. But how keep up appearances after the Reports of the two Commissions ? The Gloucester one is fully before us. We see the leading Innocents acquitted in one case, we are expressly told, because though the facts were against the candidate, his word must be ac cepted against all conclusions to which facts pointed! It was clearly proved that an election which a House of Commons committee had reported to be a pure one, was one doubly steeped in cor ruption. And that, besides a host of humbler men bribed, between eighty and ninety of another class had been bribers ! That persons took bribes who could not plead poverty, and that two hun dred others were bribed as messengers! Wakefield, of course, will hardly yield the palm to Gloucester. The utter failure of the present Act and the glar ing necessity of doing something in the boroughs is therefore confessed. Cleverly then steps in Mr. ROEBUCK. He, lawyer-like, takes the firm ground of dealing with proved facts. Here are two boroughs which can not be made worse, Let us try the remedy of the Radicals on them. Persist in this, Mr. ROEBUCK. Let nothing bribe you to give way. You have them on the hip. Their sham act confessedly did no good at these two places ; do not let them try any other act, then, without the ballot. Press your proposal ; it cannot be re sisted. They have not such a majority as Will permit them to dispense with your aid. Arrange with Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. LINDSAY, Mr. WYLD, Mr. HORSMAN, and several other good men and true, and tell the Government, " We shall ask the Ballot for many more constituencies, but if you do not pledge yourselves to IDestow it on Gloucester and Wakefield, we will put you in a minority as often as we can. Our demand is so moderate that we will not give oar confidence to men who can Grand Morning Performances of the Pantomime on Satur , Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb.ll, at Two o'clock each day. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Holson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchaeld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BONITEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the. Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is ope.i from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. refuse it." We believe, however, as we intimated at the be ginning, that it is the terror of the Ballot which is compelling all parties to assent to strong proposals of a penal kind in regard to bribery. We should not be surprised if even Mr. ROEBUCK be met with the reply—try what imprisonment with hard labour and efficient election auditors will do against bribery. The thought of two boroughs placed, in the Reformatory School of the Ballot will terrify all the members who sit by bribery and intimidation, more than any legal process for sending them to the treadmill for a crime of which they can rarely be convicted. If but two of the worst places in the kingdom should be surrendered to secret voting, the dread will be that others must follow. The opponents of the Ballot are so sure a trial of it will succeed that they will not, if they can help it, tolerate even the proposed trial. All boroughs would soon demand it. Municipal elections would be conducted by it. And, most dreadful of all— the counties would follow, and the degrad ing reign of landlord terrorism be at an end for ever. If any party, indeed, had a right to complain it would be the friends of the Ballot. It is they who make the sacrifice in offering to accept a trial in such places. If the Ballot will, electorally, deodorise Gloucester and Wakefield it will purify anything, while even to Vail in two such places • would be little of an argument against it. The arguments delivered yesterday from all sides of the House against Mr. M‘MAlioN's motion for the second reading of the bill designed, to give a , right of appeal in criminal cases, were overwhelm ing. As an inevitable result, the motion, though seconded by Mr. EWART, was negatived, and the bill summarily dismissed from the further conside ration of Parliament. Upon the old ha3kneyed principle, De mortuis, LS.c., one might naturally feel dikposed, without one word more, to pass by the still-born enactment. But the blun der of its introduction was altogether so egregious that it appears to us almost to demand a few passing sentences of retrospective reprehen sion. What, in effect, would have been among the more lamentable, and almost we might say abso lutely unavoidable, ill-consequences of the measure, supposing it to have been accepted and passed into law by the Imperial Legislature ? It would, in the first place, as the Home Secretary himself took oc casion very forcibly to remark yesterday in the course of his really admirable speech—it would, to begin with, have abruptly transformed the whole character and operation of the criminal law of this country, and in so doing must have militated against the interests, must have actually opirated against the safety of life and property ! It would, as the hon. and learned gentlemen the member for Mary lebone insisted, prove, in a great measure, imprac ticable in its operation, and, wherever it might be be applied, eminently dangerous in its tendencies. It would, as another hon. and learned member maintained, hold out additional inducements to per jury, and lead almost by necessity to many more fictitious defences being trumped up by those who eonld afford to apply for a new trial in the Court of Queen's Bench. It would, as Mr. HENLEY forcefully put the case, diminish very seriously the responsibility now attaching to the finding of juries in criminal eases. Besides which, the Bill THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICT., FEB. 2, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41-.-highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during tha night. 38—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.98. WIND, North-Westerly ; fresh, with bitter cold wind and frost, but fair. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tata DAY.—Morning, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, 7b. 53m. To-MORROW.-Morning, Bh. 22m.—Afternoon, Bh. 54m itself was based upon a purely imaginary analogy, an analogy which the new Solicitor-General (Mr. ATHERTON) pronounced as plainly as words could pronounce anything, to be literally undiscovez able and non-existent—the supposed analogy between a civil action and a criminal prosecution. Beyond all, far above all which the proposed enactment would according to the showing of Mr. PHILLIPS, tend practically to deprive the Secretary of State for the Home Department of that most merciful and benignant prerogative of revising the criminal decisions, which that high and responsible Minis ter of State has hitherto possessed. The Bill, in fact, would have gone the flagrant length of dim ming, if not displacing, the brightest and most precious jewel of the Crown—the prerogative of mercy solemnly confided to the Sovereign of these realms upon the day of coronation. It cannot be any wonder, therefore, after enume rating such objections to the bill as we have here already in these few sentences particularized, it cannot surely for one instant be any matter for astonishment to find that Mr. M‘MalioN's motion was rejected, and the bill forthwith thrown out of Parliament. If any additional argument were required, however, to demonstrate beyond the possibility of further misapprehension the ill-advised measure of the measure thus thrust upon the attention of the Legislature, it would be Found summed up in one sweepingly condemnatory reminiscence, thus expressed in the remarks of the Home Secretary :—.‘ In 1848 a committee of the Rouse of Lords was appointed to consider the Cri minal Law Adnainistration Amendment Bill, and Baron Parke, now Lord Wensleydale, and Baron Alderson, were examined before it on the very question to which this bill referred. Lot d Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, and Lord Denman (then Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench) were also examined before the committee, and gave their opinion on the same subject, particularly with reference to the • evidence of Barons Parke and ALDERSON. The evidence of these eminent persons was sent round to all the other judges, witL a request that they would give their opinion upon the question referred to them. Barons PARKE and ALDERSON pronounced a very decided opinion against criminal appeals—i. e., the power either to the Crown or to the prisoner to move for a new trial, or in civil cases: That opinion was concurred in without any modification at all, but rather on stronger grounds, by Lords DENMAN and BROUGHAM ; and also, in written communica tions to the committee, by Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, Mr. Justice WIGHT MAN, Mr. Justice ERLE (now Chief Justice of the Common Pleas), Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice MAULE, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, Mr. Justice V. WILL - tors, Lord Chief Baron PoLLocK, Mr. Baron ROLFE (the late Lord Chan cellor), altogether by twelve judges, besides the Lord Chief Justice of England." After which retrospection one looks at the Bill last night, as POPE did at the fly in amber—wondering " How the devil it got there !" But there, happily, it is now no longer. The ill-considered measure is dismissed summarily to the state waste-paper basket, but in doing this the House has been compelled to lose almost the entire of one of its Wednesday afternoons. LATEST N E W S. t i The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office ; MADRID, FEB. 2. Yesterday a considerable number of Moorish forces attacked the right wing of the Spanish encampment, but were repulsed. The Spanish then made an attack on the Moorish lines, threw the Moors into disorder, and took their positions, which they maintained until the end of the fight. The Spanish artillery caused enormous losses to the enemy, estimated to amount to 2,000. The Spanish lost 200. The victory was complete. The brother of the Emperor commanded the Moore. TURIN, FEB. 1. The Sardinian Government has ordered the workmen to accelerate the extraordinary works entrusted to the forges at the Royal arsenals. The report of an intended journey of Count Cavour to Paris and London has been contradicted. The King's health has improved, and his Majesty will leave for Milan next week. BERNE, FEB. 1. The report published in some Belgian papers that Switzerland had addressed a demand to the Powers that, in the eyent of Savoy being annexed to France, Chablais, Faucigny, and the Genovese district should be ceded to Switzerland, has been officially denied. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, lAN. 31. The Royal Mail Steainpacket Company's ship Avon has arrived from the Brazils, and will leave for Southampton this evening with 63 passengers and £6,275 in specie. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received this day at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : The Valetta left Malta for Alexandria at mid night of WI 30th January. The China arrived at Malta on the Ist February, at 8 a.m., and was to sail for Alexandria at noon. TS. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, MO. Blackwood's .211agazinc. The second instalment of "Norman Sinclair" is very well worthy of perusal ; and among the anecdotes introduced, particular attention may be called to the" Visit to Paris." This is a most entertaining sketch; and the horror with which the staid old adherent to forms and institutions re garded the reckless and unrestrained mob of demo cratic Parisians is most impartially described. The most absurd feature in the story is when the deter mined old man refuses to leave the carriage, and is therefore removed in it to assist in forming the barricade. No wonder, after escaping the dangers of a resolution, tkat he exclaimed, " Na, na, I'm for none of your mob rule or Radical ascendancy. I have seen enough of that already to last me for the rest of my born days." The account given of the hypocrite Jess is an admirable caricature, and re presents a class that it is sad to think swallows up hordes that might save the deserving destitute from starvation. Much sound sense will be found in the paper on " The Diffusion of Taste among all Classes a National Necessity." It is truly stated that taste, once the heritage of the few, has now at length grown into a national want, demanded for the many. All the principles here insisted on are of the highest importance ; and the more the correct, and not the mere ornate, is the object sought for, the more will the effect be eminently beneficial ; and it would be a happy result of the endeavours now making to improve the public taste, if, as is here prophesied, the time is approach ing when art shall penetrate into all the relations of life, " when not only the luxuries for the rich, but the simple necessities for the poor, shall adorn alike the cottage and the palace, with that beauty which is a joy for ever." The second part of " St. Stephen's" fully sustains the reputation of the first, and in many a glowing thought and in many a brilliant passage will the reader recognise the creation of no ordinary composer. Perhaps the description of Burke is the most effective of the masterly sketches that these pages contain : Bat poets colour all that they regard, And among statesmen Burke stands forth the bard; , By his own genius both obscured and fired, At times inebriate, and at times inspired; Has Truth ten sides, ho must invent the eleventh, . .And quit the earth to gain a heaven—the seventh! " Is it for that"—(no speeches read so well)— " That when Burke spoke he was the dinner-bell?" Friend, if some actor murder Hamlet's part, No line supplies the histrio's want of art— Nay, the more beauty in the words prevail, The more it chafes you if the utterance fail. Shakespeare, ill acted, do you run to hear ? And Burke, ill spoken, would you stay to cheer ? . " But what the faults that could admirers chill, And thin the benches plain Dundas could fill?" Partly in matter—too intent to teach— Too. filed as essay, not to flag as speech ; Too slight a fellowship with those around, Words too ornate, and reasonings too profound ; All this a Chatham 'eight have brought in vogue 1 Yes—but then Chatham did not speak in brogue! A voice that made the bro g ue yet more displease, A loud monotony of tuneless keys ; A form, if strong, to well-bred gazers coarse, And that fatiguing fervour—want of force : - Join these in Burke, and add his wisdom lack'd What most St. Stephen's neeits and values—tact. • Loud as a scandal on the ears of town, And just as brief, the orator's renown: Year after year debaters blaze and fade — Scarce mark'd the dial ere departs the shade; Words die so soon when fit but to be said, Words only live when worthy to be read. Already Fox is silent to our age, Burke quits the rostrum to illume the page. He did not waste his treasure as he went, But hoarded wealth to pile his monument. Now voice and manner can offend no more, And pure from dross shines out the golden ore— Down to oblivion sinks each rude defect And soars, anneal'd, the eternal intellect. The readers of Maya will welcome this bright and attractive addition to the stores of their favourite serial, and will rejoice at the opportunity thus afforded them of beholding re produced the mighty masters of oratory, who ad dressed not alone the auditory of their day, but whose burning eloquence still speaks in the voice of fame to succeeding generations. "The Luck of Ladysmede" is continued, and presents some de cisive scenes ; this story is carried to too great a length, it would be more effective if curtailed, and the really striking passages thus forcibly impressed uppn the mind. This applies, however, more to the earlier portion than to these last instalments, which, in vigour and variety„bid fair to form a spirited con clusion. The article qn " France and Central Italy" is well written, and contains some admirable remarks on the volunteer movement. After adverting in suitable terms to some of Mr. Bright's most vehe ment vilifications, it is truly said that the criticisms which have been made are absolutely contemptible. "In broad military operations, organisation is of course of the utmost importance '• . but is that to supersede loyalty, patriotism, and courage Were the three hundred of. Leonidas—as some of our martinets .seemed to suppose—trained to the goose step, or did they fight less valiantly, and become immortal, because they were enthusiastic young men—indeed, the volunteers of Sparta." Amid the paltry and_, unworthy, arguments that have been uttered on this subject, it is eminently satisfactory to find in a periodical of such ability and influence, sentiments that are worthy of the cause it so ably advocates, and whose spirit will be appreciated by all who would maintain the dignity and honour of their country. Fraser's Magazine. The pleasant essayist who adds so Much to the attractions of this magazine contributes another of his thoughtful and suggestive papers. It is on a somewhat novel subject, but one which, unfortu nately, addi:esses itself to most of us. It is entitled " Concerning Giving Up and Coming Down," and though the heading may at first sight somewhat perplex the reader, there is little doubt that he will on further perusal recognise the topic as one that has often come within his own personal experience. He thus explains himself at the out set : " By Coming Down I understand this—Learn ing from the many mortifieations,disappointments, and rebuffs which we must all meet as we go on through life, to think more and more humbly of ourselves, intellectually, morally, socially, physi cally, zesthetically ; yet while thinking thus hum bly of ourselves and our powers, to resolve that we shall continue to do our very best : and all this with a kindly heart and a contented mind. And what is Giving Up ? Giving up means that when you are beaten and disappointed, and made to un derstand that your mark is lower than you fancied, you will throw down your arms in despair, and re solve that you will try no more." After analysing the various , forins of Coming Down in all its pain ful varieties, and the inevitable lessons it teaches, the writer proceeds to denounce Giving Up in the strongest term. The wise and good man will often, he tells us, have to come down, but never to give . up : " And splendid success has often come at length to the man who fought on through failure, hoping against hope. Mr. Disraeli might well have given up after his first speech in the house of, Commons : many men would never have opened their lips: there again. I declare I feel something sublime in that defiant " the, day will come when you will be glad to .hear me," when we read it by the light of after events. Of course, only extraordinary success could justify the words. They might have been the vapouring of a con ceited fool. Galileo, compelled to appear to come down, did not hive up : " still it moves." 'I ho great nonconformist preacher, Robert Hall, fairlybroke down inhis first attempt to preach : but he did not give up. Mr. Tennyson might have given up, had he been disheartened by the sharp re views of his earliest volume. George Stephenson might almost have given tip, when his railway and his locomotive were laughed out of tie Parliamentary committee. Mr. Thackeray might have given up, when the publishers re fused to have anything to do with Vanity Fair.' The first articles of men who have become most successful periodical writers, have been. consigned to the Balaarn-box. Possibly this was in some 'Measure the cause of their success. It taught them to take more paimi. It was a taking down. It showed them that their task was not so easy : if they would succeed, they must do their very best. And if they had stamina to resolve that though taken down they would not give up, the early disappointment was an excellent dis . ciplino. I haVe known students at college whose success in carrying off honours was unexampled, who ix their first one or two competitions : were ignominiously beaten. Some would have given up. They only came down : then they went at their work with a will ; and never were beaten more." Leaving this interesting essay, we come to a paper on the " Battle-fields of 1839," which gives us a view of the scenes presented by Magenta and Sol ferino. The second article on Mr. Collier's edition of our great dramatist decides that the emendations are altogether modern fabrications, and blames the editor somewhat severely for his share in the transaction. "llohnby House" is continued, and rapidly approaches its conclusion. The doom of the king is sealed, and the night before his execu tion has arrived, so the historical portion may be said to have already terminated, while the course of events leads the reader to hope that theobstacles that stood iu the way of its heroes and heroines are overthrown, and that after all their trials they may be made happy. " The Voyage of the For" forms the subject of an interesting paper. A sensible article on " Points of View" discourses'on the very opposite opinions often entertained by good and able men on the same question of history, politics, national animosities, &c. There is, undoubtedly, much truth in its retioctioßs, and few will dispute the justice of the following -passage:—" If each party could clearly comprehend the view taken by the other, there would be an end to that spirit of deadly animosity which is worse than the very evils out of which it has sprung. Each would see that its opponent.) were acting, howe ver wrongly, j with a real belief in the ustiec of their cause, and would ce.:se to charge them with selfishness and cruelty, wicked motives and evil designs, and so to keep alive a flame far more deadly and disastrous ...t,,,,l " f :;'0 t,k^ ~`E7J r • , *-- ,9 1 '-- 1 .-C`•-• 1 • ~ 1t ts), 7p s ' , 1 '...„, , , l. , f ,, r .... T ' 4 ,,,.-ie K tO " _Aue Viiirr Is _.... - '..1•,-.' THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1860. The terror of the Ballot is upon Parliamen It is clear that come it must, so one more e ffort is to be made to sta ve it o ff . Sir FITZROY KE LLY has brought forward his bill, now Mr. MELLOR proffers us another, and Lord PALMERSTON assures the House that within its immaculate walls bribery is much more detested. than it is in y the country ; that, in short, the virtuous house would keep itself pure, if the constituencies would allow it to do so. The house, our Premier has the face to assure us, meant the Corrupt Prac tices Act as a bona fide measure, and that notwith standing the assurance of Sir W. HATTER himself, that he, from the day it was passed, considered it to be a dead letter, and paid no kind of attention to it. Yet the noble lord pleads this - very act as the proof that the house was better than the country ! The coun try, we beg to inform him, thinks just the reverse. It believes that the election auditor was made a nullity, and the members' declaration withdrawn, for ,the distinct reason that _Honourable mem bers 'might, as before, bribe with impunity. For ourselves we never had the smallest doubt that the Act was a designed sham, and that it was in tended, by an empty show of legislation, to evade the necessity of the Ballot. And now the Government means to do some thing, arid it will behave decently to Sir FITZROY KELLY and to Mr. MELLOR, lest it should be with out excuse. Lord PALMERSTON has most adroitly quieted the great free-traders by granting them the ftheieheart' s d es i re . lie has ;bought the great cotton interest with cheap French wines ; thQuigl it remains to be seen whether the country w Mow i ncome tax wisa rowers may sendpatiently in order that French their luxuries. If any thiug,should furnish us revenue and if pien e e lenu . e it is suPOlmities ; confessedly wines be not in that category we should like to know us the income tax, an d we could whattow stillbintolerably a a ff r , j e r . d all Sparewe need of fife luxury in ques ti on, bu hard willit be on the thousands and tens of thou sands who could not afford in a:43,- case to be wine drinkers, or who must economi se , t o be forced e to pay income tax that wine drinkers may enjoy their luxury at the lowest price. On tills however, ':we must defer remarks till we see the Treaty and financial measure together ; we only note it now, as the ele \verest trick of our Anti- Reform Premier, that he has fairly bought the most influential and ablest knot of Parliamentary Reformers in the Kingdota ; JOHN BRIGHT and his two friends w ill no more trouble the Premier on the sem' e of Reform, after he " 7 UTI QUI PROrIDL" Regularly as the Parliamentary campaign opens do our old friends the " Provident Clerks' Associa tion, whose motto stands at a the head of this ar ticle, impose upon us the agreeable duty of chro nicling their upward march to wealth and great ness. Amid all the crashes and amalgamations which have shaken the assurance world during the past year it is truly gratifying to mark the pro gress of this hardworking and well-managed insti tution, and for many years we have had but one report to make, viz., of their deserved and un varying success. The secret of this success lies, not in the honored names of BARING, HANKET, PRESCOTT, and ROTHSCHILD, which head their prospectus, not in the numbers or influence of the body by whom the office was originated (and to which even now many suppose, from its title, its business 'is re stricted), but in the energy and integrity of its direction, in the clearness of its accounts, and the publicity which from the first has been courted by its directors. In the succinct and intelligible balance sheet the members may read the exact amount of their receipts and expenditure, the items of each, and, better still, may learn in what securities the whole of their funds, now amounting to £124,000, are invested. An office which thus courts every investigation, and transacts its business in the light of day, has nothing to fear; and we rejoice sincerely to see that, being one of the seven selected by the Postmaster-General for his wise and beneficent Life Assurance measure, the activity of the directors has been rewarded by the lion's share of the business thus created. The adoption, too, of the system of " paid up policies" is a step in the right direction, and cannot fail to be highly appreciated by assurers of al classes. The one blot in the great system of Life Assurance is thus removed, and the assurer, while regarding with pleasure the policy which provides for his family, can now do so without a feeling of anxiety as to its possible sacrifice from his inability to keep it on foot. We are glad to see from the report that this feature was hailed with acclama tion, and its good results will doubtless appear in the increased popularity of the 'office. With an annual income of between thirty and forty thousand pounds, yearly increasing, and a constituency numbering more than 5,000 members, each of whom has a strong motive to spread its prosperity and promote its . welfare, and with a direction equally honest and energetic, we have not a moment's doubt that the prosperous career we have so long chronicled will be well maintained, and that the Provident Clerks' Association will continue to occupy the rank it has fairly won among our best and soundest Life Assurance Institutions. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has returned to Fenton's Hotel from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness was attended by Count Rechteren do Rosando, Count de Bylandt, Lieut.- Colonel J. A. Van den Bosch, and Colonel Seymour, Equerry to the Queen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a select party to dinner, last evening, at his residence at St. James's Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duebess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary and household arrived at St. James's Palace, yesterday, from Cambridge-cottage, Kew, for the season. His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and Countess Platen entertained at dinner yester day evening his Excellency the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency the Austrian Minister and Countess Apponyi, Countess Marie Paumgartea, hi Excellency the Saxon Minister, the Earl of Hardwicke, Countess Frances Waldograve and Mr. V. Harcourt, M.P., Count and Countess A. Hamilton, Baron and Baroness Hochschild, Count Brandenburg, Count Jaucourt, Captain Falbe, &c. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon come to town to-day from the Grove, near Watford. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at Campden Hill yesterday, from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The noble duke and duchess entertained a select circle at dinner last evening. Tho Earl of Beverley and Lady. Louisa Percy, Lord and Lady -Monson and family, Lord and Lady Sin clair, and Count and Countess de,la Fold, are passing the season at Torquay. Lord and Lady John Russell had a dinner party last evening at their mansion in Chesharn•place, when his Royal Highness tho Prince of Orange honoured the noble lord and lady by his company. The Prince of Orange was attended by Count de Bylandt, Count do Rechteren, and Lieutenant-Colonel Van den Bosch, and Colonel F. H. Sey mour, Equerry to her Majesty, in attendance on his royal highness. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, his Ex cellency Baron Bentinck, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, the Earl of Minto, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, Lady Georgiana Romilly, Lady Dunfermline, the Countess of Lichfield and Lady G. Anson, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, &c., were present to meet his royal highness. General Le Comte and Madame Yermacloff and Admiral Pasini have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris. We are authorised to state that the Queen, having accepted the services offered by the very numerous corps of volunteers formed throughout the kingdom, has been graci ously pleased to notify her intention of appointing a day for the special and exclusive reception of the officers of those corps, it having been represented to her Majesty that they generally are desirous of presenting themselves as volunteer officers before her Majesty. v E e S n T t E o R f op U e n N i I n T g Y a n O e r w OL Lodge F d r E e D w I, t O o N g v e S t h . — e r,TI last m pO r r A t N an C t i e i evening,cerept, cu ala l le erid as a s n enit a ag rt, of assemblage Regent's-park.eb ersat o the Crown the 7 and Sceptre, 2 lodges, now forming the North London District, 1 was opened in 1823, 2 in 1837, 2 in 1838, 2 in 1839, 2 in 1840, 8 in 18-11, 7 in 1842, 10 in 1813, 22 in 1844, 8 in 1845, 2in 1846, 2 in 1847, 2in 1855, lin 1857, and that just established as the " Perseverance" Lodge. The gross sur plus capital of this district to which the branch belongs is nearly £69,000 to meet the claims of members in sickness a nd at death , an d assist wi d ows an d orphans. Many past of fi ce rs assisted the District Officers, Messrs. Rough, Harr.nis; g oatniditellitibeee, in members seanthsee mak d ceremony abitsybnt o p f o leas p a e n n t ing, and the evening. LATE CAPTAIN IIAhItISON.—A meeting of merchants w;as held at half-past three 'll the chair. The meeting was worship the mayor was and considering the best means of Tue,day, in the rown-hall, Liverpool. His u clock on called fur the purpose of con:i wners Harrison, and resolutions were u 0. and also to procure promotion of the object of the meetin,, testifying their respect for the memnaonrtytnoefutsliiye algatreeeCdatpot,aiinn subscriptions for the Harrison Fund. h borough coroner MURDER AT LIVERPOOL-I%A - of Liverpool held an inquest yesterday. body of a man, apparently an American sailor, I'' Dock found with his tiroat cut on the east side of Canada . The (Wednesday)hoenwthaes m on yi N te i r o 3 n ,, d t a h y e l d a ee st e . as T o h n e ot aff h a a i v r in a g t present been id en i t s tfi police have nd clue to the perpetrators of the crime.' inquest was adjourned. envelopeded while t FRANCE. THE BOURSE, Feb. I.—The settlement of the account has been going on heavily, and large sales of stock are likely to be made. Threes, for the present account, after having been done at 67f. 50c., declined to 67f. 30c. For the end of February, prices varied from 68f. 65c. to 68f. 50c. Mobilier steady at from 730 f. to 735 f. ; Lyons, 877 f. 50c. to 880 f. ; Orleans, 1,342 f. 50c. to 1,345 f. ; Northern, 895 f. to 897 f. 50c. ; Austrians 506 f. 25c. to 505 f. ; Lombard, 543 f. The. to 541 f. 25c. The following were the last quotations:— 41 per Cents. 96 Credit Foneisr.... 740 Do. end montk Belgian 41 . 3 per Cents 67 25 Pitclmontese (5) 81 Do. end month 67 35 Roman 76 Bank Shares. 2820 I Austrian Credit Mobilier 735 —Spanish Threes .. 43 50 Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 895 .. 896 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean BBl 25 .. 873 75 Geneva — *.. 500 Southern Western 575 .. 670 Eastern Sardinian 390 .. 387 50 Austrian Lombard .. Exchangelon London, at sight, paper, 25f. sc. ; money, 25f. 4e.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 95c. SARDINIA. The following decrees appear in the officio; Gazette : " Victor Emmanuel, &c.—Considering the treaty concluded at Zurich between France and Sardinia, on the 10th of November, 1859, ratified by us on the 17th of the same month ; considering especially the proviso in the articles 3 and 4, for the creation of a ' rente' at 5 per cent. for the capital of 160,000,000 lire, to be paid to France after the manner and for the causes mentioned in the said treaty ; " Upon the proposition of the Minister of Finance, who has said that, owing to the negotia tions diplomatically conducted between our Go vernment and that of the Emperor of the French, the amount of the rente for the capital of 160,000,000, and the sum representing the interests of this rente, due to France by reason of the said treaty, ought to be fixed at the sum total of 9,162,458 lire 31—namely-9, 14 7, 792 lire 94 for the interests of the capital of 160,000,000, and 14,665 lire 37 for the interests of the interests. " Art. 1. For the payment of the sum of 160,000,000 lire, stipulated in the Treaty of Zurich, concluded between Sardinia and France, dated Nov. 10, 1859, and of the interests on that sum, we' authorise the inscription in the register of the pub lic debt of the state of a rente of 9,162,458 lire 31, the interest commencing from Jan. 1, 1860, as ad dition to the rente created on June 16, 1849. " Art. 2. To this further issue the same rules for a sinking fund, and the other regulations relative to those of June 12 and 16, 1849, are applicable. " Art. 3. For the payment of the rente and the sinking fund on the capital, we empower the Gene ral Treasury of the State, from and after the Ist January, 1860, to set apart the annual sum of 10,994,149 lire 79, viz. :—For the payment of the rente, 162,450 lire 31; for the sinking fund, at the rate of 1, per cent. on the nominal capital of the rente, 1,832,491 lire 66--total, 10,994,949 lire 97. " We order the present decree, sealed with the seal of State, to be inserted in the official register, &e. VICTOIt EMMANUEL. "Turin, Dec. 11, 1859, " We, Victor Emmanuel, &c., have ordained and do ordain as follows : " Sole Article.—The Government is authorised to guarantee, on, tenders for 2,000,000 lire of rents, the payment of the loans that Tuscany and the other provinces of the Customs union intend contracting upon this guarantee—namely, 1,500,000 for Tus cany, and the other half million for the provinces of the union, and after the manner and under the con ditions that shall be settled between them and our Minister of Finance. " Turin, Jan. 20, 1660." BELGIUM. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives, in Tuesday's sitting, terminated the discussion of the Budget of Public Works, adopting it by 74 votes to 1. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JAN. 27. The new Cortes were opened by the I“ng in per son on, the 26th, with a very short speech, referring to the nomination of two Portuguese Plenipoten tiaries to the Paris Congress, if it takes place. It also refers to the railroad contracts during th e recess, and directs particular attention to the im provement of public finance and to the bills which arc to be presented by the respective Ministers. Money was scarce on the Lisbon Exchange, where the rates for three months were—on London, 53Z ; Paris, 533 to 531 ; Amsterdam, 42 ; Ham burg, 474 ; Genoa, 528. Three per Cent. Stock Registered, 47 to 471 ; Coupons, 461, to 46a ; De ferred, 34 to 344 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 101 to 111 per cent. premium ;.4)porto Bank shares, 271 to 29 per cent. premium. MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS FOR MADRAS.—Sir Charles Trevelyan has invited the Madras public to form a municipality, partly on the elective principle, the first business of which shall be to consider what would be the best mode of providing for the water supply and sewage of Madras, and to borrow the requisite funds on the security of the rates.z—ilonteward in its effects than all the severities of despotismand I and finish. The last chapterends with a catastrophe, the extravagancies of democracy. Quarrels, in inasmuch as the old miser uncle has deluded the short, whether of nations or of individuals, are for young nephew, who devoted himself assiduously to the most part really what they are termed euphoni- his comforts into the belief that his hoarded trea ously, misunderstandings,' and if this could be surcs would be his possession, and at last the will re recognised and acted upon, there would be a fair vealed that the shining stores were to enrich a hos prospect of getting rid of a large and pestilent class pital. Those who have been interested in the fate of them altogether." " Wheat and Tares," is con- of Hugh, will be inclined to exclaim that Mark tinned, but the story does not make much progress. Cudworth should have remembered the old adage, There is also another instalment of the pleasant " that charity begins at home." The second title of sketch of Twickenham, as 'The literary suburb of the this tale is " Unfairly played and falsely won," and eighteenth century." Pope's villa there is spoken therefore in the next instalment it is to be sup of as " the first home of genius erected by the in- posed that some exciting incidents will be re dependent support of the English nation." " Why corded. There is another paper very well adapted not the Lords too ?" is the title of an article which for the present period, on " Robert Stephenson recommends that the proposed reforms in the Legis- and Isambard Brunel." It is a very interesting 'attire should be extended to the Upper House. The paper, and passes well-merited eulogiums to the writer's tendencies are Conservative, and he evi- memory of the departed. After alluding, in a de dently looks with some anxiety and suspicion on tailed manner, to the various works and achieve the increase of political power in the hands of the ments of our great engineers, the follwing just re masses, and as a safe counterbalance he desires to marks are made :—Groat Britain may well be proud see the House of Lords more vigorously constituted. of both her departed sons ; and though the verdict Whether the reader agrees with his suggestions or of posterity may be, and we believe will be, that not, he will probably be interested in the perusal of the two Stephenson was the greatest benefactor of his paper. He recommends the adoption of to his country, because his genius was the life peerages, at least for Lord Chancellors, more un d er t h e con t ro l o f hi s j u d gmen t, and men who are raised for their own achievements, yet future generations will acknowledge that great without any great estate to bequeath to their sue- truths are taught alike by great failures and by cessors ; which would, he says, " put an end to the great successes, and will cherish the memory o f influx of obscure and landless men. The presence Robert Stephenson and Isambard Brunel, as of met in the great council of the nation, of men without whose lives have beeu fraught with valuable lessons property, talent, or importance of any sort, sitting to the whole human race." There are other papers merely because they had an ancestor who was a in this number that will be found of interest in their successful lawyer or a distinguished soldier is a several ways, and, on the whole, we must consider great and increasing evil." It is also suggested that the present is of more than ordinary merit, from that it would be an advantageous arrangement if the importance of th e su bj ec t s , an d the excellent men who had held Cabinet o ffi ces for a long period manlier in which they are treated. were permitted to take their seats for the remainder of their lives in the House of Lords ; and he would extend the same privilege to ex-Governors of the principal colonies, and those who had received by name the thanks of Parliament for their public ser vices. Various other suggestions are made of the same character, and many of them deserve conside ration, but we think the writer is mistaken in sup posig the House of Lerds would ever take the initia tive in legislation. It is by no means desirable that it should do so, as it would entirely disarrange the system of our constitutional government. Nevertheless the article is an able one, and deserves perusal. There aro also papers on the Hague, and an English view of the United States. Celburn's New Montkly Magazine. " The French in Abyssinia," is the title of a lengthened paper which opens this number, and gives some interesting particulars of that region. The tale of " East Lynne" is continued with spirit, and the plot is greatly developed. The story of the murder is told to us, and we are led to suppose that the unfortunate Richard Hare is unjustly sus pected. The narrative displays all the writer's ac customed vigour and skilful sketchings of minor incidents. " Sir Nathaniel" contributes a paper on Wallenstein in his " Notes on Note-worthies," and cites, as is his wont, the opinions and epigrams of many celebrated writers. His acquaiatanee with literature is evidently extensive, and he varies the article by his frequent quotations. Sir J. Em merson Tennant's able work on Ceylon receives a commendatory notice. Mrs. Bushby furnishes a wild and gloomy story, whose incidents are painful and repulsive. The veteran contributor Cyrus Redding gives us an interesting memoir of Washington Irving. Arctic Exploration is discussed, and it is remarked, at the con clusion, that probably the Russians, E.EI they advance in knowledge and in enterprise will explore the vast extent of land that has been seen north of Behring's Straits. A paper on the Spe cial Services at Westminster Abbey contains much suggestive matter, The writer advocates strongly the necessity of plain, forcible preaching on these occasions, in language which is clear and compre hensible to the uneducated, and which points directly at the faults and vices of their everyday business life with vigour and simplicity. With re gard to the " vehement movement in favour of congregational devotion," as he terms it, which has lately taken place, he expresses, with justice, a strong dislike of religious frenzy. He says—" We should view with more hope a solitary gleam of pensiveness passing over the countenance in a quiet movement than we should the most frantic excla mations of alarm and regret. The sorrow which Heaven would send would find no vent in shrieks, the peace which God would whisper would not be shouted to the world amid uproar and confusion." Though there is much truth in his general remarks we think he carries some of his doubts a little too far, as surely it is a first step towards something better to gather this motley congregation together for professedly sacred purposes. Where there is nothing to excite or to amuse, there is surely some chance of awakening serious thought in some of the hearers, and we cannot coincide with his opinion that those who listened carelessly or indifferently went out worse than they came. The article en titled "Will There be a Congress," will certainly have the advantage of surprising the reader, as it is a truly astonishing production t o meet with in the pages of an English magazine. We should imagine it must proceed from the pen of an Austrian, who has made himself familiar with our lan guage, though certainly not with our sentiments. We are told of sympathy " with the wrongs of the Pope ;" " the Pope would be equally powerful were he not to govern a rood of land ; but we protest against the spoliation as a d angerous pre cedent.' Ihe " sacred cause of legitimacy" is upheld; "the condition of Central Italy is a peril ous example to the rest of Europe ;" and " the rights . of legitima c y are t ramp l e d un d er f oo t." After all this we need not be surprised, though we may be indignant, at the conclusion at which so clear-sighted and liberal a politician arrives. "While Austria exercised a wise surveil lance over the demagogues all went on tolerably well; but since her expulsion from Italy matters have gone on from bad to worse. Believing that Italy can never remain tranquil unless the people are kept in subjection by foreign bayonets, we can didly confess that we should prefer the return of the Austrians to the entrance of French or Sar dinian troops." We should scarcely have thought such sentiments would have found utterance among us, but we are sure they will be indignantly re jected by the majority of their readers. The only poetical contribution in the number is the follow ing genial and graceful tribute to the popular poetess : TO ELIZA COOK. BIRTIIDAY GRERTING, 24T11 DRCEMBER, 1859. (With a coloured Picture of a .Robin singing among snow. laden ifolly-boughs.) BY W. CHARLES KENT. " This trivial leaflet—type of love As true as that once borne by dove, The love of friends who prize the worth That sprang to being with thy birth-- Reveals (apt symbol of thy art) The bird of winter, whose warm heart So throbs with love among the snow, That all his breast is in a glow I Both bore for song in frosty days, His hymned 'mid holly, thine 'mid bays, Each sings with joy, and still shall sing— Blithe voices ' prophesying spring. Aye thus below th' undying shade, For each th' appropriate covert made, Sweet bird, sweet bard, this eve of eves, Sing under ever fresh green leaves." The Universal _Review of Politics, Literature, and 'Social Science. There is an able article here on Charles Kingsley. This re markable man has writt en muc h o f l ate years, and his writings are of that nature that one cannot pass them heedlessly by. St r iki ng as i s th e power displayed in his works it is more the views s et forth therein that arr es t th e a tt e ntion ; b u t they derive addition a l we i g ht f rom th e b r illi an t and vigorous style whi c h i s conspicuous in his luminous pages. Ample praise is rendered in this paper to the Rector of Eversley, while the writer states that had he the power his space would not yield . him the opportunity to do justice to Mr. Kingsley's varied faculties and extensive erudi tion." Deserved praise is awarded to this author for his strenuous efforts to further the work of sanitary reform, and this is the more praiseworthy it is here truly stated, because at one time many of his professional brethren were enemies to that cause. The Rector of Eversley stands out as a shining example to those priests who :Ire here re presented as regarding the eholera as a heaven-sent scourge, because there are more dissenting chapels than churches in a town, or because the theatre is better filled than the church. In one of Mr. Kingsley's best works--" Two Years' Ago "—this subject is treated in a most able manner, and forms one of the most noticeable passages of the story in the way of social im provements. All i mpar ti a l judges will agree in the truth of the concluding remarks, that what ever some of his extreme opinions may be, Charles Kingsley has di me great goo d im his generation. ‘ He is not the kind of politician for wise and good men of any party to quarrel with." After observing that suc h a com bination as is presented in his works is rare even in theimproving widening thought of the country, it is suggested that the only danger that menaces Mr. Kingsley is the speed of his productions. Ile should be more deliberate. "lie has great powers hardly yet matured, and he may leave a great name behind him in the death less literature of England." We commend this admirable article to the earnest attention of those who _appreciate the peculiar attain ments of a man who is decidedly one of the bright and particular stars in the sphere of literati. " Sir Everard's Daughter" is continued, and it is a story that evinces some knowledge of life in its quiet touches, that are replete with graphic force THE FRENCH BAR AND THE AMNBSTY. (From lho Presse.) A painful and surprising incident has just oc cured at Lyons. The following letter, which has been communicated to us, seta forth the facts, and these facts are of a nature to make a sad impres sion. The Conseil de Discipline of the Lyons bar seems to have mistaken both principles and circum stances in claiming to make dependent on the re sults of a previous inquiry the admission of a former colleague, M. Juif, who was exiled for po litical reasons, and who has returned to France in virtue of the amnesty. Such a requirement would be only intelligible if M. Juif had voluntarily abandoned his country and his profession in search of adventures abroad. He has yielded, on the con trary, to the hardest necessity ; he has returned as soon as return was possible ; and moreover every body admits that, by a sort of generous fiction, the amnesty does not merely put an end to a certain state of things, but annihilates it, so to speak, ,in its causes and in its circumstances. Advocates should lose sight of this less than anybody. " To the Batonuier and Members of the Conseil de Discipline of the Lyons Bar. "Gentlemen,---After more than ten years of exile, and in consequence of a general and unconditional political amnesty, I have returned to Lyons to re sumo there the practice of my profession as advocate. In consequence, I have asked that my name should be inscribed on the roll of advocates, not as a favour but as a right, th e mos t sacre d all, that of making use of a property legitimately acquired, of following a profession which I have learned by many years labour and great expense. " You have not openly denied my right ; only you have forced me to , understand that the Conseil de Discipline of Lyons is not composed of juris consults who officially examine my title to the exercise of my profession, but of partisans who set up a claim to sit in judgment on my political prin ciples and antecedents. This is a power which you have not, and which I refuse you. " At the same time I placed myself faithfully at your service, for all such explanations as you might deem desirable. During your deliberation yester day, which lasted an hour and a half, I waited all the time in an apartment of the court ready to obey your summons. You knew that I was there ; you were all informed of the fact ; and you saw me there on your way to the council chamber. " You did not think proper to summon me before you. You preferred to compromise the dignity of our profession, by endeavouring to obtain from the Registrar of the Council of War a copy of the proceedings in the political trial which I underwent; you hoped, perhaps, to find in them some pretext under which to mask the real motive of your ostra cism ; and you have not even learnt the lesson in propriety which a public functionary, the Registrar of the Council of War, gave you, in refusing the eommunication you asked for. Foiled on that side, you have taken the deter mination of submitting my conduct during my long exile to the investigation of a commission—a clever w ay, I admit, of keeping me at a distance without taking the responsibility of a refusal. " Whole years would be insufficient to procure you the information which you pretend is neces sary ; you know neither the laws nor the custom's of the countries I have lived in ; you know still less their intelligence and freedom. The Americans would smile with astonishment if you were to ask them what the proscrit who left France, deprived of all resources and only his labour to live by, had done among them. They would reply, what I have told you myself, that he had energetically struggled against the difficulties of hie situation; that he bad even known want ; but that, thanks to God, he had never been redueed to those extremities which make men commit base actions. " They would have added, that they had suffi ciently shown the consideration which they accor ded to the unaided foreigner, by admitting him to discharge among them functions which involve greater responsibility than those of our profession in France. " I had offered to communicate to you my diploma as advocate of the state of New York ; you hays not thought fit to take notice of it. Your desire was not to exclude me without having to declare your selves. You knew that exile does not enrich a man, and that I could not wait long for your decision. You have succeeded; be satisfied; I withdraw. I wish, however, that our position towards each other should be clearly marked; that is the object of this letter. " I thank the very small number of my colleagues who have valiantly defended right and justice by defending me in the council, and I have just told you, gentlemen, that I withdraw for the present my claim of admission to the bar of Lyons, so that you have no further need to deliberate upon A..-- I have, &e., "F. Joie, Advocate, Doctor of Law." REFORM OF THE CITY CORPORATION. The new Government Bill for the better regula tion of the Corporati on o f t h e Ci ty of London ha! bren . printed. It p rov id es f or t h e di v i s i on o f the city in to 20 wards, n i ne o f t h e ex i st i ng war d s to remain unaltered, and the remainder to be formed by the union and division of old wards. The nine intact wards are Aldersgate, Aldgate, Broad-street, Castle l3aynard, Coleman-street, Cripplegate With out, Farringdon Within, Portsoken, and Tower. The qualification for voting for Lord Mayor, alder men, common councilmen, and ward officers is to bi the occupation within the city, solely or jointly, of any house, shop, office, or chambers for business. rated on a net annual value of £lO. Full provision is made for the registration of the civic electors, and the Recorder and Common Sergeant will hold courts for the revision of the lists. On the 21st of Decent. ber (St. Thomas's Day) next ensuing, and ever' subsequent year, 120 common councilmen will be elected in the 20 wards of the city, as now, one year only. On the same day one aldermen will be elected in each ward, at the same time and place, and and in the same manner, as the common councilmen. The office of alderman may be held for life, or the tenure of guanidiu so bene gesserint. The duties and powers of the new aldermen and common councilmen will commence on the lit of January, 1861, on which day all the old aldermen • and common councilmen, if not re-elected, will hi officially extinguished, and cease to exercise their authority. The Lord Mayor, however, will con' tines in office until the usual date, and those alder• men who may be cashiered by the municipal cos' stituency in the preceding December will continu e Justices of the peace an d h ave seats (it is not sa id votes) in the Court of Ald ermen. In 1861 the Lor d Mayor will be elected by the new constituenef , from among the aldermen of the city. Aldermen , and common councilm en mus t b e on t h e li s t o f voters for some ward in the city, and must he seised of real or personal es t a t e to t h e amoun t 01 , £l,OOO, and be rated on an annual value of Lao at the least. Clerks in holy orders and dissent' ing preachers are especially disqualified. Th e accounts of the corporation must be sent to the, Secretary of State yearly, and an abstract there o f he laid bef o r e th e High 'Court of Parliament. Th e power of sale and leasing is restrained. Comma' hall elections are transferred to the Court of Car mon Council. Exclusive rights of trading in t b. City are abolished, as also street tolls; the right ° l t porterage is saved. The restriction on grants 1: markets within seven miles of the City is repeal.e" The Lord Mayor and aldermen will have noth l . ll ,„ to do hereafter with Southwark, and the 9 1) ", Coroner will cease to act in that borough.. • office of High Bailiff in Southwark is abolish,e2i, Provision is made, in case of need, for the appo,u meat of a stipendiary magistracy in the Freemen of London may take apprentices for Or' instead of seven years. deal de prj Th qu 1124 havl Tur to 6 per 3 pc Prat the Aoii Sttn Cei v that levt titi, Ittkd te nt 100 bees v a 4 it lan 3H 3 P e An: k r . l 1 Op, At, ......, Ye, /4,