The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-03 00:00:00

UER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,- EXTRA. P.P.,RFORMANCES , Thursday, Feb. 4—Saturday, Feb. 6. On THURSDAY, Feb. 4, Lk SONNAMBULA. Amina, Piccolombai ; Liza, Banner; Conte Rodolphe, Belletti ; and Elvin, Ginglini. On SATURDAY, Feb. 6, will be produced, for the first time iu England, LA ZINGARI, being tie Italian version of Bal/e's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by :Wiles. Piccolomini and Sannier ; Signori Belletti, Violetta, and Giuglini. To conclude each Evening with the successful Divertisse ment,. by M. Massot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Morlaechi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit 12e 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2 e; grand tier, 3 /. 3 s ; two p air, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery. stalls, 3s 60. pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. THEA TRE-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. P THIS EVENING, will be performed T3O MUCH OF A GOOD TEIING. After which, a new comic drama, A LUCKY Followed b y the new grandbpan tm i rae, LITTLE JACK JORNER. Commence at 7. --------- THEATRE ROYAL, HIYMARIC&T. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, to THE commence at Seven: o'clock, with RIVALS. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leelercq Colum bi n e, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the eveningl6s. each, (No charge for booki n g.) First Price. a. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes ..............•• 3 0 Upper Boxes . 3 0 Upper Boxes ............... 2 0 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 Gallery 1 0 Gallery .................... ... 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new ; ra nd ,omie Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN ' WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Mies Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. lluline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PH I, Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr, B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WE kVER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. Gramd Combination of Attractions—Third Night of a new Domestic Tale, by Westland Marston, Esq —Leigh Hunt's highly successful play—and the gorgeous Spectacle, Lalla Rookh. THIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play, LOVERS' AMAZEMENT - S. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charle3 Dillon and Woolgar. After which (3d time), a domestic tale, by Westland Marton, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by Messrs. C. Dillon, Barrett, J. G. Shore, Mesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. Te conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKH. and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or. 'Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zaleski and Sons ; Columb'nes, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. On Friday, Mr, Charles Dillon will appear as Othello. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3ox•ofce open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURROY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. After which, QUEEN 3fAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Janet. Clown, by the Surrey Brick ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow he company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S , lectloas from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, are., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Bruaell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, Russell Grover, H. Jones, J. Barker. W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. EdwaT.ds, Mr. Ball, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. 'I. Critehfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director. Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dte., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will mako his 9th appear. twee THIS EVENING. "SUN" MAP OF CHINA. r 77 " SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND. On Wednesday, the 10th of February, we shall print an Outline Mip of China in The Sun. The capture of Canton may be expected by the next mail from China, so that our readers will see the contiguous position of surrounding places. Orders received by all news-agents, and at The Bun Office, 112, Strand. Price only 4d,, stamped 6d. by post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. TRIP( DAY—Morn., II min. eft. 5 —Even., 27 rata aft. 5 To-Sfoußovi 15 min. aft. s—Even., 2 min. aft. C THE WEATHER—Sax OFFIGIE, FEBBUART 3. THIRMOSINTNR, IN 'DWI SIILDIL 40—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BARomirrint. 29.83. W/sp, S.W. rather fresh. Yesterday a heavy fall of meow —to-day, thaw, and plenty of slush. TI ) : , ,I,ONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1858. f The last of the pageant has been pbrformed The curtain has fallen 1 " The daughter of England" has, for the first time, departed from our shores, and henceforward her lot will be cast amongst strangers, with nothing to remind her of the land where she was loved and cherished, not only by friends and relatives, but by every true hearted Englishman. No wonder that she evinced deep emotion at the leave-taking—that her fresh young heart was painfully moved at the great change that had taken place in her position and prospects. She experienced that terrible trial— " th% last look of home." She had left her parents and brethren, and should thenceforward, i ' .n accordance with the natural law', "cleave unto her husband:, " His Pbe her People, and his GOD, her G:711 should :: Can we wonder, then, at the excitement mani fested in her favour, the earnest aspirations for he r f u t ure happiness moat strenuou s opponents efanthde sisprtosperity. The jentwe h r e e c d ou ee le p l l t y r and sincerely anx i ous that all should de rose, and that s h e should prove al e xcep ti on to what they feared w ou ld be th gene ra le rule, should similar experiment s be too frequently e qnently attempted. She, that was really dear to the h British nation, and well merited the love received, has left us for ever. Prom this timee forth she is a stranger ; and the most that can be anticipated are some brief visits—" f ew „ d far between." Her tastes, her habits, and associa tions will be formed in the new sphere in which she is destined to move, an I which she is calcu lated to adorn. She is like the daughter of a private family who has married an Indian officer, and the light of whose presence will never again gladden their home, which she has abandoned in obedience to the paramount claim on woman's destiny. May she enjoy peace and happiness in her new estate beyond that which the most strenuous supporters of the match could antici pate. On that point, at least, there will be the most perfect unanimity on every side. But having thus disposed of the personal ques tion, the political one remains open for discussion. We again ask, what possible advantage can the nation derive from the match t An alliance that was merely sustained by such a tie would not be IFIE of much value. Unless nations and Governments feel that their interests draw them together, and are favourable to friendly relations, they will not be influenced by matrimonial connections. " England has no cousins," and it would be well Hanover was for her if s he never had any. decided by a damnosa hereditus. Th e first GEORGES looked far more to the welfare of their German territories than of their British dominions. Their favourites, male andfemale, were selected from their fatherland, and England was involved in many difficulties and embarrassments from their very decided predilections. In ev cry matrimonia alliance that has since taken place, the balance has decidedly turned against this country. We defy the most unblushing toady to point out a single instance in which Yfe received a single benefit from any royal marriage since the acces- Sion of the Home of Brunswic.k—indeed, we believe we may extend the period to the so-called Conquest, and the accession of the first William. e again refer to . the fate of the chill ken of George 111., the uncles and aunts of Qusen VICTORIA. What misery was entailed on that promising and numerous family by the provisions of the Royal Marriage Act ; and what scandals were occasioned in consequence ? " The Bill of Pains and Penalties,"' the onslaught against Queen CAROLINE, showed the impropriety of looking ,only to the joinder of hands where the feelings of the heart were disregarded. The public sympathies were strongly enlisted in favour of the unfortunate "bride of a night," where the union did not continue during even the conventional honeymoon. We shall say nothing of the marriage of the Duke of YORK. Although no issue resulted therefrom, there was at least some reason to anticipate that it resulted from affection. But the other sons eschewed matri mony until the death of the Princess CHARLOTTE created a necessity for heirs to the throne, and extraordinary inducements were held out to per suade them to take partners. One of the number —the Duke of SUSSEX--40 his honour be it spoken, steadily refused to contract fresh nuptials during the lifetime of the amiable, virtuous, and high-born lady to whom he had been united by a marriage valid in the sight of GOD, if not in that of man, and, be it slid, with a deep regret that embittered his existence, his truly noble children deprived of the inheri • tance and position to which they were justly entitled. Here, then, were all the males of that fine family, with scarcely an exception, deprived of the freedom and independence, which even the most humble of their fellow-subjects, enjoyed, in a matter on which their happiness in this world at least mainly depended. The condition of the Princesses was still worse Some were married. The aged and widowed King of WURTEMBURO accepted the hand of the then PRINCESS ROYAL ; the reigning Sovereign of HEsSE took another ; and the Duke of GLOUCESTER a third, while the others were compelled to con tent themselves with private marriages, which although they might have satisfied " moral " obligations, were not recognised by the State, and gave no legitimate protection to their offspring. Surely it is time that the system which led to such unfortunate results in one generation should be altered before a new rac# are sacrificed at the same shrine. It is public opinion in this country that is to be regarded, and we have no hesitation in saying that there would not be the less devotion or loyalty to the Sovereign or Royal family of Great Britain, if there were a larger infusion of English blood in their veins. Nor do we sup pose that Continental despote would slight the English alliance, because we had thought proper to break through the rules which they had es tablished for their own purposes, and to keep up the system of kingcraft in its least eligible as pects. Now that we have got through all the stir and ceremony of the Royal Marriage, we find ourselves immediately upon the eve of the re-as- sembling of Parliament. It behoves every think ing man amongst us, therefore, to reflect at once upon what are among the,chief difficulties which will have to be brought forthwith under the considera tion of both Houses of the Imperial Legislature. Foremost among all, of course, are the anxieties originated, on the one hand, by the Bengal Mutiny, and on the other, by the Monetary Crisis, arising out of simultaneous commercial failures in Eng land, in Scotland, and on the opposite shores of the Atlantic. Hence will the Lords and Com mons propound to themselves without delay the enquiries—How is the currency hereafter to be regulated 4 How is India henceforth to be governed ? There will be, of course, the custo• mary old Parliamentary evasion or " put off" —a Committee. An Indian committee will take in hand the future of JoffN CJMPANY. A Currency Committee will ring the changes yet again upon all the stock platitudes with which JONES LOYD —we beg his lordship's pardon with which Baron OTERSTONE—and his compeers have long s'r familiarised us. The latter " dodge," in fact, is already gun fait acaompli. Insomuch that we have a tolerably fair prospect of finding the session of 1858 slip by fruitlessly in this matter by means of one adroit delay upon another until the season for grouse-shooting has come on, when members will have to lay down their blue-books, or to put up with the blue devils, to fling aside their Elan sard and take to their Manton. The same fear ful possibility threatens us obviously in regard to the no less vital question of our sway in Hindos , . tan. A Parliamentary Committee, the mere dread of a Parliamentary Committee is in this way to the nation, as the hair-suspended sword above the head of DanoceEs. We can hardly "fall to" at the legislative banquet, through a perpetual terror of it. It tends so often to make that political feast the mere feast of the Barmi3ides. It so often happens to JOHN BULL, as it happened once upon a tame to SANCHO PANZA, that—with an appetite whetted to the finest edge imaginable—the dish (often, as it happens, one to set before a king) is whisked away from him in a very twinkling by that wand of Doctor PEDRO REZlO—the beck . of one' of those tantalising Parliamentary committees. Honest JOHN plays oftener than he lists the starved and hungering Governor of Barataria —famishing in the midst of plenty, at the whim of some one among his innumerable Quack Physicians. Accordi ng t) Parliamentary slang a t least (this must, under every c i rcums t anc e, be some consolation to us) th e C urrency Quest i on, an d the gl will in thi s way , d ur ing the estion present sessi on , b e ventillted. Indian Somethi ng more, however, th an t h e mere yen . tila.tion of the 11,,f ofra Qq es a • A t that console the country at large 'dun must tend to ; e n; probable one question the Prime Minister is personally for disappointments. In regard people and to the Parlia a e r n d t t . o pledged to the that solemn promise of his has bee Ais more, beers recently and quite voluntarily reiterated. There is 110 pretext for further procrastination. The over due. The liabilities of the First Lord o! tho Treasury in this matter require to. be speedily and satisfactorily liquidated. It is a debt of Honour. That, in truth, is perhaps our chief security in regard to it. That is Ole principal LONDON, WEDNESDAY N j us t ifiGation of our belief, that upon this head, at least, our hopes may, to a very considerable extent, be re alsed. More, however, than many imagin e depends, in reference to all such hopes, upon the o-pposition than upon the Government. It should be remembered, howbeit, in our complex system, that the Opposition in reality constitutes the motive power of the Administration. it is this which is the secret of so many undeniable advan tages having resulted to the nation from the con flict of parties. The fear of the Opposition has been the incitement of the Government. In tes- timony of this, it is altogether undeniable that we have never had such indolent Governments as when we have had weak and powerless Oppositions. Hence it is come to be almost a political axiom, that a strong Opposition makes an active and energetic Government. All this being, of course, simply the result, in one word, of wholesome —competition. It is not unreasonable, therefore, to look for further advantages arising out of wholesome competition of this kind between Con servative-Liberal, and Liberal-Conservatives. THE ILLUSTRATED NEWS OF THE WORLD. Under this title we have been favoured with a specimen number of a new paper, which is to appear on Saturday next, and if the forth coming weekly publications be one half as beautiful and promising as this specimen, it will be a work rich in art and admirable in execution. Here we have St. James's Palace, the scene of recent grandeur and. of Court ceremonials. Then a bird's-eye view of Windsor Castle, !Tien dilly delineated with its parks and gorgeous trees —Buckingham Palace a©d Westminster Abbey casting its "dim religious light" over the Sunday evening services of the pious wor3hippers. Again we are treated with Balmoral Castle and its Highland scenery; facing which, by way of con trast, picturesquely illustrated, is Osborne House, rearing its homely front to the broad waters of the vasty deep—and then a fanciful sketch of dreams of the Past, where " Youth, ago, and infancy lie." very poetically pourtrayed witli the motto of "Peace on earth, and good will to men." Alto gether it is the most promising specimen of a first number we have over seen, and the price is only fourpence ! THE HousEs OF PARLIAMENT, Since the adjonrnment of the Homes of Parliament on the loth of D3cetuber, the following changer have taken place : HOUSE OF LORDS. Dake of Devonshire.—The Earl of Burlington suc ceeds to the dukedom, on the death of his cousin. Earl Spencer.—Viscount Altisorp, M P., for South Northamptonshire, succeeds his father in the title. Earl of Ilchester.—The lion. William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways succeeds his brother in this title. Earl of Winc'uilsea and Nottingham.—Viscount Maid• stone succeeds his father. Baron Chesham.—The Hon. Charles Campton Caven dish, late M.P. for Buckinghamshire, has been called to the Upper House by this title. HOUSE OF COMMONS. COI:INTIM Buckinghamshire.—William George Cavendish, in the room of the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, created Baron Chesham. County of Mayo,—Lord John Thomas Browne, in the room of George Henry Moore, Esq., unseated on petition. North Northamptonshire.—Geo. Ward Hunt, Esq., in the room of the late Augustus Stafford, Esq. South Northamptonshire.--One seat is vacant for this division by the elevation of Viscount Althorp to the peerage, on the death of his father, Eari Spencer. The candidates are Col. Cartwright (Conservative), and Lord Henley (Whig). BOROUGHS. Ashton-ender-Lyne.—The Right Hon. T. Milner- Gibson has been elec'ed for this borough, in the room of the late Charles Hindley, Esq. Elgin Burghs.—Mount Stuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, Esq., in the room of George Skene Duff, Esq., retired. Paisley.—H. E. Crum-Ewing, Esq., in the room of of Archibald Hastie, Esq., deceased. Scarborough.—John Dent Dent, Esq., in the room of the Earl of Mulgrave, appointed Governor of Nova Scotia. Whitehaven.—George Lyall, Eiq., in the room of Robert Charles Hildyard, Esq. The following seats are vacant : Reigate, by the death of William Hackblock, Esq. The candidates are Mr. Doulton (Liberal), and Sir Henry Rawlinson (East India Director) and the Hon. Mr. Monson (Liberal Conservatives). Limerick (City).—A vacancy has been created in the representatio❑ of this city by the elevation of Mr. Ser geant O'Brien to the judicial bunch. The candidates are Mr. Ball and Major Gavin, both Liberals. By the succession of the Earl of Burlington to the Dukedom of Devonshire, Lord Cavendish, M.P. fur North Lancashire, becomes Marquis of Hartington. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The Ministers present were—ViQcount Pa'- merston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary 111) , Nuch.-re, Lord Panmure, the CLanc..lior of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. REFORM MEETING AT NORVi7IOII.—A great meeting was held here last evening, in favour of parliamentary reform. The city members were present, and declared for a substantial extension of the franchise, vote by ballot, and more equal electoral districts. TILE PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mills discount, and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly the same price in London as it is in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 419 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4. f. per 11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 1 1-10th per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for hills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the cx3hange is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference c f interest, the present rate leaves a trilling profit on the importation of gold from the Unite , l States. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. -A. court was held yesterday, Mr. Deputy Christie in the chair. Dr. Le theby's report stated that the total number of deaths in the City for the week bad been 72, those of last year having been 64, and of the year before, 40. Disease of the respiratory organs bad been the principal cause of death. Dr. Letheby had visited the Moorfields burial ground, and reported that the recommendations which he Submitted to the court on the 12th ult. had been fully carried out. The ground had been levelled and paved, and every available precaution necessary for the healthof the public had been taken. Deputy Barnard con sidered the communication quite satistactery. Mr. Abra ham inquired whether the solicitor was authorised to make anycoomunication from Messrs. Piper and Young as to the expenses which the commission had incurred in prosecuting them 1 Mr. Tyrrell replied in the negative. Dr. Letheby said that the two objects he had had in view in bringing the matter before the public had been fully established. Tile public had been protected from danger, and a very important precedent had been established as to the necessity of consulting local boards before taking steps of the kind. It was ultimately unanimously resolved that the required works hating been done by the defendants, the prosecution against Messrs. Piper and Young be discontinued. THE WADSWORTH-MOOR MURDER —Joseph Shepherd, the young man in custody on a oharge of murdering a cattle dealer named Bethel Parkinson at the Commons Farm, Wadsworth-moor, on the 13th ult., and against whom the coroner's jury have already returned a verdict of wilful murder, was taken before the West Riding magistrates at Halifax on Monday for further examina tion. Mr. Marsden, solicitor for the West Riding, again appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and produced a voluminous amount of evidence similar to that given before the coroner. It is stated that the prisoner is to be charged with highway robbery with violence as well as with the capital offence. His demeanour on Monday was more serious than on soy former occasion. Great excitement prevails in Halifax on the subject of the murder, and the Court-house Was densely crowded during the clay. Is is reported that the mother of the prisoner is in a distressing state of illness and not likely to survive. PAUPEIIISIE IN 1856 AND 1857.—A parliamentary returr, recently issued, gives a comparative stetetnent of the number of paupers of all classes (except luna'ic asylums relief o and t h v e a l g a r s a t n d t a s y r e i l n i e ve each ( e l h out e week k f i t doors) inqu pauperar e c te t- r ip s it•' e lo n f ded Michaelmas 1856 end 1857 reTectiselY, iu unions, &c. From this document it appears that the numbers of paupers relieved in the unions on the last day in the fourth week of Oct., 1856, were—in-doers, 27,726 ; out-door, 63,775 ; total, 91,501. l'Jis year on the same date, the numbers were—io-door, 27,927 ; outdoor, 64 931 • to al 92,858, being an increase of 1,357. The' # • # L , ._ ,4. u 946 ' total , 1856 midland, Wales was, • t deOr, 75 .946 Ont-door cent. The divisions aseere lt p .t z ta: of the 11 divisions of England and ~,,,..a ..822,271. In 1857—in-door, 116, d 8 o 5 o 1 r ; , 614, or 6 .): Tt° 34 ; total, 822,885, being an increase of which show a . 2,59 , ; the w'resli eastern 2,676; the south-western, \ n s Orth o - n if t e - gtern cl T 4911 _ mi increase o 4 FM . . .EVENING, FiEi,'BRU'ARY 3, TENS into intrigues, or kept up communications, whether in France or foreign countries. _ 3. Every individual who, without being legally authorised, shall have manufactured, sold, or dis tributed— I. Destructive machines, acting by explosion or otherwise ; 11, Fulminating powder, of whatever descrip tion— sball be puiliAied with imprisonment for six months to five years, awl to a fine of 50 to 3,000 fran c s. Article 7 eclares as follows : " Any individual may be interne in France or Algeria, or expelled, who was condemned, expelled, interne, or transported in May or June, 1848, in June, 1849, or in December, 1851, and who may again have been pointed out by important circum stances as dangerous to the public safety." THE BOURSE, Feb. 2.—The following were the closing quotations:- 4i per Cents 95 Do. end month — - 3 per Cent. ..... 69 10 Do. end month 69 30 Bank Shares 2200 Credit Mobili or Do. Account 9lO -- Credit Foncier Belgian 4. 1 , Pie hnontese R0man......... ......... Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 361 RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto 80 7; Lyon and Mediteran. 875 New Ditto B5O Geneva Midi Western 69T Strasburg Grand Central .. Sardinian Austrian THE PRINCIPALITIES. The following is the text of the Imperial firman addressed to Prince Alexander Ghika, Caimacan of Wallachia, ordering the dissolution of the Divan of that PrincilAlity "The Divan, which was convoked in virtue of »y firman, in order to carry into execution in the province of Wallachia, which forms an integral part of my empire, articles 23 and 24 of the treaty of the 30,h March, 1856, assembled for the purpose of exprewiing the wishee of the country, and of giving to the com mission, of which the delegate from my Sublime Porte as well as those of the guaranteeing powers form part, the necessary information for the accomplishment of its mandate. The said commission having declared that this Divan cannot be of any further utility, I have decided, in concert with my allies, to order its dissolution. On the reception of my Imperial order, you will have to dissolve the said Divan ad hoe, and to notify this docu ment to all whom it may concern." (Signed by the Sultan.) THE EDUCATIONAL FRAISTODISE.. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Having experienced that your columns are op -n to the advocacy of fair and just principles, I ven ture to express my views upon the subject of the new educational qualification for voters. Education, impartially and efficiendy effected, would form a grand. medium of suffrage ; bat, partially and inefficiently carried out, would form one of the most dangerous instruments that a Go vernment could possess. This educational suffrage, intended by this frail Government, is based upon the Russian policy, where all are educated that are not born serfs, in the way which snits the power of despotism, bybringing the child up in the way which the Sate requires it to go, the child ever associating the State power with some hing sacred. Scarcely ever possessing a thought that does not identify the State with all that is righteous ; having some purposely confused idea that the State is of some divine potentiality. Implicit obedience and reverence follow, where even iniquity abounds ; the free education has bound the child, the youth, and the man to another bondage ; leaving him a little better than the instinctive animal, with one idea prevailing always, i.e., vassallage. There would be no great objection to this kind of state-bound man, were the state perfect—based upon first principles—but since this immaculacy does not exist in any state throughout the world, there is danger in any kind of partial or political education. fhere is still greater danger where edu cation assumes a semblance of freedom ; where education is to qualify any voter, unless it be left indefinite as to where educated—by what profes sion, persuasion, religion, or class. Any pre ference of an university ,or college education would not only frustrate the advantage, but would augment the evils of partial suffrage. Now no good can come out of the creation of new constituencies under any class system, such as the Church, the law, the army, professors of medicine, science, and art, nor of Banking nor E tst India Companies. Votes given in such classified forms will be setting every man interestedly against his neighbour. The national object of the statesman will be overthrown : the member would be bound not to give an independent, but a depen dent, vote iu the House of Parliament ; and when a measure touching the interest of the Church, the army, or the arts, or any of the classes be directly under discussion for lawful enactment, the in terest of the class, not that of the entire nation, must be considered. The law representative would not fail to uphold the law interest, for if he did not, he would certainly not represent their interest again, as would the other class repres,nta fives regard their respective interests. The result would be that the law interest, the most crafty of all and already too numerous and powerful in the House, would soon enjoy other immunities, benefitting their Glass only while it injured and puni.hed the whole country besides. The Church, also equally powerful and influential, would not forget her loaves and fishes though the country were starving by her encroachments : her command ment of love the neighbour would soon be effaced from the requirements of the Church, substituting for it, love the Church above all things and wink at all her corruption. The Church, the Law, and the Army, are already three powerful ministerial adjuncts, and to add to the power they already possess is evidently only the Russian system attempted here, to enslave a comparatively free people. Who:everlexpected anj, better kind of reform from Lord Palmerston ? He is utterly incapable of real reform. Subtle diplomacy is his forte, and he will ever deal with the franchise as he would deal with an enemy, evade and outwit a just claim, or punish the pre su mp tive expectant. To encourage education is good, but to play a trick of this kind with a country, under the specious garb of reform, proves that something more than education is necessary. Something more than the education of the mind only is required ; the heart and the conscience must form a part of education henceforth. A nut system must be instituted among the higher classes of education, for virtue must find its place somewhere. Certainly the labouring people of Great Britain exhibit a tendency to integrity greater than do the higher orders. Do you find the men of labour exercising undue and unjust in fluence over their employers because of their ii ume rical strength 7 Do they not toil on in peace early and late, day after day, year after year ? not in creasing in their substance even with frugality, caution, and economy—their day of toil never ending inlife—their family wants increasing without the commensurate increase of means attainable in their locality where all the surrounding ties of kin dred centre. Yet numerous, almost general, are the hearts of the higher orders hardened against their social and political claims ; and Lord Palmerston would certainly pu , aside their just claims as if he never had received an education at all. I recognise no education that has not inculcated a sound integrity of purpose. I call no man great, though he be Premier, if he be not good in heart, Justitia cum core is my maxim. It is also the higher orders that require the edu cation—that most essential part of it—which bears upon first principles--that which no man can ignore with impunity. Compromise is a subterfuge, expe diency a deception, and evasion an excuse, at tempted only by the vain ungrounded man in virtue. There seems a disease of bo . h heart and mind among the influential and affluent men of this thy. Two thousand two hundred years back, better sen timents were promulgated than now. How comes it that the sentiments of that great, good, and vir tuous man, which Eusebius " declared, of all the Greeks, reached the vestibule of truth," are not prominently taught and imbibed in our colleges and universities. How is it this " Maximus Philo sophorum" has no weight and influence ia our day that we would call a day of advanced civilisation and educLtion ? - That broad-shouldered man, which the Times journal would have denounced unqualified for the English army—because of the width of his shoulders, and unfit to mess and associate with the witless sons of lords—is none other than Plato. How comes it that the journal which was once the first in Great Britain, should have blundered so egregiously as to have forgotten Plato ? But not only have the Col logiates and the Times forgotten the shoulders, of Plato, but, what is much worse, the sentiments of that great man are altugother and alike oblivious in every utterance that journal fawningly brings forth for the Ministerial interest. Plato was more deeply interested in a good form of Government, having witnessed the corruptions in his own country—the Atlien'an democracy. Also that of the despotic and absolute rule of Dionysius ; had he lived in our day he would have had more ample means of witnessing the corrup tion of a monarchy under a denominated constitu tional form—the whole of which were and are alike opposed to his exalted views. His ethics require to be taught to the great statesmen of this day, they require little revision for this day. Neither does the advocacy of virtue ever require modification. Virtue is an abstract principle which man never can modify, although in this day various are the attempts to dress it iii o corrupt semblance. Whereas Plato asserts ' vice to lee a disease of the mind," but " virtue is pur chased as the true good of the soul." My advocacy is to injure no class whatever. I seek not the destruction of the possessor s of wealth nor of honours ; but I seek their fundamental ameliora tion in the thorough possession of happiness. Happiness is never unconnected with virtue. If, therefore, our members of State have disregarded the line of rectitude, which should benefit the majority of their country, they have simultaneously disregarded that which shall ever benefit themselves the most—i.e. vii tue. Plato attests the fact when he said that " virtu ous conduct, apart from its benefits to society, is advantageous to the individual practising it, inas much it enure that regularlity of the imagination j LATEST NEWS. THE ROYAL SQUADRON. The Victoria and Albert brought up last night at the Nore, and departed thence for Antwerp at twr, o'clock this morning. She wa s ex p ec t e d t o reach her destination at nine o'clock. Her M:►jesty's despatch gun-boat Alacrity, Commander Wodohouse, one of the Royal squa dron, got ashore on the Shingles Shoal at 4.30 this morning, where she remained high and dry. The Port-Admiral at Sheerness sent her Majesty's steam-tenders Lizard. and Wildfire to her assist ance, and there was no doubt she would be got off at high tide. THE BRAZILS AND PORTUGAL. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Petropoliq, Captain Paulsen, has arrived from the Brazils. She brought up outside Calshot all night on account of thick fog. The Petropolis left Rio Jan. 1 ; Bahia, 7th ; Pernambuco, 10th ; St. Vincent, 20th ; and Lis bon, 29th. She brings 20 passengers, 71,000/. is specie ; diamonds, value 3,500/. ; 6,000 bags of coffee, and a general cargo. On the outward voyage spoke ship Allen, Bed forth, from Liverpool for Valparaiso, all well, in lat. 3 Ro deg. S. long. 30 deg. \V. At were her Majesty's ship s Vi rago , H arr i er , i and Madagascar ; French frigate Purpuivant, and American frigate Plymouth. At Bahia her Majesty's brig Siren. The markets at Rio were materially affected by the disastrous news from Europe. On the 24th the Bank of Brazil raised their rate of discount to 11 par cent., and bills on England had been passed at 24 to 23k. Stocks of coffee wera very large, amounting to about 75,000 tons. Excepting i n w i nes , sa l es had beenve very limited. Bank Share 3 wera worth 106 to 103 premium. Trade was generally dull, and would so continue till sales of coff,e could be effected. Freights dull. Arrivals numerous. At Bahia sugars were up to 2.400 raw browns, And 2.700 flue browns ; white 3 were neglected at 3.200 ; coffer., 5.300 to 5.600 per arr. ; unwashed, first 4, 4.500 to 5.150 ; seconds, 3.650 to 4.400 ; cocoa, 6.600. Crop nearly over. Tonnage abun dant. Exchange closed at',22k. The weather was very wet, which would retard the sugar crop. The mail steamer Avon arrived at Bahia Jan. 1. Considerable anxiety prevailed at Pernambuco in commercial circles, on account of the news from this side. Exchange had gong down to 24, 90 days, and even to 23, 60-days. Discounts advanced to 12 to 15 for first-class bills. Portuguese gold had been freely purchased at 12 prem. ; sovereigns, at 10.300. Prices of sugar were very high compared with European rates :—Muscovados were 2.400 to 3 per arr.; whites, 3.400 to 4.500 ; stocks for sale small, and packers firm in their demand. Cottons, 6.600 to 6.800. Her Majesty's steamer Wasp arrived at Pernam buco on December 31, and proceelod to Paraiba and Para on the 2d of January. On the Lisbon Exchange bills continued scarce. Ganeral rates on London were 53 to 30 days, and 53} for three. Some short bills were done at the close under 53. A. good deal of money remaining over. Continental paper scarce. Paris, 526 ; Amsterdam, 43 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa 52. The Marquis de Soule's Cabinet had been rein stated in office. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVNNING. We have received the Mouiteur of yesterday. It gives au account of the meeting Of the Senate under its President Troplong. At half-past 3 o'lock M. Fould rose and said— " Gentlemen Senators,—The Emperor has ordered me to bring you the following message :- 4 " Messieurs lee Senateurs—The Senatus-Consultam of the 17th of July, 1856, leaves a doubt which I now think it advisable to pat an end to. In fact it only confers the Regency on the Empress, or, she failing, on French Princes, provided the Emperor has not by some public or secret act willed it otherwise. " I believe lam responding to the public wish at the same time that I follow my own feelings of the highest c-mfidence in the Empress by designating her as R egen t. Actuated by the same feeling, I designate, she failing, as her successors in the Regency the French Princes in order of hereditary succession to the Crown. "'I have also wished to provide for any doubts which might arise as regards the Council of Regency from the alternatives left open by the 18th article of the Senatus- Consulrnin of the 17th of July. Consequently, I have established a Privy Council, which with the addition of two French Princes nearest in the line of hereditary succession, will become the Council of Regency from the sole fact of the accession of the Emperor a minor, if at that moment I should not have established another by public, act. This Privy Council, formed of men who . 36 „ y m y confidence, wid be consulted on the great affairs of the State, and will prepare itself by the study of the duties and necessities of a Government for the important task which the future may have in reserve for it. 4 6 Whereupon, I pray God to have you in hie holy keeping• " 'NAPOLEON. „ p a l ace of the Tuileries, Feb. 1, 1858.'" The Message was accompanioci by letters patent, couched as follows N a poleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the Frenob, to all p resent , greeting. 1. Being desirous of putting a stop at once to any doubts which may result from the Sen a t or -C onsu lt una oft s pouse he ofl7th h Eugenie m julylBs6: and of givi ng t o our well-be loved marks of the high confidence we repose in her, we have resolved to conf er upon h er, an d do from said title and to ex erc i se the functionsthereof of the accessio n o f t h e Emperor as minor, in conformity to the regul a ti ons of the Senatns-Con• ts oui bear t c eu o ar n tarh f confer day on r b e upon her by these pr esen t s, the title of Regent t h e Regency. ,‘ We charge , our Minister of State to communicate the present letters to our Beeper of the Seals, to be inserted in the Bulletin des Lois, and also to the Pre sidents of the. Senate of the Legislative Corps, and of the Council of State. "Done at our Palace of the Tuileries the Ist of Feb., 1858. " NAPOLEON. " Countersig,ed, "ACHILLE FOULD." His Excellency then read the following decree, establishing the Privy Council " Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French, to all present and future, greeting. " We have decreed and do decree as follows : "Art. 1. A Privy Council is established, which will meet under the presidency of the Emperor. "Art. 2. The Privy Council will become, with the addition of the two French Princes nearest in line of success►on, a Council of Regency, in case the Emperor should nat have designated another by public act. " Art. 3. The following are appointed members of the Privy Council:-- . " His Eminence Cardinal Morlot. " His Excelle ncy Marshal Duke of Malakhoff. " His Excellency M. Achille Fould. " His Excellency M. Troplong. " His Excellency Count de M ,roy. " His Exc e ll ency 11. Buroche. " His Excellency Count de Persigny. "Art. 4. Our Minister of State is charged with the execution of the Present decree. " Done at the Palace of the Tuileries the Ist of February, 1858. "NAPOLEON, ig Countersitond, " ACHILLE FOULD, (Minister of State)." This c ommunication was received (says the ilioni teur) w--3 repeated shouts of " Vivo l'Empereur !" The President then said :-- "The Senate takes note of the documents which have just been communicated to it, an d , con formable to Art. 7, of the S enatus Consultant of the Regency , t h e Senate orda'ns th a t the Message, as we ll a s the documents tltereunto annexed — v i z . , the letters patent and the decree appointin g the archiv es ." the Privy Council--shall be placed among The meetin g broke up amid renewe d c ries of " Vivo l'Empereur !" Thr3 follo wing articles occur in the " Prjet de Lli" rel a ti ng to pleasures for insuring the p ublic safety fine of 500 t o 1 . Im prisonment from two to ri ve y ears, and a shall have excited, in what ever manner, to crimes 10,000 francs, to any individual who contemplated is A r ti c !es 86 and 8 7 of the Penal Cocie, when excitement shall not h ave been followed by p ract i cal e ff ec t s. 2. linpri sonment from one mo nth to two years, and a fine of 100 to 2,00 0 f ran cs to any individual who, with th e o bj ect of di stur bi n g the public trail quillity, or of exc i t i ng hatred or contempt of the Cioveruinelat of the Emperor, shalt have entered SARDINIA. The Ragionc of Turin, a number of which had been seized by the authorities for publ►shing a letter from Paris which appeared to contain a kind of defence of tho men who attempted the life of the Emperor of the French, was tried on the 28th ult. by the Court of Assizes of Turin. The prosecution was conducted by M. Lavini, deputy fiscal advo ca!e, and the defence by M. Tecchio, a member of the Chamber of Deputies. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The Ragione itself has the fo lowing on the subject : " Now that our words can no longer be misinterpr=eted, we repeat that the authorities bad misunder stood the meaning both of our correspondent and the journal itself. When one declared that poli tical assassination is murder, and the other joiued in the universal execration of the regicides, it was ' not irony, as the authorities pretended, hut, on the contrary, as our counsel showed, the imme diate and necessary consequence • of the principles which the Ragione has ever professed!' SPAIN. The Spanish Congress commenced on the 28th ult., the discussion of the amendments proposed in the address in reply to the speech from the throne. The first amendment was to the effect that the Congress was sincerely desirous to put an end to the uncertainty which exists on the subject of the constitution in Vigour, in order to put an end to the agitation occasioned by projects of reform. M. Isturitz, president of the council, declared that the amendment was unnecessary, in asmuch as the Government did not desire anything else than the constitution of 1845, was determined to govern according to it, and would present no bills not in conform.ty with its spirit. The amend ment was withdrawn. Another, somewhat similar in spirit, was rejected by 183 votes to 7. In the course of the sitting, M. Bravo Murillo promised to support the conservative party. In the Senate, the address proposed by a committee in answer to the speech from the throne was read. It is for the most part a mere echo of the speech, but declares that the Senate will see with pleasure a law which, whilst sanctioning the sale of ecclesiastical property, shall indemnify the clergy. The Cabinet had ap proved of the proposed address. The Marquis de la Pezuela had given notice that he should recom mend that, instead of the address of the commis sion, a short one, expre%sing monarchical principles, joy at the birth of the Prince of the Asturias, and a readiness to co-operate with the Queen's Govern ment in promoting the welfare of the State, should be adopted. Rumours of changes in the Ministry were again current, but, as usual, the Ministerial organs declare them unfounded. " Adding ovimple to precept, the Emperor Alexander," writes the St. Petersburg correspon dent of the Nord, " has resolved to emancipate the whole of the serfs on his private domains, at the same time securing to them all the advantages granted to the peasants of private individuals. He also gives up to them gratuitously all the buildings with their dependencies in which the peasants reside. Tae Nuremberg Correspondent contradicts an assertion made by a Belgian journal to the effect that Hanover would be called on to occupy the Duchies in the event of Denmark refusing to conf rm. to Vie res•olutfons the Germanic Diet. This contradiction was hardly necessary, for the improbability of the statement spoke for itself. The German Journal of Frank[rt sta'es that the last propositions made by the Danish representatives are limited to changes in the financial laws and method of representation of the Duchies and by no means modify their general constitution. The Archduke Maximilian, as Governor of the Lombard and Venetian provinces, has just accorded to 11 other political refugees authorisation to return to their country. ARRIVALS FROM INDIA. Among the passengers who arrived at Southamp ton yesterday morning, in the India mail packet Colombo, was a widow lady with her two children. Her husband was kill , :d by the mutineers in India. She and others were saved by a friendly rajah, and through his connivance they passed through Oude on their way to Calcutta disguised as a native wedding party, and were completely shrouded from view by veils and other coverings, and travelled in a cart, according to the customs of such parties. One of this lady's children was born about the time of h er esc ape. The rajah has since joined the mi.ti neers. lie protected the lady and children, as well as other refugees, for some time before lie was able to provide for their escape iu the disguise they assumed. Another of the lady passengers on hoard the Colombo had a narrow escape : she and her husband, while flying from the upper country, were fired at repeatedly. The driver of the vehicle in which they escaped was killed, and a ball fired at them grazed the lady's finger ; but althDugh whole volleys of musketry were aimed at them they re ceived no serious injury. At one time the danger was so imminent that they were obliged t 9 rush out of the vehicle andlide away. She left her husband in ludia, fighting. Calcutta is very crowded with refugees, owing to the unwillingness of the wives of officers and others to come t) England and leave their husbands in danger in India. Many of these ladies are almost forced out of India by their hus bands. The passengers from Calcutta say that' troops are very much wanted in India. Although a large number of soldiers are gone out, they are scattered abJut, and are at no part in very great force. MR. HORSHAN, M.P., AND THE IRISH SECRETARY. SHIP.—It will be remembered that when Mr. Horsman resigned the Irish Secretaryship last summer, it was stated that his " management " of the Irish elections had displeased the head of the government, and led to his re signation ; but in his explanation, given at a meeting at Nailswortb, Gloucestershire (3 contributory borough to Stroud), the other day, he actually stated that there was too little to do, and too much pay for the office. His words were :—" As far as the difficulties of the office went, I found it took a great deal of ingenuity to occupy myself two hours a day with that once important offic-, and now one of the highest paid under the state. * * * In Ireland I had high wages—greater altogether than any Secretary of State. I bad very little work, be cause my plan wasalmos: a sinecure, and I had the givir g away the patronage mod of the good things in Ireland. But I conscientiously feel on the whole, that having, in order to retain an office, which did not give me very much work, to give up a great deal of independ• ence and freedom of discussion upon general po:itical subjects uncmnected with Ireland—for instanoo, such a question as the war in India or Russia—holding a sub ordinate place in the Cabinet, I was not able to speak a word, and of course, under the rules of official subordi nation and discipline, it was my duty to vote always as the Government vael ; and, feeling on the whole, that the mere empty distinction of cffice, and the mere emoluments, did not compensate for the sacrifice it entailed, and that my leaving it could be of no loss to the public service, as my place could be easily supplied, I did feel thai, without the abandonment of any public duty, I might resign that office, the holding of which was an advantage to no one but myself." 'AY S. —that tranquillity and internal harmony which constitute the mind's proper happiness.* Our English statemen would do well to notice Plato's above remarks ; they would then cease to legislate for themselves, and do so for their country essentially and only. Neither, riches, land, honour, nor education, without virtue, purchase for the statesman happi ness ; happiness must extend to the legislated—to the people for whom we legislate, before it cart reach the legislator ; one and the other must stand in right relation to each other, just as a man can not be happy when his housellAd are in jeopardis ing misery (that, is, if he be a man)—if his manly spirit he have not forsaken ; if he have, lie no longer possesses happiness consonant with man, but only that consonant with demoniacal passions. In order that the State be a perfect State, the statesman must be a perfect statesman. Just now, for the good of one's eyes, point him out. Politics must ever be branches of dialectics and ethics, it must never be separated from rational deductions and the moral rectitude of the best men in the Stlta. The State based upon first principles must become vigorous, healthy, and beautiful, because as its foundation becomes good and solid, its emanations follow in orderly relation. England now requires the trim Conservative (not the savage--the Tory) such an one as shall con serve virtue, as the only true basis upon which a Constitutional Government can be founded. e Republic, IX., 577. J. G. THE CRYSTAL PALACE SUNDAY OPENING. The following letter in reference to the recent deputa' tion to the Home Secretary was received by the Lord's. day Society on Monday morning : " Whitehall, Jan. 30, 1853. " am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to inform you that he has given his attentive considers tion to the memorial presented to him by a ,deputation of the Society for Promoting the due Observance of the Lord's-day, in which it is stated that a resolution bad been submitted tc a meeting of the Crystal Palace Company on the 11th of December last, end carried by a large majority, authorising the board of directors to agree with any proprietor for * conversion of his shares in the company into tickets of admission into the buildings and grounds of the company, pursuant to the 11th section of the Crystal Palace Act, 1856, and reque•ting the board of directors to pass a resolution authorising admission by these tickets to the Palace and grounds on Sunday afternoon, as a gratuitous privilege, and without any money pal' went to be made, directly or indirectly, to the company for such privilege, which resolution, if carried into effect, Sir George Grey understands the Committee of the Society to conte, , d would , be either a violation of the gull of 21st Geo. 111., o. 49, or an infringement of the con' dition of the charter of the company, that no person shall be admitted to the building or grounds en the Lord's-day in consideration of any money payment made, either directly or indirectly, unless witli the express sanction of Parliament. It appeo° to Sir George Grey thst the application of the society for the interference of the Government in this matter is at least premature, as, unless the resolution is carried into effect, which is not stated in the memorial, no proceeding could be taken against the company et the ground of the alleged v i o l a ti on o f t h e con diti o n o f their charter. If the resolution should be acted twee. Sir G. Grey will be prepared to consider whether the interference of the Government is required. " With respect to the prayer of the memorial, that ne teration be made in the charter to permit the admission of the shareholders or others to the grounds of the company on the Lord's-day, I have to inform you that no application for any such alteration has been made.' I am, sir, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON." THE CAMEL IN AMERICA. • In the exploration by Lieut. Beale of a waggon road from Albuquerque, New Mexico, due west, or nearly so' thoset o the pretty a r Ci arid thoroughl w o r e a s d t e o r n R test.r i e v g e i r 0, Then s t h s e e adaptability importedt o ha ve av camels, e b oe b e e n n camelsp u ts o me t to iae e innwthnhilueem,extbhpeeeryd, itw b i e oe s nr i e d o e tf s aiL s ei e ne v u e tt r o. a ßs l ae dromedaries, were lapdog' originally at Indianola, Texas, whence, after recruitiaq wells in t il l: for sinking artesian : Antonio, adneds etrhtas that intersected f b i eer Capt.a o m o p a i r ; y o the Rio Pecos. Lieut. Beale left San Antonio on the 25th June, having selected for his expedition 23 cae 3 " and 3 dromedaries. The camels were laden with aWO portion of the grain necessary for the teams of mule"* Those of them which in their native country had Well trained to this business were found capable of carry in g 1,00010. The exp e diti on too k the route from San, A l l ; tenio to El Pas o , an d t h ence up the Rio Gran" t o Albuquerque, at so me di stance west o f w hi c h t he new explorations wore to b eg i n. F rom S an A nton i o to Albt t querque, by thi s route, the distance is over 1,000 miles „ a large part of it through districts very scantily 0 . 111 1 plied with either g rass or wa t er . It was a ccomplisr: in 45 (lees, the train moving at an average rata O f ; miles an hour, and the camels bearing the journey p e r fectly well. F rom Alb uquerque th e ex p e diti o n marcti oo . to Zuni, an outlying settlement of New 111 01 . ig Lieutenant Beale l e ft Z un i on th e 28th A ug ust, he/ 1 0 , obtained an esc or t of troops from Fort DA° situated som e 90 m il es to the nort h i n t h e country bit t ' s the Navajos. Hi s route l ay nearly due west, a l on g 35th parallel of no r th latitude, and through a reg lfl hitherto almost unk nown . As far t as the Little Color* —o , the road, though with volcanic ranges of mountain" el; gently in sight, some of them capped with slimy, comparatively level. There were abundant stipplie. ° r, grA, , s, with timber sufficient for fuel, and plenty of scat° t After crosing Little Colorado, which was followed I . ° o some days and which has a wide and fertile bottom, v : i j o e a fringe of cot t on w e ed along the. banks, the exped" it o encountered the San Francisco mouatain, having on eastern eastern slope gre a t f orests o f p i ne, and on its Wilshlio slope f ores t s o f ce d ar. From the Western foot of the mountain the country grows more barren, till, nen r t ee banks of the Colorado, it becomes a desert, excePk ett e bottom land s a f ew m il es i n extent. T he river at was found to be from 200 to 300 yards wide, fievii n e g fe et the rate o f th ree or f our m i les an hour, and with 17 , we of water in th e m id c h anne l . I t was u n obstructe d rocks, and w as apparently nav i ga bl e f or large stestn'tes The inhabitants of an Indian village found here rep 'rented the river as maintaining the same character Otto Fort Yuma, near its junction with the Gila. Ile r° 00- camels we re p u t to a very i mportant test. L ey, tively stated by Father Hue, in his travels in Tary - oe l and by other writers, that the camel cannot swice,, , ot io this alleged defect of theirs had caused Lieutenant $ ° a good deal of anxiety. Having leached the o°! (:)r ti lfs he was determined to settle the question for hin i to The first camel brought to the bank reface d to enter the river ;' but another being brought dow e n ' t ee the great delight of the whole company, it toott4 water freely and swana.boldly across. The others, ' OO ore behind the other in strings of five, were o _ o , across in the same way. They not only swam With ° l ; t do but in this particular, as in others, they seemed to o n 'the horses and mules. This seemed to be the , t ee remaining test needed to establish the ch arac ter o .` bos e camel as a beast of burden specially su it e d for t 3 in regions. What particularly ad a pt s th e came l for n i dol e those regions is not merely their capacity to en so d fatigue and to go without water, but the very ceer se et se scanty food with which th e y are content. They they go along whatever they find in their path, n en e v eri their long necks, and th row i ng or their heads into • ' narrow crevice of the rocks where grows a cactus o " clump of grass, or cropping the leaves from t h e bray of trees without in the least retarding their Pr b rt isit In this respect, as in many others, they have a a d o e advantage over mules or horses, which require tee regularly as man himself.—Neon York Tribune. e ° THE DUTY ON SPIRITS.—There has b een a ca r t be report in quarters likely to be well i n f orme d tbs. t ) ,11 Government intend to equalise the duty on epir it h il iog over the three kingdom s . Th e y h ave l ong b een waAn - 00 an opportunity of doing so, and it is only too 'ala i y fel present period may be considered a favourable er making the att em pt.—D u bli n F reeman ' s Journa" evil AUSTRALIAN POSTAL COMMUNIOATION.- 0 1 11 , 45 , 1 • 00 4 °mations we have pointed out th e necess ity af 'De "A - ou r postal communication 'b e t ween thi s coun try 4 2 - 0 , i° Australian dependencies, and have done as 01 11014 t h us lies to secure two, instead of one mail per 110 to 0 0 0 and fro. The rapidly augmenting business interniAool imperatively dem an d s it ; an d as thi s d e sirable n t i t ' e re can be attained with little additional expeas, e c i v or° lw seems no reason why it s h ou ld b e l onger with ',Oat / especially as a system of weekly mails has bee n . i ntrio gelled betwe ,n th e E as t I n di es an d th e mother e °- 0 0 g far and the Australian bags could be conveyed 11 , 4 - for.% Ceylon by the same means of transit as those use 00 05 East Indian letters. It is, indeed, more than P - woo' that increased postal accommodation for Auetraliabo is prove a source of profit to the Post Office ; but Ms. as it may, it is el ar that the mercantile relationenritaie! colonies a re o f th at va l u e an d moment to Grea t f ": i 4 tr o ; that every possible facility should be afforded• ly sit y f°, that at this present moment there is urgent asnloloo°' frequent intercourse with our East Indian p o ' s 0 061 ; but under ordinary circumstances, and in 0 re se j mercial, or even postal sense, there is 11 • 00 4 why the one should enjoy these advantarpostoPt the other he debarred. We say in ver nin e w since, for by - a return furnished by the g° oo s jette die' authorities, it appears that the number o f „ h• veyed between the United Kingdom and the-cla 00 0tv to and China was 1,542,257 during the tivelv e ,itted, o f ending Dec. 31, 1856, w Nile the number trans': ni otP,., and fro between the Australian colonies and Or 0 0 0 ).; country during the State period was 1,467, 33 : 1 00 re/ 64,923 less than those which were received .. Vies o' B forwarded to our extensive East Indian territlese our commercial settlements in China. Surely pi eta p iitO , statistics which warrant the Australian 0 °' ° e ett e l the pressing the consideration of the question on Jo on Lion of the Home Government.—MolinY I Jan. 39. I l ~~