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

BANK OF DEPOSIT, 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established May, 1844. :NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN', That from this clay until farther Reties the Isurausu payable on deposit accounts will be Increased to by Pas Q.T. per annum. Parties desirous of investing money are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Farms for opening accounts and every information post free on application. Feb. 1, IS5a. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- EXTRA PERFORMANCES. C To-Night, Feb. 2—Thupday, Feb, 4—Saturday, Feb. 6. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Feb. 2, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Piccolomini ; Alfredo, Giuglini. On THURSDAY, Feb. 4, Lit SONNA.MBUTA. Amina. Piccolomini; Liza, Sannier; Conte Rodolpho, Belletti ; and Elvin°, Ginglini. On SATURDAY, Feb. 6, will be produced, for the first time in England, LA ZINGARI, being tte Italian version of Balte's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlles. Piecolomini and Sannier ; Signori Belletti, Violetta, and Giuglini. To conclude each Evening with the suwessful Divertisse ment, by M. Massot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Macllles. Clave;la, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 121 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair , lss ; gallery boxes, 108 ; gallery stalls, 3s 63 ; pit, 34 6d; gallery, 2s. THEA TR E-R YA L, DRURY-LANE . Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed A N )VEL EXPEDIENT, in which Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray and Mr. Rinloch will perform. After which, a new comic drama, A LUCKY HIT. Followed by the new grandbpantomime, LITTLE JACK IVAN ER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, EL AYNIA.RIEET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven: o'clock, with THE 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. Leclereq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay Clown, Mr. Charles Leclorcq. Orchestra Stalls which may be retained the whole of the eveningl y .6B. each. (No charge for booking.) First Ice. s. d. Second price. 15. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit. 1 0 Gallery 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 now grand eornis Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. Tho Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor muck ; Clown, Mr. Fluline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss:Cl. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the now drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. It Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WE t VER. After which, a Mythological Extraviganza, entitled THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley ; Venus, Mrs. Billington. ROYAL LYCEUM THE .A.T RE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— Grand Combination of Attractions—Sec , nd Night of a new Domestic Tale, by liestland 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 Nfessrs, Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore; Mesdarl2s Charles alien and Woolgar. After which (2d time), a domestic tale, by Westland Manton, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by Messrs. C. Dillon, Barrett, J. G. Shore, 3fesdames Charles Dillon and Conquest. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAII ROGICH, and the PRIN , 3ESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ' • or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the De ser t. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Ether Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Rona ; Colurab'nes, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. On Friday, Mr. CharLs Dillon will appear as Othello. Doors open at half-past 5, to commence at 7. 3ox-oftlee open from 11 to 5 daily, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Oros wick. MIS EVENING, will be performed WELLIA.M TELL. After which, QUEEN M.NB ; or Harlect i a Ilomeo Jolliet. Clown, by the Surrey Bock ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HLLL, Westminiter-roaci. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow iqz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S loctions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, cite., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madile. Marietta, Ifiss Brunel!, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Heushaw, Russell Grover, S. Jonee, J. Barker. W. Melling, Senor Anonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgoy, Mr. E lwards, Mr. Bell, and ..11r. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critch !old and E. Mackuoy. Piano forte, Mr; Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &s., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAII.AII will make his SLla appear ance THIS EVENING. "SUN" MAP OF CHINA. SUN oFFICR, 112, STRAND. Oa Wednesday, the 10th of February, we 'ball print an Outline MT of China is The Slut. The capture of Canton may be expected by t'3e next mail from China, so that our readers wi!l see the contiguous positioa of surrounding places. Orders received by all news-agents, and at TI- e Sum Office, 112, Strand. Price only 4d,, stamp, I bd. by post free. HIGH WATER AT LOND3INT BRIDqE. Tnta; DAY —Morn., 33 min. aft. 4—Even., 52 rain. aft. 4 To-MOnitow—Morn. 11 min. aft. 5 —Even., 2r lutn aft, 5 THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 2. ITIZENIOIIETEII, IN raz 40—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and daring the 40 —this day at noon. EAROMETER. 29.82, WEED, Southerly and Westerly ; light, with snow and frost. This is the first regular fall of snow we have bad this season in London, so that the Princess Royal has left the metropolis with genuine white favours. 3 },O'CLOCK —WIND, South-Easterly. Ii has been snowing for the last three hours. It is really beautiful to see the tops of houses—the streets and the thousawl vehicles passing along, clad in the milk-white raiment of winter. The passers-by seem to enjoy it, and the very dogs lick the Isnow and caper about in wonderment — Inch is the singular effect of novelty ! tt 4 Tbey • LONDON, TUESDLY, FEB. 2, 1858. There is such a thincr as r idin g a hobby to death—of a b us i ng a gold ; properly applied, would opportunity—which, The EMPE ROR o f the p e peculia r ly valuable. rench being !) has fallen into (for the ti He seems to think that the attemptedsgrave mistake. tion of the 14th January i s a auf a ti ISSA"ina ustification for any extravagance—that it autho - i hna trample out the attenuated remain s of nation al ito liberty in France, and to insist on a total chan ge in the constitutional laws of independent king_ d.oms. He is no longer contented with being the ally of Great Britain. He aims at being the suzentine, whose ukcc3es we are bound to register "with bated breath and deep humility." H e is not satisfied with diplomatic remon strances, but causes the insolent blu;ter of toadying soldiers to be inserted in th 3 of journal, as if he thought these vapouring and contemptible productions would " fright our isle from its propriety t" He should have known better. He had ample opportunities for learning the nature of public opinion in this coantry. 11.3 own everience might have taught him that, though we may be cajoled, we cannot be bulliel ; though we may be led, we cann ot be driven. After the military addresses that have appeared ii the ifoitildur, no English Minister could afford to concede a single point, however trvial. The mere attempt would be the signa l for his downfall. We Yalu° the honour and independence of our country too highly to permit either to be dragged through the dirt, at the tail of the EMPEROR'S chariot. The truth seems to be that the EmFEROR is losing head, that he is throwing away the trump card which the infamous attempt of the would-be regicides and actual assassins of the Rue Lepelle tier placed in his hand. The abortive attempt of a few miscreants, in which, with all the tried inge nuity of the police, they have been unable to implicate a single Frenchman or a single English man, is made a pretext for estaLlishing a despo tism more grinding even than that of the Russian Autocrat—a despotism by which the Press is not only to be completely muzzled, but to be held responsible for acts of omission as well as of com mission—for what it does not say as well as for what it says—that enables the authorities to seize any obnoxious person and send him into banishment. The sufferings of innocent persons are regarded as of no importance. When the detectives utter the magic words, " a measure of precaution," that is sufficient to cover a multitude of sins—an excuse for any atrocity provided it received the Imperial sanction, or rather that of subordinates, who could proceed to any extremities, under that convenient cloak. But it is for the People of France to decide for themselves, if they choose to surrender themselves bound hand and foot, to be spurned and coerced by any man it is their own business, and we can only wonder at their taste ! But we can at least speak for 'ourselves anti repudiate the folly and: ingratitude that attempt to make Britons the serfs of a foreign potentate bowing submis sively to his high behests, and ready to abolish our aneient and time-honoured institutions to do him pleasure. We tell the Emperor boldly—we tell his insolent and audacious myrmidons, who have dared to speak of Great Britain as " a den of assassins," and to fulminate their absurd threats—that there is not one, the ♦ery humblest of the refugees, whom we would not protect, so long as he merited protection, against all that they could attempt, and all they could do, just as we protected °the Emperor himself. How dare they speak of England as the encourager of assassi nation. Did we ever reward a foiled assassin Did any English authority ever pay a sum of money to one wbo had fruitlessly tried to murder in cold blood one of the most distinguished of our opponents. Let Louis NAPOLEON lay his hand on his heart, and, recollecting the legacy bequeathed to the infamous CANTILLON, and the payment of that legacy with large arrears of interest, honestly declare who is the encourager of assassination, the " accessory after the fact," to a wilful and deli berate act of homicide But what can he say respecting his own filibus tering expedition against Boulogne ? That was an act of aggression against a friendly power—a decided breach of the English law. He could not have hoped that the effort would have been blood less—at least it was not his own fault or that of M. PERSIGNY that it was so. The ono with lead, the other with cold steel, endeavoured to make it otherwise. Fortunately for themselves, they fotally failed, and saved their heads, that would ctherwise have been forfeited to the offended laws of their country. But when Lours NAPOLEON escaped from the fortress of Ham, did we surrender him to the then Govern ment of France, or even expel him from our shores? Far from it. He found au asylum when he wanted one. He was treated with kindness and consideration, received into society, and the violation of our laws was forgotten in the suffering he had endured. We sheltered him in the dark h mrs of adversity, until he gathered sufficient strength to strive to sting the pro tecting hand. Wo regard with profound indifference all the threats that have been hurled at our devoted heads ; whether they come from Minister, Senator, or soldier, they are equally despicable and equally futile. If any effect could be thereby produced, it would be one totally adverse to the objec t for the ad vancement whereof theYwere fulminated. We may he engaged in war both in India and China, but we have men and money sufficient to protect our selves and our country against any aggression, no matter from what quarter it may proceed. We are not about to preach, but there is a paisage in one of the most valuable books in the Bible—one so much overlooked in the din of doctrinal controversy that we hear little of it—of which we are forcibly reminded by Lord GREY'S essay on Reform " Surely in vain is the met spreaad in the sight of any bird," said the Jewish SoLoMoN. Now none can be more ready than we are to do justice to Lord GREY'® ability, especially his ability minus his crotchets, nor would we deny the ability with which the present essay is written ; but its drift is too obvious to deceive any one. The net is spread in the sight of the birds, and very silly birds indeed must we be if we allow ourselves to be caught in it. His object is to keep us out of all Reform this year, and perhaps for another, and another, possibly till the 3.1 Earl GIi,EY shall occupy the place filled by the 2d Earl GREY in 1832—and then what are we to have as a Reform Bill? Why, avowedly one which shall be a compromise between the two great parties to keep out the people to the end of the chapter. Demagogues and democracy are the rocks ahead. A attong people and weak Governments are the great danger. That a Ministry should be able to override popular delusions, is one principal end to be arrived at ; that it should be able to pro pose and carry what it thinks right, is the corrollary. Stand aside democracy, let Whigs and Tories fight it out between them—this is the kernel of Lord Gnwv's pamphlet. We have no doubt that he considers this to be the perfection of Repre sentative Government in England. What have the Tribunes of the people to do on the Treasury benches f The hereditary aristocracy of our country, its two divisions rather, are the poles cf good government—popular power is the :nue uniufluential part between them—tbe mere curved part of the magnet, just serving to enable the two extremes to combine their strength, and exert all their energy for their common objects. It is almost impossible, of ceurse, for a. thoroughbred Whig to believe in the people. Ile can believe in power bidding one or two per cent. more fo r their favou r_ t. than a T or y would do ; they may safely be offered what will give them the shadow of white the substance remains with the class which give no moreivinfe t t i o la g t o s v u e b rn zt , a jab:: ift h G e R e :: h as a er • will of the regular 3or avoid it, than a Bea: Houses of Lords and Com old an ELLENBOROUGH, or obstructions in the than any avowslll wtasbattct.hpoenliolde scope and object of LthoerditGefauErlm l ruption and the more insufferable monopolies glaring ear that small boroughs were kept, anda t he counties cooked to render the constituencies of ' lige ''' . tion for landlord influence ; and that, though in the fracas an increase of popular power was inevi- table, yet good care was taken that the people should not be alt-powerful. Of course not. Lord JOHN RUSSELL very soon told us that ; and the PAL3IERSTON atbinet, with ita aristocratic titles, and the PALMERSION Appointment* and promo tions, and the PALMERSTON non-promotions too, are the existing and glaring proofs that, in living under the Reform Act of 1832, we live neither under the Crown nor under the Commons, but under au aristocracy. The defects of the old Reform Act are, according to Lord GREY, that the Lords and Right Honourables who govern us have not enough power ; that Members cannot be put in to suit the convenience of Cabinets, as they could prior to the Reform Bill ; that some corruption—the cor ruption of bribery, not of landlord intimidation, is that on which stress is laid—does still exist ; and that we have made so much progress that some of the anomalies left by the Act of 1832 may now be removed—and this is all ; and, of course, in rectifying such trivial defects as these, due care must be taken that no more strength be added to the dreaded democracy. Lord GREY, indeed, thinks the Reform move ment premature. We want, he tells us, further inquiry ! and by whom is the inquiry to be con ducted ? By, if practicable, a weld selected com mittee of Privy Council ! And what is their task to be ? To prepare recommendations which all parties—that is, all Whigs and Tories—could accept as the basis of, a bill—a bill which would, therefore, be sure to pass both Houses of Parlia• ment. We have no doubt that it would. Indeed, we hardly believe it possible to select a committee from the Privy Council which would propose a measure unacceptable to the two great parties. Her MAJESTY'S Opposition might feel quite sure that, like the old Reform Bill, it would be Liberal in appearance, Conservative in reality. Lord GREY deprecates a little Reform Bill, because we cannot afford to be always tampering with the Constitution—a great one, because we have not yet had inquiry enough for that. Respecting his last reason, we should ask—when shall we have had inquiry enough ? Respecting his first, we deny that correcting evils, as they become odious, is tampering with the Constitution., if Lord GREY can tell us what it is ; only giving it wholesome medicine and exercise. We must have another glince, however, at Lord Grey and his essay. Till THEATRES. DRIIRY•LANE THEATRE. A new comic drama, in une act, was produced at this theatre last night, under the title of " A Lucky Sit.'' The time is during the reign of the Grande Monarque, the scene Versailles, and the interest centres in the stratagems of a certain boasting Captain Gascon 1 s Tour (Mr. Robert Roxby) to retrieve his lost fortune, which he is successful in doing, though unaccountably being hit by a lady's bouquet. Miss Oliver has a very pretty character in the piece, and the author has also fitted Mr. Tilbury, who was evidently pleased with his part. Roxby's acting was admirably sustained throughout. The pantomime has lost none of its attractions, and the Spirited lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, was vociferously demanded by the audience, and cheered to his heart's content, when he bowed his thanks. `THE SON LON D(XN, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1858 LYCEUM. Last evening a new dome.tic drama, in one act, by Westland Marston, E-1., entitled " A Hard Straggle," was produced here with great success. The plot of this affecting little story is as follows :—Reuben Holt, the ward cf a rich farmer named Trevor, has, years before the opening of the play, been betrothed to Lillian, the daughter of his guardian. Lillian, however, in the mean. time, has been sent to Madeira for the recovery of her health ; has been brought into contact with classes of society vary different from that in which she mixed at home ; has ha i her We saved by a young surgeon, and has, not unnaturally, fallen in love with him. When, shortly after his return to Eoglaud, ke calls to offer her his hand in marriage, she rtjacts from a principle of honour towards R.3uban, but, the latter, after at first intending to thrash the young gentleman, finds out how matters stand, and then nobly sacrificing his own selfish wishes to a higher, truer, and purer love, resigns his betrothed to the man she loves, being himself consoled by the affection of his young niece Amy. The part of Reuben, a cauntry lad of r.;ugh exterior but of noble nature, was beautifully delineated by Mr. Dillon. Mrs. anon, as Lillian, acted with grace and feeling, and Miss Amelia Conuest, who made her debut as Amy, a little girl some 13 or 14 years of age, won all hearts by the sweetsess and reality of her acting. The piece was given out, by Mr. Barrett, for repetition every evening until further notice, amidst loud applause. CRYSTAL PALA CB OUNCE !TS. Owing to the very unfavourable state of the weather on Saturday last the concert at the Crystal Palace was very far from well or numerously attended. Indeed the earlier part of it, viz., an overture by Beethoven, an aria—"ln diesel), Heii'gen Hal!en"—by Mozart, well given by Herr Deck, a basso profundo, from the R iya Opera of Dresden, and a capriccio fantasia for the violin, by M. Kettenus, was performed almost to empty seats; even when the audience did arrive, it appsared to be absolutely chi ltd by the dampness of the atmosphere through which it had passed in its transit from town, and a heavy, apparently unconquerable, dulness reigned throughout, until it was warmed into something like animation by the exquisite singing of Mademoiselle Finoli, who gave Ross:ui'a beautiful " Di tanti palpite" in a manner to call forth loud marks of approbation. Mademoiselle Finoli also sang with Herr Deck (r, basso profuedo from the Theatre Royal, Berlin) 11,ssini's duet "Dungue io son," most charmingly, It was remark - able, not only for the facility of her execution but for the simplicity and graces of her style. An enthusiastic encore Wa3 the inevilable result. She was also equally successful in Darixetti's gay and animated brindisi, "Il segreto," which she sang with great brilliancy, and which was unanimously and deservedly redarnanded. We Lifer this young lady our congratulations on having in so short a time established herself by her talents so great a favourite with the musical world of London. Herr Deck acquitted himself well in an aria by Meyer. beer ; and a M. Swensden, a Belgian, performed a fantasia on the flute, by Boehen, with great sweetness. With the exception of the latter, we cannot speak in terms of commendation of the instrumental portion of the concert. In tl.e symphony by Mendelasohn particu• larly, we could not help on more than one occasion remarking a carelessness, which produced a most painful e ffect. We call the attention of Mr. Manna to this, as on 'aim as conductor is the responsibility, and on him falls the blame, if there be any. His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of PruEsla, Lord High Admiral of the Prussian Navy, left Newhaven on Saturday last, for Dieppe, en route for Paris and Berlin. His Royal Highness arrived at St. Leonard's-on-Sea on the previous day, and honoured Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, of Mazebill Cottage, with his company at dinner on Friday evening. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours visited the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen has left Howchin's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Portsmouth. The Marquis Tauay de Nerli has left the Clarendon, for Paris. Vicountess Dungannon and Miss d'Arcy Irvine have left town for Florence, on a visit to their sister, the Mar chioness Incontri. Lord Brougham arrived at Paris on Saturday last, from his lordship's chateau, at Cannes. The noble and learned lord, who is in excellent health, will leave the French capital to-morrow morning for London, in order to be in attendance in his place in the House of Lords at the meeting of Parliament. Lord and Lady Poltimore leave town to-day for their seat in Devonshire, where the noble lord and lady pur pose to remain several weeks. Lord C name was omitted from the list of those attending the Drawing-room on Saturday lasi. l'he Hon. Arthur Kinnaird also attended the Drawing- room Tire Barons NI-lbertz, Maltvire, and Lichenstein have left the Brunswick Hotel, St. James'e!, fur the Continent. S;r Wm. and Lady Knighton have left Howchin's Hotel, for their seat, Blendworth Lodge, Southampton. We understand thut E trl Cowley arrived in London I.,r_lci e niry, from Paris yesterday afternoon. In the pr - ,sent critical 'Ante of our relatior , s with France, the untxpectEd visit of the kliglish Arnbaqiadcr at :he French Court natu rally gives ri,:e to considerable anxiety. ki t o r s : : T, and zis in .o a t s he . , The petition of the E:st India Company against imrce• — 2,4 0 6 ; ; M oi r day, diate legislation, and in favour of a full investiga•ioo a! d ernli will be presented in the House of Lf rd by Ear b ri t 11111: C ms . rnons by Mr. T. Baring. a KniszalNGTox Mussum.---During the week -0 30th January, the visitors have been as follows : on th © three January, and Saturday (ilea day.), etudent: days ( admission t , ,) the public Monday and Tuesday (fret: evenings), 2,244 ; Gd ), (330 . evening, Wednesday, 2437; DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM. This morning the Prince and Princess Frederick Wil liam of Prussia took their departure for the home of the former amidst the acclamations and fervent prayers for their happiness of thousands of epectatore, who bad con gregated along the line of procession and thronged the windows of the houses to bid them adieu, and at the same time express their love and admiration for the eldest daughter of our Queen, whose many estimable qualities, us a Qaeen, a wife, and a mother, have endeared her to the hearts of the English people. The separation of parents from children, brothers from sisters, relatives from relatives, and friends from friends, when it "may be for years, and it may be for ever," is at all times a painful and trying ordeal for the respective individuals ; and there can be no doubt that the same maternal feel ings exist in the breast of a Royal mother, and the same devotion and love to a parent in the breast of a princess, as in those of lees illustrious personages. Without in vading the sanctity of private life, or laying open to the public eye the conduct and feelings of every individual closely connected by the strongest ties to the illustrious pair who this day left our shores, we may state that the separation has been keenly felt on both sides, and with the recurrence of each eventful day since the con summation of the nuptials, and as the period of depar ture drew nigh, the reality of the severance of one beloved by all, has increased and added a bitterness to the pang which this day has been inflicted on the Royal circle by the necessities of State. There can be nu doubt whe❑ the day of departure arrived, and the period of separation was counted by minutes, that it was painfully and acutely felt by all. The love of home, the associations of youth, and the remembrance of past happiness could not fail to present themselves to the mind of the illustrious Princess, blended with the hope that the support and comfort, the love and affection, she relied on from him whom she had vowed to "love, honour, and obey," would compensate for the loss she was about to sustain, and procure for her a happy home in the country of her adoption ; whilst to the Royal Family the reminiscences of the past and the anticipa tions for the future must have equally, if not more in- tensely, occupied their minds. It was not, therefore, surpri.sing that her Majesty should have put slide the pomp and ceremony of State to give free vent to her noble womanly and motherly feelings in bidding adieu to her first-born, whose amiability of temper and disposi tion and corteous bearing has secured the love, the affection, and the devoted attachment of all who have come within the circle of her acquaintance—to one who, like the delicate tendril, had clung to her for support, and, when about to burst into bloom and beauty, to be taken from her to be transplanted in a foreign soil, there to " blossom as the rose," and diffuse happiness around her. The morning wasintensely cold, the sky was lowering and heavy, and the wkola effect was one of depression and sadness, in harmony with the thoughts of thousands at one so young being torn, by the requirements of state policy► from her happy home ere she ripened into woman hood. But as the decree had gone forth and the fiat had been sealed, the inhabitants of the metropolis con gregated in thousands at an early hour, to cheer her, at the outset of life's arduous and difficult journey. Punctual at 12 o'clock, amidst a heavy fall of snow, fit emblem of purity, the Royal cortege emerged from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a detachment of Horse Guards. In the first open carriage (to gratify the people and to return with greater ease and freedom their salutationt), rode her Royal Highness, the Prin cess on theiright hand side of her husband ; his Ropi Highness the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales sitting opposite. The Princers wore a grey travelling cloak and dark blue velvet bonnet and veil, with white feathers. Her swoollen eyes, suffused cheeks, and flushed coup . tenacce told plainly the cost of the separation to that young and hitherto joyous and affectionate heart, presenting a narked contrast to that of the Prince Consort, who evidently felt proud of the alliance with a Prussian house, an hmour highly coveted by the small German States. In the soclnd carriage rode Prince Alfred, the Duke of Cambridge, and two of the ladies of her R )yal High nesses suite. Then followed four other carriages all open, coLtaining his Royal Highnesses suite, Lord Alfred Paget, and several gentleman of her Majasty's household. Oa the Royal cortege coming from the Palace, a loud and hearty shout of acclamation rent the air which con tinued an the procession advanced, accompanied with the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which was cour teously ackn mledged by the Royal personages. At the corner of the garden of Stafford Souse the Duchess of Sutherland and various members of her Grace's family, despite the inclemency of the weather, were waiting on a platform erected expressly for the occasion to bid adieu to their Royal Highnesses, As !;ietrimidchit started, the carriage turned the corner to enter Cleve:and-row, the Princess Royal caught sight of the party, heartily bo wed, and waved her handkerchief most affectionately, the slow and even tenour turning as the carriage moved on and returning the Falutatians till the Duchess was out of sight, evidently mush pleased with this marked attention from an old friend, and probably surprised at meeting on the route a eh nd th fa e s y te t r ra a y s el r ed e so farad ar a face. but t the descend a a c t e and her Royal Highness braved The notwithstanding,snrved the cold and the driving snow to gatify the assembled o c w o i r iti t ht c: thousands, an act of condescension and kindness on her begann , part at the expense of her comfort, which the delighted concourse highly appreciated and testified by their loud and continued cheers. The procession passed through Pall-mall, the Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul'e Churchyard, Cannon street, K in g William-street, over London-bridge, through High-street, Borough, and Dover-road, to the Brick layer's-nuns-Station in the Kent -road. The Lord Mayor met the procession at Temple-bar, and coadneted it to the railway station. His lordship accompanied the Royal couple to Gravesend, and was present at their departure. At the station the Royal party were received by the Chairman and Directors of the South Eastern Railway Company, the Secretary, and the principal officials connected with the line, who were highly compli mented by the illustrious personages for the admirable arrangements they bad made for the conveyance of the Royal Party at Gravesend. All being in readiness they left the station amidst loud and enthusiastic cheers, waving of handkerchiefs, &c., of the persons who had been favoured with seats erected near the departure platform. Oa the line of railway numbers of persons bad con• gregated wherever a glimpse of th e t ra i n could be got as it shot along with its illustrious occupants. Shortly after two o'clock the arrival of the train was signalled. On its drawing np to the platform their Royal Highnesses were received by Viscount Sydn3y, as Lord Lieutenant of the county, and colonel of the \Vett Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, the Cobham troop of which regiment, under their captain, the Earl of Darnley, were on duty. Tne guard of honour consisted of 100 men of the East Kent ALlitia, with their baud and colours ; 600 men from Chatham, and a draught from Woolwich kept the line. The procession to conduct the illustrious personages to the pier was then formed, and proceeded down Windmill ,tweet, alcng King-street and Milton - road, and down Harme r - s t reet, to the Terraee - p i er , a di s t ance of about half a mile, in the progress of which their Royal Highnesses were received with the same enthusiasm as greeted them in their progress through the metropolis, with the addition of several vollies known as the " Kentish fire." A triumphal arc h was erected i n Wi n d m ill- s t ree t, and another at th e entrance to the T errace -pi er , e a c h of which were pr e t t il y and appropr i ate l y deconted. On reaching th e pier the royal v i s i tors a li g ht e d, and proceeded on f oo t to the place of em b ar k a ti on . At the entrance of the s t ructure the mayor an d corpora t'on were assembled, and an address was presented to Princ e Frederick W iliam, whi c h he graciously accepted - A very pretty sight nee here afforded ; seats were e rected on each side filed by hundreds of the fair maids and matrons of Ke n t, and lining the pa th wa y over which the royal visitor s p rocecded, sere stat i one d on either sid e 2ilsluysotriunougs personages as they Pl'sed* ladies, who strewed flowers at the feet of the Salutes were fired from Tilbury Fort and by the Town battery at New Tavern Fort, as their Royal Highnesses e m b ar k ed and spe d th e i r way t )wards the channel, with t h e h earty prayer an d good wishes of the assembled thousands for their futare happiness. Irt the evening a public ball will be given, and in addition to a general illumination, there will be fir 3• works and-an enormous bonfire on if the weather will per m it. It is a singular circumstance that the first snow we have had this winter fell on the day of Her Royal Ilighnese's departure. a W t a e s a t r: e r d e e q c ti r e e s: e w d by e G x ? a n e o d ra s l e v e e 'La l n a F a r r e n n i c e h r G t to u s e traatisth;ich„ has not been rep ea l e d i t is not at prese nt his intention to return to France. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PAR IS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Government of France has submitted a projet for the constitution of a Council of Regency The Empress is to be Regent, of right ; she failing, two French Princes, in the order of primogeniture. The members of the Council of Regency will be the two French Princes in their owu right, Cardinal Morlot, Marshal Pelissier, Count Pers'gny, M. Fould, and the Presidents of the Senate, the b Corps Legislatif, and the Council of State. The Times' Paris corresi,ondent, in a letter dated yesterday (Monday), 6 p.m., says : "M. Billault's Penal Bill, which was warmly discussed on Friday last in the Council of State, is this day laid on the table of the Legislative Corps. As I mentioned yesterday, the principal clause, the one which produced so much uneasiness and even alarm among the public, is that which gives so much power to the Government over the liberty of the subject. That clause provides that any person accused of making use of words implying hatred or insult to the Emperor or the Im perial faultily shall be proceeded against in the Correctional Police Court, and, if convicted, shall, after having undergone his punishment, be still liable (as a measure of public security) to be sent out of the country—in other words, ho shall continue to be for an unlimited period at the disposal and mercy of the authorities. You are aware that in the Correctional Police Court there is no intervention of the jury. This, even in a mild form, is a considerable innovation. They are not overt acts only that are now punished, but words. A similar change in Roman law is noticed by Tacitus (Annals, Lib. 1, cap. 72), who describes the old practice with his usual brevity—"facta argue bantur, dicta impulse erant"—so different from that. which prevailed at the period to which his annals refer. " I have said that the discussion was most ani mated, and that M. Billault'is law met with the strongest opposition. If lam informed correctly, M. Vuitry, President of the Section of Finance in the Council of State, called upon the Minister to explain what were the circumstances in which the "paroles de ham= et injurieuseN" of the clause should be uttered in order to justify a prosecution. The Minister is said to have replied th t the words should be spoken " with a certain publicity." M. Vuitry thereupon proposed that the word " pub liquement" should be inserted in the clause, as it bears a very liberal interpretation in the language of the French Penal law. M. Billault declined. He was reminded that such an omission would leave a door open to informers, and that the personal liberty of the subject would be constantly exposed to danger. The Minister resisted any such amend ment, on the plea that the " words" should be proved so that the character of publicity would necessarily be implied. M. Boin - villiers, Pi esident of the Section of the Interior in the Council of State, and who, I believe, was, in the time of the Restoration, as under the Government of Louis Philippe, one of the raoit eminent members of the Liberal party, and still preserves the same sentiments in the present func tions, displayed on this occasion the spirit of his younger days, and strongly oppoed a law which seemed to regard France as a hostile country, whereas, he said, no Government was ever so popular, or deserved to be so. - "During the long speech of M. Billault in support of his obnoxious measure, M. Chaix d'Est Ange, the distingui,hed advocate, now Proctueur-General at the Imperial Courb of Paris, and Councillor of Sate on extraordinary service, more than once showed by the abruptness of his movements and the expression of his features his fe , :ding with regard to the law. The President of the Council of State, M. Baroche ' who is said to have done his utmost to (Us suade 111. Billault from bringing forward the mea sure, remarked the movements of M. Chaim d'Est. Ange, and requested him to address the Council, who were impatient to hear his opinion on a matter of such gravity, and on which no one was more competent than - he wag. M. Chaix cl'Est Ange ob served that, whatever his opinion was on the bill, he, as a functionary, was bound to full iw his official superiors. M. Baroche persisted, and M. Chaix d'Est Ange, will the indep( n fence and god sense which have earned for him so high a position in the country, observed that he was unable to comprehend the arsenal of new laws which the Council cf . State was called upon to fabricate ; that the Government had at its disposal all she arms necessary for com bat or defence without forging more ; and that be feared it was only men were wanted able to employ them. This difference of views b.-twoen the Pro• cureur-General of the Imperial Court of Paris and the Minister of the Inteti )r protticel a marked effect on the Council of State ; and though the law was adopted by a majority of 4 only, yet M. Cbaix d'Est Ange indicted a Blow on it from which it will not recover In order that you may form an opinion as to the real value of that majority., I may mention that four or five Ministers who a•e ex officio mem bers of the Council of State, and a'l the Secretaries General of the Ministerial departments, not merely extraordinary members, were convoked to take part in the deliberations, and vote. It wa4 pre salted to-day to the Legislative Corps. Public opinion, which has already given to this the name of Loi des Suspecti, will find a support in the mi nute majority which has voted it in the Council of State. What the fate of the bill will be in the Leg's. lative Chamber is another question. Alter the divi sion just noticed the project passed in its totality as a mere form. M. Billault i-pike at considerable length in support of his measure, and appeared to demand the vote of the Council 'as one of con fidence in the Government " I have just heard that the word " publique ment" refused to be introduced in the clause of the Bill on the "paroles de liable uttered against the Emperor, will nevertheless be insetted at the ex press desire of his Majesty, and indeed that through the same intervention some of the worst features of M. Billault'a project will be otherwise modified. This is what every one expected. t• The propositiori from the Sena tus-Consultunt on the regulation and completion of the Regency is before the Senate. The Regency will ba as exten sive as is consistent with the existing institutions of the Empire. "I understand that the papers discovered by the English police at Pierri s house in 'Birming ham are now in the hands of the authorities, in Paris. Lord Clarendon has given every facility in the affair. Ile offered to the French Govern ment to send the papers hither by a person of con fidence, or, if they preferred, to send to London their own agents to examine them. I presume this latter step is the one that has been followed, as the papers are now in Paris. I cannot yet .say whether they have led to any further disclosures touching accomplices. It is certain that the prisoners confess all that is imputed to them —at least, Orsini' and Pierri—but whether they implicate others I cannot say. Their murderous designs were, it appears, not conLned to the Emperor of the French ; other Sovereigns were to be included in the assassination, and especially the Pope, the King of Naples, and the King of Sardinia. " The following address from the English resi dents at Cannes was presented to-day by Lord Brougham to the Emperor of the Menet), through the Duke of Balsam) ‘" We, the English residents in the district of Cannes, respectfully present to your Majesty and the Empress our hearty congratulations on your providential preserva•ien from the execrahle assassins who had laid a plan of wholesale murder in order to obtain the chance of subverting the Government and plunging the country into a civil war. " It adds grsatly to our satisfaction that your Majesty, with equal justice and wisdom, leaves the trial of the offenders and the punishment of their offence to the ordinary course of the existing laws which have been so scandalously broken.' • "Permission has been refused to the evening journal La Presse to be sold in the streets. It is thought that the same prohibition will be extended to the other evening papers, though they are the papers of the Government. - PrinceCittajaice, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Naples, arrived in Paris this morning, with an address of congratulation to the Emperor of the French on his late escape from assassination. "A. letter from Toulon, dated y ester day, informs us that the screw transport Saone is ready for sea, and that to-rnorrew she is to receive the troops for China. She is to sail for Canton on Frid iy next. "It is reported that Aali Pasha, who has air ady manifested his intention of resigning the functions of Grand Vizier, is Lobe appoint. d Arulaisador-to. the Court of Francs., tad that Mehamed Remil 13-2 y will be appointed to another situation. "I am informed that tie physicians of.M. de Rayneval, having declared he canno', with safety to his life, support a• northern clitnat will not proceed as ambassador to St. Vett rabuig. "The plan presented to the Council of State for creating a reserved list for the Conimissary-Gene rals and Inspectors-General of Marine, has ladeu favourably received, and an Imper►al decree will shortly appear on the subject. " The Empe: or granted a private audience this morning to Admiral Lia Roque Ch'irnf►ay, who has lately arrived in France. from Rio Janeiro, on board the Po ureuivante. The Ad u iral commanded the naval station of La Plata. "M. Gautier, Senator and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of France, was interred to-day in the Cem.tery of Pere-ta-Chaise. " M. Gabriel Delessert, Prefect of Police during the reign of Louis Philippe, died yesterday at his residence at Passy, and was interred to-day." THE BOURSE, Feb. I.—The following were the closing quotations':- 4,i per Cents 94 80 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 15, Do. end month 69 55' Bank Sh.tres Credit Mobilier 960 Do. Account 960 - RAIL Orleans Northern New Ditto Bo7i Lyon and Mediteran. 8711 New Ditto .... 8471 Geneva Credit Foncier Belgian 4 : 1 Piedmontese (5) Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes Homo Debt 3B 'AT S. Midi ... 5174 Western 692i Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian SWITZ' IRLAND. The Suisse, of Berne, has the following on the refugee question :—" The Federal Council re ceived not a note, but a simple verbal communica tion of a despatch addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France to the French Legation. In substance it says that if Switzerland, as a neutral State, is entitled to the kind con sideration cf the Powers, she has also inter national duties to fulfil, and in particular she cannot permit the refugees who reside in her territory to concert machinations calculated to dis turb the tranquillity of neighbouring countries. The hope is, therefore, expressed that the Fe deral Council will be kind enough to take measures for stnding the refugees now stop ping at Geneva into the interior. The whole de spach is drawn up in very molerate terms. The Federal Council, which received the communica tion three or four days ago, re:olved to ke,p it secret for a time, in order not to embarrass the course of negotiations between the two countries ; and it is annoyed at the publicity which has indis creetly been given to the affair." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLB, Jan. 20. —lt is becoming pretty clear that Austria, with her agents, the catholic monks and priests, is at work in the Her z 'govina, a district that is now iu a state of insurrection. The whole southern part of the Herzegovina is up in arms from Trebigne to Jeiera. lisgtrini, a small fortress near Gasko, and which held a garri son of no great strength, has been suddenly at tacked and stormed by the armed peasantry. The troops, outnumbered and surprised, have been all put to the sword. In this vicinity of Niksich, between the Lake of Krupatz and the Montenegrin frontier, a bloody battle has been fought, in which the Sultan's troops are said to have left 200 on the field. They were obliged to retreat in haste to Niksich, being closely pursued by the peasants, who then proceeded to blockade the place. Jesera, is similarly invested. and though Mehmed Bey has five comp inies there, he is unable to move, being fir too weak to cut his way out and run fur it. The bee , iegersrsceive rein forcements every day, and in short there is no tell ing where all this will end. The insurgents have chosen the very Lost time of the year, for the whole country is covered with snow, and it is next to impossible for the government to send help te tho,e who are so hard pressed at Nik-ich and Jesera. Let us now look at the opposite side. There is Ismail Pacha, the hero of Kslaf at ; he is the ccon saander-inschief of the arm in Rouwelia, and he has divided his forces into two parts. Oue 12,000 strong, leans towards Herzegovina ; the other, consisting 0f16,000 inert, is so s•atiensd to wards the Ser vian frontier, that, in case of need, it is available for the defence of Bulgaria. All this news has made a most painful impression here. The inhabitants have ban ely recovered from the visitation of the late war, and here comes a eew source of troubles, a disaster that bids fair to result in a civil war, if not ssmething worse. For the last three days a furious blast from the north has been raging here and at sea, and not a single stesmsr can leave the harbour. It has been snowing incessantly, and the narrow streets are so bl eked up by it that the shops are closed and business at a stand-still. During the last week the exchange had been rapidly going down, and everybody was anxious to sell. Alt at once the government has issued bonds called Medj;dieh Consols, and they bear interest at six per cent. They are to be redeemed in three years from this time with gold medjidiebs at par, that is to say at 100 piastres. The 'merchants 'Changeon received this new paper with eagerness, so that the rate of exchange has gone up again. More bad news has just arrived from the Herzegovina: The Turkish garrison of Niksich has been massacred in cold hl nod, in the presence and with the sanction of a Franciscan monk, who is declared to be an Austrian emissary. Most re volting acts of cruelty have been displayed on this occasion, not by the Hiudoo Brahmin, but the Christian priest. THE Ii4VEL9CK MTMORIAL. Yesterday a deputation from th% Committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund had an interview with Viscount Palmerston. Tbere were present —The E irl of Shaftesbury, the Right. Hon. H. U. Addington, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Sir Ed ward Hulse, Bart., Sir James Duke, Bart., Gen. Sir Harry smith, Bart., G.C. B. ' Sir S. Mort on Peto, Bart., General Sir William F. Willia ms , o f Kars, K.C.13., Admiral Sir Baldwin W.. Walker, Bart., K. C. 8., M.P., Si r J ames G rant, C. 8., LG-.H., Col. Sir Duncan M'Dougall, Sir John Logan, Sir Macdonald Stephenson, Mr. Samuel Gregson, M.P., Mr. George Moffatt, M P., Mr. P. F. Robertson, M.P., Mr. W. Roupell, M.P., Mr. Henry B. Sheridan, M.P., Lieut.-General de la Mote, C. 8., Major-General Du ncan Sim, Major Adair, Cipt. Adair, Lapt. Morrison, R.A.C., Mr. Christopher Rawgion, andoMr. Alexander Wilson. The deputation requested permission to. have a site in Trafalgar-square set apart for the purposes of the committee, with a view to the erection of a monument to the gallant hero, Sir Henry Havelock; the monument to be supported by a base broad enough to record the names of the officers who ac eompanied the deceased along the "path of fire" which ended in the relief of Cawnpore and Luckuow, together with a full reference to the regiments so honourably associated with these events. L trd Palmerston replied to 'the deputation by expressing his warm sympathy with the object of the committee, and said that although, there were certain conventionalities that prevented a definite reply to the reque,t of the committee at once, still he would confer with the proper person': and com municate with the deputation in two or three days. The deputation, which was introduced by the Earl of Shaftesbury aid the Hon. A. Kiunaird, M.P., having acknowledged the satisfactory reception given to them by the noble lord, retired. THE LINEN TRADE.—AIter a season of rare inertion and dulness, the market for white goods begins to stir up and some very fair orders for the foreign trade have been revived by the chief houses. The anxiety felt about the accumulation of white goods may be said to be quieted now that the turning point has been gained, and that the prospects of a moderate demand are more fully confirmed. Brown linens at the public markets were pretty freely supplied this week. The quantities of that class of goods in the bands of makers are much below the usual range from the fact that holders have bad large lots bleached during the winter. Stooks of brown linens are, therefore much below the average of the same period of last year. Yarns -ell in large parcel., with however little advance in value. High counts are very firm in all qualities. Flax eel's at about the rates of last week—say, ss. 6d. to Is 3d. per stone for hand-scutched, and 7p. 3d. to 12s. for milted. Flaxseed quiet.— Übter Banner. . THE GRAVEYARDS OF THE is not gene. rally known that the Emperor of Russia, immediately after the evecuation of the Crimea by the allied troops, directed an elaborate ground plan, upon a large scale, to be made of all the localities which had been used by them as cemeteries. This plan was prepared with the utmost care by Russian officers of engineers, and accompanied by nn album, in which the inscription on every grave was entered at full I'-ngth, with reference to the plan. At the same time, the Emperor issued an ukase that no grave should be interfered with. This was particularly necessary, as some of the spots selected for interment were in the heart of valuable vineyards. This ukase had been strictly complied with down to the time when our informant visited the Crimea, where the plan and album we have referred to were exhibited to him by the officers who had prepared them; and we httva no doubt the same generous feeling which dictated the formation of so effectoal a check upon any desecration of these burial grounds will take eve ry pre caution for their future protection.—Lit..rary Gazette. PROSECUTION FOR SEDITION.—On Saturday Jahn F. Nu4erit, printer and publisher, 35, Cook-stri,et, appeared before the magistrates at the head police-office in that city, to answer a summons to show cause why information should not be taken against him for publish. ing "Nugent's Correct and Genuine Moore's Mercantile, Weather, and Proptietic Sheet Almanac for 1858," being a paper of a seditious a :(1 libellous nature, and intended to create alarm, discontent, and disaffection in the minds of her Majesty's subjects, and to bring religion and the laws and Government of the country into hAred and disrepute. Mr. Cline. Barry, with Mr. Geo. Keogh, ap peared to sustain the prosecution on behalf of the Police C tnimis.ioners. Mr. J. A., Curran and Mr. Coffey, with Mr. C. Fitzgerald,,sen, were concerned for the defendant. The proceedings disclosed the character of the publica tion only iu a very general manner, The prosecution disavowed a desire to press for severe penalties, and the defendant, prorni•iog to suppress the sheet, was bound over in his own recognisance in a sum of 3001. to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for seven years. BIRMLNOHEI AM AND THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. The spirit and liberality of the Mayor of Bir mingham, Mr. John Ratcliff, have been evinced in an unexampled form on the occasion of the re joicings in celebration of the marriage of the Princess Royal. The specimens of Birmingham manufactures prepared for presentation to the Princess Royal have been received with so much iileasure'An I satisfaction, and have been acknow ledged in such a gracious manner, as fully to justify the kindness and the wisdom of the originator and proinotr of the undertaking. Upwards of a month ago Mr. Ratcliff, the - chief magistrate of the borough, with whom this gift on the part of the in ' habitauis originated, put himself in communication with the authorities at Buckingham Palace with the view to ascertain whether they wou!d have the approbat.on of her Majesty and the Prince Consort in tendering a present worthy of themselves and of the joyous event to the Princess Royal oi her marriage. The desired permission was at once accorded in flattering terms to the proper mu n i c ipal authority, and Mr. Ratcliff immediately entered upon the necessary arrangements for giving full effect to the generous in which he received toe most cordial co-operation of the chief inhabi tants. On Saturday last a large and influential deputa tion from the Corp.‘ration of Birmingham, headed by Mr. John Ratcliff, the Mayor, and accompanied among other gentlemen, by a considerable number of the principal inhabitants represEnting the manu facturing interest of that town, had the honour of an interview with the Prince and Princess Fre derick William of Prussia, for the purpose of pre senting to their Royal ighnesses an address of cor,gratulation on their auspicious marriage. They also brought with them an interesting col lection of specimens of their native manufactures and works of art, prepared expressly for the occa sion, of the aggregate value of 2,0001., which they presented to the Princess, as tokens of their affec tionate respect and admiration towards her Royal Highness, and of loyalty to the Throne. Mr. Scholefield introduced the deputation to their Royal Highnesses, mentioning Mr. Ratcliff by name, and saying that they were the bearers of an address from the corporation, which Mr. Stan bridge, the town-clerk, would read. The town clerk then produced an elegantly ornamented copy of the address, and read as follows To THEIR ROYAL HIG FINESSES PRINCE FREDERICE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL OW EN GLAND. " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, in Council assembled, participating in the general joy which pervades all classes of her Majesty's sutjects s respectfully offer to your Royal Highnesses our sincere congratulations upon your auspicious marriage. "In humble testimony of the affectionate regard we bear towards your Royal Highnesses, we offer for your gracious acceptance some specimens of the manufactures of our borough, at the same time expressing our sincere and earnest hope that the union of your Royal High nesses may not only be the source of continued happiness to yourselves, but the means of cementing in still closer union with Great Britain the kingdom over which you may hereafter be called upon to reign. "Given under our coroerate common seal," &c., Sce. Af , er reading the address, Mr. Stanbridge handed it to the mayor, who then stepped forward to pre sent it to the Prince-s. She, however, with a plea-ant snide, turned towards her husband, inti mating that he, as head of the family, should receive the a idies3. The graceful manner in which this little bye-play was performed made it perhaps the most interesting feature of the day. The address having been presented to the Prince, he received from an attendant a paper, from which he read the following reply : " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—Accept on behalf of myself and toe Ptincses, our warmest thanks for your congratulations, and Isr year beautiful and interesting present, which is a most worthy representation of the manufactures of one of the vast centres of British indus try. Your gift will ever remain to us a precious token of the affectionate sympathy of the corporation and the manufacturers of Birmingham. With you I hope that this union, the source of the greatest happiness to myself, may at the same time prove the means of increas ing the friendly relations which so happily subsist between the two countries." At the conclusion of the reply the mayor again stepped forward to present a catalogue of the con" ttibution.l, beautifully written and illuminated, and handsomely b oun d . In doing this Mr. Ratchet said "It affords me great pleasure to hand to your Royal Highness a catalogue of the articles which you ha ve honoured the town of Birmingham and its manufacture° by graciously accepting. They are offered not as works of art, but as a humble and affectionate expression 0f loyalty to the Crswn, of devotedness to the beloved Sovereign of this vast empire, and in testimony of our participation in the general happiness to which your union has given rise. On the part of the inhabitants of trio important borough which I have the honour to re present, allow me to hope that on leaving the shores of your native country, and on arriving in that of your. adoption, it m a y p l ease P rovidence to grant you an d your Royal husband every happiness and felicity." The Princess said that she had examined the pre sents in company with the Queen, and that they were highly pleased. She should always regard them 28 coming from the people of BirminghaL% and should re t a i n a li ve l y reco ll ec ti on b o th of the gifts and of the kind terms in which they had been presented. She hoped the mayor would couve,i this expr ess i on o f h er regar d and her plea sure to the burgesses. The Prince said that some years ago he had visited some of the manufactories of Birmingham, and the presents that day received recalled to his mind th e pleasure which he had felt at that visit. He as sured the mayor that be should ever highly esteem this t'tken of sympathy and goodwill of the people of Birmnghttm. Their Royal Highnesses then graciously bowe d to the deputation, who withdrew. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. &hole' field, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Rev. D ia Speener, and Mr. Charles 11ttcliff. THE INDIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING. The Colomb o h as arrived with the heavy portiO of the India and China mails. She left Alekandria on the 18th January, Mi lli. On the 23d, and Gibraltar on the 28th. She brings 80 passengers, amongst whom 81 : Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Gabbed and family, It e ,' Mr. Gibs on , Li eut. C hristie ; Mrs. Eaton and A „ ':. fant, and M rs . H o l t, from Madras • Mrs. Lurnsde7 Mrs. Bosw e ll, M r . Gill , M rs. B l ock and infanvf Mrs. Rond and infant, Mrs. Kitson, Mrs. ne url A and child, Dr. and M rs . Fi s h , Mrs. Saunders. all infant, Captain Tait, Messrs. Gaynor, lleid°l3l Jones, Shave, Th urs b y, N assett, and liacpberso% from Calcutt a : M a j or L ewis, her Majesty ' s 37th Regiment, Dr. and Mrs. Bradford and family, 244 7 . Yard, and Miss Rickett, from Point de Galle. , 0 5 Her cal go consist s o f 31 p ac k ages o f spec i e , 1, 1 - d packages of silk, 12 cases o f s ha w l s, 226 cases- oranges, and 38 bales of flax and wool. The British screw steamer Victor Emanuel ri lying at Gibraltar with damaged rudder. 4 0 The Colombo exper ience d severe weather is" t, Mediterranean, en coun t er i rg h ead gales, both YiPuee outward and homeward b oun d, accompan i e d in latter case with torr en t s o f h ai l an d s l ett. Th e f 4' .+ can coast, when seen, was partially covered what snow. On January the 20 1 h, th e wind shifted Gibraltar to the west, enabling a l a r g e pumper wind-bound ships toproceed up the Mediterrane s_ 11 2 : • At Alexandria was her Majesty's ship Yulturf o disembarking her Majesty's 71st Regiment, Wu. hadbeen conveyed acr. as from Malta by the Princt 0 Royal, which latter vessel was lamed at sea on th e 20th January half-way to Malta Her Majesty's _ships Royal Albert, Elibern i 7 Conqueror, C e nt u ri on , C en t aur, Medina, Taitarti„,,f, Catadoc, Harpy, W an d erer, Coquette, and " 8 ' lant, were' at Malta. 0 of The Indus, w hi c h t oo k ou t t h e Indian nia the 20th ult., had arrived out at Gibraltar on fir 25th ult. ut. The Nemesis callecrat Gibraltar on the 25t i . I, '" dia. and after taking in 500 t ons o f c oa l s le f t for -`ll DESTRUOTION vitifo OP THE HOLYHEAD BREAX-- o r WoßEB.—The staging lately erected for the cee it itr o ir tion of a rou n d h ea d on the north breakwater et been head New Harbour bat, during the late gale, ea destroyed by th e terr i f i c fierceness of the gal e ,i s ' sl ro, about 70,000 f ee t o f t i mber were carried away an-ntof now strewn alo ng th e coast b elow Penrhos. • Six °lois seven turf.-tables, and thirty-three of the strong s dy. waggons laden with stone, placed on the top for lit e 101 l ing the timber, were plunged into the sea. T bB d r , sustained must amcunt to many thousands of pelaert ANOTHER INDIAN HEno.—Major the Hoo. bat' Barlow Palmer Bvog, of the F y het Lightlnfas tr Y t talion, who was killed on the 18th Dec. last, syb i L l "24 l b leafy leading hie men against the mutineers of t he e, Regiment of Bengal N.J., was the second son of,,, t ' a d iesi 6th - Viscount Torrington, by his second wife ! N r , - flar Harlawriet, daughter of the late Ad+ciral Sir Robe r t sco gi . G.C.8., and broth( rto the present peer. '-`. Oll es born Nov. 30, 1816. Having passed his exantiO t : i the military college of A.doiscombe, he entered Bengal army as ensign in June, 1834, became lie u bre in 1836, and captain in 1844. His com missions a sp ec' vet major and major date f rom 1854 an d 186 6 re f 00 tively. At the time of his decease he was trek' ? ; 0 00 11 42d Regiment of N.I. (late l e t b a tt a li on 31st fl e g i s osi Bengal NJ.) He had seen active service with the 00 0 in Grialior, and bad received the medal and br 0051 :0 31r . for bii gallantry at Mahanji err , . He was heir Pre ; bet tive to his brother ' s title. married in 1839 Vliz. v el Maria Lowther, eldest d aug ht er o f C o l. G. O r f a ,t e l 0 0 P ° toe Bengal army, by whom e hay a family 01 ' . and one daughter.