The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. llarrison TIIIS EVENING will he presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. lialfe entitled SA.TANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's lothing. Commence at Seven, OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. a- Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS lIVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean—Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be presented THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark; Miss Amy Sedgwick and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commend at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. I Mentizer, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING the new Drama, entitled MARION DE LORME ; or, The Cradle of Steam : Madame Celeste, Mr. Vandenhoff, Mr, Emery, Mr. Falconer, k.c. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The Rrincipal cha ractedi by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. AVeston, Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, &c. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, .1. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, kc. ; Miss Rosins Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, Arc. To conclude with , the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices , entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Laud ; Columbine, Miss Jen n y Lauri. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, 55. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, MR., WEBSTER'S COMPANY IS REQUESTED AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOIREE. Manager, Mr. B. Webster; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole; Memory, Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Everybody else. After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrr. J. L. Toole. Billington, Eburne, and Miss Woolgar. Followed by THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington ; Miss Kelly, Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KEZTILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE . Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Immense Success of the new Pantomime. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit 28, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN INDIA; or, The Fugitives and their Faith ! ul Steed. After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star Riders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr Cole; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. The grand Transformation Scene, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries, pronounced unpreeedentedly magnificent. The new scenery, including the matchless re presentation of the "New Palace of the People, at Muswell Hill," perfect gems of art. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. A Morning Performance of the renowned Pantomime every Saturday, at Two o'clock. Carriages for day performances at half-past four, and for night representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FrNE ARTS GALLERY, 1 n connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art, productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—Srx Orricz, JAN. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THB SHADE. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 34—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.73. WIND, S.W. ; light, with fine frosty weather. JAN. 10. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.72. WIND, variable ; light, with frosty weather. THE SUN. MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1859. Austria has certainly not accepted the address of the Emperor NAPOLEON to M. HUBNER, on New Year's-day, as a "compliment" (!) which some French journals insisted it ought to be con sidered; or, at least, if so, it is deemed one of rather sinister purport. We hear accordingly by telegrams, this day received, that Austria has adopted active measures for the purpose of strengthening her Italia► troops, which are said now to number no less than 140,000 fighting men. Other forces are also marching from Vienna, and certainly the address, which may have been merely the result of a bad night's rest, or a fit of indigestion, has already produced very important results, so far as regards the pecuniary interests of Austria. Nor has the tardy explanation given in the Moniteur satisfied even the French people. They are well aware that the Emperor works in private—that he loves to shroud himself in mystery, and keeps his most deliberate intentions to himself. Some have gone the length of saying, that looking to his antecedents, the best proof he could have given that he did not mean any thing was the vague hint thrown out. If he intended to strike a sudden blow, he would not have given the slightest intimation to place Austria on her guard, or induce her to make preparations which might defeat, or at all events render his task more difficult. Besides, he may mean mischief, and when that is even possible, every precaution becomes essential. Nothing can be left undone to ensure safety. The Autocrat who can control half a million of disciplined soldiers and vtield a navy that has even been compared with that of Great Britain, cannot be disregarded when exhibiting manifestations of displeasure. " Quicquid delirant reges, pleetuntvr Actium." So says the time-honoured adage, and it is unfortu nately true to the present day. On account of a few indiscreet words, the Bourse has been agitated, rade and commerce materially injured, a feverish anxiety created on every side, and that not .only in France and Austria, but throughout Europe. We should certainly desire to witness the complete evacu ation of the States of the Church by all foreigners. The occupation has been too long continued, an d LOUIS NAPOLEON discovers the mischief into which he has fallen in attempting to maintain an effete Government, contrary to the wishes of the great body of the people. No sacerdotal admi nistration will ever be acceptable to a nation ; nor will it consent to any amelioration calculated to admit laymen to a share in the general au6ority. The suggestions of France ha ve therefore been treated with contumelious indif rence, very displeasing to the EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH has been a more dutiful son of the Church, has allowed greater license to the ecclesi astical authorities than NAPOLEON would willingly ..:,.. 44.v.4 4 , „ ,-...,•. .• ,( 0.....,„,, ' .... -4.4'::;' Fu's't it'-'-4).1?-*IF4410 -' -,.:,;.• • t ,. , . :- job --..- .....\ , • k. 1r ~, ) ,411.,. . . " teamai 1, 41*' ' ' ~,,, •••11,0,, , ~,,,..... .• • ; ~,,, • ';', " 1 10 ''. .-- ~ ill, concede. He is therefore anxious to, was h his hands of the entire affair, and let the Pontiff settle matters with his own subjects: in the best manner practicable. But there is a pressing difficully in the case. If French soldiers have held the Eternal City—if allegiance to the Triple Crown has o nip been main tained by the ominous appearance of Gallic -bayo nets, so have the Legations been occupied. by Austrians, and every demonstration therein. effec tually restrained. If Rome be evacuated by the French, the Austrians would speedily take their places. The sound of their approaching kettle drums would closely follow the departing echoes of the French military music. This is not what Louis NAPOLEON wants or wisher;. It would not by any means suit his book. If he 'leaves the Pontifieal he will not allow any to remaiia behindhim, hdoimm , in e in i o the s ; in the city or co'antry. But Austria not move ; she is too well, aware of the peculiarly delicate state of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. If a storm were excited in the Papal Sty ,tes, tranquillity could scarcely be maintained in the Austrian territories ; nor would Naples rema in at peace. Sardinia is beginning to retrieve, her 'former position, and to become the regenera 4 zor of a happy and united Italy. Louis NAPOLEON has not acted discreetly, biAt most certainly it is full time that the occupation should cease. England most certainly will not interfere to maintain the reign of violence and despotism either in Italy or elsewhere. She, is happily out of the scrape, and should not suffer herself to be implicated under any possible circumstances. If ever a country required reform it is Italy, and if the unex pected movement of Louis NAPOLEON should pave the way thereto, many will rejoice, although they may feel convinced that it will not be ascribable to any good or kindly feeling towards the patriot . party on the part of the French EMPEROR. Are we to number the Westminster Review amongst the opponents of the Ballot ? It would seem so. In the number for January, this year, is an article, intended, apparently, to moderate the zeal of the Radicals ; the pages which once wer e adorned with the philosophical and historical dis quisitions of Mr. GROTE are now employed, and that without the appended initials, in dissuading us from demanding the Ballot ! Of course the Tory section of the Cabinet and of the Whigs will rejoice. They care little about other points de manded by Reformers, but the Ballot and the equitable redistribution of members are their dread. The latter point our quarterly contemporary insists on as it deserves ; but on the former it is worse than unsatisfactory, it is hostile ! It aims to super sede the Ballot by somewhat Radical proposals to be sure ; but still to supersede it, and *e feel pretty confident to supersede it by making the franchise to thousands but a mockery, a delusion, and a snare. The proposal is to do away with the " desire for the Ballot," by rendering it unnecessary. If the small constituencies are abolished, and the tenant farmers in counties overwhelmed by the new voters created by Mr. LOCKE KING'S Bill, then it will be useless for customers to attempt intimidation of shopkeepers, and for landlords to interfere with tenants. We do not, however, believe that large constituencies are free from the vice of intimida tion. Few might be disposed to bribe individual electors when the constituencies amounted to ten or twenty thousand, although it has been found useful, even in such cases, to employ extensively the services of public-houses ; still there is in large boroughs a great deal of that unfair influence which makes persons wish they had not votes at all, rather than feel constrained to give them contrary to their wish, to disoblige by abstain ing from voting, or, as the rarer case, to sacrifice some social or pecuniary advantage by voting as they believe to be right. The most obviously mis chievous use of power in large borough consti tuencies is that of employers over labourers. Man chester is a case in point. It has more than 18,000 electors ; yet, at the election when Mr. BRIGHT was rejected, it is notorious that millowners con veyed their workmen and clerks in omnibuses to the polling booth, and compelled them to vote against their favourite candidate. Even if the re sult of elections were not affected in large consti - tuencies by such malpractices, yet they ought to be repressed, and, if possible, prevented. But they do affect the result. We have little doubt, for instance, that with the ballot Mr. BRIGHT would have kept his seat. The Westminster, however, argues that " when men, by reason of their social position, dare not act a bold and simple part, they may claim either to be relieved from a duty to which they are unequal, or to be shielded from enmity by some change of cir cumstance." It sees, however, no feasible changes but disfranchisement or enlarging the constituen cies. The latter we have shown to be insufficient ; the former alternative who could venture on ? If tenant-farmers and first-class artizans cannot, even in large constituencies, vote with independence, who would dare, at this time of day, to strike them off the [register ? But, says the reviewer, to authorise them to vote in secret would not be a sure safeguard to them, and, would foster the habit of secrecy and evasion. The writer forgets that there are other habits at least equally, objectionable. Tyranny, and the unfair use of pecuniary or other power over a neighbour, are surely far worse evils than the others. Secrecy and evasion are but defences ; coercion of voters is a crime. The evils, therefore, consequent on the Ballot, are obviously inferior to the crimes perpetrated through open voting. Equity, therefore, demands that the criminal should find himself obstructed by the police of the ballot-box, not that the honest voter should be obliged to resort to subterfuge to evade the political garotter. But our reviewer adds, " freedom was never yet advanced by men with their tongues tied ;" there fore, as your elector who votes against his land lord's will must protect himself by dissimulation , perhaps by dissimulation he contributes nothing to the cause of freedom. He dares not proclaim, ad vocate, and defend the opinions for which he has voted. His vote may be right, but twat is of little service. Not so little, surely. Granted that he may be obliged to withhold his opinions in public dis cussion, it is a little relief to him that he is not obliged to withhold his vote in their favour. Well if he could speak as well as act ; but better liberty of action than no liberty at all. Be s ides our re viewerforgets that he dares not now speak in public a g ainst the opinions of his oppressor. The Ball o t deprives him of no privilege he now enjoys, but it doedmake his vote his own. But, adds the pertinacious reviewer, the Ballot will set upon him his oppressor's detective police ; he will be worse off than ever. Now the oppressor gets his vote, he is content with that ; "he does not ask or care what be thinks." Indeed ! Such has not been the result of our observation. We have known instances to the contrary. What is Worse, we have seen the elector whom we have known to be liberallyinclined, come gradually, for shame's sake, to defend, and make the best of, his Tory vote. ',Lord BACON is quoted to prove what no 0110 certainly ever doubted, that in cases where THE- SUN, LONDON MONDAY j':! EVENING, JANU ARY 10, 1859. . the curious man was determined to come at the mind of the secret man, the latter must practise dissimulatio n. In such cases the moralists must of course, s' aike the balance between two things— b etween L man's giving a vote against his con science s a nd his " letting fall signs and argu ments that he is not what he is," as BACON hapiAly expresses it. We can only say that the great living standard of Christian morals never did alaything even analogous to the former, but that he did the latter repeatedly. Moreover it is clear to the humblest that a vote against one's own judg ment is wroi ig ; it is equally clear to us all that we may properly go a long way in disguising our opinions to those whom they would not benefit, but rather irritate to our injury. It is a Divine direc tion in re7sard even to opinions of infinitely more import race to teach than any of a political kind— " Give, not that which is holy unto the dogs, neit'ner cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend you." The reviewer, however, leaves out of consideration the effect of the Ballot as a Legis lative instructor. It stamps the vote as an elector's own as much as the sovereign in his pocket. It generates the sentiment that the one is no more to be taken from him than the other. It has done this in Australia, it must do it increasingly everywhere. It induces candidates to reason with electors for their votes just as wo reason with a man for his sovereign to a charity; it discredits threats and intimidation, as well as makes it nearly useless, or worse than useless. With an efficient Ballot we should soon find the electoral relations of superior and inferior entirely altered, and so far from dissimulation being extensively necessary, we believe that those on whom others were dependent would rather avoid adverting to the circumstance if they wished to secure their votes. More reliance would be placed on kindliness than on that most annoying of all things—reminding a man of your power or favours, and his obligations. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and suite left Windsor, per special train, at a quarter to 10 o'clock this morning, for Folkestone, via Guildford and the South-Eastern Railway, en route to the Continent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge accompanied the Prince as far as Folkestone, where a review and inspec tion of the troops at Siaorncliffe, including the 100th Cana dian Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own), took place. The Prince of Wales afterwards embarked for the Conti nent from the South-Eastern Company's spacious and con venient station at Folkestone. The train ran from Windsor to Folkestone harbour di rect, without change of carriage, and the time occupied on the journey was under four hours. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—A Cabinet Council will be held on Tuesday next, at which the day on which the next meeting of Parliament is to take place will be determined. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess de Croy have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. The name of Lord Carrington was accidentally omitted from the list of relatives attending the funeral of Mrs. Anson on Tuesday last. His lordship came from the country on purpose to be present at the last rites of this deeply-lamented lady. Count Cladau, of Cephalonia, is sojourning at Pera, Constantinople. On the 23d ult., the count had the honour of an interview with the Greek Patriarch of Con stantinople. The Right lion. W. F. and Mrs. Cowper have left town on a visit to the Earl de Grey, at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Col. and Mrs. Gold have arrived at Howchin's Hotel, from their seat in Yorkshire. Mr. and Mrs. Shepperdhave arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, from their seat in Suffolk. Queen Christina is about to leave Malmaison for Genoa, and it is believed that her Majesty will go to Rome to pass the rest of the winter. Count de Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Minister, has left for Berlin. Baron Gustave de Rothschild, third son of Baron James de Rothschild, is about to marry the daughter of M. Anspach, judge of the Imperial Court, and, like himself, of the Jewish persuasion. It is expected, should the Princess Frederick William's firstborn be a son, that the Queen will visit Berlin at Easter, to stand as sponsor. Her Majesty, it is expected, will not be absent more than a fortnight, and the visit of the Court will, therefore, have no material effect on the London season.—Court Journal. It is believed that the Empress Dowager of Russia, who is recovering from her serious illness, will accompany the Emperor Alexander on his proposed visit to London and Paris this year.—Court Journal. The pony given by Queen Victoria to the Prince Imperial was mounted yesterday for the first time by the little Prince, in the reserved garden at the Tuileries, and attracted such crowds of idlers that an extra guard had to be called to keep order round the grating.—Court Journal. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL.— Mendelssohn's " St. Paul" will be performed on Friday next, January 14. Principal vocalists—Madame Ruders dork, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signor Belletti. The noble and illustrious circle assembled in St. George's Hall on New Year's evening to hear the per formance of music, were startled in the midst of the per formance by the report of a pistol, which rang through the apartment. Many of the ladies turned pale, and some actually jumped from their seats, but the quiet assured smile of the Queen and the undisturbed proceedings of the orchestra quickly restored the self-possession of the fair alarmists. The shot fired was, it seems, a preconcerted dramatic effect to give duo significance to the chorus in " Der Freyschutz," See, oh see, the shot his bride hath struck," and certainly did produce an effect.—Court Jour nal. LAUNCH OF A PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.— On Saturday afternoon a very fine screw corvette, for the Portuguese Government, was launched from the yard of Messrs. R. and H. Green, at Blackwell. She is the sister vessel of the ship which was built in this yard. and conveyed the young Queen of Portugal, on the occasion of her mar riage, from Plymouth to Lisbon. She was named by the lady of Admiral Sir G. Sartorius, of the Portuguese Navy, " Stephanie," after the Queen. Nothwithstanding the coldness of the day, there was a large company to witness the ceremony. The ship went off in the most admirable manner. She is built of wood, is 1,600 tons burden, is pierced for 20 guns, with a large swivel howitzer on deck, and is to be fitted with a. screw, worked by engines of 400 horse power. After the launch the ship was hauled into the East India Docks, to be completed and equipped for sea. WRECK OF A FOREIGN SHIP ON SCROBY SANDS. —YARMOUTH, Friday.—At daybreak this morning a vessel was seen on Scroby Sands, which appeared to be a foreigner. It blew at the time hard from the northward, with showers of hail and rain. The Scratby boatmen's lifeboat was at once launched, but before she could reach the wreck it had beat off and sunk in deep water. As far as the people could. see, the shipwrecked crew had taken to their boats. The life boat picked up one boat's crew, the other boat made for a smack that was plying about. With this lifeboat the boat men have creditably provided themselves at their own ex pense. It is pleasing to observe the alacrity with which the lifeboats in this noted neighbouthood for wrecks are now launched, which are chiefly under the management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, which has four excel lent lifeboats here. This society promptly pays its lifeboat erews for their meritorious exertions, and this is a point of much importance ; for it cannot be expected that the boat men who compose the crews of lifeboats will show much dexterity if any doubt or delay exists as to their payment. Last year the National Lifeboat Institution voted nearly £6OO in payment to its numerous life-boat crews. It also granted rewards amounting to nearly £4OO to the crews of shore boats who had laudably exerted themselves in saving or attempting to save life from wrecks on our coasts. THROWING A POLICEMAN INTO A QUARRY.—On Thursday night a police-constable, named Robert Wardell, while on the old Hohnfirth-road, near Huddersfield, heard some voices in a wood that skirts the road. Suspecting something wron g , he stepped off the road, at a p o i nt near a quarry, and entered a wood, which stands on a steep decli vity. Descending cautiously towards the noise, he saw a man crouching among the trees, and was making towards him, when another man, whom he had not observed, started up in his path, and driving his head violently into his stomach, seized him by the legs, and threw him into the quarry—a depth of about 24 feet. The cries of the unfortunate officer, who was unable to move, brought to his assiatance two men who were going along the lower or new Holmflrth-road. They procured lights, and took him to. the nearest inn. He was afterwards conveyed to the Huddersfield Infirmary, where he was found to have sustained compound fractures of the right thigh and elbow Joint. He is progressing satisfactorily—Manchester Guardian. A LEGAL DISTINCTION.—At Bow-street police court, on Saturday, Robert Palmer, a plumber and glazier, in business i n L am b et h , was charged with stealing a print of George IV. from Messrs. Debenham and Story's auction rooms, I Cing-street, Covent-garden. The print had been knocked down t o the defendant for 55., and he had paid is. deposit on it. At•the close of the sale he was seen to take the picture up and walk away with it. He was followed and given into custody. The defendant said he had' no in tention of taking the print without paying for it. He asked a porter where he was to pay, and the man replied at the office in front. He understood this to 'mean the office in the street, which had a separate entrance, and was going there when he was charged with stealing the print. Mr. Henry observed that there appeared to be some degree of carelessness when a man could take a picture away in this manner. He discharged the prisoner on his paying for the picture. His worship subsequently told the officers that where a person removed property for which he had paid part of the money, it was not a felony. Even if done in tentionally it was only a breach of faith, for which there was but a civil =eq. LATEST NEWS. OPENING OF THE SARDINIAN CHAMBERS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, MONDAY, JAN. 10. The following is a summary of the Royal speech : The King thanks the Chambers for the assistance afforded him during the last session, which conso lidated the national policy and the progress of Piedmont. He announces that Government will bring in bills for judicial, administrative, and municipal reform.• He regrets that the financial crisis and the scarcity of silk crops prevented a balance in the national Exchequer. His Majesty says, that the political horizon is not clear, but that the future must be awaited with firmness. The future cannot fail to be fortunate, because the policy of Piemont is based on justice and love of its country's liberty. Piedmont is small, but great in the councils of Europe, on account of the principles it represents, and the sympathies it inspires. It respects treaties, but is not insensible to Italy's cry of anguish. The King concludes with the words—'• Let us resolutely await the decrees of Providence." Prolonged acclamations of Vice le Rol ! followed the conclusion of the speech. PARIS, SUNDAY, Jan. 9 The Monitettr of this day contains a decree con- voking the Senate and the Legislative Assembly for the 7th Feb. next. Another decree re-establishes the Council of Sea for Titles (Conseil de Sceau des Titres), and nomi nates the members of this Council. TURIN, SUNDAY, JAN. 9, The garrisons of Verona, Mantua, and Milan have been reinforced, and orders have been given to victual the fortresses completely. The Austrian army in Italy will be increased to 140,000 men. The following telegram was also received lasi evening : • VIENNA, JAN. 9. The despatch of troops to Laibach will continue to-day and to-morrow. The Empress will accompany her sister, the Duchess of Calabria (who is on her way to Naples), as far as Trieste. A Lisbon telegram, dated Friday, has been re ceived at the South Sea-house, announcing that the Portuguese Government prorogues the permission of duty-free importation of foreign wheat, barley, and beans into Portugal up to May, 1859, exclud ing, however, maize. TRIESTE, JAN. 9, The Calcutta mails reached Suez on the Ist inst., with dates to the 9th ult., Madras 14, Galle 17, Aden 26, and Hongkong 30th Nov. Calcutta.—lmports in active demand. Produce, a moderate business done, at improved prices. Money unchanged. Freight dull. Exchange, 2s. 01,d. to 2s. ltd. Madras.—Exchange, 2s. ON. to 2s. lid. Canton.—Little doing in exports ; demand for English goods increased. Hongkong.—Freights dull. Exchange, 4s. 81d Shanghai, Nov. 22.—Silk and tea in brisk de mand, at higher prices. Exchange, 6s. 9d. to 6s. 91d. Freights, 30s. for tea, 70s. for silk. Foochow.—A considerable business done in tea. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY, The Emperor yesterday received the reply of the Germanic Diet to the letters of recall of Count de Monttessuy, who filled the functions of Minister Plenipotentiary of France to the Confederation ; also a letter by which Don Ramon Castilla notifies to his Majesty his election to the Constitutional Presidency of th• Republic of Peru. The Salut Public of Lyons says :—" We are happy to learn that there is no truth in rumours which have lately been current that Marshal de Castellano was about to quit this city to become Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour or Grand Equerry to the Emperor, which last post has been vacant since the death of Marshal de St. Arnaud : the Marshal is to rema i n in command of the army of Lyons." Captain de Saissel, of the French navy, the new Governor of the French establishments in Oceanea, arrived at Papeita, capital of the Society Islands, on the 17th September last, in the Andromede frigate, and the day after he was officially.iiikalled in his new post. He subsequently paid a visit, to Queen Pomare. It is stated that he found the re lations between . the French a u th or iti es an d th e Queen extremely friendly, arid the general situa tion of the French establishment's satisfactoiy. Some difficulties, which had arisen between the natives of Raiatea and other places had been settled. BOUR,E, JAN. B.—The market has been in a state of great agitation during the day, variations of 25e. and 30c. taking place at every moment. Threes were done at 70f. 90c., then declined to 70f. 60c., rallied to 711'. 5c., and are now 70f. 85c. Mobilier varied from 860 f. to 856 f. ; Austrian, 600 f. 50c. to 592 f. 50c ; Orleans, 1,345 f. to 1,340 f.; Lyons, 852 f. 50c. to 847 f. 50c.; Northern, 952 f. 50c. to 950 f. ; and Southern, 555 f. to 552 f. 59c. The following were the last quotations:— 4t per Cents. 97 Do. end month 97 3 per Cents. 7l Do. end month 70 95 Bank - Shires Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Foncier Belgian 4/ . Piedmontese (5) 93 - Roman — - Austrian - Spanish Threes - Home Debt 42 - RAILWAYS. Cesh. Account. Orleans New ditto Lyons and Modderftnein..-.-.- B6O .. 860 New ditto — • • Geneva 692 50 .. 590 Midi — .. Southern . 555 .. 556 2.5 Western 595 .. 600 Eastern Grand Central — .. Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15e. ;.money, 25f. 121 e.; three months, paper, 241. 9710. ; money, 24f. 95e. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. (Train the Times' Correspondent.) CORFU, JAN. 3. By this time the enthusiasm of the Greeks at the supposed prospect of seeing the territory of King Otho considerably increased has no doubt been damped by the clear denunciations of Mr. Gladstone in his address at Zante. The unhappy project of abandoning five of the lonian Islands .has, how ever, stirred the embers of the great , question which lies smouldering throughout the EaSt, and it will remain now to be seen how the glow is to be extinguished. Let us hope that it may gradually subside of itself; as, should it not, it may prove difficult to lay the ghost which has so inadvertently been raised. No thinking person is sanguine enough to suppose that with the fall of Sebastopol all thoughts of aggression in the East have been abandoned by Russia, and time alone can, show what barrier is to be placed to her future onward march. The Greeks, it is needless to say, are the great lever with which Russia is working her way in the East, and on which that Power mainly dependslor the prosecution of its views. It is not, however, to be supposed that so crafty a people have no national desires which they dream of satisfying, and the most intelligent among them will tell you that, however willing they may prove themselves in the hands of Russia for the promotion of her views in the Levant, they only lend themselves, as interim. until the time shall arrive for the realization of the dream of a national Greek Empire. Perhaps some deep political thinker sees, with prophetic eye, the barrier which eventually will have to be raised by the West to stop Russian ag gression in the East. It need be strong and stanch to dam that Northern stream. Greece has proved anything but a happy experi ment in the way of kingdom making, and has incessantly given trouble to Europe as a hotbed for political intrigue. To Rnc-ia it has proved no barrier, but a very handy lever, and has been used very successfully by that Power ever since its establishment. I believe that at the time of its creation it was proposed by an eminent British diplomatist to in clude Thessaly and Epirus within its frontiers. This point was, however, abandoned. The wonder is whether its total abolishment has not since then been advocated. The lonian question, which com menced by the mysterious disappearance of de spatches from the Colonial-office, has, like all Eastern subjects, a hue of Oriental cloudiness about it, and embraces a multitude of entangled conse quences and embarrassments which are alarming to contemplate and difficult to enumerate, and leaves the Grand Rajah question throughout the East, to use a celebrated and much-quoted expression, " still looming , in the distance." The Terrible returned with Mr. Gladstone from Athens and the Southern Islands on Christmas morning. The High Commissioner Extraordinary has taken ah9use here, which circumstance leads to the belief that his stay will be protracted for some months. We hear that the right hon. gentleman's visit to Athens was also connected with the settle ment of the complicated affairs of the Greek loans, which are in a sorry plight, and over which a com mission, formed of members of the contracting Powers, has for some time been presiding, and that he made it a part of his duty to inspect the finan cial labours of these gentlemen on that classic soil. His return to Corfu has has not caused much sensa tion, and the only outward difference is the presence of an extra sentry before one of the largest houses in the principal suburb. It is not known how soon Sir John Young leaves Corfu. lam confidentially informed that he has not sent in his resignation. That his recall is, how ever, daily expectcd, and that Mr. Gladstone will remain here until the British Parliament meets, in order to carry out the modifications which he has recommeded. It is said that Mr. 'Gladstone has recommended the creation of two Houses, to meet for three months every year. The Upper to be nominated by the Protectorate, and the Lower .by popular election, and that they are to sit simultaneously. ' This would 'to a certain extent be the British Constitu tion in miniature. Whether such a system will work satisfactorily may be considered very doubt ful, inasmuch as all the odium and responsibility would fall on the Queen's nominees, and it is to be apprehended that the popular representatives would not work in union with them. SPAIN. ---- • - The Madrid journals of the 3d have reached us. In the Chamber of Deputies on that day the Pre sident of . the Council confirmed the statement of the official journal mentioned by telegraph, that "Spain had obtained complete satisfaction from the Mexicans who occupied Tampico, and that, among other things, they had restored the loan extorted from the Spaniards." This announcement was received with applause from all parties in the Chamber. The semi-official Correspondancia Auto grafa announces, in addition, that the Government had received official, information from Mexico, both from the French Minister, who now represents Spain in that country, and the Spanish Consul, that General Zuloaga, President of the Mexican Re public, had intimated his readiness to give satis faction to Spain for all her other grievances; but the Correspondancia adds that the Spanish Govern ment will not relax any of its military measures until this promise be completely fulfilled. The same autherity says : " Our financial situation could not possibly be more satis factory than it is. Not only were all debts due on the 31st December paid, but the obligations of the Government are provided for, and sums sufficient to pay the expenses of the first two months of the year are in hand." The Correspondancia gives a somewhat curious piece of news from Cochin China :-- "The great Mandarin who commands in chief the Cochin Chinese army had sent a peremptory order to the French. Vice-Admiral to leave the territory, with all the Franco- Spanish forces, within ten days, threatening that, if he did not obey, every man, from the highest to the lowest, Should be crucified or at least decapitated." It may be remembered that some little time ago an account was given, in a letter from Teheran, of a somewhat extraordinary scene which was saidto have taken place at the residence of the Russian envoy, and i 4 which Mr. Murray, the English Minister at the Persian Court, was stated to have acted in a very uneourteous manner. The Indepen dance of Bruskls, which copied the letter in ques tion from the Ost Deutsche' Post of Vienna, now publishes a letter from Mr. Murray dated from Tiflis, contradicting the statement, and explaining what really occurred. He says that on the fete-day of the Emperor Alexander there was, as usual in the morn ing, an official reception at the Russian Legation, at which although he had been confined by illness to the hoAsct, for ..several months, he was present, and offered his congratulations to M. Anitchkoff on the occasion. In the evening, all the pe;sons attached to the English mission were present at a fete givBn, and it was only on account of his extreme weak 41m:that {Mr. Murray) could not attend., Far fr"o"m any cosiness having arisen between him and M. Anitchkoff, by his, absence, Mr. Murray adds that when , hot left Teheran the Russian envoy kindly furnished him with letters of recommenda tion to, all the Russian authorities on his road, and that 'from the moment he set foot on the Russian territory he had been treated with the greatest kindness and attention. THE LATE SUICIDE IN ST. JAMES'S-PARK.-- IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY.—In ' consequence of the ' various paragraphs which have appeared in morning and evening journals, Charing-cross Hospital has been besieged ' by persons who have missed their friends, and on Saturday afternoon the deceased was identified as John Wheatley, aged 30, of Woodminster, Surrey, a gardener to Mr. George Trollope, upholder, of Parliament-street. Mr. Bedford, the coroner, has fixed this day for the inquest. " AMERICAN EL=TRO-BLA.CKIN G."—On Friday a man, self-named Wm. - Rance, was brought up at Brad ford, and , committed for two months to hard labour, for. de frauding various persons by selling pots of "Rance's. Am erican electro-waterproof, self-polishing blacking," which proved ,to contain, under a superficial layer of genuine blacking, almost a pot full o f mu d, &c., from the roads. The fellow, in defence, said he had , not money enough or ho would have filled the pots with good blacking. SERIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT SIIEFFIELD.—A case of poisoning' occurred at Sheffield on Saturday evening-, by which - one child has lost - its life, and the lives of two others are placed in great jeopardy. The wife of Mr. Thos. Bremmer, powder-flask manufacturer, Hanover - street, having threeyoung children suffering from colds, obtained from the shop of Mr. Hill, druggist, one pennyworth 'each of opium, Spanish juice, and juniper berries. Having made a decoction of the berries and dissolved the Spanish juice, she mixed them and the opium together, along with half a pound of treacle. About seven o'clock she gave the elder daughter, Mary, two table-spoonfuls of mixture, and the two younger children' smaller quantities. About 10 o'clock all the children were taken alarmingly ill. The father, learning what had been administered, at once called in Mr. Nicholson, surgeon, who found the children in a very dan gerous statelrom the effects Of the opium. He inunediatey applied the usual remedies, but without'success as regards the eldest child, aged seven years, which died at three o'clock on Sunday Morning. ' The • other two children suffered severely, but they were alive yesterday (Sunday evening), and there was hope that they would recover. Mrs. Brem mer is stepmother to two of the children. ACCIDENT AT DEVONPORT. —On Friday lad, when employed on board the screw steamship Lion, 80, in the north dock, at Devonport, a labourer named Bickford fell from the 'Second deck through the hatchway into the hold—a height of 35 feet. He was immediately placed on a hatchway grating, but by some mismanagement, when hoisted as far as the combings of the hatchway, one of the hitches of the rope gave way, and Bickford was precipitated a second time into the bold. More caution being observed, he was at length lifted out safely, and conveyed to th e sur gery. No bones were broken, but the poor fellow has a fearful gash across the throat, supposed to have been caused by catching against a nail when falling. Dr. Reid and Mr. Foster, surgeon, of Keyham-yard, paid every attention - to his case. • ' , DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAL —A workman in the Dowlais Works died on Sunday last from the effects of being bitten by a cat in a rabid state. Six other persons were bitten by the furious animal, which has been destroyed. Briatol ,ilforcury, BULWER'S NEW WORK What will he do with it ? By Pisistratus Caxton, Author of "My Novel," &c. Four vols. Wm. Blackwood and Sons. The circumstances under which this remarkable work of fiction makes its appearance in its com pleted form are not merely unusual, but we believe altogether unprecedented. Imagina tive writers have, no doubt, ere this time been members of our Government. Addison was a Secretary of State. Sheridan was a Privy Coun cillor. As surely incidents like these have adorned the annals of our national literature, as divers other minor ones of a kindred character—as that Mat Prior, for example, became ambassador at the French Court—as that Will Congreve held some mysterious post in the Pipe-office. " Doesn't it sound like a fable," asks Mr. Thackeray, " that place in the Pipe-office? Ah, l'heureux temps que celai de ces fables !" Adding whimsically, "Men. of letters there still be; but I doubt whether any pipe -offices are left. The public has smoked them long ago." Not a bit of it: or if the mystic pipe -offices have vanished, we have evi dence in our time that the loftiest " coigns of vantage' in the edifice of the administration may still be at tained by the aspiring ambition of one whose genius has already achieved in the world of letters 'the glory of an enduring and eminent reputation. The present instance, however, is unquestionably the first upon record, in which a Minister of the Crown has, by a mere coincidence of time, while yet holding the seals of office, signalised anew his rare capabilities as a Novelist. It has so happened upon this occasion, we repeat, by a mere coincidence of time —not as the result of any contemporaneous labour on the part of the Author in his twofold capacity, as a Romancist and as an Administrator. What will he do with it ?—the twentieth, the latest, and in many respects the most elaborated of all his great prose works of fiction—was (as we all know now . perfectly well) virtually completed several months ago, nearly one entire half year, in fact, before the date upon which Sir Bulwer Lytton accepted the high and responsible post of her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. An " Adver• tisement by the Publishers," prefixed to the first of these four volumes, reiterates indeed, what the writer had already, some time back, himself dis tinctly intimated in the course of his narrative during the time of its periodical issue in.the pages of Blackwood's Magazine, namely, that " the entire manuscript, ready for the press, was in their (the 31eisrs. Blackwood's) possession at the close of last January." It is consequently altogether without even the smallest derogation from the dignity of his Ministerial position, that the Master-Novelist of his Age witnesses the publication of his last ro mance at a period when he himself has his every faculty absorbed in the loyal and patrioti c gu id ance of the destinies of the Colonial Empire of England. The coincidence, therefore, upon which we are here not very unnaturally commenting, as one in every way so unprecedented, may be regarded both by the Public and by the Author with unmingled satisfaction. The periodical issue of What will he do with it 7 int the classic, pages of Maga, has now extended over a period of no less than twenty months in un broken succession. Throughout this long sequence of instalments, we have become familiarised with its fictitious scenes, and perfectly intimate with all its imaginary characters. The spell of its fascination has continued so long, that what was at first a luxury has grown at last to be a necessity. When the ensuing month comes round, it is not an affectation to say, that we shall sorely miss the ever-welcome voice in the number of Blackwood for this next February. Mutandus locus est, et deversoria nota Prorturagendus equus : Quo tendis ? non mihi Curnas Est iter aut Baias. Our imaginations will no longer stray as hitherto into the green and tangled haunts of Old Fawley Manor, loitering by the weedy margin of the lake With Darrell, tracking the silver-footed Doe into the coppice, wandering vaguely among shrubs and thickets in search of the Magic Flute of Fair thorn. Prospero's wand, if not broken, is laid aside—and his - book, though not drowned, is at the least completed. Its mysteries, some of them so long inscrutable to the reader, have been solved. The involved and knotted web 'of its plot has been entirely unravelled, even when apparently most hopeless in its 'tangled intricacy. The thread of so many lives m a ki ng up the skein of this plot, moreover, has been dealt kindly with by the weird Sisters—but once, if we remember rightly, has it fallen asunder before the shears of Atropos, the rest winding smoothly to the very close from the distaff of ICotho to the wheel of Lachesis. The One solitary victim of Poetical Justice at the ter mination of the fiction being, of course, the arch ruffian of the tale—Jasper Losely. Yet so gently has Sir Bulwer Lytton treated even this semi diabolical personage, that Jasper's deathbed is surrounded by the assuaging influences of a love so truthful, so exquisite, so almost divine in its perennial vitality that it is spoken of in one of the quaint headings to the chapters of the Twelve Books of this Prose Epic, as " the insinuation of the highest compliment to Woman ever paid to her sex by the Author." The faithful tenderness here alluded to, is of course that manifested by grim Arabella Crane--the affectionate hobgoblin in iron grey, under whose frigid endearments the stalwart and brawny prey of paralysis lies down to die, wincing, but helpless. We leave the wretch there with a sort of horrid relief —leave him there in the tender clutches of that love before: which his soul quails, his heart recoils. These nearly the last words that come to us from his parched lips, as we cross the threshold of the bedchamber—" Basta, basta—l know what it is to have a head now !—ache, ache ! —boom, boom—weight, weight—heavy as a church bell—h o ll ow as a c h urc h bell—noisy as a church bell ! Brandy ! give me brandy you witch !—I mean Bella, good Bella, give me brandy." Terrible though the phantom of this great evil character is from first to last, it incul cates one of the grandest morals of the book ; it is one of the most remarkable and original creations in the whole narrative ; it is the hero of what, to our mind, is the most powerful scene described in these pages—the scene where Jasper beards the ruffians in their den—standing though he does at the outset entirely unarmed in the midst of the lawless 'gang—strikes them down to the right hand and to the left with his brandished chair— springs upon the table—snatches a revolver from the ringleader—makes the rest pile their arms at his feet ! Don't we yet hear the roar of his sten torian voice as he stands there defiant and derisive —" Unbar the door, you two. You, orator Cutts, go in. front ; light a candle—open the door. So—so--so. Who will treat me with a part ing cup—to your healths ? Thank you, sir. Fall . back there; stand back—along the wall—. each of you. Line my way. Ho, ho ! you harm me—y ou da un t me—you—you! Stop—l have a resolution to propose. Hear it and cheer. 'That this meeting rescinds the resolution for the expulsion of General Jasper, and entreats him hum bly to remain, the guide and ornament of the club!' Those who are for that resolution hold up their hands—as many as are against it, theirs. Carried unanimously. Gentlemen, I thank you—proudest day of my life—but I'll see you hanged fir s t ; an d till that sight diverts me—gentlemen, your health." And so out, with a stride—along the passage_ .through the street door—scatheless ! It is the apogee in the orbit of his evil life. It is in the glare of that den of infamy that we alone care to think of him—seen by that light, his figure stands forth in g igantesque proportions. Altogeth er it i s a wonderful delineation. Among the villains of fiction it will take rank as a dread original—at first an athletic and symmetrical type of great physical strength and beauty—towards the end a bloated and almost loathsome wreck of crime and dissipa tion—immediately before the close of the wasted life, ameliorated by the last awful change, supply ing " the delicacy that ends with youth by the delicacy that comes with the approach of death," the goddess whose boons adorn the outward shell of the human spirit, coming back to her fayourite's death - couch as she had come to the .cradle —note now as the Venus Erycina, goddess of Smile •and Jest, but as the warning Venus Libitina. the goddess of Doom and the Funeral.", So falls the dark curtain betimes upon Willy's .son—leaving him at the moment when he comes at length almost within the scope of our commiseration. Already, when the story was in its mid career, we endeavoured in • these columns to analyse the varied merits of the plot, and passed in review the motley personages making up the array of its con trasting characters. The enthralling history of these fictitious people has since then been related to its conclusion. The long estrangement of Guy Darrell and Caroline Countess of Montfort has happily terminated. The apparently hope less nuptials of Lionel Haughton and Sophy —(there was a blank for the surname almost to " The End")—has been consum mated. The character of the Remorseless Bandit, of'poor old Waife, of dear William Losely, of dar ling Willy, has been triumphantly vindicated. Excellent Mr._ Hartopp proves to have been in no way deceived by the master of Sir Isaac—to have been more sagacious in his humanity than his head man Mr. Williams in his caution. Sir Isaac himself has made such friends with the tame doe before the book finisb.ed, that the doe has a kindly nibble at his ear as he lies dreamili among the grass by the lake side at Fawley. The; House of Vipont arrives at a Crisis that—thanks tel Darrell—proves Not to be a Catastrophe. Darrelti finding a wife at last in the " Caroline of Old," re'l turns to public life as the saving genius of the ! Government. Greatest surprise of all, however, V, the expectant and long tantalised reader—at last; —at last—the key is vouchsafed to the mystery ° Sophy's parentage. Not the fruit of vice, not the daughter of infamy, offspring of neither Jasper Losely nor of Gabrielle Desmarets--" N o More the Outlaw-Child of Ignominy and Fraud, but the Starry Daughter of Poetry and Art." When Frank Vance, the famous painter, suddenly bound' ing out from the garden entrance of Fawley into the midst of the assembled persons of the romance , then and there, to the amazement of Lionel, the indignation of Waife, and the confusion of Waifee fancied grandchild, kisses Sophy into a knowledge that she is no other than the orphan child of his sister and the poor dead poet Arthur Bran' thwaite—the incident comes like a sunburst' Everything brightens under its influence ; every' body is happy—and the whole is so clear, so nail' ral, so reasonable in every particular. Perhaps the secret of a romance was never more admirabll preserved until the very eve of its terminatiou , Yet—when disclosed—it proves, nevertheless, t° have been, so to speak, in no way overlaid with concealment. The foreshadowings of it now are re' cognised clearly enat:gh peeping out here and there through the course of tii.9 previous narrative. One' only marvels, now that it 1.; told, that it w as ne ver conjectured beforehand—in all which there is surely evidence of high art on the part of the novelist. Towards the conclusion of the work We are only in one particular really and truly dis• satisfied. It is in the instance of Fairthorn, the musician, who unexpectedly reveals certain gr°' tesque traits of character that anything but endear i him to us. The impotent spleen, of which we catchi a glimpse in that mowing face of his, half hid bri hind the curtains, lurking in the doorways, skullvi ing among the shrubberies—topples down as irrel trievably as Humpty Dumpty in the numerP rhyme, our previous e s ti ma t e o f hi s eccen tric character. Insomuch that we fancy we should have been bored ever afterwards even by the dulcet melodies of the flauto rnagico—should have felt disposed ill-naturedly to purloin one of the middle, joints of it, and to have looked on with a spiteful chuckle of satisfaction while he vainly essayed to the, screw the beloved instrument together. The downfall is a disappointment to us—for hitherto it was with us one of the most charming memories of the books the thought of Fairthorn, with his flute, haunting the green thickets about Fawley Manor like c dingy, shambling human nightingale. Charo there are still left to us in the work, however—uo' marred—beyond the reach of deterioration. GUI Darrell—after whom we would fain have had the romance called, rather than by its present fantastic designation—Darrell, the great lawyer, the gifted orator, the illustrious statesman Waife, dear el Waife—that "grand creature, a grand actor"-" who, as he listed, "was the Fool, Nv. , is Lear"--1 " luminous, unconscious critic, bringing out beautio!' of which no commentator ever dreamed !" Colonel Morley, most kindly and perfect of true gentle' men!: Handsome Lionel, cordial Vance, whin' sical Merle, preposterous Rugge, grimly' gentle Arabella, simple-hearted Hartopp, ridiculous Samuel Adolphus Poole, of Alhambra Villa in the Cockney suburb—terrible Pocket Cannibal feed' ing upon the same (that is to say, not upoli Alhambra Villa, but upon S. A. Poole)—the worst , the best ;'the loftiest, the lowliest of the concourse —as they pass away from us now, we are loth to lose sight of them altogether, we are fain to linger ye awhile over the familiar pages that here relate their history, with the charm of a style that it hue taken the laborious life of a man of rare genius to attain ! As we close this latest romance, complet; ing the full score of hi s e l a b ora t e prose wor k s 0 fiction—as we remember the diversity and often the splendour observable among its nineteen pre' dec9ssors—as we remember the prizes won by the, same indefatigable ambition in so many o th er , a nd such totally dissimilar, intellectual departments, as a dramatist, as a historian, as an orator, as a post i as a statesman—there com es fl oa ti ng t o us one those Horatian particles familiar to the classie atmosphere of Fawley, " to Darrell medicinal, t° Fairthorn. morbific," " —Nil fuit unquam Sic dispar sibi"— And so adieu to the Novelist, en avant to the Statesman ! EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP SWINDLING. A woman, fifty years of age, of the name of Dereinsberg, was on Saturday tried by the Tribir nal of Correctional Police for swindling ; and tvl 6 females, named Roux and Girard, were tried with her for complicity. The first mentioned woman waS employed by a tradesman named Blot to call an ladies of rank and offer for sale, dresses, lace , and other articles. When she announced that she had effected a sale, goods were confided to her; and if for ready money, which was very rarely' she brought the money ; if on credit it was entered on the book, and after a delay of a fel months, she was charged to get the bill paid , In either case she deducted a certain per centage for her commission. In February last she gave vari' ous extensive orders for different ladies, but when some months after, Blot directed her to get in his money, she was unable to bring him any. After accepting various excuses time after time for delay,' he at length made an investigation, and he disco vered that the greater part of the alleged sake were never made to the ladies in whose names they were entered, or were to people who did n ot exist. Thus the woman had obtained 64f. worth of pocket-handkerchiefs for, as she said, the Countess de Morny, but Blot was told on applyin for payment that the countess had never ordered and never received anything from him. Other pre tended sales were made to the Princess de Chimay, the Princess liotsclaouberg, &c. Among the per sons who did not exist was a Countess de Viga not, who was said to reside in the Hotel Voltaire. All the, goods which the woman obtained by these false pretences were either pawned or sold by the woman Roux, who received part of the proceeds. But she did a still more audacious thing :—ln Octo ber last she ordered various articles of the value of 585 fr. for Queen Christina, and wanted to take then away, but Mme. Blot said she should like to deliver them herself. She, however, on some pretext, did not take Mine. Blot to the Queen, and, after a few days' delay, she announced that her Majesty would call at the shop ; but the Queen never went. Mme. Blot having expressed surprise, the woman said, " Well ! take your things, and let us go to Malmaison, where the Queen is !" They went to Malmaison, and, on entering the porter's lodge, found an elderly female dressed in a sort of religious costume. "This is her Majesty's housekeeper," said the woman. Mme. Blot then said that she had brought some articles for the Queen, and wished to show them to her Majesty herself. " Oh, Madame,' answered the housekeeper, "it would be contrary to etiquette for the Queen to receive you, but leave me the things, I will show them to her Majesty, and you may call to-morrow to know whether the Queen accepts them or not !" Mme. Blot left the things, and returned next day. Addressing the con cierge, she said, " Tell the Queen's housekeeper—the lady I saw here yesterday —that I am waiting to see her !" " The Queen's housekeeper" cried the man. " That old woman ! Why, she only comes here to beg charity !" " And my things ?' She took them away, and I, of course, not knowing why you gave them to her, had no - reasou to prevent her!' It was then discovered that the woman who thus audaci ously personated the Queen's housekeeper was a widow named Girard. The tribunal, after hearing these facts, condemned Dereinsberg to two years' imprisonment, Roux to 15 months, and Girard to 12 months; and each besides to 50f. fine. One Menneval, employed at the Hotel Voltaire, was tried with the women for complicity, for having, as alleged, represented to Blot that the pretended Countess de Viganot lived in the hotel, and was solvent ; but the case Was not made out, and he was acquitted. DARING ESCAPE FROM A GAOL.—On Wednesday last an escape was effected from the county of Cork gaol, which for daring ingenuity almost equals a n y o f t h ose recorded of the fam o u s Jack Sheppard. A person named William Johnson, who wag awaiting his trial on a charge of sheep-stealing, was sent to a small ward where untried prisoners were generally confined, for the purpose of clean ing it out, and beingloeked in alone, hedetermmed on effect ing his escape. Having got a couple of sheets from one of the cells, he tied them together, and then fastened an end of one of them to a hand-brush about a foot and a quarter long, which he had been using. He next made a pretty long pole by rudely splicing together the handles of some sweep ing brushes with twine, which he had made from oakum, and by means of this ho succeeded in inserting the hand-brush crosswise, inside the bars of an upper cell window. The sheets being torn, served him as means of drawing himself up, and he thus succeeded in getting on the wall of the small yard attached to the ward, from whence he scrambled on the roof. Between this and the outer wall of the gaol was an insulating passage, over 8 feet wide, and the outer wall itself was between 30 and 40 feet high, and he must have sprung across this passage, and either lit on the wall from whence he let himself down by some means, or else have cleared the passage and wall both at a jump. In either case the feat was a most astonishing one, when the breadth of the passage and the height of the wall is considered, but that such was the way in which he got out there seems no doubt, for some of the slates were found displaced on the roof where he had stood, and the marks of his feet were found deeply indented in a. bed of clay, which was close under the gaol wall in an adjoining orchard, and on which he must have alighted after his descent. 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