The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-17 00:00:00

NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby Given, that the BOOKS in which the STOCKS of this Company and the transfers thereof are REGISTERED, will . be CLOSED from the 31st day of January to the 15th day of February inclusive ; and that the Dividend for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1859, will be payable to the Pro prietors who may be registered in the said books on the said 31st day of January by warrants (unless otherwise directed) due on the 15th February, 1860. By order, CIIAS. E. STEWART. Euston Station, London, January 16, 1800 ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA R DEN. Under the management of Miss L. ryne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, VICTORINE. Messrs. Sant!ey, H. Perri, G. Honey, Walworth, &C. Misses Parepa, Thirlwall. Condactor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called FUSS EN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 10 minutes to 7. FIEA TRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS. Miss Reynolds. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- So!e Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Re-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. THIS EVENING, the popular Drama of ST. MARY'S EVE. Madeline (her original character) Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING THRUSHBEARD, the LITTLE PET and the GRKAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. 11. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commence at 7. 1.,t0 YA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sense of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON TIIE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Art"..kur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. nW THEATRE - ROYA,L, ADELPHI. ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. tenj. Webster. Reproduction of TILE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bed4ud, C. J. Smith, Billing-ton, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Moe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor fer bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. On Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Theatre will be Closed, in Consequence of the Company performing at the Royal Then tricals, Windsor Castle. ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. After which, MAGIC TOYS, suppornd by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c. Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. 11. T. Craven. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Hiss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ante commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. The Last Five Weeks of Mr. Cooke's Season. THIS EVENING, the New Spectacular Drama by Mr. Ti. Phillips, TIIE WARRIOR'S CAREER, with full stud of Horses and great effects.—Scenes in the Circle by Astley's world-renowned Equstrians, terminating with the Eques trian, Oporatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler thelluntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and dazzling Transformation Scene—Harlequin, M. Richarde ; Columbine, Mdlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Hilderbramit ; Pan taloon, Mr. P. Abbot -A family of Sprites - Epsom Races by Living Jockies and rQal Ponies, with ring and Stage com bine&—Performing Elephant, Dogs and Monkeys, and the Great Salamander War Horse enveloped by real fire. Commence at 7, Notice.—The Grand Day performances, at Two o'clock, will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21 and 2S, and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 11. Mr. Cooke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will take place on Monday. Jan. 30. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAII. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimie), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. hackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BON lIEU R'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 17, 1860. THERMOMETER., IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BATIOMETEII 30.10. WIND, Westerly ; light, with foggy damp cold weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAY.—Morning, Sh. 29m.—Afternoon, Oh. sm. To-moßnow.-Morning, Oh. 44m.—Afternoon, 10h. 24m. • ,r 4 ,-44 A 12_ • 1.1 • THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 1860. If we may judge from the acconnts coming to us from between Ceuta and Tetuan via Madrid, the Spaniards have been everywhere victorious in their contest with the barbarian soldiers of Mo rocco. Yet the lists of the killed and wounded tell terribly against them—and besides this, they have scarcely gained any ground beyond the im mediate vicinity of Ceuta—while they have de cidedly not yet brought that long-coveted Tetuan into their possession. And while these facts are altogether undeniable, the Spaniards are every day becoming more and more demonstrative in their expressions of exulta tion. As though the objects of the war were already virtually if not actually accomplished. As though the Moors were virtually at their mercy— as though the army of Morocco were routed, or disbandeded, or, at the least, disorganised —.as though the Government of Morocco were prostrate and helpless at the feet of O'DONNELL and his compatriots. Everything Moorish is, just now, moreover, an object of ridicule, scorn, and derision, among both the armed and unarmed subjects of Queen ISABELLA. The old-fashioned discipline of the Moorish soldiery is only just a trifle less ludicrous than the dirty-white, gauzy-light Moorish costume or than the apparentircumbrous swords and fire-arms of the Moorish warri-ors ! Although mere vulgar cunning would haw suggested the advisability of rather exaggerating; than depreciating the charac ter of the enemy $o be vanquished! Although, in point of fact, the thin and loosely flowing robes of the Moor enable hi:m the better to endure the intense heat of his Nort7l African climate ! Although so very formidabl e a catalogue of the Spaniards, already slain- 'in this " little'war, " attea with fright ful distinetT ass the deadly aim and wondrous efficiency of those despised Moorish marksmen ! Although in reference to the mere warlike cutlery of the Moors, we read from the records of unprejr .diced eye - witnesses appalling descrip tions writ _en by them from the actual seat of war, acre rc ling to which the Spanish officers and sol diers wh, ) I tare escaped with th e i r lives from tho s e deadly sk. 7 .rtr ishes with the Moorish swordsmen, re turned onl . y covered with ghastly wounds inflicted by the hag, d of the Moors, armed with their keen edged scym et. trs. And, meanwhile, let us again re member that j -here still, up to the moment of the last despatches fly m Morocco, there still, at that actual seat of war, t e Spaniards are yet fighting but a little beyond a e immediate vicinity of Ceuta—that tggling towardsTetuan—that they they ar e yet strt fined Tetuan, that they ;have not have not yet gt yet v anquished the foe they affect so to de sPise• And 'tese facts are removed far beyond the the reach of contradiction, in spite of how much jubilation on the part of the Madrid news papers, in spite of how many felicitations ti ans mitted to her warriors in Africa from the Spanish Sovereign ! Who shall enumerate them ? Who cares to enumerate them ? We have been reading of them forweeks and weeks past in journals, English, French, and Spanish. We have heard of all but the solemn chaunting of the Te Deum of thanks giving in the Spanish churches and cathedrals. Ceuta still, however, the place from whence are dated these tidings of hypothetical victory ! Tetuan still barely visible to the pseudo-victors beyond the lines of the Moorish encampment—far away upon the extreme verge of the distant horizon ! Estimating the relative value of the claims upon our sympathy appertaining: to the belligerents in this unfortunate conflict—we must in justice and in truth allew those of the Moors considerably and conspicuously to preponderate. If we want proof positive of the accuracy of which assertion we have only to turn our regard retrospectively to our position in times past as the lords and guardians of the Rock of Gibraltar, and as such the conserva tors of tho world's watery highway between the ocean and the Mediterranean. Who have always re mained, in war and in peace, through good report and through evil report, our staunch friends, ready at all times when occasion required to victual our garrison there upon that iron and rocky fastness of Gibraltar ? Who but the Moors ? While, on the other hand—Who have ever regarded our posi tion there at Gibraltar with persistent, and per verse, and pertinacious jealousy ? Who but our dear friends and allies the Spaniards ? Out of a mere reciprocation of good offices, therefore, we have valid reasons clearly before us rather to sympathise in this unprovoked contest with the Moors rather than the Spaniards. Although the war can hardly fail to remain, down to the end of the chapter, essentially a " little war"—that peculiar object of mingled scorn and horror in the estimation of the late Duke of WEL LINGTON—the dimensions of this conflict in North Africa between the soldiers of Spain and Morocco are gradually, by very slow degrees, expanding. After ennumerating some of the peculiarities of the situation of things around the Camp de la Condesa upon the coasts of Morocco, the corre spondent of our chief morning contemporary (curi ously avowing a sort of identification of interests with the cause he is striving to " write up," with such an affectation all the while of being entirely dispassionate) observes—" In short, we have started upon our adventure-20,000 men in a country of 8,000,000 of enemies, and with a hostile army of we know not what strength in our front, flank, or rear. It will require the utmost prudence to get us safely through to Tetuan without very heavy losses, but that prudence will, we have no reason to doubt, be displayed • to the extent required. That our progress must be slow is quite clear. \Ve have to cut roads for our artillery as we proceed, and it will be strange (and 1 the Moors will show themselves worth much less than their reputation) if we have not also to expend one or two days in cutting our way through an obstinate enemy. Everybody is surprised at our having got so far with so little fighting. But the worst is probably to come. Our next march will be a troublesome one. The army will have to defile along a narrow cause way between the lagoons and the sea, and debaucher from it near a mountain, which affords the enemy an excellent position." A delightful sketch, certainly of the situation ! One demon strating so clearly the reasonableness of all these jubilations at Madrid, of all this petty derision of the Moors by the Spaniards, of all these precipitate felicitations forwarded to O'DONNELL and his compatriots by the Spanish Sovereign. After all • be w ve l ge l i ni c n h nn , i en w wg e l c t a h n e n o s t but Spaniards ae ia rd a are recognise enl only at glance,the :ehrayt Meanwhile what do our friends at Madrid think of the subjoined intelligence but just now received from Mogador. To wit—" Sixty thousand men—the pick of the Moorish army, are encamped on the hills beyond Mogador, and ready for action. A courier had just arrived from Morocco stating that the Moors had taken in all 600 prisoners, for which the EMPEROR had paid four dollars per head for having brought them alive to the capital." Facts these which speak trumpet-tongued for the " humanity " of the Moorish barbarians—and for the " importance" of that Moorish army sixty thousand strong. The news somehow coming to us via Madrid, has a very Irish echo, indeed, from the coasts of Morocco! KOSSUTH tells us that an expression of English interest in Hungary will now be of service to his country. There is no Englishman who does not feel it. There is none who will not, in the way appropriate to him, be ready to show it. All classes of men here remember the Hungarian history of 1848 and that of the following year with indignation as well as horror. They remember that our Govern ment then did not do its duty. In words even, they leaned too much to the oppressor, whom their country detested; and when the remorseless NICHOLAS determined to send his legions to over whelm Hungary and to subjugate it to the defeated Austrians, our Government stood silently by. The principle of non-intervention which now it loudly proclaims for Italy, it said not a word of then for Hungary. Had the English Government but spoken then as became it—had it insisted on NICHOLAS leaving the Hungarians and the HAPS BURGS to settle their own concerns, it would have saved nearly all the evils that have followed. The CZAR could not have ventured to attack Turkey and plunge us into the Crimean war. And Italy, with Hungary free, would have gained her freedom in a very different manner. Our merchants, too, would have shared the advantages so dear to them, and so beneficial to their country, of free trade with Hun gary; for KOSSUTH had inaugurated it, and nothing but the Russian reinstatement of HAPSBURG ty ranny deprived us of an advantageous trade with an agricultural country. Tho letter of the great Hungarian patriot—the lawful governor indeed of Hungary, whom the Russians expelled to make room for the young tyrant who now rules there by force, not of treaty or of law, or even of conquest, but by force of Rus sian arms—KossuTn's letter confirms all that the friends of national freedom had hoped for on behalf of the Hungarians. Many of our readers probably read the letter on Saturday, when we extracted it from the Glasgow Daily Bulletin. It was ad• dressed to a number of gentlemen who had written to KOSSUTH from the commercial capital of Scotland to know whether Englishmen could aid his country now by a public expression of their views. His answer is a decided affirmative, and his reasons, which are illustrated in detail, are satisfactory enough. The reasons are, indeed, of a painful kind. They con sist of a series of facts, developing such misgovern ment and provocation as has irritated Hungary, and all the countries connected with it, into a com bined hostility to the present dynasty and system of administration, which nothing but substantial liberty in some form or other will appease. The taxation in Hungary, as in Venetia, is per fectly intolerable. It is in many instances absorb . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1860 ing the whole net revenue of estates, and com pelling the proprietors to offe r the estates them selves to the Government, on condition of being exempt from the taxes impose d on them. What would our territorial aristocracy think of one direct tax alone on the net income of thoir estates, amounting to twelve shillings in the pound ? Were Mr. BRIGHT to mention anything like that at any meeting of manufacturers, he would be branded as a revolutionary confiscator of property through all the counties and in every country seat in England. Yet this is the regular income tax levied on Hungarian landlords by the Austrian Government. The whole country is indeed in a kind of passive commotion. All classes are aggrieved, seriously aggrieved. There is no Austrian party now but that of Government officials. Nobles who were Austrian and Conservative have now become amongst the most earnest " patriots." Indeed the taxation, or confiscation, is such that their very existence seems to depend on passive resistance. The Protestants are indignant at a patent which, merely to exhibit arbitrary power, subverts the ancient synodal arrangement of th• districts, and which places their religious administration at the mercy of the Government. The Catholics, to whom it was supposed the Concordat would be a sufficient bribe, are above being bribed. They were Hungarians, they say, before they were Catholics ; they insist on the old liberties of the Protestants as Hungarian rights. The liberties and independence of Hungary are the complement of those of Italy. One will be the guarantee cf the other. The former were subverted, wholly illegally, in 1848-49. The Emperor of AUSTRIA is not to this moment the legal King of Hungary. He has merely sought to amalgamate into a centralised bureaucratic administration the Government of Hungary, and that of all the other provinces he has obtained by violence or fraud ; but he has not a shadow of moral or legal right to his present despotic position. All the defrauded or oppressed territories of the Empire are feeling this now, and are making common cause against the Hapsburgs to regain their long-lost rights. Mean time the Exchequer of Austria is worse than bank rupt—it is an Exchequer which has committed forgery to get a little ready money ; and the army, which it cannot pay its wages, is made up of men from the offended provinces. That Hapsburgism can maintain itself longer seems inconceivable. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, in consequence of a domestic affliction, will not give a Parliamentary dinner at the opening of the session. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Ma dame van de Weyer give a ball at New Lodge, Stindsor Forest, on Friday next, at which a distinguished circle are invited to assemble. His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister has left town for some days on a tour of visits in the country. his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle left Trent ham, where the noble earl has been staying with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, yesterday morning for Dublin Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde will return to Carlton House-terrace on Thursday from Portumna Castle, county Galway. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley will return to town on Friday from Knows ley Park, Lancashire. The Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven have left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Veru lam at Gorhambury Park, Herts. The Earl and Countess Grey will return to their residence on Carlton House-terrace to-morrow from a tour of visits. The Countess of Sefton and Lady Celicia Moly newt have left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Vorulam at Gorhambury Park, Herts. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor came to town yesterday from Calverley Park, Ckeshiro, and to day go to Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. s con nt and Viscountess Palmerston arrived ai Cambridge House yesterday afternoon from Broadlands, Hants. The Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., and Mrs. Cardwell have arrived at the Oatlands Park Hotel, from Windsor. ORDER or THE THISTLE.—We understand that the Order of the Thistle, vacant by the demise of the Earl of Camperdown, has been conferred by her Majesty upon the Earl of Fife.—Scotsman. Mr. G. Cavendish Bentinek, M.P., met with a severe accident whilst hunting with the Belvoir hounds on Friday last. The hon. member sustained a severe fracture of the collar-bone, and was conveyed to Syston Park, the seat of Sir John Thorold, Bart., where we are glad to learn he is going on satisfactorily. A telegram from China has been received with unprecedented rapidity, the date from Hong Kong being the 15th of December. It brings, however, no news of much importance. Tho exchange was rather less favour able at Shanghai, and rather betterfor this country at Hong Hong, the respective quotations being Os. 81d. and 4s. 101 d. The deliveries of silk to date were 36,000 bales, and of tea 43,000,0001 b. The .quotations for silk were firm, and the arrivals small. The settlements had amounted to 2,503 bales. The import markets were healthy, and stocks of most descriptions of goods had experienced a reduction. ROYAL VlSlT.—Yesterday (Monday) afternoon her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince Con sort and Prince of Wales visited the Windsor Royal Dis pensary and Infirmary. The Queen was attended by the Lord and Lady in Waiting, and the Prince Consort by Col. Francis Henry Seymour. The visit being of a private cha racter, the only officials present were the hon. secretary (the Rev. J. A. Miller), the house surgeon (llr. Gooch), and the matron (Miss Walton), by whom the Royal party were received and conducted through the wards and other apartments connected with this valuable institution. Her Majesty and the Prince made full inquiries as to the num ber of patients, their treatment, &c., and on leaving ex pressed themselves much sa ti s fi e d with the whole arrange ments of the establishment. The Royal party afterwards drove to the model cottages, erected by the Windsor Royal Society for the improvement of the labourers' dwellings, of which his Royal Highness is president. The Queen and the Prince alighted from their pony carriage and inspected several of the cottagers' dwellings ; these are about 50 in number, the whole of them being occupied ; the Royal visi tors were much gratified on witnessing the comfort of the occupants, and neatness of their apartments. Mr. Towers, the secretary, was in attendance, of whom the Prince made numerous inquiries relating to the workinr , of the society. UNIFORM FOR TIIE VOLUNTEERS.—In consequence of numerous applications having boon made to the Secretary of S'*e for War on the subject of an authorised pattern uni form for artillery and rifle volunteer corps, a committee was appointed to select a set of patterns for the guidance of vol unteers, and have recommended a pattern suit to be adopted for colour and shape, the quality of the material being de termined by the circumstances of each particular corps. The pattern suits are respectively faced with red and black, and with grey, but the committee do not recommend that these colours should be universally adopted for facings, many counties having colours of their own. Tho pattern suits recommended by the committee are deposited at the War-office, where they can be seen, and coloured drawings may be had upon application, on and after the 24th of January. Although this dress is recommended by the com mittee to be generally adopted, it is not intended to be com pulsory, tho selection of the uniform being left to the mem bers of each corps, subject to the approval of the lord lieu tenant of the county. . _ UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—At the half-yearly meeting of this company, held yesterday, the dividend de clared was at the rate of 16 per cent. per annum, payable in London free of income tax on the 31st inst., and in the colonies, with the addition of income tax, as soon as the inspector shall arrange, on the receipt of the necessary ad vices. The report and accounts presented were of course adopted, but it was intimated by the chairman that the position of affairs in the Australian colonies had not re cently been of a satisfactory character. Although caution has been exercised losses have been experienced which have rendered it imperative to increase the reserves to cover doubtful dependencies, which has been done to the full extent of the estimated amount. Competition in business seems to have produced this discouraging influence, but it is yet thought that alter this reaction shall have passed trade will assume in the various localitie: a more healthy condition. The amount available for division is £51,606, and the rate proposed will absorb about £BO,OOO. The in vested reserve fund is maintained at £200,000, £130,000 being placed in the New Three per Cents., and £70,000 in New Zealand Imperial Four per Cent. Debentures. In the course of the discussion the species of trading activity , which has existed in the colonies was allud e d to, but, not withstanding the dark shadows thus temporarily created, sanguine anticipations are said to be entertained for the' future, full confidence being placed in the strength and solidity of the bank. The principle of allowing interest on deposits was also referred to, but while it was allowed that the losses of the half-year have been considerable, other banks, it is affirmed, have been still greater sufferers. The total cost of management, it was elicited, reaches £60,000; and, in answer to •a questiln, the aggregate amount set aside, to meet bad and doubtful debts, is said to be suffi cient to meet every conting - ency. THE RAINFALL OF 1859.—Mr. A. Stephens, in a letter to a contemporary, gives the following account of the rainfall of the past year :—There fell in January, 1.38 in ; O. F . e 7 b , ru i n a ; ry 22 June, un . e 2 , 0 it . 1 65 ; in ; March,jul July, in; n Apri l; August,, 2.2-5 in;3 61 in in; September, 2 . 29 in; October, 3.39 in; November, 3:25 in ; 63 h in fell s, D i e o c s e t m ra b i e n r, w % o r t i a n l g2i amount hotn o .s f , r o t fallen,A August t 8 Number of days on which rain fell, 151; 28 days of which the amount was scarcely anything. Large meteor seen on June 9=l October 23. TBEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. ENGLISH OPERA. The new opera of " Victorine," and the success ful pantomime of " Puss in Boots," attracts crowded and fashionable audiences, among which we have lately noticed the following : The Duchess of Inverness, the Duchess of Wel lington, Baron and Baroness Brunnow, Baron and Baroness Oxenchild, Viscountess Torrington, the Countess of Fife, Earl and Countess of Sefton, Lady Mountcharles, Lady John Somerset, Lady C. Rus sell, Lady Mary Churchill, Lady Mary Stephenson, Lady Carew, Lady Laidley, Lady Harrington, Lady Vincent, Lady Molesworth, Lady Lake, Lady Savage, Lady Wilson, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Earl of Verulam, Viscount Exmouth, Count Brandenburgh, Lord Garvagh, Lord Suffield, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Sir G. and Lady Armytage, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobus, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir A. Webster, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Thomas Seaton, Sir Thos. Walworth, Sir C. Stanhope, Sir John Wollesley, Sir W. Ball, the Hon. Mrs. Ponsonby, the Hon. Mrs. Irby, the Hon. Mrs. Endell, Hon. Mrs. Wil loughby, Mrs. Egerton, Col. Seymour, Col. Wheat ley, Col. Campbell, Hon. Col. Coventry, Cul. Brown low Knox, Capt. Macdonald, Capt. Baring, Lieut,- Col. Meyrick, General Sands, Gen. Oakes, General Ramsay, Capt. Buchanan, Col. Tullock, Col. Haynes, Capt. Phillips, Gen. Hall, Col. H. Boys, Captain Paget, Mr. Lane Fox, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Robarts, Mr. Billings, Mr. Brackenburg, and Mr. Delafield. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : THE BOMBAY MAILS. The Bombay, with the above mails, arrived at Suez on the 10th inst. The Valetta left Malta for Alexandria on the 9th, and the Ceylon on the 14th inst. The Indus, with the Calcutta and China passen gers, &c., left Malta for Southampton on the 9th inst. ADELPHI THEATRE. The elaborate and popular drama of the " Dead Heart," now acknowledged to be from the French, was reproduced here last night, it having been sus pended during Mr. Webster's absence in the coun try. The lessee was cordially welcomed on his reappearance, and played the chief part, Robert Landru, with all his accustomed vigour and talent. There has been no change of any kind, excepting a judicious shortening, since its first performance; but, of course, so elaborate and complicated a drama gains much by the numerous dramatis persona) having acquired perfect ease from frequent practice. The audience, which was numerous, was deeply absorbed by the intense revolutionary drama, which has a continuous interest and many situations of powerful effect. The extravaganza of "The Nymph of Lurleyberg," by Mr. H. J. Byron, seems to increase in attraction—and it deserves all the applause it obtains— concludes the evening's ample entertainments. STRAND THEATRE'. Last night a new, and we may with truth say, an original farce in one act, entitled " Christmas Boxes," was produced with triumphant success. The plot is well contrived to produce many comic situations, which are well worked up to by those engaged in representing them. Mr. Jackley (Mr. James Rogers) opens the piece by a diatribe against Christmas boxes, and he is beset with such numerous applications that he is in a perfect fury against the time-honoured custom, and is wrought to the highest pitch of frenzy by Mrs. Jackey (Miss Maria Simpson) expecting, and indeed demanding, an expensive bracelet as a me morial of the season. Mr. Holly (Mr. H. J. Turner) is in the same fix with his wife (Miss E. Bufton), and the two husbands determine to relieve them selves by getting up a quarrel with their wives, and for this purpose the one practises the trombone, and the other the flute, most vilely, of course; but the ladies, having overheard their plan, are too good humoured for it to take effect. The husbands then resolve to make love to each other's wives, and a comic pieco of love-making ensues, capitally per formed by Mr. Rogers. The men seem to get in volved here is something like a grave intrigue, and each purchases the coveted souvenir for the other's wife; but the ladies, perfectly understanding the trick, exchange gifts, and, overwhelming their hus bands with their thanks, the little piece ends. It will be seen here is scope for some genuine humour, and the display of points of character ; and Mr. Rogers certainly threw great humour into his part, and the house fully recognised it by continued laughter. The ladies were lively, including Miss Lavine, who acted a dignified housemaid with great effect. The little piece is by Mr. Augustus Mayhew and Mr. Sutherland Edwards, authors of the "Goose with the Golden Eggs," a farce of great popularity and of greater breadth of fun than the present, although there can be no doubt that the present will hate a considerable run. Th© audience were unbounded in their enjoyment, and testified unani mously its perfect success when the curtain went down. The burlesque of " Tell and the Strike of the Cantons," by Mr. Talfourd, continues its popu larity, and the performances closed with the farce of " Vandyke Brown." The house was well at tended in all parts. .4STLEYS ROYAL AMPIIITERATRE. Last evening a new piece of the kind which, for want of a better name, we may call melodramatic comedy, was put upon the stage at Astley's before the equestrian, gymnastic, and other characteristic exhibitions of this popular place of entertainment began. It is entitled " The Warrior's Career," otherwise The Emperor's Decree," and the scene being laid in Russia, the interest turns upon the fortunes of one Michael, the brave sledge-driver, who is tyrannically compelled by an off.mded Czar to marry the daughter of a baron, as a punishment for her disobedience of the imperial commands, and thereupon, whilst the lady is sent to Siberia, goes perforce into the war of the Caucasus, where he achieves prodigies of valour, and comes back re splendent with well-earned decorations, a noble man and a high officer in the military service. The old Emperor by this time is dead, and has been succeeded by his son, who was formerly the clan destine lover of Alexina, Michael's wife by com pulsion. She has been recalled from her Siberian banishment, and the hero conceives a just suspicion that her return, simultaneously with the rewards and bounties bestowed upon himself, is intended to favour the young Emperor's designs upon her, with an attempt to purchase her husband's connivance. Indignant virtue, however, disarms the autocrat's injurious desire, and Michael, being dubbed a prince and knight of St. Vladimir, goes off happy and glorious in the affections of the noble Alexina, between whom and himself, in spite of their strange enforced union eighteen months before, a real attachment has grown up. The whole thing is rather weak and silly. The performing elephant, the very amusing dogs, the feats of horsemanship, posturemaking, and tumbling, and the scenes, humorous and brilliant, of the pantomime, " Har lequin Tom Moody," which has already been noticed, were Astley's chief attractions last even ing. The auadrupeds are the stars of this company. LEWES ELECTION. LEWES, MONDAY AFTERNOON. The election of a successor to the late Right Hon. Henry Fitzroy, President of the Board of Public Works, in the representation of this ancient borough, took place this morning, at eleven, in the Nisi Prius Court, County Hall. There was only one candidate, Mr. George Blencowe, of The Hooke, Chailcy, near Lewes, and a member cf a family of great influence. He is a Liberal, and sought the confidence of the electors on principles very similar to thOse professed by the late member, Mr. Fitzroy. Though a compara tively young man, he has been in the commission of the peace 17 years, and in conjunction with his father, It. W. Blencowe, has taken an active part in many local and political movements. At one time Mr. Amphlett, Q.C., the Conserva tive candidate at the recent election, was expected to come forward--in fact that gentleman paid a visit to the electors about a fortnight ago—but having been persuaded (considering the majority obtained against him at the last election, and the fact that he would have but little chance of success) to relinquish all intention of again coming forward, he at once left the town. Since then several meet ings have been held, but, with th© exception of a dispute as to whether Mr. Blencowe would support vote by ballot, that gentleman has had it all his own way. Mr. 131cscowe was accordingly declared duly Elected, without opposition. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office, from the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company The Atrato, with the homeward West India mails, &c., now due, is not expected to reach South ampton before the 20th or 21st inst., in consequence of an accident, on the outward voyage, to one of her engines. She will, therefore, return working one engine only; The above particulars were received from Ha vannah, by telegram, via New York and New Orleans. BERNE, JAN. 16. The Federal Council has ordered a pamphlet of Alazzini (printed at Lugano), to be seized, and has expelled the foreigners who participated in its publication. BERLIN, MONDAY. In to•day's sitting of the First Chamber, the bill on matrimonial rights, as submitted last year, was brought in among other Government projects. In the Chamber of Deputies, the bill on matri monial rights to common property in Westphalia was discussed. The Minister of Finance communicated the budget for 1860, which, according to the proposals of the committee, continnues the land taxes of last year's budget, the only difference being that instead of in creasing the one land tax by 20 per cent., and lowering the other by 10 per cent., an uniform tax of 8 per cent. on the net proceeds is proposed for the whole kingdom. The project of law on bail, somewhat modified, was again introduced. The Minister of Commerce stated that he is about to propose the abolition of the laws against usury. This announcement caused a sensation among the deputies. Count Schwerin announced his intention to movo a new provincial law, which, for reasons of a formal character, he had not brought forward to day. PARIS, MONDAY. The Patrie and the Pays of this evening assert that the turnstiles for the payment of the admission fee to the Bourse will be abolished. TURIN, MONDAY. The King of Sardinia is expected at Milan in the beginning of February. FRANCE. The 21Ioniteur publishes the returns of the gene ral revenue for the past year, which amounted to 1,094,614,000 f., being an increase of 2,946,000 f. on 1858. The items which show an improvement are : —lmport duty on foreign sugar, 12,020,000 f. ; duty on potable liquors, 8,439,000 f. ; postage, 3,462,000 f.; sundry duties and receipts, 2,864,000 f.; import duty on sundry merchandise, 2,697,000 f. ; salt du ties, 1,496,000 f. ; sale of tobacco, 1,474,000 E ; im port duty on corn, 577,000 f.; navigation dues, 557,000 f. ; stamp duties, 421,000 f. ; customs export duties, 425,000 f. ; money orders, 185,000 f. ; transit charge on foreign letters, 26,000 f. Those which have fallen off are registration duties, 15,056,000 f.; duty on beet-root sugar, 6,286,0001.; sundry customs receipts, 1,489,000 f. ; sale of gunpowder, 597,000 f. The increase of the revenue of 1859, as compared with 1857, was 41,931,000 f. The Nord publishes the following telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated the 14th :—" At the commencement of the war with Morocco the Eng lish Government called upon Spain to pay a sum of 56 millions of reels for arms and munitions supplied during the civil war. The Spanish Government did not dispute the debt, but it made some objec tions as to the amount, which was reduced to 47 millions. England offered facilities for the pay ment of that sum, but the Madrid Cabinet declined to accept them, and on the 10th inst. paid into the hands of the English representative at Madrid the entire sum due—nearly 12 millions of francs." TIIE BOURSE, Jan. 16.—The Emperor's letter has produced a good effect on the Bourse, and prices have improved. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 15c., receded to 68f. 95c., and again rose to 69f. 15c. Mobilier varied from 770 f. to 780 f. ; Lyons, 922 f. 50c. to 927 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,387 f. 50c. to 1,392 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 540 f. to 542 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 567 f. 50c. to 568 f. 75c. The follow ing were the last quotations:— 41 per Cents. 97 Do. end month 3 per Cents 69 Do. end month 69 Bank Shares 2BOO Credit Mobilier Do. Account 773 75 Credit Fonder 725 Belgian 4} . — Piedmontese (5) B5 Roman Bl 50 Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt 43} RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 925 .. 923 75 New ditto. 835 .. 840 Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 920 . Geneva 520 .. 520 Southern Western.. 577 50 .. 577 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian .. 636 25 Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c. ; money, 24f. 931071 ROME. A letter from Florence, in the Patrie, says : " I have been informed that the Pope has come to the resolution to retire to Benevento, if the French army should be ordered to evacuate Rome. Bene vento is a small duchy containing about 30,000 in habitants; it was given to his Holiness by the treaties of 1845, and is entirely possessed by the religious corporations established there. This duchy is hemmed in by the Neapolitan territory ; it is very strongly fortified by nature and by its isolated position, and would offer a secure asylum to the Pope in the event of an insurrection in his States. He would be surrounded by subjects of the King of Naples, hitherto very devoted to the Pontifical Court." LOMBARDY. A letter from Milan, in the Union, says :—" One of the principal grievances of the Lombard popula tion against the Piedmontese Government is the exaggeration of the taxes. The Rattazzi Minis try, in fact, has not only maintained for 1860 the war tax imposed by Austria, but has added to it that of Sardinia. The Milanese complain, and are they wrong in doing so ? Some Turin journals have laboured to show that they are so, inasmuch as it is the Parliament and not the Ministry which has the right to modify taxes; those journals have, however, promised a di minution at an early date. But the Official Gazette, not thinking itself obliged to be so con siderate, has flatly declared that, as Lombardy is on the whole less burdened than Piedmont, there is no reason for her to hope to be allowed to con tribute on a less extensive scale to the receipts of the Treasury. Piedmont, with 5,000,000 of inha bitants, pays 150,000,000 fr. of taxes, which is 30 lire per head. Lombardy, with 2,800,000 inhabi tants, pays 80,000,000 lire, which is 281. 60c. per head. Thus, she pays less than th e o ld provinces; and instead of hoping for a diminution, she must expect an augmentation. This is clear, but what will the Lombards say P" HUNGARY. A letter from Valeggio, of the 12th, in the Con stitutionnel, contains the following :—" You will in a few days see in the journals, if it has not already appeared, a fact of extraordinary temerity—the desertion in a body from Mentua of 600 Hungarians all armed and equipped, and headed by their com mandant. From Cassal-Maggiore, where they ar rived in the night, they proceeded to Cremona, where they met with a magnificent reception." LITERATURE. A Life Struggle. By Miss Pardoe, author of " Louis the Fourteenth," &c. 2 vols. Booth. This is a very well written story, as all acquainted with the writings of its authoress will expect it to be. Nevertheless there are too many painful pas sages in its pages to render it a pleasing tale. It must not be supposed that Miss Pardoe at all justi fies the actions of any of the parties who enact the momentous drama here recorded. She distinctly states that she considers Laura no example to others, " as no lighthouse to guide the storm-tossed vessel to a safe and welcome haven, but rather as one of those sunken rocks from whose vicinity the wary pilot must carefully guide his barque if he would preserve it from destruction." Thus regarded the work assumes a totally different aspect than that of the continental Novels, which pourtray such social miseries as a necessity. It is not likely that a. better definition could be conveyed of the folly of unequal marriages than is here given to us. Fer dinand was entirely mistaken in his conduct about urging his patron to a union with Laura, and nothing could justify such a proceeding. He had no right to interfere with the happiness of others in order to conceal the disgrace of his father. Had he contented himself with personal sacrifices, it might have been meritorious ; but as it was, his conduct was very reprehensible. Indeed, one feels far more pity for the young and gentle Laura, who was immolated at the shrine of her mother's vanity, and whose spirits were so depressed at what appeared so manifestly the tokens of Ferdinand's deceit and treachery, that she was unable to wage what would at all times have been a most arduous contest. In one way, this picture of despicable tyranny and heartless conduct is not a typo of many such scenes, as Lord Ravenswood himself was so excellent a man that no one connected with him could have been otherwise than attached to him. It is not quite in keeping with the rest of his conduct that the desire to free himself from his difficulties should have induced him to reconsider his determination not to make such an absurd mar riage. It is true, however, that he was not fairly treated by any one; and the strange vehemence of Fetdinand, the zeal of Mr. Heathcote, and the acquiescence of Laura, urged on by wounded pride and terrified by the menaces cf her mother, might have bewildered a more astute observer than the good-natured earl. The most pleasing character met with is Enna, the sister of Ferdinand. She is a delightful person, and distinguished for that rec titude of purpose and that spirit of calm endurance in which se many of her friends wore so lamentably deficient. There is no reason to suppose that this new work of a favourite authoress will not be suc cessful, as, in its peculiar way, it displays consider able skill, and affords some noticeable sketches of ' life. Getting On : A Tale of Modern English Life. Two Vols. James Hogg. This story has been reprinted from the pages of Titan, a valuable periodical w hi c h h as . lately ceased. It well deserves reappearing before the public in a more connected and enduring form, for it undoubt edly manifests great ability, and the strain of thought is original and peculiar. The plot is, at least, uncommon, and if some of the events are im probable or exaggerated in their character, the reader who seeks for novelty and interest has no right to censure them. The dramatis persona; are numerous, and sketched with a vigorous and, in some instances, merciless hand. It is evidently the work of a young and able writer, whose hearty con tempt for the hollowness and selfishness of social existence, and whose earnest faith and noble aspirations lead him occasionally into extra vagant extremes. The writer's manifest sin cerity and upright principles secure the reader's pardon for his eccentricities, and for those of his hero, who forsakes brilliant literary prospects, and enters the career of a street preacher. He prepares for his labours by rigorous self-denial. " Three whole days he has touched neither food nor drink, not even water." The writer is happier in his delineations of the faults and follies of the London world. Earnest though his dreams of good undoubtedly are, they are crude and exaggerated. Not by sudden, violent, and undisciplined efforts is the world to be reformed and regenerated, but by a steady course of well doing, each in his own sphere. The style of the work is fresh and vivid, occasionally a little too diffuse ; but this is an error easily avoided. Many of the characters in the tale will excite the reader's:interest. The hero, Mark Lorimer, is the son of a baronet, and his father disinherits him on account of his benevolent eccentricities ; the history of his life, his efforts in sundry professions —his " getting on"—being the main feature of the book. Idola Trevelyan is a fair and attractive maiden, with a degree of spirit and feeling some what unusual in the heroine of a novel. Kate Mor gan, the daughter of a widow who has " seen better days," and who tries to bring her daughter up to the class she is born in, becomes the heiress of her grandfather's fortune, and the second wife of a wealthy baronet. Her humble lover, William, is well sketched, and his honest, though .uncouth nature, sometimes appears to advantage in con trast with the fine gentlemen above him. The sketches of London life in its fashionable aspect are truthfully satirical, and many passages show con siderable power in delineation. We shall expect to meet this author again in a work that will do more justice to his powers. More condensation, more moderation are necessary; he must re strain his flights of fancy, and without lowering his high standard or overlooking the division be tween what is expedient and what is honourable, he should dress his virtues in modern garband their lessons will be more effective. His abilities are considerable, and with time and experience he will doubtless obtain the success and celebrity he accords to his hero. The 'Story of the Life of George Stephenson. By Samuel Smiles. John Murray. If Mr. Hudson was the Railway King, certainly George Stephenson was the Father of Railroads and Locomotive Engines. The present work gives a history of his early vicissitudes, and his struggles for learning, his gradual rise, his difficulties, and energetic perseverance and undaunted determina tion to succeed. When his projects were ridiculed, and himself said to be deranged, he was not dis couraged, but, sure of ultimate success, he dared the jests and taunts of a parliamentary committee. He gradually advanced step by step, until at length the world awoke from its dream to find that their cleverest engineers were at fault, and that the poor self-educated Northumbrian mechanic had more science and foresight than the whole of them. The Rubicon was passed, and those who were his greatest enemies were now too glad to fellow in his footsteps. Such men are few, but their example may do good to thousands. Many a poor man, struggling in adversity in the path of learning, on reading the life of George Stephenson, will take fresh heart and persevere. "Lives of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of Time : Footprints which, perhaps, another, Saiing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, may take heart again." The work is minute and interesting in detail, and is well worthy o f perusa l , as may be evidenced by the following short extracts : " The rails then used (in 1816) being traffic, light, t t h h e e iroo ecia d u s a o l o i t n i es becameo of tthe way, h worn down t eh w b o y l e the ° f and, from weight ft e engine, instead of being unif orm l y distributed over the four wheels, t r o o f w t n he a l l o m oo o m st ot d iv ia e , a o n tl n y ere u a p s o e i ( l etr w es o s H wa e s nee oc f c r a eci si u o e n n a frequent occasionally upon the slender road, which occasioned numerous break agestotheofsatfheewroarilksinagndofcthhaeirrsa, railway. In interruptions " In order to avoid the dangers arising from this cause, Mr. Stephens on contrived hissteamsprings. He so ar ranged the boiler of his new patent locomotive that it was supported upon the frame of the engine by four cylinders, which opened into the interior of the boiler. These cylin ders were occupied by pistons with rods, which passed downwards an d pressed upon the upper side of the axles. The cylinders openinc, into the interior of the boiler, allowed the pre ssure o f steam to be applied to the upper side of the piston; an d th at pressure being nearly equivalent to one fourth of the weight of the engine, each axle, whatever might be its pos!tion, had at all times nearly the same amount of weight to bear, and consequently the entire weight was pretty equally distributed amongst the four wheels of the locomotive. Thus the four floating pistons were ingeniously made to serve the purpose of springs in equalising the weight, and in softening the jerks of the machine ; the weight of which, it must also be observed, had been increased, on a road originally calculated to bear a considerably lighter description of carriage. This mode of supporting the engine remained in use until the progress of spring-making had so far advanced that steel springs could be manufactured of sufficient strength to be used in ;Locomotives. " The result of the actual working of the new locomotive on the improved road amply justified the promises held forth in the specification. Tho traffic was conducted with greater regularity and economy, and the - superiority of the locomotive engine, as compared with horse traction, became more apparent. And it is a fact worthy of notice, that the identical engines constructed by Mr. Stephenson are to be seen in regular useful work upon the Killingworth Rail way, conveying heavy coal trains at the speed of between five or six miles an hour, probably as economically as any of the more perfect locomotives now in use. " George Stephenson's idea was indeed at that time (1825) regarded as but the dream of a chimerical projector. It stood before the public friendless, struggling hard to gain a footing, but scarcely daring to lift itself into notice for fear of ridicule. The civil engineers generally rejected the notion of a locomotive railway; and when no leading man of the day could be found to stand forward in support of the Killingworth mechanic, its chances of success must have been pronounced small. But, like all great truths, the time was surely to come when it was to prevail. " When such was the hostility of the civil engineers, no wonder the reviewers were puzzled. The Quarterly, in an able article in support of the projected Liverpool and Man chester Railway—while admitting its absolute necessity, and insisting that there was no choice left but a railroad, on which the journey between Liverpool and Manchester, whether performed by horses or engines, would always be accomplished within the day'—nevertheless scouted the idea of travelling at a greater speed than eight or nine miles an hour. Adverting to a project for forming a railway to Woolwich, by which passengers were to be drawn by loco motive engines, moving with twice the velocity of ordinary imaches, the reviewer observed What can be more pal pably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. We will back Old Father Thames against the Woolwich Railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all rail ways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour, which we entirely agree with Mr. Sylvester is as great as can be ventured on with safety.' " " By the end of 1828 the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway found they had expended £460,000 on the works, and that they were still far from comple tion. They looked at the loss of interest on this large investment, and began to grumble at the delay. They desired to see their capital becoming productive ; and in the spring of 1829 they urged their engineer to push on the works with increased vigour. Mr. Cropper, one of the directors, who took an active interest in their pro gress, said to him one day, 'Now, George, thou must get on with the railway, and have it finished without further delay ; thou must really have it ready for opening by the first day of January next." Consider the heavy character of the works, sir, and how much we have been delayed by the want of money, not to speak of the wetness of the weather :it is impossible.' Impossible !' rejoined Cropper; ' I wish I could get Napoleon to thee—he would tell thee there is no such word as "impossible" in the vo cabulary.' Tush!' exclaimed Stephenson, with warmth; don't speak to me about Napoleon Give me men, money, and materials, and I will do what Napoleon couldn't do-- drive a railroad from Liverpool to Manchester over Chat Moss I' And truly the formation of a high road over that bottomless bog was, apparently, a far more difficult task than the hewing even of Napoleon's far-famed road across the Simplon." Iltflo Volunteers. By Hans Busk, M.A. Routledge. This author has before written on the subject of the rifle, but he now treats more particularly of the Organisation of Volunteers and Volunteer Regi ments, their exercise in platoons, and all other minutia; ; and their availability to co-operate with regular troops. Rifle Clubs and Volunteer Corps. By W. H. Russell. Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. This is a small treatise on Rifle Clubs and Volun teers, with hints as to equipment, &c., and en deavours to show that with the present long range rifle, yeomanry cavalry must be of little ser vice, and our national defence must be the rifle in case of invasion. THE NEW COMMERCIAL POLICY OF FR ANCZ. (From the Manchester Examiner.) It has been within our knowledge for some time past that negotiations were going forward at Paris for the purpose of arranging certain modifications in the tariffs of the two countries with a view to the extension of the commerce between them, though, till preliminary obstacles were overcome, and the object was in a fair way of being realised, it was obviously undesirable, by a premature discussion, to e xc it e hopes which might after an be disappointed. The necessity for such reserve is now removed, and we may, therefore, state that the Emperor's letter represents the comple tion of an understanding between the English and French Governments on this most important subject, and that we are indebted for this result to the energetic and unwearied services of the hon., member for Rochdale. It is unnecessary to set whether Mr. Cobden went to Paris in a technically official capacity; it is sufficient to say that, to the best of our belief, he has been entrusted throughout with the entire confidence of the Government, and that Parliament will soon be asked to sanction those alterations in our own tariff which may be coneii dered the counterpart of the Emperor's letter. * * The most important of the meditaw changes are dismissed in briefer, but not less phatie, terms. " Our foreign commerce mull; be developed by the exchange of products, . , How is this to be done P Is the fi rs t pl ac e, a ll " primary articles indispensable to industry" er. to be admitted duty free. In this categorl must be placed cotton, wool, timber, iron. coal, and other kinds of raw produce. This is precisely the course adopted by Sir Robert Peel in 1842. Then the duties on sugar, coffee , and other kinds of colonial produce are to be re duced. More important still is the entire suppres sion of prohibitive duties, thereby offering to manY kinds of British goods a chance of getting into the French market on terms which have hitherto been considered incompatible with the prosperity of the French manufacturers. This intimation will be hailed as good news in Bradford, Leeds, and Hu& dersfield, even more, perhaps, than in Manchester; The precise nature and extent of the proposed changes will only be ascertained when the bine sanctioning them have passed the legislature, and when the " commercial treaties" to which the Env peror refers have been finally arrange& On the whole, we have never had a more delightful duti to discharge than has now devolved upon us in Or nouncing to our readers a policy so full of pronalee for both nations. We accept it as an act of oblivion for past bickerings, and as an augury of peace and prosperity for the future. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The directors of this company have decided upon recommending the payment of a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last of £ 3 10s. per cent. on the consolidated stock of the com pany, making the total dividend for the year 1 8 ° 9 amount to 6 per cent. SOUTH YORKSHIRE. It appears that a requisition, signed by 135 share holders, being more than six times the number required by the Act, was served yesterday u pon the secretary of the company, at Doncaster, calling upon the directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the company, the object boot to consider the propriety of adding to the Board four or five active men of business, who should en deavour, if possible, to ascertain how it was that line doing► so large a business should pay only 2k per cent. on the ordinary capital. The proprietor% for some time past have expressed their dissatisfac tion with the present management. Sir R. W. Carden, Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. S. Plimsall, Mr. C. Wilkinson, and Mr. S. H. Staniforth have taken an active part in this movement, with a vie' to bring about a more satisfactory state of things and to obtain better dividends for the proprietore of ordinary shares. 21118 DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4e ; clover, £3 15s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 103 per load. Trade steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s; clover, £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per lead. A fair demand. WIIITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 40; clove, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to 9a per load. Trade firm ; supplies only moderate. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market continues very firm, and the trade have bought rather freely, at previous rates. SucAn.—The dealings have been rather limited, but late rates have been maintained for all descriptions. In the re* fined market rather more activity has prevailed, and previoul quotations have been supported. COFFEE.—No dealings of importance have been an nounced, and prices have shown less firmness. RlCE.—Thero has been a rather active demand for the medium qualities, at fully late values. SALTPETRE.—The market continues firm, and the fee' sales effected have been at full rates. TALLow.—Only a limited amount of business has been transacted, at about former prices. P.Y.C. on the spot ie quoted 58s. 6d., and for April delivery 565. per owt. OPENING OFNEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—The demolition of Fenton's, late Oliv er ' s H o t e l , th e W esm i ns ter Hall Hotel, an d several of the adjoining houses in Bridge street, Westmi ns t er, has commenced to form tho southern approach to the new bridge at Westminster, which is to be opened for carriage traffic onWednesday,the Ist of February , foot passengers continuing to pass over the old bridge until the completion of the entire new structure. The part of the bridge to be opened on the Ist proximo is 42 feet wide one half being a macadamised road, and the remainder two tramways, seven feet wide, for heavy traffic. Her Majesty is expected to pass over the new bridge on Monday, the 23d inst., en route to Buckingham Palace from Windsor. The new bridge is farmed on seven arches, the centre having e span of 120 feet. 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