The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-EXTRA PERFORMANCES, TUESDAY, 16th ; THURSDAY, 28th; and SATURDAY, 30th January, 1858. On TUESDAY EVENING (Jan. 26), LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Piccolomini ; Lisa, cannier ; Il Conte Rodolfo Belletti ; and Elvino, Ginglini. Conductor, Signor Arditi. The State Festival Decorations will be retained. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons) pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 1/. ss. three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 103; gallery stalls, 3s 6d pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — Her MAJESTY the QUEEN has graci ously signified her intention of HONOURING with her PRESENCE a -SERIES of FOUR FESTIVAL PERFORM ANCES, intended to be presented at the period of the ap proaching Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA. The general arrangements are under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and favoured by the assistanoe of the following Managers of the Metropolitan Theatres ; Mr. Smith Theatre Royal, Drnry-lane, Mr. Backstone Haymarket Theatre. Mr. Webster ............. Adelphi Theatre. Mr. Harrison and Miss Pyne „Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Robson and Mr. Emden Olympic Theatre. Mr. Phelps Sadler's Wells Theatre. The programme will comprise 'the following Entertain ments .... THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, January 23, LA SONNAMBULA. By MacUle. Piccolomini, Signor Giuglini , and the Principal Artistes of Mr. Lumley's Theatre. And a FESTIVAL CANTATA composed by Mr. Howard Glover. With a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Fourth Performance, AN ENGLISH COMEDY, By Mr. Buckstone's Company of the Haymarket Theatre. Aad as AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and Members of the Adelphi Company will perform. Admission to the pit (for which a limited number of tickets will be issued 10s. 6d. Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. ()d, Gallery Applications for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. T HEA TRE-ROYA L, DRURY-LANE . Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed HIS FIRST CdAMPAGNE, in which Mr. Leigh Murray will perform. After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE, in which Mr. Buck. stone will appear. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; lown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evenings. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. H. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 P:t Gallery It 0 Y A P L rop r . R tor I N E C S h S' I S s T K H EAT RE. , Mr. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play o A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a now grind (*mkt Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr, Cor mack ; Clown, Mr, Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mars, Mr. Frank Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billinitou; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— 'MIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play, LOVERS' AMAZEMENTS. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. To Conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROLT BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs, T, Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Morning Performances on Monday, the 25tky to commence at half-past 2. 3ox-olllce open from II to 5 daily. LOYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd awl Ores wick. THIS EVENING, will be performed PERILS BY LAND AND WAVE. After which, QUEEN MAR ; or Harleq tin Romeo and ;runlet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad. bury, . TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. V - 7 —THIS EVENING, will be performed HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO LOST HER. HEART. Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine, Marine. Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lamhcrt Family and the Red Man of Agar in their wonderful performance, *c. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3.. ; Boxes, 2 , .; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. CiANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— ",_.l OPEN EVERY EVENING,—The follow nz company of Vocalists are engaged for the perforrnahee S -leetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brumll, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta Ilerr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.'ogee, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Mime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. 1. Critch6eld and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Dimetor, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock preeise7y. Suppers, &s., until twelve o'clock. Mr. Atrousrus BRACIAM will make his first appearance on Monday, the 25th inst. HIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAT—Morn., 15 min. aft. 7--Even., 40 min. aft. 7 To-Moßnow —Morn., 10 rain. aft. B—Even., 45 oYn aft . 8 'DIE WEATHER—SUIT OFFICE, JANUARY 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE STIADE. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 43 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, :30.59. WIED, Northerly ; light, with fine winter weather. _:"). < "' ) e r.,---:,, , ,, , -„ • , ~._.,_.. „ till , _ .;...........„<,,,,,,_, ~.; e,,..),,,,,,,,, - 4 7 LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 23, 1858. We inserted in our impression of yesterday two telegrams' that had just come to hand respecting affairs in India and China, and one to-day. They do not now possests the same thrilling interest that existed while Delhi was besieged, and the fate of the fugitives at Lucknow hung trembling in the balance. There are, however, matters of vast importance communicated. we hear of new vic tories over the rebels, which pr ove that the work of pacification and retribution is i n rapid progress. Our arms were triumphant in every instance, Colonel SEATON, a vigorous and efficient offic er , bad twice encountered the enemy, and with coi n _ plete encases in both instances. On the first occa sion his small column met the enemy at Guingeree, and completely defeated them, captured their guns, and killed 150 men. A few days subsequently, on the 18th, there was another and more decisive contest near Fatteeghur, in which more than 600 insurgents were killed, including many chiefs ' and eleven guns captured. The gallant Colonel pursued the flying enemy for more than seven miles, and effectually dispersed them, with but trivial loss on his own part. The communications between Bombay and Calcutta have been restored. The nature of the interruption has sot been very clearly explained ; bat it is, satisfactory to know that it has been removed, and that British authority has Leen perfectly restored along the entire line. Nothing has been heard from Oude. That may now be regarded as the only district in which rebe!tion rears its horrid head. We may, however, treat to Sir Comx CAMPBELL to come to a proper 4 THE S'e N LONDON, SATUR " EVENIN 0, JAI UAMIY 23 1 1858. reckoning with the brigands, with his indefatigable energy and experienced skill, he will be enabled speedily to put down the disturbances and restore tranquillity. Oude is uow the citadel of these sanguinary miscreants. Lucknow is in their hands, although Sir COLIN took care to bring with him the treasure, guns, and, far better, the fugi tives, which were fortunately placed in perfect security through his care. It can, however, at any moment be captured ; and it is, perhaps, better that there should be a position in which the rebels should be concentrated, so that a more effective blow may be given when the proper period arrives, or, in other words, when the expected reinforcements come to the scene of action. The Government have at length recognised the just claims of some of our Indian heroes. General INGLIS has been made a K.C.B„ and with him the gallant HOPE GRANT, Captain PEEL, and Colonel LIIGARD. Every one of these honours have been justly earned, and indeed it may be considered that more should be done for Norm and GRANT. Never was there a more brilliant specimen of enduring fortitude and skilful defence than that shown by the brave leader of the garrison at Lucknow, and by which he saved his followers and those dependent on him for shelter and protection. His name will for ever be associated with the spot rendered memorable by his acts. It was no no trivial test to succeed such men as Sir HENRY LAWRENCE and Major BANKS, but General INoms passed through it not merely with untar- nished laurels, but with the universal approbation of all who witnessed his indefatigable and very efficient exertions. We trust that in his case the step just taken is merely an instal ment of justice —a mere payment on acJount. The Hon. Colonel Plum has received a similar mark of Royal approbation, doubtless for the care bestowed on the management of the Privy Purse. As, however, he is placed on the Civil divi sion of the Order, we are not called on to scru tinise very closely his claims, or institute invi dious comparison between the modes in which Sir JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT INGLIS and Sir CHARLES BEAUMONT PHIPPS have earned their respective titles. There are also a numerous list of persons ap pointed to the third rank, or Companionship of the Bath, some of whom had worthily won a higher position. There are few who will not think that G REAMED, LONGFIELD, and JONES, SHOWERS, COTTON, and HAMILTON, TYTLER, and BAIRD SMITH, would not have graced higher titles. We do not mention these names for the purpose of slighting the claims of their companions, but merely taking almost as at a lottery those whose names have recently been mentioned with merited praise. Brigadier WiLsoist and the gallant Sterling would have been included, had their lives been spared to their country. In China we are about to exhibit greater acti vity. Lord ELGIN had delivered an ultimatum to which a categorical reply was required within ten days. The telegram says that Commissioner YEH showed no disposition to do something ; but what we are not told. We suppose, however, that he still exhibits the same perverse obstinacy for which he has made himself so painfully notorious. The good men and true of Sunderland have assembled to do honour to a true hero—one from amongst them—and in so doing have honoured themselves. The very interesting meeting, a report whereof appears in another part of our impression, shows the manner in which the exertions of the illustrious HAVELOCK were appre ciated by his townsmen. Nor was it the least interesting part of the proceedings to witness the stress laid upon his relgious principles. HAVE LOCK was a Christian hero. He was not ,Dly good himself, but made thoae with I him good. His " Saints," as they we re t erme d , always did their work well, and when efficient services were required, it was well known where they might be obtained. HAVELOCK never spared himself for a moment. There was not a man under his command whose safety he did not look to more closely than his own, and yet he never avoided danger, but rather seemed to court it. Never will his memorable march from Allahabad o Cawnpore, and thence to Lucknoar be forgotten in the military annals of his country. It was A series of continuous conflicts, and every one was a triumph. Never for a moment did victory desert his standard. He met the most terrible and almost overwhelming odds, not only without flinching, but with miraculous success. Such a man was an honour to any district, and it would be strange indeed if those born in the same locality should not adopt measures to prove what a true-hearted man they had been associated with. But t hereshould be more than a mere monument. ETA VELOCK loft children—sons and daughters; and they should in the first instance be made the national care. But there are institutions in which he took a deep interest, and we have no doubt that, if he had been spared, he would be better pleased to have his name associated with such matters than with mere bricks and mortar, or monumental marble. The latter will not be withheld; but judging from the liberality and enthusiasm displayed, there will be quite sufficient t.) accomplish every legitimate purpose, to keep the memory of the Hero fresh in the recollection of his countrymen, and to have an cducationzl movement, "sere perei'nius," which will make many a youth to bless the name of his departed benefactor, and qualify him to follow in the course that led to such honours and glories. Captain HAVELOCK has been made a Baronet. he oversight has been so far remedied, and his mother has been declared entitled to the rank of a Baronet's widow. But more ought to be done. The peerage . said to be intended for the father ought to be given to the widow and her issue. Let the justice of the demand be urged by all parties, and the Government will accede to the pressure from without, and gracefully listen to the voice of public opinion. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE FREDERInv" Wllr LIAM OF PRUSSIA —I — -"` 1 1 . 11L9 DAY). 4 This afternoon, his Royal Highness Prince Fre derick William of Prussia, the future husband of the Princess Royal, arrived at the Bricklayers' Arms Station of the South-Eastern Railway. At 20 minutes past 11 o'clock a telegraphic mes sage arrived at the Bricklayers' Arms station, an nouncing that his Royal Highness and his suite were on the line, in a special train, speeding their way to the metropolis, and that they would reach London about a quarter past one o'clock As the train approached all was eager expectation in the neighbourhood of the station. The chairman and directors had made ample arrangements for the reception of the Royal party, but there were no decorations of any kind. At half-past twelve, the band of the Grenadier Guards came on to the ground, and played several martial airs. The band was followed by about 80 guards on foot and 40 mounted. The Prince Consort, who was accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, arrived at the station at 10 minutes past 1, and in another minute a bell rung, announcing the approach of the train. Exactly at a quarter-past cne, the time indicated on the company's bill, the train came into the station, and the band struck up the National Anthem. Prince Frederick William came on the platform and was received by the Prince Consort, with whom he drove off at once to Buckingham Palace, over London-bridge and through the City. LATEST NEWS. been buoyant to-day in ccinsoquence cif the iidte of the Moniteur, announcing that Belgium had prosecuted the Dr apealt before the tribunal. The following were the last quotations :- 4 per Cents 94 50 Credit Fancier - Belgi a n month 4.. .. 69 15 Pi e d mon t ese (5) 894 3Do: per encdentnto.n Do. end month 69 35 Roman B3 Bank Shares Credit Mobilior ... 945 Spanish Threes Do. Account 915 Home Debt . 37 RAIL' rAYS. Orleans Northern .. Now Ditto 802.3 Lyon and Mediteran. 875 New Ditto BS2A Geneva Midi Western 7OO Strasburg Grand Central . Sardinian Austrian THE DANUBE. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 13th, in the Constitutionnel, says : "The exchange of the ratifications of the treaty for the navigation of the Danub: , , between Austria, the Porte, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg, which was only known here yesterday, produced a certain sensation, for it was regarded as a kind of provocation to the Rusi,ian cabinet. It appears, however, that too much importance is attached to that diplomatic formality, the communications made here by Count Esterhazy being much more conciliatory than were expected on the sub ject. Prince Esterhazy, who had a private audience of the Emperor yesterday, had previously a long con ference with Prince Gortechakoff, in which he gave an assurance that Austria was not so much opposed to the views of Russia and France as was supposed, but that circumstances had compelled her to ti rminate as promptly as possible the affair of the navigation of the Danube, in which two States which had not taken part in the Congress of Paris were interested. The Austrian minister announced, at the same time, that as soon as the treaty of navigation hal been ratified, the cabinet of Vienna would communicate it to the great Powers for their examination. He added that, notwithstanding the exchange of ratifications, Austria did not at all consider the treaty as definitively concluded." Another letter in the Cologne Gazette says : " The Austrian cabinet has replied to the note of Servia in which that Power complains that no attention has been paid to her observations in the negotiations of the treaty for the navigation of the Danube. The Aus trian note maintains the'right of the four riverain states to alone ratify the treaty, and persists in refusing that right to the vassal principalities. It, however, holds out a hope to the Servian Government of a reduction of the expenses charged to its account. These expenses will be fixed in proportion to the revenue of the cmntry, and if they exceed the sum set down, Austria and thq Porte will take upon themselves to pay the surplus." A letter from Constantinople announces that the remnant of the Polish Legion raised by Turkey in the war against Russia, and which had occupied the barracks of Raider Pacha at Scutari, have lately left for various places. The Government presented each officer of the staff with 11,000 piastres, the subalterns 3,000, the not officers 2,000, and each soldier with 300. The Turkish piastre is worth about 4i sous. The Moniteur Algerien of the 15th states that the accounts from the Kabylia of the Djurdjura are most satisfactory. General security prevails, and Fort Napoleon, which was con , tructed with such amazing rapidity, has already become an im portant centre of communication both for the Kabyles and for the French. THE CURRENCY. Comments on the Currency Fallacies of Lord Over stone, avowed by him in his evidence before the Bank Committee of the House of Commons of 1857—t0 be the principles on which the Bank Charter Act of 1844 was founded. (Continued.) Fallacy No. 5. That the practical effect of in creasing the issue of bank notes to- the extent of two millions against securities would be to decrease the issue against bullion to the same extent. That such au issue would not add one farthing to the money of the country, nor afford any relief to trade worth mentioning. 3,691. " You entertain no doubt that the prac- Coal effect of enlarging the limit from 14,000,0001 to 16,000,0001. would be nt t to add 2,00 J, 0001. to the paper currency, but to diminish the bullion re serve of the Bank by 2,000,000/.?"—Ans. No.per son who understands the elements of the subject can entertain a doubt upon that point. It would cause an increase of 2,000,0001. in the amount of paper notes issued against securities ; at the same time it would cause a decrease of 2,000,0001. in the amount of paper notes issued against bullion. There would be no absolute increase in the aggregate amount of p per money. There would be iu the issue department an increase of securities, and a de crease of bullion in each case to the extent of 2,000,0001."—In another part of his evidence (3,910) he says, " ft will not add one farthing to the money of the country." 3,692. "You cons:der that as certain as anything that cannot be made a matter of mathematical de monstration, do you not ?"—" I consider it to be as fundamental in discussing this subject as a defi nition of Euclid is in discussing any of the works of Newton." 3,694. " Whatever relief was afforded to trade would merely be momentarily ?" —" The relief af forded to trade, I think may be thrown out of the question ; it clearly doss not touch the principles we are discussing ; one may fairly say that their would be no relief afforded to trade ; it would be temporary to so slight a degree that it is not worth speaking of." Can it be believed that such evidence as this was given an the 10th of July, and that four months later, en the 12th of November, when th 3 Act was suspended, 2,000,0001. of additional notes were actu ally issued against securities, producing the very opposite effects so confidently predicted. by Lord Overstone ? The issue of notes against bullion were increased instead of being diminished, and bullion flowed into the Bank at the rate of 1,000,0001. a week, instead of flowing out as previous'y at the rate of a million and a quarter ; and instead of the relief to trade being hardly worth mentioning the trade of the country was saved, as hut for the sus pension of the Act the Bank of England would undoubtedly have stopped payment and the whole machinery of the credit system of the country would have been brought to a dead lock. In saying that not one farthing would be added to the money of the country, he is again confounding money with capital—not one farthing would be added to the capital ; but 2,000,000/. would Too added to the money of the country, to that legal tender money so absolutely necessary to meet engagements to pay money when other credit money fail. Fallacy No. 6. That the object of discounting is only to obtain the command of a greater quantity of capital, and that the rate of discount is the price paid for the command of capital: 3,729. In reply, Lerd Overstone asks—" What is the meaning of discount ? Why does a person discount a lain ? Ha discounts a bill because he wants to obtain, not money for its own sake, it is useless in itself—he discounts a bill because he wants to obtain a greater command of capital." Discount, we apprehend, is an allowance made for ready money ; is the price paid for oonvertitia• credit into cash ; for exchanging bills, one sort of money into B ink notes, another sort ofinoney. Discounting, therefore, is not for the purpose of obtaining a greater command of capital. A bill for 1,0001., accepted by Jones Loyd, and Co., Would give just as great a command over capital as a Bank of England note of the same amount, minus the charge for discount. Bills are discounted for the purpose either of obtaining money of a more commercial denomination for wages and smaller cash payments, or for the legal tender to meet engagements falling due. , This is the main object of discounting, and bears out the position we have advocated, that the rata of discount in this country depends funda mentally upon the demand and supply of the legal tender.. The rate of discount, then, is paid for the use of money itself, our contracts being made in money, and not capital, untilconverted into money, can discharge them. Lord Overstone appears to have obtained his idea of money in early days, he is asked—(3, 757)_" Do !rightly understand your lordship to say that the money was the capital ?" No ; 1 said just the reverse. I say that with money, retained as money and not used as a means of obtaining capital, you can do nothing ' • you mightiest as well h ave a parcel of old iron. When I was a child a sovereign was given to me, with the grave admonition that as long as I kept that sovereign in my pocket I should never be without money ; but I soon found that no good came to me from keeping the sovereign in my pocket." True, but if he had previously obtained the capital on credit, and came under an engagement to pay one pound in money for it, he would have found his sovereign of great use iu keeping him out of limbol and that capital of itself would be of no use. Fallacy No. 7. That the convertibility of the Bank of England note w.is endangered in 1825. 3 ,793. " With respect Jo the three drains from 1819 to 1844, you have stated that they in volved three great alarms for the converti bility of the note. Can you g ive any proof of that, th a t th e a l arm at that time was for the convertibility of the note ?" —" It is like asking me to give a proof that the sun rose this morning. It is universally known and recognised by everybody who lived in the commercial or monetary world during t hat period. It is perfectly notorious that in 1825 the bullion was drained out, and that if there had not been found some 700,000/. or 800,0001. worth of 1/. notes, the Bank must have avowed that they had no more sovereigns to give." 3,795. " Then, under the most adverse circumstances of a drain of bullion, when it was stated that the Bank was within twenty-four hours of a state of barter s these one-pound notes, w1 , i311 came out of the Batik, gd far from being discredited, staved off the panic ?"—Answer. 't They were not discredited in the slightest degree." He com mences his evidence with stating that it was as cer tain that the Bank -note was discredited in 1825 as that the sun rose that morning, and concludes by admitting that they were not discredited in the slightest degree. Can self-contradiction further go ? One additional instance I will give. 3,89 G. "Do I correctly understand your lordship, , that you give up the argument which you used in 1840, that the fluctuations in the notes out of the Bank of England ought to conforin to the fluctuation in the awount of bullion ?"—" I give it up so far as this—if that is the meaning of giving up—it is really completely the statement, in no respect givieg it up—that now, with the means of informa' ion which we possess, the notes out of the Bank of England must have added to them the notes which are in the banking reserve of the Bank of England." Here, in the same sentence, he gives it up, and does not give it up—nay, he is still more confident of its being correct. In 1840, before the com mittee, he stoutly maintained that the notes out of the Bank should fluctuate with the bullion, bat now that statistics prove this position to be untenable, he says the notes in the Bank must be added. It seems difficult for him to acknowledge himself to be in the wrong, and yet we must do him the justice to say that in one instance, the Repeal of the Corn Laws, he did retract. We well remember calling on him, along with John Bright and Henry Ashworth, to solicit a subscription for the Anti- Corn Law ,vague, when he not only refused, but remonstrated with us for disturbing the country by agitating the question. Subsequently he subscribed that we need not despair of his ultimate conversion to the principles of Free Trade in a sound currency c., of metal and of paper,perfectly convertible into metal; and, particularly, as he admits (3,836) " that free trade in an article is the best mode of procuring allthe results with regard to it which you desire, is a principle which I fully adopt." Fallacy No. B.—That violent fluctuations are prevented by the Act of 1844. 3,986. He says, " The changes in the rate of discount may probably be more frequent, but ou that very account they will be less violent ; and I have already stated that I think the frequency of the oscillation is really an essential principle in their utility ; and I have given an illustration which seems to me in point. It is like the rapid and multiplied oscillations of a tight-rope dancer •, if you allow him to go on for some time, instead of righting his position the moment it is disturbed, he will lose his balance and tumble over, and it is precisely so with your monetary system." This is rather an unfortunate illustration of the operation of the Act of 1844, for this distinguished performer did lose his b dance (of reserve) during two celebra'ed exhibitions of 1847 and 1857, and was iu such a panic that he tumbled down and would have broken his neck, had not his friends come to his assistance and suspended him. Two more violent oscillations could not well have been conceived. The second was the more to be woadered at, after the assurance of the master of the circus that the accident would never occur again, as his favourite performer now understood the principles (of the Act) better, and would make the rope still tighter. Lord Overstone said, in 1848, " I have no doubt that the commercial prosperity of the country will be restored, and even be placed on a firmer founda tion by the events of last year (the panic of 1847)." Fallacies sufficient have perhaps been enumerated to show that Lord Overstone's notion of money being merely coin and bank-notes, leads him to explain all the phenomena of the currency incor rectly, he sees them through such a false light, and from such a fallacious standpoint that there is hardly a principle that he lays down or an infer ence which he draws, or an opinion which he gives that is not open to dispute. There is evidently a ~ r eat reluotance on his part to come to a clear definition of terms. He declines to define capital, and he prefers the term money, which is very indefinite to legal ten der money, which is les so. He says (3,818)—" I think you had better keep to the word 'money.' I do not know what may be meant by legal tender." Nor did he know, which is very strange in so great an authori•y, that Bank of England notes were not a legal tender in Scotland and Ireland. He is asked (4,ls2)—Are you aware that Bank of Eng land notes are not a legal tender in Scotland and Ireland ? Ans.—l do not know how that is. If the language of these economists should ap pear too positive and strong, it must be remem bered that they are made on the evidence of one whose expressions are dictatorial and offensive in the extreme to the opponents, and even insolent to the committee, the representatives of the people. Ho characterises the views of some of them as " absurd ; perfect quackery, and perilous nonsense," and this is iiidefence of a p ecun i ary system w hi ch benefits his own class at the expense of all others. We feel justified, therefore, is copyin g his own words (4,193), as being m ore applicable to himself than to his opponents. "It is , perilous nonsense owning from high quarters, from which we are en titled to expect more sound information and safer advice, you may rest assured. I must speak plainly: I have a great public duty to discharge . . in giving my evidence in this matter." And also we quote against his monetary system, his own quotation respecting the American system :—" It is supposed that in this latter crash, nearly 180 banks, including the Batik of the United States, were perfectly destroyed, and the last occasioned by the depreciation which it causes in the valuation of stock of all kinds, and of all sorts of property was quite enormous ; the failures in this country iu the late panic are alone estimated at 100,000,0001., and the deprecia. tion of property is incalculable ; and yet, great as was the loss, it was really trifling, as the writer in the American almanac has stated, compared with the injury resulting to society from the upheaving it occasioned of the elements of social order, and the utter demoralisation of men by the irresistible temptation to speculation which it afforded, ending in swindling to retain ill-gotten riches. Contrast the eulogium on the Act of 1844, chaunted by him before the committee in July last withthestateofthingsmNovember. (4,189). "Look around you," he says, "look at the present state of the trade of the country ; look at the prosperous condition of the revenue of the country ; look at the contentment of the people ; look at the wealth and prosperity which pervade every class of th community—and then having done so, the com mittee may be fairly called upon to decide whether they will interfere with the continuance of an act under which. these results have been developed." Oantrast again this eulogiuni and its flattering anticipation of further blessings with the production of Mr. Fullarton, in the concluding sentences of his admirable work on the regulation of the cur rency, published in 1845, the year after passing the act—" That if the spirit in which the restrictive clauses of the Bank Act are framed is to be consistently acted up to, a state of circum stances can well be imagined, in which the catastrophe would be as tremendous as it would in all likelihood be sudden and irretrievable, shaking even to its foundation the entire financial fabric of the realm." Let the public compare these diametrically op pc:wed prognostications of the operation of the Act of 1844 by its most powerful advocate and parent, and by one of its ablest opponents. Let them consider the arguments of Lord Over stone and of M'Culloch (his echo, judging from his recent treat;st2), on the one band, and of Fullarton, Tooke, Neil, and Wilson, on the other, with the evidence that has already been published, and with that which has to be given before the next com mittee (a public one, it is to be hoped, and nob a sel ct committee composed of a majority of the moneyccracy), and then it may be fairly left to them to decide on the merits of the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Alas ! ye gentlemen of England, who live at home a ease, How little do you think on the danger of laws such as these. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE AND THE CITY OF LONDON. —Within these few days rumours have been current, in well-informed city circles, to the effect that it is her Majesty's intention, on the present occasiott of the auspicious marriage of the Princess Royal of Eng land, to coLfer a baronetcy upon the Lord Mayor, and knighthood upon the Sheriffs at an early opportu nity after Monday next, the day of the marriage. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE Civre SERVICE.--The Home Department—The office of Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire has become vacant by the death of the Duke of Devonshire. Coast Guard— Conmander F. W. Gough has been appointed to the Hastings Division, vice Robertson, promoted ; Lient, J. M. Bushell has been appointed to command the Stagg tender, vice Broad, promoted ; Mr. W. IL Wil hams, master, R.N., has been appointed to command a)woderry Station ; Mr. IL 11. Garrett, chief officer, has been removed from Barking Creek to St. Margaret's Bay, vice Lieut. W. A. P. Reyse, R.N. Customs—Mr C. Robinson has been appointed a searcher at Stock ton ; Mr. U. Veale has been appointed a clerk and searcher at Fowey ; Mr. T. E. Fawcett, lccker, &c., Sligo. has been appointed principal coast officer at Pres t( n (Lytham) ; Mr. A. C. Patterson has been appointed principal coast officer at Limerick (Kilrusb); Mr. S. T. W Mauls has been appointed principal coast officer a' Milord (Solea); Mr. W. C. Turnbull has been pre meted from third to second class clerk at Shields; Mr. George A., Bethell has been promoted from fourth to thud-class clerk at Shields. Ireland.—A third-class c l erkship in the Registry of Deeds-office, Dublin, has become vacant by the death of Mr. P. Murray, —Civil &Tice Gazttee. ti THE NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT BANK. NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE, JAN. 22. A densely-eroivded meeting of shareholders of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank was held in the Central Exchange Asseinair-res this afternoon—Mr. G. Ridley, M.P., in the chair —for the purpose of winding up the company and appointing liquidators for that purpose. Mr. Mew man, solicitor to the Bank of England ; Mr. Mur rough, solicitor to Glyn and Co.; and several local solicitors, were present. The meeting was very ex-, cited. Mr. OGDEN read a report from the directors. They regretted to announce that not only had the losses of the company exhausted the whole of the guarantee fund, but also, in their opinion, the en tire paid-up capital. They had hoped that some • small portion of the shire capital might have been preserved, but a further examination of the ac counts, the continued effect of the monetary crisis on parties indebted to the bank, and the necessity of placing a value OR the assets, compelled them to take that view. The directors further stated that the fo'lowing gentlemen bad been agreed upon by them, the shareholders' committee, and deputations from the creditors, for nomination as liquidators : —Mr. John Fogg Elliott, gentleman, Durham ; Mr. Wm. Bainbridge, barrister ; and Mr. Joseph Fairs, chemist, Newcastle. The shareholders' com mittee also reported that they had had access to the books and securities of the bank, and that their ex amination had satisfied them that the figures in the undermentioned balance-sheet, proposed by the di rectors, was an approximation to the truth. The result thus shown was founded on the presumption that the securities of the Derwent Iron-works, the Elwick estate, and the Messrs. Carr, Brothers, were sufficient. The investigation of the committee, they stated, led them to the belief that the bank had long been under circumstances threatening to its safety, and that the present acting directors, Messis. Ogden, Ha wkes, and Silleck, had struggled most anxiously, though ineffectually, to overcome its difficulties. The committee re- gretted that many of the shareholders had not met the call of Dec. 15 with promptitude. The follow ing approximate statement was read :—Debtor deposits, 1,304,280/. ; ditto, interest, 35,0001.: credit accounts, 818,493/. ; ditto, general or sus pense account, 21,427/. ; sundry banks, 162,1741.; balance, 46,456/. ; total, 2,377,830/. • Credit ac count : bias in hand, current, or overdue, and debit balances, after allowance for bad and doubt ful debts, 2,296,59 C:. ; sundry banks, 49,589/. ; gendral or suspense accounts, 8,377/. ; bank pre mises, 18,000/. ; cash in hand, 5,274/. ; total, 2,377,830/. This account includes 62,279/. received iu part of new call, a large portion of which arose from transfers of parties' own credit balances ; the bills rediscounted, amounting to 1,627,093/., were not included in the debtor statement: The divi dends paid since the formation of the bank amount to 676,483/. 7s. 9d. The shareholders' account showed that 66,775 shares had been issued at 10/. each, amounting to 667,750/., while the bank owns 10,470 shares, of the value of 104,700/. It ap peared that the bank held life policies maintained by debtors amounting to 22,099/., and policies maintained by the bank at an annual cost of 2,063/. which amount to 45,000/. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the re ports. Mr. MILNER seconded. Questions were asked, and a warm debate ensued relative to the security given by Mr. J. Richardson recently a director on the Consett Iron Works. The agreement between Mr. Richardson and the bank was read. It was made after the stoppage of balk and guarantee pay men tof 765,0001., 50,0001. having been written off by directors in considera tion of his giving the guarantee, interest of the whole to be at the rate Of 5 per cent. The portion of the principal to be paid yearly to depend upon tte price of forged iron. In answer to numerous qutst'ons why such large advances were made to Mr. Ric! ardson, Mr. OGDEN said the debt had commenced before he entered the bank, in 1845, and was then 500,0001. The directors who were in power then had died, except Mr. Richardson, who was the only survivor. Mr. Richardson was not legally, only morally liable, and they had done the best they could. His part ners in the iron works—Messrs. W. Backhouse, E. Richardson, T. Richardson, Mr. Richardson's brothers, Mr. Smith (of Derby), M. Bigg, and C. Bragg—were liable with him under the agreement. If their property were brought into the market at this moment, it would probably not realise the amount cf security, but under improved manage ment it would ultimately be worked out. Mr. Richardson's real property was not secured to the bank; be was reputed a rich man, but his property was encumbered. The Rev. Mr. FEATHERSTONHAITGH asked how it happened that in the directors' report last Feb - . the profits of 70,0001. were declared gain on the year's transactions, and that a dividend was de clared. Wasnotsuvension hanging over them then? Mr. OGDEN said that that prcfit was made upon living account, everything bad and desperate being struck off. Part of it was divided, part carried to bad-debt accouut, which had been placed before the eyes of the shareholders every year. Strong objections were made to confirming re posts, and the motion was not put. A string of resolutions was submitted to the meet ing ; the principal points in them were the dissolu tion and winding up of the company, subject to the provisions of the company's deed of settlement and Joint-Stock Banking Companies' Act, 1857 - the appointment of liquid a t ors name d above, and re commendations to creditors to appoint a committee, to represent there during the winding up. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Messrs. New man and Murrough, solicitors to the London credi tors, dissenting from winding up by the three gen tlemun named, and suggesting the addition of Mr. Coleman, accountant, and Mr. Williams, senior clerk at Messrs. Glyn's. It was objected to Mr. Coleman, that he was accountant in the affairs of Messrs. Carr, Brothers, and Co., who are debtors to the bank. . _ After some discussion the resolutions were unani mously carried. The CHAIRMAN declared the meetilig dissolved. A private meeting of the creditors was after wards held in the room. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRIEST'S PROSECUTION. The fate of Father Conway is still in the balance. To the disappointment of not a few who were early in the Queen's Bench yesterday morning, the three Judges took their seats and proceeded to thelrou- , tine business without making allusion to the judg ment which was set first in the list of the day's work. It is understood that the Court is divided, Mr. Justice Perrin differing from his two learned. brethren. Yesterday was the last day for serving notices of trial for the present term, so that, even if the Attorney-General succeeded in his motion to change the venue to Dublin, there would be either a trial at bar or the case would b e p os t poned to the after sittings of Trinity Term, no special jury cases being triable in the short sittings of Easter Term. THE CONTEST FOR LIMERICK. The two candidat4 have launched their election addressee, and each is pursuing a vigorous canvass of the constituency. If, however as is rumoured, the Conservative interest should be thrown into the scale for Mr. Ball, there would be little doubt of that gentleman's success. THE RECENT FAILURE IN THE SOUTH. Ac cr)unts from Limerick announce that a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Bannatyne has just taken place there, and, according to the statement put forth, the liabilities - amount to nearly 95,0004 The arrangement proposed was payment of 6s. 6d. in the pound, at six, 12, or 18 months, which it is understood has not b een accep t e d, some o f the principal creditors not having beets represented at the meeting. COURT OF COMMON COUNClL.—Yesterday a special court was held for the purpose of receiving the report from the committee of justices, appointed at a meeting of quarter sessions for the City of London, to carry into execution the Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853, in relation to providing a lunatic asylum for the City of London, and to inquire and report what would be the probable cost of the proposed lunatic asylum, out of what funds it was desirable the expenses should be paid, and how those funds should be raised. The oommittee, having carefully considered all the circumstance?, were of opinion that the proposed asylum, including the pur chase of the ground, would be about 50,0001.; and that the coot of erection, if erected at all, should be by a county sate, it being for the accommodation of pauper lunatics. Mr. Cox moved the adoption of the report. After some discussion the motion was agreed to, there being only one hand held up against it. THE TROUSSEAU OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL, altlough in amplitude worthy in every respect of so important an occasion, is remarkable for the substantial utility of the articles composing it. This observation Is more especi ally applicable to the chaussures of her Royal Highness, which, although comprising some twelve dozen pairs of boots, are almost in every instance useful in their character, and solid in their manufacture ; while, at the same time, they are light and elegant in appearance. Some of them, intended for rough walking, are pro vided with treble soles, and small, but projecting nails. They bear the matt of Mr. Sparkes Hall, her 116E8k:sty's bootmaker, who has applied his well-known 1 atent elastic process to all of them. Some of the lighter boots are made of a beautiful and exquisitely woven material, known, we believe, as Italian Stockinet. [The thick, warm boots of youthful royalty will, we trust, become a fashion ] COURT CIRCULAR. Intelligence was yesterday received of the death of the Grand Duke Louis of Baden. William o f B u i en, at present vies The D u k e and Duchess of Sax.e .ti O ng ob h u e rg r h a i n a d ie P st r y inc a e t r l3 zo a k i i n ne ti a n in the Pa ir lace,have, since the receipt of the news, private apartments. her Majsety the Queen, accompanied by the Princess the Chap e l R o y a l, St. James e, Royal an d their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Pr' , - Ci).33 of Prussia, visited yesterday. The Maids of Honour in Waiting, Countess Hacke, and Lord Alfred Paget, were in attendance. The glee!), the Princess Royal, and the Prince and Princess of Prussia also went to the National Gallery in Trafalgar-square. Her Majesty had an evening party, at which all the distinguished visitors and a great number of Eaglish visitors were present. Princas,.V Jane,,...,tisitrleoeht,erlolnobreheurrrsidvaeyd naitont forwomchia'se gbness th e paid a visit to h er R oyal Jai t and P hi U on e tte h iln e , : n Kent yesterday. Duchess INDIA AND AUSTRALIA.—Daring the twelve montle ending the 31st Dec., 1856, the mails conveyed by c on , tract packets between the United Kingdom and the Snatialian celonie.3, and betxcen the United Kingdom and the East Indies and Chine, contained the following number of lettsrs _ _ _ To a n d f rom Australia. I To and from East Indies and Coina. 1,467,334 1 1,532,257 It will be seen, therefore, that the correspondence with Australia is nearly as great as that to till East Indies and China. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. The preparations in St. James's Palace for the nup tials of the Princess Royal with Prince Frederick Wil liam of Prussia are nearly completed. A large covered way has been erected at the garden entrance, lined with crimson cloth, well lit by windows at the sides and top, and supported by 12 pillars, which are connected by festoons of laurel. The prin cipal door has been widezed, and has its architrave covered with Christmas berries, ferns, and evergreens ; and the window of the Palace to the west has been converted into a door for the accommodation of her Majesty's suite. This door and also the windows are decorated with plants, like the principal door. The Queen's retiring room has been re-decorated. The walls are hung with a paper of a handsome gold patter❑ on a white ground. The cornice is gilt. The curtains are white lace, and have very rich silk draperies— crimson, flowered with gull and bordered with crimson velvet and gold lace. The table is covered with iloniton lace over rose-coloured satin, with silver cords, tassel., and fringe ; and the frames of the mirrors are carved and gilt. The furniture is covered with crimson silk damask. The door and panelling of the room are white and gold, and the floor is covered with a crimson carpet. Within the throne roam is placed the table on which the atteet•ttio❑ of the marriage will be signed by Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the foreign princes, and the dignitaries of the church officiating in the ceremony. The ta►ile has a cover of crimson velvet, and the sides are ornamented by draperies of the same matsrial, with cord and fringe of purple silk. Seats for spectators to witness the procession to the Chapel have been erected in Queen Anne's Room, the Tapestry Room, and the Guard Chamber, and in the small recesses at the top of the state staircase ; also in a temporary gallery between the state and entree staircases, and within the temporary building in the Colour Court cf the Palace. A mirror of large size is placed at the battoaa of the staircaie in a kandbome gilt frame. The colonnade which leads to the Chapel has been very tastefully dec ,rated with flowering plants and evengreens in a style similar to the garden entrance. The D ric columns have been cleaned, the capitals and bases are white, and the shafts altered to imitate coloured marble. L'irge groups of plant: have been placed at regular intervals on the wall opp9site to the column., fastened with ro&ettee of white satin and silver. In the Chapel Royal, the window over the altar has been lowered, the haul pas much widened, the pews removed, and seats erected on the east and west sides, and above these seats galleries have been raised on a level with the Royal pew. A MARRIAGE IN WALES. (From Bentley's Miscellany.) On the morning for the ceremony the tarm was in utter confusion, and Sarah's body-guard were erecting artful barricades in all directions to prevent the entrance of the hridegroota and his friends. In the centre of the wicket gate a species of quintain was erected, also for the same purpose. Suddenly, a shrill whistle wag heard, and the hostilities commenced. The e early numbered about 50, all mounted on email Welsh ponies ; at the head rode the piper, his horse being almost hidden by trappings and feathers. On reaching the quistain a halt was called. " Will you let us in or no a-keg the piper. " No, we will not let you in," s'x of Sarah's body-guard replied. The attack the❑ commenced with great vigour, and al though there were many hairbreadth escapes, the attack ing party succeeded in effecting a lodgment, and marched on the scone barricades, which seemed to offer a more serious resistance ; but the little ponies bounded over them, and the assailants drew up in front of the house, the door of which was securely fastened. Now it is the fashion in Wales that this attack should be made—not with crowbars and hammers, as might be expected—but with verses. The two parties carry on a rhyming con test, until the besieged can no longer give a reply, and the fortress is compelled to yield. The party managed to get the door opened, and in a few minutes Griffith, the leader of the assailants, came out of the house, bearing Sarah in one arm, and waving his 114 triumAantly. Sarah shrieked, and defended herself with hands and feet, but the lucky bridegroom camp to the rescue, took her in his arms, and, after placing her in the sadele before him, galloped off at break-neck speed. But the bridal. guard had soon mounted their ponies, and pursued the ravishers at full speed over hedges aed ditches, along the Conway-r•mad. Beneath the Penmenmawr the robbers were caught up, and a regular battle ensued. Blows of the fist and stick were exchanged in the most admirable manner, but poor Sarah was most to be pitied. Her body -guard tried to drag her down by the legs and arms, and set to work with more freedom than a lady would endure who might bavo less power ful mu-ties and more prudery than a Welsh girl. At length the bridegroom's party, with their numerical superiority, teuec3oded in disarming the otht re and gaining an entire victory. The horsemen then proceeded to a tent, which had been put up at Gorddunoc Farm, and were fellowed by a large number of marriage guests, who had collected on the high road to see the fun. The entire farm looked as if au auction were going to be 'rne yard was crowded with marriage present., furniture, kettles, bucket., pots and pans. Now and then a rider• came trooping in, bearing a chair or a clock on the saddle-box. Tne procession then started for Llan fairfechan, where it arrived about noun. 0 wen and Sarah were soon made man and wife, and the day's sport began. At the entrance to the tent eat the blacksmith of Aber, and on a tub near him stood a hoz- Every person that entered threw in a tr4le—" a shilling for the food, a shilling for the drink, sir, and anything more will be accepted. And when the christening comes we shallhave another day's jollity." At the other end of the table sat the harper and piper on a slight elevati in. There were probehly some 300 guests assembled, old and young, boys and girl.. Immediately after dinner the tables were removed and the dancing began. The blacksmith of Ata r was continually walking about a nong the couples, and carrying on the cigar trade wi.h censiderable profit. The Wel-di are not passionately fond of dancing, but they make up fur it by their love for singing. There is not a (Moue, or a merry-making, where they do not eventually congregate round the harp, and commence their pennillions to the variations of the harper. They sing on without interruption, one after the other, and each a different strophe from the preceding one. As a general rule, a merry contest is carried on ; each singer tries to contradict his foreman through the pennill, in which process the cleverer persona often extemporise in the most astonishing way. The majority of them, how ever, have hundreds of peneillions in their heads, which they have ready for any occasion. The tune selected is usually the air " Ar hyd y Nos," better known to Saxon ears under the name of "Pour Mary Anne !" Letters from well-informed correspondents in receipt of late advises from South Australia entirely contradict the statement of its being contemplated to raise seven millions, or any other sum of great magnitude, for rail way works in that colony. In the colony of Victoria eight millions is the amount proposed. TURN KM OUT.--The governor of the Charter-house is no less a personage than Archdeacon Ha'e, who can not be said to be driven by sheer ne e d, i n the absence of any ealaried appointment, to take the sinecure gover norship at the paltry rate of 1,2001. a year ; for it is said that he has one or two other s o u rces o income, similarly paltry as to their amount of emoluments. But what does Sutton himself say, in those original docu ments which have been quoted again and again in the City Pt - ess, loi.g before Inspector Skirrow put on his lavender kids to pen a flittering report ? Sutton says, the master shall be an unmarried man—Archdeacon Hale is married. Sutton says, "He shall have no other place of preferment or benefit, either in church or commonwealth;" but Archdeacon Hale is a man burdened with other appointments—he is Archdeacon of Middlesex and canon of St. Paul's. Sutton's conditions require him to be constantly caring for the comfort of the legitimate objects of the chanty, and in actual " charge of the hospital ;" but Archdeacon Hale has said with his own lips, that he purposely refrains from interfering with the brethren, because such conduct migh leave t n thatappear gr o p u l place , neat apology for the sinecure performance of wbat inquisitorial, which we consider a very Charter-honse ou;o:hf.tt:;ltpordnir should be a responsible duty. But Sutton says, further, that if any of these conditions are infringed, " be shall noti'e t , , (04. Monday next bein c i es :t p : l g l a e o c g e a t d o l iithfyah, have e t r h e b e f e u e sed Master tod served° of w s t o i h t ; h : ' the bankers' el ea rin _ e g .h t o h tt e , : e da w y for ill ei t o h s e e R io ) r y'a th l e m fi a o rr a i r e g d a e , - de livery of draughts at 21 p.m I INDIA. FURTHER OFFICIAL TELEGRAM. The following telegram, dated Malta, from Captain Johnson to Sir James Cosmo Melvill, has bean received at the India-house " ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 18, 1858. " The Commander-in-Chief still at Cawnpore on the 12th of December. Districts under Mr. Sapt threatened. Azim ghur frontier also threatened. General Grant is marching towards it. "Sir James Outram at Alumbagb, by latesi accounts. An attack was expected on his position "A Ghoorkha column, 2,600 men, under Rajah Jung Bahadoor, left Nepaul, on its way to Segowlee, for service in British territory, to be accompanied by Brigadier-General Macgregor as Military Commissioner. "-Insurgents at Kot.th in great force ; said to have dethroned the Rajah. " Sir H. Rose is marching to the relief o: Saugor. " A jdaha sprung a leak about 300 miles after leaving Aden, and was obliged to put back to that place. "Puujaub arrived at Suez the 14th of January, 10 p.m. Will be ready for sea night of 19th. "The Fero= arrived at Suez on the 17t1h. " 10 a.m., per Vectis. "Malta, 22d January, 1858. " From V. G. MONTANARO." FRENCH REFUGEES IN LONDON. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " As to the demand said to be made by the French Government for the expulsion of refugees, I cannot say how it has been received. Perhaps it will be answered that oven in England refugees are not protected from punishment if evidence of their guilt be supplied. Whether the Crown has the right to expel all aliens from the country is a point for jurists to decide. We know that during the short peace of Amiens a similar demand was made by the First Consul against French writers in London, and in particular against Peltier. His Minister, M. Otto, presented a note on the sub ject. It concluded by demanding—" 1. That the English Government should adopt the most effec tual measures to put a stop to the unbecoming and seditious publications with which the news papers and writings printed in England are filled. 2. That the individuals in the undersigned list should be expelled from Jersey. 3. That Georges and his adherents should be transported to Canada. 4. That in order to deprive the evil-disposed of every pretext for disturbing the good understanding between the two .Govern - melds, it should be recommended to the Princes of the House of Bourbon at present in Great Britain to repair to Warsaw. And 5. That such of the French emigrants as still think proper to wear the orders and decorations belonging to the ancient Government of France be required to quit the territory of the British Empire." "The British Government concluded its reply to that demand in these terms : " Her Majesty is sincerely disposed to adopt every measure for the preservation of peace which is consistent with the honour and independence of the country, and the security of its laws and con stitution. But the French Government must have formed a most erroneous judgment of the disposition of the British nation, and the charac ter of its Government, if they have ,been taught to expeet that any representation of a foreign Power would ever induce them to consent to a violation of those rights o❑ which the liberties of the people of those countries are founded." TRIESTE, JAN. 22. According to accounts from Constantinople of the 15th inst., the Porto is to concentrate an army on the Danube, in consequence of the agita tion in the Christian provinces, occasioned by the promulgation of the Russian Ukase for the emar cipation of the serfs. Ferouk Khan, it is said, will await at Constin tinople the definitive arrangement of the frontiers between Turkey and Persia. TURIN, JA N. 21. The Piedmontese Gazette announces the seizure of the radical journal Ragione for having pub lished a letter from Paris relative to the execrable attempt of the 14th. This seizure, says the Piedatontese Gazette, is the accomplishment of a duty, and the expression of the moral sentiment of the people. Count R9battit and Gcnoral Della Rocca, aide de camp to the King, Dave to-day for Paris, in order to congratulate the Emperor on hi s escape. The fuAeral of Marshal L-Itour, cue of the oldest officers of Piedmont, took place to-day. A private letter from Turin, of the 20th i ns t ., i t n h f a o t r m t h s e Pi e d that n t i e t 3e w Government a s general is res o l ve d, in was believ e d th ere conformity with the opinion pronounced by the Committee on Diplomatic Relations, to demand the restoration of the steam-packet Cagliari. A note to that effect has been presented to the Neapolitan Minist-ir by the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires. Should this fact be confirmed, as it is certain the King of Naples will not yield, the con sequence will be a cessation of diplomatic relations between Piedmont and Naples. C - -- PRUSSIA. _ Accounts from Berlin of the 20th state that in the morning of that day a Te Deum was celebrated in the church of St. Edwig to return thanks for the belonging to the French e m b assy were presen t i n escape of the Emperor Napoleon. The persons full unifoim, as were also Baron de Manteuffel and all the members of the diplomatic body, including the Turkish ambassador. A Vienna letter in the Bourse Gazette of Barlin says : " The speech delivered by the King of Denmark on opening the Supreme Council has caused consider able surprise here. The Danish Ambassador, Count de Belle Brahe, waited on Count de Buol, doubtless to lessen the painful impression produced by the epeeeb, but the Austrian Minister received his explanations with the greatest coldness, and purely and simply referred him to the approaching decision of the Diet." -• FRANCE. PA R I4FRIDAY EVENING. The Emperor has ordered an inquiry to be insti tuted into the situation of th o v i c ti ms o f the at tempt of the 14th, a n d in that of their families. A bill will, if necessary, presented to the Legis lative Body for granti pensions to such among them as may stand initeed of it. The Moniteur I.4Will los a d ecree, ra i s i ng th e salaries of the bishop s from 12,000 fr. to 15,000 fr. a year from the beginni ng of the present year. The Moniteur satg:.,-.. ,, T he B elg i an Govern ment has just presented to the Chamber of Representatives a bill on the police relative to brought feirtii t rd , for m o dif y i ng foreigners., Oil the follo w i ng d ay ano .h er bill was the Penal Code. The Goverutnent h as proposed to separate f rom the said bill the . a:rticl es re l at i ve to cr i mes an d mis demeanours attacki ng i nternational relat i ons, i n order make them i n t o a special law w hi c h w ill be i aat once a s urgent. Judicia l proc eedir.gs have ' een:commenced by th e B e l g ia n G overnmeu t against the journals le Dr a p eau an d l e C roco dil e ." I r BOURSE, Jan. 22, Two o'clock. —The market has 1 .r~ ,1 ; 0 OA(' , . /4 1 ~, ...