The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-07 00:00:00

To ro;J( lotiting. ; or, Alfred Mellon, Commence at Seven, Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN CFIAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchauson, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr Cole; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. The grand TrAnsformation Scene, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries, pronounced nnpreeedentedly magnificent. The new scenery, including the matchless re presentation of the "New Palace of the People, at Muswell Hill," perfect gems of art. ~~ Tformances_ at half-past for, and for at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor -C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully info-med that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec t:on of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also de voted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels 11E' may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist g Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as .regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selv,es, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the King dom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAIN. 31ENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have c - eated so ma , ked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine an Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41--highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day a.. noon. 13.knourrErt-30.52. Wizin, Northerly; light, with fine weather. THE SUN. FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 18.59. The Moniteur has at length broken the ominous silence which it maintained for several days re specting the rather indiscreet ebullition of Imperial wrath at the levee on Saturday last. We have just received a telegram, giving an extract from the official journal of this day, of which the following is a copy :—" For some days past public opinion han4(.'en-s•itatecl by alarming rumours, which it the duty of the Government to put an cud to by declaring that there is nothing .in our diplomatic relations which warrants the fears which the rumours tend to give rise to." There had previously been sundry hints from semi-official quarters, that there was nothing of real importance in the matter, but they had failed to convince the public, and the monetary depression that prevailed proved beyond the possibility of doubt the extent of the alarm excited by the significant language of the EMPEROR, and that:to one who, at the time, should have been exempted from any personal annoyance. Sad experience proves that it is much easier to excite than to suppress a panic. Reckless mani festations may therefore be productive of very formidable consequences, and should be especially guarded against by representative men, who control the destinies of many millions of human beings. The attentions subsequently paid to M. HuBNEn went far to show that LOUIS NAPOLEON felt that he had suffered himself to be betrayed into a grave mistake. But no subsequent movement or demon stration can repair the mischief arising therefrom. Our own impression" is;that the speech to M.- HUBNER was a " feeler," intended to elicit the views of the general community, and to ascertain the wishes of the French people and army in refer ence to Austria—just as the truculent military addresses, which last January appeared in the Government organ, were calculated to do with respect to this country. It might also have been desired to try the effect on the Cabinet of Vienna. But the EMPEROR knows where to stop. He has manifestly studied the diplomacy of the United States, and is, therefore, well aware of what is termed " Bunkum" in the Yankee dialect. There is always a convenient loophole remaining by which the aggressor may wriggle out of the difficulty ; that is to say, if he desires to do so. Rut, although " if" may be "a great peace-maker," it occasionally leads to pressing► difficulties, and it may do so in the present The old myth tells us of the imperative necessity which compelled the wizard who had evoked a demon to p i rovide his Satanic • servant Iv .1 constant employment. The moment there 'as a cessation of work the master became the victim, and was torn in pieces by his previously obedient slave. There may be something of a similar character going on in France at this moment. Its 'enormous army is pining for occupation. The soldiers care little as to the character of the duties in which they may be engaged, hut they . are ennuied, worn ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Hurrison • THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic nn , l.a, by Mr. W. Palle, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. tomime of ITTTLE RED !Cidill:and t 11 7 uli ill GT y .Ik)D 0 YAL RINCESS'S • THEATRE. Under the 3lanazement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OP` I'HE CASTLE; or, Harlegnin Prince Diamond and PrinceSs flrigiiteyes. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. T HEATRE -ROYAL HAYMARKET. Lcsree, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE BUSYBODY. Wen's. Buckstone, Farren, &e. ; Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam and - - . After which, s new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDLNE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. COMmen.e. at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager. Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENlNG—lncreased Attraction—Production of a new and orininal Drama, entitled MARION DE LORME ; or, The Cradle of Steam : in which Madame Celeste will ap pear. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled T_lr SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, kc. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. .1. 'Boxers, Mr. Barrett, &o. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, &c. s To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harl e quin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon , Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Laud. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 5, to commence at 7 every evening. A Morning Performance on Saturday next, at Two. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPECI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, MR. rWEBSTER'S COMPANY. IS REQUESTED AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOIREE. Manager, Mr. B. Webster ; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Memory, Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Everybody else. After which, MEPHISTOPHELES. Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Keeley. Followed by THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. IV4 r. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Milington ; Miss Kelly, Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with The grind Christmas Pantomime, entitle d MOTHER RED'CAP.; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Iti,Ve to Edmonton. Clown, Mr, Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde - brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Qtteene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE Conunenee.at 7 o'clock. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 64:1. During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT 111 INDI A; or, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. After which. SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star Riders of Europe. _ _ Stage Manager, Mr. E. Phillips. A Morninrr Performance of the Pantomime on the Bth, ;sth, and 22d of - at Two o'clock. 4.2% elt to: 1 y o r tau • s MOS , • A -.0 IT instance. •OW looming in the future may poasib ;-• save some p-cf:ent trouble to the E3iPEROR. Under any circumstances, it would be impossible for England to become concerned—save as an. arbi trator—in the first instance. We have no sympa thies with Austria. Her treatment of Hungary, of Gallicia, and more especially of Italy, excludes her from any kind consideration, and certainly we would not consent that British blood should be shed or British money expended in such a cause. But it is of vital importance that the peace and tran quillity of Europe should be maintained in violate—that there should be no disturbance, in which, sooner or later, we should become involved. England, then, may properly inter fere. A difficulty has been ostentatiously announced, has been proclaimed to the world by Imperial lips. If, then,,. the clause in the Treaty.. of Paris, which was almost the only beneficial re sult of the . Crimean war, be good for anitliini there should be a reference to a friendly Power. We are convincyd that England would, not. be selecte.d. She is rather too liberal for either . of the opposing parties. But still our good offices should be tendered,. and the fair responsibility cast on those by whom they may be rejected. We do not suppose that there will be actual hostilities-, but DVCn the dread of them occasions much mischief, and the sooner it can be got rid of the better for all parties concerned—not merely for France and Austria, but for Europe. The BROUGHAM banquet gives promise of being one of the noblest demonstrations that will have taken place for a long time past at Edinburgh. We can hardly help looking forward to it as an incident of almost national importance. It is no mere provincial evidence of a remarkable public benefactor. It is more than even a Scottish evi dence of sympathy and admiration. It may be regarded—it ought to be regarded as a token of respect and gratitude offered to one of the greatest men now living, in the name and on behalf of the whole community. The good citizens of Edinburgh will hardly grudge us the satisfaction of so regard ing it. We have, all of us, throughout these islands for years past been so largely indebted to thegifted and learned ex-Chancellor, that we have a right to participate in feeling, at any rate, if we cannot aid personally in swelling the enthusiasm of this ad miration demonstration. Edinburgh has not inappropriately assumed to itself the privilege of according this expression of national homage to Lord BROUGHAM—for there in that good city of Edinburgh, in a house situated at the north-west corner of St. Andrew's-square, the great Lawyer, Critic, Orator, Statesman, Philoso pher, first drew breath, now more than eighty years ago, namely on the 19th of September, 1778. There, in the High School of that, his native city, he received his earliest education. There, too, at •the precocious age of fifteen, he first. entered the noble University of Edinburgh. Scarcely, a year after the date of his matriculation he had trans- , mitted frOm Edinburgh to the Royal ,Society.a treatise on Optics, deemed worthy of being at once enshrined among the Philosophical Transactions. Other documents of a companion character followed this preliminary one--papers, for the most part, evidencing such an ingenious originality of re search and speculation, that they led to a Latin correspondence between the young stripling and certain erudite professors upon the continent. It was after his return to Edinburgh from a journey through Deutschland that BROUGHAM began his great forensic and oratorical career, began prac tising at the Scotch bar, began debating in the Speculative Association. It was there, among the familiar haunts of men of genius, as a contemporary of JEFFREY, and SMITH, and MURRAY, and COCKBURN, and HORNER, and MACKINTOSH, that BROUGHAM commenced his splendid career as an Edinburgh Reviewer—roused into life the dormant powers of BYRON by his scornful criticism —wrote so swiftly; so wisely, and so well that it is upon record among the intellectual marvels of his life that, with the exception of two articles, he produced with his own hand the contents of one entire number of the _Edinburgh. Let the volume in which that number may be found by the curious in such matters, be marked, as the phrase is, with a white stone—it is the seventeenth. Finally, it was from that classic birthplace, whieh was the scene of these magnifi cent preliminary labours, that BROUGHAM emerged at last upon the more conspicuous arena in which he was to win so many triumphs, and to secure to himself such varied, prolonged, and abounding ad miration. How diversified his achievements have been since then—how important, and some of them how unpa ralleled, we all know. The record of them crowds the history of the last half century. For it IS now more than fifty years since BROUGHAM finally quitted the city of Edinburgh. It is upwards of fifty years since he was first called to the English Bar by the Society of Lincoln's-inn, . Within that time his labours as a law reformer have been so vast and herculean, that the history of - themoi..-few months back, appeared in the form of a: huge volume of many hundred closely-printed 'pages —a bulky- tome, in itself monurnentuna are perennii regard to his superb reputation. Then his heroic efforts to aid in bringing about the emancipation of the slavers have secured to him permanently the glory of having his name associated with those of CLARKSON and WILBERFORCE. His genius as an o ra t or h as won him, in our Parliamentary annals, a fame seer(' to none upon the glorious scroll. Combined with hia lore as a Greek scholar, it has enabled him to be the fitting interpreter of the utterances of DEMOSTHENES. His researches, all the while, i n the domain of natural philosophy, have rendered him one of the active and conspicuous members both of the Royal Society and of the French Academy. As an author, his luminous pen has portrayed for us, one by one, the statesmen of the reign of King GEORGE 111., one of the longest reigns in the na tional annals, and one of the most memorable and wonderful epochs in the history of civilised man. Together with these various and remarkabl: labours, there have been other, and, in some sense, yet grAnder labours achieved by Lord BROUGHAM — those by which he has striven to raise the social and intellectual condition of the humbler classes of his fellow-countrymen. Together with that prac tical benefactor of the population, Mr. CHARLES out for want of something to do. Like CARLETON'S inimitable tailor, they are " blue moulded for want of a be ating ;" and even the notion that there is a We dc, not conceive that much weight should bZ. , , attached to the tardy announcement in the Moni teur. It is merely following up the send-official assertions to which , we have already refer red. But it cannot "rail the seal from off the bond." The startling fact still remains On record that, at • a public levee, the EMPE ROR addressed the representative of his Imperial brother of Austria in terms that proved that there were grave complications pending, and that some decisive steps would speedily be taken. It would stultify the EMPEROR to suppose that his signifi cant words and gestures meant anything of less xnagnitude, unless, as we have already suggested, it, was merely a " feeler" thrown out to elicit the state of public opinion. With all our love of liberty there is in us a wonderful amount of submissiveness to authority, especially to ecclesiastical authority. It is perfectly marvellous to see how congregations of good Church men will put up with almost anything from a clergyman or a bishop. " One likes to be well cursed by one's own officer," was the remark of a genuine British soldier; and " one likes to be well set down by one's own parson or bishop," would express tolerably well the sentiments of thousands of worthy farmers, shopkeepers, and even merchants, doctors, and lawyers, who worship in our parish churches. As to our church-goers of the:fairer sex, they of course Can but be worshippers -of the cloth. They are so all the world over ; they seem born to " honour and obey," if not to " love " the ecclesias tical "powers that be." A lady that would beard the clergyman ! were she not already a matron, who would venture to take her to wife ? There are, to be sure, thousands of congregations of Dis senters in the land, but they are revolters en masse against the great spiritual corporation of the king dom. And as there is " honour amongst thieves," so, and " we mean no offence," there is submission amongst schismatics. They hearken by thousands very obediently to the voice of their unauthorised shepherds, though, as no acts of Parliament or' courts of law compel them to retain and provide a living for a misbehaving minister, if he persist in annoying the better part of his flock, he finds that he must seek another elsewhere, to which his doc trines or doings are acceptable. We have sometimes wondered that amongst a people so attached to chos ing their own parish officers and their own poli tical representatives, so little desire should be shown to choose their own religious officers. But so it is. The persons who would resent being deemed incompetent to elect their own temporal legislators, and their municipal parish administra tors, never think of objecting to the absolutism of Bishops, Patrons, Archdeacons, Rural Deans, Rectors, Vicars, and Curates too, in matters of re ligion. We do not know that this subserviency to the imposition of spiritual - instructors on con gregations is any necessary part of the Establish ment as a religious system ; we have not enough theology in us to settle that question. If it be not so, our ecclesiastical habits are certainly strangely in contrast to our municipal and political habits. These thoughts occurred to us just now in con nection with a rather singular affair in which the parishioners of Sherborne, their Vicar, and the Right Rev. Father in GOD, WALTER KERR HAMILTON, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury, figure as principals. The parishioners do not like " flowers on the Communion Table," " Candlesticks on d 0.," Ecclesiastical processions," " Intoning the service ordinarily," " the Choral Service on Sundays and Christmas Days," " tutning to the East at unusual times," and " preeedenee given in the administra tion of the Communion to members of the Choir in their surplices." The Rev. E. HARSTON thinks these things very pretty and that they ought to like them. But de gustibus, &c., and it appears to be of no more use attempting to alter orargue against religious tastes than against those of a less ethereal kind. The parishioners cannot acquire tractarian aesthetics, and the Rev. E. HARSTON cannot impart them. Nor will the unperceiving parishioners take the word, as sufficient, of his reverence the vicar. If Mr. RUSKIN tells a country gentleman that a picture is just what it should be, Sir ROBERT draws the cheque of three figures, perhaps of four, without reluctance. He confides in the eyes of the connoisseur. No so the country tradesfolk of Sherborne. They have the audacity to think that their ceremonial taste is as good as or better than that of their vicar. Now in all this let_the good Churchmen of Sher borne know that, whether for good or for evil, they are renouncing that glory of good Churchmen, passive obedience. Sherborne is setting an un• Anglican example. If this spirit should spread it will end in each parish choosing its own parson, and in each parish sending him in search of another if he did not preach and pray to the satis faction of the parish ! This is surely a grave subversion of all the ecclesiastical order of our Church since the time of its foundation by HENRY VIII. Only think of any parish thus misbehaving in his time, or in that of his virgin daughter ! Its heads would have atoned for their effrontery in a gaol, and have ended their days in beggary, if not in person or at the stake. Happily we live in milder times. The parish appeals to its diocesan, and the good man endea vours to throw oil on the troubled waters. He answers them that there is no "immediate connection between these practices and obedience to the Bishop of Rome." Which, logically interpreted, would imply that there was a mediate connection, an opinion in which the Sherbornians no doubt par ticipate. But he warns them against suggesting, by their complaints, that the difference between Popery and our Establishment is not doctrinal and ecclesiastical, merely but ceremonial sentimentality. He sympathises with the parishioners' aversion to change, with their love of legality, with their dread of unreality in the worship of GOD. And, we sup pose, by way of exemplifying these principles, he forbids the bouquets, pretty as he thinks them, because the people misunderstand them. About candlesticks he gives no orders, herein differing from our late Metropolitan, , who allowed the sticks and candles too, only they were not to be lighted. Processions he has a pretty little martinet rule for —consecrate a church, and all the clergy are to be surpliced ; reopen it, and the active performers are to be in white, all the rest in black ! The white dove the model for one occasion, the magpie for the other. " Intoning"—what shall he say to that— the 14th Canon enjoins "reverence and distinct. ness," and doubtless a voice high pitched, to fill the spacious church, was mistaken for intonation. As to the choral performance, the Episcopal father thinks it "tells' out most distinctly the praise and honour due to GOD ; "—still "milk for babes," and the untrained ears and voices of SHERBORNE can " most easily join in a metrical hymn." Excellent advice all this, we doubt not. Well worth keeping a Bishop forat Sarum, salary £5,000 per annum, and fifty-three livings to give to rela- I KNIGHT—a name by us ever to be honoured—his lordship inaugurated a series of publications which were the first seeds of what have since become so fruitful of good and have so wondrously multi plied—our el leap periodicals. The Penny Magazine, the Penny Cyclopeedia, the Treatises and Maps issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, have done more for the education of the peopl e than all the grants of public money ever yet directed to that end by the hesitating munifi cence of Parliament. How abundantly, then, are we not indebted, one and all of us, to this great national Benefactor. Honour to his great name, now in his green old age, when, though he is a veteran of more than eighty winters, his genius shines as bright, as ever in the vivacity of his youth and the vigour of his manhood. After so noble and laborious a career, it is fitting there should be some such conspicuous evidence of national gratitude and Popular admiration as that to be evidenced towards HENRY, Lord BROUGHAM, through the banquet preparing for him in his native city of Edinburgh. UN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1859 tires, friends, and other deserving persons. have but one remark to . make in conclusion, mummeries of traetarianisin, and the reluctant cas tigation of it by bishops are fast doing the work of the Anti-State-Church Society. Parishes compelled to fight their parsons and their bishops in these days will soon acquire habits of mental indepen dence, which will be fatal to the present system. SPIRITUALISM. Dr. Randolph, a prominent " medium" in the earlier days of spiritualism, delivered a lecture recently in New York on this subject. lie says : " I was a medium above eight years ; during which time I made three thousand speeches, and travelled over several different countries proclaiming the new gospel. I now regret that so much excellent breath was wasted, and that my health of mind and body was well nigh ruined. I have only begun to re gain both since I totally abandoned it, and to-day had rather see the cholera in my house than a spiritual medium ! For years I lived alone for spiritualism and its cognates. Five of my friends destroyed themselves, and I attempted it by direct spiritual influence. Every crime in the calendar has been committed by mortal movers of viewless beings ! Adultery, fornication, suicide, desertions, unjust divorces, prostitution, aboition, insanity, are not evil, `I suppose ! I charge all these to this scientific spiritualism. I will state here my opinion of clairvoyant doctors. Experience has taught me that 65 per cent. of the medical clairvoyants are arrant 'duty es, humbugs, and catch-penny impostors, who are no more clairvoyant than a brick wall." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY, JAN. 6. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales dined with her Majesty yesterday, attended by Colonel the Hon. R. Bruce and Captain Grey. The party included the following visitors, who arrived in the afternoon :—The Hon. Fre derick Bruce, Lieutenant-General .Sir William and Lady Codrington, and 'Sir Charles 'Eastlake. The Hon. Mrs. Biddulph had the honour to be invited. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance, and played during dinner the Overture—" Le Lac des Fees" Auber. Waltz—" Violante" Selection—" Guillaume Tell" Rossini. Polka—" Sans Souci" Strauss. Marche sur Motives de "Santa Chiata" H.R.H. the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the drawing-room the Overture—" Yelva " Recititavo Duetto and Coro—"Mount of Olives" Fantasia on Russian Melodies Hardy. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort went to London this morning, attended by Lieutenant -Colonel Ponsonby, and visited the Gallery of the Photographic Society in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall east. The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback attended by Captain Grey. - The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan Pelham Clinton will return to town on Tuesday next from Clumber Park, Notts. The Marquis of Hastings has left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for Corfu. The Earl of galmesbury has returned to Heron Court, near Christchurch. The noble Earl and Countess are expected to come to town early in the ensuing week. The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Arabella Sackville West are staying at Dover. We are glad to learn the noble earl is in improved health. The Earl of Wilton has arrived at Moor Park on a visit to Lord and Lady Ebury. His lordship is expected in town in a few days. The Earl and Countess of Harrington are enter taining a succession of visitors at Elvaston Castle, Derby shire. The Count and Countess de Jarnac have left town on a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. The Earl of Lichfield, who came to town from Baron's Court, the Marquis of Abercorn's seat, in the county Tyrone, expressly to attend the funeral of the Hon. Mr. Anson, will return to Ireland to-day. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have re turned to Broadlands to receive a select circle of friends before they come to town for the meeting of Parliament. Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton are passing the season at Ashdown Park, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Craven. Lord Crewe arrived at his residence in Hill street, last evening, from Crewe Hall, Cheshire. Sir John Shelley arrived in town, on Wednesday, from Wales, and left yesterday.for Maresfield Park, Sussex. The Right Hon. W. Henley has arrived in town, froth his seat, Waterperry, Oxfordshire. THE LATE HON. MRS. ANSON.—The funeral of the Hon. Mrs. Anson took place yesterday at noon. The mortal remains of the lamented lady had previously been removed from Eckton. Hall, Northamptonshire, and yes terday they were interred in the cemetery at Kensal-green. The following relatives attended "on the mournful occasion : —The Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Forester, Viscount Newport, Col. the Right Hon. Cecil Weld Forester, Col. the Hon. Henry Forester, the Hon. and Rev. Orlando Forester, Lord George Manners, Lord John Manners, and the Hon. Col. Curzon. Major Forester was unable to attend from severe indisposi tion. The funeral was conducted as privately as possible, all external pomp being avoided BARON PENNEFATHER.—A rumour was in circu lation yesterday that this venerable judge had not sent in his resignation to the Government. It isa fact that his lord ship transacted business in his chamber in the courts yes terday. PRESENTATION OF A BUST OF THE PRINCE CONSORT TO THE MANCHESTER CORPORATION.—On Wednesday, at an adjourned meeting of the Manchester City Council, it was unanimously decided that the marble bust of the Prince Consort, presented through Mr. T. Fair bairn, on behalf of the executive committee of the Art Treasures Exhibition, should be accepted . ; and it was ordered to be placed beside that of her Majesty in the en trance hall of the Town-hall. The new bust, like that of the Queen, was executed by Mr. M. Noble. An erroneous impression has got abroad to the effect that the Council of India have decided on granting no further guarantees to public works until the state of the Indian revenue is sensibly improved. We aro enabled to state that no such decision has been arrived at. No doubt, in the face of the present heavy deficit, and of existinr , guarantees to the extent of £ 35,000,000, circumspection will be exercised as to incurring fresh responsibilities. There is not, however, any truth in the statement that there will be any rejection, or even postponement, of public works of general utility throughout the Queen's Indian dominions. Mr. BUCKSTONE.—A writer in the Court Cir cular states that, should Mr. Buckstone live to retire from the stage, he "contemplates writing an autobio graphy, for the sake of presenting the reading public with recollections of his distinguished contemporaries, and of giving an account of the inner life of the London theatres since 1820, with personal descriptions and reminiscences of the performers, authors, poets, and critics with whom he has been associated from time to time." THE MAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS.-- The Directors of the Bank Of England have made an offer to the Metropolitan Board of Works of the loan of the £3,000,000 which will be required for the execution of the works for the main drainage of the metropolis. The terms are not so favourable as anticipated from the state of the money-market, and the proposal has been transmitted to the Lords of the Treasury for their consideration. The result of the inquiries respecting the competency of Mr. Moxon, who gave in the lowest tender for executing the works of the Northern High-Level Sewer, being of a most favourable nature, and the three gentlemen proposed by him as his sureties having been ascertained to be most respon sible persons, his tender has been finally accepted, and h e only awaits the order of the engineer to commence the work, which will be given as soon as the financial arrange ments of the Board are completed. THE BURNING OF THE MEnoo.—On the 28th of November, the Tyne, West - India packet, whilst in lat. 15 N. long. 31 40 W., discovered a fi re on b oar d the Meroo. She left Calcutta on the 21st of August, with a cargo of seeds and jute, and the conflagration which ensued is sup posed to have arisen from spontaneous ignition. It broke out in the main hold,"iiid so rapid was the spreading of the flames that the most strenuous exertions of the captain and crew to extinguish them were rendered entirely abortive. Whilst preparing to abandon the vessel in the boats, the ship Greyfeather, of Now York, bound to San Francisco, hove in sight, and bearing down to the burning vessel rescued the captain, officers, and crew, ultimately landing them at Pernambuco on the 9th of December. They speak in terms of great praise of the kindness and consideration of the officers and crew of the Greyfeather. The Tyne brought to Southampton Captain Tate, Mr. D ona ld son chief officer, and 17 o f the:crew of the Meroo. MB. BRIGHT, M.P., AND THE BRISTOL REFORM }MS.—In reply to an invitation to Mr. Bright to attend a Reform meeting at Bristol before the meeting of Parlia ment the hon. member has replied :—" It is with reluctance that I write to say that I cannot undertake to attend any more meetings before the opening of the session of Parlia ment. I have engaged to be present at a meeting to be held at Bradford on the 17th of January, and beyond this I am unable to go. I have declined invitations from seve ral other important towns on the ground of very inces sant occupation, and in obedience to the urgent warning of my medical adviser. It would have given me great pleasure to have met such of our citizens as would have attended the proposed meeting had circumstances permitted me to come among you. I can only hope, as I believe, that you will take some early opportunity of giving expression to the public feeling of your important city on the great question of the day." . It is doubtful whether M. Persigny will be flat tered by his name having been selected to designate a newly patented scarf for the neck, which is described as "thin in the centre and thick at the extremities." The turn-over collar has, however, suggested this invention, and it appears to have been considered important enough by the Messrs. Welch and Margetson to justify an application to the patent office. The centre of it, as mentioned, is thin, and folds into the space only of an ordinary ribbon, which thus per mits of that much-to -be-envied appearance of correct taste, as shown by the beaux of the present day in the close sitting contour of their neck gear, while the extremities are stout as the silken robes of our grand-dames were wont to be, where a dress stood up- when independent of its wearer or the aid of crinoline, We THE STATE. OF MILAN. The _Debate of yesterday printed the following letter : " MILAN, San, 1. " The heW year has commended. in this City in a very singular manner. The Milanese themselves seem stupified, and both people and garrison appear this morning to be asking each other if it was all a dream. Midnight had scarcely sounded, when numerous bands began .to perambulate the city, including in their songs all the cries of the Italian patriots—' Vive Phalle !" Vive Victor Emma nuel !' ' Vivent les Trois Couleurs ! ' At 2 o'clock in the morning the traffic was as • animated as in full day, and the uproar was so great that sleep was altogether out of the question. The bands, in passing before the military posts, began instantly to hiss, when, extrabrdinary to state, the soldiers joined the party, and instead of drawing their sabres, cried in emulation,: Vive l'ltalie I my self observed a group of twelve officers in the Corso Franceso fraternise with a band of twenty persons, throw their caps into the air and cry, Vivent les Italiens.' The gendarmes on horseback, who pa trolled two and two, and the guards of police drew up quietly as if in obedience to a command, and there was not the slightest breach of the peace. If the garrison had acted differently, we tremble to think of what the consequences would - have been, for the crowds who filled the streets from midnight to five o'clock consisted of the most determined individuals, and those best capable of opposing an energetic resistance to an armed force. Happily the very number of the promenaders prevented a conflict." The Nord of yesterday morning gave a telegram from Genoa, which says that the agitation increases, and that a report - continues to be circulated to the effect that Garibaldi is about to organise a corps of volunteers, or is preparing to play some very active part. The Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Com pany have despatched Mr. Frederick Webb to discover the break in their cable betvi , een. Malta and Cagliari, and to take the necessary steps for its repair, the Elba steamer, now at Malta, having been chartered for the purpose. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY PROVIDENT SOCIETY. —The seventh annual ball in- aid of this deserving society took place on Wednesday evening last in the Town-hall, Oxford. -There were between four and five hundred persons -present, among whom -were the Mayor of Oxford, several members of the corporation, W. Brunner, Esq., coroner for Oxford s &c. Th e di rec t ors, w i t h their usual kindness, granted special trains for the occasion, and by these per sons were conveyed from London, 'Birmingham, Slough, Reading, and other places on the line. MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD.—The first meeting of the newly-elected members was held at the Board-room, Liverpool, yesterday. Mr. Charles Turner was unanimously re-elected chairman, and a sub-committee was appointed to arrange the various committees, and to report to the General Board. The meeting was then ad journed until Saturday. IRISHMEN IN INDIA.—A citizen of Dublin has received a letter from his son, Mr. Richard Vicars Boyle. one of the gallant defenders of Arrah, stating that Govern ment has authorised a grant to him, of lands to the value of £l,OOO per annum British, for life, free of all charge, with a reversion to the value of £5OO per annum to his. heirs ; accompanied with a recognition of his " very valu able services" rendered in his fortified house at Arrah, in July, 1857. CELEBRATION OF THE BURNS CENTENARY IN LIVERPOOL.—The arrangements for the soiree musicale and ball in the St. George's-hall have been completed by the committee. The soiree is to commence with an oration com memorative of the great Ayrshire bard, to be succeeded by a concert of Scottish music, chiefly selected from the songs of Burns. The proceeds, if any, are to be devoted to the Cale donian Schools, ragged schools, and Liverpool Infirmary. BURNS'S NIECES.—The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Ayr Observer, by Mr. Thos. Carlyle :—" Chelsea, Jan. 2, 1859. Dear sir,—l very much approve your and Mr. Milnes's motion about the Misses Bogg, and I hope you will not fail to get it executed with all the energy and skill that are possible, and with correspond ing success. Could all the eloquence that will be uttered over the world on the 25th next, or even all the tavern -bills that will be incurred, but convert themselves into solid cash for those two interesting persons, what a sum were there of benefit 'received and of loss avoided to all the parties con cerned 1 I think at least the question ought to be everywhere put, pointedly,'yet with due politeness, wheneverin Scotland or elsewhere there is an assemblage of men met to express their admiration, tragic pity, &c., for Burns, what amount of money they will give to save from indigence these two nieces of Burns ? The answer, virtual answer, which this question got in 1842, threw a rather dismal light to me on such assemblages ; but they ought to be tried again with more direct emphasis ; and very shame will perhaps force them to do something towards saving indigent merit on the one hand, and saving on the other what is too truly a fright ful (though eloquent) expenditure of pavement to a certain locality we have all heard of.—ln much haste, I remain, yours truly, T. CARLYLE." FATAL FALL DOWN A COAL PIT.-011 Monday morning last, between five and six o'clock, an accident oc curred at Messrs. Bennitt and Taylor'spits, Round's Green, formerly known as Robin's Top pits, by which a banksman named T. James lost his life. Decetised was about to put the " log" on, in order to allow the men to go down the shaft, when, owing to the dense fog which prevailed at the time, he missed his footing, and was precipitated down the shaft, a distance of about 190 yards. The unfortunate man uttered the most piercing shrieks during his descent, which were heard at the distance of 300 yards. He was afterwards found at the bottom of the shaft, literally smashed to pieces, his head having to be tied in a handkerchief to keep his brains from escaping. An inquest was opened on Tuesday, before R. Docker, Esq., at the Union Inn, but it was adjourned for a week in order to allow of the attendance of the government inspector. Deceased has left a wife and two children.— Birnzingham Daily Post. An account was given in September last bf a young man named Lethiec, a prisoner in the House of Cor rection at Nantes, having, on leaving the prison chapel after vespers, stabbed a fellow prisoner named Lanneau three times in the back with a largo knife, and inflicted wounds —of one of which he died in less than half an hour. As he gave the stabs he cried, " Scoundrel, I have long wanted to be avenged on you," and when he was confronted with the dead body he admitted with the greatest calm that he had long premeditated the murder, because the deceased had made reports against him and got him punished. Threo days ago he was brought to trial before the Court of Assizes of the Loire Inferieure. The crime having been committed in the presence of severalturnkeys_ and numerous prisoners was clearly proved, and the man made no attempt to deny it. The president expressed some surprise that he had been able to obtain possession of a knife. It was stated that though not yet 20 years of age, he had been in prison four times for robbery or vagabondage. One of the times was at Caen, and there he made the acquaintance of the two assassins Graft and Pascal. After his release he was caught by a police officer in the act of throw ing chemical matches over the prison walls to them, and he was turned out of the town. The day after he came back, and as it was supposed that he might at tempt to communicate with the two murderers, he was arrested and detained until the end of their trial. The jury declared him guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the court sentenced him to hard labour for life. SUICIDE IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.—Yesterday morning a determined act of self-destruction was committed by a man, name at present unknown, who shot himself in a place for public accommodation recently erected in an enclosure of St. James's Park, opposite Marlborough House. It appears that about half-past 12 o'cldek, a lad, named Walters, going into the place mentioned, found the de ceased lying on the ground, deluged with blood, through which his face was scarcely discernible; a discharged pistol lying at his side. Assistance having been procured the man was found to be quite dead, his lower jaw having been completely shot away, and the upper part of his face fright fully mutilated. A stretcher having been procured he was conveyed to St. Martin's Workhouse, to which, although there is a dead-houseuttached, the porter refused to admit the body, telling the bearers to carry it to the church vaults To the sacred office they accordingly repaired, but could only get access to the portico, on the stones of which the stretcher was placed without any covering to the body be yond a handkerchief over the head, the traffic of St. Mar tin's-lane being consequently completely stopped by hun - dreds of persons who assembled on hearing of the shocking occurrenee. At length the son of the beadle having been communicated with, deceased, under his direction, was taken to Charing-cross Hospital, where the inquest will b e held. Deceased seemed to be about 45 years of age, 5 feet 3 inches in height, stoutly built, sandy hair, bald forehead, and small whiskers. He was dressed in a dark green cut off coat, brown mixture trousers, black waistcoat, black hat, and leather side-laced boots. I n hi s pockets were found the ticket of a watch, pledged the previous day in Alders gate-street, for £2 10,5., in the name of J. Weekley, Norway , street, a farthing, a pair of brown worsted gloves, a knife, a tobacco-box and pipe. He wore a clean white shirt with the inititials A. W. The pistol, which had a plain cow mon veneer handle, was single barrelled. Information of the occurrence has been forwarded to Mr. Bedford, the coroner. ILLINOIS CENTRAL -RAILWAY COMPANY. A meeting of this company was held yesterday, Mr. G. Mof fatt in the chair. The proceedings of the deputation at New York were detailed at length, and it appeared that after a full investigation of the accounts th e on ly irregularity discovered consistttf% payment of calls by three di rec t om with their notes-of hand. These engagements, however, are being punctually met. The company in its present position requires about £200,000 to meet liabilities, of which some will mature at an early period of the year; and the• principal question discussed at . the present meeting was as to the mode of raising this sum, whether by making a call of 5 dols. a-share, or by negotiating a loan. The first course, it was argued, would place the company in a stronger finan cial position. On the other hand, it was contended that the effect of a call would be the ruin of the weaker share holders, from their inability to pay, while the rich pro prietors alone would eventually reap the whole profits of the undertaking. It was also urged that the pre cedent of other railway companies, which pro • seeded. by spending their share capital first, and then having recourse to loans, did not apply in this case, the Illinois Central being rather a gigantic land company than a railway. After considerable discussion, in the course of which it was mentioned that the land belongino to the Illinois Ce n t ra l has been tested, and found as fertile as that of the Carse of Gowrie, said to be the most produc tive in Great Britain, and that the line is in first-rate order, with double the rolling stock required, it was resolved on a division, to leave the question of a loan or call to the com mittee. The committee appear in favour of the former course, the preliminary negotiations for raising a sum of money having already been commenced by them. Mr. Osborn, the chairman of the New York Board, has re signed. - Miss PARDOE.—We observe with pleasure that a new work, entitled "Episodes of French History," by Miss Pardoe, is just published by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett. Miss Pardoe's well-known Lives of " Mary do Medicis" and " Louis the Fourteenth" have already shown her ability as an illustrator of the history of Prance, and her new book will doubtless maintain her well-earned reputation. The same publishers have also just issued Mr. Leitch Ritchie's "Winter Evenings," a work which will furnish much entertaining Christmas reading to the veteran writer's numerous admirers ; and they also announce a new fiction by Miss Jewsbury, the author of " Constance Her bert" and other popular books. It bears the title of " Right or Wrong," and is said to be a story of great originality and interest, LATEST NEWS. FRANCE AND AUSTRIA The following telegra& has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : . PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 7. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fo: lowing :-- * " For several days past public opinion has been agitated by alarming reports, which it is the duty of Government to put a stop to by declaring that nothing in diplomatic relations authorises the fears which these reports tend to provoke. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY, It is said, on good authority, that: after all that has been said, there is actually no compact between Russia and France on the subject of Italy ; 1 that foreign Governments have long since been made acquainted with the Emperor's views on the reforms necessary in the Roman Administration. There is also some talk of M. Walewski retiring from the Foreign Affairs. A Paris letter, in the Independance, says :—" At the reception at the Tuileries on New Year's-day, Prince Napoleon, in the course of a long conversa tion with Lord Cowley, is stated to have announced that the Imperial Government was ready to abandon the existing system of immigration, provided Great Britain would frankly undertake to assist France in obtaining coolies from the English possessions for her colonies. H.I.H. is even said to have pro posed to Lord Cowley to allow England in return to make engagements of coolies in the French ports in India, and to have added that the operations of both countries should be subjected to all the control that could be required. Lord Cowley naturally received with respectful attention the overtures of the Prince, and said that he would transmit them to his Government." BOURSE, JAN. 6.—There has been considerable agitation to-day in the market, and a further fall took place at the opening on the Rente, and the other securities were nearly unsaleable. The divi dends were deducted on several securities-25f. on Mobilier, 25f. on the Northern, 7f. 90c. on the New Northern, 10f. on the Southern, 10f. on the Grenoble, 12f. 50c. on the Austrian, and 12f. on the Saragosa. Threes, after having been done at 71f. 15c., declined to 70f. 70c., and are now at 71f. ; Mobilier varied from 870 f. to 850 f. ex div. ; Orleans, 1,335 f. to 1,340 f. ; Lyons, 840 f. to 845 f. ; Northern, 945 f. to 940 f. ex div. ; and Southern, 552 f. 50c. to 550 f. ex div. The following were the last quotations : 4i per Cents..... 96 75 Do. end month .. 96 60 Credit Fonder.... Belgian 41 . "..— Piedmontess (5) .. 93 Roman 4.. 92 60 Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt 42 3 per Cents 7l 25 Do. end month 7l 45 Bank Shares. 2950 Credit Mobilier 875 Do. Account B9O RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 950 -- .. 962 50 New ditto BO5 .. 815 Lyons and Mediterranean 855 860 New ditto ..., Geneva Midi Southern , Western Eastern Gra ad Central Sardinian Austrian '''' "'-' • • .. 590 550 - 555 595 - 600 677 50 .. 685 420 - .. 415 - 610 .. 612 50 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 121 c.; three months, paper, 241. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 95c. EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria, of the 24th ult., in the Debats' says :—" Mr Green, the English consul in this city, went last week to Cairo, and was imme diately received by the Viceroy. Mr. Green pointed out to his Highness that by the concession which _ _ he had granted to M. de Lesseps, he (the consul) had been placed in a very perplexing situation, and that M. de Lesseps, assuming the title of re presentative of the Pacha of Egypt in the affair of the canal, had formed a company. The consul added that there was still time for the Viceroy to disavow his representative. Said Pacha replied as follows : ' A mistake has been made in Europe, in attributing to NI. de Lesseps alone the project of cutting through tb►te Isthmus of Suez ; whereas it is I who am the promoter of it. M. de Lesseps, in all that he has done up to the present time, has only followed my instructions. You will doubtless ask me what motive led me to conceive this undertaking. I will frankly reply that it was a desire to do honour to my Government and to render my name illustrious, while at the same time I served in the most efficacious manner the true interests of the Ottoman empire. I have from this fact acquired the approbation of all the nations of Europe, and I have formed an undertaking in which all of them ought to interest themselves. This will prove to you that the majority of the great powers are highly interested in the formation of the Suez Canal.' Your Highness,' replied Mr. Green, 'will allow me to observe that, although France and other powers have shown themselves favourable to the project, it has been highly disapproved of by the English Cabinet, as being contrary to its interests. lam decided,' replied the Viceroy, on persevering in the line of conduct which I have hitherto followed and on doing all in my power to accelerate the execution of a project the realisation of which is so generally desired.' Mr. Green then asked the Vice roy whether he might make his Government ac quainted with the conversation, to which his High- ness replied in the affirmative. The consul then left, and on the following day returned to Alexan- do a." THE DANUBE. The French Minister of Marine has received a report from Captain Roussin, commandant of the station of the Danube, dated on board the Averne, at Galatz, 19th ult., in which he says :—" There are now only from seven to eight feet of water on the bar of the Sulina, which is the only mouth by which the Danube can be entered. Such vessels should therefore be chosen for the trade to this place as draw but little water, so that they may not have to unship any of their cargoes in order to enter the river. Vessels of from 200 to 300 tons built as flat as possible are the best suited for this trade. There are two periods in the year when the navigation of the Danube is carried on with most activity the autumn when ves sels take away a large part of the produce of the year's crop, and the spring of the follow ing year, when they come to take on board what they had not received previously. For the spring trade, vessels should arrive as soon as pos sible after the middle of March, as at that period the ice has all disappeared. and if a little activity be used in getting cargoes on board, they can again leave before the fever season arrives, which is often fatal to sailors who are not well looked after, and who are frequently overworked. For the autumn trade, the Danube should be reached at the latest by the end of October, otherwise vessels run a great risk of being caught by the ice, and locked up for two or three months. As the passages from the ports of Western Europe to the Danube are frequently delayed by northerly winds, vessels should leave England in August and the Mediterranean ports in September at the latest The navigation of the Black Sea is not so difficul as that of the Channel, and the captains of vessels are wrong to take on board pilots at Constanti- nople, as very few of them are to be relied on. It is very important, however, that in passing Con. stantinople they should get from their consuls a list of the signals made use of at the tower of Sulina. If on arriving off the port they see a flag flying to interdict the entrance, they should gain an offing, or, if they prefer it, come to an anchor, choosing ground sufficiently distant from the coast and to the N.B. of the mouth of the river. If, on the contrary, a port pilot should propose to them to run in, they should be careful to inform him of their exact draft of water, in order tnat he may know whether they can safely pass the bar. When the wind is not completely fair for entering, re course should be had to a steam tug, four of which are kept by private individuals, and which cil ?iglit duc a t s (96f . ) f or tak i ng a vessel over bar. When th e r i ver i s once entered a pilot sho be taken, and wh o w ill treat for taking the v up ; but before conc l u di ng any bargain, it is visable to consult th e capta i n of the port or English consul; wh o i s a l so c h arged with Fre interests. Vessels which do not arrive in Danube until November or December should in arrangements to be towed up to Galati. which about 90 miles from the sea, as they would of wise lose much valuable time. 'When ye have taken on board their cargoes; they go do the river with the current, but the larger ye are compelled to take part of their lading down barges until they have crossed the bar. Ast watch should, however, be kept over the barge* otherwise robbery of the corn will undoubt take place. Very large'vessels should put a of their cargoes on board the steamboats of Austrian Company, w hi c h w ill t ow t h em over v, bar and there reload them. The price charged this company is m o de ra t e . Th ere i s ano kind of difficuty to which the captains of to chant vessels are exposed in the Danube, against which it is well to put them on th t i guard. Almost all the French vessels come h chartered by commercial houses established England; they are addressed first to Congo/ 1 i nople, whence they are sent to other corresponde° residing at Galats or Ibrail. This change of age° frequently exposes theni to' great embarrassrne° The corn trade, as it is carried on, is a compie' gambling affair, both as regards the freights ie the sale and purchase of corn. Vessels which hie been chartered for two or three months and aro in the ports of the Danube find, perhaps, that duri° • that interval the rate of freight has lowered, 00 they cannot obtain their cargoes on the cove ] tions secured to them , by their charter partie If the rate of freight should prove advantage° for the consignees the latter come forward eage l . but if, on the contray, there is : a risk of their I°o' by the execution of their contract, they seek by eve means in their, power to evade it. One Frey' captain, on his arrival, found his consignee a ban rupt ; another could not find his at all, and b° l were compelled to look out . for fresh freighte l Several have been compelled to sell their chart parties at a discount. Captains should requ il that, if their charter -party be sold at a loss, t l difference in price should be made up to tbd Shipowners cannot be too careful in looking 01 ' the clauses in the charter-parties which tlic, accept for their vessels. They are frequent drawn up in English, and many captains do care to have them translated and explained to the ° One captain, on arriving in the Danube, was sl ° prised at being told that, by his charter-party, I' consignee had the right to send him for his call" to Giurgewo, 180 miles above Ibrail, and in ord to avoid going that distance, he was compelled submit to a reduction in his rate of freight, althntg it was not originally fixed higher than that paid Galatz and Ibrail." Another report to the Minister of Marine from t commander of the French station in the Data of the same crate, states that all the vessels of of the station were moored to the quay of Gall to pass the winter, and that' due precautions b . been taken to prevent accidents on the breaking' of the ice. As, however, the river was high, go the current consequently rapid, it was hoped tb it would not be frozen to the same extent as is year. The number of French merchant ships whi t entered the Danube in the course of last year NC I 94, the largest number ever known. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 2d do not, as oft° happens on a Sunday, contain any political ref, of importance. A deputation of the Chamber °: Deputies had waited on the Queen to present t 1 Address in reply to the Speech from the Thro l and her Majesty, in a few words, expressed he thanks for it. The Diseusion had been seized. royal decree in the Gazette enacts that as M. Ole zag& was elected to sit for the district of Barquill in Madrid, a new election shall take place for th of Lavapies, in the same city, for which he also returned. The semi-official Correspondan Autografa states that the Government had receil accounts from the Philippines to the 9th, to effect that the operations of the expedition Cochin China had had to be suspended in cons quence of bad weather. A letter from Teheran says :—" It is believe ti that the ex-Sadrazam Mirza Aga Khan, who lately accused of peculation, will be condemned t perpetual banishment in some country of Wester ° Europe --most likely, according to his own wish' France. An electric telegraph between this ei t ( i and Tauris is t o b e es t a bli s h ed i n the spring, as we d as a railway about eight miles long between TOO' ran and the Elbourg, the Shah's summer residenc e ' The French Minister, Baron Pichon, presented a fe ll days ago the members of the French military nii 9 sion to the Shah. The Shah received them veil kindly, expressed his joy at possessing the friend' ship of the Emperor Napoleon, spoke flatteringli, of the French army before Sebastopol, and declare' that he was grateful that French officers had con' sented to come to his country to teach his arral European tactics. A few days after these officer! commenced their duties in the military school at Teheran. The Shah was present at the first lesson and promised frequently to renew his visits." The Archduchess Maximilian left Milan on the 2d for Trieste, in order to receive her cousin, the future Princess Royal of the Two Sicilies, the Archdukes Regnier and William, and the Arch' duchess Maria. A Vienna letter of the Ist says that it was, generally rumoured that th e P orte h ad confirmed the election of Prince Milosch as Hereditary Prince of Servia. No confirmation of the rumour had , however, reached either the Turkish embassy or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it was not considered doubtful that the election would be confirmed by the Porte. THE LOMBARDO-VENETIAN ARMY. The strength of the Austrian army in Lombardo' Venetia, which was considerably reduced in the course of 1858, has lately been, and still is , greatly on the increase. It is difficult to fix nub' bars, but large bodies of men have come in from Germany, and others are at hand, although the)" may not have entered, nor perhaps will do so, un' less circumstances should demand their presence. I speak with due reserve, for these are matters hard to get at the exact truth of; but, from all I can learn, I should think that the Austrians could noW at any time muster, within two or three days, 100,000 men within the limits of their Italian dominions. The number at present within those limits may, however, be much short of this. I have heard it estimated that there are now 100,000 and even 120,000 men in Lombardo- Venetia, but this I incline to think great exaggera tion. The garrison of Milan is at the present time 15,000 strong. The fortifications at the Tosa-gate of Milan, which were intended as precautions against an enemy within the city, are being (or about to be) pulled down, and I am told that the materials are already advertised for sale. It is also stated that the Government is selling the barracks and different Government buildings in Milan, and will afterwards rent them from the purchasers, the object being to have as little Government property as possible in the Lombard capital. In case of war, and a Piedmontese advance across the Ticino, the Austrians would, doubtless, evactu.t3 Milan, leaving a garrison in the citadel (for which 1,500 men would suffice), and retire towards their strong line of fortresses, which must be the base of their operations. They would be fighting in an enemy's country, and must act accordingly. But you will think it rather too soon to enter upon strategical considerations.—Letter from Turin (2d edit. Times). CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Thurs day, Jan. 6.--Admissions on payment, 2,197 ; ; ditto by season tickets, 821; total, 3,018. 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