The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

T"E OCCASIONAL. By LEIGH HUNT. No. 111.—See the SPECTATbR of SATURDAY N EXT Published at 9; Wellington-street, Strand. OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVE Lo NT IA GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss uisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison TIIIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, Oatitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing Commence at Seven, THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EV E NING, LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. To conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. OPAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. LS) Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled T lIE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE BUSYBODY. Messrs. Buckstone, Farren, Szo. ; Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam and Miss Reynolds. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager; Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Messrs. Finely:Barret, and Rogers. Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Julia St. George. After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, I%lrs. Weston, nibs Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, &c. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosins Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, &c. To conclude with the new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 30. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster. First Night of a New Drama. THIS EVENING, THE BORGIA RING : A Legend of tonehenge. Mr. Ben. Webster, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, Miss Woolg,ar, Mrs. Billington. To be followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS. Mr. C. Selby, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Henrietta Simms. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton. Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Hilde brand ; Columb I ne, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupin ; Sprite, Mr. Le lan% ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne. And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE , Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses Nightly. Great and glorious Success of the gorgeously-appinted Pan tomime.—The celebrated continental equestrians, Mr. • A. Brydges and Madame Brydges, every Evening. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35...; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery,. 6d. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the rand Spec tacle of THE GIPSY GIRL OF MADRID ; or, The Edict of Spain. After which, the inimitable SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Wm. Cooke's beautiful and highly-trained palfries and ponies, and the Starßiders of Europe. To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eoc N s: trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantalobn, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest ; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. Stage Manager, Mr. IL Phillips. The last grand Morning Performance of the matchless Pan tomime on Saturday next, January 29, at Two o'clock. Carriages for the day 'performance at hall-past four, and night representation at half-past eleven, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, Proprietor --C. MORTON. The 'public is most respectfully informed 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 tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altos ether, the exist -1132: Musie Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdoln. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. V • - In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 27. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 4g—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.75. WIND, Westerly; fresh, with beautiful weather. THE SUN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1859. The extraordinary rapidity observable in the development of the most gigantic of all our great colonies—Australia—was strikingly notified last evening at the anniversary dinner commemorative of its original foundation. Within the compass of an ordinary life-time, during the lapse o f j ust threescore years and eleven, our magnificent colonial possessions at our antipodes have fbecome enhanced in importance with a speed altogether unprecedented. Instead of comprising exclusively a single penal settlement of comparative insig nificance, Australia is now peopled by one million loyal freemen, devoted and enlight- ened subjects of the Crown of these domi nions., There, according to the last published estimates, flourishes a dependency having a yearly revenue of more than £5,000,000, absorbing im ports to the annual value of £27,000,000, and sup plying exports to the annual value of nearly £23,000,000. An extraordinary efflux and influx of wealth—a really wonderful revenue for a colo nial possession so youthful as this dependency of Australasia—remembering that the revenue of the venerable mother country herself, the entire revenue of the United Kingdom at the date of the ll : evolution_ was, upon the average, actually no more than £4,000,000 ! Remembering again, that our imperial imports in 1857 amounted to just £187,000,000 --and the whole of our exports in the same year to £122,000,000. Yet, within the brief interval already particularized within the compass of a single lifetime, one dependency of the Crown of England, founded as recently as the year 1788, has so swiftly developed its varied and prolific resources that we find it now, in 1859, with an annual income of almost £5,000,000 —importing yearly to the value of £27,000,000, and exporting yearly to the value of £23,000,000. One remark able circumstance vouched upon by a comparison of the returns of the United Kingdom and those of our antipodean possessiors in Aus tralasia, is that of the imports in each instance being in excess of the exports. What to a supetficial observer might in this appear to be an adverse balance in our commercial transactions, is one of the most reliable indications of the healthy condition of the trade—here in the United Kingdom, there in Australia. Together with the growth of the commerce of that great dependency, and with the rapid increase of its aggregate re venue has been the steady advance there made in the educational interests of the dependency. The university already established under Royal charter at Sydney, will, in all human likelihood; obtain the balance of a sister university, established also under Royal charter, at Melbourne. Simultane ously with all which striking evidences of the mate rial prosperity of the colony, there have, within the last few years, come to the old mother-country the nobest tokens of loyalty and love such, for example, as the splendid contribution recently transmitted to England in behalf of the sufferers from the late Hindoo insurrection—such, again, a little further back, as the princely sum of £150,000, sent to these islands as an expression of sympathy to the sufferers from the Crimean war, from their fraternal fellow-citizens, the colonists of Australia. Coupling incidents like these with others of a kin dred character, transpiring at opposite extremities of our vast colonial empire, such, we may add, as the recent embodiment upon the opposite shores of the Atlantic of the 100th Foot or Royal Canadian Regiment—it was observed last evening by Her MAJESTY'S Colonial Secretary as truthfully as elo quently—" These things make us feel that, though oceans divide us, we have all English hearts, and that the sceptre of Queen VICTORIA is an electric rod, which unites in kindred sympathy the extre mities of our glorious empire." The words closing the thoughtful and patriotic address delivered yesterday by that eminent statesman will resound, we doubt I not, across that wide waste of waters, and thrill to the heart of many an earnest citizen in that loyal million of Australians. " The time may come," said the right hon. baronet, " when these new colonies of ours will be great States and nations, when they will find it easier to raise armies among them than they now find it to raise a police—when, instead of that single armed steamer for which the colony of Victoria now so nobly pays, she will have in her harbours forests of masts, and in her waters a navy of her own. It may so happen in that distant day that England may be in danger. It may so happen that• the great Powers of Old Europe may then rise up against the venerable parent of many free commonwealths. If that day should arrive, I believe that her chil dren will not be unmindful of the tie which binds them to the dear mother country ; and that to her rescue across the wide ocean, vessels will come quick and fast, among which there will be beard but one voice—' While Australia lasts England shall not perish.' " With the utterance of that thrilling hope and belief upon his lips, the Colonial Secretary closed his admirable speech commemorative of the foun dation of our colonies in Australasia. Are we to have peace or war ? Is the tranquillity of Europe to be disturbed, and every nation to be compelled to sustain a heavy outlay in defraying the expenditure essential even to the most decided neutrality? England will not sustain Austria in keeping fetters on Italian limbs. " Lombardo- Venetia" is one of the talismanic words• that must create a strong impression on any of the authorities inVienna. The wrongs ofthe country are well known, but the inhabitants are wealthy, the taxes produce a large amount to a not very wealthy exchequer, and the German sabruirs find it an agreeable lounge, wherein they can exhibit " high arts," and display unbounded insolence. Were it not for the conduct of the military the irritation at Milan, Venice, and other towns, might 'be more' easily appeased, and the people rendered more contented with the Government they are compelled to submit to. But Austria now knows that no assistance can be anticipated either from England or Prussia. The universal tone of English journalism proves the former fact—the speech of the Prince Regent clearly indicates the latter. Although it has one hundred and fifty thousand disciplined soldiers in Italy, and many strong fortresses, which formi dable forces would be required to capture, it would not willingly encounter either the foreign foes or domestic insurrectionists by which it might be assailed. It will rather grant the indispensable reforms, and endea vour to conciliate the people than risk an encounter with France and Sardinia, which must, under even the most favourable circumstances, be exceedingly costly, and that at a very inconvenient time, when they are actually figuring in the Money-market as borrowers, and are striving to extract the paltry sum of six millions sterling from the pockets of JOHN BULL. There will, then, be no war on the Austrian side ; on the contrary, it will probably offer every reasonable concession to avert so formidable a calamity. But the great point to be considered is what course will be pursued by Louis NAPOLEON ? No one can perceive the intricate and devious paths through which he may be inclined to wander. None can foretell the difficulties imposed by a boisterous and turbulent army, for whom it may be necessary to proVide active employment, lest they might turn on their employer, and— " Rend the hand that gave them bread." Such might be the case with Louis NAPOLEON. We have seen the truculent addresses of French Colonels published in the official columns of the Moniteur. Their tone was such that it could scarcely be anticipated that peace could be preserved, but still the firm, but conciliatory tone adopted by Lord MALMESBURY, produced a fortunate change in our diplomatic relations, and 'peace was maintained, notwithstanding all the inauspicious omens that " Frightened our isle from its propriety." We believe that the result will be similar in the present instance. There will not be an EurOpean war, as we believe ; but trade and commerce have been paralysed, and production has been arrested, all because Louis NAPOLEON willed to utter a few threatening words on a very unsuitable occasion , and VICTOR EMMANUEL chose to follow suit, and to sacrifice his poor little daughter, not yet sixteen years of age, at the Bonapartist shrine. Piedmont has, as every one knows, her own quarrels to avenge and her own ambition to gratify. But she cannot do it unless with powerful assistance. She must be certain that France will take her part, and on Tolle ' terms? For even if triumphant, ' `Might occur that she would gain s, and that France might take " share" of the booty. We should desire to setaraly perfectly free and united under a con stitutional government ; but that felicitous result will not be obtained under such inauspicious auguries as those proceeding from the Despot of France or the Autocrat of Russia. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as the general commanding-in-chief held a levee yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards, at which there was a large attendance of officers. His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess d'Apponyt will leave the residence of the Austrian Legation to-day, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, at Blenheim. His Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands has returned to town from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, at Combermere Abbey. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and family arrived in Arlington-strett, yesterday, from Hat field, for the season. The Marquis of Lansdowne is expected at Lans downe House, from Eowood, on Wednesday next, for the Parliamentary session. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon will arrive in t own early next week, from The Grove, near Watford, for the season, 1 nig S[TN, LONDON, LONDON C , BRIT RA ILGHTON,WAY. AND SOUTH OAS HALF-YE. k.RLY MEETING (THIS DAY.) The ordinary hz .4f -yearly meeting of this company win , -; was held this day r ‘tthe Bridge-house Hotel—Leo Schuster, Esq., chairman of the Board of Directors, presiding. The usual routinv business having been disposed of, and the report, which has already appeared in The Sun, being taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, ii t moving the reception and adoption ' of the report, congra; tulated the meeting on the cheering position of the wide. rtaking. The capital account was so clearly set forth in the report that he thought he could pass it over by merely of .)serving that although the addition to it was large, it had bee n required to meet the expenses of acquiring land for the era ction of the Pimlico station, and he had the assurance of the , .engineers that the works were pro ceeding satisfactorily, and he entertained no doubt but that they would be completed in Id delivered up to the company at the stipulated time in June I text. The position of debenture stock was very satisfactory. The next point he referred to was the revenue. The report was very full on that head, and if the proprietors carefully .examined it, they would be fully satisfied with the results. We have had during the past year to struggle with a commercial crisis, and it was gratifying to find that they had acquired a net in crease of £ll,OOO, after deducting the decrease of the previous half-year, (Hear, hear.) It was perfectly clear that this satisfactory result could not have been ac complished without the greatest attention to the traffic, and in all cases where increased accommodation, and where such had beenoffered ,an increase of receipts had invariablyfollowed. In the year 1851 there had been no less than seven reduc tions of fares ; three in 1852 ; two in 1853 ; one in 1854 ; Sour in 1855 ; three in 1856 ; nine in 1857 ; and three in the past year. (Hear, hear.) In not one case had there been art increase. (Hear, hear.) We have also greatly im proved the carriages of the company, feeling it our duty to do all that w ,4.8 possible to give increased comfort to those possessed of Otle as well as those possessed of much. (Hear, hear.) \i r e have, in carrying out this arrangement, converted many of oar second class carriages into thirds— (hear, hear)—and to the third class carriages in possession of the company we have aanted all the latest improve ments. Our second class carriages have also been made more comfortable ; we have added cushions and stuffed backs, indeed, your directors have done everything to promote the general comfort of all travellers availing themselves of the London and Brighton railway. , The proprietors would recollect that in, the year 1856 powers were obtained by a new company to extend this company's Epsom line to Leatherhead, and he had now the pleasure to inform the yueeting that the directors of the Brighton Company had eitered into an agreement for the lease of the Leatherhead li ne I jith an option to purchase at any time within three years. The line, he believed, was in such a forward state that it was fully believed it would be open for_trffiac the first of next omnth. (Hear, hear.) The necessary steps had been taken to obtain Parliamentary sanction to the agreement, and also for a further extension of the lino to Dorking. The plant of the company, it would no doubt be a satisfaction to the shareholders to know, .was in the best possible condition, so it was not likely that any large expenditure on that would be required for some time. (Hear, hear.) He now ap proached a:subject that was of importance to them all, he meant taxes. In 1858, notwithstanding that the income tax had been reduced, this company under the head of taxes had paid no less a su m than L 68,000, which vv of equal to one and a half per cent of the dividend. (Shame.) With respect to their relations with the South Western Company, the chairman assured the meeting that the board of directors of the Brighton Railway Company had never taken anything but the straight road, they knowing full well that any other always led astray. (Hear, hear.) They had not asked for anything that was not their own, and they meant to insist on that right being conceded with firmness and moderation. (Hear.) They would do all they could to avoid a contest, and all the directors asked for was the confidence of the proprietors. (Hear, hear.) He did not know of any other remarks he need address to them, so he would conclude by moving the adoption of the report, and observing that he should feel great pleasure in , answering whatever questions were put to him. (Cheers.) The motion of the chairman having been seconded, was, after a short discussion, carried unanimously. Resolutions directing the payment of the dividend of 31 per cent. for the half-year, and re-electing the retiring directors, Leo Schuster, Esq., Charles Lushington, Esq., and John Nix, Esq., were also agreed to unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. • . , ~,,,, , A,j. At- g e ,„le ,1 , ,.• ~,,s ` i" , . ) ,'"'.....0 — l. ~ ..,, ' .- ,.._...4, - ,:. , ) `. : IpNW 16 A S i t r THE lONIAN ISLANDS. We are requested to state that Mr. Gladstone has ac cepted the Lord High Commissionership of the lonian Islands, though his'tenure of that office will be of extremely short duration. He was to open the Session of the lonian. Parliament on the 25th inst. About the beginning of •t he second week in February he will be recalled, and his suc cessor appointed ; so that, although this temporary accept ance of office vacates Mr. Gladstone's seat for the Univer sity of Oxford, he will be re-eligible by the time a fresh , election can take place, while the primary measures con • nected with the better administration of the Islands will be introduced with greater advantage than by any successor to his office. The Earl and Countess of Digby will arrive in town on Saturday for the season. The noble earl has taken a mansion in Belgrave-square. The Earl and Countess of Haddington have arrived at the Euston Hotel. The Countess Astelfiani has arrived at the Bruns wick Hotel, Jermya-street, from the Continent. The Earl of Carlisle is expected to arrive in town early in the ensuing week from Castle Howard, Yorkshire. . . Viscount and Viscountess Combermere will arrive in town on Monday from Combermere Abbey for the open ing of Parliament. Lord and Lady Foley and the Hon. Adelaide Foley are expected to leave Nice in the early part of next month on their return to England. Lord and Lady Feversham have arrived in town from Thmeombe Park for the season. The Bishop of Chester left the Euston Hotel yesterday for the Episcopal Palace, Chester. _ _ . The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. J. North have left Fenton's Hotel for the Castle, Dublin. Sir George and Lady Grey will return to town on Monday next for the season. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, accompanied by Lady Charlotte Denison, is ex pected to arrive in town from his seat in Nottinghamshire on Tuesday next. The right hon. gentleman is invited to dine with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 2d proximo. The mile of M. de Magnus, charge•d'affaires of Prussia at the court of Brussels, died on last Saturday night or Sunday morning whilst giving birth to a daughter, who survives. The deceased lady had been a resident at Brussels for about three years, and expired at, the early age of 22 years. Madame de Magnus was:the daughter of Baron do Brunnow, the Russian ambassador at London. The Archbishop of Canterbury has fixed Wed nesday, the 18th of May, for the celebration of the 205th anniversary festival of the Sons of the Clergy, at St. Paul's Cathedral. Sir Matthew Sausse, late Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Bombay, has been promoted to the Chief Justiceship of that Court. The vacant Puisne Judgeship has been conferred on Mr. Arnould, of the Middle Temple and the Home Circuit. Mr. Arnould is the author of a well known work, entitled " The Law of Marine Insurance." PREPAYMENT OF INLAND LETTERS.—On the 10th February and thenceforward, the prepayment (in stamps) of all inland letters will be compulsory ; and any inland letters which may be posted wholly unpaid will be returned to the writers. Insufficiently paid letters, how ever, will be forwarded, charged with the deficient postage and an additional rate of one penny. By command of the Postmaster-General,—ROW LAN] HILL, Secretary. Ge neral Post-office, Jan. 27. DOCTORS IN GALORE.—One of the fancy schemes of the Poor-law Board is to have two medical officers ap pointed to every parish in the Union. Carried out in the City, this scheme would prove a costly joke, for the ninety-eight parishes would require 196 medical men with stipends from parochial rates, and no patients to keep them out of mischief. Two hundred parish doctors within con versation distance of each other, in a city of shops and ware houses ! In the days of the barber-surgeons, such a scheme might have worked well, but you cannot now go to Escula pius for an "easy shave" and a shampooing ! Capital yoke . k I 200 doctors and the half dozen patients flung from one to the other to give them all a turn at useful practice 1 —City Press. CLEARANCE OF JUGDESPORE JUNGLE.—We are told that the Government has presented a gold watch and chain to Jummeat Ally, Gomasta of the opium factory . at Cawnpore, for his loyalty, and in recognition of the services rendered by him to the state in protecting the Government treasure when the factory was threatened with an' attack by the rebels. We hear that the clearance of the Jugdespore jungle is progressing satisfactorily. The work has been given to Mr. 'Burrows, of the enterprising firm of Messrs. Burn and Co., railway contractors. The Engineers' Journal states that 2,000 ivorkmen are new employed in cutting and removing the trees, and that nearly 2,500 acres, or one • twelfth part of the jungles, have already been cut down. The work, observes the journal, has been undertaken by the contractor on condition that thejungle is to be cut down at his own expense, the Government granting hirn the whole of the lands rent free for a period of 99 years. If this be true, it is a move in the right direction. If the Judgespore jungles are soon cleared, as the Engineers' Journal is led to expect, from the system of cutting pursued, it will be intwo months' time, Mr. Burrows will have rendered a most substantial service to Government, for which he would well deserve the, enjoyment of th e ren t-f ree l an d s o f th e jungles of Judgespore. These have formed the refuge of the rebels for ' months past, and it is from these retreats that Kooer Singh's followers have given so much trouble. There are several jungles, tracts of uncultivated land in the upper provinces, which might be given away to enterprising speculators rent free for limited periods. The Sunderbund grants cannot have failed to convince the Government how much of the woods, the aboriginal dens of wild beasts, can be converted into fertile soils. The grant and appropriation of wild and uncultivated lands to those who are willing to undertake their cultivation on libel al terms must tend to develop the roeurces of the country. LATEST NEWS. The following telegram was receiN ccl. at Mr. Renter's office this mulling : PARIS, TiIURSDAY, Jan. 27. The Moniteur of this clay contains the follow- mg :- " The men-of-war Napoleon and Algesiras, and the frigate Impetueuse departed on the 26th of January from Toulon for Genoa." The vessels are probably intended to accompany Prince Napoleon and his bride. The Moniteur de la Colonisation contains a Minis terial decree of Prince Napoleon, dated January 6th, prohibiting all recruiting of immigrants on the eastern coast of Africa and Madagascar. Then following telegrams were received at Ain Reuter's office last night : MARSEILLES, JAN. 26. The English steamer has just arrived here, bring ing the India and China mails, and has on board the bearer of the treaty of commerce concluded between France and China. Advices have been received from Constantinople ,o the 19th inst. Previous to the election of the Hospodar of Mol davia the Porte had notified to the Ambassadors its intention of reserving its veto, but the unanimity of the vote for A. Couza has completely disconcerted the Porte, which also apprehends a similar check in Wallachia. It is asserted that the Civil List has contracted another loan of 30 millions of piastres. The Sultan is about to marry his daughter, the widow of Ghalib Pasha, to his favourite, Osman .Bey, who would then replace Riza Pasha in the Ministry. From Persia another victory over the Turcomans is reported. In Circassia Naib has condemned Col. Ladiensk to be hanged. MADRID, lAN. 25. Some English houses (coinpagnies Anglaises) have bought up, at advanced prices, all the wool in stock in Estramadura and some other provinces. MADRID, JAN. 26. Government, suspecting a project got up in order to rescue the Neapolitan transported prisoners on their arrival at Cadiz, have taken measures to pre- vent it. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. M. Proudhon, the well known Socialist writer, was, it may be remembered, some months ago con demned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to three years' imprisonment and 4,000 f. fine for hay outraged public and religious morality, and de. fended in his work De la justice dans la Revolution et dans Eglise acts which the law describes as crimes. Against that condemnation he appealed to:the Imperial Court, but when the appeal came on for hearing he did not present himself, and the judgment was confirmed by default. He put in an opposition to that decision, and the matter came on yesterday anew. But when he was called he did not appear, nor did any advocate appear for him. The court aecordingly rejected his opposition, and again confirmed the judgment. A letter from Brest says :-" The Minister of Marine has, in a recent despatch, defined in a clear and preicse manner what is to be understood by the phrase—state of commission of vessels in port. The true definition is, he says, that a vessel should be ready for sea in a very short period, and should only have to take on board her crew, the part of her stores which had been landed for safe keeping, her provisions and her powder, so as to be then ready for immediate service. The order to pnt a vessel in a state of commission therefore implies that all the works of construction, repairs, &c., are to be completed so that she may be at once flitted out. After giving these explanations, the Minister pre scribesthat the greatest activity shall be used in bring ing forward such vessels as can be got ready with the greatest expedition, and then mentions the names of the vessels now in the port of Brest, which are to be placed in the state of commission—that is to say, that at the first order they may be fitted out for sea. Th o s e vessels are the steam and be ready frigates Caffarelli, Panama, Descartes, Orinoque, Danae, Amazone, d'Assas, Caton, Chimere, and Montezuma; the screw liners Turenne, Duguesclin, Breslau, Imperial, Tilsitt, Ulm, and Wagram ; the steam corvette Gassendi ; the transports Garonne, Monge, and Forbin ; and the floating battery Con grove. ' I do not speak,' says the minister in conclusion, of the screw liners Louis XIV., Tage, Duguay-Trouin, Jean Bart, and Duquesne, nor the steam frigate Ardente, which I consider as being all completed as regards their hulls and engines." The Journal de Cherbourg says:—" The Minister of Marine has just informed the maritime authori ties in this port that the necessities of the service require that the ships of the line Arcole, Alexandre, join, as quickly as possible, the experimental squadron in the Mediterranean. and Donawerth shall These three vessels in consequence will soon quit Cherbourg for their destination. The steam frigate the Sane, which was to have accompanied Prince Napoleon to Genoa, but could not be got ready in time, is also under orders for Toulon. She is now completely fitted out and is taking coal on board. Everything leads to the belief that she will leave before the end of the week." BOURSE, Jan. 26.—The market has been buoy ant on the report that the Vienna Cabinet has made overtures for the establishment of conferences in order to settle the pending difficulties. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 50c., improved to 63f. 85e. ; Mobilier varied from 777 f. 50e. to 79M. ; Austrian, 567 f. 50c. to 572 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,320 f. to 1,327 f. 50e. ; Lyons, 842 f. 50e. to 847 f. 50c. ; Northern, 937 f. 50e. to 940 f. ; Southern, 527 f. 50c. to 532 f. 50c. ; Lombardo-Venetian. 527 f. 50c. to 535 f. The following were the last quotations : ft per Cents. .... 96 90 'Credit Fonder Do. end month .. 96 85 Belgian 41 99 25 3 per Cents 69 Piedmonteso (5) .. 85 Do. end month , ,50 itoraan _ 87 Bank Shares 2910 Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 805 Spanish Threes Do. Account BO5 Home Debt 4O RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .. 945 .. 940 New ditto. Bl5 .. 812 50 Lyons and Moditerran, , ,, 845 .. 845 - New ditto Geneva ••• Midi Southern - Western 6OO .. 600 - Eastern 685 .. 685 - Grand Central - Sardinian 415 417 50 Austrian 562 .50 Exchange on London, at sight, piper, 2.5 f. 121 e. ; money, 25f. 10e.; three months, paper, M. 971 e.; utoney, 24f. One, SPAIN. The following telegram has been received : MADRED, JAN. 25. " English companies are buying, at high prices, all the wool in Estremadura and other provinces. " The health of the Infante is better." The Madrid journals of the 21st publish an official return, which shows that on the 31st Dec. last the floating debt was 574,493,868 reals. It was said that in March next the Queen will pay a visit of two months' duration to Andalusia. A royal decree, in the Gazette, allows General Zapa tcro y Navas to resign the Captaincy-General of Andalusia, and appoints General Villalonga y Es calada his successor. The Madrid journals of the 22d contain no news of political importance. It is asserted in a letter that the reason why General Zapatero resigned the Captaincy-general of Andalusia was that the Go vernment blamed him for having, in spite of his orders, shown the same attentions to the Count de Paris on his visit to Seville as if he were a prince of a reigning family. The public meeting at Hamburg, which had been convoked by 16 heads of the principal families in the city, took place on Saturday. The resolutions passed were in favour of the complete revision of the constitution, and the meeting named a com mittee charged to suggest the best means for at taining that object. A letter in the Opinione of Turin states that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has refused to accede to Austria's request regarding an exchange of Tuscan for Austrian troops. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Royal Mail steamship Phoebe, Captain Clarke, we have received. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 22d of December. They do not, however, contain much of interest. The Phcebe has brought specie to the amount of £7OO ; copper ore, 1,995 bags ; wool, 37,6371 b. ; and sundry wine, horns, &c. Among the passengers from the Cape were Sir Robert Stamford, Captain Salmond, Captain Cress well, R.N., Mr. Hammersley, R.N., Major Morse, and Major Fraser. (From the Cape- Argus of Dee. 21.) Since our last summary for England was written the designs of the Transvaal Republic upon the acig,hbouring Bechuana tribes have been fully lcveloped, and they comprehend nothing less than their total subjugation and enslavement. Very little rumour of wars and cattle-thefts has come to 113 during the last month from the Free State. British Kaffraria is tolerably quiet and uncom plaining ; but there are said. to be (on the authority of the Graham's Town Journal) at least 100,000 natives in the colony, of whom, as might be ex pected, an occasional complaint is heard; and it would be as well if they could be put under a little more restraint. A continuous stream of immigra tion from home will be the best corrective for this untoward influx of Kafirs. We have late news from the neighbouring colony of Natal, whose Legislative Council is sitting, and carrying on, as usual, a fierce and not very elegantly worded war, with a " despicable,and despotic official clique." Natal bids fair, as things are going, to become a black settlement with a few white officials, instead of a European colony. Sugar is doing ex ceedingly well, and it may now be considered to have fairly " riz" as a sugar colony ; but its credit is not yet equal to raising £lOO,OOO loan to carry on its public works. The vineyards throughout the country look ex ceedingly well. The vines are healthy and well laden with grapes. There has been some fine warm showers of late, and the fruit is swelling beautifully. The vintage promises to be very fine indeed. The crops of oat-hay this season are very large, and forage has come down by the run. Oats are now selling at 9s. 6d. per muid, whereas, at the beginning of 1858, they were realising 18s. per maid. Oat-hay at that time fetched upwards of 15s. per hundred, now it is selling from ss. to 6s. 6cl. The inhabitants of Graham's Town and Port Elizabeth lately preSented to the captain of the Itoyal mail steam ship Phoebe, H. Clarke, Esq., a purse of £75, as a recognition of the well-working of the line, and to reward him for making the quickest voyages. WRECK OF THE ARAGO. The Hamburg bark Arago, 630 tons, D. C. lol ling, master,from Memel for this port and Batavia, went ashore on entering Table Bay, on the night of the 38th ult. A court of inquiry, composed of Commander Gordon and Mr. Salfleet, of H.M. steamer Hermes, Captain Tinley, shipping-master, Captain Murson, and Mr. Poppe, acting Hamburg consul was appointed to investigate and report upon the circumstances attending the wreck of the vessel. The captain made a statement to them, in the course of which he declared the error on his part in entering Table Bay arose , from his having, after taking bearings of the lights, miscalculated the scale of miles, and thus mistaken his distance from the land. The Court, however, did not attribute the loss of the vessel to this cause. The following was their report to Government :—"That we are of opinion, from the evidence produced, that the loss of the barque Arago was caused by the wrong ful act and default of the master of the said vessel in not taking soundings, or having the lead going, or causing a proper look-out to be kept whilst standing in for the eastern shore of Table Bay, the ship tieing well under command, with a fresh working breeze and a clear atmosphere. The master, moreover, does not appear to have taken any bearings of Green Point light after six p.m., just before tacking for the last time, although the lights were clearly visible when the vessel struck." The hull and cargo of the wreck were sold by public auction, and realized £2,200. CAPT. BEDINGFIELD'S RETURN FROM THE ZAMBEZI Capt. Bedingfield, R.N., who accompanied the. Livingstone expedition to the Zambezi, returned to Cape Town by H.M. st. Lyra a week or two ago ; and subsequently proceeded in the Sanspareil to England. It appears that some mutual misunder standing of a trifling character between Captain Bedingfield and the leader of the expedition was the occasion of his withdrawal from it. LOSS OF THE MADAGASCAR. The Cape and Natal mail steamer Madagascar was wrecked on the night of the sth inst., off the south-east coast, near the mouth of the River Beka, on her passage from East London to Algoa Bay. From the pUblished accounts of the catastrophe, it appears that at six o'clock in the evening, the vessel was computed to be six miles off the coast ; at nine o'clock five miles, and at ten, before the captain's leaving deck, he ordered her to be kept still further seaward. The tops of the hills were visible, but a misty bank hung over the land. At midnight, whilst the passengers were all in their berths, the steamer struck heavily upon a reef of roofs, on the edge of which she rode for 20 minutes, bump ing and straining fearfully, and then got off into deep water. The forehold was immediately half filled and the steamer was found to be sinking. Her boats were at once got out, and provisioned, and the captain, selecting a spot less rocky than the usual run of the coast, hoisted the spanker, and ran the vessel on shore . . At about. three-quarters of a mile out she beached, amid a terrible surf, but was judi cously made a breakwater for the boats, which were kept under her lee until daylight. Whilst so lying, the steamer rolled so much that the rigging could be touched by those in the boats. At day light the boats, at great peril, ,crossed the surf, and reached the land nearly full of water. On the occasion.of the - disaster, coolness and judgment were displayed by the master and officers of the vessel, willingly and ably seconded by the crew. No life was lost, but the passengers and all on board lost nearly everything, including their luggage. The officers and crew suffered a good deal of privation after landing, but this appears to have been una voidable. In our first notice of the melancholy accident, we were led to believe that the steamer was well insured, and so we stated. it. We, how ever, have since learnt, upon the best authority, that she was insured for a sum very considerably below her value. The loss of the Madagascar will be a loss to the whole. community. The transport ship Clasmerden, now in Algoa Bay, wiil convey to India 80 women and children — the wives and families of soldiers belonging chiefly to the 13th Regiment, at present serving in India. SMALL-PDX. The small-pox epidemic, which prevailed here with great fatality for about three months, has now almost totally disappeared. Our business relations with the country districts are therefore improving. Property sales in all parts of the country show a favourable advance in the value of land and build ings. Farms which were originally purchased for a mere song, as the saying is, have realised very considerable prices. UNDER SECRETARY. Mr. W. de Smidt, formerly secretary to the Central Road Board, will shortly be appointed Aieting Under Colonial Secretary, in the place of Mr. Montagu, to whom leave of absence has been granted in consequence of ill health. DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF SORTERS. Among the obituary of the month, the death of H. M. Watson, Esq., is recorded. Mr. Watson was, for several years past, President of Sorters Eit the General Post Office. LOSS OF THE BARQUE ANDROMEDA. From St. Helena we have received intelligence of the loss of the barque Andromeda (of Dundee), Captain Macpherson, bound from Algoa Bay to Falmouth. She was abandoned at sea on the 30th October, in lat. 33 25 S., long. 15 31 E., having four and a half feet of water in her hold, and rudder gone ;" and the captain and crew were picked up by the barque Royal Rose, from Mauritius, and landed at St. Helena. CHINA SQUADRON. Three of the squadron lately engaged on the coast of China, the Sanspareil, the Nankin, and the Pique, have arrived in Simon's Bay-, and sailed again for Portsmouth. The steam sloop Surprise has also arrived from China, and, it is said, she will remain on this station. THE HARVEST. In the Western Province, the grain harvest has just been .brought to a close; it has been in every way a plentiful one. In the Eastern Province; the long-continued drought, of which we complained last month, has happily been broken, and copious refreshing rains have fallen in various parts . of the country, just in time to save a great portion of the crops. This rain, which has been pretty, general, came most opportunely. The farmers had been suffering severely—their crops parched up, and theirlstock dying daily for want of pasturage and water. Fresh life and animation have been im parted to all agricultural pursuits, and our gloomy prospects with regard to food have given place to brigliter-hopes respecting the coming harvest. 11. M. SHIPS IN SIMON'S BAY. H.M.S. Boscawen, H.M. steamer Lyra, and H.M. steamer Hermes are now in Simon's Bay. Some time ago it was rumoured that one of her Majesty's ships on this station would be sent in search of H.M. brig Sappho, which was missing; but recently it has been stated that in consequence of information received by Admiral Grey, via New Amsterdam, no alarming fears are now entertained as to the safety of the Sappho. REGIMENTS IN THE COLONY. The regiments serving in this colony and Natal are :—The 2d (Queen's) ; the 85th ; 45th, and Cape Mounted Rifles. It is said that the latter corps is to be raised to 1,500 strong. Several statements are current respecting the 45th ; in one quarter, it is stated that the regiment will be relieved by the 59th, from Hong Kong. Another rumour prevails in Natal, that meanwhile the 45th will return to Fort Napier. THE ELECTIONS. The elections for the House of Assembly are to come off within the next three months. The nomi nation of county members is to take place on the 29th inst., and of Cape Town and Graham's Town Bth Jan. The polling for county members is to commence on the third of January, and all are to be concluded on the same day. The Cape Town polling is to commence on Wednesday, the 12th, and to end on the evening of the 15th. This ar rangement has given great dissatisfaction. It will afford an opportunity to all candidates ousted in the country to come into Cape Town and contest the city. Should they do so, it will throw additional expenses upon the pre sent candidates. The candidates who are now before the public are Mr. Solomon, one of the late members ; Mr. J. D. Thomson, of the firm of Thomson, Watson, and Co. ; Mr. Kotze, a gentleman of Dutch extraction, well known in the city; Mr. Arderne, the late member for Somerset; Mr. James Mortimer Maynard, the ex-member for the Cape division, whose connection with the late Parliament is marked by events familiar to all who are acquainted with Cape history. A petition is being taken round the city by Mr. Fairbairn's people, of the Commercial Advertier and Mail office, in favour of Dr. Abercrombie. Dr. Aber crombie has distinctly declined to stand over and over again. He was compelled to divide his time so much between his patients and the house during the last Parliament, that he could neither give satisfaction to his patients nor to his constituents, and he wisely refused at the close of the session to allow his name to be mentioned as a candidate for re-election. Besides this, it is hardly probable that he will permit himself to be made a tool of by the people who are so anxious that he should alter his intentions. By the latest papers received we find that there are six candidates for seats just started at Port Elizabeth, viz., Mr. W. M. Harries, the late mem ber for that town, Mr. Wormald, Mr. J. S. Kirk wood, Mr. Chabaud, Mr. Frames, and Mr. Wil liams. Port Elizabeth is only entitled to send two members, so that a sharp contest seems probable. THE STEAMER PACIFIC . OF THE GALWAY LINE. The following is the captain's report of the Pacific (steamer), from New York and St. John's, Newfoundland, and Galway, Jan. 8:-- Jan. B—NW ; at 12 cast off from wharf ; 12 25 set on full speed; pilot left ship 2 15; took departure, abreast of Sandy Hook light ship, 2 35 ; Fulton (s. s.) in company. 9—Northerly; distance, 210 ; fine weather, passing showers of snow ; Fulton abeam. Variation of binnacle compass by azimuth, 24 deg. W ; navigation by variation chart, 11 deg. W ; error, 13 deg. 10—N to E ; dist., 217 ; mow storm, ard from a.m. strong E winds and sea. Variation by azimuth, 25 42 ;by chart, 15 ; efror, 10 42. 11— NE ; diet., 143 ; hard gale and thick snow drift; ship covered with ice. Variation, 35 W. 12—N to W ; dist., 228 ; weather moderating, forenoon fine. 13—At 11 a.m., arrived at St. John's ; time of passage from wharf at New York to anchorage at St. John's, 4 days 22 hours ; time at St. John's, 1 day 23 hours. Took in 325 tons of coal; detained owing to our having but two vessels to coal from, and the telegraph wires being broken. 15—At 11 a.m. left St. John's ; li g ht southerly winds. 16— SW ; dist., 226 ; moderate wea ther and variable. 17—Variable • dist., 249; strong breezes and sudden changes from SW to NE ; at 8 p.m. pole star lat. 51 24. 18—Variable ; dist., 200 ; moderate weather and passing snow showers. Variation, 54 deg. W. At 4 p.ni., pole star lat. 51 48. 19—Westerly ; diet. 180, lat. 52 19 d. r., long. 32 d. r. At midnight glass falling fast, took in sail. At three a.m., bar. 28 7, increasing gale, and sea rising fast from southward ; at four, wind SSW, hard gale ; at six, wind SW, heavy gales and increasing cross sea, laid to bow to sea ' • eight, WSW ; 10 , a heavy drift, like fog, blowing a hurricane, and terrific mountainous cross sea, shipped a sea, and carried away fore companion. At 1 p.m., wind veering westward, ship labouring very heavily, and shipping much water ; at 2.30 p.m., moun tainous, confused sea, bar. 28 1; shipped a tremendous sea forward, carrying away bulwarks and stanchions on both sides, starting bowchocks, and carrying away port cutter, icehouse, bakehouse, ship's galley, gun, foretrysail, fore staysail and jib, and a quantity of running gear, &c., injur ing carpenter, ship's cook, and one fireman, and washing overboard carpenter's mate. At 4, wind WNW, and awful cross sea. At 7 p.m., sea running more evenly . ; ordered steam on fourth boiler, and at 8.30 kept away. At 10 p.m., wind NW, and veryheavy squalls, running under bare poles. Midnight, bar. 28 o. 20— NW, dist. 182, lat. 52 22, long. 27 18 ; at 6 a.m. set foresail and foretrysail ; hard gales frem NW and strong sea. 21— NW to NE and back to NW, dist. 198 ; at night wind chopped round to NE, strong, with snow squalls, and at daylight backed to NW ; under reefed foresail and top sail ; variation, 43. W ; Arran Isle N 84 E, 425 miles ; variation, 42 W. r a 4s dt os ; nt strong 24Bv abreezes ship9a .a.m., lurching . n a d b 5n202w23--anNsldAvVh,taoildN;isvw.ta.r s e u heavily.o l f y , with Light • at 11 a m he s avy t. j s o ctall .s s to fro G n a l iw N a , 3, . vit T h uni. ra e in of a p n a d ss s a le , e e t ; Arran 0 , . . anchored in Galway Bay ; hard gales and 7 days 20 hours. New York to St: John's, 4 days 22 b hours;—total, 12 days 18 hours. . It is alleged that the Government have com pleted a contract with three large iron companies for a supply of,{ 3-pounders as fast as they can be cast. An im portant contract for gunpowder has also been taken. SINGULAR DEATH OF A HORSE.—On Wednes day afternoon a carriage belonging to the Earl of Winchil sea, and containing th countest and a gentleman at pre sent staying at the noble earl's, was entering North-street, Ashford, from lligh-street, when one of a fine pair of horses which were drawing the carriage suddenly sprang up, and, as the coachman said, " Gave a loud cry like a Christian," and then fell down dead. The animal had ruptured a blood vessel. It was stated to be worth a hun dred pounds. NEW SUBMARINE CABLE FOR THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. —Yesterday (Wednesday) Mr. Allan, the tele graph engineer, met the principal shipowners and merchants of Liverpool at Underwriters Rooms, in order to explain his system of ocean telegraphy. Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., presided. Mr. Allan exhibited specimens of his submarine cable, which is much lighter and flexible than that used by the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The metallic strength is placed in the centre of two folds of gutta peftha, which is again covered by a mixed material as tough as leather, the total weight being 10 cwt, to the mile, and only 2 cwt. in sea water. Mr. Allan was closely questioned, and his replies and explanations' appeared to give general satis faction, THE B URNS' PRIZE ODE. Miss Craig, the successful competitor for this prize and poetical distinction, is a young scoten woman—a native of Edinburgh, and for two years past resident in London. Early left an orpbeil' she was reared and educated under the care 01 :1 1 grandmother not in affluent circumstances. With praiseworthy industry, and self-cultivation of her intellectual powers, she early resolved to work 03 ; her own pecuniary independence. By occasional poetical contributions to the Edinburgh Scotsmag she gained the notice and kindness of Mr. Jeli n Ritchie, the oldest and principal proprietor of that journal, and for sonic years she was employed 11 this early patron and friend on its literary depart' i ment. In 1856 M essrs . Bl ac k woo d pu bli s h e d n a small volume a collection of Miss Craig's fugitive metrical compositions, under the title of "Poems by Isa." The author has also been a contributo r under the signature of " C." to the poetry of the National Magazine. In August, 1857, on Miss Craig's first visit to a London friend, Mr. Hastings; the hon. secretary of the National Association 0 . 1 Social Science, engag e d h er serv i ces i n th e org an'. sation of the society, and to this association Mis s Craig is still attached as a literary assistant. Il i e . published transactions o f th e assoc i a ti on owe mince to her talent and good judgment. At the Liver: pool meeting in October last, Miss Craig attracted general notice and commendation by her unob trusive conduct and tact in the management of some departments of the business. Miss Craig . was absent at the Crystal Palace meeting, really iglu ) ; rant of the success of her literary competition, and of the award of the judges. It had happened that she had not seen the mottoes on. th e succ essful poem made public some days 'since. The chance! of a young Scotchwoman against 621 male and female competitors did not tempt her to attend the adjudication, and she was not informed of her sue cess till late after the termination of the meeting at Sydenham Palace. CORRECTION OF COMPASS ERRORS• A new instrument for ascertaining and correct• ing the local errors to which compasses are peen' liarly liable on • board iron steamships, which has just been invented by Mr. Robert Eardley PinbeY , a chief officer in the Peninsular and Oriental Cora; pany's service, is now on view in the captains room at Lloyd's, Royal Exchange. The instrument is in a box similar to those used for chronometers , hung on jimballs; and over the top is a dumb card (similar to Friend's Pelorus) and an equatorial (ot sun) dial, which, by means of a graduated arc at the side, can be adjusted to the latitude of the place,: The observer, with a wat c h se t t o th e a pparent time, or time of the ship, causes the shadow of the dial to fall on the part of the instrument represent' ing the time. Immediately this is done one portion of cross is in the direction of the true meridian of the place, and consequently all true bearings can be ascertained at once—all magnetic bearings, by applying the known variation for th e pl ace o f ob servation. The instrument may be used in any part of the ship, the only adjustment required being to put the lubber line towards the ship's head. ; then, by placing the dumb card to correspond with the meridian, or the magnetic meridian, as may be desired, the difference between its indication and that of the compasses on board will be the errors for which allowances: must be made. Mr. Pinhey's invention has already received the strongest appro bation of nautical men who have examined it, a,na, , Captain Steward, of the Alhambra, to which vesse; the inventpr. is attached, says :—" I have assisted Mr. Pinhey in determining the errors of our coin passes by his patent corrector, aid have shaped nil course during the voyage by them, and, from the land-falls I have made, believe them to be correct , and that the errors have, as he states, materially altered since they were last determined in South ampton. The change on the north-east quadrant particularly demands attention, as I have several times found myself to the eastward of my reckon" ing in making Ushant when steering by the o ld errors ; and this voyage, having Shaped my course by Mr. Pinhey's corrector, I made Ushant light exactly as I expected." The importance of detect ing the variations of compasses in iron ships, now. that so large an amount of property and life crosses the ocean in iron-built screw steamers, cannot be over estimated, and therefore this invention deserves attention, to discover what may be its merits or demerits. THE BAR. The undermentioned gentlemen were this day: (Jan.. 26) called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, viz.:— Eyre Lloyd, Esq., 8.A.; Richard Treville Hunt ley, Esq., 8.A.; John Rolt, Esq., jun:, 8.A.; R o bt. JOhn Garraway, Esq. ; Ri c h ar d Th omas M ar tin,' Esq. ; Matthew Forster, Esq., jun., M.A. ' • John Bateson, Esq., B.A. ; Charles Wm. Woodall, Esq., 8.A.; Joseph Fenwiek, Esq., B.A. ; Wm. John Ewins, Bennett, Esq., 8.A.; Joseph Stanfield Grim' shaw, Esq., 8.A.; the Hon. Edward Chandos Leigh; M.A. ; Wm. Emerson Tennent, Esq. ; Wm. Bacon Grey, Esq., B.A. ; Thomas Serle, Esq. ; John Thompson Fitz Adam, Esq. ; and Thomas Bond Sprague, ESq., M.A. Middle Temple—Barristers -at-Law (Hilary Term, 1859), Jan. 26—The undermentioned gentlemen were this day called to the degree of the Utter Bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple : :Wm. Pain Weston Norsworthy, Esq., of Salt hill, Slough ; James Cornelius O'Dowd, Esq., of Trinity College, Dublin, and of 5, Paper -buildings; Charles Edward Jemmett, Esq., of Exeter College, Oxford, B.A. and of 41, Chancery-l ane ; J ose ph Wm. Hume 'Williams, Esq., of Trinity College, Dublin; Richard Searle, Esq., of 5, Hare-court; Richard John Hodges, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, M.A., and of Little Barrington, near Bur ford ford; Henry Richard Burn, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, and of 6, Bloomfield-crescent, West bourne-terrace; and Peter Clarkson Reed, Esq., of 2, Middle Temple-lane. The undermentioned gentlemen were this dal (Jan. 26) called to the degree of barrister-at-law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz. : Charles Arthur Russell, Esq. (certificate of honour, first class) ; Wm. Ambrose, Esq. (certificate of hon our, first class) ; Arthur Jas. Wigram, Esq. ; Ed ward Wilson, Esq., M.A., Cambridge ; William Kirkby Fenton, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; Henry Wm. Lorg, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge; Walter Cargill, Esq. ; Henry Richmond Droop, Esq., M.A., Cambridge; Henry Chas. Finch, Esq., MA., Oxford; Miles Henry Prance, Esq., George Freeric Cornwell, Esq., David Gray Begg, Esq., Wyndham Lewis Williams, Esq., M.A., Oxford ; Charles Fyfe, Esq., Russell James Kerr, Esq., Charles W. Blakiston Houston, Esq., 8.A., Dublin; Richard Horton Smith, Esq., Cambridge, a nd Wm. Stephen Shoobridge, Esq., Gray's Inh. At a pension of the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day (Jan. 26), the undernamed gentle men were called to the degree of barriste r - a t-l aw : Ben Thomas Williams, Esq., of the University of Glasgow, M.A., and of Carmarthen College, in the University of London, the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Rayson Williams, late of MeiTyvale, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, deceased; and Edward Joseph , Thackwell, Esq., the first son of Lieutenant General Sir. Joseph Thackwell, G.C.8., of Aghada Hall, in the county of Cork. BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and - Wales for the four weeks ending Dec. 18. These returns, combined with th e c i r culation of the Scotch and. Irish anks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the loth Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Nov. 20, Dec. 18, 1858. 185 8. Increase. l Decrease. Bank of England... 21,077,119, 20,113,189 904,260 Private Banks ..... 3,456,409 , : 3 , 32 5,405 131,104 Joint-stock Banks.. 2,970,9171, 2,877,234 93,683 Total in England. 27,501,775' 26,315,828 1,188,947 27,867 S lr c , o 4 t a l T a , n d el. .. .. .................. 4 0:8 :.38 35 3 : 3 1 0 15 51 4 0:7 3 5 1, 88 438 9 78,867 , -- United Kingdom . 38,723,195, 37,428,155 11,295,010 .1 1,295,010 And as compared with the month ending the 19th Decem ber, 1857, the above returns show a decrease of £18,382 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £712,971 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : Ile English private banks are below their fixed issue £1,079,530 the English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue. £425,123 Total below fixed issue in England £1,504,65 3 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue £l 268,229 The Irish bank s are a b ove t h e i r f i xe d i ssue .... X 402,395 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 15th of Dec. was £18,875,516, being an increase of £153,770 as compared With the previous month, and an increase of £10,840,425 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 18th Dec. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch bank X2,543905 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,501,102 £5,045,007 Being an increase of £87,116 as compared with the prevrous'return, and an increase of £414,169 when compared with the corresponding period of last year: • CRYSTAL PALACE.-ONE SHILLING DAY.--Yes terday the admissions on payment were 872; ditto by season tickets, 483; total; 1,355. 6r.. M( recz actio marl and t of a sion. requi publi Tn Very and] sales Shar dowr th e i r proo f antic only; ... divid Sang i aurin tlynl 3 Will Year' Pani c circa] Prine ma ny chars rout] econo eised undei th a t lines exPar of the factoi Th seeul a Ver Th to th 58. ; F or , adv TrII bee dee' Uni Ori Ban a p , pc Lei Ind bit bit bit Col