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LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms of the past year the National Lifebaat Institution, by its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin.; of :07 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended £21,374 in s the same period on its life boat establishments, in addition to granting £4,950 fbr le wards for saving lite and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A i'PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received by the London and Country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (Thursday), Mr. Charles Deffelli's new opera, M one act, CiIItIoIMAS 14WE. Madame F. Lancia, Madame E. 11, ywood ; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D. Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Alfre Mellon. After which, at 8, the gr , ind comic, si e.iacular, and ope r9.tic Chi', Inas Pan • oinirne, entitled A I . AD DIN AN I , THE WO iDER FL; 1. LAMP ; or, Ilaricquin and the Plying ralac?. (lice other advertisements , . Commence at 7 o'clock. TII EAT II E ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._ Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Farce of HUSBANDS, BEWARE. Mr. G. Belmore, Miss Hazlewood, &c. After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing c a p. Messrs. G. Belmore, 11. Drayton, G. Weston. Master Percy Rosen' ; Misses Hazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, Pantomimists, Messrs. li. Boleno, C. Lauri, Corn:tack, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET._ Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SA.3I Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Felly Moore, Snowden, To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET. Messrs. W. 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Herr r ill ABow in the course of his opening u— address, tou c h ed Do ' n several important topics which have caused a great deal of discussion lately, such as the language o f t prohibition of thethe reactionary press, the Co-.ogue Banquet to the Prussian Liberal Deputies, in which the Government acted in so harsh an d _ E U Unjustifiable a ma nner. The President also alluded t o th e measur es which have been taken t o restrict the freedom of the press, the restrictions put upon th e voting of Government officials, and the meetin g , o f political associations. Certainly these are most un fortunate circumstances, and each separately might well occasion a serious difference of opinion betwee n the authorities and the representatives of the people, but taken collectively they form an almost insuperable barrier against free and friendly intercourse. Herr GRABOW also lamented the conflict which had arisen between the Chamber and the Government upon all constitutional ques tions, and further added that this disastrous state of things had become chronic now, which is an assertion that cannot be gainsaid, neither the result depicted in the emphatic language of Herr GRABOW that political legislation has thus been brought to a standstill. He also remarked that " liberty" was the only thing that could lead to moral conquests, to the solution of the Schleswig-Holstein question, which had only been complicated by the Gastein Con vention, and conduce to the federal unity of Germany. This is bold and outspoken language, and may be considered to inaugurate the Session well, and to show Ministers that the Deputies are in earnest, and resolved to carry out their purposes in a spirited manner, and with a fixed deter mination. Herr VON BIS3IARCK will have no easy part to play if he attempt to put down all independent action, and to stifle all inquiries as he did last year ; and, indeed, he is not likely to meet with the same toleration, for people are naturally getting tired of his pertinacious warring against all constitutional rights, while the lapse of time proves that nothing is to be hoped for from leaving him alone. On the contrary, he ap pears to get worse and worse the more latitude that is given to him, and to exhaust his ingenuity in devising great schemes for the suppression of liberty, and for new encroachments upon popular rights and established usages. We may fairly expect that there will be a stormy period this year in the sitting of the Prussian Chambers, and unless they are speedily and summarily dismissed after the new fashion set by the BISMARCK policy of late years, there is ground for a reasonable hope that some check may be put upon the practices of the Cabinet, and that the arbitrary rule of the Court may be modified and improved, if not effec tually changed for the better in a great degree. It is certainly high time that the lovers of constitu tional rights and privileges should bestir themselves, for the change is imminent and the affair is press ing. The tone of the Royal Speech just delivered is ominous in the extreme, and unless some decisive movement is made, there is no saying when or where this matter will end. From the time of his self-coronation up to the present moment King WILLIAM has pursued a retrograde course, and dashed to the ground the hopes of those who fore told, from his earlier career, a reign of glory to himself, and great gain and progress to his people. Step by step have the plans which actuated his Ca binet been proceeded with, and the motives which impelled them been manifested. In this last speech we may find that he and his advisers are approaching the culmination of their hopes, and that they expect before very long to trample down the liberties of the people at home, and sequestrate the rights of those foreign states which are unfor tunate enough to come under their sway. The more we dwell upon the discourse delivered at the opening of the Chambers in its entirety, the more fully do we recognise the mischief that is brewing, and realise the dire meaning and dread portents which it contains. Indeed it begins in a significant manner enough by alluding to the Budgets of this and other years. In the most bare faced style the Speech declares that, " in default of the necessary agreement between both Houses of the Diet and the Crown, law upon the Budget, as pro vided by Art. 99 of the Constitution, had not come to pass." Instead of this untoward circumstance, how ever, causing any disquietude on the part of authori ties it is announced that the " administration of the State had, therefore, to be carried on without such law." This is an anomaly to meet with in a constitutional speech in the nineteenth cen tury, and forms the best satire upon the plans pursued by Herr vox BIS3IARCK. According to this theory, the Crown of Prussia might just as well dispense with the Chambers altogether and other Constitutional rights ; and, indeed, for all intents and purposes, there might just as well have been no sitting of the House during the last year or two, for nothing that was advocated by the members was allowed to become law ; while, on the other hand, all that they vehemently opposed was carried out just in the same style as if they had favoured instead of condemning the proposals. The law as to the obli ga ti on to military cervice cannot now be settled, as the Chambers are in- formed, because before this time " fruitless nego- tiations have taken place, and therefore his MAJESTY'S Government cannot now expect a satis- factory result from their repetition." We do not witness this hesitation or unwillingness to proceed with undertakings in which the Government is really interested, but, on the contrary, we find a very decided and fixed purpose,which always continues to carry its point whatever obstacles are interposed, and however strongly the claims of truth, reason, and justice are advocated by their opponents. In - - short, King WILLIAM has found a royal road to government on constitutional principles. which he thinks so successful and satisfactory that he perseveres in it on the part of his people. We cannot hesitate to declare that this Speech lately delivered to the Prussian Chambers is a disgrace to the Sovereign, a reproach to the Government, and a scandal to all Europe. The people of Prussia have themselves to thank in a great measure for the state in which they find themselves. They coun- tenanted the spoliation of others, and now they seem destined to witness their own degradation. In any case the lovers of freedom have much to de- plore in the state things in Berlin, and the friends of peace cannot fail to perceive that war, tumult, and discord, at home and abroad, must follow sooner or later upon the decision of the infatuated rulers of Prussia. The brief summary of news which we have re ceived by the City of Washington is of con siderable importance, so far as the aspect of Mexican affairs is concerned. It is semi-officially announced that Mr. SEWARD will call at Havannah and Vera Cruz, and " such other ports as he may see fit," i comprehensive phrase which affords scope for any amount of diplomatic action which the Washing ton Cabinet may desire. The proposed voyage for the Foreign Secretary's health and recreation seemed so singularly appropriate in its time and direction to the political crisis of the moment that it is no great wonder that a different construction should have been immediately put upon it by popular consent. Rumour has now passed into semi-official statements, and in those there is probably a good deal more than meets the eye, though the Govern ment are naturally anxious to show that they do not disregard the public feeling respecting Mexico. More important than the political object now confidently assigned to Mr. SEWARD'S journey' is the reply of the French Minister to the representatives of the American Envoy.! Mr. BIGELOW, as we know, addressed a protest on behalf of his Government to M. DROUYN DE LIIITYS concerning MAximILIAN's decree of outlawry against armed Republicans, and it seems that the French Minister in reply referred Mr. B IGELow to MAximiLIAN himself for informa tion, stating that the French Government was not the Government of Mexico. This significant language would seem to indicate that the Emperor NAPOLEON is by no means inclined to assume the responsibili ties of his Imperial brother, or to identify himself with his interests. A. war with the U n ited St a t es would be at th e b est a heavy burden to his ex chequer and a tax upon his resources for no corn mensurate gain, while the unpopularity of the Mexican cause in France from the outset would de- 1 prise it Of OTVII the recommendation of gratifying THE SUN, LONDON,THUBSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1866. the national love for military glory. NAPOLEON has, therefore, shown his usual sagacity and discri mination in refusing to make the threatening aspect assumed by the States towards Mexico a casus belli. Perhaps, too, he thinks that MAXI MILIAN'S cause will be best served by a temporary withdrawal of his avowed support. It is the presence of European troops on their conti nent which chafes the pride and arouses the suscep tibility of the American people; and when this cause for irritation is removed the Emperor of the FRENCH may possibly believe that the Mexican throne will be left undisturbed, or that the Cabinet of Wash ington and the advisers of MAXIMILIAN will be able to settle their differences amicably. At least the bugbear of the Monroe doctrine will not be so pro minently brought forward ; and as the resolutions adopted by the Congress referred especially to the maintenance of a Government on the American soil by force of arms, the Cabinet of Washington, if it chooses to adopt a conciliatory policy towards Mexico, may easily reply to the resolutions by the information that the obnoxious foreigners no longer uphold the throne of Mexico in defiance of the wishes of the Mexican people. That people, like mother peoples, may very well be left to settle their internal affairs for themselves, and MAximILIAN and the Republicans may decide their differences without friendly interference from either Europe or America. It is said, on the one hand, that Envoys from MAXI3II LIAN are at Washington seeking for recog nition, and, on the other, that recruiting offices for the Mexican Republican army have been opened in several towns of Texas. These recruits are to be commanded by Generals WALLACE and LOGAN, and their object would be to expel the Imperialists. It is manifest that Mexican affairs cannot remain in statu quo, but that some definite arrangement and understanding must be come to in the interests of all parties. Such indeed appears to be the convic tion at Washington, and now that the reply of M. DROCYN DE LHUTS to Mr. BIGELOW has so far simplified matters, Mr. JOHNSON'S Government has only to direct its attention to MAXIMILIAN himself, who, if he is wise, will endeavour as far as possible to conciliate his dangerous neighbours. It was not probable, scarcely, indeed, possible, that such terrific storms as have lately visited our coasts should not have done more than ordinary damage ; but the list of casualties which we have published during the last few days must have startled the most indifferent. Yesterday morning the fearful intelligence of the foundering of the steamship London in the Bay of Biscay with more than 200 souls on board, was heard with general consternation, and before the regret and horror of all classes had half found expression, the news reaches us of the total loss of the Royal Albert in Bute Bay, Cornwall, with every soul on board ! Beside these catastrophes, the mere loss of vessels like the Amalia or the Christiana, which at other times would seem to be serious dis asters, become absolutely insignificant. Even the numerous wrecks and perils, involving the loss of :several lives, sink into comparative unimport ance. The calamities must rank in the record of maritime disasters with the losses of the Royal Charter, the Amazon, and the Birkenhead, not with any ordinary shipwrecks. The Royal Albert was just nearing home, after a long voyage, but the London had not long left port. It was on the first day of the new year, which was to the crew and passengers to be such a brief one, that the vessel steamed down the Channel on her way to Plymouth, where she took up some of her passengers. Judging from the melancholy result, it may well be asked whether under such circumstances captains would not be justified in detaining their vessels rather than risk the safety of their passengers in exceptionally dangerous weather. It was only on the Bth that the London cleared the land, and it was on the 10th, after the gale had at one sweep carried off jibboom, fore topmast, gallant, and royal masts, and even blown the main royal mast completely out of its socket, that Captain MARTIN gave orders to put the ship back for Plymouth. It was too late, and after skill and seamanship, and, still better, unfailing courage and unfaltering devotion to duty could do had been done, the solemn duty fell to the brave commander to tell his passengers that no hope remained. The manner in which he made this appalling communication, and in which they received it, does honour to the nglish name. With calmness, which could not be indifference, while little children were clinging to their parents' knees with resignation which could not be hypocritical—while they stood on the threshold of the presence of the ALMIGHTY JUDGE, with courage which could not be bravado, with the solemn words of prayer on their lips, these men and women heard that life was to them a question of minutes or hours—aud this was no temporary excite- For four hours the vessel held on, and a few men, under the guidance of the chief engineer, deter mined to try the last chances of a boat. These few, after undergoing great risks, are all that remain of the 270 souls that sailed with the London. Captain MARTIN died, as he had lived, at the post of duty, and with him went down this great com pany of human beings, leaving hundreds of friends, no doubt, to mourn their untimely loss, yet giving their country cause to feel proud of their children, even while she regrets that so great a sacrifice has been required of her. meat. Oxford Music Hall. The entertainments provided for the holiday seekers at this attractive place of amusement still continue to draw crowded houses. The selections from the opera of the " Market Girls," by Offen bach, nightly elicit enthusiastic rounds of applause, Miss Russell and Mr. St. Albyn sharing the honours between them. " The Enchanted Hash," written by Mr. Vandervell, and performed by Mr. Marshall, has proved one of the greatest successes Mr. Morton has ever provided for the public. In fact when the performance is announced the hail presents a somewhat similar appearance to the House of Commons when any celebrated speaker rises to ad dress the House, every corner and nook being densely crowded with eager listeners. Those who fail to pay a visit to this well-conducted place of amusement will lose one of the finest treats of the season. TIIE MALT TAX.—This day is published the third edition, with a preface, of Mr. William Pay Smee's pamphlet on the "Malt Tax," price 2d. Mann Nephews. Cornhill. LORAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.—_ The following gentlemen passed their primary ex aminations in anatomy and physiology at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 17th inst., and when eligible will be admitted to the pass examination :—Messrs. Alfred Roworth, John Evans, and G. A. Thomas, students of St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; W. A. Cox and J. L. Hobbes, of the Charing-cross Hospital ; M. H. Molloy and William Nolan of the Dublin School; James Pavey and Septimus Evans, of the London Hospital; R. H. Stevens, and N. E. Schomberg, of King's College ; T. E. Webb and J. R. Bosworth, of Guy's Hospital ; Arthur Hensman and John Waller, of University College ; H. E. Sewill and William Harris, of St. Mary's Hospital ; G. W. Geldart and W. W. Spencer, of Newcastle; Charles Parr, of St. George's Hos pital ; and Joseph Carbery, of Calcutta. It is stated that out of the 66 candidates who offered themselves for ex amination on this and the previous day no less than 17, or rather more than a fourth of the number, .were referred back to their studies for threo months. The "pass" ex aminations for membership will take place on Saturday neat. CORRESPO. INDENCE FROM PARIS, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The following is all the information given to-day by the ,M'oniteur on the subject of Spain No new fact is supplied, either for the telegraphic des patches or correspondence, from Spain, as to the situation of the rebels and the general position of the kingdom, which appears to be satisfactory." The Siecle makes these remarks :—" The Constitu tionnel, in a conspicuous place, says, 'The news from Spain continues to be unfavourable to the insurrection.' In a despatch from Madrid, how ever, on the same day, we read that the insurgents continue to retreat precipitately towards Portugal.' These are rather curious confirmations, particularly the latter. What ! rebels pursued by all the mili tary forces of a Government, beat a retreat since they made their pronunciamento ; their safety is only in flight ; they fly with the greatest promptitude, but yet they find means to temporize in their forced marches ; they continue their rapid flight just as one proceeds with ordinary work ; and perhaps one day it may be said of Prim, so persevering in his course, "unus qui nobis cunstando restituit rem." There having been reports of the reappearance of cholera in Paris, I have made some inquiries into the subject, and can assure you that there is not the slightest foundation for these mischievous rumours. It is also stated officially in the Union M'edicale that there is no case of cholera either in the hospitals or in the city. A private letter from Guadeloupe gives some alarming details upon the subject of cholera in that colony. The disease first manifesteditself at Pointe a-Pitre in the month of October, and the number of deaths increased sensibly every day. The mini mum number of deaths was two a day, and the maximum 50. The average during the month of November was 30 each day. The epidemic de clared itself at Basse Terre, on the 20th November. On the 4th of December there had been 1,500 deaths in a town of 8,000 inhabitants, where the average number of daily deaths is but two. White men and blacks fell victims without distinction. On some days there were so many dead bodies that it was difficult to bury them. At one time there was an idea of throwing them into the sea, at the risk of infecting the neighbouring islands. On the 25th of December the number of deaths had diminished to 47 a day, but, in fact, the inhabitants had fled from the town by hundreds. After devastating Point a Pitre, the cholera propagated itself throughout ' the whole island. It raged at Capesterre and at Trois Rivieres, the two most picturesque and most admirably situated suburbs of the island. It also attacked Les Saintes and Marie-Galante. At La Desirade, where its attacks were as alarming and as fatal as at Basse Terre, hundreds of dead bodies were burned with the idea of preventing the progress of the epidemic. A terrible example of the ferocity of the wolf has occurred near Rodez, in the district of the Cevennes. A man, while digging the ground in search of truffles, was attacked by a very large and savage wolf, which mutilated him in a shocking manner. The animal then attacked a girl who was minding some cattle. A gentleman, who was out shooting with a double-barrelled gun, luckily made his ap pearance. He was afraid to fire at the wolf lest he should kill the girl, but the former abandoned his prey and attacked the sportsman. The attack was so sudden and impetuous that he could not make use of his gun, and the wolf nearly tore out one of his eyes. The gentleman, how ever, although wounded as he was, soon regained his self-possession, and fired both barrels at the wolf. The animal weighed more than 1001bs. Both the man and the girl have since died from the injuries inflicted by the welf. It had received a gunshot wound on the same morn ing, which is supposed to have made it more fero cious than usual. The weather to-day has been fine and very mild, but the observations taken yesterday at the Obser vatory of Paris presage storms in the north of Nor way, the action of which may extend to the North Sea. The barometer pressure is very great. An unusual number of wild ducks fly about the Seine, from which circumstance some of the weather pro phets here surmise that we shall have yet a severe winter. Iu the country around Paris, how ever, the trees begin to show buds. The rose trees, particularly, are beginning to shoot forth buds. Of the nine candidates for admission to the Paris Jockey Club, the six following have been elected :—M. Delamarre, staff officer, son of a member ; M. Halley Claparoda, son of the deputy; the Duke d'Albufera, M. de Turrenes, Baron Beth man of Frankfort, and Mr. Vansittart of London. The operations necessary for building the new Exhibition in the Champ de Mars proceed very ra pidly. The excavations for the platform of the Palace have been made to the extent of 100,000 metres. More than half of the masonry requisite for the foundations, the sewers, and the subterra nean galleries for air, have been completed. The total cubic extent to which the works have reached is 16,000 metres. The lower portions of the me tallic carpentery work have been fixed, and towards the end of February the other metallic supports re quired will be in their places. There is every rea son to suppose that the contractors will be able to have their task finished before th e ti me appointed. - Another double suicide has been committed in Paris. A man and his wife, residing in the Rue Tournefort, not having been seen during the day, some alarm was excited. The man was a shoe- maker, and some of his customers having called and knocked without making any one hear, the Com- inissary of Police was sent for, who advised the door to be broken open. They were both found on the bed dressed, holding each other by the hand quite dead. A pan of charcoal near the bed indi• cated the mode by which they had committed sui. tide. No writing was found, nor is there any ex• planation of the cause of:their fatal resolution. The Government, earn stly desiring to give every possible facility to electors, has just extended the time for the revision of the list of electors from ten to twenty days. "This measure," says the Patrie, " the initiation of which entirely belongs to the Go- vernment, prove that the free and regular working of the principle of universal suffrage interests the authorities as much as the citizen. This object is to place beyond the attack either of time or political circumstances the exercise of the right which is the basis of our Constitution." An anecdote is related to show the morbid sym pathy of our countrymen with criminals. At the trial of the assassin Poucett, at Versailles, on Satur day, the prisoner called for a glass of wine to ani mate his courage, and it was given to him. Four Englishmen present, it is said, had a longing desire to possess the glass out of which the murderer had drank, and offered the officer of the court, M. Mas son, ten Napoleons for it. The officer refused, when the amount tendered was increased to twenty Napo leons. The more the Englishmen desired to possess the glass, the more the officer refused to let have it ; but the collectors of articles tainted by criminals, it is said, told M. Masson that they intended to come again to Paris shortly, when they hoped they should be able to advise him to change his deter mination. THE RIGHT HON. Dn. LUSHINGTON.—It is understood in certain legal quarters, likely to be well in formed on the subject, th at as soon as the " prize" case re lating to the Banda and liirwee booty is disposed of, this venerable judge will retire from the bench. Dr. Lushing ton is in his 91st year, having been born in 1775, and is the oldest judge on the bench. The right hon. gentleman was appointed Judge of the Admiralty Court in 1838. HOUSE PROPERTY AT SOUTH KENSINGTON.— Yesterday a compensation case, " floofstetter v. The Metropolitan Railway," occupied Mr. Humphrey, the coroner, and a special jury to a late hour, at the Sheriffs Court, Red Lion -square. The evidence of the lawyers was of an extraordinary character as to the value of the property. The claim made was £5,250, and the company had offered £3,000. The house taken was 52, Thurloe square, and Mr. Hoofstetter had taken another house, 24, in the same square. For the claimant the house was said to be worth £lBO a year, and on the other side, £l4O. The assessor recommended the jury to ascertain the rental, and then apportion the compensation. The jury assessed the compensation at £3,100. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 17, Evening. Official intelligence received here announces that yesterday the insurgents left Hava on the road to Portugal. The Royal troops were taking many prisoners notwithstanding the forced marches made by the insurgents. ROME. ROME, JAN. 16. Baron Von Hubner, the new Austrian Ambas sador, has presented his credentials to the Pope. THE RIVER PLATE. BUENOS AYRES, DEC. 12. Exchange on London,l6.B. Ounces, 402. We salted ox hides, 32. Dry American, 36. Stock of dry hides, 47,000. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Mongolia, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived hero. She brings 81 passengers, Australian gold, value £20,771; precious stones, value 2,500 rupees ; and a general cargo, including 969 bales of raw silk, value £85,000 sterling. Across the Bay . of Biscay she experienced westerly winds and a heavy rolling sea, and up Channel west-south-westerly winds, with a heavy swell. Twenty-two British war vessels were at Malta. The Racoon and Redpole were at Gibraltar. The British bark Express has gone ashore to the east off Gibraltar. Exchanges unaltered. INDIA. BOMBAY, Dec. 28. A terrible accident has occurred on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, on the Thull Ghatt, occasioned by a goods train rushing through a station and being precipitated over an embankment of 70 feet. Six lives were lost, the engines and carriages destroyed, and the goods utterly damaged. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway was opened to Budmaira on the 18th inst. Lord Edward Seymour was attacked by a bear while out shooting on the 13th inst. in North Canara. One leg was afterwards amputated. He did not rally after the operation, and died on.the 20th inst. A petition for the removal of Judge Anstey from the Bench has been presented to the Bombay Go verment by many leading natives of Bombay. Shocks of earthquake have been felt near Cal cutta and in the Punjab. The Nagpore exhibition has been opened by Mr. Temple, the commissioner, with great eclat. The Indian budget is expected to be published on the Ist of March. The weather is cool and public health good. The cotton and piece-goods markets are quiet Money tight. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 17.—Two o'clock.—The market is more buoyant to-day, and quotations are higher. Threes are in active demand, with ?al advance of 17ic.—at 68f. 62ic. Credit Mobilier Shares have improved 6f. 25c.—to. 782 f. 50c. Italian Fives show an increased weakness, the quotations being 62f. 25e.—a fall of 15c. The shares of the Societe G(indrale have an advance of 3f. 75c. Railway Shares are firm, without material variation in prices. Three o'clock.—Realisations of profits have caused quotations to recede and to leave off as follows :- 4/ per Cents 9B 10 Roman — Do. end month — Ottoman Fives 4O 20 3 per Cents. Do. end month 6B 57i Do. Bonds — Credit Mobilier 780 Russian Do. end month ... 780 Austrian Bank Shares 3650 Spanish Threes ... Credit Fonder — Home Debt Italian Loan 62 15 Deferred Do. end month 62 05 RAIL' Acct. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - ... 850 - - - ... 1105 -- - - ... 853 75 - - ... 551 25 - ••• - - 528 75 - - ... 202 50 - - 410 - - - ... 415 - - - ... 180 - - - ... 218 75 - -- ... 105 - -- - ... 157 50 AMERICA. The Inman steamship City of Washington arrived at Queenstown at 12.15 a.m. to-day (January 18), with 143 passengers. $77,801 and £l,OOO in specie. She landed 17 passengers, and proceeded at 12.30 a.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (Morning). The full report of the Public Debt shows that the official statement, giving the total as 2,000,000,000, included the coin currency in the Treasury; allowing this reduction, Public Debt on January Ist was 2,716,000,000 of dollars. Congress met yesterday, but the house, having no quorum, went into a Committee of the whole. In the Senate, Mr. Sumner presented petitions from citizens of Boston, asking indemnity from the British Go vernment for the loss of a ship burnt by the Alabama. The petition was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and both houses then adjourned till Monday. The diplomatic correspondence between France and the United States relative to the Mexican question has been presented to Congress. On the 3d of November Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Bigelow to call the serious attention of the French Government to the military proceedings in Mexico, by which captured native Mexicans, while adhering in war to their own Government, aro denied the rights which the law of nations invariably accords to prisoners of war. On the 28th of November Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Bigelow that he had received information from Romero that General Urtega, Salazar, and numerous other Mexican officers, who had been captured by Imperialists, had been executed. Royal Astronomical Society. Last evening a distinguished number of persons gathered together at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, on the occasion of a "reception" given by Mr. Warren de la Rue, F.R.S., the president of this society. The rooms pre sented an extremely interesting and imposing appearance, the various articles exhibited by members of the society, and by many other well-known authorities in the scientific world, being displayed with much taste and profusion. Amongst the most conspicuous objects were some speci mens of art exhibited by the president himself, includ ing a series of astronomical photographs, some drawings of planets and comets, and photographs of the total solar eclipse of 1860. These attracted much attention, not only on account of the name with whiCh they were associated, but in consideration of the skill displayed in the works themselves. A large collection of microscopes, emanating from various exhibitors, and showihg the powers of those instruments under numerous interesting aspects, appearedto be the chief features which commanded general notice. These, and indeed every species of appa ratus shown, partook especially of a scientific character; and more than ordinary interest was taken in the me chanical combinations witnessed. Somo experiments in electricity were also very attractive, and the car of a balloon, the property of Mr. H. E. Westcar, fitted with in struments used by Mr. James Glaishor, in scientific ascents, and explained by that gentleman to the company, was continuously surrounded by admiring spectators. The photographic art was, as may naturally be supposed, most liberally represented ; but the discoveries of science were everywhere predominant, and the Royal Astronomical Society may be said to have distinguished itself on the pre sent occasion, under the auspices of their president, by a combination of arrangements which did infinite credit to all concerned. The music provided for the evening was performed by the Royal Artillery Bank, and the selection comprised some of the most popular compositions of the present day. ®RESIGNATION OF MR. LAYARD.— We regret to hear that Mr. Layard has resigned his place in the Go vernment as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Russell, we believe, expressed his reluctance to accept the tendered resignation, and it was proposed to make the hon. gentleman a member of the Privy Council; but the proffered distinction was declined. Mr. Layard retains office until his successor shall be appointed. We under stand that the primary cause of the hon. gentleman's with drawal from the Government is the appointment of Mr. GoechetA to a Neat in the Cabinet. 'AYE. Cash. Cotton Supply Association. - OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE CROPS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. At the meeting of the Executive Committee, on Tues day, a telegram was read from the President of the Royal Commission, Naples, announcing that the cotton exhibi tion, which was postponed in consequence of the preva lence of cholera, will be opened in that city on the 14th of March, and it is earnestly recommended that the Eng lish makers of gins, agricultural implements, and other machinery, should become exhibitors. A letter received from Terranova states that the cotton growers in Sicily much need proper implements for preparing the ground, and that they are to a great extent unacquainted with the modern appliances of husbandry, which have proved so successful in other countries. The exhibition of im proved implements at Naples might be of great advan tage to the Italian cultivators of cotton. The writer believes that the cotton grown on the southern coast from Pachino east, Comiso, Derillo, Terranova, Niscuni south, and up to Licato, and more or less all along, as far as Trapani west, if properly attended to, would be the best in Italy, as there is much analogy in the tempera ture of these shores of Sicily with those of Alabama and Florida. The plain at the back of Terranova as similates strongly to some of the Texan plains between Galveston and Houston, whilst the river Gola„ running through its centre, would, with proper machinery, afford ample means of irrigation. The soil is fitted to yield fine crops of cotton, such as is known at New Orleans as "Upland," and there is no doubt that Sea Island cotton could be successfully produced if good seed were procured. It is asserted that if prices should fall as low as 6d. per lb. cotton could still be cultivated, and yield a handsome profit. Hopes are entertained that the intelligent efforts of the members of the " Societe Industriale Terranovese," includ ing the British vice consul, will greatly contribute to extend the growth of cotton in this part of Italy. The quantity of cotton exported from Terranova, as shown by the Cus toms' register, was, in 1863-4, 793,500 kilogrammes; but in 1865, up to September 12, it was 1,085,444 kilogrammes, showing a remarkable increase. A letter from Gallipoli re ports that a large extent of land has been prepared for cotton, and that the results of experiments with New Orleans seed has produced an eager desire to obtain it for next sowing season. A despatch forwarded by the Foreign-office was re ceived from her Majesty's Consul at Bosna Serai, describing the result of experiments made to introduce the cultivation of cotton in the Herzegovina. At first everything seemed to promise an abundant crop, but the latter part of the sea son turned out unusually wet and cold, and these causes, added to the inexperience of the cultivators, occasioned a total failure. In an ordinary season it is confidently believed the cultivation of cotton would be successful. A letter was read describing a project to grow cotton in some of the most fertile and suitable islands in the West Indies, and soliciting the co-operation of merchants and consumers of cotton. Further information will be supplied to any parties disposed to join the undertaking. An application for Sea Island seed, by a cotton grower in Nevis, West Indies,was granted.—A letter was received from the hono rary agents of the Association, Bombay, forwarding a sample of cotton grown from Egyptian seed, received from the political agent in Kattiwar, which was valued at 19d. per lb. A grant of ploughs, made by the Association, to be gratuitously distributed, was gratefully acknowledged. —Papers were received from the Revenue Department, Bombay, forwarded by direction of his Excellency the Governor in Council, describing the successful attempt which has been made in Candeish to introduce the superior cotton grown in the adjoining province of Berar. Nothing, it is said, can be more favourable than the present appear ance of the new Candeish Berar crop; it has had a suitable season, and is growing with every prospect of yielding a large out-turn. His Excellency in Council authorises a repetition of the experiment, by other collectors who may be able to adopt the plan which has been .so successful, of introducing seed of an indigenous variety, superior to that in ordinary use. It was resolved to request the Colo nial Secretary to institute inquiries as to the effect alleged to be produced by the policy pursued by the Lagos Go vernment towards the interior tribes of that part of West Africa, and which is described as preventing, by the re strictions imposed, the gathering and shipping to England of supplies of cotton. A letter was read from the Spanish Consul in Liverpool, advising the despatch, by order of the Spanish Government, of ten bales of cotton weighing 2,5881 b, the produce of Fernando Po, which have been . sent as a present t o th e C o tt on S u p p l y A ssoc i at i on from his Excellency the Ministerfor Public Works. This cotton is now on view at the rooms of the association, and its in spection by spinners and manufacturers is invited. - It was resolved, on the proposal of Mr. T. Bailey, M.P., seconded by Mr. E. Ashworth, vice-president, that this handsome present should be duly acknowledged, and a report upon the cotton be prepared and transmitted to the Spanish Government. The following communication, forwarded by the Foreign Office, was received from her Majesty's Minister at Washington, being a memorandum relative to the present and prospective condition of the cotton crops in the Southern States. The despatch, signed Frederick W. A. Bruce, and dated Washington, December 18, 1865, states that there is no doubt that this is as accurate a report as can be made at present :—., " In May last the Government of the Unitod States put forth a statement, to the effect that, as far as their agents and officer's had been able to ascertain, there were about 2,500,000 bales of cotton then stored in the Southern States From all that I can learn, and I have taken pains to know the views of the principal planters and cotton factors in South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, there was not at that date in the whole of the South more than 1,200,000 bales, and of this between 100,000 and 200,000 bales are so damaged as to be quite unfit for the manufac ture of any fabric. The crop gathered this autumn is never estimated at over 500,000 bales, and the best authorities agree in supposing it to be more nearly 350,000 bales. With regard to the crop of 1866 it is more difficult to form a true estimate. But so completely has the system of labour been disorganised by the emancipation of the slaves, that the most sanguine speculator does not give more than 1,250,000 bales, and I consider that 1,000,000 is an out side computation. I visited several plantations in Louisiana, where the system of free negro labour has had a comparatively long and fair trial, as a great por tion of that State has been in the hands of the Fede ral authorities for the last three years. Those people who have had most experience of free black labour assure me that there is the greatest difficulty in getting a fair day's work out of the negroes they employ. A negro, has no idea of the sanctity of a contract, and will, as fa a in him lies, evade the performance of his part of it. The means in the hands of the planter to enforce its due execu tion on the part of the labourer are very slender. Sum mary dismissal for idleness or negligence is out of the ques tion, as there is no other labour in the market, or not in sufficient quantity to be available to be put in competition with the negro. Added to this it is probable that at least one-fourth of the old negro labour is already lost to the agriculture of the South. The' mortality among the black population has been very large, and to this loss must be added the great number of the more intelligent hands who were impressed, or who enlisted into the Federal armies, and those who, escaping enlistment, have swarmed into the large towns, where they find employment much more suited to their taste than that of field labour. There has likewise been more or less emigration to the North. I very much fear that we must look forward to a still further decrease year by year, and uli i imately to the almost total extinction of the race. Witf regard to the cultivation of cotton by white labour, I believe that ex- cept in tho more southern parts of Louisiana it will be found possible and profitable, and will no doubt be eventu- ally managed. But the introduction of white labour muse be a very slow and gradual process, under the most favour. able circumstances, and although the Central Government may do much to retard, it is powerless to accelerate the influx of white immigration. As long as the Southern States are treated as conquered provinces, denied repre sentatives at Washington, and kept under martial law, they will not prosent much attraction to the labouring population of the Northern States or of Europe, and the same interferenco with the action of the civil governments of those States which will repel white immigration will keep alive the present antagonism between the planters and the freedmen, and prevent free black labour from being used to the best advantage. Under the most favourable circumstances it is aot expected that more than half the old amount of labour will be performed by the negroes, and it will take some time before the influence of white immigration upon the cultivation of cotton is felt. It is, therefore, the opinion of those most capable of forming a true estimate, that not more than, on an average, one half of the old crop of cotton (crop in 1859, 3,851,481 bales ; in 1860, about 4,000,000) will ba produced for several years to come—say 2,000,000 bales per annum. But, under existing circumstances, taking into con sideration the present prostration of the South, the almost total destruction of stock, agricultural implements, &c., and the great want of money to purchase these agri cultural necessities, 1,000,000 bales for the crop of 1866 is, lam convinced, a most favourable estimate. It appears, too, that there is increasing activity in the cotton manu factories of the North, and that they are likely to require . - more cotton than before the war. There is now an export duty of two or three cents a pound on the raw material, and it is not unlikely that this will bo seriously increased if the European demand is likely to elevate the price to the disadvantage of the Yankee spinner. Whatever the amount of cotton in future produced in America—and I believe it will eventually be as large each year as before the war—it is not likely that it will ever again benearly so cheap as in the old days; indeed, the only temptation to white immi grants to undergo the enervating effects of agricultural labour in the South is the very high money reward pro mised by the extravagant price of cotton. To recapitulate— Bales. Stock of cotton in South on May 1, 1865 1,200,000 Crop of 1865 350,000 Crop of 1866 1,000,000 Probable average for many years to come 2,000,000 (Signed) ‘‘ W. HICILENS, Captain, R.E. " Washington, Dec.lB, 1865." This concluded the business, and the committee ad- Mourned. E .\'..,; 1 t i - 8 1 i - IY ? gull- At 114. L ffsPz: HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Wednesday. His Serene Highness Prince Christian of Schles wig-Holstein arrived yesterday evening from Dover, and dined with her Majesty and the royal family. The prince is attended by the Count de Rantzau. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge also attended his serene highness from Dover. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will return to town to-morrow from visiting General Hall at his seat near Newmarket. The Duchess (Dowager) of Atli°le has arrived at the St. George's Hotel from Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter will entertain a succession of distinguished visitors at Burghley House, Northamptonshire, during next week. The Earl and Countess Delawarr will come to town during the first week of next month, from Buckhurst Park, Sussex. ' The Earl of Lonsdale will come to town the week after next from the Isle of Wight. The noble earl is greatly improved in health. Lord De Lisle and Dudley has left the St• George's Hotel. Lady Churchill has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. I LIVe understand that the christening of the infant daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady EmdY Peel will take place next week. ILLNESS OF MR. GIBSON, THE SCULPTOR.—On the 9th the well-known sculptor, Mr. John Gibson, was stritA with paralysis in his studio at Rome. When removed to his own residence he became a little better, but no hopes are entertained of a definitive recovery. He is in his 76th year. _ DEATH OF DR. DAUGLISH. The inventor of aerated bread, Dr. Dauglish, expired on Sunday last at Great Malvern. Dr. Dauglish had for some years been in failing health, and his death is understood to have been accelerated by the labour of perfecting his most recent im provements. DEATH OF MR. BENJAMIN TRAvEßs.—This emi nent surgeon, whose death we have to announce, was only 52 years of age. He was formerly assistant resident ser geon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1843. Ho was consulting eur' geon to the Economic Assurance Company, and had e lucrative practice in Dover-street. He was author of seve ral useful works on surgery. Father Hyacinthe at Notre Dame. Father Hyacinthe has preached his sixth and closing " conference " at Notre Dame (says the Times' Paris correspondent), and to the las t moment the thousands who thronged to hear hie l felt the same unbounded admiration as when his genius first broke upon them. There has been nothing like it since Lacordaire. Less declamatory , less impassioned, less ambitious of rhetorical orna ment, and appealing less to the imagination than the great Dominican, Father Hyacinthe surpass° him as a dialectician ; and never was his power in this way more manifest than in d e f en di ng Chris" tianity against Rationalism. In alluding to the. preacher on a former occasion I spoke of him as 81 Dominican. It was an error ; Father Hyacinthe IS 3 member of the order of Barefooted Carmelites, Car" mes De'ehausse's, the reformed branch o f th e original Carmelites, named from Mount Carmel, and wil e claim their descent from Elijah. Like his prede" censor in the same pulpit, Father Hyacinthe --- ' whose name in the world was Loison, and whos e brother, the Abbe Loison, is now one of the vicar of the Church of St. Clotilde, in Paris—is remark able for his liberal opinions in political and his tole" ranee in religious matters. But his liberalism' though not less sincere than Lacordaire's, is better regulated. The first sermons of the Dominican va.r e most discursive. He treated all the topics that tuoe b interested and agitated the generation of 1834' nationalities, liberty, politics, industry, railroads/ and Napoleon. The novelty of his style, the s play , dour of his diction, the hardihood of his ideas, and the recollection of the fierce struggles he had been just engaged in together with Lamennais—allre' sponded to the fermentation which per v aded society at the time, and captivated those who heard We l ' He was, however, then a member of the secula r clergy ; for it was some years later when he firs t appeared in thepulpit of Notre-Dame with hiishaval crown and arrayed in the white robe of the order. His political opinions had been Republican, with perhaps some tendency to Socialism, and he neve r entirely forgot them. The sermon he preached at St. Roch in 1853, and the discussion to which hi Ei marked political allusions gave rise, occasioned Ili° forced retirement from the pulpit. In the sermons, or " conferences," which he ha ° just concluded, and which attracted day after day s° many thousands, Father Hyacinthe did not indee d show any fear of touching the perilous topic Of politics, but he mainly applied himself to combat ing the notion that morality subsists and suffice independent of religion. His language was correct and chaste, and though he avoided meretricious or nament i there were occasionally bursts of elocutio n which seemed to send a thrill among his hearers' The crowd who went to listen to him could scarcely find standing-room in the spacious cathedral, and It was no uncommon thing for 20f. or even 40f. to b e paid to secure a seat. A mong hi s mos t cons t an t and most attentive listeners was his mother, for whom place was always reserved opposite the pulpit, an d the old lady, who sometimes seemed to forget tha t the gifted orator was her own son, used to weep O r joy and pride when she was reminded of it by t he congratulations of those who knew her. As I have spoken of the liberal opinions of the eloquent Carmelite, I cannot resist quoting one to two passages in his last conference, in which h e , establishes the distinction b e t ween t h e tempora l s ou spiritual authority of the Pope. He said— "No one bows more lowly than Ido before that thron e ' venerable on two accounts—its weakness and its grandeu r ' —a throne invested with all the majesty of history, an d sceptre which is borne in the hands of an unarmed ola man. No one bows more lowly than Ido before him, of wishes for him longer and more glorious days. But 1 mus t declare with theology,with the Popes, with Pius IX. hil ly self, that the throne is not a theocracy. God, long centn; ries, and Franc e h ave p l ace d t wo crowns on the h ea d;°' the successor to St. Peter, who has united, but not eon: founded, them together. Theo crac y i s th e govern men" exercised by a Prince instituted directly by God O r that object. But the Prince who governs the Row° States does not govern them precisely because be id Pope ; and the Pope who governs our consciences doe° not govern them precisely because he is a Prince. On til d contrary, if by the decree of Providence these two croWn ° are laid together on his head, it is because it NV ° necessary—to use an expression which cannot be too often repeated, though it be known to all—that those two Power! should be united there in order to be better separated everywhere else." In another part of the same discourse Father Hyacinthe adheres, in terms still more formal, t° the principle of liberty of conscience, and repudiata and stigmatises violence : " There are abuses in the religious order as well as i n purely human affairs. . . . The horror which this corr°P o tion of religious affairs excites in me will not force me t ° conceal it. For my part I have never understood the his" tory of the Church in this point of view—to insult all th e " is outside it, and to glorify all that is within it. The Pei allotted to the sword in the world, if it b e some ti me s— e° , these are happy moments—to defend justic e an d weakness oppressed in the Church, is never to inspire in people the faith which they reject. To affirm that it is would be t° repudiate the Gospel. itself ; it would b e a t once an set °, folly and an odious crime. It wou ld b e an act o f s i g os' folly, for the wise man should proportion the means to the end, and this end is faith, conviction, and the free ao° - lion of the mind and the heart. Do you desire and do Ye n believe that the sword can obtain such an object ? It is madness, but it is also a crime, because if there be, nest "- the majesty of God, a majesty which is inviolable, it is the majesty of man's conscience." What, perhaps, imparts additional force to th e liberal manifestation of the preacher is the solo° approval of the Archbishop of Paris in an allocutio n he pronounced after the close of these conferenc eBl and in which I find these words : "I thank and I congratulate the preacher for the exA 111 : pie he has shown here ; a n d even th oug h th a t exaraP e . may not be followed elsewh ere , it, is well that words 15 " noble should be uttered in presence of an auditory such / 1 : that which has attended the Conferences of Notre-Dag°. tETON COLLEGE.—Yesterday the Christmas vat' tion terminated with the ret urn o f th e l ower b oys to t i ; school. To-day the fifth form will arrive, and the si xth form will reach the college t o - morrow, by which tituo whole of the scholars will have reassembled. A tlat r i t 4, e1 • e lle " ) Dutch e t:qua b 0.., L~ 0 N o 0 eR D, D o. D l eey„ D (