The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT ERVICES.—During the storms of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per sons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co., Berries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the London and country bankers; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, Beg at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and oirector. Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING. tha performance will commence with the new Opera, LARA. Principal characters by Messrs. M.sses Swift, G. Honey, Forbes, Terrott, and Ren . wick ; Louisa Pyne, Cottrell, Burrington, aud Romer Conductor, Signor ARDITI. After the Opera will be given the Burlesque, en titledt THE L O ON AND T 1 , 1 UNICORN. Principal aMsr Ruse, Anderson, Arc. ; Misses B. BUitoO, Cottrell, Furtado. To conclude w.th the GILAND TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Doors open at Halt-past Six. Commence at Seven. R OYAL, ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- G A.RD EN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA AND THE WONDERFUL DONATO. THIS EVENING a new Opera, in one act, entitled THE RIVER SPRITE. The music by Frank Mori, the words by George Linley. Characters by Messrs. G. Perrin, Weiss, A, Lyall, Dussek, and Mdme. Florence Landau, Cook, Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA, in which Donato will reappear. Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. Commence at Seven. THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE EIGHTH, terminating with the fall of Wolsey. Messrs. Phelps, Walter Lacey, Marston, E. Phelps, Barrett, Sin clair; alias Atkinson, Mrs. Vandenoff, After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. tsel more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, &c. Misses Lydia Thompson. R. Leclexcq, ; Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, W. A. Barne., T. Morris. Cormack, Saville ; Mdme. Moleno, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Feb. 10, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thersby, M ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon. Clark, White, Coe, Weathersb'y, dtc. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Bill, dm With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To commence at 7. 'E W THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-- lei 6ole eruprlatur ana Illanagier, Att. is. Yv twister. THIS EVENING, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J. L. Tool , Billington; Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Billington, and M ss H Simms. To conclude with. THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billibgton, Stuart, Stephen son, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Blllington, Miss K. Kelley, and miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. T 0 YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. 1. echter. _ TIII3 EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. S. Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, Hen rade, E. Boyce, and Elswortny. Alter which, at half-past 9, a New Drama, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. It bert Ma sire, Mr. r echter. Messrs. Widdicomb, C. Horsman, itzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, Haymow!, Collett; Mesdames E.s worthy and B. Percy. To conclude with BEARFACED IMPOSTORS. Mr, Wiudisomb. _ Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev..ll till Five. ReYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I ILINCESS. Alter which, THE bTEEETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrebter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Alarston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROY AL STRAND TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and .11anageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THI i EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselle ; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE " GRIN" BUSH FS ; or, the Mrs. Brown 01 the Missis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, ac.; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone, ac. To conclude with NES. Gr/EEN'S SNUG LITTLE BUSINESS. Mr. Belford. COALS. —The LILLIESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' .26g. per ton. I Double ..21s. per ton. 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Mr. MOFFATT has begun the work of the Session in good time by bringing forward the subject of the Bankruptcy Act. It is indeed high time that some thing earnest was done in respect to this question, for its present management is a disgrace to all con cerned, and a positive loss to those who ought to benefit by the workings of the system. It is well known that nothing is so difficult to uproot as the prejudices which appertain to the law, and it seems indeed impossible at times to make any progress in this up-hill task. Yet when we consider the im portant bearings of this case upon all social affairs and commercial traffic, it is most urgent that a re medial measure be speedily adopted, and some of the discrepancies removed which attach them selves to the present workings of the system. Times out of number have those well skilled in the details and perfectly conversant with the working of the matter declared that the fallacies which it contains render failure almost certain, and entail great grievances upon all the parties immediately concerned. Mr. MOFFATT'S object was that a select committee be appointed to inquire " into the working of the new Bankruptcy Act, and to report thereon." It is satisfactory to notice that the motion was agreed to, for it cannot fail to prove of service and to confer some benefits upon those who seek for information upon the sub ject. It will be of consequence to many to peruse the speeches made during this discussion, for they contain Some good descriptions of the workings of the system, and expose some of its most glaring er rors. Mr. MOFFATT entered into the subject with a comprehensiveness which showed that he had m astered all it s paid him swell-deserved compliment when he said the House w which his : u m. recognise i d the va l ua bl e ser vices friend had rendered in connexion with the subject." It is dreadful to dwell upon the monstrous practices that have prevailed in these matters; they are a scandal to justice, and a re proach to the framers of the law. Here we find from Mr. MOFFATT'S summary of " some of the c hi e f points of note that upon estates a mounting to £680,000 the official charges were upwards of £140,000," or about 20 per cent., besides unavoid able expenses. Out of 9,200 bankruptcies only 150 paid more than 9s. 6d. in the pound. Such state ments clearly show that what profit there is in a bankrupt's estate goes principally to the benefit of officials, and thus the complicated workings of the system prove of no avail to those concerned, or of very little, at all events. In the hurry-skurry of assistance, as it is called, it is very possible for serious evils to exist without much notice being taken of them, and this may in some degree account for the small share of attention that the anomalies bankruptcy system have received fromtheofthe commu nity in general. Now , however, that reason can no longer prevail, for through the exertions of well informed persons, the frauds and fallacies of the case are pretty generally known, and must have been widely disseminated through the length and breadth of the land. Mr. MOFFATT affirmed, as a fact, that creditors were ready to accept almost anything rather than go into the Bankruptcy Court. And who can doubt it. They spend a great deal of time in annoyances and trouble, with very little profit in some cases, and none in many. The hon. member truly observed, that it was impossible to base any measure upon the existing system which would be successful or satisfactory. Too much was attempted, and it would prove a failure if it sought to undertake anything beyond its due limits. Thus, in seeking to prove the honesty or dishonesty of the debtor, it essayed more than was compatible with its power and resources. Enough has been shown by this time to corroborate the force of the statement here put forth, that this latter endeavour is " quitebeyond the scope of a sound and useful bankruptcy system, and should be abolished." Mr. MOFFATT'S proposi tion, that the existing law of bankruptcy should be abolished altogether, and a simpler system substi tuted similar to that now in use in Scotland, was an admirable one, and it would be a great advantage if such a thing could be done in every point of view. The Scotch system has given general satisfaction, and from attempting too much it does not fail, as ours does in so many palpable ways, but answers the legitimate ends for which it is designed. The State has very little to do with the manage ment of affairs in Scotland ; and the credi tors in general make their o wn arrangements through an agent that they appoint for the purpose of transacting the business. A final court of appeal was also advocated by Mr. MOFFATT, and his sug gestion of permitting the creditors to receive the estate of an insolvent in lieu of their debts would now probably answer in the long run. By this means, as he observed, a debtor might say " There is a good dividend, let me go," and thus 16s. in the pound might often be realised, which at present very seldom took place. The fact is that a series of abuses has:rendered the workings of the existing systems quite incompetent for the purposes for which they were designed, and while professing to sift the subject and adjust the difficulties of the case, the employees of the Bankruptcy Court suffer the proceeds of the estate to melt away, and by the time the day of reckoning arrives the creditors find that all their time and trouble have brought them nothing but vanity and vexation of spirit. 'The law that is so proverbially known as the eater of the oyster and divider of its shell never appears so to a greater extent than when it is surveyed under the aspect of the Bankruptcy Court. There it seems to culminate its inconsistencies and absurdities, and out of the necessities of some and the losses of others to reap an unrighteous harvest. " A sound, intel ligible, and satisfactory state" is what Mr. MOFFATT prophecises as the result of his proposed alteration, and certainly if that object is in any degree attained many great and important improvements will be made upon the past and present system. A decided change is what is imperatively called for, and unless that takes place it is idle to expect and useless to promise any benefit of a practical nature to those . interested in the affair. It is to be hoped that after all that has been said and written in a theoretical way upon this subject, and all that has been gained in a practical form by the workings of the faulty system now in vogue, some great change will take place, and that the country's good sense may not be insulted by any more patchings and tinkerings cf unsound measures, but that a new and simple scheme may be adopted to answer the desired end of securing as much money as possible for creditors, instead of squandering away the assets of the bank rupt in unbecoming ways, and for unworthy pur poses. The interests of the commercial members of the community surely merit attention from the Le gislature, and it will be a great disgrace if their wants and wishesare not to be made paramount to the prejudices of officials and the predilections of red-tapists to their own notions. For many reasons a real reform in the law, and especially in the Bank ruptcy Act, is more necessary than in a Parliamen tary sense. It was only to be expected, after the number of serious accidents that have lately occurred on our railways, and especially after her MAJESTY'S just and forcible remonstrance on the subject, that the opening days of Parliament would not pass over without some allusion to the subject. Accordingly Mr. BENTINCK, last evening, called the attention of Mr. GIBSON to the matter, and asked whether it 'was the intention of the Government during the present Session to bring forward any measure for the better prevention of railway accidents. It was fully in accordance with the general policy of our existing administration, and could hardly have sur prised any member of the House that the President of the Board of Trade stated that he and his col leagues had no such intention. For this inaction he brought forward several reasons, many of which were plausible enough, but which are hardly altogether satisfactory. Mr. GIBSON thinks the matter is best left to the directors of the various companies, who, during the year 1863, have paid, in the shape of indemnities, nearly £170,000. He further 'argues, that in the year 1864 the railways have conveyed 220,000,000 of passengers, of whom only 14 have been killed, so that the computation stands at 1 passenger killed out of every 15,719,285, and one injured of every 315,638. This, however, is not quite the way to look at the question. The number of fatal accidents is comparatively small, but if those fourteen deaths arose from preventible causes, if they were occasion e d by care l essness or ne glectof duty, the public has just ground for com plaint and uneasiness. According to Mr. GIBSON'S inference we might as well proportion of fatal accidents occurring ntot' .heinsmoaurll thoroughfares, and th ereupon cease from punishing f u rious driving. Mr. GIBSON admits that the acci dents to passenger trains have increased from 52 in 1863 to 77 in 1864, but he attributes this to the in creased number of trains running. Increase of traffic demands increase of care, and the traffic, rapid as its increase is, has certainly not risen at the rate of half as much again in 12 months, so that an a ddition of 25 to 52 in the number of accidents mustbe altogether disproportionate. Under these circum stances, though doing every a ju n s d ti f c n e ny to ap t p h r e ee p ia u t b in li g c spirit of the railway companies, the advantages of leaving enterprise unfettered,so farfrom the public may be inclined to thinkthat diminishing the responsibilities of the com p anies it may be desirable to take measures to increase their sense of their obligations to their passengers. every e A c c i o d u e e n , s t s a b tt y e n fi t n r e The e o m m d a o n n g e e r n c o o u n g c h e r n t o s u e s x c a i l t l and therefore one would suppose that all would unite in endeavouring to avoid it, and in providing the best means of escape in case of personal danger. But it is a singular thing that a very large propor tion of the fires that annually occur in the Metro polis arise from sheer carelessness or recklessness, while, although anxious householders may make provision for due precautions being t ken by their servants, there is one source of general danger that is altogether disregarded. What is everybody's danger is nobody's danger, and the condition of our public buildings has been a wanton risk of life and limb. Accident after accident, catastrophe after catastrophe, have failed to arouse the public interest to more than a languid and occasional action. We have had no vigorous exertion, no organised im provement, no official supervision. Just now fires are a good deal talked of, for the disasters have been more than usually momentous. The very narrow escape of Sandringham Hall is enough of itself to attract attention. Every one must feel re joiced that the country house of the young Prince and Princess, whose fortunes England follows with such kindly interest and goodwill, has escaped de struction ; the risk was, however, sufficiently great to make its preservation a matter of more than ordinary congratulation. It would have been very much to be regretted if the building which has just been arranged and adorned to suit the taste and con venience of its royal owners, should have been de stroyed ; but the absence of all but a few persons from the establishment prevented much risk of any fatal casualties. In our public assemblies it is not so, and we have just had two warnings sufficiently impressive to arouse us from our lethergy. The destruction of the Edinburgh Theatre happily occurred when the audience was not present, and thus loss of life from the terrible commotion inevitable when such a discovery is made was avoided. The catastrophe, however, was not un attended with fatal accidents, and the death of those courageous and noble-minded men who perished in attempting to rescue those already endangered by the falling buildings, adds a mournful feature to the story. Since that disaster, and while the heroism of the Dean of Guild is still fresh in the minds of his countrymen, the metropolis itself is startled by ano ther wholesale conflagration. One of the regular theatres is totally destroyed by fire ; but in this in stance, though the public lose a pleasant place of amusement, the respected managers incur a heavy pecuniary loss, and some hundreds of persons are thrown out of employment, no life is actually sacri ficed. Had it not been for the promptness and presence of mind of those in the theatre, many acci dents would probably have taken place ; and had fire broken out earlier in the evening,when the house was full, we can scarcely hope that no fatal result s would have occurred. In both these theatrical dis asters the origin of the fire was something similar, as the roof in each case caught fire from excessive heat and unprotected gas. It is noticeable, too, that, in accordance with a common but dangerous custom, the carpenter's shop in the Surrey Theatre was just above the thin lath and plaster ceiling, which, from the excessive heat of the chandelier, set fire to a heap of shavings and rubbish. It will be remembered that this was the orign of the fire at Covent Garden in 1856, and the total destruction of the fine old house. It would be well for theatrical managers to look to this, and to have the arrange ments altered without delay. A very trifling out lay of trouble and of capital would not only secure their own property from great risk, but the public from serious danger. Forewarned should be fore armed, and the recurrence of such disasters proves that there is something wrong in the present sys tem. The same motto should be accepted by the public generally, as a hint to insist on some active steps being taken to. improve the means of entrance and exit belonging to places of public resort. Most of our large houses are little better than man-traps for destruction in case of fire or sudden panic ; and we have no doubt that it is the desire as well as the interest of the managers to secure the safety of their visitors, it only needs a properly organised system I to remove the danger. The French Government and the Papal Nuncio. The Moniteur of yesterday contains the following announcement :—" The Minister for Foreign Affairs, after receiving orders from the Emperor, has re quested his Majesty's ambassador at the Holy See to complain of the two letters addressed by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Bishops of Orleans and Poitiers, letters which have been published in the newspapers, and which constitute an infringement of the regulations of international law and of the public law of France." The following is a translation of the letter ad dressed by the Papal Nuncio to Monseigneur Pie, Bishop of Poitiers Monseigneur,—l have just received, and I have read with delight, the charge that your excellence has published in your cathedral for the purpose of acquainting your people with the recent Encyclical of the Sovereign Pontiff, and the catalogue of condemned errors annexed to it. Your charge, Monseigneur, is admirable for its firmness and epis copal courage. That does not, however, astonish me in any way; I expected it. It is to be 'hoped that the veritable glory of the Church of France will shine forth undimmed on this memorable occasion. It will be a great subject of con solation for our Holy Father to see the chief pastors of this catholic nationinspired with his courage and firmness, which do not falter despite the sore trials to which he is subjected. I take the liberty of adding, that we shall all be very glad to become acquainted with the letter that your excellence has addressed to the minister, in reply to his circular of the Ist January. Accept, sir, with my most sincere congratu lations, the assurance that I am happy to renew towards you the sentiments of affection and devotion with which, I am, &c., FLATIO, Archbishop of Myra, Apostolical Nuncio. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 9. , The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Feb. 9. Feb. 2. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 6,246,618 64 6,780,382 75 Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 129,309,601 97 115,213,823 01 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 2,574,848 75 3,240,358 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 2,789,444 05 2,789,444 05 Sundries 9,897,778 50 10,925,989 86 Total CREDITOR. Feb. 9. Feb. 2: Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 328 857 706 40 322,560,428 2 7 Do. bra nc h banks 30 7 '44 6 '199 328,814,862 Advances on depo s it of ' ' bullion Do. branch banks 4,248,210 4,205,610 Do. on French Public Securities 14,584,100 14 925 600 Do. by branch bankr _or _8.., Do. on railway shares - 9;222;500 - and debentures D. branch banks 17,573,750 17,928,050 Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches 331;150 Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disporable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed proper ty branches Expenses of manage -221,800 06 208,008 18 ment 6,754,389 71 6,550,813 50 Sundries ____------. T0ta1............ 1,287,921,267 81 1,286,065,500 33 (Signed) The Senator Governor of the Bank of France, BOVLAND. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTERS TELEGRAL) ROME. RoME, Feb. 9. The Giornale di Roma of to-day contradicts the statement that the representatives of the Holy See in foreign countries have .given, by order from Rome, any explanations or commentaries upon the Encyclical. ITALY. TURN, FEB. 10. It is stated that the Commissioner appointed to select a locality for the establishment of a military port for the Southern Italian provinces, have fixed upon the port of Taranto. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 10. The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day says : "In reply to the false rumours now current, we state that the military tribunal of Buda, having condemned the landed proprietors of Nedeczky and the Bailiff Benitz t/be hung for high treason, com mitted in Hungary, this sentence has been com muted by his Majesty to 20 years' imprisonment." Paul Almasy and five other individuals have been condemned to 14 years' imprisonment, and Linen to six years' imprisonment and loss of his nobility. JAPAN. SHANGHAE, DEC. 26. The intelligence from Japan is unsatisfactory. The British forces were still in the Bay of Jeddo. It is reported that the Mikado repudiates the late happy to learn that the President has signed the bill creating a General-in-Chief. That bill is now a law. No appointment has yet been made to fill the new office." A Washington despatch thus describes the result of Mr. Blair's mission to Richmond : " It is now definitely settled that Mr. Blair's mission has been an entire failure, and that he is not to wear the honour of a great pacificator. Mr. Blair went to Richmond confident that he should be able to inaugurate negotiations whose end would be the termination of hostilities and restoration of the Union. He returns satisfied that at present there is no hope of a peaceful solution of existing difficulties. He found division and wrangling among the rebel leaders, but they are so distrustful of each other that none dare to assume the responsibility of mak ing advances, or agreeing to terms which would lead to peace. Davis is environed with enemies, who watch his every motion, and are ready at the first indication of a disposition to accede to any possible terms of settlement to spring upon and overwhelm him. For this reason he could offer no terms ex cept a precedent recognition of commissioners as representing the Confederate Government, or he was willing to negotiate without an actual recogni tion, provided an armistice of from thirty to ninety days was granted. Neither of these propositions could, of course, receive a moment's consideration, and so he was informed. " Failing all efforts to accommodate: matters amicably, Mr. Blair has returned to this city, and his labours as a peacemaker are ended. Nothing now remains but a vigorous prosecution of the war until the army of Lee is destroyed, and then peace will come, not by negotiation, but by the disintegra tion of the rebel Government. " The rebels are determined to make one last effort, by the conscription of negroes and a more vigorous enforcement of the conscription of white men, to change the current of disaster, which has so steadily set against them of late. Their hopes of recognition have not altogether failed them, and they are encouraged, from the action of our Con gress in relation to the French occupation of Mexico, to believe that France will soon recognise them as an off-set to the hostility displayed towards the new Government of that country by the United States. All these arguments are used to keep the rebel Con gress and the people from despairing of ultimate success ; and they have the effect desired for the present. " It is authoritatively stated that Mr. Blair is pre paring a letter, addressed to Horace Greeley, de tailing his experience as a peace negotiator, and explaining the causes of his failure, and showing that there is no hope of an immediate peaceful set tlement of the war. " General Singleton has not returned yet to this city, although it is understood that he has come within our lines from Richmond. His political friends are quite disappointed at his utter failure to bring about a peaceful frame of mind. " Peace men are said to be plentiful in Richmond, but reconstructionists do not as yet dare to avow themselves. " A resolution will be introduced in the Senate on Monday calling upon the President for all the Blair- Davis correspondence." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIO N, HOUSE OF COMMONS-FEB. 9. PRIVATE BILLS. Standing Order No. 7 read. Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "four," in order to insert the word "three," instead thereof. Question put, " That the word 'four' stand part of the said Standing Order." The house divided—Ayes, 154 ; Noes, 72. AYES —154. Adderley, C. B. Gore, J. R. 0. Palk, Sir L. Archdall, Capt.M E. Goschen, G. J. Palmer, Sir R. Ayrton, A., S. Gower, G. W. L. Palmerston, Visct. Barnes, E. Grey, Sir G. Parker, Major W. Baring, Sir F. Gurdon, B. Peel, Sir H, Barrow, W. H. Hadfield, G. Peel, Gcn. Bazley, T. Hamilton, Lord C. Peel, J. Beecroft, G. S. Band,ey. J. Potter, E. Bellew, R. M. Hartington,Marquis Powell, F. S. Bonham-Carter, J. Hassard, M. Price, E. G. Bouverie, P. P. Bay, Sir J Rowley, R. T. Boyle, G F . Headlam, T. E. Russell, A. Bremridge, R. Henley, J. Sclater-Booth, G. Brid,cres, Sir B. W. liothatn, Lord Scourfielo, J. H. Bright, J. Howes. E Smith, Augustus Broinley. W. B. Hubbard, J. G. Smith, Sir F. Bruce, Major C. Hutt, W. Smyth, Col. Bruce, H. A. Ifigham, R. Smollett, P. B. Burghley, Lord Jervis, Captain Stansfeld, J. Caird, J. Kingscote, Col. Stracey, Sir H. Calthorpe, F. IL Knatchbull, W. Sturt, H. G. Cardwell, E. Knatchbull-Hugess Sturt, Lt -Col. N. Cartwright, Col. Leader, N. P. Surtees, H. E. Castlerosse, Viet. Lefevre, G. J. S. Taylor, Col. Cave, S. Leroy, A. Thynne, Lord H. Childers, H. C. E. Lee, W. Tite, W. Cochrane, A. D. B. Legh, Major C. Torrens, R. Courtney. Lord Legh, W. J. Tracy, C. R. D. Cowper, W. r. Lennox, Lord H. G. Trefusis, C. H. R. Cox, W. Leslie, C. P. Treherne, M. Crawford, R. W. Long, It. P. Trollope, Sir J. Darner, S. D: Lovaine, Lord Turner, J. A. Denman, G. Lowther, Col. Turner, C. Disraeli. B. M'Cormick, %V. Verney, Sir H. Duncombe, W. E. Malcolm, J. W. Villiers, C. P. Dundas, Sir D. Melina, R. Waldegrave-Leslie nine, Col. Martin,J. Walpole, S. H. Farquhar, Sir M. Miller, W. Warner, E. Fenwick, H. Mills, A. Watkin, E. W. Fitzgerald, W. S. Moffatt, G. Weguelin, T. M. Fitzroy, Lord F. Montagu, Lord R. Western, S. P toyer. J. Montgomery, Sir G. Westhead, J. P. B. Foley, H. W. Morgan, 0. Whalley, G. H. Fortescue, F. D. Morris, W. White, L. French, Col. Mowbray, J. R. Whitmore, H. Gavin, Major Naas, Lord Willoughby, Sir H. George, J. Noel, G. J. Woodd, B. T. Gibson, T. M. O'Conor Don, The Wynn, C. W. W. Gilpin, C. Ogilvy, Sir J. Gladstone, W. N. O'Logtilen, Sir C. TELLERS. Glyn, G. C. 0' i:eilly, A. W. Goddard, A. L. Puke, Col. Patten, Col. W. Goldsmid, Sir F. Paget, Lord C. Egerton, E. C. NOES —72. Antrobus, E. Ferrand, W. Pakington, Sir J. Baillie, H. J. Forster, W. E. Peacocke, G. M. W. Beaumont, W. B. Gower, F. L. Pinney, Col. Bentinck, G. W. P. Greville, Col. F. Pugh, D. Bentinck, G. C. Griffith, C. D. Robertson, 11. Bowyer, Sir G. Hardy, G. Roebuck, J. A. Brady, Dr Hardy, J. Salt, T. Briscoe, J. I. Hennessy, J. P. Selwyn, C. J. Bruce, Lord E. A. Hodgson, R. Seymour, Danby Burrell, Sir P. Hurooerstone, P. S. Stacpoole, W. Cairns, Sir H. Jackson, W. Stanley, Lord Cargill, W. W. Kelly, Sir F. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Cecil, Lord R. Kinglake, A. W. Vance, J. Clifton, Sir R. Knightley, c,ir R. Vansittart, W. Craufurd, E. H. J. Langton, W. H. G. Walsh, Sir J. B. Daiglish, R. Lawson, W. Walter, J. Dawson, R. P. Lennox, Lord G. G. Whitbread, S. Douglas, Sir C. Locke, J. White, J. Duff, M. E. Lowe, X. Wickham, H. W. Elphinstone, Sir J. Lyall, G. Wrightson, W. B. Enfield, Viscount Maguire, J. F. Wyndham, P. Ewart, W. Marsh, M. H. Yorke, J. R. Ewart, J. C. Murray, W. TELLERS. Fenwick, E. M. Newdegate, C. Forster, C. Ferguson, Sir J. North`. Henley, Lord MR. STANLEY AT BARCELONA.—We must, writes the Barcelona correspondent of the Presse Theatre et Musical of Paris, alluding to the performance of "Lucia di Lammermoor," make a special mention in favour of the Barytone Santley. Since his debut in the " Trovatore," Mr. Santley has marched onward from success to success. His is a talent of the very highest order, and his voice is so happily timbre that one cannot hear it with indifference. Mr. Santley manages it with an art which one cannot sufficiently ad: mire ; without exaggeration, without ficelles, by force of expression alone, by the legitimate employment of all the resources of the vocal art, he produces his effects and raises the enthusiasm of his hearers. Mr. Santley was recalled and applauded vociferously after his air (the air of Enrico in the first act), after the duet with Lucia—in fine, after the principal scenes of the opera, all of which compliments were eminently merited.—Musical World. RESTORATIONS AT NOTRE DAME.—The scaffolding which was erected before the north front of the cathedral of Notre Dame has been removed, and it can now be viewed with its large Gothic window completely re stored. The date of this part of the church is not cut in stone as on the south side, but the architecture itself indi cates the period of its construction. It was evidently built at the same time as the other part of the church, and per haps by the same architect —that is, by Jean de Chelles. The gate at this side of the church is called the gate of the cloister, because it opened on the ground reserved for the canons. Nothing can be more richly sculptured than that gate, the sides being profusely decorated. The Gothic window is not less than 40ft. in diameter. Two angels, sounding trumpets, are placed in niches at the sides, and a statue which stood there, and which was removed thirty years ago, has been replaced.—Times' Correspondent. AN INCIDENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A very novel circumstance occurred yesterday evening in the House of Commons. Mr. Boyle, the new member for Buteshire, took the oaths and his seat at the usual hour and in the usual way, but being resolved to distinguish himself he subsequently, after Mr. Disraeli took his seat, walked up to the right hon. gentleman and presented his card. The unusual proceeding attracted notice, but Mr. Disraeli was equal to the occasion. Instead of evincing surprise he coolly inspected the card, and handed it back to the owner, apparently for the purpose of getting his address. Mr. Boyle accordingly wrote the address, and again pre sented the card to Mr. Disraeli, who solemnly gazed on the writing, then slowly rose from his seat, advanced to the table, applied some blotting-paper to the card, and carefully consigned it to the breast-pocket of his coat. This accom plished, in the same grave manner as if the business on hand had been of overwhelming importance, the right hon. gentleman returned from the table and resumed his seat. Mr. Boyle then gave a parting bow to his leader, and re tired to a distant bench in the vicinity of the Sergeant -at s.—Morning Parer. LITERATURE, A Journey Due East. By Christopher Cooke. One Vol., pp. 278. Hall, Smart, and Allen. It is not the first time, through this intelligent and entertaining volume, that we make Mr. Cooke's ac quaintance. He is already known to us by his odd little shilling pamphlet, intituled " Astrology in a Nutshell," purporting to be descriptive of occult phenomena—previously to that by his half-crown volume, " A Plea for Urania"—and, latest of all these earlier publications of his, by a four shilling book recounting to us with really surprising frankness his own astral experiences during an interval of 14 years, a sort of autobiographic record of what he defined, (we might almost conj ecture with a double significance in the phrase) " Curiosities of Occult Literature." Lastly, he comes before us, here, with a goodly six and-sixpenny volume of Foreign Travel, in which astral experiences, occult literature, and astrological proclivities are but very occasionally, and always, then, it should be said, quite casually and unobtru sively indicated ! A volume, this is, descriptive of Oriental journeyings, hither and thither, along tracks already made familiar to English readers by their having been trodden successively by Alexander Kinglake, in his " Eothen," by Robert Cur zon, in his " Monasteries of the Levant," and by Eliot Warburton in his " Crescent and the Cross." In this one circumstance of his having been preceded, within the remembrance of the present generation, by those three celebrated writers of three celebrated books, now, in their way, part and parcel of our national literature, lies the seeming disadvantage with which Mr. Cooke claims the at tention of English readers on presenting to them this his Journal of a Five - Months' Trip to Lower Egypt, Palestine, and Turkey. Yet, upon an examination of his book, it can hardly be said that he has reason to fear any invidious comparisons whatever, and just simply for this reason—that neither in his manner nor yet in his matter, as a narrator of oriental travel, does he for an instant lay himself open to one—that is to any comparison at all with one or the other of his three most illus trious predecessors. " A Journey Due East," as it is here recounted by Mr. Cooke in this very readable and amusing, nay, we may even say, this occasionally instructive little volume—is nothing more nor less than the unaffected record of what was seen and heard and thought during travels of some five months' duration altogether, by an observant and intelligent Englishman upon the occasion of his first visit to localities as profoundly interesting to any educated traveller as Alexandria and Cairo, Jaffa and Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth, Tyre and Sidon, Damascus and Baalbec, Constantinople and Athens, Naples and Rome, and so homewards, through Padua and Venice, by Dresden and Berlin, to Hamburgh, and thence by steam on to Gravesend. If we have not here, for example, the brilliant rhetoric of Eiithen, we have at none least of its heartless cynicism or of its sardonic profanity. Our author treads lightly, with a sense that it is holy ground over which he is moving, so soon as his foot is planted upon the soil of Palestine. lie at any rate indulges himself and outrages his readers with no insolent flippancy, while he passes with a reverent air of veneration, instead of with a diabolical sneer, through the hallowed haunts, rendered—less than two thousand years ago—Holy Land, in very truth, as ever since then in name, by having been glorified by the footprints and sanctified by the blood of the Saviour of the human race. A cultivator of the obsolete science— or, 'as it is nowadays called, the pseudo science—of Astrology, has long come to be looked upon as kind of a credulous pariah in the realms of philosophy—what though " the wisest and brightest" of mankind was himself, in his time, a believer in that science, or pseudo-science if you will, of Astrology ! Yet, astrologer though the author of this " Journey Due East" assumes to be—as a traveller in Holy Land, he contrasts as favourably with such an irreverent writer as Mr. Kinglake, let us say, as any man who has ever visited Palestine and then written an account of his journeyings, to and fro, there, afterwards. The unaffectedness of the work we have already spoken of—and it is such, let us say, that of itself alone it would be sufficient to impart to the book under review a charm of its own, almost influencing the reader's mind at moments with a kind of fasci nation. At the very outset, in his modest but rthoroughly manly Preface, Mr. Cooke warns his reader frankly— "I do not pretend to be a scholar, and still less a divine or an artist." In despite of which he cannot for the life of him, apparently, help letting the reader recog nise very plainly, whenever the opportunity chances to present itself, that—artist though he is not, he has an eye for beauty—divine though he is not, he has a capacity for veneration, such as many a divine might envy—that, scholar though he pretends not to be, his chapters are sprinkled here and there, nevertheless, with unmistakeable evidences of scholarship ! The volume, alto gether, interesting as it is in its capacity as a narra tive, is also, in its way too, really and practically use ful, as a guide-book. Even those among the intending Voyagers Due East who, before setting out on their journey to Palestine and the regions thereabout, wisely provided beforehand with those incomparable guide-books, bound in red—almost everywhere, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, known to be the Travelling Englishman's Trade mecum, his MURRAY—even we say the possessors already of a " Murray" would do well, as it seems to us, in a mere business point of view, before set ting out on their " Journey Due East" like Mr.. Cooke, by dropping into the valise a copy of Mr. Cooke's jour nal of his Oriental wanderings. " Omne tulit punctum," sang the epicurean but sagacious Horace, " qui miscuit utile dulci," adding—" Lectorem de lectando pariterque monendo." Unconsciously, it may be, our author has been heartened on to the composition of this little volume of his, by an innatq sense in his own mind of the fitness of things, in just such a blending of the useful and the delightful—heartened on, we may be quite cer tain, however, by no such vainglorious incentive as that derived by some authors of less modesty than that by which Mr. Cooke is, as we have already shown, so amiably characterised—the incentive de rivable from the Horatian hint that follows : " Hie meret sera liter Sosiis ; hic et mare transit, Et longum noto scriptore prorogat tevum." Without flattering the writer of this really useful and often singularly entertaining volume by hinting the faintest application to him or to his work of words like those—words but once or twice realised in a whole generation—we may insist, we do insist that he has at any rate so far realised the words preceding them, for inasmuch as he has here in this pleasant little volume contrived to mingle the utile and the dulce so very adroitly. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —D UNDEE, Feb. B.—l have to report (says Mr. J. Hunter, jun.), that about 9 o'clock this morning the lighthouse keeper at Briddon Ness (mouth of the Tay) observed a vessel riding heavily at anchor between. No. 1 and 2 buoys, and quite close to the broken water, with a flag of distress flying. ' The light keeper immediately fired the signal guns, which Were heard at Broughty Ferry. The crew of the National Institution's lifeboat The Mary Hartley immediately mustered, launched the boat, and pulled across to Ferry-Port -on-Craig, where she was taken in tow by the steam tug Rob Roy. Hav ing proceeded down the river to about the position indicated, they discovered the Dutch galliot Anga, Meyer, master, from Norway to Newburgh, in a highly dangerous position. The tug cast off the lifeboat at No. 2 buoy, and steamed up to the vessel. Two or three minutes brought the lifeboat alongside, when nine of the crew boarded the Anga, and, assisted by four fishermen, suc ceeded in slipping the anchor and getting the vessel under charge of the steam tug, which towed her in safety to Ferry-Port-on-Craigßoadstead, which she reached toward mid-day. Great praise is due to the lifeboat crow for so promptly turning out and launching the boat, which was proceeding down the river in tow of the steamer within 35 minutes after the report of the gun was heard. A WIDOW'S GIFT.—Mr. Deshler, treasurer of the Sherman testimonial fund, in a note to the Ohio State Journal, says the first contribution (after General Grant's) was made by a widow lady, who, as she presented her 25 dollars, remarked that, "as a friend and neighbour, she was present at the birth of Tecumseh Sherman, and put upon him his first clothes."—New York paper. A BULL.—A learned coroner in a neighbouring county the other day, being asked how he accounted for the great mortality this year, exclaimed, " I cannot tell. There are people dying this year that never died before."— Limerick Chronicle. t t I'o 11 r HER MAJESTY. OsBORNE, Feb. 9 : co The Queen, with the Count of Paris and Frin, Edward of Saxe Wei m a r , wa lked and drov e Y est e day afternoon. The D owager Duchess a A* attended her Majesty. goo. Princess Louise d rov e ou t, a ttended by t he Harriet Phipps. by The Count and Countess of Paris, attendee. Madame de Boerio a n d th e M a rquis de 13°1°1' left Osborne to-day. Prince Edward of S axe Weimar also took departure. Lora Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain, ant' A A fr o Proby, Comptroller of the Household, arri'„ el : i i o ty London to present the addresses to her from both Houses of Parliament. The Prince and Princess of viraleo• t rd 3l The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yes afternoon, attended by Major Teesdale. Ar m, The Princess of Wales took a carriage '- attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales h° n ° the performance at the Royal Olympic Theatre by sence last evening. the The Duchess of Somerset's early dancing will take place on the Bth, 15th, 22d, and 29th a 41cioi, suing month at the duke's official residence at 010 ralty, Whitehall. ti be' The Countess Bernstorff's first evening P a ? ) 5 i:1 0 fore Easter is appointed for the 22d inst., at tho i's, Legation. Ahnaer °v The Marquis d'Andigne entertained at u.- --- o dor Tuesday night his Excellency the Austrian A r3l)3- o ncl °' his Excellency the Prince de La Tour d'Auvergle' select circle. eel The Earl and Countess Russell had a dinner yesterday evening at their residence in Chesha tt r in ' bar Among the guests were his Exc e llency the French"-il sador, the Earl of Sefton, the Countess Frances w a i l ito d and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, th e 00 0 Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Vill i°r6l ,l col lr Wimpffen, &c. On Wednesday the noble earl 5 t 1 ,, f,O; teas received the Duke and Duchess of Argyll tit Cowper, Viscount and Viscountess Amberley,AriSc:- d 1, 4 Viscountess Enfield, Hon. Miss Stanley, Mr. `- Georgians Romilly, Mr. Baines, M.P., &c. ug The Right Hon. the Speaker of the e rs Commons will commence his Parliamentary t e ;tlevt ii , Saturday, the 18th inst., when th e right hon . )liP will entertain Viscount Palmerston and the leading terial members in the Lower House of P a rlittree nt 'corg The infant son of .th e H an overian - d'Affaires and Baroness Bl ome was b a ptised et the flOl verian Legation, Grosvenor-place, on Monday 111 s s . 0 0 sponsors were his Excellency the Austrian A l ' a- d th Baron Gersdorff (father of the Baroness Bloree), Countess Apponyi. fie THE TOMB OF THE PRINCE CONSORT. ---- : e , mausoleum at Frogmore, where the morta' f , t -1 :0 1/ h i e of the Prince Consort lie interred, is slowly bu t Dio approaching completion. Over the doorwan 1 ;,,,, t of 'ti A ! portico, and facing the visitor as he ascends the JO] noble flight of steps by which the mausoleum °iv is the monumental inscripti on i n b ronz e. l i in Roman character as follows : " Alberti Principis quod mortale erat Hoc in Sepulchro deponi voluit Viuda mcerens Victoria Regina A.D. MDCCCLXII. Vale Desideratissime ! hic demuna Conquiescam tecum T ecum in Christo consurgara." —Morning Post. aiorl _ _ _ _ - THE SAINSBURY MUSEUM.—The atra C)r r iOg museum formed by Mr. John Sainsbury , most valuable autograph letters, and many literarY„cleol ties of great rarity and value, is now being""; ota coinP li or under the hammer of Messrs. Sotheby, W il , l Hodges, in Wellington-street, Strand. a' /(,:/, important lots included in the first three day s' t o t the under-mentioned :—" Books of Engravings-- aiora " Duplessi Bertaux," a volume containing 6° 0 w ill , drawings illustrative of the princ i p al events iota! French Revolution of 1789, by Duples si Bertaulcivllif; spersed with portraits of those who figured tory of those perilous times. A Portra it of g :, 1 10: precedes this unique collection, moro cco-- 12 con° (Ellis). 179. Napoleon 1. A portfoli o , upwards of 136 engravings, chiefy relating Emperor •,a very important collection-0i 00- Bronzes.—The Emperor Napoleon I. Equestr i° , l .l4 with military hat and great coat, modelled by lc on bronze plinth ; a magnificent work, 38i11,1): - 13 01.1 ;:t (Willis) Autograph letters and documents.--t oiee:t (Henry) Cardinal of England and Bishop to j i 7 Signature to a document, acknowledging end other ,, tb. il,teeP/ from henry, Archbishop of Canterbury, um, larl,ks29,thinoPf most : eooouv o stle f itenavn s ee , baxr O nec O rte l cscl m srlioov a 3li ner4ok,nivsoe rarity—five e , Inu d .sv u te e el Ip f A ro e mt . h d e i:e n .se a t t 0 :, 13 illustrative papers. The autograph of thiswililtilsb Printed ticl{ his 11 0 agem t IFai dressed' a s) n . o e f e t °sth a s t 2eLaN. the funeral of Oliver, Lord- , r nib s IP Somerset-house, on Tuesday, the 23d of Nol e fwel ill and requesting he will send to the herald's ° t tell" to o ld Pauls, the names of his servants that so i mourning, and that no coaches were to Pas s ,:ost ei. ' n the streets between Somerset-house and Wes ' 4. her 0 31 F,,,tel to( lll r ec . 9 l , l :l . v d, l) , .very curious paper, with various portraits and °" - o 1 f ll ed ings—six guineas (Lord Houghton). 604. Ss ° . e 04, 10 Actor and Dramatic Author, an autograPh one page, 4to ; to David Garrick, North - e nd r year ; with five portraits. A very interesting "',,e;eotl3o4s as well as extremely rare autograph. It corcott,,e-t0;11 e d —"My dear Sir, —You and I are a couple of bile° to 10 1 l you are raising the reputation of ShakesPet' !ot3 endeavouring to sink it, and for this PtirP °si ,: 81 : ilo p) give next Monday the tragedy of Haul-le t? 0) 1 4' the loan of the Ghost's arm our, &c.—£s VP' 9'ef 613. George Fox's, founde r of the Society of Fri ° a 54 0 '1 clical letter, 11 pp. folio, entirely autograph, s ' 3 ;,, i B[o o o4 with his initials ; " For t he Q uar terly Me n ' s an Oa M ee ting in London and elsewhere ;" "To be r a e- t i j , 1 5; mon thly and quarterly meetings."—Gooses the ' 2 '45. 1689 ; extremely rare and curious, with two por til a 1 5 is said to be the last public document he wrote ; ti . `" pe r k religious counsel and exhortation-5 guineas ( :1:0t /t 622. French Revolution.—A collection of ` t i l o fli ttia letters, l papers, notes or signatures, illustrated scitol.s°6o sous portraits and biographies of the prinoiP ll , l , t i tte lli4', great French Revolution of 1789—£ 10 55.20 l4, and 4. French Revolution—A collection of e°,," letters and official papers, with signatures -,. persons during the French Revolution, toge'lle-,ooo' wards of 60 portraits ; and a similar collectios owe" about 120 autograph letters and official Parers,4;los•,;olo bound in two large volumes ; royal folio,slo, chell). 629-33. David Garrick.—Five interestil'Abt letters, signed—three of which are ad dresse' date le a tea Thomson, of the Tartuffe, at Plymouth, ` - ' 3t t - 41a j i the latter, informing him that he must w,_, 3 ,;„, - es of Parliament to know his fate. "Lord o' l o 4 Sir George Young, and Lord Palmerston() ar s "'Ali t/ friends, and I think Sir Ed. Hawke cannot we 0 fof ;0 1 0 Wilkes has set us all in an uproar. Ile is 63 :fr o cli°ot ° dlesex, and the mob is so riotous upon it that o po,/ to ride in a coach on which No. 45 is not Pilt 4 r part of it. I fear much mischief in con s4l guineas (Ellis). The Shakspearo docurnellts posed of this day. eBo_ ,er of " THRICE WAS OFFERED HIDETIIE brOng Joseph Bonaparte, that is, the el .,z cler v i ~ , eo r:, Napoleon the Great—Joseph, Icing of -„; ; 70 1 4 c e , l V Spain, but not (as he might have he e Z rsv a ' p er ft pe Mexico !—lt may not be forgotten ( say s t i t e ho spondent of the 7imes) that a member o' )le' j 01,44 family was offered 40 years ago the Crown o' t o of ', story is told by the Emperor himself in lis si ce . ie jo 0 10 6" eldest brother of the first Napoleon : W, 41 0 1 0 P . „ j e living, as a philosopher, on the banks, thiking of nothing but of doing good to th os e do oVo n he received a proposal which surpr ised " 11 c o at lees I ' ll 3 A deputation of Mexicans came to hiye to P O 3 l /.1141 ) ; 1 0/ f posal the Crown of Mexico. The ex-IC:itigiliose tdll3°letO Spain answered the deputation nearly "°lO o t oF ° have borne two Crowns, and I woul d no to 0 c og for a third. Nothing can be more flatters t o re t o f oe see men who, when I was in Madrid, t r o ef it il : ° o ,,, f t t l t ie o, o l;l 4 my authority, come now in my exi le myself at their head. But Ido not belie.° 01 ,0 1 e v 4 eie you wish to raise up can make you haPPY ; cl. ston, 0 4 1 spend on the hospitable soil of the Voi le b lic o e cei ° ,,; to me more and more the excellence of iZePitlis 1:0,0194 tions for America. Preserve them, then , st i l l° gift of Providence. Put an end to your in° colt' , iO OO6 - fir ' imitate the United States, and look out too to eilo citizens for some one more capable than I ;Vali d de ”___<ol2,4res cit great part of Washington.' vol 2.) p a "We are assured," says the le . 0 , project of employing the telegraph for ',ll_°.„'tlion• t he l:9 Post-office money-orders is under c onfncl s t i t at o 4o .e• uister of the Interior is said to have OW° f ° l ooe sP o e po t ter of Finance a plan for realising thi s , ll f a s ai i° ,eri P ' " A report," says the Presse, `` to Albee time since that the Emperor intended I' l4l ! e so 7 it was contradicted. It is now s tated to loon, and not the Emperor, will go to A lb if OOP . the propositions of Marshal de itac-3.1 convention. Prince Nagato has commenced rebuilding the batteries in the Straits of Simonosaki. Two French sailors have been murdered by Japanese. Two Japanese have been executed for the assassi nation of Major Baldwin and Lieutenant Bird. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, DEC. 24. Advices from New Zealand announce that Sir George Grey has accepted the resignation of the Fox Ministry. A new Cabinet has been formed under Mr. Wewl (?). It is said to intend removing the seat of Government to Wellington. The Governor has announced that prompt steps will soon be taken to put down the native rebellion. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 9.—The market is firm, with an upward tendency. Threes, for the Account, opened at 67f. 25c., and are now doing at the same quota tion Mobilier are firm at 968 f. 75c. Railway Shares remain as yesterday. The market closed as follows : 4j per Cents 96 10 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 Do. end month 67 15 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3560 Credit Foncier 1275 Roman 73 75 Italian LOan 65 15 Do. end month 65 15 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian 9O Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOlO ... 1013 75 Lyons and Mediterranean.' 951. 25 ... 950 Southern ' Western 540 ... 541 25 Eastern Sardinian 306 25 ... 305 Austrian Lombard 542 50 ... 546 25 North of Spain 340 ... 340 Saragossa 403 75 ... 402 50 Ditto to Barcelona — ... AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per the City of Baltimore.) NEW YORK, JAN. 28. The following is the text of President Davis's letter to Congress in reference to the appointment of a Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate armies : " Executive Office, Richmond, Jan. 18. " Messrs. James F. Johnson, President pro tem. of Virginia Senate, and Hugh W. Sheffey, Speaker of Virginia House of Relegates. " Gentlemen,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your joint letter of the 17th inst., en dorsing a resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the 17th inst., and communi cated to me in confidence, as directed by the Assembly. of m Virginia, that, irginia of the This resolutionoa lAssembly , in th th e eaopppinoiniotn ment of General R. E. Lee to the command of all the armies of the Confederate States - would pro mote their efficiency, and operate powerfully to re animate the spirits of the armies as well as of the people of the several States, and to inspire increased confidence in the final success of our cause. In your communication you kindly assure me that the General Assembly, with sincere confidence in my patriotic devotion to the if we are of the country, desire in this critical period of our affairs, by such suggestions as occur to them and by dedication, if need be, of the entire resources of the Commonwealth to common cause, to strengthen my hand and to give success to our struggle for liberty and independence. This assurance is to me the source of the highest gratification, and while conveying to you my thanks for the expression of the confidence of the General Assembly in my sincere devotion to our country and its sacred cause, I must beg permission in return to bear witness to the uncalculating, 'unhesitating spirit with which Virginia has, from the moment when she first drew the sword, consecrated the blood of her children and all her maternal resources for the achievement of the object of our struggles. The opinion expressed by the General Assembly in re gard to General R. E. Lee has my full concurrence. Virginia cannot have higher regard for him or greater confidence in his character and ability than is entertained by me. When General Lee took command of the army of Northern Virginia, he was in command of all the armies of the Confederate States by order of assignment. He continued in this general command as well as in immediate command of the army of Northern Virginia as long as I could resist his opinion, that it was necessary to him to be relieved from one of these duties. Ready as he had ever shown himself to be to perform any service that I desired him to render to his country, he left it to me to choose between the withdrawal from command of the army in the field, and relieving him of the general command of all the armies in the Confederate States. It was only when satisfied of the necessity that I came to the conclusion to relieve him from the general command, believing that the safety of the capital and the success of our cause depended in a great measure on their retaining him in command in the field—of the army of Northern Virginia. On several subsequent occasions the de sire on my part to enlarge the sphere of General Lee's usefulness had led to renewed consideration of the subject, and he has always expressed his in ability to assume command of other armies than those now confided to him, unless relieved of the immediate command in the field of that now op posed to General Grant. In conclusion, I assure the General Assembly that whenever it shall be found practicable by General Lee to assume com mand of all the armies of the Confederate States without withdrawing him from direct command of the Army of Northern Virginia, I will deem it pro motive of public interests to place him in such command, and will be happy to know that by doing lam responding to their express desires. It will afford me great pleasure to see you gentlemen as proposed in your letter, whenever it may be con venient for you to visit me. " I am very respectfully and truly yours, " JEFFERSON DAVIS." The Richmond Whi a Jan, 25 says We are The jev A public meetio hill, convened upo Was held yesterda: Corhill, t o t ake i polince in connectic banes 'which have] and Carter presid( and influentiallY a The CuArRMAN tial in habitants of eYinpa t hised with btrtained. 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