The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-03 00:00:00

T HE P ALL-MALL GAZETTE. An Evening Newspaper and Review. It is difficult to des ribe the plan of an enterprise like the PALL-MALL GAZETTE without seeming to boast, or to decry the efforts of others. But we are unwill:ng to lose the advantage et a few words of exp'anation, and we therefore trust the candour of the reader for a just interpretation of our meaning. The PALL-MALL GAZETTE will contain all the news proper to an Evening journal But, addressed as it will be to educated men and women, the space of the paper will not be occupied by trifling chronicles, nor by that excess of words which adds nothing to the interest of newspaper records, while it cl...stroys their significance. Literary considerations alone would determine us to have our News Reports written in plain English; bat beyond these there is the fact that the lessons to be found in many an accident of human life or social polity are lost in the turgid language in wuich they are commonly narrated. 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LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year 1564 the boats of the National Lifeb3at Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same periA on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 69i shipwrecked per sons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution elrnestly A PPEAL 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., }Terries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the Landon and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Ri c hard Lewis, Esq. at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENINti the performance will commence with the new Opera, LARA. Principal characters by ,iiessrs. Swift, G. Honey, leorbe4, Terrott, and Renwick; Muses Louisa Fyne, Ci.ttrell, Burlington, and Komi*. - • Conductor, Signor A ItDJTI. After the Opera will be ,olven the Burlesque, entit led THE LION AND THE UNICORN. Principal characters, Messrs. .Rouse, Anderson, &c.; Misses E. Button, Cottrell, Furtado. To conclude w. th the GRAND R A.N :3 FOR YIAT lON SCENE. Doors open at Halt-past Six. Commence at Seven. R OYAL ENGLTSH OPERA, COVENT- G ARD EN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA AND THE WONDERFUL DONATO. THIS EVENING, (Feb. 3), a new Op , ra, the music by F. Clay, the words by 'l. W. Robertson, entitled COI STAN CE. Principal characters by 3ldlle. 151artorelleand Yi iss Thirlwall ; Messrs. 11. Corri, A. cook, C. Lyall, and henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA, in which Donato iviil reappear, Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. Commen:e at Seven. TII EA TR E-R 0 Y L, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE EIGHTH, te miaating with the fall of Wolsey. Ithears. rhel ? s, Walter Lacey, H: Marston, E. Phelps, Barrett, Sin clair; iss Atkinson, Mrs. Vandenoff, Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime. 1101 1 O'3lY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROT E ; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Bel more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Pei cy Roselle, ➢iisces Lydia Thompson. R. Lecleicq, ttc. ; Messrs. Boleno, Lau:i, W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Udine. ]luleno, the Misees Gunniss, and Signor Tescano. T HEATR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. _Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Feb. 3, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstonc, ltogers, Clark, Coe, We.t thersby, ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, ntzwilliam, After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FUR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames .tnowdos, &c With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. -- rrupri.tor 411.1 ALJ.linTet, li. • EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAU. Mr. J. L. Tool?, Mr. It. Phillips, Mr. Ilillington, Bliss K. Kelly, Mrs. billington, Mrs. H. Lewis. Atter which, THE HEN AND CHICKENS. Messrs. Bittington, I. Philli, s, Stephenson, Eburne ; Mrs. Stirilng, !Inas 11. Simm.. and Miss A. Seaman. To conclude with DARR DOINGS IN TILE CU •- 80-114.1) BlLOrilliat,S. Messrs. J. L. Tuo.c, Paul Bedtord ; 11r.i. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. 1 , echte. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S OUT. Mtssrs. H. Widdicombe, P. Charles; misses B. Percy and E. Lavenu. Atter which, at halt-past 8, a New Drinia, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. lt,bert )la3aire, Mr. r echter. Messrs. Widdicomb, C. llorsman, Niizpatricic, Garden, Moreland, Raymond, Collett; Mescames Eis orthy ana B. l'ercy. To conclude with BEMtFACED 1311'03.1).1t6. Mr. Wiedieomb. Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev_n till Five. It('YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. soie Lessee and atanager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganz', entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I RINCES Alter which, THE STItELT3 OF LONDON. 3lessrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon; Mrs. henry Mauston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss ninny Gwynne, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. Tlll3 EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselle; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. After which, the Grand Christmas Burl,sque, THE " BU,-.HI S; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Ilissis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Itaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c. To c,inelude with AiRS. 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THIS DAY. —Morning, 7h. Bm.—Afternoon, 7h. 30m. To-Moußow.-Morning, Bh. Om.--Afternoon, Bh. 37m f jpg Sun, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 1865. When a man's term of office is nearly out, we generally expect to see a degree of indifference in the Performance of his work. He must, of course, go through his routine duties, but we do not look for any extraordinary exertion on his part, less for much any grand in the m anner of d improvement or striking change ()m g it. The old adage, which tells us that " New brooms sweep clean," seems to indicate by inference an equally well known fact, as to the negligent action of old ones. Such, however, is not the case in Parliamen tary ter mination of their labours has inspired our tary life. The app roa chingM.P.'s with f u ll activity, has reminded them of the long list of their neglected duties, and induced them to t ry w h at fair words and grandiloquent professions may do to atone in th eyes of their constituents for five or s i x years og; dolce far niente. So long as the Ministry could be kept in any violent action or excessive zealwas much to be deprecated, but when the dreaded dissolution became inevitable, a change came o'er the spirit of their dream. It does not cost the mariner much to cast his treasures overboard when an impending ship wreck plainly proves that he and they will go to the bottom together otherwise ; accordingly Lord PAL - ME R STON'S faults and deficiencies are becoming very apparent to his quondam supporters at mu islinig. THE SUIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIAG, FEBRUARY 3, 1865. terial crisis. It matters very Administration may be, popu lar estimate of the existing A little what the s o long asas to their defi cienciesssraapkinle-gminded provincial's helpsa littletoc and sincerity of their the fervour on p N la -in in ce repre sentativesof in all matters of public interest. The great question of Reform is of course the first and most prominent of all political neglects, and accordingly we find a sudden activity in the discussion of this important question. It is due to some gentlemen who are not members of Parliament to bear in mind that our northern countrymen have within the last few months organised extensive meetings for the discussion of Reform principles, but for the most part those politicians who are most 1 eager in their promises and predictions expend three-fourths of their energy at a safe distance from St. Stephen's. The meeting at Leeds, the other evening, was of no inconsiderable importance, being attended by nearly 2,500 persons. The principal speakers were Mr. BAINES, Mr. FORSTER, and Viscount AMBERLEY, and the most interesting feature of the evening was undoubtedly the political debut of Earl RUSSELL'S eldest son. Lord A3IBERLEY is not altogether unknown to fame, hav ing been the author of political essays which attracted some degree of notice ; but the appearance of the heir to Lord RUSSELL'S reputation and abilities, on the occasion of a great Reform meeting, was cer tainly an interesting spectacle. His speech dis played a fair amount of oratorical ability, and showed little of the embarrassment or inexperience of an unpractised speaker. He is unmistakably liberal in his tone, and indeed goes far beyond his father before the " rest and be thankful" stage. Of course we can hardly accept the opinions of so young a politician as immutable. But it is satisfactory to find him beginning his course with sound views. We must hope that the atmosphere of Whiggism which sur rounds him will not serve to narrow his sympa thies to his own immediate circle, will not render his policy selfish and personal in its objects, will not, in fact, induce him to make Reform a party question to be conveniently forgotten when its principles might be acted upon, but brought into light whenever it becomes necessary to discomfit a political opponent. Such has been too much the case with the leaders of our Liberal party of late years, more especially of that eminent Refomer of other days upon whose achievements Lord AMBER LEY may be supposed to have based his political code. He does not certainly accept " rest and be thankful" as his motto at present, for he looks for ward to a time " when it will be possible for every intelligent and honest man, whatever the class to which he belongs, or whatever the employment he pursues, to be admitted to the exercise of the franchise." In another part of his address he de clares that he is not one of those who regard the advance of democratical opinions with particular alarm, and he thinks it desirable that all who pos sess the requisite capacities for political life should be able to enter the arena. These views may ap pear to some to be extreme, but we confess we regret not to have received a more explicit declaration of Lord AMBERLEY'S sentiments on one point. H e spoke much of the harm done by the exercise of illegal influence at elections, and of instructing the lower classes as to the right exercise of their privi leges and the dishonesty of the man who sells his vote. But, although speaking thus strongly on the question of bribery and intimida tion at elections, Lord A3IBERLEY stu diously avoided the mention of the Ballot. It has been the great drawback to the career of Earl RUSSELL as a Reformer. Are we to find the traditional influence of the great landed interest of the House of BEDFORD too strong for his son also. We shall be sorry to see the views of a young and able politician fettered by such hindrances, but appearances are suspicious. Lord A3IBERI EY brought forward a good many arguments, which naturally have been used before, but two or three points he put in a new and clear light. He remarked especially upon the inconsistency of the Anti-,e formers, who alternately declare that the people are thoroughly indifferent to Reform, and that if the franchise were extended we should have a frantic and unreasonable mob of electors, who would carry everything before them. It does seem strange, observed Lord A3IBERLEY, " That those who are so very indifferent to the possession of power should be so immoderate in its use." The same argument was used 30 years ago, as Lord AMBERLEY reminded his hearers, when Sir ROBERT PEEL told the House of Commons that there would, if the Bill were passed, be a Parliament of mob demagogues instead of wise and prudent men ; and Lord LYNDHURST, in the Lords, assured his audience that the House of Commons would be converted into a fierce and de mocratic assembly. Certainly no one can- accuse our representatives of the present day of too much democracy or of too vigorous action. They are timid and cautious enough to satisfy the most prudent of stationary politicians ; indeed we very much question how far their excessive caution in the matter of foreign policy would have approved itself to our forefathers. Mr. For:snit spoke plainly but truly when he said that the Conservative reaction was not due so much to the Conservatives being more powerful as to the Liberals growing weak. And why are they weak ?he asked. " Not because the mass of them have lost confidence in their principles, but because they are doubtful whether they ought to have confidence in their leaders, and because, in fact, they have not been led with that earnestness which can alone , command success. I say let the leaders come forth, and they will have followers enough." There is no doubt but that we shall have leaders enough at public meetings and on the hustings ; no fear but that the great principles of Reform will have plenty of followers at the coming election. But the great Liberal party, who are unable to speak in Parlia ment themselves, would be these eloquent addresses at Westminster, and they will find it difficult to forget that Crown and Cabinet and Parliament have united in • promises and pro fessions for the last eight or ten years, but that the franchise is still restricted to a comparative few, the duration of Parliaments is the same as ever, and that bribery, corruption, and intimidation reign triumphant at their elections. The correspondence which Mr. MASON publishes is interesting to peruse, and it also furnishes us with some important particulars respecting the manner in which the tactics of the United States are carried on. The United States' Sanitary Commission have published a volume entitled, "A Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States' Officers and Soldiers, while Prisoners of War in the hands of the Rebel Authorities." It seems strange to hear of such a pamphlet being issued, when all thatwehave b o e n e i n yth t v o ee ld of an authentic nature relates to the s i u n le n ri a ng o -s f of the Confederate prisoners of war, and recentlyonrysouwbi subject farcist of a affording serious them altercation som took relief e place subscriptions raised in this country for the impertinence of Peulurfteseh e o o w ile e yn v gtank er h , seatc:tl:7wosthicinah the e ss a i s b s l um e toptcialon and im • will go, and it is to be supposed that they a re allowed to bear the pa lm in Indignant at not being the m art f4onev. a w s, . mom of pri vA reply 11 „,, crY good one, it i 4 calm and dignified, while it is firm and decided. Of curse one in his position must be aware of the extre me inconsistency of the statements forwarded Co him for perusal, but he, notwithstanding, gives fulL attention to the remarks before him, and fashions his replies with as much circumspection as i£ he were treating an orthodox communi cation concerning a real existing grievance. In the first place he alludes to the fashion so prevalent in the - United States of adding to the accounts of the injuries of prisoners and their photographs, in order to shew what a state they have been reduced to, evidently worn out with the made-up style of tine reports. Mr. MASON declares that their real object is not to alleviate the sufferings of prisoners, but that " its true character is that of a political work, and of the lowest type, intended to excite and inflame the popular mind of the North with false and exaggerated pictures of the privations and suf ferings of Northern soldiers held as prisoners at the South." Perhaps no better way could have been found for verifying this description of the preten tious publication than by quoting the following sen tences which meet the eye in its elaborate and highly wrought composition. When at one passage the compiler calls it the " dramatic develop ment of the inquiry," and the " salient points of the evidence," &c., which are incor porated together, the results of their own observation is indeed a strange medley. We can fancy how men of business and members of Par ment would stare in this country if, when they pre sented the report of some Royal Commission and Sanitary Investigation, they came to a part which was designated the " dramatic development of the inquiry." • It was a great mistake to have allowed such a sentence to slip in at all if the work in ques tion were intended to be circulated in foreign quar ters, and commented upon in other places than the privileged purlieus which first saw its issue. It seems too much like a made up affair altogether in tone, style, and purport, a clap-trap account of the condition of the prisoners drawn up by one not over scrupulous for veracity, and not at all at a loss for invention if facts failed in furnishing a proper personation of misery and a suitable denoue ment of wrong and wretchedness. A very proper retort is made by Mr. MASON as to the difficulties that attend the course of those who have the charge of prisoners in the South, " from the atrocious way in which the war is waged by those who conduct your armies in my country." This i s an admirable reply, and well qualified to put a stop to the reiteration of such unfounded complaints and unwarrantable assertions as those made by the com pilers of these so-called facts. It would seem as if it were almost impossible to surpass the effrontery of the passage in which the Sanitary Commission complain of the want of food and clothing that is experienced by prisoners in the South, and also that when they are sick they are not treated with proper attention, and do not obtain requisite medicines. " This," emphatically exclaims Mr. MASON, " in the face of the notorious fact, that wherever your armies penetrate they are ordered to burn and destroy everything that contributes to the food and rai ment of war, an order most ruthlessly obeyed." The inhumanity of such proceedings is completed by the circumstance that the Government of the United States declare all surgical instruments, medicine, &c., contraband of war. The baseness of such devices, and the inhumanity of such pro ceedings, will long brand the character of the North with infamy, long after the more stirring and striking events of the war have faded away with the momentary excitement of the hour. Never in the long list of wars that have devastated nations and destroyed mankind was there an instance of grosser cruelty and savage destruction than that which has been witnessed in the valley of the Shenandoah. A fair and smiling spot has been converted into a howling wilderness, to gratify the rage and brutal passions which burn in the hearts of those who might be called men and brethren in position and influence. If Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. COBDEN persist in upholding the policy that sanctions such atrocities, they will lose much in the estima tion of their countrymen, and fail in making heroes of those Who turn a country into a slaughter-house, and comport themselves more like savages than civilised beings. Allowing, for the sake of argu ment, that the South ill-treated their prisoners, it would be SATAN reproving sin for the adherents and followers of the North to find any fault with their mode and management, while their own cause is so faulty and so devoid of all high and honourable instincts. When we find that a Northern General boasts in his report that he burned in his progress two thousand barns filled with the harvesting of the year, and all the mills he met with, destroyed the factories of cloth, and killed all animals that might be of service for human sustenance, it seems as if those who encouraged such infamous proceedings were seeking to emulate the wickedness of those early ages of the world's history which called down the signal judgments of Heaven, and occasioned the famines, the overthrow of cities, and the plagues that were the scourge of humanity. A more fearful addenda to the horrors of civil war cannot be imagined than that which attends the course of these so-called Generals, who pursue a trade of butchery, and strive to compress into their cam paigns as many crimes and offences against the laws of God and man as they can. The discredit of the course pursued in furnishing the photographs of the prisoners is shown by Mr. MASON, in the fact that they came from the hospital at Richmond ; with as much reason, he truly affirms, they might take the representations of those who came from public charities or hospitals at home. However, as he well declares, it is not of much use to attempt the con tradiction of all these " calumnious imputations," for those in the north do not desire to be unde ceived, and great pains have been taken by the South to show the unfairness and untruths of the accounts previously propagated relative to the treatment of prisoners by the Confederates. Mr. MASON pro perly winds up his remarks by alluding to the great miseries endured by the prisoners who are committed to the tender mercies of Northern jailors, and cites some melancholy cases :of great suffering, which form a striking contrast to the garbled statements and highly coloured descriptions of the Sanitary Commission in their reports. Could a better climax be put to an argument than to declare that the Government of the United States have the power toput prisoners Northern Npv s r o isc p ohn t et o hrse, t y h bN e yvile s lo o na - o e tti a n l d l u e oi d n, sufferings of the a g li t h h o e ug ex h c in han rea ge lit o y f hound by existing cartels. Such glaring inconsis tency cannot be too fully exemplified or too strongly denounced, for it shows that the sufferings and g m h pa a :ed s no t t o hin d g am w a i g th_ t losses o as f h t i h n e g i t r on om G m ov s e o rn ldi m ers ent w e e o i ing their opponents. A COTTAGE BURIED IN SNOW.—MIDDLETON IN-CuntßußY.—A most painful accident happened at this place early on Monday morning last. A huge mass of snow slid down the hill on which it rested, overwhelming the cottage of Richard Embiey, jun., and burying deep beneath its substance the sleeping inmates. No alarm was given until about six hours after the accident had happened, when the people in the next cottage, father and mother of Richard Embrey, looking out saw a mass of snow and thatch and broken walls in place of their son's cottage. The poor man was dug out alive, though much injured; his wife and little boy were both dead, Great sympathy i, felt by ail the neighlngapod, THBATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Paul Bedford's Complimentary Benefit, A glorious evidence of the very cordial good feel ing with which he is individually regarded, both by the playgoing public at large and by his own brother and sister professionals, was yesterday accorded to Paul Bedford upon the boards of Drury Lane Theatre. Upon those same boards of Old Drury, now Forty Years ago, Paul—then (blooming flower that he was !) newly transplanted from Bath— made his First Appearance before a London audience as Young .Hawthorne, in " LOT in a Village." During the forty years that have since then elapsed, he has (however unconsciously) been steadily carrying out in regard to the public generally a system of regular anti-Banting ism ! That is, if there be any truth in the proverb about Laughter promoting Fatness. The mere fact, however, of his being a Droll, would never account for such a demonstration of good fellowship as that accorded to Paul Bedford yester day. As a demonstration of good-fellowship towards him it was proof positive that he himself was a good fellow. It was an attestation quite as much of the worth of the man as of the popularity of the low comedian. The immense area of Drury lane Theatre was filled full—from the orchestra (inclusively) to the topmost row of the gallery, where the latest corners among the audience, crowding behind one another on tiptoe and peering over one another's shoulders to get a glimpse of the stage, were knocking their heads against the ceiling. The performance consisted, according to the promise held out by the programme, of a kind of an "animated sandwich "—in quite another sense, however, than that in which the term has been usually employed since Boz first penned the phrase in one of the earliest chapters of " Nicholas Nickleby "—an " animated sandwich " consisting yesterday his trionically of a delicious petite comedie, in between two hearty Farces. " The Area Belle" opened the entertainment. Paul himself being Tosser the Guardsman, and in that character chaunting yet once again Blueskin's renowned bacchanalian of " Jolly Nose," from Harrison Ainsworth's " ;Jack Sheppard." Toole being Pitcher the Bobby—boiled rags in the kitchen copper—but, previously, singing an original song, by E. L. Blanchard, entitled " He, She, and the Postman" —a song the encore secured by the success of which elicited from Mr. Toole, not its repetition, but the repetition of that odd coriiic extravagance in the shape of a song (also by Blanchard)—" A Norrible Tale." Mrs. Mellon (née Woolgar) was, of course, the Penelope of this domestic Odyssey, and equally, as a matter course, Mr. B. Romer was Walker Chalks the Milkman. Afterwards came Mr. Sothern's charming little elegant drawing-room comedy of "My Aunt's Advice," in which Mr. Sothern himself played with inimitable humour Captain Howard Leslie, assisted by Miss Heath and Mr. Billington as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arundel. Following which piece, came the finest farce that ever was written—namely, Morton's exquisitely ridiculous Box and Cox. Ex quisitely ridiculous to relate, however, in regard to it, we don't remember ever to have seen " Box and Cox" played more wretchedly than it was yesterday. And this, too, with Mr. Buckstone in his own ori ginal character as Box, and with about the best substitute the stage could now furnish for Mr. Harley's part of Cox—Mr. Compton. Genuine screamer though this matchless farce is in itself—it actually fell flat yesterday with the audience, by rea son of its being so indifferently acted. No fault this, however, of Mr. Buckstone's ! He—so far as he possibly could be under the circumstances—was as droll as ever, but nothing (not even Buckstone's fun and self-possession) could bear up against the depressing and bewildering influence of Mr. Comp ton's Cox of yesterday, and under that also of the Mrs. Bouncer of the occasion. Both of these positively seemed to recollect little or nothing of their parts ! The words, as set down for them,we listened in vain for. Box was repeatedly without his cue—and had to make what he could of his difficulties under the circumstances. Mr. Compton never acted worse. He was as dull as ditch-water. Fun, there was none in him. And we were heartily glad when the curtain at last descended upon a performance through which Mr. Buckstone's imperturbable good humour and inerradicable comicality struggled so manfully that we could not but regard his Box, through our occasional laughter, with mingled feelings of admiration and commiseration. Afterwards came the concluding part of the entertainment—as set down in the Playbills, " Paul Bedford at Home ! A Morning Call." The green curtain, on rising— revealing to the view of . the immense audience, nearly every actor and actress of any reputation connected with all the chief theatres of the metro polis. Mr. Buckstone--and no one better could, by possibility, have been Selected for the offices— was the Spokesman, and, besides that, also, the Master of the Ceremonies. Speaking of the mag nificent success of this entertainment, Mr. Buck stone humorously remarked that if he were to ask his friend Paul whether it had been success f u l , h e was sure that the only possible reply h e cou ld g i ve would be--" I believe you, my boy !" P au l , i n hi s speech, gave the audience (alternately apostrophised by him as his " Patrons" and his "Children") a assembled o f the u leading adi then spoken taste of his written A u t o bi ography. Here and there, being noticeable genuin e t ouc h es of feel ing, among the rambling odditi es o f his very c a h et a o r r a s cte a r nd isti actresses harangue. t here Several upon stage, on being recognised, one by one, re ceived the heartiest and kindliest greeting— a greeting as to old friends ! Conspicuous among these being Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Sothern, Mrs. Stirling, Mr. Toole, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mrs. Mellon (Miss Woolgar), and Miss Amy Sedgwick. Messrs. Shepherd and An derson, in evidence of sympathy for their recent managerial misfortune through the burning down of the Surrey Theatre—received an ovation. As also did Messrs. Chatterton and Falconer—very deservedly—by reason of their having placed their noble house gratis at Paul Bedford's command for the occasion of his Complimentary Benefit, therein, yesterday. The ovation of the day, however, was Paul's own. And it was one so genuine and so hearty, alike on the part of his fellow professionals and on the part of his still more numerous friends the public, that we may sincerely, as we do, offer him our very cordial congratulations upon it. Mr. Paul Bedford, says one of our contemporaries, began life as an opera singer ; he sang with Cata lani, and was the original Beppo in " Fra Diavolo," and it was good, therefore, to see many celebrated singers shaking him by the hand amongst the actors with whom he has been associated for half a century. The receipts, after paying all expenses, will reach about £5OO, a gratifying proof that old performers are not forgotten by the public. PRICES OF CORN SINCE 1600.—Official returns give the average prices of wheat from 1600 t , ) the present date. The highest averages from 1600 to 1795 were in 1648, when the a'terage was 755. 6d., and in 1795, when it was 755. 2d. In 1796 it rose to 78s. 7d. ;in 1800 it was 110 s. 5d., and next year, 115 s. 11d. The highest average on re cord, however, was in 1812, when:it was 1225. Bd. [ln 1813 it was 106 s. 6d., and it fell next year to 725. Id., and de clined with little oscillation to 1835, when the average was 395, 4d. It afterwards rose again, but in 1851 was as low as 38s. 7d. It again rose to 745. 9d. in 1855. In the last four years it has been gradually declining, having been in 1861 555. 6d. ; in 1862, 555. sd. ; in 1863, 445. 9d ; and last year, 40s: per qr. • CORN IMPORTS. The imports of foreign and colonial grain and flour into Great Britain and Ireland in the past year show a falling off in every descrip tion of grain, with one exception—rye. The quantity of wheat imported last year was 5,381,245 qrs., against 5,575,398 qr% in 1863; the quantity of barley was 1,388,119 qrs., against 2,078,717 qrs. in 1863; of oats 2,039,708 qrs., against 2,376,473 qrs., in 1863 ; of beans, 212,665 qrs., against 488,436 qrs. In 1863 ; of peas, 249,731 qrs., against 299,154 qrs. in 1863 ; of buck wheat 1,185 qrs., against 23,219 qrs. in 18 . 63 ; of maize 1,473,118 qrs., against 2,964,765 qrs. in 1863 ; of wheat, meal, and fl our 4,552,938 cwt. against 5,174,512 cwt. in 1863 ; b u t o f rye t h e i m p or ts in 1864 were 115,157 qrs., against 22,412 qrs. i n 1863 . The totalflgures were 12,387,492 qrs. in 1864, aga i ns t 15,553 958 qrs. in 1863. The lowest imports of f oreign wheat s i nce 1826 was in 1835, when only 46,530 qrs. o f w h eat were i m ported ; and the highest was in 1862, when 9,542,362 qrs. of wheat were imported. The imports have been progressively increasing since the repeal of the corn laws. The total imports in 1862 were 18,942,658:5., being the largest on record ; and next were thime of 1861, when the total y i n 16,458,238 vs, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. BERLIN, Feb. 1. Herr von Bismarck has replied to Count Mens dorff's despatch, but without acquainting the Vienna Cabinet what are the demands of Prussia as to the relations to be established between that Power and the Duchies. Herr von Bismarck has contented himself with instructing Baron von Werther to inform Count Mensdorff that the Council of Ministers was en gaged in definitely drawing up the propositions the Prussian Government found itself obliged to mai* in the interest of the safety of the northern frontier of Germany, and that they would be communicated to the Cabinet of Vienna as soon as this task was completed. In addition to the official despatch, Herr von Bis marck has replied by a confidential note, to the equally confidential despatch of Count Mensdorff, of the 21st December, and which the Austrian re presentative at Berlin read to Herr von Bismarck without leaving him a copy. The Prussian Presi dent of the Council has now replied in a similar manner, developing in detailed argument the rea sons which prevent his Government from carrying out the Count's proposition of provisionally recog nising—under reserve of the succession question— Prince Frederick as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and of transferring to him the rights ceded to the German Powers by the treaty of peace. Herr von Bismarck's despatch closes with the declaration that it is impossible for Prussia to come to even a provisional arrangement in the succession question, so long as the Crown lawyers have not sent in their report upon this intricate subject. Herr von Bismarck thus maintains the position Prussia has taken in the affairs of the Duchies, and declines for the present all discussion upon the succession question. Prussia proposes that the two Cabinets should profit by the necessary delay to come to an under standing as to the relations to be established between herself and the Duchies. The position Austria will assume in face of this proposal will enable us to judge of the results of Prince Frederick Charles's recent visit to Vienna. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, Feb. 2. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Magdalena, from the,Brazil, &c., arrived here to day, and will leave at four p.m. for Southampton, with 81 passengers (including 31 distressed British subjects), specie £16,870, 1,144 bags of coffee, 1,083 bales of cotton, 553 packages of tobacco, and 156 packages of sundries. She left Rio de Janeiro on the 10th January, and passed the Oneida (with the outward January mails) at sea, on the 23d ult. TRANCE, BOURSE, Feb. 2.--The market has been heavy from the opening, and yesterday's prices are with difficulty maintained. For the Account, Threes were first done at 67f. 15c., and are now at 67f. 10c. Mobilier remain nearly the same. The Railway Shares Market has been tolerably firm, with scarcely any variation in quotations. The following are the last quotations per Cents 95 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 95 Do. end month 67 5 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3560 Credit Foncier 1270 Roman 73 Italian Loan 64 90 Do. end month 64 85 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian • — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOO5 1006 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 940 _ 942 50 Southern 572 50 570 Western 540 Eastern 5lO ... 515 - Sardinian 3OO 50 Austrian Lombard 550 ... 548 75 North of Spain 332 50 ... 328 75 Saragossa 397 50 ... 397 50 Ditto to Barcelona lBO AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per the steamer Edinburgh.) IMPORTANT LETTER OF PRESIDENT DAVIS ON THE QUESTION OF PEACE. NEW Yon K, Jan. 21, noon. The following is the text of an important letter addreseed by Jefferson Davis to several gentlemen : RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 17, 1864. To the Honourable Senators of Georgia, Messrs. A. R. Wright, President Senate, J. L. Guerry, J. M. Cham bers, Thos. E. Lloyd, Fred. K. Nast,-R. B. Nesbit. Gentlemen,—l answered by telegram this morning your letter of 11th inst., as requested, and now respectfully com ply with your desire that I should express my views on the subject to which you invite my attention. In forwarding to me the resolutions introduced into the House of Repre sentatives of Georgia by Mr. Stephens of Hancock, you state that you are not inclined to favour the passage of these or any similar resolutions, believing them to have conduced to create divisions among ourselves, and to unite and strengthen our enemies ; but that it is asserted in Milledge ville that I favour such action on the part of the States, and would be pleased to see Georgia cast her influence in that way. You are kind enough to say that if this be true, and if the passage of this or similar resolutions would in the slightest degree aid or assist me in bringing the war to a successful and speedy close, you will give them your earnest and hearty support. I return you my cordial thanks for this expression of confidence, but assure you that there is no truth in the assertions which you mention, and I presume that you will already have seen by the closing part of my annual Message, which must have reached you since the date of your letter, that I have not . .contemplat ed the use of any other agencies in treating for peace than that esta blished by the Constitution of the Confederate States. That agency seems to me to be well adapted to its purpose, and free from the injurious consequences that would follow any other means that have been suggested. The objection to separate State action, which you present in your letter, appears to be so conclusive as to admit of no reply. The immediate and inevitable tendency of such distinct action by each State is to create discordant instead of united counsels—to suggest to our enemies the possibility of a dis solution of the Confederacy, and to encourage them by the spectacle of our divisions to more determined and united action against us—they would readily adopt the false idea that some of the States of the Confederacy are disposed to abandon their sister States and make separate terms of peace for themselves, and if such a suspicion, however un founded, were once engendered among our own people it would be the destruction of that spirit of mutual confidence and support which forms our chief reliance for success in the maintenance of our cause. When the proposal of separate State action was first mooted it appeared to me so unpracticable—so void of any promise of good that I gave no heed to the proposal—but upon its adoption by citizens whose position and ability gave weight to the expression of their opinions, I was led to a serious con sideration of the subject. My first impressions have not been changed by reflection. If all the States of the two hostile federations are to meet in convention it is plain such a meeting can only take place after an agreement as to time, place, and terms on which they are to meet. Now, without discussing the minor, although not trifling difficulties, of agreeing as to, time and place, it is certain that the States would never consent to a convention without a previous agreement as to terms on which they were to meet—the proposed Convention must meet on the basis either that no State should, against its own will, be bound by the deci sion of the Convention, or that it should be so bound—but it is plain that an agreement on the basis that no State should be bound without its consent by the results of the deliberations, would be an abandonment on the part of the North of its pretended right of coercion ; would be an abso lute recognition 'of the independence of the several States of the Confederacy—would be, in a word, so complete a concession of the rightfulness of our cause that the most visionary cannot hope for such anagreement in advance of the meeting of a Convention. The only other possible basis of meeting is that each State should agree before hand to be bound by the decision of the Convention, and • such agreement is but another form of submission to Northern dominion, as we well know in such Convention we should be outnumbered nearly two to one on the very threshold of the scheme proposed. Therefore we are met by an obstacle which cannot be removed. Is not the impracticable character of the project apparent? You will observe that I leave entirely out of view the sug gestion that a Convention of all the States of both Federa tions should be held by common consent without any pre vious understanding as to the effect of its decisions—should meet merely to debate and pasd resolutions that are to bind no one. It is not supposed that this can really be the mean ing attached to the proposal by those who are active in its support, although the resolutions to which you invite my attention declare the function of such a Convention would be Nimply to propose a plan of peace wits t h e =mit of the two belligerents, or in other words to act as negocia tors in treating for peace. This part of the scheme is not intelligible to me—if the Convention is only to be held with the consent of the two belligerents, that consent can not be obtained without negotiation—the plan then would resolve itself into a scheme that the two Governments should negotiate an agreement for the appointment of ne gotiators to make proposals for a treaty. It seems much more prompt and simple to negotiate for peace at once than to negotiate for the appointment of negotiators who are to meet without power to do anything but make proposals. If the Government of the United States is willing to make peace it will treat for peace directly; if unwilling, it will refuse to consent to a Convention of the States. The author of these resolutions and those who concur in his views, appear to me to commit the radical error of supposing that the obstacle to obtaining the peace which we all desire consists in the difficulty of finding proper agencies for negotiating, so that the whole scope of the resolutions ends in nothing but suggesting that if the enemy will treat, the best agency will be the State delegates to a Convention ; whereas, the whole and only obstacle is that the enemy will not treat at all or entertain any other proposition than that we should submit to their yoke, acknowledge that we are criminals, and appeal to tneir mercy for pardon. After this statement of objections it may appear superfluous to add others of less gravity ; but, as you invite a full expression of my views, I will add that history is replete with instances of the interminable diffi culties and delays which attend the attempt to negotiate on great and conflicting interests where the parties to the negotiation are numerous ; if this has been the case where the partiest possessed full powers to conclude a treaty, what can we hope from an assemblage of negotiators from 30 or 40 States, who, in the midst of an exasperating warfare, are to meet without power to conclude anything. In the history of our country we find that in a time of profound peace, when the most cordial brotherhood of sentiment existed, and where a long and bloody war had been brought to a triumphant close, it required two years to assemble a convention and bring its deliberations to an end, and another year to procure the ratification of their labours. With such a war as the present in progress the views of the large assemblage of negotiators proposed would undergo con stant changes, according to the vicissitudes, according to the struggle, and the attempt to secure concordant views would soon be abandoned, and leave the parties more em bittered than ever, less hopeful of the possibility of suc cessful negotiations. Again, how is the difficulty result ing from the conflicting pretensions of the two belligerents in regard to several of the States to be overcome. Is it supposed that Virginia would enter into a Convention with a delegation from what our enemies choose to term the State of West Virginia, and thus recognise an insolent and violent dismemberment of her territory ? Or would the United States consent that West Virginia should be de prived of her pretensions to equal rights, after having for mally admitted her as a State and allowed her to vote at a Presidential election ? Who would send a delegation from Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri ? The enemy claim to hold the Governments of those States, while we assert them to be members of the Confederacy. Would delegates be received from both sides ? If so, there would soon be a disruption of the convention. If delegates are received from neither side, then a number of the States most vitally interested in the result would remain unre presented ; and what value could be attached to mere re commendations of a body of negotiators under such circum stances ? Various other considerations suggest themselves, but enough has been said to justify my conclusion that the proposal of separate State action is unwise, imprac ticable, and offers no prospect of good to counterbalance its manifold injurious consequences to the cause of our country.—Very respectfully, yours, ex., JEFFERSON DAVIS. A Washington despatch of the 20th says Francis P. Blair, senior, left this afternoon on the Govern ment steamer Don for City Point. Thence he will go on a flag of truce boat to Varina Landing, on the James River, where a permit is waiting him to return to the rebel capital. The Cabinet were in session several hours to-day, and it is understood that their conference related to the movements of this gentleman. Nothing, how ever, is known of the powers, if any, with which he is clothed, or the precise objects which it is ex pected he will acco-mplish. General Sherman has issued the following order : SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS-NO. 12. HEADQUARTERS. Military Division of the Mississippi, in the Field, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 14, 1865. It being represented that the Confederate army and armed band of robbers, acting professedly under the authority of the Confederates, are harassing the people of Georgia, and endeavouring to intimi date them in the efforts they are making to secure to themselves provisions, clothing, security to life and property, and the restoration of law and good government in the State, it is hereby ordered and made public :—First, That the farmers of Georgia may bring into Savannah, Fernandina, or Jacksonville, Fla., marketing, such as beef, pork, mutton, vegetables of,any kind, fish, &c., as well as cotton in small quantities, and sell the same in open market, except the cotton, which must be sold by or through the Treasury agents, and may invest the proceeds in family stores, such as bacon and flour, in any reasonable quantities ; groceries, shoes, and clothing, and articles not contraband of war, and carry the same back to their families. No trade store will be attempted in the interior, or stocks of goods sold for them; but families may club together for mutual assistance and protection in going and coming. Second. The people are encouraged to meet together in peaceful assemblages to discuss measures looking to their safety and good government, and the restoration of state and national authority, and will be protected by the national army when doing so ; and all peaceable inhabitants, who satisfy the commanding officers that they are earnestly labour ing to that end, must not only be left undisturbed in property and person, but must be protected, as far as possible, consistent with the military operations. If any farmer, or peaceful inhabitant is molested by the enemy, viz., the Confederate army, or guerillas, because of his friendship to the National Government, the perpetrator, if caught, will be summarily punished, or his family made to suffer for the outrage, but if the crime cannot be traced to the actual party, then re taliation will be made on the adherents to the cause of the rebellion. Should a Union man be murdered, then a rebel selected by lot will be shot ; or, if a Union family be persecuted on account of the cause, a rebel family will be banished to a foreign land. In aggravated cases retaliation will extend as high as five to one. All commanding officers will act promptly in . such cases and report their action after the retalia tion is done. By order of Major-General W. T. SHERMAN. L. M. Dayton, Assist.-Adjutant-General. The other items of news have been anticipated by the Express per Nova Scotian. Purification of the Press• ~- -r. It affords us gratification to be able to add to the list of those journals which do not permit their columns to be defiled by the obscene advertisements of the pamphlets of quacks the name of The Sun amongst the metropolitan papers, and the Wilts and Gloster Standard and the Oxford Times amongst country papers. These journals have, we understand, long since adopted and acted on the resolution to omit quack advertisements. They were amongst the early pioneers, and have refused to insert them at any price or on any terms. The contrast ,between the columns of the " clean" and the " foul" papers is now strongly marked, and public attention is forcibly directed to this question. The metropolitan press is ranging itself, in the great majority of in stances, on the side of the " clean" party ; although painful exceptions still exist. But soon the unen viable privilege of being the organs of the vile gang of quacks will be confined to a conspicuous few. Provincial papers are still great sinners ; and many of the most largely circulated are, from this reason, totally unfit to be admitted into a decent house. We shall be glad to hear of others which may have resolved to free ,heir columns from this pollution.— The Lancet. THE EMPLOYEES AT THE LATE SURREY THEATRE. —A practical step towards relieving the sufferers from the destruction of the Surrey Theatre has been taken by the directors of the Oxford and Canterbury Hall, by their prompt resolve to set apart the whole proceeds of an entertainment to be given at the Canterbury, on Wednes day evening next, for the benefit of these unfortunate persons. There is every reason to believe that the public of the locality and beyond it will worthily second this praiseworthy effort, which is the more to be commended because the current of theatrical feeling has recently been very hostile to the Music Hall interest, and organised at tempts have actually been made to cripple it. CHARGE OF INFRINGING THE ACT FOR REGU LATING THEATRES.—At the Lambeth Police-court, yesterday, Mr. Roberts, an attorney, obtained from the Hon. G. C. Norton a summons against the " Oxford and Canterbury Music Hall Company (Limited)," for a violation of the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 68, commonly called "An Act for the Regulation of Theatre." 41 A'et (platoxim HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 2 . , The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Wales and Prince Leopold, drove out afternoon in a carriage and four, attended 11 51 yesterdaTr T. M. Biddulph. e Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice also (*-" Arn ir out. The Prince of Wales went out shooting, 3 ° lll' 'Allied by the Duke of Cambridge. The Duke of Cambridge returned to London t° - day, attended by Colonel Clifton. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Pr ' 11,rog of Wales are expected to return to town to -day Osborne. ,r, .chess and The Duke of Grafton has joined the Du,. erec t Lady 'Ashburton at Cannes. The duke has quite recov top, from the effects of the accident he met with in the hunt o f field just before he left to join the duchess in the south France. n ot The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham ar e expected to return home from Italy until next ulun tb. hi g The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland is Sta.ras at Cliefden, Bucks, where a select family c ircle IS sembled. and Count De la Tour, Envoy Extraordinall act Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Italy a t the e t°ll ° ° of Mexico, has left Claridge's Hotel for SouthamP' his way to South America. e The Earl of Warwick arrived at his resid ene the Stable-yard, St. James's, yesterday, from Wallvi Castle. The Earl of Hardwicke will shortly arrl-4 town from Wimpole Hall, for the meeting of rarliaulerlit:it Viscount and Lady Blanche Dupplin have o f town to join the circle visiting the Duke and Du che.- Beaufort at Badminton. A Lor d The marriage of Lady Victoria Scott an Schomberg Kerr will take place at Dalkeith, in tl' e of Buccleuch's private chapel, towards the end °' • month. •eil l The Earl of Cardigan is expected to a ril sortlOr town on Monday from his seat, Deene Park, „130' tonshire, in order to be present at the Earl of Doll b liamentary dinner. d Lo rd The Earl and Countess of Aylesford an W ig' Guernsey have arrived at Claridge's Hotel frodr ac ton Hall. The Earl of Dalhousie and Lady Christian have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Brechin Cast le ' to g Earl Granville will preside at the annual niee 4 l of the Metropolitan Adult Education Association to b e , 1 0 ,1;, onWednesday next, at the Society of Arts, at three ee The Bishop of Londo n , th e Bi s h o p o f O x ford, Sir ry h Phillips, Archdeacon Utterton, Harvey Lewis, and other gentlemen will take part in the proceeding`' BANK OF FRANCE. • PARIS, F°3' 2. 0 The following is the return of the Bank of , or , for the week ending to-day, together with the responding figures of the previous account DEBTOR. jall• 26. c. Feb. 2. fr. c. fr. 00 0 Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,5 00, Profits in addition to capital (Art. , Law, June 9,18 7 8 6,944,702 23 08 7,143 Reserve of the Bank n 5700 14 and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,1 ' Reserve in landed pro- nfl 0 0i ! perty 4,000,000 4, v, 2 1' ' 92 0 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and • • receipts payable at 6,780,382 75 57 596140 : sight Treasury account cur- - 63 9 601, 4 • 3 1 rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 115,213,823 01 11 "7"; ,6'29 3 / 1 Do. branch banks A'4l Dividends payable 3,240,358 75 -7 - A ' oB ov Discounts and sundry 3,61,,, interests - 0 Rediscounted the last 7 9 44 ! 1 six months Sundries ° 4 Total CREDITOR. O C. . Feb. 2. J Cash in hand and in fr. fr. el c. 41 branch banks / Commercial bills over- 10,0' 2,396,519 84 2,631 Commercial bills dis- , 61;'" connted, not yet due 322,560,428 27 326,91",i63 1 6 31 Do. branch banks 32 B' 814,862 316 ) -9 ' ' Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 1 4 3 7 , 2 8 0 0 5 6; 6 0 1 3 01 _55 1 4 4 1 , 08 1 : 21 0 / r ., / Do. on French Public a 1 ,6 0,, , Securities 14,925,600 l!' 4 B `-;• - ,9 0 ° Do. by branch banks 9,222,500 `"- 0 ,, / Do. on railway shares , 87, 50 L, /, 28,027,300 2 , 8 8 '3'15, 96° and debentures D. branch banks 17,928,050 ---' / Do. on Credit Foncier 21, 300 ~ Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1863) GO 000 000 '0 14 Government Stock re- ' ' ..0 980, 7d 0 0 serve 12,980,750 14 ~', 4 6 ,73 1 Do. disporable Rentes Immobal* 6 ' ' is es 0 o°° (Law, June 2, 1857) 100 000 000 100,00 7 Hotel and furniture of ' ' the Bank and landed 8 397 41 2 / property branches Expenses of manage- 44, 72 . 1 v 0 5 ment 208,008 18 i857 ° " 6 60,000,000 '' Sundries 5 sb-• / 6,550,813 50 ..... " . 1/ tO 49 Total 1,286,065,500 33 1,281,4dir0410 cet (Signed) The Senator Governor of the Bank o f ROULAND. Irwin v. Sir George Grey. TO TIM EDITOR OF TILE SUN. it4 r SIR, -The Times of Tuesday last, the 31st ultimo , l i g , s tatement of " the point at i s sue " in the petit i o n of rigs ti " Feather v. the _Quee n, " has p romin ently put foriOrLod the above "case was strongly relied upon by the A tt i ° o - oll t) General as conclusive upon the point alluded to ' of most general importance," &c., as he termed it, “ f i l questions of the highest constitutional importanc e7 % . l) I beg leave to state that the case of " Irwin 0 14 , - ,, e Sir George Grey" is not conclusive as a decision ° .- g clj of • appeal happens to be pending therein to the fed higher court ; consequently you will perceive h ° " t essential it is, not only to questions of " the big lJ t e , i 9 c - jea cli stitutional importance," but to myself, that it show' a 9; be understood that the case is hot " conclusive, ajliolicYf that neither my appeal, nor the other proceedi n g, s / a os e° ; my legal and senatorial friends are pledged to Owuaie cIPJ Commons to adopt, should in any manner be ti° such a statement having been so widely circu late' Times, without controversion or explanation. 11 0111 ; 4 f Accordingly, I felt it my duty to address th e I S letter to the editor of that paper. Since it has iw t ; lt serted, I shall feel much obliged by your a11 °11413- appear in your next publication. I have the honour to be your obedient serollt" Is' GEORGE O'MALIO - February 2, 1865. PETITION OF RIGHT. A , Of TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. ben • Sir,—ln your paper of this day, under the oh, " Law Report," in the matter of the Petition of t o c ott "Feather v. the Queen," I find reference made t v ° o ste,f,o' of "Irwin (myself) v. Sir George Grey" ( 3 7, t - se t re e . Finlason's Reports 635), in such terms as Inig7" 6 be'' prejudice my appeal, which is pending theroliirbidi o. higher Court, as well as the other proceeding" 'looi.iii° legal and senatorial advisers are pledged to tlio t o l o ll Commons to adopt, were I to sanction by silenc°f .‘ P 0‘ circulation your paper has given to that report ° a lio" (myself) v. Sir George Grey," without 0:1 31311 t o t e ) : observing thereon. Suffice it therefore to say, that I, an - .16 to ,,te l of her Majesty, only seek the same COI acloK t "Father Petition of Right case as t li rp r l4,oo! in v. the Queen," " Lord Cal'aitt":4 o : the Queen," &c., &c.: namely, the °ll i "i i o o ." course of granting the fiat in accordance "W' ct 1 , 0 ; ,,015 usages of her Majesty's Royal predecessors, au 0 0 5 I Or' to the good laws of the realm. A decision t 6; cially pronounced after solemn argument by' " veo ll oo', 4 burial, in presence of the party, and subject 51 ° ° ,,i appeal, in case the judgment of the Court t s - t he e b viec" Bench should not be satisfactory. This is j ti ' 6 4 .'l l 61). which I ask, and the constitutional right of g . which Sir George Grey advised the Queen to de c c e ialt lf servants of the Crown the power of a rig SV a their own chamber that any hartpicular petitiotnbef ti 3 0 .1 11 3 " within the principle of any previous decision, „of+ judges in that chamber to all intents and Purl - if' es 0 4 whole case. • 1 . eft , e a s A comparison of the facts alleged in the otb, e ,., o ot t be sufficient to show that the decision of theln . 1 , 0 " 10 4 necessarily involves a similar decision of n 7 et);0 1, ", 2 03t" be perfectly possible to hold that the Crown .5° to give redress for acts like those imputed t° it cl s by Mr. Feather, Lord Canterbury, &c. Ste n ' l of , 11 bound by acts like those alleged in my Pet"„.1v 0 ": 1 1 ,1 ' I have the honour to be your obedien t . s c3( , GEORGE 0111, 0 - January 31s1„ 1865. up 0,171-., LOST IN TIIE SNOW.—Snow fell very f oci cal' 1 1 / Devonshire last week, and many casualties ° 0 ,11. , 0 road and river. A poor fellow named Grinb' il !„ B ,' t o 1 man ° in the employ of the Devon Weekly stiff and cold in the road near Eackerford last had been frozen to death. 11~