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....•••••••••"-.' MN. R MAJESTYS THEATRE. Sole 3 tanager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVICNINti, FAUST. Mesdames Anna Hiles, .I3urrington, t lotterell ; Messrs. Swift, Forbes, H. Corri, and Marc''-=cal. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Fo ll o wed by the Grand Christmas Pantomime, THE I.ION AND THE UNICORN. gORNING- YE RFORMANCE on TUESDAY, at Two. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company. Limited.) COI' TINUECD SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA. AND THE WONDERFUL. ONATO. THIS EVENING, THE BRIDE OF SONG. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA ;the with magnificent Sc°nery and gorgeous ascessories. In llarlequinad. Senor Donato will perform his celebrated and astonishing Vase avec 31.anteau.Commen:e at Seven. THEATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Man4•ers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. lIIS EV ENING, and during the week, A YOUNG LAD FROM. THE L.OUNTRY. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND _HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Diessrs. G. Bel more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, A= Misses Lydia Thompson. R. Lcclercq, ac. ; Messrs. Bolen, C. 'AWL Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Didrae. Buleno, the sasses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. T HEATRE-R OYA L, HA.YMARKET. Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EITENING, Jan. 2I; DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. C hippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thereby, &c. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, LORD DIINDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Bnckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, 11111, &c. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIM E. Mr. Compton, Miss L. KAnleeey. d A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. li'echter. Tx [S EVENING, GRANDFATHER WHITEHEA.D. Messrs. Emery, C. 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XHIS ETENING, a new Extravaganzi, entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I RINCESa. After which, THE STREET 6 OF LONDON. Messrs. D. Fisher, D. Mu rra y , J. Nelson, H. Vining, J. W. Ray , Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma jlarnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynnr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough, Till; EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Faradic ; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE A' GRIN" BUSHES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Mtssis-sippi. Ariessrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, kn.; Mesdames Ada yo anborough, itaynham, Siml son, Johnstone, dtc. To °lnclude with MRS. GttEEN'S SNUG LITTLE BUSLNESS. Mr. Belford. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S 0 N E• respectfully call attention to their large and well - stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. 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The account of the half-yearly meeting of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday afternoon, may at first sight appear somewhat dry and tedious after the more stirring proceedings of the evening before, but a little reflection will, per haps, convince the reader that the second assembly was not the less important. The discussion of the questions that affect our extensive commercial in terests, the examination into the causesthat influence or affect them, and the adva.ntages conferred by the deliberation of an assembly of practical men upon practical matters, must all be put in the scale before we can venture to pronounce the addresses of Thursday dull or profitless reading. Of late years legislation has been much more favourable to o ur ,commercial interests than it was of old, and p ar t o f , the beneficial change has no doubt been wrought by the agency of these Chambers of Commerce. Old prejudices have died out, old errors have been ex posed, old errors have been rectified, and the rising importance of the commercial class, its gathering wealth and influence, have, of course, made them selves felt as time went on. Commercial men have filled prominent places in the State, they have occu pied a considerable position in Parliament, they have gained public respect by the intelligence and acute ness in matters not immediately connected with ..... _ trade. Such men consequently have had frequent opportunity of enlightening the minds of their coun trymen, and of setting several disputed points before them in a true light. The Chambers of Commerce, not only from obtaining the aggregate opinions of traders, but from numbering men of wealth and position among their leaders, have thus been able to bring forward several grievances common to vari ous classes of merchants and manufacturers, and to obtain redress for them. Officials cannot slight the representations of an influential member of Parliament, as they would be too apt to do to complaints of private gentlemen. In pursuance of this theory, the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce has just shown its appreciation of this principle by electing Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P., to the office of president. There was a large attendance of mem bers and others on Thursday, and both the new president and his Parliamentary colleague addressed the assembly at some length. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD'S speech was marked by moderation and good sense. He congratulated the meeting on the favourable signs of the times, among which he reckoned the recent visits of two official gentlemen in connexion with the new provisions referring to the Foreign• office and the Board of Trade. It was, he remarked , quite a new thing for the Government to send any of its officers to inquire into their grievances and their opinions, and to endeavour to forward their views. Ile attributed this beneficial change partly to the efforts of the same energetic individuals in their behalf, and partly to the good fortune of hav ing two gentlemen like Mr. GissoN and Mr. LAYARD respectively at the Board of Trade and at the Foreign-office, since both were anxious to meet all the requirements of commerce. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD then touched upon the question of Government manufacturing establishments, and said he was not one of those who were opposed to Government esta blishments altogether, but he thought that such establishments should not be larger than was just sufficient to be a check on manufacturers' prices, and that anything like competition between public and private establishments was most unfair. The hon. member and others who spoke on the subject forgot, however, one important argument in favour of such institutions, which is that in case of sudden alarm or emergency the Government should not be driven to rely entirely on the resources of ma nufacturers, nor to trust solely to their punctual ful filment of their contracts. Experience has proved this to be an insecure and uncertain mode of pro ceeding, and it is partly as a guarantee against its evils. Mr. BRIGHT, who followed, spoke upon similar subjects, but touched upon one or two points to which Mr. SCHOLEFIELD had not adverted. On one very important topic Mr. BRIGHT spoke with a frankness and a candour which did him honour. A paragraph in the Report had reference to the recom mendation of the Children's Employment Commis sion that the Factory Acts should be applied to metal manufactories. This was quite sufficient to arouse the claim of Birmingham. The council de clared in the report that they were prepared to use every means to oppose undue interference with the trade of the locality. We are sorry to see this indi cation of the same spirit which so long and so strenuously resisted the benevolent action of the Factory Bill. It is a disgrace to our noble manu facturers to identify their interests with the oppres sion of the helpless. They need no such false sup port. Their legitimate profits are large enough to enable their owners to pay a fair day's wage for a fair day's work, and that day's work is not fair which is extended beyond reasonable hours. It is false economy as well as want of humanity to exact from the unformed frames of children long hours of exhausting lahour. Uit be true, as has been proved by evidence, that children learning half-time at school learn as much as those full time, from their fresher energies and greater powers of application, much more must the same argument be true of the hours of physical labour. The work cannot be well done which is extracted from the jaded energies of over-tired children and young persons under 18, and it is only to such persons that the report of the commission refers. Mr. BRIGHT had the manliness to confess that he had been one of the most strenuous opponents of the Factory Act, but he had since found his opposition to have been mistaken. " Among all the working classes of Lancashire," he said, " the Act is very highly prized, the manufacturers have not found from it the evils which they anticipated, and I am sure there are few there who would wish to have the Act altered or repeated." Still he was doubtful how the same principle would bear extension to Birmingham manu facturers, and recommended careful investigation before it was agreed to. It is a great pity that gen tlemen who are so ready to lecture the upper classes on their neglect of the political rights of the people, do not remember they do not always show much regard to the rights of a very large class of the people. If our legislature is neglecting the interests of the present generation, they are mortgaging the strength and energies of the future by the deterio ration of the physical vigour of the young genera , tion. The fact is, we fear that human nature is very much the same in all ranks, and if there was the slightest risk of injury to the material interests of our trade and commerce by the extension of the franchise, we should hear a good deal less about Parliamentary Reform from the manufacturing districts. Deputy GRABOW, upon taking the chair as Presi dent of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies, made a very spirited discourse, that seemed to give great satis faction to his auditors. It is some sort of a gratifica tion to find that even at this juncture there are men in Prussia who have the courage to speak out and express their opinions, even though they may not be exactly in accordance with the notions of the ruling powers. At any rate, no one can accuse President GRA.BOW of having shirked his duty, and of not speaking cut fully, firmly, and to the point. Certainly subjects were not wanting to fire his recollection and excite his earnestness, for much has transpired since the period of the "last dismissal to which he referred in such meaning terms." As he truly put it, « prosecutions of the liberal press, reprimands of liberal officials, unconfirmation of liberal communal elections, defamation's, sus picions, and calumnies of liberal citizens have taken place to an even greater extent than in former years." Such reminiscence s may well cause the faithful citizens of Prussia to feel dis ma y e d, an d create indignation in the minds of the true represen tatives of Prussian interests. The constant inter ruption of an approving charactet that he met with proved that the President spoke in a manner that went to the hearts of his hearers, and carried con viction to their minds of the truth of his sayings and need of his observations. In truth, a sad future is put before those who pay any particular attention to the public position and political aspects of Prussia nowadays, and nothing of a cheering char acter intervenes to lighten the gloom or irra diate romise the Prospect as the eye rests on broken pledges, for feited P, and ot o forsakene numerate dutitz. saldirelisllandmight well mi g h t t h e the President go s zeal in th us showing Chamber applaud his courage and utterance to up abuses and giving grievances that are undermining the social prospects of the country, and doing great injury to the State. Fidelity to convictions has THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1865. ......... been put under a ban, and the axe " has been laid to the tree of the self-administration of towns and communes." Loud cries of " Bravo " greeted the passage in which the President exemplified the manner in which the rights of the Chamber of De- puties had been assailed, " thereby to lay violent hands upon the arteries of the Constitution." Such is an exact representation of the style in which affairs have been conducted in Berlin, and the pri- vileges of the people of Prussia trampled under foot, while their wit and wisdom have been powerless to help them ; for so distracted have they been with she chimera of foreign wars, that home dangers have been totally neglected. The President spoke out as boldly as he could, and more decidedly in deed than many would have attempted to do, when he said that " no power on earth should intimidate them from maintaining the constitutional rights of the Crown and the people." Such language is worthy of one in so responsible a position, and re dounds greatly to the credit of the speaker. It is not often that we find such stirring sentiments pre- vail as are here expressed, or intimations of so de cided a character given nowadays in Prussia. Of course, it must not be supposed that such a discourse should find favour with the magnates who heard it, and in consequence, at the next sitting of the Chambers, the Minister of the Interior, Count EULENBERG, set himself to work to make a protest against the President's speech. It was neither good taste nor good feeling thus to inaugurate, at the outset of the session, a dispute between the Administration and the Chamber of De- puties. But some people can never rest without making a disturbance of some kind. Besides, it would ill become the offended majesty of the BISMARCK rule not to assert its lawful rights to unquestioned supremacy and complete authority. The President was thus compelled to listen to a long account of his errors, and to hear animadver sion delivered upon his astounding presumption and unparalleled impertinence. First of all, he was told that he had passed a " bitter criticism" upon the Government, and also drawn a " gloomy picture" of the country. Heaven knows that there was ample opportunity for doing both, but that, of course, had nothing to do with the case in point. It was not the duty of .any one in the Prussian dominions to attempt to judge the actions of their rulers; they should be too happy to submit in silence to the dictates of the supreme wisdom and the chances of the unerring justice which preside over the destinies of that favoured land. At least one may gather so much from the tenour of the dis course of Count EULENBERG. He seemed most deeply impressed with the enormity of the offence of the President, and fully convinced of the neces sity that existed for calling attention to the glaring inconsistency of the President's conduct. The head and front of the offending was presently revealed, however, when the Count proceeded to question what would be the effect produced upon their Royal Master when he found his wishes so little at tended to. The KING'S Government, how ever, the Count was at great pains to make known, would not depart from its determined course, whatever opinions the majority of the House might entertain. The present position of the Chamber of Deputies is certainly not very flatter ing, nor can it be said that it has begun its course under very auspicious circumstances ; but it is almost hopeless to expect much from so extraordi nary a state of affairs. Either no opposition is made, and the plans of the Government are carried by default, as it were, or else, if any exception is taken to the course proposed by the executive, a pre cious outcry is raised, and the liberties of the Cham ber are rapidly curtailed, until they are dismissed altogether from fulfilling their functions. It augurs ill for the happy or honourable termination of the labours of the Chamber this session, if at the very commencement such a decided disagreement should take place between the Ministers and the President. Altercations of this kind never stop short when once they begin, but spread like wildfire, and men are left to deplore the consequences alniost before they rightly understand the commencement of the affair or the origin of the dispute. At any rate, President GRABOW has rendered a good service to the cause of freedom, and very properly vindicated the • right of the Chamber over which he is called upon to preside. Whether the esclandre comes sooner or later is of comparatively small importance, if some decided protest is entered against such extravagant extor tions and encroachments as those which the Govern ment of the KING have made upon the rights and privilegee of the people. The welfare of Prussia cannot now attract the same interest as formerly, but it is always a welcome sight to see a man in a responsible position mindful of the duties of his office, and sensible of the claims that devolve upon him, whether or not the carrying out of such obliga tions lead him into difficulties, and entail upon him risks and responsibilities. If more members had been actuated with the spirit of President GRAB OW, and possessed his determination and fearless energy, we might now see Prussia in a very dif ferent position, and those of her sons which yet remain true to her interests would not have occa sion so bitterly to deplore the retrograde move ments and suicidal feeling which now prevail to the detriment of their country. The Laureate and his Baronetcy. (From the Athenteum of to-day.) The following note on the Tennyson baronetcy, from one who knows what he is saying, has been addressed to us, in common with our contempora ries : " Jan. 18, 1865. " Permit me, in reply to an oblique but exceedingly clumsy attempt to puff an obscure ' Peerage,' to say that I am enabled, on the best authority, to assert that her Ma jesty has signified her gracious desire to confer some ho nour upon the Poet Laureate. It is well known that con gratulatory applications in some hundreds have been made to the poet's publishers in the matter,—a token, were any needed, of the firm hold Mr. Tennyson has established upon the affectionate regards of his countrymen ; it is due to those who have reported and com mented on the subject to assert that, whether the Queen's intentions take the form assigned them by the vox populi or not, the report itself possesses a solid foundation in fact. " I am, &c., CESARIEwsis." —Of course no reader of the Athena3um will suppose that we referred to the rumours—current in the papers for many past weeks--without making in quiries on the subject. Our information was ample and precise ; and although we are aware that pro gress in the matter is for the moment delayed, we still think it likely that her Majesty's desire to put her favour to the great poet into visible and per mament shape will end in the Laureate becoming Sir Alfred Tennyson, Bart. THE HON. MRS. YELVERTON.—A paragraph having been industriously circulated to the effect that the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton (nee Longworth) had become a convert to Anglicanism, a direct application was made to that lady inviting her to authorise a contradiction of the report. The result of the application was the following admirable letter :—" Sir,—l thank you for affording me opportunity of authorising you to contradict the untruth ful report that I had abandoned the Catholic faith. Having suffered such bitter persecution for my conscience sake, it would indeed be great folly to lose the fruits of so much endurance and the reward promisedto those who persevere to the end.—Yours faithfully (signed) THERESA. YELTER TON, Crauford's Hotel, Edinburgh, 14th January, 1865." Weekly Register. . _ Bombay has determined upon having an Inter national Exhibition, and a company has already bee n formed with a capital of £500,000. The promoters have applied to Government for a grant of land and concession to carry out the undertakiDg. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, JAN. 10 (Evening). Mr. Francis Blair has again left for City Point. It is said that he goes on an unofficial peace mis- aion to Riehmond,with a pass from the Confederate authorities. General Butler has been removed, and ordered to report at Lowell, Massachusetts. General Ord has temporarily superseded him. Gen. Butler received the order at about half-past 11 o'clock last Sunday forenoon, and before 3 o'clock in the afternoon of that day he had made all his farewell preparations, turned over the army to his successor, and taken his departure for the North. Operations against Wilmington are to be imme diately resumed, and, in addition to the original plan of combined naval and military attack upon Fort Fisher, a strong co-operative column from the army of the James River, under the command of General Terry, will march overland from New- bern, and attack the city in the rear. The news from the Shenandoah Valley represents the inhabitants as suffering from a scarcity of food, and the rebel troops being quartered upon them ren ders their condition still more deplorable. No artil- lery operations of importance have taken place in the valley. General Thomas is opening a base of supplies at Eastport, Mississippi, on the Tennessee river, for a fresh campaign. Hood's army is estimated to have been 25,000 strong when it crossed the Tennessee. Lyon has retreated from Kentucky towards Rus sellville, Alabama, in order to ;join Forrest. He captured a company of Union cavalry at Mac rainville. Richmond papers state that Sherman is concen trating between Hardeeville and the Savannah river, and they also assert that only a small num ber of persons were present at the meeting held at Savannah by the Mayor, when the resolution ad vocating submission to the Federals was passed. The Senate have passed a bill emancipating the wives and children of coloured soldiers. The Missouri Convention have resolved to reorga nise the State constitution. It is rumoured that Mr. Fessenden will be ap pointed to succeed Mr. Dayton as Minister at Paris. The New-York Tribune asserts that the peace pro posals of Mr. Blair will be on the basis of a return to the Union. The blockade runner Fox escaped from Charles ton on the 17th. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 2231. Exchange on Lon don, 246. Exchange on Paris, 2.10 to 2.15. Stock quiet. New York Centrals, 116- ; Illinois, 1271 ; Erie, 84i ; 5.20 Bonds, 1091. Cotton dull. Wheat depressed. Corn steady. Provisions heavy. Coffee good inquiry. Sugar steady. Molasses steady. Petroleum, crude 50, refined 73. NEW YORK, JAN. 11 (Morning). Arrangements have been made for the immediate shipment to New York of the cotton captured at Savannah. Mr. Fessenden has requested the Committee of Ways and Means to modify the law to enable him to issue p 00,000,000 seven-thirty bonds. It is semi-officially announced that no person authorised or unauthorised has left for the front on a peace mission, or to consult the Confederate au thorities on existing difficulties. A despatch from Washington says it is rumoured that Gen. Lee has been placed in command of all the Confederate armies, and that he immediately determined to put Beauregard in command of the defences of Richmond, intending himself to pro ceed to South Carolina to concentrate the Confede rate forces in that quarter for the purpose of confronting Sherman in his proposed movement northward. Sherman's movements are said to be considered by Lee as more important than any Grant can possibly make upon Richmond in four months. Gold closed last night at 2228. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) (Per Australian, Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, JAN. 10, 8 P.M Mr. Blair, sen., has returned to City Point, and is thought by this time to be in Richmond on a peace mis sion—the Confederate Government having offered him a safe conduct. He goes, however, unofficially, and no im portant results are anticipated. The Tribune says Mr. Blair is not empowered to make peace, but is authorised to ascertain whether a true peace is obtainable. A Wash ington correspondent says that Mr. Blair will propose pacification founded on the basis of the return of the rebellious States to the Union ; but no hope is entertained that he will be successful. Many of the leading Republizans in Congress approve the mis sion. The Times opposes t he mis s i on , and says no possible good den t result D caanylef erpeace would be to recognise the nationality f ro m the mission, for to treat with Presi of the South. The Richmond paper s generally oppose the visit of Mr. Blair. The Whig says the Blairs deserve hanging. The Examiner warns the Government against fraternising with individual enemies and spies, and says that theßlairs should not be allowed within the lines. The Times gives a rumour that the Georgia officials have asked to return to the Union. The editor of the Louisville forrnal, just from Richmond, reports that the authorities are fully resolved on arming 200,000 of the slaves. The Herald says that General Butler has been removed from the command and ordered to report at Lowell. His successor is General Ord. General Burnside is exonerated from all responsibility of the failure of the mine at Petersburg, and Generals Gran t and Meade are censured. General Sherman was concentrating his ;forces between Hurdeville and Savannah River. He has allowed the citizens of Savannah 15 days to settle up their bank accounts, and the Augusta papers say that only 17 persons were present at the meeting. The Examiner denies that the meeting was an expression of the spirit of Savannah. It says that Sherman's conciliatory measures are a treacherous bait to deaden resistance. The Enquirer also calls for a public meeting in order that the voice of the Georgian population may be had. General Thomas has selected East Point, in North East Mississippi, and not Florence, as his new base of opera tions. He is concentrating at East Point. General Hood is marching on Tupelo, his probable future base. His army numbers nearly 30,000, and rumour says that he will operate against Sherman. General D. H. Hill is ordered to Charleston. The Confederate Congress is discussing the consolida tion of the army. The Federal Government has withdrawn the Ten-Forty Loan, and Seven-Thirties will be depended on in future. The War Department refuses to give the city of New York credit for the troops supplied by it under the previous calls. The Mayor says that the city debt is 211 millions. The steamer Fox ran the Charleston blockade on the 17th December. The steamer Lee was wrecked off Rio Grande, and 20 perished. The Richmond Enquirer urges the Government to secure a monopoly of the blockade-running. The State Govern ments and the Central Government should control all the imports and exports, and the import of luxuries should be avoided. The Federals have evacuated Fort Smith and Van Durin in Arkansas. The ship Bridgewater, from Liverpool, is ashore below the city. The steamer Knickerbocker is lost on the Chesapeake—it is supposed with all on board. NEW YORK, JAN. 11. General Butler is ordered to deliver everything, in chiding public monies, over to his successor. The Foreign Committee of the Senate yesterday con- sidered the motion of giving notice to England of termi nating the treaty which allows each Government to keep but one vessel on the lakes. Mr. Fessenden has asked for a law to enable him to issuo $200,000,00 0 more in the form of Seven-Thirties. The Treasury has refused clearances for Savannah, with out special authority from the Department. All the Federal garrisons in ports south of Springfield, Missouri, have been withdrawn. BAVARIA AND THE DUCHIES. VIENNA, JAN. 21. The Presse of this morning says :—' •" Herr von Pfordten has declared that Bavaria is willing to con sent to any agreement which may be entered into between the future Sovereign of the Duchies and Prussia, whereby the latter might obtain special concessions, provided such concessions are kept within the limits of the federal constitution." Prince Frederick Charles has brought an invita -1 tion to the Emperor of Austria to visit Berlin. JAPAN. Advices from Yokohama to November 4th, re ceived via San Francisco, report the murder by the Japanese of two British officers. The British Mi nister had demanded the arrest and punishment of the assassins, and would take measures to'compel it. The Japanese authorities showed a disposition to comply with the demand. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 20. In the Senate to-day Duke Torre supported the amendment to the address proposed by the Opposi tion, and declared a new electoral law necessary. He demanded the representation of the Antilles in the Cortes, and the preservation of San Domingo to Spain. FRANCE, BOURSE, Jan. 20.—The market has been heavy to-day, and Threes, for the Account, after having been done at 67f., now stand at 66f. 90c. Mobilier have been offered, and are rather lower, the price now being 953 f. 75c, In Railway Shares there is but very trifling variation. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 95 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 Do. end month 66 95 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3515 Credit Fonder 1275 Roman 73 25 Italian Loan 65 25 Do. end month 65 35 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian 92 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. --- ___ Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 998 75 ... 997 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 57930 ... 931 25 Southern 6 25 ... 577 50 Western 531. 25 ... 535 Eastern Sardinian 307 50 ... 307 50 Austrian Lombard 540 ... 542 50 North of Spain 348 75 ... 350 Saragossa 416 25 ... 416 25 Ditto to Barcelona lB7 50 ... 190 THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS, (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) BERLIN, Jan. 20. The following draft of an Address, based upon " the Speech from the Throne, the fact that his Majesty the King in person opened the session, and the important events of the year that has just elapsed," has been brought into the Chamber of Deputies by the Conservative members : " Most Illustrious and Most Mighty King, Most gracious King and Lord,—The year that has just passed away has brought us important and remark able events—events which exercise sufficient influ ence to press everything that had previously hap pened into the background—events which awake Prussian self-consciousness to new life, and have - united the entire Prussian people, as of old, in proud patriotic exultation at the results joined in one common joy and celebration of the victory. " While we, therefore, draw near to your Ma jesty's throne in order respectfully to renew the expression of our old devotion and;fidelity to your Majesty and the Royal House, we do so with the elevating consciousness of being the interpreters of the thankfulness and readiness to make sacrifices felt by the entire nation, as whose representatives we appear before your Majesty. " Thanks to the independent and energetic action of your Majesty's Government—thanks to the close alliance of the two great German Powers — thanks to the valiant deeds of the armies allied in battle and victory—success beyond expectation has been achieved in assisting violated rights to con- quest, and in winning back to our natural life the northern marches of Germany, which are at the same time the frontier marches of the German Ocean. " It is therefore with perfect confidence that we see the further regulation of the future of the Elbe- Duchies in the skilful hands of your Majesty's Government. As your Majesty, in perfect under standing with your illustrious Imperial ally, has succeeded in terminating a glorious war by an honourable peaie, so we hope your Majesty will also be successful in harmonising the various succes sive and legal claims with the Prussian and German honourable duty of our country to protect the fron tiers, and in turning to national account the rich resources of those countries. " Fidelity to treaties, the German sentiments which bind Austria and Russia together, and the position in the council of European great Powers which Prussia has won by sword and pen, secure the preservation of the bond encircling the German States, and guarantee at the same time the powerful position of the great German Powers the protection of the Confederation and the European recognition of our German fatherland at its real value. "We have heard with high satisfaction of the favourable state of our finances, the material pros perity of our people, and the wise providence of the Government in all directions and in all departments We arc aware in how;high a degree our thanks are due to it that the constitutional dispute has not hitherto been able to arrest the action of the Govern ment, either at home or abroad, and that it has been especially possible to maintain the reorganisation of the army - even before the levy of the tax granted mainly for this purpose. " We consider the maintenance of this reorga nisation, which your Majesty's technical knowledge of the subject has decisively declared to guarantee the capability of defence, and therefore the security of the country, and which has been so brilliantly evidenced in the contest just brought to a close, as the most important task of the representatives of the Prussian people. We should, therefore, conceive ourselves as omitting a patriotic duty if we neglected to add to your Majesty's recognition of the deeds of our fame-crowned army the expression of our thanks by word and deed. " Most gracious King and Lord,—Your Majesty has deigned to state in person to your people and their representatives that it is your Majesty's ear nest wish to see the difference which has prevailed within the last few years between your Majesty's Government and the House of Representatives brought to a reconciliation. We meet this your Royal wish in respect and fidelity. We also, upon our parts, wish this reconciliation, and we seek it in that way which your Majesty has pointed out as the only right and possible course. " Impressed with the conviction that Prussia's Government must be strong and firm if she is to maintain the position to which she is entitled among European States, we attach the highest value to see ing the prerogative of the Crown regarded and treated, not as opposite to the constitu tional rights of the Parliament, to which we adhere with your Majesty, but as the best approved portion of the Prussian constitu tion and the surest guarantee for the free dom of the Prussian people.—With the deepest respect, we remain your Majesty's most submissive and most obedient Chamber of Deputies." This Address is brought in by Deputies Wagener, von Gottberg, a nd Hahn, and signed by 26 other members of the Conservative party. The Lord Chancellor and the Bar. (From the Law Times of To-day.) Mr. Daniel, we are credibly informed, has been with the Lord Chancellor, to try to induce him to give his sanction to the exclusive citation of the projected Bar Company's reports. Such a request would be quite in accordance with the ulterior view set forth in Mr. Daniel's original " Remedy," although policy drew a curtain over that view, both when the report was drawn up in Lincoln's-inn, and when it was afterwards discussed and carried in the Hall with a majority made up by the benchers and committee men on the platform. Originally it was proposed in the "Remedy" (p. 59) that the new speculative reports should be called so and so, and "from the time of their publication should be the only reports citable as authority" (italics Mr. Daniel's). " This last object will be effectuated without the necessity of resorting to the exercise of any power inherent in the Judges, if the Bar resolve that the privilege of appending the barrister's name to a report for the purpose of citation as authority" (italics again Mr. Daniel's) "be exercised in subordination to the authority of the council." The Bar did not think fit so to resolve. Now, therefore, re- sort is had to the Judges in the person of the head of the order. The Lord Chancellor is too well experienced in affairs to give Mr. Daniel a chance of embarrassing him with an impractical scheme of reports for exclusive citation ; _ _ . moreover, the Lord Chancellor has sufficiently shown his disapproval of a close, protective system by his public de claration in court that he knows of no " authorised" reports. and by his equally public praise of the periodical reports. Mr. Beavan, it is true, in the very next part of his Rolls Reports, took upon himself to gainsay the Lord Chancellor by a counterblast, in the shape of an initial paragraph, that those were the reports authorised by the Master of the Rolls. N.B. The genuine are all marked at full length with the name of " Charles Beaven, Esq., M.A., barrister at-law ;" all others are spurious ; be particular to ask for Beavan's Reports ; please keep this notice. But inasmuch as the Lord Chancellor is an appeal judge from the Master of the Rolls, the authority to Mr. Beavan entails the ridi culous result that the 'sources of the unwritten law in the subordinate and appeal courts are not to be the same. It would have been a treat to be present at the interview of Mr. Daniel with the Lord Chancellor. As we were not asked by either party to form a third on the occasion, we may, Landor-like, imagine some of the interrogatories which the Lord Chancellor would administer in those measured, meditative accents, which compel the respondent, however illogical and impetuous by nature he may be to make some show of reason and heedfulness in his answers. " Suppose," Mr. Daniel, " counsel arguing before me cites a case which is not reported in the authorised exclusive re ports, but in which he was himself of counsel, and of which he made a•note at the hearing of it, am I to refuse to listen to that case so cited ?" " I apprehend, my lord, that we do not propose to go so far as that." " I must be guided by that case, must I not, if it be in point ? I should not be expected, should I, to stop the cause before me until the cited case were put into the authorised exclusive reports, and have the cause set down again then for hearing ?" " We did not contemplate such a hindrance, mylord, to the administration of justice." "Then it would follow, would it not, that I must allow that case to be cited, although it did not happen to be in your Bar reports ?" " That would appear to be so, my lord." "Now suppose, Mr. Daniel, that the gentleman whom I have conceived to be arguing before me were a reporter in one of those series which come out monthly or weekly, and report the cases to the latest date, and which, I may say, I have found very use ful to me both when I practised at the bar, after 1 ceased to grapple with the reports generally, and since I have held my present position ; and suppose this reporter, citing be fore me a case in which he was of counsel, cited it not from his manuscript note of the case, but from the print of that note in the shape of his report in the monthly or weekly series, am Ito say to that gentleman, No, I cannot hear that case cited from your printed report'--I who am very from being averse to printing legal matter ?" "We should be sorry to urge your lordship to adopt any course inconsistent with your own views on the subject of print ?', " That is not exactly the point, Mr. Daniel. Could I, con sistently with the first supposition that I put to you, refuse to receive from.the reporter arguing before me this printed report of the case in the serial ?" "Perhaps not, my lord." "It would seem so. We have supposed, Mr. Daniel, that the gentleman arguing before me is the reporter himself. Let us, if you please, make one more supposition." "If your lordship pleases." " It is only that some other gentle man than the reporter himself cites the same case from the same serial : am Ito say to that other gentleman, No, sir, you are not the reporter ; you cannot cite that case from that serial?' Would not that place the gentlemen of the Bar who are not reporters at a disadvantage ?" "It would, my lord, seem to do so." " Yes. Besides, Mr. Daniel, is there not another party concerned in all this matter who is not, if I may use the phrase, yet before the court ? It is a party that was not present at your meetings in Lincoln's inn Hall. " There were representatives of the benchers of all the Inns of Court there, my lord, and a mixed meet ing of the Common Law and Equity Bar." " But the public, Mr. Daniel ?" " Oh, my lord, public reporters were admitted for all the newspapers." " You do not quite un derstand me, Mr. Daniel ; has it never occurred to you that the public has an interest in the decisions of courts of jus tice ? I might almost call it a property in them ; certainly such a property that the public has a right to the benefit of every decision (save the mark!) so as to have it brought to the notice of the courts by those who have the right of audience there—l mean, by counsel." " That view may have escaped us, my lord, unless indeed, now I think of it, Mr. Denman did say something to the effect of your lord ship's remark, but at the time our minds were rather pos sessed by our own side of the question, and perhaps we did not consider the public quite so much as your lordship would be disposed to do. We were considering the matter among ourselves, and have applied to your lordship as our head." "Yes, Mr. Daniel, only the Lord Chancellor is not the Lord Chancellor of the bar, but of the kingdom. In these days the bar must look a little out of the window. I have no doubt that you understand me. Think the matter over again, Mr. Daniel, with your friends, after what we have said. Anything practicable and useful I shall be happy to hear from yourself or any of them." The Emperor Napoleon's Life of Julius Caesar. The Ath,enmunz of to-day says, in regard to this forth coming work :—" The Emperor Napoleon has adopted a new style of publication. His Life of Caesar' (of which we have had a peep, and can pronounce it to be remarkable in style and method) will appear in French, English, and German at the same time. No name is to appear on the title-page except that of Caesar. The writer is to be under stood, not expressed. So far as Napoleon goes, the omis sion will count for nothing, since no man in Europe will be ignorant of the fact. But for the translators it is not so con venient, we should think, though their names will also be pretty well known. Mr. Wright, the antiquary and historian, has been appointed the English translator. It was impossible for the Emperor to have made a better choice, Mr. Wright, is a thorough master of the two languages ; his French style being almost as good and idiomatic as his English style, the purity and vivacity of which requires no certi ficate from us." The Queen speaks of the same work as follows :—" The first volume of the Life of Caesar,' by the Emperor Napoleon 111., is, at last, about to be printed. An edition in quarto of a thousand copies, called edition de luxe, is in the press at the Imprimerie Imperials, and is to be simul taneously issued with a smaller ono in octavo, printed by M. Plon, the editor, who has engaged for translations in German and English to come out at the same time. This edition is to be a popular one, while the former is reserved by the illustrious author to be offered to crowned heads, ministers, and various literary academies, and Institutes. His Majesty is said to have devoted many of his leisure hours to the above work, for which most minute and laborious researches have been making during the last few years. An engraving of the head of Julius Caesar, by Ingres, the aged painter, is to be affixed to the work ; and, none of the busts or likenesses extant of the Conqueror of the Gauls being, as a whole, entirely approved of by the critical eye and taste of the imperial author, the artist is to compose and delineate one, partaking of the chief characteristics of those heads and portraits of Caesar which we still possess, and if possible, thus to combine one, answering better to the Emperor's ideal of his subject." --- THE LATE MISS CATHERINE SINCLAIR.—From a grateful tribute to the memory of the late Miss Catherine Sinclair, which has just been published forprivate circulation, we select the following :—ln her younger days she was a frequent visitor at Abbotsford. Sir Walter Scott was at that time well known or generally understood to have written the Waverley Novels, but had not publicly avowed the authorship. Miss Sinclair one day amused him greatly by presenting to him a small engraving of himself, with a scrap of very thin muslin over the face, and the fol lowing inscription underneath :—" The Great Unknown !" On another occasion a question arose as to the chieftainship of the clan Macdonald, when the rival claims of Lord Mac donald, Glengarry, and Clanranald were discussed. Sir Walter, knowing that Miss Sinclair was descended, through her mother, from Alexander, first Lord Macdonald, began jocularly to disparage the claims of that family, the Mac donalds of Sleat, or Slate, as he affected to call them, after an obscure parish in the Isle of Skye. Miss Sinclair inter rupted him. "Well, Sir Walter, say what you please, you will always find the slates at the top of the house t" She then added, "did you ever hear my uncle's reply, when Glengarry.wrote to say that he had discovered evidence to prove himself the Chief of the Macdonalds ? It is a reply that I am proud of" "My dear Glengarry,—As soon as you can prove your self to be my chief, I shall be ready to acknowledge ALD. 'u yo ; in the meantime, I am yours, MACDON " That letter," exclaimed Sir Walter, "is the most pointed that I ever heard or read of !" Miss Sinclair, conversing with the old Earl of Buchan, brother Chancellor Erskine, expressed astonishment at some instance of ingratitude. " Never be surprised at ingratitude," said the aged peer ; " look at your Bible. The dove, to which Noah thrice gave shelter in the ark, no sooner found a resting-place for the sole of her foot than she returned no more to her bene factor." "Very true," replied Miss Sinclair; "give a man a ladder to go up, and immediately he turns his back upon you."—Manchester Guardian. 6, 311 4 e rsu ltar . 4, HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, Friday. The Queen went out yesterday morning, accom panied by Prince Leopold, and drove in the after noon with Princess Helena. Prinnss Louise walked out. Mr. Arthur Helps arrived at Osborne on Wed nesday, and left this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Albert Victor are expected to day, on a visit to her Majesty. The Archbishop of Canterbury is also expected- The Prince of Wales presided yesterday A meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, he l ' at Marlborough House. There were present Sir William John Alexander, Attorney General ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charl es Beaumont Phipps, Receiver General ; and Lieut . : General Knollys, Comptroller of the Household 0 his Royal Highness. Mr. Bateman, the Secretary, attended as Clergy of the Council. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince I Albert Victor, left Marlborough House, shotl3r before one o'clock, yesterday, on a visit to 1° Majesty the Queen, at Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by th Countess of Morton and Captain Grey. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Yesterday afternoon their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied beici their infant son, Prince Albert Victor and attend by Captain Grey and the Countess of Morton, lel Marlborough House for the Waterloo terminus ° the London and South-Western Railway, en ro ute for Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses on alighting were rie ceived by Colonel Sir C. B. Phipps (who with Lal Phipps were passengers by the train), Mr. A. S° t ' the traffic manager ; Mr. Godson, the traffic suP er i intendent ; Mr. Williams, the superintendent c! passenger traffic, and other officials of the Londe: and South-Western Railway, and conducted to O a of the new Royal saloon carriages, which had b ee attached to the train. at' His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, who was „ tended by Major Elphinstone and Lady Barringtel occupied a seat in the train, which left Waterloo $ 1.10, and proceeded, via Basingstoke, Winches tef e i and Bishopstoke, to Southampton, which was reach at four o'clock. Here the saloon and carriages containing t h f e Royal Highnesses and suite were detached f rom train, and drawn by four of the railway c°1111; pang's horses to the wharf of the SouthataPt:ei Docks, alongside of which the new paddle-, yacht Alberta, commanded by Staff C°l-0 mander Welsh and Capt. Simpson (both of wil le were in uniform), was lying in readiness, w ith t steam up. The wharf was crowded with spectateri As the saloon was brought to the edge of the w hlt their Royal Highnesses were greeted with the ITlfofb enthusiastic cheers, which ever and anon broke f°': ls from the spectators while the embarkation taking place. Their Royal Highnessess repo° e , acknowledged the enthusiastic salutes of the oP e a 4 tators, the Alberta in a few minutes afterWasto being on her way down Southampton Wat er Cowes, whence the Royal party proceedo Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. t The little Prince became an object of go - t he rest to the ladies who had assembled to witness Royal departure from the docks. oli cet C A RDINAL WISEMAN'S HEALTH.—His Emir' .1,0 we are glad to learn, in answer to inquiries this more has passed a good night, and is going on favourablY• The Duke of St. Albans returns to his reside' in Park-street to-day from a tour on the Continent. p Emily Duchess of Beaufort will leave WWI' few days for Badminton, Gloucestershire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn 8/1i 000 Lady Georgina Hamilton arrived at Chesterfield I i ° of yesterday, from visiting the Marquis and Marcbi onel ' Ailesbury, at Savernake Lodge, Wilts. Voir The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia last neux arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-place,lnfl evening, in order to be present at the nuptials of tho ,`"- id of Coventry and Lady Blanche Craven. His lordslPP expected in town to-day. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Caroline is o Hers have arrived at their residence in Wilton-o°B a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Londesborough will leav es felf , street the latter end of the month for Brighton 'B"r weeks. r ,l. 1 ,, We learn that a matrimonial alliance is a , " - 0 , 1 take place between Captain Keith Fraser, of the lot ;its. Guards, and Miss Ward, eldest daughter of the lion. Dudley Ward, and niece to the Earl of Dudley. FUNERAL OF JUDGE BALL.—On Thursday rallf ing the remains of Judge Ball were deposited in the tll' yault beneath the Roman Catholic c h a pel, 3f a rlboreZ of street, Dublin. The funeral was attended by the elli e ; of the various law courts, and a large number of roon 3b r e t ,llo Parliament, gentlemen, and professional men. p r. received the remains at the gates of the church. It TO LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FO - t it ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—EntOMOleg iealt anniversary. Architects, at 8. Geographical, at 81• 1, , s / ploration of the North Pole,' Captain Osborn. 'l'lle6l.• ?ak Ethnological, at 8, 'Civilisation in N. Celebes,' 31 1.1 lace ; ' Human Remains from Gibraltar,' Professor °I/toe Engineers, at 8, Port and Docks of Marseilles,' 31 , 1. ,, thorn. Royal Institution, at 3, Electricity,' 1- Tyndall. Zoological, at New Birds, Artea, Vf" Hartlaub ; Anatomy of Whale taken at Graves en ," ' ste iii Murie. Wednesday—Society of Arts, at 8, Dot of Extinguishing Fires, London,' Mr. Young. G eel trc le at 8, Excavation of Valleys by Ice,' Dr. Haast; 0 0 . ; of Succession, Drift Beds, Arran,' Dr. Bryce ; 4 1 6 0 gi e , v Tian Fauna of Red Crag,' Mr. Lankester. Archte°,,cY" Association, at 81, British Interments on Lalle i Moor,' Dr. Harker; Potters' Kilns, Silverdale,' iviskt. tonn ; Notes on Purses,' Mr. Syer Cum'ng ; Pa r, temper, Church of Holy Cross, near Wincheste s , Arch'' Baigent. Thursday—Royal Academy, at 8, Professor Smirke. Royal, at Bi. Antiquarie s7 „ - ,l ~ Royal Institution, at 3, 'Electricity,' Professor gel Friday—Royal Institution, at 8, R esu lts of 0 111- so ' , Discovery,' General Sir H. Rawlinson. Satu rda y I nstitution, at 3, Nervous System,' Professor IiWP- Athenteum. 9 O f t MEYERBEER'S OPERA, THE AFRicAnT 5•' rehearsals are said to be going on vigorouslii l P e( .l better than all, the arrival of Madame Meyerbeer a ne nt , daughters in Paris is announced, in order to be Pr e cho 4 .? the first representation of the so long looked-fe'cor., d &same of the deceased maestro. It appears that `"t occasions, when one of his operas was in repetitiollt,L m or eyerbeer's custom to have two, and often three, v t copies or versions, of the same song or conce rte %; from which he chose out, on hearing it perform ed ' ta which best pleased his fastidious ear or see rtle e adapted to the general tenour of the opera. The s a a l appears in the present instance, only with this pai r ":" f t ata n l difference—the unerring taste and music al diser il io of the author himself is lacking; and who 019- ture to supply such a loss ? — The Lady's NewspePer' ti' THE CRYPT OF ST. STEPHEN'S.--The re ol o r fee tf `, of the Crypt of St. Stephen's Chapel is most P rri e 03 ; and reflect the highest credit upon Mr. Edward )33 4e 'O ,, architect. The groined roof, which es ca p ed the fire destroyed the chapel above along with th e Housesiti-qdri: liament, is the most interesting feature of the Dpeto;',o, This has been most painstakingly reinstated and p , „ The five larger bosses are original, and th eir sever Ite have been collected and put together with great ca re i for. beautiful illustrations are moulded into a variety e;evbe,,, and ornament, representing the martyrdom of St. t Y St. John in the cauldron of oil, St. Catherine il l: e t ' l L ; wheel, St. Lawrence on the gridiron, and St. Ge °l. ,, v o e fi lie e b ing the dragon. The groins, five in number, are Blau - ti g - ornamented in gold and colours. The groining 15 z * - on groups of clustered columns attached to the 6lrioorno Each cluster contains five columns of polishe d ,: fl marble. The side and end walls, as well as t ' t 'cl entrance from the palace, are painted and ornan le t i e .oi o°. style corresponding with the decorations of the b ee The Reader of to-day. ti e d A KNIFE DUEL.—At an early hour on • 4-ir day morning two men, named respective'J and Hill, cattle drovers, had an altercati on over 3 ;, A r d e ip cards at a lodging-house in Holyhead, belonging the to son named Carroll. For the purpose of a rrang . i ', s „ o 43 ference between them they proceeded to a field c ' - h - eio; o p, fight it out with knives. In the encounter wh i t - ol l tp - t' the man Hill was killed, having been, on ' l° found to be stabbed no less than seven times I T Li oil. Both men are natives of Dublin. This horrible ofer'' created great consternation in the town .—Liverr° • Itr 41.1 Th e ti mes la rge to neg Con Etat( tleti, 42,E gill earl Ins., Feb the th. 6 I to