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y 4 0 .4; w) r,tip ars EYRE PROSECUTION COMMENCED. PR OSE C UTI ON of Mr. EYRE, late Governor of Jarnaica.—The Committee of the Eyre DefeLce and Aid Fund beg to call the attention of the public to the tol lnn f xis: - The Jamaica Committee are preparing an indictment aLt - a•rist 31r Eyre for murder. Four actions have been actually commenced against Mr. Eyre and Colonel Neleon for alleged illegal arrest and false impri:onment. The Attorneys of the Jamaica Committee arc also the At torneys for the Plaintiffs, and one of such Attorneys Is a 1t ember et the Execut.ve Committee of the Jamaica Com mittee. It is earnestly requested that subscriptions may at once be paid to ti,e credit of " The Eyre Defence and Aid Fund " with the Cinittid Service Company ;Limited , Bankers and Amy •nd Navy Agents. Watcrloo-plac , , Pall-mall, London ; or 31, ssr3 smith, Payne, and Smith. 1. Lombard ctn. et, r.. 0 Ii coaimunications to addressed to the Hon. Secretary, 9, Iti...terbc-2taee, HAMILTON HUME, Hon. Fee.. f 1I EATRE ROYAL DRURY-LAN E. Sk , le Les.ee and Manager, Mr. B Chatterton. THIS EVP.:NING, Culm-n's Comely of JOHN BULL. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. T. s winbow no, E. Phelps, Barr, It ; lesdames liermann Vezin, Isah-1 Adams, H. Vaudenhoff. To conclude w.th the Pantomime. tntitled NUM BEI? NIP ; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant 31,:untain. Commence at a Qtrrter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT, A LESSON FOR. LIFE. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Compton, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Rogers, Braid. Clarke, Vincent, &c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Wright, &c. Atter which, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, learren, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, More, Burke, Hill, Sidney, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, ROUGE Er NOIR. Maurice D'Arbel (a Gambler), Hr. Fechter ; Messrs. 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Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, bliss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neyl le, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raymond. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Jan. 3 1 , at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. H. Vezin, Billington, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, a , d Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DHU; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs, J. L. Y,ole. Paul Bedford, Ashley, R. Homer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss k'urtado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, at. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, 3frs. Swanborough. 'I HIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Alessrs. 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SQUIRES, of "The Mitre" Tavern, New Church-street, near the Alpha road, Paddington, rcspictfully informs his friends and the public that " THI4 SUN " (Third Edition), containing the Latest Sporting News, Results of Races, ac., e.at be seen at his house as above " All the year round." * * A. well-selected and extensive Stock of WINES, t rrs, &c. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. £HIS DAY.—Morning, 9h. 33m.—Afternoon, 10h. 12m. To-310E110 w.-Mornizig, 10h. 50m.—Afternoon, 11h. 25m. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 1867. Mr. MILNER GIBSON last night delivered his an nual address to his constituents at the Town-hall, Ashton-under-Lyne. The right hon. gentleman took a survey of the chief events of the past year, and he seemed to take a hopeful view of matters on the whole, notwithstanding the severe financial crisis that had taken place ; and he also thinks that our - trade with the United, States of America will shortly revive. It would certainly be a very good thing for everyone if such turned out to be the case, but there does not as yet seem much probability of its being realised. There is a great deal of truth in the remarks of Mr. GIBSON about the state of affairs cAincctcd with armaments, although international treaties may provide for establishing feelings of u n ity ; still, with existing circumstance; the forces of the European powers have been increased, so as to render peace almost as costly as i n a s t ate of xar." As for the change of Ministry that has recently taken place, of course Mr. GIBSON had a great deal to say about it, and his remarks will most likely attract notice. He said that the reason why the change took place so quietly was that the people generally felt convinced that whichever government was in they must act according to the laws, and " though a ministry might die, its policy might live, and acquire a fresh vigour !" Really it would puzzle anyone to decide exactly what was the nature of the policy that actuated the late Govern 'tient, although any one that succeeded them could readily infuse more vigour into their ways. Mr. GIBSON thinks that no one who interprets rightly the signs of the times can fail to recognise the neces sity of Parliamentary Reform ; but we cannot over-. look the fact that he was a member of a Govern,- ment which failed to realise this truth for seven years. The right hon. gentleman declared that the measure introduced by his colleagues was sound so far as it went, and that was why Mr. BRIGHT gave it his support ; but the real truth of the matter is the idea of the measure originated with Mr. BRIGHT, and hence most of the confusion and misunderstand ing that arose. In Mr. GIBSON'S eyes, the Bill no doubt semis perfect, and he naturally feels disap pointed at the result of its discussion. It is almost aniu,ing to notice the virtuous la di,gnation with which he regards all who opposed it, and the eagerness with which he seeks to defend the malplot of the affair. Instead of being grateful forthemoderation shown to them, people exclaimed, when Mr. BRIGHT supported it, " Oh, there must be something shocking." Finally, Mr. GIBSON thinks that a good Reform Bill might be carried if the Reform party were united as one man as they were in 1832. This mny be true enough, so far as it goes, but he seems to forget that this is the most difficult thing of the whole to effect, and that to make soi disant Liberals really liberal is a far more arduous thing than to propound any measure, however complete and com prehensive, and to attempt passing it through the Legislature. Had there been as much sincerity as earnestness and honesty among the ranks of the Reformers as there was in former times, we should not all be so weary and worn-out with this everlasting subject of Reform, but unhappily such is not the case, and we are left to mourn the consequences. It is all very well to talk of the faults of others, but we wish, for the sake of the cause they profess to serve, and declare that they have at heart, that the members of the Liberal side would be a little more alive to their own defi- ciencies. Mr. GIBSON passed on to consider the probability of the present Government bringing in a measure of Reform ; but, as might have been expected, he was not very sanguine as to the result of their doing so. He was very indignant at the notion that some had expressed as to the new mea sure being framed in such a manner as to put Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. GLADSTONE in the wrong, and declared that if such were the case it would satisfy neither the country nor the great body of the Liberal party. This, however, is neither here nor there, because it is not likely that anything which her MAJESTY'S present Ministers may propose will be looked upon very favourably, or even perhaps fairly, by those who preceded them in office. We hope, however, for their own credit, as much as for the good of the nation at large, that there will be no extreme measures resorted to, and that we shall not witness a repetition of that jea lousy which so much embittered the cause of the best measures which was proposed by the Con servatives. The Liberals may rest assured than any prestige that they might lose by not originating the scheme that is to pass into law would be more than made up for by the respect and regard which they would deserve, and undoubtedly receive, if they show themselves above party considerations and anxious to secure the welfare of the community, rather than put forward their own pretensions to popularity. We can hardly believe that much improvement will be shown in the ensuing session from what we have noticed in past years ; but still there may be a better spirit infused into the Parliamentary proceedings. It is to be trusted that there may be, for many reasons, and one is—that so much other important legislation .is stopped by the delays interposed by the constant consideration of the Reform question. Mr. GIBSON speaks of the necessity for improving a system of national education, and that is vtry true in the main, but while so much prejudice and party feeling are dis played it is difficult, if not impossible, for public men to get on very rapidly with any new under takings of however much importance they may be. The Earl of CLARENDON has been making a short but sensible speech on agricultural affairs. The re appearance of the noble lord in public is the more welcome from the fact that illness has prevented him for some time from being present at the meet ings of the society over which ho has presided for the year. The West netts Agricultural Society was the association whose annual assembly was held yesterday afternoon, and Lord CLARENDON, who took the chair, touched briefly upon the advantages which such institutions offered. The committee, said the noble lord, were particularly anxious to call the attention of the tenant farmers to the prizes which they offered for the best cultivated farms. He was himself of opi nion that such prizes were most beneficial to a district, since they stimulated men's energies and induced them to bring all their kdowledge to bear on the increase of their land. These prizes are of considerable value, ranging from £5O downwards, but the prizes for labourers, though only £2 or £3 were ranked even higher in importance by the noble chairman. There had, he reminded his hearers, been a good deal of ridicule attached to these prizes, but he thought, for his part, that such critics did not understand the mainspring of human action —ambition. It would be absurd, said Lord CLA RENDON, to estimate the Order of the Bath or the Victoria Cross at their money value and in the same way the public recognition of his good conduct by the chief residents in his own locality is worth more to the labourer and his family than the commercial worth of the forty or fifty shillings. Lord CLAREN DON very wisely suggested that the prizes ought to be accompanied by a diploma recording the causes of the gift, which would be to the man's family his Order of the Bath or his Victoria Cross. Lord CLARENDON, having given his opinion on the matter of prizes and testimonials, proceeded to examine a question of very great practical import ance to agriculturists, but one whose value they are very slow and unwilling to recognise. In the matter of agricultural statistics England has hitherto been sadly deficient. In all other departments of indus try the great advantage of collecting returns and collating information is usually promptly acknow ledged by all parties concerned. " Upon our trade and commerce," said Lord CLARENDON, " our ex ports and imports, our currency, our population, our criminal jurisprudence, and in short upon everything that can throw light on the moral and social condi tion of the country, we have for years past been in the habit of collecting and acting upon the most re liable information we could obtain. But it is upon the produce of our soil, upon the relation between production and population, upon that knowledge which will impart to us the amount of the pro duction of our own soil, and how far we must rely upon foreigners for our food, what are the regulating causes of price upon everything which it is most important for the producer to know, the agricultural interest have refused to be informed and have preferred to remain in ignorance and dark ness." Lord CLARENDON himself has always strenuously endeavoured to remove this prejudice, and his extended experience of foreign countries has enabled him to see what immense advan tage other nations derive from an accurate collection of agricultural statistics. When he was at the head of the Board of Trade in 1847, he therefore prepared a bill authoris ing the collection of such figures, but the existing prejudice against the principle of the measure was so strong, and the opposition to it, as odious and in quisitorial, was so bitter, that he was obliged to give it up altogether. When he subse quently assumed the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he made another effort, and. the quick in telligence of the Irish people immediately appre hended the value of such information, and they readily agreed to adopt the system. - These admira ble statistics, said Lord CLAP,ENDON, have been for many years a standing reproach to Great Britain. At last, however, matters are improving in this country, and a return for 1866 shows the total population, area, abstract of acreage under crops, bare fallow, and grass, and the total number of cattle and sheep in each division of the United Kingdom, in each (county, and in various foreign countries. It is at once evident to the impartial observer how very serviceable such statistics must be to the producer and cultivator, and it is only wonderful that the experiment should have been so long delayed. In other matters the agriculturists have made rapid progress, and gladly avail themselves now of the aid of science which once they refused to admit. Surely, then, it need be no great sacrifice on their part to agree to the collection of general facts, and their publica tion in official returns. A man's neighbours need know no more about his affairs than they do now ; but there will be the summary of facts to go upon, which will enable everyone to judge for himself how far we are advancing or receding in compa rison with foreign countries, and what will be the probable rate of prices at home and abroad. It has always been found that the more freedom and pub licity is given to any industry the more it flourishes, and surely English agriculture is not so con temptible a thing that it need be shrouded in mystery and protected by prejudice. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. An analysis has been received by telegraph of the project of law presented to the Italian Parliament relative to the liquidation of ecclesiastical property and the separation of the Church from the State in the kingdom of Italy. According to this law, the Catholic Church is freed from all intervention on the part of the State with the exercise of worship, from the nomination of bishops by the State, from the oath, and from the placet and the exequatur. The privileges, exemptions, and immunities of the Church in the State are also abolished. The Church will be able to provide herself for her wants, with the free assistance of the faithful, and the property belonging to her which she has legitimately acquired. As a consequence of this the expenses which were heretofore at the charge of the State, the provinces, the communes, and of pri vate individuals will cease. The following are the precise terms of the clause relative to the liquidation of ecclesiastical property : " If the Bishops should declare that they wish to take upon themselves the conversion and liquidation of ecclesiastical property, they must alienate within a delay of ten years all that property by converting it immovable into moveable property. They will then have to pay to the Government the sum of 800 millions of francs in proportional amounts of 50 millions every six months, and to take upon them selves besides the pensions to be paid to the sup pressed religious corporations. The pensions granted to the members of the suppressed religious corpora tions will remain at the charge of the Bishops. ,, It may be well to add that the Journal de Rome announces that the Pope is opposed to the measures adopted in regard to ecclesiastical property, and will only give his consent to them with the idea of states that an un avoiding Fr s e t l i n l g en r t e i a a t t e t r u of i v s f i o e r n t n u a n e s s. The t derstanding is approaching between the Austrian Government and Hungary. The only difficulties which remain to be overcome consist of the necessity of determining general affairs, and of separating from them those which specially regard the attri butions of the Hungarian Ministry. Some of the theological journals vigorously oppose the project of erecting a statue to Voltaire. The Pays is conspicuous in this attack. It speaks of Voltaire as the defamer of the popular classes and the enemy to the diffusion of intelligence. Among the epithets applied to Voltaire, he is called a poor creature, a bad Frenchman, and a proud aristocrat. The Russian papers publish details respecting the progress of the works of the Russian-American Railways, upon which it appears that the Russian line will come into operation in the autumn of this year. The work of sounding and measurement of Behring's Straits is terminated. The American line is finished up to those straits. A man named Jacques-Charles Van Damme has just died at Ghent, in his 87th year, who was an old servant of the French empire, and the last of the natives of Ghent who accompanied Napoleon the First to the island of Elba. The provincial journals continue to publish in teresting reminiscences connected with the late severe weather. From Montfaucon it is stated that c so much snow had not been seen there within the memory of man. One day last week the snow in the open felds was nine-tenths of a metre in depth. All the roads were stopped up and the houses covered. A traveller who had penetrated to Montefaucon with much difficulty announced that at two or three miles from the town there was a family dying from cold and hunger. The father and mother were in bed dangerously ill from fever. A number of young men instantly volunteered to traverse the snow with fuel and provisions to com fort the unhappy family. Indeed the account says that every inhabitant of the town would have gone if it had been necessary. The church bells rang from the departure till the return of the expedition on its dangerous mission. One of this courageous and benevolent party was suffocated in the snow. When the snow was at its height in the mountains of the Tyrol an immense avalanche was precipitated from the Brenner, and fell upon twelve wood cutters, who were at work in the valley beneath. Six of them were completely buried in the snow. The other six immediately ran for assistance, but it was only after three-quarters of au hour of unwearied exertion that the sufferers were extri cated. They were in an exhausted and perilous state, but from the care taken of them they were restored in a few hours. A Vienna journal describes an odd adventure which took place at a masked ball in that city. A newly-married merchant, with the consent of his wife, went to the ball dressed as a woman. She assisted at his toilet, and indeed made him up so admirably that he appeared to be a very handsome, captivating lady. He produced such an impression at the ball as to make several conquests, and some dashing young fellows paid for a splendid supper for him. The repast over, he requested the gallant young fellows to conduct him home. His wife opened the door, and he then thanked his friends for their polite attention, the more particularly, a s he ironically added, as they had been paid to a man and not to a woman. The young fellows did not relish the joke, and on finding how they had boen my:Ail - led they attacked both the merchant and his wife. They then began to break the windows and the furniture, and were so employed when apassing patrol heard the noise and stopped the work of fury by taking them to the police station. The Court of the Assize of the Seine et Oise has just condemned to 10 years' imprisonment a child only 11 years and a half old, but who, in the space of 11 months, committed no less than eight acts of incendiarism. M. Pollet, the head of an important banking establishment at Lille, died suddenly a night or two ago, it is said of suicide. The house has stopped payment ; although the assets are supposed to amount Last evening the late President of the Board of Trade delivered his annual address to his consti tuents at the Toi,vn-hall, Ashton-under-Lyne. Mr. Alderman Galt presided, and there was a crowded attendance. Mr. MILNER GIBSON, in reviewing the past year, mmarked that we had had severe financial crises ; and although he believed there was a very gloomy feeling, and that distrust and much local distress had prevailed, yet it was hoped that the real indus try and trade of the country had not sustained very serious check. Indeed, it was surprising that not withstanding the crippled state of our monetary affairs, our commerce had gone on increasing during the last year to a great extent, and we might rejoice in believing that before long trade with the United States would have so far revived that we should again see that country at the head of the list of foreign countries in reference to the proportion of trade that we did with them. We might congratu late ourselves, also, that the beneficent policy an nounced by Mr. Cobden in the French Treaty was still bearing fruits. The French trade had deve loped itself, and only lately the French Government had made a most important relaxation in its naviga tion laws. Although in all our international treaties there was a clause for the purpose of establishing perpetual amity between the nations, nevertheless the forces of each European Power had been in creased so as to render peace as costly almost as a state of war. Referring to the change of Ministry, he said the reason why the change took place so quietly was that the people were aware that what ever set of men had charge of public affairs they must carry on their administration under the laws; that the people were not governed by prerogative nor by the will of the Executive, but by the statutes and the common law of the realm, and though a Ministry might die, its policy might live and acquire a fresh vigour. No one who interpreted rightly the signs of the times could fail to see the necessity of Parliamentary Ref o rm. Although it had been said that the people were indifferent on the subject, he knew of no Reform of which, previous to its passing, the same thing had not been said. When the late Government entered upon the work of Reform they attempted to deal with that branch which !seeded to be the first in the natu ral order of things, viz., the extension of the suffrage. They found that while everything else was advanc ing in the country the franchise was stationary. In 1866 the proportion of voters to the population was one in five, and that was the proportion 30 or 40 years ago ; and yet we were told that the franchise was getting more extensivelyspread, and that it was a self-adjusting system. If the late Government were chargeable with anything, it was not with going too far, but with not going far enough. lie analysed the statistics of the subject, and contended that the bill was more a middle-class than a working-class measure; but it was sound so far asit vent, and that was why Mr. Bright gave it his support. The result however showed how little was gained by concilia tion. One might havesupposed that, as the Govern ment gave way on the question of the borough franchise, the Conservative party would receive the bill with something like favour, but the moment Mr. Bright supported it, the cry was, " Oh, there must be something shocking." In the opposition directed against it, everybody professed to b e i n favour of a complete measure ; but when the R e di str ib ution Bill was introduced the whole measure f are d no better. He would not weary them with th e anomalies of the existing were known to them all ; b be carried if the Reform party were united as one man as in 1832. It was said th a t t h e present ut constituencies, he observed that a s a they good Reform Bill could Go vernment were going to try their hands at Reform. A Conservative journal had stated that they must produce such a meP.sure as would put Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright as much in the wrong as possible ; but if a bill were brought in on that principle it would satisfy neither the country nor thegreat body of the Liberal party. A Conservative member told him that if a good bill were introduced there was some danger of a Cave of Adullam on the Conserva tiveside. The caves might t henbepaired off against each other, and there would still remain a sufficient number of independent men in the House to pass the Bill into law. If he were asked what were the advantages to be gained by Reform, he should answer that there were many important questions that could be better dealt with by a Reformed Par liament than the present House of Commons, among others the question of national education. If we had a system of national education supported by all, it should be one from which all could derive ad vantage, and therefore it should be devised by a Par liament in which all were fairly r epresented. Class legislation would also be done away with in a house where the people were fairly represented. lie be lieved that the possession of the franchise had in itself an elevating influence on those who possessed it, and though this was called the sentimental view of the subject, he believed it to be the true one. The advantages of self-government had been proved in municipal affairs, and he thought the same advan tages would arise in the great work of self-govern ment—the making of those laws which the com munity at large had to obey. The right hon. member was frequently applauded during his speech, and at its close a cordial vote of confidence in the speaker was crrried by acclamation. NEW lIIONCLADS roR FRANCE.—A letter from Rochefort of the 23d says :—" Orders have been received here from P ar i s t o lay down the keel of a new coas t guar d armour - plated vessel, t o b e ca ll e d tho Tigre, and which will be adapt e d c hi efly to rua down an enemy by g r eat speed. Th ree o th er vessels of the same k i n d aro a t Fesent being built in our docky ar d s —the Belier at Cherbourg, the B owle-Dogue at ', or i ent, awl the Cor hi :re a t B res t. Th ese vessels will b e o f 53 0-horse power, and aro on th e mo d e l O f the Taureau, fi n i s h ed at Toulon. The coastguard armour plated ships are specially intended fur the protection of the French ports. They are fu rn i s hed with a formidable spur at the stem, and tw o screws working , independently of each other, enable them to turn rapidly, thus making them as suitable for defence its for attack. Tho Taureau has lately been tried, and her success is perfect. Her speed is good, she turns easily, has admirable sea-going qualities even in the worst weather, and her weight and rapidity combined will enable her to strike an enemy's vessel with the most destructive effect." Sixteen thousand dollars have beet[ subscribed in New York fur the families of the unfortunate men who were lost from th e yac h t F lootw i ng, an d they are to h ave a theatrical benefit i n th at c i ty, a t which the princip a l New York. actora will perform. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, General Bixio requested information from the Government relative to the affair of the frigate Formidabile, which was fired upon by an Austrian fort in the waters of Gravosa. lie also condemned the con duct of the captain of the Formidabile on that occasion. The Minister of Marine, in reply, related the circumstances of the case, and said the Austrian Commandant had declared that in firing upon the frigate he acted entirely under a misapprehension, as the Austrian Government since October last had given orders for Italian vessels to be treated as those of a friendly nation. The Minister added that the captain of the Formidabile did not take the proper course under the circumstances, and had been removed from his command in conse quence. As the matter was still the subject of ex planations between the Italian and Austrian Go verments the Minister could state nothing further for the present, but would communicate to the House the diplomatic acts of the Government as soon as the correspondence should have terminated. The Chamber subsequently approved the unifi cation of the land tax in Venetia. FINLAND. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. The Diet of Finland was opened on the 26th inst., at Helsingfors, by an Imperial Commmissioner, who read the Emperor's Speeeh from the Throne. The speech announced that a bill would be laid before the Chamber, fixing the periods at which the Diet is to assemble. The Emperor does not intend to impose new taxes. A bill will be communicated effecting a reform of the tax upon landed property in Finland. Financial reforms are adjourned. TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1867. to no less than 15 millions of francs. The event has created great excitement in the commercial world, particularly at Lille and Roubaix. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) A Paris tribunal has given an important decision in reference to railway responsibility. M. Renouard, a merchant of Paris, took a return ticket from Paris to London from the Northern Railway Company. His trunk was lost in consequence of the melancholy accident to the Samphir some months ago. Upon the demand of M. Renouard, the Justice of Peace condemned the Northern Railway to pay him 500 f. as damages, and compelled the South Eastern Eng lish Railway Company to guarantee the Northern Railway Company of Paris. The Chemin de _Per du Nord appealed against this decision, but the Tri bunal has confirmed the judgment of the Juge de Pais, and condemned the Northern Railway Com pany to pay the expenses of the appeal. GREECE. ATHENS, Jan. 24, via Marseilles. A French war vessel, accompanied by two Tur kish vessels, has brought to the Pincus from Candia 350 Greek volunteers, who, after enduring great privations, solicited to be conveyed from the island. The population of the Pirsaus manifested great ex asperation and would not allow the volunteers to disembark. The police, in order to prevent dis turbances, therefore conveyed them to the desert islet of St. George, near Salamine. The Government Las brought forward in the Chamber a bill modifying the Customs tariff, which will have the effect of augmenting the Customs re venue by 1,500,000 dracamas. The Suisse Radicals states that while a woman was walking in the fields she gave birth to a girl. It was thought that all was over, but soon after wards she gave birth to a second child. The woman was instantly conveyed home, but the pains came on again, and she gavp birth to two more children, making four. The account naively adds that the husband was stupefied, and asked his wife if she had finished. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. FLORENCE, Jan. 28 (Evening). According to the census just taken in Belgium, the population of the four large cities of that king dom is as follows :—Brussels, 190,000 inhabitants ; Ghent, 126,000 ; Antwerp, 124,000 ; Liege, 105,000. The deaths in those four cities in 1866 amounted to 26,632, and the births to 17,587. There was, therefore, an excess of 9,143 deaths over the births. Yesterday the weather was gloomy, rainy, and disagreeable. To-day it has been bright, warm, and agreeable. At nine o'clock this morning the sun shone brilliantly like summer. Not a cloud was to be seen. Mr. Milner Gibson on Public Affairs. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 29. A Royal decree has been issued establishing fresh regulations tending to facilitate the liquidation of the national property. THE BRAZILS. ARRIVAL OF THE ONEIDA. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) LISBON, Jan. 30. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Oneida, from the Brazils, has arrived here, and leaves for Southampton at 7 a.m. to-day. She brings 27 passengers, £22,377 in specie,. 1,062 bales of cotton, 2,697 bags of coffee, 733 rolls of tobacco, and 145 packages of sundries. RIO JANEIRO Jan. 8. The French Minister to the Brazilian Court is dead. Exchange on London, 231 to 23i ; on Paris, 402. Coffee, good first, 6,100 to 6,400. Total shipments since the departure of the last mail, 89,000 bags, of which 27,321 were for the Channel, 29,699 for Europe, and 9,285 for the Mediterranean. Sales, 55,000 bales. Stock, 90,000 bales. Freights, 255. to 30s. BAHIA, Jan. 13. Exchange on London 24f to 241. Sugar, whiter, 2,500 to 2,700 ; Browns, 1,500 to 1,900 reis. Cotton, 12,000 reis. BUENOS AYRES, Dee. 27. Exchange on London, 50 to 50f ; dollars, 23.10 wool, 45 ; tallow, 14k. PERNAMBUCO, Jan. 16. Exchange on London, 24i to 24k. Sugar : whites, 3,500 to 4,500 reis ; browns, 1,850 to 2,500 reis. Cotton, 15,000 to 15,200 reis. The Navarre arrived at Pernambuco on the 13th inst. The Rhone with the outward mail of the 9th inst. was at St. Vincent (Cape Verd), on the 21st inst. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, Jan. 29. The Delta arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 30. The cattle plague having manifested itself in Rhenish Prussia, the Minister of Agriculture has prohibited the entry and transportation in France of all ruminating animals, their products, or car cases coming from the Rhenish provinces of Prussia or Bavaria. BOURSE, Jan. 29, Three o'clock—The market has continued buoyant, and Stocks and Credit Companies, also Comptoir d'Escompte shares, have a considerable advance for the close, which has taken place as follows : 4 per Cents 9B 80 Bank Shares 3585 Do. end month — Italian Loan 54 76 3 per Cents. 69 25 Do end month 54 77j Do. end month 69 17i Mexican Loan 22 Credit Mobilier ... 505 Do. Bonds 147 50 Do. end month ... 505 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier Home Debt - ...... Do. end month 1480 Deferred IiAILWLYS. For Account. Orleans 905 Northern llBO Lyons and Mediterranean 9lO Southern 563 75 Western — Eastern — Sardinian . 9O Austrian 032 50 Lombard.. North of Spain Saragossa. Ditto to Barcelona Roman. MR. GLADSTONE IN PARIS.—The Nord contains the following description of Mr. Gladstone's appear ance at the banquet recently given to him in Paris :—" As sJon as the applause with which the toast was received ceased, the illustrious English statesman, with that eloquent facility which ao all know, at least by reputation, thanked the Political Economy Society, and discussed the influence of men of science on the progress of Governments, the peace of the world, and the approximation of the two great civi lised nations of the West. He dwelt on the reciprocal benefits which the treaty of commerce could not fail to confer on both England and Franco, and, on this head, adroitly introduced a panegyric as original as it was cha racteristic on Cobden, and an approval of the enlightened firmness of the Emperor Napoleon. Then taking a rapid survey, of the past and future ho said I have abolished or reduced the taxes on 1,400 articles, and I look forward to the time when the Custom-house will be merely a re collection. if it be permitted me to do this immense ser vice for England, and to prepare the way for a like one in other countries, I shall never, gentlemen, forget the aid which the learned and distinguished statesmen who sur round me have given in enlightening the intellect and pre paring public opinion. This day is at once for me an honour, a gratification, and a treaty of alliance.' It would be diffi cult to convey the effect produced by this remarkable speech, which lasted for three-quarters of an hour. Of fair height, the forehead large and bold, tho eyes brilliant and strongly fixed, Mr. Gladstone speaks in turn with a warmth, a persuasion, and a logic which enchains the hearer and forces upon him his own conviction, after the manner of doctrinaires; at other times, with a slightly ironical smile and with a fund of humour which rivets his audience, and lends attraction to the force of his elo quence." LITERATURE. The Quarterly Review. No. 243. John Murray. The January number of the Quarterly, just pub lished, opens with a charming paper, critical rather than biographical in its character, upon " Charles Lamb and some of his Companions." It is apropos of course to the graceful memoir of Charles Lamb re cently penned by Barry Cornwall. Coupled with Mr. Procter's recollections of his old friend, however, we find due note taken at the head of the review of the " Final Memorials of Charles Lamb" (happily a misnomer) given to the world of his admirers in 1848 by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. The Quarterly Reviewer's paper about Elia and Elia's Com panions —an article as alluring in its contents as Rosamond Gray's own basket of peaches with a dewy rose here and there a-top--is chiefly remark able, by the way, for the closing passages of it in which a splendid tribute is offered to the genius, the influence, and the achievements of the Master- Mind of that age (as the critic deems him to have been) —Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Reverting, how ever, to a consideration of the article itself as a whole, we may best indicate the character of it, as a criticism subtly appreciative of the idiosyncrasies of the three or four gifted writers signified under the title of " Charles Lamb and some of his Companions." Strictly speaking, the Reviewer's observations are di rected almost exclusively to three among those men of letters associating together here in London about the beginning of this century—Hazlitt, " Elia," and " Leontius" (as Byron dubbed him)—Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, and William Hazlitt. With Hazlitt the Quarterly Reviewer deals rather mercilessly— doing but scant justice, as we think, to what Hazlitt himself hoped would prove his opus may mem, that " Life of Napoleon," which, from our own delighted remembrance of it and of its often impassioned eloquence, we, at any rate, cannot regard as altogether relegated to the limbo of the Forgotten. Hardly, we think, has the full measure of commendation been awarded, here, even to Leigh Hunt, in his capacity as an exquisitely delicate and humoristic writer, alike in prose awl verse. Yet while we feel almost constrained to say this, we cannot but bear in charmed remembrance how, in this Quarterly paper about Charles Lamb and his Companions, the reviewer with a subtle perception of the pathos, the modesty, and the ennobling aspirations dictating a passage in Leigh Hunt's Essay on " My Books" quotes it as follows—" How pleasant it is to reflect that all those lovers of books have themselves become books. . . . May I hope to become the meanest of those existences ? . . I should like to remain visible in this shape. The little of myself that pleases myself, I could wish to be accounted worth pleasing others. I should like to remain so, were it only for the sake of those who love me in private, knowing, as I do, what a treasure is the possession of a friend' s mind when he is no more." Having transcribed which—the reviewer himself adds— "We think few can read this very lovely pas sage, and not sympathise cordially in the wish so nobly conceived and so tenderly expressed." Ob serving still further—though we cannot help feeling as by the mere concession of an after-thought —" Something not to be replaced would be struck out of the gentler literature of our century, could the mind of Leigh Hunt cease to speak to us in a book." Turning over the particular leaves of the Quarterly from which we have culled this extract, the thought occurs to us how Leigh Hunt himself would have revelled in the beauties scattered lavishly enough through the criticism. As for example, where the reviewer is in a manner ex tenuating or at any rate accounting for the lack of courtesy towards Hazlitt, as evidenced by those amongst whom he (Hazlitt himself) moved with a habitual disdain of anything at all in the way of courtesies—the critic drily remarks—" One does not readily make room in any decorous society for a . isiter who s!aps everybody's face and treads on every body's toes." Or, again, where, having commented upon Hazlitt's habit of drawing invidious comparisons between persons essentially differing, the one from the other—while doing justice to Reynolds, for example, in the same breath depreciating Gains borough—while expatiating on the humour of Elogarth, denying that Wilkie had any humour at all—while extolling Edmund Kean, degrading Charles Young—and so forth—the reviewer here in this charming article in the Quarterly observes, in words in which Leigh Hunt, of all men, we are certain, would have revelled with a sort of gusto—" No man if he would praise a race-horse thinks it necessary to abuse a lion ; no man who calls on us to admire the rose asks us to despise the violet ; no man who invites the eye to tile shimmer of the ash leaves thinks we cannot adequately enjoy the sight sinless we point a finger of scorn at the solid repose of the cedar." If, as we have said, but scant justice, (according to our notion at least) is accorded to Hazlitt in some respects—and in others to Hunt-- more than justice seems to us to have been done to the no doubt vast and noble intellectual capacities of Coleridge. Regarding him, as he is here described, he is a Demigod, one might almost say, one of the Dii Majores. A glorious creature, no doubt—Poet at once and Philosopher—but, for all that, according to our lights, an incomplete life—a genius, the scope of which is, we can't help feeling, even While we read his remarkable works, very inadequately re presented by the noblest amongst them. When the Quarterly reviewer descants upon Charles Lamb, however, we have not a word of exception to take to what the critic there expresses so very admirably. He is at his best, at his happiest. Instance this where he is speaking of Lamb's humour as at once pure a nd genial, having no malice in its smile, the critic says very exquisitely " Ilis keenest sar casm is but his archest pleasantry." It has pre viously been remarked, and that, moreover, with perfect truth, by the reviewer, that " Elia is never verbose, yet never incomplete. You are not wearied because he says too much, nor dissatisfied because he says too littl e . I n this inimitable sense of proportion, this fitness of adjustment between thought and expression, the prose of Elia re minds us of the verse of Horace. Nor is the essayist without some other resemblance to the poet : in the amenity which accompanies his satire ; in his sportive view of things grave ; the grave mo rality he deduces from things sportive ; his equal sympathy for rural and for town life ; his constant good fellowship and his lenient philosophy." In cidentally in the course of this opening paper in the current number of the Quarterly there occurs a sen tence through which we observe, with an especial sense of satisfaction, that the writer has in a man ner accepted as almost proven, a theory thrown out not long since by an ingenious commen tator upon the Sonnets of Shakspere, to the effect that those Sonnets are, strictly speaking, allegori cal in their reference to the poet's own life and genius, a theory that especially caught our own fancy at the time, and one that still appears to us in the highest degree probable, as affording a key to the otherwise bewildering enigma of the Sonnets. The passage we refer to runs as follows :—" Hence, judging by the sonnets in which he intimates his dis dain of the works on which his life was spent, and by the indifference with which he left those works to their fate among the other properties of the Globe Theatre, Shakspere would probably have told us that he never fully wrought out that which was in him, and that we saw of his genius but outlines and fragments." Among the many fine thoughts scattered through this very charming paper upon Charles Lamb and his Companions, the finest of all perhaps is that noble and consolatory reflexion for all of us while tra velling here in the Valley of the Shadow, that " the visibility of shadow is the evidence of light." Or, as it might otherwise and yet more tersely be expressed, that the ShadoW implies the Light I Passing on to the other articles—eight in number—in the January number of the Quarterly, the readers of that great review will find variety enough to satisfy them, alike in the subjects themselves and in their treatment. An examination of the records of "The Cholera Conference" is followed by a delightful paper on " Books of Fiction for Children" --a grim survey of " Crime in the State of New York" by a historical epitome of "The Week's Re public in Palermo" last year—another of those interminable arguments anent " Game and the Game Laws," and an apropos essay about " ism." Those who lOve an innocent laugh (and who doesn't ?) will do well to turn—with a certainty of being put upon the broad grin, if not of splitting their sides (as Mrs. Brown would have it,. " as th e sayin' is)"—to the exhilarating penultimate article of the number, entitled " Yankee Humour," a com prehensive essay, among other Transatlantic Joke masters, of Josh Billings and Oliver Holmes, of Major Downing and Artemus Ward, of George Curtis and Orpheus Kerr, not forgetting writers wittier and more thoughtful than any such mere joke masters as we have called them—men of letters as eminent as Ralph Emerson and Nathaniel Haw thorne. Commend us, for example, to this deli ciously ridiculous specimen of— HIGH FALUTIN. " This is a glorious country ! It has longer rivers and more of thorn, and they are muddier and deeper, and run faster, and rise higher, and make more noise, and fall lower, and do more damage than anybody els3's rivers' It has more lakes, and they are bigger and deeper, and clearer, and wetter than those of any other country Our rail-cars are bigger, and run faster, and pitch off the track oftener, and kill more people than all other rail-care in this and every other country. Our steamboats carry biggerloads, aro longer and broader, burst their boilers oftener, and send up their passengers higher, and the captains swear harder than steamboat captains in any other country. Our men are bigger, and longer, and thicker; can fight harder and faster, drink more mea n whisky, chew more bad tobacco, and spit more, and spit further than in any other country. Our ladies are richer , prettier, dross finer, spend more money, break more hearts, wear bigger hoops, shorter dresses, and kick up th e devil generally to a greater ext en t than all other ladies in all other countries. Our children squall louder, grow faste r, got too expansive for their pantaloons, and become twenty years old sooner by some months than any other children of any other country on the earth." _ Or take, again, that provocative to inextinguishable laughter which we remember giving a few weeks back in The Sun as a side-headed pare graph, but which is worth while repeating—now that we learn from the Quarterly, where the inci dent referred to is said to have occurred (accord ing to the veracious account of the circumstance in a Pittsburgh paper), viz., at Petersvillo in Penn sylvania. The case being one of self-murder, and the following schedule of misfortunes having been found in the victim's left boot—we are enabled still to entitle it— JUSTIFIABLE SUICIDE. "I married a widow who had a grown-up daughter. 2 , r9 father visited our house very often, fell in love with raY step-daughter, and married her. So my father became nil son-in-law, and my step-daughter my mother, because she was my father's wife. Some time afterwards my wife had a son—he was my father's brother-in-law and my uncle, for he was the brother of my stop-mother. My father's wife -- i.e., my step-daughter, had also a son : he was, of course, my brother, and in the mean time my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was my grand mother, because she was my mother's mother. I was nil wife's husband and grandchild at the same time. And as the husband of a person's grandmother is his grandfather, I was my own grandfather." A few more - specimens of Yankee humour maY be added to the foregoing, as follows : "Kentucky must have the credit for that wonderful curative ointment, which was so effective that when does tail had been cut off they had only to apply the oint ment, whereupon a new tail instantly sprouted : and f : youngster, with a genuine Yankee turn of thought, pick° up the old tail, and tried the ointment upon it, whoa i t grew into a second dog, so like the other that no one could tell which was which. There is just a smile of this kin d of humour in a story told of two Yankees on meeting ; one said, How are you, old B en R usse ll ?" C o me nuvr , ' says the other, bet you I aiut any older than you 1 Tell us, what is the earliest recollection that you have r Well,' says he, looking back intently through the mist s of memory, 'the very first thing that I can remember is hearing people say, as you went by, 'there goes old 130 Russell !' " Or take one or two of Josh Billings' Sayings :-- "It is dreadful easy to be a fool. A man can be a fool and not know it. "God save the fools, and don't let them run out ! for if it wasn't for them, wise nen couldn't get a living." "`then a fellow gets to going down hill, it does 80 01 0 as though everything had been greased for the occasion. As a fitting close to this exceptionally good n umber of the Q'vrrterly, we have a v:gorous though of course a highly Governmental view of "Engl ish Democracy and Irish Fenianism"—a political paP er , which here and there seems to sound the note 01 preparation for the party battles now a bout to be opened in February. ~„A. OUrt etritl • HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Jan. 29. The Queen and Princess Louise drove out Y terday afternoon, attended by the Dowager Duel° of Athole and Miss M‘Gregor ; and her Majesti walked and drove this morning, accompanied by Princess Christian. • Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice walked 1° the grounds ; and Prince Leopold drove out, a t° tended by Mr. Legg. nut Prince Arthu r an d P r i nce Ch r i s ti an w ent shooting th's morning, attended by Col. Yonse' 3 '.'' Captain von Schroetter had the honour of aec °l° ' panying their royal highnesses. Mr. Morier left Osborne to-day. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALE S " The Princess of Wales, attended by the Mar chioness of Carmarthen, took a carriage drive yes terday, and visit e d h er R o y a l Hi g h n ess Prince ss Mary, Princess of Teck. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal nesses Prince and Princess Christian, will leave Osb orn l o l on the 4th proximo. The Queen, tho following day , open Parl i ament and return to Windsor Castle for tb night, and the next day go to . Osborne. The Prince a nd o Princess Christian will remain at Windsor. a The Duke and Duchesp of Marlborough an f am ily will arrive early in the ensui ng wee k a t their re s ' -• donee in St. James's-square, from Blenheim Palace, 00. 13 ' The Duke of Rutland is expected to arrive in town on Monday next from Belvoir Castle. The Earl of Derby's attack of gout is in a yen mild form, and there is every probability that the n (3/I 'l Premier will be able to preside at the full dress bang° on the eve of the opening of Parliament. The dinne r to take place at hi s l or d s hi p ' s off i c i a l res id ence in P°...41: ing-street, when bet ween 40 an d 50 persons w ill dine W l ' his lordship. The Earl of Clonmell arrived in town yesterclaf from Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Dudley will arrive at Dudley House, .eark-lane, on Saturday next, from Whit ley Court, Worcestershire. the ir The Earl and Countess Grey will arrive at ;z residence on Carlton House-ten-Lee to-day, from vis it ' l3- Lord and Lady Halifax at Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl of Lousdale, according to the medici,g report yesterday, was somewhat better. His lordship still very unwell. ar e The Countess of Jersey and Mr. Brandling flOO expected to arrive in Wilton-place, this evening, Paris. The Countess of Leicester and the Ladies Cole have left Farranco's Hotel for Grantham. We have to record the death of Lady C 3sti n c , i ; maine, who died (according to the announcement ill , obituary to-day) on S un d a y l as t, a t Moydrurn Cost g. county Athlone. Her ladyship, a daughter of 3511. , hou Harris, married, in April, 1822, Lord Castleinain e the Hon. Richard Hancock). „ ac t The Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, p a ro , - lit at his residence o n C ar lt on H ouse -t errace, l a t e last n f 4 from Paris. Mrs. Gladstone and daughters will rere eiu the French capital until after the Empress's ball. . 0 .0 The Union announces the approaching in 3rrl iooo of the Princess Marguerite of Parma with the lufailte-te. Carlos, nephew o: the Countess de Chambord. T he of mony, it says, will take place at Frohsdorf the It a y February. The princess was born on the Ist of J 3ll°- 1817. FOOT BALL—ETON V. CAMBRIDGE.--A rj3°' between these colleges came off yesterday in the Meadow, Eton College, and lasted from a quarter to ode o'clock until a quarter to two o'clock, in the Pre F i s e l the students, officers in garrison at Windsor, an d ~c r ir masters. The ground was heavy on account of the ni e— t ° l:o having been inundated by the recent flood. Eton w° : toss, and consequently kicked with the wind an d I t sri:i th ° a rouge. At the expiration of the first 30 ali nu * - 0 . 3. 0c 1, Cantabs changed goals, taking the advantage of the i n i p ero and after a spirited contest the Etonians were the w 7 0 . p by one rouge against nil. Eton B. Pergn s " ) , i n `A,l 4 e Min), J. R. Sturgis, W. D. Benson, W. Calvert, ander, M. Horner, Warburton, C. Tait, J. up than Thompson, and Patton. Crmbridge—Lord rvioa maurice (captain), Rev. G. R. Dupuis, C. J. 'rh°oaf % (emergency), E. A. Owen, A. Kennaird, _Bodkin Lloyd (emergency), H. C. Bonsor , A Troviror, p ose' and Dusis.ll