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• THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sule Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Colman's Comedy of JOHN BULL. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. 'l'. Swinbourne, E. Phelps, Barrett ; blesctames Hermann Yezin, Isabel Adams, 11. Vandenhoff. To conclude with the Pantomime. entitled NUMBER. NH' ' • or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant M untal n. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT, A LESSON FUR LIFE. Messrs. Fothern, Chippendale, Compton, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Rogers, Braid, Clarke, Vincent, Ar.c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Wright, &c. Atter which, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, Earren, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Mo le, Burke, Hill, Sidney, Ac. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. reehter. (lIS EVENING. ROUGE Et' NOIR. Mamice D'Arbel Ga.rnbler), Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, litzpatrica. Dalton. iieynolds,Lom a, Newbound, Andrews. Anderson, Viv.an, lienuett. and Edward Price ; Wiss ti ea rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclereq. Preceded by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee And Manager, Mr. Cleo. Vining'. T IS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Arr. Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore, and Miss Katherine Rodgers. Followed by. at 8 o'clock, THE STREETS OF LONDON. ' Mrs H. Marston, Miss Montagu, Miss Katherine Rodgers ; Messrs. F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, Calhaem, H. Forrester, and Mr... Vining as Badger. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. T [AS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. Horace Wigan, S. Neville, G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Milly Palmer, Miss E. Farren, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. After which, the successful Burlesque of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mesdames E. Farren, Sheridan, and Stephens ; Messrs. G. Vincent, W. IL Eburne, D. Murray, - dre. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Delmore, Miss Foote, miss Lennox. After which, koucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Nevzile, BeLnore, Blake. Garden,Tollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. SaundOrs, B. Foote, Raymond. THEATRE BOYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Jim. 29, at Seven, A SISTER'S PEINANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily l'iLt; Messrs. H. Vezin, Billingtou, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, and Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DEW; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. T, , 01e. Paul Bedtord, Ashley, K. Homer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Hughes, amiss Emily Pitt, dr,e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Porsche, Belford, and G Murray ; Misse .. - ,wanborough. 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To-Mon.now.-31@rning, :_9h. 33m.—Afternoon, 10h. 12m. ~~~~ ~. ~~j/ ;) l~ rff Sulto LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 29, 1867. After a retirement of some months from public life Mr. GLADSTONE has appeared in Parrs, where he seems to have been received in the most flatter ing manner. IVhile he was still in Florence the right hon. gentleman received an invitation from the Political Economy Society to meet them when he visited Paris. Accordingly, on Saturday, the entertainment took place, and the affair went off very well, the proceedings being of a most interest ing nature. This society was foundel sometime ago, at a period when few persons in France troubled themselves much about the subject, or, indeed, understood its import. It is curious as well as instructive to mark the changes which have taken place of late in the consideration attached to this question. Mr. GLADSTONE'S speech was delivered in English, but it appeared to afford complete satisfaction to all who heard it, and the right hon. gentleman was enthusiastically received. After thanking them for the honour done to him, he referred more particularly to the subjects that im mediately concerned his hearers. In alluding to the French Treaty of Commerce, he said that he had merely played a secondary part in that great under taking. Two persons shared the merit be fore him one, the Emperor NAPOLEON, who had achieved great wonders in accom plishing this work, which, indeed, would never have been effected but for his strong will and per severance, his power had transformed a pleasing dream into a brilliant and solid reality ; and next came Mr. COBDF.N. The right. hon. gentleman alluded to the apostle of Free Trade in a most im pressive manner, '*hich seemed to affect his hearers. As for England, Mr. GLADSTONE admitted that she had been once greatly in fault respecting the course she took in commercial freedom, but her improvement is now patent to the world, and all must see that we are willing to change for the better. The good example set by France and England will, no doubt, influence the other nations, and, sooner or later, they will be glad to follow in the way set before them by such high examples. " The path of com mercial freedom," said Mr. GLADSTONE, "is like the path of virtue, only the first steps are arduous, and the most easy are the latter ones." The right hon. gentlemen concluded his impressive and interesting discourse with expressing a hope that the two countries might continue in the good works they had began ; affording, as they did, the surest guarantee for the increase of goodwill and friendly feeling the best security for the peace of . Europe. Mr. CARDEWELL made a brief speech, in which he alluded to the distinguished service rendered to the cause of civi lization by the late Sir ROBERT PEEL. In referring to the present state of feeling that existed between us and our continental neighbours, he said that he rejoiced to think the words of the great poet of his nation seemed likely to be realized— " That the contending kingdoms Of France and England, whose very shores look pale With envy of each other's happiness, May cease their hatred." It is very satisfactory to meet with an instance like this, showing that ancient rivalries may cease, and national prejudices may disappear, while some of the chief persons of either country may meet to discuss matters of common interest with sense, spirit, and intelligence. The more intimate the connexion between the two people the more lasting is likely to be their respect for each other and the more firmer their regard. Mr. GLADSTONE may rejoice not only at the imme diate aspect of his visit to France, but also at the lasting results it may produce in improving the Parisians in their knowledge of our ways and in creasing their interest in our statesmen. The public will read with interest the verdict given in the case of the Regent's-park accident, and we think that the general opinion will be that it is a very fair one, and seems to comprehend all the most important points. After stating that the acci dent arose from overcrowding on the ice, some recommendations are made to the Legislature which merit the greatest attention. First of all, it is sug gested that it should consider the propriety of in vesting " the police or other authority with power to prevent the public venturing upon the ice when in an unsound state, as the evi dence at this inquiry clearly shows that mere verbal warning is not headed in such cases." This is a very wise determination on the part of the jury, for it is certain that greater power should be given to those in authority to prevent people from exposing themselves to risks by their temerity and obstinacy. When so many restrictions are put upon traffic in many places to suit particular objects, and when various parts of the parks and other places of public resort are kept from the public at various times, it does, indeed, seem inconsistent that they should be allowed such unre stricted liberty to expose themselves to danger, and perhaps destruction. Another recommendation is that the Government should reduce the depth of the water, so that there may be no repetition ot:the terrible calamity. This has already been acted upon, and the Chief Commissioner of the Board of Works deserves great credit for his promptitude in the matter. We fully concur with the jury in the praises they award to the ice men, police, and others, for the part they took in this said affair and the efforts they made to save life. We never remember an occasion when so much sympathy was shown in all directions for the suf ferers by a calamity as has been evidenced on this unfortunate occasion. It is to be h aped that the sad affair of this accident may not pass away from men's minds without teaching some useful lessons. There are thousands who, from mere perversity, will not give any heed to the warnings of those who must know best about the matter they speak of. Not only as regards going on the ice, but in railway-travelling, steam-boat conveyance, and other things, great carelessness prevails. Courage in danger is very different from reckless exposure of life ; and the sooner the inexperienced and wil ful among the community lay this to heart the better it will be for themselves and their friends. We learn by the Atlantic Cable that President JOHNSON has approved the bill for re-assembling Congress on the 4th of March. This is important, because the bill in question was passed by the Radical party in order to control him in the right of political appointments. Mr. JOIINSON might, had he chosen, at least have made a protest against the unwarrantable assumption of the Radicals by putting his veto upon the bill ; but he was not, perhaps, sorry to show his countrymen how little he cared for merely personal attacks. The Radicals, since their rupture with the PRESIDENT, have never missed an opportunity of putting an affront upon Mr. JOHNSON ; and to them, no doubt, the loss of the power of appointment seemed the severest punishment which they could inflict upon their adversary. Mr. JOHNSON, however, has given a fresh example of his indifference to questions of mere personal aggrandisement or the extension of his political influence. He has over and over again declared that he is not solicitous of re-election, and his acts confirm his words. If a long tenure of oflice and an unscrupulous use of power had been his objects he might easily have secured them by hearty co-operation with the Radicals. If instead of resolutely opposing their encroachments on the civil liberties protected by the Constitution, and maintaining the doctrine of the Union when it involved the sacrifice of - vindictiveness and prejudice, as well as mere - verbal professions, Mr. JOHNSON bad employed all his energies in filling the public service with Radicals and in crushing down the Southern States he would for the time have been immensely powerful. As he himself clearly pointed out, the constant effect of the Radi cal movement has been to centralise power ; and he himself, had he so chosen, might live become Bic- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1867 take:. That danger yet threatens the freedom of the, great Republic. If JOHNSON were not in his pre sent office, who can tell whether his successor (especially if he be, as is most probable, a popular general) may not grasp the reins of power with a daring and irresponsible hand? More particularly may this be the case if the Radicals still retain their preponderance in the Legislature, and the Southerners can no longer confide in Mr. JOHN SON'S determination to protect their rights. America may once more be the scene of rebellion and discord and civil war, and it is in the midst of such a chaos that the tyranny and divided interests of Repub licanism usually pass into the tyranny of a single will. If sueh evils befall his countrymen it will not be the fault of ANDREW JOHNSON. He has loudly proclaimed to the people the dangers which threaten them if they once sanction the departure of their political advisers from the broad lines of their old Constitution. He has faced calumny, insult, and opposition of every kind in his steady guardianship of the popular rights. He can afford to despise a mere personal affront, though ha will not, at any risk to himself, give his sanction to the dangerous measures which, under the guise of equality and freedom, are being hurried through the Legislature. The Radicals are not likely to gain much by their newly acquired influence over the bestowal of political favours. Experience has long shown that he is a fortunate man who in a similar case can please one without displeasing two ; and if their selfish and headstrong grasp at illimit able power results in creating fresh divisions among their ranks, and consequently weakening their in fluence, they will not obtain much sympathy, at least on this side of the Atlantic. Several M.P.'s areimproving the very short period left to them before the assembling of Parliament by presenting themselves before their constituents, either to obtain their approval or to deprecate their displeasure. We have during the last week had oc casion to chronicle more than one of these meetings, and in our impression of yesterday we reported the address of Mr. CHILDERS to the electors of Ponte fract. Mr. CHILDERS did not have to appear before his constituents to receive reproof or to offer ex planation, for he was greeted with cordiality, and dismissed with a vote of confidence, which, judging from the frank and straightforward manner in which he spoke, he is likely to merit. Mr. CHILDERS was a member of the late Government, in which he did good service, first at the Admiralty, and then at the- Treasury. No doubt, he has still before him a useful career as a public servant, but for the pre sent he does not appear to resent his temporary exclusion from office. He demands that thepresen t Government should have a fair trial, and not be treated by its opponents as if they had been ousted from office by a succession of intrigues. For his own part, "he was prepared to give the present Government, not the support they had a right to expect from political friends, but that generous conis deration and forbearance which their measures might justify." If a Government did its duty he thought the Opposition of the day ought to show them some forbearance, because continual changes weakened an Administration and diminished the influence of the country. Mr. CHILDERS summarised the his tory of the late Reform Bill, and congratulated his hearers that Pontefract was never. included in any scheme for the redistribution of seats. He is him self a staunch Reformer, and will, no doubt, be found on the right side when the question comes again, as come it must, before the considera tion of the Commons. One of the other speakers expressed his pleasure at fin ding that their member supported the principle of arbitration for the settlement of strikes. IVe have no doubt that owing to the long continued depres sion of trade, the relations between capital and labour will, before long, be closely inquired into, when we trust that some fair and reasonable solu tion of the existing difficulties will be arrived at by the Legislature. CORRESPONDENCE FROYI PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The bulletin of the Moniteur says that the Minis ter of State of Austria has published an Imperial rescript respecting the reform of the political ad ministration in the kingdom of Gallicia. The fol lowing are the principal regulations :-1. The administrative affairs, which haveliitherto been con fided to the Imperial Lieutenancy of Lemberg, - to the Governmental Commission of Cracow, to 17 Chiefs of districts, and 176 Commissariats of districts, are in future to be managed, under the direction of the Governor, by the Imperial Lieutenancy of Lem berg and by 74 Commissariats of districts. 2. In consequence of the importance of their functions, the chief of the district of Cracow will have the title of Aulic Councillor, and those of the other territorial divisions of the kingdom will assume the denomina tion of Councillors of the Lieutenancy. 3. The legal action of the Lieutenancy of Lemberg will extend over the whole of the country. 4. Finally, the new regulations announced in the edict will come into force on the 2Eth of February, 1867. The Chambers are to meet on the 14th of Feb ruary. The Siecle, in reference to the opening of the Session, has the following remarks : —" We shall soon know how the Chambers will appreciate the regulations which modify their relations with the head of the State. We shall also soon know the tenour of the projects of law on the press and on the right of public meeting. The Commissions charged with the task of drawing up these projects are, it is said, composed chiefly of magistrates, whose presence there is no doubt indispensable, but the subjects do not involve jurisprudence alone. Great constitu tional principles aro concerned, as well as numbers of problems connected with politics, administration, and social organisation. It would not have been useless to introduce into the Commissions a rein forcement of statesmen, and even of journalists." The diplomatic relations between the Court of Rome and the Russian Government have been broken off. A circular of Prince Gort sc h a k o ff as h o e m c e a , u s h e u t t o it the h a e ci ' d ‘ s r e t c h r a i i t n n ß a a ti s o s i n a " h o a f s the hostile feeling towards the Holy See. A letter from Naples, dated Jan. 20, says : " Vesuvius is covered with snow, as well as the mountains which surround the bay of Naples, and, after. having experienced excessive cold, we have just been subjected to a violent tempest which has occasioned many disasters at sea. Clouds of hail driven by a tremendous wind broke the windows of the houses which face the sea, and shook and injured the houses themselves. The waves dashed with fury against the quays, the Mole, and La Chiaia. The shore was coveredjwith oranges, vege tables, and provisions of all sorts, ivhich had been washed from various vessels. `l'he• authorities esta blished au hospitalon the shore, to assist seamen who had received injuries, and for the reception of dead bodies washed up by the waves. Vessels belonging to various countries have been lost, English among others. Twenty-five vessels have been lost at Naples, four at Baia, and eight have sustained damage. A postal steamer, the Stromboli, and the transport Citta di Napoli were in great danger. At present the number of deaths known is but five. Tho damage "to vessels, however, is estimated at from two to three millions of francs. The Prefect of Naples, the authorities, and many well-known merchants, and others, remained on the shore for 36 hours. Every one did his duty nobly. A mysterious affair has created a good deal of excitement at Neuilly, close to Paris, at the house of a gentleman of property, in the lue Flurel. As the gentleman had left home for a fortnight, his cook, Celestine Leebchon, a woman about 35, was observed to go to work at a boarding house in the Avenue du Roule, but she went home at night to sleep at her master's house, accompanied by another woman named Eleanore Guepart, who was also employed in the kitchen. Two mornings ago, as nothing was seen of the women, although it was known that they slept on the ground floor, the door of the room was broken. Elenore Guepart wa s quite dead, and the other woman was in a dying state. There was no indication in the room that suicide had been committed by suffocation or other wise, nor was there anything to lead to the idea of murder. The body of Eleanore Guepart was sent to the Morgue, and a poet-mortem examination is to take place, but in the meantime the cause of death is a mystery, and the circumstances have caused crowds of persons to assemble round the house, who take an interest in all sorts of versions of the affair, which are retailed by those who affect to know something about it. The Memorial Diplomatique affects to have exclu sive information in regard to the intentions of the Emperor Maximilian. It says that on the Ist of February the Mexicans will have to decide whether they will maintain the Empire or re-establish the Republic. Maximilian does not manifest any inten tion to become a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. On the contrary, he is resolved to aban don power should the vote of the Congress not give decisive and unequivocal proof of the desire of the country to preserve the Empire. Maximilian had been obliged to stop at Puebla, because his health, which had begun to improve, had again become rather critical. He had been attacked with fever. The Emperor, therefore, would not make any stay in Mexico, but he intended to proceed without delay to Cuernavaco, where he meant to await the final deliberations of the Congress.- Acco . unts have been received Paris of the loss of the fishing boat l'Aiglo, belonging to St. Valery en-Caux, near the coast of England, while engaged in the herring fishery. Twenty-nine sailors of the above town perished in the boat. A subscription has been announced for the relief of their families. The Debat of Vienna again asserts that there will be a treaty between Russia and Prussia. In reference to this report the Journal des Debats says —" The Debat of Vienna still maintains the proba bility of an arrangement,aocording to which Russia will cede to Prussia th e w h o l e te rr itory of P o l an d as far as the Vist u l a , recompe n s i ng herself with Eastern Gallicia. The report of a convention of this kind has already been contradicted by persons interested. However, we record it again. Many projects, often contradicted, finish by being realized." • The Courrier de l'Ain states that several persons perished in the snow during the late severe weather. They were returning home, but were paralysed by the cold and were b ur i e d i n t h e snow . • The Mansion-House Distress Relief Fund , This committee met yesterday at the Mansion house, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, and supported by the following members :—The Rev. W. Rogers, rector of Bishopsgate ; Mr. Max well, Mr. R. Wigratn, the Rev. T. J. Rowsell, Mr. J. D. Hill, the Hon. Col. S. Wortley, Mr. G. Moore, the Rev. F. G. Blonafield, Mr. J. Holmes, Mr. J. P. Gassiot, Mr. A. Do R o th sc hild, M r . S. Morley, the Right Hon. G. Goschen, M.P., Mr. Bevan, and Mr. Alderman Finnis. The minutes of the last meeting were read and duly confirmed ; and the cashier to the fund re ported that the cash already received was £4,818, exclusive of the sums in the hands of the different bankers, and that the committee had made grants to the amount of £2,275, leaving that day an avail able balance of about £3,600. In the course of the day numerous deputations were received from different parts of the metropolis with claims for assistance. Among the first were deputations from the district parishes of St. Peter's, St. John's, and St. Thomas's, Walworth, to whom the committee made a grant of £2OO. The next deputation was that from the East Central District Committee, including Poplar, Lime house, and Dlillwall, headed by Mr. ltavennall, who stated that all funds locally raised were ex pended, and to this deputation the committee made a grant of £5OO. The next deputation, headed by the Rev. Mr. Martin, came from Canning-town, Plaistow marshes, a poor district occupied principally by stevedores and others concerned with shipping, and to this deputation a grant of £5O was made. The.next grant was made to a deputation headed by the Rev. Mr. Money and other gentlemen from the district of St. John's, Deptford New Town, and the sum awarded was £2OO. A deputation from St. Mary, Rotherhithe, intro duced by Mr. Searle and other gentlemen, received a grant of £lOO. The Rev. WV. J. E. Vaux, from St. Philip's, re ceived a grant of £25. The Rev. J. W. Carter, of Christ Church, Strat• ford, and a deputation by. whom he was attended, received a grant of £5O. Several other applications were heard and ad journed, in order that better arrangements might be effected by the amalgamation of small districts, with a view to secure- the beet distribution of the funds. The total amount of the grants of yester day was £1,225, and the zeal of the committee was indicated by the fact that their sittings were-pro tracted from two until close upon six o'clock in the evening. At its rising, the committee adjourned until Wednesday next. LA TEST INTELLIGENCF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM S.) AMERICA. (Per Atlantic Cable.) (Received in London at 9 a.m. on the 29th inst.) NEW YORK, Jan. 22. The House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring the Government to make its sales of gold publicly and to the highest bidder. The Germania arrived out: ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH SQUADRON AT ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 28. The Psyche, with Admiral Lord Clarence Paget on board, together with the rest of the English squadron, has arrived here. The Condition of the Dock Labourers. Last evening a crowded public meeting of the un employed dock labourers was held at St. Mark's School-room, Chamber-street, Whitechapel, " to take into consideration the best mea ns t o reme d y the evils and better the condition of th e a b ove c l ass. " John Bowing, Esq., occupied the chai r , an d was supported by John Rohm, Esq. (President of the Dock Labourers' Association), and other gentlemen. Mr. RICHARDSON (the secretary) described the objects of the Dock Labourers' Association. In Liverpool there were 18,000 dock labourers who did not receive less than 3s. 6d. per day ; 16,000 of the above belonged to an association, paying 3d. per week, and every man working at the docks be longed to the association. He did not see why the men of London. courcl not do thalarne; except that their wages being so low they could not pay 3d., but they could afford Id. per week. A resolution w as th en moved calling upo n th e labourers to join th e D ock Labourers ' A ssoc i a ti on , and the publi c , b y subscriptions and donations , to assist them in th e i r time of great need, t h e com mittee at 210 , - -gh-street, Shadwell, being grate f u l for the small es t assistance. 1 - Ti Mr. BENTO N seconded the motion. The Rev. B ROOK LA3IBETII said .he sympathised with the conditi on of the dock labourers, an d most gladly gave the use of the room for the present meeting. He was glad to find that since he bad attended a public meeting of the men at Stepney they had made some progress ; and although he did not believe that the state of the labour market in the colonies would justify emigration, yet he ap proved of the plan proposed by their president, Mr. Holms. As to the dock companies increasing their charges so as to increase their wages, that could only be done by decreasing the dividends of the dock companies. The CHAIRMAN said he did not see why the divi dends of dock companies should be maintained at the cost of their workmen—the starving dock la bourers and their families. The Rev. Mr. OAKLEY said he had seen with astonishment that the wanes of dock labourers did not average m ore th an 6s. per week, an d w i s h e d t o know if th a t were so. In reply, a man pr esen t sa id he had not earned more than 6s. per week for the last 12 mon th s . The Rev. G ent l eman said he shou ld lik e t o k now how many of those present (between 500 and 600) had exercised the franchise. About a dozen hands were held up, and the meet ing, in reply to another question, unanimously approved of compulsory education for their children. After addresses from other speakers the resolution was carried, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chainuau. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 29. The English Ambassador at Berlin, jointly with Dr. Windthorst, formerly Hanoverian Minister of State, will negotiate with the Prussian Government for the restoration of the Hanoverian royal pro perty to King George. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 29. The Itloniteur of this morning says :—" Yester day the Emperor rode through the Quais, the Llalles, and the Boulevards. His Majesty's was everywhere enthusiastically cheered. ..•• . BOURSE, Jan. 28, Two o'clock.--To-day there is a dull market with but slight variations. French Threes are at 68f. 80c., or sc. lower. A similar decline is quoted in Italian Fives—at 54f. 35c. Credit Mobilier shares lose 2f. 50c.—at 497 f. 50c., and Credit Foncier advanced 5f.--at 1,440 f. No change in Comptoir d'Escompte, which remain at 777 f. 50c. ; nor is there any noticeable featUre in the Railway market. Three o'clor±.--Securities were better held to wards the close, which has taken place as follows : li per Cents 9B 95 Bank Shares 3585 Do. end month — Italian Loan 54 50 3 per Cents. 6B 90 Do end month 54 45 Do. end month 6B 85 Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier ... 503 75 Do. Bonds — Do. end month ... 500 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder — Home Debt — Do. end month 1458 Deferred ILAILW &Ye. For Account. Orleans 903 75 Northern 1177 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 907 60 Southern 563 75 Western — .4, Eastern 542 50 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 302 50 North of Spain ll7 50 Saragossa 133 75 Ditto to Barcelona Roman.: 88 75 The Great Flood in North Yorkshire. Since Wednesday laSt the great tract of country known generally as the Vale of Pickering has been handed over to the flood waters of the Yorkshire moors. It is confidently stated that the present con dition of things results from the highest flood ever known. In 1846, at Malton, where the whole of the waters of the two Ridings meet in a narrow channel, the height attained was some seven inches higher, but at that period the Rye and Derwent Drainage Act had not passed Parliament, and the three mill-dams on the Derwent and the Rye had not been removed. The abolition of those obstruc tions wonderfully benefited the district, and gave an additional fall of 14ft. to those rivers before reach jog Malton. Had those dams remained, however, during the present flood, competent persons assert that the height would have been fully two feet more at Malton. In the upper part of Rydale this is actually the case, and the bursting of the banks (an nounced on Saturday night) doubtless prevented a still more serious flood at Malton. This event has caused thousands of acres to be flooded ; roads, vil lages, and farms never interfered with before are now under water. At midnight on Saturday the flood reached its height, and at that time the water on the Malton and York and Malton and Scarbo rough Railways (and the other three lines meeting at Malton, as far as Norton Junction) was 12 inches above the rails, and the utmost difficulty was found in working the traffic, some of the engine fires being put out. Pilot engines were run out of Malton be fore every train going east or west, in order to prove the line, apprehensions being formed that the great current—au immense weir—might remove the bal last. Floating timber, too, gave rise to fears of dis aster, and men in boats were engaged in keeping it off the railway. It was quite a novelty to see a " wrecker's" boat get out of the . way of passing trains. On Saturday night ono of the old arches of Norton-bridge (filled up in the railway altera tions in 1845) blew up, and a dangerous gap was made in the new road into Norton, right ita the centre. The existence of these arches seems to have been forgotten. The police got the place covered over with a large flag, and set a watch to avoid further danger. On Saturday, also, a special meeting of the directors of the Malton Gas Com pany was held to consider what means.should be adopted, owing to the stoppage of the works by flood. It was - resolved to issue a handbill in Malton and Norton requiring the inhabitants to use economy in gas, as only a few hours' supply was on. band, and no more could be made. On Saturday, at noon, the water had receded some eight inches, .and the gasworks were again set at work, thus keeping up a supply for the churches and chapels. This is the first time any flood has interfered with the Malton gasworks. The coal traffic on the York and Scarborough line (temporarily interrupted by the flood) was resumed on Sunday, and " colliers" were run throughout the day. It is satisfactory to note that the part of the line which was washed away during the flood of 1846 has remained firm 'as possible in the present emergency. The mails on Saturday and Sunday went out in the usual form, so far as the railway was concerned, but in the country the post messengers had to resort to horses and conveyances. The exceptional state of things on Sunday caused crowds of persons to assemble on Langton Wold, where a good view of the flood could be obtained. At Malton on that da'y the water from the oolite springs rose so high that at the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Malton, the spring water (kept up by the flood) rose two feet out of the ground, and necessitated the removal of the flags of the foot-path. This water emerged from the Howardian range (almost exclusively oolite), which runs north-west from Malton. The stoppages from overflow are as follow :—The Malton Waterworks, over head for the sixth time ; Mr. Brown's brick and tile works (water up to eaves of shed) ; Messrs. King's flour-mill ; Mr. Buxton's machine works ; the Malton gasworks ; the Crystal brewery ; the Derwent biscuit works ; the Messrs. Metcalfe's flour-mills ; the Malton tanneries ; the Messrs. Russell's flour-mills and breweries, and various coal-met chants' yards were flooded out. The most remarkable scene was at the manure, wool, and general works of Mr. 11. E. Soulby, - Water-lane, Malton. Here throughout Friday and Saturday nights men were employed in making clay dams, fully £6OO of manures being in jeopardy. Mr. Soulby states that it is quite 20 years since a similar event occurred. Of the manures saved there were some £lOO worth of salt. This had on one occa sion (1846) been totally washed away. The arti ficial dams, however, proved effective. VACANT CARDINALSHIM—By the death of Car dinal Villecourt there are now 14 cardinals' hats dispos able. COLMAN'S METHOD OF PRODUCING COMEDIES. —" We got 'John Bull' from Colman act by act as he wanted money, but the last act did not come, and Harris refused to make any farther advances. At last, necessity drove Colman to make a finish, and he wrote the fifth act in ono night on separate pieces of paper. As ho filled ono piece after the other he threw them on the floor, and, finishing his liquor, went to bed. Harris, who impatiently expected the cldnouement of the play aocording to promise, sent Fawcett to Colman, whom he found in bed. By his direction Fawcett picked up the scraps and brought them to the theatre." Naval and Military Intelligence. Col. Arthur St. George Herbert Stepney, C. 8., late commanding the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, died at the Imperial .Hotel, Jersey, on the 23d inst., from the effects of an accident. He en tered the army March 16, 1834, and served with the 29th Regt. in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, the command of which devolved upon him, on Dec. 21, at the battle of Ferozeshah, which he retained dur ing the night of the 21st, and the action on the 22d (wounded), and during the remainder of the active part of the campaign, until severely wounded by a grapeshot at the conclusion of the battle of Sobraon, Feb. 10, 1846 (medal and clasp and C. 8.) He served also at the siege of Sebastopol from January, 1855 (medal and clasp, and sth class of the Med jidie). Ile became tolonel Oct. 26, 1858 ; major of Coldstream Guards, Nov. 24, 1863 ; and was in receipt of the reward for meritorious and distin guished services. Tamar, iron screw troop-ship, Captain Francis W. Sullivan, C. 8., sailed from Portsmouth yester day for Ireland, Malta, and the West Indies, with detachments of the first battalion Bth and 84th Regiments. She afterwards brought up at St. Helena. Royal Alfred, 18, iron screw frigate, Captain Francis A. Herbert, fitting for the North America and West India station, was placed in No. 11 dock at Portsmouth yesterday for examination below water-line. Terrible, 19, paddle-wheel frigate, Capt. Com merell, V.C., remains at Spithead awaiting orders, One watch went on shore at Portsmouth last even ing, the orders being to return on board at 2 p.m. this day. Eclipse, 4, screw vessel, Commander Freemantle, which arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Aus tralia, sailed on Sunday for Sheerness, to pay oul of commission. Yesterday Major-General Freeman Murray, in command of the Chatham district, made his first inspection of the troops under his command, on the general parade ground at the garrison. The troops inspected on the occasion included first and second depots of the Ist Royals, first and second battalions of the 15th Regiment, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment, and 109th Regiment, the whole under the command of Colonel J. w. S. Smith, C.B. The other corps composing the gar rison will be inspected during the present week. Orders have been received at Chatham, directing the following officers of Royal Engineers to join the headquarters of that corps at Brompton Barracks, viz. :—Lieuth. H. J. H. Logan Home, W. A. H. Hare, J. C. Pottinger, A. 0. Green, H. M. Cham bers, and J. F. Lewis. The Rapid, steam vessel, paid off at Woolwich last week, from the African coast station, is ordered to be placed in the third division of the steam reserve. Her crew of 135 men, exclusive of officers and marines, are generally continuous service men, and have been granted seven weeks' leave ot absence. The amount of wages paid was £2,565, and £Bl6 prize money. . The blocks are being laid down at No. 6 slip at Woolwich dockyard, for the commencement of a new composite gun vessel, to be named the Dwarf. Shameful Assault on a Casual Pauper in Bermondsey Workhouse. At the Southwark Police-court yesterday Ca therine Harris, a middle-aged, powerful-looking person, the wardawoman of the female casual ward in Bermondsey Workhouse, was placed at the bar before Mr. Burcham charged with committing a shameful and violent assault upon Elizabeth Per kins, a poor creature who entered that place for food and shelter. The complainant, rather a decrepid-looking woman, somewhat decently clad, said that on Sunday night she had occasion to apply for admis sion into the casual ward of Bermondsey Work house. The superintended admitted her, and she was transferred with several other female casuals to the prisoner, who ushered them into a very clean and wholesome ward. She had not been there many minutes before the prisoner began tearing at her clothes and knocking her about. Witness asked her what she wanted, when she replied in very foul language that she wanted her clothes. As soon as she was able to divest herself of them she handed them to her, when the prisoner set upon her like a tigress, pulling her about, and striking her about various parts of the body. Being in a state of nudity at the time she was unable to protect her self, but jumped into one of the sleeping berths to get out of her way ; but the prisoner followed her there, fell upon her, and not only beat her on the head, but bit her on the neck. When the other unfortunate creatures came to her assistance s he attacked them, and bad not their cries brought in the assistance of the superintendent, witness would no doubt have been seriously injured. Mr. Burcham asked what state the prisoner was in. Witness replied that she was decidedly under the influence of liquor. The prisoner denied that, and said that ever since she had charge of the female casual ward she had been the kindest creature that ever could be. Tl.e facts were these. The complainant refused to give up her clothes according to the regulations, and all she did was to take them from her. She denied as saulting her as stated. She was too kind-hearted for that. William Brown, the superintendent of the casual wards in Bermondsey Workhouse, said that he re collected the witness and several other females being admitted on the previous night, and handing them over to the prisoner, who was wardswoman in the female casual ward. Some time afterwards he heard cries of " Murder," and " Help," in the latter place, and on proceeding there he saw the prisoner on the top of the complainant, in her sleeping berth, beating her in a savage manner. He pulled her off, and find ing that she was under the influence of liquor, he gave her into custody. Mr. Burcham asked whether the prisoner was an inmate of the house. Mr. Brown replied in the affirmative, and said she was selected by: the guardians Wardewoman of the casual ward on account of her previous good conduct. Witness added that when he entered the ward all the females complained of the prisoner's brutality towards them. Those women were all in court. One of them here stepped forward and said she dever saw anything so brutal before in her life. She knocked the poor woman about as she was taking her clothes off, and kicked her. When they inter fered she turned round upon them. The prisoner again declared that she was neither drunk nor guilty of the charge, but of course she had no witness to support her statement. Mr. Burcham had no doubt from the evidence of the complainant„supported by the other unfortunate witnesses, and substantiated by the superintendent of the casual wards, that she had committed a most shameful and cruel assault. He therefore sentenced her to fourteen days' hard labour in Wandsworth House of Correction. REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN EXETER.—Yester day a Reform demonstration in connection with the Na tional Reform League, comprising a number of working men belonging to trades' unions— joiners, stonemasons, cabinetmakers, shoemakers, cork-cutters, metal workers, bricklayers, &c.—took place in Exeter. There was a pro cession, accompanied by four bands, and a public meeting afterwards, at which Sir John Bowring presided. There was little or no enthusiasm in the city, scarcely a flag or banner having been exhibited at the houses of the citi zens. There wore, however, a good many in the proces sion, and many of the manufactories were closed for the day. LORD AMBERLEY ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.— We learn by telegraph that Lord Amberley addressed an enthusiastic meeting of Reformers last night at the Ex change-hall, Nottingham. Ho said, without hesitation, that reform would not be obtained, and that Parlia ment could only be influenced to pass a satisfactory mea sure by a strong and decided expression of publ!c opinion. He would venture to say that the mere fact of the exclu sion of the working classes from the suffrage was in itself a grievance of no small magnitude. In the boroughs the present representation excluded a large number of the most intelligent of the population, who would be most competent to vote. A resolution was then pasted in favour of reoidential LE4AIIIIO{4 ataraso and veto by ballot. COll2l 4. • Pi . te m • I 11 1 k • ell TIER MAJESTY, 6z,c. . The Queen dro ve ou t this m ° o s r ß nl ß lg N , E a ' c j co a n n ;p 2 a B nied by Princess Christian. Prince Christian walked in the grounds. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, m ith Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, arrived at Marlborough House yesterday afternoon from Sandringham, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, General Knollys, INI aj or Grey, and Mr. Fisher. His Royal Highness, attended by Major Grey, left for Trentham late in the afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, attended by General Knollys, Major H. G. Grey, and the Mar chioness of Carmarthen, left Sandringham yester day morning, and proceeded in a family saloon at tached to a special train, under the care of Mr. Jas. Robertson, general superintendent, and Mr. Davis, superintendent of the permanent way, t o London. The special left Wolfe r t on a t 12 o ' c l oc k , an d after a stay of three m i nu t es on l y at Ki ng ' s L ynn a nd five minutes at C am b r id ge , th e roya l party arr ived at Bishopsgate about 3 o ' c l oc k, an d procee d e d thence to Marlborough H ouse i n p r i va t e carr i ages. Later in the day the P r i nce o f W a l es, a tt en ded by Major Grey, left for Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The Princess and family remain in town. The Perils of Railway Travelling. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR,—AS it is better to prevent a horrible acci dent by a timely caution than sagaciously to observe after its occurrence that any one acquainted with the circumstances out of which it arose could have easily foreseen it, I beg most earnestly to warn the public through your columns against the morning express train on the Midland Railway between Leicester and Bedford. I took that train this morning, leaving Leicester at 9.35. The reckless fury of the driving and the violent rocking of the carriages obliged me to leave it at Bedford rather than come on to London with my through ticket. When we stopped at Market Harborough general alarm was expressed by the passengers, and strong remonstrances were urged on the officials, also, at Bedford. I am an experienced railway traveller at home and abroad ; I was in the Staplehurst accident ; I have been la trains under most conceivable conditions, but I have never been so shaken and flung about as in this train, and have never been in such obvious danger. The very obliging authorities suggested that the road was " rough" from the thaw, and that I was in a light carriage. As to the first suggestion, lam certain from experience on other railways since the thaw set in that there is no such " roughness" on other railways. As to the second, one of the passengers who protested the most strongly was a gentleman in a heavy carriage next to my own. I may add that my companion in the carriage (who left the train with me) is almost constantly on English railways, and fully confirms what I have here written.—Your faithful servant, Jan. 26. CHARLES DICKENS. The IncAporation of Schleswig-Holstein. KIEL, Jan. 24. The act of incorporation of the Duchies of Schles wig-Holstein with Prussia was effected in the city to-day by Chief President Baron Von Scheel-Plessent in presence of the military and civil authorities, the chief officials, the university senate, and a large assembly of notables. The Royal patent of King William read upon occasion was almost ide n ti ca l i n terms with that d e ' creeing the anne xa ti on o f H esse-Homburg, promul gated at Hombu rg th ree d ays before. After being communicated to the A ssem bl y i t was succeeded by the following Roy a l proc l amation to the Schlesw i g ' Holsteiners the " By the patent executed this day I unite you, inhabitants of the duchies of Holstein and Schleswig, with my subjects' your neighbours and German brothers. Released by the decision of war, by international treaties, and by the remodi fication of the common German Fatherland, from ties You have long worn with reluctance, you enter now into union with a great state, the population of which is allied to you by community of race, of manners, and of interests. If many among you have not cast off other relations without hesita tion, I honour in that fact the tried firmness of your race/ and esteem it as a guarantee that you and your children will also faithfully serve me and my house. You will re cognise the necessity of what has been done, for unless the fruits of arduous contest and sanguinary victories are to be lost to Germany, the duty of self-preservation, as well es regard for the advancement of the national interests, demand that the D uchies should be firmly and permanently united to Prussia. And—as my late father now resting in God has declared—what Prussia gains is won by Germany. You wil l take this into serious consideration, and I, therefore, trust to your German honest feelings to promise me your fidelity as sincerely as I gather you to my people. By union with my, states greater advantages are open to your manufactures and your agriculture, your trade and your navigation. MY' care will efficiently meet your industry. Equal distribu tion of the state burdens, opportune and energetic admis tratiou, carefully weighed laws, just and punctual legis lation—in short, all the guarantees that have made Prussia what she has proved herself now under severe trial will henceforth bo benefits common to you all. Your youth available for war will faithfully join their brethren in my other states for defence of the Fatherland, and the Prussian army and navy will welcome the brave and hardy seafar ing people 'of Schleswig-Holstein, to whom a new page is henceforth open in the annals of German fame. The cleric/ will in future be ,the upholders of the paternal creed. shall devote my special attention to your educational esta blishments, the ancient guardians of German art a n d science ; and when the Paussian throne comes, with in creasing time, to be even more fully recognised and aPPr s : ciated, as the director of the freedom and independence 0 . 1 the German Fatherland, your names will also be inscribed among those of its worthiest sons ; you, too, will bless the hour that unit e d you with a larger country. May Go d grant it. " WILLI4k 3I * " Berlin, Jan, 12, 1867." Lord Derby has had a slight attack of gout. I t promises to yield to treatment, but it is necessary that be should as much as possible remain in the same temperature* The Cabinet Council to-day was therefore held at Lora Derby's house in St. James's-square. CALLS TO THE BAR.—Mr. R. H. B. Hurafrey, iu the Inner Temple list of calls, should have been described as 8.A., Cambridge. THE REPRESENTATION OF STROUD.—We lore. by telegraph th a t a t a l arge meet i ng of the elector s et Stroud, last night, a resolution was passed to sup p o rt the return of Mr. Winterbotham instead of Mr. Horsman 141 the next election. IMPERIAL CORRESPONDENCE. The MeXiC° Consul at Paris has just communicated the following 120t° to the press :—" Several journals, in announcing the 11 1 proaching publication of a pamphlat containing the priv gt : , correspondence betwe en N apo l eon 111. and the Em peror Maximilian, affirm that th e l e tt ers have been betraye d the author of the work by C ount de Bombelles. lam "" authorised to declared th a t th e assert i on is without Wu dation." DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CENTIFEDE. -- * A ' d musician belongi ng t o one o f the French regiments 113" just met with an extraordinary death at Vera Cruz. PI was engaged to play a t a b a ll, an d b e i ng very thirsty, he went out into the garden,and fi n di ng a wa t er -b o ttl e out ll terrace took it up and drank f ree ly. S u dd en l y h o ra i se d r, cries of agony, and upon assist ance arr i v i ng i t wa s f o und that an enormous centipede had fixed its manibles f throat. The animal bad taken up his a b o d e i n th o neck ° the bottle, and was washed into his mouth in the ac t 4) t drinking. A surgeon who was ca ll e d was o bli ge d to el l it to pieces, but the poison fro m th e bi te cause d d e ath 111 a fow hours. NOT PROBABLE ; BUT VERY WITTY ! COO tri n , cousins may be glad t o h ear an exce ll ent story o f the F.,rig which is circulating through tho clubs , of London. Holiness is said to have thus touched off the heads of our Liberal party recently resident in Rome:—" Lord eig l11 : don," observed Pio Nono, "I like and understood. Gladstone I liked, but couldn't understand. The Duk°, of Argyll I understood, but didn't like. Lord Russell 1 diuu u like and didn't understand." The story may be of Bne il concoction ; but if so, it is an admirable imitati o n of descriptive wit. If really of Roman origin it may b e co r. ascribed to the chief of an illustrious ducal h°125.,4 whose pasquinades are as pointed ao his talk is brilliant am profound.--Pall Mali Gad c. itabrit • 4; 11 4 ,„• Do. t he tog Ye r si l k tier, rat] ] kid at a A Erie 8 4.1 how lilliii ar e -Ani, and atea( 13on late, S s .... C 3 per D o. ,per ew A D o , Q.4 tp , D o ', D o E xh, D o '. D o , .4,4 k Aro n flustri /317 tzil 00. £4 re F. ink