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N ft' ; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant M untain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET, Sole Lebsee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, ~ • TO-NIGHT, A LESSON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Eothern, Chi. penaale, Com;:ton, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Rogers, Braid. Clarke, Vincont, dcc ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Wright, Arc. Alter which. THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Buck stono, Howe, Farrell, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Mo le, Burke, Hill, Sidney, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lesmee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. TUN EVENING. ItoUGE E Nola. Maurice D'Arbel (a Gambler,. r. Pechter ; Me, , srs. Emery, Evans, Men eland, tzpatile•r. Dalton. iteynold,, Lom s, iNewlymnd, Andrews. Anocrson, Viv.an, Bennett. and Edward Prize; Miss lien rad.., Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Lecicrcq. Precede] by T LIE TWO POLTS. Mr. 11. Widdicomb. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mana:er, Mr. Geo. Vinin2*. TILLS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. 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It requires too often some imminent danger or. terrible catastrophe to arouse indifference and break through prejudice ; and such has been the case with the long-existing grievance which the deputation yesterday complained of. The wide-spread and severe distress now existing among a large pro portion of the working classes of the metropolis will, it may be hoped, at least have the effect of stimulat ing the required reform in the administration of the Poor-law. For some time past there has been a good deal of dissatisfaction created by the accounts of the treatment of our sick poor in some of the London infirmaries, and the revelations from the casual wards have not improved matters. A new measure for the amendment of the Poor-law was one of the first things promised by the Government, who were conscious of the strong feeling existing on the subjeet. Events, however, have moved quicker than opinions, and the growing need of some more comprehensive sys tem is now forced upon the recognition of the most unwilling. The inconsistency of taxing the parishes least able to pay the rates at an amount five or six times heavier than the wealthiest districts is so glaring, so opposed to common sense, as well as to justice and humanity, that one can only be sur prised it should so long have been tolerated. The poor in London, as in most other great cities, reside chiefly in certain districts ; the rich and affluent in quite another direction. It might be even claimed with some show of reason that the rich west - end parishes should pay in heavier proportion than the struggling districts of the East, but no one asks this. All that is claimed is that there should be a nominal equality all over Lon don. We say nominal advisedly, because a rate of two or three shillings in the pound would be very different in its pressure on a rich house holder in Grosvenor-square or Prince's-gate, and on a small shopkeeper in Poplar or St.George's-in the-East. Nevertheless, suck is the value of house property in London that the equalisation would make an immense difference. As it is the land loads of the East-end suffer as well as the tenants, as a member of the deputation yesterday clearly showed. Comparatively few persons taking a house at the West-end would stop to consider the rates, but in the East they make the difference between taking a house and a room. The value of property is con sequently affected, and hundreds of houses which were formerly occupied by one family have now a family in every room. As Mr. BUXTON, M.P., re marked, it is useless to hope for effective measures for improving the dwellings of the poor in those parts while the rates are so high. In some dis tricts they come up to five and six shillings in the pound, amounting, of course, to a quarter or third of the rent. Even this is totally in adequate to the necessities of the case, and, as a memorial yesterday presented to Mr. HARDY showed, the poor are in many cases very insufficiently relieved, not because the guar dians are hard-hearted, but because they dare not increase the rates for fear of pauperising the rate payers themselves. What other result could follow from increased rates when Ratcliff, who has few inhabitants above the rank of artisans, has to pay nearly 6s. in the pound already. The rates in many other districts range from 4s. to 65., while parishes like Paddington and St. George's, Hanover-square, do not pay 6d. The parish of St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark, pays a rate of 4s. GI. in the pound ; the population is 5,600, and one person in every 20 is a pauper. The Rev. Mr. M‘GILL, who made a eloquent and forcible appeal to the President of the Poor-law Board, reminded him that from statistics of the Board itself it had been shown that of 39 parishes and unions in Loudon, five would lose by an equalised rating. It is not of course difficult to discover those five. They are St. George's (Ilan over-square), Paddington, Islington, Kensington, and the City of London. Contrasting those five with Bethnal-green, Whitechapel, St. George's-in the-East, Shoreditch, and Stepney, wo shall come upon some startling figures. The rateable value of the first five is £4,641,773, and in 1865 they expended for the purposes of the poor-rates £127,423. The rateable value of the last five is £1,140,970, and there was raised upon that for the poor-rate the sum of £136,664. That is to say, nearly ten thousand more was paid by the parishes whose rateable value is just one quarter of the others. The rates in many of the eastern parts are at pre sent crushing, and as Mr. M`GILL observed, if the rich parishes took their share of the burden, the poor parishes would stand in leas need of charity. Eleven deputations had, he said, gone up to the Lord Mayor the day before to ask for charity, but that day they came to the Pour-law Board to ask for justice. The memorial presented to Mr. HARDY expressed succinctly and forcibly the facts of the case. It pointed out very strongly the grievous inequalities at present existing, St. George's-in-the-East, in which the number of persoas relieved in one week of this present January was nine per cent., as an example. The memorialists pleaded that it was un- fair the poorest parishes should be called upon ex clusively to pay for the support in times of sickness and destitution of those who labour in all parts of the metropolis, and who consequently have an equitable claim, when labour fails, upon the places where they work as ►•ell as where they live. They showed that an equal rate of is. 3d. in the pound would not only greatly relieve the suffering parishes, but produce a sum fully adequate to all requires ments. This is certainly a reasonable sum, and need not frighten the West-end householders. If the charge were once made no burden would be felt, but many are alarmed at the sound of such an alteration. Mr. GATHORNE HARDY did not, of course, commit himself, but he said he was preparing a comprehensive measure. Ile has a great opportunity for carry ing out a reform from which his prede cessor, Mr. VILLIERS, always shrunk; and we hope that, notwithstanding the difficulties which it must be admitted might attend the carrying out of ti e details of such a measure, he will not hesitate to submit it to the consideration of the common sense and justice of the public. Mr. BRIGHT last night met a large number of his workpeople in the public hall, Rochdale, who pre sented to him an address expressive of their " entire sympathy with, and sincere respect for, him under the malignant slanders which bad been urged against him as their employer." After the affair of the presentation, &c., was over Mr. BRIGHT made a short speech, partly in his own favour, and partly to explain his views on the matter. First of all, he stated that the meeting in question was one of an " unusual and noteworthy character," and indeed he was not aware that at any previous time such a thing had occurred. The object of the slanders, in Mr. BRIGHT'S opinion, is to " damage his political influence," and thereupo❑ as might have been expected, he waxed very indignant, and treated his hearers to a few of his empathic sentences. " There are," he says, " 500 firms in the country, who carry on business, and may have small or great differences with their men, but the 499 are left untouched, and he alone is singled out and assailed by these men !'" Why is this? he asks." It is worth your while to consider the question, " Whence came these charges and these slanders? They came, as you hear, openly and chiefly from obscure men in the Tory ranks. Occasionally you hear of them from some obscure man who by f One accident of party has been raised for a few months into the position of a Minister of the Crown. Our assailants, if you examine the matter for a moment, you will find they are the monopolists of political power in this country, and the base creatures, who for selfish purposes are found crawl ing about them." After this elegant language, so pre-eminently characteristic of Mr. BRIGHT, we next find that he goes on to state the nature of his crime in the eyes of those " creatures," who pre sume to scan his actions and criticise his doings. Since the first hour he entered public life and stepped upon a public platform he has resisted that monopoly, and pleaded for the rights of the millions of the people of this country. This sounds very fine, and in some degree may be correct ; but Mr. BRIGHT claims to ignore how, or in what manner, he has done these things of which he glories. He has, indeed, of ten advocated the just claims of some por tion of the community, but he has never done so without casting slanders on another portion of it. He has striven hard to set class against class, and to impress upon bis hearers that those whom the accidents of birth, fortune, or posi tion, had placed higher than themselves in the social scale were unworthy of trust' and devoid of sympathy for those below them' Another thing of which he is conveniently oblivious is that he has not been consistent in the part he has played of the advocate of the rights of the people. When the questions relating to labour have come forward he has always been on the side of those who opposed the improvement of the condition of the working classes and the curtailment of the hours of labour. It needed the existing stimulant of op posing the hated Tory party tooth and nail to raise Mr. BRIGHT'S energies; the very notion of doing anything they disapproved of was as the trumpet that calls for the war-horse to the charge ; but turn the picture, and a very different scene presented itself. As for Mr. BRIGHT'S declaration that he has never asked that the lower orders should change laws or settle our institutions, we think that he has been consistently alluding to such things of late, and in timating pretty plainly to his political opponents that they would experience most unpleasant results if they did not speedily change their tactics and modify their views. It is almost amusing to hear from Mr. BRIGHT that he is no " flatterer." We really do not think that any one has been found presump tuous enough to lay this sin to his charge ; but he says that he has been guided by a higher law than " the prejudices and passions of any class of the people." Immediately after uttering this grandilo quent assertion, we find him referring to his own conduct twenty years ago in a manner which shows that he does not deem it necessary to be exempt from passions and prejudices of his own, or from making meaner views guide him in his public career. The Factory Act, he says, was brought forward twenty years ago, and he did not deem it to be his duty to support it, and many deemed him wrong in his decision. lie now, after this lapse of time, condescends to tell us his reasons for the opposition he made to this proposal for benefitting the condition of the operatives. " I was against any interference by Parliament with the freedom of labour and capital in this country. I did not wish to trust a Parliament of landowners with the control and the disposition of labour and capital in this country. I knew by their infamous conduct, which had lasted for thirty years, they had confiscated an untold and countless amount o labour and capital of Englandwith the view of turning it into the channel of rent themselves, and therefore did not like this body of men to meddle with the question." Now we consider this as disgraceful an admission as any that was ever made, by a public man in this country, and surely his most bitter enemy could not devise any slander against him which could thinage his reputation more than the words he himself utters. It is a mockery for a man to get upon a public platform and denounce the political immorality of his opponents, and then disc!oA such a glaring instance of his own want of honesty. He is showing in this explanation of his course a signal proof of the folly of those who preach the old Whig doctrine of "Men, and not measures." What pos sible difference did it make to those employed in the factories which side of politicians passed the measure which was to improve their condition, and bless their hard lives of constant and unremitting labour? The truth is, that it did matter to Mr. BRIGHT and his friends that their opponents should be seen to be the benefactors of the people, when they were always denouncing them as the oppres sors and the tyrants of the lower orders. Perhaps, however, the most inconsistent thing of the whole matter is, that Mr. BRIGHT now says that he rejoices as much as any of them that they are now working ten hours and a half instead of eleven hours and a half daily, as before; endea vouring, however, to qualify the assertion by in timating that if the Corn Laws had not passed the full benefits of the change could not have been made so apparent. He expects that if any one looks back to the discussions of that time they will find that he said nothing unfriendly to the operative classes, and that he sought to defend them and their employers from the " exag gerated and calumnious statements of those to whom he was opposed." This one word aptly explains the meaning of Mr. BRIGHT'S policy past, present, and future. All who are his opponents must be found wanting in the thing needful, honesty of purpose, and he can and will not believe that they are to ba trusted. Mr. BRIGHT concluded his speech by saying that he thought no people could be happy without a wise legislation and a just administration of the laws, 'This is no doubt quite true, but there is another thing which goes a long way to ensure happiness, and that is contentment. So long as angry and bit ter feelings are allowed to huld sway in men's minds there will be no prospect of steady 1r lasting improvement, and in the desire to make out the worst gAse against other people will be very apt to forget what might be best for themselves. We might all have mado a little allowance for some irritable expressions on Mr. BRIGHT'S part last night, under the circumstances, were it not that he never loses an opportunity of decrying those who are his political antagonists, and still more of under- mining the reputation of those who are higher in rank and influence ; so that jealousy and ill-will seem to be the sentiments he desires the most as- siduously to cultivate among the working classes. THE ILLEGALITY OF TRADES' UNIONS.—At a numerously attended meeting of trades' society dele gates held last evening at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie street, Fleet-street, in relation to the late Trades' Reform Demonstration, at the conclusion of the regular business, Mr. G. Potter, the chairman, brought before the delegates the recent decision given in the Court of Queen's Bench, by which trades' unions were deprived of the power of re covering by law any sums of money that might be em bezzled from their funds by any officer or member of the society. After some discussion, a delegate from the plas terers moved, and a delegate from the carpenters seconded, the following resolution :—" That the Working Men's As sociation be and is hereby empowered by this meeting to convene a meeting of delegates from the trades' societies of the metropolis, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the position in which trades' unions aro placed by the recent decision in the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of the Boilermakers' Society, and to determine the course to be adopted thereon." The resolution was unanimously adopted. riiE SUN, LON L ON, SATURDAY EVE G, JANUARY 26, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. Information has been received in Paris that the delegates of the Confederation of Northern Ger many signed the Federal treaty on Monday last. The Prussian Government, after concerting with its allies, has fixed the 24th of February for the con vocation of the Parliament of Northern Germany (the Reichstag). The proposals of the Cabinet of Munich, having for object the establishment between the Southern States of Germany an understanding upon the basis of the reorganisation of the Army appear likely to he entertained by the Governments interested. At all events it seems settled that there will be a con ference at Stuttgard, at which the Ministers of War and Foreign Affairs of the respective Governments will be present. King Louis the Second of Bavaria has just been betrothed to his cousin, the Princess Sophia, daugh ter of the Duke Maximilian of Bavaria and sister of the Empress of Austria. The Princess was born on the 22d of February, 1847, and King Louis 11. is 21 years and six months of age. The Italian journals judge the late decree of the Emperor with as much a favour and satisfaction as the Paris papers. The Gazette de ?urin says :-- "The Constitutional reforms in France appear to us to be calculated to satisfy the demands of the most importunate and to respond to the desires of the most ardent of the French Liberals. It may be said that the Constitution of the Empire has ad vanced a great step towards the tranquil fields of more ample liberty. As to us Italians, we ought to rejoice deeply at seeing the edifice raised by the only true and real ally Italy ever had constructed upon the very firm bases upon which our edifice stands. They are bases which reaction will never have power to shake." The Nazione has an article written in a similar spirit, which concludes thus :—" Great spectacle ! and worthy at once of a sovereign such as Napoleon the Third and of a nation like France. After hav ing used absolute power to repress the enemies of society, to re-establish moral order, and to restore the country to the eminent rank to which she is entitled, Napoleo n th e T h i rd spontaneous l y, w i thout being impell e d b y any exterior force, restores a por tion of that po wer to the hands of t h e people, who had confided it to him by an almost unanimous vote. This noble conduct insures the fate of the dynasty of the Bonapartes." The remains of Victor Cousin having been brought from Cannes were at first placed in the chapel of the church of the Sorbonne, and they have been interred with the ceremony, respect, and sympathy due to the illustrious writer. He was a member of the French Academy and of the Academy of Moral and Political Science, honorary professor of the Faculty of Letters of Paris, and Commander of the Legion of Honour. The funeral ceremony at the church, which was imposingly decorated upon the occasion, was attended by a vast concourse of members of the learned societies, literary men, and artists. The pall was held by M. Patin, the President of the Faculty of Letters ; M. Parieu, of the Academy of Moral and Political Science, Vice-President of the Council of State ; and M. Mourier, Vice-Rector of the Academy of Paris. Behind the funeral car was M. Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction, the relatives and friends of the deceased, his executors, and troops of notabilities. The body was received at the door of the church of St. Etienne du Mont by members of learned bodies in academical cos tume. A rich and splendid catalfalque in the church was surrounded by the clergy. The Normal school and the Lyceum of Paris were represented by vast numbers of students. After Divine service the vast procession accompanied the remains to Pere La Chaise, where the interment took place. Military honours, to which the deceased was en titled as Commander of the Legion of Honour, were rendered by the 17th by a battalion of 100 men of the National Guard. The observed of all observers among the mourners was Mr. Gladstone. The Moniteur contains a long report, dated Jan 15, from Marthal Rondo'', Minister of War, sug. gesting various cbangcs with a view to the ameliora. tion of the social position of the army. The object of these changes is described in the following sum mary :—" When these changes shall be carried into effect the army will be governed by a homogeneous administrative legislator, satisfying every want, including every guarantee, and presenting impor tant simplifications and modifications in the double point of view in the execution of the service and the supervision of the accounts. The Scientific Association in France will this year award several important prizes. Two medals of the value of LOOf. will be given to the best two memoirs relative to the application of meteorology to agriculture. Two gold medals of the value of from 100 f. to 300 f. will be arwarded to the best series of meteorological observations taken at sea or in localities little known so far as climate is concerned. Last year 28 gold medals were given to recompense labour of this description. One of the points which occupies public attention in Paris now is the promotion of a subscription to erect a statue to Voltaire. Says :—" At the l a t es t momentlle rn jowuerael des ceivepefrebtssah despatches dated from CJnstantinople, which announce once more ' the general submission of the insurgents of the Island of Candia.' Let us wait for th e telegrams from Athens, and the news in the Russian journals." The Moniteur de la Meurthe mentions the acci dental death of a magnificent stallion, Souverain, which the Government at h price of 10,000 f. for t h e horse -breeding estab tehad been purchased by ment (the Haras). The horse had arrived at the Rosieres station, and was about to be taken out when a goods train ran into the stable train and Souverain was killed upon the spot. This is a real misfortune for the the Haras, an d a l so for the Eastern Railway Company, as it will pro b a bl y h ave to reimburse the value of 10,000 f. to the State. Although the frost has left us, there are some interesting circumstances connected with it. Two celebrated skaters the other day went from the chateau de Serraut to Angers at a more rapid pace than the d'Orsay Railway. There was a strange circumstance at Besancon. The waters there are generally frozen with a thick ice at a temperature of 5 degrees below zero. This year at a temperature of 11 degrees the water did not p resent the slightest symptom of freezing. I n th e memory of man, says the account, such a phe nomenon was never before heard. In the Pas de C a l a i s one of the local postmen perished , in the sno w i n t h e cross-country • and AI. Cailiette, of St. Pier re , near Calais, lost his way wh i le driving a cart, and both he and the horse were found dead. At Ch alons a sentinel on d u t y was so injured b y t h e cold that he died a few minutes after bein g t a k en to the h'ta• l• At Bilboa, in ospi Spain, some t rave l lers by the railway in arriving at the station w ere i n a dangerous state of exhaustion from the cold, an d i t was expected t h at severa l o f them would die. Although such severe weather prevailed generally at Toulouse the winter has i been mild and wet. Field labours h ave b een for th ree or four days on ly by a slight fall of snow. On Monday last there was a warm southerly wind, an d vegetation presented a green appearance. The Princess Bacioccli is dangerously ill at Vannes. The Bishop of Vannes has administered the sacrament to her. A commercial traveller has been fined 50f. for rather ingenious fraud upon the Post-office. It was arranged between him And his wife that, in stead of sending letters, to save postage he should scud a newspaper, with a circle made with ink round certain letters, consecutively, to make a sen tence. Thus s h e could unlerstand from one news paper the following information :—"I shall leave this evening for Auxerre and shall be at home on Saturday or Sunday." The Argus eyes of the Post office clerks solved the enigma, and the idea turns out to have been bad eccnomy. THE RIOTS AT DEPTFORD AND GREENWICH.— Owing to the efficient police arrangements adopted by Mr. Walker, the chief Superintendent, and Mr. Superintendent Wakeford, the tumultuous assemblages in the streets of Deptford and Greenwich were effectually dispersed on Thursday night, and both the towns are now quiet. Thorn were only two charges in connection with these di4turb ances before the raagisttite yesterday va9raipg. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. OE UTER'STELEGRA3IS.) REORGANISATION OF THE SPANISH ARMY. MADRID, Jan. 25. A Royal decree has been issued upon the re organisation of the Spanish army, which fixes the effective at 200,000 men. This force is to be divided into the standing army, the contingent to be determined by the Cortes, the active reserve at the disposal of the Go vernment and the second reserve only to be called out by a special law. The provincial militia is abolished. CARLSRUIIE, Jan. 25. A Conference of delegates from the four South German States will meet on the 3d of February next at Stuttgard, in order to determine the basis of a common military organisaion. DOVER, Jan. 25. Messrs. Money Wigrams' ship Sussex, Captain Ridgers, from Melbourne on the 16th November, arrived here to-day. She brings 190 passengers, 30,0000z5. of gold and 1,200 bales of woo]. BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon arrived off the Needles at 9.50 a.m. ;o-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 25, Two o'clock.—The Bourse opened dull, fluctuations are rare, and quotations are either lower or without change. Three per Cents. are at 69f. 77ic., the same as previous close. Italian Fives have declined 25c.—at 54f. 50c. Credit Mobilier and Comptoir d'Escompte shares each lost 2f. 50c.—at 497 f. 50c. and 771 f. 25c. re spectively. Credit Foncier shares have advanced sf.—at 1,435 f. Mexican funds continue firm and in good request, the 6 per cent. Loan at 22f, with an advance of .1, and the Bonds at 147 f. 50c. Rail way shares are weak, and have generally slightly declined. English Consols have again advanced k. Three o'clock.—The market has not been good, and, with the exception of Credit Foncier and l Comptoir d'Escompte shares, quotations have closed as follows : 4i per Cents 9B 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. Do. end month 6B 75 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1438 75 Bank Shares 3585 Italian Loan 54 40 Do. end month 54 50 Mexican Loan 2l 50 Do. Bonds 147 50 Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAIL' For Account. Orleans Northern ll7B 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 907 50 Southern 563 75 Western — Eastern Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 3BB 75 North of Spain l2O S aragosc a Ditto to Barcelona — Roman, : 9tt 50 HAYMARKE r THEATRE. Mr. Buckstone has not been disappointed in the confidence he placed in the splendid company at tached to his theatre to draw overflowing audi ences at the holiday season, without the aid of brilliant burlesque or pantomime. Mr. Sothern was his bright particular star, and the pieco selected for his re-appearanc , .: was the new three-act comedy, " A Lesson for Life," which has been an increasing attraction ever since the night of its introduction. Mr. Sotheru's impersonation of Vivian, the Cambridge und-A graduate, is most certainly a great perfermance. There is no exaggeration about it, but a perfect reality surrounds the part, from the rising of the curtain until its fall at the termination of the piece. We know of no other actor on the stage who could so finely pourtraythepart,whether in the earlier scenes of fast Cambridge life, or in the closing one, where remorse seizes the clever, open hearted young man for the deception he has practised on his fond and trusting father, who is nearly crushed down by the result of his reckless folly and extravagance. It is, in truth, a most artistic performance, and fully deserves the enthusiastic applause it rightly calls forth from the critical and distinguished audience always to be found at this very favourite theatre. The other parts in the comedy surported by Mr. Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Chippen dale, Mr. Howe, Miss Nelly Moore,and Mrs. Chippen dale, are all hit off to the life. Another good stroke of managerial policy has been the revival of " the Serious Family," as it affords Mr. Buckstone an opportunity of delighting beyond measure his host of admirers, as the smooth cringing and hypocri tical quaker, Mr. Amindab Sleek. The representation of this character is one of those perfect studies which has rendered the talented manager one of the most popular and favourite actors on the London stage, —an actor the very sound of whose voice is always the prelude of a good hearty laugh, and whose ap pearance invariably invokes a warm and general welcome. The character of Sleek in the hands of such an artist is certainly a great one, and all its peculi arities are brought out with the power of a most con summate master of dramatic art, and with a reality that holds the passions and feelings of the audience entirely at the command of the actor. As a specimen of genuine legitimate comedy it stands unrivalled and alone, and one, every true admirer of genuine acting ought not to omit witnessing. The present performances at the Haymarket Theatre are of the utmost excellence, a fact which is nightly acknow ledged by a crowded and brilliant audience. MARKETS.—This day. COVENT GARDEN. The supplies aro moderate, and the trade generally is firm at our quotations. Fit:CUT—Pine apples, 6s to 8s; grapes, 4s Od to 8s Od ; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od ; chestnuts, 105 to 188 per bushel ; oranges, 3s Od to 8s ; lemons, 45 to 8s per 100. VEcarrauus—Cauliflowers, 2s to 6s Od ; cabbages, 25 to 3s Od; turnips, 48 0(1 to 6. Od; carrots, 6s Od to 8s 0(1 por dozen bunch es; h orsera di s h , 4 s Od to 6s Od ; celery, 18 6d to 1s Od per bundle; onions, 45 to 5s Od par bushel. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 124 Od ; geese, 4. Od to is : ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 6 , 1; wild do, is Od to is 3d ; pigeons, 10d to is 6d ; hares, 3s Od to ta Od ; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; partridges, is Od to is Gd each ; Surrey fowls, 7s to 9s ; do. chickens, 6s to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s ad to 5s Od per oouplo. English eggs, 14s to lis Od ; French do., lOs Gd to lls per 100. Fresh butter, is ld to is 7d per lb. NEWPORT. Par 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3e Oil to 4■ 8d f Veal Mutton ~. 3s Od to 4s 10d Pork WIIITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 8d Veal Mutton ... 3s 24 to 4s 104 I Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the me‘opolis aro from 91d to 10d. ; of household ditto, Bd. to 9d. per 4114 loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides ' 56 to 641bs, 41 to 2}4 ; 64 to 721b s , 2/d to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3fd ; 80 to 881bs., 31d to 31 i d ; to 961b5., 3kd to 31d. Horsehides, 9s to 10s 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, is ; polled sheep, 10s to 12s 6d; half-bred; Os Od to 102 Od ; downs, 6s 3d to 7s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY. SMITIIFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 IGs to £2 4s per load. Supply moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Mcadow hay, £3 5s to £4 15s; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 185 to £2 5s per load. A moderato demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Moaciow hay, £3 Os to £4'lss ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s oa ; and straw, .£1 IGs to £2 4s per load. Trade quiot. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) Market opens quiet. bales. Sales probably 8,000 Incorporation of Hesse-Homburg with Prussia. Homßurm, Jan. 21. The solemnity of the day began with the arrival from. Frankfort at one p.m. of the Civil Governor, Baron von Patow, with General von Ranch and a numerous staff. The same train brought a com pany of the 34th Prussian Infantry, with the flag of the Ist battalion and the regimental band, who took up their positions in the castle courtyard. Meantime the officials and clergy of the town and various notabilities from the surrounding districts had assembled in the great saloon. Upon the entry of Baron von Patow and suite, the following Royal patent taking formal possession of theLandgraviate in the name of the Prussian Government was read by the Civil Commissioner— " We, William, by God's grace King of Prussia, &c., hereby give all men to know as follows :-- " Nov that his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse and on the Rhine, &c., has ceded to us by the peace treaty of Sept. 3, 1866, the undermen tioned territory (cited), we have determined to unite the said territory with our kingdom, and have for that purpose issued and proclaimed the law of Dec. 24th last with the assent of both Houses of the Diet. " Consequently we now take possession by this present patent of the abovenamed Hessian terri tory, and incorporate the same with our monarchy, with all rights of sovereignty and supremacy, and with all privileges and claims. " We order that the Prussian eagle shall be set up upon the frontiers in token of our sovereignty, that our Royal arms shall be affixed in place of the arms hitherto employed, and that the public seals shall be furnished with the Prussian eagle. " We desire all inhabitants of the former Hessian districts now united to our monarchy henceforth to recognise us as their rightful King and Sovereign, and to live in dutiful obedience to our laws, decrees, and commands. " We shall protect every person in the possession and enjoyment of his well-earned and private rights, and will leave such officials as may be willing to enter into our services at their posts, and in the enjoyment of their salaries. Until the introduction of the Prussian Constitution we alone shall execute legislative authority. " Until we find it advisable to make differen arrangements, every public office will be adminis. tered in the manlier hitherto employed. " Our commissioners for the execution of the peace treaty with the Grand Duchy of Hesse are instructed by us to take possession accordingly. " Done at Berlin this 12th Jan., 1867. " WILLIAM. _ " Countersigned by the Ministers." The Civil Commissioner next read the following proclamation from the King to his new subjects : " By the Patent executed this day, I unite you, the inhabitants of territory hitherto Hessian, with my subjects, your neighbours, and German bro thers. " By the decision of war, by the peace treaty with your late Grand Duke, and by the remodel ling of the common German Fatherland, hence forth severed from a Sovereign House to which you have been attached with faithful devotion, you now enter into union with the neighbouring coun try, whose population is connected with you by community of race, language, and manners, and is allied with you by community of interests. " I trust in your German and honest sentiments that you will promise me your fidelity just a s sin cerely as I invite you to my people. " Rich sources are open to your manufactures, your trade, and your agriculture by union with my State. My care will efficiently meet your in dustry. " Great apportionment of the burdens of the State, opportune and energetic administration, carefully weighed laws, fair and punctual justice— in short, all the guarantees that have made Prussia what she has just shown herself to -be under a severe trial, will henceforth be your common pro perty. " I shall honour and protect your religious belief. The clergy will in future continue to be the suppor ters of the ancient creed. I shall give my special attention to your educational establishments. " Your youth available for war will faithfully join their brethren in my other States for the pro tection of the fatherland. The Prussian army will joyfully receive the valiant Hessians, and, in union with my army and my other peoples, you will be come partakers in the glory of having permanently established the independence and freedom of the German Fatherland. Nlay God grant it. " Berlin, Jan. 12." " WrLLIAII. As the last words were spoken the Prussian flag was hoisted upon the flagstaff of the castle, and saluted by the troops. Baron von Patow then stepped forward and made the following speech :- "In the name of his Majesty the King, I declare that the incorporation of theLandgraviate of Hesse- Homburg, the Lordship of Meisenheim, the district of liodelheitn, and the portion of the district of Nieder-Irrsel, hitherto belonging to Hesse in the Prussian kingdom, is now actually and legally ac complished by the announcement just made of the Royal Patent of the 12th inst. 4‘ Gentlemen, the year just past has been of one twofold importance to the Landgraviate of Hesse- Homburg. Divine Providence has willed that the sove reign house which has governed with paternal mildness this small but beautiful and favoured country for centuries should be extinguished, and that the L IndBraviate should cease to I.;^ an in-le pendent State. " Great political events have necessitated that the country should secede after a few months from the connexion into which it entered with a friendly neighbouring State in order to be united with the Prussian kingdom. " The extinct sovereign house has left you a valu able inheritance, thereby honourably inscribing its name, and therewith also the name of this town and country, upon Prussian history. " The Landgraves and Princes of Homburg , have often and in arduous times earned the grati tude of Brandenburg and Hesse as valiant generals. Sixty-three years ago, upon the 12th of January— the very anniversary on which this p atent is carried out—a daughter of this house entered the Prus sian Royal family, and understood how to gain all hearts by high and lofty sentiments and un broken courage in the time of most grievous trial, by works of self-hcrificing Christian love in the days of rev:val. "Therefore the name of Homburg has a pleasant sound in our ears. You do not come to us as strangers. " As of old your Princes felt themselves drawn towards Prussia, so will you with hope and confi deuce become citizens of the State that offers you a German Fatherland instead of the narrow commu nity to which you have been hitherto confined. Thus with the ancient Hessian fidelity you will be come subjects of the Royal lurd, who will protect you with a strong hand like all his. subjects, and will render you participators in the blessings of a good and just Government. You will have received the assurances of the Royal proclamation with the feeling of joyful thankfulness. " Give these feelings expression now by joining with me unanimously in the cry of Long live his Majesty William 1., King of Prussia !' " APOTHECARIES' I - TALL—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and prac- tico of Medicine, and received certificates to practise : On Thursday, the 17th of Janualy— Charles Quinton, Brooke-square, Rugeley ; on the 24th of January— Shirley Woolmer Arundel], 130, Gower-street, W.C. ; John Chis holm M'Donald, 75, Claverton-ztreet, Pimlico ; Reginald _Ugh Wall, 4, Bishop's-road, Bayswater; Nathaniel Heck ford, London Hospital. The following gentleman also on the 17th January passed his first examination:— Behnard Renshaw, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL.—Out of the list of Wranglers recently published at the University Cambridge, three were educated at the City of London School. Mr. C. J. Lambert, Beaufoy Scholar of the City of London School, was third wrangler ; Mr. 11. Hum- phreys, who was for six years a pupil in the same school, was fifth wrangler; and Mr. W. 11. Chaplin, Travers scholar of the City of Loutlou Schuul, was twentieth wrangler. 7 gin t .1* icr cite trtnbr. HER MAJESTY, &e. OSBORNE, Jan. 25. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and the Duchess D'Aurnale, drove out yesterday afternoon. Colonel Ponsonby was in attendance upon horse back. Her 'Majesty walked and drove this morning with Princess Louise. Prince Arthur and the Duke d'Aumale rode yes terday afternoon, attended by Major Elphinstone. Prince and Princess Christian and the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice went out also. Madlle. Clinchamp had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had also the honour of being invited. Historical Facts. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sin,—As you kindly insert all my letters on the respective historical facts of byegone days, permit me to call your attention, and that of your readers, to the fact that on Christmas Day, 1835—just 31 years ago—some 30 or 40 people were drowned in the Serpentine during the severe frost of that time, ou the ice giving way. I mention this to you in order to convince the public that the recent sad acci dent in the Regent's-park is not an unprecedented one.—l remain, Sir, you► obedient servant, A LOVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS. Jan. 25, 1867. Commutation of the Sentence upon the Fenian Primers. OFFICIAL DESPATCII OF EARL CARNARVON• MONTREAL, C.W., Jan. 10. The following despatch, received by the Governor - General of Canada from the Colonial Office, with reference to the fate of the Fenian prisoners, has just been made public : " Downing-street, Nov. 24, 1866. "My Lord,—l have received your telegram stating that you have reserved the sentences of the Fenian convicts, and referring me to Mr. Seward's communication to Sir F. Bruce upon the subject. I have also received your despatch of Nov. 3, and the reports of Fenian trials. Mr. Seward, I otservel applies fur a record of the judicial proceedings, and I infer from the papers before me that the request has been granted. I approve of your having done so. At the same time, having regard to all the cir cumstances, I am anxious to guard myself from as senting to the proposition that this request could have assumed the form of a demand founded upon strict international right. An application by the prisoners' counsel, through the United States Consul in Canada, who has had all facilities granted him, might have secured for Mr. Seward all that he de sires, and would have been more in accordance with ordinary usage ; but while thus ready and anxious to afford the convicts in question every chance Of interposing any plea for delay or extenuation which may fairly be open to them through the proper au thorities of their country, I am bound to protect the administration of justice in Canada from any claim of supervision which might, on first perusal of Mr. Seward's words, be thought to attach to them. Such language might possibly be construed into a claim on the part of the United States Government to inves- tigate into and sit as a courtof appeal upon thejudi cial proceedings as carried on in Canada, and with all the safeg uar d s an d sanc ti ons o f E ng li s h juris prudence I am satisfied that no such claim could be intended. It would be, indeed, a pretension that the United States Government would probably be the first to regret, not only because a nation so jea lous of it - , own honour would scrupulously abstain from any request, a compliance with which worJd he inconsistent with the right] and dignity of an in dependent State, but because the practice and juris prudence of the two countries on such a question is, I believe, almost if not quite identical. After a careful perusal of the trial in Toronto, I am con vinced that not the faintest shadow of an imputa tion can, in the opinion of any rersonable person, rest upon the p er f ec t f a i rness o f t h e procee di ngs or the justice of the verdict. Not only was there ne curtailment of that full measure of liberty and means of defence which is so c - sential an element in the criminal jurisprudence both of the United States and of Great Britain, but every privilege that could be conceded to the prisoners appears to have been allowed. The case of the Crown wrs temperately stated, the whole Court concurred in the delays which were asked and granted, and I observe that even the prisoner Ly nc h b ore w i tness to the fairness andimpartiality with which his case was tried. Tier Majesty's Government are requested to grant an amnesty to these prisoners. They have carefully considered the question. They cannot shut their eyes to the very heinous character of the offences. It was neither more nor less than a wanton and law- le-s attack with the avowed object of carrying fire and sword into an inoffensive province. It has, in deed, providently proved to be as fruitless its re sult as it was wicked in its design, which not only contemplated murder and rapine in Canada, but the of (I:al.:roiling two fi . ki:cliy nations iu all unnatural war. Her Majesty's Government are net insensible to the resentment which the people 'ef Canada must feel. They have submitted, and sub mitted cheerfully, to great sacrifice of their time and their professional avocations. Property has been destroyed, trade interrupted, and-I grieve to thin k valuable lives have been lost. Nor, again, has the course which the associates and sympathisers with these unhappy criminals adopted, the languag e which they are reported to have held, and the idle threats of rataliation that have been used by them rendered it easier for the Canadian people or he r Majesty's Government to overlook the grave cha racter of the offence ; but taking iuto account the fact that nearly six months have now elapsed, an d that nnthing has occurred in the interval to de tract from the complete success which crowned th e efforts of hor Majesty's troops and the Canadian . volunteers in suppressing th e F en i an i nvas ion, an d readily accepting the opinion of yourself and You r advisers in favour of clemency, her Majesty's Ge" verument are disposed to hope that the ends of j 0 0" tice and wise policy may be secured without re course to the extreme penalty of the law. I hav e therefore thought it my duty to recommend to he r Majesty to extend her prerogative of mercy to th e prisoaers Lynch and M'Mahon, now lying unde r sentence of death, and to commute the sentence to 20 years' penal servitude or i m p r i sonmen t, as tilte law of Canada may warrant you in assigning. " 0 is only to be hoped that this act of clemency on part of her Majesty ma y no t b e m i sun d erstoo d, an t ' that this punishment to which the capital sentenees have been commuted may be of sufficient s everity to warn others of the still graver cou.sequences 0 b le which they will inevitably render themselves li a d _ by a repetition of such insane and criminal vroce c f is _ ings ; but unhappily, this hope should be be appointed, all such persons must be prepared to visited with the extreme penalty of the laWc - , have, &e., CARNAPSOS• 1 FILE STEAMSIIIP FAR. EAst—Letters dated t he 27th of December have been rece i ve d f rom St. Vir icerit ' Cape Verd. The Far East st eams hip was t a king in ccs ; 1 1 0 5 ; She had encountered v er y h eav y wea th er s i n ce the P'7 - f left, on the 11th of D ec:m b ar . Wh en i n the 1335 c ° g Biscay it increased to a terrific gale, at W.S.W., r the vessel to lay to from the 13th to the 16th of Decon!'ef the ship behaving remarkably well. She was to lefty: for Calcutta the following day (December 98). Passerer all well. the RADLEY COLLEGE,—The examination f or Scholarships commenced on the 23d. The followi n g 16 ° , b result :-1, Penrose ; 2, Dryans. the KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—Therc arc among list of wranglers the following students of the c ollege f l„ school:—Clifford, second wrangler; H u mphreys , r , wrangler of the college; Garners, 12th Wrangler; 6ton j 21st wrauglyr P c G re ( Cent Cert ell ue Au S late ai ld I , Atl lialr e illOrt An g l ( ~;I n eredi eryt Bar 17 17 Stock; Th e P r l cca ch iefb lral„ Wan 3, It re th, Car, kin „ -er a at~biv ; rl G 7 I. la I'ol ti r r e Ind re it , scut to .f Co.~ Incr, th ey sales Tt Pren, T 1 Prem Ti k ari a ali o la nd, Grp, whit(