The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-14 00:00:00

.o. MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.I LONDON OFFICES City— 72, Old Broad-street (six doors from the Royal Evchange.) West End-7, Charing-cross (opposite the statue.) Direct Communication by underground wires with the principal Towns of the Kingdom. Charge for Twenty Words , i ncluding delivery, an d address not counted : TO Liverpool, Office, 2 Excharige-buildings • • .... „ Manchester, „ Exchange-arcade •..... .. 2s.l 6d. ~ Carllsl', „ 22, English-street ~ Bir m ingham „ 10 1 . New -street .. •• • ... .. • ........ ls. Od. ~ Scotland —Glasgow, Office, 18, Exchange-square.. • • •• • • Greenock, „ Cathcar t-s q uare. • ....... • • ff If • 148. Od. D u mfries, „ high-street ............... Ireland —Dublin, „ 23. College-green • . ...... •• • • ss. Od. Belfist, „1, Donegal-it reet f. It Quay . ....... .... Cork, ~ Tembroke•street II ff , ~ Queenstown, The EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary. DRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— B e aue,,i Prices as usual.—A 31oming Performance every W e dnesday, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, FEB. 14, Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LUDGATE. After which, THE WRITING ON TIIE SHUTTERS. To be followed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite rary, traditionary, comical, gastronomical, and peculiarly culinary and fantastic domestic grand comic Christmas pantomime, entitled JACK AND JILL; or, Harlequin King Mustard and' the Four and-Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Messrs. Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordinai y properties, decorations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Mr. Needham. The choregraphic arrangements by Madame Louise. The overture and music composed and selected by J. H. Tully. Leader, Mr. Hayward. The whole of the designs, models , and sketches furnished from the studio of Dikwynkyn, who for many weeks past has been personally supervising their execution. The novel grotesque burlesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, and the whole arranged and pro lured under the immediate superin tendence of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients in the Christmas Bill of Fare : -The Hall of Hypochondria in the Domains of Dulness.-Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Belford. Fos, Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter-day (his Ministers of Melancholy), Messrs. E. V. Dent, E. V. Wet, E. V. Load, E. V. Day, E. V. Weight, and E. V. Bills. Azure Diah_olicals in attend ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume, Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy on her favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in her Christmas Car. Good Humour, Miss o Alder Lightheart and Sunshine (her Attend ants ), ' Mimes Hn ey s d Brown; Mrs. Glasse (the original "Cook's Oracle, " and the well known adviser of the " First catch your hare," & c.), Miss Rosins COMM The receipt given to snake a good pantomime, and its con nection accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by ~lgnrlse), with Enchant ed Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preserves . "Sing a song of Sixpeelee, rocket full of rye.' " Four-and -twenty blackbirds, • " Baked in a pie."-Ancient Nursery Legend. Jack (the interesting hero of the olden story, who went up the hill to fetch, &c.), afterwards Harlequin, M. Milano; Jill (the heroine of the adventure, in love with Jack), afterwards Columbine, Mdlle. Bolen ; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry. Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Cliflord, Gower, Johnson, Love, lamb, and Richardson ; Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, Cur rant, Apricot, Damson, Laurance, (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace Honey, Ellen Honey, Louise, Therese, Charles, King, Sidney, Gordon, Barnes, Emily Barnes, Richardson, Eliza Richard son, Rose, Sidney, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Smith, Lille Ellis, Rosa H ar rison, E. Box, Tayler, Matilda Chenley, Martiney, St. Clare, Evans, John Levines, S. Johnson, and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm ally), Master Pungent; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming Selection of Coryphees. The Will and the Way-the Talismanic Sixpence-The Change. Grand Ballet. Principal Dancers, Mdlle. Therese and Annie Cushnie, Therese, Smith, &c. The Four-and- Twenty Blackbirds, Masters Tweet Tweet, Toot Too, Loodle Loodle, &c, The Reading of the Will , "Jill must not a husband take, Till she a pie can make and bake." • Interior of Jill's Cottage (by Moonlight).-Coal, Mr. Nobbs ; Bundle of Weed, Mr. Halfpenny ; Congreve Box, Mr. Fizzer ; Bellows, Mr. Leathertongue ; Dutch Oven, Mynheer Von Tan ; Rolling Pin, Mr. Smoothpaste ; Gridiron, Mr. De Bar; Frying Pan, Mr. Broadrim ; Soyer's Three-legged iron Pot, Herr Potluck. Cruet Castle in the Table Cloth Territory (by Moonlight), and Golden Palace of King Mustard. -King Mustard (afterwards Clown), Harry Boleno ; the Empress Vinegar (afterwards Pantaloon), Herr Kohl ; Black Pepper and White Pepper (Sentinels on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Husky and Mr. Sneezums ; Sweet Oil, Miss Florence: Cayenne, Mr. Capsi cum ; Harvey's Sauce (attendant in waiting), Mr. Savoury ; the Army of Zests, Messrs. Indian Soy, Carry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms, Garlic, Shalot, Sweet Herbs, Potted Tongue ; Potted Beef, Potted Bloaters, Potted Anchovies, Potted Shrimps, &c. ; Horse Radish (from the King's stable), by a Racing Na.s Grand Review-Ter rifle Attack upon the Appetite, and Rally of the Relishes-Great Progress of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Chutnee in the Province of Pickles (ky Sunset).-Chutnee (Chief of the Pickles), - Mr. Fiery Faci s, s; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Ghea . kins, Cauliflower, Red Cabbage, Sec.; Small Jar, Master Piccalilli. Great demand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand a Tar. Interior of he Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight).-Salt Rock (a bright White Sprite), Herr Willikind Moleno. Imminent danger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock of Salt- Treachery of Vinegar -Upsetting the Pail above, and Evaporation of the Saline igtalactite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.-Magical Unlon of the Sweets and Sours, and " a Pie" termination of the Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M. Milano; Columbines, Mille. Boleno and Miss Ellen Honey; Pantaloon, MI. Cole; Sprite, Herr Willikind Meilen° ; Clown, the celebrated Harry Boleno (his first appearance in London for many years) ; Aerial Evolutionists, by the Inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Head Public-house and Hairdresser's Chop.-Hairdresser, Mons. Pomade ; Publican, Mr. Billy Williams ; CU,stomers, Messrs. Itednob, Smockface, Owen Swift, Beardless, Whisker Want, Baron Nicholson, and Tom Steed; the British Pub. lie by themselves; Policeman A 1, Mr. Vigilant. Approach of the (=rest Rugged Russian Bear-How he Whines after the Porte, which, being rather old, turns out somewhat crusty-A Dose of Turkey Rhubarb-A Don-c Cossack-Pure Circassian Cream-How one Sham 11l makes all well-The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar -Russian Attachment to Grease--Clown Cuts his Customer's Hare and afterwards Dresses it a la Soyer-The Great Moustache Move ment-A Close Shave -Clown shows his high attachment to the Pole-Sudden Rise in Porter-An af.T. M.P.-A Patten Losk at 10 o'clock-A Bona Fide Traveller-Ginger Beer and Gin without ger -A_ Mill, a Hight, a Regular how, and Station-house for Two. Great American Baby Show.-Arrival of the Infantry-hidden Squall-Ma's upon the Eve of Battle-General Attack-Awarding the Prizes-Clown and Pantaloon's Offsprings- The Prettiest Baby in the World-A Model Baby and a Spirit Child-The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver Oil-Clown's Great Prize Baby -Fresh Arrival of 300 more Babies-The Judge Confounded --Great Uproar-An Unwelcom Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvenile Party :mil Extraordinary case of Suspended Animation by the Da lian Sprites. Scott's Oyster Shop, Newspaper-office, and Pursall's 3iscalt Baking and Confectionery Establishment, Cornhill.-" Up 011Se ye then, my merry men, it Is our opening day"-A Bolster for one end a Lobster for two-A Mussulman and a Man for a Muscle-Duty and Cc.stom -A Bride Cake and a Wedding Cake- First Edition and Second Edition-Left Out for Want of Room - Tress ress of the Privilege ant Privileges of the Press -" Oh, what a row, a rumpus, what a rioting." Baker. Mr. Crusty; Fishmonger, Mr. Scales; Master Newsboy, Christmas-box; Printers, Messrs. Typo wad Chapel; Editor, Mr. Cutemdown: Critic, Cutcmup; Pas sengers, Messrs. Trot, Cosey, Strutalong, Lounge, Loiter, and Walk about; Boardman, Mr. Bobaday. Hosier's Shop and New Wing of Somerset-house.-Here we arc-Merry Christm:s and a Happy New Tear-High Prices and Low Prices-Manchester Stuff-Ens lish Comforters-Stocks ott Hand and Handsome Stocks-Ford's Eureka Shirts---Reform in the Civil List and Um vil Treatment 01 the Clerks-Transfer-day at the Bank, and General Holyday at Somerset-house.--Hosier, Mr. Stock en: Shopsnan, Mr. Early hind ; Boy, Master Toddles. Soyer's Magic Kitchen.-Chef de Cuisine, Mons. Soyer; Kitchenmaids, Misses Basteaway anti Dripplngsell ; Guardsman, Corroral Longshanks ; Policeman, Sergeant Dodger. Cupboard Loverss-Soy er's Last Soup - Where's the Knives and Forks?-Boiled and Uitholled Lob stere-Headless Swains-Lobster Patty and Giblet Soup-Clown Gone all to Pot-Harlequin Gets well Towelled and afterwards Mangled-Clown and Pantaloon in a Stew-A Regular Broil- Thou comsat in such an unquestionable shape, that I will speak to thee (Soyer, or rather Shekspeare)-Teo Many Cooks Spell the (Clown's) Broth-The scene finishes in a very spirited manner. An Illuminated Page of the History of England.-Grand Allegorical Tableau with Panoramic Effects, illnstra.ive of the Triumphs of the All'ed Forces. Young Jullien's " Allied Army Quadrille," by the doable bands of the Engiuth and French. "Gott save rt the Queen," " Paant pour la. Syrie," and Rule Britannia." page o Regiment, Miss Rebecca Collins , in which character will sins the spirited patriotic effusion, published in "Biackw 's Magazine" for December, and written by Corporal John Brown, of the Grena dier Guards, when the men get some drink for the first time at Balattava, Sept. 28th " Come all von gallant British hearts that love the red and blue, And drink :he health of those brave lads who made the Russians rue. Then fill the glass, and let it pass, three times three, and one more, For the twen* , eth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four " Vestibule of the Temple of Victory. The Tribute of England to the Brave Patriots. Distribution of Laurel Wreaths, Gorgeous and I lectric Scenic Climax, with Revolving Columns and Variegated Illuminations. Terrific Flight of the Italian Brothers. The whole scrne presenting a coup d'ceil never before witnessed on the English stage. Admission :-Stalls, ss. ; dress circle. 45.; second price, 25.; upper circle, 35.: second price, is. 6d. ; pit, Is. ; second price, Is. ; ,ewer gallery, Is.; second price, fd. ; upper gallery, 6d.; private boxes, 10s. 6d., 155., 215., anti upwards. Doors open at halt-past 6, performance at 7 o'clock. Half-price at 9 o'clock. The box office open daily, from I I till 5 o'clock, under the direction of Mr. Edward Chatterton. Notice,-The following pieces are approved and in preparation, and will shortly be produced. : -The Grand Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq. ; a Drama, by Dion Bourn'. cault, Esq. ; Two Dramas, by A. Harris, Esq. ; an Adaptation from Meyerbeer's opera, L'Etoil, du Nord, with new scenery, properties. and effects; to be succeeded by an Engash verelon (by Mr. Reynold son) of Otinek's Tpliis;enia in Tauride. The Grand Historical Egyp tian Drama, many months in preparation, will also shortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL LtAYMA2K2T. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. F-VENEJG, FEB 14. Will be performed GUY MANNERING Henry Bertram, Mr. G. Tedder ; Meg Merrilees, Miss Cushman. Fcllowed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled LITTT.E rtn-PEEP ; or, Harlequin ant the Girl who Lost her Sheer. Little Ro-Peep, miormiln, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. App!eby ; Coinotb!ne. avas Ar. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TEZEATR.E, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 14, Will be performed HAMLET. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-REA I , D; or, The Great Bashaw. Ilaileguin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatris. THIS EVENING, FEB 11, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SASE. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. After which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra < Vaganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. To be followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. 330 x-ofilee open from 10 until 6. Sliftagent for Private Boxes, Mr. Allereft, 15, New-Bond-street. TIIRATRPI ROYAL ADELPHI. Pr " ric aor.Xr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. Tula EvENDTG, Fan. 14, logue, and Wlll be performed a new an d or i g i na l D rama , preceded by a Pro called A:NET PRIDE. To be fol'owed by Tux ViRNOWN AND TIIE BAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. R edford and G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and K ee ley, and Mdlles. Maraqatta and ISenoni. .13. sl,4lllTeinitin ROYAL OLYMPIC TREAT _- Lessee and Manager, 74, A. .2 11. THIS EyENt" . .:. ' , icon. Will be presented the new Comedietta, -Lies Wild' Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and -- Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. T A T, In anear. Alter which, a new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled Tii DT `-'u AR F AND TIIE KIN G CF THE GOLD mlxxs. ' 7, tr -ELLow by Mr. F. Robson, lfiss Julia St. George, Miss E. o rmo OW s. Mt s . Marston, Miss Bromley, aid Mrs. George , nu ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING be performed the popular Barletta, OUR NEUT . . Principal ClAft er aracter, Miss Rebecca Isaacs'. which, i t new Operatic BUr:csqUC, entitled, ALONZO THE BRAVE. To be followed by STATE SECRETS. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEAT RE. lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, 4 , .. t l , l Representation of the BATTLE of the ALMA, an annonnce 8 m filch casts into the shade every notice of any contemporaneous ( Z7P.. - p . 7- , riiduc .., • ch, the classic SCENES in the ARENA, invented and N r. ..ttie ----3:'- - tr. William Cooke. letrt .. ,., t ,.... ' • " ' , with the Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime of GUL 4...,...1‘ !',,".:.: ;lt a LILLIPUTIANS ; or, Harlequin and Britannia. ...' ~ 'll,afteiiim mi from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. 4 ‘-, 4 U Aeon mi. ~ ..._ g anger, Mr. W. . II Cooke. Equestrian Director my. , Ve.i.Sl4 9z.l' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Cyrus DAY —Morning 43 min.after 11 Evening 0 rain Aft. 0 To-lonnow - Morning 19 rnin.after 12 i Evening 53 min.stft- 12 THE WEATHER.-Blns Ore m, Feb. 14. LIIIIIMODIETEB, IN TII SHADE. 37 highest since noon yesterday. 23 —lowest this morning and during the night. 34—this day, at noon. BARI:METES, 29'38. IND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, with hazy weather and very hard frost. Last night was the coldest yet. firebp ---.,..-• 1 4 1-_ -a , -,....1 1t. ~.4...„.i tty . , .., „...471.1..!..- 17 , /.4,,W4*43'4, . . ~ . ''-' 1 -./'' • ' .-- . ---, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14. 1855: LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1855. While, as we yesterday stated, we fully recog nise the many important advantages attendant on the appointment of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain, at the new Congress of Vienna, we cannot avoid observing that there are points on which we are not altogether satisfied, and which require pecu liar vigilance en the part of the Parliament and people of the United Kingdom. It is especially incumbent on public journalists, en those who have undertaken the onerous duty not merely of providing accurate and trustworthy information for the nation, but of directing public opinion in the right direction, of showing where there is a screw loose, or a defective arrangement, but also of indicating impending dangers and suggesting suit able remedies for possible as well as recognised evils. The appointment of Lord JOHN RUSSELL is valuable, because in the first place it sends a man of European reputation, and one who has on sun dry occasions spoken very decidedly on the neces sity for carrying on the War with - vigour and energy, and wko even resigned his situation as Ministerial Leader in the representative branch of the Legislature, and that during a crisis of n o ordi nary importance, because his colleagues would not ' altogether adopt his views, or reach the stan dard which he had set up. On the other hand, it cannot be altogether for gotten that he was a leading member of the Government whose shortcomings were so unequi vocally censured by the House of Commons, and that he himself only escaped' a similar visitation by his speedy exit from the sinking ship. He was, in fact, in tke position of an approver, who obtained impunity by " splitting" on his com panions, and giving ample information to the detective officers respecting the proceedings of the remainder of the gang. We may par don but we cannot admire such a person, and, as we have already stated, must closely scrutinise his future proceedings. Besides, we know that he has given an extra- Ministerial opinion as to the propriety of not de priving the CZAR of any of his territorial " usur pations "—or " acquisitions," if that should be deemed the milder and more Parliamentary de signation of Russian plunder. He would certainly be considered a most lenient judge, who, in sen tencing a convicted robber, or, at least, a noted receiver of stolen goods, should give impunity for the past, provided he entered into his own personal recognisances for the future; and although the victims of his cupidity were in attendance, and ready to identify the stolen property, should refuse to restore that of which they bad been so nefariously deprived. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stands in such a position. With a full knowledge of the Autocratic antecedents, he promulgated, in a pri vate rather than in an official capacity, this extraordinary and unmerited act of &mutat!. and declared that the power of Russia "ought not to be diminished," or any of her dominions taken away! These aro matters that cannot be neglected. The ex-President of the Council has a glorious position before him—if he fulfil the expectations of every true-hearted Englishman, and prove him self to bo deserving of the national confidence. But, on the other hand, should he fail, the conse quences may prove to be exceedingly serious, not only to the country, but to himself. We are quite ready, should he evince the energy of the olden time, when he became the Parliamentary spon sor of the Reform Bill, to " forgive and forget,' or at least to " condone," all previous offences. But should he still protect Russia, truckle to Prussia, and connive with Austria—should he "promulgate the doctrine of finality" in foreign as in domestic affairs, great will be his fall—the greater in consequence of the expectations excited. If he tumble into the pit dug for his reception, he must do so with his eyes open, and after ample warning. .He is about to treat for peace with a despot, who, by way of " a taste of his pacific disposition," makes the most onerous requisi tions on his miserable serfs, virtually calling out the entire male population of his Empire, pressing every man capable of bearing arms into the ranks. Whatever may be the sayings of the Russian Plenipotentiary, the doings of the Power which he represents are suffi cient to excite a wholesome distrust in any unpre judiced and independent mind. Again he has to deal with "Clicquot," with " the angel of peace," the brother-in-law of the culprit, who wants, although duly challenged, to obtain per fas aut nefas a seat In the jury box ! The views of FREDE RICKWILLIAM are, unfortunately, but too notorious. It is perfectly clear that his only objects are to shield NICHOLAS in misfortune, or to help, aid, and assist him in prosperity. Open enmity would be far better than such deceitful and pretended friendship. Against the one we could easily pro vide—the other would be far more formidable. But more onerous than any of these difficulties will be the task of keeping Austria to the " collar" —of stimulating the reluctant auxiliary to do its fair share of work. Hither - 1.0 it has ußquestion ably acted better than Prussia, but still it has sedulously avoided committing itself. It has, like ancient PISTOL, uttered "prave ords," but unfortunately its acts have not corresponded. With Russia, Prussia, and Austria, to watch and deal with, the Noble Lord will have no sinecure on his hands. It is indeed his last chance—th e opportunity that may make or mar his foltunes. If he deserve it, he will regain the confidence of his fellow-citizens—the prestige once attached to his name will be restored ; but should he fail —should he indeed disappoint those who still be lieve him to be truAworthy—the calamity will be irremediable—the name of Lord JOHN RUS SELL will be erased from the catalogue of British Statesmen. ua manoeuvring by which a secti on of The Clergy c' of the ge somethin g Dior Established Church seemed a t one time lik e l y to ren der the meeting of Convo cationthan a form has, to all appearance, fail e d of success. pre sented to the attention ofiastThe question the Upper H ouse o f Convocation, on Thursday permission Iz., whether o r r i no the House should seek perr n , JESTY to proceed to the preparation ofof emues for remod ellin g the Convocation, so atsl n er MA -2t 0 adapt it more closely to the alleged wants of the Church at the present time, led, as a matter of course, t o a debate, and, we by no means regret to add, to uothing more substantial and mischievous, The presumed necessity of such remodelment was pretty generally recognised ; but the propriety of taking the requisite steps towards effecting it was 1 another affair, and, in the language of HAMLET, gave the more astute members of Convocation "pause." The result was, that on the motion of the Bishop of OXFORD, that wily prelate, who can go further and keep back better on debate able ground, as prudence may suggest, than most men, the question was postponed sine die. A heavy blow, at all events a great discouragement, to the Convocationists. It is far from our intention to scout Synodi cal action in the abstract as useless or mischievous. In more than one religious community it, or something corresponding to it, is deemed an essen tial element of cohesion and strength, and, we have no doubt, is really productive of desirable results. But, -while admitting this much, we cannot be unmindful of attendant circumstances. None of these communities has any direct connec tion with the State. To the lot of none of them has it fallen to be the possessors of vast national endowments. On the contrary, they are exclu sively dependent —save in_ the matter of educa tion—on their own resources, the fruits of their own zeal, liberality, and exertion. With the Church of England it is otherwise, and we do not attribute the fact to her as matter for blame. In her keeping are the richest endowments in the world. No Church can compare with her in wealth' and the influence wealth insures. She is munificently dowered by Act of Parliament. Into her treasury has been diverted the hoarded wealth of a discarded Church. And why 1 Be cause she has been selected for the proud pre eminence of being the National Church. To this the most zealous Convocationists have, we are disposed to believe, not the slightest objection, provided her liberty of action undergoes no re straint. But surely it would have been inconsi derate in the last degree in the State to apportion endowments so splendid without taking some pre cautions to insure the objects contemplated in that apportionment being secured ; and the primary object, of course, was, or ought, to have been, abundant and wholesome provision for the religious wants of the nation ; the secondary, the order and security which the influences of religion are so well calculated to insure the State; and to these must he added the utmost freedom for the laity from priestly domination compatible with order and Protestant teaching. How far the precautions taken at the outset were successful we do not now undertake to say. This much, however, is certain : a perusal of the history of Convocation does not leave the impression of their perfect efficiency. In the recorded acts of that assembly it is impossible not to recognise an at tempt to render Convocation an imperium in ian perie—a power whose existence was incom patible with the undisputed supremacy of the State. The clerical body had made a bargain, a capital on. as others thought, but as they seemed to imagine iniquitous, in requiring the fulfilment of any condition on their part. Convocation met, squabbled, ran riot, dabbled in treason, gave great scandal to all lovers of the Church, and, finally, was practically quashed, the State not quite appreciating the moral beauty of such a state of things. True, its meetings have been continued up to the present time, but they have been merely formal. The advocates of Convocation allege .that its reconstitution, as a deliberative assembly, is im peratively called for by the necessities of the times. For our own part, the necessities of the times seem to us to have more practical wit than to call for aid from such a quarter, and the argu ments to the contrary tell precisely the other way. No candid observer but must admit that the Church of England has, during the last fifty, nay, even ten or fifteen years, had to rejoice in a vast accession of zeal within her pale, the re sult of which has been a corresponding increase of usefulness, strength, and consolidation. Her efforts during the former period have been immense ; the zeal and liberality of her working clergy and intelligent laity worthy of all praise ; the churches and schools erected and endowed by the voluntary efforts of the latter ; her charities and missions speak for themselves. It is some what late in the day to talk of the need of Con vocation to establish authority and order. While authority slept zeal sprang up and disturbed order, it may be, to preserve life. A zeal like this has not much to hope from the authority sought nor the Establishment either. What order and authority is really needed will not fail of being accorded, but it is something too much to expect that the laity of the Church will tamely submit to ecclesiastics, endowed with State funds and State influence, being put into a position to use both, as Convocation ultimately would put them, for purposes of spiritual domination. The Established Church is nothing if it is not National, and the idea of a National Church is too compre hensive to admit of a dominant sectarianism or ecclesiasticism. Moderate, free-minded men have as inalienable and vested interests in the Church of England as any others, and the fear is lest they should be debarred of them. The existence of a National Church in this eoun try, we conscientiously believe, demands more toleration than an active Convocation would wil lingly permit ; and to convert the Establishment into a Procrustean bed—whether High Church or Low Church—would be to precipitate its downfal. The action of Convocation is far more to be de precated by lay members of the Church than is generally believed ; it involves interests very dear to them. What that action has been, we are bold to say—despite affected moderation while any thing is to be gained by it—it would be again— a stalking-horse for priestly ambition. RESTORATION OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND.--A re quisition has been presented to the Mayor of Bath, requesting him to convene a public meeting to take into consideration the necessity of the restoration of the king dom of Poland, as an independent state, in order to re strain the aggressive action of Russia on Europe, and to obtain a material guarantee for the durability of peace. Among the signatures to the requisition is that of " Wal ter Savage Landon" The mayor has fixed to-morrow as the day for holding the meeting. AN AMERICAN SNOW-STORM.—A great storm of snow and wind raged over the region of the Mississippi on the 25th ult. A New York paper of the 29th says : " The train on the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad, with a large number of passengers and several members of the legislature, was frozen up on the prairie in snow some eight feet deep. The passengers burned the cars, and by robbing the cars of a consignment of oysters pre served themselves from starvation. By last accounts they are ■till there. Relief, however, had been sent to them on the 28th. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERIE.—At the first monthly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce, held on Monday, Edward Heath, Esq., was una nimously elected president for the current year ; Charles Holland, Esq., vice-president; and John Aiken, Esq., treasurer. The various committees were re-appointed, and the chamber adjourned until Monday next. RUSSIAN TRADE.—A deputation of Russian merchants waited upon Lord Clarendon yesterday, regarding the position of their trade, and were informed that the blockade of the Danube will be raised forthwith, and that the blockade of all the Russian ports in the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azoff will be rigidly en forced during the ensuing season. With respect to the overland trade through Prussia no decision has yet been come to. assfmomse•mr.4 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Fin. 13. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High nes§ the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Lieut. Colonel Hon. J. Macdonald, Lieut. Colonel Tyr whitt, and Major Clifton. The band of the Royal Horse Guards played during dinner, and the private band after dinner. The Doke of Cambridge took leave of the Queen this morning, and left the Castle for London, attended by Lieut. Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald, Lieut. Colonel Tyrwhitt, and Major Clifton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and Prince Alfred skated in the Home Park this forenoon. Her Majesty, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, was present. The Gentlemen in Waiting skated with his Royal Highness. A deputation from the City, consisting of Mr. T. H. Hall (chairman), Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. Blake, Mr. Hawkins, the City Remembrancer, and the City Archi • teet, had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday at the office of Public Works, in Whitehall place. A deputation from the Committee of Anglo-Peruvian Bondholders bad an interview with Lord Wodehouse at the Foreign-office yesterday-. The following gentlemen attended :—Messrs. Thornton, Hodgson, and Ward. Despatches from the Governors of the North Ameri can provinces, and also from the Governors of the West Coast of Africa, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. A Cabinet Council was held to-day at the Admiralty. We have much pleasure in stating that, on the nomi nation of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord Dun. donald was recently elected an Honorary Elder Brother of the Corporation of the Trinity-house. We believe that Lord Goderich will succeed Mr. Lowe as Secretary to the Board of Control. Mr. Lowe resigned office upon the accession of the present Minis try. No appointment has, we believe, been yet made in the room of Mr. Peel as Under-Secretary for the Co. lonies. THE COII3[ANDEE•IN-CHIEF OF THE EA ST INDIA Co'e - PANT'S FORCES.—A. Court of Directora was bold at th e East India House on the 7th inst., when Major-General Sir. Henry Somerset, K.C. 8., was appointed Commander in-Chief of the East India Company's forces on the Born. bay establishment, and second me mber of council at that presidency. - The Duchess of Beaufort gave birth to a son, on Fri day last, at Badminton. Her Grace is going on well. The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe and the Lady Ernestine Edgecumbe have left Farrance's Hotel, for Mount Edgecumbe, Devon. The Duchess of Leinster, according to accounts re ceived at the noble Duke's mansion in Carlton-terrace, from Carlton House, was recovering from her late severe indisposition. The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley have arrived in Carlton-terrace from Houghton-hall, Norfolk. The Earl of Wilton, who has been staying some days in Grosvenor-square, has left town for Egertoa.lodge, Melton Miwbray, where the continued inclemency of the weather has interrupted the sports of the field. Notices have for some days past been posted at South- ampton inviting shipwrights to apply at the Portsmouth Dockyard for employment. Mr. Bowyer, M.P. for Dundalk, has arrived in town from the continent, where he has been detained by severe indisposition. The Board of Trade has hired the extensive and eligible house at No. 14, Rue du Cirque, for the offices of the British section of the Universal Exhibition. The Gavazzi trials are over at Quebec, and one man, named Hearn,. has been convicted of simple assault. There has been a very heavy fall of sno w , an d th e mail trains cogid not leave Vienna on the eight of (the 10th). The telegraphic communication between Bucha rest, Kronstadt, and Vienna is interrupted. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The half-yearly ac counts just published show the following as the general result of the working of the railway during the past half year :—Gross receipts, 152,7451. 6s. ; working expenses (68,420/. Bs. 11/d.) and fixed charges (38,8781. 6s. 4d.), 107,2981. 15s. 31d. ; balance, 45,4461. 10s. BIJ. The directors recommend the declaration of a dividend on the ordinary stock of the company, at the rato of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of 1,0201. 10s. Sid. to be carried to the reserved fund. FIRE NEAR FLEET-STREET.—Last night, about eight o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises, No. 3, Flee , - doll-street, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, occupied by Mr. John Thorburn, bookseller. The two lower shops, be longing to Mr. Thorburn, were nearly burnt out, and the building severely damaged. The contents were in sured in the Sun and Unity Fire Offices. The adjoining premises of Mr. Adams, publisher of " Bradshaw' . Railway Guide," were also damaged by fire and water. The fire is said to have been caused by the gas burners. We have advice. front Manilla to the 11th instant. VallOiCra. insU 1.11 . 014.tm lu ei u Lai e..bis 5U liu 41A.s villages in the suburbs ; but its ravages were confined to the soldiery and that class of natives who were unable to obtain medical assistance. No Europeans had been attacked. Tear, TRIP OF THE NEW DOVER MAIL STEAM PACKET EMPRESS.—This fine vessel, of 305 tons, built by Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwell, proceeded down the ricer yesterday, under the command of Captain &althea, to try her speed and the working of her oscillating engines of 100 nominal horse-power, by Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co. The vessel is elegantly fitted and remarkably commodious for the service in which she is to be employed—the conveying of the mails from Dover to Calais and vice versa. Captain Jenkins, Mr. Churchward, Mr. Tayler, Mr. Godbold, Mr. Harrington, Mr. Ravexhill, &c., were on board to witness the trial, which was most satisfactory, as the result of six runs in the Lower Hope, below Gravesend, gave a speed of 14,661 knots, or fully 16 statute miles per hour. The vessel will be ready to take her duty on the Dover station by the sad 3f the present week. The Canadian Parliament will meet on the 23d of next month, when much important business will be transacted. The new governor, Sir E. Head, is so far much liked, and the beli e f is that he will make a popu lar governor. The Canadian sympathy for the Allies is strong, and every steamer's news is anxiously looked for. Subscrip tions to the Patriotic Fund continue to flow in from all parts of the country. Meetings are held everywhere for this purpose. Toronto and Hamilton have voted each 1,0001. Quebec has subscribed 6001., and other places in like proportion. Two BIIA,S ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE.—TWO bills are to be discussed in the House of Commons on bills of ex change. One is by Lord Brougham, and has passed the House of Lords. It is proposed that after protest judg ' meat shall be forthwith obtained. The second bill is by Mr. Keating, to obtain judgment within eight days, in a summary manner, where there is no defence. Mr. Allcroft has announced his eighteenth annual concert for Wednesday next, which is to take place at the Lyceum Theatre, and for which he has engaged all the most distinguished foreign and native talent in Lon don ; and there can be little doubt but it will be as bril liant and successful as in former years. THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Last evening a public meet ing of the inhabitants of St. George-the-Martyr, South wark, in furtherance of the Metropolitan Improvements Bill, as introduced by Sir B. Hall, in so far as it relates t ß ot ckr d. hefi s-road.. highways, ua was held at the Equestrian Tavern, ta A PROPHECY—TALL OF THE CZAR.—Our Assynt cor respondent sends us a dream and a very lideral interpre tation of it ! He says—" A man here lately had a dream which, as it is somewhat curious, may interest your readers. The person in question conceived he was standing at the base of a hill ; that near the summit of this hill was a gigantitc stone which began to descend until it came a good way down, when suddenly it was ob served to be stationary : that, shortly afterwards, the stone was again in motion, and continued rolling down the declivity till near the foot of tke hill, when, on a sud den, it became fixedtotheground, and began gradually to sink until at last it totally disappeared. He then, with out awaking, interpreted the dream in this way--the stone which he saw revolving down the hill represented the Cazar of Russia; its becoming suddenly stationary in its course denoted the reverses and defeats which the Czar's forces experienced from the Allies ; while its final disap pearance in the earth meant his ultimate failure in the e u c b t c u r u i p e t f i o n a war, and reti re ment into private life."—lnvernessCourier. A ers has statute been c u o commemorationm en c d at late for King Er nes t. the EXTRAORDINARY GEOLOGICAL PRODUCTION. Con siderable interest has jest been excited by the discovery in the upper chalk of Kent, of a large group of that ex tremely rare fish the Beryz superbus, in a remarkable state of preservation, and it is supposed to be the only group of fossil fish ever found. To the geologist this discovery is most interesting, for the bodies are uncom pressed, the mouths open, the gills and the fins ex tended, proving undoubtedly that the fish must have been living, and all grouped together when they were surrounded by the chalk. Upwards of eight weeks bare been consumed in the development of this unique and wonderful geological specimen, which may now be seen at 113 e, Strand. LONDON ORPHAN A S YLUX.—Yesterday, the fortieth anniversary festival, is aid of the above charity, w as held in the London Tavern, the Duke of Wellington pre siding, supported by the Earl of Verulam, Lord R. Gros- Tenor, Mr. Sheriff Crosley, and seve ral of the most influ ential members of the Steck Excha n g e. T he chairman, in recommending the institution to the benevolent notice of the company, mentioned the important fact that at the present moment 415 children were receiving pro tection and benefit from it. In addition to this, the direc tors had munificently given six presentations to the army in the Crimea, to be distributed equally among the orphans left in the various classes of that army. The health of the children was most satisfactory, only two having died during the recent epidemic. His Grace concluded his observations by forcibly appealing to the benevolence of the company on behalf of the Lon don Orphan Asylum. The list of the subscrip tions was then read by the treasurer, including 50 guineas from the chairman, 101. each from Lord It. Grosvenor, Earl of IT !- erulaai, Mr. Sheriff Crosley, and the stewards, amounting in the whole to 1,5001. In the course of the evening the children of the school were introduced, and their clean, healthy, and respectable ap pearance was the subject of general notice and commen dation. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Our latest despatches received from Sebastopol inform us that nothing of tho slightest importance had occurred up to the 4th of February. THE HAGUE, TUESDAY. The piojet-de-loi for abolishing the duties on flour and the tonnage dues has been introduced in the Legislative Chamber. The loss of the Treasury, which will amount to five millions of guilders, will be partially compensated by an in crease of the property tax, and tho excise on sugar and spirits. BUCHAREST, FEB. 6. Yesterday a detachment of 500 Wallachian volunteers, under the command of Col. Wanduni, left Maximeni to join the Turkish corps at Braila. The enrolment of volunteers for the Ottoman service is making progress. A Divan has jus't been held, at which the Hos podar Stirbey prOposed to send the Sultan a con tribution in money towards the expenses of the war. , The Principalities will send a contingent to the seat of war in the course of the next summer. WARSAW, FEB. 12. The Russian Government has published and ratified the convention for telegraphic communi cations between Russia and Prussia, and the fol lowing States which belong to the Austro-German telegraph union :—Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtem berg, Hanover, Baden, and Mecklenburg- Schwerin. The Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin announces that Austria is resolved to renew her demand for the mobilisation of the Federal army at present ordered to be made ready for war. In that case she will further press for the election of a Federal Commander-in-Chief. Prussia will oppose this measure, and will also endeavour to obtain from the Diet a vote for bidding the presence of foreign armed corps (a French corps d' armee) within the territory of the Band. Letters from the frontier of Poland state that the recent dislocation of troops in that kingdom is ascribed to a change of the plan of defence. It is believed that the object of the Russian com• mander is to make the right bank of the Vistula, between Lublin, Zamosc, Wicprz, and the Vis tula, and between Warsaw and Brzecs, the theatre of the war. THE CRIMEA. The Crimean correspondent of the Journal du Constantinople states that since the Allies and the Russians are prevented by the season from meet ing each other in battle array, they contend who shall overcome the other in courtesy and polite-. ness ; and he gives some anecdotes of this con test :- " The Allied troops are strictly forbidden to possess themselves of the money and jewellery of the killed or wounded. The latter and the prisoners retain ev..-y -th;,3 they may have about thew. Whatever is found on the persons of the officers among the killed is sent to the Russian head-quarters, with the name of the late possessor, whenever it can be discovered. "If an officer is missing at the evening roll-call, a flag of truce is sent into the enemy's camp to inquire if he has been made prisoner ; and if the reply is in the affirmative, his money and effects are forwar led to him. " A colonel of Russian Hussars, having had his horse killed and falling under the animal, at the battle of Inkerman, lost his sabre. After the action he sent to the French head-quarters to beg that it might be re turned to bim, on account of the value he attached to it as the gift of his grandfather. Every possible search was made for it. " A Russian officer who accompanied one of these flags of truce after that battle, said—' Yes, gentlemen, you won a brilliant victory at the Alma, and for it you may thank your manner of attack, which we did not un derstand. Our soldiers are somewhat slow to learn ; but only give them time, and you will see that the game will be a little more difficult to play.' In fact, it was remarked that at Inkerman the Russians attempted to attack en tirailleurB." THE WAR IN ASIA. The Kars correspondent of the Danube writes that Schamyl has made another bold stroke with his usual success. The Russians had lodged nearly all their prisoners in Tiflis, and at some time in last month (not stated) they were sent from thence into the interior of Georgia, but Schamyl attacked the convoy on the way, and released the whole of the prisoners. We learn from Bessarabia that the Russian army there has been recently considerably reinforced, and that the troops from the north make a perma nent halt at Ismail and Reni. Prince Menschi koff has ordered the stoppage of reinforcements, the armies in the Crimea being already very short of provisions. It is also rumoured that an expedi tion will be sent from the Sulina mouths to attack Ismail. The probability is that neither the one nor the other of these reports contains a word of truth ; but it seems very likely that the Russians will make another foray in the Dobrudscha when the weather will allow of it. FRAN CE. • Our letters from Paria had not arrived when we went to press. BOURSE, FEB. 13.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Mouth. 4i per Cents — —95 f. 55c. 3 per Cents — 67 40 Credit Mobilier 775 -- Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Fiedmontese — Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. • , Orleans ........ 1,175 Lyons .. . . 1032 50 Western 665 Rouen Cette 605 Strasburg . Mediterranean 9OO Havre 557 50 Northern AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 10.—The Wanderer has a very remarkable piece of information to-day, namely, that Prussia positively concluded a separate treaty of alliance with France and England, and approved of by Austria, on the Bth inst., at Paris. In necessarily well-informed quarters nothing whatever is known of the conclusion of the treaty in question. The Fremden Blatt learns from the Russia"' camp before Eupatoria that the division Korff has withdrawn from its position at Sack, a short dis tance from Eupatoria. The came of this is the great dearth of water in that district. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 11.—The Konigsberg Journal states, under the head of " Marienburg, ' that the passages across the rivers Nogat and Vistula, over the firmly-set ice, being now solidly established, traffic and transport of merchandise are more ac tive than has ever been remembered during winter. The greater part of the goods thus transited con sists of cotton, saltpetre (!), sulphur, and such like articles for, and of tallow, copper, &c., from Russia. The traffic from Prussia in articles coming under the head of " contraband of war" is specially active. The ice on both rivers is reported to average 21 feet in thickness. The estimates for the Foreign Department were discussed yesterday, and, despite of sundry de mands for reduction, all the items were carried as proposed by the Minister of Finance. The Kreuz Zeitung has the following :-- "If the negotiations for peace in Vienna should, as we have all along expected, and as is still probable, lead to no result, the Military Convention, the stipelations of which are now being settled by the three Power?, France, Austria, and England, will be at once concluded. Nothing is at present known of the stipulation®; but we cannot expect that Austria, without claiming any compensation, will carry on the war with from 300,000 to 350,000 men, and from 800 to 1,000 guns, whilst England produces only 35,000 to 40,000 men. In the arranging of the conditions, the fleets of France and England will, doubtless, be taken into account ; but if the latter does not supply more men, the Allies will certainly require something of her in their stead—viz., money. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 3d, in the Constitutionnel, says :-- "It is reported that on the arrival of the despatch from Vienna, announcing that an Austrian General had been sent to Paris on a military mission, the Emperor Nicholas was engaged in a conference with the Minister of War and Prince Paskiewitah. The Emperor ordered the aide-de-camp who brought the despatch to read it to him—a course not generally pursued—and feeling sur prised at the impression produced by it on the Mi nister of War, he said emphatically,—'ls that all ! There is nothing changed in the state of affairs.' This is not the first time it has been remarked that the Emperor affects the most complete impassibility, even on receiving news of the most important character. The preparations for defence which are being made on all the strategical points of our frontiers, show that up to the present time the Russ ian Cabinet does not flatter itself with the hope of obtaining a pacific solution at Vienna. I can assure you that at Gatschisa the persons of the Court are convinced that the attitude of Austria towards Ru-sia is less the result of necessity than the consequence of the warlike sentiments which animate the young Emperor Francis-Joseph. The Government continues to do all it can to render the war popular. The Czar himself does not allow any op portunity to escape of encouraging voluntary contribu tions and of making himself agreeable to the donors. Only ten days ago he addressed the following rescript of ' thanks to the community of Riga : " To our well-beloved community of Riga. "'The Governor-General, Prince Suwaroff, has an nounced to us that the community of Riga offered him on the 18th December last a sum of 50,000 roubles (the rouble is upwards of 4fr.) towards the expenses of the war. In accepting this gift as a proof of the de votedness of the community of Riga, it is extremeiy agreeable to us to express to it en this occa,.ion our warm and sincere gratitude. NICOLAS.' The commandant of Woronege, Rubzoff, made a present be the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael of two images of saints for Fort Alexander at Sebas topol. A Prussian subject, who has long been estab lished here as a jeweller, has, in his love for Rus sia, placed at the disposal of the Empress jewels to the value of 2,768 roubles. The Empress gave that sum to her sons, charging them to distribute it to the garrison of Sebastopol. Addresses expressive of devotedness have been received from Smolensk° and Kharkoff." By a decree dated the 22d January, the Emperor Nicholas conferred the order of the White eagle on Vice-Admiral Nachimoff, commanding the sth di vision of the fleet. PERSIA. At a moment when a closer alliance with Persia, the frontier neighbour of Russia, should so earnestly be cultivated, we are sorry to receive dates from Teheran, the capital, to the commencement of the present year, loudly complaining that, through the gross mismanagement of affairs by the represen tative of Great Britain, British influence is at a sad low discount, whilst that of Russia is daily increasing, and the internal state of the country is in deplorable anarchy. Mr. M'Coan, the corre spondent of a London morning journal, on his road from Tabreez to Mooscool and Constantinople, has been attacked by brigands, five hours' journey from Jesireh, and stripped of all lie possessed ; and in this destitute state forced to retrace, barefooted, his steps to Mooscool, for five long days and nights, begging his bread I The Russian army continues at Bayzid. The Hon. Mr. Murray, the newly appointed minister at the court of the Shah, was looked for at his post by the way of the Persian Gulf and Bagdad, early in February. Mr. Stevens, the late British consul at Tabreez, has left the last mentioned city for Teheran, to which he has been appointed, in order to receive the new minister, on whose arrival, with the knowledge of the Persians which Mr. Stevens can impart to him, a speedy change of things to the benefit and advantage. of British interests is confidently reckoned upon. It is with these views, no doubt, that Mr. Stevens has been induced to postpone the availing of the leave to visit England, which was accorded to him on his removal from Tabreez, where, on the acces sion to the throne of the present Shah (at that time governor of the province of which Tabreez is the chief city), and for some time afterwards, Mr. Stevens rendered very signal services to his coun try, whose interests were then, as they unfor tunately now again are, suffering from Russian in trigues, crafty policy, and paramount ascendancy. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived. The debate in the C or t es on t h e preceding day., on the proposition of the Government that the laws already passed should be submitted to the sanction of the Queen, terminated by the adop tion Of the motion by 187 votes to 9. In the Cortes, on the 7th, M. Mariategui asked the Minister of Finance if lie intended to support that part of M. Silva's proposition for a reform of the tariffs which was injurious to the West Indian possessions. The Minister said the reform he contemplated was one which would conciliate all interests, and especially those of the West In dian islands. The papers contain no news of inte rest. A letter says : " The last despatches from our Minister at Wash ington represent in very favourable colours the sentiments of the population and Government of the United States with respect to Spain and her colo nies. The Pope's Nuncio frequently sees the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs. They hoped that rela• tions with Rome will not be interrupted. It is not true, as has been stated, that it is intended to form armies of observation near the frontiers of Navarre and Catalonia. The troops %in those provinces have, how ever, been concentrated by way of precaution. De spatches from Navarre say that perfect tranquillity pre vails there." SWITZERLAND. The American Phillips, who was mistaken by the police of Basle for Signor Mazzini, and kept, five days under arrest, has obtained from the Fe deral Government two thousand francs, as com pensation for the privation of his liberty. The chief police officer at Basle has been admonished to use more discretion. An inhabitant of Berne is under prosecution by the Federal Government for circulating an appeal inviting his countrymen to join the French foreign legion under General Ochsenhein. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 5. The rail way between Alexandria and Cairo, a distance of 130 miles, is now complete, with the exception of the three bridges on the two branches of the Nile and the Delta Canal. The communica tion between the two towns may be kept up by the hue of railroad by crossing the river in boats, but it will not be available for traffic and passengers until after the bridges are completed—five or six months hence. The most important bridge is tho tubular one which crosses the Damietta branch of the Nile at Benba, and which is well advanced to wards completion. At Beuha is to be seen the large new palace, the favourite residence of the late Abbas Pasha, where he breathed his last. The day after the death of Abbas a general pilfering of the furniture took place, and this went on until not a single article was left in the whole building ; tapestry was torn out of the walls, chandeliers and candelabra wrenched from their fixings, and not one fixture has been left, so that, although the palace is new, it presents an air of striking desola tion. The gardens, laid out at an immense cost, are quite neglected, and the large collection of birds and dogs of every imaginable species, collected from all parts of the world, at immense prices, were allowed to die from neglect and starvation, and now there is but one doorkeeper to be seen where formerly thousands kept the place in great animation. An agent of Abbas Pasha's son shows strangers over the palace, and points out a place in a large saloon where the late Viceroy died, as he sa ys, by the visitation of God. But an old offizer of the town shows another room, with some marks of blood on the wall, and he says that it is there that Abbas Pasha met his death by the hands of Mamelukes. Notwithstanding that, at the death of Abbas Pasha, an investigation was made, and it was generally rumoured that he died of apoplexy. There are still some reports extant, corroborated by statements made by persons in a position to know, that he was stifled on his divan, and stabbed in the side. Although, when Mr. R. Stephenson made his arrangements with the Viceroy for the construe tion of the railroad, he stipulated that the native workmen should be regularly paid, they are, and always have been, very grossly ill-treated and neglected. They are taken away by force from their villages, conveyed to a distance to work, and not only are they not paid, but it happens often that not even bread is provided for them, so that they are frequently seen eating the thistles by the roadside, or clover from the fields, to appease their hunger. To be , prevented from running away they are kept under the strictest vigilance, their chiefs are responsible for their number, and at night they are closely penned together, or huddled into barges moored in the middle of the river. Said Pasha's great idea at present is to fortify the barrage at the head of the Delta, and to found a town there, which, by public proclamation in the streets of Cairo, is to be called the Citadel of Said. It is expected that his flighness will throw away at least half a million sterling on this pr0.),,, f which will be quite useless, as the site is n o n', favourable nor healthy for a town, nor is there P , J I necessity for an increase of the fortifications '. Egypt. A branch railway of six mil es is to ball nect the barrage with the main line. Said F head is full of this scheme ; he is constantlibi, the spot, and all the works are to be effected Frenchmen, who alone have instigated him t,°_ It would be far more beneficial to th e interesiti; Egypt if Said Pasha were to use his best eoria; yours in extending the line of railroad fromto Suez, his excuse for not doing which is that treasury is very low. The scheme of the canal across the Isthin i t f Suez is no longer talked of, and it is believed r; Said Pasha has received from Constantinopi°oo very unfavourable answer to his co mmunieo about it. The Duke de Brabant arrived here on the t4' inst. with the object of visiting the ripper col to Sir George Anderson, ex -O o vernor o f Toti arrived at Suez by the Bengal on the Ist =mi t till is to remain at Cairo for some time to root°. health. fry of pro duce first detachment of the 10th EtliSarg Bombay is hourly expected to arrive at Sirpoli every arrangement has been made by S al u fur their transit through Egypt. Trade is rather dull, an t r prices roduce ing to a decline. •1 0 Exchange on London, 99 piastres Per sterling. ~__ THE BALTIC. 0, .., de iki KIEL, Feb. 9.—Since the date of WI lay ''i patch we have had a heavy fall of sn out ' is o° ' weather has gradually become colder. 9 tlft clear and dry, with the thermomete r :i i , 01 frost of Reaumur ; the sea, even in , 00 0 6 _, haven, is covered with ice, and all n l ° ll 'F' ll shipping along the coast or with the isla nd A wet pletely stopped. For some days, ind v- sele'Ll an d the:ooiS had no post from Copenhagen, cations from that capital are confinel ide h p and not always explicit messages P e 'icll l ,l4 These, however, confirm the views l': o llcu tb . taken as to the Danish Court being 'ding of maintain its neutrality, notwithstat s pa i s , strenuous attempts made both by 1 1 ' 2 % 019 Allies to prevail on it to tak e part w'" l os the war. Denmark, nevertheless, 'Pe n sillrifil to be prepared to make some display ° ',o9 in the spring, as she is now rigidly e : 0 .4 1 personal service of all seafaring men vi'. ° 1 to that duty, and the officers who ha r v :, to the registers at the various ports rei ll 'ii o ty to any plea, however urgent, for exel n ! 0 0,, while this is the case as t o the flet' 0" anxious to evade the responsibility whi ch 0_ 4 1 70 to her as the depository o f the s ever the German province of Holstein, AS t° fot readiness that contingent of the army 0,410, that Duchy may be liable. This it is,thtbe been done by quartering the whole 01 , specially belonging to that territory ' ll ,lO A i alproper, while all those who are „er a '. Pri Schleswig-Holstein appertain to the P t he i lar army. Such, at least, is said to ke es , 5 sible cause for this allocation of fcf: fori suspect that another reason mat i ',",10 eDil lurk under this policy. As the w r ' e ' r ed i r c i i : Schleswig-Holstein troops thus qua- t t bs-4 , Danish islands is less numerous than id belA Dames in the same districts, they CO„tl' ae biol.," le , check, while the only force in the'v„„" t ileil composed of native Danes, the rotril i Schleswig-Holstein could be held ' 11 03 0 1 1 ,5 should circumstances arise out of ta p e 1 0 .1 , sr„ ditien of the German States or of E, 6 107,10_,,`: them to renew their attempt to he ' 4 7 11 e:, which they believe would on the lastL 05 it been successful but for the interveo P n w it tr 0 1,,- - and Prussia, who are mor e lik e ly fripit`Prd were then to have affairs of their offe t oir e jet g l With reference, therefore, t o this 400, r e iv Denman& may find it necessary.i i bish: t owk war, although events may occurltor A , it,. / 0 1 both of the Scandi nav i an Monarclo'botreeey wise than is their present purpose ; 0' A O fare would app ear t o b e so c l ea rly f ' remaining neuter that the t era pts l strong indeed to have any influen ( these Courts or with the general boa. of those countries, to reconcile them change. The U. kh+.! tin lii Pat i i esthe ity . :ft to 11L - ' 4 3' of 1 1 7rbein 41 d r i ft 1 , 1 t he It %uth co4fa, 4 01 , t, ("04 1 The announcement of the actual Russian ports of the Black Sea, wb mirals Lyons and Brunt, ra 3 Y be strictly maintained, will more thi similar decisive measures necessary of the Baltic. Notice of this step • just in time to e nable the landowner s v i n . Podolia, the Ukraine, and other Pf7. - -ofer the destination of their produce ~ ific tended f or s hipment. Instead 01 ', the Dniester or the Dnieper, the) roads while snow remains on 'the g r° { ' sequently by tributary str e ams or °a , o tb d s t i llt vey it to the Vistula, the Oder,. t id ies ...." r which run northwards, and the as ii rp o 4 be made at Dautzic, Stettin, and otb e o f 2 change, as I have had o pp o rtroit ie :thrirotic will not be so great as may bo gen er- t iti 'W0 1 ) 0 as no great divergence at the outs ° co oro, 0 and a portion of the growth of thossboos el stead of being sent to Odessa and , t o ite.,60 4 , hitherto found its way northwards miner well known as part of the s taple c°oo ..fre cti l2 trade of that city throughout most 13 ''' r eor r e4 cial communities of Europe. I n this ve fobl the Prussian railways, to which 11 1 0 ef* referred, will become more flaw]. ev° r ,p set 11 transport of Russian produce to t' t V.il:, ,til p. o r xieutral countries, and on that ace": ti 011 sity of the allies making effectual ado im mi to i i i Prussia on this point becomes 111 1, 0 7 essential, for unless strong measures 4' check that traffic, maritime blocka(l,lsso Ah l the Black Sea or of the Baltic, wi tif tively of no effect in restraining t he , i , 4,0 diminishing the resources of the elle'''" ' the " The King of Bavaria " says the 0 ot a tl t cancelled the Ministerial decree of th ,c(f ir di: by which the Roman Catholic Siste'd 0 Redeemer of Niederbronn were orcis,l o s7 country. His Majesty has orders t l og f' be allowed to remain unmolested , 9 1 , 6 , 0 i, conduct is such as to merit that ilia ° ' l l 6 --. c logo r iy, ) , A. letter from Vienna, in the ~ -° „ i t ilt/ o f i r says :—" It is stated here, on goou:jot A ir o l Baron de Stockhausen, the Arab as ' - o e) ', I / ver, has received very extensive P i ;ith d r conclusion of a separate treaty . n t d, s cr' Brunswick and Nassau have also se' CV - 1 on that point of a very satisfact ory the Austrian Cabinet. -- - " 1- ' 91 11 THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—iIiS I‘oll/94 hameha, alarmed at rumours of filibusterbe- tro a proclamation on the Bth of Dece, h l/1 , if ~,j that he accepted the proffered aid of "ibir o op, Great Britain, and France, in support c' no tb .‘ , Li The United States sloop of war Port 4ll :, - 0 , 0, Hon,,lulu on the 3d for the United Sts'i l d t : if NEW YORII.—The private advice s j ., 0 0 1 1, d o this week contain nothing of much 1 : 0 ;rer r e , co ‘,,, provement reported by the two previ°ll-004 lAA,I A A, to have been well maintained, and e h oi bl i ie ope e show no material alteration. Althoilker be $0 3 0 a resumption of specie remittances to, 0 i #1 . t ot o small as compared with the arrivals Ir e i pLk .d ITO the position of the various hanks w 2e d - Fitr VW t i being greatly strengthened by the ell'ireA ', m op return of confidence, were flowingAeov. 1110 hands. Difficulty was therefore exile ' 0 ..„- P o go money at call on undoubted securitY, 0 o 0 0; , 1 odo ' than 5 per cent. The only additioo,lo.4pOderti, that of Messrs. G. B. Morewood and; Opt 9 0 dents of Messrs. Morewood and 11°0.'00 01 4 10 ( 1 4 suspended on the 4th ult. with liabl 0 0 . .1, 0 / 0 As the members of the New York h ° itfi li v ili 0 0 0 1 distinct from those of the London ° l3e 'of vet by would be able to stand ; but then evr e 0 0 0 0 1, , this side affected their credit so as t , 6 0 t ot e fell e i . A or stop. The amount of their debts is I '.. i , ,0 1 ,4 , 0 liquidation is expected to be satisfactoVelvo;oolo intelligence bad been received of th e 0 0 6 ,,pe % 'O 4 Le Mesurier and Co., large produ c e oe so oe d r ipi . chants, for a heavy sum. Their bus i o ag a 4 11 I f q and they had occupied for many Ye e pto although they were compelled to 5- ipi l i t V American panic of 1837. " fra ol , o o l4 pr INDIA.—The commercial accouoi.- o fav 00 , 0 s o day by the overland mail are ag 4ie Id epot t i s a f o l l Bombay, owing to the constant arrivtes,loo 24 cumulation of stocks, sales had becaw ag gr* c o! jo ry cable, the prevailing diff i culties be o il ot pres t ioir 1 0 demand for money a t high rates i g t ect re!,,,0°,.iii.,i 0 upon the inability of importers to 7 rete rliy e er o pOr o t Calcutta a temporary appearance ( 1 ` o ff! P e t ife b ilislrg' had been checked hy a su dden rise lye 0.,,0(1_4,) rate of discount, and the failure 0! s h e ha d o ; h io .fo ev toi the interior—a state of affairs win e b i e for „, e riv i r dip' tttions of 'change to be less favou r t the 10 1 ,ro s t i l e pr From China the letters mention Ow. J o ts 4 ,, c f A 3 , eV PAO, lately met further severe rev for cly Bowring and the Admiral of the vto f o cli tio sl e il,„o' arrived off Canton with a large o 3 v -,, c ier o ti r o tection of the foreign residents. lace wail, ba o ro i.F O stances the import trade at that I , !lf ere bol o ie o ll pended, bat at the others orta W il ts Of 010, 0 0 , ,ir siderable business. Larg B b i ,FT e an d f ° „ ° 62,° ° je t r,ii! pected to be made from Shangu al o norte t " e rio r t , 0 0' would probably increase the total.,t.rof seP oe s t 14, 0 1 or 53,000,000 lb.; but the (in n ' ibe si'S e io° A o! s e i tion% was expected to be small- ba l e s, 'the v ii iriy to date had reached only at the corresponding perm , d 27 A 27 1a 4 s t Y 'l e ' r , Its ,, , d o ° a ° this occ,tsiois are to the 19th ?l D eily, t h ere tke altered arrangements o f the pf....,. fresh paekot till the 15th of (T°llw4 i O O W OO 'i) by ''' t N if o e s 11 1 11 l 'e a tio it i mp h eel e f Ol e :, 0 1 blo t) til ► I cif 0 , , i r , ey h i to' ./ i l t' ba il k (3) ' wo , bloc O f S oh , 4 eIP to t , lt i t hielb eA t k gre c t; ; 1 kan • t h‘ - 4 It oll -as flO, i, of t , bag, OP '9,6 6 4' 1 % or 0 sited rol 1 s tof a 1 :iir ciiii 'al Ni t ti °ll Yr . 11, by , , f ikitti , ci i mo d '/ 1, I tlti , oil liul isel t i t i , N ° lte otb er ,her .4, %114 .. g M*‘_'