The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-19 00:00:00

R 0 y ENGLISH OPERA,' COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balfe's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corri, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison. With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle quin and Freedom in her Island,Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno, 11. Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, dm. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backache. THIS EVENING the rerformanees will noinmengte with 1,31 T desiro) SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Miss ffardcastle, Kiss Fanny Stirling . ; Tony Lnmpkin, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leelenge, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. —Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harrie.—A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Pantomime. ROBINSON ICRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday and the King of the Carib bee Islands, on /MONDAY, Jan. 21, 'commencing at Two o'clock. Again acknowledged to be the best Pantomime in London. i OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— ) Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Barrie. THIS EVENING. the performances will commence with "THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Messrs. Eechter, Harris, Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray. After which, a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the Kinz of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM, Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Last Week of Mr. John Drew's Engagenlent. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled TRE IRISH EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vining . . J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. J. Rouse. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE ; or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing 'THE VISION OF A ROSE, ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. tarry Hoolagan, Mr;John Drew. A DELPHI, NEW THEA TRE -ROYAL. . Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boncleault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing - ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravrmanza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and E. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes. £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Baloony, 4s. ; FrOnt Cir Ole Stalls, Is. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6 d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE:- 4=-11- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Last Night of the Wondrously Trained Lions. 0 * This Eveni 0., a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION CONQUER or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction f the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and British Artistes. Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled HARLEQUIN AND TETE WONDERFUL HORSE : or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing in the comic scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Harleouinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Doors oven at half-vast ti, performance commenoe at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. TVERT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBURY -HALL PANTOMIME "THE ENCHANTED HASH," EVERY EVENING. ENTERTAINING PEOPLE. Mr. MAnsitann and Mr. BELL. GOOD TEOPLE. Wildrose,l Fairies, with the usual accom-1 Mr. Marshall Primrose, S plishment s. S Mr. Bell. COMMON PEOPLE. Farmer Thickhead (a husbandman. with a Wife and Child, who make a fool of him) Mr. Bell. Giles Gosling (the mysterious Orphan. who runs after every Miss, and afterwards llarlequin)Mr. Marshall. Dame Thickhead (who having worn out the breeches, takes to Pantaloons) .Mr. Bell. Dolly (the bell of the village, which Giles in tends to ring the—changes to Columbine)..Mr. Marshall. BAD PEOPLE. Howleygrowley, j Demons of the blackest dye Mr. Marshall Growleyhowley, j and brightest Magenta. j Mr. Bell. COMIC PEOPLE. Mr. F. BELL. Columbine Mr. F. MAusnALL. Clown Pantaloon. scene, CANTERBURY (that's) 'HALL !—Time A.D. 1861, at half-past nine. Mr. B. A pack of nonsense! Mr. M. What we want— Mr. B. Pooh ! pooh The idea I a Pantomime played by two ! HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 6h. 50m.—Afternoon, 7h. 10m, To-m oRROIV.-Morning., 7h. 34m.—Afternoon, 7b. 58m, Tlll4 WEATHER.—SUN OFFran, JAN. 19, 1561, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 38—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this /morning and during the night. 36—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.25 ; falling. WIND - The wind has at length changed to the Sohth. West, but the weather is cold, dui), and hazy. LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 19, 1861. The American news, brought by the Fulton consists so largely of what is " reported," " said," or " telegraphed" from one place to another, that little reliance can be placed upon even its proba bility. The fast day, appointed by the PRESIDENT, was very generally observed in New York, shops shut, business suspended, and appropriate sermons preached. The tenour of these discourses we have not learned. We suppose the righteous North, which cannot admit a coloured man into a white man's pew, weeping over the sins of the South for denying that a black man is more than a Yahoo. The southern members of the Senate have avowed their determination to prevent the collec• tion of the Revenue at Charleston by Parliamentary tactics. The PRESIDENT has nominated a collector for the port in the place of the one who has resigned —but his nominations to offices must be confirmed by the Senate. These men therefore declare that they will avail themselves of all the forms of the House to prevent the confirmatio n of the nomina tion even coming, before it. The South Carolina left Washin g t on , as Commissioners have the PRESIDENT at length declined to acknowledge them. In Congress nothing conclusive has been done, and though it seems pretty certai n that Georgia is bestirring herself, little credit is to be attached to the rumours of military action. They are, indeed, not unlikely to be true, but may as - probably be exaggerations of trifles. The report of the attack planned against Fort Sumter is, beyond doubt, a canard. The Legislatures of the Northern States are discussing the crisis. The " P ersonal Liberty Laws" are a principal topic. This Governuor of Michigan denies that they have hindered the arrest of a single fugitive. The Governor of Massachusetts recommends their re ppal ; Massachusetts is the chief manufacturing State. The Governor of Missouri, and the border slave States, generally, seem disposed, though holding comparatively few s l aves , t o s t an d by the other slave States should secession become a fact. At present, the Southern States are going on full swing ; the President seems to be a little fi rmer and the Northern States are, rather than otherwise, showing symptoms of inclination to conceile a little. We hope they will not succumb. From remarks we make elsewhere it will be seen they are not compelled to do so. English farming is ,rapidly becoming, even in the popular apprehension of the phrase, a food manufacture. The economists, of course, would tell us it was always so; and we beg to agree with the economists, if we are to be permitted to use scientific language in a column intended „, 7 , _ of 1 Z 4 417, 4 , • • - , ; :park-, • , mer THE SUN. to be mead as rapidly as our faculty of vision permits. Otherwise we beg, in the language of our readers in daily life, to speak of agriculture as the very contrast of manufacture. Till to wards the beginning of this century, indeed, it was the assumption of the farmer that " slow and easy" was the rule of vegetative nature, to which those who dealt with her so much were of necessity to conform. Profits were sought by saving labour rather than employing it; by using the rudest implements rather than the most effective. Many of the present generation can well remember the time when a clumsy, four horse thrashing machine was deemed a marvel of mechanics ; when winnowing machines had to fight the battle with the old fan and the natural breeze ; and when a drill was sneered at by the dibblers of wheat and the ploughers in of barley: As.to a steam-engine, fixed or moveable, not one farmer in five hundred had ever seen one, and perhaps hardly one in a hundred heard of one. If such a thing happened to be mentioned in the County Gazette, the word would be passed over, as meaning some thing belonging to quite another world ; and if the farmer were pressed to say what he thought it meant, his answer might have been like one we knew, who, on being asked what he thought the , word " inference" meant, was " sure he could not say, but supposed it was something like a crab harrow." But we are indeed rapidly changing all that. Elaborate implements of all kinds are invading even the most rural districts; the show of them at London depots and in agricultural exhibitions is something almost bewildering. And as to steam, in the better cultivated districts, the tall chimneys remind one of Manchester or Bradford ; and the moveable engine is heard, with its drum-like throb bings, on the very borders of woods and heaths. Work, too, which, till very recently, was pronounced impracticable for steam, even by those who believed in steam threshing, is turned off rapidly and cheaply by its apparently half•intelligent power. Not only the flail, the winnowing fan, the hand-chaffcutter, and turnip crasher, the churn, and everything to be done by revolving motion, has been entrusted to the great manufacturing agent, bit the plough and the draincutter have been yoked to the engine, and made to do their work at a rate unthought of before. Chemistry, too, has united her contributions with those of mechanical science ; and in the hands of a LIEBIG, and his disciples, has shown to agriculturists the true theory of their most successful operations, furnishing thereby a key to a still wider range of . .success ; till Sir HUMPHREY DAVY, could he now behold the triumphs of agricultural chemistry, would confess that even he hardly knew the alphabet of the science. Vast districts, indeed, still lie more or less lingering on in the old style, landlordism, political considerations, game preserving, tenants' poverty, proprietors' poverty, still uphold the miserable tenant-at-will system; but example is nevertheless doing its work, and very shame will, in no long time, compel the feu dalist to turn Agricultural Reformer. We have been reminded of farmers just now by opening a little " Handbook," one of a series pub lished by Messrs. LONGMAN—on the " Farm Labour," and a most elaborate and complete " Handbook" on this subject it is indeed. Our farming friends may rest assured that they will not anywhere get so much for eighteenpence, or for any sum, so far as we know, on the subject of which it treats: And one of the prominent features of the book is the careful and minute comparison of the cost and value of steam, and horse-power, and hand-labour, in those things in which they can at all come inte competition. One broad fact is quite certain, that steam power is now gaining on horse-power, just as till within the last few years horse power gained on hand-labour. And the process is going on. Steam-engines for agricultural purposes are being manufactured at the rate of 40,000 horse power within the last four years ; but as the increase now is more rapid than ever, considerably more than 10,000 horse power is added yearly to the means of agriculture ; probably nearer double that quantity. One of the most gratifying facts connected with this is, that the price of agricultural labour is everywhere rising. The old rick-burners them selves must be beginning to perceive that the demand for labour, especially intelligent labour, increases with the extension of labour-saving engines. This, it is true, is no new result. The painful period of change of work past, and the makers of every article to which machinery has Been applied, have been a better paid class. True, agricultural wages in all parts are low, compared with those of mechanics, and of workmen in towns, and in some parts they are disgrace fully low. Very full tables of wages in different districts, and for all kinds of work, are given, and while it is clear that wages are rising, yet we meet with such precious illustrations of it as these : "Wiltshire wages were some ten years ago 6s. to 7s. per week for ordinary labourers ;" they are now increased almost seventeen per cent., a large advance surely !—y es, an advance to eight shillings a week! Why, even at the present rate, had the noble lord the late member for Wilts needed under universal suffrage to purchase his election by a week's wages to labouring voters, according to current report, one year's income, if he could have spared it, would have purchased him some 200,000 voters. Even a week's income would have procured him 4,000 votes. A rise is, however, the uniform rule, but lls. or 12s. seems to be even now a high maximum. It is satisfactory to know that the proof furnished of the greater efficiency of steam power which this little volumes gives, leaves the fact quite clear that the labourer's work becomes also lighter and better paid. We noticed one fact at the beginning of the book (page lo) which illustrates the political power in the hands of landlords. Even a tolerably large farmer is rarely independent of his landlord. A long lease even would generally leave him, if an improving tenant, a loser by being refused a renewal; out no one doubts that the small farmer is as much a slave, politically, as a negro in Louisiana is, personally. - Well, we are told that two-thirds of the farms in Great Britain are of a size under one hundred acres ! There are in Eng land 142,358 farms, and in Scotland 44,469 farms, under one hundred acres each ! We surely have not far to seek for the quiescent condition of most counties under the excitement of a general election. Out of every thousand farms 672 are under a hundred acres. No wonder the landlords all hate the Ballot. They could nu longer do as they would with their own. More than 186,000 persons would dare then to call their souls their own, and to do their own voting. It is due to Mr. MORTON, the writer of this valuable little book, to say that game and politics are not even remotely alluded to in his hook. 11 7 e, however, could not but be struck with the melancholy political and social lessons taught by some of his facts. While we all hope to see the horrors of civil war averted between our descendants on the other side of the Atlantic, we yet can but look at the two great sections of the States, till so lately United; and ask ourselves what in case of fratricidal war will be the probable result. In such contests physical strength is of course the first thing generally looked at; and taking all con siderations into account, it would at first sight seem to be the umpire of any warlike struggle, but a moment's reflection recalls•to our minds that intel ligence and courage have from the beginning of the world's history proved their infinite superiority to all degrees of more physical strength. Nor need we go back to MARATHON and ;SALAMIS, the achievements of a COCHRANE and a GARIBALDI in our own days, and scores of like cases of genius triumphing over tremendous odds crowd upon our thoughts. On this point, however, we could know little till the progress of the contest revealed its man. We may therefore set it aside from the calculation, though it is hard to believe that the educated and intelligent North, replete as it is with every stimulus to mental energy, should not be far more prolific of generalship as it is of every other intel lectual quality. While we omit military genius, therefore, from the account, we can scarcely doubt where most of it would be found. The next consideration is in reality quite as im portant, and here the advantage is all with the Free States. We mean the cause to be fought for. GARIBALDI'S cause was as important for his success as his genius. The inspiration of battling for the liberty of their country against the hated oppressor made his army of raw youths more than a match for hosts of fierce mercenaries. We may well sup pose that the Southern men make themselves believe their cause a good one—but the men of the North know theirs to be so. It requires no tampering with conscience to enjoy the faith that extension of slavery ought to be repressed ; and that is the present creed of the North. It demands the subver sion of all Christian instincts to believe in the right of property in man, and to think slavery an insti- tution of Heaven ; and that is the creed of the South. No artifice can make this professed creed a faith. Think of dying for slavery ! A man must be an atheist not to shudder at the thought of entering eternity in the cause of the slave market, the slave gang, the cartwhip, the cat-o'-nine-tails—in the cause of slavery. Poor vacillating Mr. BUCHANAN was obliged in his message to hunt up some excuse for the belligerent spirit of slaveholders ; and it was that, in every home, families trembled for the safety of the domestic altar. But why did they tremble ? Was it, notwithstanding their having given to their black servants that which was just and equal, or, was it because they knew that they were habitually perpetrating against them a crime not less hateful to GOD and man than murder itself ? It is the ghost of murdered liberty which is the i3ANQuo of the slaveholder. And, amidst all the madness of the conflict, the heart of the bravest will quail when he thinks of his cause. We know the vile pulpit of the South has done its best to sanctify slavery in repayment:for planters' dollars; but the ♦oice of even the Southern pulpit would falter in raising the battle cry, " The sword of the LORD and of slavery." The Southerners would fight fiercely, no doubt. CATALINE and his crew did that; Bosco and his crew did at Melazzo. A consciously bad cause ofttimes makes devils of men. But fury is only a blind courage. It dare not meet the eyes of the self-possessed hero of a noble cause. And the mad, murdering wrath of slaveholders will be no match for the cool bravery of men who were inspired with the sure belief that all Heaven and all the good on earth were on their side, and if they fell would honour their memory. But to come to the more tangible—for it will, at least, be conceded that the South can have no superiority either in its cause or in the mental capacity to do battle for it—the North has unques tionably the advantage in men and in means. As to the area of each, before the admission of Minne sota and Oregon the Slave States had the advan tage, if advantage it be, of extent of territory. Since then, in round numbers, the Free States comprise 634,000,000 acres, and the Slave States 540,200,000. The example of our own country, however, compared with others—with Russia, for instance—tells us that extent of territory, and even number of population, are imperfect tests of capability for a military struggle. Density of population, and wealth, and mechanical resources must be taken into account. How do we find all this in comparing the North and the South. First, the absolute amount of the popula tion of the former is much larger. In 1850, it was 6,200,000 iuthe Slave States, and more than double, 13,450,000, in the Free. While, for the last year, the estimate is 7,680,000 in the Slave States and 21,230,000 in the Free, almost treble. Thu slaves and free coloured men, about 4,000,000, we have not included, for the obvious reason that the strength of the South is inversely in proportion to their num bers. As to density of population, and correspond ing capacity for combined and rapid action—in 1850, in the Free States, the inhabitants were, as nearly as possible, 22 to the square mile; in the Slave States the white inhabitants were but a fraction more than half that number ! We are all aware that the North is the great seat of mechanical manufactures, indeed we suppose all the munitions of war used by the Fec:eral Government and the States' Governments, too, are the work of the North. The South must buy them there or elsewhere. The North is self sufficient. But the South perhaps can buy elsewhere ? Let us see. We noticed the other day that the Government of Alabama proposed at once tAtop cash payments, and take for state purposes the silver and gold in the banks, and that South Carolina could not easily raise a loan of £BO,OOO. We may add that the wealth of the two sections is in about the proportion which such a state of things suggests. Setting aside the value of negroes—since their labour is dearer than that of freemen, and if admitted into the calculation of property, the value of the free labour in the North should also be credited on that side—omitting the negroes then, the value of real and personal property is in the Free States..... £820,434,421 Slave States .... £267,218,127 Excess in Free States .... £553,216,294 !! This gives us some idea of the comparative ability of the two sections to carry on war, or to purchase the means of doißg it. The same propor tion holds throughout—in revenue, expenditure, produce, in everything, indeed. The oft quoted fact is literal truth, that the value of the hay crop alone in the Northern States was greater than that of the entire produce of the Southern States. But we need not prolong these comparisons. Our readers have but to procure Mr. FREDERIC LAW OLMSTED'S travels in the different Slave States, and they will see what the Southern States of America are as compared with those of the North. They will be astonished to find such a succession of exhausted and deserted land, of forest, of swamp ; of bog, of roadless country, as assimilates the whole rather to Rust than to the more civilised States. of Europe. indeed the impression wobld be that the wildernes s and swamp were the chief ,things to be dreaded 3)3r the North in a war with the South. A letter from Naples in the Debats says:— " Garibaldi has written to some of his friends hereto say lat he shall proJably go $o Constantinople before long." THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ENENING, JANUARY 19, 1861 Lord and Lady John Russell End family will arrive in Chesham-place on Thursday nett, from rembrolL Lodge, Richmond-park, for the season. Lord and Lady Norreya will have Nuneham Park on Monday, from Towneley Hall, Lancashire. Lord and Lady Eustace Cecil lave arrived in town from Hatfield House. His lordship has taken a residence in Belgrave-square for the season. The marriage of the Lady Milfoid, widow of the late Lord Milford, and daughter of the 3arl of Wicklow, with the Hon. Mr. Eyre, will take place after Easter. The Chancellor of the Exchecuer arrived in town yesterday, from Hawarden Castle, Chester. The Right Hon. Frederick Piel has taken a mansion in Chesham-place for a term )f years. Mr. and Mrs. Peel are at present occupying the Countess of Cale don's residence on Carlton-house-terra(e. His Excellency Lord Napier is expected to arrive at 31, Dover-street, next week, tom the Hague. The Marquis and Marchio sof Salisbury have been entertaining their Royal IWesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and a select circb, at Hatfield during the week. Viscount Palmerston will pass through town to day, from 13roadlands, on a visit to her !ilajesty, at 'WinclF,or Castle. Mr. G. V. Brooke will leave Nelbourne in Feb ruary, and upon his arrival in England appear at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, where he is engaged by the enterprising lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—Era. The steamer with the outgoing India and. China mail will take £214,606, of which £340 is for Alexandria, £25,000 on aecount of Government for the Mauritius, £08,003 for - Calcutta and Madras, ant £91,303 for China and the Straits. £15,822 is in gold ani £168,784 in silver. The Government of Victor Enmanuel has de termined to issue a new bronze cointgo, which is to be struck in Milan. The number of coins required is far greatr than the amount of our own cdnage of bronze now executing. Messrs. Ralph Heaton ant Sons, of the Mint, Birmingham, have obtained the contract, and had to pro , duce 732,000 pieces per day, commencing on the Ist of April, 1861. The report of the National Discount Company, preparatory to their meeting on the 23d inst., states the profits for the half-year at £13,134, which, with,a previous balance of £5,014, gives an available total of £18,148. A dividend is recommended at the rate of 5 par cent. per an num, which will absorb £9,633, and leave £8,514, to be carried to the reserve fund, This fund will then amount to £34,503, but it has yet to be debited wits £26,336, to meet the losses from the failures in the loathe:. trade. The report mentioned on Thursday that the, 13ank of France had effected some new arrangement to meet its present requirements has been confirmed by announce-. ment yesterday afternoon that an agreement bas been en tered into with the Imperial Bank of St. Petersburg analo gous to that recently effected with the Bank of 2ngland for the exchange of a certain sum of silver for gold, The amount is 30,000,000 f., or £1,200,000. M. Troplong, we hope, will deliver a mcst pacific discourse at the opening of th 3 Senate, of which he is the President. He will be sure to talk of shutting and opening the Temple of Janus, and the address of the Legislative Corps in reply to the speech from the Throne is expected to be all that the Peace Congress itself could ask for. Of the sincerity of the desire of both Chambers for a quiet life, and as little of fresh military glory as possible, there is no doubt whatever. DEATH OF THE MASTER OF THE CROWN-OFFICE. —We regret to have to annouxce that it transpired in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday that Master Corner, whose promotion to the office of Master of the Crown-office has been so recent, expired on Wednesday evening. The lamented gentleman had been somewhat indisposed of late, but his death was far from being expected. Mr. Corner, who was a most able and conscientious public servant, was the author of that well•known work, " Corner's Crown Practice." It is rumoured that an article of a semi-official character will soon appear in one of the French papers (probably the Constitutionnel), from the pen usually em ployed on similar occasions, and guided by the same supe rior will ; in fact, "inspired" or dictated by the Emperor, written by M. Laguerroniere, and probably signed by the " Secretaire de la Redaction," declaring, in substance, that should Piedmont commit "an act of folly or madness" by attacking Venetia, she must do so at her own risk and peril, and not count upon material or moral support from France. M. Cavour will perhaps be called upon for some declaration equivalent to renouncing all hostile designs on the Austrian possessions. THE SHOOTING CASE AT MALVERN.—At the inquest held on the body of the unfortunate man Collins, who was shot at a pigeon shooting match at Malvern, on Wednesday, as reported in The Sun of yesterday, a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned by the coroner's jury. No blame was attributed to the person in whose hands the gun was at the time. It appeared that it was a borrowed gun, and very light in the trigger. A man named Bosse, who was awaiting his trial for murder in the prison cf Bonne-Nouvelle, — at Rouen, succeeded in making his escape two evenings back about five o'clock, by climbing the wall of an exorcise yard to which he had access. How he managed to get over the outer wall is a mystery. Bosse seemed greatly to dread his approaching trial, and several times attempted to commit suicide. As soon as his absence was discovered active measures were taken to recapture him, but without success. THE SLAVE TAADE.— Intelligence has been received from Nassau, Bahamas, to the effect that ono of the smaller and remoter islands of that colony was in December last visited by the captain and crew of a slaver, who had been wrecked on a neighbouring reef, and who, after forcing the keepers of the English lighthouse to assist them in disembarking 500 African slaves, obtained posses sion of a colonial schooner, in which they sailed to the opposite coast of Cuba, where they procured a large vessel, which returned with them and carried off the living cargo before the force which the Governor, on hearing the intel ligence, had despatched to their rescue, could arrive. It is worthy of note that 400 slaves were wrecked off another of these islands in August last ; and that, on a third, an exploring party, sent by the Governor in May last, dis covered a barracoon, in which there was every appearance of slaves having been recently kept, while waiting for an opportunity of deportation to Cuba. SHIPWRECK.—A French brig, coal laden, struck the rock near Skiningrove, about 16 miles to the north of Whitby, on Tuesday afternoon, and went down. The crew launched their jollyboat immediately the vessel struck, and got into it, taking with them their clothes. They had not proceeded far before the boat swamped, and eight out of the nine were drowned. The survivor was the master of the unfortunate vessel, and was saved by means of his life-belt. CHALGE OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST A SHIP MASTER.-At a recent meeting of the Local Marine Board of the Port of London, an inquiry was instituted into charges preferred against Capt. William King, late master of the Lord Byron (s.), by Mr. Stefanos Xenos, of the Greek and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Mr. H. Green presided, and Mr. Ingham was the magistrate in attend ance. The investigation last some time, and many wit nessses were examined. The board, having consulted, resolved that Capt. King was habitually under the influ ence of liquor from Constantinople to Taganrog, and during part of the time at Taganrog, and also from Taganrog back again to Malta, but the board are of opinion that he was not so far drunk as to be incompetent to discharge his duty. The board recommend that he be severely repri mended. The Board of Trade have intimated to the Local Marine Board that as they had reprimanded Capt. King so severely, they would return him his certificate.—Shipping Gazette. ACCIDENT.—iI ANDBOROUGH, Friday.—An acci dent happened on the BUckinghamshire Railway not far from this place last night, which was, in these times of railway accidents, very alarming in its character, though providentially it was unattended with any serious conse quences. It appears that the last passenger train of the West Midland Company to London, which passes this station at 7 . 10 p.m., had :gone on safely from the West Midland line to tho Buckinghamshire line, and was pro ceeding on its journey towards the Bletchley junction of the London and North-Western Railway, when without any warning one of the wheels of a first-class carriage of the London and North-Western Company flew off and buried itself in the bank. Fortunately the mishap was olaservecl, and the driver at once shut off steam and stopped the train, the carriage having been kept by the other wheels in its upright position. Had it run off the rail the consequences must have bean most serious, as the train ran at a rapid pace along this part of the line. Tho only inconvenience experienced was a delay of about an hour. TILE CIRENCESTER GAME-LAW CASE.-011 Mon- day, Mr. William Boodle received a communication from the Home Secretary, requesting his immediate attendance in London on the subject of his memorial for the liberation of Hall, whose case was reported in the Examiner of this day fortnight. Mr. Boodle was to have had an interview with Sir Cornewall Lewis yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. It is not expected that Hall will be immediately liberated, as he, in fact, admitted the offence of which he was con victed. But there is good reason to hope that his term of imprisonment may be shortened, and, what is of more pub lic importance, that the Home Secretary will express a pretty strong opinion on the un-English means made use of to secure his convictiou.—Cheltolham Examiner. THE CASE OF MISS AYLWARD.—A meeting of Roman Catholics was held at the Cathedral, Marlborough strect, Dublin, on Wednesday, in connexion with the Ladies; Association of the Charity of St. Vincent De Paul and of St. Bridget's Orphanage. Speeches were delivered by the " Archbishop of Dublin," the " Bishops of Kerry and Dromore," and others, in the course of which strong sym pathy was expressed for Miss Aylward, now undergoing a term of imprisonment for contempt of court in reference to the proselytism of the girl Matthews. The followingreso lution was adopted :—" That this meeting, feeling for the long persecution which Miss Aylward has undergone, calls on Ireland to defray the expellees of her many trials, to aid by an effective organisation the clergymen and gentlemen who are now acting for this purpose on the St. Bridget defence committee." LATE T NEW S. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, JAN.I9. The Honiteur publishes a decree reducing from 40f. to 10f. per 100 kilogrammes the figure at which merchandize imported into France is taxed accord ing to the nett weight. TURIN, JAN. 19. The official Gazette publishes a royal decree con firming the nominations by Prince Carignan of the ria'.;mbers to the new Council of Lieutenancy for Naples. The names have already been announced. GENOA, JAN. 18. Troops embarked here yesterday for Naples. Two frigates have left for Gaeta. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 17. A Royal decree has been published, calling out 6,700 sailors from the kingdom of Denmark and the duchy of Schleswig. The steam frigate Sjoelland has been recalled from the West Indies. • An address, signed by all the members of the Sandthings and Volksthings, is lying for further signature in the public places. This address con tains a request to his Majesty to resist every attempt from abroad to interfere with the internal affairs of Denmark, ; and also prays that his Majesty may not abandon the Danish nationality in the duchy of Schleswig. The address concludes with the request that liberties may be granted to Schleswig in conformity with the Danish constitution. ROME, JAN. 15. Some arrests have taken place on account of the political demonstration in the Apollo Theatre. A portion of the population of Gaeta has arrived here. PESTH, JAN. 17. At the General Assembly of the representatives of this city held to-day M. Deak opposed the imme diate assumption of the judicial power by the Hungarians. He said, "At this moment we have only to choose between Austrian laws and anarchy." The proposition of M. Peak to preserve the Aus trian laws until the Index Curia shall have ordered the transfer of the offices of justice was agreed to by the Assembly. NAPLES, JAN. 17. Prince Carignan, after having consulted with Signor Poerio, has appointed the following as Councillors of Lieutenancy : Liberio Romano ....Interior and Agriculture. D'Aossa Spaventa Police. Laterza Imbrani Mancini Ecclesiastical Affairs. Oberti . Public Works. A Finance Committee has been instituted, under the presidency of Signor Manna. CAT TARO, JAN. 17. No attack by Montenegrins on the town of Spuz has really taken place. An attack was intended, and was only prevented by the representations made to the Montenegrins by the Austrian, French, and Russian Consuls. The Prince of Montenegro withdraws his troops from the Turkish frontiers, expecting the satisfac tion promised to him by the Porte. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 18. BOURSE, Jan. 18.—The English funds having arrived with a slight decline, the market has been dull, but prices remain about the same as yester day. For:the Account, Threes are now at 67f 25c ; Credit Mobilier, 647 f 50c; Orleans, 1,367 f 50c; Northern, 952 f 50c ; Mediterranean, 896 f 25c; Strasburg, 590 f. The following were the last quo tations:- 4i per per Cents ... 96 80 Credit Fancier 905 Do. end month.... 96 75 Belgian 4} 9B 25 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 20 Roman Bank Shares 2880 —I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 647 50 L Spanish Threes 47 75 Do. Account 650 --IHome Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1370 .. 1370 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 900 .. 900 Geneva 370 .. 366 25 Southern Western - Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Low bard 463 75 .. 463 75 ITALY. A letter from Turin, of the 15th, says : " The policy adopted by Count Cavour is already known to you; he does not renounce Rome and Venice, but he desires to obtain them by arrange ments and by the pressure of public opinion, and on no account to excite a war which might com promise the immense results obtained within the last two years. The Minister of the Interior, M. Minghetti, has adopted energetic measures for carrying out the policy of the Government. For some time past enrolments had been made for an unknown destination ; but the Minister, in a circu lar to the intendants, has directed that they shall be prevented, and that persons effecting them shall be prosecuted. This circular has already produced a good effect. The journals of the advanced party beat a re treat, and affirm that no enrolments were made—a statement which certainly is not true. It has been said that Mazzini is endeavouring to raise a loan on the security of Rome and Venice ; but a second Ministerial circular peremptorily prohibits the issue of one." Another communication from Turin, of the same date, says :—" General La Marmora arrived here yesterday, the attitude assumed by the Cabinet necessitating explanations with him as Commander in-Chief of the two armies which protect the fron tier of Venetia. Austria is continuing to augment her forces in that province, and they are so nume rous that the entire territory may be compared to a huge entrenched camp. General Benedek dis plays indefatigable activity; he has only just returned from inspecting the troops in the Tyrol, and he already announces that he is about to set out to inspect those on the Po, in the direction of Modena." A letter from Turin, dated Jan. 16, says :—The popular agitation on the subject of the approaching elections increases as the appointed day, the 27th inst., draws near, and this. general stir of men's minds supplies .us with good evidence that free institutions have cast deep roots, at least in these old provinces of the kingdom, and that the whole population takes a lively interest in a crisis which is to have so great a weight on the future destinies of the peninsula. All parties show great anxiety to husband their own forces, and only a few of the vainest men are likely to be indulged with the luxury of a double election. Turin sends four deputies to the Chamber, and, faith ful to its old traditions, and proud of having the precedence over all other colleges or constituencies, will choose only Ministers, or at least well know' Ministerialists. The candidates almost certain of success in this town are Count Cavour ; Cassinis, Minister of Grace and Justice ; Miglietti, the ablest advocate in Turin, a man who had always a high standing in public life, though his manifold profes sional engagements hardly allow him to take a very active part in Parliamentary proceedings; and, finally, Chiavarina, an efficient member, though not PRUSSIA. The King of Prussia, on the lGth, sent for all the Generals present at Berlin, and (according to the New Gazette of Prussia) thus spoke to them : " I have been called to the throne at an epoch full of dangers, and with the prospect of combats in which I shall perhaps have need, gentlemen, of all your devotedness. If I and the princes who, like me, desire the maintenance of peace, do not succeed in turning aside the storm which is rising, we shall have need of all our forces to resist and to defend ourselves. I am happy to see Field-Marshal Wrangel, who is always full of vigour, still at your head. For you, my dear Minister at War, I have not prepared a bed of roses, and you must courage, ously labour to make the army what it ought to be for the future protection of Prussia. Let us not indulge in any illusions. If I do not succeed in turning aside the conflict, we shall be engaged in a combat in which we must vanquish if we are not willing-to perish." The Chamber of Deputies at Berlin the day be fore yesterday elected its bureau for the first four weeks of the session. M. Simson was nominated President by 201 votes to 82 ; M. Grabour first Vice-President ; and M. Mathis second. In the Chamber of Nobles, Prince Hohenlohe was elected President by 150 votes to 10. an orator, who has a hand in the official management ARRIVAL OF TILE PRINCE OF WALES of the Chamber. Of the other Ministers, Vegezzi, IN CAMBRIDGE. who is at the head of the Finance Department, will be returned by Borgomanero, a town in the province of Novara ; Jacini, the Minister of Public Works, will reappear as member for Piezighettone, in his native province of Lodi; and Corsi, the Minister of Agri culture and Commerce, will again represent his own obscure Tuscan constituency of La mporecchio, Mamiani, the Minister of Public Instruction, hesi tates between Pesaro, his native city, and Cuorgne, in the Canavese, or province of Ivrea, his former college. The Minister of War, Fanti, is a senator. The Ministers being thus disposed of, the tug of war comes for minor mortals. Garibaldi is said to have sent forth his electoral list, which freely circu lates under his name, and which, from whatever source it may spring, will be received as his real handiwork, unless he takes good care most formally to disavow it. Garibaldi himself, or his party for him, has published a declaration thatthey will, to the best of their abilities, oppose the re-elec tion of all the 229 members who voted for the cession of Nice to France. Bofferio, who describes himself as being closely allied with Garibaldi, and a sharer of his secret wishes, has first broached this all sweeping resolution in anew journal edited by him, and entitled Roma e Venezia. He publishes a list of all these proscribed candidates, with the names of the colleges which they represented at the time of the discussion of that famous Bill, and, in most fanatical language, warns the electors against them. Strange to say, were the ideas of this party to gain ground, and were it indeed possible to shut the doors of the Carignano Palace against those 229 men, who were and are the cream of Italian intel ligence and character, not only Garibaldi, who is unacquainted with persons in Italy, but even his supporters, Bertani and Bofferio themselves, would be at a loss how to draw up a full list of candidates of their own, and how to fill the 443 seats of the new National Parliament. It would not even do to bring in the blind, the lame, and the cripple, for the deputation is an expensive job, especially for members living far away from the capital, and few men not possessed of independent means can afford to neglect their private affairs to attend discussions on public business. From all I hear of Piedmont, the Emilia, Tus cany, and Lombardy, the elections will turn out in favour of the moderate party, and friendly to Count Cavour's Government. At Genoa the candidates are the old mild and rational Democrats Marquis Lorenzo Pareto and Marquis Vincenzo Ricci, who have sat for Genoa for the last 12 years, and the only new element arising from the great Ligurian seaport will be Bixio, Garibaldi's bravest hero, the Ajax of the Lombard and Sicilian campaigns. Neither Bixio, nor Turr, nor Cosenz, nor Sirtori, nor Medici, nor any of Garibaldi's Generals, nor any of the best officers of his army are in any manner disposed to make common cause with Bertani, Crispi, or the other leaders of the Maz zinian faction, who have made the trusting and loving Garibaldi to some extent answerable for their grievous errors and extreme subversive political views. Out of Naples and Sicily, in short, the mis named Garibaldian party will have no chance of a strong muster, unless at least Garibaldi himself steps forward as a popular agitator, a part for which he has no inclination, and which would suit him least of all men. It is well known that he himself withdraws from all electoral contest, and declares that he will certainly not sit in Parlia ment under any circumstances whatever. His fixed idea is the war against Austria in Venetia and Hungary, and this, however imminent some people may fancy it, can certainly not come off before the new Parliament meets on the 20th of next month. Without Garibaldi's personal inter vention it is more than likely that the pretensions put forward in his name by the Mazzinians, their unblushing abuse of his name, and their underhand intrigues, will founder Against the sobered sense of the people. The members likely to be returned for Milan are Trezzi, Tenca, Restelli, and Masserani. Tenca and Restelli are literary men of distinction. CAMBRIDGE, FRIDAY EVENING. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived here this afternoon, but there was a total absence of any Official demonstration on the part of either university or town, in accordance with the expressed wish of the Prince. The time of his arrival got wind, however, and some thousands of the towns people crowded the windows of the houses and the footpaths on the line of route, the numbers of the fair sex predominating in the ratio of about two to one. Such of the inhabitants as were in possession of flags exhibited them, but these were all the signs of anything unusual being on the tapis. The train which conveyed his Royal Highness and suite was made up by the Eastern Counties Railway Company ; it consisted of a saloon and break, with other adjuncts, and was sent round by Kew to Windsor, whence the Prince started at 12 o'clock, passing by Kew and the North London line, and so on to the Eastern Counties main line at Strat ford, and through to Cambridge without change of carriage. Mr. R. Sinclair, engineer of the Eastern Counties, and Mr. James Robertson, gene ral superintendent, had the management of the special train. His Royal Highness was accompa nied by his governor, the Hon. General Bruce, and Captain Grey, equerry in waiting. The Hon. Mrs. Bruce and other members of his Royal Highness's household were in the train. The arrival at Cain bridge took place at 10 minutes to 3, and some little delay was occasioned owing to the non-arrival of his Royal Highness's carriage, which had been ordered for 3 o'clock, and then made its appearance. The Prince and attendants crossed the station to the town side, but returned to the refreshment-room till the vehicle was announced : this latter was one of the royal private carriages, with a pair only, and on the entry of the royal party (the Prince, General Bruce, and Captain Grey) proceeded straight by the backs of the colleges to Madingley Hall. The absence of the scarlet liveries deceived the "specta tors, and as the Prince did not occupy the seat of honour in the carriage more than a moiety of them never caught a glimpse of him at all. The Mayor of Cambridge (Charles Finch Foster, Esq.), Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Sproul (district superintendent, Eastern Counties Railway), and Mr. Morris (Cam bridge station master), attended the royal party at the station, which was laid with cocoa nut matting, and the approaches to which were kept by Superin tendent Kent and the railway police, with Superin tendent Turrall and the borough police. Numbers of persons lingered long after the Prince had departed, but some amusement was afforded them by the passage of vehicles containing members of the household and luggage, and half-a-dozen of the Prince's stud. One prominent occupant of the special train was a huge black Newfoundland dog, which, it is said, his Royal Highness brought with. him from America. The train occupied a longer time on its passage from Windsor to Cambridge than would otherwise have been the case, owing to the precautions rendered necessary by the recent adverse weather. THE IZALIAN ELECTIONS, M. Minghetti, the Italian Minister of the In terior, has addressed the following circular on the subject of the elections, to the Intend ants• General of the various provinces : " Gentlemen,--His Majesty, by a decree of yes terday's date, invokes the electoral colleges for the 27th of this month, and Parliament for the 18th February. Every one must feel how important is the composition of this Parliament; for it will have to judge the acts which have been accom plished during the last two years, to give a definite and stable organisation to the new kingdom, and to prepare that which may constitute its future grandeur. It may be said with truth that the des tinies of Italy are in its hands. However, the undersigned will be brief in his instr uctions. He believes that the security and freedom of the elec toral vote are the best protectors of our Constitu tional system, and the most essential condition of its durability and perfection. To this end it is necessary that the authorities should exhort all who possess the right to vote to exercise it, explaining that he who neglects this, as well as he who exer cises it without discernment, violates the duty and interest of every citizen. If, then, it happens that the persons named by public opinion to represent the country, give place, for family reasons or from timidity, to persons less meritorious and less modest, this will be a case for you to use all your means of persuasion to induce those who have the confidence of the electors to accept the man date, making them understand the importance of such a parliament, and that the sacrifice which they impose upon themselves will deserve the gratitude of the country. "Abstain from proposing or naming any candi date. I say nothing of discreditable. means ; that would be to insult you and to insult the Govern ment of his Majesty, who wishes to direct the Bes t inies of the nation by the most scrupulous fulfil ment and observance of his duties, azd the most unexceptionable morality. " But though the Government will scrupulously respect the freedom of the electors, and of public opinion, it cannot remain indifferent to this electo ral contest. When, therefore, two or more candi dates offer themselves, the Government ought not to shrink from naming those who seem most fitted to serve the national cause, and the Liberal prin ciples which constitute its policy. If the electors, filled with good intentions and devoted to this policy, ask for a suggestion or an opinion. as to their choice, it will be a duty to comply with their " In any case the undersigßed, in an ailing the report which you will make. upon thew e elections, hastens to subscribe himself with esteem a nd regard, "Turin, Jan. 4. The Minister MINE lIETTI." The .Debats is greatly pleased with the above circular, and, in expressing its approbatio a, recom rao,nds it to the, , perusal o 1 the French pre; 'eds. THB FRENCII ARMY. The following is the substance of the new regu lations adopted by the Minister of War for organis ing the reserve. After stating that the army is to be divided into the active part and the portion called on to serve only on extraordinary occasions, the document proceeds as follows : For infantry, one or several depots of instruction per department shall be formed, according to the importance of the annual contingent of the depart ment and the extent of barrack accommodation. After the departure of the young soldiers destined for the active battalions, those of the second por tion of the contingent shall be assembled in the half-year extending from the Ist of October to the Ist of April in one of the depots of instruc tion established in their department, to be exercised the first year for three months, after which they shall be provisionally sent home on furlough; the second year they shall be again summoned to the depots to be exercised for two months, and the third year for one. After the third year they are to remain subjected to the half-yearly calls prescribed by the order of April 15, 1857 During the time they are assembled in the depots the young soldiers of the second portion of the contingent shall receive the daily allowance made to the soldiers of their arm, and an indemnity for going and returning. They shall besides receive, on their arrival in the depots, the clothing both of the full and undress uniform. On their departure on furlough for their families they are to take with them part of their effects, and be bound to keep them until their liberation from the service, the other articles remaining in depot. The young soldiers, during the time of their in struction, shall, as regards administrative mat ters, be under the depots of infantry, but apart from them, and without any confusion or cen tralisation of their expenses with those of corps properly so called being made. The clothing and the equipments for full and undress uniform, required by the young soldiers, shall be supplied ready made from the central stores ; and the arms necessary shall be supplied, as usual, by the establishments of artillery. In order to pre serve to the depots of infantry all the mobility desirable, the things set apart for the youngsoldiers of the second portion of the contingent shall, in each dapartment, be collected in special stores, and shall be confined to the surveillance of the commander of the depot of recruiting. The commanders of the rec ruiting depots shall be c h arge d t o p rov id e for their clothing, equipment, and arming, and also to the preservation and keeping in repair of the arms and effects they may leave on going to their homes. The young soldiers of the second portion of the contin gent destined for the cavalry and artillery ehall be united for their elementary instruction to the corps of their arm which is the nearest, and as far as possible in what are called the half-yearly periods. They shall be subjected to all the obligations im posed on the men of the second portion belonging to the infantry. They shall receive the usual allow ances, and also clothing and equipments for full and undress uniform. The men destined for the engineers shall be united to those of the infantry. Except during the time at which the young soldiers shall be assembled for their instruction, they shall, in administrative matters, as regards recruiting, be under the recruiting depot of their department. The preceding regulations shall, from the present moment, be applied to the young soldiers of the second portion of the contingent of the class of 1859 who are still at home. In consequence they are to be convoked, as were those of the portion called to active service, and are to assemble by the Ist Feb., 1861. Bullier's Lithographic Sheet says :—Great ac tivity prevails at this moment in our arsenals. Although there is no indication of war breaking out, preparations are being made for every contin gency. All soldiers not considered capable of en during a campaign are about to be sent to the depots of their regiments, and their places are to be filled with efficient men who have already served for six or seven months. The army will be ready to commence a campaign in March. I repeat t hat these are merely measures of precaution, which i t is to be hoped future events will render unnecessary. As to the notice published by the Minister of War, which commands field-officers to supply themselves with horses by the Ist of February next, it is a mere standing order which is published annually at this period. SALE OF GAME GUT OF SEASON.—Joseph Barns, licensed dealer in game, of 12, Crown-row, Walworth-road, was summoned to the Lambeth police court on Wednesday to answer an information laid at the instance of the Asso ciation for the Prevention of the Sale of Game out of Sea son, charging him with the possession of seven head of grouse on the 29th of Dedtmber last, being nine days after the time allowed by law for the sale of such game. The defendant pleaded guilty, and urged in extenuation of his offence that he was ignorant of the law on the subject. The magistrate told him that as a dealer in game it was his duty to know the law, and fined him 20s. and costs, his licence being forfeited by the conviction.—The THE TRADE OF BOULOGNE.—The total number of passengers arriving here or embarking, from or for Bri tish ports, in the course of the year 1860, amounted to 102,830, taking the arrivals and departures together. In 1859 there had been a total of 86,582 passengers. The in crease on the preceding year was thus 16,248 pas s engers, or 131 per. The commercial treaty is beginning to exercise as marked influence on the trade of Boulogne, and there has been a considerable increase in the arrival of vessels laden with coal and iron from British ports during the last feW months. The quay room of the harbour is fully occupied ; but the new western quays, which will present greatly in creased facilities for the discharge of colliers, are rapidly progressing, and will be completed by the autumn of the present year. The works of the floating dock are also ad vancing, although momentarily retarded by the inclemency; of the season. The herring fishery has been very produc tive during the season, uP to 31st Dec. last. The fish landed at Boulogne, by the 113 boats engaged in it had so far been sold for 2,586,139 f. (£103,446), being an excess of 684,476 L (£27,379) when compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. In 1859-60 47,917 barrels of salt fish were prepared at Boulogne. In the present season it is thought the total will exceed 55,000 barrels. The net bathing establialiment, estimated to cost £20,000, is to be contracted for on Feb. 12. The past year has altogeth er been one of prosperity at Boulogne, both as a trading town and a bathing place, and has been extremely health/ throughout, notwithstanding the nearly uninterrupted COw iinuance of wet weather, I I