The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-12 00:00:00

THE VOTE by BALLOT MOVEMENT.— At the great Meeting in. favour of the-Ballot, held at the Lecture Hall, Greenwich, on Monday List, when upwards of 1,000 of the electors of the Borough were present, the Vice-President of the London Society for promoting the Adoption of the Vote by Ballot (Charles Whitchurst, Esq.) challenged the Editor of the Kentish ifercury (J. Hooper Harbull), an opponent of the Ballot, to discuss the question with him in his paper. The challenge was accepted, and the First Letter in the Controversy will appear in the KENTISH MERCURY on Saturday, Dec. 13, 1856. —To be had by order of all Newsrendors; and at the London Office, 4, ale Fleet-street. 4S columns. Published every Saturday morning, price 3d. IaER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Night but Sevea.-30th time of the :New Grand French Quadrille. Programme for THIS EVENING (Friday, Dec. 12) : Part I.—Overture, William Tell —Rossini ; Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera, II TrOTatare ; Adagio Cantabile, from " The Scotch Symphony " (received with great applause on the two Mendelsohn Nights)—Mendelssohn; Solo, Cornet, the River and the Star, written expressly for and per formed by Herr Koenig Angelina ; Polka, My Mary Ann (for the 25th time)—Jullien ; Air, Giorni poveri (II Tro vatore), Madame Eliza Porna—Verdi ' • Concerto, Violin (A n d a nte and Allegro), M. Le Hon—Mendelssohu ; Qua drille, (the 20th time), the French Quadrille, with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophiclei;le, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, DeYong, Collinet, Pratten, Lavigne, Hughes, and Kcenig; Finale ; Partant pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empereur —Jullien. Part 2.- Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " La Traviata," with solos by Herr Kcenig, MM. Lavigne, Pratten, and Hughes ; Cavatina. " Ah, clued giorno " (Se miramide) Madame Eliza Poma—Rossini ; Solo, Violoncello, M. Demunek, jun.— Servais; Polka. Flirtation—Jullien ; March, The Wedding March, frog A Midsummer Night's Dream Mendelssohn ; Solo. Bombardon, Herr Jamaer— Jamaer ; Galopgglinton — Koenig. Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at S o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6(1., £lls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of an the at theatre Jullien ; at all the principal libraries and musiesellers d and C,.'s, 214, Regent-street. - T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. M athews. Stage Manager, )jr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Last night but one before the Christmas Holidays.— The eminent comedian Mr. Charles Mathews, and the talented Dramatic Company, at the following reduced tariff of prices, lower than any other west end theatre :—Galleries, 6d. and is. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. ' • Pit, 2s. ; First Circle, 2 s. 6d. ; D r ess Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 1 1 . ls., 11. lls. 6d., and 21. 2s. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Second price at 9 o'clock. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. E. T. SMITIf. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform (the only time this season) the comedy entitled A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Jasper (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews. After which, the petite drama SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Itoutz Mr. C. Mathews. To b 3 followed by the laughable piece TWO HEADS BETTER ,THAN ONE. Supported by Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Templeton, Mr.Worrell, and Miss Wa4lham. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, arranged by Mons. Petit, of her Majesty's Theatre, in which Mdlles. Emilie and Jenny Osmont, of the Grand Opera, will appear, assisted by a powerful Corps de Ballet. On Boxing Night, the 26th inst., will be produced a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., which, for gorgeous splendourand effects, will surpass all the former pre-eminently sncce4sfnl efforts which have given to this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime. The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William Beverley, and the pantomime produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with Mr. Murdoch as Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the successful new farce, — A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chip pendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE ALHAMBRA, being the last week but one of their final engagement. To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. - - THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Genuine Success.—Unpreeedented Attrac tion.—Reappearance of Mr. Benjamin Webster, and re vival of the Great Adelpid drama of Janet Pride.—The grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated drama of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Parsellc, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new fairy ballet extravaganza, °ailed TFIE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatra Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Miwaes Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Weght, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, &c. ROYAL LYCEUM TFIEA.TRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. LAST NIGHT OF THE. PRESENT SEASON. Production of " The Cagot." THIS EVENING (Friday), will be performed the new and original English play, in five acts, entitled THE CAGOT; or, Heart for Heart. Supported by Messrs. Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, and the entire strength of the company. After which the extraordinary Troupe of Bedonin'Arabs will go through their surprising performances. Followed by DELICATE GROUND. Mr. C. Dillon, and Mrs. C. Dillon. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosina Wright and Corps de Ballet. The Theatre will close on Friday, Dec. 12, till Dec. 26, when will he produced a new Grand Burlesque and Comic Pantomime. Ope.iing produced with all the splendour for which Lyceum Burlesques have been colebrated, and the Harlequinade by eminent Pantomimic arti=tes, with mecha nical changes and effects. 1 1111, OY AT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and dririnz the week v../ will 141 Tn , ...ctenterl Shaltspeare's play of A. 111 DS ITU 2EE. NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will he produced a new petite c7nuetly, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, 'Harley, Fisher ; Misses Mnr: - P7 frid C. Leclereq. Meudelssohn's celebrated overture to A .I%nd:summer Night's Dream will commence at 5 rAinutes before 7• LOYAL SURRRY THEATRE. Tamseesi. Me , sgrs, SheplirT , l an 4 Cresvrick. THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Creswielc ; lago, Mr. Bzsil,Pattcr; Casein, Mr. Calvert ; Roderigo, Mr. F. Charles ; 13rAbantio, Mr. Vollaire ; Desdemona; Miss A. Biddies ; Emilia, Mrs. Brookes. After which, A BLOW IN THE DARK. Viltrac, Mr. Itlviherd (his oriinal part). • 0 continuo with SARAH'S YOUNG MAN, TRAND THEA.TR,E.—Manager, Mr. T. P 47 n , '.--THIS EVENING will be performed OVER TIIE WAx. Mr. Kinloch, Mesianaes Woolidge E. Wilton. ' tl =. • 4. 17 4 ) ( I , •,,,---T-.,,,..__.,,--,--„,-, .., ,----- LINDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1856. ROYAL OLYMPIC TfIEATILE. L9ssea Mr. Alfred Wigan . TIM EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining' ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swanborongh and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Connndnce at ha'f-rast Sever. 'TWAS I; or the KiSS and the Rose. Mesdames Cuth bert, Gregory, and Woo Edge Messrs. Kin;och and Howard. LADIES AT FIGNIE ; or, Gentlemen, we can do without You. Mesdames Pitziuman, E. Jacobs, Lennox, Norbury, Gregory, Baker, &c. And BELPHEGOR (Travestic). Messrs. G. Lee, Howard, and Clarke Mesdames Cuthbert, Wo3llidge, E. Jacobs, and Willy Edouin. Commence at Seven. Stalls, as.; Boxes, ; Pit, ls. ; Gallorn 6d. STLEY'S ROYAL , .! - ‘ I.34PFTITHEATRE. -CM- Lessee and Mana,,er, CIRCLE. P , • air. W Con,_ THIS EVENING, Shakspeares Tr , • mie. with Equestrian Illustrations by '-Kr. V3' of MAcBETH, trained Horses, Ste. Macbeth, Mr. J ames T i o Cooke's highly. After which, the SCENES in the of Mr. W. Cooke, jun., &a. ";* Appearance To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINmENTO, • TO-MORROW , RICHARD THE THIP.D. '' — Doors open at ha lf- p ast six ; commence at seven o'clock. Pox office open from E leven till Four. Stake 34 W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W . Cooke, jrnager, Mr. . . . - C A.NTE11,13171/Y HALL. Westminster-r oa d ad OP EN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalis ts are engaged for the performance o Selections from all the p o p ular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,t Glees, Duets, &c.,, '67.. : —Miss E . Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Sum mers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Hen. F Jonghmans, R. Grover, T . Raino. T. Farrant, S. Jones Ben- , J 1 Barker, W. Melling and P. :,Corrie ; Masters Austin, nett, and Corn; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Macknuey. Pianun. o ; forte, J. Haprowav, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Calfield, j d . irector, Mr. J. CaniCeld. Com mence at Sevenck pre to c'selV. Suppers, (te., until twelv e o'clock. In additio the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrate d SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume a t Nine and Ele ven o'clock Every Evening, and s i n g some of the ir favourite 5e1ec i_—.........-........ 7,-T.ma WATER. AT LONDON' BRIDG rail . aft. 2 Taus DAT—M orn . 37 min. aft. I—Evening1—Evening T 44 tolutow—Morn. 28 min. Aft. 2 —Evening 51 min. aft. 2 THE WE &THEM—Su/4' oYriog, DECE2rßsti 12• TRIRMMIRTI{R, IN TUN SHAM 65— highest sines noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning s.nd during the night. 5 1 —this day at noon. , • BAROMETER, 29 33—falling. WIND, W •S:W.-- - Rather fresh, with fine weather. Heavy rain in the night. mil% :flf~~ The Emperor of AIINTRIA, apparently reckoned without his host in anticipating a cordial recep tion from his Italian subjects. Vast preparations were made, great promises held forth to the people, an extensive amnesty was to be pro chimed, every real grievance redressed. But all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1856 is -vain. The people who have lon g and severely suffered under Austrian cppr,lsai( in and misrule are not to be so •easily caught.. They will not •issume an appearance of devo' ion in the vague expectation of the future am elioration of their miserable lot. " The iron has. entered into their souls." They have had bitter experience of Austrian tyranny and Austriat duplicity, and they cannot yield implicit cre6lence to the an nouncements that have been made. They are manifestly not disposed to put their _ faith in i Princes—of the House of HAISBIJAG. The natural result has followed. Not a single unofficial cheer has greeted the Royal visitant — not a single unofficial lamp has been exhibited in honour of his arrival ; crowds of military and of persons receiving pay from Government have .attended his levee. The wives and daughters of officials have attended the ball, but few, if any others, and those manifestly from prudential con siderations, in which love and hope have no ,share. The theatre, but for the uniforms that a .-ppeared, would, even on the command night, have exhibited a beggarly account of empty benches. Even the Masquerade has lost its ex traordinary attractions, and what, under differ ent circumstances, would have been a most spirited and joyous affair, was flat and vapid. • The heart was wanting ! The People would not be made happy on compulsion. it in true that there were no outward symp toms:c.f disapprobation. There was none of the "goosing" which in this country would have attended an unpopular personage, however ex alted his station. " The curses were not loud ;" they lalay, however, have been " deep," for even the mist skilful Mouchards cannot discover that which . is hidden in the secret recesses of the soul —parj icularly when the parties concerned have so manly practical reasons for avoiding publicity. The Police dungeons still exist, and any person " groos ning" in public would speedily have abun dant reasons for repeating the operation in pri vate. All that they dare display is an ominous apathy, a chilling indifference to the proffered benefits. They fear the EAPEROIC although profess ng to bring with him most acceptable boons. _ _ What else could FRANCIS JOSEPH reasonably have anticipated ? Although truth does not always find admission to Imperial ears, he must have known that the inhabitants of the Lombardo- Venetian provinces were necessarily discontented —that the very name of Lombardy was, as Mr. ROEBUCK declared, a talismanic word, sufficient to excite the apprehensions of his Government. Why then did he not confer the propos©d advan tages in the first instance ? Why did he wait for the time of his visit to alleviate the burdens under i which his subjects groaned ? Under the most favourable circumstances, the Vene tians could scarcely have forgotten the dignity of their once glorious republic. The change to military despotism was one that could not easily be obliterated from their minds. But still they would have more readily acknowledged advantages already received than what were merely promised. It is hinted that the MIFEROR already finds that important business requires his return to Vienna. We believe that the nature of the business cau easily be guessed at. He has been bitterly disappointed. He has discovered the insanity, or at least the fallacy, of courtiers' speeches, and he will depart from Vienna a sadder, and, let us hope, a wiser man. Let him profit by the lesson, which, although bitter, may yet prove salutary, and learn the unquestionable fact that a monarch may far better depend. on the affection than on the terror of his subjects. A sort of a Brummagem figure-head, carved (in ebony) in grotesque imitation of The Emperor NAPOLEON, wn affixed, not very long ago, to the " state vessel" of Saint Domingo. Everybody iecollects it, surely ? In fact there is hardly any need at all to "recollect" merely—for there The Thing is to this day—ermined, crowned, sceptred, and all the rest of it (and black in the face 0, in the person of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor SOULOUCICE ! Massa SAMEO, Sa !—in ermine and purple—his wool half hidden by a jewelled dia dem—his grimy fist holding the rod of empire— his splaw feet (" shipped amidships," like the rest of his race, as JACK would say) thrust into regal slippers of embroidered satin altogether a genuine, Black Brummagem Imitation of his imperial and royal Majesty, NAPOLEON the Great, Emperor of France, King of Italy, Mediator of Switzerland, and Protector of the Rhenish Con federation. The Part appears to be just now really a favourite rote in the New World—one in which the merest tyros in what may be called, for want of a better phrase, political histrionics, are for `• starring" it, in all quarters of the western hemi sphere. Scarcely has honest " BONES," yonder, in Haiti "strutted and fretted" a little more than an hour upon the stags of Public Events, in a " make up" of the Emperor NAPOLEON—a " make up" actu ally funnier in its way, all things considered, than ovcm the memorable one of the late Mr. GOMEIL SAL of ASTLEY'S Amphitheatre when there suddenly starts up before the astonished eyes of the world, a sort of a Yankee Brummagem Imitation of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, not as Em peror, but as First Consul ! The Thing this time comes under our notice, not in any of the West India islands, but upon the mainland of the great North American Continent. It occurs, in fact, in that portion of Central America which tapers down from the southernmost point of Mexico, from Yucatan and Guatemala, towards the isthmus connecting together the two giant continents. It is no longer a Negro Imitation we have to look at, but a veritable Yankee Imitation—no flat nosed, frizzly-woolled, big-lipped Black-a-moor — but a genuine lean-muzzled, nasal-talking, -go-a-head, whittling, gouging, bowie-kuived, revolvered Yankee Fillibuster ! Remember, the " Part" this time is not tha of the Great Corsican, as the Emperor NAPOLEON, but as the First Consul BONAPARTE. There he is— no Emperor SOULOUQUE now, lording it over Nig ger Dukes and Snowball Princes, but a right down,• ~ , unmistakeable W ALKER —(not ALKER --(not H., but W.) —.General WILLIAM WALKER, President of the Republic of Nicaragua ! A somewhat amusing insight has been obtained moment, in very recently into the actual state of things at of .N thisicara r g i a , i t a b , the present to the power and policyremarkable e rather Adventurer. An insight into the condition and character of his Government gained through his untoward squabbles with certai • n of his diplo matic representatives. Already several curious disclosures have been made in this way by Gene ral GOIOOURIA--WALKER'S snub bed, and dis missed, and disavowed Minister to the Court of St. James's ! Divers others of a like kind may reasonably be looked for soon, from the hands of Citizen APPLETON Oaßsatrrn—w.A.LKE_a,s hardly less painfully snubbed, dismissed, and disavowed Ambassador to the Democratic Government of the United States at Washington. Disavowed him self, the former of these two mushroom-diploma tists, Senor GOICOUP.IA to wit, in his turn not only disavows, but pointedly and emphatically denounces to Europe, and through Europe to the world, his quondam Chief—the Fillibuster Presi dent of the ne:w•born republic of Nicaragua. His denunciation and exposure of the Yankee "First Consul" was given at full length in the columns of The Sun of last Wednesday. It was in the form of a semi-official statement, affecting (rather materially) the reputation of one whom the writer sneeringly specifies as "Mr. WILLIAM WALKER, now President of Nicaragua." After entering a protracted and elaborate catalogue of Charges in his immense Bill of Eudietment, Gene ral GOICOITRIA sums up all, point-blank, in these singularly unmistakeable words :—" I, therefore, denounce Mr. WALKER as wanting in the first element of every kind of ability, namely, good faith ; I denounce him as wanting in ordinary sagacity and discretion ; I denounce him as false to the interests as well of Cuba as of the United States." "So much for"—the Fillibuster ! This already from General D. DE GOICOURIA, dated New York, Nov. 22. Something else in the way of exposure and denunciation may be looked for very soon, we doubt not, from Citizen A. OAKSMITH", ex-Minister to the Cabinet of Wash ington. And so—even now, in the very dawn of his career General WALKER begins to find the ground cut from under him, as far as his " repu ' tation" is concerned, by one after another of his discarded Diplomatic Representatives. Yet, besides thus want)nly and blunderingly awakening the animosity of his own associates, General WALKER has grossly mistaken his part as an American BONA PARTE. He has infamously, by the bungle of one execrable decree, re-established slavery in Nicaragua as by a single sweep of the sword of his Dictatorship. Whereas he should assuredly have borne in remembrance the fact—the glorious fact, emblazoned in letters of gold upon the too often crime-tarnished and blood-stained pages of European history—that by one stroke of his pan Slavery was abolished throughout his vast domi nions by NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Could we not contrive to set up a Despot or a Dictator for a Session, and resume our "venerable constitution" at the end of it ? It would be worth while, to clear off the vast mass of needful reforms, as Lord BROUGHAM, in his short reign, cleared the lists in Chancery. What a number of things are advanced to the position of acknowledged claims on Parliament, and are year after year brought forward in it, yet nothing whatever is done. Will any one make us believe that a NA POLEON would not have codified our own law, and decimalised our money, weights, and measures at any time he decided to do it ? And is anything wanted now but a man at the helm, with a clear head, enlightened mind, and immovable purpose, to settle for ever the questions which waste Par liamentary time year after year ? Sundry clever schemes have been propounded for making our Parliament a working Parliament ; the chief thing wanted, we firmly believe, is a leader who knows how to set it to work and make it do it. It may be laid down that Government can command both the highest and the most varied talent of the nation. No expense incurred in obtaining full information, or employing high ability to prepare measures for the consideration of the Legislature, would be grudged by the country. It would be the truest economy. The great obstruction has been that measures of the best general purpose, like Mr. LowE's Bills last session, have been so carelessly prepared, and have overlooked such important facts to which they should have been adapted, that they had to be withdrawn either entirely, or for re-introduc tion in al:KAI:ma. form. 'Now thts in discreditable and blameworthy. It is too bad that Liverpool should run riot in other people's money for another year, perhaps pledge it irrevocably, merely because the Government gave Mr. Dis- RAELI, and the Gbstructionists, handhold whereby to drag the bill into a select committee. What on earth should hinder the getting rid of those annual bores, the Church Rates and the Ecclesiastical Courts ? Every one keows that both are doomed. They are confessed nuisances. The first is easy enough to sweep away. No one cares about them but a few old Ecclesiastical fogies, whom 4 firm will at head-quarters would put to the rout in a trice. The latter no one ventures to defend, but every one attacks the, proposed substitute. A dozen hours honest consultation with the three principal schemers would enable any Minister to settle the principle of a new bill; and a few weeks would enable his subordinates to shape the details till the measure should be good against all comers. The Common Law Judges want work ; and what needs hinder their being invested with full powers to deal with all kinds of testamentary property, and, so far as relates to wills, to deal with ques tions of equity as well as common law ? The proctors, the Chancery lawyers, and the Common Law practitioners, hitherto have all bustled up against one another and the public, and frustrated all attempts. We cannot doubt, however, that a Premier who could introduce a measure whose obvious superiority appealed to the country, would compel the interested lawyers to silence. Then there is the old rusty, we beg its pardon, ivy-covered Corporation, London. Everything was ready to hand; the Commission had prepared the forms ; it but needed to be vigorously handled; when the Government merely proposed to sweep just enough to offend the tenants already nestled in their much-loved berths, without making all clean enough for a new class to enter. There was no pluck in the Bill. It was a thorough bit of Whiggism. Had we not known that Lord Jon sr Russera. was out of the Cabinet, wo could have sworn that it was "By the author of the little Reform. and Election Bills." A bill which had dealt with the real London, not with the little Lord Mayors and Aldermen, which gave to all London the benefits engrossed by a little sec tion of it, would have been carried, despite the cunningly-sought aid of DISRAELI and his faction, and even notwithstanding the terrors of Gog and Magog themselves. Sir RICHARD BETEELL has told us of a bill he means to introduce, by which land is to become as facile of transfer as funded property. - No one doubts that this might be done. That with a strong will at the head, the reasonableness of the case, its practicability by honest men, and the certain increase of value it would give to land, would force it through the herd of lawyers who will resent any attempt to dispense with the dark and costly mysteries of conveyancing. But who believes in the strong will ? No, it will be bungled in details ; a whole pack of lawyers in the House will bait it to death, and every land lord's solicitor will do his best to frighten his client with imaginary dangers. The measure will be read a first time—the second reading deferred, perhaps for ever, or at bast it will be interred in a Select committee. Wo haire given but a few illustrations out of many of the nuisance we all complain of. We wish we could look forward with better hope ; but the truth is, we have clever men now, men who know how to keep their places by managing parties, but nowhere a man of commanding genius and firm purpose. They play with Parliaments as they do with cards, and are content if between luck and skill they win the game. Well, we suppose we must make up our minds to this. Mr. ROEBUCK and his Administrative Re formers have plenty on their hands, and seem likely to keep it there for all wo hoar of their doings, otherwise we should remind them that nothing needed their labours more than the great National Engine itself. What our six hundred and fifty-eight Commoners, and the Peers, meet for, it is really hard to say. They make a grand annual political show, to be sure—the country should like them to show their work. This they will never do till we have Premiers and Cabinets who have courage as well as capacity to cut out work and to force it through. The inhabitants of the Borough of South wark have duly responded to the call mad• upon them, in reference to the oppressive and inequitable Income Tax, and there are many indications of their example being fol lowed in other districts. All that is required to insure a better arrangement is, that the people should be thoroughly aroused, and show that they are determined to obtain justice from the Legis lature. The fraud !—for it is neither more nor less than a gross swindle —has been too long con tinued. We have served a double apprenticeship —have endured for fourteen years that which was stated to be only a temporary remedy—to retrieve the shattered finances of the nation. We have long known that the anticipations of getting rid of the burden were altogether falla cious, and were never for a moment deceived by the specious promises of Mr. GLADSTONE, that the impost would be abolished in 1860. It is impos• siblo to do so without direct taxation. It is imperatively demanded for the liquidation of the national liabilities, and the main tenance of the national establishments. But it must be fairly applied. The contributors must not be subjected to unnecessary annoyance. Nor can that inquisitorial prying into a man's most • private concerns, which prevails under the existing system, be sanctioned or tolerated. It has been an ingenious device to disgust the people with an impost peculiarly distasteful to the "upper crust," the select teu thousand, that control and direct the affairs of the nation ! The tax will never be got rid of. Our efforts must, therefore, be directed to rendering it as little oppressive as possible, to reducing the indispensable taxation to the minimum amount. This can only be accomplished by making really and truly a property tax, without exemption of any kind or description—a tax not on the mere receipts, but on the aetual value of the property. That value can be easily assessed. There will be no such difficulties as attend an equitable assessment on the parties liable under Schedule D. A close approximation may easily be made, of which no person can reasonably com plain. It may be said that no person should be charged on unproductive property. We, how ever, dissent, Coto cce/o, from that opinion. A man may do as he will with his own, but he has no right to get rid of his respon sibility to the State. If he pleases to expel his tenants, in order to make a deer forest, he should not receive state encouragement in the shape of exemption from taxation. His acres are worth so much hard cash, which, if he pleased, he might make produce a certain income. If he does not choose to do so the State is not to be defrauded. If he desires to have splendid plate, or recherche furniture, he should in like manner pay for his luxury. The man toiling to earn a scanty subsistence and obliged to live in furnished lodg ings calovila not have 1113 sleuaar resources burdened to promote his enjoyments. What in required is a tax on "capital," and if that tax can induce its fortunate pro prietors, the fruges consumere net, to ren der it active Fo much the better for the industrial population and for the nation generally. The miser who secretes his hoard, who buries his talent in the earth, is not an object of commiseration ; nor can the man who delights in ostentatious display be regarded with much greater favour. Every man should be prepared to pay for the indulgence of his hobby, whatever it may be ; his personal gratifi cation should not be at the expense of others. Let industry, then, go free. Whatever capital may be required for prosecuting the trade or calling may fairly be charged. That is unques tionably liable to the debts created by our fathers. But a man's exertions cannot be mortgaged. That is practically to make him a slave, compelled to work at the will of others, coerced by that over which he has no control, and to which he never assented. There is no existing law that compels a child to pay the debts of a parent from whom he derived no inheritance. If such an enact ment were suggested it would be laughed to scorn. But the taxation of industry, or, as it is designated, income, is precisely the same thing. Those who have only their exertion from whence to derive a subsistence, who obtain their daily bread by their daily labour, aro called on to con tribute to liabilities created for the protection of property. The charge is, therefore, as inequitable as it is impolitic, and the sooner it can be gst rid of the better for the people. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 11. Her Majesty drove out yesterday, attended by the Duchess of Atholl. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales accompanied Prince Frederick Williwn of Prussia to Portsmouth in the R , a oyal yacht Fairy yesterday after noon, and returned at o'clock. - Marshal Radetzsky's health is said to be so infirm now that his retirement has become inevitable. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also from the Governor of Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the vestry of Chelsea respecting I the Chelse a em b an k ment h a d an i n terview with the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall yes t er day at the offic e of Public Work s , Whitehall-place. Th e d e putation con sisted of Mr. Sl a d e, Q . C . ; Mr. Tite, M.P. ; Mr. Fielder (churchward en), M r. P err y, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Fo y , attended by Mr. C. The Duke an d D uc h e ss of Argyll, wh o have been staying with the Duke and Duche ss of Sutherland at TT Stafford Lahee (vestry c l e rk ) . —Due, left town yesterday for Inverar y Castle, the family seat in Argyllshire. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley left town on Wednesday for Knowsley-park, Lancashire, for Christmas. Lord Stanley, M.P., has arrived in St, James's-square, from Lancashire. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough and Lady Mary Pelh am arrived in Arlington-street on Tuesday, from Brighton. The noble earl, accompanied by Lord Wors• ley, left town yesterday for Manby Hall, Lincolnshire. The Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Charlotte and Dorothea Wentworth Fitzwilliam have arrived at Milton -park, near Peterborough, from Wentworth House, Yorkshire. Viscount and Viscountess Milton have arrived in town, from Milton-park, near Peterborough. Lady Mary Wood left the Admiralty yesterday, for Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. The Right lion. Sir Charles Wood will join his family at Hickleton in a few days. Lord Panmnre has accepted the invitation of the noblemen and gentlemen resident in the county of For far, and has fixed Tuesday, the 30th inst., for the ban quet. We are eorry to announce the demise of Mr. F. C Seymour, fourth son of Lord H. Seymour, and brother of Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour and of the late of Sir Horace Seymour. Mr. Seymour was born 18t Feb., 1797, and died on Sunday last. He was twice married —first, in 1822, to Lady Mary Gordon, third daughter of the late Marquis of Huntly, who died in June, 1825 ; Bristol. The deceased and, secondly, to Lady Au g usta Hervey, eldest daughter o f th e Marquis of B gentleman leaves issue by both marriages. The fami lies of the Marquis of Bristol, Dowager Lady Clinton, the Marquis of Efertfori, the Countes Spencer, the Earl Jermyn, Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington, Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, &c., are placed in mourn ing by the event. IRE L AND. (PY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) THE BROADSTONE TRAGEDY. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MOM/ING. A discovery, which it is hoped may lead to still further results, was yesterday made at the Broad stone Terminus shortly after 12 o'clock. A hampt r being required for some purposes in connection with the works, one of the foremen proceeded to a store in the locomotive department, and in one of the hampers discovered a bag containing a quantity of silver, amounting to 431. 17s. 6d. The bag, and even the running strings, were dripping wet, and could only have been a very short time— probably not more than a few minutes —in the position in which it was found. The police entertain no doubt whatever that the bag was one of those used by Mr. Little to hold his money, and the suspicion before entertained that the murderer was a person connected with the railway has re ceived forcible confirmation. There was a large tank of water immediately under where the bag was found, and also some butts in one store filled with water ; but there was no trace or mark of spots such as would have been made in lifting . the bag out of these. The probability is, that it was carried in a pail or some other receptacle to avoid observation. REDPATIFS HORSES. The following were sold by auction by Messrs. Tat tersall, by order of the assignees of Leopold Redpath, a bankrupt : A brown mare (has been ridden back), 32 guineas. A brown gelding, 78 guineas; a brown ditto, 75 guineas (havo been constantly driven together). A brown pony (has been driven in harness), 17 guineas. CHIMP LIGHT FOR ALL ! - THE PEOFLE'S LAMM. Some of our most valuable inventions are of so simple a character that the only wonder about them seems to be that they " were not found out before." Mr. Nibbs, of Bakowell, Derbyshire, has inv e nted a l am p, d es ti n ed by its simple mechanical construction to supersede not only the French moderator, but all other lamps of a similar character, and suited, by its cleanliness and economy, to the wants of all classes. The Patent Oxydate Lamp (here alluded to) is provided with a very simple condensing ap paratus, by which a largo quantity of atmospheric air is collected and supplied to the flame, which draws from it that proportion of oxygen necessary to effect perfect com bustion. The result is a perfectly white and steady flame, without the nuisance of smoke or smell, sufficiently power ful and steady to allow the copying of collodion photo graphs at night, and is very serviceable for microscopic examinations. This lamp will burn no less than eight kinds of lamp oil now in ordinary use, and two of its greatest merits are its extreme cheapness and durability, without getting out of order. It consumes about five ounces of oil in six hours, while diffusing a light equal to that of six candles. The invention has been applied to lamps of all characters and designs, from the most elabo rate specimens for the nobleman's mansion to the plain strong brass mechanic's lamp at 6s. 6d. Omitting the condensing apparatus, and we have the Cottage Lamp, supplying a want long been felt of a good, cheap, and easily managed light for the cottager, and we have no hesitation in stating that it is not likely to meet a rival—a strong brass lamp to burn 10 hours can be had for a shilling ! The Crimean Lantern was invented by the same gentle man, and introduced to the notice of Government, who employed it extensively during the war. It recommends itself particularly for mills, warehouses, farm buildings, stables, &c., and, from its neat appearance and cleanliness, is well adapted as a safety light for bedrooms, for when once lighted, it will burn through the longest night with out attention. . . _ As the evenings are already beginning to draw in, and the demand for a really good and economical light will soon become universal, this notice of Mr. Nibbs's inven tions will be quite a propos .—Bristol Advertiser. The letters from Paris describe no alteration in the money market, except that the monthly payment on the last loan bad caused a tendency to an increased demand. RAPID VOYAGE.—The clipper ship William Jackson, 1,000 tons register, which has just been purchased by Messrs. Charles Hill and Sons, of Bristol, made the run from Liverpool to Kiegroad in the short space of 42 A further dividend of Bd. in the pound has been de clared under the joint estate of Strahan, Paul, and Bates, with a further dividend of 2s. in the pound under the separate estate of Mr. Straban, and of sd. in the pound under the separate estate of Sir J.l). Paul. Several of the shareholders of the Royal British Bank have petitioned the Court of Bankruptcy, under the private arrangement clauses, to obtain protection for themselves and property. „PARis.—At the meeting t N i 15 F g OR u C t E t t 1 0 g b tOrn% ld efo T w ß ZO Kr' ouneit nela 'We.% day it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Councillor Broadbent, seconded by Mr. Councillor Sissons, to pre sent an address to her Majesty praying for the strict enforcement cf tbs., Treaty of Paris. Some discussion has been occasioned amongst the shareholders of the Great Northern Railway by the recent decline in the company's receipts. Daring the last three weeks the aggregate 'ailing off has been 6,154/., compared with last year; and thus the increase on the six months, over the corresponding period of 1855, is reduced to 8,870/. _ , . LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The Champion of the Seas, which sailed hence for Melbourne, at noon, on the Bth inst , was I:ft off Puffin Island at 10 the same evening. At the time it was blowing a gale from the westward. THE CANDlA..—TelegraphiC news reached Southamp ton yesterday that the Indian mail packet Candia, which broke down and put into Tanis, had arrived safely at Malta, and was preparing to proceed to England wider canvas. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—Up to a late period of the day, yesterday, the Channel Islands mail packet, due on Wednesday night, had not arrived. She left South ampton for the Channel Islands on Monday, but was teen in Yarmouth Roads on Tuesday morning, being detained there by stress of weather. OPERATIC CONCERT.—Mrs. Pyne Galion. the sister of the Misses Pyne, who are new " starring" in America, gives a grand operatic and miscellaneous concert, at the Assembly Rooms, Hanover-street, Gravesend, on Mon day next. The opera selected for the occasion is that of "It Trovatore," and she will be assisted by Miss Emma Harrison, Mr. Rosenthal, Mr. Manby, Mr. Beale, and other artistes. THE POOR LAW BOARD AND ST. THOMAa'S UNION. —after agetod deal of unpleasant discussion, the Poor Law Board have at length acceded to the request of the guardians of St. Thomas's Union, Exeter, aad have con sented to allow them to have three relieving officers until next March, when they are to report the result of the experiment. THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.—A. dieoi"iiniono., at the was ap pointed 'to take place on Wednesday evening, to discover Russell Institution, on a proposed expedition further traces of Sir John Franklinand the long lost ol f tie institution Arctic explorers. The lecture-room_ guished arctic was completely filled, and sev h e . rai in vitws and talse voyagers were present to exp e . i a.r was taken by John part in the discussion. The r i h in l o, in a long and ani. t t s i r t Bishop, Esq., F.R.S. I) ihe ortginal dojects of the explained mated, speech , causes of the failiFe of the pre- Arctic expeditions, the rsir John Fraiklin, and the vious attempts to discover Lieeutenant Pim alw spoke and no w proposed. intended expediion. A die- explain n of the the plan explained d in which several gentltnen took part, cussion followe ' eeting separated. after which the in s . There are two Lord Hastings, th e Loan 'L AS TINGfthe family of - tawdoi and ~, , Hastings, ~I V, l , a , r '- tishe Governor-General of India of tlat style ; and of Baron g a stings, known fr om 1817, w hen he succeeded hi s father as Sir Jacob Astley, until 18 41 when he was summoned by writ to the House of Peersin the ancient b ar ony o f Hastings, Hastings is the hero of the great STorfolk rabbit case , and not the marquis, whose name was inadver tently connected with it, and who, besides bei ng o f a nother county and family, is a minor. The following notices were issued fron the General Post.office yesterday, viz. :—" Australia—l n f ormat i on II has been received that in consequence o' damage SUE tained in the voyage from the Clyde to Southampton, the European, appointed to convey the nails of the 12th inst., will not be ready to sail till the llth inst. The wails will accordingly be made up in london on the morning of the 13th Inst." " Cape of Ctod Hope, &c. —The Ireland sailed on the 1 0th inst. with all letters for the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritiut, Ceylon, &c., which arrived or were posted at Dartmtuth up to t h e afternoon of that day inclusive." " iladeira, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, &c. — The Avon sailed In the 10th inst. with all letters for Madeira, Brazil, 'Pt ---lenns Ayres, &c., which arrived or were posted in Londe' u p t o the morn ing of the 9th inst." SEur's BOAT WRECKED AND THREE A:EN DROWNED.— Early yesterday morning, a mason, whowas working near Pettycur Harbour, observed the deat body of a man lying on the beach, and on making fu'ther search disco vered the body of another a little turtler to the west, and of a third at the back of Pettycur. 4 pocket book con taining a schooner's papers, Si. in notes, and about ss. in silver, with a bill on an Englishbank for 501., was found on one of the bodies, which tuned out to be that of the captain. From these papers it appeared that the schooner to which the papers belongd was the Crescent, of Inverkeithing, and the name of the captain, who be longed to the same place, was John sharp. The CreE cent has been lying for a few days in Le',h roads, laden with bark from Antwerp, and on Tuesdaythe captain went on shore at Leith for orders. Undeterredby the stormy winds he set out with two of the crew diring the night in a small boat to return to his vessel ; but they appear to have been unable, doubtless ou recount of the high wind, to reach the vessel, and mate for Pettycur Har bour. Before, however, they oouldget into the harbour, their boat was swamped by the heavy sea, and was found yesterday morning completely shattered a little to the west of Pettycur Harbour. The bodies were, immediately on their discovery, coeveyed-to Kinghorn, and a messenger despatched to Invsrkeithing to intimate the melancholy occurrence. In tie course of the after noon the captain's brother arrived in Kinghorn, where 1 he identified the body. Captain Sharp was about 35 Years of age, and was unmarried. The other two sailors were, apparently, one of them abut 20 and the other about 30 years old, but their bodies have not yet been identified.—Caledonian Mercury. LATEST THE KING OF NAPLES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, FRIDAY. The Moniteur of this day publishes a letter from Naples of the 29th, giving the following intelli gence 'respecting the attempt on the life of the King : Yesterday, when about half the troops present at the review in the Champ de Mars had passed before the King, a private of the Foot Chasseurs quitted the ranks, and rushed on the King with fixed bayonet. A colonel of hussars rode at the assassin, and knocked him over beneath his horse. He was at once made prisoner. The King, with- out manifesting emotion, continued the review. The Princes and the Queen, who were but a few paces off, observed the same demeanour. It was only after having returned to the palace that his Majesty acknowledged that he was slightly hurt (atteint) on the side. The Corps Diplomatique immediately went to the Palace to congratulate the King OD his escape. At eight o'clock in the evening the King, with the Queen and his children, went to the church of pie di grotto. The assassin is' a Calabrese. He had entered the army as a volunteer. We have news from Constantinople of the sth. Herat has surrendered to the Persian Genera] Murad-Shafi. The English troops are already operating on the shores of the Persian Gulf. France has offered her mediation to the Court of Teheran. The Prose d' Orient of the let of December says :-- "It was on the 26th of October that the town was taken. The tcbapar (messenger), who was immediately sent to Teheran, with the news, only took eight hours to cross the vast plains which separate Herat from the Persian capital." The came journal announces the departure from Teheran of all the members of the British Consulate. Mr. Stevens Had gone to Tabriz, and Mr. Abbott, with the other members of the Consulate, had taken the road to Bombay. The Conferences between Feruk Khan and Lord Stratford de Radcliffe at Constantinople continue. CASSEL, DEC. 9. To-day the discussion of the Constitution has been continued in the two Chambers. Both Chambers are agreed on diminishing, as much as possible, the legislative power of the Elector, and on giving it entirely to the States, place of any strength all along that coast, which is Ews_ 89 leagues in length. "Ulebor;, Brahestad, Wasa, • and I , lysfoid are nothing btt small commercial harbours, and the only thin: approaching to a fortification was Gustafsvarn, the chief port at Hangoe. It is row intende( to construct five fortresses and fortified harbours along that coast ; the sites for them have already been selected, but they will be built not situultane)usly, but in sua• car , sion. The first of these works will be a forti fied harbour in the north, not fa? from the frontier town of Tornea. There are nine fortresses spoken of as about to be built along the coast of the By of Finland ; a row of forts connected by coat batteries is to stretch from St. Petersburg up to Riga, by way of Nerve, and Revel. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Prince of Prussia arrived here to-day at 2 p.m. Prince Napoleon and the military authorities received him at the Norkhern Railway station. Two batta.lions were drawn up in the courtyard, where four carriages of the Emperor were in wait ing. The two Princes, escorted by a squadron of the Guide, proceeded to the Palaces of the Tuile ries, where they alighted. Tie .01oniteur contains a decree and report, re lating to the organisation of the personnel of the crews of the French navy. There is no doubt that all the Powers have con sented to abide by the decision of the majority of votes in the new Congress. It is believed that the sitting of the Congress will not last longer than a week. _ . . The court of assizes sitting at Syra has just passed a sentence which has created a deep sensa tion. It has sentenced eleven prisoners, who formed part of the band of the brigand Dareli, dispersed last July by the Government troops, to be executed. They have not appealed against the sentence, but petitioned that mercy may be shown to four of the condemned, who are under 20 years of age. The court and jury declined seconding the petition for mercy. The report of the wreck of the French steamer Duroc, which was totally lost in the Pacific on the night of the 12th of August, 1856, off the Mellish reef, 160 leagues north-east of New Cale donia, is also given in the tiloniteur. A. list of the 36 persons who arrived at Cou pang, isle of Timor, with three boats, after a voyage of 800 marine leagues, is appended, and also a list of the 30 per sons, including the captain, M. Lavergne, his wife, his daughter, and their female attendant, who were left on the Mellish reef when the boats de parted on the 25th August. The following is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yester day (Thursday):-- %W M. Fr. C. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 3,339,5 25 72 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots - Do. in the branch banks - Do. on public securities of France • 26,600,43 6 -- Do. in the branch banks - Do. on railway shares and bonds 17,635,500 --• Do. in the branch banks - Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 - Advances on Treasury bills 40,000, 000 -- Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds 12,980,750 14 Hotel and furniture of the Bank _ - Real property of branch banks - Expenses of administration 776,393 83 Premiums on the purchase of matibres 3,197.1 58 5 7,. Sundries 129,723 li _--- 1 950,216,038 27 Dn. Capital . 91,250,000 --- Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000 --- Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 69,046,3 75 —",„ Do, to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 92,753,313 6A Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 23,930,3 80 --; Dividends to be paid 530,214 2° Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year •••••• Overdue bills Sundries 1 867 881 ° 33,488" 62 6,916,251 6 --- 950,216,03 S 27 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETU CB. 950,150,905 .6 Fr. e• Cash and. ingots ......... . ... 78,505,168 47' CAthit al, Lazy lu. ",„,,L, L.r., ..,,,, . ... ce K,14-IK.)lti 2 Pills due yesterday to be paid to-da y 772,049 7 Bills becoming due in Paris 251,487,827 12 Bills in the branch banks 267,523,294 -- Advances on coin and ingots 2,004,300 --- Do. in the branch ban ks 3,599,100 -- Do. on public securities of France 36,723,,250 —..936 10 Do. in the branch b anks Do. on railway shares and bonds 26,026,500 -:.- Do. in the branch banks 12,073,600 -- Do. to the S tate by treaty of June 3 0 , 1848 55,000,00 Advances on Treas ur y bills 40,000,000 -- Routes of the reserve fund 52,190,045 9S Renter of disposa ble funds 12,980,750 1 4 Hotel and furniture of the Bank 4,000,000 -"- Real nroperty of branch banks 5,371,728 - Expenses of administration 1,536 625 6 3 Premiums on the purchase of matieres 2,764:091 87 Sundr'es _.------ RUSSIA. BERLIN, Dec. 10.—The following intelligence from Russia will, if true, be found important. A St. Petersburg correspondent of the Konigsberg Journal states that it is understood in St. Peters burg that General Birjuloff, who commands the troops on the Russo-Persian frontier, has received orders to enter Persia with 50,000 men at the first requisition made to him by the Sh a h o f Persia. At the same time it is said that, two corps d'arnice have been set in motion towards the Austrian frontier. The correspondent then says, as a com ment of his own on this statement, that Russia cannot look on a passive spectator of the bold steps the British Government is taking towards Persia, or or the teigivciabioLia and that it will not be Russia's fault if new warlike complications arise. The conviction that the Anglo-Gallic alliance is at its last extremities gains, ho says, additional strength from observing the trouble the English press takes to be friendly with Austria ; as a military power on land is necessary for England to fall back on to enable her to act boldly in the Eas , she is now seeking on the Danube what she has lost on the Seine. Of the Russian army, however, it is added, qu'elle ne demancic pus snieux than to measure its strength with the Austrians, whom it saved in 1849. As an indication of how far the ideas of the Russians are changed towards France, he mentions that it is generally believed that Prince Napoleon is about to marry a daughter of the Grand Duchess Marie, the widow of the Duke of Leuchtenberg. If the press and comm on report had not already give n Prince.t NaPbhi"bne in marriage to so many Princesses, imigf t worth while to inquire which daughter o th . e Grand Duchess Marie is to be honoured on . this occasion—whether it is the one of her c hildren that is allowed to bear their reputed father's name, or one of the three that are only allowed to be called Romanoff. The Emperor Alexatickr, on the occasion . of his when at Moscow lately coronation, proclaimed the marriage of hi s sister with Prince Gregor Stroganoff, but it w as not made clear w hether that marriage had taken place recently or during the lifetime of th e l ate Emperor : however that may be there is no con trivance by which those children can be made legitimate. The late Emperor Nicholas would not only never hear of the Ines alliance being effected between his daughter and the Russian Prince, but also upbraided his daughter with the notorious laison that she had contracted With him, telling her that she was a disgrace to the Imperial Family. To this the Grand Duchess answered that sh e was i n this respect quite worthy of her father, and especially of her an cestress the Empress Catharine, in whose steps she followed. The lady and her present husband have, as it appears, now received permission to travel, and are on their way to Switzerland. The Augsburger Al'genuine Zeitulpg co 2 tains a communication, dated from the Polish frontier, which in some degree corroborates the statement of the movement of the Russian forces southward and eastward. It states that the entire Russian army, which has hitherto been stationed in the south, is not only to remain there during the winter, but also a considerable portion of it is to be moved further southward to the frontier of Bessarabia and the coast of the Black Sea. There is also a considerable movement of troops going on across the Don, for the purposes of strengthening the corps d'armee in Orenburg, which, it is generally understood, is destined to cross the Caspian Sea to Persia, for the purpose of protecting the Shah against European as well as Asiatic foes. Tra vellers coming from Astrakhan mention that the flotilla of the Caspian Sea is so numerous and so well appointed, that it could, in a very short space of time, transport a whole corps d'armee t o the close vicinity of Teheran. General Mouravieff, who bas been al m ost lost from view, so long has he been on his journey from Kars northward, arrived in Moscow not many days back ; he appears to be in very bad health, and to be very anxious of avoiding the ovations that popular enthusiasm is desirous of treating him to. According to a long article in the Invalide, it is the intention of the Government to collect a flotilla of steamers in the Balkasch Lake (in the interior of Asia, on the China frontier). FORTIFICATIONS IN THE BALTIC. The conviction which the late campaigns in the Baltic have produced of the openness of the Finland coast, and more particularly of the Gulf of Bothnia, has led to ext ensive p l ans being formed for its future protection. General von Berg has already commenced strengthening the old fortresses and selecting advantageous spots for the construc tion of fresh ones. In the place of Bomarsund a marine fortress is being built on the Island of Kaskoe, in the Gulf of Bothnia, which enjoys the advantage of a deep and commodious harbour, and five other fortresses are, it is said, to be erected on the Bothnian coast. Hitherto there has been no DR. C a pital 00 —"- 91,250,0 R, serve fund 12,980, 750 1 . Reserve iminobiliere -, Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch b an k s 63,896,475 --56 Do. to order (Post bills) ,r 9 Bills pay able at sight 2,9 5 3, ---- 1a 85 Account-curre n t of Treasury Creditor . 90,078,1776 87 Various accounts - current 102,152,00 ...... , /5 Do. br anc h b an k s 25,142,95 g Dividends t o be p a id 678 , 3' 7, 95 u ....., Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 93 ----- Re-discounts of the l as t h a lf year - 56 Overdue bills _,...--° 6 Sundries 4,693,2725,7° ------- 56 950,150,905 TURKEY. i _, t Ivo CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. I.—Last M onual F uad announced that Aali Pasha had repla ced 0 0 Pasha as Minister for Foreign Aff airs, an—, 1,,,,x. following day it was known that there had et I''bi place a further modification of the Cabin, which Ethein Pasha—a name new to the We st h , would obtain the Foreign-office, and Aal i P oli to and Fuad Pasha places in the Ministry w" " t i. special departments. The Cabinet, tuted, will stand thus : Vizier: Reschid Pasha Grand Affaira. Ethein Pasha . Foreign Ritza Pasha ... . .. . A ri l' i as a Mehemet Al' P.. h ........... Mukhtar Pash ******* Finance. a.. . Mussa Saffiti Pasha .......... Commerce. a s now cons Izzet Pasha p o llee. Raouf Pasha Mustapha Pasha Aa!i Pasha Departments. .., Fuad Pasha This must be looked upon as one of the strolchs: Ministries that has been seen for many a daY! t he, Takim, or movement party, is decidedly In and. majority, while the p resence o f Mustaphe', ad, Mehemet -Ali forms, so long as they are retie and it guarantee against a vast amount of intrigue Itt o pposition which would be certain to be br° l3 ' l t. A gainst the Government were they excl uded frotu d e We read in the Pays of Paris :--4'A telegraphic ~, spatch from Constantinople announces tha t Rita Pa bid Minister at War, is no longer a memb er of agesc his Pacha's cabinet. We do not know the reason for 0 .. r e tirement, nor whether his successor has yet begu : A , tninated. But at all events the news, should it be ; iv armed, proves that the ministerial difficulties at itantinople are not over." G PORTUA L. LIVERPOOL, Dsc. 1 1 % 4 The Calpe steamer, which had put into the Tau t, fir coals has brought Lisbon dates of the sth itr The United States' steam frigate Merrimac, (adiz, had arrived on tLe 4th inst. in The following were the foreign vessels of viti! ; .„, lobb ; Sanspareil, Capt. Key ; !Int :—Her Majesty's screw ships Ceesar, Citllb't- Itnshaive ; Colossus, Captain Thompson' -',5,7, nouth, Captain Byres ; the French serew s hip Centurion, Capt. Arsterlitz and steamer Phoenix, and the Dta t° The Government loan of 330,000/ • for ft gate Prins Alexander. p ublic w.rks was progressing favourably under tIl at. 3 pices of the Bank of Portugal, but it was st ill dcoted whether the Ministry could corrananut; wAhout some modification, a safe majority in tu ne r ly-elected Chamber of Deputies. ---- ?be Corriere Mercantile of Genoa has the folloo: inl e xtract i of a private letter from Messina, daed the 29 :—" It is generally believed here a b et movement has not been suppressed, but that. crthe contrary, it is spreading through the 4 1 s: trits of the interior. An unexpected insurrectiCi is liked of at Castro Giovanni, a central point % th„'island. It is also said that small detachment. ,or Dlciiery have joined the insurgents in the ne.4l!. boyhood of Cattani Setta. RevolutionyY PrOcis ragons have been placarded at Catania..