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THE SUN, TO ARRIVE THE SAME EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, General Newspaper and Adyertlsing Agents, 265, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENLY(, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, HET DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the. Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TREATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cause KILAN. THIS EVENING, The Material Play of LOUIS Lomb; (King of France), by Mr. Charles Eean. After which, HARLEQUIN D THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy tarsal& and Hanky l'anky, the Enchanter. 11,106(1111n, Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. Haline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Pattie; and Colamhlne, Miss Caroline Adams. ROTA.L. OLYAPIC THEATRE. USW aiitManzger, Mr. Alfred Wigal. THIS EVENING. TEE JEALOUS WIFE. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, Emery, Loslie, Dan vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Marston. Atter which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled Tag DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaff's. In which Moors. Ernery, F. Robson, Y. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Kiss Maekell will appear. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLNG, URGENT TRrIA.TE AFFAIRS. After which, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother 00030 at Home Again. In which Megsrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndhatn, and Miss E. Arden will appear. ROYAL SIIRREY THEATRE. Lessees, Maws. Shepherd and Creewick. THIS EVENING PARIS IN 1792. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, harlequin and Zane shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, TEIE HOLLY TREE INN. After which, HOW IS IT DONE ? To concitide with R kRLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SITE ; or, All la the Downs and Davy Jones's Locker. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The popular and interesting Spectacle de Roman, called BOOK WOOD; or, TURPIN'.I3 RIM: to YORK. Wondrous adventures, narrow escapes, leap of a five-barred gate, death of the mare Black Bess ! After which the SCENES In the ARENA. To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, called Tim - MEW:EN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions •f Christendom. .t,x.-oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Sir. W. Cooke. lan. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THT9 DAY—Morn. 5 min. aft. I—Evening 30 min. aft. 1 To-liionitow—'.Horn. 53 min. aft. I—Evening 16 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 6. THERHOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52 -highest sinoe noon yesterday. 46 -lowest this morning and during the night. 47 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.37: WIND, S. E.—Light, with dull, muggy, rainy weather. JANI:APT 7. 50 -highest since noon yesterday. 45 -lowest this morning and daring the night 47 —this day at noon. BARONETBR, 29 . 09. WIND, N.E.—Light, with fine, sunshiny weather, in di fling to frost. It rained all day yesterday. 41 , 1 ,Iskz,aitno T tt t LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1856. The " sayings and doings" of Lord ELGIN are matters of no ordinary interest and importance at the present time, not merely because he has made one of our best Colonial Governors, having ruled two of our most important dependencies with great judgment and discretion, but chiefly because he has been generally indicated by public opinion as a nobleman very likely to obtain a place in the Cabinet. It was also_ rumoured that he would, in such position,. 'give his adhesion to the Peace at-any-price Party, and be prepared to accept any conditions, however precarious or inadequate to the just claims of the nation. We have now had a fair opportunity of judging for ourselves as to the accuracy of these rumours, and we rejoice to find that the Noble Earl is per fectly orthodox in his political creed, and that he participates in the sentiments by which the great body of his fellow-subjects are actuated. He has made his " profession" of faith in the presence of a numerous body of his countrymen, and the enthusiastic reception which it met proved not only the soundness of the views of the Noble Earl on tills all-important subject, but also, of the municipality and inhabitants of the commercial metropolis of North Britain. Although the very felicitous allusions to the commercial relations existing between Glasgow and so many of our colonies naturally elicited high applause, the de monstrations were far greater when he referred to the existing War, and the imperative necessity of " fighting it out like men," and strongly recom mended that, "having drawn the sword, we should not sheathe it till the purposes for which we had drawn it were fully accomplished adding that, "taking the very lowest view of the matter, look ing at it simply as a question of pounds, shillings, and pence, nothing could be more demonstrably absurd than to leave work of the kind un finished." These are the opinions of the people of the United Kingdom, in which English, Scotch, and Irish concur, and which they are resolved to impress by every constitutional means on the attention of Parliament. We rejoice to find a nobleman in the position of Lord. E LGIN endorsing such honourable sentiments, and show ing that ho is not to bo bamboozled by the flimsy devices of " Germanism," or to exhibit any cre- dulity as to the result of the anticipated negotia tions. No sharper hit has been administered to "The cairn Johnny who upset the coach" than that of Lord ELGIN, when declaring that, " next to the successes of our arms, what we have had most reason to be thankful to Prtovr nENeE for is, the failure of our diplomatists." we leave the Peace Party to answer the pertinent interrogatives exhibited by the Noble Earl as to the practical consequences of any arrangement founded on the famous (!) Note of Vienna, or the interpretation given to the Four Points at the Conference. We repeat these queries, which we heartily commend to the careful consideration of Messrs. BRIGHT and COBDEN, and the followers who, led away by the prestige which once attached to their names, or P o ssibly from other less honour able motives, have advocated the views so sedu lously put forward by the different members of the Peace Party ! They are as follows : " What would have been our position now if we had succeeded in inducing Turkey to accept the proposals which we made to her in the famou s Note of Vienna, and if, after it had been too lat e .. ~ u sG'Y 'w ~. to mend the matter, we had found that, in point of fact, we had secured for Russia every single thing which Prince MENSCIIIKOFF intended to ob- tain, the eagle of France, the lion of Greatßritain, and the wild beasts of the other country crouch ing at her feet, as sentinels, to guard what she secured ? Or what would have been our position if, under the influence of some judicial blindness, Russia had not refused the proposals made the year following at Vienna, and if we had got from her any paper arrangement such as was suggested in these proposals, leaving her the prestige and credit of the defence of Sebastopol?" For the enlarged and enlightened opiaions to which he gave expression respecting our Colonial Empire Lord ELGIN is also entitled to great credit. Now that all doubts and fears on the topic of vital and primary importance have been set at rest, we can express our deep regret that Lord PALMERSTON was not enabled to avail him self of the great experience and high administra tive abilities of the Noble Earl when the Colonial Department lately " went begging." We have a high respect for Mr. LABOUCHERE, but we must say, that if Lord ELGIN had obtained the freedom of Glasgow at au earlier period, and had so fa vourable an opportunity for explaining his opi nions, we might now have had the benefit of services that have already passed through so many trying ordeals, aid that he might now be one of the Cabinet, constituting an important element of strength to the PALMERSTON Government ! with abundant opportunities of ascertaining whether the policy which proved so very beneficial in Jamaica and Canada would insure similar results for other dependencies sprinkled over the whole surface of the globe, and on which the sun never sets. We cannot conclude our notice without referring to a very unfair interpretation given by a morning contemporary to a portion of the address. There was a sneer to his allusion to the confidence which he felt at being on board a Clyde-built ♦easel during a severe storm. But. it was no vulgar superstition, no belief in the "tusk" attached to Glasgow, but a conviction founded on the know ledge of the soundness of the materials and excel lence of the workmanship given by the shipbuild ers, many of whom he was addressing at the mo ment—a very satisfactory conclusion, when his life depended on the stability and sea-worthiness of the vessel which " bore Elgin and his for tunes !" The petition which is now being signed in Hull is surely worthy of universal support, and ought to be adopted everywhere. Having early, ear nestly, and repeatedly urged the subject of its prayer, we can but feel gratified to see our recom mendations assuming a practical form. The people of Hull insist upon two things : first, that they are heavy pecuniary sufferers through the War ; secondly, that the payment of tie expenses of the War by Russia will prevent her from spend ing so much money in future on military objects. The petitioners therefore pray that in any peace made with Russia payment of the expenses of the War be one of the stipulations. With zegard to the first point, the people of Hull, since it is the chief port in the kingdom for the Baltic trade, feel the interruption or diminu tion of that trade more than the rest of their countrymen. They not only pay higher prices for the articles furnished by it, but lose their pro fit on their usual business. They have, therefore, a good right to be first in pressing this plea ; but only to be first, for we all feel the effect, of Rus sia's misbehaviour, in every pound of candles we burn and in everything we use made of hemp and other Russian materials of our manufactures. The men of Hull suffer, after all, little more than most of us. The more than doubled Income Tax, the Malt an d other taxes, the Loan, with its interest, an d the repayment of it, are the pressing burdens. These harass every one of us. From the poor clerk of 1001. per annum, to the millionnaire (un less the latter, indeed, reimburse himself by deal ings in tie loans) all labour under the GLA.DSTONE burden ; its unequal pressure on incomes from trade and salaries rendering it, like an ill-placed load, a double punishment to that class of payers. We suppose there is also but little doubt that we are to have a ten per cent. Inco me Tax fro m Sir COMNEWALL LEwis, and one still adjusted by the landlord or GLADSTONE scale, probably an additional loan also. We men of co mmerce, of salary, of literary toil must pay our full ten per cent. on all we do receive, and much we do not receive ; on all the bad debts even for which we should be losers by going to law to get them ; pay it in addition to double Legacy Duty and to Probate Duty, which the GLADSTONS class will not pay at all. Pay it while the loans raise com mercial discounts to 7 or 8 per cent. Verily if the happy half-exempt landlords can be quiet about the indemnity question, the great mass of other Englishmen who have incomes from 100(. a-year and upwards cannot afford to be so. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer asks our assent to his new Budget, let the reply of the whole coun try be, " Yes, with all our heart, provided you mean so to miduct the War that we shall recover its expenses at last from Russia," The country knows that this can be done. It knows that it could have been done. It refuses to believe that the naval prepara tions now making for the Baltic might not have been made in great part the first year of the War. After the NAPIEU failure it was evident to every schoolboy what was wanted in the Baltic. The alternatives indeed are that Sir C. WOOD ought to be bundled out•of dace unceremoniously as culpably incompetent; or that the Cabinet which repressed his genius ought to be dismissed. Even the Times assures us that the two Baltic ex peditions have cost the country 20,000,0001. ! ! And for what ? To point out all their weak points to the Russians, and to make the work ten times harder and more murderous for such an armament as is really adapted to the purpose. When speaking of indemnity we confess our tender consciences have one little misgiving. It might be unfair to saddle Russia with the cost of all our mismanagement. She might fairly say to US) " You might have compelled me to sign judg °lent) and have taken your money in half the time and at half the cost. You proceeded as if you were only thinking to frighten me. How could I think you would ever attack me in tho rough earnest? Had y should have bee n saved the ou chargesdon©that of some at firs two Now, tee cou ld not answer this. t I years' war." If Sir C. WOOD and others could, if th©y h a d th e face to tell Russia, "Oh, we were d o i ng the best we could," she might well retort, " Bett er for me, then, had I made you a present of a TODTLEBEN, and a MOIIRAVIEFF, or even a GORTSCRAIKOFF or two ; with your means they would have given a very different account of Cronstadt, and St. Petersburg, and of the Crimea, too." However, plaintiffs are not generally very scrupulous as to the costs with which they can saddle an antago nist, and in the cause in which the Allies are plaintiffs the gratuitous fraud and violence of the defendant justify the penalty of even redundant costs. Respecting the second plea on which the peti- tioner's rely, that exhausting the Russian Exche quer is so far binding her over to keep the peace, its pertinency is obvious in itself, and confirmed too well by our own experience. But for our own enormous debt we should never have been guilty of the enormous folly of allowing Russia to go so far as she has done. That debt has kept down our army and navy, and a much smaller one in a poor country like Russia would be a very salu tary check on her military and aggressive ten dencies. It might compel her to recruit her self, by fostering general commerce, and abolish ing a prohibitory policy ; and after she had done that a few years, she would prefer increasing her wealth to robbing neighbours of their territory. A truly splendid field is open to a patriotic and unambitious Czar. With a boundless territory, splendid river communications, and a subservient people, nothing is needed but to renounce ambi tion of conquest, and to liberate the Empire's money and men from military purposes ; Russia might then supply all Europe with its raw pro duce. It would be mercy in reality to compel her to prefer industrial to warlike pursuits. A munificent pension has recently been be stowed by her most gracious MAJESTY upon Mr. JOSEPH HAYDN, the laborious compiler of the well-known Dictionary of Dates. A munificent pension of-4ahem !—how much ? Can any one guess ? Actually, a pension of-251. a year ! Otherwise, a reward of---21. ls. Bd. a month ! Or, nine shillings and sevenpence a week ! Or, just one shilling and fourpence-halfpenny a day ! A reward for—what I' For the work of a shoe black ? For journeyman tailoring ? For sweep iv.: the staircase of Buckingham Palace, or weed ing the gardens of Osborne, or rolling the gravel walks of Balmoral! Nothing of the sort. In stead of this, for long years of intellectual labour —years consumed, first of all, in the accumula tion and then in the diffusion of valuable know ledge ! A reward of 25?. a year, or 2/. ls. Bd. a month, or 9s. and 7d. a week, or, as we have said, just Is. and 40. a day, for ingenious and laborious research among the treasures of chrono logy—for sedulous, and earnest, and devoted ap plication to the interests of literature-4for very appreciable though not easily calcalable service to the cause of popular instruction, the great and good cause of National Education, abandoned for the most part to the spontaneous self-sacrifices of such men as Mr. HAYDN by the negligence, or incompetence, or procrastination of the Imperial Government ! A pension of 25/. a-year for this ! Why, a scullion in the QUEEN'S kitchen might look for a reward equivalent in value, after growing old among the kettles and pans of Windsor ! " Greasy JANE" who " keels the pot" might aspire to the consolation of 25/. a-year after scrubbing and rubbing, and moiling and toiling during long years under the roof of her MAJESTY'S buttery even in that lowly occu pation ! Herr SCHMAUINIZE, the keeper of H.R.H.'s cigar-case, might almost venture to dream of the solace of 9s. 7d. a-week, or is. 4id. a-day, after growing grey in the selection of H.R.H.'s Manillas, after losing his teeth, and find ing his eyes dim, and falling generally into " the sear and yellow leaf " under the responsibility of conserving H.R.H.'s match-box, or of looking after the well-being of H.R.H.'s meerschaum! But topen sion off a scholar like Mr. HAYDN with a beggarly reward (!) of two pounds one and eightpence a month, to bestow publicly, in the face of the nation, a weekly alms of nine shillings and seven pence upon a painstaking student like the author of the Dictionary of Dates, to recompense him (literally to recompense him) for his prolonged re searches among the more notable memorabilia of chronology with a wretched 25/. a-year, a miser able dole of ls. and 4id. a day—skis to our think ing to offer something very like a deliberate in sult to scholarship, and to subject the character of a man of letters, to say the least of it, to the semblance of a wilful and gratuitous de gradation. When shall we have an end of these paltry tokens of the insolent depreciation by the State of the importance, and the dignity, and the beneficence of Literature ? Stoniest of all the stony dates, we take it, that might be chronicled by Mr. HAYDN, is the day upon which his prolonged and valuable intellectual labours were rewarded by a munificent pension of 25/. a year bestowed upon hint, we are pained to think, in the name of his Gracious SOVEREIGN ! MINISTERIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. On Saturday evening summonses were issued from the Foreign-office for a meeting of the members of the Cabinet on Friday next, at two o'clock. The Earl of Clarendon, who has been detained in town by the urgency of public business since Thursday last, left the Foreign-office on Saturday evening to join the countess and family at the Grove, near Watford. The noble earl will return to the metropolis to-day. Sir Charles Wood will be unable to absent himself from town, from the amount of public duty he has to discharge in his department of the Government. Ad miral Sir Edmund Lyons had an interview with the First Lord on Saturday at the Admiralty. The Marquis of Lansdowne will continue a fortnight longer at Bowood, to receive company, when the ♦ener able statesman will return to Lansdowne House to assist in the councils of the Ministry. Sir George Grey, whose accident while out hunting with the B?skshire hounds has previously been an nounced, is going on very favourably. The right hon. baronet has determined to remain in town for the season. The Earl of Harrowby left town on Saturday. Lord Panmure, the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and Lord Stanley of Alderley remain in town. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary will leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, next week, for St. James's Palace, with the inten tion of remaining a few weeks in town. Do'vza, Jan. 6.—His Royal Highness Philippe, Comte de Flandres, is expected to arrive at the Lord Warden Hotel to-night, and will proceed to town to morrow morning. His Royal Highness is accompanied by his Aide-do-Camp, Capitaine de Burnell, &c., The Duchess (Dowager) of Northumberland is passing the winter at her villa at Twickenham. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are receiving a succession of distinguished guests at Woburn Abbey. The hospitalities will be brought to a close at the end of this week. The Marquis of Breadsllyme, who is staying with the Marchioness at Taymouth Castle, is expected to arrive is town on the 28th inst. The Earl and Countess of Ripon have arrived in town from Brighton. Sir James Parke has formally resigned his judgeship, and Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., has been appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in his room. The total amount received by the French Minister of War for the Crimean fund up to yesterday is 925,i4,5f. 28c. The new line of railway from Vienna to Raale (Hun gary) was opened to the public on Christmas-day. A. system of signals for foggy weather has just been adopted at the light of the Pointe do Galantz at St. Pierre et Miquelon. Mr. Lyons, who has so ably filled his difficult post at Rome as the unofficial representative of her Majesty, is expected to succeed Mr. Scarlett, who has left the mis sion at Florence for his appointment at Rio. THE PLUM PEOPOSITIONS.—A letter from Berlin, in the Independawe Belle, says :—" The counterproposi tions of Russia are calculated to divide Germany and to prevent the Bamberg league from inclining towards the Western Powers, as it was feared it would. It is in that light these propositions are considered here, where no one believes them to offer any chance of peace." A. letter from Vienna says :—" The Emperor Francis Joseph recently ordered that telegraphic despatches should be transmitted to him every day on the health of Prince Paskiewitch. For the last week these despatches have been regnlarly received, and after having been communicated to the Emperor, they are sent to Prince Gortschakoff, who does not receive any news direct from Warsaw." TURIN, Jan. 3.—The recruiting for the Anglo-Italian Legion goes on very well—about -30 men per day fall in. They are chiefly Piedmontese, of a good stamp, and many in higher stations of life than recruits are generally. Our Government it appears does not want more than 4,000 men. The Sardinian Government will want 13,000 men in the spring, which will of course check our recruiting in some measure. The arrivals of specie last week have amounted to 700,0001., of which only 125,000/. is gold. The ship ment 4 have reached about 450,000/. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1856 THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. " The Wizard " has further novelties in preparation to reward his friends and the community at large for the patronage so liberally awarded to him. Rob Roy is to be produced on Wednesday evening, Mr. Anderson himself enacting the part of the bold outlaw, which he has done with great eclat both in Scotland and America. It cannot be forgotten that he was proprietor of the City Theatre, Glasgow, at the time of the unfortunate conflagration by which it was completely destroyed, and from which he sustained very serious pecuniary loss. But Mr. Ander son was not the man to sink under any casualty, how ever formidable ; and he has proved that he possesses the Plasanix-like attribute of acquiring new strength from that which would ruin others of less energy and ability. There, on the boards consecrated by the ori ginal " Bailie Nicol Jarvis," where the venue was laid, he undertook the chief part, and achieved unequivocal success. In New York also he gained verdant laurels in the role which he undertook for the benefit of a distressed brother performer, for it is not the least of Mr. Ander son's claims that "his hand has always been open as the day in the cause of melting charity," and that his purse and personal exertions have been freely accorded to the sick and needy, suffering and destitution constituting a demand which he could never resist. We anticipate a rich treat in the production of Roo Roy under such auspices, when we may feel well assured that every part will receive a strictly conscientious interpretation. The pantomime continues to attract crowded audiences. The promises of the first night have been fully verified, and as Flexmore declared, "it was all right on the mor row," and has been so ever since ; and the public has shown its just appreciation of the intense exertions and lavish expenditure so freely expended for its gratifica tion. It is said that a squib, under the title of "Tit for Tat, a Legend of Drury-lane," will also be produced, in which it will be clearly shown that the Garden has " a Roland for the Oliver" of Old Drury. We shall look for ward with some curiosity to these bloodless contests, in which the combatants fight with "headless weapons," calculated to raise many a hearty laugh, without lasting injury to the parties engaged. HAYMARKET THEATRE. On Saturday e►ening Farquhar'e comedy of the "Beaux Stratagem" was revived at this theatre with complete success. The comedy has been compressed into three acts, and the objectionable parts expunged, but its general character has been admirably preserved by Mr. Buckstone, and its production will no doubt prove highly attractive. The comedy has the advantage of able embodiments. The entire force of the theatre is thrown into the caste—including, of course, th• lessee himself, whose portraiture of Saab is as masterly and diverting an effort as anything we remember to have experienced at his hands, numerous as have been his comic personations. The audience enjoyed the humour of this creation immensely on Saturday night, and it never probably, even when the comedy was in the fall flood of its popularity, occasioned more genuine mirth. The characters of Mrs. Sullen, Cherry, Archer, Aim well, Squire Sullen, and Foigard were supported respec tively by Min Reynolds, Miss Bella Copeland (a debu tante from Liverpool, and niece, we believe, of the late Mrs.Fitzwilliara),Messrs.Howe,W.Farren, Chippendale, and Braid. Miss Bella Copeland met with great success, and her acting on Saturday augured very favourably for the future. She possesses all the requisites for her profes sion in an eminent degree, and we doubt not but that in a short time she will become an established London favourite. We rarely see a comedy of such merit as the " Beaux Stratagem," which, with all its faults, possesses a degree of brilliancy of dialogue that might be ♦ainly looked for in similar works of the present day, so evenly acted throughout. All the performers exerted them selves to the utmost, and under such circumstances it would be invidious to particularise. The new grand Christmas pantomime increases nightly in attraction. The house was crowded at the rising of the curtain. SUPPOSED MURDER OF THE LATE LORD EORGE BENTINCIC.. THE RUG LEY POISONING CASES. The inquiries instituted at Rugeley and Stafford, with relation to the antecedents of William Palmer and his associates, have brought several new circumstances to light of a mysterious and appalling character. The ❑ames of other persons, either missing or known to be deceased, have been mentioned as having suddenly dis appeared from Rugeley, and it is now ascertained, upon the evidence of two or three persons, that Palmer was seen in the company of thelate Lord George Bentinck on the day of his death. It is also said that he had bad betting transactions with the noble lord, and owed him a considerable sum of money at the time of his death. This information has tended to heighten the excitement already prevailing in Stafford, Nottingham, and Lich• field, where the accused, Palmer, is well known. Addi tional inquiries have been set on foot to trace Palmer's movements on the day on which Lord George Ben tinck's body was found in the field, and it is stated that there are witnesses in Nottingham who can depose to having seen Palmer and Lord George Bentinck toge ther for some time befcre the death of the latter. BON-lONS FOR THE RUSSIANS, The principal engineering founderies in Liverpool have the whole of their hands occupied in the manufacture of immense projectiles and enormous pieces of ordnance. At the Mersey steel and iron works, in addition to the monster wrought-iron gun, to weigh 24 tons, and to throw a ball of 3001 b. upwards of five miles, they are constructing two wrought-iron mortars, capable of throwing a shell of 36 inches in diameter. At Messrs. Fawcett and Preston's they are executing an order for 90 mortars for 13-inch shells, about 50 for sea and 40 for land service. At the Vauxhall Foundry im mense quantities of 8, 10, and 13 inch shells have been constructed for some time, upwards of 7,000 tons of which have been made during the past 6 months ; and during the last 10 days they have shipped 1,400 tons of shell to Woolwich. This firm are also making several dozens of 10 and 13 inch mortars for land and sea ser vice, and 2 experimental cast-iron mortars to throw 18- inch shells, which, it is believed, are to be called the "Falmerston Pacificators." fir. Jno. Laird is also build ing 14 wooden screw gun-boats, of 240 tons and 60- horse power each. DULWICH COLLEGE. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,—Having read your admirable article on Dulwich College and its abuses, I beg to be allowed, through the medium of you r in fl u ent i a l co l umns , to sug gest to the Charity Commissioner s for the Administration of Dulwich Colllege a little charitable consideration in their new and enlarged scheme for the members of the profes sion to which the founder, Alleyn, belonged, and who devoted to its endowment the entire fortune realised by that profession, now valued at 8,0001. a-year, with every possibility of doubling that amount in time. No other profession, either lay or clerical, can, I be lieve, boast a similar instance of charitable devotion in one person as this " God's gift" of an actor ; but by some oversight—for I cannot imagine such an acknow ledged good man would have designedly forgotten the indigent old age and children of his less fortunate brethren of the mimio art—the charity has only been available to the inhabitants of four parishes, removed from his sympathies and associations. Perhaps the player's calling was in a healthier condition then, if we may judge by the fortunes acquired in following it. No class of society can be more liberal towards the distresses of ethers than actors have proved to be, and no class would more sensibly feel the benefit of the ex tension of this charity, which is now possible, to their wants. I trust, therefore, that I shall not be deemed too pre suming if I entreat that out of an actor's charity one fourth of its new additions be devoted to the needy . and helpless member s o f t h a t pro f ession by which the imstitu tiou originated, and their children, both with regard to in and outdoor pensions and education in the upper and lower schools. The many instances of the highest talent being reduced to the lowest means, when the large and wasted funds of the Actor's College might, if properly applied, have been so well bestow e d i n re li ev i ng abject misery and bright ening tie future of many a neglected orphan, are too painful to enumerate. Hoping for your good will and word towards "the poor player," and i his little ones,-_I am, &c., Theatre Royal Adolph', Jan. 4. B. WEBSTER. MINES.—The mining share ark ' has worn a dull aspect this week, and as sellers have predominated prices generally rule lower.—Mining Journal of Saturday. CITHE COAL TRAM —Statistics of the coal trade of London for the past year, just prepared by Mr. J. R. Scott, show that the total importation into the metro polis was 4 , 1 77,953 tons, of which 3,016,868 tons were seaborne, the remaining 1,161,085 having been brought by railway, &c. This total presents a decrease of 198,817 tons, as compared with the great importation of 1854, since, although the quantity by railway exhibits an improvement of 183,876 tons, there is a falling off of 382,693 in that by sea, the latter circumstance being partly attributable to the removal of a number of screw steamers from the trade for more profitable employment as transports under Government. The following are the numbers of cargoes of sea-borne coals, sold by the principal factors —namely, 'Till, Wood, and Hughes, 1,969 cargoes ; Dixon, Harris, and Angier, 1,040 ; Hugh Taylor, 992 ; M ars h a ll an d P age, 734 ; Charleton and Watson, 634; Stephenson Clarke, 627 ; Smith, Scur field, and Co., 436 ; William Milnes and Co., 434 ; F. D. Lambert, 316 ; Miller and Potter, 284 ; and Fen- Wick, Laroche, and Stobart, 214, LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY. The Lougsor has arrived. She brings news from Constantinople to the 27th, and from the Crimea to the 25th. Marshal Pelissier does not leave the Crimea. General Martimpre will hold his place in Paris. There has beta a thaw at Sebastopol. The Russians have increased their fortifications over Inkerman, and have unmasked new batteries on the left of the Tchernaya. The steamer France, which left Kamiesh on the 15th of December, has arrived. She brought 18,000 cannon-balls. The steamer New York has arrived. No ship of war was lost in the late storm. Omer Pacha has arrived at Batoum. His re placement was discussed, but it was decided to bo impossible. The army when near Kutais was far two days without supplies, on account of the overlowing of the rivers. Seventy ships are loading at Constantinople with supplies and mu nitions of war for Soukum Kaleh. BERLIN, JAN. 5. The members of the Grand Council of War, assembled at St. Petersburg, are principally en gaged on the questions relating to the fortifica tion of the strategic points of the Empire. The fortifications of Kiew will be finished be. tween this time and the end of the winter. Prince George of Mecklenburg-Strelitx arrived here yesterday. It is confidently stated here that Austria seri ously intends to submit to the Germanic Diet the propositions for peace which she has forwarded to St. Petersburg. TURIN, JAN. 6. General La Marmora will set out to-morrow for Paris, where he is to take part in the Military Conferences. HAMBURG, JAN. 6. According to adyices from Sweden, General Bloch, Minister of War in Norway and Com mander-in-Chief of the Army, has been directed to organise the Norwegian troops, in concert with the head of the war department at Stockholm. Since the 20th of November last the 2d of January has been appointed for the opening of the Conferenees on the Sound Dues. These Con ferences are now postponed sine die. The Past-Ampt Gazette, in a letter from Vienna of the 2d, says :—" Halim Pacha has arrived at Erzeroum, where troops are being collected by the Turkish Government. The fortifications, re cently constructed, are only mounted with 28 pieces of oannon, and the whole place is in a bad state of defence. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Moneteur this morning contains a notifica tio❑ fixing as follows the interest on bons du tresor from the 7th of January, viz.: For bons of from three to five months, 4/ per cent. per annum ; of from six to eleven months, 5 per cent. per annum ; and bons for a year, 5 per cont, per annum. A letter from Frankfort, received here, mentions that additional co-operation is given to Saxony, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg in the efforts made by those States in favour of peace. It is consi dered certain that the Grand Duke of Hesse gives his complete approval to the propositions transmitted by Austria to the Court of Rus sia. The representative of the Grand Duke at St. Petersburg has been instructed to support those propositions, or, at least, advise their ac ceptance by the Russian Cabinet. What the result may be no one can say; but the act of the Grand Duke is considered important, as the Empress of Russia is his sister, and he is believed to possess much influence over her. " This step," adds the letter, " Can hardly fail to produce an impression on the mind of the Emperor Alexander, and it will be for him a new proof of the disposition of Germany, and of the movement in public opinion, which declares itself each day more and more favourable to the policy of the Western Powers." An Imperial decree opens to the Budget of the Legion of Honour a supplementary credit of 184,305 fr., of which 171,109 k. are for the expense of decorations, medals, &c.; and 13,200 fr. for the office charges of the commission of old soldiers. BOURSE, Jan. 5, Two o'clock.—Market dull, Threes have been done as low as 63f. 40c. Half-past Three.—Tho market continued heavy to the close. The following are the last quota tions : Cash. fr. 4. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9l 75 —f. --c. 3 per Cents 63 63 15 New Loan 64 10 Bank Shares — Roman Credit Mobilier 1255 Austrian Belgian Fives 93i Spanish Three s Piedmontese B6 53 Home Debt ...... 34 RAILWAYS -I'OR CASH. fr. c. e. Orleans Northern Lyons .. , ...1112 50 New Ditto 742 GO Mediterranean 1245 Grand Central 570 Lyons Geneva ...... 675 Tests - Cette 675 Austrian Com. 715 RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 28th ult., in the Presse, says :—" The Invalide Russe, usually so sparing of remarks of a non-official cha racter, to-day publishes an article of that descrip tion, entitled ' First Impressions on the Surrender of Kars ;' but any one would be much mistaken who should expect to find any indication of the political coisequences of that event in the article. The writer certainly raises the question as to that event exciting the bellicose ardour of the allies, or inspiring them with sentiments of peace, but he leaves the question unanswered. He draws a sterile comparison between the fall of Kars and the evacuation of Sebastopol, which place the writer constantly calls 'the ancient Akthiar,' doubt less to deprive the allies even of the aame of their victory. All that appears positive in the article is that particular importance is attached to the con quest of the pachalic of Kars, and that it expresses a hope that it will exercise a great moral influence on the Divan." The same letter says :—" We have news from Ayan, in the Gulf of Okhotsk, to the middle of August. The English and French had just quitted that roadstead after a long stay there, but without having succeeded in finding the pieces of cannon which the Russians had buried Oil leaving that neighbourhood." A litter from St. Petersburg, in the Hamburg News, says :—" General Rudiger, commanding the Guard and the Grenadiers, has pu blished the fol lowing notice—' O w i ng to the nu mber of officers which it is certain will be wanted in the next cam paign for the service of the coast redoubts con structed for the defence of the Baltic coast, such officers of the navy as are wounded or incapable of service afloat are invited to take service in the aboved-named batteries." The same letter adds : " We learn that the Russian Government is think ing of defending the railroad from Moscow to the capital against any operations of the enemy. It is proposed to arm the stations on the lino with works armed with cannon. Each of these redoubts will be occupied by a battalion of militia, charged to guarantee it at least from any surprise of the enemy's advanced guard." A letter from St. Petersburg, in the National Gazette of Berlin, says :—The price of saltpetre has risen in an extraordinary manner. Lately full liberty was accorded to every ono indiscriminately. in Russia to work saltpetre mines, but that mea sure has proved insufficient. The Government has not been able to come to the resolution to allow openly the importation of that article free of duty; but the various custom-houses have received a private intimation to permit all the saltpetre which was presented at the frontier to enter without pay. ing anything. Gold and payer coin are ing rapidly, and the Minister of Finance cannot remedy the evil. A positive interdiction certainly exists to export silver gold from Russia, but, not withstanding a large quantity is privately carried. away. The gain for so doing to the parties con cerned in the clandestine traffic is about 4 per cent. PERSIA. We find the following in the Ost. Deutsche Post of Vienna, of the 29th ult. :—" While the Journal de St. Pctersbourg publishes an account of the grand reception given to the Persian Envoy Extraordi nary at the Court of the Emperor Alexander, the telegraph has informed us that the English Envoy at tho Court of Persia had struck his flag. Another despatch has since given us the key to these con trasts by announcing that the Persians have taken possession of the fortress of Herat. Some words of explanation are necessary in order to enable a judgment to be formed of this state of things. Herat is the capital of the Principality of that name, which is situate in the middle of the plateau of the Iran, and is bounded on the west by Persia, and on the east by Cabul. It is considered to be one of the best fortified towns in the East, and according to eastern historians the citadel dates as far back as the time of Nebuchad nezzar. It is the grand centre of commerce be tween Western Persia, the Transoxane, and India ; and the importance which the Persians attach to Herat is sufficiently indicated by their proverb, " IChorassan is the shell of the world, and Herat is its pearl." Thi s po i nt only acquires importance for Europe from the efforts which Russia and England are making in the north of India to extend their rule. Russia and England have both fully per ceived the importance of Herat, and have each sought, though in a different manner, to increase their influence in that country. It is well known that the Persians, supported by Russian forces, attempted in 1832 to get possession of that fortress, but their efforts failed in consequence of the English having suc coured the latter. The attack was renewed in 1838 with more energy, but this attempt was also fruitless, as the English compelled the Persians to beat a retreat. Urged on by Russia, Persia, how ever, has never ceased to covet the possession of Herat. On the other hand, the English were already at the gates of Affghanistan, and en deavoured to check Russian influence, which had extended over the plains of Central Asia as far as beyond Bokhara. The complications recom menced in 1851, at the period when an imbecile prince ascended the throne. As no one would recog nise him, Herat was considered as a place without a master, and was disputed by different parties. A. short time after Russia concentrated a consider able force on the frontiers of that principality, and moved in a direct lino towards Medsched and Herat. The Persians, although jealous at the movement of these troops, allowed them to proceed, hoping that they would assist them in executing a fresh attempt against the fortress. Since the com mencement of the present war Russia has endea voured to draw over the Shah of Persia to her side, and to annihilate the influence of England in that country, and the cabinet of St. Petersburg appears to have at length found the price at which the court of Persia has consented to throw itself uncondi tionally into the arms of Russia. The conquest of Herat is a severe blow struck against the interests of England. That event would not have been possible without the assistance of Russia, and was attempted simultaneously with the attack on Kars. If England has undertaken the present war in con sideration of the dangerous extension of the power of Russia in Asia, what chance of success can there bo of peace when the interests of England have just been more materially affected than they have been since the commencement of the war ? We think that the Asiatic question will yet play a great part in that relative to the balance of power in Europe." THE BALTIC. We road in the Indspendance Beige, under date Hamburg, 3d inst. :—" Commercial letters received to-day from several of the Russian Baltic ports mention the extraordinary activity displayed by the Generals in erecting additional works of de fence on the land and sea side, and establishing intrenched camps for the troops, who aro to ope rate in the three provinces o f Esthonia, Livonia, and Courland. Communications by land are now easy on account of the ice and snow, and Revel, Riga, and other maritime towns have already ' been supplied with guns of long range, on an im proved system, lately cast in the Imperial foundry of St. Petersburg. It was intended to construct at Revel and Riga two new batteries on the sea side, and to arm them with those guns, in order to keep a t a di s t ance th e a lli e d s hi ps, the broadsides of which damaged last year the advanced works of the Russians, while the guns of the latter, being of inferior range, were unable to retaliate. The com mercial letters above referred to, written by some of the most eminent merchants in the Russian Bal tic ports, generally attach no credit to the rumours of peace, which also circulated there in December. They are convinced that next spring the war will be prosecuted by Russia with re doubled vigour. Preparations of defence were in progress all over the country, and on a gigantic scale, in order to resist the ext raor di nar y means o f anal which, it was well known, the allies were preparing on their side. It was believed at Revel and Riga that an Anglo-French force will he landed in the three Baltic provinces the moment the navigation becomes free, and that hostilities will be simultaneously carried on along both banks of the Gulf of Finland. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have ar rived. It was stated a few days ago that one of the insurgent chiefs, Tristany, had fled into France; the Gazette contains a despatch from the Captain- General of Catalonia, announcing that on the 22d ult. a detachment of the civil guard fell in with a band of 14 insurgents, beaded by the three brothers Tristany, at Alferachs, in Lerida, and killed four and captured six of them. These six, says the de spatch, were to be shot. It was after this affair that one of the brothers Tristany had effected his escape across the Spanish frontier. The Gazette adds that an o th er T r i s t any , A n t on i o , was kill e d i n an affair at Pino some days before. The new sur veys of the railway f rom S e ville to Cadiz had been terminated. The journals contain no political news of in terest. A Naar SUBMARINE WAR MACHINE.--A letter from St. Petersburg says :—" Mr. Mauer, after being refused by the British Government, has obtained great encour agement from the Russians, who have been at the ex pense of erecting one of his machines, at a cost of about 15,000/. It is said to be a clever invention, and to be spoken well of by the most intelligent engineers at St. Petersburg. It is to be propelled by two screws, and steered to any point un d er water, where i t may rema i n for eight hours without requiring fresh air to be pumped. The Russians ostentatiously profess to congratulate themselves that it was not a d opte d b y th e English, as it might have been efficacious in enabling them to remove the booms and mines they have put under water to pre vent the approach of ships of war." AN IMPERIAL CHRISTMAS-ROX.—The Emperor Na poleon, with fine taste and delicate courtesy, has sent over to the Queen a very pretty and very precious Christmas gift. It is in the form of a lady's a lb um ; and the substance of it is an artistic memorial of her Majesty's visit to Paris. The drawings are in water colour, by the most renowned French masters. "The Queen at Boulogne "is by M. Morel Fatio, and the departure from that port by M. Mozin. M . Ch avet contributes two illustrations to the Royal album, "The Ball at Versailles" and "'Eh? Imperi a l S upper. " " The Queen's Arrival in Paris is drawn b y M . Guerrard. M. Eugene Lami illustrates "The Arriv a l a t St . Cl ou d." A few other drawings are by artists less kn own i n E ng . land. The case which contains these tr easures i s go ts up in the most exquisite style, and w ith a ll t h e r i c h ness of orname ntation for which French design is renowned. The book we believe was produced for the Emperor at a cost of 1,000 guineas. -- FATAL GUN ACCIDENT ON THE BRAES OP LOMA:in. —Mr. James Macdonald, farmer, Mucomer, parish of Killmonivaig, having obtained leave from the lessee of the shootings on the estate of Letterfinlay, went out on Tuesday last to shoot hares, accompanied by the keeper, Duncan Macpherson, and his own servant, Archibald Macintyre. As the party were returning borne in the evening Macintyre, who was a few paces in front of his master, started a hare, whereupon the latter pointed his gun at the running hare, when, unfortunately, at that moment his foot slipp e d on th e frosty surfac e , th e shot went off, and, sad to say, entered the body of poor Mac intyre, who within five minutes thereafter was stretched a lifeless corpse. The bleeding body was borne by Mac pherson from the hilltop to the high road. Macdonald, in a state bordering on distraction, could render but little aid. Assistance having been procured, the de ceased was removed in a cart to the humble home he had left in the morning in full health. Next day the case was investigated by Sheriff Fraser and Mr. T. Macdonald, Procurator-Fiscal, who felt satisfied that the melancholy catastrophe arose from a mere, though most unfortunate, accident. Macintyre has left seven helpless orphans, all under 12 years of age, and a widow, a delicate woman, in an advanced state of pregnancy, to deplore his loss. The family are nearly destitute of body clothes and shoes and bedclothes for this inclement sea son of the year, and besides have very little food in the house, The parish minister has opened a subscription in the parish and neighbourhood, with a view to relieve their immediate wants ; and it is hoped that when these distressing particulars are made publicly known, many benevolent persons at a distance will assist, and contri bute aid in money or clothes towards this work of charity. Such aid will be thankfully received and care fully administered on behalf of the widow and or phans by a e Rev. Mr. Macintyre, manse of Kill mcciraig, to whom, o r through the agents of the British Linen Comp any an d National Bank, Fort William, Courier, may be transmitted. Inve rness n Con Dec, 27. LETTER BY A RUSSIAN SISTER OF MIIRG Y. The following is a translation of a letter written in May last by one of the Russian Sisters of Mercy ministering at Sebastopol s---* " Only a few days have passed since I last wrote to you, and now I could again fill at least 21 pages with the events of the one single night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Oh, how much I should have to tell you, but how or with what words ! My God, what a horror is war ! What unnatural cruelty it is ! In the night between Monday and Tuesday our men were ordered to dig fresh trenches and throw up batteries, with a strong force to protect the workmen. We were all night prepared for attack, but it passed off quietly, and the whole of Tuesday was calm and still. In the evening all was again expectation. Every pre• paration was made. Several rows of mattresses were laid on the ground ; small tables were arranged with lights and writing materials upon them. The attend ants were placing heaps of lint, bandages, dressings, short stearine candles, and medicines upon a table. In one corner stood a large samoar (a lamp•kettle), and near it two small tables, with small teapots and cups. On the other side was a table covered with brandy, wine, lemonade, tumblers, and wine glasses. The room is nearly dark, and a peculiar stillness reigns around, as in the air before a thunderstorm. Fifteen surgeons, and more, are seated around Pirogoff in the room for opera tions, or are walking up and down in pairs. The officer and the smoritel (superintendent), who have to see that everything is in readiness, are busily moving about, or are fetching in more medical help and attendance. As you stand at the door or look out through the lofty windows at both sides of the room, you see a bright, quiet night, for the moon is shining, and the stars are twinkling, without a cloud. Between 9 and 10 o'clock there is a flash like that of lightning at the windows, and suddenly it roars till every pane of glass rattles. By degrees, flash follows flash, more frequent and rapid ; you can no longer distinguish the shots from each other. The fifth and sixth bastions are lit up with fire, but the enemy's bombs do n o t reac h t h e city. We sit and listen, ever in the same sort of twilight, and about an hour passes over. Then comes a lit ter, another, and another—it has begun. The candles are lit ; folks run hurriedly backward' and forwards, and the large room is soon filled with men. The floor is covered with the wounded—everywhere, where they can sit, they who have crawled in do sit. How they shriek ! What a din ! Hell is let loose around us. You cannot hear the thunder of the guns for this wailing and groaning. That one screams, but not in words. This one cries—' Save me, brethren, save me I' Anoth er s ees the brandy on the table, and entreats Be a kind mother to me and give me a dram.' In all directions voices are heard moaningly entreating the surgeons, who are probing the wounds—' Good my lord, do not reek me,' I, myself, walk with great difficulty between the rows of stretchers, and cry oat—' Come here, my men, and take him t o G ustsca i ns ki s h ouse —that is, where the hopelessly wounded are—' take this man to the Nicholaieff battery ; place that man upon this bed.' Now they bring in officers too. The , room is crowded densely with the wounded, but operations are not to be thought of at this moment. • God give us but time to bind up the wounds of all ; we sisters are all busily engaged. There they are Cringing in an officer, his face is deluged with blood; I wash it off—meanwhile he takes laboriously out of his snap-purse some money for the soldiers who brought him to drink his health. I have seen many do the same thing. I kneel on the floor to light the doc tor—the wounded man has been shot in the breast—to see if the ball has gone right through. I plane my hand under his back and feel for the wound. You may think how he lies weltering in his gore. But enough. You would shudder if I were to describe to you all the tortures and agonies I witnessed that night. Dawn comes at last, and the firing ceases. We have a little garden. Picture it to your mind—well, there are wounded lying there also. I took brandy with me, and ran down to it, while the sun was rising most gloriously over the bay, amid the twittering of the bird', in the shade of acacias full of white blossoms. I found 30, or thereabouts, all grievously wounded, most of thorn already at the point of death. My Maker and my Lord ! what a contrast to this sweet spring morning. I begged two of the inhabitants, who had been helping most diligently all night to carry the wounded, to take these immediately into the hospital. Thank Heaven, the bringing in of stretchers is at an end. The surgeons, who had gone home at daybreak to get some rest, re turned, when those whose turn it was to be relieved de parted with the close of day. "At 7 o'clock the operations recommence. Although it was not my day to be on duty, I resolved to be again in attendance. The operations last till 2 o'clock in the morning. Between 5 and 6 o'clock Pirogoff comes back, and they operate till eight, then the work was over, and at 9 o'clock I went home. The cannonade, however, still continued, and grew fiercer towards the morning;-_ I accordingly got up about 6 o'clock, and at 7 annosnced myself ready for duty. Everything was in order ; 101 wounded were brought in this night. It is true, the amputations lasted three hours, but by 1 o'clock the dressing was finished. They brought me your parcel ; I opened it, and began to tear bandages off your linens directly. They are bringing me my dinner. All is . quiet. Thank God, this day, there is a quiet one. The door is opened, and one stretcher after the other is borne - along. What's the meaning of this? How is this I When were you wounded, poor men We have lain out yonder ever since that night.' There is a truoe at this moment. Only think of this horror I They have been lying out yonder nearly twice 24 hours ; a fen compassionate Frenchmen had given them bread and • water. We washed their wounds at once; we bound • them up ; we gave them to eat and to drink. Of course they were all wounded in the legs, though a few not ' severely. Again there were 12 operations, and as ta one expected an arrival of this sort out of hours Dr. . Chlebpikoff and myself were almost the only persons at the operating table. The night passed off quietly, Imagine my staying to tie the arteries for Pirogon patients on that dreadful eight, while he was pulling them out and holding pincers in his hand. " SI3Ti3 B." ALARMING ILLNESSOP LORD ADOLPH US' PITZCLABENCE. We regret exceedingly to learn that Rear-Admiral Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence is in a very critical state, arising from a relapse of Gont, from a stubborn attack of which the noble and gallant admiral had been suffer ing for the last three weeks. On Friday morning he was assailed by the most serious symptoms, and the - greatest fears were entertained when the members of his lordship's family learnt from the medical attendants that their patient was seized with gout in the head. Lady- Mary Fox and Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburton have since tbat day been in constant attendance on their brother, and Viscount and Viscountess Falkland came to town on Friday night from their seat in Yorkshire, r and have continued with the other members of the family, who are attending the sick chamber of his lordship. His ' Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge called at mid night on Friday, and has called personally daily at his ' lordship's residence, in St. James's Palace. Her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert sent by telegraph yesterday morning to learn the condition of his lordship, and the Duchess of Gloucester, and the other members of the Royal family, have made anxious inquiries. About three o'clock yesterday morning a de. ) cided change for the better took place ; and it affords ne , much pleasure to learn that Lord Adolphus continues slightly improved, and his medical advisers hold out hopes of his lordships ultimate recovery, although it could not be raid he was out of danger. Up to a late hour last evening the noble lord remained much the same, and the favou ra bl e c h ange noticed early in the morning continued. The Duke of Cambridge called last evening, and a great many of the ministers and the no• ' bility sent or called personally. DEATH OF THE MAR.UIS TOWNSEIEND. Intelligence has been received of the death of the Marquis Townshend, which event took place a few days since at his lordship's villa in the vicinity of Genoa, where the marquis had lived for many years past in the strictest retiremont. The deceased, George Ferrero Townshend, Marquis Townshend, of Raynham, county of Norfolk, Earl of the county of Leicester Viscount Townshend, of Rayn ham, county Norfolk, Leicester , de Ferrero, of Chartley, Bouchier, Lovaine, Basset, Compton, and Townshend of Lynn Regis , county Norfolk, in th e p eer age of G rea t Britain, and a baronet, was eldest son of George, 2d marquis (the eminent genealogist and President of the Society of Antiquaries), and was born Dec. 13, 1773, and consequently had just entered his 79th year. The deceased peer married May 12, 1807, Sarah, daughter of Mr. W m . D unn G ar d ner , from whom hi s l or d s hi p Was separat e d some y ea rs since, and by wh om h e l eaves no issue. The - marquis succeeded to the title on the demise of his father, July 27, 1811. He was High Steward of Tamworth. The late marquis is succeeded in the mar quisate and ancient family honour by his cough], Capt. John Townshend, R.N., M.P. for Tamworth, eldest son of Lord John Townshend, by Georgians Annie, only daughter of Mr. William Poyntz, born in March, 1793, and married August 18, 1825, Elizabeth Jane , eldest daughter of the late Lord George Stuart, son of the first Marquis of Bute. The present peer unsuccessfully contested the borough of Tamworth at the general election in 1841 with the late Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel and Captain Ed war d H. A'Court, and at the next general election, Sir Robert and his brother, the Right Hon. William Yates Peel, were returned, but the health of the latter right hon. gentleman failing, he resigned, and Captain Townshend was returned to the House of Commons without opposi- tion, as the gallant gentleman was in conjunction with Sir Robert Peel at the last general election. e os t condition,ha t business y en a ! any The mercantile letters from Mexico state that th e country continues ina ro moat eunsettledand stagnant. The lead ers o f th e revolution consequentlypros pe ct of imp have shown the usual absence of ability for the adminis tration of public affairs, and were rapidly hemming un popular. Instead of initiating any o f t h e promised „d orm s, their sole attention had been directed to dividing the various offices of the Government among themselves and their followers, without any question of fitness. At the same time they are alleged to have proved them selves to be as arbitrary and despotic as any of their worst predecessors ; and the Governors of the different states, having each in turn followed the example, were now again acting as so many petty Sovereigns. A de cree had been published to convoke a general congress, but it was feared some fresh outbreak would iaterreue. to de halm( teresi of the illust: partif ject, deplo high life, i place ! and o fuel Th Debt 7 8aitta for 4, this Tit tod 114 Porte Cents Sp an ditto CO bays not Wesi tont zitr 3 per 8 p ot e w Ind': Oen; II 21r g , 2 Plqul Gall Orel Rex Pori Bpai D Turl 181 Ear rah rat gr, en vil be L. th