The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-08 00:00:00

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (for t M he BENEFIT of ISS FITZ PATRICK), DOING THE HANSOM. After which, THE LOVE CHASE. Principal characters by Messrs. Barrett, J. G. Shore, M`Lieis, and Stuart ; Mesdames Fitzpatrick, Weston, an d B. White. With THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Margery, Miss Fitzpatrick ; Joe, Mr. J. L. Toole. Concluding with a Ballet by Miss Rosiva Wright and Coryph6es. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— .M. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS. L ast Week.—The New Grand French Quadrille. Programme for THIS EVENING (Monday, Dec. 8) : Part I.—Overture, Ruy Blas—Mendelssohn (received with great applause at the Mendelssohn Festival) ; Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera, Il Trovatere —Jullien ; Symphony, Andante from the Scotch Symphony—Mendelssohn ; Polka, The Minnie Polka (the Ist time)—Jullien ; Concerto (Andante and Allegro), Violin, M. Le Hon—Mendelssohn ; Cavatina, " Ah, quel giorno " (Semiramide) Madame Eliza Poma—her second appearance in England—Rossini ; the New French Quadrille (26th time), with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleiJe, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Koenig; 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 Koenig, MM. Lavigne, De Folley, Le Hon, De Yong, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Hughes; Quadrille, The. English, with solos by MM. Collinet, De Folly, Sonnenberg . , and Koenig—Jullien ; Ballata, " Per non istare" (Marie de Rohan) Madame Eliza Poma—Donizetti ; Valse, Faust —D'Albert ; Solo, Violoncello, M. Demunck, jun.—Servais; Polka, the Lady Bird—T. Browne ; Galop, Eglinton—Koenig. Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :=Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., ls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and mnsicsellers'; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. S ta g e Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Last week of performing 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, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3 s. ; Stalls. ss. ; Private Boxes, lOs. 6d., 1 1 . is., 11. lls. 6d., and 21. 2s. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Second price at 9 o'clock. THIS EVENING. her Majesty's servants will perform the comic drama entitled AGGRAVATING SAM. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Walton, Mrs. Selby, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason. After which, the celebrated drama entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH, in which Messrs. Charles Mathews, Robert Roxby, A. Younge, Miss Mason, and Miss M. Oliver will perform. To bo followed by the laughable piece TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Supported by Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Tem r leton, Mr.Worrell, and Miss Wadham. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, arranged by Difons. 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 splendour and effects, will surpass all the former pre-eminently successful efforts which have given to this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William Beverley, an 1 the pantomime produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, will bQ performed (by desire) Sir Edward Bulwar Lytton's comedy of MONEY, in which Mr. Murdoch will make his first appearaice in this country in the character of Evelyn ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Chippendale ; Mr. B. Stout, M.P., Mr. Buckstone ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. W. Farren ; Graves, Mr. Compton ; Lady Franklyn, Miss Talbot ; Georgiana, Mrs. E. Fitzwil liam ; Clara Douglas, Miss Reynolds. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Bnekstone, 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, ADELPHI. Genuine Success.—Unprecedented Attrac tion.—First Appearance of 3lr. Benjamin Webster, and re vival of the Great Adelphi drama of Janet Pri , le.—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, Parselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. After which, with new scenery and appointments, the _new fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, die. L Y . CEIIM THEATRE ROYA G. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. MISS FITZPATRICK'S BENEFIT. THIS EVENING (Monday), will be performed DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. JL. Toole. Followed by THE LOVE CHASE. Miss Fitzpatrick, Mr, Barrett, &c. • After which, THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Mies Fitepatlick. and Mr. J. L. Toole. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosina Wright and Corps de Ballet. The Bedouin Arabs To-morrow (Tuesday), Wedues lay, Thursday, and Friday. -ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and durinp; the week will he presented Shakspcare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which (second time this season) THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis dei Franchi ' Mr. C. Kean. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Creswiek ; In°, Mr. Basil Potter; Cassio, Mr. Calvert ; P,oderigo, Mr. F. Charles ; Brabantio, Mr. Vollaire ; Desdemona, Miss A. Biddies ; Emilia, Mrs. Brookes. To conclude with THE OUTCAST BROTHER. ITIREATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, VIRCHNIUS. Virginius, Mr. Phelps ; Appius Claudius, Mr. A. Rayner; Dentatus, Mr. H. Marston; Icilius, Mr. F. Robinson. Virginia, Miss M. Eburne ; Ser via, Miss Atkinson To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO "THE TIMES." OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vini ng ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swanhorough and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at half-past Seven. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. AX. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRID kY. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's highly trained Horses, Sze. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, th e SCENES in the CIRCLE. Appearance of Mr. W. Cooke, jun., dze. To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. To-morrow, RICHARD THE THIRD. Doors open at half-past six ; commenee at seven o'clock. Eox-effice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. A. VPest. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTER -BURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are en gage d f or the performance o f Selections from all the ular Op eras, M a d r i gals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, di c., viz. : pop — Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. R a i no. T. Far-ant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Comae ; Masters Austin, Ben- Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney, Piano director,Seven Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at o'clock pre cisely. Suppers , Arc., until twelv e o ' clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the SPANlSHcaetlebwrai:cedandEleven o'clock Every Evening , and MINSTRELS - will appear - sing in some of th e i r favourite selec ions ,41€44/ WATER AT LONDON Fla - wfm, THIS DAT_Morn• 26 min. aft.lo —evening 56 i- aft. 10 To-MoKKow—Morn. 27 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 rain ..f t. 0 WEATHER —)UN ()Frier, DECEMBE R ---- Ta?.II3faIfSTLITI, TilE 51 —rile - lost since noon teryoday. 55 —lowest this morning Idurin7 the night. 59 —this day at noon. _BARD' , TER, 29 62. wrNT ) , S.W.—Blowing a strong gale, with fine, mild weather. it was quite stormy along the Channel coaste. PECE3II3ER S. 59 —highest Ellice noon yesterday. 55 —:awqst this morning and deem . . the night. 59 —till* fl a y f o, noon . rAT:crmvrxx, 29.61. WIND, S.W.—Fresh, with fine, m ild weather. 4 < . 4,% 14"1)() N, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1856. The Bank Retur k s for the week ending the 28th ultimo complete the accounts of the Leviathan for - the month of November, and clearly exhibit the results of the s t r i ngent application of the screw which has taken place within that period. Last week we explained the operations of the old Ladto the 21st, and th ose during the last week, of which we have an authentic statement, are - of a limilar character. There is a further addition to the reserve of notes of n o l ess than in round terms. Toe Stock of bullion has 567,125/., making the whole incr ease in that im- been portant iitem,within the four weeks, 1,840,0001. enhanced by more than half a► million sterling (513,7611.) —nearly 900,000/. within the last three weeks, while the active circulation has again been diminished by 58,2201. within the week. Making a reduction in the month of about 1,050,0001. in the measure and representative of value. We also find that, within the week, the . _ other securities which represent the amount of accommodation afforded to the commercial and manufacturing interests have decreased 69 4, 697 /. And yet, with all these important changes in its favour, the Bank has only returned to the mini mum rate charged at the beginning of the month, before the drain of the precious metals had been completely arrested, and the tide had manifestly _. _ ,urned in our favour. The charge at Threadneedle- street is still 6i per cent., which implies 8, 10, or even 12 per cent. to those who are not so fortunate as to have discount accounts at head- quarters, and also to be pets with their high mightinesses the Directors. Now this state of affairs is highly lauded by the moneyoeracy—the bullionists and usurers who trade in money—and obtain gigantic profits for themselves at the expense of the trading and manufacturing classes. But it is ruinous to the latter, who could scarcely be induced to devote their time and labour to such unremunerative occupations but for the hope of better times, when they can retrieve their losses and lay by some thing as a provision for a rainy day. It renders their transactions, in place of being legitimate operations, neither more nor less than gambling speculations, in which men of unquestionable probity and solvency may be ♦ictimised by cir cumstances wholly beyond their own control, and for which they should not be held in any degree responsible. It adds to the cost of production or trading, by rendering an insurance fund indis pensable to those who wish to act with prudence. But as the comparatively few who would fee disposed to adopt such precautions must encounter the competition of reckless speculators at the periods when money ' is " a drug in the market," they must submit to participate in the general excitement and to take their chances with the general body. Fair traders cannot compete with smugglers, nor under the existing mone tary system can prudent men encounter those who, to use a vulgar but expressive metaphor, are determined to "make a spoon or spoil a horn," on anything like equal terms. In vain may the learned Commissioners deliver sound instruction in Basinghall- street, in vain may they make examples of the delinquents, when the practice is stimulated by the existing monetary laws. Under their operation there must be at one period a hollow and delusive prosperity, while the produc tive and industrial classes will be periodically ex-- posed to the most frightful adversities. As a very eminent writer* has declared—" So perilous has mercantile adventure in consequence become, so numerous are the risks with which the path of the merchant is beset, that it has become next to impossible to pursue a sober, steadfast, prudent course. So immense have been the additions which the mutations of the currency and periodi cal contractions of credit have made to the ordi nary perils of the winds and the waves, that the most cautious trader is now exposed to nearly as great risks as the most reckless. A bad harvest, three weeks' rain in autumn, a blight in the corn, a rot in the potatoes, a murrain in the cattle, is at any time sufficient, by occasioning an export of a few millions of sovereigns, to blast the most prudent undertakings and ruin the wisest men. * * * No amount of prudence and circum spection on the part of the merchant or manufac turer can guard against the effects of a sudden stoppage of credit and refusal of accommodation, which arises from an exportation, trifling in amount, but ruinous in its consequences, of the precious metals. A nation possessing two hundred millions a year of solid realised income, indepen dent oflarofessional income, whose capital exceeds five thousand millions sterling, finds itself reduced to the verge of bankruptcy by the exportation of five millions of sovereigns in exchange for food." This beautifully graphic description clearly explained the state of affairs some nine years since, when, in consequence of the departure of gold from our shores, we were obliged to decline the purchase of food, although our Scotch and Irish brethren were perishing from starvation or enduring the most bitter peivations. They were sacrificed, wilfully and deliberately sacrificed, at the shrine of Mammon. Thousands of hecatombs of victims attested the fearful devotion with which the nation xvershipped the hullionists' idol and sacrificed the welfare and prosperity of the coun try and the lives of our brethren in order to maintain " the integrity of the standard.' The issue of an adequate supply of 11. National Notes would have liberated gold sufficient to have pur chased corn enough to have saved the starving 1 Irish, and averted the destitution from the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland. But the more recent calamities, although not of so awful and heartrending a character, have been more purely gratuitoue. They cannot be ascribed to a bad harvest, corn blight, or potato rot. There is no lack of food for the maintenance of the People. It is solely owin g to the operation of the monetary system which deprives the Bank of its discretion, and prevents any allowance from being made for the ordinary rules of supply and demand. The Bank must, at all times and under all circumstances, purchase gold at 3/. 17s. 9d. and sell it at 31. 17a. 101 d. per oz. It is thus prevented from competing with foreigners in our own markets. No advaico of 2or 3 per cent. in the rate of interest can be sufficient to counteract this evil. What is required is a purely domestic cur rency for internal trade. A National 1/. Note that will at all times retain its value by being limited io the amount of taxation, and receivable in pay ment of every impost. As we have repeatedly stated, the visits of the tax collector o,re not so few or so far between that anythinca which can satisfy his demands will be looked on as worth less rags, at which the butcher 'or baker would look with. contempt. We do not consider what the s overe i gn is made of, or whether i t contains 123 grains o f s t an d ar d go ld, a ll th a t it i s re quired w i ll be tiie assurance that its possession 1 confers I en us r. purchasing power to a certain extent, and tyae V. note will be just as accept able,even more so, in cons equence o f it s su p er i or convenience , when certain of a similar result. We hav e now the opportunity of achieving this m; the B an k Ch arter has virtually eixi,poirieds:o aIo., ti will be that costs th e country so extra easy to pay off the debt of vagant a price, and then the gold may be tpre served by raising its price, in place the prices of all other c ommodities, an d, h eap i ng ofung losses on the productive classe s of he reducing country. -* Sir A-rehibaltl Alison, Bart. : a Fettered. Currency," p. 174. "Free Trade and The Presiderat, in esse, of the United States still keeps hinisel'i secluded and makes no sign. Doubtless the precious interval allowed him is carefully husbanded and, it is to be hoped, judi ciously employed. A heavy responsibility rests on his shoulders, and from his reticence, it may fairly be inferred, he is aware of it and prepared to bear himself accordingly. Most probably he. has by this time chalked out the line of policy he means to pursue. If so, the selection of his Cabinet will be his pressing business. Whether he has com municated with any of the leading statesmen or not does not yet appear. If he has . he has managed to imbue the parties with his own spirit, for rumour itself is silent as to who has been thus honoured. Were the parties known a fair guess might be hazarded as to his intentions, for in the nomination of his Ministers the key to his policy is to be looked for. It is quite possible, however, he has not come to a de cision. Any way, reticence or vacillation, his silence must be ?egarded as of hopeful significance by the American patriot, awl the best friends of liberty, tranquillity, and order. Let us look at his position. As we all know he seriously committed himself by the part he took in issuing the Ostend Manifesto. Equally notori- ous is it that to the slaveholders and Filibusters of the South his election is mainly owing. What won him their votes need not here be repeated. On the other hand, he has had warm partisans and numerous supporters in the North, who look to him to keep down filibustering, and withhold his countenance from the extension of slavery. Thus he is committed to both classes of his sup porters, and must run counter to the wishes of one or other of them. Which is it to be ? In con- sidering this question, the character and the past career of the man must be taken into account. That he has not the reputation of being very scrupulous may go for little ; but he is saga cious, ambitious, a staunch partisan, and approach ing the decline of life. Having a choice to make, the presumption is he will throw over the Fili busters and slavery-extension mongers. To carry out their wishes would be to sacrifice the great object of a reasonable ambition, and to destroy his party. No extraordinary sagacity is required to perceive that piratical aggression would lead inevitably to foreign war, and slavery-extension to the extinction of his party in the North, if not to a separation of North and South, possibly peaceful, but pro bably the contrary. What has the South to offer a statesman at his time of life to induce him to enter on a career which cannot but be attended by consequences which the great national verdict would pronounce disastrous ? We look in vain southward for any temptation powerful enough to induce a statesman like Mr. BUCHANAN to adopt a policy which, instead of adding his name to the list of patriotic Presidents, would consign it to general execration and everlasting infamy. The view, then, all things considered, we take as to the coming President's career is, as we have intimated, a hopeful one. We are, however, in possession of facts which greatly fortify the con clusion we have arrived at from the above pre mises. The South itself is by no means united in its views and wishes. The North, with the ex ception of the extreme Anti-Slavery party, begins to regard the recent election with lese apprehen sion, indeed with some degree of favour. But, above all, the Filibustering and Slavery-extension party are evidently tormented with doubt, and do not scruple to intimate they are in danger of being "sold." Tho supposed organ of JEFFERSON DA.TlS—the evil genius of the PIERCE Cabinet.— comes out strongly on this head. According to it the danger is exceedingly great, and, in har mony with this opinion, we find it enlivened by appeals and menaces worthy of the party whose organ it is ; but not likely, as the writer seems to think, to move the President from his pur poses, or avert the catastrophe he and his party deprecate. Our hope of the Kansas difficulty being satisfactorily dealt with is thus increased, though the obstacles in the way of this unlucky State'sbeing made a Slave State are sufficiently formidable to have kept us a long remove from despair. The same hopeful view may not less reasonably be taken so far as the interests of Europe are con cerned, and we may cheerfully look forward to peace being preserved and a good understanding arrived at between England and the - United States. One thing we must again repeat—th e best way to preserve peue, especially with Ame rica, is to be prepares for war. The stronger we are the more likely are our rights and wishes to be respected, CABINET COUNCIL. -- Summonses were issued on Saturday for a meeting of the members of the Cabiuet to-morrow at Viscount Palmerston's official residence in Downing-street. It is appointed for three o'clock. His Imperial Highness Prince Lucien Bonaparte has arrived in town from the continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford arrived in town, on Saturday, from Tarbet House, N.B. The Earl and Countess of Jersey have left town, ac• companied by Lady Clementine Villiers, for Middleton Park, Bicester, where the noble Earl and Countess will remain until February. The Earl of Ellesmere was considered rather better yesterday. - The Earl of Clarendon left town, on Saturday, to join the Counteßs and family at' the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Earl of Harrowby left town, on Friday, for Paris. The noble earl will make only a brief sojourn in the French capital. Viscountess Hood and family have arrived at Tor quay, where they intend to pass the winter. The Right Hon. Thos. Milner Gibson, M.P., hi re turned to town from the Continent. The Lancaster Bank, at Philadelphia, has closed its doors in consequence of a run. A correspondent suggests that a column, cast from the guns taken at Sebastopol, be erected as a Crimean trophy, in a central position in the metropolis. Accounts have been received from Newfoundland, dated November 14, announcing the loss of the brig Emma, of Liverpool. DEATH OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP.—A mitre has been placed at the disposal of the Holy See by the death of the Right Rev.. Bishop Murphy, of Cloyne, who expired on Thursday at Fermoy. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT DENTON.—A verdict of accidental death has been returned by the jury empan uelled to inquire into the death of Esther Farrington, who was killed by a collision two days previously. An action was brought in the Court of Queen's Bench an Saturday last, by executors of a person named Gos ling, against the New National Assurance Company, for the ansaunt of a policy effected in that company. A verdi.at was given in favour of the d:efendants. THE DOUBLE MURDER NEAR . ROTHERRA3I.—An in. spiest was held on Saturday upon the bodies of Mr. White, the postmaster esi Bolton•upon-Dearne, and his wife—an account of whose bretal murder appeared in The Sun of Saturday. The inquiry was adjourned. REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICIi.--Two meetings of the electors of Greenwich are to be held in the course of the current week, for the purpose of fixing upon a suit able candidate to supply the place of Mr. Peter Role Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Thwaites, the chairman of the Metropolitan Bossed of Werke, are to address a meet ing of the elector' s this (Monday) evening, and it is thought probabfoe that one of these gentlemen may bo invited to male forward as a candidate. ST. P2S.'JL'S CATHEDRAL.—Tbe minor canonry in St. I Paul's Cathedral, which became vacant by the death of the Rev. E. G. Beckwith, M.A., has been conferred by the Dean and Chapter upon the Rev. B. Morgan Cowie, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. The rev. gen tleman was the senior wrangler of his year (1839), and afterwards became Principal of the Civil Engineers' Col lege at Putney. He holds at the present time the Gresh ham Professorship of Mathematics in the city of Lon- Oon, and was from 1853 to 1855 Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge. SATURDAY CONCERTS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. — The fourth of the series of concerts now giving at the Crystal Palace took place on Saturday, when, despite the unfavourable character of the weather, there was a considerable attendance of visitors. In addition to the Orpheus Glee Union, Mr. Manus varied his pro• gramme by two songs charminef o y sung by Miss Clara Mackenzie, of the Royal Academy of Music. In one of these, the famous song of. Malcolm Grahame in "La 0 Donna del Lego," the :vesting lady was highly ap plauded ; and in the eecoe j Linley's pleasing ballad of "The Swiss Girl," she ersceived a hearty encore. Miss Mackenzie's voice is a fine contralto, and she manages it with great taste anr'A skill. The other portions of the programme were ale o satisfactory. REEFING TOPS...ILS FROM THE DECK.—Mr, Cunning ham, [t N., the inventor of reefing topsails from the deck, has Upro Inenced a good work in establishing a nautical echo's( for the instruction of lads in knotting, eplici >g, re'sfing, furling, boxing the compass, &c. ; in fact, a coeirse of instruction similar to that p ursue d by lads of title Illustrious. The first meeting was held on W ednesday last, on board Mr. Cunningham's yacht A Sired. The object Mr. Cunningham has in view is the ,ireparatioa of bi >ys for her Majesty's navy or the riser , chant service. S9everal persons were present, and the f examination was ,of a highly satisfactory character. T HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8; 1856. THE FLEMISH EXHIBITION. AT 121, PALL-MALL. On Saturday afternoon we attended at the Private View of " The Flemish School of Arts"— opened this day to public inspection in the Cal• ery, 121, Pall-Mall—the present year being the first annual exhibition of this particular School in London and Westminster. At the Gallery, 121, Pall-Mall, 121 Pictures are now displayed and catalogued ! Although a rather considerable number of these paintings are to our thinking curiously indifferent as works of art—many others are of a merit really remarkable. The " indiffe- rent" portion of the collection, let us acknowledge at once are, fairly, a puzzle to us. For we pre sume the Paintings now hanging on the walls of the Gallery may be regarded in some sort as " picked" Paintings. Hence, assuredly it may bee predicated reasonably enough—either that the " Flemish School of the Fine Arts" as at pre sent constituted is anything but a model School after all—or that the taste and judgment of those entrusted with the responsibility of selecting the " exemplars" of that School con- stituting the present Collection, are any thing but infallible. However, we content ourselves with this general reference to the least meritorious part of the Exhibitiox now opened to public view in the Pall-Mall Gallery— making this reference, nevertheless, be it said, almost, let us observe, in simple justice to our own national School of the Fine Arts ! That exilt- ing English School so long, and so pertinaciously, and so pretentiously "schooled" by the existing Flemish School as of little worth, as mistaken, and puerile, and blundering. Really —with the picked paintings now at 121, Pall-Mall, before us —we don't think England, in regard to her Fine Arts, need fear the result of any Flemish com parison —whether it be in regard to the land scape, seascape, historical, sacred, portrait, or even genre departments. Even, we say, in regard to the genre class of pictures, in which, if in any, the Flemish School may rationally claim for itself a position of pre-emi nence. For if in landscape and seascape the Eng glish School could boast very recently of the greatest name of which (as that of a grand Reflec tor of Nature upon Canvass !) the world has any record—the glorious and immortal name of J. W. M. Turner —can we not exult even now in the possession of Herbert and Eastlake, in regard to the Scriptural ? Of Maclise, and Dyce, and Poole, and Elmore, in regard to the Historic ? Of Stanfield, and Pyne, and latterly, too, in this particularly national department, Lee, also to sea views ? Of Witherington and Redgrave in landscape painting ? Of Lee and Cooper— jointly the Cuyps of these latter times in Great Britain in pastoral scenery ? Of Landseer and Herring—the worthy con temporaries of Rosa Bonheur—in animal portraiture ? Of Frost and Piekersgill in classical and mythological representations ? Of Everett Millais and Holman Hunt, and divers others of the " New Genera tion " in the Field of the Fine Arts, as the re vivers of what is called, for want of a better naive, Pre-Raphaelism ? And so on—and so on— step by step—department by department—through all the various branches and sections of the great and varied Art of Painting. Until we venture boldly to challenge comparison even with the Flemish school in the genre class of pictures— justifying the challenge by the simple mention of such men of genius and master-hands as William Mulready and Thomas Webster. Enough—with this " provoked" flinging down of the gauntlet at the feet of all the perverse Depre ciators of the living Great Artists of England, let us assuage for a moment our long dormant indignation. And, having eased our heart just the least bit, in the world by so doing, let us turn for a few moments to a consideration of one or two things appearing to us not unworthy of notice in regard to this First Exhibition of the Flemish School of the Fine Arts in London. It is an exhibition obviously drawn into the light of day in England by the cordial and genial reception accorded during the two or three seasons last past to the French Collection. It is displayed in the same Gallery, and appears to be con ducted under very similar if not absolutely identical arrangements. Mr. F. Pilgeram is the Secretary— Mons. Vouillon, the Manag ing Director Herr Van Der Broeck, the Agent in Brussels. Conspicuous among the ex hibitors is Pierre Van Schendel, a pupil of the academy of Antwerp, whose night scenes are something wonderful. He has no less than five remarkable works of art hanging on the walls of the Gallery. " The Poultry Market" (104) is a charming little cabinet picture, two larger pictures of the same class being " The Charity" (105), and "The Fruit Market" (103)—the last mentioned quite marvellous in its blended lights and sha dows, produced harmoniously, yet conflictingly, by lamplight and moonlight ! Fiorent Willems, in a sketch of an " Algerian Woman" (118), gives a rather artificial limning of form, features, and costume, all coloured into a glow of Egyptian voluptuousness. Ilde phonso Stocquart, in his " Drove of Cattle at the Watering Place" (90), gives, us very boldly, a huge cattle-piece, emost as daring in size as Mademoiselle Bonheur's " Horse Fair"—but suc cessful, it seems to us, only in one of the sheep to the left, a creature as like the reality as like could well be. Alfred Stevens arrests attention by his large melodramatic picture of a " Poor Woman Arrested as a Vagabond" (89)—the snow scat tered about the causeway and piled on the top of the dingy wall in the background, " bringing out" the dark figures of the Gensdarmes, of the Pauvre Femme, of her little son the dirty young gamin at her side, and of the lady-passer-by, who is hurrying after the group with her extended purse —rather vividly. Henri le Bon has a lovely, reedy, rushy " View near Ambleteuse" (67), with watter-lilies littered luxuriantly over, we had almost said the foreground, meaning, instead of that, the forewater ! "After the Storm" (66), by the same hand, being a foaming, washing, weltering sea, one might almost fancy it, not of salt water, but of froth and snow. Adolphe Lamme, in " Reading the Will" (65) —anything but like Wilkie—presents to view a clever picture enough, but one replete with affectations. Adolph Knyff's "Shady Brook and Cattle Drinking" (61) has a most pre-Raphaeliteforeground. Edward Hamman's " Andrea Vesale " (47), peremptorily commanding the p asser -by to tarry before it, as a vigorous specimen, if not a very agreeable one, of the genre historique. Dominique Holfelirs " Visit of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon and Her Majesty the Queen Victoria to the Ex hibition in Paris" (52), will be recognised by many at a glance, as the original of the well known engraving displayed of late in the windows of the priutsellers. Paul Hagelstein's " Guinea Pig" (46), is the oddest picture imagin able, in one respect, seeing that it is a sort of a Murillo beggar-boy, without the merest ghost of a guinea pig anywhere at all visible—it, the guinea pig, lying perdu, we suppose, inside the little vagrant's cage—a chile, we take it, just after the heart of Mr. Hurlstoue. " Don't you believe it" (23), by Adolph Dillens, is the glimpse of a Pastoral Court ship on a stile in amongst the meadows — so prettily and naturally painted, that we could almost fancy a child-spectator longing to clamber over the stile into the field beyond, to pick a handful of the daisies growing in among the grass with such a silvery luxuriance. Another eourt ship in the room, is "The Proposal" ( 8 ) , b y Ferdinand De Braskeleer, so surprisingly t r ue to of the silly Serving Men of Shakspere stepped from life, that we could ima g ine the hero of the piece one the stage into the painting. The first picture of all, out of the 121 in the Collection, is the oie would be very affecting, we dare say, but f o r the ludicrous we shall cud with—" The Last Stu d y of Geri can't " (1) by Belloin—a scene which mischance of the artist's pen cil (as he draws) resting, as ill-luck would have it, ! As a whole the u pon the very tip of the young girl's nose Flemish Exhibition is interesting , and will full y repay the visitor for the toil of its examination. LYCEUM THEATRE. On Saturday a new five.aet play, entitled The Oaget, was produced Lore with immense success. For some tithe hotieeS have been affixed oh the doors of the theatre Announbing the play, and also at the same time informing the public that a Cagot is one of a shun- z • ned and insulted race, and with this simple observation we proceed t' dbtAii the plot of the piece. The Count de Foix having in early life basely deceived' Astarte, a Cagot woman, the latter, though years have passed by, lives only to be avenged. The child that she had by the Count she believes to have perished, but it has been kidnapped by the Count and acknowledged as the presumptive heir to the title. In the meanwhile the Count has married the Lady Viola, who in due time gives birth to a son. Astarte, while lurking in the neighbourhood of the castle, in order to carry out her schemes of mischief, takes the opportunity of stealing the infant, whom she brings up under the name of Raoul in ; her wretched hut, where he gets his living as a woodman, and is exposed to all the contempt and infamy of the Cagot class. Accident enables him to save the life of the Lady Eugenie, who is betrothed to the younger Count de Foix, and his gallantry so touches her as to sow in her heart the seeds of love, which receive fatal nourish ment by subsequent clandestine interviews in the depths of the forest. Astarte sees in this the beginning of her vengeance. The Lady Eugenie, however, has another suitor in Sir Aymer de Beriot, the bad man of the piece, who hires an assassin to get the younger de Foix out of the way. The murder is attempted, but not consummated; but the discovery of certain bloody vestments near the Cagot's hut leads to the accusation that Raoul is the criminal — which he frantically avows, seeing that Eugenie is in clined to give credence to the charge, to her intense anguish and amazement. The unfortunate Cagot is accordingly sentenced to death, and the blow is supposed to fall at the moment that Astarte announces to the horrified Count that it is his eldest born who is the headsman's victim. But there is yet another act, in which it turns out not only that the younger De Foix lives, but that he who suffered on the scaffold was the assassin in the employ of Sir Aymer—results brought about by the contrivances of a friendly priest, who has been closely watching the progress of events, and has been enabled to baffle the intrigues of the villain through whom the perplexities of the piece have mainly arisen. Mr. Dillon, as the manly and virtuous Cagot, has an arduous, but a thankful part, and well does he sustain the large weight of heroism intrusted to his charge. The character is one of those happy personages in the ap plause of whom admiration for the talent of the actor can be combined with enthusiasm for the virtue of the person portrayed, and at the end of every act was Mr. Dillon summoned before the curtaia. The vin dictive matron, Astrate, was played with great power by Mrs. Weston—indeed with so much power that we could scarcely recognise a lady whose earlier imperson. ations have appeared to us somewhat frigid and feeble. Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Woolgar) acted the high born Eugenie with much passionate force. Mr. Stuart was careful and purposeful in the wicked Sir Aymer ; and the good old priest was represented in a bland, sensible manner by Mr. Barrett. On the descent of the curtain the first call was for the author, and was followed by the appearance of .a modest looking gentleman, who bowed his a cknowledgments as he crossed the stage. The actors were then called in succession, and Mr. Barrett, in his capaoity of stage manager, announced the piece for repetition to-morrow (to -night is set apart for Miss Fitzpatrick's benefit) amid universal applause. He was then called upon to name the author, who was as yet only known by sight to his admirers. The name of Falkner was accordingly given, with the addition that its owner had written several poems, and was a distinguished provincial actor. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The party of amateurs who played last season for the benefit of the Patriotic and Crimeaa Funds distinguidied themselves very creditably by a performance on Friday in aid of the "Samaritan Institution." The chief piece of the evening was Mr. Markwel's version of M. Dela vigne's " Louis X 1.," in which the adapter himself, who is one of the principal amateurs, acted the chief part. The favourite farce " Perfection" introduced two other well-known amateurs. One was Captain Disney Roe buck, illustrious in the records of the Aldershot theatri cals, who played the fastidious Charles Paragon in distingtio style; the other was a gentleman who acted under the sobriquet of" Mr. Andrews," but whose hearty reception showed that he was perfectly familiar to the audience. The amateurs were professionally assisted by Mr. Emery, Mrs. Daley, Miss Wilton, and Miss Rosina Wright, the last-named of whom introduced a pas seul into the second act of "Louis XI.", A concert, in which several celebrated vocalists took a part, concluded the evening's entertainment. MR. ifO.RRIS MOORE AND THE PRUSSIAN POLICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l yesterday informed you that after three days' deliberation the Prussian Government had, at my re quest, accorded me a renewal of my permission to remain here, and that this concession reached me at least 48 hours subsequent to the arrival in Berlin of the English journals containing my correspondence with Lord Bloom field. My agreement with my landlord at 33, Tauben strasse, and my former permission to reside here, expired on the same day. As I was uncertain, at the time. of engaging my apartments at that address, whether I should require them beyond the 30th of November, a tenant had been found to succeed me on the Ist of this month. For two days out of the three during which the Prussian Government sat pondering as to whether it was safe to grant my request I was without any set tled domicile. Every one anticipated my immediate expulsion from Berlin in consequence of the reflections in my correspondence upon this Government and its officials. Consequently, I did not venture to en gage new apartments. Yesterday morning, however, upon receiving a paper from the presidency of police permitting me to remain in Berlin from the 2d to the 24th of December, as mentioned in my letter to you of yesterday, I immediately installed myself here, within ten doors of my former habitation. At ten o'clock this morning, while I was engaged in writing, a functionary of the police presented himself, and an nounced that he was the bearer of a peremptory order from the Government that I must quit Berlin within 24 hours from that time. This, I presume., is the first mark of respect to Lord Clarendon's telegraphic despatch. The police functionary then tendered a pa per t for th m e y G in e ff . : nature. I am altogether unacquaintedo h de ing that this act amounted simply to the order of the I had been made acquainted with • Th and that I would act upon it. e police man language, but I signed the paper o a n Government, weelaurnatearasttahnad; e with my permission of functionary took his departur me ray passport. Prussian Government, in its defiance of its Thus, the permission of residence granted to me after three days deliberation, and with a thorough knowledge of my residence. At 1 o'clock a policeman br ought statement respecting the indignities offered to me by its familiars on the 21st and 22d of November, which is equivalent to an endorsement of that statement ; and after having, moreover, explicitly admitted that there existed no ground whatever for my arrest—the Prus sian Government, I say, in the teeth of all this, now expels me from the Prussian territory. In the interests of civilisation I protest against this violence. I am, Sir, yours obediently, MORRIS MOORE. 43, Tauben-strasse, Berlin, Deo. 4. FATAL DISASTER AT SEA.—A lamentable disaster occurred at sea on Saturday morning, at about 4 o'clock, which, besides consigning six poor fellows to a watery grave, has involved the entire destruction of a valuable ship. It appears that as the iron screw-steamer Jam es Hartley, belonging to the West Hartlepool Steam Navi gation Company, was prosecuting her voyage from Cron stadt to Hartlepool, having a valuable cargo on board, and when abreast of Sunderland, at a distance of three or four mile's, the night being pitch dark, the look-out disco veredaandstirn aangpepvaellsing proximity to the steamer. I mme vessel bearing down upon them und er can vassdiately an alarm was g iven and the ca p tai n of the James ' if possible, to avert a collision w hi c h a b e imminent. Unhappily, however, the Hartley (Baldwin) ordered the en g ines to be reversed, : e n too late, for before the reversa l of the t i m e to exercise any pe rce ptibl e i nfluence engines np i ordergpt h ie na the er wsedah s v t given en the course of t he team the tw o vesse l s came i nto violent collision, d when, a few minutes afterwards, the James Hartley was brought up and search made for the carr ying with It was at first thought with her her unfortunate the brig, not a vesti g e of he r was discovered ; she had t h a t the whole of her crew h a d b een l ost , b u t fortu nately two of them (includin g th e mate ) h a d succee d e d i n reaching the deck of th e J ames Hartley, an d were thus almost miraculously p reserve d. F rom th ese men it was ascertained th at the ill-f ate d vesse l was mgoanseter down and five of the brig Messenger, of Shields, bound to that port from London, in ballast. She f.a" been wind-bound for some days past, with hundreds of other vessels, in Burlington Bay, whence, we believe, she called on her destitution only the d ay prev i ous ly. The James Hart ley, with .the rescued mariners on board, arrived in West Hartlepool during the course of the day, having in the collision lost her bowsprit and jibboom, besides sustain ing other damage. It is satisfactory to know that the male of the Messenger exonerated Captain Baldwin from any blame as to the cause of the collision ; but, doubt lessly, the Board of Trade will deem it necessary to cause an investigation into the circumstances to be at once set on foot. The James Hartley is a new vessel of the burden of 1,000 tons, and was returning from her first voy age , w hi c h h a d been in all respects a most fortu nate one. She was built by the firm of Lockwood and Pearse, of Stockton, who, we understand , ho ld an inte rest in her as part owners. ATEST NEWS. According to intelligence from Constantinople of the 30th ult. the Divan had authorised the English fleet to winter at. Sinope. The same accounts state that Russia had de manded from the Shah of Persia a right of entry ,nto the province of Makon. The Beloocheis had invaded the Persian ter- ritory on the aide of Kerman. The army of occupation will winter in Greece. FRANCE. PARIS, SIYNDAY EVENING. The Moniteur publishes the following :—" The Treaty of Paris has met, in its application, with difficulties which have given rise to a difference of opinion between the contracting Courts, and has rendered necessary a meeting of their respective re presentatives to hasten the complete execution of the conditions of peace. The majority of the Powers that signed the treaty have already agreed, with this object in view, to the convocation of the Cotiference at Paris. It is, therefore, to be pre sumed that it will be able to meet before the end of the present month, and everything authorises the hope that it will succeed in promptly re esta blishing a perfect understanding on the points under dispute." The Moniteur also announces that on the 2d inst. a treaty was signed at Bayonne between the plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the Emperor and of her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Moniteur publishes a report from the Go vernor-General of Algeria, announcing a successful expedition against the Hamian tribes, and a skirmish with troops on the Morocco'frontier. Count Kisseleff and the whole of the Russian legation dined with the Emperor on Thursday. The guests remained to an unusually late hour, and after coffee the Emperor beckoned Count Kis seleff into his private cabinet, arid remained there with him tete a tete for two hours. The Emperor has also honoured the following persons with invitations to dinner :—Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli, Lord Lennox, the Ministers of State and the Interior, Marshal Magnin, his wife and daugh ter, M. and Mdme. Magnan, M. and Mdme. Trop long, M. and Mdme. Gould, Gen. and Mdme. Fleury, and M. and Mdme. Sautereau. M. Schwilgue, the inventor of the marvellous astronomical clock, which all visitors to Strasbourg go to see in the cathedral, has just died, at the age of 80. A letter from Berlin, of the 3d, says : " Prince Frederick William will proceed to Paris about the 11th inst., and will be present at the delivery of the horses which the King of Prussia sends to the Empress." NEUCHATEL. The Federal Tribunal holds its session to-day (Monday) at Zurich, to settle the preliminaries of the trial of the royalist prisoners from Neuchatel. The trial itself will not come on for several weeks, unless, which is not improbable, it should be has tened with a view to adjust the position of Swit zerland before the same can come under the diplomatic action of the Great Powers. A letter from Berlin, in the Nord of Brussels, says :—" The King of Prussia refuses, in opposi tion to the advice of his Ministry, to assign to the departure of M. de Sydow, his representative in Switzerland, the character of a recall involving the complete rupture of diplomatic relations. His Majesty, in allowing such relations to continue, whilst suspending direct negotiations with Swit zerland, gives a new proof of his repugnance to violent measures." The Prussian, correspondence of the Ist contains the following reply to the articles in the London press on the Neuchatel question :—Several Eng lish papers continue to side with injustice in the Neuchatel question. Prussia's right is as clear as day, and cannot be shaken by miserable insinua tions. The only thing we wish to observe is, that these English journals, the worthless organs of a great nation, do not only war against the judgment of Germany and of Europe, but also against the probity of their own Government, which hag ad hered to this judgment. It is the duty of British statesmen to prove that their sense of justice rejects all complicity with those journalists. We hope that such proofs will soon be given ; and we are convinced that the attitude of those journals will be without influence on facts. But if these organs merely intend to excite irritation and mistrust among the Prussian people, they have perfectly attained their object." AUSTRIA. The Austrian Correspondence of the 2d instant says " Some newspapers have published the text of a note addressed to the Porte, and signed by the Re presentatives of France and Russia at Constantinople. The most superficial glance at it ought to convince any one initiated in public affairs that this document is not a joint note, and we have it in our power to state that such a note was not presented. "It is true that the rench Ambassador may have addressed questions to the Ports in the sense indicated, and the Representatives of Russia may have taken simihr steps, but after the reasonable reply of the Ottoman Minister these steps have now only an his torical interest. "The Government of the Sultan very properly refused to express alone a decision on the pending difficulties, and referred them to the attentive consideration of the Powers. We have good reason to hope that an under standing will be obtained by these means, and that the Treaty of Peace of the 20th March will thus be car ried out to the letter." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG , DEC. 3. The Commercial anddlandeouinstmri i al tt: U f n or ion th"eat the town of Kiel has formed t e ll() project of uniting Kiel, pur pose of carryingaol-Schlg by a railway, which Eckernforde, promises to be. of the greatest future benefit to that part of Holstein and Schleswig, and consequently it is fully expected that the Government will afford to the execution of the scheme every desirable The committee is composed of m en upport hi g hest respectability and influ ence i n of s the . those respective places, which cannot fail to make a favourable impression upon the Minister for the Duchy of Holstein. The plan of uniting the Altona and Kiel Railway by a branch line with that of Hamburg and Berlin direct has been unsupported by the Government from strategic motives. Russian accounts from St. Petersburg up to the 26th ult. state that on the 15th of that month the proof number of a new periodical, at Helsingfors, as an official organ of the Government, had been pub lished in the Finnish language, which will continue from the Ist of January, 1857, to be circulated twice a week throughout the Finnish provinces. Among the many steam navigation companies now being formed in various parts of the north of Europe may be noticed one formed in Copenhagen, in the spring of the present year, to establish a line of steamers between that city, London, Hull, and Leith. To this end the directors have given orders to the firm of Messrs. James Henderson and Co., of Glasgow, to build for them three large screw boats of 60-horse power each, and to carry a cargo of 350 tons heavy weight of goods, or about 3,000 tonnen of grain, and to be so constructed that they will be capable of withstanding any sea in heavy weather, and to enter into any of the small ports alongthe coastfrom theirlight draught of water. It is fully expected that these vessels will be ready to enable the company to commence running them at the commencement of the ensuing season in 1857. Their length of keel will be about 160 feet, and, with a breadth of 23 feet, they will not, with a full cargo, draw more than 10 feet depth of water ; and for the convenience of running into the ports on the coast of Jutland and other parts of the Danish dominions, they will be provided with an apparatus to supply them with water as ballast also. The first of these screws will be named after the late meritorious State Councillor (L. M. Heidt), whose family have given the directors per mission to that effect. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Europa has arrived, with advises from Ne w York to the 2 6 th , and $562,000. The Persia and Glasgow had arrived out. The Ericsson was passed off Staten Island. e xpbri The Europa eneed very strong w es t er ly gales. Nine Frenchmen, who had escaped from Cayenne had reached New York. Not hi ng bad been heard of the missing boats of the Lyonnais. Advices from Nicaragua report that the allies were again about to take the field against Walker. The Washington correspondent of the _Herald says that Walker's doings are now regarded by the United States' Government as a question of the greatest magnitude, and that a new course of policy will be adopted to checkmate Walker iu his game of erect ing a new southern republic independent of the United States. A vessel, name not mentioned, boned from Liverpool to New York, was run into off the coast of Ireland in October last, and only one man, a Spaniard, is supposed to have been saved. He was taken off by a British vessel. The New York Stock Market ruled firm. '!L• Persia's news had been received without producing any influence upon prices. The Money Market was gradually working easier ; the ruling rates were about 1 per cent. below those current a week pre viously. Prime short commercial notes were quoted 8 to 8i per cent. ; four to six months' ditto, 9 to 10. On call the supply of money was abundant at seven per cent. The business in exchange was not large, and prices in general closed flatly. Bills on London were quoted 9 to og, and on France sf. 20c. to sf. 18/c. The cotton market had not varied materially ; the receipts at the ports were in excess of last season. Flour was drooping ; wheat was rather firm. No change in iron or tobacco. Freights were rather lower to Great Britain. _ _ ...,__ The Robert Kelly and Chancellor, hence • , Glad . .. Tidings, and Christiania, from London ; Havre, and St. Joseph, from Havre ; Henry Reid, from Antwerp ; Sammergin, from Sunderland ; Union, from Londonderry; and the Diroyd, from Glasgow —at Now York. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. This evening, at nineo'clock, the Montreal Steam Ship Company's steamer Canadian, Capt. Sanas.- tyne, arrived in the Mersey, with the mails from Montreal and Quebec. She has brought 105 pas sengers, but no specie. She left Quebec on the 22d ultimo, and has encountered heavy gales the entire passage. A complimentary dinner was given at Montreal to Mr. Allen, of the Montreal Steam Ship Com pany. News quite unimportant. Commercial affairs at Montreal and Quebec are without alteration. Nothing had been heard of the Royal mail steam ship Europa at ten p.m. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDA.Y. The Royal mail steamship Tamar has arrived, with dates from Buenos Ayres, Nov. 2 ; Monte Video, 6 ; Rio de Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 18 ; Per nambuco, 20 ; St. Vincent's, 27; Teneriffe, Dec. 1 ; Madeira, 2 ; Lisbon, 4. The Tamar brings 55 passengers, and on freight specie value 4,0001., and diamonds and precious stones value 42,0001. The cargo consists of tapioca, cochineal, tobacco, and sundries. At Buenos Ayres the political situation was un altered. Large bodies of Indians were collected on the frontier, and a serious invasion was feared. Business in manufactured goods dull. Hides scarce. Exchange had fluctuated from 665. to 68s. 6d., closing at the latter figure. Montevideo was perfectly quiet. Business in imports rather brisk, land rising rapidly in price. Exchange 4s. 2Ld. Freights 50s. The ArgeLtine Confederation was completely anpuil. At Rio, exchange closed very firm, the quotation being 271. Sugar market quiet. Coffee had de clined 200 reis, but was firmer at the close, the transactions having been extensive. At Bahia sugars had advanced owing to the wet weather and impassable state of the roads. nil goods in demand, and paying well. Freights to Liverpool 255. for sugar. Exchange closed firm at 272, with bills over. Port very healthy. In Pernambuco the elections had passed 0 . 5 quietly, the Government obtaining a large ina.le* rity. A fair business had been done in dry goods. Supplies of sugar increasing. Cotton in great demand. Exchange closed flat at 271. EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS• SOUTHAMPTON, Simi:o,v. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steala ship Candia, which was clue here on the 2d, with the heavy portion of the East India and China mails, has broken the shaft of her engine and Pu b into Tunis ; the mails and passengers wer ® dill' patched overland, and arrived at Marseilles 1 8 °' terday. The Candia had on board a valuable cargo, ° f which there were 600 bales of raw silk (valued a 60,0001.) ; and a diamond consigned to Me T he Gibbs and. Co. (valued at 15,000 rupees.) 'l' Candia will probably return to under can' vass. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. - OXFORD, DEC. 7.—On Saturday Mr. J. R. Mg, fa ; tb ,f from Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and Mr. R. G. L'''''''' stone, Commoner of Pembroke College Oxford, and lately Oriel College. At the same time Ifr e . S• from Rossall School, Lancashire wer. 'clected Scholars of of Oriel College, was elected Exhibitioner on the founda tion of Dean Ireland. d The Professor of Latin (Mr. Coning ton) has expresso G. A. Sheppard, his unwillingness to be a candidate at the ensuing election for a member of Council. His name may, therefore, be regarded as withdrawn. ____—.......... --- THE ARREST OP MR MORRIS Moon.E.—We ere AP sured that Lord Clarendon has, by means of telegraphic communication, demanded explanations from the Prus sian Government relative to the arrest of Mr. Morris Moore. —Morning Advertiser. DEATH OF CHARLES 11.A.M8, ESQ.—At his shooting quarters in the klighlands, Mr. Lamb died on Thurs day. lie was only son of Sir Charles Lamb of Betty fort, Sussex, and half-brother of the Earl of Eglintons who has gene north on this melancholy oocasion. T HE GUN.EOA.T SLIP.—The screw gun -b oa t s lip at Hasler is brought to a standstill for the present. It appears that a larger wheel is w n a e s ces orderedea and y t t o o at Manchester, is 11 feet in diameter, engine. The new wheel, which e b a e se rna tll4 o . ; the railroad authorities have refused to convey m achinery, it being contrary to th e ir so large a piece °f culty is to be got over is n o t k rules. How th e cbT_ whole affair is in a fix for o nown at present, bat tno COWES, Dec. 7, 6 want of wheel and chain. „. p.m. Two French ves se ls (schooners), loaded with fruit, were wrecked near A th ol' - field, at the b ac k of the Wight, in the gale last night' crews saved, excepting • ell one man. It still blows I hard from the o but it is bright moonlight' tb barollneter S.W ., rising. andT he Prussian frigate Thetis, 36, Captain Sundeivans schooner Frauenlob, 14 Commander Kinderlings arrived at Spithead, on Sa turday , ' de ir eiro. from Rio an ... Complimentary salutes were exchanged with the gm' rison and port. It will be remembered that this gl e l new and powerful English-built frigate wa s barter away by the Abe r deen Gov eminent for two paltry iron steam gun•boats--the frigate being worth 40,0001., and the gun-boats only as man hundreds,whilsto ne of th e y ane • latter was lost shortly after the change too k P .. 4 ._ The ships are likely to remain some time at this PO7, and in all prebability will come into harb our to rePals defects. Prince William Frederick of Prussia, not; sojourning with the Queen at Osborne , will pay them visit as soon as the weather moderates. ~,n the M ETROPO LIS DRAINAGE.—A deputation f .. .--- - • i t , Brit Corporation of Gravesend and the parishioners of _ _. waited on Saturday upon the General Purposes ti al of th e mittee of the Court of Aldermen, at the Guildhall hiss City of London, on the subject of the MetruPtaution, Main Drainage Plans. In answer to the depu tations Mr. Alderman Wire, the chairman of th t h ecoia T h ames, stated that the City, as conservators of the urificas were interested to see that in any Oil for f P tbe il l ' tion of the Thames the health and comfort 0 for, as habitants on its banks were duly provided tbst that no obstruction be caused to the navigation ; _ it. the subject would receive the attention of t he co e rtl ie l u _ n . tee, and a communication would be made to tb ° r tion thereon. The deputation then retired. ‘ The ecie ' T H E WEATHER AT PORTSM OU TH (Saturdayi." -- en tirely tinued boisterous state of the weather has almost war su spended communication bet ween the ships of A a t Spithead and the shore. It is now blowing nea r ly e et • gale of wind , lwith the " dan g erous" fla g hoisted ; a to of things which enables the watermen of the pOT 0. charge what they please, and accordingly it is ° ° , oo , common event for a bargain to be struck for a two gn t ! ead fare (money in advance), though on reaching SP.tuAeogp there is no chance of boarding, owing to the trernafiu othe r sea, on which the luckless wight has to "tip al' ev ," guinea to be "taken to the place from whence ila Øs 1, te. —namely, the Hard, Portsea, or the Point, Portsmoue...... The ships are riding heavily, with plenty of scop_d. topgallants struck, yards lowered, topmasts housed, a l " making everything snug for a "nasty night." p aper STATE OF THE COUNTY DOWN.—A northern , 0 4 announces that in consequence of a requisition addres:be to the Marquis of Londonderry, as lieutenant sa ver . t county, a meeting of the magistrates of Down is , tisedito take place on Thursday next, in Downpatrici t :a the purpose of taking into consideration an imor„,,o distribution of the present police in the county. .-I,_e measure is rendered imperatively necessary from t o numerous burglaries wuarters hich have taken place the cons:3 of la,_; Rastrevor and other q front which n lacy bad been unwisely removed. t me u T HE S M ITHFIELD C LUB CATTLE-SHOW.— ...TOgh° ll and the whole of Sa turday the arrivals of oxen. ebeePs'treet pigs, for the forthcoming show at the Baklearte hour Bazaar, were incessant, and continued up t ga te d 0. , bbe at night, crowd; of people remaining congre d t ` h entrance in Sing-street, eager to obtain a glir o l 3 : , North animals, great nembers being brought by t ,, ,,, irre i s g. Western Railway from the Cattle Zhow at -'". / day e seal , ham, just concluded. Amongst the arrivals ° Du g ot• Tsere the animals entered by Prince Albert, the ' perbYs Richmond, the Earl of Leicester, Earl Dudle, ere being a and other eminent graziers, amongst th ~s Flemi sh splendid specimen of pigs from Prince Alber t an i m als Farm, at Windsor Park. The reception of "" s will this finally closed on Saturday night. The judge () , and to day proceed to the classification of the st ce• icion as award the prizes. In order to prevent any eilln(Pl feederS to the favouritism, the names of the breederse and the ir are carefully concealed until the judges ha: g al Sigil uess award, which they do by numbers. Hie ,Y_ , rieo s of Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, t.a° ' e a lso •ow this day, a .7 Prue :ia are expected to deft the sh be sbew A to-morrow t the Royal family of Oude ;nu - opens to the public.