The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-26 00:00:00

RO YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management on ot Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harris, S TITIS EVENING, and durine: the Week, Balfe's New u.,eralary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corri, A. St. Alhyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. IT. Boleno, IT. Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. ,Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. IT. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, &c. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mallon. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstonc. " TUN EVENING the nerforrnanops will nommonae with (by desir )SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Miss rr ardcas t 1 e, Miss Fanny Stirlinz; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone. After which. a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. —Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.—A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Pantomime. ROBINSON CRITSOE : or, Harlequin Friday and the 'King of the Carib ben Islands, on MONDAY, Jan. - 28. commencing' at Two o'clock. Again acknowledged to be the best Pantomime in London. I,OIrAT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE,— _Os Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING. the nerforrnancem will commence with THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Messrs. Pechter, Harris, Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray. After which, a new Christmag comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRITSOE ; or, HarleTuin Friday, and the Kin.' of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Millie. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Sofa Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. TITTS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vining.. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. J. Rouse. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTA BELLE : or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing, rlTE•visinv OF A ROSE. ITS FADING- AT EVE, .AND TETE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Larry Hoolagan, Mr. John Drew. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Bent. Wel - inter. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. .7. 1,. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Poncicault, D. Fisher, Billlngton, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza. entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and R. Thorne. Doors open at half past 8--ComMence at 7. Box-office open from l 0 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, .£2 25.; Family Boxes, XI. Orchestra Stalls, is. ; Balcony, 4s. : Front Circle Stalls, Zs. • Fit Stalls, 20.; Pit, lg. 6d. ; Amphitheatre. is ; Gallery, d: Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- - Proprietor and Manazer. Mr. WM. BATTY. Immense success of the Pantomime. He- en gagem - ' 2,lfr7J.6;clieit and the Trained Lions. This Evening, 'a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION CONQUEROR; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World. " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To he succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Brilsh Artistes. _ . Concludinc , with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. T. Greenwood, entitled HATtLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL HORSE or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery. by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing in the comic scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. 'Doors open at half-past 6, pertormance commence at 7. CAI\TTERBITRY-HAT , T , PANTOMIME, "THE ENCHANTED HASH . ," EVERY EVENING. ENTERTAINING PEOPLE. Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. BELL. GOOD TEOPLE. Wildrose, i Fairies, with the usual accom- Mr. Marshall Primrose, J plishments. J Mr. Bell. COMMON PEOPLE. Farmer Thickhead (a husbandman, with a Wife and Child, who make a fool of him) Mr. Bell. Giles Goslinz (the mysterious Orphan, who runs after every Miss, and afterwards Harlequin)Mr. Marshall. Dame Thickhead (who having worn out the breeches, takes to Pantaloons) .Mr. Bell. Dolly (the bell of the village, which Giles in tends to ring the—changes to Columbine)..Mr. Marshall. PAD PEOPLE. ITowleygrowley, Demons of the blackest dye ) Mr. Marshall j Growleyhowley, and brightest Magenta. j Mr. Bell. COMIC PEOPLE. Harlequin Mr. F. BELL. Columbine Mr. E. MARSHALL. Clown 'Sir. E. MAnsuALL. Pantaloon. Mr. F. BELL. Scene, CANTERBURY (that's) HALL !—Time A.D. IS6I, at half-past nine. Mr. B. A pack of nonsense! Mr. M. What we want— Mr. B. Pooh ! pooh ! The idea ! a Pantomime played by two ! HIGII WATER AT 'LONDON BRIDGE. Tit DAY. —Morning, lh. 38m.—Afternoort, 2h. Om, T o-m ORR° yr.-Morning, 2h. 24m.—Afternoon, 2b. 46m, THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 26, 1561. TIIERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. .53 —highest since noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BAILONIETFII.-30.38, a rise of nearly half an inch. WIND—W.N.W. ; fresh, with very mild, fine sunshiny weal her. 1,• • •4 „, —*-0/. No. )!, • .„„ „, "r 0 THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 26, 1861. If Louis NAPOLEON expressed his real views, as we doubt not he did when he declared that it was the interest of France to have a weak Italy, and not when he proclaimed that France was desirous to have a strong ally in a United Italy, he could not have planned more wisely for French ambition than when he proposed his famous Italian Confederation. The Swiss cantons, probably owing to their conscious weakness, have, indeed, kept pretty well together, though their affair of the Sonderbund was a sharp one but at this moment we see two of the largest federations in the world, one in America and one in Europe, one based on popular suffrage, the other on the monarchical principle, both shaken to their foundations, and so paralysed in credit that neither can borrow except at usurious interest, while each is compelled to drop its previous haughty or bullying tone towards foreign countries. Confederations had need have, like that of the Swiss, some very strong common interest, if their religious or social differences are considerable, to compel to mutual forbearance. The American one will, apparently, never again be able to re-combine the habits and requirements of per sonal slavery and personal freedom ; hence the two classes of States are falling asunder there ; and in Austria, the golden link of the Crown is found insufficient to hold together the thorough Constitutionalism and liberty of Hungary with the Absolutism, and the political slavery, which sits comfortably enough on the soulless Germans. In the American case, demo cracy explodes the union, as volcanic matter from below, - which nothing can repress ; in Austria the superincumbcnt weight of Absolutism forces the several parts asunder, at the lines where they had previously only touched. For some time past, indeed, A ustrian Absolutism has been endeavouring to lighten its weight on its diverse provinces, seeing that they were upon the vergT3 of being forced from under its pressure. But the curse of Imperialism is its incapability of full and fre.nk surrender of what it ought never to have had, and which, if cordially surrendered at once, would lenve a hearty good-will behind, that would be a cc mpewation ten times over for its securing sacri ficss. It makes a concession with reserves th„ e ay.,* soon detected, and Make the concession odious —it winks, for a time, at a little more being taken than it surrendered; but forthwith taking the alarm again, cries hold ! and arouses more ill will than before. Every bystander can see, at th e present moment, that Austria might, by frankly accepting every necessity of the case, have made herself a mighty Power, heterogeneous as arc the elements of which /she would still be composed. The principal section of the empire, Hungary and its affiliated pro vinces, offer an excellent basis of policy to a monarch who could be content to govern the free. She does not ask the repeal of the Prag matic Sanction, in virtue of which the House of Lorraine-Hapsburg sits on the throne of Hun gary; she appeals to the last laws legally rati fied by the last monarch of that house, who was legally King of HUNGARY, and thus saves the crown. Now, suppose the present possessor of the crown to throw himself on the generosity of the Hungarians, one of the most noble-minded and generous races on earth—as the Hapsburgs have so often found—suppose he had, without reserve, confessed that, for the last twelve years, things had all been going wrong—that he and his Hungarians had been at cross purposes—that he now dismissed for ever the counsellors who had advised such courses—that he would be King only of a thoroughly free Hungary—and that he relied on them in return to give him their hearty support in all' projects which concerned the wel fare of the numerous States beneath his sway— suppose he, a Hapsburg, could have thus given hit hand to Hungary, "and his heart in it," does any one doubt that he might, in ashort twelve months, have been one of the strongest monarchs in Europe ? He would, of course, have dealt in like manner with all the nationalities ; and his appeal would then have been—" Now, then, under me and my successors, you will have liberties worth fighting for—you can preserve them against all the world—the Gallic coek, or the Russian bear, or the Prussian eagle, or all together, by combining your strength under my leadership. You, as con tiguous nations, will have in me an impartial moderator when your claims seem to be in collision, and a monarch anxious that the educational, social, political, and commercial prosperity of each should develope itself by the natural efforts •of well directed freedom." Who, we say, can doubt what would have been the response to such an appeal ? Instead of this, what must the infatuated young Hapsburg do, but promulgate at a moment like this, the Manifesto, the principal points of which were given us recently in a telegram, and which we have entire to-day. A Manifesto which with some smooth and plausible phraseology, practically says to a great and determined nation, " I will be your Master. Not legality, but the will of FRANCIS JOSEPH shall govern in Hungary. Illegally I can celled all your terms and as an arch Revolutionist abolished all your institutions, older far, though many of them were, than the Austrian empire and the House of Hapsburg itself. I gave you back a few of your municipal rights in the patent of the 20th of October—but that you may see that you receive even them by my will and plea sure, not one inch shall you go beyond. You pre tend that you have acted on the laws of 1848. They are no laws to me—l abolished them—they are gone—presume not to think of any law but my Imperial will—or if you do !—" somewhat bland, indeed, in manner, is the opening of this foolish document ; he looks back with regret to the time when, twelve years ago, the errors of the well disposed, and the terrors of evil men, com pelled a settlement by the sword. He did not will that this should form the basis of political institu tions. He must sustain the monarchy ; but "we have had above all the desire to re-establish, as promptly and completely as possible, the political institutions of this kingdom, rooted in the nation, to which they are so dear ; and we found tfierein, at the same time, for all our other peoples a guarantee for the preparation and the re-establish ment of the constitutional regime. It was in order to accomplish this work, that we pub lished our diploma of the 20th of October. But peace, the compromise itself, and recon ciliation, demanded in return some goodwill and a ' sincere concurrence, without arriere pensec and without passionate excitement." He notes that some scrupled to accept a re-establishment of the Hungarian Constitution ; but he has considered all that, and decided notwithstanding to confine himself to municipal concessions; " and we were persuaded that confidence begets confidence, and that a frank and loyal initiative would ever find just appreciation, real agreement, and sincere assistance amongst a noble people, politically mature. Our expectation has not been completely realised." Of course not, and if the EMPEROR would ask the reason why—a nursery line would answer the question— " Liars we can never trust ," and, not only did the diploma concede short mea sure, but it gave no guarantee whatever. But mark how considerate were Count RECIIBURG and his master. "We observed," he says, " with calmness and indulgence the first impulses of poli tical life, and attributed them to the agitated cur rent of the time, suppressed passions, and the effervescence of long-suppressed political activity." When, however, they began to elect condemned patriots, to re-estaltish the National Guard, to get rid of the subordinate German authorities, to meddle with imposts and taxes—all this was, of course, anarchy; it might plead the laws of 1848, but contravening the will of the EMPEROR was tie essence of anarchy. The EMPEROR has therefore resolved firmly to " oppose revolution (that is, revolution from abso lutism to law) with all his strength," and closes his manifesto with a set of resolutions quite worthy of him. All elections of banished patriots are declared null and void, and all things done beyond the license conferred by the diploma of the 23d of October will be put down in the severest manner. All these things are dictated, he graciously adds, by the "Imperial solicitude for the general good of our peoples !" It should have been for the gratifi cation of wilful, selfish, misguided ambition: He has already a foretaste of what the issue may be. Hungary is not in the mood to yield law to imperial will, at least without compulsion . The General Assembly of the Comitat of Gran has told him plainly that Hungary is distrustful; that his diploma is in violation of the Pragmatic Sanction by - which alone he can claim to be King of HUNGARY ; that taxes are illegal if not sanc tioned by the Diet; and that guarantees are demanded. Another comitat uses equally bold language, and says in an address, in re ply to the manifesto--" The Comitat has not transgressed and will not transgress the limits of lawful rights. It will, however, preserve all its ancient rights, and will maintain the laws of 1848 until the Diet shall have resolved upon a change in the same. The Comitat is of opinion that without the existence of an independent Hungarian Minis try, which was guaranteed by the laws of 1848, Hungary cannot be considered to be lawfully governed. The Comitat will gladly submit to the decision of such a ministry." It now remains to be seen whether the EMPEROR will enter once more into the struggle of—bayonets and Imperial revo lution versus law and historical institutions. Lord OVERSTONE has been offering his tribute of aPPlause of the grand and patriotic Volunteer movement. Nor can any one marvel at his doing so. Apart from all the more generous motivcs inciting the citizens of this land, one and all, to encourage, directly or indirectly, by greater or lesser degree, this large hearted enterprize Taic'a THE SUN, LONDON I SATETRDATWEV ENING, JANUARY 26, 1861. has given to England, within a very few months, a magnificent National Guard in the shape of an army of from 150,000 to 200,000 Volunteer RIFLE MEN ; apart from all this, in Lord OVERSTONE'S in stance, here is precisely one of those men who have I enough at stake to render them profoundly inte rested in observing the growth and develop ment of this noble rallying together of armed Englishmen. No wonder the noble lord, witnessing this extraordinary movement, exults in :it. He has reasons enow for so doing. And the Volunteer Movement, if it wins favour from " all sorts of men "—from men like Lord OVERSTONE it wins essentially and necessarily " golden opinions" in abundance. It consequently squares to a nicety with the general fitness of things, when we find a millionaire like the JONES LLOYD of old, the Baron OVERSTONE of now-a-days, talking in the high-flown language of an elabo rated enthusiasm in favour of the continuous and rapid multiplication of the rifle corps throughout the United Kingdom. Such is really the gist of the evidently very carefully prepared harangue delivered by the noble and wealthy lord (for surely we may accord to his lordship some such double title as that, quite as appropriately as when we refer to a military peer as "noble and gallant," or to one of the law lords as "noble and learned")—such is really the drift of the whole oration delivered by the noble and wealthy lord on Thursday evening down at Northampton. Lord OVERSTONE had there twice to respond to toasts at the close of the banquet given to Lieut.-Colonel Lord LINDSAY as Captain of the Overstone Mounted Rifle Corps—a banquet given to that noble and gallant officer by the mem bers of the corps itself. Upon the first of these two occasions it was that Lord OVERSTONE, in the absence of the Marquess of EXETER' responded to the toast of the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Observing that the circum stance rendering a toast of that particular charac ter one of especial importance, upon an occasion like that which had brought them all to gether, was the consideration that, "If that great emergency connected with which and in preparation for which they had assembled together and were banding themselves in the garb of war should ever occur, the solidity and safety of this country would depend upon their combination." Adding, that " At the head of each county must necessarily stand the Lord Lieutenant, and by drinking that toast they were drinking health to him who would in that emer gency have the whole posse comitatus under his direc tion." It was afterwards, however, while acknowledg ing the toast—not quite the toast of the evening, but certainly next to it in local importance—namely that of the Honorary Members of the Corps," of which corps, said the chairman of the occasion (Ensign NORTHCOTE to wit), Lord OVERSTONE him self was essentially the decus et tutanem : it was upon the occasion of responding to this compli mentary tribute, that the noble lord put forth all his strength in eulogizing the movement which he has certainly for one aided materially so far (and with good reason as we have said) in develop ing. "Would," said the impassioned millionaire, " Would that I could rise to the grandeur of this subject, or that I could give anything like an ade quate expression to the feelings which animate my heart !" Not by any means arrogating to himself, however, any capacity whatever for doing so, rather as might be surmised from this ejaculation, "quite the contrary"—Lord OVERSTONE nevertheless contrived to deliver himself of sentiments not in any way at all unworthy of the subject, in words that (but for the subject) might possibly have been deemed to savour somewhat of extravagance. As to the " style" of this harangue even, as to the mere tone and manner of it, there was a signifi cance in the very formality of the exordium where the speaker exclaimed, with manifestly well deli berated design, though apparently with a careless by-the-way—" And in addressing you I feel it to be my duty to occupy your time by alluding to that great principle which lies at the bottom of the whole of this subject—the love of our coun try." Whereupon, the noble lord expatiating upon that lofty theme, luxuriating in that "high argu ment" goes the length—a very considerable length in these days when hon. gentlemen but seldom indulge themselves and their auditors in the House of Commons with those dear old familiar tags from HORACE and VIRGIL, which were once so frequently and so sonorously vouchsafed, to Mr. Speaker and the Reporters—Lord OVERSTONE, we say, went the length in his flowery comments upon that great theme " the love of country," went the extreme length of carrying his hearers away in imagination to the Roman Forum where they might hearken to the echo of certain memo rable words spoken (upon that theme) more than nineteen centuries ago by the master orator of the then rulers of the world. For the benefit of the country gentlemen of Northampton, however, the noble lord echoed those words of CICERO in our Eng lish vernacular, exclaiming in a free translation from TULLY—" Dear to us are the relations and joys of private life, dear to us are our wives, dearer to us are our children, but all these endearments are concentrated and intensified in one state ment—the love of our country." Mean ing here —as applied to his own mounted riflemen of Northampton, and through them to the rest of their fellows, to the number of some 170,000, scattered over the United Kingdom —Bravo to the British Volunteers ! A sentiment in which, who will not join.? As who will refrain from saying " ditto," not this time to Mr. BURKE, but to Master SHAKSPEICE P—after glancing once more at that well-timed quotation from " King Henry the Fifth," with which it will be seen that Lord OVERSTONE aptly closes his fervent and patriotic address upon the subject of our National Defences. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The members present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornwall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir George Grey, Lord Stanley of A lderley, Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell. The Countess Amherst has arrived in. Grosvenor square, from Montreal, Sevenoaks. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yester day from Broadlands. Her ladyship add Viscountess Jocelyn and family will not return to town until Monday. Lord Campbell has returned to Stratheden House from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord and Lady Herbert of Lea have arrived at their residence in Belgrave-square, from Wilton Houso, near Salisbury. Count Saucourt arrived at Albert-gate House yesterday from visiting the Earl and Countess of Winehil sea, at Eastwell Park, Kent. The Right lion. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at Grosvenor-gate from Windsor Castle, where they have been on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. The Hon. Evelyn Ashley arrived in town yester day from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palinerstc n , at Broadlands. Mr. R. Peel has left Farrance's Hotel for th e Deanery, Worcester, _ The Earl and Countess of Scarborough }lave left town for the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, • Mr. Cobden has returned to Paris f ., ,:0m Algiers. After waiting on the Emperor he will t s , roceed without delay to England, LATEST SEWS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NAPLES, JAN. 25. Yesterday the bombardment of Gaeta was con tinued by the Sardinian fleet. Gaeta has suffered much from the bombardment. The fire from the batteries of the place is feeble. General Cialdini has lost but few men, A Sar dinian gunboat has been damaged. NAPLES, JAN. 24 (EVENING). The bombardment of Gaeta continues. Liberio Romano, Minister of the Interior, has appointed a commission for the publication of historical documents concerning the Bourbon dynasty, taken from the archives at Naples, and dating from 1790 until 1860. ROME, JAN. 24. One thousand Sardinians have attacked the con vent of Casmali in the Roman States. They dispersed the reactionary bands, set fire to the convent on the night of the 22d instant, and afterwards re-entered Neapolitan territory. The monks saved themselves by flight before the coin. mencement of the attack. ROME, JAN. 22. Riotous demonstrations of a most serious character have taken place in the Apollo Theatre. The per formance of " II Trovatore" has been prohibited. Some students have been expelled from the univer sity for having distributed tricoloured cockades. COPENHAGEX, JAN. 25. The Berlingsks Tidende of to-day says :—" The Minister of Finance has authorised the Ministers of War and Marine to already apply, during the current year, a portion of the funds voted for their departments during the next financial year." PESTII, JAN. 25. The Cemitat of Pesth has resolved to firmly maintain the laws - of 1848. The Comitat of Houth not only demands that a responsible and independent Hungarian Ministry should be appointed before the opening of the Diet, but also requests the annexation of the provinces formerly belonging to Hungary, and the, earliest possible convocation of the Diet at Pesth. PARIS, JAN. 25. The Patrie gives a denial to the report that the French troops are preparing to leave Rome. A priVate telegram from Constantinople, dated January 24, states that Vely Pasha has been appointed ambassador at Paris. The Paris papers publish a telegram, dated Naples, January 22, according to which orders had been given for the trial of some Neapolitan naval officers before a court-martial for having refused to take part in the siege of Gaeta. The same tele gram states that two Neapolitan war-vessels only are employed at the siege of Gaeta. VIENNA, JAN. 25. The return of M. de Balabine from St. Peters burg to Vienna has been again delayed, on account of the instructions which he has to receive from Prince Gortschakoff in reference to the reported revolutionary intrigues in Poland, the Principali ties, and Montenegro. FRANCE. The Moniteur publishes a decree promulgating the convention of peace as well as the treaty of commerce lately, concluded between France and China. The treaty consists of 42 articles, extend ing over nearly 11 columns of the journal, and regulating the manner in which the diplomatic and other relations are to be carried on between the authorities and accredited agents of the two coun tries ; they fix the conditions of reciprocity which the subjects of the two countries are to respectively enjoy ; enumerate the ports of China which are to be henceforth opened to French commerce, in addi tion to those to which Europeans were formerly admitted ; and state the rules on which the trade is to be carried on, and the other arrangements for conducting the customs operations, such as are usually to be found in commercial treaties. The document is followed by a series of six complimen tary articles. One of them declares that the ma gistrate of Si-lin-hien, who was guilty of the murder of the French missionary, Auguste Chapdelaine, shall be degraded and declared incapable of ever holding another public situation ; a second states that an indemnity shall be paid to the French who suffered in their property by the pillage and incen• diarism of the populace of Canton ; and a third regulates the manner in which the war indemnity of 2,000,000 of taels is to be paid to France in six equal annual payments. The above documents are followed by a customs tariff fixing the import and export duties on sundry articles of merchandise. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Kangaroo, from New York on the 12th inst., and which touched at Queenstown yesterday, has arrived here. She brings the following later intelligence from New York. The Star of the West had returned to New York with troops, and with her bows damaged by a shot. The South Carolinian Secretaries of State and of War had visited Fort Sumter under a flag of truce, but nothing had transpired. Senator Seward made a grand conciliatory speech on the 12th. inst., in which he said, " Mutual re crimination and congressional compromises are not likely to save the Union. The constitution of the United States and the laws made in pursuance thereto are supreme. The laws of the land are paramount to all state legislation. The Union can only be dis solved by the voluntary consent of the people of the United States in the manner prescribed by the constitution. The Congress ought, if it can, to redress any real grievances of the offended States, and should then supply the President with the means necessary to maintain the authority of the Union." Mr. Seward then proceeded to point out the numerous advantages of the Union, while a dis solution, he said, " will be perpetual civil war." He concluded by saying " that when the angry excite ment had subsided, and calmness had resumed its sway, and not till then, would he advise that a convention of the people bo assembled to consider what amendments in the organic national law ought to be made," A prospectus has been issued of the India Cotton Company with a capital of £250,000 in £lO shares. The proposal is to establish agencies in Guzerat to purchase cotton. of the ryots direct, and to use every endeavour to improve the process of picking and cleaning, and to pro mote the introduction of the best machinery. A STREET FIGHT AT NEW ORLEANS.—At New Orleans, on the morning of the 31st ult., Mr. Victor Marot and Mr. John 'lathers, both citizens of respectability and opulence, and both sturlr brokers, met on the lev6e, where they had been in the habit of meeting in the way of busi ness. Each had his long auger, with which casks are per forated. They met face to face, spoke a few words, and sinmi!taneously drew their revolvers, and commenced firing at fach other. Flathers emptied his pistol (five shots), and :ofarot fired one shot, some say two—they closed as they fired. After the firing ceased they advanced upon each other with their augers. Marut received a gash on his forehead; Flathers had one of his thumbs cut in fending off Marot's auger. Marot staggered back and fell, and was picked up by his friends, and carried to an adjacent office, where he expired in a few minutes. lie had been shot twice through the right thigh and once in the stomach, this last being the fatal shot. Flathers received no other injury than the damage to his thumb. Soon after the shooting, Flathers surrendered himself. There had been a previous difficulty between them,—,Boston ,Paper, INDIA AND CHINA. By extraordinary express in anticipation of the overland mail we have received our usual letters and papers. The dates are Calcutta, December 22 ; Madras, December 27 ; Hong Kong, December 14 ; Canton, December 8, The following is from the Bengal Hurkarit of ,he 22d ultimo : "Nothing of particular interest has taken place since we last wrote, with the exception of our public meeting to adopt a petition to Parliament praying for publicity of accounts; restraint upon the Sec retary of State for India with regard to spending our funds ; opening up of the Legislative Council, &c. The distinguishing characteristic of the meet ing was the great unanimity of feeling which per vaded all classes of the community with regard to the necessity of the step. Two members of the executive Government, Sir Bartle Frere and Mr. Beadon,had in their places in the legislative coun cil admitted the necessity of a check being placed upon the uncontrolled expenditure of the finances of India by the Secretary of State, and had ad mitted that the proper way to bring this about was by a petition of the taxpayers of India to Parliament. Mr. Harrington, the most civilian of civilians, has expressed himself to the same effect. Public servants are in this land of des potism precluded from attending public meetings, but their sympathies were with the objects of that very large one composed of all the heteroge neous :;lasses forming our community which met in the Town Hall on Thursday last. Fully one half of those present were natives, and this fact was alluded to by several of the native speakers as being a pledge of a reunion between themselves and their European brethren, a termination of the bitterness of feeling, or ' antagonism of race' as it has been called, which has existed since the mutinies. The Europeans showed their willingness to let bygones be bygones, as proposed by Baboo Ramonath Tagore by loud cheers. The first resolution was proposed by the President of the Chamber of Commerce, seconded by the Master of the Trades' Association, and supported by Baboo Ramonath Tagore, a bro ther of the late Baboo D warkanath Tagore so well known in England. The next resolution was pro posed by Rajah Pertaub Chunder Singh, President of the British India Association, and one of the largest zemindars in Bengal, seconded by Mr. Peterson, of the Calcutta bar, who was followed by Baboo Digumber Mittre, a Hindon merchant, and Ameer Ali, a pleader in the Sudder Court, who was during the mutinies in great disfavour with the European community on account of his having been selected by Mr. Halliday as drynurse to Mr. Samuells when that gentleman was sent up to Behar. The last resolution was moved by Mr. Fitz william, agent of the Mercantile Bank, and the petition read by Mr. Brett, managing proprietor of the _English man newspaper. These names will show how sincere all ranks are in their feeling that there is great danger in the course taken by the Secre tary of State with regard to expenditure of the Indian funds, and we are sure that the alarm will be not less felt in England, when the Eng lish people become aware of the enormous brib ing power which the office of Secretary of State for India, as at present constituted, has thrown into the hand of any Ministry which is as unscrupulous in the use of it as Sir Charles Wood seems to be. " Lord Canning has published a correspondence between himself and the Secretary of State, which the Friend of India pedanticany calls the ' Magna Charta of the Princes and Chiefs of India,' in which the right of adoption is guaranteed to all Chiefs above the rank of iegheerdar. Before, however, a document can be called a Magna Charta, the chiefs must either have it in their power to compel Sir Charles Wood to keep his promises —which they have not—or they must have such confidence in him that they will believe that he will keep his promises. That they have not this confidence may be supposed from Baboo Ramonath Tagore's suspecting the Secretary of State of a design to sell Calcutta to Sung Bahadoor, and from Mr. Remfry's stating that all that was wanted for the easy government of India was a little common honesty. If this is the the opinion of the Secretary of State held in Calcutta by both natives and Europeans, we cannot suppose he has a better reputation higher up the country. In fact, these proclamations and publica- tions are a good deal worse than useless. One does not feel very much inclined to believe a man who is always exclaiming, I am going to be honest.' A little honesty in action would be worth 20 pro- clamations. "In the indigo districts nothing new has happened. Mr. Grant's friends, the ryots, have been burning down the houses, and carrying off the women of any ryots who might give evidence in favour of planters, and he has been forced to send orders censuring the authorities for permitting what he has himself encouraged, and what he would have a few months ago himself held to be proof positive of oppres sion committed by the planter. One of the cove nanted magistrates, who has been zealous against the planters, he has removed, while Mr. Herschel still continues Magistrate of Kishnaghur, and, it is said, has received a letter from Sir Charles Wood approving of ail that he has done. The natives declare that the above-mentioned covenanted magistrate went so far in his zeal as to order the factory servants to be picketed out in the sun in order to extort confessions from them. This is only extending a little further Mr. Grant's order that the two zemindars who were suspected of having opposed Messrs. Watson and Co. should be arrested, and if nothing was proved against them detained in attendance on the magistrate for an indefinite period—a favourite plan in the Mofussil, though not one in accordance with the idea of the liberty of the subject usually entertained in Eng land." The Madras Atheneum, Dec. 27, says :—Sir P. Grant, commander in chief of Madras, leaves for England in February next. It is reported that Sir Robert Napier, of the Bengal Engineers, is to succeed him. But it is believed that the report has no present foundation. Sir Mark Cubbon, Com missioner of Mysore, leaves for England in January next. His successor has not been named. COMMERCIAL. EXCIIANGE.—For this mail the transactions in bills on London have been, comparatively speaking, limited. Bank bills have sold at 2s Id, first class credits at from 2s lid to 2s lid, and the small amount of documentary offering at 2s lid to 2s 11d. The market closes weak. Bills on France, payable in England at three months' sight, have sold at 2s ld, and the same date, payable in France, at 2.G5. On China the rate is 219 to 220 for 100 dols. On Mauritius 531 for days' sight, and 54 far 00 days' sight. CHINA. The following is from the Overland Trade Report , Hong Kong, Dec. 15 : " The last issue of this report was dated 2Sth ult. for transmission per mail steamer Ganges sailed the day following. It was then advised that Pekin had been evacuated by the allies on the strength of the ratification of the treaty being guaranteed by pla cards being pasted on the walls of the capital. That a palace had been assigned to the British Minister, who, after being installed on the Bth ult., quitted the city for Tien-tsin the day following, leaving one of the consular interpreters in charge (a gentleman named Adkins). That notwithstandiog the new convention made at Pekin, and the ratification of the Tien-tsin treaty, the old tariff of duties still prevailed, which was pitched much higher than the new. That the Yangtsze rebellion seemed inclined to recoil on Shanghae and Ningpo, and continued as uncontrolled and pernicious as ever. That manifestations of French aggression were being developed in the appropriation of ground within the city of Shanghae, and finally that the in telligence from Japan continued very unsatisfactry. " Since then little has occurred of a tangible nature to record. The latest date from Pekin, upon the departure of the last mail from this, was theloth November, when, as mentioned above, that capital had been evacuated by the allies. The entire force reached Tien-tsin without any remarkable occur rence. A garrison of about 3,000 men is left in occupation of that important place ; the rest of the force were sent southward. Chusan has been evacuated, or if any troops do remain, the number is very small. About 3,000 men occupy Shanghai. The remainder of the British land force have reached Hong Kong, a great proportion of the same being under orders for England and India. In fact, some have already sailed. A portion of the fleet will winter at Japan, the remainder will either be sent home or will winter in the south. • " The Earl of Elgin is at Shanghai, and has at length promulgated the ratified Treaty of Tien-tsin (made June, 1858), the convention lately made at Pekin, and the tariff and regulations of trade. They have not yet been promulgated here. The Canton Consul has circulated them, but strange to say the foreign Customs refuse to recognise them, and continued to levy duties upon the old tariff. " The steps adopted to fortify and secure the late arrangement made at Pekin are simply ludicrous. The ratification of the treaty of Tien-tsin hinges upon a signature in vermilion,' which was alleged to be that of the Emperor—no reliable person saw it signed. The ratification of the convention hinges upon the same having been placarded in the streets of Pekin. The mode of procedure adopted to obtain this latter concession was the following. Deputations consist ing of a British interpreter and several Chinese in mandarin costume, went the rounds of the city, and taking with them placards said to be an Imperial edict announcing the convention, pasted them on the walls in a few public places. The Emperor was not seen at all, and why an interview was so studiously avoided, unless for the purpose of exercising the duplicity which has always hitherto been practised, it is very hard to divine. Had matters been left to take their natural course, and the Chinese Government left to sue for peace, instead of being solicited and coaxed to come to terms, a very different result would have marked the termi nation of the affair. Mandarin worship, experi mental diplomacy, and palpable misrepresentation to her Majesty's Government ,have been the bane of this China war, and these, combining with Chinese shuffling and trickery, have caused it to become thus protracted. Clearly the parties who are to blame cannot pretend to place the smallest reliance upon the faith of the Chinese Government, or why should the retention of Tien-tsin and Canton be insisted upon ? " The all-important question at present is whether the late convention will be carried out or not. In other words whether the war is over or not. On this point opinions are generally divided —the Cantonese almost universally disbelieve it. The terms seem so advantageous to the Emperor on the one hand, and the disastrous effects of the continuance of the war so palpable on the other, that taking common sense as a guide, every reliance may be placed upon the convention. But the murder of civilians under most aggravated circumstances, as already recorded—captured whilst under the sanctity of a flag of truce—is but too certain an indication that the considerations which usually guide human affairs do not here apply. The simple question resolves itself into this—is the Em peror imbecile, or is he impotent to oppose Sanko linsin ? If the' current belief be adopted, that Sankolinsin has physically and morally entire control over the Cabinet, and, having designs upon the throne, is fomenting discord to achieve his pur poses, then the event most to be feared seems the easiest reconciled to probability. For, although . this Tartar chief cannot face European tactics on the field, still the nomadic troops he leads being all cavalry, haye peculiar powers of locomotion which place them out of the reach of an European force. If, therefore, possessing the control over the Impe rial resources which he is supposed to have, he should continue to keep up the perfidious coarse lately adopted towards the allies, he certainly will have nothing to lose—and it is equally clear that if he can demonstrate to the allies the futility of treat ing with the Emperor, and the feasibility of treat ing with him, that his path to the throne is very easy. This surmise is meant as suggestive of the present very peculiar position of affairs, which may be thus summed up. " The Peiho being frozen over, and the shores of the Gulf of Pechelee ice bound, the Tientsin gar. rison are left to their own resources for the re• minder of the winter. Not that there is any fear of their being able to repel any attack successfully, inasmuch as the management of military affairs during the entire war has left nothing to be desired. Nevertheless the isolation of a portion of the force will undoubtedly act as an inducement to treachery if any be meant. " There is a rumour very prevalent that this gar rison is menaced by large hordes of Tartars, and that Mr. Adkins, who was left in charge of the British embassy at Pekin, has been murdered. The rumour emanates from the transport ships which have lately arrived from the North, and although very current has never been contradicted. The secresy pursued so persistently in diplomatic affairs here naturally causes unfavourable constructions to be cherished, and unfortunately it has generally happened that the more profoundly a secret has been kept, the more have these unfavourable con structions been corroborated; The rumour now mentioned is not generally believed ; and the fact of the first instalment of the indemnity having been paid at Tien-tsin, as also that of a large sum being paid at Canton on account of British c l a i ms , are relied upon as tangible proofs of the incorrectness of the rumour. The force of this reasoning is not very apparent, inasmuch as the allied army could not have left Tien-tsin until after this first instal ment fell due—and as for the Canton payment, why that city being entirely in the power of the allies it is hardly likely its authorities would fall behind hand in their engagements, if treachery were again meditated. However, the relation of the existence of this rumour, illustrates the feeling which exists here. " There seems some uncertainty about the Earl of Elgin's movements. It is certain that his lordship obtained the privilege of trade upon the Yangtsze at once. The treaty makes the concession dependent on the rebels being driven from it. The Chinese Pleni potentiaries doubtless waived this in the hope of foreigners falling into collision with the Taepings. At all events, this is a most important concession, and it is said that Lord Elgin will remain to see it carried out. " Some alteration has been made in the arrange ments of the French, and their troops, it is now said, will not occupy the quarters prepared for them within the city of Shanghai. It is known however that they will join in the endeavour to carry trade up the Yangtsze. " The rebellion becomes worse and worse. There appears no hope of its being eradicated until it shall have consumed the substance of the districts it has overrun. Agriculture and civil administration are alike foreign to its existence. It has drawn nearer to Shanghai, but there is clearly a disinclination to come into collision with the foreigners. The mandarin soldiery commit sad excesses, and the state of misery and anarchy into which the coun try has fallen can hardly be overstated. It is said that some of the tradespeople have returned to Soo chow, and that many of the gentry of the sur rounding districts have offered their allegiance. As the Government is taking no steps whatever to meet the evil, but have simply abandoned the dis tricts overrun to the destroyer, these attempts to conciliate the maurauders can hardly be wondered at. "Regarding the movements of the French troops, it should be obeerved that existing arrangements seem more adapted to augmenting their force here than to its decrease. In fact, although the Saigon garrison is reduced to a very low ebb, it does not seem as if any troops were being sent thither. " The United States ship Niagara duly arrived at Yeddo with the ambassadors. The American autho• cities received the rudest repulse imaginable after all the very valuable presents had been received. Instead of being thanked or complimented for the courtesy and hospitality extended, they were in formed that a great honour had been conferred by the Tycoon, a hope being expressed that no mote such favours would be required. Two artillery offi cers had been sent from the United States to teach the Japanese gunnery. These officers took with them the latest and best ordnance which the United States can produce. They found that the Japanese had precisely similar arms made from models they had Seen only, Eyen rifled cannon were seen in the Imperial arsenal. In artillery exercise the Japanese showed themselves proficient, and although these United States officers had gone to Japan to remain three years, they were told that they R ere not wanted. There is, however, the alarming por tion of this novelty to be recorded. It is of course notorious that in the question of currency the Ja panese have broken the treaties in a most barefaced and unjustifiable manner. These United States Ar tillery officers had the evidence of their own eye sight to inform them that the Japanese had made and were still making vast preparations to repel foreign attack. In this case it is abundantly clear that whatever may be the pretext of an outbreak, the Japanese must be considered the aggressors. A portion of the British fleet under Admiral Jones has gone to winter at Japan, whether to meet such a contingency as above hinted at or not can only be guessed at. The Prussian Envoy cannot ob tain a treaty, and if his Excellency pursues in Ye ddo the same illegal rude course that the com mander of one of the vessels of his squadron did in this colony, the failure can nether be lamented ncr wondered at. " Trade remains pretty good at all the ports. Preparations are being made by the large firms for an increased coast trade, and most parties are san guine about the opening of the Yangtsze. Rice tends upwards. Exchange downwards. Tonnage in improved demand." The following is Lord Elgin's proclamation on the conclusion of the convention : " The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., G.C.8., her Britannic Majesty's Special Ambassador, in China, &c. &c., has much satisfaction in informing her Majesty's sub jects in China that a convention for the re-establishment of peace between Great Britain and China was concluded, and the ratifications of the Treaty of Tientsin of the year 1858 duly exchanged at Pekin on the 24th of October, 1860. The Earl of Elgin now publishes for general information the text of the said convention and treaty, together with the text of the tariff, and rules which form part of the Treaty, and were agreed to by him and the Plenipotentaries of the Emperor ofChina at Shanghai, on the Bth of Nov., 1858. The Earl of Elgin trusts that by a considerate treat ment of the natives with whom they may come into contact, and a faithful observance of their obligations towards the Chinese Government, her Majesty's subjects in China will do what in them lies to reconcile the people, and authori ties of China, to the changes in their relations with foreigners which are about to be introduced under the inter national compacts herewith promulgated—changes which, if they be carried into effect in such a manner as to afford greater scope to the commercial activity of the Chinese people, without doing unnecessary violence to their habits and traditions, will, it may be hoped, prove beneficial to them,'and to all who have dealings with them. Due notice will 1:43 given whenever the arrangements for carrying into execution the provisions of this Convention and Treaty, at the ports thereby opened to British trade shall be completed. God save the Queen. ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. Dated at Tien-tsin, this 20th of November, 1860. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong, Dec. 13, Octavia, and Vier Gezustes, from Cardiff. At Shanghai—Nov. 28, Dora, from Queenstown; 29th, Juanporo, from London; Spray of the Ocean, from Liver• pool. DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN. From Hong Kong—Dec. 13, Lord Dalhousie, Hougo mont, and Tasmania, for England ; 14th, Henry Miller, Athlete, and Indomitable, for England (London). From Macao—Dec. 6, Valdivia, for Liverpool. From Whampoa—Nov. 28, Ranee, for London ; 6th, Neville, for London ; 11th, Minerva, for London. From Foochow—Nov. 14, *William Mitchell and Mirage, for London; 15th, Anglo• Saxon, for London; 29th, Lau derdale, for London. From Shanghai—Nov. 27,—Solent, for London. SHIPS or WAR. At Hong Kong—The British frigate Cambrian, steamers Adventure, Australian, Berenice, Coromandel, Magicienne, Prince Arthur, Sparrowhawk, and the gunboats Cockchafer, Hardy, Haughty, Insolent, Starling, and Weazel ; the French brig Nemesis, the steamers Duchayla, Hong Kong, Pre guc t,'and Saone; Spanish steamers Don Antonio Escarro and Reina de Castilla; American frigate John Adams, steamers Niagara and Hartford, and the gunboat Saginaw• At Macao—The Portuguese corvette Don Juan, and the lorcha Arnazona. At Canton River—The British steamer Highflyer, and the gunboats Clown and Staunch; and the French steamers Durance and Derolide. At S watow—The British sloop► Acorn, and gunboat Grasshopper. At Ningpo—The British gunboat Algerine. At Shanghai—The British frigate Actteon ; the steamers Centaur, Cruiser, Feroze, and Urgent ; and the gunboat Kestrel ; the French steamers Forte, Garonne, Rhone, and Saigon ; The Russian steamer Boyarine. In the North—The British steamers Armenian Assayet Atalanta, Beagle, Bentinck, Chesapeake, Cowper, En counter, Furious, Fury, Hesper, Imperieuse, Inflexible/ Nimrod, Odin, Pearl, Renard, Ringdove, Roebuck, Samp son, Scout, Siinoom, Snake, Sphynx, Vulcan, and Water man; gunboats, Banterer, Bouncer, Bustard, Dove, Drake/ Firm, Flamer, Forester, Havoc, Janus, Leven, Opossum/ Slaney, Snap, Watchful, and Woodcock; French frigate, Capricieuse ; French steamers, Alon Prah, Andromaque/ Calondos, Dordogne, Driade, Entr6prenante, European, Forbin, Gironde, Imperatrice Eugenie, Jura, Kienchen/ Loire, Marne, Marseau, Monge, Nievre, Perseverante/ Renommee, Rhin, Foeywan, Vengeance; gunboats, Ava lanche, Dragonne, Fusee, and Mitraille. At Japan.—The British steamer Pioneer ; Russian steamer Raztrynik. TOTAL WRECK OF A LIVERPOOL 811.11), ..IND LOSS OF TWELVE LIVES. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 25. We regret to announce the total loss of the ship Florence Graham, Captain James Dickson, of and for this port, on Thursday night, on Inch Ben, Dingle Bay, near Tralee, in Ireland, and melancholy to relate, the captain, mate, and 10 of his crew have met with a watery grave. The intelligence was received here this morning by Mr. Court, of the Underwriters' Association, and by the owners, Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, merchants, but the details of their several telegrams are very meagre. The Florence Graham was a regular trader to the West Coast of Africa, and sailed on her last voyage, for Rio Bento on the 10th F e b., u nder the command of Captain Dickson, and a crew of 17 men. She has since that time been trading along the West Coast of Africa, and when last heard from had left Brass River for Liverpool in November, with si general cargo of African produce, palm oil, Ste. 00 the night of 24th inst. she was cast ashore near Tralee. She cleared from Liverpool on the 9th of February last with the following crew :—James Dickson, captain ; Robert Brown, Kent, first mate ; Archibald Simpson, Grangemouth, carpenter; Samuel Pecke, Newton Abbot, boatswain ; Edward Cullen, Bristol, steward; John Fitzpatrick, Liver pool, cook ; John Montgomery, Liverpool, cooper ; George Sinclair, Hastings; John Alexander, Ayr; and a number of other men, chiefly foreigners, ordi nary seamen, numbering in all 17. The ship immediately on striking became a complete wreck, and, as stated above, the captain, mate, and 10 seamen were washed overboard and lost. A second telegram just received says that five are saved, and that a portion of the cargo will be recovered. Loss OF ANOTHER LIVERPOOL . SHlP.—lntelli • son o g ßf e e n tl lhc,eeha losss belonging o alsoreached fthe vertphoeo U l s n h d i e p r wr H e t r t c e u r l s a A n s : c o c a i p a t t i s% to the well-known firm of Messrs. S. and J. Brocklebank., The Herc u l ean sa il e d with a valuable cargo for this port on the 16th November , and on the 30th took the ground in Gaspar Strait* and became a total wreck. The crew were taken off by the Dutch . ship Antonia Gertrudia, and landed ne new fleet sh o l f il k safely at Batavia. Th e H ercu l ean was a compara tively aasntdinodniettotrfatdheerslaot,,evsntedadbdy messrs itions. to the f Brocklebank. NARROW ESCAPE OF A SHIP'S CREW.—Captaill Linco ln, of the . American ship North American► arrived here, reports that on the Ist of January be observed in lat. 31.30 N. lon. 78, a vessel with floe half-mast high and union ensign down. Although there was a heavy sea running he bore down to her, and found her to be the schooner Isabella, of and for Baltimore, from the island of St. Andrew, is the Uarribean Sea, laden with guano. She was very leaky, and the crew, seven in number, in a helpless state from exhaustion. Ho took them on board and lauded them safely in !Liverpool. They were unable to save anything. roll OUR WOMEN.—If the daughter, without leaving the protection of her father's house, could sit down in the midst of a happy and united family to drag patterns ; if the lone woman in her own neat little parlour could employ herself upon graphic designs ; or if the widow, with her children around her, taking up her pencil, or be e colours, could construct new forms of beauty, perh a p s interesting to them as to herself, and so bring in a trifle for their food and c l o thi ng, s till k eep i ng over her hea d T h e shelter of a roof to call her own, and at her feet the wa rt° , of a hearth, her . title to which no stranger could dispute: what happiness of a domestic as well as individual n attil e . v ; such women might enjoy, compared with that which new now falls to the share of those who "go Out," as it is —OW ca Neck, ~~.