The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week. —To-night, a Mendelssohn Night—Miss Dolby, and t h e ce lebrated P ianist, Miss Arabella Goddard.. —The New Grand French Quadrille. Program me for THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Dec. 10): " The p a rt I.—Overture, Rny Bias—MendeLssolin ; Song, Song of Night," Miss Dolby (accompanied on the pianoforte by Mr. W. G. Cusins)—Mendelsohn ; Concerto in G M noihe r, Pi ano forte, Miss A. Goddard—Mendelsso hn ; Symphony, t S co t c h Symphony—Mendelssohn ; So W ng, " The first Violet," Miss Dolby (accompanied on the pianoforte by Mr. .G. Cusins)—Mendelssohn ; Concerto, Violin (Andante and Al legro), M. Le Hon — Mendels soha ; March, The Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream—Mendelssohn. Part 2.—Quadrille, the French Quadrklle, with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, DeYong, Collinet, Pratten, Lavigne, Hughes, and Koenig ; Finale ; Partant pour la Syrie, Vive rEmperenr—Jullien ; Fantasia, Piano forte, Les Patineurs (Le Prophete), Miss Arabella Goddard —Liszt ; Polka, Th e Minnie Polka (the 3 d time)—Jullien ; Scotch Song, Come ferry me o'er, Miss Dolby—Mrs. Groom ; Polka, My Mary Ann (by desire) (the 26th time of perform ance)—Jullien ; Solo, Cornet, the River and the Star, written expressly for and performed by Herr Koenig— Angelina; Galop, Atlantic—Jullien. Conductor —M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices o f admission :--Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2 s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., £1 Is., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre at all the principal libraries and musicsellers'; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. T uEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. A c ting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Sta 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 foll owin g reduced tariff of prices, lower than any other west end theatre :—Galleries, 6d. and ' Is. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. • Pit, 2s. ; First Circle, 2s d . 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, h 2. 6d; 6., , 1 1 . is., lt. lls. 6 d. , and 2/. 2s. Doors open at ast 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. Tilb 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 13 , 4 followed by th e laughable piece TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Supported by Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Temi leton, Mr. Worrell, and Miss Wadham. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, arranged by Mons. Petit, of her Majesty's Theatre, in which Mdlles. Emilie and ' Jenny Osmont, of the Grand Opera, will appear, assisted by a powerful Corps de Ballet. On Boxing Night, the 26th inst., will be produced a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., which, for gorgeous splendourand effects, will surpass all the former pre-eminently successful efforts which have given to this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William Beverley, and the pantomime produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET THIS EVENING, will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with Mr. Murdoch as Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr.. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chip pendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE CAPTIVES, being the last week but one of their final engagement. To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Genuine Success.—Unprecedented Attrac tion.—Third Appearance of Mr. Benjamin Webster, and re vival of the Great Adelphi drama of Janet Pride. —The grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated d:aiw. 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, ()ailed THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatri 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. Weght, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, dec. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Dec. 10), by particular desire, OTHELLO will be repeated. Othello, Mr. Charles Dillon ; lago, Mr. Stuart ; Desdemona, Mrs. C. Dillon Emilia, Mrs. Weston. After which, the extraordinary troupe of Bedouin Arabs will make their appearance. Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Toole, Barrett, drc. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosina Wright and the Coryphees. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. C. Dillon. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF THE PRESENT SEASON: Production of " The Cagot." On THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, will be performed a new and original English play, in five acts, entitled THE CAGOT: or, Heart for Heart. Supported by Messrs. Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, and the entire strength of the company. After which the extraordinary Troupe of BedouiniArabs will go through their surprising performances. Followed by THE DEAD SHOT Louisa Lovetrick, Mrs, C. Dillon ; Hector Timid, Mr. J. L. Toole. The Theatre will close on Friday, Dec. 12, till Dec. 26, when will be produced a new Grand Burlesque and Comic Pantomime. Opening produced with all the splendour for which Lyceum Burlesques have been celebrated, and Harle quinades by eminent Pantomimists, with mechanical changes and effects. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during' the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murrey aiad C. Leclercq. Mendetssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lesßeeg, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. BENEFIT OF MR. SAM. COWELL. THIS EVENING (Wednesday), will be performed THE LADIES' BATTLE. Gustave de Grignon, Mr. Leigh Mur ray ; D'Autreval, Mrs. L. Murray. BOMBASTES FURIOSO. Bombastes, Mr. Widdicomb ; Fnsbos, Mr. Sam. Cowell. The ballet of MONS. DVGUION, by Mr. Fleamore. A Concert. To conclude with THE TWO GREGORIES. CTRAND THEATRE. —Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performer' , OVER. THE WAY. Mr. Kinloch, Mesdames Woolidge and E. Wilton. 'TWAS I; or the Kiss and the Rose. Mesdames Cuth bert, Gregory, and Woolidge ; Messrs. Kinloch and Howard. LADIES AT HOME; or, Gentlemen, we can do without You, Mesdames Fitzinman, E. Jacobs, Lennox, Norbury, Gregory, Baker, &c. And BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Messrs. G. Lee, Howard, and Clarke ; Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, E. Jacobs, and 'Willy Edonin. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, es. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, M. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPEIITHEATRE. Lamm and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. ItIONDAY WEDNESDAY, AND FRID kY. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's highly trained Horses, ke. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. Appearance of Mr. W. Cooke, jun., A ge . To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. • TO-MORROW, RICHARD THE THIRD. Doors open at halt -oast six ; commenee at seven, o'clock. •;iDos„,ffice open from Ele ven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. ~3yest. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. C XNTER BURY H ALL, EVENING.—The EVERY engaged ING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are Madrigals, Choruses, Selections from_all the popular veras f° 34 l ' the performance of Glees, Duets, &c., via.: —Miss E . pea > re adri Caulfield, Herr F. Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Tr' 3, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T . p a E. macia :stin, Ben- Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin Jones,__ J. Ben nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and In addition pre forte, J. Haweway, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield,' Piano director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock jun. and Eleven slimly. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISHII°ntn MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite seleeen i ons •silGtt NV-AVM AT LONDON 1311,IDGR. Tine Dav—Morm 53 min• aft. 11 —Evening 21 rain. To-Mom:ow—Morn:46 min. a ft.l2—FlveMng 13 min.aft. THE WEATFIEIZ'SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 10. THERMOMETER, IN TO ;SHADE. 59 —highest slum noon yesterday. 54 —lowest this morn ing and during the night, 56 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29-35. WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull weather and slight rain occasionally. r7ll - 47, tiatnl, L 1 N .10 . 7 g, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1856 No one seems exactly to now what questions will be ventilated at the new Conferences. If w e are to credit the semi-official article of the Constitutionnel, to which we referred in our im pression of Saturday, the object is " to interpret some contested points of the Treaty of Paris, and in force.'" It is, however, to put it prompt l y more than hinted that other matters are on the tapis, and that the EMPEROR " is determined that it shall take cognisance of other questions than those relating to the East." I t would, there seem that the points relating to Bolgyad and the Isle of Serpents are but specious pretexts to put the machinery in motion, by which other important results may be accomplished. We confess that we cannot anticipate any bene ficial consequences from the deliberations of the Congress. We cannot forget that the liberty of the Belgian Press was assailed by Count WALE SKI at the supplemental sittings in April, after the terms of the Treaty had been finally settled ; and, considering the recent onslaught of the Moniteur on English journalism, it is by no means impos sible that the attack may be renewed, but that this time it will be directed against England. We trust that this may not be the case—that Louie NAPOLEON is too well acquainted with England and the English to venture on so reckless a course. Should he, however, be so greatly misled, it will be the most impolitic act of his reign. Highly as we prize the French alliance, we should not for a moment dream of purchasing its continuance at such a price. There is no English institution more highly venerated by all classes of the people than that of a free and unshackled Press. To its vigorous and independent action the nation is indebted for the abatement of many social and political nuisances, and the attainment of innu merable benefits. It is the great Reformer, in Nhose columns grievances are unsparingly exposed, and plans for amelioration indicated and freely discussed. There may be differences of opinion amongst its members, but, with few exceptions, all endeavour to advance the public walfare.to the best of their ability. Indeed these very differ inces conduce more than anything to its para mount utility. Were it not for " her MAJESTY'S Jpposition " the debates in Parliament would possess very little interest. A strong Opposition is of essential service to the nation. In like manner truth is elicited by the collision of journals of every -hade and variety of political opinion, and the inte rests of the people are vigilantly watched over, and -4uaranteed by faithful and indefatigable formali ties. No matter, then, how distasteful their inde pendence may be to continental despots. The English Government cannot, and the English people will not, join in any crusade against the privileges and independence of the Fourth Estate. It was at these supplemental sittings also that the rights which insured the maritime supremacy of England, for which NELSON declared that England would expend her last man and her last shilling, were wantonly and gratuitously sur rendered. At the time that this most important alteration was effected without the assent of Par liament, or even without the slightest hint being given respecting the intention, we earnestly and emphatically protested against it. Mature considera - don has confirmed our original views, and added in no trifling degree to the objections which we con scientiously entertain to the renewal of the Con gress, from which England may sustain serious injury, but not the slightest advantage, present )r prospective. We unhesitatingly declare that no alterations of international law can be effected in the name of Great Britain without the assent of its Parliament. The attempt may be made. There are powerful influences in operation that may seek to frame our English institutions on German models ; but any movement in that direction will meet with the most strenuous and, ve hope and believe, successful opposition, both a Parliament and throughout the length and breadth of the land. We scarcely anticipate any benefit, even so far is the affairs of Italy, and more especially of Naples, are concerned. It is for the Western Powers to act rather than to discuss these matters. ['hey have already taken a decided step, and it is only to he regretted that it has not been more 3nergetically follrived up. There has been an em,eute in Sicily, but there is no authentic infor mation as to the particulars, and it is by no means improbable that its origin may even tually be traced to the Police. There has also been an alleged attempt to assassinate the KING. The accounts differ ; some declaring that a soldier fired at and wounded him, and others that he re ceived a trifling bayonet wound. Whatever may be the real facts of the case, we are convinced that the matter had no political signification. True patriots would not damage their cause by such a proceeding, which must be condemned by every right-minded man, no matter how great might have been the provocation. The engineering genius of one of the grand old Greek Sculptors—don't we all of us remember that beautiful fairy-legend of antiquity ?—seri ously entertained the notion of carving Mount Athos into a Statue of ALEXANDER the GREAT—a Colossus bearing up in one hand a Glorious City, and in the other a Mighty Urn, out of the mouth of which a River was to pour forth its tributary flood into the waters of the Archipelago. A mag nificent day-dream of artistic skill never of course realised. Only suggested—but still suggested, as the classic annals relate, and as we have already observed, seriously and deliberately ! Standing as we do, so to speak, in the visible and tangible presence of the many Wonders not merely talked 'about, but actually and literally accomplished by Antiquity—there is, we maintain, no room left for Modern Times to sneer a superficial and in credulous sneer of derision even at such a propo position as this one of carving out of the thedal rock a positive Man-Mountain ! The Pyramids alone tend to impart a certain reasonableness to such an otherwise preposterously extravagant Conception. To say nothing of such superb realities as Tadmor and Palmyra, and the Colossus at Rhodes, and the Hanging Gardens at Babylon, and the like astonishing achievements. Accepting the notion about Mount Athos, however, simply as a Proposition—still there it is, upon record, that the Proposition was made to ALEXANDER the GREAT some three centuries before the beginning of the epoch of Christianity. Yet nearly two thousand years after the com mencement of the Christian era—in an age cf 'scientific marvels, of the like of which the earth had never had any previous record whatever— can it be supposed that it will really have to be related that the Engineering Genius of the most civilised races upon the surface of the globe con leased itself baffled by the notion of cutting a canal thirty-five miles in length ? A canal long looked for, often suggested, almost despaired of nowadays A ship canal connecting the Atlantic variously known' as with the Pacific, by thespannin gisthmus the narrow of f a isthmus re n o r Panama ! J udging from our experience—Yes. Judging from our aspirations—No. The former would almost lead us t simply ridiculous. The sluatptpeorsie. n t d h u a e t e e tla u e e id e n e a i theis trto cherish a more earnest conviction g° th n an aY) ever r that the thing i s indeed after all quite p r acticable. This favourite day - dream of ours, has been a hobby with JOHN BULL ever since the days of WILLIAM PATTERSON, the Founder of the Bank of England. It has been mooted again and again, but each time, as yet, unfortunately, it bas been examined into and pondered over anew only to be once more perverely and provokingly aban. dosed. Is it always to be thus with the notion ' of the Darien Canal, the Ship Canal across the isthmus of Panama ? We cannot believe so. In spite of so many failures, of so many futile efforts, of so many egregious, and painful, and reiterated disappointments, we cannot induce ourselves to arrive at this monstrous conclusion. We cannot beieve that now, in the middle .f this nineteenth century, with the Giant Power of Steam at our command as entirely as ever the Genii of the Ara bian Tales were at the mandate of the Eastern Magicians—with Railways threading the earth, and Screw-ships ploughing the ocean, and the Sunbeam our portrait-painter, and the Lightning our messenger, flying over mountains, to and fro across seas and continents with the rapidity of thought —we cannot, in the midst of the throng of these many wonders, conceive the idea that human daring, and human genius, and , human skill can be baffled by thirty-five miles' engineering ! The subject of this Darien Canal has been recalled to the popular recollection, it will be remarked, by a statement published in another part of The awl of this evening—a statement as plain-spoken and straightforward as statement could well be, emanating from the hand of Dr. WM. MAC DERMOT; recently acting as a Surgeon of the Royal Navy on board her Majesty's ship Espiegle, during the last Darien expedition. That expedi tion, it will be but too well remembered, was to all intents and purposes a total failure. Nothing came of it. It in fact " died without a sign"— without the ghost of a Report from any one of the Engineers engaged in the under taking. All that we know about it, indeed, is through Captain PREVOST'S paper on the subject, published in 1855 in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ; and through a pamphlet penned by Dr. CULLEN on the subject of what he calls point blank, in the very title of his brochure, " The Mismanaged Darien Expedition." Three years have elapsed since this unfortunate Expedi tion was sent out by the combined authority of the British, French, and American Governments. And at length in the December of 1856 we learn, thanks to Dr. WDERMOTT, what little good is really after all derivable from the scheme set on foot in the December of 1853 ! Namely, that the project is really and truly, in spite of all that has been said about it, just the reverse of an impossibility. Here, briefly and simple, are the facts, the nine solid and incontrovertible facts, established in regard to the Plan of a Darien Ship Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific—the nine plain and forcible facts thus sententiously enumerated by the Surgeon of H.M.S. the Espiegle 1. The harbours on both costs are admirably adapted for termini of a grand ship canal. 2. The Savana River is quite free from obstructions, and is navigable to the mouth of the Lara. 3. From the junction of the Lara with the Savana to the Chuquanaqua, opposite the mouth in the Sncubti, a distance of 12 miles, the oountry is of such a character ae to present no engineering difficulties, nor, for that distance, would any deep cutting be required in the con struction of a canal. 4. The next stage, from the Chuquanaqua to the confluence of the rivers Asnati and Sucabti, a distance of 9 miles, the country is of the same character. 5. From the confluence of the Asnati and Sucubti for the next 6 miles, to the little Indian hamlet of Snort° ti, there is no difficulty to be surmounted. 6. For the next 3 miles the land gradually rises from 180 feet to an elevation of 420 feet. 7. In the next 3 miles, in the direction of the Atlantic, the ground rises into a peak 930 feet high, so that here a tunnel would be required. 8. From the foot of this peak to the Atlantic seaboard —a distance of only two miles, the ground is very low, and presents no difficulty whatever. 9. The whole length of the canal to be cut would be 35 miles. So—after all—about the only single diffi culty required to be vanquished by the united skill of the Engineers of England, France, and the United States is the excava tion of a tunnel of three miles ! As Bailie NtcoL JAIIVIE quoth in Rob Roy--" Ma con science !" As Dominie SAMPSON hath it in Guy Arannering—" Pro-digious!" Three miles ? One would think it must at least be a difficulty of three thousand, when the English, French, and American engineers of the nineteenth century thus fling down in despair their pencils, papers, chains, compasses, and theodolites ! Three miles baffle the genius and the ingenuity which have hitherto set at defiance almost every obstacle presented to them in the construction of railways and canals in the four continents ? Three miles ? Why, even the " seven miles" Slough of Despond between Balaklava and Sebastopol were nothing to these " three miles" of Panama Tun nelling. The thing must be done ! Nay—it WILL be done, as assuredly as ever CoLunnus made the egg stand upright, to the chagrin and the absolute shame of his Benders ! The plan for the new street through Southwark adopted by the Metropolitan Board, and good naturedly sanctioned by Sir BENJAMIN HILL, would appear to be in perfect keeping with the Boaid itself—in other words, by no means tho best to be had. The deputation who waited yes• terday on the Chief Commissioner of Works, on behalf of a meeting of the ratepayers of the borough of Southwark, not only objected to it, but offered a plan of their own, the superiority of which, in some particulars, according to their statement, is obvious. In the first place, it is described as more direct. In the second, as costing 57,0001. less than the plan of the Metro politan Board. In the third, as necessitating the removal of property which, so far from being valuable, is a burden on the ratepayers, being a hotbed of disease, pauperism, and crime ; in proof of the first of which allegations, the fact of its having been the first place where cholera broke out is adduced. In the - fourth place, a more noble and convenient entrance into the High street can be provided by it, whereby the danger of stoppages to traffic incident to the rival plan would be obviated. Fifthly, it would. be a suc cess in the particular of being of uniform width, while the plan adopted by the Board would prove a failure, owing to its continuance through Stam ford-street, which is only 30 feet in width fro' kerb to kerb. How are these allegations supported ?, During the interview it was elicited or represented by Sir BeNJAMIN HALL that the pla:n thus recom mended by the deputation involved a line of street of double the length of that contemplated by the Metropolitan Board, the inference being it could not oost less. The difference in the value of the property on the two lines must , however, be taken into account, so that of two of the allegations; one only is seriously invali dated. The pestilent character of the property— moral and phys;Lcal—was not disputed ; neither was the superiority of the rate-payers' plan in re lation to the, entrance in Southwark, which it proposes ; w'aile as to the last allegation we have as a set ofii the admission that the plan offered by the Deyatation is open to a similar objection, the line 0 4 1 street being continued through the narrow York-road ! Before proceeding to a verdict on the merits of these rival plans the reader will be disposed to inqu ir(i—ls there no alternative ? Cannot a better than either be provided ? We are not at this moment in a position to say positively there can ; but we hope so. The temptations offered by the plan submitted by the ratepayers, viz., being cheaper than its rival to a large amount, furnishing :a better entrance, and removing a fruitful source of diseass and crime, have un doubtedly much weight. On the other hand, double distance is likely to be a heavy drawback with commercial men and others, pressed for time. The narrowness of York-road goes for no more than the narrowness of Stamford-street--both can be widened—York-road very easily. In balancing the claims of the two plans, the points for consideration are which of them best carries out the main objects contemplated in the construction of the new line of street, and which ever it is, does the rival plan offer advantages which would warrant its being preferred, notwith standing its deviation from the original design. There is still time for investigation, and it is to be hoped it will be wisely employed, so that the opposition to be made to the plan of the Metro politan Board may carry with it more weight before a Committee of the House of Commons than that brought before Sir BENJAMIN HALL. For our own part, we are reluctant to commit our selves to a recommendation of the new plan until we know more about it. And this, notwithstanding, one or two of its dis tinguishing features have been recom mended, if available, for adoption in these columns. One thing must be the subject of com mon agreement—the Metropolitan Board by its trifling with the important business confided to it has been the occasion of great risk to the suc cessful accomplishment of an important, long needed, and universally called for improvement. We rejoice to find that the public mind is thoroughly excited respecting the iniquitous In come Tax, and that there is every prospect of a vigorous and energetic agitation being inaugx•• rated for its immediate reduction and more equitable apportionment. A requisition has been presented to the High Bailiff of Southwark, who has, in consequence, appointed a public meeting of the inhabitants, to be held at the Town Hall, at one o'clock to-morrow, for the purpose of taking the important matter into consideration. We trust that the attendance will be worthy of the cause, and that the parties may display the energy and determination that must insure a suc• eessful termination to their labours. The inhabitants of Wolverhampton, Brighton, and Reading, are al ready in the field; and we hope the salutary example may be followed in every district. Let every man co-operate to the best of his abilities. Many willing hearts make light work, and any man who keeps aloof from the movement will only have himself to blame for any annoyance or inconve nience to which he may hereafter be subjected. Let no one for a moment suppose that he will be permanently exempted from its operation. The area of taxation has already been extended so as to bring persons earning 1001. per annum, or 1/. 18s. 6d., within the charmed circle, and they may rest assured that unless timely efforts be made to avert the danger, operatives receiving a single sovereign per week will be rendered liable. Ominous and significant hints have already been heard respecting the propriety of abolishing all exemptions, and the same principle that charges at the same rate all moneys, without reference to the sources from whence they may be derived, would not merely justify the change, but render it imperative that every man not in the receipt of parochial relief should contribute, not according to his ability—to that there could be no reasonable objection—but ac cording to his gross receipts. It is not, then, a matter which affects the middle classes merely. Every man who earns his daily bread by his daily labour is, or will speedily, be interested in the question. Daring the wars at the beginning of the century the recipients of 601. per annum were charged, and it is by no means improbable that an effort will long be made to restore, perhaps to extend, old system. As we have already said we can never hope to get rid of the impost. The strongest efforts should therefore be made to render it equitable. Accumulated and realised property is fairly liable, and any man who has even a single 1001. in the 3 per Cents., an acre of land, or a house of his own, could not complain at contributing his quota. Nor should unproduc tive property escape. If a man chooses to indulge in articles of luxury, rich furniture, rare pictures, or valuable bijouterie, he should pay for their enjoyment ; but industry should go free, and those who are now crippled by the charge might speedily set aside something as a beginning that would lay the foundation of future prosperity. It is absurd to say that a man would sooner squander than save his earn ings in order to avoid the liability. Any person that would put forward such an excuse would expend his money on selfish enjoyments, no matter how great might be the inducement to act otherwise. Let the impost be equitably appor tioned, and it will be fairly and honestly re sponded to. That which leads to so much de moralisation, and what is called " dishonesty," would be avoided. It is a natural result that those who consider themselves unfairly treated will endeavour to evade a law that consecrates inju s ti c e and sanctions a virtual robbery by its authority. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY . EVENING, DECEMBER, it), 1856., the Minister of roreign Affairs, under date of Sept. 19 , nh of leiil note ) reiterating a request for the OotiVocation of a Conference, consisting of the representatives of all the contracting Powers. "Agreeing to this request the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the name of his Government, has invited the other Cabinets to decide by common accord all the points which have hitherto remained in suspense. " So as to give to this diplomatic meeting the cha racter and the merit of a final solution of all the questions in dispute, Count Walewski asked Baron Brunow whether the Court of Russia, participating in this deli beration, was decided to abide by a majority of votes. "To this question, transmitted by telegraph to St. Petersburg, the Imperial Cabinet sent back an imme diate reply in the affirmative." The Memorandum concludes by expressing the hope that these two points of minor importance of detail will be satisfactorily settled. GENERAL ?TALKER AND .HIS AGENT. M. Goicuria, ex-agent of Walker, the Filibuster, has published the following statement : " Mr. William Walker, now President of Nica ragua, has done me an act of injustice in a dis courteous and brutal manner, and his underlings here have the folly and insolence to charge me with treachery to the cause of Nicaragua. My reply is brief, and I think will be satisfactory— at least as far as my personal honour is concerned, and that is all that I care now to protect. I make this statement from no mean motives of revenge, but simply and solely to guard my reputation from an unmerited accusation. " It is well known that I have been for years, heart and soul, life and fortune, devoted to the cause of Cuban annexation to the United States. I may be called a Filibuster, and base motives may be applied to me. I care nothing about it. Only those who know as I do the atrocities of Spa nish Colonial Government—only those who feel as I do the capabilities of the Island of Cuba under a free and good Government like that of the Union, can rightly judge of my conduct or my motives. I have no defence on this head to make. My heart, my blood, my property, are all vowed to the cause of Cuba. " Nicaragua was with me a secondary object, a more stepping stone to Cuba. Of course, 1 re joiced to see a beautiful country rescued from a miserable imbecile Government ; and as long as I considered Mr. William Walker an honest and sagacious man I was not less rejoiced to see the power in his hands. But my object first and last was Cuba, and with this view I sent an agent in the winter of 1855 and '56 to Nicara gua ; and he there, on the 11th of January, 1856, concluded the following treaty with Mr. Walker, binding him, as soon as the Government of Nicaragua was established, to devote himself to the Emancipation of Cuba. This is the conven tion entered into between us : " CONTRACT. " General William Walker, commander-in-chief of the army of Nicaragua, is willing to form, the following agreement with Captain F. A. Laine, appointed agent of St. Domingo de Goicuria, sole holder and repository of the goods and chattels belonging to the cause of Cuba, consisting in money, a vessel, and munitions of war. " ' 1. General William Walker pledges his word of honour that be will assist and co-operate with his person and with his various resources—such as men and others—in the cause of Cuba, and in favour of her liberty, after having consolidated the peace and government of the Republic of Nica ragua. " 2. General William Walker proposes and ad mits the understanding that the material and pe cuniary resources of Nicaragua, as well as those which are in the possession of the revolutionary party of Cuba, shall be amalgamated together, making common cause together for the purpose of overthrowing the Spanish tyranny in the island, and of insuring the prosperity of Central America, identifying thereby the interests of both countries. " '3. General Walker requires a full exposition, manifestation, and explanation of the resources be longing to the cause of Cuba, as likewise a detailed statement and list of the military and maritime forces, as well as the remaining resources of the Spanish Government in the island of Cuba. " 4. Captain F. A. Laine, having taken into consideration the contents of the three foregoing articles, agrees to and accepts the contents of the said three articles only as a preamble of a contract to be made upon a more solid basis by the parties interested ; and therefore binds himself by his word of honour to keep this agreement until he shall have fuller powers forlits final arrangement. And having drawn out two papers of the same tenour, in corroboration of this, we affix our signa tures, in the Independent State and Republic of Nicaragua, this day, Jan. 11, 1856. " t WM. WALKER. " F. A. LAINE! " When this was done—when I had secured the word, and, as I thought, the co-operation of Walker—l went myself to Nicaragua in March last, and there entered with all the energy of my nature into the cause of that country. Whatever language Mr. Walker may now choose to employ, he has heretofore been only too glad to acknowledge the value and extent of my services. "Bat my views in enteringinto the operations of Walker are to be found in the above contract, in the obligations that it imposes on him, and in the aid I expected to derive from him. " I remained in Nicaragua till the 21st of June, 1856, when I left there and came to this country, where I arrived on the 13th of July, at Now Orleans. It was then thought that I could be useful as Minister to England, but there was some difficulty in the Rivas Cabinet, and in August I received a letter from Walker, dated the 25th of July, which is of no consequence, except that in it he desired me to wait till I received my credentials. At length, in the latter part of August, rec . eiv h ed from Mr. Walker my credentials , accom p anied the following letter : "My dear General, —I send Y°l ‘" Granada, Tuesday, Aug. I c 2 ;e leBns t6i.als They are for Great Britain by General Coatz without result. ample, and will be, I hope, object. It will be a I s secure cu y r o a n for ean iopencar Norte, you will effect e a n g . a Without San Juan del eugaottihaetrieoranpntwoitfh San EngE ng 1 Juana nd , and long step toward h a o t u w r il i l n b e th in e the i e h n h d e a indispensableSea. e possession are with the naval political nothing and political nothing in comparison Norte rutse—wae naval commercial confsnerqcueences of this p • results. 44 With your versatility and, if I may use the term adaptability, I expect much to be done in England. You call do more than any American could possibly accomplish, because you can make the British Cabinet see that we are not engaged in any sc h e me for annexation. Y ou can ma k e t h em seethat the only way to cut the expanding and expansive Democracy of the North is by apowerful and compact Southern f e d era ti on , b ase d on military principles. " The sooner you get to England the better it will bo for us. If possible, the treaty should be made before the middle of November. By that time the rainy season will be over, and we can open the next campaign. We must have all our rela tions with Central America fixed before the last of April, and nothing will so much facilitate us as the settlement of the Mosquito question. Above all, this port is necessary for the work we have in hand after our Central American affairs are settled. " It is needless for me to impress you with the importance of this mission, for you, no doubt, feel it as deeply as I do. "I hope to hear from you every mail. Can you not make write me a letter ? Tell —he must send me the news, and let me know whether Cuba must and shall be free'—but not for the Yankees. Oh no ! that fine country is not meant for those barbarous Yankees I What would such a psalm-singing set do in the island ? " Remember me to your family, and ve belie me yo u rs sincerely, WM. WALKER. " General D. De Goicuria."' " This letter put a new face on matters alto gether. It revealed to me for the first time Mr. Walker's hostility to the Democrat ic principles of America, and his design to establish a Southern despotism as a counter-balance to the Unite 1 States. It entered into no part of my plans to forward any such scheme as this, and I very plainly p erceived ihat Mr. Walker gave me credit for an . adapta bthilieiln'nwexhaicthioul do of Cnuothapotsesestsh.elut i w iit a e s d e s v i i t d a e te n s t that very far from Mr. Wal h k a e t es l i p d a e u a s s e . d, l a t n c d an d i i i d ot n b o e t considered lvonderful t Walker was to revive instantly nextstar t and that I heard of in Octo sftosrpEtankgelanndhy. further to dissatisfy me. It s h l e a r v . ery T i n n is N w ic e a n r t ag s u ti a ll , is quite unneces sary for me,to deny the chargelof any pseudo-philanthropy in regard .•o the black ;,but the revival f slavery at this particalar crisis of Mr. Walker'so affairs seems to my mind preposterously stupid. " 1 had already argued with Mr. Walker. He ceived my suggestions with rudeness and disdain. I remonstrated again. He has replied by a gross and most unmerited insult. Re has done all that in him lies to cover me with infamy. His course leaves me no option. I thought I had to dio with a man of honour. I find I was dealing with a m an u tt er ly regardless of the most sacred oligations. " As long as I believed Mr. Walker was a man of faith and honour and ordinary sagacity I ad hered steadfastly to his cause ; so long a3l thought he was true to the cause of Cuba a nd America was his devoted friend. If he had not forfeited gh l t every claim to confidence and to a reputation for ooramoa sense r would still adhere to him. I would burn my hand off before I would make these papers public if there was a shadow of a hope that.. he would keep his pledged word, or if there was the least ground to believe that he would adhere to the principles he professed. " For some reason or other, best known to him self, he chooses to violate his engagements with me; and to inform me in language too plain to be mis. - understood that he will not keep his faith either . with me or with Cuba. He openly avows prin. eiples directly hostile to the growth and grandeur of his country. He covertly insinuates, and his subor dinates openly charge, that I am treacherous and false, when they and he know that my conduct has been pure and irreproachable, and the whole is crowned by an outrageous insult. "As to Mr. Walker's pretending to put his breach with me on the ground of his suspicions of my want of faith, it is a mereletch to get rid of my well-founded objections to his absurd operations in regard to the Transit Company, and his revival of slavery and the slave trade. It is only a new in stance of his want of honour and of his bull-headed obstinacy. Any sane man can see for himself who in these matters is right. When Mr. Walker's first necessity was to have a steady and regular com munication with the United States, in order to receive men and munition, he arrested and broke up the Transit line ; now that he wants the moral and financial support of England and France he restores slavery and the slave trade. And this he expected to pass current for ability and statesman ship. I can expect nothing, therefore, from him-- Cuba can expect nothing. Her gallant sons, who for years have longed and languished can expect nothing—the people of the United States can expect nothing from Mr. Walker. They can expect from him as little service or assistance as they can good faith or common sagacity. It would be criminal weakness in me, therefore, to remain silent undier the base and unfounded accusations brought against me, or to hesitate to expose his profligate and stupid conduct. Idoitas an act of duty, both to the peor le of Cuba and to that of the United States. " I therefore denounce Mr. Walker as a man wanting in the first element of every kind of ability, viz.,—good faith ; I denounce him as wanting in ordinary sagacity and discretion ; I I denounce him as false to the interests as well of Cuba as of the United States. As to the charge , of my ever having been an agent of Mr. Vander bilt, it is absurd. It is merely a distortion of the fact that I was in favour of accepting his propo sitions. " As to the El Dorado and Mr. J. P. Heiss's brilliant idea that I, a foreigner by birth, was rais ing a thousand Americans to fight Americans in Nicaragua, it argues an estimate of my influence with the gallant people of this country that I can not quite accept, complimentary as it is. If tha t tools of Walker were not as dull as they are insolent they could see with half an eye for what the NI . Dorado was meant. A man of honour does not abandon the fixed purpose of his life, even because friends on whom he has depended prove false all faithless. It is too late now, unhappily, for OIL avowal to be a matter of consequence. But Wh ab I have to say on this head I am not afraid to Cu s.a! to the world. The El Dorado was meant for Lt But I do not give Mr. Walker's unders tra p Pe f , credit for such uncommon stupidity. They kun very well for what the El Dorado was meant ; an they prevented her from going from a me all . 9 : l `_`: malicious design to injure me. To accomplish tol_i; they ware willing to defeat my efforts to ann, a. Cuba to the United States. Let the public Pa' who are the traitors ! " D. DE GOICITEII. " New York, Nov. 22." ART TREASURES EXH IBiTIOIC_ The following is a list of the sculpture prowled t. the Exhibition of Art Treasures at Manchester : MODERN. Sculptor.. Subject. Contributor. Raphael Psyche Canova,J. W. Blun Roubillacnat. Prometheuschained George Rig b Y As tle Sir R. Westmacott Euphrosine ..... ... Duke of Ne w tt J. S. Westmacott Peri (Lalla Rookh) J. S. Westooe° John Gibson Narcissus W. C. Marshall ... Paul and Virgini a Earl of El leo nerel John Thomas Boadicea B. E. Spence Highland Mary ... Henry Bail B. E. Sp enc e Ingles Wyatt Water Nymph Richard Fort. W ya tt lnfant Bacchus A. H . Novell- .., Watt S ta t ue Robert Opel:ohs:0 y W Robert Opee' ll 0 Hir y am att Power The Fisher Boy ... Robert Steven Obin Il Penseroso Fischer The poPleroanyil7 . ...... .. .... Richard eof lt r iL"" -* Unknown Italian Boy and Eagle ...... George itigbY f t The work b Raphael will attract much Dub , has never bee n seen in England, but it wasattention i n the lin Exhibition of 1853. ANTIQUE. -- 8 19° 11. t.. r emu ausvrating (after Praxiteles), Satyr,: ;rid Sarcopb b ag Far' us ui l the story of Ceres and Bacchus ; cont ributed by the of Pembroke. Apollo Sauroctunes, Minerva (small statue), The chirroe, Theseus, Roman Figure in a toga ; A-1 3°11 ' (pedestals with alto-relievo subjects), and Venus ; cor tributed by J. W. Blundell. Bacchus and Bacchante, Disk bas-relief of Fauns, X" Boy treading Grapes, Faun on an "Ass, Ganymeclet Medallion of Menauder, Fema le Statuette th Vase, T od of a Thrower, and Bacchante w earing Nebris ; CO . tributed by J. S mith Barry. By an error we f or merly gav e the name of the Vie' ancellor of the Univers ity of Oxford as Dr. Co ttoo• Ch It should have been Dr. Williams. The advices from Australia by the True Bfital e; terday are to the 12th of September, being aboiPii musly received. I lea of fortnight later than those rains still interfered with bus' gold by escort were proportionately gregate returns for the last and the receipts .. nately reduced. Vie , I : e g c i to keep up to the increase i. w manifestedeek weeks, i t therefore, e rtebfeo rpe; pre f l a in ' e i otiti: part of the year, the amount havin been 2,250,°yK6 against 2,400,000/. i n With the resumption of active the corresponding eotnmuniea w ti e u e u k: s b o o f v i ci l e S v il o: r i large totals were excitement m had been likely to be brought down. oreef ine at a place called caused by the discovery 0 ' ii,o, Dunolly, north-west o f Beoetobo, According to the circular of Messrs. Miles, lingsiott and Co., the wool market ld. per pound, o . had experienced ; m oo t) , st reduction of 11d. at owing to the arrival of advices ' the London May sales. THE MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday. -- - ' - " e .it-. ftor l Mail Company's Of 4- ',I Re" f steam -s hip Avon, Cap 03- i itife sailed this afternoon '' , in w -s i h th iP the Brazilian and 15,0 Plate mails, 101 passengers (among Whirs.ar,e ftett, d'Arssen, Colonel Greenwood, Dr. and P 3 ' 0 ); Dr. Baylis, Captain Robley, and Captain 'Pei: s, ° o , jewellery value 25,400/., specie value 166,0001., °-1318 fill cargo. The Peninsular and Oriental Concaia• solar steamer Tagus, which sailed yesterday with the Oti th _ mails, was compelled to bring up in - " rii : e , Roads last night by the violent gale and 1001 s e- pi' t he to and was there riding safely at anchor when !patch, from the Channel Islands, passed on he r rig' Southampton. She was to leave this morning a" ba ve light, if the weather moderated. Counter-ordes olis to t day been received in reference to the e:teredetel 'uxiiie steamer to bin g home the Cando, A° co o' graphic instructions have been forwarded to her, t , is mander, Captain Powell, to sail the Candia from -1-_:i3ef to Malta, there to be repaired, or to come hone en,,oh canvass, as eircrimstances may warrant. The pit steamer Barcelona, which sailed yesterday morniag! et back into dock last ' night from some interruption o f 0 machine found that machinery. On examirnation by divers .to -day, it 0 she had picked u P of el" several times round the screw ; this has been g . ~ ; 0 a warp, which w4s coiled and she is expected to proceed on her voyage ?mans ttli's evening or early to-morrow morning, as so .n.ch to y gale wt.ll gale moderates. The southwesterl with lit is been blowing for the last three or four days nd there 15 or no intermission continues very violent, a ti Tbs every appearance of another very rough r"g capoill United States' mail steam-ship Washington,,,b'ult., Cavendy, with dates from New York to the "" ,f 0 13 r , ,e . is expected off Cowes on Friday or SaturdaY - her way to Bremen. itii . ti , CO Tees EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN RoTAri J'` A „ cro V/ PANY.--SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—This carnPanY'" sower, steamer European, of 2,350 tons and 530 -horse 1:soge• arrived to-day from the Clyde, after a sterni9 Poorar4 She is to leave this on Friday with the next oft o / h e Australian_ mails. The North British Daily 31.5“,eisf"li 2' th ult. says :—" The European had a most shuoto o trial trp on Thursday last. She steamed at W o o Ve r t 54 revolatitotaeo 11 miles an hour, the engines mak in g minuto under a pressure of 161 b. The al 14 131/ 0 inspector was on board, and expressed himsedetee t satisfied with the result. The shiP bas tin bi be t' thoroug,h overhaul, both in bull and enachier9,oo builders, Messrs. Scott and Co., ;.nd Nlessrs• '/;poreclt`:, and Clark, engineers, and no expense ha.% been set pp,-, make her perfectly efficient in every respOctr firotowiii seuger accommodation, which is altogether for it , lead passengers, is admirable. The saloon is 60 ft-'e iy O t 0 and upwards of 30 in breadth, and is handsoo. ° fling . 4,•5 in bird's-eye maple, with rosewood poe,-,, Daitl.t;ogo decorations consist of beautiful papier naac''''-',lttoodstra alternated with mirrors. The sleeping Ace° fitteuier is most ample and comfortable, the whole belhg ~, eli o . two berthed state-rooms. The -European 8 .„,, n() e n oe the camniand of Captain Parfitt, late of the g - t ie. ,; and Oriental Company, and an officer of great eP:01;0',1 Her former commander, Captain Cabitt, reniaiLlorauP,' to superintend the vessels now building for the c ° o af'," ELECTION OP A MEMBER Op TLIE 1:1103DOISIADA01. CU), OXFORD. —The election of an Hebdomadal Cooiliec, to )10%00; for in the room of the late Professor IEIIO6O yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, and during t he , rit ere ° polling, from two to three o'clock, consider '3100;10f was manifested as to the result. The principal S. Cylrl' o ' Palau Hall (Dr. Macbride), and the l'•e • 1 0 0 1 4 ; Pr:elector of .Logic and Fallow ot 13allio . a lie e , _ were the only candidates. Other gentlemen, n% vi e ,', mentioned, but we believe none but the alor. 0003;1 voted for, as they had all declined being put is virP , ' nation previous to the poll commencing. lN.jir." .1\ 41; was tho candidate of the high church, the bride that of the low church party. At ciloir. .s.°,lcrai'llt poll the numbers were —Dr. fide, 87 ;•P 0. Majority, 18. LATEST NEWS. NAPLES, DEC. 8. At noon to-day there was a review. While the troops were defiling a soldier of the 3d Battalion of Chasseurs rushed from the ranks and struck the King on the left side. The King was not wounded. The soldier was knocked down and seized by Colonel Latour. All is quiet in Sicily. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz says that the bayonet of the soldier struck the King of Naples on the right side, above the waist. MARSEILLES, DM 9. News from Constantinople to the Ist instant has been received by the Ganges. The Cabinet of Resehid Pasha was becoming established. The Sultan had received, at an audience, Gen. Durando, the representative of Sardinia. The alleged capturo of Herat was still doubtful. The conferences opened by the English Embassy with Ferouk t han appear likely to detain the latter at Constantinople for several mouths. The personnel of the English Embassy had left Teheran. Russia had demanded from the Shah of Persia permission to occupy the territory of Makou. THE TREATY OF PARIS. A. document was addressed by the Russian Go vernment at the latter end of October to all the Powers that signed the Treaty of Paris. It was accompanied by a circular requesting the recon ♦ocation of the Paris Conferences. Thi; memoran dum is an expose of the steps taken by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg with a view to the ftlfilment of the Articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty of the 30th of March. As regards the Isle of Serpents, tae Russian Government says— "lt will suffice to read carefully the text rf the Wein- Wiens to be convinced that they refer to a lemarcation on the main land, and do not apply to the lossession of an island situate in the open sea. In fact no express stipulation of the treaty has either annexed ;o Moldavia or adjudged to Turkey that island, which was incon testably in the possession of Russia before tie rupture." As regards the Bessarabian frontier cllestion, the memorandum says Whenever the delegates for the settleeent of the frontier line came upon a local difficulty, whie they could not settle on their own responsibility, an immediate de cision, sent by order of the Czsr, raised theisdoubts and rendered their work easy in a perfect skit of con ciliation. In support of this truth it wil suffice to mention two facts. "According to Art. 20 the new frooti e ., starting at one kilometre from the lake of BourneSola, was to rejoin perpendicularly the Akermann r , ed. That line cut in two Lake Hadji-Ibrahim, an( left Lake Basiriam entirely to Russia. The insiPeeion of the localities showed the defect of such delimites eee "Tae Imperial Cabinet allowed its detgates to remedy this inconvenience, so as to includ, the two lakes in the Moldavian territory. Again, the 20th Art. made the frontier ens at Kate mon, on the Pruth. The text of the treaty id not ex R press whether that place was to belong to . .ssia or to be given to Moldavia. The Imperial Cabins obviated that difficulty by allowing Katatnori to be ioi e d to the Principality." As regards the course of the Upper Yalpuck and the town of Bolgrad s the memorandum sacs " As regards the first point, the text of the;reaty in dicated the river Yalpuck as the fro ntier line In its course, at a place called Andreeska, the riser splits into two arms, one bearing the name of Yalpuck, the other that of Yalpuckhel. The letter of ta e treaty implies the former ; the other arm would gie s a more enlarged frontier to Moldavia. The delegateseave re served this question for the solution of the Cabii e ts. - "As regards the second point in dispute, that of the town of Bolgrad, a consideration of good faith teems to determine this question. It is this. When ta e Con gress came to discuss and decree in principal ;he new frontier line, the Russians frankly declared the import ance of not taking away the town of Bolgrad from the Bulgarian colonies of which it is the capital. '.`his ad ministrative consideration, so frankly expreised,ieceived the unanimous votes of all the representatives, given in a spirit of concord and conciliation. Conseventls it was resolved, by common accord, that the frontier line should pass south of Bolgrad, as is clearly and pre3isely stated in the text of Art. 20. This resolution was not taken on the inspection of maps produced at the Conferences by tile plenipotentiaries of Russia. Printed in Russian they might not have appeared sufficientlt to all the representatives at the Congress. They, there fore, formed their conclusions from the exaninatioa of a map placed at their disposal by the care d the French Government. " This fact is worthy of mention. It EtIOWS tlat if the maps were faulty the responsibility does not rest with the Russian Plenipotentiaries. Moreover, their frank speech had set aside any misunderstanding. 'they had declared that the town of Bolgrad, w hi c h it was important should be preserved toßussia, was the capital of the Bulgarian colonies. " In this avowal there was neither concealment, eels sederstanding, nor deceit. The Congress, in adheri kg to the desire expressed by the Russian Plenipotentiaries, performed an act of equity and wisdom. I n fact, its de cision upon the question of Bolgrad brought the diceus aims to a close. Art. 20 was drawn up conformable to the resolution taken at the sitting of the 10th match. The Russian Plenipotentiaries thought right, however, to make a reserve of the approbation of their Cotrt. That approbation was announced by Count Orloff in the Bitting of 14th March, Prot. IX. " In this grave deliberation it may be said the usa nimity of opinion (accord) of the Plenipotentiaries at the Conference was complete. Doubtless, the Cabi nets by ratifying the acts of their Plenipotentiaries, bed not the intention of questioning or disavowing the spirit of equity and harmony which presided over their labours. "The first motive of dissent arose when the delegates had visited the localities ; they then found that the town of Bolgrad, instead of being situate at some dis tance from lake Yalpuck, as was indicated upon all Om maps, touched the northern extremity of the lake. "Tate position thus ascertained on the spot gave rise to a difference of opinion between the respective dele gates as regarded tho crossing of the frontier line en trusted to their care. "The-Ru ss i an d e legates proposed to take as demarca tion limit the valley line (Thalweg) , leaving the left shore of the lake to Russia, the right shore to I)aoldavia. "This combination was deemed inadmissible by the other Commissioners. In their opinion, access to the lake open on the left bank to Russia might engenler the fear of the Imperial Government forming a flotilla upon the lake, the presence of which might some day be an impediment to the free navigation of the Danube. "This supposition, we may be allowed to say, dil not tally in reality with the nature of the locality. Moreover, if the project of the Russian Commissioners had seen admitted all subject of anxiety would have been remt ee d before hand by the express condition, that a sin g l e brandwadd (boat) should be allowed for the use of Russian authorities, to be kept at a fixed station, for the u se of the custom and sanitary officers. Such a ewe. tion would surely have excluded the slightest anxiety respecting the free navigation of the Danube. "Nevertheless the proposal of the Russian delegate me t with decided opposition. The French C omm i ss i oner, with a view to conciliate conflicting opinions, suggested a new plan—to make a high road (chaussee) along the shore of the lake, and thus to separate the town of Bol grad from the shores of Lake Yalpuck, with the excep tion of permission to the inhabitants to have access to the borders of the lake for their daily wants. "By this combination the whole lake would remain Moldavian, while the town of Bolgrad, the capital of the colonies, would remain in the possession of Russia. "The Imperial Cabinet of Russia did not hesitate to give its consent to this proposal, which conciliated all interests and all mutual considerations. The Austrian, English, and Turkish delega t es were not authorised to adopt this eDinP feriae). In their opinion the front ier rlll°9 lie , ( * m ns ° t Y s e a n d . of passing south of Bolgrad, the capit al, asntien d es : e nod by the Congress, and as stated i n Art. 20 of the Treaty ought to be drawn south of the place named Tabak (see map annexed to the preliminary convention of 30th August.) A regrettedrnuch.to•be. controversy has arisen ' on this point. "A few wbFds will suffice tti • elucidate the question by placing it in its true light. The place called Tabak is not the central point of the administration of the Bul garian Colonies. For d many years the town of Bolgra has been the capital. Church, school, government, popu lation, are all concentrated in Bolgrad. Tabak, as all the delegates were able to ascertain, does not, therefore, in any manner respond to the intention avowed openly, in which the Ru • ssian Plenipotentiaries asked, and which the other Plenipotentiaries united at the Congress granted, that Bolgrad should remain in the possession of Russia. "This is a simple qusstion of good faith. If the line should be drawn south of Yabak it would be drawn con trary to the spirit and to the letter of the text. Bolgrad would be separated from the colonies, while it was agreed that that town should remain annexed to them. In a word, the treaty of the 30th of March would not be carried out conformably to the idea which presided over that transaction. "In this state of affairs the Emperor is of the opinion that the most honourable thing to be done (le parti le plus loyal a prendre) is to appeal to the consciences of the Cabinets that signed the treaty of Paris. "Consequently, by order of his Majesty, the Russian Envoy on a mission extraordinary to his Majesty the Emperor of the French bad the honour of addreasiug to ere the COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DECI. 9. Her Majesty drove out yesterday morning, and agaia in the afternoon. Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Frederick Wil liam of Prussia, went out shooting. A deputation from Southwark, consisting of Messrs. Purvis, Reece, Rimmer, Bowditch, Sanders, Poulton, Parr, Lucy, Davies, Harvey, Ackawes, Ribble white , Day, Spence, Ryan, and Denyer, had an interview wit h the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, yesterday, at the Office o f Public Work; Whit e h a ll-place. A. deputation consisting of the Duke of Sutherlan d, the Marqui s L°cl3 ' 34 .'e. Macleod, and Captain Tud or, R.N., Shad' Mr. an of Stafford, Mr. Matheson , M.P. interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yester day, at his official residence, in Downing-street, on the s'aoject of Wick Harbour. Sir A. Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, yester day from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, Mau ritius, Malta, Canada, the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Victoria. Dowager.A of We reg re t t o l earn th a t th e venerable Countess Dow ager Grey h as beta su ff ering from indisposition at Newton House- 'Yorkshire, the seat of the Duc hess in L on ' her ladyship is stated to be g oin g on well. Cleveland. By the la tent accounts received 0 - ...e Earl and Countess Delawarr are receiving a selec. ..on of v i s i tors at B uc kh urs t Park, their seat in Sussex. Viscount Nevill, M.P., has arrived at Leed s for the hunting season. Lord F ores t er h as t a ken a hunting lodge near Grantha m . Yesterday aft ernoon th e Imperial Prince, escorted by a detachment of Guides, was taken into the Bois de Boulogne in an open carriage. The Emperor and Em press also went to the Bois, to enjoy the extraordinary mild weather, but they were unaccompanied by any escort. __ . A. letter from Paris states that the Emperor Napoleon has had an interview of two hours' duration with M. de Kisseleff, the Russian ambassador. Prince Napoleon Bonaparte intends, it is said, making a voya ge next year to t h e I n di a n and China seas, visit ing Ceylon, Borneo, Java, &c. He will be accompanied, as on his first voyage, by some distinguished savans and literateurs. A. letter from Berlin of the sth, in the Presse of Brus sels, says—" Mr. Morris Moore was this day expelled from this capital by the police. He has gone to Dres den." The gold brought by the True Briton from Melbourne is 96,000 ounces, valued at 384,0001. Only about half of it has been purchased for transmission to Paris, and the remainder will probably be sold to the Bank of England. A