The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-19 00:00:00

Til E UN, TO ARRIVE THE SAME EVENIN G. supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN °UNTIES LWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, e nem! Nawspaii er and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY -LANZ. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING. THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; er, Harlequin ing Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man.X THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. BuckstOne. THIS EVENIITG, THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled E BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST ; or, Harlequin and the 4 lenlas of the Spring. To cotrlade with ONLY A HALFPIIINNY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRfI, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caaars. THIS EVENING. THE CORSICAN BROTI3ERS. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AN. THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hullne ; Pantaloon, Mr. aul 4 ; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. TR.EATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. E. Webster.—Dtreetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVEN LNG. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude wit CK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother G 0036 at Home Again. „ Messrs. J. Bland. P. Bedford. Madame Celeste, Miss w r izdham, and Miss E. Arden will ap)ear. ROYAL SURREY TREATER. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING PARIS IN 1792. To conclude with A r (IMF: OF PEA.RIS ; or, Harlequin and line Shore. ROYAL STRAND TaRATRir.. THIS EVENING. THE HOLLY TREE INN. To conclude with $1 I itLEi,iUIY BLACK-EYED ST7E ; or, All in the Downs and Davy Jones's Lock . RIYAL OLY APIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. EVEIUNG. TO OBLIGE B NSON. n which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, Leslie, and Miss F. Tertian will appear. To be I >Rowed by THE WELS=I GIRL, After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, th)ugh xcessively old, .Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET Fifth - JESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Rabion, IL Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Haskell will appear. A.ITLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. twee and Manner, Mr. Wm. Cook.. The Greatest Wonder of the Day is the Equestrian Comic Panto- Time. The Last Morning Performance will be on Saturday, Jan. 19th. THIS EVENING, The Romantic Equldrame called ROOKWOOD; or, TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. After which the WIEST RI EXERCISES In the ARENA, the inv..mtlon of Mr. W. Cooke, including Master George Cooke. the little Cherub, on his playful pony; also, Miss Kate Cooke on her milk white Ara') steed. To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Sfr. W. Cook , . Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. RIB DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 0 rain. aft. 12 PN-Nfoßßow—Morn. 29 min. aft.l2 —Evening 56 min. aft.l2 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52 hlghest since noon yesterds.y. .Ig --to - most this morning and (luring the night. -thl9 day at, noon. BAROMETER, 29.29—falling. wIN),, S. W.—Rather fresh, with dull, occasionally rainy, weather TO CORRESPONDENTS. To " Alpba"--Yes. ta ) t i ft wo ' • /6- LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1856. The philo-Muscovite Belgian journals have al ready given to the world the Austrian Proposi- ions for peace. They now do more. Le Nord p üblishes i,,z extenso the despatch of Count BuoL, urgently recommending the terms therein con tained to the acceptance of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. The 'statement thus made has all the appearance of authenticity and we are, at all events, for the sake of argument, justified in assuming it to be correct, and reasoning on the assumption. The grounds which Russia has accepted as the bases of a satisfactory and per manent arrangement are of vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of future generations. But we must also look to existing circumstances so as to form a correct judgment respecting the bona fides and sincerity of our opponent, and to know whether there is an arriere pensee—any latent design in the pretended acceptance of terms not intended to be carried into actual operation. Painful experience fully warrants us in as suming that Russia will make no concession which her own interests do not impera tively require ; nay, more, that she will not consider herself bound by any " honour able understanding " where she can even hope to derive any advantage from its subsequent repudi ation. The opportunity of sowing dissension be tween the Allies, or of detaching the German States from their adhesion to the Western Powers, would be quite sufficient to induce Russia to play the game of dissimulation, in which she has shown herself to be so profound an adept. She is well aware that at least one of the parties concerned is quite willing to be deceived—that Austria only wants a plausible pretext for back ing out of her own engagements, and leaving the entire burden of the contest, in which she is mainly concerned, to be sustained by other more magnanimous recipients. While, therefore, any matter remains in doubt, we must be prepared for an ultimate repudiation ; and it is incumbent on the British Government, if desirous of avoid ing the reproach and censure of the nation, to u avoid the i m p u t a tion of undue cred u lit y, and to take especial care that it is not again humbugged or bamboozled, as it was under the Treaty of December, 1854. There is a very significant sentence contained in the despatch of Count Boor., which should pro duce extraordinary caution and vigilance on the part of the Western Powers. It is stated that " the signature to these preliminaries would be im ,,,,di a tely followed by a general armistice and definitive negotiations." The meaning of this significant passage 15 clearly not only that all bel ligerent operations, but even preparation s for the `'ame, should be suspended ; that we should, i n " rest on our oars," and avoid even the attempt of making, during the campaign of 1856, a decisive blow against the power and pretensions of Russia. Should there be no armistice, we may be enabled to reclaim Kars, to win back the ter ritory acquired from Turkey in its vicinity, and to more than neutralise the successes of Russia in A s i a . We may be enabled to carry into practical execution the menace against Sweaborg and Cron stadt, and the other strongholds of the adversary in the Baltic and the Gulf of Finland. Nay, more, to plac at. Petersburg itself in serious fAut, The hint at the " grave consequences" that would be produced by a refusal to enter on the path " opened for the second time" is too mani fest to require further consideration. We have seen what Austria considered the legitimate results of similar persuasion, to be again misled in Under the direction of Mr: Payne. J a like manner. How much society is indebted to the medical profession for philanthropic labour and well timed vindication of the claims of suffering humanity passes our ability to show. That the obligation is great will not admit of question. Harsh, mercenary, and unfeeling practitioners are doubtless to be found, who content them selves with giving a mere quid pro quo— so much advice and so many pills, boluses, mixtures, and draughts for so much remuneration. Men like these are to be met with in all professions. Bat look at our great hospitals, our infirmaries, and other philanthropic institutions, where medical men of the highest eminence are to be found daily rendering their best services gratuitously to the sick and the afflicted at much inconvenience, and probably at no little loss to themselves, and some faint notion of the extent of the debt will be attained. That advice, let it be remembered, which is given to the poor cannot be had but at considerable cost by the rich, whose ailments, notwithstanding, have no more real consideration. Such institutions, however, are by no means the only fields where professional philanthropy is to be witnessed, and witnessed to advantage. Not merely the consulting-room where wounded feeling as well as the symptoms of disease in indi vidualA of limited means not unfrequently receives the most charitable and delicate consideration, but also the study, where the acute andphilosophic mind finds a questionable refreshment after a day's toil in midnight researches for the benefit of afflicted humanity, bears testimony to the philanthropy and public spirit of not a f3w of the medical b3dy. It is, however, perhaps in connection with SR.- nitary progress that the obligations of the public to the profesliou are the most signal—at all events it is in this field that of late years the most indisputable, if not sterling, philanthropy has been displayed. Those who have ac- quired by unlucky personal experience a contempt of human nature and an inveterate scepticism as to the purity of motives, awl those whom an intense selfishness has blinded to the perception of any nobler impulse in others, may, however unjustly, regard with suspicion humane efforts elsewhere ; here it is next to impossible. If medical men have pecuniary interest in any thing it would seem to be in the spread of disease, or in the non-removal or perpetuation of those causes to which are ascribable one-half of the disorders to which the population of this country falls a victim. Yet, what class, from the outset of the sanitary movement, has furnished more zealous and effective sanitary reformers than the medical ? In point of fact, had the profession not led the way, and held on in it, how far would the movement have progressed by this time ? Not so far by a long way as it has, we should fancy, must be the general response ; and even in this field there is space for spools," dis tinction, and that is where effectual aid to the sanitary cause and humane effort on behalf of the poor can only be rendered at the risk of offand- ing wealthy and influential patrons. Yet in how many instances has not this risk been encoun- ,ered, to the great advantage of the suffering We will give the reader a case, to some extent, in point—the case, in fact, which has originated the above remarks. Turning over the oages of The Sherborne, Dorchester, and Taun ton Journal, of the 2d instant, we found a letter headed " The Dwellings of the Poor," and subscribed by the medical officer of the Sher borne District Union. What has he to say ? Plunging at once, in medias res, he discourses as follows :—" Speaking of the dwellings of the poor of and in the locality of Sherborne, I might ob serve that the majority of theca are, fur the most part, of a wretched description, utterly unfit for human beings to live in ; in many instances the cottages are not fit for the use of the canine race ; indeed the kennels nowadays are far superior in point of cleanliness, warmth, and comfort, com pared to that of the houses occupied by some of the families of the labouring classes for whom we re- peatedly hear so much solicitude and sympathy expressed at the agricultural dinners. If those sympathies be unfeigned, how is it that the poor cottagers are permitted to live (I beg par don, 'starve') out an existence in such filthy, miserable hovels, breeding vermin, fever, cuti cular, and numberless other malignant diseases, inseparable from such a disgusting state of things ? I ask, from whence arises all this misery? From what cause ? If there be a remedy at hand for such ? And by whom is it to be applied ? That there is a fault existing somewhere is beyond a doubt ; but where the fault rests is at present immani fest, although it might be shrewdly guessed, or told in plain terms. One thing manifest is, that it rests not with the poor, for there is not one of them to be found who would not gladly apply remedies, if within his reach, to better his dwelling. It might be a matter of perfect indif ference to those who have possessed an impunity, whicla has enabled them to walk scathless around the abodes of wretchedness and filth, in which so many of their poorer neighbours dwell, and who periodically Suffer disease, arising from the causes alluded to. I boldly assert this statement with out trepidation ; for my own part I contemplate no alarm ; my duty is a s t ra i ghtforwar d one . I have nothing to fear whilst I honestly perform it. My wi;ih i. - J to . - subatitute good for bad, by THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1856. sweeping away the intolerable and disgraceful nuisances which form the subject of this feeble appeal. I hope I might augur that it will have its salutary effect upon those who have influence and power to correct such matters. In so doing it would not only form a great boon to the poor, but tend to improve their moral and physical qualities, at the same time producing in them a greater degree of esteem and respect for their superiors and benefactors than anything else that oould be devised. 'Deeds, not words,' should be the motto not pretended sympathies, which cicatrize no wound." What the effect of this manly appeal may be on the individual we know not —but we must say it does him credit, and reflects additional honour on the profession. What the effect ought tobe on the guilty parties is sufficiently obvious—intense shame and speedy repentance, accompanied by good works. It is not merely hypocrisy they are guilty of, and injury to their helpless fellow-creatures—but injury also to society—which suffers with the suffering poor— is tainted by the pestilence bred in their filthy dwellings, and endangered by the discontent and disaffection to which their needless suffering gives rise. The resolutions adopted yesterday by the Metropolitan Board promise well for the vigour and practical utility of our newly-constituted local parliament. As everybody knows, many of the crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis are dii gracefully narrow, and altogether inadequate to meet the convenience of the population. By the resolutions in question any increase in the number of such thoroughfares will be prevented, and strangers will have the opportunity of contrasting the commodious carriage -ways and footpaths of the rapidly-increasing suburbs of London with those which have so often moved civic reformers to indignation. This, however, is not all. None of the tumble-down relics of the past will be suf fered to rise from their ruins in, the same obstruc tive projection. Every street, including every carriage -way, must in future be not less than 40 feet wide ; or, if the buildings are more than 40 feet high from the level of the road, as broad at least as the buildings are high. So with every alley or mews, including every road used as a footpath only—with this difference, that the width shall not he less than 20 feet. The same to be enforced by penalty and forfeiture, under the Metropolitan Building Act of 1855. Obsolete enactments may wisely be suffered to slumber ; not so enactments like these, the vigorous enforce ment of which cannot but reflect honour ou the Board, and prove of essential service to the metro politan community. THE AUTHOR or " EOTHEN."—Seme of our contem poraries have lately attributed more than one work to the author of Eiithen. We have authority to say that the writer of that book never published any other. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, Jan. 17 :—John Whitmore, 125, Oxford-street ; Frederick Sims, 10, Tonbridge-place ; Charles George Leonard, Dursley, Gloucestershire ; John Wm. Green wood, Orsett, Yorkshire. COST OP CARRYING GOLD TO THE BANK.—The expense of bringing to England and lodging in the Bank of Eng land the monster freight of specie brought home in the West India steamer Tyne amounted to about 7,0001. The expense of conveying it to London by railway after it was landed at Southampton was 2251. There were 75 tons, and the charge per ton was 31. When specie is brought to Spithead in any of the Queen's ships, s per cent, is paid for conveying it from Spithead to the Bank *f Englaad. DISCOVERY or A NEW ISLAND. —On the outer voyage to Australia of the Ben Nevis, Captain Heron, in lati tude 44 41 south, and in same longitude as the Crozets, came unexpectedly upon land. Supposing it was the Crozets he steered 120 miles south, and was astonished to find himself at the Crozets. He describes the new island as the highest he had ever seen, for the moun tain ridge on it seemed to be as high as the Andes. The Crozets are in a line with Prince Edward's Island, Ma rian, and Xerquelin's Island.—Liverpool Chronicle. With reference to the unfortunate naval officer sen tenced to death for cowardice, the Cork Constitution says ;—" We understand a letter has been received front an authority high in the Admiralty, in reference to the case of Lieut. Dennehy, in which it is stated that the entire facts of the case were not before the public ; how ever, the Lords of the Admiralty had commuted the ex treme punishment to transportation for life, which the unfortunate officer will have to undergo. His father, a veteran officer of the navy, is well known and highly re- Oected on this station, and is connected with the packet service." THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—In consequence of a meeting of the London District Post-officers, which was held at the Parthenium, in St. Martin's-lane, on Sunday evening last, the Chairman, Mr. Mote, and one of the speakers upon the occasion, Mr. Fleetwood, have been officially suspended. With the whole of these facts we are well acquainted, but the statements we are in possession of will be reserved until a future day. This, however, for the information of the public we may say, that up to the close of the business neither of these men had been reinstated, and the utmost excitement, in con sequence, has taken place in the whole of the department. --Morning Advertiser. THE LATE BRIGADIER WILLIAM MATNE.—We regret exceedingly to have to announce the death of Colonel Wm. Mayne, of the Bengal Army, Aide-de-camp to the Queen, and Brigadier commanding the Hyderabad Con tingent, which unhappy event took place at Cairo on the 23d ult , on his way to England. He had only returned to India in September last. He was seized during the following month with the illness which has thus termi nated so fatally, and which has cut off in the very prime of life and vigour of manhood one of the most promising and distinguished officers in the Indian army. MINES.—The mining market was rather quiet during the early part of the week. On Thursday morning a great degree of excitement was exhibited in mining, as well as in other circles, and some anxiety was shown to learn the probable effects of peace upon mining adven tures. That mining has flourished during the war, and that mining securities have constantly advanced, whilst most others have receded, is well known to our readers, and it may not be uninteresting to "One and All" if we now look forward a little, and inquire whether any change is likely to take place with the prospects of peace. We think not. The present prosperity of mining, we take it, is owing to the high rates of interest paid upon capital having induced a larger proportion of the public to invest in it in preference to other stocks.—Mining Journal of this day. THE STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.—The weekly meetings of mill operatives on strike at Manchester were resumed on Wednesday evening, when the chairman complained that unfortunately some of the turn-out% had not sufficient moral courage to sustain them in the struggle, and had made terms with their employers, and resumed work at a reduction of ld. per 1,000 hanks. What the masters originally wanted was 2d. per 1,000 hanks off. He also complained that some of the turn-outs employed to collect money from the public had robbed the boxes in which the money was placed, and thus put it out of the power of the committee to give so much assistance to the people on strike generally as could have been wished. The chairman further stated that the Ashton terms offered by the masters, though nominally, were not really lower than the Manchester ; and a vote was passed pledging the operatives not to return to work except on the Ashton terms. THE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANK CLERK AT LICHFIELD. —The examination of Wm. Lawton, the particulars of whose arrest in Birmingham, on a charge of embezzling 7,3501., the moneys of Messrs. Palmer and Greene, of Lichfield, appeared in The Sun of yesterday, took place at Lichfield yesterday (Friday). The first witness was Mr. Riebard Greene, the surviving partner in the late firm, who stated that the prisoner had privately communicated to him the particulars of the crime with which he was charged, and that he had advanced the money to a lad in London, for the purpose of carrying on a law suit. He reduced the statement to writing, and also gave an account of the sums he had abstracted. Mr. W. Bodill, messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy, had searched the prisoner's lodgings, under a warrant, and found there, in the prison er 's handwriting, an ac count of his mal-appropriation. Mr. Brace, solicitor, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Knight for the prosecu tion, stated that this was the only evidence he was at present prepared to offer ; so the case was adjourned to the 20th inst. The prisoner was accordingly remanded. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 18.—The Hon. Mr. Denman arrived last evening, and proceeded to Trinity College, and there, at a meet ing of his friends, it was finally decided that he should be put in nomination. The hon. gentleman's address may shortly be looked for ; a committee in his behalf is in course of formation. A circular, of which the follow ing is a copy, was extensively circulated amongst the resident members of the university last night :—"Trinity College, Cambridge, Jae. 17, 1856.—Sir,—I beg to in form you that members of the Senate who desire to in vite the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, M.A., to be come a candidate to represent this University in Par liament, in the room of the late Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, are requested to meet at the Bull Hotel on Saturday next, the 19th inst., at 11 o'clock.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, FRANCIS MARTIN."—Mr. Martin is Fellow and Bursar of Trinity College. Tens EMPEROR ALEXANDER ll.—ln a Paris letter, dated Wednesday, we read :—" It appears to have been on the 31st of December when Baron von Seebach was presented to the Emperor Alexander 11. We are assured that this diplomatist remained with his Majesty more than two hours. He is said to have been en chanted with the pacific inclinations of the Czar, who does not allow his mind to he at all affected by the rumours brought to his notice by the partisans of the war. It is impossible not to perceive that since Baron von Seebach's mission, and the explanations he has given its the name of the French Emperor, the concessions have been considerable, and that when he left St. Peters burg the Baron was entitled to believe that, if France really desires peace, it will never be more easy to make it. Baron von Seebach has returned to Paris with un heard of despatch. No courier ever went over the ground in so short a time. Leaving St. Petersburg on the Tuesday he was in Paris on Sunday evening, although he stayed one whole day out of the five at Berlin. MEETING OF THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 13.—A full meeting of the members of the iron trade was held at the Union Inn yesterday; Mr. Philip Wil liams in the chair. The object was to take into consi deration the proposed advance in freights by the London and North-Western Company for the conveyance of iron ore into this district, also an advance of 11d. per ton for conveying the same under the sidings to the works. The following resolution was agreed upon :—" That the trade protests against the course adopted by the railway companies in reference to these charges, and that a com mittee be appointed to communicate with these bodies, with a view to their rectification, as well as of any other charges that may at any time be made of an unfair or illegal character." A deputation accordingly waited upon Captain Huish and other officials of the North-Western, at the Queen's Hotel. In the course of the discussion Captain Huish made a statement to the effect that he had never approved of the charge of lid. per ton for sidings' conveyance ; but with regard to the other charges he was not prepared to make any state silent whatever. ABERDARE.—MAN ROLLED TO DEATH.—A fearful accident occurred at Aberdare, in Glarnorga,nshire, last week, resulting in the instantaneous death of a young man, named Robert Thomas, who was employed at the Gadly's Iron Works. The unfortunate deceased was en- gaged in the forge, and the rolls which are used in the making of bar iron had been changed for a fresh set, and were just started, when the deceased, for the purpose of adjusting a portion of the machinery, stept too near, and his garments, being caught by the revolving ma chinery, he was dragged between the rolls, and whirled round and round, th roug h a space b u t a few inches in diameter. Before the engine could be stopped he had been carried round at least twenty times, and his re mains were so fearfully mangled as to be almost undis tinguisbable. He uttered but one exclamation as he was drawn in, and the next instant he was dead. The poor fellow was a promising young man, of about 20 years of age, and bore an excellent character. SAILING OF THE ROYAL CHARTER FOR AUSTRALIA.— The magnificent screw-steamer Royal Charter, Captain Boyce, b4onging to the Australian Steam-ship Com pany, sailed from Liverpool on her first voyage for Melbourne yesterday morning, at a quarter before eight o'clock. The Royal Charter had 54 saloon and about 200 intermediate passengers. She had also a heavy mail and a very large cargo on board, being com pelled to leave between 200 and 300 tons of goods which she was unable to find stowage for. The following ladies and gentlemen were among the saloon passengers —Mr. Eales and lady ; the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, lady, and servant—the rev. doctor is to make a series of experi ments and observations on the variation and correc tion of the compass in iron ships and in the southern hemisphere—Mr. Harris and lady ; Mr. Aitkin and lady ; Mr. James Donald and lady ; Mr. Crabe, lady, and infant ; Miss M. J. Ireland ; Miss Mary Baird ; Mrs. Wilkie, Miss Wilkie, Miss C. Wilkie, Mr. Wilkie, and servant ; Miss Emma Filcher ; Miss Holmes, niece, and servant Miss M. E. Holmes ; Messrs. Bensusan, Hues, J. Grieves, J. Isaac, Knight, G-. Gray, J. Stevens, John Ealee, jan., Wm. Bales, H. Hale, Alex. Munro. I'. Kite, Colin C am pb e ll, T. A sp i nwa ll , R o b ert Cussen, M. H. Lawson, James Cairns, John Highett, J. M. Holloway, James lll`Donatd, G. H. Fox, J. L. Birkin, Edward Foaberis, J. Bayley, • THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. ( From the Times' [second edition] Paris Correspondent.) The news of the acceptance by Russia of the Austrian propositions certainly justifies the satis faction, the enthusiasm I may say, with which it was received, and which still continues ; and it may be considered ungracious to say anything which would diminish so pleasing an effect. It is much more agreeable to believe that every thing will go on smoothly, and that Russia will start no difficulty in the conferences which I presume will soon open. We must not, however, forget, in the exultation of the mo ment, that we have to deal with a Power whose perfidy is on a par with her ability. This great cul prit must be watched with incessant and untiring vigilance. An old offender against the law excites the compassion and forgiveness of the generous public when he implores a mitigation of punish. ment by the most affecting repentance for past misdeeds, and the most solemn and apparently sincere promises of amendment for the future ; but he is, nevertheless, still placed under the surveillance of the police. The modification to the propositions, which I transmitted yester day, will doubtless be considered as superseded by the "pure and simple" acceptance of Russia, but it is not improbable that she will do her best to obtain these or similar modifications during the conferences. You will have observed that as to the sth proposition, in which the Allied Powers reserve to themselves the right of making other propositions over and above the guarantees, Russia demanded its suppression by means of its vagueness, and the discussion on it in a future congress. Now it is desir able to know whether this 4th proposition is com prised in the acceptance of Russia ; and if it is comprised, does it mean that she merely accepts " purely and simply" the " reserved right" of the Powers to make undefined propositions, and not the propositions themselves, whatever they may turn out to be ? It is one thing to admit the right to present a certain proposal, and another to bind oneself to accept what is proposed. The despatch informs us that Russia accepts these propositions as " preliminaries of peace." In discussing preliminaries a difference of opinion may arise, which could not in the propositions them selves. In one of the modifications of Russia, or, as they have been termed, counter-proposi tions, respecting the engagement not to create nor maintain military arsenals, &c., she adds —on the banks or coasts of the Black Sea. It may become a matter for discussion whether Nicholaieff, where her naval docks are, should be considered as on the coast of the Black Sea. litis will perhaps be considered too critical, and would be so if we had any other Power to deal with than Russia ; but it ought not to be forgotten that Russia also accepted, without reserve, this time twelvemonth, the four guarantees proposed by the Powers, and then flung them back in our faces at the Conferences of Vienna. In taking notice of those circumstances I echo the opinion of persons who are not generally Pessimists, and who are pleased to look on the fair side of things. On the other hand, it is but right to say that mat ters have changed much with us as with Russia since the Vienna Conferences ; and that, under ordinary circumstances, we are justified in con sidering that the definitive conclusion of peace is not far distant. In the first months of 1855 Cen tral Europe was in a state of hesitation, and was rather hostile than friendly to the policy of the Western Powers. At the present moment Russia finds it, if not entirely arrayed against her, at least seriously divided, and perhaps ready to de clare its refusal to persist in a degrading neutrality. The attitude recently assumed by Austria I still believe to have done much, and I am this day again assured that Austria has given assurances that she would be with us in the field, and will be, in case of necessity. It has been stated that the Vienna Cabinet expressed her intention, on account of the mild and couciliatoiy tone of the reply of Count Nesselrode, not to withdraw her Ambassador from St. Petersburg in consequence of the non-acceptance of the propositions ; but it is, on the other hand, affirmed that M. de Buol declared positively to Prince Gortschakoff that he need not take the trouble even of receiving and transmitting the propositions of the Czar, for that on the 18th the whole of the Austrian Legation had orders to quit the Russian capital. It was, if I am correctly informed, on the receipt of this announcement, that the Russian Government found that nothing less than an unconditional acceptance would be received by Austria, that M. de Nesselrode re solved, without awaiting the expiration of the period granted him, to adhere, at once purely and simply, to the conditions of the ultimatum. It remains to be seen whether Russia will accept the details as unconditionally as she has done the principle. It is undeniable, then, that the situa tion of the parties respectively has undergone a considerable change since last year. In appear ance, and it is to be hoped in reality, the hesita tions of the more important States of Europe have been modified, but not in favour of Russia. What was ambiguous in the terms previously demanded has been made more precise and less difficult to be understood. But while it is certain that the chances of a complete understanding are greater than before, it would still be foolish to give way to an inconsiderate enthusiasm, and to consider peace as in fact re-established from the day Russia an nounces her acceptance. We must still be ou the watch ; and until the treaty of peace is actually signed, sealed, and delivered, we should not relax in our preparations for all contingencies. LATEST NEWS. By the steam-ship Ganges, whose arrival at Marseilles was announced yesterday, we learn that the blowing up of the docks of Sebastopol has been indefinitely postponed. The Journal de Constantinople says that the Allies have now 180,000 troops in the Crimea, and 13,000 persons not belonging to the army. The cold had diminished in the Crimea. M. Longworth, Colonel Schwartzenberg, and General Corman, all from Kars, had arrived in the Turkish capital. The Egyptian troops are encamped at Trebi zon d. Accounts from Erzeroum of the 22d ult. state that communications are intercepted by the frost. Letters from the Crimea mention fresh bank- 04)teies at Kamiesh. Accounts from Athens state that the Greek Minister of War has just decided on the formation of 16 movable columns of troops destined to put down brigandage. The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular to the Prefects on the same subject. jeopardy. We may destroy Nicolaieff, blockade Kherson, and become masters of the Crimea, and of, sit all events, the most important portion of Bessarabia. But if lulled into a state of apathy —if " hecussed" by the administration of a nar cotic so insidious, all these palpable advantages may be disregarded, and the golden opportunity suffered to slip by without improvement. There cannot, then, be an armistice while the ' coutem plata negotiations are pending. We may feel perfectly certain that Russia would improve the occasion to the utmost possible degree—that she would not relax a single effort either in the way of increasing the strength of her fortifi cations, and means of resistance against any i evasion of her territory, or of her own power of aggression. She can be certain of, at least, one of the most important elements in the calculation—can know whether she is really sin cere in her professions—whether they are in tended to form the basis of a permanent peace or are merely intended to effect a diversion, exceed ingly convenient to Russia, but in an equal degree injurious to the Allies. On that all-important question the Cabinets of the Tuileries and St. James's must be absolutely ignorant, although we can by no means assert a similar ignorance on the part of Austria. It is therefore essential that we should carefully avoid so serious a mistake, and should especially repudiate the very invidious Fiuggestion offered by a Power whose antecedents do not warrant the unbounded confidence and reliance which the acting on the supposition would necessarily imply. poor ! THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO FRANCE. It will be recollected that the Municipal Council of Boulogne, in the early part of October last, voted unani mously the sum of 12,0001. (4801.) towards the erection of a column, in the neighbourhood of the port, to comme morate the landing of Queen Victoria upon the soil of France, as a guest to the Emperor of the French. It now appears that this mode of commemorating the royal visit has been abandoned ; for, at the last meeting of the Municipal Council of Boulogne, a few days ago, it was resolved that the 12,000 f. so voted be appro priated (according to the suggestion of the Government) to the striking off of a considerable number of medals, to be distributed among the leading Statesmen of both countries, and to be sold to such amateurs as wish to have a memento of that auspicious event. His Imperial Majesty has recommended the following model for those medals. On one side the effigy of the Emperor ; and on the other side, an allegorical represen tation of the town of Boulogne, having the column of Napoleon on the right, and the royal yacht, the Vic toria and Albert, o❑ the left. The town inscribes upon a slab, the date of the Queen's arrival (18th Aug., 1855.) On the base of the allegorical figure of the town will be placed a❑ escutcheon, containing the arms of Boulogne. The legend will consist of these words—" The Emperor receives the Queen of England at Boulogne." The exergue will exhibit the following words :—" In me mory of the 18th and 27th August, 1355. The Muni cipal Council of Boulogne-sur-Mer." The medal will be about two inches in diameter, and will be intrusted to the hands of M. Barre, the skilful engraver of the Mint. Two medals will be struck in gold for presentation to the Emperor and the Queen, 100 in silver for the Ministers, Ambassadors, and other high functionaries of the Go ment, and 1,000 in bronze. It was further resolved, after a lively discussion at the Municipal Council, that the 27 members of such council shou'd be entitled to receive a silver medal each. VACANCIES, PROMOTIONS, AND APPOIN7'. MENTS IN THE CIVIL SER VICE. General Post-office.—Mr. G. Pellatt, clerk to the stir. veyor, east district, has been appointed to the post mastership of Newcastle-on-Tyne. A vacancy in the office of clerk to the surveyor, east district, has been created by the promotion of Mr. G. Pellatt. The office of postmaster at Chesterfield is vacant by the death of Mr. John Roberts. Admiralty, Somerset House.—Mr. Octavius B. Piers, second-class clerk in the Naval De partment, has been appointed acting first-class clerk in the Transport Department, Somerset House. Mr. F. A. E. Potts has been appointed temporarily a clerk in the Transport Department. The Dockyards.—Mr. Vint ner, store-receiver at the Portsmouth Dockyard, has been promoted to Woolwich. Mr. Burr, superinten dent's secretary at Woolwich, has been appointed store receiver at Portsmouth, vice Mr. Vintner, promoted. Customs.—Mr. Cuthbert Wills has been appointeda clerk in th e L ega l Q uays i n L on d on. M r . W. Harris has been appointed an extra clerk in London. M. R. B. Milton has been appointed supernumerary clerk in the Receiver-General's Office in London. Mr. Starr T. Wood has been appointed supernumerary clerk in the Receiver-Gene ra l' s Office in London. Mr. Williamson, tide-surveyor of the second class at Southampton, has been p romo t e d t o th e first class. Mr. Taylor, tide surveyor at Burnham, has been promoted to the second class of tide-surveyors at Southampton. Ireland.—A vacancy in the office of a first - cla ss clerk in the Ac countant's Office, General Post-office,, has been caus e d by the death of Mr. Michael Coffey. Mr. Barry Law leas, late a clerk in the Poor-law ,Do.le. a yearpaltme ; maximumnt,hasbeen appointed clerk in the Mountj o y Convict Prison, North Circular-road, Dublin. Sala r y , 120/,, by 10/. a,nnuity. Serv i ce Gazette. 111. A. Mariette, curator of Egypti an an ti qu i t i es at the Louvre, has been elected member of the Antiqua rian Society of France. THE REPRESENTATION OF NORTH ESSEL-Mr. Chas. Do Cane, of Braxted Park, has issued an address to the electors of the Northern Division of the county of Essex, offering himself as a candidate for their suffrages on the conservative interest, on the retirement of Sir John Tyrrell. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY, Jan. 18.—Admis sions on payment, 311; ditto by season tickets, 97 ; total, 411. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. Siff,—Mr. Bruce, in his communication to your journal of this evening, overlooks the letter which I addressed to the board of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on the 25th of July last, on the subject of the East Suf folk line. After that date I substantially retired from the chair of the Norfolk Railway Company ; and though my retirement may not have been officially notified to the Eastern Counties board until the Ist of November, it bad long previously been placed among the records of the Norfolk Company.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant, London, Jan. 18, 1856. S. MORTON PETO. JOSEPH HAYDN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I regret to inform you that this learned and excellent man, whose case you so recently advocated, expired last evening; and the Government by this event will save the further grant of the munificent - pension of is. 41d. per diem, which they had just granted him.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your faithful servant, London, Jan. 18. A.B. INCOME-TAX REFORM MOVEMENT IN BIRMINGE A If. BIAMINGH DI, Friday Evening.—The oppressive in come tax, and the heartless manner in which it is being carried out, has struck into the hearts of those against whom it is levied, and aroused a spirit here which will force a change upon the Government and all those con cerned in carrying out the impost. A meeting con vened by the Mayor of this borough, upon a most nu merously signed and influential requisition, is to be held this evening, at the Town-hall, upon the subject ; and a circumstance such as I have nev er b e f ore witnesse here, in connection with any meeting, has just taken place—the leading shopkeepers in all the principal streets have closed their establishments, in compliance with the fol lowing notice extensively circulated throughout the borough : " This establishment will close at sixo'clock on Friday evening, January 18th, on account of the Town's Meet ing for the Reform of the Income Tax." The association with whom this originated are deter , mined upon a reform of the tax. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 18. The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge and the Maharajah Duleep Singh took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left the Castle attended by Major Purves and Sir John Login. The Marquis cf Abercorn and Lady Louisa Hamilton, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Lord and Lady Colville, and Lord Ash burton, have also taken their departure. The Hon. C. Fisher, Attorney-General of New Bruns wick, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Turkish Minister had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Despatches from the Governors of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday at the Colonial•office. CABINET CouNcm.--A Cabinet Council was held yes terday afternoon at the Foreign•office. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lard Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clar.-endon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir Cbarles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The council sat two hours and three quarters. The Earl and Countess Grey will arrive in town, to day, from Assington Hall, near Newark. The Earl of Cottenham had a severe accident a few days since, while skating with a Christmas party assem bled at the seat of Mr. Herbert, of Llanartb. His lord ship experienced a contusion on the face, and is confined to his room, but is now going on favourably. We regret to learn that the Lady Adeliza Manners is suffering from an attack of measles at Belvoir Castle. Lord and Lady Harry Vane are still among the party assembled at Raby Castle on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland. We are sorry to hear that the young Lord Wharn cliffe is suffering from indisposition at Wortley Hall. We have to announce the death of Madam Marrast, widow of M. Armand Marrast, ex-president of the Constituent Assembly. NAPLES, Jan. 16.—N0 political amnesty was granted On the 12th. The government have refused to permit the exportation of corn. THE NEW GOTERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.—By the re ceipt of later Australian advises, we learn of the arrival at Auckland, New Zealand, on the 16th Sept., of the ship Merchantman, from London, Immo on board Col. Gore Brown, th e new Governor of New Zealand. THE ASSISTANT JUDGESHIP.-=We understand that Mr. Bodkin having declined to accept the office of Aseistant-J udge of the Middlesex Sessions, Mr. Pash ley, Q.C., will be appointed without delay. FUNERAL OF SERGEANT ADAMS.—Yesterday morning the remains of the late Assistant-Judge were removed from his residence, No. 9, Hyde -park-street, and con veyed by railway into Warwickshire. This course was adopted in conformity with a wish expressed by the learned judge prior to his death. AssIgTANT4UDGE FOR MIDDLESEX.--By the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 71 (" Act for the better Administration of Criminal Justice in Middlesex "), the assistantjudge must be "a sergeant, a barrister-at-law of not less than ten years' standing, and in the commission of the peace for the said county." (Sec. 8.) By the 10th section of the act the salary is fixed at 1,2001. a-year ; there is no retiring pension. It is distinctly provided by the act that the assistant-judge while he holds office cannot sit in Parliament. Dense fogs prevail in the British Channel. The Alma would have reached Southampton on Thursday if the weather bad been clear, and would have made the pas sage home from Malta, including a stoppage at Gibraltar, in eight days—an unprecedented voyag.. The Alma beat th e Vectis, one of the fastest steamers in the world, in going from Malta to Alexandria. Just before the Alma arrived home, one of the seamen fell from the top gallant mast on the deck—a height of 150 feet. Sin gular to ray, he broke no bones, and he is doing well. He must have caught hold of something while falling, whioh broke his fall, for his hands are out dreadfully. THE CRIMEA. We have received the St Petersburg journals of the 9th and 10th of January. The'lnvalide Russe publishes the following ex tracts from Prince Gortschakoff's journal of the military operations from the 4th to the 14th (16th to the 26th) of December. " During this period of time the operations have been confined oh both sides to outpost skirmishes. " On the 9th (21st of December) Col. Oklobjio, commander of the detachment of the advanced guard on the left flank of our position, made an excursion towards the village of Urkusta. With this object in view a detachment of men, armed with carbines, and a portion of the 72d cohort of the. Militia of Kalcuga, left the lighthouse in the direction of that village. This movement spread an alarm in the whole of the neighbouring enemy's camp. Three battalions of infantry assembled on the heights where the Zouaves are encamped with the object of turning the right flank of Colonel 0 klobjio's detachment ; but he had meantime effected his retreat, without having attained his object. ` On the 14th (26th) of December, at five in the morning, a party of Frenchmen, covered with white cloaks, shoe with list, and with cotton caps on, turned secretly the left flank of our advanced line in the pass leading to the Baidar valley, attacked the nearest point at the post of the bayonet, with out firing a shot, and at the same time blew a trumpet signal, upon which a battalion and two squadrons, with led horses, came down to take the men who had made the attack. " The rapid appearance of our reserves, under the command of Colonel Oklobjio, on the side of Koutler-Fot-Sala, compelled the enemy to retreat. Two Cossacks and one soldier of the Smolensk Re giment of Infantry were killed, and three Cossacks were wounded. The traces of blood left by the enemy in his retreat, and th e woun d e d p i c k e d up by the battalions which left the heights, prove that our loss cost the French dear. " On the other points of the Crimea nothing of particular importance has occurred ; the works of the enemy on the south side of Sebastopol have been discontinued on account of the severe frost ; in general, according to the information gathered, the Allies suffer from the want of warm clothing, and, latterly, their hospitals have received many patients with frozen limbs. " From Genitchi it is reported that since the 6th (18th) of December the whole of the Sivash (Putrid Sea) has been frozen over, and that the Sea of Azoff is frozen to a considerable distance from the shore." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The receipt from Paris (says the Gourrier dis Havre) of the announcement of the acceptance of the propositions by Russia gave a considerable im petus to business in general here, and important sales were effected in cotton and other merchandise at improved quotations. Cotton advanced as much as 2fr. BOURSE, Jan. 18.—The following are the quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. li per Cents 94 -- —f. -- c. 3 per Cents New Loan 6B 20 Bank Shares 3250 Roman Credit Mobilier 1435 Austrian Belgian Fives ..... ... -- Spanish Threes — Piedmontese (5) BS Home Debt — RAILWAY B—FOR CA.1311. fr. c. c Orsans ... 1195 Western 7BO - Northern - Lyons - hlediterranean .... 1325 Grand Central - Lt•ons Geneva - Teste - Cette ... 715 Austrian Corn. 790 - RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 11th inst. The Gazette thus announces the appointment of General Luders : "Aide•de-Camp General de Luders, charged with the command of the army of the south and of tho marine service at Nicolaiefr, is appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the army of the south, and of t'ne land and sea forces in the Crimea, with all the rights, powers, and prerogatives enjoyed by the Commander-in-Chief of au army in time of war, re taining his rank of Aide-do Camp General. Ho replaces Aide-de-Camp-General Prince Gortscha koff 11., who receives another appointment. "General Soukhozanet 11. succeeds General Luders at Nicolaieff, under the orders of General Luders. " Aide-de-Camp-General de Kotzebue 11., chief of the staff of the army of the south, and of the troops in the Crimea, is appointed Commander of the sth corps of Infantry, retaining his dignity of Aide-de-Camp General. " Lieutenant-General Nepokitchitsky succeeds him as Chief of the Staff of the troops in the Crimea.' The Gazette publishes a long list of promotions and appointments. NEW SOUTH WALES. Advices from Sydney to the 6th October last re cord the death of Colonel Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Surveyor-General of the colony of New South Wales, which melancholy event took place at his residence, Ancona, on the 4th of that mouth, from the effects of bronchitis, in his 64th year. Sir Thomas Mitchell was an officer of more than 40 years' standing. He was on the staff of the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular war, and received a medal of five clasps for services in the field of battle. He was entitled by seniority to the rank of m ajor-general. He was also the in ventor of the Boomerang screw-propeller. As a tribute of respect to his memory the sitting of the Legislative Council was adjourned from Friday, the sth of October, until the followinot, Tuesday. The revenue of the colony showed an increase upon the quarter ending the 30th of September, of 20,159/. 18s. 2d. In the wool market increased activity prevailed. Th e first bales of the "new clip" h a d arr i ve d f rom the 6 , squattages," and the accounts from all the pastoral districts were favourable. Superior slips were quoted at from ls. 4d. to ls. 61d. ; scoured, is. 6d. to ls. 9d. ; fair to good, ls. 2d. to ls. 4d.; low to middling, ls. t o ls. 21 2 d. ; handw as h e d , 11d. to ls. 41d. In tallow some reaction had taken place, in con sequence of a demand for the Tasmanian market. Mutton is quoted at 371. 10s. ; beef, 361. ; hides have been m uc h i n d eman d , an d the suppy was good, heavy samples obtaining from 138. to 14s. 10d. Sheepskins in demand, and quotations :,oniewhat higher. The second court ball at Brussels was given on Wednesday evening to about 1,100 persons. King Leopold being absent in th e A r d ennes on a shoot ing excursion, the honours of the evening were done by the Duke and. Duchess of B ra bant and the Princess Charlotte. Their Royal Highnesses entered the ball-room at nine o'clock, and went through the rooms more than once until half-past elven, when supper was announced. Their Royal Highnesses withdrew a little after twelve, but dancing was kept up for some hours longer. A letter from - Vienna in the German Gazette of Frankfort, says :—."The Minister of Public In struction has invited the bishops of the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom to retract the . orders of censure which they hadissued, and to await for the exe cution of the articles of the Concordat the decrees of the Government." A Hamburg letter of the 14th, in the German Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" There have been seized to-day at the house of the librarian Campe, objects of the value of the flue imposed on him by the Se na t e lox :refuaing to nam e the pain Rh a had communicated to Dr. Vehse the facts relating to the Duke William of Mecklenburg." The Madrid papers of the 13th have arrived, but contain nothing of political interest. One of the officers of the National Guard, who had been arrested for the affair of the 7th, served two years in a Carlist band, and the other was a liberated convict. The Federal Council of Switzerland, in its sit ting of the 9th, gave its approval to the treaty on telegraphic communications lately concluded with the French Government. The King of Sardinia has, by a decree of the 2d, ratified the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded with the Dominican Republic on the 22d of March, 1854. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that the British Government has resolved to form a corps of Swiss carabineers. The first company of this corps is to be under the command of Captain Spillmann, of Zurich. The Comtesse de Chambord arrived at Modena on the 9th, from Parma. The Duke of Modena went to Reggio to meet her. The Monitore Toscano of the 12th mentions a rumour current at Milan to the effect that all the property belonging to political refugees of the Lombardo-Venetian provinces is to be freed from sequestration. EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 18. The Alma, Capt. Burney, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, arrived at three o'clock this day, with the heavy portion of the East India and China mail, in charge of Lieut. Fuge, R.N. The latest dates are—Alexandria, Jan. 6; Malta, 9 ; Gibraltar, 13. The Alma brings 18 passengers, amongst whom are Lieut.-Col. Millman, 37th Regt., from Ceylon ; Major Meares, Capt. and Mrs. Baldock, Lieut. Warrant, Lieut. Downing, Surgeons Rolfe and Webb, Mr. Copp, Mr. Barstow, Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs. Forbes, from India. The freight of the Alma consists of 2,170 pack ages—viz., 1,101 sacks of wheat, 153 packages of sundries, 9 chests of opium, 404 packages of gum, 141 boxes of oranges, 281 bales and 81 cases of silk. At Alexandria were the Austrian frigate Venus, American transport Supply, and the General Screw Company's steam-ship Lady Jocelyn. At Malta were her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Queen, Algiers, Princess Royal, Agamemnon, Valorous, Sphinx, Beagle, Ceylon, and transp o rts Nos. 77, 92, 162, 172, 178 179, 214, and 245. At Gibraltar were the Prometheus, and a French line-of-battle ship. A strong gale had been experienced at Gibraltar for several days, doing considerable damage, nearly 20 vessels having been driven ashore. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Pera, which left here on the 4th inst. with the outward East India and China mail, was compelled to put in at Lisbon, her machinery hating been deranged. The Alma spoke the following vessels :—On the 9th, transport No. 77, off Malta ; 11th, the Queen of the South, steering westward ; 12tb, a Dutch frigate, steering S.E. ; 13th, the Idiana, steering to the eastward ; 14th, her Majesty's steam-ship Transit, steering eastward ; and the Tagus, steer ing south-east. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FEARFUL TEMPEST, WITH HEAVY CASUAL- TIES AT SEA. GIBRALTAR, JAN. 8. As anticipated yesterday by the fall of the barometer, the weather continued stormy throughout the day and night. About one o'clock this morning a gale set in, preceded by a heavy fall of hail, with thunder and lightning. It blew fearfully from the SW., and before break of day had increased to a perfect hurricane, the wind varying to every point of the compass. During the tempest many of the tents in the encamp ment of the 66th Regiment, at the North Front, were blown down. The sea on the eastern beach was terrific ; and one of the cattle-sheds there was in part carried away, besides damage to some of the dwellings in that vicinity by the violence of the wind. No serious accident has occurred in town ; but the following is as complete a list of casualties which occurred in the bay as could be obtained : Yesterday morning the British brig Petrel, of Sunder land, Captain Baxter, from Syra and Malta, laden with grain for England, parted with one of her chain cables. The Spanish schooner Federico, Homedes, master, put back last night from Cassabianca with loss of anchors, and is gone ashore off the western beach. The British brig Providence, of and from Liverpool, lA`Kenzie, master, discharging coal here, dragged from her anchorage, and, running foul of the brig Tyro, of Liverpool, ran ashore off the western beach. The Tyro parted with one of her chain oables, and was supplied with an anchor and chain from the shore. The Sardinian brig Graciosa Fanny, IBulo, master, which put in here yesterday, through stress of weather, to repair damages, bound Inca Buenos Ayres to Mar seilles, parted from her anchors, and drove ashore off the western beach. The British brig Rhoda, of Dover, Bandt, master, in ballat, on shore off the western beach. The British brigantine Ellen, of Falmouth, Steer, master, lately discharged her cargo of coals, having Parted from her moorings, went ashore off the western beach. The American barque Yarmouth, of Boston, Free man, master, from Venice, bound to New York with rags, parted from her cables and drove ashore off the King's Bastion. The Mecklenburg brig llaria, of Rostock, Duvall, master, from the Black Sea, with a cargo of grain, has become a total wreck on the rocks off Prince Albert's Front. A large launch belonging to Mr. Domingo Garese, ship chandler, with 24 men, put off at great risk to the assistance of this vessel, and succeeded in bringing the master and crew to the shore in safety. %Toe British barque Falcon, of Portsmouth, G. Foote. master, from Alexandria and Malta, with a cargo of beans, bound to Cork, parted with one of her eliain cables, and has been supplied from the shore with an anchor and chain. The British brig Margaret, Brooks, master, from Mazagan, with maize, which put in this morning, water• logged, ran aground on the western beach. The French brig Prosperit6, Gaillot, master, from Gijon, bound to Adra, on shore off the western beach. The French brig Nelly, Barra, master, from Mar seilles, bound to Rouen with a cargo of soap, lost bow sprit and sustained other damage. The French brig Autumns, Beauregard, master, from Licata with a cargo of sulphur, bound to Rouen, lost chains and anchors. The French brig Jeune Francois, Villemoras, master, s dismasted. The Portuguese brigantine Union, M. dos Santos, master, from the coast of Morocco, was supplied with an anchor and chain from the shore. The Bremen ship Schieller, Bahr, master, from Pa lermo, with a general cargo bound to Boston, parted from one of her chains, and was supplied with an an chor and chain from the shore. The British brig Dawson, of Blyth, Thompson, mas ter, lost her jolly boat, which went ashore on the beach. The British brig Vencedor, A. Cprdony, master, which put in here through stress of weather from Saffi, with loss of anchor, &e., parted with a chain cable, and has had an anchor and chain supplied to her. The American barque Juniatta, bound to Almeria, was supplied with a❑ anchor and chain from the shore. The French government steamer Sentinelle, bound to Tangier and Cadiz, detained here on account of the severity of the weather, crossed over to Algeciras about ten a.m., purposely to ride out the gale in safety. The British steamer Earl of Lonsdale likewise crossed over to Algeciras roadstead for the same purpose. Although the wind has lulled a little the weather con tinues tempestuous, with a heavy sea and occasional smart showers. 0 Ning to the heavy rains a great part of the ground on the north front has become inundated. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The success that has attended the production of " Rob Roy " at this theatre has been so great tha Mr. Anderson has determined to continue it for another week. The Professor's delineation of the chief character nightly draws down the most enthusiastic applause, and the success that has resulted from the experiment of producing the drama in true Scotch style will, no doubt, induce Mr. Anderson to give the public a further treat by the representation of another play of the same de• scription. Indeed we have heard it whispered that the "Lady of the Lake" has beau fixed upon as the pl ay to succeed "Rob Roy," the Wizard, of course, sustaining the part of Rhoderick Dhu. For the benefit of those who have not been fortunate enough to obtain admis sion to witness " Rob Roy "we would advise theta to embrace the opportunity which will thus be afforded next week. STEREOSCOPIC GALLERT.-7Yesterday we availed our selves of the polite invitation of the manager of the London Stereoscopic Company to visit the gallery they are about to open gratis to the public, at 54, Cheapside. The premises bave been very beautifully fitted up, and graph s are to be seen, any one upwards of 10,000 photo of which may be applied to stereoscopic purposes. The subjqcts that pleased us most, and which, we think, will attract the greatest amount o f cur i os i ty, were t h e Al p i ne scenery and the views representing the whole of the in terior of the Paris Exhibition. To those who have not been aYe to visit the French Exhibition a very accurate idea of the entire edifice, with its extraordinary and beautiful contents, may be obtained from the views to be seen at the gallery. The views in Pompeii and HHer culaneumare of ext raor di nar y i n t eres t, comprehending all the historical points of interest connected with the disastrously renowned city. The exhibition will be opened to the public in a few days, and it will well re• pay a visit. Th( tinuei Th© s and Mario tender The the 12 racter The a falling ()hang( the Gc yearly tion. 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