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

R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week.—To -night, a Mendelssohn Night—Miss Dolby, and the celebrated Pianist, Miss Arabella Goddard. — The Ne w G ran d French Quadrille, Programme for r ZITS EVENING (Wednes lay, Pee. 10) : Part I.—Overture, Roy Blas—Mendelssohn ; Song, " The Song of Night," Miss Dolby (accompanied on the pianoforte by Mr. W. G. Cusins)—Mendelssohn ; Concerto in G Minor, Pianoforte, Miss A. Goddard—Mendelssohn ; Symphony, the Scotch Symphony—Mendelssohn ; Song, " The first Violet," Miss Dolby (accompanied en the pianoforte by Mr. W. G. Casins)-4lendelssohn ; Concerto, Violin (Andante and Al legro), M. Le llon—Mendelssoha ; March, The Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream—Mendelssohn, Part 2.—Quadrille the • French Quadrille, with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM, De Folley, DeYong, Collinet, Pratten, Lavigne, Hughes, and Keenig ; Finale : Partant pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empereur —Jullien ; Fantasia, Piano forte, Les Patineurs (Le Praphete), Miss Arabella Goddard —Liszt ; Polka, The Minnie Polka (the 3d time)—Jullien ; Scotch Song, Come ferry me o'er, Mbs Dolby—Mrs. Groom ; Polka, My Mary Ann (by desire) (the 26 th time o f perform ance)L—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 of admission :—Promenade, Is. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., .E 1 ls., 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 214, Regent-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting MAnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Last week of performing before the Christmas Holidays.— The eminent comedian Mr. Charles Mathews, and the talented Dramatic Company, at the following reduced tariff of prices, lower than any other west end theatre :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. ' • Pit, 2s. ; First Circle , 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, lOs. 6d., I'. ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 21. 2s. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Second price at 9 o'clock. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the comic drama entitled AGGRAVATING SAM. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr, George Honey, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Walton, Mrs. Selby, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason. After which, the celebrated drama entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH, in which Messrs. Charles Mathews, Robert Roxby,iAt. liounge, Miss Mason, and, Miss M. Oliver will perform. To 131 followed by the 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 Manes. Emilie and Jenny Osmont, of the Grand Opera, will appear, assisted by a powerful Corps de Ballet. On Boxing Night, the 26th inst., will be produced a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, by. E. L. Blanchard, Esq., which, for gorgeous splendour and effects, will surpass all the former pre-eminently successful efforts which have given to this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime. The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William Beverley, an I 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. Cla rk' 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 drama of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new fairy ballet extravaganza, °ailed THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperial° de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, &c. T A YOEUM 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. Messrs. Toole, Barrett, dr.e. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosiv.a Wright and th Coryph6es. Miss Woolgar ROYAL LYCEUM TELEA.TRE , Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OV THE PRESENT SEASON Production 0 « The Cagot, On THURSDAY , and FIEtIDAY, will be performed a new and original English plaN\ in five acts, entitled THE CA.GC,T; 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 BedoninArabs will go through their surprising performances. • Followed by THE DEAD SHOT. Louisa Levetrick, 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 rantomimists, with mechanical changes and effects. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDST/MIER 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 llurt?7 , wad. C. Leclereq. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. _ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, AlleF,srs. Shepherd and Crescriek. 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 • , Fusbos, Mr. cam. Cowell. The ballet of MONS. DTIGUION, by Mr. Flexmore. • A Concert. To conclude with THE TWO GREGORIES. ST RAND TREAT R.E.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will he performed OVE.II. THE WAY. Mr. Kinloch, Mesdames Woolidge and E. Wilton. • 'TWAS I; or the Kiss and the Rose. Mesdames Cutb. Bert, Gregory, and Woolidge • Messrs. Kinloch a nd Howard, LADIES AT HOME ; or, Gentlemen, we can do without You. Mesdames Fitzinman, E. Jacobs, Lennox, Norbury, Gregory,, Baker, &c. nd BELPHEGOR (T raves ti e ). M e ssrs. G. Lee, Howard an -!'?- d Clark e ; Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, B. Jacobs, and Willy Ed ou i n. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Gallery, 6d, A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Itra,gedy of MACBETH, with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's highly trained. Horses, &o. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. Appearance of Mt. W. Cooke, jun., d tc. To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. TO-MORROW, RICHARD THE THIRD. D oo rs open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. rox•office open f ro m Eleven till Four. Stage. Manager, Mr. W. Vest, Equestrian Directo r , Mr. W. Cook e , jun. TaE WEA.THER—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 10. TIIZEMOMETEII, IN THZ SHADE. 59 —highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 56 —this day at noon. Cns, er-road.— ANOTPEERNBEIZIEYRHYARE Ilia. The . entail follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Caulfield, Caulfield, Herr F. Glees, Duets, dzc., viz. :---Miss E. Pearce, Airs. Choruses, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers; Mr. J. E. Mackne Jongbmans, R. Grover, T. Rain°, T. Farrant, S, Jones, Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, J. in, Ben nett, and Corn i ; Mr. Sam Cowell and forte, J. ITIMOWay, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Cauleld P j lano : director, Mr. J. Caulfield, Commence at Seven l o'cloCk u p il. ' c , scly. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleve n o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selee i ons :=TIGa WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEna DAY.—Morn. 53 min. aft. 11 —Evening 21 min. aft.l2 Tn-Mnintow—Morn. 46 min. aft.l2—Evening 13 rein. aft. 1 BAROMETER, 29'35. • WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull weather and s li g ht rain oto.sionallY. 0-TA, - • un4 , f 4 ' - L)NDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEUBER 10, 1866 No one seems exactly to know what questions will be ventilated at the new Conferences. If we are to credit the semi-official article of the Constitutionna, to which we referred in our im pression of Saturday, the object is " to interpret some contested points of the Treaty of Paris, and to put it promptly in force." It is, however, more than hinted that other matters are on the Lapis, and that the EMPEROR "is determined that it shall take cognisance of other questions than :coned. 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 believe that now, in the middle of this nineteenth century, with the Giant Power of Steam .at our command as entirely as over 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' being cheaper than its rival to a large amount, furnishing i s better entrance, and removing a fruitful source of disease 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. tho3e relating to the East." It would, then; seem that the points relating to Bolgrad 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 WALEWSKI at the supplemental sittings in April, after the tt:rms of the Treaty had been finally settled ; and, considering the recent onslaught of the lifoniteur on English journalism, it is by no means impos- In balancing the claims of the two plans, the points for cousidera.tion are which of them best carries out tho 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 recoil"- 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. 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 Louis NAPOLEON 16 too well acquainted with England and the English to venture on so reckless a course. engineering ! The subject of this Darien Canal has been recalled V) the popular recollection, it will be remarked, by a statement published in another part of The San, 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 PRETOST'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 sot on foot in the December of 1453 ! 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 Sucubti, distance of 12 miles, the country is of such a character ai 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 Sucubti, 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 SucuOti, there is no difficulty to be surmounted. For the next 3 miles the land gradually rises from 120 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 milea, the ground is very low, and presents no difficulty whatever. 9. The whole length of the canal to be cut would be 35 miles. 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 whose 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 welfare to the best of their ability. Indeed these very differ elates conduce more than anything to its para mount utility. Were it not for " her MAJESTY'S Opposition" 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 guaranteed 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 tion has confirmed our original views, and added in no trifling degree to the objections which we con tcientiously 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 aro 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, we hope and believe, successful opposition, both in Parliament and throughout the length and breadth of the land. We rejoice to and 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 inaugu-. 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 cessful termination to their labours. The inhabitants of Wolverhampton, Brighton, and Reading, arc 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 w be permanently exempted from its operation The area of taxation has already been extended so as to bring persons earning 1001. per annum, or 11. 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. During 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 ere long be made to restore, perhaps to extend, the 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. iu 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 pietures, or valuable bijouterie, he should pay fur 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 injustice and sanctions a virtual robbery by its authority. - So—after all—about the only single diffi eu4y 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 NICOL JARVIE quoth in Rob Roy—" Ma con science !" As Dominie SAMPSON bath it in Guy Mannering—" Pro-digious !" Three miles ? Ono 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 \nu. be done, as assuredly as ever COLUMBUS made the egg stand upright, to the chagrin and the absolute shame of his Deriders ! We scarcely anticipate any benefit, even so far 1 is the affairs of Italy, and more especially of Naples, are concerned. It is for the Western !owers to act rather than to discuss these matters. They have already taken a decided step, and it is lnly to be regretted that it has not been more ;netptically followed up. There has been an tmentc 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 The accounts differ ; some declaring that a soldier tired at and wounded him, and others that he re leivecl a trifling bayonet wound. Whatever may be the real facts of the case, we are convinced that the matter had no political signification. Crue patriots would not damage their causti by ;uch a proceeding, which must be condemned by vdry, right-minded man, no matter how great might have been the provocation. The engineering genius of one of the grand old 1-reek Sculptors—don't we all of us remember ,hat beautiful fAiry-legend of antiquity ?—seri- ;iusly entertained th© notion of carving Mount The plan for the new street through Southwark adopted by the Metropolitan Board, and good naturedly sanctioned by Sir BENJAMIN HALL, would appear to be in perfect keeping with the Athos into a Statue of ALEXANDER the GREAT—a Colossus bearing tip in one hand a Glorious City, ►nd in the other a Mighty Urn, out of the mouth of which a River was to pour forth its tributary tlood into the waters of the Archipelago. A mag aificent 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 dcedal 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 Ta.dmor and Palmyra, and the Colossus at Rhodes, and the Hanging Gardens at Babylon, and the like astonishing achievements. Accepting Board itself—in other words, by no means the 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 1 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 bo 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 from kerb to kerb. the notion about Mount Athos, however, simply as a Proposition--still thero it is, upon record, that the Proposition was made to A_LEXANDER , 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 of How are these allegations supported ? During the interview it was elicited or represented by Sir BENJA3IIN HALL that the plan 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 cost less. The difference in the value of the property ou 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--1 moral and physical—was not disputed ; neither was the superiority of the rate-payers' plan in re lation to the entrance in Southwark, which it proposes ; while as to the last allegation we have 0.% a set off, the admission that the plan offered by the Deputation is open to a similar N o bjection, tb ie line of street bein g continued through the na ,rrow York-road ! Before proceeding to a verdict on the merits of the se rival plans the reader will be disposed to i nq. uirfa—ls there no alternative ? Cannot a 1 peticer than either be provided ? We are not at t his moment in a position to say positively there c an ; but we hope so. The temptations offered b, 5 , the plan submitted by the ratepayers, viz., scientific marvels, of the like of which the earth 1 1 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 fessed. itself baffled by the notion of cutting et mid thi r t y . five miles in length ? A canal long looked for, often suggested, almost despaired of nowadays ! A ship cana l connec ti ng th e Atl a ntic with the Pacifi c , b y spanning the narrow isthmus variously known as the isthmus of Darien or Panama ! Judging from our experience--Yes. J u d g ing from our aspirations—No. The former would almost lead us to suppose that the idea is s i m ply ridiculous. The latter induces us, on the contrary, to cherish a more earnest conviction than ever that the thing is indeed after all quite practicable.' This favourite day-dream of ours, has, been __a hobby with Jolot Btu, ever since the days of WILLIAM PATTERSON, the Founder of the Bank of England. It has been mooted again and ag a i n , but each time, as yet, unfortunately, it has been examined into and pondered over anew only to be once more perversely and provokingly aban- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _EVENING, DEC M 41 O, 1856 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, under date of Sept. 19, an official note, reiterating a request for the convocation of a Conference, consisting of the representatives of all, the contracting Powers. " Agreeing to this request the Minister of Foreign Affairs inthe name of liia 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 ectes. "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 WALKER AND HIS AGENT. As regards the Isle of Serpents, tie Russian Government says— "lt will suffice to read carefully the text if the stipu lations to be convinced that they refer to a lemarcation on the main land, and do not apply to the possession of an island situate in the open sea. In fact. no express stipulation of the treaty has either annexed to Moldavia or adjudged to Turkey that island, which was incon testably in the possession of Russia before th e rupture." As regards the Beesarabia° frontier qtestion, the memorandum says :-- "Whenever the delegates; for the settlebent of the frontier line came upon a local difficulty, which they could not settle on their own responsibility, an immediate de cision, sent by order of the Czar, raised their doubts and rendered their work easy in a perfect spirit of con ciliation. In support of this truth it will suffice to mention two facts. "According to Art. 20 the neer frontier, starting at one kilometre from the lake of BUUTI a .S o I a , was to rejoin perpendicularly the Akermann road. That line cut in two Lake Radii-Ibrahim, aid left Lake Basiriam entirely to Russia. The inspietion of the localities showed the defect of such delimitation. "The Imperial Cabinet allowed its delegates to remedy this inconvenience, so as to inclide the two lakes in the Moldavian territory. Again, the 20th Art. made the frontier end at Kate tnori, on the Pruth. The text of the treaty did not ex press whether that place was to belong to Russia or to be given to Moldavia. The Imperial Cabinet obviated that difficulty by allowing Katamori to bejoined to the Principality." As regards the courso of the Upper Yalpuck and the town of Boigrad, the memorandurt says : " As regards the first point, the text ofthe treaty in dicated the river Yalpuck as the frontier the line. In l it its c ourse, at a place called Andreeska, r i ver s ps into two arms, one bearing the name of Yalpuck, the other that of Yalpuckhel. The letter of the treaty implies the former ; the other arm would g i ve a more enlarged frontier to Moldavia. The delegates have re served this question for the solution of the C a bi ne t s . "As regards the second point in dispute, that of the town of Bolgrad, a consideration of good faith seems to determine this question. It .is this. Wien the Con gress came to discuss and decree in principal the 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. This ad ministrative consideration, so frankly expressed/received the unanimous votes of all the representatives, given in a spirit of concord and conciliation. Consequently it was resolved, by common accord, that the froner line should I pass south of Bolgrad, as is clearly and piecisely stated in thy text of Art. 20. This resolution was not taken ort the inspeCtion of maps produced at de Conferences by the plenipotentiaries of Russia. Printed in Russian they might not have appeared sufficiently intelligible, to all the representatives at the Congreas: They, there fore, formed their conclusions from the examination of a map placed at their disposal by the care of the French Government. " This fact is worthy of mention. It shows that 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, which it was important should be preserved toltussia, vas the capital of the Bulgarian colonies. " In this avowal there was neither corbealnoent, mis understanding, nor deceit. The Congress, in adheringto the desire- expressed by the Russian Plenipotentiaries, performed an act of equity and wisdom. In fact, its de cision upon the question of Boigrad brought the discus sions to a close. Art. 20 was drawn up conformably to the resolution taken at the sitting of the 10th March. The Russian Plenipotentiaries thought sight, however, to make a reserve of the approbation if their Court. That approbation was announced by Coutt Orloff in the sitting of 14th March, Prot. IX.- "In this grave deliberation it may be said the una nimity of opinion (accord) of the Plenipotentiaries at the Conference was complete. Doubtless, the Cabi nets by ratifying the acts of their Plenipotentiaries, had 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 fonad that the town of Boigrad, instead of being situate at some dis tance from lake Yalpuck, as was indicated tpon afl the maps, touched the northern extremity of the lake. "The position thus ascertained on the spot gave rise to a difference of opinion between the respective dele gates as regarded the crossing of the frontier li ne en trusted to their care. \ leaciog she left " The Russian delegates proposed to take as demarca,- tion limit the valley line (Thalw s e u gi t l o re to IV:,oldavia. shore of the lake to Russia, the las," "i nadmissible by the "This combination was d e erae o u_ in on, i access to the other Commissioners. In 0 1%4 m ight eagekler the lake open on the left bank to anti forming a &till, upon fear of the Imperial Goverot e s, m ight some day be an the lake, the presence Of m ay of the Danube. impediment to the fre e : „ na y be allowedlo say, dd not "This supposition , °Hover, ` c tally in reality with tebe nature of the locality. skil as,ussian Commissioners had been if the project of th f anx iety would have been renk we d admitted all sukie c s t ° e xpress condition, that a angle before band 1:39 t "" sho uld be allowed for the use of t) sh ° the brandwachl (boa to be kept at a fixed station, for Russian authorities, the a nd sanitary officers. S u c h aco di. use of the custoerny I have excluded the slightest anxiet y tion would s h u e r s ree navigation 6f the Danube. respecting t I ss the proposal of the Russian delegat es ~ Neverthe e h decided opposition. The French Commissione r met wit— conciliate conflicting opinions , ' suggested with a view to ake a hi h road( h w plan —t° In g e aussee) along th e a new d thus shore of the lake, ans of .e , s a t k o e s y eparate the town of 8014 grad from the tion of the ,, shores the alpuck, with the excep permission . inhabitants to have access to 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. ,e Th e Imperial Cabinet of Russia did not hesitate to g ive its consent to this proposal, which conciliated all interests and all mutual considerations. Austrian, English, and Turkish dele g ates not authorised to adopt this were aUcompromise (moyen terme). In their opinion the frontier line, instead of passing south of Boigrad, the capital, as understood by the Congress, and as stated in Art. 20 of the Treaty, ought to be drawn south of the place named Tabak (see ma p annexed to the preliminary convention of 30th August.) A. much-t o - be - regrettedcontroversy has - arisen 1 on this point. gg A few words will suffice to ' elucidate the question by placing it in its true light. The not the central point of the administration of the Bul garian Colonies. For many 1 years the town of Bolgrad 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 Russian Pl • empotentiaries asked, and which the other Plenipotentiaries united at the Congress granted, that Bolgrad shot .d remain in the possession of Russia. "This is • a simple question of good faith. If the line should be drawn south of Tabak 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 oat 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 bs done (le parti lc plus loyal st 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 hi the Emperor of the French had the honour ofaddressing to M. Goicnria, 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 ,paoLives. 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 mere stepping stone to Cuba. Of course, I re joiced to see a beautiful country rescued from a miserable imbecile Government; and as long as I considered Mr. William Walker au 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. 4 " 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 oil war. " 'l. General William Walker pledges his word of honour that he will assist and co-operate with his person and with his various resources—such as men and others—in the cause of Cdba, and in favour of her liberty, after having consolidated tilt) peace and government of the public 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. Leine, 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 for3its 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. " War. WALKER. " F. A. LAnem " 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. "But my views in entering'into 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 New 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, I received from Mr. Walker my credentials, accompanied the following letter : " Granada, Tuesday, credentials " My dear General —I send 9 1 : 1 u. They are for Great Britain by General C o a t zl without result. Aug. 12, 1856. ample, and will be, I hope, SanE England, Juannd , and l Ifso secure eu for rn Nicaragua open n ego . the e P at o object. It will be a Norte, you will effettort :;g.r d Without San Juan del long step whattowardo tiationsrntwoitfli will be in the end indispensable Norte we lack l force in the Caribbean Sea. The, to c possession are uences of this Inpa U the naval and political nothing in g iso with adap tability, I expect much to b You can do more than ay , W i t h your versatility and, if I may use the because you can make reosraulllsrnt—se.racinalavo:"ser e done American i n r nl i d t ° i ; s s h ib C iY ab a in cc e o t in se p e lis t h h , at we are not engaged in term, Ec thonueglßritish any scheme for annexation. You can make them see that the only' way to cut the expanding and expansive Democracy of the North is by a powerful and compact Southern - federation, based on military principles. " The sooner you get to England the better it will be for us. If possible, the treaty should be made before th e m iddl e 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 Ambrica fixed before the last'of April, and nothing will so much facilitate us as the settlement of the Mosquito question. Above all y this port is necessary for the work we have in hand after our Central American affairs are settled. 66 6 It is needless for rilti 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 ! What would such a psalm-singing set do in the island ? " Remember me to your family, and believe me yours sincerely, War. WALKED. " ' General D. De Goicuria.' " This letter put a new face on matters alto ether. It revealed to me for the fi rst time Mr. alker's hostility to the Democratic principles of America, and his design to establish a Southern despotism as a counter-balance to the United States. It entered into no part of my plans to forward any such scheme as this, and I very plainly p erceived that Mr. Walker gave• me credit for an 'adapta bility' which I do not possess. It was evident that the annexation of Cuba to the United States was very far from Mr. Walker's ideas. It cannot be considered wonderful that I paused, and did not instantly strt for England. " The next step taken by Walker was to revive slavery in Nicaragua, and that I heard of in Octo ber. This went still further to dissatisfy me. It is quite unnecessary for me,to deny the chargelof any' pseudo-philanthropy in regard to the black;,but the revival of slaver' , at this particular crisis of Mr. Walker's affairs seems to my mind preposterously stupid. " I 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. Ile has done all that, in him lies to cover me with infamy . His course i l e aves me no option. I thought I had t o do with a man of honour. I find I was dealing with a man utterly regardless of the most sacred obligations. " 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 as I th ou g h t ho was true to the cause of Cuba and America I was his devoted friend. If he had, not forfeited every claim t%confidence and to a reputation for common sense would gill adhere to him.. I COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 9. Her Majesty drove out yesterday morning, and again ,n 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, Bo wditch, Sanders, Poulton, Parr, Lucy, Davies, Harvey, Ackawes, Kibble white, Day, Spence, Ryan, and Denyer, had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, yesterday, at the Office of Public Works, Whitehall-place. A deputation consisting of the Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Stafford, Mr. Matheson, M.P., Mr. Lech, Mr. Macleod, and Captain Tudor, R.N., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yester day, at his official r esidence, in Downing-street, on the subject of Wick Harbour. Sir A. Spe a rman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday. Despatche s 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. We regret to learn that the venerable Countess Dow ager Grey has been suffering from indisposition at Newton House, Yorkshire, the seat of the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland. fly the latest accounts received in London her ladyship is stated to be going on well. The Earl and Countess Delawarr are receiving a selec tion of visitors at Buckhurst Park, their seat in Sussex. Viscount Nevill, M.P., has arrived at Leeds for the hunting season. Lord F ores t er h as taken a hunting lodge near Grantham. Yesterday afternoon the 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, th e Russian ambassador. Prince Napoleon Bonaparte intends, it is said, making a voyage next year to the Indian 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. I ri 17 1 w LA. NAPLES, DEC. 8. At noon to-day there was a review. While the troops were defiling a soldier of the 3d LattaHai of Chasseurs rushed from the ranks and struck the King on the The King was not wounded. The soldier was knocked down and seized by Colonel Latour. All is quiet in Sicily. The Oesterreichische Correspondeir, says that the bayonet of the soldier struck the King of Naples on the right side, above the waist. MARSEILLES, DEC. 9. News from Constantinople to the Ist instant has been received by the Ganges. The Cabinet of Reschid Pasha was becoming established. The Sultan had received, at an audience, Gen Durando, the representative of Sardinia. The alleged eapturo of Herat was still doubtfu. The conferences opened by the English Embassy with Ferouk Khali appear likely to detain the [atter at Constantinople for several months. The personnel of the Engli3ll Embassy had. left Teheran. Russia had demanded from the Shah of Persia permission to occupy the territory of Alakou. 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 vocation of the Paris Conferences. This memoran dum is an expose of the steps taken by tie Cabinet of St. Petersburg with a view to the fulfilment of the Articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty of the 30th of i March. would burn my hand off before I would ma ke these papers public it: 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 be professed. "For some reason or other, best known to him-. .) self, he chooses to violate his engagenients 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 ciples 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 mere fetch 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 cider 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 " I ,Can expect nothing, therefore, from shim Cuba can expect nothing. Her gallant sons, who for years have longed and languished can expect n othing—the people of the Unite 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 under 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 people of Cuba and to that of the United States. "I thsrefore denounce Mr. Walker as a man wanting in the first element of every kind of ability, via.,- 7 -good faith ;, I denounce him as wanting in ordinary sagacity and discretion ; 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 1 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 the tools of Walker were not as dull as they aro insolent they could see with half an eye for what the El Dorado was meant. A man of honour does not abandon the fixed purpose of his life, even becans°, friends on whom he has depended prove false and faithless*. It is too late now, unhappily, for t ile s avowal to, be a matter of consequence. But w hat I have to say on this bead I am not afraid to saY to the world. The El Dorado was meant for Cl' But I do not give Mr. Walker's UnderstrapP ers credit for such uncommon stupidity. They ; a n t ; they well for what the El Dorado was meant; they prevented her from going from a mean al3 malicious design to injure me. To accomplish Oa they ware willing to defeat my efforts to ann,e: ' Cuba to the United States. Let the public j udo who are the traitors ! know.: "D. DE GozcURIA• " New York, Nov. 22." ART TREASURES EXHIBITION• The following is a list of the sculpture promise' the Exhibition of Art Treasures at Manchester : MODERN. Sculptor. Subject. Contributor. Raphael Dolphin and Child Sir H. Bruce Canova Psyche J. W. Blundell Roubillac Prometheuschained George RigbY f i g Sir R. Westmacott Enphrosine .... ... Duke of Newells v , J. S. Westmacott Peri (Lalla Boat') J. S. Westraaeot John Gibson Narcissus • Richard Fort W. C. Marshall Paul and Virginia.. Earl of Ellesmere John Thomas Boadicea pato B. E. Spence ...... Highland Mary B. E. Spence Ingles Wyatt Wyatt .. lnfant Bacchus A. H. Novelli Wyatt Wyatt Hiram Power The Fisher Boy ... Robert Stevenson Obin 11,Penseroso Fischer Robertlz. ob ert 0 0 p p e e li n :b i r o The Praying 80y... Richard Fort ~, Unknown Italian Napoleon I. Duke of Newcastiv Unknown Italian.. Boy and Eagle George Rigby ~, hals'h n e ev w er or b k ee b n y ReeaepohianelEwniglileantdtr,abcut tmitucylviantnenttbi. e ol .) _lin Exhibition of 1853. -- -7,---- 7 ,- , --------- .„,...,,,, Hermes Kriophorus State, Cupid ben-diiigiiis f-oN' (after Praxiteles), Satyr, an d Sarco p hagus iilustratint the story of Ceres and Bacchus; contributed by the 80,30 of Pembroke. . ' The .Xl7 Apollo SaiiroctOnes, Minerva (small stat ue ) , T chirree,. Theseus Rowan Figure to a toga ; .A.polli: (pedestals with alto - rcl i evo subjects), and Venus ; cOO tributed by J. W. Blundell. Bacchns and Bacchante, Disk bas-relief of Fauns, 80 f Boy treading •,Grapei, FaUll on an Ass, Ganymecbt Medallion of bkiiander, Female Statue with Vase, Tor of a Thrower, and Bacchante wearing the Nebris ; c° l ' .tributed by J. Smith Barry.. reek .By an error we formerly gave the name of the - 1 ~` Ch anc ellor of t he University of Oxford as Dr. Co ttoP* Ts .houll have been Dr. Williams. —_,-----_ The advices from Australia by the True Briton 98; , of September, being 0 05 o r. terday a re to the 12th fortnight later than tinge received. i ts rains still interfered with. business, and the receiP'As gold .by escort were propOrtionately reduced. 1138 'le.' gregate returns fur the last 13 weeks, 'therefore, f.l,,er to keep up to the increase manifested in the pr eT a l eo/' part of the year, the in amount havi been 2,2 6° ' u sg• against 2,400,000/. `kith the resumption the Of active corresponding weeks of i se large totals were likely sisesse communication, liew,-rOO excitement m. had been e to be brought down. ;-10,e; A ntes at a place called :raised by the discoveryriniodiger According Dunolly, north-west of„P, e , t oDI to the circular of Messrs. Miles, -N l74 ° t at?d Co., the wool-market bad experienced a d:P r . : $ 0 : 1 ! . ? :; . of ld. per pen reduction of 11e , owing to the arrival of advices d at the London May sales. THE MAILS * * Map ) SOUTHAMPTOII, Tuesday. Be n ~ett ' Company's steam-ship Avon, Captain is-o,.@lifeit sailed pa this . _ afternoon, ' with the Brazilian an" .'er .o-1/ ' di l . t mails, 101 passengers (among whore ar.,„e ''',,,ttt _ Aa r r,sen, Colonel Greenwood; ,Dr. and Mrs. P 3 „ . o i . D . Baylis, Captain Robley, and Captain Th"l-se.l ' jewellery value 25.4001., specie value 166,000/4 9- I ,l' .4 Lull cargo. Tile Peninsular and Oriental Corrst" steamer Tagus, which sailed yesterday with the p ea ty o sular mails, was compelled to bring upon y e -I" Roads last night by the violent gale and eavY II - Did and was there riding safely •at anchor when tu e ,,, t‘i spatcb, 'from the Channel Islands, passed on her gr , Il jar, , Southampton. She was to leave this morning n" be irq light, if the weather -moderated. Countr-orders On to day been received in reference to the departere"tele4 Euxine steamer to bring home the Candia, and se co- ' graphic instructions have been forwarded te her wander, Captain Poaell, to sail the to some from _eer to :Malta, there to be repaired, or to come horac . „ t o t) canvass, as circumstances may. warrant. The . 61 04 ' s os steamer Barcelona, which sailed yesterday morning, y„. back into dock last night from some interruption of her machinery. On exatnisnation by divers to-day it :4 found that she had picked up a warp, which was c 0 : 0 ; several times round the screw ; this has been e_Dtbio and she is expected to proceed on her voyage agat n t he evening or early to-morrow morning, as 500n.5 ve gale moderates. The south-westerly gale rg l:1 , 1 13 ]its been blowing for the last three or four days ir_ i i ii he re il or no iriterintssion continuea very violent, an",_ TV every appearance of another very rough nigti,tin United States mail steam-ship Washingtoot,i ~Thlite Cavendy, with dates from New York to the " 11 on is , ex pected off Cowes on Friday or Saturday P('lt her way to Bremen. ti CO O THE.EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN ROYAL 5 9 " 1 . -- ,, 0 1 rANY.--SOUTHAMPTpN, Tuesday.—This companiP -eater'. steamer European, of 2,350 tons and 530-hers° s P ssag e i arrived to-day from: the Clyde, after thetormY P-over She is to leave this on Friday with nex„,,t on of IS Australian mails. The North British Daily gi'li,eivi i 27th ult. says :—" The European had a most en_s'ose of trial trip on Thursday last. She steamed at th' o ,o c' e 14 miles an hour, the engines making 54 revolutiropeni minute under a pressure of 161 b. The Gl f e b ie l p inspector was do board, and expressed hignse,,,,rgont,%e satisfied with the result. Tb© ship has tin' t ,y_,P thorough overhaul, both in hull and ruachieer,Po PI!, builders, Messrs. Scott and Co., end Me9o3. • re d i , and Clark, engineers, and 'no expense has been W e e P i g make her perfectly efficient in every respect. awelni'D sengor accommodation, which is a lt o gether i'c' t , itilengect passengers, is admirable. The saloon it 60 fee' e ly fit,v and upwards of 30 in breadth, and is handen.ra , "'s in bird's-eye maples with rosewood peellern° iptitloeo decorations consist of beautiful papier innetimrodetiA its alternated with mirrors. The sleeping ac e° , - 4e fitt e- jet is most ample and comfortable, the whole b e ing tun tin Di e two berthed state-rooms. The European in ~,0 3l obi le , the command of Captain Parfitt, late of the -1_,,,,-len and Oriental Company, and an officer of great eN io r s o hn'e Tier fernser. commander, Captain Cubit's rem:_wpante. to superintend the vessels now building for the el' o, o c ci, ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF TUB 115/39°312d'al Co'llitoCe CIL, OXFORD.—The election of an ilebdOlik' tool; P'..of for in the room of the late Professor gusset' ho e` o o yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, and d u ringg able iiitq r ,g' riling, from two to three o'clock, consider. al of D o , was manifested as to the result. The lirinelP if. B , eg e, dalen Hall (Dr. Macbtide), and the ad l v ee I?rrelector of Logic 'and, Fellow ot JD' Rev. hat 0 , 0 0 were the only canidates. Other gentleri_bove oo i mentioned, bet we be,ieve none but the f, ja 0 , 4 ,01 1 voted for, as they had all declined being Pu'gr, .! 4 , 0 , nation pre dons to the poll cornmencing-_, p r , be was the candidate of the high church, P:P,ffelose ‘f,,ii, bride that of the low church party. At ,”!,', gr. V poll the numbers were —Dr. Macbriale, 01 r 69. Majority, 18. , •