The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

. - UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS. — Wanted for a Lady and her Servant, a SITTING-ROOM, Three BEDROOMS, and separate KIT CHEN, where there are no other lodger=, near a chief thoroughfare ; between Charing-cross and Hyde-park-corner preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the advertiser a f u ll particulars, desirable occupa T, t lo4, Strand. n. References exchanged. Address, with HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week but One.—The New Grand French Quadrille. —A Mendelsohn Night—Miss Dolby, and the celebrated Pianist, Miss Arabella, Goddard. Programme for TIIIS EVENING (Friday, Dec. 5) : Part I.—Overture, Ruy Blas—Mendelssohn ; Song, << The Song of Night," Miss Dolby (accompanied odthe pianoforte by Mr. W. G. Casins)—Mendelssohn ; Concerto in G Minor, Pianoforte, Miss A. Goddard—Mendelsohn ; Symphony, the Scotch Symphony—Mendelssohn ; Song, "The first Violet," Miss Dolby (accompanied on the pianoforte by Mr. W. G. Cnsins)—Mendelssohn ; Concerto, Violin, M. Le Hon—Men delssolus ; March, The Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Part 2.—Quadrille, French Quadrille (the twenty- fourth time of its performance) with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Koenig; Finale : Partant pour la Syrie, Vine l'Empereur— Jullien • Fantasia, Pianoforte, Les Patineurs, Miss Arabella Goddatd ; Solo, Cornet, the River and the Star (the second time of performance), written expressly for and performed by Herr Koenig—Angelina ; Song, !‘ The green trees whis pered low and mild" (words:by Longfellow), ~i ss Dolby Balfe ; Polka, My Mary Ann (the 23d time)—Jullien ; Solo, Oboe, Sonvenir de la Montague, M. Lavigne —Lavigne; Quadrille, The English, with solos by MM. Collinet, De Folly, Sonnenberg, and Koenig—Jullien ; Galop, Pelissier— D'Albert. Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices o f admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2 s. 6d. ; Private boxes, lOs. 6d., £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 Jullieu and C..'s, 214, Regent-street.. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRI LAN E. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stag e Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BAL LET, every Evening during the Week, at Old Play-house Prices. Last Two Nights of the Italian Opera Company. 'Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery , ls. 6d. ; Pit, Upper Boxes, 3s. ed. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls, 10s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that be has re-entered into arrangeMents with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage. ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the moat celebrated operas of the great composers :—Madame Grisi, Madame Rude rsdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (last time). LES HUGUENOTS. The principal roles sus tained by Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Sedlatzek, Madame Chierici, and Madame Gassier; Herr Reichardt, M. Gassier, M. Kinni, Signor Gabussi, Signor Mariani, Signor Gregorio, Signor Mattoni, Signor Calamo, Signor Albicini, and Herr Formes. - • ----- After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Plumper (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews. Other characters by Mr. A. Youug,e, Mr. Templeton, • Miss Bulmer, and Miss E. Wadharo. To conclude with a Ballet, in which McMos. Osmont will appear: Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at hilf.past 7, commence at S. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKrY. THIS EVENING, and during the -week, in consequence of its great success, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Bnckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr, W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buekstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the last two nights), the ballet pantomime of THE STAB, OF ANDALUSIA, by Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers. To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit ! THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every evening.—Revival of the Mysterious Stranger, in which Mr. Wright and Madame Celeste will sustain their original cha racters. --TEN EVENING will be performed the celebrated drama of THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford , C. selby,Parselle, Garden; Mesdames Celeste. Wyndham, Keeley, Arden. After which, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravaganza, oiled THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wrght, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with BETTY MARTIN. Miss M. Keeley. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. liPslgeP. Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Friday), WILLIAM TELL. Mr. C. Dillon. After which, DELICATE GROUND. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dillon. Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss Woolgar, Menem Toole, Barrett. &c. Concluding with a Ballet. -ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and (hiring the week will he presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSIBDIER 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 Murray and C. Leclercq. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. TRAND THE A.T RE.—Manatzer, Mr. T. C", Pavne.—THlS EVENING will he performed BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Messrs. G. Lee, Howard, Clarke, and Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, E. Jacobs, and Willy Edonin. THE CAPT \ IN'S NOT A MISS. Messrs. ,T, Neville, G. Lee, Clarke, an Mesdames Fitzinman, Cuthbert, and E. Wilton. Third time, a new farce, OVER THE WAY. Mr. Kin loch, Mesdames Woolidge and Wilton. And THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Serjeant, Miss Cuthbert ; Corporal, Miss Fitzinman • Rank and Filo, by numerous Auxiliaries, who Parade and Drill every evening. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, BIRDS OF PREY. Charles Renne pont, Mr. Creswick. After which, A BLOW IN THE DARK. Viltrac, Mr. Shepherd (his original part). To conclude with DRED. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Christopher Sly, Mr. Phelps ; Petruchio, Mr. H. Marston ; Katharine, Miss Atkinson. After which, WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY. -ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred. Wigan. THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swanborongh and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at half--past Seven. AsTLErs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lesqee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week), MACBETH, with Eques trian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's Horses, trained by him. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the. SCENES in the CIRCLE; Miss Kate Cooke in her elegant act of man6ge, sz e , To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Fos-office open from Eleve till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Dire n ctor, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. the --The follow ,fladriperformance of CA NTERBII RY HALL. w est , ngt er-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENINGTh" Madrigals, Choruses, ~J e : _Caulfield, ing company of Vocalists are engaged Austin, J. Selections from all the popular Operas Glees, Duets, &c., vis. : —Miss E. Pearce, M r ? . Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caul Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino. T. F arrant i N . (l, T rlerr F. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters nett, and Corn i ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Maek,,y.tin, Ben forte, J. Harroway , R. A. ; harmonium, .1. Caulfieldlnan°; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock i . ' eisely. Suppers. &c. , until twelve o'clock. In addition 7 the usual Vocal Enterta inment, the celebrated SPANIWT MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Elev,,,, o'clock Every Eveniag, and sing some of their favourite selec ions. - ..—......----....... MCIII wAT - Er. AT LONDON BIZTDOg. THIS DAT—Morn. 51 min. aft. 6--rwning 31 min. aft•. 7 Tn-Nroanow—Morn. 5 min. aft. S—Evoning 43 min. aft. 8 THE wEATHER—Stzr OrFICIP_, DECEMBER 5. THBRMOMETBR, IN 43 —highcat alma noon vestarday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. o 2 -thir Aorr • BARONETER 29 . 60—a fall of half an inch since yesterday. WIND, S.W.—Light, with mild, muggy weather an drizzling rain. & r .?7-::, \ 61-""ri %, a -4 i ,, - - , •------e , ,, f!---, (jam' 1 t fl,,'Tz:ie(Y%-(1.".•-';:-57:44-; itily ' • - - ,-..., ~, :,,.--,. .?,_,,.. ,:>,.. ~...., 4, , '-, 4 , ---,---,2.--:..-, -.0 L FRIDAY, DECEMB.ER 5, 1856' The Magnates of T hrf;adncedle-street have made a slight enuoes 3 ion to public opinion. Al the Bank parlour yesterday it was decided that the minimum r ate of discount sho u ld b e reduced .1 rl r. iJ from 7 per Cent,, at which it was fixed on the 13th ultimo, to 6 per Cent. This change applies not merely to discounts, but to advances on securi ties respecting which thescrew has perceptibly been relaxed. The bullionist writers are in raptures at the prudence and moderation of this step — simply because it has greatly disappointed public , expectation, and although in the right direction has not gone by any means so far as had been confidently anticipated, or as the exigencies of the !commercial and manufacturing interests re- quired. The Bank has done little more than retrace the step taken on the 13th ultimo, going back to the rate of 61 per cent., which is now uniform, in place of a higher charge being made on bills hay* more than 60 days to run. As, however, it is optional with the Directors whether they will discount such paper, the relief is not by any means of an important character. The Times, which recently so clearly pointed out the incalculable evils of a high rate of interest, which it truly declared to be a great " national disaster," justifies the adoption by the Directors of a more gradual process than might otherwise have been anticipated. It points out that the Bank might, by further restrictions, have been enabled to exact nine or even ten per cent. ; and the inevitable inference follows, that we should feel grateful for the moderation that contented itself with merely 61, when half that rate cannot be obtained for investments in Consols. This, however, is merely a repetition of the argu ment of the fox to the stork in the fable. Reynard might have bitten off the head unguardedly placed in perilous proximity to his throat, and therefore the animal engaged in rendering him important service should be thankful for his moderation ! We have no doubt that the Di rectors would gladly screw up the rate of discount to the highest pitch if they could only do so with safety to themselves. But there are two all-suffi cientreasons for their seeming moderation. It would not quite do to " kill the goose that laid the golden eggs." A further great contraction of the cur rency would impose such difficulties in the way of commercial men that many stoppages would inevitably take place, by which, notwithstanding the stringent precautions adopted, considerable losses might be sustained that should be set off against the increase of interest. Many unques tionable bills should also be rejected in order to produce the necessary panic and confusion, so that on the whole the apparently liberal policy may prove the most beneficial for the pecuniary interests of the Old Lady herself. But there is another and even more pressing argument. The charter has virtually expired. The entire monetary code must be discussed early next session, and it is more than doubtful whether the Bank will be allowed to continue to regulate the currency, and to exercise almost despotic sway over the rate of interest exacted from the industrial classes. So grave a breach of trust, so gross a dereliction of duty would unques tionably turn the balance against them, and they would speedily be reduced to the private position for which they are best qualified, and to which they should speedily be restored. As it is, they will And it difficult enough to vindicate their conduct in increasing the rate of interest at a time when, as we have recently proved from their own re turns, the tide had perceptibly turned, and the bullion was gradually but steadily flowing in, the reserve . of notes increasing, while the active cir culation was being subjected to enormous reduc tions. We shall therefore decline to give them any credit for not pressing the power which should never have been confided to their charge to the highest point, considering the serious con sequences that must have followed such an at tempt. _ _ But even as it is,, we find that the English rate of interest, usually the lowest of any, is now much higher than that of any of the leading money markets of the Continent. It is more than i per cent. higher than at Paris, and from 1 to It per cent. above the current charge at Ham burg, Vienna, Berlin, Frankfort, and Amsterdam ! Now, one of the chief advantages possessed by the manufacturers of England over those of the Continent has been the facilities for obtaining money at reasonable rates. It has more than counterbalanced the higher rates of wages which the encrmous indirect taxation renders indispens able ; and if money is to be rendered scarco and dear it requires no extraordinary degree of prescience to foresee the decadence of English industry, and the transfer of some of our chief products to other districts, where the moneyocracy are more reasonable in their charges. As we stated in our impression of Monday—" The usurer who ♦entures little and produces nothing, should be contented to see the creators of the national wealth retain for their own use a portion of the profits realised by their indefatigable exertions." The Duke of CAIIBtIDGE is again justifying his ,appointment as Commander-in-Chief. His Royal -Highness already begins to evince a willingness to fulfil, without any unnecessary delay, those fair promises of military reform shadowed forth, but a very few weeks since, in that manly speech of his at the Mansion House—that speech which seemed on the instant to be little less than a doom formally and authoritatively pronounced, as far at least as concerned the general organisation of the Horse Guards, upon the evil system Boz has lately designated so happily the system of Circumlocution. Henceforth to a considerable extent, thanks to H.R.H., there really appears to be a prospect, in the military depart ment of our administration, of an end being at length put to the brain-wearying, heart-breaking work of mere—" form-filling, cor responding, nainuting, memorandum-making, signing, countersigning, referring backwards and forwards, and referring sideways, erosswist, and zigzag!" For the sole purpose, it would actually appear (as Mr. DICKENS has lately intimated with a wise and caustic irony), that some Noble or Right Honourable BAE,NACLE may exult from his place in the House of Commons, from the height of the particular post to which he happens at that precise moment to be sticking, " that within the short compass of the last financial half-year, this much-maligned department has written and received fifteen thousand letters, twenty-five thousand minutes, and thirty-two thousand five hundred and n i neteen memoranda !" Actually— there d oes really appear to be the foreshadowing at last of an end to all such monstrous folly at the Horse Guards, new that the l a st Martial BAxNACLE has been knocked off that post, to make way for one who can "dare to be above all family interests and party prejudieets and beyond the influence of every personal and political predilection. His Royal Highness the Duk e , kjA3IBRIDGE has proved more than mice, by thi s • time, his sense of what is really expected from I • um by the nation at large, in his new, and very difficult, and most re sponsible position as the General Comm a Chief. He has demonstrated this clearly enough already, upon more than one occa sion, and by so doing has shown, beyond the possibility of mi3apprehousion, his resolution not wilfully to squander one of his many LA lt MA rare and golden opportunities. His Royal High ness has the power, and, be it said, he has evidently the pluck also, to leave behind him at the Horse Guards—when the term of his sway there shall, in due course of things, have arrived—the reputation of a Military Reformer, who did. not hesitate, whenever the opportunity for so doing presented itself, to carry the work of any change that might be required to the limit of absolute reorganisation. Yesterday we took occasion to publish in our columns the latest and, beyond all doubt as yet, the most signal evidence of his Royal Highness' " power" and "pluck " as a Military Reformer, is the announcement which will be found in The bun of that date—a memorable date enough for the Horse guards—December 4th, 1856 the announcement giving promise of a total change in the entire system of Staff appointments. A little while longer, and there will be an end to Nepotism in the Military Department. A little while—and the Staff Officers of the British Army will be the very flower of that army, its glory and its pride, instead of being—simply the favoured relatives merely of some Major-General Sir BAR- NACLE STILTSTALKING, G.C.8., his beloved SOD, Or his cherished nephew, or his much•loved cousin. A little while—and the Staff of the British Army need not be the most deplorable contrast in the whole wide world to the Staffa of the Armies of the great military nations of the European Con tinent. Say to the glorious Staff of the French Army, a Staff every member of which must, prior to his admission into it, have served in the infantry, in the cavalry, and in the artillery, in all three branches of the service, and who must, in addition to all this, be a first-rate engineer, and, generally speaking, distinguished by the scc- 2 3 and variety of his scientific acquirements A reglil:..r system of military instruction, with a view to the bet ter filling up in future of the various Staff appoint. ments, is announced by order of H.R.H. the Com mander-in-Cnief to be actually at this moment in preparation. A month or two, it is hoped, will not have elapsed before this promised reform shall have been so far realised as to have been, by that time, at least fairly inaugurated. Aspirants to the Staff will then invariably, and as an absolutely re quisite preliminary, have to pass through a regular course of examination before being nominated to any one of these appointments. The highest field for promotion will by this means be opened to the whole service—in a manner be it said —unconditionally. Happily, what renders a root-and-branch reform of this kind, at once more practicable and more desirable than ever, is the simple fact of our having actually attained that epoch in our military career which we our selves were among the very first to anticipate. Years ago this journal advocated that systematic organisation of our maritime steam-force, which, by bringing the ends of our vast empire together, so to speak, by means of regular and rapid inter communication—must necessarily tend, on the one hand, to the better security of the central seat of our power ; and, on the otter, by wisely economis ing our troops (keeping them more en masse at home, instead of scattering them as it were in driblets o'er many remote colonies), render their general efficieecy more within reach of rea lisation. What The Stn yearned for, now a score of years since, is at length in 1856 attained-- that period in our national history, that stage in our national fortunes, that epoch simultaneously in our military and maritime annals, when Eng land can safely and judiciously keep the bulk of her troops together, to the end that the whole army may be improved, and, as far as possible, perfected, in its general organisation. A strong bold hand, at the same time, it must be con • fessed, was requisite when the period slimed at length arrive (as it has, thank HEA.TAN', now at length arrived)—a strong bold hand to cut through the tangles of red tape woven about the Giant-Reform by the little Mannikins of Power aid Precedent swarming about its huge and even now only half-awakened bulk, as the Lillipu tians swarmed of old about the prostrate form of our old friend Captain LEMUEL GIILLITER. That strong, bold hand, we believe and hope, has been found in H.R.H. the Duke of CAMYRIDGE. How ever flinty the obstacles before him may be, let him give heed to the words addressed by the Augur to the Roman King—Cut boldly ! The Gordian-knot of Folly binding the great wheel of the complicated machinery at the Horse Guards requires but a keen edge and a trenchant blow to be at once severed. The poar is ripe —the bough needs only to be shaken. The ball is at his foot —it requires but one single effort more to be pro pelled through the goal. Everything—almost-- is expected from the new Commander-in-Chief. Something at least must be done by him : so that the nation may not at this propitious crisis in its military annals be doomed altogether to disap pointment. A significant article has recently appeared in a supplement to the Teheran Gazette, in reference to the existing state of affairs between Great Britain and Persia. It speaks is an official tone as to the good feeling of the Persian Go vernment towards England, and the confidence entertained in the " kindness, perspicacity, and perfect equity of the English Cabinet." It declares that even if the English were to enter the. Persian Gulf, " the Cabinet of Teheran would not consider that fact as an act of hostility, but would demand from the British Government its inteitions, in order to be well as sured of the true cause of the event." It also speaks of " the old and valuable intimacy that for many years existed between the two Powers !" Now, we ask, what has occasioned the cessation of that intimacy ?—what has led to the cessation of diplomatic intercourse, and the necessity for armed demonstrations, in place of peaceful expla nations? What, but the conduct of Persia itself, which heaped insults on the representative of Groat Britain until he was compelled to strike his flag and to withdraw from a Capital where a sini ster influence predominated. Why, then, did Persia make an unprovokedand unwarrantable onslaught on the territory of a friend and ally of Great Britain, when they were well aware that we were bound to protect that territory from invasion, and that were it even otherwise we could not per mit " one of the chief gateways of India" to pass into hostile hands without a decided effort to prevent so great a calamity In the present instance Persia has been to all intents and purposes the aggressor, and, as we have already repeatedly explained, she was in stigated thereto by the avowed opponent and bitter enemy of England. If she now assumes the appearance of moderation, it is altogether ascribable to the very decided demonstration made, and the appearance of a powerful British force in her waters. But she is prepared for any alternative. She has private assurances of sup port from Russia, on which she relies to enable her to meet the emergency, whatever it may be. An article from a Warsaw journal, the Czas, which will be found in another part of our impression, explains how " Russia, noiselessly and unostentatiously, is getting ready to come to the suca,:air of the SCHAH." It tells of the reinforce- NG, DE c m NI 5, 1856 DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE. WINDSOR, DEC. 4, The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Prin cess Royal, and younger branches of the Royal Family, with Prince Frederick William of Prussia, left Windsor at 10 minutes before 11 o'clock this forenoon, for home. ORTSMOUTH, DEL A. The queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, and the Court, arrived at the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard at 1.20 p.m. to-day, era route to the Isle of Wight. Her Majesty op her arrival was received by the Commander•ir-Chic f, Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., the Lieu tenant• Governor, Major-General Breton, Capt. Seymour, of the Victory, and the principal officers of Clarence yard, with the exception of Capt. Dacres, the superin tendent, who is absent on leave. Rear-Admiral Martin, superintendent of this dockyard, was also absent, being on leave. The guard of honour was furnished by the Royal Marines. On the royal standard being hoisted in the Clarence-yard, it was saluted by the Victory, and other ships in harbour, with 21 guns each, all the vessels having flags flying at their mastheads, and their crews manning yards. Having embarked on board the Fairy, her Majesty went out of harbour at half-past one, the royal standard being again saluted by the garrison from the saluting battery and the men-of-war at Shithead. Her Majesty arrived at Osborne at half-past two. moats to " the Orenburg corps d'armcc," and the power of bringing it " by the rivers Oxus and Jaxartes to the frontiers of India." It also speaks of the activity prevailing on the Caspian Sea, and in the army of the Caucasus. All these matters are clearly intended to render the SCHAR more obstinate, and induce him to resist the just re rmisitions of the British Government. should he uiCortunately be persuaded to incur the danger, Le will himself be the chief sufferer. Whatever may be the result it will most injuriously affect the per manence of his dynasty and the welfare and pros perity of his people. Should he ever succeed by Muscovite assistance he might find it more diffi cult to deal with pretended and grasping friends than of avowed and magnanimous opponents. The doubts respecting the alleged capture of Herat still continue. The Presse d'Orient contains accounts from Teheran that seem to negative the prevailing rumours as to its downfall. It would appear that the rumour originated in the treacherous admission of a small party of Persian soldiers into the fortress, who were driven forth with great slaughter. The besiegers, it is said, anticipate speedy success. We trust, however, that the demonstration by the British Government, and the pecuniary assistance sup plied to DOST MOHAMED may prevent the realisa tion of these hopes, and that the gate of India may not pass into the hands of a Persian, which i 3 virtually the same as a Muscovite master. Is the present Metropolitan Board a bad life— that the assurance offices can't help it, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is so afflicted with dolorous contingencies in relation to it ? The poor Board—that has hardly learned to talk with discretion, much less to earn its title to be desig nated the Board of Works. It really looks very hard to treat the youngster after this fashion ! Such may be ,;he comment of a superficial reader of the report of yesterday's proceedings at the interview of the deputation of the Board with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is not, how ever, precisely the comment which the proceed ings call for. A more careful perusal will show the Board want a large sum of money to carry out certain needful improvementh, including the drainage ; and, having serious doubts whether they eau get it at a reasonable rate of interest from the assurance offices, if at at, have applied to Government to render them assistance by improv ing their borrowing powers (now practically limited to these offices) by advancing the sum required, taking for security the rates on the metropolis. Under these circumstances, the Board and the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood forth much in the relation of borrower and agent of the pro bable lender—than accounting for the general characteristics of the interview. The borrower had to make out as good a case as he could, and the party applied to to sift it, and satisfy himself as to the nature of the security. The proposition of the Board, stated in brief, is—Enable us to borrow or advance us four mil lions, to carry out the main drainage —to supply the population with parks, and in part to improve the thoroughfares of the metropolis ; the money to be repaid., principal and interest, within fifty years; and we will pledge you, by way of security, the rateable property in our jurisdiction. That property we estimate at about eleven and a-half millions—its value is increasing—and the rate required to repay the loan, principal and interest, in half a century---las it appears to us— will not exceed threepence halfpenny in the pound. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply, after some remarks on the rate of interest usually demanded by Government, inquires a little into details. What is required for the main drainage ? Answer—About three millions ? How much for parks and other metropolitan im provements? Answer-Half a million for parks, leaving half a million for metropolitan improve. ments, exclusive of 600,0001., or rather 500,0001., for the new street in Southwark, to be raised by loan, subject to ground rents. " You reckon you would raise 200,0001. per annum on the sinking fund and interest ?'' Answer—lf the 4,000,000/. is borrowed at 3/ per cent., we should have to furnish 162,1981. as (diminishing) interest. May there not be some dispute as to the validity of the tax, or the mode of levying it, which might invalidate the security ? Suppose there is a new Board in ten years, and the people are dissatisfied with the result of the drainage, and both parties object to pay the interest—what would be the position of the Government—would it not have to tax the town ? Answer—No diffi culty whatever ; the rate could be enforced by mandamus. The Chancellor of the Exchequer puts the case still more strongly, and meets with additional assurance. To make, however, assur ance still more sure, he inquires—What would be your total demand upon the ratepayers ? You think that with the interest on the four millions, and sinking fund, 6d. in the pound would be all you would have to levy for all purposes what ever. Mr. THWAITES—That is a hard question ito answer. That would depend upon the im provements that are carried out. We should think it would. The Board, it seems to us, is hardly aware of what improvements are required, and makes too niggardly a demand. As to the security—of the goodness of that there can be no doubt, provided the money be judi ciously expended—indeed in any case. The large ness of the amount sought for, and still more required, makes it, as Sir G. C. LEWIS seems to think, all the more desirable we had a Board in which more reliance could be placed. The people of London are too public-spirited to grudge - what is necessary for the real improvement of the metropolis if the rates are duly supplemented by Government aid ; but they have a right to look for the most judicious administration of the money they will be called upon to pay. It is because wo would have the calcu lations of the Board thoroughly sifted we have given a resume of the principal points eliminated at the interview. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised to give the proposi tions of the Board his most careful attention, and, en the part of himself and colleagues, to see what can be done in the matter on the meeting of Par liament. Let a thorough calculation be made, and care be taken to borrow enough when the Board is about it. One of our reasons for be lieving the sum sough for is not enough is, we see no allowance made for the freeing of the Metropolitan Bridges of tolls, and the construction of a bridge at or about Charing cross—both measures demanded on every ground of public utility, and necessary to rescue the metropolis from a great and long-standing re proach. Three millions for the drainage and half a million for the Parks—leave but half a mil lion out of the four millions for improve ments, to say nothing of the 500,00 01 . debts and liabilities, bequeathed by the late Commissioners of Sewers, and the 500,000/., out of the 600,0001. required for the new street in Southwark, which must be met. The Board, we feel confident, will have to ask for mo re, if and every one acquainted with municipal matters they persist in demanding only four mill io ns now; will agree with us in thinking it were best to borrow what is really likely to be wanted at once. So great a quantity of snow fell lately at Arlon (Netherlands) and in the Ardennes that the roads wcre rendered almost impassable. The Liege mail arrived at ) Vt i, hours behind time. T.BE NEW SPANISH L9AN. The Madrid Gazette of the 29th ult. announces that the contract has been effected, and it also gives the conditions on which the loan has been taken. A friend writes from Madrid ou the same subject, under date the 30th of November, to the following effect Here is the accurate calculation of the resalt of M. Mires' proposal to the Government fora loan 0f300,000, GOO of reals cash (3,000,000/. sterling). Reals. Net proceeds of 1,000,000 Tbree per Cent. Stock at 41 410,000,000 Deduct -3 per cent. commission to him 30,000,000 Dividend 14 per cent. to be paid him the 30th Dec., pre sent year, though the money he lends is not paid 15,000,000 June dividend, 1 per cent., though he will still have to pay 120,000,000 cash on ac count of his advance 15,000,000 Difference in the value of the stock given to this operation as foreiy. debt, the fixed rate of exchange being 5.40 instead of the current one, which is 5.15 per dollar 3 per cent., the usual differ ence in Paris between the prices of the foreign and the internal debts—the opera tion being for foreign debt 47,500,000 137, 500, 000 Net proceeds, equal to 27+ per cent., considered as internal debt, which is 272,500,000 now at 40 per cent. Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, of the Treasury, is likely to be appointed to the vacant commissionership of In land Revenue. _ _ _ The enthronisation of the Right Rev. C. T. Longley, D.D., Bishop of Durham, took place yesterday. Arch deacon Bland acted as the bishop's proxy. We are informed that it was not the Dowager Lady Stafford who lately died, but the wife of the present Lord Stafford whom the family and friends now mourn. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANlE.—Formal notice is give❑ that Vice• Chancellor Kinderiley proposes to proceed o❑ the 17th inst. to settle the list of contributories of the Royal British Bank. Accounts from Munich state that the state of the President of the Council, M. Vonder Pfordten, is sen sibly improving, and that no ill effects are apprehended from his late accident. . _ Letters from Nuremberg, of the 30th ult., state that the commission charged to draw up a commercial code common to the whole of Germany will hold its sittings in that city. Some of the large guns taken at Sebastopol have now been mounted on their carriages, and placed on the bas tion of the Invalides by the side of those of Wagrana, Austerlitz, Algiers, kc. The Brussels journals state that a great snowstorm took place the day before yesterday in the neighbourhood of that city, and rendered many of the roads to it quite impracticable for a time. ENTHRONISATION OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—Yes. terlay morning the ceremony of enthronement, or in stallation, of the Bishop of London took place in St. Paul's Cathedral, in the presence of a large number of the clergy and laity of the metropolis. Prince Youstoupoff, attache to the Russian Embassy at Paris, has taken, for 80,008 fr. a year, the hotel of the late Baron S. Rothschild, in the Rue de Laffitte, and he means to expend 200,000 fr. in furnishing it. The Prince intends, it is said, to give splendid fetes during the winter. Accounts from Cronstadt of the 23d ult. state that the English steamers Adonis and Imperatrice left port on that morning, and proceeded into the channel now in the acG of being cut in the ice. The vessels frozen up in the channel have been able to advance about 1,200 feet. THE WEATHER IN YORKSHlRE.—Yesterday (Thursday) morning the frost in Yorkshire was the severest that has been known for many years past. At Doncaster the thermometer sank to zero ; at 9 a.m. it stood at 11 deg. (Fahrenheit) ; at 2 p.m. 30 deg. ; and at 5 p.m. 23 deg. REGENT'S CANAL—Yesterday the half-yearly assem bly of the Regent's Canal Company was held at their offices, Maeclesfield-street, North, City-road. A divi dend of Bs. 6d. per share for the half-year, free of pro perty tax was declared. SOUTLIAMPTON Thursday.—Last night onp of the Custom-house officers belonging to this port, named Goff, made a seizure of 2,6001 b. of tobacco, half manu factured and half leaf, at the residence of the foreman of the Messrs. Ray, millers, residing at Wood Mills, on the river Itchen, and about four miles from Southampton. It is not true that Lord E'lenborough, on a recent visit to Cannes, purchased, for the sum of 10,0001., the chateau on the hill, the property of T. R. Woolfield, Esq., moved to do so from the fact of its being a fac simile of an old mansion of his ancestors, where he had passed his infancy. About half-past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, a collision, attended with very serious injury to at least three persons, and injuries, not serious, to about as many more, occurred at the Denton station of the Stockport and Stalybridge branch of the London and North-Western Railway. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM SCIIOOLS.—A meeting of the directors was held yesterday, at the Scottish Hospital, in Crane-3ourt, Fleet-street, which was purely of a routine character, and involved no matter of interest to the public or the friends and supporters of the insti• tution. The sanction of the home Government was given yesterday to the arrangements with the Ceylon Railway Company, under which the comp a ny are to receive a guarantee on the revenue of that island of 6 per cent. for a capital of 800,000/., and of 5 per cent. on 400,800/. in case a further sum should be required. THE CATTLE SHOW.—The Prize Cattle Show and Ex hibition of Implements will take place at the Bazaar, Baker--treet, Portman•square, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in next week. The private view, to which exhibitors only have hitherto been admiVed, will this year be open to members of the Club, and will take place after the award of the judges, at 8 o'clock on Monday evening. Advises from Madrid mention that the persons who who are contracting for the new Spanish Loan are about to send an agent to London, to ascertain if they can bring about some arrangement for the settlement of that the overdue coupons confi scated by the Government shall have the effect of removing the ban placed by the Stock -Exchange Committee against all new Spanish securities. HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN LONDON.—Between two and three o'clock yesterday morning as a young man engaged in the machine department of a daily journal was pro• ceedinE through the London-road, Southwark, on his way to the City, he was suddenly attacked by two rot flans, who inflicted a severe blow upon his head, and robbed him of 11s. The thieves effected their escape. Not a policeman was near the spot at the hour above alluded to. The blowing weather, which has for some time past prevailed on the coast of the Mediterranean, still con tinues. During the whole of Monday, as well as the preceding night, the wind blew a complete hurricane at Marseilles, and the sea ran very high. Operations of all kinds on the quays w ere suspended, and the outward bound steamers were compelled to remain at their moor ings, as none of the pilots would venture to take charge of them in the face of such a tempest. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Pen insular and Oriental Company's steamship Ripon, Cap, tain R. N. Evans, left this day with the usual East India and China mails, a good cargo, 118 first-class and 26 second-class passengers, among whom are Colonel and Mrs. Dennis, Colonel Drtnnvind, Mr. Thackeray, The amount of sp ecie taken out by this steam ship i * g a follows :—Gold to the amount of 8,620/., viz,, for Alex s andria, 2, 000 /. ; Madras, 2,426/. ; Ceylo, 3,200/. Singav re , 1,00 0 /. Silver , 798,722/,, viz., Canton, 30,692/. ; Bo mba y , 448 795. , i g 62,798!. C a lcutta, 157,344/. ; Madras, 10,000 /. ; Singapore, ; 24,591/. ; Sh an g hai, 64,511/. Total of id gold silver 807,341/. THE WALLACE AND HOME MONIMIENTS.—The Wal lace and Hume memorials have faired, All Scotland, after innumerable meetings, advertisi n s and entreating s, has onl y given 21:1 6 0 7—ngs, coaxings, odd for the Wal lace monument. Montrose, after ren ewe d an d pro l onge d efforts, has mustered 260 i. for me mber, one half of whi c h sum a monument to its late of Mont-rose . Assume that ct. ocland was . subscribed out , is niggardly, and Montrose most niggardly, t can only raise 1,300/ , for l e s " wesee that All Hume England Memorial Fund," ue instituted by Earl F or t e of eight noblemen :tad 4E and helped by a commit tee4G members of Parliament. These experiences should multiply monumental warn me.. how they essay to subscriptions, for there have been too many of them and too ill Wallace had his -advised. If ever any man, monument in the hearts of his country men and of patriots in every land. So, too, Joseph Hume made his n but withname a household word,never mentioned admiration and respect. Neither the ancient nor the modern patriot needed a monument ; and we take the f a il ure o f t h e attemp t s t ) r a ise m o n u m ents to them simply as evidences that se 0.1 the common con viction.—Dundec Advertiser. ATEST NE WS. The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition), in a letter dated Dec. 1, says : " The Bolgrad question is not likely to lead to a rupture between the Allied Powers, but it is not so certain as could be wished that the town at the north-east extremity of the Lake Yalpuck will eventually form part and parcel of Moldavia. The foregoing information is from an excellent source, and is probably correct." The Paris correspondent of the 111ol'iliiig Post 'second edition) says : " Although no invitations have been issued from the French Foreign-office for the meeting of the Conferences, still I am informed preparations are being made for their immediate reunion--that is, the resident Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Powers that placed their signatures to the Paris Treaty of Peace are to meet under the presidency of M. Walewski, `for the purpose of adjusting certain difficulties which have grown ont of the execution of the Treaty of Peace signed at Paris.'' The composition of the Conferences will, I pre sume, be as follow :—M. Walewski, President ; Lord Cowley, her Britanic Majesty's Representa tive ; M. Hubner, the Austrian Ambassador ; M. Kisseleff, the Russian Ambassador ; M. Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Minister ; Djelmil Bey, the Turkish Ambassador ; and the Marquis Villamarina, the Piedrnontese Minister. Accounts have been received front Constanti nople to the 24th. The Presse d'Crient contains a despatch received from Persia, announcing in a positive manner that the city of Herat has been taken without firing a shot. Nevertheless, rein forcements gent by the Affghans continued to approach the place. The Persians had also received strong reinforcements. The Moniteur Grey, states that tranquillity reigns throughout Greece. The Esperance accuses Turkey of re fusing to send regular troops, as she had -engaged to do, for putting down brigandage on the frontiers. The same journal confirms the arrival of the note of M. de Boutenieff, demanding that the Principalities and the Black Sea should be evacuated. A subscription for the Smyrna Rail way had just been opened. A letter from Vienna, in the Boersenhalle of Hamburg, says :—" For some days a new Rus sian circular has been spoken of, in which that Government is represented as declaring itself ready to give up the Island of Serpents, and de manding the convocation of the conference in order to decide the question of Bolgrad. I can give the most positive assurance that no such document has been heard of in official circles, and it is certain that Baron de Budberg has avoided any allusion to the views entertained by the Go vernment with respect to the difficulties of the treaty of Paris." " The Porte," says a letter from Constanti nople received at Vienna, " has revoked the reso lution which it had come to of interdicting the national divans of the Principalities to discuss the question of the union. The divans will now have the right to make known to the Congress of Paris the wishes of the provinces which they represent." FRANCE. PARIS, ThURSDAY EVENING. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The Ilioniteur publishes a decree authorising a number of natives of France to accept and wear foreign orders. The period for the assembling of the Congress is not yet fixed. It is thought, however, that the end of the month is likely to be the time at which the meeting will take place. The cause of the delay is to be found in the fact that the Porte has not yet decided on the repre sentative it will appoint. The Union Bretonne says that the working classes at St. Servau, near Nantes, have just addressed a petition to the Emperor, begging him to prohibit the exportation of butter, lard, and cider, on ac count of the scarcity of those articles and the high price at which they have arrived, in consequence, as they allege, of the quantities sent to the Channel Islands and England. The workmen assert that they are now forced to eat dry bread only, not being able to afford butter or lard at present prices, which are, for butter, lf. 30c. to lf. 50c. the 500 grammes, instead of 80c., the ordinary price ; and for lard, lf. GOc., instead of GOc. The petition has been backed by the clergy and authorities of the district. The Constitutionnel announces the approaching meeting of a conference in Paris, which is to decide the interpretation of the various points of the treaty of the 31st March now contested. This dcon ference, it states, will be composed of the se 9" ot a h r e y r P to the late congress,,..or,sinot. t words, of the diplomatic represenoutar.tivoet the ie great Powers accredited to the C Tui leriesshort d ; ro; r p e r r oc b e e ed o s f preliminary accord further, and avers that a u it r s ati s o it n t . ing ßut it th aeW A and that each one maintains its p has not been established betweenarttiliceukr Powers,views of the existing difficulties. This statement is, however, so contrary to the language of the English Ministerial journals and to public rumour that we must receive it with hesitation. Every circumstance encourages the belief that England has consented to the renewal of diplomatic nego tiations only on the tacit condition of her views of the question being adopted, and that France, England, Austria, and the Porte are once more firmly united ou Eastern policy. The following is the article of the Constitutionnel " The contracting Powers of the Treaty of Paris have come to an underst an di ng on an important point ; they have unanimo us ly decided onconvo eating a new conference, w hi c h i s to open very shortly in Paris, with a v i ew o f putting termvy ato the conflicting interpr e t a ti ons which have arisen on certain points in the treaty. This first step in the path of conciliation is, we repeat, important ; it augurs well for the respective dispositions of the Powers, and convin ces us- that existing difficulties will receive a pr om pt an d satisfactory solution. This new convocation of the conference, which had been anticipated in the t rea ty o f Paris, had always appeared to us the best means for producing a desir able soluti on . Thi s was the ground on which the French Government took up its position ; and we supported its views with conviction and persever ance from the very commencement of the difficulties. We are happy to perceive that all parties have at length sallied to this wise proposition. The glori ous efficiency of the first conferences, without which the peace of Europe would scarcely have been established, shows what may be awaited from the contact of eminent men when they are guided by a common sentiment of justice and of honour. The question will not be to recommence the la bours of the congress, nor to change the text or decisions of the treaty. But what remains for the conference to establish is the correct interpretation of certain points which hare appeared dubious. The conference will this time be composed of the second plenipotentiaries, and will, in all proba bility, be of very short duration. It was natural that this intelligence should have been received in Europe with marked satisfaction ; the confidence which it has inspired has already exercised a happy influence on public opinion and on financial affairs. Neverheless, it does no t appear certain that all the difficulties have been solved beforehand ; it is to be believed that matters are far less advanced on this point, and that each Power maintains its par ticularralicsteart of the p t p o or th tl e in g e tte c s h t a questions views relvihtieveo This fact explains newsconfereuces. Were the various opinions united there would be no necessity for deliberating ; a meeting o f plenipotentiaries would be superfluous. Logic would, therefore, indicate that different opi nions may be m anifested in the new sittings of the congress ; but either the accord will be established by mutual concessi on s , as we hope, or by the re sult of a vote a nd of a majority. In either case, a sa ti s factory solution is without a doubt. The object of the conference is, therefore, to interpret certain contested points of the Treaty of Paris, and to enforce its speedy execution. The difficulties once solved, the motives which have hitherto been the cause of the occupation of the provinces and .~ of the waters of Turkey will disappear ; the Enl - lish and Austrian forces will at once effect they wilidrawal, and thus the treaty will receive in the East, as elsewhere, its complete execution." Borne, EEC. 4 following were the last quotations : - ... Can. ft'. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 69 45 69 75 New Loan Bank Shares 4,100 Roman (x d) Credit Mobilier 1,550 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9l 75 Home Debt 85 87 41 381 RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,337 50 Western Northern 9BO Strasburg Lyons 1,362 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,780 Grand Central ...... 630 Lyons Genova Cetto AUSTRIA. The appointment of Ethem Pacha as Minister of Foreign Affairs at Constantinople is regarded in the political circles of Vienna as a mere provisional measure. Kepresii Pacha, who represented the Sultan at the coronation of the Emperor Alexan der 11., is already spoken of as his successor. The Vienna papers state that the Emperor, who is now in Italy, has entirely removed the seTtes tration from the estates of those Lombardo-Vene tian proprietors who have absented themselves from his dominions for political reasons. The Augsburg Gazette states that commissioners nominated by the Zollverein and Austria are about to meet to investigate the results of the treaty of commerce of the 19th February, 1853, between the two powers, and to come to an understanding on the now facilities that may be afforded for increas ing their commercial relations. Austria, adds the above-named journal, has not only in the course of the present year made reductions of the import of raw material and other articles, but has made known to the States of the Zollvereiu that she is disposed to effect other reductions. BELGIUM. - - - The budget of Ways and Means of Belgium for 1557 is estimated at 138,354,990 f., which 6,656,450 f. more than the estimate of the budget of the present year, though 1,763,000 f. less than that budget will, according to all probability, actually yield. The principal items in the total are—land tax 15,944,527 f., customs 11,845,000 f., excise 23,094,0001., stamps 3,250,000 f., tolls 4,820,000 f., registration dues 12,800,000 i., post office 4,700,000 f., and railways 23,500,000 f. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 3.—The Marquis de Turgot ar rived here yesterday. The Diario Espanol an nounces that M. Ros de Olano has tendered his resignation as Spanish Minister in Portugal. Orders have been given for the immediate drawing up of the budget of 1857, as the preceding one will expire this month. It is thought that the Bank of Seville will be authorised. It will have a capital of 18 millions of reals, and a privilege of 25 years. M• Isturitz will probably be sent as Minister to Russia. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 20.—The Peninsular and. Oriental Company's steamers Cadiz from Bombay , and the Nubia from Calcutta, arrived at Suez on the 17th inst., with 37 passengers, and will leave to-morrow on their way back to India. The Candi* and Valetta, which arrived on the 18th and 19th respectively, have brought 700,0001. of specie from England, Malta, and Marseilles, the whole of which is in transit, with the exception of 47,000/. for Alexandria, chiefly in gold. A considerable amount of specie has likewise arrived here from Trieste and from Turkey, but greater par t of the latter goes on to England, and was shipped at Co n' stautinople, where exchanges have lately ruled e%' cessively high. The proposed visit of the Viceroy to Khartonol and Sennaar has been postponed for a few days. The survey and soundings which have been con' ducted by the officers of her Majesty's ship T artarus being completed, their final report was sent h em by last mail, and the Tartarus is now under order° to take from 40 to 50 deep-water soundings 130 " tween Alexandria and Candia. The line from this island of Sardinia to the opposite coast of A frica has been found impracticable for a submaril cable, chiefly on account of the enormous depthi_ct water ; but there appears to be,reason to hop e the mission of the Tartarus will be attended Wit ", - more promisingresult, and that the direct li ne Candid will ultimately be selected for establishing communication between Egypt and the European _ line of telegraph, in preference to the mor e circuit" ous route along the coast of Syria and Asia 111 The internal lines of Egypt are meanwhile rap the extending themselves to the different parts °f cbes country. At the present moment t wo bran c onnect are in course of construction which will conn.rebs Rosetta and Damietta with the main line extending from Alexandria to Suez, ° f a third and from has been decided upon which will prc' t - : Cairo to the several towns of Upper Tar- Captain Mansell, the commaudg°P he bad tarns, has just returned from Suez, whither survey .. s gone at the request of the Viceroy to sur a y lt liarbour and the adjacent coasts of the Red Se c _ • of A railway bridge across the Rosetta acted dnfohr in the Nile, at Kafr Laiss, has been conntt r o a f c cast iron the England at 135,0001. It is to beibeuftvl lea ving i room for and will be 40 feet broad, line . of rails._ lway in regard to The Alexandria and Cairo Rai two camel tracks, besides a been attended with all the amount of its traffic has beyond the highest amount of success already tdhouusb.i e expectations. iers arrive d here o n the nth inst., Monsieur de G has coi fi contracted c commencementr with : t h e e Egyptian Government for the) purchase of the entire n a la ft t l l il e e d quantity of saltpetre prepared by the Governme nt over and above that required for its own consutor maAinemder: tion. la The contract is to be in force for five years, a m p the quantity is estim a t e d a t a b ou t 500 to 1/Liv" . .„ tons per annum. It i s sa id t h a t t hi s o peration J.'; been entered into for account of the Austr l6 Government. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNI NCI. d The United St a t es s teamer Baltic has arrife, s w 4 it s h l, a 3 d 6 v 2 ic s e p s ee f i r e om on N ir e e w igh Y t o . rk to the 22d Ult. ) an The Niagara had arrived at Boston. There were no tidings of the boats of tho fir il. S na h i e s' ha s d ea The port. e rc x h p i e n r g ie s n te c a e m d errouMgharwioenabthaedrp. utsihnoto u wo id go out again. The Nevi Orleans Della, the organ of Jefferli°ll Davis, says : " When the admission of Kansas into the 173i°11 comes to be acted on, the South will learn the 0 1 , 1 ',_; thief n fi i n i d d d , l e w e g r f e e u a n r, d t heant which on - ne r in which the late contest was conducted. ou,, of Mr. d to stand. Buchanan's , .upporters at the North ligree 'PP She will find that it will be difficult, if S lavenoi possible, to bring Kansas into this Union as a bill State. She will find the day Mr. Buchanan Sig , " /3 a • to that effect, if ever passed, his party will ho de ad act, buried at the North. He owes his election to the voteee.t extethnesion of slavery was majority the South, and to the defiant attitude of resistance Whi ' 3 , she was beginning to assume. He should bear that facD well in mind. He will be a traitor and insensible to 0/l manly feeling of gra titude if he forget it and disre,gaur ~, e the obligation it i m p lies. Then let him live up t° t''' letter and spirit o f the Ostend letter : let him look' -,- our interest in Cuba, which, by right of rt i geography °„ o f political nece. , qiity, should he ours. Let him foi/ Walker in Nicaragua, and forestall Spanish and Frene" designs upon Mexico ; let him place the Great Teb ua b il v . tepec route beyond the hazard of being lost to us " I ,' securing the grant of a strip of territory across that iat7; mils. The acquisition of Cuba in defiance of Eng lai r c i and France would not split the Union • it wou ld it. The regeneration of Central America bYd Walker, in alliance with the United States, would lea ° to the gradual emancipation of the Wes t Indies f rom .1. tb infamous free negroism established by the enemies American republicanism." Louisiana gives Buchanan 2,000 majority Georgia gives him upwards of 14,000. At Havannah on the 14 th frei g hts were dully exchange improving ; balanc e of old sugar on ban 115,000 boxes. The New York money market unchanged. ; t ile r demand considerably less urgent, at 8 to 8i F e e , cent. for prime next day bille r 9 per cent. at th,,' et and six months ; on call 7 p cent. Stock wars,. active, but rather declining, through party pressur;, In exchange not muclidoim_f. Sterling floliet. some bankers having advanced to 91, per co' - B - ilis on London 9 to 9:1. ; 40 e'a Flour market somewhat depressed by N , -. - ' advices. better Cotton market unchanged , closed with be.- - tone. Fi eights unchanged. Iron fair demand. i ----------- ------mas held T HE INCOME Tex.—A preliminary me eting - - to a t Messrs. Hale's Mui=ic.roorn, on Friday ev ning ' t o complain of the system of surcharges of income tax which has been pursued in this town, and also to end , ner3l your to procure a reduction of the tax itself. A ge: -- , 0 ;,. committee was appointed, with power to add to t number.—Chelteultant Examiner. IN ,