The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-26 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURT.LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, TILE GREAT GUN TRICK. Attar which, MET DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages 01' Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. II Mar the Management of Mr. Buckstorie. THIS EVENING, THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE RIJTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. under the Management of Mr. CIWILLI Ezaw. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, MARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. C,ormack; Clown, Mr. Malice ; Pantaloon, Mr. Taal° ; and Columbine, MIAs Caroline Adams. THEATRE ROYAL ADETIPHr. roprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude wit _ JACK AND THE BE kN STALK ; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Megan. J. Bland, P. Bedfbrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will apear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING , PARIS IN 1792. To conclude with A. PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and Sane Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne , . THIS EVENING. THE HOLLY TREE INN. Fo!lowed by A PLAGUE ON BOTEI YOUR HOUSES. After which, NOEMIE ; or, The Foster Sisters. To conclude with NOT TO BE DONE. ROYAL OLYVPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, THE JEALOIId WIFE. After which will be produced a New and dombly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINICERS ; the Three Glass Distaffs. la . which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marsto 1, and Miss Maakell will appear. ♦*TLET'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE. taut. and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooks. ,A GRIND JUVENILE NIMITS, by particular desire. THIS EVENING, A Grand Equestrian Comic Panto nun', called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Cham pions of Christendom. After which the unequalled Eahttoltion of EQUESTRIIN ART in" the CIRCLE, includEng the performance of Migi Kate Conk, la leur de PAriMe. The sag•aclous Elephants will appear. To conclude with the faithild portraiture of one of the most popular Romances ever written called ROOK WOOD; or, TUR PIN'S ul DF. to YORK. Box-oake open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Eqaestrlan Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Inn. EAMASTAITLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF ♦VOMAN, Every Evening at 8, and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unanimous voice of the ptess, and by ni4htly increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTIN'S lIALL, Long-acre. Area, Is. ; Reserved Chairs, 2s. Gd. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 32 min. aft. 4—Evening 48 min. aft. 4 T I-Minnow—Morn. 3 min. aft. s—Evening 21 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 26. TI/ERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62 --htgbest since noon yesterday. 44 -lowest this morning and during the night. 49.—thin day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'58. WnfinW.S.W.—Light, with fine weather. Afternoon—Rain. A ; ! 4 - _}"e 3111 LONDON, SATURD&Y, JANUARY 26, 1356. We are beginning to obtain a clearer insight into the motives of the Cabinet of St. Peters burg in accepting, and; we fear we may add of the Cabinet of Vienna in bringing forward, the now notorious Austrian Propositions,. Consider able surprise was occasioned at the sudden con version of the CZAR—evidenced by his uncondi tional acceptance of terms supposed to be abso lutely inconsistent with his dignity, and which it was boldly asserted he dared not carry into prac tical execution. He had but a short time pre viously offered counter-propositions of a totally different character, which, so far from yielding a single point to the Allies, would have been con ducive rather to the traditional policy bequeathed by his predecessors, and which, on his accession to the throne, h© had avowed his inflexible reso lution to pursue. Why, then, the sudden change? "The leopard does not change his spots," the lion does not become the lamb at a moment's 'notice, nor without some adequate cause. Joyous pceans may be chaunted by the open and avowed ad,v6cates'ef Russia as to the extraordinary " moderation" of the AUTOCRAT, but Credat Jamas Apella, mom ego, or, acaording to the parallel apophthegm in the vernacular, "Tell that to the marines, for the sailors won't believe you." We may possibly find an adequate explana tion of the sudden conversion in some casuistical and hair-splitting interpretation of the terms, simi lar to that which gave an infamous notoriety to the tint Vienna Note of 1853, which, like the pre sent one, was approved of by the Governments of Austria, France, and England, and which re ceived " a pure and simple" acceptance of that of Russia, but, as it afterwards appeared, with an nrriere pensee, or private reservation, that altogether deprived it of its value, and would have rendered the terms destructive of the inde pendence of Turkey, if carried into practical exe cution. What reason have We to suppose that Austria has so completely changed her tactics since last April as to render inapplicable the deliberate judgment of Lord CLA.REND9N, contained in his despatch of the 21st April, 1855, that there was " much reaso n to fear that Austria would propose nothing that Russia would be unwilling to accept ; while, on the , other hand, it seemed probable that Russia would agree to nothing that would inter fere with the determination- that the Emperor ALFOCANDER announced of carrying out the policy of PETER and of Cantraurg Let us see whether, under the Propositions now under notice, that policy has been at all abandoned ; or whether, on the other hand, we are not rather aiding and assisting in carrying it out, to an extent that will pl a ce the Ottoman empire, ( bound hand and foot, at the mercy of her wily, unscrupulous, and un merciful opponent. The chief point is that which relates to the go -called "neutralisation of ale Black Sea," which, emtempora r y—the Morning Herald— as t u t ely Its-a remarks, "has been substituted for the old and intelligible phrase--cessation of Russian p re p on _ derance in the Black - Sea !" This is the great mhielternent of Austria—the triumph of our sagacious diplomatists ! It is for this that we have 6 4peaded so many Milliol.l 4 of money, doll myriads of invahia - bl e lives "The sea is to b© open to merchant vessels—.closed to war navies !" The sheep, as in, the time-honoured apologue, consent to discard the watch-dogs—exemplified by the war vessels of the Maritime Powers, and even their own armed ships ; but the docks of Nicolaieff, which is not on the &mine but on the tributary, the Boug, may exhibit • intense activity. An irresistible armament, at icazt SO far ac Turkey is maps:id, may there be organised and prepared THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENII‘.'4G, JANUARY 26, 1856, against which the Western States will not even have the right of protesting. But this is not all. Turkey has always had some protection in her own forts and strongholds against her unscrupulous adversary. Silistria and Varna have proved in superable obstacles to Russian progress, and the fortifications of the Bosphorus promised to give a warm reception to any invading foe. Are these to be dismantled to gratify the amour propre of Russia ? It would be an act of deep and unpa ralleled treachery even to contemplate. Far better that " the standing menace to Constantinople" should remain in all its terrible and ominous strength than that Turkey should be deprived of her chief protection which might enable her to resist the invader, although supported by Aus trian auxiliaries, until Frensh and English valour might supply the much-required aid. Yet if we look to the terms, "no naval or military arsenals" shall be maintained there (i.e., on the Black Sea), Turkey must submit to these very humiliating and perilous conditions. Well may the SULTAN ex claim, " Save me from my friends !" Their aid will indeed have been dearly purchased should it terminate in such an untoward result. It is certain that there is some potent influence in operation, hostile to English interests, which must at any cost be brought to light. A strin gent inquiry must be instituted into the secret cause. We cannot believe that Lords PALMER. STON or CLARENDON would of themselves assent to stipulations so manifestly injurious. The question then arises, Who is the traitor ?—and that question must receive a direct and cate gorical reply. Is he to be found within the limits of the Cabinet, professing to render his best services to our most gracious SOVEREIGN, while he is devoted heart and soul to her avowed enemy or her pretended friend ? If so, there is a constitutional method of purgation. We saw how speedily one, who had weakly and timidly yielded to the spirit of Germanism, was removed on a former occasion ; how Lord JOHN RUSSELL was compelled to resign, in order to save his colleagues from the consequences of the motion of Sir E. BULWER LYTTON. A similar result would follow a like course in the forthcoming session. Should the evil influence be without the Cabinet, then it must be more closely followed up ; and it will also be detected, if the parties are in earnest in the pursuit. Whatever or whosoever it may he, it can no longer be tolerated. The un clean thing must be put from amongst us. We must have England for the English, not for the Germans. We shall not surrender our Anglican laws for German examples ; and, like the Barons at Runnymede, we are prepared to join, heart and soul, in the spirited exclamation, "Nolumats (eyes Anglite niutari ;" and woe to those who enter on what must necessarily prove the abor tive attempt. Whether, after lending dignity to the Senate by his Commanding eloquence, and enlightening it by the rays of his genius and learning, Mr. MACA.IILAY intended, while announcing his retire ment to his constituents, to call their attention to the fact that members of Parliament are, or ought to be, servants of their respective constituencies, we are unable to say. If it was, he has left a legacy behind him by .which the constituency of Edinburgh, and other constituencies, will do well to profit, and has added another obligation to the many which, throughout his career, he has con ferred on the public ; for nothing can be more certain than that an obliviOusness of the fact has characterised the proceedings of but too - many members of the House of late, and has been pro ductive of infinite mischief to the best interests of the nation. The reader has only to take up a file of news papers recording what has taken place in the House and in the country since the commencement of the War to be convinced of the truth of our assertion—that is, if he has any doubt about the matter. On turning over the file he will discover hew ill the views of the nation have been repre sented in Many instances in relation to the War— how when from one end of the country to the other the constituencies had pronounced for a vigorous prosecution of hostilities, members of Parliament have presumed to countenance a traitorous do , nothing policy, nay, actually to play into the hands of the enemy by denouncing the War alto gether, and. offering every obstruction in their power to its prosecution. And in the foremost rank of these un-English members he will discover, with grief and armament, men whose political existence is the creature of popular favour, and who without it would have never had a chance of setting foot in Parliament. Men who owing every thing to their country have -not been ashamed to put weapons in the hand of her adversary, and, in the indulgence of a sordid spirit, have pre ferred to be popular in Russia rather than at home, to find an echo of their sentiments in the Muscovite rather than the English heart, to the infinite disgust of the nation at large as well as of their constituents, who have vainly, by their organs, called on them to retire. What can be more clear, we would demand of him, than that if the true relation be tween members and their constituents ware constantly present to the public mind, an universal shout of disapproval would have caused these re fractory gentlemen to vacate their seats ! The doctrine is pregnant with too important consequences to be suffered to pass into oblivion. It is of the veryessence of the theory of representa tion, without which the theory is a farce. We don't mean to say that members of Parliament are, or ought to be, the slaves of the people—they dislike the true doctrine too much for us to aggravate its bitterness—but we do say. thatmembers are sent to Parliament to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves—viz., give expression and effect to their views on public affairs, and guard and vindicate their particular interests. To do this in the very nature of things necessitates a certain amount of discretion being granted to members, since it were impossible for them to ascertain the decision of their constituents on every measure brought before the House, supposing that consti tuents generally were prepared to give one ; and hence it is left them honestly to apply the general principles on which they were elected to each pa.rticular case that will admit of it, and other wise t o d o for their constituents what, were they present, it might fairly be inferred they by a general consensus would do for themselves. To call this slavery is alinost.as absurd as to call the practice in vogue representation. No mem ber is bound to do violence to his conscience by the support of any-measures of which he disap proves. Resignation i s open to him if, by reason or attempt at persuasion, he cannot convince his c3nstituents he is right ; ,and lie will fail in his duty to himself if he renders unprincipled ser vice, as lie will to his constituents, if he forgets that lie is a servant, and does only as he chooses. The doctrine has been too long in abeyance, and we trust will henceforth be insisted on wherever a candidate presents himself for popular suffrages. Another very stormy scene has been enacted at the meeting of the Eastern Counties shareholders plass., of listsnin yesterday. In g patiently to those who had arguments to put forwardo and thus to Adol. bas a.L ~~ V ~'uV7~ enable impartial and unprejudiced persons to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, there was a constant succession of yelling, hooting, shrieking, and hissing, that effectually drowned the voice of any speaker who had some dozen of noisy oppo nents in the arena. This is certainly not the way to arrive at a fair judgment on the vexatce gaits tiones. The conduct of the Chairman was impugned ; an important question was at issue respecting the policy and propriety of his management between himself and the Committee of Investigation. Avery elaborate bill of indictment had been framed which was many months in preparation, and which esta blished a prima facie case. It is but justice to Mr. WADDINGTON to say that in a comparatively brief period he brought forward very distinct answers to every accusation, and boldly vindicated his own character and management. Something might possibly have been said that might have helped the unbiassed shareholders in arriving at a just judgment. But the opponents of Mr. WADDINGTON seemed resolved to prevent any additional light from being thrown on these complicated transactions. Under such circum stances the best, the only thing that can be done, is to rest on the previous statements, and the evidence that has been adduced in their sup port, and to await the result of the poll which has been demanded and is now going on. Then the point in dispute will be decided legally. The shareholders, as a body, will have the oppor tunity of declaring who is right and who is wrong, according to the evidence already in their possession. If more be required, let means be taken to obtain it ; but let not matters that should be decided in accordance with truth and justice he subjected to the arbitration of brute force. From the statement of the Chairman, it would appear that he has received a very decided approval of his conduct and policy from a very large majority of those best entitled to vote, but who could not venture their persons amongst the " roughs" who constituted a portion of the meeting, and who were little better than the bludgeonmen who ac quired such unhappy notoriety in the old elec tion. Let us not be misunderstood. We are far from imputing any blame to the respectable and reasonable men on any side. But expe rience has shown that a comparatively small party, solely intent on making a disturbance, can effect their object against a majority of ten to one. Mr. WADDINGTON states that there are proxies in his favour, representing 1,379,2801. and:20,025 votes, while on behalf of the Committee there is only stock to the extent of 251,4701. and 4,299 votes ! We shall, however, know more of the matter at the close of the poll on Monday, and learn whether the WAD DINGTON dynasty is to be maintained, or substi tuted for that of the new claimant to the Imperial Purple of the Eastern Counties. THE PEACE CONFERENCES. We believe it is now decided that the Peace Conferences are to be held at Paris. The French Government proposed London as the seat of the Conferences, but the English Cabinet preferred they should be held in Paris. After the preliminaries are signed, we believe we can state with perfect confi dence that the interests of Great Britain will be confided to the Earl of Clarendon, Count Orloff and Baron Brunow will represent Russia, Count Buol and Count Valentine Esterhazy, Austria, and Count Massimo d'Azeglio, Sardinia. Various names have been mentioned as those likely to take part in the important proceedings on the part of the other Powers, but as we can trace them to no reliable authority we forbear mentioning them. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Jt i ecy , Jau. 21, 1656. I you do me the favour to insert the follow. ing letter :—The electors of England are asleep, not withstanding your efforts to arouse them. If any im• pression is to be made on the Government, not an hoar must be lost. Lord Palmerston may mean well ; but unless he is backed by the electors of England through their representatives he will he powerless, and will do nothing that will really benefit the English nation. Electors of England, Scotland, and Ireland—Awake ! awake ! awake ! You made war with Russia to secure liberty and freedom for Turkey. Blood and treasuro have been lavishly expended in this great cause—will you now allow a power that should have helped you in the time of your extremity to dictate to you terms of peace ? Austria, the ally of Russia, is seeking to do this under the false guise of a neutral power. She is the friend of Russia, and not of the Allied Governments ; therefore shut her out of your counsels, an , 1 disregard all her overtures, and by a simultaneous movement call to gether your representatives in every polling town in the United Kingdom—state to them, in plain, unmistake able language, , the terms you will have if you make peace. Beyon those contained in the four points, we ought to have indemnity, or a complete payment by Russia of the cost of the war, and of a further security against future aggression. The independence of Poland ought to be insisted upon. If the nation will speak unanimously, the Government must hear and obey. Electors—Awake ! awake ! awake ! and before it is too late, with one undivided and mighty voice, tell Lord Palmerston the pea.c-, and the only peace, you will accept. J. E. Despatches for the Governors of Canada, the Mauri tius, and Malta, were sent last evening from the Colonial -office. We understand that her Majesty has signified her gracious intention of opening the session of Parliament n person. We have reason to believe that the Address in the Lords, in reply to her Majesty's Speech from the Throne, will be moved by the Earl of Gosford, and seconded by the Earl of Abingdon. Mr. Cairns, M.P., and a deputation from the Cham ber of Commerce of Belfast, consisting of Mr. John Herdman, Mr. Robert Hull, Mr. J. Preston, Mr. T. M'Clure, bad an interview with Lord Stanley of Alder ley, and the Right Hon. R. Lowe, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. THE BANK OF LONDON.—This rising bank has been fortunate enough to obtain the account of the Metro politan Beard of Works by the unanimous vote of that board. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—The Board of Trade certified on Thursday a further addition of 100,0001. to the subscribed capital of i the Royal British Bank (now 300,0001.), on which 50 per cent. has been paid. Oae hundred and seventy-two sew shareholders have sub scribed the deed of constitution during the past year, of whom 112 have joined in the last six months. THE WESTERN BANE OF. LONDON.—A prospectus has been issued of a new metropolitan joint-stock bank, to be called tha Western Bank of London. The pro posed capital is 400,0001., in 1001. shares, and the chairman is Sir Henry Bnlwer, while among the direc tors is Mr. Roebuck, M.P. The promoters call atten tion to the fact that this will be the first independent institution of the kind at the West-end, the existing joint-stock accommodation there being limited to that which is supplied by the branches of City establish ments. Miss P. HOBTON.—This clever and accomplished lady is about to appear at the Gallery of Illustration, Regent-street, in the musical entertainment, lately so popular at St. Martin's-hall. She will be assisted by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, whose pictorial embellish ments will doubtless give a new and peculiar interest to the undertaking. MURDER.—EXETER, Thursday.—The Exeter police have to-day apprehended a woman, named Mary Weeks, on saspieion of having murdered her son, It appears that a few days ago the body of a fine boy, aged about four years, was found in the Exe river, near Star cross. A black apron was tied tightly round its face and head, and there were indications that the poor child bad been foully. murdered. InformAion was forwarded to the Secretary of State, who immediately offered a re , ward of 50/. to any person who would give information about the child. During the past week a person resid ing in Exeter has communicated with the police, and the result is that the woman Weeks, who left Exeter yester day for Plymouth, has been apprehended. She appears to have lived as servant in two or three public-houses in the city, and had an illegitimate child of the same age and having similar appearances as the murdered boy. The child was kept by a person in Exelane until a few days ago, when, in consequence of her refusal to keep it any longer, Weeks came and took her boy away, and said she should send it home to her mother, who resides at Stioklepatb, near Okehampton. One night, at nine o'clock a woman resembling the prisoner was seen, ap parently weeping, standing near the river Exe, and a child's frock and another article of wearing apparel were subsequently found near the spot. It is therefore sus pected that the poor boy was thrown into the river Exe, at Exeter, and that the black apron was tied round its face and head to prevent its making any alarm and to facilitate its de a th, an d t h at t h e b o d y was car ried dow n by the curreat to the spot near Starcross where it was disoovexed. T2!.:::fulkeCzkeem264hi , LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, SATURDAY, JAN. 26. The steamer Bombay arrived here this morning at 1.45 a.m. from Alexandria, which she left on the 20th. The India and China mails reached Alexandria on the 19th of January, with dates from Calcutta to the 22d of December ; Bombay, 2d of Jan. ; Shanghai, Bth of December; Canton, 12th of December ; and Hong Kong, 16th of December. Bills have been passed for turning the Sonthal country into a non-regulation province. The kingdom of Oude is to be sequestered, and the administration entrusted to General Outram. Trade in India was quiet ; the money-market very tight and unsettled. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. sftd. ; at Bombay, 2s. 21d. The rebellion still continues in the interior of China, and paralyses trade. Another extensive fire had occurred at Canton. Trade in Canton had been brisker. Exchange at Canton, 4s. lOid.; at Hong Kong, 4s. 9id. ; at Shanghai, 6s. 9id. The American Commodore Abbott is dead. Lord Canning left Suez on the 13th of January for Bombay. The English steamer, with the London mail of the 10th of January, arrived at Alexandria on the 20th of January, and was to leave again on the 22d. HAMBURG, JAN. 25. A new loan, for 600,000 silver roubles, is about to be raised in Finland, towards meeting the expenses of the war. BERLIN, JAN. 24. It has been determined at a Council at which the King presided, that Prussia will make no very open demonstration of her wish to be admitted to the Conferences. It is expected here that the Conference will soon resolve into a general Congress, to which, of course, Prussia would be summoned. Diplomatic relations between the representative of Russia and those of the Western Powers have been partially resumed. On their last meeting in public, the Baron de Budberg ' and Lord Bloomfield were in conversation for a considerable time. The news of the Russian acceptance has been received very coldly in Sweden. The national feeling there is greatly disappointed at the pros- pects of peace. We learn from Copenhagen that a similar dis satisfaction is manifested by the ultra-national party of Denmark. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. BOURSE, Jan. 25.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. 4i per Cents 94 -- 3 per Cents 6B 45 New Loan 6O 15 Bank Shares 3250 , Roman Credit Mobilier 1440 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese(s)...... 85 50 Home Debt End of Month. —f. —c. 68 70 RAILWAYS-TOR CASE. fr. C. C Othans 1202 st) 'Western Northern byons Rediterranean 1320 Grand Central 596 2.) Lyons Geneva 702 50 Teste . . • 630 Cette 707 50 Austrian Com. ...... 805 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 21st, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" The diplomatists at Vienna are busily occupied in preparing the conferences ; and it is said that the conditions on which the armistice is to be proposed are those If peace be not re established before the spring the allied fleets will enter the Baltic, but as long as the conferences shall last are not to go beyond Gothland. In the CI imea, the Tchernaya and the two passages of Baidar will form the line of demarcation. As regards Kin bourn, Eupatoria, Kertch, and the theatre of war in Asia, the generals commanding there will have to come to an understanding on the line of demar cation.' It is not yet known whether there'are to be simple conferences or a congress. In either caie Count Buol will represent Austria, probably in concert with Count Rechberg, President of the Diet. It is very positively stated that the Cabinet of Tienna is determined to demand that Prussia shall be invited to take part in the conferences. Vienna, Dresden, and Brussels are spoken of as the seat of the conferences, but it is not true that they are to take place at Paris. Count de Schwar zenberg yesterday gave a ball to which Prince Gortschakoff, Sir H. Seymour, and Baron de Bour queney were invited." OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, Jan. 12.—The monotony of camp life in the Crimea has not been broken by any event worthy of record during the week. When the last mail left, on the morning of the Bth inst., it was blowing almost a gale from the south-west ; and the snow, which covered the ground in some places upwards of a foot in depth, was melting ra pidly. Now the snow has wholly disappeared from the surface of the plateau, and on the distant mountains it has very sensibly diminished in quan tity. On the open ground, between the deserted earthworks of Sebastopol, and the long streets and villages of wooden huts which occupy the sites of the former tented encampments, large green patches of new vegetation are scattered, and many of the earlier bulbous plants are shooting up. This will sufficiently show the mildness of the tem perature during the week. The roads are unavoidably in a bad condition. Constant attention appears to be paid, however, to filling up holes as they occur, scraping off the accu mulations of mud, and keeping the drains clear. The traffic upon them is immense and constant, especially near Balaklava, where the Sardinians and French use the roads as well as our own troops. The road police are found to be very serviceable in maintaining order, and enforcing the regulations for the passage to and fro of the lines of vehicles, transport animals, and fatigue parties of men. The appearance and condition of the transport mules are fast improving. The Fourth Division of her Britannic Majesty's army in the Crimea is rapidly acquiring the name of the " Fast Division," on account of the energy and vivacity of its efforts to be jolly under difficul ties, and to dispel the tedium of winter in camp. Its greatest and most successful attempt in this way has unquestionably been the establishment of a Theatre Royal, with dresses, scenery, properties, orchestra, and all other requisites. EXPLOSION OF DOCKS. The engineers and Mr. Deane were not com pletely ready to blow up the east pier of the Eng lish portion of the docks till a quarter past four on the afternoon of Jan. 8, although noon had been given out as the hour of the explosion. By the former hour, although it was raining and blowing pretty fresh, a larger number of officers had col lected together inside the dockyard wall than per haps at any one time before. Amongst them, in addition to a large number of Royal Engineer offi cers, together with some Spanish and Danish engineers, there w ere p r esent—th e Commande r -i n - Chief and Staff, Lord Wm. Paulet (with his aide de-camp), Generals Windham, Straubenzee, Crau furd, and Sir Richard Dacres, Lieut.-Colonels Taylor, N.A., and Turner (commandant), the four majors, and several officers of the garrison. After a few minutes' delay, in which time it became generally known that 25 charges of nearly 4001bs. each—say 1 0,0001bs. of powder, were tA fired. The notice was given to Mr. Dea iby 1,2, 3, to explode at the last figure being hallooed out ; there was a breathless anxiety, but nothing followed. Again 1,2, 3 was cried out, but to the algusement of tome sad the =quo of alotignant, - . - - silence still prevailed. At last Mr. Deane him self appeared through the dockyard gate from the outside of the high stone wall where his voltaic batteries were placed, and on being interro gated, he stated that the connexions must be broken or out of order somewhere, and that if the discrepancy could not be immediately found out, the explosion would not take place that night. By this time it was getting dark, and as there ap peared no chance of the cause of the failure being quickly found out, everybody left, each finding his way back to head quarters in the best manner he could. Next day it was discovered that the pla ting wires had got disarranged during the tamping, and that Mr. Deane had been too much hurried at the last. But still matters were mended suffi ciently by half-past four in the same afternoon to allow of nine of the charges being fired—eight of which went off. Nothing can exceed the obstacles with which our engineers have had to' contend in the way of water ; still as yet they have been toler ably successful. The French have not yet com menced to work at their keep or lock, correspond ing to our centre dock, in consequence of the depth of water in it. Since the last thaw our west dock has nine inches of water in it, and many of the shafts, after sinking 20 feet, present great obstacles through the same cause. THE BALTIC. KIEL, Jan. 22.—The ice has now almost entirely disappeared from this bay, and the steamer with the Copenhagen mail came direct into the harbour yesterday and returned in the evening to Corsoer, having on board the Danish Princes and Princess who have lately been here on a visit to their rela tives at the Palace. The winter to them, there fore, does not appear to present the difficulties of navigating these waters which had induced the English Admiralty and their officers to withdraw the squadron which had been left to maintain the blockade of the Russian ports. Some estimate can now be formed of the extent of the con equences of that proceeding, as by the latest accounts re ceived from Revel it is ascertained that 35 vessels had already arrived at the single port since the raising of the blockade ; and to show how univer sal the movement has been, the mere enumeration of the ports from whence they bad proceeded will he quite sufficient. These are Rostock, Memel, Lubeck, Stockholm, Wisby, Farosound, Born holm, Swinemuride, Wismar, Kiel, Bremen, Bos ron, U.S., Messina, Hull, and Dundee. The vessels from England and Scotland were not satisfied with reaching a Russian port in safety, but afterwards proceeded to Helsingfors, as did also a steamer from Lubeck, which had long been watching such an opportunity, and many of these vessels had already been chartered to load return cargoes of Russian produce. It may appear superfluous now to refer to such circumstances as the return of peace will render any consequences that occur of little importance ; but it is nevertheless ne cessary that such a result of mismanagement should be recorded, that the most stringent measures may, on any future occasion, be adopted to prevent its recurrence—more especially as the general idea here•still continues to be that, although the basis for preliminaries as to peace may have been ac cepted by Russia, there will be so much difference of opinion as to the details, that the negotiations will eventu a lly b e broken off, and that hostilities will be resumed with the return of spring, both in the Black Sea and the Baltic. THE WHITE SEA. We read the following in the Christiania Co tier of the 11th : " During the whole of the blockade maintained in 1855 by the allied fleets of the Russian d ports in the White Sea not a single neutral vessel has appeared in that sea, but many Russian vessels attempted to pass over to Norway by favour of the night or of fogs, but nearly all, that is to say about sixty vessels, have been captured by the squadrons. The inhabitants of many of the little towns on the White Sea sold provisions to the fleets, but were at once menaced by the Russian Government with Siberia if that act should be re peated. At the same time the same Government excited the fanaticism of the inhabitants by distri buting medals, or rather a species of amulet, which they were informed would preserve them from the arms of the unbelievers, as are termed the Allies. It is impossible to believe the injury inflicted on Russian commerce by this blockade of the White Sea, where there formerly entered each year above 600 vessels of the combined bulk of 120,000 tons, independently of Norwegian and national vessels." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING The United States Mail steamer Arago, Captain Lines, arrived off Cowes en route to Havre early this morning. with the French and English mails, about 50 passengers, 15,000 dollars in specie, and a cargo of flour and wheat, and dates from Kew York to the rth inst. The weather was intensely cold at New York, and large quantities of ice had formed in the liar- ' boar. The Canada arrived out on the 11th inst., after ' a voyage of 20 days from Liverpool. The steam-sbip Prometheus, from California, arrived at New Orleans on the 10th, with dates to the 20th ult. The intelligence is not important. Affairs in Nicaragua were progressin:t favourably. There were reports of another Filibustering expe dition having landed in Lower California. The San Francisco markets were dull. Several battles had been fought between the Whites and Indians, and numbers killed on both sides. General Wool, however, was making arrangements for a vigorous campaign against the Indians. The voting for Speaker was being continued ; on the last ballot Odell received 45 votes ; Pren dergast, 34 ; Bailey, 26. There was no symptom of a surrender on either side. The Texas Debt Bill had been rejected by a majority of six. Five persons were accidentally killed on the Terrehaute and Alton Railroad on the 10th inst. A destructive fire had occurred in a warehouse at Charleston, containing cotton and rice, and pro perty to the value of $,75,000 destroyed. The schooner Pacific, of Washington, North Carolina, laden with tar and turpentine, got ashore on the Long Beach. All hands except the captain and mate perished. The barque Duque de Braganza had also gone to pieces, and it was supposed all hands were lost. Several railroad accidents were reported. Three persons were killed, and 22 frightfully wounded, on the Hudson River Railroad, by one train running into another. The Washington correspondents of the Now York papers agree in announcing the rumoured retire ment of Mr. Crampton, and it was asserted that he was arranging his affairs preparatory to his re turn to England. It was further rumoured that the American Government had notified to Great Britain that Mr. Crampton would not be allowed to remain ; and it was also stated, that, in the event ofhis dismissal, the British Government will have no further diplomatic intercourse with the Unitel States, and that Mr. Buchanan will be pre sented his passport. A despatch from Washington states that news from Nicaragua had been received to the effect that the Walker Government was in danger of being overthrown by a revolutionary party, and that Walker had been twice repulsed in conflicts. The Ohio Legislature. had elected Teleon H. Van Vooris, a black Republican, as Speaker. A very severe snowstorm had visited the whole of the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Halifax, which lasted several hours. At Boston the mails were detained, and at Ne York the railroads were completely blocked up. News from Cuba had been received to the 28th ult. Havaanah was very gay. Another batch of Africans had been landed, and another lot of po litical prisoners exiled. Intelligence from Mexico states Cult robberies, murder, and discontent prevailed all over the Re public. The measure of Alvarez for doing away with the clergy and army exemptions was giving great dissatisfaction in Puebla. When the military were posting the proclamations they were attacked by the people, and many were killed on both sides. General Comonfort had ordered 2,500 men to march on Puebla and subdue it. It was thought that Vera Cruz would soon pro nounce in favour of Robles. In the N ew Yo r k mo n ey market the transactions were limited. Exchange on England was quoted at 1081 ; Paris, sf. 20c. to sf. 220. The cotton market was firm. Flour was in fair demand. Wheat was quiet. Corn was in mode rate request. Pork firm and beef dull. Sugars also were quiet. Freights were steady for English ports, and pretty free. Engagements for flour and grain were made for Liverpool at full rates. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY , .—Last night H an d el ' s oratorio, " Judas Maccabeus, ' was given by the above society, for the first time this season, and with great success. MADAME TUSSADD'S EXHIBITION.—This most excel lent establishment still continues most successful, pro gressing from its first formation, and is the o!dest in Europe, having been 52 years in England and 30 years in France nine thousand six hundred successive days and eveninv, certainly a most unprecedented period of success. The Messrs. Tussaud have achieved a brilliant career during the long period owing chiefly no doubt to their good judgment and untiring industry in catering or the publio ardtliezftent and instruction. I AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The Royal mail packet ship Champion of the seas has arrived, with advices from Melbourne to the 27th of October, 188 passengers, and 124,000 ozs. of gold on freight. She also brings a large cargo, which includes 1,185 h a l os o f woo l, 13 bales of sheepskins, 40 casks of tallow, 382 packages of tin ore, 3,120 bags of copper 3 casks of oil (the produce of New Zealand), &c. The packet ship James Baines, with the mails of the sth of August, arrived at Melbourne after a passage of 77 (lays from Liverpool. The electoral lists for the mining districts had been issued. The polling was fixed for the 15th of November. The Argus says : . _ "We were already feviing impatient, and we think not without just grounds, at the prorogation of the 6th of - November. The new constitution is now here, and for many reasons it is most desirable that it should be brought into operation as soon as possible." A public meeting was held in Melbourne on the 15th of October to consider the conduct of Sir 11. Young, the Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania, in endeavouring (to use the words of the Melbourne _Herald), first, to " browbeat the Legislature of that colony, and, failing in his attempt, to thwart further proceedings by a sudden and ill-advised prorogation." The meeting was presided over by the chief magistrate. The following resolutions were adopted : "1. That the power recently claimed and asserted by the Legislative Council of Tasmania to' compel the attendance of witnesses to be examined before select com mittees of the said Council is indispensable to the due exercise of one of the most important functions of a legislative assembly. "2. That the arbitrary conduct of H. Fox Young, the Governor of Tasmania, in suddenly proroguing the Council for the purpose of forcibly suppressing inquiry into the conduct of certain officers of the convict depart. went of the colony, charged with the grossest inalversa tion of their respective offices, and the unprecedented T node of prorogation adopted by him in going into the Council at a late hour of the night, in the mi'lst of a debate, without the usual formal not c,., is an abu.e of the powers confided to him by her most gracious Ma jesty, which is calculated to bring her name and autho rity into contempt, and which would, if successful, he utterly destructive of the independence of the Legisla ture. "3. That thin meeting sympathises with the Legisla tive Council of Tasmania in their conflict with an arbi trary and irresponsible Executive, and tenders t the said Council the assurance of its cordial support in main taining inviolate their right o iagnire into abuses affect ing the welfare of the colony, and thereby maintaining the rights and liberties of the peOple whom they repre sent. " 4. That the right worshipful the chairman be re• quested to forward copies of the resolutions passed at this meeting to the Hon. the Speaker of the Legislative Council of Tasmania, to his Excellency Sir Henry Fox Young, the Governor of that colony, and to his Excel lency Sir Charles Hocharn, K C 8., Governor of Vic toria, with a request that his Excellency will he pleased to transmit tbe same to her most gracious Majesty." A similar meeting was held at Glamorgan, Tas mania, at which the following resolutions were passed "'That it is the opinion of this meeting that the pro ceedings of his Excellency the Governor and Executive Council, since the last meeting of the Legislative Assem bly, have been rash, hasty, and unconstisutional, in thwarting the endeavours of the select committee in the investigation of the convict department for the gross neglect charged against it, even to enormous loss of life. " That this meeting is of opinion that the antago nistic position in which the Executiie and Legislature ate pla , ed with regard to the mode of carrying out the inquiry into the abuses existing in the Imperial convict department is detrimental to the interests and welfare of the community, and calculated to im pair that confidence in, and respect for, the legislative and executive bodies which are essential to the peace and good government of the colony. That, regarding the presence of any Imperial department having interests conflicting with those of the colony, and administered by officers not under under the control of the local Legis lature, as utterly incompatible with the beneficial ex istence of free institutions, this meeting is of opinion that the Executive and Legislature should strenuously urge upon the Imperial Government the absolute neces sity of at once transferring the control of the Imperial Government repaying to the colonial treasury the cost accruing to the colony from the presence of Imperial convicts until the same shall have become free, and cease to be a charge o❑ the colonial revenue. That this meet ing is further of opinion that the examination of Dr. Hampton or any of his department at the bar of the house is not indispensable, or even necessary, to the efficient prosecution of the inquiry into the abuses coin mitted by those officials ; and that such inquiry should be conducted in a manner which will not necessitate a renewal of the collision with the Executive at the re assembling of the Legislative Council, at which time this meeting is of opinion the representatives will best serve the interests of their constituents and the welfare of the community generally by proceeding with the many important measures now before the Council, mere especially that of bringing into operation the new consti tution. "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the course which has been pursued by the majority of the Council is at the same time constitutional, tempt-ra,6e, and requi-ite for the due mair ten , ince of the riehte, liberties, a d pri yileges of the inhabitants, not only if this colony, but of the whole the depend-ncies of Great Britain." Accounts from the Ovens report a very large yield of gold. A lump of 11b. weight hail been picked up by a miner, and one party took out, in a week 501 b. weight. There were about 3,000 miners at these diggings. With reference to the issue of Government de bentures, under the act of Council, 18 Victoria, Ne. 40, the following notice had been published in the Gazette "Colonial Secretrirv'e-office, Melbourne, Oct. 25, 1855. "His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to notify that 1,000 deb.nfures, redeemable in equll proportions on the I,t day of January in each of the years 1868„1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, are now open for purchase by the pub lic, under tha provisions of the act of Council, 18 Vic., No. 40. " The debentures are transeerable by delivery, and are for the sum of 1001. each, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cert. per annum, payable half-yearly, on the Ist day of Jan. and the Ist day of July, the first half-yearly dividend bein , due and payable on the I , t. of Jan., 1856 "The principal and interest of each debenture will be payable, at the option of the holder for the time beieg, either in Melbourne or London ; any change which it may be desired to make in this respect being previously notified, net later than the last dividend-day, and regis tered at the Colonial Treasury in Melbourne, and in the office of the agent for Victoria in London (for the pre sent Edward Barnard, E3q., No. 5, Cannon-row, West minster), and endorsed upon the debentures. "Tenders for the purchase of the above debentures will be received at the Treasury until 12 o'clock on Mon day, the 29th inst., and on every succeeding Monday morning until further notice, and will be opened at half past 12 on the same day, " The tenders must be sealed and addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, superscribed Tender for Govern. ment Debentures.' "The tenders will be for the value of the stock, or principal of the debentures only, irrespective of interest. "If a tender be accepted, the amsunt tendered, tc gether with the interest accrued since the Ist of July last, must be paid in cash. "By his Excellency's command. " WILLIAM C. HAINES." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBOURNE, Ocr. 27. The gold market remains at 3 /. 15 s. al. per oz., buy. ers. There was little doing to-day. Duty was paid at the Customs on 3,433 oz.-2,933 oz. for Liverpool by the Champion of the Seas , and 500 oz. for Sydney by the City of Sydney. Tne total quantity Shipped by th e Champion of the Seas for Liverpool am oun t s to 123,400 oz., of which the banks shipped the following :_p an k of Australasia, 26,000 oz. ; Bank of New South Wales, 20,000 oz.; London Chartered Banl., 15,000 oz. ; Bank of Victoria, 10,000 oz.; Oriental Bank, 6,240 oz.;Union Bank, 6, 128 oz. ; English, S co tti s h , and Australian Chartered Bank, 2,500_0z. Messrs. Fraser and Cohen sold at their rooms—Sar dines, half-boxes, 13s. per dozen ; quarter boxes, Bs., Bs. 6d. ; 2 1 b. salmon, ls. 6cl. per lb. : fresh herrings, 81d. to ls. 2d. per tin ; quart pickles, 10s. 6.1. per doz.; half-pound mustards, Bs. 3d. ; capers, 9s 6.1. ; marma lades, lls. ; bottled fruits, 13s. 6d. ; colonial jam, 81 , 1. • - Belmont candles, yell ow, i n proportios, 3's, 4's. and' 00. to is. l 1. ; Sydney soap, 451. per ton ; Clotizeau's brandy, 225. 6d., in bond ; yellow wax candles, 3's, is. Mr. A. G. Gilbert, cold at th,e Mall of Commerce, 40 Marett's dark bra , dv, at 12w. per gallon ; 100 caes Martell's brandy, at 19.. ; medium p rt, 23.. per doz. ; Sydney candles, at 6d. per lb. ; and sundry other goods at fair prices. The sale of Crown lands at the auction rooms of Messrs. W. M. Tennent and Co.. yesterday was more numerously attended than on any of the previous days. The competition among the bidders was more spirited, especially for the lots at Elstern wick, all of which were sold at a considerable advance on the upset price. The amount realised by the day's sale was 3,0721. The escorts from Mount Alexander and Ballarat ar rived at the Gold,office yesterday at the appointed hour, and brought the following returns, viz.:-- Number Quantity. Gold. Ca sh. of last Name of Gold Field. oz. dwts. £ s „ Receipt. Castlemaine - 0 ... 4,113 0 ••• .. Sandhurst 11,463 0 ... 3,485 0 . 30,120 * Heathcote Ballarat 13,819 5 ... 2,5 24 0 ... 2 ,90 5 * ... Avoca Creswick's C ree k .. 2,372 10 1,341* Mount Frankly n • '• 910* Amherst ... Maryborough 3,234 10 ••• 1,922 0 ... 2,640* Total . 42,510 1 16,198 0 The price of labfiur remains nearly the same as last week, but the demand for men is on the increase ; few need be unemployed if they would take ...oe current * This includes all gold and cash deposited for escort to the 224 Lasts wages now offered, but they seem inclined to wait for an ad% The hay crops are very heavy, and there will be a great demand for mowers shortly, if the weather keeps fine. Shearers scarce. The labour market gene rally is in a buoyant state, except for skilled artizans, which is dull in the extreme. Women plentiful, but really first-rate services were scarce. Seamen's wages much the same, and the market well supplied. With Rations.-Married couples, without families, 601. to 651. ; ditto, with familes, 451. to 501. ; gardeners, 50/. to 52/. ; grooms, 451. ; stockkeepers, per annum, 451. t't 501. ; shepherds, 301. to 351. ; butkeepers, per annum, 261. to 281. ; ploughmen, 20-. to 25.. per week; farm labourers, 20s. do. ; shearers, 17s. to 20s. per 100; sheep-washers, 20s. per week ; mowers, ss. to 6s. per acre ; bullock drivers for roads, 30s. per week ; do., for farms, 208. to 255. do. ; horse team-drivers for roads, 255. do. ; haycutters and trussers, 30s. do., or 4s. per ton ; male cooks, 20s. to 455. do. ; waiters, 20s. to 265. do. ; blacksmiths, 50s. to 60s. per week. ,Without Rations.-Blacksmiths, 41. to 41. 10s. per week ; carpenters, 10s. to 12s. per day ; masons, 10.. to 1 9 s. per day ; bricklayers, 12s. per day ; plasterers, 12e. to 14s. per day ; quarrymen, 10a. to 12s. per day ; la bourers, 7s. to Bs. per day ; stonebreakers, 58. to 6s. per yard ; compositors, is. 4d per thousand ; pressmen, 41. to 51. per week. Female domestics.-Thorough servants, 261. to 301. ; housemaids, 201. to 241. ; laundresses, 261. to 301. ; cooks, 261. to 301. ; nursemaids, 121. to 20/. ; needlewomen, 201. to 251. SYDNEY, OCT. 25. In our import•markets (premising that continued dul ness prevails, the consequence of the stoppage of pay ment of some large firms, whose liabilities are great) we may, in our chief markets report the following prices : Breadstuffs—ln flour, fine has risen suddenly from 401. to 451. The price of seconds is merely nominal, as scarcely any parcels are in the . market, and stocks of fine are reported to be low. For Van Diemen's Land wheat the price is 18s. ; for Chilian wheat from 17s. 6d. to 18s. There seems to be a general impression that, from advices as to shipments to these colonies, the high prices now quoted will not long be sustained. BALLARAT, OCT. 25. Flour, best Adelaide, 561. per ton ; ditto, Chili, 551. per ton ; potatoes, 381. per ton ; b a y, 201. per ton ; Para rice, 401. per ton ; sugar, best Mauritius, 421. per t ; do,, No. 1, Cossipore, 561. per ton ; butter, Cork, ls. 9d. per lb. ; candle s , B e l mon t, N o. 1 , ls. 10d, per lb. ; oats, c9knial, lls. per bushel ; bran, ditto, 4s. 6d. per bushel. Cartage from Geelong, 151. a-ton ; ditto from Mel bourne, 18/. per ton. THE POISONINGS AT M.ANCHIISTER. Mr. Bradlaugh, of London, is still pursuing his inves tigation of the charge against Dunn, Monaghan, and Barry, for poisoning Monaghan's father, and proper steps have been taken to obtain the exhumation of Mo naghan's body, that it may be subjected to a post mortem examination. The search for the body, how ever, has so far proved abortive. He was buried in the ground attached to St. Wilfred's Catholic Chapel,Hulme, which, though only a comparatively new place of sepul ture, is sufficiently crowded to throw many obstacles in the way of the search. On Thursday it is said that up wards of a dozen bodies had been removed without finding the right one, nor had the search been more successful up a late hour yesterday. In the ex amination of Mr. Holland, surgeon, on Wednesday, some portions of his evidence were rejected by the Court, be cause one of the accused parties (Dunn) was not present, rat-inents criminating an absent person not being ad missible under such circumstances. The evidence so excluded was to the effect that Dunn had said that the monthly payments were made in shares, and that it was agreed, when the money should be obtained from the Diadem Assurance Company, they (meaning James Monaghan, George Barry, and Dunn himself) should " hook it " to Australia. When the prisoner James Monaghan and Dunn went together to Mr. Holland's house Monaghan was dressed in black, and on the owe . - sion, according to the evidence of Mr. Holland, when he first heard from James Monaghan of his father's death, they both said that dysentery had caused his death. Mr. Holland asked James Monaghan to "prove it," and he produced a certificate signed by Mr. Hatton, surgeon, stating the cause of death to be " chronic dysentery." This, Mr. Holland thought, would be about September. At this point Mr. Bradlaugh asked, " What did he say had been given to him The wit ness replied, " Dunn said he had given a few grains of acetate of lead to him." This was said in the surgery ; and James Monaghan was in the parlour at the time. Dunn also said afterwards, in the presence of Monaghan, that a glass of whisky was given to John Monaghan when he was upstairs ; but the witness did not think that the prisoner James Monaghan heard this, or that James Monaghan said anything about it. Question — On your oath, did James Monaghan say anything to you about what was done in the bed-room ? Answer— He said there had been a glass of whisky given to old Monaghan; and Dunn corroborated it. He said they had given him a glass of whisky, and Monaghan said they had dosed it ; but I don't think he knew there was anything in it. The witness's reason for tkinking so was that Monaghan never mentioned it. The witness had a book called the Medical Almanac. It contained a description of all kinds of poisons. He never showed it to James Monaghan. He kad shown it to Dunn once. James Monaghan was not there then ; and the witness and Dunn were all who were in the place. The witness thought at the time Dunn had a large dog he wanted to do something with. He thought so because Dunn's wife had been bitten by a dog, and she herself had stat-d that she would poison it. This the'witnese thought was towards the latter end of the year. Mr. Bradlaugh, we may add, is still continuing his investiga tion of the case. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PA RLIAMENT. Yesterday the examining barristers, Messrs. Smith and May, appointed by the Houses of Lords and Com mons to inquire into and decide upon the compliance with the standing orders of Parliament, met for the firet time. The bills before the learned gentlemen are lees numerous than in previous sessions, and, what is termed the opp , sition to them, far less considerable. The stand ing orders were declared to have been complied with in the following cases : EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.—TO attach further advan tages to certain porti , ms of the company's oapital, with p,,wer to borrow 83,00 Ci LOWESTOFT AND BEOCLES RAILWAY.—FIr making a railway from Lowestoft to join the East Suffolk Rail way at Becctes ; proposed capital 26,5001., and power to borrow one-half. WORCESTER AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.—TO abandon portion of line between Malvern and Hereford and branches, to reduce the capital to 248,0001., and to change the company's name to that of the " Worcester and rvlalVErn Railway Company,"and to limit the amount to he borrowed to 82,8001. The only informality was a dekot in a notice to one of the landowners. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (Sandbach to War td-- To extend th e li ne S an db ac h t o near Moc f r W ie,'iither purposes. Partly heard. The other bills of a general character were-aIN ich Union Life Insuran ce , Ch e lt en h am Gas, G 1011404 all, arti Coventry (City) Gas, Lancaster Gas, Heysta _ as, North of Europe Steam Navigation (opposed . „p a il - f ax and Huddersfield Road, Prisoners Discharge Society, Knaresborough and Pateley Road, Leicester and Wel ford Road, Barnsdale and Leeds Turnpike itiftu . sand University and Town. .f.:01: t 21 , , .. v. 1.1 qu 1,1 ex an, Till Share rattle' Edinl Great hav e quiet, Mii been eac Did Ditl ° ilia ~h .91inod bit Greek "rum v . DIN 4- orta l bit DiEi I PAnti Diti bit „, -., bit I)it Dit Vene 2 bit' biltd Lo rood, Po Arlan both Sails At JOT 9 Sa (s.), k 1164 PRIVATE BILLS IN PABLIAMEA':I,- , 11.4 orrd • :5,)': The following memor i als, complaining .-Ofyjnonl.ootn pliance with standing orders, were deposited at• the Private Bill-office on or before 17th January, 1856 : North of Europe Steam Navigation Company—Owners of steamers and other vessels. North Western Railway of Ireland -1. Holmes, Anton, and Turnbull; 2. Abra ham Dobbin and others. Midland Great Western Rail way of Ireland—Holmes, Anton, and Turnbull. Scot tish Central Railway—Charles Topp. Alford Valley Railway—Pat. Moir, Byres, and others. Formartine and Buchan Railway—Lieutenant-General George Tur ner. Kinross-shire_Railway-1. Robert Robertson and others ; 2. Sir Graham Graham Montgomery and others. Isle of Wight Steam Bridge and Approaohes —Maria Jane Player and others. Edinburgh Munici pality—Magistrates and Council of the Burgh of Re gality of Canongate. North Western Railway—Cale donian Railway Company. East Kent Railway-1. William Wickham Drake ; 2. South Eastern Railway Company and others ; 3. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Compat y and others. Wandsworth and Putney Gas—Edmund Rickman and another. Denny Junction Railway-1. Scottish Central Railway Com pany ; 2. Owners and occupiers of land and the Scottish ni- Centrd Railway Castle Company. Douglas a n d D u tries Rai I ay—R,,bert Threshie. Dover Waiter —Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Dover. West of Fife Mine ral Railway—Edinburgh. Perth, and Dundee Railway ail Coinp • an d James AfiLick. Caine V a ll ey an d H al . stea l Railway—Robert Hills. Aberdeen, Peterhead, and Fr is rhurgh Railway-1, John Anderson and others ; 2. James Sinclair, sen., and others. Deeside and Alford Valley Railway—William Adams and others. Dublin City Sti-ani•Packet Company —Owners of bt„2.am and other vessels. HA IVOVER-SA GA P E ROOMS. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT•LIND. Last evening Madame Jenny Lind gave her second miscellaneous concert at the Hanover-square Rooms, Long before the commencement, not even standing room was to be bad for love or money, and those who wer fortunate enough to have seats enjoyed them at a amount of suffering to their nether limbs closely resem bling that endured by a malefactor imprisoned in• the stocks, so painfully proximate were the benches on which they were forced to sit. If Madame Lind thought to accommodate all her friends and admirers by this un usually stringent arrangement, she was egregiously mie• taken, for their name is legion. The programme was, on the whole, most interesting and the fair beneficiaire had, as she well deserved to have, the "lion's portion." She sang no less than five times, and always admirably—in some instances, in deed, with all-surpassing excellence. Herr Deiehmann, a German violinist, executed the violin obligato to the air from "II re Pastore," and De Beriot's ninth " air with variations," very creditably ; and Mr. Benedict conducted the band with great spirit, liggixisist, and precision.