The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-04 00:00:00

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS. — Wanted for a Lady and her Servant, a SITTING-ROOM, Three BED-ROOMS, ands eparate KIT CHEN, where there are no other lodgers, near a chief thoroughfare ; between Charing-cross and Hyde-park-corner preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the advertiser a desirable occupant. References exchanged. Address, with full particulars, T, 104 Re , Strand. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— M. JITLLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week but One—The New Grand French Quadrille. —Miss Juliana May.--To-morrow (Friday), a Mendelssohn Night, on which occasion the celebrated Pianist, Miss Arabella. Goddard, will make her fourth appearance this season, and Miss Dolby. Programme for THIS EVENING (Thursday, Dec. 4) : Part I.—Overture, Leonora—Beethoven ; Quadrille, from Rossini's opera, Le Comte Ory—Jullien ; Symphony, An dante from the Pastoral Symphony—Beethoven ; Solo, Cor net, the River and the Star (the first time of performance), written expressly for and performed by Herr Koenig— Angelina ; Grand Aria, Ernani ± involami (Ernani), Miss Juliana May—Verdi; The March of the Huns, composed expressly for these Concerts by Cusins (2d time of per formance) ; Polka, My Mary Ann (22d time)—Jullien ; Quartet, Four Violins (Introduction and Andante), perform ed by MM. Kettenus, Schmidt, Demunck, and Le Hon— Kettenus ; the Grand French Quadrille (the twenty-third 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, Vive l'Empereur— Jullien. Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of Il Trovatore," with solos by Herr Koenig, M. Lavigne, and Mr. Hughes ; Quadrille, The English, with solos by MM. Collinet, De Folly, and Koenig—Jullien ; Cavatina, Regnava nel silenzi (Lucia di Lammermoor) Miss Juliana May—Donizetti ; Valse, Georgette—D'Albert ; Solo, Vio loncello, M. Demunck, jun.—Servais; Galop, Etna—D'Al bert. - Conductor--M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress cir cle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., El Is., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and musiesellers'; a nd at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street T HEATRE ROYAL, DRIJRI LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and ,veryBALLET Evening during the Week, at Old Play-house P Last Three Nights of the Italian Opera Company. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; gd. ; 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 he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to forege their Continental engage. ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers :—Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Aibicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tenant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (first time), for the Benefit of Herr Formes, Meyerbeer's grand opera, 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 Aibicini, and Herr Formes. _ After which, TRYING IT ON. Characters by Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. A. Younge, Mr. Templeton, Mrs. Selby, Miss E. Wadham, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdllcs. 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, front 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at hill-past 7, commence at 8. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. 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. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstonc, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the last three nights), the ballet pantomime of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, by Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers. To conchide with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Real Success. Great Adeiphi 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.—THlS EVENING will be performed the celebrated drama of TIIE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Parsclle, Garden• Mesdames Celeste, Wyndham, Keeley, Arden. After which, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravaganza, oalled THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampleel success at the Theatre Imperiale de '_'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. We;rht, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with BETTY MARTIN. Miss M. Keeley. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVEVNG (Thursday, Dec. 4), the tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello (the third time in London), Mr. C. Dillon ; lago, Mr. Stuart ; Desdemon , , Mrs. C. Dillon ; Emilia, Mrs. Weston. After which, the extraordinary troupe of Bedouin Arabs will make their appearance. Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Toole, Barrett. &c. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosiva Wright and the Coryphees. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will he presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which (second time this season) THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis dei Franchi, Mr. C. Keen. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. STRAND TRE AT RE.—Manag er , M r . T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Messrs. G. Lee, Howard, Clarke, and Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, E. Jacobs, and Willy Edouin. • THE CAPTAIN'S NOT A MISS. Messrs. J. Neville, G. Lee, Clarke, and 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 Fitzinrna , n ; Rank and File, by Numerous Auxiliaries, who Parade and Drill every evenin g. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 35, ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; 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, SA_DLER'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. AST LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week), MACBETH, with Eques by t rian Illustratio ns b y Mr. w. Cooke' s H orses, tra i ned him. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE; Miss Kate Cooke in her elegant act of man6ge, To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. D oo rs open at half-oast six e W. West. Eq uestrian ; commence Stag Manager, M r . commenceomence at seven o'clock. Ros.office open from Eleven till Director, our. Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ANTER BURY HALL, Westminster -road.— OP EN EVERY EVENING ,- -TI: follow ing r°ad.-- company of Vo calists are engaged for the per e m °ance Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, eh of Glees, Duets, ttc., viz. : —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, H err :i . Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Ra,ino, T. Farrant, S. Jones F. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Collie ; Masters Austin, g en : nett, and Corsi; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano. forte, J. Harroway, R. A. • h arm onium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. 'Commence at Seven o'clock p re cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vooal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in c eat Nine vouri and te El selec- even o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their fa ions. -.......m.........!•••••••rm•Mm•••••11 ---- TUE WEATHER—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 4. TantmOilETZß, IN TRIO SHAM 3 9—highest nines noon yesterday. 32 —lowest this morning and during the night. 36 —this dal at noon. BARC•IDITER—down to 29.82; now up to 30 . 08. WIND. B ..W.—Light, with sharp frosty and hazy weather. The wind went round in the evening to the North, and a sharp black frost set in. . c ~,t_i , z 4. :(....,..,....0._,4, c-,.-• • .....- -., . ti,,,,„,- • c., ; ... 4 ,...-,.,,,, ....„..- t --...2 4 ,,,,,r, Ti HIGa VirATFAZ AT 11)NDON BILIDGE. Tam DAT—Morn. 1 min. aft. s—Evening5—Evening 30 min. aft. 6 T 4 .lfolitßow—Morn. 51 min. aft. 6 —Evening 31 min. aft. 7 LONDON, TRURSDAY, DEcEmBE_ 4, 1856, The action by Lord LUCAN against the Daily News for an alleged libel was yesterday tried before the Lord Chief Baron and a sp ec i a l j ury, and, after a full and impartial trial, terminated in a verdict for the defendants. It is impossible to estimate too highly the importance of this result. The matter was unquestionably one of vast interest to the noble plaintiff, but the Press, and, we may be permitted to add, the community at large, were no less deeply concerned in the decision. The liberty of journalism was at issue ; that liberty to which the nation is indebted for the exposure and ultimate removal of many gross abuses, for obtaining remedies for grievances that, but for the spirited and disinterested conduct of " The Fourth Estate," would still be continued in all their unmitigated enormity. That freedom has now been fully and completely vin- dicated by the verdict of that jury, and a prin ciple of vital consequence has been strengthened and sustained. It is needless to say that the complaint referred to an article which appeared in our contemporary on. the publication of the Report of the Chelsea Commissioners, virtually exonerating the plaintiff and others from the censures contained in the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, and confirmed by that of Sir Joie? NPNBIL and Colonel Tunoca, as the result of investigations instituted on the very spot, and which were made in consequence of the complaints preferred against the elaborate Report of Mr. ROEBUCK'S Committee. It will be in the recollec- tion of our readers that a strong feeling was excited in the public mind against that third trial—that it was very generally considered to be an attempt to whitewash the obnoxious practice of military promotions by purchase, and to defend an objec tionable system, by which the national interests received considerable injury. Nothing, then, could be naore natural than for a journalist to write strongly and energetically on such a point. It was a duty which he owed to society, which he could not shirk or evade without forfeiting a portion of the estimation in which he was held by the community. Different persons would, of course, entertain different opinions ; but it is ridi culous to suppose that there must be private malice because the view taken was adverse to the wishes of the parties concerned. As well might it be supposed that the members of the Select Committee, or the Crimean Commissioners, were actuated by vindictive motives, or a desire to crush the Noble Lord and his companions. It was, in each and every in stance, a painful and somewhat perilous discharge of a solemn obligation, by which the persons re porting or commenting might be seriously damaged, but could not possibly be benefited, save by carrying with them the sympathies and cordial concurrence of the community at large ; and that fact the jury established by their ver dict, and prevented what would have been tanta mount to muzzling the Press, and preventing them from speaking in derogatory terms of the public conduct of any public man ! Almost as bad as the establishment of the censorship, so strongly and uselessly advocated by some of our French contemporaries, who should not be quite so much enamoured of the practice as to wish it extended to others. Lord LUCAN had every possible fair play. He had the services of an advocate of extraordinary tact, experience, and eloquence. One nulli secun sins. But despite the indefatigable exertions of Sir F. THEsIGEE, and the very skilful view of the case presented to the court and jury by that emi nent lawyer, journalism triumphed ; and the Noble Lord bad bat little cause to rejoice at the experiment on which he adventured. As Mr. EDWIN JAMES forcibly and clearly explained, there was "no attack on private character. It was the language of the historian, writing for the information of the public, fairly and without control, on public and serious events. There was nothing licentious ; nothing malicious. . . . . An article written, not on Lord LucAN's private, but his public character, as a general, paid by the People, and trusted by the People with their national honour!" This was the correct view of the ease, and, thanks to Lord CAMPBELL'S valuable enactments, it was an avail able and sufficient answer to the charge. Not very many years since, " the greater the truth the greater the libel" was a prevailing doctrine, bat a distinction was made in favour of the public journals that they might declare that the alleged libel was inserted without malice, and for the benefit of the community. Nothing cpuld be more chary of private character. No matter what the justification—no private individual was authorised to put forward what did not relate to his own business ; and which, therefore, had a prima facie appearance of malevolence. There were indispensable points. Ist, That it was pub lished by an established journal, appearing pe riodically. 2d, That it was untainted by malice. 3d, That it was for the public benefit. If any of these requislies to the defence failed, there must be an adverse verdict. If there were malice it would not be excusable, although for the public benefit ; and even if for the public benefit it subjected the publisher to an action if malice, either express or implied, could be proved. The Daily News has passed safely through the ordeal, and we earnestly and cordially congratulate our contemporary on the auspicious result, and also the Fourth Estate and the public generally. The Daily News has earned for itself the gratitude of the nation for its manly and straightforward conduct, that has established and placed on a solid foundation a great principle. " Lord Lucax v. SMITH and Others" will henceforward be regarded as a leading case, so far as the privileges of the Press are concerned. Is it to turn out a bloody drama, a serious comedy, or a dull and dreary farce ? Is the " right divine," convicted of savagery and hypo chondriacal absurdity in the person of BOMBA, to succumb, or to hold its sway despite the indig nation, the tears, the groans, and the blood of an oppressed people ? The British public cannot but wait with anxiety to learn. The fleets look ing towards but not entering the Bay of Naples, and the Circular of GORTSCHAKOFF, enhanoe the interest with which these inquiries are put. Un fortunately the whole affair is to this hour a pre cious muddle, and the reader must wait for an answer. Ti me ma y l eave milestones in its track, but y of none, monstrosit metaphorically or otherwise. It moves, and the en d m ust come. Though his Naples owes to this country his succession to the throne, and his luckless subjects all that his rule has brought with it, if in a more remote degre e , we kn owvery little of the Neapo litan and Sicilian people. Wh a t th ey are capa bl e of, what their resources, swhatsuffice e e the to scope oont e n o t f their desires, what would ffi are lamentably igno rant.gs we them—of these thin That the best and noblest h ave b een out rageously abused and bate theirrless oppressor—that o ftheir Russia and Austri a lend hi m more or countenance and support—grim countensnce and exe crable support ! —that Fran ce and England have withdrawn theirs under circumstances of protest, and that t h e r e has just been, and still is, a rising in Sicily, is the extent of our knowledge. The past surely pledged us to more. Such, however, is the fact. The precise nature of the growth of public o pi n i on since our unfortunate interference we have to guess at, just as we have at the watchword of the present revolt and its probable results. That it is a revolt against tyranny and oppress. sion, of this there can be no doubt. What we I want to be informed about is, have the insurrec - tionists any distinct aims, any reliable promises of i support, any fair prospect of success ? Is it a i rising against e King, or the undue exercise of his authority a solitary and unadvised rising without adequate support or the initiatory rising of the great majority of BOMBA'S subjects in Naples as well as Sicily ? And, if the latter, is it to be followed by the general revolt of Italy ? Even here speculation is unable to rest, and, taking what seems to be the most probable view— viz., that it is a solitary rising, it will be asked—What will be the effect of the revolt in the way of example ? Will it precipitate what of late has been supposed to be impending ? Leaving this bewildering maze, we must be content for the present with hoping for a satis factory termination of this very unpleasant Nea politan affair, and biding the event. The moral of it all, so far as we are more immediately concerned, may, however, with great propriety be applied. Had we considered the interests of the people of the Two Sicilies instead of forcing the grand father of the present King upon them—nay, had we on proof of his ingratitude and tyranny re deemed our error by establishing the rights of the people cn a permanent basis, instead of allow ing the King to retain his title, leaving the heir-apparent (the. present King) to rule, we should have escaped a great reproach, and not now been involved in ridicule. Some resolution undoubtedly was shown in insist ing on the practical abdication of FERDINAND, but it is a great pity it was not carried further. Half measures in the right direction are gene rally bad measures, when whole measures are as easy of accomplishment. Let us hope kingcraft will henceforth have to look in vain for any aid from us—for such intervention, as we have seen, is essentially bad, nothing but evil having ever come of it. If intervene we must, and such oc oaaion may arise, let it be on behalf of the people, for their cause alone has in it the elements of stability; their cause alone can contribute' to our honour and renown, to our satisfaction and tran quillity. One thing in connection with the ru mours given in our yesterday's impression respect ing the outbreak and the state of political parties we shall be glad to have confirmed, viz., that the pretensions of MIYRAT are at a discount in Sicily. The less they have to do with him the better for them and us. While the good Craequor is threatening to dis. turb the peace and tranquillity of Europe on ac. count of a " protectorate," not sanctioned or re cognised by the People, for whose interest he pro fesses an extraordinary regard, Great Britain has very quietly and unostentatiously consented to surrender a jewel, of a similar character, from her diadem. She no longer claims to be the Protector of the Mosquito Indians. It is true that she has taken care of their interests, ,insuring them reasonable compensation, in the shape of an annuity, for the loss and extinction of their rights in the territory, now transferred to the Republic of Honduras. The connection is thus terminated in the manner most satisfactory for all parties. We are no longer exposed to, the risk of war on account of parties incapable of defending while they receive hard dollars in exchange for barren privileges of no benefit to themselves. The Convention, which appeared in extenso in our impression of yesterday, disposes of the re maining questions at issue respecting Central America. There is, of course, no saying when a new crop of grievances may spring up. They are occasionally too valuable commo dities, more especially when electioneering matters are coming to a crisis to get rid of the entire stock. A fair reserve must be kept on hand, and no doubt our transatlantic cousins have not yet exposed their hands. We should, however, desire, if possible, that every point should be disposed of at the earliest opportunity, so as to leave no snares or pitfalls that might bring us very unwillingly into hostilities with any State or people on the other side of the Atlantic. Bri tish subjects will be quieted in the enjoyment of any property of which they may be in possession in Ruatan or other islands in the Bay of Hon duras, and also in what may be termed the "ceded districts" transferred from the Mosqui toes to the Republic of Honduras, while the Indians themselves are to receive compensation for similar property. The British Government recognises the mid-channel of the River Wanx or Segovia, as the future boundary between the Re public of Honduras, and the territory of the Mosquitoes, and any claims are to be investigated by two Commissioners, one appointed by each party, and an umpire selected by the two, whose judgment shall be final and conclusive on all matters submitted for their decision. This, then, is the termination of a matter which at one time threatened to involve the nation in war, and which might have led to the expenditure of much money and the sacrifice of malty vallip able lives. We can now judge for ourselves of the nature of such quarrels, the fierceness whereof arose from the manner in which they were forced upon us rather than the intrinsic value of the matter in dispute. The sooner we can get rid of all such connexions—from which we derive neither honour, advantage, nor even gratitude— the better. We all know how much we suffered from the Hanoverian relationship, until the bond was happily severed on the accession of Queen VICTORIA. NO see how Prussia is now hampered, and all Europe excited from a frivolous claim. If ever there was a time for placing all such matters between ourselves and other nations on a satisfactory foundation it is the present, and the Minister that accomplishes the task will entitle himself to the thanks and gratitude of the community. The name of " Protection" has been frequently used by unscrupulous Powers as an excuse for usurping an absolute sovereignty. It would be well for all nations to abolish, at once and for ever, the specious pretext, save by a Council of States, who might be bound to protect weaker parties from unauthorised and unjustifiable inva sion by those stronger than themselves, and to defend at all times the sacred cause of right versus might, whenever or wherever it may be venti lated. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 3, Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, skated on tip ice in the Home Park yesterday afternoon, attended by the gentle men in waiting. The Qaeen, with the younger members of the Royal Family, walked in the grounds adjacent to th• Castle this morning. Earl Granville gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday at his resit - lance in Bruton-street. Viscount Palmers ton arrived in town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A deputation consisting of Captain Mangles, Captain Whisk, and Mr. Tuffaell (chairman and directors of the Royal Steam Mail Company), and Mr. Just and Mr. Naylor (directors of the Pacific Steam Navigation Com pany), had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon on Tuesday at the Fomign Office, on the subject of the imposts levied at Panama by the Government of New Granada. Count Bernstorff„ the Prussian Minister, arrived in town yesterday from, a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle, THEI SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBEAI 4, 1856, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The rehearsals for the German plays are progressing most favourably, under the direction of the proprietor of the London German journal, and management of Mr. F. Weiss, son of the celebrated Madame Weiss, the instructress of the talented Viennese children. Besides three German plays there will be a variety of entertainments, musical and choregraphic. In the Berlin correspondence of the Express of Monday evening, it was said that the German company, at the desire of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, were to perform once a week at Windsor Castle. We cannot vouch for this, but it is very probable that her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, and several of the foreign ambassadors, will honour the performance of the German plays on Saturday evening next. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Dec. 3. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—The inhabitants of and visitors to Cowes have long complained of the little accommo dation they receive from the South-Western Railway, the badness of the carriages, and the extravagance of the charges for passengers, parcels, and merchandise ; also that there are no excursion trips, such as those given on other lines, nor throughout tickets, nor three or four day return ones. They, therefore, hail with pleasure the prospect of the Great Western introducing the broad gauge, and intend to petition Parliament in favour of the DIED.—On the 20th ult., at Vienna, Edward Kenyon, Esq., only brother of John Kenyon, Esq., of 6, Parade• terrace, West Cowes ; and on the 3d inst., at 6, Parade• terrace, West Cowes, John Kenyon, Esq., aged 72. Despatches were received at the Colonial-ofice yester day from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Duke of Somerset has disposel of his interest in the mans on he occupied in Spring-gardens to the Lords of the Admiralty, who propose converting it into an office for the new Coast Guard Department about to be organised. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have ar rived at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, from Stan wick Park, Yorkshire. His grace has recovered from his recent severe attack of the gout. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have arrived at Mount Stewart, Ireland. The Earl and Countess Stanhope have arrived at Chevening Park, near Sevenoaks, from visiting the Right Hon. Sidrey Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert, at Wilton House, near Salisbury. The Dowager Lady Foley and the Hon. Adelaide Foley have arrived in town from Brighton for the win. ter . Lord and Lady Foley are passing the winter at' his lordship's newly purchased estate at Worksop, Notts. _ Sir Qharles and Lady Mary Wood have returned to the right hon. baronet's official residence, at the Admi ralty, from visiting Sir William and the Hon. Lady Mid dleton, at Shrub'and Park, Suffolk. The marriage •f Capt. the Hon. Frederick Fitzela ranee, brother of the Earl of Munster, with the Hon. Adela Sidney, eldest daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Lord De Lisle and Dudley, was solem nised on Tuesday morning at All Sainte' Church, Knightsbridge, in the presence of a select circle of the friends of both noble families. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell M.P., is now on a visit to his uncle, the Rev. Dr. Cardwell, Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Ox ford, and Principal of St. Alban Hall. Ten magistrates will shortly be added to the South amp`n bench. Sit of them are Liberals, and four Conservatives. One is a member of the Society of Friends. The infant son of the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has been named by the Emperor Alexander chief of the regiment of the Guards of Lithuania, and his name has been inscribed on the muster rolls of some other select Russian regiments. The India Company yesterday reduced their exchange on India one halfpenny. This is equal to 2 per cent., and it may have some, although not a material influence in checking the drain of silver. The resent purchases of silver for India and China caused a further sum of about 40,0001. in gold to be taken from the Bank yesterday for transmission to the continent. The detention in Mexico of the large amount of silver which should have been brought by the last mail must create for the time considerable inconve nience. The specie shipped by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon is fully equal to the estitnqte given on Monday, the precise amount being 807,2511., of which 8,6201. is gold, for Alexandria, Ceylon, Madras, and Singapore, and 798,6311. silver, of which 640,6301. is for India and Singapore, and 158,001/. for China. DEATH OF MR. JOHN COLLETT, LATE M.P. FOB ATHLONE.--We have to announce with regret the death of Mr. John Collett, formerly M.P. for Athlone. Mr. Collett was born in 1798, and died on Friday, at his country-house, Arnewood, near Lymington, Hants. LONDON HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday morning a special court of the governors of this hospital was held for the purpose of electing a chaplain, in the room of the Rev. E. J. Nixon, who has resigned. The choice of the governors fell upon the Rev. J. Morrison Snody, curate of St Bartholomew's Church, Bethnal-green. TIE RECORDERSHIP OF LONDON.—Yesterday after noon a Committee of Aldermen was held in the Alder men's Chamber at Guildhall. The -business transacted had reference chiefly to the vacant Recordership. The proceedings were private, but from good authority we are enabled to state that he majority of the members of the Court present were adverse to any opposition to the claims of Mr. Russell Gurney, the present Common Sergeant, whose elevation to the high and honourable office is considered by the best informed members of the Corporation to be certain.—Morning Advertiser. REFORM BANQUET IN LIVERPOOL.---LIVERPOOL, Wed nesday.—A banquet, at which about 400 persons at tended, was given in the large room of Lucas's Horse Repository, last night, to celebrate the election of Mr. J. R. Jeffrey, as membsr of the Liverpool Town Council for Lime-street ward, in opposition to the tory candidate, Mr. John Buck Lloyd. The company sat down under the presidency of Thomas Haigh, Esq. The entertain ment, as it was intended to commemorate the triumph of the liberal party in the municipal government of the town, excited a considerable degree of interest. Several town councillors were present and took part in the pro ceedings. The United States mail steamer Hermann left South ampton yesterday for New York, with the German and English mails. She had 90 passengers and 600 tons of cargo from Germany, France, and England. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.—The report of this company has been published, previously to the meeting on Saturday. Owing to the satisfactory position of the revenue account the dividend recom mended is at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 1/. per paid-up share, and 4s. per new share, all free of income tax. At the same time it is proposed that a payment of 30s. per share and of Os. per new share be made out of the balance of 49,2481. standing to the credit of the proprietors' underwriting account. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet s y, e a withm steam-packet Banos,ackt t h e e Colombo, with her immense specie freight, put in at agentmypeasyesterday, • y r ' Lieut. dstGibraltar on the morning of the 25 th ult., and was to resume her voyage the same afternoon. E R u. The , ea C ap t . r Peninsular ri v e dWeeks, at and Southampton uAt hd Oriental a;at ot C yn o Peninsular mails. Her dates were—Gibraltar, Nov. 25, Cadiz 26, Lisbon 29, Oporto 30, Vigo, 30. She brought 28 passengers, amongst whom were Capt. Henderson, R.E., and Capt. M`Pherson, 30th Regiment. Move ments of her Majesty's ships :—The Curlew was at Gibraltar ; and the Cassar, Colossus, Centurion, Ex mouth, and Sanspareil at Lisbon. Movements of foreign ships of war :—At Cadiz were Le Reine, Isabella Segunda, and Bayler frigate ; and at Lisbon, French liner Austerlitz, United States frigate Merrimac, and Dutch Prince Charles. Movements of the Oriental Company's packets :—The Colombo, with India mails, arrived at Gibraltar, and sailed on the 2 5 th ult. 30 th ult., passed Alhambra off Vigo, and steering for it. ETON COLLEGE.—On Monday next, the Bth inst., the whole of the school will leave for the Christmas vacation. On Saturday next the Lord Bishop of Oxford will arrive at the college to administer the rite of confirma tion to' the students. On Wednesday, the 14th of January, the lower boys return ; on Thursday, the 15th, the fifth form return ; and on Friday, the 16th, the sixth form return ; when the whole school will have assembled. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. —This popular es tablishment has, for some time past, been preparing fdr the numerous visitors who flock to see the wonders ex hibited in wax models during the great. Cattle Show, which commences next Tuesday. The proprietors are doing all in their power to form a collection, worthy the constant patronage bestowed by the public of their en deavours to cator for their amusement and instruction. Many of the groups are admirable specimens of the life like art, and the royal group hone of the most perfect and splendid in appearance. BRlGHTON.—Notwithstanding the advanced period of the season our fashionable list continues as important as ever, and we are glad to find that, although the weather has been somewhat severe, it has not prevented our cliffs from being thronged with company almost daily, with scarcely a single exception. On Tuesday evening the weather moderated, and yesterday it was, comparatively speaking, quite mild, and our promenades, facing the sea, exhibited no lack of visitors—indeed, it is rare to witness so animated a scone in December as our marine drives and promenades presented. The Duke of Devonshire, who is still at Kemp Town, entertained the following company at dinner on Tuesday :—The Marquis of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Hamilton, Earl and Countess Vane, Lord and Lady Overstone and Miss Jones Loyd, Lord Walter Scott, General Sir F. Trench, Sir A. Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod, who has been on a visit to the Dake of Devons hire, left Kemp Town yesterday for the Isle of Wight. The Dowager Duchess of Argyll has taken 132, Marine - para de, and is expected to-m orr ow. Lady Brougham, who had been staying for some time at the Norfolk Hotel, has removed to 108, King's-road. Lady Macdonald, who has taken 10 , Lay Rod, Arundel-terrace, is expected to - m orrow after a lengthened stay at Pegg' s Royal Y d ork Hotel, took her departure yesterday for London. Sir J. V. Shelley has taken 39, Brunswick -terrace, and is ex pected this day from Maresfield-park. General Beat son and family left 1, SilwoOd-place on Saturday last, for 5, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall East. —Brighton Gazette. CRYSTAL PALAUE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wednesday, December 2. —Admissions on payment, 27i ; ditto, by season tickets, 70 ; total visitors, 348. LATEST N E wS. of the Cabinet Ministers, with the exception of M. von Scheele (at present in Altona), were present. The weather has bow l ex V 1 (_\ l'•tel:1)11,S of late in the Sound and along the coast of Jutland, and at Elsinore several ships have been stranded in the violent gales which have been experienced from the south south-east, close to the castle of Kronsberg. From the Island of Bornholm the reports of the effects of the same gales have also been very dis tressing, and several losses are said to have been the result. The intelligence from many parts of Jutland is replete with casualties of shipwrecks and other severe losses among the shipping of various nations. The weather continues to vary between 6 and 8 degrees of frost with us, and much snow has fallen. The navigation of the Elbe, has, however, up to the present time, not been interrupted for the passage of sailing vessels, but such will not be the case in a couple of days more should the frost continue. Already there is much floating ice on the river, and one night's hard frost will be enough to prevent any more ships passing up or down without great risk. The Hamburg steamship Borossia, Capt. Ehlers, left this day for New York, with a full cargo of valuable goods and about 272 passengers. The Hammonia, another of the same Company's steamers, that left this on the 2d, arrived, accord ing to accounts received here yesterday, at New York on the 15th ult., after a quick passage of 13 days and 14 hours. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Prefect of the Seine has just presented to the Departmental Commission the budget of the City of Paris for the year 1857, in which the receipts are estimated at 59,972,212 fr., and the expenses at 59,964,920 f., showing a surplus of receipts of 7,292 fr. In the list of ordinary expenses the Pre fecture of the Seine stands for 2,883,149 fr. ; Pre fecture of Police, 183,112 fr.; optional expenses, but of departmental utility, for both prefectures united, 1,099,3991 r. ; extraordinary expenses for repairs of Palais de Justice and other edifices, improvement of departmental roads, &c., 54,954,053 fr. ; special expenses for vicinal roads, 594,473 fr., & c. The assistance given to orphan children requires an augmentation of credit of 215,200 fr., and that for lunatics 50,779 fr., the total increase in expenses being 402,140 fr. The Debats states that the Lyonnaise packet, be longing to the French Transatlantic Navigation Company of France, which, as we learnt by a tele graphic despatch of Tuesday, was lost on her voyage front New York to Havre, having quitted the former place on the Ist inst., was run down by a vessel as yet unknown, and sunk almost immediately. Of 40 passengers 5 only were saved, and of 150 pas sengers of the second class and the crew of the ship, 44 only were known to have reached land in safety. Mr. Disraeli continues to be the lion of Paris, and is much feted by everybody. He was present at Count Walewski's reception, and conversed for some time with his host. The Moniteur publishes two decrees, one rely tive to the division and organisation of each of the colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and La Re union ; and the other making the same regulations applicable to the French settlements of Guayana, Senegal, Goree, St. Pierre, and Miquelon. The Assemblee .Nationale expresses its confidence that new diplomatic conferences will be shortly held in Paris, and it considers this solution of existing difficulties as a triumph for English state craft, and not as a check for the Cabinet of Lord Palmerston. The most important circumstance connected with this article is the sudden change which has taken place in the views entertained by our contemporary with respect to the Russian alliance. The journal which four days ago was one of the most enthusiastic adherents of the Russian Cabinet, now condemns the latter in terms of :great severity. The Assemblee Nationale thus expresses itself : "We cannot share the views of these journals. The meeting of a new conference can be a check for nobody, unless for the power which is obliged to sacrifice its pre tensions to a decision of the majority. And on this point we are of the opinion of the Morning Post, that Lord Pal merston has nothing to fear. It appears certain in fact that France has rallied to the opinion of England in the ques tions of the Island of Serpents and of the new Bessarabian frontier. This point gained, the English cabinet could feel no objection in approving of the conference since it was certain to obtain the triumph of its views. It is therefore impossible for us, we repeat, to recopsise in the meeting of the conferences a check for Lord Palmerston. . . . It is said that Russia, in giving way to the representations of the allies, seeks to obtain a compensation in the shape of a portion of territory in Moldavia. We confess that we do not understand this conduct. As long as the Cabinet of St. Petersburg entertained lo pes that France would support its pretensions relative to the interpretation of Art. 20 of the treaty of Paris, we comprehended its re sistance. But from the moment that an accord has been been established on this point between the Courts of Paris and London, no hopes can be entertained by Russia of suc cess; she has evidently lost her cause. This is a fresh de feat, but one that is less painful and less costly than her previous one. Her honour was not interested in this ques tion ; she might have furnished proofs of her readiness to dispel all causes of dispute between the contractors of the treaty of peace. Europe would have recognised in such conduct the sincere adoption of a wiser policy and this concession, far from diminishing the fame already acquired by the Emperor Alexander 11., would have obtained for him the additional esteem of the world. But the conduct of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg in striving to prolong a dispute, the issue of which is certain—in de manding a compensation which will scarcely be granted— has transformed the legitimate and serious defence of a right into a quibble ; in a word, it is a paltry policy, and we venture to observe that this conduct redounds less to the credit of the successor of Count Nesselrode than the circular which attracted the attention of Europe a few weeks ago. We therefore believe that Lord Palmerston has nothing to fear from the new conferences. He is cer tain of Austria; he is certain of Turkey; he is certain of ` honest' Sardinia—` very honest,' but also very simple. Finally, and this is the main point, he may count on the adhesion of France. The question is, therefore, judged, and it will no longer demand our preoccupation. It will, moreover, be remembered that we never attached great importance to this doable question of t the S Isle and of the two Bolgrads. The importan point to settle this difficulty, and to remove roes rtee e ground their Austria and England have thought p respective occupations in the East. aside we shall be able to discuss We shall, t p h T e s e apl retestqu e st i n o n n e — e put th e complete execution of thetreeaetnyroefnaPtainrins. of the new there fore,con- view with pleasure the re ference;least ü b s e ly a c d a e r: may be its decision, we shall ceive it w a i n th d cision, and because it wr satis faction,whate 1 because ndoubittedwlyillbeatrigo • d out We shall then see how all the articles of the trrieeaty, Concluded eight months ago with a view of assuring the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire, w ill be execute d. " BOURSE , DEC. 3.—The following were the las t quotations : Cash. iY. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents ..... 91 40 —fr. —c. 3 per Cents 69 65 70 10 New Loan Bank Shares 4,100 Roman (x d) 8 5 3 /4 Credit Mobilier 1,580 Austrian Belgian Fives 97i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9l 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. .c. Orleans 1,350 W es t ern f'Bs Northern 985 Strasburg .. 855 - Lyons 1,370 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,780 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN ITALY. VENICE, DEC. 2. The Emperor has issued an amnesty. Seventy political prisoners have received a free pardon. The sequestration on the property of political igitives is entirely removed. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (Second Edition) says :-- "Up to a late hour this day no official intelli gence had reached Paris from Sicily. A steamer will arrive at Marsilles this evening, when in al] probability further details of the insurrection will reach us. " I understand it was to be decided to-day in Paris when the Conferences would meet, but I know not what period has been fixed. Russia is represented as impatient at the delay." BERLIN, THURSDAY. The Prussian. Correspondent violently attacks the British Press for its conduct in the Neucha tel question. It says it has declared itself for usurpation against justice. It hopes the English Government " repudiates attacks which can only awaken indignation and contempt throughout the whole Prussian people !" An amnesty has been published at Copenhagen, pardoning nineteen officers engaged in the Schles wig-Holstein campaign of 1848. A few yet re- main in exile. "Several foreign journals," says the Patrie, " have stated that the King of Denmark had it in contemplation to abdicate the crown We believe we can announce that these state meats, propagated in all probability to serve party interests, have no kind of foundation." The difference between Prussia and Neuchatel is at this moment the principal object of discus sion in the German journals. They appear to be generally of opinion that the dispute will be settled by negotiation, and that if the representa tives of th• great powers of Europe assemble to smooth down other difficulties, it will be easy to submit to their arbitration a question which in this manner may be terminated honourably for all parties. FRANCE, RUSSIA, AND THE PORTE. The Trieste Gazette publishes the following as the complete text of the identical note addressed to Reschid Pacha by the ambassadors of France and Russia : " His Majesty the Emperor, my most gracious master, has deigned to order me to demand from the Grand Vizir precise explanations on the fol lowing points :-1. With regard to the rectifica tion of the Bessarabian frontier. Does the Porte consent to the solution of the difficulties which exist on this subject being remitted to the con ferences which are to be opened at Paris, or is it rather disposed to remove those difficulties by renouncing its pretensions on Bolgrad in favour of Russia, whilst France and Russia would guarantee to it the definitive possession of the Isl© of Serpents and of the delta of the Danube ? 2. With respect to the continued occupation of the principalities. Does the Porte not see in this ocoupation a violation of the letter and spirit of Art. 31 of the Treaty of Paris Is not this violation doubly evident from the contradiction which exists between the fact of the continued occupation of the principalities by the Austrian militaryforces and the language which Count de Baol held at the Conferences ? 3. With respect to the presence of the English squadron in the Bosphorus and the Black Sea. Does not the Porte consider it as contrary to the convention of the lath May, 1856, according to which a period of six months, counting from the day of the ex- thange of the ratifications of the Treaty of Paris, was fixed for the evacuation of the Ottoman terri tory by all the forces of England, Franco, and Sardinia ? Does it not see besides in it an obstacle to the execution of the convention concernin g the Straits, which was to have been again brought into vigour from the 28th October ? 4. With respect to the reorganisation of the Principalities. Is the Porte of opinion that the Divans ad hoc can pronounce in full liberty in favour of thke ter ritorial and administrative union of the Princi palities, if such a union be desired by the inhabi tants of Wallachia and Moldavia ? Would. such a vete, if the Congress of Paris were to tiLke it into serious consideration, encounter difficulties on the part of the Porte in its quality of soui:erain power ? The Grand Vizir is requested to be) kind enough to give explanations as soon as poe sible, and in a precise manner, on the subject of these questions, the high importance of which under present circumstances he will not disregard. (Signed) ‘g THOUTENEL, BOUTENIgrk '." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, DEC, 2. The House of Notables here having chosen its President (Prince Hohenlobe) at its first meriting, November 29, has since then elected also its 'Vice- President in the peison of Count Stalberg. Wer nigerode • the choice for sec ond Vice-Pret mber lident fell on H e von Duesberg. This Cha may be said to have commenced business yest erday morning at its second meeting, inasmuch as ct 3rtain bills were laid before it. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 30.—The only local news to be communicated is, that the Brussels paper Le .Nord is entirely prohibited in Austr i a. The King of Greece was very well received on his arrival at the Piraaus on the 22d Nov. A day or two after his return his Majesty receive d the congra t u lations of the diplomatic corps, whia, were offered by Mr. Wyse, the British Minister, as its doyen or senior. According to reliable private advises, the person and manners of her Majesty the Empress have produced a remarkably favourable impress ion on the susceptible Venetians. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, DBC. 2.—The Danish Reich s t ag w ill re-assemble for the transaction of public afftairs on the 4th inst., but an address from the throne is not expected to take place. Prince William of Glucksburg, the third brother of Prince Christian o f Denmark, and wh o i s a General in the Austrian army, is at present on a visit at Copenhagen, and was permitted yestel rday, say the an p d uhbilgi high journals pers. on.ag ( e 2 s B.th relatedu l t. ) o t to payhim, v ands isit to the King at Fre i hy d ie r cr i h c y h w s m b o aus. c r . a. currently e l si t re i sci reported currentlys yp o oartpeaar .stoymoef rumoured that a reconciliation between his Ma jesty at present reside . abroad, m i ll speedily ensue, a cir cumstance t h toh a ua t :.iws General Oxholm, the Danish Minis ter at the Court of London, had renewed his req uest to be relieved from that post, is again current. A deputation, consisting of members of tho no bility, landed proprietors, and farmers from. the Duchy of Lauenburg, at the head of which is the Count von Kielmansegge, arrived on the 27th inst. at Copenhagen, and had the honour of an interview with the King at his palace of Freiderichsborg (at which place his Majesty still resides notwithstand ing the severity of the weather) for the purpose of presenting a petition, the object of which is said to be to request the King to suspend any further sale of domain property in that duchy for the present. The deputation was well received by his Majesty, and the Land Marshal has been fortunate enough to have had, since his visit, several private audi ences of the King, which have borne the character of confidential conversations on the subject of the affair in question. Besides this, two Councils of State have been held with respect to the negotiations 40 r ?eliding upon this affair, at which the whole NEUCHATEL. A letter from Berne of the Ist, in the I le no pendance of Brussels, sa y s :—" I t was t Il t ( 1e Federal Coun ci l w hi c h t oo k the initiative in the l mission of General Dufour to Paris , but the Emperor Napol eon having expressed • himself, letter, desiro us o f l earn i ng the opinion of his in a former military chief, the Swiss authorities naturally deemed the opportunity favourable for having re course to the good offices of a person who, like General Dufour, occupies so high a position in the esteem of the Emperor. The Federal Gover ment demanded, previously to the liberation of the Neuchatel prisoners, an assurance on the part of France, who c l a i me d their release, that this sa crifice should not be illusory, but that an assurance should be given of the importance of Neuchatel. But the Emperor Napoleon would give no other assurance than that of employing all his efforts to obtain that result. The federal government placed full confidence in the word of the Emperor, but nok in the intentions of Prussia, who maintained an obstinate silence ; it therefore sought from the Emperor his assurance that he would consider him self liberated from the consequences of the proto col of London of 24th May, 1852. That propusal not having been accepted, the superior authorities of Switzerland decided on allowing justice to take its course, at the same time that the y p re p are against every eventuality." "A letter from Berne," says the Assemble Na• tionale, " states that M. de Sydow, the Prussian Envoy in Switzerland, who still remained at Berne after the delivery of the second note relative to the prisoners, requested on the 27th ult. a fresh audi ence of M. Stoempfli, the President of the Federal govern ment, and expressing his regret that they were not acceded to announced that he had re ceived orders to break off diplomatic intercourse and return to his residence at Sigmaringen. On the 28th the Federal Council held a sitting, at which it was decided to refuse the request made from several quarters for the release of the Neuchatel prisoners. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 29th ult. publishes at length the . conditions on w hi c h th e arrang ement between M. Mires and the Spanish Government has been effected. The chief features are that M . . Mires is to advance 300,000,000 reals, to be paid in five instalments, the first in ten days from the defi nitive conclusion of the affair, the others at inter- vals of two months each; and is to receive in return stock at the price of 11 per cent., with deductionf or commis ion of 3 per cent. from nol capital. These conditions are to be put up to public competi tion on the 17th of this month, and it is only in the event of no more favourable offer being made by other capitalists that they will be definitively ac cepted. In a report to the Queen the ministers say that the loan is required in consequence of the Treasury having in addition to its ordinary charges, which are very heavy, to incur great outlay, swing to the dearness of food. The other journals of the 29th contain no news, but the Boja Autografa says that the Queen, in a long interview with the Count de Lucena(O'Donnell), had earnestly pressed him to accept the St. Petersburg embassy, but that he had refused, though with every expression of regret at not being able to comply with her Ma jesty's wishes. KARS AND ITS DEFENDERS. PAINTED BY WILLIAM SIMPSON. During the last two or three days there has been on Private View, at the French Gallery, 121, Pall-mall, an original painting, by William Simp son, representing through that one remarkable work of art the most heroic incident of the late War, the most brilliant episode of the whole con- flict, the glorious, tragic, and ever-memorable events enacted at Kars—those of its Siege, Defence, and Surrender ! We have seen this picture—we have examined it carefully in all its details—we have viewed it at once in reference to the celebrity of the artist, and in reference to the glory of th• great historic occurrence he has through it under taken to commemorate—and having said all this, et us honestly add at once that we regard this really noble pictorial memento of "Kars and its Defenders" with unfeigned admiration. Mr. Simp son bas in it fairly surpassed himself he has eclipsed all his previous a shievements— those well-known artistic achievements by which, during the course of the great Crimean Struggle, be built up for himself so rapidly a very remarkable reputation. It has been said, and said very truly, in regard to those achievements of his, the Sketches of the Scenes and Deeds of the War from the Alma to the Malakhoff, that—" Mr. Simpson did with his pencil what Mr. Russell did with his pen I" Than which could there be words of more earnest and sententious panegyric ? For what, with his pen of fiery rhetoric, did not Mr. Russell accomplish in his capacity as the Times' Correspondent Yet to our thinking far beyond any of his really admirable Sketches from the Crimea, far beyond them as a work of art and as an enduring memo- rial of the dread encounter between Russia and the Allies, is this one solitary painting from the hand of William Simpson, representing at a glance-- " Kars and its Defenders." An engraving of it by George Zobell is now in preparation, one exe cuted (as it ought to be) in the first style of etching and mezzotinto. The plate, when completed, to be issued to the subscribers by the Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co.—the firm par excellence among printsellers. A most acceptable commemoration of the war it cannot fail to prove when finished—acceptable, we mean, as bringing visibly io our homes a nd hearths the Memory of a most Heroic Incident. The picture, such as it is, portrays (as its title indicates) not only Kars itself, but its Defenders. It is taken from the south, and is recognised universally by those who are competent to pro' flounce an opinion upon the subject as a most exact representation. There is the great rocky fastness of Armenia—the town and fortress of Kars, situated in 40' 15' north latitude, and 43 . 16' east longitude, 7,000 feet above the level of the sea—in front, a vast plain—in rear, a lofty range of mountains. Yonder are the town, the suburbs, the citadel, the hospital, the tabias, the bastions, the modern walls of defence, the ancient line of fortifications. And yonder to the right hand, grouped together—better than all the atone barriers in the world, are the living buttresses of defence—the little band of heroes who won for themselves imperishable fame by their stern valour and inflexible endurance, rendering Karsby that valour and endurance another and hex c i, ' , be it said, a lesser Thermopylae. There they are wiok one and all—there General Sir William °en Williams—there General Kmety—ther e the Mu' shir—there Osman Bey the Bashi Boou k—there General Kohlman—there Teesdale, an d Lake and Thompson, and Dr. San dwith the rucdic al o fficer and erlool Mr. Churchill the St cretary. Not one m an of nitu. among them all has been omitted. The p o f the chosen for the scene is the on e almost immedi ately prior to the great battle °f g of the arrison 29th of were September, 1855, when th e devoted irst beginning to feel Besidesthe dire effects the historic cha racters figalreadyfigures haveentiboneeend scarcity of provisions. various other charac teristic artistically introduced ur into the picture , a wounded soldier, a K o ord or Laz, a poor Armenian mother with her children. m Alt o gether the painting is precisely what it should be upon such a subject and from such a hand ---a picture worthy of the brush of William Simpson, and not unworthy of commemorating to after times " Kars and its Defenders." LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 4.—Wind this day at noon, N- W ' light breeze and milder weather. COWES, Dec. L—Arrived—Martaban, from Manilla, with jibboom c a rried away, b owspr it damage, atcc-! Divi " ; .7" been in cont ac t, a t 6.30 p.m. on t h e 30th n it., with a 8.- . tish barque; Anna, from Savanilla, for Bremen. FALuoUTH, Dec. 3.—Wi n d 5.5.., fresh.—Arrive"-- George, from Bremen, for New York. PILL, Dec. 3. - Wi n d S.—Arrived—Tay, from Quebec; Evergreen, Quebec. NEWPORT, Dec. 3.—Wind N.B,—Arrived—Mac"ia' from Gloucester, for Bermuda. FLEETWOOD, Dec. 3.—Wind nito, from at, John's. OFF DUNGENESS, Dec. 2.—Dowthorpe, from Bombe!, for Hell. CARDIFF, Nov. 3.--Wind N.B.—Sailed—C. S. Fletcher, for New rleans WATER O FORD,. Dec. 2.—Wind N.W. to N..c4• • rived—Harriet, from Quebec. OFF MARGATE —Eclipse, from Madeira. OFE DOVER —Fanny, from the Cape of Good 13opeino, L I VERPOOL, Dec. 3.—The Ann Elizabeth , of by the was run down off Folkestone , on the 30th ult,;:tteUr and Loure (s.s.), of this port; crew saved by the landed thera at Dover. HAMBURG, Dec. 2.—The Trio, from St. P r e Leith, has been assisted into Tonning with considerable damage to hull, &a. P thrown overboard. ANTWERP, Dec. r to London, A sb n a tj• the Hendrika Annegina, from IC"i-Ult , after being in he Dutch ship sank on the Doggerbank on the 26th e:1 e r asokb of cargo ,a nd collision together - three men drowned; the crews saved and landed here. iheeg\rSeitismawilendkeia•nodf (PElt ELEOTRI( TELEGBAPB.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday 2J.OllllLiv Wind S. f r om Havre; Emeral d, Arrived—Italian ( s.s.), 100 f York. S a il e d—Fidelia and Typhoon, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, Dee. 3. Wind S. Arrived—Ocean Wave, from Taganrog. .f (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thurs tay, 9.45 *alio a , Wind, W. ; tide fiyo hours' ebb; we ather light all frosty. Arrived, Dec. 3—Rosetta, from Trincomales. DEAL, Thursday, 9.0 v Wind N.W. ; light and frosty. Passed, Dec. 3—Phantom, for Cadiz; Admiral, F 024 Natal ; Catapillo, Valparaiso all from London. Report of barque Syltih—Ncv. 3- Spoke English ..„. 811i ., P Myrtle, ft om London, in lat. 16.0 N., long. 26.0 W. 11 4.—spoke barque Hound, from Lisbon, in Ist. 110 141., l_on E g n . g 2 l 6 is . h 3o Bh W ip . ; same day, English barque Alethia, fr° 732 Hampton Roads, in lat. 17.20 N., long 26.30 W. Nov. 2 3 ' Ist. 45.53 N., liLagr°.ldl,7.forovirm .CaNlcouvt.ta,2,f.eLDLuivtcerhpbsoolr,qll: America, from Amsterdam , for Batavia, in lat. 49.30 IC/ long 6.20 W. =_."-------_—__ THE INCOME TAX—ST. ANDREW', HOLBORN, AND ST. GEORGE-THE-MART YR Last night a meeting of inhabf. t tants of these united parishes was held at the Workhouse, t Little Gray's-in-lane, to consider the steps to be takell , "to obtain a remission of the oppressive burden of the income tax as it at present exists." Mr. J. S. S. 11° P . wood was in the chair ; and the meeting was addressed bY Messrs. Lindner, Elliot, Bable, Lloyd, \V. Elliott, 11°b son, and Jones. A resolution was passed unaoiraousli " that the income tax of ls. 4d. in the pound operates op: pressively ou tradesmen, professional men, limited income, being a charge of the same amount upon those classes (many of whom are struggling 021%P° themselves and families) as upon those who " 9 - ac ; quired real and permanent property ; besides which, got a nd 'node of assessment is unjust and inquisitorial, and persona of unfrequently leads to compelling those assessed to PAT more for the tax than a fair estimate upon their incom, The second resolution was also unanimously a,doptoa, " That the pledge of the Government to reduce the property and income tax after the close of the war should be carried out in the full integrity of the Pero7 raise, and that such reduction should take place frben: and after the sth April next." A committee was .. _ appointed to arrange for a public meeting on tio' subject; . .