The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

I 8a -7 —The Pat • DIAMES, I I, cm co. to booiiselliir in T HEATRE LQ c, need that LETTS'S has of an; ilExchltrge, ROYAL, DRIIRI. Acting Manager, Mr. C. .Ilat:iewa. _ Boxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. GREAT ATTRACTION for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. First. Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most tnagnitlcent ever produced on the English stage. The First Morning Performance of the Pantomime will tab). place on WEDNESDAY, Dec. at 2 o'clock. The great Comedian of the age, Mr. Charles Mathews, and 'Tanager, Mr. R. a powerful DrarnatieCompany On BOXING-NIGHT, Dec. `2,(;, and her Majesty's Servants will perform AGGRAVATING SAM,, In which Mr. Charles Mathews and the talented Dramatic [lowing Evenings, _ Company will appear. After which will be produced an entirely new and original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog fiomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime,wlaich for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; 0 r,Harlequin. Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The 1 machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. I Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog- ' nomical devices designed. and executed by the celebrated ilykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged 'by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con strueted by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Bl a nchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack ,and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," &c., and the whole an:anged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye anciente and tral,:iful legend - on ye which ye pantomime its story is founded . Margret Dew, "See, saw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Region of Reverses, iu the Island of U p s and Downs. ea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here we go down, down, dews ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round. and round." Juvenile Chorus of the earliest eriod, su pposed ' to belong to tho One. Un, isle- Top ; Down, n al ci r.Low; Opera box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, a Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up). Si gn or Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Saueebox, and. Monsieur Ching= ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, an d Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Fria hard, Mr. Pop dl. Mr. Qnodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelangh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of WO Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamegga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffueck, Headsup, Eyesright, Shoulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shibly and Shally (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dcalhery. How Margery Daw has no notion of work herself, are the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interim' of the Palace of King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Soseereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Hurly-li.nrly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Pig,gledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagaag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband ; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet temper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook : Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Ficiefeather ; his Retinue, Messrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashiue. How tho Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work iu the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—Tile Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox : —Row of Pius, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &e.; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Senalleye, Long,six, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawle.way ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inclibald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth.—Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Ilelyday bestows. Grand* Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in process of construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with the assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Denlin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloons, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade, showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Belenos, Deulin, Tanner, and llalford).—A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toe—T'iret and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxiseeper —Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out along stop—The uses and abuses of the crin oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basa-et. V.,..0h bread (braces)--Aldershott a size smaller —Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a buster Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel to baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries Ins hand at a game and loses by it —Cst and come again —Clown takes a butcher's - shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouie (Ve roni, Barnes ; add Honey). Agentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—TAe Gude wrapper—Railway wrappers—Transfer clepot--Washing mac'aine—extraordinary— Sernethingti:at won't wash—Cleanedont—Seentinandscnt out- Feeistn versus English toothpowder—Hungary water—A Frangipani boaquet —Wonderfal effects of the Pistachio nut -powder—A case of res., distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur Dished Apartments for 'Single Men (Dolenos, Daulin, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re voinSirsi—lurning the tables —To bed, to bed—A drop too much Clown siowbeg'ins to reflect—Tie looking-glass follows his exam' le—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account— Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judi ia's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Statieuer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey. ) —Clown, being iu Fleet-street, goes the pace rather an of course) which is London post—Re lators, gas washing, a—Clown makes a shift shirty—A box of common (I-tal fast —The language of the everybody understands—Bath post gulators Want - regulator's, pressing, a which ma'. scents A frcsii sup yl iron regulator 'rom An ay reg ... —A Dred-ful scene ensues. .I , L;elfi':4 Model Farm (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner )--Ifarveq-licnie —A. rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses —The milky war—Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A. stroag smell of game—A firma-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets t'reat'y attached to him —Priz3 poultry—Cochin China and conch in England Novel hatching,—The old mail—Full in -B,l'lo—Clown o ff by th e E x press and Pantaloon by the Koeket— Ilappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William -street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes to tale a hns—Present and future—Weight of public op inion I c hange for the better—The people's own bus—When , fool meets fool then comes the tug of . lan—Collision, crash, smash, a n d , ' ment—A dash —Garotte preventive —lifoustache move case for cutlery P s ir or sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a ment—The dnel —A_ — Holloway stopped by Holloway's °int ent direct —Forewarned, forearmed — Public nuisances`of 187,6-oii a regular blow up , wad. ~, my Crinoline—A high wind, vairv g H forions termination Downs in Holiday' s to Ups and The reduced price s follows, varying throughout the house to suit every 0 ,, a : Circle of Boxes, is• Cd. Gallerie,s, 6d and Is . ; Second Circle . of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, Pit, ''s ' Fi r rt . ln.; Stall s , 108. 6d., r• 15., 1/. 11s. m , es. ; Private Boxes, •, and 2/. 2s. ROYAL LYcEum Lessee, M r T R E A T R E. - - ' ... G. Dillon. _ O n BOXING NIGHT, Deeeniher „ wilt b e pro d uce d an entirely new and orig inal combina tion o tomime, entitled r burlesque and pa n - AND AND mmoiu. things at Her or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Pai,._ at the Sea. The burlesque opening b y -."l\. trough, Bottom of founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as ~,,0 1 5, 7)ugh, Esq., Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade up o ,l" ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted " in gene- Fenton. Characters in the opening : by m r. F. Conrad (the Corsair) ............... Miss W o<ggar • Birbarto (his lieutenant) ............ Mr. J. L. Toole Sudo Pasha ........................... Mr. Barrett Sing Smaul ........................... Mr. Holston Yussiff ................................. Mr. S. Calhaein Med ora Gulnar ..............................Mrs.. Mrs. B. White Zulieru ............................. Melville Submarina...(her first appearnce) Miss Jessie Ryder Serena Miss Marie Wilton . Clowns `,Sr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall Pantaloon Mr. Stilt Harlequin __ ........ _ .......... __Mr. J. Marshall Columbine Miss Clara Morgan On Boxing Night, and on Saturday, Dec. 27, the historical I play of WILLIAM TELL will commence the performances. - - William Tell, Mr., C. Dillon. A Morning Performance of the _ . Pantomime every Saturday, at 2 o'clock, comm encin g on Sa tnrday, Dec. 27. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super:ntemlence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. STRAND TREAT R.E.—Manager, Mr. T. P tYne.--THIS EVENING will , be performed THE OLD COMMODORE. To conclude with the Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of Lon don. Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. 1-70-4kAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. On FRIDAY, Dec. 23, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie; Mrs. Stirllim, A new Fairy -ENtr3v3ganz.,. by J. R. Planchfi, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Cane (her first appearance), Castleton, Promley, Maskell, and M. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE , Commence at half-past se", (lan, an THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET., On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, and SATURDAY, to commence at Seven with the comedy of THE HONEYMOON. In consequence of Mr. Murdoeh's success be is reing,aged for a few nights and will appear as the Duke Aranza. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel TTnele. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W. Calleott. The music composed and arrangedby Edward Fitz. william. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano • Columbine, Fanny Wright (her first appearance in that character) ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay;and Clown, Mr. Driver ( his first appearance in that charac ter at this theatre). The first Morning perform. mace of the Pantomime will be given on Thursday, Jan. 1, and continue every Thursday throug hout the holidays : corn mencing at. 2, concluding at 4. THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Great Attraction for the Holidays. BOXING NIGHT (Friday, Dec. 26), and Saturday, Dec, 27, for two nights only, PAUL PRY : By Mr. Wright. After which will be produced a new and original union of modern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated rat this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations, drc., called - MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Httrlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste mi d Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramonch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur , Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer , que by Mr. Paul Bedford adame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss M u le Kelly, Miss Arden, Ice. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. IN On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, will be produced a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. oOrmack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams. Preceded by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Saturday, the Corsican Brothers and the Pantomime. On Monday, Dec. 20, will be presented A Midsummer Night's .Dream and the Pantomime. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Cl. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. I NEW GRAND EQUESTRIAN PANTOMIME FOR BOXING NIGHT. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, Irith Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Macbeth, Mr. Jr.ames Holloway. After which, the inimitable Equestrian SCENES in the CIRC LE. To conclude with Entertainments of Novelty and Variety. Doors open at half-past six ; commenee at seven o'clock. Vox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Chcpruses, Glees, Duets, &e., viz. —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, :Miss Brunell, an Misi Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghman4, R. Grover, T. Rain, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben %nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; %director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre .3isely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. In addition to Cie usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH :NUNSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven .o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourit selec tions. RIGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 5 rain. aft. 11 In-Monnow—Morn. lB min. aft.l2—Evening 41 mln. aft.l2 THE WEATHER—SUN Oros, DECEMBER 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE, SHAM 42—highest sines noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BAnomrrsß, 29 37—a fall of an inch and a half since )londay evening. WIND, W.S W. to S.W.—Light, with fine, sunshiny wc%ther at noon. It rained in the night. ;71 , g) • ter. v.. 1; • ) r " " §llll. LI)ND6N, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1856. A merry Christmas and happy New Yea - r to each and every one—to friends, in particular—and to the community at large ! Cordially and sincerely do we wish it ; and earnestly shall we strive, to the best of our ability, to add to the happiness of those most deserving of sympathy and assistance. Good wishes alone will not suffice. All have heard of the place----" not to be mentioned to ears polite"—which is said to be " paved with good intentions." Every one must labour honestly and energetically in his vocation to add to the general felicity, and to promote that great end and aim of true philanthropists—" the greatest good to the greatest number." Many a heart will, however, shrink, notwithstanding the social enjoy ments and cheering festivities of the season, at the demands that must be provided for. The happiness of the day will be marred by the presence of " the skeleton," that, we are told, has a place in every household. The dread of approaching bills that must be liquidated, the claims that cannot be satisfactorily encoun tered ! Conceal it as he may, that grievance will rankle in the mind of every pater familias. He sees the wants of his wife and children, the old gowns, broken boots, and worn-out jackets, are stern monitors to repel the temporary exuberance of his spirits, even while partaking of that which the nursery legend too truly informs him, " comes but once a year." An unbidden tear " trem bles" in his eye, and its bitterness is aggravated by a deep sense of wrong when he feels that but for the anticipated visit of the tax-collector, who requires so heavy a contribution from his hardly earned " income," he might provide the humble comforts so greatly required by his family, and still keep out of debt ; nay, more, set aoide a small sum for a rainy day, when illness or any unexpected calamity shall visit his home, and press heavily on his scanty resources. We speak of those who are gaining their daily bread by their daily labour, not of the possessors of accumulated and realised prcperty, who have something on which to fall back in the dark hour of adversity. They care comparatively little for the impost, for it may be altogether evaded if that property is not invested in a tangible taxable form ; or, if there has been a stoppage in transittt, a deduction from the gross sum which they re ceive in the shape of rents or dividends. They, are subjected to no inquisitorial and prying inves tigations as to their means of livelihood—no im pertinent sneers from officials seeking to entrap them into heedless admission, as a peg whereon to hang a surcharge. They are not obliged to devote valuable time to stand the insolent cross-examination or vexatious badgering of Commissioners. They are not exposed to the unhallowed visitations of these prepared to leave a man in possession, and thus add costs to the burden, if the paymaster chance to be from home, and who scornfully re pudiate the suggestion even of a single hour's delay ufitil the money can be sent for. All these serious aggravations are wanting, and, as we have frequently explained, a fairly apportioned " Pro- Verty Tax" is at the same time the most equitable and the most tolerable that can be enforced. itßut is altogether different with an " Income Tax."p e There, to say nothing of the gross and inequality of charging at the same cate that which is really available income—the whole of which may be expended without apprehension, and that which i s both capital and income must provide not onl y for present wants, but for future contingencies a man is charged,not merely on his whole worldly wealth, but he is so charged after that Wealth has been expended. He is, indeed, fortunate if even the amount of the tax remains, and that he is not obliged to become a borrower, in order to avert the dreaded distress. At the time of the demand the victim has not by him the amount of his half-years in come. The fees of the professional man, the wages of the clerk, the profits of the small trades man are absorbed in the daily maintenance of their respective families. They cannot live on air, and though the tradesman's stock may not altogether be exhausted, like the purses of those living entirely on their recei the professional men, clerks, &c., he will still have to satisfy the df mand of those who have advanced a portion of that stock on credit, and is, therefore, scarcely in a better position ! The Times, in its money article of this day, tells us that the, " pressure on the Bank is ex cessive ; the are count of bullion withdrawn to Ireland, coupled with the largeness of the revenue collections, having continued to exercise a power ful influence." This is the time when the Income Tax collectors are peculiarly active. Indeed, it would seem ap if they desired to aggravate the unpopularity of the impost by the stringency of its enforcement. And yet the Times itself would persuade the people to submit to a gross fraud, by enduring the iniquitous burden for another year, because, forsooth, the Chancellor of the Exchequer may like to postpone the trouble and annoyance of anticipating the inevitable period of attempting to render the assessment more just and equitable. Should they acquiesce in that unwise and injudicious policy they will deserve all that may be inflicted on them, and which they will inevitably have to sustain. We tell them not only to " agitate" strenuously and indefatigably, but to put on the steam to the utmost point. Let every person insist on "freedom to industry,"—that property should bear its just liabilities, recollect ing that property has its duties as well as its rights. By so doing they will insure the success of the movement, and obtain that for which they can scarcely hope on the present occasion a merry Christmas and happy New Year in 1857-8, with the cheering prospect of many returns thereof during a protracted period. It may not be out of plaoe to say a word or ,wo on the threatened revival of the slave trade. The subject is not one we have selected for its cheeriness, but a few remarks on it seem to us alike apposite and necessary. All seasons are good for the discharge of an exigent duty, and no time, we submit, can be more appropriate than the present to deprecate the revival of a traffic so revolting to humanity, so charged with the direst horrors, and invoking so piercingly the DIVINE vengeance, as the trade in question. Next to the enforced contemplation of such a revival far on to nineteen centuries after the appearance of that Gracious Benevolence whose advent we are about to celebrate, the fact that those by whom it is menaced are of our own stock, and possessed of like means of self-cultiva tion with ourselves, is the most painful feature of the case with which we have to deal. Yes ! It is no tribe of a nation of savages —it is no portion of a worn-out, tyrannically governed European race, but citizens of the United States—members of one of the greatest of free countries, Englishmen by descent, from whom the threat emanates. With the curse of slavery upon them, wasting their pith and marrow, and curtailing hourly the extent of their resources, the Southern planters, instead of endea vouring to get rid of the curse by emancipation, recklessly seek to avert their fall by an aggrava tion of their guilt. Not content with holding their black brother in cruel bondage, and breeding up his offspring, like cattle, for the home market, they long for newer victims, and threaten to let loose the ferocious slave-trader, with his blood hounds, on the inoffensive sons and daughters of Africa, in order to lay on the abject misery of the unhappy captives the foundations of future pros perity. The impiousness cf the thought speaks conclusively as to the wisdom of the desire. The past history of the Southern States and contem poraneous annals are not without warning against the attempt. Do the Southern slaveholders not know what it would involve ? Are they entirely ignorant of the peril to which the attempt would expose them ? If the Presidential election, more recent events, and England's perseverance in putting down the traffic, have not opened, or do not open, their eyes to a right understanding neither would they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. Appealing to their selfishness, and, for the moment, overlooking an important aspect of the question, we ask—how should they, even if suc cessful in reviving the infamous traffic, be gainers by so glaring an outrage on the feelings of nearly all Christendom ? The slave is mainly prized by them for what he produces, and the value of that produce chiefly depends on having a steady remu nerative European market. Where, in a few years, would that market be if the slave trade was opened? Indomitable England!—are they such fools as to believe she cannot learn to do with out their tobacco and cotton ; and that having set her heart on the abolition of the slave trade, she wont take this, the most likely, way to make the trade unprofitable? Has she not colonies she can turn to good account—is there not a countless population, industrious and free, to till the cotton bearing districts of India ? Cannot she, in one or more of her many possessions, find space for the growth of all the tobacco and other Southern produce she consumes ? And what is there to bar her from supplying the wants of the remainder of Europe in course of time ? Will the Southern planter turn to the Northern States for succour—the North that can't help him if it would, and in its indignation would not if it could ? Where then would be the luxuries without which life to him is undesirable ? Gone—never to return. It is a miserable life he would then discover to live for bare bread. But the revival of the slave trade means war with England, as well as the loss of a remunerative market. Are they prepared for a war, and what it may entail? The gallant blood that used to mantle so bravely their cheeks as they stalked among their human cattle, does it not pale as the horror of their dreams comes to their recollection ? A. servile war, a black jacquerie—the blunt in struments of their good pleasure, hacking and hewing remorselessly the living branches of their family tree, the slave population, mad with oppression, and credulous or reckless as to the future plying the devouring brand, and flitting like demons to their murderous task, amid the crash of burning timbers and the shrieks of wretched women and children. Who does not know that the thought of that terrible retribution fills them at the present time with unutterable dread—that the bravado of discovered plots and effective measures of self- defence but ill conceals the coward heart thai beats so tremulously in their bosoms? The North, if inclined to help them, would send its succour too late, supposing the North to have acceded to the war, and not to have its hands full with its own defence. The very loss of a remunerative market the continuance of a war would occasion might lead to an outbreak of the slave population, quite irrespective of the provocation the hope of liberty from such hostilities must give rise to. Turn which way the Southern alavehold ers may, the only way of escape from im mediate personal peril and utter ruin is being as quiet as possible, and accustoming them selves to the contemplation of and preparing for a gradual emancipation to be complete at no distant period. The more reckless they are the more speedy and certain their disastrous fate. The disgust they have given the North is even n3w an element of insecurity. The slave knows of it, and with his facile imagination brings the bright future nearer than reason seems to warrant. Every violent ebullition, every clamour against slave disaffection, every bit of extra braggadoco will be accounted as additional evidence of the oppressor's case having become hopeless, and of the light of liberty being about to dawn on the slave. There will be no revival of the slave trade unless the slaveowners' cup of iniquity be full and retribution is at his heels. None but men judicially blind can regard such an attempt but with disfavour and apprehension. The advocates of the Game Laws will hear with pleasure that two fresh victims have been sepa rated from their families during the approaching holidays, for doing what English lords and squires think they are fully entitled to do—as they like with their own. In the present instances the cruelty and impolicy of the proceedings are greatly aggravated, not only by the time selected for the persecution, but also by the fact that the parties sent to the House of Correction for 14 days' hard labour are respect able and industrious men, of unimpeachable cha racter, and one of them the widowed father of an orphan family. In the eyes of the game pre servers the example (!) may be the more valuable, but we greatly fear that its effect on the labouring community may be very different from that which they anticipate. The latter are not as yet re duced to the condition of the coloured population of the Southern States of America. They are not yet compelled to conceal their feelings. The curses will be loud as well as deep at the gross injustice practised. For be it remembered these men were no com mon poachers. They did not seek to destroy game on other people's lands, where it might be said the wild animals derived a subsistence that conferred a qualified property on its owners. Far from it. They only " trespassed," if such an anomalous phrase can be justified, on their own soil, or at least that in which they had rights of commonage. The Judges and Jury—for it ap pears the same parties exercised both functions— ware not even unanimous. One of their number, who, it appears, had received a legal education, earnestly protested against the decision of his col leagues on the bench—we shall not add "of justice." It is really too bad that this system of irritation and annoyance should be so wantonly maintained. Regarding the game law even in its most favour able phase, it is a badge of servitude and oppres sion—a legacy bequeathed by the Norman in vaders, which has sunk deeply into the hearts of the Anglo-Saxon inhabitants of the 19th century. But when we see respectable, well-disposed men subjected to the disgrace and demoralisation of a gaol for what they probably considered to be merely the assertion of their natural rights, the grievance is fearfully enhanced. The depth of feeling may be estimated from the fact that the victims refused the assistance freely proffered by the friends and neighbours who would gladly have contributed the amount of the paltry fine and heavy costs. They felt themselves to be game law martyrs, and they would cheerfully endure the penalty. We heartily commend the case to the consideration of Sir GEORGE GREY. He may restore the parties to their families, and grant them a Christmas at home, but we do so still more emphatically to the British Parliament. If they regard it in a proper spirit, JOHN HAGON and FRANCIS DUSGATE will not have suffered in vain—a dark blot will be eradicated from the national statutes, and a fertile cause of crime and temptation to the rising generation, a great social nuisance permanently abated. The South-Eastern Uazette regrets that the Dean of Canterbury, who was taken speechless a fortnight since, still remains in a very precarious condition. The Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia will, it is thought, prolong her stay at Hanover until the s p r i ng . Preparations are being made there for buildi ng a new palace for the royal family, two new barracks, and ether public edifices. The Grand Duke Michael of Russia, travelling under the name of Count Mikhailoff, passed through Berlin on the 18th with his suite on his way to Carlsruhe to visit the Princess of Baden, to whom he is betrothed. The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have left Claridge's Hotel for Brighton. The Countess of Gainsborough and family have left Claridge's Hotel for Eaton Hall, Rutlandshire. Lord Staff ,rd has arrived at his residence in Eaton place from his seat, Coetessy Hall, near Norwich. The Hon. C. O. Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Catherine Cavendish, have left Claridge's Hotel for Lat . imers, Bucks. The Hon. Mrs. Fitzroy has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Sir Benjamin Hall has left town for Llanover, S mth Wales. Admiral Sir Charles Elliot had an inter riew with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday at the CJlonial-office. Despatches for the Governors of the C, ) l on i es on th e west B oast of Africa were seat yesterday from the Colo nial-office. Despatches were received from the Governor of Malta. The sugar duties last year produced 5,227,0661. The expense of public works last year was 950,5761 pACNyO3.l—The AND sha G r E e N ho E l ß d A e L rs LIFEI Aiable i n ss t h u e rte c a N s c e E oiCtoh)its company to pay off its debts has been settled, and a call of about 10s. will have, it is understood, to be made. CONSECRATION OF ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, OAKLEY SQUARE.—The first ceremonial of the consecration of a church by the new Bishop of London took place yester dayf when the district church of St. Matthew, Oakley square, St. Pancras, was opened and solemnly conse crated in the presence of a large number of persons. THE NEW DEAN OF CARLISLE.—On Monday evening Dean Close, on whom the degree of D.D. has just been conferred, gave a dinner in the Fratry to the resident clergy connected with the cathedral. The very reverend gentleman occupied the chair ; the Rev. Precentor Livingston the vice-chair ; and the Rev. Canon Gipps, Silas Saul, Esq., the Rev. Minor Canon Tireman,.and Mr. Ford, the organist, were also present. The health of the dean having been proposed by Mr. Gipps, the very reverend gentleman returned thanks in a frank and friendly speech. He said he wished to become personally acquainted with the choir, and it occurred to him that a ai g tn o dw o d ahs d e i t h n h o n e p e fie r dr: itta sofn wouldot h t e a k b ni a no d dt ,mbsoeod the erf last. The effectingthatobject; hsecroeni remainder of the evening was spent in vocal exercises. The dinner was riot. by Mr. Gray, of the Coffee-house.— Carlisle THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The United States mail steamship Ericsson, Captain Lowber, will sail from the Mersey to-morrow afternoon for New York, with the mails, passengers, and cargo. Letters must be posted before 2 p.m., with late fees until 3 p.m., and at the floating receiving house until 4 p.m. The Montreal Ocean Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer North American, Captain Grange, is now in the river, and will sail to-morrow forenoon for Portland, state of Maine, with the Canadian monthly mails, a full complement of passengers, and a considerable cargo of merchandise on freight. Her mails will close here at 7 a.m., with late fees until 8 a.m., and at the landing stage at 9 a.m. to-morrow. DISTILLATION FROM BEETROOT.—Some highly inte resting experiments were made a few days since at Mr. Dray's, near Farningham, in Kent, with a lately-invented distillery machine, after the plan of Mons. Leplay, at Bratt6e, near Lille, in France. The distillation was from .beetroot, and intended to show that the alcohol produced from the white Seleran beetroot was not inferior to that derived from corn, and at a considerable less cost, and consequently much greater advantage to the agriculturist. We were informed that an acre of ordinary land should yield 25 tons of white Seleran beetroot, and therefore will produce 493 gallons of proof spirits, whereas the best acre of barley ever grown will only produce 170 gallons of proof spirits. It therefore shows more in favour of the new plan, particularly as the corn might be rendered available for other purposes. It appears also that the beetroot, after being used for the purpose of distillation, is excellent food for cattle, and that only a small part of its nutritious qualities are destroyed by the process. The beetroot, after being properly washed, is passed through a root-cutting machine, and is then conveyed to the vat to undergo for a stated period the process of ferment a ti on . After draining the liquor the slices of beetroot remains to be preserved for the food of cattle. The operation of distilling was examined by three gentlemen seat by the Excise-offic3, all of whom expressed their entire approbation of the results. The alcohol produced on this occasion was elev , n above pro if. Great praise is due to Mr. Dray for his perse verance in the cause of agricultural progress, and which appears likely to be a real boon to the landed interest of the country. HOLT, NORFOLK. TO IHE EDITOR CP THE SUN. Sin,—As you were the first among the metropolitan press to comment on the ease of Loads and Hagon, two labourers of this parish, convicted of trespassing on their own land, I beg to inform you that another conviction was obtained on Saturday last, the 20th inst., against two other men, viz , John Halton, a brother of ono of the last victims, and Francis Dusgate, a respectable and industrious mechanic. Both of these men occupy homes having common righte. The men were ably defended by Mr. M'Enteer, a London barrister, and Mr. J. H. Tillett, solicitor, of Norwich, before Lieut.-Colonel Astley, W. H. Percher- ton, and W. 11. Cozens-Hardy, Esqs.--Mr. Hardy (who has received a legal education) protesting against the conviction of the men. In the choice of these men for prosecution a refine ment of cruelty has been exercised ; Hagon being (like Loads in the former case) a widower, and the father of a young family ; and Dusgate having very respectable connexions in the parish. It was doubtless imagined that by selecting such men the fine, which was merely nominal—one shilling and expenses—would be paid, and thus the trustees would obtain a victory. The men, however, have preferred to suffer, and are sent to the House of Correction for fourteen days' hard labour. When it is considered that the trustees themselves are not in accord as to their duties, and that it is only a majority of them who have consented to let this land away from the poor, and that, having no beneficial in terest in the estate, it is impossible they can have any rights in trust which ara not in the possession of th, common right-holders, it seems scandalous that the feel ings of the inhabitants and the country generally should be outraged by these prosecutions. The odium of them has been, perhaps unjustly, thrown on the rector of the parish and Lord Hastings, the chairman of the commit ting magistrates, while doubtless the real culprit is a trustee of " the Lows," and a quondam overseer of a Jamaica slave estate. I am, sir, your obedient servant, A VOICE FOR THE POOR. ANGLO-GERMAN NOBILITY. The " Annuaire Hist•Drique " of the " Imperial Alma nac for 1857," published at Vienna, has the following list of British subjects who hold (relevent) of the ancient German or Holy Roman Empire : Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, naturalised in Great Britain, 1340. William Basil Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, said to de scend from a branch of the Imperial House of Hapsburg, a C rant cf the Holy Roman Empire ; neither date nor patent extant. Henri Benedict Arundell, Baron Arundell, of Wardour, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire ; date of patent, 1601. John, Count de la Feld, naturalised in Austria, de scends from the ancient Counts of that name in Alsace ; his ancestor created a CANA of the Holy Roman Em pire after the battle of Zontha ; data of patent, 1697. George Spencer, Duke of Marlborough ; his ancestor created a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, by the title of Prince of Mindelheirn, in Suabia, after the Lattle of Blenheim ; date of patent, 1708. Jerome, Count de Salie, naturalised in England, de scends from the ancient Counts of that name in the Gri sons ; his ancestor created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire ; date of patent, 1748. Peter Leopold Louis Cowper, Earl Cowper; his an cestor created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire ; date of patent, 1758. Francis Taaffe, Viscount Taaffe, in the kingdom of Ireland, naturalised in Austria, created a Count of the Holy Roman Empira ; date of patent, 1784. Horace St. Paul, (Baronettus), a Count of the Holy Roman Empire ; date of patent, 1786. REGENT GALLERY QUADRANT.-Mr. Okey closed his " Paris" on Tuesday evening with the following I rief address :—" Ladies and gentlemen,—This room is re quired by the St. James's Hall Company for building purposes. During nearly 500 representa ilns you have patiently and attentively listened to my attempt to de scribe our sister capital. Your kindness will never be forgotten by me, and I trust at no distant period to again appear before you. Ladies and gentlemen, I beg for the present. reepeotfully to take my lave." CoLossEnai.—Last evening a conversazione was given by the directors of this institution, which is to be re opened on boxing-day, under the management of Dr. Bachhoffner. Thera was a numerous attendance. All the well-known attractions of the establishment have been thoroughly renovated, and the programme of the new regime includes, in addition, a series of concerts and popular lectures on scientific subjects. Of the former a specimen was given last night ; and if it may be taken as a fair sample of what is to follow there will be little difficulty in predicting the success of the enterprise. The selection was remarkably well chosen, and the pieces were performed in a manner that must be pronounced perfectly satisfactory. The singing of Miss Clara Mac kenzie and Miss Susanna Cole, and the solos of Messrs. Daubed and Sweneden, the one upon the violoncello and the other on the flute, were ail loudly and deservedly applauded. The same may be said of some excellent glee singing by the Orpheus Union. . . . PoLTincaNic.—The Christmas entertainments pro vided for the present season at this institution are liberal and varied. Ev ery day of the week and every hour of the day will have its appropriate gratification at the Polytechnic. From "grave to gay, from lively to severe," from scenic illusion to scientific illustration, the visitor is conducted with unflagging interest. But at this mirth-making time of the year Mr. Pepperhas judiciously allowed ftin and fairy land to predominate over philo sophy and useful knowledge in his establishment, and but few of his young visitors will Lager over a steam engine or a sewing-machine when they can behold the story of "Blue Beard" set forth, as it was to be seen by a private view last night, with such a profusion of illustrative dissolving views, and such a viva voce com mentary. The little people will be delighted by the exhibition of an ingenious juvenile mechanical model theatre, in which the drama of "One o'clock ; or, the Knight and the Wood Demon," will be represented with appropriate scenery and music. The well-known ghost scene in the " Corsican Brothers" is also to be shown. Add to these pastimes a gratuitous distribution of orna ments from a gigantic Christmas tree, besides lectures on " Optical Illusions and Fireworks," and it will be allowed tliat the children are well taken care of. THE ESCAPED CONVICTS.—WOOLWICH, Dec. 23.—One of the convicts who escaped last night from the hospital ship, moored off Woolwich Arsenal, was captured about four hours subsequently by a police constable of the K division, and immediately conveyed to his old quarters. The boat in which the three convicts escaped has been found on the Essex shore of the river, opposite Plum stead. It appears that the fugitives landed at this spot, and proceeded towards Landon, as they were met at Chit; well, in Essex, by the police constable referred to, and as no assistance was immediately available two of the men got away, and the third was apprehended after a desperate resistance. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.--Great. ex citement has been caused in Banbury by the following pair • ul circumstances :—.11.1r. John Garland is a timber a merchant, occupying premises in the vicinity of the cereal and railway stations, but residing at the opposite end of the town. On Friday last, his two daughters, aged respectively 18 and 20, left their home for toe than pur pose of taking an airing. Returning honold earlier go down e they expected, the elder proposed they s to the timber yard, and return withtheirroed the father to dinner. When at the timber yard they ne c d by their bridge leading to the railway, e°lP father's lare'e Newfoundland dog, for ac tile a p f urpose ofstehoe ing the train pass, due at that time. At the stat i on elder sister had occasion to leave the younger with the dog, for the purpose of recalling vv ttiring to the spot oynoun younger brothers '' who were going another road. Re where she had left her sister a fe w minutes before, she was much surprised to find her gone. Looking around, and puzzled to know how her sister could have passed without her seeing her, she started for home, and told her friends how she had lost her sister all at once at the station, and inquired if she had been home. A short time after the dog returned besoddened with wet and dirt, and, the sister not returning, the parents began to grow uneasy. Inquiries were set on foot, with no result. Not a word could be heard of the missing young lady. The neighbourhood was searched with no better success. Night came en, with no tidings. The whole town was excited with the wildest and most stupid conjectures— elopement, abduction, and so forth—without the least foundation, and with it passed Saturday, and Sunday forenoon ; at about 2 o'clock on Sunday the mystery wa s partly solved. The young lady' s body was 'found in the river Cherwell, about a quarter of a mile from where she was last seen, but how it came there the coroner's inquest will endeavour to find out. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.--The Pacific Railroad is the grandest enterprise of the age. Its influences can not be predicted ; but it is not too much to say that its construction will not only bring Western America into more intimate and kindly relations with both shores of the Atlantic, but that San Francisco and New York will thereby become stations on the quickest route from both Australia and China to England and France. It ma y seem too much to expect that our tea will reach us overland rather than by sea, and from the west instead of the east, yet that is by no means impossible. That the completion of this road would quadruple the emigra tion from the Atlantic slope and the Mississippi Valley to the shores of the Pacific will h ar dl y be doubted. We be lieve it would render California the most desirable new country, and San Francisco, or some other Pacific termi nus, one of the most populous and wealthy cities on the globe. We estimate the total cost of the work at sloo,ooo,ooo—that is, $lOO,OOO per mile for the 1,000 miles stretching from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains to the western base of the Sierra Nevada, cr an equivalent to this if the northern route shall be chosen. The rest of the road would easily build itself— that is, companies would be found glad to undertake its construction as a corporate enterprise, with no other inducement than the profit of running it ; and these roads would be a good investment, even though the connecting link should never be formed. 'We do not believe the construction of the entire road need cost the nation anything like 100,100,000 dollars. Probably a company could be found or got up that would undertone it for half that amount, investing the residue as capital. But even were it to cost 100,000,000 dollars, we say I€t it be made. It would add more to the greatness of this country and do more for the well-being of our peorl I than a hundred Buena Vistas. Let us have the Pacific within seven days of , u, and by telegraeh within nee minutes. We do not covet our late territorial acquise tions ; but we have them, and should improve and bzne fit them to the utmost, —Yelp York Tribune. LATEST N EWS. The Paris correspondent of th e Morning Post (second edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says :-- " I believe I will be able to ar ir lounce in a few days that the Government of the , 'Emperor of the French, whilst acknowledging the, :sovereign rights of Prussia to Neuchatel, prot(:E As against an armed intervention in Switzerland. The note in the Moniteur, which has caused so much sen sition throughout Europe, ought to have been registered in the Court journal t►f the Tuileries, and not given to the world as a grave political document. I think I may now assnare you that the Emperor will not allow S Ivitzerlan (1 to be invaded. There is the strongest feeling in tie French army about the Swiss question, and nothing would be more unpopular in France than if the Govern ment were to countenance the invasion of Switzer- land. At a garrison town near Paris the other day all the officers of the dinner drank to the freedom and independence of Switzerland.' Meanwhile the encouragement givien to Prussia by the French Government on the one hand, and the support of public opinion in England and elsewhere on the other, is urging both parties to prepare for action, and thus obli.ging a great and at the same time unnecessary exponse." The Paris correspondent of th,e Times (second editioß) in his letter, dated yeste r day, says : " Prussia and Switzerland are making active preparations for war. The Prue Asian army to be put in movement, it is said, on the 2d January, consists of 130,000 men ; and the Swiss cannot but feel highly flattered at being thus treated as a great Power. 130,000 men is, I be lieve, about half the regular army of Prussia. Perhaps the King is about to take the advice of the Assemblee Nationale, and ;issue forth to put down democracy in the other cantons as well as Neuchatel. Notwithstanding these great pre parations against so small a State, it is not con sidered likely that blows will be struck. The Powers will no doubt step in and devise some mode of effecting an arrangemc nt. It is neither for the interest of Prussia, nor indeed of Germany in general, that anything like n► battle for "Na tionalities" should begin just at this moment. Negotiations are not yet enthrely over, and all hope has not vanished of bringing them to a favourable conclusion, notwithstanding the irrita. tion felt by the Swiss against Prussia and the Emperor Napoleon. They had confidence in him, but the feeling is much weakened. They say that he had many ways of pa ying court to the King of Prussia without woituding the amour. propre of the Swiss, and it is doubtful whether even a visit from Frederick William to the Tuile- ries is sufficient compensation for the alienation o Switzerland. How the solution is to be effected cannot say, perhaps by letting cut all the prisoners on bail, as has been done with a few. This would not decide the question of right on either side: but it might answer a temporary purpose." A Polish correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette writes that the Russians have Long been preparing for the outbreak of war between England and Persia. The garrison of Astrakhan has been rein forced, and the Cossacks in the neighbourhood of that city have received a new commander in the person of Lieut.-General Krassriik, but the reports relative to the concentration of troops, which are to be conveyed by the flotilla of the Caspian Sea to Astrabad, "are totally unfounded." The Orenburg corps, of which so much has recently been said, consists of the 23d infantry division, and of the Orenburg battalions of the line, but it is too weak to be sent on an expedition to Persia. The distance is so enormous that there can be no question of a reinforcement being sent from Southern Russia. The principal force of Russia in Asia is in the Caucasus and on the Araxes, and, if her troops should enter Persia, it would probably be by way of the province of Azerbijan. BERNE, TUESDAY EVENING. Four more divisions are to be called out by the Confederation. All militiamen on leave of absence are ordered to be recalled, and officers summoned from furlough. The preparations for war are universal. Tho students of the University of Zurich have volunteered for the military service. The popular enthusiasm and determination to resist the in vader is increasing. The Prussian agent has been expelled as a pro• moter of rebellion. BERLIN, TUESDAY, The Prussian Government will require that the war expenses shall be credited to the State from the day when the order shall be issued for the mobilisation of the army, which is expected on an early day in January. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY. The Hydaspes, with news from Constantinople to the 15th, has arrived. The Presse Orient says Persia has been forced into the war by the anti-English party threaten ing death, or a change of dynasty, in the event of the Russian counsels being resisted. The lEnaum of Muscat has refused tribute to Persia, declaring that the Sultan is his sole suze rain, and to him he owes fealty and alliance. There is a doubtful rumour at Teheran that Murad Mirza has marched southward, and occu pied Torah, in Cabool. There has been an explosion of a powder magazine in Constantinople ; many persons were killed. There is a revolt in Abyssinia against Egypt, in which England has offered her mediation. A Vienna letter of the 18th, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, states from Naples, that since the insurrectionary movement in Sicily and the attempt upon the King's life, the latter is more than over determined not to make any conces sions, and has requested the cabinet of Vienna to inform the Western Powers of this resolution of his. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Prussia has requested a passage for its troops on the 15th of February. The Plenipotentiaries will meet, and the first Conference take place, on Saturday next, the 27th. The Arondeur publishes an imperial decree ap proving of the decision o f th e mun i c ipal council of Paris relative to the bases of the personal furniture (mobitier) taxes for 1857. Rents below 250 f• a year CotliDaUeexempt, (-xcept the occupiei s at e patentes (have licences for carrying on business), in which case they will have to pay 3 per cent. ; rents from 250 fr. to 4991 r. will pay 3 per cent. ; 500 fr. to 909 fr., 5 per teat. ; I,ooofr. to 1,4991 r. 7 per cent. ; and I,so!jir. and upwards, 9 per cent " The prej, - ct," says the Malta Mail, "of con strut ing a tunnel to effect a communication be - twcen the two harbours of Valetta appears to have he n laid by government before the Chamber of Oommerce. The constitutionnel offers the following com ment on the budget of the civil list, published by order of the Emperor in the Momiteur : "In ordering this publication, the Head of the State employs the inea,ure with which be has al ways triumphed over erroneous and malevolent re ports directed against his policy or against the acts of his government. He has appealed to publicity. In fact, malevolence has spread the rumour, which I th e correspondents of certain foreign journals had repeated, that the civil list was in debt, and that in order to meet the munificence of the Sovereign it, was necessary to adopt various expedients, and notably to have recou rse t o l oans, aut h or i se d by the Treasury. These spiteful rumours are victo riously- responded to by the report of M. Fould. In truth, no doubt could possibly have been enter tained by those who are initiated in the mechanism of our government. The rigorous rules to which the administration in all its branches is submitted in our country are well known. The Treasury pays only on the authority cf au " ordonnance,' and every 'ordonnance' must repose on a decree or on a law. The cashier at the Treasuty could not make any payment that is not based on those conditions without engaging his personal responsibility. N° one can infringe on these rigorous prescriptions, which offer a complete safeguard for all." BOURSE, Dec. 23.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash• ft.. c. End of month. I per Cents , 9l 50 —fr. —o. 'I per Cents 66 6'3 66 80 New Loan Bank Shares 4,075 Roman (x. d) Credit Mobilier 1,415 Austrian Belgian Fives 97i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9l 50 Home Debt E 5 88i 42i 391 RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans 1,305 Western - Northern 035 Strasburg Lyons 1,360 New Ditto - Mediterranean 1,715 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette NEUCHATEL. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated yes terday, in the Nord of Brussels, says :—" On the initiative of representatives of the United States, the Minister of England has invited the missions of the Powers which have not yet intervened in the Neuchatel affair to recommend the Federal Council to set the royalist prisoners at liberty. The object of this intervention appears to be to arrive a t an arrangement, towards which Prussia might be induced to make an important concession, after the Federal Council should have manifested a since re desire of conciliation and peace." The New Gazette of Prussia contains a Ye l l strong artficle, in which it says that if Switzer land grants an amnesty to the Royalist prisoners :I) Neuchatel that step does not regard Prussia, in asmuch as Switzerland not having the right to try 'he prisoners has not the right to pardon there• it adds, Switzerland hopes that Prussia will ced e in consequence of such an act, she is mistaken/ for it is the duty of the king to defend his honour an'i; his right, and the Prussian people know that t i ll honour of the king is th e honour of the peopl e. The Austrian, Gazette on its side contains a letter,o 'rem Berlin, which says that in consequence of expense of the military preparations of Prus B : tgainst Neuchatel, it is probable that the Prussia ,_ Chamber will not v o t e th e sums necessary for the .rtlfication of Berlin, projected by the, Govellt melt. THE EAST. ' We have received the Constantinople journ als and letters to the 12th brought by the Danu be. The instructions sent to the Turkish Ambas' 3"r in Paris by Salih Bey son of Reschid Pachs, et'.. to join that diplomatist declare to the allied go: vernments represented in the new confereneel that the Porte will not consent to any ki nd :: arrangement, unless B o l gra d, the Isle of Serpell" and the Delta of th e D anu b e b e g iven into i ts PI session. The Turki s h A m b assa d or is also c harge. to oppose any project f o r th e un i o n of the princi palities. These instructions are positive and The eise, and will not admit of a n y wave ring. . -I • seizure of the Turkish vessels had caused copsider: able sensation at Constantinople. It was said that! the Cossacks, who had been brought in sil,. • a singular manner to Trebisond, to Constantinople. The Turkish Ministry' 5 li the actively engaged in impelling the coutitry in, A path of material ameliorations. An a ppeal eta': been made by the Porte to all the capktalistsooral Europe for the construction of a railway from Varna to Rustchuk. The offers were to be ion: made byous. Government are said to be very conceded to The line to Adrianople was about to be an Englishman named Wilki n, who represents a - 1 -' °l4 ._ don company. The organisation of the Ottoinau_ th e intelligence of an Post-office has been confided to advantage Englishman, Mr. Smith, who was Postmaster-Gene ral of the British forces in the Crimean expedition: He will also have the direction of the princip o president of the racha, Presid Imes of telegraph. Kiang Council of Finance, has been appointed go vernor. of Cyprus. On the nig ht of the 10th a fire broke out at Kedik Paella, ono of the quarters of Constanti nople, and, notwithstanding the utmost efforts et the firemen and of the inhabitants, destroyed efforts h o uses before it co uld be g ot un der. A letter froul Galatz of the 30th ult. says : "The international commission is continuing it ! labours. Last week the members embarked °: board an Austrian gunboat, in order to explore cue Kilia mouth of the Danube, to the north of the ~,,-; French Tina, g a u a n e b rw oa a t rds A i the ert St. e a e G n n e m o George, i e t d o the French gunboat A!erte accompanied them. south. J-0603? English engineers had previously surveyed the eg George's Channel, and found the difficulties it Pre gallb ; m eo u n st sid b e e ra at its mouth so it to account that all idea o Galatz have been increased Fog" by the arrival of the 24 lish gunboat a b b le andoned. The vfestelerris I's; Boxer, which left her heavy g li g n : o lv hasfallenConstantinople. The Alertd is to winter here. .' s to float in abundance, and the Danube begihneing down large pieces of ice, the thermometer 'our 10 deg , below zero Centigrade 0 .4 Fahrenheit). cut communications unications with Constantinople ill 00 011 be w off," SARDINIA A deputation from the inhabitants of the Leg _imis and Marches, composed of Counts Marnalll B . ancoli, and Ercolani, and Chevaliers Farlijo and Cesari, presented ou the 10th, at Turin, a g i o o f medal to Count Camillo Cavour, and a bvo rt rr . b - 0 honour to General Alfonso Lamarmora. modal displays ou the obverse the profile. of C oil % Cavour, with the inscription taken frompetrarseo —" Che, f a n qui tante peregrine spade ?" ( 18 1 (what are so ina,ny torei , _;n swords doing On the reverse is the following victor Camillo Cavour —the gifted Minister--of E mma nuel, the best of Kings—who, at the gross of Paris—Defended the contemned rights de Legations and Marches —with gratitu" and faith." The hilt of the sword is of gold,.silli3/1 and bronze, and of beautiful workmanship• bears the inscriptions—" Crimea and Tsbernar ;ti "To Gen. Alfonso Lamarm ora, the Legations au_ Marches ;" " L'antico valor e—ne g li cor it Italici e ancor spento "(The ancient valour has not 1 0 died away in Italian hearts). THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, DEC. 22. We learn from St. Petersburg to the 13th inst., that the Emperor confirmed, on the 12th of NO; l a st, the regula tions laid before him by the Grape',l D u ke Constantine, for t he future management e the flotilla of Siberia and the harbours of th e Eastern Ocean, and the rules to be observed by the marine troops of Eastern Siberia in the P er ' formanec of their duties. A French Cabinet Minister's courier arrived 111 the 11th in St. Petersburg, w ith very iniP° l4s ° ll l d e spatches for the Ambass a or, and another t° his departure immediately after for Paris. 1 The Duke of Ossuno, Amba ssador Extraorisliv, from the Queen of Spain , arrived on the sago (!t9e. iu the Russian capital , w ith the whole of ii' , h eldh°' At a general meeting of shareholders, Saturday last, at the principal saloon of the e change, and at which Mr. Godefrey presidecYdry. di rec tors of the ham bur g and American New 1° ie , Steam Packet Comp an y made a ver y satisfactori r a port of the state of the affairs of the compaDY/13ea with the unanim ous consent of the meeting obtaeio p e rmission to bo rrow the sum of 2,000,000 of b an co (about 180,0001. ) for the purchase of t 0 other steamers of the same size and qual it Y,,,, , the Borussia and Hammonia, to commence runu'l. every 14 days in the course of the ensuing 31',73a It has even been rumoured that the directors I'3_ ordered these vessels to be built by a firstate fif.r; iu Glasgow, and that they are now in a v.,e r y„ ° o l ward state. The amount required will be art 8 to the company by private loan on the part of s° 1) 1 , moneyed people here, at 6 per cent. interest, ixo af the standard uk o f whi'h interest.decline s s o t e l a o d w e ----...... ____--r•- ---- _-- - -, 'and L:Lr.,:s qua.;,., :,„: ~,.. . tti ' ~,e,Z ;, f , k .,. , ~tii.t , froni St - N.t• 'by the advance tire • , al. way Jt Jersey and Southampton., _le The Essex Herald has reason to believe that the wr', th of the foreigu le g ions will cease to exist by the lv January next. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1856.