The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

1 , - ......---...................................._ It OPAL ENGLISH OPERA 1 VET CO N-GARDEN. Ender the Ms.na4emel of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. flarri on, Sole Lgssees. THIS EVENING, Yiellon's Opera of VICTORINE. Miss ',outset Pyne, Miss Thildwall, Mr. H. Corrie, Mr. H. Haigh, Mr. A. St. Albyn, and Mr. G. Horn^astle. With the Grand Pantotlime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Hane- Anin and Payn e.Freedo in her island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. oleno, H. e, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne: Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, MdMe. Boleno and Clara Moro - an. Brilitef4, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, Scc. C on ductor —Mr. Alfred Mellott; Commence at Seven. _______------- TIEEATR-g-ROYAL, _HAYMARKET. Leay.e, B. Backatone. THIS EVENINc- the performancos will esommonse with DOES HE LOVE ME ? Miss Vandelele, Miss Fanny Stir ling; Bubble, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the nn rit'alled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. 11 0 lir AT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. - Harris. THIS EVENING. the performances will commence with THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Messrs. Eechter, Harris, Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray. After which. a new Christmas ' H as comical pantday m , tom me, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, arlequin Frind the Rine' of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Air. A. F. Forrest. AApg-i i pin, Nw-w THEATRE -ROYAL. "k 401 f. P.onrietor 9.T1 AVM', Mr. Beni. W.sh.ter. THIS F.VF.NING, AN UGLY CUsTOMF.R. Messr ss E. s. J. I. Toole, C. Se lb y , and `garde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Mi Thorne. THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Roucicault , D. Alter which. Fishegton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. miss A gnes]Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burleue ExPOINT travaganzaOF, enHUE. titled BLUE BEARD FROM' A N sq EW 'Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Beford, ne. C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar, IC, Kelly, Laidlaw, and E. d Thor Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking,. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, is. ; Balcony, 45.: Front Circle stalls, Is • Pit Stalls, 25.: Pit , Is. M. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, Is . Acting litanazer—Mr. Wm. Smith . THEATRE -ROYAL LYcvvivt. So is Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Ilfessrs. G. Vinint , . J Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew ; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. .T. Rouse. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravavmza, CRYST &BELLE ; or, The Rose without a Thorn. showinp; rfug VISTOC OF A. ROSE, ITS E W ILD BRIAR.DING AT EVE, AND THE 3tAY-BLOOM OF TH To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Pat Rooney, Mr. John Drew. _.------------ kSTLEY'S ROYA L AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. By particular desire, a Grand Juvenile Fete at 2 wil o' t c a l l ock ke p w a i l th ce to-morrow (Friday), the Ilth, commencing, the Pantomime. This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled TAE LION CONQUEROR ; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett . To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and British Artistes. Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto mime. for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFs and UL HORSE ; or. Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duch es the Greedy King, produced with Gorgenus nntroducin Sceery, by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introd u cing in the comie scenes Betty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Doors open at d half-resfrom 1 t fi, p 1 erform a nce commence at 7. Box-office opendaily till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. --------- CANTERBURY HALL. Open Every Evening: at Seven. GRAND SELECTIONS from LA. FIGLIA DEL REGI MENTO (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBULA and MARTHA. Principal Artistes. Miss RussELt, Madame MARIA, Mic TYRRELL, Miss WILLI MS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C. A W BERNARD, and Signor TrvoLL Musical Director. Mr. F. JONC.TIMANS. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. J. BLANCHARD, A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, Master BARRY, and E. MARSHALL. The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of the late John Martin's three Grand Pctnres—viz., "THE GREAT DAY of MS WRATH." i THE PLAINS of HEAVEN," and " THE LAST JUDGMENT," on view from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., and from 7 p.m. until 12. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. OPERA. DRAMA. B RULESQUE. and PANTOMI ME. EVERY EVENING. Clown . Mr. E. MARSHALL. Columbine Mr. F. MARSHALL. Harlequin Pantal00n..... SPRITES, by the celebrated BROTHERS CONRAD. ---- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tut DAT.—Morning, lh. 58m.—Afternoon, :2h. 23m. To-MORROW. -Morning, I2h. 46m.--Afternoon, 3h. Om. THE WEATHER. —SUN GRFFICE, JAN. 11, 1561, THEEDIOILISTELL, IN THE SHADS. 28—highest since noon yesterday. 20—lowest this morning and during the night. 33—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30. 33 . WIND —Southerly—light ; with fine frosty weather. ~...:. . r... 1, L ~,...,...ci,•vi,,,,,,,,42•-•.,—;-,„, - , , ...,-4,..2„.., ~' ~- ',' -- _ _ _,------"'--" , ----- 1, ..11..!-- - - -' ' - '''''''''___-,--z.,.. •• •4 N-,.4-, , , 4i . "• 7 ' "LaLle-S THE SUN. LONDO: 4 7, FRIDAY, JAN. 11, 1861. The French Fleet was to have quitted Gaeta forthwith and permanently. The deadlock in Italian affairs produced by the presence of the French Fleet at Gaeta was to have been brought to a tardy, but when the good time really did come at last, to a summary termination. The cry from all sides addressed to France was one of " Hands off!" Lookers-on, not actually engaged in the contest there, but who sympathise in it heart and soul, wanted to see there at Gaeta nothing more, and certainly also nothing less, than what an Englishman among all men loves so dearly—" A clear stage and no favour." That was the " situa tion." That was the tendency, the visible and audible tendency of Public Opinion. Suddenly, however, argument was hushed upon the matter, if not altogether, at any rate partially, by the intimation that negotiations were actually in pro gress betweeh France and Sardinia, with a view to the quiet and satisfactory settlement of a difficulty that had only too long existed—not so much a difficulty either as a scandal, a positive and flagrant scandal to all Europe. Well, the nego tiations have begun and ended—and there the French fleet is still off Gaeta! Admiral LE BAR BIER DE TINAN has not received the order of recal from the Imperial Government ! The squadron of the great MARPLOT of Europe is there still to this hour within view of the last strong hold of King FRANCIS ll.—it is there perversely and pertinaciously. The 3foniteur of this morn ing explains the Reason Why with sufficient dis tinctness. It says "That the negotiations for an armistice at Gaeta have remained without any result. Sardinia declared herself ready to suspend hostilities and the siege works until the 19th inst. The French Admiral informed King FRANCIS 11. of this, and invited him to suspend hostilities likewise. The Admiral also declared that should the hostislitieua s cease i n consequence of this invi tation the French qdron would immediately quit the waters of Gaeta, leaving only one vessel, which wou ld remain until the expir ation of the armistice." Bo that the French flag has not yet ceased to fly off Gaeta, but will cease to fly—positively its last ap pearance on that stage, according to that official play-bill, the Moniteur—at the 19th of this present month of January But possibly this promised last appearance, however, may prove when the time arrives asmuch like a last appearance as that operatic companion to the Greek Kalends, Madame GRISI'M Farewell. We can only wait, of course, now and WFltch until the arrival and the passi n r, away of that 19th of January. But let the French Govern ment rest assured that this time, England, Europe will watch vigilantly. The nineteenth of January, observe, is the date fixed u p on for the termin ation of the armistice at, and the withdrawal of the French flag frcnn before, Gaeta. The date chosen is not without its significance. It claims—of course quite by accident --to be only just three days more than a fortnight prior to the meeting of the British Parliament, now fixed to assemble on the sth of February. Something must come of it before that fort-night shall havo expired, at least we have that conviction. Or—the whole scandal of that inter• positi on of the French squadron between the belli- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING; JANUARY 11, 1861. gerents at Gaeta, must inevitably be d i scuss ed in the face of day, in the si g ht and h e aring of all Europe, in the British -Muse of Commons—it must be there discussed, certainly and quite inevitably be then discussed between the iiidepen dent members and the chiefs of her MASESTY' nd G o vernment, between men like Mr. K IN GLAKE a Mr. LAYARD and Mr. ROEBUCK On one side, and on the other Lord JOI IN and PALMERSTON. Immediately after the welcome tidings of our newly-arranged Peace with the Chinese, come the hardly less welcome tidings that another re mote war is off our hands, and that we are now a t Peace also with those recent foes of ours—the aboriginal New Zealanders. A decisive battle, fought on the 6th of last November, at a place called Mahoetalu—it is spoken oS in REUTER'S Telegram as a " desperate engagement —crowned our hitherto unsuccessful forces with complete victory, caused the death of the Head Chid' of the Savages, and led in the end to the total rout of his barbarian hordes. With this single blow the war has terminated. The natives are cowed and scattered. The Europeans have excited a terror au;,ong the aborigines that will effectually preclude the latter from any future rising of a formidable character. rlor Is t his guarantee visible in that no rthern d the only ependency of the British Crown, the only relia ble? iasssnuortantchese there recognisable of the probabi Ity, , naabnsocelutheencceefrtoaritnhtyof of tranquillity. the ,untnterrupted mainte nance aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand have in their recent -failure when opposed in open combat to the British soldiery lost for once and for ever the only en couragement remaining to them until now, ,Yo pre sent a bold front against those wonderful sett l ers from the far North—settlers, in their regard, of the most irresistible and overwhelming superiority. It appears, then, upon a care ful scrutiny of the general social condition, or rather unsocial condition, of these native New Zealanders —savages, cannibals, even for the most part—it appears upon an examination of their I , manners and habits of living as a community, that they are divided into tribes, and that these tribes again are subdivided into castes so distinct in every way as to render it at all times next to an impossibility that they can ever have anything like a regular combination amongst them against an enemy. Now that our armaments have scattered terror through the bands defeated upon the 6th of November at Mahoetalu, it is rendered all but a matter of absolute certainty that the Brifish settlers in New Zealand will be left quietly to themselves. The contest between the natives and the Europeans will henceforth be in all likelihood of a less sanguinary kind than one waged:with rifles and boomerangs. The aborigines, moreover, it should be remarked. are dwindling away in num bers almost as rapidly as the British population is multiplying. It is only within a very few years, indeed, that the natives have fallen away to the extent of one-sixth of their former aggregate. It has been calculated, in fact, that whereas these savages of New Zealand numbered in 1850 a total of about 120,000 —that total has now diminished by more than a score of thousands, so that the entire number was estimated, towards the close of 1860, at under 100,000 altogether! The British colonists in that dependency of the Crown having meanwhile increased by a proportion, in its way, not one jot less extraordinary. More particularly since the commencement in real earnest, three years prior to the former date but just now mentioned, namely in 1847, the beginning then in real earnest of that flood of immigration from these shores of ours southwards—an immigration chiefly pouring from Ireland towards Polynesia, under the terrible, but eventually (as it has proved for the survivors) the beneficent incentive of the potato rot, resulting in a dearth that ended in a pestilence superinduced by absolute starvation. Thirteen years ago—before that movement of thousands upon thousands to America, to Australia, to New Zealand, the number of British colonists in the latter dependency was known to be but very little more than 15,000 in all. How that comparatively small population has been enhanced since then, between 1847 and 1860, by emigration principally from Ire land, but also in some measure from England and Scotland, we all know, as we know also per fectly well the astonishing increase there in New Zealand of the number of acres brought by the labours of the colonists into steady cultivation — there in that genial climate and on that prolific soil, of which DOUGLAS JERROLD wrote so wittily that "one has but to tickle it with a hoe, and it laughs into harvests !" Now that the war with the natives has been brought to a happy and appa rently secure termination, the prosperity of the dependency can advance, so to speak au pas de charge, uninterruptedly and unembarassed by further eontentions with the savage aborigines. As the European settlement there grows and expands and developes itself generally year after year, time will show how far the native New Zealanders admit in any way of being reclaimed from bar barism and heathendom, and conquered not by sword and gun but by the beneficent influences of Civilisation and Christianity. As the first great step towards the trial there in New Zealand of this grand experiment, we may exult in the close of the late sanguinary war between the natives and ourselves, even though that lamentable war neces sitate for its final death-blow the bloody contest upon the field of Alahoetalu. Secession is advancing with rapid strides. The Carolinians seem anxious to make the disseverance as complete as possible, and to take such steps as both Mr. BUCTIANAN and Mr. LINCOLN have equally stated to be conclusive. Overt acts of rebellion have been pointed to as necessary to make the formal resolutions something more than mere paper, and these overt acts appear to have been committed. Action has been taken both in regard to military matters and the revenue. Major:ANDERsoN has withdrawn the United,States troops from Fort Moultrie and another fort, and the Militia of South Carolina have taken possession of the forts and thee i Federal buildings—the Post office, the Custom-house, and the Arsenal. The Major ANDERSON quitted the fort is reasonplainly ily that be feared an attack, and it is known that the fort was not defensible against a resolute assault. He spiked the guns and burnt the gun carriages, and even had thought it is said of blowing it up ; all indications that he had real fear of hostilities being commenced by the State troops against those of the Federation under his command. The fort to which he has retired, Fort Sumpter, is also a very strong place. It commands the fort he has evacuated, stands, it seems, in mid-channel of the harbour, and could not therefore be assaulted from the land. It is said to be the strongest place for its size in the world, and that it would take a six months' siege and bombardment to reduce it. A General JACKSON with a fort thus commanding the port and city, and capable oftbeing relieved from the sea, would certainly have tolerated no secession non , sense. But Presidents of his order ? unless Mr. ~.....--...-... LINCOLN should prove 'to be one, have departed for ever from Amer;:,ca. too, that the Collection of the It would seer.,, Revenue is! now to be taken from the Federal officers, or rather the Federal Revenue officers are made South Carolina officers. The prin cipal regulations with regard to what were hitherto the Federal revenue are . these. Ist the officers, as just mentioned, are made Revenue officers of South Carolina--" without any further connection whatever with the Federal Govern ment of the United States." The Governor of the State to fill any vacancic;s. 2dly. To avoid all embarrassment, for the wesent the duties are to remain as they are, also the Navigation Laws, and no duties are to be levied on imports from any of the States comprising the Old Union. 3d, all money, deducting merely the expenses of collection, are to be paid into the treasury of the State of South Carolina. 4 th . All Federal property is to be retained in the hands of the officers, s ubject to the disposal of the State, " who will accou nt for the same upon a final settlement with the Government o f the United States." If it be no t an overt act to take the United States Revenue officers, and make them the officers of the seceding St a te ; to fill up the places of those who resign by the nomination of the State Goveraor, to order all customs collected to be paid into the States own Ex chequer—if all this be not an overt act or acts, we know not what can be termed so ; since, of course, the officials will all act on their new authority, and in accordance with the new regulations at once. After these acts—we cannot be surprised at the solemn promulgation by the Governor of the absolute independence of the State. Between the usual preamble and conclusion to formal docu ments, stand the following clear and decided words of the Governor :—" I, therefore, as Governor and Commander-in -Chief in and over the State of South Ca:olina, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby' proclaim to the world that t his State is, as she has a 'right be, a separate, sovereign, free, and independent. State; and, as such, has a right to levy war, conclude peace, negotiate Treaties, leagues or covenants, and to do all acts whatsoever that of right fully appertain to a free and independent State." Connected with this, suitable ordinances • were passed by the convention, authorising the governor to exercise all the poers an independent state, ually vested in both the Chief of the Executive of in regard to Foreign Powers and home matters. Also ordinances fixing the nature of citizenship and the very simple means of obtaining it. The signature of the Secession ordinance was an affair in its theatrical incidents and arrangements quite worthy of the earlier days of the French Re volution, and the skill of its chief painter, DAVID, it is thus magnificently described by the Charleston Mercury : " The scene was one profoundly grand and impressive. There were a people assembled through their highest repre sentatives—men most of them upon whose heads the snow of sixty winters had been shed—patriarchs in age—the dignitaries of the land—the high priests of the Church of Christ—reverend statesmen—and the wise judges of the law. In the midst of deep silence an old man, with bowed form and hair white as snow, the Rev. Dr. Bachman, advanced forward, with upraised hands, in prayer to Almighty God for His . blessing and favour on this good act of His people about to be consum mated. The whole assembly at once rose to its feet, and, with hats off, listened to the touching and eloquent appeal to the All-wise Dispenser of Events. At the close of the prayer, the President advanced with the conseeratedparch in,ent upon which was inscribed the decision of the State, with the great seal attached. Slowly and solemnly it was read unto the last word—' dissolved ;' when men could contain themselves no longer, and a shout that shook the verybuilding, reverberating, long continued, rose to heaven, and ceased only with the loss of breath." The appeals to Heaven of Mr. BUCHANAN to avert Secession of Slaveholders from the Union, or at least his Governmental fasting and praying about it ; and the prayers of the Slaveholders for a blessing on Secession and Slavery appear to us a rather painful mixing up of religion and politics. We fear Heaven has very little to do in either matter, unless it be, indeed, to look on with silent wrath until, as Hebrew prophets would say, " the cup" of Slaveholders, and Pro-slavery Presidents " was full." But this is not all, South Carolina is acting vigorously, while 'Mr. BUCHANAN 'is temporis ing. She is appointing commissioners, with full powers, to all the other Southern States whose Conventions have for the most part assem bled by the present time ; she is in fact doing everything possible, to expedite decisive action in the other Southern States, who, to do them justice, appear' ready enough to comply with their solicitations. At Washington they seem to be quite as active. They have commissioners there with whom, of course, the PRESIDENT is willing enough to treat ; but he and his Cabinet appear to continue in the most undecided, actionless condition. The Caro lina commissioners were very indignant at the part taken by Major ANDERSON, but the President, it is said, denied complicity, and said that he acted on his own responsibility. This, however, was doubted. Mr. BUCHANAN is completely at his wit's end. The Border states have met, by their representa tives, at Washington, but have come to no decision. There are, however, signs of what we most fear — concession by the timid portion of the North, for the sake of preserving the precious Union. The Senate, indeed, almost agreed upon a scheme which, as we understand it, would be a concession of half the territories to Slavery ! They only split upon the old rock ahead—the admission of Kansas. Most remarkable of all, Mr. SEWARD came forward with a proposal to modify the Fugitive Slave Law, giving to the person charged with being a fugitive the benefit of trial by jury. The South would not accept this, but Mr. SEWARD was willing, if they did, that the Personal Liberty Acts of certain States should be repealed. Thus we have at once Secession making rapid strides, and bids for Union from the North. If this goes on the Slave States will raise their reserve bidding, till either they will become "masters of the situation," or till their arrogance shall have driven the North to renounce them and their accursed institution for ever. The marriage of Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., to Lady Victoria Howard, the eldest daughter of the late Duke of Norfolk, was solemnised in the Catholic chapel of Arundel, on Monday last. Long before the hour appointed for tho ceremony the chapel, which is a small building, was filled with spectators, THE EX-DUKE OF MODENA REDITTJRUS.—Gen. Saccozi, commander of the little body of troops still in the service of the ex-Duke of Modena, has published at Bassano the following order of the day :—" Brave Soldiers, I am charged by his Imperial Highness the Archduke Albert to announce to you good news. You are destined to form the vanguard of the army which is shortly to enter on a cam paign. It is for that purpose that arms of precision will be delivered to you to-day, and his Imperial Highness has no doubt that you will be worthy to bear them, and that you will know how to use them for re-entering your country." DISTRESS IN NOTTINGIIAM.—The operative lace makers and framework knitters in Nottingham are suffer ing great distress. Both the staple trades of the town are exceedingly depressed, there not having been such a dearth of employment for many years. At the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians on Tuesday the vice-chairman (Mr. Turner) stated that the number of in-door poor exceeded by 415 those in the house at the corresponding period last year, while the out-door recipients amounted to 2,016m0re than last year. In comparison with last week there were more than 1,000 applicants for out-door relief. Soup kit chens are opon in tho town for the poor, and other means I,are being adopted to alleviate the distress, . - We regret to announce that Lord Vivian met with a severe accident whilst hunting on Saturday last, causing a dislocation of the shoulder. His lordship is, however, doing well. M. H. d'Arnim, Prussian Ambassador at Paris from 1846 to 1848, and subsequently Minister of State in Prussia, died at Dusseldorf four days back, aged 63. - THE REV. H. J. POOLVS CASE.—The case of this gentleman, whose license as curate of St. Paul's, Knights bridge, was withdrawn by the Bishop of London, is to come before the Archbishop of Canterbury on appeal next month at Lambeth Palace. The latest quotation from New York for bankers' bills is 104/. In consequence of the advance in the Bank of England rate of discount and the delays in coinage in America, the calculation now is, that for sovereigns from this country to yield a profit the returns must be made at a price scarcely exceeding 1054. EXPLOSION OF GAS ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Last evening, about 8 o'clock, a terrific explo sion of gas took place at the Colney Hatch Station on this line, which blew the roof off the station, and very nearly killed the guard of a train then waiting on the spot. The accident is attributed to the action of the frost on the iron pipes. THE SHANNON.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.— The Trent has again left here to tow in the mail packet Shannon, which arrived at Plymouth on Monday. They are both expected here to-morrow. The commanders of the two ships have been ordered to come in round the east end of the Isle of Wight, in order to avoid any possible accident in passing through the narrow passage of the Needles. DREADFUL TREBLE MURDER. SLIGO. —P. Callaghan, his wife, and servant girl, were brutally mur dered on Tuesday night, at Ballymote. Their throats were cut by the assasins, Callaghan and his wife being in the house, and the girl in an outhouse at the time. Callaghan, who was 40 years old, was a substantial grocer. The sup.• posed object of the murderers was plunder. The authori ties and police are on the alert. The victims were greatly respected. THE NEW BISHOP OP WORCESTER.—The Very Rev. Dr. Peel, Dean of Worcester, has issued a mandate to the canons residentiary to appear in the cathedral on Thurs day next, in order to proceed to the election of a bishop, in the room of the Right Rev. Dr. Henry Pepys, deceased, under a cohge d'elire granted to the Dean and Chapter for that purpose; and also to consider a recommendation . made by her Majesty that the Dean and Chapter should elect as Bishop of the vacant see the Rev. •Dr. Henry Philpott, Master of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, and Residen tiary Canon of Norwich Cathedral. The Bishop nominate has not yet formally resigned his collegiate mastership, bat he will do so in the course of a day or two, in order that the I appointment may be filled up in the course of the forthcom ing term. The gentlemen elected to the Mastership of St. Catheiine's College will succeed of right to the canonry at Norwich, the one being held with the other by act of Par liament. By Dr. Philpott's elevation a chaplaincy to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort becomes vacant. THE THAMES FROZEN OVER.—The River Thames from Westminster-bridge down to the Pool at high water is now completely blocked up with vast masses of ice. Being made stationary by the abutments of Westminster bridge, they become connected together, and thus com pletely cover the river with one vast sheet, the tide flowing underneath it. Of course an entire stop is put to all navi gation either above or below bridge. A number of barges, laden with coal, are firmly fixed in the ice ; and a fleet of some 20 aro moored off Westminster-bridge, unable to get to .their destination. In the Pool considerable damage has been done to the shipping by the ice, and a vast number are unable to load or unload their cargoes. ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—An alarming accident, though fortunately unattended with loss of life, occurred yesterday afternoon on the Midland line. The 1.35 up train left Bristol at its regular time, and had almost reached the tunnel near Yatc, when the engine came in contact with a mass of rock which had fallen on the line in front of the train, and which appeared to have been projected from some blasting operations which were going on' in the immediate vicinity. The affect was that the engine, the van, and the carriages which composed the train left the rails, and ran into the embankment. However, although the shock was a severe one, the train came to a stop without serious damage being occas:oned to the engine or carriages, while the passengers escaped com paratively uninjured. Information of the occurrence was at once forwarded to Bristol, and exertions were made by which the engine and carriages were placed on the down line, and brought back to the terminus, while the passen gers were f• rwarded to their respective destinations by the up express train. SINGULAR CASE.—A somewhat singular case was three days back submitted to the Council 'of State. Count de Larnage founded in 1857, in the town of Tain (Drome) of which he is mayor, an establishment for the spe cial treatment of persons afflicted with epilepsy, and he placed the management of it in the hands of some Sisters of Charity, and had it dedicated to St. Vincent-de-Paul. But as the greater part of the patients admitted to it wore required to pay for their treatment, the tax-gatherers held that it must be considered, not as a charitable establishment, but as a private maison-de-sante, and must accordingly pay the same taxes as such places. The Sisters refused to pay, and called on the Council of Prefecture of the department to declare that their house ought to be exempt. The Council, however, decided against them. The Sisters then appealed to the Council of State, and contended that their establishment must be considered a charitable one, inasmuch as it admit ted a number of patients gratuitously and others at reduced prices, and because any prafits that might be realised would be employed in increasing its public utility. They added that the Emperor himself had regarded the house as a cha ritablo institution, having given it 6,000 fr. But the Council held that, as the greater part of the persons ad mitted were required to pay, the house was in the eye of the law a private maison•de-sante, and was therefore liable to taxes. ACCIDENT ON THE SEINE.—A moving incident took place on the the Stine on Wednesday. Two barges filled with mill-stones, belonging to a bargeman named Bertin, of Livry (Seine-et-Oise), were moored near the Pont de la Concorde, and all at once the ropes with which they were fastened, having been weakened by the friction of the floating ice, gaveway, andthe vessels were carried away by' the current to the Pcnt des Invalides, against the piers of which they struck with great violence. By the shock a hole was made in the hall of one, and water rushed in so fast that the barge soon bigan to sink. In it there happened to be Mme. Bertin, wife of the owner, and her two chil dren, one aged 13 and the other three, and the woman see ing that they were all in imminent danger of drowning, took them in her arms and :,umped with them on to a piece of floating ice. Their weight caused the ice to rock, and a number of spectators on the quay and the barge, not doubting that the poor woman and the children had fallen into the water, raised a cry ; but she managed to main tain her footing, and to keep fast hold of both children. Her husband, who was on the other barge, threw out cords, but they did not reach her, and the ice went on floating down the river. The womat and the children were now in as great danger as when in the sinking barge, but the spectators could do nothing. At last, however, three men, moved by compassion, put )ff in a boat which happened to be near, and, though not without great danger to them selves, succeeded in rescuing the mother and the two chil dren. ' ----- SAN FRANCISCO.—Accounts from San Francisco to the 9th of November show that highly sanguine expec tations are still entertained of the results shortly to be de rived from the Washoe Silver Mines. A respectable and cautious merchant, who had hitherto looked with doubt on all the statements regarding them, now writes that the tes timony which has reached him on the subject leaves little room for disbelief. It is averred that the quantity exceeds both in extent andrichness all previous mining experience. " Persons perfectly conversant," it is stated, " with the mines of Mexico end Peru say that there can be no corn parison between these and the Washoe mines, and the main trouble at resent seems to be that the ore is too rich, and therefore too difficult of reduction." My wife say; her mother never got over the impression of the great snow,of 1814, when the children were too young t.) know anything more than that some thing terrible wes apprehended. Their father was on a journey in the north, on business ; and he was not heard from for three weeks. At last, 14 horses dragged the mail bags through one snowdrift, in Northumberland, of miles in length, and 16 horses through another in Yorkshire, longer still ; and e handful of letters arrived at once. In the interval the mamma was crying ; the confidential maid was crying ; the mow filled up the window-panes so that the children could not see out ; and it was impossible for them to attempt t , ) walk. The sky was leaden coloured. There was silence in the parlour ;7anctin the kitchen there was a dreary chill, from the snow being set to melt within the fender. Dim aotions of their father being all alone in the snow, haunted them, or of his being lost on a wild moor. No wonder their nether looked grave through life, when a heavy snowfall was coming down.— " January," in Once a Week. WONDERFUL !—The Sport relates the following: —"As three days ago the Emperor and Empress were walking arm in arm in the Bois de Boulogne, his Majesty saw a young lady, who was walking some paces before him, drop her pocket handkerchief, and his Majesty picked it up and called to her. She turned round, as did also her father, mother, and brother, who accompanied her; but all of them—they were, it is said, Russians—on recognising the Emperor, were tlaunderstruck, and hesitated to approach. The Emperor then advanced to the young lady and gave her the handkerchief." A NEIGHBOURLY CORRESPONDENCE.—" Mr. Thompson presents his compliments to Mr. Simpson, and begs to reque s t th a t h e w ill k ee p hi s pi ggs f rom t respass i ng on his grounds." " M r . Simpson presents his compliments to Mr. Thompson, and begs to request that in future he will not spell piggs with two gees." " Mr. Thompson respects to Mr. Simpson, and will feel obliged if he adds the letter E to tile la&-t word in the note just received, so as to represent Mr. Simpson and lady." " Mr. Simpson returns Mr. Thorapson's note unopened—the impertinence it contains being only equalled by its vulgarity."—Anicri aan Paper, L Arl E N S CHINA. FOREIGN OFFICE, SAN. 11. The following telegram has been received from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, dated Jan. 10, 4'50 p.m. : News from Hong Kong to Nov. 29. The Treaty has, with Emperor's consent, been posted over the walls of Pekin, and read by crowds of natives, astonished at the Imperial condescension. The whole army had left Pekin, and, except ing 1,500 men waiting at Hosicou (?), reached Tien-tsin by the 17th. Ceremonial visits had been exchanged at the Imperial Palace between Prince Rung and Eng lish and French Ambassadors. Mr. Bruce introduced to Prince Kung by Lord Elgin on the Bth. On the 9th, Lord Elgin and Mr. Bruce left Pekin, (accompanied ?) by Staff, for Tientsin. Mr. Adkins is the sole remaining British official at Pekin, and will make preparations for Mr. Bruce's residence there. Mr. Bruce will winter at Tien-tsin. Count Ignatief is established at Pekin for the winter. Many of the troops which left Takoo forts on the 19th had already reached Hong Kong. General Napier arrived on the 27th. The Chesapeake, with Admiral Hope, daily expected. Admiral Jones, it is said, proceeds to Japan. No mention is made of any hurricane, or naval disaster, in Chinese waters. (Signed) EDWARD MARK, British Consul (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Indus, with the heavy portion of the Cal cutta, China, and Australian Mails, left Alexandria on the 4th, and may be expected at Southampton about the 18th inst. The Massilia (from Southampton on the 27th) reached Malta on the 6th inst. at 6 p.m., and left for Alexandria on the 7th at 4 a.m. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 1 The Moiziteur publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the December return:— DECREASE. Cash in hand .... ....... 82} millions. Advances 4 Treasury balance INCREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due 69 millions. Bank notes Current. account l7k ft PARIS, FRIDAY MORNIgG, The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, states that the negotiations for an armistice at Gaeta have remained without any result. Sardinia declared herself ready to suspend hostilities and the siege works until the 19th inst. The French Admiral informed King Francis IL of this, and invited him to suspend hostilities likewise. The Admiral also declared that should the hostilities cease in conse quence of this invitation the French squadron would immediately quit the waters of Gaeta, leav ing only one vessel, which would have remained until the expiration of the armistice. The lLioniteur also announces that a plot of ground in the interior of the city of Canton has been granted by the Chinese Government as a site for a Catholic Church. PARIS, JAN. 10 The King of Prussia has conferred on Prince Murat the grand cordon of the Order of the Eagle. The Patrie says :—" It is not true that the French fleet has already left Gaeta." Laronciere will shortly return to assume the corn. mand of the Levant squadron. TURIN, FRIDAY, The new Lieutenancy Council for Sicily is com posed as follows :—Torreana, Finance; Emerico Amars, Interior ; Orlando, Justice ; Santelia, Public Works; and Turisi, Agriculture. NAPLES, JAN. 9, A pacific popular demonstration at Palermo deter mined Signor La Farina to tender his resignation. Tranquillity was re-established. The reactionary movement in the Abruzzi has no importance. Prince Carignan is expected here with im- patience. An armistice has been concluded at Gaeta. ARAD, JAN. 10. The Comitat met to-day for the purpose of elect ing its public officers. The following programme, in five points, was adopted on the occasion : Complete re-establishment of the laws of 1848. No taxes or levies of soldiers unless authorised by the Hungarian Diet. _ .. _ No authority whatever, except that of the Comitat. Early convocation of the Diet. Coitplee re-establishment of the integrity of Hungary. THE HAGUE, JAN. 10. On Monday last Baron Zulen Nyevelt, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tondered his resigna tion to the King. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 9. A Royal decree establishes for Schleswig a distinction between confirmation and religious ,examinations. The language to be used at the confirmation is optional. A ministerial ordinance allows the education of children at home to be conducted without any compulsion with respect to the use of Danish. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jaw. 5. The Bulgarians have commenced seceding to Catholicism on account of the refusal of the Porte to grant them a separate Patriarchate. A portion of the Hasne Savilis (Treasury bonds) is to be paid off in March next. The balance will be renewed. The disturbances in Montenegro continue. NEW TELEGRAPHIC APPARATUS. —A successful trial has been made between Paris and Amiens of a new telegraphic apparatus,which transmits messages textually, and which reproduces line for line the handwiting of the person who forwards the despatch. It is expected that the Government will shortly reduce the price of transmitting telegraphic messages, and that tho increase in the revenue will be equal to that produced by the reduction of the post age on letters. The number of offices in Paris for the transmission of messages by electric telegraph is increased from nine to 23. The railway companies have 12 telegra phic offices in the department of the Seine and 23 in the Seine-et-Oise. During the four years subsequent to the chief towns of departments having been placed in commu nication with Paris there were 1,492,500 private messages transmitted, for which the Government received 12,550 f. Of these messages, 40 per cent. related to trade and manu factures, 34 per cent. to operations on the Stock -Exchange, 20 per cent, to private affairs, 4 per cent. to newspaper iAtelligence, and 2 per cent, to tawdry other matters. FUNERAL OF THE KING OF .P.RUSsI4I. BEDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL EXPEN DITURE. The mortal remains of the late King of Prussia were consigned to the grave, at Potsdam, on Man day last, when, in conformity with the orders of the present King, the ceremonial observed was in accordance with that used at the interment of the father of the deceased King, Frederic William 111. As the Church of Peace, wherein the vault is situated, is only about ten minutes' walk from the palace, but little space was afforded for the accommodation of the populace, who, notwith standing the severe weather, assembled in very large numbers, especially from Berlin, which is _ _ 17 miles from Potsdam. Long before the hoar fixed for the commencement of the ceremony the road along which the procession was to pass, and which was strewed with branches of fir-trees, was lined by the populace. In front of the houses along the line of route stands were erected, from which the occupants could witness the cortege, and from these houses, as well as froin the houses in the town, mourning banners were suspended. The troops consisted of guards, infan try, and cavalry; and parties of artillery, with 16 guns, were ranged from the obelisk to the gates of Sans Souci. The troops were in parade uniform, the body guards wore their gilt cuirasses, and the helmets of the officers were covered with crape, whilst the colours, standards, drums, and trumpets were similarly enveloped. At ten o'clock the bells of the churches in the town and outskirts, and those of the Church of Peace, began to toll solemnly, announcing that the funereal ceremony had commenced. The pro cession was arranged according to the programme previously drawn up, but with some slight devia tion in consequence of the excessive coldness of the weather. Thus the reigning and dowager Queens, the royal princesses, and the ladies of their suites, instead of following in the'procession, were driven to the church in their carriages previously to the cortege setting out. The procession was set in motion about s quarter past twelve, when a body of choristers chanted the hymn " Was Gott thut, das ist wohigethan" (What God does is well done), accompanied by muffled drums, and from time to time salvoes of artillery were fired. A squadron of Hussars of the Guard headed the line some time in advance, and on arriving at the church drew up in front. The coffin was richly covered, and on it rested a helmet, mounted by a golden crown, and other royal attributes. The coffin was raised from the position it had pre viously occupied before the throne by 12 colonels, and, preceded by the royal chamberlains, the mar shals, the Cabinet Ministers, wfio bore cushions on which were the insignia of State, the field-marshal carrying the electoral sword, and other personages. it was theme through the various chambers and down the central staircase, known as the staircase of Frederick the Great, to the carriage upon which it was to be conveyed to the grave. At this point two of the late King's adjutants took up their stations by the side of the carriage, laying hands on the head of the coffin. Eight staff officers, who had previously left the palace, now held the reins of the horses drawing the car riage, and four Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle, who were to hold the corners of the pall, and the generals who were to hold the cords of the canopy assumed their posts. The 12 colonels who had borne the coffin to the carriage placed themselves six on each side, and near them were two staff officers and 12 captains, and behind the carriage came the generals carry ing the royal insignia. The exterior of the canopy was covered with black silk, and it was lined with white, whilst at each of its sides a black eagle was emblazoned. Down the sides of the eight horses which drew the carriage hung black velvet on which the black eagle was embroidered on a white ground. Single companies, squadrons, and bat talions of the troops in garrison at Potsdam. Berlin, Spandau, and Charlottenburg opened the procession, and immediately in front of the coffin were court pages and pages of honour clothed in red tunics embroidered in silver, and wear ing hats surmounted with black feathers ; hot the magnificence of their costume was much dimmed by being covered with crape. Immediately behind Unarm* of +h. 4 .1...n4"..a1 cturnra uoatt.i.a the King, wearing a military overcoat, and on his head a handsome helmet; near his Majesty was the King of Hanover, conducted by Prince Charles; and behind them were the suites in their immediate seroice. As next mourners followed the Crown Prince (Prince Frederic William), then the other princes of the Prussian Royal Family, and the foreign princes who had arrived to take part in the mournful ceremony. A numerous body of clergy appeared at the door of the church, and there received the coffin, which they conducted to a dais in front of the altar. Before this altar a catafalque was erected on the spot where later the body of the King was to repose in the vault. Three steps led to the catafalque, which was hung round with branches of cypress, between which hundreds of wax lights were placed, and the whole of the church was draped with black cloth. The windows were darkened, so that the only light was that from the wax lights around the catafalque, and the seats and footstools were also covered with black cloth. When the coffin was conveyed into the church, the two Queens, the Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklen burg-Schwerin, the Grand Duchess of Baden, and the Prussian princesses were in their places waiting to receive it; and when the King, the dis tinguished personages by whom his Majesty was accompanied, and the other participators in the procession had taken the places assigned them, it being then about one o'clock, the funereal ceremony was proceeded with. The choir of the cathedral first sang the 130th Psalm, and then the local choir sang a hymn. After this the Court chaplain, M. Heyt. said the Litany, and at its conclusion the Queen Dowager and the King mounted the dais, knelt before the c )ffin, and prayed in silence for a few moments, which pious example was fol lowed by the other chief mourners. About half pest one o'clock salvoes of artillery, taken up by the troops in the streets without, and the tolling of the church bells, announced that the last blessing had been pronounced over the remains of the deceased monarch. The King and Queen, with most of the foreign princes, then returned to Potsdam, and in the evening their Majesties, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden, and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Weimar, arrived at Berlin by special train. The King of Hanover left for his capital the same evening, and the Grand Duke of Meck lenburg-Schwerin took leave on Tuesday morning. 21118 DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 11.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; light breeze and dull weather, with continued frost. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 10.—Wind E.—Arrived—Wilhelm, from Jamaica for Bremen. - - FALMOUTH, Jan. 10.—Wind E.—Sailed—Orient, for Havannah. CARDIFF, Jan. 9.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Albertini, for St.,Thomas. MUMBLES, Jan. 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Duke of Northumberland, from Cuba. DEAL, Jan. 10.—The ' Claymore, from Aberdeen for Alexandria, which went on the Goodwin Sands, came off on the flood, and proceeded. DUNDEE, Jan. 9.—The Holstein, from Dantzic to Perth, which sailed about the 13 th September, has not since been heard of. FALMOUTH, Jan. 9.—The John and Edward, from Fowey to Newport, was abandoned this morning. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The Rockaway, from Liverpool, which arrived at New Orleans on the ISth December, w as dismasted in a gale on the 2d, about 200 miles south-west of Bermuda, and must g o into dock to repair, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived —Shannon, steamer, in tow of Trent; Alarm, from London; Ouse, from Sunderland; Courier, steamer, from Jersey; Temora, steamer, from London; Violante, from Llanelly ' • Kathleen, from Sunderland ; Jessie, from Shields ; Constantina, from Newcastle ; Vivid, from Lod don ; John Watson, from Cardiff. Sailed—lsabella Croll, steamer, for Newport ; Temora, steamer, for Dublin; Argyll , steamer, for Carentan ; Southampton, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind S.E. ; weather thick, fog. Arrived—H.M.S. Briton, from Sierra Leone. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.W., fresh; thick frost. No arrivals. The following communication to the Premier is being circulated for signature amongst liberal members of the House of Commons : " TO THE RIGHT HON, VISCONT PALMERSTON, FIRST LOUD OF THE TREASURY. " My Lord—We feel it our duty, as members of the Libe ral party in the House of Commons, who have generally supported your Government, respectfully to express to you the anxious concern with which we view the present state of the public expenditure, and to request for the subject the very serious consideration of the Government in preparing ;he estimates for the next session. " We cannot but hope that the enormous expenditure of he current financial year was forced upon the Government against their will by an unhappy combination of circum stances. Its amount, however, was so far beyond what has ever been known when the country was not engaged in a European war, that a great responsibility will rest on the Government and the House of Commons if it should not be materially reduced at the earliest opportunity. " The foreign relations of the country at the close of the year are such as to encourage a reasonable confidence in the maintenance of peace. The war with China is at an end. The Italian revolutions appear to be issuing in the estab lishment of the constitutional rule of Victor Emmanuel over the Peninsula, whilst the neutrality which has been observed by England is acknowledged both at home and abroad to have been the policy of wisdom. Above all, our relations with France have become decidedly amicable, having obtained the guarantee of a Commercial Treaty favourable to the interests of both countries, and being made still more friendly by the abolition, on the part of the Emperor, of the passport system in France, especially on behalf of the subjects of her Majesty. " Under these circumstances the country will naturally expect a considerable reduction of our warlike establish ments from the extraordinary scale of the present year. " We would also invite attention to the civil and miscel- laneous expenditure of the country, which has for many years been in course of rapid and extraordinary increase, until it has reached an amount which loudly demands re vision and retrenchment. "We are convinced that retrenchment will prove the truest policy of the Government as the only method of meeting the financial exigencies of the State, satisfying the expectations of Parliament, conciliating the good opinion of the commercial and monied interests, allaying the dissatis faction of the taxpayers, and preventing the loud outcry which would inevitably arise in case of another unfavour able harvest or, any check to the public prosperity. "We are compelled to say that we should view an ex penditure for the coming year approaching that of the cur rent year with great regret and disapprobation; and we believe that that would be the feelings of our constituents and of the country at large. " We have, therefore, thought it right to offer these sug gestions in a fiiendly spirit to your lordship, and we trust they may not be thought unworthy to receive the serious consideration of the Government—We are, my lord, your lordship's most obedient servants." Amongst the signatures already obtained are those of Sir James Duke, Mr. R. W. Crawford, Mr. Baines, Mr. Bris tow, Mr.Buxton, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Ewing, Mr, S. Gurney, Mr. R. Hanbury, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Pilkington, Sir J. Shelley, Colonel Sykes, and Mr. J. A. Turner. TILE DROWAINO OF AN ARTILLERY- ALAIY.-HARROIVING SCENE. Particulars of the following distressing case only now transpire. On the morning of the New Year's-eve, a small dingy on Thorn Island, at the entrance to Milford House, and which was used by the men of the coast brigade for communicating with their large boat anchored about 60 yards off, was washed away by a heavy sea. Gunner Burke having volunteered to swim off to the large boat which his comrades were anxious to procure in order to go after and recover the dingy, fastened a rope round his waist, and giving the other end to a comrade s jumped into the sea ; but the rape being too short by three or four yards, another piece was immediately added. In the meantime Burke was carried by a strong ebb tide below the boat, and called out to his comrades to haul him on shore. In attempting to do so, unfortunately, the rope parted at the joining just made, and the gallant fellow was left struggling against a strong and a high sea, and hampered by the rope round his waist, was drifted further from the island, calling in vain for help. His poor wife, who Was daily expecting her confieement, and her three • children, were witnesses to the scene, and mingled ' their wild and frantic shrieks of despair with the piteous gurgling cries of the drowning husband and father. At this moment Bombardier Kay, a married man, with a wife and four young children, plunged into the sea from a high rock, a sharp frost prevailing cue Lune, to uruer, it possible, to save his com rade ; but although a good swimmer and a power fully-built man, six feet six inches in height, he could not stem the strong current and terrific sea, and after struggling for nearly a quarter of an hour in the water, was himself nearly drowned, when fortunately a huge sea dashed him, bruised and senseless, 20 or 30 feet high among the rocks. The moment he recovered his consciousness he endea voured to jump in again, but was restrained by his comrades, who informed him that poor Burke had just sunk between two seas. The latter rose to the surface shortly afterwards quite dead, the back of his head' and shoulders being visible over the water. At this moment a large sea-gull perched on the body and commenced picking at the head. Thus the body of the drowned soldier, with its lonely freight, remained in sight for nearly two hours, and was gradually drifted out to sea and lost to the bewil dered gaze of the widow and her orphans. It has not since been recovered. Two days afterwards Mrs. Burke gave birth to another child. Her forlorn condition, bereft of her husband and only source of support, and left on the world with four orphans,one of them a cripple, calls for sympathy and compassion. It is to be hoped that the Royal Humane Society will recognise such noble conduct as that evi nce d b y Bom bardier Kay. Subscriptions in aid of the widow will be received by Col. Brown, Pembroke-dock, commandant of the Royal Artillery in the district, who is exerting herself on her behalf; and also by the Rev. Charles Hort, chaplain to the Forces,Pern broke -dock, who has furnished us with the fore going narrative of this sad affair. TBIS DAY'S _MARKET& CORN EXCHANGE. The whole of the vessels recently reported in the river with English wheat have still their cargoes on board, owing to the severity of the weather. No sales, therefore, took place en board ship to-day, but the samples which reached us by land carriage from Essex and Kent wars disposed of at quite Monday's currency. There was a slight improvement in the demand for foreign wheat, and about an average business was trans acted, at extreme rates. Floating cargoes were almost nominal. Fine barley was quite as dear as last week, but very low qualities of foreign were a dull inquiry. There was a moderate demand for malt, and late rates were well supported. Good and fine oats were rather dearer, and other kinds supported previous rates. Both heaps and peas wore scarce, and . quite as dear as on Monday. We have no change to notice in the value of flour. • ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English . 640 2,130 1,290 7O i 970 Irish - 1,000 t F0reign........ 9,010 6,770 8 , 850 1 500 sack' 3.230 brim. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. .......... Our markets are tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with each kind of meat. Trade generally is inac tive, as follows Per Bibs by the carcase. a. d. s. d. ti. d. a. d. Inferior beef .... 2 10 3 4 Middling mutton 3 6 3 10 Middling d 0.... 3 6 3 8 Prime do . . 4 0 5 0 Prime large do.. 3 10 4 0 Teal Do. s mall d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork Large pork 3 10 4 2 Lamb.... . 0 0 0 ° Inferior mutton 3 0 3 2 BOROUGH HOP. There was a good consumptive demand for both English and foreign hops—the show of which is moderate—at very full prices. New Mid and East Kent pockets . • .. • • vvealds .. . • Sussex • . • • Yearlings .. • • per cwt. £6 Os to £lB Os 4Os to 14 Os sOs to 9 Os sOs to 9 10s COLONIAL. TEA.—At the public sales the biddings were very inac tive, and prices went very uneven, common and ordinary a y s e ray fairfog descriptions showing a decline of id to ld per lb. salesS I Gait.—Owingwweather no publics foggy y emand for good and fine descriptions, at previous rates. In the refined market prices were without alteration. COFFEE.—The public sales were postponed until to-dayt he ld e t th w e owing to the fog which prevailed. RICE.—The inquiries were very limited, and quotations exhibited no change of importance, SALTP ETRE.—The dealings have again been very re stricted, and a decline of is to is 6d per cwt. maybe quoted in values. TALLow.—The market continues very flat, prices show ing a downward movement for both present and forward delivery. •- P Y -•-• on the spot is quoted 60s, March delivery 58s, and last three months 57s 6d per cwt. Advices from Boulogne mention that the whole of the cargo of the Ardville, which went on'ahore near that place, while on her voyage from Macao to London, had been landed, and would be forwarded to London. It included 5.16,7001 b. of tea. Prod been valu the and in ti deali diet( shad dem sales very quot to 1 shot now 3m tin Do Xs Po] Illi llli Do lii JIG the tend 25,C fron tion inst £36 Xle We of 3 inc( ann tion rate an( arc Bo to