The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

, . E S N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME EVENING, supplied to ally STATION on theEASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY•LANE. Lassee. lit:. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, HET DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FE AST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring• To e - n lade with ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRIIOEiS4 THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, 'Under the Management of Mr. Cam ila KRAL THIS EVENING, The Tragedy of HAMLET, Hamlet by Mr. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND TTIF. MUD AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy ParadisA and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Ifir \(r. Corrintek Elnline; Pantaloon, Pau;6; and Colum`dne, ,tiss Caroline Adams. k r 40)y A> Proprietor, Mr. M. Wehiter.—Of , ectresg. Midame Celeetr. TtIIS EVE NING. DIWESTIC ECONOMY. After which, IJIMEN" PRIVATE AFFAtRi. To conclude with JAr,`K AND TIIE BE tN STALK; or. Ilaileoln and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Meows. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Ifadame Celeste, MISs Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will apaear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. TIIIB EVENING PARIS IN 1792. To conclude with A PRINCE OF P 3:111I3 ; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATER. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, THE HOLLY TREE INN. To conclude with iIAItLEQUIN SuE; or. All la the DOWGI3 and Davy Jones's Locker. ROYAL OLY %INC THEATRE. Lessee and Mana;er, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, TO OBLIGE BENSON, hi which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, Leslie, and Miss F. Ternan will appear. To be followed by THE WELSH GIRL. After which will be produced a New and denbly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCESS; e-, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, IL Cooper, MiS3 Marston, an I Miss Maskell will appear. i ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. The Greatest Wonder of the Day is the Equestrian Comic Panto ime. The Last Morning Performance will be on Saturday, Jan. 19th. THIS EVENING, The Romantic Equidrame called ROOKWOOD; or, TUEPIN'S RIDE to YORK. After which the EQUESTRIAN EXF.RCI•zES In the ARENA, the Invention of Mr. W. Cooke, including Master George Cooke. the little Cherub, on his playful pony; also, Illis Kate Cooke on her milk white Arab steed. To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GplonGE, A - ND THE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions of Christendom. vt , c-ottlee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. %fr. Cooke. an. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DAY—Morn. 20 min. aft. B—Evening 54 min. aft. 8 Iln-Moßitow—Morn. 28 min. aft. 9 —Evening 5 min. aft. 10 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, JAY. 16. THREMOUETER, IN THE SFIADII. 42 h ,tneat gine,. noon yeeterlay. 38 -'-west this niorninz and eintrin , 4 the night. 44 --this day at noon. BAUOMBTEIt, 30-03. Wrqvg, S. W.—Light, with muggy-, dull, weather, and slight rain or thaw. * 4 -mk. ): p , ~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1856 In the " Counter Propositions," transmitted to Austria, Russia offers in exchange for the strong places and territories occupied by the Allies to restore to the Porte Kars and the territory she has won from Turkey in Asia during the last cam paign. We 'may thus form some estimate of the importance attached by the enemy to the suc cesses in that quarter, when Kars is considered an equivalent, not merely for Sebastopol, but also for Kinbourn, Eupatoria, and Kertcb. It is, in fact, regarded as a triumph that may be looked on as an adequate set-off against the successes so laboriously acquired by the Allied Powers in the Crimea. " A make-weight " that should induce us to accept the otherwise inadequate offers ! There can be but little doubt that the event has been largely relied on to sustain the prestige of Russia with the Asiatic Powers, and that Persia has already acted on the supposition of Russian invincibility in a manner very injurious to Eng land. The matter is therefore one of extraordi nary magnitude and importance, and it is essen tial that a very stringent inquiry should be in stituted into the causes that led to a result in every respect so untoward and deplorable. It is more than hinted that the unfortunate event may be attributed to the shortcomings of the British Ambassador at Constantinople. It is not necessary to ascertain whether these shortcomings were occasioned by negligence and apathy, or from even less defensible motives. It is sufficient, at all events, to warrant, nay more imperatively to demand, a Parliamentary investigation. The representative of the British SOVEREIGN at the Ottoman Court should, under existing circum stances, not only be free from blame, but far beyond doubt or suspicion. It is positively asserted that this serious injury too the Allied cause may be chiefly ascribed to a soreness or jealousy, or feeling of personal pique on the part of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE towards General WILLIAMS, who has immortalised himself by his determined efforts on behalf of the beleaguered town that the Ambassador was deeply mortified at the appointment having been made without his express recommendation, e.r even without any reference to himself, and that he was therefore determined to counteract, as far as prac ticable, the exertions of one whom he dici or could not regard as a protege, and whom he therefore left to fight his own battle, wi th out the aid or assistance which might fair ly have been anticipated, an d 0 11 which h e might confidently have relied. We d 3 not, of course, endorse these grave charges agai n & a British Minister—charges which, if clearly sub.. stautiated, should subject him to severe censure and the loss of his situation, if not to a direct im peachment. But it is due to Lord STRATFORD Do REDCLIFFE to notice these unpleasant reports and to see that a statesman holding an elevate. i position, and of previously irreproachable character , should not be condemned on trivial or insufficien t grounds. If he were guilty of even a portion o f the misconduct so freely ascribed to him—i f he .7:2glected answering, br even noticing im portant communications—because he was person ally unfriendly to General WILLIA.2IIS, the removi from his office would be a very inadequate puni:il meet. It would, in fact, be an act of hi; er ry penal cm treason—that would lead to ve impute quences. We .3hall not, however, n .ch charge. That it has been even hinted at is sitaffi tient not only to justify, but to demands am In' Tifit LONI3O.g. WBBNI,OBIIA V ittvENl.Nd, JANTTAny vestigation. It is due to our Allies-4o the people of Great Britain—but pre-eminently so to Lord STRATFORD himself. Whatever may be the faults of " Red-tapisua," or " the system"— the general scapegoat for every error and every mistake—they could not justify or even extenu ate so grave a dereliction from duty. An in quiry must therefore take place, in which we hope and believe Lerd STRATFORD may be able com pletely to justify himself, and to show that there are no private causes which led to what must be regarded as a very grievous national calamity. Between low cunning and astute unscrupulo sity, as between the latter and sterling wisdom, the difference is immense. The former not un frequently gains its object by reprehensible means, but quite as often perils the possession of it by the sheerest folly and recklessness. The latter attains its object not less reprehensibly, but takes special care not to hazard by folly what it has obtained by crime ; while it is the policy of sterling wisdom to secure by just means what it has equitably acquired. Which of the three best describes the policy of Austria in relation to the Principalities? Moldavia and Wallachia don't belong to Aus tria ; let there be no mistake shout that. To be sure the reminder is unnecessary, for to the cheek of what intelligent Englishman does not the men tion of these Provinces raise a blush ? But Mol davia and Wallachia are in the possession of Aus tria. How does this come to pass ? By what means was it that Austria got possession of them ? By a wise policy ? The reader laughs. Well, then, by an astute unscrupulosity, or low cunning and dissimulation ? Let us employ the test and see. How has Austria conducted herself in the Princi_ palities since she got possession of them ? Re member she came as a protector, and not without shrewd suspicion of a desire to be something more, or, if the reader prefer it, something less. The unfortunate Moldavians and Wallachiaus had suf fered from the Russian army of occupation, and anticipated relief from the oppression to which they had been subjected. Nothing can be more obvious than the line of policy which a judicious regard for her own interests, to say nothing of the interests of the Allied Powers, called upon her to adopt. Only by a policy of conciliation and firmness could she reasonably hope to secure a permanent footing on territo ries she had entered by means of guile, and at no period could a better opportunity for adopting such a policy with perfect success have been found. How has Austria conducted her self in the Principalities from the hour of her entry to the present ? The habitual readers o f The Sum will find no difficulty in returning an indisputable reply. We have told how, up to the hour of telling, again and again ; and now, pointing to a column and a-half of news, headed " The Danubian Principalities," in our present impression, we say '" That's how !" "Badly," doubtless thinks the reader, " but not so badly as Russia." About as badly as possible, very much worse than Russia, though without and the slightest excuse. Russia did not put the entire population to the sword, nor hand them over a prey to famine and pestilence—neither has she. Russia carried matters with a high hand, but Russia did not suffer her soldiery systematically to pillage and outrage the inhabitants, sword in hand, and if they offered resistance to butcher them. But this is what Austria has done. Wherever Aus tria has had troops in the Principalities there the cry of pity, the shriek for aid, the burning glance of indignation, and the fruitless inquisition for blood, have witnessed to their brutality and to the villany of their employer. Insult, violation, rob bery, murder, these are the pastimes of the Aus trian soldier in the Principalities ! Low cunning, astute unscrupulosity, or sterling wisdom, which ? Out on the inhuman dastard and her vile arts ! Wisdom, ordinary discretion, humanity, forbear ance, are plummets over her ; and so long as she is suffered to remain in the Principalities, which there can be no doubt she wishes to keep, so long will the inhabitants have cause to execrate before GOD and man the mistaken policy that handed them over to the tyranny of such an oppressor ! The language may be strong—but read and see if there i s not cause. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. Colonel M'Murdo, lately commanding the Land Transport Corps in the Crimea, arrived yesterday after- noon, on a visit to her Majesty. The dialler party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, his Royal Highness the Count of Flaadere, the Belgian Minister, M. Van de Weyer, Lady Fanny Ho ward, Baroness de Speth, Sir George Couper, Colonel M'Alurdo, and Captain Burnelle. The band of the Grenadier Guard■ played during dinner. The Queen's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. Hia Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by the Gentlemen in Waiting, skated on the ice in the Home Park this morning. Lady Churchill has succeeded the Marchioness of Ely as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Lord Byron and the Han. M. Sackville West have succeeded Lord de Tabley and Colonel the Hon. N. Hood as Lord and Groom in Waitinz. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will give her annual ball to her Majesty, his R.►yal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of `►'Vales, the Princess Royal, and other member= of the Royal Family, at Frogmore, on Friday next. Her Majesty's private bald will be in attendance. The marriage of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., with the Lady Emily Hay, is appointed to take place to-morrow, at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to town yesterday from the Grove, 'Watford, the seat of the Earl of Clarendon. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the right him. baronet at his official residence is Downing -street. Mr and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at Grosvenor Gate for the seasan, from Elugheden Manor. The right lion. gentleman has issued cards of invitation to a Parliamen tary dinner for Wednesday, the 30th inst. Despatches from the Governors of the North American provinces, Vancouver's Island, and Bermuda, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. DEATH OF COMMANDER MORRlES.—Retired Com mander Andrew Morries (1854) died on the 10th inst., at Larches, Warwickshire, at the advanced age o f 75. A meeting of holders of Portuguese Bonds is called for the 18th inst., to take'into consideratio.a a provisional agreement entered into between the Finance Minister of Portugal and Mr. Thornton. The Court of Directors of the East India Company purpose to invite Sir Geo. Pollock to sit for bis picture, to be hung up in the Examination Hall at Addiscombe. Mr. Grant is the artist selected. FEARFUL EXPLOSION.—On Monday morning a fear ful explosion occurred at the new iron vi arks at Lea Brook, by which four men were instantl:?' killed and eight others seriously injured. It is suppoi ,ed that some foul air got into the pipes, and mixing wi th the water which generated gas, and caused the boiler to explode. ILLEGALLY ENTERING A NUNNERY.— On Monday three young men, named John Jen. sings, Henry B a iley, and Samuel Allen were fined 5/ each for illegally entering the convent of the Sisters of Mer.?y, at Leeds. The prisoners said they merely entered the • place for a lark. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWEES.--At tho court held yesterday, the medical officer, Dr. Lethelay, presented his report, which stated that he had inspe cted the pre mises, 19, Carsitor-street, and found them in a very filthy state, and requiring immediate atteni ion. THE MURDER OF MISS HlNDS.—There is a hope— perhaps but a vague one—that justice law at length overtaken the parties implicated in the brultal murder of Miss Hinds. Two men, named James Murphy and Timms Dunn, are now in Cavan gaol on ci ispicion. BANQUET AT THE MANSION- OUSE.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor and the Lady M a y oress entertained the m embers of the Court of Ald ermen an d t h e i r l a di es an d a number of private friendf. Among the guests were General Sir De Lacy Evans Charles and Admiral Sir Napier. The following report of the Directors of the Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1855, has been issued : " The directors will recommend to the proprietors to pay a dividend of ss. per 1001. on the ordinary stock of the company, or at the rate of half per cent. per annum, and to carry forward a balance of 7,6381. 6s. 5d." LATEST NEWS. THE PEACE PROPOSALS. VIENNA, Jew. 14. The Allies have declared the Russian propos: tions inadmissible. Prince Gortschakoff is expected to leave this city on the 18th, bat awaits orders from St. Petersburg. All the Vienna evening papers speak of the new state of affairs as " most serious," " unex pected," and "alarming." PARIS, JAN. 16, 8.30 A.M. The Moniteur publisihes the report of the Minister of Finances to the Emperor upon th financial condition of the country. The report concludes as follows : " To resume, Sire, this simple sketch of the principal financial events of the past year shows us a commercial activity without a parallel ; unheard of progress in consumption ; two enor mous loans, paid up with the greatest regu larity, and in a great measure before the pay ments were due ; besides the loans, more than 135,000,000, a sum which had never before been known to have been employed in the pur chase of rentes, for the departments ; the di rect contributions paid by anticipation, and al most without expense ; a well-balanced budget ; the floating debt reduced ; and all this despite the war, despite the crisis in the high price of food, despite the very considerable outlay, which accidental circumstances-imposed upon us. What greater proof could be given of the vitality and richness of tAs country and of all that France is capable of under a popular Government, with such resources wisely employed ? Extravagance alone might be feared. Your 34ajesty will know to obviate that danger by your high prudence, by firmly opposing tho inconsiderate temptations of speculation, and by adjourning, in the interest of the enterprises already commenced, all those which do not hear the evident mark of urgency." HAMBURG, JAN. 14. Two vessels of war have arrived at Copenhagen from England, proceeding to the Baltic to cruise before the Russian ports. MADRID, JAN. 14. Marshal O'Donnell has resumed his duties as 14 Sinister War. The Government has granted an amnesty to the Carlist prisoners of Catalonia, ou account of the complete pacification of the principality. General tranquillity prevails. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Duke of Cambridge, in the name of her Majesty Queen Victoria, to-day distributed the British Crimean medal to 14,000 French troops, just returned from the seat of war. They were drawn up in the Place du Carrousel. The 'mperor was much cheered, and the whole scene was very isnposiiitg.' The Monitew contains the revenue returns for 1855. Indirect taxes there is, as compared with 1853, a net increase of 103,619,000 fr, and as com pared with 1853 au increase of 101,075,000 f. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the in direet taxes and revenues of France in 1855 ; from which it appears that the receipts amounted to 950,879,000 f., or 103,619,000 f. more than in 1854. The following are the different items forming that amount : Registry duties, mortgage., ace. Stamp duties Import duties—en corn -------- merchandise French colonial sugar 37,191,000 foreign sugar 35,199,000 Export duties 1,374,000 Navigation dues 3.255,030 Sundry Customs duties and revenues 3,096,000 Salt tax Duty on potable liquors . 114,870,000 Duty on domestic sugar Miscellaneous duties and receipts 43,704,000 Sale of tobacco, &c. gunpow ler ... 8,800,000 Postage of letteis Duty of 2 per cent. on money forwarded through the Post-office Fares in mail coaches -- mail packets Transit duty of foreign correspondence Accidental receipts 1,662,000 268,000 8,000 659,000 46,000 Total 950,879,000 The items which exhibit an increase compared with 1854 are—Registry duties, mortgages, &c., 37,165,000 f. ; stamp duties, 2,760,000 f. ; import fluty on merchandise, 24,944,000 f.; ditto on French colonial sugar, 3,999,000 f. ; ditto on foreign sugar, 11,424,0001. ; navigation dues, 146,000 f. • sundry Customs rec e ipt s an d revenues , 263,00C;f. • salt tax, 1,965,500 f. ; misc e lla neo us duti e s and re ceipts, 8,615,000 f. ; sale of ,tobacco, 7,630,009 f. ; ditto of gunpowder, 775,000 f. ; duty on money forwarded through the post-office , 138 000 f. ; tran sit duty on foreign correspondence, 53,000 f. ; accidental receipts, 22,000 f. Total increase, • 108,120,000 f. The items which exhibit , a decrease are—lmport duty on corn, 556,000 f. ; export duties, 133,000 f.; duty on domestic sugar, 2,906,000 f. ; postage of letters, 707,000 f. ; fares in mail coaches, 151,000 f.; ditto in mail packets, 48,000 f. Total decrease, 4,501,0001. The receipts of 1855, as above eta ed, will be further increased by the addition of a sum of 6,130,000 f. remaining to be recovered on the 31st of Dec., so that the receipts of the year will have amounted to 957,009,000 f. The total receipts set down in the budget were only calculated at 891,756,000 f. They have consequently been ex ceeded by a sum of 65,253,000 f., in which the now taxes, established by the laws of the sth of May and 15th of July, 1855, figure for 33,230,000 f. The proceeds of the property or direct tax col lected on the 31st of December, 1355, amounted to 417,555,000 f., leaving only 18,542,000 f. to be re covered at that date. The Council of War assembles daily at Paris under the presidency of the Emperor, but the strictest secrecy is maintained respecting the deli berations. The Debats of yesterday says that one of the principal questions under disoussion is the unity of the command of the Allied armies. The Paris correspondent of the Independence Beige be lieves that the campaign will be continued in the Crimea, and that the expedition to the Baltic, to be almost exclusively English, will be without an army for disembarkation. The same writer men tions a report that the new French loan " will be subscribed, if not entirely in England, at least with a solidarity of the resources of the two nations, and guaranteed by the two goveri.ments." BOURSE, Jan. 15.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Conte 9l 75 —f. -a 3_per Cents 62 0 62 60 New Loan 63 10 Bank Shares 3100 Roman Credit Alobilier 1217 50 Austrian Belgian Fives. — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B4 Home Debt 344 steamer at length left, and immediately after the American vessel put out to sea and steered for the Russian coast. The• English steamer, which had not got beyond Elsinore, immediately pursued her, but was too late to prevent her reaching a Russian port. A Russian vessel which was at Elsinore also managed to escape while the English steamer was in pursuit of the American vessel." TilE EAS;.I' EXPEDITION TN - SE-41XL! OF SIR JOFIE FRANICLIE The following is a copy of a letter from Chief Factor James Anderson to Sir George Simpson Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land, dated. Fort Resolution, September 17, 18554 " Fort Resolution, Sept. 17, 1855. " Sir,--I beg to state for your information that the expedition you were pleased to intrust, to my command returned here last night. " After having descended Back's Great Fish River, and explored the mainland and islands as tar a 3 Ma conochie's Island, undoubtsd traces of the missing party were found at Montreal Islands, but I regret to say that neither the remains of our unfortu nate countrymen, nor any persons were discovered. My previous despatches would have informed you that I arrived at Fort Resolution late on the 20th of June. The three canoes built under the super intendence of Messrs. Stewart and Ross were all ready ; they were of au excellent model, the wood-work very strong, but the bark, though the best that could be prooured at so short a notice, was very inferior. They were, of coarse, very heavy, their ladings amounted to 24 pieces of 90Ib. each, and consisted chiefly of provi sions, with a good supply of ironworks, &c., for the Esqnimaux, ammunition, nets, Halkett boat, and the luggage of the party, Double sets of poles, paddles, and lines were also provided. Fifteen men and an In dian guide to Sussex Lake composed the crews ; but I found we were too weakly manned, and added three yellow-knife Indians who wished to go to their lands. The only thing wanting was an Esquimaux interpreter. "Late on the evening of the 22d of June the expedi tion made a move to an island about a mile from the Fort. Heavy gales from the north-east detained us be tween there and Rocky Point, where the traverse is taken till the 27th ; these, however, cleared our road of ice. On the 28th we encamped at the upper end of Tal thel-leh Strait ; we then fell in with the ice, it was about two feet thick. We ware employed till the morning of the 2d of July in making our way through it, by cut ting, pushing the pieces apart, and making portages over the points of land ; young ice formed every night, and the further we advanced the sounder it got ; the canoes, too, unavoidably, received some injury. "At that date we reached the place called ' the Mountain' in Back's map, and mentioned in his narra• tive, as being a route to the barren grounds, but only practicable for small Indian canoes. The guide en gaged by Mr. Stewart was unacquainted with this route; he proposed taking us by a river falling into Great Slave Lake on the eastern shore, nearly opposite to Fort Reliance. By means of this river, some lakes, and ten portages, he intended to round the head of Great Slave Lake and fall eventuallyat the Beaver-lodge in Artillery Lake. " Hoar-frost River, which Sir Geo. Back ascended with difficulty in a half-sized light canoe in the autumn, would have been at this season impracticable. To get through the ice to either of these rivers would have occupied a long time, and then Artillery, Clinton, Colden, and Aylmer Lakes were still before us ; it was clear that, if some other route were not adopted, the expedition would fail. Here was our only chance. One of the Indians had passed by this route as far as the river, falling into the upper end of Aylmer Lake ; he gave a disheartening description of the difficulties to be surmounted, and the high range of mountains before me was anything but encouraging. I, however, determined on making the attempt as the route was so much shorter, and we might also expect to have a long stretch of open water on Lake Aylmer at the mouth of the river. " Immediately after breakfast the portage was begun, and, though 4 trips were made before we encamped, the canoes and landings were carried over 31 miles of moun tains across a small lake. At 10.30 p.m. our fine fellows were descending a steep mountain with the canoes, sing ing `La Violette.' The next day's work was something similar ; the third was a little better, after which the mountains subsided to gentle hills, and the lakes were larger, some of them from 20 to 40 miles in length. In short, after passing through 24 lakes, and 25 portages, we reached the river falling int ) Lake Aylmer (which I have called Outran] river after a gallant relative) late on the 7th of July. Two easy rapids and about 12 miles of river brought us to Lake Aylmer. " I had now to trust to my own guidance. As I had anticipated, we found the lake at its mouth free from ice, and had fine paddling for about 30 miles. When we fell in with the ice, the whole lake appeared solid and unbroken ; the ice was about three feet thick and per tectly sound. " The north side of the lake which we followed is in dented with deep bays, separated from each other by narrow necks of land ; round these and close to the shore we had to work our way by cutting, poling, and numerous portages amiss points, with occasional pieces of open water at the bottom of the bays. There were also some crevasses through which we passed at a great risk of being nipped • we had several hair-breadth escapes ; indeed one of the canoes was once only saved by pushing poles under her bottom and allowing her to be lifted on the ice. We finally arrived, with our canoes much injured, at Sandhill Bay on the 11th of Juiy. " We had now the advantage of Sir G. Back's map and narrative ; the former the one attached to his back, was on far too small a scale for our purpose, but the latter was of great service. "It is needless for me to describe the descent of this dangerous river after the minute and correct description of our gallant predecessor; notwithstanding the exqui site skill of our Iroquois Boutes, the canoes were re peatedly broken and much strained in the whirlpools and eddies. The river to the small lake falling into Niust•Ox Lake was nearly dry, and the portage work was most severe. "On the 13th of July Musk-Ox Rapid was reached ; here we found a few Yellow-knife Indians. " Our four Indians and one man was left hero ; the latter with one of the Indians was to return to Great Slave Lake to join Mr. Lockhart, and the expedition , now consisted of the following persons : "James Anderson, first command ; J. G. Stewart, second command ; B. Assiniyunton, Ignace Montour, and Joseph Anarize, Iroquois boutes ; Thomas Mistea gun and Paulette Papanakies, Muskegon steersmen ; John Fidler, half-breed steersman ; Henry Fidler, Ed ward Kipling, George Daniel, and Donald M`Leod, half breed midman ; Jerry Johnston, Muskegon midman; Joseph Boucher, Canadian midman ; Murdo M`Lellan, highlander midman ; and William Reid, Orkneyman midman. "On the 15th, the worst canoe, which was completely worn out, was left, and we now proceeded with heavier ladings, but better crews. On-the 20th the first Esqui .naurc were seen at the mouth of and below Mackinley's River. There were five lodges, and we visited two of them We here found the want of an interpreter. We `,lad two of Dr. Rae's men, who understood - a few words And phrases, and with the 'aid of signs they made us understand that they came down Mackinley's River. They were not much alarmed, and we soon got exce►- lent friends. " They had evidentlysien whites, or had communica tion with others of their countrymen (rao,t probably those who resort to Churchill), who had intercourse with thew, as they possessed a few of our daggers, beads, files, and tin kettles ; and one old man brought do Nn some wolf skins to barter. They were clothed entirely in, deer and musk-ox skins. Their canoes were made of leer parchment, and not a piece of sealskin was seen among them. "Another small party was seen at the rapid between Lakes Pelly and Garry. Thu men appeared to be all ab sent, and the women and children fled on seeing us. Some small presents were left in the lodges to show our kindly intentions. "In Lake Garry we had to work throu‘h about 15 miles of ice ; but, although ice was observed in sauce of the other lakes, we met with no further obstruction from this cause. " On the 30th, at the rapids below Lake Franklin three Esquimaux lodges were seen on the opposite shore, and shortly after an elderly man crossed to us. After the portage was made we crossed over, and immediately perceived various articles belonging to a boat, such as tent-poles and kayak paddles made out of ash oars, pieces of mahogany, elm, oak, and pine ; also copper and sheet-iron boilers, tin siup tureens, pieces of instruments, a letter nip with the date 1843, a broken handsaw, chi sels, &c. Only one man was at the lodges, but the wo men, who were very intelligent, made us understand by words and signs, that these articles came from a boat, ar.d the white men belonging is it had died of starvation. " We, of course, by showing them books and written papers, endeavoured to ascertain if they possessed any papers, offering to give them plenty of the goods we had with us for them ; but, .though they evidently under stood us, they said they had none. They did not scru ple to show us all their hidden treasures. Besides the man, there were three women and eight children. The remainder of the party, two men and three lads, were seen towards evening. " Point Beaufort was reached on the 31st. We were detained there the next day till half-past two p.m., by a S.W. gale. We then took the tra►erse to Montreal Island. To seaward the ice appeared perfectly firm and unbroken. "When about three miles from the island, a large stream of ice was observed Coning at a great rate before the wind and tide out of Elliott's Bay and the other deep hays to the westward. Every sine er was strained to reach the land ; but we were soon surrounded by the ice, and for some time were in most imminent danger. The ice from six to seven feet thick, perfectly sound, and drifting at the rate of five or six miles an hour. In 15 minutes after we had passed the whole channel to Point Beaufort was choked with ice. Had we not suc ceeded in crossing on this day we should have been de tained on the eastern shore till the 10th. " We had thus arrived at the first spot indicated by my instructions on precisely the same day as our gallant predecessor, Sir P. Back. "The next two days were devoted by the entire party to the examination of the island, and the small islands in its vicinity. On a high ridge of rocks at the south. east point of the island a number of Esquimanx caches were found, and besides seal oil, various articles were found belonging to a boat or ship ; such as chain, hooks, chisels, blacksmith's shovel and cold chisel, tin oval boiler, a bar of unwrought iron about three feet.long, one and a-half inch broad, and a quarter of an inch thick; bunting, and a num b er o f sticks strungsmall piecestoge of rope, ther,onne of which was cut Mr. Stanley' (surgeon of Erebus.) A little lower,down was a large quantity of chips, shavings, and ends of plank of pine, and mahoga n y, ev id ent ly sa wed by Un elm, ash, oak, skilful hands ; every chip was turned over, and.on one of them was found the word Terror' carved. It was evident that this was the spot where the boat wis cut up by the Esquimaux. Not even a scrap of paper could be discovered, and though rewards were offered, and the most minute search made over the whole island, not a vestige of the remains of our unfortunate countrymen could be discovered. "On the sth we succeeded in crossing over to the ee;tern mainland, opposite to Montreal Island, and the whole party was employed in reeking a most minute search is fir as the point of Elliott's Bay, and also to the north card. As the whole inlet was full of ice which had not vet moved, but was split into immense fields by the ris rig and falling of the tide, we could only proc , ed close shore at high tile, when by pushing small bleeke apart, finding pieces of open water at the bottom of toe ,aye, and navigating through cliannele of water on the ice, we reached Point Pechel Lake on the 6th. "The whole coast between Montreal Island and Point Pechel was searched by a land party, always accompa nied by Mr. Stewart or myself. Many very old Esqui rnaux encampments were seen, but not a trace of the party. " By this time our canoes had received so much da mage, and were so weak and leaky, that it was evident the safety of the party would be hazarded were they sub jected to more rough usage. The ice, too, here was forced on the shore, and there was no prospect of our being able to get through it ; I therefore determined to complete the search of the peninsula on foot. " Early on the 7th the entire party, with the exception of two of the Iroquois, who were left to repair the canoes, started in light marching trim, taking the Halkett boat with us. Five men followed all the sinuosities of the coast, while the others were spread at equal distances inland, Mr. Stewart and myself taking the middle epace. Shortly after leaving the encampment a river was forded; this must be a large stream at a high stage of water. It was called Lemisieurier River, after a relative of Mr. Stewart's. No fuel was found in our encampments, and in two hours we left all signs of vegetation behind. The remainder of the peninsula is composed of high sandhills intersected by deep valleys, evidently overflowed at spring tides and during gales. "We encamped late opposite Maconochie's Island, and the only vestige of the missing party found was a small piece of cod-line, and a strip of striped cotton about two inches long and an inch broad. These were found at Point Ogle, in an Esquimau' encampment of perhaps three or four years of age. "Next morning a piece of open water enabled us to launch the Halket boat, and explore Maconochie's Island, but nothing was found. It was impossible to cross over to Point Richardson, as I wished, the ice driving through the strait between it and Maconochie's Island at a fear ful rate. About three o'clock in the afternoon we began to retrace our steps through a tremendous storm of wind and rain. The last of the party did not reach the en campment till past 10 o'clock at night, and, as there was no fuel, we were obliged to creep under our blankets, thoroughly wet, and with no other supper but a piece of cold and rather ancient pemmiAn. It was now evident that all that could be done with our means had been done, and that, with our frail craft, any delay in re turning would compromise the safety of the whole party. It may be thought strange that the remains of so large a party could not be discovered. It is my opinion that a party in a starving condition would have chosen a low spot, where they could haul up their boat and have had some shelter, and that, if they perished there, their bones have been long since covered by sand or gravel forced up by the ice. Any books or papers left open would be de stroyed by the perpetual winds and rain in this quarter in a very short space of time ; for instance a large hook, " Raper 'a Navigation," was left open on a cloak at Mon treal Island ; it was blown open, and the leaves were pattering about in such a way thnt had it not been in stantiv closed it would soon have been torn in pieces. "No party could winter on this coast. In the first place there is not enough fuel ; and, secondly, no deer pass. About 100 deer, mostly bucks, were seen on Ade laide Peninsula on our way to Point Ogle, hu' not one on our way back. Their tracks were all seen going to the south. On the eastern coast only 5 deer were seen. It would also be a matter of immense difficulty to get suffi cient supplies down Fish River for even a small party. " On the 10th of August a shift of wind enabled us to il cross over to Point Beaufort without injury, an a gale breught us to Point Backhouso at half-past 10 p.m. "The Esquimau' were still at the rapids of Lake Franklin. Another attempt was made to see if they pos sessed papers of any description ; the contents of our trading cases were offered for any. They showed us all their caches, but nothing of interest was discovered. "The fishery of fresh water berring and trout appeared to be over, as those we saw hanging to dry on our way down were all stowed away securely in caches, and the party were on the eve of departure to hunt deer. " Handsome presents were made to them, for which we got boots for most of the men. The Upper Esquimaux were also seen and treated in a similar manner. " The weather during the whole trip up was dreadful, blowing continually with rain, snow, and hail, and it froze sharply below and above Lake Beechy. Our canoes also were very frail and leaky. There was still less water in the upper part of the river than on our way down. From the lake above Musk Oz Lake to Lake Aylmer was almost one contnuous portage. That lake was reached early on the 31st of August. " Our progress through the lakes was much retarded by strong headwinds and fogs. Some time was also lost in finding the very narrow and hidden outlets of Lake Aylmer and Clinton Colden ; at the latter I was disap pointed at not finding Indians. " Early on the 9th we reached a bay at the end of Artillery Lake, on the east shore, near the head of the Aheldessy. It was impossible to descend that river, and we were employed the remainder of the day in discover ing an Indian road to Great Slave Lake through a series of small lakes and a small river. After passing through eight small lakes, and making as many portages, we reached the river, and soon after got sight of Slave Lake. A. portage of five miles was made with the pieces ; the canoes were partly brought down by water. Mr. Stewart and I reached old Fort Reliance, where the new establishment was also erected, about 3 p.m. of the 11th, and the canoes arrived at 10 the next morning. "As there was no prospect of discovering anything more from this quarter, I conceived that I was not jus tified in incurring further expense or risk, and according to your instructions, determined on sending out the peo ple this fall. "Mr. Lockhart had left the day previous to my ar rival with two small boats, which, with their ladings, were to have been put ea cache at =unsex Lake, in the event of the expedition having been continued another season. I sent off two men immediately to recall him. Mr. Stewart remained to pack up everything at the fort, while I left on the 12th at 2 p.m. to stop the boat coming from Resolution with supplies. " No privation was sustained by the party for want of provisions. We brought three pemmican back. Sir G. Back saw immense numbers of deer and musk oxen on his way down. We only saw a few scattered deer with their fawns, the bucks having all passed to the north, and a few heads of musk oxen. On our way down no time was lost in hunting these, as we got as many Canada geese as we wished by running them down ; they were moulting, end were all ganders. On our way up many tracks were peen going south, but no deer until we arrived at M'Elougall's Lake, and then only a few does. At the head of the river, and in Lake Aylmer and Clinton Colden. they were pretty numerous, and among them many bucks in fine condition. The follow ing is our game list :-289 geese, 25 deer, 1 musk ox. "The conduct of the men was beyond all praise ; they sustained hardships and risks of no ordinary description, not only with cheerfulness, but with gaiety. The wea ther on the voyage up was very severe. Not a day passed without rain, sleet, and hail falling between Point Backhnuse and Musk Ox Lake, after which we had occasional fine days. None of the party were pro vided with waterproof clothes or bags ; the canoes also were very leaky. Still not a murmur was heard, though their groans at night evinced that they suffered from pains in their limbs. "Trusting that my proceedings will be approved by her Majesty's Government and the Hon. Company, "I have the honour to he your obedient servant, "JAMES ANDERSON, C.F., " Commanding Arctic Searching Expedition. " To Sir George Simpson, Governor-in-Chief, Rupert's Land. " Sept 21. "P.S.—Aressrs. Stewart and Lookhart, with the re mainder of the party, arrived here on the 20th inst., and will leave to-morrow morning. They will, I trust, reach Isle a la Crosse by open water. RAILWAYS-POE CAM. ft. c. et. Or!gime ... .... 1120 Western.. 732 50 Northern Lyons.. .....1105 New Ditto 732 50 Mediterranean 1225 Grand Central 545 Loons Geneva 665 Teste Cette 650 Austrian Com. 7OB 75 DENMARK. A letter from Copenhagen, of the 7th, in the Universal German Gazette, says :—" An American vessel, which was generally suspected of having on board a cargo of military stores on Russian ac count, had remained at anchor for four months in this port, into which she had run in order to avoid being searched at sea. ,In order to watch this suspected vessel, an English war-steamer had placed herself close to her, and that the English consul had even demanded that the Danish autho rities should examine the vessel, but they refrained from so doing in consequence of the heavy amount which the captain demanded for the damage which such a proceeding would cause him. The English THE FURTHER ACCOUNTS FROM THE POLAR SEAS. The messengers from the north have followed each other in quick succession—first came Lieut. Hartstein, with the Relief and Arctic, from a round cruise of four months and seven days, without the loss of a man or a spar, with Dr. Kane and 14 of his companions, safe and well ; next came the Resolute, Capt. Kellet's ship, from the far north and west beyond 'the line of no variation, a mute witness to add to the testimony of the freeness of the far northern and western drift ; and now comes Mr. Stewart overland, nearly completing the circle. There is still unheard anything from Capt. McClure's ship in the Ray of Mercy, far in the west ; the Grinnell brig Advance, far in the north ; the pr speller consort of Capt. Kellet's ship, in Melville Bay. and Sir Edward Belcher'e ship and steam consort, in Wellington Channel. The published account of the tidings brought by Mr. Stewart, on being compared with the journal before me, kept on board the Hartetein propeller Arctic, !sresents these differences :—Mr. Stewert'e account says wlp u " they left the shores of the Polar Sea. 9th of August, the ice was accumulating very fast." The aceount via Montreal, since received, says " they left on the 14th of August ; the ground was covered with fresh fallen snow and the ice was forming--in fact, winter had set in." On the 30th of July, the day Mr. Stewart reached the mouth of Great Fish river. lat. about 68 deg., Lieut. lfartstein was in lat. 74 deg. 26 min. 15 sec. N., long. 57 deg. 24 min. W., and on the 14th of August he reached late 75 deg. 42 min. 14 sec. N., lone. 63 deg 10 min. W., on his way to the head of Smith's Sound. From the 3d of August to the 9th, both inclusive, there was a cool term, as follows Aug. Minimum. Wind. ' 3 30° at 12 P.M. S & Wd. 4. 31 at 12 " E. N.E. 5 30 at 12 " S. & Wd. 5 30 at 4 A M do. 7 32 at 12 P.M. S.E. 8 27 at 12 " 9 26 at 4 A.M. N & E. snow, Snow at 4 and 8 a.rn. of 10th—wind West. Preced ing this cool term the temperature on the 2d rose to 45 deg. at 4 p.m. On the 12th the weather Isecarne cool again. Aug. Minimum. Wind. 12 31° at 4 eeet S.W. 13.... 27 " 4 " E.N.E. 14 32 " 4 " N. & Ed. On the 15th the temperature rose to 43 deg. at 12 in. From the 16th to 31st the weather was mild, and the temperature fell below the freezing point only on three days, viz. :-22d, 31 deg. ; 27th, 31 deg., and 28th, 29 (leg. ; wind, Nd. and Wd. or N. and Ed. At this time the expedition was between the parallels of 74 deg. and 78 deg. 21 min. 34 sec. north ; or from 6 to more than 12 degrees north of the mouth of Basle river. There is a difference in the temperature on the water from that on the land, and the deeper the water the milder the temperature. The public mind seems fixed against any further Arctic expeditions ; but beyond that of the company of Sir J. Franklin, who peri , hed from the fact of not having carried a sufficient store of provisions f,r such a voyage, there has been but little less of life in the Arctic seas. The barrenness of the country visited by Mr: Stewart, no d iubt will in time, in its nether stores trea sured up for future time, develope the cause of that bar renness. The immense coal deposits within the Arctic zone will yet contribute to commerce, for a sample which we have placed in the hands of a chemist, for distilla tion, yields sixtyfour per cent, of crude oil, and be esti mates its value here at 17 dollars per ton, and it can also be used for the manufacture of parafine candles, and thus relieve the whales from the destruction that has so long followed them, The - Montreal account of Mr. Stewart's arrival says that Sir J. Franklin left England, with the Erebus and Terror, in 1843. This is an error ; it was in 1545 that he sailed, and bad he been supplied with a seven years' stock of provisions, or been sent for as promptly as our Government sent in search of Dr. Kane, he no doubt would have survived. The searc h was unfortunately tol long delayed. E. LIERIAL Brooklyn Heights, Dec. 26, 1855. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 6th, in the Austrian Gazette, says :—"lt is considered highly important at St. Petersburg that Prussia should not only maintain her neutrality, but also continua to exer cise an influence in that sense over Germany, thus shielding Russia from any decisive resolution of the Germanic Confederation with regard to the Eastern question. In this respect the Courts of Russia and Prussia continue to be on the most intimate and confidential terms. It is asserted that the autograph letter of the Emperor Alexander to the King of Prussia, and of which General Mansuroff has been the bearer, contains the expression of the most affectionate sentiments." WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 16.—8 y the Royal mail steam-ship La Plata, Captain Willis, with the West India and Pacific mails, we have dates from Jamaica, Dec. 16 ; Detnerara and Trinidad, 25th ; Barbadoes, 17th ; Porto Rico, 31st ; Grenada, 26th ; St. Thomas's, Jan. 1. The Plata brings 21 passengers and 13 distressed British subjects. On freight there are 858,540 dollars' value in specie, 14,000 dollars' value in precious stones, and a cargo of cochineal, bark, indigo, cocoa, &c. _ _ TLe Atrato arrived at St. Thomas from South ampton on the afternoon of the 31st ult. On the 14th inst. the Plata spoke the Ship City of Mobile, bound easterly. At Jamaica the Legislature had adjourned to the 14th inst. Fever was prevalent, and the mortality had been very great. The markets were dull. The stock of bread was abundant, with no inquiry. There was very little coffee in the market. Corn of good quality was scarce. Exchange on London for bills at 90 days was qtioted at 1 per cent. prem. From British Guiana we learn that the Court of Policy met on the 12th ult. The weather was favourable to the crops, and the young canes were looking well. Business was dull, and freights high. At Grenada the Legislature was still in session. The weather was favourable, and sugar-making was being rapidly proceeded with, although the crop would not generally begin before February. The canes were looking well, and the cocoa plantations promised abundance. Ships were very scarce, and arrivals were anxiously expected. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Valdivia had arrived at Panama, with 3,000 dols. in specie for England ; and dates, from Valparaiso, Nov. 30 ; Callao, Dec. 10 ; Parta, Dec. 15. Advices from Peru state that every symptom of another revolution was apparent ; Castilla was losing his influence, arrests were being nightly made in LiMa of persons supposed to be inimical to the Government. At Valparaiso considerable quantities of gold had been discovered, the quality of which is ex cellent. In the markets sales were limited in con sequence of the scarcity of foreign arrivals. The flour trade was animated. THE PEACE PROPOSALS. The Constitutionn,el has the following : " Count Yalentine Esterhazy, when he handed to Count Nesselrode a written. copy of the ultimatum, agreed on in concert by all the Allies, of the 2d of De cember, informed the Russian Chancellor that his in structions did not authorise him to accept any discus sion of the ultimatum nor any modification of its contents. It, therefore, he should receive on the Bth of January any other reply than a pure and simple acceptation, he would be under the necessity o f l eav i ng St. P e t e rsburg with all the members of his embassy. "To prevent this scene, and to postpone the depar ture of the Austrian Legation for at least a few days, the Court of Russia resolved to send its reply to Vienna direct. If an ambassador is bound by his instructions, a Minister of Foreign Affairs is not, and Count Buol could not, at any rate, refuse to listen to the explanations of the Russian Ambassador. " It was on the evening of Friday, the 11th January, that Prince Gortechakoff, the Rtissian Ambassador at Vienna, received the, reply of his Government to the ultimatum. On Saturday morning he communicated it to the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs. That reply comprised a whole system of counter-proposals which Rus.ia wished to substitute for the proposals she had received. " TneAe counterproposals were communicated by Count Bual to the Ambassadors of France and Eng land, and were immediately forwarded by them to their Governments. "The reply of Russia not being the pure and sinap!e' acceptation demanded from that Power, Austria could not take it into consideration without being authorised thereto by her two allies, France and England. The Western Powers had no motive for giving up a decision wide)* had been carefully considered and was irre vocable. "It was, tberefore, replied to Prince Gortschakoff that, if by the 18th of January Russia did not send her cure and simple acceptation of• tlie ultimatum, Count Valentine Estefbazv and his Legation would receive orders to leave St. Petersburg. "Immediately afterwards Austria will present to the German Diet, through her envoy, propositions to the effect of obtaining the armed concurrence of the Confe deration in the struggle which she will have to maintain against Russia." CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. The days of pantomime are indeed revived. Mr. Nelson Lee, the author of one hundred and ninety nine, has this year achieved a triumph over every other manager. His production of the "Fox and the Grapes " is not only the best in London, but the best placed on the stage, and the best acted. There is a completeness throughout not to be found at any other establishment. The , transformation scene is the theme of admiration from the elite of the city. If we may judge from the crowds—from east, west, north, and south—who nightly flock to the City of London Theat.et it is filling the coffers of the treasury to an extent never before witnessed. Ail lovers of truly legitimate pantomime in a complete form should pay a visit to this house of call for pantomime, to see Mr. Nelson Lee's own pantomime of the " Fox and Grapes ; or, Harlequin Old Father iEsep." The Harlequin of Mr. W. H. Harvey is well known, as also is the Pantaloon of Mr. Morrelli and the Columbine of Miss Sanger, but the Clown of Mr. A. Forrest is new to a London audience. This gentleman has gained a perfect triuml , l3. He is certainl r the best in London ; he has real fun without vulgai.ity. Go and see him. We understand the next great novelty is a monstre drama, from the pen of the late Mr. John Wilkins, to be entitled " Selfishness." There are twenty extra machinists em ployed on the machinery alone, and six additional painters. It is to be produced in a few days. PRICE OF GOLD.---The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mills premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for stan.lard gold,' gives as exchange of 25'27 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25'35, it follows that gold is about 0.32 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17w. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.48 ; and, the exchange at Ham burg on London at short being 13.6, it follows that gold is 0.53 per cen.t, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1081 per cent, and, the par of exchang e between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nomi nally 1.08 per c:ent. against England ; but, after making allowance for c' . Barges of transport and difference of in terest, the prey ent rate leaves no profit on the transmis sion of gold either way between the two countries. THE KING 0) r PRUSSIA'S REPLY TO THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DEPUIPATION.-Our readerswill remember that Sir Culling Eai•dley, and others, as representatives of different countries, waited on the King of Prussia s Itire weeks ago, at 'Cologne, as a deputation from the Paris Evanzelical Alliance Conference. His 111:4jesty's answer is published in extenso in the Post Zeitung of Frankfort. It is dated the 11th Dec., 1855, and signed by his Ex cellency M; de Bernsdorff. The representative of the King reiterates, at the outset, in the name of his august Sovereign, the assurances of hearty goodwill given by the King himstilf to the deputation at Cologne; be then informs Sir Culling Eardley that his Majesty has ordered a searching inquiry with respect to the acts of intoler ance which had been notified to him by the deputation as having been committed in his own dominions ; and that he has, moveover, instructed his representatives at the Courts of Electoral Hesse Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Saxe-Meiningen, and Schaumburg-Lippe, to call the at tention of those Governments to the acts of persecution committed in these several states, as set forth also by the deputation, and to urge an inquiry, and the adop• tion of measures for insuring religious liberty to Baptist Christians. In conclusion, bis Majesty requests Sir Culling Eardley to communicate this reply to the mem bers of the deputation. BOOTS.—Thb nation in the French papers of the Paris Exhibition have almost invariably given the highest praise, as far as British manufacture was concerned, to " the productions of the Chairman of the Boot and Shoe Makers' Committee of England." This being an office somewhat strange to a contemporary, he employs half a column to inform his readers that Mr. Medwin, of Regent-street, is the person in question. Thus do small mvttere occupy great minds !—Evening Paper. THE RECOVERY OF THE RESOLUTE, A. conversational meeting of the American Geographi cal Society was held last night in the small chapel of the New York University. At the hoer for the meeting, the chapel was filled with an audience of both ladies and gentlemen, assembled to hear Dr. Kane speak upon his cruise to the Arctic regions. At eight o'clock, Hon. Alexander W. Bradford, the President of the Society, entered the room, with Dr. Kane leaning upon his arm. Mr. Bradford called the meeting to order ; after which the minutes of the last meeting of the society was read and approved. Henry Grinnell occupied the platform with the President, Dr. Kane, and Bancroft, the historian. The minutes having been read, Mr. BANCROFT arose and said he had been requested to state, by Dr. Kane, that he came here unprepared to give any lecture. He only came to present himself among his old friends. He (Mr. Bancroft) thought that no preparation was neces sary. He himself was the best presentment he could make. (Applause) We came here to-night to take hint by the hand, with " God be praised" for his safe deli. verance and return to us after a voyage which reflects honour upon himself and upon his country. (Loud applause.) Dr. KANE then rose, and was greeted with applause. He said—l should have come before you with much embarrassment, except for the kind words of my friend, Mr. Bancroft, and I don't know but those words should make me more embarrassed. I feel honoured by this reception from my old associates. I came here only to tell you, in an unostentatious manner, a simple story of my cruise to the Arctic regions, both for your interest and the interest of the great progenitor of the expedition, now before you—(pointing to Henry Grinnell). (Applause.) I have here a chart of Green- land and the northern regions, upon which I will base my remarks—first, about the mountain ranger of the North. ' , hese ranges skirt the coast of Green land, and reach an altitude of 3,000 feet. From these mountains we can expect that the lands of this coast extend farth er t owar d s the north than generally -j supposed. In was this idea in part that led Mr. Grinnell and our government to make the search from which I have just returned. After leaving New York, we made the coast of Green land at its most southern point. We then continued on our voyage to Uppernavick, and then to Smith Sound. On reaching Smith Sound we expected to have an open sea. The reverse was the case. A boat was launched and landed on the nearest great island, to lay a store of provisions to fall back upOn in case of a retreat, and then we pushed on our ship farther to the northward. From this point our vessel was fercedjup to our winter harbour. I need not tell the members that in this voyage our yes sel encountered great hardships. It was her extreme strength that gave us confidence of her safety. When we reached this winter harbour the difficulties of going farther north were so great that my officers addressed me a letter requesting a return to the south. This was not in accordance with my instructions, and I declined to accede to the request. At this point we have a constant glacier stretching out. With great difficulty here we were enabled to travel by sledges, and in this way parties set out for exploration, and in this way we reac h ed the ° latitude of 80 deg.---ti:e most north ern po i nt which ha d yet been reach e d. At this point our parties were coins ,) polled to return, and did so with the intention of renew ing the explorations when the winter was over. In our winter harbour we established an observatory, by mean' of a theodolite and a common pocket-glass. We estab lished a magnetic observatory and meteorological obsers vatory, the records of which are now deposited in the office of the Coast Survey. Our alcoholic thermometers we found to be utterly unavailable ; and the only way we could get at the temperature was by a comparison of instruments, and this with great care. Our lowest recorded temperature was between 70 and 80 degrees below zero. At this temperature chloroform was almost solid. This was the temperature in which we made our ex plorations. Our first party was unfortunate. They set out in March. Storms overtook them, and they finally got back to the vessel, when three of the number under went amputation, and two died. It was three weeks before we were able to start out again, and when we did so we found that the coast of Greenland did not, at this point, run in a course represented on the maps, but it presented a coast running almost east and west. Hero we discovered a newland, which we named Washington. This land was flanked by a range of lofty mountains, • 2,800 feet in height, and these ranges stretched out ap parently far to the north. The latter portion of this travel was most interesting. We found before us a field of ice, and over this we found an, open water, which has since been called the open Polar Sea. This water ap• peared iceless. It was apparently without ice. Not particle of ice lined its shores. At an altitude of 300 ft. as far as we could see, an open sea met our eye. A gale of long duration swept over this water, but brought no drift along with it. All animal fife resorted to thee* waters. The seal was shot upon its shores, and the duck resorted to it from every direction. We could not tell the exact temperature of this water, but it was warmer than any water found below. In speaking of this sea I can with propriety speak of tide Aron:sirs This term is known to the Russians and Danes. The a.brasures of the tides sometimes leave all open space in the sea. The opposite side of Green land remained to be explored to complete the cir cuit of Smith Sound. W e had here gone over a route of 2,000 miles. It is hardly within the province of a geographical lecture to give the details of our cruise. isUpon getting back to our winter harbour it was quite evident that our little vessel could not escape. Sh e had then nine feet of solid ice under her bows, the result of one winter's freezing. When we resolved to leave our vessel in preference to starving or submitting to the dangers from the natives, we found an unbroken bar rier of eighty miles to the south. Of the policy of lefty ins our vessel I need not speak. Our sledges were cut from the vessel and our boats were placed upon these sledges, and thus we commenced our voyage to the south. The Esquimaux natives, I must say, at first our enemies, were now our firm friends an d gave us ae,ist ance, helped to carry our sick, and lent or gave us their dogs when ours gave out, or died from what appeared to be the lock-jaw. We bad to depend much upon our guns to provide us with food. At times during this journey affairs looked extremely dreary. But there was no portion of the time that we were oppressed by hunger. We there were compelled to consume more food than here. Eight ducks per diem there is an ordinary allowance. But when approaching Melville thy we were threatened with want ; lout before we grew hungry a seal was seen upon the ice. and, killing this, we were supplied with all the food we wanted. We finally again reached Uppernavick, and there first heard of the kind action on the part of our Government for our assistance. I shall never forget the manning of the rig ging, and the three hearty cheers that welcomed, us back to social life and love. The illustrious navigator here sat down, amid loud applause. A gentleman here asked how far nol.th the Esquimaux were found. Dr. KANE said he had found them at 78.20. The Esquirnaux were a migratory people. He had seen their huts beyond that—at the highest point they reached. Q. How far north have you found the reindeer Dr. KANE—As far as wo went we found the reindeer. Mr. BANCROFT—How do you account for this open water ? Dr. KAIVE—We can only consider it incident to a great open area at the Pole, or at a point farther nortb. Alderman CHAUNCEY—IB it possible, in your opinion, to reach this open sea with boats and explore it ? Dr. KANE—That is coming rather near home. I tried as hard as I could to reach it, but flailed. (Laughter.) I only got an India rubber boat them. I think with a proper organisation, however, it might be reached, and I have no doubt it will yet be reached and be explored. (Applause.) The thanks of the society were then tendered 1;o Dr. Kane for his lecture, after which the society adjourned. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. There wore scarcely any fresh samples of English wheat on sale in to-day's market. Most kinds were toleitably firm, at fully Monday's advance in the quotations. In foreign wheat only a limited business was tranameted. Pricoc, however, were well supported. . , .. _.... The barley trade was firm, at late rates, but ma. sold heavily. We had a fair sale for oats, at full currencies. Beans, peas, and flour moved off steadily, at very fell pricoe. The supplies were but moderate. 1 Wheat. f:nglish . S't'' Irish •• • Foreign i 1 ARRIVALS TIIIS WEER. Barley. f Nfalt. Oatq. roue'. 1,430 I ~,780 4,270 1,720 -- I 1 / 9,760 ' 1 ekg .jj brli BOROVGII ITOP. Our market continues steady, and prices aro w ell sup ported. WHITECIIAPEL. The supplies of meat are extensive, and the &ado is heavy, as follows : —Beef, from 2s 10d to 43 4d ; Igiutton , 3s 6d to 4s 4d ' • veal, 4s Od to 58 01; pork, 3s 4 d to 5s 2d per Sib s b y the carcase. FOREIGN Hors.—According to a Government return, just obtained, with regard to foreign hops, the .quanti ties imported in the year ending midsummer, 185:3, wero 1,33 cwt. ; in 1851, 54,885 cwt. ; and in 1855, 120,000 cwt. 0 fro m G belo w t; Aceol th„ the yea] pric es a forei gn pli e d. Prices ; fro m T € The , estmi stat e d t last s i x t ° 7,72 i ceding 1 From t divid( and alsl capital. winptec viz.--; th e i t , 206 k a India e CO] titr tanli 3 p v: 1 poi NA w New LON Di Inds Com