The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS.— Wanted for a Lady and her Servant, a SITTING-ROOM, Three BED ROOMS, and separate KIT CHEN', where there are no other lodger, near a chief thoroughfare ;- between Cloring-cross and Hyde-park-corner preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the advertiser a desirable occupant. References exchanged. Address, with fall partieulars,_T, %I, Strand. • • ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week but One—The New Grand French Quadrille. —Miss Juliana May.—Madame Ellett Poma (prima donna from the principal theatres in Italy), will shortly have the honour of making her first appearance in England.—Fourth appear ance this season of the celebrated Pianist, Miss Arabella Goddard, on Thursday next. Programme for TATS EVENING (Tuesday, Dec. 2): — Part I. Overture, Der Freischutz (2d time this season) — Weber ; Quadrille, from M. Jnllien's opera Pietro it Grande —Jullien ; Symphony, Larghetto from the Symphony in D —Beethoven - Grand Aria, Ernani involami (Ernani), Miss Juliana '-May—Verdi ; March of the Huns, composed expressly for these Concerts by Cusins (first time of per formance); Polka, My Mary Ann (20th time)- - Jullien ; Varsovienne, the Warsaw (the Sth ; Selo, T r umpet, M. Duhem Duhem; the Grand French Quadrille (21st time of performance) with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophieleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig ; Finale ; Partant pour la Syrie, Vive I'Empereur— Jullien. Part 2.-- Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " Il Trovatore," with solos by Herr Kcenig, M. Lavigne, and Mr. Hughes ; Polka, Chatterbox —Koenig ; Cavatina, R eg nava nel silenzi (Lucia di L amm ermoor) Miss Juliana May—Donizetti ; Valse, Georgette—D'Albert ; Solo, Vio loncello, M. Demnuck, jun.—Servais; Galop, Etna—D'Al- bert. Conductor-41. Milan. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, is_ ; Dress circle, 2s. (3d. ; private boxes, Us. 6d., L'l. is , and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the bo , c-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and musicsellers; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. • T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURA LAN 4.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Mnnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. P..oxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, aud BALLET, every Evening during tho Week, at Ohl Play-house Prices. Last Five Nights of the Italian Opera Company. Upper Gallery, is. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s: 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; Stalls, 11:114. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guinefts. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that ho has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, an 4 Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to foregs their Continental engage ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer iu the most celebrated operas of the great composers : —Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and :11adame Gassier; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Aibicini, Signor Revere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com. plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Cahi. THIOVENING, 'her Majesty's Servants will perform (positinfly for the only time) the German version of Bee thoven's opera, FIDEO. The rincipal roles sustained by Madame LI Rudersdorff, Mdl le. Sedlaptzek, Herr Reichardt, Mr. H. Braham, and Herr Ferules. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Plumper (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews. Other characters by Mr. 'A. Yonne, Mr. Templeton, Miss Balmer, and Miss E. Wadham. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mines. Osmont will appear. Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at hilf-past 7, commence at 8. THEATRE ROYAL, F.AYMARKET. THIS EVENING, and during the week, in consequence of its great success, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale. and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the last five nights), the ballet pantomime of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, by Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, A D ELPHI. Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit ! THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every evening.—Revival of the Mysterious Stranger, in which Mr. Wright and Madame Celeste will sustain their original cha racters.—THlS EVENING will he performed the celebrated drama of THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby. Parselle, Garden; Mesdames Celeste, Wyndham, Keeley, Arden. After which, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravagann, (galled TILE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperials de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, ChatterlY, Arden, Messrs. Weal& Paul Bedford, C Selby, Lo Barr, &c. Concluding with BETTY MARTIN. Miss M. Keeley. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. TAasee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the highly successful Play of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. After which the extraordinary Troupe of Bedouin Arabs will go through their surprising performances. Concluding with the Burlesque of THE WINTER'S TALE. Misses Woolgar, Mesdames B. White, Wiston, Mc. , srs. Toole, Calhaem, Barrett, 8:c. TO-MORI:OW EVENING (Wednesday), the tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello (the second time in London), Mr. C. Dillon ; lago, Mr. ,Stuart ; Dcsdemon Mrs. C. Dillon ; Emilia. Mrs. Weston. • After which, the extraordinary troupe of Bedouin Arabs will make their firth appearance. -Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING Messrs. Toole, Borrett, Eire. Coneladin., - ; with a Ballet, by Miss Rosina Wright and the t)nr3rphses. ➢Miss Woolgar, 11110 Y A. Li PRINCESS'S THEATRE; THIS EVENING and during the week will 14e presehted Sliakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER. 1)11,14:AM. After which will be produced a new pctitc comedy, in two acta, called OUR. WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses . Murray and C. Leclercß. Mendelsiohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream 7::11 commence at 5 minutes before 7. QTRAND TE[EA.TRE.—Mlnazer, Mr. T. ►: Rivne.—THlS EVENING will he performed 'BELPHEGOR' (Tra.vestie). Messrs. Howard, G. Lee, &e. THE CAPT ►IN'S NOT A MISS. First time, "a new farce, OVER THE WAY. And THE QcrEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cnthbert, Fitzinman, &c. Commence at Seven. Stalls, ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, DOYA.L SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING ' BIRDS OF PREY. Charles Bonne pont, Mr..ereswiek.' After which, A BLOW' IN THE DARK. Viltrac, Mr. Shepherd (his original part). To conclude with DRED. THEATRE ROYAL, SA.DLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, HENRY IV. King Henry, Mr. A. Rayner ; Sir .Tohn Falstaff, Mr. Phelps ; Hotspur, Mr. H. 3farston ; Prince of Wales, Mr. P. Robinson ; Lady Percy, • Miss M. Eburne. After which, WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. _ L -X -Lessee and -Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week), MACBETH, with Eques trian Illustrations by Mr. W. Coolie's Horses, trained by him. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE; Miss Kate Cooke in her 'elegant act of man6ge, & 3. To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-oast six ; commence at seven o'clock. Ror.office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. &I/lesbian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jn. - -- THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE , DECEMBER 2. • THICRXONIETICE, IN TIM SHADE!. 38 —highest sinee noon yesterday. 3 . l.—lowest this morning and during the night. 33 —this day at noon. WIND, W.— BAROMETER, 29 . 99. Light, with hazy weather and sharp frost follow ing A.NTERBURY FIALL, Westmi OPEN EVERY EVENING.— ns T ter-r0ad....... , veld, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals , of Glees, Duets, die, viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J . Choruses, Miss Bruuell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones,err P. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin ; I : nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell anti E. Mackney. Austin , J. Harroway, R. A. ;. harmonium, J. Caulfield, j un ' ''. director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pr . e' c , sely. Suppers, dze., until twelve o'cloc I k. n addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebraed SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec ions. man WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taxa DAT—Morn. 28 min. aft. 4 —Evening rico min. aft. 4 Trt-Moaaolv—Morn.l3 win. aft. s—Evening5—Evening 37 rain. aft. 5 ,$- 4 ." ( c ,C - - LINDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1856. Whatever doubts may be entertained respecting • the reported capture of Herat, none can exist as to the fact that the contemplated expedition had actually been despatched against Butibire. In all human probability it has already arriv e d a t it s destination, and we are at this moment engaged in war with Persia. The force engaged w as very TILE SUN. considera,ble. Thirty-two transports, exceeding ' 30,000 tons in the aggregate ; nearly 6,000 troops ; and, according to Esst ern custom, a numerous attendance of camp folio wars ; niue first class war steamers, and six smaller vessels— making forty-six ships in all, constituting a formidable demonstration, which ought to be quite sufficient to overawe the SCILA H, unless he be is stimulated by secret promises of support by a Power whom he deems sufficient to cope on at least equal terms with Great Britain, and which exercises extraordinary influence over the Court of Teheran. This decided mcriement may be regarded as a mere beginning, It will lead either to an immediate settlement or to a fierce and sanguinary contest ; and the event will mainly, if not altogether, depend on the course adopted by Russia, and how far it may suit the policy of the CZAR to take an active part in the proceedings. " England can wage no little war." If this be generally true (and we have the high autho rity of " the Iron Duke" as to the fact), it is peculiarly so in our Eastern empire, where British supremacy rests chiefly on the prestige attached to our name, and the certainty that we shall be ready to repel any attack and to avenge any insult offered to ourselves or those under our protection or in alliance with us. Any submission, or even hesitation, would be fatal to our interests as well as to our honour, and would entail the necessity of far greater exertions and a much heavier outlay at no distant day. In place of one, we should have many wars, and would have not only to resist foreign invasion, but to put down domestic insurrection. We cannot, there. fore, concur with some of our contemporaries in thinking the Persian onslaught against Herat a matter of trivial importance, or as to the wisdom 'of what is termed the policy of abstention under the circumstances. On the contrary, we joyously hail the vigour and energy displayed by her MAJESTY'S Government, and we are convinced that the People generally will coincide in the opinion, and feel grateful to the English Minister, Lord PAL MERSTON, for so fully acting up to the principles which he so boldly enunciated, and which elicited the warm and all but unanimous approbation of the community. If we desire to avoid war, it is essential that we should not only have made ample preparations, but that we also be prepared for any alternative, or, in the words of the Scot tish Knight, " Ready, aye, ready for the field." Had similar promptitude been displayed towards Russia, when she first sent her armed cohorts across the Pruth, or, still better, when she declared her intention of so doing, we should have averted hostilities that cost the lives of fifty thousand Englishmen, and the useless expenditure of one hundred millions of English money ; and if the present Eastern diffi culty can be averted we shall be indebted to Lord PALMERSTON'S unflinching resolution for that au spicious result. We cannot agree in the geographical difficulties suggested by a contemporary as to the situation of Herat. It is by no means a terra incognita. Its latitude and longitude are clearly laid down on every map, and the name that it has acquired as " The Gate of India " sufficiently proves its paramount importance. There can be little doubt as to the quiver from whence the envenomed shaft has been drawn. Russian inspiration is A manifest in every Persian movement since the commencement of the late War. To that was ascribable the insults offered to the British Minister at the Court of Teheran, which compelled him to strike his flag, and suspend diplomatic intercourse with the Scathaf s advisers, to the wanton aggres sion on Herat, the territory of a friendly, and, in this instance, at least inoffensive Sovereign. The ignominious desertion of Kars and its gallant defenders confirmed the Muscovite influence. The invincibility of the AUTOCRAT was univer sally credited throughout Persia. His slightest word had the force of a command, and thus had we remained quie4cent under the insult the way would have treen paved for the invasion of the Anglo-Indian Empire, and there would have been plenty of adventurers ready to make the attempt. Our friends would have deserted us, and we should, single-handed, have been compelled to fight the battle, in which we shall under the most untoward circumstances have Allies convinced of British fidelity and resolution, 1 and prepared to fight on behalf of those so well prepared to defend their friends and to .aim formidable blows against their antagonists. If there be any portion of the proceedings which we are disposed to criticise it is that which makes 'he expedition nominally one by the E Ist India Company, sustained by its own troops and its own navy. In such a cause the parent state should unequivocally avow itself—the question chiefly to the quarter on which the expense will fall; but the pecuniary interests of British India are indivisible, and it signifies little whether th e costs be defrayed from one pocket or the other. Surely Prince ALBERT will require Lord PAL MERSTON and Lord CLARENDON to bestir them selves. The rights and dignity of Prussia are at stake ; and with Prussia degraded, England is degraded too: Will the English nation endure that the PRINCESS ROYAL should not be Queen or Protectress, or Patroness, or something or other, of Neuchatel ? Is she to marry a clipped and mutilated Crown Prince ? Let Lard PALMER STON look to it, 'or it may tell seriously on the next election. We have lost Ruatan and our Mosquito honours to be sure ; but are we to tolerate the King of PRUSSIA'S losing his Neu chatel honours ? Would it not be a fair ground to set aside the match, that the PRINCE had lost the titles which he was heir to when it was made ? We have, to be sure, long ceased to quar ter the arms of France on our shield, and our gra cious QUEEN does not hold a title which half-a dozen revolutions would have rgadered somewhat inconvenient. But Prussia is not England ; for her to lose parchment claims on a Swiss canton is a serious thing. Who can tell which of the terri torial fragments composing the assets with which her royalty is credited might not soon turn out bad also? When we last trie I to put Prussia together on the map we gave up the attempt in despair. The larger portions, chiefly robberies or frauds from someneighbouring power, were easy enough to find of course, but it was a chase which only German patience could sustain to find out every capital 6 ` l 2 :narked here and there all over kingdom h ar d ly big enough to hold the Prussianthe map of 0 any on littl e p a t c h es o f th e letter. It was much like sorting bullocks by their brands when hopelessly intermixed in the Metro politan Cattle Market. Now, seriously, is itrtioneessuscehs ? A kingdom of a k o i d n e g r d n o m h is t t o h r a y t we are to marry our p shreds and patches, and all whose m is a history of weakness and cowardice ; of selling allies to save herself, and kissing the feet of the strongest in succession. To us it seems a dis grace to be married to a country W hi c h became the common carrier of Russia during the war, and which may well be suspected of having aspired to that lucrative and no bl e labour, when it refused to aid i n putting the break on the wicked ambitioi o f bizosoL4u. We do know that Prussia acknow LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBEIIi, 2, 1K56 COURT CIBOULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. I. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty. The Prince of Wales skated on the ice in the Home Park. Prince Frederick William of Prussia went out shooting. Major-General Bouverie and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros have succeeded Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain du Plat as Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation from the Corporation of London had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office on the subject of the Metropolitan Market. The deputation consisted of Mr. H. L. Taylor (chairman), Mr. Annie, Mr. Fuller, the City Remembraneer, the City Solicitor, and the City Architect. Earl Granville arrived in town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday in the Council Chamber. Judgment was given in the appeal from Bombay—" Modee K. llormusjee v. Cooverbaee and others." A petition, Cardwell's Patent Prolongation (Cotton Presses), was heard. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the West India Islands. Despatches were received froin the Governor of Malta. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Dec. 1. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATHS.—Our town was yesterday subject to two awful visitations, and two old and re spected inhabitants removed from this life without a moment's warning. One of them, Mr. Charles Cow d2ry, solicitor, while attending Divine service at St. Paul's Church, was taken ill, and before he could ba carried home was a clrp3e. The other was Mr. Galpin, many years in the office of Messrs. Sewell, solicitors ; while dressing himself he fell down and expired. He was a gentleman universally respected. These sudden deaths have cast a gloom over the whole town. Hamburg advices state that the rate of discount has receded to 51 per cent. Cardinal Viale Prela left Bologna for Venice on Vie 21th ult., to compliment the Emperor and Empress of Austria. The Swiss Federal Council is about to issue another memorandum on the Neuchatel question to refute the statements made in the German journals. The Rev. Robert Bickersteth, the new Bishop of Ripon, is a brother of Archdeacon Bickersteth, Vicar of Ayles- bury. Mr. Braithwaite Poole has, we (Herapcta) understand, taken office under the Great Western Company, in con- nezion with the Liverpool and Manchest..r goods traffic, JVSTICE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The Court of Chan cery has appointed Mr. Boisley to be the offfcial manager fur winding up this company's affairs. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.--The _ _ ►,umber of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending Nov. 29 was 2,309, of which 651 were new caleß. THE MISSING STEAMER ROSLIN.—A telegraphic mes sage has been received at Leith front Elsinore, which may be said to extinguish any remaining hope as to the safity of the gteanier Roslin. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR HENRY JOHN CUIIMING.— We regret to announce the death of the above-named officer, who expired on Friday, at his residence, in pper Grosvenor-street, in his 85th year. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL BEECHEY.—We regret to announce the decease of Rear-Admiral Frcderick W. Beochey, which, mournful event took pllc3 at his resi deuce in town, on Saturday morning last. He was born 17th February, 1796 ; entered the envy, 7th July ; 1806. THE GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—By the death of Ad miral Watkins, the first Lord of tLe Admira!ty bas ap pointed Vice• Admiral the Hon. George Alfred Crofton to be placed on the reserved list in receipt of the good service pension. We are requested to state, for the information of the clergy of the diocese, that on the occasion of the instal lation of the Lord Bishop of London, on Thursday next, Divine service will comniEnce in St. Paul's Cathedral a 11 o'clock. A letter from Florence says :—Queen Cbristina has arrived here from France, and taken up her residence at the Pitti Palace. H.M. intends to remain here some days, with the Grand Duchess her sister, before pro ceeding to Rome." WZBTMINSTER PLAY.—The play this year is "The Andria " of Terence. The nights fixed for the rvre sentation are Thursday, the 11th, Monday, the 15th, and Thursday, the 18th of D.:camber. Oa the last two nights there will be an Epilogue and Prologue. The gold by the Canada from Boston yesterday is only 61,0001. The Fulton has brought 100,0001., but it it for Ea7re. The total by the West India steamer Atrato is 137,0001., consisting of 23,000/. silver and -14,00 C/. gold. According to the Mexican advices yesterday, the greater part of the specie which should have been brought thence by the present packet has been delayed, in con sequence of the outbreak in Puebla. It is consequently calculated that the next mail will bring at least 600,0001., but she will not be due till the end of the month or the beginning of January. DEATH OF SAMUEL HORN, ESQ.—We regret to a❑- nounce the death of this highly respected gentleman, wbo expired at his residence, Cliff Villa, Tutbury, on Saturday evening, November 15, after a short illness, in the 64th year of his age. The deceased was publicls known as a railway contractor, in conjunction witt, Messrs. Brassey and Co., he being engaged a> the time of his death on the Vitchin and Peterborough line.— Staffordshire A dvertiscr. ROYAL LONDON OPLITHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Mr. Streathflold was elected wsistant surgeon of this charity on Friday last. The contest was a Jose one, and at the close of the poll it was found that more than four-fifths of the governors hal voted. The charity profited to the extent of 300 guineas by an acsossion of new governors on this occasion. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. Lebouchere, the treasurer, and to Mr Heathtield, the chairwoman of the committee, for their pre sislency on this occasion. There was also an election for a physician at the same time, when Dr R. Martin, being Vets only candidate, was appointed without opposition. Private letters from Naples of the 27‘h of November mention that a report has gained ground of the King having decided on granting a general amnesty on the occasion of the Queens accouchemeut, whica was ex• pected in a month or six insnths. It was also said that this step will be acesnipanied by a manifesto announ cing some ameliorations in the administration of the finances and public works, and expressing a desire to satisfy the Western Powers. The Russian and Austrian Ambassadors are stated to have moved in the matter. The Emperor of Russia has addressed an autsgranlo letter to theSoKing, advising him to yield ; an d th e Aus trian representative . , is understood to have expressed apprehensions that further resistance might lead to a European war. THE FROST.—The weather within the last few days has been intensely cold, with a sharp cutting wind. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's Re ceivingliouse on Sunday night stood at 20, being 12 deg. below freezing point. Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at 213, at noon 33, and towards night it had again fallen below freezing point. In Hyde-park the ice was not suf ficiently strong to tempt even the must foolhardy to ad venture themselves thereon ; but in Victoria-park and Kensington-gardens a few hundreds amused th e mselves with skating, the ice being very thin and in a dangerous condition. At St. James's-park nearly all the water has been drawn off, owing to the alterations now being made there. The thermometer on Sunday morning at Croy don was down to 20 deg., and on Monday morning to 18 deg. This is very unuausl at the end of Nosember in England. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTIL—NEWCASTLE, Sunday Night.—We have experienced a severe snowstorm to day, which has drifted up some feet in the exposed i out lying parts of Durham and Northumb erland ; and, f the storm should happen to Continue over to-night, the traffic of the district will be a good deal impeded to morrow. A brig, bound from the north, got upon the Hard Sand this afternoon, in a snow sh ower, but she is not in great danger. A large fleet of light vessels are detained in their passage down from London by contrary winds. Burlington Bay and the Humber are c rowded with light collier vessels, and their long detention is is getting away before May. This will cause a ver y con siderable interfering with the coal trade. Thera now no prospect of the ve ssels caught in the ice at Cronstadt siderable loss to north c ountry owners, as the crews will have to be kept in wages all the winter. THE SCOTTISH lloSrlTAL.—Yesterday, being St. An drew's day, the annual meeting of the governors of the Scottish Hospital, was held at the hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to receive the annual report ; the Rev. Mr. Itl‘Phsrson in the chair. llajor Adair, the secretary, read the report, which showed that the innoine for the past year amounted to 3,7021. 35., which included 3381. 16s. donations, 3381. annual ditto, 1,360/. 11s. rents, &c., 739/. Consols, 319/. 10s. balance in hand, and that, after paying 2,086/. 18s. in relief, with other items of expenditure, there re mained 4821. 16s. balance in hand. Professor Donaldson moved a vote of thanks to the whole of the officers, after which the Duke of Montrose was re-elected President, and the Duke of Argyll, with the Earl !of Elgin, Vice- Presidents, in the room of Earl Zetland and Lord Pan mure, who went out by rotation. The other officers were elected. It was then moved and agreed to, that the annual report should bo printed and circulated as usual, when thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meet ing separated, ALARMING ACCIDENT TO THE COUNTESS Or ERROLL.— The Countess of Erroll had a narrow escape from drown ing on Saturday last. Her ladyship, accompanied by her son, Lord Kilmarnock, left Slates Castle for Haddo House, the seat of the Earl of Aberdeen, driving . a phaeton drawn by a pair of horses. Her ladyship incautiously ventured to cross the ford passage of the i Ytban stream, which at this season s always greatly swollen by the heavy rains. In the middle of the pas sage the stream became mo st ra p id. One horse attempted to lie doWn in the river , and soon after both hems lost their footing, and the c arria g e was floating the water, being by the rapidity of t he current carried off the ground. The situation was one of great danger, but Lady Erroll evinced great coolness a nd p resence of mind,. which, combined with the circumstan ce of her ladyshi p being a first-rate whip, providentially averted the catas trophe which appeared inevitable. Lord Kilmarnock with difficulty escaped being washed out of the carriage, Lady Erroll, by excellent management, soon after safely landed the horses on shore, and continued her drive to Haddo Rouse. lodged Nnmot A.s to be wrong and the Mlle:3 right ; we do k aow that she nevertheless ref used to join then ; Lid we also know that in cons e quence of this be r merchants and her King fill ed their coffers by 1 )ecoming the PICKFORDS, or lthe CHAPLIN and. HI )RTES, between Russia and the Western huckster ;, who would. have traded i rah SATAN himself if they could have turned a penny by it. How tht other Powers could think :her signature worth 8 ,ppending to the Treaty of Paris is marvellous. 31 its conditions had to be 'en forced she would; never spend a single kreutzer in doing it. She v. Pi )uld rather want to act the car rier again, and i ) get a good mileage charge, on supplying stores to the aggressor. Perhaps the Anglo-Prussian k .etrothabs required this tribute to Prussia. But the other day we had a fresh illustration of the stability oe" - : the Prussian Monarchy. Sup pose some Herr ,Republicaner had been spending a little time in .our picture galleries, and in - the British Museum i t , and suppose he had brought over with him s. )me letters to the Kossurris and LOVIS BLANCS, .or to the FROSTS and ERNEST JoNESES amongs't us ; and suppose, further, that Sir RICHARD M_ tYNE, trembling for the throne of VICTORIA, had pounced on the man, seized his , papers, and hurii ed him off to starve for fifteen mortal hours, in a lock-up—would not all Lon don have that/4 ;ht Sir RICHARD mad ; or, if the citizens suipposed him to be still compos mentis, would t hey not alternately have laughed aloud at his silliaLess, and been indignant that a foreigner should. be so maltreated, and our QUEEN insulted by such. unpardonable fears for her safety? Yet this is but ti Le exact counterpart of the treat ment Mr. M. MCNORE informed us on Friday he had just met with from the authorities at Berlin. We need not repeat the particulars; but what must the purchase of st throne be worth which trembles at a foreign artist's perambulation amongst its galleries and rauseums ; which is not ashamed of the conduct of its officials ; which does not think it needs apology ; and which thereby implies that the Prussian monarchy needs this sort c , f thing for its security ? Perhaps it does ; we don't dispute that. We only know we are thankful no plebeian daughter Scan be in dan ger of marriage with Prussian Royalty. The elect of the minority will be the successor of Mr. PIERCE in the high office of President of the United States. Though the action of the electoral colleges must intervene before this real% can be fully arrived at and officially declared, no doubt exists as to the decision to which they will come. Mr. BUCHANAN has not only a majo rity, but also an absolute majority of the elec toral deputies, so to speak, in his favour, and the votes of the majority of the American people have been recorded in vain. So complete is his victory that there is now no chance of a third party wresting it from him ! It is a remarkable spectacle this issue of so great a conflict, and apparently illustrates the saying as to the wisdom of the wise being foolish ness. The sagacious theorists of the Constitution, it may be thought, would have turned with dis dain from the prophet who predicted that the means whereby the righteous decision of the sovereign majority was to be attained would thus be converted into a mockery and a snare. And yet this is precisely what lies happened. Colonel FREMONT, who, by the legitimate action of uni versal suffrage, would now be the successful can date, is the unsuccessful one, and a minority is triumphant. The fact, we take it, is, the founders of the Constitution had no confidence in an abso lute democracy, but, regarding the sovereign people as but too likely to be swayed by the passions of the hour, deemed it necessary to interpose formidable obstacles between the attainment of the Presidency and the expres sion of their unadvised will. The consti tution of several of the States, and the mode by which the President is elected, tend alike to confirm us in our opinion. The Southern States have constitutions by no means so demo cratic as the Northern ; and the system of the President not being directly elected by the people, but by the Electoral Colleges, was evidently de signed to filtrate, as iwere, the turbid will, and so far control and limit the power, of the unthink ing masses. The intention may have been good, and the precaution warranted by circumstances, but the means have proved, in this instance at least, a failure. The majority of the people are a mino rity in the Electoral Colleges. That may have been contemplated ; but the majority of the people have had right and reason, and the good-will and approval of the lovers of liberty everywhere, on their side. Still they are a minority; and the ma jority of the Electoral Colleges cannot be expected to lend them a helping hand, for the members of the Colleges are nowadays the mere nominees of those who elected them. Thus we have an ab sorption of the power of the Colleges, and at the same time a minority of the democracy imposing their will on the majority. Anomalies like those puzzle Europeans and confound theorists, and, it may reasonably be expected, will before long have to be put an end to. Looking at Mr. BUCHANAN'S majority, it is well to observe, in confirmation of our remarks, that 120 of the 178 votes in the Electoral College in his favour are given by the Slave States ; that these 120 represent three-fifths of a slave population of three millions and a half, women and children included, as well as the adult whites legally qualified to vote ; while Colonel FREMONT:B 118 votes represent each the full quota of free white voters. Now, the cattle which the negroes tend, and the fields they culti vate, have just as much to do with the recording of votes as they haVe. Their owners vote for themselves and slaves ; and thus it is the Southern States have overridden the choice of the free men of the North. What the career of the President thus elected will be it is impossible to say with certainty. All the information we have received goes to support our previous vatiainations. He is represented as studiously avoiding self-committal, and like a star apart holding himself from communion with others. This intention, and that intention, as to the forma tion of his Ministry, whereby some key would be obtained to his policy, is ascribed to him. He meets each and all with an authoritative contradiction. There may be more than one solution of his reticence—but that which accords with our expec tation is most probably the true one. Ho means to serve his country rather than follow the dictation of the platform to which he owes his election, to wear that worthily—at all events mere worthily than the slaveowners and filibusters will admire, what he has obtained by unworthy means. The people of the United States appear to be of this opinion, for his election is now regarded in a more favourable light by the North than could otherwise be expected. As we said before, he has a name to make, and in his avowed intention to imitate General JACKSON, and make his Cabinet a unit, and not an aggregation of in congruous elements like that of General PIERCE, we are disposed to recognise the initiation of a policy conducive to tranquillity and internal de velopment rather than piracy and intestinal dis order. The Emperor and Empress of Austria on the '26th honeured at Venice a masked ball at the Theatre della Fenice with their presence, and stayed there upwards of two hours. THE INCOME TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Much unjust and undue prejudice exists against the income tax impost, and I believe those making the most outcry are the individuals who consider it no wrong to defraud the revenue. This opinion, Sir, is founded on my self-experience as a clerk to income tax commis. sionerg. Were it not fol the constant watchfulness of local commissioners, surveyors of taxes, c3mtuissioners' clerks, and assessors, I verily believe almost a fourth of the.dey, which ought to be justly paid, would be lost. I have known parties to make return of their clear in. come balance—say 3,oool.—and when surcharged by the local commissioners or the surveyor, or 1:;o0?, to double bile amount, have not appealed against the increase. Nay, there are those who are bold enough to take no notice of the return schedule left them to fill up, nod, when brought into charge on a supposed equitable amount, admit the correctness of such charge by not showing objection to it on appeal. Some, also, will make a return nil, and when assessed by the commis. sioners or the surveyor, or both, confess their sins in not showing objection to it. I might go on, but it may be enough, when I assure you that the flagrant attempts to commit these frauds are abundant, and actually startling to those who have the means of ob serving them. It is not the smaller degree of tax pay ers who practise those attempted impositions ; they range much higher. The individuals who make just returns of their net income would be unjustly treated were others not compelled to pay their due proportion : —that would be adding wrong to wrong. This all upright men will freely admit. Real property, being visible, cannot escape,—Yours, obediently, Ist Dec., 1856. OBSERVER, _ - LYCEUM THEATRE. ( Prom the Times. ) By selecting the tragedy of Othello for his benefit lies night, Mr. Dillon excited no small amount of curiosity among the London public. Hie great success hitherto having been achieved in pieces of the " drama" kind, and having all been distingushed by evidences of original thought, the curiosity to know what he would do with one of the so-called "groat parts" was natural enough. Whether he played well or ill, it was tolerably certain that he would give an Othello of his own, and would not reproduce any ordinary tradition. Magnificently dressed as he was, in a long tunic, the impression made by his first entrance was most favour. able. There was a good, manly, honest look about the gentleman of colour, who was destined to be " perplexed in the extreme" as the story developed itself. But never theless we cannot say that he thoroughly settled his posi tion with his audience till the c )mmencenient of the third act. The declamatory part of histrionic art seems to accord least of all with Mr. Dillon's idiosyncrasy, and therefore, though the address to the Sonata was carefully delivered, it still seemed that the artiste was outside the character he ae.qurned. As the famous dialogues with fa,go progressed it became evident that he warmed into the business of the scene. The blank misery with which he listened to the tempter's description of jealousy, and the manly effin of selfpossession, with which he gathered himself together were well conceived. The air of painful attention with which he listened to unpleasant tidings was remarkable for its truthfulness. However, it was only by degrees that his particular interpretation of the entire part was made apparent. A tender affection for Desde noun was the one feeling which he intended to be pre dominant over all the rest, and the manifestation of this feeling was constantly to be found even when it might be least expected. His grief was always greater than his rage ; if he could find a pretext for returning tender ness he seized it with avidity, and we might fancy that Othello was ever anxious to look upon the revelations of [ago as part of a hideous dream from which, with a mental effort, he could awaken. The great ranting pas iage, " Whip ins, you devils," &c., was given with a power which could scarcely be surpassed, but its chief affect was produced by the transition to grief at the end, the sudden change from noisy despair to deep, unutter able anguish. The concluding portion of the last act was leerfe.ct in its minutest details, the general conception being that the Moor, on the revelation of the deceits practised upon him, had ceased to take interest in exter nal events, and was absorbed in the mental preparation for his own death. In the concluding speech every line had its due value, and to those of the audience who had the earlier parts of the play in their remembrance most striking was the contrast between the declamation of the actor, who had not yet identified himself with the character, and the elocution of the same actor vhen the feelings of Othello had become his own. From the beginning to the end of the tragedy Mr. Dillon made, as it wore, a constant encroachment on ,he sympathies of his audience, and when the curtain had fallen hil sway had b3coma universally acknow. 'edged. It, was impossible to misinterpret Cie hearty cheers that saluted the actor a g he crossed the stage in response to general acclamations. Mrs. Dillon, w:co had played Dasdetnona in an exceedingly graceful man ner, shared the honours thus awarded, and a residue of glory was bestowed upon Mr. Stuart, who hal been a careful and steady fag). Tea wipe en, scene of the piece is exceedingly geed, the traditions of stage arrangement being in more than one iostince departed f.•onc, so that the revival of the tragedy may be regarded as something more tban a mere benefit freak. (Prom the Morning Chronicle) Tile chief peculiarity of Mr. Charles Dillon's Othello is that while the vehemence and energy which his phy sical qualifications well enable him to display, is never wanting when really required, still no passion torn to tatters. For example, in the great scene between the Moor and Ingo, in which the latter works on his tempter's suspicions, instead of a continued rant, Mr. Dillon displayed a concentrated burst of passion at its close which was much more effective. In that speech— such a favourite with declamatory schoolboys —in whica Othello addresses the senators of Venice, Mr. Dill m's excellent elocution was heard to advantage. But the passage that must have pleased most every judicious ob. server wto that celebrated one that closes with " 0 thello's occupation is gone." The actor's voice and expression bespoke the most complete prostration. Mr. Dillon and Mri. Dillon, who played Desdemona, were enthusiasti cally called before the curtain at the close of the play, the other characters in which were fairly sustained. SURREY TBEATRE. Last evening a new three-act drama, entitled " Birds of Prey," was produced here with great success. The drama is founded on a story of Bohemian life, and the peculia rities of that race are skilfully and graphically delineated. The plot is rather intricate, but the principal ?point in the play is the exertions of a gang of swindlers to possess themselves of the fortune of a lady just on the point of marriage. All the parties are on the spot and the plan works, but Charles Rennepont (Mr. Creswick) interposes. He has vow3d a crusade against all swindlers. His hatred of the class is caused by his having a brother who was first ruined by them and then initiated into their craft. Through the instrumentality of Rennepont the deep de signs of the " Birds of Prey" are frustrated, and all ends happily. Mr. Creswick, as Rennepont, acquitted himself to admiration. The other parts in the drama were excel lently sustained, and at the fall of the curtain the piece was given out for repetition every eveniog until further notice, amidst the applause of a very crowded audience. ASTLEY'S AMPHITLIEATRE. The extraordinary success achieved by the enterp r i s i ng lessee of the Royal Amphitheatre in the produetion of " Richard the Third" has induced him to bring forward another Shakiiperian spectacle. " Macbeth " has been selected, and, although it does , nut admit o f so much effect as " Richard the Third, ' at nevertheless has en abled Mr. W. Cooke to p roduce a ver y attractive enter tainment. The applaus e bestowed u pon the performance lasthheer part e v enic g was immense, and at the fall of th e curta i n loud calls for Mr. Holloway, who sust a i ne d wereci the noble ', Thane with great ,abili ty . T he succe ss of " Macbeth bids fair to outrival " Richard." The entertainments ware brought to a conclusion by the ever a ttractive and amusing "Scenes in the Arena," in which Miss Kate Cooke particularly distin g uished h e rself. The house was crowded to excess. jr, LEIGH MURRA.Y.—This gentleman has been coin pelted, by a severe attack of bronchitis—very prevalent at this season in London ---to abstain from performing at the Adelphi Theatre. The new drama of a "Border Marriage " has, therefore, been withdrawn. The amateurs who performed with so much eclat at the St. James's Theatre for the Patriotic and Crimean Funds, and the officers who So distinguished themselves before her Majesty last month at Aldershot, purpose giving a dramatic performance at the St. .James's Theatre, on Friday, December 5. The proceeds will be devoted to the "relief of destitution in the metropolis during the winter season." The box plan will be kept at Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St. James's-street. We need scarcely say that our friends who wish to be pre sent should lose no time in securing seats. Advices from Melbourne to the 9th, and from Sydney to the 12th of September, by way of Callao, were received yesterday. The Golden Era, from Liverpool, with the mail of the 19th of June, had arrived at Port Philip on the 9th or 10th of September. The True Briton, with the mail for London, was to sail on the 12th September. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the past week 'have comprised only two vessels—one for Port Philip, the other for Hobart Town, with an aggregate capacity of 1,542 tons. The rates cif freight have exhibited greater firm- ATES NEWS. THE INSURRECTION IN SICILY. NAPLES, DEC. 1. Baron Bentivenga is at the head of the insur rection in Sicily, at Cefalta, near Palermo. Order is not yet re-established. Naples was trauquil. NAPLES, Nov. 27. Whatever may be the opinion of the right of intervention, the universal impression here is that a step has been taken which involves another, that it is impossible to recede, and still more impossible to accept the shadow for the sub stance, and that now the only mode of promoting the interests of this country, or of saving England from scorn and ridicule, is to take yet a bolder step in advance. At present every one and everything is in suspense, and it would seem as if the circulation of the very life-blood of the nation had been suspended. In the provinces, perhaps, there is not more but a bolder expression of it ; and my information speaks of many arrests in the province of Salerno, and espe cially the district of Vallo. It is said that upwards of 100 names were entered on the police lists, and that many of these had been recently arrested ; among them some of a family called Mignoni. In taking these latter to prison a rescue had been attempted, and several of the gensdarmes wounded. At Cosenaa, too, there has been some disturbance, but, I believe, of no great import ance. In the capital attempts are made to tam per with the soldiery, and report speaks of some recent arrests made among the military. The ad dress to the soldiers, which I translate and send you, is now in course of circulation in Naples, and sufficiently indicates where the hopes of the people lie in the event of any movement. The address is as follows : " Valiant military fellow citizens,---You declare that you desire not anarchy or revolution, neither do we desire them ! But neither you nor we can or ought to suffer such a state of things as the present, which has called down upon it the reproof of even the Conservative Governments of Europe. Men without faith or heart, under the semblance of the conservation of order, rule over us, contrary to public opinion, contrary to morality, contrary to the wishes of all. Dotards and cowards, they oppress the country because they depend on your valour, on your honour, on your loyalty. Be,, in God's name, Soldiers, are you the men to permit that the blood shed by you, and those sentiments which so much honour you, should serve to gratify the insatiable thirst of those rep tiles who call themselves directors of police. Will you, Italians, endure that Italian fellow-citizens be insulted, that your country be oppressed ? Will you let them liken you to the Swiss ; you, who have not sold your arms to any one ; but who, Heaven be praised, have swomn to use it for the maintenance of the law ? And what law is there more sacred than that to which you have already sworn in the sight of God One and Three—before Italy, before all Europe, before severe history, which then was present to register your oath. Consider, then, that silence would give you the appearance of accomplices or timid persons. Show that You are neither the one nor the other ; that you aro not the blind instru ments of those who feed on the blood and tears of 8,000,000 of men. 0, break in two that bread . which you receive, and you will find it formed of that blood and of those tears. Should, then, 0 Soldiers ! the country declare its legitimate and legal wishes, show it your sytnpatby—do not oppose it—second it in whatever way you will. Save the country from misfortune, while you will acquire the reputation of the liberators of your country.' VIENNA, Nov. 22. You have already received some important in formation relative to the Bessarabian frontier question, and I am now enabled to tell you what map was used at the Paris Conferences. At first a Russian map was produced, but as the Repre sentatives of the Allied Powers objected to it on the plea that they could not read the _Russian (Cyrillic) characters, a French one was substituted. The French map of Bessarabia, which was the work of the Etat illjor, was fetched from the Depot de la Guerre, and my informant positively affirms that oily one Bolgracl (Tabac) was marked on it. The Nord of Bru3sels states that M. d'Antonini is shortly to leave for Naples, where he has been summoned by the King. " Baron de Sydow," says the Berlin corre spondent of the Nord of Brussels, "has received orders to break oft all relations with the S SiSS Government and to leave Borne." By a royal ordonnanc©, date]. November 2'l, " modified c onstitution" —the same as that pre sented to, and rejected by, the Chamber of Be- putics, who refused to discuss its provisions —is declared in force throughout the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Chamber is dissolved. The country is quiet. A letter from Berlin of the 28th ult., in the Debats, says :—" It is positively alErnvld that a resolution has been come to by the ministry here to notify to the great powers, before any ulterior proceedings are adopted with respect to Neuchatel, the result of the steps which Prussia has hitherto taken, and to request them to make known as soon as possible to the Prus sian Government the measures which they intend to take in order to replace the principality of Neuchatel in the situation required by the final act of the congress of Vienna. The communica tions made by the Count de Hatzfeldt have cer tainly contributed to this resolution, for only a few days ago the irritation which existed in the highest quarter was so great that it was thought military measures would be resorted to, and that negotiations would not be entered on. For the mo ment the eventuality of armed operations by Prussia is removed, but it must not be imagined that the idea of them is completely abandoned, for the greatest activity still prevails at the Mi nistry of War, and no surprise would be felt at seeing the government demand from the Chambers credits for eventual armaments. The King is very much affected at the refusal of the Swiss Federal Council to release the prisoners, and he fears that these men, whom he considers as martyrs to his rights, may undergo fresh suffering." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. There is no further intelligence concerning the revolutionary movement near Palermo. Some time may pass before any details are known, berate steamers do not leave Sicily every day. If the movement is an important one we shall next hear of risings in various parts of the island, and pro in the Neapolitan provinces of the continental dominions. The The Bank of France has not deemed it advisable to make any relaxation in the measures that have been recently taken ; doubtless it • has resolved to allow the settlement of the 30th ult. to pas:' over before making any further change, but that a return to 75 days will shortly be ruled is generally hoped and believed ; some even go so far as to hope that by the middle of the present month 00 days will be returned to. Already several private banking and discount houses have taken the initia tive, and are negJtiatiug paper having the l o ngest of these periods to run. This month o December, which Ins been so much feared, does not at present exiobit any indications of crisis or difficulty. PiOparatiOUS a re now being made by order of Colonel Lepic, orderly officer to the Emperor," says the AL:moriat des Pyreiges, "for the recep tion :It the chat eau of Pau of the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, who are expected there about Christ mas." BOURSE, DEO. I.—The following were the last q.uotations Cash. ft'. c. End of Month. 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 10 69 30 New Loan Bank Shares 4,10 D Roman Credit Mobilier 1,535 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... ... 971 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 92 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. ft. c. Orleans 1,330 Western Northern 965 Strasburg Lyons 1,370 New Ditto - - Mediterranean 1,770 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette AUSTRIA. The Opinione of Turin gives the following.as a correct outline of the amnesty to be granted by the Emperor of Austria. A distinction is to be made between those who are in prison awaiting their trial, and those who have already been • tried and 'condemned. Of the former, those against whom there are not sufficient proofs are to be im mediately released ; the others are to receive their sentences at once, and the punishment will be mi tigated. The punishments of those already con demned are to be reduced, or full pardons granted. As to political refugees, those whose proporty is under sequestration, and who have applied for its release, shall be restored to the full ;posses sion thereof, on condition of an unconditional approval of the accounts of the administrators. Those who shall not have made application before the 31st inst. are to be authorised to appoint an administrator of their own, subj-ct to the approval of the Austrian government. All those, who shall not have applied for a freeretnrn into the Austrian States before the end of the present year are to be for ever banished the empire. SWEDEN. A. letter from Stockholm of the 22d says "The war in the Baltic having demonstrated the necssnity for Sweden to have on her co3sts strong defensive points and fortifications, the King nominated last summer a commission of officers of engineers charged to study a general plan of defence, the first works of which should be executed at Tornea, which forms to the north, in the Gulf of Bothnia, - the frontier of Sweden and Finland ; then extend- ing all along the coast, of the Gulf, they were to • comprise tlte, towns of Lulea, Pitea, Ulmea, and Podesliam, and arrive at the island which com mands the entrance before Stockholm. It is now* stated that the military commission has given the strategical plan a much larger development than was originally intended ; and that the execution of the works would cause such serious expenses that the Ministry has not thought right to demand them from The general Diet of. the kingdom during the present session. But in consequence of an increase in the estimates of the different chapters of the budget of the war departrnertt, the governmen t hopes to be able to have an important balance In hand, which can be applied to the construction of the fortifications in question. It is said here drat Russia also is determined to erect fortifications IP the North, as if in answer to those of Sweden's General de Berg, governor general of the Grand Duchy of Finland, has, it appears, obtained the approbation of the Emperor Alexander to a plan for transforming the isle of Kasko, in the Gulf of Bothnia, into an important fortress. The port of Kaska, which is very profound, can easily recei ve _ a Russian squadron from Sweaborg, and this place would thus command all the Gulf of Bothnia. THE BALTIC. , •• , HAMBURG, Nov. 29. The, winter has approached us this year some what earlier than usual, and with the apparent in' tention of prolonging its stay with a more fixed de termination than, was generally expected, i s verY clearly seen from the considerable quantity of s 6r . which has fallen within the last two days, and the regularly in creasing frosty inclination of the wea to bind it more firmly upon - the ground for 5 01136 length of time. Although the frost has not been, up to the present moment, above 10 degrees Beau" - inur in severiy, yet there have been large cle,a, s rl ;'' titles of floating ice gradually accumulating in I" to river, and aided by the snow falling from timteion ther time to form it into greater masses, the navag 9 ' even may soon become interrupted therebaret wo uld in a few days more entirely stopped/ ""'"'" f brisk be a very great inconvenience to the presen , d state of trade existing h ere a t the moment beyond what has been experienced for some weeks before. SPAIN. AlVladrid letter of the 2i',,n, in the Independance of Bru3sels, says :—" Tne Council of Ministers has just adopted a severe measure against General Prim. Two evenings ago it decreed his exile to the Canary Lilands. The general, be ing informed of the measure, hastened to the Palace, and declared to the Queen that it was very impolitic to act in that manner with the generals exposed heyself of the Spanish army, to the danger of a m utiny among her troops. The and that 81 - 1 , Queen sent for M i rshal Narvaez, and inquired w hy the Council of Ministers had adopted $o "severe a measure agalnst General Prim. The Mar dangerous. ohs:, shal replied that the general tva3 a ratter ; that sooner or later be _ z r e e r s a .s d i s: :: a party, oa w ld put binisel , se t i l l udrir the decree of exile, but in' at the head of the I T ) d r g end overthrow the 0. After many planations a compromise - r s a te l a P d r o ina i stillbiseiowas agreed upon. Gcne t to th e Canary Islands he is to go to Bilhoa. ' 211 - 1 E COMING- CONFERENCES. The Nord of ye?tzrdey writes as follows political w or ld i s muc h occupied with the att i t ude tak e : oy France the disp u t e relative to the execution of the treaty o f the OctS March. Our correspond,ereect Loin Paris co n t a i es some details upon this 8") . worthy ,of reliahee. According to our corroesu p tt,(lent, wti weot too far in saying that th e Yre gF ith n Goverercent shares entirely in the opinion o f t he as to the questions raised by the execution C lear ly treaty. France has not taken a position se ;at or defined ; it enters the debate more as a wedts than as a party- in tleU dispute ; it Pe rsue b r ing policy of conciliation, and all its efforts te nd to about an un.ilerstandieg preliminary to the rreetioog,The second Coogress. The task is difficult, on account. ei:nd conflicting interest , . While recognising the justi, oo o legality of the arguments adduced by Russia the of the meeting of the Conference, the C a binet r _a eo ns Tuileries has to take into consideration the e b op urged against the pr j ct. There is every rees"'„„o oorliel - ever, to hope that ice persevering and moderate r will end by triuuiphing over every obstacl e •,. „ a rt special correspondent at London informs u s, on h.r.,`o"ur tnat the Foreign Office has at last shown itself f our able to the meeting of the Conferences." TORKgY AND THE ALLI.BS e' Dori'. The Ost Deutsche Post, after laying ---40.--. down the p rix ' ciple that the Porte, which, in its full in de p eedeec-12 eluded tie convention with Austria, is t he po wer Y' l- fi t i hi s ts to determine whether the presence o f the tre o P 9 ; „ t „ed allies appears to it to be still desirable l)4sCi, .' . 8 to state that the Turkish government bas inti•oo•7„ to .be French cabinet, that if it wishes to o btaie t'',,, evacuation of the Black Sea and the Principalities l't the Austrians and the English, it should enter into direc a a e th e e gotiation with those two powers. In its note ta Fran ca Turkish minister says • "The Sultan's government has no • e for recl uiri fe g from e the two powers, which it ' isi,t monottileve coniplete -11--; te c r ution of the treaty of March 30, the evacuation 0f4.t0-s rt:)rY tbR-37 occupy, with the view of ins the "...1„ execution. It aanewleil ea that it stands on the sa me line as FraLce and England relative to the interPr°ll.; tion of the stipuiatiena of peace. But in asking that the three allied powers should come to a direct t ll/ .. - : t of f anding with each other, it thinks that ,it gives a P:l s awe i g ts . cenfidence in the loyalty and friendship °I qu l e n stio ti f bat question one as to the opportuneness 0 ~,t n hs an ma o nner the Ottoman cabinet has left the tereuces. It is on this question more particularlY -.d Aali Pacha and Rechicbid Pacha are at issue• ite dsc , l3 % t e. wishes for no conference until Russia shall hav e t he cuted the treaty in all i ts p ointy. Aali Paella sees in t his conferences the most app ro p riate p lans for attaining:os object. The note, w hich is an answer to Franc i° a estio n also the signature o f Fuad Pacha, and.it is co uce a , I to form that in no se nse p re j udices the qu 01 conferences. A t the ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIg.--"Z"ii 0 general monthly meeting, held yesterday, Mr' " ija ill Pole, M.A., F.R.S., Treaserer and Vice-President, the chair, Mr. Charles Freshfield, Mr. James Pli°rfoar.; and Mr. James Plaisted Wilde, hi. 1., Q. c . , were I elected members ; and the Right Ilon. M.P., was admitted a member of the Roy 'foe secretary reported that the following arraeg e°3 ...... had been made for the lectures before Easter, 185 7 ji ., Six lectures on Attraction (adapted to a juY° l ', le 1c tore), by Mr. Alichael Faraday, DC L F 1 3 .•°•P - " • • •, fi 1 . ,, , r s on Full , r . . ian Professor of Chetnietry, NJ. ; " '`' ewli e ..jelit lee' Physiole '. ~y' and Comparative Anatomy—viz --'. tlO tures on Sensation and Motion, and four lecture IT by Mr. Thomas genre Principles of Natural HistorY, iluxley, P.M , Fullerian Frofessor of P 1337 siologY Tyndall, 5e.141, R.I. ;11 lectures'Sound, b VI ' on y 1 h ''' Tohn T a nd ... F. it -• alllines:irtduvi.teleijoot:. -.5., Professor of Natural Philosophy, R.-. ;. a ,•g r . Job l-c , - k ... '---LlCadiag Que,AiOliti in Geology, b y Phillips ? F,8,5,