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THE SUN, TO ARRIVE THE SAME EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN ()UNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, a neral Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. H. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICE. After which, HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; er, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. BackstOne. THIS EVENING, THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. To cotrlade with ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OZFORD-STRXXT. Under the Management of Mr. Csn►srae NAAS. THIS EVENING, THE JEALOUS WIFE having been acted at Windsor Castle by Royal command). Mr. Oakley, Mr. C. Kean ; Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradise and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. Haline ; Pantaloon, Mr. ati , o ; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPRL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Wane Celeste. THIS EVENING. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude wit _ . _ ACK AMD THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. which Mews. J. Bland, P. Redford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wynitixm, and Miss E. Arden will ap>ear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING PARIS IN 1792. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or. Harlequin and Jane Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. trader the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, THE HOLLY TREE INN. Followed by A PLAQUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES. After width, NOEMIE; or, The Foster Sisters. To conclude with NOT TO BB DONE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING. THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which will be produced a New and deubly-moral, though acessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Dictate. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Maratod, and Mile Macke(' will appear. ♦STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE; Lama and Manager. Mr. Wm. Cooke. SIX GRAND JUVENILE NIGHTS, by particular desire. THIS EVENING, A Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Cham pions of Christendom. After which the unequalled Exhibition of EQUESTRIAN ART In the CIRCLE, including the performance of Miss Kate Cook, lit I eur de YArdne. The sagacious Elephants will appear. To conclude with the faithful portraiture of one of the most popular Romances ever written called ROOK WOOD; or, TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Box-office open itorn Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, Wen. Eqaestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. EIS DAY—Morn. 23 min. aft. I—Evening 49 min. aft. 1 Tn-Ifoßßow—Morn. 10 min. aft. 2 —Evening 31 rain. aft. 2 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, J. 20. THERMOMETER, THE SHADE. 55 -highest sine noon yesterday. 49 -lowest this morning and during the night. 57 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.15—5ti1l falling. WiNv, S.W.—Light, with mild, dull weather, and sun. shine in the afternoon. JANUAPY 21. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 48 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. &tam'lrma, 29.13. WIND. S.W.-Light. Morning dull and rainy ; after eon dull, with glimpses of sunshine. , 11 15 1 .c. ; 11 . 1) , ' /to .-777.74. , ' LONDON MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1856. The extraordinary exultation with which the acceptance by Russia of the Austrian Propositions was received at the Stock Exchange, and the con sequent improvement in the quotations, appears to be, to say the least, premature. Even under the most favourable circumstances peace is still far distant, and notwithstanding the rumours "on Change" at Berlin, we believe that there is not the slightest chance of the Western Powers assenting to an armistice until all stipulations and arrangements are finally and decisively con cluded, beyond the possibility of dispute. We have already had too bitter experience of Russian, aye, and of Austrian, duplicity and insincerity to place the slightest reliance on matters to which they are not firmly and irrevocably bound. We have seen how readily they " can keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope "—how they can, in the most unblushing manner, 'wriggle out of their most solemn under takings. What dependence then can be reposed on terms which have merely been accepted as bases for future negotiations, and when all mat ters in which Austria is not personally concerned are left, we fear studiously, vague and indefinite ? We have before been duped ; should we again fall into a similar trap we shall become the laughing tock, not merely of Europe, but of Asia and America. The Snail of Persia has already treated our representative with contumely. The Yankee slaveholder chuckles at the disgrace cast on the Eritishers. We may, however, prove that the teeth or fangs of the lion have not been extracted or pared, and that any undue dependence on our forbearance may be rather a perilous experiment. But let us adopt Mr. COBDEN'S phraseology, and ask " What next ? and next ? " If, unfortunately, we are compelled to treat, the commencement and the course of negoti ations will absorb all attention. Everything epends upon starting aright. Assuming that Russia means to negotiate, the first propositions should test her sincerity ; assuming again that fear has imparted sincerity to Pacific professions, she must be required to accept arrangements which shall bind her to peace when released from fear ; and assuming finally the necessity of her b e i mg thus bound we must prosecute preparations till the full preliminaries of peace, and not merely these vague bases are signed, and of course hold our po sitions, and earnestly commence a third campaign, unless peace be concluded b e f ore the m iddl e o f Mardi. The first public avowal of the Allies ought to be that they will d emo li s h Cron stadt and drive Russia out of the Crimea, and out of Bessarabia too, if possible, before the peace is ratified. The least appearance of tru s ti ng a Power so unprincipled, which has twice at least in the present War signally and injuriously de. eeiyed us, will embolden her to try her old tricks again. ' Russian territory, but solely as a guarantee for the freedom of the Danube. Raving been thus modest and forbearing, they are bound to show in the outset that they will, with the limitation they have foolishly put on themselves, omit nothing else which will tend to the great object of the war, the restraint, namely, of Russia within her present limits, and the future security of Europe. They should, of course, demand that the Con ference be held in some unsuspected place to begin with. London would be best of all, because the shifty diplomatists would here see what awaited them and Russia if there was any shuffling. Paris would be next best. Any other place north of the Alps we can hardly think of as, suitable for the assemlkingof a conference on the independence of the nations of Europe. But, then, who ought to assemble We answer, the Representatives of France, England, Turkey, and Sardinia, with those of Russia. Austria has no proper right there. She has no way burdened herself, to speak gently of her, in the cause, and still less has Prussia earned a locus standi in the negotiations. Sweden has much more claim to be present. At least Russia must be required to meet her an tagonists with no Vienna mediator to preside at the discussions. On meeting, or rather beforehand through Aus tria, as she has arranged the meeting, Russia ought to be informed of the conditions the Allies have to produce "in the interest of Europe." The Austro-European one, the liberation of the Danube, is included in the Proposals. But car rying out that principle the very least that can be required is that Russia should instantly redress every violation of the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. In that Treaty she had so preponderating a share that every limitation of her ambition then enforced must have been required from the flagrant evi dence of its necessity. The most outrageous vio lation of that Treaty was the incorporation of Poland. If in 1815, with ALEXANDER, mild in profession, though dogged enough in purpose, it was yet deemed necessary, at the very least, that Poland should be a separate king dom, enjoying a representative constitution, this is surely even more evidently neces sary now ; and if Russia does not mean to compel the Allies, we are sorry to fear against the will of their rulers, to emancipate Poland by another campaign, she would do wisely to concede the demand for a separate and constitutional go vernment for her. It may well be hoped, too, that, personally, ALEXANDER is not such a bloody, merciless brute as NICHOLAS was, and that he may sot be altogether disposed to fall back upon the Treaty of Vienna. Of course, such a step must affect Cracow, Hungary, and Lombardy—the first little republic, as it should be, directly—the others indirectly, and of none the less import ance for this. Bomarsund, in the north, and Nicolaieff in the south, could not fail to be mentioned, nor does it seem possible to miss the opportunity of demand ing for the brave mountaineers of CircasSia their natural sea coast, and not merely that the forts should never be rebuilt. These demands are but a minimum addition to the specified Proposals. All the territory south of the Caucasus ought to be evacuated, if Turkey is to be secure in that quarter, and if English Indian interests are to bs at all consulted in repayment of our expenditure; one of the prominent requisitions also, in mere common justice, should be that Russia should indemnify impoverished Turkey for the cost of the War. It will be eternal infamy to all parties, if, when Russia with infinitely less reason made Turkey pay the expenses of the war in 1829, England and France do not now demand of Russia a sum amply sufficient to repay the loan advanced to Turkey, and to replenish her Exchequer drained by the unprovoked am bition of NICHOLAX, but also a full indemnity to all the Allies for the expenses of the War. We cannot resuscitate the heroes who have lost their lives in their country's cause. We cannot give back the husband and father to the widow and the orphan, but we may take care that their blood has not been shed in vain, and that every shilling extracted from the pockets of French and English tax-payers shall be recouped by the party whose wanton and unwarrantable aggression ren dered the outlay indispensable. At least a peace made on the present basis will be a most unsatisfactory one to this country ; on that ground alone our Government ought to obtain the utmost that these conditions warrant them in vking. If we are committed thus hr we must insist that the best shall be made of such a bargain. We on the one hand have incurred the greater part of the expense requisite to enforce a better one, while Russia on the other would not have humbled herself thus far had she not foreseen that holding out would almost ruin her. We believe that should peace he now concluded, a little time will show that as at the Treaty of Adrianople, she has outwitted by imposing on our ignorance of her weakness, and that we might have had ten times more fur asking. We need, as our plenipotentiary, a man who knows how to say " no" to a sharper, and to stick to it. Let the utmost terms be fixed and intrusted to such a man, and we shall have either a speedy peace, or a speedy resort to a better peacemaker than Austria. We cannot conclude without referring to the opinion of one who is eminently a man of peace, not in profesuion merely, but in all truth and sin- cerity, and who only gives expression to the popu lar sentiment when he emphatically declares— " The general feeling of the middle classes, I think, is not satisfaction at the prospect of peace. They think that England has not done what she ought to have done during this War. They dis trust Russia, and think that another year or two would place us in a much bstter, and Russia hi Our Government needs not to fear beginning the business with too manly and decided a tone. The Allies have already made the worst of all con cessions—the one trumpeted with aristocratic zest by Prince ALBERT'S herald, Lord JOHN' RUSSELL they have agreed to leave Russian territories, even to her latest spoliation, untouched. The little slice of Bessarabia is demanded, not to diminish THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1856. a much worse, position. " Hating war as much as any man, I say no human good has ever been purchased witheut suf- fering. Better that our friends should die on the battle-field, and that we at home should have to submit to many privations, than that the liberties of Europe—all that makes life worth having-_ should be compromised by an inglorious compact with Russia and Austria—the imperial represen- tatives of the slavery and superstition of the world." It is remarkable enough that concurrently with the attempt to bring the great European depre dator within arm's length, and provide for him a locus penitentice, a strong desire has been spring ing up to do the like with that section of our juvenile population from which the ranks of adult crime receive their most daring and effective re cruits. And still more remarkable that at the present time, when a diplomatic convention is about to meet for discussion on the basis of the Austrian Four Points, and consequently the solu tion of a problem almost as difficult as the old religio-scholastic one, " How many angels can (lance on the point of a needle ?" a conference is about to be held in the metropolis for the esta blishment of a general association for the promo tion of the Reformatory movement. Which of the two is most likely to be attended with success it m i g ht be deemed invidious to prophesy ; so drop the parallel and without more ado we will address ourself to the latter, viz., the Juvenile Reformatory Conference ; and at the outset we cannot but express our deep satisfaction on find ing so much progress has been made in the Refer matory movement as the calling together of a con ference with such an object indicates. For many long years the subject of Reformatories has been mooted by philanthropic individuals with apparently little success. Busy, hard-headed men of the world, not wanting it may be in humane feeling, and sensibly alive to the vast and increasing cost of crime, have hitherto been content to regard the appeals and labours of these individuals as worthy of little more than a passing word or momentary smile of good-natured contempt. " The aim of these men, like that of most visionaries, was, doubtless, laud able—nothing could be better than the diminu tion of county rates, which were really growing a most disagreeable item in their yearly account— nobody could object to the reformation of juvenile offenders—who, of course, as they grew up, would otherwise pursue their depredatory avoca tions with greater capacity for mischief--but then the notion of reforming them, and making them good members of society, was absurd. Crime was not an accidental thing, the result of circum- stances, including bad training and vile associa tions—it was an idiosyncracy—it was in the young knaves, and would out with opportunity if not prevented ; and all that society could do in this way was to make the youthful delinquent feel by means of severe penal measures, that, after all, it would be pleasanter for him to be honest." Such, generally speaking, have been the views ex pressed by the class referred to, in relation to juvenile crime and the subject of Reformatories. Undeterred, however, by contempt, and superior to such logic, based as it is on a profound igno rance of juvenile, at least, human nature, the philanthropists in question persevered —year by year fortifying their position, and by the evidence of indisputable facts, demonstrating not merely the possibility, but the almost certainty of juve nile reformation, when its subjects were separated from evil associations, and placed under enlight ened treatment. And now see the result of persist ent effort in a good cause ! Reformatories are multiplying. Public opinion has undergone a striking change. Statesmen, mostly the last to join a philanthropic movement, are found fore most in the ranks. Contempt has given place to interest and approval, and a general Conference on the subject is to be held. At such a crisis, for so we may term it, the obvious duty of the.leaders of the movement is to aim, above all things, at being practical, and not under the influence of exultation, by proposing too much, risk any portion of the ground they have gained. A central association, acting with discretion, may prove of incalculable service to the movement —by repressing ill-considered schemes and directing provincial efforts to a suc cessful issue. The danger is not that too few Reformatories will be built, but too many—if not for the liberality of the public, at all events for success—owing to the want of duly-qualified governors and instructors. To obviate this evil we should recommend the enlargement of existing Reformatories, and their being made training schools for the officers of future institutions, and the establishment of no greater number of Refor matories than is called for by the absolute neces sities of the case. Prudence is what is wanted, and we have no doubt it will be manifested by the members of the Conference. There was a manifest improvement in the quo tations of the Stock Exchange during the early part of last week, even before the announcement of the acceptance by Russia of the Austrian Pro positions. The market had been in a very de pressed state on Saturday, the 12th inst., the price of Consols being 851 Before Wednesday it had improved to 87-, or nearly 1, 7 ,- per cent. This decided buoyancy was not attribut able to any expectation that Russia would abate a single particle of her pretensions, or that an honourable and permanent peace could be antici pated daring the approaching year. It was, to a certain extent, checked by the supposition that the " Old Lady" might make a still further in crease in the minimum rate of discount, and charge even more than 7 per cent. for pecuniary accommodation. A project had, however, been mooted, which overcame all these depreciat ing influences, and led to a general advance of nearly 2 per cent. ! This important effect was pro d uced by the rumour that Government contemplated the issue of no less than twenty millions of really " national cue-pound notes," which should be re ceived in payment of all duties and taxes payable to the public exchequer. They were not intended to be convertible into gold on demand, but every one felt that they would possess " purchasing power," and that the fortunate holler could readily command the necessaries and comforts of life, proportioned to the amount specified •n these so-called " worthless rags." The honour of the suggestion is ascribed to Mr. 5As. WILSON, M.P., whose admirable speech on the currency question first gained for him the high reputation which he I has since so worthily maintained. Should the staterneuts to that effect be well founded, we trust that Mr. WILSON will have a fair opportu nity of pushing the grand experiment inaugurated under his auspices to its legitimate results—of fully testing the efficacy of a circulating medium which has for more than five-and-thirty years been so unwisely withdrawn from the community. All that we ask is, that it should receive ' a fair trial. We know that the currency quacks, the interested disciples of the JONES LOYD school, will do all in their power to discredit the State paper. But we have faith in the people ! Hood winked and misled as they have hitherto been, they will, when the question is placed before them in a tangible form, testify in unequivocal terms their high appreciation of a system which pro mises, if properly carried out, to develope to the utmost extent the natural capabilities of the coun try, and 0 provide remunerative employment for every man, woman, and child able and willing to work. Nothing, of course, is as yet known as to the peculiar conditions to be annexed to this proposed issue of " Exchequer Bills of convenient denomi nations." As we long since pointed out, it was the laziness of a former Comptroller of the Ex chequer that prevented the smaller class of these securities from being brought before the public ; and the influence of wealthy capitalists, who were thus enabled to obtain a virtual monopoly of these most important documents, sufficed to continue the exclusion. By the plan now spoken of, the interest of twenty millions, or at the present rate of interest rather more than 600,0001. per annum, will be saved to the country. But this will be by far the least valuable part of the pro ceeding. It will be the infusion of so large a portion of the life-blood of industry, the certainty that the nation may safely proceed in a similar coarse, so that ultimately a wise and sagacious monetary code may be established suited to the wants and exigencies of the country. Should Mr. WILSON achieve this great desideratum he will at once achieve a prominent position amongst the national benefactors, and entitle himself to the undying gratitude of his fellow-subjects. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, January 17.—The Russian Govern ment has on further consideration, decided to accept the Austrian proposals as they are, doubt less reserving to itself the patriotic task of taking off their edge and blunting their point in the negotiations which will necessarily ensue. In the temporary abeyance of the detailed news of the motives that have led to this further pliancy on the part of Russia, official men here attribute this last pacific resolution to the urgent remonstrances and representations of Prussia, which have of late been redoubled both in number and empressentent. In the midst of the satisfaction that various large circles will doubtless experience at the receipt of the news of Russia's pacific step, it would be well to bear in mind that the immediate object of Russia at the present moment is to prevent the Austrian Minister in St. Petersburg from asking for his pass ports, and to pave the way for peace conferences to be opened. It remains to be seen whether Russia means her acceptance this time to be more sincere than on the former occasions ; then the point de depart showed itself to be a point to be departed from, not merely a point to set out from. THE MAIM—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 19.—The British and North American mail steamer Arabia sailed for Boston to-day, with about 100 passengers, a large mail, and a full cargo of dry goods. The United States steamer Pacific, Nye, sails for New York on Wednesday, when letters for her will be received at the Post-office up to 9 a.m., with late fee at 10 a.m., and at the landing stage at 11 a.m. The Australian mail packet Sardinian sails for Melbourne on Tuesday, the hours for receiving letters and papers being the same as above. THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON. Jan. 20.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship E ux i ne, C apt. Joy, sailed this morning, with the India and Mediter ranean mails, 60 passengers, specie for India value 240,301/. 17s. ; Alexandria, 18,297/. ; total, 258,6981. 17s. Among the passengers are Captains Ternan, Read, Middleton, Sewell, Pollock, Brown, and Elsden ; his Excellency the Rajah of Coorg, General Cox, Colonel Lucas, Major Bayley, &c. The Tagus, Capt. Weeks, with the homeward Peninsular mail, is expected about the 24th inst. The Madrid, Capt. Cook, will sail with the outward Peninsular mails on the 27th inst. The United States' mail steam -ship Arago, with dates from New York to the 12th inst., is expected to arrive off Cowes, cg route to Havre, on or about Thursday next. LITERATURE. FAIRY TALES. The History of sir Thomas Thumb. By the Author of " The Heir of Redeliffe." Constable and Co. The Kinq of Root Valley and his Qurious Daugh _ _ tee. By R. Reinick. Chapman and Hall. Fairy tales are ever the most attractive stories to children, and none of our modern inventions can compete with the old fairy tales that form our nur sery literature. " Puss in Boots," "Jack the Giant Killer," and their numerous companions, though appearing and re-appearing in various forms, still preserve their pre-eminence. We are glad, therefore, to see the talented authoress of " Heartsease" turning her attention to the revival of one of the most neglected of the old favourites, inasmuch as no attempt has been made to weave the ancient traditions into a tale of modern form and modern taste. It is no disadvantage to be in formed in the preface that originality is the last object aimed at, as any additions, however enter taining, could only be looked on in the li g ht o f in novations. The marvellous adventures of the di minutive hero, from his parent's acquaintance with Merlin, his journey in the horse's ear, his being eaten by the cow, and nearly boiled in the pudding, to his introduction to King Arthur of the Round Table, and his participation in that monarch's ex ploits, are all faithfully recounted. The illustrations are not the least attractive part of the volume, for they are very numerous, and gracefully designed. The frontispiece represents Tom Thumb in full state, driving in his chariot, drawn by six white mice, through a woodland path, and the last in the story (though there are some illustrations to the notes) shows us the death of the valiant little hero beneath the bite of the venomous spider, against whom he was defending King Arthur's seat. We must not omit to mention that the notes are numerous and consist chiefly of selections from old English Fairy Poetry, which the author has thus brought within the reach of children, as well as some sketches from the roman ces o f King Arthur's Court, of famous memory, which, as she justly observes, is often to them a subject of curiosity not easily gratified, as the romances, poems, and legends of that day are not suited for their pe rusal. " The History of the King of Root Valley " is a much less ambitious performance, but it is a very ingenious little tale. It narrates the imprudent curiosity of the Princess of Root Valley to form acquaintance with the ways and doings of men, her expedition with her father to the roof of a tower in the neighbouring town, what they saw there, and the consequences. It also tells us of the won derful stream that had the property of giving life to whatever fell in it, of the waggon of toys that was upset on its banks, and the astonishing result ; of the marriage of the King's daughter and its un fortunate termination, and, finally, the disappear ance of the little Rootmen from public view. There is evidence of the German origin in the style as well as the locality, but it certainly presents the attraction of novelty to its little readers. The idea of conversion of the tin soldiers, harlequins, Noah's arks', &c., into living things is a novel inci dent. There are eight large coloured plates, and these, together, with its ornamental cover, com bine to render it a very acceptable gift-book for little people. The Family Friend. Ward and Locke, Flee street. We have before had occasion to commend this very excellent little work in its serial edition, pub lished weekly in twopenny numbers. It now ap pears in a more ambitious form, that of the yearly volume, and a more acceptable and useful Christ mas present for a quiet domestic circle could scarcely be found in this class of literature. Tales and sketches for the lovers of romance, reviews for the critical, work patterns and directions for the fair embroiderers, housekeeping receipts innu merable for the good manager, family er, pastime for juvenile conjurers, and "Miscellanies" in great variety for the general entertainment. In this list we must not forget to enumerate some useful prac tical articles on the adulteration of food, and some really excellent poetry, some of it taken from works by well-known authors. A companion to this attractive little work has also been issued by the same publishers, entitled " The Practical Housewife." This is one of the most useful books of its kind that we have yet seen. It does riot pretend to the dignity of a cookery book, but it gives a great deal of the information usually to be found in one. Its receipts for cleaning and re medying household accidents are apparently end less. The general remarks will be found of great service by inexperienced housekeepers, and it gives plain and practical directions respecting necessary trifles often not included in books of direction. Every housekeeper should possess this useful little manual. Orr's Circle of the Sciences. Orr and Co., Amen corner. This valuable scientific work, which was origi nally published in weekly numberq, has now np peared in three handsome volumes, which are to be followed by others. The subjects of the present volumes are " Organic Nature," " Inorganic Nature," and " Elementary Chemistry." The next subject is to be "Practical Chemistry." Many of the first scientific names of the day are to be found in the list of contributors. When we mention the names of Professor Owen as the author of the treatise on the " Forms of the Skeleton," and Pro fessor Ansted as the writer on geology, it will be seen that it possesses great advantages. The great amount of information contained in one of these volumes is indeed surprising, and a thorough scientific education might be based on them. We must not omit to mention that they are illustrated by explanatory woodcuts. We trust this merito rious attempt to bring the means of self-education within reach of all will meet with the support and encouragement it deserves. The Influence of Occupation on Health and life. By Joel Pinney, Esq. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. A very sensible treatise on a subject of the last importance in a laborious community like ours. Much valuable knowledge may be gained from it, including many startling facts and useful sugges tions. The vast importance of pure air—the deadly effects of incessant mental toil—the need for varied exercise and careful attention to diet are power fully insisted on. " Those who are employed in any mental activity beyond their natural strength," it is emphatically and truly said, "have been wear ing away the substance of tbeir brains, unbraciug their nerves, and overcharging their blood vessels. The hardiest frame," it is added, "must suffer un der the agitation of the mind, and the firmest mind cannot long remain unharmed amid the suf ferings of the body." The author divides the com munity into five classes, and points out the influ ence of their peculiar occupations on the members of each, and the more or less o bvious remedies, adding thereto information respecting the animal economy necessary to a due comprehension of the subject. Altogether the work is one which every body should read and take warning from. Every body prizes life—yet how few act as if they did so. Mechanics' Magazine.—Contains like its prede cessors a variety of matter descriptive of useful in ventions, and of a nature generally calculated to be of service to the classes for whom it is specially designed—employers and employees, and a l so to amateurs. The illustrations aro numerous and very fairly executed. The . value of a magaz i ne of this sort in a manufacturing country where a n ew invention may be worth millions to the State can not but be exceedingiy great—stimulating as it must do the mechanic to rival r y an d i ncrease d ex ertion in so promising a field. Zaphnah Paaneah; or, the History of Joseph. By the Rev. Thornley Smith. William Freeman. An interesting work, happily conceived and judiciously executed—having this peculiarity that the author enters minutely into Egyptian history and antiquities, bringing them to bear in a felicitous manner on the elucidation of the sacred text, the beauty of which we hardly need say is irresistible. The author's aim is deserving of praise, and we can congratulate him on havi ng pro duced a valuable book, which young and old may peruse with profit and pleasure. It is gratifying to find our divines, whether of the Nonconforming body or the Establishment, endeavouring so suc cessfully to keep pace with the progress of dis covery, not only by elucidating Scripture narrative, but also by showing its harmony with recognised facts. LATEST NEWS PARIS, SUNDAY. The Patrie of last evening says that the signa ture of au armistice at Vienna is considered im minent. There was a report at the Bourse that despatches had been sent yesterday to Marsha . Pelissier, ordering him to suspend hostilities. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 18. A copy of the protocol signed by Count Nessel rode and Count Esterhazy, recording the accept- ance of the Austrian propositions as bases of ne gotiations, was sent to Prince Gortschakoff at Vienna to-day, two days after its signature. HAMBURG, SUNDAY. Advices from Berlin represent that Russia ac ceded to the Esterhazy propositions in consequence of the earnest representations of Prussia, who, seeing the freedom of her ports menaced with blockade, threatened to close the land frontier and shut up Russia. According to advices from Warsaw, the doctors have pronounced the case of Prince Paskiewitch, cancer of the breast, to be hopelessly incurable. Baron Klotz, nevertheless, tries magnetic treat ment. Prince Gortschakoff, Prince Woronzoff, M. Kisselef, and Count Krasinsky are severally mentioned each as his successor. Again, it is said that the Archduke Constantine will take the government as viceroy, but many think no vice• royalty will be maintained. MARSEILLES, JAN. 18, EVENING. The Journal de Constantinople states that the Allies have now 180,000 troops in the Crimea, besides 13,000 persons not belonging to the army. , The cold in the Crimea has considerably dimi nished. Omer Pacha is to take up his winter- quarters at Erzeroum ; he has been reinforced by the Egyptian division, and the Porte is constantly sending fresh troops into Asia, particularly Al- banians. BERLIN, JAN. 18, EVENING. Count Lobanoff has arrived with despatches from St. Petersburg. The participation of Prus sia in the Conferences for peace is under discus sion. Dresden is talked of as the place where they are to be held. Russia has only accepted the propositions of Austria with the reserve of their being discussed at the Conferences. The King has to-day held a chapter of the order of the Black Eagle. BERLIN, .TAN. 18. According to the most recent accounts, the do cument signed by Count Nesselrode constitutes a real attestation that Russia accepts without re serve the Austrian propositions, and will suffice to authorise Prince Gortschakoff to sign a prelimi nary treaty of peace. The signature of that treaty is here considered to be imminent. MADRID, JAN. 18. The Cortes yesterday rejected the vote of cen sure on the Ministry by a majority of 152 to 57. The Parliamentary Committee is favourable to the credit establishment proposed by some Spa nish capitalists. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (From the, Correspondent of the Times.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, J. 4. We have had a heavy snowstorm last night and his morning. The fallhas ceased, but the snow lies several inches deep on the plateau. On the white surface the irregular collections of huts have some thing the appearance of groups of farm buildings, while the more distant tents, dingy in comparison with the dazzling whiteness of the ground, might be taken for heaps of hay or manure. On all sides, at the distance of about three-quarters of a mile, our horizon is limited by a haze a few shades gayer than the snow and semi-transparent, so that figures are dimly seen walking within it. The wind howls drearily round the huts, but the snow lends light to the foreground, and the temperature is milder than it has been for the last few days far milder than it was on the 2d, a piercing day of frost, wind, and sleet. Fatigue parties, in their short fur-lined coats, their heads protected by those black sealskin caps, the shape of which reminds one of the pictures of Russian travelling, bring up fire wood on their shoulders to the different commissariat stores, and a considerable amount of snow-balling goes on among them in the intervals of their toil. Here and there carts move slowly through the deep snow, in which, hard by my window, some Tartar dogs are now dis porting themselves, apparently quite in their ele ment. The winter piece is complete, and not un picturesque. But it sugge s t s a w i s h that the whole, instead of part only, of our army had more sub stantial shelter than tents against the sharp wind, the driftinc , snow, the bitter cold that will attend a return of frost, and the chilly floods which a thaw must inevitably bring. Well provided in most essential respects the soldiers certainly are well clothed and well fed ; but it seems strange that by this time they should not all have been hutted. Huts aro getting up, however, with great rapidity; along the road to Balaklava one daily meets thou sands of men bringing up the planks on their shoulders, and it is to be hoped that before the heavy rains set in there will be few under canvass. The amount of labour that has been expended on this British camp for the Crimea is enormous. It would have built a city of no mean aspect in some more favoured situation, where materials were less difficult to obtain and easier of transport. It has built a town—a scattered and irregular one, spread over a large surface in many groups. Besides the numerous wooden buildings, there are not a few of stone—small, but snug and well-built edifices, quite able to resist even Crimean rains and winds, and fitted, many of them, with fire-grates from Sebastopol. If the army were to quit the Crimea, leaving its stone and earthen huts standing, many a Tartar would find a better dwelling than he, perhaps, had ever before enjoyed, and would marvel at the ingenious and comfortable contrivances of the invader. Some of the stables, too, are wonderfully perfect and well contrived, and must have cost an immensity of labour. I rode down, a day or two ago, into the valley towards Karanyi, where the heavy batteries are, and saw s ome t ru l y a d m i ra bl e s t a bl es . Th e stalls were pa ve d ; there was a clean path down the centre ; th ere were rac k s f or th e h a y an d well made wooden mangers, bound and striped with the iron bands that confine the compressed trusses— excellent mangers —economical of corn, and which the horses cannot bite. It had been found that the horses sometimes pushed out the planks of the stable huts; so stone walls were built up outside to a sufficient height outside to prevent this. In short, although some of the men were still under canvass, the horses of the artillery in question could hardly be better cared for, and the condition of those saw corresponded with the pains that had been taken to protect and preserve them. The health of the camp continues good. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the average amount of sickness does not exceed, if it quite reaches, 10 per cent. But a large proportion of the cases are of a trifling nature, and the mortality is small. NothingJAN. JAN. 5. new since yesterday. It is a severe frost and a fine bright morning. DESTRUCTION OF THE CENTRE DOCK. , On Wednesday evening the English engineers blew up the bott om o f th e cen t re d oc k, w hi c h i s at top 236 feet long and 95 feet 4 inches wide, and at. bottom 191 feet long and 40 feet wide. There were 13 charges in all-11 of 160 lbs. each, and two of 300 lbs. each—total 2,630 lbs. of powder. The hour named was half-past 4 ; but all was not ready for Mr. Deane to operate upon with his 10 voltaic batteries and electric wires till an hour and a half after, when the demolition was pronounced complete as far as it went. Twn eal - qes were ag-_ , in used, to which the small wires leading to each charge were attached. In addition to a large number of engineer officers, there were present, although it was dark, the commander-in-chief, with two aides de-camp, Brigadier-General Straubensee, with his aide-de-camp, and two officers of the 11th Hussars —viz., Capt. Dallas Yorke and Cornet Wilkie, be sides the garrison of Sebastopol and the officers on guard, the whole being under the superintendence of Brevet-Major Nicholson, R.E. The enemy took no notice of the explosion, nor have they been firing much lately from tha north side, although it is reported that on New Year's Day the French and Russian pickets were uselessly firing at each other. THE WAR IN ASIA. ERZEROUM, Dec. 24.-1 told y ou i n m y l as t o f the dispute between our ambassador in Persia and the Shah. Mr. Murray gave the latter up to the sth inst. to make up his mind as to the liberation of the teterrima causa belli—our native agent's wife, and, as he still continued obstinate, has left Teheran. The mesh is rather a tangled one, but, as the case stands at present, Mr. Murray is un doubtedly in the right. The quarrel, by the latest accounts, was by no means irreconcileable ; but Kars has fallen in the meantime, and the Russians will certainly avail themselves of the influence it gives them to widen the breach as much as pos sible. We are very quid here in Erzeroum. The snow has come down honestly at last, a good hearty fall, covering everything but the minarets and chimney tops, so that our flat-roofed houses all look like wedding-cakes. Stragglers are still coming in from Kars. I met some yesterday, toiling over the snow-clad plain that lies between this and the Euphrates. They showed weary and footsore, poor fellows, but had not the wild, hungry look of those who had pre ceded them. They had, probably, been recruiting at the villages on the road. But report states that no less than 1,500 out of the 6,000 Redifs who were turned out of Kars have perished in the snows of the Siwanlidagh. Our troops have at last been marched in from the Devr-buyunic (Anglice, Camel-back) heights, where they had been encamped since the beginning of last summer. It was high time that they should take up their winter quarters. When last I visited the camp, some weeks since, the road was as trying as rain and thaw can make it. The camels, with their slow deliberate gait, got over it Easily enough, like wooden machines wound up for the purpose, but horsemanship was hazardous, and the arabas, axlcdeep in mud, groaned along as if their very hearts would break. The ground of encampment itself was ono mass of mud. The men, however, were not badly tented, better, indeed, than I had ever seen elsewhere. The whole system of administration here is cor rupt beyond measure. It has a tontine, too, which rides it like a nightmare, and forcing one's way through its red-tapeism is like swimming through seaweed. Take one example out of a thousand. A young Magyar officer here in the Turkish service had 20 months' pay due. He ap plied for it to the Muchir, the Muchir referred him to the president of the Medjlis, or council ; the president of the council passed him on to the com mandant of artillery ; the commandant of artillery to the sub-commandant ; the sub-commandant to the chief of the staff; the chief of the staff again to the president, who at last recommended him to lay a memorial before the Medjlis, which being done, he, the chief Imaum, or high priest, and I know not how many other wiseacres, put their heads to gether over the intricate claim, and at last came to the conclusion that, without committing them selves, they might allow the memorialist six out of his 20, or rather 22, months' pay, for two months more had elapsed in inquiring how to get his money. The balance remains an out ' standing debt, which he may amuse himself in memorialising for at his leisure during the next two years, but, let him manage as ho may, there will be an arrear, and, if both parties live long enough, it will drag its slow length along till the millennium, when the Turks will most probably take advantage of the joyful occasion to cancel it altogether. Add to this the want of common honesty. When a soldier, for instance, is killed— and he i 3 often killed, with three years' pay due— there is no regular way of transmitting his earnings to his relations. It becomes the booty of the officers of his regiment, a legitimate godsend. The same of course when he dies. As far as this opinion bears upon the fate of Erzeroum, I will explain myself pointedly and plainly. An English general with an efficient staff i 3 wanted here before next spring.. Unless he be sent Erzeroum must fall. This is a catas trophe which the people of England ought not to contemplate with indifference. The fall of Erze roum will not only do more to strengthen Russia's influence in the East than that of Sebastopol has done to weaken it, but also throw a territory as rich in natural resources as any in the world into Russian hands, as no mean counterpoise to what may be wrung from her in the West. Letters have been received from General Williams, and those who accompanied him. They are quite well, arrived at Gumri on the Ist inst., and ex pected to leave on the 4th for St. Petersburg. They were treated on the road with the greatest courtesy. Every one here is in hopes that the General will be released, and take his old position in Anatolia before next spring. It would be difficult to find another man so calculated for this peculiar work. General Kmety has gone , to Constantinople. It is to be hoped that he will get a good command there. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The fact of Russia having accepted the Austrian ultimatum will not suspend the Council of War. The Emperor will preside to-morrow at an early hour. The Emperor and the Duke of Cambridge rode out yesterday in the Bois de Boulogne, the Em press taking an airing in an open carriage at the same time. BOURSE, Jan. 19—Two o'clock.—Threes slightly declined at the beginning of the day, but there was afterwards a sudden rally on the report that de spatches had been sent to Marshal Pelissier, order ing him to suspend hostilities. Threes, after having been done at 67f. 50c. and 67f. 35c., rallied to 68f. 40c., and they are now at 68f. 20c. The Mobiiier improved from 1,435 to 1,470. The Rail way Shares were in good demand. Half-past Three—The market was steadier at the close. The following are the last quotations : Cash. rr. e. End of Month ti per Cents 94 —f. -C. per Cents 67 60 67 90 New Loan 63 - Bank Shares... 3250 - Roman Credit Mobilier 1460 Austri an Belgian Fiveg ...... Piedniolitesc (5) Spanish Threes Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. C. Oran Northern Lyons llB5 New Ditto 775 Nlediterranean 1320 Grand Central 5BO LTons Geneva 7OO Teste Cato 7OO Austrian Corn. 792 50 REPRINTS. Among the many series of cheap novels which have recently appeared, perhaps the best, without exception, is that issued by Messrs. Chapman .and Hall. It consists of a selection from original works published by them, and, as many of our best novels have been issued by their establishment, the reader is sure of meeting with good and powerful writing, as well a s w ith a mora l t o ne of right feel ing, quite incompatible with the exaggerated sen timent and excitement too often met with in the foreign school of romance. The authors of "Mary Barton," " The Head of the Family," " The Bachelor of the Albany," as well as Miss Jews bury, Mrs. S. C. Hall, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, have already contributed to this series, whose latest publication is the reprint of a tale by one, who, whatever may be the conflicting opinions as to his merits, must certainly be admitted to be one of our most talented and original writers. The work 77: alluciti to " (.). ti Loe r CT.aI. Kingsley. We must not forget to enumerate, among the merits of this series, that of ;being in good and clear type. Next to this edition we may perhaps mention the " Parlour Library," which possesses just now a great attraction, as it is issuing the works of Mrs. Marsh and of the author of "Margaret Maitland." The great advantage of the syste.n of reprints is, to put good works of fic tion into the hands of those who would be unable to give a high price, without depriving the authors of their due remuneration. This good is often counterbalanced, it is true, by the publication of inferior works, but in the present instance it is not so. 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The type and paper are excellent and the binding is very pretty, if not very durable. The works of Hendrik Conscience have formed the first number of this series, and they have been fol lowed by " Romantic Tales of the Netherlands" and " Sea St or i es ; or, T a l es o f Adventure, Peril, and Escape." W e must a dd t h at the latter are authentic, not imaginary, and that iu some in stances the words of the original narrators are preserved. WHAT IS A POUND ?- WHAT IS A WILLI) ? (From the Derbyshire Courier.) Lord John Russell has recently been usefully and honourably employed in attending a ragged school meeting at Gloucester. His lordship has long been the strenuous and indefatigable advocate of the education of the children of the poor, and the speech which he ad dressed to his audience at this meeting is well deserving of attentive perusal and of honourable mention by all who recognise the paramount importance of this great national question. The Times writes an article on the occasion, and in imitation of the question once asked by Sir Robert Peel What is a Pound ? proposes another question—What is a Child? The writer's object appears to be very much that of Peel when he asked his question, viz., to excite atten tion. A child can ask a question which ten wise men may be puzzled to answer. So the writer, like a prudent man, does not attempt to answer his ewn question, but facetiously suggests the various ways in which various philosophical investigators would define a child. Till the Times, therefore, tells us what a child really is, we intend to rest content with the very simple, and at the same time comprehensive, definition of the learned Mr. Cranium, whose acquaintance we bad the pleaqure"of making some years ago at Headling Hall. A child, our philosophical friend assures us, is a Osteosarchmfmatos plceuchnochondroneuromuelous compages, or shell, which at once envelopes and developes that mysterious and in estimable kernel—the desiderative, determinative, ratio cinative, imaginative, inquisitive, appetitive, compara tive, reminiscent, congeries of ideas and notions, simple and compound, comprised in the comprehensive deno mination of the mind." The answer which that great philosopher, Sir Robert Peel, gave to his own question was to toss a sovereign into the air, and announce to his expectant auditors "This is a pound." The Times writer, following this excellent example, tosses up his "little human fourpenny bit," and then proceeds, like a practical man, to give good advice as to the way of making the best of it. it would have been a happy thing for the country if Sir Robert had done the same. The captain of a man•of-war can always tell you exactly what o'clock it is—for he can "make it" what time he pleases; Peel could tell us any time within the last 30 years exactly what a pound is—for his bill of 1819 made it what he chose, viz., 123 grains of gold. But what was a pound in former days I Servius Tullius first coined money at Rome, and then the Roman As, or pound, contained a Roman pound of good copper. The English pound in the time of Edward I. contained a pound of silver of a known fineness. In 1352, our gold pound, representing 20 shillings, contained 360 grains of fine gold, worth 3/. 45. in our present money. In 1466 it contained only 240 grains. In 1552 it contained 174 grains. In 1650, 140 grains. In 1750, 129 grains, of gold passed for 1/, is. Do the Bullionists imagine that Peel's Bill has defined a pound, as 123 grains of gold, to the world's end ? The limes rightly concludes that the management and training of a child is more important than his philoso phical definition. We think it more important that a statesman should make a people prosperous and happy than that he should speculate upon standards of value. We have paid a tolerably high price for that piece of flippant ignorance of Sir R. Peel, when he told us that a sovereign could mean nothing but 123 grains of gold. The pressure of our national debt has been doubled. It might have been paid off by this time ; it remains be tween 700 and 800 millions. What has been the ruin to thousands of merchants and traders and their families ; how many estates have passed away from their heredi tary possessors into the hands of usurers; how b any hundreds of thousands, yes millions, o f h onest, inols. trious, toil-worn Englis hmen of the working classes hat,' passed from comfort into privation, from privation into distress, from distress into misery, crime, or the grave, in direct consequence of the operation of Peel's mone tary system. Let us, however, take the po un d as we End it-123 grains of gold. Vhat is now best to be done? We answer at once that the best thing to be done is to allow the gold pound to find its market price in national paper money. The pound has fluctuated from 360 grains in 1352 to 123 grains in 1856. Let it fluctuate from year to year instead of from century to century. One of the commonest mistakes which persons make about the currency is to fancy that by fixing the paper pound at 123 grains of gold they somehow or other secure some advantage. Is it so? Of what possible advantage can it be that five times 123 grains of gold may always (ex cept when it is wanted in time of panic or depression) be obtained for a Si. note ? The Times has answered that question. " The worst of it is," said the Times not long since, " that you can only get half as much of anything for a sovereign (not a paper representative of a sovereign observe) now as you did a short time since." It is not the 123 grains of gold that is important to one ; it is the purchasing power that is the important thing. Peel had no doubt some vague idea that by fixing the quantity of gold which a paper pound should always re present, he gave greater fixity to the purchasing power of the pound. Such has not been the case. There have been greater fluctuations in the value of money, looking either at its purchasing power, or at the interest paid for its use, since the passing of Peel's bill of 1819, than ever occurred before in a similar period of time. It is evi dent that if you wish to have a real standard of value to which the relative value of all other things may be referred, the purchasing power of that which you make the standard must be invariable. There is, there can be, no such thing in the world. Yet in search of this philosopher's stone, England has been half ruined. We know also an approximation to a standard of value. If we take - wheat, barley, and oats the three principal descriptions of grain —and add other artic!es of general consumption, such as beef, mutton, and pork, the average price of these articles, for a series of years, would form for an endowment the best standard of value at which we could arrive—and that, after all, is but an approximation. But with regard to the question itself, " What is a Pound? "we ask with Bishop Berkeley, " whether the true idea of money is not altogether that of a ticket or counter ?" And believing it to be so we reply that a P.ourd, as it ought to be in England in 1856, is 123 grains of gold, and as much more or less as the fluctua - tion of the market may make it. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(This Day.) i.,ONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light airs and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—ln dian (s.), from Southampton. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind E. Sailed.—Cogniato Mimbello, for Constantinople ; Vigi lant, Ostend. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 19. Arrived—Cambria, Echo, and Thomas Worthington, from Callao ; Volant, Ne w Orleans ; W ikons, Matni. tius ; Bedford, Syra. BY BIIBMARINB G A R N B A E B S B E i Y N RmYeßnltay! AP iO H a l a m Wind S.W.; tide, three-hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 20. Mary Ann, from Callao ; John Knox, Cape of Good Hope ; Portland, Calcutta ; Queen Mab, Algoa Bay ; Nelson, Wellington Jane, Havana ; Chimbo, Messina;Havana; John and Jo Rae , R Ta ß r r e a i g d o , n S a t ; . C Ki or t s t a s i r ; Cochrane (s.), Gibraltar. Arrived, 21st.—Hanover, from Havre. DEAL, Monday, 9.45 a.m. Wind W. S.W. , moderate. Anchored—Eugenia, from London, for Calcutta ; tude, London, for Port-Philip ; Adele, London, for Rio Janeiro ; Cleopatra, London, for Dem.gara ; British E. pire, London, for Hobart Town; W . :musts, London, for the Cape of Good Hope. Passed—Schooner Mizpah, from Rio Grande ; Alacrity, Venice; Dominic, Simon 's Bay; Portland, Calcutta ; Mi rage, Saanghai ; J. Jorgena Union, Buenos Ayres—all for London. 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