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UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS. — Wasted for a Lady and her Servant, a SITTING -ROOM, Three BEDROOMS, and separate KIT CHEN, where there are no other lodgers, near a chief thoroughfare ; between Charing-cross and Hyde-park-corner preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the advertiser a desirable occupant. References exchanged. Address, with full particulars, T, 104, Strand. 4 - - - 111 E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE-- M. .TULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week but One—The New Grand French Quadrille. —Miss Juliana May.—Madanne Elisa Poem (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 T'lIS EVENING (Tuesday, Dec. 2): Part I. Overture, Der Freischutz (2d time this seasen)— Weber ; Quadrille, from M. Jullieu'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 Bth time) — Jullien ; Selo, Trumpet, M. Duhem Duhem ; the Grand French Quadrille (21st time of performance) with variations for flute, flageolet, eboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Koenig; Finale ; Partant pour la Sprits, Vive l'Empereur-- Jullien. Part 2.- Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " II Trovatore," with solos by Herr Kcenig, M. Lavigne, and Mr. Hughes ; Polka, Chatterbox —Koenig ; Cavatina, Regnava nil silenzi (Lucia di Lammermoor) Miss Juliana May—Donizetti ; Valse, Georgette—D'Albert ; Solo, Vio loncello, M. Demunck, jun. — Servais; Galop, Etna—D'Al- bert. Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at E o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dr ess circle, 2s. 6d. ; Private boxes, 10s. 6d., £lls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and musicsellers'; a nd at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. A c ting Manager, Mr. C. Mathe ws. Stage Manager, Mr. B. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALLET, every Evening during the Week, at Old Play-house Prices. Last Five Nights of the Italian Op-ra Company. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Pit 3s , . ; Upper Boxes, 3s. (id. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; Stalls, 10s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineis. 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 he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage. ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great c omposers:--Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com. plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (positively for the only time) the German version of Bee thoven's opera, FIDELIO. The principal roles sustained by Madame Rudersdorff, Mdlle. Sedlatzek, Herr Reichardt, Mr. H. Braham, and Herr Formes. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Plumper (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews. Other characters by Mr. A. Yonne, Mr. Templeton, Miss Bulmer, and Miss E. Wadhani. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdlles. 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 lulf-past 7, commence at S. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 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. Flrren ; 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 unrivalle 1 Company of Spanish Dancers. To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Real Snecess. 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 be 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 extravaganza, Jailed THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatra Imperiale 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. Weght, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, dtc. Concluding with BETTY MARTIN. Miss M. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the highly successful Play of FABIAN; or "La MesalPance." 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, Wilton, Mesdames B. White, Wiston, Messrs. Toole, Calhaem, Barrett, &c. TO-MORROW EVENING (Wednesday), the tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello (the second time in London), Mr. C. Dillon ; lago, Mr. Stuart ; Desdemona, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Emilia, Mrs. Weston. After which, the extraordinary troupe of Bedouin Arabs will make their fifth appearance. Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. Toole, Barrett. &c. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosina Wright and the Coryphees. Miss Woolgar, TOY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite elmedy, in two acts, called our. WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Mnrray and C. Leclercq. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. TRAND THE 4T ftE.—Manager, Mr. T. ; . "7 PAyne.—THIS EVENING will be performed BELPHEGOR' (Travestie). Messrs. Howard, G. Lee, d L e. THE CAPT IN'S NOT A MISS. First time, a new farce, OVER THE WAY. And THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitzinman, &c. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, BIRDS OF PREY. Charles Ronne pont, Mr. Creswick. After which, A BLOW IN THE DARK. Viltrac, Mr. Shepherd (his original part). To conclude with DRED. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, HENRY IV. King Henry, Mr. A. Rapier ; Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps ; Hotspur, Mr. H. Marston ; Prince of Wales, Mr. F. Robinson ; Lady Percy, Miss M. Eburne. After which, WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY. ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week), MACBETH, with Dines- Cooke's H orses, t ra i ne d b y t r i a n Illustrations by Mr. W. him. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE ; Miss Kate Cooke in her elegant act of man6ge, 4, 3. To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. D oo rs open at half - past six ; commence at s even o ' c l ock. Box.offico open from Eleven till Four. Stage M anager, Mr. W. West. E ques t r ian Director, Mr. W. C oo k e, jun. TERBITRY HALL, Westminster -road,— C AN O PEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the p er f orm Selections from all the p o p ular Operas, Madrigals, performance of Glees, Duets, cite., viz.: — M iss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. CanTiieseslFd,, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr Jonghmans, E. Grover, T. Rain°, T. Farrant, S. Jones, Barker, W. Melling, and P. Cotrie ; Masters Austin, Ben. nett, and Corri; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. pi ano. forte, J, Harroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock p re cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nise and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec ions. RIGH WAITS AT LONDON BRIDGM. THIS DAT—Morn. 23 rain. aft. 4 —peening 50 nib'. aft. 4 TA - Moßßow—Atiorn.l3 min. aft. s—Evening5—Evening 37 Min. aft 5 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 2. THISRMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 38 ---highent singe noon reeterdaY• 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 33 --this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 99. Wl "' W.— Light, with hazy weather and sharp frost . 'Pr, st:: ', • r i - '!".".!r 4, • ~../ ' )- - v...x. -- ; , ...6i,.._....- —•- ' 4 ' " - - L lON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1856. -00---- ---- Whatever doubts may be entertained respecting th e repor t e d c apture of Herat, n one can exist a to the fact that the contemplated expedition bat actually been despatched against Bushire. i n a n human probability it has already arrived at destination, and we are at this moment engaged in war with Persia. The force eow,lged wa, very considerable. Thirty-two transports, exceeding 30,000 tons in the aggregate ; nearly 6,000 troops ; and, according to Eastern custom, a numerous attendance of camp followers ; nine 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 SHAH, 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 movement 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 he 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 vf 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 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 &HMl'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 Lars and its gallant lefenders 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 quiescent under the insult the way would have been 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, and prepared to fight on behalf of those r 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 East 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 CLA.RBNDON 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 PRINOESS ROTAL should not be Queen or Protectress, er Patroness, or something or other, of Neuchatel ? Is she to marry a clipped and mutilated Crown Prince ? Let Lord PA.LMER 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 PAussia'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 guar t3r the arms of France on our shield, and our gra cious QUEEN does not hold a title which half-a dozen revolutions would have rendered somewhat Inconvenient. But Prussia is not England ; for pier to lose parchment claims on a Swiss canton is t serious thing. Who can tell which of the terri orial fragments composing the assets with which ner royalty is credited might not soon turn out bad also? When we last trio i to put Prussia together on the map we gave up the attempt in despair. The larger portions, chiefly robberies or frauds from some neighbouring power, were easy onough to find of course, but it was a chase which only German patience could sustain to find out every capital "P" mark e d h ere and there all over the map of Germany on little patches of the Prussian kingdom hardly big enough to hold the :otter. It was muoh like sorting bullocks by their brands when hopelessly intermixed in the Metro politan Cattle Market. kingdom that A kingd om o f Now, seriously, is it to such a and all whose modern history we are to marry our princesses? /less and cow ar di ce ; of selling s i s h a r e d h s i s a t o n r y d p o a f t c w h e e a s k , allies to save herself, and kissing the feet of the strongest in succession. To us it seems a di, grace to be married to a country which b ecaan , the common carrier of Russia during the war,. and which may well be suspected of having aspired to that lucrative and nobl labour, when it refused to aid putting the break on the wicked ambition v. ( NICEOLA.i. We do know that Prussia ackr,ow, ledged NICHOLAS to be wrong and the Allies' right, ; we do know that she nevertheless refused to join them. ; and we also know that in conse quence of this her merchants and her King filled their coffers by becoming the PICSFORDS, or the CHAPLIN and HORNES, between Russia and the Western hucksters, who would have traded with SATAN himself if they could have turned a penny by it. How the other Powers could think her signature worth appending to the Treaty of Paris is marvellous. If its conditions had to be en forced she would never spend a single kreutzer in doing it. She would rather want to act the car rier again, and to get a good mileage charge on supplying stores to the aggressor. Perhaps the Anglo-Prussian betrothals required this tribute to Prussia. But the other day we had a fresh illustration of the stability of the Prussian Monarchy. Sup pose some Herr Republicaner had been spending a little time in our picture galleries, and in the British Museum, and suppose he had brought over with him some letters to the KOSSUTHS and Loris BLANCS, or to the FROSTS and ERNEST JONESES amongst us ; and suppose, further, that Sir RICHARD MAYNE, trembling for the throne of VICTORIA, had pounced on the man, seized his papers, and hurried him off to starve for fifteen mortal hours, in a lock-up—would not all Lon don have thought Sir RICHARD mad ; or, if the citizens supposed him to be still compos mantis, would they not alternately have laughed aloud at his silliness, and been indignant that a foreigner should be so maltreated, and our QUERN insulted by such unpardonable fears for her safety? Yet this inniat the exact counteriart of the treat ment Mr. M. MOORE 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 a throne be worth which trembles at a foreign artist's perambulation amongst its galleries and museums ; 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 of thing for its security ? Perhaps it does ; we don't dispute that. We only know we are thankful no plebeian daughter can 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 result 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, bat 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 ean s 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 has 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 it were, 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 byeircumstances, 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 .berty everywhere, on their side. Still they a 7 :e a minority; and the ma jority of the Elector a l Colleges cannot be expected to lend them a lielping 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 these 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 th e 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'S 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- Lion of his Ministry, whereby some key would be obtained to his policy, is ascribed to him. He meets each and all with tan authoritative contradiction. There may be mow) than one solution of his reticence—but thi which accords with ourexpee• tation is most probably the true one. Re means to serve his o auntry rather th follow the dictation of tb.e pl a tf orm tr, which he owes his election, t(J, wear tk a events. mere worthily Eh t worthilp.--at all the Istaveowners and filibusters will admired., what he has obt a i ne d by un worthy mos kIS. Ate %people of the United States appear to be of opinion, for his election is now regarded in A more favourable light by the North than coulil otherwise be expected. As we said before, ' go has a name to make, and in his avowed hiten‘ .ton to imitate General .TacK.sorf, and make his. Cabinet a unit, and not an aggregation of in ',:ongruolis elements like that of Ctelltral PIERCE, we are di4osed to recognise the initiation of a policy conducive to tranquillity and internal de velopmen a rather than p ir ...dey and intestinal dis order. The Er , nperor honouree' icr . ,at — enice 11 at the Theatre della Fenice - • a masked ball and EuipreAs of Austria on the 26th i. 'nth their D erg . d there upwards of two mr Airs.. • r- 7e 1 . 1 .cel Pi ad sta y e d THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1856 COUNT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 1. The Queen and Prime walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this mornng. Her Royal Highrnss the Duchess of Sent visited her Majesty. The Prince of Was skated on the ice in the Home Park. Prince Frederick Pllliam of Prussia went out shooting. Major-General Boiverie and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros have succeeded Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain du Plat as Equerriesin Waiting to the Queen and Prince. Tiscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Windsor Castle on a visit to ber 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. Annis, Mr. Fuller, the City Remembrancer, the City Solicitor, and tte 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 Counci. Chamber. Judgment was given in the appeal from Bombay—" Modee K. Hormusjee v. Cooverbaee and others." A petition, Cardwell's Patent Prolongation (Cottoa Presses), was heard. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the West India Islands. Despatches were received from the Governor of Malta. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Dec. 1. (FROM 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 dery, solicitor, while attending Divine service at St. Paul's Church, was taken ill, and before be could be carried home was a corpse. The other was Mr. Galpin, many years in the office of Messrs. Sewell, solicitors ; while dressing himself be fell down and exiiired. He wa 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 5& per cent. Cardinal Viale Pre la left Bologna for Venice on tle 24th 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 Rey. Robert Bicitersteth, the new Bishop of Ripon, is a brother of Archdeacon Bickersteth, Vicar of Ayles. bury. Mkt% Braithwaite Poole has, we (Herapath) understand, taken office under the Great Western Company, in con• nexi6n with the Liverpool and Manchester goods traffic. JESTICE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The Court of Chan cery has appointed Mr. Beisley to be the official manager for winding up this company's affairs. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'RINN-ROAR.—The lumber of patients relieve] at this hospital during the week ending Nov. 29 was 2,309, of which 651 were new cages. THE MIME* STEAMER ROSLIN.—A telegraphic mes sage has been received at Leith from Elsinore, which may be said to extinguish any remaining hope as to the safety of the steamer Roslin. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR HENRY JOHN CUMMING.— We regret to announce the death of the above-name officer, who expired on Friday, at hie residence, Upper Grosvenor-street, in his 85th year. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL BEECHEY.—We regret to announce th• decease of Rear-Admiral Frederick W. Beechey, which mournful event took place at his resi deuce in town, on Saturday morning last. He was born 17th February, 1796 ; entered the navy, 7th July, 1806. TRIG GOOD SERVICE PENsioN.—By the death of Ad miral Watkins, the first Lord of the Admiralty has ap painted 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 commtnce in St. Paul's Cathedral at 11 o'clock. A letter from Florence says :—Queen Christina ha. 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." WESTMINSTER PLAT.—The play this year is " Tht Andria " of Terence. The nights fixed for the repre sentation are Thursday, the 11th, Monday, the 15th, and Thursday, the 18th of December. On the last two nights there will be an Epilogue and Prologue. The gold by the Canada from Boston yesterday is only 64,0001. The Fulton has brought 100,0001., but it is for Havre. The total by the West India steamer ktrate is 137,6004., consisting of P 3,000/. silver and 44,000/. 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 tilt, beginning of January. DEATH OF SAMUEL HORN, ESQ.—We regret to an nounce' death of this highly respected gentleman, who expired as his residence, Cliff Villa, Tutbury, SAturday eveniag, November 15, after a short illness, in the 64th year of his age. The deceased was publich known as a railway contractor, in conjunction with Messrs. Brasses and Co., he being engaged at the time of his death on the Hitchin and Peterborough line.— Staffordshire Alvertiser. itO . YAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. Mr. Streathfield was elected assistant surgeon of this charity on Friday last. The contest was a close one, and at the close of the poll it was found that more than four-fifth, of the governors had voted. The charity profited to the extent of 300 guineas by an accession of new governor , , on this occasion. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. Labouchere, the treasurer, and to MI Ileathfield, the chairman of the committee, for their pre eidency on this occasion. There was also an election for a physician at the same time, when Dr R. Martin, being the only candidate, was appointed without opposition. Private letters from Naples of the 27th of Novembei mention that a report has gained ground of the King having decided on granting a general amnesty on the occasion of the Queen's accouchement, which was ex pected in a month or six menthe. It was also said that this step will be accompanied 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 autograpr letter to the King, advising him to yield ; and the Au=• 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 day has been intensely cold, with a sharp cutting wind, The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's Re ceiving-house on Sunday night stood at 20, being 12 deg. below freezing point. Yesterday morning at g o'clock at 26, at noon 33, and towards night it had again fallen• below freezing, point. In Hyde-park the ice was not sut- ficiently strong to tempt even the moat foolhardy to ad venture themselves thereon ; but in Victoria-park and Kensington-gardens a few hundreds amused themselves 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 20i deg., and on Monday moiling to 18 deg. This is very uriasual at the end of November in England. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—NEWCASTLE, Sunday Night.—We have experienced a severe snowstorm to day, which has drifted up some feet in the exposed out lying parts of Durham and Northumberland ; and, if 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 shower, but she is not in great danger. A large fleet of light vessels are detained in their passage down from London by cont rar y Burling ton Bay and the Humber are crowded with light collier vessels, and their long detention is somewhat interfering with the coal trade. There is now no prospect of the vessels caught in the ice at Cronstadt getting away b3fore May. This will cause a very con siderable loss to north country owners, as the crews will have to be kept in wages all the winter. THE SGIOTTIsIi HOSPITAL. —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. M'Pherson in the chair. Major Adair, the secretary, read the report, which showed that the income for the past year amounted to 3,7021. 35., which included 3381. 16s. donations, 3381. annual ditto, 1,3601. lls. renvs, &c., 7391. Consols, 3191. 101. balance in hand, and that, after paying 2,0861. 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 Presidents, an • eo d or the 4 w h D o t k i new wentoat h f s eoAt out toge room my l m, rotation. moved et t dia h or nl a t h . nzedTeEht agreed l rn ' o which the Duke of Montrose was re-elected President, g ledtelh:aefrn dEtooffil officers 3 n te rh , rdsa V trw tae c hrum e e &final report should be printed and circulated as usual, when thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meet ing separated. ALARMING ACCIDENT TO THE COUNTESS OF ERROLL The Couutess of Erroll had a narrow escape from drown ing on Sattirchy Wt. Her ladyship, accompanied by her son, Lord Kilmarnock, left Slains 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 ?than stream, which at this season is always greatly swollen by the heayy rains. In the middle of the pas sage the stream became most rapid. One horse attempted to lie down in the river, and soon after both w horses lost their footing, and t he carriage as floating in the water, being by the rapidity of the current carried off the ground. The situation was one of great danger, but Lady Erroll evinced great coolness and presence of mind, which, combined with the circumstance of her ladyship being a first-late 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 oil shore, and co,,tinued her drive to Haddo Rouse. 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• sioners. Were it not for the constant watchfulness of local commissioners, surveyors of taxes, commissioners' clerks, and assessors, I verily believe almost a fourth of the duty, 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 both, to double the 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, and, when brought into charge on a supposed equitable amount, admit the correctness of such charge by not showing objection to it on appeal. Same, also, will make a return oil, 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 'nay 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 impoitions ; 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. By selecting the tragedy of Othello for his benefit last night, Mr. Dillon excited no small amount of curiosity among the London public. His 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 - me of the so-called "great 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 rnpression made by his first entrance was most favour • thle. There was a good, manly, honest look about the 4entlensan of colour, who was destined to be " perplexed n the extreme" as the story developed itself. But never• theless we cannot say that he thoroughly settled his porri• ion with his audience till the commencement of the third .tct. The declamatory part of histrionic art seems to tccord least of all with Mr. Dillon's idiosyncrasy, and herefore, though the address to the Senate was carefully delivered, it still seemed that the artiste was outside the character he assumed. As the famous dialogues with [ago progressed it became evident that he warmed into ne business of the scene. The blank misery with which e listened to the tempter's description of jealousy, and tie manly effort of self-possession, with which he gathered renself 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 35 , degrees that his partionlar interpretation of the entire oart was made apparent. A tender affection for Desde lona was the one feeling which he intended to be pre lominant over all the rest, and the manifestation of this 'eeling was constantly to be found even when it might he least expected. His grief was always greater than its rage; if he could find a pretext for returning tender- Less he seized it with avidity, and we might fancy that Othello was ever anxious to look upon the revelations of Tago as part of a hideous dream from which, with a rental effort, he could awaken. The great ranting pas• •age, " Whip me, you devils," &c., was given with a ; power which could scarcely be surpassed, but its chief effect was produced by the transition to grief at the end, he sudden change from noisy despair to deep, unutter tble anguish. The concluding portion of the last act was oerfect in its minutest details, the general conception haing that the Moor, on the revelation of the deceits dractised 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 sad its due value, and to those of the audience who had ,he earlier parts of the play in their remembrance most triking was the contrast between the declamation of he actor, who had not yet identified himself with .he character, and the elocution of the same actor .ghen the feelings of Othello had become his own. From the beginning to the end of the tragedy Mr. Dillon made, as it were, a constant encroachment on he sympathies of his audience, and when the curtain lad fallen his sway bad become universally acknow- ledged. it was impossible to misinterpret the hearty sheers that saluted the actor as he crossed the stage in response to general acclamations. Mrs. Dillon, who sad played Desdemona in an exceedingly graceful mau ser, shared the honours thus awarded, and a residue of glory was bestowed upon Mr. Stuart, who had been a careful and steady lago. The raise en scene of the piece is exceedingly gOod, the traditions of stage arrangement being in more than one iustauce departed from, so that the revival of the tragedy may be regarded as something mare tban a mere benefit freak. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The chief peculiarity of Mr. Charles Dillon's Othello is that while the vehemence and energy which his phy• iical qualifications well enable him to display, is never wanting when really required, still no passion is torn to tatters. For example, in the great scene between the Vic= and lago, 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 .:lose which was much more effective. In that speeuh— such a favourite with declamatory schoolboys -in which Othello addresses the senators of Venice, Mr. Dill m's excellent elocution was heard to advantage. But the Jassage that mast have pleased most every judicious ob , server was that celebrated one that closes with" Othello's icenpation is gone." The actor's voice and expression bespoke the most complete prostration. Mr. Dillon and Mrs. 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 THEATRE. Last evening a new three-act drama, entitled " Birds of Prey," was produced h ere 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 vowed 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 Rennepout 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 evening until further notice, amidst the applause of a very crowded audience. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. • the extraordinary success achieved by the enterprising lessee of the Royal Amphitheatre in the production of "Richard the Third" has induced him to bring forward another Shakeperiau spectacle. " Macbeth " has been selected, and, although it does not admit of so much effect as " Richard the Third," it nevertheless has en abled Mr. W. Cooke to produce a very attractive enter tainment. The applause bestowed upon the performance last evening was immense, and at the fall of the curtain there were loud calls for Mr. Holloway, who sustained the part of the noble Thane with great ability. The success of " Macbeth" bids fair to outrival " Richard." The entertainments ware brought to a conclusion by the ever attractive and amusing "Scenes in the Arena," in which Miss Kate Cooke p articul arly distinguished herself. The house was crowded to excess. Mr. LEIGH MURRAY.—This gentleman has been com pelled, 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 Diarriage " 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 a.. 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. W., need scarcely say that our friends who wish to be pre sent should lose no tune 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 k'ort Philip, the other for Hobart Town, with an aggregate capacity of 1,542 tons. The rates of freight have exhibited gnater firm flue, ATEST 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 tranquil. NAPLES, NOT. 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 Cosenza, 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 indicites 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. But, 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 sworn 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 are 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 yot receive, and you will find it formed of that blood and of those tears. Should, then, 0 Soldiers I the country declare its legitimate and legal wishes, show it your sympathy—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 Etcst Major, was fetched from the Depot de la Guerre, and my informant positively affirms that only one Bolgrad (Tabac) was marked on it. The Nord of Brussels 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 off all relations with the Swiss Government and to leave Berne." By a royal ordonnance, dated November 27, a " modified constitution"—the same as that pre sented te, and rejected by, the Chamber of De puties, 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 affirmed 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 armameats. 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, because steamers do not leave Sicily every day. If the movement iFt an important one we shall next hear of risings in various parts of the island, and pro bably in the Neapolitan provinces of the continental dominions. 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 pass 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 h ouses Lav e t a k e n the initia tive, and are negotiating paper having the longest of these periods to run. This month of December, which has been so much feared, does not at presext exhibit any indications of crisis or difficulty. " Preparations are now being made by order of Colonel Lepic, orderly officer — to the Emperor," s,,,ys the Memorial des Pyrenees, "for the recep tion at the chateau of Pau of the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, who are expected there about Christ mas." BOURSE, DEC. I.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 69 10 69 30 New Loan Bank Shares 4,103 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,535 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 91— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 92 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CA X H. fr Orleans 1,330 Western Northern 965 Strasburg Lyons 1,370 New Ditto - - Mediterranean 1,770 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette fr. c. 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 Tcondemned. Of the former, those against whom there are not sufficient proofs are to be im mediately released ; the others are to reeeiye 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 property i 5 under sequestration, and who have applied for its release, shall be restored to the full posses :don 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, subject to the approval of the Austrian government. All those who shall not have applied for a free return into the Austrian Sates before the end of the present year are to be for ever banished the empire. SWEDEN. A letter from Stcckholm of the 22d says " The war in the Baltic having demonstrated the necessity for Sweden to have on her coasts 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 tke towns of Lulea, Pitea, 'Crimea, and Podesham, 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 department, the government i hopes to be able to have an important balance n baud, which can be applied to the construction of the fortifications in question. It is said here that Russia also is determined to erect fortifications in the North, as if in answer to those of Sweden- 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 Kask, which is very profound, can easily receiv e 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 ill' tention of prolonging its stay with a more fixed de termination than was generally expected, is WY clearly seen from the considerable quantity of snow which has fallen within the last two days, and th e regularly increasing frosty inclination of the weath er to bind it more firmly upon the ground for some length of time. Although the frost has not been, up to the present moment, above 10 degrees Read - rnur in severity, yet there have been large q ua h n e tities of floating ice gradually accumulatingt to river, and aided by the snow falling from tim e time to form it into great er masses, t he nal ga even may soon become int erru pt e d thereby, in a few days more en ti re ly s t o pped, which w ° k be a very great incon ven i ence to the and in present brisk state of trade existing here at the moment beyond what has been experienced for some weeks before. SPAIN. A.Madrid letter of the 27th, in the IndepTqance of Brussels, says :—" Tne C oun cil of Ministers has just adopted a severe m easure against General Prim. Two evenings ago it d e creed his exile to the Canary Islands. The general, be ing informed of the measure, hastened to the pa!ace, and declared to the Queen that it was very impolitic to act in that manner with the generals of the Spanish army, and that she exposed herself to the danger of a mutiny among her troops. The Queen sent for Marshal N arvaez, and w hy the Council of Ministers bad i adopted nclnir IQ severe a measure against General Prim. The Mar shal replied that the general was a dangerous cha racter ; that sooner or later he would • self at the head of the Prof, put him ores& tis a party, and in th e end overthrow the Mod ' erados. After many eV planations a compro • se was agreed upon. Gene ral Prim i=s still under th e d ecree o f ex il e, but . In' stead of being sent to the 0 to go to Bilboa." -anarys Islands he la ThE COMING CONFERENCES. The Nord of yesterday — writes as follows : —gi political world is much occupied with the attitude talcE b t y France in the dispute relative to the execution of the treaty of the 30th March. Our correspondel from Parii contains some details upon this nubj ec . • worthy of implicit reliance. According to our corrnolt pondent, we went too far in saying that the Fre% Government shares entirely in the opinion of g lis lie as to the questions raised by the execution •ef t- hr treaty. France has not taken a position so Or defined ; it enters the debate more as a media than as a party in the dispute • policy of conciliation, and all its effo ' rts tend to big!): about an understanding preliminary to the meeting ° I ,, second Congress. The task is difficult, on account of the conflicting interest-. While recognising the justice ..r legality of the arguments adduced by Russia in fob of the meeting of the Conference, the Cabinet of d ° o Tuileries has to take into consideration the rea'hBo - against the pr , ject. There is every reason , m ijo y ever, to hope that its persevering and moderate P°r,or will end by triumphing over every obstacle.. "'oft special correspondent at London informs us, on his r., r . it pursues. tnat the Foreign Office has at last shown itself WO" able to the meeting of the Conferences." The TURKEY AND THE ALLIES• The Ost Deutsche Post, after laying down the P r oa ll : ciple that the Porte, which, in its full independence, :job eluded the convention with Austria, is the pow er sv „ o of has to determine whether the presence of th• trournro• its allies appears to it to be still desirable or ne, f ' ,4013 to tt hh ec theAT evacuation us F t r ri e ainioncfmsh thea n c ads Blackbt et i h n e e aE , y English, l a ai s t h , ceeds to state that the Turkish government has int' l43 iii the and ii i it thewishes P rin t c o i p ° a b l i t: i . . 3 .- i r e b c i t negotiation with those two powers. In its note t 9 xi . " from the two powers, The Sultan's government has no motive for recl eiriPg ‘, which ins: i: should dtehnetecro l a n i p t e iii : tee : otebes: ecution of the treaty of March 30, the evacuation *f the terrttory they occupy, with the view of irsuring 030 execution. It acknowledges that it stand* on the sane line as Frar.ce and England relative to the interprtlat tion of the stipulations of peace. But in ask"der the three allied powers should come to a direct % ro ot standing with each other, it th ink* that It gives a rf it/ of its confidence in the loyalty a nd friendship e allies. ft the In this manner the Ot.toman cabinet has le, co w questton an open one as to the opportuneness 0 1 ': ,b o t ferencee, It is on this que,ttion more articular l' Aali Pacha and Redscbid Pacha are at issue. Re u o r wishes for no c onference until Russia shall havein the cuted the treaty in all its points. Aali Paella see! t his conferences theeenost appropriate plans for ttaintolf.oo object. The note, which is an answer to Franc.elio 0, also the signature of Fuad Pacha, and it is conel le __, t he form that in no sense prejudices the question v' conferences. ---.---------- --At the R OYA L INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. woos general monthly meeting, held yes,,erday. M r *. den t, je M Pole, M.A., F.R.S., Treasur er and Vice-Pres' ~ o re!'" ac the chair, Mr. Charles Freshfield , Mr. J"' to , JOU and Mr. James Ptaisted Wilde , M.A., Q•Co Lv,ardwell, elected members ; and the Right Hon. B titutioo• M.P., was admitted a member of the Royal In e , _ a te The secretary reported that the following a rrattl!.7,, , :...... had been made for the lectures before Easter, 7:;topt Six lectures on Attraction (adapted to a j0n., 11 . ,. m.• tory), by Mr. Michael Faraday, D.C.L., .F. `!•. i .' e , o n Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, R.I. ; PnYBiology and Comparetive Anatomy —viz , e'g_,., ' be tures on Sensation and Motion, and tour lecture-ias liireory Principles of Natural History, b . , Mr. Tho_u b 8 ; 13 10 ,y, Huxley, F.R.S., Fullerian Profe-sor of P .1, Y,, , Vq,, R.I. ; 11 lectures on Sourly, by Mr. John TYnd ."..„, 10 ILI. , ''" F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy, ~r soba lectures on Leading Questione in Geology, by Ni p Phillips, F.R.S. 12 lecr . bt fro. •