The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-08 00:00:00

ROYAL . LYCEUM THEATRE,, LeFsae, Mr. C. Dillon. • MISS FITZ THIS EVENING (frr the BEN EFIT of PATRICK), DOING THE HANSOM.. After which, THFA LOVE CHASE. Principal characters by Mesr s s. Barrett, J. G. Shore, M‘L i e n, and Stuart ; Mesdames Fitzpatrick, Weston, and B White. Wi'h THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Margery, Miss Fitzpatrick ; Joe, Mr. J. L. Toole. C oncluding with a. B a llet by Miss Rosin:lWright and Coryphees. HER MAJESTY'S THE A.TRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS . Last Week.—The New. Grand French Quadrille. Programme for THIS EVENING (Monday , Dec. 8): Part I.—Overture, Ruy Blas—Mendelssohn (received with great applause at the Mendelss ohn Festival) Andante ; Quadrille, from. Verdi's Opera, II Trovatore -Jr-Jullien ; Symphony, from the Scotch Symphony—Mendelssohn ; Polka, The Minnie Polka (the Ist time)—Jullien ; ,concerto (Andante and Allegro), Violin, M. Le Hon—Mendelssohn ; Cavatina, " Ab, quel giorno " (Serairamide) Madame Eliza Poma—her second appearance in England—Rossini ; the New French Quadrille (26th time), with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophideide, and comet, performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and. Koenig; Finale ; Partant pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empereur— Jullien ; Part 2.- Opera,,.Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera. of " La Traviata, with solos by Herr Kcenig, MM. Lavigne,. De Polley, Le lion, De Yong, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Hughes; Quadrille, The English, with solos. by MM. Collinet, Do Folly, Sonnenberg, and Koenig—Jullien ; Ballata, " Per non istare" (Marie de Rohan) Madame Eliza Poma—Donizetti ; Table, Faust —D'Albert ; Solo, Vi o l on cello, M. Dem-tin& jun.--Servais; Polka, the Lady Bird—T. Browne Galop, Eglinton—Koenig , Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at S o'clock. Price e s o f admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; Privat boxes, 10s. 6d., £1 ls., and upwards. Private boxes to ba secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre at all the principal librarie s and musiesellers'; aud Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY L Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. R. A c ting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. everley. Last week of performing before the Christmas Holidays.— The eminent comedian Mr. Charles Mathews, and the talented Dramatic Company, at the following, reduced tariff of prices, lower than any other west end theatre :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. - Pit, First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; ,Stalls. 'ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., ls., lt. us. 6d., and 21. 2s. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Second price at 9 o'clock. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the comic drama entitled AGGRAVATING SAM. Characters by Mr. Charles Ma thews, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Walton, Mrs. Selby, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason. After which, the celebrated drama entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH, in which Messrs. Charles Mathews, Robert Roxby, A. Younge, Miss Mason, and Miss M. Oliver will perform. To bs followed by the laughable piece TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Supported by Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Templeton, Mr.Worrell, and Miss Wadhana. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, arranged by Mons. Petit, of her Majesty's Theatre, in which Mdlles. Emilie and Jenny Osmont, of the Grand Opera, will appear, assisted by a powerful Corps de Ballet. On Boxing Night , the 2Gth inst., will be produced a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., which, for gorgeous splendour and effects, will surpass all the former pre-eminently successful efforts which have given to this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime. The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William Beverley, and the pantomime produced nnder the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. THEATRE' ROYAL, lEIAYMARKET. THIS EVENINCr, will be performed (by desire) Sir Edward Bulwor Lytton's comedy of MONEY, in which Mr. Murdoch will make his first appearance in this country in the character of Evelyn ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Chippendale ; Mr. B. Stout, M.P.. Mr. Buckstone ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. W. Farren ; Graves, Mr. Compton ; Lady Franklyn, Miss Talbot ; Georgiana, Mrs. E. Fitzwil liam ; Clara Douglas, Miss Reynolds. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, iu which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chip pendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With Perea, Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE ALIIAMBRA, being the last week hut one of their final engagement. To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHLI Genuine Success.—TJnpreeedented Attrac tion.—First Appearance of Mr. Benjamin Webster, and re vival of the Great Adelphi drama of Janet Pride.—The grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated drama of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre 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, &c. L Y C EUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr." C. Dillon. MISS FITZPATRICK'S BENEFIT. THIS EVENING (Monday). will be performed DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. 3L. Toole. Followed by THE LOVE CHASE. Miss Fitzpatrick, Mr. Barrett, &e. After which, THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Mies Fitzpatrick and Mr. J. L. Toole. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Retsina Wright and Corps de Ballet. • The Bedouin Arabs Tomorrow (Tuesday), Wedies lay, Thursday, and Friday, OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during, the week JILIV will 4e presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which (second time this se ason) THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis dei Frauchi, Mr. C. Kean. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. ROY AL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Creswick; Ingo, Mr, Basil Potter; Cassio, Mr. Calvert ; Roderigo, Mr. F. Charles ; Brabontio, Mr. Voltaire ; Desdemona, Miss A. Biddies ; Emilia, Mrs. Brookes. To conclude with THE OUTCAST BROTHER.. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, NIRCIINITS. Virginias, Mr. Phelps ; Appius Claudius, Mr. A. Rayner; Dent:Ans. Mr. 11. Marston; boffins, Mr. F. Robinson. Virginia, Miss M. Eburne Ser via, Miss Atkinson To conclude with I'LL WRITF, TO "THE TIMES." 1111010Y..A.L OLYMPIC THEATRE. .Leggee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. T THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swanboron7,ll and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES TTIE AVENGER. Messr4, F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Ma rston. Commence at ba'f- - east Seven. STLEY'S ROY AL AMP HITHEATRE. Lessee aryl Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, AND FRID THIS EVENING, Shake ease's Tragedy of MACBETH, with Equestrian Illust ra ti on s by Mr. W. Cooke's highly trained Horses, &e. Macbeth; Mr. James Holloway. After which, th e SCENES in the CIRCLE. Appearance of Mr: W. Cooke, jn &c. To conclude with OTHER - ENTERTAINMENTS. To=morrow, RICHARD THE THIRD. DOOM open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Ro"ffice open from El even till F our . Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CA.NTERBIIII.Y HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brinell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmane, R. Grover, T. Raino. T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, IL A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; dircojr;mirra.rrrvC3aYu'lfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre &sely. Suppe rs, d'e ' until twelve o ' c l ock. In addition to ' the us ual Vocal Enterta inm ent , the celebrated SPANISH at Nine and Eleven Evening, and sing some of th e i r favourite selec- MINSTRELS k Every w ill appear iin costume • o'cloc i ons' won WATER AT LONDON BRIDGB, THIS DAI-31oni. 26 min.. aft.lo—Evening 56 min. gt. 10 Ta-Monnow—Morn. 27 min. aft. 11—Evening aft 0 THE .BATHER--Stm OFFICE, DECEMBER 7. 1 TFITBMOMETEB, IN THE SHAD& 59 —highest sinoo noon yester d day. the night. 55 —lowest this morning andduring 59 —this day at noon. BAROM ETER, 29 . 62. ale, with fine, mild WIND, S.W.—Blowing a strong g weather. It was quite stormy along the Channel coasts. DECEMBER S. 59—highest Mime noon yesterday! 55 —lewest this morning and duruig th e night. 59—this day at noon. BA ttommo, 29.65. m ild weather. WIND, S.W.—Fresh, with fine, 4 IA - 7 A 4,4 Sh.-144M0 LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1856. The Bank Returns for the week ending the 28th ultimo cOmplete the accounts of the Leviathan for the month of November, and clearly exhibit the results of the stringent application of the screw which hss taken place within that period. Last week we explained the operations of the old Lady up to the 21st, and those during the last week, of which we have an authentic statement, are of a similar character. There is a further addition to the reserve of notes of no less than 567,1251., making the whole increase in that im portant item, within t he four weeks, 1,840,0001. in round terms. The Stock of bullion has been d Agimd.............." ... enhanced by more than half a million sterling (513,761/0 —nearly 900,0001. within the last three weeks, while the active circulation has again been diminished by 58,2201. within the week. Making a reduction iu the month of about 1 1,0:50,000/. in the measure and representative of value. We also find thit, within the week, the other securities which represent the amount of accommodation afforded to the commercial and manufacturing interests have decreased 694,697/. And yet, with all these im p ortant changes in its favour, the Bank has only returned to the mini mum rate charged at the beginning of the month, before the drain of the precious metals had been completely arrested, and the tide had manifestly turned in our favour. The charge at Threadneedle street is still 6i per cent., which implies 8, 10, or even 12 per cent. to those who are not so fortunate as to have discount accounts at head quarters, and also to be pets with their high mightinesses the Directors. Now this state of affairs is highly lauded by the moneyocracy—the bullionists and usurers who trade in money—and obtain gigantic profits for themselves at the expense of the trading and manufacturing classes. But it is ruinous to the latter, who could scarcely be induced to devote their time and labour to such unremunerative occupations but for the hope of better times, when they can retrieve their losses and lay by some thing as a provision for a rainy day. It renders their transactions, in place of being legitimate operations, neither more nor less than gambling speculations, in which men of unquestionable probity and solvency may be victimised by cir cumstances wholly beyond their own control, and for which they should not be held in any degree responsible. It adds to the cost of production or trading, by rendering an insurance fund indis pensable to those who wish to act with prudence. But as the comparatively few who would feel disposed to adopt such precautions must encounter the competition of reckless speculators at the periods.when money is " a drug in the market," they must submit to participate in the general excitement and to take their chances with the general body. Fair traders cannot compete with smugglers, nor under the existing mone tary system can prudent men encounter those who, to use a vulgar but expressive metaphor, are determined to "make a spoon or spoil a horn," on anything like equal terms. In vain may the learned Commissioners deliver sound instruction in Basinghall• street, in vain may they make examples of the delinquents, when the practice is stimulated by the existing monetary laws. Under their operation there must be at one period a hollow and delusive prosperity, while the produc tive and industrial classes will be periodically ex posed to the most frightful adversities. As a very eminent writer* has declared—" So perilous has mercantile adventure in consequence become, so numerous are the risks with which the path of the merchant is beset, that it has become next to impossible to pursue a sober, steadfast, prudent course. So immense have been the additions which the mutations of the currency and periodi cal contractions of credit have made to the ordi nary perils of the winds and the waves, that the most cautious trader is now exposed to nearly as great risks as the most reckless. A bad harvest, three weeks' rain in autumn, a blight in the corn, a rot in the potatoes, a murrain in the cattle, is at any time sufficient, by occasioning an export of a few millions of sovereigns, to blast the most prudent undertakings and ruin the wisest men. * * * No amount of prudence and circum spection on the part of the merchant or manufac turer can guard against the effects of a sudden stoppage of credit and refusal of accommodation, which arises from an exportation, trifling in amount, but ruinous in its consequences, of the precious metals. A nation possessing two hundred millions a year of solid realised income, indepen dent of professional income, whose capital exceeds five thousand millions sterling, finds itself reduced to the verge of bankruptcy by the exportation of five millions of sovereigns in exchange for food." This beautifully graphic description clearly explained the state of affairs some nine years since, when, in consequence of the departure of gold from our shores, we were obliged to decline the purchase of food, although our Scotch and Irish brethren were perishing from starvation or enduring the most bitter peivations. They were sacrificed, wilfully and deliberately sacrificed, at the shrine of Mammon. Thousands of hecatombs of victims attested the fearful devotion with which the nation worshipped the bullionists' idol and sacrificed the welfare and prosperity of the coun try and the lives of our brethren in order to maintain " the integrity of the standard." The issue of an adequate supply of 1/. National Notes would have liberated gold sufficient to have pur chased corn enough to have saved the starving Irish, and averted the destitution from the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland. But the more recent calamities, although not of so awful and heartrending a character, have been more purely gratuitous. They cannot be ascribed - to a bad harvest, corn blight, or potato rot. There is no lack of food for the maintenance of the People. It is solely owing to the operation of the monetary system which deprives the Bank prevents any allowance from of its discretion, and being made for the ordinary rules of supply and demand. The Bank must, at all times and under all circumstances, purchase gold at 3/. 17s. 9d. and sell it at 31. 17s. 10d. per oz. It is thus prevented from competing with foreigners in our own markets. No advance of 2or 3 per cent. in the rate of interest can be sufficient to counteract this evil. - What is required is a purely domestic cur rency for internal trade. A Nationalll.Note that will at all times retain its value by being limited to the amount of taxation, and receivable in pay ment of every impost. As we ' have repeatedly stated, the visits of the tax collector are not so few or so far between that anything which can satisfy his demands will be looked on as worth less rags, at which the butcher or baker would look with contempt. We do not consider what the sovereign is made of, or whether it contains 123 grains of standard gold, all that it is re quired will be the assurance that its possession confers o n us a purchasing power to a certain extent, and the it. note will be just as accept able, even more so, in consequence of its superior convenienc e , when certain of a similar result. We have now the opportunity of achieving this great desid era t um; the Bank Charter has virtually expired. It will b e 11,015,000/., that cos t s easy to pay off the debt of vagant a price, and th en tthhee gcooludntmryaysobeexptrrea.: commodities, and heaping parllodoutheetirve classes of the country. served by raising its Price, in place of reducing ltoshesepsroienesthoef * Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. : (i F ree T ra d e an d a Fettered Currency," p. 174. The President, in esse, of the U nited States still keeps himself seclud ed and makes no si gn . Doubtless the precious interval allowed him is carefully husbanded and, it is to be hoped, J u di. ciously employed. A heavy responsibility rests on his shoulders, and from his reticence, it may fairly be inferred, he is aware of it and prepared to bear himself accordingly. Most probably he has by this time chalked out the line of policy he means to pursue. If so, the selectiOnof his Cabinet will be his pressing business. Whether he has com municated with any of the leading statesmen or not does not yet appear. If he has he has managed to imbue the parties with his own spirit, for rumour itself is silent as to who has been thus honoured. Were the parties known a fair guess might, be hazarded as to his intentions, for in the nomination of his Ministers the key to his policy is to be looked for. It is quite possible, however, he has not come to a de cision. Any way, reticence or vacillation, his silence must be regarded as of hopeful significance by the American patriot, and the best friends of liberty, tranquillity, and order. Let us look at his position. As we all know he seriously committed himself by the part he took in issuing the Ostend Manifesto. Equally notori ous is it that to the slaveholderi and Filibusters of the South his election is mainly owing. What won him their votes need not here be repeated. On the other hand, he has had warm partisans and numerous supporters in the North, who look to him to keep down filibustering, and withhold his countenance from the extension of slavery. Thus he is committed to both classes of his sup porters, and must run counter to the wishes of one or other of them. Which is it to be ? In con sidering this question, the character and the past career of the man must be taken into account. That he has not the reputation of being very scrupulous may go for little ; but he is saga cious, ambitious, a staunch partisan, and approach ing the decline of life. Having a choice to make, the presumption is he will throw over the Fili busters and slavery-extension mongers. To carry out their wishes would be to sacrifice the great object of a reasonable ambition, and to destroy his party. No extraordinary sagacity is required to perceive that piratical aggression would lead inevitably to foreign war, and slavery-extension to the extinction io° his party in the North, if not to a separation of North and South, possibly peaceful, but pro bably the contrary. What has the South to offer a statesman at his time of life to induce him to enter on a career which cannot but be attended by consequences which the great national verdict would pronounce disastrous ? We look in vain southward for any temptation-powerful enough to induce a statesman like Mr. BUCHA-NAN to adopt a policy which, instead of adding his name to the list of patriotic Presidents, would consign it to general execration and everlasting infamy. The view, then, all things considered, we take as to the coming President's career is, as we have intimated, a hopeful one. We are, however, in posSession of facts which greatly fortify the con clusion we have arrived at from the above pre mises. The South itself is by no means united in its views and wishes. The North, with the ex ception of the extreme Anti-Slavery party, begins to regard the recent election with lese apprehen sion, indeed with some degree of favour. But, above all, the Filibustering and Slavery-extension party are evidently tormented with doubt, and do not scruple to intimate they are in danger of being "sold." The supposed organ of JEFFERSON DAYlS—the evil genius of the PIERCE Cabinet — comes out strongly on this head. According to it the danger is exceedingly great, and, in har mony with this opinion, we find it enlivened by appeals and menaces worthy of the party whose organ it is ; but not likely, as the writer seems to think, to move the President from his pur poses, or avert the catastrophe he and his party Ideprecate. Our hope of the Kansas difficulty being satisfactorily dealt with is thus increased, though the obstacles in the way of this unlucky State's being made a Slave State are sufficiently formidable to have kept us a long remove from despair. The same hopeful view may not less reasonably be taken so far as the interests of Europe are con cerned, and we may cheerfully look forward to peace being preserved and a good understanding arrived at between England and the United States. One thing we must again repeat—the best way to preserve peace, especially with Ame rica, is to be prepared for war. The stronger we are the more likely are our rights and wishes to be respected. THE FLEMISH EXHIBITION. AT 121, PALL-MALL. THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBE"R 8; 1856 LYCEUM THEATRE, CABINET COUNCIL. -- Summonses were issued on Saturday for a meeting of the members of the Cabinet to-morrow at Viscount Palmerston's official residence in Downing-street. It is appointed far three o'clock. His Imperial Highness Prince Lucien Bonaparte has arrived in town from the continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford arrived in town, on Saturday, from Tarbet House, N.B. The Earl and Countess of Jersey have left town, ac companied by Lady Clementine Villiers, for Middleton Park, Bicester, where the noble Earl and Countess will remain until February. The Earl of Ellesmere was considered rather better yesterlay. The Earl of Clarendon left town, on Saturday, to join the Countess and family at the Grove, near \VattorJ, Herts. The Earl of Harrowby left town, on Friday, for Paris. The noble earl will make only a brief sojourn in the French capital. Viscountess Hood and family have arrived at Tor quay, where they intend to pass the winter. The Right Hon. Thos. Milner Gibson, M.P., has re turned to town from the Continent. The Lancaster Bank, at Philadelphia, has closed its doors in consequence of a run. A. correspondent suggests that a column, cast from the guns taken at Sebastopol, be erected as a Crimean trophy, in a central position in the metropolis. Accounts have been received from Newfoundland, dated November 14, announcing the loss of the brig Emma, of Liverpool. DEATH OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BIsHoP.—A. mitre has been placed at the disposal of the Holy See by the death of the Right Rev. Bishop Murphy, of Cloyne, who expired on Thursday at Fermoy. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT DENTON.—A. verdict of accidental death has been returned by the jury empan netted to inquire into the death of Esther Farrington, who was killed by a collision two days previously. An action was brought in the Court of Queen's Bench en Saturday last, by executors of a person named Gos ling, against the New National Assurance Company, for the amount of a policy effected in that company. A verdict was given In favour of the defendants. THE DOUBLE MURDER NEAR ROTHERHAM.—An in quest was held on Saturday upon the bodies of Mr. White, the postmaster of Bolton-upon-Deem°, and his wife—an account of whose brutal murder appeared in The Sun of Saturday. The inquiry was adjourned. REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—TWO meetings of the electors of Greenwich are to be held in the course of the current week, for the purpose of fixing upon a suit able candidate to supply the place of Mr. Peter Rolt. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Thwaites, the chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, are to address a meet ing of the electors this (Monday) evening, and it is thought probable that one of these gentlemen may be invited to come forward as a candidate. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. —The minor canonry in St. Paul's Cathedral, which became vacant by the death of the Rev. E. G. Beckwith, M.A., has been conferred by the Dean and Chapter upon the Rev. B. Morgan Cowie, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. The rev. gen. tletnan was the senior wrangler of his year (1839), and afterwards became Principal of the Civil Engineers' Col lege at Putney. He holds at the present time the Gresh ham Professorship of Mathematics in the city of Lon don, and was from 1853 to 1855 Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge. SATURDAY CONCERTS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. — The fourth of the series of concerts now giving at the Crystal Palace took place on Saturday, when, despite the unfavourable character of the weather, there was a considerable attendance of visitors. In addition to the Orpheus Glee 'Union, Mr. Manus varied his pro gramme by two songs charmingly sung by Miss Clara Mackenzie, of the Royal Academy of Music. In one of these, the famous song of Malcolm Grahame in "La Donna del Lego," the young lady was highly ap plauded ; and in the second, Linley's pleasing ballad of "The Swiss Girl," she received a hearty encore. Miss Mackenzie's voice is a fine contralto, and she manages it with great taste and skill. The other portions of the programme were also satisfactory. REEFING TOPSAILS FROM THE DECS.—Mr. Cunning ham R.N., the inventor of reefing to p sails from the deck , has commenced a good work in establishing a nautical school for the instruction of lads in knotting, splicing, reefing, furling, boxing the compass, itc. ; in fact, a course of instruction similar to that pursued by lads of the Illustrious. The first meeting was held on Wednesday last, on boa rd Mr. Cunningham's yacht Alfred. The object Mr. Cunningham has in view is the preparation of boys for her Majesty's navy or the mer chant service. Several persons were present, and the examination was of a highly satisfactory character. On Saturday afternoon we attended at the Private View of " The Flemish School of Arts" — opened this day to public inspection in the Gal lery, 121, Pall-Mall—the present year being the first annual exhibition of this particular School in London and Westminster. At the Gallery, 121, Pall-Mall, 121 Pictures are now displayed and catalogued ! Although a rather considerablt number of these paintings are to our thinking curiously indifferent as works of art—many others are of a merit really remarkable. The " indiffe rent" portion of the collection, let us acknowledge at once are, fairly, a puzzle to us. For we pre sume the Paintings now hanging on the walls of the Gallery may be regarded in some sort as " picked" Paintings. Hence, assuredly it may be predicated reasonably enough—either that the " Flemish School of the Fine Arts" as at pre sent constituted is anything but a model School after all—or that the taste and judgment of those entrusted with the responsibility of selecting the " exemplars" of that School cen t Istituting the present Collection, are any ' thing but infallible. However, we content ourselves with this general reference to the least meritorious part of the Exhibition now opened to public view in the Pall-Mall Gallery— making this reference, nevertheless, be it said, almost, let us observe, in simple justice to our own national School of the Fine Arts ! That exist ing English School so long, and so pertinaciously, and so pretentiously "schooled" by the existing Flemish School as of little worth, as mistaken, and puerile, and blundering. Really—with the Picked paintings now at 121, Pall-Mall, before us —we don't think England, in regard to her Fine Arts, need fear the result of any Flemish com parison—whether it be in regard to the land scape, seascape, historical, sacred, portrait, or even genre departments. Even, we say, in regard to the genre class of pictures, in which, if in any, the Flemish School may rationally claim for itself a position of pre-emi nence. For if in landscape and seascape the Eng glish School could boast very recently of the greatest name of which (as that of a grand Reflec tor of Nature upon Canvass !) the world has any record—the glorious and immortal name of J. W. M. Turner—can we not exult even now in the possession of Herbert and Eastlake, in regard to the Scriptural ? Of Maclise, and Dyce, and Poole, and Elmore, in regard to the Historic ? Of Stanfield, and Pyne, and latterly, too, in this ' particularly national department, Lee, also in sea views ? Of Witherington and Redgrave in landscape painting ? Of Lee and Cooper— jointly the Cuype of these latter times in Great Britain —in pastoral scenery ? Of Landseer and Herring—the worthy con temporaries of Rosa Bonheur—in animal portraiture ? Of Frost and Pickersgill in classical and mythological representations ? Of Everett Millais and Holman Hunt, and divers others of the "Now Genera tion " in the Field of the Fine Arts, as the re vivors of what is called, for want of a better name, Pre-Ra.phaelism ? And so on—and so on— step by step—department by department—through all the various branches and sections of the great and varied Art of Painting. Until we venture boldly to challenge comparison even with the Flemish school in the genre class of pictures— justifying the Challenge by the simple mention Of such men of genius and master-hands as William Mulready and Thomas Webster. Enough—with this " provoked" flinging down of the gauntlet at the feet of all the perverse Depre aiators of the living Great Artists of England, let us assuage for a moment our long dormant indignation. And, having eased our heart just the least bit, in the world by so doing, let us turn for a few moments to a consideration of one or two things appearing to us not unworthy of notice in regard to this First Exhibition of the Flemish School of the Fine Arts in London. It is an exhibition obviously drawn into the light of day in England by the cordial and genial reception accorded during the two or three seasons last past to the French Collection. It is displayed iu the same Gallery, and appears to be con ducted under very similar if not absolutely identical arrangements. Mr. F. Pilgeram is the Secretary Mons. Vouillon, the Manag ing Director Herr Van Der Broeck, the Agent in Brussels. Conspicuous among the ex hibitors is Pierre Van Schendel, a pupil of the academy of Antrerp, whose night scenes are something wonderful. He has no less than five remarkable works of art hanging on the walls of the Gallery. "The Poultry Market" (104) is a charming little cabinet picture, two larger pictures of the same class being " The Charity" (105), and "The Fruit Market" (103)—the last mentioned quite marvellous in its blended lights and sha dows, produced harmoniously, yet conflictingly, by lamplight and moonlight ! Florent Willems, in a sketch of an " Algerian Woman" (118), gives a rather artificial limning of form, features, and costume, all coloured into a glow of Egyptian voluptuousness. Ilde phonso Stocquart, in his " Drove of Cattle at the Watering Place" (90), gives, us very boldly, a huge cattle-piece, almost as daring in size as Mademoiselle Bonheur's " Horse Fair"—but suc cessful, it seems to us, only in one of the sheep to the left, a creature as like the reality as like could well be. Alfred Stevens arrests attention by his large melodramatic picture of a "Poor Woman Arrested as a Vagabond" (89)—the snow scat tered about the causeway and piled on the top of the dingy wall in the background, " bringing out" the dark figures of the Gendarmes, of the Pauvre Femme, of her little son the dirty young gamin at her side, and of the lady-passer-by, who is hurrying after the group with her extended purse —rather vividly. Henri le Bon has a lovely, reedy, rushy " View near Ambleteuse" (67), with watter-lilies littered luxuriantly over, we had almost said the foreground, meaning, instead of that, the forewater ! " After the Storm" (66), by the same hand, being a foaming, washing, weltering sea, one might almost fancy it, not of salt water, but of froth and snow. Adolphe Lamme, in " Reading the Will" (65) —anything but like Wilkie—presents to view a clever picture enough, but one replete with affectations. Adolph Knyff's " Shady Brook and Cattle Drinking" 1 (61) has a most pre-Raphaeliteforeground. Edward Hammes " Andrea Vesale " (47), peremptorily commanding the passer-by to tarry before it, as a vigorous specimen, if not a very agreeable one, of the genre historique. Dominique Holfeld's " Visit of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon and Her Majesty the Queen Victoria to the Ex hibition in Paris" (52), will be recognised by many at a glance, as the original of the well known engraving displayed of late in the windowa of the printsellers. Paul Hagelstein's "Guinea Pig" (46), is the oddest picture imagin able, in o ne respect, seeing t hat it is a sort of a M ur illo beggar-boy, witho ut the merest ghost of a guinea pig anyw here at all visible—it, the guinea pig, lying perdu, we s u pp ose, inside the little vagrant's cage—a child, we take it, just after the heart of Mr. Hurlstone. " Don't you believe it" (23), by Adolph Dillens, is the glimpse of a Pastora l Court ship on a stile in amongst the m eadows — so prettily and na turally painted, that we could almost fancy a child-spectator longing to clamber over the stile into the field beyond, to pick a handful of the daisies growing in among the grass with such a silvery luxuriance. Another court ship in the room, is "The Proposal" (8), by Ferdinand De Braekeleer, so surprisingly true to life, that we could imagine the hero of the piece one of the silly Serving Men of Shakspere stopped from the stage into the painting. The first picture of all, out of the 121 in the Collection, is the one we shall end with—" The Last Study of Geri cault " (1) by Belloin—a scene which would be very affecting, we dare say, but for the ludicrous mischance of the artist's pencil (as he draws) resting, as ill-luck would have it, upon the very tip of the young girl's nose ! As a whole the Flemish Exhibition is interesting, and will fully repay the visitor for the toil of its examination, On Saturday a new five-act play, entitled The Cagot, was produced here with immense success. For some timo notices have been affixed on the doors of the ,heatre announcing the play, and also at the same time - • informing the public tbat a Cagot is one of a shun ned and insulted race, and with this simple observation we proceed to detail the plot of the piece. The Count de Foix having in early life basely deceived Astarte, a Cagot woman, the latter, though years have passed by, lives only to he avenged. The child that she had by the Count she believes to have perished, but it has been kidnapped by the Count and acknowledged as the presumptive heir to the title. In the meanwhile the Count has married the Lady Viola, who in due time gives birth to a scn. Astarte, while lurking in the neighbourhood of the castle, in order to carry out her schemes of mischief, takes the opportunity of stealing the infant, whom she brings up under the name of Raoul in her wretched hut, where be gets his living as a woodman, and is exposed to all the contempt and infamy of the Cagot class. Accident enables him to save the life of the Lady Eugenie, who is betrothed to the younger Count de Foix, and his gallantry so touches her as to sow in her heart the seeds of love, which receive fatal nourish ' meet by subsequent clandestine interviews in the depths of the forest. Astarte sees in this the beginning of her vengeance. The Lady Eugenie, however, has another suitor in Sir Aymer de Beriot, the bad man of the piece, who hires an assassin to get the younger de Foix out of the way. The murder is attempted, but not consummated; but the discovery of certain bloody vestments near the Cagot's hut leads to the accusation that Raoul is the criminal — which he frantically avows, seeing that Eugenie is in clined to give credence to the charge, to her intense anguish and amazement. The unfortunate Cagot is accordingly sentenced to death, and the blow is supposed to fall at the moment that Astarte announces to the horrified Count that it is his eldest born who is the headsman's victim. But there is yet another act, in which it turns out not only that the younger De Foix lives, but that he who suffered on the scaffold was the assassin in the employ of Sir Aymer—results brought about by the contrivances of a friendly priest, who has been closely watching the progress of events, and has been enabled to baffle the intrigues of the villain through whom the perplexities of the piece have mainly arisen. Mr. Dillon, as the manly and virtuous Cagot, has an arduous, but a thankful part, and well does he sustain the large weight of heroism intrusted to his charge. The character is one of those happy personages in the ap plause of whom admiration for the talent of the actor can be combined with enthusiasm for the virtue of the person portrayed, and at the end of every act was Mr. Dillon summoned before the curtain. The vin dictive matron, Astrate, was played with great power by Mrs. Weston—indeed with so much power that we could scarcely recognise a lady whose earlier imp erson. ations have appeared to us somewhat frigid and feeble. Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Woolgar) acted the high born Eugenie with much passionate force. Mr. Stuart was careful and purposeful in the wicked Sir Aymer ; and the good old priest was represented in a bland, sensible manner by Mr. Barrett. On the descent of the curtain the first call was for the author, and was followed by the appearance of a modest looking gentleman, who bowed his acknowledgments as he crossed the stage. The actors were then called in succession, and Mr. Barrett, in his capacity of stage manager, announced the piece for repetition tomorrow (to -night is set apart for Miss Fitzpatrick's benefit) amid universal applause. He was then called upon to name the author, who was as yet only known by sight to his admirers. The name of Falkner was accordingly given, with the addition that its o tuner had written several poems, and was a distinguished provincial actor. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The party of amateurs who played last season for the benefit of the Patriotic and Crimean Funds distinguished themselves very creditably by a performance on Friday in aid of the "Samaritan Institution." The chief piece of the evening was Mr. Markwel's version of M. Dela vigne's " Louis X 1.," in which the adapter himself, who is one of the principal amateurs, acted the chief part. The favourite farce " Perfection" introduced two other well-known amateurs. One was Captain Disney Roe buck, illustrious in the records of the Aldershot theatri cals, who played the fastidious Charles Paragon in distingue style; the other was a gentleman who acted under the sobriquet of " Mr. Andrews," but whose hearty reception showed that he was perfectly familiar to the audience. The amateurs were professionally assisted by Mr. Emery, Mrs. Daley, Miss Wilton, and Miss Rosina Wright, the last-named of whom introduced a pas soul into the second act of "Louis XI.", A concert, in which several celebrated vocalists took a part, concluded the evening's entertainment. MR. 4/ORRIS MOORE AND THE PRUSSIAN POLICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l yesterday informed you that after three days deliberation the Prussian Government had, at my re quest, accorded me a renewal of my permission to remain here, and that this concession reached me at least 48 hours subsequent to the arrival in Berlin of the English journals containing my correspondence with Lord Bloom field. My agreement with my landlord at 33, Tauben strasse, and my former permission to reside here, expired on the same day. As I was uncertain, at the time of engaging my apartments at that address, whether I should require them beyond the 30th of November, a tenant had been found to succeed me on the lst of this month. For two days out of the three during which the Prussian Government sat pondering as to whether it was safe to grant my request I was without any set tled domicile. Every one anticipated my immediate expulsion from Berlin in consequence of the reflections in my correspondence upon this Government and its officials. Consequently, I did not venture to en gage new apartments. Yesterday morning, however, upon receiving a paper from the presidency of police permitting me to remain in Berlin from the 2d to the 24th of December, as mentioned in my letter to you of yesterday, I immediately installed myself here, within ten doors of my former habitation. At ten o'clock this morning, while I was engaged in writing, a functionary of the police presented himself, der and an nounced that he was the bearer of a peremptory or from the Government that I must quit Berlin within 24 hours from that time. This, I presume, is the firEt mark of respect to Lord Clarendon's telegraphic despate.h. nTheatu policenature. I functionaryam altogether ing that this act amounted simply.to m of e t m he y t. The olice Government, and that I would act u t po m n permission of Ger man language, but I signed the pap a e na o t a n pe da t phwee declaration n t fh n o e hm r e s y t sl thatg o o u r g d h e t r Ifrpueaensihcsdatpeidoon passport. r e y e n Atookmade l hoi 7 acquaintedd clocke p a ar tu proe i w cwe i mh han h yu e . f ra il i e t s a f t d e e r fi t a h n r c e e e of days'i ts h knowledge of my the indignities offered to me by its statement respecting familiars on the 21st and 22d of November, which is equivalent to an endorsement of that statement ; and permission Thus , deliberation,t h e o f Prussian arensdid e ri G te hogvraearnntthme thorough n ot t uo , g e baying, moreover, explicitly admitted that there existed no ground whatever for my arrest—the Prus sisal Government, I say, in the teeth of all this, now expels me from the Prussian territory. In the interests of civilisation I protest against this violence. I am, Sir, yours obediently, MORRIS MOORE. 43, Tauben-strasse, Berlin, Deo. 4. FATAL DISASTER AT SEA.—A lamentable disaster occurred at sea on Saturday morning, at about 4 o'clock, which, besides consigning six poor fellows to a watery grave, has involved the entire destruction of a valu a bl e ship. It appears that as the iron screw-steamer James Hartley, belonging to the West Hartlepool Steam Navi gation Company, was prosecuting her voyage from Cron stadt to Hartlepool, having a valuable cargo on board, and when abreast of Sunderland, at a distance of three or four miles, the night being pitch dark, the look-out disco vered a strange vessel bearing down upon the m un d er can vass and in appalling proximity to the steamer. Imme. diately an alarm was given and the capt a i n o f t h e J ames Hartley (Baldwin) ordered the engi nes t o b e reverse d , with the view, i f possible, to avert a collision which appeared to be imminent. Unhappily, however, the or d er wa s given too late, for before th e reversa l o f the eng ines had time to exercise any perceptible influence on the course of the steamer, the two vessels came into violent collision, and when, a few minutes afterwards, the James Hartley was brought up and search made for the brig, not a vestige of her was discovered ; she had gone down bodily, carrying with her her unfortunate master and five of the crew. It was at first thought that the whole of her crew had been lost, but fortu nately two of them (i nc l u di ng t h e mate ) h a d succee ded in reaching the deck of the James Hartley, and were thus almost mir acu l ous l y preserve d . F rom these men it was ascertained that the ill-fated vessel was the brig Messenger, of Shields, bound to that port from London, in ballast. She had been wind-bound for some days past, with hundreds of other vessels, in Burlingt on. B ay, w h ence, we b e li eve , she called on her destination only the day previously. The James Hart ley, with the rescued mariners on board, arrived in West Hartlepool during the course of the day, having in the collision lost her bowsprit and jibboom, besides sustain ing other damage. It is satisfactory to know that the mate of the Messenger exonerated Captain Baldwin from any blame as to the cause of the collision ; but, doubt lessly, the Board of Trade will deem it necessary to cause an investigation into the circumstances to be at once set en foot. The James Hartley is a new vessel of the burden of 1,000 tons, and was returning from her first voyage, which had been in all respects a most fortu nate one. She was built by the firm of L oc kwood and Pearse, of Stockton, who, we understand , ho ld an inte rest in her as part owners. LATEST NEWS. According to intelligence from Constantinople of the 30th ult. the Divan had authorised the English fleet to winter at Sinope. The same accounts state that Russia bad de manded from the Shah of Persia a right of entry into tho province of Makon. The Beloochees had invaded tho Persian ter• ritory on the aide of Kerman. The army of occupation will winter in Greece, FRANCE. PARIS, SVNDAY EVENING. The Moniteur publishes the following :—" The Treaty of Paris has met, in its applicai ion, with difficulties which have given rise to a difference of opinion between the contracting Courts, and has rendered necessary a meeting of their respective re presentatives to hasten the complete execution of the conditions of peace. The majority of the Powers that signed the treaty have already agreed, with this object in view, to the convocation of the Conference at Paris. It is, therefore, to be pre sumed that it will be able to meet before the end of the present month, and everything authorises the hope that it will succeed in promptly re esta blishing a perfect understanding on the points under dispute." The Moniteur also announces that on the 2d inst. a treaty was signed at Bayonne between the plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the Emperor and of her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Moniteur publishes a report from the Go vernor-General of Algeria, announcing a successful expedition against the Hamian tribes, and a skirmish with troops on the Morocco frontier. Count Kisseleff and the whole of the Russian legation dined with the Emperor on Thursday. The guests remained to an unusually late hour, and after coffee the Emperor beckoned Count Kis seleff into his private cabinet, and remained there with him tete a tete for two hours. The Emperor has also honoured the following persons with invitations to dinner :—Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli, Lord Lennox, the Ministers of State and the Interior, Marshal lagnan, his wife and daugh ter, M. and Mdme. Magian, M. and Mdme. Trop long, M. and Mdme. Gould, Gen. and Mdme. Fleury, and M. and Mdme. Sautereau. M. Schwilgue, the inventor of the marvellpus astronomical clock, which all visitors to Strasbourg go to see in the cathedral, has just died, at the age of 80. A letter from Berlin, of the 3d, says : " Prince Frederick William will proc'eed to Paris about the 11th inst., and will be present at the delivery of the horses which the King of Prussia :ends to the Empress." NEUCHATEL. The Federal Tribunal holds its session to-day (Monday) at Zurich, to settle the preliminaries of the trial of the royalist prisoners from Neuchatel. The trial itself will not come on for several weeks, unless, which is not improbable, it should be has tened with a view to adjust the position of Swit zerland before the same can come under the diplomatic action of the Great Powers. A letter from Berlin, in the Nord of Brussels , says :—" The King of Prussia refuses, in opposi tion to the advice of his Ministry, to assign to the departure of M. de Sydow, his representative in Switzerland, the character of a recall involving the complete rupture of diplomatic relations. His Majesty, in allowing such relations to continue, whilst suspending direct negotiations with Swit zerland, gives a new proof of his repugnance to violent measures." The Prussian correspondence of the Ist contains the following reply to the articles in the London press on the Neuchatel question :—Several Eng lish papers continue to side with injustice in the Neuchatel question. Prussia's right is as clear as day, and cannot be shaken by miserable insinua tions. The only thing we wish to observe is, that these English journals, the worthless organs of a great nation, do not only war against the judgment of Germany and of Europe, but also against the probity of their own Government, which has ad hered to this judgment. It is the duty of British statesmen to prove that their sense of justice rejects all complicity with those journalists. We hope that such proofs will soon be given ; and we are convinced that the attitude of those journals will be without influence on facts. But if these organs merely intend to excite irritation and. mistrust among the Prussian people, they have perfectly attained their object." AUSTRIA. The A totrian, Corresponclotce of the 2cl instant says : " Some newspapers have published the text of a note addressed to the Porte, and signed b) the Ito presentatives of France and Russia at Constantinopla• The most superficial glance at it ought to convince any one initiated in public affairs that this document is not a joint note, and we have it in our power to sta' e that such a note was not presented. " It is true that the French Ambassador may have addressed questions to the Porte in the ssnse indicated, and the Representatives of Russia may have taken similar steps, but after the reasonable reply of the Ottoman Minister these steps have now only an his torical interest. " The Government of the Sultan very properly refused to express alone a decision on the pending difficulties, and referred them to the attentive consideration of the Powers. We have good reason to hope that an under standing will be obtained by these means, and that the Treaty of Peace of the 30th March will thus ho car• vied out to the letter." are as s u r T e i d i EthAatEß LordEsi' OF brie jc:,:sl,lsby3ralTannEs.—ofWteelegraphic co mmunication, demanded explanations from the Prus sian G-' overnment relative to the arrest of Mr. Morris it ndo A n i Moore. —Morning Advert/01a _ _ At ICshooting DEATH OF CHABLEs LAMB, .E , SQ. -IS in the Riahlands, Mr. Lamb died on Thars quarters, -n of Sir Charles Lamb day. He was only so of Bean.- 1-of the fort, Sussex, and half-brot brother who has gone north on this melancholy oocasion. THE Gus•nonT SLIT.—The screw gun - boat slip at Haslar is brought to a standstill for the present. ft appears that a. larger wheel is necessary to ease thee engine. T he new wheel, which was ordered to be umd at Manchester, is 11 feet in diameter, and the railroad authorities have refused to convey so large a jet' ca d machinery, it heing,contrary to their - P dill rules. How the I culty is to be got over is not known at present, but th e whole affair is in a fix for want of wheel and h in COWES, Dec. 7 • , 6 p.m. —Two (schooners), loaded with fruit, were v • I- dnear Ather field, at the back of the W. . N 10C ,e . ~, ight, in the gale last nige" crews saved, excepting cue man. It still blows veil he hard from the S.W., but it is bright moonlight, t barometer rising. The Prussian frigate Thetis, 36, Captain Sundewalls and schooner Frauenlob, 14, Commander Kinderliegs arrived at Spithead, on Saturday, from Rio de Janeir°' Complimentary salutes were exchanged with the gal: rison and port. It will be remembered that this fin': new and powerful English-built frigate was barteresto away by the Aberdeen Government for two paltry irriott steam gunboats--the frigate being worth 40,000/. 'thea the gunboats only as many hundreds, whilst one 0 ,00.. latter was lost shortly after the change took p or t, The ships are likely to remain some time at this Pe .. .' r and in all probability will come into harbour to reP,.° o l detects. Prince William Frederick of Prussia, °" a sojourning with the Q ueen at Osborne, will pay their visit as soon as the weather moderates. 4: fr om the METROPOLIS DRAINAGE. —A deputaaaen of Frith Corporation of Gravesend and the parishioners _o_, waited on Saturday upon the General Purpose 0( -?'in. !suttee of the Court of Aldermen, at the Guildhall etlit; City of London, On the subject of the the depot Main Drainage Plans. I n answer to th committee, he Mr. Alderman Wire, the chairm an of utfthe Thames, stated that the City, as conservators 1 n for the purifies. were interested to see that in any 1 ).3- fort of the in. tion of the Thames the health and coaed for, an d provided habitants on its banks were dillynavigation ; that that no obstruction be caused to the coosto it " the subject would receive the attention of the the jeo. tee, and a communication would be made to 0 tion thereon. The deputation then retired. __ wile ow . THE WEATHER AT PORTSMOUTH (Saturday). ' ptirell tinned boisterous state of the weather has almost e , vor , suspended communication between the ships ''' ia a • near . 1 at Spithead and the shore. It is now blOWlng ta.te gale of wind,isvith the "dangerous" flag hoisted; ° Pert t° of things which enables the watermen of he 0 en s charge what they please, and accordingly it is n ov o, common event for a bargain to be struck for a tcy° g ulpe d fare (money in advance), though on reaching sP_l.,dos there is no chance of boarding, owing to the Oen:1_7000f, sea, on which the luckless wight has to "tie ". ! o we guinea to be "taken to the place from whence n s e ___ et b„ —namely, the Hard, Portsea, or the Point, port B re_ o v .ies , The ships are riding heavily, with plenty ef scope topgallants struck, yards lowered, topmasts housen . making everything snug for a "nasty nigh" _ ~pr • STATE OF THE COUNTY DOWN. —A northeras! dye s P ap er announces that in consequence of a requisition +l3 t Of -- 6 to the tMarquis of Loadonderry, as lieutenaisi ~dles. county, a meeting of the magistrates of Down !_ .: a cu , fa tised;to take place on Thursday next, in Downnat'_'_ ro aea the purpose of taking into consideration a n oonn Tb is distribution of the present police in the county's t he measure is rendered imperatively necessary e tr,. ° lte in numerous burglaries which have taken place cre__stBba- Rostrevor and other quarters from which the vi LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. lary had been unwisely removed. hise W•—Throng _A The Europa has arrived, with advices from New THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE-SHO • , ee p, 10 ' i York to the 26th, and $562,000. the whole of Saturday the arrivals of oxen , su ~, kar .stre e The Persia and Glasgow had arrived out. pigs, for the forthcoming show at the 3 ° 9 ' - hoer a late a th The Ericsson was passed off Staten Island. Bazaar, were incessant, and continued up to t aced a b t night, crowds of people remaining congreg _ 8 o f The Europa experienced very strong westerly a in • • glanl" ,fortb . entrance King-street, eager to obtain a gales.by th e ''.. • ' an i m als, great numbers being brought isiras irag Nine Frenchmen, who had escaped from Cayenne western II 1 from the Cattle Show at '-',. s clai ai way had reached New York. on S A. "' of ham, just concluded. Amongst the arrivesthe puke Nothing had been. heard of the missing boats of were the animals entered by Prince Albert; the ri e sbYt the Lyonnais. Richmond, the Earl of Leicester, Earl Donis r-,iss D l ' gst them es Advices from Nicaragua report that the allies and other eminent graziers, am"- Albert's Flenn 106 were again about to take the field against Walker. splendid specimen of pigs from Princt%h of the ae in gis The Washington. correspondent of the Herald says Farm, at Windsor Park. The recep_! e judge , w ill . , as that Walker's doings are now regarded by the United finally closed on Saturday night ; 1° of the stock lop to States' Government as a question of the greatest a d w ay ar p d ro t c h e e ed . to the l cl n uarsdsiefirctautiopreveht any susio ac ee ,: rs magnitude, and that a new course of policy will be te pr'z'es. the names of the breeders anaddte ° ;t , to the f adopted to checkmate Walker in his game of erect- favouritism , ~..._ _ ~., A, ,,, b a se ss ~ ~,,s s are carefully concealed unsii tne,rs'sa„., ,11Y..' of ins a new southern republic independent f the . United States. - - " a ' ~," nee f Wales, th e ~,s AP' Prince Albert, the Pon ce 0 h v s. this dg , " boll A vessel name ) not mentioned, bound from 1 Prussia are expected to visit the s o . w the 6 Liverpool to New York, was run into off the coast ' the Royal family of Oude ; and to-IMOTI 0 1 of Ireland in October last, and only one man, a opens to the public. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, D • EC 3. town of Kiel has out Ufnoriontil'el'tptuhre- The Commercial antedi,,iolanderotoli jsetmertlotef"e uniting Kiel, pose of carrying Schlesig by a railway, which Eckernforde, of Holstein and c promises to beaonfdtliesgrheiaetsewstigf,uatuncrieebonenseeqfiittetnottllyiaitt part expec ted that the Go vernment will affor d is to fully the execution of the scheme every desirable Support. The com mittee is com p osed of men ofiho highest respectability and influence in those respective places, which cannot fail to make a favourable impression upon the 'Minister for the Duchy of Holstein. The plan of uniting the Altona and Kiel Railway by a branch line with that of Hamburg and Berlin direct has been unsupported by the Government from strategic motives. Russian accounts from St. Petersburg up to the 26th ult. state that on the 15th of that month the proof number of a new periodical, at Holsingfors, as an official organ of the Government, had been pub lished in the Finnish language, which will continue from the Ist of January, 1857, to be circulated twice a week throughout the Finnish provinces. Among the many steam navigation companies now being formed in various parts of the north of Europe may be noticed one formed in Copenhagen, in the spring of the present year, to establish a line of steamers between that city, London, Hull, and Leith. To this end the directors have given orders to the firm of Messrs. James Henderson and Co., of Glasgow, to build 'for them three large screw boats of GO-horse power each, and to carry a cargo of 350 tons heavy weight of goods, or about 3,000 tonnen of grain, and to be so constructed that they will be capable of withstanding any sea in heavy weather, and to enter into any of the small ports along the coastfrom theirlight draught of water. It is fully expected that these vessels will be ready to enable the company to commence running them at the commencement of the ensuing season in 1857. Their length of keel will be about 160 feet, a ai nd, with a breadth of 23 feet, they w ill not, witi full cargo, draw more than 10 f eet depth of water ; and for the convenience of running into le e ports on the coast of Jutlan d and othperrpiadred of the Danish dominions , t he y will be ov with an apparatus to supply them Could with ballast also. The first of these screws will after the late meritorious Statei w ater as 1.111 be named Hei to that e dt), whose family y t have mission the dire o ctors per- .. AMERICA. Spaniard, is supposed to have been saved. He was taken off by a British vessel. The New York Stock Market ruled firm. The Persia's news had been received without producing any influence upon prices. The Money Market was gradually working easier ; the ruling rates were about 1 per cent. below those current a week pre viously.. Prime short commercial notes were quoted Bto 8 per cent. ; four to six months' ditto, 9to 10. On call the supply of money was abundant at seven per cent. The business in exchange was not large, and prices in general closed flatly. Bills on London were quoted 9 to 9, and on France sf. 20c. to sf. le,c. The cotton market had not varied materially ; the receipts at the ports were in excess of last season. Flour was drooping ; wheat was rather firm. No change in iron or tobacco. Freights were rather lower to Great Britain. The Robert Kelly and Chancellor, hence ; Glad Tidings, and Christiania, from London ; Havre, and St. Joseph, from Havre ; Henry Reid, from Antwerp ; Sammergin, from Sunderland ; Union, from Londonderry; and the Diroyd, from Glasgow , —at New York. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. This evening, at nine o'clock, the Montreal Steam Ship Company's steamer Canadian, Capt. Ballan tyne, arrived in the Mersey, with the mails from Montreal and Quebec. She has brought 105 pas sengers, but no specie. She left Quebec on the 22d ultimo, and has encountered heavy gales the entire passage. A complimentary dinner was given at Montreal to Mr. Allen, of the Montreal Steam Ship Com pany. News quite unimportant. Commercial affairs at Montreal and Quebec are without alteration. Nothing had been heard of the Royal mail steam ship Europa at ten p.m. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. The Royal mail steamship Tamar has arrived, with dates from Buenos Ayres, Nov. 2 ; Monte Video, 6 ; Rio do Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 18 ; Per nambuco, 20 ; St. Vincent's, 27; Teneriffe, Dec. • 1 ; Madeira, 2 ; Lisbon, 4. The Tamar brings 55 passengers, and on freight specie value 4,0001., and diamonds and precious stones value 42,0001. The cargo consists of tapioca, cochineal, tobacco, and sundries. At Buenos Ayres the political situation was un altered. Largo bodies of Lndians were collected on the frontier, and a serious invasion was feared. Business in manufactured goods dull. Hides scarce. Exchange had fluctuated from 665. to 68s. 6d., closing at the latter figure. Montevideo was perfectly quiet. Business in imports rather brisk, land rising rapidly in price. Exchange 4s. 2W. Freights 50s. The Argentine Confederation was completely At Rio, exchange closed very firm, the quotation being 27,1. Sugar market quiet. Coffee had de clined 200 reis, but was firmer at the close, the transactions having been extensive. At Bahia sugars had advanced owing to the wet weather and impassable state of the roads. Dry goods in demand, and paying well. Freights to Liverpool 255. for sugar. Exchange closed firm at 272, with bills over. Port very healthy. In Pernambuco the elections had passed off quietly, the Government obtaining a large majo rity. A fair business had been d one in dry goods. Supplies of sugar increasing. Cotton in great demand. Exchange closed flat at EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS• SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's st ship eam Candia, which was due here o n the 2d, with the heavy portion of the East India and China mails, has broken the shaft of her engine and put into Tunis ; the mails and passengers were dis patched overland, and arrived at Marseilles yes terday. The Candia had on board a valuable cargo, of which there were 600 bales of raw silk (valued at 60,000(.) ; and a diamond consigned to Mes sro• Gibbs and Co. (valued at 15,000 rupees.) Th° Candia will probably retur n to En g land under can' vass. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. - - OXFORD, DEC. 7.—On Saturday Mr. J. It• Magri"' from Elizabeth College, Guernsey , and Mr. It• G. lately Li v ing- stone C o mmoner of Pembroke College, Oxford , Scholars and from I tossall School, Lancashire, were elected. PP°ar",,f Oriel College. At the same time , M r . S. G. She of Oriel College, was elected Exhibit ioner on the founda tion of Dean Ireland. The Professor of Latin (Mr. C onin g ton) election his unwillingness to be a candid ate at the ensuing efore, be for a member of Council. His name may, ther regarded as withdrawn. h a s expressed