The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be presented PAULI LIZ AIMO ; or. The tadrone's Datt/h -ter. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. Mead ; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnokstone, THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be performed FAZIO. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Howoe• and Chippendale; Miss Cushman, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss Hollingsworth. -- - After which, the Grand CHRI3TMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS; or, Little Silver hair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall: Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. 11. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHAB.LES • KEAN. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, • Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hullne; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. TIES EVENING, JAN. 27, Vt. be performed A BA CHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; miss F . .ughes. After which, the orig inal Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Wlll b e presented the highly Popular Neyw Nautical Melo-drama, i n ave taoleaax, with new scenery, the Set of Ice, &C., new dresses anti appointments, called THE TFIIRST OF GOLD; or. TrIE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley. Paul Bedford, O. Selby, Parselle, Marsden, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh M u rray, Miss F. Maskell, &c. To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas piece, in two act.i, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and a2pointin.nt4, called NUMBER NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding; Meesrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS' EVENINC4, JAN. 27, Will be performel THE FIRS r NIGHT. Characters by Messrs Alfred Wigan, Le4lle, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. after which, THE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by Mears. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, and F. Robson ; and Mrs. A. Wigan. Followed by TIIE WANDERING MINSTREL STP.A.ND THEA.TIZE joie Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, ➢Lisa Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be performed DER FREISCHUTZ. Principal character by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To be followed by THE VIRGINIAN MUMMY. After which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled AA ItLEQUIN AND KIN) NUTCRACKER; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexrnore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths • Columbine, Miss Goward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 38.; Pit, 10. 6,1 ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, It. I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Fifth Appearance of Miss KATE, COOKE since her return from the Continent. The Theatre nightly crowded to overflowing attests its matchless attractions. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, (And during the week) To commence with the Grand Chinese Spectacle, THE WNE EI,I•IPHANTS OF THE EAST, or THE MAGIC GONG, ie which Mr. William Cooke's extraordinary rraMed Elephants appear. Followe 1 by a R,cherche Routine of Scenes of Equestrian'sm in THE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Concluding with Mr. W. Colives immensely successful COMIC PAN" f 0 ri g. written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BUI' I'o , T'S jOUItNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, ll.arlequin and the Lanes' Favourite. New scenery, dre4ses, decorations, and appointments, magnificent Car of Industry, &c. harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Columbine, Mdlle. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowns, Mr. C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bralbury. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. _DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 1854. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. Sritoon--S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.W., fresh breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH—S., strong breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of tbo weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock Fo ESTONE—E. calm—cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., calm—cloudless. GREENWICH—S.S.ir., gentle breeze—oloudless. STROOD —S. W., gentle breeze--partially cloudy. SWINDON—W., light breeze—cloudless. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY --kforning 10 min.after 12 I Evening 44 rnin.aft. 12 To-Nrorutow—Morning 13 min.after 1 Evening 42 min.aft. 1 ffiE WEATHER.—Stni OFFICE, JAN. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon vesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, went up to 30'62 last evening —a very great rise—higher than it has been for six months. It has since receded to 30'51. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, with cloudy weather. LS.t =r7i TIT ,~~; ~~ LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1354. A rather startling intimation appeared in the Times of this morning—under date the 18th inst. from St. Petersburg. "It is believed," says our contemporary, " that Count ORLOFF has received a confidential mission from the CZAR for the Cotuts of Vienna, Berlin, Paris, and London" —the statement adding—" the ener getic conduct of the Western Powers has pro duced that effect, and might lead to an ar rangement without wounding too much the national amour propre"—meaning, of course, among the Muscovites. The first indication, this, of anything like a disposition to yield to the exi gency of circumstances, on the part of his Impe rial Majesty the Russian AUTOCRAT. The first indication. It is accompanied, moreover, by float ing rumours that the CZAR, on hearing of the en trance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, was by no means as enraged or even dis composed as had been anticipated. Now, it is remarkable that those evidences of something like a tendency towards a just possible return to mo deration arrive here amongst us (of all times in the political year !) immediately prior to the re assembling of Parliament, when a strict account will have to be given to the nation as to the result of the foreign policy of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. It would by no means surprise us, were the country to learn before the evening of Tuesday, the 31st of this present month of January, that the EMPEROR of all the Russias had at length hearkened to the dictates of prudence, so far as to consent to some more reasonable and practicable negotiations. It would by no means amaze us to hear before that date that the Autocratic bully having swaggered long enough for all his purposes, at length found it advisable to listen to a little reason by modi fying his arrogant demands upon the fancied weakness of Turkey, and up - on the imagined in difference of Christendom. Such, at any rate, is just within the limits of possibility. It is just barely possible that the ravager of Moldavia and Wallachia, the destroyer of Sinope, and the marauder along the whole northern frontier of Bulgaria, should, at the last moment, when threatened with a war against the most for midable of all Coalitions, a Coalition between France and England, succumb (with an affectation at least of dignity) to the necessities of the mo ment by a compromise. Nevertheless, the public. mind must be prepared for a persis:ance in the old course of things iu regard to this deplorable Russo-Turkish difficulty. Whatever be the nature of the next few days' intelligence, Ministers have, unhappily, 'no small cause for self-gratulation. Supposing the CZAR to persevere obdurately, at all hazard, in the course upon which he has adventured, the Cabinet will then appear MIP!‘MMm!INLIINIIM THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1854. MONEY MARKET AND COMTERCIA L INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed heavily with American at 52d. to 61d., Ad. per lb. lower. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 100 Bahia at 6id. to 6id., 100 Egyptian at 6d. to 61d., and 500 Surat at 31d. to 4id. per lb. Railway Shares were rather flat. Colonial produce has met with a fair inquiry during the week, apart from speculation dealing. Sugar has supported previous prices. Native Ceylon coffee has been in demand. Plantation rather lower, and tea dull. A good business has been done in rice. Saltpetre has advanced ls. to 2s. per cwt., and rum is at enhanced values. Tallow which had risen to 645., has declined again to 635. Hemp and flax are dearer. A report has been issued by the managers officially appointed in the year 1851 to examine into the affairs of the Monmouthshire and Gla morganshire Banking Company, which suspended payment in October of that year. To a certain extent this is satisfactory. Those shareholders who have paid the full amount of their 601. call will, probably, not be called upon for any further sum. At the time of the suspension the paid-up capital amounted to 220,6391. ; and the whole of this was lost, besides 800,0001. being owed. A composition of 15s. in the pound was accepted by the creditors, ss. being paid down, and the rest in two years. We may point to this winding-up as perhaps the most satisfactory on record. In two years all the creditors who accepted the composition will have been satisfied, and 83,0571. will have been gained to shareholders, besides a reduc tion in the other liabilities of about 149,793/. A great saving is said to have resulted from the operation of the Winding-up Act, and this is a favourable reason why that act should be sim plified and improved and rendered more compre hensive. We are aware of a large number of in stances in which great expense has been incurred without anything like a satisfactory result. At the time of the Great Britain's arrival at Liverpool from her first Australian voyage, we ventured an opinion that if rigged similar to the other steamers running to the southern colonies, site would not be behind any of those, the modern built vessels, in sailing capabilities. This opinion, of course, involved the inference that our builders had not succeeded in any sailing improvement upon this pioneer ship, which was " laid down" by Pat terson 16 years since. The intelligence brought by the sailing ship Hurricane more than bears out our apparently sanguine expectations. In confirma tion wo make comparisons with the outward voy ages of the Sydney, Argo, and Victoria. The Great Britain runs from Liverpool to Melbourne in 65 days, including her detention at St. Vincent's. Her engine power in ratio to tonnage is as 1 to 7. The Sydney (this vessel's arrival in Australia is also reported in the letters per Hurricane) runs from the Lizard to Adelaide in 69 days ; to this must be added 36 hours sailing difference between the Lizard and Liverpool, also 60 hours sailing dif ference between Adelaide and Melbourne, making the relative passage 73 days, or 8 days in favour of the Great Britain. To this must be added the fact that the Sydney has an engine power in ratio to tonnage of 2t09,0r 1 to 4i. The Argo runs from Southampton to Melbourne in 64 days ; to this must be added 24 hours sailing difference be tween Southampton and Liverpool, making the relative passage 65 days, or the same as the Great Britain, but the fact of the latter ship having been detained at St. Vincent must be taken into the comparison, and the engine power of the Argo in ratio to tonnage is as ICo 6. The Victoria is the only screw steam-ship that has made relatively as good a passage as the Great Britain ; but then, she has an engine power in ratio to tonnage as 1 to 4 ; while, as we have already stated, the Great Britain's is only Ito 'T. We are equally confident that Capt. Mathews will not disappoint us with the homeward run of this noble specirden of marine architecture. BRITISH MlNEs.—Transactions this day have been conducted on a very limited scale. The fol lowing have been dealt in :—East Russells, 6i ; Great Tregune Consols, 3 ; Unys, 11 ; Sortridge Consols, 255. 305.; Wheal Edward, 21 3 ; Polti mores, 1 14-Britannias, ; Molland, ; Wheal Wreys, 30s. 355.; Great ilugos, 1 1 ; Treweather, The English Securities have been buoyant again, Consols having realised 91 and 91k, but being now 90i 4. The fluctuation just at present arises mainly from the " ins and outs" of the speculators, who may have bought lower or sold higher a few days since. New 3k per Cents. have been 92 to and the Three per Cents. 91k to 1. Exchequer Bills are 9s. to 12s. premium, an improvement of Is. Nothing has been done in Bank Stock. The foreign stock market is better, and with an increased business doing. Mexican bonds are quoted 221 to 23i ; Spanish 3 per Cents., after being 40k, have declined to 39i, and the Deferred 191. Dutch 21 per Cents. have been quoted 61 to 1, and the 4 per Cents. 911 to 921. The railway market is livelier, and the quota tions have advanced. The improvement in the principal lines is about 1 per cent., but there is now again a slight reaction. French shares have been quiet, at ss. to 10s. advance. The Land Companies' shares have been rather higher, and the Banks firm, but inactive. The Union is about 10s. better. The Gold Mines are quiet. The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted were as follows :—Jamaica, par to I prem. ; Metcalfe, gto prem. ; Sue;River, / dis count to par ; Port Royal, a to prem. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. por Cent. Reduced Annuities 914 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9ll 1 4 900 Now 3 } per Cent. Annuities 924 4 2 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO par Consols for Account 15th F e b. 914 904 1 Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO Small 8 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOC K. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B2 Ditto 5 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lO5l 64 6 Ditto 44 per Cent 9l 89 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4O 4 394 Spanish New Defe - xed, 3 per Cent. 194 Ditto Passive (Converted) Dividemis on the above payable in London. Belgian 89 IBonds 44 per Cent. ex. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . Ditto Bonds 9lB HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 904 1 Ditto February Account DEATEr OF SM . RALPH LOPES, BART, M.P.—We regret to state that Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., one of the members of the southern division of the county of Devon, died, on the night of the 24th, at his seat at Moristowe, near Plymouth. The worthy baronet had been in a weak state of health for many months past, and his death was not unexpected. Several names have already been mentioned for the vacancy in the representation of the county, but none so positively as to warrant publicity at present. The deceased Baronet is succeeded in the title by his eldest son, now Sir Massey Lopes, born in in 1818. A second son survives, who is a barrister-at law. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—From Van Diemen's Land the dates are to the 19th of October. A subscription list has been filled for 10,0001. as a reward to any per son who should discover an attractive gold field. The Fingal deposits still yielded small amounts, but what was wanted was a field that might compete with those of Victoria. Poni PHILIP.—The letters and papers from Por Philip, by the Hurricane, reach to the end of October, and are about a fortnight later than those previously re ceived. Their contents are satisfactory, both as regards the supply of gold, which was coming in freely from the mines, and the general state of the import markets, prices in a large majority of cases being still remune rative. The last advices from England had been brought by the Great Britain, which had made the passage in 65 days, but her number of letters was not large. She was to sail on her return passage on the 3d of Decem ber, and may therefore, perhaps, be expected in the course of a fortnight. The mismanagement of the ocean postal service by the home authorities was still an angry topic with all classes. GREENWICH HOSPITAL I MPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday, by direction of the Commiss i oners of Greenwich Hospital, Messrs. Pullen and Son disposed of, by auction, the extensive premises known as the Chest House, which is situated on the esplanade at the west end, adjoining the pier. It is intended to remove the building, in order to widen the area, which will be formed into an extensive lawn. Very considerable improvements have been lately carried out at the hospit a l. A new i r on railing has been erected in the front facing the river, and the domes over the two towers have been regilt, the ground has had pipes WI down in it for the pur pose of draining the water from the surface, and new gravel walks have also been formed, to w hi c h th e pub lic, as well as the pensioners, will be admitted. Va rious other improvements are in contemplation. before the Legislature with the eminently sAtisfac tory consciousness of having com- plicate(' a very simple question into one of an absolutely bewildering entanglement—with h av ing, in short, brought on a general war by a series of protracted and abortive negotiations. Supposing, on the other hand, that the CZAR were to yield under the pressure of the present emergency (caused by the advance of the combined fleets through the Bosphorus) it might then be asked, how it has come to pass that measures, proved to be effectual in the January of 1854, were not tried in the June of 1853 (seven months ago !), whereby all that dreadful bloodshed might have been spared along the ensanguined banks of the Danube, and especially in that most brutal massacre of Sinope, which, if it do not attach a portion of its infamy to the banners of the com bined fleets, then snugly at anchor near Beycos, reflects a not•easily-removable disgrace upon the French and British Governments. However, indeed, matters may end, the Cabinet cannot be without cause for serious compunction. Mean while, for the people at large, all that is now left is to watch carefully and anxiously the intelli gence arriving by instalments from St. Peters burgh, and to await with all possible equanimity the now fast approaching assemblage of Parlia ment. Manchester has followed Sheffield in issuing its instructions to Parliament for the approaching Session. The two principal speakers at the former town were also two chief speakers at the latter ; a tolerable identity of views was therefore to be presumed. The principal difference between the two meetings was, that at Manchester the Eastern Question was the main topic. To the arguments made use of on that subject we shall probably re vert on another occasion ; just now wo wish to express our hearty concurrence with what was evidently the opinion of the entire meeting, that war need not, nor could, be allowed to be any hindrance to Reform. We hold, with the speakers on that occasion, and with the most able portion of the Press, that war should be rather an argu ment for pressing than for delaying Reform. We might almost plead the theological doctrine, that if war be a calamity, and we think it second to none, yet our afflictions are intended to set us not upon cherishing but on getting rid of our faults. The great political truth, that in difficult and trying circumstances a Government needs the cordial good will, the " vote and interest," of the great body of its subjects, we do plead unhesitat ingly. Just now we can conceive of nothing more calculated to gain for a war Government the for bearance, the support, and the patient endurance too, which may be needed, than a measure of fall and popular reform. Suppose our Cabinet to come forward with the announcement, that its plan aimed to give a vote to every decent man, and to protect him by the ballot-box from the domination of his neighbour in giving it, would not such a Government be omnipotent with the country ? It would be openly saying, we fear you not, because we are conscious of devotion to national interests. Famine prices we cannot avert, and you do not blame us for the dispensations of PROVIDENCE. War we could not avert, for the only accusation against us is, that we endeavoured too long to prevent it, and you would have had us begin much sooner ; but there is one thing we can do for you : we are the nation's servants in being her MAJESTY'S ser vants, and we can place in your hands the power to call us to account by giving votes to all classes of the community, and giving the vote to the individual himself, not to the persons on whom he is dependent. Now, though we certainly shrink from the ill-omened position of political prophets, we may safely predict that the British Minister who would thus boldly come forward as the complete and honest enfranchiser of his country would find its political energies as thoroughly aroused by political free dom as commerce has been by free trade. The feudal system of voting, which has made county electors the vassals of the landlord, and old free men in boroughs the vassals of the long-pockets, has also extinguished all nationalism, all public spirit in the hearts of such electors. They are re sponsible only to the landlord or the millionnaire, and national objects are no concern of theirs. A hearty Reform Bill, however, would change all that, and a short time would see Englishmen what Athenians became when their political liber ties were fully gained ; the result of which has been so strikingly exhibited by the great historian of Greece, of whom it is difficult to say whether his country may not be as proud of his labours in the cause of free voting at the present day as of his researches into the civilisation of the past. To rouse the patriotism of the country it is but for Ministers to evince their own patriotism to the country. If the country is not to grudge taxes, let them not grudge liberties. The fran chises of England have, indeed, been mostly purchased at this price. But, above all things, English Governors must beware of German pro mises of liberties to be octroyed after the subject has fought the battle. Give us a Reform Bill worth having first, and, bad as times may be, we will drive the " barbaric ALARIC of the North" back to his frozen steppes and forests, with our own money, and not with that of our children's. Mr. MILNER GIBSON bore his most decided tes timony to the necessity of the Ballot, as the only possible preventive of intimidation ; he had been on a committee where the charge against the sit ting member was not for bribery, but intimida tion, and " from the evidence he had heard, he defied any one to bring any statute before the Legislature that would touch the question of in timidation of voters." He asked for " an equal distribution of political power, and extension of the Suffrage, and vote by Ballot ; but extend the Suffrage as they might, redistribute political power as they would, we could not have a satis factory representation of the people without adopt ing the vote by Ballot. Mr. COBDEN on this occasion laid great stress on a better re-distribution of political power. He wanted that votes should follow persons and pro perty. In England and Scotleard he maintained that wealth and property always increase together. This is quite true, no doubt, if income and per sonal property be included. The Income Tax re turns Mr. COBDEN would probably take as his guide. As regards real and rateable property, the reverse is the case ; the rated annual value of Herefordshire being, in regard to the population, more than double that of Lancashire ; while the former county contains about 5i acres per head to each individual of the population, the latter not more than half an acre ! In the West Riding of Yorkshire the disproportion is greater still ! We have no kind of objection, however, to take, with Mr. COBDEN, the compound measure of property and Population. At Sheffield, the Honourable Member expressed his wish, but for his years, to commence an organised Ballot agitation. At Manchester, he gave the Secretary of,- , ,the Ballot Society a lecture on the tactics to be' pursued, and if Mr. WHITEHOUSE does not learn his lesson well it is superfluous to say that it is not from want of a most able and experienced teacher. He gave him the system of borough bookkeeping pursued by the Anti-Corn- Law League : first to tick off the boroughs like Manchester, & - c., 91 whose representatives they were sure ; then to mark those boroughs most easy to be acted on, to visit and organise them so as to insure, without regard to any political party, or to any set of Ministers, the return of i the man or men who would vote for the Ballot ; I to watch the hustings, and to flinch from no place whatever. There is truth in his observation, that one difficulty of working this question is, that it Is a " pure and simple" one, admitting, as the Spaniards say, of " no transaction." Any man who is willing to disfranchise Arundel, or admit twenty more voters to the franchise, can talk of " suffrage extension," and " equal distribution," but there can be no shuffling with the Ballot. It must be yea or nay. In a word, as we have always maintained, it is the clear and definite test between the thorough-going and the sham or timid Reformer. The Doctor of the Stepney Union has come forward for the purpose of vindicating, or, if that be not possible, of extenuating his conduct with respect to poor Mrs. ELLis, whose unfortunate case was last week referred to in The Sun. We re joice to find one of the " Parochal" officials so sensitive with regard to a character for "huma nity," as to deem it worth his while to put forward any defence whatsoever on such a point. From recent cases that have been brought to light in Marylebone and elsewhere, it would almost seem as if the imputation of possessing compassionate feelings would have been strenuously repudiated as disqualifying the possessors from taking any part in tie administration of the so-called " re lief" to the obstinate paupers. It augurs well, however, to find " the Doctor" thinking differ ently, and striving to explain away matters which he candidly acknowledges make " his conduct ap pear in an unfavourable light." But still, we can not perceive that his communication in any de gree alters the nature of the case, nor can it induce us to withdraw, or even to qualify a single observation which we have already published in reference thereto. And first, as to "the Doctor" personally. We are willing to make every just and fair allowance for the excessive labour—we might even use a stronger expression—imposed on the medical officers of the different Poor-Law Unions, not only in the metropolis, but throughout the entire country, and that, too, for very scanty and inade quate remuneration. They are compelled to be up at all hours, night and day, to take their meals at irregular times, and to submit to be dis turbed just when, worn out with fatigue, they have sunk into refreshing sleep, or when, ex hausted with hunger, they have the smoking joints before them. Not a single hour of the twenty-four can be called their own for purposes either of rest or recreation. For this excessive toil, far more onerous than that which falls to the lot of the handicraftsman, or even the modern Helots, the bricklayers' labourer, they receive very small salaries—" an extensive practice," as 808 SAWYER. styles it, but little more. Besides these public duties, so onerous and vexatious in their nature, " the Doctor," if he chooses to maintain the rank and position of a gentleman, must strive to obtain " private practice." It is to that he must chiefly look for his own "comfort," if it be not a positive prostitution of the term to use it in reference to one so fearfully overworked—and for the maintenance of his family in a respectable position, and the education and advancement in life of his children. Can we, then, feel surprised if they pass hastily the different patients who claim their gratuitous advice, or say that they can be fairly censured if guilty of any trivial degree of negligence—for anything, in short, less than direct and positive cruelty of conduct. We are willing then to give " the Doctor of Stepney Union" credit for all these extenuating circum stances, to allow that, having once recommended what he conceived to be the best mode of relief, he did not trouble his head about the compliance of the sufferers, supposing that starvation would speedily do its work, and drive the miserable suf ferers into the house, for admission to which he had given an order. We have thus, we conceive, fully and fairly stated the alleviating circumstances that may be relied on by the Learned Gentleman, and though they unquestionably mitigate the reproaches that should otherwise be heaped upon him, they do not justify his conduct. Why, we ask, when he found the parties so firmly de termined not to go into the workhouse did he refuse to give any other species of assist ance or relief ? That reluctance to go within the walls—to consent to the total separation, enforced by man's ordinances, between those " whom GOD had joined together," is by no means discreditable. It is a feeling that ought to be cultivated rather than discountenanced. Many would perish rather than take that last step, or enter the abode where " even hope is left behind." The majority would infinitely prefer the shelter and the comforts of the establishment ; but, as we have already stated, " the great principle of out-door relief is to give the paupers exactly what they don't want." Poor WALSH, in the season when he could not work, desired admittance to Marylebone workhouse. He was refused, and obtained the scanty out-door relief that would have gladdened the heart of JOHN ELLIS ; for, be it remembered that Emas was no regular pauper. He was known to be " civil, industrious, and well-conducted," quali ties that ought to have insured something better than workhouse fare. With a very trifling as sistance he could have earned his own livelihood and that of the unfortunate companion of his cares, and he would not become a permanent burden on the poor-rates, or give up the hope of resuming his independence. He must have expressed that feel ing to " the Doctor," for that gentleman speaks of his " cluel obstinacy." Does he not think that the phrase might be more suitably applied in another quarter, or that it would also fit the man who, knowing that the party would not enter the workhouse, abstained from any inquiry for three consecutive weeks, and that although he witnessed the utter and desperate destitution of the miser able pair. Surely he might have ordered some thing better than " a loaf and a little oatmeal," which was all that they received during the 21 days. " The Doctor," who declares that "he is always foremost in mitigating, as far as lies in his power, human distress, wherever lie finds it," kept aloof from them, and made no inquiry as to their fate, which he must have seen to be impending, if they remained firm in refusing to go into the house. Were there no medical comforts which he might have ordered ? Nothing which ho could have done to alleviate their fearful distress ? And yet, disregarding the beam in his own eye, he speaks of " the cruel obstinacy" of the husband in refusing to go into the house, while he cannot perceive that he has become liable to blame of auy kind in refusing to give re lief in any form in which it would be accepted. We do not, however, despair of " the Doctor." He has not deliberately hardened his heart, and therefore we have still hope that he may profit by the painful lesson he has received, and see that there may "be much obstinacy" on his own part as well as that of persons for whom he may be required to prescribe. Above all, that he may consider the circumstances of each case, and apply suitable relief ; not giving to each " exactly what he did not want 1" Thus he will deservedly ob tain a character for humanity, and find other persons besides himself to declare that " the Doctor is always foremost in mitigating, so far as lies in his power, human distress, wherever he finds it 1" CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, Downing street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moles worth. The Council sat two hours and a half. The address in the House of Commons will be moved by Viscount Castlerosse, and seconded by Mr. Thomson Hankey, jun. F. J. Shirley, Esq., Mrs. Shirley, and suite left Loughfea Castle, their magnificent seat, near,arrick macross, on Wednesday, for Eatington Park, in War wickshire, after diffusing food, raiment, and fuel to the poor with the most liberal hand during the last six months. MIDDLE TEMPLE, Jan. 26.—BABRISTERS-AT-LAW.-- The undermentioned gentlemen were this day called to the degree of the Utter Bar, by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple :—William Lowndes Yates, Es q ., 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge ; John Bower Brown, Esq., of Woodthorpe Hall, near Sheffield ; Joseph Kaye, Esq., 8.A., Merton College, Oxford; Thomas Pacey Keene, Esq., Christ's College, Cambridge; Joseph Wigg, Esq. ; and William Frederick Laxton, Esq. GRAY'S-INN, Jan. 26.—At a pension of the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, William Lang. ford, Esq., L.L.S. (honours first class from council of Legal Eucation), James Wynne, Esq., M.A., and Jonas Levy, Esq., were called to the degree of barrister at-law. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Asseinlilr!e Nationale says :—" The answer of the Emperor of Russia to the notification of the entry of the fleets into the Black Sea has arrived in Paris. Several versions are in circulation as to the contents of the despatches received at the Rus sian Embassy. According to the rumours most accredited, we have reason to believe that the entry of the fleets is not considered as a cases Lehi ; but the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has asked the West ern Powers to be pleased to define the nature of the action which they intend exercising in the Black Sea. On the reply which will be given at Paris and London appears at present to depend the con tinuation of the diplomatic relations between Rus sia and the Western powers. We ought nct and cannot prejudge anything on the point." The following important communication is from St. Petersburg, dated the 18th "Although the lower classes express the greatest joy at the news of the victories gained by the Russians over the Turks, the upper classes are discouraged by the ob stinate resistance made by the latter, and by the bravery which they display. The news of the entrance of the combined fleets infro the Black Sea has naturally in creased that feeling of discouragement, for the sending of troops on the coast of Asia Minor has thus become impossible. The Emperor himself is irritated to the highest degree against those who instigated him to a rupture with Turkey, and gave him a false idea of the feelings of the inhabitants of the Danubian Princi palities and the Christians of Turkey ; in fact, who persuaded the Czar that the entrance of a Russian army into the principalities would lead to a general rising of the Rajahs. It has been several times feared that th• Cwar would have an attack of apoplexy. To this must be added that circumstances compel the Czar to tolerate the persons whom he would prefer sending into Siberia than to keep near him. He has nowhere any sincere ally. A war of several years would exhaust a country where men do not abound ; it would be necessary to open the reserve funds, and to seize on the capital of the establishments of credit for objects which cannot be attained for want of that moral energy without which it is impossible to establish a Greek papacy. The entrance •f the combined fleets into the Black Sea has not been followed by a declaration of war, and MM. de Kisseleff and de Brunow have only received orders to demand from the Cabinets of France and England a written declaration as to the means which they calculate on employing to prevent a rencontre between the Russian and Turkish naval forces, and the blockade of Turk. ish ports. The two ambassadors have besides re ceived instructions not to demand their passports except in the event of the Russian fleet being interfered with in its movements from one port of the empire to another. We also learn that the Austrian Cabinet has received the communication that Count Orloff would arrive at Vienna on a confidential mission from the Emperor, and would afterwards proceed to the Courts of Paris, Berlin, and London. It is said that this mission has for object a pacific arrangement with the Four Great Powers for the solution of the question. A reply to the propositions which have arrived here from Vienna, containing the offers of the Ottoman Porte for the conclusion of peace, has not been yet given. It will not be sent until after the question of peace or war between Russia and the Western Powers shall be decided on." Another letter from St. Petersburg, the same date, and in the same journal, gives a rather diffe rent account of the opinion expressed by the upper classes. It says : " Since the entrance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, public opinion seems more irritated than be fore. Our Russian newspaper, the Son of the Country and the Wicssuck, both organs of the Court, contain articles in prose and verse against France, England, and all Europe. These articles speak of Holy Russia, of the Czar, who is believing and wise, and of the victorious issue of the conflict into which he has entered for the Orthodox Church. In Russia everything that resembles western civilisation, every one who conceives the slightest doubt that Russian power is almighty, or who opposes the execution of its gigantic plans, is ailed Antichrist. Not withstanding all that, the energetic conduct of the western powers has caused a desire for an arrangement, which would not cost too much to the national pride to be entertained. All that is asked is, that Russia may come to an understanding with the Ottoman Porte with out any mediator." _ _ A postcript to this letter says : "We are assured that the Emperor of Russia has given orders to Prince Menschikoff to act in the Black Sea, as if the combined fleets were still in the Bosphorus. Orders have also been sent to Odessa to continue the warlike preparation." A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, of the 12th, states that the Trebizond steamer, which reached Constantinople on the 10th, left the sailing vessels, ,under Admirals Dundas and Ham e li n , at Sinope ;' and the steamers under Admirals Barbier de Titian and Lyons, advau cing towards Batoum. When the Retribution joined the fleet she reported only five ships of the line at Sebastopol. Prince Woronzow's resignation had not been accepted. Another despatch from Constantinople, of the 16th inst., state that the combined fleet 2; had made sail in the direction of Varna. The Russians are cruising off Kaffa (Theodosia), not far from the straits which connect the Black Sea with the Sea of Azoff. There is a report that Kars had been taken by the Russians. The Journal de St. Petershourgh, of the 16th con tains the following official reports : "Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff relates, under date of the 23d ult., that for the purpose of more closely hemming in the Turks who occupy Kalafat, Aide-de-Camp General Count Aurep d'Elmpt received orders to advance with a part of our troops cantoned at Krajowa. On this occasion a battalion of the regiment of infantry at Tobolsk, with two pieces of cannon, and some Cossacks, which, under the command of Colonel de Baumgarten, commanding the regiment, formed the ad vanced guard of the detachment, occupied the village of Tchetati. At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 19th ult., the Turkish cavalry, to the number of 1,500 to 2,000 men, appeared before that village, and attacked our battalion at four different times, but were repulsei each time by the musketry and grape of our troops, and obliged to retire on Go unia andMolda wit, after losing, according to the account of the inhabitants, 60 men in killed and wounded. On our side, Ensign Soudschilovsky was slightly wounded in the arm. On th ether points of the Danube nothing took place between the 6th and the 23d ult. "The Commandant-in Chief of the Corps of the Cau casus announces, under date of the 14th December, that our position on the Turkish frontier is strongly guaran teed by our victories . of the 6th, 14th, and 19th Novem ber. According to accounts received at Tiflis the Turkish corps, beaten on the heights of Baschkadyk- Lar, was commanded not by the Seraskier Abdi-Pacha, but by Reis-Akhmet-Pacha. After the affair of the 2d November, at Bazandouri, the former was inclined to avoid a decisive battle with us ; but, having met with a spirit of insubordination among the Pashas under his orders, he retired to Kars. Reis•Akhmet-Pacha, who succeeded him, accepted the battle, and by his presump tion exposed the Turkish troops to the defeat of the 19th November." We have a more detailed account of the passage of the Danube :—Very early in the morning of the 12th General Engelhardt, with 2,000 men, crossed the Danube from Galatz in boats, and after having burned down the bushes on the island and bank of the river, and set two Turkish villages on fire, he proceeded to throw up entrenchments. Towards the evening the approach of a Turkish corps was an nounced, but up to eight o'clock no hostilities had taken place. It was credibly related that when the Turks showed themselves, the Russians went on board their vessels and returned to Galatz. Operations of any magnitude are impossible near the spot where the Russians landed, as the soil is naturally boggy, and is just now little better than a morass. On the Bth June, 1828, the Russians crossed the river lower down at a place in Bessarabia, called Satunovo, almost opposite Isaktschi, but if the Turks had then behaved half as well as they do now, the attempt must have signally failed. A handful of Cossacks and Jagers crossed, and some unaccountable panic seized the Turks', for a corps of 10,000 or 12,000 cavalry, which was posted near the spot, fled with out striking a blow. The 3d Russian corps then occupied the Dobrudscha. The Fremden Blatt assures us that telegraphic advices have been re ceived of the Russians having crossed the river at Silistria, and occupied that place. This is mere nonsense. Silistria lies on a high hill and is very strongly fortified. On the 12th, 8,000 foot, 2,000 horse, and six batteries of the largest calibre crossed from Widdin to Kalafat. Omar Pasha is at Widdin. The Odessa correspondent of the Wanderer, who is generally extremely well informed, wrote on the 12th that the first point at which the fleets were to touch was Sinope. Troops were continually march ing through towards Braila, and it was considered certain that the Danube would be passed at that spot or somewhere in the neighbourhood. For some days such tremendous quantities of beams, spars, fas- eines, and artillery have been forwarded, that it no longer admitted of a doubt that the most important operations were to be undertaken towards the lower end of the Danube. The newt from St. Peters burg was anything but re-assuring, the command ing officers having received orders to proceed with all possible energy. The only chance of re storing peace is that the Porte may send a Pleni potentiary direct to St. Petersburg, for nothing less will satisfy the Empero r . The armaments throughout the whole Empire surpass all belief." Trade was brisk, but the English and French ships were evidently in a hurry to be off. Perfectly credible advices of the 11th from St. Petersburg i f confirm the report of a new em i ss i on em i ss i on o f Bank notes to the amount of 60,000,000 silver 1 roubles. The organisation of all the reserve bat- ; talions has been ordered. We learn from Warsaw that on the 6th a part of the infantry corps, under General Paniutin, received orders to march. The strength of the army of occupation in Poland is 43,000 troops of the line and 24,000 men in gar rison. These last are invalids. The news that the Russian Government had an nounced its intention to search all vessels navi gating the Black Sea under neutral flags is thus communicated by the Austrian naval authori ties " The Imperial Russian Minister of Finances having learned that some persons have taken undue advantage of the free navigation' accorded to neutral flags during the war, and have supplied the hostile army with arms, ammunition, and other materials of war, considers it a duty to put a stop to such enterprises for the future. It is therefore declared that ships so laden or containing any other objects, which according to international law can be considered war contraband, will be seized by the Russian vessels of war, and without regard to the neu tral flag under which the ship may sail, be that flag what it may, it will be confiscated." FRANCE. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a report of the Minister of Finances on the financial results of the year 1853. The receipts and expenditure are nearly balanced. The deficit will not exceed four millions of francs. The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing yesterday evening, says : " I mentioned yesterday that the Russian Mini ster had an interview with M. Drouyn de Lhuys, foe the purpose of demanding explanations relative to the entry of the French fleet into the Black Sea—a question which, I presume, has been asked in London with reference to the English squad ron. M. Drouyn de Lhuys might well have expressed surprise at such a demand, seeing that the object of that movement had been fully and clearly explained in the despatch which announced the fact itself. For any other explana tions that might be required, M. Drouyn de Lhuys said that he should first take the orders of his Sove reign. This, I believe, was the answer given by M. de Nesselrode when the note of M. de Reizet was communicated to him. I understand that M. Kisse leff again saw the Minister for Foreign Affairs yes= terday, and the answer was, that the Emperor had not yet taken his determination respecting any further explanations. It is stated, and I have reason to believe:correctly, that the despatches received by M. de Kisseleff touch on several points, the principal of which is, of course, the presence of the combined fleets in the Euxine. The Emperor of Russia is forbearing enough not to consider it as a case of war, and he believes, or affects to believe, that the English and French fleets have only quitted their anchorage in the Bos phorus, not by way of menace, but to act as me diators between the Turkish and Russian navies, to perform the humane duty of pacificators, and possibly that Admirals Hamelin and Dundas are in reality a volunteer deputation of the Peace Con gress. He of course has not the least idea that these gallant officers would, under any circumstances, imitate the pacificators at an Irish fair, where, when the combatants did not listen to reason, they were knocked down on both sides. It is chiefly to ease his conscience on that point that explanations are demanded. A delicate allusion is also made, so runs my information, to the trifling affair' of Sinope, which was the immediate cause of the entry of the squadrons ; and it is not unworthy of attention that his Imperial Majesty gives what no doubt he considers a very fair explanation of that incident ; he protests that he had no idea of profit by 'the defenceless condition of the Turkish squadron at Sinope, but acted under the impres sion that he was justified in preventing the Turkish fleet from carrying succour of any kind to the rebels on ',Russian territory, and against his Sovereign authority. It is also intimated that perhaps, with the view of preventing any mistake, a paraaraph, how concise he does not care, in the Moniteur, expressive of the neutrality of France, would be very agreeable—but it is indispensable that the word, neutrality, shall be printed with its complete allowance of syllables and letters. These are, I hear, the points on which an explanation is requested, and on them it was that a reference had to be made to the Emperor of the French. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, no doubt for the purpose of coming to a determination as to whether any answer should be given, and what are the explanations that ought to be given. " It is certain that on the fact of the Russian Am bassador not having demanded his passports, as the result of his conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, are founded hopes that an amicable arrange ment is not yet beyond the limit of probability, and that the firm attitude of England and France is at last giving the Czar serious cause of alarm. It is said that the disposition now shown by Austria is very favourable, and if such be the case he might well pause. But it cannot be concealed that those who indulge in these hopes are very few indeed, and the opinion most generally entertained is, that this new move of the Czar is of a piece with his policy throughout. From the very commencement of the quarrel Russia has never hesitated to give assurances of heepacific disposition ; to reject with indignation the ideas of aggrandisement, imputed to her, while at the same time she has not discon tinued for a single day her preparations for war. Her object, it is.believed, is only to gain time to complete these preparations, to concentrate all her force, to overrun even more than she has done the Principalities, and to enclose them in such a grasp as cannot be loosened ; to pass the Danube in irre sistible numbers, and force Turkey, when alone, and at its last gasp, to consent to treat directly with her, while the Powers are still receiving her notes, and the Ambassadors are referring to St. Petersburg. I have reason to believe that there are very serious apprehensions that Turkey will be forced to that alternative, and I know that in Con stantinople such is the result anticipated." The answer of Russia, says the Paris correspon dent of the Chronicle, to the declaration of France and England, with respect to the entry of the com bined fleets into the Black Sea, is at last known. It appears that it arrived in London on the 22d inst., in order that it might, in the first instance, be communicated to the English Governmont. M. de Kisseleff, to whom the same despatch had been transmitted, was instructed to wait for the answer to be given to M. de Brunow, before communi cating the document to M. Drouyn de Lhuys. The Russian note expresses the astonishment felt by the Emperor Nicholas on learning that orders had been sent to the combined fleets to enter the Black Sea ; and declares that, before giving a for mal answer to the declaration to that effect, he considers it necessary to have some categorical ex planations as to the attitude to be assumed by the fleets. He requires to know if France and England were about to abandon their neutrality ; or, if on the contrary, they were about to become parties to the war carried on by Turkey against Russia. On these points the Emperor demands peremptory and categorical answers. The movements of M. de Kisseleff have become events of public importance. Not only did he at tend the ball at the Tuileries on Monday, but he attended the reception at the Princess Mathilde's on Wednesday, and is to dine to-day with the Em peror and Empress. But, notwithstanding this, I understand that he holds himself in readiness to leave Paris on short notice. Since Wednesday, M. de Kisseleff has begun to speak of a trip which he has some intention of making to Belgium, during which he will leave the affairs of his mission under the care of M. Balabine and M. Tolstoi. Letters have been received from the Balearic Islands, which state that an American war-steamer has put into Mahon, on board of which is the am bassador extraordinary of the United States, now on his way to Constantinople. The Moniteur announces that, in obedience to orders sent to the prefects by the Minister of the Interior, an inventory is about to be made of all the departmental archives previous to 1790. The Emperor has granted, from his privy purse, a sum of 3,000 f. to the Abbe Dar as , di rec t or of the Institute of the Deaf and Dumb at Soissons, for the construction of a church. By imperial decree dated the 25th a resolution, of the municipal commission of Paris to the effect that a sum of 2,500,000 f. shall be allowed for the active receipts to pay a part of what is called the " contingent personnel Mobilier de 1854," is ap proved of. The Bourse was firm yesterday, with a further rise on Wednesday's quotations, the latest news from Germany being considered favourable by the speculators. The Three per Cents. opened at 70f. 35c. fell to 70f., rose again to 70f. 50e., and closed at 70f. 40c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 98f. sc. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,062 f. 500. ; Rouen, 940 f. ; Havre, 437 f. 50c ; Great Northern, 755 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 740 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 840 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean' 655 f. ; Western of ' France 555 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 550 f. ; Great Central, 435 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 450 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 655 f. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 21st contains several decrees opening supplement ar y credits to the Mi nister of Marine and War — these credits amount altogether to about 17,000,000 reals. Another decree recognises the Supreme Tribunals of War and Marine. Several of the members of the Tribunal who in voted against the Government the Senate have been excluded from it, and General Villa Campa has been chosen President, and General Espeleta Vice-president. The Epoca says that the placing on the retired list of Generals San Miguel, Chacon, Ros de Olano, Serrano, Manzano, Messina,and Zabala, which had been shortly expected, had been postponed. The Diario says that the pay of captains-gene ral of military divisions is to be increased to 3,5 k douros (27,500 fr.). A letter says :—" The Queen'is this day to pre' side over a council of ministers. Tha adoption ju this council of a measure for suppressing passports is considered probable. This measure w ould be very popular." The Three per Cents. were done at 44; the Neal Three per Cents. at 204-; the Debt of th e first 0. 05 at 81, and that of the second at 4i. SWITZERLAND. The Federal Council of Switzerland has decided upon forming two military- camps in August nei t for instruction ; one in Western Switzerland, wid er the command of General Bontemp s , an d th e other in the Eastern cantons, under General Ziegler. The Gazette of Baden announces that the ner tiations begun between the Government and th e clergy have failed, the Archbishop of Freiburg ( having declared that h e wou ld no t g i ve up an y °f his rights. 1111.1111111 1 111111" 7 ,,......... a COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAL 2 6 , The Queen 'sallied in the Home Park an d Sl o pes t iljj morning, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Duke (A Cambridge, accompanied by the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Malm es b ur y, E ar l B ruce, a rid the Right 0011; the Speaker, wen t ou t s h oo ti ng, atten d e d b y Vi sc ousy Torrington. Her Majesty honoured Mr. J. E. Jones with a sitting for a bust about to be executed by her Majesty's o° l ' mand for Mr. William Dargan. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal fig ness the Duchess of K en t, hi s R o y a l Hi g h ness th e Tho, of Cambridge, the D u k e an d D uc h ess o f A rgy ll, the Marquis and Marchioness o f E xe t er an d Lady D"4. Cecil, the Lady in W a iti ng t o th e D uc h ess o f K en t, w i Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Ea r and Countess of Bessborough, the Earl and Count y Bruce, Vis coun t an d Vi scountess P a l merston , Vi sc ount Drumlanrig, the Right Hon. the Speaker and 10 Shaw Lefevre, and Majo r th e H on. J . Macdonald. d The band the Ist Life Guardsattended in the Can. : during dinner, and p er f orme d t h e following colnrw tions : March, " Feiza Baari." Overture, " Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Glee, " Red Cross Knight" Calcott. Walzer, " Amalie" Lumbya Potpourri, " Guillaume Tell" Quadrille, " Sophien" Polka, "Bonviva,nt" Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in attelv ance, and played the following selection : Overture, " Das Wunderwasser" Flotow. Selection, " Faust" Spohr. Air de Dense, Couplets et Choeur, " L e Cheval de Bronze" DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. (11031 THE COURT NEWSMAN.) WINDSOR, THuRSDA I : The following company had the honour of r eceis'i ° ; invitations for the evening to witness the dramati c t o presentation :—The Belgian Minister and Madame de Weyer, Viscount and Viscountess Combernateret , ;00 countess Chewton, Lady F rances B ruce , L a d y Car°,' and Mise Barrington, Colonel the Hon. Ch a rles Mrs. Grey, Col one l th e H on. C . B . and Miss rhLP,ret, Sir John and L a dy J ane W a l s h , M i ss Walsh, Sir 'll',lo- dore and Lady B r i n ck man , Mi ss B r i nckman, Sir Gale Couper, Miss and Mr. R. Couper, the Bairones%o Speth, Admiral and M rs . Syk es , M r. and the , Grenfell, Colonel Hall (commanding officer), Liente,,do ll ' ; Bateson and Sub-Lieutenant G rosvenor, Ist Life Go' do i Lieutenant Colonel Sir C. Hamilt on , C apta i n Iriscoco"o Chewton, and Captain Aitcheson, 2d Battalion 6 Fusilier Guards ; Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Glover. „01 At eight o'clock her Maje s ty th e Q ueen an d 1 3 is in, Highness Prince Albert entered the Reubens 11° : of accompanied by their R o y a l Hi g h nesses t h e "E'rinccice Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, 1'r.5,, Alfred, the Princess H e l ena , an d t h e Princess. Lnilld together with th e w h o l e o f t h e R oya l d i nner c i rc le the Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance. P le b The performan ce i mme di a t e l y commenced. Th e selected on this occasion were a comedy in one ac"a s Mr. T. J. Serle, entitled Tender Precautions, r farce, farce, in one act, by M r. Ch ar l es Dance, called t y Bengal Tiger, and the parts were filled according following programme : TENDER PRECAUTIONS. Admiral Jollyboy Mr. Addison. , Mr. Samuel Gosling Jack Sparkes Captain Wildbore Mr. Howe. Mr. Chase (a Jeweller) Grab (a Bailiff) James (Servant to Mr. Gosling) Mr. J. F. Caw Mrs. Gosling... J (the Admiral's f Mrs. Keeley. Lucy Jollyboy 1 Nieces) 1 Miss Murray. Mrs. Souchong Mrs. A. Wig° . THE BENGAL TIGER. Sir Paul Pagoda Mr. A. Wigo• Edward Henderson Arthur Onslow Sir Paul's Two Attendants I Mr. White. ( Mies Yellowleaf Mr. Jone s. Mrs. A. WW l "' Charlotte Henderson Miss Marston' Director, Mr. Charles Kean. Assistant Director, Mr. George Ellis. gt. The theatre arranged, and the scenery painted, by Tnomas Grieve. Refreshments were served in the Throne Room a llrilli the evening. STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. er r , e of The council of the S oc i e ty f or th e encourag eol , Arts, Manufactures, an d C ommerce, h av i ng had rn cent disputes between em pl o y ers an d' employed '-tios' manufacturing districts under their serious con sidera c oo t are of opinion that thi s soc i e t y may b e made, isi°,4 degree, instrument a l i n p romot i ng a c l ear knowleubs ist the facts and principl es i nvo l ve d i n t h e V0 6° 13 1,0 0 issue, and may offer a neutral ground upon which h ot parties may fairly and temperately discuss th e modes of either preventi ng th e out b reak of such oty trous quarrels, or terminating them as speedily s l3 ae tisfactorily as possible to all parties, when they Ar";to The council, therefore, propose, in the first P, 13c f , 4 0 hold a conference, to which they will invite the t e , ; terf Associations of masters and operatives at Mans u :iife 9 and the Local Associations of masters and oPe r '',lB 9 , at Preston, to send each a representative. Thet t propose to invite to the conference an equal nttslu", those who took the most prominent part on either It of the late dispute among the mechanical engineers' Or , will further be the care of the council to bring t 0 1l conference, without bias on one side or other, as• tll 9 , as possible of those who, without being involved i r ` to es labour question as p ar ti sans , h ave stu di e d an d 0 1 °,0 6 its various bearings. Th e counc il propose to re,c r e the order of the proce e di ngs so th at t h ey ma y es' practical tendency, and a busin ess c h arac t e r, 313 t ioll' degenerate into vagu e , no i s y, or use l ess declan i ." e l For this purpose, each sp ea k er w ill b e s t r i c tly limit psi a few minutes on each topic ; and, that di gre ssion be readily checked, th e w h o l e su bj ec t w ill b e d e fin?d cf :/ divided into distinct propositions, such as the followi ri l; o f 1. Combinations.—Are they objectionable, whe the oll c ' •n foot by employ ers or emp l oye d , as a means o f in a b ing the value of labour ? Would a law of limited l id e ces:i in partnerships t e nd t o ren d er suc h combinations le ; 4 :1 4 or nary ? Do they re move th e ques ti ons w i th which o'lo' from the priv ac y o f or di nary trade management, as7tbt, ' t tham under public cognizance, and, if so , how 10'190,1; publicity be most s i m ply an d e ff ectually secured any legislative provision, or other arranement, tengil:i to by which the ri g ht o f assoc i at i on, if obviously exePli e d the detriment of th e community, might b e ycontrs' e neutralised ? 2. Strikes and Lock - outs.—Should partial strI;;O!! Dot by to take th e mas t ers of a locality in detail, s - by lock-outs ? What other means are likely to be °P in terminating them? bst *l oo ; 3. Wages.—Doe s p a y men t b y p i ece - wor k a lt e r ss tially the nature of the relations which would exist b:i f 1 0 ; employer and employed we re the l a tter day or virecoti,',ol bourers ? Can list of prices for piece-work be equi ii ffer drawn up so as to meet the varied circumstances offt ii tiegt ent machinery, different management, different 1 0 °,0' 1 ; and the constant progress of improvement ! Ought facturers I to bind together their associations withlA a glr, limits of a minimum scale of prices for. piece -work ? the operative to share beyond the market value t ee labour in the increased productiveness of improv ed chinery The Council propose that no resol u ti ons sh° e la adopted except where entire unanimity prevails. 4der th e y venture, for convenience sak e , t o prescr ib e thef' o r of the proceedings, they intend to observe a strict < O9 trality. They have fixed upon Monday, the 3 0 t4 e lif of January, for holding the Conf erence, w hi c h is A u whit con vened at the Society's Hous e , J o h n - s t ree t, Au e punctually at 11 a.m. , • , ---- _ _----._!..—....._____,* , I P A T T R E E D D R s, ..' 1 E ty P s tR A T N URE Am PR B O A M ssA L D o o ND R. fIi t OO TirI : t a cti o ' f i BR AN oN T o i w c rently reported yesterday, says the Morning Iferles' o f clubs, that Baron Brunow and various a ttsci , for the Russian embassy had made every repara ti l i th ii i leaving Londob at the shortest p *bleno P tice •an o' . matters had gone so far, that the fine which ' his peO i ' lency had undertaken to pay, should he tinegiv 134' session of his residence without ' the usual been already paid. ee t• M ee ly 111 ; a ETROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—At the w- - IL 10.- 11 ' inn. of the Board of Guardians of the Holborn ~g 0 Mr. S. Pearson said be brovs. that a plan was about to ri i.o 0 forward for opening out several new streets froo3,"oeff inn-lane to Leather-lane by which the courts and ° in that locality, where the most wretched dvreli c 7 to the poor existed, would be removed, which w i jo a lp , the greatest improvement that could be effected i 1 10.10_ parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, as the hot-beds °'..„bol° would thus be removed, and the health o f the m°s neighbourhood improved. Mr. Horn said that ;cos' comprehensive scheme was to make a new street" 1, vv. tb° 10 ,, tinuation of Ki ng ' s - roa d, f rom Gray's-inn-lane _ to, _ end of Cross-street, and the houses were now beio% t iev° down on the north side of St. Peter's Church, to C`,'.. o c oo: this street to Victoria-street—it should then this _ hel p! tinued to the end of Wilderness-row ; and if this c tinued to the end of Wilderness-row; and 1 terb ooo° iL i s was carried out, the governors of the Charter-? 11 , 0 11 i e. expressed their willingness to set back their cr , b f a x . , Wilderness-row, in order to widen that th?r . °6_ v ula o A direct route from Oxford-street to Shoreditcb '_. jo y . the gu ar AO by this means be opened out. Several of oar— expressed their desire to see these improvements out, and the subject then dropped.