The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-09 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, to commence with HUY BLAS: Miss Louise Pyne, Miss Susa - Fyne, Miss ThirlwalL and Madame Laura Baxter; Niessrs. Sant ley, Patey, Lyall, AynsleyCooke, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. o rs open at hall-past 6—Commence at 7. THE ATR E-R YA L, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager; Mr. F:dmund Falconer. THIS EVEN ING, the Comio Drama of THE NEXT OF KIN. _ _ --- After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE Go DDY TWO SHOES. Commence at T HEATRE-R 0 t ray., HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed UR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck atone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA; or, The Happy Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Kegley. Concluding with MRS. WHITE. YCEUNI THEATRE ROYAL, Will OPEN, -1-1 under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER, on SATURDAY, January 10. The perfermances will commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK, in which Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee will appear. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. Esq. The principal character will be sustained by 1 11 . : Pechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining', J. Brous' - E L widdicombe, 3l'lntyre, F. Charles, G ar d en, Rayraoll — ' E. Butler, Dawson; Misses Carlotta L ec l ercq , Kate Terry Lavenue, and Elsworthy. en gaged, and e Mr. Phelps and Mr. Walter M on t gome ry are - will shortly appear. rtormanoe to com- Doors open at half-past Six o'clock, ri,e 2a. d, and £2 2s. mence at Seven. Private Boxes, 4 . 2 s Circle, 58. fld. ; Upper Places registered. Stalls, Cis. 6d. ; Pre- • ; Dress Circle, s a• ; Circle, 4s. bd. Prices at doors —steps, Upper irele, 4s • Pit, 25. ; stag No half-price. Box e-Manager, Mr. G. office open from Mr. H. Barnett. Vining; Acting-Manag! - " 1 tut 5. v E w , KA TRE-R0 SCAL, ADELPHI.— sole prov e.t.or and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J L. Toole, P. Bedford, and Mrs. Billington. After which. MARGERY DAW. T o conclude with " GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, narlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, NED'S IC Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, slephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; t,olumbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard 'a ntaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and Bertrand. Commence at 7. ROYA L L.s P ee ß an l d N ma C nn E e S r, S n 'S r Li T im p . E AT RE THIS EVENING, THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. A. Marston, Mr. Wallace ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver. and Mrs. B. White. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RIQUET WITH THE rUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother. Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, 31r. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and 31r. Haltord, • The WEATHER. --Sun Office, Jan. 9, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. Lowest during the ni g ht 4l This day at Noon .. 29 38 Barometer-29.73. Wind—Sonth•eaot, light. Weather cold and dull. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TII DA.7.—Morning, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 55m. To-moi).Row.-Morning, sh. 10m.—Afternoon, sh. 30m. 1~~~ jai rllrll, f ~ I~=~' o - 3111,, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 18e3. The soldierly courage of the Federals at Frede ricksburg has at last been disputed. An eye-wit ness, who beheld the successive attacks and repulses from a station on the north of the Rappahannock, commanding the best view of the whole, gives a mortifying account of the " skedaddling" of nearly all the northern battalions, as they came actually under the Confederate fire. It is mortifying be cause, as Englishmen, we feel a pride in the steady courage of our own race under all circumstances, and because we like to see disaster, if disaster must be, without dishonour. Notwithstanding the re portS of General BURNSIDE acd the thanks of the PRESIDENT, it is difficult to refuse credit to the circumstantial accounts of the Canadian surgeon. He says, too, writing from headquarters, that the highest officers " do not pretend to conceal that the Union forces never fought so badly." He denies the impregnability of the positions, and believes that a European army of one-fourth the Federal size would have " carried them with a rush." He denies that the position of the Confederates could be compared at all, in point of strength, with that of the Russians at Alma, so promptly carried by the Allies; tells us that the attacking divisicns turned back, more like mobs than soldiers, and that the greater part of the loss was among the skulkefs at Fredericksburg. This last remark looks to us most like gratuitous supposi tion; moreover, it was what the spectator from " Philips Mansion" could not possibly see. The cause of all this " carnival of cowardice," as the Canadian doctor terms it, he conceives to be the raw character of the recruits who formed the greater part of the army. They were only in small part the men who had been disciplined and seasoned in M'CLELLAN's campaigns, and the great numbers who were frightened at being the first time under fire threw all the others into confusion. He tells also that the Confederate line was so long that he seems to justify BURNSIDE from the general charge made against him of imprudence in venturing on the attack, since it ought to have been pierced, as the general intended, without serious difficulty. If so, the PRESIDENT, however, in the surgeon's view, he erred in matter of fact iu praising the courage of the troops, did Rot err in describig the failure as an " accident." We must leave the question the fight it stands. An unknown spectator of fi g ht attributes the failure to the deticiett Courage of the troops, the military officials to th e impreg.. nability of the position, and the PRESIDENT to accident. Possible there was in it something of all three. But whatever might be the want of military courage at Fredericksburg, there seems to be no want of financial courage at Washington. Mr. Secretary CHASE does n ot flinch from the most formidable financial undertakings, The Committee of Ways and Means asks of him a bill embodying his views; he fearlessly sends them one for not less than £ 1 8 0 .000,000. Ofthis huge amountL6o,ooo,ooo is to meet the expenses of the current year, that is till next June, the remaining £12 0 , 000,000 are for the year which is to terminate in June, 1864. Whether human recruits can be obtained in suffi cient numbers or not, M r . cruksz is quite deter mined that the paper sinews o f war shall not be wanting. The pecuniary tempt at ion to bounty seekers, and to contractors, is not to bo in He may be, indeed , quite sure, that so lon w g an a t sh g. he can show by any devices, a full treasury, there will be no want of stout advocates for perseverance in if the war. It is also prudent for him to get , h e can, the supplies voted till 1864 by the present Congress. After March the Democrats will be in power ; and were an extra session then convened to provide the " ways and means," they might bring the war to a standstill at once by parsimonious votes. The Appropriation Bill to be voted by this Congress cannot, however, we believe, extend over the close of this year, when the Democratic Con gress will assemble ; but if the " ways and means' he has Provided extend to the following June, i, w:11 not be easy to prevent existing supplies fromt passing into the hands of the PRESIDENT. Mr. CHASE'S reliance for raising t h e money Bp peari3 to be entirely I m an°, under different names. The total of the produce of the innumerable taxes ho therefore, no doubt, expects will be consumed in meeting the interest of fouler loans, and of those which he now proposes to raise. A favourite mode appears to be, still, a kind of Exchequer Bills, as we should term them, bonds bearing seven and a half per cent. interest—that rate being selected because for a fifty dollar bond the interest is just a cent (one halfpenny) per day, and proportionably for larger amounts; rendering the daily value of the bonds a matter of such easy calculation as to make them as commercially convenient as simple money. To this old plan he proposes to add now a small bond or note circulation, bearing 3.65 interest, or half a cent per day. These bonds, though proba bly creditors wuuld, generally, be but too glad to get them, do not seem to be "legal tender." That privilege Mr. CHASE reserves for "Legal Tender Notes" ;tearing no interest. This last proposal, if carried out, w ill be the most important commercial event of the w ar. He does nut appear to think of propos in g to make these notes redeemable in gold ; t heir security is to be, if we understand the brief account correctly, United States bonds. Thus, should the Govern ment issue the " legal tender notes" in excess of the wants of trade, they will come back to its hands to be replaced by bonds bearing a heavy interest. Now it is obvious that in this wa y, unless the " Legal Tender" issues be carefully limited by Congress, the Administration might, through them, raise a loan to any extent it pleased. It would merely have to issue its notes ; and, when they came back, through redundancy, to exchange them for interest-bearing bonds, and the country would be saddled with a loan to that extent. Mr. CHASE proposes to authorise banking associations throughout the States, to issue these notes. The associations to be responsible for paying them in the first instance—we presume by holding a suffi cient capital of United States bonds—and of course the Government to be ultimately responsible. Thus these banks, in proportion to their issues, would be compelled to take the Government loans. The whole scheme is a complete subversion of the JACK SON policy, of refusing to Government the power to issue money. That policy was adopted for purely political reasons, the fear of leaving so much power in the hands of a rival political party being the real motive. Travellers in America have all found the consequences of it to be, to the last degree, incon venient. Dollars are a cumbrous currency, and there is no paper which passes universally current. All describe it as a hopeless study to ascertain in one State the banks whose paper is of full value in another. The traveller has to sub mit to discounts, and not unfrequently to the rejection of his note as worthless ; and even Americans themselves, in passing to somewhat distant localities, are frequently at a loss. Should the war issue in leaving the country in possession of a universal Government paper circulation, it will at least confer on it one commercial benefit. It remains to be seen whether the local banks will surrender their present freedom from Government competition without a fierce struggle. While Mr. CHASE is thus proposing to raise money, or the substitutes for money, we receive sad accounts of the way in which past loans have been squandered. A sum of £320,000 had been appro priated "in one city" alone for " recruiting, orga nizing, and drilling volunteers." It is said that nearly half this sum waid on fraudulent accounts ! Nearly one thousand persons were implicated, though not all criminally. Many merchants and brokers in New York are involved, as the result of a secret investigation which has been going on for two months. It is certainly one of the results of war, most trying of all to the temper and patience of a country, to find its own subjects taking frau dulent advantage of its difficulties. England has nothing, alas, to boast of, in this respect. The only thing we have to blame in the Americans, is, their trusting, without supervision, the virtue of their citizens. We cannot afford to do it. 1 I On Thursday Mr. CARDWELL made a speech at the dinner of the Oxford Friendly Association. His remarks are worthy of attention, from the earnest manner in which he expressed himself. He said he had peculiar pleasure in the meeting because he be lieved the society " destined to increase the comfort and promote the prosperity of the people, and in the hour of adversity to mitigate the sorrows of a large body of honest, industrious, and frugal men." He proceeded to state that the principle on which the society was founded, was that of independence based upon frugality, and the principle of union carried it into effect. There is great truth in his remarks on the value of independence as a social virtue, and a national blessing, end the necessity of ensuring that independence in its integral state and full vigour, by making a timely provision and necessary saving. He then explained the important results that flow from small beginnings in these words : " You know that all wealth, even the wealth which constitutes the pride and power of this country, sprang originally from the savings made by honest men and frugal men, Pud which savings, although originally small in their beginning, are large and important in their collective aggregate, just as the rivers which fertilise the country run into and swell the great ocean that bears upon its bosom the fleets of commerce are filled by those small streams which we ourselves see trickling down the hills of our re spective neighbourhoods, and which in their begin ning are so small and so comparatively insignifi cant. So it is with the great aggregate of the pro duce of industry and the wealth which flows from it; it is made up of the collective industry of indi viduals, all t en di ng towar d s th e production of one 1 great result." There is encouragement in this to all wavering and hesitating minds, who satisfy their consciences and also often consult their secret indolence by ne glecting to put by anything on the pretext that so little can do no good. This is a great mistake, and may result in a fatal error if not timely averted. Mr. CARDWELL stated that formerly there was every allo xance to be made, since no adequate Ls sistance was provided for the working man to en- • courage him to save. However, now, I happily in the general advancement of the nation, a change had taken place; and, in the first place, there had been adopted a system of savings banks, which was the means of aggregating many millions. Then, lagain, private enterprise had also conduced to the I happy result. The object of the association which they met to celebrate that night was " a , s , t n o ot fu b r e l h i i s n h d the others in interest. I ts atul re sources by their suffering and sic kness, savings to th e individuals who belong t o it i n their hours of s which are an aggravation of the pain of bereave went; for, d e p en d u p on it, that povertyavery great a ggravat i on o f su ff er i n g at 50th is a time, considering the attendant expenses which that very bereavement imposes upon a family." It is satis factory to know that this association has made considerable progress during its short existence; the number of its members has increased from 3() to 300, and it has distributed between £5,000 and £6,000 for the relief of suffering. " No doubt then," said the speaker, "it is dear to every one within 1 the walls of the city of Oxford." After some more apposite remarks the right hon. gentleman con cluded by observing that in our day class differ. tences were done away with, and although the dis tincticns of society were recognised with a due re gard for their importance , we were impressed with the truth of the remark of an ancient , Roman, that, " Whatever we may inherit o, reeeiv6 from others, those things are th© most truly esteemed '01.94 we obtain for ourselves." THE SUN, LONDON . , FRIDAY EVENINO, JANUARY 9, 1863 This is a faithful exposition of the views of the great body of the people of thiscountry, country, and it is the vital principle which animates and informs the great institutions of England which so redound to the credit of Englishmen, and whose existence is often a wonder to the strangers and foreigners who seek our shores. Some years ago at a public dinner tor some oharity, M. OtrIZoT emphatically remarked that nothing in the details of the doings of the society referred to so much astonished him as the s uperscription on its portals, which was similar to that inscribed on its fellow institutions, " Supported by voluntary contributious." This most distin guished man aptly represented a difficulty that had occurred to many humbler members of: his country, but which rightly understood is the typical illustration of our national character, the love of independence and the spirit of freedom. Mr. CARDWELL'S speech was well worthy of the occasion, and he rendered what might have been dull details interesting and instructive, by his quo tations and application of suitable anecdotes. Small as the theme might be in individual magni tude it was not trifling in its union with similar societies, while the importance of the principle that actuated it cannot be too highly estimated. No thing that affects the welfaie and happiness of the working classes can be too strongly taken up, and nothing creates more distress And disaster than the evils which follow on their suffering. To encourage and foster such institutions as this referred to be. comes of paramount importance, and redounds to the credit of all who come forward as their expo nents and advocates. nothing but to obey the word of command con tinually whispered from the Cabinet of Berlin. Besides various affairs more particularly respect ing Holstein in the departments of the Ministers of Justice, of Religion, and of the Interior, several measures will be submitted to the States concerning the whole monarchy, some of which have already been discussed in the debates of the Rigsraad. The Budget of the Monarchy, which has already been voted by the Rigsraad for the kingdom and for Schleswig, will also be submitted to the States. There will consequently be no pretext of which the Confederation can avail itself. In case the decision of the States of Holstein coincides with that of the Dano-Schleswig Rigsraad, there will be a possibility of establishing a common law for the whole monarchy. On the other hand, if this unity is not accomplished, it will have to be considered whether, under the circumstances, it would not be advisable to cancel the affair in question, the union of the Danish provinces of the kingdom with the German provinces, in order that the States of Hol stein need only occupy themselves with the questions which concern Holstein, while the Dano-Schleswig Rigsraad decides the affairs of the kingdom and of Schleswig. NORFOLK AND THE PRINCE OF WALES NORWICH, JAN. 8. The magistrates sitting in quarter session here to-day resolved themselves into a public meeting, for the purpose of adopting a resolution welcoming the Prince of Wales to Norfolk. The HIGH SHERIFF (Mr. R. S. H. Harvey) said it was fortunate that we lived in a country in which there was but one common feeling of loyalty to the Throne and devotion and attachment to the person of the Sovereign. The Emperor of the French was obliged to keep up an army for the purpose of keep ing his people in subjection, although elected by that people ; the King of Prussia was in direct op position to the constitution which he had sworn to uphold ; the Emperor of Russia, in liberating the serfs, was in direct oppo•ition to the nobles of his court, and in Asia the Emperor of China had a re bellion on his hands, while in England there was but one feeling of attachment to the Sovereign who reigned over us. The Prince of Wales had been brought up with the greatest care, and not satisfied with giving him the best possible education, his gracious mother and his inestimable father hat sent him abroad to learn the manners and customs of other countries, and to verify his studies by a per sonal examination of the memorials of olden times. The Prince of Wales was evidently desirous of doing his duty in the same exemplary manner in which his gracious mother had dune hers, and he (the High Sheriff) felt that he was expressing the sen timents of every class in Norfolk and of the com munity at large in moving the following resolution ; " To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. " Sir,—We, the magistrates of the county of Norfolk, assembled in the Shire Hall at Norwich, on the occasion of our quarter session, this Bth day of January, 18A, venture to approach your Royal Highness with the expression of the sincere and heartfelt gratification which we have experi enced at your Royal Highness having come to reside in our county, and on our having the prospect of such visits on the part of your Royal Highness being frequently repeated. This feeling we know to be shared by all classes of the in habitants of this county, and we venture further to assure your Royal Highness that the county of Norfolk yields to none in devotion and loyalty to her Majesty, and in affec tionate respect to your Royal Highness and to all the mem bers of her Majesty's Royal family," Lord SONDES seconded the resolution, which was agreed to unanimously, and ordered, on being signed by the High Sheriff, t) be forwarded to General Knollys for presentation to the Prince. Mrs. Macfarren's Entertainment, Yesterday afternoon Mrs. John Macfarren re peated her delightful " Morning at the Pianoforte," written expressly for her by her distinguished relative, G. A.. Macfarren. The lecture, if such it can be called, was interesting and animated, giving many anecdotes of the most eminent composers and players, with comments ou their varying styles. The most bgreeable part of the entertainment, how ever, was, undoubtedly, the musical illustrations, in which Mrs. Macfarren displayed a rare degree of execution and expression happily combined. Handel's famous old Blacksmith seemed to gain new harmony from her expres sive rendering, while the " Songs without words," which make so great a demand on the taste and feeling of tue player, were almost equally ad mirable. Selections from Beethoven and Weber were varied by an old English air, skilfully arranged by Macfarren, and an elaborate fantasia by Thal berg on the "Elisir d'Amore." Miss Eliza Hughes, who is a young singer of much promise, gave great satisfaction in the vocal part of the entertainment. We congratulate Mrs. Macfarren on the success of ner entertainment, which ail lovers of good music must desire to see repeated. THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE at WALES.—Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albeit is about to be redecorated, internally and externally, by the Portsmouth Dockyard authorities, preparatory to the con veyance from the continent to England of her Royal High ness the Princess Alexandra of D nmark, the future partner of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. " Mrs. Katharine Thomson, who died at Dover of gastric fever on the 191 h ult , was the widow of the late eminent physician, Dr. A. Todd Thompson, and daughter of Mr. Thos. Beyerley, of Etruria, in Staffordshire. She was known to the public as the author of many works of biography and fiction, the first of which, a Life of Wolsey,' was written for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Her first novel, called Constance,' was published anonymously, and met with success—an animated picture of country life some forty it also paints the character of Dr. Parr, with well na a ra cq a u w ai e n r t e e dl.easTplanepnaleaxrt, andtwo novels the published ago authoress with was her bars. Thompson turned to biography. The Life of Raleigh," The Memoirs of the Court of Henry the Eighth,' were followed by ' Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Sia.rlborough.' The research and reading requisite for these works gave her material for a series of his- 1 torical novels,--' Anne Boleyn,' Raglan Castle,' The White Mask,' The Chevalier.' In addition to these works she published Lives of the Jacobites,' and two novels, Tracy, or the Apparition,' and ' Widows and Widowers,' The death of Dr. Thomson, in 1849, put a stop ior a time to her literary pursuits. On Mrs. Thomson's return to England, after some years' residence abroad, she published a novel, ' Court Secret,' founded on the well-known story of Kaspar Hauser, Faults on both Sides,' and Memoirs of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.' Her later works were written conjointly with her son, and published under the nems d 5 plume o f G race and Philip Wharton, The Queens of Society,' and ' Wits and Beaux.' The ' Literature of Society,' only just given to the world, was Mrs. Thomson's last production. ller fellow worker, J. C. Thomson, was , accidentally drowned at Tenby whilst bathing."—Allte , naum, Jan. 3, 1863. s1; ' :l t d Court PUBLICof QuarterE X E e usTelsos Sessions the this wee Worcestershire ktheehair. man, the Earl of Dudley, made some observations in refer ence to the execution of William Ockold, at Worcester, for murder, reported in The Sun of Saturday last. A great e ffort, he said, had been made in Worcester to save Ockold, not from any doubt that he was guilty, or that the sentence of death should hAve followed his crime, but because t h ere was a strong feeling that as the convict was years old, if he had been shut up for the re m ai n d er 70 of his days ju stice w if a uld have been luny vindicat e d. I t gua rantee were given to the public generally that sentenc es p seemed to him that asse passed upon persons would be duly carried out every one woulc I fe el pleasure at the discontinu ance of such painful scenes as the one that had been wit named l as t F r i da Mr. C ur tler, deputy- c hairman , coin cided y. with his lordship. Ho moved that the matter be re ferred to a comm i ttee, to cons id er whether a mor : conve nient and less dangercus mode could not be found for carry ingw out public executions at the gaol. This - cis seconded by Mr. Pakington, who, however, wished it to be distinctly understood that he did not touch at all upon the question of low the law was to be carried into effect in such cases--e question which he considered was ono more for the discus sion of Parliament and the nation than of that Court, 'The motion of :lr, Ctirtler was then carried, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY, Jan. 9. The oniteur of this morning publishes the usual month y return of the Bank of France, which shlv the following results, as compared with the December return : INCREASE. Francs, Cash in hand Treasury balance 51 millions, 13 2-5 millions DECREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due , ... 84 millions Bank-notes . .... 43 4-5 millions. Current accounts.. lsi millioms. Advances PRUSSIA. THE KING'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS OF THE MUNICIPALITY. BERLIN, JAN. 9, Morning. The King, in his reply to the New Year's Ad dress of the Municipality and the Municipal Coun- cil, said : " The present position of affairs in Prussia, which has been styled a conflict, has arisen from the confusion prevailing it. the public mind. "I intend to maintain and protect the Constitu tion. I am compelled to carry out by every means within the limits of the Constitution that which I consider essential to the welfare of the country, without regarding the fact of my being at present misunderstood. "It is the duty of all loyal citizens, and espe cially of Municipal Councils, to propagate sound views among the people." RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 9. The commission appointed by Government to inquire into the reform of taxation has proposed that the duty upon the importation of raw sugar should be reduced. It is intended that the re duction shall commence with 1864 and proceed gradually by a fourth of a rouble annually upon each pood (a Russian weight of about 40 pounds) until 1870, at which period the duty upon sugar imported by land and sea shall be equalised to rouble. 1 ••.•• SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 8. In to-day's sitting of the Congress Senor Mon continued his speech on Mexican affairs. He again maintained that Senor Calderon Collantes was aware of the candidature of the Archduke Maxi milian and the despatch of French reinforcements to Mexico. He said also that General Prim ought to have respected the existing treaty, and not have re embarked his troops. Senor Mon accused England of making use of Spain to improve her relation with Mexico, and regretted that the Spanish troops had not gone to Mexico with the French, as Spain would then have gained in consideration. Senor Calderon Collantes said, in reply to Senor Mon, that the general temour of the instructions which he sent to General Prim was, that he should act in the manner that would best maintain Spanish interests. The amendment proposed by Senor Mon was then put to the vote and rejected by a majority of 78, tie numbers being 72 for and 158 against the amendment. PRUSS I A. BERLIN, lAN. 4. The Neue Preussiehe rEreuz)Zeitung of to-day says: -- "We learn that Count Usedom has been ap pointed Ambassador of the King of Prussia at the Court of Turin, while General Willisen, the pre sent representative of Prussia at Turin, will most probably proceed as Prussian Minister to Rome." GREECE. ATHENS, JAN. 4. Several popular demonstrations in favour of Prince Alfred took place to-day before the house of the Hon. Mr. Elliot. The election of several deputies has been can celled as illegal after examination by the Chamber of Deputies. Brigandage is increasing in the provinces. TURKEY. CONS TANTINOPLE, JAN. 7. The Ministerial crisis is over. Kiamil Pasha has been appointed Grand Vizier, and Aali Pasha has returned to his post as Minister for Foreign Affairs, as already announced. It is expected that Fuad Pasha will be appointed President of the Supreme Council. Public confidence is re-established. Turkish Consolides are quoted 42t. POLAND. WARSAW, J4N. 8 (Evening). One of the political spies, who went to-day to the Public Treasury to receive the reward due to him as an informant, was there stabbed with a dagger and mortally wounded by some person unknown. SCHLESWIG.HOLSTEIN. The Dagbladet f9t January 6th gives the follow ing summary of public feeling in Copenhagen : The States of Holstein have just been convoked by a Royal decree, bearing date December 29th, in accordance with which they will meet at Itzehoe on the 24th. It is nearly two years since the last session, and the stormy state of affairs at the pre sent moment makes the public watch with some eagerness for the debates of this new session. It has been rumoured in various quarters that the Government intended to submit to the States the plan of a new Constitution for the whole Nlonarchy,or rather certain modifications, to adapt it to all pits of the Monarchy, as was the case pre vious to November, 18.58, w hen it closed by order of the Confederation, to be in force for Holstein and I Lauenburg. We think ourselves in a position to state that the Government entertains no such pro ject. When the States of Holstein met in March, 1861, the outline of such a new constitution was presented to them. The States refused then to open the debates on the subject, apd even rejected the liberal offers of the Government with regard to the plrtieular constitution of Holstein. Considering this experience, and the obedience of the States to the instigations of the German Powers, it would certainly be surprising if the Government renewed such propositions. The States have declared in suffi ciently plain terms that they would agree to no new arrangement of the monarchy that did not offer them absolutism, or the creation of a separate State of Schleswig-Holstein, condition s which are equally impossible for any Danish Government to agree to. So long as Prussia refuses to encourage an agree ment, it would be perfectly useless to open Dego' tUitions with the assembly at itzehoe ? whit was FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. B.—The following Railway and other Securities were yesterday quoted ex dividend : —Northern, 25f. ; New Ditto, 16f. 500. ; Southern, 20f. ; Sardinian, 11F. 25c. ; Austrian, 12f. 50c. ; North of Spain, 15f. ; Madrid to Saragossa, 15f. ; Seville, 17f. 50c. ; Portuguese, 20f. ; Dauphine, 10f. ; Mobilier, 25f. ; Credit Foncier, 12f. 50c.; Transat lantic Steam Navigation Company, 12f. 50c.; Isth mus of Suez, 7f. 50c. The market to-day has shown rather more buoyancy, and the business done has been at a slight improvement on yesterday's rates, Threes, for the Account, being now at 70f. 70c. The English Funds coming with a further advance of k has has given firmness. The Italian Loan is quoted (ex. div.) 2f. 500. Railway Share Market has been also well maintained. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 99 Do end month 99 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 65 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier..., 1162 50 Do, end month 1163 75 RAIL' • Bank Shares 3490 • Credit F oncier 1472 50 Piedmontese Fives i Italian Loan 7l 05 • Russian • Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt .. 'WAYS. Cash. Acconnt . Orleans lO9O .. 1088 75 Northern New. ditto — .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1190 .. 1195 Geneva 370 .. 383 75 Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lorebard North of Spain Saragossa 661 25 .. 662 50 Ditto to Barcelona COLLISION IN THE SOLENT. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 9. A frightful collision has occurred in the Solent, off Calshot Castle, result ing in two deaths. The brig Rydesdale, which put in here leaky a few days ago and has been repaired, sailed this morning with the steam-tug Aid lashed to her side towing her out. Just as she was passing Calshot Castle, about 7 o'clock, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steam-ship Ceylon, from Alexandria, was coming up, and the bowsprit of the latter caught the funnel of the Aid, and in falling the funnel struck William Goodridge, a pilot on board, and killed him on the spot. The brig shied round under he bows of the Ceylon, which had full way on her, and she was cut asunder at midships, and sank almost immediately, the people on board raving themselves in the tug. The fireman, Frederick Gaston, was either knocked overboard or jumped over; his body has not been recovered. The master of the brig, Cap tain Reader, is much injured. Robertson, the pilot, had one of his legs completely smashed by a portion of the tackle of the Aid's mainmast falling on it. The brig went down in a few minutes. The brig was laden with railway iron, bound to the West Indies. The Ceylon is now in the river, and has lost her bowsprit, with other damage. The Liability of a Railway Company. At the Manchester County Court, yesterday, before Mr. E. Ovens, judge, Mr. John Alex. Fullerton, iron merchant, of Manchester, who resides at Park Field, Altrincham, sued the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway Company for £43, for damages alleged to have been sus tained by him through the negligence of the Company's servants --Mr. Pope, for the plaintiff, said there were two charges of negligence against the company's servants, one being against the gateman at the level crossing at the Altrincham Station, and the other against the driver of the 130 p m. train from Bowdon. As Mr. Fuliarton's carriage was approaching the crossing, the gate was sud denly closed; so as to startle the horses, and, directly afterwards, the driver of the train from Bowdon tarned on the " ibudcocks" of the engine, which caused a great noise, and emitted a cloud of steam, the combined effect of which was to frighten the plaintiff's horses, and they bolted, and ran against a wall, smashin4 the carriage, and injuring the horses—one of them seriously. The injury to the horse was set down at £3O, and the other items in the account were for work done in repairs, &c. The plaintiff and his family for tunately escaped without injury.—David Haler, the plain tiff's coachman, and Thos. Marsden, a young man who wit nessed the accident, confirmed Mr. Pope's statement.—Mr. Fullerton said he had given £9O for the injured horse, and had sold it since the accident for £l9, so that he considered £3O too little recompense for the injury sustained by the horse. In cross-examination he admitted that the horses were thorough-bred and high-spirited, but said they had been well broken and were quite safe.--Mr. Holker, for the de fendants, submitted that no case had been made out. The Plaintiff's horses would not stand the approach of a railway train—that was no fault of the company. It was the plain tiff's fault fel not getting his horses properly broken. The evidence showed that the gatekeeper was blameless, for he had merely done his duty by shutting the gate on the ap proach of a train. As to the turning on the " mud cock," by the engine -driver upon leaving the station, even admitting that he had done so, it would not be an act of carelessness, for it was necessary at times to blow off the foul steam. The fact, however, was, that he blew off the steam before entering the station, and that the " mudcooks” were not turned on at all on leaving it. The Lepislature had sanctioned level crossings; and noises of various kinds, which would tend to frighten animals, were unavoidable at a railway station; but the company were not on that account liable for accidents which might happen to ani mals unaccustomed to those noises.—Henry Jackson, the gatekeeper at the Altrincham crossing, and Wilson Rose, the fireman on the half. past one p.m. train from Bowdon, said the " mudcocks" were not turned on upon leaving the station.—Two other witnesses, however, residents in Altrincham, who happened to be present at the time o the accident, stated the reverse.—The learned Judge said hef was exceedingly anxious that his Com t should never be made the organ of imposition upon railway companies, and therefore he always watched cases of that description very closely. Having carefully watched the present case, he had arrived at the conviction that the defendants were liable. There was no doubt that the Legislature had sanctioned level crossings, but at the same time it was the duty of_ • ra il_ way authorities to be exceedingly cautious in tbf ir manage ment, so that no accident should take 1- ;]ace. He believed, from the evidence of the disie_terested witnesses, that the " mudcocks" had been turned on when leaving the sta tion. If it had been proved that it was necessary to do so, of course the case would have been at an end, but, on the contrary, it appeared to him that it was not only unnecessary, but unusual. His opinion, therefore, was that it being a level crossing, the company were bound to exercise peculiar care, and not to do any act which would interfere with the traffic upon the road. In the pre sent case they had been guilty of such an act, and there fore he found for the plaintiff—damages, £4O. Mr. Holker said the question whether such an act on the part of the company's servants should be considered negligence was one of great importance to the company, and he asked for a case upon it. His Honour said he considered it merely a question of fact, and not a case for a superior court. He ,could net therefore help Mr. Holker, but he had the rig ht to appeal if he thought p roper. Mr. Holker then gave notice of appeal, ANNUAL RETURN OF FIRES IN THE METRO POLIS.—Captain Shaw, the superintendent of the Londou Fire Brigade, this morning issued his annual report, from which it appeared that the fires of 1862, compared with those in 189 showed an i ncrease of 120. The number of calls during the past year amouAtecl to 1,443 THE LATE FATHER LACORDAIRE. The Abbe Henri Perreyve, honorary canon of the Cathedral of Orleans, and Professor of Ecclesi astical History at the Sorb , nne, has just published in a volume of nearly 400 pages a collection of let ters by the late Father Lacordaire. These letters were addressed in the intimate intercourse of friendship chiefly to young friends or pupils of the College of Sorreze, asking for his advice or seeking his approval of their plans and •onduct. Embracing a variety of topics, they are written in a simple style and on the spur of the moment. It may be interesting to know the great Dominican's opinions on Italy. He writes from Sorreze in November, 1859, to a friend in Paris : "In the questions raised a year ago I have had for my guide a double love—love for the Papacy and love for Italy ; anti I never have found it difficult to reconcile both causes. It has always appeared to me most just that Italy should recover her independence of her foreign oppressors ; and equally just that she should obtain a system of Government mor liberal than that to which Austrian domination had condemned her. But, on the other hand, I deem it equally just and desirable that the Papacy should preserve its tem poral domains. In my judgment these two causes have been separated by misunderstanding and accident, and I have ever trusted to Providence for the triumph of the one and the other. Was such the intention of the French Government ? I thought so ; yet I would not vouch for the fact. Were it not its intention, I still put my trust in a power far greater than it to baffle its po licy. But whatever be the issue, fortunate or otherwise, I remain firm to my convictions—independence of Italy and maintenance of the temporal domains of the Pope. Man cannot command events, but he can always cherish his principles in his heart. If Italy break for ever the yoke of Austria—if she obtain a Government conformable to her legitimate desires —and if, at the same time, Rome be saved, I shall be thankful to the Almighty. If, on the con trary, the one or the other of these causes perish through the fault of men, I shall regret and deplore it, but I shall be in no way accountable for it, because I shall have done within the limit of my means all that I could do in the cause of justice and of truth. True, there are in Italy demagogues and absolutists; but between these two parties, as in France, there is a great number of honourable and Christian men who desire the good of the Church and of Italy—men who do not believe them to be incompatible, and who labour for both. It is to these men that the future belongs, whatever be the momentary deceptions of which they may be victims, from the extravagance of democracy or the extravagance of absolutism." On the 2d of September, 1860, he writes : " I am not awakened from my illusions, because I have never indulged in illusions. What we now see must have happened when once Italy was left to herself ; and, though the leaders of that country appear to me to conduct badly the affairs of its nationality and its liberty, I still am per suaded that the final result will be the conferation of Italy, a new settlement of the temporal domain of the Papacy, and the downfall of despotism and demagogy. This is my firm belief, because God is above men, and greater than they are." And again, in October, 1861, he says : " What passes in Italy will be the supreme struggle be tween the revolutionary and the constitutional parties. There is so much confusion in the plans of the Powers that it is impossible to say how soon the solution will come. But I still think that Italy will escape from the grasp of Aus tria ; that the Pope will recover a sufficient part of his States ; mid that the future will be better than the past, both for the temporal and the spiritual." Father Lacordaire visited London and Oxford in March, 1852, and he thus recounts his impressions "It was yesterday, on my return to Landon, that I re ceived your letter, with a good many others that were wait ing for me for ten days. I spent those ten days in visiting many noble objects. In the first place, two of our convents, one at Hinckley, a small town in Leicestershire, the other at Leicester; then a baronial mansion, where I received hospitality ; the Cistercian Convent, called Mount St. Bernard; Alton Towers, belonging to Lord Shrewsbury; the Church of Cheadle, a convent of Passi nists close by, the city of Birmingham, and lastly Mary's College, Oscott. All this, which tells you little, has told me much in the wonderful development of the Catholic Church in Eng land. You can form no notion of the magnificence of these establishments, and of the beauty of the site ; nor of all that there is of touching in this resuscitation of the works and the acts of faith on an heretical soil. This, you are told, is a church built by a converted minister; that monastery has been erected in a solitude by a private gen tleman; yonder chapel on the rock contains an image of the passion of Our Lord, and Protestants themselves come to it to sing canticles, and this cross is the first that has appeared on the highway for three centuries. After ten days spent in this way, I am come alone to Oxford to rest myself, and to write in tranquillity to those I love. How calm and beautiful is Oxford I Fancy, in a plain, surrounded by uplands, and bathed by two rivers, a mass of monu ments, Gothic and Greek; churches, colleges, quadrangles porticoes, all distributed profusely, but most gracefully, in quiet streets, terminating in trees and meadows. All those buildings, consecrated to letters and science, have their gates open. The stranger enters as he would enter his own home, because they are the asylums of the beautiful to all who are endowed with feeling. As you traverse these noiseless quadrangles you meet here and there with young men in cap and gown, but no crowding, no din. There is a solemnity in the very atmosphere, as on walls darkened by ages, for it seems to me that nothing here is repaired, for fear of committing a crime against antiquity ; and yet you have the most exquisite neatness in all these buildings, from the base to the summit. I have nowhere seen such an appearance of ruin with so much of preservation. In Italy the buildings breathe of youth. In Oxford it is Time which shows itself, but Time without decay, and with all its majesty. The town itself is small, but even this does not take from the grandeur of the place ; the monuments serve for houses, and give it an air of vastness. How I longed to h.ve you by me as I wandered alone among those young men of your own age ! Not one of them knew me, nor cared to know. For them I was as though I did not exist ; and more than once tears crept to my eyes when I thought that elsewhere I should have met the faces of friends 1 London has magnificent quarters, but otherwise a great and gloomy uniformity, an atmosphere full of smoke, and an unmeaning immensity, which deprives of grace what is well terminated. Its popu lation, though full of life, ill conceals deep misery. Nothing appears grander than this people in their institutions. nothing meaner in the appearance of their streets. . . London is vast, and po sesses very noble quarters, but in many respects seems to be inferior to Paris. Vast ness itself, when it is, as it were, unlimited, detracts from beauty; it is but a mass of houses without end, without harmony, unconnected, and these houses being in a cold line and all of the same fashion, as in the greater part of London, their immensity is like a weight that op presses you without imparting pleasure to mind or body. The finer part of London is in a quarter which is vast without being overwhelming, and where palaces, parks, spacious streets, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Par liament, and the Thames produce altogether a most admirable effect." I conclude these extracts With the following words, in a letter written in. 1851, on the education of children : " I do not think you ought to take from your pupil all initiative, and all liberty of choice. You should avoid de veloping in a young soul either the spirit of servitude or the spirit of independence, because both are contrary to the true state of a Christian, such as the Gospel describes. The ohild who never deliberates, who never makes a choice, who is merely passive in all his acts, will never be fit for any thing but cowardly submission to the men and the cir cumstances which are uppermost by the effect of accident ; and he who is bred up independent of every one will never submit where submission is due, or endure with honour and with reason the pain of legitimate obedience. A child should not command, nor should be obeyed on every occa sion; but neither should he be reduced to servility like a slave, nor be made to fear having a thought of his own." A GANG OF BIIRGLARS.—The past week has wit nessed the committal of two noirsirious desperadoes, who have for some time been the supposed leaders of a party of thieves, burglars, and. poachers with which the neighbour hood of Scarbonugh has long been infested. A few weeks ago an at:,empt was made to enter in a ielonious manner a Warehouse belonging to Mr. Thomas Pickering, a farmer at Newby. The warehouse had in it a borrowed light, which communicated with Mr. Pickering's bedroom. At about 1 in the morning of Nov. 27 last he was aroused by his wife saying that thieves were breaking into the house. On look ing through the window into the warehouse he saw a man's hand through a hole in the roof. He called out and the hand was withdrawn. He then loaded his gun with powder and shot and awaited the renewal of the attempt, which was shortly made. This time the hole in the roof' was en larged, and a man had landed himself through it upon the rafters that ran across the building internally. It was very dark at the time, but while in this position the man struck a light, whereby Mr. Pickering distinctly saw his Lace. Mr. Pickering said he would fire, and the thief, slipping through the hole again, told him to " Fire away." Mr. Pickering fired at the robber as he was retreating, and, hearing the cry of " Oh, dear 1" he felt sure he had wounded the man. The sequel proves this to have been the fact. The robbers escaped, but a description of the man seen Ly Mr. Pickering has at length enabled the police to apprehend him. When taken, the constable examined his thigh, and found it was marked with about 20 newly made shot marks. His name is James Hall. About the time of Ha l's apprehension another man was taken on suspicion as an accomplice of Hall. This has also proved a correct surmise, as Hall has become an approver against him. His name is Quilkin, and he is known as a ticket-of leave man. He appeared before the authorities of the city of York nearly 30 times 'prior to and during the year 1856, and he was sentenced to six years' penal aervitude.—Sosters Ceturdies Herald. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George Hen ley, to the Forte; Sub-Lieut. John T. Bedford, to the Rattlesnake ; John A. Collinson, W. E. M‘Grath, Thomas H. Hayman, Charles W. Ross, and Ettrick W. Creak have been promoted to be masters; Edward Hinvest, second master, to the Supply; John L. Sands, assist.-surg., to Green wich Hospital ; John F. Mitchell, assist.-surg., to the Victory, additional for the Marine Artillery ; Wm. T. Down, Charles H. Taylor, R, C. Towns hend, A. H. Byng, Thomas B. Gough, John H. Lee, Thomas T. A. Smith, and G. C. Higgins, midship men, to the Forte ; Edward A. M. Chaffers, assist. paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernume rary; Edward Brock, Joseph Procter, William Pearce, and George J. H. Hogg, master's assistants to the Forte, as supernumeraries; William B. Beveridge, clerk, to the Cornwallis ; B. Foreman, engineer, to the Osprey ; J. Hill, engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary ; James Stiven, in the Edgar, promoted to the rank of engineer; J. P. Lloye, in the Sanspereil, promoted to the rank of engineer ; Thomas Burnett, in the Asia, pro moted to the rank of engineer ; John Turner (B),„ in the Galatea, promoted to the rank of engineer.; William Todner, in the Cumberland, promoted to the rank of Engineer; Alfred Waters, in the Swallow, promoted to rank of engineer; Edward Eckersley, in the Hastings for the Lark, promoted to the rank of engineer; William Fedarb, in the Porcu pine, promoted to the rank of engineer; James T. Page, in the Hastings, for the Sandfiy, promoted to the rank of engineer ; Henry Knight, in the Hawke, for tenders, promoted to the rank of engineer ; W.. Inglis, (A), and J. R. Hancock, first-class assist.- engineers, to the Osprey; C. M'Keever, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernume rary ; W. H. Wheatley, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Fos; J. M. Murphy, first-class engineer, to , the Majestic; J. M. Brankstae, second-class assia.. engineer, to the Osprey; William M'Glashan, second-class assist.-engineer, to tee Cumberland, as supernumerary ; C. Wakeman, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Majestic; and Mr. G. R. Lindley has been nominated to a naval cadetship. THE ARMY. The 7th (Capt. F. E. B. Beaumont's) company of Royal Engineers, which recently arrived at head quarters, Chatham, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, will shortly proceed from Brompton Barracks to Portsmouth, to relieve the 22d company now at that station, which is ordered to hold itself in readiness to proceed to China to relieve the Bth (Capt. C. G. Gordon's) company, whose period of foreign service has expired. Detachments have been selected from the depot companies at the Royal Engineer estab lishment for transfer to the 2d and 7th companies, both of which are below their proper establishment. The Duke of Cambridge has selected two non commissioned officers of Royal Engineers (Sergeant Quinn and Corporal Dean) for the appointment of assistant-surveyors to the Surveyor-General in Western Australia. The non - commissioned officers who have received the appointment have gone through a complete course of study at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, in surveying, architectural drawing, and the science of engineer.. ing generally, and are eminently fitted to fill the posts to which they have been appointed. They will leave Chatham shortly, and embark at Southamp ton for their destination. The Ist battalion 60th Royal Rifles (Col. Bing ham) left the North Camp, Aldershott yesterday, Seven companies proceed to the Tower, consisting of 17 officers, 33 sergeants, 15 drummers, 469 rank and file, 59 women and 60 children. Three proceed to Woolwich, consisting of 4 officers, 10 sergeants, 4 drummers, 185 rank and file, 17 women, and 20 children. The total strength of the regiment on marching out was 737 of all rank and 156 women and children. The Ist battalion 3d Buffs, Col. J. A. Sargent, C. 8., from the Tower and Woolwich, arrived at the North Camp yesterday. Marching in strength it consisted of 27 officers, 43 sergeants, 21 drummers, 715 rank and file, 73 wornen, mid 81 children. The total strength was 958. The 3d Buffs occupy the G and H lines, North Camp, vacated by the 60th. Rifles, and are attached to the 3d Brigade. Since the conversion of the officers' clubhouse at Aldershott into a theatre amateur theatricals at the camp have become extremely popular. The performances given by the officers of the Staff and Division have succeeded on each occasion in attract ing a large audience. On Wednesday evening the drama entitled "Angel or Devil" was presented, and " Our Wife, or the Rose of Amiens." The prin cipal characters were sustained by Capt. Ross (Staff); Mr. Jennings, 60th Rifles; Capt. O'Donog hue, 76th Regiment; Mr. Hartley, sth Fusileers ; Miss Clifford (Theatre Royal, Princess's), and Miss Laveuu (Strand). Both pieces were highly ap plauded. The following has been promulgated in an order issued at Aldershott " Under instructions received from the Horse Guards, soldiers are not to be removed to the lunatic asylum or to the Invalid Depot at Chatham with out authority from the Adjutant-General of the Forces, applied for and received." It is announced by the military authorities at Aldershott that a roe.d will be made as soon as possible to connect the Farnborough -road with the new bridge over the Basingstoke Canal. Yesterday Sir Richard Mayne, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, accompanied by Chief Superintendent Mallalieu, visited Chatham aock yard for th e p urpose of making the annual inspec tion of the police force of that establishment, under the orders of Superintendent Richardson. In con sequence of the quantity of stores deposited on St. Mary's Island and the adjoining lands, the whole of which have been taken in for the proposed ex tension of the dockyard, it has been found necessary to increase the police force doing duty at Chatham. Within the last few weeks the control of the stores at the Ordnance whet: f, as well as the charge of Melville Naval Hospital, has bean vested in the Metropolitan Police at Chatham, which has necessi tated an increase in the number of the force. The new arrangements for extending their duties will require another addition to be made to their numbers, which already exceeds 70 men of all graces. Sir Richard Mayne yesterday mustered the inspectors, sergeants, and constables who went through their extension motions and drill. After this the order was given for the fire - engines to be manned. So promptly was the order carried out that within three minutes from the time of it being given the engines, fire-hose, and other apparatus had been got out, and the engines brought to the spot to which they were directed to proceed, with the men. 'ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.—Up to the 31st of December, 16,810 applications had been received and 14,715 volunteers enrolled. Of these 41 possess certi ficates of competency as masters, 307 as mates, 19 of service as masters, and 49 as mates. The force also includes 2,289 petty officers in the merchant service. THE LIVERPOOL PILOT SERVICE.--In a commu ❑ication which was read at the meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board yesterday from the Com missioners of the Board of Trade, it appears that a wish is entertained by the latter Board to throw the Liverpool pilot service open. At present persons engaged in the coasting trade only have the privilege of acting as pilots, but the Board of Trade consider that any master or mate of a foreign ship not going an unreasonably long voyage should have the same privilege on their passing an examination. At first the Mersey Board was inclined to recommend that the Board of Trade should be addressed, disproving of any alte ration ; but ultimately it was resolved to refer the subject for the consideration of the Pilotage Committee. In course of the discussion it was stated that there are now 219 first class pilots, earning an income of £2OO a year; 5G second! and third at £150; and 45 apprentices and 12 boats repre senting a capital of £lOO,OOO. Captain Dupre, the commandant of the French squadron on the eastern coast of Africa, has arrived in Paris, bringing the treaty which he signed at Madagascar with King Radama 11. ,He yesterday had a long interview with - the Minister of Marine. The first shipment of Queensland cotton, 30 bales, from the plantation of the Ipswich Cotton Company that arrived lately, per Centurion, from Sydney, was offered yesterday at the commercial Sale-room, and realised 2s 61d per lb, Ito Althoff aiaed f el tami ng greater r and priva e fliaB of the coneE The R, day With Specie Th e £ l O,lOO i The BE day last, B een by ti Active It Bullio: Rest Public Other Seven . ' ' In Govern In Other Li( Notes A. call o original sl Notice 1 Commissi( deetuable 30th instt aside by t i Busiuesi Markets i oloderatel, of import; P r incipal tequest w have brou sPices are dull for bo The Bar has appear of £3,360,1 tion of £8: reduction are £1,752 in the prel The ord and West : kr• Samus cam men de( Year, and 1 ef income aktisfactori 1862, tee:m, s om e el itl q sBe n ui:gr l e r Btl t n lair e e s7ye e t imja : ti al f i l 6e i tr t st ti°ll in the WA there& transfe rt !hre es and .;le llequer pre en• ; Ind '"an log: 40 i ; Egyi Can firm at ~8 91 I ; Pm ' 6 l; Sardi :lizett!nati b:ri more ne e dot t n 3( Yorkshire, Proved 6 s ; ; and Sheffield, at T he For 1 4 , telY acti , ll zenibou r " 8 1; and Joi nt _s ta e°t lthlued a Bel Dutch a np;iv—iPa, 2 3 / 4 per ‘%nsols, Mot Ditto Accc MIIPPI3 NDON, rly; 11 f ch, for . ;: ex l ai i t; wk : ROLYHEA. for Calcutta. PILL, Jan `'oast of Afri livLL, Jai 4 rOI.YA Callao. The East G olden Flee Wednesday ' Point t his morning va nvass, for Zgo and 84 lud south( Arrived, J R• 4l.l i'v a .. 1 ., e 7 J ggapore. ARMY Aeid tg Fed eral t P rooi 186 2, bat mu :campaign" t V arious of in v arious stor possil ie insects w ltr ansportatia tra nsport th 'nether was 4 '4 drill one NIA precis' • , 41 3' seta ti ch nuaissary I °W4 and t 01410 k I