The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-08 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING Wallace's new Opera of LOVE'S TRIUMPH Miss Louisa Fyne, and Mdme. Laura Baxter; Me ssrs . George Perren, W. H. Weiss, H. Corti, A. Cooke, and W. Harrison. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Doors open at hall-past 6—Commence at 7. 7i HE ATR E-R OYA L , DRURY - L A NE .- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVEN ING, the Combo Drama of THE NEXT OF WIN. After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY VIVO SHOES. Commence at 7. THEATRE-RO YAL , HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVRNING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed. OUR AMMIIICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenohard, Mr. Buck tone ; I,crd Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza , entitled RASSF , ILAs, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA ; or , The Happy / T OM Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. CorifAuding with MRS. WHITE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Will OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER, on SATURDAY, January 10. The perfermances will commence with an OrL.Tinal Sketch, "entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK, in which Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee will aPPrJar. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New R oma ntic r)rama, in Three Acts ' and PrAgue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham , IN The principal character w ill b e sustained 13)"_Ii Pechter, supported by Me ssrs. G. Vining, J. Broughar. Nviddicombe, M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, EaT u r err y, E. Butler, Dawson ; Mi sses Carlotta Leclercq, gate Lavenue, and Elsworthy. _ e en ,, a ged, and Mr. Phelps and Mr. Walter Montgomery a ' - will shortly appear. erformance to corn- Doors open at half-past Six o'clock , P l 2, gd., and £2 2s. inenr.m. at Seven. Private Boxes, £2 Circle, ss. 6d.; Upper rlazes registered. Stalls, 6s. 6d. ;Drew Cs. ; Dress Circle, Cs. ; altle, 4s. 6d. Prices at doors— ,-,l,o.Srytals. No half-price. Box 14per ircle, 45.; Pit, 25.; till ' stage-Manager, Mr. G. 0 ce open daily from dining; Actin ArEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI,-- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J Z. Toole, P. Bedford, and Mrs. Billington. After which, MARGERY DAW. To conclude with " GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed lord, S 4 4ephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and Bertrand. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindus. THIS EVENING, THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. H. Marston, Mr. Wallace ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, rand Mrs. B. White. Afte't which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RPQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother SMpton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and R udspeth, Mr. Mil ano, M r. R. P ow er, Miss A. Collinson, and .sir. Halford. The WEATICER.—Sun Office, Jan. 8, 1863. THERMOMETER. Ilighast since Noon yesterday 37 Lowest during the night This day at N00n..... Barometer-29.55, rising fast. Wind—Westerly, light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEN DAY,—Morning, 4h. 3m.—Afternoon, 4h. 24m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 55m. g r _ant. LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1863, Lord PALMERSTON has always something happy to say on every subject. When others in Parlia ment are losing their temper, and uttering all kinds of angry denunciation or fierce rejoinder, his lord ship will rise, and with some well-timed jest or lively quotation, at once restore harmony and calm the ruffled spirits around him. A public man can hardly possess a more fortunate gift than this gracioas and genial manner. When he passes from the stormy arena of political skirmishes to the humbler region of private life, his lordship can exer cise this faculty to increased advantage and with fuller effect. At Romsey yesterday the annual meeting of the Labourers' Encouragement Associa tion took place, Lord and Lady PALMERSTON entered the Town-hall, and were received with hearty cheers. After the dinner was over, Lord PALMERSTON made a short address to the company, which was very well received, and gave the greatest satisfaction to his auditors. He stated that it al ways gave him great pleasure to be present at their meetings, " where those who have most distin guished themselves in the course of the year, either by skilfulness in their respective occupations, or by good conduct in the service in which they have been engaged, come here to receive tokens of the merit which they have displayed." He then went on to say that he did not call such gifts " rewards;" but they were tokens and proofs which testified to their friends and neighbours what their conduct had been. Therefore he thought such institutions were very useful, as they served as encouragements to agricultural improvement, and also as inducements to good conduct in their homes. He then went on at some length to expatiate on the vast importance of the labouring classes setting an example of order to their households, and concluded this passage of his address with the following impressive words :—" The example which you give your children will have a greater influ ence upon their after conduct in life, than even the best advice that can be given them ; because, if children see their parents are idle, and indulging in I)%d habits of life, it will be in vaiu to pursue an opposite course." He then pointed out the diffe rent phases of the future as regarded their child ren's career in life. Either they would follow the evil ways so early shown to them, or else they might hop° to see them become a source of happi ness to themselves, and an advantage to the com munity of which they were members. This excel lent advice was received with loud cheers, and it is to be hoped that these words of wisdom will sink deeply into the memory of their hearers, since domestic comfort is a surer preventive to crime than any other means, however elaborately devised by philanthropists, and energetically carried out by well-meaning but officious visitors. The labourer who sets an example of sobriety to his family and friends, and brings up his children in virtue and integrity, is a benefactor to the community. It has been the fashion, in some quarters, to animadvert on this cu stom of bestowing prizes on labourers, as derogatory and degrading; but, if viewed from an impartial p o i nt of view, s uch objection cannot be valid. It is not the value of the thing bestowed, bill the fact of its being bestowed, that is of consequence, in the eyes of the receivers, lATheuit is acknowledged that the donation is considered as a proof" of merit, as Lo r d PALMII3I " substantial STON happily de signated it, it assumes a degree of importance that it could not otherwise do, but which, invested with that attribute, cannot be taken from it. Lord PALMERSTON, in his courteous acknowledgment of social courtesies, and his happy construction of passing events, may have wrought a greater benefit than he supposed, if he has elevated, in the estiom. tion of their neighbours, those meritorious among their set, or community, for good conduct and general merit in their vocation. We were not wrong when we supposed, from the movements of the Southern President, that increased activity in the South-west—in the States having a Mi ss i ss ippi navigation—was intended. The telegrams by the Norwegians show that this is the ease. With the exception of a small part of the river adjacent to Vicksburg, the Federals have commanded the Whole stream since the spring. Its mouth is in the hands of General BUTLER, at New Orleans, and the river shores of Kentucky and Tennessee are held by Northern troops. Til e passage iR nearly free from the North-West States to the Gulf, and it is the men of the North-West who have made it so. The strongest inducement of that vast corn-growing territory to stand by the Union, being their resolve that the great river which connects them with the sea shall not flow through foreign territory. It has long been known that a powerful fleet of gunboats was in preparation to complete the possession of the Mis sissippi by the Federals ; and hence we presume the object of the Southern leaders is to regain the principal places on the river which the Fede rals captured last spring, to make them yet stronger, and thus either to give them all their work to do over again, or to compel them to keep to the north and south of the stream only. Since DAVIS has been, therefore, in Tennessee and Mississippi, we find the Confederates taking the offensive there, and with success. GRANT was moving down from TennesseewithinatFhe p Federal army of to co-operate with the gunboats hold Vicksburg , the staeprnpaTreennntleyssetoe ofle KROellicekßyAlNlnZdw.waes Confederate inroads. The movements States a w t e h s agoawinrsetpaonryted to us, and from Northern sources it now be remembered, seem likely to embarrass, if not to endanger, both Generals. The name of Columbus, as a strong position last spring, will doubtless be remembered—it is on the Kentucky side of the Mississippi —and we find the Confede rates advancing in great force upon it. Where these "great forces " suddenly spring from is the wonder. They have been, however, sufficiently strong to burn a bridge over the Obion river, in the north-west of Tennessee, and thus to destroy the railroad connection between Jackson in that State, where we may presume the chief Federal strength is concentrated, and Columbus, which they hope they can seize before the Federal reinforcements can arrive. This, so far as we can see, appears to be their object. If successful they will garotte the whole north-west on the Mississippi, since Colum bus is just below the junction of all the great north-western rivers with the father of waters. The Governor of Columbus is, however, confident that be can hold out. But this is not all. They appear to have treated ROSENCRANZ himself, as they did M'CLELLAN, POPE, and BURNSIDE. They have swept round and burnt a city in his rear ; thus compelling him to think of protecting himself instead of aiding General GRANT, or Columbus. Indeed, this General, who should be marching against Vicks burg, is said to be so hampered that he cannot move twenty miles in any direction from his camp. The capture of Holly Springs is also a serious matter for the Federals. It is in the State of Mississippi, on the railroad which connects Memphis with Vicksburg, and not very far from the former city. By the large supplies and stores captured there, estimated at £lOO,OOO value, we may presume it was a depot for the army acting against Vicksburg. The Federals have thus lost, it would seem, both their property, and, what is still more important, their communications with Memphis in their cam paign against Vicksburg. There is, indeed, ano ther branch of the railroad to Memphis, but were not this out of working order, it seems hardly likely the Federals would have accumulated so many stores farther inland. If the Union City burnt by the Confederates be the one near Memphis, the Federals must be kept on the alert there also, by the enemy. Thus in the whole western portion of Kentucky and Tennessee, down to the northern part of Mississippi, where since the last battle of Corinth the Federals have been masters of every thing, they are once more put on the defensive. ROSENCRANZ himself is threatened at Nashville, GRANT quails in his route to JACKSON, in Missis sippi and Vicksburg, and the commander of the all important post of Columbus whistles to keep up his courage. We shall soon learn whether the effort to anticipate the spring movements of the river gunboats has been successful. We cannot wonder, therefore, that the position of things in the South-West is attracting appre hensive attention in the North. Kentucky itself, which even DAVIS gave up, being threatened in parts, the ever ready and formidable guerilla MoR GAN, giving them endless trouble even where there is no intention to keep possession. On the Federal side in these parts, where the chief successes have hitherto occurred, we hear of little doing. The Federals have destroyed some Confederate works in' Arkansas ; and BANKS, with his large fleet, was seen moving into the Gulf to Ship Island, whence he was to act against Mobile, and eventually to supersede the renowned BUTLER at New Orleans. What his success will be against the only important Confederate fortress left on the Gulf is, of course, quite uncertain. As it commands the only remain ing railroad northwards, its loss would be a heavy blow to the Gulf States, since many ships, it is be lieved, still run the blockade there. On the Rappa hannock there is no movement; but there is one of very doubtful impart by the Confederates in the Shenandoah Valley, south of Harper's Ferry. The Confederates have suddenly quitted Winchester and retreated to Staunton, considerably further South, destroying the railroad between the two places. The probability is, that regarding Rich mond as quite safe from an attack in that direc tion, the Confederates are collecting all the troops they can spare for their campaign against ROSEN CRANZ and GRANT in Kentucky and the South- West. That is the part of the war in which we now look for additional Federal disasters. BURN SIDE will be only held in check. The attack will be in the district indicated. The political difficulties of the North seem to in crease. The Bill for the admission of Western Vir ginia as a State is now in the hands of the PRESI DENT; and the Democrats, victorious at the elections, and the Republicans by whom he was placed in power, are worrying him to death between their opposite demands. There can be no doubt that the partition of any of the Sovereign States by a mere Act of Congress is a flagrant violation of the Con- stitntion. But the question returns, Can rebellion be met without such violations. It would seem to be most appropriate to recognise the loyal half of the State as the State, to have accepted its members and senators as the true representatives of Virginia, and not for such a constitutionalist as Mr. LINCOLN to meet illegality by illegality. That, in some way, the weEtern half of the "Old Dominion" ought to --- - - enjoy its federa l rights, seeing it remains loyal, is clear, and we cannot h think it very material in what s North could never surrender igt way it is d o n e . The this loyal portion of the South. he subject of fierce for the l e t o f J anuary was also t The proclamation contention, one pa r ty d e t erm ining that he shall issue it a t t h e time fixed; the other that he shall take time to consider of it. We know of no grounds for predicting which party is right—but we look for so me evas i on of it by the ... RESIDENT. It are no seems to be ag ree d t h at if he does issue the procla mation, those p ar t s o f s l avedom which 1 ) rather w held by the Federal forces will be exempted from its ope ration. Perhaps the saddest piece of intelligence is, that of a retaliatory proclamation by JEFFERSON DAVIS. BUTLER and all his officers are to be hanged if taken. Negroes taken in arms, and Federal offs cers in command of them, are to be hanged ; and so forth. DAVIS ought to know his position best, but if it can only be held by such means it must be very desperate, far more so than we should sup pose, only from the contents of these telegrams. All Europe will agree that no persons in the States THE7SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY "EVE'NING, JANUARY 8, 1863. have such a moral right to enlist for regular war against the South, as the slaves. Of a servile war there seems not the shadow of a likelihood, but that men trampled down into bondage against their consent, and without crime, should join in honour able war against their oppressors, is a deed which all civilization will justify. If JEFFERSON DAVIS hangs one captured slave for this, all Christendom will agree that he deserves the gallows himself. However, he would probably have his reward. The savage deed, worse than anything done by BUTLER, would exasperate more than it would intimidate the slaves, and might prove the death blow of the Slave-King's reign. We have recently seen a prospectus of the Working Men's College, which illustrates very forcibly the progess of education among the people. This institution, under the able presideney of the Rev. F. D. MAURICE, has reached its ninth year, and is therefore not to be classed among mere speculative theories or visionary experiments. It is conducted on regular and businesslike principles. Its fees are of course very small, so as to place it within the reach of the working classes, but in other respects its arrangements are in true col legiate fashion, with four regular Terms and one Vacation Term, the course of instruction, including all the branches of a plain, sound education. When we state that the drawing classes are carried on under the direction of Mr. RUSKIN, it will give some idea of the quality of the teaching. The list of the Council includes many eminent names, and the rules of the College are such that any student may hope, in course of time, to become a member, provided, of course, that he possesses the requisite natural ability. There are many encou ragements held out to the industrious scholar in the shape of certificates of competency and degrees of rank, such as Scholars, Associates, and Fellows. The College also boasts a Rifle Corps, forming part of the 19th Middlesex Volunteers, and a course of free general lectures, whose subjects testify forcibly the progress made in taste and cultivation by the members of the College. Fifty years ago it would certainly have been deemed a preposterous under• taking for a gentleman distinguished in literature to lecture a body of working men about MILTON. We have reached a time when such labours are no longer a mark for ridicule, and the present gene ration is reaping the reward of these and similar efforts for the elevation of the masses in the order and good conduct which has proved that it can withstand the severest shocks. When men have learned to rule themselves the hardest part of go vernment is over. It takes bat little learning, if it be plain, sober, learning, to get beyond the old demagogue theories of Clic rtism and oppression. Such principles, artfully circulated among the people, were once repressed by the strong hand. Mr. MAURICE and his fellow labourers have found a less costly and safer method for their subju gation. The artisan who pays his 2s. or 3s. for regular instruction in Algebra and Logic will be able to get a little further in Political Economy than FEARGUS O'CONNOR and the Six Points. He will find it more interesting to meet his fellows, and hear Col, BATHURST describe the battle of Oltenitza, than to listen to wordy harangues on the bene fits of universal suffrage and the antagonism between the interests of capital and labour. When he has acquired a thorough comprehension of the rules of arithmetic, he will better appreciate the amount that the public-house deducts from his yearly earnings. He will wish his children to know what he knows, and will make an effort to give them a little schooling, instead of " standing treats" to his companions. Above all, he will have subjects to occupy his leisure hours —he will have something to think, read, and talk about, and be lifted above the dead level of a monotonous and mechanical occupation. Of course all will not derive the same advantage; but those who have the capability and inclination for improve ment have the chance before them. It is by such well-directed and continuous efforts that the whole tone of our lower orders is being gradually raised to a level which, in spite of failure, mistakes, and misfortune in many schemes, enables us to look calmly on wars and revolutions, and even to face unshaken the more terrible evils of enforced idleness and scarcity. LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY AT LIVERPOOL.— Yesterday the Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Earl of Airley, the Hon. Mr. Stanley, and other distin guished visitors were in Liverpool. They visited the prin cipal docks on both sides of the Mersey, and about midday were entertained at lunch in the Town-hall by his worship the Mayor. In addition to those above named, there were also present at lunch Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., Mr. John Laird, M.P., Mr. Macgregor Laird, Mr. T. D. Anderson, and other guests. The party, after leaving the Town-hall, proceeded to St. George's -hall and the Free Library and Museum. Lord Stanley is on a visit to Mr. Laird, at Bir kenhead. " A name," says the Presse," well known during the Convention, the Empire, the Hundred Days, and the first days of the Restoration, has just died out in Paris. It is that of Fouche, Duke d'Otrante, son of the Fouche who was successively Minister of Police and Pre sident of the Provisional Government after Waterloo, and who died in exile at Trieste, leaving a fortune of 14 millions, and the magnificent seat of Ferrieres, now the property of Baron de Rothschild. M. Fouche, the second duke, filled, under the Government of July, a high position on the staff of the National Guard of the Seine. He had attained the age of 70, and of late years lived in complete retirement. By his decease the title has become extinct." HAMPDEN AND HIS MOTHER.—John Hampden succeeded in his infancy to the family estates, for his father died in 1597, when his heir was little more than three iyears old, and his will directs that his wife Elizabeth shall continue to enjoy the use of such apartments as she may choose in Hampden-house. She had a long lease of those chambers, in a dwelling often visited by trouble and death, for we learn by the pariah register that she departed this life on the 21st of February, 1664, having lived a widow 67 years, and attained the great age of 90. Her lengthened life comprehended more than 28 years of E izabeth's reign. She had discussed as county news the whole history of the gun powder treason, which was hatched at Gayhuret, in Buck inghamshire ; and, almost before the victim's blood was dry, the hideous details of Sir Everard Digby's execution must have reached her solitary chamber. From its windows she might have listened to the chanted psalm, and the d u ll sound of the muffled drums, as she watched the long pro cession of disheartened troops who bore, with furled ensigns, through the ancient woods, to the chancel vault in his parish church, all that remained of the great son she had borne—truly a Master in Israel I The last days of her saddened life were creeping over the Chiltern hillsides when King Charles was led to the scaffold through the long gallery at Whitehall. She witnessed the rise and fall of the Commonwealth, and wondrous tidings in the shape of family news must have reached her solitude of the crowning dig nities of her slovenly nephew Oliver. As a very old woman she heard on her lonely hill that wild midnight tempest of the 2d September, 1658, which traversed England while one of the mightiest among the erring souls of men flut tered from the snares of his mortality. The next January saw her only surviving child, Richard Hampden, Lord of Emmington, in Oxfordshire, laid in the family grave, and it must have been a matter of little moment to her when, in the following May, her greatnephew, Richard Cromwell, resigned the Protectorate and retired into private life. Four years afterwards this aged woman joined her family of ghosts.—Onee a Week. We read in the Melbourne Argus of Oct. 25 :—" A number of swamp magpies, rails, quails, native water-hens, bronzed winged pigeons, and native wild ducks, 23 head in all, caught in the Botanic-gardens, and intended for the Zoological-gardens, London, will leave by the York shire on Mondry. Some of these birds have not yet been seen in England." lastF ryoemart,heeighl s t t s o l f av ir e a ra hnuaarYd to been the 4 had on b oar d nearly 4,000 slaves. Since the execution of Capt. Gordo n , i n N ew York, American slavers are rapidly n captured t h which disappearing front the West Coast of Africa. Belfast is determined to erect a cathedral for the diocese of Connor. An energetic movement is being made, with the bishop of the diocese at the head ; and the subscription list is in a flourishing state. J Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick William Grey, and Capt Drummond, R.N., was engaged yesterday at Portsmouth in inspecting her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, lying alongside the dockyard and just refitted for further service, the troopship Egmont, and other vessels. They also visited the Steam Reserve-office, and other parts of the estab lishment in the yard. Sir Frerdeick on the previ ous day visited the now workshop where the armour plates are bent, drilled, and planed. Steam was got up in the boiler of the 20-horse power engine, which drives the shaft of the workshop, and the radial drills and hydraulic press was set in motion. No plate was bent by the hydraulic, but a bent plate was placed under each of the drills and a bolt hole drilled in each. These were the first instances of drilling armour plates since the erection of the shop and machinery. A plate was also drawn from the furnace and bent about an inch from the centre line with the mould bar and wedge press. Both Sir Frederick Grey and - Capt. Drummond were expected to leave Portsmouth for town yester day. The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, Capt. A. W. A. Hood, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the eastward, and on anchoring exchanged the usual salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Com mander-in-Chief at the port. It is expected that the Pylades will relieve the Emerald off Osborne, to enable the latter to prepare for her experimental screw trials. An official circular has been issued from the Ad miralty, dated January 1, 1863, referring to page 219, Art. 2, of the Queen's regulations, and direct ing that in future any of the crew of the Reserve guardship shall not receive any extra pay, however they may be employed, but shall receive one can vas suit and one pair of shoes per year instead. Art. 1, page 218, of the Queen's regulations directs that— " All artificers' when employed as such in the execution of any work on board any of her Majesty's ships, other than those to which they themselves belong, or in dockyard or other establishments, &c., shall receive ls. 3d. per day as extra pay." Art. 2, referred to in the circular, directs that— " It being part of the regular duty of the crews of the Reserve guardships to perform various ser vices in ships belonging to the Reserve, or not yet commissioned, and in the dockyard, such services are not to be regarded, as extra duty, entitling to extra pay; but when such work involves extra wear and tear of clothing, working petty officers, seamen, and others are to receive an allowance of 6d. per day., This latter regulation the Admiralty now super sede by a jacket and trousers of sailcloth and a pasr of shoes, but the other regulation in Art. 1 re mains in full force. The effect of these two regula tions, therefore, amounts to this :—lf a smith be longing to the Port Admiral's flag guardship is employed on work on board any other ship he re ceives ls. 3d. per day extra, but a fellow smith working with him at the same forge and on the same piece of work receives a canvass jacket and a pair of shoes per ennum only. This is unfair to the skilled mechanic of the Reserve, who is most pro bably a stoker in his rating and liable for draught ing for foreign service at any hour, and this unfair ness is still further increased when it is remem bered that the smith on board the Admiral's flag guardship is not liable to be sent on foreign service. The following gentlemen cadets have been ap pointed to commissions in the corps of Royal Ma rines Light Infantry, and attached to the divisions named :---R. A. D. Ramsay to be Second Lieut., and appointed to the Portsmouth division ; H. Gritton to be Second Lieut., and appointed to the Chatham division ; F. N. Forth to be Second Lieut., and ap pointed to the Plymouth division ; C. S. F. Fagan to be Second Lieut., and appointed to the Woolwich division ; F. H. March to be Second Lieut., and ap pointed to the Plymouth division ; W. P. Wright to be Second Lieut., and appointed to the Woolwich division. It having been represented to the Lords of the Ad miralty that great advantage is obtained by the use of the drum in calling attention at general quarters and in action, enabling the orders of the command ing officers to be issued, repeated, and understood with great rapidity, they have directed by a circu lar that the following system shall be established throughout the naval service :-1. The roll of the drum is, on all occasions, to be understood to be the " call to attention" to an order; 2. Two taps on the drum to be the " signal for the execution of the order;" 3. One or two drums, according to the length of the ship, to be placed in some convenient position on each deck. The roll beaten on any one drum to be instantly repeated by all the drums; no roll is to be beaten without direct orders from the commanding officer. 4. On hearing the roll every officer and man in the ship, whatever duty they may be at the time performing, are at once to stand at at tention, and maintain the most perfect silence. The orders will then be communicated to the various quar ters by means of the speaking tubes, and the offi cers will repeat the orders to their respective quar ters. When the captain or commanding officer is satisfied that his orders are delivered and under stood, he will order two taps to be given on the drum, immediately on the hearing of which the orders last delivered are to be carried out without further delay. 5. Rolls and taps to be delivered sharply and distinctly. The last Australian advices note the following ships of war on that station :—The Fawn, 17, Capt. Cayter, at Hobart Town; the Harrier, 17, Capt. Sir Malcolm M' Gregor, at New Zealand; the Mi randa, 14, Capt_ Jenkins, at Melbourne; th e Pioneer, 6, Capt. Reilly, on a cruise to the northward; and the Orpheus, 21, Commodore Burnett, at Sydney. From the return, in relation to the Royal Naval Reserve, by the Registrar-General of Seamen and Shipping, it appears that 16,810 applications had been received, and 14,715 enrolments made, up to the 31st December last. Of these, 41 possessed certificates of competency as masters; 307 certifi cates of competency as mates ; 19 certificates of service as masters ; and 49 certificates of service as mates. The force also included 2,289 petty officers in the Merchant Service. LATEST MTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 7 (Evening). The Madrid journals of to-day announce that all the resignations recently tendered have been ac cepted by the Government. These resignations agitate both the Conservative ani Liberals parties. The Madrid papers also state that the news that Don Juan de Bourbon is about to return to Spain is entirely unfounded. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 7. The funeral of Cardinal Morlot will take place to-morrow. All the Ministers, the members of the Privy Council, the Presidents of the great Bodies of State, and all the French cardinals, with the exception of Mgr. Billiet, will be present at the ceremony. Despatches received here from Constantinople assert that the changes in the Ottoman Ministry will be confined to those already known. La Franc e Cabinet f bi ne thi stof evening the y The Chiaf of the Private of the Belgia ns has been sent to Lisbon on a mis s i on , t h e o bj ect of o s i a ng s which is said to be to determine King Ferdinand to accept the throne of Greece." Intelligence received here from Palermo an nounces the escape of 180 convicts from the galleys, Prince Napoleon and a party of friends en joyed a day's shooting in the woods of Mendon the day before yesterday. All the Ministers have handed in their special reports required to make up the general state ment on the internal situation of the country, such as is presented to the Chambers at the opening of the Session. This document is already being printed, and may be distributed to the Senators and Deputies about the 13th. BOURSE, San. 7.--The arrival of the English Funds with a rise of 1 has failed to give any buoyancy to this market, which has been up to the present time very dull, though without any material decline in rente, Threes being now at 70f. 55c. Other securities hava been offered, and for the most part lower. Little doing in the Railway Share Market. The market closed as follows : It per Cents 9B 60 Bank Shares 3500 Do. end month.... --- Credit Foncier .., 1465 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 60 Italian Loan 7l 05 New 3 per Cents .. Russian Do. end month.... Austrian Credit M0bi1ier....1152 50 Spanish Threes — Do, end m0nth....1165 -- Home Debt .. --— -- RA IL 'AYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ................ 1086 25 .. 1090 Northern .............. 1030 .. 1030 New ditto ............ Lyons and Medit erranean 1177 50 Geneva ................ Southern .............. Western .............. Eastern . .......... .. Sardinian .............. Austrian .............. Low bard ............. North of Spai n ........ —• • 1185 — Saragossa .............. Ditto to Barcelona .... 805 - .. 808 75 636 25 .. 537 50 626 25 .. 626 25 363 75 .. 370 - 505 - .. 510 - 605 - .. 606 25 --.. 532 50 630 651 50 .. 657 50 327 50 .. 325 - PRTjss I A. BERLIN, JAN. 6. Shouts of " Wolf!" are so comm on in Germany, and so habitually di e away without the smallest damage having ensued either to flock or to shepherd, that one gets to lose faith even in the most threatening signs. Hence it doubtless is that the majority of the politicians one converses with in Berlin are utterly incredulous of anything serious springing out of the question now at issue in Frankfort. Oa the other hand, the opposite view is held by a minority, comprising persons whose opinions have sufficient weight to entitle them to serious consideration. The difference is not as to whether M. von Bismark be disposed to bring about serious external difficulties, and even a war with Austria, as a means of overriding the opposition of the Chamber and of the nation to his domestic policy. Most people are agreed that he is quite capable of resorting to such extremi ties. What they differ about is, whether be will be able to carry out his designs. The support of the country we know that he has not; will h e b e able to drag the King along with hi m , an d —a still more doubtful question—will his oppo nents at Frankfort be so unwise as to afford him the opportunity he desires ? This last is what many doubt. By pressing their motion Austria and the Wurzburgers will evidently play into his hands. Should they think better of it, they will easily find means to get out of the affair without humiliation. The limbo of the Frankfort Diet affords abundant facilities for unostentatious retrocession. And it is, moreover, not considered certain that the report of the majority of th e C omm i ttee will obtain a majority in the Diet. As yet, such majority does not seem secured. Here, all the rumours, and some small facts, have a warlik e colouring. There has been much talk, these l as t f ew days, of a stormy conversation between M. von. otherwise hp Bismark eprowseisde tandtoo haveCounthavetalked texpressedaed of war as pro b able, and Karolyi, in in a ma nner which the fo rmer i s almost too indiscreet to be credible even o f the present Prussian premier , although his indiscre tion and habit a f unscrupulous assertion are ex tremely notorious. Little credit is attached to a statement in a Frankfort paper conce • min a sup posed note, couched in bitter and threatening terms, of which the Prussian Envoy refused to leave a copy w ith Count Reehberg. The journal w hich tells this tale is no authority. If we may judge from articles in some of the Vienna papers, a conflict is there discredited. Atten tion has been drawn to the calling outof the re serves for the Prussian garrisons at Mayence and Frankfort. Various explanations of this measure, for the most part extenuating its supposed import ance, have been advanced, and the t u most that can be said is that the Prussian contingent to the Fede ral garrisons in question is brought up to the full peace establishment, below which it lately owing to the premature release, for economy's sake, of a certain number of men per company, and to the tardy summoning, for the like reason, of the con scripts due last autumn. Nevertheless, the mea sure has startled people at a moment when there are t ere are rumours of possible approaching hostilities be tween the two great German Powers. Believers in war of course see in it an expectation of a struggle and a precaution to put the Prussians in • a position to hold their own in case of need. Some of those persons who disbelieve that any real danger is to be apprehended from the De legi •r -ten Versammlung quet , tion, are disposed to attach much more importance tohome that reaction in Prussia is likely to proceed trium- phantly on its path. They talkof a possible change, by decree, in the electoral law, and of increased re striction of the press, 1 • already sufficiently harassed. Every day one hears of papers seized or brought to trial. Sunday the Cologne Gazette was seized for making extracts from R • ussian papers on the situa tion in Prussia. It seems that even the Muscovite press is getting too liberal in its • views to suit AI. von Bismark and his a report has been current that Count Eulenburg is to give up the Ministry of the Interior to M. Salchow, the lately appointed Minister of Agricul ture. The inference from this change would be that Count Eulenb erg is not sufficiently retrograde. It is matter of conjecture whether he could remain in office, taking another department. The Gazette publishes a Royal Order, to the effect that, on the 17th of March, the day appointed for the celebration of the close of the Seven Years' War, and of the summons o f Frederick William 111. to his people, in 1813, the first stone of a monument to that Sovereign shall be The King further orders that, immediately on the assembling of the Chambers, bills shall be pre sented, authorising an increase of pensions to the invalids and veterans of the campaigns of 1831 to 1816. THE ARMY. By the appointment of Major-Gen. G. H. Mac kinnon, C. 8., to the Colonelcy of the 26th (Came ronians) Regiment, a Major-General's pension for distinguished and meritorious service is placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief. Yesterday a detachment of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, consisting of Capt. Dirwin, Lieut. Sheppard, four sergeants, and 96 rank and file, left headquarters and proceeded to Shoeburyness, for the purpose of going through a course of instruction at the School of Gunnery. The gunners who are most forward in their drill have been selected, and at the termination of their course of instruction at Shoeburyness they will be trans ferred to different brigades, for colonial service, at the commencement of the ensuing spring. The board of general officers who have been en gaged for some time past in preparing a revised and corrected code of regulations for the instruction, formations, and movements of the cavalry having submitted their report and recommendations for the approval of her Majesty, a general order is sued from the Horse Guards by command of the Duke of Cambridge has been received at Chatham. It directs that the new regulations are to be imme diately adopted and strictly adhered to. Her Ma jesty holds general officers charged with the inspec tion of troops, as well as commanding officers of regiments, responsible for any departure therefrom under any circumstances whatever. THE LATE FIRE AT PORTSMOUTH. —The unfor tunate woman Emma Keene and her six children, who were burnt to death in the recent fire, were respectably interred at the Portsea Cemetery on Tuesday. Tho bodies of the unfortunate family were conveyed to the grave in two hearses, followed by three mourning coaches and other vehicles. The funeral cortege attracted considerable atten tion, and several hundreds followed the melancholy pro cession. There is a great feeling manifested that the autho rities should insist upon a proper water supply, and procure fire-escapee without delay, THE IRON NAVY OF ENGLAND, On Tuesday evening, Mr. J. Sett Russell, of the Great Eastern, delivered a lecture to the members of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society on the above subject, Mr. T. P. TEALE, F.R,S., the president of the society, introduced Mr. RUSSELL, who said that when he accepted the invitation of the Council to co-operate with them in the good work of that excellent institution, he did so under the conviction tnat there was no better way of promoting the growing intelligence of the community than by assemblages of that kind for the mutual instruction of the members. He con gratulated them on the public spirit they had shown in the good cause of education by the enlargement of that handsome building, and said there were few similar institutions whose lecture sessions could be inaugurated by such men as Herschell, Whewell, and Professor Owen, (Applause.) The subject he had chosen was the iron navy of England, and if it might be asked what interest they in Leeds, a peace ful people, had in ships of war, or indeed what did they care about any shipping, he answered—first, their goods went to all parts of the world in ships ; next, they paid in taxes a very considerable portion of the ten millions a year which the navy of the country cost; and, third, they might desire to know whether the fleet they possessed was likely to protect the ships engaged in the wool trade and the export trade from their enemies, should some quarrelsome neighbour choose to go to war with England, and also whether the Ad miralty had provided such vessels as would save their commerce from suffering such havoc as the Alabama was now inflicting upon the commerce of New York. He was not sure that he could give answers on these questions that were perfeetly satis factory; he was not quite sure that they had a fleet able to protect their commerce from clever, smart, well-handled, and fast pirates like the Alabama ; and he was not sure that they had got value for the thirty millions spent upon the fleet. The first ques tion was, were wooden ships of war worth anything for purposes of warfare ? Sir John C. Hay, the chairman of the committee appointed by Govern ment to make experiments on the effects of artillery upon iron armour, uttered in the house this fatal sentence upon wooden fleets :—" The man who goes into action in a wooden ship is a fool, and the man that sends him there is a villain." The worthlessness of wood ships came from their combustible nature, and arose mainly from the invention in modern times of horizontal shell firing, which could be discharged with tolerable certainty at distances of two, three, and even five miles. He explained, with the aid of the black board, &c., the construction of the different kinds of shell used, and their terrific and destructive effects on wooden ships. They could, however, make iron ships incombus tible. A plate an inch thick had been found to take the sting out of a shell altogether. A cast iron shell eight inches in diameter, weighing 681bs. and fired with a charge of some 16Ibs. of powder, at a distance of from 200 to 500 yards, would be carried with a velocity of 1,600 feet a second, and the question was, how to stop it ? Many theories had been proposed to stop the shell by coaxing— (laughter)—that was, by pieces of India rubber, by bales of cotton, blankets, and other mollifying substances, but it had been proved that nothing would induce it to stop but presenting another piece of iron as strong or stronger than itself, and, therefore, to stop a 681 b. shell they must take so thick a plate of iron that the piece struck by it should weigh more than 681bs. It was then a question of strength—if there was a certain quantity more of iron in the plate than in the shell, the plate had it, and vice versa, but if the plate were hit three or four times in the same place it would probably give way. Mr. Whit worth had been enabled with his cylindrical shot, under peculiarly favourable circumstances, just to punch through an iron plate of 4 inches. Of all the hundreds of shots fired in action, very few would have similar fortunate circumstances, and they might, therefore, comfort themselves with the feel ing that at present 4k-inch iron-plates were prac tically shell proof. (Applause.) When 41 inches were penetrated by ordinary guns, they must make thicker armour, and to carry it they must build bigger ships, or limit the battery to a smaller por tion of the ship. Mr. ,Russell then gave an interest ing description of the internal arrangements of the Great Eastern, with the view of showing that it was possible to make an iron ship unsinkable, after which he proceeded to explain the different princi ples upon which armour plates were attached to ships of war. The first case which came to their knowledge of the destruction of a wooden fleet by horizontal shell firing was the destruction by the Russians of the Turkish fleet at Sinope. During the same war, Louis Napoleon got his iron-plated ships Into the Black Sea before England, and had the opportunity of practically testing them. He was enabled to capture Kinburn, and it was afterwards found that in no one place had the shot from the for tress penetrated the armour of the two ships en gaged in bombarding it, Immediately after this ex rience, Napoleon made up his mind to have armour plated ships, ceased spending money upon wooden ships, saved that money until he perfected his de sign, and the consequence was that he had got an iron fleet before we knew anything about it. What did we in England do? No sooner was this found out than they set to work building wooden ships as fast as possible, and the sum expended in this way since Napoleon began saving his money was 29 millions odd. (Laughter.) A list of the " mag nificent fleet which now defended England" had been recently published, and it amounted to 1,014 ships of war. This was a very formidable inventory, bat he could give them a simple ana lysis of the number. Of these 1,014, there were of wooden ships 1,010 —(laughter)—of fast iron ships, two ; and of stow iron ships, two. This was what they now had for the 29 or 30 millions expended since the discovery that wooden ships were incap able of sustaining horizontal shell firing. There was happily promise of better for the future. They were now constructing of the Warrior class four, of the slow class four, and of wooden ships coated with iron ten. He thought this was a very serious subject. The country was spending 10 millions a year upon the navy, which was equal to a fleet of ten Warriors He thought they would agree with him that if War riors were the right thing, they ought certainly to have taken a portion of the thirty millions, and ex pended it upon iron-plated ships, and if they had done so, this country would now be possessed of a naval force greater than any that could be brought against it. A fleet of twenty Warriors would be more powerful than the whole of the 1,010 wood ships put together—it would be maintained at a quarter of the cost of the wooden ships ; and he would go further, and say that three fleets of twenty Warriors could be maintained for an annual expenditure of little more than half of the ten millions now expended on the navy. They would naturally ask how this was to be accomplished P He replied, they should order the Admiralty to go out of business as manufacturers. (Hear.) They had turned them outof business in one department—the manufacture of marine steam engines —and the eco nomypa..nbuuialcdtze) had be en enormous . Wh y s h ou ld the Admi ralty manufacture ships P Could theym i manufacture them cheaper or better th an they (sh could ? If the public allowed the Admiralty to manufacture ships they allowed them to maintain a magnificent establishment, which they did not like to put down. To maintain a sufficient iron fleet they must set aside something like half a million per annum. Let the Admiralty spend this, and another half million in maintaining engines, &e., and then with the rest of the money now ex- pended in the dockyards they could provide at least two Warriors a year. This was the simple process by which alone they would get an efficient navy maintained at a less cost than that which for 20 years had been the amount of the naval esti- mates annually voted by Parliament. (Applause.) In answer to questions from Mr. O'Callaghan, Mr. A. Fairbairn, Mr. Sykes Ward, Rev. Dr. Brewer, and other gentlemen, Mr. Russell ssid he thought we should probably soon overtake the French fleet, but what he complained of was, that the French had been before us. They had now six iron vessels afloat, and we had four; they had ten building and we had about the 'Jame number of large and geveral smaller vessels. Italy had two built and two build ing. He had heard the Spaniards had two build ing—but he did not know—and he had also heard that the Russians had two building. (Slr. Bee-. croft—Yes, in France.) At all events, we had been spending £30,000,000 on wooden ships since iron ships were introduced. For armour plates the finer kind of iron was not suitable, that required being a very cohesive metal, brittle and tou h, but which would yield a little to the blow. He saw that day in one of their own manufactories, some enormous machinery being prepared for the manufacture of these iron plates, and he had no doubt that armour plates would go on faster than guns. If a five-inch plate were penetrated they would make a s'x-inch plate, and by and byea twelve-inch plate, and when it became known that what was wanted was a tough and plastic iron they would obtain as much of the proper quality as they wanted. He did not propose that the whole of the wooden ships should be in stantly withdrawn, but that they should act as the police of the seas, protecting our commerce, and that the men upon these small ships should be no longer soldiers but policemen. He thought no large war ship should be built which was unable to carry coals for a voyage of 5,000 miles. He also ex plained in an interesting style how the bottoms of iron ships were fouled by barnacles, &c. Mr. BEECROFT, M.P. (who was applauded on rising), proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Scott Russell for his interesting lecture on the most im portant, he might say the all-absorbing question of the day. They must not forget that most impor tant changes were taking place which might affect the destinies of this and other nations depending for security on ships of war, and a new era appeared to be opening before them in the construction of the future navy of England, All that they wanted was to make the British navy the terror of its enemies and the pioneer of civilisation to every part of the habitable globe. (Hear.) They were deeply in debted to Mr. Russell for coming amongst them, and they could have no better authority upon the subject than the gentleman who amidst so many difficulties constructed and launched the Great Eastern. (Applause.) He entirely agreed with Mr. Russell that Government had no business to act as manufacturers—first, because they were scarcely competent, and next, because he regarded it as an undue interference with manufacturing industry. Being a member of the select committee appointed last session to consider the comparative cost of ord nance and materials of war when supplied by Go vernment and by private manufactories, which com mittee had not yet completed its labours, he could not with propriety enter into this question, and this must be his excuse for not having expt eased his opi nion as his wishes prompted. Mr. A. FAIRBAIRN seconded the vote of thanks to Mr. Russell, which was adopted by acclamation, and the proceedings terminated. THE PRINCE OF WALES. SANDRINGHAM, Wednesday Afternoon.—His Royal Highness arrived at his Norfolk seat yester day afternoon at four o'clock, accompanied by Lieut.-General Knollys and Captain Grey, intend ing to stay here for a fortnight's shooting. The journey from Buckingham Palace was made by the Great Eastern Railway ordinary train, and was quite satisfactory, except the extreme length of time which it occupied. The train was under the charge of Mr. Robertson, manager of the locomo tive department of the above-named company; Mr. Sprowl, district manager; Mr. Superintendent Platt, and the staff; and his Royal Highness rode in one of the commodious saloon carriages belonging to the company. The royal party dismounted at the Wolverton station of the Lynn and Hun stanton Railway, and entered one of the private car riages, in which he proceeded the rest of the way. In accordance with the expressed wish of the Prince there were no demonstrations on the journey, al though at most of the stations and gatehouses large crowds assembled. At the Wolverton station his Royal Highness was received by a large number o the tenantry, who, in obedience to his Royal wish, preserved the most profound silence. His Royal Highness has to-day, in company with. Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Capt. Grey, and Mr. Beck, the steward, made an inspection of the estate, which is really a most beautiful one, affording a rich variety of scenery, and aho abounding with an excellent stock of game. Tne preserves are well filled, and some excellent sport will no doubt be afforded his Royal Highness. In addition to the ordinary game there is a plentiful supply of wild fowl, woodcocks being very plentiful. His Royal Highness intends entering the hunting field next week. Arrangements are being made with Sir H. Villebois, the popular master of the West Norfolk hounds, for a special day, the meet to be at Sandringham. The day is not yet fixed. With the enthusiasm with which the Prince is re - garded by the yeomanry of Norfolk there is no doubt this will be the largest field that has ever been seen in Norfolk. His Royal Highness will commence shooting to morrow, according to present arrangements. THE RUMOURED BETROTHAL OF PRINCESS ALEXANDRA'S SISTER.—The Nord contradicts in the following terms the rumour of the sister of the Princess Alexandra of Denmark being about to marry the heir to the throne of Russ a :—" We believe we are in a position to affirm that there is at present no question of that alliance. It is not the custom of the imperial family of Russia to form projects of marriage for the Grand Dukes before they have made their tour in the provinces of the empire, and after wards visited the different Courts of Europe. It is only next year that the Grand Duke Nicholas will commence his tour through Russia. The august princess spoken of 18 besides still very young ; born on the 26th November, 1847, she has not yet accomplished her 16th year. By her beauty and personal qualities she would assuredly justify the choice of the Grand Duke Nicholas, and the union, if realised, would be received, we have no doubt, with sympathy in. Russia. where former friendly relations with the Royal House of Denmark have not been forgotten." At the levee of the French Minister of the Inte rior, on New Year's day, the Prefect of the Seine alluded to the decree inserted in the Aloniteur of January 1, relative to the publicity to be given to the discussions of the prefectoral councils, as well as to the enlarging the func tions of the administrative bodies. " Your Excellency," playfully added the prefect, growing bolder as he went on, "Your excellency has given a very fine New Year's gift to the councillors." The Minister looked slightly puzzled, as if he doubted whether the prefect was in earnest. " What New Year's gift do you mean ?" " Why your excellency's report and the decree accompanying it, which appeared in. this morning's 2toniteur." The Minister looked as puzzled as ever. He, however, replied, " Oh, yes—yes; very well." Some superficial persons present fancied for a moment that the Minister had not read or even seen the decree counter signed by him; and they began to repeat the mot, rightly or wrongly attributed to the Emperor—viz., that M. Bil lault saw all and signed nothing; whereas M. Persigny saw nothing and signed everything, A private despatch from Berlin states, on the authority of letters from St. Peterburg (says the Moniteur of yesterday), that Russia is on the point of accepting the candidature of a Bavarian prince to the throne of Greece. The krance formally contradicts the news that Victor Emmanuel was coming to Paris for the christening of his grandson. The day for that ceremony is not yet fixed, but whenever it does take place the King will be " represented in due legal form." FOUNDERING OF Two SHIPS OFF LIVERPOOL.-- A fearful collision occurred off the port of Liver pool on Tuesday night during the prevalence of a dense fog, by which two vessels, a steamer and a sailing ship, foundered. It appears from the scanty information which has come to hand that the screw-steamer Liverpool, bound from London to Liverpool, got in contact with a barque in the neighbourhood of Point Lynas, the name of which was at the time unknown. The steamer foundered, and it was uncertain for some considerable time what had become of the sailing vessel. The crew of the steamer had arrived safely at Holyhead. From subsequent information it seems that the strange vessel was the barque La Plata, Captain Pearson, which sailed from Liverpool for Lima on Tuesday, and that she had also sunk. It is believed that all of her crew have been saved. One of her boats, containing fivo men, was picked up and brought to Liverpool by the screw steamer Athlete, from Cork. 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