The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-19 00:00:00

TRE.ATRE 1101'.U. DRUEY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Will be presented PAULA LAZARRO; or, The Ladrone's Daagh ter. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. Mead ; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING HUMMLNGTOP; or, Harlequin and the Laud of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstose. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by Messrs. Howe, IL Corri, Rogers, Chippendale, George Vandenhoff, and Miss Rayno lds. After which, the Grand CHRIiTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEA.Ri ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall: Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managem2nt of Mr. CuABLEs ICEsx. THIS EVENLNG, JAN. 19, Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Brazier, H. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMINIE, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King . Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Ihirlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Maine ; Pantaloon, • Mr. radio; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VeStria. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Will be performed A BACEIELOR. OF AB TS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, will b e presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo.drama, In eve a t a oleaux, with nw sceery, the Sea of Ic &c., ew , appointments, e calleda TILE THIRST OF e, GOLD ; n or nd dresses i f IE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. princ ipal characters by Messrs. B. Web s t er, Keeley, Paul Bedford, 0. Selby, Parselle, Marsden, RC. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, Re. To bo followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments called liumaza NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Homer, G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Will be performed THE Fri:sr NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Robson, Morton, and Galli ; Mes dames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, &c. Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. STRAND TII E ATRE . Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Alicroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Will be performed LA SONNAMBULA. To be followed by THE IRISH TUTOR. Afte , which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING NUTCRACKER; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Goward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pitt, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, 11, Is., to be had of M r . Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. - , Crowded Houses nightly greet the Grand Spectacle, the Wondrous Performing Elephants, and the most gorgeous and successful Panto mime of the Season. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, (And during the week) To commence with the Grand Chinese Spectacle, THE WISE ELEPIIANTS OF THE EAST, or THE MAGIC GONG, in which Mr. William Cooke's extraordinary Trained Elephants appear. Followed by a Recherche Routine of Scenes of Equestrianism in TIIE. ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Concluding with Mr. W. Cooke's immensely successful COMIC PAN TO KIM F.', written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON Las, entitled BILLY BUT CON'S .;01J1r.XEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite. New scenery, dre3ses, decorations, and appointments, maTnificent Car or Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings; Columbine, Mdlie. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowas, Mr. C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradbury. 1 - 13 s-office open from Eleven till Foar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —Morning 58 min.after 4 Evening 16 min.aft. 5 I To-Moaaow—Morning 36 min.after 5 Evening 56 min.aft. 5 TILE WEATHER. Sus OFFICE, J. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE 51—highest shies noon yesterday. 39 —lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 301)5. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and dull weather. 4131, b qr,,, t -,;-- ~,--c - 1 - --:i.,,, , . i,,., , ,-,,,,,,ti,_,„.„ , E. 4 - ..A7-,L. LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1854. Advices three days later from St. Petersburgh, dated in consequence to the 12th instant inclu sively, are of a nature more than ever threatening. Beyond which, despatches received via Paris from Vienna announce that the propositions of the Four Powers were known to have been positively re jected by the Russian Government. An intima tion—this—perfectly in keeping with a variety of ominous antecedents. It was distinctly under stood, for instance, that the feeling prevalent for some time past in St. Petersburgh has been inimi cal to the latest defined policy of France and England. As a sufficient indication of the force of this antagonism, one of the prin cipal organs of the Court of his Imperial Majesty the CZAR has been recently filled with attacks, against the French and British, of the most out-spoken and vindictive character. Moreover, it was already known that the Minis ters of the AUTOCRAT had been formally assem bled in the metropolis of his dominions, to take the suggestions of the compromise lately offered by the Allies of Turkey into serious and imme diate consideration. It was likewise understood pretty generally that the sentiments cherished in regard to that proffered compromise by the ad visers (so called) of the Emperor NICHOLAS were anything but calculated to predispose them in favour of its acceptance. On the contrary, even the least observant felt satisfied that the final Note_ of the Powers must, in all human probability, prove abortive in its operation as a means of effecting the reconcilement of past differences—accompanied or preceded as it would be by intelligence of the advance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea from their Bey-cos an chorage. A movement of that kind on the part of the maritime armaments sent by France and England from their station in the Mediterranean to the waters of Constantinople, had all along been declared by the CZAR to be incompatible with the preservation of tranquillity. In plainer terms, it had been long intimated by Russia that the ap pearance of the French and British squadrons in the Euxine would be regarded by her as tanta mount to a formal declaration of war on the part of the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries. Whether this warning assurance has be en • in any degree exaggerated, must now be learnt in this country almost immediately. A preliminary to the acknowl3dgment of a rupture between Russia on the one side, and France and England, as the allies of Turkey, on the other, has already be come audible in the despatches received within the last few hours, via Paris, from Vienna, informing the world of the total rejection of the Final Note of the Four Powers by the Imperial Russian Government. Meantime, let it not be forgotten that the limit affixed by the Sublime Porte to the period within which the Russian troops are required to evacuate the Principalities, extends over an inter val of not more than forty days altogether, accord ing to an important communication dated the 9th instant from Constantinople. Neither must it be overlooked that distinct orders havt very recently been transmitted to Prince GORTZCHAhowr from the Cabinet of his Imperial master—enjoui ing him on his allegiance to effect the passage of the river Danube at the earliest practicable ( 4 5 Portuni ty. Seawards, moreover, accounts from the seat of war would seem to be not one jot more propitious. Notwithstanding the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1854. order said have been sent to the Russian fleet in the Euxine to return at once to Sebastopol, it would now appear that several of the war vessels of the CZAR had recently been recognised off Batoum and off Trebizond. Vigilance, in truth, would seem to be more than ever requisite on the part of the French and British Admirals now that the combined fleets have emerged from the Bosphorus—the squadron of Admiral DITNDAS directing its course along the Asiatic coast, and that of Admiral lIAMELIN along the European. Another outrage like that at Sinope cannot of course be expected under these circumstances : but we may at any time now venture to anticipate news of a collision between the opposing maritime combatants: What cannot but enhance the soli citude of those least sanguine of success 4 the remembrance that the present season is of all the most perilous in the Black Sea, in re gard to the manifold difficulties of its navigation. It is under this extraordinary complication of doubts, and fears, and events, and rumours, that Ministers will now, in less than a fortnight, have to unburden their troubled consciences before Parliament. Having succeeded in complicating the Question still at issue to an absolutely bewildering state of entanglement ; having, by their blundering system of protracted and ineffectual negotiations, brought the country to that melancholy position, that it rests at this moment in the alternative between a discreditable peace and an inveterate and impla cable war ; having cast the shadow of a dark suspicion upon the Court, and overwhelmed them selves with an unpopularity but seldom paralleled —Ministers are at this moment on the eve of entering upon one of the stormiest sessions upon record, with high prices at home—and abroad the prospect of a conflict breaking out, such as must, in all likelihood, extend from coun try to country until it involves in its vortex the whole of the great Powers of Christendom. The mysterious silence is broken ! The oracle has spoken ! Vaguely and unintelligibly it is true, but still it has spoken. A great point has thus been achieved. The " Rip Van Winkles," who, like an honourable gentleman of whom, were it merely for the sake of " auld lang syne" and the recollection of knightly services rendered of yore to the popular cause, we should be unwilling to speak harshly, and who " see no daily paper but the Times," will have their faculties awakened, and their attention excited to the progress of events. They may not learn much from the columns of the " only daily journal that they see," but there will be quite sufficient to induce the great majority to shake off the torpor, and inquire for themselves into a subject of paramount importance' and sur passing interest to every man who has the slightest remnant of regard for the integrity of the British Constitution. That is all that we require—a strict and searching investigation into the real state of the case—an investigation that will either add confirmation to the sinister rumours so widely circulated, or clearly and unequivocally acquit the PRINCE CONSORT from the grave accusations pre ferred, and show how totally unfounded have been the charge of intermeddling with and prying into the diplomatic relations of this country with other nations ; and—it may be from mere garrulity and love of gossip—it may be for other less excilsable causes—revealing what should be State secrets to parties who have made use of the information thus acquired for purposes inconsistent with the honour, the dignity, and the security of the United King dom. Should the inquiry have this latter result— should Prince ALBRR thereby regain the popularity he has lost, none will rejoice more fervently and sincerely than ourselves. We should, indeed, be delighted to see the Consort of our most gracious and well-beloved SOVEREIGN resume the place in the affections of her people which we are com pelled to acknowledge he no longer occupies. It is vain to deny that there is a strong body of cir cumstantial evidence brought forward in support of the charge, that establishes a prima facie case against his Royal Highness, and they are not true friends or faithful servants of the QUEEN who try to deceive her MAJESTY as to the state of public feeling, or who endeavour to persuade her that the difficulty can be averted by attempting to ignore the questions at issue, either by maintain ing a total and unbroken silence, or by pooh poohing the matter as unworthy of notice. It is only those who have the best interests of her MA JESTY and the welfare of her people at heart who venture to tell unpalatable truths, to speak of things as they really are, and to promulgate the voice of public opinion, in questions where no thing had previously been heard but the toadying ad.ulations of fawning sycophants. It is, then, the interest of Prince ALBERT, above all others, to meet the charge manfully and above board—to at once admit or to disa vow the.proceedings that have been imputed. We believe that if the latter course be adopted, if an authorised denial be given of the alleged interference, it will be satisfactory to the community, and that the matter will be dropped for ever, or at least until it be shown beyond the possibility of doubt that his Royal Highness has intruded himself into Councils in which he has no right to participate. Silence would, however, be fatal to the remnant of his reputation. Far better that he should admit his conduct. Even in such a case, an expression of regret for the past, and a promise of abstinence for the future, might be sufficient to satisfy the people. A bold vindication of his supposed rights, as the "Marital head of the Sovereign," would be wiser than silence—aye, though he imported the illustrious MuLoox from Killiney, and ap pointed him an Attorney-General, to insist on the despotic authority of the Prince, and the neces sity of all stiff-necked journalists bowing down before the new idol that had been set up. A bold assertion of th© alleged privilege would be safer and better than a sneaking and treacherous silence. The Times, it will be seen, attempts to treat the matter with contempt—to get rid of it by a side wind, by creating phantoms yclept " Toi Foortr. of the Travellers," and " Sir MA RMADUILE CLODPOLE of the Carlton," and ridiculing the assertion of the illustrious FOOZLE, that " every body believed it." If, however, FOOZLE said 80, Foonz was right. Everybody does be- 1 1 lieve it--even the writer who, using the Leviathan as his mouthpiece, demands the proofs, and asks, with a convulsive attempt at a sneer, " Whether the QUEEN had turned Queen's evidence !" Yes, that writer in a later part of his lucubration says—" No one presumes that in the confidence of married life the QUEEN and her husband may not converse upon public affairs !" Adding—" When the English nation deliberately accept a foreign Prince as the Consort of their QUEEN, they must need s accept this con sequence—this inconvenience if they will !" Now, this is a virtual admission that completely disposes of the preceding attempt at laughing the case out of court ; else why should we be told that " it is a lesser inconvenience than would arise from the adoption of any other course !" Let Prince ALBrenT, for whose good qualities we still enter tain profound respect--,.whom, as the Consort of one very dear to the British people, we would guard against every danger—eschew the Times and MtrweK, and resume the non-interference that gained the honest and straightforward approba tion of the British people, and rendered him, as ho was but little more than two years since, the most popular individual in the wide-spread do minions of his illustrious Consort. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELL.TGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 Ameri can and 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed with more spirit, and prices of all kinds without alteration. New cotton moves off briskly, the demand exceeding the supply. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 600 Egyptian at 6/d. to Bd., 800 Surat at 3d. to 41d., and 40 Sea Island at ls. Old. to ls. 3d. per lb. Railway shares were flat. By the advices received by the Pacific from New York we find that the total gold deposits at the United States Mint during 1853 were 53,367,325 dols., which, as compared with those of the pre ceding year, exhibit an increase. The stock market was active, but sales predominated. In proof of the very late intelligence we may ex pect from Australia by way of Panama, when steam navigation is in operation on the Pacific side, there are dates of Oct. 17, from Sydney, and Oct. 11, from Melbourne, to hand this morning, brought by sailing vessels to the Isthmus, and had not neglect existed, there should have been Sydney papers of Oct. 19 put on board one ship. This would have given us news of two days later date than we al ready have. The season's wool will come forward rather slowly from Australia it is said, and the scarcity of shipping will be felt. The Panama Star of Dec. 21, gives a statement which will give rise to much conjecture—viz., that a mutiny took place on the high seas on board of an English vessel, name not given, carrying 260 colonists to the British possessions. The ship had just put into Valdivia, and the English admiral on the station had ordered some officers and marines to proceed to that place and take into custody the ringleaders of the revolt. The statement does not enable us to surmise even the destination of this ship. On the 27th inst. the English brig Ripley an chored in Valparaiso from London, bound for Caldera. She had been 153 days out, her bul warks cleared away and otherwise damaged, and her crew ill of the scurvy. At the General Meeting of the London Joint Stock Bank proprietors just held, the following highly satisfactory report, showing increased busi ness and profits, was adopted : " The directors have the honour of presenting to the shareholders the half-yearly accounts up to the 31st ult. which show a net profit for the half-year of 50,695/. Os. 7d., to which is to be added 7,540/. 3s. undivided profit of the previous half-year, making for present disposal, a total of 58,235/. 3s. 7d., and they have applied 24,000/. of this sum to a dividend, after the rate of 8/. per cent. per annum ; 34,000/. to a bonus of lls. 4d. per share, and have carried the fractional remainder to the guaran tee fund. "It is with much regret they have to acquaint the shareholders with the loss by death of two members of the board, William Shadbolt, Esq., and Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., the former of whom had been in the direction from the commencement of the bank, and both of them were greatly esteemed and respected by their colleagues. " Notice has been already given that the following gentlemen would on this occasion retire by the estab lished rotation, viz. :—Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Archibald Hastie, Esq., Ambrose Moore, Esq., John Timothy Oxley, Esq., and William Shad bolt, Esq., and that they offered themselves for re-elec tion ; under the present circumstances, however, the meeting will be able to proceed to fill up only four of the vacant seats, reserving for an extraordinary general meeting, which will be shortly summoned for the pur pose, to elect successors to the two directors whose lo'se is now lamented. " The dividend and bonus will be payable on and after Friday, the 27th instant. BRITISH MINEs.—A few steady buyers had had the effect of producing the following quotations to-day :—Alfred Consols, 24 to 25 ; Cwm Daren, 14 to / ; Sortridge Consols, 30s. to 355. ; Great Crimis, 11 ; West Darlington, 71 to 8 ; Great Wheal Fortune, 12 to 13 ; Trehane, 8/ to 91 ; Hope Valley, 31 to ; Molland, to ; Hugo's, 1 to 1/ ; Marthe Valley, 41 to 5 ; Tremollett Downs, to ; Tavey Consols, 21 to 3. The English Securities opened this morning at a decline of per sent., Consols being 92k, and some large amounts of stock were delivered. This fall has been since aggravated, and there have-been transactions at 911 to 92. The news from the East, now hourly expected, is likely to be so im portant, that there is the utmost solicitude felt, and buyers hold aloof. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 931 and since 93! 4. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 10s. premium. South Sea Stock is at 115. Foreig❑ Stocks are dull and drooping. Mexican, 23i I. Spanish are not dealt in. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. 62f. For Russian no prices are marked. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1 853. Great Western North-Western 42,545 44,449 South-Western Brighton 9,061 8,500 Midland South-Eastern. 15,755 13,751 Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 13,882 13,144 Lancashire and Yorkshire 14,576 16,568 York and North Midland, New castle and Berwick, Leeds North- 20,633 21,785 ern Railway Shares have declined again, and, com pared with the prices at which they opened this morning, there is a reaction of to 1 per cent. Great Western were 811, and are now 801. This is the result of the decline in the English Funds. North-Western, South-Western, Caledonian, and the other principal lines have been affected to nearly a similar extent. French shares have gone down 10s. to 155., and there have been numerous sales of Strasburg, Northern of France, and Lux embourg. The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted, are this morning, as follows : Jamaica, / I to i premium ;Metcalfe, pre mium ; Sue River, k di scoun t t o par ; Port Royal, to Is premium. -i to i The Gold Mine Shares keep very quiet. St. John del Rey Sha res are no t so good. The Joint- Stock Banks ar e wea k er, an d in the A us t ra li an Agricultural there was a decline of 1.1. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Oficial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reciaced Annuities 92i 8 i 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 92/ li 2 N ew 31 per Ce n t . Annuities 93a 1 1 3 i Lang Annuities, Expire bila Jan., 18titl Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 5 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth JP,11., 1860 5 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO par 4 p South Sea Stock Consols for Account 15th Feb. 92 li a Exchequer Bills, Id. £1000 2,500 : 10 7 p Small ........................................ 10 7 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 p er Cent. —' Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent 92 a Guatemala Bonds - Mexican 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds 4. per Cent. ex. 25 fr . 9l 2 Dutch Exchange, 2a per Cent. 12 Gull 621 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates HALF-PAST TWO, 911 2 Consols THE WELLINGTON DOCK COMPANY.—The directors of the Wellington Dock Company have notified that, not withstanding the state of the money-market, they have received sufficient support to induce them to proceed with the undertaking ; the facilities that would be afforded to the trade of London from its position, ad joining the Greenwich Railway, having caused it to be regarded with strong interest. They have accordingly lodged their bill and made their Parliamentary deposit. In case of the act not being obtained, the deduction for expenses is to be limited to ss. per share. ELECTION PETITIONS FOR NEXT ►SESSION.—Three important election petitions remain for decision, viz., Clithero, Sligo, and Chatham. In the latter ; the peti tion will be resisted by the electors, the sitting member having declined to defend his seat. In the Sligo case, it is understood that Mr. Somers will be borne scathe less by certain parties. Mr. Sadleir cannot withdraw, as the seat is claimed. The elections which have taken place in this borough, since 1847, have cost more than would twice buy the fee-simple of the town. POOR RELIEF IN PRIISSIA.—By official accounts just published there were in Prussia, in 1849, among a popu lation of 16,350,000 souls, 567,659 persons who were in receipt of alms, in average 7 thalers 1 silber groschen (205.) The total sum expended on their relief amounted' to 5,481,317 thalers (783,0451.) LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE ALLAN STEWART HAY- WEST INDIA FAILURES. This bankrupt formerly carried on business in Old Broad-street, as a shipowner, &c., and to-day was ap pointed for an audit meeting, preparatory to declaring a dividend. This was one of the several bankruptcies occasioned by the failure of an extensive West India firm, last year. The property has not yet been fully realised. By the accounts, prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, shows, debtor to creditors, 3,0621. 2s. 3d. ; to do. holding security, 1,012/. 7s. ; capital, May 1847, 6281. 10s. ; profits, 6,4551. Creditors—Good debts, 1,7361. 10s. 4d. ; doubtful, 409/. 13s. Bd. ; debtors on liabilities ; 2,700/. ; property held by creditors, 1,100/. ; property given up, 1,2541. ss. Bd. ; securities, 8901. 15s. 6d. ; losses, 3,1701. 18s. 6d. ; trade expenses, 8731. 16s. 3d. ; house and personal expenses (6 years), 2,613/. 4s. lid. The dividend will be declared in a few days. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Ogle, Q.C.) FAMILY JARS.-MARTIN V. LEVY. This was an action to recover the sum of 15&, for money lent and goods sold. Mr. Duncan appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the case, from which it appeared that the plaintiff and de fendant are sister and brother, and carried on business near Houndsditch. The claim was made for money lent and goods sold. He then called the plaintiff who swore positively that she lent the money in 1850, and the goods, consisting of orange boxes, subsequently, and she had not been repaid. Two daughters of the plaintiff were called and con firmed her generally ; but, in cross-examination, ad mitted 30s. had been paid back, Si. had been advanced in consideration of a proposed partnership between de fendant and one of plaintiff's daughters. The defendant, who had interrupted, contradicting the witness on almost every point, violently made a solemn asseveration, that one of the witnesses was ac tuated solely by jealously, his daughter having got mar ried first. (Laughter.) His Honour said that that was rather a curious ground for jealousy. Mr. W. R. Buchanan (for defendant) (to witness) — Now, are you disappointed because your cousin is married ? Witness (laughing)--No, I should think not. Mr.ißuchanan—Haven't you advertised for a husband? Witness—Certainly not ; there's no occasion, as I am already engaged. (Laughter.) Mr. Buchanan—r am happy to hear so, and hope you will be better friends. Mr. Buchanan then addressed the Court, and said that, as to 8/. 10s. Od. the defendant now admitted his liability ; but if he (Mr. B.) had been retained earlier, he would, no doubt, have been able to show a set off ; as it was, he must take the defendant's evidence as to re payment. The defendant and his daughter were then examined —but his Honour said that their evidence was so very unsatisfactory that he felt he ought to give judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant interrupted, and said that 51. had been lent to plaintiff's daughter as well as himself. His Honour said that did not matter, for in this Court, whether there was a partnership or not, if two par ties were liable, one could be sued alone. Judgment was then given for 131. 10s. Od. A NEW THEATRE IN THE EAST. Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of Drury-lane, has pur chased the extensive freehold estate on which Shadwell workhouse stands, for ,the purpose of erecting a large and commodious theatre on the site thereof. The estate was sold by the Stepney Union, under an order of the Poor Law Board, at the Auction Mart, yesterday. It comprises an area of 17,066 feet, enclosed with brick walls and carriage entrance ; the spacious building used as the workhouse, standing on 3,800 feet of ground, and numerous other brick buildings ; also a large garden. We cannot doubt but that the enterprise of Mr. Smith will set the East-end of the town alive. It is somewhat singular that he should have purchased a workhouse to convert into a theatre, at the very moment when his out-door relief to the poor in the way of soup, bread, &c., is creating such a sensation in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane. During the late inclement weather, Mr. Smith's philanthropy would have been a great boon to the inhabitants of Shadwell. IRISH AND SCOTCH RANK RETURNS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 24th of December, 1853, when added together, give- the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks £6,453,227 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 4,112,787 Average circulation during the past month £10,566,014 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks are above their fixed issue... £98,733 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 1,025,578 21,124,311 Total above fi xe d issue The amount of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £1,968,220 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,559,170 Total of gold and silver held £3,527,390 These returns, combined with the average circulation of the Bank of England for the same period, show a decrease of 1,242,0681. in the circulation of notes in Eng land, and a decrease of 1,341,7601. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 26th of November ; and, as compared with the month ending the 25th of December, 1852, the above returns show a decrease of 1,214,616/. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 98,1071. in the circulation of the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England in both departments during the month ending the 24th of December was 15,424,040/., being a decrease of 187,2351. as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of 5,884,1851. when compared with the same period of 1852. - The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 24th of December was 3,527,3901., being an increase of 72,3831. as compared with the previous return, and an increase of 8 3 5 ,7781. when compared with the corresponding period in 1852. FATAL FALL FRO3I A WINDOW IN BROWNLOW-STREET. —Yesterday afternoon information was received by Thomas Wakley, Esq., coroner, of the death of Emma Wedderburn, who resided at No. 19, Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, under the following melancholy circum stances :—lt appears the unfortunate woman is t)e i s n id t e h s e service of Mr. Strachan, grocer, and was cleaning the third floor back window, a height of 50 feet, when by some means she overbalanced herself, and fell to the ground with a u frlghLu t_ lf a r i t . t n f a o l r arT s w n a r s go i o n n s , ta w nt h ly o promptly arrived, and found the skull fraoturoa other extensive injuries. She gradually sank and ex pired. The inquest will be held this day at the King's Arms, Castle-street, Long-acre. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.—A decision On the long-contested point of the liability of railway com panies to carry what are called "packed parcels" was given on Tuesday in' the Court of Common Pleas. Se veral years back certain persons commenced acting as agents for the collection of various small packages, which they made up into a few large ones, and forwarded to provincial towns, such as Sheffield, Glasgow, &c., where they caused the contents to be delivered to their re spective addresses. A great convenience to trade was thus obtained, since the charge for each item was ren dered so small that many things of the cheapest kind were transmitted backward and forward for samples or for alterations and repairs, which could not have been sent at all if the several owners had each had to pay for a distinct parcel. The London and North-Western Company, fancying that the system deprived them of large profits, endeavoured in the first instance to make a higher demand for all such parcels, but failed, be cause, as common carriers, they had no right to make one person pay more than another for the same description of service, and they could never enforce the restriction with uniformity, since, in that case, every box or parcel containing the slightest article for any individual other than the person to whom it was addressed must have been dealt with on the same prin dciopnle. their They st refused, anoe; ahnodwteove acceptr, eve t n h e l after a b l t i h t y i s, w o t hagboaond grace, as involving, for the moment, an apparent loss, but ultimately, from the extension of business to which it would lead, a certain gain. Accordingly, it appears to have been resolved to put obstacles in the way by declining to transmit the obnoxious parcels, or those which they chose to regard as such, beyond the limits of their own line, which terminates. as respects Gl asgow , at Preston, and as respects Sheffield, at Rugby. It was shown, however, that they continued to book all ordi nary parcels to those towns in the usual manner, under an arrangement with the connecting lines ; and the point has now been settled that, as common carriers, they are not justified in making the fresh distinction they have attempted. "They cannot," it was observed by the court, " say they will carry for 99 persons to Sheffield, and as respects a particular p erson th a t th e y w ill on ly carry to Rugby." As carriers to Sheffield for everybody else, they must carry in the same manner for the parties in question. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. REJECTION BY THE CZAR OF THE VIENNA PROJECT. Two private despatches which reached Paris yes terday from Vienna and Berlin, announce that the Emperor of Russia has positively rejected the pro positions of the Conference of Vienna. This news produced a considerable sensation in Paris. It appears by advices from St. Petersburgh of the 12th instant, that M. do Reizet had arrived in that capital with the French categorical note. It was presented simultaneously with the English note of the same character, which Sir Hamilton Seymour had received some days previously. The Couacil of Ministers, on the 12th, was in deliberation on these notes, but had not then deter mined on their answer. There seemed little doubt that the entry of the fleets into the Black Sea would be regarded as an hostile act by the Emperor of Russia, and the state of public feeling manifested great irritation against France and England. The Court Gazette of St. Petersburgh of the 9th, publishes a most violent article against England. Great Britain, it is said, is the moving cause of all European commotions, and the mischievous inter meddler who has filled the barren fancy of the Turk with an absurd and whimsical notion of " independence." A despatch from Constantinople of the 9th states the British and French ships had been seen in the direction of Sinope, but that some had been de tached and had gone towards Sebastopol. Some of the Turkish vessels had gone to Varna. The Russians had shown themselves by sea before Batoum. On the sth Lord Stratford de Redcliffe issued a tranquillising circular, stating that the object of Admiral Dundas was the protection of Turkish interests without disturbing friendly relations with Russia. On the 10th twenty-six cannon were to be sent from Constantinople to Trebizond for batteries there. Fourteen Russian ships of war had been seen steering towards Sebastopol. The houses of the Greek and Jerusalem patri archs, and of the Greek bishop, were burnt in the late conflagration at Constantinople. Armaments continued on the 9th. More reinforcements were expected from Abbas Pacha. Friendly relations had been resumed between Persia and England. Prospects of reconciliation with Turkey existed. The Prussian Commodore Schroder had been suddenly called from Smyrna to Constantinople. The Trieste Zeitung has advices from Krajova of the 13th inst. Prince Gortschakoff was daily ex pected there. The Russian head quarters were at Radovan. No engagement had taken place since the 10th. 35,000 Turks were concentrated at Ka lafat. A despatch, dated Bucharest, Jan. 16, says, Prince Woronzoff was there dangerously ill. A despatch from Odessa on the 11th mentions that the Prince had been pensioned. It adds that no vessels returning to that port had seen either French or English ships. No cargoes whatever were allowed to be shipped. Another despatch announces that a division of three Russian men-of-war had appeared in sight off Trebizond on the 31st ult., in the morning, where they made a reconnoissance, and that two other ships had been cruising the evening before off Soukoom Kali. It was reported at Vienna yesterday that an en counter had taken place not far from Islas, be tween the vanguard of the Russian corps and a Turkish force which had crossed the Danube at Nicopoli. The Turks, it is said, re-crossed the river. A Turkish force, several thousand strong, was at Rahowa on the 7th, making preparations, as if to cross over and attack General Aurep's right wing. A — private letter from Bucharest of the 9th states that formal orders had reached Prince Gortscha koff to take measures for effecting the passage of the Danube. He was at the same time informed that the reinforcements demanded by him would shortly arrive. The Augsburg Gazette states that the Russian Admiral has, of his-own accord, released the • English engineers, who were taken prisoner board the captured Turkish steamers. FRANCE. People now, says the Times correspondent of yesterday, begin to ask each oth*arnestly what will be the conduct of Prussia and'lfitstria the moment all chance of reconciliation is admitted to be at an end, and that the Emperor of Russia replies to the presence of the fleets in the Euxine by some act equivalent to a declaration of war. Nothing has as yet been very clearly ascertained on that point. We know that they stand together, and will con tinue together up to the point when negotiation is. still practicable ; but will they go further ? Austria and Prussia have never, it is stated, explained what their line of conduct would be in that emer gency. There is evidently a struggle between the Emperor of Austria and the nation in this respect. .He no doubt feels great admiration for, and per haps stands in awe of, the Czar, but it is pretty certain that the Austrian people are decidedly op posed to any advance of Russia on the Danube, and it is probable that if the naval Pc;wers struck a blow in the Black Sea the Cabinet of Vienna would be forced to follow the impulse of its people. We are all the more inclined to believe that the Emperor of Russia is not at this moment in the best temper to listen to reason, both on ac count of the reverses his arms have met in Wallachia, as by reason of the sentiments ma nifested by the inhabitants, if not for the Turkish Government, at least against Russian domination. I have said that several persons who have hereto fore clung to the hope of peace being maintained, now confess that these hopes are no longer cherished by them. M. Thiers, who has had some experience in Eastern affairs, is described as one of these, and as declaring very recently that in case of a conflict he really thought the French Government ought to be supported. Some persons, supposed to bo friends of the distinguished orator, repeated that declaration to a member of the Imperial family, and perhaps those friends went too far, but the impression made on the mind of the Prince was, that M. Thiers was not unwilling to tender his "services." The Prince thanked the indiscreet friends referred to, and is said to have added that there was no necessity for the present Government to make large sacrifices in gaining over partisans ; that they had found corruption so admirably re duced to system by their predecessors that the task was easy indeed when they wished to undertake it. Nevertheless it is not considered improbable that, should an occasion serve, M. Thiers would be offered some mission ;.....portance, instane. c lif Om+ nf inary, should the time come for a Congress. It is understood that M. Kisseleff, the Russian Minister at Paris, has intimated to some of his friends that he expects from one hour to another to receive the order recalling him. Hitherto, however, he is without any precise instructions as to the attitude he is to maintain with respect to the French Ministry, and he consequently finds himself in a very embarrassing position. A telegraphic despatch received yesterday in Paris, from the Duke of Nemours, declares that the letter published by the English papers under the name of the Duchess of Orleans, is a complete and absolute fabrication. The financial difficulties of the French Govern ment are by no means diminishing. It is said that in order to obtain financial resources there is a project on foot of selling the landed properties in different parts of France, belonging to asylums and other charitable institutions. It is calculated that the amount which can be derived from this source will amount to 800 millions of francs, in lieu of which the charitable institutions will receive rentes on the State. In 1813, in similar circumstances, the Emperor Napoleon sold a portion of the pro perty belonging to the charitable institutions of the capital, and gave them compensation in the shape of rentes, which they draw to the present day. The French police are at the present moment on the look-out for some Russian spies, who are known to have been particularly active in Paris during the present crisis. One of them who is wanted is a Frenchman. In the French ports the utmost activity prevails. At Cherbourg upwards of 400 men are employed on one ship, the Tilsit, which will be launched in the course of April. The speculators at the Bourse yesterday were much depressed by the announcement of the arrival of two tele gra phic despatches from Vie nna and. one from Berlin, stating that the Emperor of Russia had expressed his dissatisfaction with the proroi tions prepared by the Conference at ir.i.una. The Three per Cents. opened at 711. 50c., fell to 70f. 85c., and closed at 71f. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents, closed at 99f. COURT CI.RCULAB. WINDSOR, JAN. 18. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday. The Queen and Prince with tho Princess Royal and Princess Alice drove out in an open carriage yesterday. Colonel Bouverie and Colonel Wylde attended on horse back. Prince Albert went out shooting this morning. Viscountess Canning has succeeded Viscountess Jocelyn as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty, and Lieut.-General Sir F. Stovin, Major-General Berkeley Drummond, as Groom in Waiting. The following have received invitations, and are ex pected this afternoon :—The French Ambassador and and Countess Walewski, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, and Lady Agnes Grosvenor, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady Arabella West, Viscount Canning, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, and Major-General Wetherall. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday morning, from Frogmore. In the afternoon her Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, and after wards returned to Frogmore. A. deputation of the Royal Geographical Society, con sisting of Sir Charles Fellows, Vice-President; Colonel Everest, Mr. E. Osborne Smith, Mr. Arrowsmith, Mr. Kent, Capt. Hart, Dr. Hodgkin, and the Secretary, Dr. Norton Shaw, had an interview with his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial Office yesterday, on the subject of the North Australian expedition, proposed to government by the society. Sir Charles Napier had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A. deputation from the Severn Valley Railway com pany, consisting of Mr. Thorp (chairman), the Hon. Col. Forester, M.P., Mr. Toogood (solicitor), and Mr. C. E. Reed (secretary), had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley yester day, at the Board of Trade. Major-General Sir Henry Pynn transacted business at the Foreign-office, on the subject of the long standing claims of the British officers that served in the Portu guese army during the Peninsular war. Piscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday, from his seat, Broadlands, Hants.. The Royal Commission for inquiring into the State of the Corporation of the City of London held a meeting yesterday and on Tuesday, at the Privy Council•office, Downing-street. The Commissioners present were the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right lion. Sir J. Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governors of West Australia and Hong Kong. THE FRENCH MAILS.-A deputation, consisting of the chairman (Mr. Norbury) and two other members of the Stock Exchange Committee, waited on Colonel Maberly, at the Post-office, yesterday morning, to re present to him the great inconvenience arising from the delay in the delivery of the letters from France, which, arriving before nine o'clock at the Post-office, are frequently not delivered in the City before three o'clock. Colonel Maberly, who received the deputa tion with great courtesy, admitted at once the grievance of which they complained—explained to them that this detention at the Post-office had arisen from the non arrival of the mid-day country letters—but informed them that, the Treasury having lately added an in crease to their numerical force, he fully expected the delay would now be remedied. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday, from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. Lord and Lady John Russell entertained at dinner, yesterday, in Chesham-place, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, his Excellency the American Minister, the Lord Chief Justice of England, and the Baroness Stratheden, Mr. and Mrs. H. Baring, Mr. Charles Greville, and Mr. Fonblanque. In the evening her ladyship received a select circle of the corps diplomatique and aristocracy at present in town. Lord and Lady Cosmo Russell are expected to leave town for Woburn Abbey at the end of the next week, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford. The noble lord and her ladyship entertained at dinner, on Saturday last, at their residence in Chester-square, Lord and Lady John Russell, Mr. and Lady Georgiana Romilly, Lady Rachel Russell, Major Bentinck, &c. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood gave a dinner on Tuesday evening, at their residence, in Chesham-place, to the following distinguished persons :—The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Sir Charles and Lady Trevelyan, Mr. and Mrs. Hayter, Sir T. Redington, Hon. A. Willoughby, Mr. M'Leod, Mr. and Mrs. H. Baring, and Mr. E. Lascelles. The right hon. gentleman and her ladyship had another select dinner party last evening. Lord Charles Wellesley, M.P., has left town for Conholt Park, Andover, Hants, where her Ladyship and youthful family are staying. The Noble Lord and family will take possession of the Duke of Wellington's mansion in Upper Belgrave-street, which was purchased by the late Duke on the occasion of the marriage of the present Duke with the daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale, shortly after the return of their Graces from their continental tour, when the establishment of the Noble Master of the Horse will be removed to Apsley House, which will then be complete in its embellish. ments and improvements. The Marquis and Marchiofiess of Breadalbane, who have been entertaining a succession of visitants at Tay mouth Castle, Perthshire, are expected to arrive at Breadalbane House, Park-lane, at the close of the ensuing week, from Scotland. The Noble Marquis, who has suffered from rather indifferent health, will, we under stand, if sufficiently well, attend the Privy Council, fixed for Monday, the 30th instant, as one of the Great Officers of State, when the Royal Speech on opening the session of Parliament will be arranged. The Marquis of Westminster left Grosvenor House yesterday, on a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle, where the Marchioness and Lady Agnes Grosvenor arrived earlier in the day from Motcombe House, Dorset. The noble Marquis and Marchioness, who are honoured with an invitation until Saturday, and a dis tinguished circle, will, it is expecte], be present at the dramatic performance this evening at the Royal theatre, in the Rubens Room. The Marchioness Dowager of Downshire has arrived in Grosvenor•street from visiting the Hon. Colonel and Lady Mary Hood, at Cumberland Lodge. We are gratified at having it in our power to give a formal and explicit contradiction to the report un wittingly copied into our columns of the 17th inst., from the Morning Post of that date (Tuesday), to the effect that Lord Londonderry was then labouring under severe indisposition. The friends of the noble Marquis will be rejoiced to learn that there were no grounds whatever for any such announcement. BARON BRUNOW. - Several English and German papers have published a biography of Baron Brim° w, from which, it appears, that ho has been on trial for bad management of the Crown's interests in the war in Turkey, in 1828. Count Orloff saved him in considera tion of his diplomatical talents. But a convict could not remain at the Court of St. James's ; and if he does not take his passport, we must send it to him.—Morning A drerti ser. WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The concert of last night was composed of similar varieties to those which have of late been selected. The artistes were, however, of a superior class. Madame Amedei headed the list as usual, and sang Marca,dante's grand scena "Se m'abbandoni" with her accustomed excellence of style, besides Rossini's well-known aria, "Una voce poco fa," to the volatilities of which she rendered ample justice. Mrs. Frodsham (late Mrs. Alexander Newton), on the other band, essayed the brilliant song of Mo zart's " Gli angui d'inferno," and touched its pelilous altitudes with such skill as to earn a general encore. Miss Messent, Madame F. Lablache, Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Lawler, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, and other able singers, were also in attendance, but charging themselves only with well-known pieces. Miss Ellen Day, the very clever pianist, played the Concert Stuck, of Weber, with commendable skill. A solo on the trombone, by Signor Cioffi, was also among the inci dents of the programme. The selection embraced all schools of music, and consequently all classes of taste were propitiated. The attendance was considerable. GREAT DUCHY MINE.—A meeting of shareholders in the Great Duchy Mine, situated in Devonshire, was held yesterday, when it was stated that the working of the mine was originally promoted for the production of silver lead ; that the wor k s h a d been prosecuted to a 1 considerable extent, presented very favourable appear. ances, and were now " producing some good saving work." The committee of management further re ported :—"ln addition to these gratifying facts, your committee have the pleasure to announce to you the ex istence of gold in both the gossan and quartz ; in the gossan, in the ratio of 1 oz. 14 dwts. 9 3-5 grs. to the ton ; and in the quartz, in the ratio of 1 oz. 2 dwts. 11 grs. to the ton, as shown by two experiments made in , the course of last week, by Mr. Parkes, of Walbrook, in the presence of some of the committee and several gentlemen connected with the London press. Your committee are informed that 3 dwts. of gold to the ton would pay all the working expenses ; and, therefore, with such an amount of gold as is now proved to exist. throughout the lode, a very large profit must be realised, as the quantity of gossan and quartz amounts to many thousand tons. Your committee are, nevertheless, desirous of impressing upon you that your main object should be to develope the riches of the mine thoroughly, and that this can only be done by sinking the engine shaft as rapidly as possible, and intersecting the lode at a depth of 45 fathoms. That one object should not be lost sight of for a moment ; for however dazzling may be the prospects held out by the discovery of the more precious metal, your committee sincerely believe that those prospects will be far surpassed by the actual yield of lead at a proper depth from the surface." In order, therefore, to erect a larger steam-engine, and procure the necessary m achinery for extracting the gold, it was proposed to issue 2,000 shares out of those as yet un allotted, at 2/. each, leaving the remainder to be issued at some future period at such premium as may then be determined on. The report was adopted, and the re commendations of the committee agreed to. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,120 f. ; Rouen, 9871- 50e. ; Havre, 475 f. ; Great Northern, 805 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 758 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 862 f. 50c.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 705 f. ; Western of France, 622 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 575 f.; Great Central, 482 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 662 f. 50c. ITALY. The wife of Marshal Count Radetzky died at Verona on the 12th. All the inhabitants of Brescia who were impri soned at Mantua for, political offences have been re stored to liberty. We learn from Turin, Jan. 14, that 4here had been a report current during the last few days, that the Government had decided to increase the army by a knew levy, and to send Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio on a special mission to Paris. Although the report obtained such consistency that M. d'Azeglio received not a few compliments on his supposed mission, there is no truth in it ; the Go vernment having wisely determined to take no steps in such a sense, save on the combined advice of England and France. The legal proceedings with regard to the late riots in the Val d'Aosta are going on actively. The Government has dismissed several of the mayors of the province, for having been weak enough to allow the insurgents to obtain possession of the arms of the National Guard. Some more priests have been put under arrest, making the total of those implicated in the movement ten. In central Italy constitutionalism is making steady progress. An admirable, and, under the circumstances, a courageous pamphlet has just been published by Signor Vincenzo Salvagnoli, a Floren tue lawyer, one of the most el oquen t men i n It a l y . This pamphlet is nominally an essay, on the life and writings of Count Pietro Verri, the well-known Lombard economist of the last century, and advo cates warmly the principles of independence, con stitutionalism, and free trade, holding up England as a model for the contemplation of Italian liberalsm. There have been some more arrests at Milan ; amongst others, that of M. Arpesani, a person who is not supposed to have ever interfered in politics in any way. Various reports are current in Lombardy as to a proposed amnesty, upon the marriage of the Em peror of Austria, to those sequestrated by the decree of February last ; but as, acording to the most probable of these, the said amnesty is to be coupled with the condition that the persons so amnestied shall return to Lombardy, there will in reality be no amnesty at all ; and, at all events, the interna tional question with Piedmont, involved in the case, will not be touched. SPAIN. The Queen appeared at Madrid on the 16th for the first time since her confinement. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier left Ma drid on the 13th for Seville. The Three per Cents. on the 13th were done at 40 ; the New Three per Cents. at 20', ; the Debt of the First Class, at 8k ; and that of the Second, at 41. SWITZERLAND. The Executive Government of Switzerland, in consideration of the probable complications of the Eastern question, proposes to station a body of troops on the German frontier, and is about to de mand a grant from the Federal Assembly with this object. SCREW STEAM NAVIGATION. The magnificent screw steamship Himalaya, Captain A. Kellock, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, since her appearance ill the Southampton Docks has been the object of great interest and attention to numerous visitors of all classes of society who have been permitted to go on board to make an inspection of the wondrous triumphs of enter prise and skill displayed in this gigantic ocean steamer. The Himalaya is the largest ocean steamship in the world. She is, in fact, " the Duke of Wellington," n ot alone of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, but takes ducal rank among all the merchant steamships at present in existence. The Himalaya is 3,550 tons register, equal to over 4,000 tons burden, and is of the extra ordinary length of 372 feet 9 inches. The length of keel is 311 feet ; breadth for tonnage, 46 feet inches ; depth of hold, 24 feet 9 inches. These pro portions, when contrasted with the dimensions of other ships, give a great advantage, particularly in length, to the Himalaya ; for example, the Duke of Wellington, of 131 guns, although of greater beam and depth, is inferior in length by 92 feet to the Himalaya. The screw steamer Great Britain is 335 feet long, or 40 feet shorter than the Himalaya, while the American clipper ship Great Republic, recently destroyed by* fire in New York, was only 325 feet long, or of 47 feet less length than the Himalaya. Although the Himalaya exceeds in so large a degree the length of the D u ke of Wellington, yet she is inferior in tonnage to that ship, the Duke being 3,759 4-94 tons, or about 205 too , larger than the Himalaya. The superior burden of the Duke of Wellington is produced by her enormous breadth of beam, which is 60 feet, and her depth, which is 57 feet forward and 65 feet aft, both these cualities being indispensable in ships of war to enabl4 them to carry their heavy armament of artillery with tAe requisite supplies of ammunition, stores, &c. The Himalaya is built of iron, and was constructed by Messrs. J. C. Mare and Co., of Blackwall. The engines, of 700-horse power, by Messrs. Penn, of Greenwich, are on the trunk principle, similar to those supplied by that firm to the Agamemnon and other vessels. Their splendid per formance cannot be exaggerated ; they work like the mechanism of a chronometer, and propel the ship through the water with incredible smoothness and ease of motion. The cylinders of the engines are of 84 inches diameter, with a W I feet stroke, and the revolutions Ter minute are from 50 to 60. The screw is a two-blared one, on the old principle, of 18 feet diameter, with a 2B feet pitch, and weighs nearly seven tons. The vessel is full ship-rigged, and the masts, spars, and sails w hich have been supplied are those suitable for a clippership of 1,600 or 1,800 tons. Captain Kellock says frost the experience he has already had of the qualities)f the vessel, that in a heavy breeze there would be no dificulty in getting 18 knots or 20 miles an hour out of the ship by using both steam and canvass. Passenger by this magnificent steamer will revel in every luxury ,nd com fort that can be comprehended in a sea voyge. The saloon, nearly 100 feet in length, will dine ro persons; the bed cabins are the largest and most roolY ever yet appropriated to marine travellers. Thee is in the various suites of apartments accommodati4 for 200 first and second cabin passengers, besides tie usual mail rooms, baggage-rooms, store-rooms, oter-tanks, &C. The ship will carry 1,000 tons of mea s cement goods on freight, and in her bunkers can s ow 1,200 tons of coals. The spar-deck is flush from stem to stern , a nd it is when setting foot upon thi s vt of the ves se l that her immense size produces an ext ordinary effect upon the spectator. An uninterrupteipromenade of 375 feet, or 125 yards is here provided. o walk round the spar deck precisely one -seventh of 4 mile has to be traversed. The possession of such a Himalaya must be a ras iupendous steamship as the cer not merely of local, but national inter es t. If , Iz Alappily, the th rea t ene d w ar should bre a k ou t, t h ey is no telling the uses to which, upon emergencie s , es vessel and oth er s t eamers of lesser size, b e l ong i nr co the great steam companies might be applied. 3,000 men could be embarked at South' ampton, and con 4 Yed by the Himalaya in 11 days to Constantinople •r the Black Sea ' • while steamers such as the Colo m Ps Plata, Atrato, Jason, Argo, Crcesuo, and many ° ors might be dispatched with proportionate numbers. By employing temporarily the great ste amers ocallY congregated at S ou th amp t on, a small army m ght in fact be rapidly thrown upon any partion' lar point of the European or Asiatic coast, where the exigencies or unexpected hazards of war should render such succour necessary. For rapidly transporting im mense supplies of provisions, ammunition, artillery, of men to the fleets in the Black Sea in the Mediter ranean, or in the Baltic, it is difficult to say w hat enormous services might not, on emergency, be ren' dered by a few steamers such as these, should the Admiralty, at any time find it desirable to employ them. Armed with long Paixhan guns, manned with a sufficient force of seamen trained to gull' Himalaya would l aug h t o sco rn aryships-of - war to capture her. ntheerY effsourcfha of a ship any a ordinary r t d h in e With her steam power of 700 horses, she could escape From and outstrip in speed any fleet of ships-of-war, while she would in a running fight, inflict great d ama ge upon her assailants. The Duke of Wellington, according to accounts recently received from Lisbon, is as easily handled at sea as a Cowes yacht ; and, if we rightly interpret the intelligence which has lately reached us, the Admiralty are determined to try, on a more ex' tended scale, the principle of screw line-of-battle ships. Instead of ships of 4,000 tons, 800-horse power, and carrying 131 guns, there is nothing to prevent the co nstruction of ships 500 feet long, of 10,000 tone burden, and capable of mounting 200 or 250 pieces of ordnance of the largest size. Line-of-battle ships would then be turned into moveable fortifications of the most tremendous and destructive character, capable of being t ransported with incredible rapidity from place to place. If this principle be once admitted—and there seems nothing to prevent its feasibility —no land fortifi cations will hereafter be enabled to resist the gigantic naval forces which may be appointed for their reduction. Warlike operations on the ocean will assume an entirely new character, and the time may come when these for' midable fortresses of the sea will be classed in militia . / operations as floating citadels, and when the destructio n or loss of one of them will be considered as a disast er equal to the fall of a land fortress, which may be de' fending a line of strategic importance in a military sense. THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN GLOSTER-MAO% HYDE - PARK. — NOtwithstandir6 the united exertions of Inspectors Grant and Field, the mystery of this robbery has not yet been p.rved. Although suspicion is st' tached to a eeri.in party, enough h as no t ye t b ee n dig" covered L. Justify his being taken into custody. In this owse the thieves got hold of easily convertible articles in the shape of diamond necklaces, brooches and armlets ; we consequently fear all hope of recovery is lost. It ha* however, often happened, that months after a robbed of this kind has been effected, the guilty parties bar ° been apprehended. - NEWCASTLE-1 of coal-laden vl the northern p have nearly all sea tides durinc about clear the down to Leith- laden vessels r north for Londol ' Coal freights on : don. If they 1 passages, there the trade. In i year, a consider: American and I was laid up in tl now, on account in employment. will fall heavily belonging to the Proportion than proportion of th were strange v severely in the 1 drowned during water, Confers] Aurora barquel GREAT Owing to the tants of the low of the river Dot With one of the town for the las this locality as overflowed the before been con , consequently ha people whose dc merly the flood the fields on about a mile ab( two miles below the river has, Year or two by River Don C( has been consic of the Great other hand, a an additional to the water nection with a of the bridge al surplus water cm general submerE water in the riv it was not until that it began t which extends stream. The it men and labour measures for th the owners of h, in the neighbo By 11 a.m. eve ccircumstance wl inundation with the cottages was the inhabitants furniture was fl( the street, and c carts and wagg( Was still rising ; in the street wit] the canal lock, lodged, and it 3,v forth bank of th up sods as fast s gineer of the G had a staff of "1 glee of the pile-1 prevent the wa P.m. the flood the falling of ti at Sandall wou of two or three the town,. how field in Mars] deep at the lea next the pavem players' booth it Merged in the fi found it necess; canal bridge. S out of the house found shelter am parts of the tov confined only th feet above the v though no lives sustained, this c; be seriously felt are the princip: town authorities currence of such Water was as hiE THE FATA 01 Yesterday aft N'ne, in the St pi;al, on view o years, and Lawr kiled on Monda 011 Excise-office The Coroner, hac been his int bietrict Survey ev kßnne, but as (the Coroner) 0 4111 referee, expeience, awl] Were )resent. Cuningi m an enployed i I.o °ra, he floor There cere 11 in Were talen from fast as hey wer there wa not m about 15owt. of o f the flambee, ° courrente was Passed hin on ti fallen in, and th tee n• The thr( on the bafeme; before the men Were quite deal attributedto th inches by I.li it on each sde, tc ;rich solidof th crack that ran Was rotten at I floors were not caution neeessa building. The , art) and at the he vibration, c and fro, whit break. • to the wall. :Wod,t ,pa, )1,4 i c teiblinve h e,unhif a tokaio r ine,ri l e esdtr a . hvhi p aedarts o ldye w i n its shoring t Mr. tl to borottenness.jrs.vveoeerhtnaniintervene, e e 4:b be 1:8 1 obvious, i es t e icia ' ta t n i e: ; : r v n e e e o.e s ts i y e ij en bwt a h i nunirsi representt vhedbf safe, value of little r d 'node of placini Work. T he I ` .) and brittle, antl a l e r r i°uB lY. T .adentl, as j he would hay B°l2nd) shoring Mr. Edwarc dec ease d , 0 1 ,yafterttoo n 41. etured • fall rated their de' The Coro; coincided with accidental. arclict of 4f A. 1