The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-20 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JAN. 20, Will be presented PAULA. LAZARRO; or, The Ladrone's De iegh. t r. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. Mead; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING lIUMMINGTOP; or, Harlequin 8171 t d the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstops. THIS EVEELNG, JA n. 20, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Chataeters by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzel.lliam, Miss E. Grey, &e. After which, the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, •called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS ; or, Little Sihrerhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, 01r. J. Marshall: Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Citantes Skew. THIS EVENLNG, JAN. 20, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AN I) THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azur e Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Saline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JAN. 20, Will be performed A BACETELOB OF ARTS. 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. ADELPRI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste. TILIS EVENING, JAN. 20, Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new In Ave taoleaux , appointments, called THE TFIIRST OF GOLD; or, and TrflEesLOST SEIIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, 0. Selby, Parselle, Marsden, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray. Miss F. Maskell, &c. To be followed by the popular an d entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas piece, i n t wo acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or Ti lE .APIRIT BRIDE. Priacipal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JAN. 20, Will be perf)rmed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Unite, Linton, Ilarwool Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. To be fol:owect by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ter; by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. itohgon, Morton, and GA111; Mes dames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Iloron, Chatterley, &c. Followed by THE W INHERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rsbecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, JAN. 20, Will be performed LA SONNAMBULA. To be followed by THE IRISH TUTOR, Afte • which, a new grand Comil Christmas Pantomime. entitled ‘II.LEQUI.N AND KING G reR k.CK ; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by he i Flexmore ; Harlequin, Sir. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Sir. Griffiths; Coluirthine, Miss (;coward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pitt, 11.; Gallery, (id. ; Private Boxes, 11. 13., :o be had of Mr. All croft, 15, New Bond-street. AATLEY'S ROYAL AMPEIITTIE Lessee and Nfanager, AIL 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, :lAN. 20, (And during the week) To commence with the Grand Chinese Spectacle, THE WISE ELEPIIXN l'S OF TILE EA.ST, or THE NINGIC GONG, in which Mr. William Cooke's extraordinary Trained Hlephants appear. Followel by a Reche •che Routine of Scenes of Equestrian.srn in TIIE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Conc:mling with Mr. W. Cooks's immensely successful COMIC piofro VIIME, written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BU r TON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite. New scenery, dre'ses, decorations, and appointments, mimiflcent Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Columbine, Mdlle. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowns, Mr. C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradbury. itox-ottlee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 1854. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. FOLKESTONE—E., calm—foggy. Tur NB RIDGE—N.E., calm—foggy. (; REENWlCH—Calm—foggy. STROOD—E., calm—foggy. S WINDON—S.E., light breeze—cloudy. _ _ 'AMBRIDGE—S: gentle breeze —partially cloudy. Y A WM OUT gentle breeze—foggy. The returns from the followingplaces indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Tn N BRIDGE-S.W., gentle breeze overcast. STRooD--S,W. calm—partially cloudy. SWINDON—SM . ., fresh breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S. , gentle breeze—cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—S. gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—S. BIRMINGHAM—S., breeze—overcast. HOLYHEAD—S.W., hard wind—overcast—rain. WHITBY—S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S.S.E., gentle breeze-- overcast—mild, with a rapid thaw—Snow nearly all disappeared. SHIP— S., strong breeze—rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'HIS DAY —Morning 36 min.after 5 Evening 56 min.aft. 5 To-MORROW—Morning 17 min.after 6 I Evening 39 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFicit, Jai. 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53 —highest since noon yesterday. 41.—lowest this morning and during the night. 51.—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'03. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with a sprinkling of rain. ~~ ~~b~,. Oig LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1854, One moral at least the operatives may learn from their strike—how much they can deny themselves if they will. The present struggle for the mastery teaches them, at least, the way to be come masters. Week after week they have sub sisted at best upon half-pay, and, unprecedented as the present prices of the necessaries of life are to most of them, they have procured enough of them. Enough, of course we mean, to satisfy them if they can but attain their object. The privation they now endure, and it must be fearful to some of them, they glory in, as an honour in such a cause, as triumphing over their masters ; but surely the more sensible of them must begin to see that, whether they can triumph or not, much less self-denial than they no w practise would ere this time have made them as independent as they can wish, perhaps masters themselves. They must now perceive that they can do without the publican and the gin-shop—the dram and Jerry shops, which COWELL speaks of as their necessary consolation. Little can they now have to spare for those devourers of working men's wages. Their females can dress comfortably and respectably without emulating the wife and daughters of their employer, and the whole family can live without meat three times a day, and other condiments in proportion. Now we, in perfect g oo d w ill , in sincere and earnest desire to advance the social standing of the ope ratives, invite their attention to .these homely f ac t s . We have been deeply pained to witness with our own eyes the effect of increased earnings upon our manufacturing hands. Of course, we have seen man y most creditable exceptions ; but we have observed that increased wages, an d in creased animal indulgences, or follies in dress, t„ generally go together. Let us not be suspected, for a moment, of wishing to deprive the workman of his comfort, but the public-house is his curse, not his comfort ; gormandising is no advantage to health, and he and his family are none the warmer for dressing like persons of fortune. Benevolent individuals have found, however, that on no sub ject are the working class more touchy than that of self-denial for their own advancement. A minister of religion who hints at such a thing may calculate upon being deemed hard-hearted, and losing many of his flock. The kindest advice is confounded with cheap charity. Teaching real independence is ascribed to penuriousness or an Unfeeling heart. Well, our workmen have now taught themselves. . i .They, have voluntarily sacrificed half their wages 'kid wore to have, if possible, their own mind. Suppose, now, their leader had taken another course, for another course was open to the same object. He might have told them to get 10 per cent, if they could, and if not to strike, not against their masters, but against every penny of unAecessary expenditure to pinch themselves almost as much as they would have to do by a strike, and to hoard the dif f erence in the Savings Bank. If, in addition to this, he could have taxed the operatives of England as he has done, what an immense sum would soon have been at the disposal of the now penniless weavers of Preston. At the end of such a strike, instead of being utterly helpless, they could have turned manufacturers and helped themselves ; they could have built several mills, and the masters' profits, if as large as they say, would have paid them better than their 10 per cent.—if not so large, then it would have become clear that their de mand could not be afforded. Just let the men of Preston bethink themselves of the savings of 1,000 mill hands, who should " combine" to save and raise capital at the rate at which they are now sacrificing it in wages. Five shillings each would be 2501. a-week ; 10001. a-month ! Now, as it would be no difficult task for men who showed such prudence and determina tion to borrow as much as they saved, it would not be very long before they could set up as their own masters. Just this has been the course of half their actual masters. They are men who rose from the ranks by thrift and energy. They were not " dram and Jerry-shop men." They preferred saving to spending, economy to self-indulgence. Their mas ters were glad to trust the more profitable posts to men of sobriety and prudence ; and still econo mising and working at the same time, and ready to work for anything rather than to lose their time, they became confidential servants, junior partners, and perhaps heads of firms at last. This is the history of numberless master manufacturers during the last half century. Some indeed think —Mr. COBDEN amongst them—that were our partnership laws altered, and limited liability allowed, that manufactories could not be success fully worked on this principle, and that, after a few trials, it would be given up. It may be so. Still, we are for carrying out Free Trade in busi ness arrangements thoroughly ; and while secur ing the requisite publicity as to the capital and liabilities of a shareholding company, we demand, on the part of the holder of savings, the right so to invest them if he see fit. The result would he the universal one—that some companies would answer, and others would not. We are quite confident that if working men were exten sively saving their money for such a purpose, no Government, much less a constitutional one, could refuse to place the law of partnership on a just footing. Even now our counsel to the men, if they wish for ultimate victory, is, Return to work, and save. Form a union to lay by weekly a respectable sum. Do not place it in a common fund under the con trol of anycommittee, or delegates whatever. ; put it in the savings bank, invest it in a freehold land society—in a word, deposit it where what you have saved will be yours. If you wish to prove your fidelity to each other, meet once a month or so (not in a public-house), and produce your books. What will be the result ? First, improved social habits ; next, increased consideration and influence with your employers and the community. No master will lightly part with a large number of thrifty hands, for they are sure to be reliable men on the whole ; anel no tradesman but will fear to lose such customers. Very possibly you might be for trying a joint-stock factory in small shares. Well, you could then do it—such of you as worked in it being paid the regular wages, and all sharing in the profits, if any. Such is our friendly advice to the " strikers," to strike against the beer shopkeeper rather than their masters ; against unthrift and waste, rather than against wages which at least keep them in comfort. Of one thing we are pretty confident, that when they have sense and self-denial to get 201. or 501. a-piece in the savings bank or elsewhere, they will have also far too much sense to strike. " The great principle of out-door relief is to give the paupers exactly what they don't want, and then they get tired of coming !" But for the light thus thrown on the matter by the amorous BUMBLE, it would be impossible to offer any rational explanation of proceedings otherwise totally inexplicable. The distinguished " paro char functionary has, however, placed the matter in a very striking point of view, enabling us to understand clearly the motives by which the re lieving (!) officers, assistant overseers, et hoc genus omne, are influenced in deciding on the various cases of distress brought under their consideration. " The great principle is to give the paupers exactly what they don't want." Thus in the parish of Marylebone we find admission to the workhouse pertinaciously refused to poor WALSH, his sick wife just recovering from her accouchement, and helpless infant, notwithstanding his numerous and urgent applications. He was sternly told "to go and work for them," despite his paralysed and use less right hand, and the knowledge that he could obtain no employment which he could be capable of discharging at that particular time. It was not in the latter end of November that he could hope to get " a little job of white-washing ;" nor could the recently confined wife with her scantily clothed infant, who had nothing to protect it from the inclemency of the weather but " a cotton bedgown," pursue her ordinary avocations as an itinerant fruit-vendor. Even when examined on the inquest of her unfortunate child, she was "in a state approaching to imbecility." Under such circumstances, a reception of the parties into the House was manifestly the most eligible course, but for that very reason their application was dis regarded, and the interrogatory of an Inspector of the Poor—" Shall we take them in," answered with a peremptory refusal—a refusal to which the subsequent death of the baby, and the inquiries since instituted in reference thereto, may be directly attributed. In a more recent case—a report whereof ap peared in The Sun of Wednesday last, we find an other result following a totally different course, but which, however, might be distinctly traced to the working of the same grand principle. A poor woman, named Ems, was found to have died on Saturday morning last of the combined effects of cold and hunger. When. Mr. PEMBLE, the Beadle and Inspector of Nuisances in the hamlet of Rad cliff—a man of a very different class from the " BUMBLES" and "GRANNETS" so justly complained of—attended in the miserable apartment of the wretched victim, he discoverd the emaciated body lying on " a heap of short and dirty straw, which had very much the appearance of chaff." The appearance of the entire affair was truly deplorable—the corpse was " covered with the remains of an old and ragged quilt. There was no furniture, provisions, or fuel of any kind in the place." The broken-hearted husband, who might have envied his partner for her removal from a scene of such unparalleled misery, wa s i n but little better plight. The vital principle was, however, something stronger. He therefore rallied ; but his wife, who was cold and motionless when he recovered from his torpor—it could not be called sleep—was found, on examination, to be quite dead. And yet poor JOHN Elms had the character of being a quiet, well-disposed, indus trious man ; one not willing to eat the bread of idleness, or to look for eleemosynary support so long as there was the slightest hope of his being enabled to earn his own living. He was recog nised by many present in Court as an " indus trious, civil, and well-conducted vendor of fruit, well-known in the neighbourhood of Stepney. " Generally 'Peaking, he could manage to get on without parochial aasistance—hardly enough, it is true—but he was easily satisfied, and with his afflicted wife was contented with coarse and scanty fare, and a covering barely sufficient to avert the very extremity of cold. A series of misfortunes had, however, overwhelmed him. The high prices of provisions and fuel had compelled him to make free with his capital. The very poor, however honest and well disposed, cannot get credit. Maas was unable to replenish his empty basket. He was turned out of the hadroomh e e seh l e on c g o o u c ld cu n p o ie t d pa i y n Brook-street, Radcliff, because the rent, and was compelled to seek refuge in the miserable hovel where his wife perished of starva tion. It was under such circumstances that he applied to the relieving (!) officer of Stepney for m"istaaloe, and if ever there was a case where it should have been freely and cheerfully afforded, it was the one. To ELLis, a few shillings, the price of a. single basket of fruit, would have been' riches, for they would have enabled him to rnain tain his independence, and to gain his own li:veli hood by his own exertions. But a great principle was to be vindicated. Less than the cost of one week's subsistence in the house would have suf ficed, and a great saving would have been effoeted to the funds of the Union. A loaf of bread and some oatmeal was all he could get, accompanied by an order to go into the workhouse. But }Lids had that spirit which ought to be cherished and cultivated : he entertained the utmost repugnance to the confinement. To use his own words, "he could not bear the thought of it," and therefore the Stepney " GRANNET" gave him " exactly what he did not want," the order for admission. Are these things to be for ever tolerated? Are we to submit much longer to the crying shame, the deep reproach of this brutal and habitual i nhu manity on the part of public officers. It is very well to save the rates as much as possible, but such savings are too dearly purchased at the cost of human life. A due discrimination should be exercised, but it should not be for the purpose of giving the applicants " exactly what they don't want ;" but, on the contrary, of rendering the relief as beneficial to the recipients as practicable, and, consistently with that paramount object, at the least possible expense to the parish. That, however, is but the secondary object, and we are convinced that the cheese-paring economy that adds to the misery of the paupers is not and cannot be acceptable even to the most economical rate-payer. We live in a Christian country, and we should strive to act in a manner befitting the precepts of the Divine Founder of our religion. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1854. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 19. The Queen, accompanied by the Countess Wal.ewski and the Marchioness of Westminster, attended by Viscountess Canning, walked in the Home Part this morning, and took a carriage drive. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Newcastle, Viscount Canning, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, went out shooting, attend.ed by Colonel Wylde. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and .Lady Agnes Grosvenor, the Earl and Countess of Shaftes;bury, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount Canning, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, Major-General WetlLerall, and Mr. Gibbs. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and performed the following compos . tions : March, " Sultan" ...... Overture, " Struensee" Waizer, " Sylvan" Donizetti. Meyerbeer. . Tinney. . Rossini. Selection, Gazza Ladra" March, "Feiza Beari." Galop, " Masquerade" (Corsican Brothers) Prasca. Polka, " Coral Cave'.' Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended.. A deputation from the authorities of Eton College had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of the Provost (the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey), the Rev. Dr. Good ford (Head Master of the College), the Rev. T. Carter, and Messrs. Stevens and Williams. The Right Hon. Henry Goulb - urn had an interview With Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party yesterday, at his residence in Downing -street. The com pany included the Earl of Aberdeen, the Chevalier Bun sen, Prussian Minister, Lord Elcho, Lord Lyttelton, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Sir Stafford Northcote, the Hon. Arthur Gordon, the Hon. Francis Lawley, and Mr. Laciata. The Royal Commission for inquiry into the state of the Corporation of the City of London held a meeting yesterday, at the Privy Council-office, Downing -street. The commissioners present were the Right Hon. EL La bouchere, the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson, and G Cor newall Lewis, Esq. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester day to the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon. DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. A dramatic performance took place last evening in the Castle. The following royal and distinguished circle had the honour of receiving invitations to dine with her Ma jesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski ; the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Agnes Grosvenor, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent ; the Earl and Countess of Shatesbury, the Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Arabella West, Viscount Canning, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right Hon. Sydney and Mrs. Herbert, the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, and Major-General Wetherall. An evening party was also honoured with invit a ti ons to witness the performance, and which consisted of the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer ; Lady Frances Bruce, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, the Ladies Molyneux, Col. the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, Col. the Hon. C. B. and Miss Phipps, Captain the Hon. D. and Lady Elizabeth De Ros, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss and Mr. R. Couper, Mr. and Lady Sophia Tower, the Rev. W. and Mrs. Canning, Colonel Hall (Commanding Officer) and Lieut. Levett and Viscount Elinley, of the Ist Life Guards ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir C. Hamilton (Commanding Officer), and Capt. Ho - n. R. Charteris and Capt. Paget, of the 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Mr. and Miss Bathurst, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Glover, and the Baroness de Speth. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert entered the Rubens-room at eight o'clock, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, th e Prin cesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, the dinner and even ing company, and the ladies and gentlemen in attend ance. The Queen and Prince and the illustrious circle being seated, the performance immediately commenced, and consisted of Tobin's comedy (compressed into three acts) of the Honeymoon, and a farce in one act by Mr. Mark Lemon, entitled the Camp at Ch,obham ; and the parts were filled according to tht following programme : THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza Count Montalban Rolando Balthazar... ..... Mr. Addison. Jaques Lopez... Mr. Harley. Mr. Clark. P C e a d in r p o illo }(Servants of the Duke) { Mr. J. F. Cathcart. Mr. Raymond. Olmedo (Balthazar's servant).— ..... Mr. Coe. Juliana Miss Murray. Volante Zamora Miss Desborough. Nobles, Servants, &c. THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. Captain Darner (Dragoon Guards) Mr. Leigh Murray. Captain Rosely (Light Dragoons) Mr. Parselle. Mr. Jackson Cadbury Corporal Martin (of the Sappers and Miners) Mr. J. F. Cathcart. Jones (a Dragoon) Mr. G. Everett. Stanton Mr. Raymond. Jewson (Sappers and Miners) Mr. G. Murr a y. Gilbert Hr. Taylor. Markham Mr. Clarke. Fanny Merrington Miss M. Keeley. Director—Mr. Charles Kean. Assistant Director—Mr. George Ellis. The Theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. Refreshments were served in the Throne Room. The Duke of Montrose, who is staying at Buchanan Castle, near Stirling, is expected to arrive in Belgrave square early in the ensuing week. The Duchess and family, who have been passing some weeks at Brighton, have returned to town for the season. The Duchess d'Aumale and her infant son are going on favourably at Twickenham. The Duchess Dowager of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset arrived at Beaufort House, Arlington-street, yesterday, from Badminton Park, Gloucestershire. The Marchioness of Salisbury gave a brilliant fête dansante, on Wednesday evening, at Hatfield House, to the elite of the rank, beauty, and fashion of Herts, and to the distinguished personages staying on a visit at that splendid seat, including her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. The spirit of the scene was kept up until an advanced hour yesterday morning. The noble Marquis and family come to Arlington-street on the Ist of the ensuing month, to remain until Easter. Lord and Lady Foley have arrived in Grosvenor square from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk at Arundel Castle. Lord and Lady Hardinge and the Hon. Miss Har dinge have returned to Stanhope-street, from South Park, Penshurst. His Excellency Lord and Lady Bloomfield and suite were to leave Paris yesterday for Berlin. Viscount and Viscountess Newport are entertaining a select party at his lordship's hunting seat at Melton Mowbray. MRS. KEAN.—We lament to learn that, in conse quence of the very alarming illness of Mrs. Kean, Mr. Kean was prevented from performing last night in the royal theatrical representation given at Windsor Castle by command of her Majesty. The public will univer sally participate in the deep regret with which w," make this announcement, and in our earnest hope that the above-named gifted and accomplished lady may shortly be enabled to return, with restored health and strength, to the sphere which she has so long adorned by her genius and her virtues. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WHITTLE HARVEY.—The City Police have resolved to present their commissioner with a piece of plate, as a testimonial to him for his late efforts in obtaining an increase - of pay, and for his general care of their interests. MONEY MARKET AND COMM.ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 Ame rican and 500 Egyptian were taken on speculation. The market closed steadily, without change in prices. The sales comprised 100 Pernam and Maranham at 61.1 to 71d., 1,000 Egyptian at 61d. to Is., 800 Surat at 3d. to 31d., and 130 Bahia at 61d. to 6d. per lb. Railway shares were flat ; lower prices. Colonial produce has been taken to a large ex tent this week at steady prices generally. Russian staples, however, have advanced. Not much has been done in tea ; sugar has supported previous rates, and coffee is firm. There have been fair dealings in cotton ; dye goods have been in request, and Scotch pig iron is cheaper. The Gold Mining Companies of Australia have been subjected to rather searching investigation of late, and the committee of shareholders have elicited the important fact that partly through mismanagement, partly through fraud, many of them have proved abortive, and have swamped the capital of the subscribers. There are others, on the contrary, which may even now by vigorous exertion and honesty of purpose be retrieved, where the object is chiefly to apply machinery rather than to search for the gold. There are some other undertakings concerning which the shareholders are very naturally becoming impatient and anxious for inquiry, and it is singular that as regards the Cost Book principle, it was declared by competent judges the moment the question was mooted to be wholly inapplicable to foreign projects. The Cali fornian companies have in several cases resulted in no good, any more than the colonial, formed more recently, and communications are being addressed to the Committee of Shareholders which will supply ample data to proceed upon. One of these, we understand, is the Ave Maria, and the exceptions taken to the management are numerous and important. It is right that, as early as possible, these should be brought under notice with a view to explanation or to the inau guration of more satisfactory arrangements in fu ture. Early in 1852, the engineers and staff pro ceeded from England ; but at Grey Town, in Cen tral Anurica, it was found the machinery could not be taken on, and it had, consequently, to be sent back to England. About the middle of 1852, the party of fifteen persons arrived at San Francisco, and after the ground at Maraposa was inspected it was found to be valueless for gold. There was, nevertheless, we are told, a waste of labour and skill persevered in by the local manager, and at length a new tract at Nevada was taken. The owner was to receive 10,000 shares for his property, and 75 per cent. of the gross produce of the mine, and the shares being at a premium, the directors, it is asserted, pushed them at . once into the market. Is the profit carried to the credit of the proprietary ? All this time nothing whatever seems to have been done to carry out the legitimate purpose of a mining company, and heavy c l a i ms for mixers' wages, d;c., have been accum u l a t e d. How nuch is left of the funds of the company, what nano it possesses, and what prospect there is of a favourable result, it is high time the share holders were informed. The Golden Mountain Company is one that has no enviable notoriety, and the competent parties sent out to inspect its mine were I,ever permitted, it is said, even to see it, but seat back again by the local agent. The West Mariposa officials quarrelled among themselves, and one only, now represents the Company at the Pittsburg works. The Quartz Rock, and even the Nouveau Monde have some little debts to wipe off in the way of satisfactory information to their shareholders, who are pretty well tired of para graphs referring to minor matters that bring them no nearer to a dividend. The ship of war Thetis, from the Pacific, brings 700,000 dollars, and much more is coming forward. The amount of specie on board the Himalaya steamer, which leaves Southampton for India this day, is 153,7261., chiefly in silver, to Calcutta and Shanghai. There is also gold to Malta and Alex andria. BRITISH MlNES.—There is a moderate business doing to-day, and prices are steady generally : Alfred Consols, 24i to 252 ; Treweather, 41 to 1; Poltincores, Ito ; Tremollet, y to 4 ; Sortridge Consols, 30s. to 355. ; Great Crimis, 30s. pm. ; East - Russell, 6 to A ; Cwm Daren, 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d. ; Hingston Downs, 8A to 9 ; Molland, 10s. to 11s. 6(1. The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted, are this morning, as follows : Jamaica, kto # premium ; Metcalfe, to / pre mium ; Sue River, discount to par ; Port Royal, to / premium. The English Funds have been quieter this morn ing, without any great change in prices. The supply of stock, however, is adequate, and with foreign politics so threatening, the speculators for a rise are afraid to act boldly. Consols have been 91/ to 92 for transfer and account, but are now 911 The New 34 per Cents. have been 93k to g, and the 3 per Cents. 92i to #. Bank Stock is at 2171, being rather firmer, and for account has been as high as 218. Exchequer Bills 7s. to 10s. premium, and and India Bonds par to 4s. premium. The Bank of France having advanced its rate of discount to 5 per cent., there is a probability of money be coming dearer here also. Foreign Stocks are heavy. Dutch 21 per Cents. have declined to 622- and 612, and the 4 per Cents. to 931 I. Russian 4i per Cents. have been at 91. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been 381. Mexican are firm at 23g. It is stated that a good deal of specie is at the Mexican ports on the Pa cific awaiting shipment to England. In Railway Shares there has been rather more doing, buyers having generally an advantage. There is, however, some improvement in Great Northern, and York and Berwick. French Shares continue heavy. The Gold Companies' Shares are flat, the Land Companies' lower, and the Banks duller. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock .......... .......... 2176 166 i per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 g 1/ 2 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 It 2 1 3 New 31 per Cent. A nnu iti e s 93g 1 2 3 26 per Cent .. . India Bonds, £1 . 060 Ditto, under £lOOO par 4 p Bank Stock for Account ... .. . .. Consols forlAccount 15th Feb. 92 1i 2 16 Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 2500 7 10 p Small 7lO p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 6l Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Bl Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese • Bonds, 4 per Cent 3Bl Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 351 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. t St — Ditto 46 per Cent 9ll 901 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 416 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cent. 12 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 9l Ditto February Account HARMONIC UNION, EXETER-HALL. —Mendelssohn's "Elijah" will be performed on Monday next, when Signor Belletti will make his first appearance in London in that celebrated oratorio. DETERMINED SUICIDE (THIS DAY.)—This morning- a man of the name of John Williams, Rose and Crown court, Eldon-street, Finsbury, committed self-destruction by hanging himself with his neckerchief. The unfortu nate man had been in a desponding state of mind for some time. N o cause is assigned for the rash act. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT FOOT'S CRAY (THIS DAY). This morning a dreadful accident occurred to Emma Kibble, which is 1 kely to terminate fatally, under the following melancholy circumstances. It appears the unfortunate female was employed at Messrs. Joyson's paper mills, Foot's Cray, St. Mary's, Kent, when her dress was caught in the machinery of the paper mills, dragging her in and crushing her in a horrible manner. Her screams brought assistance, when the mill was stopped and the poor creature extricated. Without loss of time she was conveyed to Dorcas's ward, St. Thomas's Hospital, where Mr. South, surgeon, was in immediate attendance, and performed amputation of the legs, as the only means of saving the life of the sufferer ; but from tha severe injuries.received, not-the slightest hopes are entertained of her recovery. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Advices have reached Paris from St. Petersburg, of the 12th of January, which describe the position of affairs as affording little hope for the mainte nance of peace. The Emperor is described by those who have an opportunity of observing his move ments, as living in a state of religious exaltation, regarding himself as the chosen instrument, under the hand of God, to drive the Moslem from Europe, and only regretting that he should have allowed so many years to pass by without fulfilling his destiny. The populace at St. Petersburg have worked themselves up to the highest pitch of fanaticism, cheering the Emperor whenever he appears in pub lic with the wildest enthusiasm, and denouncing as traitors all who dare to speak of peace. Tho only Minister who is supposed to advocate a peaceful course is Count Nesseirode, and he has entirely lost his influence with his Imperial master. Count Orloff, on the other hand, who is the Empe ror's dearest friend, is eager for war. The Russian Court Gazette has lately teemed with articles abusive of England and France, who are de scribed as having invented for the Turks the word " independence," a term hitherto unknown in the Turkish vocabulary, and as teaching the Porte to desert its best friend, Russia—the only Power which is able "to protect the' East against the tempests of the West." The Post-office steamer the Tancrede arrived at Marseilles during the night of Tuesday. She quitted Constantinople on the sth of January. The city was tranquil, and the entry of the combined fleets had produced a great sensation, and the best effect on the feelings of the population. The fleets, being thwarted by a violent wind, had been obliged to anchor at the entrance of the Black Sea. On the 4th they continued their cruise, under the command. of Admiral Dundas. They were accompanied by twenty Turkish sail and five frigates, from which it was presumed that they were about to reinforce the garrison of Batoum. It was feared that all the Russian fleet, consist ing of forty ships, of which one-half are of the line, might have come out of Sebastopol. On this ac count Admiral Dundas did not wish to disseminate his fleet, as was intended in the first instance, and, in the uncertainty as to the plans of the Russian admiral, he entered with all his forces into the Black Sea. The instructions to the admirals of the French and English vessels are—To salute Russian vessels; to warn them to return to a Russian port ; to accompany Turkish vessels to different Turkish ports ; to cruise off the Turkish coasts ; to avoid all collision with Russian vessels, and to prevent the same between the belligerents ; not to approach the Russian coast ; and, if attacked by Russians, to act simply on the defensive. A private despatch received from Vienna, by a commercial house in Paris, states that orders had been sent to Sebastopol by the Emperor of Russia for the whole fleet to put to sea. The Vienna correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, writing on the 16th inst., says : " I am bound to express my conviction that war has become almost inevitable. We may possibly have to witness a few weeks' more of diplomatic manoeuvring ; but, I take it, the die is cast at last. The three great Powers—that is England, France, and Russia—have gone too far to retreat or to yield." The defeats sustained by the Turks in Asia were confirmed. The Ottoman general had retired to Erzeroum. The report was spread that the Czar showed himself intractable. It was stated that four companies of Russian troops had deserted and joined the Turks at Kalafat. The following telegraphic despatch was received at Vienna yesterday, dated Constantinople, Jan. 9th " Arif Pacha is appointed Minister of Police. " The English division consists of ten ships of the line, one frigate and seven steamers. " A Russian division of 24 sail was said to have appeared off Batoum. " A French captain had been killed in a duel by another French officer. " Prince Gortschakoff arrived at Krajova on the 13th. " The Russians had 2,700 killed in the recen affair. Turks, 1,100." Letters from the frontiers of Poland of the 13th state that orders for the mobilisation of the Rus sian army have been given for some time past. Letters from the shores of the Black Sea state that the Russians are establishing at different points, and more especially in the Crimea, defen sive intrenchments and coast batteries. They have changed the direction of the fires and lighthouses constructed to protect vessels arriving from the offing, and have also reinforced the garrisons of the towns beyond the maximum of war. The news of the entrance of the fleets has pro duced great terror in these Russian ports. No account, the authenticity of which can be relied upon, has yet been received of the military operations in Wallachia since the publication of the telegraphic despatch in the Moniteur, which came up to the Bth • and the details of w h a t t oo k place from th e 6th to the Bth are as yet derived from sources upon which little reliance is to be placed. The Debuts has received from its corres pondent at 'Vienna the bulletin of the Russian commander-in-chief, and some particulars which he has picked up, but for the truth of which he can not vouch. As to the Russian bulletin, our readers are too well aware of the practice of the Russian generals in exaggeratinc , their victories and con cealing their defeats to take it as a faithful relation of events. The mere fact of Prince Gortschakoff stating that the Turks lost 3,000 men, although according to his account they were three to one against the Russians, is sufficient to throw dis credit upon the entire bulletin. The Debuts says : "Our correspondent at Vienna has transmitted to us the bulletin of General Prince Gort.schakoff of the battle between the Turks and Russians at Tchetal6 on the 6 1 h inst. According to the Russian bulletin, the Turks had a force of 18,000 men and 24 pieces of artil lery, the Russians had about 6,000 men and 6 pieces of cannon. The bulletin says :—‘ On the 6th January the Turks, to the number of 18,000 men, with 24 pieces of cannon, attacked at Tchetal6 the right wing of the de tachment of General Count Aurep. The three batta lions with six pieces of cannon, of which the force was composed, heroically supported the attack of the Turks until the arrival of General Bellegarde on the right flank of the enemy with four battalions. On the approach of this reinforcement, the Turks directed a part of their force against it. The combat continued at first with great violence, but the enemy was soon after compelled to retreat on Kalafat. In this glori ous affair, in which seven Russian battalions repulsed an enemy more than triple their number, the Turks lost six guns, abandoned a quantity of arms on the field of battle, and lost more than 3,000 men. Among the killed is a Pasha.' Our correspondent adds, that the Tobolsk regiment which formed the detachment which was attacked by the Turks had six officers killed and 27 wounded out of the total number of 51. This alone shows the dermination with which the Turkish troops fought. The Austrian Government had received fur ther accounts from the theatre of war on the Bth there was another very sa ngu i nary a ff a i r in the neighbourhood of Tchetal6 ; the Turks at first obtained the advantage and gained ground, but nevertheless they had retired on Kalafat. Our letter also speaks of a third combat which is said to have taken place on the 9th, which was also very sanguinary, and after which the Turks are said to have evacuated Kalafat, where the Russians established themselves. On this last point, however, the account is less affirmative, time having been wanting to complete their information." According to the National Gazette of Berlin the project of establishing an Austrian corps of ob servation on the frontiers of Turkey has been aban doned. Financial embarrassments have been the principal cause of giving up that measure. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 9th, in the National Gazette of Berlin, says "On the occasion of the fete of Christmas-day, the Emperor sent to - the cadets of the naval school a Turkish flag which had been taken by the Wladimir, from the Turkish steamer Pervas Bairi. The letter which accom panied this present contains the following 1827 the Alexandre Newski captured a Turkish flag near Na varino, and as the cadets now serving have proved that they were the worthy sons of the heroes of Navarino, it is just that the establishment of cadets should receive a fresh present.' General Scherkoff has received the Order of the White Eagle. Other generals and superior officers have also received decorations, but nevertheless•something more was expected from the generosity of the Emperor after such celebrated victories. Gloom appears to per vade the Court, The declaration of neutrality of Den mark and Sweden has reached here, and it has given satisfaction, because it announces that the Scandinavia States will observe the strictest neutrality in the Baltic, if that Sea should become the scene of military opera- tions. The Government consoles itself for the delay in the arrangement of the Eastern qu6s.tion by the con sideration that time is gained for the concentration of troops. Nothing is known relative to the deparature of grenadiers for Finland. The official journal publishes a ukase relative to the system of recruiting. The drawing by lot which has been adopted for the last 14 years in the Imperial domains will be henceforth applied in the other cities and localities, and in th e co l on i es. I t will not, however, be applied in the provinces of the Baltic, in Bessarabia or in Caucasia, neither will it be applied to the Jews. In future all soldiers incorporated in the army will not be free until after they have serred 22 years in the guards, or 25 years in the line." A letter from Frankfort, in the New Prussian Gazette, says it is confidently reported that the French Government has had a note presented to the German diet, stating, that whatever may be the complications created by the Eastern question, it will respect the neutrality of the confederation. It is announced that the two great powers of Ger many are to publish a solemn declaration of neu trality, the time of which will depend on the ap pearance of that which the Germanic diet will make in the name of the confederation. In his last letter, "from the Lower Danube," the correspondent of the Medical Weekly Journal speaks of many wounded men having been brought in from Tultscha, Isaktchi, and Matshin. The writer, who is evidently in good spirits, informs us that in Kalafat accommodations are prepared for 1,500 men. " The chief medical officer demands among other necessaries bed-clothes and syringes." Inhabitants and soldiers, Turks and Europeans, are heartily tired of the inactivity t 3 which they have so long been condemned, and .the unceasing cry is " War, bottle, victory, and - booty." The de feat of the Russians at Zetati must have been most signal, as the Oest. Correspondence does not venture to give us any particulars. _ It is stated: that despatches have been received from Vienna, with intelligence that there is no chance whatever of the Emperor Nicholas accepting any propositions of arrangement such as those re cently made to him ; and, in fact, that sufficient is known to leave very little doubt of an absolute refusal. The entry of the combined squadrons into the Black Sea has confirmed him in that resolu tion, and there now indeed remains no alternative but to have recourse to those means of compulsion and chastisement which the patience and humanity of the negotiating Powers have delayed to the last moment. If the time for action is at length come, the more speedy and terrible the blow the better. It is also said that M. de Kisseleff has received despatches informing him that he must consider the entry of the fleets into the Black Sea as tantamount to a declaration of war. If so, his stay will not be long in the capital, and the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg will no doubt be soon in Paris. About two o'clock yesterday the Austrian Minister visited the Russian Ambassador. They remained some time together, and then proceeded to the Foreign office, and after that to the Tuileries. They appeared, observes a person who saw them, to be in a state of agitation.. It is consequently inferred that the moment for M. de Kisseleff to take the step which has been so long anticipated is at length come, and that unless some new and unforeseen in cident arrive he will net remain long in Paris. A letter from Orsova, dated the 12th inst., says that the conflict between the Turks and Russianshad. been suspended. Both parties occupied their former positions. No important advantages had been gained on either side. The following is what is positively known in reference to the different engagements :—After the conflict of the Gth inst., which ended in the withdrawal of the Turks from the field, the Russians remained in possession of Oitale, which, however, they abandoned on the 7th, having first reduced it to ashes. On the Bth, the Turks, 16,000 strong, attacked the centre of Aurep's corps (strengthened by the right wing), at Pertschow, in the vicinity of Radovan. The con flict was as sanguinary as that of the Gth. The Turks remained in their position. On the 10th the latter were attacked by the Russians, and com pelled to retire towards Kalafat. The Russians were strengthening themselves from all sides. Omer Paella and Lord Dudley Stuart were in Widdin. Another letter from Orsova brings the Turkish bulletin of the engagement of the 6th inst. Selim Pacha directed the movement. It states that the Russians, who were 18,000 strong, were completely routed by the Turks, and had suffered a loss of 3,000 killed. The Turks have pushed forward by land, and their movements were supported by cannon-barges sent up the Danube. A combina tion of the Turkish forces had in this manner been effected near Citale. The Greek bishop of Wid din had read this bulletin in the church, and given thanks for the victory. FRANCE. The Morning Post publishes a telegraphic de spatch from its Paris correspondent, dated last night, which says that the constantly-repeated rumour that the Emperor Nicholas had refused the propositions for peace is premature, for as the pro positions did not leave Vienna till the 13th, and could not arrive at St. Petersburg till the 18th or 19th, it is manifest we cannot hear of their rejec tion for a week to come—say next Tuesday at the earliest. The Momiteur• of yesterday publishes a decree, which prolongs to foreign vessels the privilege to carry on between France and England the trans port of corn, flour, meal, and other alimentary commodities. The armaments are going on with unusual ac tivity in the French ports. At Toulon the Marseilles, Algerie, Suffren, Dupre, la Fleur, and the frigate Zenobie are fitted out. The three ships Louis XIV., Turenne, and Ulm will shortly be launched at Rochefort. At Brest the armament of four ships and six frigates is being actively carried on, while at Cher bourg a levy of 300 shipwrights has been ordered for the completion of the Tilsit, which, it is ex pected, will put to sea on the Ist of April. A letter from Broussa states that in the midst of his agricultural pursuits the Emir Abd-el-Kader never misses an opportunity of testifying his religious respect for all the sacred traditions of Islamism. On the 30th ult., accompanied by his family and suite, he visited the tombs of the two first SuLans of the Turkish dynasty, Othman and Oscar, whom he buried in a mosque in the small village of Chirchie, near Broussa. After having walked three times round the building, he offered up . a prayer for the triumph of the reigning Sultan, saying :—" 0 Allah, pro tect the chief of the believers against the infidel Padichah of the Russians, and a,vdnge your servants the sublime .victims of Sinop°, who are now near you." The latest accounts received from St Petersburg and Vienna produced a serious impression among the speculators at the Bourse yesterday. The Three per Cents. opened at 70f. 10c., rose to 70f. 25c., fell subsequently to 69f. 65c., and closed at 69f. 80c. for the end of the month. The Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 98f. 35c. ; Or leans Railway Shares, 1,095 f. ; Rouen, 975 f. ; Havre, 465 f. ; Great Northern, 787 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 745 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 850 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 690 f. ; Western of France, 6207. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 570 f.; Great Central, 476 f. 25c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 650 f. PRUSSIA. The Correspondence of Berlin states that general orders have been given to the authorities to hold themselves prepared in case of a mobilisation of the Landwehr, which, however, has not yet been decreed. SPAIN. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated Jan. 14, says the opposition was then signing a memorial representing the political situation as grave. The immediate meeting of the Cortes was demanded. They would have probably met ore then, but for the accouchement of the Queen, and the illness of the President of the Council. The Herald°, of the 14th, states that there is no truth in a report set afloat by the opposition jour nals, to the effect that the government had intended to dismiss the public prosecutor charged to watch over the press, but had refrained from doing so owing to the difficulty of getting any person to ac cept the place. The same journal asserts that it is not true that the police have been making any minute researches after arms, as it has no peculiar reason to expect a disturbance of public order. The Queen had so far recovered that it was not considered necessary to issue any further bulletins. A letter says :—" The opposition, profiting by the forced inaction of the government, in con sequence of the confinement of the Queen and the sickness of the President of the Council, are signing an address to the Queen, representing the political situation as very grave, and praying for an imme diate assembling of the Cortes. A deputation of the opposition is to present the address to the Pre sident of the Council, an'i also to the Q ueen, i f her Majesty will permit it. It is said that the ad dress has been drawn up by M. Los Ries Rosas. It was agreed to in a meeting held y es t er d ay, and O'Donnell, Gene ra l C oncha, M. is signed by M. Gonzales Bravo, and other political notabilities. The ambassador of France has become perfectly convalescent." SWITZERLAND. The Emancipation of Brussels has the following: We are assured that in presence of the eventu alities of a European war, the superior Executive Government of the Swiss Confederation will shortly submit to the Federal Assembly, which is at pre sent sitting, a demand for a credit of from 300,000 fr. to 400,000 fr. for stationing, within a few weeks, a body of troops on the frontiers on the side of Ger many, and especially of the Austrian States. The Inclependance of Brussels also states that a measure of this kind had been resolved on. THE PACIFIC MAILS. PLYMOUTH, J. 19. Her Majesty's ship Thetis, 40, Captain Kuper, arrived in the Sound this morning from the Pacific station ; she left Valparaiso Oct. 10, arrived at Rio Nov. 9, and left for England on the 26th. She brings no news of importance. The Portland, flag-ship, was at Valparaiso. The Dido sailed from that place Sept. 27 for Pitcairn's Island. The Star and Stromboli were at Rio. The Bonetta was going into Rio, Nov. 26. The Thetis brings home about $1,000,000 on merchants' account, from the Mexican coast. Lieutenant Arthur Sansum died on the 12th of April last ; and Mr. W. R. Plummer, her clerk, was drowned at Vancouver's Island, Aug. 26, 1852. Mr. Cave, second master of the Bonetta ; Mr. Mitchell, clerk of the Dido ; and Dr. .Ramon Fraire, Chilian office r , appointed consul at Paris, have come home in the Thetis. The Thetis, though commissioned at this port, will in all probability sail for Portsmouth to land her freight and be paid off there. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before ,111 r. Ogle, Q.C.) SMITH V. TOUNGHUSBAND. The plaintiff in this action is a meat and poul try salesman in Newgate-market, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 91. 10s. for a quantity of turkeys, and other Christmas cheer which bad been consigned to him for sale. The defendant is the well know carrier. Mr. W. R. Buchanan stated the case for the plaintiff, and it appeared that two cases had been directed to the plaintiff, who was well known in the market, but the defendant never having asserted that they could not find the plaintiff the poultry was sold as "perishable articles." Mr. Buchanan contended that even supposing the plaintiff could not have been found at the moment there, the defendant had no right to sell within a few hours, as they could not have known the contents of the cases so as to discriminate whether they contained perishable articles or not ; but in this case it would be shown by evidence that the plaintiff was well known in the market, and although he, as many others, took places in the outlets in consequence of the increase of business and the necessity of an en. largement, they were still considered to be within- the market—therefore there was no excuse for the non. delivery. General evidence was given of the transit of the goods and of the ultimate disposal ; and it also appeared by the evidence of the beadle of the market that he had known the plaintiff occupying standings, sometimes in his own name and sometimes in conjunction with another, and that it was customary for more than one dealer to trade in the same shop. Plaintiff had been several years in the habit of attending the market. His Honour said that the only thing he had a doubt of was the value of the turkeys, for he once had the curiosity to visit Leadenhall market at Christmas time, and he found the prices ranged from 2s. 6d. to 30s. each. Mr. Buchanan said he should be satisfied at his Honour taking the midway price. (Laughter.) Defendant's solicitor quoted a ctse in which it had been ruled that when the value of an article was not defined in evidence, the estimate ought to be on the lowest scale. His Honour said that he knew of a case in which a jeweller took a diamond out of a ring and it was lost; in that case the jury were told to take the best idea they could of the size of the stone and attach the highest value to it. He, sitting as judge and jury, would take as a data the sum actually realised, and divide the diffe rence. His judgment would therefore be for 7/. 7s. Even the losers appeared satisfied that the judgment was equitable as to amount, although they considered that it had upset a custom. 0 %1 and 6 4, Bee Exm TEA. TALI on the GRE 1 ' most el three cc Public s Lemons hands. 33arcelo LI()) Winc ArriN New Yi The E with rt The came aE and is r The r_ ort the Win( Arril Calais. Quer ns , aye, Salle .A.ntwei Ostend. ~, ,lr~~ PAPER FROM WOOD FIBRE. In consequence of the scarcity of rags, and a prohibi tion of their exportation from various continental states to this country, some alarm has been excited respecting a deficiency in the supply of paper to meet the en' lightened requirements of the age ; and this is not to be wondered at, for the diffusion of knowledge by means of the press has become so vast, that we scarcely knovi anything short of a bad harvest which would be so much felt by the community as a limited production of this valuable commodity. Various expedients have been suggested to overcome the difficulty, but of their prac' ticability we know yet nothing. In the midst, however, of the different theories advanced, we have the satisfac tion of finding that, by the application of chemical science, the most important results, as regards the fabric of paper, have already been effected ; nor do we believe that, since the papyrus was first used for writing► so important a fact has been established as that of the manufacture of paper from wood fibre. This extraor dinary and valuable discovery has recently been pr tented by Messrs. Watt and Burgess, to whom the publlg is indebted for many valuable discoveries in chemistry Two specimens of the raw material are before us; the first consists simply of deal shavings ; the second 01 a pure white pulpy substance, very much resembling piece of cotton when first taken from the pod, only little harder to the touch. We are also in possession of two sheets of the mane' factured article, which is declared by competent judg o to be equal to any sample of writing paper now selling at 7d. per pound. It p resents a b eautiful surface, with a pure colourless tint, and is free from defect or blemish of any sort. The cost of production is stated to be somewhat under 251. per ton, which is a saving of more than 121. upon the price per ton of the rag paper no wlh use. When, in addition to this important difference 111 ' the cost, it is considered that by the substitution of clean' wholesome shavings, for filthy, and oftentimes infectious rags, an immense amount of dirt, labour, and the risk of disease are avoided, that the profit to the manufac' turer in comparison with present prices will be incalcul able, and that the result to the public generally will be most advantageous, there can be little doubt as to the adoption of the discovery by manufacturers of paper' The patent is already, we are informed, in progress 0 the United States, as well as to France, Belgium, Ails" tria, and Prussia. We may add that the pulp was pre; pared by Messrs. Watt and Burgess, at Reading, and that the paper was ma d e b y Mr. Stevens, of the mills av, Hemel Hempstead. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—Among the maul interesting groups which decorate the large room of this establishment, perhaps none at this particular time s e pregnant with great events would occupy more attention , than the one called the War Group, which represent"; most of the celebrated charactersi of the last great Euro' pean struggle. First is the figure of Bonaparte, with Ney and Murat. Napoleon I. is in a highly appropriat e attitude, pointing to his standard bearing the Eagle' under which he so often led his soldiers to victory. 011 the opposite side is the Emperors of Austria, Russia, and the King of Prussia, Prince Blucher, &c. The whole is highly a pp ropr i ate, and all the likenesses are most excellent, and Are highly creditable to Madame Tussaud's artistic taste and skill. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—Late yesterday afternoon gr' Alfred Wizan received a telegraphic despatch frora Colonel Phipps, commanding him to attend at Windsor Castle last evening to perform the part of Rolando, in the Honeymoon, and to close his theatre, if necessary'. The theatre was closed accordingly, and copies of the despatch were posted at the doors, together with an in' timation that all tickets and places might be transferred to another evening, or returned, at the option of the holder. MONEY ORDER OFFICES IN THE METROPOLD3 AND VICINITY.—In consequence of the inconvenience and, too frequently, the delay to the publi c in transmittingand receiving money orders to amd fro m th e diff e ren t parts of the United Kingdom, the P ostmaster-Gene ra! has issued the following list of re ce i v i ng -houses throug h can be obtained to every post town in England, Walefilf out the metropolis and vicinity , where mone y orders S co tland, and Ireland, if the p art i es when applying to a postmaster in the country for a money order payab le i n London will specify at which office they wish it to be paid. This will be found a great convenience to the public :—At the chief office, Aldersgate-street, St' M o Martin's-le-Grand. Branch offices—Stones-end, Be; rough; Abchurch-l ane, City ; Charing-cross, and 01" Cavendish-street. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SIIRGEONS.—The following wee' bers of the college havinc , undergone the necessari, examinations w ere admitted' licentiates in mid w ifery 3v the meeting of the board on the 18th inst.:—Messrs . Charles James Rae, Greenock, diploma of membership' dated July 18, 1853 ; Ed w i n Stephens Collins, St a " bridge, April 20, 1853; John James Trevor Lawrence, Whitehall-place, Dec. 23, 1853 ; James Balfour Cock' burn, Guernsey, May 2, 1851 ; and Wm. Edward Fer guson, Macclesfield, June 5, 1846. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, THURSDA Y ' —Three first-class clipper ships sailed this morning fr? ll2 _ the Mersey for the gold en reg i ons , v i z., t h e Indiau Queen, Captain Mill, for Melbourne, belonging to th e Black Ball line, with 320 passengers ; the Conway , Captain Liston, of the same line, with 360 grovernme,e emigrants for Sydney ; an d th e T ay l eur, Captain Noble', belonging to the Whit e St ar li ne , w i t h 460 passe nger' for Melbourne. RUSSIAN WAR STEAMERS BUILDING IN BRITISH PORTS. —NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY. - Two screw' steamers, 140 feet each in the keel, are building in the Tyne, ostensibly f or R uss i an merc h ants, rea ll y f o r the Russian Government, and their engines are being exe cuted with great despatch in a large w9rk in this town. The seafaring population in the northern coal ports ar° indignant, and no Russian war vessel would ever be allowed to leave the Tyne. Engl.'s] Irish rorei g No. da►y's the ch deelin sheep. late ri rs 8d toque not ci to 19/ Inferic &eon( Prime Prime Inferic &eon( Prime Besets sheep Calves Pigs The follow reef, i Do., n Do., p Do., d Pork, The averag this `v Mid c of Kc to 121, Cocc sold at 30s 6(1 RICE Bengal 15s for SPIC: id. per Malaba White Cloves to 6ad. COTT Sales. Coc] were sc SALT Good E taken i Win( Anch EZ, ca-4—r