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1M2'7k553:71 - 2thau. Price 3s. 6c1.-boArdS, • ,/.18 ( 11V1 DE PORQ UET'S Le TRESOR de FECOLIER FRANCAIB; . ere. Translating English into French. at Sight. Also, Le Petit Secretaire Parisian, 3s. Gd. First French Reading- Book, 2e. 6d. Parisian Phriseology• Beating-Book. Ditt:s Phraseology. .Italian German Tresar. Ditto Tresor. Ditto Read t ng-Book. Dttt6 Pgri§ealogy: • Histoira de Napoleon. Histoire de France. Histoire d'Angleterrei Eve; • • " The method M. P. de Porquet bat adopted In the teaching n f• languages is borne oplt, by the first metaphysical minds, and the first of scholastic authorities, from John Locke or Roger Ascham."--- Educational Magazine. • - tandOn Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, 3{r. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JAN. 10, Wlll be presented RAITLI LAIZABO; or, pie l q adrone's Daugh ter. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. Mead ; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL. RAYMARKET. tinder the managenient of Mr. IdnOtstolse: TUTS EVENING. JAN. 10. A Juvenile Night, On which occasion will be performed TIIE ROUGH DIIMOND. Characters by Messrs. Howe and rluckitono ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mrs. Bachingha n. After which, the Grand' 'CIIIII4TMAS PAITTOMTME , called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR ; or. Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Mis 4 M. Brown; ll4rlequln, Mr. J. Ifansnall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. El. Marshall. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. 11 " -11, PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management a Mr. Cst*lLL= KW. THIS EVENING. JAw. 10, Will be performed THE RIVA LS. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, Mellon, _and Addison; Mrs. Whistanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Was Heath, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be prese.nted the new Grand CHRISTMAS ,PAN_ TOMIME, entitled HA RLEQUIN . AN,) THE HILLER AND H i s MEN; or, K i ng "Sidarnandar and the Fairy of the A zure L a k e. thriequh i . , g r . C,ormacit ; Clown, Mr. Haline; Pantaloo n , Mr. Paulo; and Co10 1111 : 01 e) MIAs Desborough. LYCEUM 'THEATRE. .-•- Viide4:the Management of Madame Vestry, 5 ' 171 :THIS EVENING, JAN. IU, 4 Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Chai•acters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After which, the original • Fairy Extravagang.a, called ONCE 'UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO RINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame'Vestris. - To conclude with PATTER VERSIYS *CLATTER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, air. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. tare Christmas Amusements—The Great Attraction of London— .. One of the Sights of London"—The Sea of Ice and Marvellous Adeloin Effectif in the exciting new► Nautical Drama of "THE THIRST OF. GOLD," every Evening—A new-Grand Fairy Spec- • tacle, NUMBER NIP. THIS EVENING. JAN. 10, Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama, in Jive taoleaux, with 'new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE TiIIRST OF GOLD; or, THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER. OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, 0. Selby, Parsille., 'Marsden, gte. ; Madame' Celeste, Mrs. lAigh Murray, Miss L Masiaell, &dg, with an entirety new grand specta cular legendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery, dresses. machinery, and aopointmentA, called NITMEIE ft NIP, or THE APIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters' by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Wootgar, Mks Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c, ROYAL OLYMPfO THEATRE. Legiee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Jew. 10, Will he performed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs Alfred Wigan, 1,e , 11c, Linden, Harwood, Coopef. and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyadham. To be followed by THE CA MP AT THF, fILYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Rohs," Horton, and Galli ; Mes dames A. Wigan, Stirling, I'. Horton. Chatterley, &C. Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. - i'l~B-fi l lJ STRAND TILEATRE., Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W,Alleiroft„—Directress, U 1.33 Rebecca Isaacs THIS 107.8..N1NG, JA.x. 10, Will be performed LA SONNAMBULA. To be follewedlliy TILE IRISH' TUTOR. Afto- which, a 'new grand Co.mit! Christmas Pantomime entitled TIARLEQUISI AND KIN' NUTCRACKER; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the i.inaitable Flexmore ; /I triequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Grifflthd ; Colu,bbine, Mr Cloward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 3-s. ; Pitt, D.; Gallery, td. ; Fri-rate Boxes, 11. is, to be bad of Mr.. Allcatt, 15, New Bond-street. . . . , In consequence of the brillint and Fashionable Assemblage of the First, a SECOND - GRAND ‘tortvz vG RFOR WANCE will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, JAN. 12, commencing at two o'clock, at .; ASTLErP ROYAL A3IPHIWEATRE. Continued and brilliant career of unequalled Holiday Attractions, superb Spectacle, incredible Feats of the wondrous Elephants, and the most gorgeous and successful Pantomime of the ieason. THIS EV6NING, J. 10, (And during the week) To commence with the Greatest Wonder in London, the PER , FORMING ELEPHANTS. Followed by a Reche - che Routine of Scenes of Equestrian:am in THE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Concluding with Mi. W. Cooke's immensely sucee;sefill COMIC PANTO Nt ME. written expressly for this TheAtre. by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BUT rov's ..10H(1.:4141Y* TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite. New scenery, dr,ses, decorations, and appointments, magnificent Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Columbine, Mille- Christine • Pantaloon, Mr. Leh can; and Two Clowns, Mr. C. Adams awl Sir. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bra ibury. The Ladies' Favourite by Mr. W. Cooke's Pet Steed, BEAUTY. B3a-offlco open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TA BLE. TUESDAY, JAN. 10, 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—S.W., strong breeise —Overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—scud—rain. GRKEN;wicii—E., gentle breeze—oyercast. STROOD—S.E., gentle breeze—rain. SWINDOII—S.W., light airs—foggy. YAratotrrrt—S., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock gentle breeze—heavy rain. MULLINGDAR—E., hard wind—rain. MIMI' WATER AT LONDi ON BRIDGE THIS DAT --Iforning 15 min.after 11 I Evening 46 min.aft. 11 To•Moaftow— Morning 0 min.after 0 I Evening 16 miu.aft. 12 THE WEATHEIL-SUN OFFICR, JAR. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE, 55 —highest since noon yesterday. 40 -- , owest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'53—rising rapidly. WIND, N.N.W.—Smart breeze, and cloudy weather. e-" ‘ fict t ' • - '? t7 ' I§llll LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1854 A watchful regard must now be directed to the latest news arriving from St. Petersburgh. Upon the nature of that intelligence everything is now dependent in regard to the extraordinary compli cation of events in Christendom. It will be learnt from that information what hope yet remains to Lord ABERDEEN of a delay in the conflict of which spring must be the signal of commence ment, In all human probability the decision of the CZAR must become apparent through the peremptory recall of his ambassadors. With the combined fleets actually in the Black Sea, M. DE KISSELEFF cannot remain much longer at Paris, or M. DE Biturrow at London. A diplomatic rup ture must inevitably take place bet ween th e 'Courts of St. James's and the Tuileries on the one b part, and on the other the repulsed, andearded, and irritated,, ruler of the Russian Government. The Emperor NICHOLAS, indeed, were something more than man could he refrain much longer from resenting the odious duplicity with which from first to . lait he has been tempted on into his present dilemma by: the timid and intriguing wiles of Aberdeenism. Be Cannot readily forget that the demands made by him upon the Sublime Porte, the demands which have been latterly repelled by the English Coalition as unjustifiable, inad missible, and exorbitant, were approved of in their original form by distinguished members of that Coalition before they were placed in the hands of Prince MENSCHIKOFF, and before they were . submitted by him to the Divan at Constantinople. It is a fact now notorious. It is notorious that this was actually the case—th a t th ese Ministers of the British Crown, the nominees (as they are supposed to be) of the British Parliament, com mitted themselves to approval of the very policy which they are nowcompelled to with s t an d in, the nameand on 'flikiii-lehdfitY 4 ltitaollective Govern- IJTOCRAT would ment. But fii.r fnciaePt . never, coulciiave T t,have Ntrititral:npon the course upon whichAiatbp . re iiyi A cluq6d - tc,tadventure. But for the , stip-Mt A ssufe kt id that Unconsti tutional manner by his s y m patesers in Engliiid, it is not in anyway likely that he would so boldly and abruptly have precipitated the long-cherished design of his ambitious dynasty. Satisfied bythe complaisant bearing towards him of these most culpable statesmen, NICHOLAS dared to realise his I dreams of aggrandisement. Persuaded that the pear was, indeed, ripe ; convinced that nothing like a cordiakeiance could be effected between France and England ; satisfied of this from the infamous abuse so long directed not only by a certain portion of the Press, but also by two of the leading Ministers of the Crown of England against the thrice elected of nearly 10,000,000 of Frenchmen—the CZAR attempted one of those daring master-strokes of policy, which are only justified by success the most complete and triumphant. Hence the whole difficulty. Hence the haughty missives of the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary. Hence the warlike demonstra tion which ultimately crossed the forbidden river, and assumed the formal occupation of the Princi palities. Hence the murderous onslaught upon Sinope, and the sanguinary encounter at Oltenitza. Step by step Russia has been lured on by Aber deenism into its present deplorable predica ment. So that the Emperor NICHOLAS found in the December of 1853 what he never could for a moment have contemplated in the December of 1852, that he was compelled to accept this agreeable alternative--either to plunge into a terrible and inveterate war with (at least) England, France, and Turkey, or to purchase peace by such a withdrawal of demands as would amount to a grievous humiliation. Must not this situation of his infuriate the Russian AUTOCRAT, therefore, to the very utmost degree against that England which he must reprd, and with reason, as the author or fosterer of these enormous diffi culties? Outrageous as the conduct of the CZAR has undoubtedly been during the past twelvemonth, yet more outrageous, according to our view of things, have unquestionably been those who nur tured the lawless designs of Russia from mere designs into the positive and enormous dilemma already specified—nourished them first, as we have said, by distinct approval, and then by a protracted abstinence from an energetic course of obstruction. Insomuch do we conceive the culpa bility of the latter to predominate, on a calm re view of past occurrences, that we regard as the Author of this War, not so much the Emperor NICHOLAS himself, as those incapable and unpa triotic statesmen, the Ministers of the Crown of England, who were first his dupes, and then his deceivers. The truth must be spoken—however unpalat able. A considerable majority of our adminis trators, appear to have forgotten that they are members of . t 'Constitutional Government. 'They have forgotton the statesman in the courtier. They have forgotten those high principles which have hitherto been regarded as the most inestima ble portion of thelegacy left to their descendants by the victors of the "glorious" Revolution. Theyhave forgotten, moreover, and above all, what consti tutes the most precious appanage of the English Sovereignty. Death has spared a pang to the heart of WELLINGTON. The glory of the prestige of our might is dimmed. And, we prepare for War now, at the beginning .of this new year, with the blundering and incompetent originator of the war still the leader of the Cabinet, and with a sigh on our lips that the day may yet arrive when the affairs of England may be directed no longer by a timorous and vacillating Coalitionist, but as once at least, of old, by —a great, large-hearted, genial ENGLISHMAN. rIVM .+~ Y . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1854. aries, drops in his ticket, as we drop a letter into the Post-office, and passes out by the other aisle. All this was done with the most perfect order• and propriety. " The vilest rabble ever seen" by a W.B. voted as quietly as the Belgravians of Geneva. Not a drunken man was to be seen, and that, too, in a country where all drink wine ; and all parties agreed that even if there was bribery and intimidation, it could not, appre ciably, have affected the election. The urns were watched all night by the election committee, the church being lighted up. Next day they were examined,—and a narrow majority declared for the Co ilition, amidst the same universal good order. It were easy to comment upon so striking ' and pleasing a fact as this in strong terms, but it speaks for itself. It merely adds another striking testimony from fact, to what all reason i evidently points to. The inducements to bribe and intimidate were as strong at Geneva as in Canterbury or Devonshire respectively ; but the Ballot, even in this imperfect form, rendered money and threats alike useless. It made each man's vote his own—inalienably his own ; the ridiculed mechanical contrivance did more for purity at elections than all Lord JOHN'S little Acts of Parliament taken together. Geneva is but one small town, it is true, but it has a con stituency of ten thousand electors. It is but one constituency, like an ancient Grecian State ; but for Electoral purposes England is but a multitude of such states, and our wisest Reformers wish that all its constituencies should be at least as large as those of Geneva. One fact is well worthy of notice. Even Universal Suffrage did not return a rabble of Legislators. It was ac knowledged by the aristocrats themselves that the Council of State, though all of them Demo , crate, were all of them also persons with whom the higher classes express themselves perfectly content. INDIA AND CHINA, TRIESTE, MONDAY, Jan. 9. The steamer Calcutta arrived at 9 o'clock a.m., in 116 hours, from Alexandria, which she left on the 4th of January. The India mail left this morning for London, with dates from Calcutta, Dec. 6 ; Madras, Dec. 10 ; Shanghai, Nov. 19 ; Amoy, Nov. 18 ; Hong Kong, Nov. 27 ; Singapore, Dec. 4; Penang, Dec. 6 ; Galle, Dec. 13 ; Bombay, Dec. 14 ; and Bur mah, Nov. 20. The. intelligence from Burmah is most contradic tory. A report was current that the Burmese had re captured Pegu, and that a combined movement against the British was to take place on the 20th of December, but the war party at Ava is too weak to do anything. The Russians were at Khiva, and the Peshawur force had been increased to 13,500 men. The Afredees of the Kohat Pass had given in, and accepted our terms. Trade in India was fair. Exchange at Calcutta, 2-1. In China the rebels had evacuated Amoy, and the Imperialists had made a horrible massacre there. Canton was quiet. Exchange, 5-1. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) MARSEILLES, JAN. 9. The Vectis reached this port, all well, at 5 a.m. She brings the India and China mail. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market was firm, and prices were fully supported. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 500 Egyptian at 6d. to 11±d., 500 Surat at 3d. to 4d., and 30 Sea Island at ls. Bd. to 2s. ld. per lb. Railway shares were dull, at rather lower prices. The following report upon the tallow trade, dated last evening, is furnished by Messrs. Smith and Charles : " The advices from St. Petersburg are to the 19-31st December. 10 to 15 m. poods tallow had changed hands amongst Russians at 130 10 for August, but there was nothing doing amongst exporting houses for next season. Exchange, 381 to 39 1-16. " Since our last report we have had a rapid advance in tallow. We closed on Saturday at 598. 3d. all this month. On Saturday we advanced ls. per cwt., and to-day there has been increased excitement. The mar ket opened this morning without any new feature. Political affairs, though still considered unfavourable, were not generally considered to look worse than they have for some time past. It soon, however, became evident that there were few, if any, sellers at Saturday's prices, and very few transactions took place till about mid-day, when the market suddenly sprang up Is. 6d. per cwt. Still later higher prices were given, as high as 635: 6d. being reported as paid for March and April delivery." The New York accounts are rather more satis factory as regards the money market, but stocks which had been more buoyant, were rather de pressed at the latest date. The exports of mer chandise, including specie, during the week to December 24, amounted to 2,479,626 dollars, and the inkports to 2,987,052 dollars, showing an in creases in favour , of the latter of 507,426 dol lars. lln the previous week, the balance had been the other way, and but for a falling off in the ship ment i of specie in the week to the 24th ult., there would also have been an excess of exports. Breadistuffs continued to be exported to a large extent. Adviees -from-California state that the Miners at Darg4n. Flat were making from 8 to 32 dollars a day, and the Badger Hill diggings are stated to be the richest in that vicinity. The rainy season com menced on the 14th November, and the rivers were in consequence raised. The works of the dry season had therefore closed. River-bed diggings had been abandoned. The miners are described as being well prepared for winter, and news concerning the gold production is highly satisfactory. Public works , were being proceeded with, to be finished by June next, of the greatest importance to the pros perity of the mines. The! letters by the overland mail are expected to be in London by the 12th inst. The rates of insurance upon the ship Mada gascar, which left P or t Phili p on th e 12th A ugus t, with 0,000 ounces of gold on board, and has neverlsince been heard of, are as high as 40 per cent. y The only hope appears to be that she has made for some Brazilian port, but even of that fact, we must speedily, have intelligence. One of the Marine Insurance offices has a large amount upon her. At the half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank, this day, a dividend at the rate of 4 per Cent. per annum was declared. The Bissoe Gold Amalgamating Company is started for the purpose of working by Perkes' Patent Machines, the auriferous' minerals lately so abundantly discovered in Cornwall and Devon. The new company is to have a capital of 12,0001. in, 11. shares, and is possessed of the extensive works of the company which has the patent of Todd's Protoxide Paint. The steam engine is erected, and the machine of Mr. Perkes will be in working condition within a month. Those who have witnessed experiments under Mr. Perkes' patent, speak of it in high terms. The services of Mr. Brereton Todd, the metallurgist have been secured. The English funds are more buoyant, and with an increased business doing for transfer. Consols have been done at 941. The feeling in mercantile circles is now much stronger against Russia than it was a month or two since, and an earnest wish is expressed that the existing treaties may not be al lowed to be restored ; in short, that we shall exact some compensation for all the annoyance and ex pense we have incurred, and especially that the Black Sea shall no longer be closed to the fleets of the great Powers, which have such an inportant commercial interest involved. The opening for trade and the protection we could afford to our Eastern frontier would be well worth a short strug gle with Russia, even if there were not the motive of gross provocation. As to the mission of the Prince de Chimay from Belgium to France, it is pretty well known in the best informed circles that it has reference to tariff and mercantile, not to political matters. Exchequer Bills have be en firm at 7s. to 10s., and India Bonds at par to 4s. prem. Foreign Securities have improved a little, toge ther with the English market. Mexican have rallied. to 22i and 231. Spanish Three per Cents. have been done at 424, and the New Deferred are 20,E to 201. Russian Bonds are rather an excep tion to the general improvement, being at 108 for the Five per Cents., and at 89 to for the 41 per Cents. Portuguese Four per Cents. are not quite so good. The Chairman of the Portuguese Bond holders has entered his usual protest against the deduction from the interest now in course of payment, and although with the same results, namely, that the financial agents here returned the notarial document without re mark. We feel satisfied that it is highly politic to keep up this official record, as a proof of the ille gality, as well as the injustice, of such conduct on the part of the Lisbon Government. The day of reckoning must come, and even now the act bears partly its own punishment, inasmuch as Portugal languishes for want of those public improvements which English capitalists might otherwise assist in carrying out. Dutch 21 per Cents, have been at 62 ex dividend. Railway Shares have been rather better, but with very little doing. NortWestern have been rather higher, and also MidlEnd, North British, and York and North Midland. French shares have been at advanced rates. The Gold Mina Shares have been steady. The Shares of the Australian Banks have been better, and there has been a firmer tone in the miscellaneous shares. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List. ) BligiriCSS done. Bank Stock ........ 219 18 A per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 92aiiii New 31 per Cent. Annuities ........ .. ... 93i 43 i 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds, £lOOO ...... Ditto, under £lOOO 4 p par Consols for Opening 18th Jan, 92 Exchequer Bills, ld. £1000 £5OO 7 10 p Small 7lO p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. ......... . .... . Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. .. . -• Russian Bonds, 1822, sper Cent, £ St lOB Ditto 4} per Cent .......... ........ . ........ Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent......... ..• Ditto for the Account.,, B9 4panish Bonds, 3 per Cent 42i x d Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 20 . 4 x d Ditto rassive (Converted) Dividends on the above payable In London. Batch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull 62 x Ditto 4 por Cent. Certificates ..... 94i 5 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening. 18th January 92s x TELEGRAPHIC CENTRALISATION.—A charter is pro posed to be applied for, for power to consolidate all the existing lines of telegraph under one uniform system. REVERSE OP FouruNE.--The orphan child of one of the oldest of the Irish baronets was admitted a few days since into the Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum. Standard. TURKISH LOAN.--A report circulated in Paris on Sa turday, that Namik Pasha had succeeded in contracting a Turkish loan in London, was incorrect. No terms have yet been agreed upon. TELEGRAPHIC BANQUET.---Last evening the directors of the Electric Telegraph Company gave a supper at Radley's - Hotel to 135 of - the clerks employed in the metropolitan stations. The :health of Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., the founder and ch:tirman of the company, and the directors, was drunk v nth enthusiasm. It may be interesting to mention, as a proof of the progress of the company's operations sirLce its establishment in 1846, that the total number of employes in London is 310, and in the provinces794o. THE ISLE or DOGS. —This island, so long a tract of barren and unproductive marsh land, and still the greater part of it sevxn feet below high-water level, is now in a flourishing, condition. It has a population of 5,000 people ; a rateable property of 20,0001. in value ; 530 houses ; sixty manufactories ; four places of wor ship ; one or two, good school-houses,; ten exc e ll en t public-house ; a •iloctor (no lawyer !) a house-agent, a gas-works ; an ol.nnibus ; a post-offiee ; and a station for the Thames poll , ce.—The Builder. RESPITE OF V VILLIAM CUIIMING.—WiIIiam Cumming, capitally convicted before the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, .and whose execution had been fixed for yesterday (Mot iday, January V), has been respited for fourteen days. This reprieVe has been requested by the law authorities apt Edinburgh, in order to give time for important inquiries, and was despatched from the Home office on Saturday night. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new drama, in three acts, by Mr. Mark Lemon, was produced here for the first time last evening and obtained the favourable reception of a very crowded house. The author has certainly introduced into it only a modicum of the wit and humour which distinguish most of his writings, but if we notice a deficiency in this respect, we must, on the other hand, say that great pains have been bestowed upon the construction and development of the plot, and that the interest, first excited in the opening scene„,by some mysterious relations, is sustained with increased force until the fall of the curtain upon the concluding act. It is also due to the management to add, that the piece was put upon the stage in a very praiseworthy manner ; the acting was extremely good, and the scenery both novel and beautiful, while there were some highly effective groupings of peasants and brigands, and one particularly pretty Spanish dance in the national costume. The scene is laid in the province of Estramadura, in Spain, and the date is recent, the main event out of which the active interest arises having occurred during the Peninsular war. A profligate noble man, the Marquis of Tavero, having been inspired with an ungovernable passion for the beautiful wife of a gentle man named Lazarro, took advantage of the confusion and general demoralisation occasioned by the war to make an onslaught upon Lazarro's d welling during his absence, and the latter returns to find his wife dying, after enduring the worst of wrongs, and his castle in flames. He has two infant daughters ; one of them he saves, the other being supposed to have perished in the flames. The Marquis is-soon _ after wards killed in batt:e, before La zarro's vengeance can reach him, but Lazarro vows an undying revenge upon his race. The play opens 18 years later, when a beautiful girl, Juanna (Miss Feather. stone), the foster-child of a kindly and wealthy old farmer, Gaspar (Mr. Younge), is about to be wedded to another foster-child of his, Pablo, a young muleteer (Mr. Belton), who is rather addicted to wine and flirta tion. The young lady is very happy in the prospect of her marriage, but the event is interrupted by the arrival of the successor to the title of the ma rquisate of Tavero (Mr. H. Lee), who claims her as a long lost child. He, however, does not refuse his consent to her marriage, provided it be deferred for a twelvemonth, and she be of the same mind at the expiration of the period. Now Lazarro (Mr. T. Mead), in the prosecution of his ven geance, has allied himself to a gang of bandits, of whom the notorious Jose Maria (Mr. George Bennet,t) is the leader, and, with the daughter he has saved, Paula (Mrs. E. Lewis), goes about the country foraging for the rob bers, directing them to booty, and sending travellers in their way ; but Paula is not aware of this °cou p Ltion of her father, wiom she loves very sin cerely, the more so that he has been stricken with blindness, and is dependent upon her for guidance. He is disguised as an old mendicant, and is pre sent when the Marquis claims Juanna. He deter mine, as a portion of his revenge, to have her carried off by the robbers, and treated as his own wife had been. The year passes, and Juanna is faithful to her love. A fete is given at the villa of the Marquis, on the evening on which the young lady is to be at liberty to select a husband from the titled suitors around her, or as she may please. The young muleteer comes to claim his bride, Juanna exultingly throws herself into his arms. The Marquis consents to their union, but announces that his claiming Juana was not because she is his daughter (that not being the case), but for the purpose of testing the sincerity of her love for Pablo, whom he declares to be his own son, and whose happiness he is anxious to promote by a union of reciprocal affection. But here the consummation of the marriage is thwarted by the blind mendicant, who, disbelieving the story of the marquis, brings in, at a given signal, a gang of armed brigands, and has Juanna dragged away a prisoner Paula, who has, to her horror, discovered her father's connection with Jose Maria, seeks to save Juanna ; but in vain. The next scene is laid in the mountain den of Jose Maria. He has fallen dreadfully in love with his beautiful captive, but Juanna does not reciprocate his re gards. Paula, who is also in the mountain hold, discovers, by means of a portrait and other evidence, that she and Juanna are sisters, the latter being the child supposed to be lost when Lazarro's cas tle was destroyed. She resolves to save her sister, and luckily she is enabled to do so, from a mutinous spirit being stirred up among Jose's men, who are discontented ,with their leader, and seize hire, permitting Juanna to `depart with her faithful Pablo, conditionally on Paula's staying to secure a large ransom being sent. Paula also evinces great courage and devotion, being ready to die rather than that her sister's connection with the ueggar brigand should be known, and thus her hope of union with -the son-ol the. Marquis should be destroyed; but a body of soldiers come to the rescue, and in their attack upon the robbers the revengeful Lazarro is shot dead. The complete happiness of the two faithful lovers follows as a matter of course. In the part of Lazarro, Mr. Mead made a successful first appearance here ; his delineation of the blind beggar was picturesque and impressive, and it told well with the audience, who did him the honour of calling hint before the curtain. Mr. Geo. Bennett threw all his vigour into the brigand chief—a character just adapted for his graphic style of acting ; Miss Feather stone was a pretty and graceful Juanna, and Paula was ably sustained by Mrs. Lewis. At the conclusion there was a loud and repeated call for Mr. Mark Lemon, but he did not make his appearance. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A telegraphic despatch, received from Marseilles, announces positively that the combined fleets en tered the Black Sea on the 30th ult. The officers and crews, tired of their inactivity, hailed the order to move with the greatest delight ; and it may be justly affirmed that no movement was ever more popular. Another despatch speaks of a division of the fleets, though the former is considered the more probable. No doubt a few vessels have been left at Constantinople in cise of emergency, perhaps necessitated by the attempt of the Softas to get up an insurrection. Another despatch confirms the intelligence that the diplomatic efforts at Constantinople, for the re newal of negotiations, had succeeded. Kosrew Pacha is said to have been selected by the Sultan as the negotiator for Turkey. He passes for being friendly to Russia. General Prim has arrived at Marseilles on board the Osiris, and is expected in Paris to-day or Wed nesday. Lord Dudley Stuart was to leave Constantinople on the 15th, so as to be in England for the meeting of Parliament. A letter has been received from that noble lord, in which he speaks in very favour able terms of the activity, energy, and zeal of Lord Stratford de Red.chfle during the whole of these difficult transactions. _ _ The 6th corps, stationed at Moscow and the en virons, has received orders to move towards the south ; the first columns are already in motion. The first corps, formed of Grenadiers, has been cantoned in Finland, Livonia, Esthonia, and Cour land. The German nobility of Courland, profess ing the Lutheran religion and oppressed in the Baltic provinces, have solicited permission to send their children as volunteers, and at their own ex pense, to combat for the orthodox faith. The Russo-Polish authorities have announced to the Prussian Government the discovery of a politi cal plot, which had come to ligut through.n.umer ous arrests in the ex-kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Posen. The Emperor Nicholas has expressed a desire that the Prussian papers should abstain from all communications on the movements of the Russian army. The Montenegrin Primates, compromised in the late plot, have arrived at Trieste. The concentration of the Turkish troops con tinue 4 on the Wallachian frontier. The Turkish Admiral, Osman Pasha, made prisoner in the affair of SiUope, has died of his wounds at Sebastopol. The National Gazette of Berlin states that the sailor§ of the Baltic fleet, who had been sent to their homes, have received orders to return to their posts In March. TIIP Cologne Gazette of th e Bth says :—" In all the Governments of the Russian Empire, the no bility! have been invited to give a proof of their devotedness, in order to render the war more easy, 1 and t the same time to produce a s t rong impres sion . broad. In Courland, thi s semi-official invi tatio has been very successful. The nobility have requeisted to be allowed to send their children to the army as volunteers, and at their own expense. This German nobility belong to the Lutheran creed, _. .. which, as is well known, is oppressed in Courland and the Baltic provinces. It is known that Rus sian agents employ force to convert the peasants to the orthodox church, but which does not prevent the nobility from sending their children to fight for t4e defence of the orthodox faith. The Ger man Russians are worse than the Russians pro perly] so called." Thb Hamburg News, under date of St. Peters burg,' 30th ult., says :—The Governor-General of Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland, has informed the Emperor that the nobility of Livonia and the citiz*.s of Riga, animated with an unalterable de votedness for the throne and the country, have decl4ed that they were ready to make every sacri fice tb attain the object mentioned in the manifesto of till. Ist November last. All the civil function- aries TOlll of Courland, Esthonia, and even some of Li- have offered to the Emperor the tenth part of their salaries for the field hospitals during the war ;against Turkey. The Emperor, affected at this t)atriotic devotedness of the provinces of the Baltic, has charged Prince Souvarow, his aide-de camp-general, to testify his warm gratitude to the inhabitants, and to declare to the functionaries that their sympathy for his brave army was very pleasing to him, but that there would be no necessity for them to impose on themselves the sacrifice of any part of their salaries." The Lloyd states that even before the sending of the !collective note of Conference, the Emperor Nicholas had declared that he was disposed to peace. The National Gazette of Prussia goes further, and declares that the instructions given to Prince Goilschakoff to keep on the defensive have not been changed.. Other German journals speak of a Congress as likely to take place at Berlin, at which Russia is to be represented. But it must not be forgotten that all this reposes on information anterior to the last communication sent to St. Petersburg ; and that, looking at the general conduct of the Czar, the view's thus expressed seem exceedingly improbable. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. Wigan brought out, at a great expense, a panto me, d i u n c se e t a d But of whose numerous d s e u r uu t e h s e se s s up au er d in i t i e te n r d a a r n y ce st o a f ud a i n ug au w th er o u r a w g h u o a se . pushing it on, and bolstering it up between pieces of t r h a n u t s e p e e f u o t r a utiheem hase r u i u t t o p f r anything t t r h a e c g e, h t and pr o , more vitality, Mr. Wigan *has at once withdrawn it. Until a new piece of more importance is ready, he plays his own capital farce, The First Night, which was produced with so much eclat at the Princess's, Mrs. Reed (Miss P. Horton) taking the part of the debutante. Its re-production last evening, met with a success that could scarcely have been equalled, certainly not ex ceeded, during the height of the popularity it had pre viously enjoyed at the Princess's. The curtain fell amidst enthusiastic applause, and Mr. Wigan and Miss P. Horton were called on to receive the acknowledge ments of the audience, for the pleasure and amusement which had been derived from their very excellent per formance. CITY OP LONDON THEATRE.---Justly named the House of Call for Pantomimes. Mr. Nelson Lee has this season surpassed himself—he has, indeed, taken care of number one ; it is one of the old school of panto mimes ; the opening, which is entitled The Ocean Queen ; or, Harlequin and the Mystic Branch, being a very pretty fairy legend, admirably carried out. The hero, young Friendless, is p ro t ec t e d b y C ora lb ranc h , a goo d fairy, who starts him on a journey to rescue the fairy Queen, who is enchanted beneath the deep, which can only be accomplished by securing the mystic branch. After en countering innumerable difficulties, he succeeds, arriving at the palace of Oriental Pearls—a scene of perfect beauty. We never saw so great an effect produced on a minor stage ; it reflects the greatest credit on the management. Here the transformation takes place, and when we say Mr. Veroni, from Drury-lane, is the Har lequin, Mrs. W. H. Harvey the Columbine, Mr. Mor relli the Pantaloon, Paul Herring the Clown, and Herr Deani the Sprite, it is enough to satisfy the public that justice is done to the working of the comic scenes, which are full of wit and practical jokes of the present day, and written in Mr. Nelson Lee's happy style. We strongly advise all lovers of pantomime to pay the City Theatre a visit. Mr. Stanfield, Mr. Chas. Dickens, and Mr. Mark Leman have visited the theatre, and, by the applause they bestowed throughout, ap peared much pleased with this really talented production. GREAT METROPOLITAN EXHIBITION or POULTRY. — The private view of the Great Metropolitan Poultry . Society's second exhibition _took place yesterday even ing, at the bazaar, Baker-street. The whole of the spa cious building in which the Christmas exhibition of fat cattle is held was occupied with pens, cages, baskets, Stc., in which the birds were arranged. Some of the cages were of mahogany, and extremely tasteful in design, but the great majority were the ordinary pen, covered in front with a wire network. The total number of pens of poultry, including fowls, ducks, geese, and turkeys, was 1,139 ; of pigeons, 425 ; and of rabbits, 50. The Brahma Poutras, to which for a first time a class was given, were in great force, and many first-rate specimens of this noble bird were ' exhibited. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was among the contributors, and his pen , marked 581, was " hi ghly commended" by the judges. The first prize fur this magnificent bird was awarded to Mr. H. Daviesf Spring-grove, Hounslow ; and the HenryH second to M r . Gilbert, of Upper Phillimore place, Kensington. These birds were, we understand, greatly admired by her Majesty for their beautiful symmetry and roundness of breast. They are considered by judges to be superior to the celebrated Cochin fowls, from their greater resemblance to the thorough-bred Dorking. In the course of the evening the judges made their awards, and reported that a great improvement was observable in the different breeds of birds. The show of pigeons was pe culiarly good, the most noticeable being the Australian bronze-winged carriers, and the collection of Mr. Samuel Bult, of Hornsey-lane, Highgate. The breed of bantams was considerably improved, and comprised the gold and silver Sebright and other descriptions. The specimens of white-feather-legged bantams in pen No. 100 were especially noticed. The entries of Cochin Chinas were very numerous and of high class, many of the birds be ing valued at prices ranging from 20 to 60 guineas. The judges were of opinion that the exhibition of the latter bird was, on the whole, finer than that held at Birming ham, and the specimens more valuable. The pens deemed the finest were Nos. 350, 361, and 362. The first prize among the partridge . Cochins was given to 345, and the second prize to 344. 'Tlie number of birds collected may be imagined when it is stated that there were 2,000 en tries, and in many cases there was scarcely room for the pens. SUPPOSED PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. Speculations are made by all bands as to what the plan of the spring campaign is to be. Possibly a number of heads are similarly employed in England at the present moment. The general opinion appears to be that if the Turks are unas sisted by English and French troops, the Russians will cross in force somewhere between Silistria and RutSchuk, with an army of 100,000 men. This they can easily do. They have now two corps d'arinee (the 3d and 4th) in the Danubian pro vinces, and one (the sth) in Bessarabia. The lat ter r o an be moved into the provinces, to keep up the colAmunications, forward envoys, kc. ; to hold thena, in short. The 3d and 4th corps will then be available for the invasion of Bulgaria. Each corps has a complete pontoon equipage, and could easily, in a day or two at the furthest, cross with the whole of the force, by establishing two, three, or more bridges at once. Two corps of observa tion would be requisite to watch the garrisons of Rutschuk and Silistria (of 15,000 each). The two corps d'armee—making all allowance for sick men, deserters, and for the regiments being under the strength—may be taken at 50,000 strong each. Ac cording to the tables lately published in Colliurn's Naval and Military Journal, their proper strength is some 59,000 ; so that the allowance above named appears ample. There would then be 70,000 men in hand, able to march and give battle to the Turks somewhere between their point of crossing and Schumla. Supposing this plan of operation to be adopted— and it is likely enough that it may be so—what are the Turks to do to resist it ? Unfortunately for the defence of the line of the Danube, that river from Widdin to Isatchka takes a re-entering curve, which materially :weakens the position ; for it is difficult to see how the troops at Kalafat, Widdin, and on the lower Danube, towards Isatchka, &c., are to be made available to resist the invasion. This is why, if the Turks are only to act on the defensive, the line of the Danube should be abandoned Moreover, the position of those troops will be one of the most critical na ture ; for they will have the whole of the Russian invading army between them and Schumla, unless that army is repulsed close to the Danube. If, then, the Turks were to lose a general action between Schumla and the river, there appears no resource for them but to shut themselves in their fortresses or entrenchments, and fight it out to the last. On the whole, this operation is one that mus t b e considered as the most fatal to the Turks that the Russians could adopt. To prevent it, there ap pears to be but one method, viz., to cross the Da nube and fight the enemy, not on his own ground, but on the ground he has lately stolen. Then comes the question—Are the Turks in a position, or rather will they be in a position in the spring, to carry the war into Wallachia single handed, in the face of the three corps d'armee, which, to a certainty, will be found there to meet them—against, too, the infinite resources of Russia at their back ? It is to be feared that they will not. This is a question which England and France ought to look to, and doubtless will look to ; for upon its solution depends the necessity of sending an Anglo-Gallic army of 50,000, or even 30,000 men, to make the chances a little more even, and to prevent, perhaps, the Russians from making the Balkans their boundary. And, after all, what is this question of peace or war ? It is simply—Can we manage to patch up a peace now, that we may enjoy a further lease of its blessings for three or four, or five or ten, years to come, perhaps ? And if we can, it will only be to find the unchangeable " serpent-boa" ready to make a fresh attack upon the liberties of Europe. It has been well asked, " When will such a favour able opportunity again occur for teaching Russia a lesson which she has so long wanted, that the peace of Europe is not to be disturbed, or solemn treaties broken, at the mere will of a despot, with im punity ? When will England and France again so thoroughly understand each other as at present ? When will Austria be found neutral in such a cr i s i s ? And, lastly, when will Turkey be so well prepared for war as she is at this present moment ?" It is hard to know how this will read in England— dreadfully bloodthirsty, perhaps ; but in Turkey it appears sound, long-sighted policy. Be it understood that it is by no means the THE HORSE GUARDS CRISIS. The crisis at the Horse Guards still exists ; nor does any one acquainted with all the circumstances see how it is possible that it can end without the resignation of Lord Hardinge. We mentioned, last week, some of the annoyances which Sir George Brown received at the hands of the Commander-in- Chief, which imposed upon him the necessity of tendering his resignation. There was one, to which General Brown attached importance, and which precipitated a resignation all but before resolved on, which we omitted to mention. The General had been on a Commission with Lord Seaton and several other general officers, and the report of that Commission, as a matter of right, ought to have been drawn up by him in virtue of his office as Adjutant-General. ; but Lord Hardinge requested —perhaps commanded would be a more appropriate term—that the report should be prepared by Lord Seaton. This was, of course, accordingly done, and General Brown was thereby induced to tender a resignation at once, on which he might be said to have before resolved in consequence of previous annoyances.—Morning Advertiser. Once bring a good cause into public notice, and it must gain increasing support. Its merits while undiscussed are but partially known even to its friends. Its enemies at the commencement seem to have all their own way. Coventry is first tried, then the pillory, then the solemn arguments and dicta of " those who ought to know ;" and even after something in the shape of reasoning is felt to be necessary, it is treated till the twelfth hour is ready to strike as the mere dream of ardent theorisers; to bestow a few off-hand sentences upon it is a kind of oratorical or editorial condescension. Still, after the eleventh hour has really come, its friends begin to discover a concealed earnestness in the opposition arguments which assure them that their own are really telling, and ever and anon some striking and indisputable fact flashes like a police man's lan tern in the face of the sophistry by which it is assailed. Just such is the present position of the Ballot. To the general public it was first made' fully known by the Parliamentary and plat form efforts of the greatest modern historian of Greece, and ever since, amidst the sneers of the presciat Leader of the House of Commons, the graver arguments of Lords PAN MURE and BROUGHAM, and the contempt of the Whig, Tory, and Coalition press, it has been fortifying its po sition irresistibly in argument, and gathering tes timony to its efficiency as the remedy for bribery ' and turbulence at elections from every quarter. From America, and from France, at times of unparalleled excitement, its virtues as an instru ment of quiet and independent voting have been undeniably attested. For, notwithstanding the suspicions at the time, few now doubt that even in the last French elections the votes deposited represented, in nearly every instance, what the voter at the time deemed best. The evidence of Mr. COPFOCK again, though but that of an individual, is, as we have already shown, of more weight than the opinions of all her MAJESTY'S Privy Council taken together ; inasmuch as he is the one man on the liberal side, who knows the tactics, not of this or that locality merely, but of every borough and county constituency in the kingdom. But the last, and by no means the least interesting, testi mony to the working of the Ballot is from GE NEVA. From that small republic, distinguished indeed intellectually and ecclesiastically, but riuMerically not larger than a third or fourth rate English town, a most interesting communication from a highly intelligent English gentle- NARROW ESCAPE OF THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS. man residing there, has just been given A letter from Eisenach of the 2d inst., in the Journal de to the public, in a local j ourna l (th e N orfolk Francfort, states that th e D uc h ess o f O rleans on the l . t accident. h News), and we can assure the Cabi ne t C omm i ttee Previous .. 7 x.i d i dayo in a sledge serie on the Reform Bill, and the whole C a bi ne t flle , that ran off and'overturne(l the he shaftsthe vehicle, but broke, fo a r n tunately or t s he es it is well worthy their impartial consideration. Duchess received no injury beyond a severe fright. It appears that there has been a Coalition The Duchess of Sutherland and the Duchess of there too. A coalition of Electors, of the Con- Ar r Staffordshire. il ' ' tnda family ha servative party and the Democrati c al party, to The Duke and Duchess of Leinster have returned to eject from office the Radical party, who had re- Carton-house from London. The Marchioness of Kil tained possession of it for .seven years. " The dare and infant are going on favourably at Kilkea- Great Council," as it is called, or House of Com- hoThe Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are mons, and the " State Council," a Cabinet of , expected to leave Hatfield-house to-day, where the seven, who are the Executive, are each elected , Christmas festivities have closed, on a visit to the Queen ari l d h P e rin m ce ar A u lb . ert a ancti Windsor Castle until Friday. s at of p C o l rt an u r rn ic u a a rde c , as ur tl h e o , biennially in alternate years. Consequently the have been q passing the holidloay n s es people are appealed , to in one of these modes annually. On the 14th of last November the I intend to return to London the week after next, for. the - season. sion and Count ess o f Arundel and Surrey, and present State Council was elected ; it was an occa sion of the greatest political excitement. An able Ministry of seven years' standin was to be dis their youthful f am il y , h ave arrived in Carlton-terrace g from Arundel C as tl e . placed if possible ; the suffrage was universal, the LORD CARDIGAN. —An absurd story is going the i:o . u eo n t ds -C o o f l t o h n e el p e r o ovincial d. press, s an ha i u ng the u 11th th Light . Drag f oo: i s to the effect that the vote was by ballot, the largest party was to be vanquished and vanquished by the combination 1 Lieut.-Colonel pressed her Majes m ty m ' being her partner at a dance at of the wealthiest and the poorest, of the aristo- 1 upon Vice o leg i a o l n Palace, crats and the democrats. The Coalition withheld ,in Ireland. We need not say it is a fabrication. What their list of names till the election eve itself ; and , h ever ao L d or h d o C e a v r e d r i s g e an e ' r s e f h ault s of temper and caprice may it may well be supposed that great numbers of ' well-bred e awgentiemvan, tiosodwiscliplinary system, he is too prepo e st l e v r e o r u sed in the usages of ardent partisans did not sleep very soundly : courts, to be guilty of the sgaucherse ascribed that night. It was known, too, that the pol- to him.—United Service Gazette. ling would run very close ; nor had there Dr. Collmyeorr,utihne..ermionuendta congregational minister, died b e e n any lack of all the most exciting stimulants ye.FstßerEdraßyßa, U JAN. 1. Thyo), A a r t e a h n bi a n dvaneed ae. a op has su spende d which the press in all its forms supplies in the from their functions six curates who had disobeyed h is most strenuously contested English election. The orders. election morning comes. Our Englishman, not a 1 Dr. D. B. , P u h te illi t p o s, C l3 o nit Constantinople, h as arr i ve d a t b United navy, bearer of little apprehensive of the results of so many " a -t -j the Imperial lesen 7. Hotel, Dublin. tacks, defences, accusations, recriminations, in- ; AL ARMING ILLNESS OF BARON PENNEVATHER. We sinuations, rumours, intrigues, handbills, an d I learn from Dublin that Baron Pennefather had been squibs in poetryand prose—in short, all the powder attacked by , very severe illness, and is not expected to . survive. The the learned baron would create a and shot to which we are accustomed in political vacancy on thebe nc h . warfare"—walks off to the church in which the TIE GREAT NUGGET VEIN COMPANY. --The London polling is taken. The town at least is quiet, only agents of the Great Nugget bd Vein Company have re a few more pedestrians in the streets. The church, the e iv r ed et advi surns es r from t he and Sep o t ffi em ce be a r t uf S( h d e ney, giving s although converted into a polling booth (what of Mr. Spence, Augus t the manager of the Colonial Goopledracom. would CHARLES JA MES LONDON say to this ?), is pany, by whom the mine is worked, subject to the pay quiet too ; much quieter than at certain vestry ment of a portion of the profits of the Great Nugget meetings since the Lords decided the Braintree washings The machinery is e n rr ot e rt on in o a f ctio h n, eh but alluvial case. A stream of voters enters by one aisle, re- of meanwhilethasu.a.rgeetve inCompany was 381. for w August, the share ceives from a clerk at its further extremity his 66/. for September. It is added,—" Private accounts, voting ticket, termed a b u ll e ti n ; inscribes on it ''as' Well as official, continue. to hold oukprospeets of great. success. The energy and management of the the names he wishes, or asks some one, the clerk; super intendent of the Colonia l . Gold Company are himself, perhaps, to do it for him ; passes on to highly spoken of, and he continues to write in good two urns watched by two scarlet-robed function- ! spirits." COBURG INFLUENCES AT COURT. The country will learn with pleasure, that one of the most spirited and independent members of the House of Commons has intimated to his friends his intention of bringing the whole question of the CobUrg influences at the Court of Queen Victoria. before Parliament, immediately on its re-assem bling. The subject could not have fallen into bet ter hands, provided the state of the hon. gentle man's health will be such as to admit of his going fully, and with his wonted fearlessness, into it. For the sake of Constitutional principles, and for the sake of the honour and interests of England, it is devoutly to be hoped that the hon. member's physical strength may be adequate to the impor tant occasion.—Morning Advertiser. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 9. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds adjoin ing the castle this morning. His Royal Highness after wards rode out on horseback, attended by Col. Bouverie. Lord George Lennox has succeeded Lieut.-Colonel F. Seymour in attendance on the Prince. Mr. George Brand, R.N., her Majesty's vice-consul at Loanda, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday for Wind sor Castle. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the governors of New Zealand and the West Coast of Africa. Despatches were sent yesterday to the governors of the Australian colonies. general opinion of the Turks that they are unable to cope single-handed with the Russ ians. The army is confident in its superiority over the hated " Mozkov ;" and among the soldiery nu m b ers ma y be found who think that to eat them en salade is the only possible issue of the future campaign. But at best, war is but a gambling transaction; in which the best player does not always win : and it might be well to guard against accidents. Th e homely p rover b o f " A s tit c in time saves nine," may find its application here. OMER, PAcllA.—Sev&al ridiculous reports have lately gone the rounds of some of the German papers. One is to the effect that Omer Pacha has been convicted as, or discovered to be, a traitor to the cause of Turkey, in the pay of Russia ; and that the " renegade Croatian corporal," as they politely call him, has been dismissed from the ser vice by the Sultan. So far from this being the case, his Majesty gives daily proofs to the contrary. Some three days back, for instance, he sent him three Arab horses, one of which was magnificently caparisoned with crimson velvet saddle and shabraque, encrusted with gold, under charge of one of his aides-de-camp. The imperial messenger was received with a salute of 17 guns. As an ad ditional and thoroughly convincing proof of confi dence, it may be mentioned that the Sultan has c3nferred upon the Pacha the power of promotion, even up to his own grade—that of martial ; and further, the privilege of decorating whom he pleases, as high as the second rank of the new order of Madjidieh. These are powers which no commander in Europe has hitherto been entrusted with, and are assuredly amply sufficient to confute the petty calumnies of his German. enemies. In calling him a corporal they are wrong, for he never attained a higher grade than cadet in the Austrian service. TURKISH SENTINEL AT SCHUMLA..—Pelisses, i. e. cloaks lined with sheepskins, are being made up here for the protection of the sentries during the bitter cold nights which may be shortly expected. • They are to be worn over the usual great coat and hood. Woollen leggings, covering the f oo t an d leg, high up t h e thigh, are likewise being served out to the same soldiers. Large shoes, into which the feet covered with the leggings are thrust, fastened by straps and buckles, complete the equipment ; not, perhaps, a very military costume but as efficient a one as could be devised. The Russian soldiery might well envy their enemies the paternal care of their ruler ; for, judging by the specimens of the great -coats picked up on the field of Oltenitza, the Russian sentries (to make use of a sailor's idiom) must make very bad weather of it just now. FRANC}... The Bulletin de Paris announces that General the Marquis of Castelbajac, French Ambassador at St. Pe tersburgh, had refused to be present at the "Te Deum" chanted at the Czar's winter palace for the success obtained by the Russians at Sinope. The public audience which the Prince de Chimay had yesterday of the Emperor, for the purpose of - presenting King Leopold's autograph letter, has been very generally the theme of conversation in Paris. The Prince, about two years back, was one of the principal proprietors of the Emancipation of Brussels, which was at that time remarkable for _ 1 the violence with which it wrote against the na tionality of Belgium, and cried up the advantages of that country being annexed to France. In fact, M. de Chimay was, in consequence, anythi ng b ut a popular man in Belgium, being looked on as de voted to the Government of the Tuileries. Why, then, men asked, had he been selected as the special envoy of the King of the Belgians ? Apparently, because standing well with the French Govern ment, he would have a greater chance of success in the mission with which he was charged. As to the mission itself, some persons insist that the prince was charged with the task of making a last attempt at conciliation in favour of the Czar, and principally with the object of disuniting France from England in the Eastern question. Others, however—and they are better informed, it is said— declare that the autograph letter which the prince presented relates to the resumption of commercial negotiations between France and Belgium. It has been decided that Admiral Bruat, one of the most eminent men of the French navy, is to be placed at the head of a squadron which is to enter the Baltic in the spring. - In addition to Prince de Chi ma y, w h ose i nter- 1 view with the Emperor we mentioned yesterday, the Emperor received on Sunday, in public audi ence, M. Lucio Pulido, who presented his creden tials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of the Republic of Venezuela. M. Lucio Pulido was conveyed to the audience of hi s Majesty in one of the court carriages. The Bourse was firm yesterday, and free from any reports calculated to alarm the speculators. The Three per Cents opened at 71f., rose to 711. 5c., fell subsequently t o 70f . 70 c., but rose again to 71., at which they ciosed for the end of the month, being 40c. higher as compared with the closing price of Saturday. The Four-and-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 50c., being if. higher than on Saturday ; Orleans Railway Shares closed at 1,120 f. ; Rouen, 980 f. ; Havre, 470 f. ; Great Northern, 870 f. 50c. ; P ar i s an d St ras b urg, 770 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 8801. ; Lyons to the Mediterra nean, 702 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 625 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Great Central, 490 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 662 f. 50c. SPAIN. - - The Madrid Gazette, of the 4th, contains a noti fication from the Minister of the Interior, forbid ding the circulation of a manifesto drawn up by the editors of the opposition papers, complaining that they have not sufficient liberty allowed to express their opinions. The Three per Cents. were done at 414 ; the New Three per Cents. at 21f ; the Debt of the First Class, at S ; and that of the Second, at 4i. ITALY. In the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, on the 3d, the Minister of the Interior replied as follows to interpellations on the insurrectionary movement at Aosta : " The events at Aosta are naturally explained by the influence of a party which has the means of manifesting its tendencies in forms which escape the action of justice, and also by the misfortune of the times, which requires a temporary increase in the public charges. However, there is no need to have recourse to exceptional laws. The mass of the population has not taken part in the culpable manifestations ; and if the local authori ties, without sufficient force to repress the disorders, endeavoured by remonstrance to prevent the effusion of blood, they do not deserve the severe blame which has been too readily inflicted on them. The Ministry, whilst recognising in no one the right to permit the violation of the law, must, however, take into serious consideration the circumstances which may induce per sons to spare the blood of the citizens. An investiga tion has been commenced, and the Chamber may be certain that the guilty will be punished. In conclusion, I have to state that the Government will not cease to seek for means of procuring work for the population." DENMARK AND SWEDEN. There is no doubt that some change must soon be made in the Swedish quarantine system. A motion to that effect has been introduced in the House of Burgesses, and every speaker was in its favour. A number of piquant facts were related, showing the extravagancies, cruelties, and inju rious results of the present law. On the 21st the secret committee of the Four 'Chambers met his Majesty King Oscar, to receive communications explanatory of the large demands lately made for the defence of the kingdom. Great compl a i n ts are made in both Sweden and. Norway over th e want of snow, th a t i n di spensable railway for communication in the winter. As a consequence prices were daily advancing. In Swe den, especially, there was a rea l famine in many districts, all the grain that could be got at, as well as the potatoes, being thrown into the infernal still. Unfortunate Iceland has been nearly ruined by the Danish system of trade monopoly. It is now i n danger of starvation for want of the free supply ensured by a free commerce. So great is the want of rye and other necessaries that a ship is about being despatched from Copenhagen with a large quantity for their relief. - Several hundreds of Mormons have again left Copenhagen for America. Reports are flying about of a new change in the Ministry, of course in a still more despotic di rection. A letter from Christiana, of the 23d December, states that--. "Norway had decided on the fitting out of a squad ron composed of four frigates, five corvettes, and three brigs. This measure has been adopt e d i n v i ew o f t h e events which are in preparation. This country, although united to Sweden, has, as is known, a constitution of its own, a fleet of its own, and a national flag. Its in habitants, like the Swedes, are altogether opposed to the Russian polioy, of which they know the ambitious intentions, and, in consequence, they reckon on the power of France and England t o a id t h em, i f neccesary, to cause their neutrality to be respected. 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