The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-10 00:00:00

Price 3s. 6d. boards, TIE P 6 EQUE r'S La TRESOR de I'ECOLIER ea IN - ..:! A.1.:4; or. TransAating En4lisb into French at iY ht. \L so, Pnti Parise 38. 6d First French Rea iing- Book, 20. P Phraseology. German Trk9r. Dit t o Bastin;-B~ok. Data Phraseology. Italian Trkor. Ditto Read . Ditto Phraseology. lit stoire de Napoleon. Distoire da -e'rst law.; - II isto ire d'Ang leterik.°J&C. " The m.dhryi M.F. de Porquet bag jitiopted in the teaching of langnaps i 9 borne out by the first metaphysical minds, and the first of scholastic a uth (trifles, from John Locke or Roger Aseham."— EdulationalAi ag azine London: Simpkin, Stanton, and Co. T %Tell ROYAL DRURY-LAI:E.', Lessee, bfrA T. Smith. THISG, JAN. 10, Will be presented PAULA LAZARD ; or, The Ladrone's Daugh ter. Cha meters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. mead ; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING lIIIMAILNGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buokatone. THIS EVENING, Ji.t. 10, A juvenile Night, On which occasion will be performed THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwfillam and Mrs. Ba ckingham. After which, the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HAR.LE QUIN AND THE THREE BEARA ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE , OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. enemas Kam, THIS EVENING. JAN. 10, Will be performed THE RIVALS. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, Mellon, and Addison; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Miss Ilea% and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOHIM El E, entitled ttLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND HIS M EN; or. King Salamander and fife Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. liullne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Peale; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVEiCING, JAN. 10, Writ he performed A 111Cii1 4 1.01t OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews. and Baker; Miss F. litighes. After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE tr PON' A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by dir. Wright and Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER, THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprigor; 'Arr. IL Webster.—Direetrei , e, Alf*lame Celeste. Bare Christ:nas Anciasement,, _ "One - of tho Sight 3 of Lon3Oti" • Ar 4 (1101 .Teots in the exciting new TfICTZST , - )1' GOLD," every Evening—. twlei NUMBIIIt NIP. —The Great Attraction of London -The sea of Ice and Marvellous autinsi Drama of "THE new Grand Fairy Spec- TIIIS EVAFINII4..G, JAN. 10, Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melodrama, .ave tableaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments. called THE THIRST OF GOLD; or, TEE LOST SHIP 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. ; with an entirely new grand specta cular kgendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, 'and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Kzeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &C. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leese° and Manager, Mr. A. rflgan. THIS EVENING, JAN. 10 Will be performed THE ruts r NIGHT. Characters by Messrs Alfred Wig PIT, Leelie, Lindon, Harwood, Cooper, and Vincent ; bliss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. To ha fecmcd by I'IIE CAIIP AT TIIE, OLYMPIC. Charac- Wit by A. Wi.zari, P. Robson, Morton, and Galls ; Lee dim,; A. Whran. Siirliuz, P. tiort:n, Caatterlcy, ny Tiro WANDERINCI , MIS:STRET,. STTI AND TR EAT 111. Sole Levee, Mr. F. W. Microft.---Directrem, 'Ansi Rebecca Isaac 3 THIS EVEXINCI, J.Y. 10, Will be performed Li SONNAMBITLA. To be followed by VIE IRISH TUTOR'. Alto , which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled All LEQITIN AND KING N UTCRACKER ; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the iniraltable Flexmora ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Goward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pitt, IJ.; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, IL is., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. In consequence of the brilliant and Fashionable Assemblage of the First, a SECOND GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, Jex. 12, commencing at two o'clock, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Continued and brilliant career of unequalled Holiday Attractions, =verb Spectacle, incredible 'Feats of the wondrous Elephants, and the most gorgeous and successful Pantomime of the Season, THIS EVENING, JAN. 10, (And during the week) To commence with the Greatest Wonder In London, the PER FORMING ELEPHANTS. Followed by a Recherche Pontine of Scenes of Equestrianism in THE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Concluding with Mr. W. Cooke'a immensely Ituccessful COMIC PANTOMIME, written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELsoN LEE, entitled BILLY Burros's JOURNEY TO BItENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Fitvourite. New scenery, dresses, decorations. and appointments,magnificent Car of Industry, &c. Harleoubs, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Columbine, Mdlle. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowns, Mr. C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradbury. The Ladies' Favourite by Mr. W. Cooke's Pet Steed, BEAUTY. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stags Manager, gr. W. West. DAILY TVEATHER TABLE. 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.IX . , strong breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—scud—rain. GREENWICH—E., gentlo breeze—overcast. STP.OOD—S.E. gentle breeze—rain. SWINDON—S.W., light airs—foggy. YARMOUTH—S., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—E., gentle breeze—heavy rain. MULLINGAA—E, hard wind—rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. . Tlll3 DAT —Morning 15 min.after.ll Evening 46 rain.aft. 11 To-Mow:ow—Morning 0 min.after 0 I Evening 16 min.aft. 12 :IE WEATFIER.--surs 0 . 2F1G8, JAN. 10. THUBMOMIsITER, TN THE SHADE• 55 --highest since noon yesterday. 40--lowest this morning and during tho night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29753—rising rapidly. WIND, N.N.W.—Smart breeze, and cloudy weather. g s LONDON', TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1854 -0. 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 ABERDHEN of a delay in the conflict of which sprint mnAt lx the signal of commence-. decision of the CZAE mast bec.9e appr.r - at 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 Bauxo - w at L)ndon. A diplomatic rup- in ent. In all hiiman prohabili taro must in3vit4bly LV:e pi:lco between the Courts of St. Janie-f , • 4 i&iletrieS 011 th e ,me l';' , .* . 0' • orat44. - • 1, i athibewrd.s.:l, .411 Government. . - : ,:nza Wen.' SO • ' 2 ••* r t ;rO/ Wit ' ling • 'emOrc; than an could he refrain much longer from - with which from resmting the duplicit first to last he has been tempted on into his present dilemma by the timid and intriguing wiles of Aberdeenism. He 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 mi3sible, and exorbitant, Were approved of in their original form by distinguished members of that• Coalition before they wero' 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--that these 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 w hi c h they are now compelled to withstand in the name and on the authority of the collective Govern- But for this incident the AUTOCRAT would ]fc pu. never, co/W(1 never, have ventured upon the course pot) which he was therebyindueed to adventure. But for the support amured to him in that unconsti tutional rnanne-c by biA sympathisers in England, it is not in any way likely that he would so boldly and abruptly have precipitated the long-cherished • desi2u of . his ambitious dynasty. Satisfied by the complaisant bearing towards him of these most culpable statesmen, NICHOLAS dared to realise his dreams of aggrandisement. ParsuAded that t pear was, indeed, ripe ; convinced that nothing like a cordial alliance 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 Ruisian AUTOCRAT, therefore, to the very utmost degree against that England which he must regard, 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 int') 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 -1 trators appear to have forgotten that they are members of a 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 the legacy left to their descendants by thevictors 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. 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 lque with the most perfect order and propriety. " The vilest rabble eves 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 Coalition, 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 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 Join'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 crats, were all of them also persons with whom the higher classes express themselves perfectly content. MONEY MARKET AND COM M.ER 6 1 1 A L 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 safes comprised 5,000 American, 500 Egyptian at 6d. to 11d. , 500 Surat at 3d. to 4d., and 30 Sea Island at ls. Bd. to 2s. ld. p e r 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 19.315 t December. 10 to 15 in. poods tallow had changed hands amongst Russians at 130 10 for August, but there was nothing doing amongst exporting houses for next season. Exchange, 38/ to 39 1-16. " Since our last report we have had a rapid advance in tallow. We closed on Saturday at 595. ?d. 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 ls. 6d. per cwt. Still later higher prices were given, as high as 635. ed. 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 imports to 2,987,052 dollars, showing an in crease in favour of the latter of 507,426 dol lars. In the previous week, the balance had been' the other way, and but for a falling off in the ship ment of specie in the week to the 24th ult., there would also have been an excess of exports. Breadstuffs continued to be exported to a large extent. Advices from California state that the Miners at Dargan 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. 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 mornin g for London, with dates from Calcutta, Dec. 6 ;Madras, Dec. 10 ; Shanghai, Nov. 19 ; Amoy, Nov. 18 ; Hong gong, Nov. 27 ; Singapore, Dec. 4; Penang, Doc. 6 ; Galle, Dec. 13 ; Bombay, Dec. 14 ; and Bur mah, Nov. 20. - 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 Port Philip on the 12th August, with 60,000 ounces of gold on board, and has never since been heard of, are as high as 40 per cent. The imly•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. 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.* At the half-yearly meeting of thO Colonial Bank, this day, a dividend at the rate of 4 per Cent. per annum was declared. 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. 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 patentl i 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 whohave witnessed experiments under Mr. Perkes' patent, speak of it in high terms. The services. of Mr. Brereton Todd, the metallurgist have been'secured. 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. The English funds are more buoyant, and with an increased business doing for transfer. Consols have been done at 92,1 f. 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 important 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 22Z- and 23/. Spanish Three per Cents. have been done at 424, and the New Deferred are 201 to 20&. 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 44 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, inasmuih as Portugal languishes for want of those public improvements which. English capitalists might otherwise assist in carrying out. Dutch 24 per Cents. have been at 62 ex dividend. Railway Shares have been rather better, but rather higher, and also Midl a nd, N or th British, with very little doing. North-Western have been and York and North Midland. French shares have been at advanced rates. The Gold Mine 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 AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the 0.04-7a-1 unsiness done. Bank Stock .. ... 219 18 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92. 3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 923 hiixd New 3} per Cent. Annuities 933 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds, XlOOO •... ..... Ditto ' under £lOOO 4 p par Consols for Opening 18th Jan. 92i Exchequer Bills, £1000 £5OO 7lO p Small 7lO p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. nexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 384 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. X St lOB Ditto 4i per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 421 x d Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2O. x d Ditto Passive (Converted) , Dividon the ahote parsOlo;in London. Dach Ex,3lAngo, 2A per Cont. Gull 62 x d •... lIALF-PAST TWO. Consols'ifor Opening 18th January.... ..... 924 x d TELEGRAPHIC. CENTRALISATION.—A charter is pro posed to be applied for, for power to consolidate all the existing lines of telegraph under one unifor m system. REVERSE OF FORTIINE.—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. VIENNA.—From Vienna the telegraphic quotation of bills on London shows the prevalence of a complete panic in the money market, the rate on Saturday hav ing advanced to 11 - 47. TURKISH LoIN.—A repoit 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. TELEGRA.PHIO 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 chairman of the company, and ' the directors, was drunk with enthusiasm. It may be interesting to mention, as a proof of the progress of the company's operations since its establishment in 1848, that the total number of employes in London is 310, and in the provincesT94o. THE ISLE or DOGS.—This island, so long a tract of barren and unproductive marsh land, and still the greater part of it seven 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 excellent public-house ; a doctor ,(no lawyer !) a house-agent, a gas-works ; an omnibus ; a post-office ; and a station for the Thames police.—The Builder. RESPITE OF WILLIAM CUMMING. —William Cumming, capitally convicted before the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, and whose execution had been fixed for yesterday (Monday, January 9), has been respited for fourteen days. This reprieve has been requested by the law authorities at 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 inan, 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 Lazarto'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 afterwards killed in battle, 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•addictod 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 Bennett) 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 occu pation of her father, whom 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, Joanna exultingly throws herself into his arms. The Marquis consents to their 'anion, 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 Juann a 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 him, 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 beggar brigand should be known, and thus her hope of union with the son of 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 loveis follows as a matter of course. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. -- - -~-- - 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 him 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. 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 else 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 Reddille 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 &lid 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 light through numer 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 tinues on the Wallachian frontier. The Turkish Admiral, Osman Pasha, made prisoner i n the affair of Sinope, has died of his wounds at Sebastopol. The .National Gazette of Berlin states that the sailors of the Baltic fleet, who had been sent to their homes, have received orders to return to their posts in N arch. The Cologne Gazette of the 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, and at the same time to produce a strong impres sion abroad. In Courland, this semi-official invi tation has been very successful. The nobility have requested 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, hut which does not prevent the nobility from sendinc , their children to fight for the defence of the orthodox faith. The Ger man Russians are worse than the Russians pro perly so called." The 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 citizens of Riga, animated with an unalterable de votedness for the throne and the country, have declared that they were ready to make every sacri= face to attain the object mentioned in the manifesto of the Ist November last. All the civil function aries of Courland, Esthonia, and even some of Li vonia, 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 patriotic 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." tie 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 Gortschakoff 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 views thus expressed seem exceedingly improbable. SUPPOSED PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. Speculations are made by all hands 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 can be moved into, the provinces, to ke e p up the communications, forward envoys, &c. ; to hold them, 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 t'olburn's CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—JustIy named the Naval and Military Journal, their proper strength House of Call for Pantomimes. Mr. Nelson Lee has is some 59,000 ;so that the allowance above named this season surpassed himself—he has, indeed, taken appears ample. There would then be 70,000 men care of number one ;it is one of the old school of panto- in hand, able to march and give battle to the Turks mimes ; the opening, which is entitled The Ocean Queen ; somewhere between their point of crossing and or, Harlequin and the Mystic Branch, being a very pretty Schumla. fairy legend, a d m i ra bl y carr i e d out. Th e h ero, young ofoperation to be t d Supposing this plan and it is likely enough that it may be so—what are who starts him on a journey to rescue the fairy Queen, who is enchanted beneath the deep, which can only be the Turks to do to resist it ? accomplished by securing the mystic branch. After en- Unfortunately for th 3 defence of the line of the countering innumerable difficulties, he succeeds, arriving Danube, that river from Widdin to Isatchka takes at the palace of Oriental Pearls—a scene of perfect a re-entering curve, which materially weakens the beauty. We never saw so great an effect produced on position ; for it is difficult to see how the troops , a minor stage ; it reflects the greatest credit on the at Kalafat, Widdin, and o n th e l ower Danube management. Here the transformation takes pl ace , and towards Isatchka, &c., are t o b e ma d e ava i lable to when we say Mr. Veroni, from Drury-lane, is the Har- resist the invasion. This is why, if th e T urks are lequin, Mrs. W. H. Harvey the Columbine, Mr. Mor- only to act on the defensive, the line of th e D an ub e relli the Pantaloon, Paul Herring the Clown, and Herr should be abandoned Moreover, the position of Deani the Sprite, it is enough to satisfy the public that justice is done to the working of the comic scen e s, those troops will be one of the most cr iti ca l na - Which are full of wit and practical jok es o f th e ture ; for they will have the whole of th e R uss i an - present day, and written in Mr. Nelson Lee's happy invading army between them and Schrtmla,-unless style. We strongly advise all lovers of pantomime to that army is repulsed close to the Danube. If, pay the City Theatre a visit. Mr. Stanfield, Mr. Chas. then, the Turks were to lose a general action Dickens, and Mr. Mark Leman have visited the theatre, between Schumla and the river, there appears no and, by the applause they bestowed throughout, ap- resource for them but to shut themselves in their peared much pleased with this really talented production. • GREAT METROPOLITAN EXHIBITI O N O F POULTRY.— fortresses or entrenchme n ts, and fight it out to the last. The private view of the Great Metropolitan Poultry On the whole, this operation is one that must be Society's second exhibition took place yesterday even cons'd d ere as the most fatal to the Turks that the ing, at the bazaar, Baker-street. The whole of the spa- Russians 1 could a cious building in which the Christmas exhibition of fat do pt. To prevent it, there ap cattle is held was occupied with pens, cages, baskets, &c., rears to be but one method, viz., to cross the Da in which the birds were arranged. Some of th e cages nube and fight the enemy, not onhis own grou n d, were of mahogany, an d ex t reme ly t as t e f u l i n design, but has lately stolen. the on the ground he the great majority were th e ordi nar y p en , covered in Then comes the question—Are the Turks in a front with a wire network. The total number of pens of position, or rather will they be in a position in the poultry, including fowls, ducks, geese, and turkeys, was I spring, to carry the war into Wallachia single -1,139 ; of pigeons, 425 ; and of rabbits, 50. The Brahma handed, in the face of the three corps d'armee, Poutras, to which for a first time a class was given, which, to a certainty, will be found there to meet were in great force, and many first-rate specimens of them—against, too, the infinite resources of Russia this noble bird were exhibited. His Royal Highness at their back ? It is to be feared that they will Prince Albert was among the contributors, and his pen, not. This isa question which England and France marked 581, was " highly commended" by the judges. ought to look to, and doubtless will look to ; for The first prize for this magnificent bird was awarded to upon its solution depends the necessity of sending Mr. H. Davies, of Spring-grove, Hounslow ; and the second to Mr. Henry Gilbert, of Upper Phillimorepla , ce, an Anglo-Gallic army of 50,000, or even 30,000 Kensington. These birds were, we understand, greatly men, to make the chances a little more even, and admired by her Majesty fot their beautiful symmetry and to prevent, perhaps, the Russians from roundness of breast. They are c ons id ere d by jud g es to Bllkans their boundary. ready yrs to be superior to the celebrated Cochin fowls, from their making the And, after all, what is this question of peace or greater resemblance to the thorough-bred Dorking. In war ?It is simply—Cau we manage to patch up a the course of the eveni the judges made their awards, peace its and reported that a great improvement was observable in now, that we may enjoy a further lease of blessings for three or four, or fi p v en e t o -b r o t a e , n , , the different breeds o birds. The show of pigeons was pe come, perhaps ? And if we can, it will only be to culiarly good, the most noticeable being the Australian find the unchangeable " ser bronze-winged carriers, and the collection of Mr. Samuel Europe. Bult, of Hornsey-lane, Highgate. The breed of bantams make a fresh attack upon theliberties of was considerably improved, and comprised the gold and . It has been well asked, " When will such a favour silver Sebright and other descriptions. The specimens I able opportunity again occur for teaching Russia a of white-feather-legged bantams in pen No. 100 were ' lesson which she has so long wanted, that the peace especially noticed. The entries of Cochin Chinas were of Europe is not to be disturbed, or solemn treaties very numerous and of high class, many of the birds be- broken, at the mere will of a despot, with im ing punity ? When will England and F rance aga i n so ing valued at prices ranging from 20 to 60 g u i neas . Th e judges were of opinion that the exhibition o f th e latter . thoroughly understand each other as at present ? bird was, on the whole, finer than that held at Birming- When will Austria be found neutral in such a ham, and the specimens more valuable. The pens deemed •• ? And, lastly,when will Turkey be so well the finest were Nos. 350, 361, and 362. The first prize among the partridge Cochins was given to 345, and the prepared for war as she is at this present moment ?" crisis .. second prize to 344. The . number of birds co ll ec t e d may It is hard to know how this will read i n England— be imagined when it is stated that th er e were 2,000 en - dreadfully bloodthirsty, perhaps; but in Turkey policy. i tries, and in many cases there was sc arce ly room f or th e ' it appears sound, long-si g ht e d pens. :. I Be it understood th a t it sby no means the 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 numbers may 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. The homely proverb of " A stitch in time saves nine," may find its application here. OMER PAdnA.—Several 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 menti one d th at t h e S u lt an h as c -inferred. 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 foot and. leg, high u p th e th ig h, 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 ver y military costume bu,, as efficient a one as could be devised. The Russian soldiery might well envy their enemies the paternal care of their ruler; for, jud 6 ing by the specimens of the great-coats picked up on the field of Oltenitza, the Russian sentries (to snake use of a sailor's idiom) must make very bad weather of it just, now. 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 lantern 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 present Leader of the House of Commons, the graver arguments of Lords PANMURE 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. COPPOCK 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 very 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 intellecfmally and ecclesiastically, but numerically not larger than a third or fourth rate English town, a most interesting communication from a' highly intelli g ent Engli s h gentle- NARROW ESCAPE OF THE DUCHESS OP 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 journal (the Norfolk Prancfort, states that the Duchess of Orleans on d the News), and we can assure the Cabinet Committee previous d % i i r riding y in i a lar sle o d wl ae y th e e sc sl a i p a e ft d s b a ro e ke, ' and s th a e nc h i o n rse t s . on the Reform Bill, and the whole Cabinet, that ran off and overturned the vehicle, but fortunately the 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 th e Con- hAarllySiliaaffnodrdashfamily circle, are staying at Trentham servative party and the Democra.tical 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 Aare and infant are going on favourably at Kilkea- Great Council," as it is called, or House of Com- i l T s tie e. to.„1„.1, and ! Marchioness of Salisbury are MODS, and the " State Council," a Cabinet of , ot- / ected, to 1e4,-/e- Hatfield , house to-day, where the seven, ,who are the _Executive, are each electedChrigtrilfulegtivities have closed, on a visit to the Queen ~' 4./ ti ! and Prince - . Albert at. Windsor Castle until Friday. biewaially iiiliterna.te years. •Couseeinseay I, le ~. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, who peple ar ;Lppealed, to in one cf . these modes ' have b een passing. the holidays at Portumna Castle, ann , i ' i i i, OdNlie 14th of last November the intend to return to London the week after next, for the pogot State Council was elected ; it was an occa season. sion of the greatest political excitement. An able The Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, their youthful have arrived in Carlton-te and family, rrace Ministry of seven years' standing was to b e dig- from Arundel Castle. placed if possible e the suffrage was universal, the I LORD CARDIGAN.—An absurd story is going the vote was by ballot, the largest party was to be rounds oftheprovincialpressh to ot heeffect Da that r the s vanquished, and vanquished by the combination I ' t c i ; pressed her Lieut.-Colonel ei esty's hand upon theoccasion commanding the 11th o Light Dragoons his of the wealthiest and the poorest, of the aristo- being her partner at a dance at the Vice-Regal Palace, crate 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 ; ever Lord Cardigan's faults of temper and caprice may it may well be supposed that great numbers of be, we i and l- br e however o a weversevere his disciplinary system, he is too gentleman, too well versed in the usages of ardent partisans did not sleep very soundly' c,,urts, to be guiltyof the preposterous a scribed ' gaucherie th ' at night. It *as knOwn, too, that the poi- :to him. —United service Gazette. 1 Dr. Coll • d 1 ling would run very close ; nor had there i yer, the eminent congregational minister, die 1 vester . da been any lack of all the most exciting stimulants . a. . RElZURinGo,rn j ia (M l.- onTdahyebAartcahnbiashdovp has s a u g s e p . ended wl3ich the- press in all its forms supplies in the from their functions six curates who had disobeyed his most strenuously contested English election. The j orders. e l ec tion morning come s . O ur E ngl i shman, no t a i despatches Dr. en D' B. Phillips, United States navy, bearer of route to Constantinople, has arrived at littl e apprehensive of the re su lt s o f so many "at - the Imperial Hot e l, D u bli n. tacks, defences, accusations, recriminations, in- I ALARMING ILLNESS or BARON PENNEPATHER. —We sinuations, rumours, intrigues, handbills, and learn from Dublin th a t B aron P enne f at h er b a d b een squibs in poetry and prose—in short, a ll th e powder survive.attacked by 4:hvee,riyeatsh of severe illness, learned llnes baron s,andisn w ot eul er expected eat e to a and shot to which we are accustomed in political 1 va cancy on the Irish bench. warfare"—walks off to the church in which the I 'rue GREAT NUGGET VEIN C OMPANY .—Th e L on d on - polling is taken. The town at least is quiet, on l y ! agents of the Great Nugg e t V e i n C ompany have re a few moredestrians in the streets. The church I ceived advises from the head offi ce a t S y d ney , giving pe the returns for August and September of the operations although converted into a polling booth (what lof Mr. Spence, the manager of the Colonial Gold Corn would CHARLES JAMES LONDON say to this ?), is ! pany, by whom the mine is worked, subject to the pay quiet too ; mach quieter than at certain vestry ! Vein.:Tl ent ofzt portion of is notfthepro sat 1 profits of action, f the but Great alluvial Nugget , ~, .asin meetings since the Lords decided the Braintreehs are meanwhile g T h machinery carried on, of w hi c h th e s h are A stream of voters enters by one aisle, re- i o f the Nugget Vein Company was 381, for August, and ceives from a clerk at its further extremity his 661. for September. It is added,—" Private accounts, voting ticket, termed a bulletin ; inscribes on it ,as well as official, continue to d hold out prospectsf ghee the nam es h e wishes or asks some one, the clerk ,u re p a e, i u s te nc u ce tle ss n . t of Th t e h o e n c e T i y o n iaanl Golds management a o o y himself, perhaps, to n do it for him ; passes en to highly s p o k en o f, an d h e con ti nues t o 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. Bouyerie. Lord George Lennox has succeeded Lieut.-Colonel F. Seymour in attendance on the Prince. Mr. George Brand, RN., 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. ' case. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. Wigan brought Out, at a great expense, a panto mime, under the superintendance of an author whose numerous successes and literary standing were a gua rantee for the merit of anything he might produce. But the spectacle has not proved attractive, and, instead of pushing it on, and bolstering it up between pieces of more vitality, Mr: Wigan has at once withdrawn it. Until a new piece of more impoitance 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. FRANCE. 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 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 consequenc e , an ythi ng b u t 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 Chimay, whose inter 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 his 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 71f. 5c., fell subsequently to 70f. 70c., 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. ; Paris and Str as b urg , 770 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 880 f. ; 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 411 ; the New Three per Cents. at 218 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 81 ; 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 etceptional 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 ope 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 oxtravagancies, 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 complaints are made in both Sweden and Norway over the want of snow, that indispensable railway for communication in the winter. As a consequence prices were daily advancing. In Swe den, especially, there was a real 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 in 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 adopted iu view of the 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 policy, of which they know the ambitious intentions, and, in coosequence, they reckon on the power of France and England to aid them, if neccesarh to cause their neutrality to he respected. The Russian officers sent on mission have been received with cour tesy and consideration ; but they must have convinced themselves of the slight sympathy which the conduct of 4 their Government inspires in any class of society. At the date of the last despatches they were in the province of Scendejfeld, having just visited that. of Nordland- Missions of this kind are common enough on the part of Russia, who gives her officers of merit every oppor tunity to gain instruction."