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Fcp.. 3s. 6d. roan ; 3s. cloth, TAYLOR'S SYSTEM OF STENOGRAPHY, or Short-hand Writing. A New Edition. With Additional Notes and New Tables. Revised and Improved by JOHN HENRY COOKE. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, JACOBS' LATIN READER—New and Improved Editions. I LATIN READER. Part I. Selected from Phtedrus, iEsop. &c. By Professor Jecoas. Fourteenth I Edition. With the addition of the Quantity where requisite, and of a few Notes, pointing oat the derivation and construction of the more difficult words. 12mo. 12s. Gd. cloth (Simpkin and Co.) LATIN READER. Part 11. Selected from Cicero, Livy, Nepos, &c. Eight Edition, on the same plan. 12mo. 3s. cloth. *.* These Works by Professor Jacobs abound both with instruc tion and entertainment, are full of interest, and have passed through several editions in many parts of the Continent of Europe and States of America. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Of whom may be had, 1. ELEMENTS of LATIN HEXAMETERS and PENTAME TERS. By the late ROBERT BLAND. Twenty-first Editiclothon, i A m proved by the Rev. G. C. RownEN , D.C.L. 12na0., 3s. . Key to Ditto. New Edition. 12m0., ss. cloth. 2. LATIN VERSIFICATIO N SIMPLIFIED. By J. CIREY, LL.D. Fourth Edition. 12m0., 2s. cloth. A Key to Ditto, 2s. td. cloth. The Rev. T. K. Arnold recommends this Work, as fitted Poe pre cede his Introduction to Latin Verse Compoon. (See rface to that Work.) HUNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. —Admission, Is.—ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, Adelaide-street, West Strand —Every EVENING, at Eight, by the renowaed HUNGARIAN B k ND, whose performances have created such intense interest throughout the leading European cities. The programme is varied nightly, and includes the finest compositions of ancient and modern mast ers, a s well as Hungarian and other na tional Melodies, Mazurk as, Waltzes, Galops, and Quadrilles. Ka lozdy,nductor. Soluts Fl u gelhorn, Horanyi ; clarionette, M. Angarde mi s s J. Warman. Vocalists—The Tyrolese co piano, Min strels, Madame Kram er, %dile. Marie and Herr Oelckers, who have been honoured by the patronage of her Siajesty and Prince Albert. Morning performan ce, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. Plirr I.—Overture (Zampa), Herold ; Trio (The Wandering Min strel), Madam e Kramer, Mdlle. Marie and Herr Oelckers ' • Sole, pianoforte (Don Pasq uale), Miss Julia Warman ; Mazurka (He reique). Kaloz dy; Song (Early In the Morning), Madame Kramer; Solo, clarionette, M. Augarde; Cavatina (HunyadiJlaszlo), Erkell • Waltz (MY Dream), Liehterstein ; Jullien's American Quadrille. p at e r I L—Selection (La Sonnambula), Bellini ; Solo Flugelhorn, H e rr Eforanyi; Duet (Quarrel in the Saloon), Madame Kramer and Herr Oelcacrs; Solo, pianoforte (Capriccio a la Suisse), Miss Julia W a rman; Polka (Roccoco), Kalozdy; Quadrille (Crescent), Sur kozij ; Trio (Town Welcome), Madame Kramer, Mdlle. Marie and Herr Oelckers ; March (Beniowski), Kalozdy. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Trils EVENING, Jaw. 14, Will be presented PAULA LAZARD ; or, The Ladrone's Daugh ter. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. Mead ; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING lIUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. TIIV4 EVENING, JAN. 14, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss E. Grey, &c. After which. the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaAamcs KERN. THIS EVENING, JAN. 14, Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, 11. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Daly, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Moline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine., Miss Desborough• LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. TIES EVENING, Jaw. 14, Will be performed A BACEIELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGs. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 14, Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama, in dye taoleaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE VIIRST 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. To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Chrirmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, called SUMBE K NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Priuci oal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolzar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JAIL 14, Will be performed THE FIRST NIGIIT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac• ten by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Robson, Morton, and Galli ; Mes dames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, &c. Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. Role Lessee, Mr. F. W. Al!croft.—Directress, Mlsi Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, JAN. 14, Will be performed LA. SONNANIBULA. To be followed by THE IRISH TUTOR. After which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING :NUTCRACKER ; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Goward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pitt, Is.; Galler, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. ls., to be had of Mr. Ancro ft , 15, New Bo y nd-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Continued and brilliant career of unequalled Holiday Attractions, superb Spectacle, incredible Feats of the wondrous Elephants, and the most gorgeotuf and successful Pantomime of the Season. TIIIS EVENING, JAN. 14, ;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 Equestrianism in THE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Concluding with Mr. W. Cooke's immensely successful COMIC PANTO WIME, written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BUT lON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Wks' Favourito. New scenery, dre4ses, decorations, and appointments, magnificent' Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, 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, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Trn DAT —Morning 3 min.after 2 I Evening 21 min.aft. 2 To-Moasow—Morning 41 min.after 2 I Evening 58 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—Stnq OFFICE, JAN. 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41 —highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 2918. WIND, W.—Light breeze, and fine weather. M b I CI Snit • A.. a" LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1854, The responsibility of the present situation de - 1 wolves now wholly upon the Russian AUTOCRAT. It rests entirely with him to decide whether Peace or War shall for the next few years be the destiny of Christendom. For it'now appears that the final propositions made to the Sublime Porte by the Four Powers, through the medium of their patched-up Conference, has been accepted by Turkey, not partially or hesitatingly, but promptly and entirely. Intelligence of this complete ac ceptance was received in Vienna on the 11th in s t. —on the 12th inst. it was despatched thence by courier to St. Petersburgh, and would con sequently, by a reasonable calculation, ar rive by the 18th instant at its ultimate des tination, the Cabinet of the CZAR. and the hands of NESSELRODE. It must be remembered that this remarkable document will have been heralded to the Russian capital by accounts of the recent victories achieved by the arms of OMiR EMMA, in Little Wallachia, as well as by authentic information as to the entrance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, and of their posssible appearance off Sebastopol. However much these incidents may affect the temper Of NICHOLAS, it must be obvious that his ulterior decision must still be exclusively dependent upon the nature and bearing of the ultimatum. convey ing to his Imperial MAJESTY, on the part of Tur key and her allies, in their definitive propositions. Upon the nature and bearing of those proposi tions reposes the supreme alternative of the likeli hood or improbability of a reconciliation. Not only that, of course, but gill more in the event of a Peace being thereupon arranged, the honour or the dishonour to France and England of the evolved reconciliation. Observe !—it is now remarked by the Ministe rial nraana "It rpmaina to he seen whether THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, and the absolute exclusion of another, are appa rent on the face of this arrangement ; as our MONEY MA RKE LAW INTEL. THIS DAY.) AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH. contemporary observes, if all the young Peers and others were the free unbiassed choice of the electors, LUMLEY V. GYE. there would be nothing to complain of. This, however, no one will pretend to be the case ; and those who object to mechanical devices are fairly bound to show us something better. It is almost CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. This was an action brought to recover compensation for the loss which the plaintiff had sustained by reason of the defendant having, as he alleged, induced Mdlle. Johanna Wagner, the eminent German singer, to break her engagement with him. Some short time ago a com mission was issued at the instance of the defendant to examine Miss Wagner and her father, in Berlin, upon the points in dispute between the parties, but the com mission being at variance with the rules of the Prussian law, it ultimately proved abortive. The defendant then applied to the Court to issue a second commission, directed to the Royal Court of Berlin, and having granted a rule 'nisi, for such a commission, Sir F. Thesiger, with whom were Mr. Hoggins, Q.C., and Mr. Huddieston, now appeared to show cause against it. The learned counsel contended that, inasmuch as the examination of the witness would have to be entirely conducted at the discfetion, and through the in strumentality of a Prussian judge, it would debar The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 were taken for export and specula,timl. The market closed steadily. Railway shares were firmer. The bearing of the quarterly official payments is. shown in the Bank of England return for the week to the 7th inst. The bullion increased but to a limited amount, nor was the circulation of notes much extended, because the withdrawal of Go vernment moneys was counterbalanced by the increased private deposits and the re-payment of loans. Compared with the previous week, the principal changes are these amusing to look at the classified lists, and to notice all the counties, with scarcely an exception, in the hands of " country gentlemen" or the " relations of peers"—a term restricted, restricted, too, to ;heir "sons and brothers." We observed, a little while ago, that, even if the representantives from the boroughs to be dis franchised were given largely to the counties (a course we, certainly, do not wish to see pursued), it would make but little alteration in the propor- tions of parties, classed as town and country parties. These tables bear out our view com pletely. Not less than 110 country gentlemen sit for boroughs, 90 of them for English boroughs ; and not fewer than 61 relations of Peers or Irish Peers, 48 of these for English boroughs. Nearly half, therefore, of the country gentlemen and the aristocracy sit for boroughs ! Now, we will frankly confess, that we do not, in one sense, wish this to be altered. We think the country gentlemen and aristocracy either are, or may be made, very suitable persons, generally, for representatives. They have education, they have leisure, they have property. What spoils them is, that they are not elected by the people. Those who are so elected are never complained of by them, and they do the people's work well. In these very tables, Mr. MILNER GIBSON, Mr. TnomAs DuNcomm, Lord DUDLEY CouTTs STUART, and Sir BENJAMIN HALL, for in stance, rank as country gentlemen. We have never concealed our opinion, that were the con stituencies augmented to 10,000 each, and the votes taken by ballot, still a class with little else to do, and such opportunities for early education and later acquisitions, must be our chosen repre sentatives. The difference would be, that their leisure and talents must be employed in the people's service, or they would soon be left in the lurch. Popular election would improve our natural aristocracy, not dispense with them. They would still want employment consistent with their station, and congenial with a high-born Englishman's as pirations, and we should still want agents whose time was not their livelihood. They and the people are thus made for each other, and together they must come ; but we should have more MILNER GrßsoNs and DUNCOMBES, and fewer . . . (Our readers will excuse names). The total blank of " working-men's interest" representatives will make any reader thoughtful. The Spectator agrees with us, that had a reason able number of their representatives been in Par liament, we should have heard nothing of strikes. Workmen would have seen their case stated and argued, where all other classes of Englishmen can get a hearing, and a committee, too, to probe their allegations thoroughly. The impoverishing reign of the COWELLS .and NEWTONS would be at an end, were these gentlemen themselves in a committee of the House of Commons responsible to public opinion, instead of lording it in their own irre sponsible conclaves of the ignorant and disaffected. But how is the difficulty of choosing working class representatives to be met ? Universal suffrage is tabooed by too many yet. The common idea is, that a five-pound rating franchise would attain the end. The municipal franchise, with certain modifications of the ratebook, would, we think, be decidedly better than this. The Westminster suggests the selection of certain towns for this express purpose ; but are the agricultural labour ers to get no hearing ?—one of the largest classes in the kingdom too, and one of the most needy. It is not certain, moreover, that universal suffrage would return the working-man's candidate in any locality. Better far, therefore, in some very large populations, divide the voters into all above and all under a 101. occupancy, and give half the members to each division. In this way, the workmen and the masters would each have their own representatives in the same locality. We do not remember to have heard of the inter vention of the Members of Parliament in the dis trict of strikes during the long quarrel. Pro bably a natural delicacy withheld the elect of the middle and upper classes from an apparently one sided interference. Had the householders below 10/. chosen their own members separately, what could have been more natural than that these counsel for each party should have been the chief debaters on the question. We incline to the opinion that even electors of this humblest class would not long choose representatives from their own order. We offer the above suggestion, how ever, for those who are afraid of any general large extension of the suffrage, and who yet feel the need in our actual social condition of a bona fide representation of the working classes. Active circulation..,, Increase £21,348,200 270,340 15,831,072 Bullion 21,827 3,247,894 Increase Public Deposits 8,291,993 Decrease. 3,117,940 Other Deposits Increase 1,703,535 Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 42,375 Government Securities 14,833,299 Decrease 211,031 Other Securities 16,736,409 Decrease 839,714 Notes unemployed 7,800,600 Decrease 301,620 The Foreign Exchanges were steady yesterday afternoon. Paris, 90 days', 25 25 to 30 ; Amster dam, 11 16 to 16i ; Hamburg, 13 42. to 5 ; and Trieste, 12 12 to 20. Decrease Rest the plaintiff of his right of cross-examination, and set aside the rules of evidence recognised in an Eng- ish court of justice. There were other objections of a Bar silver is at ss. 10. per oz. standard, all that received by the Magdalena steamer having been disposed of. The gold ex Ambrosine has been melted, and nearly the whole quantity taken for exportation. By a statement of Messrs. Haggard and Pixley, respecting the export of bullion from London dur ing the year 1853, it appears the total was 21,196,0001., viz., 15,450,800/. gold, and 5,745,8001. silver. Australia took 3,942,8001. of the gold, Hamburg, Belgium, and Rotterdam 7,160,2001., the Peninsular and Mediterranean 1,056,4001., and France 1,730,0001. India and China absorbed over 5,000,0001. of the silver, and Hamburg and France most of the remainder. BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) IN RE SHIELDS. When the meeting of Peruvian Bondholders, held on Thursday, is calmly considered, the parties interested must feel most strongly the importance of the objects sought to be attained, and the jeopardy in which the rights of the English credi tors have been placed through the inaction of the body which has generally to watch over the Spanish- American debts. Fortunately the result has proved all that could be desired, the immense decline in the value of the security having caused the holders to attend numerously, and to act vigorously, with out respect to persons. The detailed account of the proceedings which appears in another part of The Sun will expose to those who are at a distance the double-dealing that has been practised upon them by the Peruvian Government ; and we trust, also, that it may have the salutary effect of en lightening the Peruvian people upon the manner in which they are made to suffer for the ad vantage of a few who have friends at head quarters, and can get enormous compensation claims acknowledged, then converted into home bonds, and, after being bought up at a comparatively low figure, transformed by an arrangement with railway and other contractors, into sterling bonds, which it was sought to intro duce upon the London and Paris markets. Under their former upright and patriotic president, such jobbery could never have been perpetrated. A home debt magnified far beyond its legitimate pro • portions, after making every allowance for fair _ _ claims, and a splendid and increasing revenue an nually absorbed without an effort worthy of the name to liquidate the capital of the debt, will be a sorry legacy hereafter for the population at large, . . who, sharing neither in the commissions nor the profits of financial scheming, would naturally desire to see their country freed from debt as fast as pos sible. The Peruvian authorities, from the proceeds of the guano sold in England alone, have- the handling of a sum that, in a very few years, would extinguish the whole foreign debt, but which, on the contrary, they are actually increas ing. Perhaps we may be told that at least 300,000/. to 400,000/. of the home bonds clandestinely con verted into foreign was for the construction of a public work ; but has Peru, with its ample resources, need to degrade its credit by private arrangements of a character so onerous as this ? It would have been perfectly easy to have obtained in a fair and open manner the amount required for a railway, or any other legitimate purpose, the security of the unap propriated guano being made available ; but now the republic stands in the unenviable position of having lowered its reputation in Europe to such an extent, that within a few months its stock has be come almost unsaleable, even at a depreciation of 25 per cent., and has disgusted numerous holders, who sold at a loss, with a firm resolve not again t o touch Peruvian securities. The best thing that could possibly have happened is the meeting of Thursday. It has shown that the interests of the foreign creditors are identical with those of the Peruvian republic, and that it is not yet too late to arrest a lax and wasteful administration of the finances. The dissatisfaction felt could not have been more strongly demonstrated than in the reso lution mooted as to the London agency, and that resolution, had the new committee of bondholders not interposed with praiseworthy moderation, would, amidst the storm of indignation that pre vailed, undoubtedly have been carried. It is . to be hoped Congress will look a little closer into the whole affair. The amount of gold exported from London direct, during the week to Thursday last, was 2,500 ounces. No silver was shipped. The English Funds opened rather heavily this morning, but have improved since. Consols have been 92i, and since 93k to ; the New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 94 to 941 ; and the Three per Cents. 93k to I. Bank Stock has been steady at 21.7. Exchequer Bills have realised Bs. to lls. premium, and India Bonds 4s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done at 91 to 911 ; Austrian Five per Cents., with the exchange at 10 guilders, at 75 ; and Dutch Four per Cents. 94q ; Spanish Three per Cents. have been steady at 42k, and the Deferred at 20i to The Railway Share market has been under the influence of the settlement, and prices generally are firm. There is, however, not much doing. Generally, shares are easily obtainable, and a small rate of interest is charged for carrying them over. The French lines are nominal. Zealand have im proved. The Gold Mine Shares are supported, the Aus tralian banks are at very full rates, and the Land Companies are well maintained. LONDONDERRY, SEAHAM, AND SUNDER- LAND RAILWA E We are authorised to state, that in consequence of the very inclement weather, and other unto walrd circumstances, the opening of the London derry, Seaham, and Sunderland Railway, which was to have taken place on the 17th January, is postponed until J nne, when, it is hoped this mag nificent work will be accomplished, and its opening celebrated with suitable splendour and rejoicings. technical character, to the issuing of the commission, in the form and manner applied for, but this was the principal objection, ancrupon that the plaintiff prayed the Court to !dismiss the rule, more especially as if the new commission was granted, it might let in evidence which would be wholly inadmissable according to our The Attorney-General on the other side, with whom were Mr. Creasey and Mr. Willes, met the objection by stating, that if the evidence returned in answer to the commission should prove to be at variance with the law England, it would be rejected on the trial of the case at Nisi Prius, and, therefore, since the evidence of Mdlle. Wagner and her father, it was absolutsly necessary for the defence, that the commission ought to be granted. The Court ultimately granted the new commission, upon the defendant undertaking to pay the costs of the former one. Rule absolute accordingly. This bankrupt was described as of the City, merchant, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. From the preliminary statement prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, it appears that the debts amount to about 2,5001., and the assets estimated at about the same amount. Mr. Robinson, in answer to questions by the learned commissioner, said it was impossible at present to state the positive amount of assets, as they would depend on the result of consignments to South America and the Brazils, but he thought at least 1,0001. might be calcu lated on as speedily to be realised, but he wished for an adjournment for six weeks, to complete the accounts. His Honour granted the adjournment. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Fortescue.) PHILLIPS V. PUNCHEON. This was an action to recover one quarter's rent of premises in Bread-street-hill. Mr. lorry appeared as counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. W. R. Buchanan for defendant. The evidence was of a very conflictory nature as re spected the delivery up of the key, as an agreement had been entered into between the parties that the defendant should pay half-a-quarter's rent, in lieu of notice ; or, in the event of the premises not being let, to pay the other half-quarter's rent. Mr. Buchanan pressed for the production of the docu ment, but the learned counsel for some time objected, but at length it was put in evidence. Mr. Buchanan called evidence for the defence, to prove that the key had been delivered up to a person named Fry, by the express order of the plaintiff, although Fry, from some cause or other, rejected the agency, and took down a tin plate announcing that the place was to be let, and left it at a public-house which plaintiff used, and said that he (Fry) would no longer be agent to plaintiff. Mr. Buchanan contended that the acceptance of the key by Fry, exonerated the defendant from further claim, for Fry, as agent of plaintiff, had done all the mischief to prevent the letting by taking down the notice. His Honour said that the evidence was very contra dictory, and anxious as he always was to reconcile the testimony if it could be conceived that a mistake had occurred he could not find grounds for doubt in this case. In the first instance the agreement bad been withheld up to the last moment, and when he (his hon our) had recalled one of the plaintiff's witnesses it was elicited that the witness Fry had been called in not only as a friend for the express purpose of witnessing the signature to the agreement. The evidence was so un satisfactory that ho (his honour) must give a verdict for defendant with full. costs. Mr. Horry begged it to be understood by the Court that he had no knowledge of any agreement until the moment it was calked for and produced. His Honour said he did not impute anything to the learned counsel perkonally, but the case had not been put fairly before the Court. Russia will accept the propositions." Still more earnestly we say—lt remains to be seen, in the event of their acceptance by the CZAR, whe ther those propositions are honourable to their four great originators ! Wherefore, it may be asked, the doubt thus thrown upon the integrity of the mysterious ultimatum only just now forwarded to St. Petersburgh ? Wherefore ? The inquiry admits of being very speedily satisfied. Simply,. then, for this sufficient reason—that the Note of the Four Powers, the Note accepted by the Porte and now forwarded on to St. Petersburgh for the final decision of the AUTOCRAT—is declared by the apologists of Aberdeenism to amount literally to this, to nothing more and no thing less than this, the guarantee, by Tur- I key, of the maintenance of the rights and privileges of the Christian subjects of the SULTAN of all denominations. Nothing more ! Now this is precisely in accordance with the view announced on Monday last by the chief of the organs of the Coalition, when, in answer to the inquiry as to what were the advantages to be secured to France and England by the settlement of existing diffi culties between the CzA R and the SULTAN, the writer answered epigramatically and explicitly— NONE ! None ? Will such a decision, we ask, be honourable to the allies of Turkey, or conso nant with our dreams of security to Christen dom ? Asssuredly not. We aspire to wel come no peculiar benefits to France and England as the fruit of these prolonged struggles and protracted negotiations. No. But at the same time we do yearn to witness the extension to the whole of the European family of nations of advantages such as should constitute substantial guarantees that Russia would never again be in a position to repeat her lawless expe riment upon the dismemberment of Turkey, and, of course, as a crowning consequence, upon the ultimate capture of Constantinople. Guarantees such as the following. Guarantees such as the permanent opening of the Black Sea, not to Eng land alone, but indifferently to the vessels of all the nations of both hpmisplieres ! Guarantees such as the unlocking from henceforth, and for ever, of the Bosphorus and the Dar danelles ! The Euxine should no longer have even the semblance of being a Russian lake —it should be as free at all times to any and every flag as the Mediterranean. As additional securities to Europe, it were well, moreover, if the Crimea were seized, and the two confronting ports of Odessa and Sebastopol. Europe has long felt, indeed, that in right, and in justice to the commerce of the world, the mouths of the Danube should be rendered accessible to the whole trade of Christendom. Along the current of that vast river the merchandise of all the industrial races indiscriminately should long since have been per mitted to float upwards and downwards at plea sure, without hindrance. Here at length is fitting opportunity for the realisation of these visions of comprehensive improvement. Unless some energetiO effort be made towards the accom plishment of designs such as those we have just mentioned, the tranquillity of Europe may seem for a while to be restored, but in reality it will still be perpetually liable to be jeopardised. Every opportunity will still be afforded to the CZAR for the fulfilment of his hereditary day-dream of Turkish subjugation. The seeds of future war fare will still be allowed to remain in the temporarily occupied Principalities, there to ripen at the the earliest moment that may seem fitting into a contention such as may then be more disastrous to the Porte, more pernicious to Europe at large, and more beneficial to the then CZAR and his vast autocratic government. Every thing, therefore, should now be done to prevent the possibility of disasters so gigantic and (as they might prove) irreparable. By extorting guaran tees like those already enumerated from Russia, the allies of Turkey might at this moment effectually secure the future integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and while commanding extraordinary advantages to be shared among the nations of Christendom, provide for the political hereafter of the world in such a manner that no thing short of a miracle could ever enable the standard of the Russian AUTOCRAT to flutter from the mosques and minarets of Constantinople. It would seem an impossibility now for the Ministry to evade a Reform Bill ; one thing gives us hope that it will be worth having—Sinope, and, we might add, the Vienna Note. They will have to retrieve a most inept blunder in diplomacy, and a most disgraceful and distressing insult to our flag. The timid deference to a mean, lying, and marauding despot, which shrunk from announc ing that any seizure of our ally's territory would be viewed as a declaration of war against us ; the repression of our naval zeal until the fleet it most concerned us to preserve was crushed in the seas we were there to defend—all this, and much more, may be palliated as it best can; but nothing ' can efface from the Coalition Cabinet the stigma of being so overreached by threats and cunning, that they have to meet Parliament with the lament that they have been thoroughly drubbed by land and by sea. Better behaviour will of course be promised, still great will be the danger that a Russo-German Cabinet will not do for a British House of Commons, nor for a House of Lords either, while Lord LYNDHURST'S voice can yet be heard there. Something must be done to propi tiate. Finance will be but a sorry hope ; the war, which they have lured on the enemy of Europe to wage, will demand fresh taxes. Sanitary measures and law reforms all parties will do equally well for. A really telling Reform Bill, one which would be worth keeping a Cabinet in to get it carried—this seems almost the only thing which can divert attention from a foreign policy which the country utterly despises. The very party also which they ousted is credibly rumoured to be at work with a counter bill, and one of its best accredited organs declares broadly that it must be no patchwork business, but that the more complete, the more calculated to satisfy for a long time to come—the better it will be for us all ! The Liberal press, too, is kindly volunteering, up to the eleventh hour, its reform lessons. The Westminster vouchsafes a long semi-philosophical semi-historical lecture, and the Spectator tabu lates Don, Parliamentary papers, and the like, daguerreotyping most perfectly the whole of the Reformed Parliaments, that of December, 1853, being the centre of the picture. It is a picture worth looking at, and does much credit to the skill of the artist. It is unmistakably truthful—the very best pocket likeness we have seen. With the article in the Westminster we confess ourselves somewhat disappointed—it agrees, indeed, with much that we have already urged, but is for the more part inconclusive, and gives up the Ballot as " mechanical!"—an. argument equally valid against locks and bars ; still, as our silver spoons are in much the same danger as the vote of a tenant-at-will, we, and probably the writer alluded to, do not despise mechanical devices to prevent the appropriation of our property by the dis honest. When landlords and others cease to pilfer votes by the mechanism of the Poll-book, we will cease to ask for . the protective mechanism of the Ballot-box. The tables of the Spectator certainly present some striking results. The second table is a clas sification of the Members. The result stands thus : Percentage of Seats. the actual Re. presentation. The relations of Peers possess 103 Irish P eers 6 17 . 0 The Country Gentlemen 266 .•. 41.3 Men of Letters and Science ..• 20 . 3.0 The Army and Navy ........... 3O •• • 4 . 6 The Commercial and Money interest lO9 The Lawyers lO7 The Working Man interest none 17.1 17.0 Total Seats occupied 641 The disproportionate representation of ono class, MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. The following circular was yesterday issued to the members of the Liberal party Chesham-place, Jan. 9, 1854. " Sir,—The meeting of Parliament having been fixed for Tuesday, the 31st inst., and the present situation of public affairs rendering a full attendance peculiarly de sirable, I take the liberty of earnestly requesting your presence on that day. " I have the honour to - be Sir, " Your faithful and Obedient servant, " J. RUSSELL." The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley returned to St. James's-square yesterday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. A strong mus ter, we believe, of the opposition members of the Legis lature will take place at the noble lord's residence, either the day preceding the meeting of Parliament, or early on the following day, when both Housei will assemble for the despatch of business. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and their youthful family, who are at present staying at Stafford House, St. James's, have taken one of the mansions on Carlton terrace for the ensuing season. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland has arrived at Raby Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland. The Marquis and Marchioness of London derry, who have arrived at Wynard Castle, are receiving a few friends. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg has arrived in Lisbon The Earl of Durham has become a member of the Newcastle, Shields, and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce. The Earl and Countess Grosvenor have arrived on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, at Lillishall, Shropshire, from Calveley Park, Cheshire, en route to London. Lord and Lady Blantyre and their youthful family have arrived at Genoa, where they intend to remain until the close of winter, and then return to England. Lord Bateman has arrived in town from the Frenc capital. His lordship's nuptials with Miss Kerrison, sister to Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., will shortly be solemnised. Lord Hastings (of Seaton Delaval) has arrived in Cavendish-square, from Melton Constable, Norfolk. Mr. Headlam, M.P., is recovering from his late pain ful accident, and with a prospect of suffering no perma nent inconvenience from the fractures. The Duke of Parma, the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, and other members of the Royal Eamily, breakfasted with the King Consort, at Madrid, the day after the Queen's accouchement. A journal remarks that on this occasion both branches of the French Royal Family, as well as the reigning Emperor, were repre sented here—the Duke of Parma being married !to the sister of the Duke of Bordeaux; while the Orleans family was represented by the Duke of Montpensier ; and the Bonapartes by the mother and sister of the Empress. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE HON. R. H. CLIVE, M.P.—On Friday week, this gentleman while attending the meeting of the Shr ewsbur y and Birmingham Rail way, at Shrewsbury, was seized with illness of an alarming nature, which, we regret to add, has resulted in an attack of leurisy. Mr. Clive was at once removed to the residence of Mr. J. Peele, town-clerk of Shrews bury, where he has been attended by the most eminent of the local medical men, notwithstanding which, be has continued to grow gradually worse, and on Tuesday evening it was stated that his recovery was almost hope less. Mr. Clive, in addition to being the member for the southern division of Shropshire, is chairman of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. Mr. Clive is uncle to the Earl of Powis and father of Mr. Clive. M,P. for Ludlow. COU.RT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 13. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park and on the slopes this morning. The Lord Chance llor and Lady Cranworth, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl and Coun tess of Derby, and. Lady Emma Stanley, the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount, and Viscountess Sydney, and Lord and Lady Bloomfiead, have left the Castle to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's name was accidentally inserted in the list of company who dined with her Majesty yesterday evening, and who were at the theatrical representation. The Duchess was pre vented by slight i ndisposition from being present. The Dowager Marchioness of Downshire was also un able to attend. Lieutenant-Governor Shortland, of Tobago, had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. Viscount Palmerston returned to his seat, Broad lands, Hants, on Thursday evening. The Right Hon. Sydney Herbert left town on Thurs day afternoon for Wilton-house, Salisbury. The Commissioners for inquiring into the state of the Corporation of the City of London, sat yesterday in the Privy Council-office. Present—The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir Patteson, and Mr. G. Cornewall Lewis. Despatches for the Governor of Canada were sent yes terday evening from the Colonial-office. The Duchess d'Aumale was confined on Thursday week of a second son, which received (from whom ?) the title of Duke de Guise.—French paper. Accounts from Madrid say that the French Ambas sador, the Marquis de Turgot, progresses very slowly towards recovery. REPORTER ALMANAC. This almanac, which forms the annual supplement of the Reporter, a journal devoted to the discussion of topics connected with assurance companies, land and building societies, and savings' banks, will prove a very useful, if not an almost necessary companion to all who are interested in these valuable institutions, the rapid increase of which constitutes one of the most important features of our social progress. In addition to 40 large pages of ordinary almanac information, there is a list of all the fire and life assurance offices both in London and the provinces, with the names of the officers, and in many instances the financial position of each ; a list of every saving bank in the kingdom, with similar details ; an elaborate essay on assurance in all its branches ; and an exposition of the advantages to be derived from the different above-mentioned societies. The other contents consist of a republication in extenso of the report of the Parliamentary committee on assurance offices, and of the Government Annuities Act of last session, and an article by Mr. Tidd Pratt on the mode of keeping the accounts of friendly societies. Altogether the almanac is got up in a very creditable manner, and deserves the support of the public. RAPID TRANSMISSION OF THE INDIA con sequence of the Bengal and Colombo, two large screw steamers, running iu conjunction with the India and China mail this month, it has just arrived in the quickest time on record. The Colombo made a splendid out ward passage, having made the run to Alexandria in ten and a half days, a' distance of 2,951 miles, after stopping at Gibraltar and Malta. She is expected at Southampton on Sunday next, five days before her contract time. In consequence of the rapid conveyance of the India and China mail this time, we have received telegraphic news from Hong Kong in 44 days, from Calcutta in 37 days, and from Bombay in 27 days. There are four mails expected at Southampton next Sunday, viz., the Tay, from the Brazils ; the Il)eria, from the Peninsula ; the Colombo, from Egypt ; and the Solent from the West Indies. The United States mail steamers commence running between America and England the latter end of this month. The Washington leaves New York for Southampton on the 22d instant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prora the Official List.) Rosiness done Bank Stock .......... ..................... 217 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93,1, ;f 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 924 31 New 31 per Cent. Annuities 94 a India Bonds, £lOOO ....... . • ••• Ditto, under £lOOO 4 p Consols for Opening 18th Jan. 924 38 Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO £5OO Small 8 11 p 8 11 p 8 11 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Grenada Bonds, Deferred Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent 9l} 1 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 42h Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2ol t. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 au. 2•••• 75 Dutch Exchange, 2.; per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th January 93 it x(1 APOTHECARIES' HALL. - Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1854:—George Murray Dicken son, Pailton, Warwickshire; and George Winstanley, Exeter, Devonshire. 8 5 4. LATEST FOREIGN NE WS. RUSSIA. AND TURKEY. WAR ON THE DANUBE.—RENEWAL OF THE FIGHTING AT KALAFAT. The Moniteur of this day (Saturday) publishes the following : " A despatch from Vienna announces that on the oth January a Turkish division of 15,000 men, with fifteen pieces of artillery, attacked the fortified position of the Russians at Citale, near Kalafat, and carried it ; causing a loss of 2,000 killed, to the Russians. A reinforcement of 18,000 Russians, Krajowa, was compelled to retreat, with a loss of 250 men. "On the 7th the fighting was renewed with vigour, without any decided, advantage on either side. On the Bth the combat recommenced." Despatches from Orsova, of the 12th inst., an nounce that two battles had taken place near Citale, with variable results. By them it appears that on the Gth the turks had 400 killed, and lost six guns. They add that on the Bth there was a heavy loss on both sides. The Russians lost four guns, and retreated to Matzaczey, towards Krajowa. The news is confirmed by despatches received by the Austrian Government from Widdin. A telegraphic despatch from semlin, says the contest on the 6th was fearful, and that nearly 2,500 Russians were left dead upon the field. The Turkish basis of negotiation has arrived at Vienna, and, after having been sanctioned collec tively by the representatives of the Four Powers, . _ . . has been forwarded to St. Petersburg with their joint approval. A letter from Krajova says that the engineers of the country have received from the Russian Gene- ral Aurep the most pressing instructions to render passable for heavy artillery the roads leading through Slatin to Karakal. General Aurep has just received the order to depart from Kraj ova with a division of infantry and a brigade of cavalry to invest Kalafat. The troops of the corps of Osten-Sicken have passed through Jassy towards Roman and thence into Wallachia. The Moldavian cavalry has re ceived orders to hold themselves ready formarching. Two private despatches from Constantinople of the 31st—one from Marseilles by the Chaptal steamer, the other by Trieste—mention that the I Prussian and Austrian Ambassadors at Constanti- nople were " in a state of consternation" when the orders were received for the combined fleets to en ter the Black Sea. The despatch from Trieste adds, that both Ambassadors had protested against that measure. It was rumoured in Paris on Thursday that a communication was received from Vienna, expressing the "surprise" occasioned by two Powers taking it upon themselves to solve the Eastern question by the orders given to the fleets, when that question had been taken into considera tion by the four Powers, with a view to an arrange ment. The Patric contains the following remarks on the accounts lately received of the advantage ob tained by the Turks over the Russians in the neighbourhood of Kalafat : "A letter from Constantinople, of the lsi, gives us some fresh details full of interest. The fact of an im portant advantage gained by the Ottoman army at Kala fat, had beea officially announced to the representatives of the Powers. Full details of the action were wanting ; it was only known that Omar Pacha had attacked in de tail during several days the different Russian corps, forming together a force of 30,000 men ; that the Turkish troops had intentionally retired on their centre, and had drawn the Russians as far as Kalafat, a position fortified in a very formidable manner, but which at a distance had the appearance of having been abandoned. The Turkish batteries were suddenly unmasked, and caused the Russians considerable loss, whilst the Ottoman re serve, which had passed the Danube in the night, and were concealed behind a wood, took them in flank and compelled them to retreat. It was also known that the inhabitants of Lesser Wallachia, who had every day shown themselves more and more favourable to the Turks, had powerfully aided in the success of the Ottoman army. The same letter gives us information relative to the state of Affairs in Asia, the correctness of which we can guarantee. The reverses of Akiska and Alexandropol are far fromhaving the importance which it has been sought to give them ; and, moreover, since the nomination of a new general-in-chief, and the adoption of another plan of campaign by the Divan, the face of things had changed. The Turks had obtained some successes, and they were preparing for others. Two facts of great importance had just occurred. A convoy carrying 15,000 men as reinforcements for the army of Asia, was to leave Batoum on the 3d, if the state of the weather permitted. This convoy had nothing to fear from the Russian ves sels, which were not in a condition to leave Sebastopol, either to attack the Turks, or e'en to revictual their army in Asia, which was in a very unsatisfactory condi tion. The second fact was the arrival at Constantinople of an envoy sent by Schamyl, and bringing the most positive assurances of devotedness to the Sultan and his Government. That great warrior, who, with restricted resources, had for so long kept Russia in check, had been so much in want of stores that for several months past he had given orders to his soldiers to husband their ammunition, and only to fire on the officers. He has' lately received a supply which the Po r t e h as sen t hi m , and he has just sent to thank the Sultart, and to say that he might rely on his most energetic efforts on his behalf. The assistance of Schamyl and his warriors is worth a whole army. On the Ist the weather was rather better, and the wind began to veer round to the south ward. This explains why the combined squadrons were able to enter the Black Sea on the 3d." It was rumoured at Trebizond. that Prince Wor onzoff was seriously indisposed, and, at all events, even if he recovers his health, it is believed that his great age will prevent him from continu ing his functions. It is not said by whom he will be succeeded. Of the Russians it may be averred, as of the Turks, that, if soldiers are in abundance, there is a great want of generals. It is, in fact, generally admitted that the Turkish army is sadly deficient not merely in generals, but in staff and regimental officers. It is believed, however, that in case of the war extending, French generals would take the command of some divisions, and subaltern officers be employed to discipline the regiments. Hitherto the Turkish Government— to avoid giving offence to Austria—has avoided as much as possible employing Polish or Hungarian officers ; but, in the emergency referred to, Turkey would be justified in availing herself of all the re sources within her reach. The audacity of the partisans of Russia but too plainly proves that the forbearance displayed by the western powers has been attributed to a wrong cause. In spite of the unmistakeable language of the French circular, they affect to believe that in the decisive moment " the western powers will back out and leave Turkey to her fate." The Oest Correspondenz of Jan. 9 contains a leader, of which the subjoined is a summary :—The news of the approaching entrance of the Anglo-French fleet into the Black Sea has caused - anxiety in " cer tain circles" (mercantile) lest the peace of Eu rope should be disturbed. The possibility of a conflict " between some of the great powers" is not denied, but this very danger ought to stimulate the Governments to increase their efforts for the main tenance of peace. The Ministeriat organ does not believe that the measure announced by the Itioni tenr is likely to further the work of peace which Austria and Prussia, in common with France and England, undertook on the sth of last month. The stereotype remark relative to the good faith of Rus sia is made, and it is concluded that the entrance of the fleets into the Black Sea " is merely for the fur therance of peace,. and . in order to confine w ithi n th e nar rowest possible nmits the war between Russia and Turkey." Although this step is not in unison with the views of the great German Powers, " the good offices of Austria in restoring ha rmon y be between the Powers with which she is on friendly terms, as also between Rus s i a an d th e P or t e , w ill not be wanting. Whatev er t urn a ff a i rs may t a k e , the one thing certain is, that there is not sufficient ground for . Austria's taking any s h are i n the hos tile proceedings. Whatever may be the chances of war, the integrity of Turkey and of its direct or indirect territorial possessions is guaranteed on all sides. The relations of the Imperial Cabinet with all the great Powers are d e scribed as being un clouded, and there is not one of them which has not most important reasons for desiring to remain on good terms with Austria. The article winds . up with a repetition of the assertion that there , is no reason for supposing that the Empire will oein volved in the war, and "that without further sa crifices and exertion's it will be able on all sides t o uphold itshonour, political position, and interests." The Lloyd contains a leader which is as pithy an d nervous as the foregoing article is vapid and feeble. Stronger epithets your readers can apply if they please. After declaring that neutrality i n suc h a question as the pr esent is impossible, the Lloyd says that what makes the present situation of affairs so remarkable is that the Power which are interested in the maintenance of Turkey only in the second and third degree are the first to take up arms in her de fence. England is represented as being interested in the second, France in the third, and Austria in the first degree. The a u th or o f t h e f o ll ow i ng f ew sen tences is not an Aust r i an , b u t l ie certa i n l y h a s " hit the nail on the head " when he says that the policy of Austria would be to prevent the war at any and every sacrifice. " The next word in the great Europeanuestion Rusia has to sp e ak, and if that word be acceptable I to the other Powers it will be decisive. If not so, then it behoves to .act. It is in her power to prevent a war, which., once commenced,- will convulse the whole hemisphere. To look on would be to en courade the flame, to interpose would be to extin guish it. Austria requires no new policy ; she has only to follow her ancient political traditions, which never led her behind Russia." Austria is told that she will best show her friendship by restraining her Northern neighbour. "It requires no little courage, strength, and resolution to maintain the peace of Europe just now, but a proper exertion of these three qualities will certainly prove sufficient." With a courage which excites astonishment, when the position of the press in Austria is taken into consideration, the policy of Russia towards Turkey is denounced, as is her stolid obstinacy in refusing to take advantage of the numerous opportunities which have been given her of withdrawing with honour from the dangerous path into which she has entered. A Constantinople letter, dated the 26th ult., states that both the English and French ambas sadors have recently received new and very decisive instructions from their Governments. The French ambassador has been empowered to offer to the Porte an auxiliary force of 30,000 men, in case the last proposals for peace be rejected by Russia. It is said, however, that the Sultan will hesitate to accept the offer of the French Government without the perfect concurrence of England, from fear of causing jealousy between the two Powers. FRANCE. The following is the text of the letter from the Emperor to M. Ducos, which accompanied his appointment as Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour :^ " Palace of the Tuileries, Jan. 9, 1854. " Monsieur le Ministre—The report, which at my order you have addressed to me, shows in so favourable a manner the considerable resources of our navy, that I hasten to testify to you my satisfaction at it ; and to give you an unequivocal proof of it, I appoint you Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. I know not how to thank you sufficiently for having with a budget so re duced provided resources which will allow me from one day to another to double or triple our squadrons. I pray God to have you in his holy keeping. ‘g NAPOLEON." The letter is followed by a decree making the appointment above mentioned. This nomination, at the present moment, when the French navy is on the point of being called into active requisition, cannot but be looked on as highly significant, par ticularly as M. Ducos is remarkable amongst the members of the Ministry for his determined oppo sition to the ambition of Russia. The Empress drove out on Wednesday at two o'clock to the Bois de Boulogne, in an open coach° and four. The Emperor accompanied her Majesty on horseback, attended by General Espinasse, his aide-de-camp, and M. de Puysegur, the equerry on service. The Imperial party returned to the Tui leries at half-past four. In the evening there was a grand ball at the palace. The invitations, which were limited to from 500 to 600 persons, were given in the name of the Empress. It appears that M. Armand Bertin, proprietor and editor-in-chief of the well-known organ of the French press the Journal des Debats was found dead in his bed. His valet, knowing that his master had entered late last night, did not proceed to his room to call him until nine o'clock, and at that hour M. Bertin was already cold, having been, to all appearace, dead for some hours. The deceased, who was nephew of the original founder of that journal, in the time of the Empire, was a man of great talent, and, above all, remarkable for his sa gacity and knowledge of business. His loss will be deeply felt by his family, and by an immense circle of friends, including the principal personages in politics, literature, science, and art, in Paris. A telegraphic despatch has been received at L'Orient, ordering four new steam-frigates to be immediately put into commission in that port. Similar orders have been sent to other seaports. All this activity in the navy has reference to the organisation of a third naval squadron, to be called the reserve. It is to consist of seven line-of-battle ships and six steam-frigates. The four frigates to be fitted out at L'Orient are the Semillante, the Andromaque, the Poursuivante, and the Vengeance. A letter from Brest announces that the four fol- lowing ships of the line are being prepared for sea by command of the Minister of Marine—the Tage and Jemmappes, ships of the line of the second class ; and the Breslau and Inflexible, ships of the third class. The French artillery corps are undergoing a new organisation, and it is said that, instead of 14 mixed regiments, including horse and foot corps of 26 batteries each, there are to be 16 regiments-12 of mounted batteries (four of eight and eight of 12) and four foot of eight batteries. The Minister of War is to have a credit of 10,000,000 f. allotted for these augmentations. The probability of Marshal St. Arnaud's retirement, owing to ill-health, is again spoken of, and the same person is mentioned as his successor—namely, General Canrobert. The Paris papers of yesterday evening had not reached us at the hour of going to press. By tele graph we learn the Bourse was firm yesterday, with a tendency to a rise. The Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 70c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,105 f. ; Rouen, 980 f. ; Havre, 470 f. ; Great Northern, 807 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 760 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 865 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 695 f.; Western of France, 622 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 575 f. ; Great Cen tral, 480 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 480 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 660 f. ITALY. The Ticino Gazette publishes an account of the contributions received for the relief of the inhabi tants of the canton expelled by Austria. The total, received up to November 30, was 284,207 f. ; and the sums expended, 207,594 f. In the sitting of the 7th of the Piedmontese Senate, a bill was brought in for the introduction of the Piedmontese Customs tariff into the com munes of Menton and Roccabruna (principality of Monaco) with the rest of the kingdom. The Chamber of Deputies passed the Army Promotions Bill, and another bill, modifying the sanitary tariff for vessels entering the royal ports. • We read in the Giornale di Boma that on New Year's-day, Cardinal Altieri, president of Rome, held a grand reception, at which Prince William of Prussia, the diplomatic corps, the officers of the French garrison, the prelates, and the most dis tinguished nobility of Rome were remarked. The cold is of unexampled severity at Mantua. On the 3d the thermometer fell to 11 degrees of Reaumur below zero (7 deg. Fahr.) The highest degree of cold experienced before that was in 1830, when the thermometer marked 10 degrees. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The South American and General Steam Navi gation Company's screw steam-ship Lady Eglin ton, Captain Downward, arrived in the Mersey late last evening from the Brazils. She has brought $6,000 in specie. Her dates are—Monte Video, Nov. 22 ; :Rio Janeiro, Dec. 10 ; Bahia, 16 ; Pernambuco, 19 ; St. Vincent, 28 ; and Lisbon, Jan. 8. A rupture had taken place in the M mite Vid..ean Ministry, which led to various resignations. In the interior Blanco's party took up arms againstthe Government, and seized the village of Colonia. The authorities were obliged to retire to BuenaoS Ayres for safety. At Buenos Ayres business had assumed a satis factory aspect. A new commercial tariff was to come into o peration on the Ist o f J anuary. The duty on articles of import Was to be modified by the provisions of t h e measure. quotedExchanget a 4i at Monte Video, on London, 'was and at Rio Janeiro, 27i l The next mails for th e B raz il s an d Ri ver Plt a to w ill be carried out by the Olinda, screw steam ship, Captain H. aram, belonging t o th e same com pany, which sails from Liverpool on the 24th inst. THE LATE AWFUL GALES. -The weekly meeting of the committee of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society was held yesterday at Hibernia Chambers, London-bridge. Of the numbers present, we observed Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N., in the chair, Capt. Heaslop, R..N., William Stuart, Esq., Lord Haddo, &c. The minutes hay; ing been duly read and confirmed, the committee consi dered 191 cases, consisting of the claims of widows, and orphans, and shipwrecked mariners, applying for relief on the ground of the loss of their husbands and fathers, and to help to restore their clothes lost in the late gales. The following sums were ordered for the different honorary agents, to meet their cases sent in by them :-London, 12. 13s. ; Blyth, 13/. 2s. 6d. • Bridport, 2/. ; Conway, 4/. 13s. 9d. ; Dover, 1/. 10e. ; Exmouth, 2/. ss. ; Greenock, 51. 6s. 3d. ; Guernsey, 4/. ss. ; Hartlepool, 27/. 15s. ; Hull, 16/. ; Jersey, 81. 10s. ; Kincardine, 1/. 12s. 6d. ; Leith, 10/. 18s. ; Liverpool, 3/. 12s. 6d. ; Lynn, 10/. 55.; Macduff, 1/. 10s.; Newcastle, 31.175. 6d.; North Shields, 66/.165. 6d. ; Plymouth, 2/. 2s. 6d.; Re bin Hood's Bay, 3/. 10s. ; Scarborough, 12s. 6d.; Sea ham, 11/. 55.; South Shields, 461.135. 9d.; Southarnptosy 41. 7s. 6d. ; Stonehaven, 1/. 15s. : Sunderland 721.145. ; Yarmouth, 18/. • and Whitby, 19/.155. ; Bridgewater, 1/. 12s. 6d. Reports were read from the different , honorary agents describing the fearful scenes of dig' tress at their different stations, consequent upon the numerous wrecks, and reporting that the various crew . ° had been clothed when necessary, and despatched by railway to their homes. Letters were read reporting, missing vessels, supposed to have foundered ; also a those known to have been lost with all hands. It vi' 3s considered that the cases of the widows and orphae s expected next week would draw a much larger sure from the society's funds. Cheques were signed for th e - sum of 517/. 7s. 9d., and the meeting eeparated. L THE LAT. Died at Q Stuart, Baroi Queen's Benc his age. Sir Mohawk Rivi of March, 17 John Stuart, England at Kingston an, After passing Went to the the only Pro North Ameri of study in tl teen, he be Reid, then P at Montreal, 1798 he enter then Attorne Lower Cana studies, and 1801. 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