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Catalogues, with engravings, sent (per post) free. The money re turned for every article not approved of. 39, OXFORD-STREET (corner or Newman-street); Nos. 1 and 2, NEW.MAN-STREET ; and 4 and 5, PERKY'S-PLACE. THEATRE ROYAL DRU RY-LANE Lemee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Characters by G. V. Brooke, T. Mead, Belton, and Morgan; Miss Fanny Cathcart, and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone, THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, A Juvenile Night, On which occasion will be performed THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Charficters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Miss Ellen Grey. --- - After which, the Grand CIIRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR • ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Misi M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall: Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSLNESS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of gr. CnAws KW. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclereq. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AN THE :MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormaclt ; Clown, Mr. Hahne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. TILES EVENING, Jeri. 31, Will be performed A BACHELOR 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 ADELPIU. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama, in Ave tableaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE TEARS OF GOLD; or, THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, 0. Selby, Parsee, Marsden, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray. Miss F. Haskell, &c. To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas piece, in two act 4, with new scenery, dresses, m aelThaerY, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J . Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, Sec. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JAN, at, Will be performed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Undon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. After which, TFIE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, and F. Robson ; and Mrs. A, wi g ., Followed by THE W kNDERING MINSTREL. t4TRA_ND THEATRE. I ,,,see, Mr. F. W. I.llcroft—Directress. Nriss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Principal charac ter by Miss Rebecca Is ,acs. To be followed by THE OMNIBUS. Afte which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled , HARLEQUIN AND KIN NUTCRACKER; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by 'he inimitable Flamore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Goward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, ; Pit, lc 6d; Gallery, Gd.; Private Boxes, 11. I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTL Ers EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Nfanager, Mr. William Cooke. Eighth Appearance of Miss KATE COOK ded to /. since overflowing her retarn from the C o ntinent. The Theatre nightly crovv Its matchless a:tractions. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, To commence with the Grand ChineseMAGl Spect ac GONG, in le, THE W ISE ELF,PILA.NTS OF THE EAST, or THE C which TrfCl lo4 Elep hants a pp ear. Mr. William Cooke's extraordina r y - FollOwefl by a Recherche Routine of Scenes of Equestriantsm TnE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Coneuding with Mr. W. Cooke's immensely successful COMIC r-ANTWMIE, written expressly fo r this Theatre, by Mr. Nir RD Lsox LEE, entitled BILLY RUC rON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFO ; or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite. Career Ice Car of nery, dr.,,ses, decorations. and appointments, magnificent )(neer industry , Br.c. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Hemmings ; Columbine, ~.. , ~ Christine; Pantaloon, air. Lehman; and Two Clowns, Mr. .' A ' aans sad Mr. Crotteste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradbury. B°z-once open dour Eleven till Pour. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Went. WAR between RUSSIA and TURKEY.— BXUERKELLER'S Embossed MAPS of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE and RUSSIA in Europe, price 21s. each, are imported and sold by EDWARD STANFORD, Wholesale and Retail Map seller, 6, Chatng-cross. These Maps possess the advantage of repre senting the natural features of the country, the heights of the moun tains, &c ,in relief. A list of the other maps in this series, and the best English and Foreign Maps of the Seat of War, may be had gratis on application. TO LADIES. -WARWICK HOUSE.- The greatest ELEGANCE and NOVELTY may be seen in SILKS and all OTIP , IR MATERIALS for DRE , S , ,:S ; also in SHAWLS, MANTLES, &c.; besides the BEST FAMILY LINEN EVER MANITFAr!TURED ; the who e being marked in plain figures, and for READY MONEY, the price:, it is generally ad mitted, are as low as they can be. 142 and 144, REGENT STREET. SEWELL and CO. has just received a large importation of REAL PERSIAN and KOULA RUGS, 01 brilliant c Aours, and exceedingly cheap.-44, 45, 46 , Old Compton treet ; 46, 47, Frith-stteet, Soho. STEAM TO HAMBURG EVERY WEDNES DAT and SATURDAY. The General Steam Navigation onoany's First-Class and powerful Steam -ship TIGER, John Russell, Commander, is appointed to leave St. Katharme's Wharf for Ilamburg, To-morrow (Wednesday) at 11 morning. The CALE DONIA., Sl.turdziv, at 8 morning. Chief Cabin, 21. Fore, 1/. 3s. To secure Berths, &c., apply at 71, Lombard-street, or 37, Regent circus. JAPANESE EXHIBITION. The FIRST DIRECT IMPORTATION from JAPAN is NOW OPEN for EXIIIBITION, at the Gallery of the society of Painters in Water Colours, 54, Pall-Mall East, for a limited period, as the Society re quires the Gallery for their own paintings. 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THE REGISTER VERITAS (French Lloyd's), containing the Classification of 33,000 Vessels of all Nations, surveyed i the Continental and American Ports, for the year 1854, is now ready for lime. Committee of Management at Paris-8, Place de la Bourse. Agents in London—Messrs. Charles Devaux and Co., 62, Ring Wllliam-street. indon, 14th November, 1853. financial statement made by M. BlNEAll—showing the monetary strength and stability of the French Imperial Government. Absolutely nothing in deed is required at the present crisis for the en couragement of the hereditary legislators and the popular representatives of England in the event of occurrences becoming so far complicated as to render inevitable a direct collision between the forces of the great European Governments. Scarcely any regard beyond a mere cursory at tention can be had, at a juncture of such immi nence as that now arrived at among the chief powers of Christendom, to the different measures suggested according to custom at the opening of the Parliamentary Session by the Speech from the Throne of our gracious SOVEREIGN. Whatever can be discerned in this Ministerial programme of intended improvements can only, however, be viewed just now by the majority with sen timents of unalloyed satisfaction. The pro spect of the comprehensive revision at last of the system upon which our Ecclesiastical Courts have been hitherto organised—the probability of a speedy and radical change in the framework of the institutions of our two Great Universities— the likelihood of a still further development of the principles of Free Trade as applied recently to the laws relating to Navigation— the possibility of a larger and wiser revision of that portion of our complicated Code relating to the settlement of our pauper popula tion—these, together with other half-promised boons, cannot be looked forward to even in the first intermittent reverberation of a general war, with indifference. Neither is it possible to de preciate the value of a circumstance so important as that of a Speech from the Throne con veying no painful allusion to Irish or Colonial grievances any more than t would be to acknowledge that our interest in the prospect of a struggle with Russia had in any material way diminished our interest in the pro spects of Reform or of National Education. Sus tained by an implicit confidence, under Divine aid, in regard to the Future, however much we may be solicitous in regard to the Present, or regretful in regard to the Past, the people of England witness this day, not without emotion, the beginning of the unrolling, for the Session of 1854, of the records of the Imperial Parliament. Fiscal and Financial Reformers are looking for ward anxiously to the results of the Session, the opening whereof will be inaugurated to-day by the Speech from the Throne. Great amelio rations have been introduced of late years into the entire system of taxation. Some of the bur dens that exhausted the powers and paralysed the energies of the industrious classes have been completely removed, others have been greatly mitigated and rendered more tolerable, and every alleviation has been attended with the most feli- citous results. The tax-payers have been relieved with a scarcely perceptible loss to the revenue ; indeed, if we look to the national balance-sheet, we may say without any diminution, but a direct and positive increase to the general receipts. But while so much has been achieved still more is demanded from the Legislature. The masses are no longer ignorant of the very rudiments of fiscal science. Perhaps there is no branch of knowledge in which greater progress has been achieved of late years. The popular vision has been purified in this re spect. The mists raised by prejudice and igno rance have already partially cleared up, and are rapidly dispersing. The great argument in favour of indirect taxation is removed, for the people are now thoroughly alive to the additional pay ments which they have to make in consequence of imposts, no matter how carefully they may be concealed from the light. They have felt, too, the salutary consequence flowing from the roodifica tic= that have already taken place, and they consequently look forward earnestly and decidedly t further and more rapid ameliorations, from t w ich they anticipate an increase of blessings. When once convinced of the injustice, or the impolicy of a tax, they calmly resolve on its abo lition. And the stereotyped answer of former Financial Ministers, that "it produces so many thousands per annum, which he is not prepared to relinquish (!)" has no possible effect except the exposure, of his own folly and incapacity. Let a good strenuous agitation once be originated—let the evils which have formerly only attracted the notice of the political economist in his closet be fairly brought to light and exposed to the broad glare of day, and if they cannot bear the test of reason and argument, but are found to be alike opposed to justice and sound policy, we may feel well assured that speedy and suitable remedies will be devised, and the grievances complained of partially or completely redressed. Such a movement is now taking place with respect to the tax on Fire Insurance. The injustice, impolicy, and oppressive character of the obnoxious impost have been clearly and distinctly exposed, so that "he who runs may read," and men of humble capacity may understand the full extent of the grievance to which they have been subjected for nine-and-thirty years, but which is now for the first time laid bare in all its hideous proportions. It is true that fiscal writers have directed attention to the subject—that A/Mu', LOCH, that PORTER, that JOHN MACGREGOR (M.P. for Glasgow), have in their admirable and elabo rate works explained the mischievous effects of the system. We ourselves have also, for many years past, repeatedly adverted to the extraordinary anomaly of a tax of more than 200 per cent. on the sums required to cover common risks. But isolated exertions, however meritorious, could be of but little practical utility. It required a powerful body or association, with numerous ramifications, to take , up and work the topic with zeal, and energy, and efficiency. The much-required step has, however, been taken ; and we candidly and freely admit that the " Unity Fire Insurance Associa tion" is entitled to the honour of originating the movement, of the decisive results whereof we can not permit ourselves to doubt. It has brought its admirable organisation to bear on the subject, in which it is interested in common with the great body of the people. It has prepared an admirable petition to both Houses of Parliament, copies whereof not only lie for signature at the various branches of the Association, in all the chief cities and towns of England, but each of its FIVE THOUSAND SHAREHOLDERS and its TEN THOUSAND POLICY -HOLDERS, carry with them copies, to which they obtain the signatures of friends and others with whom they may be brought in contact. When we consider how rapidly the numbers of those evincing such zeal and diligence are augmented—when, too, we look to the justi ce and propriety of the course for which they demand our co-ope ration, we cannot conceive that the successful ter mination of the agitation thus auspiciously com menced can be far distant. We have heard persons ready to defend almost any tax, however defective in principle and per nicious in practice. Even the bread tax found advocates, and there are—strange as it may ap pear—persons who to this day insist on the pro priety of the equal taxation of all descriptions of income, no matter from what sources they may be derived ! But we never, at any time, met with any man of ordinary intelligence who could or would say a single word in favour of a tax on fi re assurance. Its injustice, its impolicy, nay, more, its cruelty, were invariably admitted without op position or difficulty. The propositions command im mediate assent. How could a change or misfortune, a tax on prudence be vindicated for a single mo ment ? If the prosperity of a nation depends on the welfare of its individual members, why should we throw any impediment in the way of these members maintaining and improving their posi tion? Now, of all calamities that may occur, none are so likely to reduce a man. from competence, and even comparative wealth, to the extremes of poverty and destitution as losses by fire. No prudence or foresight could guard against those COLONEL FRED. MARKHAM. Now Ready, in Bvo., with Numerous Illustrations, 215., SHOOTING SCENES in the HIMALAYAS, CHINESE TARTARY, LADAC, THIBET, &c., &c. By Colonel FEED. MAE.KILLM, 32d Regt. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her. Majesty.) Now Ready, in Bvo., price 165., . _ MEMOIR H S ENR ad yn S T. C G E O O R R R G EE TUCKER, OND ENCE of LateAccountant-General of Bengal, and Chairman of the East India Company. By JOHN WILLIAM KAYE, Author of " The War in Afghanistan." ** Also, Now Ready, uniform with the above, " MEMORIALS of INDIAN GOVERNMENT," being a selection from Mr. Tucker's pa pers, edited by J. W. Kaye. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) THE CZAR NICHOLAS, NOW Ready, in a neatly bound volume, price 3s. fid., THE CZAR, HIS COURT AND PEOPLE. By JOHN S. MAXWELL. " Mr. Maxwell gives us here a graphic description of Russia."— Dunlin Evening Mail. 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Edited by Professor SILLIMAN and C. R. GOODRICH, Esq. Sacopson Low and Son, 47, Ludgate-hill HIGH WATER ik.T LONDON BRIDGE. DAY —Morning 45 min.after 3 Evening 6 min.a.ft. 4 .Moaaow-11 I orning 27 min.after 4 I Evening 48 min.a ft. 4 - 4 - rf...4, polt, S An 1 LONDON, 'TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1854 Parliament this afternooon reassembled under circumstances for many years past unparalleled. Elsewhere in to-day's impression of our journal will be found enunciated through her MAJESTY'S gracious Speech from the Throne a manifesto worthy of emanating from the authority of the British SOVEREIGN. It breathes that calm con sciousness of power most befitting the dignity of the Crown at all periods, but peculiarly at this juncture of supreme and anxious emergency. Anything like an appeal to the passions of the multitude on the part of our QUEEN would have been unbecoming the majesty of England. Nothing beyond a simple announcement of the failure of our pacific negotiations, beyond a mention of the inadequacy of our diplomatic correspondence, beyond an allusion to the dissipation of our hopes of continued tranquillity, could i❑ any way have been introduced into the Royal Speech, by Mini sters, without a sensible diminution of the equa nimity alone compatible with the dignity of the Sovereign. Nevertheless, enough has been in timated to assure the people of England that, in the event of a decisive rupture with the Northern AUTOCRAT, the glory of the empire will be sustained by the energy of our maritime, and, if need be, also of our military, defenders. Added to which the community will bear in vivid remem brance at this critical moment that our forces are allied withthose of our imperial and puissant neigh bour. Throughout the whole of this protracted in terval of solicitude, we have been conscious of the assiduous efforts made by the CZAR to estrange the Cabinets of France and England from each other, so as to interfere with their active and cor dial co-operation. Everything, however, has for some time past indicated, in a manner the most marked, and, therefore, the most gratifying, the utter failure of these sinister endeavours-- every successive incident in the development of the Eastern Question only bringing nearer and nearer together in their alliance the now fi rm l y united Councils and intimately blended policy of the French and British Go vernments. Insomuch, so, that the Lords and Commons of England on the occasion of their re assembling this forenoon in the Palace of the British Legislature at Westminster, do so only under circumstances the most propitious to the destinies of European civilisation. They re assemble, that is to say, only when the combined fleets of France and England have entered the Black Sea for the purpose of energetically protecting the Turkish territories. They reassemble only when intelligence has arrived that those powerful armaments under Admirals DUNDAS and HAMELIN have established a strong position at Sinope while reconnoitring the vicinity of Batoum, and obtaining important information from the maritime stronghold of Sebastopol. They reassemble only on the very morrow, as it were, of the ap- pearance in the Moniteur of that really masterly fearful contingencies. A single hour would change the entire prospects of a man, and convert him from a useful subject, a creator and producer of national wealth to an unprofitable consumer, and consign his helpless family, who once lived in in dependence, enjoying some of the comforts of exist ence, to the tender mercies of the union workhouse. As we have stated, no prudence or foresight could guard against these contingencies, but the evil might be mitigated, and reduced from the most ;errific magnitude to comparatively trivial dimen- sions. By diffusion over a broad surface the evil would lose its most formidable features. The loss that would be ruinous to an individual, that would make an independent man a pauper, would be nothing when divided amongst a thousand, or fif teen hundred persons. The average of uncertainties can be very closely approximated to. There is some as yet undiscovered hand that regulates what we in our ignorance are accustomed to consider merely matters of chance. It was thus ascertained that all common risks could be covered by a payment of is. 6d. per 1001., or 15s, for a thousand. Under such circumstances, the person refusing or neglecting to insure, would necessarily be regarded either as a fool or a madman—a reckless gambler, who staked his very existence against a few shillings. Some think that the Legislature ought to enforce this act of ordinary prudence--which was merely justice to a man's self, his family, and his fellow subjects—at all events, that it should encourage the practice. But in place of that it casts ob stacles in the way. It more than trebles the outlay. Where a company of unexceptionable solvency is willing to undertake the risk on payment of Is. 6d. per 1001., it increases the demand to ss. 6d., that is to say, ls. stamp on the policy, and 3s. annual charge. It may, i n d ee d, be said that the determininginfluence operates as 11 to 3. In practice, no man drops a fire insurance. The moment he has effected a policy, he may be re garded as a constant customer. It is the first step that is required, and that is prevent ed by the stamp as well as by the an nual premium. The artisan who would cur tail his public-house expenditure by Is. 6d. to insure 1001. on his furniture and tools, would not devote ss. 6d. to the same purpose. These men are shrewd calculators. They will not pay ss. 6d. for what the premium shows to be worth is. 6d. Government, like the covetous dog—described in the old fable, as grasping at the shadow—loses all by its cupidity. These men run the risk, and many are ruined, and become objects of charity—suppliants for the relief which they would not require but for their own folly and that of Parliament. Experience shows that not one-third of the losses by fire are covered by insurance. We may safely infer that more than two-thirds is uninsured—thanks to the duty, for we firmly believe that, if the duty were abolished, the whole property of the country would be gua ranteed. What has Parliament to answer for, that prevents a consummation so desirable in every respect ? Let, then, the blot be removed from the national statute-book—the reproach from our eountry by the repeal of the law, or if that be not practicable at the moment, let there be a re duction to 6d., as recommended in the petition of the Unity Office. Let other associations follow the noble example, and the great desideratum will be attained—the property of the country will be fully insured, and their own business trebled, and their profits augumented in a still arger ratio. THE ALLIED FLEETS. It may be of some importance to remark, that when the allied Fleets left their anchorage in the Bosphorus, on the 4th of January, the admirals sailed, in pursuance of orders they had received, to prevent any fresh aggres sion by the Russian fleet on the Turkish coasts. But at that time the orders subsequently despatched, which direct the allied forces to require all Russian cruisers found in the Black Sea to return to Sebastopol, had not reached ConstantinoOe. They did not arrive there until the 12th of January; and they were immediately des patched to the- il. by the French steamer Caton, which would pr.. 'y find the admirals on the 15th in tsl:reu in structions would- hat Th t e h e t result eets of are t hese authorised ulterior to ainct with greater vir', against such Russian cruisers as they may fall it' la, and in all cases to send them back to Sebastt :: If is be true that a considerable squadron of Rt : a n vessels is still at sea, it is not im probable that f ilision of some importance may have taken place.—Z i s , i IMPORTANT DESPATCHES TO CONSTANTINOPLE.—The Government, last night, sent off to our ambassador at Constantinople, and to the commander in chief of the fleet, the official answer to the formal question of the Emperor of Russia, as to the reason why the British naval forces have entered the Black Sea. Mr. Tucker, the bearer of the despatches, proceeds at once to Mar seilles, and thence by the Caradoc, despatch steam-vessel, to the Bosphorus. On Wednesday last a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when John Peter Grant, Esq., was appointed a provisional member of the Council of India. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN SOUTHWARK, THIS DAY. —This morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, Amelia Coppier, aged two years, expired in the accident ward of St. Thomas's Hospital from burns. Deceased lived in Leman-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark, and was left alone in the room, where screams were heard by the neighbours, who found on going to the spot that several articles of furniture in the room were burnt, and the de ceased was enveloped in flames. The child was taken to the Hospital, when it was found that she was most frightfully burnt, and died soon after her admission. ARRIVAL OF 209 COLLIERS IN THE RlVER.—During yesterday and this morning the extraordinary large num ber of 209 coal laden vessels, from the northern ports, were entered inwards at the Custom-house. This im mense fleet has brought, in the aggregate, 42,900 tons of coals, which is exclusive of a large quantity of Welch coal that has also arrived in the Thames. The entrance of such a large fleet of coal-laden ships within 24 hours is quite unprecedented in the trade, and information has been received that 134 colliers are at present on their passage from South Shields, Sunderland, and Hartle pool. It is anticipated that the arrival of this fleet will have the effect of reducing the price of coals from 425. per ton to 355. per ton for the best, and inferior qualities to 28s per ton. ROYAL HOSPITALS OF BRIDEWELL AND BETHLEHEM. —A special general court of governors was held yester day for the purpose of electing a receiver of the hos pitals' rents in the room of Edward Richard Adams, Esq., resigned. Sir Peter Laurie, the president, was in the chair, and a very great number of the gover nors attended. The candid a t es were Captain Adams, the present governor o f B r id ewe ll G ao l, and Mr. Alfred Jeffreson. After a p o ll , w hich lasted an hour and a half, the numbers announced were—Jeffreson , 91 ; Adams, 89. Wh ereupon Mr. J e ff res on was called in, and congratulated upon his elect i on . EXPENSIVE FORGERY ON A LONDON HOUSE.—LIVER POOL, Monday.--At t h e po l ice - o ffi ce this morning John Timson was charg e d w i t h f org i ng a c heck for 1,600/., purporting to be signed by Glyn, Mills, k Co., London. The prisoner present e d th e c h ec k at the Liherpool Bank on Saturday, but information having been received from the London house, stating that a clerk answering the prisoners description had absconded from their service, he was detained and given into custody. He then acknowledged that the check was a forged one. He was committed for trial at the assizes. CHARGE OF ARSON'AGAINIST A-TRADESMAN . A long inquiry took place at Gravesend on Monday last, before Mr. E. A. Hllder, the coroner, respecting a fire which occurred on the 18th inst., on the premises of Mr. Ed win Litchfield, a draper, in the New-road, Gravesend. His premises, stock, and furniture had been insured in the Phoenix Fire -office in December last. The evidence given at the i nqu i ry was o f su ch a nature that the ver dict of the j ury i mp li cate d M r . Litchfield as the origi nator of the fire. On Wednesday and Thursday an in quiry took place upon the subject before the mayor and magistrates of the borough, the result of which was that Mr. Litchfield was committed for trial at the next assizes at Maidstone. Bail was subsequently taken, the prisoner himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each. DISPENSARY FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—Y es t er d a y the half-yearly meeting of the governors of thi s c h ar ity wile to have been held in the board-room of the institution, Margaret-street, Regent street, but the number of governors present not being sufficient to make a quorum it was postponed. The re port stated that during the past year there had been an increased number of patients, all of whom were com monly subjects of Chronic disease, requiring the aid of the charity for a very long period. The following is an abstract of the patients entered on the books from Jan uary 24 to December 31 :—Number of patients regis tered, 311 ; visits wide to the dispensary, 2,184 ; out patients, 19 ; visits made to them, 157 ; cured 81 ; death, 11 ; relieved, 285 ; remaining in dispensary, 329. The total number of visits made to the dispensary since its foundation was 32,530, and the number cured during the same period was 1,169. The total receipts (including a balance in band of 711. Os. 5d.) for the past year was 3001. Bs. lid. ; and, after all the necessary ex penses had been defrayed, there was left a balance in hand of 191. 4s. 4Ad. RUMOURED ESCAPE OF SMITH O'BRIEN.—SOIMe doubt has been thrown on the statement which appeared some weeks ago in our columns on the above subject. It is alleged that a letter written on the 18th Sept. has been received from Smith O'Brien ; and that at that date he i had not escaped. The letter we have soon announcing his escape, and which wnB titter: by a gentleman of au impeachable integrity and truth, was dated the 28th of September —ten days later than the letter received from Smith O'Brien.—Limerick Reporter. OPENING PARLIAMENT. Parliament was this day opened by her Majesty in person. The morning was dull and heavy, with every indication of rain, but the threatening aspect of the atmosphere was not sufficient to deter the thousand sight-seers of the Metropolis from turning out to view the Royal procession. Some hours be fore there was any probability of the Queen leaving Buckingham Palace, the streets and Park were lined with crowds of people, embracing almost every class from the highest to the lowest, and it having been whispered abroad that the appearance of the Prince Albert in the procession would most likely lead to some unusual demonstration of feel ing, the orderly disposed portion of the multitude were on the tiptoe of expectation until the pageant had reached its destination in Westminster. The police authorities appear to have been troubled with a similar apprehension, for their precautions to prevent any unseemly demonstra tion on the part of the public were of a more ex tended character than we remember to have observed on any former occasion, while the military beside being made to form a very conspicuous por tion of the display, which perhaps was not unusual, were collected along the route in far greater num bers than has hitherto been thought necessary or advisable. The state carriage was kept com- pletely hemmed in by the Guards during its pro gress to and fro, and it was with difficulty tliat the spectators could catch a glimpse of her Majesty and her illustrious Consort. It will be seen, however, from the sequel, that these extra ordinary measures were wholly uncalled for, at leat so far as putting any restraint upon the people was concerned, for the populace were peaceable and orderly throughout, and though here and there a hiss or a groan might have been heard, the great mass of those collected upon the scene looked averse to even this exhibition of feeling, let alone being favourable to any act of disloyalty or violence. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I am always happy to meet you in Parliament; and on the present occasion it is with peculiar sa tisfaction that I recur to your assistance and advice. " The hopes which I expressed at the close of the last session that a speedy settlement would be ef fected of the differences existing between Russia and the Ottoman Porte, have not been realised, and I regret to say that a state •f warfare has ensued. " I have continued to act in cordial co-operation with the Emperor of the French, and my endea vours, in conjunction with my Allies, to preserve and to restore peace between the contending parties altheugh hitherto unsuccessful, have been unremit ting. I will not fail to persevere in these endeavours, but as the continuance of the war may deeply affect the interests of this country and of Europe, I thinkit requisite to make a further augmentation of my naval and military forces, with the view of supporting my re presentations, and of more effectually contributing to the restoration of peace. . " I have directed that the papers explanatory of the negotiations which have taken place upon this subject shall be communicated to you without delay. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " The estimates for the year will be laid before you, and I trust you will find that, consistently with the exigencies of the public service at this juncture, they have been framed with a due regard ;o economy. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " In the year which has just terminated, the blessing of an abundant harvest has not been vouchsafed to us. By this dispensation of Provi dence the price of provisions has been enhanced, and the privations of the poor have been increased; but their patience has been exemplary ; and the care of the Legislature evinced by the reduction of taxes affecting the necessaries of life, has greatly tended to preserve a spirit of contentment. " I have the satisfaction of announcing to you that the commerce of the country is still pros perous ; that trade, both of export and import, has been largely on the increase ; and that the re venue of the past year has been more than adequate to the demands of the public service. " I recommend to your consideration a Bill which I have ordered to be framed for opening the coasting-trade of the United Kingdom to the ships of all friendly nations ; and I look forward with satisfaction to the removal of the last legislative restriction upon the use of foreign shipping for the benefit of my people. " Communications have been addressed by my command to the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge, with reference to the improvements which it may be desirable to effect in their institutions. These communications will be laid before you, and measures will be proposed for your consideration, with the view of giving effect to such improve ments. "The establishments requisite for the conduct of the Civil Service, and the arrangements bearing upon its condition, have recently been under re view ; and I shall direct a plan to be laid before you which will have for its object to improve the system of admission, and thereby to increase the efficiency of the service. "The recent measures of legal reform have proved highly beneficial, and the success which has attended them may well encourage you to proceed with further amendments. Bills will be submitted to you for transferring from the Eccle siastical to the Civil Courts the cognisance of tesmentary and of matrimonial causes, and for giving increased efficiency to the superior courts of common law. " The laws relating to the relief of the poor nave of late undergone much salutary amendment ; but there is one branch to which I earnestly direct your attention. The law of settlement impedes the freedom of labour ; and if this restraint can with safety be relaxed, the workman may be ena bled to increase the fruits of his industry, and the interests of capital and of labour will be more firmly united. Measures will be submitted to you for the amend ment of the laws relating to the representation of the Commons in Parliament. " Recent experience has shown that it is neces sary to take more effectual precautions against th`e evils of bribery, and of corrupt practices at elec tions. It will also be your duty to consider whether more complete effect may not be given to the principles of the Act of the last reign, whereby reforms were made in the repre sentation of the people in Parliament. In recommending this subject to your considera tion, my desire is to remove every cause of just complaint, to increase general confidence in the Legislature, and to give additional stability to the settled institutions of the State. " I submit to your wisdom the consideration of these important subjects ; and I pray God to pros per your counsels, and to guide your decisions. SCHOOLS FOR DESTITUTE AND CRIMINAL CHILDREN. — A memorial has been presented to Viscount Palmerston by a number of inhabitants of Hull, urging the necessity for immediate legislation to provide at the public ex pense, in all populous districts, industrial and reforma tory establishments, where all destitute and neglected children shall be educated and trained in useful habits, and where in a separate ward or establishment, and un der classification, those convicted of crime may he like wise trained until of an age to earn their own subsist ence, the parents of all such children in the meantime being liable for the expenses incurred. CHATHAM. —The electors of Chatham, supporters of Sir James Stirling at the last two elections for that borough, gave a farewell dinner to the gallant admiral on Friday evening last. Upwards of six hundred sat down to dinner, in a tent erected for the oc cas i on . D r . Ely presided. Sir James Stirling, Mr. Romaine, Mr. Berkeley, M.P., Captain Caius, Captain Baker, Mr. Coppock, Mr. Hulkes, and several of the county and district magistrates sat at the centre table. After din ner the usual loyal toasts were given, that of Prince Albert being ver.eived with marked and unusual ap plause by the whole asf;emblage. Sir :fames Stirling, Mr, Romaine, Mr. Coppock, Capt. Baser, Mr. Berke ley, and others, addressed the meeting, and the proceed lugs lasted wihout cessation until past ten o'clock. MONEY MARKET AND ,031_11EiXIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at about 6,000 bales, of which 800 American and 200 Egyptian were taken on speculation. The market closed heavily, with prices of all kinds much the same as on Friday last. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 700 Egyptian, at 61d. to 9d.; 600 Surat, at 3d. to 40.; and 20 Sea Island, at ls. sd. to is. 7d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. In a report upon the tallow market, by Messrs. Smith and Charles, it is stated : "The advices from St. Petersburg are to the 9th (21st) inst. Exchange, 38 13-16ths to 15-16ths. No business whatever doing in tallow for next season, and quotations quite nominal. Since our last report the market has been very quiet. On Saturday scarcely any business was done speculatively, and the tendency was to decline. To-day the market has been a little firmer, buyers where there were sellers on Saturday ; still there is an absence of excitement, operators generally waiting for more decided news relating to the Russo-Turkish question." The reported arrival at Rio of the Australian vessel, Madagascar, still requires confirmation, as her Majesty's ship of that name is supposed to have been meant. The captain of the Jessica who sent up the news, per telegraph, is hourly expected in town, .end great anxiety prevails to learn fur ther particulars. The Shareholders in the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway have taken at Dublin those decided steps which ought to stimulate the large number of hold ers in London to co-operate in bringing about a vigorous administration of their affairs. The railway from imperfect arrangements and mismanagement has been brought into such a state of lassitude that coaches and cars are preferred, and the extraordinary spectacle is presented of a traffic receiving scarcely any development, notwithstanding the new facilities which a railway should present. Various excuses were made at a former meeting on behalf of the board, but the best policy appears to be that adopted in the case of the Newmarket line, once so depressed, and now so flourishing, viz., the election of new directors who have time and talent to devote to the service of the proprietors. An out line of the proceedings at Dublin appears in our advertising columns. The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted, are as follows : Jamaica, par to premium; Metcalfe, to premium; Sue River, discount to par ; Port Royal, / to A premium. Public Securities are exceedingly quiet this morn ing, panding the receipt of the Queen's Speech. Consols have been flat at 90i1, and since, at 901 g The New 34- per Cents. are 914 to 92, and the Three per Cents. 90 to 91. Exchequer Bills, 9. to 12s. premium. Foreign Stocks are quoted about as follows : Spanish 3 per Cents., 381 to 401 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 37 to 39 ; Mexican, 231 to 24 ; Russian 105 to 107, and Dutch 21 per Cents 60 to 61. These rates are mostly nominal. The Railway Share prices, in the absence of other business than the settlement of the account, may be quoted us under : Caledonian, 251 ; Eastern Counties, 121 13 ; Great Northern, 20- 4 ; Great Western, 80!, ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61/ • ; London and Blackwall, ; London Brighton, and South Coast, 472 8 ex div. ; London and North-Western, 1001 ; London and South-Western, 381 9 ; Mid land, 601 ; North British, 7 ; North Stafford, 6 5/ ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 171 18 ; South-Eastern, 174 ; York and North Midland, 221 2 ; Northern of France, 284 91 ; Paris and Lyons, 121 ; Ditto and Strasburgh, 281. The amount of railway " calls" for February is as follows : Date due. Call. Shares *Antwerp and Rotterdam l6 £1 0 50,000 Belfast and County Down 4 110 6,750 *Grand Trunk of Canada Shares 6 210 unkn. *Do., both classes of bonds 6lO 0 unkn. *Great Central of France lO 2 0 360,000 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle, 161. 13s. 4d 1 1 0 24,000 *Paris, Caen, and Strasbourg 2O 6 0 360,000 *Sambre and Meuse, 54 per cent. pref. 1 2 0 13,850 South Wales, 201., 4 per cent ll 4 0 Do., 201., 44 per cent ll 4 0 105 , 304 Taff Vale, 101 1 1 0 21,600 *Western of Switzerland l5 1 0 65,000 L 1,021,504 Total called in 1854... £2,604,194 * The proportion called by foreign companies is 848,8501., but the holdings of English proprietors are not known. LLOYD'S SHIPPING•-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light airs and very mild weather. OFF DOVER, Jan. 30.—Carlisle, from Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Pro pontis (s), from Calcutta, Cape, &c. ; Velore, Callao, for Leith, with sails split. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Mary Montague, from Batavia, and sailed for Rotterdam. _ , BARMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Arrived—Zephyr (s), Aberyst with, for Liverpool, making much water. MARYPORT, Jan. 30.—Arrived—Nelson, from St. John's, New Brunswick. B,BNTISLAND, Jan. 30.—The Lee (schooner), of Dun dee, drove foul of the Express, and both received some damage to their masts, &c. The Vauma, Shields to Con stantinople, drove on shore during a gale yesterday ; if the weather moderates she may be got off. NEWPORT.—Arrived—Eleonore Bristol for Havana Sailed—Siam, New York. The Parthian (Danish barque), which fell over in the canal, is much strained and damaged, and will not float. YARMOUTH, Jan. 30.—The Star, (schooner), of Whitby, was in collision to-day with the Effort (brig), of Sunder land, and had her bows stove, &c. The Louth, of Louth, f ro m Sunderland to London, been brought in with loss of sails, &c. ; the Elizabeth Taylei son, from Shields to London, is on shore on the Barber Sand, but is expected off on the flood. SHIELDS, Jan. 30.—Sailed—Eustace, for Rio Janeiro. HULL, Jan. 30.—Sailed—Venerable, for Bermuda. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Beacon on the Island of Sortie.—The Norwegian Govern ment has given notice that a beacon has been erected on the N.E. point of the Island of Sortie, called Reodseigfeild, at the entrance of the p assa g e ; p osition, long. 23 21 E. of Greenwich, lat. 70 52 N. The base of the beacon is 977 feet, English, above water level, and is visible 16 miles. THE MADAGASCAR. A report has been circulated that the Madagascar for whose safety so much interest is felt, has been heard of by the Jessica, from Callao, arrived at Queenstown. The re port came from Margate, and is as follows : " Green's missing ship the Madagascar, is at Rio de Janeiro, leaky. Capt. Harrington's time of leaving Callao is not known. The time when the Madagascar put into Rio is not known. Captain Harrington to boatmen, that when the Madagascar put into Rio, she was in a very leaky state, near upon foundering, and he judged that the whole cargo must come out. The passengers would leave the ship and come on the next Rio mail." In reply to this communication it has to be observed that no reliance can be placed in the statement. The Jes sica, from Callao, arrived at Queenstown on the 10th Jan., and did not bring so late dates from Rio as the last ad*es by the steamer, which were to the 16th December. It may be inquired why did not Captain Harrington report thisin telligence earlier, by communicatinglso important a fact, if true, to the owners of the Madagascar and to the public through the press. Captain Harrington arrived in London from Margate yesterday, and made no communication on the subject to her owners, nor that of the Madagasca r . At present the relatives of the passengers and crew of the missing vessel must give no credence to the above report of her safety, notwithstanding its plausibility. The only chance that appears of the report being true, is that Capt. Harrington received it from some vessel from Rio, which may have arrived in the Channel. DEPARTURES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—The departures from the port of London for Australian colonies during the past week sho w an have comprised altogether eight vessels—two as. Syd ney,etoThetons ; with an aggregate bu r d en o f 2,073 two to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 1,550 tons ; one to Swan River, of 582 tons ;o to Hobart Town , n of 461 t • •ons , one to New Zealand, of 409 tons ; and one to Launceston, of 387 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 5,462 tons. The rates of freight sh ow a further tenthwy to decline. BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been diminished activity. The number of vessels reported inward was 107, being 40 less than the previous week. Of sugar there was reported 1,098 hhds., 315 casks, 1,752 cases, and 45,251 bags ; of tea, 24,315 packages; of coffee, 3,046 bags and 196 casks ; of grain, 10,786 quarters, including 8,344 quarters of wheat ; and of flour, 3,089 bags and 9,163 barrels. Th, number of ships cleared outward was 83, being 4 le -s than in the previous week, and of those, 19 were in in ballast, and 8 as above stated, for the Australian colonies. THE WRECK OF THE TAYLEUR.— The jury re-assembled on Monday, when the Coroner having summed up the evidence, the verdict of the jury was given, to the effect that the wreck occurred in consequence of the highly culpable neglect of the owners in permitting the Tay leur to sail without having her compasses properly adjusted, or without a trial to n,qcertqin if the ship waq under proper control of her helm. Moreover, that Captain Noble did Y. - y)t take suilici pi -, e.;ntiou to en sure the safety of the vessel by sounding, after detecting the error in the compasses. Captain Noble, however, was not criminally impugned by the verdict. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The re-engagement of Mr. G. V. Brooke' at this theatre, which commenced last evening, will afford to the lovers of the legitimate drama another opportunity of witnessing this eminent tragedian in some of his fa vourite characters, ere he takes his departure for Ame rica. That this opportunity will be taken advantage of to a considerable extent, we have not the slightest doubt, lor notwithstanding the exceptions taken to his acting, the success which has invariably attended his performances, now extending over a considerable period, is a pretty good proof that he possesses rare histronic abilities, and is far removed above the ordinary run of his professional brethren. We are far from saying that th• vote populi is always to be depended upon for the justice or correctness of the ver dict it passes on the merits of a man, but no one will leny that it forms a most important ingredient for con sideration when estimating the qualifications of actors and orators, whose success is greater or less in propor tion to the impression they make on large assemblies of people. If we judge Mr. Brooke by this standard he is the first tragedian of the day ; but we are content to say that he is the most popular, and that with few imper fections he inherits a large share of those qualities which combine to make a fine, noble, effective, and intelligent delineator of charaoter upon the stage. Last night Mr. Brooke's reception was most enthu siastic, and as the house was thronged throughout, it is evident that he has not fallen in the estimation of metro- politan audiences. The piece selected for his re-appear ance was Howard Payne's tragedy of Brutus, or the fall of Tarquin, said not to have been produced hero for twenty years, and certainly seldom revived elsewhere, though both in point of writing and construction, it is equal to many of the best and favourite tragedies, founded on. historical incidents of ancient Rome, and constantly brought out at the London as well as provincial theatres. It was first produced at Drury-lane on Thursday, the 3d of December, 1818, with Kean as the hero, and Mrs. Glover as Tullia. The part of Brutus gave ample scope to Mr. Brooke for those manifestations which characterise his style. His great effects occurred in the scenes in which he denounces Sextus Tarquin, and appeals to the excited passions of the mob over the body of the injured and lovely Lucretuis. To the former explosion of loathing indignation he gave immense force. The madness which he feigns in the first and second acts was discriminated with much success ; and his delineation of the paternal struggle which constitutes the element of the latter sec tion of the tragedy was by to means wanting in feeling. Taken as a whole, the personation was vigorous, manly, and careful. Mr. Brooke was vociferously applauded when the curtain fell, and was recalled to receive a fresh shower of acclamations, together with some two or three com plimentary bouquets. The tragedy was otherwise supported by Mr. George Bennett, Mr. Belton, Mrs. Vickery, and a Miss Fanny Cathcart, a debutante from Liverpool, who played Tar quinia in an artless and agreeable manner. Great labour has been bestowed on the getting up ; Ind there were some effects that were very telling. The breaking into the Palace of Tulia was highly so, and the tumbling down of the massive walls, with the raging multitude 'without, was admirably managed. The seenes with the women were classical and pretty, and the closing scene was extremely picturesquely and cleverly groped. Die Roman scenery of the theatre came in well, and altogether the revival deserves, and doubtless will have, a considerable run. It is a spirited effort of a spirited manager, and should be responded to 'by all who still admire the high heroic drama of our country. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert left Windsor Castle for London at ten minutes before one o'clock yesterday, at tended by the Viscountess Canning, Lord Rivers, Vis count Torrington, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Sir Frederic Stovin, Colonel Bouverie, and the Master of the Household. The august party travelled from the Great Western Railway station in Windsor by a special train to Pad dington, and proceeded to Buckingham Palace in three of the royal carriages, escorted by a detachment of Lancers. Her Majesty and the Prince arrived at the Palace at twenty minutes before two o'clock, and were received by Earl Spencer, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Lieut.-Colonel F. Seymour. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock. It was attended by Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Lord President, Lord Cranworth, Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Earl of Clarendon, Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Duke of New castle, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Charles Wood, President of the Board of Control, the Right Hon. Sid ney Herbert, Secretary at War, Sir William Molesworth, First Commissioner of Public Works and Buildings, Earl Spencer, Lord Steward, the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to the Prince, and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain). At the Council, the Queen's Speech on opening the Session of Parliament was arranged and agreed upon. Her Majesty pricked the list of sheriffs for the pre• sent year for the counties of England and Wales. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Court, - Namik Pacha, accompanied by M. Musurus, the Turkish Minister, was presented to her Majesty at an audience, by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, and Lord John. Russell. The Court was attended by Viscount Combermerep Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the Household ; Lord Rivers, Lord in Waiting ; Vis count Torrington, Lord in Waiting to the Prince, and Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting. The Earl of Aberdeen left Windsor Castle on Sanday afternoon, and Sir James and Lady Graham took their departure yesterday for town. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governor of Malta. PARLIAMENTARY BANQUETS. The Earl of Aberdeen, as First Lord of the Treasury, gave a full dress banquet last evening to the mover, the Earl of Carnarvon, and the seconder of the Royal ad lress, and a large party of peers at Argyll House. The guests of the noble Premier, included the Lord Chan. , ellor, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Nlarquis of Abercorn, the Marquis of Breadalbane," the Earl Granville, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl Spencer, the Earl Grey, the Earl of Bessborougb, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl Fitzwilliam, Viscount Canning, Viscount Hardinge, Lord Raglan, Lord Camoys, Lord De Tabley, Lord Foley, Lord Beaumont, Lord Stanley )f Alderley, Lord Ashburton, the Hon. Col. Alexander Gordon, Mr. Dawkins, &c. The Earl Fitzhardinge was unable to join the circle. Lord John Russell gave a full dress Parliamentary dinner party last evening at the Foreign-office, Downing street. The invitations included the Right Hon. the Speaker, Viscount Castlerosse, the mover of the address, And Mr. Thomson Hankey, the seconder ; Viscount Pal merston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Wm. Molesworth, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Drumlanrig, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir John Young, the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, the Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers, the Attor ney-General, the Lord Advocate of Sootland, the Soli citor-General, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Lord Alfred Harvey, Lord Elcbo, the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. Osborne, the Hon. H. Fitzroy, Mr. Frederick Peel, Mr. L owe, M r. G renv ill e Berkeley, the Hon. William Cowper, Mr. Monsell, Colonel Maule, Admiral Berkeley, Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle. Major - General Buckley, Mr. A r thur Russell, and Mr. Boileau. The Earl of Derby, as leader of the Opposition in the douse of Lords, gave a splendid banquet last ev en i ng , at the family residence in St. James' s-squ are, to a dis tinguished circle of his political friends i n the Upper Rouse. The following peers constituted the party : The Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Ex e t er , th e Mar quis of Downshire , the Earl .of Wilton, the Earl Dela war, the Earl of Malmesb ur),the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Verulam, the Earl of Desart, the Earl Talbot, the Earl of Winchilsea, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Donoughmore, the Earl of Glengall, Viscount Strang ford, Viscount Combermere, Lord De Roe, Lord Redes dale, Lord Southampton, Lord Colchester, Lord Colville, and Lord St. Leonards. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., the leader of the anti-ministerial party in the House of Commons, gave a grand dinner on the eve of the session of Parliament, last evening, at his residen ce i n U pper G rosvenor - s t ree t, w h e n the following noblemen and gentlemen were the guests of the right hon. gentleman :—The Marquis of Chandos, the Earl of March, Viscount Barrington, Viscount Mandeville, Lord Stanley, Lord Naas, Lord Lovaine, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pakington, the Right Hon. S. W. Walpole, the Hon. Ti. T. Liddell, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Sir William Jolliffe, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. G. Hamilton, Mr. Miles, Mr. Cairns, &c. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh have arrived at he Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Brighton. Lord and Lady Falmouth have also arrived at the Clarendon, from Mereworth Castle, Maidstone. Lady John and Miss Somerset have arrived in Chester square for the season. Mr. Thomson Hankey, who is this evening to second the address in the House of Commons, is not a member of the banking firm, as has been stated, but belongs to the firm of Thomson Hankey, and Co., of Mincing-lane, West India merchants. THE SPANISH NAVY. —According to the Oomercio of Cadiz, the maritime f'rce of Spain, including the vessels eonstructi , ,n and those which have been ordered to be ('o , siqts of 1 , ;„mac-lE'.---rame!y 3 men-of-war, 10 sailing frigates, 14 screw frigates, 17 corvettes, 14 brigs, 12 schooners and packet-boats, 2 screw schooners, 8 war transports, 34 steamers, and 3 small vessels. iTEST RUSSIA It is affirmed tl toission to Vienna ceder certain circi Varsaw, .by way seat of war. Ile auswer of the Czar Austrian Emperor P r opositions ,of the its first intervi took place at 11 0' tie leaves View hursday. Prince Gortscha r etire to his estatE General Pesch on Satur da tp to the 25th '° l `.l the Princip: General Schilc ,_only left Warsa ' -l kuperor, for 11 I NPerior officers BChilder is said bridge s across 01 sage of that rives h. The garrison. kgrks. All op3i Which covers the At Constantin kill the a - raenal the people were , I Sitice. the 12t "inf',elves on tl at IS as, Turnou , g() wiever, attemi Kint. Since tl kez received or Oltenitza, and twelve miles frc down to the riv The heavy s from Krajova, terS considered lack on Kalafai koff has even r , Waste of life lil Postponement %hall be availal , A bulletin • battle of Citale By a private general Salis, raising a free gether 600 Se garians, but n 1 , 1 0 uniform bu ' l t* The anxi€ creasing. No biorrow. The followir 21: The moss anC, Journals. The At the Cauca?. echl:Pa of the C 1 , 14 -rng this latt 10 :c this service t ie 13th divis eve been cal against the Ti 13 Posted part] bobruclj a inM 4 Part of Ostei '0 that the 6 3 cy, has also' As a proof oft Z l lmstance se -Uula of the concerning t] through the cognition of t lof the nobilit to the corps 'troops with r c ommanded to express to supreme sath •II•nd zeal of moved by 'thought fit t( Ott all who lc rho lost the I 3 Peedy and 48 mailies of the meagre i or legally 7ressury an defray thes , sums, especi for here eve The stock 'ae empire before. Th bank of the used for tl banking est dation has this its prei prop er ty. the officials I ,nring th widows ha: that these : 1 1 the grea knows wha tune. The Prix Russia pa] I "rioce Mi 'waiting to tious have firroans w lAA not px The subj the combin off Buyukd number, at fine, chang Sanspat eil, klervous, 11 but were r they had Wbole fleet ?-te Bosph gritannia seance an and 'Palm' land, Agai and five frigate loc At 4.30 tected fro] Thursch Isla squad] our party cut her si hoard. Friday nay. Th( a high hil bath aid( end, near equstern: 'of whoa 'Turkish the beac every p a driven s Many al Beene me bodies 1' With ea 'vultures Sunda laagne, 'were on and esc where all day th guns, o Turkisl 'which i attempt people ; armed, them 11th, a The Ft The - N 1;1 Rim-street. T kolia ondon, 14th November, 1853. HIGH WATER ikT LONDON BRIDGE. r DAY —Morning 45 min.after 3 1 Evening 6 min. R.Row—:%lornin g 2T min.after 4 I Evening 48 min 1 -- i THE WEATHER.—SON Dais, JAN. 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. / 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 28. Wind—S.W., light airs and very mild weather. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1854.