The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-06 00:00:00

IQR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ti 4 B OtT—Meru. 0 , nln. 0 —Evening 4 mio- aft. 12 TWIORBO'i—Morn. 37 min. aft. 12 —Evening 8 min aft 1 THE WEATHER—SUN Ornor, FEBRUARY 6. THRRITOMTTER, TN THE SHADE. 44 -highest &was noon yestord*Y -4t - invest this morning and during the night. 48 -.this :lay at noon. PAaov TrINF, 29.95—falling. WIND. S.W. in the morning; no•.v W. by S.—Light, wish mild, cloudy, and partially eunshiny weather. I P 1 41 g•'<- _•,*. ~_i THE Cheapest MAP of as LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS, 26 Inches by 14. Price SIXPLNCE plain, One Shilling coloured. Kelly pi i 1 Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's, Strand, W.C. T AEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. St age M anager, M r. R Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Tho eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles gathews, every evening. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform an entirely new three -act Drama, entitled THE BLACK BOOK. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, A. Yonnge, G. Honey, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Lingham; Misses Cleveland and M. Oliver, and Mrs. Selby. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the bonse to suit every one : —Galleries, (id. and is. ; Second Circle of Poxes, I.s. Bd. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, s". rxt. ; Dress Boxes, 38. ; Stalls, se. ; Private Boxes, 104. CA„ I'. Is., ii. Ils. 6d., and 2/. 2s. A Morning Performance of the Groat Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. rri'd - P. A TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 0 1 THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, (for the Benefit of Mr. Murdoch, and his last appearance), with THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Murdoch ; Pauline, Miss Reynolds. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Yfr W. Callcott. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, K. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver ROY kt PRINCESS'S THEATRE. , TrnS EVENING will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin acid the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack; Clown, Mr. Hutine ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co lumbine; Miss C. Adams. 0Y41.4 LYCErAf TEIEATRE. A; Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., foundecinpon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Araieites Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton, Cocrad (the Corsair) ... Birbsrto (his lieutenant) Madera Clowns Miss Woolgar „Mr. J. L. Toole ~.Mrs. Charles Dillon ...Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall To he preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tegnan, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daUy, from 11 to 5, under the super btendenee of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties t.) the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. Last Morning Performance, Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Les-ee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY. Me:issa, Mrs Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pail Bedford will appear. Followed by TILE MISS TUTOR. Dr O'Toole, Mr Barney Williams. To conclude with MOTHER SITIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine Ca la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Searamoneh, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, —tit) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, an original play, in three acts, entitled A BIRD IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. Roderick Praiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN, Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Finis ; Columbines, Moidames Marie and Agnes. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. TIM EVENING, will he performed THE STRANGER. Characters by Messrs. H. Marston, Robinson, Ray, Belford, Rayner, Lewis Ball, and Harris; and Mesdames Eburne, J. Marston, and C. Parkes. To conclude with the pantomime, TAE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. TR AND TRE AT RE.-111.4nager, Mc. T. o , —, Payne. —This Evening will he per ormerl DON'T LEND YOUR, UMBRELLA. Pollowod by (fourth time) THE ANTI-GAROTTE, After which, the immensely succeseil novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MNGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, N:iss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbuly ; Mercury, Miss Cameron ; Humbrr, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; 11 , ..r0n, Mr J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Love)., Miss Craven : Adclelp - ...te, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edonin ; La ly Miles, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Mr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Rade quisade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edonin ; P4ntaloon, 'Zr. , .5. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines. Miss E. .;aeohs and Mdle. Cellison ; Premier Dansense, Mrlle. Marie Charles. Commence at Seven. &al's, 3s. ; Boxes, 2e. ; Pit, ls, ; Callery, A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'eleelz ROY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELK'ATE GROUND. G. Vining And T,eslia ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fah7 Extravaganzt. by J. R. Planche, Esq.. called YOUNI AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. (Nese, Castleton, P.romley, Maskell, an' Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. MCSST3. ASTLEY'S ROY A L AMP FIITH EATR E. Lessee and Manger, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING the equestrian comic pantomime, PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK, which (this Week being devoted to the Juveniles and Country Visitors) will each night be placed first. The comic vagaries of the Grimaldi Horse are indescribable. After which, ti a FCEVES in the C,IICLE To coticlu.l4l with KATHERINE PetracYo, Mr. James Hol!oway. AND PETP,LT ELIO Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Ilexes, 48 ; Upper Boxes, as. ; Pi iv..te Boxes, from 11., no charge far booking ; ; Gallery, Is. ; trroiv!r er.tllcry, F,d._ _ P. , x-olliee open from Eleven till Four. Striae 'Manager, Mr. W. West. Doestrian rireetor, Mr. W. Coolie, jun. CN.NTER IV/ HALL. West :it nst er-road. OPEN EVERY EVENING,—.The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, &c., via. : —Miss E Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghman9, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corri. Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Cori ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, J. f larroway, R. A .; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulf!eld. Commence at Seven o'clock pre 6sely. Suppers, Arc.. until twelve o'clock. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Gentleman's Czket, 7s; lady's ditto, 5s ; &mei() 0 cket (lady and gentlen.an or two ladies), Ns. L ,!;.:ON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1 R 7 This day Sir G. C. LEWIS is to move for * elect committee to inquire into the opera- Um of tho Bank Act of 1844 and the Bank Acts of Ireland and Scotland of 1845 —and to inquire into the Jaw relating to joint-stock expressed our opinions acts. We have already respecting such a course__ have shown that it could only be resorted to " for the purpose of procrastination — o f shelving the subjects until the excitement occasioned by the severe restric tions so prejudicial to all descriptions of industry has subsided, and the nation, appeased by tem porary relief, may again endure such stringent measure's as the mischievous theories of the cur rency quacks may suggest." That we were not singular in this view of the case app ears f rom what fell from the Earl of DERBY during the debate on the Royal Speech. The nok)le L or d sa id , " I trust her MAJESTY'S Government has made up their minds as to the course which they intend to recommend to Parliament—that they are not Ileiag again to launch this important question TEE SiTN, into the abyss of select committees, or to invite a &Nye of pamphlets and correspondence from the pens of 'MERCATOR' and his contem!:oraries ; but I do trust that, acting upon the best judg ment they can form, they will, upon their own responsibility as a Government, submit to Parliament such a measure, whether in ad herence to, or in alteration of, the ex isting law, as they may deem expedient, and that the question may be settled by Parliament upon a plan deliberately submitted as the result of the careful consideration of the Government of the day !" This would have been the manly, the straight forward course. Sir G. C. LEirrs has had ample time to mature- his plans. He was Excused during 1855 on account of his recent appointment to office, and last year in the general saturnalia en joyed by the popular representatives on account of the Peace. Not, indeed, that the People had any cause for rejoicing at the lame and impotent conclusion what might have been an honourable and beneficial, as it was unquestionably a just and necessary, war ; but the pret xt for idleness was eagerly seized, and grudgingly allowed, and the nation, for the second time, submitted to prc crastination, and the continued uncertainty re-* specting a matter of vital importance to its future welfare and prosperity. We urged, at the time, that, if an inquiry was considered indis pensable, it might be held forthwith, so that the Report might be obtained before the prorogation, and in the hands of every member for careful study during the recess. This salu ary course was, however, avoided, and the only thing that could justify the apathy was the suppo- Aition that the Financial Minister had made up his mind, and would be prepared t 3 submit a specific ineasure to the Legislature on his own responsibi lity ! There were unquestionably ample mate rials for legislation, and a man aspiring to fill so important a situation as that of Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to hare taken the bull by the horns, and to come forward boldly with an independent measure, which he might have done, with the assistance of so powerful an auxiliary as Mr. JAMES WILSON. He has, however, shirked the manifest duty ; and, if the House assent, intends to consign the question to the hopeless limbo of a Select Commit tee. There the session wilt be passed by a carefully packed committee, whose decision on all important points may be regarded as a foregone conclusion, who will hear witnesses selected with equal care, whose prejudices and interests will inducei them to take a very one-sided view of the subject. Thus valuable time will be thrown away. The Session will pass before the Committee have agreed on any point, except that they cannot agree, and under the most favourable circum stances the Old Lady will enjoy her monopoly for yet another year, and the nation must submit to the incubus with the best possible grace. Mean while, another turn of the wheel may take place. The monetary cycle will proceed. From starva tion we may be restored to abundance, or rather superabundance, fur the goldon mean seldom con tinues long. Discounts will be reduced to a , third of the present prices, and " money will be a drug in the market," The deluded, people dazzled by the fleeting prosperity, will forget past sufferings, and another Bank job may be perpetrated without exciting the just indignation of the people, until another crisis as formidable as that of 1847 may again provoke remonstrances and curses, both loud and deep, from the victims of Ministerial thimbleri gging. If, however, there must be a fresh investigation we trust that the committee may be fairly and impartially selected. The farm, enacted. in IR4g by Sir CHARLES WOOD was justly censured by every right minded man. It was a " solemn im posiu,re," by which the nation was banabozzled. Such a trick cannot be played for the second time with impunity. We should hope that every true. hearted Eqglish man, no matter of what shade or variety of political opinion, would deprecate a course so wholly opposed to every principle of fair play and common justice. Every name on the committee must be clos2ly scanned, and a division, if necessary, taken. Lord G. BEN TINCIC made a gallant fight in 1848. But, although unsuc glassful, he rendered valuable service by exposing the stratagem and laying bare the paltry " dodge" that was practised. The terms resorted to in the Royal Speech in duces a very natural apprehension that Sir G. C. Limns intends to renew the Bank Charter with all its iniquities. "Her MAJESTY commands us to recommend to your consideration the expe diency of renewing for a further period the privi leges of the Bank of England." This certainly seems to indicate a foregone conclusion. There is nothing of revision—nothing to show that the connection between the Bank and S ate may be severed, or that- a really national establishment may be substituted in its place. If the Govern ment intended to leave it an open question, to be decided by a fairly selected committee, they should have used different language. If, on the other hand, they had resolved on their course, they should have anted promptly, without striving to shelter themselves under the .2Egis of the Committee. It is but justice to Mr. GLA.DSTONE to say that he pointed out the impropriety of the course clearly and unequivocally, while express ing a hope-3 faint one we fear that we are "beginning to emerge frons the series of monetary experiments, and are about to bring our monetary system to a comprehensive, and permanent, and established basis." We cordially concur in this aspiration, although we fear that we may differ very widely as to what that basis ought to be. At all events, it is well to know that the proceed ings may not go off quite so smoothly as Sir G. C. LEWIS anticipates, and that there are influen tial members of the Peelitt party who think that " the privileges of the Bank of England, properly so called, require revision as much as renewal." If monetary reformers only exert themselves as the importance of the subject requires all may yet be well—if they yield to the sinister influences by which they are surrounded, we shudder at the contemp!ation of the calamities yet in store for the nation, calamities which cannot be averted or materially retarded. The Secretary for the Colonies was hard at work last evening in the House of Commons. He obtained leave on that, the third, day of the ses sion, to prepare the way for three comprehensive reforms materially affecting the organisation of his vast and complicated department. He ex torted from the popular branch of the Legislature permission to bring in that bill relating to Nor blk Island, which excited a laugh at the first whisper of it in the House on Tuesday evening —a bill intended to effect a very desirable altera tion in the existing provision s of the local systen of ecclesiastical government. He succeeded, in the same way, in opening up the ground for another measure, designed to enable her NlAJzsrv's sub jects in the lonian States t hold, under the Crown, whenever it might be deemed advisable, military and naval commissions. Above all, he to i inqu i re ui r for e the appointment of a Se proved equally succeiseseftucl o in mm h i i t s tee m the state of the Hudson's Bay Territories. As to the propeeed Bill in relation to the LONDON, IFRIDAY Ecclesiastical Government of Norfolk Island = it must be quite obvious to every one that the measure is urgently requisite under existing cir- cumstances. Remembering, for example, that that lovely island is no longer peopled by the off scourings of the earth ! That the artificial Hell has reverted once more to a natural Paradise! That in place of those miserable convicts, who eccupied a position in regard to its beautiful ver dure such as the damned of the " Divine Comedy" occupied in regard to the gloomy precincts of the Inferno—(one of hopeless toil, agony, and degra dation)—Norfolk Island has received, as more appropriate and congenial inhabitants, the redun dance of the interesting population of Pitcairn's Island, the virtuous descendants of the lawless mutineers against old Bounty BLIGH / As to the Bill affecting the future condition of the people of the lonian States—that, too, may be recognised readily enough as, all things consi dered, most reasonable. Bearing in mind the simple and wholly incontrovertible fact that by empowering her MAJESTY'S subjects of the lonian Islands to hold Military and Naval commissons under the Crown at their own will and pleasure, the Legis lature will be merely placing these people upon a footing with the aggregate of the Colonial popula tion of great Britain in both hemispheres. Finally, and most especially—as to the impor tant motion agreed to for a Select Committee to inquire into the state of the Hudson's Bay Territories ! What, possibly, we ask, could be more urgently desirable, in regard to colonial matters, than that that particular question, of all others, should at length be thrust by her MIJESTY'S Secretary of State under the consideration of the Imperial Legisla ture ? Look for a moment at Mercator's Chart of the World—and then answer 1 Observe the sweep of those enormous possessions across the whole breadth of the gigantic continent of North America ! Possessions so vast that they have a width of no less than 2,600 miles across—stretch ing from the shores of the Atlantic to the shores of the Pacific ! So wealthy that it is calculated that their unworked mineral treasures far sur pass in value all that has ever been produced there by the fur trade ! So prolific in ♦egetation that its dense forest masses remind one, more than any other portion of the globe, of that rank and and almost awful productiveness which ages ago, in the Oolite era of the Geologists, required to be " kept under" by the dread Pre-Adainite mon sters, the browsing Igoadon and the ruminating Hylceosaurus I Yet this wonderful territory —so vast, ao wealthy, so prolific—has hitherto for the last two centuries been abandoned by England, almost unconditionally, to a huxtering Company of Fur-Merchants, a Company looking solely to its own pecuniary interests, and sacrificing to those interests a track of country equal in its dimen sions to the better portion of the European Con tinent ! In the reign of King CHARLES 11., in the year 1670, the original Charter was granted to the Hudson's Bay Company, making over to them for a given period the whole of these enormous possessions. Since then that Charter has been renewed periodically by complaisance or ignorance, or indifference of the Imperial Legislature. Nine teen years ago—in continuance of this mistaken policy—the " rights" of the Company were con tinued for another term of one-and-twenty years, by Royal Licence I Consequently 3459 will, in due course, bring the whole question again under the consideration of Parliament I Is there not i recognisable in this one fact a really golden op portunity I Rather apparently, we think, not to say glaringly and undeniably ! Let not the op portunity be lost ! Whatever the Right Hon. Gentleman iho - kr...63r for (loventry may say to the contrary, this much-lauded Hudson's Bay Company is a kind of a Close Corporation, notoriously requiring (ef all things) to be burst open, and searchingly ransacked, and thoroughly and completely ventilated. Of course, Mr. Emden thinks otherwise. That we might only reasonably have anticipated. But, then, a great many other Members of Parliament happily look upon the matter quite differently. Insomuch so that Mr. LA.BOUCHERE no sooner asks permission of the House to have a Select Committee of In quiry (into the whole question) appoiutsd than that permission is at once conceded by the popular branch of the Legislature. Let the Members of this Committee be well selected, and we shall not have much longer reason to lament over our old heart-burnings about the Hudson's Bay Company. The enormous dominions hitherto abandoned to the fur-traders being at length, we doubt not, in the fullness of time, opened up to the energies of .our British Colonists, and through them to what Doctor JOHNSON me morably eulogised as " the benefits of Know 12dge and the blessings of Religion !" HARRY BROUGHAM, the HARRY BROUGHAM of 1816, reappeared (among the Lords, alas !) on Tuesday evening. Would that he could un peer himself for a while, and be the HARRY BROUGHAM of the Commons till the Income Tax question is settled. He has himself described, in his published speeches, with all his own vigour, the battle to which he alluded and in which he was so prominent a chief. He it was who compelled a Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had intended a surprise, to listen to petitions and debates for six weeks before he could get a division, and then to submit to defeat by a majority of 37 ; and who laid down, as Mr. WILBERFORCB observed, the whole some principle, " that War and Income Tax are wedded together." Lord BROUGHAM has asserted the very principle we have ourselves maintained against Sir G. C. LEWIS' statement to the deputa tion. In opposition to him we affirmed that the House of Commons could not, any more than pri vate individuals, fix unconditionally their expen diture first, and get the money afterwards ; that they must, on the contrary, have regard, in framing their e3timates, to the probable amount they could raise. This doctrine Lord BROUGHAM not only affirms—not only demands further reduc tion% than those promised by Lord P_ ANMURE, but also reminds Sir GEORGE that the very thing was done just forty years ago. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then was thoroughly flogged out of an Income Tax which brought in 15,000,0001., or the Tax flogged out of him—and he brought in amended estimates less in proportion I ! It will be well for the cotton lords to remember this, and not to forget that the Estimates will be shaped according to the temper of the Housse on the Income Tag. The speakers on Tuesday night busied them selves chiefly on what the country looks upon, for the most part, as party debate, and therefore skips the long weary columns; not so in regard to the financial part of the discussion. Each speak er's statements will be carefully scrutinised in respect to the all-interesting Income Tax. It is remarkable that not a speaker defended the uni form rate. Mr. DISRAELI, of course, did not. Lord BROUGNAM denounced it, as he did in 1842, mid even so long back as 1816. Mr. GLADSTONE himself, who said that " the question of the vary: lug rate was a question between the air and the clouds"—yet admitted that an equal rate was such * 'Pill/Woes and made the tax so dangerous in time EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1 of peace, that he had on that ground arranged for its cessation in 1860, and maintained that that agreement ought to be adhered to. Lord DERBY decidedly took on this point the same view as Mr. DISRAELI and Mr. GLADSTONE. Lord JOHN RusszLL and Mr. GLADSTONE in the strongest terms demanded that the naval and military ex penditure should be reduced to the old peace standard—and all demanded that the great ques tion whether we are to have an expenditure that requires the tsar rat• of Income Tax should be settled forthwith. The country and the House have every encouragement, therefore, to force economy on the Government. Nit only the Manchester School, but the Peelites, and the Derbyites demand a peace expenditure, which means two things, the cessa tion of the war elevenpence, and of the unjust arrangement of the tax itself, at least, in 1860. We renew, therefore, our oft-repeated advice, — AGITATE 1 AGITATE I AGITATE ! But the nation has additional grounds for en couragement. The Leviathan is, to use a " Hi bernicism," once more "turning its back upon itself." Any degree of tergiversation on the part of " the leading journal" is by no means uncommon, nor should we think it worth while to notice it, so far as the Times itself is concerned. But we have recently pointed out the direct con nection between Downing-street and Printing house-square. The complicity being indicated by the very suspicions similarity between the views of the journalist published in the morning, and of the Financial Minister expressed in the after noon. The exact figures, too, 80,00,0001., being spoken of in both gnat ters, proved that there had been previous consultation. On the 23c1 ultimo the Times declared that the money was wanted to discharge an existing obligation, and to counteract an exhaustion in actual process ; so the Chancellor of the Exche quer first tells us that he must have the money, and then suggests the mode which he hopes will be the least distressing to our feelings. It then asserts that "it is only a choice of evils," and that "it is scarcely worth while to talk very strongly about the Income Tax before ye know the extent of the necessary evil, and how much money is wanted. All anticipations are useless when we must shortly know the facts of the case, and it is equally useless at this moment to protest against any tax that may happen to be galling us." Again on the 26th ultimo . .t announces that " the oscillations of the War Income Tax question are beginning to yield to the strong attraction of I the year 1858, and show evident signs of settling down at that point in the compass;" that "the letter of the Act is kept as a slight convenient intrenchment in the distance, not for the purpose; of actually retiring behind it, because that would be illiberal and cowardly, but rather for the purpose of pointing to and producing the impression on f the enemy that you might tale advantage of its i protection if you liked, and that therefore he must not push you too far ;" adding " With respect to this single year's continuance cf the War Income Tax, it is perhaps not worth while, under all the circumstances, to fight against cur destiny." All its arguments were to the effect that it was a question of expenditure, not of taxation, and that we should patiently and submissively await the announcement of the intentions of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and nct complain if the " pettifogging quibble," or "slight convenient intrenchment in the distance" were made avail able. Even yesterday it followed in the same ) course. It declared, that "the whole tax is ac tually doomed to extinction as a peace tar. Not only the war 9d. (q. 11d.), but the peace 7d., lies under sentence of death, to be, carried into execution this timo 66-co years. " , . " The road has been rough and the lane a long one, but at any rate the turning is well in view." The whole tenour of its remarks counsel submission to destiny, in the shape of the will and pleasure of Sir G. C. LEWIS. But now nous changons tout cela. Th e na ti on fortunately did not accept the sinister advice ; a storm was raised about the ears of the Minister, and he has seen the necessity of reefing his sails before the coming storm. The Times has received an opportune hint, and this day declares that " the British people have wisely determined to be rid of this most grievous impost 1 To be rid of the war 9d. now, and the other rd. as soon as possible, is the ruling desire of all classes, from peers to the pettiest tradesmen." . . . " The most that can be expected is to be rid of the extra Income Tax. "For the present let no . . • Minister be able to urge, as an excuse for keeping on a fraction of the Income Tax, the pretext that any section of the community is in the least de gree indifferent to its abolition." What, then, would have been the case if they had submitted to their destiny, as counselled by th e Ti mes ? L et possible. Mean this t w h i i e w v t a h r a e n i s: s l t v i fi e e t d h a i t n e a n c i g e e m p a ti i n f g extraordi nary change, not as the opinion of the journalist, but as an echo from Downing-street —as the first fruits of the earnest and indefatigable agitation that has been inaugurated. But we are only at the very commencement of our task ; the same course that has triumphed against the extra war charge will suffice to insure an equitable adjust ment thereof—distinguishing between permanent and precarious incomes, between the proceeds of accumulated and realised property and the fluctu ating wages and earnings of industry. One more, then, we repeat to the people Agitate I Agitate ! Agitate 1 and final and complete success must at tend your exertions.. Follow the successful precedent of EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTERN. Cut off once more the supplies—cut them off in February—and we shall then have estimates shaped to what we will pay, not to what a Government would like to spend. In another part of our present impression will be found a report of the proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the London and County (Joint Stock) Bank, which took place yesterday. After the recent instances of mismanagement and criminal misconduct in connection with other establish ments of a like nature, it must be a source of gratification to the reader to light on a report so satisfactory as that which the Directors were enabled to present. Despite the shock given to public confidence by the miserable exposures to which we have referred, the London and County Bank, under the existing management, has, it will be seen, yielded a dividend of 6 per cent. on the last six months, or 11 per cent. on the entire year ; and this without any " cooking of the accounts," or any of the wretched subterfuges which have so often been resorted to to gull the shareholders and the confidi n g public. On the contrary, everything fair and above board—a straightforward balance-sheet checked by a public tions for the future testifying to the integ rit y of thecc ou Directors. Glanci ng o ver the and accompanied by recommenda a Report, we find the gross profit of the Bank for the half year, including balances brought forward from the last account, and after making provision for bad and doubtful debts to amount to 119,2571. 35. 4d, leaving after deduction of all charges a net profit of 38,081/. 9s. 6d. From this Amount it is the lax Per out ! dividend _ (free of Income Tax) has been declared, leaving, after the subtraction of 5001. added to the Provident Fund of the Bank for the bygone year, a balance of 7,795/. 14s. 3d. ! A highly satisfactory result, it must be admitted, and, taken in conjunction with the increase of capital decided on, affording conclusive proof of the caution and forethought of the management. Though late in the field with their Report'owing to the nume rous country branches of the Bank, whose accounts had to be duly inspected in order to make up the general balance-sheet, the Directors, it must be confessed, have made up for the delay by a field day well calculated to inspire confidence in the suc cess of the Bank, whatever it along with others may have to encounter in the present year. The tug of 1856, however, through which it has come so triumphantly, is not likely to be equalled, much less exceeded, by any in 1857, so that with out any drawback the shareholders may be con gratulated on their prospects. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 5. Prince Albert and the Prince of \Vales skated on the ice in the Home-park yesterday afternoon, attended by the gentlemen in Waiting. Several officers of the garri son had the honour to join their royal highnesses. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Feodore of HoLenlohe-Langenbu.rg, and Princess Amelia of Hohenlohe-Schillingfurst, and attended by the ladies in waiting, was present. The band of the let Life Guards played a selection of favourite airs during the skating. The fourth dramatic performance at the Castle took slams this evening. Sbakspere's play, in five acts, of King Richard II.," was selected, and the parts were filled according to the following programme : KING RICHARD IL Mug Itiaiord IL Edmund of York) of Langley (Duke { - Uncles }Mr. Cooper. to the John of Gaunt (Duke al King. }Mr. Walter Lacy. Lancaster) Henry, sum amed Bolingbroke (Duke e of Hereford),son to John of Gaunt, Mr. Ryder. afterwards King Henry the Fourth Duke of Aumerle, son to the Duke } Mr. Brazier. of York Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk Mr. J. F. Cathcart. Duke of Surrey Mr. Raymond. Earl of Salisbury Earl Berkley Bushy Mr. Rolleaton. Bagot }Creatures to Ki ng Ri c h ar d {M r. W arren. Green Mr. Barsby. Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy (his son) Lord Ross Lord Willoughby ... Bishop of Carlisle Sir Pierce of Exton Sir Stephen Scroop First Gardener Second Gardener Groom Mr. Cormack. Queen to Richard II Mrs. Chas. Kean. Duchess of Gloucester Mrs. Taman. Duchess of York - Miss Desborougb. Lady attending on the Queen Miss M. Daly. Shortly after 8 o'clock her Majesty the Queen and the Prince, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the elder portion of the Royal Family, and a large number of the nobility, entered the theatre (St. George's Hall), and the performance immediately commenced. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re sidence in Downing-street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal from the Prerogative Court, "Bremer v. Freeman and Bremer," was continued. Lord Panmure had a dinner party on Wednesday at his ressdence in Bel rave-square. The company included Sir Henry Storks, Mr. Bouverie, Col. Ramsay, Col. Dundas, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Ellice, and Captain Ratnsay. Lord John Rugsell was at Nice at the time of the King's visit, and his Majesty, Count Cavour, and other Italian statesmen, have expressed themselves very much pleased with his lordship's conversation. The Earl of Harowood was somewhat better yesterday. His lordship, we regret to learn, is still in a very precari ous state. _ Mr. Botfield has left the Clarendon for his seat in Shropshire. General Prim has charged General Za.vala to defend him before the military tribunal by which he is shortly to be tried. The Moniteur du Loiret Pays that everything that Verger wrote during his imprisonment has been burnt by the authorities. CHURCH RATES.—From Easter, 1853, to Easter, 1854, 465,0001. was received as church rate ; 448,0001. was spent, and the sum borrowed was 313,0001. The anneal meeting of the Madras Railway Company is called for the 19th instant, and that of the East Indian Ifun Oumt , *..y for the 20th inst. Major-General Sir W. F. Wiliiams, Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, having obtained leave of absence, Colonel Hardinge, Ta7.H., has succeeded temporarily to the duties of ;he department. Mr. Tom Taylor, whose " Still Waters Run Deep" was so much admired at the last of Mr. Onley's theatrical entertainments at the Old Wells, has written a new drama, which is in the bands of Mr. Wigan, and will be produced as soon as that gentleman can permanently re turn to the stage.—Cheltenham Paper. Mr. A. Wigan contradicts a report that has reached him in his sick room—namely, that be. either act►vely or permissively, sanctioned Mr. James Rogers' donation to the Lambeth police poor-box. " Had I been aware," he writes, "of that gentleman's intention, I should have done all in my power to dissuade him from such an ex hibition of bad taste." The Bank of England have intimated that they wil; henceforth, in the case of such of their customers as keep their drawing accounts exclusively with them, cease to restrict their discount accommodation to bills not having more than three months t,o run. Long bills will there fore be received from these parties in the same manner as they are received by private bankers from their custo mers at such rates as the state of the market may from time to time render expedient. Mr. Joseph Ewart, M.P., will ask the First Lord of the Treasury, this evening, whether it ie the intentionlof the government to make any recognition of the services of Sir John M‘Neill and Colonel Tua.,ch in the Crimea. On going into committee or, the army estimates, Mr. Palk will move that the reports of Sir John M`Neill and Colonel Tulloch, and of the Board of General Offi cers, be taken into consideration, and to move certain resart ions. _ _ A sale has been announced at the Commercial Salo Rooms of some samples of new East India fibres imported by the East India Company with the view of ascertaining the adaptability of these products to supply the wants of papermakers and others. The company some time back instructed their officers at different stations to send respectively a few tons of such fibres as their districts might furnish, and it is said that some of those already received are likely to prove of great value whenever they shall be brought here in sufficient quantities to induce manufacturers to arrange for the use of them. A meeting is about to be held of persons interested in engineering science in connexion with a proposal to esta blish a company for carrying out a patent of Messrs. Wethered Brothers, of Baltimore, for reducing the con sumption of fuel in steam-engines by mixing common steam with superheated, either before of when it reaches the cylinder. The saving is alleged to be more than 30 per cent., and a report made to the Admiralty has been published, in which that result appears to have been attained in a trial made some months back on board her Majesty's steamer Dee. An Auctioneers and Land Agents' Exchange has just been formed in London to facilitate the transactions of that branch of business by a perfect system of registra tion of properties for sale and investments wanted, as well as to add to the standing of the persons engaged in it by excluding from the advantages of the institution all those who may have acted unprofessionally or forfeited a character for respectability and probity. The members must be either land agents, auctioneers, or estate agents, and they are to be subject to the rules and regulations of the committee in a manner analogous to that at the Stock Exchange. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.— SOUTHAMPTON, Thur,day.— This day the formation of this new company was celebrated by a splendid dejeuner on board the Golden Fleece, to which 100 persons sat down. The company has been formed for the purpose of establishing lines of steam-ships from Southampton to the United States, the Brazils, and South America. The company's ships comprise, eight of the screw steam-ships of the General Screw Cmpany—viz , Calcutta, Argo, Queen of the South, Lady Jocelyn, Hydaspes. Jason, Golden Fleece, and Indiana. These ships, which mi. finally cost 700,0001., have been purchased for half that sum, and the sole management of the company is vested in Messrs. Croskey and Co., who have taken its direction without any reward until a dividend of 6 per cent. shall be paid to the shareholders. GRAND DINNER GIVEN BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—Tue chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works gave his annual dinner yesterday, at the Albion, to the Lord Mayer and Sheriff, the metropolitan representatives in Parliament, and the members of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, M.P., the Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Sir John V. Shelley, Al.p . Sir Charles Napier, M.P. , S i r J. Duke, M.P., Monta gu Chambers, Rig., M.P., Alderman Cubitt, M.P., Pellatt, Beg., M.P., W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., M.P Henry Pownall, Esq., chairman of the Middlesex " and magis trates, were among the guests present. About 70 gen tleman sat down to dinner. --- THE PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE AND THZ SOCIETY OF ARTS EXAMINATIONS —The Lord President of her ;Majesty's Privy Council having placed at the disposal of the council of the society the pi ivilege of nominating two candidates as competitors in an examination recently held by the civil service commissioners for clerkships in the Privy Council Office, the council of the society re commended to his lordship Robert Abbot, of Leeds, and William. Matthew Taylor, of WincLor, both of whom had distinguished themselves at the society examinations in June last. The council have pleaiure in announcing that their candidates have been successful, standing first and fourth on the list. There were 21 peleoted &we titora rAnd AT. TACZUCiegt 857. LATEST N WS. PERSIA. We have intelligence from Constantinople to the 30th ult. Russia demands from Persia to occupy the pro vince of Mazanderan. The Persian mountaineers have pillaged the rich sanctuary of Meragha Whild. ; the garrison having gone to Feroozabad to repress an insurrection. The fortifications of Bushire have been recon structed by the Eirllisb, who have. left two regi ments, and marched up the Kaub to attack Moha mora, which commands bath the province of Fars and the road to Shiraz. ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 24. The English are about to occupy Mohammrad and Bender AU, two towns on the Persian Gulf. Bender-Abbaz, an important post on the coast of the kingdom of Persia., being occupied by the Imaum of Muscat, an ally of the English, will, it is supposed, be respected by the latter. The Teheran Gazette, the official organ of the Court of Persia, under data of the 26th of the month of Raby-el-Thany, 1273 (24th of December, 1856) has the following on the capture of Bushire by the English : " From the commencememt of the dispute be tween Persia and England it never was the inten tion of the Government of his Majesty the Shah to break off, friendly relations with the Cabinet of London, or to eAcite hostilitiia a g abitst that Power. " The Persian Government has at various times manifested its good intentions in an official docu ment. It always had that object in view, on which it has based its line of conduct; which, moreover, has been shown by its acts. " In fact, on the one hand it gave instructions to its Ambassador and full powers to hold interviews with the English Ambassador at Constantinople, to settle the dispute in a manner conformable to the dignity and interests of the two Governments. Considering these intentions it had daily expected to hear that the dispute had been honourably set tled between the Ambassadors, and friendly rela tions restored between the two Governments. On the other hand, the Persian Government had issued strict orders to the frontier authorities not to commence hostilities against the English. For these same reasons it had not made the necessary preparations for the defence of the frontier and of Bushire. " There had always been two regiments stationed in garrison at Bushire • that garrison was com manded by the Sartip ilahomet Ali-Khan, who died some time since, by the will of God, of a natu ral death. "It was after the death of the commander of the garrison of Bushire that the commander of the English troops in the Persian Gulf, without adher ing to the customary forms of sending the declara tion of war to the Representatives of the Court of Persia, or at least of making the declaration to his Highness Prince Fehmassib-Mirza, Governor-Gene ral of the province of Fars, restricted himself to writing a letter couched in vague terms, which he sent to Bushire and to other ports in its vipinity ; this letter was accompanied by a printed sheet on the subject of the declaration of war of the East India Company. " On the morrow of that day the Commander in question already landed his troops and seized upon the fortress of Bahmani, which was defended only by a handful of tufenktchi (men armed with guns) of Tenguistan ; from thence he advanced on Bushire, which be captured without striking a blow, the Persian troops not having received the order or the permission of his Majesty the Shah to attack the English troops." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 23. The first step towards the fulfilment of. the en gagements taken in the protocol signed at Paris has been made, the Russians having withdrawn from the Serpents' Island. Commander Glyn, RN., of H.M.S. Coquette, saw them off. It seems that the pleasure in parting was mutual, for the poor wretches, who had sat for four months and more on that barren rock, were naturally not less anxious to renounce the wretched anct Ili,. yr ming Rusin t.b1;47- the Turks than the British sailors were to return' from I. most dismal of al stations. TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. The concession for a telegraph through Egypt and the Red Sea to India has been granted by the Turkish Government to Messrs. Gisborne. The first step taken in this, matter was to ask for a concession for a telegraph line from Cape Helle to Alexandria, touching at Scio and Rhodes. Mr. Lionel Gisborne obtained this concession in the spring of 1855. Taking this concession for a basis, the Oriental Telegraph Company was formed, having for its ob ject a direct telegraphic communication from Eng land to India by the Red Sea. The East India Company, aware of the importance of a direct tele graph line to India, entered into the project, and promised a liberal support to the Company. Mr. Francis Gisborne came out to obtain the concession for ,the passage of the line through Egypt, and the landing of the cable on its passage across the Red Sea. The great point to gain in the concession was the freedom of the line for through messages, and the independenceinworliing it, on both of which points the Company has been sucmssful ; for as the line is chiefly calculated for through messages any power of interference on the part of the Government would necessarily have caused delays, and impeded the working of the line. All messages delivered within the Ottoman empire, or coming from it, will, however, pass through the hands of a Government official. In the first part of the line, from Cape Hello to Alexandria, the company is to receive a subsidy of 4,5001. a year from the Turkish Government, which intends ,to establish in this way a telegraphic communication between Constantinople and Egypt. The line from Constantinople to Cape Helle the Government will keep in its own hands. The Pasha of Egypt, who was asked for the passage of the line through Egypt, gave the concession in a very liberal spirit, and this concession, confirmed by a firman of the Porte, became the basis for the concession of the Red Sea line as far as it is within the Turkish territory. The line from Alexandria to Suez is to pass along the railway line, and the Egyptian Government has offered the use of its own telegraph posts esta blished along that line. The company is, however, at liberty, if it should find it necessary, to erect at its expense telegraph posts for its own use. From Suez the line is to be a submarine one to Kurrachee, with the power of landing the cable at different points mentioned in the concession. The first of these stations will be Kosseir; on the western coast ; from there it will cross to Jedda, and go down to the Island of Kaaman, or some other point on the coast of Yemen. Then it will be landed at Aden, at Ras Sharma, the Island of Moseir, and Ras-el-Hadd. With the exception of the part between this latter place and Kurrachee, the length of the submarine line will nowhere exceed 500 statute miles. The points selected for the land ing of the cable are such as to afford perfect secu rity for the stations. At Kosseir there is an Egyp tian, at Jedda a Turkish military station, and the other points are within the range of influence of the East India Company. Relay batteries from Alex andria to Kurrachee will make the communication instantaneous. The company is allowed two years for the construction from Cape Hello to Alexandria, and three from the completion of this line for that through the Red Sea. If the subject is taken up in England the company hopes to make the whole line within a year. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The final decision of the English Government on the occupation of Greece has been received. Orders have been sent to Toulon and Malta to despatch tram , ports to the Piraeus for the purp ose of taking on board the Anglo-French troops. It is believed that the evacuation will be effected about the 20th or 25th of the present month, per haps sooner, if contrary winds do not delay the arriya A th e rim, of the yemielii Kent from _ lon. Those from Malta will probably arrive first, but the evacuation is intended to take place simul taneously. _ _ . The following details, from the Pays, relative to the projected railway from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates have not been hitherto published : The railway will commence on the coast of Syria. The place chosen for the head of the line is near a deep and well sheltered bay, about two miles from the left bank of the Orontes. A port will be con structed at this spot, which appears to have been deigned by nature for such an undertaking. On quitting the coast the road will be directed towards Killis, a commercial town in Syria, numbering about 11,000 inhabitants. From Kills the railway will be continued to Antioch on the Orontes, and from Antioch to Aleppo, the chief town of the pashalik of that name. Aleppo is the most important town in all Syria in respect to commerce: The inhabitants addressed a petition to the Sultan, praying that the railway might pass near their town, and their request was granted. After pass ing Aleppo the road will run nearly parallel with the Euphrates to a place called the Castle of Jo: Ber, situate below Babylon, between Hilla and Semaouns on the Euphrates. There will terminate the first section of the great trunk. The line will afterwards be directed from Ja'Ber to Bussorah. It will enter on the Persian territory by turning the left bank of the Persian Gulf as far as Shiraz ; will cross the Beloochistan, and reach British India by Hyderabad in the Deccan. Such is the plan of the railway, which will bring passengers from the coast of Syria to the heart of India without quit ting the line—a distance of 4,000 miles. BOURSE, Feb. s.—The following ►ere the last quotations : End of Month. —fr. —c. Cash. tr. c. 46 per Cents 3 per Cents 67 90 New Loan ..... . Bank snares 4,120 Roman (i (1) Credit Iglobilier 1,340 Austrian Belgian Fives .. Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH• fr. c. fr e Orleans 1,365 Western Northern 925 Strasburg Lyons 1,367 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,755 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette 771 25 Austrian Corn. ..... 756 25 ITALY. A letter from Naples of the 23d ult.. contains the following particulars relative to the new colony, to be founded on the Parana, of political exiles from the kingdom of Naples : " Conditions on which his Majesty the King of Naples will permit Royal subjects convicted and detained for political causes to emigrate to the Argentine colony :—The Government of the Argentine Republic allots ten acres of land to each of these Royal subjects , and, besides, a square league of land for each 1,200 colonists, which is to serve for the construction of public buildings, estab lishments fur education, hospitals, and high roads. The new colonists will be divided into groups of five individuals, to each of which groups the Go vernment of the Republic will give the ground allotted to them absolutely and for ever, together with 50 piastres to build a hut, of which the materials may be taken from the neighbouring forest. The Government will likewise give each colonist six barrels of flour, potatoes, beans and other vegetables in sufficient quantityto sow half the land allotted to him. The color ism will likewise receive two horses, two oxen, and a bull, a plough, two pickaxes, two shovels, two hatchets, two large , knives, and a wheelbarrow. The value of those articles, which will amount to 200 pataconi for each colonist, and the 50 pataconi for the construc tion of the hut, are to be repaid by the colonists in five instalments at the end of each year after three years. During that period the colonists can not dispose of the land allotted to them, nor trausfer it to another, until it shall be cultivated. , The expenses of the transportation of the colonists are to be defrayed by the King of Naples. A parish priest and a curate are t o be attached to each colony. The Argentine Republic will supply the colony with Catholic priests, and will defray the expense of religious worship. The wives and other members of the families of the colonists shall be transported at the cost of the Royal Government. If any colonist shall escape and return to his native country, he shall be subject to the puilishmentto which he was , sentenced, and which was commuted to transpor tation. If a colonist is married he will receive an - additional acre for his wife and each of his child- , ren." SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne, of the Ist, says :--- " A number of Royalists of Neuchatel left that canton some time ago, to avoid being required to serve in the army against Prussia, and took up their residence at Morteau, a small town of the department of the Doubs, on the road from Loci* to Besancon, close to Switzerland. There they were recently joined by some Royalists who have been banisi ed from the canton, and also by some of the Royalist prisoners set at liberty, but who were required to leave Switzerland. A few • days ago a banquet was got up at Morteau, and a great many of the refugees of that place took part in it, and at that banquet demonstrations hostile to Switzerland were made by a large por tion of Ithe guests. In consequence, the Federal Council, in compliance with the wish of the Go vernment of Neuchatel, has called on the French Government, in energetic terms, to send all the refugees into the interior of France, and it is not , doubted that the demand will be complied with." AUSTRIA. The Bourse Gazette of Vienna, of the 30th, states that the last despatches, received from Count Colloredo, the Austrian Ambassador at Rome, confirm the account given of preparations being made by the Court of Rome to introduce the ad ministrative reforms recommended by the We tern Powers. The Austrian troops are to stay in the legations until these reforms are completed. Those at Parma will leave at the same time. PRUSSIA. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin says We have received some information concerning the recent note from Prince Gortschakoff to the English Cabinet. That note, which was delivered last week at Lou don, and communicated to the friendly courts, declares, as already stated, that Russia is willing to support the demand of England relative to the evacuation of Herat ; but that she cannot ap prove of the other claims of the English Cabinet the consequence of which would be to unduly weaken and humiliate Persia ; and that she would not on any condition allow England to obtain the accomplishment of them by force. This communi cation comes to us from so good a source that n• doubt can exist ai to its exactitude." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have reached A Royal decree opens to the Minister of Marine a credit of 2,000,000 reels to purciiiso the timber necessary for constructing two ships of the line of 80 guns, or two frigates of 60. The money is to be provided, adds the decree, by the Islands • of Porto Rico and Cuba. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 6. The screw steam-sbip North American has arrived with advices from New York to the 23d, and Portland to the 24th ult. The 'United States Mail steam-ship Atlantic, kence, had arrived at New York on the 23d ult. The Submarine Telegraph Bill, after having un dergone amendments, the better to secure its ob ject and render its provisions more explicit, wall passed by the Senate by a vote of 29 against 18. The Territorial Convention at Lecomptony Kansas, had adjourned, after passing resolution embodying the views and principles of the party to be called the National Democratic Party. In the New York Money-market on the 22d the supply was plentiful, and less active. Sterling exchange flat. On the 23d cotton very firm, flour a little easier, wheat better, oats firm, corn un settled, pork better ; mess 20.874 to 21 for new. Beef better ' • spirits of turpentine dull ; crude fir= hut quiet. Iron firm. Freights firmer—to Liver pool, cotton, d. ; flour, 2s. 4d. ; grain, 7d is 74d. PRICE OF COUNTY VOTER. —Yesterday two rent cluages of 501. each, secured on the Colleg.ate 8ohool• Camberwell, were offered to public auction at the Marti by Mr. Marsh, each of them conferring vote forth Eastern Division of the county of Surrey, and mat, 24.eneh per ennuro, sold et 004 the two.