The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.I GREAT CLASSICAL CONCERTS. Positively the Last Night but Three. M. Jullien begs to announce that his Annual Benefit will take place This Evening (Wednesday.) Vocalists, Madlle. Jetty Treffx (her last appearance), and Signor Veroni —Violin, M. Remenyi. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY, December 16),t wil be produced the New Grand Descriptiv e Comp, by M. JuDien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAV ELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by 11-;Jullien's Orchestra, assisted by the drums and fifes of the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, and the Scots Fusilier Guards ; and a Grand Chorus, " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the Queen." Selections from Mr. Macfarren's Cantata, "The Sleeper Awakened." Ger man Lied, " The Kiss" (first time), Madlle. Jetty Treffk. The magnificent decorations which were prepared for the Bei Masque will remain during the continuance of these Con aer ta, The whole theatre will be ornamented with wreaths and garlands of flowers, in gold, silver, and colours. The decorations have been prepared by Messrs. Chabot and Co., who were etarged with the decorations for the grand ball at tho reception of the Emperor Napoleon 111. at Stuttgart, and who were engaged, at a great erpence, for the express rrirpose of arranging at her Majesty's Theatre a display which will be seen for the first time in this country. The Concert will commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of Admission—Promenade, is ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Gallery, Is. • Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 1 0s. 6d. and upw;rds. Prospectases, with fall particulars, may be had at the Box office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE...— M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAt M AS Q U E.—ln consequence of the great success of the Bal Masque, M. Jullien will give a SECOND, and positively the last this season, at the end of the Second Series of Concerts, on MONDAY, Dec. W.—Applications to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Buekstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham. White , as Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, a new farce, by the author of Box and Cox, entitled TAKE CARE OF DOWB, in which Mr. Bucketone will sustain an original character. To be followed by THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Orchestra Stalls which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. 0. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 P.t Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 CNo half-price to Upper Gallery. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The Ali public is respectfully informed that the play of RICHARD THE SECOND will shortly be withdrawn, and WILL NOT BE AGAIN REPRESENTED in this Thaatre, with the exception of a few nights towards the ex- Oration of Mr. C. Kean's period of management. It will be repeated every evening during the week, and on Wednesday next, 16th inst., for the 100th time. , OPALI Proprietor, R I NEme Charlesr. SB'B THEATRE.Kean THIS EVENING, will be performed S:iakspere's Tragedy of KING RICHARD IL King Richard 11., by Mr. Ohas. Kean ; Queen, by Mr?. C. Kean. Preceded by a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, &DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Paal Bedford will perform. Followed by the original Apropos sketch, entit:ed THE DRAPERY QUESTIOX_;__ or, Who's for India Y Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss !nary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe.formed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF C►STILLE. Characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, Wr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, 31 , . Alfred Mellon. _ . To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIG EONS. Mr. G. Roney an .l Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. sa., £2 25., and El lls. 6d. ; 6s. ; Dross Cireo, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. • Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.—The Box 011103 is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jnn. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original tx,rnodietta, by Sterling Coyne, Esq., called WHAT WILL THEY SAY AT BROMPTOIs.T ? Mr. R')bson, dsc. After which, LEADING STRINGS. To concinde with 130 , )TS AT THE SWAN. Mr. Robson, Mr. H. Wigan, and Mrs. Emden. Commence at half-past Seven. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING, will be performed BLACK-EYED SUSAN. A Ballet Divertissement. Followed by FOUNDED ON FACTS. After whish - , the highly-suxessful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEOY. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 3a.; Pit, ls. Gallery 6,1. itOYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvrick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, rho Throne and the Tomb. After which, THE BARRISTER. To oonclude with WELLINGTON FIGGS. CANTERB I JRY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 'talons from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Marine. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Bru . well, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farfant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An'onio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. A.byn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchleld, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmams. Commenoe at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY—Morn., 43 min. aft. 1-- Even., 1 min. aft. 2 To•Monitow—Morn., 20 min. aft. 2 —Even., 39 min aft. 2 THE WEATHER,—SuN OFFICE, DECESIBER 16. THERMOAETEE, IN TfIC SITA.DE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.13. WIND, S.W. ; light, with mild dull weather. xgz e-****' t.) _ l y y 3l' ,7 's4 s cA ,I II. - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1857. The Liberal cause has triumphed in Belgium. The appeal to the country has been completely successful. The Ultramontanists have lieen left in as decided a minority as were the Ymr-ites after the general elections throughout the United Kingdom in March and April last. The people have succeeded in displacing the majority of the parti pretre, and sending 70 Liberals out of a Rouse consisting of 108 members ; so that nearly two-thirds of the entire number may be ranked u supporters of the ROGIER Ministry. Their opponents were as decisively defeated as were the Protectionists after the repeal of the Corn-laws. The liberal party in Belgium had become com paratively apathetic. They did not fully under stand the designs of their sacerdotal opponents, and could not conceive that their liberty was really etldangered by the triumphs of their priestly nominees. It was net until they found a domi nant body resolved to turn their temporary suc cess t o the utmost advantage to obtain the une quivocal control of the educational establishments, and to remove the safeguards previously esta blished for the families o f d y i ng sinners, that they awoke from t' ae i t trance. The inign itudo of t'io emergency was at once percep tible. The Ultramouta tiists had obtained posses sion of place and power, and were dttarmined I not merely to use it, but to abuse as far as practicable. The kingdom was in a ferm ent. It was impossible to say where the matter would terminate. In fact, there was an impending re volution, which, if once commenced, might not easily be stopped. It is but justice to King LEOPOLD to say, that he acted with great di scret i on an d judgment during the crisis. Ho temporised with the dominant party, giving them what is termed rope enough, and then proroguing the Chambers just at the nick of time. The dissolution followed in ILIE SUN, LONDOIN, 'IVEMNESDA EVEN 1:N G, due course, and with the most felicitous results. The real aspirations of the party were at last un derstood, and the necessity for energetic exer tion rendered apparent, even to the meanest capacity. The People would no longer submit to the sacerdotal yoke ; but bravely and resolutely stood up in defence of constitutional freedom, against spiritual denunciations and priestly des potism. This victory was accomplished without riot or disturbance. The Belgian Electors proved that they were worthy of the franchise they so well know how to use. It was a high moral triumph at which they aimed, and that they obtained without anything that could occasion re gret or annoyance. It was the temperate, but firm and indomitable, expression of the popular will. Every possible combination of the Ultramonta itist party had been tried before M. ROGIER was intrusted with the duty of forming a new Admi nistration. In every instance it had signally failed. No modification could be formed that would be acceptable to the great body of the peo ple. It was only at the eleventh hour that the recognised head of the Liberal party was sent for, and his demand for an immediate dissolution was at once admitted and duly acted on. We have seen the glorious result. Throughout the entire kingdom, in every district, the people ral lied round their legitimate leaders, and effected a peaceful and bloodless revolution —a revolution that consolidates the national liberty, and places it on a firm and substantial basis. The disappointment of the priestly party is very great. The choice morsel has been taken away almost at the very moment of enjoyment. It is, indeed, "a slip between the cup and lip." They can no longer hope to abolish a free press, the greatest possible safeguard and protection for national freedom. They cannot get the rising generation into their hands to be trained to , order, with all the sentiments of bigotry and intolerance, ready to execute the behests of the priesthood with blind and unreasoning subservience, but far worse " than this, than these, than all," they cannot dip their fingers into the dying sinner's purse, and exact his fortune as the price of absolution for exaggerated sins. It is " a heavy blow and great discouragement," one that cannot easily or speedily be removed. Nor was it altogether their own fault. They had exhibited great craft and cunning in playing out their games They had set up respectable non-entities, men not avowedly under sac.:,rdotal influence, but who could easily be led in any direction indicated by the black-coated gentry. It was nut until the majorities in the Chamber showed the full extent to which they were prepared to go, that the voice of public opinion was heard, and that the national mind thoroughly understood the nature of the contest which should be encountered. From that time forth they have acted well and nobly, and heartily we congratulate the People on the peaceful but deeisive triumph they have gained. The Indemnity Seasion, then, is over. The Bank and the Ministers have got all they wanted, and Westminster lapses into its accustomed quiet. We feel like the family after a short visit, when we gaze from the windows at the carriages rolling away, and all seems so dull again. We had been contented enough before the arrivals, but the con trast between " the feast of reason and the flow of soul" is felt in sinking back to ordinary family life when our friends have departed. Had the guests but remained longer, we might have whis pered to each other that their absence, perhaps, would be a relief. We would not have our repre sentatives, therefore, flatter themselves too much about it, if we complain of their quitting us so soon—if we own that we should have enjoyed their conversation a little longer, or at least have been entertained by it. Indian details begin to lose their racy freshness, and a passage at arms between the opposed leaders in either house, with the numerous battles between subordinate cham pions, and the struggles over an important mea sure or two, would now be tolerably pleasant amusement. PALZY will have it that the enter tainment of so many persons all over the country is no unimportant "utility" of our parliamentary debates. So say we. Still, our Senators must not forget that we generally get tired enough of them and their talk by the time the dog-days ar rive. We wish them, therefore, a merry Christ mas and a happy New Year, and hope they will come back, when field-sports are quite over, determined to amuse us for four, five, or six months, in first-rate style. Of course, Ministers have had it all their own way. If it came to a division they could boat Mr. HEADLA3I, or Mr. Disitaxid, or any one else, and by what may, perhaps, be called Palmer stonian majorities. Yet the Ministerial victories were by no means fair tests of their power. Their opponents put themselves in both cases, tactically speaking, in a false position. Very many members, not Ministerialists, were unprepared as yet for Mr. r , biILEADLAIt'S or for Mr. DISRAELI'S motions ; the House was not in a position to apply the princi ples of free trade to money ; and it was especially unwise iu a party leader, at least in reference to precent effect, to propose a resolution far in ad vance of the knowledge of most of his own party. The House certainly, and perhaps the country too, is more disposed to " inquire" than to legis late. True, as is said of some in the lattar days, our legislators, in regard to currency and banking, seem to be " ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth ;" but if they prefer to be for ever in stain pupillari, there is help for it. The worst is, that the interminable questions and answers of the blue-book are but the skirmishes of a few, to whom the greater part of the members and the country are content to leave the contest ; the majority feel that they know little of the subject, can never read up upon it, and, waiting the issue of the struggle, keep asking hopelessly, " Well, gentlemen, have you settled the matter ? for we are prepared to enact any law when you can but agree as to what the law ought to be." Two trips, however, Lord PALMERSTON has made ; the last he has got out of better than the first. Ho could yield a little with a good grace on the question of continuing Sir HENRY HATE LOCK'S pension to his son. It was of course easy to say th It it gave him great plessure to accede to the wishes of Parliament. Yet smoothly as this runs, we all feel that there is something awk ward for the aristocratic Premier in it. We can not forget that the whole Cabinet, with one ex ception, belongs to what are called noble families, and has little or no sympathy with the men of real nobility, who, like General HAVELOCK have fought their way up by sheer merit fr.nn the ranks of the people. The indecent haste with which the two peers who destroyed their reginout at Balakla.va, who evinced the utmost waut of skill—indeed, of everything but vulgar courage, whom —one of a t e could it e h en ic snore comfortably' in his yacht w hi le his troops were bi n perishing a t f i r o o n m of oo i n l d on dut teh wh ("airy these almost worthless officers were pitchfork_ ed into rewards and promotion, contrasts very da magingly with the paltry offer of 1,0001. a-year to a veteran of sixty-five, while living, too, if he be still alive, amidst the bullets of the enemy. Had HAVELOCK been the nephew or cousin of a lord, " take care of Dowb" would have been the first thought, and a peerage and 3,0001. a-year at least, would have been the reward of far greater deeds than the taking of Ghuznee, to which that reward was assigned. Here is a hero who has outdone any military feat of any aristocrat since 1814, certainly outdone immeasurably all the Crimean generals, and the impression must remain that the patrons of the " Dowbs" just tried it on to see with how little the people would be content for one of themselves. All hpnour to Sir JOHN PARINGTON and those who joined him in demand ing decent rewards for soldierly merit, although the recipient was a man of the people, and an honest Dissenter. Then what an unlucky affair that of the two prisoners at Naples—the Cives Romani, whom all England looked to the " spirited foreign policy" of Lord PALMERSTON t 3 rescue. It could surely never be, that the Minister who blocked up the little Piraeus with his frigates, to get a few dollars for the exorbitantly appraised chairs and tables, and pots and pans, of the worthless PACIFICO, should allow two notoriously innocent British subjects to be tortured to death by the miseries of Neapolitan dungeons ? Of course not. So we were told that the two victims were living very comfortably, no doubt in the Governor of the gaol's apartments, and had about all that heart could wish, barring, indeed, that trifle, per sonal liberty—a trifle itself compared with Don PACLOO's furniture—a trifle, at least, not worth the services of Lord LYON'S frigates. Forthwith, however, the Premier has to confess that the worst is true I That the men were imprisoned in filth, damp, and stench—that handcuffs had lamed their wrists ; that these cruelties had driven one to attempt suicide, and that they were long denied access to their natural legal advisers —that all this has gone on for five long months, and that they have not yet been brought to trial. The only apology is that " they do things thus at Naples ;" and that we can only ask for them a fair trial. We utterly deny * this. We have a right to demand fair treatment too. We can insist upon it. We need not, indeed, mince matters with such an outlawed brute among despots as the tyrant of Naples. We might demand their liberation as a false imprison ment of men notoriously ••innocent—notoriously subjected to compulsion—at the worst, notoriously unarmed servants of those whose orders they must obey. If Lord PALMERSTON does consent that these men should undergo a trial before the venal courts, the timid advocates and the perjured wit nesses of King BOMB A, at least, he ought to cer tify the Royal savage that he wouli take charge of them till the time of trial on board one of Her Majesty's frigates, and that a good line of broad sides would be ready for action all the time the trial was proceeding. We are not writing mere bravado. Mr. BUCAANAN would have had the men by this time had they been Americans. The great republican President who once ruled in England and his Admirals would have blown Naples into the water if the men had not been forthcoming at a few hours' notice. Strange that Lord PALMERSTON allows our Monarchy to be degraded in the eyes of Europe by the sufferings and disgrace of two of its subjects. Well, the Bank is indemnified, and Parliament has left us to " con over," as Lord PALAtErtsTorr says, the topics of the Queen's Speech. Indian and Representative It:lorm ought to find the country occupation enough, and it is to be hoped the country will not fail to speak out before February, on the former subject especially. It would be well, too, to speak out upon India. Lord PALMERSTON is, we have reason to think, rightly disposed on that topic, but other members of the Cabinet are not disposed to turn out Mr. VERNON SPITS, while no one, of course, could tolerate the Hon. Gentleman as the responsible Minister for India. Lord PALMERSTON must be supported in kicking down the double Govern ment, and instructed on the Reform Question. Up to the 4th of February, lessons may be given, for up till that day will important concessions de pend on the demand for them by the con stituencies. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland will leave Staf ford House, to-morrow, for Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, where they are about to entertain a large family circle. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll will leave Argyll Lodge, Campden-hill, on Friday, for Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The Duke of Northumberland's 65th birthday was yesterday celebrated by his Grace's principal tenants at Alnwick and in Yorkshire and Cornwall. The noble duke's tradespeople dined together last evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, to celebrate the event. The Duchess of Grafton left town yesterday for Wakefield Lodge, Stoney Stratford. The noble duke remains in town. The Earl of Carlisle will leave town to-morrow, for Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. His lordship returns to Dublin at the close of the month. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield arrived in town a few days since, from their seat in Staffordshire. His lordship has taken a mansion in Grosvenor-square for a few months (late the residence of Lori Canning). The Dowager Lady Foley will return to town on Monday next from Bath, where her ladyship has been staying for some months past. The Lady Howard de Walden has left Claridge's Hotel, for Brussels. The Hon. Spencer Cowper has very much improved in health, and has been out one or two days for a few hours. Viscountess Palmerston has left town for Broeket Hall, Harts, for a few days. The Premier remains in town. Viscountess Jocelyn and her youthful family have left Cambridge House, on a visit to the Earl de Grey, at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. The Earl of Coventry left town some days since, for Paris. The Hon. Baldwin Courtenay left town this morning, to join his lordship at the Hotel Bristol, Paris They intend quitting that capital for Rome almost immediately, where they purpose passing the winter. The Earl of Meath has left Claridge's Hotel, for Ireland. Count Alexis de Villiers, who left the Clarendon last week, on a visit to Count and Lady Cecil de la Feld, at Torquay, has proceeded from thence to Plymouth, where he will embark for Spain, to rejoin the embassy at Madrid. °LIFEBOATS 808 AIISTBALIA.—With the Australian Mails, which left England on Saturday last, the Royal Na tional Lifeboat Institution sent 15 working drawings of the lifeboat adopted by it, to the five Australian Colo nial Governors. The packet contains also five sets of four descriptions of carriages for transporting the life boat to the scene of wreck. The drawings are on the scale of of an inch to the foot. Being working draw ings on which are clear and distinct printed instructions, any competent boat- udder, who will strictly and faith fully follow the diawieg and instructions, cannot fail to build a good lifeboat. The institution, however, recom mend that the first lifeboat should al Rays be built by its experienced builders, MdSars. Forrestt, of Limehouse. The lifeboat is on the design of Mr. James Peake, naval architect in her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich. The drawings are to be extensively circulated in all our colonies and in foreign countries. Various explanatory lifeboat papers, regarding the management of lifeboats, are sent with the drawings. We, therefore, trust soon to have the pleasure to record that the whole of the Australian Coast has been supplied with this excellent class of lifeboats, and that hereafter it will be acknowledged that the great boon will not be the least that the mother country has con ferred on one of her richest and most thriving colonies. Ou our own coast the testimony from actual experience in favour of this class of lifeboat is almost universal. They aro constant) , and successfully used in saving life from wrecks. These lifeboats possess great stability, 24 men being required to bring their gunwale to the water's edge, thus showing that it is almost impossible to upset them ; but, in the event of such a casualty, they possess the great quality of self-righting imme diately. They also self-eject any seas they may ship. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has between thirty and forty of these boats on the coast of the United Kingdom, and others are at present building by it for Brighton, Ilastin,gs, Holyhead ; and Groomsport, Enss hiro, Ardmore, Courtmacsherry, and K lmore, in Ire land. The society earnestly appeals to the publie for its extensive support somewhat commensurate with extensive operations, and with its heavy liabilities for these lifeboats, EXCHEQUER NOTES, (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) So then, the inquiries that are to be made are of that questionable character that they are to be sotto voce, or, in parliamentary phraseology, a committee is to be appointed, select, to inquire into the opera _ _ . tions of the Bank Act of 1844, with instructions from the Chancellor of the Exchequer "to inquire into the causes of the recent commercial distress, and to investigate how far it has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of bank-notes payable on demand." Now, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not wished to ignore the cause of the distress, he would not have shut up the mouths of the members of the house by his select committee—a polite mode of excluding the vulgar ear from all that closely concerns them, because deeds of wrongs endured must yet be enacted in perpetuity. No good is intended, no good can come out of these closed doors, their frequent adoption is an insult to the house of representatives, whom we re- turn, to make laws for all, not for the exclusive benest of the money jobbers, at the expense of all besides. An inquiry ought at once to be entered into, how far has the Bank of England (as the head and leader of the banks of England) used or abused the immunities they have enjoyed in their Bank Charter! To what extent has their countenance to hypothecation given rise to the present failures ! In short, to what extent has the Bank acted sordidly and selfishly instead of universally and nationally This can best be arrived at by comparison, and analogy ; first, by comparison. We will take the English aristocracy—the original lords and land lords of Great Britain ; take the rent rolls of the entire original landed proprietory within the last century, and see what rate of interest the lands of England pay t Unselfishly have the good old lordly landlords acted in not raising their rents at every rise of their tenants' produce, compared with the eager and grasping covetousness of the bank ing money lender, not allowing a quarter per cent. to escape him if a pretext (not an essential cause) can be raked out of the embers of the monetary consumption I Let only the honest man answer this inquiry, will the monied lord bear any compari- san to the old landlords of England ? The answer is, lands pay from 1i to 2i per cent. while money pays in the hands of bankers—the Bank of England es- pecially-15 to:20 per cent. nett and upwards. A great fact has again to be acknowledged, that the bankers are for the greater part Whigs, while the old landed aristocracy for the greater part are Conservatives, and, the truth shall be spoken, they (the landlords) do conserve their immunity integral to their credit, and to the satisfaction of the nation, compared with the money-exacting Shylock that will have his pound of lash out of the Antonio of the struggling commerce of 1857. Yes, " the law allows it and the court awards it," augmented in terest, quarter upon quarter per cent., is added till half upon half, and one upon one make up the round sum of 10 per cent. minimum, and by law is enforced ; so nicely does the Bank of England dovetail its interest with the Palmerston ian policy. But where is the good Portia of our day to successfully plead the cause of justice against this money oppression in this select committee ? Why do not the old lords of the land say, " We must raise our rents in order to prevent any one coming on to our estate that is a man of straw," thereby punishing all their tenantry for one ? As well might they raise their 2} per cent. of rent roll to 10 per cent. to all, making, as the banks of England do, an addition of 7i par cent. to their capital, equivalent to an augmentation of capital to the extent of three thousand pounds for every ono thousand, turning one into four. As well might the physician double and quadruple his fees, the parson his tithe; the manufacturer his prices, the farmer his produce ; but the labourer, , who is the primary producer of all, who, instead of doubling and quadrupling his salary, has abso lutely to receive less pay, has to work short time, and oven live without employ, because of the sor didness of money makers, that do not blush to make an inordinate profit at the expense of star vation for the artisan. Will, thou, this lord of money admit of any comparison with the lord of land Bo:ter might we admit Dean Swif6's comparison of women and the clonis. Every day discovers to us some new feature of bad practices induced by bankers themselves. The case before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn—ln Re Syers, Walker, and Syers—is an expose of the facility given to the fast men, without any capital at all, with one only of visionary figures : the b an k rup t s cam e to the court with ls. 2d. in the pound, throb pledging goods and hypothecation ; they had liabilities to the extz , nt of a quarter of a million sterling. In two years there was a sweep ing item of 34,744/, for general expenses—the fail particulars of which will be found in the Times " They had traded to two years without any the e T e s n d t a y o , f 11 , 1 0 e 0 1 0 0 ,1 ;11 00 i i n . s i t n . capital," by pledging goods as soon as they came, and getting bills discounted. Now, these' men received a second-class certifi cate, and no further punishment for their con duct. But what shall be said of the Oriental and other banks that wade the advances to within 15 or 20 per cent. of the value of the goods, and the system was such that a man could thus go on for millions ? This tells the tale that the bankers induce the speculation, and even , aid and abet the fraud, knowing they can fall back upon high rates of discount to pay for any losse s th a t occasionally occur. This is a strong iistance that high inte rest, while it inflicts a ,pinshtnent upon the inno cent and industrious, at the same time opens up a field for the speculator and fraudulent trickster, which low rates of interest would not encourage. One of two alternatives are left for the Govern ment to act upon in order to remove the frequent recurrence of these disgraceful disclosures. The rates of interest must be kept uniformly low, either by limiting the maximum to 5 per cent., or by adopting in a new called Exchequer notes, pay able tasationistsouethe extent of 20 millions ; the latter would, by increasing the circulating medium, have the effect of rendering money more abundant, and in due course would reduce the rates of dis count to a wholesome mediocracy. THE NEXT NEWS FROM INDIA. Both the Calcutta and Bombay mails will be due at Suez next Saturday, and epitomes of their news by telegraph m a y reac h London to-morrow week. Should another sp ec i a l steamer have been sent to Suez for troops, as the Oriental was —and this is not improbable —we may have later ne ws at the end of the present wee k. The Nemesis is exp ected to arrive at Southampton with the heavy portion of the India mail on Friday. The Pera will take out the next India mail. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. The last accounts from Malta state that the ship Sultan had passed that island, conveying 26!; men of the 69th Roginieut to Alexandri a, on their way to India. It was said that the 57th Regiment was about to sail for the same destination. INDIAN MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. The following is a statement of the new India mail arrangement s w hi c h will come into o p eration next year : Mails made up in London : For Bombay-2d, Ch,* 12th,* 17th, and 20th* of the month. For Calcutta 2d, -Ida,* 9th, 17th, 20th * and 25th of the month. Telsjamst due in London : From Bombay—'l 4 th and 30. h of the month. From Calcutta -10th and 25th of the month. Mails are due in London via Marseilles : From Born• bay-14th and 18th of the month. From Calcutta 14th and 29,11 of the month. if .I.3nibay letters via Southampton should be posted possible on the 12th of the month, as they are not likely to be detained in Egypt. If po.ted on t he 4th or 20th, there will be a detention of above a week in that country. All t * These mails will be male up in the morning.. ro.t will ha made up at night. j Those telegrams will be duo from Malta ; should they come from Cagliari they will be oue day later, and if from Trieste or Marseilles, two days later. The Bombay news by to egram from Malta will bs 21 days old, and the Calcutta news 33 days old. DE CE E IG, 1 8 LATEST NEWS - AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamship Atlantic, which was to have left New York on the sth inst., is off the port. TURIN, DEC. 14. The opening of the legislative session has just taken place. The King was received with enthu siasm by the Parliament and by the people, who had assembled in crowds to witness his passage. The Royal Speech contained the following points : —" His Majesty hopes that the new Chamber of Deputies will, like the preceding one, accord a loyal and energetic co-operation to the Govern ment for the application and development of liberal principles, which are the immoveable bases of the national policy. The interruption of diplomatic relations with Austria continues, but without troubling the civil and commercial inter course of the two countries. The equilibrium between the expenses and the receipts will be pos sible by employing a very marked economy ; it will, however, be necessary to contraot a loan for bringing to a successful termination the great undertaking of the port of Spezia, and for cutting through Mount Cenis. The King terminated by stating that several bills of internal administration would be presented. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. It has boon intimated (extra-offi'cially) to the Procureur Imperial at Colmar (Haut-Rhin) not to appeal from the decision of that Court in the case of M. Migeon. That functionary had till the 22d to demand the reversal of the sentence, which is considered by the Government not only too lenient, but is felt in a certain sense as a defeat. It might, however, lead to such delicate matters that it was thought Netter to drop it. The same arrondissement of the Haut-Rhin will soon again be the theatre of an electioneering battle. M. Migeon, nothing dismayed, it would appear, by the hostility of officials, is determined to take the field once more where he has already been victo rious. The supporters of M. Migeon appear con fident of his success. Today, being the 17th anniversary of the arrrival of the remains of Napoleon I. in Paris, a mass in commemoration of that event was celebrated at 12 o'clock iu the Church of the Invalides. A letter from Toulon, of the 13th inst., speaks of the extraordinary change in the weather there since the late storms. It says that not a trace of a cloud now remains in the sky, and a bright sun maintains the temperature at the degree of a fine spring day. The trees in the neighbourhood re main perfectly green, and many of them are covered with blossoms. Bouzsz ' Dec. 15, Two o'clock.—The market has been very flat and inanimate, and prices about the same as yesterday. There was, howevqr, afterwards a slight rally, as it was announced that the bills falling due to-day (Dec. 15) had been duly ho. noured. But it was stated that several firms of Nantes, Bordeaux, and Marseilles were embar rassed. Threes have been done at 661. 65c. and 66f. 70c.; Mobilier, 715 f. and 722 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 837 f. 50c. and 835 f. ; ditto, new, 832 f. 50c. and 830 f.; Northern old shares, 925 f. and 930 f.; ditto, new, 757 f. 50c. and 7601.; Austrian steady at 6751. to 676 f. 25c. Half-past Three o'clock .—Tho market continued in the same state to the close, when the following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. 1 - - End of Eronth. 1i per Cents 3 per Cents 66 40 66 65 Bank Shares 3140 Credit Foncier — Credit Mobilier 723 Roman Bs i Account... 715 Austrian Belgian 44 - - Spanish Threes — Piadmontose (5) 9O Homo Debt considerably modify the organisation of the Aus trian army. The Emperor has also ordered that all the military constructions which are not indis pensably necessary shall ba suspended. This measure will relieve the budget very considerably, and be of great advantage to the progress of pri vate buildings, which had been checked by the high price of ing.terials caused by the numerous constructions which are being carried on by the State. The King of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and the Count de Flandre arrived at the Palace at Brussels yesterday from Laeken . The King and the Duke gave a private audience to Baron de Rothschild. His Majesty afterwards received the Marquis d'Antouini, the Neapolitan Minister ; and the Duke gave an audience to General Pletinckx, the Commandant of the Na tional Guard of Brussels. In the evening the King and the Princes returned to Laekon. The Second Chamber of the States-General of the Hague, in its sitting of thel2th, adopted, by a majority of 53 to 6, the budget of ways and means for 1858. It afterwards unanimously passed the bill allowing a credit of six millions to the War Department, and then adjourned to February 9. Advices from the Hague state that Colonel C. F. van Meurs, director of the artillery, has just been named Minister of War. The Madrid journals of the 10th contain no poli tical news. The Bank of Spain had resolved to coin 25,000,000 reals in silver. " Letters from Vienna," says the German Jour nal of Frankfort, " state that the Porte intends to grant a constitution to the Principalities ; but it would evidently have no right to do any such thing. It may propose plans of organisation, but it is the Congress of Paris alone which can definitively de cide the question." According to a Vienna letter in the Borsenhalle of Hamburg, a despatch from Constantinople an nounces that M. de Thouvenel is shortly to pro ceed to Paris on leave. TJJID MONETARY CRISIS IN MB NORTH OF EUROPE. HAMBURG, DEC. 13. —This is the first time, for several weeks, that we have the pleasure to com municate a certain revival of that mercantile spirit and confidence the want of which has created such melancholy results among the trad ing community of this city, and the effects of which will be severely felt for a considerable time to come. The decision of the Senate, sanc tioned by the unanimous approbation of the Here ditary Burgesses, in yesterday's assembly, to use the ten millions of banco so generously advanced by Austria—and for which aid the Assembly gave their public thanks to the Emperor—has ultimately turned the scale, and all classes aro now quite satis fied that the Senate could not have acted with greater wisdom than in upholding those strong pillars of the mercantile community, Merck and Co., Gossler and Co., Goddofroy and Sons, Lutterroth and Co., C. H. Donner, of Altona, with some others, who have not only been keeping up their own credit hitherto, but doing much to assist others to effect the same purpose. Accounts from Copenhagen, Stockholm, Chris tiana, and other towns in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, state that parties are doing their utmost to meet the crisis, when called upon by their re spective Governments and other civic authorities. At Stockholm some important failures have taken place. The Government is expected to grant a loan of some millions, to put a speedy stop, if pos sible, to any more. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM BANK. NEWCASTLE, TUESDAY NIGHT. A special meeting of the shareholders of the Nor thumberland and Durham District Bank was held in the Royal Exchange Hotel, in this town, this afternoon ; Mr. Ridley, M.P., in the chair. There was a crowded meeting. Mr. W. B. Ogden, acting director, read a report from the directors. It stated that the calamity which had overtaken the esta blishment must unquestionably be referred in a great measure to losses sustained by the bank, and still more to the circumstance that many of the securities were not of a nature to be readily con vertible. The directors were entitled to say, as they confidently did, that the difficulties arising from this cause had been realised from what other wise would have been a total loss. The valuable and profitable business enjoyed by the bank also allowed the appropriation, according to the an nouncements particularly contained in the reports of 1848 49, and continued in the subsequent re ports, of a considerable sum to meet the current yearly losses, and to operate towards the redemp tion of those of earlier dates. Though the bank had sustained no general run, there bad been a gradual but constantly prevailing abstraction of its resources. The attention of the directors, aided by a number of influential shareholders had been given to what was one of the oldest and incom parably the largest inconvertible advance of the bank—namely, that due from the members of a large manufactUring establishment in the neigh bourhood. They were now enabled to announce that after an allowance had been made for the high rate of interest charged Mr. Jonathan Richardsoft bad guaranteed the payment of nearly the whole of this debt. (Applause.) Considering the respecta bility and resources of the partners, whole liability remained unaffected, the shareholders might rea sonably consider the account as satisfactorily ar ranged. The repayments, from the magnitude of the engagements, would unavoidably extend over a somewhat lengthened period, but the amount would bear interest at 5 per cent. per annum. The obliga tion thus entered into by Mr. Richardson was in consistent with his continuance as a director, and his retirement was the consequence. Mr. Matthew Robert Bigg's retirement arose from his being one of the partners answerable for the debt. The mode of meeting the engagements of the. bank had formed the subj ec t of the director's deliberate consideration, while the collection of assets had their best attention. They were aware, if they hoped for indulgence from the creditors in point of time, the latter had a right to expect that an effort should be made to meet the present emergency. With the concurrence of a considerable number of the principal shareholders, the directors had an nounced, for these reasons, a call of 5/. per share, and placed it with the meeting to confirm that measure. It was impossible at this early period to form a decided opinion as to the precise time within which the settlement of claims on the bank might be made. With reference to the affairs of the bank, it was difficult to arrive at definite conclusions, the result depending upon the value of assets, of which a certain opinion could not at once be formed. So far as the directors could form a judgment, though calls were absolutely necessary in order to meet the present demands, a small portion of the capital might in the end be preserved. Further examina tion of the accounts has the full attention of the board, who invited the appointment of a committee of sl areholders to assist them. The directors had considered, and would submit to the creditors, a distinct proposition for the liquidation of their de mands at the earliest date the result of the assets would allow, which object they were most desirous to promote. Report adopted without discussion. Messrs. John Richardson and Jonathan Priest man wore elected directors, in the room of Messrs. M. R. Biggs and Jonathan Richardson. Messrs. R. Mackreth, C. Milner, E. Graham, J. Joicy, and J. Priostman, jun., shareholders, were nominated a committee to assist the directors in investigating the affairs of the bank. It was ob jected that these were interested parties ; but after a warm discussion the committee, with power to add two to their number, was agreed to, with direc tions to report in three months. The following resolution, after a somewhat ani mated debate, was adopted That a call of 51. per share be now made payable in 14 days ; and' that all payments hitherto made under the call made by the directors be considered a part of the payment." An amendment for deferring it was negatived. A SHAREHOLDER inquired if the portion of capital which in the report was hoped would be preserved was paid-up capital ? The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative. Another SHAREHOLDER asked if more calls would be made ? The CHAIRMAN said no more calls could be made without another special meeting. Mr. J. G. DILSTON announced the formation of a private bank on the premises, with Messrs. Hawks, Si'lick, Grey, and Priestman, proprietors ; three-fourths of the profit would form a fund for division among suffering shareholders in the district bank. (Cheers.) In answer to questions, Mr. PRIESTMAN said it was intended to resusci tate the district bank. Mr. HAWKS stated that the proprietors new bank would be glad to transfer their powers latter we the district bank when the liabilities of 11 of rs tl t i o e were discharged. proprietors of / t k ii o v o n t o e w o f ua t h n a k n o k l s o s t o o d t thheochairman and proceedings. SCIEI3 )ROUGE ELECTION.— The following were the numbers at the clod© of the poll at 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, 813 officially declared :—Dent, :17:1 ; n way,ey, 280; majority for Dent, I.'B. RAILWAYS-VOR CAM tr. c. tr c. Orieans Northern New Ditto Lyons and Med B3O Grand Central A — New Ditto... ....... 8171— Sardinian . 425 Geneva 630 Austrian Cum. ...... 677 i RUSSIA. The Russian embassy at Constantinople has just published, by order of its government, the follow ing notice, which has been communicated to all the embassies : _ " Since the re-establishment of peace, some doubts have arisen relative to the navigation and commerce of foreign nations in the Black Sea. It is in order to put an end to all uneasiness on that subject that the imperial government of Russia thinks it its duty to make known as follows to the public, and particularly to foreign traders :—As the treaty of Paris has solemnly pro claimed, the Black Sea and its ports are open to the merchant vessels of all nations. Free from any impedi ments, commerce in the ports and waters of the Black Sea is only subjected to the quarantine, customs, and police regulations, which are drawn up in a spirit favour able to the development of commercial traneactione. Such are the express provisions of the treaty of Paris. The ;roper:al government, as far as it is concerned, intends to scrupulously adhere to them. But quarantine, customs, and police regulations, however liberal may be the spirit in which they are drawn up, require measures of surveillance, and along the eastern coast of the Black Sea they are doubly necessary' in consequence of the internal state of the provinces of the Caucasus. Quarantine and customs establishments exist at Arapa, Soukoum Kale, and Redout Kale. These three points, therefore, alone aro for the present open to foreign ves sels. If, hereafter, circumstances shall permit the establishment of customs and quarantine authorities at other points of the coast, where foreign vessels can be admitted, due notice will be given of the fact. In the meantime the approach to the ports, bays, and harbours, with the exception of the three above mentioned, is interdicted to foreign vessels. In order to verify the regularity of their place of destination, foreign vet s ,ls will be bound to have their papers signed by the Russian consular agente The imperial government does not in an y way wish to throw obstacles of any kind in the way of lawful and regular commercial transactions. It is for the interest of the sanitary state of the coast, more than for that of the revenue, and also for the interest of public order, that the imperial government should watch over the maintenance of the above mentioned restrictions. Any attempt therefore on the part of foreign navi• gators to communicate with the coast except at the above named points of Anapa, Soukoum Kale, and Re dout-Kale will lead on the part of the Russian authori ties to the application of the measures of repression established against smuggling and contraventions of quarantine regulatiotr. Those who expose themselves to them will only have to thank themselves for the con sequences of their conduct." A letter from St. Petersburg of the sth states that a grand fete took place a few days before at Riga on the occasion of commencing the demolition of the fortifications of that place : "The fortress of Riga, which, with all its dependencies WAS given up in 1811 to the military administration, was last month again restored to the municipal authorities, who decided on demolishing it, and appropriating the ground to the . enlargement and improvement of the town. On the day alluded to above, this resolution was begun to be carried into effect. A procession, composed of the burgomaster and other civil authori ties, headed 'by a band of music proceeded in great state to the ramparts. The ceremony commenced by the singing of hymns composed for the occasion, after which the burgomaster took a shovel, and gave the first mark of demolition, each of the members of the municipality following his example. The procession then returned to the place from which it had started, aid the crowd dispersed. The shovel used bears the effigy of the Emperor Alexander 11., and has been placed in the archives of the place in commemoration of the event. In the evening the town was brilliantly illuminated, and on the following morning a numerous body of men were set to work to complete the demoli tion." The Czas yf Cracow says :—" Somo journals have affirmed that, in virtue of the decree of am nesty, their confiscated property has been restored to 27 Poles who have returned from exile, but that assertion is altogether erroneous. The decree merely stipulates that any property which they purchase or obtain possession of will not be confis cated for the future. In fact they are merely re• stored to their civil rights." PRUSSIA. The effects of the crisis are now showing them selves in Prussia, where a great number of manu facturers are obliged, more or less, to suspend their. works. _ _ _ Tho total number of failures or bankruptcies that have taken place in all Prussia since tine commence ment of the late crisis amounts to 134. A Vienna letter of the 10th, in the German, Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The decree rela tive t, the n3xt year's conEcription has already been published, and the authorities have already received order 3 to make the necessary preparations. The contingent will be the same as last year-- nearly 90,000 mon. This decree puts an end to a report which has become current that a new law on recruiting would be made which would very BIRILLYOIIAM INSTITUTIOA FOR TSB BELIEF OF DEAFNESS. The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of this institution was held in the Board-room, Cherry street, on Thursday last. The Rev. Dr. Miller (in the absence of Lord Lyttelton) occupied the chair, and amongst the gentlemen present were F. I. Welch, Esq., the Rev. J. B. Marsden, the Rev. John Dufton, Mr. W. Dufton, and Mr. J. Seeking. A letter of apology for non-attendance was read from Lord Lyttelton, who was expected to preside, and Mr. Dufton also announced that W. Chance, Esq., the honorary secretary, Wa s prevented by illness from attending, The report, which afforded strong proofs of the succses and usefulness of the institution, was read by Mr. DIIFTON. We extract the follo wing :—" Your committee, have pleasure in presenting the annual report of the surgeon, from which it appears that the number of patients attending the institution during the past Yea r has been 290, of whom a large majority have been either cured or relieved. The eases consist of discharges from the ears, noises in the head and ears, rheumatics deafness, affections of the throat, producing deafness, and several cases of fungoid growth and polypi in the ear. Your committee need not dwell upon the vast importance of such a society as the Birmingham Usti' tution for the Relief of Deafness, and the great benefit it is annually conferring on the poorer classes of the • tows and neighbourhood. They would again express their high commendation of the valuable services of your surgeon, whn devotes his time and attention to the interests of the Charity." The number of cove treated since the commencement of the institution is 3,457. The surgeon's report showed that out of the 29 0 patients treated during the past year, 184 bad been cured, 77 relieved, and 29 returned as incurable. The financial statement was equally satisfactary. The ba lance from last year was 781., and with the receiPts from subscriptions and interest, made a total of 1371 ' Os. 101. The sum remaining in the hands of the treae surer at the present time is 861. 7s. 2d. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed his regret at the absence of Lord Lytetlton, and hie warm sympathy with the object of the inetitue tion. He felt that deafness must be a great affliction, and the prevalence of this disorder was a great hindrance to the work of the clergy, inasmuch as they appealed through that exquisite organ, the ear, to the conscience and the hearts of their congregations. He thought the public of Birmingham and the neighbourhood had reason to congratulate themselves on the fact that they bad amongst them a medical man who devoted se much time and attention to the cure of deafness, and to the furtherance of the object of that institution. Mr. WELCH seconded the motion, and congratulated the friends of the institution on the large amount of good it had effected during the past year. He hoped that Mr. Dufton's labours would be rewarded by an increased measure of support, and an enlarged sphere of useful. uses. Mr. J. SEEKING moved a vote of thank to Lord Ward for his kindness in filling the office o f p res ident, and in doing so remarked upon the b;.ghly satisfactory nature of the surgeon's report. It was wont gratifying to find that so many persons b a d b een under r ' Dutton's care, and that of the patients treated about seven-eighths had been either:cured or relieved. This fact alone was sufficient to show the value of such en Institution, and he hoped also to ensure for it an creased amount of support from the publio. The motion was seconded by Mr. MVO, 149 a unanimously adopted. Th Rev. J. B. thanks of surgeon, Mr. Dalton, f or hi s care f u l a tt en tion to the movedthe —" That patients attending the Instit u ti on , an d f or his valu a bl e during the past year." the best He remarked meetingrt e h m e anbreekecet givenr t e h e o a l tt t o : t i t ! o h r u e. Dufton had, during his connection with the institutieT, rendered great service to the t own , an d pro ved hi nee' to be a skilful and gifted surgeon, andeta honour to his profession. (hear, hear.) Although other institu tions in the town had obtained a stronger hold uP° l the sympathies of the benevolent, owing to the fact that the diseases which they treated were more distressing ,_t°, the beholder, or more d angerous t o lif e , y e t he thoug ht that the deaf were entitled to more consideration than. they at present obtain e d. Th e d ea f m an was genera.ll.9, an irritable man, and the disorder was one, h e shui: think, which must act very injuriously on the nervous system. Those who were afflicted with deafness were prevented from profiting by the Gospel of Truth i n toe house of God, and a large proportion of those forpl• ing the different congregations were so afflicted. A g a " o there could be little doubt that deafness prevaile d to es.* great extent among the working-classes, and his own 13 _ lief was that few labourers, and more especially out-ciol labourers, who had arrived at the age of 40 years, 111 !_. preserved the power of hearing in a perfect state. Th!eet then, was another reason why the institution should 1) liberally Supported. He found that there one or tw o _ similar institutions in London, which he feared sc arcel y obtained their fair share of public attention. It was rather a proud thing for Birmingham that possessed se efficient an institution, and under such able auspices. The report read that day could not fail to make a deep impression, and it must convince the ss g io r n ea . t attention he advantage derived, not by the .svor mumty, from the self-denying t k h in e e pu cl b a l s ic se of sa t lo h n e e great by all classes of the corn l b a a b d o u p r a s i d o f t oMtrh.isDufto branch n of , and h The resolution was carri ed b y acclamatio n , Mr. DUTTON move d a vote of thanks to the committ ee fromis profession. o f e for their past services, and their re-election for the ensu ing year. Mr. SEEKING seconded the motion, and took occasion to congratulate the meeting on the prosperous condition of the institution, and particularly on the fact that eo large an amount of good had been realised by so comps' ratively trifling an expenditure. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, it was resolved " thut tho boat thanks of the meeting be given to Wiliiaas Chance, Esq., the hon. secretary, together with the a: pression of the regret of the meeting that the state of. his health had temporarily deprived the institution of his services, and that he be respectfully requested to continue his services for the ensuing year." The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. WELCH having taken the chair , thanks were v ote to the Rev. Dr. Miller for presiding, and the proc esa t ings terminated.—Aris' Birmingham Gazette. THE A.VE.RICANS IN JAPAN• (From the Friend of China of Oa S 1 United States' Consulate General, Simoda, Japan, July 6. Sir,—l have the honour to transmit for your informs. tion a copy of a convention that I have made with the Japanese. It is proper that I should inform you that the relative g values of go'd and silver are quite different in Japan tO what they are in other parts of the world. In the United States the relative value of gold to silver is as 1 to 16, but in Japan it is about 1 to 3 1-7thr so that although the Japanese give the same weight o f their gold coin as the foreign coin they receive, yet owing to the difference of relative values, a loss ensues of more than,7s per e cent, on foreign gold, as compared with silver. To illustrate the operation of the 31 Artiole of the Convention, I would state that where Americana have heretofore paid 100 dole. in silver, they will now psi 344 dole. Very respectfully your obedient servant, TOWNSEND HARRIS. To James Keenan, Esq., United States' Consul, Hong Kong• For the purpose of further regulating the intercourse of American citizens within the empire of Japan, and after due deliberation, Townsend Harris, Consul-General of the United States of America within the empire of Japan, and Inowonye, Prince of Sinano, and Naka• moera, Prince of Dewa, Governors of Simoda, having full powers from their respective Governmentot have agreed on the foll Owing articles, to wit : Art. 1. The port of Nangasaki, in the principali t y of Ilizen, shall be 0p6.:. to American vessels, where tbef i repair damages, procure water, fuel, provisions, a" other necessary articles, even coals, where they nr e obtainable. Art. 2. It being known that American ships c o s it to the ports of Simoda and Hakodade cannot have Ow! wants supplied by the Japanese, it is agreed that American citizens may permanently reside at Simet_l: and Hakodade, and the Government of the ifn le ' State 3 may appoint a vice-consul to reside at oda 110 Ila of kde• This article to go into e ff ect on the 4th day J 0 18 , 541. Art. 3. In settlement of accounts the value of the money brought by the Americana shall be ascertain ed by weighing it with Japanese coin (gold and silver it'll ) * bees)—that is, gold with gold, and silver with silver ; or weights representing Japanese coin may be used after , such weights have been carefully ' examined and lon a ' to be correct. The value of the money of the Americans having be e : thus ascertained, the suum of 6 per cent. shall be allow'° to the Japanese for the expense of recoinage. hall Art J 4 Americans committing offences in Japan I L- „J be tried by th e American Consul-General or Consul: a shall be punished according to American laws. bo ll Japanese committing offences against A.mericanee; an, be tried by the Japanese authorities, and Puni sh cording to Japanese laws. Art. 5. American ships which may resor t to the p°r,t o l Sirnoda, Hakodade, or Nangasaki, for the purperW pal twining necessary supplies or to repair damages) DW so for them in gold or silver coin, and i f they h a ve money goods shall be taken in exchange. right Art. 6. The Government of Japan admits tn_ off' the Consul-General of the United St ates to go b . no the limits of Seven Ri, but has asked him to delquip, use of that right, except in cases of emergenefo wreck, &c., to which he has assented. r b i° Art. 7. Purchases for the Consul-General 0 . o f family may be made by him onl y or by some menlue`oo, an w ith o ut the intervention of any J official , - his family, and pay ment made to the seller for the el fo r thi s purpose Japanese silver and ap copp anese er coin s ha ll be supplied to the Consul-General. Art. 8. As the Consul-General u eg of the United Stal g lrab of America has nu knowledge of the Japanese tang n or the Governors of Sterioda a knowledge of the be A un r d t n 9. t e All u the h f v o e r r e s g i o o i n n g o f language, it is agreed that the true mea ning Buh f o i articles iel t frorn the date hereof except article 2, which W aal' go reteoS. go into, A nto effect on the date indicated in _ n tin it. Bng lif3 be Done in quintuplicate ( e ach copy being Japanese, and Dutch), at the Goyosso of Simodse °lB5/, 17th day of June, in the year of the Christian era , Ar oe And of the Independence of the Un ited States c;;;Iej, rica, the 81st, corresponding to the fourth yltirshieersinh MI, the fifth month, the 26th day, the Beg .Ststell being signed by the Consul-General of the h Governors of America, and the Japanese by the gale, TOYS:SIND Simoda.