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‘ T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— PHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. A. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Sta g e Mana g er, Mr. R. with the drama of Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. THE JACOBITE. John Duck, Mr. Buckstone. E ngagem ent of Mr. Leigh Murray. Thirteenth Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. P THE BARES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel! THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W. THE LADIES' BATTLE. Callcott. The music composed and arrangedby Edward Fitz- After which will be produced an entirely new and original william. The pantomime produced under the direction of symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog- M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny W nom i ca l grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Wright• Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay;and Clown, Mr. Driver. To ' conclude with MAKE YOUR, WILLS. Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be g ives., w hi c h will be called or entitled, as it is antitled to be called, ever y Thursday throughout the holidays : commencing, at 2 , SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; concluding at 4.' Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog uomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged ' by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L, Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Sev en A g es of Man," 6, Jack and Jill," Humming Top," " Hudibras," &c., and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime its story is founded : " See, w Margery Daw, sa " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Region of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round and round." Juvenile Chorus of he earliest period, suppod to belong to the One. Up, t Mr. Topham ; Down, M se r. Low; Opera box, Rid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Satteebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virile of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosina Wright, Mlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamugga..—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup, Eyesright, Sheulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Huggamugga. King Hugganingga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Httryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain),- Mr. Noodledont ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tageag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet amper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of I t Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, s!essrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cntashine. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, dtc. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook arid Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors , Mr . Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led. by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth,—Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. StroegTth'arm. What Margery Dew goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in process )f construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with ta e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Devlin and Signor Veroni ; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Holley. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade, showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos, Devlin, Tanner, and Halford).— A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxkeeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the crin oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldersbott a size smaller —firand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a buster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel t a baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cut and come again —Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to held him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—Tao Oude wrapper—Railway wrappers—Transfer depot--Washing machine--extraordinary— Some th n g that won't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut powder—A case of rea' distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Devlin, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life —A domestic re volution—Turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too much Clown nowbegins to reflect—The looking-glass follows hie example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn en the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account — Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)—Clown, being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (Ltalian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common scents— A fresh supply of blacks from America--A Dred-ful scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Devlin, and Tanner.)—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket— Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene.)—Pantaloon proposes to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment—A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a case for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel —A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1&56-oh, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., P. ls., 11. lls. Gd., and 2/. 2s. A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; -------- or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at I' otting-Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. - After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. To conclude with the new and original union of modern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely ne w scenery, dresses, transformations, &c., called MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (h la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramonch, 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. OY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. filanche, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborougb, Thiriwall, St. Casse, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Splendid Equestrian Illustrations. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the choice SCENES of Equestrian Skill in the ARENA. To conclude with the irresistibly funny equestrian comic pantomime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe, in which Mr. W, Cooke will drive Eight Golden-footed Steeds attached to the re splendent Chariot of Gold. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a qtlarter be fore seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four . Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Two o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-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, Duets, &c. viz. —Miss E. Pearee, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. Flarroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre nisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec tions. RIGS. WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. r:tis DAM —Morn. 38 min. aft.l2—Evening 7 min. aft. 1 i`( - ,, ,•!011110w—Morn. :36 min. aft. I—Evening 1 min. aft. 2 'DIE WEATHER—Sum Onsga, JANUARY 9. THERMOMETER, IN THA SHADE. 46 --higheet singe noon yesterday. 45 -lowest this morning and during the night. 48 _thl l 4-Ny wt noon. BAROMETER, 30'21—falling fast. WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull weather and alight rain in the morning. • 4,1 1 1 , % r, 1 t, ito• ;ty L FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1857 There is no one hatter qualified to escape from a false position than Louis NAPOLEON. Unlike some of his contemporary Sovereigns he has suffi cient intelligence to perceive the nature of the error into which he may have been betrayed, and wisdom to amend his policy, while there is yet time to avert serious consequences ; and having once made up his mind, he suffers no lingering motives of personal vanity to interfere with the _course which he believes to be most prudent. Thus, having permitted himself—or his represen tatives—to be bamboozled by Russia, on the boundary question, he backed out in good time, and the vexed question has, at least for the present, been arranged. Again, he not only received patiently a gentle snubbing from the Financial Minister, but he permitted, or rather directed, its publication in the official columns of the Moniteur. The community therefore felt disposed to pardon mistakes so grace fully atoned for. We earnestly hope that he may yet, a third time, pursue the path of penitence, and remove the feelings that have been excited throughout Europe by the uncalled-for attack on the Swiss Confederation. There can be no doubt that the petulant and ill-advised article which appeared in the official organ some three weeks since was the most griev ous blunder into which he has been betrayed. It was alike discreditable to his head and to his heart. To his head, because he ought to have known that the people of France would have felt justly indignant at a new Prussian alliance, formed for the purpose of crushing the independence of a free and magnanimous nation—to his heart, be cause he was bound to Switzerland by no ordinary ties. He owed, indeed, a deep debt of gratitude to those who, some eighteen years before, had refused to surrender to the then Sovereign of France a fugitive who sought shelter and protec tion at their hands. With chivalrous hospitality they braved the wrath of Louis PHILIPPE rather than abandon the cause of the helpless stranger. For that they received the cordial thanks—" the exalted esteem and distinguished sentiments"—of 111)0YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Les9ee, 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, Fsq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The barlequinade upon things hi gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. P Fenton. Characters in the opening : Conrad (the Corsair) ... 13irbarto (his lieutenant) Seyde Pasha Sing Smaul Y ussiff Med ora, Gulnar Zuliem Miss Woolgar „Mr. J. L. Toole ..Mr. Barrett „Mr. llolston „Mr. S, Calhaem Charles Dillon „Mrs. B. White ..Mrs. Melville Miss Jessie Ryder .. Miss Marie Wilton , . Mr. Tom Matthews an Mr. H. Marshall Mr. Stilt ..Mr. J. Marshall .The Brothers Nelson. Clara Morgan ant Miss Ladd. To be preceded by WILLIAM TELL, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. ntendence •f Mr. Chatterton, jun. their protegee. Men had changed since 1838—not political situations. But because the Swiss pur sued the same course as that which, in September of the former year, had been the noble conduct of the cantons who declared so courageously in favour of Louis NAPOLEON, was considered by the same individual in 4856 as " a lamentable obstinacy, an exaggerated susceptibility, and a complete in difference to French counsels !" Submarine, Serena Clowns Pantaloon Harlequin Sprites ... Columbines Carriages conveying parties to till Private Boxes to se down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street, A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. TRAND T EAT RE.—MAnager, Mr. T. ".7 Payne.—This Evening will be performed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. After which, THE INTRIGUE. To conclude with the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, *ling E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, 'Wigs Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke; Lord Love/,, Mies Craven ; Addelp de, Miss Cuthbert; Crambo, Master W. Edoui a ; L a dy Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness. ' 1,1 % G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Earle quinade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Mute:* W Edoutn ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier Danseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. New and magnificent Scenery, &c. New Curtain. New Act Drop, Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls, : Gallery, 6d. A morning performance of the Pantemime every Monday at two o'clock. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, THE LIFE CHASE. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. R uc k ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; the Four Sprites, the Fillia F a . wily ; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. I Federal authorities are disposed to do in regard to those of FREDERICK WILLIAM. There is reason to hope that now, albeit at the eleventh hour, France and England may, by united action, avert the threatened hostilities. CLicctuoT" has manifestly " missed his tip." Although Lours NAPOLEON was for a time misled by what a member of the English Ministry has designated as " soft sawder, you know," he will still retrieve his error. The people of France, who can appreciate a generous opponent, whose reconciliation with England has been baptised in blood the blood of the best and bravest of both nations, shed on the Alma, at Balaklava, at Inkerman, at Tchernaya, at the Malakhoff, and at the Redan—are now our cordial, and, we earnestly hope, our permanent friends. But, to use a homely but expressive phrase, they cannot yet " cotton" to the Prussians. They cannot forget the sanguinary and insulting disposition formerly manifested by the Prus sian troops, on many occasions, whenever they had the opportunity of displaying their evil pas sions, or wreaking their vengeance. And it would be a bitter day, indeed, when they beheld Prussia, encouraged by France, proceed to extremities in an unrighteous cause. It would be the heaviest blow that could be aimed against the permanency of the Imperial Dynasty. There is yet time for an amicable solution of the important problem, although FREDERICK WIL LIAM threatens to decide the mobilisation of the Prussian army ere another week has passed away. The fact is that he is, perhaps of all others, the most disturbed at the semblance of the phantom he has himself created. Like TOM THUMB, he has " made the giants," but, unlike that redoubted champion, he finds himself unable " to kill them." He was encouraged by the unfortunate article in the Moniteur, and therefore, a la Ancient PISTOL, " uttered prave ords at the Pridge"—words which he would gladly swallow even with " leek " sauce. He finds that even in Germany his de mands and menaces are " laughed to scorn," that his friends and neighbours are not prepared " to march through Coventry" in his company. In Wurtemburg the Deputies had protested against the passage of his troops. Similar demonstrations have taken place in Stuttgardt—while the greatest discontent has been manifested in Upper Bavaria, amongst all, in fact, who may be compromised by the presence or passage of Prussian troops. We hope and believe then that the oloud in the political horizon will pass innocuously. If not, we are convinced that it will not be ag• gravated by France or England arraying them selves under the Prussian banner ; and even if the worst should come, Switzerland would only demand a " clear stage and no favour" to protect her rights against all that Prussia could accom plish. What are we to do with our convicts ? The question is one of great gravity, and cannot much longer be trifled with. It is also a question of much difficulty, and one respecting which there is a considerable difference of opinion. Some go so far as to lead us to infer they would entertain no great objection if the gallows were again re sorted to as a universal panacea. Others would have the criminal imprisoned, in some way, for life. A more reasonable opinion is held by those who would have penal settlements at home, and would employ the convicts on public works. Transportation meets with most favour. A diffe rence of opinion, however, exists even with regard to it. Some appear to think confinement in a penal settlement a long way off is all that it re quired. Once ship and disembark your convicts, and all that is left to be done is to provide them with the necessaries of life, and adopt such measures as are required to prevent their escape. Others who have considered the subject more deeply are more exigent in their requirements. They would have transportation, but transportation conducted on principles of humanity and economy, and made to subserve the future interests of the Empire. With the latter we are best disposed to agree. At the present moment the public are to a large extent under the influence of panic. There is more than a reasonable dread of liberated con victs. Danger there certainly is, but not so much as to warrant the apprehensions which are enter tained—not so much' as to justify the headlong way in which so many would have the criminal population dealt with. After all, there is such a thing as duty. After all, there are reclaimable offenders. GOD'S laws and human instincts are not to be dissipated with a breath. Panic fear is no excuse for injustice any more than intoxication is for crime. In every contingency our obligation is to do our duty to others as well as ourselves, and it should never be forgotten that, as if by an eternal law of PRO VIDENCE, the discharge of both duties invariably turns out in the long rutu the wisest course. What is it that is wanted ? Protection for r the public ? By all means let it be supplied. The public are entitled to it. Honest men and good citizens have a right to be protected against knaves. But honest men and good citizens in the search of means for such protection have no right to overlook the obligations they are under in either capacity. As honest men they are bound ' to show as much consideration for the criminal who may have some good in him as is compat ible with the attainment of the legitimate objet they have in view. As good citizens they are under obligation to consider the interests of the State and of those who, came after them. Of all who have expressed an opinion on the sub ject, those who recommend transportation to Hudson's Bay or Western Australia seem to us— if not best to have perceived—best to have re conciled these apparently conflicting duties. Day by day it becomes mere evident England is no place for the repentant and liberated con vict ; society, it appears, cannot afford to take his newly-acquired honesty on trust. It is alarmed by the misdeeds of members of his class, and its prejudice otherwise seems inveterate. If we are to keep our convicts at home, to all appearance it must be as prisoners. To us such a procedure seems, to involve a frightful expenditure, and to It was, in truth, mortified vanity that led to be incompatible with justice. There are various the grave mistake which materially complicated clas.ses of offenders, and this would be treating all existing difficulties. FREDERICK WILLTAM had exhi- alike. We should thereby shut out hope—that bited " a courteous deference" to France, in claiming most important means of amelioration. Even her good offices. Switzerland was not prepared the .employment of our convicts on useful public to surrender her highly-prized, albeit it may have works could not reconcile us to this. We don't appeared to th e quon dam fugitive, when viewed know there would be much mere, if so much, through Imperial spectacles, "a trifling sacrifice." cruelty in hanging them. To transport them to She felt that adequate guarantees were indispens- some solitary island, and employ them there in able before she abandoned her claim to national hopeless labour, would rid us of them, to be sure, sovereignty. FREDERICK WILLIAM claimed an bu tis hardly worthy of more approval. The old empty title. She was quite willing that he should srstem of transportation, with such ameliorations retain it ! But when under its cover it was at- as have been found desirable, seems to be the last tempted to justify rebellion against the existing and best resource. The difficulty is to find a de facto and de jure Government it became quite place. To our thinking such a place is to be a different thing ; and it became essential I found at Hudson's Bay. It is little populated, to define clearly and accurately a precise liruit to capable of immense improvements, which would , his pretensions. She sought not to confiscate hifi ultimately pay, and is already regarded with long private property or that of his adherents, but. no ing eves by the Canadian settler. A penal settle one should be more ready to recognise the Ais- ment once established would soon find every material tinction between what is essentially private .3 nd f or su ccessful working. Employment for labour, of a quasi public nature than Louis NAPOLEfI N ) and that of a useful description, would be found who went much further with respect to the Po s- at once ; and before any long period had elapsed sessions of the ex-Royal family of France than. tho L etti en , t o whom ticket-of-leave convicts, in all 1 T FIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1857., probability, would be acceptable as a boon. The territory, too, is immense, and if we did not, as we ought, open it upon the condition that it must continue a penal settlement, many years must elapse before the demand for convict labour would cease. The climate, though cold, offers, we think, no insurmountable objection, since appro priate labour might be found during the more in clement seasons. Western Australia, at all events, is open to us, and is certainly deserving of consideration. Let our convicts but undergo a disciplinary training before they are sent out, and have a prospect of well doing set before them on landing, contingent on their good behaviour, and either of these colonies may be the means of freeing our island from an incubus under which it groans. Who among our coispicuous statesmen will take in hand the Anti-Income-Tax Agitation Whoever does—will have a chance of coming into power, over the heads of the people, almost in stanter. That of all others would be the cry to go to the country upon, at thelnext dissolution of Parliament. Here, consequently, is what Mr. PECKSNIFF blandly held out over the bannisters as—an available opportunity ! Will no one, we ask, among our more prominent Chiefs of Party, take it in hand ? this Lever of Office ! As Sir JOHN PAKINOTON has snatched up the Educational Question—dropped almost in despair by my Lord JOHN RUSSELL ! As Mr. HENRY BERKELEY has held on, with un failing pertinacity, to the Question of the Ballot ! As Lord STANLEY promises to monopolise the con duot of the grand scheme involved in the project of our Juvenile Reformatories I As Mr. ROEBIICK has latterly consented to preside over the long-dubious destinies of the Administrative Reform Association ! Will nobody of note among our Administrators will no man of mark in the British House of Com mons, take the Bull —JOHN BULL, by the horns the horns of the present Dilemma ! And at once by undertaking to mitigate, or, better still, altogether to abolish, the most oppressive of all the taxes under which the community at large is now groaning, at once secure to himself an over-mastering and irresistible popularity. It is a temptation this obvious and even glaring opportunity ! Mr. GLADSTONE has committed himself rather too flagrantly, we fear, to the more than doubling of this most obnoxious impost dur ing his unfortunate domination over the financial departmnet of the Government, in his official capacity as her MAJESTY'S Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Mr. DISRAELI, not thus pledged to the maintenance of the doubled, or even of the undoubled (!), Income Tax, might seize this favourable opportunity if he would—in which event, we warrant him, he would find it a more reliable crutch to lean upon, than any old broken reed of Anti-Popery Agitation. Setting aside, however, all conjectures as to the precise individual—Wh o , we may ask again, is the Corn ing Man ? Who shall energetically and reso lutely take in hand the conduct of this rising, growing, strengthening Anti-Income-Tax Move ment ? The opportunity is tempting. Who will bid for it ? As the Auctioneer says—Going ! Going ! THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Wednesday evening Mr. Darby, the noted Vauxhall Pyrotechnist, celebrated in a very bril liant and graceful manner the close of his share in the varied series of entertainments recently pro-• vided by the enterprise of Mr. Pepper, at once for the instruction and delight of the public, at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. The crowning display alluded to was literally " a bouquet" ac cording to the technical phrase usually applied to the last outburst in any elaborated display of fire works. It was, in point of fact, a superb cluster of lilies and roses, entitled by the courtly pyrotech nist, THE BRITISH BOUQUET—the blossoms opening each in turn, and revealing within them the features of the eight royal children, grouped round the effigies of her Majesty and the Prince Consort. The Prince of Wales, with the Princes Alfred, Arthur, and Leopold ! Th e P r i ncess R oya l with the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa ! The British Bouquet in idea was most ingenious, and in effect exquisitely beautiful. It bloomed upon the audience amidst very general expressions of admiration. It was, in every respect, Mr. Darby's crowning triumph at the Polytechnic, and will long be remembered by those who saw it as a success constituting him in a manner—a Vauxhall Winterhalter ! WYLD'S MAP OF PERSIA. The Royal Geographer, Mr. James Wyld, of the Great Globe, has just issued simultaneously from his City and West-end Establishments, from Charing-cross and the Royal Exchange, another of those astonishingly prompt" Maps"—the publica tion of which, from time to time, has served so one coming as mate rially to enhance his geographic reputation. The p c , pat "blic as e in ver ilep to resent the point most Map given to the ut in stance is conspicuously under public consideration. It is a comprehensive sheet, embracing within its circum ference not merely . the Persian Gulf and the whole Persian Empire, but, together with these, all the adjacent countries—Russia, India, Egypt, Nubia, Thibet, Caubul, Mekran, Oman, Arabia, and Asiatic Turkey. It comprises not merely the wh o l e of the great Persian . Gulf from Sh a tt a l A ra b t o Ras al Had—but with it the whole of the Red Sea, fro& its northern extremity at Suez to it s sou th ern outlet at the Straits of Bab el Mandeb. Besides which, it includes the whole of Lake 1311kash of the Aral Sea and of the Caspian, with portions also of the remoter Euxine and Mediterranean. It shows at a glance, consequently, the important regions along the shores of the Caspian which have been the scene of the gradual encroachments of the Russian Autocracy—on the one side, as far as Astara—on the other, as far as the Tarachta. Wholesale robberies effected by Muscovite Diplo macy or, by Muscovite Conquests, alternately from Persia, from Turkey, and from Tartary ! Bringing the Russians in alarming contiguity by means of the waters of the Caspian, with Astra bad, from which, by a direct line across Khoras san, a line running a little to the south of Mushid and Neshapore, the approach of a hostile force would, at any moment, be rapid and easy enough, to that covetted city of Herat, which is universally re cognised as the key to our Indian empire through Afghanistan. Nothing could be more timely alto gether than the issue at the present moment of this remarkable publication, which has thus added another to Mr. Wyld's very numerous geographical achievements. WYLb'S NEW MAP OF LONDON. A Shilling Plan of the British Metropolis divided into the newly organised Postal Districts is yet another timely, and therefore most acceptable, boon offered by Mr. Wyld to his fellow-Londoners. A Shilling Plan embellished by a margin of illustra tive woodcuts—having the "Postal Districts" indicated by a broad red outline, and the important initials of those districts printed in violet charac ters. So that whatever difficulties there might be in the new system are removed at once, are com pletely removed, and that, moreover, at the cost of one single shilling. Mr. A. W. Kinglake, the author of " Eothen," and brother of Mr. Kinglake, of Weston-super-Mare, is a candidate for Newport, Isle of Wight, in the room of Mr. Biggs resigned. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. —The first business of this board at its meeting to-day was to receive a communication from Henry Burslem, Esq., resigning his seat as a member of the board. Mr.ißurslem repre sented the district of Paddington. RURAL POLICE. --At the Devon Epiphany Sessions on Tuesday, Lord Courtenay in the chair, the number and pay of the new rural police for Devonshire were settled as follows :—One chief constable at a salary of 4001. p:r annum, and 2001. for expenses ; four superintendents at a salary of 1501. a-year, expenses 501., and 121. for clothing ; nine inspectors, one of them to act as clerk, at 30s. per week, and 31. 14s„ per annum for boots and oil ; 23 sergeants at 235. per week, with the like allowance ; 60 first-class constables at 20s. per week, with an allowance of 1/. 14s. for boots and oil ; l3O second class constables at 13 s . p er week ; and 73 third class constables at 16s. per week, with the like allowance. This force of 300 inert will give one constable to every 1,350 inhabi tants. LATEST NEWS. BERNE, THURSDAY. The Federal Council of Switzerland, considering the new propositions which have been submitted to it by the Emperor Napoleon, and supported by the good offices of England, to be such as are acceptable to the Swiss Confederation, has decided on convoking the Federal. Assemby of Switzerland for the 14th of January, to receive those propo sitions. A letter from Berne of the 3d, in the Indepen dance of Brussels, says :—" The following is the most trustworthy version of the negotiations for the pacific solution of the question. England, we are assured, completely approves of the last propo sition made by the Emperor Napoleon, which is to this effect The Federal Council is requested to release the prisoners solely out of regard for the friendly sentiments of the Emperor. The Empe ror, in return, engages to endeavour to obtain from the King of Prussia the complete renuncia tion of Neuchatel. Should the King of Prussia refuse to negotiate on this base the Emperor will oppose any aggression on the part of Prussia against Switzerland, and will defend the inde pendence of Neuchatel.' " TRIESTE, JAN. 8. According to intelligence of the 2d inst., re ceived here from Constantinople, the English squadron had received instructions to hold itself in readiness to return to England on the first order to that effect. A rumour prevailed at Constantinople on the 2d inst. that the Circassians had defeated a Rus sian corps of 10,000 men, near Beyduk. The Ministers MM. Bach and Bruck have joined the Emperor of Austria at Venice to advise upon the present situation of the Peninsula of Italy and of Switzerland and Prussia ; Count Buol will follow them on Sunday next. There had been a frightful storm at Malta on New Year's Day. Four ships had foundered at sea ; and 300 vessels of all sizes had been wrecked against the wharves and piers. BANK OF FRANCE RETURNS. The following is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yester day (Thursday) : CR. Fr. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks - Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 1,031,848 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks - Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks - Do. on public securities of France 24,489,236 ] Do. in the branch banks - Do. on railway shares and bonds 16,488,600 - Do, in the branch banks - Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund 52,190,045 Rentes of disposable funds 12,980,750 : Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks 5,126,683 • Expenses of administration . 83 412 ~...... Premiums on the purchase of matieres 231,173 Sundr:es 986,151,419 88 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 8. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—The Earl and Countess Granville, the Hon. Charles Gore, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Sir Henry Barnard, Sir James Clark, and Mr. Gibbs. ... The band of the Coldstream Guards played during dinner— Overture, " Don Quixote" Macfarren. Fantasia, " Robert le Diable" ..... Meyerbeer. Valse, " Meta" Milsome. Glee, " The Red Cross Knight" Polka, " My Mary Ann" Her Majesty's private band afterwards ate.ded in the Castle, and performed the following compositions :- 0 verture,t" Anacreon" Selection, " A Winter's Tale" Fackel Tunz—H.R.H. the Duke of Saxe Coburg. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice rode in the Riding-house. The Prince of Wales went to London on Tuesday and attended Mr. Faraday's lecture at the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street, and also to-day. The Ear. and Countess Granville, the Hon. Charles Gore, and Major-General Sir Henry Barnard left the Castle in the forenoon. Earl Granville arrived in London yesterday from Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governors of the colonies on the West Coast of Africa, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the Colonial•office. The Earl and Countess Granville arrived in London yesterday from Windsor Castle. Count Coudenhove has arrived at the Clarendon from Paris. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Pierrepont have ar rived at Claridge's Hotel, from Evenly Hall, near Brackley. Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick and Miss Meyrick have arrived at their house in Curzon-street, Mayfair, from their seat in Herefordshire. Count Moroy is, it is said, about to marry the daughter of the Princess Trowbetzkoy, of St. Peters burg. Miss Nightingale has arrived at her father's residence near Romsey, in Hampshire. She dined with Lord and Lady Paircerston, at Broadlands, on Friday last. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland have been entertaining company during the Christmas holidays, at their princely residence, Raby Castle. FUNERAL OF MR. JOHN BRITTON.—The mortal re rnAins of Mr. Britton wereyesterday interred at Norwood Cemetery. Several literary gentlemen were present, in order to pay a last tribute of respect to an old and much valued friend. _ _ _ The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 20th inst. for the supply of 85,000 pairs of shoes. In the year ended the 31st of March last, the duty on candles and tallow amounted to 57,1771. In the pre ceding year it was 52,545/. It appears that from January to November the value of steam engines and parts sent abroad was, 754 2891. VISIT OF MB. COBDEN TO BIRMINGHAM.—Mr. Cob den, accompinied by h s wife and family, arrived in Birmingham on Tuesday, and became the guest of Mr. Joseph Surge. We understand that his object was partly to make himself acquainted with the efforts being mac's here in reference to the reformatory move ment. REPRESENTATION OF SALFORD.—`Ye are informed that a requisition from the electors of Salford is in course of preps, ation, soliciting Mr. E. R. Langworthy to allow him , elr to be put in nomination. REPRESENTATION OF WOLVERHAMPTON.—The Wolver hampton, Chronicle c ,ntradicts the rumour that either Mr. Villiers or Mr. Thornely is about to retire from the representation of that town. GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT lIUDBERSFIELD.—A few days since a great meeting was held in Huddersfield, in opposition to the income tax. The report of the proceed ings occupies nine columns of the Huddersfield Chronicle. FUNERAL OF CRIVELLI.—The funeral of this celebrated and lamented maestro took place on Tuesday, at Kensal green Cemetery. The cortege consisted of a Parisian car, with rieh velvet equipments, drawn by four horses, plumed, followed by three mourning coaches, containing relatives and friends. IRONMASTRES' QUARTERLY MEETING.—BIRMINGHAM., Jan. S.—The third of the meetings of the ironnsasters of rhis district was held in the Town-hall here to-day. The attendance was very numerous. There was a great deal •f business transacted, and the reports with reference to the state of the trade made at Wolverhampton yester day were fully confirmed. THE BATH GAOL.—An investigation into certain alleged irregularities on this establishment commenced •n Monday, before the prison inspector, Mr. Perry, and the county magistrates. Reporters not having been admitted, we are unable to give an account of the pro ceedings ; and we d• not feel justified in publishing the mere rumours which have reached us.—Bath Chronicle. Ad vices from New Zealand refer to a project for get ting the home Government to guarantee a loan of hallo million sterling, to be raised in England, for the benefit of the colony. The half-yearly meeting of the London, Brighton, aid South Coast Rail way Company is called for the 29th inst. The retiring directors are Admiral Laws and Mr. William Coningham, who offer themselves for re election. DINNER TO THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER• HAMPTON DIRECTORS. —The complimentary dinner proposed to be given to the directors of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, in public recognition of the benefits derived from the completion of the line and the adoption of Worcester for their meet ings, is fixed for Thursday, the sth of February next, being the day appointed for the half-yearly meeting of shareholders. The Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington has consented to preside. INQUEST.—Last night Mr. William Baker went into an inquiry at the London Hospital on view of the body of William Lester, aged 54, who committed suicide by swallowing laudanum at his late residence in Turner street, New-road, Whitechapel. It appeared in evidence that the deceased had formerly been in a large way of business in Whitechapel, but through misfortune had lost all his property, and been reduced to poverty. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. THE WELSH NIGHTINGALE.—This rising and success ful artiste (Miss E. L. Williams) gave an evening's vocal entertainment on Wednesday, at the London Mechanics' Institution, before a crowded audience. After the portray al of nearly 20 different characters, in the course of which her vocal abilities as well as versatile talents were several times encored, Miss Williams was, after the conclusion of the performance, again called forward to receive the approbation of the vast assembly. MONS. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS.—A. young English tenor named Croft has just made his first bow to the public at M. Jullien's concerts, in Liverpool and Manchester, under the auspices of Mr. Beale. He is a pupil of Mr. Frank Mori, and has studied his profession in Italy, where he has imbibed a taste for those cha racteristics which form the popular musical attrac tions of the present day. His voice is said to be '•sympathetic ' and powerful, whilst his general quali fications seem to point him out as a successful rival to Sims Reeves. A Manchester paper states that he is evidently destined to take a high position, as his consci entious method of singing is sufficient guarantee that he will make good use of the fine powers with which he is gifted. THE GREAT NORTHERN FRAIIDS.—On Wednesday evening Redpath and his colleague in crime, Kent, were removed from the House of Detention, and made inmates of Newgate, the delay of their transmission arising from the fact that their trial was not to take place until the next week, the session of the Central Criminal Court being specially adjourned for that purpose. Both Red path and his poor victim, Kent, appeared to be in good health and spirits. The case will not, however, be taken by Mr. Baron Martin until he has disposed of the bullion robbery, which must last two or three days. THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY.—In this case Mr. Ser gean t Parry will defend Pierce ; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Tester. The prosecution will be conducted by Mr Bodkin and other counsel. A circumstance of a very peculiar character arises out of this case. Mr. Saward, an attorney, and brother of Seward who stands charged with the great City forgeries, bas lodged an attachment by action, in the Lord Mayor's Court, upon the Turkish bonds and other property taken by the constable, Williamson, and produced by him at the Mansion House, and which will come before the Recorder on the same day the Grand Jury will have to consider the evidence before returning a true bill. DEATH OF SIR EDMUND EILMER, BART., M.P.— This gentleman, one of the representatives of the wes tern division of the county of Kent, died yesterday at his seat, East Sutton Place, near Maidstone. For many months past he had been in a declining state of health ; and in the early part of last spring be announced his intention of retiring from public life at the close of the present Parliament. Sir Edmund was the represen tative of an ancieut Kentish family, which has held large po sessions and exercised considerable influence in the county for the last 300 years. In consequence of the death of Sir Edmund, a vacancy has been occasioned in the repres e nt a tion of the western division of Kent ; but, as Sir Edmund some time ago announced his intention of retiring from public life at the close of the present Parliament, there are already two candidates in the field, n amely, Mr. C. Wykeham Martin, of Leeds Castle, near ' Maidstone, and Sir Walter B. Riddell. Mr. Martin was formerly member for Newport, Isle of Wight, and is father of the member for Rochester. Some time ago he was induced, on a requisition from a large and influential b ,dy of the Liberal electors, to issue an address as candidate for the vacancy whenever it might occur. Sir Walter Riddell was put in nomination by the Conservatives at the same time. Sir Walter, whose political opinions, as stated in his address, are similar to those of the late Sir E. Filtner, is nephew to the Earl of Romney, recorder of Maidstone, and one of the candi dates fur the now vacant office of common sergeant for the city of London. MYSTERIOUS DEATH, AND ROBBERY OF THE BODY, OF MR. FREDERICK GURNEY. — Mr. Frederick Gu rne y ' who is stated to be about 56 years of age, left h ome cu Friday afternoon last, and nu tidings had been heard of him till his body was taken out of the Regent's Canal yesterday. At the time he left hom e h e was i n his usual health and spirits, and, it is stated, had with him his valuable gold watch and two di amon d rings , which he invariably wore on his fi ngers. When the body was discovered it is stated that neither of these articles were found upon his person. Certain it is that both rings and watch were not with th e b o d y w h en searc h e d, a nd the question is whether the deceased was robbed before or after death. DR. Capital Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 68,298,775 -- Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight 3,473,647 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 76,479,128 58 Various accounts-current 138,704,889 63 Do. branch banks 22,778,023 6 Dividends to be paid 570,258 25 Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities (?)2,596,202 91 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills 1,945 86 Sundries 2,163,015 87 986,151,419 88 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 3,339,525 72 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 26,600,436 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 17,635,500 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills 40,000,000 Rentes of the reserve fund 52,190,645 98 Rentes of disposable funds 12,980,750 14 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration 776,393 88 Premiums on the purchase of matibres 3,197,158 58 Sundries 129,723 17 950,216,038 27 DR. Capital _ _ 91,250,000 - Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere 4,000 000 , Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 69,046,375 Do.. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 9 2,753,313 62 Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 23,930,380 -- Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities — Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 950,216,035 27 FRANCE. A council of ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The Moniteur contains a decree making further appointments and promotions in the ranks of the magistracy. A letter from Frankfort of the 2d, in the Con stitutionnel, says :—"ln addition to a corps of troops which the Grand Duke of Baden has ordered to assemble near Bale, the Government of Wurtemburg has also decreed the formation of a corps of obser vation on the frontiers near Switzerland. It is thought here that the popular agitation against the march of the Prussians will extend from Wur temberg to other German states, such as BadJn and Bavaria." the I B O URSE, Jan. B.—The following werelast quotations Casb. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 10 66 35 New Loan — _ • .• Bank Shares 4,000 Roman Ot ......... Credit Mobilier 1,375 Austrian ........... Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 4O Piedmonteee (5) 9l 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS -FOR CASH. f r . c . f r o Orleans 1,352 50 Western Northern 935 Strasburg . Lyons 1,352 50 New Ditto ... ... . ..... 762 50 Mediterranean 1,745 Grand Central ...... 615 Lyons Geneva 740 Tests ............. Cette 752 50 Austria . n ... Com• ...... 782 50 RUSSIA. A letter from St. P e tersburg, of the 30 th Dec. (Correspond ance B u . llier), says that Persia has applied to the Russian Government tp mediate be tween the former and England ; and that Russia has declined to do so, referring the Shah to the friendly offices of the Emperor of the French. The same correspondence says that an autograph letter has been addressed by the King of Prussia to the Czar, expressing his regret at being obliged, he who has always done his best to preserve peace, at least since the war with Denmark on the subject of Schleswig-holstein, now to assume an attitude which is likely to cause trouble in Europe. A letter from Odessa of the 22d, in the Vienna Gazette, states that the fortifications there have been completely disarmed, and the earthworks thrown up during the war have crumbled away in the wet weather ; also, that the rumours of theigreat move ments of troops in Podolia and Bessarabia are un founded. Several Russian officers have obtained leave to go to Algeria and join the French expedi tion against the Kabyles, and some of the Russian naval officers are going to study the maritime establishments of France. The Russians deny that there is any truth in the story of an English gunboat havin g been fired at, some time a go , i n passing Yenikale ; they assert that there is no battery mounted at that place. NEUCHATEL. The following is the reply made by the Austrian cabinet to the Prussian document of the Bth 'Dec., relative to the affairs of Neuchatel : " VIENNA, Dec. 19. " Monsieur le Comte—The Count d'Arairn has com municated to me the despatch, of !which a copy is sub jlined, relative to the refusal of the Swiss Federal Coun cil to consent to the immediate liberation of the Neucha tel prisoners. This refusal perseveringly given to the demand of the legitimate sovereign of Neuchatel, to the repeated and pressing representations of the powers that signed the protocol of London, and, lastly, to a similar proceeding of the Germanic Confederation, unanimously agreed to, is looked on by the court of Prussia as an evident proof that Switzerland is not at all disposed to take into account the international stipulations in virtue of which the principality of Neuchatel has been admitted under the guarantee of Europe, to become one of the cantons of the Confederation. Before this situation the King is penetrated with the conviction that he cannot longer dispense with having recourse• to means more efficacious than an intervention purely diplomatic, with the object of reasserting his rights to the prin cipality of Neuchatel ; and the Royal cabinet ac quaints us with the resolution his Majesty has taken to prepare measures of this nature, and to put them in execution in case of need. Baron Man teuffel add., moreover, that these military preparations Flo not prevent the King from listening to the voice of that moderation of which he has already given so many proofs, and that his Majesty will doubtless be ready still to yield to the same inspirations, if the European Powers, who will continue to devote their care to seeking a con ciliation, agree on propositions tending to this object, or if Switzerland herself determines of her own accord to return to wiser resolutions. The Emperor entirely appre ciates the reasons that induce the King not to deliver over the adherents to his just cause to the authori ties de facto of Neuchatel. We deplore and disapprove the persistence with which the Swiss Federal Council re• fused a demand it should have the less declined as it might be certain that in doing right in that respect it would find the King, in his moderation, disposed to seek, in peaceful measures and honourable conditions, a definitive solution of the difficulties inherent in the pre sent situation of Neuchatel. Convinced as we are that, in guaranteeing the perpetual neutrality of Switzer land, the European Powers have not intended to ac cord it the privilege of refusing with impunity all re paration for violated rights, we cannot but deem it just and suitable that Prussia should occupy herself with the preparatory measures she may think necessary to ensure, eventually, for her demands the satisfaction which is their due. But we have been happy to receive at the same time the assurance that the King does not even now consider himself obliged to renounce his senti ments of conciliation. The Powers, in their character of guarantees of the neutrality assured to Switzerland, in the general interest, and as co-sitnataries of the protocol of London, desiring the maintenance of the European peace, and it their duty to remind Switzerland of the conditions of its inviolability, and to impose on her the fulfilment of them, if necessary. The opportunity of deliberating in common on the means of discharging this mission not having been offered them since the deplorable events of last September, the Imperial Cabinet is anxious to assemble for this object the plenipotentiaries of the Powers that signed the protocol of London, and cherishes the hope that his Majesty the King of Prussia will not regard himself as driven to the necessity of asserting hie incontestable right otherwise than by relying on the autho rity of a decision of the European Powers. In invit ing you, M. le Comte, to communicate this despach to M. le Baron de Manteuffel, I beg of you to inform hica that we are making at the same time overtures in & similar sense to the Cabinets of Paris, London, an d St. Petersburg.—Receive, &c., "Boor.. " To M. le Comte de Traffmansdorff, Berlin." To the above the Prussian Cabinet replied by the following note, bearing the same date as the circular of Prussia on the same affair : " Berlin, Dec. 28. . " Monsieur le Comte—The Charge d'Affaires of Austria has been kind enough to communicate to me the subjoined despatch of M. le Comte de Eno], in rept/ to that which I bad the honour of addressing to your Excellency under the date of the Bth inst. We have er perienced a lively satisfaction in finding the rights of the King to the principality of Neuchatel once more clear'y recognised, as well as the importance of the reasons that must lead his Majesty not to give up the adherents to hie just cause to the authorities de facto of that State. ape deplore as much as the Cabinet of Vienna that the Swiss Confederation, despite the agreement of all the powers, has been deaf to the voice of concilis• tion, and has thus imposed on the King the necessity of having recourse to proper measures for making his in' contestable rights felt. But in seeking the causes that have determined the Federal authorities to this resistance , so little in conformity with their true interests, we may not conceal from ourselves that the inanition which the powers that signed the protocol of Londoa have maintained during more than four year , ' has powerfully contributed to this false secu' rity, which has misled the public mind in Switzerland, and has spread the unhappy error that rights universal!, and solemnly recognised could be violated with impunity The King does not dispute with the cabinets that signed the protocol of London their mission of recalling the attention of Switzerland to the condition of its ability,but after all that has passed he cannot subordinat° his own action to the accomplishment of this mission. After all the proofs of moderation and endurance which hi; Majesty has given, he believes that he has arrived at ge limit beyond which he cannot pass without being wanting to his honour and dignity. The last neci-ions of our 50 gust master on this subject are contained in my other despatch of this day, which I address equally t o 0 0 royal Minister at Paris, London, and St. Peters' burg. The Cabinet of Vienna will thence deiive tll° conviction that, not to exclude the diplomatic action more or less united and collective of the Cabinets ° f Europe, the King has put off, despite the i n noo; veniences inseparable from this delay, the d a y °' the mobilisation of the army, and by so doing, ths term also up to which, upon the liberation o f ths Neuchatel prisoners, his Majesty will be ready t ° , take part in an y nego ti at i ons t h at may b e bel l with the object of pacifically, and on conditions mutually honourable, putting a definite close to the difficulties inherent in the present situation of Neu' chatel. Be so good as to bring the present despatch to the knowledge of M. le Comte de Buol, and to express to his Excellency our sincere conviction that a Cabinet , so friendly to Prussia as is that of his Imperial Molest,' Franois Joseph, will not occasion it new difficulties, no t even counsel new delays in the accomplishment of a task the prompt success of w hi c h must b e ca ll e d f or by al l partisans of right and order. Receive, &c , cc MANTEUFFEL." ITALY. NAPLES, Jan. I.—The Official Journal announce! the dismissal from office of the Intendente of Cosenza, in whose district Angesilao Milano re sided. The dismissal is not, of course, for app complicity in or knowledge of the act, but for want of vigilance. It was a subject of wonder at Naples that though the execution of Milano had been fixed to take place at eight o'clock in the morning, but was not carried into effect until ten o'clock. No on e was able to explain the reason why the soldiers were kept under arms from four o'clock, when the prisoner left the barracks, until ten o'clock. Th 9 following were the reasons. The King wn e , disposed to pardon Milan o , b ut on the morning 0." the execution a foreign minister had an audience of his Majesty, and strongly urged the necessity of the execution. A sharp discussion took place, in which the King maintained his views, but woe , of course compelled to give way to those o f the Power whom the foreign minister represented , I alluded to this report as emanating from the police in a former letter, but I have reason to believe that it is perfectly true. Pity it is that the King did not follow the suggestion of his own feelings or judgment ; for though a commutation of punishment might have been worse than death, it would not have given rise to that general syrW pathy with the criminal which is so dangerous a feature in the present state of the public mind. Recent accounts from Montesarchio represent Poerio as ill in bed from fistula, and the other prisoners suffering more or less from the dampness of the place. PORTUGAL. By the screw steamer Rattler, Capt. Rutherford: w hich arrived in the Mersey yesterday afternoon: we have advices from Lisbon three days later than those brought by the Euxine, the Rattler having left that port on the Ist instant. The general and political news is of an unimpor' tant character. The Hamburg steamer Teutonia, Captain Mali: coke, arrived from Southampton on the 29th, and left next day for the Brazils. The French steamer Ville de Lisbonne, arrived from Naites on the 30th, and the British steams= Ossian, Long, from Hull, on the 31st ult. The screw steamer Vasco de Game, Captain Dow, sailed from Lisbon on Dec. 29 for Glasgow'. Tho French steamer Franc-Courtois, Captain F• Fournieu, sailed the 31st December for the Brazils• Forgeries in connection with public securities continue to transpire. A member of the Stock-Exchange bag absconded, against whom a warrant has been issued for forging a power of attorney for the sale of 550/. Cons&s , and it was ascertained yesterday that he has obtained an advance of 2,0001. from a person with whom he had dealings upon forged certificates of 400 shares of the Peel River Company. They are said, however, to have been so imperfectly executed that they ougb ti not to have deceived any one. The seal of the company was wanting, and the name of the pretended holder was fictitious. They were, therefore, detected imnie' diately on presentation. The company were previously f about to ca ll i n all the i r cert ifi ca t es f or t h e purpose oct issuing n ew ones un d er th e Li m ited Li a bilit y Act, a 11... I n consequence of this event they have advertised thei r ! , iteutiou to take that step immediately. -