The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-21 00:00:00

T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. R ox by. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Third appearance of the eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, since his late serious illness. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Followed by SOMEBODY ELSE, in which Mr. Charlee Mathews will sustain his original character. After which will be produced an entirely new and original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; 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 proper ti e s, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs- Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks , mo dels, and piog nomical devices designed and executed by the cel ebr a te d Dykwynkyn. The overture and music compose d and arranged by Herr Anschnez. The chore grap hi c ar rangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. comi c s cenes ew. The con structed by and wader the direction of Harry peculiar grotesque opening invente d and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and T the Seven Ages of M an an," Jack e " wh sle aanrcriejnigell" LH& Humming g ed nnopde " r " t H he udi di b r ra ec s ti ' o ' n &c Of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye ancients and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime 111 story is founded See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. R sglen Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Y ea , • 11 the Great he Aeon 9, " Here we go up, np, np, ,t Here we go down, down, dews ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round and round." Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr.lophara ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera hex, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up). Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Saucebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr. Popall. Mr. Qeodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyciay (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelangh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Danghtev 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 bees given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 tallies of the Corps do Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the 'Co. ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Hnggamngga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsnp, Byesright, Sheulderartas, Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Helene ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no notion of work hersel f, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Hnngga. King Huggamngga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Pitniny (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Ckddstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs . Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagaag, Merrywag, Per ri w ig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crino l ine Master, Professor c ra yon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdignrdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet temper, Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook : Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, etiessrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Catashine. 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, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Basvlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some hedyelse ; 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 (th e Parent of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. Stroneth'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grind Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in processef construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with th e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Denlin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott; two Pantaloors, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs, Harry Beleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford : two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. 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 (Belenos. Deulin, 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, stehieh 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)—Aldershott a size smaller —Grand review of infantry—A military hall—Going in for a buster —Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel to 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 loges by it Cnt and come again Clown takes a butcher's oboe which Harlequin makes too het to bold 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 tickete:Tke Onde wrapper—Railway wrappers—Transfer depot—Washing maehine--ext raordi n ary— Something tbat won't wash --nee ned out—Seent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toethpowder Hungary water—A Frineepane bouquet Wonderfal ends of the Pistachio nut pewddr—A. ease of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Giggle Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re volution —Turning the tables —To bed, to bed—A drop too mach Clown nowbegins to reflect —The looking-glass follows his example—Tw o heads better than one—Clown takes a turn on the sofa, Which also takes a turn on its own account— Multiplication altercation which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkia's Gat'ergu ating Machine and General Patent Offi ce an d Stationer's e ' Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Hanfast—Thelaenwnanag,eof the being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather eyes (I-talian of course) which everybody nnelerste e d s _a ath poet versus London post—Re gulators Wanted : railwi a a y regu lators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulato rs—Sewing, Sewing, cu tti ng , was hing, pressing, and ironi ng done 117—y , a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pant a l oon a little b scents—A fresh supply o f blacks fromn. sh irty— Dred-ful —A box of common goes, ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bo l eros . Tanner )--Harvest.home rakish dance by Deulin, and lasses—The milky way Harlequin makes rustic lads and a pump of himself —A strong smell of game-..A farm-yard visitor — Clown finds .. the pig a very great bore—Pantal oon ? thee greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry_c dog e gets °c um China and couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side—Clown off by the Express and th P antaloon by Rocket—appin's Cutlery and Shilling R azor Warehousee M King William-street, City (the whole of the dou ble, company will appear in this scene.)—Pantaloon proposes to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public op inion e —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 ease for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment--The duel —A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blow np, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the beans to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, ee. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, 58. ; Private Boxes; los. 6cl„ 1 ls., 11. lls. 6d., and 21. 2s, A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. OPAL LYCEUM THEATRE. led Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the gee. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The larlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening Conrad (the C orsa i r) Birharte (his lieutenant) Seyde Pasha . Ynselif sing ........... Mr. Barrett ................ .......... Medora .............. . ............ ... Mr. S. Calhaem Gu1nar....... ........................ . Mrs. Charles Dillon zuliem ............. . .... R White . Mrs. Melville Submarine Serena Clowns ......... Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall Mr. Stilt Mr, J Marshall, The Brothers Nelson. Miss Clara Morgan and Mies L a dd . To be preceded by THE KING' S MUSKETEER S. D'Ar. tagnais, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, from li to 5, under the super. atendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties t.. - + the Private Boxes to sot dawn at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. Pastaloci Harlequin Sprites Columbines 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. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVE/SING, to commence at Seven, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with Mr. Murdoch as Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr. W. Callcott. The music composed and arrangedby Edward F itz william. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given every Tharsday : commencing at 2, concluding at 4. PFHEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at Notting-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 Wordspinnor, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations, dro., called STRAND TFIEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—This Evening will be performed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. Followed by (third Um') THE PERILS OF CRINOLINE.I After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, was E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Mice Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Lova., mi ss Craven ; Addelpate, Miss C u thb er t ; Crambo, Master W. Edonia ; Lady Ames, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Mr. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard, Novel Harle. quiisde : _cl ow n, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss B. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier Demee t tae, Mdle. Marie Charles. New and magnificent Scenery, (Ix. New Curtain. N ew Act Drop, 3 8 . Boxes 2s. •; Pit ls. Commence at Seven. Stalls, ; , , ; Gallery, 6d. A morningperformanse of the Pantomime every Monday t two o'clock THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,I JANUARY 21, 1857. MOTHER SHIPTON; Knight of Love, and th e E nc h an t e d Whi s tl e. Columbine (a la Watte a u), M a d ame C e l es t e Harlequino or, Harlequin a nd and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Searamouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bitr league by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, lac. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE GAMESTER. Beverley, Mr, Phelps; Stukeley, Mr. H. Marston; Mrs. Beverley, Miss Atkinson. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND, Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Flambe, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Cazse, Castleton, Bromley, Haskell, and Mrs. m e lf or t. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, an original play, in three acts, entitled A BIRD IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. Roderick Preiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Finis Fa mily; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakapeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. the last week of its performance. Eques trian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's Herses. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the succeasful equestrian comic panto mime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Har lequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a quarter be fore seven o'clock. Rox-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. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', 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 Corr'; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. hackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre c'sely. Suppers, die.. until twelve o'clock. Last week of the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS, who will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sin; some of their favourite selections. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place oa Wednesday, Feb. 18. Gentleman's ticket, 7s ; lady's ditto, 50 ; double ticket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. HMG WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 45 min. aft. 9—Evening 22 rein. aft.lo Tri-31033ow—Morn. 0 min. aft. 11—Evening 35 MID. aft 11 THE WEATFIER—SUN OFFIOS, JANUARY 21. THRENOMKTRE, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest -singe noon yesterday. 36 —lowest this morning and during the night. 37 —this day at noon. Auom rrzn, 29 . 59—rising, WIND, W.N.W. to W.—Light, with fine weather. There was a hoavy fall of tileet and snow yesterday afternoon and late last night. i.) , zsV l .S';':' ecit.r; s v-7 $., 4 ~.. ...., 1-.:.. 1 - t.,?-4 - --;,-4-,..: 7.-- I - ItlL UND,ON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1867 It would be arousing, were not the stakes at issue so enormous, involving as they do, in all human probability, so much blood and so much treasure—to note the diametrically opposite views taken of the Persian War by the organ of Lord PALMERSTON and the organ of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. According to the Post of this morn int:, the approaching Session of Parliament is very likely indeed to be inaugurated by the announce ment from the Treasury Bench not merely that all our differences are at an end with the Russian AUTOCRAT, and that the Neuchatel Difficulty has been solved by mutual concessions on the part of Prussia and of Switzerland, and that Peace gene rally reigns throughout the whole of Christendom — but that (wonderful to relate !) our collision with Persia has been happily warded off upon the very " stroke of twelve" by certain fortuitous circumstances, to be recounted probably by the 1 next mail from India, but of the precise nature of which circumstances we are not in formed by our very sanguine contemporary. According to the Herald of this morning, on the contrary, matters could hardly look more black, more ominous, or more threatening, than they do at this moment, in connection with the expedi tionary army which has recently advanced in the direction of Herat, under the command of Bri gadier CHAMBIERLAYNR, through the rocky fast nesses of Affghanistan. Yet after all—in spite of the glaring contrast presented by these two diame trically opposite opinions --there are actually re vealed through these very opinions the same iden tical facts, lit up, as we may express it, under the same identical angle of the political prism. ONLY—to the Post these same facts appear rose coloured, and to the Herald they appear blood• coloured. As to the halcyon anticipation , however, ex pressed to-day by Lord PALMERSTON'S o rgan, to the effect that the next mail from Calcutta may be seriously expected to bring with it tidings of the sudden and all but, miraculous close of the Persian War—a struggle at this moment, Positively, hardly commenced—we cannot but ref the a d that as not hi ng else t h an the indulgence omost visionary and preposterous hallucina tion ! As to the sombre and almost despairing view taken by the organ of her MAJESTY'S Opposition of the rery same events and of the very same situa tion—we cannot, on the other hand, but regard that view as scarcely one jot less extravagant. The Oriental contest, upon whir h we h ave b u t just now adventu re d by way of Cabul, is one entangled in so many diplomatic complications, and it is one, at the same time, which has originated in events so infuriating to the belligerents, that it would be the very extreme of folly to anticipate any abrupt and bloodless close to our warlike operations in the very first hour, as it were, o f their commencement. England has embarked in this war only after the most flagrant, the most prolonged, and the most reiterated provocations. It was only as recently as the lst of November, 1856, that the gage of battle was flung down in her name at Calcutta. It was only on the 13th of the same month that the British fleet steamed out of the Harbour of Bombay for service in the Persian Gulf and along the southern coasts of the empire of the SHAH, from their eastern extremity at Soork to their Western, near the mouths of the Tigris at Shatt-al-Arab. And even then, be it remembered, that the sword was drawn against Persia, simply because Persia had openly and flagrantly violated the solemn engage ments she entered into with England at the memorable Convention of January, 1853. Ab solutely and notoriously violating that Conven tion by marching an army against Herat, by deliberately investing that city, and by ulti mately starving its Affghan garrison into a sur render on the 21st of last October. Then, and then only, did England —conceiving the cup of her Persian grievances to be at length filled to over flowing—proclaim her resolution to extort by force of arms the reparation denied, for so many wanton wrongs and insults, to the peaceful de mands of diplomacy. The incidents which had gradually lead the Court of Teheran to the perpe tration of this last and most unjustifiable outrage the seizure of Herat are of too recent occurrence to have altogether escaped the popular recollection. Nevertheless, it may not be wholly unadvisable to recall to mind the chief among these curious and startling occurrences. It will be re membered by many, we doubt not, that about the turn of the years 1855-1856 Herat was disturbed by an insurrection. Svun MAHOMED was assassi nated. YUZOOF KHAN, a scion of the old dynasty, being nephew of SHAH KAMRAN, was thereupon appointed his successor. It was a very Asiatic way of turning the tables—a Suddozye Prince being substituted, not by a stroke of the pen, but by a stroke of the dagger, for an Alekozye Sir dar ! Nothing in all this, calling, in any respect, for foreign interference ! A merely ordinary episode in the annals of Affghanistan—this acceptance by the Heratees, immediately upon the murder of SYITD MAHOMED, of a new ruler in the person of one of SHAH MAHMOUD'S lineal descen dants. An occurrence, however, which took place almost simultaneously a little further away from Teheran than the city of Herat, presented to the Shah of PERSIA what proved at first a very a'luring opportunity, and at last a wholly irre sistible temptation ! DOST MAHOMED advanced upon Candahar and took possession of it—lured so to do by the opportune demise of KOHITN-DIL. KHAN. Everybody, or at any rate a good many people, expected then that the old AVER would be guided onwards to Herat by the flame of the insurrectionary outbreak which had led to the substitution of a Suddozye Prince for the Ale kozye Sirdar, who had just then "died the death," almost, it appeared, as opportunely as KonuN DIL-Kira)r. Contrary to expectation, however, DOST MAHOMED stayed his course at Candahar. The SHAFT being thereby deprived of the only excuse, the one solitary pretext, that could alone have been adduced by him to jus tify, even in " appearance, " the ad vance of a Persian Army against the Heratees. Deprived of that excuse, deprived of that pretext, the Persian Army advanced upon Herat neverthe less ! The Convention of January, 1853, to the contrary, notwithstanding ! We all know the results of that mendacious movement. The trea son of Yuzooles Naib, or Lieutenant, Easy KHAN —sending the Prince, to whom he had sworn allegiance, a prisoner into the Persian Camp, accompanied by the intimation that he was a crea ture for whom Herat had no further use what ever ! Persia's offer to confirm ECsA KHAN in his rule over the Heratees upon the single condition of his acknowledging the suzerainte of the Suart—an offer rejected by the He rateee themselves ! The ultimate fall of Herat into the hands of the Persians on the 25th of October ! And, the consequent declaration of war against the SHAH by Eng land on the Ist of November—followed up on the 15th by the departure from Bombay of the British Maritime Expedition ! Such, briefly, is the case as it stands—between Persia and Eng land. Such are some among the principal events which have led to the present war—events which will have in the course of the approaching session to be duly sifted and scrutinised in both Houses of the Imperial Parliament. As to the simultaneous conduct of the cam paigns by sea and by land, as to the maritime campaign in the Persian Gulf and the mili tary campaign in Afghanistan : It remains to be seen, in the first place, whether Bussorah can by aiy possibility be chosen by Eng land as the maritime basis of her operations against Persia—Bussorah being, in point of fact, a Turkish town within the Pachalic of Bagdad, and friendly relations still subsisting all the while between the SHAH and the SULTAN-CALIPH ! And secondly, it remains to be seen how far it is ad ♦isable for England to select Candahar as the basis of her military operations---that latest prize of DOST MAHOMED, which, besides being an ad vanced post in Affghanistan, is situated(as any map will show) at the apex of the triangle command ing the two great routes to Hindostan by way of Cabul and Shikapoor, by way, on the one hand, of Kutch Gundava, and on the other of Peshawur ! T,list Monday and the preceding Monday a vas. concourse of men out of employ assembled on the site of old Smithfield Market to discuss their situation, or rather what they were to do in it. They appear to have been chiefly persons con nected with building in all its departments ; and it was stated at the former meeting that not fewer than 25,000 hands were out of employ in that branch of labour alone. This is about an eightieth of the entire popula tion of London, and, even supposing the families of the men to be included, would still be a very large proportion to belong to one trade. If adults, or persons capable of labour be meant, the number seems to be out of all proportion. We have, h owever, no means of testing the ac curacy of th e statement. Probably most persons out of employ have aggregated themselves to the masons, &c., and unintenti ona lly th e majority have be en d escribed as the wh o l e . The mai n f act cannot be doubted, notwith standing th e tendency of any b o dy o f men , espe cially men in difficulties, to w and to make thei r case more striking, of builders, of all clas ses , are dosubetl Thousands l l es t s he u i n r em nu p m lo b: e r d s . , This, however, cannot be matter of surprise at this season of the year; buildi ng cannot be carried on in all weathers any more than ploughing and sowing, and it seems hardly reasonable for men whose work must be chiefly performed in the longer and drier and frostless days to complain that they now have little or nothing to do. We are, however, in clined to think that speculation in building is at a lower ebb this winter than most winters, nor is this much to be wondered at when the state of the Money Market, and the practice of so many builders to erect new houses by obtaining ad vauces on those last erected is taken into consi. deration. No class feels more the high rate of interest than those engaged in building specula- tions. It is but fair, however, that these unemployed men should ask themselves how they have disposed of their summer wages. Great numbers of them, we fear, squandered in useless luxuries or dissipa tion what should, in a trade like theirs especially, be saved, literally "against a rainy day." Let us not be misunderstood as wishing to deprive the working man of recreation and reason able enjoyments ; but we have so often had to relieve in want those who had squandered good pay when they had it on sheer animal gratifications or low amusements, that we are compelled to put it to the good sense of the better part among the unemployed whether too many of their number might not have saved themselves from want now by a little self-denial in the summer ; by such self-denial as must be practised by most of those who have an Income Tax to pay —at least if they pay it under schedule D. However, men out of work, whether through improvidence, or through causes quite unavoid able, cannot be neglected. They must be fed and clothed. Their families must be provided for. They cannot be loft to the temptations and desperation of absolute want. If it can be avoided it is even imprudent to compel them to resort to the pawnbrokers, much more to require them in such large numbers to enter the workhouses, as a condition of relief. They proposed them selves, at their meetings, to resort in a body to the parish officers, and to demand their " ancient indisputable right to parochial relief, unaccompanied by the insulting, debasing, and infamous conditions at present persisted in." But what would the men suggest themselves as the test to discriminate between the idle spend thrift and the unfortunate man ? They could not themselves wish that the ratepayers, thousands of them having enough to do to maintain themselves, should be saddled with the maintenance of men who will not work, or who, when they get good employment, th row away their money i n reckless self-indulgenc e . E very one who remembers the old outdoor re li e f system we ll k nows th e endless impositions which were practised on the parish. The poor rates were deemed almost lawful booty by those who could cheat the overseers. Paupers who would not have defrauded their neighbour or the shop-keepers had no scruple about defrauding the parish. It was hardly thought so wrong as poaching or smuggling. Is this state of things to return ? And if not, we are confident all would rejoice in being guided to any method by which immediate want could be relieved, while the idlers and the wasteful were severely tested. In any case we would earnestly counsel the workmen not to prejudice their cause by anything wearing the appearance of intimida tion. Much was said by them about Government ceasing its extravagance and undertaking works of p u bli c ut ili ty. Thi s i s spec i ous, b ut will it permanently meet the case ? Re claiming and draining waste lands were specially pointed to as modes of Government employment. But already Government advances money from the National Exchequer for this purpose, and we are quite sure that unless such work was done by agriculturista responsible for repayment of the advance, the system would be come the most useless and wasteful of all Govern ment jobs. After the lesson learned from the failure of poor FICARGIIS Creornfoß's land scheme, though doubtless he originated it with benevo lent motives, probably none will be insane enough to set labourers without capital to starve on small allotment& It were, indeed, well, were it possible, to compel the owners of waste land to part with it or to reclaim it. It is a shameful waste of the resources of the country that any one should be suffered to misuse the land which belongs to the nation as a whole, and which it suffers to be owned as property under the implied condition that it is not as good as thrown away. But we cannot easily think of any test by which waste land should be sufficiently defined not to render any general law on the sub ject liable to much abuse in its application. Emigration was adverted to, and doubtless many of these artisans of the sturdier class are the very men to emigrate. For this purpose Government and Colonial Land Companies have done much to aid suitable persons. Our colonies need labourers, and labourers with muscle and sinew. That fine new England, Canada, is now within a few days' sail of old England. If Irish men can get across in such numbers, could not our English labourers do so with equal ease ? There they will be at home—and at home amidst plenty of wo r k wa iti ng t o be done. Living is cheap. The steady labourer is independent even as a work man ; and if he have brains as well as arms, he may easily in a fevryears become proprietor of such a farm as neither he nor his offspring could venture to think of in his native land. If any consider able n um b er o f the unemployed rea ll y w i s h t o emigrate, if the workmen who met on Monday last seriously think of emigration on a large scale, they cannot do better than apply at once to tke Emigration Board, and lay, through it, their case before the Government. In a few hours the tax-payers of London will have an opportunity for showing what sort of stuff, in the aggregate, they are made of. For a fortnight or so past we have had to report meet ings held east, west, north, and south, in which the iniquitous character of the Income Tax has been forcibly denounced with the most hearty approval of assembled hundreds and thousands. In Exeter-hall, this evening, parish or local enthusiasm will be subjected to the great metro politan ordeal. With what probable result ? As we hope, and so far as we can judge, there will be a demonstration so grand and imposing that the doom of th e tax, in its presen t f orm , w ill be sealed. Th e array of speakers at the m eetin g will be b o th numerous and form id a bl e , b u t stronger than any ver b al eloquence will be the hearty, unit e d, an d i ntelligent sYmP at h y expresse d with the movement by a crowded audience evi dently met f or th e discharge of a. great pu bli c duty. Let every intelligent tam-paYerf then, resolve to bo present, if poesiblei, and len d hi s aid in a man ner becoming his :responsibilities and social p os iti on. It has a ppened that a meeting h as b een, comparatively spea ki ng , thinly attended, from the conviction the attend ance would be overflowing. There must be no mistake of this sort. " so trusting to neighbours, but go yourself," w ill insure a fnll hall, and if numbers can't get i n, the very fact w ill t o ll against the continua nce of the taa:. L e t it not be forgotten that the present time :is emphatically the time for effort. Th e m e eting of Parliament draws nigh, and any delay or imperfection in making Ministers ac qua i nted w ith. the real state of feeling towards the Tax among +the inhabitants of the metropolis must be misch ;,ievous. Chan cellors of the Exchequer are slow to believe, and the provinces look a good deal to the metropolis for guidance. A successful me( !Eng will carry conviction with it, and will p ro b a Lily be honoured with the parentage of a h ost of p at i t i ons f rom a ll 1 parts of the three kingdoms. The cause is good —it is to denounce an oppression, of which industry, talent, wcrth, and feminine wc4kness are the victims. Let this be but remembered, and who can doubt the cause will be nobly vindi cated ? In another part of our impression of to-day will be found a report of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Provident Clerks' Associa tion. Wo have for many years felt sincere plea sure in directing the attention of our readers to this valuable institution, and to its strong claims upon all who are interested (as who in this great commercial country is not ?) in the effectiveness of that machinery by which the gigantic results of English commerce are worked out. We have so frequently recurred to this subject that it scarcely admits of being placed in any new light ; but we observe with the greatest pleasure the commence ment of a system, long and earnestly advocated by the Directors of the office in question, the good results of which can scarcely be exaggerated. We allude to the insurance by employers of the lives of those in their service. For some time past the generous policy of the late and present Postmaster-General has afforded to the employ6s in their service a valuable assistance in assuring their lives, part of the premium being paid by a fund which has for years been accumulating in the Post-office. Carrying this excellent system a little further, his Grace the Duke of ARGYLL has applied it in a most satisfactory manner to the letter-sorters and carriers, who have been enabled to secure an assurance of 501. at a less cost than the fluctuating, and often comparatively trifling, sum they obtained from the funeral fund. Two hundred of the men, we are informed, availed themselves of the liberal offer of his Grace, and assured their lives in a body with the Provident Clerks' Association. Since the completion of this business a similar wise and liberal arrangement has been made by the Directors of the Electric Telegraph Company, who have offered to assist each of their employes to assure their lives by paying a considerable share of the premiums. This offer, it may readily be imagined, has been gladly accepted, and a very large number of the lives have been already assured by the Directors of the Provident Clerks' Association, who appear, indeed, to have been on the qui vive in securing these two valuable sources of business. We can scarcely conceive a form in which the assistance of an employer is more likely to be of service than in aiding and encouraging those in his employ to provide, by assurance, for the wives and children dependent upon them. By its adop tion he is spared the pain of hearing, often of refusing, the heart-rending appeals of a widow whose husband has spent his life in faithful service, or of witnessing the destitution of orphans, whose moral claim upon him he cannot but admit. The Directors of the Company we have named deserve all praise for having furnished to other public companies so admirable an example, and we cordially recommend it to the consideration of those bankers and merchants who value the well being of their employes. We must not omit to state that the balance sheet of the Provident Clerks' Association dia closes a most gratifying position. This arises, doubtless, in some measure from the spread of the business among the general public. Be this as it may, the fact that more a million pounds has been assured since the commencement, and nearly 90,0001. accumulated, together with a steadily increasing income of 26,0001. a year and upwards, shows that the office in question is fairly entitled to rank among the best, because the safest, assurance offices of London. THEATRES. DRURTLANE. There was an overflowing audience at this theatre last night owing to the double attraction of the second ap• pearance of Mr, Charles Mathews since his late accident and the pantomime, which continues to run its race triumphantly. Mr. Mathews appeared only ir4the clever and amusing interlude, " Somebody Else," in which he sustained his original character of Hans Montz. No thing could exceed the warmth of the welcome which this favourite of the public received from pit, boxes, and galleries. The audience seemed as glad to see him again as if he had been for rhonths away from them. They gave him round after round of applause, and seemed to stop at last from sheer fatigue of clapping ; and there was a repetition of similar demonstrations of good will at the conclusion of the piece. SURREY THEATRE. A new melo-drama, entitled " A Bird in the Hand is worth Two in the Bush," was produced here with the most complete success on Monday evening. The plot is of the simplest. Mr. Praiseworthy (Mr. Shepherd), an elderly gentleman, dwelling on a fine estate in York shire, has brought up two nephews, Reginald (Mr. Basil Potter) and Theodore Prodigal (Ur. Calvert). The latter of these two youth's has offended his uncle by losing a large sum of money in a suspicious manner, and clinch ing the misfortune with a mesalliance. He is accordingly cast off, and is living with his young wife in the humble capacity of a field labourer. Reginald, on the other hand, is making a brilliant figure in the metropolis, where he has married a lady of supposed high extraction. The worthy uncle, who is now residing alone, makes a will, in which he 'leaves all his property to the more showy brother, and probably this document would in due time have been carried into effect, had not an old friend, Major Stormont (Mr. Voltaire), conversed with Mr.jPraiseworthy on the characters of the two nephews, and hinted his conviction that Reginald is a heartless scoundrel and Theodore a very ill-used person. To test the truth in this important matter Mr. Praiseworthy gives out that he is dead, and his kinsmen come to the family mansion to hear ahe reading of the will. The will is read by Major Stormont ; Reginald is allowed to en joy a temporary belief that he is sole devisee, when his hopes are crushed by the appearance of the testator, who tears up the unrighteous testament, ejects Reginald and wife from the premises, and takes to his arms the wronged brother, who has really committed no fault at all, and who would not even have incurred suspicion had not his letters to his uncle been intercepted by the de signing Reginald. The part of Mr. Praiseworthy is played with a great deal of quiet purpose by Mr. Shep herd. Insolent vice and humble virtue are brought into effective contrast by Mr. Basil Potter and Miss Eliza Clayton o❑ the one side, and Mr. Calvert and Miss Adelaide Biddies on the other. The crafty lawyer of Mr. 11. Widdicombe is an admirable bit of strong colour ing. The rest of the characters wore ably supported. The house was crowded. BOY..iL BRITISH BANK. TO THE EDITOR OP THU SUN. Sir,—The report contained m your paper of this day of the evidence given iu the Court of Bankruptcy by Mr. Joseph Marsh, a shareholder, after stating that he deposed that Mr. Cameron had told him that he could not select a better investment than the shares of this bank, proceeds thus :—" Having dwelt particularly on the soundness of the institution, Mr. Paddison quoted the 71st article of the charter, to show that he could not, lose more than one-fourth of the money invested." I utterly deny the truth of this representation, or that I ever had any interview with Mr. Marsh. Whatever may have been said to him by any one at the bank, he has certainly mistaken some one else for me. I have observed throughout these proceedings that shareholders and others are constantly confounding the names of the officers of the establishment, especially where there were two or more iu one department.—l am, sir, &c., RICHARD PADDISON. South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, Jan. 20. The expense of Mint prosecutions and " l aw c h arges " in England, in the year ended March, was 35,941/. The accounts just received from Constantinople state that the firman relative to the Danubian Principalities had been unanimously adopted. The Hanoverian - Government has issued a decree enabling it to refuse a seat in the Chamber to ex- Ministers and pensioned employes, although elected by a constituency. MARRIAGE OF GITIZOT.—From a private source we learn (says the Tribune) that the celebrated Guizot has fi na lly married the Princess Lieven, a lady not less celebrated in diplomatic and social circles. It is stated that the affair is kept a secret, or rather it is a public mystery. Guizot is nearly 70 years old, and the lady is but a few years younger. THE VICARAGE OF CRIPPLEGATE.—It bas been re ported, and apparently upon good authority, that either Mr. Champneys or Mr. Melville would get the living, the canons of St. Paul's having the nominations to their livings ia rotation. r r T -1 -4 'V 17 1 17 - r`4 .1 :.. J . :441 Evt" BERLIN, JAN. 20. Baron Manteuffel has stated to the Chambers that the release of the Neuchatel prisoners has been unconditional—(so far as Prussia is con cerned). This, he adds, has removed the ques tion of war. The solution of other points must be left to the discussion of the diplomatic Con ferences with the European Powers. VIENNA, JAN. 19 On the 12th inst. the Lloyd's steamer Asia, on her way from Trieste to Constantinople, was lost off Yalona, on the coast of Albania. The passengers, mailbags, and remittances were saved. The Archduke Maximilian of Austria has been appointed Governor-Genera of the Lombardo- Venetian States as successor to Marshal Radetsky i retired. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Moniteur of yesterday states that the Impe rial Prince has been suffering during the last two days from a slight catarrhal fever. He was better on Monday evening, and his condition is not such as to justify uneasiness. The Neuchatel prisoners have arrived at Besan son. They have demanded permission to come to Paris on parole until the question be decided, as Paris is a more agreeable residence than the prin cipal town of the Doubs. The appeal of Verger from the sentence of the Court of Assize was received this day by the Pro cureur-General at the Court of Cassation. It was at once handed over to MM.Reverohou and Thier celin, advocates attached to the same Court, whose turn it is this week to examine appeals in criminal cases. It is believed that the Court will pronounce its decision on Thursday. The 12th and 59th regiments of the line, forming part of the garrison of Toulon, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Algeria, where it is said they are to be employed in the approaching campaign against the Kabyles. Two other infantry regiments are under orders to reinforce the army in Algeria. The direct telegraphic communications between Paris and London continue in,',errupted, but it is hoped that in a few days they will be re-established, as a despatch from Calais announces that the two owls of the broken' submarine cable have been taken up. It appears extremely probable that Count de Moray will remain at St. Petersburg, for the pre sent, at all events. The causes which have pro duced this sudden change in the destinies of the greatest and luckiest stock-jobbing speculator are numerous, and will readily suggest themselves to your imagination, and are partly personal, partly political, and partly financial. The Emperor ar dently desires to wean his near relation from those speculating pursuits, which have lifted the Count from poverty to the lap of opulence. His resi dence in Russia will keep him out of the reach of those wily adventurers like Mires, Periere, and other successful specu lators, who were ever besieging the Count's ante chambers to obtain his name as director or gerant of their operations. The enormous expenses in curred by the special embassy to Moscow for the coronation will be reimbursed to the Count by a grant of 600,000 f. (or 25,000/. ), a sum which, it is admitted on all hands, will net be adequate for the splendid manner in which the Count represented his newly-adopted country oti that occasion. The Count will receive a salary of 350,000 f. (14,0001.), and will retain his place as President of the Corps Legislatif, which will make a little addition of 5,0001. or 6,0001. a year to his income; in addition to which his revenues will be increased from other sources to a considerable amount, and will enable him to excel in splendour and magnificence all other European embassies at St. Petersburg. N.L. Mania has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Patrie "Sir,—lt is with regret I address you this letter. It is not my habit to enter into a discussion with newspapers, but the question of the Swiss mercenaries appears to me so important for Italy, that I should 'take this opportunity to mention facts, which are little or not at all known. I will not discuss your opinion, for it is evident we should never agree. Nor will I defend my style, which I admit to be bad, nor that of my friends. I merely take the liberty of observing that in a. country where the supreme power is held by one who was himself a refugee it would perhaps be good taste not to use that expression as an insult. As to the facts, I maintain my assertions, and I ask permission to rectify yours. I have taken my information from official sources. The entire history of this affair is to be found explained in the message of the Federal Council to the Swiss Federal Assembly on the 13th of July, 1855, Now it appears from this document in an incontestable manner that Switzerland never seriously desired to prevent the enrolment of her citizens in foreign service. In 1849 it became necessary to make concessions to liberal opinions, then powerful in Europe ; but those concessions were illusory. The Federal Council says so formally. The object of the existing Federal Legislation is not to prevent citizens from entering into the service of foreign States, nor into military bo dies.' We have nothing to add to such an explicit decla ration. You say, sir, that ' all the Federal Government could do is to declare that all their countrymen in the service of Naples and of the Pope had forfeited their quality of Swiss, and to confiscate their properties.' I am Perfectly of your opinion. But you add that the Federal Government tried to do so several years since, but that the menace did not succeed.' This is an error ; if those means had been really and seriously employed they would have succeeded. That is the reason it was not attempted. "Accept, Sir, the assurance of my distinguished con sideratton. " MANIN." " Paris, Jan. 18." Bouass, Jan. 20.—The following were the las quotations Cash. c. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 25 New Loan End of Month. —fr. — O . 68 15 _ Bank Shares 4,200 Roman (2: d),,, 87/ Credit Mobilier 1,407 50 Austrian ....... 88 Belgian Fives 99i— Spanish Th roe s...... 42 Fiodmontese (5) 92 50 Home Debt ........ RAILWAY S — FOR CASH. . tr. c. Orleans 1,392 950 _5O sWtreasatberunr NorthernB37 50 .............. 875 g i r c Lyons 1,385 New D i tt o Mediterrane an ...... 1,785 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... 750 Tests 0.,.............. THE BE. The European Com mis sio n of the Danube has commenced its labours, and the following are the obser va ti ons collected on the subject of the Channel of St. George and the Sulina, with the exception of the mouths : dep " t T h h o e f S fr t. om Ge 7 o rtgo is 14 metres, from e 200 , Georgewhilstt to 4oothemetres breadth wide, ofwith thea Sulina vari es f rom 7 5 to 150 metres, and i ts depth from 5 ms to 7 metres. It appears, therefore, from these first data, that the St. George is more favourable to navigation than the Sulina, as there is room in it for vessels to tack ; and, moreover, towing can bo carried on with much greater facility. The length of the channel of St. George is 88 kilometres (55 miles), and that of the Sulina only 74 ; but this difference of 14 kilometres is more than compensated for by the distance of nearly 29 kilometres which separate the two mouths. A vessel which might have time to get safely into the St. George's entrance might, in running the extra distance to the Selina, be caught b 3 a north-east gale, and be kept at sea for th ree or f our days. The St. Geesige s Channel, from its mouth upwards, contains no serious im pediment to navigation; and the different bends in it enable a vessel to tack and avail itself of the winds, and the d ee p channel can be readily i n di cated by buoys, In the Sulina, on the contrary, the obstacles are numerous and offer seri ous inconveniences. The bends are more frequent and sharper, and vessels are very frequently compelled either to wait for a change of wind or to employ men to tow them. There aro also in the Sulina several sandbanks, on which vessels would ground without great care. On the St. George there aro several large villages, while on the Sulina, with the ex ce pti on of the small town at its mouth, there is nothing b u t fi shermen's huts along the shore. The banks of the St. George are higher than those of the Sulina, and the ground, with only a few exceptions, is capable of cultivation. Those of the Sulina are, on the contrary, low and swampy. F rom all these reasons, the pre George." ference appears to b e g i ven at present to the St. b y The fol owin 0. * W 8 liTZERLAND,, ,„ tae Order of th© Day publishe d General Dufour "Head-quarters , Zurich, Jan. 17 . "The G eneral of the Federal Army invites the divi sional commanders to an .ounce to their troops that the Legislative Councils of the Confederation have adopted, by a great majority, in their sittings of the 15th and 16 th, the propositions of the Federal Council tending to arrange the affair of Neuchatel in a pacific manner, but without entailing prejudice on the dignity and honour of Switzerland. He expresses to the soldiers of all ranks his high satisfaction at t he p rom p titude with which they responded to the call of their country when its independence was menaced, as well as at their conduct under arms. They will continue to prove in future, by their discipline, conduct, and re spect for the measures taken by the supreme authorities of the country, that they merit the sympathy shown them in all quarters. The General, in concert with the chiefs of the Federal Army, will do all in his power to relieve the position of the troops as far as it is compa tible with the requirements of the service. Ho is aware of all that they have to suffer in winter quarters ; but he is also aware that it is by a patient support of priva tions that good soldiers are recognised. It was as much " - by their devotion in supporting the ri..ours of a long :rids tb the soldierl. of !he Crimea acquired that hal, c.7loty and gratitude which accompanies them every,,-liet v . " G. H. DUFOUR, Commander-in-Chief." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 19. Yesterday evening, although Sunday, the Staats Anzeiger published a number, containing a list o the names of all those who had that day received an Order, together with a short account of the ceremonies connected with the Ordensfest. Among the names of the noblemen who re ceived the investiture of th e or d er o f t h e B lack Eagle on this occasion is that of Baron von Man teuffel ; the order itself was, however, conferred on him last March on occasion of the Treaty of Peace being concluded at Paris, and the additional distinction conferred on him yesterday appears to have consisted in the chain or collar of the Order, and probably formed the expression of his Royal Master's great satisfaction at the pacific conclusion of the Neuchatel difficulty, for the only complica tion which in any degree endangered the preserva tion of peace was the detention and the threatened trial of the Royalist prisoners. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN LOMBAR,DYF VIENNA, JAN. 18. Yesterday afternoon the Stadtholder of Lombardy announced by electric telegraph that the officers belonging to the garrison of Milan, the clergy, and the civil authorities had been permitted to pay their respects to his Majesty on the preceding day. Be tween the hours of 1 and 2 many ladies of rank were presented to the Empress. In the evening their Majesties went to the Scala Theatre. In the morning of the 17th (yesterday) the Emperor called at the palaces occupied by the Stadtholder and the Central Congregation, and afterwards inspected various public establishments. At 2 o'clock there was a grand parade. " The people give an excel lent reception to their Majesties whenever they appear in public." The authorities at Milan did their utmost to secure a good reception for the Emperor, and their exertions have been successful. No great confidence can be placed in official communications on such a subject, but the behaviour of the Milanese must have been perfectly satisfactory, for the Emperor yester day informed the Archduchess Sophia by elec tric telegraph that the reception given to himself and the Empress was extremely good. According to my informant, who obtained his intelligence at the fountain head, their Majesties were so well pleased with the Scala and its audience that they remained until the ballet was over, although the Empress was slightly indisposed. The Duke of Giulio de Melzi, who has a magnificent palace at Milan, gives a grand ball on the 24th instant, at which their Majesties will be present. ITALY. COUNT CAVOUR ON THE ANGLO•AUSTRIAN RAPPROCHEMENT. The Opinione of the 16th publishes a report of the interpellations in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin on the 15th, relative to the foreign policy of the Piedmontese Government. M. Brofferio reviewed the present situation of Italy and expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the alliance with the Western Powers. - -M. Cavour, President of the Council, replied at some length. In the course of his speech he said : " The sad and anomalous condition of Italy has been pro claimed in the Congress and recognised by the Powers who have urged an Italian Sovereign to improve the condition of his people. But no one thought that such counsels must necessarily be supported by an armed force. It would have been monstrous for the Powers, scarcely out of a war which they abstained from pursuing to its legitimate advantages, to dream of entering upon a war on the question of the internal condition of other States. The diplomatic negotiations have not yet terminated ; the Chamber will therefore understand my reserve. But the difficulties arisin out of the treaty, difficulties now happily removed, have diverted the atten tion of the Western Powers, and brought together England and Austria in a question altogether special. This rap prochement, however, cannot ba called an alliance ; and I do not believe that the opinions of the English Govern ment will undergo a change, or that it will applaud the Austrian policy in Italy. As, to us, we have marched firmly in one path since our accession to power. We have shown that the condition of Italy was worthy to excite sympathy, and that Italians are fit to be ruled with liberty —and we have neglected nothing in the interest of the nation's dignity and independence. The Consul at Mes sina is a Messinese ; and, if I can rely upon my correspon dence, many things have been invented or exaggerated in his regard. The Consul at Palermo has served his Govern. meet with fidelity, and manifested sentiments deserving of praise. I add that it is not we who encourage incomplete movements or senseless revolutionary attempts; we under stand otherwise the regeneration of the country, and our policy will always be frank and loyal. So long as we are at peace with the Italian States we shall not have recourse to revolutionary agencies. Before inflaming and carry ing out revolutions we shall declare war. As to the lamentable incidents which have occurred at Naples, and of which M. Brofferio reminds us, I repudiate them emphatically, and. I protest against th em in the interest of Italy. (Bravos.) Such acts do not belong to the Italian party, but to the wretched and mistaken men who deserve our pity. They ought to be stigmatised and condemned y by whoever has the honour and the fut ure o f It a l at heart. (Applause.) I owe here a sincere confession to the Chamber. In politics Ido not behove in prophecies, and I have never made any. Mod ern history is at hand to teach us that events arise without any prevision. To ma ke suppositions is inopportune and ridiculous. Is it wished to not difficult. Since Victor know our p a r s i e n: n ip a l e e d s ? th l e t t i hsrone, the Government has liberty at home, and to advance athlwe a h y i s g h s sought t g h w t e t l f o a develop sre of ta Italy b d a roa . Such are the princi ples which caused us to participate in the war, which have guided us in the Conferences, and to which we shall keep in the future. Bravos.) But you exclaim, ' Where are Con gress have not proßd the advantages:'( subcoell th e m materiall f resultsth e wa f r o and nd Italy, the theyhave at least given it an moral result. Beyond the Alps Italy wa„l::.menseverel ud ed. I ap peal herein to all who have been j abi g •oad, and I evidence t he unjust opinions of authors who have had gym p a hs for Italy, such as Byron and Macaulay. To them Italy was a beautiful but unhappy lady, having a barbar ous and T y r an nical husband, and unable to govern the family. licy adopted by Piedmont, and the part she has taken in the war and in the Councils of Europe, have modified public opinion. I appeal on this point to the liberal press of France, England, and Ger many, and t o t h e op i n i ons of those who have travelled through Europe within the last few months. To-day, with all generous hearts, an Italian or a Sardinian is be yond the Alps an object of esteem and sympathy; he who has faith in brutal force alone may laugh at such a result as a trifling matter ; but it will not be so with those who have faith in progress, public opinion, and the force of ideas. (Bravos.) I know that these brief explanations will not convert the deputy Brofferio, but they will prove at least that our—l would say your—policy has not been barren. In the Congress of Paris seeds have been sown which will be made fruitful by time and the virtues of Italians." SHIPPING STA2'ISTICS. According to the statement of 'vessels entered inward the port of London shows a decrease of 40 vessels, but an increase of 9,828 tons; thedifferenca between 866 vessels with a capacity of 488,766 tone in 1855 ; and 826 vessels, with a capacity of 498,594 tons, in 1856. In the case of Liverpool there is an increase of 73 vessels and 77,338 tons, the arrivals in 1855 having been 261 vessels, with a capacity of 190,534 tons; and in 1856 334 vessels, with a capa city of 267,872 tons. The return for Bristol exhibits a decrease of 10 vessels and 1633 tons, the differenoe between 32 vessels, with a capacity of 13,225 tons, in 1855, and 22 vessels, with a capacity of 11,592 tons, in 1856. From the Clyde, the statistics show a decrease of 2 vessels and 1,011 tons, the arrivals in 1855 being 35 vessels, with a capacity of 14,721 tons ; and in 1856, 33 vessels, with a capacity of 13,710 tons. The nett increase presented by a re view of this statement is 21 vessels and 84,522 tons, the ar r i va l s i n 1855 h av i ng been 1,11945v6 1 2 vessels, with a capacity o f 707 , 246 tons,antii The ' nves sels with a capac it y of h 79I L been in v esse l s from 76stons.B pal inc rease i n arr i v als he Cape of Good Ho D Calcutta, Madras, and t c outward present London • in the case of the port o(lifts: increase of 611 502 079 tons ; the rence . between vessels and of 681 vessels with a capacity 431,692. tons, in 1855, with e. 481,771 tons in 1856. In the The statistics of vessels London 1 and 734 vessels c a se of Liverpool the i ncrease is 39 vesse l s and the departur es i n 1855 having been 45,436 tons, 465 vessels _ with a capacity o f 380,484 tons • and i n 856, 5 04 vessels with a capac i ty of 425,920' tone. The return for Bristol shows a decrease of five vessels and 1,022 tons, the difference be tween thirteen vessels with a capacity of 7,986 tons in 1855, and eight vessels with a capacity of 6,964 tons in 1856. The figures f or th e Cl y d e ex hibit a decrease of three vessels, with an increase o f 2,449 tons, the departures in 1855 having been 107 vessels, with a capacity of 62,899 tons, and in 1856, 104 vessel s , w i th a capacity of 65,348 tons. The total nett increase of vessels cleared outward appears by this statement to be 84 vessels, and 96,942 tons ; the difference betwen 1,266 vessels, with a capacity of 8 83,061 tons, and 1,350 vessels, with a capacity of 9 80,003 tons. The principal in crease is in the departure of vessels for Bombay, China, New South Wales, and the Cape of Good Hope. - - HORSE SHOE 13RENVERY— Sir Henry Meu; on the christening of his son and heir, entertained the servants attached to his estate at Theobald's-park to an elegant dinner on z.)aturday last, at his house there. SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Monday night a man named Kealley, residing in Hill-street, Birmingham, committed suicide, after attempting to murder hie wife. INSUFFICIENCY OP THE POLICE.- —Last evening a meet ing of the ratepayers of Paddington vas held in the Vestry-hall, Paddington, to consider the present insuf ficiency of the police force for the protection of the public, in comparison with the enormous sums levied for its maintenance. A. committee was appointed to wait upon Sir G. Grey, to lay tho subject before him.