The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV.ENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1857. prepared t ) turn its back on Free Trade, or to abandon the hope of making further progress in . the direction of "unrestricted cempetition." As we have repeatedly s . ated, nut on►y do we believe that a judiciously framed and equitably assessed Property Tax is the very best for the community that any financier can devise, but we believe it to be an imperative necessity, which must be main tained ht all times, and under all circumstances. The Leviathan a►tempts to alleviate the popu lar excitement by st ding " that the Income Tax at its present rats shall cease and determine on a given day," and as already provided, such day being not far off. What is more, the whole tax is doomed to extinction, as a peace tax. Not only "the war 9d. but the peace 7d., lies under sentence of death, to be carried into execution this time three years !" But the same arguments, the same promises have been repeatei usque ad nauseam, and on even higher authority than that of the Jupiter tonons of Printing House-square. From the period of its imposition, an " imposition," in every sense of the word, in 1842, until what we are now gravely tAd was the final settlement of 1853, it was always a temporary impost, doomed to speedy extinction. Never was a longer term granted than three years—and yet grievous com plaints were, ab initio, preferred against its gross inequality and palpable injustice. No time can sanctify a fraud—and tllat was a fraud of the most barefaced descrip tion on the struggling proprietors of pre•• carious incomes. It was a fraud, too, to term it a Property Tax, for, as the " Spirit of COCKER" has so clearly and distinctly explained, it is not a tax on property. It certainly charges incomes derived from property, as it does the earnings of industry ; but capitalists can, nay, more, they do, continue to evade the liability. It is not too much to say that, of the seven or eight thousand millions of accumulated and realised property, not one-half contributes in any shape, or under any schedule, to the impost. As suming that 12,000,0001. out of the 16,000,0001. is obtained from property—it proves that the property contributing only pays on, in round terms, 180,000,0001. per annum, a grossly inade• quate amount, as we shall be prepared to prove should the allegation be disputed or questioned. All the fraud, therefore, is not with the possessors of in dustrial incomes paying under schedule D. It should properly be denominated a tax on incomes and wages exceeding 1001. Why, then, should the people submit to be plundered for three years longer ? Is it because they have already groaned under the burden for fourteen years? That should furnish an irresist ible argument for obtaining compensation in the only shape it can be afforded—viz., a total exemp tion, for the future, for the earnings of the indus trious classes, not for their continued submission to the inequitable charge of an additional period. What would the Crystal Palace Directors and Shareitolders have anwered to the suggestion that as RoßsoN had been robbing them for three or four years, and they had given him notice that his services would be dispensed with in a few months—he should not only be allowed to enjoy his ill-gotten gains with impunity, but to continue his system for the remaining period of his service ? If this doctrine can be maiut,ained, the lover of " a spicy turn-ow." has been an ill-used man, and LEOPOLD REDPATR would have a claim for heavy damages against his prosecutors S If, however, the penalties of the law can be enforced against individuals—the political ROBSONS and REDPATEIS —if they cannot be compelled t) disgorge the amount of which the sufferers have been sAindlerl, should at least submit to an immediate cessation of their unhallowed receipts. But it is universally admitted that the tax may be required again. It is one t 9 be resorted to in any emergency—whether on account of war or a financial crisis. If, as the Times truly asserts, " Money means the sinews of war, the Income Tax is the very essence and vitality of the whole muscular system." "An instrument" (acc)rd ing to Lord DERBY) " of vast energy, and effect, :exhibiting in the strongest degree to foreign countries the itnatensity and power of our re sources in war." The sword is, therefore, in every sense impending over our heads, and by a very fragile support. It may fall on us at any mo ment. Surely, therefore, it is better to antici pate the difficulty than wait to the period when appeals will be made to the patriotism of the nation, not to interfere with the potent itisq.u merit which must exhibit to our opponents " the nmewity and power of our resource; in war." As to the impossibility of finding any way to 'quality of taxation, or what is better designated s fair apporionruent of that tax, is is all " bosh," a gross and transparent humbug froin IP-ginning to end—from tie alpha to the omega. As the Times once declared, any c enpetent ac tuary could, in a few hours, devise a plan that would at least be an approximation to perfect fairness. If the independent Members only in sist on the tii3l, it will to made, aye, and suc cessfully. Let fiscal reformers, then, exert. them ;;elves unanimously and energttically—let them give " a long pull, a strong pull"—(but above ,t1l)—" a pull altogether," and' speedy and com plete success must attend their exertions. Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, Mr. DISRAELI, aye, and even Mr. GLADSTONE, will strive to give iearnediute effect to that which may indeed be re ;arded as a final arrangemen t. L 0 rto - N . , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 01,7 Great is Manchester, but not quits so great as she was. In the days of the League her annual gathering was the morning st sr of the session ; we looked to it almost as much as to the QUEEN'S Speech ; it communicated to us, not like the Royal document, the vague anything-meaning statements of a Cabinet afraid t ) speak out, but the resolves and plans of the most vigorous public body of the day. What the League would do concerned many politicians and constituencies more than what Ministers would not do, or would not promise t) do. Words that burned with the fervour of a no bl e cause gave to long - columns of small point an in terest which word, used to conceal intentions, could not impart to paragraphs in large type of what had been read from the Throne. Why is it so different now ? Manchester does The Times announces as a great fact that the not think less of itself, nor has she any reason to Income Tax, " for eveiy penny in the rate of do so. Her numbers and her wealth are immensely assessment, br i ngs a million of plunds storlin:). increased ; she is represented by two members, of into the Exchequer." We cannot certainly col. whose ability and whose weight in the House any s imple reasons-I s t, const i tuency trovert this position, for t wo may well he proud. Her htwe, but because the Revenue 11,turrig establish it beyond brick p1.:,3 of li:tenth' , " is now ex :hanged for a the possibility o f c i J uht or d:sPut° ; a nd, 2 ily , building worthy t o be e.-11,tt d the Free-trade H , l l , because it is a p o i n t w hich we h are re peatedly and yet we no longer 1 tek to th e grea t ante-ses urged, but from which we draw very different sional gath er i ng at Manchester with the breath conclusions indeed f rom th ose w hich the Times lees interest o f former d ays. The plain reason endeavours to establish. O ur argu ment il, hs it seems to be that M tuc h ester, like her great always has been, that no Fi nanc i a l Mi n iater can Frec -traders, ee K r is to have fulfilled her possibly dispense with se large a source o f revenue appointed mission ; and th oug h she will without , entering on a retrograde policy, and re- not cease to be an important city tale can establishing duties and taxes th at have been either not again become the centre of a great national Abolished or greatly reduced, to the' intense gra- in , veme nt. Bravely and well her merchants and tificatioa of the tax-paying community, and the manu facturers did battle with lords of the soil. usequivbcal a dvantage of the trade and corn- I Afinchoster took up the c ause of the p eo p le's fo od. Tame of the country. We cannot again under Sue made common cause with every man except the *l7 possible cons id e ration o f circumstances enser ! 30,000 growers of corn and their brother mono ** the paths of protection. The nation is not i polists in other departments. She openly pro- claimed that she meant to overthrow first the Giant Monopoly, and then turn their guns against the other monopolists, and she beat them all though banded together, and used the vanquished to overthrow those who yet held their ground. Cotton was a mighty power then—politically it was gun-cotton ; now it has shrunk back to its natural commercial quality. Manchester will never have again so noble an object, so noble a foe, and so glorious a triumph. It thoroughly understood its ground and its object, and that object was entirely national. It forgot that its object was all important to itself, as its eyes opened to its importance to the whole community. But MancheA, , r ever since has been, like so many conqueror, objectless. Its league wanted to throw out its vast powers into some new conflict, but could find nothing wortly of its former organisation and efforts--the great leaders seemed to think they could lead on every other question as they had done in that which was pecu liarly their own ; but they found themselves sunk to the leadership of coterie;. They have commonly had useful reforms in their pro gramme, but they all had one great defect for Manchester : they were not essential to the prosperity of the cotton manufacture. The public met in their Free-trade Hall, met to hear and to clap, but did not leave to work, to sub scribe money, and to petition by the thousand. Manchester has nothing in hand which she can take up as specially her own, and yet substan tially the nation's. She is, it is true, a useful and a great ally, but no longer a Premier City. Hence the vast difference between the speeches of last Thursday evening, and those of ,former years. In the place of the terrible home thrusts and the impassioned declamation, at which thousands used to rise and wave hats and handkerchiefs, with unappeasable and vociferous cheering, we had lec tures and behaviour cool as in the House of Com mons—behaviour, indeed, much more quiet than frequently distinguishes that honourable place. Good sense, useful statements, pleasant political banter, and a ssund resolution or two—nothing to peiition for—nothing to subscribe for, were the character and the results of the meeting. The most enthusiastic part of the proceedings was perhaps the unanimous re-election of Mr. BRIGHT by the universal suffrage of the vast assembly, a proceeding in which, though having often had occasion lately to differ with the Hon. Member, we yet cordially concur with the electors of Manchester. We believe that in the House all classes value Mr. BRIGHT as one of their ornaments too much to wish to lose him, and that, with the exception of his well-known crotchets, he is unquestionably a first-rate mem ber. We should like to have all the best ability of the country in Parliament, even if not on our own side. Of course Mr. GasoN, the chief orator of the evening, was great on peace, penny newspapers, and the paper duty. He intends to carry the repeal of the last, and, singularly enough, two Chancellors of the Exchequer have seemed to wish to gratify him. It is much desired by the Manchester folk, not, we must own from literary motives, but that it may cost them less to pack their goods. This intellectual argument, it will be remembered, was used with great emphasis by Mr. GLADSTONE. Add to this, that the duty almost crushes the penny papers of Messrs. GLAD STONE, LEWIS, and GIBsoN, and it is not unlikely that the duty will go. The mismanagement of the war, the pitiful results to what they ought to have been, the shameful treatment of the two Crimean Commissioners, are an topics on which we c3u1 , 1 endorse nearly all that was said ; but whether Russia ought to be stopped in her course of European burglaries, these gentlemen thought it not worth while, or not prudent, to discuss. The Income Tax could not be mentioned with out, of course, an unsparing denunciation of inquisitorial examination of tradesmen's and cotton lords' ledgers, and of unfair assessment and balance-sheets ; no popular assembly could be safely exhorted to put up with an Income Tax without that. We were not in formed, however, of the proposed substitute for the d-nounced inquisition; and without resorting to a Property Tax rather than an Income Tax, it does not seem easy to say how the inquisitors are to be got rid of. Mr. GIBSON wished to cut down the expenditure to the fifty millions, or so, which was sufficient before the peace ; if so the Customs, Excise, St Imps, and Assessed Taxes, &c., will, as things now stand, supply his fiscal wants, arid we imagine that if he put it to any meeting he could call, whether t'ie Income Tax, or any Customs or Excise Tax should be first repealed, he would find little if any diviAion of opinion. Fur the aiteictly political part of the pro gramme, the extension of the Suffrage and the Ballot were the chief points mooted. The litter was made indeed a prominent objec?., the Sz•cre tary of the Ballot Society was there from London, and moved a resolution. It was seconded by Mr. Nrcsrocsos, from Australia, who took an active past in introducing it into that country, and who described its eminent success Viere. The Chair man, Mr. WILSON, in putting the resolution, gave it his cordial support, and it was carried unani mously and enthusiastically. Tho shameless assertion that nobody wants, and nobody cares for the Ballot., is being every day openly refuted. Lord JOHN RUSSELL may be sure his little pocket Reform Bill, without the Ballot, will incur univer sal contempt, and will die unwept, unless he shed again the tears himself. A magnificent and alluring project has just been set on foot atnongst ourselves, with an espe cial view to the pacific advance of tha great cause of Italian Regeneration. The scheme we allude to is that of the EAPORIO ITILIANO—an enter prise having already a recognised organ of its own so called, and involving as its main object the establishment in London of a comprehensive Institution for the Patronage of Italian Science, Art, Commerce, Industry, and Literature. The Institution of the Einporio it should be observed at once, has been projected, and the Journal of the Ernporio Italian°, we may presume, Ist° be edited, hyLonENzo MONTEMERLI DEI CONTI SaNnoNNuit,—the whole undertaking being , carried out under the immediate and personal superintendence of the Marquis of DOWNSHIRE. According to a Prospectus recently issued, the sum of 200,0001. will be required for the foundation of the Institution, out of which it is intended that 160,000/, shall be devoted to the expenses of erecting the necessary buildings, as well as to the 'formation of a capital to be distributed among the shareholders-28,0001. being sat aside for prizes ranging, gradually, from a minimum of 201. to a maximum of upwards of 3,000/.-8001, being awarded as a premium for the Italian who may submit the best plan for the proposed edifice-- 6,0001. being reserved as a Charitable Fund for the benefit, of course, of Italians exclusively—. 2,0001. for covering any expenses that may be incurred on behalf of the Projector and the Initiatory Committee-3,200 1 . remaining over and above all for distribution as rewards for Italian Inventions and Italian Discoveries. Alto gether, we conceive, a very moderate and judicious estimate of thf) liabilities growing out of the esta blishment of the Emporio I laliano Institution. Already it is observable that this singularly attractive design has enlist-d the sympathies of the Italians themselves, and elicited from the leading portions of the Milian Press the very strongest expressions of encouragement. It has been commended very earnestly, for example, by the Spettatore of Florence, by the Gazetta of Milan, by the Corriere published at Vienna, by the .Risorgimento of Turin, by the Pirata of Genoa, by the Giornale of Bologna and the Giornale of Mantua, by the Gazetta of Trieste and the Gazetta of Venice, by the Trieste Osservatere, and the Turin aim-wee delle Arti e delle Industrie. It commands hardly less urgently the sympathy of the British than of the Italian newspapers— the encouragement of the organs of public opinion in England than that of the journals printed and circulated in the chief cities of the Roman Penin sula. It has ours already, at any rate, frankly and cerdially—The hesitating not to ac cord to this beneficent scheme of the Imperio Ita lian° the homage of its frank sympathy and the aid of its cordial encouragement. We shall watch the development of the design with an interest not less than that of earnest solicitude. May it, if once set energetically afoot, do good service in its own good way and in its own good time, in the pacific and beneficent advance of the interests it is intended to forward—those, as we have said and seen, of the great cause of Italian Regeneration ! A Prospectus recently issued by the Harwich and Continental Royal Mail Steam-Packet Com pany—a newly organised Company, proposing to establish a regular periodical mail-steam -packet service between the former port and Rotterdam —gives very large and ♦ery reasonable promise, we cannot but think, not merely of considerable advantages to its own shareholders, but of others accruing from it t 3 every one having capital already embarked either in the Eastern Counties or in the Dutch Rhenish Railways. A very rational and obvious deduction, this—as any one may recognise upon the merest glance at the web work of railroads branching off from either ex tremity of the newly-projected route across the Channel. The Eastern Counties Railway con ducting the traffic from Harwich to Colchester, and thence onwards—north, south, east, west— along the various lines in England, to London, Southampton, Exeter, Birmingham, Liverpool, York, Manchester, &c.l The Dutch Rhenish Railways, starting from Rotterdam and the Hague, penetrating through the Netherlands to the extremities of Hanover, Holstein, and Westphalia, and so onwards, in like manner, and upon a yet ampler scale— north, south, east, west—to all parts of the Eu ropean Continent. Downwards to Cologne, to Wiesbaden, to Frankfort, to Darmstadt. Up wards to Harlingen, to Emden, to Cuxhaven, to Lubeck, to Kiel I Although the shares of the new company have been fixed at 10/. each, it is anticipated by the Directors that no imme diate call will be requisite beyond 5/. at the utmost. Already we are in no way surprised to see enrolled among the list of subscribers an important and, comparatively speaking, remote body like the Liverpool Commissaries. The auspicious character of the proposed mail steam packet service across the channel, between 11 Ar wich and Rotterdam, being sufficiently obvious at the first instant, to the enterprising men of Lanca shire. As, we conjecture, it must infallibly prove elsewhere, in our own country, and in most of the northern countries of Europe, approached from England through the Netherlands. THE DIVISION 0-V THE ADDRESS. The following is a list of the majority against Lord Grey's amendment on the Address to her Majesty : Lord Chancellor Viscounts. Cremorne DUKE. Falkland De Tabley Argyll Sydney De Manley MARQUISES. Torrington Dufferin Ailesbury BISUOPS. Foley Lansdowne Bath and Wells Glenelg EARLS. Chester Hatherton Airlie Down Lilford Abingdon Gloucester Lyndhurst Bessborough Llandaff Lyttelton Clarendon London Methuen St David's Panmure Cork Cowper BARONS. Say° and Selo Granville Belper Stanley of Alderley Harrowby Broughton Truro Shelburne Caraoys Vivian Spencer Crewe Wenlock man sion in St James'-;quare, last evening , the Earl of The Earl of Derby enterta in ed at dinner, at his Chesterfield, the Esrl of Dartmouth, the Earl of Powis, the Earl of Verularn, the Earl Beauchamp, the Earl of E. wont, the Earl of Portarlington, the Earl of Erne, the Earl of Lanesborough, the Earl of Enniskillen, the Earl of Darnley, Lord Forester, Lord Dynevor, Lord Ravenswortb, Lord Sondes, Lorl Bateman, Lord Was s i ng harn, Lard Feversham, Lord NV) nforti, and Lsrd Cloncurry. The Eari and Countess of Albemarle and the Ladies Keppsl have arrived at their mansion in Grosvenor-square, from Quidenharn Hall, Norfolk. Viscountess Palmerston bas issued cars for assemblies on every Saturday during the present mon. h. Viscount Wellesley has left the Clarendon for Dray cott House, near Chippenham. Lard Dufferin has left the Clarendon for Windsor Castle. Rear-Admiral.tbe llon , Sir R i chard Dundee, K.C.8., "special serv i ce, " tt () ont l seat in the Ad m i ra lty. It is s n a o i ac Matedo,)mo u no t attnohdar about t )f ur t r h et to his h e i 15,000 qrs. of red Lincolnshire wheat were bought on French account at the close of last week. OLYMPIC THICATRE.—A false imuression having gone abroad with respect to the health of Mr. Wigan, we have been requested to state that he is still seriously indis posed. TROOPS FOR INDIA.—On Tuesday an order was re ceived in Dublin from the Horse Guards for the Queen's Bays and 3.1 Dragoon Guards to hold themselves in im mediate readiness to proceed to India. Similar orders, it is also added, have been also issued to seven regiments of infantry. FUNERAL OF BARON ALDERSON.—The remains of this learned judge were removed to Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk (his birth place), on Tuesday morning. Great numbers of people were assembled in St. Mary Magda len'a Criurc'i at an early hour to take part in a solemn service in the church of which he laid the first stone. The body was met at the door by the Revs. E. Stuart, incumbent of St. Mary's ; W. U. Richards; incumbent" of All Saint's, Margaret-street; and J. Murray, incumbent of St. Andrew's, Wells-street. The coffin was placed on the floor of the nave, and three candles were burning on each side of it. The pall was of blue velvet with a yel low fringe, and a cross worked nn it of red velvet. The 39th Psalm was sung to a Gregorian chant, and the lesson (1 Cor. xv.) read by Mr. Murray. The Holy Communion was then celebrated, the sons and daughters of the deceased baron, his nephew, Mr. Drew ; his son in-law, Mr. W. C. Cocks, and other mourners ; and Mr. Justice Coleridge. Mr. J. D. Coleridge, Mr. A. D. Cole ridge, the Rev. W. H. Mil man , an d on e or two other friends of the family, being the commtiniants. BUSIIIRE AND KARACK —A. French paper says : "Bushire, which has just been captured by the English, is situated in Fars or Farsistan, the province of Persia known by the ancients as Persia. The name of the town is really Bender Abouschehr. It is situated on a tongue of land once covered by the waters of the gulf, and is defended on the land side by a high wall flanked with towers, constructed at unequal distances. This port, which is the most important of Persia, manifests none of the activity that characterises European maritime towns. The majority of the vessels which navigate the Persian Gulf touch at Bushire and Basra, in order to land or take in goods. This trade does not, however, give em ploymen, to more than eight vessels under the English fls,.,is and six under the colours of the Imaum of Muscat. Thee vessels form a tonnage of about 4,500 tons. The town of Busbire contains about 400 houses, besides a great number of huts constructed of palm timber, erected outside the wails. The number of inhabitants, stated by some travellers to amount to 20,000, has been considerably reduced by plague, cholera, and numerous wars, of which Farsistan has been the theatre, and at present does not probably surpass 6,000 souls. Bushire con tains erven mosques, four of which belong to the Shiiites and three to the Sunnites, also two baths and two caravanserais. The English factory is situated about two miles.from the town. Karack or Kharedj, the island now occupied by the English, contains an excel lent port, good wells ut fresh water, and is capable of being strongly fortified. In a commercial, political, and military pout of view, Karack is of high importance. Up to the present moment this island has been known only for its lucrative pearl-fisheries. The most a ble pearls are despatched to Europe by Bagdad ; the inferior ones Akre employed by the Persians in the deco- I ration of their pipes, harness, and pocket mirroro.", LATEST N E WS. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. PARIS, THURSDAY, 9 A.M. The Moniteur contains an article on the ques tion of the union of the Danubian Principalities. The Plenipotentiary of France at the Conference of Vienna had st ►ted it as his opinion that it was the combination bErst suited to assure to those pro:- vinces the strength necessary to become a bulwark for the Ottoman Empire. The French Government has not ceased to profess the same opinion, and what has recently taken place between it and the other Cabinets has only tended to confirm it in its convictions. It does not despair of seeing them prevail in the councils of the Powers, and that the one most interested will admit that the union of the Principalities has nothing which is not completely in accordance with the rights of suze rainty of the Sublime Porte with regard to the Danubian Principalities. MARSEILLES, FEB. 4. We have arrivals from Constantinople to the 26th January. The Presse d' Orient announces the reception of the Commission for reconstituting the DAnubian Principalities by the Sultan. The Porte is pre paring a general amnesty for Moldc-Wallachia. Rustum Paella replaces M. Mussuras as Minis ter of Turkey at Turin. The Gazette de Teheran publishes a State docu ment, complaining of the injustice of the English in declaring war while negotiations wereopending at Constantinople. The taking of Bushire was known on the 4th of January. Persia is not discouraged, but is sending troops into Farsistan. The rumours of a concession and of pacific av rangements are unfounded. The English are moving troops from Bushire upon Shiraz. The Pays announces that another collision has taken place on the frontiers of Persia between the Russians and the Turcoman tribes. In virtue of a convention signed between Russia and Persia in the year 1846 the Russians constructed the fortress of Petrowsky on the Caspian Sea, near Astrabad. The commander of the fort, iu order to protect the garrison from a surprise, lately erected two exterior works communicating with the fort. These works had scarcely been finished when, on the 11th of January last, the Turco mans, profiting by a dense fog, fell suddenly on the Russians and forced them ti fall back on the fortress with a slight loss. The Governor having placed the garrison under arms, sallied out with a strong force, and held in check the Turco mans, who had already begun to demolish the works ; and he, at the same time, demanded assis tance of the Governor of Ashoorada, which was im mediately sent to him. The Russians then pursued the Turcomans, killed some, and took more p among whom was a chief of th e prin cipal i of pirates in the Maz tndaran, who was at onceson tribee sent to the Governor-General at Astrakhan. The Russians by waging an implacable war against rrs the Turcoman robbers have rendered some service to the merchants trading in those 'countries. TREATY FOR THF. REDEMPTION OF THE SOUND DUES. The following is the outline of the treaty about to be concluded between Denmark and the various European Powers trading with the Baltic, for the redemption of the Sound Dues : The preamble states, that with a view to facilitate and increase the commercial and maritime relations at present exizting between Denmark and the other contracting States, these parties have agreed to negotiate a treaty for abolishing the dues levied on ships and other cargoes passing through the Sound and the Belts, and for diminishing the transit duty payable on goods • passing overland from the Ger man Ocean to the Baltic. In the first article the King of Denmark under takes for the future not to levy any duty under the name of customs, tonnage, or for lighthouses, buoys, kc., on any vessels, or their cargoes, passing from the German Ocean to the Baltic, or vice versa, through the Belts or the Sound, and this, too, irre spective of whether the vessels simply pass through the Danish waters, or whether they be compelled by stress of weather or for the sake of commercial operations to cast anchor there, or to put into a port. No vessel of any sort belonging to the contracting Powers is in future to be subjected to any detention or other hindrance while passing through the Belts or the Sound ; with regard to the vessels of other States not partici pating in this• Treaty, the King of Denmark is to be at liberty to settle by separate arrangements the fiscal conditions that are to be accorded to them. The King undertakes further to free &dm all dues for lighthouses, beacons, buoys, &c., and, in general, from all maritime taxes, with the exception of ab solute port dues and customs, any such vessels of the contracting parties as may enter or leave Danish ports, either in cargo or in ballast, and equally whether they have or have not entered into any commercial transaction at the port. In the 2d article the King binds himself to main tain and keep in good order all the lights, beacons, buoys, &c., at present in use, both at the ap proaches to Danish ports and roads, or along the Danish coast. Secondly, in the interest of com merce and navigation, to pay due regard to the expediency of modifying the position or the form of these said lights, beacons, buoys, &c., or of increasing their number, and this without any charge or burden to foreign vessels. Thirdly, to keep up the present supply of pilots, whom it shall be optional to all masters of vessels to employ or not. The charges for pilotage are also never to rise higher than they are at present ; they are to be the same for Danish as for foreign vessels, and are to be payable only by those vessels that take pilots on board. Fourthly, he will permit private individuals, whether natives or foreigners, to establish stations in the Sound and Belts for providing steam tugs to vessels passing through and desirous of profiting by this facility. Fifthly, he extends to all canals or other routes leading from the German Ocean to the Baltic the.'same exemption from duty which Danish and foreign merchandise of certain kinds enjoy on certain routes, (here follows a specification of the various kinds of merchandise and the various routes); and if in future anygoods notspecified here should succeed in obtaining an exemption from transit duty on any one of these routes, that exemption shall be extended to all others. And sixthly, he undertakes to re duce the rate of transit duty on all those goods now liable to it to an uniform rate of 16 skillings Danish money for 500 lb. Danish weight ; and finally, should the transit dues come, at any future time to be lowered on any one of the routes below this rate, the King undertakes to put all the route 3 now connecting, or which may hereafter connect the German Ocean or the Elbe with the Baltic or any of its tributaries, on a footing of perfect equality with any routes that may hereafter be opened between any two ports of his dominions. According to Art. 3, the provisions of Arti c l es 1 and 2 are to come into force on and after April the Ist of this year. Art. 4 binds the States entering into this treaty with Denmark to pay the latter as an indemnifica tion for the sacrifices it makes in the above articles the sum of 30,570,698 rix dollars, according to various quotas already agreed upon, and with the provision that each State is liable only for its own quota. In Art. 5 it is provided that tho various amounts above fi pecided ghall be paid within 20 years, in 40 half-yearly equal instahnents, which shall inclode the portion of the capital due and the interest that accrues on the outstanding balance. E +ch of the high contracting parties undertakes in Article 6 to come to an agreement with the King of Denmark as to-1, the manner how, and the place where, these half-yearly payments shall be made ; 2, the manner and the rate in which the several amounts, a 3 stated in Danish money, shall be computed in the money of the said zitate ; and, 3, the conditions and the manner in which the said State reserves to itself (if at all) to pay off by anti cipation its quota of the indemnity money. In the following and concluding article the exe cu.ion of the foregoing s ipulations is made to be dependent o!I the accomplishment of the formali . ies required by the constitutioi.al laws of the hi con tracting States, who, however, undertake to procure that sane ion at the earliest possible time. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The official reply of England has been received here, stating that the final evacuation of the Turkish territory and waters will take place towards the close of February. The Prussian Envoys at Naples announce that I the King has received their recommendation of con cessions favourably. The fusion of the Central and Orleans lines of railway will be signed on Friday. By a decree in the Moniteur Generals Corbin and Marcel have been promoted to the rank of grand officers in the Legion of Honour. The Moniteur publishes in extenso the list of prizes offered by the Royal Irish 'Agricultural Society for both native and foreign cattle to be exhibited. at the Grand Cattle Show, which is to take place in Waterford in August next. The proposition which. has emanated from Ham burg for sending via Calais all the correspondence of Germany with England does not appear to have any chance of success. The French Government, says a . letter from Berlin, shows no disposit on to enter into an arrangement on the subject with the directors of the Getman Yost-omce. A letter addressed to the Moniteur de la Flotte states that the Russian squadron in the Caspian Sea has just been organised into two brigades. Each will be commanded by a rear-admiral, and will be composed of four vessels of war, two cor vettes, two steam advice boats, and 20 other ves sels. The two brigades will be placed under the superior command of the Board of Admiralty of Astracan. There are now on the stocks in that port two frigates and five steam corvettes. "It appeirs certain," says the Pays, " that ne gotiations have been seriously opened on the sub ject of the dispute between England and Persia, and there is rea-on to hope that they will lead to a pacific solution. Russia has interfered in the ques tion, and a circular is spo , en of as having emanated from St. Petersburg, in which the Russian Govern ment declares for the statu quo ante bellum in Asia, and consequently for the abandonment of Herat by Persia." BOURSE, Feb. 4.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4. per Cents 3 per Cents 67 95 68 10 New Loan — :— Bank Shares 4,150 Roman (a d) B3i Credit Mobilier 1,360 Austrian 89 Belgian Fives ...... .. 994 Spanish Threes — Piedm on tese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH• tr. c. tr e Orleans 1,360 Western — Northern Lyons Mediterranean 1,765 Grand Central ..... 610 Lyons Geneva Cette 7BO Austrian Corn. ... 760 MONTENEGRO A letter from Ragusa of the 21st ult., in the Zeit of Berlin, gives a few details of the annexa tion by Montenegro of certain Turkish villages, briefly mentioned some time back :—" About ten days ago 600 Montenegrins arrived in the Ottoman districts of Zupri and Sutorina, and declared to the inhabitants that henceforth they were placed under the protection and sovereignty of Montenegro ; and that consequently they would have to pay taxes to Prince Dana°. The Turkish receiver at Su torina was ordered to immediately quit the country with his family, which he did without offer•ng any resistance. They afterwards le vied the capitation tax as in Montenegro, as well as an extra contributnn to defray the expense of the expedition. After organ ising the communes, according to Montenegrin usages, the greater part! of the band departed, car rying with them the money they had collected. Those who remained occupied themselves in organ ising tribunals. Order was not disturbed in any other way,. nor have any military measures been adopted at Ragusa in consequence." PRUSSIA. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin of the Ist states that on the preceding day the Financial Committee of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies declared to the Ministers of Finance, the Interior, and Com merce, that it still persisted in its opinion of the non-necessity of the new taxes, but that it would not come to a definitive decision until it had sepa rately examined each of the measures proposed by the Government. The ministers are stated to have replied with great warmth, that in case the Cham ber should refuse the new taxes, the Government would employ all the means which the constitution placed at its disposal to force the measures. This has led to a belief among the deputies of the Right that the Government is prepared, if necessary, to dissolve the chamber." The New Prussian Gazette has opened a sub scription for " the faithful subjects in Neuchatel who are oppressed by the Republicans, or who have taken refuge in foreign countries, in order not to serve against their King." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have reach ed us. The Gazette continues to publish addresses from the bishops and chapters to the Queen, thank ing her Majesty for her services to the church. The Espana says that a project was on foot between some London and Paris firms for establishing an international bank at Madrid. General Prim had charged General Zavala to defend him before the military tribunal by which he is shortly to be tried. Considerable a tivity was manifested in preparing for the approaching elections. It was thought pro bable that the provincial deputation of Madrid would be authorised to contract a loan of 6,000,000 reals. A great quantity of snow h a d f a ll en i n the province of La Mancha as we ll as i n Anda lusia. L etters from Melilla sa y th a t o n the 11th ultimo,' several M 'ors presented themselves at the Mantelete gato of that town on pretext of selling eggs, and that suddenly thawing pistols from beneath their dress they fired on the sol diers on duty, killing two men and woundini4 a third, after which they took to flight. The soldiers who were unhurt returned their fire and wounded two of the men, but the Moors car ried them off. The detachment on duty at the guard- bowie immediately turned out, but the Moors were too far to be overtaken. In consequence of this affair it had been determined to admit uo more Moors into the town. A letter from Vienna . in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin says :—" Hitherto the Russian Government has refused the admission of fore gn consuls to the Black Sea ports, stipulated by the treaty Of Paris, on the plea of the presence of the English fleet in that sea. As these vessels have now received orders to evacuate the Turkish waters, the English Cabinet has claimed the admission of consuls, and has informed our Cabinet of that step, in order to obtain its adhesion." PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4. The Meander steamer brings Lisbon dates to the Jan. 26, wh n the following foreign vessels of war were anchored in the Tagus :—Her Majesty's steam ship Princess Royal, C. ip t . G. Giffard ; the Sans pareil, Capt. Key, which had returned the previ ous day from Rear-Admiral Dundas's squadron for the repair of her rudder. The squadron had met with bad weather, and was about 300 miles off Lis bon, where the steam-frigate Retribution had ar rived on the 26th, and the French ship Austerlitz and steamer Flambeau, the Phenix having left on the 23d for the south. SUDDEN DEATH OF COLONEL WYNDIT AM. —On Tuesday afternoon, about 3 o'cl,ck, Col. Wyndham, while walk ing with two ladies near the bridge on the north side of the Serpentine, witnessing the evolutions of the numer ous skaters disporting on the ice, suddenly fell down and expired. The body was removed to his residence in Connaught -terrace. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China have issued a circular, stating that they " will shortly be enabled to commence business in a field where com merce is extending with extraordinary rapidity," and announcing two calls of 2/. each, payable respectively in one and three months. The English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank have announced an intended dividend for the past half year at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, free of incoma tax, leaving 4,015/. to be carried to the reserved fund. It is stated that the attempt to float the Royal Mail steam c mon y'ri vessel Tyne will be reoluned next week, 4 ,-- ',C.., ART GOsSIP FROlf ROI/lE.—MR. GIBSON AND MISS HOSMER. (Prom, a correspondent of fie Daily News.) ROME, Jan. 29. —Rome is unusually full this sea son. The unsettled state of Naples, and the pro mised presence of sundry crowned heads here, are the reasons assigned for the. exorbitant demands of Padrone, which startle the stranger on his arrival, and make him think twice before he decides to spend the winter in the Eternal City. Provisions of all kinds are dear. The cost of living has nearly doubled itself within the last five years, so that those who contemplate an economical sojourn in Italy must be content with Florence or Pisa — at least till the Roman season is past, that is to say, until after Easter, when apartments undergo a sudden depreciation of fifty or sixty per cent. The spoiling process, commenced by the English, is receiving its finishing touch at the hands of the Americans. If Englishmen lavish their money like Princes, Americans lavish theirs like Empe rors. "Of all families I have ever served," said a, shrewd intelligent courier, "give me an American. for liberal expenditure, a Russian for closeness and meanness." The parsimony of the Russian suite at Nice is the gossip of the place, and does not add to the popularity of the Court. Queen Christina, the Queen-Mother of Spain, goes altogether on a dif ferent tack, and makes her presence here felt to the inconvenience of residents and visitors, by monopo lising the best boxes at the opera and theatres, and the best seats at concerts. Ristori plays her first engagement in Rome since her great success in Paris and London, early in next month, and for a week past the subscription list has been full. So much for the gossip of the day, ere we take our way to the calmer atmosphere of the studios which con gregate here in Rome thick and fast England, America, Frar ce, and Germany contributing even more largely to Italy to swell the ranks of artistes. The coloured Venus in Mr. Gibson's studio is still the subject of much discussion. For the bene fit of those who cannot see it, a short description may not be amiss. No man living, perhaps, is sP thorough a master of form and proportion as Mr. Gibson, and his Tenus is, in these respects, his chef-d'ceuvre. The modelling of the torso and limbs is 'cry fine, +ho Antu gird seuldilienl, of the back beautiful. Greek art is to Mr. Gibson evidently the alpha and omega of all art. The Greeks co loured their statues; why should not the moderns? and so Mr. Gibson took brush in hand and covered the beautiful, highly-wrought marble with a thin pink wash, stained the hair a delicate tow, pencilled.' the head-fillet blue and gold, gilded the apple in the hand, and made the hem of the robe to correspond with the band in the hair. Thus, neither flesh nor marble, statue nor wo man , s t an d s the Venus, chal lenging all beholders to accept or reject the inno vation. Near to the Venus is a coloured copy of his beautiful Cupid, even more eccentric than the Venus ; the flesh a delicate salmon-tint, the hair a warmer tow than the Venus, in virtue of virility perhaps, the eyes fixed and staring, looking over, not at, the butterfly on his breast, the wings tinted in palest hues of rose and blue ; while the pedestal on which this masquerading god stands is of a deep tawny yellow, a bad imitation of gidEo antic°. Given the advantage of colouring marble, one can not but feel, while looking at these statues, how distinct is the art of the sculptor and the painter ; and any eye sensitive to colour must experience a. sensation of relief in turning to the stately group of the Queen, supported by Justice and Clemency, the original of which is just placed in the House of Lords, and to the basso-relievo of Cupidand Psyche, than which nothing more chaste and pure in modern art exists. In looking at Mr. Gibson's works one feels that study and skill can no further go. They speak eloquently of a life devoted to the culture of art, and it would be difficult to find a more devoted disciple and follower of the great masters of anti quity. . _ Ainong art students in Rome is to be found in the studio of Mr. Gibson, Harriet Hosmer, a young American lady of decided genius, and of great force and energy of character. As earnest in her devotion to art as her master and friend, sedulously availing herself of her matured knowledge and skill, she is, at the same time, striking out a path of her own, with results so ample in the present, that there is scarcely any limit to the expectations that; may be formed of a career so soundly and thoroughly commenced. In the November of 1852, accompanied by her father, a physician in the neighbourhood of Boston, Miss osmer arrived in Rome, resolved to follow sculpture as a profession, and to devote herself seriously to an art which she had hitherto studied as she best could in her native country. Unheralded and unknown, she brought with her for all introduction a certificate for anato mical studies given at the college at St. Louis, and a couple of daguerreotypes of a n original bust of esper, modelled, cast, and cut in marble , by herself. These daguerreotypes were sh own t o Mr. Gibson by a common acquaintance, who at the same time briefly .tateo. Mica noswer's wishes and intentions. A. man of few words, Mr. Gibson looked at them for a while in silence ; then said, in his short, expres sive way, "Send the young lady to me. I will do all I can for her." To Mr. Gibson she went, and with !dr. Gibson she has been ever since ; a pupil .after his own heart, earnest, industrious, and un &going in her zeal, if the words master and pupil may be used of a relationship beautiful in itself and alike honourable and honouring to both. During these four years, Miss Hosmer has modelled several original busts, the most striking of w hi c h i s a M e d usa —the beautiful, poetical Medusa. The features are classical, the expression forcible yet delicate, the merit altogether of a high order, both as to design and exe cution. A more ambitious work is a life-sized sta tue of Enone, taken at the mo men t o f h er b e i ng deserted by Paris. A smaller figure of Puck, seated on a toadstool, is full of spirit, fun, and mis chief, evincing no less humorous than tragic power. But the chef-cloe'vvre of all this talented young ai tist has yet accomplished is a life-size figure of the beautiful and a9complished Beatrice Cenci, just finishing in marble, and which we may hope to see in the next exhibition of the Royal Academy. In the story of Beatrice Cenci it is stated that hopes were entertained of a pardon, hopes destined not to be realised, and that when the priest came finally to announce their failure, and the day of execution, he found her " calmly sleeping on the floor of her wretched cell." This is the moment chosen by Miss Ho•mer, and rendered with great feeling and sentiment. The arrange ment of the recumbent figure is exquisitely na tural and graceful. The head—and a lovely head it is—rests on the right arm, thrown over a pillow, the figure lying on the right side, the left leg and foot crossed at full length over the right, half drawn up, and indicated, rather than seen, through the drapery, which is at once simple and rich. The balance of the figure is admirable. In the pro foundness of her sleep, the left arm has dropped forward, and the relaxed fingers, as the back of the hand rests on the ground, are entangled in, rather than holding, a rosary. Every inch of the figure sleeps—a profound sleep, but full of life and feel ing. Involved as this word-painting may seem, the attitude is simplicity itself ; anything more simple and natural, and at the same time more graceful, it would not be easy to conceive. In fine contrast to this sleep of life is the sleep of death in a monumental figure Miss Hosmer is now modelling, and which is equally remark able for force of expression combined with simplicity and grace. "He giveth His beloved sleep" is the thought instantaneously suggested by this figure, a portrait of a deceased young lady. Death is unmistakeably expressed, but it is the sleep of death, and not the annihilation which monumental figures so usuallyand painfully render. " The Cenci " is an order executed for the Public Library of St. Louis ; the monument is to be erected in the church of St. Andrea dello Fratte, and is to the memory of a beautiful young girl who died here last summer. It is impossible to look at these works of art, the production of one so young, admirably within school, and yet free, forcible, and original, without recognising the advent of a sister genius to that which has placed, Rosa Bonheur at the head of her department of art. Of either or both—Rosa Bonheur or Harriet Hosmer—Mrs. Browning might have written these lines from her noble poem of " Aurora Leigh"— _ "She who did this thing was born To do it—claims her licence in tiro work." SUDDEN DEATH AT A TEMPERANCE METING.—Last night, as a tempera nce meet i ng was a b out to commence in the Wesleyan Chapel, Kensington, a middle•aged man, apparently in his usual health and spirits, suddenly dropped into the arms of a companion, and in a few momebts he ceased to breathe. DEATH OF A VETERAN COLONIST. —Mr, S'evenson, Justice of the Peace and C ,, roner of the city of Adelaide, died on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 19. Mr Steven. son was in his fifty-eighth year, and would, if he had lived two months longer, have been a South Australian Colo nist of twenty years' standing. lie arrived out from England in her Majesty's ship Buffalo, as private secre tary to Captain Hindrnarsh, the first Governor of the colony, and was the first clerk to the Legislative,Coun the first coroner and one of the first bench of magis trates. Before leaving England he had been an exten sive contributor to the leading columns of an evening newspaper, and was devoted to other literary pursuits. He was editor and part proprietor of the first newspaper in the colony, the South, Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (now the South, Australian Register), and was consequently " the Father of the South Australian press." Latterly he had only occasionally contributed to the press, and devoted his attention more exclusively to hortizailtural pursuits. The name of George Steven so!. (says the Adelaide Times)," was a household word in ail parts of th e co l ony, and colonists will universar!y pronounce that he deserves to be enrolled among its earliest, its most attached, and its most assiduous and PerNevtring benotaotore.", LONDON.—LETTS'S NEW POSTALDIS— rut.!s MAP. with OFFICIAL ATItF.ET LIAT, 25., post free. L. tts d Co., 8. y 1 Exch ince. Letts's Warts are not out of print y. t. re %t)ove, or of aby fioo!tseller lu the King dom. Cata!ogucsratis. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.-LETTS'S NEW POiTAL DIsTKICT MAP, with OFFICIAL STREET Lls r. 4 r., root ree or, 65., fell coloured, shows the fall extent of each Distr ct. and embraces an Extent of 40 miles E. and W., and 28 miles N. an .4, An outline of the same at 23. each, and the Ordnance uaos of England at 6d. the quarter sheet. lnts, Scn, and Co., 8, Royal Exlhange, T EATRE ROYAL, DRUM LA NE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Aettng M-Inager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform an entirely new three-act Drama, entitled TH E-TIL ACK BOOK. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, A. Young°, G. Honey, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Lingham; Misses Cleveland and M. Oliver, and Mrs. Selby. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every °lie :—Galleries, ed. and ls. ;.. Second Circle of Boxes, ls. ed. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2 s. 'Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls. ns. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 1". Is., 1/. lls. 01., and 2t. 2s. A 3forning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. to commence at Seven, THIS EVENING , 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 ; ), °SCR, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; L a dy Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneorwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria Miss E. Sabine. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BARES IN THE WnOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Kr W, Callcott. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M.. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; rantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver OYAL LYCEUM TREA.TRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING e produced an entirely new and original combinatirm of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; ')r, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. _The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Fsq., 'ounded upon 'be ballet or Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre, The harlequinade upon things in gene ral The now and magnificent scenery painted bf Mr. F. Fenton. Co , rad (the Corsair) Birharto (his lieutenant) JSed ora Clowns „Miss Woo'gar „Mr. J. L. Toole, ~.Mrs. Charles Dillon ...Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall To he preceded by TFIE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tagnan. Mr. C. Moil. The Tins-office from 11 to 5, under th. super , utendene.s. of Mr. CLatterten. jun. . Cnrriagres cnnveyin,7, piffles ti the Priv•tte Bases to 50t down at tit , State eltrance in Burleigh-streot. loud corning Performance, Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 o'clock THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI, 'Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at dotting-Hill, THIS EVENING, will be performed BORN TO GOOD LUCK Mr Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paxl Redford will appear. Followed by OUR GAL. Mrs Barney Williams To conclude with MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Lova, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr Moreland; Scaramoneh, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Rome r, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, M iss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, die. iIIOYAL SURREY THEATRE, 2.11.) Less es, Messrs, Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, an orienal play, in three acts, entitled A BIRD IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. Roderick Praiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Clover Clown, Mr. Buck Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa mily Columbines. Meslames Marie and Agnes. TEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management of Mr Phelps. THIS EVENING, will . I . ;e performed WERNER. The characters by Messrs. Phelps, Marston, Robinson, Ray, drc , and 'Mesdames Atkinson and Ebnrne. To conclude with tho pantomime, THE GENIE ♦ND THE FISHERMAN. QTRAND TREATRE.—MAriaIaer, M:. T. Payrie.—Thin Eveming, will he per Aarmefl DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Followed by (third time) THE ANTLGAROTTE. After which, the immensely sueeessif.d novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Chri , tmas E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norhury; Mercury, 'Kiss Cameron ; Humbirr. Mr. Herbert; Cent, Mr. Bolton ; Karon, Mr J. R. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke; Lorl LoveL, Miss Craven ; Addelpite, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo. Master W. Edouin ; La•ly Arnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness. Mr. 0. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Ha' i° toilful° :—Clown, Misa Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Eflonin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven Cnlnnthincs. Mims E. 'acehs and :Mille. Collison ; Premier D Amuse, Milk'. Mario Charles. Conunence at Seven. Stalls, Gallery, Cd. A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock 7s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 11. 1111 OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE Mr. Alf red Wiczan. THIS EVENING, DET.ICATE GROUND. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravazanzi. by J. R. Planche, Esq., called YOUNT: AND HANDSOME. Meßsrs. F. Robson, Rogers, LQslio, G Cooke, %river.% M'sses Swanhorough, Thirlwall, St. °tam, Castleton, 'rornlev, Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Messrs Coinin , mce at l!al-pttst. even ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMP RITH E A.TRE. Levee #trul MAnlger, Mr. W. Cooke. THTS EVENING the equesriau comic pantomime P PRY ON HORSEBACK, which (this Week being devoted to the Juveniles and Country Visitors) will each night be played first The comic vagaries of the Grimaldi Horse are indescr:bable After which, tho PCEvES in the C RCLE To eoaeltule with K ITHERINE AND PETRUCHIO Petraehio, Mr. James Ifoliowiy. Commence at seven o'c'ock. Dress noses, 4s ; Upper Boxes, N. • Priv.)to Boxes, from 11., no cargo for booking ; Pit, 2,4" ; Gallery, ; Upper Gallery, Cd. office open from Flievcra till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. N. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTER BIT itY WPstminsier-rosA. OPEN EVERY EVENING. —The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Dncts, Ste., via. ; —Miss E Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield, Was Prunell, Miss Sr-mmers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jongliman,, R, Grover, T. Farrant, S Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corri Senor Antoaio M de Sell t, and E. L. limo ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J Wilkins. Pianoforte, J, *noway, R.:1.; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dtc. until twelve o'clock, Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Press Ball will take piace on Wednesday, Feb 18. Gentleman's t;cket, 7s; ladv's ditto, 5s ; doutile ti cket (lady and gentlen*An or two ladies), li)s. 11011 WATER AT LONDON BRTDrig. TelB DAT—Morn. 31 min. sf►. 11 —Evening 21 ink. sft. 11 Trv•Mc RROw--Morn. 0 rn;n. aft. o—Ew.ning 4mo aft 12 THE WEATHER-SUN 07710 - Z, FEBRUARY 5. THRlSMOlftrint, IN TMI SHAM 37 - highcat n,-.on yesterday. 34 .Ir.west raornirrt snd finring Vv. night. 39, -Ilia day , st noon. PAnm:4T..l7, 3013—falling. Wl ".R•vr.—Light, with mild weather and thaw. Two . o'CLocK.—Slight snow. )1111, I k .4)