The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-24 00:00:00

THEE SUIoI, 120 NID 0N, 6 SATURDAY EVENINIGsr JAAN RY 24, 1857. .... THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LA NE.— 'RO Y A L PRI N C ESS' S THE ATR E. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING will be performed Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Fabien and Louis dei Franchi by Mr. C. Kean. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ' After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called si x th a ppesrance of the eminent Comedian, Mr. Char* i ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; M a thews, since his late serious illness. Great Success of t he Grand Christmas Pantomime, the ! or, Harle q uin and the Genii of the Bing. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; P a n t al o on, Mr. Pa u l o; Co . most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. lumbine, Miss C. Adams. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TWO PIEA.DS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Followed by SOMEBODY ELSE, in which Mr. Charles Mathews will sustain his original character. After which will be produced an entirely new and original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiDg 'comical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Chrigtsnas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, cad which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, THEATRE ROYAL, EgymARKET. THIS EVENING, 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 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 giro' every Thursday : commencing at 2, concluding at 1. 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 a ssistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes ' a nd transformations by MeEsrs. Needham, Glindon, &c. Th e masks, m odels, and physiog nomies' devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschnez. The choregraphic arrangements under tho personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con ntracted by and tinder the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of "Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," sad the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Yr. Robert Roxby. Te anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime 14 story is founded : See, saw, Margery Daw, Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Anion of Coerses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great ,be itself." " Here we go np, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down ; " 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. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low ; Opera box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Sancebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr. Popall. Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelangh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadlaam ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoealsy upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosin& Wright, Wiles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamngga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogolel ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsnp, Eyesright, Shoulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shally (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of to Palace of King Huggamugga. King Hu,ggamoigga (Sovereign of the Land of Sizes and Sevens) , Mr. Dawkipg,; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Pimmy (the Lord Cham berlaisa). Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagsag. Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Flurdignrdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet tamper, Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook : Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistorv), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, s iessrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. 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, Sze. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, die. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. BawlawaY : Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Men, sure, Mr. Inchbald; Nook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth.--Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Hanpinees), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in processor construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with to e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Devlin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner ; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss 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 (Mews, Deulin, Tanner, and Halford).— A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyiph—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxkeeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out a long step—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 ball—Going in for a buster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel t 3 baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cut and come again Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to held him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket The Onde wrapper—Railway wrappers—Transfer depot—Washing machine—extraordinary— Something that won't wash—Cleaned ont—Soent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut powder—l case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single 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 much Clown now begins to reflect—The looking-glass follows his example—Two 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, Judicin's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)—Clown, being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common scents—A fresh supply of blacks from America—A Dred-ful scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner.)—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket—llappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene.)—Pantaloon proposes to take a hus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment A pair of sharp hlades—Clowns prove themselves a case 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, regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. PI The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the horse to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ' Second Circle of Boxes, ls. ea. ; Pit, 2s. : First Circle of Boxes Is. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; ss. ; Private Boxes , 10s. FA., V. Is., 1/. lls. 6d., and 21. 2s, A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. RO YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesqne opening by W. Brough, founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her I ltiestY's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene. ~" no new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. "nton. .Characters in the opening : eorrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar unrnarte this lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole SeYde Pasha 'qr. Barrett ming Smaul Mr. Holston VmuBBledoraff ................................. Mr. S. Calhaem Onln ar ........................... Mrs. Charles Dillon Zullem ................................ Mrs. B. White Snh mar i na.7. — •••••••••... ......... Mrs. M e l v ille Serena .............................. ....Miss Jessie Ryder Clowns .......................... Miss Marie Wilton .................. ......... Mr. Tom Matthews and IRIPPRIC Pantaloa Mr H. Marshall .................... Mr. Stilt Harlequin ..... Mr finritem ................................. The. 'a Broth e m r ia s ' N n elson. Columbines Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd, To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar. tgnan, Mr. C. Dillon. The b ox - o ffi ce open daily, from 'Stridence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. It to 5, u n d er the super. Carriages conveying parties t 3 the Private Boxes to set Lawn at the State entrance in Burleigh-street A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. STRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Me. T . Payne.—This Evening will be pereormed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. *Followed by (sixth time) THE PERILS OF CRINOLINE. After which, the immensely 4necesqfal novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Viss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord L ev el., Miss Craven ; Addelpite, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, „ fr. G . L ee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Harle. quinade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss E. Tacobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier Dansense, Mdle. Marie Charles. New and magnificent Scenery, &c. New Curtain. N ew Act Drbp. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 35. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, la. ; Gallery, M. A morning performance a the Pantomime ev e ry Monday Inn o'clock RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. fr c Orleans 1,335 Western Northern .c,15 Strasburg Lyons 1,380 New Ditto ➢iediterranean 1,780 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cetto SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 12—The committee appointed by the united Storthing to examine the merits of the bill brought in by the government for the exe cution of the great railroad project has just pub lished its report. Of the six principal lines proposed by ministers the committee recommends the adop tion of four—namely, 1, the northern line, extend• ing to Gefle and Salaer ; 2, the north-west line, to the frontiers of Norway ; 3, the grea t-western, t o Gothbrg ; and 4, the southern, to meet the English line constructing at Malmo. The Govern ment proposes to make these railroads for account of the public, and to cover th e ex p enses b y means of a loan to b e raised in successive sums as required by the exiger -lies of the undertaking. Count Posse, on the other hand, has brought in a bill to capitalise the land tax, and place the amount at the disposal of Government for railroad purposes. It is satisfactory to observe the rapid strides in the industry of Sweden; The value of the home manufactures of this country amounted in the past year to 35,521,274 rix dollars banco, being an in crease of six millions and a half over the amount of 1855, an d eighteen millions more than that of the previous year. The general impression is that the c ountry is quite rich enough to pay for its rail roads out of its own resources. A bill is about to be brought before the Stor thing for a more equal distribution of livings amongst the clergy, the present system being the partie bonteuse of our national institutions. In the district of Schonen alone there are upwards of 200 adjuncten, or working curates, who are so badly paid that they are scarcely able to keep body and soul together, whilst the rich rectors are enjoying the fat of the land without doing any work. PRUSSIA A. letter from Berlin of the 19th says :—" The propositions which Austria has made to Prussia and to the States of the Zollverein, and which will probably be discussed in the conference that is about to take place this year at Berlin, are of more importance than was at first believed. They refer not only to the transit of goods, but to many other points ;--1, Suppression of the transit duties on goods from the Zollverein or the Austrian pro vinces, and levying of one sole transit duty on goods passing through these countries ; 2, modifi cation of the tariff of the Zoll vere i n so as t o make it resemble that of Austria, especially for goods of value ; 3, the same designation for the articles, in order that the same declaration may suffice in the two countries ; 4, the establishment of Custom• houses in common in the great commercial towns, particularly along the railroads and rivers which connect Austria with the Zollverein ; 5, a footing of equality to be established between Austria, Prussia, and Saxony for the navigation dues ; 6, reduction of the tariff on various articles of con sumption, &c. ; 7, the removal of differences in the collection of certain dues ; 8, ulterior develop ment of the customs charter on the basis of the results hitherto obtained." 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 Praiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Finis roily; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. 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. Planche, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Casse, Castleton, Bromley, .Haskell, and Mrs. Melted.] After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half•past Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at IS otting•Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pail Bedford will appear. To conclude with the new and original union of modern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations, etc., called MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramonch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters is the bur- lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr, J. Bland, Mr. P. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE IRON CHEST. Characters by Messrs. Phelps, Marston, Ray, &c. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP RITH EATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, the last week of its performance. Eques trian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's Horses. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the succeasful equestrian comic panto mime, called PkUL 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., ♦ia.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, C. J. Wilkins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, J. Harroway, R. A.; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., 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 sing some of their favourite selections. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Gentleman's tieket, 7s ; lady's ditto, 5s ; double ticket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. mcia WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 38 min. aft. 12—Evening 4 min. aft. 1 Trt-Moßßow—Morn. 28 min. aft. I—Evening 52 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SIIN Omar, JANi7ABY 24. THERMOMETEB, IN TER SHAM!. 47—highest singe noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BißoNirraß, 2912—n0w 29.15. WIND, N.W.—Fresh, with muggy, rainy weather. There was a fall of snow in the night. Two o'Ctoca.—Sunshine, rain, and squally weather. P -rt - § Altn, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1867. Surely the sceptics will now believe in clair voyance. It enabled us to foretel, some time ago, how our Chancellor of the Exchequer will meet the Income Tax agitation in Parliament. Yes terday we had his rehearsal to a deputation which waited upon him on the subject, and we have turned out to be almost verbally correct. Some appeared to imagine, from the language of Admi ral BERKELEY at Gloster, and of Lord PANMURE at the Scottish fete, given in his honour, that Sir G. C. LEWIS and the' , War Secretary were under orders, in their separate departments, to adapt themselves to the popular demand. There is no denying that it looked on the part of Government like an understanding among its members. " Don't let as commit ourselves, but let us say all we can to keep them quiet till it is too late." It was but too plain, however, as it appeared to us, that there was room, not merely for a coach and six, but a dozen such coaches abreast to be driven through all that was said by the military and naval Government spokesmen. Well, Sir G. C. LEWIS has adopted almost our very words,—he did not mean, he said,to take advantage of the particular wording of the statute" —" of course the Government would not think of continuing the tax on account of the wording of the statute, if it were not needed ?" and " hav ing made this statement, be must add with regard to the rate of the Income Tax, that it was not a question of taxation, but of expenditure, and con sequently the question was, what would be the amount of the expenditure the following year ?" —" they must see that the Government, without the deputation proposed another tax, could not be expected to give up 8,000,0001., the amount of the proposed reduction." Such was the sequel to the Exeter Hall meeting on Wednesday, and the hundreds of meetings held all over the country. " Gentlemen, I must spend so much, you mus t there and that you cannot do w ith out fore pay so much, the income tax at the war rate." Well, there is yet a long week before the QUEEN'S Speech is delivered, and we trust that week will be so used as to make that vague docu ment a little definite on the grand topic. We know, now, Sir GEORGE'S mind, and we must say we like him all the better for telling it to us ; and telling it perhaps as fully as we could fairly ask of a Minister before he meets our authorised representatives. We understand each other now ; and we should think the country will brace itself to the struggle ; that it will try whether the people of England, or the aristocratic expenders of her money, are to get the day, journal to know the mi n d o f an ox-Chancellor suthpepoEx chequer, endeavoured the other day t o p rove detail that we could d o w i thout the IncoraeTa i x n entirely by cutting down expenditure arr a l y t o that of peace ; and most certainly with such a peace as we have got, we ought not to be cursed w ith a War Income Tax also. Sir J. PABINGTON also has denounced the GLADSTONE sophistry, which treats schedule D so unjustly, that those who are mulcted, their books ransacked by inqui sitors, and their word of honour belied, feel jus tified in evading it if they ,can ; for we lay the evasion of the tax much more on the roguery of the tax itself than on the roguery of its victims. Even the Daily News has at last failed the Free Traders, and broadly avowed that such is the obnoxiousness of an Income Tax that go—go entirely, it must, and that Free Traders must content themselves with getting duties laid on as smoothly, and evenly as they can ! It comes then to this, that without the Income Tax the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have some 55,000,0001. to meet next year, an expen diture which ought not to be more than 5 2, 000, 0001 after- the Peace of Paris ; and must either " cut his garment to his cloth," or supersede an income tax by a property tax. In the latter case he might repeal all taxes on necessaries of life, and leave them only on luxuries, like tobacco and spirits, and other things in which they are but little felt. The fiscal inquisition, loathesome to every Englishman, and its torture exacerbated by the pressure of a war rate, will be endured no longer. The ante-Parliamentary week must make this unmistakeably plain. A decided nation is like a decided man, who clears the way for himself by the very fact of his decision. We may think a man prejudiced, ignorant, mis taken, or what we please, but if we know that he and we must jog on together, and that he will have his way, why there is nothing for it but to let him have it. We may grumble as we do at the weather, but we can't help it, and square our selves accordingly to either. Now Ministers generally wish to "jog on" with the nation. What the nation determines must be submitted to, there fore, as a shower of rain must. They would not yield to a party antagonist, but the vox populi— why, it is the voice of the maker of Ministers, and bow to it they may and ought. We feel the mast assured confidence that in 1 asking for an overwhelming national demonstra tion against the War Income Tax we are but ask ing virtually for the salvation of the PALMMISTON Administration. If the nation does not compel Sir G. C. Lewis to threw overboard his hints to the deputation, aid to announce at irst enough to satisfy it, the result must be that Lord DERBY and He of Buckinghamshire will renew their old proposals and will walk into office. We feel equally assured that the estimates will be adapted to what it is ascertained beforehand can be got from the nation, and that we need not be under the least apprehension of any financial difficulty from compelling a Chancellor of the Exchequer not to squander them. Respecting duly our personal finances, is the only means of teaching Governments to respect the national finances. We are asked, perhaps, to show them how they can do with the sum we leave them : that is their concern. If one Government cannot another can, and horrible as it may seem in the ears of the happy families, and their happy circles, there are worse appointments made than putting such men as JOSEPH HUME or Mr. WILLIAMS at ( the head of tke national Exchequer. We have no doubt Sir CORNBWALL thinks he has very nicely broken the ice, and that he will now have a tolerably free passage out of his diffi culties when Parliament meets. Adjustment to varied classes of income an impracticable feat— sixteen pence in the pound not asked for by sharp practice or a sentence in an act, but from the de mands of expenditure—can the country trouble him any more t A little time will show whether the BzikKaLET dodge, the PAITINCIIIRE dodge, the Lawis dodge, each or all of them, will serve the purpose. We are awake now ; and we hope Ministers will not catoh us again napping. The motto still most be---AGITATE ! AGITATE ! I AGI TATE ! I i —and no time to be lost 1 The remarkable speech delivered by Mr. ROE. BUCK, on Thursday evening, at Liverpool, startles thegeneral public into attention very appropriately upon the eve of the reassembling of the Legisla- ture. It will be found upon examination to be an eminently useful speech —a speech worthy of a genuine and practical Reformer—a speech not un worthy of having fallen from the lips of the Hon. Member for Sheffield, in his important and respon sible capacity as Chairman of the London Admi nistrative Reform Association. Higher praise than this it would be difficult to accord to the re marks uttered only the night before last by Mr. ROEBUCK before Mr. LAWRZNCE WORTH, M.P. (the Chairman of the occasion), and his Financial Reform Associates of Liverpool. Nevertheless, it is commendation to which these energetic remarks are in every respect, we con ceive, eminently well entitled. They were not merely well-timed, moreover, in reference to the interests of Reform generally —now that we have arrived, in a manner, upon the very threshold of the re-opening of Parliament—but they are well timed also in a very peculiar manner, in so far as they affect the speaker's own political reputation. Viewed under this twofold aspect they can scarcely, we believe, be regarded any where by a really sincere Reformer, without ex citing in his mind sentiments of strong and un affected satisfaction. In the very preamble, or exordium of his harangue, Mr. Itozsucr intimated that he viewed the occasion upon which he was then speaking, as significative of a formal adhesion between the Administrative Reform .Association of London and the Financial &form Association of Liverpool. Gracefully conceding to the latter when he avowed this, the merit of a very marked priority-1848-0 haring witnessed the formation of the provincial, as 1864-55 witnessed that of the metropolitan Association. Neverthe less, remote from each other as were the periods of their respective inauguration, and dissimilar as were their general outlines—those of the Liver pool Association being in a manner as restricted as those of the London Association are compre hensive—Mr. Rozurrcx, as the chosen President of the latter, strenuously, and cordially, and reasonably, insisted that their aim might be regarded as nothing less than absolutely and literally identical. That aim he defined thus simply and significantly—That every one in the community should be taxed according to his means ! Nothing more and nothing less than this. For in the realisation of that single project how many and ho' various the reforms necessarily requiring to be accomplished as mere preliminaries ! The rise of the great Mr itropolitan Reform As sociation Mr. ROEBUCK ascribed to the Finan cial Reformers of Livei;pool, in a manner as earnest as it was pictrfre ique. He attributed it directly to the ho rror the people of England, in thir, very midst of the I , ate l w ea i r th ned w t h : ch Crimean contest with Ftu ss i a, at their noble army " an 'army," said the speaker, g never surpassed for its effici• -dncy, for its power, and for its will"--way, ic , q""tuadling away, was being destroyed, not 'b y th .6 arms of the enemy, but by the accursed in Ministry . 1 " Then if dcrnttty of p ur p ose of a . was, he ex c l a i me d—" And, when the people • of England hea r d th at t hi s th e ir gallant army • u in all etas thus being de s t roye d , th ey rose p their magnanimous and magnificent array of anger and power, snd they put down the administration under which that evil happened." Ther, it was that the Administrative Reform Association of the capital upon an ampler and a grander scale than its prototype —took pattern and took courage from the course pursued, ever sinc3lB4B, by the Financial Reform Association of L:verpeol. The purpose of that new political League in London being to put an end to the cause of the mischief—that being, as Mr. ROEBUCK boldly:defines it, " the Aristocratic Government of this country I" Inspirited by which patrioticpurposetheAdministrativeßeformers have now, as the President of their Association informs the publio at large, an organisation so complete that it enables tllem, whenever they please, to communicate with somebody in every post-town in England ! The endeavours of this energetic movement being, at the present moment, threefold —firstly, to discover the mode of taxation itself ; secondly, its collection ; and thirdly, its distribu tion. No wonder that, talking to a sympathetic audience upon such generalities —no won der, we say, that at such a time, and under such circumstances, Mr. ROEBUCK found himself in a manner constrained to note in a particular manner that great and crying Grievance of the Hour—the Income Tax ! No wonder that, talking of the Income Tax, he should take occasion to reiterate his old dogged, unanswerable, knock-down argument— " That a man who ha 4 a hundred or a thousand a-year from funded or landed property was far more able to pay a tax of 5 or 6 per cent, than a man who made a hundred or a thousand a-year by his brains or his labour." Further, still, Mr. Ronsucit added—" My argument was this—that a man who had a hundred a year from landed property and spent that hundred— and if sickness came upon him, or if he died, there was the hundred a year still for his family. But I said too—and little did I think how soon I myself would be an example of the fact—sup posing a man belonging to that elass—whieh cer tainly is not very popular—the class to .which I myself belong —a lawyer—suppose that man made a thousand a year in the arduous exercise of his intellectual faculties, suppose from year to year he went on making that sum, until loy the overtax ing of brain he was stricken down in a night ! " What then Where is the 1,000/. per annum ? Where in a lesser case are the '5OO/. a year—the 4001. a year—the 300/. a year—of the over-wrought professional man, of the man drawing his income annually not from funded or landed possessions, but from " the sweat of his brain ?" Gone ! A. cruelty—we take it—wholly unjustifiable ! An argument altogether unanswerable ! No— the Income Tax as at present levied is a wrong so flagrant, and by this time to the country at large so entirely obnoxious, that—it cannot by any possibility be persisted in by this or by any other Government. Mr. ROEBUCK has confirmed our impression to that effect, whatever may be implied by that official jargon of specious gene ralities with which the Chancellor of the Exche quer—as in duty bound—wards off the home thrusts of a pertly perverse Deputation ! If the new Chinese War has been rather singu larly and strikingly inaugurated by the bombard ment of Canton—the new Persian War has been opened in a manner still more startling and ex traordinary. Our expeditionary forces against the dominions of the SHAH have celebrated the commencement of their warlike operations, both military and maritime—the latter under Admiral LBRILE, aided by General OUTRAM, by taking pos session of the island of Karrak, and forcibly occu pying the seaport of Bushire—the former under Brigadier CIIIMBERLAYNE, by coolly returning upon his own footsteps along the Khyber Pass to Peshawar ! The celebrated feat accomplished by the King of FRANCE with his 40,000 men, being about equivalent to the one last mentioned ! The next news will be, of course—supposing this intel ligence as to the retreat of ONAMBERLAYNE with his 5,000 sepoys be confirmed—that Col. JACOB has emulated his compatriot by withdrawing his troops in like manner along the Bolan Pass to their Scindian starting point near Shikapoor. In which case DosT MATIOMMED and his Ameers will have to bear the brunt of the encounter, such as it may prove to be, with the Persian warriors despatched across the western frontiers of Cabul—suppoiing the design be still entertained among the Affghans of reasserting their right of sovereignty over the Heratees. Ge neral Sir J. OuTRAm and Admiral Sir H. LEEKE being left all the while to mpke the best they can out of the unfructile conquest of Bushire, out of the valueless possession of the Island of Karrak, and out of those terrific atmospheric peculiarities of the Persian Gulf, which are the terror even of the almost case-hardened inhabitants of the Bag dad Pachalic ! All this blundering and bungling in regard to Persia cannot but necessitate, we conceive, from the approaching Parliament immediately it shall have reassembled, a new and very urgent demand for explanations from the Ministerial organs of her MAJESTY'S Government. The reader who has followed the Emperor of A.IISTIII/ in his tour through Venice and Lom bardy can hardly fail to feel a sort of contemp tuous pity for that much-deceived Monarch. Instead of a triumphal progress, what a reception has he everywhere experienced ! Vainly has official ingenuity been taxed to gather crowds of claquers in the streets, aid marshal groups of native sycophants in the palace and the theatre. " GOD bless him " has died in the throats of the venal—the noble have eschewed the palace as they would a lazaretto—the theatres have been de serted by their usual habitues. A melancholy young Monar c h, surrounded by his guards and offi c i a l s, an d s h unne d by hi s su bj ec t s —sometime s even hi s sed such has bee n the spect ac l e that has been everywhere pre seated, sa ve at Mil an, w h er e the attit u d e o f the population has been, and is, positively menacing. Had the Emperor anticipated anything like this he would never have undertaken so memorable a tour. One can hardly say whether the sullen apathy or the savage pasquinade would be most ungrateful to the Imperial mind. What a frightful satire is that triumphal arch at Milan, paid for from the Imperial purse, and topped by the population in the night with a crown of reit skulls I Is it a subject of congratulation or the reverse that the satire can hardly be said to be exaggerated ? For what has been the character of Austrian rule ? Has not murder gone hand in hand with oppression ? Have not the noblest been crushed with the strong hand, and the fusil lade and the scaffold crowned the arch of the prison ? Has not the press been silenced, the free interchange of thought forbidden, the aspirations of freedom quenched, as far as might be, in blood ? Who of all the Ishmaels from truth and honour—who of all the sycophants of tyranny, is shameless enough questions with a d en i a l ? Must we stop here ? Is there nothin g b u t p ity for the mortified oppres sor—not a word f or th e W people ? to meet these e have greater hope than ever o f a f u ture for Italy worthy of her renown—worthy of freemen. An inexting uish. able hatred of oppression is a vindication of Eter- nal Justice ; and in the protest of the Lombardo- Venetian provinces we recognise a notable vindi cation of the inalienable right of man to be free. The seed is in him—fire cannot wither it ; blood cannot drown it ; the scafeld cannot blight it with its deadly shade ; serried ranks of bayonets but serve to develope its fertility. To every , tyrant of Europe, to every oppressor in the world, we say—Look at the progress of the I Austrian KA.IsEn through his ill-gotten posses sion'! The rumble of his artillery, the clank of his cavalry, the measured tread of his infantry— the sharp detonation of the fusillade, the sigh of the prison, and the groan of the scaffold, are hardly yet dead on the ear ; and the people, in the shadow of all his legions, in the hearing and sight of all his menaces, despite what he has done, and may do—the people in their inmost hearts are free ; and, in the indomitability of the im mortal principle with which the LORD of all worlds has endowed them, hesitate not to indicate as much to all whom it may concern ! The world moves—such a people cannot be expected to stand still. SHAMEFUL WASTE OF GOVERNMENT STORES. The stores which were brought home from Kertch by the Turkish Engineer Corps and landed at Chatham still remain on Gun-wharf, where they were originally de. posited, and unless measures be speedily adopted to pro tect them from the ravages of the weather there is little doubt that nearly the whole of the stores—sufficient for the equipment of an army of 25,000 men—will be ren dered entirely useless, if, indeed, that is not already the case. The whole of the articles, some of which are of a very valuable description, are left exposed to the weather without any kind of protection, excepting that afforded by the coverings of the waggons and the boxes in which they are deposited, and in that condition they have re mained during the whole of the winter, and, in fact, since they were brought home at the close of last sum mer. Among the articles deposited at Chatham are telegraph apparatus with several miles of wires, all kinds of carpenters', builders, and miners' tools, harness and saddlery sufficient for several thousand horses, india. rubber boats, tents, and every other requisite for an army in the field. The stores were inspected some months since by General Sir J. Burgoyne, Inspector-General of Fortifications, when it was understood that they were to be immediately handed over to the corps of Royal En gi. neere at Brompton, to be deposited with the other stores belonging to that corps, and kept in order by the Engi neer troops ; but up to the present time no order has been given to that effect. The men belonging to the engineer corps of the Turkish Contingent, who arranged the stores at Chatham, and were for some time employed in attending to them, have been discharged from that duty. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing -street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. V. Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Earl and Countess of Erroll left town last week for Scotland, where they contemplate remaining until the month of April. The Earl and Countess Spencer are entertaining a se lect circle at Althorp Park, Northamptonshire. Lord Broughton is surrounded by a family circle at Erlestock Park, Wilts. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town on Thursday evening; from Harpton Court, Kington, Here furdshire. _ _ Sir George Grey returned to London yesterday, from Windsor Ca4tle. On dit, that a commission on the claims of the Medi cal Officers of the Army is to be issued, over which Mr. Sidney Herbert is to be invited to preside. The majority of the Earl of Lincoln, eldest son of the Duke of Newcastle, is to be celebrated on a grand scale at Clumber on the 27th, 28th, and 29th inst. The noble duke is very popular amongst his neighbours, tenantry, tradespeople, &c. Earl Spencer will preside at a public dinner to be held at the Gs )rge Hotel, Northampton, on the 28th inst., the object of which is to aid the funds of the Master Boot and Shoemakers' Provident and Benevolent Insti• tution, established in 1836. The Asylum is at Mort lake, Surrey. The Right Hon. Robt. Lowe, M.P.,Vice-President of the Board of Trade, has been on a visit to Manchester this week. It is repeated that the ❑ew Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Alexander Cockburn, is certainly to receive a peerage. His title will, it is added, be that of Lord Langton, after the name of the family estates i❑ Berwiok, which now belong to the Marquis of Bread al bane. GENERAL TOM THUMB is compelled to engage a larger saloon to accommodate his numerous admirers. He will remain at Regent Gallery until February 2d, on which day he takes possession of the spacious Prince of Wales Bazaar, 209, Regent-street. LONDON TlME.—Tbere is a great difference between the West-end and City clocks, or, at all events, some o them. The clock of St. Mary's, Marylebone, for instance, is 7 : i minutes in advance of St. Bride's, Fleet-street Surely this ought not to be, for the inconvenience and disappointment are incalculable. _ FATAL ACCIDENT ♦T MILE-END.—Yesterday afternoon as a bricklayer named George Perry was employed in the erection of a large chimney at the chemical works of Messrs. Williams and Fletcher, Mile-end, he was suddenly seized with giddiness, and fell from a height of nearly 100 feet to the ground below. He was taken up with his skull fractured, and at once conveyed to the London Hospital, but before he arrived there life was extinct. STRANDING OP THE TYNE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.-- But little intellige nce h as b e e n rece i ve d h ere for the last few days respecting the progress of the spirited endea vour now being made to float the steam sbip Tyne from her rocky bed at St. Alban's. She is still in the same position as before ; but vessels can now lie alongside her and be freighted with her stores and machinery. The endeavour to float her will not be made until the spring tides are at the highest—viz., on Wednesday next. HEAVY GALE IN THE MERSEY AND FEARED LOSS OF AN AMERICAN SHIP.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—A strong gale from the north-west swept over Liverpool and neighbourhood last night, increasing in severity after midnight, and at four o'clock this morning was at its height. Fears are entertained for the large fleet of out ward bound vessels which went to sea yesterday. ek fine American ship of 1180 tons, the Confederation, under the command o f C ap t a i n e ar ning, was telegraphed off the Welsh coast yesterday afternoon, and at nine a.m. to-day went on shore on the south side She of the howe v Victoria Channel and h o i s t e d s i gna ls of distress. , er, afterwards floated off, but having again lost her rudder she again d rove as h ore nea r the former place, h remains, and is expected to become In t he t Mersey seve wreck. The crew were s a v e d by the life boat. ral casualties are reported. THE MAlLS.—SouTHAernote, Friday.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Medway, Captein Parker, is appointed to take out the Brazil and River Plate mails of the 9th pros., instead of the Tyne. The latter vessel, lately stranded off St. Alban's Head, has been lightened abut 200 tone, by taking out part of her machinery, floats from the paddles, &c., and it is expected that the trial to get the ship off will be made on Sunday or Monday if the weather should permit. Captain Vincent and others are still very sanguine as to the result. The Tamar, now at - Vigo, cannot be 're paired before the arrival at that port of the next Penin sular steamer hence (the Madrid), which will take out a new rudder a nd crank pin for the 'rawer ; therefore she will not be able to leave Vigo before the first week in February. The Peninsular and Oriental C nelpauy , , steamer Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, will take out the next Peninsular mail on the 27th inst. ; and the Ripon, Capt. R . W. Evans, will leave with the Indi , a c a a nd t, C J hi o n y a , mails on the 4th February. The Alhamb p ra havi ng been detained by bad w eather on the outward voya ge with the Peninsular mails, will be delayed beyond her usual time of arrival here, and is not expected till the 26th or 27th instead of the 24th. The Union Steam Side Company's screw steamer Norman, Capt. Vallint, sailed hence to-day for the Brazils with about 200 tons of car g o, specie value 35,0591. 10s., and jewellery value 1,300/. F O RGERY AT THE MANSION THE LATE CASE OF HOUSE.—At the Judges' Chambers yesterday (Friday) ch appeared the case of Edwar d Horace Mon tefiore, in The Sea of Tuesday , was mentioned. whi The defend ant, who is confined in Whitecross-street Prison, was arrested on a Judges order as he was about leaving the Mansion -house on his discharge by the Lord Mayor on the alleged charge of forgery on the Cape of Good Hope Bank, his Lordship being of opinion ' th a t he had no jurisdiction to entertain the matter. A summons for the discharge of the defendant was heard on Wednesday before Mr. Justice Coleridge, at the suit of a gentleman named Hewitt, from whom the defendant had obtained a ship in the name of Lacs field, and given hie acceptance, payable at the Bank of England. The defendant, in his affidavit, denied that he intended to quit the country ; but, on the contrary, was engaged to marry a lady, and meant to reside in Lon don. The application for the discharge was opposed by Mr. Ribton, as counsel for the plaintiff, and supported by Mr. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis) on the part of the de fendant. Mr. Justice Coleridge entertained a doubt on the matter, and gave the defendant the benefit of it by ordering his discharge. Th e or d er was ma d e on W nesday, but did not apply to the several detainers against the defendant. Several summonses, returnable at chambers on Friday, were served on the patties to show cause why he shouldnot be discharged at their suit. The defendant in his affidavit denied that he intended to leave the country. The parties on the oth-:r side required time to answer the allegath as, and the several summonses atuod over till Monday, the defendant still remaining in Whitecross prison, LATEST NE WS. TRIESTE, JAN. 23. Accounts from Constantinople of the 16th inst. announce the closing of the Conference re lative to the Principalities. Ten thousand Turkish troops will occupy the Principalities during the election of the Divans, with a view to the maintenance of order. A Circassian chief has arrived at Constanti nople, charged with an official mission. The Circassians have had a dreadful battle on the coast with the Russians, and all the prisoners taken were put to the sword. The English met with little resistance when they took possession of Larrak and Bushire. The small garrison of Bushire retired into the interior. Brigadier Chamberlayne's force had returned to India. PERSIA. Intelligence has been received from Teheran to the 19th of December. The Shah of Persia had visited his arsenals and concentrated his troops on the eastern frontiers of his empire. In the Southern Provinces he had caused a holy war to be proclaimed. Russia had taken possession of the islands of the Caspian without the consent of Persia. The north-eastern Persian provinces are being devastated by several warlike tribes from the mountainous districts of Khiva, in independent Tartary. The Koords are also harassing the country near the Khali. The Imaum of Muscat was seeking to annex the province of Aloghastan to his territories. MILAN, JAN. 23. The Emperor of Austria has decreed that the debt of the province of Lombardy to the State, amounting to two millions, shall be cancelled. Their Majesties intend to leave Milan for Florence to-day (Saturday). COPENHAGEN, JAN. 23. The State Council has approved of the answer to the German notes, and energetically defends the policy of selling Crown lands. It declares it will persist in the present constitutional system. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received a letter, in which the King of Wurtemberg notifies to his Majesty the death of the Duchess Henrietta, widow of Duke Louis of Wurtemberg, the King's uncle, and mother of the Queen of Wurtemberg. The French Court will go into mourning for four days, commencing from to-day. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday morning, at nine o'clock. The state of the Prince Imperial continues to be satisfactory ; the fever has completely ceased. The Emperor and Empress were to have honoured the Italian Theatre with their presence on Monday night to witness the first representation of " Rigo lotto," but the indisposition of the Prince pre vented them. Last evening their Majesties were present at the representation of "La Reine To paze" at the Theatre Lyrique. The Turkish Government has officially signified its intention to carry out faithfully the text of the treaty concerning the domestie organisation of the Danubian Principalities. The Austrian army is to retire as early as possible, and a Turkish force is under orders to take its place. The Moniteur contains the following :—" The prisoners of Neuchatel have been set at liberty, and have already arrived on the French territory. The Helvetic Government, in accord with the national representation of the country, ha.s acted in a manner which does it honour, and which is perfectly consistent with the true interests of Swit zerland. The Government of the Emperor had recommended this measure as long ago as Sept. last, and renewed its advice by a communication dated Nov. 26. Knowing, in a confidential man ner, the conciliatory intentions of King Frederic William, and aware that the question lay entirely in the unconditional release of the prisoners, it persisted in impressing on the Federal Government all the bearings of the application made to it. Were Switzerland at that conjuncture to give a refusal, France could not any mere dissuade the King of Prussia, whose spirit of moderation she highly appreciated, from having recourse to arms in order to secure a just satisfaction for his wounded dignity. If, on the contrary, Switzerland were to yield to the counsels of France, the latter would pledge herself to urge that concession on the considera ilea of the Cabinet of Berlin, in order to prevent any coercive measure s, and to c a ll fora satisfactory We solution of the Neuc hatel question. thereforecoe to en congratulate ourse lves on the . resolutionth p come e by the Helvetic Confederation. rom mome nt it may without fear disband its contin t ge nts ; and the Prussian government having al ready announced that it is ready to enter on nego tiations on the groundwork of the differences, a definitive arrang ement, and one conformable to the interests as well as to t , he dignity of the two par ties, may be hoped for.' The Moniteur contains a notice of the treaty of commerce which M. de Montigny concluded last year with the Siamese Government, and which we have already spoken of, as well as that envoy's de parture for Cochinchina. pr. Kern, the Swiss Envoy Extraordinary, ha s arrived in Paris. The Persian ambassador, Feruck Khan, and his suite have taken up their residence at 26, Avenue Montaigne, Champs Elysees. The im mediate suite of his excellency is composed of 36 persons. All the attaches, secretaries, and dragomans bear the title of mirza ' similar to that of effendi amon g th e Turks. Some of the aaches have been b e f ore i n P ar i s an d spea k F renc h fluently. The envoy himself speaks but a very few words of French, but he is said to be well versed in the different dialects of the East. For the last two days several persons belonging to the embassy have been seen walking in the streets of Paris. These Persians have already adopted the European trousers, which they probably find warmer in this climate, and more convenient than their own. Some general and superior officers form part of the embassy. With the exception of the high and almost pointed Astrakan cap, the uniform of these officers resembles those of Europe. BOURSE, Jan. 23.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 5 68 10 New Loan Bank Shares 4,175 Roman (x d) Credit Mobilier 1,405 Austrian Belgian Fives 99:!— Spanish Threes...... Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN MILAN. The accounts of the Emperor of Austria's visit to Milan continue to show the Milanese observing the same reserved attitude. Even the correspon dence which comes from those who wish to make the best of the Imperial progress through Austrian Italy are obliged to confess some very unpleasant facts. Thus the Constitutionnel says, in a letter dated Milan :—" The corso notturno which took place last night through the principal streets of Milan has been the principal affair that has come off here since the arrival of the Emperor of Austria. At the moment when the absence of the splendid carriages of the nobility on the corso was remarked, and when in the salons of the upper bourgeoisie sneers were being made at the idea of the burgess ball of the Casino, at which, by the way, the Emperor, it is said, refused to appear, a compact mass of tradespeople, of the working classes, and peasants, thronged to the scene of festivity with an undisguised air of satisfaction." The "compact mass" is just the compact muster of the police, as at Venice, nothing more. The writer continues :—" At nine o'clock the Emperor and the Empress, in an open carriage, without escort or attendants of any kind, and followed by five other carriages containing theirsuite, presented themselves with confidence in the midst of the multitude, who, enchanted by the spirit of the young sovereign, re ceived him with enthusiastic acclamations. Their Majesties remained for more than three hours, so closely pressed on by the crowd that the horses could only proceed at a foot pace. The Emperor had laid aside the somewhat severe air which he had worn since he has been at Milan, and the Em press, who was much affected at the scene, saluted on all sides with a courtesy which won every heart. This popular manifestation has caused the opposi tion party to reflect, and many of those who a feW days ago would not accept conciliation at any price now admit the complete possibility of it, if a ge neral amnesty be granted." All this is the wri ter's opinion ; the facts are quite contrary. As regards the amnesty, the correspondent observes...-. " It appears that this measure (the amnesty) hag been fully decided on by the Emperor, and would have been published on the day after his arrival, but the Piedmont journals having announced that the Court of Turin made this amnesty the sine qua non condition of the visit of a prince of the House of a Savoy to Milan, the Emperor immediately decided on postponing the signing of the decree for the present." This assertion is absurd. The writer concludes :—"The Emperor to-day held the, first Cabinet Council since he has been at Milan• SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 22d instant publishes a bulletin on the health of the Queen, who is con' fined with measles. The Gazette adds that the state of the august patient presents no gravity. The journals announce that their Majesties will leave for Andalusia in the month of March. Their, itinerary will include Grenada, Malaga, Cadiz, and Seville. The Madrid Gazette of the 18th contains a band° published by the Captain-General of Catalonia at Barcelona on the 14th, which declares that, having learned that the foes of order were trying to disturb tranquillity, by exciting workmen to make a do' monstration in order to obtain work, he prohibits armed ibit e any demonstration, threatens to employ the force if one be made, and directs the citizens, " order to prevent lamentable misfortunes," to go to their homes on the first summons. The other journals contain no political news. Th e Queen had ordered the tomb of the famous Captain Gal' zalez of Cordova, at Granada, to be restored. Those of the ministerial party proclaim that "ln all the provinces the most perfect tranquillity Pre vails ;" and as a proof of it they mention that in th e province of Valencia the peasants themselves had " done justice on" (it is not said how) " three ineo who were going about exciting the population not to pay them." According to other journals, however', vaenfourlmeeian,in had been shot in the neighbourhood °I virtue of the sentence of a court martial, for simple robbery, and at Borge, in th e province of Malaga, there had been disturbanc e ! (no detail s o f t h em are given). It was reporte d that some of the wheat purchased abroad by th e i government had turned out to be bad, an d the government had ordered an investigatioo• Rooms had been prepared in one of the bar' racks for General Prim during his approaching trial. The Gazette continues to record the recer tion by the Queen of addresses from bishops thank' ing her Majesty for the service which her (lover'" ment has recently rendered to the Church. A letter from Madrid, in the Independance ° C Brussels, says : "Marshal Concha has recently made a to ur through all the southern provinces of Spain. °' his return here, some few days ago, he waited 011 the Queen, and explained to her Majesty all the dangers which, he declares, threatens the count*: and the reigning dynasty, in consequence of th e system of policy at present adopted. He support ed his remarks by laying before the Queen letters from influential personages in the provinces, w h e b e lieve a revolution to be imminent. He made her giv, jesty comprehend that it was necessary at any co s ' and without delay to pursue another course, e g otherwise security was not possible. The Quell is said to have shared in the opinion of the marshal, an d to have said—' Satisfy yourself of the support of O'Doni nell, and as soon as it can possibly be done, I wtl charge you with the composition of a new Ministrf., Marshal Concha hastened to pay a visit to the Count Lucena, to whom he offered, if he would consent to give him his entire adhesion, the choice of two Ministers and of the captains -general of Madrid, Barcelona, So w. gossa, and Seville. Marshal O'Donnell is inclined to accept these offers, and 1 think I may say that in the event of this project being realised, General Dulce Wi ll be named Captain-General of Barcelona. The consort of the Queen, on learning these details, was much annoyed' as he see s i n M arshal Concha, supported by O'Donne l 4 an enemy. I cannot pretend to say how far the Quee r ` will have energy enough to resist his influence. If Mar' Filial Concha be called to the post of President of the Councl revolution may be delayed for a little time, bu t it .must arrive sooner or later. Marshal Concha in pow!' is tbe moderate fraction represented by the Piart° Espant.l, which has opposed the Narvaez cabinet since the Mire; loan was contracted. It is a shade more liberal, but not enough so to satisfy public opinion." The Espero of Turin announces that the Duches s of Parma is about to enrol 900 young men for her army, to make up for the departure of the Austrian troops. The Parmese army is ultimately to b e raised to 1,200 men. The King of Sardinia has ordered the f or mation of a battalion of wo r k men for the serv i ce of the i administration of th e army. It is to be divided into three companies, viz , one for hospital service, one for the commissariat, and one for the depots. The Suisse of Berne says :—." The Federal Coup: cil has an nounced to the Commander-in-Chief that the troop s may homes." be immediately sent back to thel' Letters from Cairo state that the worlail ol2 select e d f or the preliminary operations in executing, the fresh Water canal have set out for their a P pointed destination. AllivES.—Notvithstanding the Great Wheal Alfr ed , question b as a b sorbed much of the time and attention e` the dealers in the market, a very large business has been transacted si nce our last, and the d eman d f or good reiDes o would s eem to increase, whilst important improverner it , in several mines cowing all at once have caused a c ell siderable r i se in prices. We are glad to see, moreov e r: that the committee of the Stock Exchange have resolve' at last t o a d m i t British dividend and p r ogressive min e into the Official List, and thus open out a new marl °t for these securities. We have often expressed our s u ' , ' prise that they should Fo long have refused to do OA especially as almost every foreign scheme has fou,e„,, ready admitt ance to i t. B asset s h ares h ave b een in e t l i wand, and the price advanced to 300, to 305 ; ) I °‘ : Basset also in demand, at 351 to 36, owing to an f o provement in the 42 west of Grace's shaft, where lode had b een f or some time poor, but now wor t s tons of rich ore p e r fm, whilst generally the min said to look well.—Mining Journal of this clay. , On dit, that all other gossip about Ministeria! o f rangernents has been distilled through the alembi c the servants' hall.