The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-13 00:00:00

TREATIZE ROYAL, DRUM LA N E.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. acting Manager, 3lr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. It Reshr. 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 ntirely new three-act Drama, entitled THE BLACK BOOK. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, A. Yonnare ' Homy ' 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 one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10e. 6d., I'. Is., 1/. 11s. 6d., and 27. 25.! A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, IiA.YMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, With (sixth time) a new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farron, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Misd Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz. vvil . lam. Followed by THE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, by Mr. Charles Dawson. After which (49th time) the new comic 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, IL Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed FABIAN. Fabian, Mr. Charles Dillom ; Pauline, Mrs. Charles Dillon. To be followed by CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Ileom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Broug i, Esq., winded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Med ora. Mrs. Charles Dillon Clowns Mr. H. Marshall The box-office open daily, from n to 5, under the super ntendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties I. a the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY. Melissa, Mrs Barney Williams. Y After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pant Bedford will appear. Followed by THE TUTOR. Dr O'Toole, Mr Barney Williams. To conclude with MOTHER SHIPTON ; ar, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. 'Harlequin and Columbine Ca la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland ; Searamoueh, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kato Kelly, Miss Arden, (Ste. 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. Clover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Columbines. Meidames Marie and Agnes. THEATRE ROYAL, SA.DLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps ; Ford, Mr. if. Marston; Page, Mr. A. Rayner ; Slender, Mr. F. Robinson ; Shallow, Mr. J. W. Ray; Evans, Mr. L. Ball ; Mrs. Ford, Miss M. Eburne ; Mrs. Page, Mrs. H. Marston; Ann Page, Miss J. Marston. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN, STRAND TRE A.T RE.—Manager, M. T. Payne.—This Evening will he per.:ormed THE PERILS OF CRINOLINE. Affer which, DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Followed by THE ANTI-GAROTTE. - To conclude with the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug. and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, Miss E Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norhury ; Mercury, Miss Cameron ; Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke; Lord Lovel., Miss Craven ; Addelptte, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edonin ; La ly Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Mr, G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Marie. tininade : Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines. Miss E. Jacobs and Mdlo, Collison ; Premier Dansense, Mlle, Marie Charles. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 2s, ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Callery, 6d. A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID IN A new Fairy Extravaganza. by J. It. Planch6, E.4q.. called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Casse, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, awl Mrs. Melfort. Commence at ha l f-past Seven. Messrs. ASTLEY'S ROY A.L AMP HIT HEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (first week) ROB ROY, with the origi nal music, and with effective Equestrian Illustrations and Tablea'x, by Mr. Wm. Cooke's Trained Horses. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the favourite SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the equestrian comic pantomime of PAUL PRY O' HORSEBACK. COMMCM23 at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 1/., no charge fur booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 61. Hox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-roal. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow h, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popula' Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz. : —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Sti.mmers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonglimaus, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corgi, Senor Antonio M. de Soils, and E. L. lime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corn ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Piano!orte, Mr.'Cecil Hicks; harmonium, .T. Caulfield, juu.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. Atr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, F e b . IS. Gentleman's Cad, 7s ; lady's ditto, os ; double ticket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. ITIGII R . /AM, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 37 min. aft. 4 —Evening 53 mid. aft. 4 To-Moaßow—Morn. 7 min. aft. s—Evening 21 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SUN Orprog, FEBRUARY 13. TH/CRMONETER. IN TIER SHADE. 49 —highest since noon yesterday. 37 —lowest this morning and during the night! 4 7—this day at noon. BARON/MIR, 29-87. WIRD, W.N.W. —Light, with fine weather. Tt i tS, 511-11, L )NDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 13t7 Well, the Committee nominated by th e Chan cellor of the Exchequer has been duly nominated, with two exceptions—the memb ers for Walling ford and Perthshire—who had intimated their inability t 3 serve. Mr. MALINS was one of the impartial and disinterested members in whom the f e lt perfect confidence. community would have Ilis absen ce , th en , will prove a very seriou s l oss, rendering the committee even more one-sided than had . been previously anticipated. A general apathy was perceptible in the House that showed that the discreditable " dodge" resorted to by the Financial Minister was clearly understood. But parties held Aloof apparently with the view of giving him rope enough, so that the by no means unusual result might follow, and that there should be no interruption of the political fel° de se. One gen tleman alone(Arr. PEAcocKE)had the manliness to protest against the constitution of the committee. lie did not, however, propose any alterati on , as he declared that "ho would not interfere with the distribution of parts in this most solemn comedy." THE STN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FjEBRUARY 13, 1 We fear, however, that the farce or burlesque may have a really tragic termination. The outraged and suffering people who see their families endur ing strimzeut privations—the small traders and manufacturers who find all their anticipated profits transferred into the pockets of extortionate usurers —will scarcely ent3r into the humour of the jig, or join in the opinion of " Mercator," that "a high rate of interest is not necessarily injurious to commerce." They feel and know that by its means they sustain the most serious losses, that they are too frequently reduced to the verge of ruin, while many thousands of their brethren are compelled to become bankrupts or insolvents in consequence of the intolerable pressure. They will then, to use a vulgar but expressive phrase, " laugh at the wrong side of their mouths" at the exceedingly "good joke" that has just been played off at their expense, by Mercator and his flunkeys, both in and out of Parliament.. Mr. DISRAELI, who, on a similar question, in 1848, made a gallant stand, displayed a degree of carelessness and indifference that proved that he was completely blasee on the point. He was " not disposed t 3 divide the House on the ap pointment of a committee, unless he should re ceive more encouragement than he then antici pated." At what time was that " encourage ment" to be displayed, when could it be mani fested, if no leading member thought it worth while to offer opposition to the partial selection 7 From what occurred we cannot hope that the Right Honourable Gentleman will display any energetic exertions in the Committee. If he contemplated any close divisions, where a vote more or less would be of importance, he would have exhibited greater solicitude about the nomination of its members. It is by no means clear that the novel alliance iot) which he has entered may not have changed his views on the currency as on the fiscal questions. It certainly seems as if his chief object was to acquire political capital, and to damage his opponents, rather than to benefit the nation ! If the people were prosperous and happy, there would be so good a chance of place and promotion for himself. General discontent and dissatisfaction afford the best prospects of (xchanging the dreary Opposition benches for the comfortable repose of the Treasury side of the House. BesideS, the community at large have not as yet evinced the excitement neces sary to produce legislative sympathy. They have suffered dust to be flung in their eyes. They have taken no active steps t) dispel the mystery in which their interested opponents have contrived to invest the subject. They have sanctioned the delusion that it is an abstract science of the most abstruse and uninviting character. Anything relating to bullion and currency was distasteful to the great majority, who professed " not to under stand the question," and who became impatient even of discussion on a point of paramount im portance to the welfare and prosperity of the com munity. Anything that directly touches their pockets will produce intense excitement. The application of the tax collector for a few pounds is made the topic of universal argument. There will be no lack of agitation on such a point. But they coolly suffer themselves to be indirectly de frauded of tenfold the amount. What, we ask, is the importance of a small payment, more or less, in comparison t obtaining the means by which that and many other pay ments of a similar character may be made with out pressure or inconvenience. The Israelites in Egypt did not so greatly complain of the "tale of bricks," apparently the favourite mode of taxation in those days, as of the withholding the straw, tho material of which they were made. They naturally felt that anything that could be pro duced by their own labour and their unassisted effort; might fairly be demanded. But it was tyranny and oppression of the worst description to make them responsible for matters over which they could exercise no possible control. Now, a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country, is t 3 its tixation, in exactly an analogous position, to what the supply of straw was to the production of bricks, so far as the Israelites were concerned. Without a suit able measure and representative of value, the industrious classes are rendered perfectly help less. Their " talent is buried in the earth." Their capit a lies dormant. In place of being the creators and producers of national wealth, they become unprofitable consumers ; in place of being the respectable producers for happy families, they are discontented paupers, suing for that which, under a sounder and more equitable system, they might easily earn for themselves. Those who are daily thronging to the Police courts and Union Workhouses would, if free trade in currency were e,tablished, be certain of obtaining "a fair day's wages for a fair day's work." All they require is " a clear stage and no favour," but that they can never obtain so long as the Act of 1844 is main t tined with all its stringent restrictions, increased and unmodified. Their chief efforts should be to abate that social nuisance, to which all their misery and privations may be directly attributed. We trust that the House of Lords will avail it self of the golden opportunity of dis playing Ai utility. The admirat,le report of its committee still remains on record, and there is no reason why that committee should not resume its labours, and publish a supplement to that invaluable document. Should they do so, they may induce us to "thank GOD we have a House of Lords." If not they will, by their own free will and consent, abandon their position as a co ordinate branch of the Legislature, and sink into well-merited contampt and disrepute. However much Lord PA.LIIRRSTON himself may indulge in " vapouring"—however much he may endeavour to cover an " ignominious retreat" there is no question at all about the fact of his having so acted, during these first few nights of the session, as to have already (quite unintention ally, we doubt not,) done considerable good service to the reputation of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. There is no mistake at all about that— whatever the Prime Mini,ter may affect to the contrary with such an exhilarating air of mingled swagger, bom bast, and braggadocio. Neither will the country fail to recognise this, in spite of all the " ribald ridicule" indulged in by the First Lord of the TreasUry, immediately upon the reassembling of Parliament—in spite of that discreditable display by him, last evening, of what SHAKsPERE calls the "Insolence of Office,"—in spite of the mean, and paltry, and despicable dittoes ti "My Lord," echoed and re-echoed this morning with such "damnable iteration" and such perverse effron tery by the 131 r it . san-organs of the PALUERSTON Government. Ourselves, partisans neither of the Government nor of the Opposition, we cannot possibly do otherwise—with the simple facts of the case before us—than recognise in tho discussions which have taken place upon the su bj ect of what has been nen of as the Secret Tr ea t y, an unmistakeable Parliamentary triumph for Mr. DISRAELI, a n d a noless unmistakeable political defeat for My Lord PALMERSTON. 'What are the simple facts of the case as they are now indelibly recorded upo n the journals of the House of Commons ? Let them be looked at for a few moments without partiality and without prejudice ! What are they ? It will be easy enough to enumerate them. Let us do so. And while we do se, we do most earnestly adjure the more watchful observer of events to note well the startling and extraordinary disparity of the statements put forward in the House of Commons by the opposing leaders of the Government and of the Opposition. At the commencement of the present session Mr. DISRAELI, it will be remembered, startled the country by distinctly announcing from his place in Parliament the existence of a secret arrangement entered into between France and Austria with the formal consent, if not at the actual "instance" or " instigation" (it really matters not which was the precise word), of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. It will be equally fresh in the memory of the community— How it was precisely that Lord PALMERSTON met this very grave charge, speaking authoritatively for himself and his colleagues as the Chief of the Administration. The Government had never even " heard" of any such agreement ! It was in the simplest meaning of the words nothing less than a myth, a phantasy, a halluci nation 1 The Right Hon. Gentleman had been gulled during his recent visit to Paris by very innocently swallowing (what is called) a canard, iu his newly-accepted capacity as (what is called) a gobernouche ! There was no such Treaty ! There never had been any such Treaty ! Ministers had never heard of it ! From first to last it was the flimsiest fiction, the idlest fabrication, the wildest absurdity ! The Right Hon. Gentleman—[con fessedly a very old joke this, be it observed]—had drawn upon his imagination for his facts, and upon his memory for his arguments ! He had already won for himself elsewhere a great reputation as a novelist : he was now, in an unexpected manner, in the House of Commons, in his political capacity, justi fying his claim to that reputation I Briefly— " I must say"—observed Lord PALMERSTON— "that the greater part of the Right Honourable Gentleman's speech upon our foreign policy is a perfect and entire romance." All this was said by the Prime Minister with the gayest air of scorn and derision, and amidst frequent bursts of laughter from the Ministerialists, on the first night of the Session, Tuesday, February 3, 1857. During a whole week after, the noble Viscount was absent from the House, but immediately upon his return to it, Mr. DISRAELI, naturally enough, availed himself of the very earliest opportunity to vindicate himself in the estimation of the popular branch of the Legislature. It was then elicited from the noble Lord (who had talked on Tuesday, the 3d instant, of the whole statement as " a perfect and entire romance") that Well, yes ! he believed now the thing had been mentioned—that there was some such understand ing as the one spoken of by the Right. Hon. Gentleman ; but that the Convention embodying this understanding between Frauee and Austria (with the cognisance if not encouragement of England) had never been signed by the represen tatives of the contracting Governments. So that, according to Lord PALMERSTON'S own explanation upon that the second night of the discussion—if Mr. DISRAELI'S statement was still to be desig nated a romance, it ought in strict truth and jue tice to be termed a little more explicitly than on the former occasion—at any rate a historical ro mance—in other words, a fiction founded upon fact. However, in due course a third night's dis cussion of the matter was to arrive at lengtb, when these explanations would have to be ex plained. And it did arrive accordingly. List evening, Thursday, the 12th of February, was the time. The House of Commons was again the place. Lord PALMERSTON himself once more the speaker. And now that for the third time the Prime Minister has spoken upon this matter—how do things actually stand according to his own showing ? Recollect, first of all, the whole thing was a romance—a canard—a fabri cation ! Ministers had never heard of such a document as the one spoken of by Mr. DISRAELI ! Afterwards—on reflection, Ministers had heard of it, there had been something of the sort, but it never had been " signed 1" Lastly —yesterday—after a 1 tale more reflection—well, yes ! Ministers had not only " heard" of it, there had not only been negotiated "something of the sort" between the French and Austrian, with the knowledge and consent of the English Government, but, added Lord PALMERSTON, with regard to the document itself (a document, remember, that first of all never kad existed, and then never had been signed) Well, Yes, said the Prime Minister. "I think it due to the Right Hon. Gentleman to state that I have since learned that in point of fact it was signed ! " So much for the romance So much for the canard 1 So much for the fabri cation ! So much for Mr. DISRAELI being, in his political capacity, as Lord PALMERSTON pertly called him, "a great master of the powers of imagination !" The "fabrication" proves to be, after all, a very hard fact. The canard—an " ower true tale." The romance —a most deplorable reality. There was such a writ ten document after all and that written document was actually " signed" by the re presentatives of the contracting Governments ? Yet, for simply insisting upon these doubtless unwilling, but very explicit acknowledgments on the part of the Noble Viscount, the First Lord of the Jokery, as Boz profanely calls him—Mr. DISRAELI was charged last night by L)rd PAL MERSTON with " attempting to cover an ignomi nious retreat" with " vapouring," and we don't know what all ! More consummate effrontery than this we cannot possibly at the present mo ment call to our recollection 1 The jocular and flippant Droll of the House has lost his temper at last smarting secretly, no doubt, under a painful sense of his own egregious misstatements. And so the matter ter minated yesterday with what we cannot but regard as a most unseemly display of sardonic irritability on the part of my Lord Viscount PALMERSTON. As to the effect of the whole of these transac tions in reference to Mr. DISRAELI himself—we conceive that the result of the three discussions cannot do otherwise, in his regard (either before the House . or before the Country) than tend very materially to elevate his political and Parliamen tary reputation. Sir ROBERT PEEL last evening, in the House of Commons, most successfully, and, ht us add, most completely, vindicated his claim to the repute of the gay, the sparkling, the light-in-hand, the touch-and-go Young BARNACLE. His explanation as to the speech delivered by him on the 7th of January, 1857, at Saltby, near Birmingham, we take at once t ) be really, after all, for the most part perfectly satisfactory. Sir ROBERT pleasantly ren finds the House, and through the House, the Country, that when he spoke at Saltby, on the 7th ult., for one hour and a half, or perhaps two hour's duration, "without notice," it was on the. occasion of a " jollification " at the place of his hon. friend the Member for Adderley—meaning (he adds, in the midst of greit laughter), North Staffordshire. As to his remarks there and then about M. le Comte de MORNY, he simply said that he was le plus grand speculateur de l'Europe! As to what he remarked about the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, he had implied a great deal more than he had actually uttered in the way of com pliment ! As to the Prince do LIGNE—Why, truly, he observed last night, " I certainly did use some such expression as this—l said he was `r tiff and starch as the frill of Queen ELIZA BETH !" Adding—" Of the words I made use of then (so far as the Prince DE LIGNE is concerned) I accept the responsibility." As to the rest, observed Sir ROBERT, last even ing, in the House of Commons—and evidently to it 3 infinite amusement—" All I can say is, that if in the attempt—the very innocent attempt— to paint a few light airy sketches—_' to hold,' as I think Goldsmith says, the mirror up to nature,' " 'And catch the manners living as they rise,' —(laughter)—l erred in the appreciation of those whose good opinion I value, and whose judg ment must have weight with me, I am ready to offer the most ample expression of my re gret, and to make upon this occasion the most fitting amende honorable which I can offer." In other words—He 'll be a good boy and not do so any more—even at a jollification. At the close of all which, we don't wonder in the least to find it reported parenthetically that " (The Hon. Baronet who spoke in the airiest and most off-hand manner possible, sat down amid loud cheers.)" Of course—what could have been done otherwise ? Sir ROBERT PEEL, at the worst, had only been talking a little fun (poking a little fun, we believe, is the correct phrase) at a Stafford shire jollification. As the son and heir of a great statesman, and as himself one of the Lords of the Circumlocution office to boot, he ought, according to the practice of what Mr. THACKERAY calls " the old fogyfied times" to have talked more seriously, sedately, and didactically. Like the Snip's son in the Old Farce, however, who had a soul above buttons, Sir ROBERT PEEL disdained to prose away for an hour or two in the old Par liamentary style at Mr. ADDERLEY'S jollification. Et voila tout ! Instead of doing so, he tells us, he preferred to hold the Glassy —up to Nature. And so the House of Commons in all good humour laughs and cheers (as it ought) at the Gay Young BARNACLE'S explanation. And so that Gay Young BARNACLE himself (as he ought) merrily takes the Speech so often carped at, and, with a comic glance out of the corner of his eye, carols it, as it were, all over again to House of Commons to the tune of Vive la Bagatelle ! PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. -- We beg to direct the — attention of our readers to the excellent remarks made at the meeting of the above fund by the Chairman, Thomson Hankey, Esq., on Wednesday evening last. A report of that gentleman's speech will be fourid in another column. Mr. Hankey's experience, both as a Director of the Bank of England and as an Income tax Commissioner, enable him to speak with autho rity on the subject, and he declares, as a fact within his knowledge, that the salaries paid to clerks have not kept pace with the increased and increasing price of the necessaries of life. The wages of mechanics and of domestic servants have, as we all know, risen considerably during the last few years. In house rent, especially in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, a large in crease has taken place. To taxes we need not advert further than to remark that of all classes who suffer from the pressure of the income tax, the clerks are probably the most to be pitied, from the severity with which it falls upon a fixed and limited income. While this increase has been going on, however, the salaries of this lary body have remained with but little alteration ; and it was to this fact the hon. gentleman alluded on Wednesday evening, as a reason why the ranks of the Cleils' Benevolent Fund are at present limited to some four or five thousand members, instead of amounting, as they should do, to ten times that number. We have little doubt that Mr. Hankey has, in vulgar par lance, "hit the right nail on the head." An in come of 1001., or 150/. per annum, especially if a family have to be supported out of it, leaves but little margin for future provision, even with the most pinching economy. Lat us, however, bear in mind one important fact. The excuse above quoted cannot be accepted On behalf of another class, whose duty and interest it is to fostar this institution. We allude to the employers, to whom the well-being of their clerks must be, as is well expressed in the report, "an object of deep i m portance." There is room in the list of noble donations al ready received by the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund for a long series of City firms and benevolent individuals who have not yet contributed to its funds, and we trust soon to see realised the wish expressed by many of the speakers at the meeting, viz.,be placed onthtehlaitevery list orandne:irtavnintsglcvaituhdio,illat e the may necessity of election. That which is done by many trades and professions of limited extent can surely be accom plished by the exercise of good feeling and energetic co-operation among such a body as the clerks of Great Britain. Let them be but true to their ex cellent motto, "Tuti qui pro . vidi," and they will ere long place their fund at the head of the "cha rities" (we use the word in its best sense) of this metropolis. COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes past three o'clock, the Queen and the Prince left Windsor Castle, accom panied by the Prince of Waties, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Princesses Helena and Louisa, and attended by Lady Churchill, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Camoys, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir Edward Bowater, Major- General the Hon. C. Grey, Lieut.. Colonel Ponsonby, and Mr. Gibbs. Her Majesty travelled by a special train on the Great Western Railw ay t o P a ddi ngton , w h er e the royal party entered seve n o f the Queen ' s carr i ages , a nd, escorted by a party of Li g h t D ragoons, procee d e d t o Bucki ng h a m Palac e , four o' c l oc k. where th e Q ueen arr i v ed at five minutes past Her Majesty and the Prince were received by Lord Ernest Bruca, Lord Alfred Paget, and Major-General Wylde. --- Viscountess Palmerston will have another assembly to-morrow evening at Cambridge House. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Bart., entertained at dinner on Wednesday a select party, among whom were his Excel lency the American Minister, Lord Burghley, M.P., Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, tke Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Sir ~ Francis Doyl e , B art., Sir Henry Rawlinson, Mr. Cum ming Bra ce , M.P Mr. Baillie Cochrance, M.P., Mr. Warren, M.P., Mr. V ar d un , M r . D rum mond Wolfe, and Mr. Munro. Sir John and L'dy Crewe have left the Clarendon for Calke Abbey, near Derby. THa NEW JUDGE. -Mr. Sergeant Channell will, we are informed, succeed the late Sir E. H. Alderson as a 13: fon of the Exchequer. Count Walewski has just receive I from the Emperor of I ,ltussia the Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Andrew. The forthcoming dividend of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company is officially announced at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. It is said that th e Republican party inten d to put forward the followi ng candidates for Paris at the forth coming general e l ections:—MM. Goudchaux , C arno t, C ga s upplying water t o that city. The promoters have ap pliedcapital. th ecs The ships Wal mer Castle fild Tamora from Foo-chow a foo, and the Assyrian from Shanghai, have arrived. The total quantity o f tea brought b y th ese three yeast's toinc A va d i ve from Con s t an ti nop l e a ll u d e t o a project. for Barbes, an d J u l es F avre . Government for a guaran is 1,698,900 lbs. The Assyrian has also 3,201 bales of silk on freight. , LATEST NEWS. PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING. The Moniteur announces that on Monday, the 16th inst., the Emperor will open the Session of the Legislative Chambers in person, in the Salle des Marechaux, at the Palace of the Tuileries. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says :-- " I have reason to believe that Russia will not continue in advising Persia to resist the demands of England. It is quite possible that despatches will shortly reach the Persian Envoy in Paris of a conciliatory character. France desires peace, and Russia wishes to be on good terms with this country, for reasons easily imagined." An ukase has been issued at St. Petersburg, conceding a network cf railways. The works to be completed in ten years. The capital to be sub scribed is 275 millions of roubles. NAPLES, FEB. 11. The creation of a free port, and the complete revision of the Customs Laws, have been decided in Council by King Ferdinand. 1 URIN, FEB. 11. The bill on the reorganisation of the superior administration of public instruction has been adopted by a majority of 75 to 55: A Vienna correspondent of the Weser Gazette says :—" It is asserted in diplomatic circles here that England has accepted the mediation of France in the Persian dispute." The Nord of Brussels affirms that Russia has not abandoned her views in favour of the union of the. Principalities ; and that the assertions of the English press on that point are without foun dation. Russia, it says, maintains, and will per sist in maintaining, the opinion en the subject pronounced by her representatives in the congress of Paris. A Berlin, letter in the German Journal of Frankfort says :—" The preparations for the con• ference which is to terminate the Neuchatel ques tion are proceeding very slowly, and replies have not yet been received from all the powers to the note in which Prussia declared that by the libera tion of the prisoners she was enabled to enter into negotiations for the definite regulation of the question. The Prussian government has profited by the last few weeks to collect various docu ments which support her claims." TURKEY. We have Constantinople journals and letters to the 2d, brought by the Thabor. Everything was perfectly tranquil in the Turkish capital, and Minis ters were taking ad vantage of the lull in political af fairs to occupy themselves seriously vi ithhn aking im provements in different branches of the home admi nistration, particularly :n the provinces where great laxity in carrying out the provisions of the last Hatti-humayoum had become apparent. Several governors have been already changed, and in many of the towns the authorities have been dismissed and replaced by others. The Journal de Constan tinople announces that Sir Henry Bulwer is about to proceed to Syria. The Porte has addressed a memorandum to the representatives of the foreign powers relative to the suppression of the circula tion of Austrian copper coins, and the substitution of native ones in their stead. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A madman attacked the Empress to-day. Ho was instantly a,rreit?d. No arms were found upon him. He declared that his intention was merely to embrace her. A council of ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The following is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yester day (Thursday) : Cll. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 684,773 94 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 21,832,936 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 14,774,900 Do. in the branch banks - Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1348 Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds 52,190,045 98 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration. . , 538,801 55 Premiums on the purchase of matieres 629,681 49 Sundries 558,820 27 948,231,910 7 DR. Capital Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 63,441,275 Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 80,958,137 36 Various accounts-current Do. t branch banks 23,853,800 Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 6,413,100 28 Re-discounts of the last half-year ~ 1,931,788 55 Overdue bills Sundries 948,231,910 7 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 119,449,793 Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 1,031,848 30. Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks . ... Do. on public securities of France 24,489,236 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 16,488,600 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,190,045 98 _ _ Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks 5,126,683 Expenses of administration 83,412 Premiums on the purchase of matieres 231,173 98 Sundries 294,612 986,151,419 88 DE. Capital 4 ' 91,250,000 Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobilibre 4 000 000 , , - Notes to bearer, in circulation - Do. of branch banks 68,298,775 -- Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight 3,473,647 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 76,479,128 58 Various accounts-current 138,704,889 63 Do. branch banks 22,778,023 6 Dividends to be paid 570,258 25 Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 2,596,202 91 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills 1,945 86 Sundries 2,163,015 87 986,151,419 88 The Debats discusses the assertion of Mr. Dis raeli, and the denials of Lord Palmerston, of the existence of a treaty guaranteeing, in the event of a war, the posse3sions of Austria in Italy. It points out that th oug h M r. Disraeli is wrong in speaking of it as an existent treaty, yet there was such a treaty expiring with the war with Russia, and merely conti ngen t on Austria jo i ning the Allies in hostile operations. It denies, t )o, that Mr. Disraeli's statement deserves the character of " romance," attributed to it by Lord Palmerston. The Eicc/c thus comments on the article o . f the Debat s con d emnatory of the regulations which in England f or bid d ecora ti ons t o b e worn b y civilians • 57 —" The severity of the Coutt of England in all that concerns foreign decorations is perhaps justi fiable. We meet in the ball-rooms of Paris cheva liers and commanders covered with foreign crosses which they have often obtained less by services renderel than by intrigue. The British Govern ment is perhaps right in resisting an invasion of foreign decorations, often worn by men who are ignorant of the geographical position of the States in whose distinctions they delight. We are, how ever, of the opinion of the Debats in all that con cerns the Legion of Honour, which is acknowledged by the whole world as destined to recompense civil as well as military services." BoaßsE, Feb. 12.—The following were the last quotations :-- - Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 25 68 • 55 New Loan . Bank Shares 4,100 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,355 Austrian — 9 O Belgian Fives ...... ... 994 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) _ 90 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. . fr. c. fr C Orleans 1,372 50 Western Northern 927 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,378 75 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,755 Grand Central Lyons Geneva - Cette 772 50 Austrian Corn. ..... 766 25 RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 4th, in the Constitutionnel, says :—" An additional bond is about to connect Count de Morny with Russia. He is on the eve of purchasing, in the name of his wife a seignorial estate belonging to the Sevlosky family, situated about 12 miles from St. Peters burg. In addition to 2,500 peasants, it possesses large hot houses and extensive orangeries." The same letter says :—" The weather continues very severe, yesterday evening the thermometer on the Neva stood at 27 deg. below zero Centigrade (about 17-i F. below). The ice on the river is more than 3 fr. in thickness. Notwithstanding the cold, the weather is very fine. The Emperor avails himself of it to amuse himself with bear hunting, which is his favourite sport." A letter from Odessa of the Ist, in the Austrian Correspondence, says :—" It may be remembered that Russia had promised an indemnity to the foreign merchants who had suffered losses at this port by the interdiction to export during the last war the stocks of corn which they bad purchased. This promie has just been fulfilled, a sum of 600,000 silver roubles having been divided between the Austrian houses Rocca, Goprewich, and Man dolfo. Their claim for interest was refused." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, FEB. 11. • A rapid thaw - having commenced yesterday, and the authorities having assisted the operation by causing the masses of ice to be broken up between this place, Altona, and Neumuhlen, active prepara tions are in progress by the steamers in port to force the navigation. The Planet (screw stealer), from London, has arrived, and the Ge rman i a (steamer), has made her way down, both of these rival ship 3 having had to remain close to each other, near Altona, for some hours, while trying to make a passage up and down. In a day or two more the navigation will have become less difficult for all classes of steamers, and soon even for sailing ships. Copenhagen aocoun's are only up to the 7th inst., leaving two mails due. The Diet was busy with home affairs, and there has been nothing of any political interest to mention. The Loan Bank, established about three years back, with a capital of 800,000 thalers R. M., has increased its capital to 1,000,000, having succeeded well in its operations, by paying 10 per cent. to the share holders. A railway is to be laid down from the centre of the city, and to be conducted to the Royal Palace of Friedrichsborg, the favourite resort of pleasure for the inhabitants of Copenhagen generally. The gas and water works are reported as progress ing with great activity. The recently established steam-cooking appara tus, on the principle, and according to the model' of the one in Hanover, is performing wonders for the benefit of the poorer classes of people in the capital. During the month of January no less than 19,500 portions were sent to families iu the city, and in the saloon of the kitchen 14,368 were consumed. The intelligence from St. Petersburg up to the 4th inst. mentions that the Minister of the Interior had laid his report of the general state of the empire before the Emperor, who added on the margin the remark :—" I have read the report with great satis faction, and especially the frank and open manner of its exposition pleases me." From the report it appears that, during the years of the last war, 738,955 men were called under arms-366,912 for the national militia and the artillery, and 372,053 for the regular army. The sum contribu' ed toward , ' the necessities of war had been 6,300,000 silver roubles. The amount of money exchanged in vari ous articles at the Fair of Nijni-Novgorod last year has been 69,593,760 roubles of silver-5,808,965 more than the year 1855. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 2.—The Gazette announces the discovery of a depot of arms and ammunition in the Theatre des Var:etes. The director of the theatre has been arrested. The reactionary party have triumphed in the p r ovi nc i a l e l ec ti ons , by theinter ference of the Governmental authorities. The rumoured dismissal of General Concha from the Governorship of Cuba is contradicted. Marshal Espartero has sent to the Queen his resignation as member of the S e nate. Th e municipal elections have terminated throughout Spain, and give as result a large majority to the government party. By a royal decree of the 7th, M. Melchoir Otdonez, governor of the province of Barcelona, has bleu removed from his functions, and M. Juan &pa ter°, captain-general of Catalonia, appointed to hold the post ad interim. Intelligence had been received at Madrid of the sudden death of General Agustin Nogueras at Teneriffe, where he was residing in great privacy. It was he who gave the order to have the mother of Cabrera shot. The Marquis de Alcaniceo has been named chairman of the board of directors of the General Company of Credit in Spain, vice the Duke d'Abrante3, resig6ed. In consequence of the complete recovery of the Queen the evening receptions of the various ministers have been resumed. On the 7th Marshal Narvaez gave a grand dinner to a number of the diplomatic body and other persons of distinction. Accounts have bean received from Bagdad an nouncing that the English are making large pur chases of flour, barley, ,wheat, and cattle at that place for the expeditionary army. In consequence of measures adopted by the Government of Beyrout, .the Zaliliote3 Maaluf and Abu Hater, who had been by their feu Is disturbing the peace of the country, were arrested and were to be sent to Constantinople. The Austrian scientific mission under Col. Schtud locker arrived at Bagdad on the 19th December, and was received with great distinction by Rechid Pacha, the governor. " It is stated," says a letter from Milan in the Augsburg Gazette, " that a project exists of uniting Triest?, Istria, Southern Tyrol, and Dalma'ia, with Lombardy and Venice. All these would then form a single province, with Milan as the capital." The Ministerial Oesterreische Correspondenz thus announces the evacuation of Parma :—" O❑ the sth of February the Austrian battalion went to Pia cenza. On the 3d it filed off before the Duchess. The officers, after having had a farewell audience, dined at the Palace, where there was a ball in the evening. Several of the officers received orders." The Austrian Gazette states that an official organ of the episcopacy is about to appear in Vienna with the title of "Catholic Archives ;" it will con tain all the edicts issued by the bishops to the clergy. A letter from Naples, in the Cattolico of Genoa, says that Mgr. Rossini, the Archbishop of Matera, has given signs of mental alienation since the late murderous attempt made on him. The funeral of the late Count Felix de Merode took place the day before yesterday at Brussels w ith great pomp . I t was attended by the m i n i s t ers , he members of the Chamber of Representatives, the grand mars h al of the palace, the minister of the hous e h o ld of the King, his ajesty's aides-de camp and o r d er l y o ffi cers, t h e or d er ly officers of the princes, an d a grea t num b er o f the principal functionaries of the city. THE TRIAL OF DOVE.—It was stated at the Leeds Town Council, on Wednesday, that the cost of the trial of Dove amounted to 1,2001. J THE PRICE OF LEATHER.—From January to Novem ber the value of leather exported was considerable—un wrought, 270 56 4 / 4 gloves, 40,992/. ; and of other sorts, 1,012,5541. ; against 571,7171. the' receding year. The Hermann left Southampton yesterday for Bre men. Amongst the passengers were the commanders of the European and American Company's fleet. Their object is to become acquainted with the navigation of o he w as the North Sea and t he river Weser, as their ships will occas ionally touch at Br e m en . I LLNE SS OF Mn. THACKERAY. — On Tuesd a y l ast Mr. ThackeraY delivered one of h is lectures n the Georges at Halifax , and was to have , lelivered a no th er at the same town on the following evening, a n d a l so aaetizLeededwsitohniTilnheusrssdaatyH, Halifax, tfax7 acid re was to say as unable to lectur e either on Wednesday or Thursday. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY Molumca. The screw steamship City of Washington, Capt. Wylie, has arrived, with advises from New York to the Ist instant. The United States mail steamer Atlantic started two hours before her, but was pas' ed the second day out. The Tempest and the Glasgow were spoken off Sandy Hook. The Bailie was passed on the 3d, and the Niagara on the 10th. Advices from Tampico to the 31st of December state that General Garcia, formerly Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Tamaulipas, in revenge for being deprived of the command of Tampico by the revolution of the 30th of October, had seized the goods belonging to various mercantile houses in transit to the interior, although they bad been re gularly despatched by the Custom-house of Tam pico, he had caused them to be sold in Victoria for one quarter of their value, underhandedly buying them in himself. A large part of these goods be longed to American houses. At the last dates he had bis men on the roads leading from Tampico, who seized upon all goods that left for the interior. Another despatch says that a battle bad occurred between Garcia's troops and the Government forces, the latter claiming the victory. It occurred at Old Town, which was completely pillaged by the invaders. Garcia was advancing on Tampico, when another battle was expected.. The American Con sul had requested the United States author:Ces at New Orleans to send a revenue cutter for the pro tection of the American residents, and to prevent the pillage of the town. Respecting Central America the New York erald says, 'Nicaragua, under President Rivas, at Leon has suddenly come to a friendly under standing with Costa Rica, the latter having, no doubt, receded somewhat also under the Filli buster pressure of Walker, anal a new boundary line between them has been adopted. This new line is the San Juan River, the entire south bank of which, with Punta Arenas and the Transit Com pany's station, are added to Costa Rica. Under th'e joint rights conferred by this arrangement a new grant of the transit route becomes necessary, under the joint action of the two Governments. To cap these advices from Costa Rica comes the letter of our Washington correspondent, stating that two commissioners have arrived here, with full power to sell the grant of the Nicaraguan route." From Mexico we learn that Don Michael Lerdo had resumed the Ministry of Finance. Monday on call abundant ; upon adequate colla terals in State loans the operations were large, but the week closed with a decline generally. The rates of exchange were pretty active, and prices fully sustained. Bills on London, 1081 to 1084 ; France, of. 231 c. to 5f.231c. On the receipt of the ad vices per Arago cotton declined cent. to cent., but after the receipt of the A rabis's advices the market recovered its tone, and closed stronger. The flour market was heavy at lower prices. Pro visions had improved. No change in grain. Pig iron bad advanced. The demand for tobacco was better. Freights were lower. The City of Washington will, if possible, sail again on Saturday for New York direct, taking the cargo which was intended for the steamer Kangaroo, which steamer could not sail on the 11th, owing to her being still frozen up in the Delaware, at Phila delphia. LAW INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) IN BE LOSE. This bankrupt was described as of Cricklewood, builder, and came up for his certificate. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Butler and Canning'', commences January 1, 1855, with a deficiency of 5501., and debtor to unsecured creditors, 5,7041. ; ditto secured, 3,9531. Cr.—By good debts, 21. 18s. 6d. ; doubtful ditto, 651. 12e. 43. ; property mortgaged, 5,900/. Mr. Chidley appeared for the bankrupt, and said that the assignees did nct oppose. His Honour—lt did not appear that there were in fact any assets. The official assignee, Mr. Cannan, said that something might be realised on the equity of redemption, perhaps altogether 5001. or 6001. Mr. Chidley submitted that the losses had arisen in consequence of the general stagnation in the building trade. His Honour ultimately granted a certificate of the third class. IN RE J. BRYAN. A meeting for the choice of assignees took place under a petition in Bankruptcy against" this bankrupt,. de scribed as of Dyer's Buildings, Holborn, electro plater, and was recently tried on a charge of defrauding pawn brokers to a large amount. Assignees were chosen, and from the prelimibary statements it appears the debts are About 2,0001., and assets at present between 4001. and 5001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, Feb. 13.—Wind this day at noon W. — Light breeze and fine weather. Fa tours, Feb. 12.—Wind N.—Arrived—Lady Shel• borne, from London, for Port Natal. Sailed—Ewald, for Buenos Ayres. WEYMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind N.—Sailed—Jacobus Martiues, for Batavia. TORBAY, Feb. 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Barbara, for Bar badoes. SWANSEA, Feb. l2.—Wind. N.W.—Arrived—Lady Prudhoe, from Cuba. Sailed.—Adelia Margaretha, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Conqueror, Coquimbo. PETERHEAD, Feb. 11.—Wind S.—Sailed—Xanthus, Agostina, Kate, Elina, Gipsey, and Undaunted, for Greenland. BEAUMARIS, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ewe retta, from Liverpool, for Calcutta. CARDIFF, Feb. 12.—Wind for Bahia ; Helen and Frances, Santiago de Cuba. LOWESTOFT, Feb. 12.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived—Es tiler, from Shields, for Loudon, leaky ; Burlington (s.s.), Hull, for Antwerp, leaky. CEPHALONIA, Jan. 31.—The brig Principe Albertina, from Berdianski, for England, put in on the 27th Jan., leaky, and cargo damaged ; she is discharging. FATAL, Jan. 19.—The brig Willington, from Prince Edward's Island to Liverpool, put in this evening very leaky, and with deck load thrown overboard. TONSBERG, Feb. 2.—The Concordia, from Odense t o London, has put i n t o L aurv i g w i t h cargo heated, and a discharging. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAM)! LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W. Arrived—Aleppo (s.e.), from Jaffa; Charlotte, from Rotterdam. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 11 Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Samuel, from St. Domingo; Wm. 'Twirl, Now Orleans. U1.1.......8....., (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.45 a.m. Wind W. • tide four ho urs ' e bb • weather very fine. Arrived, I.2th—lsabsl, from St. Michael' s; Ondine, St. Michael' s ; Simeon Hardy, Demerara. Arrived, 13th— Fides, from Baltimore ; Germania, Hamburg. Sailed, 13 th —Tiger, steamer , for Hamburg. Wild W DEAL, Friday, 9.37 a.m. ~ . Passed—Christian moderate a, from London, for New York; Congo, London, Launceston ; Isabella, London, Salcombel; Shallette, and Cceur de Lion, Shields, Aden ; B e rger, Shields, Lisbon ; Persenunga, London, Pernambuco ; H.M.S. Buffalo, from westward, River. Sailed—Helen E. Cooker, Glimpse, P. C. E., Lucy, Mary Marsden, and Susan Bailey, with others, westward; and President Fillimore, for London. a m e performed R, u d ers tdd:Botr crffki :at Miss ioI. Mr. Robson, of the Olymptio Theatre, met with a serious accident on Wednesday evening, during the per formance of the burlesque, " Young and Handsome." Easter -hall Dolby, Sims ( Friday) ) Rogers. SACRED is being played with great success by Mr. Jae. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Mr. Costa's oratorio ; and Signor Belletti being the principal vocalists. s FOR AUSTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.-- "Eli " will m Mad ame evening ßemevAels , Captain Gray, be longingt i The on screw Company,otheLiverpool and Australian Steam Naviga• steamshipwen t out Gr Great day to her anchorage in the Sloyne. Since her discharge from the transport .service the Great Britain has undergone a thorough over haul, and many alterations have been made in her masts and rig4icg with a view to acquire additional speed on S a h l e ar w g i e ll c s a a r i g l aonanMd aonfduarcaofmteprineomoennftorofMpaesl: the voyage. Her i n t ernal arrangements are also much i s bm e o n up g rr e ne r ev s e . wdit S h be will carry a mail, letters for which mus be marked " per Great Britain," and posted before 11 a.m., or, with late fees, before noon on the 16th inst. PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOCKS.—The works of this undertaking having been sufficiently completed, the screw steamship Elba, Captain Hammill, belonging to Mr. R. S. Newell, of London, entered the basin on Wednesday morning, and was placed in the graving dock yesterday (Thursday). The basin, or inner dock, which is now for the first time available for mercantile purposes, has an area of 14 acres, with a depth of 22 feet, and is entered by iron gates 80 feet wide in the clear. The wharves which surround it are most exten sive, and suitable stores are in course of erection. In side the basin is the graving dock, 379 feet long, and 96 wide, and capable of affording ample accommodation to vessels as large or larger than the steamship Himalaya. The outer harbour being protected by Mill Bay-pier and by the other works of the company, the Elba was ena bled with great facility to steam through the entrance and into her berth alongside the basin-wharf without requiring a w arp t o c h ec k her. She i s 223 f eet long, bound registers 448 t ons , an d ca rri e s 800 gr oss , an d was . with a general cargo for Malta, Const an ti nop l e , a nd Odessa. Severe weather in the Channel threw her screw occasionally eut of the water, and caused the flange of the stuffing-box pipe to get out of order,