The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

u NITY FIRE & LIFE ASSOCIATIONS, I Uni:y- buildings, Cannon-street, City. APPOINTMENT OF MANAGER. The Directors have the pleasure to inform the Shareholders of the above Associations and the public, that they have appointed Mr. Turmas GRAY, Rub -Manager of the " Royal Insurance Company," and formerly of the " Liverpool and Loudon," to be their Manager and Secretary. They feel convinced that this appointment will meet with the cordial approval of their constituency, and ensure the complete confidence of the public. The Directors take this opportunity of announcing that the Ordi nary General Meeting of the " UNITY FIRE" will, in pursuance of the terms of the Deed of Settlement, be held in the month of March next, of which due notice will Ise given. It is requested that all official communications be addressed to Thomas Gray, Esq., Manager, Unity-buildings, Cannon-street, Lon don. By order of the Boards. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathe ws, every evening. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the post magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TWO HEADS ARE BETTER TH PIN ONE. Followed by SOMEBOD Y ELSE, i n which Mr. Charles Mathews will sustain his original character. After which will be produced an entirely new an rad original s y m bolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and ext-physiog nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitIMedARGERY DAW, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. Th e scen ery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, Sze. The masks, models, and physiog nomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening inventett and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," dtc., and the whsle arranged ant produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye ancients and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime ts story is founded: — "See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Anion of Riverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great be itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down • " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round and rennd." 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. Bow Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of tho story, while Holyday nvites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Regina, Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co. rvphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of H uggana ugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup, 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 Shelly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no no+ion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King laugg,amugga. King Fluggamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagi'ag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet t chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, Aessrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashise. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Lengsix, Splitup, Snapeff, etc. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook 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 H a ppiness). Mr. StrongTth'arra. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in processef construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with tii e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni ; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott; two Pantaloors, 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 (Bolenos, Denlin, Tanner, and Halford).—A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyjsh—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a Bobby 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 et the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the crin oline A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (bricks)--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 hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ye. roni, Barnes, and Honey). A ge*tleman 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 out—Seent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder —Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet Wondarful effects of the Pistachio nut powder A ease of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Denlin, 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. Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)—Clown, being iu Fleet-street, goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (Malian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulaters 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 come nn 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 eff by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket-111 appin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene.)—Pantaloon proposes to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment "rA pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a case for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel —A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the home to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Seconil Circle of Boxes, Is. ed. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 6 d• * Dress Rotes, le • • • Stalls, ••58 • Private Boxes, •• Is., If. 11s. 64., and V. 2%1 A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every W ' Ki newlaY. at Two o'clock. _ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Lestsee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will ha produced an entirely new an( original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the 'Bottom of the Sea. The burlescine opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded 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. Characters in the opening : Conrad (the Corsair) „, Miss Woolgar Eirbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Seyde Pasha Mr. Barrett Mr. Holsto n Sing Snaaul Mr. S. Calh aen ' Yussift ........... Medora Gulnar Mrs. B Whit e ....... Mrs. Melville Zulienl •• • ••• .......... ''•••'' .. Miss Jessie Ryder Submarina ................................. Miss Marie Wilton Serena ~ ............................ Mt Tom Matthews and ........ . Clowns ,Mr. Stilt , Mr. J Marshall The Brothers Nelson. , Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd. To be preceded by THE KING'S tagna - n, Mr. C. 'Dillon. M ITS KET EERS D'A r- Pantaloon Harlequin Sprites Columbines The box-effiee open daily, from 11 to i, ender the super. btendenee of Mr. Cbatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties t - 1 the Private Boxes to sot dawn at the State entrance iu Burleigh-street. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. rri HEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS 1 Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, will be performed CGRIOLANITS. Characters by Messrs. Phelps, Marston, Robinson, Ray, &c , and Mesdames Atkinson, Ehurne, and Marston. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed TIIE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis dei Franchi by Mr. C. Kean. 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. Milne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. l um bine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 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 given every Thursday ; commencing at 2, concluding at 1. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at otting-Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, is 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, &c., called THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUKRY 31, 1857• MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin 2nd Columbine ea la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramoueh, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by lir. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, 111) 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 Fillis ; Columbines. Mesdames Marie and Agnes. OY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, St. Casse, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. TR AND THE A.T RE.—Manager, M c. T. Payne.—This Evening will be performed THE PERILS OF CRINOLINE. Followed by DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, viss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Miss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; damn, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke • Lord Love/., Miss Craven ; Addeplte, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Ar. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Harle - ttuiaade :—Clowa, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss E. .Jacobs and Mdle. Cellison ; Premier Da.nseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. New and magnificent Scenery, tte. New Curtain• New Act Drop. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock A STLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week !), the risible Comedy called KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO (as taken by Garrick from Shakspeare's "Taming of the Shrew"), with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Petruchio, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES in tie ARENA. To conclude with the succeasful equestrian comic panto mime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Har - lequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a quarter be fore seven o'cicck. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Two o'clock, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.- OPEN EVIJRY EVENING.—The follow. ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance ol Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses. Glees, Duets, dcc., viz. :—Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. eauMel, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. 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. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Gentleman's ticket, 7s ; lady's ditto, 5s ; double ti cket (lady and gentlenran or two ladies), 10s. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 32 min. aft. s—Evening 53 min. aft. 5 M-Moßnow—Morn. 14 min. aft. 6—Evening 37 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 31. TH?.IO.IO3IETER, IN THE SHADE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 39 —this day at noon. BActo+urr - cit, 29.67—n0w 29'71. WlND.—Morning, S.W. ; now N. to N.N.W., with fine, clear, sunshiny weather, inclining to frost. A heavy fall of snow in the night, and a strong thaw this morning. ....w f t, .) ' ZZ!(---,ETt,;',A-, -,llllmL 1 :;(-- a • ' • ~,, --'-',..-.,-.,-.'.•,-1:.<4.,... I_,:r , IDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1867 The Chinese High Commissioner at Canton seems to have a cacoethes scribeisdi, but his repug nance to oral communications with British autho rities of equal rank seems quite equal to his love of letter writing. Proceedings like those of Chan cery, or of our Ecclesiastical Courts, would have been his delight had he been an English lawyer. He will write, but converse he will not. Not only will he write himself, but he will set his good Cantonese a writing too. Yesterday we gave some further documents from this easternmost " seat of war"—and their eloquence will doubtless affect Manchester, and its organs of the Press, almost to tears. The one purporting to emanate from the inhabitants of Canton is a curious production. Doubtless it originated from the orders of YEH the immovable ; yet, by implication, it throws the blame of refusing concession on him. While deploring the mischief done by the fire of the British, it owns that our object was to obtain " amicable relations," and further acknowledges that the authorities were able to accord " official receptions" and admission into the city. • Very loyally, to be sure, to the said authori ties, it affirms that the authorities were unable to protect us in quiet commercial intercourse with the petitioning citizens ; the worthy Cantonese do not seem to reflect that they cannot avoid proving either themselves or their Governor guilty of commercial inhospitality, and even of violation of an unmistakeable Treaty. If they themselves, as YEH alleges, will not let him admit foreigners to the rights of peaceful commercial intercourse guaranteed us by Treaty, whyp then they have no reason to complain of the punish ment they are now undergoing. Their petition to our authorities amounts to this : We are such barbarous savages that we will murder any of you who leave the decks of your ships to step on shore, or who venture beyond the hot walls of your factories ; and we will do this, our EMPEROR, to wh om i n oppos iti on t o y o ur demands we alt hough profQ ss such respect, has made a Treaty with you which requires us to concede what you ask. These savages, indeed, talk of having carried on trade with 113 amicably for a century. The amity notoriously consisted in Englishmen and all other foreigners submitting to every in suit and indignity they chose to offer u s ; above all to the amicable relation of our never stepping beyond the factory walls.. No doubt this self convicting evidence will be approvingly quoted by the peace-at-any-price party here. Perhaps we shall have a subscription got up for the gentle Cantonese, and it can be carried to them when our gnus have compelled them to receive the bearers of foreign communications. Of course YE.II himself is not less eloquent than the subjects of his Viceroyalty. He, on his part, ;hrows on them all the blame of disenabling him from safely receiving our Commissioner in person. Sir JOHIT BowELNO, however, assures him that if he wants the means •f giving him a safe conduct :o his " yamun," he (Sir J. BOWRING) can pro- vide for that himself. This is a puzzler for YELL He has, however, two rejoinders-Ist, How dare he disobey his Imperial Majesty, who (his Ma jesty's solemn Treaty to the contrary notwith- standing) orders him not to see foreigners. And, 2dly, He fears Sir JOHN would expose himself to mortal danger. A matter, we may be sure, of great concern to the decapitator of se'venty thou sand unfortunate prisoners, and the proclaimer of a reward for the heads of British barbarians. A Proclamation, by the bye, which seems not to have been altogether without its effect, since an unfor tunate marine having, contrary to orders, gone ashore at a village to get fresh articles, was seized, beheaded, and his body thrown into the river, while a companion, who endeavoured to escape, was drowned. Sir JOHN BOWRINO, in his last communication, informs YEH that he shall apprise the Court of Peking of all the needless miseries which YRI has brought on the people by his obstinacy ; and, could he do this, we think it likely TER might tremble for his post. It is at least highly probable that the EMPEROR has received nothing but a tissue of misrepresentations from his Commissioner, and that if he knew the truth his orders might be very different. What means Sir JOHN has of reaching the Court of Peking we are not aware. Probably his antagonist is well aware that he can keep any communication made by the British from arriving at Peking. If so he will only amuse himself with the empty but otherwise formidable threat. We have observed that one point now demanded by those who may properly ask for a new and better Treaty is, that foreigners shall be allowed to have representatives at the Imperial Court—a measure, we must think, of true huma nity, since it would keep the Supreme Government informed of much that is now presented to it only in the corrupt missives of the corrupt Mandarins. A correspondent of the Daily News says that since the first flush of success, and th e consequent excitement, some persons are beginning to ask whether the whole affair might not have been referred home. This would have been mere waste of time. YEH, now, attacks the Act itself by which the Arrow was declared a British vessel under British protection, and demands that the Treaty shall not be carried out. It is not likely that our Government will disallow the Act, or that, after having so recently sent out instructions to have the Treaty enforced at Canton, it would give up the Treaty. Evidently our duty is to insist on the Chinese Government compelling their gentle Cantonese to obey the Treaty, or to enforce it our selves by the only means which are left. A writer, however, from Calcutta observes : " The feeling in this country as to the attack on Canton is one of unqualified approval. Anglo-Indians are too much accustomed to Orientals to believe that argument has any efficacy unless backed by an overwhelming force. Sir JOHN BOWRING is for the present very decidedly popular." We believe such to be the opinion of almost all conversant with thR East. Indeed we must think that those who can defend the Cantonese in their resistance to commercial intercourse, and the existing Treaty, must feel themselves reduced to a miserable quarrel about empty technicalities. The monetary code must inevitably be revised during the coming session. This important duty can no longer be evaded or postponed. The Act of 1844 has virtually expired, and Government must necessarily grapple with the difficulty. Al most any law is better than the prevailing un certainty, in which the most experienced men are groping blindfolded, not knowing what course may be adopted, or on what system the circulat ing medium of the country may be regulated. The public at large, but more especially the com mercial and manufacturing interests, have a right to demand that this untoward state of affairs may be brought to a speedy conclusion, that the all important problem shall receive a satisfactory solution at the earliest period possible. It is possible that a Parliamentary investiga tion may take place. But that can only be required for the purpose of procrastination, of shelving the subject, until the excitement occasioned by the severe restrictions, so prejudicial to all descriptions of industry, has subsided, and the nation, appeased by tempo rary relief, may again endure such stringent measures as the mischievous theories of the cur rency quacks may suggest. It has already, however, had enough of the proceedings of a packed committee, when the original framers and pledged advocates of the unwise and impolitic measure sat in solemn judgment on their own offspring, and controlled the eleven independent members who declared, that " the laws for regu lating the issue of bank notes, payable on demand, aggravated the commercial distress ix England in the year 1847." Indeed Sir CHARLES WOOD him self admitted that the judgment of the committee of the House of Commons was " a foregone con clusion," and boldly justified the legislative farce by declaring, to the effect, that a Minister would be wrong to assent to the formation of a committee unless he was aware of the nature of the report on which they would agree. The nation was, how ever, bamboozled by the solemn mockery, and the Act which was virtually condemned and annulled by the immediate and complete success that at tended its temporary suspension, that was to all intents and purposes, abrogated by the Govern ment Letter of the 25th October, 1847, continued in operationi . to the present time. There has already been sufficient inquiry. Par liament possesses ample materials for immediate le gislation. The clear and impartial report of the Lords' Committee still remains on record, which unequivocally condemned the statute, the operation whereof " materially aggravated" the then recent panic, which, it declared, might " be traced directly to the Act of 1844, in the legislative restrictions imposed on the means of accommodation, whilst a large amount of bullion was held in the coffers of the Bank, and during a time of favourable ex changes ; and it might be traced to the same cause indirectly, as a, consequence of great fluc tuations in the rate of discount and of capital previously advanced at a low rate of interest." , That masterly Report, and the evidence on which it was framed, together with the recent experience of the working of the measure, which made the rate of discount vibrate between 2 and 12 per cent., is conclusive on the ques tion, and does away with the necessity for further investigation. For 135 years, from 1704 to 1839, the rate never exceeded 5, or was less than 4 per cent., and, though durin g the crisis of 1839 it was for a few months raised to 6 per cent., it was again reduced to 5 per cent. in January, 1840, and continued between a and • 4 per cent, until after the passing of the fatal law. Need we refer to the aLernations that have sinca occurred? Are they not fixed in every maw's mind who has been in any de;ree concerned in trade or manufactures. These alternations must have arisen from the operatim of the statute, and Mr. COBDEN, who declarec that fluctuations in the currency occasioned greater evils—pecuniary, social, and moral, than the direct failures of all the Banks of issue since they were first esta blished in the count'," should be th4first to condemn that which produced such serious and irreparable mischief. " Sniffing the corn eg contest," Mercator, alias Lard OVBRSTONE, and his flunkeys have started into a mischievous activity. Like the hackneyed Counsel in PEEBLES V. PLANESTANES, their sole object is to confuse and mystify the subject already sufficiently obscure, and by their unmean ing jargon and reckless assertions as to the beneficial !results of the Act (!) to prevent the nation from insisting on a circulating medium adequate to its warts and exigencies. What were these beneficial resilts ? At first speculation was stimulated to the utmost pitch. The Bank, bound to purchase all the gold tendered at a fixed pri::e, was compelled to offer its notes at any rate of discount that could be obtained. It supplied rich food to the fever-stricken patient, as it subsequently starved the famishing wretch, who required judi cious treatment. It first produced the "mania" and then the "panic ;" and even within the last few months led to a minimum, rate of discount at the quasi National Establishment, of 7 per cent., equivalent to 10 or 12 per cent, to the merchants aid manufacturers who had not dis count accounts opened at the Bank of England. Is it not an uncuestionable fact that on the very first emergency it produced a state of embarrass ment and difficulty never exceeded, or, as Mr. GURNEY declared, "beyond all parallel in our monetary history ?" Why, then, should we re tain so mischievous a law ? We can make allow ance for the perverse obstinacy with which Mer eator defends the pet theory of which he is the putative parent, and with which his political reputation as well as his pecuniary interests are so closely mixed up. But we really cannot ima gine any disinterested and unprejudiced person being now hoodwinked by such palpable fallacies as he and bis adulators have combined to bring forward. Mr. G. ARBUTHNOT has just published a verbose phamphlet,* of which it is difficult to understand the meaning, save that it is intended, as he tells us, "to confirm the principles on which the Act of 1844 is founded." This gentle man, however, cannot be considered a fair or im partial witness. As he tells us in the preliminary epistle, addressed to his " Dear Sir CHARLES Wool)," that he was private secretary to that un fortunate and most incompetent financier in 1847, and also " under Sir R. PEEL in the same capa city for several years, including that of 1844." He therefore comes heralded by his antecedents, fcenurm habet in comic. He is dangerous, distilling at second hand the fallacies of Sir CHARLES WOOD, and those which Sir ROBERT PEEL would in all human probability now repudiate, were he living. As we have stated, his efforts are merely to -con fuse and mystify ; and that he succeeds in doing, as any one who takes the trouble of wading through 110 pages of unmitigated trash will be compelled to confess when he rises from its perusal. We are not afraid that Mr. G. AR OUT/SNOT will do much to advance the cause in which he has wasted so much ink and spoiled so many goodly sheets of paper. It is impossible to doubt that very beneficial results must attend the Mercantile Law Confer ence, whlel is even now being held at WrLus's Rooms. The representatives from 21 leading cities and towns, containing no less than five millions of inhabitants, all deeply interested in the trade and commerce of the country, may au thoritatively recommend ameliorations in the commercial code, and due weight must be given to their suggestions. Parliament could not ignore the proceedings of a body of gentlemen so pre eminently qualified for the task they have under taken. The progress of legal reform, although much has unquestionably been effected of late years, has been very tardy. It has invariably taken a long time to bring the seed to maturity. There are many adverse elements to be conci liated or overcome. Men look rather to their per sonal and private interests than to the good of the community. They are peculiarly sharp in discovering blemishes in matters affecting, or that may possibly affect, their own pockets. Any cheap and summary remedies that may diminish the cost and amount of litigation are particularly obnoxious to a very influential class, some whereof have access to at least one or more members of either House of Parliament. Noble Lords will listen to hints from their family solicitors ; Ron. Gentlemen have additional reasons to pay atten tion to the applications of those who managed their elections, and contributed largely to place them in the positions they uow occupy. Thus their costs flourish ; for it has truly been said, " England is an attorney-ridden nation." But, notwithstanding the obstructions and difficulties that impede the path—truth still pre vails and vast improvements are effected, albeit with considerable difficulty and delay. The Law Amendment Society has generally either completely succeeded, or at least materially advanced, the matters which it has taken in hand. It is, there fore, with peculiar pleasure that we witness the present Conference inaugurated under its au spices, thus insuring the cordial co-operation of its learned and indefatigable members in the important objects to be achieved. These objects are numerous and important. The recent conflicts of jurisdiction between an official manager and an official assignee, lead ing to heavy expense and delay, the vexatious litigation occasioned by individual creditors seek ing in some instances to obtain undue advantages for themselves, in which the general body cannot participate, in others merely to multiply costs, heedless of the ruin they bring on innocent parties, and of the injury that must result to others whose claims are as well founded as their own, prove beyond the possibility of doubt that extensive alterations in the law of Joint-stock Partnerships and the Winding-up Acts are im peratively required. The case of KINGSFORD V. MERRY, where palpable wrong was inflicted on a perfectly innocent party, and discredit cast upon a class of securities that has been largely resorted to by mercantilelmen, shows a defect in the law that requires an immediate remedy. The whole law of debtor and creditor must be revised. The law of bankruptcy materially amended, and that of insolvency assimilated to, or rather consoli dated therewith, under these heads will come the peculiarly interesting question of imprisonment for debt, which should be resorted toonlyas a punishment for fraud, or a recklessness of conduct that virtually amounts to fraud —and inflicted under the sen tence of a competent tribunal, in place of being left to the discretion of individual creditors —who are too frequently actuated by vindictive feelings, * Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1844, Regulating the Issue of Bank Notes, Vindicated. By G. Arbuthnot. Longmani and Co. Pp. 110. stimulated by sharp practitioners who know that they will get their costs from the plaintiffs, if not from the defendants, and who— " So there are quarrels, care not for the cause, Knowing they must be settled by the laws." Why there should bo two distinct codes with a different procedure, and distinct remedies for different classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects is an anomaly that it is impossible to jus tify. Thousands of parties have been ruined, who, with a little time, could have liquidated all demands to the uttermost farthing. The funds that would have gone to the settlement of just debts and liabilities have been frittered away or lost by the seizure of the person of the debtor, which prevented him from attending to his own affairs, or conducting them to advantage. The execution on property gives to one that which should be fairly divided amongst all the bond fide claimants. All these matters demand imme diate alteration, and, as we have stated, the Con ference will force it on the attention of the Legis lature, so that great improvements may be anti cipated. The vexed question of Tribunals of Commerce must also be taken into consideration. On that point there is an able and indefatigable advocate in the field, and we feel assured that Mr. LEONE LEVI will not fail to place the subject to which he has so long and so zealously directed public atten tion in the best possible point of view. There is another point which has not as yet received the attention it so eminently merits. The law of banking, or, in other words, the regulation of the circulating medium of the country, must be placed on a sound and satisfactory foundation. The Bank Charter Act of 1844 has virtually expired. The interesting and important question must be dis posed of during the present session, and there is nothing in which the mercantile and manufac turing classes are so greatly concerned. The Conference would prove a failure if its views were not elicited on this all-important problem, which perhaps, more than any other now pending, de mands a speedy and satisfactory solution. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday next, at Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present :—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Marquis of Lans downe, Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theresa Lewis returned to town ye-terday from Windsor Castle. Earl Granville, Lord President of the Privy Council, gave last evening a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers and the great officers of state of the Queen's Household, at his lordship's residence in Bruton-street. The Roll of Sheriffs for the present year was settled at the meeting. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, who, during the week, have been staying with the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter at Burghley House, Northamptonshire, return to town to-day for the season. The noble earl gives aParliamentary dinner on Monday evening to a party of thirty of his political friends in the House of Lords. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hpn. Miss Copley have arrived in town from Turville Pa The venerable learned lord is in excellent health. Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford come to town on Monday next from the noble lord's seat in Gloucestershire. Lord John Russell arrived in Paris last night from Italy. His lordship will leave for London on Sunday next. Sir G. Grey has appointed the Rev. Sydney Turner to the office of Inspector of Prisons, with special charge of all reformatory schools certified or sanctioned under the recent acts 17 and 18 - Viet., 74 and 86. THE EARL or HAREWOOD.—The medical bulletin respecting the Earl of Harewood was yesterday as fol lows :—" The Earl of llarewood has hitherto bad no unfavourable symptoms. -- Harewood-house, Friday Morning, Jan. 30." DEATH OF VISCOUNT DOWNE.—We regret to have to announce the death of Lord Downe, which took place at Torquay, on the 26th instant, in his 45th year. The deceased, William Henry Da wnay, was the seventh Viscount Downe, of the county of Down, in the peerage of Ireland, to which he succeeded in 1346. W. are requested to state tbat Mr. Venn (son of the Rev. H. Venn, B.R, prebendary of St. Paul's), who is bracketed 6th wrangler in the Cambridge " List of Ho nours," was educated at the Islington Proprietary School. MINISTERS AT FOREIGN COURTS.—The salaries of Ministers at foreign courts amount to 124,2221. a year. THE FORTHCOMING SESSION.—There are already 28 notices of motions on the order-book of the House of Commons. Mr. Muatz has one on the property tax. MAINTENANCE OF PRISONERS.—The cost to the country for the maintenance of prisoners in county gaols and Bethlem Hospital, in the year ended March, was 152,990/. It is estimated that the amount to be taken out by the steamer Ripon to India and China on the 4th of February will be between 700,0001. and 800,0001., nearly all in silver. Mr. Thomas Gray, of the Royal Insurance Company, and formerly of the Liverpool and London, ha 4 been appointed manager of the Unity Fire and Life Associa tion. REFUSAL TO PAY CHURCH RATES.—Yesterday a Par liamentary blue-book was issued, (.f 220 pages, showing the places where church rates have been refused and the places where they have altogether ceased. Some hun- dreds are detailed. MR. APGREGOR, M.P., AND THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—The Scotsman, in a severe article on the conduct of Mr. J. M`Gregor, M.P., in connection with the Royal British Bank, exhorts the electors of Gla.gow to require the hon. gentleman to take office under Govern ment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, or, in other words, to vacate his seat. The Plymouth Journal says :--" The reformers of De• vonport have determined to bring forward as a candidate for the representation of that borough in Parliament James Wilson, Esq., the present member for Westbury, and the proprietor and editor of the Economist, to super sede that do-nothing Derbyite General Sir Geo. Berke ley. Wr. Wilson was to have attended a reunion at the Mechanics' Institute last week, but was prevented by a fall Iron , his horse." _ _ . THE EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVlCE.—Captain F. Stokes has been permitted to resign his appointment as extra assistant commissioner in the province of Oude. Mr. Ricketts, the commissioner for the revision of all civil salaries and establishments, has completed his labours as far as the Government of India is concerned ; but he has not yet entered upon the revision of the Bengal Government establishment.—Civil Service Gazette. ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —The report of the directors of this company states that the revenue account of the half-year ending the 31st of December last shows that 84,7371. bad been received, and 56,7551. expended, leaving 27,9811. net revenue. The receipts for the corresponding period of 1855 amounted to 77,2391., the expenses to 54,8601., And the net revenue to 22,3791., showing an increase of 7,4981. in the receipts, of 1,8951. in the expenses, and 5,6021. in the net receipts. The net earnings applicable for divi dend gives 7 per cent. on a larger capital, as against 6 per cent. at the corresponding period. THE LONDON SEWERAGE PLANS.—In an excellent little pamphlet, recently published by Dr. Copeland, on the "Drainage and Sewage of Large Towns, he states —and his authority is one of great weight—that the very first proceedings to construct the intercepting sewerage proposed by the Metropolitan Board of Works would be "productive of terrestrial emanation,calculated to generate a fatal typhoid epidemic of long continuance. . . London would be as deeply, more generally, and not less fatally cut up into trenches, as the ground round Sebastopol." In ;,his pamphlet Dr. Copeland so judiciously and concisely directs attention to the most Important objects of consideration, that his essay should be studied whenever the disposal of the sewerage is now under disoussion.—Lancet. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY LIBRARY AND LITERARY ASSOCIATION. —The ordinary meeting of the members of this excellent institution was held ye s . terday at the Easton -square Station ; Mr. C.E. Stewart, the secretary of the company, presided. The report of the committee of management was submitted, and the chairman, in moving its adoption, delivered a brief but very able address on the advantages to be derived from the study of the excellent works to which the members had access. After an interesting discussion, in which the members (all of them officers in the company's ser vice) took part, the report was unanimously adopted ; several formal resolutions were passed ; thanks were g iven to the treasurer and auditors, and to the chair. man for the kind maim) in which he has always at tended to the interests of the institution. MISS CHATTERTON, daughter of Mr. Frederick Chat terton (harpist to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester), gave a Harp Recital at Cambridge, on Monday last. This young lady is very clever, and pos sesses a fine tone, and appears to have a 'thorough com mand over the difficulties of the' instrument, which s h e clearly evinced in Parish Alvar's elaborate niorceau La Danse des Fees, which won a most genuine encore ' • the general selections, h owever, were compositions of Mr. Frederick Chatterton. We were p articularly pleased with the Wel s h "B ar di e Fantasia." Miss Chatterton is likely to take a very prominent position in the musical world this season, and we see she is advertised to play at Greenwich this evening. Miss Cole was the lady vo calist ; she possesses a fine voice ; was encored in "Deh Vieni," which she gave with much effect. The enter tainment gave great satisfaction, and there fivias not a vacant place in the room. LATEST N E WS. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF AN ARCHBISHOP IN NAPLES. NAPLES, JAN. 29. An attempt has just been made by a Neapolitan priest to assassinate the Archbishop of Matera while pronouncing the benediction in the cathedral. The attempt failed, but the Archbishop was wounded. A Canon who was endeavouring to defend the prelate was shot dead with a pistol by the same assassin. A period has been fixed within which the political prisoners must decide whether they will implore the royal clemency or suffer transportation. A decree has been issued effecting certain re forms in the postal system. Other decrees of reform are expected. EXECUTION OF VERGER. PARIS, FRIDAY. Orders were gives on Thursday for the execu ion to take place to-day, and this morning, al half-past 8 o'clock, the criminal expiated his guilt on the scaffold. He who for a long year had brooded over murder, and who, without hesi tation or compunction, stabbed to the heart his unoffending and defenceless victim—he who had n solitude conceived, cherished, and perpetrated his crime—trembled at the last moment when the real terrors of violent death displayed themselves before his own eyes. The order of the Court for carrying out its sentence was received at the prison of La Roquette at midnight. The bearer was the executioner himself. At 2 o'clock this morning the scaf- fold was already erected in front of the prison. In spite of the silence which had been observed as to the day of the execution, and the early hour at which the preparations were made, an immense crowd assembled on the spot, and so early as 3 o'clock a considerable number of carriages were arriving. Before 7 o'clock the Place de la Ro quette and the streets adjoining were encumbered. The whole of yesterday Verger , passed in a state of feverish restlessness ; his agitation increased as the day wore on. He frequently asked questions about what was going on in the Court of Cassation, and manifested intense anxiety as to the result of his appeal. As night came on he began to entertain hopes of its suc cess, from the fact of his having received no news of the proceedings ; and about 10 o'clock be asked those who watched with him in his cell how many days were usually accorded to convicts after the rejection of their appeal iu Cassation. This question he repeated as the hour waxed later. Of the Court he at last began to entertain misgivings ; but he still clung tenaci ously to the hope that his safety would come from the Emperor, and that the capita sentence would be commuted to perpetual banishment. He threw himself on his pallet, but for some time he found little repose. His agitation was extreme, and his slumbers feverish, till 2 o'clock, when, nature being exhausted, he fell into a profound sleep, which was not broken by the noise made by the workmen preparing the scaf fold. It lasted till half-past seven, when the director of the prison, the inspector-general, the Chief of Police, and the Chaplain (Abbe Hugon), came to awaken him, and announce the terrible news that his last hour was approaching, and that he must prepare for death. It was the chaplain who undertook the office of informing him that his appeal had been rejected, that his petition to the Emperor was equally unsuccessful, that no fur ther hope remained, and that all that was now left him was to prepare for death. The wretched man raised himself on his pallet, he held his head down for some instants, and turned it about bewildered, as if he had awoke from some ter rible dream. When he became conscious of what was passing, and when the dismal words, that hope was no more—were full comprehended by him—he cried " Impossible, impossible 1" The chaplain repeated that, unfortunately, it was too true, and that all was over. At once he became excited, and his excitement rose to fury. " I will not die !" he shouted. "It is impossible that my appeal and my pardon are both refused— impossible ! I cling to life ; my life is my own, and you have no right to take it from me 1" The chaplain endeavoured to calm and console him, but in vain. He refused to listen to his prayers ; he broke out in violence, and reviled the priest with language similar to that which he had used before the Court of Assize. The director of the pri son at length interfered. Verger cried, " Give me but an hour—an hour—but one hour—no more. I must write—l must send an express to the Emperor !" The Director told him it was impossible. " Im possible ! no, I will not die ! I will not—l will defend myself to the last 1 You may murder me in this cell, but from it I will not stir I" At these words he threw himself again on his bed, clung to it with head, hands, and feet, and resisted all attempt to lift him. The gaolers had to be called in, and they were obliged to put on his clothes by main force. During the operation Verger made the greatest resistance, but finding all his efforts vain,lie all of a sudden relaxed and fell into a state of prostration. At a quarter to 8 the executioner entered the cell to put on him the dress of the scaffold. Verger underwent this last operation without making a movement or uttering a word ; he only shrank a little when the cold steel of the scissors that cut the hair from the back of the head touched his meek. The chaplain again approached him, and with tears in his eyes and a tremulous voice once more exhorted him to think of his soul. He at first listened to the priest in silence, and then retired with him to a corner of the cell. He knelt, joined in prayer, and probably confessed, for the chaplain priounced the absolution. 8 o'clock sounded, and at the last stroke he issued from the cell, and proceeded to the scaffold. He appeared calmer, and almost resigned to his fate. Never theless, when bidding farewell to the Director of the prison and his assistants, he once more implored for one hour "to write to the Emperor." At a few minutes after 8 he issued from the prison gate, when at once the scaffold, in all its hideous reality, met his eye. During the short passage he was supported by the chaplain on one side, and on the other by the Director of the prison and the executioner. As he moved he was heard to utter the words " Amende honorable—Jamais ; plus tard." He mounted the steps of the platform slowly, and on reaching it he appeared as if he wished to speak, but auy words he uttered were not heard distinctly. It was thought they were (c Vivo J esus Sau ve la France ; sauve l'Empereur." He was again exhorted by the at tendant priests. He knelt on the ground, and once uttered some words_it is hoped repentance for his crime, and prayer to Heaven for pardon. He slowly rose, cast a glance in the distance, took the crucifix in his hands and kissed the image of the Saviour ; gazed for an instant or two on the cold and clear sky above, flung himself into the arms of the Abbe Hugon, and then surrendered himself to the executioner. Be was fastened to the plank, and his neck placed under the instru went of death. A t the given; signal it fell, flash- ing in the cold light of the morning, and all was over. The morning was bitterly cold. It had frozen during the night, yet many persons must have re - mained on the ground to witness the dreadful spectacle. The Court of Cassation has pronounced judg ment to-day upon the appeal from the decision of the Imperial Court of Lyons, with reference to the illegality of distributing the electoral bulletins, or voting tickets, without a special permission from the authorities. The judgment of the Court of Cassation is agains the liberty of distributing the electoral bulletins. The French army, it is said, will be reduced by 42,000 men, not perhaps all at once, but gradually. The savings in this respect are estimated at 26,000,000 f.) and in the navy 10,000,000 f. With the reductions in nearly all branches of the ad ministration, it is calculated that the total saving will be 100,000,000 f. BOURSE, Jan. 30.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 67 40 New Loan — . _ __ End of Month; —fr. —c. 67 30 Bank Shares 4 160 Roman (x d) Credit Mobilier 1,352 50 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes... Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. tr c Orleans 1,376 50 Western Northern 932 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,365 New Ditto Mediterranean 1.755 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette SWITZERLAND. According to advices of the 24th from Berne, the Federal Council is resolved to make some im- provements in the military system of the Confede ration. A larger supply of weapons, and more _ - - . particularly of rifles, will in future be kept in the arsenals of the different Cantons, and the strength of the artillery will be increased. The fortifications at Basle are completed, and if the Prussians had marched against that city they would have found it protected by 14 earth•works, each of which is some 14 ft. thick. It has been observed that the Swiss are in no great hurry to return to their homes, and the slowness of the movements of the sturdy moun taineers is generally attributed to the following passage in the note of the Moniteur of • the 23d : " Switzerland can now dismiss her troops." The policy of this Government in the Neuchatel ques- • tion has given extreme offence to the Ultramontane party in Swizterland, and its leaders rail at Count Buol in good set terms. It is worthy of remark that greater patriotism was nowhere displayed than in those Swiss cantons which in 1847 formed the Sonderbund. Until now nothing has been done by the German Confederation which could induce the Danish Government to respect the rights and privileges of Holstein and Lauenberg, but there is reason to believe that the voice of the venerable Bund will soon be heard. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Jan. 28.—Yesterday afternoon the Imperial " Band-billet" (autograph letter) relative to the general amnesty ;was telegraphed from Milan. The Archduchess Sophia has received a second telegraphic cOmmunication from the Emperor, in which his Majesty says that he is " satisfied" with the behaviour of the Milanese. The last words of the despatch are, " All is going well." Seve ral confidential communications have been re ceived from Austrian employes in Milan to their colleagues in this city, and the tenour of all of them is the same, or very nearly so. ' The recep tion given to their Majesties by the people was in finitely better than was expected, and the behaviour of the greater part of the nobles was " becoming" (anstandig). The excessive hostility of the Sardinian press had given great offence here. Information has reached here, that Count Paar, the Aus trian Charge d'Affaires at Turin, has demanded from the Turin Government the prosecution of the Unions, for a leader a la Mazzini. The article alluded to was made up of extracts from the Old Testament, tending to show that it is lawful to put rulers to death if they OP: pressed their subjects. The Austrians affirm th at the object of the writer was to excite some po litical fanatic to make an attempt on the life of the 13 :, 1- peror Francis Joseph, but on reading the article attentively it struck me that it was addressed to the Mazzinists in Naples. SPAIN. The following private telegraph despatch has been received : " MADRID, Jan. 29.—M. Gonzales Bravo, Mini ster of Spain to England, is to leave on the 6th of I next month for his post." y/ ~p. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, 10 A.M. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Atrato, Captain Wolley, has just arrived, with the West India and Pacific mails, and dates from Vera Cruz, January sth ; Havannah, 11th ; Greytown, 6th ; Carthagena, 10th ; Colon, Bth ; Jamaica, 11th ; Demerara, 9th ; Barbadoes, 11th ; St. Vincent, 10th ; Grenada, 9th ; Bermuda, Bth ; Antigua, 13th ; St. Thomas, 1 7th. She brings 33 passengers, specie value 2,923,81 5 dols., jewellery value 2001. sterling, platina value 3261. sterling, pearls value 1,4001., and a full cargo of cochineal, cigars, and tobacco. Of the total amount of specie brought by the Atrato $25,000 are on account of the Mexican divi dends. On the 24th of January, 1,707 miles from the Lizard, saw the Rover's Bride, a ship of about 1,200 tons, laden with timber, from St. John's, New Brunswick, water-logged, abandoned, and decks swept by the sea, No papers or other particulars on board. Nothing but papers were received from Demerara on account of an outbreak of cholera. No mails from T a mp i c o, in c onse q uence of A northerly gale stopping all communication with the shore. Walker was in a desperate condition, and: not expected to hold out much longer. He has been beaten on several occasions of late, and the Costa Ricans have seized the river boats running from Grey Town to the lake Nicaragua, and stopped the commu nication between that place and Walker's forces. An American steamer had, a few days previous to the sailing of the Clyde, arrived et grey Town with about 150 men, and a quantity of provisions, for Walker. They were, however, still remaining at Grey Town, having no boats to ascend the river. In Mexico General Parrodi had taken the com mand of the army against the insurgents of San Luis. Depotosi Vidaurri was on his way to San Luis, at the head of 1,800 men, well armed and equipped. Latest news stated the insurgents, on hearing of the approach of large forces, had left the city of San Luis, and taken refuge in the Sierra. The republic of Chili is progressing peacefully. Australia news to the 31st Oct., by way of Callao, represents the gold mines as favourable. The Island of Jamaica was tranquil. Legislature not in session. Exchanges on London, 90 days, per cent. pre mium ; 60 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 30 days, 1} per cent. premium ; private bills at par. Sugar, 225. to 24 5. per 1001 b.; coffee, 40s. to 420. No sales of pork to report. Immense stocks. Tlie Demerara sugar market was somewhat active at full prices. Molasses in great denland at stiff pr ices. Rum in request at late rates. At Trini dad the stock of breadstuffs and other was large and quotations nominal. Sugaz: makivg n. had commenced earlier tha usual, in conseq uen co of increase in demand. I.,rovisione 0 ASSOCIATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF OBSTACLES - 2 EDUCATION.—JUVENILE VAGRANCY.—A meeting ° A LI , this subject was held at Birmingham, yesterday • I)°, l '"' Calthorpe in the chair, Sir Stafford Northcote,'M.r"' Mr. Muntz, M,P., Mr. Adderley, M.P., and other in; fluential gentlemen were present. A report was reit,' from the secretary of the association, giving a sh °rt summary of Dunlop's Act, an abstract of the bill draw n up under the direction of the Law . Amendment Societi, and the heads of Sir S. Northeote's proposed measure., The report also contained a letter from the secretary 01 the association to Sir S. Northcote, in which th e y rcommend the addition to his bill of clauses 013 ; taming the following powers :-1. To punish pe rson a inducing inmates of industrial schools •to abscond, 0 _ persons who harbour absconders. 2. To give parents T. relatives a right to visit children at specified periods. To define the mode of collecting payments from parentsli In conclusion, the secretary recommended that a gri"l,ll, sub-committee should be appointed to confer wi th committee of the Law Amendment Society, for the p tlr pose of settling the details of the bills, arranging end re e conduct through the Houses of Parliame nt, and , Be n vouring, by a deputation to the Prime M inister, to me re for it the support of the Government. Speeches_ wrrh, delivered by Mr. Adderley, M.P. , S ir Stafford Din:, cite, M.P., and other gentlemen ; t he result was tb sub-committee was appointe d to meat in London, ini_uo, the purpose of framing a bill on the sub j ect to be " duced into Parliament next session.