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

Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glinden, (itc. The masks, models, and PhYsie'- nomical devices designed said executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschnez. 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 invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," and the whole arranged an produced under the direction of In Robert Roxby. Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime is story is founded : " See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. R)gion of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, np, up, "here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round and round." j uven ile 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 Sanoebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelangh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. 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 Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co. ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamngga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. H"negold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup, Eyearight, 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 Slaally (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no no. ion of work herself, awl the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Hugramugga. King Hturgamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking, ; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodled.= ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagnag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdigitrdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Swe e t. t3mper, chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook : Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, demsrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Catashine. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :--Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c.; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Men sure, Mr. Inchhald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr. Sheareteel. 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 Han)piuetss). Mr. Strong'i'th'artn, What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in processof construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with the assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Roleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlcquinade, showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos, Deulin, Tanner, and Raiford).— A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxkeeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out a long step—The uses and abuses of the crin oline—A ,Tack 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 Cnt and come again Clown takes a butcher's shop. which Harlequin makes too het to held him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ye. roni, Barnes, and Honey), A gentleman in search of a tailor— A snit that is quite the ticket—Tie Onde wrapper—Railway wrappers- -Transfer depot—Washing machine—extraordinary— Something that wnn't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut powder—A case of rea' distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re- , volution—Turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too lunch Clown nowbegina to reflect —The looking-glass follows kis example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn en 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 in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (I-talian of course) which everybody understands—Bath nest versus London post—Re gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common scents—A fresh supply of blacks from America —A Dred-ful Beene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner.)—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and couch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket—Mappin's Cntlery 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 A. pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a ease for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel —A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 18.56-oh, my Crinoline—A high wind, • regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The rednced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and is. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. fid. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes ?s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Bo xes; 10e, 6d., I'. ls., 1/. lis. 6d., and 2/. 2s, A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. R OYAL LYCEUM TREATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will he produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Barlegnin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Irsq., ran; , 1 7 (1 upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as pro duced at Her Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene. i onto .'"' new and magn ifi cen t scenery painted by Mr. F. u Characters in the opening '— Conrad (th e C ors air)Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) s eyde p asha Mr. J. L. Toole T bi n n ma g iSfrtriatli ...........................Mr. . Hol ston ett Madera .......... . ....................... Mr. S. Calhaem .. . ....Mrs. Charles nillon Zuliem ....... ..................... . .... Mrs. B. White M. Melville .. . . .... ........... •. rs Mi ss Jessie Ryder ... .. . 5erena................... Clowns Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall ........... Mr. Stilt Mr. J Marshall The Brothers Nelson. Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd. To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar. Innen, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. ietendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties tr) the Private Boies to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. Pontotoc& Harlequin , Surites Columbinos TR AND T EAT RE. —Mln agar, Mr. T. r. Payne.--This Evening will be performed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. Followed by (third time) THE PERILS OF CRINOLINE. , After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque • pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Chri4tmas, 'Hi ss E, Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Hiss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; 'Baron, Mr J. B. Johnstone • Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Love)., Miss Craven ; Addeiplte, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, 0. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. .1. Howard. Novel Earle. quiaade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Rd ouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier Danaeuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. New and magnificent Scenery, &c. New Curtain. New Act Drop. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. A morningperformauee of the Pantomime every Monday it two o'clock T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— !ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING will be performed Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called Third appearance of the eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; Mathews, since his late serious illness. or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the Most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. - Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pa n t aloon, M r . Paul o ; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform Tvre HEADS ARE BETTER THIN ONE. Followed by SOMEBODY ELSE, in which Mr. Charlee Mathews will sustain his original character. After which will be produced an entirely new and original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with Mr. Murdoch as Charles Surfaee ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W. Callcott. The music composed and arranged by Edward Fitz william. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given every Thursday : commencing at 2, concluding at 4. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at Notting-Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, 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 3111 44 1,4 d • MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. H ar l e quin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland ; Scaramonch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bir lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE GAMESTER. Beverley, Mr. Phelps; Stukeley, Mr. H. Marston; Mrs. Beverley, Miss Atkinson. To conclude with the pantomime, TIE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by .J. R. Planche, Esq., called YOUNI 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. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, an original play, in three acts, entitled A BIRD IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. Roderick Preiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Fonr Sprites, the Fillis Fa mily; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. fl Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, the last week of its performance. Eques trian Illustrations by Hr. W. Cooke's Horses. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the eucceasful equestrian comie panto mime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK; or, Har lequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a quarter be fore seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. ?V. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W, Cooke, jun. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Two o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ?elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Conie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Con-i; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, IL A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jan. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. last week of the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS, who will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selections. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb. IS. Gentleman's ticket, 7s ; lady's ditto, ss; double ticket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. RIGEI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY—Morn. 45 min. aft. 9—Evening 22 min. aft.lo TI-Mortßow—Morn. 0 min. aft. 11—Evening 35 ca.n. aft 11 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest singe noon yesterday. 36 -lowest this morning and during the night. 37 —this day at noon. AIIOMIETER, 29 . 59—rising, WIND, W.N.W. to W.—Light, with fine weather. There was a heavy fall of sleet and snow yesterday afternoon and late last night. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1867 It would be amusing, were not the stakes at issue so enormous, involving as they do, in all human probability, so much blood and so much treasure—to note the diametrically opposite views taken of the Persian War by the organ of Lord PALMERSTON and the organ of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. According to the Post of this morn ing the approaching Session of Parliament is very likely indeed to be inaugurated by the announce- ment from the Treasury Bench not merely that all our differences are at an end with the Russian AUTOCRAT, and that the Neuchatel Difficulty has been solved by mutual concessions on the part of Prussia and of Switzerland, and that Peace gene rally reigns throughout the whole of Christendom —but that (wonderful to relate !) our collision with Persia has been happily warded off upon the very " stroke of twelve" by certain fortuitous circumstances, to be recounted probably by the next mail from India, but of the precise nature of which circumstances we are not in- formed by our very sanguine contemporary. According to the Herald of this morning, on the contrary, matters could hardly look more black, more ominous, or more threatening, than they do at this moment, in convection with the expedi- tionary army which has recently adyanced in the direction of Herat, under the command of Bri gadier CHAMBERLAYNE, through the rocky fast nesses of Affghanistan. Yet after all—in spite of the glaring contrast presented by these two diame trically opposite opinions —there are actually re vealed through these very opinions the same iden tical facts, lit up, as we may express it, under the same identical angle of the political prism. ONLY—to the Post these same facts appear rose coloured, and to the Herald they appear blood coloured. As to the halcyon anticipation, however, ex pressed to-day by Lord PALMERSTON'S organ, to the effect that the next mail from Calcutta m ay be seriously expected to bring with it tidings of the sudden and all but miraculous close of the Persian War—a struggle at this moment, positively, hardly commenced—we cannot but regard that as nothing else than the indulgence of the most visionary and preposterous hallucina tion ! As to the sombre and almost despairing view taken by th e organ of her MAJESTY'S Opposition of the ery same e vents and of the very same situa tion--we cannot, on t h e other hand, but regard that view as scarcely one jot less extravagant. The Oriental contest, upon which we have but just now adventured by way of Cabul, is one entangled in so many diplomatic complications, and it is one, at the same time, which has originated in events so infuriating to the belligerents, that it would be the very extreme of folly to anticipate any abrupt and bloodless close to our warlike operations in the very first hour, as it were, o f their commencement. England has embarked in this war only after the most flagrant, the most prolonged, and the most reiterated provocations. It was only as recently as the Ist of November, 1856, that the gage of battle was flung down in her name at Calcutta. It was only on the 13th of the same month that the British leet steamed out of the Harbour of Bombay for service in the Persian Gulf and along the southern coasts of the empire of the SEAM, from their eastern extremity at Soork to their Western, near the mouths of the Tigris at Shatt-al-Arab. And even then, be it remembered, that the sword was drawn against Persia, simply because Persia bad openly and flagrantly violated the solemn engage , ments she entered into with England at the memorable Convention of January, 1853. Ab solutely and notoriously violating that Conven tion by marching an army against Herat, by deliberately investing that city, and by ulti mately starving its Affghan garrison into a sur render on the 21st of last October. Then, and then only, did England—conceiving the cup of her Persian grievances to be at length filled to over flowing —proclaim her resolution to extort by force of arms the reparation denied, for so many wanton wrongs and insults, to the peaceful de mands of diplomacy. The incidents which had gradually lead the Court of Teheran to the perpe tration of this last and most unjustifiable outrage the seizure of Herat are of too recent occurrence to have altogether escaped the popular recollection. Nevertheless, it may not be wholly unadvisable to recall to mind the chief among these curious and startling occurrences. It will be re membered by many, we doubt not, that about the turn of the years 1855-1856 Herat was disturbed by an insurrection. STUD MAIOMED was assassi nated. Yczoor Kira:kr, a scion of the ell dynasty, being nephew of SEMI KAMRAN, was thereupon appointed his successor. It was a very Asiatic way of turning the tables—a Suddozye Prince being substituted, not by a stroke of the pen, but by a stroke of the dagger, for an Alekozye Sir dar ! Nothing in all this, calling, in any respect, for foreign interference ! A merely ordinary episode in the annals of Affghanistan—this acceptance by the Heratees, immediately upon the murder of &MD MAHOMED, of a new ruler in the person of one of SHAH MAHMOUD'S lineal descen dants. An occurrence, however, which took place almost simultaneously a little further away from Teheran than the city of Herat, presented to the Shah of MIRKA what proved at first a very alluring opportunity, and at last a wholly irre sistible temptation I Don MAHOMED advanced upon Candahar and took possession of it—lured so to do by the opportune demise of KOHVN-DIL. KHAN. Everybody, or at any rate a good many people, expected then that the old Ammit would be guided onwards to Herat by the lame of the insurrectionary outbreak which had led to the substitution of a Suddozye Prince for the Ale kozye Sirdar, who had just then "died the death," almost, it appeared, as opportunely as KOZI7N DM-IC-lAN. Contrary to expectation, however, DOST MANOMRD stayed his course at Candahar. The Snail being thereby deprived of the only excuse, the one solitary pretext, that could alone have been adduced by him to jus tify, even in " appearance, " the ad vance of a Persian Army against the Heratees. Deprived of that excuse, deprived of that pretext, the Persian Army advanced upon Herat neverthe less ! The Convention of January, 1853, to the contrary, notwithstanding ! We all know the results of that mendacious movement. The trea- son of Yuzoor's Naib, or Lieutenant, ERSA. K.RAN —sending the Prince, to whom he had sworn allegiance, a prisoner into the Persian Camp, accompanied by the intimation that he was a crea ture for whom Herat had no further use what ever Persia's offer to confirm EESA KHAN in his rule over the Heratees upon the single condition of his acknowledging the suzerainte of the SHAl—an offer rejected by the He ratees themselves I The ultimate fall of Herat into the hands of the Persians on the 25th of October ! And, the consequent declaration of war against the SHAH by Eng land on the Ist of November—followed up on the 15th by the departure from Bombay of the British Maritime Expedition I Such, briefly, i s the case as it stands—between Persia and Eng land. Such are some among the principal events which have led to the present war —events which will have in the course of the approaching session to be duly sifted and scrutinised in both Houses of the Imperial Parliament. As to the simultaneous conduct of the cam paigns by sea and by land, as to the maritime campaign in the Persian Gulf and the mili tary campaign in Affghanistan : It remains to be seen, in the first place, whether Bussorah can by any possibility be chosen by Eng land as the maritime basis of her operations against Persia—Bussorah being, in point of fact, a Turkish town within the Pachalic of Bagdad, and friendly relations still subsisting all the while between the SIIA.H and the SULTAN-CA.Lum ! And secondly, it remains to be seen how far it is ad visable for England to select Candahar as the basis of her military operations—that latest prize of DeST MAHOMED, which, besides being an ad , vanced post in Affghanistan, is situated(as any map will show) at the apex of the triangle command. ing the two great routes to Hindostan by way of Cabul and Shikapoor, by way, on the one hand, of Kutch Gundava, and on the other of Peshawur I Last Monday and the preceding Monday a vast concourse of men out of employ assembled on the site of old Smithfield Market to discuss their situation, or rathsr what they were to do in it. They appear to have been chiefly persons con nected with building in all its departments ; and it was stated at the former meeting that not fewer than 25,000 hands were out of employ in that branch of labour alone. This is about an eightieth of the entire popula- the families oftimtlh of London, to do nbe and,even included, supposingwou l s still ll be a very large proportion to belong to ore trade. If adults, or persons capable of labour be meant, the number seems to be out of all proportion. We have, however, no means of testing the ac curacy of the statement. Probably most persons out of employ have aggregated themselves to the masons, &c., and unintentionally the majority have been described as the whole. The main fact cannot be doubted, notwith standing the tendency of any body of men, espe cially men in difficulties, to swell their numbers, and to make their case more striking. Thousands of builders, of all classes, are doubtless unemployed. This, however, cannot be matter of surprise at this season of the year; building cannot be carried on in all weathers any more than ploughing and sowing, and it seems hardly reason a bl e f or men whose work m ust be chiefly performed in the longer and drier and frostless days to complain that they now have little or nothing to do. We are, however, in clined to think that speculation in building is at a lower ebb this winter than most winters, nor is this much to be wondered at when the state of the Money Market, and the practice of so many builders to erect new houses by obtaining ad vances on those last erected is taken into eonsi. THE SUN; LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,' JANUARY 21, 1857 deration. No class feels more the high rate of interest than those engaged In building specula tions. It is but fair, however, that these unemployed men should ask themselves how they have disposed of their summer wages. Great numbers of them, we fear, squandered in useless luxuries or dissipa tion what should, in a trade like theirs especially, be saved, literally "against a rainy day." Let us not be misunderstood as wishing to deprive the working man of recreation and reason able enjoyments ; but we have so often had to relieve in want those who had squandered good pay when they had it on sheer animal gratifications or low amusements, that we are compelled to put it to the good sense of the better part among the unemployed whether too many of their number might not have saved themselves from want now by a little self-denial in the summer ; by such self-denial as must be practised by most of those who have an Income Tax to pay—at least if they pay it under schedule D. However, men out of work, whether through improvidence, or through causes quite unavoid able, cannot be neglected. They must be fed and clothed. Their families must be provided for. They cannot be left to the temptations and desperation of absolute want. If it can be avoided it is even imprudent to compel them to resort to the pawnbrokers, much more to require them in such large numbers to enter the workhouses, as a condition of relief. They proposed them selves, at their meetings, to resort in a body to the parish officers, and to demand their " ancient indisputable right to parochial relief, unaccompanied by the insulting, debasing, and infamous conditions at present persisted in." But what ~mou l d tho Laen suggest themselves as the test to discriminate between the idle spend thrift and the unfortunate man ? They could not themselves wish that the ratepayers, thousands of them having enough to do to maintain themselves, should be saddled with the maintenance of men who will not work, or who, when they get good employment, throw away their money in reckless self-indulgence. Every one who remembers the old out - door relief system well knows the endless impositions which were practised on the parish. The poor rates were deemed almost lawful booty by those wh• could cheat tl,e overseers. Paupers who would not have defrauded their neighbour or the shop-keepers had no scruple about defrauding the parish. It was hardly thought so wrong as poaching or smuggling. Is this state of things to return ? And if not, we are confident all would rejoice in being guided to any method by which immediate want could be relieved, while the idlers and the wasteful were severely tested. In any case we would earnestly counsel the workmen not to prejudice their cause by anything wearing the appearance of intimida tion. Much was said by them about Government ceasing its extravagance and undertaking works of public utility. This is specious, but will it permanently meet the case ? Re claiming and draining waste lands were specially pointed to as modes of Government employment. But already Government advances money from the National Exchequer for this purpose, and we are quite sure that unless such work was done by agriculturists responsible for repayment of the advance, the system would be come the most useless and wasteful of all Govern ment jobs. After the lesson learned from the failure of poor FEARGIIS O'CoNifolt's land scheme, though doubtless he originated it with benevo lent motives, probably none will be insane enough to set labourers without capital to starve on small allotments. It were, indeed, well, were it possible, to compel the owners of waste land to part with it or to reclaim it. It is a shameful waste of the resources of the country that any one should be suffered to misuse the land which belongs to the nation as a whole, and which it suffers to be own e d as property under the implied condition th a t i t i s not as good as thrown away. But we cannot easily think of any test by which waste land should be sufficiently defined not to render any general law on the sub ject liable to much abuse in its application. Emigration was adverted to, and doubtless many of these artisans of the sturdier class are the very men to emigrate. For this purpose Government and Colonial Land Companies have done much to aid s uitable persons. O ur co l on i es need labourers, and labourers with musc l e an d sinew. That fine new England, Canada, is now sail of old England. If Irish within a few days' men can get across in such numbers, could not our English labourers do so with equal ease ? There they will he at home—and at home amidst plenty of work waiting to be done. Living is cheap. The steady labourer is independ en t even as a work man ; and if he have brains as well as arms, ho may easily in a few years become propri e t or o f suc h a farm as neither he nor his offspring could venture to think of in his native land. If any consider able number of the unemployed really wish to emigrate, if the workmen who met on Monday last seriously think of emigration on a large scale, they cannot do better than apply at once to the Emigration Board, and lay, through it, their case before the Government. In a few hours the tax-payers of London will h st a u v ff e , i a n n thoeppaogrgtruengiattye, ftohreyshwing h are made w of. Fox sort Fe of t a fortnight or so past we have had to report meet ings held east, west, north, and south, in which the iniquitous character of the Income Tax has been forcibly denounced with the most hearty approval of assembled hundreds and thousands. In Exeter-hall, this evening, parish or local enthusiasm will be subjected to the great metro politan ordeal. With what probable result ? As we hope, and so far as we can judge, there will be a demonstration so grand and imposing that the doom of the tax, in its present form, will be sealed. united, The array of speakers at the meeting will be both numerou s and formidable, but stronger than a n y ver b a l eloquence will be the hearty, with the movementcrowdediubtyellaigent sy mp a a t uhydieexupeeressed evi dently met for the discharge of a great public duty. Let every intelligent tax-payer, then, resolve to be present, if possible, and lend his aid in a manner becoming his responsibilities and social position. It has happened that a meeting has bee; comparatively speaking, thinly attended, from the conviction the attend ance would be overflowing. There must be no mistake of this sort. " No trusting to neighbours, but go yourself," will insure a full hall, and if numbers can't get in, the very fact will tell against the continuance of the tax. Let it not be forgotten that the present time is emphatically the time for effort. The meeting of Parliament draws nigh, and any delay or imperfection in making Ministers acquainted with the real state of feeling towards the Tax among the inhabitants of the metropolis must be mischievous. the provinces look a good deal to the metropolis Chan cellors of the Exchequer are slo w to believe, and for guidance. A successful m eeting will carry conviction with it, and will probably be honoured with the parentage of a host of petitions from all parts of the three kingdoms. The cause is good —it is to denounce an oppression, of which industry, talent, worth, and feminine weakness are the victims. Let this be but remembered, and who can doubt the cause will be nobly vindi cated T In another part of our impression of to-day will be found a report of the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Provident Clerks' Associa tion. We have for many years felt sincere plea sure in directing the attention of our readers to this valuable institution, and to its strong claims upon all who are interested (as who in this great commercial country is not ?) in the effectiveness of that machinery by which the gigantic results of English commerce are worked out. We have so frequently recurred to this subject that it scarcely admits of being placed in any new light ; but we observe with the greatest pleasure the commence ment of a system, long and earnestly advocated by the Directors of the office in question, the good results of which can scarcely be exaggerated. We allude to the insurance by employers of the lives of those in their service. For some time past the generous policy of the late and present Postmaster-General has afforded to the employes in their service a valuable assistance in assuring their lives, part of the premium being paid by a fund which has for years been accumulating in the Post-office. Carrying this excellent system a little further, his Grace the Duke of ARGYLL has applied it in a most satisfactory manner to the letter-sorters and carriers, who have been enabled to secure an assurance of 501. at a less cost than the fluctuating, and often comparatively trifling, sum they obtained from the funeral fund. Two hundred of the men, we are informed, availed themselves of the liberal offer of his Grace, and assured their lives in a body with the Provident Clerks' Association. Since the completion of this business a similar wise and liberal arrangement has been made by the Directors of the Electric Telegraph Company, who have offered to assist each of their employes to assure their lives by paying a considerable share of the premiums. This offer, it may readily be imagined, has been gladly accepted, and a very large number of the lives have been already assured by the Directors of the Provident Clerks' Association, who appear, indeed, to have been on the qui wive in securing these two valuable sources of business. We can scarcely conceive a form in which the assistance of an employer is more likely to be of service than in aiding and encouraging those in his employ to provide, by assurance, for the wives and children dependent upon them. By its adop tion he is spared the pain of hearing, often of refusing, the heart-rending appeals of a widow whose husband has spent his life in faithful service, or of witnessing the destitution of orphans, whose moral claim upon him he cannot but admit. The Directors of the Company we have named deserve all praise for having furnished to other public companies so admirable an example, and we cordially recommend it to the consideration of those bankers and merchants who value tile well being of their employes. We must not omit to state that the balance sheet of the Provident Clerks' Association dis closes a mest gratifying position. This arises, doubtless, in some measure from the spread of the business among the general public. Be this as it may, the fact that more a million pounds has been assured since the commencement, and nearly 90,0001. accumulated, together with a steadily increasing income of 26,0001. a year and upwards, shows that the office in question is fairly entitled to rank among the best, because the safest, assurance offices of London. THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. There was an overflowing audience at this theatre last night owing to the doable attraction of the second ap• pearance of Mr. Charles Mathews since his late accident and the pantomime, which continuos to run its race triumphantly. Mr. Mathews appeared only inthe clever and amusing interlude, " Somebody Else," in which he sustained his original character of Hans Montz. No thing could exceed the warmth of the welcome which this favourite of the public received from pit, boxes, and galleries. The audience seemed as glad to see him again as if he had been for months away from them. They gave him round after round of applause, and seemed to stop at last from sheer fatigue of clapping ; and there was a repetition of similar demonstrations of good will at the conclusion of the piece. SURREY THEATRE. A new melo-drama, entitled "A Bird in the Hand is worth Two in the Bush," was produced here with the most complete success on Monday evening. The plot is of the simplest. Mr. Praiseworthy (Mr. Shepherd), an elderly gentleman, dwelling on a fine estate in York. shire, has brought up two nephews, Reginald (Mr. Basil Potter) and Theodore Prodigal (Mr. Calvert). The latter of these two youths has offended his uncle by losing a large sum of money in a suspicious manner, and clinch ing the misfortune with a mesalliance„ He is accordingly cast off, and is living with his ;, - oung wife in the humble capacity of a field labourer. Reginald, on the other hand, is making a brilliant figure in the metropolis, where he has married a lady of supposed high extraction. The worthy uncle, who is now residing alone, makes a will, in gwhich he leaves all his property to the more showy brother, and probably this document would in due time have been carried into effect, had not an old friend, Major Stormont (Mr. Vollaire), conversed with Mr4Praisewerthy on the characters of the two nephews, and hinted his conviction that Reginald is a heartless scoundrel and Theodore a very ill-used person. To test the truth in this important matter Mr. Praiseworthy gives out that he is dead, and his kinsmen come to the family mansion to bear the reading of the will. The will is read by Major Stormont ; Reginald is allowed to enjoy a temporary belief that he is sole devisee, when his hopes are crushed by the appearance of the testator, who tears up the unrighteous testament, ejects Reginald and wife from the premises, and takes to hie arms the wronged brother, who has really committed no fault at all, and who would not even have incurred suspicion had not his letters to his uncle been intercepted by the de signing Reginald. The part of Mr. Praiseworthy is played with a great deal of quiet purpose by Mr. Shep herd. Insolent vice and humble virtue are brought into effective contrast by Mr. Basil Potter and Miss Eliza Clayton on the one side, and Mr. Calvert and Miss Adelaide Biddies on the other. The crafty lawyer of Mr. H. Widdicombe is an admirable bit of strong colour. ing. The rest of the oharac;,eri were ably supported. The house was crowded. ROY.iL BRITISH BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. Sir,—The report contained m your paper of this day of the evidence given in the Court of Bankruptcy by Mr. Joseph Marsh, a shareholder, after stating that he deposed that Mr. Cameron had told him that he could not select a better investment than the shares of this bank, proceeds thus :—'• Having dwelt particularly on the soundness of the institutioL, Mr. Paddison quoted the 71st article of the charter, to show that he could not lose more than one-fourth of the money invested." I utterly deny the truth of this representation, or that I ever had Any interview with Mr. Marsh. Whatever may have been said to him by any one at the bank, he has certainly mistaken some one else for me. I have observed throughout these proceedings that shareholders and others are constantly confounding the names of the officers of the establishment, especially where there were two or more in one department.—l am, sir, &c., RICHARD PADDISON. South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, Jan. 20. The expense of Mint prosecutions and " law charges" in England, in the year ended March, was 35,9411. The accounts just received from Constantinople state that the firman relative to the Danubian Principalities had been unanimously adopted. The Hanoverian Government has issued a decree enabling it to refuse a seat in the Chamber to ex. Ministers and pensioned employee, although elected by a constituency. MARRIAGE o➢' GurzoT.--From a private source we learn (says the Tribune) that the celebrated Guizot has finally married the Princess Lie*en, a lady not less celebrated in diplomatic and social circles. It is stated that the affair is kept a secret, or rather it is a public mystery. Guizot is nearly 70 years old, and the lady is but a few years younger. THE V!OAR AGE OF CRIPPLEGATE.—It has been re ported, and apparently upon good authority, that either Mr. Champneys or Mr. Melville would get the living, the canons of St. Paul's having the nominations to their livings in rotation. LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, JAN. 20. Baron Manteuffel has stated to the Chambers that the I ()lease of the Neuchatel prisoners has been unconditional—(so far as Prussia is con cerned). This, he adds, has removed the ques tion of war. The solution of other points must be left to the discussion of the diplomatic Con ferences with the European Powers. VIENNA, JAN. 19. On the 12th inst. the Lloyd's steamer Asia, on her way from Trieste to Constantinople, was lost off Yalona, on the coast of Albania. The passengers, mailbags, and remittances were saved. The Archduke Maximilian of Austria has been appointed Governor-General of the Lombardo- Venetian States as successor to Marshal Radetsky, retired. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Moniteur of yesterday states that the Impe rial Prince has been suffering during the last two days from a slight catarrhal fever. He was better on Monday evening, and his condition is not such as to justify uueasiness. The Neuchatel prisoners have arrived at Besan son. They have demanded permission to come to Paris on parole until the question be decided, as Paris is a more agreeable residence than the prin cipal town of the Doubs. The appeal of Verger from the sentence of the Court of Assize was received this day by the Pro cureur-General at the Court of Cassation. It was at once handed over to MM. Reverohon and Thier celin, advocates attached to the same Court, whose turn it is this week to examine appeals in criminal cases. It is believed that the Court will pronounce its decision on Thursday. The 12th and 59th regiments of the line, forming part of the garrison of Toulon, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Algeria, where it is said they are to be employed in the approaching campaign against the Ka byles. Two other infantry regiments are under orders to reinforce the army in Algeria. The direct telegraphic communications between Paris and London continue interrupted, but it is hoped that in a few days they will be re-established, as a despatch from Calais announces that the two ends of the broken submarine cable have been taken up. It appears extremely probable that Count de Morny will remain at St. Petersburg, for the pre sent, at all events. The causes which have pro duced this sudden change in the destinies of the greatest and luckiest stock-jobbing speculator are numerous, and will readily suggest themselves to your imagination, and are partly personal, partly political, and partly financial. The Emperor ar dently desires to wean his near relation from those speculating pursuits, which have lifted the Count from poverty to the lap of opulence. His resi dence in Russia will keep him out of the reach of those wily adventurers like Mires, Mil haud, Periere, and other successful specu lators, who were ever besieging the Count's ante chambers to obtain his name as director or gerant of their operations. The enormous expenses in curred by the special embassy to Moscow for the coronation will be reimbursed to the Count by a grant of 600,000 f. (or 25,0001.), a sum which, it is admitted on all bands, will not be adequate for the splendid manner in which the Count represented his newly-adopted country on that occasion. The Count will receive a salary of 350,000 f. (14,0001.), and will retain his place as President of the Corps Legislatif, which will make a little addition of 5,0001. or 6,0001. a year to his income; in addition to which his revenues will be increased from other sources to a considerable amount, and will enable him to excel in splendour and magnificence all other European embassies at St. Petersburg. M. Manin has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Patric " Sir,—lt is with regret I address you this letter. It is not my habit to enter into a discussion with newspapers, but the question of the Swiss mercenaries appears to me so important for Italy, that I should take this opportunity to mention facts, which are little or act at all known. I will not discuss your opinion, for it is evident we should never agree. Nor will I defend my style, which I admit to be bad, nor that of my friends. I merely take the liberty of observing that in a country where the supreme power is held by one who was himself a refugee it would perhaps be good taste not to use that expression as an insult. As to the facts, I mai❑tain my assertions, and I ask permission to rectify yours. I have taken my information from official sources. The ' entire history of this affair is to be found explained in the message of the Federal Council to the Swiss Federal Assembly on the 13th of July, 1855. Nov it appears from this document in an incontestable manner that Switzerland never seriously desired to prevent the enrolment of her citizens in foreign service. In 1849 it became necessary to make concessions to liberal opinions, then powerful in Europe but those concessions were illusory. The Federal Council says so formally. The object of the existing Federal Legislation is not to prevent citizens from entering into the service of foreign States, nor into military bo• dies.' We have nothing to add to such an explicit decla ration. You say, sir, that ' all the Federal Government could do is to dc:dare that all their countrymen in the service of Naples and of the Pope had forfeited their quality of Swiss, and to confiscate their properties.' I am perfectly of your opinion. But you add that the Federal Government tried to do so several years since, but that the menace did not succeed.' This is an error ; if those means had been really and seriously employed they would have succeeded. That is the reason it was not attempted. "Accept, Sir, the assurance of my distinguished con, sideration. " MANIN." " Paris, Jan. 18." BOURSE, Jan. 20.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. ft. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 25 68 15 New Loan _ _ Bank Shares 4,200 Roman (x d) Credit Mobilier 1,407 50 Austrian Belgian Five 5......... 99i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 92 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASE. Orleans 1,392 5 0 Western 875 c Northern 950 Strasburg Lyons 1,385 New Ditto Mediterranean ......1,785 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... 750 Teste Cott° THE DANUBE. The European Commission of the Daiube has commenced its labours, and the following are the observations collected on the subject of the Channel of St. George and the Sulina, with the exception of the mouths • " The St. George is from 200 to 400 metres wide, with a depth of from 7 to 14 metres, whilst the breadth of the Sulina varies from 75 to 150 metres, and its depth from 5 to 7 metres. It appears, therefore, from these fir-t data, that the St. George is more favourable to navigation than the Sulina, as there is room in it for vessels to tack ; and, moreover, towing can be carried on with much greater facility. The length of the channel of St. George is 88 kilometres (55 miles), and that of the Sulina only 74 ; but this difference of 14 kilometres is more than compensated for by the distance of nearly 29 kilometres which separate tho two mouths. A vessel which might have time to get safely into the St. George's entrance might, in running the extra distance to the Sulina, be caught by a north-east gale, and be kept at sea for three or four days. The St. G ecr Channel, from its mouth upwards, contains no serious ' e s enable a to navigation ; and the different b en d s i n it a vessel to tack and a w i n d s, vail itself of the and the deep e channel can be readily indicated by buoys.ln the Sulii; on the contrary, the obstacles are numerous and offer seri ous inconveniences. The bends are mor c ef p re e ci ll u e e d n e t it r, h i e i n er d sharper, and vessels are ve r y frequently om to wait for a change of wi n d or to employ men to tow them. There are also in the Sulina several sandbanks, on which vessels would ground without great care. On the St. George there are several erm e la n r , Sulina, with the exception of the small villages ' , s sm hu al t l s to a w lo n ng at t i h ts e m s o h n o t t h e ,. Thethereb a i n s ks no o t f h t i h n e g s b tu.t George while on the and the ground, capable of cultivation. Sulina, T r wh g oi he are oo fn higher ity hea than those of the pcorenfterraernyc,eloapw paenadraswtaombpey. George." given Fro m at a I P I TSfeteushwieei nsneteaxrctaeeoarp: exceptions, thenoo n:lst:es: by General DuSfoWlur :_TZERLAND. The foll ow i ng is the Order of the D a y published ;t: "The G enera l of the Federal Army invites the divi sional c omman d ers "Head-quarters , Z urich, Jan. 17. an nounce to their troops that the Legislative Councils the Confederation have adopted, by a great majority, in their sittings of the 15th and 1603 , the propositions of the Federal Council tending to arrange the affair of Neuchatel in a pacific manner, but without entailing prejudice on the dignity and honour of Switzerland. Ile expresses to the soldiers of all rank s his high satisfaction at the promptitude with which they responded to the call of their country when its independence was menaced, as well as at their conduct under arms. They will continue to prove in future, by their discipline, conduct, and re spect for the measures taken by the supreme authorities of the country, that they merit the sympathy shown them in all quarters. The General, in concert with the chiefs of the Federal Army, will do all in his power to relieve the position of the troops as far as it is com p s. t ibl e with the requirements of the service. Ho is aware of all that they have to suffer ) i ga n at ii w es en i d n t t . s e u r q p ou It vir a at r s t o e af r s s pmc but good soldiers that b ti e On is S a t h l saot aware by their devotion in supporting the rigours of a lorg winter as by their battles and victories tbat the soldiers of he Crimea acquired that halo of glory and gratitude which accompanies them everywhere. " G. H. DuFoue., Commander•in•Chief." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 19. Yesterday evening, although Sunday, the Staats Anzeiger published a number, containing a list • f the names of all those who had that day received an Order, together with a short account of the ceremonies connected with the Ordensfest. Among the names of the noblemen who re ceived the investiture of the order of the Black Eagle on this occasion is that of Baron von Man teuffel ; the order itself was, however, conferred on him last March on occasion of the Treaty of Peace being concluded at Paris, and the additional distinction conferred on him yesterday appears to have consisted in the chain or collar of the Order, and probably formed the expression of his Royal Master's great satisfaction at the pacific conclusion of the Neuchatel difficulty, for the only complica tion which in any degree endangered the preserva tion of peace was the detontioa and the threatened trial of the Royalist prisoners. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN LOMBARDY? VIENNA, JAN. 18. Yesterday afternoon the Stadtholder of Lombardy announced by electric telegraph that the officers belonging to the garrison of Milan, the clergy, and the civil authorities had been permitted to pay their respects to his Majesty on the preceding day. Be tween the hours of 1 and 2 many ladies of rank were presented to the Empress. In the evening their Majesties went to the Scala Theatre. In the morning of the 17th (yesterday) the Emperor called at the palaces occupied by the Stadtholder and the Central Congregation, and afterwards inspected various public festablishmonts. At 2 o'clock there was a grand parade. " The people give an excel lent reception to their Majesties whenever they appear in public." The authorities at Milan did their utmost to secure a good reception for the Emperor, and their exertions have been successful. No great confidence can be placed in official communications on such a subject, but the behaviour of the Milanese must have been perfectly satisfactory, fer the Emperor yester day informed the Archduchess Sophia by elec tric telegraph that the reception given to himself and the Empress was extremely good. According to my informant, who obtained his intelligence at the fountain head, their Majesties were so well pleased with the Scala and its audience that they remained until the ballet was over, although the Empress was slightly indisposed. The Duke of Giulio de Melzi, who has a magnificent palace at Milan, gives a grand ball on the 24th instant, at which their Majesties will be present. ITALY. COUNT CAVOUR ON THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN RAPPROCHEMENT. The Opinione of the 16th publishes a report of the interpellations in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin on the 15th, relative to the foreign policy of the Piedmontese Government. M. Brofferio reviewed the present situation of Italy and expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the alliance with the Western Powers. M. Cavour, President of the Council, replied at some length. In the course of his speech he said : " The sad and anomalous condition of Italy has been pro. claimed in the Congress and recognised by the Powers who have urged an Italian Sovereign to improve the condition of his people. But no one thought that such counsels roust necessarily be supported by an armed force. It would have been monstrous for the Powers, scarcely out of a war which they abstained from pursuing to its legitimate advantages, to dream of entering upon a war on the question of the internal condition of other States. The diplomatic negotiations have not yet terminated ; the Chamber will therefore understand my reserve. But the difficulties arisin' out of the treaty' difficulties now happily removed, have diverted the atten tion of the Western Powers, and brought together England and Austria in a question altogether special. This rap. prochement, however, cannot be called an alliance • and I do not believe that the opinions o f th e E ng li s h dlovern. went will undergo a change, or that it will applaud the Austrian policy in Italy. As to us, we have marched firmly in one path since our accession to power. We have shown that the condition of Italy was worthy to excite sympathy, and that Italians are fit to be ruled with liberty —and we have neglected nothing in the interest of the nation's dignity and independence. The Consul at Mes sina is a Itessinese ; and, if I can rely upon my correspon• deuce, many things have been invented or exaggerated in his regard. The Consul at Palermo has served his Govern ment with fidelity, and manifested sentiments deserving of praise. I add that it is not we who encourage incomplete movements or senseless revolutionary attempts; we under• stand otherwise the regeneration of the country, and o ur policy will always be frank and loyal. So long as we are at peace with the Italian States we shall not have recourse to revolutionary agencies. Before inflaming and carry ing out revolutions we shall declare war. As to the lamentable incidents which have occurred at Naples, and of which M. Brofferio reminds us, I repudiate them emphatically, and I protest against them in the interest of Italy. (Bravos.) Such acts do not belong to the Italian party, but to the wretched and mistaken men who deserve, our pity. They ou g ht t o b e st i gmatised and condemn"! by whoever has the honour and the future of Italy at heart. (Applause.) I owe here a sincere confession to the Chamber. In politics Ido not believe in prophecies, and I have never made any. Modern history is at hand to teach us that events arise without any prevision. To make suppositions is inopportune and ridiculous. Is it wished to know our principles? It is not difficult. Since Victor Emmanuel ascended the throne, the Government has always sought to develops liberty at home, and to advance the highest welfare of Italy abroad. Su c h are th e princi plea which caused us to participate in the war, which have guided us in the Conferences, and to which we shall keep in the future. (Bravos.) But you exclaim, Where are the advantages?' Behold them. If the war and the Con" gress have not produced material results for Italy, they have at least given it an immense moral result. Beyond the Alps Italy was very severely judged. I el ) :. peal herein to all w h o h ave b een abroad, and evidence the unjust opinions of authors who have had gm' pathies for Italy, such as Byron and Macaulay. T o them Italy was a beautiful but unhappy lady, having a barbar ous and tyrannical husband, and unable to govern the family. The policy adopted by Piedmont, and the pare she has taken in the war and in the Councils of Europe, have modified public opinion. I appeal on this point to the liberal press of France, England, and Ger many, and to the opinions of those who have travelled through Europe within the last few months. To-day, with all generous hearts, an Italian or a Sardinian is be• yond the Alps an object of esteem and sympathy; he who has faith in brutal force aleroe may laugh at such a result as a trifling matter ; but it will. not be so with those who have faith in progress, public Gpinion, and the force Of ideas. (Bravos.) I know that ti;ese brief explanations will not convert the deputy Brofferio, but they will prove at least that our—l would say your—policy has not been barren. In the Congress of Paris seeds' have been so wn which will be made fruitful by time and the virtues of Italians." SHIPPING STATISTICS. According to the statement of vessels entered inward the port of London shows a decrease of 40 vessels, but an increase of 9,828 tons; thedifferenc• between 866 vessels with a capacity of 488,766 tons in 1855 ; and 826 vessels, with a capacity of 498,594 tons, in 1856. In the case of Liverpool there is au increase of 73 vessels and 77,338 tons, the arrivals in 1855 having been 261 vessels, with a capacity of 190,534 tons ; and in 1856334 vessels, with a capa city of 267,872 tons. The return for Bristol exhibits a decrease of 10 vessels and 1633 tons, the difference between 32 ve sse l s, w i th a capac i ty o f 13 , 225 tons , in 1805, and 22 vesse l s , with a capacity of 11,592 tons, in 1856. From the Clyde, the statistics shosr i a dec rease of 2 vessels and 1,011 tons, the arrivals n 1855 being 35 vessels, with a capacity of 14,721 tons ; and in 1856, 33 vessels, with a capacity of 13,710 tons. The nett increase presented by a re view ar o r f iv t a h l i s s i s n ta l t s em ss en h t av is in 2 a l b v e e e s n sel l B , a n n i d 4, 8 5 e 2 1 2 8, 3 th a capa c it y o f 707,246 tons, and u 1856 1,215 ves- G n oo v d es li se sels with a capacity of 791,7 63 tons.. The princi pal increa se i n arrivalshPs Cape been of I Hope. The Calcutta, Madras, and the The statistics of vesse ls cleared outward present in the case of the po rt o f London an increase of 5 3 vessels and 50,079 tons ; the difference between ,s co with t 1 4 0 81 1 , 681 vessels with a capacity of 431,692 tons, in 180 , and 73 4 Li v essels ver u case of n 7 c 7 r l ea t s o e ns i i s il 3 3l- 9 8 v 5 e 6 ss . el l s a a t n h d e 45,436 tons, the departures in 1855 having been 465 vessels with a capacity of 380,484 tons ; and i n 1856, 504 vessels with a capacity of 425,92 0 tons. The return for Bristol shows a decrease of Live vessels and 1,022 tons, the difference be twee'? thirteen vessels with a capacity of 7, 986 tons in 1855 . , and ei g ht vesse l s w i th a capacity o f 6 1 96 . 4 tons Lit 1 856. The fi gures f or th e Cl y d e ex hibit a decrease of three vessels, with an increase of 2,449 tons, the departures in 1855 having been 107 vessels, with a capacity of 62,899 tons, and in 1856, 104 vessels, with a capacity of 65,348 tons. The total nett increase of vessels cleared outward appears by this statement to be 84 vessels, and 96,942 tons ; the difference betwen 1,266 vessels, with a capacity of 883,061 tons, and 1,350 vessels, with a capacity of 980,003 t ons . Th e pr i nc i pa l in creaseis in the departure of vessels for Bombay, China, New South Wales, and the Cape of Good HORSE SHOE BREWERY.— Sir Henry Met]; on the ' christening of his son and heir, entertained the servant o attached to his estate at Theobald's-park to an elegant dinner on Saturday last, at his house there. SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MIIRDER.—On Monday night a man named Kealley, residing in Hill-street, Birtniflgham, committed suicide, after attempting to murder hie wife. iN RUFFICIENCY or THE POLICE.--Last evening a meet ing of the ratepayers of Paddington was held in the Vestry-hall, Paddington, to consider the present insuf ficiency of the police force for the protection of the public, in comparison with the enormous sums levied for HR maintenance. A committee was appointed to wait upon Sir G. Grey, to lay the subject before him.