The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1857, , T' rATRE r.,oYAL, DRUM LANE.— prolonged tenure of office. He had watched the Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. registries, and was fully aware that " the pear was acting m an ager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R not yet ripe —that an appeal to the country rt ox by. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley, Cho eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. would not have terminated according to his wishes. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the The deep-laid scheme succeeded, and he was nost magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her majesty's Servants will perform an placed at the head of a powerful party—which entirely new three-act Drama, encitled gave the he.m of St A.) into his hands. It was THE BLACK BOOK. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, A. Younge, G. Honey, ",fr. an instructive lesson, by which not only States- Vincent, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Lingham; Misses Cleveland and SI. Oliver, and Mrs, Selby, After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and is. • Second Circle of Boxes, I.s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2 s- 6d. • Dress Boxes, 3s. • Stalls, Ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., V. ls., 11. lls. 6d., and 2/. 25.! A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. men, but all persons feeling an interest in the welfare and happiness of the nation, may profit. It proved that the struggle should commence at the very earliest stage, that a trifling exertion in the first instance will save tenfold labour in the ultimate struggle ! We now tell the nation that the question o monetary reform is to be decided this evening. It depends on the nomination of the Select Com mittee to be appointed this day, whether the na tion shall obtain a circulating medium adequate to its wants and exigencies, or be subjected to severe trials, under which earnest men will succumb, and many tender females will see their future hopes blighted, and themselves consigned to all the horrors of pinching poverty ! Who can look forward to ten years of incessant struggling semi-penal servitude—without a shudder ? Who could patiently submit to see the fruits of his labours for that period transferred into the pockets of usurers and money-lenders, while his family are enduring bitter privations, from which they might have been exempted by timely precautions ? But all this, and more, must be endured, if the Chancellor of the Exche quer be permitted to appoint the packed Commit tee of which he has given notice. There are good men and true on that Csmmittee-men thoroughly conversant with the subject, but they will be left in a decided minority unless some changes be effected. In 1848 Lord GEORGE BEranrcK struggled earnestly for a better Committee—but in vain. Sir CHARLES WOOD achieved his object, and packed the Committee with the avowed partisans of the unjust and impolitic Act. He had even the hardihood to boast of that which would have covered with shrme any one less strongly imbued with the principles of red-tapism. We trust some inde pendent member will be found with sufficient courage to protest against the palpable trick, and endeavour to improve the constitution of the Com mittee. On that simple point the ultimate decision of the question will mainly, if not altogether de pend. If, as in 1848, the report be framed without regard to the weight of evidence adduced, its recommendations, although merely emanating from a bare majority of the Committee, will be acted on, and the nation will be condemned to a deficient currency for a further term of ten yearn. Industry may starve under an Extravagant rate of interest, that will check production and paralyse the trade and com merce of the country. The contest has begun in earnest, and the first and most important position must not be abandoned without an ear nest and determined resistance. Let a division be taken on every objectionable name. By that means, if the obnoxious member cannot be re moved, the nation will at least be apprised of the mode in which the Committee has been appointed, so as to take away the weight that would other wise be attached to its recommendations. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 1. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with (fifth time) a new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz- Followed by THE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, by Mr. Charles Dawson, his first appearance. After which (48th time) the new comic pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr. W. Callcott. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver We again tell the Times, and ita patron and friend, that the extra war tax is not 9d., but I ld. But for the legislative mistake in adopting the word ratification of the Treaty, in place of conclusion of the War, the tax would be but 51 in the nniind and that h all that the nannln will enn- The Navy Estimates for the ensuing year were yesterday presented to the House of Commons, in pursuance of the pledges to that effect given by Sir G. C. LEWIS. A vigorous economy is clearly perceptible in every line, and that, we rejoice to say, without any material abatement of the effi ciency of that very important branch of the na tional service. More than a moiety of the total cost has been shuck off at one fell swoop. The full amount of the reduction is not perceptible in the first instance, the present demand being 8,109,1681. against 15,812,12 V., the sum claimed last year. But in the present estimate the coast-guard service and naval coast volunteers are included, for which last year there was a sepa rate charge, amounting to 486,0281. ; so that the actual sum provided by the Exchequer was 16,298,0551., about a quarter of a million more than the gross receipts from the obnoxious Income Tax. The total saving will be no less than 8,188,98 V. ; so that, as every penny in the pound produces a million sterling per annum, the Chancellor of the Exchequer can afford to relin quish half of the unjust and oppressive impost on account of the navy savings alone. And when t'us reduction, even on the amended estimates, in the military and ordnance departments are taken into account, the entire saving 'in the national armaments will amount to nearly 18,000,0001. This comparison, be it remembered, is made with a year of peace, and, therefore, the entire Income Tax may be given up without any demand for a substitute ; and, if the Financial Minister be closely pressed, there is no doubt that he can, at all events, gracefully yield to the popular demand, and consent to the total repeal of the War Income Tax Acts, and fall back on the sd. in the pound provided by Mr. GLADSTONE'S Act of 1853. This is the only possible way in which he can vindicate his reputation from the stain of the "pettifogging quibble," and prove that he did not seek to take advantage of a mere oversight, which any man in private life would be ashamed to avail himself of. The Times now tells us, with an affectation of gracious condescension, that it " believes that the just wishes of the public are to be gratified, and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce to-morrow that he is prepared to relinquish the 9d. (!) in the pound of extra Income Tax, which was imposed to meet the exigencies of the war " Thank you for nothing, said the Gallipot." We are not indebted either to Sir G. C. LEWIS, or to his trusty henchman of Printing-house-square, for the concession. Had we adopted the disinterested advice of the leading journal, and considered it " scarcely worth while to talk very strongly about the Income Tax before we knew the extent of the necessary evil, and how much money was wanted," or believed that "it was equally useless to protest against any tax that happened to be galling us," we should have been complimented by Sir G. C. LEWIS, and permitted to pay the full 16d. in the ponnd, which would doubtless have been applied to pay off a portion of the public debt, or in some other way exceedingly gratifying to the Money °creep. But the People, thoroughly aroused, took the matter into their own hands. They would not believe that " the oscillations of the needle of the War Income Tax were beginning to yield to the strong attraction of 1858, and to show evidentsigns of settling down at that point in the compass." They thought it well worth their while to fight against what they were assured was their inevit• able destiny. And thus, having put forth their mighty and irresistible power, and given the Chancellor of the Exchequer a hint almost as sig nificant as that given to the intruding Irishman, who was " kicked down stairs," they have re versed their destiny, and obtained an adequate reward for their exertions. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr . Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. lumbine, Miss C. Adams. R OYAL LYCErAf THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE CAGOT. Raoul, Mr. Charles Dillon. To be followed by CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., ounded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Madera llrs. Charles Dillon Clowns Mr. H. Marshall The box-office open daily, from n. to 5, under the super ntendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties ta the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Barney Williams. Anent which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pa al Bedford will appear. • Followed by OUR GAL. Caroline Morton, Mrs. Barney Williams. To conclude with MOTHER SHIPTON ; er, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramoueh, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepheid and Creswiek. 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. THEATRE ROYAL, S ADLER'S-WELLS __ Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE CIERRV WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps; Ford, Mr. H. Marston; Page, Mr. A, Rayner ; Slender, Mr. F. Robinson ; Shallow, Mr. J. W. Ray; Evans, Mr. L. Ball • Mrs. Ford, MissM. Eburne ; Mrs. Page, Mrs. H. Marston ; Ann Page, Miss J. Marston. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. STRAND THEA.TRE.- l A.Antwer, Mr. T. Payne.—This Evening will he performed 'ME PERILS OF CRINOLINE. After which, DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Followed by VIE ANTI-GAROTTE. To csnclude with the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shama of London. The Fairy Christmas, Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Miss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Caut, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Love)., Miss Craven ; Addelp de, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, (r. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Ilarle. quisade : Clown, Miss Cnthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines. Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collisou ; Premier Danseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3 s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6a. A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. G. Vinktg and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, F.,;(1., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs, F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, St. Came, Castleton, Bromley, .Haskell, and Mrs. Melfort. Commence at half-past Seven. Messrs, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, .I.Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (first week) ROB ROY, with the origi nal music, and with effective Equestrian Illustrations and Tableans, by Mr. Wm, Cooke',* Trained Horses. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the favourite SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the equestrian comic pantomime of PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes,. from I 1., no charge for booking ; Tit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. vox -office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN - EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popula' Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &e., :—Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, It. Grover, P. Farraut, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. tie Solla, and E. L. Ilime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre c'sely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress BM), will take place on Wednesday, Feb. IS. Gentleman's thket, 7s; lady's ditto, 5s ; double ti cket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. fIIGII WATF,R, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 6 min. aft. 4 —Evening 22 min. aft. 4 To-MoillOW—litforn. 37 min. aft. 4—Evening 53 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN Omer, FEBRUARY 12. THERMOYETIII, IN THIII SHADE. 53 —highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. ,: a a. ll oinrrint ) 30 . 38—a rise of nearly half an inch ; in A m bit to frost. M. W.N.W.—Light, with fine, clear weather. 6 e t r -. I A) • , 41" r ~~ ,§llll. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1867 Sir ROBERT PEEL once declared that " the battle of the Constitution was to be fought at the Regis tries." It was a great fact, an indisputlble truth, which he proclaimed. It was not the justice of the cause which could command succesa. It was not the deter m ined energy, the unb en di ng resolu tion at th e h our o f trial, when every nerve was atra.ined to the utmost, and the coveted prize was apparently within reach, that ensured the Victory No, ‘-‘ O , it was the close and unceasing at tention to seemingly petty &tails on which the fate of parties really depended. Every favourable elector duly registered constituted a stepping stone to office. Often when phco and power seemed within his grasp, when he could have left his opponents in a decided minority, and as awned the reins of Government, he refrained. His astonished and indignant partisans murmured at his apathy and irresolution. But he was playing a deep game. He well knew that a pre mature movement, although it might have given a. temporary triumph, could not have encierpd sent to. IL is true that Major REED has, for the second time, yielded to ministerial blandishment, and refrained from pressing an incmavenient mo tion. But, notwithstanding the defection of a self-constituted leader, the fiscal reformers will proceed steadily and energetically—they will not yield a single point, without a fierce and de termined conflict. They have had convincing .proofs of the advantages to be obtained by un ceasing and determined agitation, and they will profit by the salutary lesson. Now that the reduction of the impost has been virtually accomplished their work has only begun, so far as the second phase of the question is concerned. The burden must now be more fairly and equitably apportioned. The wide dis tinction between the proceeds of accumulated and realised property, and the precarious earnings of industry must be fully and unequivocally recog nised. We must obtain justice for industry ! Now that the fiscal reformers are " well in har ness" they must not be contented with a single concession. If they only continue their exertions they will obtain a new and far more equitable assessment, that will at least approximate to something like fair play. We shall, of course, hear the Chancellor of the Exchequer. If he submits gracefully to the popular will, clearly and distinctly expressed, well ! If not, another storm must be let loose against him, from which he I will soon be anxious to crave forbearance. As we have repeatedly explained it is useless to hope thatt he impost will ever be completly surrendered. The battle may as well be fought in 1857 as in 1860 ; and were we even assured that the burden would be removed in that year there is no reason why the community should consent to gross and pal pable injustice, amounting to a complete swindle, for three years, two years, or even a twelvemonth. The game is in their own hands if they take due advantage of the golden opportunity before them. If not they will deserve the contumely with which they are treated, the robbery to which they are exposed. Let them still give " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," and no com bination of parties—no union of Whigs, Derbyites, and Aberdeenites—can long resist their just and equitable demands. It seems we are to have in all likelihood, before much longer, a visit here in London, from that very outlandish gentleman FERITKII KHAN, the Persian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary. It is very sincerely to be hoped that while FERUKH KHAN is receiving our hospitalities —such hospitalities at least as can be accorded in simple courtesy to the Ambassador from a declared foe—the war with his Imperial master may be oarried on by the British Fleets and the British Forces with the utmost vigour and determination. We cannot insist too often, or too earnestly,:upon the necessity of our Ministers ever keeping in their recollection the memorable warning against this country ever embarking again upon a Little War, pronounced some years ago by the authoritative lips of the Duke of WELLINGTON. A Little War the Duke considered, wisely and humanely considered, to be a Great Evil. It is even more than this, in truth, to our thinking. It is not only a Great Evil, but a Great Crime. It is the wanton and idle squandering to no purpose of so much blood, of so much gold, of so many lives, of so much treasure. The ravaging of a territory, the desolation of a community, the ruin of a people, the devas tation of cities, the violation of social exist ence, the profanation of the temples of Religion— all this, and more than all this—because of the merely pettifogging spirit of a parsimonious or a Llandering Administration. A new and frightful theory of war has latterly come in to the obvious, and inevitable, and enormous enhancement of the horrors naturally resulting from this blun dering and from this parsimony. It was the sys tem upon which England entered, together with France, Turkey, and Sardinia, into the late war with the legions of the Russian AUTOCRAT. The avowed system of fighting at the mouth of the cannon and of the rifle, at the edge of the sword and at the point of the bayonet, with a pre conceived and pre-announced determination, in the event of victory, not to injure or humiliate the enemy ! A monstrous system. An inhuman system. A system which is literally an incentive to battle—an encouragement to our antagonisti— a provocation to more wantan, more continuous, and more disastrous carnage. If war is to be made at all, it ought to be made thoroughly. If it originates in some glaring outrage on the part of the aggressor that outrage ought t) be expiated on his part, by his oppo nent doing him not only injury, but the ut most possible amount of injury, by his subjecting him not merely to humiliation, but to the utmost possible degree of humiliation. It was so in the old time; when men fought in earnest as we pre tend to fight, namely, in the name of Right, of Truth, and of Justice. And the wars thus fought were, what proved in their resulf - , to be the most securely productive of Peace, not simply nominal and illusory, but complete and protracted. So— for nearly half a century—the great sea fights of he world were ended with the grand and crown ing thunder-crash of Trafalgar. So—for the same interval in Europe—the great land battles of the continent closed with the tremendous can nonade at Mont St. Jean and at Hugoumont I Either the sword ought not to be drawn nt all, or, being drawn, it ought to be "driven home," in stead of being employed for the wanton effusion of human blood, and the wanton waste of human lives. If the Peace of the World is violated — that violation of the Peace of the World, with a view to its future consummation, ought, in rea son, in truth, in justice, in humanity, to be avenged. So should it be with regard to Persia. So should it have been with regard to Rus sia. So had it been in regard to Russia, we should never have heard of the stab bing of the wounded in the Crimea, of the murder of the boat's crew at 'Hango-Udd, of the cold-blooded butchery of the Turkish sailors at Sinope. All that can be learnt now in refer ence to the doings of our seamen and of our sol diers in the Persian Gulf, since the seizure of Karrak and the capture of Bushire, is that they are doing—nothing ! At the most that the Bri tish squadron has been pottering about some where in the neighbourhood of the Persian fort of Mohammarah, near the mouths of the Shatt al-Arab. Meanwhile, the SHAH, declaring a Holy War against his English assailants, and mustering his forces with "hot haste" in the in terior of his empire ! Are we ever thus to have the horrors of war aggravated by needless delays and procrastinations ? Are we ever henceforth to have the atrocity of war enhanced by beginning it with the announcement to the foe that we do not intend to bring down tipom them either harm or humiliation ? The documents we published on Saturday must satisfy all who took the trouble to examine them that, even in the affair of the Arrow, he Briti , h authorities were legally as rnorally right. Wo did apprehend at first that there might have been technical error, though the beaxad fiActoi of the case were such as to satisfy all but the devotees of routine, and to justify our Commissioner and Admiral in acting as Statesmen rather than as red tapists. We only want a little more of their decision nearer home. A brutal savage, who converts the fairest spot in Europe into a prison, till his gaols are so full that he is obliged to con- vert his victims into South American exile-colo- nisti, would, on the testimony of Lord J. RUSSELL, have been none the worse had his palace been breatened with similar treatment to that bestowed upon the " yamun" of the Canton Viceroy. It is now clear that the Arrow was both de facto and de jure a British vessel ; that the Mandarins hauled down the British sag ; that they know ingly violated the Treaty by arresting an alleged criminal otherwise than through the British Con- sal ; and that they intended a wanton insult to the British, an insult in which, but for the firm- ness of Consul, Commissioner, and Admiral, they would afterwards have gloried. It is also clear that the principal demand of the Admiral is ono which YaK has no pretence for evading ; not only by the general Treaty after the war have the British and other foreigners right of free entrance into Canton, just as into the other four ports ; but, though the right was waived for a time, the agreement with KEY-ING, YEll'S predecessor, settles that question. It was made in April 6, 1847, and states explicitly that " it is therefore now agreed that two years from this day's date, Ipitish officers and people shall have free entrance into the city." After April, 1849, therefore the savage Viceroy had no excuse for excluding us ; and the error has really consisted in allowing seven years to pass on with out enforcing the terms of the agreement. It may be very well at this distance to pretend that it would be of no advantage to our trade to insist on free intercourse with the city and the Chinese autho rities—but the fact Awes us in the face, that not only does official opinion in the East negative this conjecture, for it is no better ; but all private letters from Canton, and, above all, the merchants whose trade and p roperty su ff er b y th e proceed ings, take the directly opposite vidtv. They repre sent the natives as willing to trade with us, and ascribe all the resistance to the Tartar Govern ment, and its employing, for purposes of its own, the vilest of the rabble to injure and annoy vi l d t en w o i e l o b f e seen from the documents that the foreigners. e humiliation o t n he the want BniritiasihtemwPats tO OO m p inflict The vessels of war were at some dis tance, and present impunity was therefore certain ; but the evidence on which was founded the demand for full satisfaction , such satisfaction as should teach all the subjects of the Viceroy that he must be humbled who tt a empted to humble the British, could not well be vessel had a British Master THOMAS KENNEDY-- we have his affidavit ; the master was breakfast ing on board the lorcha Dart , fifty yards ahead of the Arrow, with JOHN LEACH , who speaks of the Dart as his vessel —we have his affidavit. Both of these persons understood a little of Chinese. Two Chinese sailors themselves, one of them be longing to the Arrow, were also examined—we have their affidavits. On the testimony of these four persons we are informed that several Chinese boats, with a con siderable number of officers and men in them, were seen to leave the Dutch Folly and near the Arrow ; that they boarded her ; that the Manda rin ordered a subordinate to haul down the Bri tish ensign from the wizen-gaff; and soon after the blue-Peter, which was flying at the foremast head, was hauled down also ; that the master, with two captains of other vessels, immediately put off to the Arrow ; and that, having bound all the others, at the master's request, the Mandarins left him two persona with the vessel. According to the Chinese sailors' statement, before the master re turned on board they pretended it was a not foreign vessel, in spite of the flag, the name painted in large characters, and the assurances of the sailors. But oven after KENNEDY came on board, they still rowed off with the men they had seizA. It will not be creditable, after this, to raise again the question of the intention of the Chinese and their Governor. The question of the ownership of the Arrow is also finally set at rest. She was the property of a colonial resident at Hong Keng ; and so far from having obtained a registry collusively or by corruption, as wa s insinuated by YEH, the whole question of ownership happened to be one of un usual notoriety. The vessel was taken from pirates ; and sold by the Chinese ; the first owner made a claim upon her after she had been pur chased, and she became the subject of an Admi ralty trial, a nd finally of an arbitration. As the result, the Mr. BLOCK referred to by YETI advanced the money to HONG AXING, the present owner of the vessel, to complete the purchase, instead of receiving it for c orrupt purposes. The treaty with China, it should. be added, expressly provides for this class of vessels being treated as British vessels, and the regulations also provide that such vessels, if they have sailed before the time of receiving the licence, are to renew it on their return. What, then, would those who wish the Tartar tillers to enforce the exclusion of Englishmen from the city and from intercourse with the Chinese have us do ? Are we to go on for another cen th e tury or two tolsrating this selfish, and, to natives, ibarbarising policy ? Is trade to be another name for submission to every degrada tion which barbarian caprice sees fit to offer ? And are the Austrians of China to glorify them selves to the natives as those who can treat the powerful " barbarians from the West." as they please ? Surely it is neither humanity nor justice, to China itself, to suffer civilisation to be rejected, snubbed, insulted, and refused intercourse by their savage and obstinate Tartar masters. For bearance to enforce the Treaty and the agreement of 1847 has only emboldened proud and obstinate Governors t 3 presume on our supposed want of courage. Their whole course of dealing with foreigners had become int derable. The Treaty had remedied all this at the other ports, and it became high time that no further insult should be tolerated. Whatever the issue, and we do not believe it can I. ve a distant one, the thanks of com mercial men are due to our Canton authorities for teaching the Chinese that English merchants, attached as they are to trade, are not prepared to lick the dust of Tartar feet. TEE LATE MR. HAYDN. ST. ANN'S SCHOOL ELECTION. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Tiles:_ " Sir,—A f ew weeks s i nce you kindly called the atten tion of the sub scr ib ers to t h e ca se of the orp han bo y of psor Mrs. Hayd n, and interested yourse lf in his admis sion into the ab ove sc h oo l . Many vo t e s have poured in consequence,in and, if you will fur ther g ive publicity to the case by ins er ti ng t h ese f 6w lines, I have little doubt that he will be elected on Friday. se As the auth or o f th e ' Dictionary of Dates," Bask of Dignities,' and other valua.bl-, works, Mr. Haydn is too well known to need any further allusion ; but, as a friend of his, I may say that he was himself a man full of the milk of human kindness,' and that his children are deserving of commiseration. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "A FitIEND Qr ga. 11A7D:r8,7 !' Feb. 11. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. DOWNPATRICK. The polling booths were opened yesterday morn ing at 8 o'clock, and shortly after that hour the agent of Mr. Johnstone raised a technical objection to the registry of votes. The assessor stated that the objection could only be decided by a Committee of the House of Commons. One was then re corded for Mr. Johnstone ; for Mr. Ker there were 137 votes polled. BANDON. The nomination of candidates took place on Wed nesday. The Hon. Captain Bernard was proposed by Mr. Sullivan, and seconded by Mr. Threslian. Mr. W. Shaw was proposed by Mr. Richard All man, and seconded by Mr. Heron. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Shaw. The polling takes place on Friday. The meeting was of an extremely noisy and up roarious character. PUNCH AND TBE WAR TAX. " Descend ye nine I" Was ever a greater liberty taken with the grand old poetic invocation ? This certainly is the age of irreverence if it be the age of " we'll stand no nonsense " also. There is this to be said for our contemporary, if.he is irreverent it is with good purpose and to beneficial account. The cartoon for the week represents John Bull " up" for punishment, and Lewis with a cat-o'-nine-tails pendant as whipper in,. Poor John, maugre his fat ribs, looks suffering and exhausted enough to occasion the interference of the gay and sprightly " Pam," the surgeon in attendance, who, "sprig a' mouth," and watch and pulse in hands, and with the oddest expression of devil-may-care pity, dashed with scepticism in the world, exclaims to Lewis, who is about to strike, "Stlp Timis ! He's had enough." Descend ye nine ! STRAND THEATRE. The fortunes of this little theatre are decidedly in the ascendant, and Mr. Buckingham's new comic drama, "Don't Lend your Umbrella," may be pronounced one of the greatest dramatic hits of the season. The acting is excellent throughout. Setting apart Mathews, it would be difficult to find a better representation of Bird- Faye than Mr. 17.1inloch, whose performance must greatly enhance his already established reputation. Mr Clarke is quaintly humorous as Quill, and Miss Percy gives much promise of future excellence. Nor must we forget Miss Craven, whose Lucy gives us ample reason to pre dict for her a brilliant professional career. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 12. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. His Royal Highness afterwards rode out on horse back, accompanied by the Prince of Wales. The Princess Alice rode in the riding-house. Prince Arthur and the younger Princesses took a car riage drive. All the visiting company left the Castle in the fore noon, viz., the Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Coun tess Spencer, the Earl of Westmoreland, General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and Colonel Francis Sey mour, C.B. Lady Churchill has succeeded the Duchess of Welling ton as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Sir Charles Wood gave a dinner to the Cabinet Minis tore, last evening, at his residence in the Admiralty. All the Ministers were present except Lord Panmure. The Hon. E. F. Leveson Gower, M.P., an d L ady Margaret Leveson Gower have arrived at their residence in Stratton-street for the season. We regret to announce the premature demise of the Rev. Robert T. Wilberforce, late Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, which took place on the 3d inst., at Albano, in the vicinity of Rome, from an attack of gastric fever. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Fell, the Chief Clerk of the Marylebone Police Court, which took place last night at his residence in Camden-town. It is said that the office of Civil Lord at the Board of Admiralty, at present held by Sir Robert Peel, is to be abolished. Mr. Edward W. Cox, of the Western Circuit, has been appointed Recorder of the boroughs of Falmouth and Heleton, vice Mr. C. Bevan, appointed County Court Judge for Cornwall. CHURCH RATES.—The amount received as Church rates in England from Ea=ter, 1853, to Easter, 1854, was, as reported to the Government, 465,000/. The sum spent was 448,0001., and the sum borrowed 313,0001. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT (PACKET SERVICE ) —The estimate for this year is 965,064/., being an increase of 200,0001., as compared with the estimate of last year. THE GLASGOW CRIMEAN TROPIIIES.—The guns pre sented to Glasgow by Government have now arrived ; each of them weighs more than three tons.—Edinburgh Daily Express. Yesterday, at the Judges' Chambers, Dugdale, the publisher, who is an inmate of the Queen's Prison, and who was indicted at the instance of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, made an application to be admitted to bail by giving sureties for 1001, instead of 3001., as ordered by the judges. A summons was issued on the society to show cause why the proposal should not be accepted. Mn. 11173IPHREY BROWN, M.P.—A public dinner is to be given to Mr. Brown, at the Plough lon, Tewkes bury, on the 23J, at which a silver candelabra is to be presented to him. It is said that explanations relative to the Royal British Bank are to be given, which will satisfy the world that the hon. gentleman is " more sinned against than sinning." CANADIAN AND WEST INDIA MAlLS.—Liverpool. The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's screw steamer Indian left the Mersey yesterday at noon, for Portland, Maine, U.S., with the mails for Canada, United States, and Jamaica. The Indian also takes out 30 cabin and 7 steerage passengers, and a large cargo. NEW ENCLOSURE BlLL.—Yesterday a Government hilt in the House of Commons was printed to enclose 25 places. EMIGRATION.—The Munster News is informed that the desire to emigrate to the gold regions is rapidly extend ing throughout districts of Kerry bordering on Munster. MR. LEE, M.P.—Mr.Lee, one of the respected repre sentatives of Maidstone, is at present suffering from a severe attack of lumbago, which confines him to his room, and will, we fear, prevent his attendance in his place in Parliament for the next week or ten days. VESSEL LAUNCHED BROADSIDE ON.—On Wednesday morning the Bristol Packet, built by Mr. Cook for the Messrs. Burton, Newport, wharflogers. was launched from the yard on the east side of the Usk, "broadside on," dropping from the cradle about six feet to the water. This vessel is about 80 tons, and is designed for the Newport and Bristol carrying trade, Bristol Mercury. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT STRATFORD, IN ESSEX.—Last night, about seven o'clock, a fire, which at one period threatened the most disastrous results, broke out in the works of Messrs. Davey and Co., situate is Marsh-gate. lane, Stratford, adjoining the Eastern Counties Railway. A serious amount of property was destroyed, the outer side of the Eastern Counties Railway considerably da maged, but fortunately not to such an extent as to cause any detention of the trains. CAMBRIDGE, Feb. 11.—The Vice-Chancellor having appointed Tuesday next, the 17th instant, for the elect tion of public orator, gives notice to the members of the senate that the hours of polling will be from ten o'clock in the afternoon to one, from two in the afternoon to four, and from eight in the evening to nine. MINING ACCIDENT,—By accounts received from Mel bourne, we learn that Mr. George Bill Thornhill met his death in October last, while ascending from a quartz mine, which he had been inspecting. When near the top of the pit part of the machinery gave way, and he was precipitated to the bottom. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. Fox AND HitionsoN. At the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, yester day, Messrs. Fox and Henderson, contractors and en gineers, of the London Works, Snsethwick, and of Lime house, were duly adjudicated and surrendered as bank rupts. The recent judgment of the French Court, it is stated, did not precipitate this step, but was resolved upon by one of the inspectors, in consequence of an Eng. lish creditor to the amount of 15,0001. refusing to tsign the deed of inspection made in November last. The meetings are fixed for the 24 and 30th of March. Mr. Coleman, of London, is to prepare the accounts. T he Court allowed the bankrupts 101. p er week eac h untile passing. THE MILITARY OUTRAGE AT THE CHATHAM POST OFFICE.—The Postmaster-General, on being made ac quainted with the particulars connected with the recent outrage at the Chatham P os t- o ffi ce by a party of the mili tary belonging to that garr i son, immediately ordered an official investigation into the circumstances, and this morn ing Mr. J. H. Newman, the Post -office surveyor, ail l arrive at Chatham for the purpose o f commencing th e inquiry. Mr. Dadd i s recovering fro m the effects of the injuries he sustained in his encounter with the soldiers, and on Tuesday was sent for to a tt en d aga i n at the bri gade-major's o ffi ce, Chat ham Barracks , for the purp ose of giving hi m an opportunity of identifying any of his assailants. Mr. Randall, of the Mitre Hotel, who bad several of bis windows broken, and Franklin, the sailor, belonging to her Majesty's ship hie, who was stabbed by one of the soldiers, were al o in attendance by order of Colonel Eden, for the purpose of identifying any of the soldiers who are under arrest on suspicion of having been engaged in the outrage. Of the seven soldiers in custody four have been already recognised, and on this occasion the other three men, who Ivilong to the 70th Regiment, we re p ara d e d w i th several other prisoners,to see if either o f th., w i tnesses could identify them, but they were unable to do so. A report of the outrage has been made to the authorities at the Horse Guards, but it is not yet decided what course will bo adopted, LATEST NE WS. A letter from Teheran to the 3d January, via Russia, states that Issa Khan, who governed the town of Herat in the name of the Shab, after having defended it against the Persian troops, has been assassinated by an Affghan. Sine() the taking of Bushire the English have attempted nothing. A squadron had appeared of Port Mohammaree, at the mouth of the Shat-al-Arab. The garrison were ordered to resist. Our latest advices from Naples state that the King remains shut up at Caserta. The people are gloomily silent. The police form the only visible Executive Government. There are ru mours, but their source is not traceable, of serious tumults in Sicily. . Tke opening of the Hanoverian Chambers took place yesterday (Feb. 11). The Count de Kielmansegge, Royal Commis sioner, read the opening Speech, which announced that the elections had been favourable to the Go vernment, and afforded ground to hope for a so lution of the financial difficulties. A letter from St. Petersburg confirms what has been stated with respect to the instructions gives to M. de Kokockine, Russian Minister at Naples, to the effect of insisting on the necessity of a mo dification being introduced into the internal policy of the kingdom. The representations of the Rus• sian Ambassador are to be supported by Baron de Canitz, Prussian Minister at the Neapolitan capital. Accounts from Bucharest of the 2d state that the Austrians troops in the neighbourhood were making preparations to depart, but that fer the moment no idea of moving could be entertained, as the cold was intense, whilst the high grounds were too deeply covered with snow to permit the transport without a heavy loss of artillery and baggage. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. By imperial decree, Baron de Pierres, equerry to the Empress, has been appointed first equerry to her Majesty, and the Marquis de Lagrange, equerry to the Emperor, has been appointed equerry to the Empress. BOURSE, Feb. 11.—The following were the las' quotations : Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 10 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,100 Roman 4 Credit Mobilier 1,340 Austrian Belgian Fives .. 994 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9O 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. End of Month. —fr. —c. 68 40 ____ fr. C. fr C Orleans 1,365 Western Northern 925 Strasburg Lyons 1,375 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,745 Grand Central Lyons Geneva — Toste Cotte 770 Austrian Cuni. ...... 765 P ARMA. The Parma Gazette, of the sth, gives an account of the departure of the Austrian troops from that city. The officers of the Parmese troops accompa nied. them to some distance. Two days before their departure, the Duchess Regent, in company with the young duke, reviewed them on the Piazza del Pallazzo Reale, on the invitation of Gen. Baron Baumgarten, their commander. After the review her Royal Highness received the officers of the staff, whom she afterwards entertained at her table, the banquet being followed by a splendid ball. The duchess conferred several decorations of the Order of St. Louis and of the Constantinian Qrder of St. George on the chief officers of the Austrian batta- Hoc DENMARK. The Lower Chamber of the Diet of Denmark had adopted a bill relative to the redemption of feudal estates held on leases renewable for ever by hereditary tenants. A telegraphic despatch from Copenhagen announces that the Upper Chamber has rejected, on the third reading, the bill in ques tion. The Chamber also voted a declaration to the effect that it confides to the Danish Government the care of adopting ulterior measures on the subject. SPAIN. , The Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. It was said that the electoral committee of the Pro gressists had resolved to complain to the governor of Madrid of certain irregularities committed in the electoral lists. A great quantity of snow had falle n in Castillo and Burgos. In the latter province bands of wolves were prowling about and attackinc, men and animals. Robberies of churches were frequent in all parts of the country. A letter from Cuba states that the Spanish fleet on that station was about to leave for Mexico, where some Spanish subjects had been insulted and wronged. M. Ordonez, Governor of Barcelona, has been dismissed. General Zapatero, the captain-general, will fill the functions ad interim. Baron de Brunow artived at Berlin on the Bth, to assume his post as Russian ambassador. A Warsaw correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette writes :—" Great preparations are being made for the reception of the Emperor Alexander. The day of his arrival is not yet fixed, but it will p ro b a bly be before th e expiration of a fortnight." --- The E mperor of Austria has, by imperial decree, raised the town of Monza, which constitutes one of the sub ur b s of Milan, to the rank and title of a royal city, with all the privileges thereto attached. In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium on Monday, M. de Nayer, vice-presi dent, who presided, read a letter from Count W. de Merode, announcing the death of his father, Count Felix. THE NAVAL ESTIMATE'. The navy estimates for the service of the year 1857-58 were issued yesterday. They are comprised in seven teen distinct votes, and amount in all to the fium of 8,109,1681. This is a net decrease of 7,702,959/, upon those of last year, which were 15,812,1271. If, how ever, we take into account the sum of 486,0281., which was last year voted in the estimates for the Revenue Departments, the decrease becomes 8,188,987/. The following is an abstract of the estimates 2,23 vi 5 43) CO 2.1 ••'• In c re age. Decrease. 2 ,146:333 833,922 134,217 198,153 63,091 152,224 178,150 4,109 452,b39 333,416 12,798 3,277 11,071 306.774 1,605,050 326.024 3 ,162,482 4 ,758,918 884,390 1,395,450 678,415 40,000 76,722 6,584,720 691,603 478,163 147,682 7,902,163 207,000 8,109,183 8,109,168 Wages to seamen and marines.... Victuals for ditto..." ..... Admiralty Office Coast Guard service and Royal Na val Coast Volunteers Scientific branch Her Majesty's establishments at home .. .... .• • • Her Majesty's; , establishments abroad ..... ................. Wages to artificers, &c., employed her Majesty's establishments at . • • Wage to artificers, &c., employed in her Majesty's establishments Naval stores, &c., for the building and repair of ships, &c. •••• • • • New works, improvements, and repairs in the yards, &c •• • Medicin a and medical stores • • . • Miscellaneous services Total for the effective service.. Ralf-pay, reserved half-pay, and Retirement to officers of the Navy and Royal Marines • • . • • • • • • • • • Military pensions and allowances.. Civil pensions and allowances . • • • Total for the naval service.. • • FOR THE SERVICE OF OTHER DE PARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT. Army and ordnanca departments (C onv eyance of troops), [voted in a separate estimate last year] • • Total .• ••• •• •• •• • ,rd service voted Addl=C-oast Gua__ last year in the estimates for the revenue departments .......... Grand total ......•••••• kItLIS WOOD. Yet De- crease • • ..7,702,959 •• . 486,028 Decrease, 8,188,987 BOBEIT PZEL. Admiralty, Feb. 4, 1357. The estimate for the Post-office Department (packet service) for the year 1857-58, separated from the navy estimates, but prepared by the Naval Department, is 065,064/., being a reduction of 208,6774 AMERICA. -- LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain Small, arrived iu the river this morning, from Boston and Halifax, with the usual mails, 50 passengers, a full cargo, but no spec e. She left Boston a. 10 on the 29th, arid Halifax at 1.25, on the 31st ult. The Arabia, from this port, was at Halifax on the 29th, and the Arago, from Havre, at New York, on the 28th ult. Owing to the severity of the weather, the bar brim. of Boston was covered with ice, and a passage had to be cut through it for a distance of eight miles before the America could proceed to sea. The ice was two feet thick, and employed 300 persons to make the channel. A number of steam-vessels were also engaged. The merchants of Boston were at the expense of the operation. The America ap pears to have suffered considerable damage, having a large quantity of copper torn from her hull and many of her paddle-floats broken and carried away. It wag just 13 years before when a passage of two miles had to be cut for the Britannia steam-ship of the same line to enable her to proceed to sea from Boston harbour. The Hon. Preston S. Brookes, of South Caro lina, the senator who, it will be recollected, caned Mr. Sumner, died at Washington on the 27th He had been confined to his bed for two days, suffering from a severe cold. Ha was telling his friends he had passed the crisis of his illness'and felt consider ably improved in health, when he was seized with the croup, and died in about ten minutes after wards. His end was intensely painful. In the House of Representatives, on the 27th ult. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the Committee of VVays and Means, reported a modified tariff bill. It embraced the following features :—Schedule 5, 10 and 15 per cent. of the act of 1846, with few exceptions, are transferred to the free list • the 40 per cent. schedule, principally spices, is also, with the exception of a few items, carried to the free list, which reduces the revenue about 6,000,00 0 dollars ; the 100 per cent. schedule, spirits, is brought down one-half, and sugar, molasses, lead, salt, wool, and hemp are put at 10 per cent., re ducing the revenue about 7,000,000 dollars. Iron, cotton, woollen, and silk manufactures are retained as now. The old 20, 25, and 30 per cent. sche dules are not materially changed, but some item in them are carried to the free list. The direct reduction of the revenue annually will be about 13,000,000 dollars, which it is supposed will be in creased some millions by the effects of the measure in substituting home manufactures for those im ported. In the House of Representatives the Submarine (European and American) Telegraph Bill had been referred to a committee of ways and means. The Post-office Committee of the House of Re presentatives had reported in favour of lines of mail steamers between New York, West Indies, and Brazils, New York and Gluckstadt, via Rot terdam, and Panama and Valparaiso. CALIFORNIA. The steam-ship California Illinois arrived at New York on the 28th, with Californian dates to the sth, and 1,170,000 dols. There was nothing ex citing from San Francisco. Business was extremely dull. Rates were unchanged. The arrivals of gold-dust from the interior were increasing, but were scarce. Messrs. Cook, Folger, and Co., and A. J. Downer had failed. Revolutionary measures are in progress at Card thagena and Bogota, the object being to form a Federal Government, and upset the Orsina Admi nistration. The Panama Herald notices the arrival in that city of Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the West India Royal Mail Steamship Company, for the purpose of making the preliminary arrangements for opening an Australian steamship line in con' flexion with that company. - The British steamer Thames arrived at Aspin wall, January, 19, from Greytown, bringing 35 of Walker's men, who were transferred to the steamer Grenada, which left immediately for Greytown to receive the Filibusters brought out by the Texas and James Adger, and convey them to lie ( Orleans. Walker had evacuated Rivas, and was at St• George's, surrounded by the allies, who had offered him terms of surrender, and as he was cut off iron! , his supplies, it was hourly expected that he would surrender. It was reported that the steamer Sierra Nevad° bad been captured by the Costa Ricans. Advices from Callao are to Dec. 26, and Valp ( a) raise', Dec. 16. Th e C onsular Convention bee tween Chili and the United States had been sign by the representatives of the two countiies. Two Ministers from Costa Rica were expect ed in Chili, to organise, jointly with Chili and Per u ' in opposition to Fillibustero invasion. The rove" lution had become general, General Vivanco hav ing obtained possession of every port on the coas t, ex,ept Callao. Re had issued a proclamation as Su preme Chief of Petu, annulling the decree 0 ; President C ast i lla, which suspended the paymce of interest on the national debt. Several Fillib usters were arrested at New York on the 28th, including Colonel Fabens, Alexander Lawrence, the Nicaraguan colonisation agent, both of whom were ordered to find bail in 3,000 clonal* and on their refusal were committed to prison. COMMERCIAL. NEW iORY, JAN. 2s. Money is in increased supply, and ratev, though uO. changed, tend downwards. The stock market wi ll lower with only a moderate business done. Exchang e on Europe quiet, and rates nominal. London (60 liar" 1084 to 108,1. Paris 5.21 k to 5.224. Ashes heavy. Pots 3 dols. 371 c. to 7 dols. 50c. Pearl , 7 dols. 62c. to 7 dols. 70c. Cotton dull and heavy. sales 900 bales. Breadstuffs.—Flour sc. lower on common ; con3lo ll to straight state, 6 dols. 30c. to 6 dole. 45 0 . Obi* extra, 6 dole. 75c. to 7 dols. Wheat steady, but qu ie t Southern red, 1 dol. 50c. for common. Indian tors lower ; mixed, 70c. to 71c. Provisions.—Pork better ; old mess, 20 dole. ; nels 21 dols. 25c. Beef firm, and lard buoyant. Iron firm. Scotch pig, 30 dole. for 6 months. Freights steady. To Liverpool—cotton, ad. ; 7d, to 70. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27.—Cotton.—Sales to-01 12,000 bales, at iv:changed rates. CHARLESTON, Jan. 27.—Cotton.—Market depresse d ° and prices weak. Sales, 13,000 bales. • LATEST LY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFO, FIRST DESPATCH. NEW YORK, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 30 ' Arr;ved yes' erday the steamers Arago, NewYorieci Vigo, and Clyde. $1,200 ,000 have been rece i v e from California since Tuesday. NEW ORLEANS, EVENING 28. Sales of cotton to-day, 18,000 bales ; quotation, stiffer, but n o t a l tered. Middling Orleans quo t ed 121 c. to 124 c. NEW ORLEANS, EVENING 29' vit Sales to-day, '7,000 bales ; latest news fr°' Europe being per Arago. Market unchanged. SEQOND DESPATCH. NEW YORK, P.M. 30. .. Money market to-day rather easier. Exchavr 1 —New York on London, firmer, 1081 to 108' the rate at New Orleans on Lond o n b e i ng 10 ; , ' gi This cotton market is active and buoyant. ,* dling Orleans, 13fc. middling uplands, 12/0% . ; 13c. Flour declined sc. to 15c. as to qualii).' Corn declined Ic. Wheat unchanged. LIVERPOOL. The Liverpool and PhiladelP lll : l 4 Company's screw-steamer sailed from the Mer yesterday for New York direct, with a large and able cargo, and a fair compliment of passengers. 0 1. IMPORTANT TO BENEFIT SOOIRTIES.—At the. 1 06 .. d vency Court, yesterday, William Hawkes, late land lo 7 of the Old Mermaid Public House, in Ch urc h-stre o ; H ac kney, applied under the Prot ec ti on A c t . He fo opposed by the trustees of the Stau nc h B r it ons Be°4 / 1 Society. The complaint was, th a t th e i nso l ven t ea . been treasurer of the society which was h e ld a t his bon e o l and bad appropriated to his own purposes the en ni t he 28/. 3s. 7d., which was placed in his hands to pal ;he sick members. The Commissioners recommended, 'i f , insolvent to make some arranement with the 5001 e t at Av vent t t i h s e G u s Tdepartedv,complaintthiswcitßhiunztT py r. _o c t a eA s e e tti was otnh. for a breach o f t 0 1 1 , the final order must be adjourned sine die. The jo ts f th° county magistrates at Horncastle e , Nle:rtt meeting e L e i t n ie c g olu o ; b r h befornsinMartin, wife of Robert Martin, trundle- b° ; gsby ; their servant man, named John GO /f ilb and a farm lad, named Thomas Daft, were charged w oo , an assault upon Eliza Tait, servant to the female d e t - . 0 &tut, under t h e f ollowing circumstances :—Tbe plai t : i t' I had lived in Mrs. Martin's service since May last. - e d. had been subjected to continual ill-usag e. On the Sl o e nesday p rev i ous to the hearing, having committed trifling f au l t, the mistress directed the servant•in° bleb boy t o t a k e her into the washhouse and beat her, Woof they did in an indecent manner, and for which,. were reward e d w ith a p i n t o f ale each. On the O f t he ing Saturday the girl, not having washed oue ° first men's slaps to her mistress's satisfaction, viA g beaten with the slop, and then beaten in the Bann s ods ner as before by the man and boy. Not satiefiea_ op ecl this, they took her into the yard, and, having et; r her, the man held her on the gtindstone t he boy turned the handle unt;l the skin was torn or!loudent extent of four inches by two. The female de _Aril. was present a t th e ti me , an d l aug hed at the Poo r aoo o shrieks under the torture. The latter ran hom e un der as she could ge t awa y, a n d was immediately Pi lb the hands of a doctor. The Bench warmly esp 6/.• their dis g u s t a t the outrage and fined the w on ' ° d a •' the servant man dd. and the boy 11 . soc, including costs. The indignation of the persops!diet around the court was so great that the female d efe rs ..ef t he bad to be escorted to the lock-up by the poli c e, to people yelling and hooting after her, and thre atvg duck her in the river. 182,259 3,146,279 218,441 25,420 53,383 36,182 56,530 13:250 25,500 16,200