The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening . Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform an entirely new three-act Drama, entitled THE BLACK BOOK. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, A. Yonne, G. Honey, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Lingham; Misses Cleveland and M. Oliver, and Mrs. Selby. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, Ed. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. • First Circle of Boxes, 29. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, los. 6d., I'. is., 11. us. Gd., and 21 . 2 s- A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. ?THEATRE ROYAL, H AYMARKET. THIS EVENING , t o commence at Seven, with (fourth time) a new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Ur. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz wil lam. Followed by A FAMILY FAILING. After which (47th time) the ne w 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 Milano.M. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny , Mr. Driver Wright ; Pantaloon , M r . Macka y ; and Clown ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed A MIDSITMMER 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. Milne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams. R OYAL LYCEUI'.I THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed the tragedy o; OTHELLO. Othello, 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., minded 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 bf Mr. F. Fenton. Miss Woo'gar ..Mr. J. L. Toole ~.Mrs. Charles Dillon ~.Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall The box-office open daily, from ll to 5, under the super utendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. Conrad (the Corsair) Birbarto (his lieutenant) Med ora Clowns T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY. Me:issa, Mrs Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. I Followed by THE IRISH TUTOR. Dr O'Toole, Mr Barney Williams. To conclude with MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (k 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, Mi ss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, dic. 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 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 Fa mily; Columbines, Mesdimes Marie and Agnes. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps; Ford, Mr. 11. Marston; Page, Mr. A. Rayner; Slender, Mr. F. Robinson ; Shallow, Mr. J. W. Ray; Evans, Mr. L. Ball ; Mrs. Ford, :Kiss M. Eburne; Mrs. Page, Mrs, H. Marston ; Ann Page, Miss J. Marston. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. RA new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Plana& Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Mir'wall, St. Canso, Castleton, Bromley, Haskell, SP(I M rs . Melfort. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (first week) ROB ROY, with the origi nal music, and with effective Equestrian Illustrations and Tableaux, by Mr. Wm, Cooke's Trained Horses. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the favourite SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the equestrian comic pantomime of PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK. Commetes at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. tiox•oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-rowt— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., via.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. longhman., R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. roni Senor Antonio M, de Sella, and E. L. (lime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Hackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Gentleman's ticket, 7s; lady's ditto, ss; double ticket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. BIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT—Morn. 35 min. aft. 3—Evening 41 mia. aft. 3 T4-Mointow—Morn. 6 min. aft. 4—Evening 22 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN 07710 E, FEBRUARY 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53 --highest since noon yesterday. 44 --lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. &MS ier Nu, 2912. WIND, W.N.W.—Light, with fine, sunshiny weather. 5....._‘-y,,> '''..-79:r7:',:;-' :':.--:'1737:-- ' ' -''::::---%".. k:..."5-- 4 l'" `,.....)._ e i___,_•, ci, ( . 4-4 C- 47 j.(1 7 , , ' - ? -. ...',F, ----",1 c-}.4)34,1,,. I L i , ON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 17 Mr. DISRAELI last night eret3red into personal explanations respecting the allegations which be had put forward 94 klie subject of an alleged Secret Treaty between France and Austria, by which the former guaranteed t) the latter the integrity of her Italian possessions against foreign fue or domestic disturbance, and which at the time received a prompt said unqualified contra diction from the First Lord of the Treasury. We Gannet feel surprised that the Right Honouralle Gentleman was desirous of taking the earliest op portunity of setting himself right with the House, and vindicating his reputation from the imputa tion of being either a knave or a fool—a hold "romancer," who invented or guessed at matters, or a dupe who eagerly swallowed the canards im posed on his credulity as unquestionable facte. He w as bound to show that hi s s t atements had that reasonable foundation which might justify a prudent and cautious man in puttin g it forward in his place in Parliament, knowing that it would be wafted on the wings of the Press throughout the length and breadth of the heel. If sustained it Would have a ver y d a maging effect on H er MA JESTY'S Government, affx ng the brand of dupli city to their conduct. It could not, of course, be supposed that the Right Hon. Gentleman could now obtain access to official documents which would establish his position. It was sufficient if he had trustworthy evidence to sustain his alle gatione. That be felt himself to be in the right is proved by the fact that he but night repeat e d his aseextions with additional circumstances, giving even the very date of the alleged Treaty, w hi c h he declared to have been executed on the 22d of December, 1854, with the full knowledge and concurrence of Her MAJESTY'S Government. It is true that he did not disclose the name of his THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1857. informant, so that the House might judge for itself whether the authority was as unexceptionable as the Right Honourable Gentleman declare' it to be. But in that secrecy he was certainly justified. Many things of a similar description are referred to, as well by the members of the Government as of the Opposition, with a like reserve as t. the 301.11C33 of information. Ho only stated that it came from " no French authority or quad tn.." Some guess may possibly be made as to the quiver from which the shaft was drawn. But, of course, no party can act on such suspicions. The only point, so far as Mr. DISRAELI is concerned, being, was it one to which be might accord implicit cre dence Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, repudiated any in tention of casting the slightest imputation on " the honour, candour, or judgment" of the Right Honourable Gentleman—all he questioned was his "credulity." Tho circumstances referred to by • Mr. DISRAELI, however, elicited the real st ate of •iffairs. It appears that when Austria was coquetting with the Western Powers, and holding out the strongest expectations of arraying herself on their side in the just and necessary contest in which they were engaged, expectations which, it is needless to say, were never destined t 3 be realised, she sought to elicit the intentions of France respecting the course she would pursue in the event of certain possible events taking place in Italy. This was not, however, an assurance that France would not take advantage of her withdrawal of the Austrian troops to molest her in Italy. There was a great deal more re quired by the Cabinet of Vienna, and assented to by that of Paris. There was the additional and very import tnt stipulation that "if Austrian armies joined those of France and England, and during the war disturbances should break out in Italy, whatever French force might be in Italy should act in concert with the Austrian forces for the purpose of maintaining, not the Aus trian possessions, but the general state of ter ritorial possessions in It -lily." This makes the case even worse than had been supposed, for it might have occurred that France would have been obliged to defend BOMBA himself against his justly indignant subjects. The Convention—for it was a Convention, not a Treaty, although the distinc tion is not very important —was never signed, inasmuch as Austria never gave the preliminary and indispensable condition, viz., the alliance offensive and defensive with the Western Powers against Russia. It was, therefore, a nudum pactum, which was completely felled to the ground. It appears, however, that there was sufficient to justify Mr. DISRAELI'S assertions, and we may thank the Right Honourable Gentleman for eliciting information as to one portion of the price that was to have been paid for Austrian co-operation, if that power had thought proper to verify the anticipations for which she gave ample grounds. We may, therefore, feel thankful that Austria never joined our standard, and that she has now no possible claim to French or English support in respect to her Italian provinces, or the general state of territorial possessions in Italy. The dis pute between the Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Gentleman was something like that respecting the gold and silver shield in the old fable, where both had foundation for their assertions, and both were partly right and partly wrong, each believing himself to be accurate in every point. The Chancellor of the Exchequer last night nominated certain gentlemen whom he proposes to serve on the Select Committee to inquire and report in reference to the proposed renewal of the Bank Charter Act?. The names are as followp, viz .. -- " The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Dis raeli, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Gild stone, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Malins, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hildyard, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Stirling, Mr. P. Urquhart, Mr. J, L. Ricardo, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Cayley, Sir F. Baring, Mr. M. T. &nab, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Fergus." We cannot say that we are by any means satis fied with the constitution of the proposed committee. It will be seen that many of them are the most strenuous advocates of the Act of 1844, who are already committed on its behalf. Sir G. C. LEWIS has fully expressed his own views in favour of the Act for a further term of ten years, with out change or alteration of any kind. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. W. BECKETT, Mr. J. L. RICARDO, and Sir CHARLES WOOD, voted in the majority of the late Committee, that "the laws for regulating the issues of Bank notes did not aggravate the com mercial distress iu England in the year 1847 ;" and Mr. JAS. WILSON, although one of the most competent persons to deal with the subject, is bound to support the views of Ministers. He cannot, therefore, be expected to take that independent part or lead in the exami nation of witnesses by which he so greatly distinguished himself in 1848, and to which he owes his appointment as Joint- Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. HANKEY, Mr. WILKINSON, Mr. URQUHART, and, if we are not mist iken, some of the other Members, have already expressed their views in favour of the Government prDposition. The committee, as nominated, can not be considered as fairly or impartially consti tuted; nor will its decisions carry with them the weight which the vast importance of the subject requires. We should certainly desire to see a greater number of intelligent men not committed on either side, who may, without prejudice or bias, judge of the evidence that may he obtained. Unless there be some modification the report may be regarded as a " foregone con clusion." We trust that the House for the sake of its honour may scrupulously ex ►mine the el rims and antecedents of every Member ap pointed to serve, and that the result may be alike creditable t ) themselves and beneficial to the mercantile and manufacturing community, and t the industrious classes generally, whose interests are so greatly involved in obtaining a circuating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the nation. The Lord Chancellor last night introdaced his promised measures on the impoitint and int ,rest ing subject of the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts. They relate to three matters, perfectly distinct in themselves—nut having the slight.st connection the one with the ether, and there fore only joined so far as the tribunal.; by which trey were decided are concerned. First comes the Test ►mentary Jurisdiet'on, on which there aro no less nail three measures Pending before Parliament, and the no less im portant propositions submitted by the Committee of the Law Amendment Society. The second re lates to matrimonial jurisdiction —a matter on fwhich prompt and comprehensive legislation is imperatively required, and the third to Church discipline. For the present, we &hall merely ob serve on the first branch, on which we already expressed our views at some length at the litter end of last month. We fear that Lord CRAI•TWORTH'S measure will not at all times satisfy the country. I t is in every respect inferior to any of those already in troduced. In fact, it takes the very worst points from the bills of the Attorney-General, Sir F. KELLY, and Mr. COLLIER, and therefore pro voked the just animadversion of Lords LYND HURST, CAMPBELL, and BROUGHAM, who pointed out clearly and distinctly some of the manifold ob jections to the measure in its present form. It possesses, in fact, but one redeeming feature, being the total and immediate abolition of that " aged vice and grey iniquity," the Preroga tive Court, which will be entirely got rid of with out a single vestige remaining of its existence. As to the New Court, it will be neither more nor less than a branch of the Court of Chancery, with all its notorious evils. We fully concur with Lord CRANWORTH in the reasons which induced him to abstain from placing Sir JOHN DODSOK at the head of the Court. It is not, of course from any doubt as to the high qualifications of that eminent civi lian, for whom we entertain a high respect. But had he been appointed judge, it would have been merely the resuscitation of the obnoxious tribunal under another name. The appointment of a Vice-Chancellor, however, will be virtually a transfer to the Court of Chancery of the entire proceedings. As Lord LYNDHURST truly declared, the new tribunal will be, in all but its designation, an adjunct of the Court of Chancery, its practice and adminis tration will be the same as that which has elicited the remark that no sane man would acid to the jurisdiction of that Court. This is chiefly for the sake of effecting a paltry *saving of some 5,6001., a point which even the most enthusiastic advocate for economy and retrenchment would consider of the most trivial importance in such matters. The Noble -Lord proposes that all testimony respecting disputed facts shall be viva voce—an additional reason, we submit, why a Vice-Chan cellor who is not accustomed to that mode of eliciting truth will be completely at fault. Having no experience to guide him as t a the mode in which the witness may give his testimony, his demeanour and manner may throw light on the subject. Although as desirous as any per son can possibly be for retrenchment i❑ every respect, we feel that in the present instance it would be a penny-wise-and pound-foolish economy, that would subject the unfortunate suitors to great practical inconve nience, and which might in many cases lead is a failure of justice. In non-contentious or common form business his Lordship proposes that the proctors should retain their monopoly, while in disputed matters the business is thrown open to the whole legal profession. We must say that we cannot see the slightest possible reason for this distinction. Why should. exclu sive privileges be retained in any case ? It is for the public benefit that they should be annihilated. Men will naturally desire that their business should be conducted by their own solicitor, and there can be no reason why additional and costly assistance should be required in cases where there is no dis pute, and where therefore there can he no necessity for extraordinary skill. There might be some ap parent reason for requiring the intervention of a proctor in disputed matters—there can be none in those where Lord CRANWORTH insists on their being employed. The result may be to occasion fictitious opposition in cases where there is no real dispute, thus enhancing the costs and unne cessarily consuming valuable time. We also object, for the reasons which we have already fully detailed, to the retention of the dio cesan registries, with the addition of a sufficient number to make up thirty throughout the king dom. It is true that they will be restricted to non-contentious business where the priperty does notamount to 1,5001. But, as we have proved, even that will be objectionable, while still greater oppo. sition may be offered to the limited jurisdiction conferred on the County Courts. On almost every ground, then, we regret the views adopted by the Noble and Learned Lord, feeling that, unless:they can be completely altered, there is but little hope of a satisfactory measure receiving the legislative sanction during the pre sent session. We shall expect to hear stringent comments on the Government Bill at the next meeting of the Law Amendment Society, which is appointed to take place on Monday next, and which, we believe, will clz-arly and distinctly show that in its present shape it is utterly inadequate to meet the requirements, or to satisfy the reason aLle anticipations of the community. According to the expressed declaration of th• First Lord of the Admiralty, on Monday evening, in the House of Commons—it appears that Gc vernment has not yet decided whether there is or is not to be any further search (officially insti tuted) in . the Arctic regions with a ♦iew to dis cover, if possible, either the "remains" or the " fate" of Sir JOHN. FRANKLIN'S Expedition. Now we do really conceive that delays such as these ought at once to be most earnestly depre cated. In HEAVEN'S name let Ministers decide one way or the other! Let them either reject the notion altogether of fitting out a new expedition, " positively for the last time"—rather than thus perpetuate, so to speak, their old and agonising system of procrastination. By acting as they have done in this matter hitherto, they have pre eladed Lady FRANKLIN and those who sympathise with the hopes and wishes of that dauntless woman, either in the United Kingdom or in the United States —[and Lady FRANKLIN, thank GOD, can yet count her sympathisers by thousands, we had almost said tens of thousands, on bah sides of the Atl tntic] —by delaying, as they have done, in regard to their ulterior decision in this matter, we repeat Ministers have effectually precluded Lady FRANK LIN and her sympathisers in both hemispheres from turning their energies to the furtherance of private schemes altogether independent of the support and patronage of the British Govern ment-. What did Lady FRANKLIN herself re mark upon this point, as far back a 3 the 2.1 of December, 1856, in writing to the Prime Minister? She said—" The time has arrived when I trust I may be pardoned for pressing your Lordship, with whom I believe the question rests, for a decision, since by further delay even my own effirts may be paralysed." And here is very nearly the middle of February, 1857, and Sir CHARLES WooD, on the part of the Cabinet, announces from his place in the House of Com mons, that Ministers have not yet come to any decision as to the advisability of fitting out another Expedition I Whenever—even after all these d l,ys that decision does actually arrive, Lady FRANKLIN avows herself in its regard (supposing it to be adverse) thus nobly and chivalrously ! She says (still writing to the Pre- mier)—" Should that decision unfortunately thzow upon me the responsibility and the cost of sending out a vessel myself, I beg t 3 assure your Lordship that I shall not shrink, either from that weighty responsibility, or from the sacrifice of my entire available fortune for the purpose, supported as I am in my convictions by such high authorities as those whose opinions are on record in your Lordship's hands, and by the hearty sym- _ . . pathy of many more." Adding—" But before I take upon myself so heavy an obligation, it is my bounden duty to entreat her MAJESTY'S Govern' ment not to disregard the arguments which have led so many competent and honourable men to feel that our country's honour is not satisfied, whilst a mystery which has excited the sympathy of the civilised world remains uncleared." Yes— that is the point, after all—that is a most eloquent and persuasive argument in favour of another effort in the way of further Arctic researches in the track of Sir J. FRANKLIN and his heroic comrades. The mystery of their fate remains to this very day unsolved ! Notwithstanding Dr. RAE and his cruel rumour of Cannabalism, and the astounding reward of that same cruel rumour by the recompence of 10,0001. by order of the Government ! Lady FRANKLIN therefore argues with reason in favour of the equipment of yet another Arctic vessel of research, " that she may bring back from the Arctic seas, if not some living remnant of our long-lost . countrymen, yet at least the proofs that they have nobly perished." What a pathos there is in the yearning of this brave and gentle heart, for proofs that her hus band and his companions (supposing them to have perished at all) have perished nobly ! What a pathos in those two words from such a source— remembering that vague and unauthenticated rumour, applying to a portion at least of the 135 officers and men of the Erebus and Terror, the hideous charge of Cannabalism. "I need not add," says Lady FRANKLIN in her appeal to Lord PAL AIERSTON, "that we have as yet no proof, whatever may be our melancholy forebodings." A second edition of this impressive Appeal.* to the Prime Minister of Eogland appeared by the way simultaneously with the formal announcement of the First Lord of the Admiralty that no decision of any kind has even yet been arrived at, towards the middle of the month of February, by Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. " Rope deferred' —alas We all know the rest. And how sick at heart must be that hrave and dauntless woman who has been pleading so long in vain—hardly so much for further aid as for some definite deci sion (adverse or favourable it scarcely matters which) at the hands of the Ministers of the Crown ! Cannot an answer be vouchsafed to her at last—an answer of some kind, of any kind, an their rounry and of givent thosebyteir s h oy Ministers EßEt i o n N i the name of * A Letter to Viscount Palmerston, K.G. From ia Lady Franin. With an Appendix. Second Edition. Bw. pp. 36. Ridgway : London, 1857. LATEST N E WS, eon. An ofileial, return ~ ,, , hows that the receipts the Treasury in December last were 138,226,562 reals, which were more by 10,547,678 reals than tho.e of the correspondim: months of last year. M. Bermudez de Caw ro, the new Ambassad,r !oVi en r a, had talien leave of the Queen, and had left for his post. M. Becerra, a noted democrat, had been ordered to reside at Bilbao. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEURAPB.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. This day, at 7.30 a.m., the Royal mail steam ship America, which was t 3 leave BJston on the 28th ult., arrived off Holyhead, and is expected in the River about noon. She has been anxiously looked for since Mon- day morning. MARSEILLES, FEB. 10. In Persia General B'ihlar has been sent to the theatre of war, but he has lett Herat and Ganda liar in a good state of defence. The Persians were very much excited by the English invasion. A great agitation prevailed in the Province of Ourmiba. There had been received a confirmation of a revolt at Maraca. The insurgents bad sacked the town. Fifteen English ships were anchored before Bender-Abbas. The news received from Naples shows no im- provement. The King remains shut up at Caserta, and the police seems to be the only organ of Government. We have advices from Athens of the sth Feb., and Constantinople of the 3d. The Greek papers state that the Allied com manders have received the order for departure. The Paris correspondeut of the Times (2d edi,- tion) says : " The recent declaration of the Moniteur on the subject of the union of the Principalities, which seems to have taken most people by sur prise, has once more attracted attention to it. Why, it is asked, does France persist so in going against Austria, Turkey, and England ? Is there any secret cause which has not, and which probably can not, i be avowed as yet, but which will appear in good time ? This question I cannot answer. I merely observe that a good deal of whispering is heard,- which for aught I know may have,"very little foundation. There was a rumour at one time that a certain high functionary, who no doubt thinks he is the best judge of his own deserts, had cast his eye on the Moldo-Wallachian crown—even if the crown were some degrees below a royal one. The rumour was no doubt an absurd one, and it may therefore be dismissed. There is, however, now in Paris one of those petty Princes who roam about, like wandering stars, in the political horizon. The Duke of Nassau has, it seems, come highly recom mended by the Queen of Holland to some members of the Imperial family, as well as to the Emperor himself. Her Dutch Majesty is reported to have said, or written, in a charming off-hand sort of way, allud;ng to the Principalities :—" Iroyons ; est-ce qu-on ne peut pas faire quelque chose pou r ce -vir e w an ou ae ld hi p a ro as ba a b n ly y e e r o o f r of the French, Russia would not any more than true that he is betrothed t o a one else, and if it be makepauvr e as p g e toiotdNaa Princessatt ?" f T m h o o D i : o a f o L d e o u o c us h t i e n n b o e f r t g h , e a Em n i e p c tho daughter Emperorof tohfe Russia, Duke France pronounce him ineligible, in the event of the Principalities being united and a foreign Prince conclusive on the subject of the u n i on . It placed over them. The finnan of the Sultan seems con cludes with these words, which are alike an order and a menace : " `The Sublime Porte expects from the Divan, that knowing how to penetrate itself w►th the sen timent of its duties and irs fidelity, it will not fail to keep its discussions within proper bounds, and will spare us the disple.►sure of having recourte to measures of protection against any attack on our august rights of suzerainte.'" FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EvENIRG. " Count MO: tier," says tt e Moniteur, "has ten dered his resignati ,, n of the functions of first cham berlain to Prince Jero:ne, which has been accepted with great regret by his Imperial liighue3s." The Moniteur publishes the official return of the gross receipts of the French railways for 1856, which amounted to 281,150,263 f., being an increase of 22,152,934 f. on those of 1855. BOURSE, Feb. 10.—The following were the last quotations : End of Month. —fr. —;;. G 8 30 - Cash. f?. c. 4. per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 15 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,075 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,340 Austrian Belgian Fives .. 99i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9O Home Debt -____ s • RAILWAYS—FOR CASS. tr. c. tr c 817 50 Orleans 1,365 Western Northern 922 5 0 Strasburg Lyons 1,365 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,742 50 Grand Central ......603 50 Lyons Geneva Cetto AUSTRIA. - A letter from Vienna of the Gth, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" Baron do Koller, Austrian mem ber of the Commission of the Principalities, who lately arrived at Trieste, wi ll p roceed to Milan, and then return to this capital with Count 13no1. As the commission is not to assemble until the3oth March, Baron de Koller will remain hero long enough to be able to carry back with him to Bucharest all the necessary instructions for his conduct." The Berlin Correspondence says :—" We learn that negotiations have been going on for some time t etween Prussia and Austria, on a proposition to be made by them in c ommon to the German Diet, relative to the Danish question. The reply of the Cabinet of Copenhagen to the last notes of the German powers Lai not yet arrived, but it is woll known what the purport of it will be." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 7th says :—" The blll relative to the emp'oyment of the loan of 30, 000,000 thalers states that the first half of the negotiated in 1854 at 93, produce - 1 13,950,000 err, and the second half, negotiate d in 1855 at 98i, 14,775, 000 thalers—total, 28,725,000 thalets. Of end sum 4,350,000 thalers were disbursed in 185 t, .and 9,370,000 thalers in 1855, for the military prep .waf ions necessitated by the eas Iu tern war, 1056,, peace not being c included, so me ne w ex penses were incurred, which carrie the totar disbut eme.i.lts to 14,000,000 Ibalers. d t!i e 14,000,000 thalers odd remaining the govern ment demantis a credit of 8,199,000 thalers for extra,ordinary expenses, for making up deficits of previous vOge's, ani the expenses caused by the triennial contingents called ont for service, tte. ; and it pro' loses that the remainder shall be employed, in ac,.l.ordance with the law of the 6th May, 1850, in the cons‘rucPion of the railways from Kreutz to Frank& trt, from Trove?, to Saarbruck, the frontier .of Luxemburg." to SA,RDINIA. In the sitting a the 6th oftihneedat two Chaimportantmberof puties at Turin , the Calquet g points in the discussion a the Publi c I nstruction Bill. The junta or comnr.ittee on the bill had pr )- posA that th e s upervision .of schools by provineihaal deputationg , p rovided for IT Art. 11, should limited to elementary establishment,. Toe Minis ter thought it expedient to axttmd it likewise to t h e higher establishmen t s , an opinion which e tually preva iled in the chambe,.. Au anten Imvent-1 had also been moved to Art. 36 by INIM. v --e b" aleri) and vi Pescatore, to the effect that a ft er t en years' se, • 00 proft.ssor slnuld be liabl e t o be dismissed,, o c r e suspended for a term exceeding two jmonths, w.th out the c 'resent of the Supreme ‘ l,3 ouncil. Thi s ame ndment, vigorously opposed rt i h is e si C on a . bi T ne h t e , was also rejected afro an animated by di,v debate on this bill is likely to last longer than was expected. SAIN. The Madrid journal 3 P of the sth contain little of interest. A. royal decree in the Gazette declares the maritime districts of Ferrol and Carthagena captaincies -general of the second class, and nomi nates to the m R ear-Admirals de Burtello aiti Hal- THE BANK CHARTER ACTS. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice last night that the committee to be appointed on Thursday next on the Bank Charter Acts be a committee of secrecy, and consist of twenty-two members, viz. :—The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Disraeli, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Malins, Mr. Wilson, Mr. HiJAyard, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Stirling, Mr. P. Urquhart, Mr. J. L. Ricardo, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Cayley, Sir F. Baring, Mr. M. T. Smith, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Fergus. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As there has been so much agitation respecting the income tax, perhaps you will have the kindness to insert the subjoined statement in your next publication, and you will confer an obligation on, sir, your obedient servant, A SUBSCRIBER. NATIONAL REVENUE. AS BY PARLIAMEN TARY STATEMENT, 1842. Customs £23,515,374 12 Oi • Eloise 14,602,847 5 9t Miscellaneous 11,420,402 9 4} Po,t•office Laud tax on lands and tenements 1,214,430 0 0 £52,248 ; 59416 34 Other T:+vs. ... £17,500,000 ... 3,667,001 ••• 7,700.000 ••• 51,034,164 • Land Tax. France. £23,200,000 Russia 3,990,000 Austria ELigland „ 1,214,430 daughter of B aron Lionel de Baron Alphonse Rothschild has arri ve d at C' aridge ' s Hotel from Paris. The marriage of th e B aron with his Rothschild, will take place at Gunner a b ury on the 4th proximo. The Speaker's first Parliamentary dinner will t a k e cousin, Miss Rothschild, Alice on Saturday next. The Hon. P. S. Pierrepont and Mrs. Pierrepont have arrived at, Claridge's Hotel from Evenley Hall, near Brackley. Mrs. Phillimore has left the same establish ment for Brighton. Sir Henry Cotterell has arrived in Stratt on - street for the season. Mr. r R ' M.P., and Mrs. Mil ord have left Holfod House,S. Hllo7d their tb seat West on bi rt, near T ury, in Gloucestershire. The Duke and Duchess of Roteburgh and L a d y S usan and Lady Charlotte Innes-Ker have l e ft t h e Clarendon Tetbury, for Broxinouth Park, Dunbar, N.B, The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are entertaining a succession of company at Wakefield Lodge, Northamp tonshire. The Earl of Eglinton and the Misses Cockerell have arrived in town for the season. The Earl of Harewood remains in much the same con dition. His lordship was somewhat better on Monday. Viscountess Jocelyn and her youthful family are still staying at St. Leonards-on-Sca. Her ladyship will not come to town until after Easter. Lord and Lady Colville have arrived iti town. The noble lord and her laiyship have been absti.nt from Eng land some m on th s on a yachting excursion in the Medi terranean. Lord Broughton arrived at his residence in Berkeley square a few days since, from Erlestoke Park, Wilts. THE VIOLET.—The subscription in aid of the fund in course of collection for the relief of the sufferer's by the loss of the Violet now reaches over 2,000/,—,Dorcr Chronicle TEA. —The arrival is announced of the Virginia, from Foo-chow-foo, and the Southern Cross from Hong Ko vg. the former vessel has 916,000 lb., and the lati.ar 709,200 lb. of tea on freight. THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY. -11i9 Excellency M. Mu-uras, the Turkish Ambassador, having received the firman of the Sultan, granting the concession for the Euphrates Valley Railway, Major-General Chesney and Mr. Andrew bad an interview yesterday with his Excel lency with referenca thereto. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OP RUSSIA TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.—A Litter from B er l in, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—" A piece of news, which was only at We now lear n , f rom good authority, that the j•iurney of the Emperor o f R ussia will not be c infined consis tency 'Ample rumour, h as since acqu i re d mo r e consis pof March or will of the late Richard April. E to visiting the Empre ss D iwager at Nice, but that his Majesty will vi , it the Emperor of the French at Paris, Lea, Esq., of Weym o uth street, has been proved at Doctors'-commons as und er 6 00,0001. The bulk of this large property is settled b y the testator upon the family of the late David Beva n , (who married a sister of in the N o n monthu sRO the testator), and their childre n after them. The exe cut ars named in the will are R. C. L. Bevan, the banker ; Richard Lee Bevan, Esq., and Augustus Henry Bosanquet, Esq , of the firia of Bosanquet and Naghten. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. —The folio wing papers were issued yesterday : —Correvondence relative to the Go vernment of °tide ; Report of the Beard of Trade on the Agricultural Statistics of Scotland ; Report of the In-pectors of Factories for the half y e ar ending 31st October, 1856. THE NEUCHATEL CON FERENCE.—The delay which has taken place in the meeting of the Congress fo of Neucha definite g r s rlo Colonel d b e e M settlement of the affair tl is attri kited by the Bourse 0 t r the u-e te of Berlin to a serious illn ess of the Count de H a z f el d , the Prussian Am b assa do r at Paris. The sam e j )urnal says :—"The object of th e visit to Kin K Pais of Ci Neuchatel." is eid to e o a n n e t e e u c t ff e e d l, w A i i t el h e- t d b e e • C e a ff r a ny to o the ; ATTEMPTED MURDER AT DARTMOOR PRISOY will be recAlected that we ropoited in The Sun, A short time ago, the trial of a lad named Riley, at Ese ter, for attempting to murder Akxander Carrick with a s pade at Dartmoor Convict Prison. A similar case hat just oc• curred at the same prison, a young man aged only 19, named Lewis Francis, having been con: mitt ed to the Dovon C,unzy Gaol for striking Henry Brow: 1, one of the warders, with a spade , with intent to mur der him. It appears that the prisoner has long . been a profes sional thief, and during the last four years has been con victed of several offences in different parts of tho a country. He was convicted a t Liver p ool of picking pot •kets,nd a sen t e nced to four years penal servitude. 11. has been at Dartmoor for a period of 23 months, and b is conduct during the whole of that time has been ci f thent description. It is reported that while eng ag out door work he struck the warder with xmsiderable violence with the spade which he was using, . %ad ittflict ng serious injuries on the officer. AMERICA. The steam-ship Constitution arrived yesterday at Cowes, on her way to Antwerp, with the mail from the United State 4. She brings advices from New York to the 25 , h ult., being one day l a t er th an th ose b y the Eineu. he news by the Persia, from Liverpool, received on the 24th, checked sales in cotton, which on that day were confined to a few hundred bales, tile mar ket closing quiet and rathor unsettled. Flour was inactive, and with moderate sales, closng at easier rates for common State and Western brands. There were no transactions of sufficient magnitude af , er the receipt of the Persia's news to show its effect upon the market for breadstuffs. At Washington, on the 24 , h ult., Mr. Chester, the refractory correspondent of the Philadelphia nquirer, was brought before the tar of tLe house, and asked by the Speaker why he failed to appear before the committee of investigation when sub poenaed ? He asked and obtained leave to make his answer in writing, under oath. The new law of compulsory testimony was approved, and Mr. Simonton would appear before the committee on the following day, to be examined under its penal provisions. . _ The steam-ship James Adger arrived at New York on the 24th, from San Juan, Nicaragua. The advices from Walker's head-quarters are to the 29th Dec., and consist mainly of details of operations previous to that date. Walker's position, as reported by his partisans, was good. He had 1,200 men, and plenty of munitions and supplies of provisions. Three hundred filibusters occupied Punta Arenas. The Costa Ricans still held possession of the San Juan river. Captain Thos. H. Gifford, of the ship Patrick Henry, arrived at New York from London, Eng land, reports that he fell in with the English brig Princess Louisa, in lat. 39, long. 72.30. She was short of both water and provisions, with which Captain Gifford supplied her. She luld experienced very heavy weather ; hAd been on the coast close to the highlands of Nevisink five times, but was obliged to put to sea again in consequence of not being able to find a pilot. During the gale of Sun day, the 18th inst., she lost fore and main yard, and had her sails all torn to shreds. Eight of her crew were frostbitten, and had been greatly reduced from want of provisions, water, and fuel. The captain of the Princess Louisa desired Captain Gif ford, on his arrival in port, to report his condition and procure assistance, as it would be impossible without it to reach port. THE INCOME TAX BATTLE OF 1816. 89 89A 391 36 " At length came the 17th of March, the day appointed for the division, but it was soon fou . nd that this had be en , w i t h th e d e b a t e, wholly antici pated. The usual niunbor of petitions, and even more, were poured thickly in during some hours ; little or no debating took place upon them : nu ! tutual anxiety for the result of such long continued lahour, and such lengthened excitement, kept all 'silent and in suspense, when about 11 o'clock Si r William Curtiq, representing the City of London, proceeded up tie House, bearing in his arms the peti , ion, which he presented without any rein irk, of the great meeting of the binkers and merchants lialen in the Egyptian-ball, and sigle p l a b o y e atfwteler a , indeed thpusind persons. The division to o k debate that did no t l as t h a lf an hour ; no onecould indeed be h ear d i n an assem b ly so impatient for th e division ; and by a majority of 37 voices the tax was defeated for ever, and the wholesome princi le clown, as Mr. Wilb er f orce we ll observed, was laid P that war and in come t ax are Wedded t9gether.'' I THE CIVIL LIST. —In the year e 31st Dec. last the chFuges on the consolidated fund for the . civil list E was 3iA N c 4 i o p o A , T9,307N o 1. 10Fe*THE DUTCH SLAVES —lt is said (states a letter from the Hague that when the Second Chamber resumes its labours, the Government will pre sent to it a bill f or granting the necessary funds for the eventual em anc i pation of the slaves in the West Indies. AGRIC ULTURAL MAC HINERY FOR AUSTRALIA . Messrs. R?chmond and Chandler, of Sal'ord, are now manufacturing a number of implements for the Austra ran coloni es, amongst which there are several useful and novel inventions, calculated to prove exceedingly useful i n countries where labour is ,carte and dear.— Manchester Guardian. Mr. Turquand has been appointed official manager of the Saxon L!fe Assurance Society, now winding up. Creditors are required to prove their claims before Vice- Chancellor Wood, who has Exsd the 20th inst. for con sidering them. THE STEAMER RAVENSBoURNE.—It is FtAted that tLe amount of silver on board the steamer Ravensbourne, the loss of which was reported yesterday, was about six or seven thousand pounds. This, together with a portion of the cargo, is understood to have been saved ; but it is feared that the vessel will be a total loss. PASSING TOLLS BILL.---This bill was issued yesterday. It provides that debts on passing tolls be laid out of moneys to be provided by Parliament ; transfer of Dover Harbour to the Admiralty ; transfer of powers of f War. den and assistants to Admiralty ; transfer of Ram sgate Harbour to the Crown ; Ramsgate Harbour to be under the management of the Board of Trade, &c. The following account of the remarkable income tax struggle in 1816 is extracted from the introduc tion to " Lord Brougham's speeches in the House of Commons," and will be read with interest at the present time : " On the termination of the war the Government were determined, instead of repealing the whole in come tax, which the act enforcing it declared to be for and during the continuance of the war and no longer,' to retain one-half of it, that is, to reduce it from ten to five per cent., and thus keep a re venue raised from this source of between seven and eight millions, instead of fifteen. As soon as this intention was announced several meetings were held, and two or three petitions were presented. The Ministers perceived the risk they ran, if the policy should be pursued, of continued discussion for a length of time, and they saw the vast impor tance of despatch. Accordingly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer gAre notice on the Tuesday for his motion on the Thursday immediately following. The Opposition took the alarm, and Mr. Brougham declared, on presenting a petition, unanimously signed, from one of the London parishes, that if the hurry now indicated should be persevered in, he should avail himself of all the means of delay afforded by the forms of the house. Lord Folke stone, one of the most strenuous, and, in those days, one of the most active and powerful, supporters of the popular cause, vigorously seconded this menace, in which he entirely joined. On the next day more petitions were flung in, more discussions took place, and the Government postponed for a week the in troduction of the bill. That week proved quite de cisive, for so many meetings were held, and so many petitions sent up, that the bill was put off from time to time, 17th did not finally make its appear ance till the of March. Above six weeks were almost entirely spent by the House of Commons in receiving the numberless peti ions poured in from all quarters again-t the tax. For it was speedily seen that the campaign of 1812 1 was re newed, and that the same IPaders, Messrs. Brougham and Baring, had the management of the operations. "At first the min;sters pursued the course of obstinate silence. The Opposition debated each petition in vain ; every Minister and ministerial member held his peace. No argument, no facts, no sarcasms, no taunts, could rouse them ; no ex pressions of the country, no reference to the anxiety of particular constituencie, could draw a word from the Ministers and their supporters. At length it was perceived that antagonists did not the less debate, and that consequently the scheme had in its purpose stifling discus,ion. The only effect of it then was, that all the debating was on one side, and this both became hurtful to the Govern ment in the house, and more hurtful still in the country. They were forced into discussion, there fore ; and then began a scene of unexampled inte rest, which lasted until the second reading of the bill. Each night, at a little after four, commenced the series of debates, which lasted until past mid night. These were of infinite variety. Arguments urged by different speakers ; instances of oppres sion and hardship recounted ; anecdotes of local suffering and personal inconvenience ; accoun's of the remarkable passages at different meetings ; personal altercations interspersed with mo re gene ral matter—all filled up the measure of the night's bill of fare ; and all were so blend e d an d so varie gated, that no one ever perceived any hour thus spent to pass tediously away. Those not immedi ately concerned, peers, or persons belonging to neither house, flocked to the spectacle which each d a y presented. The interest out of doors kept pace with that of the spectators ; and those who carried on these active operations showed a vigour and con stancy of purpose, an unwearied readiness for the combat, which astonished while it animated all be holders. It is recounted of this remarkable strug gle tint one night towards the latter end of the period in question, when at a l a te h our , th e H ouse having been in debate from four o'clock, one speaker had resumed his seat, the whole members sitting upon one entire bench rose at once and addressed the chair—a t stimony of unabated spirit and un quenchable animation, which drew forth the Jou& st cheers from all sides of the House. THE GAOL OF IV WlrdATE,—ClaltE IN THE METROPOLIS. The Rev. John Davis, the ordinary of the Gaol of Newgate, has just presented to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen his report for the year 1856 upon tue condition of the prison and the state of crime in the metropolis, and the following ex tracts from that report will, no doubt, be read with interest at the present moment, when the subject of the best means of dealing with the criminal por tion of the population excites so much public at- • tenti on. Mr. Davis commences his report by expressing his satisfaction.that the corporation of the City of London have taken up the question of improving the interior of the gaol, so as to prevent old offenders from corrupting and depraving the minds of lesS experienced criminals, and to protect youth over taken by some sudden temptation from the pollu tion and defilement of prison residence. Upon the subject of the ticket-of-leave system, the Ordinary says :—" In the present year many ticket-of-leave men have appeared among us. Those proved in open court to have been at liberty on tickets-of leave from their exemplary conduct in prison have had their names transmitted to Government. The calculations made public are br=ed on these returns, and it is attempted to be shown by such me ins what the propertion is between the liberated convicts who reform and those who fallagain into crime. I greatly doubt the accuracy of such returns as indicating what the facts of the case are. On one occasion during the past year, when we had forty-eight men in Newgate under sentences of transportation or penal servitude, the governor took the trouble to inquire, from numbers among the police, from conversa tions among the prisoners themselves, from the officers who are constantly with them, and various other sources of information, how many out of the eight-and-forty might be ticket-of-leave-men, and he had reasonable proof that somewhere about twenty were so. Not more than one-third of this number could be reported to the Government under the present regulations. Beyo n d be number that , thus escape detect ion we must add those who by their , dexterity avoid conviction, either by keeping in the _ background or changing the scene of their operations The Birmingham men are unknown in London, and the thieves of the metropolis are not recognised at Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, or Dublin. I still think, however, that under proper limitations, the ticket-of-leave system should be persevered in, and continue in force. It acts well upon many . first offenders, such as letter-carriers in the Post-. office, bank or merchant clerks, young men who under the strong influence of some passion fall into vices, then into crimes, and get transported, or sub ject to penal servitude. It is a rare circumstance for such persons when liberated after three or four years' imprisonment to fall again into crime; they return again to society, once more become useful in those duties, and while their real circumstances are unknown, they prosper and are as well off' as ever. By extending mercy to these young men, and taking off a portion of their heavy sentences, no harm is done to any one. The prisons are relieved, society is uninjured, and real contrition for great offences is encouraged. .To this extent I earneetlyhope the system may be continued. There is every public reason why it should be, and the good done is immense. But from my experience among criminals, I think the i ns t ances ver y rare i n which a thorough and entire alteration takes place in criminals by habit. Many get tired of a life of imprisonment ; its long tedium wearies them, and the privation from drink, tebacco, and women are felt severely by them. But habits of crime, ' with their enterprise, great plunder, and, in too many cases, impunity, are very diffi.ilt to eradi cate. After long periods of apparent change, and promise from years of good conduct, sudden re lapses are frequent. As a general rule the ticket of-leave system fails with men of habitual crime, and should never be applied to them except in rare instances of exemplary conduct. There is nothing so much dreaded by habitual thieves as perpetual imprisonment, and to lessen such a sentence there is nothing they would not have recourse to." With regard to this class of offenders the ordinary says—. " What I think would apply to these cases would be to sentence habitual thieves to perpetual imprison ment. Something must be devised which thesewn principled men dread. Harshness will not answer, and ingenuity therefore must be taxed to devise what will so operate upon the general mass of habitual thieves as to diminish, to the lowest extent possi ble, conduct so detrimental to the best interests of Society. With practised habitual thieves, the pun ishment they most dread next to death is that of perpetual imprisonment, and it is my opinion that if it was once known that habitual crime would in- • evitably meet that punishment, the number of ha bitual criminals would be wonderfully diminished." With regard to the garotte robberies, the Ordinary' says—" I have oft en thought, and stilt think, that the origin of garotte robberies took place from the exhibition of tl.e way the Thugs in India strangle arid plunder passengers, as exhibited in the British Museum. However valuable as illustra tions of Indian manners such representations may be, I could heartily wish that these models were placed in some more obscure position, and cease to be that which I fear they have been, the means of giving to men addicted to crime and violence an idea how their evil purposes may be accomplished." In reference to the case of Daniel Lorden, who was convicted of the murder of les wife, but who was ultimately respited, he says :—" The conduct and demeanour of this man were most correct ; he made no reservation about his guilt, but freely admitted it, and said that his being asked to take some drink as he was going, to his work in the morning was the exciting cause of his crime. ' Had I gone to my work, and kept at it, I should never have murdered my wife,' was his repeated declaration, while the tears streaming down his face indicated the intensity of his feelings." The next case referred (o by the Ordinary is that of Corrigan, who murdered his wife in the Minories r and with regard to this criminal he says :—" Nothing could be more exemplary than the conduct of Thoma Corrigan while in Newgate. He spent much time in devotional exercises, and seized with avidity the promises of Heaven to true penitents. His respite from death did not reach Newgate till late in the • afternoon of Saturday, when Monday, at 8 o'clock' in the morning, was appointed for his exec(' tiers. The barriers had all been erected in the Old Bailey, and the preparations for an execution forwarded. When the favourable result of the in terference of his many and influential friends was gradually communicated to him by me, in the presence of the sheriffs, he was on the poi nt of fainting, and immediately fell on his k nees an d thanked God for his mercy. He didn d ot e ntert ain- fr ee l y ad a hope of being s pa re d, an d fully an mated that he did not deserve it. Some of the earnest warnings he wrote to his friends while tinder sentence of death, and fully expecting to be executed, were ve r y a ff ecting, since he has left us hi s conduct hashbae e v en e h x e e a r in d p t l a h r a y t in the Government Prisons. I never saw a man while a prisoner in Newgate whose entire conduct was more correct than that of Thomas Corrigan. sad and advise that a man who could b-- 13 haveut howsowel well - voiced and cruel assassin of his own wife and the mother of his own four children." The next case referred to is that of Wile,m Bousfield, who was • executed for the murder of his wife and four chil- • dren, and the following extraordinary observations are made respeetng the criminal. The Ordinary says The besetting sin of William Bousfield was an inve' erate habit of idleness. His family and himself in part were supported by the labour of his wife and the assistance of her friends. His sole occupation was to take supernu merary characters at different theatres, where soldiers or some such personages had to ap pear, but not to speak. In all my experience • among so many thousands of criminals, I never • saw such an instance of the power of idleness pros trating all the manly fee'ipgs of our nature. Some of the facts on which this opinion is founded are fir too gross to be mentioned. He would sit for hours without speaking, listlessly turning over the pages of inspiration or other suitable book placed before him, in hope, if possible, to lead his mind to good and solemn considerations. The daily in struction given to isbn- on these subjects seemed totally lost. He was b uoyed up against our con stant warnings with a hope of pardon, and tried to persuade some of us that his wife had killed his children, and that h e had murdered her because she had done so." The next casts of mur der to which the Ordinary refers rs are those of Mary Anne Harris fo r th e nnuder o • f her two children by drowning them in the canal et U brideand Cle e s tina Somm ers f or cutting the x throat of her child • and he state s th at the • cause of both these crimes appe ired to be the want of means to provide for the support of the children, adds that there is hardly a cr i me that brings and he offenders to N e w ga t e that does not sometimes arise from the pressure of wan t, and while that. and highway robber pleads this as his excuse, it occasionally urges the the foule-t murders. greatest culprits to commit Tc-rnorrow First evening M r . W arren, M.P., will ask the Co mmissioner of Works whether any and what steps remain to be taken by her Majesty's Government to c omplete the m onument to Lord Nelson, in Trafalgar equare ; and, if so, when the completion may be ex- PUGILISM, —CONTEST BETWEEN SAYERS AND JONES FOR 2001. A S IDE. —Yesterday the ring was formed on a fine piece of turf on the Roex shore, near Sheerness. The contest lasted exactly two hours, during which time eighty-five rounds were fought. Sayers was declared the victor,