The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-22 00:00:00

NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. Established December, 1835. DTILECTORS. Chairman—Saw:3EL EIATFIUIBT Lucas, Esq. Deputy Chairman--CnaaLzs LCSIIINGTON, Esq. Francis Bennoch, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., 151,P. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. William Miller Christy, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Fsltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Oilpin, Esq. ruisictsms. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. a mt lxis—Measrs. Brown, Janson, and Co. ; and Bank of England. SoLicrros—Septimus Davidson, Esq. Cowsui.zneo ACTUAIT—Chayles Ansell, Esq., F .R.S. t Abstract of the Directors' Report for the year ending 20th No vember, 1856: Number of policies issued in the year - 1,050 Annual premiums thereon Total number of policies issued .. 19,617 Annual:lncome on 14,337 existing polices (after deducting.l33,34A, abatement of premiums at the last division of profits ini1852)Z201,383 5 2 Interest on capital otal annual Income on 29th Nov., 185 i...... £25a,73 5 7 BsJane* of reeeipts over disbursements in the year ..... . Making the amount of capital ...• •• ....... £1,351. 606 5 11 Arising exclusively from the premiums - aid by the members, who are themselves the sole pre- Pristary, arid among whom alone the whole preflt le divided. Amount paid in claims by life policies since the establishment of the Institution in Dec., 11135£609,161 11 11 --- Amount returned to the assured in abatement of premiums in the 17 years ending Nov. 20, 1852.• .............. £240,134 11 8 Additions to policies by wa y of b0nu5.......... £126,364 0 0 At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852, the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the original amount . f prem i u m, according to the age of the member and the time the policy had been in force ; and the bonuses ranged in like manner Rom SO to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received daring the preceding five years. The next DlvisloN will be made up to the 20th November, 1857. No charge made for Policy gtamps. Loans granted on the security of the Sociery's Policies to the ex tent of their value. Members whose premiums fell due on the Ist January are re minded that the same must be paid within 30 days from that date. The Prospectus, with the Report of the Directors, for 1856, may sew be had on application at the office. Jai. 15. 1857. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting MY:tager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Fourth appearance of the eminent Comedian, Kr. Charles Mathews, since his late serious illness. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the host magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Followed by SOMEBODY ELSE, in which Mr. Charles Mathews will sustain his original character. After which will be produced an entirely now and original symholical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog somical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, aad which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de. *orations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glinden, &c. The masks, models, and physiog. u•mical devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschues. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L, Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Fludibras," &c. , and the whole arranged and produced under the direction f Mr. Robert Roxby. To ancient* and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime to story is founded : " See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Aden of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go np, up, np, " Here we go down, down, (lowa ; " Hers we go backwards and forwards, " Ind here we go round and round." Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera. box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Saucebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An /hal appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and ' Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday iivites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe ' and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss 'itosina Wright, Wiles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co. ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Fin ggersugga. erald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornegeld ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup, nyeeright, Shealderarres, Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Helene ; Shilly and Shelly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Dew has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of Ki ng Hnggamngga. King Huggamngga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagvag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signer Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Mies Sweet t-mper, Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, rieesre. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Catashise. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Dew makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smaileye, Longsix, Poplitun, Snapoff, cite. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchhald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypnrly ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Dew makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Hanpiness), Mr. Stroneth'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in processaf construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with th e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Iladame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Flarlequinado, shelving the Ins and Outs and Tarns About of the Pantomime /tally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Menne, Deulin, Tanner, and /Telford).— A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which tarns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as be:keeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled eat, and afterwards stumped, which turns out a long step—The uses and abuses of the crin oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (hicks)—Aldershett a size smaller —Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a buster —Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel t 3 baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a stok and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cut and come main Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shep and Perfumery Warehouse (Ye. rent, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A snit that is quite the ticket—Toe Oude wrapper—Railway wrappers--Transfer depot—Washing machine—extraordinary— Something that won't vrash --Cleaned out--Scent in and sent out- Foreign verses English toothpowder Hungary water—A Pranglaani bouquet Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut- Powder—l cam of rea' distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men Melones, Deulin, and Tanner).--Cl own and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re velntien—lnrning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too much Clews nowbegins to reflect—The looking-glass follows his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn en the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account — Multiplication altercation which ends with a regular r ow , in the house. Patent ote J e a dl n k ( i i s Gas-regulating Machine and General Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and awn, be ing in fast—Th e l anguagef Fleet-street, goes the pace rather everybody understands— Bath eyes (I-talian of course) which Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted regulators — S ewing, army regulators, gag regulators, smoke pressing, and ironing done by e t wing, cutting, washing, which makes Pantaloon a li t tl e a shirty—A box of common scen t s — A fresh supply of blacks from America—A Dred-feel seem ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Beleßc'eDeulin. and Tastier. )--Harvest-home —A rakish da nce by rustic stie lads and lasses—The milky way Harlequin makes lir— tparnp of himself —A strong smell of game—A f arm - yard Ni the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the visitor—Clown fi g n e d t s a greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochi n China and mail—F ull conch in England —Novel hatching—The old in side—Clown eft' by the Express anti Pantaloon Rocket— Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse the Ki ng William-street, City (the whole of the denbl, eetnpany will appear in this scen e ) — Pantaloon pro p osese to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a mole for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's obit wient—The duel—A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in lieliday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout Vie home to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Cirel• of Boxes, ls. ld, ; Pit, 2s. ; Flied Circle of Boxes, 2a, Ad. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, IN. 6d., I'. le., li. 11. s. 6d., and 2/, 2s. I Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. This EV ENING, TWELFTH NIGHT, Malvolio, Mr. Phelps • Orsino, Mr. F. R obinson ; A g uech eek , Mr. llMar ion ; B e l c h, Mr, J. W. Rey ; Clown, Mr. L. Ball; Olivia, Miss Atkinson ; Viola, Miss M. Eburne. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE., Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled 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 karlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening : Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Tools Seyde Pasha Mr. Barrett sing Sroaul Mr. Holston Yassiff Mr. S. Calhaern Medera Mrs. Charles Dillon Gulsar Mrs. B. White Zuliem Submarina Miss Jessie Ryder Seresa Miss Marie Wilton Clowns Mr. H. Marshall Mr. Stilt ...Mr. J Marshall ..The Brothers Nelsen. _Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd. Pasta Harlequin Sprites Columbines Te be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar• tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daffy, from n to 5, under the super. ntendenee of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. 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 ping. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Enlist) ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. lumbine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with Mr. Murdoch as Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Josoph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr W. Callcott. The music composed and arranged by Edward Fitz- The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. - - A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given every Thursday : commencing at 2, concluding at 4. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at 1 1 4 otting-Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mtn which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, is which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. To conclude with the new and original union of medern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transforatatiens, dic., called THE SUN, LONDON, TRURSDAY EVENING' 'JANUARY 22, _1857. MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (It la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland ; Scaramouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters is 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. OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravagance, by J. R. Planche, Esq. allied YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, ;tigers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Cease, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, sad Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. OOYAL SURREY THEATRE Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, an original play, in thres acts, entitled A BIRD IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THI9 BUSH. Roderick Preiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Finis Fa. Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. ASTLEY' S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lease() and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, the last week of its performance. Eques trian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's Horses. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in tie CIRCLE. To conclude with the sucesasful equestrian comic panto mime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Har lequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a quarter be fore seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Hr. W. West. Eptestrian Director, Mr. W, Cooke, jun. A 3forning Perfortnanc• every Saturday, at Tw/ o'clock. STRAND THEATRE.—Manager, M r. T. Payne.—This Evening will be per formed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. Followed by (fourth time) THE PERILS OF CRINOLINE. After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Miss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Love)., Miss Craven ; Addelp4e, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. doui■ ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, air. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Hari°. quisade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines. Miss Ti. Jacobs and Mdle. Csllison ; Premier nonsense, Mdle. Marie Charles. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— 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, Mac., viz. —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghman., R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker,W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, C. J. Wilkins, and E. Maekney. Pianoforte, J. Harre way, R. A.; harmonium, J. Caulfield, j un. ; ilirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, Mac., until twelve o'clock. Last week of the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS, who will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sin; some of their favourite selections. Mr. C. Merton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb. IS. Gentleman's ticket, Ts ; lady's ditto, ss; double ticket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. iIIGEI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 0 min. aft. 11—Evening 3$ rain. aft. 11 :in-Mom:tow—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 11 rain. aft. 12 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JAI: MANY 22. THERMONETEE, IN THI SHADE. 41—highest singe noon yesterday. 3J —lowest this morning and during the night. 43 —this day at noon. tuftoburrint, 29 . 85 WIND, W.S.W. to W.—Light, with fine weather. (4 . 1 ) L ►;N; LON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1857. The British Expeditionary Forces are at this moment assailing the Persian Empire from three different directions. Colonel JACOB, with a com paratively small, but still sufficient, body of troops, advances by way of the Bolan Pass from the vicinity of Shikapoor 1 Brigadier CITAMBEZ LA 'nig, with some five thousand picked soldiers, marches by way of the Khyber Pass from the neighbourhood of Peshawur ! And simultaneously the combined military and maritime expedition, which left Bombay Harbour for the Persian Gulf on the 13th of last November, descends upon the southern coasts of the enemy's country at Bushire ! An expedition, consisting of some forty-five vessels of war, under Admiral Sir H. LEEtE carrying upwards of five thousand six hundred troops, under the command of General Sir F!. pain AM a land force intended ix all likelihood to advance directly from Bushire upon Ispahan, either by way of Sheraz or of Babahan ! The Persian Capital of Teheran may thus be ulti mately assailed from the east and from the south —the assailants avoiding, in their advance upon it, the perils at once of the Desert of Kirman, and those of the Great Salt Desert, immediately to the south of Khorassan. A judcious ordering of the campaign, w hi c h may be thus i a ..-01FTRAN'a expeditionary force grandivaillrdnevardnoiuclyitenegff;eeacasdteiwndge: have seen, along th e through Khashan to the Persian metropolis ! IWhile the combined forces under CIA.34I33E LAYNI and JACOB, proceeding onwards to one common destination at Herat -- the former from the Khyber Pass through Cabul, the latter from the Bolan Pass through Candahar—would, in the event of an ulterior triumph over the Persiax conquerors of the Heratees, find a pathway opened for them to the very heart of the Persian empire, to the central seat of the government of the SHAH, along the northernfrentiers of Khorassan, by way of Mulled and Astrabad. Such are the probable outlines of the Persian Campaign, which may be regarded as having already actually commenced. It should be borne in mind, however, in addi tion to what we have already remarked, that the British expedition will be supported by the active co-operation of old Don MAIIIIIIRD and his warlike Affghanistans. We should be disposed to count less confidently upon any really energetic assistance from these auxilia ries, but that we cannot possibly close our eyes to the fact that to the incitements of political hatred are added in the instance of the Amnsx and his followers, as opposed to the SHIA and his followers, the infuriating influence of a pro found religions animosity. The difference be tween the two grand sects of Mahommedans— between the believers in Anti BIICIs and the believers in the sons of Aida—is a difference, in fact, between the Persians as opposed at once to the Turks and the Affghans. The Persians altogether rejecting the Twelve 'MAULS revered equally by the Afghan and the Osmanli, an in lieu of the Twelve IMAIMIS or direct descendants of the Arab Lawgiver, venerating (as the immediate successors of MAIIOHET) MASSAIN and HOUSSAIN, the two murdered sons of ILIA, whose tombs form an ob ject of so much love and homage to the Persian Pilgrim in the neighbourhood of Kerbelai I Sectarian fanaticism, consequently, not less scarcely than international jealousy, will tend to secure to the British the strenuous military co operation of old DOST MAIIOIII. and his lieute nants, the lesser Ameers of Affghanistan. And so, with renewed confidence in our allies, and implicit faith in the justice of our cause, and with an humble reliance in a Power superior to the mightiest army that over moved over the earth or the least vincible armada that ever swept the seas, we may look forward, without one particle of trepidation, rather, be it said, with a calm, but though unpresumptuous, confidence to the result of our now warlike expeditions. There can be no doubt of the deplorable state of Italy. The Piedmontese alone enjoy anything approaching to free institutions, and wise and just administration. No wonder, then, that all their sympathies should be in favour of their sufering brethren, or that their Sovereign, Vie- Ton EaniknzraL, should be the recognised cham pion of Italian freedom. The proceedings of the Chambers at Turin must therefore be regarded with peculiar interest by every one concerned in the welfare of that beautiful but long-suffering and bitterly afflicted land In our impression of yesterday we gave an epitome of the speech of Count OAYOUR respecting the Ministerial policy. Many enthusiastic liberals may have experienced some degree of disappoint ment at a certain reserve. They would have hailed with joy the call to arms, and been pre pared to respond to the utmost of their ability with men and money to the spirit-stirring demand. But calm consideration must convince them of the sound judgment displayed by the Sardinian Minister in abstaining from entering into an elaborate discussion on Italian affairs. Any pre cipitation might ruin the cause which every lover of freedom must have deeply at heart. It could not be expected that VICTOR MOE/2MM would rush blindly into the contest without closely calculating the prospects of success. To do so would be merely to deprive himself of the power of affording aid to the good cause when it would be really valuable and productive of the most beneficial results. " The pear is not yet ripe." It is, however, rapidly approaching to maturity. The Italian despots, and the unbridled insolence of military occupants, are " forcing" it rapidly onwards, and we still hope that the fruit may be gathered in due season. The emphatic declaration of the Congress of Paris, that the state of Italy required improvement, still remains on record, and although the results that might reasonably have been anticipated have not as yet been rea lised, there is no reason for despair. "France and England have not changed their opinions." " Neither Lord PALMERSTON nor the Earl of CLARENDON are certainly now less inclined to the Italian cause than they were nine months ago." So says Count CATOITR, and in such a case he is an unimpeachable witness. They are biding their time, when they can interfere beneficially and ef fectually. That interference may be by moral, rather than by physical, force. Circumstances may arise to render the former all that could be desired without the terrible necessity of letting slip the dogs of war. It is only by undue means that the good cause can be seriously damaged, and those who resorted to the explosions and other sinister events at Naples were really ren dering important service to BOMB/. No good result was ever achieved by such means, which, as Count CATOUR justly remarked, must be " re gretted and blamed by every right-thinking man who is devoted to the interests and honour of Italy," who looks forward anxiously to its com plete regeneration. Nothing should be attempted calculated, in any degree, to change the tide of public opinion in Europe, which is entirely in favour of the policy of the Sardinian Government ! One significant fact was elicited during the discussion, General LA. MARIMBA declared, " that since the return from the Crimea the army kad not been diminished in number." This proves that Sardinia is prepared for any alternative, that she is patiently " biding her time," but retaining all the power to meet any exigency. The tried veterans of the Crimea, whose gallantry reflected lustre on the name of Piedmont, will be valuable auxiliaries in time of need, and it is greatly to the credit of the Cabinet of CAYOIR that they have not permitted any false economy to reduce their numbers or impair their efficiency. While TICTOR EMMANUEL has gained golden opinions from his subjects, FRANCIS JOSEPH has met wih a chilling reception, during what was intended to be his triumphant progress through his Italian provinces. All his blandishments are in vain, and he is already beginning to lose temper at the unequivocal display . of national feeling. None but o ffi c i a l s and their dependents participate in th e d emons t ra ti ons w hi c h h ave proved signal thatfailures, will retun to andr it is hi llsoGwermmoarne cathan probable . tal a sadder, albeit a wiser, man. It could scarcely he supposed that the overbearing inso lence and. oppression so long displayed by his sol diers could at once be forgotten. The inhabitants of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom are as fully alive to "soft sawder, you know , " as the Estee itolt himself. It requires something more than a few honeyed phrases, or the pardon of men who should never have been inculpated, to restore the equanimity of the people. If FRANCIS JosErn de sires to obtain the popularity he is so anxiously slicking, let him give satisfactory proofs that the . administration of affairs shall be really amelio ; xated, and that full justice shall be rendered to those who have so long and so grievously suf fered under wrongs perpetrated in his name and under his authority. Trick or no trick—in the first instance—the attempt to continue for another year the impo sition of the war tax on income and property has by no means redounded to the credit of Govern l i - ment. There has been a great deal of virtuous regret and indignation expressed by the Minis terial organs on the symptoms of a relaxed morality detected among the trading classes. How comes it they are silent over the proof afforded of Ministerial delinquency ? It is in high quarters, if anywhere, we have a right to look for good example. Insteal of which what do we find 2 In the House of Commons, at public meetings, throughout the length and breadth of the land, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer gibbeted as a trickster, who, if innocent of fraudulent intention in altering the phraseology of an Act of Parliament, his not disdained to intimate his intention to take advantage of a blunder, to the filling of the Exchequer and the spoliation of thousands of most deserving citizens. This is turning tie tables with a vengeance. Candidly let us confess, tie satisfaction with which we view the proceedings at Exeter Hall last humiliation fails to erase the bitter whichthat may the b cluct of our rulers h great as with respect to the Income Tax has caused us to experience. It is not wordy of us as a people ; it is not becoming honest nen. What adds to one's regret is the strong presumption that from the first imposition of the tax in modern times the nation has been gulled ; and there never has been an intention to fulfil the promises which have been made. Leaving this unpleasant retrospect, let us tura to last night's meeting. Notwithstanding the early hour, and the impolitic exaction of a shilling for admittance, the attendance was very numerous, 1 and the demonstration of an imposing nature. Most of those present may fairly be regarded as representative me', standing in the place of hun dreds or thousand, who were unable to be present. Nor were those )resent exclusively Londoners. The most striking feature of the meeting was the presence and actise participation in the proceed ings of authorised deputations from various towns in the kingdom, including Birmingham, Hudders- field, Ipswich, ani Oxford. And all were of one mind ; and that, as the resolutions and the enthu siastic manner inwhich they were passed proved, " dead-set " aganst the continuance of the War Tax, and of the :ncome and Property Tax in its present form. The only appearance of opposition of feeling and eantiment was with regard to the immediate exenption of all persons with incomes under 150/. from payment of the tax. Of cou:se, little that was new in condemnation cf the existing tax could be looked for from the speakers. Mr. Arnar PELLArr, however, brought more conspicuously forward than usual the way in which farmers are favoured, as shown in the exceeding smallness of their contributions to the Tax—clearly enough showing how pleasant a thing it is to be backed by the landed or dominant class. The resolution ex pressed by Major REED, to bring Government to book on the cpening of the session, was in accord ance with his straightforward character, and in perfect hammy with the wishes of all present. It was a bus ness meeting, and action was in more favour than talking. The overwhelming majority were men labouring under a grievance which oppressed their energies, outraged their instincts, robbed them of their hard-earned gains, and diminished, if it did not prevent, the provision they would make for their wives and families. Such a meeting could not fail to be in earnest, and, being so, its resolutions must have great weight. The middle classes have but to persevere, to have direct taxation placed on an equitable basic, which is what they desire. We cannot feel surprised at the sensation ex cited amongst the merchants and traders of IO the City of London by the decision of the Court of Error in the case of K INGS OZ and SWINPORD v. MERIT. There can be but little doubt that the judgment was strictly in accordance with the law of the land—that the Learned Judge could have arrived at no other conclusion on the facts. But that renders the evil greater. Were it other wise the mischief might be partly averted. by bringing the matter bofore the ultimate tribunal. We say partly, because even were the jadgment reversed, and the rights of the defendant esta blished, he must still be a heavy sufferer, in con sequence of the vexation and annoyance inseparable from a protracted and d ou btful liti g atio n , and the heavy expenses for which he could not be enti re ly reimbursed under the most favourable termina tion ; for any o ne en gaged in such a case must know that there i s a very serious difference be tween the costs of party and party, and solicitor ane is extent fre quently is mer in this adispute xte and client, many char ges being allowed to the solicitor which must fall exclusively on the altogether absorbed, and, like the cele brated oyster in the fable, becomes carried successful rrtlitigant.hat the To matter such "the lawyer's fee." As it is the result strikes at the very root of mercantile confidence, and , ,should the law remain unaltered, is calculated to inflict " a heavy blow and great discouragement'' on the facilities hitherto afforded for carrying on business, and ob taining the credit indispensable to its progress ; er, in the words of the first resolution, unani mously carried at the important and influential meeting, a report whereof has already appeared in The Sun, " involves a principle which is cal culated to render the recognised and well-under stood course and practice of trade insecure and uncertain, and to destroy oonfidence in delivering orders, warrants, and bills of lading, and other mercantile documents essential to the safe trans actions of business and development of trade." The facts of the case are very simple. It was proved beyond the possibility of doubt or dispute that the defendant had fairly and bona fide, in the course of trade, advanced a large sum of money on the security of certain goods. There was not the slightest taint of fraud on his part. What ever there might have been in the original he was a holder fer good and valuable consideration, and came into court with " clean hands." As was truly affirmed at the meeting, Mr. MERR Y was " an innocent sufferer," perfectly beyond Use breath of suspicion to damage his unimpeachable character ; arid yet because the party who came to him with documents, establishing i l ia supposed rights, appa rently conveying to him the absolute property in the goods, had not acte d fairly towards the original vendor, he was deprived of the amount • he had actually advanced , after adopting every reasonable precaution be fittin g a prudent and This was un• straightforward man of bus iness. t the comae questionably a serious hardship, bu quences to the individual are as nothing in com parison to the evils that must arise to commerce from the knowledge of the ve r y defective state of the law. There must be a speedy re medy, and it should be so complete as to close th e doors against all future legislation. The law should be placed on a broad and permanent basis, that would be eatis factory to the commercial community. The legiti mate negotiations of trade should be protected, and security afforded to the bona fide holders of those commercial documents, which by the cus tom of trade and the necessities of commerce are recognised as obligatory among merchants. There is but one way of achieving this great desideratum, and that is by assimilating the law to that relat ing to bills of exchange or bank notes. There may occasionally be a hardship to a person who has been defrauded of his goods. But he should exer cise the greatest caution before he parted with what is tantamount to a constructive possession of his property by signing a delivery order, war rant, bill of lading, (ie., and thus enabling a specious swindler to defraud an honest and inno cent person. As a question of relative equities all would be In favour of the party who advanced his money either by way of purchase or advance. But when w• consider the interests of the com mercial world, cadit quastio, there can be no doubt as to the course which public policy impe ratively demands. We cannot conceive that there can be the slightest difficulty in procuring a speedy legislative remedy. The voice of public opinion has spoken so clearly and emphatically, the true merits of the case are so conclusive that we cannot anticipate a difference, even in the Parliamentary arena. The rock to avoid is any peddling dealing with the subject. The title con veyed by such a document must be clear and unequivocal, so that they may be dealt with with out any of the delays or dificulties that may ruin many requiring temporary assistance, but not wishing to part with the entire property in the commodities which they desire to render available as security. There should be no dis tinction between persons who purchase, and who seek bona fide advances on documents of title. Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will be found an epitomised report of a speech recently delivered, to a portion of his constituents at South Shields, by the Noble Lord the Member for the Northern Division of the County of Dur ham. We are anxious to direct attention to this speech, not merely because of the earnestness with which some of the arguments appear to have been directed towards the solution of one of the most difficult problems of our time, but because those arguments seem to us—so to express it—to be luminous with the clear and vivid light of com mon sense ! The problem, it will be observed at once, was no other than the one imminently inter rogative nowadays, as to What shall be done with our criminal population ? The argument employed by the Noble Lori the Member for North Durham, with a view to the ulterior solution of this pro blem (stripped of all its details) resolves itself briefly to this—the employment of our convicts (in a self-supporting system) upon public works, and the simultaneous encouragement of our newly organised Juvenile Reformatories. Employing a homely but forcible illustration in proof of the reasonableness of the latter course of proceeding, the Noble Lord remarked that "a celebrated man had said, in speaking of a river which had long run a muddy and polluted course, You mast not go into the middle of the river to cleanse it, but you must go to the source whence it drew its disco loured stream e " adding, "That was the principle upon which they ought to go. They should go t o the fountain head, the source of crime, which he conceived to be ignorance." Referring to the obvious advantages resulting from the application of convict labour to the furtherance of public works--•labour which, in the instance of Portland and Milbank, has proved of late years wonderfully remunerative, as well as otherwise beneficial, both to the country at large and to the prisoners them selves—Lord ApoLrEns adduced some of those weighty statistics with which, thanks to Colonel JEBB'S very masterly "Annual Reports," the public are happily in some measure familiarised. They are statistics, however, the force of which cannot too often be insisted upon, and the direct and inevitable tendency of which cannot be too frequently or too pointedly indicated. It is by the alluring pathway thus indicated, we conceive, that we may really and reasonably hope to escape from the perilous dilemma of reverting, in sheer disgust at the frightful conse quences of the odious and detestable ticket-of leave, to the old and hardly less abominable system of wholesale transportation. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. Present—Viscount Palmerton, the Lord Chancellor, Farl Granville, the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, Sir O. Wood, the Right lion. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hun. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Duke of Sutherland is staying on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, at Lilleshall. His Grace will come to Stafford House in a few days. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and family are residing at Pau, and will not return to town until early in April. The Duke of Roxburgh has left the Clarendon for Broxmouth Park, near Dunbar. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town on Mon day from Windsor, and leaves to-day for Bo wood, Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne are staying at Lansdowne House. The Marquis of Bath is entertaining a select shoot ing party at Longle at. The Earl and Countess of Jersey have arrived on a visit to the Earl of Cardigan, at Deane Park, Northamp• tonshire. The Viscountess Jocelyn and youthful family are so• journing at St. Leonard's-on-Sea. The Count de Jarnac has arrived at Claridge's If otel. The Hon. C. C. and Lady Catherine Cavendish have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Latimers, Bucks. Sir Charles Wood arrived in town yesterday, from Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. E. Bouverie, M.P., son of the Earl of Radnor, has arrived in town, from Longford Castle, Wilts. Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere is prevented by an attack of influenza from attending the investiture of the Rath, to be held at Windsor on Saturday next, as senior knight. His lordship will arrive in London next week, to be present at the Earl of Derby's dinner en the 2d February. REPRESENTATION OF COLCHESTER.—There is likely to be a contest for the representation of Colchester, which will become vacant by the resignation of Lord John Manners, who will succeed his brother, the Mar . quis of Granby, in the representation of Leicestershire. In anticipation of a vacancy arising out of the death of the Duke of Rutland, Mr. Gordon Rebow, of Wivenhoe, issued an address to the electors, intimating his inten tion of soliciting their suffrages. Mr. Rebow is a Liberal in politics, and he will be opposed by a Con servative candidate from the neighbourhood of Romford, who also some time since issued an address to the electors. At the last election the numbers polled were —Mr. W. H. Hawkins (Conservative), 686 ; Lord John Manners (Conservative), 615 ; Mr. J. A. Hardcastle (Liberal), 468 ; Mr. H. T. Prineep (Conservative), 98. THE WRECK OP THE TYNE.—SOUTHAMPTON, WED NESDAY.—The Commander-in-Chief of Portsmouth has been applid to by Captain Vincent, the superintendent of the Royal Mail Company, who is at the Isle of Purbeck endeavouring to get off the Tyne steamer stranded there, for the loan of a couple of powerful steam tugs of light draught of water, to be employed in dragging the Tyne from the rocks. Th e ga l e of Monday from the south-west did not do any damage to the stranded vessel. An attempt to get her off will be made to-day or to-morrow and it will soon b e k nown whether she will be a lost ship or not. The landmark near which the wi.eamer lies is called in the charts St. A.ldan's. It is popularly called, however, St. Alban' s. On the top of St. Aldhan's Head, which is of immen s e height, there are the remains of an ancient chap el whi c h was dedicated to St. Aldhan, and w hi c h was supported centuries since by mariners w h o b estowed their offerings then they landed at neighbouring harbours after they had passed the headland in sa f ety. The remains of the chapel are now used by the coast-guardsmen. On the top of the headland also are walls built of loose stones crosswise, where the coast-guardsmen can be sheltered from the wind n o matter in what direction it blows These places are ab so l ute l y necessary, or men would at times be blown off th e c li ff into the sea. St. Alohan'. He ad is a b ou t seven miles from Swanage an d 12 from Wareham. LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, THURSDAY. Instructions for the evacuation of the Princi. palities by the Austrian troops have been sent off this day for Bucharest aid Jassy. The homeward march is to begin in the month of March next. BERNE, JAN. 21. The Royalist prisoners received their pass ports at Verviers, where their departure was offi cially recorded. Dr. Kern has gone to Paris. HANOVER, JAN. 21. The returns show a majority of 48 Government candidates against 36 Opposition. There are only three places from which the returns are not yet received. A Paris correspondent of the Nord of Brussels states that " despatches have been received which confirm the intelligence of the occupation of As trabad, in Persia, by the Russians, and the march of one of their brigades on Tabriz." This infor mation is in itself exceedingly improbable, and we find nothing in any other quarter to confirm it. Accounts from Astrabad, on the borders of the Caspian Sea, state that a division of the Russian flotilla attacked on the 28th December the pirates 3f Starpa, the most formidable on the coast, and inflicted on them a considerable loss. The Russians having destroyed the boats of their opponents, landed, and pursued them into their haunts, and forced them to fly in all directions. The Russians, during the last ten years, have been making, at the request of the Persian Government, continual attacks on these pirates, who desolate the Caspian Sea and the coasts of Mazanderan. The Berlin correspondent of the Times (second edition) in his letter, dated Jan. 20, says : " Now that the Swiss Federal Assembly and Government have at length resolved to comply with the Prussian demand for an unconditional liberation of the prisoners, and the quashing of the proceedings against them, as a prelimi• nary to all negotiation for the cession of the sovereignty of Neuchatel, you are doubtless anxious to hear from me what Prussia has done, is doing, or will do further in the matter. This Government has, I learn, lost no time in in forming its representatives abroad, by a circular de spatch, of its willingness, now that its preliminary stipulation has been fulfilled, to enter into nego tiations for the settlement of the sovereignty question. Tke despatch, lam told, is dated the 17th inst., and was sent off the same day. Now, as it was only the day before that the Swiss Council of State had adopted the resolution to liberate the prisoners, which the National Council had adopted the day previously, it must be ad mitted that the folks here have certainly not been slow this time in committing their intentions to paper, and bringing them to the knowledge of foreign Governinens. During the whole of the complication and even since the probability of Prussia's having to resort to arms became evident, I have not heard in so ciety or read in newspaper literature a single ex pressioi of exultation at the numerous defeats which every good Prussian firmly believed awaited Switzerland had it come to a war ; on the contrary, nothing but regret was ever heard for the evils that were about to be entailed not only on this coun try, but, in a still higher degree, on. Switzerland, by the late ill-advised attempt on Neuchatel, and the tenacity of the Swiss. I do not learn that this circular despatch of the 17th inst. puts forward any distinct proposals as to what form this Government contemplates the negotiations takiig, whether direct with Switzerland, or through the intervention of some one State, or by a Conference of all the great Powers of Europe, with the addition of Switzerland as the party mainly interested. As regards the probability of either of thew courses, it would appear to be most in favour of a Conference. The King of Naples has ordered his police to make out the list of pardons for political offences granted up to 1856, in order that they might be forwarded to the Governments of the great Euro pean Powers. These official tables declare that, since 1849 up to 1856, the King has pardoned 16,083 political offenders 1 We have frequently beck told that there were very few political pri soners confined in the Two Sioilies ; but some idea of their numbers may be arrived at when the effi.- cial report ha question acknowledges to 16,083 pardons in the continental dominions alone. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The state of the Prince Imperial continues to improve. His Imperial Highness is now convales cent. _ The Dcbats states that the ministerial note pub lished in the Moniteur of the 9th March, interdict ing the introduction of any new industrial enter prise, will not be renewed this y ear . But it adds that the Government has authorised the syndicat of the agens de change to point out such enter prises of a serious nature which might be excepted from the interdiction hith er t o imposed. "If we are to believe letters from St. Peters burg," says the Constitutionnel, " Gen. Chruleff, who commanded the Russian corps d'armee on the extreme frontier near Persia, was only summoned to the capital to receive verbal instructions for the eventuality of his corps d'armee being required as an auxiliary by the Shah of Persia." The Assemblee Nationale submits the following disinterested and flattering advice to England England is indebted to her industrial development for the strength and grandeur she enjoys—a fictitious strength and grandeur, since it is this excessive development that has created those perils which cause us at this hour to question the destinies of the haughty nation which aspires to the destinies of ancient Rome. England endeavours to extend her domination over all the seas, islands, and conti. newts ; she should perhaps renounce these vast ideas in favour of the more humble task of assur ing her internal existence, which is menaced by the barbarians who people her manufactories There exist in England volcanoes tl a i n a pd t pe a a r r e now ances . , audible, and which will finish by running over. It is not for nothing that, amidst a civilisation proud of its luxury and its brillia n t there exist masses of men, women, a who wallow in the most fe ar f u l misery andeh children d l r i e v n e beyond the pale of Christian laws." Cardinal Merlot, Archbishop of Tours, will, in all probability, be the n ew Archbishop The petition which V erger has addreossfePdatroisihe Emperor fills four pages, and displays some literary a h b o i w h e t v y e , r b , titis showshumble tha the petitioner t suppliant considers in tone.h im It, . self different from the rest of mankind, and believes in his own infallibility. put to death he may ---c beingfavourite honourableurit e t opie oefx Inoble ll beprsauybsjetchtaetd, to o n s a t ea , d o f be decided appeal to the Court c • hwillpro bably His constant thought and of Cassation, which .c m on o v rre rs w a . tion is the result of his tomorrow. ! When the offi cer arr i ve d a t the prison of the Conciergeri e t o t ransfer the conv i c t to the Roquette, Verger, After having taken leave of t he kee p ers Verger in tears, to o k l e ave of all the ke e p ers. Was prepari ng to leave, but at that moment he manifested int o ise anxiety. He believed they were concealing the truth, an d he repeatedly asked whether hi s remo val from the Conciergerie had not some other motive than a change of prison. On being a nswer ed that it ha d not he took courage,, but when he was a scending crowd in the Court , he cried, " the van, and Fa w a 1 They are deceiving a m being removed for the me ; o f executing it is certain that I purpose ! to be executed." me Oh yes ! I have no doubt now but I am about " No," replied the officer, " you are, as you were already told, to be taken to the prison of La Ro quette." This reply did not appear to satisfy him ; he was ghastly pale, and it was with some diffi culty he could mount into the van, where h e was placed with an officer in the fore part. On entering the cell Verger examined it carefully, and appeared in some degree to recover his self possession. He anxiously demanded whether he might procure the same food he was accustomed to at the Conciergerie, and ho again solicited the favour which could not be granted of being freed from the strait waistcoat. " Please to re quest the Prefect of Police to grant me that favour," added he ; "be assured that I have no intention either to escape or to kill myself. Moreover, am I not so well guarded that such an attempt would be impossible ! If it was known what a torture it is to a man like me for whom continual labour is a necessity, I am certain that he would dispense with it. See my position. lam sentenced to death. In a few days perhaps the sentence will be executed ; but previous to that I have some preparations to make. I wish to make my will, to regulate the interests of my heirs, d;c., and I cannot do so, because it is impossible for me to write." Dr. Kern was expected in Paris this clay from Berne, en route, it is said, for London. It is said he will be the Plenipotentiary from the Confedera tion at the approaching Conferences. The usual telegraphic communications between Paris and London are now re-established. Botritsx, Jan. 21.—The following were th• hit quotations : Cash. fr. c. 4 per Cents 3yer Cents 67 90 End of Month. —fr. —c. 68 10 New Loan Bank Shares 4,200 Roman (1. d) Credit Mobilier 1,402 50 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ 993 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. ; fr. c. tr 8 Orleans 1,385 Western Northern 948 75 Strasburg Lyons 1,380 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,790 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette NEIICIIATEL. The German journals now lay down two hypo theses on the manner of bringing about the ar rangement of the affair of Neuchatel—either a direct negotiation between Switzerland and Prus sia, or a congress. The latter, they think, will probably be the course adopted. Next comes the question as to where the congress shall meet. These journals naturally lean towards one of their owz cities, and the same opinion is entertained at St. Petersburg, as may be seen from the follow* letter, dated from that capital, the 11th " The conferences, in which the affair of Neuchatel is to be definitively settled, have already been the object of diplomatic communications. The question of the place of meeting was first mooted. England has askeg —doubtless because the protocol of the 24th May, 1852, was signed at London—that that capital should be selected for the place of meeting. But as England has not maintained in this affair a position strictly im partial, the Russian government has thought it right to propose a neutral locality. It is proposed the city of Frankfort, proposed by the cabinet of St. Petersburg, has a chance of being fixed on. It is very probable that Russia will, on this occasion, renew the protest which she made in 1848, in concert with France, Prussia; and Austria, against the changes made in 1847 in the Swiss constitution, as guaranteed by the treaties of 1815. But however that may be, the questions relative to the asylum given in Switzerland to political refu gees will be now settled The system at present fol lowed i❑ the respect by Switzerland leads to serious inconveniences for monarchical Europe, and is, more over, contrary to the principle of neutrality." The Elberfeld Gazette announces an approaching publication of the Prussian cabinet relative to the whole affair of Neuchatel. There will be therein stated the discontinuance of the trial of Neuchatel as the accomplishment of the preliminary condition called for by the Prussian government, and it will be declared that Prussia is ready to enter into negotiation for the definitive settlement of the question. A note has already, to this effect, ac cording to this journal, been sent to the cabinets of the great powers. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 19.—The insurgent band under the brothers Hierros has presented its claims to be included in the amnesty. The Gazette contains a declaration to the effect that the most perfect understanding prevails among the various members of the government. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier were ex pected at Madrid, the duchess having expressed the desire to pass part of the winter with the Queen, her sister ; it was said that the Queen had determined on accompanying her sister on her re turn to Andalusia, and on being present at the ceremonies of the Holy Week at Seville, where they are peculiarly splendid. The Countess de Reuss, wife of General Prim, had resolved to go to Toledo to share his captivity. The quantity of wheat imported into Spain on account of the go vernment from the beginning of November to the end of January was 328,720 bushels. The Madrid journals of the 15th contain no thing of political interest. The Gazette contains a royal decree which enacts that governors and functionaries of provinces shall be formed into a corps called " Civil Provincial Administration that the salary of the Governor of Madrid shall be 60,000 reals a-year ; and that of the governors of other provinces, 40,000. Th e Ga z ette anno unces that two other bishop s , those of Tarragona and Urge!, have sent addresses to the Queen thanking her Majesty for what she has done for the Church. SARDINIA. The King of Sardinia, on the 18th, received the deputations from the Senate and Chamber of Deputi es w i t h the addresses in answer to the speech from th e throne. His Majesty's answer was as follow s :—" I am happy in the thought that the support of the na ti on h as never f a il e d me, an d I am convinced that I may rely upon its affection and patriotism, should it become necessary to make further and greater sacrifices." The Chamber of Deputies at Turin, in its sitting of the 17th, after a protracted discussion of the principle of freedom of instruction, voted an order of the day, accepting the declaration of the cabinet, that that principle should be carried into effect in a special law relative to private instruction. The Opiwione of Turin positively denies the rumour that the Court of Sardinia had sent anY one to compliment the Emperor of Austria. THE INDIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, Captain Brooks, from Alexandria with the India mails, has just arrived. She was telegraphed off Hurst at midnight, but lay to outside Calshot all night on account of the thick weather. She left Alexandria January sth ; Malta, 10th ; Gibraltar, 16th. She brings 41 passengers, specie value 8,450/., and a full cargo of fruit, silks, &c. At Alexandria—H.M.S. Tartarus, Peninsular and Oriental steam er V ectis, American frigate Con stitution ; at Conqueror, B runsw i ck, Centurion, Swallow, Shear water, and Wy e ; Malta—li.M. flagship Hibernia, at Gibraltar—H.M.S. Curlew, screw steamers L e b anon and Taurus. Gibraltar exchanges on the 10th.—Lisbon 601 to 50i ; Paris, sf. 32c. ; Marseilles, sf. 33c. ; Genoa, sf. 34c A gale occurred at Gibraltar on the 13th, from W. to N.W., which caused several casualties among the merchant shipping. The French bark Alexander Went ashore, and is full of water, and masts oyer side. The British brigantine Nazarene, from New York, went aground off the Old Molehead. The French brig Eliza Marie was beached off the Devil's Tongue. The British bark Alpha was driven be hind the rock, and lost s ails, and was very leaky. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22. The B ragan za steamer b r i ngs Li s b on dates o f t h e :—Duke 15 T thinst., when the following vesse l s o f war were Tagus of in the W elli ngton, Rear-Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas ; Caesar, Captain J. Robb ; Sans- P Captain Astley C. K ey ; Exmouth, C ap t a in Harry Eyres ; Colossus, Captain T. Thompson ; The French ship A u hadand a t h r r e v J e a d m o e n s I t Vh the tt, 12th from Plymouth. s Cain te p r t i t z a T n . d V s t . e A a m n s e o r An, h w is which and the Dutch frigate Prins Alexander, bad left on the 14th for Madeira, as also the Austrian screw frigate Coute Radetzky ; and Swedish corvette Clapman, for the south. The Peninsular and Oriental packet Alhambra, with the outward mails of the 7th, only arrived at Lisbon on the 4th at nightfall. She was obliged. to put out t o sea in consequence of a thick fog cal Vigo, and a most terrific gale which blew on the 11th, and lasted nearly 48 hours, forced her to pro ceed to Lisbon without touching at Vigo or Oporto. It was feared this stormy weather had caused many disasters to shipping, and already telegraphic news had been received that the steamer Queen, 1) - Alaclereid, which left Lisbon on the 10th, had rail on shore two miles south of Viana on the 12the and at 4 a.m. vine of the crew were lost, but pall of the cargo was likely to be saved. Upo n receipt of Admiralty despatches per ha mbra, Rear-Ad m i ra l D un d as si g nalled the_ squadron i n th e T agus to prepare f or sea nex t dig (the 16th), without waiting for the Shannon sr_ Pr incess Royal, which were expected to j o in Of Admiral during his cruise. As the Thaganza lets Lisbon, the Cintra, belonging to the same Liver' pool line, was going up the Tagus.