The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-10 00:00:00

WEATHEIt-SuN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 10. TIIP:RWONSTER, IN Till!, SHADE. 49 highest since noon yesterday. 43 lowPst this morning APd during the night. 51- this day at noon. R.4LOKETER, 29 . 73. Wm, S.W.—Light, with fine, sunshiny weather. ~ .. 4.414 1- Aer - :_ ~,_ „.„ ) ,......,,,, k _... , , r---: - /-. 2 ~. ,--'---,a..-„...-------- - - un, k i .. 1 ) v., s:,-5it...„.,A,ti:„:„...„ ._2 / ' :',' . ' Si% ..I},"i -;:-._': -:',.-'.. '-'-'*;s:'' '.- ... , ...z t i i - - - J.;). t. ON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, Pin Thkre is nothing like "the pressure from with out' for bri n g in g an obstinate M inht3r t) reason. You "in/mt.' i s a wonderful convincer. It smoothes dire difficulties, removes obstructions, and renders matters declared to be iropomibie easy of attainment. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer is no exceptio n to the general rule. R e has shown himself to be nia.le of very squeezable material, and given a salutary lesson to the peo ple as to the mode by which grievance.; may be alleviated and social nuisances abated. Having the fear of Mr. DISRAELI before his eyes he has at length yielded, although not with a very good grace, and named an early day for the opening of his Budget. It Was accordingly announced last night that the Navy E.,timates would this day be laid on the t tblo, the Army Estimates to-nicr row, and that the anxiously looked -for Financial Statement would be made on Friday next. This is a palpable attempt to anti c i pate h i s opponents, to " take the wind out of their sails," according to the vulgar but expressive phrase. He will thus, as he hopes, be enabled to get rid! T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, MaArtthews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Roxby. Scenic ist, 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. Yonnge, G. Honey, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Lingham ; Misses Cleveland and Y. 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 home to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2 s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 105. 6d., V. Is., 1/. 11s. 6d., and 21. 2s.' A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with (third time) a new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren ' Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Po y nter, and Mrs. E. Fitz. will iam. Followed by A FAMILY FAILING. After which (46th time) tho new comic pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr. W. Callcott. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver 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 mid the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack; Clown, Mr. Malin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. lumbine, Miss C. Adams. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Artagnan, Mr. C. Dillon. To be followed by CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., ounded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty'lleatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Miss Woolgar ..Mr. J. L. Toole _Mrs. Charles Dillon _Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. A. Marshall The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super ietendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties 1.1 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, A DBL PHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Ramey Williams. Aftes which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pail Bedford will appear. Ir Followed by OUR GAL. Caroline Morton, Mrs. Barney Williams. To conclude with MOTHER SHIPTON ; sr, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland ; Scaramouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, an original play, in three acts, entitled A BIRD' IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. Roderick Praiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin , Mr. F. Mover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa mily ; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. TRAND TREAT R,E.—Manager, M c. T. Payne. —This Evening will be per brmed THE PERILS OF CRINOLINE. - Affer which, DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Followed by THE ANTI•GAROTTE. To c include with the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MNGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, Miss B. 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 ; Addclp ate, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edonin ; it.ronem. Irir. G. Lee ; Furhilofruuthbert ; Little Clown, Master w , Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; 'Columbines, Miss E. .Jacobs and Mdle. Collisoa ; Premier Janscuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 61. ♦ morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, will be performed CORIOLANUS. Characters by Messrs. Phelps, H. Manton, Robinson, Ray, Rayner, Belford, and Harris; Mesdames Eburne and Atkin son, and Mrs. H. Marston. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. O. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by .J. R. Plancbe, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Caese, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, ond Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at ha.lf-pa.st Seven. Messrs ASTLEY'S ROY AL 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. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ; it,2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING. —The follow ing company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popula , : Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, B. Grover, T. Farrant ; S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Coni, Senor Antonio M. ds Solla, and E. L. Hi no ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and C o rri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, J. Caulfield., jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre itippers, die., until twelve o'clock. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Press Ball will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Gentleman's t;,. - :ket, 7s ; lady's ditto, ss; d‘mble ti cket (lady and gentlenAau or two ladies), 10s. ;lIG , I WATER AT LONDON 13RIDGE. THIS DAv—Morn. 0 7 . nin. aft. 3 —Evening 13 mia. aft. 3 Tr►-Moa3ow—Morn. 35 min. aft. 3—Evening 51 min.aft. 3 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY lO , of the expression of general disapprobation and disgust at the " pettifogging quibble"—to keep his "slight convenient intrenchment in the dis tance," concealed from observation—as a masqued battery in fact, not to be resorted to save in the last extremity. • This is a cunning game, but it has been too long deferred. The concession should have been made at an earlier period, and with a better grace. The time for capitulation has gone by when the assailants have it all their own way ; and if a beleaguered garrison expect the honours of war, they must lay down their arms while there is the possibility of their offering a formidable, if not an effectual, resistance. Had Sir G. C. LEWIS an nounced to the deputations that waited on him respecting the Income Tax that he would put forward his financial scheme within ten days after the meeting of P a rliament —had he, even during the discussion on the Royal Speech, made a similar declaration, the public anxiety would have been alleviated, and numerous notices of motion on the subject might not have been given. We long since demanded the unconditional re peal of the War Income Tax Acts of 1854 and 1855, so that the "pettifogging quibble" might be definitively abandoned. The impost would then be levied under Mr. GLADSTONE'S Act of 1853, at the rate of sd. in the pound. If the 16,000,0001., which would thus be relinquished, could not be spared consistently with the efficient maintenance of the national establishments, the Right Hon. Baronet might then appeal to the tried liberality of the House, and that appeal, if justified by circumstances, would be promptly and generously responded to. He could not, how ever, make up his mind to relinquish the petty advantage, and he must therefore abide the con sequences. Nothing but the repeal of the ob noxious Acts will satisfy the nation, and that must be obtained before any terms of compromise can be even listened to. Mr. DISRAELI has entered on the right course in one respect. But, unfortunately, the Right Honourable Gentleman does not stop at the right point. He is not satisfied with proposing the simple repeal of the Acts of Parliament that entail the grievance, but he endeavours to commit the House to another grievance far more flagrant, viz., the quasi equal charge on all receipts, with out reference to the sources from whence they might be derived, assessing at the same rate the permanent income arising out of accumulated and realised property, and the precarious and fluctu ating earnings of industry. He declares that it is " more judicious not only to remove the griev ance, but to assort these just and sound principles on which the tax ought to rest, as long as it is permitted to remain in existence." This was skilfully contrived, by mixing two totally different subjects, to attract the votes of the independent Members by the immediate repeal of the Act, and then tack on a rider that NI 0111(1 prevent the parties who voted in its favour from claiming a more equitable apportionment of the burden ! This is practically a " pettifogging quibble," as unfair as that of Sir G. C. LEwrs's, although far better concealed. When the pledge had been given against any modification of the impost, then the combined strength of the Derbyites and Aberdeenites would reimpose at least a considerable portion of the weight that had been nominally, although not really, removed. The dodge bears the impress of Mr. GLADSTONE'S hand. We suspect that the night Honourable aaaexpan might_ as on a previous occision, ex- —Me, me, adsum pi feci, Iri me, eonvertile ferrum—mea frans omnis." The Liberal Members will not, however, be quite so easily taken in ; and, fortunately, there is a mode by which they can avoid the trap so artfully laid for their reception. Major REED, in redemption of his solemn pledge, has given notice hat he will this evening move a resolution : that " whereas the Act of Parliament (18th Vic., c. 20) contains a proviso, which, by its technical construc tion, would inflict in time of peace a second year of full war Income Tax upon the loyal, but heavily burdened, subjects of her MAJESTY, the House is of opinion that the provisions of said Act should cease'and determine from the 6th of April next." We trust that the Honourable and Gallant Mem ber may persevere in this motion, and steadfastly resist all the blandishments that may be used by professing Liberals to induce him to postpone or withdraw it. Such a course will be far better for irhe Government, and for the Liberal members. By prompt concession, the Government, will extricate themselves from a very em barrassing position, while the artful dodge of the DISRAELI-GLADSTONE Coalition will be turned against themselves. -.We trust the Gallant Major will exhibit firmness befitting the occasion, the fiat and greatest requisite of one who aspires to be a leader amongst Parliamentary Reformers. Lord BROUGHAM has long worthily occupied bile chief place amongst legal reformers. No man has ever worked more steadily, indefatigably, and efficiently in cleansing the Augean stables of the law. The alterations in the national statutes will constitute his " most glorious memorial" whenever (and far distant be the day) he may be removed from amongst us. The grievance which he last night exposed in the House of Lords is one of a very serious character. Any man is subject to au action on the most frivolous and vetious grounds. Re can do nothing to arrest the evil. A pauper may put forward a claim ecting his character or property, and ho must encounter heavy expenses and serious annoyance, with the certainty that when the f erdic t is pre flounced in his favour he cau never hope to obtain the costs, oven as between party and party, to which ho has been 30 wantonly and recklessly liff subjected. Should his opponent resort to the Insolvent Court, although a frivolous and vexa tious defence would furnish sufficient grounds for a prolonged demand, the bringing a vexatious ac tion, without even the shadow of foundation, could not in any way be punished. Some of the learned Commissioners have repeatedly deplored their want of power to pronounce a sentence ade quatq to the occasion, so that the unfortunate and innocent defendant was left wholly without re medy —although the offence was really far greater than that of a vexatious defence, inasmuch as it must have been committed either through a vindic tive and malicious feeling, er in a reckless and wanton spirit. Lord Baonorram last, night detailed a case which happened in the Court of Queen's Bench, in his early days, where privileged defamation was uttered against the defendant, without any attempt at proof, or any opportunity warrantable att ac k , for reb u tti ng th e un or sending forth the antidote with the poison. There are many similar cases of far more recent occurrence ; and we venture to a ssert that there is not a single practising barristerof three or four years' standing, who could not draw o n his experience for corroborative evidence. It was some years ago perfectly notorious on the Munster Circuit that actions were brought for the sole purpose of obtaining an opening sp eec h frxn a Queen's Counsel, whose vituperative powe rs had been largely developed, and who generally contrive d to fasten a soubriquet or nick ; name on the defendant that stuck to him for life. So that the plaintiff had the double gratification of materially hurting the feelings and injuring the pocket of his victim. Such a deplorable state of affairs requires no comment, and it is sufficient to say that it is still possible, although a more healthy feeling, both on the Bench and at the Bar, renders it of far less frequent occurrence. Lord BROUGHAM is entitled to the greatest possible credit for the introduction of this salu tary and much-required measure, which was read the first time last night. Care must, of course, be taken not to obstruct the gates of justice; •r to prevent a man, merely because he is poor, from obtaining any amount of redress to which he may fairly be entitled. But it is one thing to permit free access to every meritorious suitor, and to refuse admission to vindictive scoundrels who merely seek to give vent to their evil pas sions. The Noble and Learned Lord has shown that he is fully alive to the necessity of due dis crimination, and his past career :Affords the best and most conclusive testimony that he may be safely trusted, and that his prudence is as strong as his lively sense of injustice. We trust that he may succeed to the full extent of his wishes on this very important subject. Should he do so he will have established another powerful claim on the national gratitude, sufficient to render the name of HENRY BROUGHAM a household word amongst our children, and their descendants hrough many successive generations. The Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment last night introduced his premised measure on the interesting question of secondary punish ments and tickets of leave. It is needless to say how anxiously the subjeot has been looked forward to by the peaceable and well-disposed classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects. Protection for life and property is the equivalent which they are supposed to obtain in return for their heavy contributions to the national exchequer, and the various restrictions to which they willingly submit. But a new and formidable foe has arisen, far more formidable than adverse nations. The domestic Ishmaelites have acquired extra ordinary force, and energetic efforts are impera tively demanded to abate the social grievance. No man feels himself safe under his own roof un less he has taken extra precautions against daring burglars, and if his business compels him to traverse lonely ways after nightfall he does so in constant fear of garotters, and the various members of the predatory hordes who look upon every man as fair game, and who will not scruple to take life, should it be necessary for their escape, or even the complete success of their diabolical projects. Hitherto the law has looked solely to the punishment of convicted criminals. The pre vention of crime was a matter wholly beyond its frontiers. There was no notice taken of the palpable intention—and men who were known to be living by crime, to be arrayed in open hostility against the laws of the land, were not only permitted to pursue their nefarious pro jects without let or hindrance, but they had their ranks recruited by experienced hands fresh from the hulks and houses of correction, who had succeeded in gammoning the chaplains, or me dical men, by the reformed or sick dodges. This serious evil must in some way be checked, and although Sir GEORGE GREY does not strike at its very root, by interposing the protection of the law against notorious members of the swell mob flifr er pt i f ssisaals of erime.that abound, more especially in the metropolis, he has ninths s creditable attempt to prevent convicted and expe rienced criminals from getting loose to prey upon society for the second time. He does not proceed to the full extent that is required, but the step is in the right direction, and we have no doubt that further ameliorations will gradually be introduced, until all that could be reasonably anticipated will be effected. The main feature of the new proposition will be, that transportation and penal servitude will be convertible terms, so that notoriously incorrig ible offenders may be detained in perpetual imprison- ment at home or aeported for life, or a prolonged term of years, as may be deemed most expedient by the authorities. There is no doubt that the old system of transportation was by far the most effectual, that it afforded the best protection against the criminal, and at the same time the most auspicious prospects of his reformation. Natural humanity revolted against anything that deprived even the most atrocious malefactor of any motive for improvement, that excluded even hope, and delivered hint over a victim to despair. Besides, he was rendered a permanent burden on the national finances. The means essential to his safe custody rendered it impossible for him to earn his daily bread by his daily labours on works of public utility. But there were other parties to be consulted before a judicious system of tran sportation could be carried into operation. Our colonists were entitled to protest against the con tamination to which they would be exposed by the invasion of the offscourings of our population. Even those who would be willing to receive con victed offenders stipulated for the class which we ourselves were anxious to retain. It was not the incorrigible or the helpless, but those who might be reformed, and who could make themselves use ful auxiliaries in the battle against the wilderness. There was then, apparently, an insuperable ob stacle to carrying out our own views and intentions, and no adequate solution has as yet been offered of the interesting and important problem. For the present, West Austrialia stands alone in being willing to receive our criminals, and it must be obvious that unless great discrimination be exercised that " locus penitentiaa," as it may properly be termed, may speedily be overstocked and closed against us. Sir GEORGE GREY is, therefore, fully justified in demanding the legis lative sanction to that which, under all the circumstances of the case, was all that he could at present suggest. But the measure can only be regarded as a tsmporary expedient—not as a per manent system. It may always be useful, but more is required. We want a new and exclusively penal settlement. We shall not at present enter into the vexed questions of the Falkland Islands, the Hudson's Bay Company's dis tricts, the Hebrides, or the islands of the western coast of Ireland ; some of them may beneficially be resorted to. Suffice it now to say that Sir GEORGE GREY'S measure is good so far as it goes, but that far more is required before the criminal question can be considered settled, or even as placed on a satisfactory foundation. The Chief Commissioner of Public Works gave a very satisfactory account last evening of the intentions of the Government in regard to the proposed new bridge at Westminster. In answer to an inquiry (relative to those intentions) ema nating from the lion. Gentleman the member for Honiton, Sir BENJAMIN HALL intimated that Ministers had already formally adopted the re commendation of the Committee, to excite a com petition, in reference to the designs for the new bridge, among the principal architects and engi- Ineers of th e d ay . S o completely i ndee d h as the Administration adopted this suggestion, that no less than 1,'741 copies of conditions and particulars have been circulated in all directions— through Sir BENJAMIN HALL'S own department, through the Foreign Office, and through the agency of the French Government. As many as 1,541 of these "forms'' passing through the Office of Public Works ; I'7o being disseminated through the Office of the Foreign Secretary; and 130 being supplied to our Gallic Allies for the purposes of appropriate distribution. Immediately the replies to this comprehensive invitation to the more con spicuously gifted among the living votaries of architecture and engineering, shall have been received—it is proposed by her MAJESTY'S GOVVII ment to make, somewhere, a grand public exhibition of the various designs sent in by the competitors. Probably, says Sir BENJAMIN, Westminster Hall will be the place selected for this rather unusual exhibition. If so the public will be reminded somewhat forcibly of another grand public exhi bition which took place there some ten or a dozen years ago--that, we mean, of the gigantic Cartoons in the production of which some of our more ambitious artist's, such men as Messrs. Mecusn, and POOLE, and CROSS, and ARMITAGE, revealed new powers in a new department. It is earnestly to be hoped that the forthcoming dis play of designs for the New Westminster Bridge in Old Westminster Hall may be auspicious of grander improvements in our metropolis generally —improvements to be effected by means of com bined architectural and engineering achievements. It is to be hoped that the proposed exhibition, promised last evening in the House of Commons by Sir BENJAMIN HALL, may be auspicious of such improvements, improvements thus diffused and comprehensive--precisely as the former Exhibition, the Exhibition of Cartoons just alluded to, was auspicious of a novel and unaccustomed evidence of taste, enterprise, and munificence, as applied to the decoration of the magnificent palace of the Legislature. Whichever of the numerous designs for the new bridge about to be received and exhibited by Her Majesty's Govern ment may be selected as the most suitable in every particular—it is sincerely to be trusted by us all that due regard will, in the first place, be had to tfie site chosen, as well as to the precise sweep of the new approaches. Sufficient space, moreover, ought to be cleared in the immediate vicinity of the Bridge itself, and in that of the palatial Houses of Parliament; otherwise the old shame and griev ance will, in this instance again, therefore, be de plorably perpetuated. Tkat we mean which is so obviously the disfigurement of all our metropoli tan specimens of architecture. The want of room, actually, in which to be seen. St. Paul's Cathedral being a flagrant instance of this. Se veral of our principal churches, moreover, being ignominiously poked down back lanes, as in the instance of St. Bride's, with its beautiful tele scopic spire. If the competitors in the proposed or rather promised Exhibition of Designs for the New Bridge want " no favour"—the Bridge itself most assuredly wants "a clear stage." And so for that matter, too, does the contiguous palace of the Legislature. Unless some regard be had to this very pressing want of space, both in regard to Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament—the more stiffnecked passers-by will run the chance repeatedly of dislocating their ♦ertebras in trying to get a peep at the sum mit of the Clock Tower ! Now that Sir BBNJA.MIN HALL has fairly warmed to what ought to be the spirit of his office, it is satisfactory at any rate to note his readiness to acquit himself of its duties with a due regard to the numerous and onerous 1uc T uA.—..“........,__ •._ , :—.oLve. CONTOCATIoN.—The adjournment of the convocation of the province of Canterbury is to the 26th of June ensuing. REPORTED DEATH OF COLONEL WYNDHAM.—We are happy to state that there is no foundation for this ru mour.-- United Servke Gazette. THE EARL of HAREWOOD.—The medical bulletin from Harewood-house yesterday morning was as follows : "The Earl of Hare wood is a little better. Harewood house, Monday morning, Feb. 9." Mr. H. W. Schneider has withdrawn his claims to the representation of Hull, and Mr. James Clay is now the only candidate. Major the Hon. W. Boyle, M.P,, delivered a lecture during the past week, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, Frome, on the subject of Algeria. Ye-terday the Liverpool Town Council revoked to invite Mr. W. Brown, M.P., to lay the foundation stone of the new tree library in the Easter Parliamentary recess. It is stated that the East India Company wilt shortly invite tenders for the conveyance of upwards of 2,000 troops from England to Madras. Tile continental exchanges continue with a favourable appearance. At Hamburg the rate of discount has de clined to 3i per cent. The Presse and Estafette both contradict the statement of the Revue Britannique that Ledru-Rollin had left London for the -United States. a t n h c e e a ß t r t e h a e de S ta t. ir J e am bo e a s l a m T e h e e , at h r a e, s Saturdayen Th yielded 701., after pay w ent of the expenses. Z OOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the meeting of the Zoological Society th is evening, Professor Owen The am a tamateur u r last, perform ance f° TO; will read a paper on the anatomy of the great ant-bear. Canaca P R EFERMENTS. — Rev. A. C. Copeman, 8.M., minister of St. Andrew, in the City of Norwich ; Rev. Edward Pote Neale, M.A., to the vicarage of Horsey, in Norfolk. A correspondent, writing from Dresden, says : " Baron Forah Rouen, the French envoy at our court, was received to-day, at twelve o'clock, in solemn audience, to deliver to hie Maje s ty th e G ran d C ross o f the Legion of Honour. The Agra, from Shanghai, is reported off the Western Islands with a valuable cargo of 2,359 bales of silk and 517,5001b5. of tea. The Virginia has also arrived with a quantity of tea. THE STAMP DUTY PAID BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND. — The sum of 60,0001. is paid by the Bank of England as a composition for stamp duty, and 120,0001. contributed out of the profits of the circulation department. WHITEHAYEN, CLEATOR, AND EGREMONT RAILWAY. — The directors will declare a dividend for the half-year at the rate of nearly 9 per cent. per annum. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST RAILWAY.—At the halt-yearly meeting of this company, which was held on Saturday at Gloucester, Mr. Baker in the chair, a divi dend of 114. Bd. per share, free of income tax, was de clared. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The Bradford branch of this company's railway from the main line at Bath to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Trow bridge, was opened on Monday for passenger traffic. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies durirg the past week have comprised three vessels —two t) Port-Philip and one to Hobart Town, with an aggr3gate capacity of 1,402 tons. The rates of freight continue to exhibit heaviness. A. letter from SI Petersburg, of the 31st ult., bays , "The Emperor Napoleon has sent to the Emperor Alexander 11. a magnificent copy of the 'lmitation of Jesus Christ,' printed at the Imperial printing office in Paris. It was sent to Count de Kisseleff by the Minister of Justice. The Imperial Library purchased a copy of this work in 1855, at a cost of 6000 f " A copy has been received of a correspondence between Mr. Luard and the London and County Bank, of which be was lately the manager. Mr. Luard complained of the tone of a circular ssued by the bank in April last, and the bank, in a letter dated the 4th instant, have re plied that it was not the intention of the board to im peach his integrity. FIRE IN QUEEN -STREET, LONG-ACRE.—Last evening, between five and six o'clock, it was discovered that a house belonging to Mr. Hooper, of Berners-street, Ox ford-street, was on fire. The fire was not got under till it had excited some alarm iu the neighbourhood. A little boy four years old was burnt to death, Nothing is known as to the origin of the fire. IRON BOILERS SUNK.—On Saturday last, whilst the steam-boat Gollob was towing three iron boilers, each weighing 101 tons, from Whitby to Rosedale, near Staithes, at which place blasting furnaces are being formed, two of them filled with water, and went to the bottom, off Kettlene,s Point. Their value is about 3001 each.—Dover Chronicle LIVERPOOL TOWN DUES. Our readers will perceive, by a perusal of the debates that we were right in our assertion that the Government did not intend to take any further notice of the Liverpool town dues. Mr. Lowe moved, on Thursday, for leave to bring in a bill for the abolition of passing tolls, but from this bill the Liverpool town d ies are excluded. At a meeting of the Australian Royal Mail Company, yesterday afternoon, the proposal of the direc tors to ap are not to take any measures for further operations i with ply for a su cha o u t previously censulting the share h o lders. Since the l a st meeting four of the vessels have been discharged Pplemental rter was confirmed, but they from the transport service—viz., the Sydney , t he Ad e laide, the Victori a , an d t h e Australian, and have been placed in the Victoria Dock, waiting purchasers. The arrangement of accounts with the Government la pro ceeding LATEST YEWS. MARSEILLES, FEB. 9. The Thabor has come in, with letters and papers to the 2d. The Sultan has desired M. Thouvenel to con gratulate the Emperor Napoleon on the happy issue of the negotiations relating to the moot points respecting the Bessarabian frontier and the Isle of Serpent. 4. _ A despatch from Bagdad received in Constan ;inople affirms that Russian troops are making Forward movements towards the Persian frontier ; it is said they will enter Persia. The Persian Ministry is divided upon the question of devoting 600,000 tomaus to the war. Tho governor of Tabriz having called upon the garrison of Marragha to march to repress an in surrection, the mountain tribes entered the city so soon as they had loft, and pillaged it. Anarchy and rumours of incursions reign on all sides. Fifteen English ships had appeared at Bender abbas, and were there buying provisions and stores for money. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 31st ult., states that the affairs of Persia appear to assume a serious appearance. Several generals who com mand the troops stationed on the frontiers of Russia and Persia, on the coast of the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus, have been summoned to St. Petersburg, to attend a council of war. Several couriers have been despatched to Count Peroffski at Orenburg, to the Caucasus, and to General Prince Orbelian, who commands on the Caspian Sea. General Kappher, chief of the staffof the right wing of the line of the Caucasus, and the chief of the staff of the corps detached from Siberia, hav e left to resume their command, having received in structions for every eventuality which may arise. The writer then denies that there is any truth in the assertions of some of the Austrian Rows papers, that the Russian Government is occu pied in re-establishing its military ports in the Black Sea, or rebuilding the towns of Kertch and Sebastopol, or raising the ships of war sunk in the harbour. On the contrary, ac cording to the writer, the Russian Government is gradually reducing its military establishments in the Crimea, and the denomination Russian fleet in the Black Sea is erased from the Imperial almanack, and replaced by flotilla of the Black Sea. Admiral Zebrikoff, appointed to the com mand of that flotilla, left St. Petersburg on the 30th ult. for Nicolaieff. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The reports lately current of the probable ar rangement of the difficulties which had arisen be twee". the Western Powers and the Neapolitan Government appear to assume a certain degree of consistency. The foreign journals state that the attempts made for this purpose, by the Prussian envoy at the Court of King Ferdinand, have been favourably received, and that the Cabinets of London and Paris seem disposed to follow the conciliatory suggestions of the Court of Potsdam, supported by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. " The event of the day here in Vienna," says a letter from that city in the Presse, " and which occupies general attention, is the step which Sir H. Seymour, by order of his Government, has just taken to officially congratulate this Cabinet on the act of amnesty accomplished by the Emperor during his residence in the Lombardo-Venetian provinces. It is not yet known whether the French Ambassador or the Russian and Prussian Plenipo tentiaries have addressed similar congratulations •n the part of their respective Governments ; but the step taken by England does not, by being isolated, less indicate the desire of the British Cabinet to unite itself closely with the Austrian Government." BOURSE, Feb. 9.—The following were the last - Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents _ _ . . 3 per Cents 6B 10 New Loan - End of Month. -fr. -c. 68 45 Bank Shar©s 4,100 Roman Credit Mobilier 1;355 Austrian Belgian Fives . 99k— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9O 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASE. tr. c. fr c Orleans 1,367 50 Western Northern 928 75 Strasburg Lyons 1,377 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,742 60 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cate - THE ROYAL THEATRI 'CALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—lt is with great reluctance that I request you to insert a few lines in your columns in expla nation of the paragraphs that have appeared in several newspapers, in consequence of the step which Mr. Rogers, of the Olympic Theatre, has thought proper to take with reference to his payment for services rendered at the performance at Windsor Castle. When performers are singly engaged at the Palace their remuneration is allotted according to a scale, which has ❑ever, to my knowledge, been questioned ; but when it occasionally happens that the greater number of the performers for the even ing's entertainment are taken from one theatre, and the manager finds it necessary to clone his house for the night, he receives a sum of money in payment of the services of himself and his com pany, which are transferred to Windsor Castle, instead of being given at his theatre in London. When a theatre closes for this purpose every perso. of this company receives the same salary to which he would have been entitled if the theatre had re mained open to the public, and those members who are engaged at Windsor, in addition to the pay ment of every inoidental (-xpense, receive an extra night's salary. Mr. Wigan closed his theatre, and Mr. Rogers, therefore, must have been paid as much again as if he had acted on that night in London. individual salaries are not specified, but the mana ger names the aggregate sum, which is handed to him accordingly. Until I read the paragraphs in the newspapers I was not aware that 13s. 4d. was Mr. Roger's nightly payment at the Olympic Theatre. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES KEAN, Director of Her Majesty Private Theatricals. 7, Upper Hyde-park-street, Feb. 9. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the Ist, says : —" A considerable amount of discussion has taken place during the last few days between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the English legation, on three important questions—the recall of the Eng lish fleet fi om the Black Sea, the evacuation of Greece, and the Anglo-Persian difficulty. Lord Wodehouse, who displayed much more moderation in these negotiations than was expected, annbuticed to Prince Gortschakoff that the English fleet will have evacuated the internal waters of Turkey by the period fixed by the protocol of the 6th January, that is to say the 30th March. This declaration was made without any reserve, so that it is not possible to doubt that it will be acted on. Prince Gortschakoff declarad, in his turn, that Russia was ready to admit English consuls into the Black Sea: Lord Wodehouse is, no doubt, convinced that Russia is occupied with other things than schemes of conquest and territorial aggrandisement, and that she considers the development of her internal resources as the most urgent of her existing duties. He has communicated that conviction to his Go vernment." EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Colombo, with the heavy portion of the East India and C dna mails, was telegraphed off Hurst Castle at 9.55. THE AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING. The African mail steamship Ethiope, Captain Barnwell, arrived here at midnight, with the mails from the West Coast of Africa and Teueriffe. Her dates are—Old Calabar, Dec. 29 ; Cameroons, Dec. 30 ; Fernando Po, Jan. 4 ; Bonny, Jan. 5 ; Lagos, Jan% ; Accra, Jan. 8 ; Sierra Leone, lan. 20 ; Bathurst, Jan. 23 ; Teneriffe, Jan. 30 ; and Madeira, Feb. 1. She brings 2174 oz. of gold, and a cargo including four tons of ivory, 371 casks of palm oil, 60 cases of cayenne, 41. cases of arrow root, 89 bags of cochineal ; pine apples, bees wax, and sun dries. The coast continues in an unsettled state. Trade is dull at Liberia, and brisk at the Cameroons. Her Majesty's ships Scourge, Elecla, and Myr midon, were at Sierra Leone ; the Firefly, Prome theus, and Bloodhound, were at Lagos ; the Me dusa at Bathurst ; and the Trident and the Eclipse at Madeira. The African mail packet Niger was at Liberia on Jan. 15. The Canda;e left Madeira at 10 a.m. on Jan. 31. The merchant ship Fanny was at Old Calabar ; the barque Lord Elgin, at Bonny ; the brig Dromo, at Accra ; the brigs Thomas Snooks and Africanus, at Cape Coast Castle ; the ships Madras and the Gentoo, at Sierra Leone ; and the barques Governor M‘Donald, Emily, and Eliza beth, at Bathurst. In 38 N. lat., the Ethiope experienced for 36 hours a strong gale from south-west to north-east, iu which she lost a topsail and split her jib. TIM MILITARY OUTRAGE AT THE CEIATHAM POST OFFICE.---The postmaster, Mr. J. Dadd, who was So severely injured in the attack made on him b y a party ofsoldiers belonging to the Provisional Battalion, was yesterday afternoon sufficiently recovered to attend at the Brigade-Major's-office, Chatham Barracks, for the purpose of identifying those men who are i n custody on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage. It is now known that there were 10 men engaged in the attack on the post-office, some of whom were dressed iu private clothes, which no doubt led to their being mistaken for civilians; seven men have been placed in close confine ment on suspicion of having taken part in the outrage, and of these tour have been identified by Mr. Randall, of the Mitre Hotel, and two women who witnessed the affair. One of the soldiers now in custody has also been recognised as the man who stabbed the sailor, Franklin, in the groin. There are still three soldiers at large who were mixed up in the outrage, but steps have been taken to apprehend them. The men in custody belong to the 52d Light Infautry and the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. During the night pickets patrolled the streets to appre hend any soldiers found out of barracks. Another in vetigation by the military authorities is ordered to take place this morning at the Brigade-office, Cihatham Bar racks, at 10 o'clock. 85 7 ASTLEY'S AMPhITHEATRE. The proprietor of this theatre is no niggard in catering for the entertainment of his patrons, the pub lic. One spectacle rapidly succeeds another, and every thing seems to be done in the way of variety. Now it is Richard the Third raging for a horse in the field of Bos worth —no wsoine adventurous tailor,guiltless of horseman ship, affording merriment by his mishaps—now Macbeth skirting the forest of Dunsinane—no w rough and bearded brigands turning their caverns into treadmills for horses —and now, after turning east, and west, and south, they light on the feats of a Scottish outlaw for the spectacu lar enjoyment of her Majesty's lieges. The feats of no less a personage than the famed Rob Roy I And capital equestrian opportunities they have discovered in the play bearing that redoubtable name. Horses are to be witnessed in the new piece making their way over mountains, and threading the verges of precipices and the intricacies of caverns in the most surprising manner in the world. No one unacquainted with the resources of Astley's could have believed horses were to be found capable of the feats the animals of this establishment have been trained to achieve under the skilful management of Mr. W. Cooke. Nothing almost seems impossible to them under such a tutor. The success of the new piece is not, however, wholly dependent on the quadrupeds of the establishment. Roy Roy is played by Mr. J. Holloway with a vigour and a judgment not to be excelled in most of our metropolitan theatres. Moreover, he looks the character he pour trays, and is ably supported by Mr. J. W. Anson, who renders Bailie Nicol Jarvie to the life, and Mrs. Dawson, who makes an impressive Helen Macgregor. Music and scenery lend also their aid. Bishop's original music is put under effective contribution, and the talents of Mr. W. H. Eburne, who possesses a promising tenor voice, is heard to advantage in his personation of the somewhat mawkish lover, Francis Osbaldistone. Some of the scenes are of the most picturesque descrip tion, and carry the northern spectator away in imagina tion to the " Hielands." The general rendering of the drama, in a word is highly creditable to the management, and we have no hesitation in predicting for " Rob Roy" a long and triumphant "run." Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—MoNDAT. Scarcely a movement of importance was made. At 12 to 1 Minos was in good demand for the Liverpool Steeplechase ; 8 to 1 was taken freely about Skirmisher for the Northamptonshire Stakes, and Logie o' Buchan was well supported at 100 to 6, 15 to 1, and finally 14 to 1 for the Metropolitan. The transactions on the Chester Cup were in small sums. 5 to 1 was currently offered on the field for the Two Thousand ; 6 to 1 was taken about Loyola, and at the close 11 to 2 was " wanted." For the Derby 13 to 1 to 501. was booked about Blink Bonny, the taker offering to go on at the same odds. Early in the afternoon 20 to 1 to 401. was laid against M.D., but snbsequently 18 to 1 was taken. Anton was backed for 501. and Messenger for 801. at the prices quoted. _ CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Hughes's lot 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mellish's Minos (12 to 1 t. freely) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Hodgman's Emigrant (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Cassel's Little Charley"(taken) 25 to 1 agst Viscomte Lauriston's Lady Arthur (t.) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Andrews's Hopeless Star (taken) NOITHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Lord Zetland's Skirmisher (taken freely 100 to 6 " bar one" offered METROPOLITAN. 14 to 1 agst Mr. J. Henderson's Logie o'Buchan (t) 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's colt by Epirus—Elcot's dam (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loyola (take 11 to 2) CHESTER CUP. 13 to 1 agst Mr E. Parr's Leamington (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mrs. Osbaldeston's Claret (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's St. Domingo (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Reading's Swyndel Dhygga (taken 2000 to 30 agst Mr. J. Parker's Alice (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny (taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. J. S. Douglas's Tournament (t) 18 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's M.D. 25 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Athlete (taken to 501.) 30 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Lady Hawthorne (off.) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Jackson's Saunterer (taken) 35 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Schiedam (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. F. Robinson's Anton (taken) 50 to 1 agst General Peel's Messenger (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Barber's Commotion (taken) MARKET NEWS.— (I bis : ay.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os ; clover do. 31 lOs to 51 as; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 123 to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 l(s to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11. 9s per load, Trade firm. WIIITECHAPEL.--Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os : clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA.—There is no new feature to notice in this article. Common Congou realised 10d to 1s ld per lb. At public sale about 11,000 p ac k ages - passed, of which about 2,900 were taken at full prices. Good black-leaf Congou sold for Is 50 to is 6d per lb, being very full values. SUGAR.—There has been an increased demand for all good consuming qualities, chiefly for home consumption ; and although large quantities are advertised for public sale during the week, rather higher rates have been readily ob tained. The deliveries have been larger than the arrivals, and rates rule fully 8s per cwt. higher than at this time last year. In the refined market there is little on offer, and prices rule extremely firm, and generally tend up wards. COFFEE.-Fully previous prices have been realised for both Plantation and Native Ceylon, and at the public sales announced during the week it is expected that rates will rule higher. _ . . Rici.—There has been leas inquiry, and prices in some instances are a shade lower. Itum.—Very little demand prevails for this article, and business has been dull at former quotations. TALLOW.—The tallow market has been extremely firm, and prices owing to the smallness of the stocks on hand have advanced. At the present time there are 13,000 casks less than at this time last year, and prices rule fully 8d per cwt. higher. P.Y.C., on th e spot, 66s 3d to 6Gs 6d; for delivery in April to June, 57s to 57s 6d ; and last three months, 53s 9d to 51s per cwt. THE LONDON SHOEBLACES AND THEIR EARNINGS. — The hundred and ten sboeblacks who stud the broad ways of London in their cheerful Jerseys, yellow, red shownthe , T and o ü b g l blue , six years e, possibility of turning out well. elapsed since this branch of labour was introduced, these b o y s have, it is said, earned above 7,000/. Th e i r united earnings for the last financial year amounted t o 2,2701, , representing the blacking and polishing o f no less thans44,N of diamondsY°llil 800 pairs of boot.. tlides2nOt athn,ydiscovered the 24.—A b ox con t a i n ing 40,000 (1015.15. worth seized at the Custom House on em pt . to smugglelthad arrived thein b having been c Washing ton from Southampt on and was addressed to Ileule, Brothers, th e largest importers of diamonds in the Ci t y. The authorities have searched their pre nli", and seized diamonds and other stones to the value f 150,000 dola. more on suspicion of their being smuggled. The consignees have been arrested. WRECK OF THE RAVENSBOURNE LONDON AND ANTWERP STEAMER.—Late ye-terday afternoon a tele graphic message was posted at Lloyd's, dated "Flushing Monday morning," announcing the wreck of the General Steam Navigation Company's favourite steam ship Ravenshourne, Captain It. Bacon, which is reported to have taken place at that port on Sunday evening. She was on her return trip from Antwerp to London. It is supposed that in corning out of the harbour a heavy sea caught her bow and threw her against the pier head, where she stove i n her bows and sustained con siderable d amage . Captain B-icon, finding that the vessel was fast settling down, succeeded in landing the passengers, but failed in his efforts to get w t a h s e b u u n oi f i ; r f t ot u hr t e i a tiae ocsonhw,iipsopenaansligh:yetornirsdne es of iron before she writ down. The crew happily h ß a a d v e beenns b o u employedrii e the company in the AlbSonasttiwg:erapTnsdhteation for some time. She wa4 con struction, 690 tons, and 200 horse-power. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Common Jury.) EDMONDS T. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- WAY COMPANY. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Manisty were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Plupson were counsel for the defendants. The action was brought by the plaintiff, a mail guard in the service of the Post-office, to recover damages from the defendants for injury received by him through the alleged negligence of the defendants' servants. It ap peared from the evidence that on the night of the 233 Dec. la-t the plaintiff was engaged in the travelling post-office on the defendants' line, and that when between Chester and Crewe the mail train ran into a stationary goods train which was unable to proceed in consequence of the slippery state of the rails, whereby he was thrown down in the post-office carriage and received a concussion•. of the brain. Since that time he had suffered greatly, and there were great doubts if he would be able to return to his official duties again. He was at the time of the accident i❑ receipt of a salary of 1301., and since the acci dent he had been temporarily pensioned for 12 months at 361. ss. If he did not recover, he would in September ❑ext be permanently pensioned to that amount. Another officer, who was in the carriage at the time, and was slightly injured, had been compensated by the defen dants. They were the only two persons in the train that were injured by the accident. Mr. James said that this was an accident presenting peculiar features. The man was placed in a carriage under the control of the Postmaster-General, and to the fitting up of the carriage according to the Postmaster- General's directions in all probability the accident was to be attributed, because it was strange no other person in the train that night was injured. He put that forward more in extenuation of damages than to get rid of any liability. The company considered when the state of the weather—a sleety, frosty night—was taken into account, that every precaution was used by the conduc tor of the luggage train to prevent a collision. His Lordship having summed up, the jury retired to consider their verdict. While another case was proceeding, The Lord Chief Baron inquired whether the counsel in the case of Edmonds v. the London and North-Western Company were in Court, and having received a reply in the affirmative, said he had received a note from the jury stating that eleven of them had agreed to a verdict for a certain amount, and that there was one dissentient. Would the parties take that verdict by consent Mr. James—Well, my lord, we don't exactly know who is the dissentient. The Lord Chief Baron—Then you won't I Mr. James—Oh yes, we will. - (A laugh.) All the parties having agreed, the jury were called in and returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, 500/. A. verdict to that amount was then recorded. HUGHES V. WALKER-SQUABBLING ?ARSONS. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the plaintiff; Sir F. Thesiger and Mr Lush for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action was the Rev. J. Hughes, and the defendant, the Rev. J. E. C. Walker, and the declaration complained that the defendant had written and published various libels and elanderous words against the plaintiff's character. The defendant pleaded guilty, and to several of the counts he pleaded a justi fication. The Bishop of Winchester occupied a seat on the bench. Mr. James, in stating the case to the jury, said that the libel complained of contained a series of pain ful accusations against the plaintiff of such a nature, that, if true, the plaintiff could not re main longer a clergyman of the Church of Eng land. The plaintiff officiated as curate of the small village of Chelsharn, in Surrey, and the defendant was vicar of Farnham, immediately adjoining. In 1852 the plaintiff was first appointed to his curacy. He was a single man, and he (Mr. James) thought he might venture to say in the presence of the bishop of the diocese that he was " a hard working, ill-paid curate"— " passing rich with 401. a year," for that wt.s the amount of his stipend—but no fault to his lordship. There was a small parochial school in the parish, of which Mr. Burrell was the master, and the plaintiff, being a single man, took up his residence in the school. house. The Lord Chief Baron said that he had read the alleged libels, and as he thought that neither the public, the Church, nor m , rality would gain anything by their publication, it would be better to refer the matter. Mr. James said he had no objection to such a course on condition that the award be afterwards made public. After a conference between the respective parties, the matter was referred to Mr. Whately, &c., who imme diately retired to a private room with the parties and entered on the investigation without the assistance of counsel. v [We understand that the alleged libels charge tbe plaintiff with the use of improper language to children.] COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE PAUL -TRH CITY OF LONDON UNION FRAUDS. The question of disputing the adjudioation in this case lasted up to 6 o'clock yesterday, and was then adjourned till Thursday next. IN BE FIIEUND. This bankrupt was described as of West-street, Fins bury, ice., boarding-house keeper, and had petitioned the Court under the arrangement clauses. He had held the appointment of Government Inspec tor-General of Hospitals in the Crimea, and now came up to pass his last examination, on accounts prepared by Messrs. Butler and Canning!. The debts are set down at about 3,000/. He had re ceived 1,1331. 12s. as Inspector-General, and 1,1891. es fees as a physician. The property was inconsiderable, but the losses and expenses had been very heavy, 2,9871., chiefly arising from Mrs. Freund having opened a school at Osborne House, Regent's-park, and subsequently opening the boarding-house. His expenses as Inspector- General amounted to about 6001. Mr. Jones, of Chelmsford, appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Chidley for the bankrupt, who passed his exa mination. IN RE VAN RAADE. This bankrupt was described as a jeweller, and came up to pass his last examination. Air. Bagley appeared on behalf of the assignees to oppose, on th e groun d th a t th e accounts werd unsatis factory, Mr. Dupre, for the bankrupt, said he could give It better account, as he bought watches, &c.,in the "lump from pawnbrokers, &c., and had no account of prices. His Honour (Fonblanque) said he would give the bankrupt an opportunity of making an account, and if he did not he must take the consequence when he cams up for his certificate. Adjourned for that purpose. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Feb. 10.—Wind this day at noon S. oderate breeze. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind S.S.Y. to Arrived.—H.M.S. Arrogant, from the West Indies. FALMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind S.S.F. rived—H e l en Mill er, from London, for folk, V. ,Nsetwropnogrtgaanlde—NAor; SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 9.—Sailed.—Medway (s.), for Rio Janeiro. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind strong.—Arrived —Josephine, from Havre, for New York. HOLYHEAD, Feb 9.—Wind S., fresh gale.—Arrived- Julie, from Liverpool, for Manilla. TORBAY, Feb. 9.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Barbara, from London, for Barbadoes. SHIELDS, Feb. 9.—Wind S. — Sailed.—Mary Louisa, for Havana ; Gratitude, Candia ; Miltiades, Rio Janeiro. HARTLEPOOL, Fab. 9. Wind S.E.—Sailed.—Nec" tune, for Havana. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 9.—The Stalwart, arrived here fro Philadelphia, reports having fallen in with the Meg Charlotte, o f B uc k sport on the 10th Jan., in 38 S. 72 Iv • abandoned. She had encountered heavy fields of drift ice as far as 25 miles east of Cape Henlossen. forEAsuilZ i ORE, Feb. 3.—Th e K ron P r i ncesse L ou i se, h e nce a p k u i t n t g in w g ate. back r with damage to her bows frolH ice, and is ms CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan, 29.—The Polly, of Shields, fro Cardiff to this port, which got aground on Barber's Points has been surveyed and condemned. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 10.15 a.m• Wind S., variable. Arrived—Henrietta, from Swansea; Francis and Brothers, Cardiff; Emma, Newport La Paula, Cherbourg; Empress Eugenie (s.), Liverpool. Sailed—Wyke Regis, for Poole ; Empress Eugenie (s. ), London; La Poule, Cherbuig. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—William Thomas, from Paraiba; Evangeline, Calcutta ; David, Honduras ; Rainbow, Halifax ; St. Michael's ; Beetios, (s.), Constantinople ; AripT Paimpol ; Malaro, New O r l eans; C or i nt hi an, (0-5.° Palermo. Off—Richard Cobden, from Savannah. Wind S.S.W. QUEENSTO WN , Feb. 8. Arrived—Chebrick, from China ; John Cumming, froli' duras; England, (s.), St. John's, N.B. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.51 e. lll ' Wind S.; tide,!2 hours' flood; fine. Arrived, 9th.—Marchioness Douglas, from Savannah' Anderick, St. Michael's. Arrived, lOth.—Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.47 *A I ' Wind S.W. ; f res h . Passed—Minatau, from Mauritius, for London. Saild --- Olga, for Bilboa ; Plymouth, for Plymouth. Sydney.l3 A New South state s ol o ' uth t Wl t its b iri u;e b a e l e i n Y NEW ALES.—Theaccounts of meeting n October The otfbethev_nthe tp • profits for the six months amounted ,(], 64,6331., an d a dividend was declared at the rate of "°a per c en t . per annum. The reserve fund, which rece ive , an additio n o f 13 ,6221., now stands at 125,0001., and e s balanc e o f 3 , 0 63 d. was carried forward. New branched have been e s t a bli s h e d at Alb ury, B athurst, M u dgeey I ' ll l4 Tam worth, a s we ll as an agency at t h e go ld fi e ld on R° c . River. a te TuE AUSTRIAN BANK.—Ad v ic e s f ro m Vienna et hoo that th e stoc k o f b ul l ion in the Austr i an Bank '-of reached 8,909,0001., showing an aug mentation!, 185,0001. d ur i ng t h e mont h o f J anuary . M e anwb" , , to contraction of 525,0001. has been effected in the di circulation, which now stands at 37,493,8131 , St hi c k Pr'gress i s th us b e i ng ma d e t ow ards a position in vi a resumpti on o f s p ec i e payments may be ventured orfho but several months will still probably elapse before 'tie, specie i n h an d w ill amount to the safe proportion o f th,rd of the paper issues. Within the last belf-year bullion absorbed by the Austrian Bank from France 14' other countries has been equal to nearly 5,000,0001.