The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-28 00:00:00

i T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic. Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, ~the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. ' THIS. EVENING, her Naje§ty's SerVants will perform TWO HEADS ARE UTTER THAN ONE. Followed by SOMEBODY ELSE, in which Mr. Charles Mathews will sustain his original, character. After which will be produced .an entirely new and .original s ymbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physlog nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and which will be called or entitled, as it ig entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MAKGERY . 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 corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog nomical devices desig ne d raid executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged . by Herr Anschnex. • The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L, Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," dre. and the whole arranged and produced under the direction oi Mr. Robert Roxby. ' , Ye anciente 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. lo g i on , of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs, " Yea Ike Great Globe itself." • " Here we go np, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards„and forwards, " And here we go round and round." :Wean'le Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera. box, Kid Glove, Tiger arid Brougham, and Porte-nionnaie (attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Saneebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rage (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr: Popall, Mr. Qttodliam, and Mr. Patchwell. An nnal eppearanoe of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses LoVelangh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Ilesessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday nvites bah Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holydats 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 boea given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet -Miss Rosina. Wright, Mdlles, J. and E. Osmont, and the Co rypheee. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamugga.-Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffeeck, Headsup, Eyesrieht, Sheulderarms. Stand-at-ease, and March well : Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Helene.; Shiny and Shelly (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no no' ion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Huggamugga. King Hnggamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr, Da,wking ; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstiek in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ' • other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagrag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, signor Hurdignrdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet t-mper; Met de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, dessrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cntashine. 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 law makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :-Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, Ate. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, dr,c. ; Thimble, Master Torn Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mee sure, Mr. Inchhald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypnrly ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and how, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth,-Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Ha , pieeess), Mr. StrongTth'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in process ) 1 constrriction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with ti) e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :-Two Harlequins, Herr Denlin and Signor Veroni ; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloors, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. ' Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Boleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade, showing the Ins and Onts and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ;-- Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos, Denlin, Tanner, and Halford).-A pink of polite nees-Clown very toyish-Getting a nutcracker. which turns out a nobby toy-First and last toys for gambling-Marbles Tereus dice-Despatches, loaded, and off they go-Harlequin takes a private box-Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxkeeper Kite-flying-A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped, which turns out a long stop-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 (bricks)-Aldershott 'a size smaller -Grand review of infantry-A military ball-Cloing in for a buster-Coming out with a roll-Clown make a peel to baker's feelings-List, oh, List-Squaring a round of beef- Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return-Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cot and come again Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (lire, roni„ Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor- A suit that is quite the ticket The Onde wrapper-Railway wrappers-Transfer diepot--Washine machine-extraordinary- Something that won't wash-elleaned out--Soent in and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder -Hungary water-A Frangipani bouquet Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut powder A case of real distress-Pantaloon in a fix-Furl niched Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner).-Clow ; and Pantaloon in high life A domestic re volution-Turning the tables-To bed, to bed A drop too much Clown now begins to reflect-The looking-glass follows his example-Two heads better than one-Clown takes a turn on the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account- Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkin's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and- Honey.)-Clown, being in Fleet-street. goes the pace rather fast-The language of the eyes (1-talian of course) which everybody understands-Bath post versus London post-Re ;relaters Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smoke regulators-Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by turn-Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty-A box of common scents -A fresh supply of blacks from America-A Dred-ful scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Denlin: and Tanner.)-Harvest-home -A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses-The milky way - Harlequin makes a rump of himself -A strong smell of game-A. farm-yard v:siter-Clown finds the pig a very great bere-Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him -Prize Poultry-Cochin China and *ouch in England -Novel hatching-The old mail-Full in side-Clown eff by the Evnress an'l Pantaloon by the Becket- Mappin's Cutlery , and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene.)-Pantaloon proposes to take a bas-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 mentA pair of sharp blades-Clowns prove themselves a case for cutlery Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment -The duel -A cut direct- Fore warned, forearmed- Public nuisances of 1856-oh, my Crinoline-A high wind. * regular blow np, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the home to suit every one : -Galleries, Rd. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. Rd. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. : Dress Boxes, as. ; Stalls, Ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 64., ls., l/. lls. 6d., and 21. 2s. A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. n OVAL LYOErM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. -AI TEAS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque an(rpailloniiiiie; 'entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Fottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brouch, Fsq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair,. as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ail. The new and magnificent seonery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening Conrad (the Corsair) ... Birbarto (his lieutenant) Serie Paska ming Small Madera ... Onln ar &item • • flbmarina. Pereea . Clowns Miss Woolgar Mr, J. L. Toole Mr. Barrett t. Mr. Holston 'Tr. S. Calhaem Mrs; Charles Dillon Mrs. R White] Mrs. Melville "'" Miss Jessie Ryder; 'Kiss Marie Wilton Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall Mr. Stilt ....., Mr. J Marshall The Brothers Nelson. l iZt ) Patital oe , ITarl egnin Nvites •• CAurnbino.s.. ........................... Miss Clara Morgan and To be pre ce d ed by TETE Miss Ladd. KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tagnsn, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, frorn 11 to 5, under the super. ktendence of Mr. Cbatterton, jun. Carriages conveying Parties 1. - ) the Private Boxes 'to set awn at the State entrance in Ruder;.`)-vtre e t A l!orning Perrorrnance every Saturday, at o'eloek. QT R AND TFI ENT RE _______ —ll/lanacxer, m ~. T. #C7 Payne. —Th is Evening will h e per ,. orriled THE PERILS OF CRINOL INE. Followed by DAN'T LEND TOUR UMBRELLA. After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesqu e Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, Mies E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norhury; Mercury, Visa Ca meron ; H um b ug, M r. H er b er t ; C an t , M r. Bolton ; Baron, Mr J. B. Johnstone ; Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke; Lorl LoveL, Miss Craven ; Addelp :te, Miss Cuthbert ; mambo, Master W. Edouin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Mr. 0. 'Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel }Frio - quiaade :—Clown, Miss C t' b 4 • oilititietektgn4D3llitatfeW; ~....,. . ~. 11_11 06, 6ttln V a- S 114W,X.Cid - rerotkocicldiu.aikkOafeir . ) 41 'fi i 8 , 1_ ' FT, e . 4. ,„:: Affite7b, , i , j i IlvileCktniliecn; (Brenner ....1 , 1 (' .r . e r rt a re 4 e ot, , -- i zr e pr i.ry es i ,. 3, 614,, n 7, :i ie . .T w ac c ot alin ; la ßa . i ll •o N ne ti s w s, Att " ! P , --Clow4 Miss QnthbTrt • Little Clown. Mate-.• W ti i ; ' " 9. RtifAlk? n frr• 0P 411 114 1 . 1 ii ;1110.484V/2s.MisFgratell;; 4 , v„,„, _.. mi g3 E. Facobs and Mdle Collison ; Prnaler i , .r ingtitoftwing e ngl,,n4 e kle Pantomime every s Monday 4/31 1 5 . el; fillr'thvm., ificent Scenery, &e. New Curtain, New Act Drbp. Commence at Seven. Stalls, ls . . Gallery, 6d. A morning performance of the Pantomime every ,Monday st two o'clock. Po7ns, 2s. ; Pit, Is. pp OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. It) THIS EVENING will be performed A MIDUQIUSIER NIGHT'S DREAM. -•-• After which, a-new grand-Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WO or, Harlequin amilheVetrii , the 1 lit \- Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Reline ; Pantaloop, Mr. Panlo4o: lumbille; Miss C. Adaing. ' 1 HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,. THE LITTLE TREASURE, in. which Miss Blanche Fane, Alias Talbot, Ifni. Poynter, Mr. Buckstone, and Mr. Howe will appear. ' 1 • After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BARES IN THE WOOD, :or.Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle., The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr. W. Cal Cott. The pantomime produced under the directiOn' o M. Milano. Harlequin, ~AL Milano; Columbine, Fanny Wright; Pantalocm, Mr. lltcckay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. To conclude,witb Lucip YOUR WILLS. A :Morniag performince• of the Pantemime will be given every Thursday : Commencing at 2, concluding at 4. ral OYAL ' SURREY THEATRE 1-1) 'Lessees Meisrs: Shepherd and Creswick. TEN Eli1:N11 1 / 4 td, an original play, in three acts, entitled A BIRD IN' THE 'HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. Roderick Vtaisiworthy, Mr.'Shspherd. After which, HARLEQUIN' AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, - Mr. F.' Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; PantiloOn, Mr. - Bradbury;: the .Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa mily; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. IHEATRE" - ROYAL, A DELPHI. ' Leasee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at . Ntting-Hill. THIS EVENING, will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which; A NIGHT . AT I , TOTTING-HILL, in • which Mr. Wright and Pail Bedford will appear. ' To 'conclude with' the new and original union of modern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre); by Professor Wordapinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformatitns, dic., called 310TliE1t SiTIPTON ; - or, Harlequin Kni g ht o f L ove, an d t h e En chanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (a la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Searamouth,'Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R; Rooter, Madame Celeste, Mies Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, dm. THEATRE ROtAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, TWELFTH NIGHT. Malvolio, Mr. Phelps ; Orsino, Mr. F. Robinscitii - Agneeheek, Mr. H. Mar ston; Belch, Mr. J. W. Ray ; Clown, Mr. L. Ball; Olivia, Miss Atkinson ; Viola, Miss M. Ebnrne. To conclude with the' pAntominie, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. • A . STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week I), the risible . Comedy called KATHERINE AND PErritupitio (as taken by Garrick from Shakspeare's "Taming of the Siarew"), with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Petruchio, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES in tic ARENA. To conclude with the succeasfut equestrian cemic 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. Pox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Two o'clock. CANTERBI7RY HALL, Westminst er - roa d.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all the popular: Operas, 3fadrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunch, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Him ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Coni; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Maekney, and C. J. Wilkins. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R. A.; harmonium, J. Caulfield ,j un. ; director; Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre c'sely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. Mr. C. Morton's Annual Full Dress Ball will take place on Wednesday, Fob. 18. Gentleman's ticket, 7s; lady's ditto, ss; double ticket (lady and gentleman or two ladies), 10s. WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taw iA7-Morn. 35 min. aft. 3—Evening 53 min. aft. 3 To-Maz.zovv—Morn. 12 min. aft. 4 —Evening 32 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN Orrioz, JANUARY 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAM 39 —nignest sines noon yesterday. 32 .lowest this morning and during the night. 35 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 26'28. WIND, N.N.V.—Light, with fine, sharp, frosty weather and sunshine. i` tt~~ f~. L 1 DON, WEDNESDAY, JANITAiIY 28, 1857 It requires no extraordinary amount of pre science to predict the intentions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with respect to the iniquitous Income Tax. From the brief hints which the Right Hon. Gentleman let fall to the deputation representing the association which waited on him on Friday last, it is manifest that he will, if per mitted, follow in the steps of Mr. GLADSTONE, and maintain the quasi equal rate on all incomes, pre carious or permanent, Suctuating or certain, without reference to their actual value, or the sources from whenoethey may be derived. He says that these objections "go to the very being and nature of the tax itself—to its very essence— and. they would apply as much to sd. in the pOund (a significant rate, as we shall hereafter show), as to 16d., or to any other number of pence." Adding, "I do not myself believe —and I have stated so elsewhere in reference to the proposed differential duty--that, as between permanent and precarious incomes, the difilcUlties ishich, trould beset any such plan have been sufficiently esti mated by the public." This is a sufficient indi cation of his bias, or rather, we should say, hi s determination, unless he is satisfied that the nation will no longer endure the monster grievance, and that any attempt to sustain it will be speedily followed by his own disgrace and downfall, and the overthrow of the Cabinet of which he is a member. It is true that he retains a locus peni tentice—a loophole for evasion. He announces that he is prepared to listen to reason, is " perfectly ready fully and carefully to consider any facts and arguments which may be laid before him bearing on that question, and then to take into consideration any detailed plan' that may be submitted for the purpose of carrying these views into effect." Or, in other words, that he will do nothing himself but cr iti c i se severe l y any sugges- I Lions that may emanate from other quarters. His trusty hanchman of Printing-house-square, once so eloquent on the subject of the gross ine quality and oppression of the existing apportion ment, follows up the hint. In the leading article of the Times of Monday we find the following passage :—" However objectionable the Income Tax may be, it is evident that the objections lie against ,the tax it se lf, a n d not against an y parti calar augmentation of it, and that they apply just as much to an Income Tax which takes 7d. out of the pound, as to the one that takes 16d. * * * The relief from the War Income Tax, then, for one year sooner, would only be a relief The Mercantil e L aw C onference may be now from the augmentation of the tax, not fr om the regarded as h av i ng commenced in real earnest. tax ; it would only affect the producti ons o f the Yesterday wiknessed the preli m i nary meeting of tax—it wou ld not touch the character o f t h e tax delegates from the rinoipal manufacturince and c ommercial districts of the - United Kingdom itself. The machinery of the Income T a x would p go-on all the s me whether it raised 7d. or 16d. to dap the public i naugurat i on of the proceedings in th e pouiwouldpi ; it would b e j ust as Inqut i tori a l, of the Conference under the auspices of the Law just as partial, just as trying to men's consciences, Amendment Association. There was a certain juat as provocative of evasion. It is not the degree of interest and importance attached even No. 3, amount, but the nature of the tax, which con- to the preliminary meeting assembled last evening derails it I" t the society's cha mbers, ittoomparably the greatest Law Reformer of Waterloo-place, And this is the same 'rimei that once so nn- , presided over, as it was, by Lord BROUGHAM him sparingly denounced the gross and palpable injus- self, tree, that issu e d his time, and the President ' • such • thundering philippics . . , it will be observed at againat thi* tififa#o4aßift WATS q l f/A 11 - 1 nrestaeti tie Cofer a. „ ~.,, ... _ cliavantlin, once .ot tin b encea aja il t v le,-4 6 • o slanintglAtigNotllDlAM" grPMP llitAKWiktil ls- ] l eli t a C /1 " . t -1 ncosara L n a eirea ti rt a b y WI L W 614 tthtit)p4thaitollitighlednitl 1: ; a lA A _ wi l l an liel d ki ent In CAN gramitmc AtimtleE. s f%ouliigH67? 1 atApurek buune4,s- 1 0 locus of 1,.,.. .._ z azGitiSkiltd3l3 dtlAiiicitii/fORAMty egliS ' " it . , i. tc9 PM' P i m F anho aunt mice a tta ot -the 7tCsiddfTitliii T i iNLV anc? tt• Yurploy ELT. bresoiktiotii iiicifflAkqq'le44*A4 pry ' 1- c , N., miatll u tetts a - I titi tt r Oti c i a co l u n i fec ci ti a s r d i n a`w u r,E ce rei " P Te it litcliT taiiippol- .1403u14enagAtIrkfiV,i,bili ..,,tiar auldfacatiou 4nujure bus' P - 1 e ISCIIBBI . 3 Rel%t giiflinto? c Nome t trie r ri ding tn9gpncpgraomeekei ph • tile rßiffintliaomingitappmimth „ ees , n t i,,,, oal Lor .. Er ar m s ir .r,lT=oy" L WrldP -6 oneultte4 eon a onaanoe• oarctirvprgaiii etil Wiilitlit >emplation. It quietly acquiesces, without resis- rious other conspicuous tance, or even remonstrance, in the conclusion of the proceedings the encouragement of their per the Financial Minister respecting the difficulties ' mug attendance. Scarcely anything to our mind We have already referred to the significant allusion by Sir G. C. Lewis to the rate of 6d. in the pound. The Right Hon. Gentleman for the moment forgot•that the Association was only de manding the removal of the war 9d. in place of the war 11d., to which, unless the "pettifogging quibble' was resorted to, it would be entitled. If the acts doubling the Income Tax, and afterwards adding 2d., expired on the sth of April next, as in justice and equity they ought to do, sd. in the pound only could be levied for the year 1857-8, 4d. for the year 1858-9, and ltd. for the year 1859-60, when it would entirely terminate. Let the people, then, direct their attack against the war 11d., and when Sir ft. C. LIMN sees that they are really determined, he will easily avoid the difficulty that now assumes such formidable dimensions in his sight. He will much rather amend than altogether repeal the Income Tax. that beset any plan for distinguishing between permanent and precarious income--and flings y cl#gx its arras at the first faint summons to ur re Sew is the same course which it adopted 'to the memorable Budget of 1853, LADSTONE carried out his scheme de spite the almcist unanimous opposition of both Houses of Parliament, and the Press, and the People of the United. Kingdom. Is it not, then, obvious that it has been admitted into the secrets of Sir G. Law's. Mr. GLADSTONE abstained from making it a confidante, and, therefore, it thun dered against what it. supposed to be the doomed Impost. Sir G. C. Lewis has aroided the mis take of his predecessor, and hence its scandalous transactions and attempts to persuade the nation to endure that which it declares to be "an inevi table evil" But why is it. inevitable i To what extent must the people endure the grievance/ We shall answer the second point in the first instance. Lord Paionatic--an unquestionable authority on such a point—has declared that our military ex penditure during the coming financial year will be twenty Millions less than in that which is rapidly approaching to a conclusion. The full tax, therefore, cannot possibly be required. A very considerable abatement is undoubtedly prac ticable ; and we have sufficient indications to show what will be tie amount ,required. The Times " The Chancellor of the Exchequer reckoned on the assistance of the Income Tax at its war level, when he hoped to bring our finances all straight by the meeting of Parliament. He expected, we will suppose, 8,000,000/. from this source. The immediate question, then, is how to raise 1,000,000/. ?" The Times speaks with " the calm conviction that approximates to per fect certainty, just as if Sir G. C. LEVIS had for its special behoof privately forestalled the annual financial statement, which it will be his duty to make ,to Parliament, and announced the very sum that he will require in order to make the income meet the expenditure. Nor does it stop there ! It declares that " Parliament would take a whole Session to elaborate a Property Tax that would raise 8,000,0001. !" We presume nobody would think this a wise expedient for a single year, , and a temporary deficit of 8,000,0001., whatever its merits (demerits ?), as a permanent source of revenue. This is, indeed, harping on a single string, PAAANINI himself could not exhibit greater skill in the performance. We have the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's calculation, and the Times' supposition. The elaboration of a Property Tax to raise 8,000,0001. and the consequences of a deficit of 8,000,000/. ! While Sir G. C. Lewis observed to the deputation, " If I understand you rightly, whatyou ask is that the Government should reduce the taxation by 8,000,000/.1" Now he could not have understood any'such thing 1 The demand was to get rid of the war 9d. (which ought to be the war lid.), taking every penny in the pound at a million, for the tax at 161. raises in round items 11,000,0001., there would be a deficit or reduction, not eight but ten millions. Why, then, should both the Minister and the jour nalist open on the mystio number 1 What should cause eight millions so strangely to enter both minds ! It is obvious that there must have been some secret understanding of which the public are kept ignorant, and that 1,000,0001. will, in some shape, head a pro minent column in the differences between income and expenditure, and that both parties are we aware of the facts. Having thus ascertained the extent of the de mand, we shall endeavour to explain why the evil is inevitable. It is so, simply because Ger manism prevailed, and through the sinister in fluences behind the Throne instructions were given to our representatives at the Congress not to press too hardly on Russia. It would never do to press too hardly on the gentle AUTOCRAT. True it is that A. would have acted very di! ferently had our situations been reversed—that the Russian principle has been invariably to make the conquered party (and Russia was conquered to all intents and purposes) pay all the expenses of the war. The " brother of the Sun" was compelled to pay, when he sought for peace. And tons of sycee silver lowed steadily for a series of years from the Celestial Empire to the British Exchequer. But the head of the MANTSILAPP dynasty had no Co burg cousins—no relative coming forward as the favoured suitor of a Royal Princess 1 He was left to his fate, and compelled to pay the costs and expences, even to the uttermost farthing, whil e the word indemnity could not even be whispered in a Muscovite ear. There should be no attempt at humiliating the Power whose ambition, arro gance, and cupidity rendered the war both just and necessary I Far better that the most extra vagant dower that hadver been even hinted at should ba paid to procure a Royal husband for our juvenile Princess Royal than to obtain a German parti at such a price. We may, however, fairly ascribe it to the COMM influence. It is to that we are indebted for the agitation now spreading throughout the length and breadth of the land. But for that the war 9d. would no longer be re quired. It is a part of the cost of our German playthings. Verily, as BracrAmix Faernunr might say, England " pays very dear for her whistle." 'could have been altogether more thoroughly well considered, more judiciously arranged, or more lucidly expressed than the Report of the Com mittee entrusted with the task of organising this Mercantile Law Conference. The reading of this Report by Mr. HA.STINGS, the learned Secretary of the Association—imme diately after the introductory remarks with which the Noble Chairman opened the proceedings of the Meeting appeared to afford those who were present the highest satisfaction. It intimated, among other things, the attendance at the Con ferences of authorised delegates from no less than twenty of the principal towns and cities of the United Kingdom—localities having an aggregate population of not less than 5,000,000 altogether —and including among their number places of commercial activity no less important than Bel fast, Bristol, Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Woreester and Wolverhampton. It announced as among the objects of the Conferences--Firstly, the discussing and the bringing under the notice of the Government, of the Legislature, and of the Public generally, those imperfections in the Mer cantile Laws of the united Iringdom most requir ing amendment I Secondly, the collecting infor mation from the various bodies represented at the Conferences (such, for example, as the Manchester Commercial Association and-as the Leeds Chamber of Commerce), to the end that the information thus accumulated might ultimately tend to elucidate what after all would he the best legislative reme dies for these imperfections. Finally, the consi dering what practical steps ought to be adopted, with a view to elicit from Parliament as rapidly as possible the desired legislative improvements. The inaugurative discussions of the Conferences, relating to subjects classified wader the head of the Law of Debtor and Creditor, have been de- signed to scrutinise in succession, Bankruptcy, the Judgments Execution Bill, and the United King dom Writs Bill—one paper being submitted to the Conferences on the Judgments Execution Bill, and two upon the Administration of the Law of Bankruptcy. Subsequently another paper is to be read upon the subject of the Tribunals of Com merce. And on Thursday morning, the 29th of January (to-morrow), three others are marked upon the programme as sketched out by the Com mittee--a paper by Professor LEW upon a Com mercial Code; one by Mr. SLATJR, upon the Seven teenth Section of the Statute of Frauds ; and one of the Manchester Commercial Association, upon the Registration of Partnerships. Although a week or two since we took occa sion to analyse the scheme marked out by the Committee for the Commercial . Law Con ferences, which have been thus organised under the auspices of the Law Amendment Association —we have deemed it advisable thus particularly to recapitulate the probable order of business now that those conferences may be said to have actually commenced. Several very useful modi- ficatione in the projected arrangements were sug. gested last evening during the proceedings—but only one of these suggestions was deemed worthy in any way of being formally taken into considers- tion. That judiciously brought under the notice of the meeting presided over by Lord liztotrintA.m, in reference to the.proposed incorporation in the mercantile law of England of that principle of the Scotch law relating to summary diligence in pe cuniary obligations. Thanks to the earnest appeal of Mr. GILI01:11, the originator of the proposition, urging it upon Lord BROIIIINAII and 'his Law Reforming coadjutors, a Committee was last night formed for the purpose of taking it into immediate consideration. Otherwise, the meeting was simply one of strictly preliminary formalities. Principally noticeable, therefore, as snob, for the lucid introductory remarks of the noble and learned President, for the conspicuous excellence of the Report read by the Secretary, and for the unanimous adoption of that Report by the mercantile Delegates and others who were assembled to take'part in this Prologue, as it may be called, to the Drama of the Conferences. That vas a remarkable, if not, strictly speaking, a singular meeting, held in Ira.rringdon-hall last even i ng . Any one passing along Snow-hill before the proceedings commenced would have observed groups of young men, mostly like ordinary work ing men, talking earnestly together, and breaking off conversation now and then to look eagerly right and left and in the direction of the hall, as if in search of some one who did not come, and would have been led to infer they were some of the many unemployed waiting for the presence of their leaders to take counsel together. If at all might further h ave o b served these groups break up, and one a ft er another Among srulrue still gradually he maketheir way to th e en t rance of the hall, looking as if f or men th ey waited. them he might notice a few young "swells," attracted, apparently, like himself. If a stranger, he might have wondered at the absveen : police. H ow great l y would he leav e been the a rised co u ld h e h ave followed them into the hall on discovering they belonged to that terrible body, the misdeeds of some of whose members have " frighted the isle from its pro priety," and if at all timid, how speedily, we will not say wisely, would he have divested himself of whatever faith he had in the doctrines of Lavater. " These ticket-of-leave men I" It was a remarkable meeting, not so mush for the humane action of its conveners as for the public aggregation of its constituent parts. Not an individual convict present but ran additional risk of being marked and deterred in his course, whatever that might be. We wish the favourable Augury to be derived from this fact had not been somewhat clouded by the comparative paucity of the attendance, and the absence of convicts of mature age. One hundred of ticket.of leave men is but a small proportion from whim to pass judgment on se large a class. Probably many were deterred from being pres,:liit by fear. If so, the greater credit is to those who came despite all risk and occasion of offence. Turning to the proceedings we may notice the decorum with which, on the whole, they were conducted. It was a Meeting with a serious purpose, and was coetucted in a businesslike manner. This was .• owing in part, doubtless, to the judicious address of the noble chairman, who wisely recommended the speakers to confine their remarks to their personal experience in seeking for an honest living, and to an exposition of their views and feelings with respect to the ticket-of leave system. The story of the first speaker bears upon it the im press of truth. There can be little doubt the well intentioned ticket-of-leave man has to encounter immense difficulties in obtaining, and still greater in retaining, honest employment, and is conse quently often driven thereby back again into crime. As little that not a few misdeeds attzi bided to ticket-of -leave men were perpetrated by others. That an institution like a Sailors' Home t 4e titika P attieaervieentiirehtsf (iftetFC9sie4heft 601111411, al l t iatlatilirlaitjuttibtaitied aeit9l4sfilat n i§ VarliPbe Wilt gala t six videntoiatNesittfila ticethfik 414sFP ( ICtiiijoilatil Otildkesiptibisds,en/likiinVitt M ba t tah r , ProvnisbliShissisairrecbia/Defitich ritwhaff.6 M964tt4iAgpgitYlLto lailidthese things, however, it is LoPittu r lottiwiltiklulibeesvica iplio;ebtit 1)811114KP something else to notice. The reader will observe a great but not suspi. DAY EY.EINING, JANUARY 28, 1857 cious similarity in the stories of individual experience told by the respective speakers._ More remark a bl e , th ough in legitimate sequence, are the conclusions most of them seem to have arrived at—that the ticket-of-leave " is no good," that the obstacles in the way of ticket-of-leave men in this country are all but insuperable, and that only in some one or other of our colonies, save in a few cases, can the ticket-of -leave be of real service. If this be the fact, how are we to account for the statistics advanced by noblemen and gentlemen of position, showing that not more than 10 per cent. of the convicts liberated on tickets of leave are known to have relapsed into crime ? There must be highly commendable virtue in one quarter, or blameable laxity of calculation in the other. To return. All present, with a few exceptions it may be, testified against the ticket-of-leave system, as at present in force, because of the prejudice every where existing against the liberated cot vict, and expressed their conviction that the system would work well in the colonies. What is their testi mony worth ! Is it conclusive either way Some may ask, how should they know how the system would work in the colonies ! It may be answered, the dangerous classes have their tradi tions, and are not insensible to what is reported among us. Others will be disposed to ques tion their judgment as being interested parties. What is the reader's opinion after a careful and unbiassed perusal of the proceedings of the meet ing! Did these men speak honestly, and, all things considered, have they reason with them in arriving at their conclusions I' The great ques tion at issue in relation to secondary punishments needs all the light possible to be thrown on it, and will Rot be settled satisfactorily by the dog matism of party, but by the sober and con scientious convictions of the intelligent community at large. BARON ALDERSON.—We regret to record the death of this distinguished judge, which took place yesterday afternoon, at his residence, Park-crescent, at a quarter to five o'clock. Sir Edward Alderson, born at Great Yarmouth in the year 1787, was the eldest son of Robt. Alderson Esq. R ecor d er o f N orw i c h , b y the daughter of Samuel Hurry, E-q. M ANSION - HOT:lnt.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained at dinner the members of the Court of Aldermen and their ladies, and a num ber of private friends. DOVER, JAN. 27.—The Black Eagle arrived here on Sunday to convey Sir George Couper to Paris, to meet her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenlohe and her daughter. It was found, however, advisable to send the mail steampacket the Queen, being of easier draft of water. She accordingly went this morning, and re turned at half-past five o'clock, after a quick but rough passage. Her Serene Highness will sleep at Birming ham's Lord Warden Hotel, and proceed to London by train at eight o'clock, for the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. CREDITON, Jan. 27.—A burgle, attempted to break into the Stamp.office, at Exeter, ou Saturday night. He made many holes with a centrebit, which at last broke, and a part of it was left in one of the holes. This led to his detection, as the broken piece in the hole corre sponded with the instrument in his possession. The prospectus has been issued of a guaranteed Tus can railway of 75 miles, from Florence to the Roman States, to be called the Ferdinand Railway. The capital is to be 800,0001., of which 200,000/. is offered irr Lon don in 201. shares, and the concession is for 99 years, with a guarantee equal to 5 per cent, from the govern ment, with whom any surplus profits beyond 8 per, cent. are to be di v id e d. T he line will connect the Lombardo- Venetian network with those proposed to be constructed to Ancona, Civita Vecchia, Rome, and Naples. LECTURES ON BANKING. —Last evening Mr. Leone Levi delivered, at Crosby-hall, the this el of a coUrse of lectures on the History and Prinelples of BankinC, and Commerce. Mr. J. W. Gilsart, F. ELS , took the r chair. The lecturer discoursed in a very lucid and inte sting manner of the suspension of cash payments by th Bank of England in 1797, the character of the corn rcial crisis, 1809-10, repo r t o f th e b u lli on committee, r unap tion of cash payments in 1819, commercial c is in 1325-6, formation of j o i n t- s t oc k b an k s , extent of s a tion and failu re o f b an k s, cr i s i s o f 18 36-7, th Ban Charter . ' Act, 1844, railway speculation, the fainin crif of 1846-7, and the suspension of the Bank Chart A The lecture elicited very warm applause from ali. uu roue and most a tt en ti ve au di ence. At the con jusi of the l ec t ure M r . Gilb ert made some valua a practical remarks. Th ese l ectures are i n con oti with the ev en i ng c l asses f or young erten, which re union with the Society of Arts. THE BANE CHARTER,—The followi ng rep l y has been returned to the memorial recently u forwarded to the Treasury by the Edinburgh Chambee of Commerce the subject of the Bank Charter i ct :—" Treasu r y — a Chamber, iJanua r y 22 , 1817.—S;r, tie Lords; Com missioners of h er M a j esty ' s Treasury iaviog had before them the mem or i a l o f t h e C hamber of Commer ce and Manufactures in Edinburgh, dated the 18th inC, re commending the introduction of a bill into Farlicnent, authorising the transfer to the Issue Department )f the Bank of England of additional securities t ti"'''', value of 4,000,8001., and the creation of notes to t Mount, have commanded me to acquaint you in reIAY ( til es it is probable that the attention of Parliament ma icalled to the law as it relates to the privileges of t England, and the act of 1844, my lords feel] he 'snk of :1 they will best consult the public convenience and in\ sts by postponing any expression of opinion upon thi )ri bi eet. I am to add, however, that the views expresso '4,8 the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce sh a l l re° ' 'le, due consideration.—l am, air, your obedient servant, : A m E s WILIOW. The Chairman of the Chamber of Com erce, dec., Edinburgh." ISLINOToN TOLL GATES.—There are four distinc a riffs of tolls in this p ar i s h, so that the parishioners ar ulc ted at every turn. The nuisance has aroused the tten tion of the vestry, and notice has been given of a (Awn to get rid of th e I s li ngton gate, which will fix on e pa rish an ext ra rat i ng, without, however, benefiti the whole of its population. The four tariffs will still r main, the gates will still remain, and the toll tax will still re main. Surely the people of Highgate, Hornsey, Hollo way, and Bali's-pond, have as great grievances close to their doors as those at Islington. The estimates given in on Lord R. Grosvenor's committee show that a county rate of less than ld. will clear all the toll gates in the metropolitan area; yet, if the inhabitants of Islington are so short-sighted, they will let themselves in for a parish rate of 81. or 4d. in the pound for a removal of a solitary gate. THE TRADE OF LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, Monday. —The " Customs Bill of Entry," published this morning, gives a return of the number and tonnage of thel ships that have entered inwards from, and cleared out wards for, foreign ports in the week ending the 24th January, 1857, as well as the corresponding week of 1856. It appears that during the last week 67 ships in the !aggre• , gate tonnage of 37,103 tons, entered inwards, against 86 ships, 45,103 tons in 1856, being a decrease of 19 in the number of ships, and a decrease of 7,645 tons in the tonnage ; the number of clearances outwards during the week, 59 ships, of a tonnage of 31,986 tons, against 76 ships and 42,190 tons in 1856, being a decrease of 17 ships and 10,204 tons. The total number of ships reported inwards from foreign ports during the present year, up to 24th Jan., was 265, with a tonnage of 149,225 toes, against 169, and 90,951 tons in the year 1856, showing an increase of 96 snips, and 58,274 tons. THE AMERICAN EAGLE, —We find the following in the New York papers :—During the late presidential canvass, and at the moment a gallant senator from the Smith was proclaiming the certain election of Mr. Buchanan, a feather dropped at his feet from the wing of an eagle that was flying over. The gentleman pre served the quill, and today had it forwarded to Mr. Buchanan, to write his inaugural address with. It was not plucked by man from the wing, but was the free gift of our national bird.—The Washington Correspondent Alexandria Sentinel.—The above statement is correct. Senator Brown, of. Mississippi, is the gentleman referred to. The quill is now in the possession of Mr. Buchanan, at Wheatland, where we saw it on Friday, and in ac cordance with the request ef the "gallant senator," it will be used by the President elect in writing his inau gural address.—Lane. Intel. In consequence of the desire expressed by some of the holders of Venezuelan'bonds, that a definite arrangement should forthwith be made with the commi-sio,.ers seat here for that purpose by the Venezuelan Government, the Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders have held several meetings with the parsons most largely in terested in that stock ; and a thorough undentauding has been arrived at as to the terms of an equitable set tlement. All parties being agreed the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders invited Senator Urba ' meta, one of the commissioners, to meet them this after noon, requesting, at the same time, the attendance of several of the bondholders ; and, after a long discussion, a final agreement was adopted, which seems likely to be .atisfactory to all parties, supposing the conditions to he scrupulously observed. This agreement will have to be ratified by the Venezuelan Congress, and also to be ac cepted by the body of bondholders specially convened for the purpose. The following are its principal pointsas embo died in the document signed to-day:—The arrears of divi dend to be capitalised, and bear 3 per cent, interest till 1862-4 per cent, afterwards. The active stock to receive 3 per cent, till 1867 ; and 4 per cent. afterwaids. The deferred to have 1 per cent. till 1862, 1 for the text five years, and 2 per cent. after 1867 ; 25 per cent. of the Customs revenues of the Republic to be paid to special agents, and remitted to Messrs. Frederick Huth and Mr e" 4 : 0 '1 Ot e rilf isq fifi l Iblkt at r ti ,T .s i sq t, the fi uo (1 . 1 1 : L e a p s s Qv ofiß gia.riry ,gymount.l a i c c , 4 t e fTfi tt fatianitf4 i haht aia qi • p & p ! pgh t ylut ti i inn . % e t offlifilla j a - 9j , 1 i a che Iva Per i rc . At tyl,' e reICII she (Bfy Rai tii n ste i H ~ re? t Itli, d We e o e la V AMA tiltciPity it gikay4o 9,lli t a iLei l giS fa n e e Vme.Muolas, ipeßkekkner ili t ki ngii ae ite rEFush ligan#44l ad " e t i Me!', , fsd IsPRY ntaS9„ho. e a 'ed e tawt la 11', '. •a vnel ,blder., to which this agreement will be submitted for a ' ,oproval is to be held on in early day , in the ensuing week.- LATEST NE WS TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 16.—The mixed Confe rence between the resident Ministers and the Coln missioners, which was to conclude the Conferences on the firman regulating the convocation of the Divans ad hoc in the Principalities, was held on Tuesday last. The place of meeting was the Grand Vizier's yali, on the Bosphorus ; and the practical result of it, as was to be expected, nothing, except one or two unimportant alterations in the wording of the document. The conference was purely one of form, which confined itself to the reading of the firman, first in extenso, and then by single articles. The following is a translation of it : FIRMA.N FOR THE CONVOCATION OF THE DIVAN A D HOC IN WALLACHIA. "To ALEXANDER GHIKA, KAIMAKA3I OF WALLACHIA. " Whereas our Government bas at all times endea voured to maintain the special privileges which have been granted by our glorious ancestors to each of the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia forming. integral parts of our Empire, and to try to augment: and spree' , the welfare of their population, we wished, a so, as a proof of our high sentiments of justice towards all the inhabitants of our States in general, while man taining the armed' privileges of the inhabitants of the two pro vinces, to revise and ameliorate the internal organic laws of the aforesaid provinces, in order to complete and assure the welfare of all classes of their inhabitants. "The wishes of the Powers being in accordance with our sentiments, we have agreed with them that the laws and statutes now in vigorir in the aforesaid provinces shall be revised, and that, in order to establish a perfect understanding on this revision, a Special Commission, composed of the delegates of the Powers who iluarantee the Treaty of the 30th of March, shall meet in Bucharsst with a Commissary of the Sublime Porte to inquire iete the present state of the Principalities, and to prop .Se the bases of their future organisation C insequently Mehmed Esaad Saafet, Mustechar of the Grand Vizier, one of the dignitaries of our Government, has been named as delegate of the Sublime Bete. "Having likewise prorni,e.d to assemble in each of the two provinces a Divan ad ieoc so cernpo,ed as to represent the interests of all classes of society, and which will have to express the wishes of the populations with regar t to the definitive organisation of the Principalities, our Im perial will is to constitute these Divans on the following bases : "Art. I. Besides the Metropolitans and the Bishops of the province, who will be members of the Divan in their own right, the superiors or administrators of the Convents, whose property is dedicated to some foreign convent, and the superiors of the convents whose pro perty is not dedicated, will each choose separately two deputies, who must be laynien and natives, that is, four in all. And the priests who fulfil the functions of their ministry in the seat of each bishopric whatever their ran k be, will assembl e a t th e ca ll o f the bishop of the diocese, and will choose among themselves one deputy for each diocese for the Divan. "Art. 11. All Boyards and sons of Boyards, of what ever class they be, provided they are 30 years of age, natives or legally naturalised, and in possession of all their civil rights, will assemble in the chief place of the district where they are domiciled, and possess a property of 100 falshee at least, or its equivalent in pogones of cultivated land. They will chose there by a majority of votes two deputies to the Divan from those among them who are in possession of at least 300 falshes, or its equi valent in pogones of cultivated land, free from mortgage. The great Boyards alone who can comply with this last condition will be eligible for the districts where they are not domiciled. "Art. 111. All proprietors, under whatever denomi nation they may come, being of 30 y. are of age, natives of the country, or actually and legally naturalised, enj,iy log all their civil rights, and possessing a maximum of 99 falshes or their equivalent in pogones of cultivated land, or a minimum of 10 f eshes or their equivalent in pogone of land of the same nature, will assemble in the chief place of the arrondissement where they are domiciled, and will choose from among themselves by a majority of votes five electors of the second degree. These delegates will go to the chief place of the district and name in the same manner, from among themselves, one deputy for the Divan. "Article IV. The rural communities, composed of peasants a clacege, to whichever class their proprietors may belong, will send each to the chief place of tee dis trict two delegates of the first d egree , named according to the forms in usa g e for the e l ect i ons o f the v i llage authorities. These delegates will choose two among themselves to exercise the functions of elector:; of the second degree, and these electors of the second degree, , assembled in the chief place of the district, will name among themselves a deputy for the Divan, who will re ceive a suitable compensation for their journey and their . stay in the capital. • a "Art. V. The town which is the seat of the Govern a- merit will name four deputies for the Divan, the two ak towns of the second order each two deputies, and the tills other towns, which are chief places of districts, each one ct. deputy. The elections will take place on the followin g ne bases : ion • "On the condition of being 30 years of age, being ,nd natives or actually and legally naturalised, not being on subject to any foreign projection, and enjoying ail their i n civil rights, candidates for these deputies are :- 1. All inhabitants possessing houses of a value of at least 20,000 piaetres for the capital, and of at least 8,000 piastres for the other towns, with the exception lof those who would be already entitled to vote under the dispositions of Art. 11. and 111. of the present &roan. "2. Persons exercising a liberal profession, such as the professors in the schools of the gate, the members of academies, or literary and scientific societies recog nised by the Government—such as medical men, law yers having a regular diploma, and civil engineers, all exercising their professions for the preceding three years in the town in which they reside. " 3. Merchants, having a patent of the third class, and inscribed on the last lists prepared for the election of the municipalities. ' i . will be j provosts eined t o h f re t e h d e ol different eh e seu by t corporations, heCo t r o whom. porat of ion, a t c h c e or p d r i e n v g es t t. o s the forms in usage fur the nomi nation "All the electors above named will assemble at th e seat of the municipality, and will choose there among themselves by majority of votes, without being allow e d to give a double vote, the number of deputies which each town, according to its order, has to send to the Divan. will, therefore,. su r e Commissionerss t have Powers must be waited for before the election of the "Although the arrival of the de puties can take place, the electoral lists will be made out of these th immediately after the publication of the present firman. The administrators of the necessary ec t e h s e e ary districts mea lists published and stuck up, wherever need be, at least 30 days before the epoch fixed liar the elections, so that be ordered ad mm t time may be given for appeals being made. These peals will be examined by a committee ap composed of the Isprovnik, the members of the Tribunal, dh • d municipality of the chief pl ace of the district. of the All in tervention of the auth or iti es in the election maintain order, will b e cons id ered as an abuse,excepdt is, finally, contrary to th e i ntentions of the Sublim aPhorte; consequently the Ministers, the Directors of Depart - - ments, and the Isprevriiks cannot come forward as electors and be elected unless they resign their functions. " In order to avoid all confusion, the elections which have to be made in the chief places of the district will take place successively in the order laid down for the classes who have to send representatives to the Divan. The same will he the case for the elections in the chief place of the district. "The deputies of the different classes united in a g eneral assembly will constitute the Divan ad hoc, called to express the wishes of the principality with regard to the statutes and regulations now in vigour. " In order the better to obtain this object the depu ties of each category will form so many different com mittees, who will more .turfy the different particularly . questions i n t h eir relation to the interese.9 arid wants of their own class. "The Divan having only the mission to :press wishes, which will be first examined by the cominissiCtt, composed of the delegates of the Porte and those of the guaranteeing Powers, and then discussed between the Sublime Porte and its allies, the propositions of the diffe rent committees will be embodied in separate reports, will be presented to the General Assembly, an d, as well as the result of the deliberations of this assembly, placed before the commission. " The President of the Divan will be the oli Metro tan, assisted by a Vice-Presient, el ec t e d from P the Boyards of the first class d by a majority of among o votes iu the general assembly. "The secretaries, in number equal to that of tles classes which are represented, will be likewise named by a majority of votes. a m " aEachority of comittee will Ch oose its own prisident by j m votes, " In its desire to accelerate the moment when the province shall be in possession of a definitive organi sation, the Sublime Porte that it will have terminated expects f rom t h e Divan its labours in the space of six months, and that, penetrated of its d u ty of fidelity, itwill by the not fail to r e s s e n r t i i c m t e itsn discussions w i t hi n suitable limits, t and thus spare us the displeasure of having to devise means to protect against all attaint o ur august right sovereignty." all A simila r firman bas Bof •as been sen t to the Ktamak an of Moldavia. The firman, as it stands now, is a decided im provement in many respects on the former project. First of a ll, the rainblingintroduction in the project has been put into a more legible and definia form. The merit of the initiative in the revision of the organic laws of the provinces is • left , as in the d ocument, to th e S u lt an , and yet the binding force of th e t rerty o f t h e 30th of March brought into sufficient relief. The most essential part in the introduction, however, is that which defines the activity of the Commission by stating that it goes there " t o i nqu i re i n to the actual state of t Pr n cipalities, an d to propos , the bases of their he future organisation." Although the Treaty of Paris is explicit enough in this respect, yet it was very well the Commission as far as to define the position of Viemission as Je_ ibefinobtalftillßß, fikt`j , ur is Government has Abit co& ikb( 6B llerek aTritAlfal , repautieitinliae to iheisigivfit'W 1543aftinvs g eritlia gVitOtt d W eGgllgPa rq t ti e Pt e X/lisq ll9 1 4 411 7 1 "latl 4. , t 4,04644 01 1 .wefixa , ern klife ernglo/ i f 4 , 4 l 4,ttrusiti6nint ttwatititt s e e lli# d'igili e g i t p V4y kith itse@itimaittiekliett cont. on the calm t h e line, the expense o f w hi c h i s est i mate d at 1,400,0001. The port to be established at the hea l of the railway will be at the charge of the Porte,, The line will start from a point close to Selene's', and proceed by Antioch and Aleppo to the fo rt 0 Ja, , ber, on the Euph r at e s. The concession is for ,! years. It the net profits exceed 7 per cent., the surplus will be equally divided between the Porte and the company. FRANCE. ----- --- The Revue d e P ar i s h as bePenAsßulsSpenTduedEs' for °.13 .° month, on ac coun t o f an ar ti c l e w hi c h appeared ifl it against the King of Prussia. The Pays states that the Russian authorities it Bessarabia have been ordered to quit Bolgrad on the Ist of February. M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior, 13 ' 1g , addressed the followin g c i rcu l ar t o the presid enw (,f the various club s au th orise d i n Paris by the Government " Sir,—Numerous complai n t s h ave reac hed me ag-a Icli the excessive play in some of the clubs authe ri ' e l li d Paris. These complaints rend er it toy d u ty to r e u m n 6 the committees of all the clubs that games of c" a .,: e d are stric.ly forbidden—that th ere are p en alties lo Fer ' i 6 in the law in support of this interdiction, and that Ole, lawful games the G overnmen t wou ld see exc essive 03 its with strong displeasure, and, if necessary, would us ij e o to authority to prevent th em . I p ray you , si r, to Pl e , 3 „or communicate this lette r t o th e mem b ers o f the clu b tb which you preside. I doubt not they w ill r eceive o f favour a regulation inspir e d as muc h by the inter est families as by that of public morality." Cardinal Francoi s Ni co l as Maeleine Morlof,.l nppoin ted Archbishop of Paris, was born at Lang o r s es t i in the department of the Haute Marne, the %,st December, 1795 After having been parish Pr„af— of the Cathedral of Dijon, and subsequently general of that dioces e , h e was consecra ted 1 3 : i gu j e d of Orleans on the 18th August, 1839. APP ° ` l3 o Bth Archbishop of Tours by Royal ordinance the f l June, 1842, he was created a Cardinal in the sistory held the 7th M arc h, 1853, an d he re cel , i v ii - 0 the Cardinal', Lat from the Pope the 27th i- jn following. There are still three sees vacan t France—Aix, Tours, and Limoges. "vell The Tribunal of Commer ce o f P ar is have c judgment in the case of the Directors of the pally of the Do c ks N a p o l eon aga i ns t Fox, Ne,l3"ibe: son, and Co., d e cl ar i ng th e convention man e o4 . ft tween the partie s on th e 14th F e b ruary an d ,g,: n t July, 1854, void, and condemning Fox and derson to pay all the expenses. loo t BOURSE, Jan. 27.—Th e f o ll ow i ng were the quotations : Caish 7 ft. C. End of Month.. _... ~. —.,..-- 4 _ per Cents 3 per Cents 67 60 67 65 New Loan — F 9 Bank Shares 4,175 Roman (i d) ......... sili Credit Mobilier 1,385 Austrian Belgian Fives 99 Spanish Threes...... 31 Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt ......... RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. c. tr c ~ .... fr. Orleans 1,385 Western ............... 5 --, Northern 942 50 Strasburg ........ .. '. 0 Lyons 1,372 New Ditto ........... „ 1 0 Mediterranean 1,770 Grand Central ..... 0 ... ,' Lyons Geneva Cette THE RUSSIANS AT ANAPA. „ i d's The Moniteur de l' A rm e e conta i ns some 6°109 relative to th e n ew f or tifi cat i ons w hi c h t h e Rud a are constructing at A na p a . Wh en peace Was "tit eluded they determined to drive the Circassiansoi. of Anapa, which they accomplished after an nate resistance. The Circassians have made reP e " t ot attempts to regain possession of this iMP° r ;a es position, but always without success . Th e Be ss ; 0 00 are busily employed in rebuilding the fortifietiog on an improved plan. A pier is likewise The constructed to give shelter to the shipping' „ l id' villages of Tarrak and K e p o li, s it ua t e i n the, ( — to o die of a fertile plai n a t a vers t an d a half Anapa, are to be for ified and receive a strong ng rison. Notwithsta n di ng t h e diffi cu l ty o f e xec the works they are progressing rapidily on ° ,; 00 8 point. The fo un d a ti ons o f th e anc i ent f o rtifica'" o , constructed by the Turks in the year 17 84 : 1 10 cellent, and were not completely destroyed 1 - 55 , the Russians evacu a t e d th e t own i n J un e, l' hos , The barracks are already rebuilt, as well as th e g 8 pitals and military storehouses, and two oh,t,,, r— O 1 have been repaired. An aq ue d uc t w hi c h al' 13 0 1 d previously exist has been constructed, an d th e . of springs, which were filled up w h en the itu ss h i e so ro evacuated the town, have b een reopene d. s works are being executed excl us i ve ly by the trol l :, of whom two b r i ga i es are emp l oye d a t t , i be so They formed part of the army w hi c h defencle' o r bastopol. These troops have f requ ent en floc o f ments with the Circassians, and the latter n long since intercepted and captured a Co nvoy pf provisions, which has caused the garrison Anapa much inconvenience. AUSTRIA. ; - VIENNA., Jan. 25.—0 n the 20th inst. the f t „ea jesties made an excursion to 00030, and retur. o to Milan in the after noon. Yesterday the 1 0° 41, of the Vienna Currency Conference termin a " tr io and a Convention was concluded between Al ls ' n e and the Principality of Liechtenstein on tile, °,,"teo hand and the G erman Customs Union -be on the other. Toe Convention, which vii,ee valid until th e end of the year 1878, c ° ibe into force o n t h e Ist of May, 1857. yet exact terms o f the Convention are no', o ld known, but it s most important feature is 0 6 be and silve r co i ns are to be minted, which W ill tro current in all th e states belonging to the A ils German Customs Union. SWITZERLAND. the A lette r f rom B erne , o f th e 23d i ns t , annolV: ho that th e C ounc il o f St a t e h a d, at t h e r eq uest of " - to Federal Council, appointed two of its men ibers es , Ezssist Dr. Kern at the approachi ng C on f e reoe, o f They are M. Piaget, President of th e Council j . State, Deputy to the National Coun c il, a nd an e " - o f nent lawyer, with M. Anne Humbert, Sl3cretarlbe State, who took a prominent part in preparing it s ', official memoir on the question of Neuchatel/ il , b e who possesses the most profound information on th e subjects to be discussed at the ,Conference. I lli n i ° o two gentlemen have left Neuchatel for Paris. ' B , debt owing by the Government of Neuchatel rriPtio vious to the year 1848 amounts to 1,125,750 f. ' t o expenses of the late insurrection amount 219,778 f. Two of the Royalist prisoners, who had bee; t liberated on bail, had presented a petition to 0 Federal Government, praying that, i n conse quen„. of their great a ge a n d oth er p ar ti cu l ar eiret l ;i f , stances, they might not be forced t o quit l a, country. The Federal Government, who WO at willingly h ave gran t e d th e i r request , foun d tP they were incompetent to mitigate the decisl ° pronounced by the Supreme Council of the n atio °. It has been remarked that the Austrian Gove r i l i ; ment has been one of th e fi rs t to congratulate t''" Federal Government on the resolutions a d o pted 1 1 the Chambers, which will lead to an arrangerst by which the interests of the Confederatiout!' well as those of the King of Prussia, will be mal te tained intact. ITALY. A letter from Florence, of the 2d inst , stated in anticipati on o f a v i s i t f rom the Empress. Empress of Austria, the Mayor of th a t c ity lit made great preparat i ons to g i ve a b a ll on the oaf sion. It was b e li eve d, h owever , th a t as ./30°0 away that the A us t r i an Mi n i s t er at Fl orence, is :0 that public opinion in that city i s no t f avoura ble the imperial visit, his Majesty will not go then , e ; No successor bad yet been appointed t o the 1a,."„ Bologna, Minister for Ecclesiastical a ff a i rs . not very popular name of Signor Puccioni wa s stl" men for the office. It is possible, h e west that the al Grand Duke has pointment will not be m a d e un til the Grand Mon s i gnor Franch i , i .. Pupe's Nuncio. P still remai ne d at F lorence' Tue Earl of Mino SWIM telegraphic despatch h as b ee n re ° ceTivheedfilowing " MA DRID, JAN. 25' "The Queen has entered on a state of convalescen ce ' Th e Gazette publi,bes a decree ord6rivg that the general election of deputi es s h all commence ,on the 2 5t of March." Tree official Teheran Gazette announces t he vo lli° ; tary submission of the principal chieftains ,of 8 01- ' - o f and Candahar t o th e S hah. Among the: wen rink who have rendered homage to the Persian Monarch a re Sultan Ali-Khan, the son of the former rul er over Candahar • MahomediChall, di tll O sou of the f ormer Prince of ' Herat, and someui tinguished Affghans. Th e P ers i ans are gre., t v : elated, 3s they flatter themselves that Dost homed and Lie Eivrliall, will find no partisans in 6 Caudahar. MM. do P ourtales and de Corrioles, two of the leade rs i n the insurrrection of S; uchatel and 'odi c : , wore im p ri soned until r e l ease d on t!.O 17th inst. a: the i ntervention o f th e B r i tish and FreQch Gover n inents, have arrived at Marseilles. The Independance Belge, generally well informed on suet su ect§, Rap; that the Conf erences on the (\T efit l9 tg 78 m 41s WI Alit place in the middl e ,www th , ues i,., -,_-_—_-:-__- ‘.....21.41010 , of Fehrua, : . TxFIE .NDIA ya r i 3,...... tv 7,y----T_lwicht, &thiiiitii........... winti it ~.,L,,..v . ....,E5tim,,...3.25,:,...p 1 " . . 3 , f „. 'Lon on at