The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

T HEATRE ROYAL, DRITRI LANE.— Les ,e, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting M4nager, Mr. C. Vathews Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THP:G Followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER Hanel AN ONE After which will be produced an entirely new original symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog nomica.lgro'esque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment awl which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, dre. The masks, models, and physiog nomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under tne personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Bolan°. The peculiar grotesque opening 'invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven As of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Fludibras, ge " .sc o t and the who'e arranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye anciente and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime its story is founded : " See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. R3gion of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great Globe itself." " Here we go up, up, up, " Here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And bore we go round and round." Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Sancebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have bee* 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 ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggarongga —Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; , :narrls, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsnp, Eyesrieht, Shoulderarms, Stand at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Bolen° ; Shilly and Shally (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 Huggamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Htu-yl Bur '.y (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-l'iminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. N'oodledout ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr, Muddle ; other Members of the Court. Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagnag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband ; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdignrdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet timper ; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook : Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, olemsra. 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 Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; 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 Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in processor construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with th e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. Toe Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Denlin and Signor Veroni; two Sprite; 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 Bolen9 and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade, showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos, Denlin, Tanner, and Halford).— A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as 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—Going in for a buster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel t 3 baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cnt and come again —Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ye. roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—The Onde wrapper—Railway wrappers--Transfer depot--Washing machine—extraordinary— Something that won't wash—Cleaned ont—Scent 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—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Denlin, and Tanner).—Clow and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re volution—lurning 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 en the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account— Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkia'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 (Ltalian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted ; railway regulators, army regulators, gas regulators, smolte regulators—Sewing, cutting. washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of com non scents A fresh supply of blacks from America - A Dred-fal sc.ote ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Deubn, and Tanner )--Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses —The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and conch in England Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Reck et— M appin '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 has—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 fan—Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive —Moustache move ment—A pair of sharp blades—Clowes prove themselves a raze for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The d nel —A cut direct—Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blew up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home The reduced pric s ss follows, varying throughout the house to suit every o fid. and ls. ; Second Circle of Boxes, Is. 'id s ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. Cd. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., I'. Is., 11. 11s. GI, and 21. 2s. A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. OYAL LYCEUM TREATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of La Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene. ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening : Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar 13irbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Seyde Pasha Mr. Barrett Sing Smaul Mr. Holston Yuasi ff Mr. S. Calhaem Medora Mrs. Charles Dillon Culnar Zuliem . Submarine Miss Jessie Ryder Serena Miss Marie Wilton Clowns Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall _Mr. Stilt , Mr. J. Marshall The Brothers Nelson. Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd. To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. htendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set shwa at the State entrance in Burloigh-street A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. Pantaloon Harlequin Frrriies Columbines TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—Thin Evening will be performed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. After which, the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Hiss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron, Mr. J. B. Johnstone - Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord L°76 . , Miss Craven ; AddelpAto, Miss Cuthbe rt ; Crambo, Master W. Edonin ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, sir, G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Harle quinade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Ma9te - : W Edouin ; Pantal oon , M r. J . Cl ar k e ; H ar l equ in, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss B. lacobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier Danseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. To conclude with THE INTRIGUE. • New and magnificent Scenery, (Ire. New Curtain. New Act Drop. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. A morn i n g performance of the Pantemimo every Monday at two o'clock. ---- . lID OYAL SURRICY THEATRE. 11111; LosßePs, Mosars ShAphPrd and Creswick. THIS EVENING. THE LIFE CHASE. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN, Harlequin, M r . F, (;lover; Cl own, Mr. B uck; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the'Fillis Fa. milt'; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Aimee, 9IHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK ET. TE-lIS EVENING, to commence at Seven with THE LITTLE TREASURE. Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, Villiers, &c. ; Mesdames Blanche Fane, Talbot, &c. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BARES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and' the Cruel Uccle. The scenery of the opening story paints Iby Mr W. Callc3 'A. The m ißie composed and arranged by Edward F william. The parrzomime produced under th direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, NI. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given every Thursday throughout the holidays: commencing at 2, concluding at 4. 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 LAILF or, Harlequin and the Genii a the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Coma& ; Clown, Mr. Hul' Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Co lumbine, Miss C. Adams, T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Great Hit of A Night at rotting-Hill. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, i n w hi c h Mr. Wright and Paul 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 Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely ne .v scenery, dresses, transformations, dtc., called THE Sin SI, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, JAN TIA'RY 13, 1857. MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine 0. la Watteau), Madame , Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland; Scaramouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters ha 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, die. HEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. t Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, VIRGINIUS. Virginius, Mr. Cr' eswick ; Appius Claudius, Mr. A. Rayner; Dentatus, Mr. H. Marston; Icilius, Mr. F. Robinson. Virginia, Miss M. Eburne ; Ser via, Miss Atkinson. To conclude with the pantomime, THE GENIE AND THE FISHERMAN. 13 , 0YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravagann, by J. R. Planche, Esq.. called VOUNCt AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, St. Caese, Castleton, ;:romley, Haskell, Pnd Mrs. Mellott. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. Messrs. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, ZS- Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RI CHARD THE THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Splendid Equestrian Illustrations. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the choice_ SCENES of Equestrian Skill in the ARENA. To conclude with the irresistibly funny equestrian comic pantomime, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK ; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe, in which Mr. W. Cooke will drive Eight Golden-footed Steeds attached to the re splendent Chariot of Gold. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at a quarter be fore seven o'clock. 9°x-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.l CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, (ke. viz .: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Corti; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano. forte, J. Harroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec tions. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ring DAY—Morn. 51 min. aft. 3 —3 , lvening 11 min. aft. 4 ro-Y. nultow—iforn. 30 min. aft. 4—Evening 48 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—Si:TN OFFICE, JANUARY 13. THIRMOIMER, IN TAR SRAM 45 -highest anise noon yesterday. 37 -lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAnomirrEs, 29•57—rising. WIND—N. to N.N.W.—Light, with fine, but dull, cold weather. * 4 o , ..- . , ._ 5 ,-„ , ....--;•_-... , ., k, C 1-7-ric,„.rf-p-----,....4;4., -....._,..,• , IC -.- -4 .--- •::':7---...._---n"' " _t'z'..44-. '‘',, ,, •••" 4 .7, - -, , ,,,. - -,- '''' '....,-,./ LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1867, " The leopard will not change its spots, the Ethiope his skin." Russia still pursues her traditional policy with indefatigable zeal. By the events of the late war, which cost to this country so much blood and treasure, the Muscovite snake was merely "scotched, not killed." She did not abandon a single design of self-aggrandisement ; took her discomfiture with as much cooluess as the late DANtgr, O'CONNELL the censure from the chair of the House of Commons ; and to show her sense thereof brought forward a fresh motion the moment the jobatur had been concluded. Her present proceedings are partly directed against Circassia. She seeks to take advantage of the Peace—perhaps " (race" might be the more correct phrase—to crush the liberties of that independent race. Tae battle, however, is not always to the strong. She has recently re ceived a heavy blow and great discouragement at Bay ek, where her troops were de feated with very considerable loss or men, and what she thinks of greater importance —of guns. The brave Citcassians have thus vindi cated their ancient reputation ; but, alas, what , can they do against such an antagonist, one that i spares no efforts to accomplish her sanguinary purposes. A few words at the Conferences might have saved them ! But these words were not spoken ! The perfect neutrality of the Black Sea was one of the chief objects of the Western Powers ; and yet that which could alone have insured that neutrality was completely ignored. No hint was put forward that the wel fare and independence of Circassia might be re garded as a matter of European interest, or that the Great Powers were in any degree concerned in its fate. It would almost seem as if the Turks were deliberately and advisedly consigned to her tender mercies to be dealt with as she deemed most expedient, while questions were artfully raised respecting the Moldavian boundary, and the western coast of the Euxine, Russia was allowed a " carte blanche" as to the eastern shore. Her abandoned forts have been restored, new garrisons have been stationed to coerce the people and extend tilt) boundaries, and the Western Powers look on tranquilly and indifferently while the Muscovite policy is receiving such extraordinary developehrent. It cannot be said thab.there was not ample warning. Before the Treaty of March wai con cluded the probable consequences of restoring the Abasian forts to Russia was clearly pointed out. But the Government wilfully closed their eyes. They would not embarrass the pending negotiations by the introduction of a new element. One did not think that there was any danger to be apprehended from the restoration. Another could not see what claim the Circassians had to English consideration, as Sir C. WOOD unblush ingly stated in the House of Commons ! It was " a mull" from beginning to end, and Russia is allowed to solace herself for her temporary dis appointments on the Western by her progress MI the Eastern Littoral of the Black Sea. What may be the results when the inevitable contest is again resumed it is impossible to predict. We fear that they must prove very prejudicial to Eng lish interests. Our prestige will be greatly impaired in Asia—and all know the vast importance of prestige in dealing w ith the semi-civilised nations of that quarter of the globe. By her diplomacy Russia has con• trived to tui m her defeat into a triumph, while England has " lost by the pen what she gained by the sword." The wilful abandonment of Circassia n and the pe mission to Russia to regarrison the Abasian Forts, will be regarded by posterity as an appropri ate sequel to the terrible negligence that occasic , nett the fall of Kars and the abandon ment of it a gallant garrison to the tender mercies of the bes iegers. We trust that the first week of the appr oaching session may not pass away be fore lVii'aisters shall be required to explain their intentions clearly and intelligibly, and to state whe' ;her any real limit is to be imposed on the aggressive propensities of the AUTOCRAT. Under the presidency of the greatest Law- Reformer of his age—HENRY LORD BROUGHAM —the "Law Amendment Society " is steadily advancing the interests of the general community by the furtherance of a grand series of constitu tional innovations. With a view to the still greater development of these comprehensive im provements, it has been very recently, and we cannot but think most judiciously, decided that 1857 shall witness, under the auspices of the Association, a succession of bold and practical discussions, collectively and significantly entitled, " The Mercantile Law Conferences." Discussions upon no less than eight separate themes, em bracing within their limits a vast area for the working out of beneficial changes in our sys tem of commercial jurisprudence. Unsatis fied with the result of the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act of 1849, the Society proposes, in the first place, to take into consideration the whole question of " The Law of Bankruptcy." To the end, of course, that some more effective scheme, than any hitherto dreamt of, may even yet be hit upon for the better adjustment of the relations between Debtor and Creditor, and for the more satisfactory administration of the laws at once of Bankruptcy and Insolvency. Secondly, the working of the "Law of Partnership," as it stands at present, is to be subjected to a rigid invest,iga lion. Thirdly, " The Law of Merchant Shipping" is to be carefully scrutinised—the Law, that is to say, as it actually is nowadays, since the time of its being remodelled and reorganised in 1854 by the 17 and 18 Viet., c. 104. Fourthly, it is proposed that the Mercantile Conferences of 1847 shall scrupulously pass under review " The Law of Principal and Agent," the law closely analogous to the one affecting that relation of Master and Ser vant, which is necessarily and obviously a relation bailed upon considerations of social convenience. Fifthly, the Society designs to investigate, in the course of this propitious Mercantile Conference, " The Seventeenth Section of the Statute of Frauds," the memorable statute passed as far back as the year 1676, being literally, in point of fact, the 29 Car. 11., c. 3, entitled " An Act for Pre vention of Frauds and Perjuries." Sixthly, it proposes to discuss the existing state of "The Law of Banking," a system surely requiring some degree of revision, as recent occurrences have rather deplorably demonstrated, notwithstanding all those ingenious modifications which have latterly tended to place it more or less, in every particular, upon an entirely new footing, in the hope of securing the circulation, and of preventing, as much as is at all practicable, the chances of ruinous fluctuations. Seventhly, these Mercantile Conferences are to have especial regard to the magnificent project of the " Assimilation of the Commercial Law of England, Scotland, and Ireland"—a project much more practicable, much more capable of realisation, than some might suppose, viewing it through its many apparent but really superficial difficulties,—as any one may comprehend at a glance, in very despite of these manifold difficulties, by simply bearing in recollec• Lion the fact that the mercantile laws of the three countries are, for the most part, alike deducible from the Imperial Code of Rome, and from the various maritime exies of :Mediaeval Europe or of the Feudal Epoch. Eighthly, and lastly, the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law—no mere fartfarronading Sham, but one of the very few genuine and practical Reform Asso ciations—undertakes to discuss the whole compre hensive question of the " Tribunals of Commerde" during the course of the projected Mercantile Law Conference. So much, briefly, in the way of a rap id analysis of the remarkable programme but just now put forward for the new year by this very daring and energetic Association ! So much for its new promise of yet more sturdily and strenuously setting its Shoulder to the great Wheel of Change. Meantime, while preparations are thus actively making for a grander campaign, perhaps, all things considered, than any upon which the Society has yet adventured, its ordinary business, in the way of promoting the cause of legal reform, continues to bo carrie I on with the same indomitable assiduity and the same unflinching perseverance. Conspicuous evidence of which is afforded in another part of our impression of this evening : namely, in the lengthened report there given of the very important meeting of the Law Amendment Society, under the chairmanship o the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn-Regis, the discussions at which meeting, it will bo seen, had especial reference to the one of the MO3 difficult and imminent problems of the day, tha. relating to the question of the " Treatmen of our Dangerous Criminals." It is peculiarly deserving of note, we conceive, in regard to the proceedings of yesterday evening, that the general opinion of the speakers, and the general feeling. o the meeting, appeared to be decidedly adverse to the notion of returning to the old and at leas temporarily abandoned system of transp )rtation. According, at once, to the Report of the Criminal Law Committee, read last night by Mr. G. W. HASTINGS the Secretary, and to the views indi• vidually enunciated by Lord STANLEY, m the Chairman of the occasion—the obnoxious Ticket of-Leave System must be allowed not even yet to have had a fair trial ! According both to the Report of the Committee and the Speech of the Chairman, the recent enormous increaso in crimes of a violent character, is a lamentable fact, to be attributed not by any means so much to the Ticket-of-L3ave System, as to that wholesale dis bandmentof the militia, which has thrown upon the country some 70,000 men, without providing them with adequate means of employment ! Very satisfac tory all this—no doubt of it—to the armour propre of the more infatuated advocates of the new Dangled scheme of criminal reclamation by Ticket•of•Leave. A Scheme that has notoriously broken down, and that in thus breaking down has as notoriously become invested with an utter and irretrievable unpopularity. Very satisfactory—these saving clauses in the Report of the Committee and in the Speech of the Chairman—to the humane but mistaken originators of the system of Ticket-of- Leave. But diametrically the reverse, or we are very much mistaken, with regard to the great mass of the general population. Adverting to the old scheme of transportation may be out of the g uestion altogether! Or supposing it to be in any way really practicable, there may be an insuparable difficulty in the selection of the right class of Penal Settlements ! Old settle- ments may be impossible to be reverted to, in consequence of the adverse sentiments upon the subject existing among the present colonists. New settlements may be„ equally to be, despaired of, because—of the three already suggi:sted—llud son's Bay necessitates the acquisition of a subsistence only by hunting--Northern Aus tralia, being situated in thci tropics, is noto riously unhealthy, as was indicmed rather strikingly by our forced abandonment of the set tlement of Port Essington—while 'Vancouver's Island is obviously in very tempting, mid there fore (considered in relation to convicts), very perilous, proximity to the gold diggings of California 1 All this may be perfectly in controvertible, and yet the Ticket-of -Leave System (still dandled and coddled by theoretical philanthropists with a tenderness only resulting from infatuation) may—really--a fter all—be none the less a failure. It has not yet had a fair trial, however —we are reminded 1 Not yet had a fair trial ? England thinks otherwise. The English people regard the matter differently. We have had enough, we have had more than enough, of these frightful and disastrous experiments. It is essential to the national interests that the constituencies which may now be called upon to exercise the privilege confided to their charge may faithfully fulfil their duty. The proceedings at the hustings are closely watched, not only by members who may speedily be called on to render the accounts of their respective stewardship, but by the Government itself. The debates and di visions in Parliament, as well as the Ministerial measures brought under the consideration of the Legislature, may be materially influenced by the result of a single contested election. Under such circumstances the most strenuous efforts will be made to oppose those professing sound opinions, so as by their defeat to retard the passing of the wholesome reforms of which they are the advocates, aud, for the time being, the represen tatives. It is not, as at ordinary times, regarded as a contest between individuals, but as one of principles, and a single adverse decision may completely alter the course of political events. We are therefore justified in reminding every person entrusted with the elective franchise in the contested districts that his conduct at this mo ment is closely scrutinised—that the eyes of the community are upon him, and that his future reputation may greatly depend on his acts during the coming crisis. At Newport the distinguished author of "Michell" has addressed the Liberal electors as a candidate for their "most sweet voices." Nothing can be more satisfactory than the means put forward by Mr. KINGLAIM He ad vocates " the extension of the Franchise —the Ballot in all its integrity, the abolition of Church Rate; a National System of Secular Education, and others of paramount importance to the welfare and prosperity of the industrial population. There is one point, however, on which he dwells at considerable length, which is peculiarly deserv ing of attentive consideration. It is the limited circle from which the holders of high office must, under the existing system, be selected. There is as close an observance of "castes" in the choice of Ministers as in any part of Hindostan. We have so frequently heard of " select family parties" in the Cabinet that it is needless to expatiate on the subject. It is notorious, as the Honourable Gentleman remarks, " that the high offices are unduly distributed among persons of particular families, and belonging to a particular class in society, without due regard to their quali fications for holding them." The effects deducible from these causes are clearly explained by the Hon. Gentleman. There is a " great firm," whose periodical difficulties fall under public ob servation. The Government, no matter what party may hold the reins of power for the time being, are under constant pres sure. Its acceptances are too frequently dis honoured, and it is almost impossible to induce to undertake new responsibilities, however tempt ing the returns. Every failure, every deficiency is accounted for by the sterc3typel excuse that "England cannot b 3 without a Government," which Mr. KING-LAKZ truly explains should be a Government " selected from the accustomed classes." Were it only to advance this wholesome doctrine the Hon. Gentleman should be the chosen representative of Newport. His views on all as we have e x pl a i ne d w w i e t v ht , he great majority o f th e other those i points o i accordanceu ts are, however, er people ; and, judging from his antecedents, his proved talent, indefatigable energy, and indis putable character, we trust that the electors of Newport may obtain the high honour of returning a man who will be a fitting coadjutor with Mr. LAYARD in the House of Commons. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador left Broad lauds, the seat of Viscount Palmerston, on Saturday for town. The Countess Dowager of Vernlam ie stayinc on a visit with her daughter the Countess of Clarendon, at the Grove, near Watford. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have left the St. George's Hotel. The Countess of Listowel has arrived in town from Convatnore, co. Cork. The young earl is expected in a few days. Viscount Wellesley has left the Clarendon for Dray cott House, near Cnippenham. Lord and Lady Hantingfield have left the St. George's Hotel. The Hon. Misses Sidney are staying on a visit with the Countess of Albemarle, at her villa, near Twicken ham. LATEST N E WS. NEUCHATEL. The Paris Correspondent of the Times (second edition), says : "In the accounts recently given of the Neu chatel affair in the French papers there are some errors, few but not unimportant, which it may be well to correct. The real state of the question at the present moment I believe to be this. The Federal Council agree to the liberation of the prisoners, not en the demand of the King of Prussia, but in the exercise of the Sovereignty of the Confederation. The French Governnen t previously engages to use all its influence with the King of Prussia, for the renunciation of the claims, or rights, as specified in the Treaty of Vienna and the protocol of 1852; and for the entire independence of Neuchatel. There is no doubt whatever of the King of Prus sia adhering to these terms. The position of the English Government is different from that of France. England had from the beginning recog nised the full right of the Confederation to punish those who took up arms against th 9 Government of Neuchatel. France did not, apparently, admit that right, if we may judge by the ill-advised article in the Moniteur. England consequently could not call upon the Swiss to do what was claimed as 'a right by Prussia, because her doing so would have the appearance of ad mitting the Royal right. The English Govern ment always respected the high position taken up by Switzerland, and was unwilling to do anything to narrow it." THE OVERLAND MAIL. The telegraphic advice's from India yesterday show a rise of about per cent. in the rate of ex change at Bombay, and of 1 per cent. at Calcutta. They will consequently afford a further stimulus to shipments of ;flyer from this side. The mails to arrive from London would, however, deliver large amounts to influence the markets for the future. By this arrival, also, accounts have been received from China a fortnight later than those by the last mail. The dates are to the 20th of November from Shanghai, and the 25th of November from Canton. From the latter place the news is unimportant. Fighting had recommenced, and the Americans had made common cause with the English. It is added that three Americans had been captured and beheaded, and that their heads bad been stuck by the Chinese on the city walls. Business was, of course, wholly suspended, and a report was cur rent that Shanghai had been attacked and taken by the rebels. This, however, is believed to be without foundation. The result of the foregoing intelligence on the London tea markets yesterday has been a great increase of purchases: Large transactions took place in common congous at to Is. per lb. ; and the chief proportion of the teas previously on offer have been withdrawn. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress yesterday had pre sented to them a great number of foreigners of 'dis tinction, by the English, Austrian, Turkish, and Spanish ambassadors, and by the Prussian, Bava rian, Saxon, Baden, Chilian, Wurtemberg, Mexi can, Venezuelan, and Hanoverian ministers. The Emperor also received Colonel Calligaris, in the service of the Bey of Tunis, who presented to his Majesty a copy of the history which he has written in the Arab language of the Consulate and the Em pire of Napoleon I. The Ifoniteur publishes decrees making four pro motions to the rank of Officer, and. eight nomina tims to that of Knight, in the Legion of Honour, and conferring 30 military medals on different officers, sub-officers, and soldiers. The French episcopal bench has just lost another of its members. Mgr. d'Aramoles, Archbishop of Aix, in Provence, ex pi re d on the 9th, at the archi episcopal palace, shortly after having received ex treme unction. BOURSE, Jan. 12.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents - 3 per Cents 6B New Loan Bank Shares 4,050 Roman (x d) Credit Mobilier 1,415 Austrian Belgian Fives .. 100 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 92 50 Home Debt End of Blonth. -fr. -c. 68 30 86i RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. It. c. fr c Orleans 1,355 Western Northern 950 Strasburg Lyons 1,370 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,70 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... 76'5 Te3te Cette RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 3d, in the Independance of Brussels, says :—" The garrison of Novo Archangel, the capital of the Russian pos sessions in North America, has just been rein forced on account of au invasion made last year by the Kaloschis. This savage tribe, which inhabit the neighbourhood, surprised the garrison, scaled the ramparts, and could not be expelled frqm the church in which they had taken refuge until after a very sanguinary combat. Since that time the state of the colony has been satisfactory, and its commerce with California has much increased." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 3d says : " The question of Neuchatel, in its turn, proves how much the cabinets of St. Petersburg and Vienna differ in their view of political questions. Count Buol, for example, in a note communicated to the great powers, declared that the Prussian govern ment could not have the right to act solely against Switzerland, the stipulations of the protocol of Lon don being opposed to her doing so; but Prince Gort schakoff, in a note, has directly combated that view, and has demonstrated that Prussia does possess the right to act alone against Switzerland ; add ing, that as time did not permit the powers which signed the protocol to meet in conference on the subject, those powers were obliged to address their demands separately to Switzerland. Count Buol, it is said, replied to this note, and partly adopted the opinion of Russia. The Russian government is determined to insist in pressing terms on the evacuation of Greece. The political motives which caused the occupation of the Piraeus having disappeared, it is believed that the moment has arrived at which the Greek government should be freed from the presence of foreign troops, as their prolonged stay cannot add to its prestige in the eyes of its own subjects. The fear that the English fleet, after having evacuated the Black Sea, will stop in the waters of Greece, and continue to exercise its influence in another form, appears to have greatly con tributed to this resolution of Russia."—Another letter from St. Petersburg of the same date says : —" At Cronstadt the vessels are still frozen in, but the greatest activity prevails in the dockyards. The engine manufactory is occupied day and night, and all possible resources are employed in trans forming sailing vessels into screws. Young men are being instructed to , fill the place of officers in the corps of enginemen and stokers formed for the steam fleet." The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy have left the St. George's Hotel. Sir St. Vincent and Lady Whitsbed and the Misses Whitshed have arrived at St. George's Hotel from Scotland. Mr. H. Drummond, M.P., has left St. George's Hotel. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.—The diplomatic service in the last year, ended March, cost the country 381,2681. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the week have comprised eleven vessels—five to Port Philip, three to Ade!aide, one t ) Sydney, one to Launceston, and one to New Zealand, with an aggregate capacity of 6,655 tons, The rates, of freight exhibit no material alteration. In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been little change. The number of vessels reported inward was 136, being three more than in the previOns week. These included 20 with cargoes of corn, flour, and rice, 8 with sugar, and 1 with 28,259 packages of tea. The total number of ships &eared outward was 106, including 7 in ballast, showing an increase of 10. The letters from the Continent describe a rather. more favourable appearance of the rates of exchange. At Paris, Hamburg, and Amsterdam they exhibit general firmness. The rate of discount at Hamburg has de clined to 54 per cent. The 400,0001. of gold, by the Montmorency, was de- i livered yesterday, but the amount sold to the bank was only 4,000/. The greater part of the remainder will be transmitted to Paris. The Conference on the Sound dues will meet again at Copenhagen this week, and negotiations will be con tinued with those Governments that have not yet as sented. FALL OF A Housz.—Great excitement prevailed yes. NAPLES. terday morning, and the whole of Sunday night, A letter from Naples of the sth, published by throughout the p ar i s h o f Christ Church, Spitalfields, in Brussels, giving an account of the consequence of th e f a ll of a house in Dorset-street, near T the pari h cshurch. ' A child, 15 months old, named htllioewNinogrdupofofoe Carlo Terzo steamer, adds the following postscript :—" As a conscientious cones homas McS;ay, was kill e d b y the acc i dent. pendent, I must add, that information which I THE SOLICITOR.GENERALSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES. have just received forces me to state that this i —We learn, on the authority of a private letter, and also disaster was caused by malevolence. Before the of the Sydney newspapers, that Mr. A. Lutwyche, for a voice on board was heard to cry out, explosion some time a member of the parliamentary corps of this to save themselshould - ves run journal, held the office of solicitor-eeneral in Sept. last, ' Those who wish aft. Tho ff i therefore, forward or a ar, had been with a seat in the Legislative Council of New South Wales as the organ of tlae Government in that house, under arranged beforehand. There were 150 per sons on the short-lived Cowper Administration, to which he was board, of w.hom 40 wore saved by the boats of an promoted by the Go vernor-General, acting tinder the non- Eaglish vessel of war. The captain of the steamer mous advice of the Executive Council. Mr. LUtwyche, who was not on board. Lieutenant Massie and a mid was a member of the English bar, about three years ago, shipman, named Benedetti, were blown up with emigrated to Australia with the view of practising his the rest. The King and every one in this city is profession in that colony, selecting Sydney as his place convinced that the explosion was wilful. The of settlement. On the voyage out he suffered shipwreck, concussion caused was so great that the gas lamps in which he lost a considerable amount of valuable pro- in the streets nearest the scone were exting perty and narrowly escaped with his life. B y th e energy A general feellD ' of a uished. and admirable prese nce o f m i nd di sp l aye d by hi m on gpprehension prevails. In reference to reported risings • that occasion, under circumstances of the most imminent in the Neapolitan rovinces ajournal so peril, be was chiefly instrumental in preserving not only p ~ me days ago mentioned that h i s o wn life, but those of many of his fellow passengers. , the provincial troops had been or were about to be Timm. removedirom Naples, The Gazette de Lyon gives PRUSSIA. The King of Prussia has conferred the grand cross of the Red Eagle on the Marquis de Moustier, minister of France at his court. A letter from Copenhagen, in the Lithographic Correspondence of Berlin, says :—" A conference relative to the Sound dues was held here on the Bth ; it appears certain that the dues will be sup pressed on the reopening of navigation, that is in April next. It remains to be decided whether the sums to be paid by the various powers to Denmark shall be given in one payment or in several." the following information on the subject :—" The provincial soldiers, so called, not because they are recruited in the provinces, since the whole army is recruited there, but because they are destined to hold garrison in the most distant parts of the terri tory, form a species of disciplinary corps, composed of men who have been guilty of insubordination and have been subjected to punishment. They are charged with the guard over prisoners, and acquit thethselves well of their task in consequence of the regulation imposing on any soldier the punishment of the man whose evasion he may have favoured. These provincial soldiers are despised by the army and by the population, and if they have been re moved from. Naples it has been in consequence of a wise precaution, and not from any want of confi dence in the army in general." GREECE. Ferouk Khan, the Persian Ambassador to France, on .his putting in to the Pircus in the Rolland steamer, spoke as follows, in reply to the compliments addressed to him by the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the name of the King of Greece : " I am profoundly moved by the friendly sentiments which you address to me in the name of the King of Greece, and I shall be certain to give an account of them to my sovereign. It is impossible for me to be in this spot, in presence of the Parthenon, an imperishable monument of art, without recalling to mind the past grandeur of your nation and of mine, formerly adversa ries, and now friends. A new future opens fur them, as for the rest of the world, and in sending me on au em bassy to the noble and powerful Emperor of the French, the Sovereign, my master, has desired to put himself in more intimate communication with Europe, for the welfare of his States." ITALY. A letter from Milan, of the Bth, says :—" The municipal authorities have this morning posted up, at the corner of every street, a large placard an nouncing officially the arrival of their Majesties for the 15th, with a statement of some of the arrange ments made to celebrate that event. The following are the principal :—lllumination a giorno of La Scala theatre, which their Majesties will honour with their presence in the evening. In the night of the 18th a torso notturno, a favourite amusement of the Italians, and which consists of an incessant promenade of carriages, brilliantly li g ht e d up , a nd accompanied by bans of music, through S all the finest parts of the city and in the midst of a' general illumination. In the night of the 21st a grand ball will take place at La Scala, in which will be intro duced an allegorical ballet composed expressly for thii occasion. Lastly, a distribution of a sum of 50,700 Austrian livres in different works of charity." In the sating of the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, of the 9th, M. Cadorna, the new president, took the chair, and in an appropriate speech, in which he alluded with pride to the services of the Piedmontese army in the late war, thanked the Chamber for the honour it had conferred upon him for the third time. He then, in virtue of his power, appointed M. Buffa to draw up an address in answer to the speech from the throne. M. Brofferio, the leader of the extreme left, announced hiS intention of addressing an interpellation to the President of the Council touching the state of Italy. Count Cavour declared himself willing to answer it, provided the hon. member would wait until after the presentation of the budget of 1855, which was agreed to. A letter from- Milan, of the 7th, in the Opinione of Turin, says—" We are informed that the Minis ters Buol, Bach, and de Bruck have been summoned to Milan by the Emperor, and are to stay there dur ingthe whole time of his visit. The engineer Broggi, who was arrested the other day, is the brother of the insurgent of that name who fell in the insur rection of 1848. The cause of his arrest is stated to be an observation of his to some friends, to the effect that in coming to Milan the Emperor would run the risk of being fired at. This, it seems, was overheard by some of the new police, enrolled for the period of the Emperor's stay, and immediately reported to tbe authorities. This new force consists of upwards of 600 discharged soldiers, mostly Italians. They aro dressed as civilians, but carry a medal about them, on producing which all the police authorities and military posts are bound to afford them aid. They go about the town, visit coffee-houses and wine-shops, and report all the conversation they pick up ; in case of irreverent language towards the Emperor they are authorised to arrest the person who has uttered it, and in this way many have lately been taken up. The censor ship is very severe just now. The last number of Canta's ' History of the Italians' has been stopped, on account of a passage relating to the history of Piedmont of the last century. M. Schivardi, of Brescia, having in his Scientific Facts' used some expressions hostile to the existing state of things, he has been arrested on a charge of high treason. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 7th announce that on the 3d the disturbances at Valencia had, owing to the energetic measures of the authorities, com pletely ceased, and the city. ad resumed its wonted appearance. A royal decree appoints General de los Rios to the Captaincy-General of that city and province —a post he had only held ad interim. M. Moron, a political writer and orator of note, had been lodged in the gaol of Valencia. The discovery of a Carlist conspiracy at Ouhaela is confirmed, but no details are given. Wheat in Madrid had fallen 4 reals the bushel, and in most markets there was a tendency to a decline. The opposition jour nalists had charged a deputation of their body to wait on the Minister of the Interior, to request him to order the subordinate agents of the government to observe more regularity and legality in theirs' treatment of the press. AMERICA, LIVERPOOL, J AN. 13. The Canada, from Boston and Halifax, has ar rived, with advices from New York to the 30th, and by telegraph, via Halifax, to the 31st Dec., and $270,689 in specie on freight. The Baltic, hence, arrived at New York on the 25th ; the Europa, hence, on the 27th ; and the Edinburgh, from Glasgow, on the 30th Dec. Despatches from Mississippi and Northern Ala bama report slave excitement at Jackson and Can ton, Mississippi. Great alarm prevailed, and a number of negroes had been arrested. The steam-ship Texas had left New Orleans with 500 recruits for Walker's army. The steam-ship Tenessee, which had left New I York for San Juan, with provisions and reinforce merits for Walker, had met with an accident, and was detained at Norfolk. The proceedings in Congress were unimportant. A convention between the United States and Austria for the extradition of criminals had been issued. From Costa Rica and Nicaragua,Walker's criti- I cal position is confirmed. It is said that the leaders of the allies have set their minds on seizing, if, possible, the transit route. Severe fighting is reported. Eight hundred Guatemala troops were at Nicaragua on the 17th of December. The Illinois had arrived at New York with ad vices from California, and 1,671,570 dollars on freight. The Democrats of San Francisco had celebrated the Presidential triumphs by a torchlight proces sion. This party have a majority of 41 in the Legislature on the joint ballot. The accounts from the mines were favourable. Havanna dates are to the 25th of ,December. Concha was to be supersedcol. Sugar market firm. Stock 45,000 boxes. In Peru, General Castilla was in a very critical position. Revolution prevailed throughout the South: Two national ve2sels declared for the in surgents. The New York commercial advices report the demand for money as being still more active. Loans on calls had bee, made at 1 per cent. per month upon even prime seem:tie., and in some cases 1 to 2 per cent. has been p,.id for loans to 2d of January, bringing over the holidays. The stock market was heavy and lower. A greater decline in quotations would have been ex hibited, but for th e or d ers received from Europe. The business in exchange was flat. Bills on England are in good supply, and are quoted at 108 to 1082, and on Paris at sf. 214 c. to sf. 20e. Cotton was firm, and an advance of an eighth cent. has been paid in some instances. Flour was sc. cheaper. Wheat was not so firm. Provisions in fair request. Iron qui e t b u t fi rm. Tobacco steady. Freights were improving. The steam=ship Kangaroo, hence, arrived out in the Delaware on the 31st of December, under 14 days. LATER via HALIFAX. NEW YORK, DEC. 31. The cotton-market continues firm, with sales to day 1,500 bales ; middlings quoted 13c. to 132 c. CHARLESTON, DEC. 31. Sales of cotton., 2,00 n bales. The market dearer to the extent of c. to ;:e. NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 30. Sales 6,000 bales. Market firm. ►SEVERE WEATHER AT SEA.—The packet-slip Al!)ert Gallatin, which arrived at Liverpool from New York on Sunday, experienced very severe weather on the voyage. Frost and snow prevailed during the greater portion of the time, and several of the crew were frost-bitten. Two of them were so badly bitten on the hands and fingers that it was found necessary to convey them to the hos pital immediately on their arrival in port, and six others it is expected will have to follow. MR. KINGLAKE AT NEWPORT. Mr. A. NV. Kinglake, the author of "Eothen," has addressed a numerous body of the electors of Newport, Isle of Wight, as a candidate for their suffrages. In the course of his speech, after arguing for the extension of the franchise, the ballot, the abolition of Church rates, a national system of secular education, &c., he observed: —"I am strongly of opinion that the high offices of this country are unduly distributed amongst persons of par' ticular families, and belonging to a particular class in society, without due regard to their qualifications for holding them. And what is the result ? Why that / 0 a country abounding in intelligence and business-like power there is always one firm which is breaking down/ ' and that is the firm of the government. Here is a coun; try where th ere are men who at a few monthe notice will throw a railway from one city to another —who will c rry the electric wire along the d e pths of the ocean from one continent to another, and perforiu all those marvels of that description which have made this age a wonder to all. You cannot go to all foreign eountry but you find Englishmen engaged / 0 great works of this kind. In every foreign enterpriE° you find an English engineer and English workmen eur ployed ; and yet, in a country abounding in marvellous intelligence and business-like power, we find that of such materials is the Government of the country cone' posed that the ministers are positively unable, with their united abilities, to feed ani army of a few thousand men, encamped at a d.stance of eight miles only from a seaport occupied by their own ships. What is the cause of 5 11 this evil ? The cause is that the Ministers and p e rsons high in office are selected from too small a number , (Hear.) If any of you, in conducting your business, were to make to yourselves a law that you would only take persons whose names began with the letter A, or persons in a'particular street, how would your business go onl Yet this is the kind of restriction which is practicall9 going on in the selection of men chosen to fill the high, offices of the State. If you will b ear w ith me I will go for a few moments into.this important question. M you know, all the high officers of State are taken either from the House of Peers or the House of Commons; The House of Peers consists of, I believe, 346 men, en', the House of Commo ns cons i s t s o f 658, so t h at, i n round numbers, you have 1,000 people from whom the Miniie ters of State have to be selected. Very well. Now 0 the 346 peers, almost all, except our right rev. friend , the bishops, and two or three law lords, are selected bl the mere accident of birth. There remains, then, the House of Commons from which to find the selecte d talent of the country. Now, I am going to venture upon telling y ou a h ome t rut h , an unpalatable truth. ,I do say that the c ons tit uenc i es ha ve b een wanting in t heir duty with regard to the selection of those whom did send to the House of Commons, and I do say that it if from this failure of duty on- the part of the constituencie s that there has been so much difficulty in finding men to fill the high offices of State. Why, really, gentle' men, we must confess, even though it may be an unpalat' able thing to know, that the sprinkling of able inee which you have in the House of Commons, although it I . selected by the people, is not very much greater than l' ll° sprinkling of abler men in the House of Lords, where the only test is the mere accident of birth. I have told you on e cause leading to the inadequacy of public men. I thiul c there is another. I think there is an undue laxity inth ° members of the House of Commons. The duty of ° member of the House of Commons is of a double di?: racter. One of his duties, and that is the one whio: perhaps, you are most accustomed to consider, is that to making laws, or refusing to make laws, and taking par t in legislative discussion. But another and a most illy portant duty of every member of the House of Common° is that of watching the formation of the success/ i r e governments who are from ti me t o ti me se l ecte d . 1 ut; say that in the perf ormance o f th at d uty the H ouse of Commons has been too lax. There exists the practice of asking men to give what is called confidence i° the government, and the effect of that is thate.a vernuient, though not consi s ti ng o f men st ffi c ienti/ able to govern—a government which would not .bear criticism, when you came to inquire whether 01 1 6 man or another is fit for the office he holds-- - ' 18 enabled to secure a space of toleration, because there is a feeling that there will be an inconvenience in , ° , l change of Government. Th a t i s th e th rea t always keßft out to induce men to avoid a vote rendering necessary ° change of Government. M an y men h ave a great drea d of a change of Government. If they change so 0 ,1 ; will be it is said, th e ti me w ill come w h en England " he without a G overnmen t. N ow, w h at they really mean when they say that is, that England will be without 0 Government selected from the accustomed class—(hea r) —and when th e d ay comes t h at E ngland i s to b e w it , " , out a Govern men t o f t h at ki n d i t w i ll b e a fortunsl`. day, and not a day of danger; for depend upon it you . can never hav e goo d government or economy at how: —you never can have that foresight and managemen t which will bring success in war, until you withdraw O r e exclusive right of g o vernmen t f rom a f ew families, and seek for ability, combined with high character, wher e. ever you can find it, from all ranks, from all classes' and from all conditions of men." Mr. Charles Seeley has withdrawn from the contest! his views on the Sunday question being at variance wi t . : those of the majority of th e e l ec t ors , M a j or C o oke 1 at present the only other candidate in the field. TITE CRISIS IN CHINA. We have been requested to give publicity to the fol• [owing East India and China Association, Cowper's. court, London, Jan. 6. " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., bet Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. "My Lord,—The members of this association be% leave to address your Lordship on the occasion of the present crisis in China, many of us having personal CO; uexions and a lar ge amoun t o f property at stake i n that ' country, and being deeply intere s t e d i n th e unintet rupted maintenance of our commerc i a l int ercourse with its people. "2. We therefore hope, if Admiral Seymour s hould not have succeeded in effectually and permanently eats' blishing our right of free ingress and egress into and Ott; of the city of Canton, conformably with the treaty, h e , Majesty's Government will adopt prompt and pffectils` steps to secure that important condition, in order to Pr e ' elude any future collision with the local Government s t Canton. " 3. Your lordship will be aware that the enfOrcemest of this stipulation of the treaty was indulgently postpone d from time to time at the solicitation of the Chines" authorities at Canton, and thi s i ndulgence, instead '3' conciliating, has only encouraged the obstinacy and hos' tility of the provincial Government and populace. " 4. If free intercourse were insisted upon and eats; blished at Canton we have no doubt that animosity "NOG gradually subside, and our commercial transactions ther e be carried on with the same mutual satisfaction as to the northern ports, especially at Shanghai, where the crease of trade exceeds all expectation. " 5. It may be necessary to make a conciliatory bu t powerful appeal to the Emperor at Pekin, either hi Great Britain singly, or in concert with the other treat Powers. " 6. In fact, a new treaty will now he required, and we are quite willing to concur in the same liberality which was voluntarily accorded on the former ocaasiott by allowing to other Powers all the advantages wbi we may obtain for our own country. 7. In the arrangement of any new treaty it will b e necessary to revise the tariff ad valorem rates for the se' sessment of duties, and it would be desirable to obtain permission to trade at any other in addition to the fiv e ports, permitting in return Chinese vessels frora all ports in China to trade with Hong Kong ; and for British sub jects to pass into the int?rior of the country, ti) which ne objection seems to be made by the population in the vicinity of Shanghai. "It would be a great advantage, both to Chinese and all other merchants, to have the navigation of the large rivers. "Ii a first-class representative and plenipotentiary froni her Majesty could be sent out to negotiate a new treaty , and t i be permanently accredited to the Court of Pekin , the deplorable provincial collisions which have periods' tally occurred would in all probability be hereafter avoided. " 8 . Many members of this association have been re' sident in China, and would at any time be ready to giv e local information derived from their own experience. " And when a new treaty is in course of formation we hope we may be allowed, as on the former occasion, to submit such further suggestions as may occur to ne for the maintenance and extension of our commerce with China. " 9. We may observe, in conclusion, that our trade with China has become one of the greatest national Inv portance. " The import of tea at the time of the treaty was, is 1842, 42,000,0001 b., and has been in 1856 87,000,0001 b. Of silk, in 1842, yearly average, 3,000 bales ; 1856, 56,000 bales. "10. Seeing the magnitude of this trade, we have no doubt your lordBhip's powerful mind will be anxious to place it permanently, according to th e fi rst art i c l e o f the Treaty of Nankin, upon the basis of ' peace, amity, and protection for persons and property.'—l h ave, & 0., , " GREGSON, M.P., Chairman." The following is a copy of the reply to the above ad' dress : " " Foreign-office, J an . 8. Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to as" knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th inst. with reference to the events which have lately occurred at Canton ; and, in thanking you for that cominunicatiovt I am to assure you that it shall receive from her Ma' jesty's Government all the attention which the impar" tance of the subject demands. " I have further to say that Lord Clarendon will have, much satisf ac ti on i n receiving from the East India and China Association any suggestions or advice tv'th respect to the new treaty which it is desirable to negotiate with China.—l am, sir, &c., "E. liAmmoND. " S. Gregson, Esq., M.P., East India and China Association, London." it is estimated that the Peninsular and Oriental stmmer Pera, with the Indian mall of tiro 20th, wil l talc° out between 300,0001. and 400,0001., silver. On this oeca6ion no shipments will be made to China. STOCK-EXCIIANGE.—The committee of the Stock' Exchange yesterday unanimously adopted the following resolution, with the view of checking the laxity shown by some members of that establishment in undertaking speculative transactions for clerks, of the nature recently illustrated iu the i ns t ances o f It e d pa th , Robson, an d others : " The committee particularly caution members of tbe Stock -Exchange against transacting speculative business for clerks in public or private establishments without the knowledge of their employers. Members disregarding 01 ' 4 caution are li a bl e t o b e d ea lt w ith i n such a manner 119 the committee may deem advisable,"