The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY_2S, 1856..

ROYAL PRINCESA/5 THEATRE, OXFORD-STREW
Osier the Management of Mr. Cain= Elan.
THIS EVENING,
Kixa HENRY THE EIGHTH.
Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean.
After whick.
MARGEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the
Fairy Paradise and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter.
Harlequin, Mr. Corms& Clovin, Mr. ilniine ; Pantaloal 1, Mr.
Tsui° ; and Columbine, Was Caroline Add•
r.

THEATRE BOTAL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Vfehater.—Directres, Madame Celeste.:
THIS EVENING,s
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
After which,
URGENT P3tIVA.TE AFFAIRS.
To conclude wit
.I%.CK A.ND TIIE SEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother
cleoie at Home Again.
la which Messrs. J Blind. P. Bedibrd, Madame Celeste, Miss
.
Wyndham. and Miss E. Arden will appear.
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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. •
Lessees, Mews. Shepherd and Croswick.
THIS EVENING
PARIS IN 1792.
To conclude with
A MUNOZ OF PRARLS; or, Harielulu and Jane Shore.

ROYAL: STRAND THEATRE.
Veer the direction of Mr: Payne.
THIS !EVENING,
THE HOLLY TREE MN.
Followed by

A PLUME ON BOTH TOUR HOUSES.

liter whicb,

NOEMIE; or. The Foster Sisters.
To conclude with,
:TOT TO BE DONE.

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ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THI3 EVENING, .
THE JEALOUS MPS,.
After which will be produced a -New and deubly emoraled . though
excebsivaly old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza,ntitl
THE DISCREET PRINCESS; the Three Macs Distaii.
n which Messrs. Emery I,ltobson, H. Cooper, Miss Maratol,
and Mies Maskell will ap?ear.

ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lame and Manager. Mr. Wm. Cooke.
TWO GRAND JUVENILE NIGHTS, by particular desire,
THIS EVENING,
A Grand EqueArlan Comic Pantomime. called HARLEQUIN
AND ST. GEORGE. AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Cham-
pions of Christendom.
After which the unequalled Exhibition of EQUESTRIAN ART
in the CIRCLE, intiading the performence of Mist Kate Cook, la
leer de l'Arane. The sagacloas Elephants will appear.
To conclude with the faithfutportraitnre of one of the.most popular
Romances ever written called ROOK WOOD; or, TURNS'S hI DE
to YORK.

Box-dace open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director. Mr. w. Cooke. jun.

EMMA STAWLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN.
Every Evening at 8, and on Saturdays at 3.
Pronounced by the unanimous voice of the press, and by nightly
increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artlstical Triumph of the
day.

SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre.
Area, Is. ; Reserved Chairs, 2s. 6d.

HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tata DAT—Morn. 1 min. aft. 4—Evening 16 min. aft. 4
T ►..Sfoanow—Morn. 32 min. aft.. 4—Evening 48 min. aft. 4

THE WEkTFIEFL-Surr OFFICE, JAN. 25.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52 hlgaest since noon yesterday.
45 —lowest this morning and during the night.
50 -this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 29'18—rising.
WIND, W.N.W.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1856.

Her MaansTr's Opposition, by a curious coinci-
dence, after having long numbered among its con-
spicneus chiefs two of the most eminent of our
living novelists, has now, it appears, the prospect
of being almost immediately recruited, by the ad-
mission into its ranks of a third, in the person of
the celebrated author-of Ten Thousand a Year.
To the names of DISRAELI and BULWER may shortly
be added that of SAMUEL WARREN, in his charac-
ter as one who, prior to his entrance into the
House of Commons, had already acquired distinc-
tion for himself by remarkable successes won in
the arena of letters as a writer of imagination.
The mere concidence, we conceive, is in itself
something really noteworthy, that before the ap-
proaching session be many days old, there may in
all likelihood be ranged in the same political
category three of the most original fictionists of
our generation—the author of the brilliant and
sarcastic "Coningsby," the author of the witty
and sparkling "Pelham," and the author of the
exquisitely imaginative and pathetic " Diary of a
late Physician.'' Already, as all the world knows,
the two former are there, pretty firmly established,
too, upon the front bench on the left-hand side
of the Speaker, immediately opposite those dear,
delightful, coveted green boxes of office—the one
as the recognised and authoritative leader, the
other as the most distinguished ornament of the
compact phalanx of legislators, courteously, but
strangely known in political circles as her MA-
,TESTY'S Opposition. Recently, as all the world
does not know—the fact having only as yet been
intimated through a sort of, semi-official para-
graph, now going the rounds of the newspapers—
there has glimmered up the probability, as it
appears, in truth, the exceeding probability that
there will very speedily be an accession to the
numbers ranked under the Parliamentary banners
of Mr. DISRAELI and Sir Btirav,En LvrroN, of a
member of the world of letters and of the world
of politics, is congenial in spirit and in princi-
ples as the feerp,
Recorder ofllfull. What can
hardly fail to enhance very considerably the pecu-
liar interest felt in this announcement by the
readers of MAGA, will assuredly be the
somewhat startling conjuncture of the
circumstances under which. it happens just
now to make its appeaiall* Our allusion
cannot but be appreciated on •the instant
by those familiar with Mr.Wanithres masterpiece,
when we observe that his probable entrance into
the House of Commons as the representative of
the Borough of Midhurat will be in a manner the
advancement of the caustic satirist of " Ten Thou-
sand a Year," vice the;
~Right Hon. CHARLES
AUBREY, promoted, in great likelihood as some
think, to the more onerous post left vacant by the
recent demise of the late colleague of Mr.WIG,R,Im
as member for the University . of Cambridge,
However this may be4'oh ohonges are just now
not only spoken of, ba, by, Ma'oY, very confi-
dently anticiPatrid. • stranger things have hap-
pened before now than that Mr. WARREN should
so far treainthfe'footsteps of AUBREY, and that
the ambition' Of an earnest, life should thus in
the maturity of liix manhood be realised without
so much—even we ultra.--Liherals must believe it—
as an inkling of inconsistency or the shadow of
the shade of a oomprotnise. Uttra-Conservative
of the pur sang, of the "blue blood," he is, and
must ever remain as a matter 'of course, otherwise
he could never have thrown sct much verve, and
energy, attd passion into the master strokes of
satire dashed hither and thither 4.
Tri.,‘ a bold hand
upon the broad. canvass of "Taw Thousand a
Yang :" but let us lops, notwithstanding, and be-

lieve nevertheless, that upon his entering the
House of Commons, whether as M.P. for Mid-
hurst or elsewhere, Mr. WARREN'S constituents
r.lay find him doing full justice at once to his
own reputation and to themselves by appearing
less as a mere party man and more as a Law
Reformer, and as a champion of the rights of
Literature.

It is to be hoped that the nation is not again
leaning on a broken reed in trusting to the sin-
cerity of Austrian professions. We have been
too frequently deceived in our reasonable expec-
tations by that wily and intensely selfish Power,
to allow of our reposing implicit confidence in any
promises which are not calculated to promote her
own objects. Nor does the acceptance by Russia
of propositions, in which many loopholes for eva-
sion have been studiously left, add much addi-
tional weight to the new undertaking of the
Cabinet of Vienna. From the very commence-
ment of the Eastern difficulties the Czar NICHO-
LAS showed that he had no misgivings with
respect to the policy of the German States.
Tn the celebrated conversations with Sir HAMIL-
TON SEYMOUR. be expressed himself perfectly
satisfied that neither Austria nor Prussia would
occasion him the slightest trouble. He did not
even consider it necessary to sound the Sovereigns
or the representatives of these States. Indeed
he spoke of the interests of Austria in respect to
Turkey being identical with his own, while he
had the most profound confidence in the sym-
pathy and friendly co-operation of " the Angel
of Peace" in any matter that he thought proper to
originate.

Has anything since occurr dipw that this
confidence was unfounded. 1 i-om it. Prus-
sia has rendered very valuable; although indirect,
assistance. Through the facilities afforded,
Russia has been enabled to carry on
her foreign trade, which otherwise would
have been altogether suppressed. " The sinews
of war" were thus provided, and even the materiel
was not wanting, when it could be conveyed from
or through either of these States—which thus
deliberately violated their professed neutrality in
a very important particular. Austria has been,
perhaps, more useful than Prussia herself. She
could not, of course, afford such valuable com-
mercial facilities, but, to the best of her ability,
she supplied what is usually termed " Contra-
band of war," while she kept the Allied Powers
in play, waiting for the long-promised " active
co-operation," which was never afforded, or, we
believe we may add, never intended to be afforded.
Even in thepresent instances all that was promised

to the Western States in the event of a Russian

refusal to accede to the Austrian Propositions
was that the Austrian Ambassador should be with-

drawn from St. Petersburg. There was no pledge
that she would be prepared to take the field with
an efficient army—nothing to bind her in any
way that could materially advance the interests of
the Allies. They were bound to protect her if
she should be attacked, but there was no recipro-
city—nothing to remove from the stipulation the
objection that it was a mere nudum pactum, made
without the slightest consideration or benefit to
either France or England.
It is needless to refer to the conduct of Austria
in the Principalities, which she was so improvi•
dently permitted to occupy. To say nothing of the
tyranny exercised over the unfortunate inhabi-

tants, which rendered her domination far more irk-
some than even that of Russia, the unwarrantable
refusal to permit the SULTAN'S troops to march
through the ►SULTAN'S territory, for the purpose
of attacking those who had so lately invaded his
dominions—a refusal which might have led, and
and was intended to lead, to the destruction of
the French and English armies—completely re-
' moved the flimsy veil of friendship for the Allies
under which she had concealed her operations.

And yet the Cabinets of the Tuileries and St.
James's still permit Austrian interference, still
allow her to create diversions in favour of their
common adversary. The terms proposed to, and
accepted by, Russia are notoriously inadequate
to the real exigencies of the case, in all points in
which the interests of Austria are not involved,
they are likewise so vague and undeveloped on
matters of vital importance to the future peace
and tranquility of the world, that even taken
by themselves, they supply prima facie
evidence of having been conceived altoge-
ther with a view to the advantage of Russia.
Kars, and the position of Russia in Asia, is alto-
gether ignored. No reference is made t•o the
recent conduct of the CZAR'S chief satrap, the
SHAH, or the seizure of Herat, the gate to
India—nothing of Bomarsund, or the Baltic, or
the protection of the Scandinavian Powers against
cne who has already stripped them of some of their
most valuable provinces, and who ostentatiously
parades amongst his titles that of " Heir of Den-
mark." The absence of any conditions on these

all-important topics proves beyond the possibility
of doubt that a real bona fide and permanent
peace cannot be anticipated under existing cir-
cumstances, or from the accepted conditions;
and yet, where so many matters of para-
mount interest have been slurred over, Count
BuoL, in the despatch which accompanied

the Austrian Propositions, and the text whereof
appeared in The Sun of the 19th instant, declared
that if the Propositions met a favourable recep-
tion he would lose no time in warmly recommend.
ing their acceptance at the Courts of Paris and
London—" expressing, at the same time, the con-
fidence he felt that they Would not use the right
of eventually presenting special conditions at the
negotiations, save in the interest of Europe, and
to an extent such as will:not raise serious obstacles
against the re-establishment of peace !" This
clearly shows the intention of Austria not to sup-
port or sanction any demand which could possibly
compensate, in even a trifling degree, for
the omissions above referred to. Nor is this
all: for in the same despatch the Austrian
Minister declares that " the signature to these
preliminaries would be immediately followed by a
general armistice and definitive negotiations."

Have we not reason then to dread this inau-
spicious and highly dangerous intervention ? Are
we not more than justified in imploring the vigi-
lant attentiou'ef the Members of both Houses of
Parliament to this critical state of affairs. We
fear that there are sinister influences at work the
more prejudicial to the national welfare, because
there is no tan IgL.ie responsibility. We have
every confidence in Lords D
ALNERSTON and
CLARENDOIV, but we fear that .they are not al-
lowed to decide for themselves cn what is required
for the honour and welfare of Great Britain. As
we have already stated, the spirit of Germanism
is rampant in our counsels, and.it behoves every
true-hearted Englishman to be on his guard
against the results that may follow, should it 'T-
wain unchecked. The Premier must be sup-
ported. It must be shown that he is now
far b3yond the operation of any back-stairs'
intrigue, such as that by which he was affected in
December, 185 L British interests are not, and
shall not be, sacrificed to German predilections or
German Connexions. We have happily got rid of
Hanove4 which involved the nz.tion in so much
trouble, anxiety, and expense. We cannot sub

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mit to have an equally injurious connexion with
Saxe-Coburg or Belgium. " England has no
cousins or uncles." She must be governed in
accordance with her own constitutional laws ;
and while we fully recognise the principle that
" the Sovereign" can do no wrong, we must hold
that &l her advisers, no matter what their posi-
tion, or whether holding office or not, shall be
held responsible for acts which are not conducive
to the safety, honour, or welfare of the Crown or
the people of Great Britain.

Wanted, a popular treatise on, the British Con-
stitution in War time. Everybody knows who
reigns, and who is Prime Minister. What is
wanted is to know who governs, for that is a mys-
tery. Can anybody tell ?
Lord PALMERSTON, as War Minister, is a bold
man, a safe man, and an Englishman, and ought
to govern, but he don't, or he is a prodigy of
hypocrisy, an alternative we cannot for a moment
seriously entertain nothing, in our opinion,
being clearer than that he is thwarted at every
turn by some malign power in the develop-
ment of a truly British policy—a power that
follows like an avenging fate in the track of
British valour and council, heaping disaster
on victory, and filling with ashes the fruits
of wise resolve a power not English, if
in England, but responsible for much needless
English suffering, the wanton effusion of much
gallant English blood, the clouding of our martial
and naval fame, and serious injuries beside to the
cause of liberty and constitutional Government.
—a power that has no sympathy with the national
spirit, and is at once to be traced in the circum-
stances of an enemy spared, and his resources
magnified, an Ally sacrificed, and brave English-
men with her, honest men slandered, and_ an in-
sidious Treaty planned.
It is idle to tell us now that OMER PACHA,
SELIM PACHA, or any Pacha is guilty of the fall
of Kars. Slander, like mortar, hardens in the
sunlight and will. not stick. Equally idle to at-
tribute the blame to Lord STRATFORD DE RED-
CLIFFE or the Turkish Government. More so to
Lord PALMERSTON. Men like him are not ener-
getic by fits and starts in a cause in which they
are heart and soul engaged. From whatever
quarter the " peremptory orders from home" to
stay the march of the Turkish Contingent to the
relief of Gen. WILLIA ms in Kars proceeded, they were
not despatched, or we are grievously mistaken, with
his approval. The Minister who had taken up
the reins of power as they draggled on the ground,
had peopled a Golgotha with soldiers and inspired
a host with confidence, who had wielded the re-
sources of a betrayed empire with an arm worthy of
its greatness, and of a daring genius against the foe,
and had in effect put his heel upon Sebastopol
and th© pride of Russia was not the individual
to stultify himself and render his triumph nuga-
tory by so monstrous an error. The orders could
never have originated with him, say to the con-
trary who will.

The siege of Silistria is not yet forgotten.
Orders, as we have reason to believe, not less
peremptory and with a kindred intention, stayed
the march of the Allies to the relief of that
stronghold, and Lord PALMERSTON was not Prime
Minister . then, nor was our Ambassador in
Turkey or the Turkish Government to blame.
The orders on both occasions originated in the
same quarter, and that a secret one, and were
transmitted under like circumstances. It was
when intrigue was usurping the place of negotia-
tion, and fellow-feeling with the enemy was stimu-
lating an endeavour to soften his fall, soothe his
vanity, and help him to a peace he had no claims
to, and which could only be conceded to our loss,
that both orders were peremptorily issued. For-
tunately Silistria, aided by individual British
skill and resolution, and th© forces of OMER
PASHA, was saved from its impending fate. Not
so with Kars. Kars has fallen, and the sole re-
deeming features in its fall are, it was defended
gloriously by Gen . WILLIAMS, and only surrendered
after. With fevered tongue and hollow utterance he
had dictated the terms of capitulation.; What
the quarter or who the power is to which such
treason to the country and to the interests of ci-
vilisation is ascribable is a secret which it is of
the last importance should be known, and which
must be zealously sought out by the representa-
tives of the people. When Parliament meets it
must be demanded—" Why was Kars suffered
to go unrelieved ? What was it that para-
lysed the energies and stultified the policy
of the Government? What secret and ma-
lign foe was it that dared to counteract
the wishes and sacrifice the glory and the in-
terests of the British people I—that lost us at Kars
what we had won with treasure and blood at Se-
bistopol ?" Would to HEAVEN Lord PALMERSTON
would speak out, and then we should see whether
any rank or station can shield the traitor from
British indignation ! The Premier should cast off
his fetters. He has but to throw himself on the
country, to return armed with a power against
which there can be no effective opposition, secret
or open. 'Why does he not make the plunge ?

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has
been suffering from indisposition during the past few
days, at Gloucester House. We are glad to learn that
her R.)yal Highness was considered better yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town
yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess de Persigny entertained at dinner, last even-
ing, at Albert-gate House, his Excellency the Prussian
Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency
Baron -Bentiock, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clan-
ricarde and Lady Harriet de Burgh, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Desart, Viscount
Chelsea, Dr. Meryon, the Hon. R. Edwardes, and Mrs.
John Stanley.
The Earl of Desart has been suffering from severe in-
disposition for some time past.
Viscount Wellesley has left the Clarendon for Dray-
cott House, near Chippenham.
The Lady Emily Dungarvon gave birth to a daughter,
on Sunday last, at the family residence in Brook•street;
Mr. J. D. Magens has left the Clarendon for Dover.
The widow of M. Giraut, of Valenciennes, famous for
having introduced the cultivation of chicory for mixing
with coffee, has just attained her 100th year, and is still
in excellent health.

DUBLIN, Jan. 24.--Lord Viscount Lifford has been
' elected a temporal peer of Ireland, in the room of the
1 late Lord De Vesci. There was no opposition.
Mr. Macready read his lecture " On some of the
Aspects of Intolerance," before the members of the
Yeovil Institution on Wednesday. The audience was a
crowded one, and Mr. Macready's reception most en-
thusiastic, upwards of sixty new members having joined
the society on purpose to participate in the intellectual
treat. The society now comprises nearly 400 members,
RETURN OF THE BELGIQUE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday
Night.—The Belgian Steam Transatlantic Navigation
Company's new screw steam-ship Belgique' Captain
Tuck, the first of a new line of steamships from Antwerp,
via Southampton, to New York, put back this evening.
The Belgique left Antwerp on the 31st ult., but, in con-
sequence of a disarrangement in her machinery, was
detained here until the 6th, on which day she left, and,
owing to a second accident, was compelled to put into
Plymouth Sound, from which port she sailed for New
York on the 10th. After reaching about 700 miles west
of the Lizard one of the boilers was found to be burnt
out, and the ship leaking to a considerable extent. Tne
mainmast had also sunk. Finding that a continuation
of the voyage was dangerous, the Belgique was forced
to put back, and it was only by the united efforts of the
passengers and crew that she was kept afloat, the pumps
by that means having been kept in continual work night
and day. The quantity of water in her hold is variously
stated frdm four to six feet. The Belgique will come
into dock. to-morrow. The ship had fair weather after
leaving Plymouth.
TETE
4-11,8----Liverpool, Jan. 24.—The British and
North American nail steam-ship Persia, Judkins, sails
31
henc3 on Ba.tutday, on her first voyage. She goes to
New York direct, the hours for receiving letters at
tta lazdirig stage at 11 bita.
Liverpool being with late fee at 10 a.m., and At-1

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.

The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage
yesterday, accompanied by Lady Blanche Egerton and
Lady Grey, and attended by Lady Churchill and the
Hon. Mary Seymour. Lord Charles Fitzroy and
Colonel F. H. Seymour were in attendance on horse-
back.

The following visitors arrived in the afternoon :—The
Princess Victoria Gauromma of Coorg and Mrs. Drum-
mond ; General Count Alphonso La Marmora, com-
manding Sardinian Contingent in the Crimea, attended
by his Aide-de-Camp, Count Avet ; the Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley,
Viscount Torrington, Lord Churchill, and Admiral Sir
Edmund Lyons.
In addition to the above the dinner party included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Aber-
deen, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere and Lady
Blanche Egerton, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Spetb, Sir George and Lady Grey, and Colonel Francis
Seymour.
The band of the Grenadier Guards played during din-
ner, and afterwards her Majesty's private band.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
General La Marmora, went out shooting, this morning.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (at-
tended by Colonel Tyrwhit) arrived to-day on a visit to
the Queen. Captain the Hon. James Drummond,
R N., and Captain Sherard Osborne, R.N., also arrived
at the Castle.

DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IT WIND-

SOR CASTLE.

(From the Court Newsman.)

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
A dramatic performance took place at the Castle last
evening. Shaksp:,re's play, in five acts, of " The Mer-
chant of Venice, ' was selected, and the parts were filled
according to the following programme :
Duke of Venice Mr. Graham.

Antonio (the Merchant of Venice) Mr. Cooper.
Bassani° (his friend) Mr. A. Wigan.
Gratiano
Salanio 1 (Friends to Antonio and f Mr. J. F. Cathcart.
Salarino c Bassanio) 1 Mr. G. Everett.
Lorenzo (in love with Jessica) Mr. Leigh Murray.
Shylock (a Jew) Mr. Charles Kean.
Tubal (a Jew), his friend Mr. F. Cooke.
Launcelot Gobbo (a clown, servant
to Shylock) Mr. Keeley.
Old Gobbo (father to Lanncelot) Mr. Meadows.
Leonardo (servant to Bassanio) Mr. Brazier.
Balthazar
, (servants to Portia) f Mr. Clark.
Stephan° i 1 Mr. Bush.
Portia (a rich heiress) Mrs. Charles Kean.
Nerissa (her waiting maid) Mrs. Keeley.
Jessica (daughter to Shylock).., Miss M. Ternan.
Scene—partly at Venice and partly at Belmont, the seat
of Portia.

Director, Mr. Charles Kean.
Alsistant Director, Mr. George Ellis.
The theatre arranged, and the scenery painted by Mr,
Thomas Grieve.

The Queen's private band was in attendance.
About 8 o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal
Highness the Prince entered St. George's Hall, accom-
panigd by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice,
and 'other members of the Royal family, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the
Dukg of Cambridge, the Princess Victoria Gauromma of
Coot, General Count Alphonso La Marmara, the Earl
of Aberdeer, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Lady
Victpria Ashley, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere,
Lady Blanche Egerton, Lady Fanny Howard, Viscount
Torrington, Lord Churchill, the Right Hon. Sir George
and Lady Grey,
the Joe. James Drummond, R.N., Captain Sherard
Osborne, R.N. Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Captain
, Colonel Francis Seymour, Colonel
Tyrvihit, Mrs. Drummond, Count Avet, and the Ladies
and Gentlemen in attendance.
On the entrance of the Queen and Prince the perform.
ance i commenced.
Refreshments were served to her Majesty's visitors in
the Music Chamber.
'Die following had the honour of receiving invitations
to witness the dramatic representation : —Lord James
Murray, Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. and Lady
Marj' Labouchere, Lady and Miss Brinckman, the Hon.
Mrs.,, Hodgson, the Provost of Eton, the Hon. and Rev.
E. and Mrs. Moore, the two Misses Moore, the Rev.
Seymour Neville, Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo, Lieut. Riley
(Rifle Brigade), Lieut.-Colonel Martyn (Commanding
Officer), Lieut. Lane and Sub-Lieut. Cuninghame (2d
Life ;Guards), Colonel Clifford (Commanding Officer),
Lieut.-Colonel Hopwood and Lieut. Phillips (Ist Bat-
talion Greradier Guards), Lady Caroline and Miss Bar-
rington, Lady Emily Seymour, the Misses Lambton,
Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, Major
Neville, Colonel the Hon. C. 8., Mrs. and Mrs. Phipps ;
Miss Sayer,_Captain Sayer, (28th, or R. W. Fusiliers), Sir
George and Lady Couper, Miss and Mr. Couper, Mr.
Glover, and Mr. Gibbs.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
Lat

_A evening was the first juvenile night performance
of thS Wizard's magnificent pantomime, and, as might
have been expected, the attendance of the young folk for
whom the entertainment was specially arranged was ex-
ceedingly numerous. On this occasion the pantomime
was given first, which, by an admirable arrangement,
terminated at nine o'clock. It was very amusing to
watch the astonishment and delight depicted on the
countenances of the hundreds of children present at the
vagaries of Clown and Pantaloon, and the graceful
dancing of Harlequin and Columbine. In the course of
the comic part of the pantomime various novelties were
introduced for the occasion, amongst the most attractive
of which was the introduction of some of Flexmore's
juvenile pupils. In the Balmoral Palace scene the
antics of the Clown created great laughter, and the de-
light of the little folk knew no bounds as he drew from
his capacious pocket a little Highlander, apparently
about three years of age, who danced the " Highland
Fling" with a spirit and vigour really astonishing. The
performances concluded with the operatic drama of
" Rob Roy," in which Professor Anderson, as the bold
outlaw, is now becoming exceedingly popular. He is
nightly called before the curtain to receive the well-
merited applause of a highly-delighted audience. Two
more juvenile nights are all that the present arrange-
ments of the Professor will admit of, and they have
accordingly been fixed for to-night and to-morrow. The
house was densely crowded long before the rising of the
curtain.

TRADE OF THE PORT OF IPSWICH. —The shipments of
grain from the port of Ipswich amounted last year to
25,494 quarters of wheat, 17,292 quarters of barley and
rye, and 3,107 sacks of flour. Of vessels inwards the
number has fallen from 1,183, with a tonnage of 87,876,
in 1854, to 1,168, with a tennage of 84,083, in 1855 ; of
vessels outwards the number has risen from 716, with a
tonnage of 34,396, in 1854, to 783, with a tonnage of
38,079, in 1855. The Customs exhibit a decrease of
about 4,0001., arising principally from the bonding of
tea having been discontinued.
RIVER DEE FisHE-iii-.—Upwards of 10,000 fish, reared
by the artificial process, which has been so successful,
have been turned out into the waters of the river Deo.
The young salmon were recently released from the ponds
where they had been reared. The spawn from which
they were raised was laid down in appropriate boxes a
year ago ; it vivified in April last, and after remaining
in the boxes for a inenth the fry found their way down
to the ponds, where they attained a length of many
inches. This mode of rep'enishing our rivers has been
found to answer in the Wye, where large numbers arti-
ficially reared have been turned into the waters.
ACCIDENTAL POISONING.—On Tueslay afternoon
three gentlemen were accidentally poisoned at a dinner
party at Provost M`lver's house, Dingwall, Scotland.
It appears that the party consisted of Provost M‘lver,
Mr. L. M. Mackenzie, of Findon, two Catholic priests,
and several ladies. After dinner, and when the ladies
had retired, the gentlemen were seized with pains in the
throat and mouth, and in half an hour the two priests
and Mr. Mackenzie were dead. Provost INl`lver was
in a hopeless state yesterday morning. The case is
undergoing investigation. -Lt. is- believed that the roast
meat was garnished with hemlock, and that the wine
excited the chemical action of the poison. The names
of the priests are the Rev. James Gordon Beanley and
the Rev. Angus Mackenzie Eskdale. Mr. Mackenzie
was about to become son-in-law to Lord Lovat. None
of the ladies were affected.
THE WELSH IRON TRADE.—The ironworks general)!
throughout South Wales are in full employ, not only in
the manufacture of rails and bars, but also of pig iron.
Large orders for rails have been taken by those works
which roll rails, at from 81. 10e. to 91. 103. per ton, and
there is every appearance of prices holding up. Pig iron
has experienced a slight advance, and the market is
stiffer, and as orders are coming in pretty freely a good
trade is anticipated. The works are in full activity, and
in several localities extensions of premises are going on.
In one locality four new blast furnaces are about to be
erected, and in one instance old works have resumed
making.
RE-ISSUE OF THREEPENNY PIECES FOR MANCHESTER.
—A memorial has been got up by several influential
gentlemen in this city, including his worship the Mayor,
the bankers, and the chairmen of the Chamber of Com-
merce and the Commercial Association, and a large
number of merchants, praying the authorities to order a
re-issue of threepenny pieces as soon as possible. This
class of coin is of tile utmost value to the trade and com-
merce of this locality for the payment of small sums.
When they are plentiful, a firm can pay hundreds of
men and women their wages without requiring more
than a dozen or two dozen pieces of copper coin.
—Mane/teeter Examinee.
SEIZURE OF A SUPPOSED RUSSIAN VESSEL—CHAT-
HAH, Jan. 23.—The Prussian ship Richard, which came
up the river Medway with the Prussian colours flying
from her masthead, came to the dockyard with a cargo
of tar from Gefle. She has since been detained by the
Custom-house authorities of Rochester, and some seamen
belonging to her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 72 guns, the
ordinary guard-ship at this port, have been placed in
her as a guard on the suspicion of her being a Russian
ship.
THE LEASE OF THE STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE
RAILWAY.—The shareholders will be glad to learn that
the arbiter under the Act of Parliament, Mr. Miller,
after a most minute and searching investigation, has at
length issued and lodged in process his decision as to the
expense of the main portion of the line. This will
enable the company to obtain their long-expected divi-
dend Aittto;lt furthe: aazette.

LATEST NEWS.

MARSEILLES, JAN. 24.

Accounts from Constantinople, of the 14th,
and from the Crimea, of the 12th, have been
received by the Thabor.
On the 9th the firing continued on both sides
of Sebastopol.

The Allies have blown up two of the docks.
The Russians are taking up their winter quar-
ters at Simpheropol and Bakshi-Serai.
The news from Kinbourn is to the effect that
the Russians had 30,000 men in echelon, between
Petrosska and Okchakoff, and that in consequence
fears were entertained of an attack on the fortress
of Kinbourn.

The garrison had been reinforced by troops
under the command of General Leboziuf.

The flotilla was frozen in, but would aid in the
defence, if the Russians should attempt the

place.

General Vivian fearing to be attacked at
Kertch, has called for officers of infantry and
artillery to be despatched to him from Constan-

tinople.

Conferences have been held in order to adjust
the first and fourth points relating to the Princi-
palities. The persons who took part in these
conferences were Aali Pacha, Grand Vizier ; Fuad
Pacha, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Prince
Callimaki, M. Thouvenal, Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe, and Baron de Prokesch.
The following is the text of the ultimatum
addressed to the Court of Persia by Mr. Murray :
1. The Government shall restore to liberty the
Princess, wife of Mirza.
2. That it shall acknowledge Mirza as Consul
for the Queen of England.
3. That the Prince Minister of the &bah shall
proceed to the residence of the English Embassy,
to offer an apology, and withdraw his offensive
note.

Mr. Murray, in spite of some resistance, has
left an agent at Teheran, and has threatened to
support him by an English fleet in the Persian
Gulf.

The Eldorado has landed some Russian cannon
here from Kamiesh.

HAMBURG, JAN. 24.

An imperial ukase has been promulgated at
St. Petersburg, decreeing the issue of ten new
series of paper money, each of three million silver
roubles. At the same time eight series formerly
drawn are renewed, making altogether 5 4
millions.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

Yesterday evening an interesting ceremony took
place at the British Embassy. Lord Cowley dis-
tributed to a limited number of French naval and
military officers the Order of the Bath, which her
Majesty has thought proper to bestow upon them
for their distinguished services in the field and on
the sea.

BOURSE, Jan. 24, Two o'Clock.—The market
has been very buoyant, it having been stated that
the diplomatic conferences would take place at
Paris, and that the armistice had been signed yes-
terday at Vienna for three months. The Threes
improved from 68f. 90c. to 69f. 40c. The Mobilier
has been done at 1,475 f. Railway Shares were also
lin demand, but without an important improvement
in prices.
Half-past Three.—The Threes have closed at
69f. 50c. Money was more abundant in the market.
The following are the last quotations

Cub. e. End of Month.
4i per Cents 94 75 —f. a.
3 per Cents 69 20 69 50

New Loan 7O
Bank Shares 3250 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1460 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5)...... 85 50 Homo Debt