The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, GOYENT.GARDEN.
TAssee. Mr. d. 11. Anderson.
via EVENING,
WHAT DOES HE WANT ?
Frinciral characters by Professor AnderAon and Mr. Leigh Murray
(his second appearance).
To conclude with the gorgeous pantomime of
YE BELLE ALLIANCE.
Clown, Mr. Flezmore ; Pantaloon, Afr. Barnes; Harlequin, Mr. C.
Brown ; and Columbine, Miss E. Home.

first duty must be to get out of the scrape in the
best manner possible—the next to discover the
"accomplices" who led us into the difficulty. When
the facts are fully ascertained—when the secret
wires tlatat moved the puppets are laid bare, then
the English people will know how to act, and that
they will de so with inflexible firmness and reso-
lution may reasonably be anticipated. The im-
portant interrogatory, " Who is the traitor 7"
must receive a distinct and categorical reply, and
when the point is thoroughly investigated—when
it has been sifted to the very dregs, the season of
impunity will have for ever passed away.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Levee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
THI3 LVENDTO,
TILE fIItEAT GUN TP.ICIE.
After which,
HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King lionsonia end the
Seven Ages of Man.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RICET.
Under the Management of Mr. BUCICStOI2O.
THIS EVENING,
THE BEAUX' ST EAT JOBS!.
After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
Tae BUTTERFLY'S BILL AND TIIE GILISSIIOPPER'S
FEAST; or, Ha!'again and the Genius of the SPring.

Within 48 hours from this time the representa-
tives of the British people will assemble to hear
the Royal Speech inaugurating the forthcoming
session. Something respecting the Ministerial
intentions may be gleaned from the few grains of
corn contained in the multitude of chaff. We shall
doubtless be told of the favourable state of nego-
tiations, and the auspicious prospects of an endur-
ing peace. But Parliament must now judge for
itself, and must insist on ample materials to
enable it to arrive at correct conclusions on
the all-important topic. It is not merely that
the Speech from the Throne, which practically
contains the Ministerial programme, may be vague
and uncertain, butpoints of the utmost magnitude
and importance may be slurred over or altogether
omitted, Last session the leading point was alto-
gether omitted, and subsequent events proved,
beyond the possibility of dosibt, that it was no
casual oversight, no trifling mistake, but a wilful
and deliberate concealment on the part •f Minis-
ters, who did all in their power to implicate their
Royal Mistress in the transaction. The Foreign
Enlistment Bill took the nation by surprise. The
people had not time to express their disgust
and indignation. It was hurried through both
Houses, under the threat of a dissolution, if re-
sisted, as well as of significant hints as to the con-
sequences of preventing the Ministry from adopt-
ing the means necessary to carry on the War
vigorously and efficiently. The Legislature
yielded ; and what has been the result We
have embroiled ourselves with the United States ;
have had serious difficulties with other nations ;
and what have we got in return for the prosecu-
tion of our officials ? Tux GERSIA.N LEGION ! We
have paid the tribute to Germanism, but have got
little else in return for our expenditure, that
would have obtained the services of a
more numerous body of English, Scotch,
or Irish troops. Now we are to patch
up a mock peace for the purpose of
saving the unconscientioue aggressor from the
consequences that must follow another campaign,
if carried on in earnest, and the preparations for
which already are far greater than those of the
two preceding years. Will Parliament, will the
country, endure this ? We think not. They
must at length take the matter into their own
hands, and, despite the efforts of the irresponsible
party who pulls the strings of the puppets is
Downing-street, act as becomes men of independence
and resolution. They are entitled to full infor-
mation on every point, and cannot consent to ab-
dicate their functions on any ridiculous pretences,
that their assertion of their unquestionable rights
may endanger the negotiations. They may rest
assured that a firm and unbending attitude will

ROY kr, PRINCESIWS 'THEATRE, OXFO2D-9TREKT.
Cradar the Management of Mr. Csaatsai
TAIL EVENING,
KING HENRY THE EIGNITIL
Queen Katharine, Ws. C. glean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean.

After which,

SIARLEQUIN AND VIZ 114:ID AND TEM MAGPIE ; or, the
Fairy Paradloa and Hanky rooky, Ike Enchanter.
harlequin. Mr. Cormacic; Clown, Mr. Milne; Pantaloon, Mr.
Panto ; and Columbine, 3(1%.5 Caroline Adams.

THEATZE ROYAL ADELPRT.
roprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlreztres% Xadame Celeste.
TILES EVENING,
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
After which,
• URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.

To conclude wit
4 ACK ArniTIZE BEAN EMMA or, Harlequin and Muill.r

• Goose at Some Again.
In which Messrs. 3. Bland. P. Redforl. Madame Celeste, Mies
Windham, and Miss E. Arden well ap,eat.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING
DEEDS NOT WORDS.

To conclude with
A PRINCE Or PEARLS; or, garlevin and Tame Shore.

ROYAL FITHAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr: Payne.
THIS EVENING,
KATE WYNSLEY.
Followed by
THE ROMANTIC WIDOW.
After which,
A PLAGUE 0' ROTH YOUR HOUSES.

To conclude with
THE HOLLY TREE INN.

ROYAL OLYIEPIC THE.ITRE.
Lessee and llan.tser, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING.
STILL WATERS RUM DEEP.

After which wilt he produced a New and doubly-moral, though
excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled,

THE DISCIMKT PlttlsVLlFltig; or, the Three Gime Distaffs.
In which Menem Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Mice Illaratoa,
and Miss Masked will appeir.-

♦3TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATItZ.
Lessee and lkianazer. Sir. Wm. Cooke.
Ertrsordinary Teat by the Elephants!
THIS EVENING.
The Romantic Equldraaie called ROOKWOOD; or, TIIRPIN"3
RIDE to YORK.
After which the ACTS in the ARENA. introducing Ins, Kate
Cook, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr—John Cooke, &c. The sagacious Ele-
phants will appear, one of which will execute the incredible feat of
ascending upon a narrow board from the centre of the Ring to the top
of a high platform ou the stage
To conclude with ill RM.:QUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE
DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom.
Box-or Ace open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Eqttestrien Director. Sir. W. Cooke, jun.

EMNIA STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN,
Every Evening at R. and on Saturdays at 3.
?ronouncel by the unanimous voice of the prose, and by nightly
.acreasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artlatical Triumph of the
day. _ _

'SAINT MA.ItTIN'i' HALL, Long-acre.
Area, Is.; Ite3erved Chaim ?a. (;(1.

MOH WIPER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tag DAY—Morn. 9 min. aft. s—Evening 26 min. aft. 6
To4-Moßnow—Morn. 46 min. aft. 6—Evening 2 min. aft. 7

not damage any bona fide -ditiCilssions, and that
the nipping of all others in the bud. will be the
greatest possible benefit they can senior upon the
Allied cause.

Those disreputable relics of feudalism—the
blood-stained Game Laws—are, as our readers
will perceive, powerfully assailed by "A Farmer"
in another part of our present impression. The
monstrous injustice of perpetuating so rank a pre-
serve of robbery, demoralisation, and oppression,
has often been urged in our pages, and we natu-
rally hail with satisfaction the protest of our
correspondent, as a member of the agricultural
elmmunity, against it. The defenders of these
atrocious laws have, with a perfectly legitimate
effrontery, denied that farmers were sufferers by

them, and farmers as a body have hitherto been
too much under thumb to give the falsehood
the thorough exposure it deserves. Henceforth,
we trust, the agricultural community will labour
zealously to bring the question to an issue, openly
when they may with safety to themselves, and
secretly when they can do no better. The
public have only to be enlightene,l by facts as to
the operation of these xm-English laws to pro-

nounce on them a well-merited doom. One notice-
able feature in "A Farmer's" communication is
the waste of fertile soil occasioned by the preser-
vation of game—a waste altogether intolerable at
a period when the price of provisions is so high,
and the poor are stinted in their daily bread.
This is too important a matter to be overlooked
—indeed it involves a consideration which alone
is sufficient to cause the erasement of the Game
Laws from the statute-book. The mushroom
tyranny of Cockney Lords (as noisy and wide of
their mark as their gun-barrels), practised in
mosaic imitation of that of the lineal, at all events
gentlemanly, inheritors of Norman privileges,
calls loudly enough for repression ; but what
should resist a fact like this, if fact it be, and
" A Farmer" states he is prepared to prove it,
" that directly and indirectly the loss on cereal
crops is oneloiirth of the entire crops of the coun-
try, besides the loss on turnips, and Swede; and
other esculent crops, on which game is most de-
structive"—in other words, " the labouring man,
losing one-fourth of the produce of the country,
is paying actually 2d. per quartern more for his
bread on account of Game Laws." Is Not this mon-
strous ? " Aye," sighs the -lad labouring at the
treadmill for putting a stop to the depredations
of a pheasant on his master's land, " monstrous.
Tell it to the parson that sent me here all for the
love of—the Squire !"

ICE ON THE AMERICAN COAST.—The Baltimore
American states that a number of vessels were icebound
in Chesapeake Bay, and that the crews could walk on i t
to the shore.
ITEssus or WAR AT Salr JUAN. —Advices by the
American mail report the arrival at San Juan of the
United States frigate Potomac. Her Majesty's ships
Arab and Eapiegle were in the port.
HALF-HOLIDAY IN THE LAW.—The Lord Chancellor
has been applied to for his sanction to obtain for
the law and lawyers the half-holidays on Saturdays, and
his lordship has promised his best attention to the sub-
ject. The common law judges are understood to be favour-
able to the movement.

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COXPANY. —At a meet-
in" of the Australian Agricultural Company, held yes-
terday, Mr. J. H. Ravenshaw presiding, the report was
adopted. Considerable discuseien, however, previously
took place on the management and Prospects of the un-
dertaking. The great power exercised by Capt. Brown-
rigg, the superintendent in Australia, unaccompanied by
any responsible check on the spot, and the merely partial
success that has followed recent operations, appear to
have induced an impression amonz, the proprietors that
some change in policy is necessary. It is also suggested
that the machinery of the board in this country may be
improved, it being considered that the number of direc-
tors is too large, looking at the profits which have been
derived from business. Although the property, includ-
ing the land, agricultural stock, and collieries, is ac-
knowledged to be valuable, the expenditure seems ex-
cessive,
' and it has been recommended that the accounts
shall in future be presented' in greater detail. The ex-
planations of the directors showed that they themselves
are not satisfied with the results of operations, and it
was stated on their behalf that plans,are under conside-
ration which, it is thought, will improve the administra-
tion in Australia. Amendments, therefore, which had
been proposed—one to divide the surplus of profits ex-
hibited in the bclanee-sheet, and another to appoint a
committee to co-operate with the board—were withdrawn,
and:a hope was expressed that the next vport ?mull b..,
(mai wort encotragici,

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1856.

LIGIITS FOB TUE Ca7IDANCE OF

V_ESSELS,

LATEST NEWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I observed in The Suit, of the 4th inst., a menie-
rial from the master mariners of the Tyne and port of
Shields, addressed to the Lords Corn missionersof the Ad-
miralty, complaining of the inadequacy of the detection
lights for the guidance of vessels at sea, mad praying
for an alteration of the present regulations, which, they
assert, do not only not prevent, but, on the contrary,
increase the risk of collision.

...-•--• --..1101.,..,.--....--....

BERLIN, JAL 28.

The participation of Prussia, in the negotia-

tions for peace and the conferences, is considered
almost certain, France having renounced its op-
position, and England alone still raising som e
d ifficultios.

It would seem, from the heading of this memorial,
that during the last two months, on the north•east coast
of England, there had been an alarming increase of
disasters, occasioning vast loss of property and of life.
These gentlemen affirm the present light to be most
unsatisfactory, and totally inadequate to the exigencies
and necessities of vessels at sea. They, moreover, assert
the Pinglo bright light, hoisted on all occasions on star-
board or port tack, running free or at anchor, to be a
decided evil; that it leads to doubt and uncertainty ;
and with it endeavouring to avoid collision, the means
thus taken often lead to fatal results--the white light
not indicating the position of the ship. In this view of
the subject I quite concur; and it is to me a matter of
perfect surprise that, from the continued annual returns
exhibiting such a sad and mournful loss of life and pro-
perty, no vigorous and efficient measures have yet been
taken to place our mercantile marine on a footing of
safety, and to secure to it some of the advantages which
coloured signal lights have contributed to railroad
traffic.

HAMBURG, MONDAY.
A royal decree just issued at Stockholm orders

the immediate raising of 550,000 dollars banco

for military purposes, on the extraordinary cre-
dit voted last year for the defence of the king-
dom.

MARSEILLES, JAN. 27.

The Hydaspe has just arrived with advices from
Constantinople of the I7th. The conferences for
the organisation of the Principalities have been
suspended, in consequence of Lord Redoliffe hay-

The memorialists—men of intelligence and of great
experience—have suggested to their lordships the im-
perative need of adopting coloured lights, and enforcing
their use at sea by all sailing vessels, as conducive to
safety and the avoidance of collision. They judiciously
suggest the use of the green light by ships on the star-
board, and red on the port tack, and a white light with
the wind free. So far well ; but the idea that a ship at
anchor should exhibit a yellow light I think had better
be omitted, and two white lights hoisted in lieu, as
the white light will often be found to assume a vivid
dark or whitish yellow, as the weather may be with or
without moisture.

ing declared that he wanted instructions on the
subject. The other conferences, having for ob-
ject the emancipation of the Rayahs and the col-
lective protectorate, still continue. It is said
that French, English, and Austrian troops will
continue to occupy the north of Turkey, in order
to secure the execution of the treaty. Prince

After a vast deal of thought and years' experiments on
coloured lights at sea, I have arrived at the opinion
that white, red, and green are the only colours which
ever will be made available as signal lights ; and after
two years at Portsmouth under a committee of naval
officers, and one summer at sea under Admiral Corry,
when coloured lights and lenses were fully tested in
various forms, and at every conceivable working distance,
I conclude, from the results then obtained, that neither
ships of war nor merchant ships ought to be without
coloured night signals, as it is fully proved that the
same facilities are afforded with lamps by night as flags
give by day.

Callimaki will carry the result of the conferences
to Vienna. In the affair of the Tunisians, it
having been found that there was no premedita-

tion, ten of the soldiers have been simply found
guilty of assault. There is nothing in the shape
of political news at Constantinople. The wea-
ther continued severe, with a good deal of

At the close of these experiments, I suggested the
idea, and submitted to their lordships, the plan of a tri-
coloured semi-circular lens light, the white of which
should spread over so many degrees right ahead, and
the green and red with an equal spreading, indicating
port and starboard tacks. A light so constructed I
think ought to be carried and enforced on every ship,
yacht, ketch, boat, and hoy, whilst in sight of land ;
and this is, if I mistake not, that for which the memo-
rialists pray, as a measure likely to benefit the whole
mercantile marine.—l am, &e.,
MITCHEL THOMSON, Surgeon, R.N.
H.M.S. Royal William, Han2oaze,
Jan. 25th, 1856.

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Mehemined
Djemil Bey afterwards presented to the Emperor
Brigadier- General Sefer Pacha, Commander of the
Turkish Cavalry at Eupatoria.
The -Emperor and Empress also received yest:r
day several foreigners, who were presented to their
Imperial Majesties by the Ministers of Prussic,
Austria, Brazil, Strdinia, the Netherlands, and
Wurtemberg. His Excellency Lord Cowley, the
British Ambassador, presented the following per-
sons :—Captain Lucas, Major and Mrs. Cockburn,
Mr. Osborne Dalyell, Mrs. and Misses Cockerel!,
Mr. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey, Miss Byrne, Mrs. James and the
Misses Farrell, Mrs. Thomas Farrell, Mr. Leveson.
The subjoined were presented by the Minister of
the United States :—Mr. and Mrs. Bronson, Mr.
and Mrs. Butterfield, Miss Julia Ann May, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Murphy, and Miss Murphy, Mrs.
Owen Murphy, Mr. Robert Murphy, Mr., Mrs,,
and Miss Jones, Mr. W. S. Valentine, Mr, and
Mrs. Stevens, Mr. L. G. Howard.
The Moniteur publishes a formal declaration of
the Court of Accounts, to the effect that after exa-
mining all accounts, •books, and vouchers, it finds
that the general accounts of the public expenditure
in 1854, presented by the Administration of Fi-
nance, are correct.

.
BOURSE, Jan. 28, Two o'clock.—A rise of it in
the English Funds has not prevented the French
Threes from remaining heavy, owing to the high
rate of interest for the continuation to the end of
next mouth, the report being at 80c. and 85c. The
Threes have varied from 69f. 25c. to 69f. 35c. The
Railroad and other shares are stationary.
Half-past Three.—The market was more buoyant
at the end of the day, and some large purchases
were made. The following are the last quotations :
Cash. ft.. e. End of Month,
4i per Cents 94 50 —f. —c.
3 per Cents 69 25 69 65
New Loan 7O 10
Bank Shares 3260 Roman
Credit Mohilier 1455 Austrian
Belgian Fives 95 Spanish Threes —
Piedmentese (5) _ 87 Horne Debt 36