The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

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never yet been once seriously played out. Just as
we have appeared to be on the eve of arriving at
so.ne definite and comprehensible result—
just as we have been preparing to count
up the score and to balance the difference, to see
who had made the tricks and who had won the
honours—the cards were shuffled together con-
fusedly. It turned out to have been from the first a
mis-deal, or some important player having revoked
in some dubious manner, had thrown all the preced-
ing play into inextricable confusion, and made all
the past just count for nothing. Are we to have
the same irritating, tantalising, distracting, mad-
dening spectacle all over again ? Are we, once
more, in this matter of Reform, to begin from the
beginning, without the smallest reasonable prospect
before us, of bringing the question to a
satisfactory settlement ? We are certain to
have the " dangling" cherry bobbed before us
again in the Speech from the Throne—but will the
tempting morsel, save in a metaphorical sense, be
swallowed ? Is JOHN BULL at length to get a bite
of it, to snatch the merest nibble ? If not—if
really and truly he is not even now, in 1860, to
taste the flavour of Reform, now that the power
of giving it is again in the hands of the Liberals
of all shades and colours—the Reformers of every
political denomination, Whigs, Peelites, Radicals,
in effect (and to sum up all in one
phrase), the present motley Coalition Government,
or Ontnium Gatherum Administration—if we say
JOHN does not at last really and in earnest obtain
Reform from them he is certain to recollect one
Fact and to act upon it ! He is certain to remem-
ber that while the S,Vhigs and their associates, old
and new, have over and over again unite ad nauseam
been promising a Reform Bill without ever actually
giving it—the Tories introduced a substantial Re-
form Bill ONCE—namely, last year—and were only
prevented from carrying it through both Houses
in the form of a bold and sweeping
enactment—by the dog-in-the-manger policy, by
the petty spiteful intrigue, by the paltry political
dodge of their Whig antangonists! We repeat
—in the remembrance of these Parliamentary and
Ministerial incidents Unless the Whigs and
their associates really do at length in
veritable earnest put their shoulders to the
wheel, by giving us a Reform Bill worthy of
the name of a Reform BiII—JOHN BULL, through
his true representatives, the little band of Indepen-
dents in the House of Commons, who are in truth
honest Reformers, avd not mere shuffling partizans,
will act accordingly !

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa.
First appearance of 3fdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan-
seuse of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre
Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every
night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening.
THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH.
Atter which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by 11.
J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT -KILLER. ; or, Harle-
quin King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta-
loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. benj. Webster.
Holiday Attractions.— The Christmas Carol and the New
Spectacular Extravaganza, by H. J. Byron, Esq,, the Nymph
of the Lurlyberg ; or the Knight and the Naiades.
THIS EVENING, THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Messrs
J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Paul Bedford, Stuart, Billington, C. J.
Smith. Romer: Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Chatte-
rley, Miss Laidlaw.
After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ;
or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford,
Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K.
Kelly, Laidlaw.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing f
thiseats,
nor far bills of performance. All fees to servants of
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.
On Wednnesday, Jan. IS, the Theatre will be Closed, in
consequence of the Company performing at the oetricals, Windsor Castle.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King,r-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and 'West-
minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME.'
Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY.
Miss Wyndham and Mr. 11. T. Craven.
To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND
JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps
de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and
the wonderful Performing Dogs.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-ofEce open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past els ; perform-
ance commences at 7.

A STLEY'S ROYA L AMPHITHEATRE;
Westminster-road.

Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season.
The Great Christmas Novelty, "Harlequin Tom Moody,
triumphant.

THIS EVENING, the entertainments will commence at
7 o'clock with the droll drama of DOMINIQUE THE DE-
SERTER_ Dominique, Mr. G. Belmore. After which, fine
and exquisite Riding- Evolutions by the Star Artistes, Miss
Emily Cooke, Mr. John Henry Cooke, and other first-rate
professors. Concluding with the really successful Holiday
MOODY;
and Sporting Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN TOM
or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the Goddess
Diana, introducing, among numerous new and splendid
effects, the Derby Day of 1860, by the Astlean Racing Stud
and clever jockeys ; also the wonderful Salamander Horse,
enveloped in a body of real fire. A Grand Day performance
of the New Comic Pantomime, and very superior novelties in
the ring, every Saturday, at Two o'clock, during the Holidays.
Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips

CNTERB UR Y HALL CONCERTS.-
- EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Beunett's MAY
QUEEN.
Arid a Grand Selection from lleyerbeer's new opera at
DINORAII.

Comic Vocalists —3fessrs. Georze TTodson (the Trish Come.
Can and Mimic), W. T. Critchileld, and E. W. Mackney.

Several interesting• Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite ot Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one ot the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
ROSA BON II EU S celebrated PICTURE of the -HORSE
FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of
Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is opea from 5 till n on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 13, 1860,
THEXMOMETIII2, IN THE SIIADB.
4S—highest since noon yesterday.
39—lowest this morning and during the night.
42—this day at noon.

BA nomETzit-30.18.
WlNT),:Easterly ; light, with dull weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAY.—Morning, 3h. llm.—Afternoon, 513. 33m
To-mORROw.-Morning, sh. 55m.—Afternoon, 6h. 17m

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THE SUN.

The worli-famous light cavalry charge at gala-
klava has just been repeated by the Spaniards
upon a small scale, upon the frontiers of the em•
pire of Morocco. An order has again been mis
understood. The officer bearing it has again ut
tered a petulant word of command, the knee o
which, in the confusion of the moment, appears to
have been exaggerated, if not, indeed, altogether
misapprehended. Sir RICHARD AIREY has his
counterpart yonder, a little in advance of Ceuta—
Captain NOLAN his—the Earls of LUCAN
and CARDIGAN theirs—with a difference. Ac-
cording to the graphic account given by
an eye-witness, v riling fresh from his recollec-
tions of the scene to the chief of our morning con-
temporaries, " Some Moorish cavalry were seen
(for a while, on the fatal day), but they
kept aloof. The Hussars had made one
little charge, when an aide-de-camp of General
Purses rode up to them, and gave them an order
which appears not to have been clearly understood.
The story has been variously related," adds the
Times' correspondent, " but I believe the aide-de-
camp has cleared himself, and the whole thing has
been shown to have been an unfortunate mistake.
As he was leaving them he said something about
their charging freely when they saw a chance; that
the Moors were cowards, and would not stand. The
commandant of the Hussars misunderstood the
words, and thought the term cowards' applied to
his men. This, at least, was the impression made
on one captain whom I saw and heard, immediately
after the charge, as he returned reeking with sweat
and with bloody sabre, relating it, with marks of
furious indignation, to an officer of the Staff. The
immediate consequence of the misunderstanding
was that the commanding officer ordered a charge,
and away went his handful of Hussars through
the enemy's skirmishers and up a narro w and slightly
ascending valley, or rather gorge, leading from the
level to a secluded plateau on the lower slopes
of the mountain, where the MoorLh camp was
pitched." The result of such an insensate course of
proceeding may be readily conjectured. But the
consequences are in no way left to mere conjecture,
when it is added that the Spanish "infantry was
not yet well advanced," while it is observed imme-
diately after "a considerable force of Moors were still
in and around the camp, and from the heights on
either side of the confined lists in which this despe-
rate contest was entered upon a severe fire was
opened upon the Hussars, who continued their
furious career until they reached the camp itself.
Of what passed there," writes the correspondent in
continuation, "one can get but confused accounts.
The Moors, although surprised by the sudden
appearance of this very forlorn hope, quickly re-
covered from their panic, and the cavalry suffered
severely." All that they brought back from this
charge down that new Valley of Death appears to
have been, oddly enough, besides their wounds and
their glory—a bundle of papers ! " The nature of
which," quoth the eye-witness, "I have not yet
been able to learn." As a significant token of the
barbarous nature of the conflict with the solditr3
of Morocco, we read—" One wounded officer fell
into the hands of the Moors, who busied themselves
with taking off his uniform, which they doubtless
thought worth preserving. He was brought
away half naked, by his comrades, who charged
to rescue him." And again—" Another officer
was brought back with his face and neck
cut to pieces. lam assured that he had at
least a dozen cuts from the Moorish gumias—
straight short swords, which they grind very
sharp." Now read the follow ng, and say if the
words are not identically the same as those we
all of us perused half-a-dozen years ago in regard
to that desperate light cavalry charge down the
deadly valley of Balaklava! " Most of the wounds
received were from the fwd.:lire, as they rode to and
from the camp. 2he affair was 0 most unfortunate
one, but at the same time highly creditable to the
gallantry qf the hussars." It might be a verbatim
description of the glorious but lamentable feat of
arms perfot mai by our own Ilussars—the deathless
Six Hundred, sung in Tyrtean accents by the
thrilling voice of the Poet Laureate. With reason
has it been written long ago that History is but a
series of repetitions.

LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 1860.

The Legislative Session of Prussia has been once
more inaugurated immediately prior to the re-as-
sembling of our own Parliament. And the Royal
Speech delivered by the PRINCE REGENT proves, as
usual, to be wonderfully vague, sonorous, oracular,
and enigmatical. There is much grandiose talk
there, as of yore, about the strengthening of the
Federal Union" and the reform of the Federal Con-
stitution, and about Prussia always considering
herself " the natural representative of the effort
(streben) for increasing the strength of the nation,
and efficaciously promoting German interests in ge-
neral." All this we have long since known by
heart—it is the cuckoo cry, the parrot
gabble of that European sovereign, residing,
by a sort of ironical arrangement, in a
Palace called Sans Solici—who is always " going"
to prove himself the national representative of
the effort for increasing the strength of the great
Germanic nationality--and never doing it! One
marvels how the vapid, empty, meaningless
phrases can be repeated coolly, and with a grave
aspect over and over again with such " damnable
iteration !" Yet they do it—quite, as a thing of
course—these rulers of Prussia. No matter whether
the Chief be styled in the A linanach de Gotha,
King or Prince Regent, it is all the same—
there, when the Prussian Chambers assemble
according to annual custom to hear once
more the Speech from the Throne inaugu-
rating their Legislative proceedings—there,
no matter whether the royal orator be dubbed his
Majesty or his Royal Highness, the inevitable
words chime upon the hearing of the Prussian
patriots--there, once more, they are glibly and
complacently reminded that "Prussia will always
consider herself the representative of the effort "
[never made] for increasing the strength of the Ger-
manic Nationality, and for promoting the Reform
of the Germanic Confederation.
Have we nothing parallel to all this, however
amongst ourselves ? Well—let us consider for a
moment. Is there not even one of the very words
last uttered echoed back to us with painful and
derisive distinctness ? Shall we not hear it once
h
more within this next fortnight ringing through
the hushed attention of that gorgeous House of
Lords in the silvery tones of that well-known, well-
loved voice of our gracious Sovereign—that dole-
ful, ine:itable, inexorable "word of promise to the
car," that word always of late, session after session,
" broken to the hope"—Reform. Every successive
year recently when the political cards have been
dealt out between the two Houses—that has
been the invttriable 'trump turned up and
• 4t,
tossed on the table of Parliament with a
flourish. Drying four out of the last five yearr,
too, that delusive trump card of Reform has
been—PAm. And hitherto of late the game has

The social philosophers who employ tbemselve3
in the consideration of the workings of our national
system, usually direct much of their attention to
the relative positions of employers and employed.
They consider justly that no other branch of poli-
tical economy so greatly affects the welfare and
prosperity of the nation. Such reasoners will find
mach to interest them in the subject of a lecture
delivered last evening by Mr. BLANcnARD JERROLD,
at the Marylebone Literary Institution. The

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reading professed to be " descriptive of the relations
of master and man in France, and of a visit to the
Conciliation-hall at Paris, with a view to the estab-
lishment of a similar institution in this country."

It appears from his account that the Conseit'st
de Prudhozn2nes, established for the settlement of
all disputes between employers and employed, are
of very ancient date. Councils of this kind existed
long prior to the Revolution. The first was that estab-
lished 133 King RENE at Marseilles, in 1452, for the
settlement of disputes among the fishermen. Others
bearing the same title existed subsequently, but
for the most part the Prud'honznzes were municipal
officials apppointed by the Government. This, of
course, defeated the object of the institution, but
all such councils were swept away by the hurricane
of 1789, with the exception of that pertaining to the
sailors and fishermen, who, never having committed
their:proceedings to paper, had nothing to fear from
the loss of deeds and documents. The Conseils, in
their modern form, were established by the
Emperor NAPOLEON in 1806, in consequence of
the strikes at Lyons: Constructed by his master-
hand, and admirably adapted to the feelings and
necessities of the people, they have withstood all
subsequent changes. The councils are elected by
the trades over which they have control. The
number of members is restricted to six, with a
president and a vice-president. Three of these
members are masters and three journeymen, who
are elected by their respective bodies. Some quali-
fications are necessary on both sides. A master, to
be qualified to vote, must be twenty-five years of

LATEST

N E \V S.

The following telegrams have been received at
Nil. Reuter's office :

PARIS, JAN. 13.

The Moniteur of to-day publishes tho usual
monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows
the following results as compared with the pre-

vious return :

"DECREASE.

Cash in hand

" INCREASE.

45 millions.

Bills discounted not yet due .. .. 45 1-3 d millions

Advances
Bank notes

Treasury balance....
Current accounts ....

. 69 2-3 d „
. 29 91

" Nothing has yet transpired to confirm the re-
port of Cardinal Antonelli's resignation.
" Lord Cowley is expected to return to Paris on

Saturday next."

BERLIN, JAN. 12.
The Prussian Chambers were opened today by
his Royal highness the Prince Regent.
The Royal Speech mentions the events of Euro-
pean importance which have lately taken place,
and states that after the conclusion of peace,
Prussia, on the joint invitation of France and Aus-
tria, had declared her readiness to take part in a
Congress to deliberate on the proper means for the
pacification of Italy and the durable consolidation
of her internal affairs.

age, having been a master for five years, and
having carried on business for three years in the
area controlled by the council in question.
The same rules apply to the other side with the
necessary variations. Both masters and journey-
men are qualified for the Council at 30 years of
age, provided they can read and write. lincertifi-
cated bankrupts and convicted criminals are dis-
qualified both as electors and as members of the
Council. The method which they follow is ex-
tremely simple. On a complaint being made, a
summons is sent to the accused to appear before two
of the Prud'hownes, who sit in what is termed a
conciliated office to hear the case in private.
Their first efforts are directed to the amicable
arrangement of the matter. If, however, their
first message is disregarded, they send a second
summons at the cost of ls., and if that is still
unheeded, judgment goes by default. If the par-
ties meet and cannot come to terms, the matter is
referred to the Council, at an expense of about half
a guinea, exclusive of evidence. Care is taken by
the Council to prevent the unnecessary summons
of witnesses, and the respeetive parties are forbidden
to engage attorneys, but plead in person. The ma-
jority of the cases, however, are settled at the first
stage, not more than one-fifth of the whole number,
it is said, going before the full Council. The effect
of these Conseils is conducive to the interests
of both sides by the speedy settlement of those
long-pending and vexatious disputes which are so
common amongst us ; strikes are avoided, and
both parties protected from injustice. We heartily
concur in Mr. BLANCHARD'S desire to see a similar
institution established amongst ourselves, which
might effectually prevent the recurrence of those
distressing struggles which paralyse the energies
of the man of business, while they bring distress
and desolation to the homes of the labouring popu-
lation.

COWES, ISLE OF WIG HT.—Jan. 12.

The Royal Speech then recalls the manifestation
of the desire for a reform of the Federal Constitu-

tion, and says—
" Prussia will always consider herself the natu-
ral representative of the effort (Streben) for in-
creasing the strength of the nation and efficaciously
promoting German interests in general. The Prus-
sian Government wishes that the action of the
Federal Diet should, in its relations with the con-
stitution of separate States, be confined within the
strict limits of competent intervention. Prussia,
therefore, thinks it her duty, in reference to the
constitution of Electoral Hesse, to recommend the
re-establishment of the Constitution of 1831, after
removing all the articles which may be contrary
to the Federal Act, as being in accordance with
that principle."

The Prince Regent further said that, united with
his German confederates, he is constantly endea-
vouring to obtain for the Gorman provinces of Den-
mark a legitimate constitution conformable to the
recognised common law of the country, and to have
the interregnum settled in a satisfactory manner.
The projects of law to be submitted to the Cham-
bers relate to the question of the land tax, the pro-
vincial representation, the limitation of the electo-
ral districts, matrimonial rights, general liability
to military service, and the financial measures con-
nected therewith.
In conclusion, the Prince Regent said—
" It is not the intention of the Government to
violate the bequest (Vermachtniss) of a great period.
'1 he Prussian army will in future be also the Prus-
sian people in arms."

MARSEILLES, JAN. 12.

:he other stages.

General Montauban, Commander-in-Chief of tLe
French expedition to China, arrived here on Tues-
day evening, and would embark to-day, with his
staff, on board the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company's steamer for Alexandria.
Madame Bourbalon, the wife of the French Am-
bassader in China, would also leave by the same
steamer.

(FROM OITIL OWN CORTCSISPONDENT.)

COWES VOLUNTEER RIFE CORPS. A public
meeting was held in the Town-hall, Cowes, on
Thursday evening. The hall was filled to excess.
William George Ward, Esq., of Northwood Park,
was called to fill the chair, and in an able speech
explained the business of the iseeting, and advo-
cated the formation of a volunteer rifle corps for
East and West Cowes and neighbourhood. Sir
John Simeon, Bart., the Rev. R. E. Hughes, T. P.
Mew, Esq., the Rev. J. B. Atkinson, P. L. Powys,
Esq., 'M.P., and several other gentlemen, addressed
the meeting, and were enthusiastically cheered.
The feeling was unanimous in favour of the move-
ment, and neither men nor money seem to be want-
iug to carry out the object. A committee was
formed, who meet at the Town•hall this evening for
business, and to enroll the names of the volunteers.
We never saw such an universal feeling in favour
of any object before—the entire population take it
up as one man. _

MADRID, JAN. 11

On Monday last the Spanish army was one league
from Tetuan. An attack of the enemy had been

repulsed.

FRANKFORT, JAN. 12.
In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet the mili-
tary committee delivered its report, on the proposal
of the Wurzburg Conference, for the fortification
of the coasts. On the demand of Prussia the vote
was deferred for a fortnight.

VERONA, JAN. 11

It is stated that a violation of the boundary
having occurred at the frontiers of Modena, Major
General Lippert has proceeded there.
Field-Marshal Lieutenant Crenneville has left for
Desenzano, to join the committee for the regulation
of the Sardinian boundary, the seat of which is at
Peschiera.

The continued rains have stopped the wark on
the Cowes and Newport Railway for a short time,
but all is now on the move again. A vessel is dis-
charging a cargo of the permanent rails. About
one-fourth of the entire quantity required has
been already landed.
The steam floating bridge from East to West
Cowes is being most successfully worked, and is one
of the greatest benefits that was ever conferred on
the two towns and the neighbourhood generally.
It will also greatly benefit the towns of Ryde and
Yarmouth. We understand that two four-horse
coaches are to be put on to run from West Cowes
to Ryde.
The Tipperary Artillery were embarked in
steamers from the Medina Wharf on Wednesday,
and the Durham Militia landed and marched to
fill their places at Parkhurst Barracks the same
day.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY,

The Emperor yesterday received letters written
to his Majesty by the Prince Regent of Prussia, on
the occasion of the recall of the Marquis de Mous-
tier, and also a letter in which the Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar notifies to the Emperor the birth of
a Prince, son of Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar.
PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been very
buoyant, and Securities of all kinds in demand.
Threes opened at 68f. 55c., and improved to 68f.
85e. Mobilier varied from 757 f. 50c. to 777 f. 50c. ;
Lombard, 563 f. 75c. to 568 f. 75c. ; Austrian,
535 f. to 537 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 911 f. 75c. to 927 f.
50c. ; Orleans, 1,382 f. 50c, to 1,390 f. ; Southern,
5071. 50e. to 515 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 925 f.
The following were the last quotations :
ft per Cents. .... 11.6 80 Credit Fonder 720
Do. end month Belgian 4i
3 per Cents 6B 65 Piedmontese (5) .. 84 75
Do. end month 6B 75 Roman Bl 75
Bank Shares 2825 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 775 Spanish Threes
Do. Account

FATAL A CCIDENT ON THE GREAT

NORTHERN RAILWAY.

(IIY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

A fatal accident occurred this morning, the 13th,
on the Great Northern Railway, near Redford
Junction, Nottinghamshire, to a Mr. William New-
ton, a person employed by the company as a timber
loading overseer. The unfortunate man was knocked
down, and was run over by nearly the. whole of the
carriages of a passenger train, the left leg being all
but separated from the body. Medical aid was
promptly summoned, but the shcck and the injures
were of so severe a character that after lingering a
short time he died. Ho has left a widow and
several children.

ROWLEY V. ROWLEY.—This case, which has
attracted SD much attention at the Westminster Police-
court, is at an end. It ha:: been determined by both parties
to let the proceedings drop.
The will of Lord Macaulay was proved on Tues-
day, at Doctors' Commons, by his lordship's executors, ac-
companied by the family solicitor. His personalty was
sworn under £BO,OOO.

M. Chutelain, ex-private secretary of Count
Walewski, has been appointed head of the statistical de
partment at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

' ORN.IGN GRAIN AND FLOUR.-Duty paid at Hull
last week :--179 ss. on 1,585 qrs. of wheat ; £424 3s. on
8,483 qrs. of barley ; 16s. on 16 qrs. of beans ; £l5 16s. on
316 cps. of peas ; £5 2s. on 102 qrs. of oats ; and Ils, 71d.
on 31 cwt. of wheat flour.

THE KENT ELOPE3IENT.—We are assured, on
the best authority, that there is no truth in the statement'
that Mrs. Smith Bannerman and her paramour, the Rev.
Mr. Green, had sailed from England in the ill-fated Bleix i •
Castle. The guilty pair were seen in England after the
date of the wreck alluded to.—Mitneliester Guardian.
A letter from Boston (U S.) dated the 28th ult.
." Fanny limbic is here, reading Shakspere with
eminent success, every reading being crowded with the elite
of our aristocracy—meaning some people who have brains.
and more who have money. She is just as popular as when
she first read here in 1319. She acts as well as reads her
chief characters. Her Shylock is • perfect—l never saw a
better one on State-street, which is our Rialto."
The Prairie Dog brought from the Western.
Prairies of America by the Hon. G. F. Berkeley has been
presented by the proprietors of the Field to the Zoological
Society of London. The animal does not resemble a dog,
but is more like a large rat, and this specimen is the only
one at present in England Its habits are peculiar iit bur-
rows in the earth, and makes a sharp noise something like
the bark of a dog, and hence its name. There is some
doubt as to its proper zoological name.

I'nE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1860.

INDIA.

COMMERCIAL.

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INDIA AND CHINA.

We have received our letters and papers from
Calcutta to December 8 and from Hong Kong to
November 30.

The following summary is from the Bengal
llarkara of December 8 :

The advent of the Right Hon. Mr. Wilson is the
principal event since our last summary. On Satur-
day, the 3d inst., Mr. Wilson took his scat in the
Legislative Council, and on Monday last a deputation
of about 60 gentlemen presented an address from
the Chamber of Commerce and the Indigo Planters'
Association. Thepublic therefore have had some op-
portunities of ascertaing the metal of our new Mini-
ster of Finance ; and the opinion formed of him is
that he is just the man for that important office.
A veteran financier, he comes amongst us at a time
when the people of India, and particularly the
European community, are groaning under the bur-
dens imposed by the rulers of the land, with the an-
ticipation of further unjust and partial measures.
We had no confidence, we could have no confidence in
the pseudo financialists of the ex-company's govern-
ment. Greedy of gain, the laws of political eco-
nomy were set at nought, and so long as money
was procured, but little thought was bestowed on
the means used to accomplish that object. Now, at
the head of the finances of the state we have a man
botk theoretically and practically acquainted with
his business, and the measures he adopts will doubt-
less be approved by all classes of the community.
The Legislative Council recommenced its meet-
ings on Saturday last. After the long vacation of

two months, the Council should have sat on the 12th
November, but neither on that day, nor on the two
succce ling Saturdays, could a quorum be formed.
The council assembled again yesterday. A bill
was introduced by Mr. Harrington " to continue
in force for a further period of one year Acts 14,
16, and 17 of 1857." Theso are three of the Mutiny
Acts. Having been read a first time, the standing
orders were suspended, and the bills passed through

The campaign on the northern frontier of Oude is
nearly terminated. Yesterday the Government fur-
nished the press with the following information :
_

" On the 30th of November, Colonel Bulwan Sing,
commanding in the hills, attacked and killed Beth
Madho and his brothers in the Danni valley," and a
brigadier in the Terai has captured two elephants,
with 14 boxes of ammunition, the magazine of the
late Nana. The rebels fled into the jungle, throwing
away their arms. On the 3d inst. Brigadier Holditch
reported that Munnoo Khan was in confinement,
Buldeo Sing, captured, and that Ummer Sing, the
brother of Kooer Sing, with about 200 followers,
had surrendered on the previous day. The brigadier
reports, on the sth, that Davie Deen and Gunga,
leaders of the Nusseerabad Brigade, were prisoners
in camp ; that the Nusseerabad Brigade had sur-
rendered to Jung Bahr door, and that 350 men de-
livered up by the Nepaulcse, were on their way to
the camp.

CALCUTTA, DEC. 8.

Our last was dated the 22d ult., and we have since been
in receipt of commercial intelligence from home of the 3d
of November via Galle, which still appears very unimpor-
tant, and without any inducement for operation in our
markets.
Exports—The market remains much about the same as
represented in our last. Stocks of almost all staples continue
moderate, and supplies are arriving very gradually; previous
prices are still maintained, and shippers entertain the same
disinclination as before to operat2 in face of late accounts
from home. For America, a very moderate business has
been done ; but shipments for France, which had almost
been suspended, have been resumed, but to a very moderate
extent.

Imports.—Operations for the Upper Provinces continue
very moderate, and although there is no particularly favour-
able intelligence from the up-country marts, there are buyers
at low prices.
The Money Market continues easy, and accommodations
available on favourable terms. No change at the Bank of
Bengal since our last. The rates continue as before.

Government Securities.—As has been long since anti-
cipated., the English rates are now ruling the market here,
as they would indigo, silk, and other important articles of
produce. The news of a riso of 2d. at home brought by the
last mail has improved the Five per Cents. about 2. They
wore selling at 11 to 11 8, and are now freely being taken at
9t09 4. Five and a half per cent. paper is at 48to 4 12.
Sicca, Four per Cent. Its., 25 is 25 8 per cent. dis. Com-
pany's Four per Cent. Its., 23 to 23 8 per cent. die.
Exchange on London.—A rather large business has been
done for this snail in China drawn bank bills at 2s. lid. ;
and Jardine, Matheson, and Co., China drawn bills, at 2s.
1 3-16 d. Some Treasury bills have changed hands at 2s.
Old. to 2s. O'd., and discount bills at 2s. lid. At the
closing of the mail bills became rather scarce, and declined
from 2s. lid to 2s. ld. The local banks have drawn at
2s. ld.