The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-08 00:00:00

FRANCE AND CHINA.

His Excellency the Persian Ambassador, accompanied
by Captain Lynch, and attended by a numerous suite,
occupied the royal box at Drury-lane Theatre last
evening. His excellency appeared highly pleased with
the entertainments, and especially with the pantomime.
The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk will return to town
on the 18th, from visiting Lord and Lady Foley at
Worksop Manor, Notts.
The Duchess of Wellington will return to Apsley
House to-morrow, from Strathfieldeaye.
Lord and Lady Ribblesdale have left the St. George's
Hotel, for Brighton.
Lord and Lady Waterpark will come to town on the
18th inst., from Doveridge, Derbyshire.
The Countess of Powis and the Ladies Herbert and
the Earl of Powis are expected in town, on the 18th
inst., from Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire.
EARL GREY.-A volume of much interest and im-
portance on the subject of the new Reform Bill, giving
his own views on this Important subject by this dis-
tinguished statesman, is now passing through the press,
and will be published by Mr. Bentley, of New Burling-
ton-street, in a few days. This great measure is likely
to engage the attention of the legislature early on its
reassembling.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.-On
Tuesday last C. Dresser, Esq., Mayor of Coventry,
announced to the Town Council f this city that on the
occasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal he in-
tended to give a free ball at St. Mary's Hall, and a
concert at the Corn Exchange. Two hundred tickets
for the concert will be reserved for the members of the
council. On the day after the ceremony the whole of
the boys belonging to the free schools will be treated to
a dinner.-13irming1tene Daily Post.
THE OUTWARD PENINSULAR MAIL.-The Peninsular
and Oriental Company s steam-ship Tagus, Capt. Chris-
tian, left Southampton yesterday with tt e usual Penin-
sular mail, 20 passengers, 11,4671. in specie, for Lisbon,
and a general cargo.
THE OVERLAND MAILS.-H.M.S. Caradoc most pro-
bably conveyed the Calcutta and China mails from
Alexandria to Malta, as well as the Government
telegram ; in which case they will reach London on
Sunday night or Monday morning. Considering tee
importance of the intelligence, we trust the Government
will suffer no detention to occur at Marseilles, and will
give directions that these mails be fOrwarded the whole
distance from Marseilles to Boulogne or Culeis by special
trains. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Valetta will convey to Marseilles the Bombay portion
of the Indian mails.
. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 7.-A letter has been received from
the Black Ball clipper transport Lightning by a gentle-
man here, which expresses the satisfaction the officers
and troops who went out in her to Calcutta experienced
during her rapid passage of 87 days from the Downs.
The Lightning arrived off the Sandheads on the 233 of
November, after a passage of 87 days. She only lost
one man,
_ a private.
THE ROYAL CHARTER FOR AUSTRALIA.-This steamer
sailed from the Mersey last evening for Melbourne, with
400 passengers. Some disappointment was experienced
that she was not detained until next morning, in order
that she might convey answers to Australian letters
which came to hand yesterday per Indian snail, which
reached England last evening.
THE NEW TRIBE JUDGE.-LIMERICK, Wednesday.
The Limerick Reporter and Tipperary Vindicator state
that rumours are prevalent to the effect that the vacant
1 judgeship has been offered to and accepted by Mr. Ser-
geant O'Brien, M.P. The fact, it true, will afford
general satisfaction. Already much excitement prevails
in political circles in anticipation of a vacancy in the
representation of this city.-Freeman.
ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE HOUSE OF CORER°
TION.-Yesterday about half-past six o'clock, a notorious
convict, named Charles Butler, succeeded in breaking
out of the House of Correction, at Wandsworth, Surrey,
Lsri made good his escape.
It has been stated that a tradesman of Rennes has
been arrested on the charge of endeavouring to obtain
money under false pretences from an English life assur-
ance company. His wife has just been taken into
custody for alleged complicity in the forgery.
THE PATAI4 POACHING AFFRAY AT ANNESLEY-WOOD.
-Nottingham, Wednesday.-The inquest upon the body
of George Winfield, the unfortunate gamekeeper who
was concerned in the affray at Annesley-wcod, a week
ago, and who died on Monday last of a guashot wound
received during the encounter with the poachers, was
held yesterday, before Mr. Swann, coroner, at the Blue
Ball Inn, Annesley ; but no evidence being onred, it
, was adjourned to Saturday.
A. New Year's gift, in the shape of a purse of 1301.,
has been presented to the Rev. E. B. Squire, Vicar of
Swansea, by a number of his friends and members of his
congregation. This is a pleasing token of good fooling.
The vicar's income is eonsiderably reduced on account
of the loss in burial fees he su,tains by the opening of
the cemetery. He is advertising the vicarage house to
let, stating that " by reason of the poverty of the living
it can no longer be rnaintained."-Swansea, Herald.
DISTRESS IN LISBON FROM THE LATE EPIDEMIC OF
YELLOW FEVER.-By late advices from Lisbon, we learn
that the yellow fever epidemic had at length exhausted
it ;elf, but not until it bad carried off nearly 5,000 victims
out of 13,500 attacked. Some idea of the terrible nature
of the malady may be formed from this unprecedentedly
high rate of mortality, but none, except those on the
spot, can have any conception of the di tress which the
sickness and deaths combined have ptodticed. The
Consul-General of Portugal, M. Vanz tiler, has made an
appealo
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widoWS, the erpns, and others who are at this moment
in a state of the greatest want. Much, however, remains
to be done before it can be said that relief at all ade-
injureth e
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Tun SNAIL DELICACY.-Tte consumption in Paris of
snails (escargots) has increased to such an extent as
toof
delica-
cies among shell-fish, the rest being frogs and
8000 panniers : the snails have evicted
As complete accuracy is obtainable by the
these facts may be relied or.
NEW SOUTH WALES.-Turning to our
Australian empire,
5i t;tnrm9o
uhamosywobtuhbeoli a:es:hoc,.
fav
pi
birthslzoee .
pda, ,ralwl
sao eBtwui
,commenceorasns2r3l:omf,asthr4 kalmalest:
the nu ',her of marriBsasgfeesma2l,o766sch;oalanrds.thle4n,su6m7biecarnaoif.
public and private schools, and
refi.4:3rs) s6t,
hm4e,raoel2e2wand
e11n24,781678
greets arrived at the public expense, and 3,116 at their
own expanse, of whom 6,759 were males, 6,380 females
(upwards of 14 years), and 4,553 males and females under
that age. The total immigration from 1851 to 1855 (both
inclusive) amounted to 52,816. The total number of
convictions in 1855 was 526. The public revenue
amounted to 1,660,7111. and the public expenditure to
1,675,0241. The items of revenue included 421,7351. from
"seems, 641,432/, from general source's (excise duties,
expenditure39236inl.cl tefdoerd j
u1.ch8c3i,a71,9714.1, fBoor7l.cifvoirl
eectsctiae:
licenses, &c.), and 698,4821. from miscellaneous sources.
The
slilahtincloaeln,t3ss' ,3221. far sducati Ina], 16,3281. for medical,
27,6861. for gold, 21,0811. for the Mint, 30,1831. for mi-
litary and naval, 138,4031. for police, 37,7621. for gaol.
for
vessels o f 353,42
immigration
m 3
loos
ex-
-123,130/. for the Sydney Fewerage and waterworks,
402.7281. for
187,1211. r
the survey, sale, and manage.
tons
ment of Crown lands. 1,152
entered from various countries in 1855, including 134
from the United Kingdom, 136 from New Zealadd, 46
from the South Sea Islands, 15 from the fisheries, 56
pei2is. 7fromo2, 814.
the -United States of America, and 113 from foreign
States. 1,185 vessels of 362,483 tons cleared out in the
same year. 33 vessels were built and 138 registered.
The total value of the imports in 1855 was 4,668,519/.
----= (including 2,569,7901., the produce of the mother
and that of the exports
The Bank of England has at last reduced its Fountry), 2,884,130/..(includ-
ine 2,009,8501., the produce of the colony, inclusive
minimum rate of discount from Bto 6 per cent. f
('-' gold). A list of the articles imported and ex-
It was time to do so. The directors could no ported is given in the tables before
long for
ire, but it is too
longer maintain the exorbitant and usurious rate in 1855 was 20.9,250/. (64,384 ounces), against
of discount which they were ready enough to 773,209/.411854, 1,781,172/, in 1853,2,650,9461. in 1852
quotation. The value of the gold exported
and 468,336/ in 1851 270,6361. was received from the
exact, so long as it was possible to do so, albeit sale of Crown. lands. . The .
the trade and commerce of the nation was lan- 1855 was 137,076 ons, valued at 89,0831. The num-
ber of post-effi , a was 155 ; the extent of postal roads,
quantity of coal produced in
guishing under its paralysing influence. They 1,023,255 C' of letters passed
miles ; the total number
were, however, subjected to the competition of through the General Post-office, 2,114,179 ; and the
Lombard-street, and of the many Joint-Stock
1855 was 170,070 acres,
toftal number of „wspepers, 2,100,989. The income
the Post-office was 24,902/., and the expenditure
Banks whose proceedings are so obnoxious to the 60,2211. The total quantity of land under crop in
hard calculators.of which 86,309 acres were
under wheat, 34,406 under maize, 4,476 under
barley,
The change has not produced any very important
result3so farasthe Stock Exchange and Money Ma- potatoes. The produce was-1,335 440 bushels of
wheat, 1 016 494 bushels of maize, 64,887 bushels of
1,614 uner oats, and 9,151 acres under'
ket are concerned. To use the ordinary phrase, it
I 1,030 i were lett
barley, 49,85'5 bushels of oats, 38,296 tons of note-
had been previously " discounted," and it is pal- 1 toes, 1,512 cwt. of tobacco, and 43,067 tons of hay.
p ted with the grape-vine in
pable that the " Old Lady " will have to make a
further move in the same direction, if she hopes 1855, and acres
the produce was 115,614 gallons of wine
and 1,426 of brandy. The live-stock included 157,159
cattle, 68,091 swine, and
" 1! d ','
0,603,499 sheep. There were 31 b
to obtain a fair share of business. The Bank of l2orses, 1,858,407 horned
01 tug- own eeta-
France only charges 5 per cent., and will pre- bli,huients in 1855, for which 223,134 sheep and 23,459
, horned cattl building steam
of tallow. Tanneries, steamship yards,
bably reduce it to 4. Why should the quasi Na- 1 -e were slaughtered, producing 61,832 cwt.
tional establishment of Great Britain demand
sa,w-mille, breweries, and soap
of view • and in 1855
MOTO .
2 Why should the trade, commerce, and factories in a numerical point,p
4aids of cloth and
,
factories are the rincipal
manufactures of this country be subjected to an tweeds, 47,435 sate. of soap, 1,376 cwt. of tobacco, and
, y
there were manufactured 35,7 e
infliction from which our continental brethren are(withoutb '
labour in 1855 were as follows :-viz. card and
119,000 cat. of refined s.ugar. The average waees .of
exempted ? ; lodging), carpent :re, 15e. ; smiths, 15s. ; wheelwrigbte,
hrdi., 301. to 351.
sad lodging) from labourers, 30 .to 4 . a-year ; shep.
it is true that the people should look to matters •.
15'. ; and bricklayers, 17s. per
Idiem ;
oalnd (with board
in which they are so deeply interested-on which 251. to 301. ;
their welfare and happiness so greatly depend:'. housemaids, 181. to 25/. ; laundresses, 251. to 30/. ;
; plain (women) cooks,
The bullion has been l ly augmented, the
arge 251., and Gas 51.
q •&c 20/ to 241. a-year. All
nursemaids, 151. to 201.; general house servants, 20/. to
reserve of notes considerably enhanced, the ex- rates of wages have risen considerably since 1851. The
changes favourable,hoards brought out
and the
from their hiding-places. It is surely, then, not to exclusively. To the other Australian colonies another
above statistics refer to the colony o. f New South Wales
paper will be devoted.

.cal ess►mple.

We yesterday published an extract from the
independance Belge, in which it was announced
that France had resolved not to participate in the
operations which England was preparing against
Canton, and that formal orders to that effect had
been sent to Admiral Rigault de Genouilly. That
journal, finding that it was ill-informed, corrects
as follows its first assertions :

" The instructions sent to the French admiral
naturally do not apply to the operations which
were on the point of commencing against Canton
when the last mail left, and which have by this
time probably received at least a commencement
of execution ; they apply to what may take place
after Canton has been taken. That first result
being obtained—that is, Canton being taken—the
French admiral would confine his co-operation to
that point, and proceed to the coasts of the em-
pire of Cochin China to obtain further successes."
In another part of the same journal, we find
the following observations on the conjoint attack
of the French and English forces on Canton :
" Whatever may be the means of resistance
possessed by the inhabitants of Canton, and what-
ever maybe their energy, tha success of the French
and English arms cannot admit of doubt. But
what will be the consequences of that first affair ?
Will not the occupation of so populous a city pre-
sent difficulties which it will be impossible to over-
come with the limited forces which the allies can
dispose of ? It is in fact not easy at present to
foresee the bearing and result of this first act of
hostility, for the ambassadors of the two coun-
tries have plenary powers. It does not appear to
be the intention of the French and English govern-
ments to go further than to obtain an advantageous
treaty of commerce, as well as the right of having
diplomatic agents at the Court of Pekin. It is
easy to see that, on the first point, the govern-
ment of the Celestial Empire will cede as it did
in 1840 ; but, on the second, a sharp resistance
may be expected. The success obtained by force
of arms will even perhaps be insufficient to bear
down the opposition of the Emperor of China ; and
the demonstration made against his States may
not be crowned with all the success that the send-
ing out of troops, relatively considerable, might
originally have rendered probable. It is not un-
likely that the war will not be urged on beyond
certain limits. England will, it is said, be satis-
fied with taking possession of some towns on the
coast, having good ports. Her interests will be
sufficiently protected by her occupying, as abso-
lute mistress, such points as the necessities of her
commerce render necessary. In that way she
would be no longer subjected to be interfered with
by a fanatical mandarin as she has hitherto been.
As to France, which is much less interested in the
matter than England from the restricted amount
of her commerce with China, she will probably go
and take a compensation elsewhere."