The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-03 00:00:00

" GENTLEMEN OP TrIE HOUSE OP COMMONS,

" I have directed that the estimates for the en-
suing year shall be submitted' to you. They have
been framed with a due regard to economy, and to
the efficiency of the public service.
" The universal introduction of steam-power into
naval warfare will render necessary a temporary
increase of expenditure in providing for the recon-
struction of the British Navy ; but I am persuaded
that you will cheerfully vote whatever sums you
may find to be requisite for an object of such iital
importance as the maintenance of the maritime
power of the country.
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" Your labours have, in recent Sessions, been
usefully directed to various measures of legal and
social improvement. In the belief that further
measures of a similar character may be wisely and
beneficially introduced, I have desired that Bills
may be submitted to you without delay, for assimi-
lating and amending the laws relating to
Bankruptcy and Insolvency ; for bringing toge-
ther into one set of Statutes, in a classified
form and with such modifications as experience
will suggest to you, the laws relating to crimes and
offences in England and Ireland ; for enabling the
owners of land in England to obtain for themselves
an indefeasible title to their estates and interests,
and for registering such titles with simplicity and
security.

" Your attention will be called to the state of the
laws which regulate the representation of the people
in Parliament, and I cannot doubt but that you will
give to this great subject a degree of calm and
impartial consideration, proportioned to the mag-
nitude of the interests involved in the result of
I your discussions.
"Th ese, and other propositions for the amend-
ment of the laws, which will be brought under your
notice as the progress of public business may per-
mit, I commend to the exercise of your deliberate
judgment ; and I earnestly pray that your counsels
may be so guided as to ensure the stability of the
Throne, the maintenance and improvement of our
institutions, and the general welfare and happiness
of my people."
Their Lordships then adjourned until five o'clock.
The Speaker then returned to the House of
Commons, and read her Majesty's most gracious
speech, after which the house adjourned until the
usual hour of commencing business.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT

FUND.

We have for so many years had the pleasure of
directing public attention to the merits of the above
excellent institution, that we have little left to add
to our former remarks. It is, however, a source of
real gratification to us to find that the past year
has been by far the most prosperous which we have
been called on to record for many years in the
history of the Fund, no less a sum than £2,500
having been added to its means of usefulness. Some
portion of this is owing to the successful dinner
of the Fund in May last, a sufficient
proof of the interest taken by the public in its
welfare, and of the utility of such means of publi-
city—while the election in May next, of six more
annuitants, shows that the managers of the fund,
while observing the rules of prudence, are anxious
to extend to the legitimate recipients those benefits
which have been obtained by their zealous and able
advocacy of the interests of the institution. It
must, indeed, be a source of gratification to those
who have devoted so much time and labour to.
this worthy object, to see itspresent position among
the best of its class. With a capital of nearly£l9,ooo,
with annuitants receiving upwards of nine hun-
dred pounds per annum, and having distributed
large sums in gratuities and other forms of assist-
ance to the distressed, it has, we trust, realised all
the hopes of its benevolent founders.

It has yet, however, we doubt not, a wider and
still more important field of operations before it.
If supported as it fully deserves, not the aged and
the afflicted alone, but the orphan, to whom educa-
tion is a necessity scarcely second to bread itself,
will look to its fostering care for support and
assistance. A desire which we cannot too highly
praise has sprung up among its members to found a
school where the children of deceased members
may be maintained, and fitted for their struggle
with the world by judicious and careful teaching.
It was enough to name so good an object, to
secure at once the hearty co-operation of the kind-
hearted treasurer, John Abel Smith, Esq., whose
services to the fund merit the warmth with which
his name is always received by the members, and
we cordially wish that the day may not be far
distant when the hope expressed at the meeting
may be realised. To no worthier channel can the
efforts of the clerks and the sympathy and assist
ance of the wealthy be directed.

The Earl of Derby gave a full=dress Parliamentary ban-
quet last evening, at his lordship's• official residence, in
Downing-street. The guests of the • noble Premier in-
'eluded the following colleagues and supporters of his
Government in the House of Lords :—The Lord Chancel-
lor, the Duke of Richmond, the-Duke of Beaufort, the
Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of
Manchester, the Duko of Montrose, the Marquis of Salis-
bury, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Bath, the
Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Winchelsea (the mover
of the Address), the Bail of Sandwich, the Earl of Malmes-
bury, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Ellenborough, the
Earl of Donoughmore, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of
Powis, the Earl of Egmont, the Earl Vane, the
Earl of Desart, Viscount lu 11, Viscount Combermere,
Viscount Harclinge, Viscount Dungannon, Lord de Ros,
Lord Colchester, Lord Delamere (the seconder to the
Address), Lord St. Leonardo, Lord •Ravensworth, Lord
Sondes, Lord Colville, Lord Feversharn, Lord Walsing-
ham, and Lord Dynevor. After dinner had concluded, the
Earl of Derby read the Royal Speech to be delivered by her
Majesty at the opening of Parliament.

POETRY BY TSA CRAIG.—The Court four2wl of
Saturday, Feb. 5, will contain some verses on the birth of
the first-born of the Princess Frederick -William, written
expressly for this paper by Isa Craig, the successful com-
petitor for the Burns Prize Poem. Price sd. or sent post
free for six stamps, by W. Thomas, publisher, Bridges-
street, Strand, and all newsagents.

LATEST NEWS.

MARSEILLES, FED. 2, 2 p.m.
The steamer just arrived brin advices from
Constantinople to the 26th ult.

The report lately current respecting the dis-
missal of the Minister of Finance was premature,
and it is asserted that the publication of the decree
dismissing him was prevented by Riza Pacha.
Three hundred merchants have signed a petition
against stock jobbing, which petition will be up-
held by the ambassadors of foreign powers.
The troops still remain unpaid. A deputation of

the principal inhabitants of Moldavia has arrived
here, in order to support the validity of the election
of A. Couza as Hospodar, which is disputed by Aus-

tria. The Porte threatens to cancel the election of
Golesco, in case he should be chosen Hospodar of
Wallachia.. It is confirmed that Mehemed Kibrish
Pacha has refused the post of ambassador at Paris.
Sarni Pacha has been recalled from Candia.

MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY,

Prince Napoleon and his bride arrived here at

1 o'clock this afternoon, and left again at 3 p.m.
for Lyons. They have been received by immense
crowds of the population.
The Princess replied to an address of the muni-
cipality with much grace and promptitude, styling
t-he members her " new fellow-citizens."

The following telegrams have been received from
Mr. Reuter's office :
PARIS, THURSDAY, FEB. 3.
The .Monitcur of this morning contains the fol-
lowing :

Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and
Princess Napoleon will arrive at three o'clock
this afternoon at the Tuileries. A squadron of
the cuirassiers of the Imperial guard will form
the escort. Four batallions of the National
guard, besides cuirassiers, voltigeurs, guards
and dragoons, will be drawn up in double line to
the Cour de Carrousel and the Tuileries. Their
Imperial Highnesses will be received on their
arriAl by the Emperor and the Empress.

THE BRAZIL MAIL.

LISBON, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 9 A.3f.

The Avon has just arrived, and will leave'for
Southampton to-day at noon. She brings 68 pas-
sengers, £59,000 silver, and diamonds to the value
of £31,000.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

BOURSE, Feb. 2.—The market has been steady,
and with a slight rally on Rente, but a limited
amount of business doing. The liquidation of the
Share account has passed off with facility, and the
rates of continuation are at par. Threes varied
from 68f. 30c., to 68f. 40c. ; Mobilier, 780 f. to 782 f.
50c.; Lyons, 835 f. to 837 f. 506. ; Orleans, 1,320 f.
to 1,322 f. 50c.; Southern, 520 f. to 522 f. 50c. The
following were the last quotations:—

41 per Cents. .... 9& 75 Credit Fonder 650
Do. end month .. 97 Belgian 41, —
3 per Cents 6B 20 Piedmonteso (5) .. 84 50
Do. end month 6B 20 Roman BB
Bank Shares 2940 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 780 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 776 25 Home Debt 4O