The Express. — London, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

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Ilk. 13e. 11.60www-Ikkm•II. ilk. SSA Mumma. IC um. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. THERE are few events that will open fields of greater and more important expectation than the change in the Prussian Monarchy which the alarming illness of King F/LEDERICK WILLI tM renders so pro bable. In his reign Prussia has grown in wealth, intel ligence, in material power, and has entered on the forms of constitutional progress ; but,owing to the cha racter, policy, and weakness of her Sovereign, has dis appointed Germany, and to a large extent has lost the respect of the more advanced nations of Europe ; so that on the demise of FREDERICK WILLIAM it will be left doubtful, owing to this neglect of hoe duties, whether Prussia really occupies the position of a flat-rate Power. Happily for Europe, all may be yet recovered, if the summon of the present King only possess the heroism of the earlier founders of the SRARDEstirrito family, and recognise the great Sets that it is their mission as Prussian sovereigns to place Central Europe in a situation of independence; and that the only mode of doing so is by dropping all the sacerdotal pretensions of old royalty, and be coming the first magistrates of a free and self governing people. That family has, by the valour, and virtues, and constancy—to my nothing of the seltishnese—of its great men, sufficiently aggrandised itself. The time his now come for it to aggrandise Germany by cul tivating its unity, by directing its learning, its capacity, and its spirit to public life and the public aerrice, by infusing into it national energy, and mating a national policy, by prudently substituting • parliamentary government for the bureaucracy and finctionarylans, without the destruction and re moval of which nothing substantial can be acquired. Hitherto the world has known little of Prussia (except on one memorable oreasion, when Germany at last rose against the tyranny and foreign domina tion of N troLeoN), but in the will, the wishes, the exploits, the insincerity, and, finally, in the weak nesses; of its Kings. And it will have been to small purpose that those Sovereigns gradually formed an artificial state, unless their descendants can convert It into a substantial and independent nation. That is cow their task. Should they fail in accom plishing it, the future of Germany lies between conti nued alternations of despotism and republicanism. In no other of t he Germanic reigning houses is there hope or power. The expectations of Germany lie either in the BIL‘NDENBLEG family creating a great nation that shall be capable of giving expression to German intelligence, and of attracting and aggregating around it the smaller States, or in the ultimate extinction of German royalty in favour of a federal republic, inch as the United States have taught the world can exist and flourish. Should, then, FREDE RICK WILLIAM be on his death-bed, a great and glorious opportunity is about to open on Germany ; and in it England is deeply interested. England is deeply interested because, as a first rate European Power, she stands alone in her Con stitutional character and in her Protestant policy. Her satellites in freedom are small States, in whose continued success and in whose welfare she must of mane take the deepest concern, and wham indepen dence, if ever assailed by the mere brute force of despotism on the ground of the wiser means they have chosen of working out their own happiness and prosperity, she most protect. The Scandinavian states, Belgium, Holland, and Piedmont are all asao- Mated with England in teaching Earope where and in what direction its true interests he. They are all more or less threatened by the adjacent Autocracies whose policy is to enslave mankind under the pre tence of order, to keep down liberty by immense standing armies, and to repress national life and spirit by centralising all authority. And the Binder position of England, separating her in daily life from continental peoples, prevents the spread of that active sympathy and instinctive cooperation which are such powerful agencies in forming the opinions and shaping the fortunes of nations. Had England but one assistant in the great cause of conetitutional freedom in a first-rate continental and military Power, such as Prussia alone can be come, her anxieties would be lessened, bee in fluence in the great councils of Europe increased and, combined and united in aims and objects, and in general policy and feeling, the two powerful con stitutional monarchies would be able effectually to control the aggressive ambition of Russia; to give unity and freedom to Germany, and assist Italy in relieving itself of the terrible weight of Austrian oppression and priestly domination. As it is, with Prussia a nullity, and worse than a nullity, in Europe --dreaming of millennial happiness and assisting con temporaneous despotism—England is compelled to adjust and tack her policy according to varying cir cumstances. We have now to endure our Govern ment seeking for support in an Austrian connexion; then to disappoint the hopes of Italian freedom for the sake of an alliance with the French Empire; and even to submit, at the conclusion of a successful war, to the renewed efforts of Russia to confirm and extend its influence in Germany, and to exclude our commerce from those advantages in the Reface which our arms won and our diplomacy recorded for as. Disappointed and even disgusted as we may be with the ignoble part Prussia has of late played in Europe, we can yet never cease to be interested and concerned in Prussian politics ; and the prospect of a new reign in Prussia is for England one of the greatest of European questions. There is in Germany a very general notion that in a new reign the direct order of succession will be interrupted by the transfer of royalty from the Prince of Pitt note to the Prince FRk.bLIIICK WIL LRM, the future husband of the PRINCE3B RuTAL of ENGLAND. This transfer would b_e it noble andi magnanimous act of patriotisto . /41e, thouyli 'OW Prince of PRUAAI t, has learnt ofich and well, as the education of his son testifies, dice the eventenf 1848 induced him temporarily to retire to the Court of London, anti there form the intimate friendship of our own most excellent Sovereign, the habits of his life have been too purely and exclusively military to connect him with the hopes of Prussia. That his reign would be an improvement on that which is closing, his spirit as a soldier gives 11=11111200 of, for one great defect of his brother's government has been • total absence of all spirit and dignity. But with a young and ambitious Emperor at Vienna, arching popularity in Germany by fictitious, and theatrical, and ostentatious show of independence of /burin— with a youthful Czar at St. Petersburg anxious above all things to perpetuate the influence of Russia in Germany—Prussia needs au entirely new life, fresh thoughts, fresh rigour, fresh activity, such as the accession of an elderly soldier, of no great pro fessional reputation, could not be expected to bestow on her. Old things are passing away in Continental Europe, France has got rid of its Restorations, its BOURSON4, and it. ORLEANSLV; of its Tutu, its GVIZOTS, and its other old intrigues,; Aus tria is released from the immobility of FRANCIS, FERDINAND, and METTERNICH, and compelled in its self defence to action and activity, to cultivate Hungarian attachment as some counterpoise to Italian hatred and Oilman contempt ; and the new reign in Russia hat sent NEsszutont and his school into retirement. Prussia, too, needs youth and vigour of its own, to compete with those around it, to fulfil its own destinies. Literature and learning now claim BUNSEN for their own at Heidelberg. And if the Prince of Pm - BmA does, by a rare act of royal abnegation, make way for younger men in Prussia, he will do more for his own tame in history than by interposing a brief interregnum to be im- ' patiently endured by Germany. ALMOST within one sheet week from the time when the first serious note of alarm was sounded, we are in the midst of a monetary crisis of a severity unequalled since the disastrous autumn of the year 1847. The Directors of the Bank of England, who no later than Thursday last raised the rate of dis count from 6i to 6 per cent, have now raised it to 7 percent., without any intermediate pause. Should the drain continue, it is most reasonably appre hended that additional steps in the same direction will be unhesitatingly taken. Upon no occasion within our recollection has it been requisite to take so wide, so cosmopolitan a glance at the monetary movements of the world. Both in the old and the new hemisphere there is a startlingly eager rush for money, and to suppose that England, however sound and prosperous may be her trade, is to be undisturbed, would be the merest folly. All over the Continent, with the exception of France, the various banks have raised their rates of discount. Well, we have done so likewise : our rates now are equal to nearly the highest terms current on the Continent. An immediate movement will probably be made by the Bank of France, and then all par ties will be brought to a pause, end wait to see the tendency of the ever-mus ing current of capital. If the Continent bids still higher for money, we shall probably be compelled to raise our terms too. In 1 51 55 and vise, however, a good test was afforded of the extent to which our market can be affected by the monetary variations of the Continent, unless under the influence of very extraordinary circumstance,. Were the Continental markets the only competitors for our capital, we should feel con fident that the worst is past, and that the existing stringency would merely have to be kept up here for a few weeks. A new and most serious element of disturbance is presented, however, in the I American panic, and no one can presume at I present to set limits to its influence upon our own monetary position. The commercial relations between England and America have an nually swelled into greeter importance, and just in proportion must be the reaction of their embarrass ments upon ourselves. It is important to remark that whilst the rates of discount here are still only at 7 per cent., in New York first oleos commercial bills cannot be negotiated below 24 per cent. per annum. This extr►ordinary rate, it is true, can be merely temporary, but so king as there prevails so enormous a difference between the values of money in the American and English markets, houses in America will inevitably make attempts upon English capital, and English houses will be willing to lend, where the terms offered arc so high. It is from this point of view that the chief difflculty to our market is apparent. At the departure of the lut steamer from New York there were not wanting indications that the panic had somewhat slackened along the Atlantic seaboard, but great apprehensions were felt se to the progress of affairs westward, and it is highly probable that from that quarter a prolonged pressure will react upon the leading American money markets. The prospect undoubtedly is, that the difference between the rates of money in London and New York will for some time to come remain sufficiently wide to render it an important object to he Americans to divert capital from this side. The fall in the price of wheat and other produce in the American ports is one of the means by which commerce works towards the desirvd end. And to protect ourselves against this threatened divenion of more of our capital than we can spare, the monetary stringency must be maintained here, even, if necessary, to the extent of a fresh rise in the rates of discount. The causes and bearing of these movements are so simple, and it is so evident that the disturb ance does not originate in any financial or com mercial rottenness in this country, that there will be no excuse for the public should they permit themselves to be hurried into blind alum. We have long probed and tested our COM. menial position, marked carefully its few weak points, and derived that most valuable result—confi dence in its general soundness. If, then, to avert • foreign drain it should become necessary to raise the value of money to eight or even nine per cent., why should panic ensue? Why, above aU, should the public rush to the Bank to borrow to an almost in credible aggregate, knowing that when they have ob tained the money which they are so frantically eager to obtain, they can only lodge it at their bankers ? This rush for money to an amount which can not possibly be wanted for trading purposes, is a premonitory symptom of panic, and, as in all disuses premonitory (symptoms should be carefully watched, we warn the public to abstain from a coarse which needlessly aggravates the difficulties of the market. We regret that duty compels us to remark that at this period,—one of the most critical in our financial history,—the blunders of Government are to be visited upon the heads of the community at large. How often have her MAJZSTT'S advisers had urged upon them the absolute necessity of making ample financial provision for the necessities of the public service in India ? Bat neither the Board of Control, nor the Directors of the East India Company would be moved from their antiquated practice, and the result is, that in the midst of a monetary crisis THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY E whisk h n already been agekuvatad by the open-' lions of Ile Leadenball-atree4 authorities, the Com pany are again clamorously besieging the Bank for another million! Now, however, matters are changed: the Bali' c have no money to spore; and public curiosity is agape to see what measures will next be resorted to. That Ministers should have allowed matters to come to such a pass, after repeated warn ings, is absolutely disgraceful, and it would be only a fit punishment if they were made individually sad collectively responsible for the sum representing the difference between the price at which a loan might have been raised a few weeks ago, and that at which it will ultimately have to be raised. The additional unnecessary cost to the nation will un doubtedly be very considerable, and yet even that will be of secondary importance compared with the inconvenience which is inflicted upon the whole commercial community by the competition of the East India Company for money in the midst of a monetary crisis. Cbt Court. BALMORAL, Om. 11. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, Princess Ailos, Prince.* Helena, Princess Loehr, and Prince Arthur, and attended by Lady Churchill and the Hon. Flora Macdonald, drove yesterday to Alt an Guiseach, when the party partook of luncheon. Err Yyrty returned by the Linn of Mulct and birkhall. The hince Canaan cant out deer stalking. There wee no addition to the royal dinner party in the evening. The Duke of Argyll left Balmoral upon Friday morning. yesterday, Deepetchae were recoiled at the fro® the Governor of Canada and the Governor of Heligoland. 17111 QUEEN'S ILITURY. Tice arrangements for the return of the Court from Scotland have been so fir changed that her Majesty will vita Lord Aberdeen, at Haddo Moose, on Wednesday, the 14th, instead of Tuesday, the 13th, as was et first in tended. The Queen will be received at the boundary of Lord Aberdeen's estate by the tenantry of the noble earl on horseback, and escorted to the house by them. His lordship is to dine all his tenantry in a marquee, in honour of the royal visit. _ _ The Quasi sox the Prints Consort, the Prisms Hord, and Prince Arthur, are expected to be at Haddo Haw, the other branches of the royal family sad suite readaing at Balmoral until Thursday morning, when they will pest down Demi& to Baachory, where the royal train win be I waiting to re doe therm and proceed thence to Aberdeen. The Queen will leave Haddo House on Thursday morning, and drive direct to Aberdeen, whore bee Majesty 4 expected to arrive at one o'clock. The Queen is to make a public entry into the city ,the Lard Provret and megistrates receiving her Majesty at the boundary in King-etreet-road. The royal cortege gill prie through a triumphal arch, and drive on by King-sfreet, Union-street, and Market-street, through a milk of granite buildinp, to the station of the lisotdsh North Eastern Railway to Guild-street, where the mart will pietae of lazichece in rooms to be fitted up for the oreasion within the station. The royal train will leave at 1.44 and reach Edinburgh, by fitirlutg and Perth, about 7 o' lock. Oa Friday morning the Quetta is expected to leave at &quar ter to 9, se already noticed, and proceed direct to Loam. His Excellency the Sardinian Minister return to tows to-day from the Continent, where he has beau ow !save of aware for some weeks past. The Duke of liamtltnn left town yesterday mm lag for Scotland. The darns.. and fatally will leave Arta"- ton-stzvet to-morrow, for Feria. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have left Dureobia Castle for their test, knew, Castle, Mull- Aire. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland has arrived on a i illit to the Duke sod Duchess of Cleveland, at Roby Cantle, Dorham. The Marquis of Rath is expected iu town the Wier end of the week, from Longteste, Wilts, where hle lordship has been entertaining mummy for some time pest. - . The Marchioness of Waterford has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Ford Cud°, Northumberland. Maria Mareilioness of Ailesbury has left Claridge's Hotel, on a rink to the Earl of Darby at Knowsley Kell, Prescott, Latteashore. The Marquis of Qucenabeiry has arrived at Long's Hotel, from Edinburgh. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury return to tows t►day, from Paria,, en route from Germany, where they him been stay* Isr some time past. The Countess of Yowls and the Ladies Herbert have kilt Warne on a Melt to Mr. and Lady Chezlotto Mont gomery, is Ireland. The Earl of Powis and Colonel the Hon. Percy Herbert are mayier M Ashridge Caatle, Dear Berkbarap stead, es a visit to Lady Naf.an Alford. The Ear. of Radnor and Lady Mary tionverie are receiving coreteuty at Woad! Howe, Beets. Lady Elizabeth &tibial, Mr. and Ludy Jena Ellice, Mr.. St. John Maldmay, and the Right Hoe. Edward Bonverio, M.P., joined the party last week. The Earl of St. Germane and family are expected in Mins, to-morrow, from Port Eliot, Contrail. Lord and Lady Coldwater have arrived in town from Hidfrocks, Swam • Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley are making a tour in the south of France. Lord and Lady Walsingham are passing the arm at Merton Lodge. Norfolk. Lady Georgians Fine haa left town for her seat According to the account given by personages arrived from Stuttgardt, Paris Ls likely to be visited neat spring by the Emperor andFensprais of linsda. The Duke of Save-Coburg-Gotha and the Princes Clementine, Ma wife, with their children, have arrived at 13rnitaels from England. The King of the Belgians hu arrived at the Chang of Leckie from his tour in Switzerland end Italy. The King, in passing through Metz, paid a visit to the Princess of Pruseia ; also one to the family of Prince Metternich at Johennisterg. DEATH or MR. CRAWFORD, THE SCULPTOR.— We regret to learn of the death, on Saturday lest, ;n the me trepAis, of the eminest American sculptor, Mr. Thomas Crawford. The deceased artict was born et New York in 1814, but since 1834 'raided at Rome. His Orpheus," produced it 1839, after ■tudyieg under Thor weldeen, introduced him to general notice. Ins later achievements have bean noticed from time to time in the letters of our correspondent at Raw. Ono of Po most celebrated works is the " Babes in the Wood." Two of his specimens, %urea of cbildroc, are in the Crystal Palace, " Flora," and the " Dancers." MENNEN. PATTISON AND CO., or GLASGOW.— We have receive& • telegraphic despatch this afternoon from Glasgow, requesting no to contradict a report pubbahed by • Inman journal, to the effect that Messrs. Pattison and Co. IL me stopped menet. The report referred to 4 false. --- - - Snow made its first appearance last week on the mountains near Geneve, thot7reet of the Jura almost as high ea the Col dela Fanelli., being covered with a slight coating of white, but which, however, again disappeared before night. The mountains of Friburg are at present covered. The Monitore Tuscano publishes a bulletin an nouncing that the measles, under an attack of which the hereditary Archduchess of Tuscany was labouring, ore now c .roplictsted with a colliery eruption, which has made its sp. pearince among the pustules of the former disorder, which are already drying up. This new form which the &awe has assumed is accompanied with en McNees of fever. Tar NEW COURT OF PRORATE AND DIVORCE.— We are informed that Lord Palmerston has recently, in the meet handsome manner, tendered to the Attorney-General, Sir Richard liethell, the important office of Judge of the New Cann of Probate and Divorce, end that the noble in making this offer, in the most marked manner, . hie same of the distinguished service. which Mr Richard Bethel' Lad rendered to the comb', and to the calm of law reform , in conducting t hose Important enemas to • successful imam in the House of Cosanseam. We arsi also informed that the Attorney-()sneered has thought proper to decline tba aeon conaidering that the alreanietance of his having had the carriage of the bills ht the Lower Rouse might lay him opus to the imputation that his ave. none fa connection with them bad not been of that diain tweeted character which parliament and the public have at his hands a right to expect. The offer thus made by the noble lord has been respectfully declined by the Attorney_ General, solely on the ground which we have stated.— liforniag Asst. OCrOBER ;427 THE INDIAN MUTINIES. CDT StirMAILINII AND DItTISI TILSOIAP (11011 0111 OWN COIRTSPONDINT.) TBIESTE, )1071DAY. The steamer:Austral* arrived on the 12th Oct., at 0} a.m., in 107 hours from Alexandria. She brings the following intelligence : ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 1. The Indian mails leave to-day, with dates from Calcutta, 10th ; Madras, I.sth ; Ceylon, 20th Sep tember. The safety of the garrison of Lucknow was looked upon as perfectly secured. Intelligence dated Lucknow, 2nd September, had been trans mitted by General Neill. A second successful sortie had been made, two guns captured, and a large quantity of provisions brought into the fort. The steamer Cleopatra and Penelope, with 400 Royal Welah Fusiliers and 208 men of the Royal Artillery, had coaled at Gallo and gone to Calcutta. It is stated that some 2,600 troops were known to have arrived at the Mauritius. At Calcutta prices in the export market had de clined. The import market continued dull. Money was excessively scarce. The Bank of Bengal was refusing to make advances against government paper or bills having more than 30 days to run. Exchange, 2s. 3&d. At Madras there was hardly any change in the import market. The money market continued easy. Government eecnritiee; had undergone a further de cline. Exchange 20. 20., with a downward ten dency. There is no China mail. The steamer had not reached Galle. It is stated that the troops at Bhopant had re belled. The Begnm, who continued friendly, had already sent away the Europeans in safety. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S DESPATCH. We have been favoured ni , l the following:— The following telegram hie been this day (Tue. day, 13th of October) received at the East India Howe, via.:— "CALCUTTA, Seri. 9, 1857. GENERAL HAVELOCK'S COLUMN AND LUCKNOW. Gen. Havelock still at Cawupore waiting for rein forcements, and Lncknow still unrelieved. The 90th regiment about half the fusiliers and a 9-pounder battery, in all 1,270 men, were at Allahabad on the 3rd or 4th. 600 infantry and the battery were im mediately pushed towards Cawnpore, and Ge neral Outram was to follow with the remainder of the infantry on the night of the 6th instant. lie expects to join Havelock on the 11th or 12th, and ha s directed the latter to have everything ready for crossing the river on his arrival; meanwhile we have intelligence from Lucknow up to the 2nd inst., when the garrison were in good spirits, and sufficiently provided with food. They had recently repulsed a determined seagull, and had disabled the only heavy guns belonging to the assailants. The garrison have been told to hold out to ex tremity, and we are now confident that they will be relieved about the middle of this month. BENGAL AND BEHAR. The Rewah troops, detached as reported in last message, to intercept I)inapore mutineers, were not in time to arrest their progress. The latter crossed the Tonse River about the 20th, after some detention by high flood, and their march has been marked by plunder. They give out they are going to Delhi. The rebel Koocr Singh fled from Itohtas about the 27th or 28th ultimo, and sought refuge in Rewah Territory. The Rajah warned him off, whereupon most of his Sepoy adherents deserted him. A co lumn, consisting of a wing of toe 63rd Queen's, 27th Madras N. 1., mid some guns, left Reneegunge on the 27th ultimo, and will clear the Trunk Road. The Ncpaul Durbar has given 1,000 Goorkhas to aid in the occupation of Chuniparum, and the districts on the left bank of the Ganges, which are endan gered by the abandonment of Goruckpore by the civil officers. It is thought that the force stated, which left Katmandhoo on the 13th or 14th ult., will suffice to restore order in those districts. AGRA. Latest intelligence from Agra to the 25th August.—All still in the fort, and general health good. Nothing particular had occurred, ex cept an expedition to Futtehpore, Sutler, and another to Hatrass, which latter de feated the insurgents, but was not strong enough to re-occupy Allyghus. The Furruckabad Neweb is said to be on the road between that place and Cawnpore with three regiments of mutinous Infantry and one of cavalry. He will be dealt with by General Havelock's column, after relief of Luck now. On the deserting of Ooruekpore by the civil officers a Cbuckadar from Oude, took possession. Anarchy and confusion in the district, and Chum parun consequently in some danger, as mentioned elsewhere. Azimgnrgh and Jonnpore have been occupied by the Goorkhas who marched from Goruckpore with the civil officers of native states. The mutineers of Gwalior Contingent, joined by those from Induce and Mhow, reckoned at 4,500 Infantry, 900 Cavalry, and 30 guns, are still believed to be at Gwalior, held in check, it is reported, by Scindia. The Political Agent, Major Macpherson, writing from Agra on the 7th ult., expresses a confident belief in his loyal and friendly attachment to us. The peace of Ilhopel is imperilled by the open mutiny of the Contingent. All the Bundeleund chiefs continue to behave well, as also the Newah of Jowoob and the petty States of Dhar Dewass, ece. ; none having openly revolted except Anijhera. In :Rajpo , tana, native chiefs quiet and apparently true. The conduct of the Nizam's government at Hyderabad admirable. Mohorrum Festival passed of without any commotion or dis- ' tarbance whatever. Puttiala, and all his Sutlej chiefs, continue in active and zealous co-operation. Gholab Sing, of Cashmere, died on the 2nd of August, his successor is, as he was, our staunch adherent. PUNJAUB. Intelligence from the Panjanb is to the 16th of August. Pnnjaub and Cis-Sutlej-States quite tran quil. Large local levies are being raised to supply the place of the reinforcements gone to Delhi. Oho lab Sing, of Cashmere, before his death promised 73 lacs to the 6 per cent. loan, and about 20 were expected in Cis•Satlej. It will probably draw nearly a crate, which is the estimated want, The disarmed 20th Native Infantry at Lahore murdered their commanding officer on 30th of July, and broke away from the cantonment. The troops sent in pursuit took the wrong road, but the mutineers were followed by the police and the people of the country and in the first days of August were either destroyed or captured, and exe cuted; hardly amu has escaped. Fugitives of the 66th Native Infaatry, at Peahawur, have been seised, and similarly dealt with. These vigorous measures will probably deter others from similar attempts. G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. 9.40 a.m. Monday. RAVEN. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE KING OF PRUSSIA. Lo Nord of this day contains the following -tele graphic despatch : "COLOGNE, MONDAY, 2 O'CLOCK, T.Y. " A slight amelioration took place yesterday in the King's state, but it is not of a nature to en courage hopes of his recovery. According to the opinion of the physicians, his Majesty may linger for some time, but the fatal issue of the attack does not, unhappily, appear to them doubtful." A letter from Berlin, of the 9th, in the Patti*, ' gives some account of the origin of the present ill . nem of the King: Hie Majesty, who wee to have accompanied the Emperor of Bunk in his journey to libittgardt, left Feted= with him, accompanied by several princes of the royal family. Daring thajourney from Potsdam to Berlin, the Emperor and two of dr princes, in order to pan the time, smoked, ac cording to Russian custom, some very strong to- bare% the narcotic qualities of which appear to have produced • very great effect on the King. His Majesty fell asleep, and to the great astonishment of his travelling companions did not awake when the train stopped at the station at Berlin. IL licluenlein, the first physician to the king, was immediately sent for, and he declared that his Majesty could not continua his journey. On being con veyed back to Potsdam the king remained for twenty-four home in • heavy lethargic sleep. Bleeding was resorted to, but it produced but little effect Without abandoning the hope that hie Mitleaty's life may be saved, the public, and particularly the persona who are more directly interested, occupy themselves beforehand with the eventuality of a change in the occupant of the throne. As the King bas no children, hie brother, according to the constitution, is the heir presumptive to the throne. The Prince of Prnsaia isl the same who went to compliment the Emperor Napoleon during hie peapage lately through the Premien territory. The Prince of Presses, who reamed the Princess Aulaeta of Saxe-Weimar, is sixty years of age. He has two chil dren, the elder of whom, Prince Frederick William, has just been affianced to the Princess Victoria of England, and the other, the Princess Lodes, was last year married to the Grand Duke of Baden. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE RED JACKET. CAT ERMINE AMD MAGNETIC TELEGIAPC) (room ova ova coomerrovniorra LIVERPOOL. TLIADAY. The Red Jacket, Capt. M: H. O'Halloran, arrived in the Mersey at 10.30 this day. She sailed from the port of Melbourne on the 18th of July, and has brought a general cargo, 06,000 ounces of gold, value 284,0001. Her news is anticipated. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. ()ROY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAT Evrxtrio. There has been a heavy fall at the Bourse, in con sequence of the news from London that the Bank of England had raised its discount to 7 per cent., and that Consols bad declined j. The Rente fell 45c. for cash, and 35c. for account, closing at 66fr. 80e. and 66fr. 80e. Mobilier fell 30fr. The Orleans Railway fell 20fr. ; Northern, 7fr. 50c.; Lyons, 15fr.; Southern, 20fr. ; and Western, sfr. Eastern was less affected than the other lines. In the Paris corn market during the past week the tendency downwards has continued both in floor and wheat. The four marks have been done as low as !Mfr. 50c. the sack of 157 klieg., and inferior qualities found purchasers with difficulty. Wheat was also offered, and the finest quality could not be disposed of for more than 31fr. the hectolitre and a hall; fine Lorraine was offered at 29fr., and inferior kinds at 28fr. From the country markets, the ac counts state that the fall is continuing, and that the I present year's grain is everywhere of fine quality. RUSSIA. A Warsaw letter of the Bth says:—" The Empe ror and Empress arrived yesterday evening at the Chateau of Bkierniewice. An immense concourse of people from the city and the environs were as sembled to welcome their majesties. The park was brilliantly illuminated, and the Emperor and Em press drove slowly through the vast alleys of the park in an open carriage amidst the most enthusiastic cheers. At ten o'clock this morning their Majesties made their public entry into Warsaw. All the streets through which they passed were hung with garlands of flowers, and the railway station was decorated with great taste and magnificence. The Emperor was on horseback, and rode by the side of the carriage in which were her Majesty and her children. The cortlge proceeded first to the Greek cathedral, and then to the Lasienki palace. The crowd everywhere hailed their Majesties with acclamations." AUSTRIA. " Baron de Bach, Minister of the Interior," says a Vienna letter of the 7th, "having just returned here from his leave of absence, several important measures are looked for. The communal regula tions will be the first ; and I can inform you posi tively that the laws on usury will be abolished, Failures among commercial men continue here, and the crisis is far from ceasing. Money is exceedingly scarce, and the charge for discounting bills is so high that the very best paper pays 7 or 71 per cent., and bills of excellent houses, though not first-rate, will not be taken at all." The project of a new state bank to be established at Trieste is at present, the Austrian journals affirm, under the consideration of the Emperor. VISIT TO THE GARDENS OF SOLOMON. We translate the following pleasantly-written ertiele by M. Louts Mostar, from the Paris Monitekr of Saturday lut "To reed a poet on the spot from which he derived his inspiration has ever been to mo one of the greenlet pleasures of a literary life. I seem then to find something of the water himself; in fancy's eye his spirit is in en esp.. dal manner present there more than in other places have Leen deeply moved to hear the Psalms of David sung et the Convent of Mar.Sabs, on the barks of the brook Kedron. I have reed Moses on the shores of the Deed See, Elise on Mount Carmel, and Homer between Xanthus end Simois in lonia. I have heard the brilliant master of the Athens School lecture upon Sophocles on the vary site of the theatre where Sophocles' choruses were sung in the olden time. I made a journey to Sicily for the repress purpose of translating there Theocritus' Idyll of Polyphemus and Galatea. From Virgil's tomb—(Por thesope ore tend)—to the birthplace of Oedan amidst the rooks of Glencoe, I have made pilgrimages to poets' tombs with the devotion of a true believer. It is true that I have now and then met with dinippointinents. The brook Kedron is at this moment a dry bed, and the royal penitent could no longer say Do tortoni* iw ota Itibet. Siceds, • [The Prases, however, suggests a doubt whether this clause is applicable, because the late Corps Letdslatif sat during six toll sessions, although it was dissolved before the end of eix ran from the time of its election.] which formerly rolled to the me the bodies of Oreeks sad Trojans in its troubled waters, rolls nothing mall now a-days The laurels of Hymns have been cut. Polyphemus is suc ceeded on his rock by e Neapolitan custom-house officer, sad a trattoria sells fried potatoes at the door of the Sybil of Conan. These ere the little myetifleatiose which travellers moat expect. Bat the most cruel deception of the kind which ever betel me was at the gardens of Solemon--as celebrated In the annals of profane Oriental history as in Holy Writ- Every one must remember the delicious poetry of the nag of sem" In which, under the flgure'of the Sbuleedte woman, the poet-king celebrates the future church, the chaste spouse of hem Christ, and the raptures of their eternal nuptials. " ' I am black but comely, 0, ye daughters of Jeruselme, is the tante of 'leder, se the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me bemuse I em black, bemuse the sun bath looked upon me. • • • A bundle of myrrh ls my well-beloved unto me; he shell lie all night betwixt my braille My be loved is unto me es a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedL • • • I em the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys.rds the lily among thorns, eo is my love =wag the daughters. • • • A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; • spring shut up, • fountain sealed. Thy A.m s are en orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; cam. phire with spikenard. Spikenard and saffron; calamm and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincenre; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief orlon a fountain of gardens, • well of living waters and streams from Lebanon. Array 0 north wind and come thou south; blow upon my garden that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden ended his pleasant fruits. • • • Thou art beautiful, 0 my love, as Tlreeh, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners I Torn away thine eye' from me, for they have overcome me; thy hair is as • flock of goats that appear from Oiled. • • * Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear es the sun, and terrible al an army with banners P I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, end to see whether the vine flourished end the pomegranates budded. Or ever I was aware my soul made me like the chariots of Ammioedib. Return, return, 0 Shulamite; re turn, return, that we may look upon thee. • • • I am my be loved's, and his driest' toward me. Come, my beloved, Inns go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us ge t up early to the vineyards—let us am if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear and the pomegranate bad forth! There will I give thee my love,. The taandrakee give a smell and at our gates are ell manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, 0 ray beloved.". "All these beautiful and stirring metaphors were deeply Impressed upon my memory. I carried them with me to Bethlehem. After, therefore, having man the plan when the star appeared, and %jetting the sanctuary of the Nativity, and the excavation of the rock in which the divine cradle was placed, I inquired for the gardens of Solomon. I was tint Olen conducted to the sealed fountain, the symbol of the spouse mentioned in the canticle. The entrance Is literally sealed by two large stones, When these are rolled away— a task which requires some effort—you descend s Mai/vase of fifteen steps to two large subterranean vaults, supported by arches of great antiquity. This is not the source of the spring, which Is far away In the mountains, but the water comes down and Is collected in these capacious reservoirs, and is thence =ducted to Jerusalem by pipes. The water was formerly consecrated to the use of the temple. Into this fountain the last Arab enchanter, when about to die, thinking the world no longer worthy to power such a treasure, threw Solomon's seal and ring, whirls had the magical property of ruling the elements and evoking spirits. At a ahort distance from the reservoirs are the celebrated gardens. They extend along a valley which runs from El- Ilourrsch to Bethlehem. It is the most charming spot in all Palestine. Solomon was a good judge in more muse than one. There are murmuring etreams winding through verdant lawns; there are the choicest fruits and flowers; the hyacinth end the anemone ; the fig-tree and the vine. Towering high above the garden and contrasting grandly with lie soft mimed are the dark precipitous rocks of the neighbouring mountain, around whose summits vultures end eagles inces santly scream sod describe spiral circles in the air. The rare plants and flowers which the great enchanter of the east oollected within three gardens were protected from the north wind hy the mountain. Every gust of the math wind was loaded with perfumes. With the first brans of spring the fig tree put forth its fruits, and the doss began to blossom. It was, in the words of Scripture • 'garden of delights.' The vegetations of the north and the south were intermingled. One part of the garden was called the Walnut Tree Walk (or, as the English scripture bunalation hasit, the garden of nate). I Another is the bed of spices. 'My beloved is gone down into his garden to the beds of apiece, to feed in the gardens, end to gather Vile": There is the hill of myrrh and the mount of incanse. The cypress and epthenard trees bad their place apart, and not far from them were the broad-flowering pomegranates the Egypr den saffron the cinnamon and the glee. The palm-tree relied high in air its golden fruit, end near the sroniatio cave the Balm of Gilead shed every morning its perfumed teen. The turtle dove and the blue pigeon flattered among the broad leaves of the Man dragora, The Mandragora of Solomon wee doubt less the Mandragora of the poets—the Mandrsgore that sings I In this garden of delights Solomon built magnificent pavilion for his beloved. The pillar/ were of cedar, the walls of fragrant ewer. The king's bed was made of woad from the forest of Lebanon. It was lined with massive gold. The purple hangings had been twice dipped in the Tyrien dye. Canning workmen had carved beautiful images upon the silver colones. Over the heeds of the spouses floated a canopy of white Emotion linen embroidered with gold. On the bed and on the floor around it slaves strewed fresh flowers every day. In the morning the spouses might be seen in the garden, he the fair and fresh coloured more active then the fawn, his black hair floating in the air like a raven's wing, hie eyes pure as those of a dove; sometimes wearing the diadem with which his mother crowned him on hie wed ding day, sometimes a simple purple band—but always a king! When he spoke the soul of his televed melted at the sound of his voice ; but she, walking always near to him, lwee as a lily among thorn., harmonioue as • chorus of music —the grace of her steps was enhanced. by the rings of rare workmanship which she wore upon her ankles. She was dark, 'Luanne the eon had looked upon her; but her beauti ful theeb were resplendent with ornaments, and her flexible neck wore a necklace of pearla of Opine. Solomon had given her chains of gold studded with silver; and eo the was alto ' ther beautiful—beautiful without spot or blemish; her showed sea stripe of wicket; she carried away all hearts with a .look. And the king sung their loves, the loves of the Fly of the valley and the tree of Sharon, of the palm-tree of the desert and the vine of En-geddi. My guide In Pales tine was an Italian, • tolerably welludncated man, who had lived fur many years in Jerusalem. As we were going along we convened about the past and the present. ' You are swore,' said he, ' that the Arabs maintain that Solomon is still alive. I must tell you, however, that he does not live in these gardeae, at any rate ; they are let to an Englishman.' I merely replied that • traveller must be surprised at nothing. The present tenant, he said, fa Mr. Goldsmith, of the bOlll/11 of Goldsmith and Son. He is under-draining the gardens of Solomon on the Yorkshire system. Yon will be astonished to see how successful he has been. Here is the bones. I perceived • bright brass knob shining in the centre of • small square of porcelain let into a white wall. Over this knob was the following superscription in the English language—' Ring the bell." This bell seemed to my imagi nation rather an anomaly in the gardens of Solomon —but that is a trifle. We did ring the bell, and we went in. The See thing that struck my eyes was • quantity of red draining pipes lying about, and beating the mark of the =make turns, Samuel and Co., No. 128, Strind. Mr. Goldsmith was draining that biblical valley, the dew of which was so often brushed away by the naked feet of the Shulemite. It was in the month of September. An American mowing machine was cutting a second crop of artificial grass on the very I where the daughters of Jerusalem gathered those lilies of the field, which were more beautiful than Solomon in all hie glory. A patent reaping machine was rapidly garnering the crop of that glebe in whkh the dater' of Ruth and the daughters of Naomi were wont to glean. " I asked to en Solomon's pavilion, but, ales! the quer timber. and the cedar wainscoting had been taken down, and in their place there is • brick-built cottage, with • roof of red and run tiles. The entnuacethall is whitewashed; there is a little parlour with a Birmingham carpet, ad • drawing-room papered with • red-bordered yellow papers purchased in Palle, Roe des Id °Meaux. The chimney le Prussian, and the curtain* aro of Swiss main. Instead of the servants of the umuse. I fennel two nurserymaids, one from Park, and too other free Florence. The slave who peeparea the tents of cedar is now called ' John. He has red whiekere, blacks his master's shoes, scrubs the floor every day, and varnishes it on Sunday'. And if some romantic person should inquire— ea I had the naivete to do—about the dark Shulamite, he will be shown five sweet little Enclith children, redolent of cold cream and Windsor soap, as fair as floes silk, with their hair in corkscrew curls, and wearing pennons boots, b'se cape, and green pennon. The cinnamon tress hare been cut down for firewood, and the a/emetic GUM grubbed up' bat the five little misses do crochet work under the sheds of a bon ebretien pear tree. Since the Eastern war !dr. Gold smith has obtained the custom of the Pasha of Jerusalem for vegetables. Last year he hod seven crops of potelnee. 01 . 1 ' 12 . to his wonderful drainage. Return not, 0 dark Shulaunte CAPTAIN COOK'S 000 D SHIP TILE INVESTIGATOR.'• This ship, in whkAr the Wel:gated navigator, Captain o :Z journeyed round the world, and which was formerly , off Someniet-house as a Thomas polioe-station, is order to be removed to Deptford Dockyard to be broken up: dentirg Gazette.