The Express. — London, England, 1862-11-20 00:00:00

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RockAurre: Mrs. I Fi rerNillsurt.—DUCK HUNTING. Mrs. Wilktu.—Aod JACK'S RET RN FROM CANTON. Thu Limiereqs. Ttits Hymnal), TIM Till!: ALL Nears. Stephens and R. Veda; Mims Aylmer and StarendiONß GOOD TURN Dl. SEA ANOTRILIL Yews. IL V and=heas: Dist Any Sechrriek.—And A ROLAND 10it OLI THIS Evan, CART ON THE LUCY OF THE WORLD. Mao. S. Line.--Siantag by Mita H. Carew), Yr. W. Randall. Nate 4sor Daley and Little Bob.—Dancing by Mdlle. C. Stephan. —And WIE FATAL BRAND. Mr. O. Cooke and Miss Lacey. HIGH WATIIII AT TONDOS lILIDGYL. THIS DAT Morelos& Ob. 1a5......i1b0n00n. OR 355. rOltozbow—lionHan. IL OIL. ..Atlonwas. lb. 250. LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. THE Oxford and Cambridge Mission to Central Africa, commenced so auspiciously about three years ago, has been in difficulties so serious that some of its friends have been considering whether it ought not to be given up. Courage, however, has pre vailed over caution, and it may be considered that the meetings held, at Cambridge on Monday, and yesterday in St. James's Hall, have set the enterprise on its legs again. The Mission seems to have been established on an unhealthy site, and disease and death have made sad havoc with its mem bers, and carried off Bishop Mavesirzre, its chief. This mistake, however, can be corrected, and even the loss is not irreparable. A more serious cala mity is the armed collision of the missionary party with one of the native tribes—a strange and hitherto unexplained accident, which, it is feared, has prejudiced the interests of Christianity in that region to an extent which cannot be estimated. Of course, the missionaries acted in self-defence ; they did no more than we are all praising Mrs. Nortmes for doing, in shooting down truculent and cowardly assailants. On the ordinary principles and maxims of life, they were quite justified in repelling at tacks. But the friends of the Mission feel that this is not enough. The ordinary principles of ac tion would never lead refined and educated men to go and live among the Ajawaa, or the Makololo, nor sustain them in the work they have undertaken there. We might carry our civiliza tion into Africa or other barbarous countries by the employment of msterisl'force, if we could but bring ourselves to tl"nk it worth while to do so on a scale sufficient to ensure success. But the mis sionary who cannot rely on physical support to this extent must go forth " with his life in his hand." If his simple and heroic character does not protect him, his revolver will not be of much use. This appears to be the sentiment of the friends of the Central African Mission. Opinions differ as to the parties to blame for the recent conflict. The Rev. Professor JEREMIE appeared inclined in his speech to fix it on the late Bishop MACKENZIE, of whom he is nevertheless the warm admirer; and in this view of the case he exclaims, " Save us " from the errors of good men." To him it is moat painful to reflect that one so imbued with Christian charity as the Bishop should have fallen into the melancholy mistake of allowing in any way, and under any provocation, the deeds of war to mingle with a mission of peace. The new Bishop, Mr. TOZER, also thought it " much to be re " gretted that the Mission should have fallen foul "of the African tribes ;" but he thought the " crime, if so strong a word was to be used, " should not be laid in the first instance at Bishop " MACKENZIE'S door." His way of getting at the truth is to assume that so amiable and loving a man could not have adopted a war policy ; therefore, he says, " they " might feel certain that some overpowering cir " cumstance either of place or advice on the part "of those whom the Bishop looked up to with " respect and reliance, had caused that policy to " be pursued—that in fact Bishop MACKENZIE had " acted by the advice and with the co-operation " of the great and good Dr. LivlNGsrowr, and on " him must he laid the Warne, if any were to be " laid at all, for the adoption of the policy now so " much deplored." Whether the impartial friends of Dr. MACKENZIE will derive any comfort from a vindication of this kind we cannoeconjecture, but it seems a very free and easy way of dealing with the character of Dr. LiviNawroNa. It appears more respectful to the office and memory of Dr. MACKENZIE to regard him as quite able to bear the responsibility of his own conduct. Candid and sensible people will not be disposed to forget the high and sterling qualities of his heart and life in the memory of this one mistake. It is right and necessary that we should keep our conception of missionary work up to a high standard, and for that purpose we must note the aberrations of good men with blame ; but while doing this we may make every allowance for the diffi culties of a position like that of the late Bishop, placed with his party in extreme peril, and com pelled to take a hurried decision. We make these remarks without wishing to shield Dr. LIVING STONE from any degree of censure which may be found on inquiry to be due to him. The chief pointafter all is to restore the Mission to its earlier position of advantage, and take precautions against future mistakes. It was not unnatural, when the use of fire-arms by bishops was under discussion at Cambridge, that some allusion should be made to the remarkable letter of the Bishop of Boaxxo, which excited so muoh attention when it was published in London last summer. The Bishop, it will be remembered, had taken a leading part in a warlike expedition against some pirates in his neighbourhood; be• lieving, as he wrote home, that "it is the duty of " every Christian man to do all that can be done " to rid the earth of such horrible and dangerous " monsters." So one fine morning, getting on board a steamer with young Rajah BROOKE, he went to work with a will. " Our weapons, though " few," he wrote, " were good and well " served, and, in justice to the maker, I must " mention that my double-barrelled Terry's "breech-loader, made by Rstuy, New Oxford "street, proved itself a most deadly weapon, from " its true shooting, and certainty and rapidity of " fire. It never missed once in eighty rounds." THE The transaction was much ca'ainsied in this ' country : some people who would have applauded him if he had been a layman, thi n kin g suc h an occupation unsuitable for a Bishop ; others maintaining that he had raised the idea of the Episcopal character. It is a point of expediency rather than of morality, but it is one which it is very desirable to have settled. Even Dr. Jzazmis, on Monday, entered his " earnest and indignant protest " against the tone and tenor of the BISHOP'S letter. " Sir," he exclaimed, " we should listen with shuddering " ears if 'ore heard the wild Indian, even it the " haste and fervour of unpremeditated speech, " &welling with delight on the murderous efficacy " of the old tomahawk, and with what feelings can " we read a cold, deliberate epistle, written in the " quiet of the closet, and intended for extensive " circulation, in which a Christian Bishop dwells " with exulting minuteness on the destructive pia. " perties of the modern revolver ? Christisnity, " sir, needs no such aid—no such defen " dere." A missionary even amongst Dyaks should have, according to Dr. J EIIEMIE, no other armour than " the armour of " righteousness on the right hand and on the left." We believe he is right ; but the adoption of that principle in the fulness of an implicit faith would have for a great many Christians at home consequences which they are at present far from accepting. Such heroic simplicity of faith is not given to all men, and we should be Flow to judge others until we are very sure we have it ourselves. The Bishop of LABOAN will doubtless ponder the opinions his fiends have been publicly expressing, but it is not certain that he will change his mind. There is this to be said, that when he did at length take down his breech loader for a holy war he did not, like his African contemporaries, let the Devil get the best of it. Cbt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 19. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louis of Hesse, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. The Counter of Caledoa has succeeded the Counted; of Gaineborough as lady in Waiting. Genend and Madame d'Oxholm have arrived at the Castle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Dace 'of Newcastle, Sir G. C. Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Miner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Viecount Palmerston left town after the Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon for WiodsorCaatle. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, and the Australian C 04011111114 THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OP WALES. A banquet waa given at Wick blot week to cele brate the coming of age of the Prince of Wales, at which the Earl of Caithness presided. In propm , ng the West of the evening, the earl, who is one of the lords in waitilg, said : " When I saw that the Queen in Council had sanctioned the prince's marriage with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark I wrote to him a congratulatory letter. He immediately sent me an answer by return of poet ; and, though it is not right to make public the contents of • private letter, I may, without any breach of confidence, I think, repeat to you a single sentence from that letter. His royal highness says : , •I beg to return my most sincere thanks f , Lily ' Glibness and yourself for your good wishes ; and I feel Dow what it is to be redly happy.' " His royal highness says further : " • If I can make the future life and home of the princess a happy one I shall be content. I feel doubly happy in the thought that my approaching marriage is one which has the approval of the nation ; and I only teat thst I may not disappoint the expectations that have been formed of ms's Tan Paiwcz or WALM—Hia Royal Highnesa the Pnoce of Wales will prepare for his return home to-day. after his extended tour in company with their Royal Highnesees the Crown Prince and Princess of Preside. Since Monday letters and papers for the Prince of Wake have been directed to Marseilles. Their Royal Highnesses tho Duchess of Cam bridge sod Prtnoess Nary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Captain Cost, arrived at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, on Tuesday evening, from Brighton, at which wets'. ing place their royal highnesses have been residing for the last pis weeks. The Duke of Devonshire will shortly receive a sues:onion of guests at Chatsworth. The s'iitors will cam. mence to assemble on Saturd►y. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland arrived at Stafford House, St . Jamey's, yesterday, from Glidden, Bucks. The Duchess of Sutherland left Paris last week for Turin, on her way to Naples. The duke has left Staf ford House, for Trentham, StaffordsF-e, for a few days. The Marquis of Exeter was to leave Paris yes terday morning in order to join the marchionew and Lady Victoria Cecil in the south of France. The Earl of Dudley arrived at Witley Court, Worcestershire, on Tuesday, from a shooting excursion in Norfolk. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, who ar rived at Bretby Park last Friday from a :siting the Earl and Countess of Camerae° at Highclere, near Newbury, left their seat on Monday, to join the circle assembled at Willey Park, Salop, on a visit to Lord and Lady Forester. The Earl and Countess of Ashburnham, who peeled through town last week on their way to Ashburn ham Place, their seat in Sumter, are placed in mourning by the death of the Marquis of Creadalbana. The late lamented Marchioness of Breadalbane was sister to the Countess of Ashburoham. Viscountess Jocelyn and the Misses Jocelyn have left tows for Wrest Perk, Beds, to speed a few days with the °mattes Cowper. Viscount and Vince untess Lisinnre have arrived at their residence in Groevenovetreet from Ireland, Lord Brougham proposes to leave town on Satur day next for Paris, as his way to Cannes, in order to pass the approaching winter at his villa in that neighbourhood. Lord Crewe has left his residence in Hill-street forOrewe Ball, Cheshire. Lord and Lady Abereromby have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Airthrey Castle, N.B. Lord Xlcho has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Countess of Stradbroke gave birth to a son sad heir yesterday, at 33, Belgrare-square. The Duke and Duchess of Atholl have arrived in Paris from Loonies. The Countess of Elgin has also arrived from London, on her way to India; also Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Georgina Grey, and Sir Arthur and Lady Jenkinsou—sll are stopping at the Hotel Mirabeau. Rue de la Pais. It is currently reported that the King of the Belgians will spend the winter in Torquay. The first meeting of the 109th session of the Society of Aria was held at the home of the society, John street, Adelphi, last evening. Sir Thomas Phillips, the president, delivered an inaugural address. He made allu sion to the death of the Prince Cossort, and spoke at some length in reference to the late Exhibition, and the want of The very arduous task of playing, blindfolded, ten games of ages simultaneously. was undertaken by Mr. Blackburn. in Staab/tater yesterday. The play extended from about two o'clock till inidaight. THE RUSSIAN REPLY TO THE PROPOSED MEDIATION IN AMERICA. The following is the full text of the Russian reply to the French proposal of mediation in America : DIMPATCII OF PRINCE GORTCHAIOFT TO M. D'OVBILIL, CHAPATI D'AFFAIIIM AT PARIS. " St. Petersburg, Nov. 8. " Sir,—l transmit to you herewith a copy of a despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, which the Duke of Montebello was desired to communicate to us. It relates to the affairs of North America, and has for its end to invite us to an understanding with France and England, in order to profit by the present weariness of parties by proposing iu common a suspension of hostilities. In reply to this overture I have reminded the ambassador of France of the solicitude which our august master has not ceased to de vote to the American conflict since the mo ment when it broke out —a solicitude caused by the amicable relations existing between the two countries, and of which the imperial cabinet has gives public proofs. I have assured him that nothing would be more agreeable to our wishes than to be able to accelerate the termination of a strife which we deplore, and that for that purpose our minister at Washington has orders to seize all favourable occasions for re commending moderation and conciliation, in order to appease conflicting passions, and bring the interests at stake to a wise settlement. I have ac knowledged that these counsels would cer tainly be of so much the greater value if they were given simultaneously, in the same amicable form, by the great powers which are interested in the issue of this struggle. But I have added that, in our judgment, it was necessary above all to avoid the appearance of any pressure of a nature to wound public sentiment in the United States, and to excite sensibilities very ready to be aroused at the bare idea of foreign intervention. Now, according to the information we possess up to this time, we are led to believe that a combined movement on the part of France, England, and Russia, however conciliatory it might be, and with whatever precaution it might be surrounded, if it presented itself under an official and collective cha racter, would be liable to issue in a result opposed to that ,pacificstion which is the object of the three oourta. We have concluded that if the French government persist in thinking a formal and collective step opportune, and if the cabinet of London shares this opinion, it would be impos sible for us, at the distance at which we are placed, to anticipate the reception which such a proceeding would naturally meet with. But if in this case our minister does not participate officially his moral support is not the less assured before hand to every attempt at conciliation. In tending this to his colleagues of France and England, under the officious form which he will believe is the fittett to avert the appearance of a pressure, M. de &Leek' will but continue the attitude and language which by the orders of our august master he has not ceased to maintain since tbe com mencement of the American difference. It is iu this sense that I request you to explain yourself to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to the communication which he has sent us.—Re ceive, &c., "GORTCHAKOFF." EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1862. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ~~.. x AMERICA. (nor AX AUSTRIA. The Austrian Reichsrath, in its sitting of the 15th, discussed the bill for increasing the taxes to the amount of 18 millions of florins. This was to be obtained by raising the land-tax from two twelfths to three-twelfths, which was estimated to produce 11,817,000 florins ; by doubling the house tax, 1,750,000 florins ; by doubling the tax on trade licensee and income, 979,000 florins and 3,824,000 florins; it was also proposed to raise the tax on coupons from 5 to 7 per cent. 4►l these augmentations were adopted by the chamber. M. Taschek moved that the tax on dividend coupons should be raised to 10 per cent., but the chamber, after a long debate, rejected the proposal. The Emperor of Austria arrived at Vienna from hell' on the 15th, and on the following day gave a private audience to Count Palffy, governor of Hungary. A Vienna letter says : You may remember that the Chamber of Deputies had suppressed a sum of 20,000 florins for the expenses of repro sentation of the Austrian ambassador at Rome, and one of 6,000 florins allowed to the president of the military com• mission at Frankfort. The 26,000 florins so struck out have been re-established by the Chamber of Nobles, and again suppressed by the other house. It is now stated that Count de Reeling; will mdttain the disallowed costs of those two diplomatists by means of a transfer, which will diminish, by the same amount, certain other credits allowed iu the budget of his department. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBUILCI, Nov. 20. The Journal de St Petersbourg of to-day an nounces the appointment of Baron de Budberg as Russian Ambassador to France, and of M. d'Oubril as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of Berlin. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 36 passengers, 9,7121. in specie, and 1,545 packages of cargo, including raw silk, value 100,0001. She left Gibraltar on the 14th inst., and encoun tered severe weather throughout the passage. There has been a greAt storm ou the coast of Africa. In Melilla several buildings were de stroyed. Exchange on London at Gibraltar, 90 days, 50f. Paris, 529. Freights unaltered. The Pera, sailing hence to-day, takes out in specie for the East--dollars, 191,7791.; bar silver, 130,0501.; gold coin, 13,8791.; sovereigns, 23,0001. The steamship Wave Queen, Captain Capper, from London, bound for the West India Islands, has put in here. She experienced bad weather, and, when off Hastings, sprung a leak in her upper works. She will have to undergo repairs. THZ CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. --- - The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : ALEXANDRIA. Nov. 19. The Valetta, with the above mail; sailed this day for Marseilles. The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the :nails, left yesterday for Southampton, where she may be expected about the Ist of December. INDIA. CALCUTTA, OCT. 30. Exchange on London, 21. Old.* • In the adostai toilworn published on Monday last, the rate et exchange wee erroneously talegraphed so Is. PO. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commecee, New York, the following letter was read : Department of State, Washington, Oct. 27. To the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York. —I 'have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the loyal, patriotic, and humane resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, concerning the recent destruction of American vessels, near the 'Azores, by pirates whe went out from the shores of a friendly nation, in viola tion of the restrictions prescribed by the municipal as well as international laws. By authority of the President the subject has been already commended to the attention of the representative of the United States at London. The views of the Chamber of Commerce concerning the same will, with pleasure, be promptly made known to him and to the other diplomatic as well as the consular agents of the United States residing in maritime countries. —I have the honour to be your obedient servant, Wm. H. SEWARD. General Wetmore thought that the Chamber should take decided action. He called the Alabama a " pirate," because it had never been denied that she is a fugitive from the laws of a foreign country, having left a port iu England ostensibly to make a trial trip, and under bonds, but never re turned. He had no doubt that the Navy Depart ment had taken some action, but they were not aware of the fact. He finally moved that a corn. mittee of shipowners be appointed to inquire what steps bad been taken to capture the vessel. (Ap plause.) T. D. Bloodgood referred to the rumoured pre sence of the Alabama outside of the harbour of New York, and the perils which might ensue. ' Richard Lathers spoke of the great importance of the question. It would be far better that a ship or ' two should run the blockade than that the harbour of New York and other Northern ports should re ' main unprotected. He moved the appointment of ' a special committee to examine and report on the defences of the harbour. Captain C. H. Marshall mentioned the number of guns which he understood would be necessary to arm the fort at Sandy Hook. _ . Mr. Sturges then read some extracts from the memorial of the National War Committee to Go vernor Morgan, on the harbour defences of New York, the substance of which has been already pub lished. He concluded by moving that the Com mittee on Harbour Defences, previously appointed, be instructed to examine and report on the harbour defences of New York.—Adopted. Mr. Wetmore's resolution was then adopted, and the following committee appointed : Messrs. Mar shall, Miuturn, Tileston, Lathers, Aspinwall, Nye, Perrit, and Low. Mr. Stevens then read the following from Mayor Opdyke, in relation to a proposition to send provi sions to the labourers of England who were suffer ing from the American war : Mayor's-office, New York, Oct. 18. Dear sir,—l enclose a letter received by me yester day containing • proposition, which commends itself to my feelings sad judgment. I have not, however, the time required to inaugurate such a movement, and must leave the duty to those who have the time and oppor tunity to attend to it, if there be such among those to whom the project will commend itself. May I ask of you to call the attention of the members of the Chamber to this letter, with a view to find some cue or more gentlemen who will take hold of this humane and really patriotic enterprise ! Very truly yours, GEORGE OPDYKE. J. A. Stevens, Fag. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) THUMDAT. NOTIXIII 10. S A.N. B. cs,. w. P. x. C. t. .s. s. ----- N.., . ... 30.43 33 8.8.W. 41 o lasibliii W43 36 B.W. 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Maar. &N.& to fI&W., fresh to fresh, fine. to light, fine. An extraordinary case has just occurred at the assizes of Somme, in France. 11 appears that nearly a year ago a woman was tried on the charge of killing her father. She pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to the galleys for life. Her confession now proves to have been false. The true murderers—for there are two—have been discovered, and condemned to death. In her examination at the new trial the woman mid that she was confined in a close cell foe six or seven weeks, being allowed to leave it only twice daring the whole of that time. Accustomed to outdoor life, and being at the same time pregnant, she suffered dreadfully and asked daily for air. The reply always was, "Confer and you shall come out." She did confess, and the liberty she inquired was granted. She Qom seems to have feared that her husband might be suspected, and also that her confine ment might take place in the cell she eo much dreaded, if she retracted her statement ; so that, relying upon the chances of a verdict with "extenuating circumstances," . . . . - she repeated her confession at the tr ial. The tone taken by the Home and Foreign &titan (a Roman catholic organ) has been lately instanced as an iodination that the intelligent Roman catholic 1 ay were not willing to be identified with the Ultramootane policy. The denunciations hurled by Cardinal Wiseman at the publi cation have also been alluded to. We have now to add to the condemnation of the Cardinal the protest of Bishop Ullathorne, of Riming ham, the concluding portion of which is se follows: "It is now my duty to write moat pairdul yet needful words, and todeclare that in the Rambler, of which the Home and Foreign Review is • continuation, there are con tained propositions which are respectively subversive of the faith, heretical, approachioq to heresy, erroneous, de rogatory to the teaching church, and offensive to pious earn. And I have to fulfil my office further, my rev. brethren, by reminding you of the duty of guarding the faithful, ever whose souls you watch, lest, by reading those productions, they imbibe their un-cetholic sentiment' and their errors." The students of the Ecole de Medicine at Paris reads a "demonstration" on Monday against their new lecturer, Dr. Royer. It appears there are two reasons for the ebullition of feeling ; the first is, he is one of the phy sicians in ordinary to the Emperor, and the second, that his appointment was considered by the student& as en act of flagrant favouritism. The moment the lee. Wirer 'opened his lips a storm of hisses nod cries were raised. The only words of the lecture heard was the opening sentence La ,olemniff qui now assemble, but beyond this hardly a word could be caught even by persons close to him. The sergens de villa bad to interfere ; but their appearance did not at once calm the storm. The bust of the Emperor, which stood on • pedestal opposite the chair, was thrown down ; a few sa y intentionally, others allege by occident. The bargees de ville tried to lay hold of the rioters, and after much re sistance on their part anceiveded in carrying off the ring leaders in custody. A letter from Rome of the 13th says :—" Al though King Francis IL has quitted the Quirinal, and re. moved with his ministers to the Farness Palace, the Count sad Countess de Trani, who recently arrived here, alighted at the first-named residence. The return of the Queen is no longer looked for." BELGIUM. Nov. 18. Since the liberal party obtained a great majority in the Chambers, matters have taken about the same direction here as elsewhere. The liberal party is divided into moderates and radicals, the principal object of the latter being to oppose the increase of military expenditure. Now you in England know—or more probably do not know—that about four years ago the Belgian parliament voted about two millions sterling to enlarge the city of Antwerp, and to transfer the ramparts of the town to the distance of nearly three miles from the actual encloeure. The Antwerp tradesmen themselves had many years since insisted upon the enlargement of their town. When the two houses of parliament in 1819 had, after a long debate, approved their wishes, and adopted the bill proposed by the government, our commercial metropolis gave unmistakeable proofs of its joy and enthusiasm ; fireworks were let off , and commemorative medals offered to the repre sentatives of the town, who by their votes had seconded what they thought at that time would benefit the interests of their constituents. How ever, two years later a sudden change took place, and a tremendous opposition broke out in Antwerp. The people assembled in the must noisy meetings ever witnessed, violent speeches were delivered against the government, the Chambers, the King, and British influence. It was said that a secret compact existed between King Leopold and Lord Palmerston to fortify Antwerp with English money against a French invasion. It was added by the speakers that the new citadel now in course of construction on the right bank of the Scheldt was intended to receive an English gar rison, and that its guns were to bombard on some unlucky day the city of Rubens, already held by a French army. Another grievance was put forward by the Antwerpians. I suppose that iu England, as in France and elsewhere, it is forbidden to build within a certain radius of the fortifications, in order to allow a military commander to operate freely in (awe of a siege. Now, the old ramparts erected by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century being pulled down, the grounds on which falls the prohibition against building at any future time lay at a con siderable distance from the town, and consisted of nothing more than bare fields, upon which no one ever thought of constructing any house, unless it were a shed for cattle or a pigstye. Notwithstanding this, the leaders of the anti-forti fication movement urged that an indemnity should be paid on behalf of the owners of the lands thus injured, and thousands of peasants, with drums and flags, resorted to the meetings, where they made plenty of noise. Thus urged by the public excitement, obeying a little faction composed of catholics (that is to say, ultra-conservatives), radicals, and perhaps even anti-Belgians, the local magistrates gave way, and encouraged, rather than stopped, the insurrectional movement. They voted add resses to the ministers and petitions to the Chambers, which were all regularly rejected. Then they went to the King himself, for getting that in a representative country the sore reign holds an irresponsible position, and cannot decide anything against parliament, nor without his cabinet. His Majesty, who was confined to his room by a serious illness when the ad dress was voted, in the month of July, gave a very dry reception and a very brief answer to the depu tation of the Antwerp common council, on their being admitted to the royal audience last week. The language held by the Antwerp newspapers the day after this reception was violent to the extreme. The King was represented as a decided enemy of the people, and of the Antwerpians espe cially. This attitude of the press would, however, have been of little importance had not the local power supported the opponents. In the greatest hurry the magistrates resigned their offices, as had already done a few months ago one of the Antwerp representatives in the Belgian Senate. The burgo master alone, M. Loos, a must praiseworthy man and of the greatest abilities, courageously kept by his duty, and in leaving the Town-hall was assaulted by the mob iu the most shameful manner. A meeting will assemble on Monday, and most pro bably will leave the exaggerations of the former gatherings far behind. What will be the issue of this movement 1 Neither the government nor the Chambers can yield to an agitation of this kind, and most pro bably the only result the Antwerpians will come to is the nomination of five catholic members instead of five liberals in the general election, which is to take place in a few months. The citadel will cer tainly not be e3molishetl, nor will the King or the country condescend to choose their counsellors from amosg those whothink Belgium sufficiently protected by her neutrality against any foreign aggression. I merely say, every sound mind and sincere patriot in Belgium pro:;ests against these ideas, and when, a few months ago, &newspaper in Brussels published a letter of Mr. Cobden, in which the honourable free-trader advised the King to reckon upon our weakness as our real and only strength, a most powerful pamphlet was issued against him by au anonymous author, who is said to be no less than M. Van de Weyer, our ambassador in London. I should certainly have some difficulty in proving that a commercial town has a great interest in being at the same time a military stronghold ; but we cannot deny that Antwerp, by its geographical posi tion, is our real strength in a strategical point of view, and the only feasible defence of our existerce as an independent nation. It is easy enough to assert that Liverpool, Havre, and Marseilles are not fortified towns, but we possess neither a Tou lon nor a Cherbourg, nor a powerful navy, to pro tect our shores, and a town as well ae a people must accept its traditional duties. But all this being admitted, nevertheless the cir cumstances in Antwerp are very serious ; and this crisis, so unexpected after thirty-two years of tran quillity and peace at home, certainly deserves the notice of foreign readers. TES limn( or SHE SULTAN.—The Ottoman Embassy, in consequence of official news received from Constantinople, consider it their duty to give a public denial to the false reports spread by intentioned persons respecting the health of the Sultan. His Imperial Majesty enjoys perfect health. The intelligence of the premature death of her Majesty's godson, the youthful heir of Kamehameha, King of the Sandwich Islands, has just arrived. The first duty of Bishop Staley on his arrival at Honolulu was to be to baptise into the Anglican faith the heir to the crown ; the bishop was to be the tutor to the boy for a few years, after which time he was to receive the noblest education of a gentleman at Eton School. He was taken ill of brain fever on the 19th o f August, and on the 24th it was deemed expedient not to delay the performance of the ceremony of baptism. In the absence of a clergyman, a Dissenting minister, Mr. E. W. Clarke, performed the rite, using strictly the church's baptismal service. Mr. Commissioner and Mrs. . . • Synge repreeented the Queen and Prince of Wales, and the other sponsor was Prince Kamehanieha ; the names given being " Albert Edward Kanikeenli Leiopupa a Kerne hameha." On the following Wednesday, the 27th, the priooe died. The Archbishop of Tours has been making him self the subject of sarcastic articles in the Paris journals by his efforts to arouse the devout spirit of the middle ages. Monseigneur, • year ego, at the cost of several million francs, bad a biunique erected in honour of Saint Marti.. The fund/ to build it were chiefly mined by ssa•desrents and muralists, and the town of Tows contributed the rest. This new church was last week consecrated, and the consecration celebrated by • religious pageant, in which several bishops joined. A procession was at the end of a neuraine made through Tours. A great many young girls, dressed in what three centuries ago were called biblical costumes, took part in it. One was the Queen of Sheba, another Saint Veronica holding the traditional towel, • third the penitent Magdalen, a fourth Salome, and the fifth nobs carrying a bag of letters from St. Paul to the brethren. There was then a cluster of angels with wings of crimped muslin, and • St John the Baptist, with a lamb and cross. This saint was personified by a boy about eight years old, who wore • crimson tunic, • cord round his waist, and a crown of thorns. LAW REFORM IN RUSSIA, The following letter has been received by Lord Brougham from the British ambassador at St. Petersburg ; 'Her Britannic Majesty's Embassy, St. Petersburg, Nov. 9. "My dear Loed,—lt is so long aloes I had the bosom of meeting your lordship that I fear I may hardly address you em an acquaintance. I venture to do so because Ism the bearer of a good gift. To one so deeply interested in law reform as your lordship I cannot conceive any intelligea ce more welcome than that of the introduction of fixed prin. ciplee and public exercise of civil and criminal procedure among the Russians, who have so long suffered from a mys terious. dilatory, and corrupt judicial system. The &CCM ponying book has been entrusted to me by Prince Paul Gagarine for your lorilship. He desires to offer it to you with the expression of his reaped, He is the chief author of this good innovation ; at least be has been most Marti mental in bringing it to maturity. Prince Gegarioe is anxious that these regulations should be correctly trans. Wed in English and made known to the lawyers of oar country. " The present measure is a great step towards the cites. sloe of the Code Napoleon to 50,000,0 W men. It is the greatest triumph of that code, but I hope not the last. Already I believe that the commercial courts in Turkey decide according to a sort of customary law of the Levant, in which the French mactice has the greatest share. Is a few years, perhaps, the code will be substituted for th e Koran all over the East, and the Christians may be relieved from the pressure of a hostile religious law. In the mean time it is a great satisfaction to assist at the death of the Ukases. . . . . Prince Caprice told me be would be happy to be made acquainted with any observations which might suggest themselves to your lordship in connexion with this mea sure. Yon will 9bserve interesting and singular features in reference to the election of the justices of the peace, sal the functions of the jo-y in the • courts of justice.' "I have transmitted a copy . of the new laws to Lord Lyndhurst, by the desire of Prince Gagarine.—Believe me, my dear lord, very faithfully and respectfully yOnll, A &PIER." A HEART•BENDING SCENE. (From t h e Dumfries Courier.) On Thursday last the Comet put into the harbour of Garhoedown, and took the ground on a mandkank at a short distanoe from the quay. Neat day, as the tide was flowing, five men were engaged in docking the vessel, when • person standing on the quay observed that she was about to heel over. He forthwith gave an alarm, and four out of the five succeeded in keeping clear ; the fifth, a man named William Loch, was caught by the hull of the vessel as it went over, the bulwarks resting on his loins, leaving his head, arms, and the upper part of his body free. The tide was coming in rapidly, and it was known that the prostrate body would be submerged in the course of an hour if the weight of the vessel could not be shifted. In the course of a few minutes all the seamen, carpenters, and able-bodied men in Garlieetown were upon the spot, and every effort was made to lift the vessel a few inches, but in vain; and by the time the water bad reached the prostrate prisoner it was evident that his fate was sealed. The scene which ensued was truly litiable and most heartrending ; it was witnessed by a arge number of spectators, among whom there was hardly • dry eye. The Rev. Thomas Young walked into the water beside the drowning man, engaged in prayer, and drew his attention to thoughts befitting the sudden and inevitable change awaiting him. His last words to his companions were, " Oh, take off my vest and cover my head so that I may not see the water." An effort was made to do this, but the garment could Dot be removed, and his face was covered with a napkin just as the tide was rising around him. In the course of a few minutes after this the cold green waves covered the body, and the nor. rowing crowd dispersed. DESTRUCTION OF A MILL BY FIRE, NEAR TODMORDEN. At about ten minutes past eleven o'clock on Tuesday evening, a fire broke out in the large flour mill at Wood-mill, near Todmorden, belonging to the Messrs. Thom and Sons, of Wakefield. The fire was discovered by P Swithenhank, of the West Riding police force, who was on duty near the place at the time. The mill is about forty yards in length, four storeys in height, and was replete with all the newest improvements, con• siderable alterations having been riles forward for • long time. The fire originated in the third storey, in which room there was a fan that is supposed to have struck fire. There was only one person, named Crabtree, working m the mill, and he was in the bottom room, and ignorant of the I existence of fire until informed by a person named Dimon, the night watchman of the railway station adjoining. By this time the fire bad gained so much power, that the feeble aorta to extinguish it which could be put forth by the few persona present, were of no avail. A messenger was dis patched for the Ilebden-bridge bre brigade, and the books in the office, and the few sacks of flour in the lower storey, were got out of the place. The lire bre arrived about twelve o'clock, but by that time the was entirely gutted, with the exception of a small portion of the west cud, which was stored with grain. To the preservation of this section of the buildings the efforts of the fire brigade were at once directed, and to some extent they succeeded, though not till the roof had been consumed. An immense quantity of flour has been destroyed, several hundred sacks being stowed in one of the rooms above. Mr. Inspector Tucker, of the West Riding force, and his staff of men, deserve great praise for the efficient orrices they rendered. The damage his not yet beau ascertained, but probably it will exceed 20,00 W., a large portion, if not the whole, of which it covered by insurance. The New Yea papers contain an account of the trial trip of the Psalm turret battery, built on the plan of the Monitor, carrying two gum in her turret, one of lilt., and the other of 15 in. bore, the latter being the largest piece of ordnance that ham yet been mounted on board soy vowel. The speed attained by the Penman on her trial trip was only five knots. . . - . . An inquest, which was held in Manchester yes today, revealed a wad episode in the prevailing distress. A woman, aged 68, it appears, died literally of cold and want of food. One of the witnesses said that neither the unfor tunate woman nor her husband had had fire or food for three weeks, except what was given them by their neigh bours. The husband found his wife dead ou the sofa on Tuesday morning. THE DlB'l6ElO4 IN LANCASIIIRE—MEETING IN MARTLEBONE—(THIN DAs - .)—This morning a public meet ing of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Moll/boas was held in the Court•howee, hfaryleboue.lane (the rector, the Bee. C. J. P. Eyre, M.A., in the chair), to raise contribu tions for the relief of the distressed operatives in Lancashire and the other cotton manufacturing districts. The wain was attended by some of the most iollueutial residents' of this extensive parish, amongst whom were ninny ladies, who occupied reserved seats. A eerie* of resolutions calculated to carry out the objects in view were adopted. A handsome contribution was MAUI by the meeting. The proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to the chairman. Sub scription lists in aid of the relief fund have been opened at Scott's Bank, Cavendish-square, the Loudon and West minster Bank, Stratford-place, and at the Court-home, Iterylebone4ane. District meetings are to be held to ap point local committees to receive the contributions of the parishioners. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT, CITY OF LONDON.—The rector of this parish his appointed Sunday next for a le- Mal service in the parish church, at which the band of tlie City of London Artillery will assist, when a sermon will be preached and a collection made in aid of the relief food. THE ROYAL TRADESMEN AND THE LANcAMERE Dinning Fuirti.—An excellent example was set at the dinner of the royal tradesmen, at St. James's Hall, on the birthday of the Prince of Wales. After the leading toasts had bees duly honoured, a collection among those who bad so well dined, was proposed on behalf of those who wanted a dinner by Mr. Henry Melton, of Regent-street, ad responded to emphatically to the amount oi WI. 17s. which was yesterday duly handed to the Lord Mayor's Co mmittee by the honorary secretary. The proprietors of the London Pavilion have determined on setting apart a night exclusively in aid of the fund now in progress to alleviate the sufferings of the operatives. The benefit will take place on Thursday, De. umber 4, when the entire proceeds will be forwarded to the Lord Mayor. GAILIRALDL—It is reported that it may be neces sary to bring Garibaldi from Pisa to Florence. The air of Pisa is considered so moist as to be injurious to one who has a tendency to rheumatism.—Espero. THE SEE OF GLOUCEHTER AND BEISTtot..—/ 40 designation has been made even yet to the see of Gloucester. Lord Palmerston judging apparently that the solos of a Bishop, like that of souse other good things, is enhanced by suspense. The report—it was indeed something mom — which assigned it to a well-Meows Oxford dignitary, Woo to have been either mistaken or premature.—GoorM ea. The Bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol is not yet setolol vacant, but ever since Dr. Thomson's designation to liars there have been various rumours as to his successor. Bat at present we have yet no reason to believe that the chow Ihu been definitively made. The bishopric was offend to Dr i N2/han of Doncaster, who declined it on Tuesday lasi. Botnor Comrino.—We are informed that at the last meeting of the *Lading committee of the Society for tne Propagation of the Gospel, it wen resolved to vier .ertain fetters which bad been received, about the relations of the society with the Bishop of Natal, to the Archbishop of Canterbury (in =newt with such other bishop. as he might bs able to consult) for Lis grees's advice the The Bishop of Natal derives eo part of his episcopal income from the funds of the socisty.--thardias. JURIDICAL SOCUEET.—The next meeting of the society will be bald en Monday, th e 514th November. st tight o'clock p.m. proslody, when the dismission of we'llake's paper in " The proposed Alterations in the Low of Blocka de . " will be rimmed* Mr. Collier, Q.C., B.