The Express. — London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

P° THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1861. EU-DI-V I Z.—ThiA Pure PALE BRANDY, JLAI US. pm gable. Is domomeratel. own attrlyrle to be po I=l bee bee wide". marl Tom for to meet Imports elbow. I. home Web& be my dor .or le • mot Ise Mo sumotrt 216. calykiso pad. No AgooM 2 0 .1 to la ~DM mob of MIT Co.. UM Irsvolmre Nollberna. L AWNS MINT PORTMANTEAUS soil PRAWMILMNO RAM wtili square qsailmsp LADID WAAMOIM TIII;Ntst, NLIMDIU AMA MO Mow MOM Dispapcil MUM, WRITING mil PIMPING CAort, and Me ether erelein tar bows or cooftmist travolliaa. IllastratO aWalwoos pest bea Allote Minuelt /sotto* Coliopws of Portable RM. Ora& MOO% Sag Moira Wartaawkwerwart, n ut s We. pot 1t,.. 1. W. ALLEN. MO Lai. anal PAtentee, .2-• and 31. Wog HARMONIUM 8.-1111 W XODIL. CRAWL IBLUA Ned ROM M. Ikesil4tierA. gat exprelso. ke "The Linda' L'vielog =i= " 4:41= 1.4 " 71" IIIIVIA;X1T.. Yo DIEM. oca AMMILIC.API 0011111. Wawa Inartatana Ma C. Tow auditing M. Oelvar.—MY AIM EE. Mr. aollwara.-111MI AND LAM W. Mcly Ad FAMILY JAM I. CammemL—Cmaimisaa an. K. J Tit“ lITIOMBA. A w riii TAXIEFAL NIL O. Sin KM. Tinir.—TNlL FOUR XONJOILIN. )(r. A. —*ad 11111wmaDurca mama. 16/1/11. G. Vsnlog. Rico. Mr Sefton awl Mailihma—Comawace st 71. SILITAXXIA. Ts Imam THE SANDI! , QQITW. Mir L Clayton. 11m, Skoines I/Mart —M. Mak &s. —A SIT OP TII IS —Csi SKSAST Mos. S. Use. —AM TIM S/KICIAXS PST I floN. mseas sll Se. JONI warn AT WM, MUM INN bas—alinks, illi. 0a.... Allinami. 111 L Ma. Timisilierw—Mening. Oa. gra .... Mawr" 111. Nu. LONDON, UTURDAT, DEC. 14. MR. FILM:RI/A Part. is the only member of the Government who has yet spoken on the sub ject of our difference with America. Others may be induced or obliged by circumstances to do so ere long ; and in this country every man in public life is allowed to state his opinions in his own way. We have no desire to see this liberty abridged. A man does not cease to become a representative when he becomes an official ; on the contrary, his former character is frequently his chief title to the latter. There is need, of course, in difficult times of more than ordinary discretion. But if a man has a constituency as well as a portfolio, he must be prepared to satisfy the one without showing himself unlit to be entrusted with the other. We have not always praised the Sik, R ETA RY of the TREASURY for manifestation of tact; but we are bound to say that in his recent address to his con stituents at Bury he has displayed not merely good taste and sound judgment in dealing with the most painful question of the day, but, what is in our opinion much butter, he has evinced a tho roughly right feeling on the subject, which we sincerely hope his colleagues may be found to share. The SEd•RICT %RV of the TREAMCZY judiciously abstains from reiterating, in minute detail, argu ments of a legal kind. On technical grounds, as he well puts it, we believe that we have sustained • wrong for which we are entitled to redress. The American Government may not adopt the act of their naval subordinate. If they do, and con eider it was right, " let us hear their reasons ; " but if they cannot deny the wrong, and " yet refuse us redress, then it will be for " us to consider whether we should surrender or " whether wo should maintain our right, which " is the common right of all civilized nations." It is in this wise and temperate tone that every step in the controversy ought to be discussed. We think we hear the calm and dignified spirit of the father speaking by the lips of the son. No petulance or irritation on the part of a people dn. tracted by internal convulsion could justify arbi trary or violent demeanour on our part. Great allowance may be made, and we think with Mr. Peet ought to be made, for the fever and deli rium of a civil war, whose proportions menace the very existence of society itself. We should be inexcusable if, at the zenith of our national great ness, at peace with all the rest of the world, with irresistible armaments at our disposal, and the public opinion of all Europe ratifying the justice of our demand, we descended to the language of summary menace or to the use of precipitate force. Morally and physically we can afford to be calm, and even forbearing, for morally and physically our power in the present case is irresistible. The right hon. gentleman wisely notices with no more than a passing regret the foolish talk of public meetings at Boston and elsewhere, on the subject of dispute between the two coun tries. Far more exciting assemblages than those convened by the admirers of Captain Wiutee appear to have been held about the same time in other cities of the Union ; and far more exciting speeches, by infinitely more important persons, seem to have been addressed to these assemblages, in which little allusion is insde to possible dif ferences with England, and that only in a tone of deprecation. Why do we advert to these things here? Because they furnish the most conclusive evidence, if any such were wanting, that the mind of America is at the present moment fascinated and spell-bound by one absorbing thought—that of her own dornesti..! divisions. It is indeed mere igno rance or malice to impute to her nationally the frenzied purpose of insulting England, or the lunatic levity that would render her indifferent to a senseless quarrel with her beet friend in such an hour of peril and perplexity. A few bad men and a few mad men can readily get a crowd together in any large town, to see • man who has done something that nobody ever did before, and to hear him tell how he did it. Curiosity and the want of something better to do at the moment bring people together, and in duce them to listen to proceedings for which they I do not feel individually responsible. The half dozen bad men and mad men perform their melodramatic parts, and go their way ; but we happen to possess the best means of knowing that iu this much-talked-of meeting at Boston, there was in reality little evidence of excitement. ultation at the fact that two principal authors of the Southern rihellien had been made prisoners, when on their way to seek help for their treason in a foreign land, was natural enough. Let us nuke the case our own, and ask how should we have felt or spoken had we learned three years ago that Ns vs Same and his chief adviser had been captur d in a Ghoorka village by some unauthorised cavalry officer, and that the causes of so much mischief and misery to ns were safely lodged in • fort far within the confines of British territory I Which would predominate in the first instance, emotions of satisfaction at the capture made, or of contri tion at the illegality by which it was effected I Let us stand by our rights, and insist on their vindica tion by all means ; but let us not be ungenerous, unchriatian, or unjust. American exultation over the capture of two dangerous rebels like Messrs. Stti , eu. and Masox is not synonymous with defiance or English complaint, or denial of English repara•ion. To give everyone his due, Captain \VILA 1.1 lies done his best to clear his Government from all previous responsibility for his act, and to make his countrymen understand that it was dictated solely by the desire to do an essential service, as he deemed it, to his Govern ment, even at the risk of being told that he had exceeded his duty. He was the fellow States-man of Mr. Mawr ; he had seen him at Havannah ; ho had there learned his errand to Europe ; he probably felt afraid of being reproached with having let such emissaries pass him unmolested ; he made up his mind to do evil that good might come, and by his shortsighted zeal for his country he has dragged her to the verge of the most terrible danger that could befal her. All this, no doubt, is plain enough to the mind of a cautious and candid politician like Mr. Futurities Pssz, and excellent service ho does the State by speaking in public at the present moment as he has done. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE CONSORT. (Freon tlis Court Cires/ar.) WDIDSOR CASTLE, Dm 13. A bulletin of the health of the Prince Consort was lamed this day : " His Royal Highness the Prince Consort paw.' a restless night, and the symptoms have assumed an unfavourable character during the day. "JAMBS CLARK, Y.D. " HENRY HOLLAND, Y.D. "THOMAS WATEON, M.D. "WILLIAM JENNER, M.D. " Wiadaor Castle, Dee. 13. Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning his Royal Hightitvv. the Prince of Wales left the South- Western Railway terminus by special train, a mtvirage having been received by the Prince that his presence was required at Windsor Castle. (THIS DAY.) We are happy to announce that an improvement has taken place in the state of his Royal Highness the Prins Consort. The immediate cause of alarm has passed away, and hopes may be entertained fur a favourable (From the T. mu.) We feel certain that when the bulletin of to-day reacl.es them, the public will join us in expressing the deepest sym pathy with the Prince Consort and with the Queen. For some days his royal highness has beau suffering severely from an attack of gutrk fever, and is at, prompt much weakened by the disorder. It need not be mid that the best medical skill has been called to his aid, and we ►ope it will be in our power shortly to announce as improvement is the state of the royal patient. In the meantime, we are sum that both he and her Majesty will receive the heart felt sympathy of all her subjects. The natural satiety which she feels they can, of course, do nothing to alleviate, bat every feeling of esteem and affe:tion which her long and benignant reign his implanted in her people will be celled forth no this occasioe. Far more than twenty years the Prince Consort has been the guide and protector of the Queen, to a degree that is , rarely feund even in ordinary life, where the husband is both in law and reality the guardian of the wife. During all this period the Prince his devoted the powers of a sin gularly acute and well-stored mind to diminishing the came of his consort, by giving her the advice which no one else could have eo effectually tendered her. When we consider that almost all her Majesty'a public life lam been passed under hi. guidance, and that by his influence her steps have been directed in that path of constitutional conduct which his strengthened her throes and banished political discontent from every part of this great empire, we may well join iu her Majesty's distress and anxieties. It is at each a time that we feel bow high a position the Prince his taken in this country, sad how much he his become one of ourselves. To the great body of the public he bee always been present is the aadoue and able leader in every useful work, while those who have boas concerned in the administration of affairs know what judgment, acuteness, and scientific knowledge the Priam brought to bear on every subject on which he wee consulted. At the printout crisis even the temporary loss of his services is • midortune for the country. It is only within the last twenty-four hours that the disease of his royal highness has taken its present severe form. We trust that the unfavourable syruptoins will pose away, awl that the disease will yield to the skill of the eminent physicians by whom the Prince is surrounded. the fever which Las attacked him is a wearying and weaken ing malady, but it is well understood, and the treatment is in most oases effectual. The Prince haa on his side youth and strength, and unimpaired constitution, and the ablest advice that science can give, and we hope shortly to be able to publish a more cheerful bulletin than that of to-day. (From the !Lorain!, Post.) The affectionate attachment of the nation to its beloved s ivereign, and the silniirside viaduct consistently pursued by the Prince Consort for nearly a quarter of a century, combine to produce a feeling of deep anxiety in the public nailed on the subject of his royal highnees's illness. There is, perhaps mosesarily, a vagueness in the medial bulletins which does not teed to satisfy the natural desire of the people far some definite information ; and the report issued yesterday, while calculated to excite alarm, affords so reliable ground on which to form an opinion. We only learn io general terms that the attack under which his royal highness labours, which was stated on Thursday to present "no unfavoun.ble symptoms," underwent • change in the four•and-twenty hours, and that on Friday "the symptoms assumed an un favourable character." The solicitude of the British people, to whom ha royal highness is so justly endeared by the exemplary tenor of his private life and his unceasing pro motion of the public interests, will, we fear, lead them, is the absence of authentic intelligence, to exaggerate the gravity of the Prince's condition. - It Is most desirable that this should not be the ems, thong\ we earnestly trust that the setae may not be called epos for the exercise of all its fortitude. So far as we ass leers, the least Waitrons result will be prolonged sad pastel eimiety le our amiable and exemplary Queen, and all the members of her family circle, cad the with. drawal, for a lengthened period, of the Prince Consort from tie active performance of those works of public toddies, which so muc► depend for their successful development on the varied intelligence, the untiring seal, and the fostering we of his royal highoese. The Prince happily possesses a sound and vigorous con stitution, firmness of *erre, and the advantages inseparable from s mode of life remarkable for its temperance. These are ponds on which hopes may well be founded, and, under the blessing of a gracious Providers*, happily realised. Still the Muer of his royal hightails is evidently of so serious a chancier as fully to justify the shuck that the anntry will entails when the bulletin which we this day radish shall have become geserally known. It is no en& gemsties to say that the public feeling will ho more skis le the grief sailed by the critical position of • beloved mm►er el a warmly-attaehsd family, than the mere dales• ems bekreggies to the exalted ask of the Prince, or eves the prairie leseparable from his lung•tried patriotism. (MOS LAST mare% GAZEITL) Be. JAnnn's Prue; Die. 11—The Queen has bees pawed to violet Tesocie Howidge, E. M.D., to to ?hyalite to her Majesty's Hoesehold Onhouy, he the rage el Sir Juba Forbes, M.D., dialoged. WIIIITZHALL, D. IL—The Queen hie been pionood to motet lite Roy. Kornai kl'losy Ph= to the temp sod oars of VIM of tie church aod plinth of &nth Leith, to tie potbytorr et Sdiatiorgh, vonot bl the rosigistion of Dr. William Iftormrs. CROWN -OFFICE, DEC. I2—Mona RETURN= To can IN fill PEMENT PARLIAMENT.—Iob. Laird, of Birkeeiesd, for the borough of Birkeebead, is the meaty of Meter, Eq. BOARD or TILADZ, WEITiHALL, 13.—The Right fletionrable the Lonla of the Committee of Privy Conseil for Trade give notice, that the Moniker, of Or Ine instant, contains • French Imperial Decree, authorie hv the imp.rtistion into Franco, free of duty, of the ing quantities of salt, for curing herrings, the prodnee of French fisheries —For every 100 kilos of white herrings, 30 kilos of salt , for every 12,210 kilo, of red herrings, 200 kilos of .alt. Or Court. WINDSOR CARPLE , Dam 13. The Queen, attended by the Lady in Waiting sad lady Augusta Bruce, drove out this morning. Lord Alfred l'eget Cu in attendance on horseback. The Him's' Alice and the Princess of Leiniogen rode on horseback. Princess Helena and Prioceu Louise rode in the Riding house. A deputation from the managers of the South Metropo• titan District School, consisting of Mr. Norton (chairman), Mr. Evans (vice-chairman), Mr. Cowen, and Mr. Carter, together with Mr. Burgess (clerk), had an interview with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, yesterday, at the office of the boor-law Boanl, Whitehall Her Majesty's Commissioners for the International Kai bition of 1862 held a meeting at their offices in the Strand yesterday. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the iluvemoes of the North American provinces and Bermuda. The Duke of Hamilton left Hamilton House on Thumlay for B.dsa•Badee. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare arrived in town yesterday, from the Duchess Dowager of Suther land's seat, Cliddeu, near Maidenhead, in ceder to be present at the marriage of Lady Londesborough and Lord Otho Fitzgerald, which is appointed to take place to•day. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke sad Dueler of Somerset, the Earl sad Countess De Grey and Ripon, the Counter of Tankerville, Viscount Bury, the Right Hon. William F. Cowper, the Hun. Spencer Cowper, Sir Alan M'Nab, sad a select party at dinner last evening, at their residence in Piccadilly. Sir Henry S. Keating received the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and a select circle of his learned friends, on Thursday evening, at his house in Prince's-gardens. Sir Lyd;ton Newman has a shooting party, who have been enjoying the hon. baronet's hospitality, at his magnificent seat, Mamboed, and also at Stoke Lay, ea the romantic coast of South Devon, near the Start Point. The following are among Sir Lydston's guests:—Lord Henry Paget, Colonel Daniell, Captain Douglas Lass, Lord Alex ander Paget, Lord Garvagh, Lord Berkeley Paget, Captain Lamb, Captain Janney, Major Brenton, and Colonel Fulford. The Dawlish Volunteers went to Mamboed on Tuesday evening, with their band, as a token of respect to Sir Lydstoo. The Lord. Chancellor has appointed Mr. T. B. Abrahall, a registrar of the London Court of Bank ruptcy, to the commissionership of the Neweastle.upon- Tyne district, which bas become vacant by the death of Mr. Ellison. Mr. Abrshall is a gentleman who has held the office of registrar—first at Liverpool, and subsequently at London—for the space of 18 years. On Thursday night Mr. Charles Buxton addressed his constituents' on the American question. The hon. gentle m►n, with great e•rneetome and force, argued in favour of submitting the difficulty to arbitration. While he differed from the American newspapers in the view they had taken of the affair of the Trent, be yet showed that their appeal, like our own, had been made to the rules and precedents' of international law, and that therefore this was a case in which reason should be employed rather than force. Mr. Buxton's opinions appear to have met with general accept ance, and his ',Desch was succeeded by a hearty vote of thank• The cress says :—" Any party may be proud of Mr. Gladstone. And, despite present appearances, it is still uncertain whither his erratic course may lead him. Two yams ago. Mr. Bright and • distinguished conservative statesman, an old friend of Mr. Gladstone's, after meeting at dinner at Csrlton.terrace, met next day in the street. The member for Birmingham, very naturally triumphing in the conversion to his views of so accomplished • politician as their Lost of yesterday, exclaimed, ' Ab, Gladstone is loot to you for ever.' There is no fur ever in politics?' was the quiet rejoinder. It was • true saying, and especially applicable in the case of a politician so prone to sudden &saes as Mr. Gladstone." The throe gold medals of the Academy have this yew been earned and given. Mr. A. B. Donaldson took one for historical painting, Mr. G. Slater one for the beet historical group in sculptors, Mr. T. IL Watem for the beet architectural denim. Slim medals 'were gained by News. N. E. Taylor, T. Gray, and W. B. Richmond fee drawing from the life, by Messrs. H. Bursill and J. S. Wyoo, for models from the life, by J. 8. Calcott, for • painting from the draped model, by Messrs. G. Smith, T. H. Thomas, and W. Tomlinson, for drawinga from the antique, by D. Davis, for the beet model from the antique, sod by Messrs. G. Soapps and A. Ridge, for other drawings. It ir maid that M. Meyerbeer'a contribution to the Exhibiuon music of nest year will not be an anthem, but a march. The Marquis del Grillo, the husband of Ilistori, is dead. The artist was performing in Wiesbaden, when she received the news of his death, which occurred in Flo- rence. It is not generally known, we (A theneu in) be lieve, that an expurgated edition of Walter Scott has been published for the benefit of Roman catholics; but the fact is recorded in the new edition of Fetter's " Biographic Universelle," published at Lyons, with a continuation by the Abb.': Simonin. "Though Walter Scott," we are told, in the notice of his name, " is not a romancer of the dan gerous class, he gives, nevertheless, too lively a picture of the passions, and makes frequent attacks on catholic Judi. tattoos; this his led D'Essuvillea to undertake a sew and 'bridged translation of his works, in which he has taken care to omit all that is coodemnable. This transla tion is published under the auspices of the Society of St. Nicholas, No. 39, Rue de tVivres, Paris, and is prin cipally suited for young persona." It will be long, we presume, before there is any English " Family Walter Scott" to take its place by the side of the Family Shakspesre. " Deerfoot" meets Mills at Hackney Wick on Monday lac an eight-mile race, but there is little or no bolding as the event. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE OVERLAND MAIL. CHINA. has been 172,336 ounces, and durum the same period last year 150,363. Since the rush to New Zealand sat in, there appears to be a desire on the part of the people located on the new gold fields to rush from place to place, where any lucky find may turn up, and except at the old gold fields—such u Ballaarat, Bendigo, and emitlemaioe—the population is any. thing but fixed. On the subject of immigration the Melbourne Age says : We have had • first batch of immigrants this month ander the new assisted immigration regulations, but it was • very small one, and if it had even been larger, it could have had no appreciable effect on our labour market. The arrival of one or two hundred immigrant' at intervals of two or three weeks apart could, in fact, have no effect on a population of between live and six hundred thousand, and especially when that population is changeable in its pursuit', and so much given to seek out fresh localities for itself. A thousand to two thousand per month is what we should like to see flocking into the colony, and there would then be some hope of their stimulating trade, and of their doing more good for themselves than by coming out in mere driblets. Still that is not to be looked for under our pre sent regulations, and we do not hope for any more liberal provision during the present session of parliament. Orr rxec-nue SYDNEY, Ocr. 25. The financial statement made by the government last night was not well received. SYDNEY, Ocr. 24. The Chinese Immigration Bill has passed its third reading in the Council. The Schuh Jehan, from Mauritius, has arrived, with 6,861 bags of sugar. Business is very dull. Flour, 131. to 131. 10s. per ton. SHOOTING AT AN OPPICSR AT MALTA. Our Malta corn/pendent, writing on the 10th, mays :—" The mania which seems to have seised soldiers of shooting at their officers has extended its influence to Malt► On the morning of December 4 • gunner of the Royal Artillery fired his carbine, loaded with ball cartridge, as the barrackequare, Fort St. Elmo, stating it was aimed at his adjutant. He fortunately missed him, and we in the act cif reloading to make a second ►ttempt, when he was arrested and secured. It appears the gunner had not the slightest animosity against the adjutant, and the adjutant did not know him even by sight, and had it not been for the gunner persisting in stating that he intended to shoot the adjutant, considerable doubts would exist if he redly meant to do so, for be is one of the bent chute in the regiment, and good class to Captain Koala when he fired at him. The gunner, John Edwards, is well-educated, smart soldier, and bears an excellent character. Not the slightest motive Can be traced for his fir* at Captain Keats. The doctors have examined him, and state that he is in • perfect state of sanity. He says be had no cause of complaint against Captain Keats or say of the odors, but still persists that he intended to kill Captain Keats. A general court-martial assembled at the Aoberge di Castillo on the 9th to try the prisoner." ROYAL HORTICULTVRAL fIoc II TT.TIIOI/0 of our readers who reside in the neighbourhood of Kensingtoo and 13arreater will learn with pleasure that her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 lure conceded to the Royal Horticultural Bocisty the use of the vacant ground lying behind the cessermitery, and between it and the Ken sington high road, as aa mows to the society's garden during the period of the International Exhibition next year. We understand that a breed covered carriage way and footpath will be constructed from east to west of this piece of ground, with a covered entrance and footway thence into the garden. This will give considerable relief to the pressure of traffic, especially of carriages around the eastern entrances of the Exhibition and Horticultural Gardens. We also understand that arrangements have been all but finally concluded between the council of the society and the Combussioners of the Exhibiti on o f 1862 , by which mutual entrances will be provided booteesa the gardens sad the Exhibition building, so that this entraece from Klttlaillg toa-road will practically be en entrance to the Exhibition through the Horticultural Gardens. The comfort and con venience thus afforded to 'niters will doubtless ensure to , the society a large increase in the number of its fellows. MURDER OF TWO MISSIONARIES. The Ortrlawl China Mail of Nov. 1 Bays : All was well with the legations at Peking by the last aocounta that were received. In a letter to the Chamber of Commerce at Shanghais, Mr. Bruce speaks of a time ' when he shall have acquired influence with the Chinese government, and he promises to use that influence in favour of British trade. He has already ob -1 tained the withdrawal of many new trading regu lations, which were imposed, contrary alike to 1 the spirit and letter of the last treaty, as well as the • rectification of some native regulations that were acting , most injuriously to foreign trade, although their existence was no breach of any clause in the recent treaty ; and, alto gether, it is beginning to appear that our having a minister at Pekin is a boon that cannot be too higkly estimated. Letters from Chefoo describe the assistance lent to that place by the French admiral to save it from the rebels. The rebels bad gone eastwards, giving up everything to fire and sword. The scene of their re cent visit is said to be frightful beyond description. Their object is extermination, but they indulge in the most atrocious cruelty wherever they are victors. The most unhappy part of this story re mains to be told : it appears that two American missionaries had, at an early stage of the proceedings, gone away in the direction of the rebels, either to urge clemency, as some suppose, or to see after the safety of a gentleman, brother to one of the missionaries, who was expected to arrive about that time from Tien-Min, whence he was travelling overland. He did arrive safely, but only to find that his brother and his brother's friend had been cruelly put to death by the rebels. The bodies were brought in on the IGth, and they bore undoubted marks of torture. The unfortunate men were Messrs. Parker and Holmes, and the unhappy widow of one of them was at Chefoo when the tragedy oc curred. Sluinghae was in a state of alarm on account of the daily increasing proximity of the insurgents to that city. The British consul had issued a no tification, describing the course to be pursued in caw of an attack. There have been some sad occurrences at a place called Pok-lu in connexion with the native Chris tians there—a native preacher having been put to death, refusing to recant the doctrines of Chris tianity. JAPAN. From Japan (says the China Mail) wo have very little newa of any kind, and every thing like active diplomacy seems to have been effectually quenched by that attack upon the embassy iu which Mr. Oliphant was wounded. Yokuhama seems to be, at present, the bead-quarters of our minister, and the various confe derated ambassadors from Europe aro un derstood to be waiting instructions from their respective governments, who iu their turn will most probably act in concert, and treat the question of Japanese relations as one of common interest. The United States minister may perhaps consider that his country has not sufficient leisure, in the present emergency, to bestow attention upon foreign affairs, but, in any case, his position will never be worse than that of his colleagues. We cannot but hope that the various governments at home will give their most serious attention to the few points of real difficulty that this matter presents. INDIA. Madras papers of November 14, and Calcutta papers of November 8, have arrived. The Maharajahs of Gwalior and Puttiala, the Begum of Bhopal, and the Nawsb of Rampore, re ceived the insignia of the Star of India from the Viceroy on the let inat., at Allahabad. Major Carnegie, of the Oude commission, has been di/missed from his appointment by the Governor-General for using his official influence to purchase government promissory notes at reduced rates after the rebellion. Another member of the commission baa been suspended from office and pay for one year. An income tax riot has taken place in Assam, in which Lieutenant Singer, the assistant commis sioner, was beaten to death. It is reported that Nagpore and the non-regula tion provinces of the North- West are to be made a chief commissionership. Sir William Denison returned to Madras on the 6th instant. Lord Canning returned to Calcutta on tho Bth instant. The Cakuttu Eny /Lohman says : There has been less activity in our market during the past week, and Manchester cotton fabrics have been lean In demand. The panic which had seized the bazaar dealer consequent on the receipt of news here that millowners were working short time, has abated, and there is now an inclination to bold off until the present crisis is more fully developed. Any rise, however, in the home market will certainly be attended with reaction here, and prices will again rise, even above former quotations. At the beginning of the week an endeavour WWI made to maintain prices, but holders had eventually to give way, notwithstanding which the market continues flat. AUSTRALIA. The latest Melbourne advice' are to Oct. 26. The political news of the month is nearly a blank. The parliament had been in recess from the 24th of Sept. to the 22nd Oct., in order to give time to ministers to prepare their financial scheme. In the interval there has been nothing of note in the situation of parties. The governor had just returned from a tour of the goldfields. His excellency was received every where with an enthusiastic welcome. The most interesting event of the mouth has been the opening of the Victorian Industrial Exhi bition on the let October. We regret to have to report that no further intel ligence has been received during the mouth of the missing explorers, three of whom were reported by a native as living on a raft, in a lake in the interior —supposed to be Cooper's Creek, or some unknown piece of water still farther to the north. The reports from the gold fields say : The quantity of gold brought to town by escort daring the present year up to the 19th of October, ham amounted to 1,488,111 ounces against 1,620,468 ounces for the nor responding period of last year. The shipments of gold for the present year up to the same date hare been 1,584,803 ounces, to the value of 6,339,212 f., and for the corr.,- ponding period of 1860, 1,615,551 ounces, valued at 6,582,2161. The following ere the escort returns for each week sham the date of our last summary, with the corresponding period of 1860 and 1859: , 1861. 1860. 1869. Week ending. Os. Os. O. Sept. 26 .. • . 48,157 .... 48,049 .... 42,649 Oct. 3 .... 30,102 .... 32,19.1 .... 34,9.19 „ 10 .... 40,709 .... 38,076 .... 47,900 „ 17 .... 28,369 .... 32,763 .... 34,96:1 „ 24 .... 37,007 .... 43,499 .... 52,1910 Totals.... 134,344 .. 194,580 .. 213,114 Dozing the last five weeks the quantity of gold shipped SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The advice§ from Adelaide are to October 26. The Adelaide Commercial Report says : The position of mercantile matiers in this colony remains unaltered sad extremely dull. At the same time the pros pects of the producing classes continue most satisfactory, except that large importations of wheat and flour from California into Melbourne have so lowered prices that fermate are not likely to profit so much as they hoped • short time ago, from the abundant harvest now confidently anticipated. The season's clip of wool is likely to realise high expectations, and the production of copper is steady and progressive. The last report of the South Australian Mining Association, however, indicated that the margin of profit per ton on the copper raised from the Burn Burr* Mine had become somewhat seriously reduced as the mine increased in depth, although the gross produce was undiminished. Our government bas entered into • twelve months' contract with the Australian Steam Navigation Company for the service of one of their boats to perform the branch mail service to King George's Sound, the contract for which with the owners of the Balclutha has just expired. ' The new contractors commence their service this month with the Wonga Wonga. A sum of 2,000 f. has been unanimously voted in the House of Assembly to enable Mr. Stuart, the explorer, to start again into the interior ; and he expresses himself sanguine as to being able to overcome the difficulties which prevented his getting completely across the continent on his last expedition. The rush to New Zealand is at an end, at all evade for the present ; and, according to the most reliable accounts, unless farther discoveries are speedily made, there will be a great temporary distress in Otega, owing to the too sudden concentration of population iu a province not prepared for such en influx. Captain W. It. Randall, in hi■ steamer Gemini, has succeeded in navigating the Murray and Darling from the month of the former river in this colony to • point on the latter within fifty miles of the Queensland border. NEW ZEALAND. From New Zealand (Oct. 12) we have information of the arrival of Governor Sir George Grey at Auck land, and the departure of Governor Browne, who has since arrived at Sydney. Sir George, however, had given no indications of his policy when the mail left. Matters were quiet, and there seemed to be no immediate danger of hostilities breaking out. All else in connexion with New Zealand is ab sorbed in the interest felt about the Tuapeka gold fields. Nothing of any moment in connexion with them, however, has occurred since the last mail, excepting that the superintendent of the Otago district had issued a proclamation warning people against flocking thither in such numbers. We con tent ourselves with a few paragraphs from the latest papers to hand on the subject. We continue to have • very large influx of population principally from the neighbouring colonies, but many of the Australians are returning without visiting the diggings. The rush has been far too great both for the weal of this province and of those who have been engaged in it, but the notice which has beeu issued by the superintendent, sod the return of so many, will doubtless put • stop to a move ment stirred up by people on the other aids for their own benefit. !deny having arrived without funds, great distress might have prevailed, but the 'government allotted a apace for erecting their tents, and offered ss. per day to those who required immediate employment, with the addition of fire wood in the country districts. The List news from the gold fields we regard on the whole as of a cheering nature ; a new gully had been dis covered, where the gold was nitzgetty. The last escort brought in 12,48'2 ounces, none of which we understand was from the Waitahuns. The following is the amount of the gold received by tho various escorts : July 13 30 Aug. 19 Sept. 3 II 18 11,281 „ Oct. 4 Total 36,845 ovi. This, hodiver, is scarcely an approximation to the total yield of the field, a very large quantity having been brought to Dunedin by private bands, and many haying returned to their homes, both in this province and elsewhere, taking with them the produce of a few weeks labour. We shall not, therefore, go beyond the truth in stating that at least 10,000 on. beyond the above amount have been taken from the gold field. BELGIUAL The discussion on the address in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives continues to drag its slow length along. The speeches made by some of the hon. members are marked by considerable violence, but in a general way the proceedings are void of general or political interest. During the discussion on the paragraph relative to religious in struction in schools, the minister took occasion to remark on the excesses of that part of the press which represents the policy of the right, and re proached that party with its inaction in not dis countenancing their conduct. The minister said that one of the leading organs of that party had not hesitated to heap the grossest outrage on M. Rogier, one of the founders of Belgian nationality, by applying to him the epithet of "Grandson of the Executioner of Arras." On hearing this a loud cry of indignation burst forth from the benches of the left and from the public tribunes, and shouts of "Cowardice !" " Infamy !" and such like were heard on all sides. "Notwithstanding such an outrage," added the minister, "the right never checked the violence of their organs, and even at the present moment did not protest against it, but were silent." The discussion was again adjourned. (azurim's mraux&) FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 14. The Moniteur of this morning reviews in its bulletin the conflicting appreciations on the Anglo- American question, and says :—" The London papers indulge in criticisms more or less hazardous on pretended offers of mediation, and announce that General Scott has gone to America to make an effort in favour of peace. That may probably be correct, but the name of France has been mixed up in this matter embellished with details abso lutely false." THE PACIFIC MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 14. . _ The news from Chili by the Atrato is favourable. Much good was expected from the present ad ministration. Confidence was returning in com . mercial circles. The establishment of a line of steamers between the Atlantic and Pacific through the Straits of Magellan wee urgently demanded. The accounts from Bolivia are deplorable. The commander-general of Leper, Colonel Yanez, had ordered 220 persons, engaged in the late revolutionary movement, to be shot. The elections in Peru had resulted in favour of San Rimon. The preparations for war against Ecuador were still progressing. The Peruvian treasury was re ported to be in a bad condition. Mar was expected to be the next president. Thel state of political affairs at Mazatlan Lupaz was quiet. The Valparaiso import market was dull. Copper had advanced. Money was scarce. Shipping in demand at advanced rates. Silver, fine, 19.30 per marc. Exchange on Loudon, GO and 90 days, 45 to to 45k ; Paris, 460. SOUTHAMPTON, Dr.c. 14. The ship Dunphavile Castle, ten days from Lon don, bound for Sydney, put in here to-day to re move cargo, and take in dead weight. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) !UMW" iM)IMM 18. 8 La •M. Z. AL U. N. C. L 6. I-- ---.----1—...--- --. NAIRN 0 1 ABERDZIN' 19.47 46 48 8.8. W. II e 2 LEITH BRavricc 29.52. 46 46 W. b 1 ARDROOBA 3 rorrio6B 29.701 47 46 8. b 1 BUMPS 29.661 46 43 N.W. I e 3 Ofiwar .. - 0 1 80433010098 '19.0 91 46 43 W. 41 b It InurooLt ? 29.88 47 46 W. 8 • 3 11011N910WN Yezmotrnt LONDON 00111 lwo 66 46 W. 1 b 3 P 02111101772 720.00 41 44 N.W. 62 0 4 PONTIJ TOL 20.01 47 46 W.N.W. 3 b 4 Pallioura rive= 39.10 44 46 I N.W. 3 e $ • W.-071. t W.-0 . 12. t W.-41S PROBABLE WORM mien. W. to N. and N.N.E.—ltrodt, clear. snowy. Statlbw or rainy. N. Britain-B.E. to &W. and N.-Btrong, rain and snow. lreland—S.S.R. to B.W. and N. —Gale, rain, then moderate. Central--8.8. to S. and W.— Strong, rainy. I Cast-8.8.K to &W. and W.—A gale lu places, rainy. S. itimband—&3.W. to W.— W. to N.W. and N.N.X.—Freth Heavy gale In places, with to strong, Rue. hall, rain, and some snow. W.S.W. to N.—Trak W. to N. and N.L—Frtah. Drum hoisted. EXPLANATION. B.—Berometor corrected and reduced to fa deg. at mesa sea level ; each 10 feet, of vertical rise, muolog about one-hundredth lof an Inch diminution ; and each 10 deg., above 32 deg, audog nearly three-hundredths Meccas°. E.—Kspoeed thermometer in shade. IL —Sloistened bulb (for evaporation and dew point). D.—Direction of wind (true—two points len of mag netic). 7.—Force (1 to 12—estimated). C.—(3oed (1 to 9). : b, blue sky : c, clouds (detached) ; 1, tog; h, nail I. Lightning; in, misty ,hazy) : 0, overcast r, rain ; s, snow ; t. thunder. a.-Bca.disturbame 11 to kb rainfall. or snow, or hall, since last 1 via" In inches and decimals. Z.— Calm. DIVLMONS, OK InSTRICTS, USED THEM REATIIHR RILPORTS. First—North Britain Including from the Sloray Firth to the middle of Northumberland, imaatwise and on the west, from the Clyde to the Solw Firth. Second—lreland generally , around the coasts. Thir d—Central: From the Solway Firth, southward, along the coast, to the Bristol Channel inclusive. Fourth—East Coast: From Northumberland to the Thames, in. elusive. Fifth—South Eagland : From the Thames, round by the coast to the Bristol Channel, Including the Channel Islands. N.B.—Only seaports and pintos on Ow eoncoaine are Included. London lies between the east coast and south hligland, therefore partakes of their climates and general characteristics, but In Wm degree proportionate situation further GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES. FISFIGUARD, DEC. 12. During a terrific gale from the S.S.W. with heavy rain, this diorama, the coxswain of the lifeboat be. longing to the National Lifeboat Institution observed a flag of disfavor flying from a smack at anchor in Fisbguard Bay. In less than half an hour afterwards the lifeboat was aloegaide the vessel, which proved to be the Ellen Owens, of Cardigan. The vowel was &stain; her anchors, awl rapidly driving on the rocks, where, in the absence of the lifeboat, every soul on board must have perished. Under these circumstances the master and his crew of two men de. termined w abandon the vessel. The lifeboat, therefore, safely landod them. The crew of the lifeboat reported that she behaved admirably on the occasion. Fortunately the gale subsequently moderated, awl thu vessel having held to her anchors, her crew were afterwards put on board. THORPE, SUFFOLK, DEC. '2. During a heavy south-westerly gale, thick with rain, early this morning, the brig Content, of Sunderland, was °decreed with a Bag of distress flying, to be driving on shorn opposite the Sluice, Sizewell, Su ff olk. The National In stitution lifeboat, tationed at Thorpe, proceeded Lame. diately to the rescue of the vessel's crew of five wen, whom she succeeded in taking off end landing in safety. A boat belonging to a smack that was cruising about had previously reached the Wig. The boat's crew, however, became alarmed, and after the lifeboat had taken off the vessel's crew, they entreated the coxswain not to leave them until they had got their bout through the broken water. The total number of lives saved from a watery grave by the lifeboats of the NiMional Lifeboat Institution during the present year alone amounts to 2/Ct. At a meeting of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, held at their offices, in Leadenhall-street, yesterday, it was determined that elide officers in their employment should be called upon to join the Royal Naval Reserve ; and it is expected that other companies, especialy those who are in the enjoyment government subsidy, will immediately follow the examplo thus set them. Port P.oyal, where a great battle has been fought between the Federal' and Confederates, wee selected m s settlement by a body of French Protestants, headed by e Frenchman, named Ribault, 300 years ago. It was WSJ after the convent of that name, immortalised by Paoli, the illustrious French writer. ltibault built a fort, which be called Art Carolina, after Charles IX., and thus the state of South Carolina obtained its name. THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.—AII the American ships of war, except one sealing vessel, have been withdrsuu from the coast of Africa, in consequence of which cargo of elan* are shipped for Cuba wholesale. The Britsh cruisers are not permitted to capture vessels, although full of negross, so long as the American dog is dying oa ; and the result is a most fiouriabiug state of the traffic by American ships. NARROW ESCAPE OF A HULL STEAMER IN TEL NORTH SEA.—The screw steamer Petro Beys, Captain Cole, belonging to Messrs. Z. C. Pearson and Co., of this port, hal a very narrow escape from foundering doting a frightful storm while on her passage from KODii* berg to Hull. She left the former port on Saturday week, and encountered severe weather nerdy all the voyage, but when crossing the North Sea the weather was really fearful. The tires were slacked out on or seven times, and all hands were kept at the pump" cool. nually fur forty-eight hours, and then were scarcely enab!el to keep the vessel above water. Their fate seemed as inevitable that preparations were made for leaving the reed so soon as apprehensions might be felt of her suddevlY foundering. Fortunately when about sixty mild north of Flamborough Road, the smack Ellen, Scarborough, was sighted, hailed, and hove and with the assistance of the crew of that ve.a the wearied exertions of the crew were enenete , l, 3t. 1 the renewed applications of the pumps soeu unibled tt,F to replenish the tires, and the gale having meaustt 4 somewhat abated, she was able to proceed on her vo , a l home. She arrived in port on Monday, having or neared no further mishap. Great praise is due to the o r and crew of the steamer for their untiring exertso during the storm, and also to the crew of th e smack IC their very valuable assistance.—Hull Packet. ANOTHER BALTIC STEAMER LOST.—A tolegra . l Ina been received statin g th a t th e screw steamer Owls, tons, has been loot while on a voyage from t 'route* 0 Loudon. If this i s correc t, i t w ill b e t h e 17 t h B a l t i c s tew.. lost "Moe October last year. The vessel belongs to H. ". Robinson, Faq.. ahipoweer, 31ark.larie, Loudon, and on be previous voyage to the Baltic sho took • cargo from Hum Mews. Bailey and Leetham are the agents o f the owl at this place. We have since learned that the Coda vac wrecked oa the island of Amholt, in the Cattsgt Owing to the bad weather w hi c h prevails at this seam* the year in the Cattegat, there is little hope that the re.: will be saved. She k i d on b oar d a b ou t 750 casks of tall. and a large stock of wool in boles. The ship and esrP'w el largely insured both at Lloyd's and at the various insurael offices. —Hell Packet. has bur Wca, OD t abou for .