The Express. — London, England, 1860-11-26 00:00:00

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S. /801.--11 w Delepurre Family —THZ CORIUM 11.0TEMIL Mt. K. /4/ 4 I•In Jew A Do. Wag. —AMMER PJAIIZZ 110W1a..—Osomown I pet II MON WAIN* AT LONDON XLIDGL T OH —Kroft II fis.....Aftoosoos. Ob. Um. TO4ll•llolPMendlia 11l Sa...Aft•roocs. lb. 1311. --- LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 26. Tr/ Park Moniker, hailing the anticipations expressed in our paper on Saturday, announces some changes in the constitution and composition of the Imperial Administration, and with them the pro mise of some modifications in the system of govern ment which, if not immediately important, are capable of becoming so. We must leave our French contemporaries to appreciate the conse quences of the redistribution of depart mental duties consequent on the suppression of some ministries and the contraction or aggrandisement of others. The personal change which will excite moat interest in England is the return of Count WIAZWIIIII to office. Although 11. WA L CWIIII succeeds, not M. Trot:lves= as Minister of Foreign Affairs, but M. Foote as Minister of State, it is natural to think of the reappointment of a statesman who administered the foreign affairs of the Empire for a longer period than anyone else has done as in some way likely to affect the French policy in Europe. We are not aware that there is reason to suppose that the Count is less friendly to this country than most of the public men in France eligible for the post he has taken. The interests of the two countries point so plainly to the maintenance of friendly relations that a man should be much more adventurous than M. WA LIIVIIK I has hitherto shown himself to do anything to impair them. During his foreign administration be always professed the utmost good will for Isersrd. and certainly the diplomatic intercourse of the twe countries was not strained so tightly weds le ministry as it soon was after he had been sigh sea by M. Tatman. The Italians hen al a pleasant remembrance of 3L Wiitsweir, for he was the steadfast mid streneons opponent of thdr union. This is a thing to be rennabared perhaps it has no imediete prestioal bearing en the prawn stele of thins in Italy. The Imperial Decree, " giving to the great bodies " of the State a more direct participation in the " general policy of the Goverment" is one that will read straegekr to Neglisanies. Anode. to our maim a amte vltivi inlet Owl se awe for Fleas Sons 101 PIE Imply sissidl pos• coed from the general sopssosei of all the pans in the State, mad not le ellseled by the exam tire, " desirous of slag • delting token of in 1 " confidenee." We ahead sonelder that if cos ef the pest bodies el Ale State, in this WEE the Legislative Corps, ociatinted really • reprisals. tion of the nation, then its participation in the general policy of the country followed se • mar of course ; bet it we were told that the natio% consulted by means of a plebiscite, had sequinned in • form of government which excluded that par ticipation, then we should certainly think that when ever the time came round for a reform of the con stitution and the extension of the privileges of the representative body the nation should in some way be consulted as to the quality and mane of those changes. Perhaps, however, these an mere insular prejudices, If the ens were one, which happily we have diMoulty in convolving, we should probably do, thoogh with mach grumbling, what we hope the French will do—accept any and every change for the better, and set to work to improve it. When, however, we turn trap the grave and stately preamble of the Imperial dean, to look at what it contains, we admit at me that it was not worth the Iternoe's while to put any Jody about for the sae of what he wanted to do. The three articles which have to sustain the weight of the Imperial promise prescribe for the conduct of business in the Legislative Corps regula tions of such • nature as every truly free legis lature lays down for itself. When we read in the Imperial Decree that " every year, at the coin " mencement of the Swaim the Senate and Corps " Leigialatilf shall vote an address in reply to our " discourse," the words place the enslavement of those bodies in • light so striking that we feel it is in vain to try and keep up the decent fiction that a real legislature is here in question. What can we say of • legislative body that may not open its mouth to speak to the executive without previous permission I What but that it is worthy of any amount of confidence its master may like to place in it. That which has been said of the right to address the Throne is equally true of the liberty given to the Legislative Corps to discuss the Government measures in secret com mittee of the house before appointing a special committee to report on them. The takes can that the regulation shall never be seas the means of securing increased deliberation in the treatment of important matters ; for it withdraws from its operation all business which it asay dew to introduce as "urgent." The publication of t e debates in the two corps would he important if accompanied with guarantees of independence and fidelity. The reports, however, will be at the mercy of the Government in all ways ; it appalls the reporters who take, the presidents who authorize, and the editors who publish, the speeches. Publicity of debate, however, is ft powerful a stimulant of public life, list even with these restrictions this concession must be regarded as surpassing all the others in importance. The fault of these enlargements of the powers and functions of the Corps Legislatif is not by any means that they are gradual in their introduction ; in a healthier state of things that fact would contain • guarantee for their consolidation. But they come from the wrong side. It is not in this way that free par liaments hare ever been formed. The part of the Sovereign, at every iIICTOSIN or elevation of their attributes, has been the rsoognition 4 . 4 a natural and spontaipuous growth of the institution, the pruut ite abounding life. Such u the oconosesious ere, however, hope neighbours. Thu exchange of silver upon, to the extent tween the Banks of unquestionably the feature of the past suggestion, emsaa fed, France, and was personally supported by a ma bet of the owned of that establishment, 11. Mann, who paid • visit to London for the pie , pose. Viewing the arrangement simply as h► tween the two Banks, it is evident that the whin tage is entirely on the side of the French em, The success of the negotiation, therefore, NM legitimately be regarded as a kind of triumph 1 the Bank of France, and as • fresh proof of the remarkable ingenuity of our neighbours, as wall as of the superiority of their talent for org{sts► tion. It is probable that no such expedient wadi have occurred to the minds of our own fmanciass under similar circumstances, and that, bad it ote curred to them, the strait-laced notions which prr• vail• amongst us in financial matters would have effectually deterred the Bank of Enema frau subjecting themselves to the seeming Ills of sending • deputation to Paris to soheit, in the face of the world, a direct favour from the Beek of France. Our neighbours, we see, with their usual happy knack of accommodating their policy to circumstances, are not by any means too proud to owe their extrication from a pressing difficullp to the unrequited courtesy of our Bank. It does not appear that the latter make anything by the transaction. Had it bass an absolute purchase 011 the one metal as against a sale of the other, ft would probably, as • mere matter of business, have resulted in a profit to the Bank of England. Had it been • loan, the case would have been the same ; but this con tingency need not be considered, because, under existing circumstances, the public would have had • right to protest forcibly against any such step. But as it is merely a temporary ex change of 2,000,0001. of gold against 2,000,0001. of silver—each Bank retaining the freedom of dis posing as may be convenient of the treasure de- 1 , posited with it—it costa the Bank of England nothing and gives them nothing. On the other' hand, its advantages to the Bank of France are obvious. At the cost of a little sacrifice of pres. tige, which is but a breath, and of the compass tively inconsiderable sum incurred in the transport of this mass of treasure, they are relieved from the expense which was entailed by the large pur chases of gold at a premium lately carried on in this market, and which must undoubtedly have been continued but for the supply now op portunely secured. As we have pointed out before, this expense was regarded by the Bank of France simply as • regular business outlay. Against it they set the large profits derived from the extensive transactions which they kept up. Their position was this :—The foreign drsili nes reducing the amount of their bullion. They maul, therefore, either curtail proportionately their busi ness and their note-issues, or keep on the old track and appropriate a portion of their profits to forcing in bullion. In their decision to adopt the latter course, which is the less consonant with sound financial principles, but one of the objects of which is to dispense with, or at hest to adjourn • protective rise in the rate of interest in France, we think we can detect the finger of a government which, both in its domestic and its foreign policy, in its dealings with the national debt and in its direotion of the military power of the country, has ever uacriAosd the sound to the popular, and the future to the payment. But, passing this consideration by, we think we have shown t►at, viewing the arrange ment u one simply between the two Banks, the entire advantage falls to the Bank of France, who are saved, for the time, from a considerable cost which they had reckoned upon being obliged to meet. ments. But there seems to be little prospect d• such a change if system, patticularly is long ai the policy of the Bank is moulded by that of the Government. The considerations presiding over s Bank Board ought to be exclusively financial; as soon as the political creep in, mischief is only too likely to arise. Nothing is more difficult to deal with in a despotic fashion than the money market. It will not be dragooned ; it is as intractable as the " public confidence " to which so many invitations have been vainly addressed in Imperial letters. No one ever heard of such do cuments paying a debt due from one nation to another. "Indebtedness" is the position of France now. The gold leaves her because she owes a balance to the foreigner, and because this is the medium in which international balances are ad justed. The evil cannot be cured u she re duces her foreign expenditure and foreign engage ments, and endeavours to attract foreign capital. The principles of finance are understood and acted upon here, but the policy of her government would lead one to conclude that France has not yet mas tered the rudiments of this modern science. The accounts received during the last week from the manufacturing district. indicate in some quarters a slackening of enterprise, though scarcely of industry. There is a pause in several branches, owing to the state of the money market and of the foreign consuming markets. As one criterion, it will be noticed that business on some of the commercial lines of railway is not quite so active as it was a short time back. The general trade of the country, however, is still large, and apparently sound. At Manchester prices have declined, the disturbance in the money market having added to the discouragement in the India, China, and other trades in which long-dated paper circulates ; but in the cotton, as well as the woollen, hardware, and coal trades, there is scarcely any exception to the continued report of good employment for all kinds of labour. At Nottingham, a number of the operatives are only partially employed, whilst the existence of a certain amount of what is termed "under selling" in the iron trade indicates the exceptionally languid condition of that department of brainless, in conse quence of the limited number of foreign orders. We are not subscribing much towards foreign railways at present, and the iron interest feels the effect. If there be any party which has a right to murmur against the transaction, it is the holders of Bank of England stock, who always gtt the largest dividends when the necessities of trade are great and the value of money high. It would appear, however, that they have little cause of complaint; for, so far as can be judged, their business at present pays uncommonly' well, and bids fair to continue to do so. Their faint murmurs, even when combined with those of the capitalists of the pure JONIS- LLOYD school, who were watching with a grim satisfaction the inexorable " tightening of the screw" as the gold flowed out, are drowned in the chorus of satisfaction which rims from the relieved trade of the country. The effect of this simple exchange between the two Banks has been so rapid and decided as to Mamma one sow with a particularly keen sense of the importance which is attached by our curreney system to the movement of a couple of millions of bullion, and of the acute sensibility of this system to any derangement that may arise abroad. Had the Bank of France forced these two millions of gold from us, it is a quest:on whether the rate of discount here would have been 7 or 8 per cent. ; but as they have arranged to deposit with us, in lien of that sum, an equal amount of a metal which will answer equally well for the purpose of the Bank of England note issues, the rate of discount in Lombard-street has fallen to 5 per cent. We may this see that the twice-waived Beak Charter Act has a good deal of vitality in it yet. We will not stop here to cal culate how many hundreds of millions sterling of transactions would have been affected as a few waggons carried off these two millions of gold. Let us be content to note and accept the improvement in the money market. Whether this improvement will be permanent is another question. It certainly strikes us that, considering that a mere exchange of bullion will not the better enable us to pay America and Russia for corn, and the former country for cotton, or to defray the expense of the China war, or to stave off the immediate demands upon us in respect of the vast quantities of goods which are still lying waiting for buyers in the Indian, Au. tralian, and other foreign markets—considering, too, that it will not cause any abatement of the similar but more pressing demands upon France, a student of finance might well be tempted to throw his books into the fire, and the practical financier to fling all the teachings of his experience to the winds, should the little operation just arranged between the two Banks be attended permanently with the almost magical effects which some persons declare will follow from it. If A exchange s sovereign against half a soverign and ten shilling with B , how are A and B the richer as towards their pressing creditor C I AU that France has really gained by the transaction is that, to the extent of the sum referred to, she has obtained a peculiarly suitable medium of internitional ex change in lieu of a less suitable one. She cannot repeat the operation, fur their Charter Act ties up the hands of our Bank, stipulating that they shall not hold in the issne department more than a cer tain proportion of silver. dbould the drain upon .-..-..,..-.. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, L INTELLIGENCE. CHINA. 0111ICZ ntara.raiwp. . ..- C ALLIES BEFORE PEKIN. ROUT OF TEE TARTARS. IORRON °TRICE, Nov. 26, IMO. A telegram has been received from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, dated this morning, and stating that the Allies were within six miles of Pekin on the 23rd of Sept.; that on the 18th and 21st they had completely defeated the Tartan near Taugehow ; that Mr. Parkes had been taken prisoner and sent to Pekin ; and that the rebels had retired from Shanghse to Hangchow. (wr NIL 1111711111161 11:10112118.1 HEADQUARTERS, EIGHT MILES FROM PEKIN, Sirr. 23. Mr. Bowlby, Tines correspondent ; Mr. Loch, secretary to Lord Elgin ; Mr. Parkes, Messrs. De Norman and Anderson, of Pane's Horse ; and Captain Brabazon, have been made prisoners whilst engaged in choosing camping ground. They have been taken to Pekin, where they are well treated. Zngagements were fought on the 18th and 21st Sept., at Chang-kis-wan and Jang-chan. On both, occasions 30,000 Tartar cavalry advanced, and were completely routed by the anise ; 2,000 Tartars were killed, and 50 guns taken. . The allies had only 18 wounded. The Chinese have sent in a flag of truce, with the provisions for a treaty. Lord Elgin demands the release of the prisoners before negotiating. The Emperor's braker has been appointed Chief Commissioner to make peace. Tea to the value of 230,0001. sterling was taken at Chang-kis-wan. SHANGHAI Ocr. 4. All is quiet. The rebels are threatening Hang ehan. JAVA, OCT. 14. The Dutch troops at Banjermassing have been thrice repulsed by the rebels. POINT DE GAUD, Nov. 1. Sir Charles Maosrthy assumed the governmei of Ceylon on the 22nd October. - ' ROM PARIS. oolastrosnewr.) • r ' PARIS, SUNDAY Emma I on *lll have the Moniteur of this day, , its announcements of the various changes (yesterday hinted at) in the constitution of Legislative Body, as well as of the ministry and the Senate. These great measures are made public on a day when anything like discussion on the sub ject is out of the question ; all individual comment, therefore, would be premature. I extract a few of the remarks of the evening journals. The Pays, of course, goes into ecstasies ; calls "the political event" in question "one of the most considerable which history has had to record." It says further : The principal and the most remarkable character of the political measures determined upon and realised by the Emperor Jr their spontaneity. This is not a coooessios dragged by force, or even counselled by any prelim* of public opinion ; it is not even a reform of the imperial institutiora which h►ve hitherto worked so successfully ; it is a natural development of the liberal and conservative spirit of the empire, voluntarily and usefully, that is to ay, timely arrived. It is better crowning well. The great bodies of the state will have much more strength, sad the throes no lass. In • word, it is the oombination of all the advantages of the representative without the inooeveniences and the dangers of the parliamentary system. • • • In submitting himself more fully than ever to the national judgment, the Emperor plainly shows that he accepts all the obligations, all the labours, all the duties, all the sacrifices which alone consolidate known. and found dynasties. In boldly, opportunely, and wisely opening the door of useful int provanaste, the Emperor quits the paths in which so =ay governments have perished, and he brilliantly juste. des In the general eye by his internal policy the principles extsesally profaned and made to prevail by his diplomacy. So much for M. Granier de Caseagnac, who writes himself down member of the Legislative Body in question, and who condescends himself to wield the pen on this momentous occasion. M. Nefftzer, in the Prase, says : These are modifications which we think will be received with unanimous satisfaction. What appears to us of paramount importance is the return of the ministry to the chambers, and the right of address conferred upon the Senate and the Legislative Body. This lest arrangement enlarges considerably the functions of the two chambers, and obtains for public opi. Mon the means of manifesting itasif in a certain and autho rised manner. Everybody now knows that, after all, pub lic opinion governs the world. The bast served government, then, will be that which will be in a position to let it op.* the most plainly. In approving it, opinion strengthens it ; in blaming it, opinion impedes it and obliges it to recede. Voted with that independence without which there are no serious votes, the addresses of the two chambers will be manifestations of opinion of a great and incontestible au thority. I would draw your readers' attention to this last phrase. In England you are apt to regard a parliamentary opposition as one of the main ele ments of good government. How about the " opposition" in France 1 M. Dehunarre, in the Patrie, says briefly : In signing this decree, which will forma an epoch is the history of his reign, the Emperor has given • signal proof of the confidence and the strength of his government. Hs gives the great bodies of the state the means of bringing to political matters en aid, if not more devoted, at kart more active than hitherto ; he give@ the public the means of better appreciating that aid. The country will bail with joy there decisions of the Emperor, which are in harmony with the proper of politica morals, sod which will give a new braking to oar institutions. For ourselves, who have long ad easionely celled for tLe time when these liberal armories@ could take place without danger, we cannot but receive the decree of the Moniteer with extreme gratitude towards the Emperor, and • confidence which all France will share with us. The following Imperial Decree is published in yesterd Dearing ay 's Af tl n. al r r : d to the great bodies of the State • more direct participation in the general policy of our government, and • marked proof of our confidence, we decree : "Art. 1. Tliat the Senate and the Corps Legielatif shall annually vote an address in reply to our speech at the opening of the Chambers. "Art. 2. This address will be discussed in the presence of the government Commissioners, who will give the Chamber the n explanations on the interior and exterior policy o the Empire. " Art. 3. In order to facilitate to the legislative body the expression of its opinion in the prepars tion of the laws and the exercise of the right of amendment, Art. 54 of our decree of March 22, 1852 is put iu force, and the regulation of the legislative body is modified in the following manner : " Immediately after the distribution of the pro- jects of law, and at the day fixed by the president, the legislative body, before naming its commission, assembles in secret committee, a surninarydiscussion is opened on the project of law and the government commissioners take part in it. The present dispo sition is applicable neither to projects of law of local interest, nor to cases of urgency. "Art 4. In order to render the reproduction of the debates of the Senate and the Legislative Body .more complete, the following project of a senatus consult° s h all be presented to the Senate : " `The reports of the sittings of the Senate and the Legislative Body drawn up by the secnitairee redacteurs under the authority of the President of each Assembly, are addressed every evening to the journals. Moreover, the debates of every sitting are reported in short-hand and inserted in &dense in the official journal of the following day.' " Art. 5. During the session, the Emperor will name the ministers without portfolio to defend before the Chambers, in concert with the President and the member of the Council of State, the pro jects of law of the government. , Art. 6. The nunertry of our household is sup =; its functions are joined to those of the Marshal of the Palace. " Art. 7. The ministry of Algeria and the Colo nies is suppressed. The administration of the colonies is united with the Ministry of the Marine. " Art. 8. Services which do not directly belong to public instruction or the special establishments of the Duireraity, are withdrawn from the Ministry of Public Instruction, and placed among the func tions of the Ministry of State. "Art. 9. The Stud Department is removed from the Ministry of .ieulture, Commerce, and Public Works, and placed among the functions of the Mi nistry of State." The decree also orders some changes in the functions of the Ministries of Public Instruction, Works, Agriculture, and Commerce. " Art, 10. M. Clisselonp-Laubst has been ap pointed Marine and Colonial Minister. " Art 11. Marshal Pelissfer has been appointed Goveraor•Geueral of Algeria. " Art 12. Admiral Hainelin has been appointed Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. That part of the public service which is not directly connected with public instruction, as well as the special establishments of the University, are transferred from the Ministry of Instruction to that of the State. _ "Art 13. The Ministers without portfolios have the rank and treatment of the Ministers with funo tions ; they form part of the Council of Ministers, and are lodged at the expense of the State. " Art. It Our Minister of State is charged with the direction of the present decree. "Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, " Nov., 24,1860. " Naroxxow. " By the Emperor. " The Minister of State, A. WALEWSKI." The In(Epee:34lde of Naples, of the 13th, has the following suooencemeat All patrons who hays anything to send to Cowed Garibaldi, at Capron, may deposit either letters or pareels in the hands of the captain 1 .. 11 schooner Emma, who will convey them to the . The schooner Emma lames to-morrow, and E . e — in - ia her crew o tj ie at ceneral the spring." The Emma, le Y Akaandre Dumas' yacht sswever, we are glad to see them made, and the Bank of France continue, or be resumed after they mity be turned to the profit of our a pause of greater or less duration, all that will Soars. have been n gained *time. Then . ermfebo Ist m i & alue thOlb i s VIA =ea 3 eschew e of sil ver against sgr e e d k n re; welt the Planck to the extent of 2,000 . .ifterlina vemnts. and B to e Nut salutery t the Banks of Fran,. ••England, hems policy of i ehuchme cauttotAtitinli cam eine estionably the most, fieeneta looted . countrypermanentljo frit • 4 drain re• re of the past week. The application, or suiting from an adverse interns tioill balance, in stion, emanated, of course, from the Bank of conjunction with unduly extended home engage- , Int court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 24. There was no addition to the royal dieter party yesterday. _ The Queen end Pits°. Consort, accompanied by Prime Alfred, walked in the Roma-park this morning, and visited the Duchess of Halt Princess Alms sod Printer Helena rode on honeback. Prince Leopold took a carriage drive. The Amber of Kent and the Prince and Primer of Linters visited her Majesty, and took luncheon. Primo Louis of Homo (attended by Baron van Westin , welter) and Rion Leopold of Hohenzollern, attended by lima de Mayssasels and Count de Haulm, arrived at t►e Castle to-day from the continent on a visit to b. Majesty. The Primes/ Walse arrived from Ward in theaftorsoon, atinadid by Major Oeoenl the Mon. B. Drum% end Lieu- taessit-Oolowil Hoppa In oddities to "blob her Majesty's dims, platy ised•dert Prises Alfred, rilsoass Alice, Primo Lash of Hesse, the Mines and Primrose at Laistingaa, Prince Unpaid at Rohm/011*ra, Calomel the Han. A. N. and lady Mary Hood, Miss Hood, the Has. Mrs. T. Id. Biddaiph, Sir Jager Clark, Baron roe Worturwellet Baron de Mayen- Soh, Count de Raritan, Make Cowell, and tho Ports. pops Minister (Count de lavradio), and Captain Tarlatan, d her Majesty's ship Fauyalua, who arrived on a risit is the evening. The hand of the Royal Horse Guards played during dinner. Her Majesty's private hood afterwards performed the drawiaiproom. _ Nov. 16. The Queen and Prime Oman. the Prince of Weft Priam Alfred, Press Alio*, Adams Helena. !Mamas Lodes, Adam A skiers, and Palm Leopold; the ladies sad Gentlemes of the Court, mad the Domestic Household, aktended Divine service this morning is the private depot Mee Leak at RIM, sad Prima Leopold of Flohenselient, were also et the terries. The Rey. F. Temple, Head Me** of *sift School, preached the sermon. Al the Privy Council on Friday Lard Stanley el Marley was presented to the Queen, and kissed hands, on being appealed Postinester-GeneraL Dootatahes for the Governots of Canada and the Bahama; were sot ma liatauday from the Colonial-oMee. His Royal Righeera Prince Alfred hail left the rasyskee.6o. to enatde him to obtain experience in the swiping. of a larger ahip, and he joins the St. George, 90. in Jemmy, when, having viaited Alries la the frigate, he will have ma opportunity of seam the western continent, his raw trip being to the Wert India. mad North America. flown of the ether midshipmen of the Enryalus will be tnufeniad with hie royal highneee to the St. George. Mr. Bold, ha/ been honoured with instruotioes from Booking. hue Palma to prepare a painting of the yang prince'. sew slap._ Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge aid Prbeess Mary leave Malta(' an Tinunday next for Oasahridis Cottage, Hew. Peinee Louis of these and his Serene Highness the Patna Leopold of Hohenzollern, with their suites, have WI Miseries Hotel, on a visit to bar Majesty at Windsor Ossila His Exosilimey the Austrian Minister arrived in town as Plithiy from Plymouth, and has sines left Sown, seesoqualed by the Counter Ammayi, en • visit to Prances Osmitme Waldsigrave sod Mr. Harmer, at Strawberry HIM, Twieksolown. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at Staf ford Hems, St. Jamie., on Saturday, from Trentham, the Doke el ikatherisod's art in traffortishire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury will rave town today for Dunmore Park, sear Falkirk, on a visit to the Coaster of Deane. General Le Comae A. d'Fasen, aide-de-ramp to the Emptier et Rue* hie arrived at the Hato.swiek Hotel, Jannyeatreet, two at. hiesiburg. LOW and Lady Wodelionaehave left town on a Alt to Frame Clowatem Waldegrave and Yr. Harcourt, of Str awbazey Hill, Twickenham. • . . Lord and Lady Ashburton are expected at Bath Bowe today hew s tear at visits. Lced sad Lady Rokeby left Montagu House a few ays ism forßrightaa. Coutta haelemed cards for an assembly on Friday next, at her 10111611 Is Strattoarreet. The Her. WM. Forger preached to • crowded esapspem is the Nary labsue Mimic Hall on Sauday ems * week, sad the Rev. Hairy Xenon, N. A., preached i• the mum lams last evening. Next Sudsy erasing • sr. wee *ID be preached by lbs Her. J. P. Ham. Tits Dublin Court of Queen's Bench delivered judomet on Friday, in the extraordirry resmiage ern of ellinurolin r. Denier.," with the particulars of whieh our MOWS are familiar. Their lordships were unsubsoeskr of gills that the marriage in the tranvort ship was imulld, kommult as the common law at England was the kw hid dui *Sins on baud larding the civil Mersa the pm amp* sod by which law a criminal offence, If ft lid hire eneeninted, would be judged ; and that commut ,haw, it NOW by the ere of the "Queen r. Ifdlas," ressired the intereestlon of an ordained clergyman to make die tear. rage raliJ. The plaintiffs wre therefore entitled to judg ment ea the heirearartdaw of Major Dreitt. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. 12A25221.L88, No►. 25. The Valetta, with the abo►a mail*, arrived at 2 p.m. The mails leave for London at 5 p.m. The China Mail of the 19th October* states hard- Utica have commenced in the north. Mr. Parkes, Mr. Bowlby, Timm oonvapoodent, Mr. Loch, swore tary to Lord Elgin—Norman(7), Captains Brabazon and Anderson, prisoners. Tartar cavalry repulsed with loss in two skirmishes. Allied army traiting (1 waiting) before Pekin. Negotiations opened by the Chinese, but not in a supplicatory manner. • The 18th October would appear Is be an incorrect date. The incoming mad probably LIS on the sth, and Hoeg Kong on the 113th October. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. VIENNA, SUNDAY. The official Widmer &thong el to-day siva : "The war report al General Lamoricikre con tains the following purge : " ' A person who is hilly oompetent to know wrote me from Trieste that 11 Austrian vessels were about to cruise towards the south of Anoona, in order to prevent the blockade of that, plate.' "This part of the war report requires realisa tion. The news it contains could only proceed from an ill-informed person." HUNGARY. AGItAN, 1:1}v. 23. The principal inhabitants of this city will hold a Conference to-morrow, in order to settle the details in reference to the approaching elections to the Diet, and the question of the relations between I Croatia and Hungary. PESTH, Nov. 25. The administration of Hungary has been every where reorganised, with the concurrence of the most eminent men of all parties. Contrary to the reports in circulation, the Con ference which is to meet at Oren in order to arrange I the mode of election to the Hungarian Diet, will assemble on the 10th December next under the presidency of the Cardinal Primate of Hungary. The congregation of the Oomital of Pesth will assemble on the Ist December, under the presidency of Count Carolyi, who has accepted this offs e. THE BOMBAY ][AILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Moinny. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delia, with the heavy portion of the above mails, arrived off Hurst Castle telegraph station at 11.25 a.m. THE UNITED STATES. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 26. The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Captain Moodie, from Boston ou the 14th, and Halifax on the 15th, just arrived hero at 12.43 p.m. She brings 43 passengers. The Europa lauded all mails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 1.16 p.m. All well. The North American bad arrived out. Much excitement continued to prevail in the Southern States relative to Lincoln's election. South Carolina strongly threatened to secede. San &anoint° advice' overland are to the 3rd inst. A steamer sailed on the lit inst. for Panama, with 11,000,000 dela in gold. Mining in British Columbia was active. The sorrespondenoe between the British and Ame rican naval commanders at Panama relative to the arrest of Americans by British sentinel, ~ had been referred to the two governments. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW YORK, Nov. 12, Everinro. Cotton stray and unehanca. eales today Dia_l:l7 3,000 helm. 6e. to 10c. lower. Sales 18,000 to 20,000 borer The receipts bars boss leers. Wheat heavy, prior have declined lc. to 2.e. Corn dull and lower. Provi sions heavy and lower. Seer dull and easier. LATER vIA BIIfITON. ---- VIEW YORK. Nov. 13, Emmaus. Money unsettled, owing to financial and polities' DIMS. Exchange lower. The troubles in the South have caused some fluctuations in stock, bet the market closed firm, New York Centrals being quoted at 70, Illinois 58 to 59, and Erie 26 to 27. NEW' ORLEANS, Noy. l& Cotton sales in three days amount to 37,0130 his. Rid dling is quoted Ile. to lige.' LATEST BY TELEGRAPH ti HALIFAX. NEW TORS, Nov. lb, Evignia. Collets has declined. Mid Eng Uplands is quoted 111 to 11b. Breadstnlis declining. Corn &incr. Provisions doll. Skelna—The latest quotations are as follows : New York Centrals, 741; Illinois, 61 ; Erie, 31. The ship Newel Enos, for London, struck on a lid in New York harbour yesterday. She is leaking badly, sad will discharge cargo. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14 Emma Cotton market irregular. Sales today 2,000 balm Resi new is checked by the dimwlty ia pumas authange. Q I IIFJOITOWN, Nov. sti. The Royal Mail steamship Asia" Captain Lott, arrived hate to-day at Wa.m. embarked the and passer g and prooeoded at 4 p.m. for N ew York. All we ll. ers LIVERPOOL, SAII7IIIIAT. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Cotopatiy's meow steamer Vigo, Captain 31'Grujan, from New York on the 10th instant, aid Queenstown, arrived here about 8 o'clock this 'molting. She briugsll7 pawnor* and a small amount of sposie. News anticipated. . . PRINCE PINANCS. rout the Mohey Market Review.) Now that the attention of. the commercial com munity in this country is in an especial manner directed to the operations of the Bank of France, it may be considered • fitting moment to take • brief glance at the financial position and the fiscal burthens of t h e French nation. W,, will confine ourselves to citing a few pregnant finree:—ln the year the National Debt of France was 5 0,646,10dt. thirty-eight years, that is to taken, it had increued to 213, '',492/. It is now 356, ' 8711. ; so tat in the last eight years it has increased Do than 143;0:18,3M In 1866 the annual charge of the pub li c debt of F rance ' was stated le be 9,000,0001., whilst in Januar, of as puma year it waa admitted to be 16,000,000 L. and b oo r* inch more. We have not a pace t o ester am the full particulars of, the mann er it 'Mak bags thereat* has arisen in so short a space of Vim Da Fume the financial manta of the government are well MO. Bat it is a terrible fact, that in face of the un presedinlisd amount of taxation with which France is at presset burthened, it is even now necessary to add largely, year slier year, to the national debt. During the same vice of forty years the English na- Monet debt has undergone several alterations, sometimes rising and sometimes falling, but it is at present very little more than it was in 1820, when it stood at 790,006,0001. ; whilst the charge on the debt has considerably lessened. It may convey • lemon to those who complain so bitterly of our system of taxation if we place in juxtaposition the account of the revenue derived from the taxes of the two countries. It will bo seen that France actually outstrips us in the amount of her revenue from taxation. At the woe time, it must be borne in mind that the figures do not in. elude any local taxation, which in many towns in France, as hen, is considered very great. It is especially heavy in Paris. Hamm's or GREAT BIM= won 1860. I. locomen': £12,903,71 51 2. Stamps 8,040,091 & 1 Crown land: 416,531 4. Canton= b. Emirs 6. Poci-oface 7. sfiacellaaeons 1,801,584' RIVINCI or Fuses eon 1860. !I. Direct taxes, land, home, personalise! patentee £18,800,000: 2. Stamp! and I domains 11,300,000 ' 3. Woods,foreste and &hulas 1,600,000 4. Customs and tax on alt 9,100,000 6. Excise ' 6. Poet -office 17. Miscellaneous 7,500.000 £71,104,127 L 73,000,000 It mturt be difficult —nay, impossible—for Fiance to con tinue for any long period the immense sacrifices sbe is now called upon to make. Ude. the heavy load of taxation which she is forced to bear be speedily mitigated, the effects will be most lamentable. There is a pant beyond which na tions, any more than individuals, cannot carry their expeadi. tare without tempting rain. THE LONE or THE Amerle. —We are glad to see that a committee has been formed for the purpose of railing • fund on behalf of the widow of the late Mr. Earle. To the noble exertions of the latter gentleman may be mainly at tributed the saving of twenty of the passengers and crew of the Arctic. It is impounde to read the narrative of the shipwreck without feeling the sineemet admiration for Mr. Earle, whose life was lout in his devoted sad successful at tempt ; or without feeling sympathy for the widoit who is left utterly destitute. Sir M. Pato and Mr. 0. Bidder are the insincere of the fund, and subscriptions are received at Mess. Glyn's, at the Union Bank, or by the committee of Lloyd's._ _ _ Baron Charles Dupla has just concluded the last volume of the proceedings of the French commission on the industry of nations. This important work is published by ender of the Emperor Napoleon. The volume just pub. lished treats of the productive forces of the Esst. It con. bias interesting details on Russia in Asia, China, sod Japan. The Espero states that an English company has proposed to the Italian government to establish a regular steamboat service between Italy and America. The vessels valid be large, and might be used in aid of the national savyis ease of war. At a grand dinner, which took place on the night of the 21st at the palace of Prince Frederic Williorn at Berlin, in celebration of the birthday of him royal «wart, the Prlace Began and the members of the Prussian royal family, Prince Augustus of Wurtemberg, the Prince of Hohensolbrrn, the Princes of Hesse, Lord Bloomfield, and many other persons of distinction were present. The Grand Dachas Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who is at pawn on a visit at Seas noted, paid a visit to the Princess Frederic William in the room of the day. It is proposed to construct in Paris a magnificent ?rakish mosque and a Turkish hotel or caravanserai. The object of thaw constructions is to attract to Paris as many Xuseuhnsa travellers as pounds. It is further proposed to erect a school close to the mosque for the education of the children of the ranons followers of Yahomed. The cora vaoserai will give lodging to the Eastern travellers who may wish to conform to the customs of their country. Them is already a portion of the cemetery of Pcn•la•Chaise set apart for the burial of Mahomedans, in which the remains of the late Queen of Gude are deposited. A very Magnificent hotel ia about to be erected in Liverpool on the land facing into Hope-street and Barema - n-strset. We read in the Liverpool Athioti:—" Our talented tovnisines, John Thomas Towson, astronomer and examiner to the Local Marine Board, has bees sent for specially to Os borne by Use Queen on a visit, for the purpose, it is stated, et giving instructions to Prince Alfred in the higher brandies of his profession." On Friday morning 27 members of the quondam Pro-Papal Irish Brigade, mid to have been wounded lone• where or another during the recent brief and inglorious campaign under General Lamoriciere, arrived at Dublin by the Holyhead steamer, and, of course, met with a warm and cheering reception from the sympathisers with the "holy cause " in which they had embarked. The Iflortlicrn Whig of Belfast makes the follow ing announcement :—"The Orangemen had another gather. ' log In the Music Hall last night ; hut, as there was neither protestant bishop to insult nor Roman catholic fellow-citizen to maltreat, the proceedings were tame when contrasted with their ' last merry meeting.' A domment was freely circulated in the ball, in which Lord Dungannon was rather sharply called to account for his recent letter. His lordship bad better take care, for your true Orange animal is cm. tameable, and would attack an Orange grand master quite as soon as ► protestant bishop." THE LATE MR. COULSON, Q.C.—Yesterday the chapel of Cray'e.inn was put in mourning for Mr. Walter Cambria, Q.C., one of the beuchers of the inn. The altar sod pulpit were covered with black, and the mace was enveloped in a weeper. No allusion was made from the ' pulpit to the melaecholy event by the Rev. Prebendary Hooey, D.C.L., the preacher; but the "Dead March in Seel was played after the service. Mr. Coulson was I called to the her Nov. 26, 182t1, and was made a Queen's Counsel sod bendier of the inn is 1851. He was one of the royal commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, and took eu active part iu their proceeliugs. He was a liberal in politics, and it wee to a cottage on Ida Kentish property, al Sirliag, near Town Melling, that Mr. Juba Black, the well I known editor of the Alerwag Chronicle, retired in his latest years. He died ou the 20th Mat VOLUNTEER. Orrierne.—There is no truth in the rumour that the government intend putting volunteers through an examination before granting ourniunaious ; such a step would he the most effectual measure for extinguishing the movement altogether. It is Went to all who are intl. stately acquainted with the constitution of this force that Its welfare does not depend solely upon the efficieucy of the officer., but that it is, to a very great extent, maintained by their social standing, and the means at their command. If promotion only went by merit, the volunteers would, in a ocosideroble proportion, be officered by men of limited mesas, and who would be Owed thereby in an awkward and ruinous position. It must not be supposed that officers of volunteer corps can avoid expeeme. Experience teaches as that the higher a man gets, the more multifarious are the demands upon him, be his corps self-supporting or not. Promotion by merit only, as we have said before, would strike at the very root of the national movement ; and we trust that the government will not act so unwisely as to draw the reigns too tightly in their dealings with the volun teers. The sacrifices which all classes of society have made In this great cause exceed, it is estimated, in money value. 3,000,0001. and that in a little more than • year. The value of the time expended in acquiring efficiency is not cal enistoi la this estinente.—Lairerpool Albion. A BOY ACCIDENTALLY Bear AT Huu —Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a lad, aged 11 yews, named Henry Watson, sun of a labouring man re. siding in Bewdleywtreet met his death under the fol lowing circumstances : and another boy, named Robert Ledgard, were in the cabin of the keel ary, of Hull, lying in ffelthouse.lane Staith, in which a gun had bees left by the master of the keel John Ostrich, who on tiro previous night had loaded it. lie very incautiously left the gun loaded in the cabin, and Watson. not knowing that it was loaded, took it up, and, in a playful manner, threatened to shoat his companion Ledgerd, and, whilst ' dodging about under the pretence of getting in the right position to take aim, be accidentally let the gun fall, when it went off, end the charge lodged iu the left side of hie ' bead. lodgard was eu terrified at what hod happened. that he made off, and was mot heard of until some time afterwards, when he gave the above explanation of the cc earrence. The dead body of Watson was foam' un board the keel shortly after the accident.