The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

L IVES of EMINENT STATESMEN, In FUN, every week. One Penny, rloiv Ready, handsomely bound in Magenta cloth, gilt, price 4s. 6d.; post free, is., the SECOND half-yearly VOLUME of FUN, with numerous Engravinsrs by talented artists, and humor ous Articles by the following distinguished writers : W. Bailey, Esq. W. S. Gilbert, Esq. W. Barber, Esq f T. Hood, Esq. E. L. Blaneh'ird, Esq. T. S. Jerrold, Esq. G. W. Bridgeman, Esq. W. J. Frowse, Esq. F. C. Burnand, Esq. Godfrey Turner, Esq. 11. J. Byron, Esq. arc., dm, &a Office, 80, Fleet-street, London. • „.* For full particulars of amusements see first page- ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening, LIIIILINE. _ Commence at 8. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. This Evening, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. With DUCK HUNTING. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Thin Evening. THE GREEN BUSHES. Followed by A TICKET OF LEAVE. Commenoe at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This Evening, A.S.S. After which, THE TRIPLE AL LIANCE. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. This Evening, IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TWAS IN THE PAPERS. Followed by PEEP O'DAY. To conclude with lII.LLAUNEY. Commence at 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, Ray. market. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing. CANTERBURY HALL EVERY EVENING. — Grand Selections from Verdi's "Boccanegra," ..Macfarren's Cantata "May Day," and Locke's Musi a nd Miley, duo. of Macbeth."— The Etoile Family —Unsworth, Eugene, Commence at 7. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD -STREET, EVERY EVENING.—Re-app earan ce of Linsworth. the orizinal of "Or any other man" -Th e Colleen Bawn , by Miss Caroline Parkes—Mr. Maelagoon's Entertainment Drew Dean, the LD-reat Flautist —the --Neapolitan Minstrels—Selections from Verdi's " 1 1 Corsaro and "Nabuco," Donizetti's "Don Se bastien," &a., with full band and at chorus. Commence 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE AND AMPHI• TISNATRE.— Olmar every Evening. -Grand Musical En. tertainment, 60 performers. Commence at half-past 7. THIS NEWSPAPER, "THE SUN," To be SOLD by AUCTION, by a Decree of the Lord Chancellor and with the approbation of the Master of the Rolls, on THURSDAY, the 4th December, 1862, at the AUCTION MART, London, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract. The property may be viewed by cards, to be obtained from the auctioneer, Mr. Edward Lumley, of 67, Chancery-lane, London, W.C., and of the undersigned; of each of whom printed particulars may also be had, and to whom proposals for purchase by private contract may be made. AD AM RIVERS STEELE, Solicitor, 44, Bloomsbury-square, London, W.C. HIGH "WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT.—Morning, b. m.—Afternoon, 1216 sm, Toacouxow.-Morning, 12h. 28m.—Afternoon, 12h. 50m, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3, 1862. Nobly has the call made upon the generosity of the magnates of Lancashire been responded to. At a single meeting One Hundred and Thirty Thou sand Pounds have been collected together. £130,000 sterling—subscribed within four walls upon one occasion. It has with justice been at once spoken of—this instant munificence—as a thing altogether unexampled. Worthily, from the very first, has the Earl o DDRBY, as the most conspicuous among all the great magnates of Lancashire, as the most conspi cuous alike by reason of his fair fame and by rea son also of his wealth, worthily from the very outset has the noble Earl, the ex-Premier, acquitted him self of his weighty responsibilities by heading the Relief Movement. By his energetic co-operation with the chief workers in carrying out this vast enterprise of benevolence, he has from the com mencement been winning golden opinions from all sorts of men. As the indefatigable Chairman of the Central Relief Committee, sitting from week to week at Manchester, the noble Earl has done his duty unflinchingly. Yesterday, although the chair of the great meeting held in furtherance of the interests of that self-same cause (the aggregate meeting holden in the Town Hall of Manchester) was occupied, out of considerations simply of etiquette, by the Earl of SEFTON as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine—the Earl of DERBY was still the most prominent personage on the platform, and his distinguished son and heir the second in importance. By these two gifted and public-spirited statesmen the customary behests of the SOVEREIGN on closing the last session of Par liament by Royal Commission—behests to the effect that the Lords and Commons of England should return, each individual amongst them, to his respective locality to assist personally in caring for the general prosperity of the nation—by Lord DERBY and by Lord STANLEY these more than ever solemn injunctions of the Chief of the State have been loyally and patriotically obeyed. The speeches delivered by them only yesterday in the Town Hall of Mauchester,though often (as oratorical performances) surpassed by themselves, Lord STAN -I,RY'a in cogency and in acumen,Lord DERBY'S in all the nobler charms and adornments lavished around him while speaking by so perfect a Master of the high art of Oratory—have never been equalled by either in the depth of their significance. " Out of the fullness of the heart—the mouth speaketh." The words are sacred—they are inspired. Of the literal truthfulness of those words yesterday afforded the last, and not the least noteahle illustration. The result is, as we have seen. Before the dispersion of the meeting assembled yesterday in the Manchester Town Hall, the munificent sum of £130,000 had been subscribed for in the building. The character of the assemblage may be most accurately recognized by a glance down the list of names recorded as those of the principal persons gathered together around the Chairman upon the platform. most The drift of the proceedings may be the re adily understood through the medium of the terse and simply expressed resolution pro- P °Bed and seconded by the various speakers. The first of these proposedr h esolutions, the preliminary resolu tion proposed in of DERBY, it will b e Speech of the Day, by the Earl the inanufacturing di s t r icts ran to the effect, " That in:for lug ts of Lancashire and the adjoining count y are from an extent of destitution happily hi thert o unknown, which has been borne by the working Classes with a patient submission and resolu ti t on eir en f t e i l t l l o i n g them to the c ymen." warmest sympathy of h An echo, this, of the spontaneou s - tr i bute ountr off ere d upon all sides for months and months past— al way s increasingly, because the merit recogni se d i s all the while itself perpetually upon the increase.....a simple, honest, truthfu l echo, this first resolutio n , proposed by Lord DERBY, and seconded by Sir RO BERT GERARD, indubitably is, of the tribute offered be forehand by the whole nation to the noble and Christian endurance displayed, under frightful cir cumstances, by the L ancashire operatives. The second resolution moved, in its turn, by the Mayor of Manchester, and seconded by the ex-Mayor of Livei pool, added to the foregoing, "That the excectation at first entertained of an early mitigation of the present distress has been disappointed by the constant increase of its intensity, and that the subscriptions contributed with the hope of alleviating a transient calamity should now be increased to meet this greatly aggra- rAtrAft. 4,0 4-rT • .4) 4 i/A-f. ; ' 4 4 0 , -my .; . P. o wo • • ts. THE SUN. TUE SUN) LONDON,IWEDNESDAYIEVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1862. vated soil." Sufficient proof of the reality of the dreadful truth thus expressed, is the one plain fact that Pauperism is increasing now steadily in those distressed districts at the rate of 10,000 persons additional every week! The third resolution — moved by Lord STANLEY, and seconded by Lord EDWARD HOWARD—remarked "That while this amount of destitution must be regarded as a national calamity, attributable in great measure to events which could neither have been foreseen nor avoided, and it has, therefore, a claim upon the sympathy and co-operation of the country at large, the pri mary duty of relieving it devolves on the county of Lancaster, whose wealth in more prosperous times has been so largely increased by the industry of the classes who are now the chief sufferers." Precisely the one truth that has been glaring upon the recogni tion of the whole of the United Kingdom for a con siderable interval of time, also increasing like the distress itself, and, as we have already intimated, ike the endurance manifested by the afflicted popu lation. The instantaneous appreciation of the force of this home-thrust upon their own benevo lence the Lancashire magnates at once and most affectingly evidenced. Never, we may safely aver, was a more princely sum subscribed within a single day, at a single meeting of patriot-philan thropists. As they have appreciated the magni tude of the distress around them—so, also, will the country at large, we mAy be sure, appreciate the magnitude of their sympathy. The incident is without a parallel. It will be held, by the nation at large, in sacred. remembrance. As to the fourth and concluding resolution proposed by the High Sheriff of Lancashire, and seconded by Lord GREY DE WILTON, that sim ply suggested the opening, at once, then and there, of a subscription in augmentation of the Funds already contributed in the county of Lan caster to the local relief-funds, to the Cotton Dis tricts, and to the Central Relief Fund. It was, in effect, the practical part of yesterday's proceed ings in the Town-hall of Manchester. It was, in point of fact, but preliminary to the pouring in of an augmentation to the amount of the munificent total of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pounds therewith subscribed. Peers and Commoners, land owners and millowners, squires and manufacturers, have nobly co-operated in bringing about this grand achievement. Even now it is still, of course, but a commencement, but it is a magnificent com mencement. As such it is entitled to, what it has already won, our unaffected and unrestricted admiration. The Bishop of LONDON has performed his mos difficult duty with great skill. Between the warm differences of opinion in the Church, th growing strength of the tolerated sects, and the rapid increase of the population beyond its re sources (as at present administered) which formed the subjects of his Lordship's charge, there was demand enough upon all the ability, candour, and prudence which any highly placed ecclesias tic could possess. The Bishop did not fail in his onerous and delicate task. We can see, indeed, abundant evidence of reticence and caution, though probably, in some things, which have this appear ance, the influence of official and responsible posi ' tion may have been considerable upon the truly liberal Dr. TAIT. At these times, when all intelligent laymen are becoming almost as interested in "Essays and Re views," and in " COLENSO on the Pentateuch," as the clergy themselves; and when daily papers are reporting and discussing these subjects, the Bishop must have - felt that he was delivering a charge which, for once, the Laity would examine almost 'as curiously as the Clergy themselves. The question, —how will the Bishop of LON DON deal with heretics, if such they be, and with free-thinking writing, which even gives occasion for protracted pleadings in our courts of law,—is one which was widely asked before yes terday. Indeed, according to the general impres sion, especially amongst church-going ladies, and many of the other sex also, the very foundations of our faith are now being assailed by those who should be the teachers of our faith. Of old the battles were chiefly on Church government and ceremonies ; and the ceremonial battle, as both east and west in London bear witness, has been revived almost with fury in our days. For the last year or two, however, it has given place to more metaphy sical battles—what is inspiration—what is the ex tent of the infallibility claimed for every sentence in the Bible—is there any such thing as really pre dictive prophecy—are the Books of MOSES real history—and how do the answers to such questions affect the claims of the Gospels themselves, and of the Great Author of our faith. Time was when the VoLTAIRES and Toni PAINES assailed revelation from without with the weapons of witty and vulgar scoffing and sneers ; all that is now exchanged for attacks, if not on Revelation point blank, yet on the universally current notions respecting it—the notions which were, it was supposed, embodied in the articles, and which all the Protestant Dissen ters of England held in common with the Esta blished Church. The first point, therefore, on which the Bishop of LONDON dwelt, in his charge yesterday, was the "spirit of free inquiry, which claims the right to sift and test all theories, and bows to no autho rity, however venerable, which cannot make good by argument its claim on our allegiance." What, he asks, shall we do with free inquiry ? To de nounce it, to try to stifle it, to frown upon it, may be easy ; but it would, the Bishop justly thinks, be neither useful nor right. We are Protestants. We have gained our position from the seventeenth century onwards by the exer cise of the right and b y discharging the duty of private judgment: are we now to throw aside the weapons with which we gained our liberties be cause some amongst us make a doubtful use of them. The Bishop has no " craven fear" himself lest the truths he believes in can be shaken, and he holds it to be most unwise to ask people " to give to the Church's teaching an unreasoning and a stolid assent." He will not himself undervalue the Divine gift of reason, or fear that its discove ries will ultimately conflict with the verities of Revelation. In the very best spirit our Metropolitan warns the stripling clergy against the danger of dog matic denunciations of all doubts and specu lations adverse to their own notions. He tells them plainly that an ill-judged expo sition of the evidences of Christianity in a sermon may fill the minds of an educated hearer, a lawyer for instance, with doubts which he had never had before. The true way to convince a doubter in anythi ng i s t o b e a bl e t o s y m pathise with his pe r pl ex i t i es, to show him that you have realised i lsed them all bef ore ; an d t hi s process , so effec nin all other matters with candid men, is above all subjects applicable to religion . S •advice the Sounder the " Right 'lcy. Father in clerical sons. Row many of us m co u ul t dnot give his at juvenile, and sometimes clerical have . smiled when the speaker too plainly showed that he ha; c r e io ' notion of the thoughts which were passing in the minds of intelligent laymen. The Bishop is far more liberal than Mr. Dis if we understand the two speakers r i ghtly.EAELl, The ex-Minister claims, as well he may do, all kind of liberty of thought for the laity, but denies it to the clergy. They have sworn to their creeds, and they must not examine further. The Bishop of LONDON feels, too, the obligations of creeds and formularies to which the clergy have given their " unfeigned :assent and consent," but he does not i relish the thought of an uninquiring, unexaminiog clergyman, or of one afraid to inquire. To require of the clergy, he says, unquestioning adherence to the Church's standards removes:the clergy out of the category of inquiring honest men, thus robbing the Church of all that weight of testimony which is derived from the heartfelt free adher ence of so many of the most intelligent men of each generation." Nor does the Bishop like the prosecutions for heterodoxy. If a clergyman is brought before the courts, of course the judge must do his duty as he best can ; but he thinks the policy of the Church of England, in more modern times he must mean, has been not to spread erroneous notions by the remotest semblance of persecution. She has relied rather on meeting error by superior learning and a better Christian spirit. The Bishop boldly tells the plain truth, that it is only dishonest men who can be kept in check by fear of penalties. " A good truth-loving man," should he fall into great error, will be sure to quit the Church in which he can no longer minister with integrity or comfort. Hence these persecutions keep in the Church only those who, whatever their real dissent from her doctrines, will take care not legally to commit themselves. While the better men would leave spontaneously. One opinion expressed by the Bishop will cause not a little consternation in some quarters. He had been recommending that bishops, in examina tions of young men for holy orders, should not harass them by minute inquisitions into their opinions, and added—" Even as to the declarations which the law of the land requires to be made at ordination, I should be ready myself even new, in spite of all temporary alarm as to unsound opinion, to relax rather than to tighten the bond !" We remember the Bishop very recently, in the . House of Lords, designated the Act of Uniformity, " the charter of the Church." We thought, while reading the words, that the stringent, barbarous old document might be more properly termed the fetters of the Church. The Bishop seems now to be verg ing to that opinion. We certainly have always agreed with those who think its requirements, of young men especially hardly out of their 'teens, little less than immoral. Young men are taught, practically, to make the most solemn subscriptions, either in uninquiring ignorance, or, in spite cf doubts and disbelief, as a matter of form. Alto , gether we must think the Bishop, from his position, has touched one of the exciting topics of the day, with a master hand. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND TEX LIFEBOAT SERVICE, Some few weeks ago the life-boats of the National Life boat Institution, stationed at Lytham and Southport, rescued, during a fearful storm, the crew of 18 persons be longing to the ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, United States. The Hon. C. F. Adams, the American Minister, having been informed of the facts, promised to bring the case under the notica of the American Gevernment. Mr. Adams has just sent the following gratifying reply to the Institution : " Legation of the United States, London, Dec. 2, 1862. _ _ " Sir,—Some time since I had the honour to acknowledge the reception of your note informing me of the timely assist ance rendered to the crew cf the ship Annie E. Hooper in their hour of need by the Lytham and Southport lifeboats of your valuable institution. I then promised that I would transmit a statement of the facts to the Government of the United States. " I have now the pleasure to inform you that in testimony of his sense of the value of the Society's labours, the Presi dent has directed me to present in his name to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution the sum of £lOO. lam like wise instructed to present, through the Society, £5 to the coxswain, and £2 to each of the crew of the boat which went to the relief of the Annie E. Hooper. To that end I have the honour to enclose a draft au Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., payable to your order, for the sum of £l3l sterling,—l have, &c., (Signed) "CHAS. F. ADAMS, " To the Secretary of the National Lifeboat Institution," ARELOW, IRELAND, Dec. I.—At daybreak this morning a large vessel was observed aground on Glasgorman Bank. It was blowing a gale, and the sea was running so high that no fishing or ordinary boat could put to sea. The life boat of the National Lifeboat Institution on this station was thereupon instantly launched with all despatch. As she was nearing the vessel the masts were out away,' and the ship floated inside the bank. On arriving alongside, the vessel proved to be the ship Eliza Bencke, from Liverpool to Bombay, with a crew of 25 men on board. The coxswain of the lifeboat asked the captain if the crew wished to come off in the boat ; but, after consulting with them, they deter mined to remain by their vessel, and the lifeboat therefore put back, but when she was some distance off a signal was hoisted for her and she returned, when the second mate got into her and was brought on shore for the purpose of going to Dublin for a steamer. Had it not been for the lifeboat again, in this instance, no communication could have been effected, through the heavy sea then running, with the shore. If the wind does not increase the vessel will pro bably be got off the bank and be taken into Kingstown Har i bour. THORPENESS, SUEFOLR, TUESDAY NIGHT.-At about 4 a.m. one of the Coastguardmen reported to the coxswain of the Ipswich lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, stationed here, that lights had been seen on the Sizewell Sand Bank. The wind was blowing hard on shore, and the sea was very rough at the time. The lifeboat was im mediately launched and proceeded in the direction of the lights, which wore found to be shown from the screw steamer Normanby, of London, bound from Hartlepool to London with a cargo of pig-iron. She had struck heavily on Size well Bank, and had broken her screw propeller, but after wards came off and let go her anchor. She was making water, which was kept under by tke steam pumps. Although the services of the lifeboat were not actually required to take off the crew, yet she contributed materially to the ulti mate safety of this valuable steamer, by taking through the surf a message to the shore for the assistance of steam tugs, which will bring her to a port of safety. The lifeboat be haved very well in the heavy sea, and the crew spoke highly of her. VARIETIES. (Fram Fun.) JEBB'S JEITELS.—The other day three of Sir Joshua Jebb's jewels, who have so great love for the Spanish that they have adopted the national garotte, were going down Long Acre. An offensive person persisted in coming home from a party in Pimlico, although it was three o'clock in the morning. The three jewels remonstrated with him mildly, by knocking him down, and kicking him in the ribs. They were about to fine him summarily for the offence of being a little elevated, when, seeing a policeman approach, they retired, as modest virtue should do when detected in a good action, in order to escape his thanks for the attention they had bestowed on this late and inebriated ruffian. Strange to say, their exertions in the cause of peace and sobriety were misconstrued. They were taken before the police magistrate. Listen to the words of conscious inno cence :—" Marrot (first jewel)—What has the gentleman got to complain of ? He wasn't robbed of anything. Allen (second jewel)—What right had he (the prosecutor) out in the streets at three in the morning ? Besides he was drunk. Sheriff (third jewel)—lf we are committed, I should like to go to the Old Bailey." Just see how these precious youths have been treated by the kind Sir Joshua. They are ac customed to every indulgence, to have every complaint at tended to, every wish obeyed. When he takes such pains to make spoilt children of our felons, if they knock him down and kick him in the ribs, we don't know that he would have anything to complain of. MUSICAL.—We hear that a celebrated composer is en gaged in writing a National Air for the Northern States of America, and that the music isparticularly distinguished by its very extraordinary "runs." MEDICAL.—When is a joke like a black draught?— When it's to be taken directly. "AWAY WITIL MELANCICOLY."—Sobbing ; which is most certainly a way with melancholy I INJUDICIOUS.—The West Bromwich magistrates have just sent a paup3r to prison for 21 days for complaining of the quality and quantity of his rations. It is not likely that he will complain of his food in jail, but ho will be certain to be discontented with the workhouse fare when he returns to it. If the West Bromwich magistrates begin to teach the paupers in this way, how much better we treat our prisoners than our poor, they must expect to suffer for it in the increase of crime. ...._ ,m, ...„.. _ We are authorized to state that we shall have no more news concerning Garibaldi, because there is now no bullet-in. A QUESTION FOR ALL THE JUDGES.—An execution at 1 N . ewgate may make one murderer less in the laud, but does it make two? Signor Ratazzi defended himself and his colleagues against the accusation of servility to France. He said :—" We believe that the alliance of Italy with France is based upon the common interests of the two nations. In reference to the question of Rome, our efforts have been directed to terminate the French occupation and to abolish the barriers between the Pontifical territory and the kingdom of Italy. We had hoped to bring about a reconcili ation of all the parties. We believe that a strong parliamentary majority is necessary for any govern ment, and as we have not succeeded in recompos ing such a majority, we have tendered our resig- nation." The railway between Naples and Rome has been opened. BOURSE, DEC. 2. The market opened with firmness at 70fr. 50c., the closing price cf yesterday, and, after being done at 70f. 65c., again receded in consequence of sales, and is now at 70f. 45c. A fair amount of business has been transacted, and the settlement has gone on satisfactorily. Railway Share Market quiet, at about former prices. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents .. 97 90 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 75 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier...,llls Do. end month 1112 50 RAIL' Bank Shares 3400 -- Credit Foncier 1320 Piedmontese Fives Italian Loan 7l 10 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 53 50 1 Home Debt MATS. Cash. Account. Orleans lO3B 75 .. 1041 25 Northern New ditto .. .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1142 50 .. 1142 50 Geneva.. — • • S ou th ern Western Rose,*ex xx ••1 a • .co „ , c' Sardinian - .. 370 Austrian Loirbard North of Spain Saragossa 633 75 .. 635 Ditto to Barcelona SPAIN, The following are the chief passages in the Queen of Spain's speech on opening the Cortes, of which a telegraphic summary has already ap peared : " When, this summer, I visited the provinces of Anda lusia and of Murcia, and received from their inhabitants such marked proofs of affection and respectful attachment to my person, I awaited impatiently the meeting of the Cortes to express to the representatives of the country the gratitude and love which I entertain for the people at whose head Providence has placed me. " The Catholic sentiments of Spain are equally mine, and I pray God to hear our prayers and to crown our efforts to put an end to the tribulations of the Sovereign Pcntiff, always the object of my most profound veneration. " The relations with foreign Powers continue to be friendly. I hope that we shall see terminated in a satisfac tory manner the difficulties which the disagreement of the plenipotentiaries in Mexico have opposed to the execution of the Treaty of London. The unforseen obstacles which have prevented it have not altered my desire to see it ac complished, and to realise the idea which served as its basis. "My Government will present to you the Treaty of Peace signed with the King of Annam. "It will also, at the proper time, lay before you the com munications which arose out of the grave events which have taken place on the coast of the island of Cuba, and I enter tain the confidence that they will not disturb the good understanding which I keep up with the Government of the United States." ITALY. A Naples letter, in the Independance, says : " The railway from Rome is at length about to be brought into use. The Pope has granted permis sion to M. Salamanca to run waggons for the public in general, between Rome and Ceprano, and the Neapolitan Government with on its side permit the traffic between Naples and Isoletta. There is nothing new to commmunicate from this city, and in the provinces the same band of brigands are on the move. Caruso with his 300 men has repassed from Molise into Capitanata. He is a very active and skilful chief, and I recommenckd him to the gretitude of Francis 11. An affair is said to have juse taken place in the Basilicata between the troops and the brigands, in which nine of the latter were killed and 15 taken prisoners_ A band of brigands lately invaded the village of Carlantini, but the people, headed by their syndic, armed themselves and forced the invaders to retire. A sad account has been re ceived from Cotiona. Three individuals, suspected of having murdered an inhabitant of that town, were arrested by the police and were being taken to prison,' when the populace rushed on the pri soners and massacred two of them. The third was only saved by the bravery of the Marquis de Cas tania, the Sub-Prefect, who rushed into the mob and rescued the man from their violence." S 7, TiIOMASIS IIOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. SIR,—I beg to hand you the accompanying copy of a protest this day sent to the Governors of Saint Thomas's Hospital.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, WM. CORN W ELL, Clerk to the Guardians of Bermondsey. " BERMONDSEY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. "To the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Governors of Saint Thomas's Hospital. " We the guardians of the poor of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey, having heard with much regret that h is the intention of the governors to remove Saint Thomas's Hospital out of the borough of Southwark, hereby express our dissatisfac. tion, and protest against such removal, upon the follow ing grounds, viz. : " That such removal out of Southwark is contrary to the conditions and stipulations under which the hospital was founded. ________ " That there are several eligible sites within or near the present site and confines of this parish, suitable for the erec tion of such hospital. _ _ _ "That this parish is situated near to the site of the hos pital just sold, having a population of about 60,000 souls, and which consists chiefly of artisans who, from their dif ferent callings, are very liable to accidents and diseases re quiring their immediate attention or removal to an hospi tal, and that if Saint Thomas's Hospital is removed out of Southwark they will not he able to receive such efficient medical aid and attendance as they have been accustomed and entitled, for centuries past, to receive ; moreover, it will be more inconvenient for the friends of the patients to visit them than heretofore. " That notwithstanding the increased accommodation of late made to Saint Thomas's Hospital, it was always full, and the attendance of out-door patients immense. " That the guardians of this parish aro informed that, owing even to tho tomporary icUIJ 5l of ouf , h hnspital , tho neighbouring one of Guy's is full to overflowing, proving a difficulty for the inhabitants of this parish to obtain admis sion thercin. " That the constantly increasing population of London south of the-Thames, and more particularly in the south eastern portion of it, calls for materially increased hospital accommodation, instead of a diminution of it—the popula tion of this and the neighbouring parish having increased from 1841 to 1851, 33 per cent. ; and from 1851 to 1861, 26 per cent., and therefore if the hospital is re-erected out of Southwark it will be valueless as regards the poor of this and other parishes of the South-Eastern portion of the metropolis. That the authorities of the hospital stated to a deputa tion from this and the neighbouring parishes that if they were compelled to remove the present hospital at all, they would erect a building on the south side of Saint Thomas's street for the reception of out patients and for accidents, and that in fact for this building the plans were already ap proved, and which they have not carried out, although this Board are informed a large sum of money was voted by the governors for that purpose. " That the hospital was originally a house of alms, founded by the Prior of Bermondsey in 1213. and was situated near the monastery of this parish, was opened as a chartered hospital on its late site in the year 1552, and since that period the poor inhabitants of this and neighbouring pa rishes have derived the benefit and privileges for which the hospital was established. The guardians under such circum stances feel it their duty to protect the rights and interests of the poor of Bermondsey as far as they poesibly can, and therefore submit this protest on their behalf against the re moval of such hospital out of Southwark, the revenues of the same being ample to erect and maintain not only a hos pital in Southwark, but also the building for the reception of accidents and out-door patients in Saint Thomas's-street, as promised by the governors. " Signed on behalf of the Board, " CYRUS LEGG, Chairman. " Bermondsey Workhouse, Nov. 26, 1862." THE FUGITIVE HAYES.—A private letter re ceived in this (Limerick) city, states that on IVednesday the police were a c ti ve ly engaged through Kildare , along the red hills, in search of this Outlaw, who it was discovered had slept for several nights near the town of Kildare Limerick Chromic. LATEST NE W THE WAR IN AMERICA. (Per City of Baimore.) NEW YORKNov. 21, EVENING. The Federals have occupid the north side of the Rappahannock. The Co'ederates occupy the south side, and are occupyirg the positions lately evacuated by the Federals. The Confederates also are making movements ir the neighbourhood of Harper's Ferry. presses doubts of suc- The New York Herald , x ars resulting from the cheage of the base of opera- tions, and thinks that in efforts to capture Richmond care should be taken to prtvent Washington falling into the hands of the Confderates. The roads in Virginia az;, in bad condition, owing to the recent rains. General M'Clellan has irrived at New York. He was serenaded at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and made an unimportant speech b a large concourse of people, amid much enthusiasm. _ . The steamer California, with a cargo of cotton from Mobile, has been captured by Federal cruisers. The steamer Kate has arrived at Nassau with a cargo of cotton. The Persia and Teutonia have arrived out. Nov. 22. The Confederates still occupy Fredericksburg. General Sumner has demanded from the Mayor of Fredericksburg the surrender of the city, and in sisted that tho inhabitant° should cease aiding the Confederates. He declared that if the city was not surrendered in 16 hours he should shell it. The municipality replied that the inhabitants would cease assisting the Confederates, but would not surrender the city. They also complained of the short time allowed for the removal of women and children. General Longstreet is encamped outside Frede ricksburg, and a battle is expected for possession of the city. The Confederates are planting batteries along the south side of the Rappahannock, to prevent the Federals from crossing. The Federal fleet lately in the Gulf of Mexico ht.s returned to the Mississippi. It is rumoured in New Orleans that a military expedition will shortly leave that city. A brisk engagement has occurred above Bra shear City, up the river Teche, in Louisiana, between Federal gunboats and Confederate gunboats, as sisted by batteries on the shore. Both combatants received considerable damage. A Federal land expedition will proceed to Bra shear City from Thibodeaux. General Butler has visited the British steamer Rinaldo, at New Orleans. The Southern journals state that the Federals at tacked St. Mary's, Georgia, but were repulsed, The Federals, being unable to land, destroyed the town by gunboats. The Federals are at Falmouth. General Stonewall Jackson's movements are still mysterious. An engagement is expected near Holly Springs , Mississippi. - - Upwards of 100,000 Federal soldiers are on the sick list. The Southern journals estimate the Confederate loss by disease and battles within the last ten months at 75,000 men. The trial of Police Superintendent Kennedy, for the illegal imprisonment of Mrs. Brinsmade, is pro- gressing in New York. Gen. NUClellan's staff officers have been released from arrest. The New York Times says—The time will come when America will enforce reparation from England for the Alabama's depredations. The most effective cure for sectional heart-burnings will be a foreign war for a year or two. England has done all she can to break down America in her day of agony, and America will hate England for it till the last American now living goes to his grave. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 21, EVENING. Money tighter. Gold, 301. Exchange, 1441. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 1021 ; Illinois, 77,1 ; Erie, 611. Cotton Steady. Middling Upland, 69e. Flour, wheat , and. corn slightly firmer. Pro visions steady. Coffee and sugar quiet, Molasses very firm. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Nov. 22 Advices received here from Vera Cruz to the Ist (?) Nov. state that General Forey had arrived at Orizaba. 14,000 French troops had landed at Vera Cruz. The Mexican Congress assembled on the 20th of October. The message delivered by President Juarez on the occasion was very defiant in tone. The New York Times thinks that it is of the greatest consequence to the Federal cause that the French should be expelled from Mexico. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN ITALY TURIN, DEC. 1 Signor Buoneompagni has withdrawn his demand upon the Government for explanations on their policy. The ta the n ideaPa of that to-day t publishes an article corn bating thenext Ministry should con. S 2 sist of members of administrative ability, but o: slight political standing. A committee of Greek residents in Naples has passed a resolution in opposition to Prince Alfred's election. TURIN, DEC. 1, Evening, In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Rattazzi officially announced that the Mini stry had tendered their resignation. Ho defended the policy of himself and colleagues, and stated that ho would support his successors in their efforts to reconcile tho political parties, and to follow the policy of the majority of the Chamber. DEC. 2. Signor Cassinis has accepted the task of forming a new Cabinet. The Illonarchia Nazionale gives the names of the following statesmen as likely to be found in the new Cabinet : Minister for Foreign Affairs.. Marquis de Villa marina. Minister of the Interior Signor Cassinis Minister of Justice Signor Tecchio. Minister of Marine Minister of War,..,. MiniSter of Public Works .. General Petitti Signor Jacini, The Opinione of to-day mentions a rumour that a cabinet of no political, but of merely an adminis trative character will be formed, in which Signor Pasoiini, Prefect of Turin, will be minister for foreign affairs. The same journal c om b a t s the idea of such a ministry, and says that to co mmand the requis i t e authority the cabinet s h ou ld cons i s t of members of the parliamentary majority. Nothing certain is yet known respecting the ministerial crisis. DEC. 2, EVENING. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies MR. CHASE'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM. The memorial about to be addressed by the mer chants and financiers of New York to the United States Congress on the results of the financial ad- ministration of Mr. Secretary Chase shows not merely that the commercial body of that city have at length come round to the views expressed during the past eighteen months by the English press, but that there is a disposition to stigmatise the proceedings of the Washington Cabinet in terms by no means less strong than those which have been denounced as wicked and "abusive" when they have proceeded from this side. The Chief of the Trea sury is charged with proceedings calculated totally to destroy the national credit, and with having resorted to the most hazardous plan of finance ever known, while he has directly reversed all the re cognised rules that should guide a statesman. The effects of the system of borrowing from hand to mouth are clearly demonstrated, and the truth is also recognised that it is not merely uaeless, but fraudulent, to multiply paper issues in the shape of a local tender, unless such issues are made to bear a proper rate of interest. Unfortunately, however, the New York merchants do not confine themselves to the simple statement of these facts, but go on to shape a distinct plan of finance for the future, and to indulge in expectations regarding its operation, which are only a degree less delusive than those by which Mr. Chase himself has thus far been in spired. In commending their scheme they start with the announcement that America has no large capitalists who can absorb any consider able amount of new securities, " the condition of the people being different from any other," from the circumstance that they " have their money invested in bonds and mortgages, real estate, State bonds, bank, insurance, and other local stocks," as well as in current business. For this cc when it is wished to float more money ' than can be profitably employed in trade, it must be made to bear an interest or it will depreciate in current value." Interest bearing notes are there fore recommended to be issued to redeem the pre sent currency, and to meet all future wants. They are to have 20 years to run, and are to be of the denomination of £4, £lO, £2O, £lOO, and £2OO, and are to carry a fixed rate of 4,1 per cent. These bonds " will be taken and held by all classes of the people," and the Treasury will acquire the great advantage of being freed from the future necessity of contracting definite loans, since they can put forth as many of them as they please from time to time in payment to public creditors. An issue equal to 200 millions sterling could, it is thought, be absorbed in the course of six months, " without materially affecting values," and in a short time it is "not unlikely £400,000,000 might be profitably taken." The process is also to enable the Treasury to resume specie payments within 90 days—that period being apparently the favourite one for the financial no less than the political millenium—as it will enuable the Government to call in all the existing inconvertible notes of less than £4. In short this system of credit " will make as simple and per fect a plan of American finance as any statesman can desire to see established." The memorialists do not pause to prove their opening proposition that America is different from all other countries in hav ing no capital save such as is invested in securities or business, neither do they attempt to explain what logical connexion exists between this proposi• tion and the desirableness of creating 400 millions sterling of " money," by putting forth paper pro mises to that amount. Such omissions, however, would be immaterial if the memorialists had shown how the creation of the " money" in question could meet their present difficulties. These difficulties arise from the fact that the country is consuming more than it is producing, so that heavy balances have to be sent abroad in specie, and the remedy proposed is consequently exactly the same as if a family of a dozen persons, while outrunning their aggregate income, were to seek to make matters straight by passing their own promissory notes, which no one else would take, backward and for ward among each other, It is from the ignorance even of the rudimentary principles of public finance thus manifested by all classes of the American peo ple—Ministers, leading merchants, and ordinary traders—that the fear is excited that there can be no possible cure for the course now entered upon short of a general collapse. SELF-DEFENCE AGAINST GAIIO2 TE.RS. Evils of this sort do bring their cure in time ; the gentleman highwayman, who used to stop the mail on Hounslow-heath, has long since been ex tinguished; and we shall extinguish these human bull dogs, by boldly dealing with them as in the style of Mr. Burt, in the first instance, and giving them a full measure of punitive correction in the second. In regard to the first point, it needs to be observed that, as no one is safe in the public streets at any hour of the day or night, so in ren dering assistance promptly to a fellow-citizen in distress on the first alarm of danger, the act is as much one of self-protection as of mutual sharing of the risk. But theca must be a limit to the pre cautions for self-defence. Much as we admire the daring of Mrs. Norman, at Whaley bridge, who met a burglar with a revolver, and shot him in the breast, we should regard it as a great calamity were the public to take to carrying firearms, or any really killing weapons, for defence in the streets. A bludgeon or life-preserver cannot well be used in mistake to harm an innocent man, but pistols and daggers have an evil influence on their possessors, and there is always the possibility of life being sacri ficed, even under imaginary alarms. Many of our readers will no doubt remember the case of the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Nottingham, some years since. He had been alarmed by burglars, and procured a gun for self-defence ; the next night he heard a tapping on the shutters and he fired, and shot dead a poor man who had come with a message to one of his ser vants, and who knocked on the shutters in order to avoid disturbing him by ringing the bell. We should have no end of domestic tragedies if it be came the fashion for Englishmen to go about armed; happily that has not been the fashion for some cen turies past, but there is some fear of the revival of the fashion since the dangers of the streets have so multiplied, and the tendency to the carrying of pistols and dirks is much to be deplored. Nor is it possible to justify the carrying of weapons as a means of defence against street robbers ; an oak staff or ashen truncheon will be far more effectual tor those who ars capable of making a defence at all ; and, however desperate the attack, we have no right to do more mischief to the marauder than suffices to disable him, and render his capture certain. The law is the best avenger, and in spite of the laxities through which many of these disorders have arisen, the law is, after all, our only real and permanent defence, and every measure taken by individual victims and sharers of the dangers should be to bring the culprits within reach of whatever terrors the law has in store for them.— City Press. ENTOMOLOGY AND ETYMOLOGY.—ScaIe insects are something more important than marvels and revelations of the microscope, for they play an important part in the business of man. They attack many stove plants, and besides make their presence felt for evil upon plums, peaches, grapes, pears, aloes, nectarines, pine apples, olean ders, and acacias, as well as oranges, Scale i ns ects Insve been known to destroy an average harvest. Their ravages destroyed, in 1843, the chief dependence of the inhabitants of a whole group of volcanic islands in the .51editerran.n. The learned name for this group of insects is the coecitim, from the Greek word coccos, a berry. The story of this names illustrates how words are imported i n to languages, and how languages grow. Probably one of the ear of liest dyes used by mankind was deriv,cl from the berry the plant which the Gree k s called Kertnes, whence the French an d the English the word el im. derive their word cratuoisi, son. D„es the word miminal come from the red stain The scale insect which yields the cochineal, from its ap pearance, was supposed to be a berry, and When this error E a n n d g s h h e then derived f o m a h e e was abandoned, it was said to be a worm. During the worm o r u m n v c e o r , o the middle ages, while this belief prevailed, the colour was word vermilion. —All the Year Round. c F a r l e le n d eZ erai:i=;:i CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS. —The Excise returns for the first three quarters of the year have been issued. The quantity of spirits retained for consumption in the United Kingdom as beverage only has been 13,532,2 1 7 gallons in the first nine mo same period of 1861 it uths of the present year. In the was 13,050,988 gallons, and of 1860, 16,160,240 gallons. TILE RE. ONDON. (From the Regiitrar General's Report) It appears from the weekly return of the'Regis trar-General that the mortality of London was high in the second and third weeks of November, as has been shown in the reports for those periods ; but it has risen still higher in the week that ended last Saturday, when the number of deaths was 1,745. This is a considerably greater number than in any corresponding week of the last ten years, except that of the year 1858, when the number that oc curred, in a less than the present population was 1,738. The following numbers show the constant increase of deaths in the four weeks of the last month; they were 1,307, 1,429, 1,559, and 1,745. In the first of those weeks the mean temperature of the air was about 45 degs. In the last three the mean weekly temperature was 37 degs. or 38 deg The atmosphere was cold, and frequently very humid. Nearly 300 deaths occurred last week more than the number that would have been returned if the average rate of mortality at the end of Novem ber had ruled. Although the birth-rate was near the average last week, the number of births ex ceeded that of deaths by only 89. The table of fatal diseases shows the increase to have been due principally to pulmonary complaints. The deaths from "diseases of the respiratory organs" were in the last four weeks successively 197, 283, 350, and 470 ; and to take two special diseases to that class, those from bronchitis were in the same periods 101, 130, 186, and 269 ; and from pneumo nia, 73, 115, 103, 131_ Phthisis, which ranks ire the table with " tubercular diseases," was fatal in the four weeks in 152, 166, 177, and 169 cases. Nearly a half of the deaths from bronchitis occurred at 60 years of age and upwards. There were 94 fatal cases of measles and 95 of scarlatina. Severe children died of measles in Camden-town, 6 in the East sub-district of Islington, 5 in St. Peter, Wal worth. Scarlatina was fatal in 8 cases in the sub district of St. Mary, Paddington, in 5 in that of St. Peter, Walworth, in 6in Rotherhithe. The regis trar of St. Mary (St. George's-in-the-East) reports that there have been 7 cases of typhus in two fami lies that reside in the house, No. 9, Morgan,street , in his subdistrict. At a house in Francis-terrace, Rotherhithe, 4 children, being the whole number of children in a family, have been carried off 11 scarlatina within 11 days. Four deaths are returned as caused by privation. The following are the Par" titulars of those cases :—On Bth November, a rasa? aged 57 years, who had been an artificial florist? died in Pancras workhouse of " exhaustion from starvation." On 17th November, in the sa me workhouse, the widow of a tailor, aged 43 year s ' died of "exhaustion from starvation." On 24th November, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, a Te a t unknown, probably about 33 years of age, died 0 . 1 " cold and want of food." He had been found In the Smithfield-pens. On 14th November, at 1 " Parliament-street, Bethnal-green, the son of weaver, aged three months, died of " destitution; the mother not having milk for the child from war lt of food." Last week the births of 971 boys as" 863 girls, in all 1,834 children, were registered . I° . London. In the ten corresponding weeks of 0 ° years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) 1,879. BRAZEN MENDICANCY.. It is one of the probabilities of a of the City that you may be deafee,ed or made si ck by the discords of companies of itinerant truta° peters, perched at the corners of streets and mos t look a great annoyance in naturally usually at the doors of gin -chops. As W" 'perambulation the face, soon advertised of the object of the blatant dis cord, which, we are informed, is intended t 0 awaken sympathy for distressed Lancashire oPe.. raties. There is something of a genuine aPP ear s ante about these quondam Lancashire lads, and 11 , ,, they blow their trumpets most unskilfully, that 1 7 an additional reason wty we should believe the.; we are very to be genuine examples of cotton spinners in 6 13 1 0 tress. Whether they are as bona fide as t to original dustmen, it might not be very WI g s discover. Some of them announce themseiv e° from Staleybridge, others as trom Blackburn, e ' c ; As they must have come from somewhere, so t he y may as well be natives of Staleybridge, Bl a okhni or any other cotton town. With the subject ° Lancashire distress under our attention every d e l' and with our own poor to think of at this sea hat we cannot afford to waste on impostors Wbbo might be better disposed of in relieving t o deserving. We have no doubt that the br o re mendicants who fill the City with sounds .11:1°t, befitting a cattle market, have some sort of 0 11 . 1°1 0 , relationship with the distressed Lancashire virea l , e ,, o f but as they come before the public in the at titun° beggars, and not unobtrusive in their mode of b!, ging, they at once lose all claim to charitable e v on sideration. This ingenious mode of trading i ll / a t popular sympathies might be left to cure hos e any other time. There are always people w ice heads are as soft as their hearts, and who w ill g ot to beggars what they might much better bes o d upon the really deserving, who have not yet st°°r eo to beg. But we cannot afford in these daY s a a waste of a farthingin misdirected charitY, an to ads impunity in one branch of mendicancy onlY l e n ot() the working out of new inventions, we are be ll o ry caution the public against mendicants of evert t he class, who make an appeal to our sympatbiicti' guise of distressed Lancashire operatives. " beg' way we turn, of late, we see some s tural gar, whose plaint is of a kind to touch the sentiwpos, of kindly regard for Lancashire, which n°'%don sesses the public mind. The beggars of f)°,,,,jad are a shrewd set; they know which way til e , t 3 blows. If there were a sudden passion for t'treet6 lief of the indigent blind, we should see the .° it as well filled with dissemblers of that calainititraa. is now with people of all ages and both soces'.,./ ing on the public benevolence for Lan casbio City Press. THE DO-NOTHING EXECUTIVE' -op- „ AO in Hyde Park, or for having One cannot take a man up for lying thr ° ,4lo% the day countenance, or for standing about in a 611 ! pO O manner at the corners of streets. The striP'P et, for these tigers are not sufficiently develoP eci , 5A and der - ble us to be justified in putting them up ibta ita key. But there are far too manY 011111 , 1 bat i ll iaieu 0 Bengals, known to be such by every g et tbe the Metropolitan police force. Let us k g eep t be° o inside the menagerie at any rate, an of al l th e there. We have got rid of the w . Tr yea why in kLea • 13 forests and moorlands of England ; ..„bic an ill-lnuiciotis name should we not also get j u ngles of in such terrible numbers infest the Ping ,000 tor' . f o r s ending a no tor metropolis ? There is a lawn rid of the tigers ' oe when he is foun d o f police force who I°l A - 1 thief and vagabondatot,oP3trtiys° every p hour in every a s- r , 6 cl large. You have every year. Unrelenting l l e t where to find him of every week ef remorselessly then, Sir Joshua . Jebb or vilP . a t be else to the contrary notwithstanding, behind th o with him! There isthat, 111 no doubt or bars et o at largo , matter of protection, we tax-payers do not g i it is money's worth for our money. Unfortunate M o ir not with a government as with a joint-stocir rip , übsc pang, from which one can withdraw one's 6 or po. tion in the object professed to be carried ou t tec tea carried out. Wepay very handsomely to be Pr ° o re; in the transaction of and Pleas ,• ° net our careful business .5,500e and if the Home Secretary or Police Corao l 0 no e )3° ca s e for the time being fail in his contract, w OU r a opposition establishment to go over to• ern an d is surely a hard one. The approved nIO to 01 ' h i c h is , to polite principle of governing--W i t and leave c eli your money for governing you ivo --sea r o cl you in all difficulties to govern yourse ~ 5 A p evOIC C ` a to obtains here. You may not kee feel r disr °se ea sword-sticks by you, and may not do• . it has h do bring them into common use if y h ou r ..p ies that to 11 ‘` e. ascertained by the highest aut a Overnin ent , g ,:jog nothing is the sublbmst art of g et . ' c r i° ' - oa t rally—but in this humble particular , ._,,a 3 pockets and our vi nv ity , 1 our valuables out of our as, , _, do shadow of our doorw E ' to of our eyes, in the ubt -- 1 e h vulgar, no do ii til not be reasonable —though a_-Dickens s ]."' some trifling piece of work _ Year .Round."