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THF, SOUTH AFRICAN IRRIGATION and INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). To be incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862,which specially limits the liability of each Shareholder to the amount of his Shares. evital £1,000,000, it: 20,000 Shares of £5O each. (Power to increase.) First issue 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per Share, and a further pay ment of per Share on allotment. alls not to exceed £2 Der Share, and three months' interval between each Call. It is not intended to call up more than £lO per Share. DIRECTORS. J ° ll ll Barry, Esq,, Merchant (Barry and Nephews), Lon don and Cape Town, Director of the London and South African Bank. James Black, Esq., (Black and Co.), Merchant, London, Graham's Town, and Port Elizabeth. Alexander Croll, Esq. (Alexander Croll and Co.),Merchant, London and Port Elizabeth. Alfred Jarvis, Esq., London (late Chairman of the Com mercial Bank, P or t Elizabeth). 'teary Sherman, Esq., Merchant (Levicks and Sherman), London and Cape Town. Joseph Mosenthal, Esq., Merchant (Mosenthal and Co.)) London, Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. John Paterson,Esq. (Paterson,liemp, and Co.), Merchant, L ondon, and Cape of Good of Hope,Director of the Stan. dard Bank of British South Africa. A , C. Stewart, Esq., Merchant (Stewart and Co.), Liver pool and Port Elizabeth. BANKERS. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool, Lothbury, London, and The Albany, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. BROKERS. Messr s . J. an d J . Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street, London. TEMPORARY OFFICES. No. 27, Moorgate-street, London. PROSPECTUS. The South African Irrigation and Investment Company is established with a view to aid in the furtherance of those Public undertakings in the South African Colonies, includ - ;rig the Cape of Good Hope, British Kaffraria, and Natal, by which their resources may be more fully developed; the result being in the opinion of the Directorsrcertain to prove blest satisfactory to those who embark their capital. The Company's operations will embrace three main objects— Ist: That of a Land and Irrigation Company. 2d. That of a Public Works (more especially a Light ing, Paving, and Water Company) ; and ad. That of a Trust, Loan, and Investment Company. It has seemed wise to the Directors to combine these ob jects in one company, since, while all are entirely com patible, and can be very properly undertaken under one m anagement, the heavy expenses of offices, directions, and servants for separate companies will thereby be avoided. The t'outh African Irrigation and Investment Company, while meeting the wants most keenly felt at the present time by the South African Colonies, cannot fail to realise to its Shareholders ample returns upon the capital. As a Land and Irrigation Company it will enter upon a Most promising field of operations. Dirge tracts of fertile soil along the rivers, and in the great karoos or plains of the cou n t ry, are to b e purc h ase d a t very low prices, which, k 7 it works, in dams, tanks, or water leadings from rriers, may be converted, by no great outlay, into proper tles many times their original value. The Government r eturns for 1860 of the value of landed estates in these _coloni es show That where by private enterprise irrigation wo rks have b een cons t ruc t e d on farms, the enhancement of value has been from five to tenfold ; and as such results h ave been ac hi eve d b y pr i vate e nterprise, yet more satis ortory results may be looked for where labour is more lanised and scientific skill is brought to bear. toree Company will not only purchase lands with a view sale aft er th e cons t ruc ti on o f i rr igation works, but will tak e con recta for the construct i on o f lik e wor k s u p on t " e minent and private lands. It is known to be in con ,emplation in next se ss i on o f the Colonial Parliament to in teduce a bill t o f ac ili tate t h e cons t ruc ti on o f a series of Go vernment tanks, and t o secure on the capital employed in s uch work s on Government land a Governmen t guaran t ee of at least 6 per cent. per annum. Af it . r s a Public Works Company for the towns of South a townar prospect is equally inviting. There is scarcely of magnitude which is not now prepared to offer !nest liberal and remunerative terms to this Company, to be come to it a cons tit u t e d W a t er an d Gas Company; and Fort Elizabeth (now the commercial capital of all South gasteru Africa), caused a Bill to be introduced into last ses sion of th e Colonial Parliament, charging the whole propertyof the town for £BO,O OO , to gu arantee at least T;"‘" per annum on outlay for works for water su pp l y . "? Directors feel that the present is a most favourable op ay for the establishment of a Company for Public t, P's, and they confidently anticipate that they will be able t i : °lll Plete arrangements with the authorities at Port izabeth to become its Lighting, Paving, and Water I , —° 2 /3 PallY, so as to ensure a most favourable commence be of business, and facilitate future operations. It may e Mentioned that in towns where, by authority of local mu nicipalities, water-works have been constructed, they llaye proved sources o f ver y large profits on the capital vested, and the only Gas Company in operation in South Africa pays annual dividends varying from 15 to 20 per cent. As a Trust Companya very con s id era bl e an d profitable business can be dune. It will be in position to offer very ample security to constituents, and the following statement of selling prices of Shares in existing Trust Companies will show what may be do ne un d er t hi s head Name of Company. I Paid up. lSellingPrice Board of Executor s Association for Administering Estates General Estate, &c. Port Elizabeth Guardian and Trust e. d. i s. d. ICO 0 0 350 0 0 187 10 0 375 0 0 200 0 0 252 0 0 110 0 1 310 0 AS a Loan and I Company it cannot ail to show eat of results. nvestment Money may p be invested to f almost any ri t te °t in first or p re f erence mortgages, of the amplest secu ,atYei ou landed property in the South African Colonies, at it 8 V ailing from 6to 12 per cent. per annum, thus yield ttegita lar g e profit over the cost of money in England ; and b b N7 ' ll be the object of the Directors to raise money on ,en tures of the Company or otherwise, to be specially °liked to lo ans on suc h first mortgages, it becomes matter m as s calculation that the profits to be made by the Com zetilen,!his department of its business will be highly re auve. Ar ra tt en ngements are in progress for the immediate com- N„fement of the business of the Company in all its de teti',".:aents, and the Directors will give their especial at ht4gBa.to the selection of efficient and well-qualified ma ille?wera will be taken in the Articles of Association for Lie inc orporation with this Company of existing Compa e of like object in South Africa. itfhl ti ais Company is established at the urgent request of Pir t ', n tial colonists, who are prepared ro invest in the Coni fer "° a considerable extent, 2,000 shares will be reserved enottnent in South Africa. pr e i i e l? provision has been made by the Directors for the Dayi u rel earY expenses 'as will secure the Company against and t g any sum whatever in the nature of promotion money, th e a Articles of Association will contain a clause giving Of t'.'oareholder the power to fix, year by year, the amount Directors' s r emuneration. bra t , he b ead office of the Company will be in London, but 1 40 ,,,e4 offices and local committees, under the control of the 411 Board will be established in the chief towns of south Africa. elit'PPlicatio n for Stares to be made in the following form, er to the Brokers or to the Secretary of the Company. To t,ule I?° Rm OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Directors of the South African Irrigation and In. vestment Company (Limited). %lat lertlen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of the 03 being a deposit of £1 per Share on Share s in that ° N 7 o Company, I hereby request that you will allot me b the and I agree (according to the form prescribed ss uo Articles of Association), to accept such shares, or any A e urober y ou ma y a llot me, and to execute the Articles te a ,'?ociation w h en r equired ; and I request that my name se 7e d Placed on the Register of Shareholders for the Shares a Otte, Name in full Residence Profession of Business Date MILD._ TRIJLY EFFICACIOUS AND r ., „ Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LlVER the P re lL e r e , ot P pr re: ',''' ,l Without any mercurial ingredient, from ott, of spe c Bromley Kent, will efound digestion, wind, 13 b invaluable to all who t , s.s r from bilious and liver complaints, ill restiveness, as a family aperient medicine. and as a p a. cf th e For habitual ths e blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their oper uri and grateful to the stomach, they create apperite, priLo !:note digestion, and gtrengthen the whole nervous syste S old by W. 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It besets inexperienced youth, c ap foundation 01 future misery, poisoning the nuptial a nti with bitter malignity; destroying health, curtailing"_life, the ' fla king' it, durin , " its brief career, a scene of anguish, from Tie.,°nseiousness of humiliating infirmity. ti mp e evil is but too rife in our age and country ; and expo tlthq,:thee,reaedn.ioften discern the sad results in the early deaths, tarY and perpetuated ailments, and the matri "tat discords and vandals, described, in convential par .-131•"' " unaccountable " and "mYsterthus." nl4atenedln cases of nri to or suspension of faculties i no7 souumnadn b'apptlnd vigour form sub a prominent co s n r s e ti m t human ed the mis chief, h e _aa , Bufferers may liave their fear rndicated, and their warrneirirsver severe and inveterat,e,.er realiged` hopes of restoration to die prerogatives fully 'WERT, M.D., has been engaged for 20 years in the i'lree,.a_tment of these disorders, and his treatise Self-Pre loqation " describes how all the attributes of Manhood are tai n 4 .lispended, and how they can be restored and m in health and vigour to an advanced period l epost free in a sea' ed envele 20 stanaP , by M a nn, ..t 4.„ - 7nini i; or from the Author. who may be cons ul ted from 11 till 2 and 6 till 8, at his residence, - i 7, BEDFORD-SWARM, Undo. 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PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking -I- will find superior accommodation and moderate barges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. pp R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE - BOAT INSTITUTION , • (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRoxEss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Acniral his Grace the Duke of Northom berland, K. G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, sind the beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has incurred expenses amount ng to £27,260 on various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng!and, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have • eon instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow ing Vessels:— Barque Vermont, of Halifax. U.S. .. .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• 3 Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough • Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. 7 Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick .. 6 Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. 9 Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• •• •• 2 Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • .. • • Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth 9 Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. .. 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. .. 5 Brig Ann, of Blyth .. 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. 1 Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth 5 Schooner Murrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and • crew) .. . • . .. •• 6 Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved ves and crew) .. 3 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew 4 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives .. 3 Fishing-boats of Whitburn •• •• •• 16 Brig Arethusa, of Blyth . Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmttdoe Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .. 5 Smack Gipsy, of Newry 4 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven......B Schooner William, of Liverpool. .. .• • • 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown •• •• 3 Brig Providence, of Shields .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle 8 Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood . .4 Barque Guyana, of Glasgow . •• •• 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields _ .. 10 Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide .. 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. •• 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. • • 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast •• •• •• 17 •• Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marans • • 8 Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam 5 Barque Druid, of Sunderland 9 Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. 1 Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon .. 1 Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich 5 Brig Minerva, of Workington Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6 Brig Sisters, of %,‘ hitby 9 Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. Brig Jane, of North Shields _ .. 10 Brig Trial, of Poole .. Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. Barge Peace, of London •• •• •• •• Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft •• •• .• Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen • •• •• Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast • • • Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone • • • • Brig Lively, of Clay. Norfolk .. Schooner Rook, of Liverpool • • Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. .• Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. • • Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda • • • • Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool .. .• Sloop William, of Liverpool .. .. • • Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth .• Portug,nese Barque Cruz V. .. • • • • Ship Annie E. Hooper. of Baltimore, U. 5... Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester Tot al .. For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £2,158 as rewards lo the crews of its Lifeboats. It has also granted regards smounting to X. 572 for saving 552 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means. mak ing a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years and a half. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society end other means, since it s formation, 126 for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silve is rMedals,a s n o 4l £18,060 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also exp ended . £64,300 on Life-boat s , Lif e -b oa t Transporting-cart wee, and Boat-houses. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions he Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-three Life-lrats under its man agement, tor the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : X B.d A He L r a D d IV e a s t ty Le th it e h? p u e e r en w. G. Slater, d an on n . ual l s oo o 0 0 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. annual 25 1 0 1 0 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. .. don . • i, • Esq:: Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. anel,Mrs. •• •• don. 30 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers don. 21 0 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0 Legacy of the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of Salford.. •• •• 100 0 0 Henry,•• •• Martin, Sir ry Bart 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. •• •• don. 15 15 0 •• •• Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq , M.P. . •. annual 5 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony., K.C.B. .• annual 2 0 0 Trench, Lady Helena . . don. 30 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 78, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's -street, London ; by a I the Bankers fn the United Kin .d. m; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis. EsqL. at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. S TEO EIDON: O What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Sell-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. 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'., Z . i a -- 14.0 :":.:t l, .‘" ' '", ~.. -....,..:._,..-- \ ::. • ."1: , ' ',' " ...1 .. , • `.... - --ZS?' ' *at, e 6.* ''." LIIR •,.: ~*' . • "--- ' .... 9 n.- ~.. . - c .... ... N._'.•clt,4-_,„7 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1862. PUBLICATIONS. be incorporated either with the poor rate or the county rate. But even then I would not diminish one iota of the Church's due right to her absolute and independent property. (Loud cheers.) As to the franchise, my experience has led me to the con clusion that the present standard is as equitable and sound. as it can possibly be. (Hear, hear.) I maintain that the franchise in boroughs bas worked well hitherto, and will continue to work well. And so strong am I on that point, that I would not willingly consent to a reduction of the borough franchise to £9 192. 111 d. (Cheers.) In my address I stated that I considered the franchise should be extended according to the progress of education. I quite admit that, but I am now speaking of the standard as to a property qualification, and I can only repeat my conviction that the present standard is a just and proper one. But I contend also that education is the higher standard. (Cheers.) There is one other very im portant subject which mug interest all of us—it is the cause of education. (Applause.) I am per fectly certain that we have all the deepest interest in that question. (Hear, hear.) I know that I for one have, and that I am a sincere friend of educa tion, and shall be prepared to vote on every occa sion for the right of the poor man's child to a sound plain education at the charge of the state. (Hear.) I would see every poor man's child in every county and borough in England educated to a sufficient point out of the means of the country. (Cheers.) And you may rely upon mo that if I am returned to parliament I shall do all in my power to further the cause of education_ (" Bravo !") As for our armaments and our volunteers, there can be no two opinions with reference to them. (Cheers.) We are all lovers of our glorious country, and wish our armaments to be kept up to that position which should enable us, should it ever become necessary, to meet even the whole world in arms against us. (Loud applause.) As for the volunteers, it was the patriotism of the country which gave rise to them; and all I can say is, that if they do want a subsidy I shall not only be happy, but 1 shall feel it my duty, to do my utmost for that noble body, should I ever be placed in a position to do so. (Cheers.) In conclusion, I would say that I come to submit myself to you hindered by no other ties. I have no landed interest in any county in England ; and I hope to be able to identify my future connection with our soil with the ancient and loyal borough of Totnes. (Cheers, and a Voice, " He's our man.") be said that because the American people were the best educated people in the world, and this great calamity of a civil war had fallen upon them, it would have been better had they not been educated at all ? If some unknown disaster should follow any individual who had laboured in the cause of his own education, thwarting his effoi is preventing him from attaining that success in life which he thought he had a fair claim to —was it to be said, "Better he had not been educated at all P" In the name of moral justice, he (Mr. Milnes) should say neither the one nor the other. Bet- I ter to labour even to fail; even better than if any one were to succeed unjustly and without labour. (Applause.) The education of an individual co operated, so to say, with the education of the world in the hand of the great Divine Schoolmaster and Artificer. This was a glorious consideration, which the humblest of mankind might feel with no unjust pride or undue conceit. In the midst of this great Lancashire calamity, nothing seemed to him more interesting than that a considerable portion of the grown-up :men were improving' the calamity by learning to read. (Applause.) It might be said, "What was the use of reading to men who were hungry and in unhappy circumstances ? " but did it not give them a consciousness that there was something in the world to learn which even in calamities like this could never be wholly taken away from them; and did not intellectual pursuits-, go a considerable way to mitigate the material evils of life, and to accommodate the man to the uneasi ness of his circumstances P (Applause.) The hon. gentleman concluded by urging the importance of art education, and by showing that mental study was only a'duty which a man owed to himself and to his country, by assisting in the great work of the civilisation of mankind, which it should be the glory of every man to be a contributor to, and, if it pleased God, even to be a martyr to. (Loud ap plause.) - Ml. NE ff'DEGATE A 7 RUGBY. SECOND EDITION, REVISED, In 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, THE LIFE OF EDWARD IRVING , Min ister of the National Scotch Church, London. Illustrated by his JOURNAL and CORRESPONDENCE. By➢ Mrs. OLIPHANT. "Mrs. Oliphant's Life of Edward Irving supplies a long felt desideratum. It is copious, earnest, and eloquent." — Edinburgh Review. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough - street. RUGBY, THIIRSDLY. The annual show of the Rugby and Dunchurch Conservative Association was held in a field near Rugby yesterday, after which the annual dinner was held in the Town Hall, The Earl of Dalkeitk presided, and was supported on the right by the Hon. Chas. Lennox Butler, High Sheriff, and on the left by C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P. Mr. Spooner was absent through indisposition. The CHAIRMAN having given 'the Members for North Warwickshire," which was received with considerable cheering, Mr. NEWDEGATE, M.P., rose to respond. After expressing regret at the non-appearance of his col league, he referred to the fact that at the meeting of the Rugby and Dunchurch Agricultural Associa tion last year, he had been the first to advert to the doings of Captain Wilkes on board the Trent, of which information had been received that morning, and he was rejoiced to find that the views he then expressed.had been subsequently sanctioned by pub lic opinion and by the Government. Recent events had shown that our American cousins were deter mined we should not forget them. England never wished to do so; but it was only natural that at the present moment, when the heart of this country was being wrung by an unhappy internecine struggle, there should be an impatience on the part of Eng lishmen that the Government should interfere, and stay if possible the strife now raging in America, not only because they were of our own flesh and blood, but also because it was a struggle destroying one of the Free States of the world. (Hear, hear.) Eng land must always have a deep sympathy with all freedom, but he was persuaded that Lord Palmerston's Government had pursued a statesmanlike and pru dent course in hitherto pursuing a policy of absten tion in reference to American affairs. The Ameri can people seemed as though they could not forget that the first phase of their national existence was marked by their separation from England, and there was a sort of national jealousy against Eng land amongst the Yankees. Some of them were angry with us because we did not regret that cir cumstance more than it was possible for us to do ; whilst others suspected us, or seemed to suspect us in the matter of non-intervention. Not because they thought we had a feeling of envy or interest, but because they thought we had some covert design to grasp again the Goverment of the United States, which was a most chimerical idea. Still there was a jealousy which he believed the English nation most deeply deplored. (Cheers.) He regretted, as much as any one, that the form of Government which the Americans had set up had not proved so successful as ours. The supremacy of man formed a too prominent portion of the com position, instead of obedience to the will of God ; there was, in fact, too much of that sheer absolut ism of the human will expressed by the first Napo leon, when he said, " Iletat c'est moi." Finally, he thought the Government had acted wisely in leav ing to some other country the office of pacificator in the present struggle. The hon. gentleman, refer ring to the subject of the distress in Lancashire, said the distress was a very grievous one to be borne, and they were bound by special ties to sym pathise with them in their troubles. When the ribbon trade of Coventry was struck down by the operation of the French Treaty, Lancashire most readily and nobly contributed to alleviate their suffering poor, and he trusted that now in the dark hour of its trial, the whole county of Warwick, with Birmingham at its head as the metropolis, would join heart and soul to repay what had been sent for them with interest. But the troubles of distress wore not confined to the cotton districts; it had come near home among their neighbours, and it was their duty to provide for them. He had been recently engaged in an inquiry as to the state of Coventry, and he could assure them that it was in such a condition as to need their deepest sym pathy ; and more than deep symyathy, the bestow ment of such means as they could well spare. He thought the Mayor of Coventry and the Local Re lief Committee had recently commenced a separate subscription for the poor weavers in that place ; but if they bore in mind that but one-half of the suffer ing operatives of that town were weavers, they then would see how inadequate the movement was to offer any relief at all commensurate with the existing distress. He had made in quiries upon the subject from the chairmen of the various district committees, and they assured him that not only was there great distress in Coventry, but also in all of the surrounding districts, reach ing beyond the town of Nuneaton. In consequence of that an appeal had been made to Lord Leigh, and he had nobly answered them by establishing another fund, to be called the " North Warwickshire Fund, for the relief of the distressed operatives." The hon. gentleman then referred to the subject of church rates, and stated that for seven years he bad devoted himself to the solution of that great question, which caused so much dispute between Churchmen and Dissenters. The result of his labours was a bill which he introduced into Parliament last session, and which had been by him withdrawn for purposes of amendment. In that bill he proposed to remove the present rate, which was personal, and tax property for the maintenance of proper worship in the Church.;_ He believed the subject had ca use d i much irritation for the last 28 years between D!s senters and Churchmen, but it would admit o f a solution satisfactory alike to both parties. I assure you that in every way that lies in my power I shall be happy to promote the prosperity, the welfare of the boroughan d do all a t large.c a n t o advance (chee rs .There is, perhaps, only one more point to which I would allude. One and all of us must very deeply sympathise with the great distress now prevailing in our manufacturing districts. (Hear, hear.) I trust that distress will be efficiently relieved, and I shall join in re lieving it where it so largely prevails. (Hear,) If its effects should possibly—as we know they may —in any way react upon the poor of Totnes, if I can do anything to relieve that reaction, I shall be only too happyito offer:my aid in doing so. (Cheers.) In conclusion I would say that you have received me so flatteringly and warmly that I feel I may confidently leave my interest in your hands. (Hear, hear.) lam prepared to go through to the end, and to poll the last man on your register—(pro longed cheering)—should my canvass justify me in doing so. (Cheers.) Oa the motion of Mr. J. F. Phillips, J.P., seconded by Mr. Heath, Mr. Dent was unanimously accepted as a fit and and proper candidate for the borough. MR. M. MILNES ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS. - s -- The annual soiree of the Leeds Mechanics' Insti tution Literary Society and School of Arts took place last night and passed off with that success which has for so many years been usual on these occasions. Unfortunately Earl Granville could not fulfil an engagement to preside, in consequence of the recent death of his mother. The duties of pro • siding were, however, ably discharged by Mr. R. Monckton Mines, M.P. f or Pontefract, who ad dressed the large assembly at great length, and to the following effect. He said, in allusion to Earl Granville's severe loss, that his lordship held a titular office which made him the sixth subject of her Majesty, but a member of the Govern ment could scarcely tell anything new, and lately another member of the Government had got himself into a scrape by remarks which he made by way of exception to the general rule. The hon. gentleman said that during the eleven years which had tran spired since the last great Exhibition the nation had had many disappointments. The first Exhibi tion was to inaugurate an era of peace ; but this country was driven by dire necessity into the Rus sian war, which lost so much of English blood and English treasure, but added so much to English glory. The terrible tale of the Indian mutiny was another disappointment ; and another great Power, founded by England in another hemisphere on the principles of English freedom and English intelli gence, on the other aide of the Atlantic, and which we once only feared might become greater than ourselves—that realm had caused another disap pointment. He believed there were some persons, though but few, who had looked with something like inhuman gratification on the American catas trophe, but he for one would never share those feel ings which could regard that event as any other than the greatest calamity which had ever fallen upon the human race, and as one which Englishmen oveet disaster. existin g it h above all others were bound to denounce and exe crate. (Chee rs .) All presen t knew the miserable moral p n Lancashire improvement a s t his through did t o the the not world; Ame rican occur without intent of Bevents but it was not his business to " improve" those occurrences for any peculiar purpose; all he cou!d do was to call:upon all to suggest to themselves as they best could what had been the evil, what had been the wrong, what had been either the injus tice, or some other peccant cause, from which the calamities he had referred to had sprung. Of the latter which he had alluded to he would say this—and he trusted that there was no person in that hall, whatever his abstract opinions might be upon political subjects, who would not agree with him—that this great American disaster was an awful lesson to every other nation how they allowed a great national evil, as was that of Ameri can slavery, to remain within the community unre pented of, uncared for, and unimproved. (Applause.) There were many evils in society to which we must bend. There were many which, in our limited un derstanding, we saw no means of abolishing or even rectifying ; but that was a totally different thing from trying to make of the evil good. It was say wth will declare that to be e law of humanity de icgnloagor,de‘ s ' wt T ho b ibe i h s e i wG e ro n od o n, t sg a l. a : w evil, Tanh is it was which lay at the root of the American disaster. This it was which was filling with desolation the valleys of Lancashire and Cheshire. To his young friends—who would gr ow up to the times when these calamities would be talked of and form a part of distant history—he would say, " Do not forget this lesson, and may it be within the s co p e of their retrospective in those days to see the abolition of those tremendous evils, and thus to vindicate the ways of God to man by the rectification of that great sorrow of humanity." (Cheers.) Mr. Milnes proceeded to address the men hers of the Mechanics' Institute who were not to receive prizes, and he assured them that though they might be disappointed, if their hopes had been elevated, or their characters raised, by theirstudies, there was something good left behind after all. In most cases advantage would follow education in an individual, just as material prosperity followed the development of education in nations, and in matters of the community, but there might be circumstances, , which would prevent thosethere r might eoolt be s fr from a l t a a m ki i n ti g es pine. And was it. to ___-- EADvEuusEmENT.]-llolloway's Ointment and Pills.— Fear Not.—Though surrounded by circumstances disad. vantageous to health, these remedies properly applied will cut short fevers, influenza, inflammation, diptheria, and a host of other complaints always lurking about to seize on the weak, forlorn, or unwary. 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CANTERBURY HALL. kJ GRAND SELECTIONS from VERDI'S " SIMON BOOCANEGRA," MACFARREN'S CANTATA " HAY DAY," LOCKE'S MUSIC of " MACBETH," and Mr. BENNETT GILBERT'S NEW OPERETTA, "A NIGIIT IN FAIRY LAND." Conducted by Mr. JONGHMANS. Full Band and Chorus. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. Miss RUSSELL, Miss TOWNLEY. Sig. Tivoli, Mr. Green, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. The Comic by UNSWORTH (the Original Stump Orator, "OR ANY OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with Eugene, Du'ey, and Little Bob, forming the greatest Comic Quartet in London. Also, the following Comic Favourites:—Miss Georgina Smithson, Messrs. E2Mtitshall, Hollingsworth, and Arthur Lloyd, and the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE FAMILY." T HE 0 X F O R D, 5. OXFORD STREET. Open Every Evening. Verdi's "Nabuco" and "11 Corearo," Donizetti's "Don Sebastien " (his finest work), and other Operatic Selections, Cantatas, Glees, &0., &c., by Miss Russell, Miss 'Townley ; Messrs. Bernardi, Greene, Huish, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos on the Flute, by Drew Dean—The Neapolitan Mins trels, Angelica and Arena—Mr. T. Maclagan's.Entertainment -And the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes, Messrs. W. Randall, Hollingsworth, Eugene, and Unsworth (the great original of "Or any other man.") Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes. Ms. Bd. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE AND AMPHITHEATRE. OLMAR EVERY EVENING. p R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE AND AMP II ITHEATR E.—Les Freres Conrade on the Low Rope (without balance pole), every evening. They challenge any and every low rope performer in the world. Les Potites Monstres —The Olympic Wonders--Herr Leibholtz, the Champion Wizard —Pas Soul by Lord Dromedary. Grand Musical Entertainment of Sixty Performers. Musical Direc tor. Mr. Thomas Bartleman. Open at 7, commence at half - past. Vir S. 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A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above !establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission Is.—Manager, M. Grenet. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL : Miss Anna Hiles (her first appearance), Mrs. Aynsley Cooke, Mis s Susan Pyne Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri, St. Albyn, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at S. THEATRE -ROY Al:, HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. J. B. Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7. DEAF AS A POST. Messrs. Compton, Farren, Clark, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, &c. Atter which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (202 d time) UR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck tone Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Far , e, entitled DUCK HUNTING : Mr. Compton, Mr. Bowe, Mr. W, Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Bill. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. EW THFATRE-RO YAL E ADELPHI.-- 1 Sole Proprietor and Manftzer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrm. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Sefton, Stephenson, Eburne, Romer, littehenson, Aldridge • Miss Avonta Jones, Mis 4 Woolgar Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Mrs. Stoker. To conciude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, R. Phillips ; Misses K. Kelly, Kate Bland, A. Seman, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7." ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr Undue. THIS EVENING, THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. G. Vinin,g and Mr. Shore ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. B. White. To be followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER : Messrs. Stephens, George Vining, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with STAGE STRUCK: Mr. Belmore and Miss Marian Jones. ()Y AL LYCEUM THEATRE. it Sole Lessee and Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer: 325th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING. the new Comedietta. IT MUST BE TRUE. 'TWA S IN THE PAPERS. Walter Lacy, J. Robins ; Mrs. Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. Followed by PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby. Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. • To conclude with the Last View of KILLARNEY, intro ducing the Ballet. --- LIVER COMPLAINTS may be attributed to o M I d e , r A c u n r x y i , e W&c. an t These of c E a u x s e e r s c s a ce t Spirituous ,/ D o r n i n t k h s e , Use of C Liver, and obstruct the due performance of its natural func tions. Two or three of PARR'S LIFE l'ir.Ls at night, for a few weeks, will restore the patient to good health. Parr's Life Pills may be obtained of any Medicine Vendor, In boxes, Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and in Family Packets, 11s, each. 70TNES ELECTION. Esq., the On Wednesday evening John Dent, Conservative candidate, addressed the electors of this borough in the Guildhall ; John Gill, Esq. (ex -mayor), presiding. Mr. DENT, who on rising was received with loud G and prolonged applause, said, —Mr. Chairman and entlemen, Electors of the borough of Totnes,— After the overwhelming reception which I met with from you all upon my arrival in this borough I feel great confidence in now addressing you. (Ap plause.) But before I enter upon the topics for which this meeting has been convened I consider it is only due to you, in return for the interest you have shown in meeting me, to apologise for not having presented myself to you at an earlier period. I assure you it was owing to no lukewarm ness on my part, but was occasioned by indisposi tion. (Hear, hear.) Since my arrival I have met with such assuring proofs of your confidence that I do not hesitate to state that I have come here for the sole end of rescuing the Conservative interest from the thraldom in which it has been so long held —(cheers)—from the domination, coupled with spurious Liberalism which up to this time has existed in it. (Applause.) I admit the Duke of rotn thises havebor borough a g Somerset h as a r i ght to a certa i n i nfluence here ; but I cont en d a l so that the independent electors of l hw right iwithout t elect control at o least e t a o t n i o e n n . i ( e Ha m e be r for lr hear.) Now, gentlemen, allow me calmly and eloquence —p a u dd o re n ss you—for I do not pretend to any certain topics upon which parties differ at the present day. Ha ap plause.) (A Voice—Truth i(seloquence.) first place, as to ball ot , 1 believe l ln d the have already ex pressed myself in most explicit terms upon that point. (Hear, hear.) I abhor it, as I have already said; and I will not:retract one word of that ex pression. (Applause.) I contend that no free and enlightened man should attempt to shield him self under the ballot. (Hear, hear.) Therefore I tell you candidlyg shall oppose secrecy in voting if ever I have an opportunity of doing so in Parlia ment. (Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to the church-rate question, I wish most particularl— y not for one moment to be misunderstood. I have been a true Churchman all my life, and I contend that the Church has as much right to her rates as the Duke of Somerset has to:his rents. (Hear.) I will do everything on my part to strengthen the Church lin her rights; and the only adjustment I could possibly submit to would be that church rates should ::134 ~~ ;'~,L: //-Z PRICE..... ~.4d. STAMPED ....sd. IMILIVAIS AND OTHER COMPANIES. METROPOLITAN. The works on the main line of this railway are nearly completed, with the exception of the Pad dington Junction, or Bishop's-road Station. Con siderable progress has been made in the construe • tion of the signals, which have caused much delay from the difficulty of making them perfectly simple and more than usually effective. It is believed that these difficulties will soon be overcome, and that in the course of two or three weeks at furthest the line will be ready for public traffic. Every endea vour is being made to render the working of the traffic as successful as possible. Trains have been run through, both on the up and down lines, seve ral times, with a view to test the stability of the permanent way and the efficiency of the engines and carriages. The locomotives, which are of pecu liar construction and run through without emitting steam or smoke, have been found to work very well, and the permanent way is also in good working order. No day has yet been fixed for the opening of the railway, but it is believed about the middle of next month will be the time of opening the line for public traffic. CALCUTTA AND SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Greshamikouse, Mr. .Tv , Borradaile in the chair.' .• The report slated that on the 28th of June last a portion of the scaffolding and of the temporary brick pillars erected at the Piallee for placing the girders of the bridge gave way, and though of course the future stability and security of the bridge itself will be in no way affected by this occurrence, it has rendered necessary a renewal and strength ening of the preparatory wort s, which has occa sioned an unfortunate delay. This accident will not retard the opening of the line for a longer period than two months beyond the contem plated time; thus substituting January 1, 1863, for Nov. 1, 1862. Arrangements were in course of being made in India to establish a communication with the Mutlah in the beginning of November suf ficient to enable the proprietors of the town lots to commence operations at the new port immediately after the rains. The screw-pile jetty for the Mut lab, which has received the sanction of Government, will be shipped in the course of next month. Ves sels will thus be enabled to deliver their cargoes at once to the railway waggons for conveyance in two hours to Calcutta. The Government have secured a large plot of ground adjoining the terminus at Calcutta, on which they are now engaged in erect ing a market for the accommodation of the firewood, fish, and vegetables to be conveyed along the line to Calcutta. The directors have raised in shares the whole of the additional capital voted by the share holders at the last meeting, making the total capital raised in shares and debentures £400,000. The capital account to Sept. 30 showed that £378,793 had been received, and £371,788 expended, leaving a balance of £7,005. The amount received for in terest from the commencement to the 30th of June last was £34,207. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he hoped the line would be opened throughout at the time mentioned in the report. Letters had been received stating that a temporary mode of conveyance for passengers to the Mutlah had commenced on Oct. 27 for the remainder of the distance-12 miles. The cost of the screw pile jetty would be £12,000, but they would derive remune ration for that outlay. The Government had com pleted arrangements for opening a large market at the terminus of the line in Calcutta. The company had raised £310,000 on shares and £90,000 on deben tures, making the total receipts £400,000. He had no doubt that further capital would be required to the extent of £60,000, including the cost of the pier. Mr. MARSHAM seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report. He said he had full confidence that the line would be open for public traffic and yielding good returns before the next ordinary meeting. The Government had given orders that no pains should be spared to develope the traffic on the line as soon as possible, and for that purpose the jetty had been ordered to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships at the Mutlah. The jetty would enable them to unload and convey 1,000 tons of goods from the Mutlah to Calcutta in three days. The opening of the line had been delayed by cir cumstances over whieh they had no control. In reply to questions from Mr. Hartridge and Mr. Adams it was stated that the length of the line was 281 miles, and that the cost of the line and works, including the jetty, would be £460,000, or about £16,000 per mile. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the pro.. ceedings. MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL: The half-yearly meeting of this company ;;;held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. S. Thomson in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, entered at considerable length into the difficulties with which the company had had to contend from the commencement. The progress made by the engi neer and his staff had been material and satisfactory. The last season had been very unfavourable, and the rains were very heavy, having at times shown a fall of three or four inches in the course of 12 hours. Visitations of cholera had occasionally driven and scattered the people from the works, but now, he believed, they could get plenty of labour. The dif ficulties and delays from which they had suffered had arisen chiefly from the circuitous course adopted by the Government. Approval of plans, in some cases, had been delayed for nine months together. The question of combining irrigation and canal com munication had involved considerable discussion for a long period, but it had been decided by experience that most of the main channels for irrigation were not only irrigation channels, but canal communica tions. The present authorised works would irrigate 100,000 acres in the first instance, and eventually 400,000 acres. The increased extent of irrigation would require extra channels for distribution, but not extra main works. The Secretary read a long correspondeneo with the Government respecting the concession to the company and guarantee on the capital, from which it appeared that various delays had been interposed during three or four years, that the company were guaranteed by the Government 5 per cent. on a mil lion of capital. Th o company had offered to rai se an extra sum without a guarantee for carrying out more extended works, provided the com p a ny Were allowed to take out of the profits of working inte rest of 5 per cent , on the amount of ungu aranteed o vided by the company, an d cap it a l pr also any surplus beyond up to 7 per cent. more, making 12 c ent. in all on the unguaranteed per capital, then dividing with the Government the surplus profits above the five per cent. on the guaranteed • capital and the 12 per cent. on the unguaranteed capital. But the company reserved to itself any profit that might arise from th e traffic on the canals. The matter had eventually been left by the Home Go vernment to the decision of the Madras Govern ment, and he ha d no doubt of the result. He hoped that no further the company would bo allowed to proceed with the works in the manner so ably designed and pointed out by their engineer. The policy to be pursued by the Government of India with respect to those productive works had been clearly laid down by Mr. Laing, and if followed would remove all diffi culty with regard to the cotton question and the extensive cultivation of the soil in India. Some of the results of their operations would be shown in 1863 The great exertions of their engineer were beyond all praise, and he had been most cordially supported in his efforts by his working staff. The report Was unanimously adopted, the retiring ~ a~L_. ~ directors arid auditors were re-eieeted. mad the Iwo* ceedings concluded with a vote of thaukz to the chairman and directors. A FRENCH VIEW OF TILE GREEK Q UESTIOY. M. Gueroult, of the Opinione iYationale, who is personally extremely hostile to the candidature of Priixe Alfred in Greece, publishes the following article with the heading—" Italy, Greece, Mesi.co, and the United States" : The very unexpected candidature of Prince Alfred for the throne of Greece, and the still more unexpected support which the candidature seems to find in the Biitieh cabintt, is well calculated to bring out in strong relief the inconve niences which we have more than once pointed out of our present foreign policy. By a strange anomaly the two roost liberal and enlight ened nations on the face of the earth have constituted them selves respectively the protectors of the spiritual heads of catholicism and Islamism, whose governments are the most backward in the world. France protects the Pope, and England the Sultan. But while protecting the Pope, Franco has contrived to alienate in the first place the Pope himself, and all the catholic clergy besides ; then all the Pope's subjects, who had cherished the hope of beizag rid of his bad governtvent; and lastly, all Italy, which considers the pontifical govern ment as the obstacle and the dissolvent of that unity to which she aspires. On the other hand England, in protecting the Sultan, has, it is true, rendered herself unpopular in the East, among the Christian populations, but she has possessed herself of effective power. It is -England that works in reality behind the disorganised skeleton of the Ottoman empire, and inasmuch as England's main ob ject is to keep Russia out of Constantinople, and to retain command of the routes to the East Indies, it may be safely said that England, all powerful in Syria, and sovereign at Constantinople, derives as much advantage from her pro tectorate of the Sultan as we derive disadvantage from our protection of the Pope. It seems as if England had seen is the Greek revolution an occasion to extend and strengthen her influence. Ili therto she has shown herself as unfriendly as possible , towards that little nation of navigators which threatens her with a dangerous rivalry in the Mediterranean. NOW she is all of a sudden smitten with a great affection for Greece. She is willing to give Greece an English prince who will bring with him the lonian Islands for a dowry. She cedes a part to get the whole. Once Prince Alfred in stalled at Athens, and England will have two courses open to her to arrive at the domination of the East. She may either enlarge Greece and disorganise Turkey for the bene fit of Prince Alfred, or she may foment discontents in Greece, and under the pretext of protecting an English prince, occupy Greece, and set up there the standard of her protectorate. This policy would be dangerous and fatal for the Christian East, as in reality England cares nothing for the emancipa tion of the Christians, but only thinks to make use of them, her object in being at once the protectress of the Turks at Constantinople and the Christians in Athens would be to govern, in reality, herself in both places. Already France and Russia are alive to the danger, and have as it is said [this observation appears now to be founded on a mistake], protested against a candidature re pudiated by treaties. We trust that their voices will be listened to, and the danger avoided. But supposing that England should think it really her interest to persist, and if she should think the opportunity a favourable one, even to run the risk of a war, in what position should we find ourselves ? No doubt, in the view of the treaties, she has no right to put an English prince on the throne of Athens. But have we a right to keep a garrison in Rome ? She has no right to set herself up as the exclusive protectress of Greece. But what right have we to be the protectors of the Pope ? And if England should succeed in getting the Greeks to call for Prince Alfred, would she not be in a more defensible posi tion than ourselves when we support the Pope against the ttalians ? But leaving aside the moral part of the question, let us assume that a war breaks out on the Gree,lc question. Where are our allies? The Russians have enough to do at home; the Austrians hate us; we cann o t reckon upon Prussia. Wo ought at least to be able to count upon Italy. Wo rendered her a signal service three years ago ; but since that time what annoyances have not been caused, what obstacles raised up against her ? We stand alone in the way of that unity which is her dearest wish and her greatest necessity. It is evident, therefore, that to gain Italy, England would promise her unity, though of course she would not give it to her. In any case it is manifest that so long as we persevere in our present policy, we cannot reckon upon the alliance of Italy, and scarcely can we be assured of her neutrality. We should then be full in face with England. But in this formidable duel should we have our utmost strength at our disposal ? No, for we have 50,000 men in Mexico, besides a considerable portion of our fleet. It will be remembered that at the time of the great re bellion in India, the English would not send a single man of-war away from the Channel fleet. And yet they had no less than an empire of 150 millions of men to preserve. We have stripped our ports to go to Mexico. And what to do P To prevent church property from being sold ? To claim the inheritance of Montezuma ? To construct a throne for the benefit of an Austrian Archduke ? To transform Mexico into a great nation ? All these things have been said in turn, and, in point of fact, nobody knows what we have gone there to do. The only thing quite clear is, that in case of serious events in Europe, a notable part of our army and fleet is out of the way. But this is not all. It would seem that the dispersion of our forces is not yet sufficient, and we must needs go and involve ourselves in a mediation in the United States. We began very pacifically, but Russia and Engla•ad are prudent enough not to follow us. The France and the Constitu tionnel, however, and other journals, fond of glory and ad venture, tell us that we are to go on by ourselves, and im pose peace upon the North and the South. We, who are considered to be revolutionists and fo menters of disorder, ask the French Government to keep quiet, and let the North and South separate or make it up as best suits themselves. We call on the Government to bring to as short an end as possible that costly and foolish expedition to Mexico, which is an incubus upon our finances and weakens our land and sea forces to no useful purpose ; we ask for an intelligent policy in Italy, and beg that we may not be indefinitely prostrate before the Gothic pretentions of a government of the other world which knows nothing whatever about the affairs of this planet. We ask the government not to compromise by hesitation and inde cikion the Italian alliance, and not to alienate front us a people which in the nature of things ought to be our ad vanced guard in the East ; and not to force that people to throw into the arms of England. But we shall, perhaps, be told that the candidature of Prince Alfred is an intrigue, which will come to nothing. We trust so ; and in any case wo are far from thinking that, war is imminent. But when we see England concentrate her forces while wo disseminate ours, when we see her pur suing in the East an egotistical but intelligent policy, while we in Italy are alienating all parties, we cannot help draw ing a melancholy parallel, and regretting that we do not turn to better account the superior morality of the princi ples of French policy. STORMS IN 711 E MEDITEZZILINBAN. With slight intermission the weather was very boisterous at Malta during the whole of last week, and accounts received at Valetta from Sicily andltaly show that there also violent Winds from the west and south-west had been prevalent. At Girgenti and Terranova there have been several maritime dis asters, but fortunately without loss of life. At Gir genti, e t her calledv vessel stehleiWarbler.rep reported, tebut At s besides small nativ e cra f t, f our ships Were lost, have occurred Terra tw o o f n t o h v e a m t h E e n l g os li s eh of — a s a h s yet pw r n e c o k p s a b r a t i v c e u mr s atb e N en ap r l e e cciv an ed d . S o e n a e - er o a r l : two instances life has been sacrificed. The total c,t, o f the English bark Eva, of Scarborough, Captain Pearson, is reported, which foundered at 8 a.rn. on the 21st ins • t., 150 miles south- eas t o f M a l ta. The captain and crew, 10 in all, were picked up in their boat, an hour afterwards, by Captain 11. W. Evans, commanding the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Ceylon, bound to Malta from Alexandria, who arrived with them. The Eva was laden with wheat, from Taganrog for Plymouth. Several vessels have put in at Valetta showing signs of having suffered from the weather, and there is little doubt that other casualties have taken place on the morning of the 21st. A hurricane prevailed at Mar seilles on the night of the 26th inst., which caused, some damage to the docks during the low tide, but more serious mischief was caused in the roadstead, where several ships parted from their anchors, and six of them were driven against the quay. Two of these ships, the Panchisa and the Escolastica, were , Spanish vessels, laden with sugar from Havannalt; The other vessels wrecked were a Marseilles mer chantman, the Notre Dame do St. Garde, bonne, for Gibraltar; two Italian vessels, the San Antonio Abbatti and the Giovanni, the former bound for Vecchia, and the latter for Barcelona; and an Austrian vessel, the Allegrezza, bound for Trieste, with a cargo of sugar. Seven houses Were partly thrown down by the violence of the hu rr . cane, and several persons killed. The mail s t eamers which ought to have left that day Were unrA - ole, in consequence of the weather, to leave the port until the following morning. Importing Tea 'without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Hornirean's Tea is uncoloured, therefore away* good alit e. Sold in packets by 2,250 agents.