The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-03 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Linder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis dei Franchi. By Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGH I"S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ISTEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and Hrs. Billington. And (12th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M. Wilton. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN. TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, Consisting of three Juvenile Violinist s, viz. , Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios evc: written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform T VICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, AUGUST 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 72--this day at noon. BARonaTEn---50.07. WIND, South-Westerly; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 52m.—Afternoon, sh. 13m. To-Mowtow-Morning, sh. 34m.—Afternoon, sh. 56m. We are no alarmists ; but on the other hand we are not insensible to our position, either as to the probable or the possible. As a nation begirt by the ocean we are safe only while we keep the com mand on that sea which is at once our safeguard and our only hope. We say only the more empta tically, because if we cannot keep the invader off, not only one enemy but a myriad of invaders will gloat on the spoil of old England's labours and ac cumulations for centuries. As prudent people we should not risk, the possibility of this issue, and as a provident community of commercial adventurers we should not throw away even a chance in favour of the probable. Well, then, our true policy is to take care of ourselves, and be prepared against all and every chance to the best of our ability. The best of friends sometimes quarrel from inadvertence or mistake. But it often happens that where old foes affect to make matters up for the present, it is only for the present, in order that one or other may find it convenient to work out its long-cherished ambition, fairly be lieving the end in view to be urged on by destiny. Now, it is a well-recorded fact that the Emperor NAPOLEON considers his mission to be prompted by fate, and whether he succeed or not, still he must go on and obey its stern behest. It is not a matter of choice, but one of dire necessity. He feels that " There is a hand we cannot see, That beckons him away; There is a voice we cannot hear, That bids him not to stay 1" And, acting on oracular mysticism, he feels bound to work out his destiny. His great uncle has left him a heritage such as few princes, if ever any, left to his posterity before. And now, having by arts which we shall not enlarge upon, attained his ends up to the present time, why should he falter on the very threshold of the promised boon ? It were cowardice both in a manly and moral sense. That he is not deficient in the one may prompt him more readily to disregard the other. For, as all men must die, why, to hesitate in an enterprise suggestive of immortality were too much for hu man nature, and would never be a stumbling-block to well-primed ambition. To do or die, is the motto ; and if one could do it even in the very death, what a charm of glory spreads out before his dissolving vision I—He will _T,ttempt it ! We have copied from the very intelligent corre spondent of the Times., in Paris, some remarks on the relative state of our Navy, as compared with that of France : and his reflections on things as they are, and as they are likely to be, entirely con cur with our own. Nor is the communication of their correspondent at Marseilles of less impor tance. Now, in the face of circumstances, as detailed by these gentlemen, and our own know ledge of facts—fact, as palpable as one's own hand wnile writing —we say that our re spected friend, Mr. COBDEN, is very much at fault in supposing that this country is or can be safe by believing the assertions or even promises of thsse who deal in blandishments until they are ready to show forth No ! England can never be, and will not be safe to wait on sufferance. She must be prepared at whatever cost, for it is far better to spend much than to lose all. That she has wasted a great deal through inadvertence or cupidity by worthless servants is no reason:why she should not looksharper into her own affairs in future, and make up for the pat by prudence and a due regard to her exigencies hereafter. We have great faith in the wisdom, foresight, and practical ability of the present Surveyor of the Navy, Sir B. W. WALKER, who has Proved himself most indefatigable in the restora tion so far of our Navy ; but much remains yet to be accomplished. Instead of wasting oceans of money on land fortifications, let us increase our floating batteries, which can be made available everywhere along and around our coasts, whereas the fixed Mar tello towers serve only as beacons which the enemy will avoid, while our steam and other vessels can meet the invader on an element over which he cannot scamper as he would on dry land. The anomalous position of Lord Buy was last evening brought under the consideration of the House of Commons by Colonel FRENCH. Con.. sidering the peculiarity —we are almost disposed to believe the unprecedented peculiarity—of that position, we cannot feel any surprise whatever that the attention of the Legislature should have been directed to the subject by the hon. gentleman; and that, with a view to settle at once, if possible, a matter intimately and immediately affecting the organisation of Parliament, Colonel FRENCH should have appealed (as he did appeal) yesterday to the Right. Hon. the Speaker for his decision, or at any rate for his (the Speaker's) opinion. At the outset df these (as we cannot help thinking them) ex- ' tremely reasonable inquiries on the part of the hon. and gallant member, the circumstances of the • _ dacl r c< %. • Tor= , • ' A . • 40' . „,„opf ts , • 4,1 .tumbigmaw - . . 00164. P. OIT , 4T, • Ark. • THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1859. singular case referred to were very lucidly and suc cinctly recapitulated. Colonel FRENCH recalled to the recollection of the house, in the first instance, how at the last general election Norwich, after a severe contest, had returned its old mem bers, Lord BURY and Mr. SCHNEIDER. How, not long afterwards, the former accepted office under the new Ministry, a petition having meanwhile been presented against both members upon the charge of bribery and corruption. How, notwith standing a momentary hesitation as to the correct ness of issuing a new writ while the petition against the former election was still pending—a new writ was so issued—a second election did take place at Norwich—Lord BURY being again re turned. How two additional petitions—(also upon the ground of bribery) were then presented against that "second" return of Lord BURY—were thereupon referred to the Committee by whose members the first petition was about to be formally scrutinised—but were only so re ferred to that Committee, upon the express understanding that they could not, according to statutory provisions, take those petitions (in re spect, be it remembered, of different elections) into their consideration simultaneously. By so doing, indeed, the Committee would have been contra vening the order expressly prescribed to be followed out by the Act of Parliament. Finally, Colonel FRENCH reminded the house how it was that—in obedience to the order laid down in the Act of Parliament—the petition relating to that first (double) election was examined into by the Com mittee, and how the Committee had at length but very recently decided, after due deliberation, upon perfectly irresistible evidence, that both Lord BURY and Mr. SCHNEIDER were proved guilty, through their agents, of the grossest bribery, and were (therefore) declared to be unseated accord ingly. " Now," continued Colonel FRENCH, coming at length to the point, and putting it just as pointedly as it could well be put before the House, and before the Speaker, "now, the 36th section of the Corrupt Practices Act enacted that no candidate who should be declared guilty of bribery or treating should be capable of being elected or sitting for the same place during the Parliament then in existence ; but the case of Lord Bury was a very peculiar one, because when he ac cepted office he was capable of being elected, no declaration that he had been guilty of bribery through his agents having been made against him by a committee." The query addressed to the Speaker, thereupon, by the hon. and gallant gentle man was simply this, " whether the decision of the committee that both Lord BURY and Mr. SCHNEI DER had been guilty of bribery at the general elec tion did of itself void the second election of Lord BURY, or whether the noble lord, like Baron ROTHSCHILD when he was first elected for the city of London, though capable of being elected, could neither sit nor vote in the House." Hereupon—before the SPEAKER could express any opinion upon the matter—one of the highest and most respected legal authorities in the House of Commons, the right hon. and learned member for the University of Cambridge, himself in all likelihood to be Mr. SPEAKER'S successor, volunteered—we conceive very generously, though he had the modesty to do so apologetically—volun teered to interpose between the house and the SPEAKER, "because," as he himself said, " he thought that the question, involved as it was in so many difficulties, was hardly one respecting which they ought to appeal to the right hon. gentleman." Before apologising thus gracefully, however, for what he termed his intrusion, Mr. WALPOLE stated the actual position of things between Lord BURY, the House itself, and the Norwich Election Committee, as clearly as any com plex position could be described in spoken or written language. He observed that :—" The Act of Parliament in such a case wa's impera tive, and declared positively that any person who had been found guilty of bribery by himself or his agents should be incapable of sitting for that place during the then existing Parliament. It, therefore. required no action on the part of that House to pre vent Lord BURY from taking his seat as soon as he was thus declared incapable of sitting. If the noble lord ventured to sit and vote he would sub ject himself to penalties, and if the House took notice of his presence it would immediately, recog nising the law of the land as prescribed by the Act of Parliament, order him, through the SPEAKER, to withdraw. Under no circumstances, therefore, could Lord BURY attempt to take his seat except, at great peril. Then came the question what was the House to do respecting the seat thus declared void. If Parliament continued sitting but little difficulty would arise. The second petition would come on in its order, and the Election Committee would decide whether the candidate who claimed the seat on the ground of bribery committed at the former election was or was not entitled. A a matter of course, when that was determined the question whether a new writ should issue or not would also be determined. At present, however, that question, if asked, would be attended with great difficulty, because if the House decided that a new writ should issue for both seats they would by anticipation be deciding against thri candidate who had claimed the seat. It seemed to him, there fore, that there was only one course which the House could properly take, namely, to allow the writ to issue for one only of the seats ; or, if they thought fit, they might withhold both writs. The point was a new one ; and though he believed that the statement he had made was con sistent with the law, the mode in which the House would act upon the law was a matter which would depend upon all the circumstances of the case." We have given the opinion of the right hon. gen tleman verbatim, because, as he very justly ' observed himself, the point is a new one, and because it is one we cannot but think of very con siderable importance, involving as it does, and, as we have before remarked that it does, a question intimately and immediately affecting the organisa tion of the House of Commons. Neither did Sir G. GREY, nor, for that matter, did even Mr. Speaker himself appear to be in any way obliged as its happens either to Colonel FRENCH for calling the attention of the House to the anomalous position of Lord BURY, or to Mr. WALPOLE, for explaining his sentiments as to the course which the House ought to pursue under the circumstances. As to the Speaker, thus quoth he—" If the right hon. gentle man (Mr. WALPOLE), had not interposed it would have been my duty to have informed the ga llan member that the subject which he brought before the House was not one of privilege. With regard to the question which he proposed to me—namely whether, after the decision of the Election Com mittee, Lord BURY conld sit in the House, I should have requested him to examine the Act of Parliament, which is very definite and distinct upon the subject. That act,and we n u o ld t h a a n v y- e thing which could fall from me, i given to these been the proper guide for th e op i n i on of the house." The sententious answ er g words was expres sed with whatappears us somewhat unnecessary petulance : but to that opinion, of course, in common with the house and the country, we bow respectfully. As to Sir GEORGE GREY, the arrogance of Ms tone in reply ing, elicited from Colonel FRENCH a reproof dic tated by a very natural feeling of indignation —the hon. and:gallant member observing that "he thought he had a right to complain of the lecturing tone of the right hon. gentleman, who, considering his position in the House, ought to take a little trouble to soften that tone." The cause of all this is sufficiently obvious. The tables have been turned so entirely upon the immaculate maligners of the Derbyites—that we don't wonder very much they should be very sore and occa sionally ill-tempered. Besides arrogance like that shown by Sir GEORGE GREY is incoming a mere matter of course. We all remember— some even with painful vividness—how rough shod every one in the House and out of the House was ridden over a couple of years ago by the Palmerstonians It is satisfactory to find that the life-blood of the metropolis has flowed more equably during the past week—according to the pulsations audible through the Registrar-General's stethoscope. In stead of the mortality for the past week being raised by nearly 600, as compared with its prede cessor, it has been diminished by nearly 200. The preceding week, the week ending the 23d of July, had shown a total of 1,605 deaths in the metropolis. The week ending on the 30th ult., or last Satur day, shows an aggregate of 1,419. Although, however, the comparison of those two weeks shows a diminution of 186—this last week, as compared with the corresponding week in the ten years previous (having due regard in our estimate for the increase in popula tion) shows an excess still of no less than 157 above that average. Yet, remembering that the mor tality has now for more than a month been steadily increasing and increasing, week after week, until it attained, as we have seen, that frightful aggre gate in the last week but one, of 1,605—it is at least consolatory to find the aggregate dimin ishing again, during the last weak, by 186 altogether. The diminution, of course, is attributable mainly to the fall of the quicksilver in the thermometer. The mean temperature of the air, which, as the Registrar-General's report re minds us, was 67 degrees in the first week of July, 71 degrees in the second, and 69 degrees in the third, dropped again last week to 67 degrees— and hence the decrease in the amount of the mortality. Whatever the immediate causes for this decrease, the results were in an inexpressible degree satisfactory. During the last week, nevertheless, there were 16 deaths from diphtheria, 23 from smallpox, 36 from scarlatina, and as many as 382 from diarrhoea. Of cholera or of choleraic diarrhoea the report tells us that whereas dining the last week but one there were no less than 39 deaths—during the last week the deaths from these causes have not exceeded a total of 19. One of the five adult deaths included among these 19 instances of cholera or choleraic affections is stated by the report to have been thus returned—" On July 23, at Kensal-green gasworks house, an en gineer, aged 43 years, diarrhoea (18 hours), Asiatic cholera (3 days), collapse (48 hours)." It is like a glimpse of that dread pestilence that might have decimated this dense population of 3,000,000 during these oppressive summer heats; but that has:not—through the mercy of Divine_ Providence. Our gratitude for the which mercy ought in reason to be evinced now, among other things, by our zeal in taking rational measures of prevention—by has tening forward—for the metropolis, the main drainage—for the Thames, its effectual purifica tion! ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON _REGATTA MATCH FOR PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP. COWES, AUG. 2. The following schooner yachts were entered for this race, and started with a fine breeze from the westward :—The Cecile, 190 tons, the Marquis Conyngham ; Lotus, 188 tons, Earl Vane; Magnolia, 105 tons, Sir H. Beecher; Zouave, 103 tons, R. Araben, Esq. ; Eugenie, 92 tons, R. Frankland, Esq. The match was very prettily contested, but the Zouave proved too fleet for the other yachts, and she came in a victor by twenty minutes, the Cecile being second. The band of the Waterford Militia played on the Parade during the day, attracting thousands of hearers. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchangeou London is 25.05 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng lish Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4191 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.21 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 2 10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1104 1 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is in favour of England ; and, after making, allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte rest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa tion of gold from the United States. Intelligence was received yesterday of the arrival of the steamer Northam at King George's Sound on the 30th May, with the London mail of April 18th. She sailed for Melbourne on the 31st. The liquidators of the Western Bank of London have given notice of a return of £2O per share. It is esti mated that fully £lO will be ultimately returned on each £lO share: It appears that the Government contemplate cars ying out certain suggested alterations in the issue of the smaller coins by the introduction of coins of bronze or mixed metal, a bill having just been introduced to render all exiisting enactments which are applicable to the current copper coin, applicable to coins of the new description. A Bill has been introduced by the Government to enable the funds of Penny Savings banks, or of Provi dent institutions, to be invested in the ordinary savings banks, without restriction as to amount. Hitherto cha ritable and provident institutions, with the exception of friendly societies, have not been allowed to invest in savings banks at the rate of more than £lOO per annum, or beyond an aggregate of £300._ ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—A clergyman of the Church of England, the donor of the Great Exhibition Prize Essay, has offered 50 guineas each—one for England, and one for France—for the best essay on the immense importance of a close union of England and France, both for their own interest and welfare, and for the peace and happiness of the world, with suggestions on the best means of making this union perpetual. The Right Hon. Lord Brougham and Vaux, and the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, have kindly consented to,be the adjudicators of the English Essay. The Indian statement of Sir C. Wood last night harmonizied with the expectations previously entertained of the financial requirements of the current year. The belief was that a further debenture loan of £6,000,000 or £7,000,000 might be demanded, and it appears that the amount proposed (exclusive of the £2,000,000 remaining to be issued of the last loan) will be limited to £5,000,000, to be obtained in instalments up to April next. As this will leave a surplus of about £1,000,000 at that period the state ments is, if anything, rather less favourable than had been anticipated. ROBINS'S AUCTION Rooms.—lt seems that the oldest auction rooms in London, we mean those under the Piazza in Covent. gorden, and occupied alone by the Messrs. Robins and their predecessors for upwards of half a century, will, before long, hold a place only in the records of the past. The "hammer" has fallen upon the last "lot" in these ancient rooms, and another and more formidable im plement will shortly be brought into use there, for the old premises are to be cleared away to make room for a spa cious hotel, which is immediately to be erected in their place. MEETING OF GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, AND WATCHMAKERS.—Last evening a public meeting of the members of the above-mentioned trades took place at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of taking into consideration the necessity of forming a trade company for the assurance and protection of these trades against robberies and burglaries now so frequently occur ring, and by which these trades are victimised. A resolu tion was agreed to " That a company be formed to be called the Goldsmiths' National Assurance and Protection Society, having for its object the insurance of trade stocks against burglary, the rendering of legal and other assistance to members of the trade in cases of fraud or robbery, and also the general interests of the trade at large." FORTIFICATION OF INCHKEITIL—The following communication from the War Office has been received by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, in answer to the memorial recently forwarded relative to the defence of the Firth of Forth :—" War Office, July 29.—Sir—In reply to the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Edinburgh, forwarded to this office by the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to state, for the information of the Cham ber, that measures are about to be taler. fur commencing a battery on Inchkeith for the protection of the Firth of Forth, a step which the Government has determined upon in the confidence that the city of Edinburgh will produce a corps co m p e t en t t o man and work the guns.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant, RIPON. The Chairman, Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1859. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 3. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol- loving : In consequence of the Emperor's decision of the 27th July, the army of observation on the Rhine has been dissolved, nevertheless the divisions of infantry and cavalry which are assembled at the Camp of Chalons, and those which compose the camp at Elfant will remain established (constitues), the first under the orders of General Schramm, and the other under General Alaissiat. Nothing will be changed at present as regards the other divisions in activity which formed part of the army of observation. VIENNA, AUG. 2. Prince Richard Metteinich leaves to-morrow for Paris, and is the bearer of the answer of the Em peror Francis Joseph to an autograph letter of the Emperor Napoleon. The Emperor will receive to-day the Marquis de Bonneville, Envoy of the Emperor of the French. MARSEILLES, AUG. 2. Advices have been received from Rome to the 31st ult. The Duke de Grammont has been sum moned to Paris in order to confer with the Empe ror, and has already taken his departure. General Goyon has been proclaimed a Roman noble by the municipality. Another extraordinary meeting of the Cardinals has taken place. A list of new Ministers is circulating. Numerous Roman volunteers to the Sardinian army have been authorised to return, receiving assistance (secours de troupier). FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 2.—The market has been buoyant on the Rente, owing to large purchases which have been forced on several parties for the settlement of their accounts. Threes have been done at 68f. 90c., and are now at 69f. 35c. ; the settlement of the share account has gone on easily. Mobilier varied from 840 f. to 835 f.; Lombardo- Venetian, 565 f. to 567 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 565 f. to 570 f. ; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,365 f.; Lyons, 875 f. to 877 f. 50c. ; Southern, 515 f. 50c. to 520 f. ; Nor thern, 935 f. to 940 f. The market was firm at the close, when the following were the quotations : ft per Cents. 97 Credit Foneier 651 25 Do. end month .. 97 I Belgian 4f 3 per Cents 69 25 I Piedmontese (5) .. 85 Do. end month 69 50 Roman B5 50 Bank Shares. 2850 Austrian Credit Mobilier 837 60 Spanish Threes .. Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 936 25 .. 932 50 New ditto. Bl7 50 .. 815 Lyons and Mediterranean 873 75 .. 877 50 Geneva — 530 Southern Western 555 .. 555 Eastern Sardinian 405 407 50 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. ic. ; money, 25f 5c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 94c. RUSSIA. A grand naval review was held at Cronstadt on the 23d July by the Emperor Alexander. The fleet, which was drawn up in two lines, consisted of 21 men-of-war and frigates, chiefly steamers, and a number of gunboats. The screw frigate Grand Admiral, recently constructed in America for the Emperor, excited particular attention. Only four years since the Russian navy possessed only one screw frigate, the Palkane, which remained sta tionary at Cronstadt. The following are the names of the vessels passed recently in review : Ships of the Line—Cesarevitch, Prokhor, Vola, Constantin, Sinope, Viborg, Orel. Frigates, Corvettes, &c.—Grosiachtchii, paddle frigate ; Khrabril, do.; Calevala, corvette ; Posad nik, do.; Kamtchatka, paddle frigate ; Ilia Mou rometz, screw do. ; Generale-Admirale (Grand Amiral), screw do.; Svetlana, screw do. ; Olaf, paddle do. ' • Rasboinik, clipper ; Naezdnik, clipper ; Standarte, Imperial yacht. TURKEY. A letter from Erzeroum, dated July 17, says : " The town of Erzeroum is entirely destroyed. The shocks have continued day after day till only a few houses are left standing. The Porte has sent a pacha to distribute relief among the survivors, and he brings with him 10,000 purses (i 40,000). He is also to control the conduct of the governor, but everybody knows what will come of that—nothing whatever. Erzeroum will never recover from this dreadful catastrophe. In two months the weather will get chilly, and the inhabitants will all leave. The result will be a loss of 30,000 persons to Tur key for the benefit of Russia, who receives them with open arms. Russian propagandism makes great progress here, and all along the sheres of the Black Sea, by means of a continual traffic in pass ports. Any one may be turned into a Russian by the following process :—A raya (Greek or Arme nian) goes to the Russian consul at Trebizond (where this Rnssianising process is carried oat on a large scale), gets his passport vised, then takes the Russian steamer to Redout Kalee, and goes on to Kutais, where he has his name inscribed in a register kept for the purpose, takes the oath of fidelity to the Emperor Alexander, and receives a certificate valid for the whole interior of the empire. Provided with this document, the raya, returns to Trebizond, calls himself a Russian subject, and is acknowledged as such by the consul, notwithstand ing the ukase which requires a residence of three years on the Muscovite territory to become a Rus sian. The journey takes about a fortnight, and may cost 10 roubles (40f.) Turkey is well aware of the evil, but takes no steps to provide a remedy." AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Etna, from New York on the evening of the 22d ult., arrived this morning, with 214,000 dols. in specie. CHINA. The following is an extract of a letter from an English gentleman in China : SHANGHAE, MAY 26. _ _ _ fact,w 1 re , se e zrt x yb p likely expect ely Mr. ri te Bnihraauiscnes commenceduo m p e by t m n e e . x a t At mail, se a 0 : nr aal and sn,te l h i we e places, w particularlyo ratificationsb ab l a y r p e reoxe exchanged a d o nr\gt- northward, at ri.soontrade ei in Shantung, ill Pekin, commencew wheree I.' e . hi in there are already said to be two or three ships, sent by some of our leviathan commerc i a l fi r ms, and which mysteriously disappeared from this with miscellaneous cargoes on board. There have been one or two admirable proclamations issued by the native authorities; one especially, on the occasion of some merchants who, with Captain Shadwell , o ur senior naval officer, were on a trip up the ri ver, being insulted and attacked in a village. On their return it was reported to the district magistrate ; the ringleader was taken, bambooed, and then ex posed in a cage in front of our custom-house every day for some hours, till begged o ff b y Captain . Shadwell. A proclamation was then issued which would have done credit to an Engliih magistrate, explaining to the people that because foreigners differ from themselves in language, dress, &c., they must not be mobbed and insulted ; and thatneces arily different climates and differen t nation re quire a difference of costume, and particularly for bidding the use of the old words for a foreigner, viz., " foreign devil" and " barbarian." Mr. Alcock, the Consul• General for Japan, ar rived in her Majesty's ship Sampson the other . day, and leaves for Japan to-day. The trade with that country began walla great spurt ; hut it is evident now it will not be on a very large scale. We got all they had to give us in every shape comparatively cheap to us, though doubtless at higher prices than they had been in the habit of receiving, and some few people made enormous profits, though to a small extent. Everything has now risen 200 per cent. THE MAGAZINES, Blackwood's 211-agaz?ne. There is a new story in this month's number called " Felicita,' which gives pro mise of being one of great interest, as -et the plot is only roughly sketched, b u t there is great skill displayed in the portraiture of Felicita, even in this early stage. The young girl suddenly transplanted from the quiet English' home to an Italian dwelling ) feels naturally strange and un settled, and this is aptly . described. In an article on " Lord Macaulay and the Highlands of Scot land," there are some forcible remarks made on the unfair manner in which he speaks of the land to which his grandfather belonged. After citing some of the sentences that occur in the history, which are most extraordinary, the writer goes cn to say —" We cannot allow this gross caricature, this shameless libel, this malignant slander, this par ricidal onslaught, by a son of the Highlands on the people and the land of his fathers, a race and a country which has furnished heroes whose deeds in every quarter of the globe have been such that their names awake a thrill of admiration in every heart that is capable of generous feeling, to pass un noticed." After dwelling further on the topic it is truly said, that such writing is not history. It must be a matter of general regret that so distin guished a man should so mar the effect of his bril liant powers by exaggeration of the most intolerable kind. It is mentioned as a curious coincidence that the son of a Highlander and a Quakeress, is the libeller of William Penn, and the lampooner of the Highlands. There is an article on the Peace, there are some wise reflections on the defences of the country, and it is curious to observe how correct were the predictions of the war which appeared in this magazine for March. There is one argument on the subject of the war with France, with which we cannot agree, however. It is said that the policy of Napoleon is never to make a long war, and that the chances are against our succeeding at the beginning of the strife, although in prolonged hostilities we must triumph, that it will be the policy of Napoleon "having humiliated us in the first rush of the contest to make up matters again." This may be true,but while one remnant of national spirit survives in England such will NOT be our policy. Faulty arrangements, and negligent com manders, may occasion a temporary defeat, but when it is said there is, a strong party in this country who, for the sake of their yarns and cali coes, will be quite ready to make peace under such circumstances," it may be answered,—There is a stronger party who will never submit to such indignity'; but who will, having engaged in a war, however reluctantly, fight on till victory crowns their arms—till the soldiers of France shall find in them the sons whose fathers met their fathers at Crecy and Agincourt. The demagogue who advo cated such a policy, or the Minister who pursued it, would not find his position a very enviable one. No Crimean management will be tolerated in a national crisis, but we have as yet no proof that we have among us such degenerate descendants of heroic ancestors, and until convinced of it, we would rather believe that politics and prejudices would be forgotten in the hour that bade us prepare for the advent of the foe, and that the only rivalry that then existed would be who should prove the best defenders of their country. There is a contribution ,entitled, "The Haunted and the Haunters; or, the House and the Brain," which is a very remarkable production, and bears evidence of deep thought and high imaginative powers. It will be a treasure trove for the lovers of the marvellous and the mys tic, and all who desire to peruse a chronicle im bued with a mysterious fascination cannot do better than study its legendary lore. " The Master of Sinclair : Narrative of the '15," furnishes some strange intelligence, and is worth attention. " The Luck of Ladysmede" is continued, and becomes more stirring in its incidents in these chapters, and therefore the reader is more interested. In the paper on " London Exhibitions—Conflict of the Schools," there are some just criticisms on various works of art; and, in conclusion, a hope is ex pressed that the Royal Academy has in the present year seen its worst; "that a truce has been signedto extravagance ; that so the simple beauty which is in nature, and the sober strength which is in man, may be won for our country's art." Dublin University Magazine. The first story is called "Artist and Craftsman." It is well written, and the author evidently has some purpose to work out in the details of the nar rative. Some effective scenes are introduced, and the description of Mark Brandling is a good one ; and there is also. discrimination displayed in the account of Digby, who is a fine specimen of his class, and reflects as much credit on his patrician order as a man like Mark is an honour to the middle station. Clara's character is as yet hardly developed, but she gives promise of being some thing more than a mere singer, inasmuch as she has feeling to understand the influence, and spirit to enter into the higher beauties of her profession. "Our Foreign Policy" contains reflections on Mr. Stapleton's new work on " George Canning and his Times." It is an article that well repays perusal. It presents a spirited review of the policy which distinguished Canning, and the general state of affairs during the momentous epoch when he shone so bright a star in the political constellation. It is truly said " that no minister will ever play false to England who represents her to foreigners as she is. This was the distinction of Canning's policy ; it stands out for this reason alone in the history of the last half century. His likes and dislikes were intelligible ; he liked what was English and dis liked what was unlike." Further on, it is stated that the present day can see no successor to Canning in his high and brilliant attainments, but that if "we cannot have the great man, we can have the same policy that he so distinctly marked out for others to pursue." If the reader does not altogether agree with the eulogiums passed'on the subject of this criticism. He must be impressed with the skill and ability which distinguish its pages and the lofty spirit of independence which characterises its language. This is not a tithe when ' the statesmen or the writers of the day should depart from the old established rules that have guided the course of enlightened rulers in carrying out the principles of our constitution, in w hi c h, as is here stated, " the great political problem of maxima and minima has been solved, if it ever can be solved on ;earth, given the greatest amount of personal liberty to allow the least amount of public license." There is a new story called " A Woman's Sacrifice," which is effectively writen, and which in its next instalment will probably contain a tragic denouement. We are presented with a fifth num ber of that smart series of sketches called the "Season Ticket," which is admirably adapted to the taste of the admirers of wit and humour ; this division is named " John Bull and his Diggin's." The anec dote about Dr. McNeill is very entertaining, and gives a fair specimen of the style of this paper. " The Royal Academy" takes a retrospect of the works of art whose merits ,and demerits have en gaged the contemplation of so many during the last few months. It is, on tke whole, written fairly, and conveys a good. general impression of the exhioition to those who have not seen it. In the observations on the final paper, " Growling at Peace," general dissatisfaction is . expressed at the recent occurrences ; but the writer seems to imply that no advantage could finally have been gained to the cause of freedom by any interference on, the ~ part of a despot. Dr. M'Cosh' s article on Sir William Hamilton's Metaphysics" is carefully written, and will interest the studious, who will agree with what is here said, that in these volumes "a master spirit has spoken, and will com mand attention." Fraser's _Magazine. " Shirley " contributes an i nteresting paper on "The Boons of Buchan " wanieh was famous of old in "a title borne by the Comyns. It is a name ancienth family who claimed it, w h ose g reatness in S the north; and the c otland, says Buchanan, was neve r equalled before or since, numbered amongits members many historical names. All their glory and authority are now t hin g s of the past. " For two centuries the chiefs of this great house were among the Magnates Scotice. Not many families of the same importance have' been more utterly swept away. Some chance reference in an old chronicle, a brief and confused page of the Scottish peerage, a few crumbling ruins along the shores of the northern sea, is all that remain to us of a house that was once more powerful than the Crown.'' Leaving these records of olden days, we come to an essay especially adapted to the toil and harass of modern life. It is by the author whose discursive meditations have often Appeared in Fraser. He takes for his subject "llurry and Leisure," and there is much truth and sound sense in his obser vations. The little time''really gained by over exertion, the refreshment and inv',,goration of occa sional leisure, the food for thought and feeling gained by relaxing a little the forced march so many of us keep up, are all set forth ; and though he strongly advocates the necessity of work in order that we may enjoy leisure, he feels that at the pre sent day the opposite caution is the more needed. The hie -pressure system so generally kept up among professional men and men of business, has produced many sad results in the breaking down of gifted minds, or the premature decay of physical-powers. There is much truth in the advice given, by the writer to a young friend beg - inning. his parochial life :—" Consider for how many hours of the day you can labour without injury to body or mind; labour faithfully for those hours, and, no more. Don't pretend that you are always working ; it would be a sin against God and nature if you were. Say frankly, there is a certain amount of work that I can do ; and that I will do ; but I must have my hours of leisure." Many pleasant reflections on various branches of his subject are interwoven with these remarks, and the essay will well repay the reader's perusal. " Holmby House" continues, and brings us to the flight of the Queen and the battle of Naseby. Another story, " Sword and Gown," is proceeded with, and strews some thorns on the lovers path of roses. Grave compli cations appear to be likely to arise in the plot, and as each of the chief characters is pursued by an avenging Nemesis, the reader has not much right to expect a pleasant conclusion. "Alpine Litera • ture" is the title of a very agreea'qe paper on some of the volumes of travels which have lately re corded the wonders of the Alps. "A Candid Man" furnishes us with some " Thoughts on Re served People," in which he sets forth the advan tages and superiority of a controlled and reticent nature, frankly admitting that he does not belong to that class. There may, however, be a difference of opinion on this point; for, however, great the advantages of self-possession and reserve on some occasions, there are attractive qualities inseparable from a frank and open nature. There are articles of varying merits on other subjects, and the number is on the whole an interesting one. Colburn's United Service Magazine. At the present moment, when .the subject of the national defences is so much under discussion, the contents of this magazine possess unusual interest. "The Defence of London," " Our Military Orga nisation," and " The Admiralty—Old and New," are among the articles which treat most directly of the topics of the day. A comparison of the cha racters and careers of the two Napoleons will pro bably attract many readers. From Camp to Quarters," relates some of an officer's experiences of life in India. "Notes on Military Science" are continued, and give some details of the battles of Agincourt and Bosworth. The fourth chapter of " The History of the Campaign of 1848 in Lom bardy" records the repulse of the ,Austrians at Goito, the storming of the Monti Berici, the loss of Rivoli and the subsequent pause in the cara paign. A paper entitled "A Professional Visit to Portsmouth "is well worthy of perusal. It sets forth strongly . the necessity of our naval efficiency, and traces the evils and defects at present existing to two primary causes—prejudice and ignorance, " prejudice on the part of the officers and those officially connected with the service, and ig norance—but too often the offspring of indif ference—on the part of the public." Other questions of national importance are discussed in this magazine, which presents the reader with a considerable amount of practical and authorised information on topics which at this time are press ing much upon public attention. The editor's port folio and the military and naval intelligence, to gether with a list of the stations of the army and navy, are as usual, given at the conclusion. Colburn's New Monthly Magazine. " Coming Again," by the author of " Ashley," is a continuation of those tales that have represented so forcibly the sad destiny that waited on the for tunes of the Lord of Ponameroy. The present instalment is not quite so effective as the others ; it chiefly relates to the terrors experienced by certain of the inmates of the Abbey on beholding the ghost of the murdered master. Alice cannot attract much interest in consequence of having been so weak as to consent to a union with one so repul sive as Guy, and also her faith in Rupert could not have been very secure, or she would not have be lieved what was told her against him. " Notes on Noteworthies" has for subject this time Christina of Sweden, which is, as may be supposed, a very interesting one, and which, it will be found, is well done. This is one of the best features of this magazine—the custom of chronicling every month tile details of the life of some distinguished per sonage. The accounts are for the most part given in a manner which displays considerable research and ingenuity. The interesting series entitled " Stereoscopic Glimpses," has for its sixth number " Johnson at Streatham.' The verses are remarkable for their descriptive power of the place, and for the thoughts which the twilight suggests of other scenes and forms of long ago, whose shadowy presence haunt the hours of 'evening. The article on the Treaty of Villafranca is the political one of the number, but it does not throw much light on the subject, and appears to disagree with the neutrality policy, which, it re marks, has deprived us of a glorious opportunity of keeping France in check; but we are not informed as to the particulars of the lost chance, which will puzzle many readers to discover for themselves. Some stories are continued as the tale of the Princess Sophia and " My friend Pickles," and the paper on " Frederick the Great and Voltaire" is full of information and enlivened with anecdote. Miscellang. " Abroad and at Home," is the title of the open ing paper, which gives a brief sketch of the present aspect of affairs on the Continent and in England. " Onida" contributes another of his love stories, of average merit and interest. It must be confessed that he always maintains the sup er iority of honest affection over the mere accumulation of wealth. Monkshood, in his " Mingle -mangle," treats of the Didactic novel. He objects to the intrusive pre sence of the moral, and recommends that it should be inferred rather than forced upon the reader to the injury of injury of the artistic construction or natural flow the tale. Thenumerous quotations which author introduces, this and his pleasant and cultivated style, r en d er hi s articles attractive to many readers. Apaper on " Honore de Balzac," traces ` his literary career, and dis cusses his capabilities. " The Barred-up Rooms" is the title of the continuation of the story of Blanche Level. The mystery , of the attempted murder is explained, and the affair is satisfactorily arranged, but the story is not a pleasing one. " The story of Francesco Novello da Carrara" is continued, but the real subject of the memoir is not reached as the writer is occupied by a preparatory description of the troubled state of Italy, torn by internecine conflicts and distracted by the plots and intrigues of her rival rulers. The life of the subject of this memoir is an interesting episode in the history of " The Italian Peninsula," and is well worthy of reproduction in this form. Dudley Costello pro ceeds with his story of " Gurney, or Two Fortunes," A paper on ," Armes de Precision,' discusses the merits of various descriptions of fire-arms. An article on " Alexandre Dumas in the Caucasus," contains some amusing accounts of that executive writer's adventures among the vild tribes of the Cossacks. Walter Thornbury contributes a ballad on Madame de Pompadour which, we regret to say, has little to recommend it. The Universal Review. There are some excellent articles met with in this magazine, that on " Alpine Books and Alpine Travelling," is most appropriate at the present time when so many are hastening away to enjoy the luxury of change of scene and respite from toil, in the far famed regions of the Alps. In the course of these remarks many books are referred to, which have lately appeared on the subject, conspicuous among which is an admirable one which has recently been published, entitled " Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers,',' in which no ordinary opportunities occur to the traveller who seeks information, or the stay-at-home who desires amusement. Other works of a superior class are mentioned, and the general style of this paper is such that there is every reason to suppose that the hope expressed at the conclusion will be realised, that " some out of the Multitude who in the course of a few weeks will oe scattered over the mountains and valleys of that mag nificent land, may derive from the perusal of these pages, hints by which the pleasure or profit of their journey may be increased." The article on Mr. Gladstone is an excellent one, and it is emi nently distinguished for a high standard of prin ciple, which, at the present time, it is so desirable to see inculcated. When so remarkable a man as Mr. Gladstone displays not only indifference to public opinion, but indifference t o th a t cons i stency of conduct which places a man on such a vantage ground as enables him to direct and control the community, it is a subject of general regret, and his late actions have certainly not redounded to his credit as a statesman. It is truly stated that the Conservative party has a right to be indignant with the conduct of Mr. Gladstone. He defended their Reform Bill, and " after having declared, by his last vote of all, that he considered them en titled to the confidence of the country, he turns round immediately and joins a set of men whose conduct, if Lord Derby did merit the confi dence of the country, is simply infamous, who are only to be vindicated from the grossest and most reckless selfishness on the supposi tion that Mr. Gladstone was totally in the wrong both in his support of the Reform Rill and his op position to the vote of censure." It is subsequently stated that "'common fairness demands that Mr. Gladstone should speak out like an Englishman, and let us know what are' his real reasons ; for that, as no sacrifice that can be seen was required of him in taking offipe under a Conservative Go vernment, and innumerable ones exist in his doing so under a Liberal one, his conduct towards his quondam friends and associates is not just. The writer concludes this forcible article by declaring that " the unpopularity of Gladstone at Oxford is not to be wondered at, and that the instincts of seven or eight hundred cultivated and high-spirited young men are not to be despised." This is true ; and that conduct is seldom to be admired which cannot attract the sympathies of the young, who regard little the conventional auperiorities of life, but whose highest impulses are kindled by the dis play of generous feelings, and who can always , appreciate the spirit of self-sacrifice, and the noblest actions that adorn and elevate humanity, with more fervour than is to be met with in the time worn wayfarer of the crooked paths of the world. Among other subjects noticed, there is Tennyson's new work, of which a favourable impression is re corded ; and a criticism of the Musical Season pre sents a paper worthy of attention. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. FIRST B.A. EXAMINATION, 1859 —The follow ing is a list of candidates who passed the First B.A. Examination for the present year : First Division.—Hermann Nathan Adler, Uni• versity ; James Samuel Beale, University; Richard Charles Browne, Kings ; Charles George Burleigh, private tuition; William Lant Carpenter, Univer sity ; Robert Chignell, private tuition ; Walter Cash Clennell, private tuition ; Frank Sheppard Durham, private tuition • Thomas Garrett, CitY of London School ; Albert Abraham Goldsmid , University ; Edward Thomas Goldsmid, St. Cuth bert's ; Alexander Mario Grant, Mr. Sprange , Bridge-road.; Alfred Spalding Harvey, private tuition ; Alfred Holborn, New College • Ernest 'Wm. Hughes, Regent's-park ; William Frith Hunter, private tuition ; Robert Russell Hyatt, University': William Jardine, Regent's-park ; Thomas Ethyl? . Jevons, University ; Charles Bankes Laxon, 1J 131 " versity ; James M'Kenzie, private tuition ; Charles Trice Martin, University ; James Richardson Fear less, priva:e ituition ; Thomas Robert, private tui tion ; William Bridges Row, private tuition ; Thomas Clayc Shaw, private tuition ; Robert Tuck, Spring-hill • Edwin Waterhouse, Univer sity; Theodore Wnterhouse, University; Rayner Wiuterbotham, University. Second Division.—H. E. Allen, Spring-hill; Thomas Barker, Trinity, Cambridge ; Frederick Barnes, Spring-hill ; Henry Richard Fox Bourne , King's ; George Bullock, private tuition ; Richard Watson Butterworth, Huddersfield ; James Chiru side, Homerton • Edwin Wrangles Clarke, Spring' hill ; Clarkson, Chesbunt ; John Thos. Cock, private tuition; William Henry Cross, Unieersity; John Edwin Peter Davey, Liskeard Grammar School ; Samuel Bevan Davies, private tuition ; Charles Buckley Dolman, St. Gregory's Downside; Samuel Elliott, University; Frederics. Geo. Finch, Wandsworth Collegiate School; Henry Charles Fox, Regent's Park and University ; Wm. Walker Fox, private tuition ; James Galloway, Lancashire Independent ; John Frederick Hall, Wesley, Shef field; William Fred. Hardwick, Lancashire Inde pendent ; John Allenby Hobson, University ; Geo. Balderston Kidd, Ecclesall, Sheffield; Charles Fora cutte King, Bramham ; Henry Joseph Lansdown• private tuition ; Darnton Lupton, University ; John Milnes, Airedale ; Charles A. Mines, Spring-hill; Philippus Albertus Myburg, University ; James Pender, University ; James Raylgr, Mr. Sprange , Bridge-road; Paul Rochford, St -Mregory's, Down side ; David Rowlands, Independent, Brecon, An thong Thompson, Spring-hill ; Thomas Watson, private tuition ; Arthur Alliott Welle, University; Astley Samuel Weston, University. THE BALLOT SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held at the offices, in Guildhall-chambers, Basinshall-street, on Tuesday ; Mr. C. Marsden, Esq., in the chair. Major-General Thompson, Mr' Whitehurst, Mr. S. Harrison, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Elt, Mr. Le Mait re , M r . F ranc i s Cl owes , M. \lOl and Mr. W. C. Dawes were, present. Subscriptions of £5 from Mr. Felix Slade, £5 from Mr. Man, and £2 2s. from Mr. G. H. Whalley, M.P., Peter borough, were announc e d. J o h n J ones , Esq., of Tachddeiling B a l a , M er i one th s hi re , was e l ec t e d a member of the council. Major-General Thompson Then rose, and in a few well-chosen words expressed his tribute to the memory of Mr. Thomas Prout, late treasurer of the society, and proposed the fol lowing resolution :—" That this committee, on the occasion of its first meeting after the lamented decease of their colleague, Mr. Thomas Prout, desire to record on their minutes, and to express to his family, their sense of the irreparable loss which this society and the cause of reform in general sus tain by the decease of Mr. Prout. The committee gratefully acknowledge his unwearied devotion , his self-denying exertions, and his generous liberality on all occasions to this society, and they, feel bound to acknowledge that in the earliest and most critical periods of tha society's exis tence, its continuance depended ork the sacrifices cheerfully made by their departed friend. The committee further desire to record their sense of the disinterestedness evinced by Mr. Prout through' out his long political career ; and they feel that they cannot better close this imperfect tribute to the memory and services of their colleagues than by expressing the feeling that the best mOnuntell i t they can raise to hi s memor y is 'to continue and increase every possible exertion until the bale" becomes the law of the land, when amongst then who contributed to the success of the, cause of electoral purity and freedom the name of Thonol Prout will deservedly be placed the highest rank. Mr. Samuel Harrison seconded the resolution; which was supported b ✓ y Mr. Whitehurst, and unanimously adopted. Directions were given respecting the promotion of the ballot at the com ing elections, and it was resolved to ask M r . Edwin James, M.P., to call the attention of the Govern ment and of the House of Commons to the corrupved tion prevalent amongst the con s tit uenc i es, as pro by the evidence taken before the election coin' mittees, and to urge the Government to consicit r the necessity of adopting the ballot. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, Aug. 2.—There has been a fair attend' ante of buyers in the cloth-halls to-day, and, coo sidering the amount of seasonable cloth in the hall* a satisfactory amount of business has been done' The tone of the trade continues firm, and the maolv facturers are well employed. Some of the cloth' dressers are working over hours. Wools are very tight, prices still inclining upwal.ds. MANCHESTER, 2d.—The market is now r elief, quieter than at th e c l ose o f l as t wee k , b ut g real steadiness prevails in nearly a ll d e p ar t ments , an in some there is still an upward tendency. Th e principal activity is in yarns, though the transae tions have not been numerous to-day. For China and for Germany there is a fair demand, and vet full prices h ave t o b e pa id , the supply being lim i te For India the inquiry has rather slackened, an the buyers for the home trade are also cautious: The prices demanded are still rather beyond Who* purchase rs are i nc li ned to give, and the amount of '` business i s cur t a il e d by this circumstance, besid e s which, spinne rs are so well engaged with previou s orders that new contracts cannot readily- be under taken. Advices from Calcutta are unfavourable much business in cloths for that market. In nearly all descriptions of piece goods,for India the naarke, l9l is inanimate in appearance, but p ro d ucers f o r t o markets are well engaged, and th ere a pp ears to no giving way in quotation s i n any i ns t ance . 1 : the whole, therefore, the market is strong, 1111 quite devoid of excitement. MR. LABO UCHERE'S RE TIREME O' FROM THE 110U6E OF COMMONS. • Mr. Labouchere has issued the following addre . l to the electo rs o f T au nton on his retirem en t fr°' the House of Commons : " Gentlemen,—Her Majesty having b een gril", ciously pleased to signify her intention of callle4 me to the House of Peers, I am about to vac ate tit, seat in Parliament which I ,baye .so long held S ; your representative. I take leave OT 76u with tt strongest feelings of gratitude and attachment. vt your favour I have been a memb er o f th e H o use Commons for about 30 years. I shall always TB' m ember with pleasure the courtesy an d ki n dnel which, during that long period, I have experienc e so from you without distinction of party, as well the generous and cordial support which I have rrt ceived from my personal and political friends. r gives me satisfaction to reflect that, as a neighbol l is. I may still hope to h ave f requent intercourse wito you, and I assure you that I shall always take 0 warm interest in all that concerns the good 1 30111 0 and prosperity of Taunton. —I am, gentlemen, y e obliged and faithful servant, 0 "H. LABOUCHERD. " Stoke-park, August 1." A letter from Frankfort states that in the I ° l4 sitting of the Germanic Diet, in addition to the ref port of the milit ary committee on the garrison i) o f Rastadt, one was presented on the constitut i o n o Hesse Cassel. That constitution, accorded by t Elector nine years ago, has not yet received a le be sanction. Th e El ector requ i red that i t shou ld u s, guaranteed by the Diet, but the Diet would not e ve rantee it until th e H ess i an Cham b ers shou ld ha ve expressed their opi n i on . Th e Ch am b ers, a fter le na ; 5 discussions, p ropose d various modifications, willed, were submitt e d t o t h e Di et. But years have pos e d, 110 since th en , an d i t i s only now that a report co t s tid modifi ca ti ons has been made. The repoVt `3 . `„, proves ill general of th 4 propositions of the 013 , 10 ' bers, but on some secon d ary po i nts s id es w ith Elector. It d ec l ares th a t th e Di e t oug ht to gor rantee the constitution provided the Elector s the Chambers accept its recommendations.