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The property may be viewed by cards, to be obtained from the auctigmeer, Mr. Edward Lumley, of 67, Chancery-lane, London, % 7 . C., and of the undersigned ; of each of whom printed particulars may also be hmay ad, and be made. to whom proposals for purchase by private contract ADAII B l oomsbury EELE, Solicitor, 14, square, London, W.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THig DAs. —Morning, sh. Om.—Afternoon, sh. 20m. To-mox2low.-Morning, 6h. 38m.—Afternoon, 6h. lm. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1862, The new Foreign Minister at Paris is beginning business. His first task has been to take, some notice of the circular of the Italian Minister, sent to European courts, alter the disgraceful business of Aspromonte. RATTAZZI and his colleagues, having obeyed Imperial commands to the uttermost, even to endeavouring to murder their national hero, th ought themselves entitled to tell all Europe, but Franco especially, how much they had done in the interests of monarchy, and of "order." To Fence doubtless a verbal addition or special postscript was annexed, reminding his Imperious Majesty that the French troops had been spared the unpleasantness of repressing by bloodshed a universal uprising of the Romans to welcome the Liberator, who was approaching their borders. RATTAZZI would remind the French Government that GARIBALDI did not always need an army to conquer a city, and that he who could take Naples by entering in a railway car ri age might perform the same feat at Rome. Indeed, there can be little doubt that had VICTOR EMMANUEL but left GARIBALDI to himself, he would on soonhe ha banksve callof the Tied forth ber that uch uni versal enthusiasm t the Frond' occupation must have fallen, like the walls of Jericho, before the shouts of the people. Moral fora: would have silenced had nothing the artilagainst lery of France, which w ould have which to direct its thunders; yet with GARIBALDI at Rome, and the wbole city in peaceful exultation, the Princedom of the POPE would have ceased at once—the French would have an Ecclesiastic pure and simple on their hands. And what has the RATTAZZI subserviency gained as' its reward? What is the answer to a circular proclaiming Rome to be the due reward of such servi'aes ? Why, that while M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS " testifies to the loyalty of the Italian Government in repressing the late rash enterprise," while he states that the French Cabinet " does not admit that, as a recompense for the energy and mode ration of the Cabinet of Turin, France should be obliged to evacuate Rome ;" " at no period," con cludes the Minister, " has the French Cabinet given to Piedmont and Italy the hope that it would sacrifice to them Rome and the Papacy." DROUYN DE L'HUYS even refuses to discuss the arguments of General DURANDO'S circular, and distinctly stMes that " being in opposition to the constant tradh ion of French policy in Ital y , it can not serve as a basis for negotiation," and that the Imperial Gov ernmen t is firmly resolved to preserve " Rome against all aggression, and protect the in dependence and th e so; e reignty of the POPE." Such is the position of the m e n, now, who have shot GA RIBALDI. Thi s ie what they have got for it—to be sale of their honour and character at home and abroad ha s mmx tyry not in the least conciliated Her Imperial her Ultramontane ladies, and that therefore Xis Imperial MAJESTY ca n admit their demand fo, compensation. Th er e of course iu siness ends f ur the BLit. it is hardly possible to think present. the end f or lon g , when the F rench Sovereign'sit can be Minister almost wilfully lays himself ope n to such c(l4y rep li es . The only semblance of an argument is, " Fraoch tt edition in Ital y ;" but t he whole e that. tradition hr.'s' been cancelled by the war, the fli4lit of she Princiec, tan the union with Napl es , and the cesation o f Auetr. influence. The traditi on, Power's interventions in a indeed, of a foreign • khut a tradition of might rei4 i.bour country is whole state of that against right ; but when' kind of heptarchy has co entry is changed, when h a s an overbearing lyccrne a kingdom, what r . . , g Teat the new arrange neighbour to assert a right to el , 0 cou ntry has s een ment and organisation which Le:- fit to assume ? an of the But how utterly inexcusable' Is it 10 a m high intelligence of M. DROUYN DEL 'gUYS affect in re all g to talk to the Italian Governme nt, 13.40-- 1..... _ -...• ^..,..::, I. ~.. le . 6 ,• 4 2 R.,- 4 . '' . .- . :4i ' ilii4‘ "A ~' ' , ,i " r -ir"( . 4rS I V ir k ,--. S i ! ? . 1 0' . _ , -- ". 1 ' • i ' l t , . ) '/'.O IT r ,. DIE i• .... r- - _,:40 , ..k.'"-,„ Europe, of "preserving Rome against aggression l'" The Italian Government asks nothing more than that Rome may be left to the Romans. If they do not invite the King of ITALY to make their city his capital, he would not think of attacking it. Such almost avowed sophistry as this is discreditable to the last degree in such a man. Earl RUSSELL, as the present Minister well knows, has long ago told the French Government that the question was simply one of giving Rome to the Romans ; who, as the " elect of universal suffrage," can hardly deny, have surely as much as the French, or, if he pre fers it, as the inhabitants of Nice and Savoy, the right to choose their own Sovereign. One could bear with greater patience a plain assertion that the EMPEROR had got hold of Rome, and meant to keep it by force against the rights of Romans, Italians, or of any one else. Why should the Foreign Minister put such very transparent black crape over the features of his master's policy, when nothing but the pistol c ompels the Romans to su r re n d er their liberty , and the Italians their rights, to the Imperial highway- man No better is the hypocrisy about the " sovereignty and independence of the POPE." The sovereignty protected is that of the EMPEROR alone. But for that, the POPE might shift as he could with his sovereignty. His independence is that of a caged beast of prey. He is suffered to roar forth his anathemas against all the enemies of his temporal power; and though his keeper per sists in teazing him through his bars about civil re forms, conciliation, and so forth, he means no harm to his surly pet. He knows the answers he shall get, and that a " non possumus" will do equally well for both. How long is this intolerable farce to be kept up ? That is a question which none can answer; the EMPEROR knows that no one will go to war to get justice for the Romans and Italy ; he feels no compunction whatever at persistency in any outrage which be thinks for his own interest ; hence the only thing Italy can do is to consolidate her strength, and bide her time. got justice, but political exigencies,`must some day compel the Im perial robber to drop his prey. One after another the various candidates for the throne of Greece are swept aside by a succession of apparently insuperable objections. England re gards with no favour the claim advanced in behalf of the Duke of LEUCHTENBUBG. And this for the sufficient reason that the success of the Duke *ould imply a triumph won by a Russian and French al liance in diplomacy. He is a Muscovite, he is a Beau harnais, and therefore he is anything but acceptable at St. James's. His installation in power at Athens might threaten the interruption (in French interests) of our overlaid route to India. It might prepare the way possibly, at the same time, for the advance of the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE a little later on towards Constantinople, when the sick man might be seemingly a trifle nearer the last gasp. The Prince AMADEUS again, the second son of the King of ITALY—Austria, naturally enough, looks upon with a jealous and reluctant eye. His in stallation at Athens would, the Viennese Govern ment feels, place the KAISER and his advisers at once between two seriously threatening antagonists. This at least, so far as the only surviving Italian province of the House of Hapsburg—the province of Venetia, with the adjoining Quadrilateral —is concerned. Between a Greek King AMADEUS and an Italian King VICTOR EMMANUEL_Venetia and the Quadrilateral would have a considerable likelihood before them of coming to grief. As a matter of course, therefore, as a matter of sheer common sense, Austria looks with a forbiddin g glance at the claim advanced on behalf of the se cond son of her spoiler, King ITlvrom. F . ..IIIIKNVEL. Prince YPSILANTE' B claim is that of his being himself a Greek, both by birth and by re ligion. Added to which (a sordid reason, it must be confessed, but still unmistakeably a reason) he is likely, through his affianced wife, the daughter of the ex-banker, the now Greek Ambassador at Vienna, Baron SINA, to become very speedily heir to a really princely fortune of 60,000,000 florins. It is a small item intrinsically, no doubt, to be thrown into the scales while weighing the comparative merits of certain rival candidates to a throne like that of Greece. Nevertheless, in these days of financial anxiety among the dynas ties of Christendom, it is an item that is in no way likely to be overlooked or depreciated by the Greek people themselves. As to H. R. H. the second son of Queen VICTORIA, the young sailor Prince ALFRED—though he himself is personally popu lar with the Greeks from the circumstance of the agreeable remembrance left behind him there at Athens when he was feted by the late British Ambassador to that Court, Sir THOMAS WYSE, and feted even, be it added, of course, by the now fugitive monarchs, King OTHO and Queen AMELIA—his: Royal Highness's claims are hardly seriously entertained, from the fact of the reigning families of the three great contracting powers, England, France, and Russia being de barred, ney, prohibited and pledged not to contri bute a Sovereign to hold the sceptre and wear the diadem of Greece. Consequently, with bis Royal Highness's claim to consideration as a candidate for th a t throne, would be set aside as promptly and decidedly any advance that might possibly be made in the same direction in favour of an imperial highness of the race of NAPOLEON 111. or of ALEX ANDER 11. One other candidate there is—perhaps the likelist of all—not yet mentioned in our re marks of to-day : the second son, that is, of King _LEOPOLD, the oldest, as he is also the most consti tutional among the reigning sovereigns of the European continent. In some respects the selection of his Royal Highness would be as propitious per haps for Greece as any her people could reason ably make—propi tious, that is, in a political sense, so far as relates to any hope for Greece securing to herself a really en lightened and constitutional form f Government. 1 As genial and encouraging a tribute as any that has yet been paid to the Rifle Volunteer move ment was that offered to it yesterday by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Time was when the rifle corps were looked upon by our public men, so to speak—askance. Time was when another Right Honourable, also now in office, meaning the Irish Secretary, went so far as to cast ridicule upon the popular rising ; speaking of it as Sir ROBERT PEEL did then, as a temporary craze on the part of those infected by a contemptible panic about invasion. That time has happily long since passed aw a y . In spite of much contumely, the Rifle Movement contrived, very soon effectually to live down everything like open . opposition. Months elapsed and the corps still tnrcibreased and multiplied—became more widely die res ted . —numbered up more and more recruits aysaan p_ ac c e t a. tv i e n ly—kept up drill with well-sustained p o i rta u n itY ce —ft . numbered u l p l i e : a n i d m lt at is ter no of place surely, 'together rapidly and visibly ad efficiency, and , consequently, in im and we are surely eve n, e now beginning to be still this advance is perceptible. longer a matter of belief —it is simply a fact. The Volunteetsthafve taken their of __e PtehTrihmseaalnso 11l EID ently—not merely Riflemeniper among the Defenders the Country eut.y— are as recognised defenders cf Ails nation, in fact, as TITE':SUN) LONDON, EVENINCLI NOVEMBER 12, 186% LATEST NEWS. the regular Army or as the Royal Navy of England. Insomuch is this the case, that among the customary toasts now proposed at all public banquets, coupled with the Army and Navy, comes by right and with spontaneous cordiality the invariable mention of the Volunteers. It was while proposing this very toast in his capacity as Chairman of a public banquet yesterday, in the Freemasons' Tavern, that Mr. GLADSTONE took occasion to avail himself of the opportunity to enlarge upon the merits of this auxiliary force in the defences iof these islands. Added to the fact that these remarks of Mr. GLADSTONE were appropriate to the toast in its ordinary point of view, it should be observed, of course, that they were especially appropriate yesterday at the moment of his speak ing, for, inasmuch, simply, as the toast, then and there enforced by his eloquent panegyric of the Rifle movement, was, in a manner, the Toast of the Evening. "It is not," said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "for me, to speak to you in detail upon the pros pects of the volunteer force. There is no doubt that it is not an easy matter to maintain perma nently a force of that description. lam not about to enter upon the particular measures which have been recommended. All I can venture to say on the part of the members of her Majesty's Govern ment is this, that I believe that they value the Volunteer force as highly as it is valued by the country at large, and every proposal relating to its welfare is certain to receive from them the most careful and anxious consideration. It is not easy to say to what point you may securely go in asso ciating a Volunteer force with public assistance. It is quite evident that, if it is to retain the character of a Volunteer force—that is to say, if it is to retain the character which is to give it is prineip it value— it must in the main be self-reliant and self-sustaining." A reflection par ticularly likely at all times to find favour in the eyes of a Chancellor of the Exchequer ! And one, consequently, enforced with especial earnest ness upon the attention of his hearers yesterday by Mr. GLADSTONE—remembering (as who can fail to do ?) that we are spending thirty millions annually upon our national defences, very nearly one whole moiety of our frightful yearly expenditure of £70,000,000 —and this at a moment when our manufacturing districts are suffering from the effects of a cotton famine as disastrous to the prosperity of the country as anything that has occurred since the potato disease that desolated the sister island eighteen years ago! No wonder the Chan cellor of the Exchequer commends as self supporting that Volunteer movement which may, by its continuance and by its consolidation into one ofour regular defensive institutions, enable him and his successors to diminish gradually the ruinous outlay found necessary of late to ensure by reasonable precautions the safety of this country from invasion. The dinner at which Mr. GLAD• STONE offered this mingled tribute and advice — was, it should be remarked, one of the most successful of the convivial demonstrations upon which our metropolitan riflemen have adventured of late with a mind to keep up that mint de corps which is the sustaining power of every popular movement. It was the St. Martin's division of the 13th and 14th companies of the Queen's West minster Rifle Volunteers who met together thus to witness or receive, as the case might be, the various prizes recently won by their inspiriting compe tition. Gladly would we recognize more and more of these festive demonstrations --especially if to the pest of Chairman should be promoted men of autho rity and of eloquence like the right hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. DEATH OF Mit. JONAS WETtli.-We have to record the death of the renowned breeder of sheep, Mr. Jonas Webb, late of Babrabam, Cambridgeshire, which took place on the evening of Monday, at the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. 11. Marshall, of Cambridge. About three weeks ago, Mrs. Webb, being an invalid, was ordered a change of scene by her medical attendants, and expressed a desire to visit her brother, Mr. Marshall, and went to Cambridge accordingly. Mr. Webb, visiting her, was in duced to remain, he being then in his usual, but not robust health. Mrs. Webb got worse, and died on the sth inst., the anniversary of the birthday of her son, who was to have been married on that same morning, but whose marriage was of course postponed. When Mr. Webb realised the idea that all hopes of the survival of his wife were over he fell into a nervous fever, never rallied, and died between 7 and 8 p.m. on Monday, on the 66th anniversary of his own birth, and on the day on which the remains of his wife were interred. Mr. Webb's physicians stated that they could have successfully combated the disease, but were powerless in regard to the mental shock. The Annales du Commerce Exterieur states that the onerous tax of the derbend, which, contrary to the sti pulations of treaties, has up to the present time been exacted in certain parts of the Turkish Empire, not only on mer chandise intended for importation, but on internal com merce, has been finally abolished by a decree of the Sultan. A PLEA FOR TREES IN STREETS.—The long blank of the sides of the road leading to Brompton from Knights bridge-green, recently widened to admit the Exhibition traffic, does, now that traffic has ceased to fill the space, make itself painfully distinct. Is it not desirable that the west side of the road should be planted with trees ? There are many large trees that will grow in far worse places than this road will be, open as it is; witness the noble one that gladdens people's eyes in dense Cheapside, and the very many more that are bidden deep among the horses and rooted in the grim City churchyards. The most picturesque street in the metropolis, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, owes almost all its beauty to the trees that adorn it. Chelsea Hospital Gardens have lost nearly all their grime since the fine avenues of planes have decayed, probably through neglect or improper trimming. Those who saw those splendid trees at the time of the Duke of Wellington's lying in state will now be grieved at the blank dreariness of the great spare space, wherein only a few ghastly trunks are gathered. Would it not be well to replace the trees that once made the Brompton-road green, taking care they did not relapse into the scrubby state of yore, and replenish Chelsea Gardens as soon as may be ? There are miles of wide roads in London similarly improvable, where, too, as at Brompton, there can be no question of the roadway being injured by drippings from their boughs.—Atheneum. CAPTURE OF A SEAL AT DALKEY.—On Friday evening a large white seal was caught asleep on the rocks at Dalkey by a fisherman of that locality. It was the size of a new .born calf, and must have mistaken its latitude in coming to these waters. We do not remember bearing of a white seal being taken off our coast at any time. This peculiarly coloured denizen of the deep is indigenous to Newfoundland. The captor of the fish intends to profit by his prey by either selling or exhibiting it. VERY LIKELY.—A young woman called Pride, a follower of some one called Richard Weaver, and an aspirant for baptism at the hands of Spurgeon, has been dipping into her mistress's money. This is a fair instance of spiritual pride and what it leads to.—. Fun. RHYME AND REASON.—Prussia, crusher.—Fun. THE RIGHT THING.--The Emerald and Galatea have been ordered to proceed to Bermudas, in anticipation of any complication which may arise from the excess of ll e will F t v h e e t r o t e c: s t ah existat way"nir a F s e l o a i b f g l eOuffiffi settling c c e e r r twl Wilkes. th'‘hwi him.-- he th no Fun, e e p r ree 7 t sh weaye A PRETTY CASE.--The stewards of the Jockey Club, having investigated the charges body against Colonel Burnaby in "there is no t instituted by some- Tarragona and Michel Grove a no case proved against a decide that there is no cas e p rove d aga i nst the e ither party." What a prettycourt , where it is made rather prose cutor I- -Fun. To JACK-o'-LANTERNS. — If fenny f o lk s m pointtch, f, tht have seen anything of this individual, who from some mareh proceed ings lately would seem to have made himself scarce a m this co untry, they will ob li g e b y g ivin g information, as n paper editor is in immediate want of a light articlee Inquiry of this - kind.—Address , Will o' the Whisper, Privat ry Office.—tun. Advices from Brest state that the screw line-of battle ship Turenne, which had conveyed Gen. Forey to Mexico, returned on the 7th from Vera Cruz. When she left the state of affairs was satisfactory. Gen. Forey had made arrangements to leave for 01 izaba, where Gen. de Lorencez was to give up the command to him. Gen. de Lorencez, aho had received permission to return to France, was to embark on the let of November at Vera Cruz. A gland fete is spoken of for the opening of the new Boulevard du Prince Eugene, which is to be inaugu- L rhted by the Emperor in person on Saturday next, the fete -1", of the Empress. THE WAR IN AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 12, 7.22 A.M. Advices have arrived, per the Kangaroo, from New York, to November 1. General Mitchell has suffered a severe repulse at Mackay Point and Pocotaligo, in an attempt to cut off the railway communication between Charleston and Savannah. The General is blamed for his rash ness by the Northern press. The advance of General M'Clellan, from whieh so much was expected a few days since, has not assumed any large proportion. The quarters are at Berlin, on the Potomac, seven miles from Harper's Ferry. The Confederates are in force at Winchester, in the Shenandoah Valley, and on the road from Win chester to Gordonville. The exploits of the Confederate steamer Alabama excite great dissatisfaction in this eity. The Govern ment is reproached with culpable negligence and apathy in not taking measures for her capture. The Merrimac No. 2 is said to be ready for sea. The New York ship Alleghania, bound from Bal- timore to London, with a cargo of guano, was cap • tured on Wednesday, in Chesapeake Bay, by a party of Confederates from the shore, and burnt. The captain, mate, and pilot were taken prisoners. General Wool has arrested several citizens at a Union meeting in Baltimore, for the offence of en deavouring to procure signatures among his own officers for his removal from command. The Pre sident has ordered the arrested persons to be set at liberty unconditionally. It is expected that Uenersi Wool will resign. Judge Clifford, of Massachusetts, granted a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Mr. W. H. Winder, of Philadelphia, illegally detained in Fort Warren. The sheriff was denied admittance to the Foit to serve the writ. The Judge has declared that he has orders to enforce the sentence. The election of the Democratic ticket for the State of New York, on Tuesday, the 4th instant, is con sidered certain. The President has expresed his surprise and regret at the turn which the elections have already taken. The Democrats expect to carry the States of New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as New York. There has been a series of strikes among the work ing men of New York for increased wages, in con sequence of the depreciation of the paper currency and the alarming and rapid rise in the price of the necessaries of life. The demands of the working men have been acceded to. General Banks is to be appointed to the command of an expedition to Texas. General Maclernand is to co-operate with Admiral Dupont on the Mississippi. NEW YORK, OCT. 31, EVENING. The Confederates are still in force in the imme diate front of the Army of the Potomac. General Burnside has moved down along the eastern base of the Blue Ridge Mountains and formed a junction with General Sigel. It is reported at General M'Clellan's headquarters that General Bragg is on his way to join General Lee in Virginia. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Great activity is observable on the part of the Confederates, who are in strong force between Winchester and the Potomac. Large bodies of Confederates are moving without baggage along the Front Royal Road, and others towards Shannonvale Springs and Castleman Ferry. Federal General Stoneman has occupied Leesburg without opposition. The Federals have occupied Charleston, in Western Virginia, and Grand Junction, Mississippi. The Confederates are in force nine miles from Grand Junction. General Curtis reports that the Confederates have been routed near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Deserters from Richmond report that the steamer Merrimac No. 2 is a complete success. The Southern journals state that Federal General Butler has landed at Pensacola with 7,000 men. It was expected he would advance to the junction of the Mobile, Montgomery, and Pensacola Railroad. The Commercial Advertiser asserts that Nash ville is surrounded, and that the inhabitants are nearly starving. The Federal Governor of North Carolina has proposed to hold a conference with the Confederate Governor of the State to discuss the position of pub lic affairs and the aspect of the war. The further objects of the proposition are not stated. Washington despatches assert that many of the Southern slaveholders are running their slaves through the blockade, and selling them in Cuba. The New York Municipality has resolved to issue paper currency in amounts under 3,000,000 1d0 dole. 1: Numerous strikes have occurred in different branches of trade, but employers have consented to pay the wages demanded. It has been found impracticable to serve the writ of habeas corpus at Fort Warren. A large republican meeting has been held in New York. The speakers declared the determina tion of the Republican party to subjugate the South and endorse Mr. Lincoln's proclamation. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, OCT. 31, EVENING. Money easy. Gold, 291 per cent, premium Exchange, bankers' bills, 143. Stocks advanAng. New York Central, 105: Illinois, 811; Erie, 641. Cotton very firm. Middling upland, 61c. to 61ic Breadstuffs heavy. Flour, 15c. ; and wheat, 2c, lower. Corn, provisions, and molasses steady Coffee and sugar very firm. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Nov. Ad vices received here from Vera Cruz state that the French have strongly fortified all the ap proaches to Orizaba, and rendered it a safe base of operations. I hey are also reported to have erected a battery of rifled cannon on the heights leading to El Ingenio, and to have rendered other strong posi tions impregnable. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 11. The King has had a fall from his horse and dis located his arm. His Majesty is progressing favourably. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Nov. 11. The Duke de Saldinha has set out fo r Rome. The Government has obtained a great majority in the elections. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 11. La France of this evening contains an analysis of the circular addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the Italian Cabinet. M. Drouyn de Lhuys explains that the French Cabinet has confined itself to declining the discus sion of General Durando's circular, and distinctly states that this circular being in opposition to the constant tradition of French policy in Italy, cannot serve as a basis for negotiation. The circular of the French Minister examines the different phases of the Italian question, and states that the Imperial Government has constantly ex pressed the firm resolution of preserving Rome against all aggression, and protecting the indepen dence and the sovereignty of the Pope. M. Drouyi de Lhuys testifies to the loyalty of the Italian Government in repressing the late rash enterprise, but states that the French Cabinet does not admit that, bS a recompense for the energy and moderation of the Cabinet of Turin, France should be obliged to evacuate Rome. "At no period;" concludes the Minister, "has the French Cabinet given to Piedmont and Italy the hope that it would 1 sacrifice to them Rome and the Papacy," BOURSE, November 11.--The market has been heavy, and the English funds arriving with a fall of I, Rente followed the retrograde movement. Threes, for the Account, are now at 70fr. 60c. Mobilier are rather offered, as are also Railway Shares, and quotations are generally a shade lower. The market closed as follows: --- 4t per Cents .. 98 25 Bank Shares 3310 Do. eud month.... Credit Fonder 1260 -- 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 50 Italian Loan 7l 85 New 3 per Cents .. -- -- Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier... 1150 Do. end m0uth....1135 - RA IL Roman Austrian Spanish Threes S2A Home Debt .. 5O 25 _ ~ AYI3. Cash. Account. Orlcans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1155 .. 1155 Geneva.... Southern B5O .. 847 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian L-- , lna' d - 596 20 - 52- 527 60 .. )27 50 North of Spain 625 627 50 Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 330 337 50 FRANCE AND ITALY. The following is the full text of the analysis of M. Drouyn de Lhuys' despatch to the French Minister at Turin, a telegraphic summary of which has already appeared in our• columns : La France says : "An Italian journal (the Armonia) has published inexact informati n respecting the d espatch addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to our representative at the Court of Turin, which has been copied into different French journals. One of our correspondents at Turin, whose position allows him to have seen that document, sends us the following analysis of it, which is evidently conformable to the true direction of French policy in Italy : "M. Drouyn de Lhuys says in his despatch that the French Cabinet has confined itself to declining all discussion on the circular of General Durando, declaring in precise terms that it could not serve as a basis for a negotiation, and that it was in opposition to the constant tradition of French policy in Italy. " A rapid glance at the events of 1848 will suffice to bring that opposition into relief. In fact, when the Pontifical Government was upset in 1848 by an anarchical movement, France intervened with a view to restore it and support it in the name of an interest of a superior and universal order. Circumstances have rendered necessary the maintenance of a corps d'armee at Rome to guarantee the safety and inde pendence of the Sovereign Pontiff. "The Sardinian Government, then under the Gioberti Ministry, showed itself favourable to that policy, and gave its consent. " Since then France has rendered signal services to Pied mont in particular and to Italy in general. The remem • brance and beneficial results of the campaign of 1855 loudly attest it. " But after the conclusion of peace, and when at Zurich an attempt was made to organise the new state of things, the Government of the Emperor, at the same time that it gave the most manifest proofs of its sympathy for Italy, never ceased to make the Cabinet of Turin understand that it did not mean to relinguish the protection it had given to the Pontifical States, and that it should maintain its troops at Rome. " Shortly afterwards I , sly lost a statesman of rare eleva tion of mind. France, understanding the extent of that loss for a young State that stood in need of that firm and skilful hand in the difficult task of its organisation, resolved to come to the assistance of the new Kingdom, and officially recognised it. '• But that recognition was accompanied with the formal declaration that nothing was changed insomuch as the oc cupation of home was concerned. " When a violent invasion deprived the Holy See of some of its provinces, the French Cabinet did not hesitate severely to blame that act, and broke off its diplomatic rela tions v, ith the Turin Cabinet. " The Imperial Cabinet has, therefore, constantly ex pressed its firm resolution to preserve Rome against all aggression, and to protect there the independence and the sovereignty of the Pope. "Recently a daring enterprise seemed to menace the States of the Holy See. France would not have allowed a rebel to violate the Pontifical territory. She would have known how to extend her protecting hand to put aside that danger. The Italian Government itself had the wisdom to stop that revolutionary movement. " France applauded that act of energy. But it would be an error to suppose that, to recompense the moderation and the energy of the Turin Cabinet, the French Government must (dolt) deviate from its policy and evacuate Rome. "It is evident that General Durando's circular was written under the influence of this error. The French Cabinet cannot admit it as a starting point of negotiation. At no period has it ever held out the hope, either to Piedmont or Italy, that it would sacrifice to them Rome and the Papacy. " The policy of the Emperor's Government is therefore characterised by all the antecedents which M. Drouyn de Lhuys enumerates in his despatch. That policy has always been guided in a spirit of conciliation, which does not sepa rate the interests of Italy from the rights of the Papacy. It is that conciliation which France has always followed up, and to which the Minister makes a new appeal." " Our correspondent," concludes La France, " in sending us the above analysis, adds that the note of M. Drouyn de Lhuys is imbued with the most perfect moderation, and with deep sympathy for the future of Italy:, THE NEW RAPE OF THE LOCK. (From Fun.) " Rape of the lock 1 " I hear the reader say, " What is the creature thinking of to-day ? I wonder what on earth this scribbler means, Who weekly some new text for rhyming gleams From M.P.'s poisoners, lords, and crinolines 1" To show in fitting parallel, I hope, The work of chaplains, and the works of POPE, He showered his polished satires on the mind, They loose rough satyrs up on human kind; He order did " as heav en ' s first law" receive, Their order is the ticket, Night of leave; He weighed e'en vi rtue with a balance nice, They plump their folly in the scale of vice. " In those deep solitudes and awful cells, Where heavenly-pensive contemplation dwells," Where SYKES'S reformation is a fact, Because he asks the chaplain for a tract; Where FAGAN'S counted to repent his crimes, Because he never nods at sermon times ; Where Artful Dodgers, re3kened full of grace, Heave the deep sigh and pull the dismal face ; There, as Belinda was sylph-tended erst, By chaplains is the dangerous felon nursed I With fond self-flattery, proud of skilful care, About him still they hover every where, This gives the greasy curl a saintlier twist, That eases the steel-gyves upon the wrist. One wipes the dust from off the mocking knees, Another makes the couch a bed of ease; One's laden with good bouks to wile away The watch of night, the tedium of the day. Another, leaving him to fill the head, Makes it his care to see the rogue well fed : Then when the rogue adopts the penitent feint, Each loves the force of the reform to paint, And of a sinner thinks he's made a saint, Proud of his skill in the persuasive arts, And his converting lowers on ruffian hearts ? Who fatten up in strength, and skill, and health, The rogues who take our lives as well as wealth ? Who make the peaceful citizens take arms, Because day's dangerous, night replete with arms ? Who loose the ruffians with the mask and knife, To cut a shutter or to take a life ? Who freed the arm that dealt the jagged gash, Or clove the skull with that tremendous crash ? 1 : 1r , ho upon Fo r di ng b r id ge a mons t er th rus t, I rained up to murder, violence, and lust ? Who from the brutal hand the fetters smote, Which grasped the hapless Mary Corbett's throat ? Who turns upon the world this whelming flood Of rapine, robbery, and thirst for blood? The chaplains of the gaol, fooled, luckless elves, Half by the felons—half, too, by themselves ! Let's meet the point 1 And from their powers dissever. Tickets-of-leave for ever and for ever. A new pamphlet, by M. P oudhon, i s an nounced under ,he name of "Les Iseariotes," written in reply t o his contradictors, ROYAL HORTICUL7U.RAL SOCIETY. The last flowers of the summer having quite de parted, a meagre and chilly show was made out of the first flowers of the winter yesterday at these gardens. It is needless to say that on this occasion the display was limited to those hard-named spin- sters of the floral tribe—chrysanthemums, whose stiff shapes and prim blossoms eke out the garden beds at this season of the year, when all their lovely competitors have retired from public ad- miration. There was a large assortment of these old long-surviving belles under the arcade of the garden yesterday, all of which were patterns of floral propriety es regarded the strict methodical arrangement of every leaf and blossom, and all were so perfectly alike in this re spect that they would have gone near to resembling a show of paper flowers but for their unpleastutt bit ter smell, There were, of course, all the 'usual varieties of colour shown, but the whole collection was exceedingly small, and as far as these plants were concerned, would not have been dignified with the name of a show even in a small country town. From the very few visitors in the gardens it attracted scarcely any attention, and all seemed glad to keep within reach of the warmth and shelter of the con servatory, where there was for the time of the year a fair display of autumnal fruit. Some of the apples and pears in this class were exceedingly good, though of course they bore no comparison to the extraor dinary samples which came in from all parts of Europe on the last occasion. Some good specimens of seedling grapes were shown, and one or two bunches of hothouse fruit, part of the same sort ; but the whole show, as we have said, was very poor, and not even up to such a standard of merit, either in fruit or flowers, as may be always seen for nothing in the shops of the chief dealers in Covent-garden. In our humble opinion we venture to think that the society has done unwisely in departing from their rule of holding no flower shows after the early part of Orqnbor. A flower show held in open London gardens in the middle of November has no attractions whatever, and most especially when the so-called show is limited to some 50 pots of chrysanthemums, all bearing the same strong family likeness that dis tinguishes every member of these hardy half-ever greens. The society are likely to be the first to see this want of popularity, for we doubt if the admis sions yesterday made up half the amount given in prizes. Great improvements are being carried out in these gardens now, with a view to their attractive ness for next year. Preparations are being made to establish real flower beds, instead of those cold, scentless mock parterres of coloured glass and slate which have so long usurped their place. Flowering shrubs and evergreens are also breaking up the flat monotony of lawns, which are to be further in tersected with groups of roses and beds of such flowers as lillies, tulips, verbenas, &c.—such homely garden beauties, in fact, as one sees every day, but nowhere without pleasure. These are exactly the improvements which are wanted, and without which these grounds will never be gardens. It is more flowers and less stucco, gardeners and not masons, who are now required to give the finishing touches to what ought to be one ut the most alluring pro menades in London. The sooner the two gigantic French fountains are now got rid of the better, in order that the grass and gravel walks may have time to recover from their disruption before next season. Both these works are very costly in price, and are besides much too big for the gardens, Min ton's beautiful majolica fountain, the price of which is only £2,600, is infinitely better adapted to the tone of these Italian grounds than the ponderous iron castings shown by Barbazat or Darenne. This fountain would really be an ornament ; those which now stop the way up the central path are gloomy anachronisms, in the style of all around them. The following are the names of the chief prize -takers yesterday : Class 1. Six plants, large flowered, distinct vatieties (open). Equal first prize, Mr. C. Ward, gardener to Mr. W. Fowler, Tottenham-green; Mr. J. Glover, gardener to Mr. R. C. Lessage, Tulse-hill, S. Extra prize, Mr. C. Tur ner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 2. Three plants, large flowered ; distinct varieties (amateurs). Equal second prize, Mr. C. Ward, gardener to Mr. W. Fowler, Tottenham-green ; Mr. J. Glover, gar dener to Mr. R. C. Lessage, Tulse-hill, S. Class 3. Six plants, pompones, distinct varieties (open). First prize, Mr. D. Hutt, Half-way House, Hackney-road; second prize, 111 r. J. Weston, gardener to Mr. D. Martineau, Clapham-park. Class 4. Three plants, pompones, distinct varieties (ama teurs). Equal second prize, Mr, C. Ward, gardener to Mr. W. Fowler, Tottenham-green; Mr. D. Hutt, Half-way House, Hackney-road. Class 5. 12 cut blooms, distinct varieties (open). First prize, Mr, T. B. Robinson, 5, Church-road, west, Isling ton ; second prize, Mr. J. Cattell, nurseryman, Westerham. Class 6. Miscellaneous collection of cut blooms (open). First prize, Mr. J. Cattell, nurseryman, Westerham. CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS. The commencement of the winter musical season at Sydenham must not pass without a word or two of recognition. The uniform excellence of the first concert, both with regard to programme and Execu tion, showed Herr Kapellmeister Auguste Manna determined to sustain the credit of an institution which, under his fostering care, has grown to such importance. The performances of the " Crystal Palace Philharmonic" (why not ?) are indeed equal to anything this music-loving country can boas'. They are model entertainments of their class— neither too long nor too short, almost invariably well made out, and quite invariably well presented. How much of this is due to the conductor we need hardly insist. Herr Mantis has laboured assidu • ously at his task, fought, with a perseverance de rived from inward faith, against more than one pre judice, and ultimately established his concerts upon so firm a basis that their periodical re-occurrence is looked forward to with unfeigned interest by ama teurs of music in and about Lond m. Moreover, he may be said to have created an orchestra for his own special uses, and trained it to such strict discipline that anything approaching an unfinished, much more a careless or a slovenly performance, is scarcely within the limits of probability. The players in this orchestra obey the indication of their conductor's stick as closly and expeditiously as Ariel the wand of Prospero. In short, not to mince words, the band of the Crystal Palace, althongh less in number than by many could be wished—fewer than the "60 0 prononneed "enough" by Beethoven—is in ferior in quality to none with which we are ac quainted. Not only does it play well when engaged solely on its own account, as in overtures and sym phonies, but accompanies well where singers or in strumental soloists are concerned. This, it must be allowed, is too rare an accomplishment not to be ac credited with due honour. In short, Herr M .nns has done justice to his employers and won a musical reputation for the Crystal Palace. He has a right, therefore, to claim the support and encouragement of thosewhom he had servedwith so much zeal and honest purpose in the winter concerts (of "good" music:, through the medium of which alone he has any chance of obtaining public recognition, while at the same time upholding the dignity of that art of which he is a truly devoted follower. The programme at the first concert was as fol lows : Symphony No, 4 in B flat Rondo—" Pensa alla Patria" (Made- moiselle Zeiss) Rossini. Serenade—" Oh I Moon of Night" (Mr Santley) Concerto, violin, in E (Herr Joachim) Spohr. Cavatina—" Ah I quel giorno" (Made moiselle Zeiss) Song- 4, Bliss for ever past" (Mr. Santley) ... Balfe. .. Overture -"Der Freischutz" ........ C. M. v. Webber. The symphony of M. Niels Gade—that Danish composer whom,nearly 20 years since,Mendelssohn, always more alive to talent in others than desirous of exhibiting his ow n, so g enerously took by the hand—was given for the first time in England,but not, we m ay be sure, for the last, xsculfausciiveently reserved, in if Herr M,„ DS i s sett to decide. It is one of this zdt..uwetoorrs'lsii;ph,a; productions of the mo _rdaeeeptdee,rriiithpi c es : in osut that ravte h ya e li in i s tgi 1 imoees the dern school of writers(Germans especially),of whom M. Gade ungestionabiy, though by Lo means 1, composer of genius, is one of violin c00n0.,0, iu some r the sanest. Spohfl espects his best, was the most striking feat ure o f the programme—and this I , owing even more to the superlative execution of Herr Joachim than to the admirable beauties of the work. "Without applying a string of laudatory epithets to this unequalled artist—of which he stands in no want —we may add, in a sentence,that the concerto could not possibly have been played better, The audience listened to it from one end to the other with marked attention and evident de light, applauding and recalling Herr Joachim, at the termination of the last movement, with down right enthusiasm. The overture to 'Der Freis chutz"—either movement of which contains more ideas than the allegro, andante, scherzo, and finale of Gade put together—was a genuine triumph for Herr Manns and his orchestra. Weber him self would have been more than satisfied, and have gathered compensation for the torture to which he was occasionally subjected during the preliminary rehearsals of his " Oberon." The vocal music was unimpeachable. Mr. Santley (we need not praise Mr. Santley) took equal pains with the serenade of Herr Mantis and the ballad. from " The Puritan's Daughter (one of Mr. Balfe's happiest inspirations), and was heartily appreciated in both. Mademoiselle Zeiss—a new contralto— has a flexible voice, with considerable ease of vigour and delivery. She aimed high in selecting two or Rossini's most difficult airs, but was cordially en couraged, and indeed deserved the applause she ob tained. " God save the Queen," and the " Danish National Air," arranged for the occasion by Herr Manns, brought the concert to an end. The room. was so inconveniently crowded that closing the staircases leading to the galleries immediately after the commencement amounted to an act of arbitrary despo ism. At the beginning of each piece such a precautionary step may be advisable; but we ques tion the expediency, not to say the right, to bar the ingress and egress of visitors during the entire per formance. Good taste should prevent any part of an audience from disturbing the enjoyment of at tentive listeners ; but surely those who pay for ad mission are entitled to the privilege of hearing as much or as tittle as they think proper. After the concert the new gas candelabra in the nave were lit up for the promenade, during which Mr. James Coward, organist to the Crystal Palace, with his accustomed skill, gave selections from Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelisohn, and Meyerbeer, besides an improvisation on the great organ in the Handel orchestra. Altogether the entertainment was one of the most delightful that can be imagined. At the next concert (Saturday) Mr. Charles Halle is to play one of Beethoven's concertos. REPRESENTATION OF SoUT.HAMPTON. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 11. Mr. George Thompson addressed a public meet ing at the Charlton Rooms last evening, over which Dr. Hearne, one of the leaders of the advanced libe ral party, presided. The meeting was a very large and tumultuous one. Mr. Thompson spoke of the American rebellion, and denounced the Confederate States and slavery most emphatically. Mr. Alder. man Rose, the new Lord Mayor of London, has made his debut as a candidate. He comes out as a Liberal Conservative. He arrived here this after noon. There are now four candidates in the field — viz., Mr. Croskey, Captain Mangles, Mr. George Thompson, and Alderman Rose. The following ad dress has been issued by the latter gentleman ; " Gentlemen,—A vacancy having occurred in the representation of your borough, and having been requested by an influential deputation to do so, I venture respectfully to offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages. Whilst regretting the cause of the present vacancy, I am glad of the opportunity of making myself better acquainted with your im portant town, and I now proffer my best services in the promotion of your social and commercial inte rests. My political principles are Liberal-Conser vative, and it will be one of my first duties to sup port such measures as will maintain inset the netional honour. I am, therefore, of opinion that the army, navy, and defences of the country should be kept in a most efficient condition, so that we may be independent of any warlike movements which may be adopted by other powers, but I think that the expense of this should be reduced to the lowest possible estimate consistent with efficiency. Having been from the commencement a warm supporter of the volunteer movement, I continue of opinion that it is calculated to promote, as it has done, a feeling of confidence in the stability of our institutions, which is so essential to the welfare of the people and the success of commerce. If returned as your representative, it will be my duty to uphold that happy constitution under which we live, to preserve the relations between Church and State, to remove as far as possible all restrictions upon trade and com merce, and to modify those inequalities in taxation which may unduly press on precarious incomes. Although sincerely attached to the Church of Eng land. I think that all sects and denominations should have the most complete freedom of worship accord ing to their respective creeds, and I desire that edu cation should be promoted amongst all classes. I aril prepared to support any measure that will settle the question of church-rates on an equitable basis. Whilst deploring the fratricidal contest now taking place in America, I approve of the principle of non intervention which has hitherto been proposed, yet I trust, should her Majesty's Government find it possible, by a judicious mediation, to arrest the horrors of war, and alleviate the sufferings of our fellow-countrymen ir. Lancashire, they will neglect no opportunity of doing so. It returned as your representative, the consideration of all matters of local interest, especially that of extending works calculated to improve your town and port, will be my constant care. I shall take the earliest oppor tunity of addressing a public met ting of the consti tuents, and as far as time will permit of personally soliciting their sapport.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, .6 WILLIAM A. ROSE. " Mansion House, London, Nov. 10." HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY. The members of the Horse Troops belonging to this company assembled yesterday to celebrate their a nnual banquet at the Finsbury Barracks. The party consisted of Captain Jay in command of the Horse Artillery, who occu pied the chair, supported on the right and lett by Colonel Wilson, Rear-Admiral Stanley, Major Robinson, and many of the staff officials of the regiment, besides several influen t tial gentlemen connected with the City and West-end ° l ' London. On the cloth being removed the Gallant CHAIRMAN pro posed the usual loyal toasts, which were most enthusiasti.• tally received. He took occasion to pass ahigh compliment on the distinctive character of the Artillery Company' The members had, he observed, received from the late lamented Frince Consort on more than one occasion marks of his approval of their military deportment and efficiency. Prince Albert had been their captain-general and colonel. He had moreover always taken a deep personal interest in the welfare of this long established military institution. King George IV., when Prince of Wales, had held the same rank, and since his time the Duke of Susse x , King - William IV., and the Prince Consort, had followed the like example. Now that his tioyal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales had attained his ma j orit y, be had every o andbelieve that his n ame would soon , l'T herreason i‘ , , ajy, hopes au thority, be enrolled i n t h e same re cord t est as that in which his royal father's had appeared, and that the Hon. A rtiller y Company might with pride an p k asu re look forward to the reali sa ti on of th i s h ope . ' lll A ° ,,, C ap t a in, in responding to th e t oast of his own hea l t h, m ade some very pertinent remarks on the difficulty which volun" tteaeinricnogrpseahvaadlryal:rbauyt he s rejoicedin to sayestablishingtha that with ra a t i u rr e; Hon. Artillery C ompany no such difficulty had been allo ws to prevail. They now mustered two guns, and for the ar pointment of the horse:., as well as the working of those guns, they wou ld not suffer in compar i son w i t h that of of i regular service. Th e oppor t un it y a ff or ded them at m c Math during th e p as t summer o f w o rking with the Ito3l Horse Artillery induced those compliments from save to artillery- officers who were present. He was proud neW ra. , repeat those compliments in the presence of so many Ine bers of the Hon. Artillery Company. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf po e ' f o re, vents the Chinese passing off inferior leav es as in th usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloure d, they always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 Agents. The omade of Naples me ntions the discovery", two miles beyond Capua, of a milestone on the Appian road It bears the number CXX.VI., with ar inscription sped ing of the person who remade that part of the road, and O f the time when it was done. This stone is important iron ts rarity, being the only one thai, remains of the 131, wh ich stood on the road from Rome to Capua. —•-'-al t.