The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

mATANZAS AND SABANILLA RAILROAD 7 per Cent. BONDS. The Half-yearly Interest en the above Bonds, due on the 15th inst., will be paid at the Countin-house of Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER, and 45, Lcadenhall-street, on that day, and every succeeding Co.,day, between the hours of 11 and 2. . . . _ _ _ . The coupons, with a list in numerical order, must be left two clear days previously for examination. Printed forms may be had on appli:o.tion as above. London, Ist December, 1859. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA RDEN. Under the manazement of Miss L. Pyne and air. W. Harrison. THIS .E VEXING, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs. Santley, G. Honey, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison ; Miss MlA wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne.... Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. 11. Payne, 11. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan, and Mons. Vandris. _ _ Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. DRURY LANE PROMENADE CONCERTS. —THE RIFLEMAN'S MARCH —" Come, if you Dare." Encored nightly. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lasiee, Mr. J. B. BrOrstone. 'fßi3 EVENING the performances will commenee with A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. Atter which, TIIE BA.CTIELOR OF ARTS. Jasper (his . orisinal character), Mr. C. Mathews. And 14 AI.I .0 W E'EN. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TEITS EVENING, the performances will commence with (4th time) a new drama, entitled HOME TNUTITS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lec ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. 3lessrs. Ryder, Meadows, 11. Bland, J. G. Shore; Miss C. Leelercq and Mrs. C. Young. After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, IL Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole rroprietor and Manaf,ter, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEITtT. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Billing - ton, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAFI UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Took, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box °Moe open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Dire tress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, a new Drama Fantastique, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vininz, .J. John stone, F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate Saville, A. Burdett, and Madame Celeste. To conclude with the Farce of niE PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK FROCK. John Buttercup, Mr. Rollie, from the Theatre-royal Bath (his second appearance in London). ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, A DEAD SHOT. After which (the 4th time) the new comedietta, entitled TH s CHATTER-BOY. Messrs. Barret, Brazier ; Mesdames F. Matthews, Murray, and Eliza Arden. After which, THE WINTERBOTTOMS. Jeffrey, Mr. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Fairy Extrava9, - anza, entitled THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps de Ballet. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 da.ily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. Seventh Week of the new Drama, by Toni Taylor, Esq., called GA RI BALDI ; illustrating- the pri,cipal events in the Life of the Great Italian General. Supported by Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis Belmore, Raymond, Miss Kate Carson, kc. Full Stud of Beautiful Horses—Scenes in the Circle by John Henry Cooke, ['err Hartz, the Devil Rider Misses Clarissa, Rosina, Francisco. and La Petite Eleanora—Wonderful Per forming; Elephant—Comical and Extraordinary Parisian Dogs and Monkeys, from the Cirque 1; Imperatrice, Paris. — Gymnastic Professors —Facetious Clowns. To conclude with a laughable Farce called CLEAN YOUR BOOTS. Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips eI . ANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Se ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAII. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Georrre Ralson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic). W. T. Crit6ifield, and M. W. _la.elcney. Several interestin Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Ilalls have be re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. II.‘)SA BON II EU R'S celebrated PICTURE or the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already maznificent Collection of Painting's in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 3.'; THERMO:I=P.M, IN THE SHADS. 5S —highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this day at noon. BA ROMETEII-30.18. WIND, Northerly; fresh, with snow, and cold dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 31m.—Afternoon, Bh. 3m To-monnow.-Morning, Sh. 37m.—Afternoon, Oh. lOin 43.) YtSQ tY.IU• kc.„, ?7 3 24 , •• • 0 s , THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC 3, 18,59. It is a very easy matter indeed to ridicule prac tical economists like the present member for Lam beth or the late member for Montrose. But what is really the complaint uttered nowadays by Mr. Winmams ? Has that hon. gentleman fallen foul of some purely imaginary grievance? It was only the other evening he explained very clearly the cause of his anxiety as one of the popular represen tatives. As recently as on Monday evening last Mr. WILLIAMS told his constituents what it really is he struggles session after session to accomplish in the way of salutary retrenchment. The harangue which was delivered upon this occasion by the member for Lambeth at the Horns Tavern, at Ken nington, we had reported at some length in our impression of the Tuesday evening following. And there were compressed within the compass of this frank and outspoken harangue so many plain and wholesome truths that we do very earnestly trust the speech itself may have caught the attention of many others beyond the circle of Mr. WILLIAMS' own constituency. 'We are all so perfectly and so painfully aware by this time of the molancholy fact, that our estimates for the last financial year amounted very nearly in deed to the lamentable aggregate of L7o,ooo,ooo,that we cannot wonder in the least that Mr. 'WILLIAMS started in his argument from that one frightful calculation. Any more than we can wonder at the dismay excited in his - mind by a comparison of the national expenditure of fourteen or 15 years ago, with the . national expenditure recklessly adven tured upon during the current twelvemonth. That precise year-1835—Mr. WILLIAMS remarked that he selected, " not on account of any special frugality of expenditure, but because two of our greatest statesmen—Sir R. PEEL and the Duke of WEL LINGTON —Were in the Government at that time." Having said which, he adds, " Well, they required for the expenditure of 1835 only .E , 18,700,000, being £20,000,000 less than was asked for during the present year." Oat of which consideration starts forth upon the instant the very obvious but miserably tantalising, deduction that, supposing the Government of the country could be carried on as cheaply now as in 1833, we could, of course, dispense with the whole of the income tax, with the whole of the duties upon tea, upon sugar, and upon malt ! Strike off £20,000,000 from our yearly expendi ture, and we might clearly strike off simultaneously £20,000,000 of our annual taxation. From any such reduction, however, we are effectually debarred nowadays by what may be deaignated, without zaggeration, our systematic egtravagance. Of the delightfully cool and careless manner in which those enormous supplies are voted Mr. WILLIAMS gave his constituents, on Mon day evening, a sufficiently vivid illustration. " One night," quoth he, "the Prime Minister all at once proposed that they should proceed to vote the Civil Service Estimates. There were seven volumes of these estimates, which had only just been delivered. The house had not five minutes given them to look into the books, and he therefore objected most strenuously to pass any of these votes, containing, as they did, some thousands of items, which he always made a point of carefully comparing with the same items in former years. It was no use to point out extravagance in a particu lar instance. This would only be laughed at ; but when he showed that in the old borough-monger ing Parliaments less was required, Ministers some times hummed and hawed, and often tried to make a joke of it. In the case he referred to he chal lenged any member to say that he had had time to look at a single figure of these estimates. No one, however, accepted the challenge, and, upon repeat ing it to Lord PALMERSTON, his lordship very jocu larly admitted that he had never looked at a figure. Yet this happened in the House of Com mons, whose principal function was to protect the pockets of the people. He was so disgusted that he shut up the books and walked out of the house, declaring that he would be no party to such a farce, and that he considered an insult had been offered to the House of Commons by the Premier. No doubt they were very glad to see him go, and the House immediately went to work and passed 57 votes, amounting to between £3,000,000 and £4,000,000 of money, without a word from any body, as fast as the votes could be read over. One might have supposed," he added, " that the Pre mier would have been anxious to allow the fullest opportunity of examining and discussing the estimates. But in this instance he (Lord PALMER STON) seemed in effect to say, You, the House of Commons, have no business with these votes, ex cept to pass what I think proper, or what the Go vernment order you to pass !'" Showing that ac cording to a popular idiom, things had, in truth, come to a pretty pass indeed when this was not the exceptional, but the ordinary and almost invariable method of getting pro forinct through the drudgery of the Estimates. In reference to our war expenditure, in reference to the military and maritime estimates, we rejoice to note that Mr. WILLIAMS distinctly repudiated any desire in regard to the scrutiny and revision of the estimates beyond that of discovering whether the money annually voted for the Army and Navy was, in truth, properly, judiciously, and thriftily applied. No man, he protested, was more anxious to see the country defended by a force which would be irresistible against any attack that could be adventured upon ! But when, for example, he found that no more than £4,000,000 out of the £13,000,000 voted this last year for them were spent in paying and clothing the officers and men, and in finding them necessaries and allowances — his curiosity (Mr. WILLIAMS seemed to intimate) was naturally piqued to find out what could possi bly have become of the remaining £9,000,000 Hence, indeed, his yearly motion for a Committee of Inquiry into the system of our military expen diture. So, again, precisely in regard to our naval estimates. How (he was curious to learn) had the sums of money voted for years and years past for naval purposes been actually exnenchd ? Remem bering that since the termination of the French war £300,000,000 had been spent upon our navy, and that at the close of the French war we had upwards of 150 sail of the line, while at the begin ning of the present year,rafter:this enormous outlay, we had only 29 screw and 12 sailing line of-battle ships—how, in the name of fortune, or rather we should say of misfortune (others besides Mr. WIL- LrAms will be eager to know), have we contrived to get through that awful sum of £300,000,000 ? If Mr. WILLIAMS'S passion for economy be deemed by some to amount to nothing less than a mono mania—it must certainly be admitted by all to be a monomania that (no less than HAMLET'S madness) " hath a method in it !" We wish to have a word with the farmers o England, with tenants-at-will, and with leasehold ing tenants too. A Reform. Bill is at hand, unless. indeed, foreign affairs or preparations for defence, are to be the pretexts for evading one once more. Ought not the farmers of England to speak out ? They have, we presume, their electoral grievances to complain of—why should they leave all the dis cussion and action on the subject of Reform to the towns ? Let farmers awake. There is not a finer class of Englishmen than English farmers, yet we never hear their voice on public subjects. They think on them as they walk their fields, and as they sit by their winter firesides, but they do not tell us their thoughts. Is it because they dare not ? Why is there so great a difference, politically, between the ordinary £lO householder and the £5O farmholder The former, as the rule, votes as he pleases. Many of his class, no doubt, must vote with some lawyer, creditor, or banker ; some will vote with those who buy them—Gloucester and Wakefield can tell us that. But hardly a man among the £lO-householders must vote with his landlord; while hardly a man of - the farmers of England dares vote against his landlord. Why this last great difference ? Why does the average borough voter vote as he pleases, while the farmer everywhere must vote as his landlord pleases ? The reason is, that in the actual state of England every farmer has a political master; the generality of to wn s people have none. The cause of this every farmer knows. He knows that, firstly, every farmer's farm is his living ; that, secondly, in this little island, farms cannot be multiplied, and, if turned out of the one he holds, twenty other farmers would like to have it, while he cannot easily find another. In the town the tenant, if dismissed from one house, could readily obtain another; the landlord, there fore, if ever so hot a Tory, never thinks of parting with the most Radical tenant who regularly pays his rent, and keeps the house respectable. It is the same, of course, with the Radical landlord and the Tory occupier of his house. The farmers.of England are powerless to remove this cause of difference between the tenant of a house and the tenant of a farm. The supply of houses will never long be wanting where there is a demand for them. The supply of farms must be deficient, if every farmer, on the average, brings up more than one of his sons to his own business. Hence the competition for faring. Hence the higher and higher rents given for them since the repeal of the Corn-laws; and hence, again, the power of the landlord over his tenant. He can turn him out without loss. He can have a tenant who will give him his vote as well as his rent ; and his tenant's vote counts for two in every contested election. His landlord is proud of the votes he can command ; and is mortified if he cannot command his tenant's vote. Sometimes his influence with the Government of the day is at stake, and then it is not a ques tion of pride merely; for it may also be a question whether he shall get an appointment for a relative, perhaps for a son, from the Horse Guards, or from a Secretary of State. Add to all, that landlords grasp pertinaciously this last relic of feudality—that they like to regard their tenants as political serfs, when they are, socially, serfs no longer—and we shall not wonder that the landlord class avail them selves, ruthlessly, of the dependent position of their farm tenants. Some of these men have large town properties also ; but they rarely venture attacks on the liberty of their town tenants. The latter would laugh at a threat, or bid them find another tenant. Now we want that every such landlord should be compelled to respect equally the political rights of his town and his agricultural tenants. Why should the house tenant be free and the farm tenant wear the collar ? There are no men such perfect political ciphers as the farmers. The miserable wretches who sold their votes at Gloucester and Wakefield are not such nothings. They could sell their vote to which side they liked. Some of them did sell cheaper to one candidate than they would to another. But the farmers of England alone are mere ciphers. They just stand at the right hand of their landlord, and, though nothing themselves, serve to multiply his vote by ten or by a hundred. Some apologists for this glaring fact would have us believe that farmers prefer to vote with their landlords. Do they? For what reason, we should like to know? Is it because they never think about politics ; or, if they do think, because they feel not the slightest interest in voting as they think ? If such political indolence or indifference be a fact, to what in this free coun try is it to be ascribed ? So far as it is the case, it can only be the result of hopeless bondage. Men who cannot break their chains will not gall their limbs by fretting against them ; and 'electors, who never can by any possibility vote as they think, will not take the trouble to think. American slave holders point sometimes to the thoughtless merri ment of the slaves as a proof of the excellence of their "domestic institution." But a truthful writer observes that this is its bitterest condemnation. It degrades men into being happy, in their way, under the loss of liberty. Just so must we regard the' assertion that farmers prefer to vote with their landlords, and are content to do it. It proves the debasing power of landlordism. It has sunk num bers of farmers below the level of Wakefield bribe takers. It has trained the sturdy sons of the soil to have no political notions at all; or, if they have, to give cheerfully, when required, their vote against them. We are not prepared to deny that our honest JOHN BULLS are to a large extent become content to vote blue or yellow, according to the colour of the last successor to the estate or its last purchaser. But we do call upon such farmers to allow themselves to think how unworthy of them is such a position. We cannot, however, believe that our agricultu ral friends generally wish to be such ciphers. They prefer to be units, and to increase each of them the strength of the Eide they take. Further, we deny that the landlord's side is, naturally, that of the farmer. On many questions it must be the re verse. The first interest of the farmer and that of the landlord are clearly diametrically opposite. The landlord wants a high rent, and a short strin gent lease, if he grant leaes at all. The farmer wants a low rent and a long liberal lease, with full secu rity for improvements. To call these two interests identical is an abuse of words. The game laws are another illustration. The farmer hates game ; the landlord is mad upon it. Hence a code of rent-laws and game-11ws, both wholly en the side of the land lords, who have forged these fetters for their far mers out of their own votes. In truth, the farmers, in voting for their landlords' nominees, vote that the seller shall legislate for the buyer—the man who lets for the man who hires—the sportsman who shoots and hunts for the man who has to bear the cost of the shooting and hunting !—As well ask the sheep to vote that the wolves shall guard their fold. Farmers, in fact, have no representatives. One tenant farmer, we believe, there is in the house, but even he, if we mistake not, obtains his livelihood chiefly by his dealings with farmers. Yet it is also a fact that they could, if they were free, have their own representatives in every cottiity. They, and those connected with them, are a majority gene rally of the county electors yet they allow a wretched minority of landlords to return all the members ! It is not that their landlords are men of such intellectual superiority as to deserve the hon ourable trust ; with a few splendid exceptions, the county members are but the dummies of the House of Commons ; or, if they stutter out a speech, its laughing stock. Were farmers free electors they might find intelligent men from their own number, who, in a house where real solid knowledge on any subject is always listened to, would command atten tion ; and they would find great numbers amongst the landed gentry themselves who would be quite different men if they had to represent constituents who could call their souls their own. Farmers ought to be represented as well as landlords. Farmers ought not merely to choose representatives for landlords, but for themselves also. If the give-and-take temper of Englishmen, nowhere more conspicuous than amongst farmers, made them willing to give land lords one member for a county, yet surely farmers ought to look to it that the second member for any county, or division of a county, was a farmer's member—and well, too, that he should be also a farmer. We must defer consideration of the means of accomplishing this till Monday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, tho Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchquer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir George Grey, the Eari of Elgin, and the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WIL LIAM.—Their Royal Highnesses and suite left London this morning on their return to the continent. The illustrious party travelled via the South Western Railway. Their Imperial Highnesses the Princes Nicolas and Eugene Romanoffsky, accompanied by Col. Rehlimdu, have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Paris. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is expected to leave town early in the ensuing week on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley. His Excellency the Ambassador of France ar rived at Albert-gate House on Thursday evening from visit ing Mr. and Lady Caroline Townley, at Townley, Lanca shire. The Countess de Persigny will return to town from the same place on Monday. His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess d'Apponyi have returned to Chandos House, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland ar rived at Northumberland House last evening, from A:lnwick Castle. Their Graces leave to-day for Sion House, Isle worth. The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Arabella Sackvillo West leave Wimpole Hall, where they have been visiting the Earl and Countess of Hardwick°, to-day for Hatfield, to stay until Monday, when the noble earl and countess go to Buctchurst Park, Sussex. The Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Thursday, from the Continent. DEATH OF TIIE MARQUIS DE LAJATICO.—We re gret to learn that the Marquis de Lajatico, the distinguished Sardinian statesman and diplomatist, died on Thursday evening at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, after a short illness. It is stated that he died from an attack of small pox., APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed their first examination on Thursday, Dec. 1: —Theodore Orton, Littleburn, Kent; Rowland Mounsey Bowstead, Caistor, Lincolnshire. • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1869, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received a' Mr. Reuter's office : COPENHAGEN, DEC. 2. The Dagbladet announces that the new Ministry has been provisionally formed as follows : Councillor Rollwitt, President of the Council and Minister of Justice, and also ad interim for Holstein and Lauenburg. Baro'n Blixen Fineck, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and also ad interim for Schleswig. Major-General Thestrup, Minister for War and Marine. The Councillor of State M. Westenholz, Minister of Finance. The Chamberlain M. Gessen, Minister of the Interior. TURIN, DEC. 2, The separate governments of the Provinces of Parma, Modena, and the Romagna are suppressed from the Bth of December. These provinces will have one sole government with a ministry sitting at Modena, and a legisla tive commission and commander of the military forces of the line sitting at Bologna. Baron ilicasoli has arrived at Turin, and has had a long conference with the Minister for Foreign Affai rs. The Austrians evacuated Rocca d'Anfo on the 29th nit. MADRID, DEC. 1 On the 30th November a considerable Moorish force attacked the redoubt to the right of the Span ish encampment before Ceuta, but were repulsed by the division Grasse, directed by Alarshal O'Donnell, the Commander-in-Chief. 120 men of the Spanish army were put hors de combat. The losses of the enemy were far more numerous. The embarkation of troops continues incessan . at Malaga, Algesiras, and Cadiz. LISBON, DEC. 2, The Royal mail steam packet Oneida with the Brazil mails has arrived here, and was to leave this morning for Southampton. She brings £9,853 in specie, and 73 passengers. ROME, DEC. 2. The report that the Pope had already consented to be represented at the approaching Congress, and that his Holiness had appointed Cardinal Antonelli, first Plenipotentiary, is without foundation. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 3 The Liverpool Mercury says : "We are informed that the Imperial Secretary, in reply to the letter addressed by four merchants of this city to Napoleon 111., writes that peace with England is the earnest wish and fixed policy of the Emperor, and so far as it depends upon his Ma jesty it is a policy which shall never be abandoned." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. Accounts from Toulon, of the 29th ult , Wtate that a company of pontonniers, intended for the expedi tion to China, had arrived there, and were en camped while waiting for embarkation. It is added that the cannon embarked there for China are rifled, and were tried before their departure, and gave complete satisfaction, both with respect to the accuracy of their aim and the great dis tance at which they take effect. The Toulon roads present an animated appearance, and the troops to be embarked show the greatest enthusiasm. The frigate Imperatrice Eugenie, the steam corvette Canton, the steam cutter Croiseur, and the trans ports Ariege and Bucephale, had arrived at Toulon. THE BOURSE.—The market has been very buoyant, and large purchases of Rentes have been effected. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 55c., improved to 70f. 90c.; Mobilier varied from 785 f. to 795 f.; Lyons, 890 f. to 895 f. ; Orleans, 1,370 f. to 1,376 f. 25c, ; Northern, 957 f. 50c. to 962 f. 50e. ; Southern, 515 f. to 517 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations:- 41 per Cents. .... 96 Credit Fonder Do. end month .. Belgian 4 3 per Cents 7O 80 Piedmonteso (5) .. 84 Do. end month 7O 90 Roman B6 60 Bank Shares 2875 Austrian. Credit Mobilier .. 791 35 Spanish Threes Do. Account ILL ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans' 1376 25 .. 1,380 Northern 961 25 .. 963 75 New ditto — .. 851 25 Lyons and Mediterranean B9l 25 .. 892 50 0 eneva 527 50 .. Southern Western 570 .. 571 25 Eastern Sardiniaa. .............. 410 .. Austrian • 551 25 .. 552 50 Lombard .. ... Exchange on London, at sight, payer, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 90c.; money, 24f. 931 c. PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Euxine steamer, Captain Woodgates, has arrived with Lisbon mails of the 27th ult. ; Oporto, 28th ; and Vigo, 29th. She brings £4,505 in specie, precious stones value £5O, 2,289 chests and 28 boxes oranges, and general cargo. Her Majesty's despatch boat Beagle left Lisbon for China November 26. Lisbon exchanges on London, 532-; Paris, 531- 5 ; Amsterdam, 42 ; Hamburg, 471; Genoa, 530. The Euxine was put in quarantine at Vigo both outward and homeward, in consequence of the Plata steamer, arrived at this port, having had yellow fever on board. In the last sitting of the Second Chamber of Baden, M. Junghanns, who has been appointed President, took possession of the chair, and in a brief address said that the demonstrations which which were made in Baden in the course of the Italian war were not caused by exaggerated'sym pathy for Austria, but to show that the honour and security of Germany would be defended. The budget of 1860 was presented ; it estimates the expenses at 10,799,7050., and the receipts at 11,203,797i1. The First Chamber of Holland has been con yoked fur the 9th. The second, which is now sit. ting, is engaged in discussing the budget. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCIIESTER, Dec. 2. Business is only limited by the goods to be purchased. The demand is steady and general for all markets, but the en gagements of spinners and manufacturers in the majority of cases preclude their entering now orders on their books for delivery within a reasonable period. An agent engaged in travelling from town to town for three days to place an order for grey goods could not find a single manufacturer of them who was not fully engaged to the end , of January. Under these circumstances we have again to report yarns as scarcer and dearer, while cloths are stronger , and the ten dency to an advance in these goods is greatr. DESTRUCTIVE FlRES.—Yesterday morning at an early hour a fire occurred> in the premises belonging to Mr. Badcock, a rag and toy merchant, situated at No. 22, Rich mond-terrace, East-lane, Walworth-road. The policeman on the beat, after considerable trouble, succeeded in arous ing the residents, who were obliged to get on to the roof, and pass over two of the adjoining houses. , The premises wei e burnt out ; the sufferer was partially insured. Another fire- happened in tip; premises of Mr. G. Pargito, timber merchant and veneer dealer, carrying on business in Rcs. - street, Church -street, Bethnal-green. The flames were not extingui,hed until property of great value was reduced to ashes. The owner of the premises was insured. LIFEBOATS ANII SALVAGE.—A circumstance of some interest has transpired at Lowestoft. The screw steamer Enchantress of Hull, was brought into the port on the Gth inst., with loss of ru dder, &c., by the Pakefield lifeboat and a steamtug. The claim for salvage was settled by a private arrangement for £750, the lifeboat crew and the company of beachmen being awarded half this amount, or £375. Salvage is never considered legitimate work for a lifeboat, as otherwise undue repairs would be rendered necessary ; and one of the rules of the Royal National Life • boat Institution is that in case their boats render salvage services two shares of the amount received are to be paid for the boat. The local committee at Lowestoft have deter mined—although the lifeboat crew have grumbled a great deal at their decision—to adhere to the society's rule, which seems only reasonable and just ; and, as the allotted crew of the lifeboat consists of 19 hands, the £375 is to be divided into 21 parts, and each man will be paid about £l7 178. TILE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE AND MR. ROEBUCK. We have received from the Prince de Joinville the following note, which we have much pleasure in publishing at his request : Claremont, 2 Deeembre, 1859. MONSIEUR,—Votre numero d'aujourd'hui con tient un extrait d'un discours prononce, it y a quel ques j ours, par M. Roebnck, ou je suis designe d'une maniere trop claire pour que je ne soil pas oblige d'y repondre: L'assertion de M. Roebuck est completement denuee de fondement. Je n'ai leve acun plan des Cotes de PAngleterre ; je n'ai redige aucun projet d'attaque contre ce pays ; enfin, ai-je besoin de le dire, je n'ai rien envoye au ministere Francais. J'ajoute que, biers que je me considere toujours comme un "enfant de la France," je serais le dernier a souhaiter que les " principes " qui la regissent au jourd'hui " passassent le detroit." Je reelame, Monsieur, de votre equite l'insertion de cette lettre dans votre'prochain numero, et je vous pric de recevoir mes salutations. FR. D'ORLEANS, Prince de Joinville. (TRANSLATION.) Claremont, December 2, 1859. Sir,—Your number of to-day contains an extract from a speech delivered a few days since by Mr. Roebuck, in which I am so clearly alluded to that I feel obliged to reply to it. Mr. Roebuck's assertion is entirely devoid of foundation. I have not made any plan of the coasts of England ; I have not drawn up any scheme of attack against this country; and lastly, need I say that I have not sent anything to the French mini stry ? I may add that, although I still consider myself a " child of France," I should be the last to wish that "the principles" which now rule her should "pass across the Channel." I appeal, Sir, to your sense of justice for the inser• tion of this letter in your next number, and I beg you to accept my compliments. D'ORLEANS, Prince de Joinville. GOLD DISCOVERY. A telegram from St. Louis, dated November 18, received per Vanderbilt, says : The accounts from the Carson Valley (Walker River) Mines continue to excite great attention. The mines promise to be equal to those on the Fraser River. These mines are on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, and are supposed to extend from Honey Lake, north, to Walker's River, south. The distance is 200 miles. The principal discovery announced is called the Gold Hill, a mound 60 feet high, 5,000 feet long, and 2,000 wide, 20 miles north of the. Carson Val ley, with veins of auriferous quartz. Large quantities of silver ore continue to arrive from Carson Valley. TILE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. LEWES, THURSDAY NIGHT. The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate men, Charles Moore and Samuel Paine, who were killed by the London express running into their van, at the Beddingham Crossing, about two miles froth Lewes, was held this afternoon, at the Trevor Arms Inn, Glyside, before Mr. Gill, the county coroner. The case excited great interest in the neighbour hood. Mr. Faithful', of Brighton, appeared on behalf of the railway company, and Mr. Hillman, of Lewes, represented the friends of the deceased. An influential jury, composed of the chief farmers of the neighbourhood, and other gentlemen, with the Rev. W. de St. Croix as foreman, having been sworn, then proceeded to view the bodies, wilich presented a dreadful spectacle, especially that of Moore. George Moore, a cousin of one of the deceased, identified the bodies, and stated that he saw both men before they started with Mr. Ellman's van from Beddingham, on Tuesday evening. Both were sober, and the horse quiet. He knew the animal to be a quiet one, having driven it himself. Dr. Smythe, of Lewes, then described the state in which he found the bodies, having been brought to the scene of disaster in a special train by Mr. Brook,- the Lewes station-master. Moore's death was caused by the injuries which he had sustained about the head. His body was also frightfully mangle d. Paine's death was caused by the injuries about his chest; the other wounds were not of a serious nature. John Norman, the gatekeeper at the crossing, was next examined. He is an aged person, and gave his evidence with a tremulous voice. He said that on the above evening while he was in his sentry-box a van came to the Bedding ham side of the gate ; it was dark at the time, and the express was due. Some man in the van called out " Gate." He came out, walked up to the side at which they were, and told them the express was due. 'I he horse plunged against the gate, and it came open. It then got on the line and went down the side on which the express was coming—the oppo site gates being close against the road. The express immediately came up, and swept horse and van all before it. The horse and van had then got some distance down the line. He seized the animal before it got on the lino, but it plunged and got out of his hand. He did not know how the gate had got open, as the hasp was not injured, and he did not open it. There was a rule of the company that he should not open the gates to anybody when a train was due. If he did so, in order not to keep the public waiting after a train was due, he put up a signal to stop it. The witness w‘s cross-examined at great length by the coroner and jury, and admitted that he could not be positive in what he had stated, as he was in i such a state of excitement at the time. Edmund Blabes, a labourer, gave the jury the distances at which the horse, van, and bodies were found from the crossing—that of Moore being as much as 130 yards. The engine -driver and guard having been exa mined as to what they saw, the substance of which has been already stated, a witness who had passed the gate a few minutes before the deceased came up to it was called, and he stated positively that one half of the Beddingham side was open. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury, after consulting for an hour and a-half, returned a ver dict of accidental death, with this addendum : " The jurors state that, in their opinion, if sufficient care had been exercised in the management of the gates at l3eddingham crossing, the unfortunate oc currence would not have taken place." The inquiry lasted seven hours. MINES.—The settlement of the fortnightly ac count in the Mining Share Market took place on. Wednes day, and was particularly heavy in some stocks, such as Calstock Consols, East Russell, East Caradon, szo., but we understand it passed off pretty well. For'two days general business was again interfered with through the settlement; but, on the whole, a large business has been done during the week, and a few mines have advanced considerably in price. Among them, South Frances, Stray Park, North Roskear, Herodsfoot, and Mark Valley. A good demand has also existed for Treloweth, Wheal Grenville, East Gren ville, Kelly Bray, North Downs, East Caradon, Wheal Arthur, Drake 'Walls, East Trefusis, Par Consols, Redmoor, Gt. Rota Hack, Wheal Edward, Tamar Consols, Tincroft, Tre lawny, South Caradon, and West Frances. Coppear has advanced since our last, and the standard for copper ore has again risen, and is new at a very satisfactory pace for the miner. North Roskear advanced on Monday from 23 to 30, 31; a circular was received by the London share holders on Monday morning, to the effect that, in sinking at Pearce's shaft, a• fine course of ore had been met with in the 170, worth at least £BO per fm. ; the shares leave off, after a large business, at 28 to 30. Kelly Bray, 3l to 31"; the 45 east is reported worth from 3 to 4 tons per fathom. Alfred Consols, 51 to 51 ; Calstock Consols, 31 to 4. South Frances have been greatly in demand, owing to an improvement, and the price has advanced from 140 to 155,:165, with shares very difficult to get. East Pool have been enquired for at £2OO ; the mine is understood to be looking better in the bottom of the shaft. Grembler and St. Aubyn, GO to 621 f the new lode has been cut, we learn, in the 66, and poor; other parts of the mine poor. North Downs have fluctuated from 51 to 5.1 and leave off 51 to 6. West Caradon, 721 to 75 ; at the meeting, on Tuesch.y, a dividend of Li per share, and a bonus of Xl, was declared, leaving a large balance in hand ; the shares were subdivided into 1024th. Herodsfoot have advanced to 22, 23, and a good business done ; the 80 tons of lead ore sold this week realised £25 Os. 6d. per ton, the highest price yet realised. Wheal Edward became in demand on Thursday, in conseq uence o f an im provement in tho winze sinking behind the 65 end, worth £3O per fm., and advanced to 33s to 365. South Caradon, 255 to 265 ; the counter lode has recently been cut in the 100, in the s ,uth part of the sett, and which seems to have 'given rise to the lae reports referred to. South Caradon Wheal Hooper, Os. to ils., and not so much ding. Gona thena, 3 to 31, and also more quiet. East Russell have been fluctuating again, but not so much as formerly, and less business doi ng i n t h em. On Wednesday (the settling y), they declined f r o m 11 t o 10, and leave off 10 to 107; the lode in the 88 is reported worth £6O per fathom.— mining Jourlaal Ws day. COAST I)F:FENCES.—On Wednesday a special men thig of the Harwich Town Council was held to take into consideration the present defenceless state of Harwich harbour, when it was agreed that a memorial should be for. warded to the Government on the subject, showing the necessity for further fortifications, to insure the due pro tection of the coast at that point, THE OPIUM TRADE WITH CHINA. Last night a public meeting was held at the Literary Institution,Aldersgate-street, on the subject of the opium trade with China, and more especially with respect to the statements of Sir J. Bowring— Mr. R. N. Fowler in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the question, expressed his regret at the absence of Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., who was to have presided at the meeting, but who was unavoidably absent in consequence of another engagement. Mr. Gurney, both on public grounds, as a member of Parliament, and Pasta member of a family who were known to the British public for their philanthropy, would have added that import ance to the subject which he could not hope to impart to it. The opium trade commenced in the time of Warren Hastings, and had been promOted by the East India Company as a financial arrangement which was beneficial to them. Now, however, that the government of India was transferred to the Parliament of England, this country was responsible for the evils of the opium trade. (Hear.) They must have seen it stated recently by Sir I. Bowring that the evils of the opium trade had been greatly exaggerated, and that it was in fact rather a benefit than otherwise. They were met on that occasion to controvert the statements of Sir J. Bowring, and to show that the fearful evils of the opium trade had in no respect been exaggerated, and that its con tinuance was a disgrace to the country that sanc tioned it. (Hear, hear.) He had seen it stated in the papers that the son of Sir John Bowring was a partner in one of the largest opium firms in China. (Hear, hear.) He had not seen that state ment denied. The only argument of any weight in favour of the opium trade was that it pro duced a revenue of over £5,000,000, - without which it would be difficult to carry on the govern ment of India. But he would appeal to them whether a consideration of that kind ought to weigh with them, who paid £20,000,000 to liberate the slaves of the West Indies. (Hear, hear.) He would not further trespass on their time, or k anticipate the facts which would show the pernicious offects of the opium poison. - (Hear.) The Rev. H. RICHARDS moved the first resolu tion, as follows :—" That this meeting, considering the mass of evidence, from numerous quarters, of the evil effects of opium-smoking on the Chinese, and considering that the English are the chief im porters of this pernicious drug into China, deeply regret the misery and vice which they are obliged to believe are the results of its consumption. They cannot but regard it as a deep stain upon the British name, that a nation which ought to be the pioneer of Christianity in the East should have forced upon a heathen people an article of consump tion which is alike ruinous to body and soul." He ought to tell them that .there was an anti-opium association in existence, whose duty it was to in vestigate the facts connected with the use of opium. Now, they believed that the opium drug was most pernicious,'morally and physically, to the people of China— that it fettered trade and opposed a bar rier to the spread of the gospel. To prove these facts they adduced the evidence of Sir Stam ford Raffles, Sir G. Staunton, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Davis, Major Elliot, Colonel Todd, Capt. Shepherd, Mr. Martin, Colonel Edwardes, Sir J. Lawrence, and others. They had besides the medical testi mony of Sir B. Brodie, Dr. Bright, Dr. Chambers; Dr. Fergusson, Sir H. Halford, and Mr. Hawkins, as to the injurious effects of opium on health. He had also the testimony of the missionaries to China of all denominations. All these testimonies con curred as to the dreadful effects of opium on the health, the morals, and the character of the Chinese. He regretted that Sir John Bowring's name had been connected with the statements which had recently been made in regard to the use of opium. They had no personal feeling towards Sir J. Bow ring, but as these statements were made by a person of his authority, they were bound to refute them. Mr. Richards then referred to the paper recently read by Sir J. Bowrieg at the Society of Arts, and proceeded to controvert the allegations made by him. Tho first statement m a d e was th a t th e opium trade was not prohibited by treaty between the Governments of Great Britain and China. Now, it was quite true that the word " opium" was not to be found in the treaty of the Bth of October, 1842, but both Governments promised to use their utmost endeavours to put an end to smuggling. Now, it was very well known to every one that the smug gling alluded to had reference to opium, and they were not left to conjecture on that point, for Sir H. Pottinger, Sir John Bowring's predecessor in China, and the person who drew the article, expressly de clared that it related to the article of opium. (Hear, hear.) Then Sir J. Bowring stated that he did not find the trade was objected to by the governors and mandarins of China. Why, seeing how many lives and how much property they had lost in the first war for resisting the introduction of opium, it was no wonder the Chinese should be chary . of expressing their dissatisfaction to Sir J. Bowring. But, although they might not have expressed their dissatisfaction to a British governor, there were ample official documents at hand to show that the Chinese authorities were most hostile to the use of opium in their country. The next statement of Sir J. Bowring was, that amongst the 600 British resident at Hong kong, more died of delirium tremens than amongst the 90,000 Chinese, from the use of opium. But they had the authority of Dr. Dempster, his own medical man, who was ordered to report on the effects of opium smoking, and his reply was that he regretted he could give no satisfactory information. Sir J. Bowring next stated that formerly drunken ness was almost universal, but that drunkenness disappeared since the use of opium. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. Bowring further stated that the use of opium did not extend to more than two millions. Now he stated that the population of China was 412,000,000, so that it appeared the use of opium amongst 2,000,000 eradicated the vice of drunkenness from 412,000,000. (Laughter.) But it appeared that opium not only eradicated drunkenness, but was a great help in the spread of the gospel—(laughter) —for he stated that no converts had been made in Siam, where opium was not used, whereas several had been made in China where it was used. (Laughter.) The first thing then which the missionary societies ought to do was to lay up a stock of opium. (Laughter.) Mr. Richards then read extracts from the reports of missionaries to the effect that the opium trade constituted the greatest barrier to the spread of the gospel in China: He thought they were entitled to give precedence to the testimony of the men who were engaged in the work of evangelisation in China over the statement of any governor or official. The recent statement was that the opium trade did not restrict the trade of this country with China. Now, what was the fact ? At the end of ten years from the date of the treaty of 1842, the import of the manufaztures of this country had actually declined. In 1843 the imports amounted to £1,760,000; in 1854 they fell off to £1,000,000., and in 1885 they amounted to only £1,277,000. To what was that falling-off to be attributed ? To the use of opium in China. And Mr. Consul Mitchell attributed the falling off to the same circumstance. He had now gone through Sir J. Bowring's statements, and he appealed to them if he had not met them one by one. (Cheers.) But then it was said that the trade was regulated by the principles of politi cal economy. He was a freetrader, but he was not a freetrader in Tice and in iniquity, and it was no thing less than a prostitution of the principles of political economy to make it responsible for crime, degradation, and sin. (Hear, hear.) Then it was said that if they did not carry .opium to China others would That was the argument used against the abolition of the slave trade,and it was the argu ment always put forward by selfishness to cover and cloak its own iniquity. He was not insensible to the financial considerations involved in the ques tion, but no argument of that nature should weigh with them as a Christian nation. (Hear, hear.) They should not sanction the raising of colossal fortunes by a few merchants out of the disease, de bauchery, and d ea th o f a whole people. Let them rather keep their conscience free from the whole abominable thing. Dr. CROFT, who had lived some time in China, stated that no one who had known the Chinese as ha had could doubt the evil effects of the use of opium. As a medical man, it was his duty to ob serve the pernicious effects of the drug on the health and morals of the people. He had merely seen the advertisement calling the meeting in the papers, and .he felt bound in conscience to come forward and state what he knew. He had met Sir J. Bowring in China when consul, and he had no feeling of hostility to that gentleman, but he be lieved that Sir J. Bowring had some crotchets, and he supposed they must put down his opinion as to the harmlessness of opium as one of those crotchets, (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Dr. HODGKIN moved the following resolution : " That this meeting cannot but express its deep re gret at the various attempts made, since his return to this country, by Sir John Bowring—a gentle man whose name was formerly so intimately associated with objects of philanthropy —to de fend the opium trade with China, by statements as to its effects on the heal h and morals of the Chinese, as well as on the prospects of civilisation and Christianity in China, that seem to be utterly at variance with the testimony of a large number of disinterested witnesses, who, in many respects, have had better opport un iti es t h an he has e n j o yed for observing its influence upon both." Ile was a friend of Sir S. Bowring, and had known him for many years. It was not, therefore, from any hostility to Sir I. Bowring that he ap. peared there, or that the resolution was proposed ._.--------' _ But he believed Sir J. Bowrina laboured unde duty delusion on the subject; and that it was their uly; to see that statements which deeplv concerned the health and happiness of a whole nation s hould 11 . °.... make their way i n to - the public mind on the aut." rity of so high a na m e . It was perfectly imposel_e_ mg the most serious coasequences. that . a nation could consume opium without produ.,_ e ndell o tlj of all evidence he must consider it a crime to protoht: the introduction of so pernicious a dr u g f" general consumption of any nation. h'ell Mr. P. EDWARDS seconded the resolution, w-1 was supported by Mr. PRINGLE, and carried riets• Indep con. t he A vote of thanks to the chairman termi nated proceedings. MR. TV. E"---"----:--MA,_7I:IE.4DY A2' TPBS SURER.-MARB.. . • Mr. Macready gav e e one 4.- of his inimitable readiergs from the English Poets, at the Town Hall, 11 1; ton-super-Mare, on Thursday last, for the ene of the Working Men's Institute and other educe" tional societies.. As was to be expected, thei'less's of this veteran exponent of Shakspere's mateuded muse was the signal for one of the most crowbors gatherings ever held in Weston, including rael n n d of almost every leading family in the town a neighbourhood. • evening gre ate s t. a l R. A. KINGLAKE,•Esq., the president of the 1 . 11 : stitute, through whose solicitation Mr. Macreaa was prevailed upon to appear before 'a WS s t b e audience, occupied the chair, and introduce __ distinguished visitor to the audience, observill?ft that one of the proudest moments in his h i s was in introducing to them this distinguished 'friend 'Mr. Macready, the living tragedians, and one of the ablest ShaksPerl f elo critics. If he were gifted with the powers ' l , a to quence he would not desire a nobler theme an trace the magnificent career of Mr. littere d of through all the stages of his honoured life, an ~0 0 the services which he has rendered to the nation the inducing thousands of persons to becom e co n" versant with the writings of those elonar,,elloo literature, the immortal Shakspere and the gier'if r , Milton ; but he would now only beg to thank ;,4 Macready and f for the honour which he h ad on them by a visit to this town, conf ,I. er or the 11 !,d e d r lectual treat which he had so generously p OVs for them. a as r e ,", ceived with great applause, looked rem Mr. MACREADY, who on coming forward W w ee , ar kably , se —age sits lightly upon him ; and. th°ugu e rto youthful vigour which gave unrivalled Pev a r i by his enunciation thirty . years ago has deP"i ikon; voice was still heard in all its various rob ? aro . throughout the entire assembly. In hie r i tene e ductory remarks he adverted to the ini,P°,,-dnea of education. It was notorious that in tu e fj n ited tion of the people they were far behind t he saf e States, and even the Canadas ; at the the time, they might congratulate themselves °e to fact that their universities had, been awaheffht, by the importance of the matter, and now il y, t hose means of prizes, to toetimulate to profieien e J e t heir who were anxious repair the deficiencies of litter early education. This, he continued, was a able demanding general co-operation; font ther" able t ° as some suggested, until Governmewae,he wsy dispose of the impediments which stood in like the of a national scheme, they might stand , , w hich rustic at the river's side, waiting would never come to pass. If, even in tlie Lo v sno h of a few sessions they might look forward 4 s oot a thing, how many would have to deplore the of opportunity to cultivate their powers. .e i ted t ° entering on the subjects which he had seie e ed o ut read that evening, it would not be consid er n „ te of place if he made some slight ref ere co aver to their hearers not only the that art by which they endeavoured to. sut t he for thai, „woe words, u er bape, inner feelings of the heart. It roigit' which OW mate in dignifying appear to some that he set too hip — hic h 11 one confessed to a deficiency. Everi one Ow, read, but, he asked, could every one liste n _ no teokn i that as an alt In n w ne e oult reading ? For his own part, one of the g' nw erfa: intellectual luxuries was to listen tothe Pi.gre' reading of the eloquent utterance of th,e l , bear writers. It might be asked, where did th e y the this ? and too often it was the echo that rettl n a 5111 answer. It would indeed grieve hire to or t hen of the fair portion of his audience, by telluf pore that there might be more charming °reading, an from their s i n in an air of genuine h music from their sweet voices in vo ott. Verdi o r r i atisiet Every one could lend g his ears to strains et en i s te but it was not ever y one who coul d aPPr w hat 1/ noble passage of poetry. Nevertheless, i n , note!" considered the fashionable world, the. ill'e and Don' was made subordinate to the superfieal,g as a ° essential. Let him put in a word for rea' l 0 0' accomplishment. He believed it wa s lad Pi le ; plishment which required as much tim, e the ir fasi tice for its acquirement as the music oi witho u t composers. Excellence was never attained,Wou Chef labour. It was only conceit and pret e f i ntion °I would presume to claim the time and allet.noie, those who know time's worth. In the eas e ° I ,„ CO little distinction was made between those who had t , w ho ht play and those who could not play ; . 01°5 ' bong' ears and those who had none. . A. ii were s tood w ho ~ up to the sacrificial altar, while thes, e i ninet r e " round were unable to remonstrate. llf° • We tending for reading, he yielded to aeri e l ar eu ., 4 for music—good music. Mr. Macread9,,lTristre' the story of Le Fevre, from Sterne 's usra etel Shandy." The vitality thrown into the e' ra pore, of the old captain and his faithful servants ii 7 lo o o .' Trim, made the listener well nigh forget soy psi; ing circumstances, and placed him ia t he c a/ 00 e ' lour, in company with the veterans. ing p ath os' " Exile of Erin " followed, with araaz,i,„p°V a gr i ; eliciting unbounded applause. He ne" `,7paritc sage from the Fifth Book of Milton's , g °r ola Lost," including Eve's Dream and Maui s hor e Ag a Hymn. Campbell's " Lord Ullin's Da, u g gitl' o the next selection, which was stfik a tsPe l :ho The reading concluded with an act from P moves ij. " Henry 1V.," where Prince. Henry rem g . crown from his father's pillow. prop °s The CHAinmAN then, in a few wor ds ' P w . as el°• vote of thanks to' Mr. Macready, w hich ' - lied by acclamation. if said i ly :: Mr. MACREADY, in returning thanks, that t with very great pleasure he had made ~., 01 °4 l i e fu s., t t e y them on behalf of such an object. ride h a were making in the establishment of that sue.- „ tulated them on the very laudable attetV eorP 4 for Weston-super-Mare. He though t i t of s ° 4l measure should not be adopted as the res, e it s hoo. panic in reference to an invasion, but tha t: 1 0 ty , be a constitutional and national mover e tif a °e s States of America, in 24 hours, ne arly , ra ted 1 , one spot ; and though they lion of men, under arms, might be cone to Or tate America in all her movements, he t' t with e r ; might copy her example in this resPee. iir 1. 0 ., vantage. At the same time, whilst they jail 0 arming against the probable apPre aeh t here w a° ll domestics enmy, let them not forget that 0 , 0 10 t o enemy, whom he wished theY was th e become anxious to exterminate--thet enemy Ignoranc Sh b • Journal. e.-022 . 1°_,---___ _____--- - .,„,,r0 THIS DAY'S ,s.lllPr- 1.. " ' North --- might not like :l2gt tby Marcia r strongNL o EWL co p brrr o okoe ; ce , azired, r, D i Del 1, with 0 . . re 2.—Wind, . ns- - ioppww. . W ne .. di n i n o sd d Ili this d:: day Al v at _11° : it : 1 , g 1 a A Golder' „:0; gyStolll -o 1/00 1 W iell' DovEn, Dec. 2.—Sailed—H.M.S. Vivid, fart 1 ii Isr CowES, Dec. 2.—Wind, N N.B. for Providence. riJOY Cattle SWANSEA, . —Wind, E.—Sailed-- TO Gibraltar. Dec.* "vea' TFIG , NMOUTH, Dec. 2.—Wind N.N. • B•- - A ril Maria, from St. John's, Newfoundland. 1 ,. S lO l bac. --- DOW DARTMOUTH, Dec. 2 —Wind, N,8.----rut e „„d Vittery, for St. Michael's • h loss of cutwat r I* - , with ~13 oo stove, having been in collision. _ a zils ; ' itio for Southampton Dec. 2; brin LlSBON.—Arrived—Oneida (ss.), frow —al-u" ) Dr . _ tio va leave of £9,853. ' H BE U IP L A , s p T e , Dec.2.l.—inScia,ilNed—JEo.ha:Asnie.rssl,:feoericiGtibarlefliril3. 5* fro c m Aß S D t. n J ,F ohn , D 's, ec N . ewf l_ ou l n ii l i l n a a n , d . . — Stau • f it A Mariner, for for Callao ; Flying Foam, for Hon„en'E.N,E,..--Sii!leodni'; h.leor° for Valparaiso; Pallus, for Rio Janeiro. --- ~., (BY ELECTRIC TELECIRAVO • , fo rairia Sat dtly SOUTHAMPTON, fr° lll Wind E. ~ : Oceans vie r ' i sa bellit f1 t .° 3 1 7,,er, ifil.r°o - Briton, from Queu ec ' • n e, ste - 1; e ßiga oroonur:NiL ; e: B i ii,e o cb :u yot: s ea r m a ce , or s :ri te e a frt m ,om e f r ro , jinfreorNmsit;han:burg'; . 11sl •-• S el° o Havre; WeloLbo:iliti,ai‘ni,aSryp,rin ,Allianc. ..„ 6 jOhll GO' 11/ ; derland. 1.1 3r1e Pr o, steamer, for St. T a h n Sailed—Gauntlet, for Poole ; GiPs), wattle ' Atrat ore, H • 0 0 Havre , Despatch, steamex, ior Jersey. i „„ go LIVERPOOL, &W../ goamirNaesac;vtiasiri,joir2-ao: frora: No o ind E.N.E. arrivals or sailino• (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITI9O TELEGRAPrII;Iiog, Wind RAVESEND Salrday 3. , snow. N .E.."; tide three hours' 'ebb' weather 0110,9 A • 'rived Dee. 2.—Lady. Arrived, Dec. Sailed—Ellel3b3o.roulcrv_er tforornlNEcaurtseilles. Sailed, I: ;in e. tow—lxnperia l, of the Lake., frora 00151., for Londo n • 11, '1 ta ' y g0r11113%. Wind Es E DEAL, S a tu rday of • fresh. for CBP ° Good o Arrived—Sir George Grey, from London, ncl.eo_nTn.t,gHoEniuCpre.lnVAslii:oi.nteSsh:etinoLV:lsh,Che: CIII/sTA.---11re ilirtleoricitlaia°l;(l°. ,hat the Hon. Mr. Mercer, th© Colonial Seco _ superintendent ofeptch tiohnlegicyeel,lalailertta:;:pgel c litl May, the goo. ii,,satrtitttAtse for •mss! K fri4 Serv i ce Gazette. i ate klil bal 4tl i to o l and hEtv, hay, ti n