The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr W. HARRISON, will Open for the Season on MONDAY Oct. 3d, with, for the first time on the English Stage, Meyer beer's highly popular Opera of DINORAH. The Libretto of the English version of DINORAH by Henry Chorley, Esq. The Operatic Company will comprise the following artistes: —Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pilling (pupil of Mrs. Wood, her first appearance), Miss Fanny Cruise (her first appearance in London), Miss Thirlwall, and Miss Parepa (her first appear ance at the Royal English Opera); Mr. Santley (his, first ap pearance), Mr. Henry Haigh, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. 3lengis, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Bartleman, Mr. Terrott, Mr. Maurice de Solla, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Ballet :—Mdlle. Rosalia Lequine (her first appearance in England), Mdlle. Pierron, Mdlle. Pasquale, Miss. C. Morgan); Mr. W. 11. Payne Mr. H. Payne, Mr. F. Payne, and Mons. Vandris. A nume rous Corps de Ballet. The Band and Chorus will be on the same scale of completeness as the preceding seasons of the Royal English Opera. The scenery by Messrs. Grieve, Tel bin, and W. R. Beverley. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stir ling. Acting Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. Ballet Master, Mons. Petit. Chorus Master. Mr. Smythson. The Box-office will be opened on Monday, Sept. 26, under the direction of Mr. Parsons. Prices of Admission.—Stalls, 7s. ; Private Boxes, £1 4s. £335., £2 12s. 6d., £1 55., £1 ls. ; Dress Boxes, ss. ; Amphi theatre Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is. Doors open at half-past 7, commencing at 8 o'clock. • T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENTNG the performances will commence with WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe,W. Farren, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwizk. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, Mr*. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S. THEATRE._ Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (7th time) a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled IVY HALL. Messrs. H. Bland, H. Widdicombe, Frank Matthews, Graham, Garden; Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saville, and Mrs. Charles Young. To conclude with a dramatic tableau In Watteau colours, by J. H. Manche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. MEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI, Bole Proprfetorend Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke (2d time), Mr. B. Webster; Hulks, Mr. D. Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bed ford. After which, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Messrs. B. Webster, Billington, Moreland, Miss 11. Simms. Followed by LOVE AND [RINGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office 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. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatterton. OPENS for the Season THIS EVENING, Oct. I. New comedy, THE WIDOW'S WEDDING, supported by Besers. S. Emery, Barrett, C. Yount; ; Mesdames Katharine erson, Murray, Arden, Manders, &c. New burlesque, by Leicester Bucking - ham, Esq., entitled VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa, in which Messrs Barrett, C. Young, Francis ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Clara St. Casse, Lydia Thompson, and a numerous Corps de Ballet will appear. To conclude with A DEAD SHOT. In the course of the evening the National Anthem will be sui lfeiluced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office opens from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. , OYAL STRAND THEATRE. ..L I i Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. Alter which, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. And TRYING IT ON. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock: CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con eerts), the extraor :unary Violin Performances of the cele brated Infant DIdLEI'IERRE FAMILY, and the usual 'Vocal Conce, t. Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George Tlodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection - from Meyer beer's new opera of DINORAII. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. certainly as wide as the poles apart. The former cannot get rid of the old-fashioned notion that there is something like a moral principle on which Representation must be based; and, like the Duke of RICHMOND, in the early days of Reform, he can not deny the natural right of every mature man, subject to the laws of the kingdom, influenced by its legislation, and contributing to its finances, to a share in the representation. Lord TEYNHAM and the Duke are right; unless we assume the morality of political slavery, one man's civil rights are equal to those of his neighbours. And the grand advan tage of a principle is this, that you plant your foot on firm ground, and proceed in security, to make the requisite limitations and decide the necessary conditions. Grant that every taxpayer and every man affected by legislation ought to have a vote, it is then easy to calculate circum stances, and consider the friction under which any general principle must be worked, and to allow for it. 'We have never been advocates for unqualified universal suffrage; but we assume the representa tion of every man to be the normal principle, and only introduce the necessary limitations. Lord JOHN, and the aristocracy, in regard to Reform, be lieve in their right to octroi for us a franchise, according to their conception of our fitness for their purposes, not of our right to control their doings with us and for us. BARO3fETER-29.87. WIND, Westerly; rather fresh, with squally weather. Boone rain in the morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 33m.—Afternoon, 4h. 52m To-Mounow-Morning,, sh. 11m.—Afternoon, sh. 32m, .Atr.f.r.sji ,_ ~,,,,,, --,'.....--;,, ;...-,:.,_ -;":,'--4- , ,E.,...jr5,-;;,,c4 , ‘ 3 ...., - NI , . _ • it c_l_, rbff,oifl THE SUN. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1859. Lord /011 N put on, we are told, the cap of the Freedom of Aberdeen city, and was loudly cheered —we would have cheered more loudly if he had unveiled for us the statue of the liberty he meant to give us next spring. • The Builders' Strike has now entered upon quite a new phase. Conciliation, and conciliation on the part of the men, too, has been attempted and failed. The position now is, that the masons have separated from the " Trades' Conference" which the masters objected to as illegal and irresponsible, and have endeavoured to treat by themselves with the masters. The masons were disposed to give up the nine hours demand ; indeed, the London masons found that their brethren in the country did not sympathise with this movement—a circumstance greatly to their credit, and which in our estimate of the working men generally, ought to be taken into account. If they are too ready to be led away by glib-tongued POTTERS and NOBLES, it should be remembered that their class includes also a POME ROY, with his terse letters, and a PLUMMER who made the first-rate speech on which we had occasion to comment a little while ago ; and perhaps equally important, a HARNOTT, of Bristol, who if left to his own unbiassed judgment would, we believe, come to a sound conclusion. The masters, however, in a modified sense, ad here to the declaration ; that is, to its spirit. The declaration has no other object than the perfect freedom of master and man. This is its spirit; this is its meaning. That it assumes a form which would debar men from belonging to the present trade unions, arises from the fact that those unions have made rules and regulations which have no thing to do with their proposed benevolent objects; objects which every man in England approves. Their rules enslave the men to a few conceited com mittee men, who manage the Union, and deprive the men of their free agency in dealing with the master, and enslave him too, The master cannot make such regulations as his own business may re quire, or his own common sense and that of his men may devise and mutually accept. Mr. MYERS, or Sir MORTON PETO, or Mr. TROLLOPE must go, cap in hand, to Mr. Secretary POTTER, and make their rules subject to the approbation of worthies of his elms. We cannot wonder that masters are determined no longer to be the subjugated rulers over Mr. POTTER'S slaves. They regard their declaration as a masons' emancipation act; and we must think they are substantially right. They do not now press for the form of the thing, but they maintain that, to be masters of trades' union slaves, is not the position they mean any longer to assume. They demand a revision of the laws of these unions in a sense favourable to the workman and masters' freedom before they can give The Central Masters' Committee, however, We intimated yesterday that we must wait awhile before we could ask three cheers for Lord Jonx RUSSELL and Reform. We were so well pleased with his thorough English sentiments and policy on Italian affairs that we did not feel disposed to mingle up the home work allotted, somewhat in congruously to our Foreign Secretary, with his foreign policy. We must not, however, dismiss his remarks at Aberdeen on Reform without the courtesy of a brief notice ; the more so, as he assures us, that " the matter of representation has engaged the whole attention of Government." We naturally hope, therefore, to find something of the governmental mind in Lord JOHN'S speech. We scan it as we do the illoniteur. We may perhaps detect what the mysterious council thinks—or at least, which way the wind seems likely to blow. Well—and what do we learn from the Reform Premier—for such he is in the Cabinet —why, about as much as we knew before. We really can not gather the least clear conception of what Lord JOHN purposes to do, from what Lord JOHN has said. We- know no more than we do from the speeches he made before the session closed. We have a tolerable string of vague generalities, but not a single non-elector in this country will guess' from the speech, whether he is likely to be enfran chisedor not ; not a single worthless borough quakes for its £5 or £lO a-head for each elector ; not a single victim of coercion rejoice in the hope that his vote is likely to be protected to him ; not any class of voters be able to conjecture whether their numbers are to enjoy any measure of respect ; rather, indeed, on this point, the appearances are very favourable to the petty Whig boroughs, and very unfavourable to the large populations. The constitution is not, we are informed, arranged according to abstract principles —it is not, like that of France or America, founded on universal suffrage ; but the first result of the " whole attention of Government" having been concentrated on Reform is the discovery that the " matter is one of extreme complication, and requires great nicety in the Adjustment of the separate parts." That it is most fitly figured by the ingenious devices of the cotton machinery of Aberdeen itself—which, in one sense, all who have hat to do with Government too well know to be true, for assuredly there is " wheel iwithin wheel." Lord JOHN scouted statistics. An apprentice or clerk to a land surveyor could divide the country into equal electoral districts and give every man a vote. Whig statesmenship is something higher than that. If a principle it has this is it— " to find everywhere the fittest persons in whom a certain degree of power shall he placed, and to give the power to thole persons." Unfortunately there is not a Tory in the kingdom who retains his facul ties at eighty years of age who would not assent to this doctrine. The application of it is every thing. If Lord JOHN had vouchsafed to tell us who, after all the discussions we have had on the subject, he thinks are the fittest persons to be trusted with power, he would have done something for our entertainment during the political rec ess . All, literally all we know, is, that he thinks the £lO way. makes this offer—" that the rules and bye laws of the unions, so far as they affect the employers and the employed, shall be revised by some impar tial authority, and that all rules and prac tices contrary to the spirit of the law of the land shall be removed." If the workmen cannot accept this offer, their cause will be pronounced a bad one. "The spirit of the law of the ]and"—no one can doubt, since the repeal of the Combi nation Laws, has been so favourable to workmen that, if they have an honest case, they must close with the proposal. Lct us, however, ask our operative friends, and those of the higher classes who incline to look with favour on the strike, to the principle which should settle the right or wrong of it—When is a strike legitimate ? When can it be defended on those principles of economical science, which will vindicate their claim to authority, how ever ignorance may resist them for a time ? We reply—Strikes are justifiable when the workmen think they are underpaid according to the market value of labour at that time ; when the masters think they are properly paid ; and when neither side can convince the other. The workman, then, is as much justified in refusing to sell his labour as the farmer to sell his corn, or the grocer his commodities, if either think the customers offer them too little for what they would purchase. Fifty skilled or unskilled labourers say, our labour is worth 2s. 6d. or ss. 6d. a-day—the master says, I can have it for 6d. a-day lest. They deny if, There is nothing for it, then, but for each to try the truth of his opinion--the men to try and earn more somewhere else, the master to got his work done for sixpence less. This is all perfectly legiti mate striking. It is but " the higgling of the market." But the very opposite of this is the object of the Trades' Unions—we speak of them solely in re ference to the non-benevolent part of their rules. Their object is to monopolise a certain class of labour. They endeavour to do it, first, by preventing per• sons from learning the trade ; secondly, by pre venting each man from doing all he can, to cut off the supply of labour. They want to make labour dear, as the Corn-laws aimed to make bread dear, by cutting off the natural supply of the article. Naturally lads would learn a trade according to their turn of mind, or according to the probabili ties of its being IViiturally worth their learning. a clever fellow would do all he could in the hours of labour, and an industrious or needy man work more hours than the idle or the well-of, if he had the opportunity ; these operative protectionists, however, would prevent this natural supply of skilled labour from coming into the market, in order that the arlfficial scarcity may raise the price. No join, we mean, man has a moral right to do this, to iV. a confederation which shall become as compul- I slny upon its class as an act of Parliament, t o re strict, artificially, the supply of labour. It is a s indefensible in principle, as Corn-lows and other franchise " too high." So did Mr. WALPOLE, SO 4 t llr. HENLEY, SO latterly did Mr. DISRAELI and Lord tii.,_ -- - , ad Lord Jon BusELI, are monopoly laws. There is, indeed, a natural way of raising the price of labour if it be too low. That of those who think it so, declining, as we have already said, to work at THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1859. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, OCT. 1. The llfoniteur of this morning contains a decree admitting brandies extracted from molasses, im ported direct into France from Mayotte in French vessels, free of duty. FLORENCE, SEPT. 30. The Savoy cross and Sardinian standard have been hoisted on the old palace. BIARRITZ, SEPT. 30. The Empress of the French has paid a visit to :he chateau of Arteaga. BERNE, SEPT. 30. It is rumoured that the plenipotentiaries will come to this place on the 12th October, and there fore it is concluded that the Conferences will not come to a close before the middle of next month. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 1. In the sitting of the Council of the Kingdom to day nine members asked for the reading of a motion containing a declaration on the present state of affairs. The President having refused the reading of the same, these members abstained from voting on the next division, by which the vote was ren dered invalid, the necessary number of members to form an absolute majority not voting. Messieurs Thomson and Oldensworth then left the Assembly. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 30. The King of the Belgians will remain two days in Marseilles. Advices from Naples to the 27th inst. state that 15,500 soldiers had been sent to tho frontiers, and the number, was expected to be increased to 25,000. The King, who had been to Gaeta, had returned to Naples. Advices from Rome to the 27th inst. announce the arrival there of the Austrian Minister, Baron Bach, who had an audience of the Pope on the 25th inst. ZURICH, SEPT. 30. The Prince Napoleon has left, and will arrive in Paris next week ; during his stay he did not hold any interviews with the plenipotentiaries. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Emperor's departure from Biarritz is now said to bo adjourned to the Bth of October, and his arrival in Paris to the 15th. There is again talk of a speech to be made at Bordeaux. Mr. Disraeli has had an interview with the Emperor. We hear to-day in Paris that the anti-European movement, commenced in China, has extended it self to Japan and Cochin-China. Lcrd John Russell's speech at Aberdeen, so far as it can be judged of by the very brief telegram re ceived here, gives satisfaction to the Liberal party, who lay to their souls the flattering unction that there is an understanding between him and the Emperor. Other people say very much the contrary, and affirm that his Majesty is in any thing but a good humour with England and its Government. BOURSE, Sept. 30.—The market has been steady; the option (reponse des primes) has been declared on the Rente at 69f. 20c. Threes, after having bee done at 691. 10c., advanced to 691. 25c. ; Mo bilier varied from 810 f. to 815 f. ; Orleans, 1,395 f. to 1,403 f. ; Lyons, 900 f, to 005 f. ; Southern, 5171. to 520. ; Austrian, 552 f. 50c. to 555 f. ; Lombard, 555 f. to 557 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 95 75 I Credit Fonder 690 .--- Do. end month .. ( Belgian 4/ — 3 per Cents 69 30 Piedmonteso (5) .. 86 Do. end month 69 25 I Roman B6 25 Bank Shares. 2825 Austrian — &edit Mobilier Bl5 Spanish Threes .. - Do. Account - Home Debt 431 - RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 935 .. 935 New ditto. 825 .. 825 Lyons and Mediterranean 905 .. 905 Geneva Southern Western 590 .. 593 75 Eastern Sardinian • 420 .. 420 Austrian Lombard .. . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 13c. ; money, 25f. 11c.; three months, paper, 241.98 c.; money, 24f. 93ic. that price. But this is altogether a different thing from the unnatural process of forbidding another to work, or making him work less than he is easily able to do. The one is, as we have said, a fair dis pute between buyer and seller. The other is pro. hibiting others to sell their labour that the prohi bitors may profit thereby. Pushed to its consequences, it comes to this — that society shall be richer by being compelled to produce less than it can! The old fallacy of Pro tectionists. If all were to act on this principle prices must be stationary, instead of production being increased to meet the demand created by low prices. The trade of the nation would never in crease ; for increase of trade depends chiefly on in crease of production, and increase of production depends on the demand created by cheapness. Could the POTTERS and NOBLES succeed in add ing ten per cent. to the price of labour, ten per cent. less houses would be used, and workmen would again be thrown out 01 employ. If these were taken on again, on the POTTER scheme, another ten per cent. rise would diminish further the de mand for houses ; and operatives would be again unemployed. Such, we mean, is the inevitable re sult were all the labour which procures the raw material for building, and all the labour which works it up, to act on the monopoly principle of Mr. POTTER and the Trades' Unions. We must think, therefore, that the masters are now insisting on one of the simplest and soundest principles of political economy—that human freedom shall not be interfered with, in choosing what work a man will have to do, how much he will do of it, what price he will sell his work for, and on the other hand what price a customer for labour shall offer for it. The Quarter's Revenue is, under all circum stances, as good as we might expect. The most promising item seems to be the Post-office. The increase on the quarter is £300,724, and on the year £828,798. The property•tax is of course less than the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would like. MR. WYLD'S MAP OF 111'CLINTOCK'S DISCOVERIES. Sketch of the recent discoveries on the Northern Coast of America by Capt. M'Clintock, R.N., in search of Sir John Franklin.—Promptly, indeed, has Mr. Wyld furnished us with the means of com prehending clearly the accounts of Sir John Frank lin's position and the situation of his unfortunate band, according to the latest records which he found left by them in the cairns. We shall have occasion to advert at length to the subject on Monday, and shall find this well got up map a great convenience. We can recommend it to our numerous readers, who must feel interested in this last and painfully-suc cessful expedition. THE GREAT EASTERN. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 30. Reports have been rife in all directions, during the past few days, respecting the removal of the Great Eastern steam-ship from Portland to the Southampton Water. It appears that a very able communication from the Chamber of Commerce hav ing been made to the authorities connected with the monster steamship as soon as it was known that it was in contemplation to move her from Port land, the directors became favourably impressed with the desirability of moving her to Southamp ton, and accordingly directed Captain Harrison, her experienced commander, to visit and inspect this port, as well as to hold a conference with Mr. J. R. Stebbing, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. P. Hedger, the dockmaster. On Tuesday last those three gentlemen had several hours' consultation, resulting in the entire approba tion of Captain Harrison of the proposal to come to this port, the only requisition made by him being that the largest class of moorings should be laid down just below the Netley Hospital, so as to enable the ship to swing at low water spring tides. This outlay Messrs. Stebbing and Hedger, relying on the great interests con nected with the port, the railway, the docks, and the inhabitants generally, at once undertook should be provided (as was, of course, necessary) free of expense. The parties hail an interview in the afternoon with the chairman of the Great Ship Compan3's Board, and he, finding Captain Harri son's report to he so favourable, undertook to obtain the decision of the Board on Thursday. This, it appears, leaves the question open at present, or rather decides that if the ship is moved she will be brought to this port, but being most anxious to get her to sea, and being induced to hope that she will be ready close upon the time promised by him, they are unwilling to risk the delay which would possibly occur by the change of port. Up to Wed nesday, however, the removal seemed certain, for Messrs. Stebbing and Hedger were summoned by letter to attend the Board on Thursday, and the first named gentleman proceeded to London accord ingly for that purpose. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PROM Otiß OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. COWES, SEPT. 29. Arrivals, Sept. 22.—The Freak (yawl), Col. Sir David Wood, K.C.8., from Southampton. 23d—The Lotus, tho Earl Vane, from Plymouth. 27th—The Mauma, Sir Alex ander Bannerman, Bart., from Scotland, last from Lowes toft. 28th—Fidelio, Chas. It. Colvile, Esq., from Scot land ; The Petrel, Philip Perceval, Esq., from Weymouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. The Sapphire, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P. ; the Derwent, Chas. Lee, Esq. ; The Petrel, Philip Perceval, Lsq. ; The Isis, W. 11. Cosway, Esq. ; The Marina, Sir Alex. Bannerman, Bart. ; The Nymph, Sir John Bayley, Bart. ; The Cymba, Capt. IL H. Smith-Barry ; The Fidelio, Chas. R. Colvile, Esq. ; The Minstrel, William Morgan, Esq. ; The Caroline, the Hon. Quin Wyndham; The Freak (yawl), Col. Sir David Wood, K.C.B. ; The Maria, Col. Plunkett Burton ; The Titania, Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. ; The Minx, F. R. Magenis, Esq. _ _ A match is to come off next week between Sir John Bayley's cutter yacht Nymph, of 51 tons, and Mr. Philip Percoval's schooner yacht Petrel, of 64 tons. The fashionable season is far advanced, and numerous families are leaving, still there are a great many more houses let than usual for October. Lord and Lady Lynd hurst left Gothic Hall for the season on Tuesday. Lady Caroline and Miss Masse leave No. 5, Parade, on Saturdisy (this day) for London and Paris. Major Wing leaves Grove House, to-morrow, for Bournmouth. Philip Pereeval, Esq., has taken Gothic Hall for six months; Mr. Jerningham has taken Adelaide Villa for eight months ; Mrs. Everfield, the Old Royal Yacht llouse ; Mrs. Payne, the 2d cottage—Mr. Long, the 3d cottage—in the West Cliff; Mr. Campbell, No. 2, Castle terrace ; the Hon. A. Liddell has Cambrigde House for two months ; H. Pellew, Esq., Harriet Lodge till November ; Sir John Bayley, Bart., has taken No. 2, Parade for three months; Lady Charles Townshcnd, No. 1; I'. Auldjo, Esq., has taken Sir J. S. Hippesley's house for the autumn; Captain Edmund St. John Mildrnay has York House ; C. Stanfield, Esq., has No. 3, Parade ; John Loder, Esq., No. 4; J. Simpson, Esq., No. 6; P. Pigott Conant, Esq., No. 7 ; G. R. Stephenson, Esq., Rosetta Cottage. The Hon. H. Petro leaves Park House on Wednesday next. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent leaves Norris Castle on Monday, the 17th of October, and the junior branches of the Royal Family leave Osborne House on the same day. SIR GEORGE GREY.—We have great pleasure in calling attention to the circumstance, as stated by the managing director of the Cape Town Railway, at a meeting of the. company yesterday, that Sir George Grey is no longer the "late" Governor of the Cape, but is forthwith to re turn to resume his former position —an announcement which will be hailed with pleasure by every one connected with the colony, where Sir George enjoyed the greatest popularity. TIIE RECENT EXPLOSION AT BIE,MINGIIAM.—The inquest upon the bodies of those killed by the above terrible accident was commenced yesterday afternoon before Dr. Birt Davies, the coroner; but as the jury did little more than view the bodies and the promises, this, with the exa mination of witnesses to identify, occupied nearly the whole time prior to the despatch of our parcel. One more body has been dug out of the ruins, and fragments of another, so that this makes a complement of 20 killed. At the General Hospital another of the injurod is on the verge of death. An important engineering operation is now ap proaching completion in the Pyrenees ; it consists in cutting a conduit beneath the Lac Bleu for the purpose of carrying its waters to the Adour and the plains of Tarbes, Plaisance, Riscles, and Gers. The lake is at a height of upwards of 0,000 feet above the level of the sea, and is in the midst. of eternal snow ; its surface is about 140 acres, and its dc,Tth nearly ON feet, SARDINIA. The Government of Modena has ordered the im mediate restitution to General Zucchi of all his pro perty,confiscated by the Duke of Modena. General Zucchi had commanded the insurgents in 1831, when the father of the present Duke fled, taking Ciro-Menotti with him in chains. The latter was afterwards hanged, a circumstance which was seized by the Opposition in France to overthrow the Sebastiani Ministry. At the dinner offered by the municipality of Milan to the deputation of Romagna on the 25th ult., the Marquis d'Azeglio addressed the company on the subject of the movement of Central Italy. After alluding to the fact that the Italians had shown that they could fight, he said : _ _ " Charles Albert's celebrated assertion that Italy would do her own work (Pltalie fare da .e), which for ten years had been used as a sarcasm against the Italian nation, had now become a truth, seeing that Central Italy had now acted by herself and accomplished all. Now the people of Tuscany, Romagna, Parma, and Modena had been and were still advised not to make any opposition, but to accept their old rulers again, such advice being given them in their own interest. This re minded him of a scene in the Promessi Sposi,' in which Renzo is being led to prison by two kind persons, who say to him, ' Do not make a noise, keep your peace, let yourself be led away quietly ; we advise you as friends.' Well, Renzo did not accept the friendly advice, and had no reason to repent. The Romagnese had followed his example, and ho thought they had done right. Now Cen tral Italy must persevere ; all Europe having de clared that no violence is to be done to her, how can sho be divided if she firmly resolves to be united ? There was an old proverb which was true in every age, viz., that the world belongs to him who takes it. Let us, then," said the mar quis in conclusion, " take the country which God has given us, and that country, Italy, will in the end be ours." DENMARK. The opening of the Supreme Council took place on the 26th ult at Copenhagen, but not in the usual solemn form. The King not being present, M. Hall, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, read the following message : " We, Frederick, by the grace of God, &c. In the interval which has elapsed since the last meet ing of our faithful Council of the empire, the nego tiations commenced with the Germanic Confe deration, relative to the constitutional affairs of our duchies of :Holstein and Lauenburg, have been continued. It results from the documents which will be submitted to the Supreme Council on this subject that things had come to such a point that we had only to choose between a federal execution and the abrogation of the general constitution of Oct. 2, 1855, as regards the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. As the corrective measures of the Confederation are based in the present case on an interpretation of the federal law which we cannot consider well founded, but which, nevertheless, would not have had the character of an act ex ceeding the powers of the Confederation, we have thought it preferable, out of regard to the interests of the provinces directly concerned as well as of the whole of t he monarch y , to abrogate th Q said constitutiona l law as far as regards th e W-44, d„,„"" es of Ijolsteia and ',nen- burg. At the same time we have conked our Provincial States of Holstein, in order to give them an opportunity of expressing their opinion on the re-establishment of a constitutional bond between the Duchy of Holstein and the remainder of the monarchy. Although the memorial of the Assembls , of the Provincial States of Holstein may not be of a nature to facilitate a definitive solution of the constitutional question, we retain the hope of suc ceeding in the removal of the obstacles which have hitherto stood in the way of it. Until this object shall have been attained, we have considered it useful to decree, by a letter patent of this day, ' various measures destined to protect the interests of our Duchy of holstein during the present transitory state of things. Meanwhile, the great European complications which followed soon aftor were of such a nature as that the question of the positirn of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, in the Danish monarchy, disappeared to a certain extent, before the questions which resulted from our quality as member of the Confederation for those duchies. It will be seen, from the documents which relate to this order of questions, and which will be commu nicated to the Supreme Council, what efforts we have made to conciliate the neutrality of the mo- narchy with the accomplishment of the federal ob ligations imposed on my German duchies, endea vouring at the same time to render as light as pos sible the burden that would be entailed by them. Our attentien nevertheless has always been directed to the means of re-establishing a constitutional union between my Duchies of Holstein and Lauen burg and those portions of the monarchy which do not belong to the Germanic Confederation. As, under present circumstances, we have thought right only to introduce in the present session bills of urgent importance, we hope that you will be able to terminate your labours in two months. We express to the Supreme Council our grace and royal favour, Written at our palace of Christiansbw:g the 23d September. (Signed) (Countersigned) " FREDERICK. " HALL." RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petcrsbourg has the follow ing account of the ceremony of the taking of the usual oaths of fidelity by the Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia on attaining his majority on the 20th ult.:— "Detachments of the different corps of the army arrived at the Winter Palace at midday, and were formed in lines from the private apartments of tlr. Imperial family up to St. George's Hall and the principal chapel. Prince Orloff, Prince Menschi koff, and Count Bloudoff, accompanied by Court officials, subsequently bore to the chapel, on cushions made of cloth of gold, the imperial crown, globe, and sceptre, and placed them on a table. Shortly after, the diplomatic body, the ministers, and the great dignitaries of the State, with their ladies, entered the chapel. At two o'clock the Emperor and Empress, and the Imperial family, went in procession from their private apartments to the chapel, and were received at the entrance by the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg, the members of the Holy Synod, and the clergy of the Court. The Empress wore the Imperial mantle, the train of which was borne t y three pages, and the Em peror was in a Cossack uniform. Their Majesties having taken their seats near the table, the Princesses of the Imperial family ranged them selves on one side, the Grand Dukes on the other ; and the Hereditary Grand Duke Nicolas Alex androvitch, who wore the skyblue uniform of Ataman of the Cossacks, stood between them. The great dignitaries of the Court, the Ladies of Honour, and other personages of distinction were admitted to the chapel, which, from the uniforms of the men and the toilettes of the ladies, presented when filled a magnificent appearance, and a number of personages of less dignity occupied the adjacent saloons; Divine service then commenced; and after it had proceeded some time, the Emperor approached the Hereditary Grand Duke, and led him to a table on which were deposited a crucifix and the Holy Gos pels. The Metropolitan then handed to H.I.H. a copy of the oath to be taken, and the Prince read it, holding it in his left hand, and keeping his right hand raised. The oath was one of fidelity to the reigning Emperor and to the country, and promising to maintain the order of succession to the throne, and the family arrangements. The Grand Duke read the oath in a firm, expressive voice, and as he did so the most profound silence prevailed. He afterwards, at the request of the Metropolitan, signed a register recording the taking of the oath ; the Prince then threw himself into the arms of the Emperor, who held him for some in stants clasped to his breast. H. 1.11. after wards bowed low to the Empress and took her hand to kiss; but her Majesty drew him to her and held him long embraced. This scene pro,- duced much emotion among the persons present. At this moment the bells of all the churches in the city were rung and artillery thundered. The register of the taking of the oath was then handed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the purpose of being deposited in the national archives. The Grand Duke then seated himself by the side of the Emperor ; some more prayers were said, and a 7'e Beton was sung. Their Majesties and the Grand Duke then received the congratulations of the great personages present, and a procession was formed, and it went to St. George's Hall. The Empress there ascended to the throne, but re mained standing ; the Emperor placed himself standing on the steps leading to the throne ; the Princes and Princesses ranged themselves on either side; and the diplomatic body, ministers, other dignitaries, and ladies took places provided for them. The Hereditary Grand Duke standing opposite the Emperor, and having before him a table bearing a crucifix and the Gospels, then pro nounced in a firm voice the oath of military fidelity, which was read to him by a chaplain of the guard. As the Prince did this the standard of the regiment of the Cesarwitch's - Cossacks was held above his head. The flags and standards of the different corps of the army were ranged in the hall. When the ceremony had terminated these colours were borne before the Emperor, and their Majesties and the Imperial family returned in procession to their apartments." The Emperor of Russia two days after left Tarskoe Selo for Moscow, whence he is to proceed to Toula and Kiev. H.I.M. is accompanied by Count Ad lerberg, Minister of the Household, and Prince Dolgoroukoff, Aide-de-camp General. On his arrival at Ravenna, General Garibaldi ad dressed the following words to the people who had assembled under the windows .of the Governor's palace We must arm while we aro able to wield a weapon ; independence is more difficult to preserbe than to conquer. Armed as we are, our concord frightens our enemies; we shall always be ur " d for the liberty and independence which Ituiy demands. When a whole people calls fur it, it is God himself who inspires it with the thought, and in God's name we will defend it. To-morrow, at six, an enlistment roll will be opened. Who ever writes his name in it shall be beloved by his country. I shall myself undertake the duty of conducting this chosen detachment of my fellow to 4 - nsmen ; we shall he the stronger the more united we are. Ravenna is my native town, and its name shall remain engraver in my heart as long as I breathe." Tho Madrid journals of the 26th ult. state tha; the force ready to be sent to Africa, if required consists of 24 battalions of infantry, 6 squadrons o cavalry, and 22 guns.. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY r:LECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Sultan, steamer, Captain Hall, has arrived. Sho left Lisbon on the 27th of September, and. Oporto and Vigo 28th. She brings 23 passengers, £5,531 in specie, 294 boxes of grapes, and a general cargo. She spoke the Bebar steamer, on the 29th, in lat. 45.17 N., long. 7.54 W. Sir Henry Iluntley, Consul at Loandu,is a pas senger by the Sultan. Lisbon exchanges, for three months, on London, 53; Paris, 540; Hamburg, 46a; Genoa, 534; Am sterdam, 41-k. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Arago, steamship, Captain D. Lines, arrived at Cowes this morning, bringing New York mails of the 17th of September, and proceeded on to Havre. She had 18 passengers for this port, and 109 for Havre ; on freight. 60,000 dols, for England, and 559,333 dols. for France. The screw steamer Bavaria, which arrived last night from New York on the 15th, brought 743,632 dols. for England; 5 passengers for this port, 24 for Havre, and 106 for Bremen. A despatch of the 16th, from the Washington correspondent of the New Fork Herald, says : " Gen. Scott left here this afternoon for New York, and will sail in the steamer of the 20th for the Pacific. The present delicate and complicated state of affairs at San Juan, growing out of Gen. Harney's movements, requires great care and cau tion on the part of our Government to prevent a collision. The President, in conferring with Gen. Scott in regard to the matter, suggested the propriety of sending some one there who was less impetuous and more prudent than Gen. Harney. Gen. Scott at once informed the President that he would go, and that as soon as his instructiens were prepared he would be ready to start. The instructions were partially prepared and considered in Cabinet to-day. They will probably be completed to-morrow, and forwarded immediately to New York. The Admi nistration received some additional advices from Gen. Harney, brought by the Star of the West. There had been no material change, and matters remained in statu quo. The Administration have intelligence from California from sources entitled to credit that the democracy will sweep the State. There is a good deal of talk here now among the friends of Douglass. that in case he fails to get the nomination at Charleston he intends to run as an independent candidata." The New York herald of the 17th has the fol lowing on this subject : " It will be seen from our telegraphic despatch from Washington that the Government has deter mined to send the great Pacificator to the Pacific. "When England trembled for her Indian empire, that Government sent for Sir Colin Campbell, and asked him, Will you take command of the army of India ?" I will." When will you start ?' asked the Minister. To-morrow morning,' replied the ready chief. So, too, when the President suggested to General Scott the propriety of sending to the north-western extreme of our Republic some one who was less impetuous and more prudent than General Harney, the prompt old soldier replied, 'I will go as soon as my instructions are ready.' In making this selection Mr. Buchanan has shown his accustomed sagacity. None could be sent on such a mission of peace with more propriety than General Scott, for his antecedents assure us that he will save the effusion of blood and effect as amicable arrangement of the snarl which the impetuous but gallant Harney and the hot-headed Douglas have got into. " After long military service General Scott began his career as a pacificator, in which he has been as successful as he has been as a soldier. Gen. Jack son sent him in that capacity to South Carolina in 1852 ; President Van Buren availed himself of his judgment to settle the Aroostook difficulty in 1837 ; by President Taylor he was despatched to Buffalo during the Canadian war in 1841; and President Polk entrusted him with the pacification of Mexico in 1847. In each of these arduous and varied mis sions he exhibited a rare combination of prudence and sagacity, qualities which now fit him for the occupation of the White House, and make him the most valuable candidate for the Presidency in the stormy election that is to come off next year. From the time of the last war with England to the war with Mexico he has borne the double honours of tile first soldier and the great pacificator of the Republic. " The spoilers, politicians, and cunning schemers of party tactics are fond of. asserting that he is too old for the White House and not energetic enough for the Presidency. The events of the last few days give to these assertions an emphatic contradiction. The 15th of the present month saw him at West Point preparing for a grand review of the cadets. That evening a despatch informed him that his presence was needed at Washington. At sunrise the next morning he was on his way ; the 15th found him at the capital, and on the 16th he was on his way home to prepare to start on the 20th on a voyage of six or seven thousand miles to our farthest frontier. Some of our younger sol diers and a great many of our public men would do well if they could follow his example." The Herald, commenting upon the above intelli gence, remarks : "Our special despatch from Wasington announces that Lieutenant-General Scott has been ordered to the Pacific. General Scott goes to the Pacific to manage the difficulty which has recently sprung up between Gnat Britain and the United States re specting the boundary of the territories of the two countries in that region. The latest accounts from the island of San Juan, the focus of the trouble, aro to the 13th ult. At that date quiet prevailed, and the British and American forces remained as pre viously reported—the British vessels at anchor in the harbour, and the United States' troops in camp on shore. But it was also reported that General .Harney had ordcdcd all the troops at his disposal to reinforce the command on the island, while Governor Douglass has directed additional British vessels of war to rendezvous at that point. Special messengers from both these commanders recently reached Washington. Colonel Hawkins, the mes senger of Governor Douglass, tarried long, enough to deliver despatches to Lord Lyons, the British Minister, and then sailed for England to apprise the British Government of the state of affairs. Although it is not apprehended that serious con sequences will result from the action of General Harney, yet the President deems the matter to be of such gravity as to require the supervision of the skilful and cautious Lieutenant-General of the army." The !following telegraphic despatch, dated the 16th of September, had been received from Wash ington : " The late Convention between Great Britain and the Republic of Guatemala has not excited a re newal of angry controversy between this country and Great Britain,' as was recently predicted by the English press. On the contrary, both Govern ments are still animated by the hope that their Central American differences will be happily ad justed. The larger part of the Belize had never been the subject of actual survey, as was officially declared by Lord Grey in 1836 ; and the above mentioned convention, it is said, merely definitely fixes its territorial limits; which act was intended by Guatemala as a barrier to British encroachments on its soil. This arrangement is claimed to be in ac cordance with the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, a clause of which, in effect, substantially consenting to such an arrangement, having been ratified by the United States, while the treaty was defeated by that body, owing to a clause therein of an anti-slavery charac ter. The other points proposed to be settled in the same treaty—namely, with regard to the island of Ruatan, and the surrender of the Musquito Protec torate to Nicaragua, will be placed in charge of Mr. Wyke, the new British Minister, and it is thought that these questions will be adjusted by him to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, Great Britain having undertaken to remove the obstructions to the full force of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. If any dissatisfaction exists, it is because Great Britain has first settled the point which is of the most im portance to her ; but this may be the result of accident, Sir William Gore Ouseley having pre viously sought to surrender the Mosquito Protec torate to Nicaragua, but in terms unsatisfactory to that Republic. What he has failed to do it is confi dently expected his successor Mr. Wyke will accom plish. Such is believed to be the condition of affairs, according to information derived from intel ligent sources. At all events, if there are any un intentional errors in the above brief exposition, they do not materially affect the facts recited in connection with this subject." It is stated in a despatch from Toronto, on the 16th, that all the departments of the Government were moved to Quebec, the future seat of the Go vernment, and that the Governor-General left on the day previous. By the arrival of the overland mail we have news from San Francisco to the 22d of August, two days later than the advises brought via the Isthmus. Business continued dull, and the prices of mer chandise unaltered. Favourable repot ts continued to be received from the mining districts. No arrivals from Atlantic ports are reported. The Mohave Indians were still very troublesome, and nothing but severe chastisement would reduce them to sub- jection. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The sales of cotton at New York on the 16th were limited to some 300 or 400 bales. Dealers were disposed to, awatt the receipt of later foreign news by the Persia, before (king much. Flour was in good supply, and pricca were lower, especially for medium and common grades. Southern flour was less active, and the lower qualities were easier. Wheat was again heavy, and all kinds below choice new white (wanted for milling) were lower. Freights engagements were moderate, owing to the views of owners being above thoie of shippers. FATAL FIGHT.--*--On Thursday . Mr. Settle, coroner for Stockton-on-Tees, held an inquest at the Town-hall on the body of Edward Gordon, tailor, aged 29, who had come to his death in a fight with a fellow-workman named John Ward, in a shop where they were employed. The jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of " Man slaughter" against Ward, but bail was accepted, THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE SULTAN. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 21.—During the last days the sole topic of conversation has been the conspiracy which was to have broken out last Saturday, but which was fortunately discovered two days before. The most exaggerated state- ments respecting it were, and still are, current. The most distinguished name connected with the affair is that of llussein Pacha, who was at the defence of Kars, and who was afterwards defeated by the Montenegrins at Grahovo. He was arrested at Yanina. Djeffar Bey leaped overboard from the boat in which he was being conveyed to prison, and was drowned in the Bosphorus, but the com mission which has been constantly sitting has ob tained possession of documents which give the most ample information as to the names and objects of the conspirators, although it was supposed that Djeffar Bey had others of considerable importance about his person. The discovery of the plot seems to have been made through Hassan Pacha, commander of the Black Sea forts, to whom overtures were made by the conspi rators, and who had the wit to adjourn the negotia tions until he had time to warn the Government of the existence of the peril. Most of the military men concerned are, like Hussein and Djeffar, Circassians or Kurds ; few Turks being mixed up with it; but it is said, though the fact is scarcely credible, that some of the Italian and Hungarian refugees aro concerned in the matter. The Government has, how ever, promised to communicate to the public the re sult of the inquiry, but it is doubtful if the whole truth will be stated as regards the motives and objects of the conspirators. It is stated on good authority that among the documents seized are the addresses to the foreign ambassadors, setting forth the necessity of the revolution, as the sole means of averting the ruin of Turkey. They point to• the weakness and to the silly extravagance of the Sultan and his household, which not only impoverishes the exche quer, but which has so far exceeded his means that multitudes of persons are reduced to great straits, from their inability to obtain payment for the articles they have furnished to the palace. A few great pachas, according to the addresses, have grown enormously rich at the expense of the public, and have set an example of covetousness and peculation in high places which has spread like a gangrene through the whole administration. While those evils were suffered to exist all reform was hopeless; and, since the Sultan had been deaf to the counsels of those who desired to save Turkey from ruin, no other course was left but to put a more energetic ruler in his place, should it be absolutely necessary, but at any rate to sweep away those overgorged leeches who are draining the very lifeblood of the country and encouraging the Sultan in his waste fulfollies for their own advantage. _ _ _ In all this there is too much truth. Mehemet Ali Pacha, Grand Admiral, and Riza Pacha, Seras kier, both brothers-in-law of the Sultan, have accu mulated offices, the duties of which they cannot pos sibly fulfil efficiently, but of which they absorb the legitimate and illegitimate emoluments ; nor are they the only ones who have arisen from the lowest and even the vilest occupations to the possesssion of dignities and of enormous wealth. The extreme penury of the Treasury and the urgent wants which have had to be supplied at a ruinous sacrifice are matters of public notoriety. But the measure of the patriotism of these millionaire pachas may be guessed by the fact, that on every occasion it is to the Christian merchants and bankers that the Minister of Finance has had recourse, and that in the various loans to the Govern ment, many of them projected with the express view of aiding in the reform of the currency, no Turk of wealth or position has ever taken part. They re ceive, but, like the grave, they give nothing back. The pay of the army is in arrear, and yet the Sultan is making costly presents, and is proposing the pur chase of land at the back of his new palace of Dolma Bagtche to the value of ninety millions of piastres, or about £BOO,OOO, owing as he does already five or six times that sum, which he cannot pay. If the Sultan is aware of those facts he is insane and unfit to govern ; if he is not aware of them, the Ministers who so grossly abuse their position and neglect their duty as to leave him in ignorance of matters so important, richly merit the fate to which the conspirators consigned them. It will be impor tant for Europe to watch the measures which will now be taken ; they will show either that the spark of vitality which England has sought so anxiously to keep alive still exists, or that the Turkish em pire has fallen into that state of hopeless decrepi tude that we have nothing to do but look on quietly at its dissolution, and hail the advent of the new and stronger power which shall replace its present 'ru• lers. If the government possesses either energy or capacity it will seize this golden opportunity of pushing forward the necessary reforms, which have been deferred by the dread of such a plot as that which has been so fortunately frustrated. In such a course the physical aid of the great powers would not be wanting should there be danger of serious opposition, and we shall now see how far the Sultan and his ministers are serious in their in tentions as to the Hattihumaion. Some of the Paris papers give copious and in teresting details of the conspiracy It appears that there were a good many Circassian officers among the conspirators. As to the number of arrests, one letter says that there were 500 the first day, and that by the 21st inst. they amounted to 2,500. The conspiracy made many recruits, some of them men of much importance. They included a great number of officers, and even non-commissioned offi cers and soldiers of Artillery, Engineers, and the Guard. The number of officers comprised is esti mated at not less than 850. There was a regular organisation. The society was divided into two classes, chiefs and associates„ Only the chiefs knew each other; the associates knew only their chiefs, each of whom grouped around him 100 to 150 men. I believe I may affirm that this society reckoned scarcely less than 15,000 to 18,000 men. The following was the plan of the conspirators :—When the Sultan should be returning from the mosque, or when at night he should leave his kiosk at Tophaneh to return to the palace with his habitual escort of palace officials and domestics, he was to be allowed to reach the narrowest part of the street which runs pa rallel with the Bosphorus from Tophaneh to Dolma Bagtchi. In that part is the post of Cabutach. The officers and the soldiers were to carry off the Sultan. All had been gained over, or nearly so, and the officer answered for his men. The Sultan taken, rockets were to be thrown from the stairs of Cabutach, and to serve as a signal to the regiment quartered at Koolalee, some dis tance up the Bosphorus, on the opposite side. This regiment was to go by detachments to arrest the Minister of War, Riza Pasha, in his Tali, at Bailer bey, and the Grand Vizier, Aali Pasha, and the Minister of Foreign. Affairs, Fund Pasha, at their • ialis at Canlidja." PRESENTATION OF A CLOCK TO THE REV. HENRY ALLox.—We are glad to learn that the services of this able and eloquent preacher, so well known both on the platform and in the pulpit, are fully appreciated by those who have the benefit of his spiritual teachings. A superb clock may now be seen at Mr. Bennett's, watchmaker, 66, Cheapside, purchased of him by the subscriptions of Union Chapel, for presentation to the rev. gentleman. The de sign consists of two fine bronze figures representing Science and Art standing on a variegated green marble base, circled with a bronze wreath of flowers. In the tablet sup porting the clock is embedded a bronze bas-relief symbo lical of the fine arts. Under this is engraved the following inscription :—" Presented to the Rev. Henry Allen, mini ster of Union Chapel, Islington, by the church and con gregation assembling therein, as an expression of their high appreciation of his ministerial character and labours, their cordial esteem for him as a friend and pastor, and their confident hope that the blessing which has already crowned his efforts will be the earnest of still richer blessings in years to come. October, 1859." IMPORTATION OF BASE HALF-CROWNS.—The Manchester police are on the watch with a view to defeat the operations of a gang of coiners, who have accomplices in the city for receiving and distributing among unwary shopkeepers the products of their nefarious industry. On Tuesday Mr: Watson and another detective officer watched 'at the Fox Inn, Victoria-street, the arrival of a person for whoni a heavy brown paper parcel had been loft there " to ba called for." The address on it was "John Clegg." In the course of time a person culled for and got the parcel. The officers seized him in the street. - He called himself John Clegg, but refused to give any further informatio n about himself. On Opening the parcel it was found to con tain.basb half-crowns .to the amount of £7 7s. 6d. ' They *ere rolled in paper parcels, and all enclosed in a quantity of hay. Clegg was on Wednesday brought up at the city police court. He refused to say who had sent him the parcel, and was remanded till Monday for further inquiry. —Manchester Guardian.