The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-28 00:00:00

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All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.-.Morning, sh. 3m.—Afternoon, sh. 26m. To-MORROW.-Morning, sh. 55m.—Afternoon, ' 6h. 24m. 4 'P • _c.77_2_ 4l .L:!'!: , :i•;r,- ' ef " ) p•„„. w, 17,e "•__+ j s !1: (II~I~D THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 28, 1862. Who bids for the throne of Greece ? A goodly number, if rumour is to be creditel. The Czar of RUSSIA puts forth, as a matter of course, that ever lasting claimant for all the prospective crowns in Christendom in succession—the Duc DE LEUCH TENBERG ! Imperial France has equally, as a matter of course, to proffer that princely panacea for every -people in search of a Sovereign, the once heir pre sumptive to the diadem of the BONAPARTE&—H.I.H. - the Prince NAPOLEON. There is a talk of the youth ful second son of our beloved Monarch Queen VIC TORIA being advanced as an aspirant to the vacant dignity upon that " violet-crowned" Acropolis. But 11.R.11. Prince ALFRED is already pre-engaged, —being heir presumptive to his uncle (the elder brother of the late lamented PRINCE CONSORT) the reigning Duke of SAYE COBURG. Again, there are whispers audible in the empyrean of European Royalty, audible even to the ears of vulgar mortals - who are not breathing that highly-rarified atmo sphere —to the effect that arrangements may just possibly be entered into among the Great Powers of Europe, according to which arrange ments the throne from which King OTHO the First (and Last) has just been driven so ignominiously— " frighted from his propriety " by a political Chari- Tani, called, for the sake of history and in cons de ration of the outraged dignity of Greece, a Re volution —that recently vacated throne might yet be filled by - the second son, not of the Queen of ENGLAND, but of the King of the BELGIANS ! That excellent " Uncle LEOPOLD" who certainly makes as respect able a figure upon the European Continent as any Prince has yet been enabled to do there, in the - -Luther novel and decidedly modern character of a Constitutional Sovereign. The stripling Prince I YPSILANTE is the only "outsider" yet spoken of as at all likely to become a favourite, by the aid of either avyal or imperial patronage. Whether it may chance to be that the Emperor of the PREXat still clings to the notion of yet being able to carve out a little kingdom, or a large principality, for his cousin the Prince NAPOLEON, in the parcelling oat of his Italian Federation—(giving Tuscany and one or two o f the minor duchies with it to the husband of King VteT ().--rammANuEL'a eldest daughter, reserving the M ll Rin g Lun of th e T wo S i c i l i es for H.I.H. the Prince sions,l/4; Mn he's' to th e name , an d g l ory, and preten kiwl ,e 4, Beau Sabreur, th e P reux Ch eva li er, the y knightly Paladin of NAPOLEON the Great) —certe.in • It is, at any r a t e , th a t re p or t s are alread y 113'14 about at Paris, and have come flitting hither to us emu, the waters of the Chan ne l, t o th e effect that NAP OLEON . rather favours the notion, just now, of promoting th e boy Pr ince YPSILANTE to the throne, not of the vi g"ous MILTIADES, or o f very to OTHO. the refined PERICLES, but a the variable and deg e - Wherever a Crown like this is fl quietly to u-begging gran tl y going --does it not seem exceedingly lik e outrage to common sense, listeni ng th a ' n s babble among the Courts about the rival claimants pet forward by the respective sovereignties? 9s if Kingdoms were estimated by their acres, and the peoples inhabiting them were the li ve cattle going with the estate I If there is to be any thing mere than a mere pretence of this boasted principle cf modern Diplomacy, called Non-inter vention—the monarchies of the earth rill do well to abstain from thrusting their pretenders forward too obtrusively upon the attention of the Greek nation, The revolution there among that race of modern Greeks has been accomplished with such ex ceeding moderation throughout, that the population of the country may reasonably bo left to decide for thenueives Who shall henceforth be their Sovereign ' —who shall be for them under these altered circum stances the founder of a permanent dynasty— , namely, a dynasty pledged before GOD and man to the maintenance intact of a liberal Constitution. There is absolutely no excuse whatever for any armed interference with the doings of the people of Greece, or with the conduct of affairs there by the newly established Provisional Government, having as its President M. MAVROCORDATO. Besides all which considerations, it ought certainly to occur to any one that the selection made thirty long and (for the Greeks ever since) miserable and melan choly years ago, by the five Great Powers, has proved in all essential respects so really pitiable a failure, that the very least those Great Powers of Europe should now consent to, in regard to the future regulation of the affairs of Greece, ought to be to allow the Greek people to judge and select freely for themselves. if judiciously conducted this same settle ' went of the affairs of the Kingdom of Greece may lead to the satisfactory solution of a very formidable and hitherto bewildering cluster of eastern difficulties. Nothing to this end can reasonably be looked for, nothing of a happy and truly auspicious character, if passion or pre judice, if diplomatic intrigues or armed inter positions are to be rashly adventured upon by Russia, by France, by England, by Austria, by Prussia, under the specious pretence of securing more effectually the preservation of the Balance of Power in Europe, and of ensuring to that unfor tunate land of Greece the make-believe of an en lightened and independent government. As the first and all essential preliminary to the formation and consolidation of such a government the Five Powers should with one accord apply the prin ciple of Non-Intervention rigidly to Greece, and they ought to pronounce at once, in order to do this effectually, in favour of the Greeks making their own unbiassed selection of a Sovereign : if, as is but probable, they should decide upon once more con centrating the powers of the state (this time wisely and discreetly) in the hands of a Constitutional Sovereign. A Sovereign, that is, carrying on the affairs of the country in connection with a Popular Ministry and a National Parliament. As we expected, the whole chorus of Whig and Tory journals have sung their bitter or con temptuous comments on Mr. COBDEN'S speech at Manchester—but, occupying as we do for the pre sent a somewhat neutral position in the contro versy, we must confess that so far as the discussion has yet gone, the great free-trader may claim an unqualified victory. His opponents do not appear to us to have touched his arguments. They must pardon us if we remind them that a policy which issues to the nation, which almost or solely upholds it, in the Manchester cotton famine in time of peace, cannot be sustained by general declamation, and still less by " abusing the plaintiff's counsel." This latter course is a very unworthy one. It is repeated by the same journal which proposed to place Mr. COBDEN'S property in the custody of his friends, when that journal was so irate with the French Treatyand the abolition of the Paper Duty. The Times has, however, the satisfaction of recording from time to time the complete success of the treaty it so abused, and to be thank- ful that it saved our foreign trade, and spared the nation a heavy addition to the income tax. It should remember, therefore, that on blockades also, it is quite possible Mr.ConDEN may yet convince the nation, and that the Times may have the pleasure of recording and praising the beneficent working of his policy. Now, the argument, it such calumny deserves the name, is, that in mere selfishness the merchants of Englani, for whose benefit chiefij the Navy of England exists, want to escape all the burdens incident to war, while enjoying all the benefit of naval protection. It is wonderful that the absurdity of such a statement did not strike the writer. On Mr. COBDEN'S plan, and there perhaps lies the real grievance with our contemporary, a merchant navy would be self• protecting. Its unwarlike character would free it from the risks of war, and, therefore, it would not' selfishly" ask protection, and then refuse to bear its share of the cost. But the truth is, the commercial marine only asks the same immunity as is now conceded by all civilised nations to private property on land. It is as reasonable to call it " selfish" for the Confede rates and Federals to demand mutually respect for private property, as to brand with that name the demand for immunity of private ships and their cargoes. A good deal of the argument is banter of Mr. COBDEN for 'wishing to occupy the pedestal of GROTIUS. Those who misuse the name of GROTIUS thus can little appreciate the genius of that great scholar and thinker. He was not the man to be deterred from free thought by the names preceding him. On the contrary, he was just the writer to be found side by side with the foremost of the ' sober, yet earnest thinkers of the present day; and had he lived to see an age of steam navies and railroads, to see blockaded Russia disgorging her produce through Prussia, ho would have been among the first to have seen that blockades had certainly lost half their value, and perhaps to have confessed that even a great na va l P ower wou l d injure itself more than its enemies by blockading the ports of the latter. it is poor gratitude to the _past age t o h o ld t h em answer ableapplicatton of th e i r t h oughts, in an age great for thinkers the of a when all the conditions of fighting itself, and of the have become so w id e l y commerce different. of the world, We are, of course, told, for the fiftieth time, that to abandon Ihe right of blockade is to abandon our sole means of self-protection. Yet the answer seems very obvious. First, what Mr. COBDEN proves, that we cannot, now, effectually blockade a great power. The de facto proof from the last Russian war is quite unanswered, and, so far as we can see, must remain so. We want, as judges, to he ar how these facts are met. But next what mean all our discussions and doings of late years in regard to ships and artillery. We certainly, as we ought, rely on the ability of our fleet to meet an enemy's invading fleet at sea, or still better, to blockade him in his arsenal ports in his own country—Cherbourg , Brest,Toulon, not Havre or Marseilles, are the ports to which we should direct our naval civilities in case of a war with France; just as in the late war with Russia, the ports of real importance were those of Sebastopol and Cronstadt. Though Odessa was, indirectly, a nurse to the war, yet we spared it. - Why not carry out that policy, and spare its trade also, so far as it was not " contra band of war 9" It is really hard to see that dis tressing an enemy's commerce to the extent to w hich we are now capable of doing it, can be of much service to us. Its chief advantage is the t ver y questi ona b le one of furnishing prize-money our sa i lors; but so much more should we lose through any a ct i ve comrcial m arine, th at it would, probably, b e naval Power's att ac k s on our cheaper for our merchants the prize-money. to subscribe and p a y In regard to the present W ar the United States, even had we listened to their proposals to abolish commercial block ades, would have declared Charleston and the other Southern pol o municipally blockaded—and Would have u. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28 1862. complished their end by interdicting trade with them. The answer is they could not do so to nations which acknowledged the South as a belligerent, as France and England have done. We should have required them to take the towns, and to replace them under their jurisdiction before they applied munici pal law to them. But, Mr. COBDEN'S main appeal none of his contemners have yet had the courage to meet. Here we are in the midst of a terrible famine, a calamity becoming worse and worse every day— one which Mr. COBDEN'S chief opponent is com pelled this very morning to write on in the most desponding tone—and this famine is wholly due to the contemptuous rejection of the very proposal now urged by Mr. COBDEN, when it was made by America herself in 1859. It is, therefore, for the advocates of commercial blockades to show that any prospective advantage in regard to our national defences is so clear and so valuable as to compen sate for the certain suffering and loss now entailed on us by our assertion of the right of blockade. As we stand alone on this question, heavy, indeed, is the responsibility of inflicting so much mis chief on ourselves, unless the necessity of so doing can be shown to be a paramount one. We wait for the proof of this. We must say we have not seen it yet. We are told that the "fundamental fallacy" which vitiates all Mr. COBDEN'S reasonings is that nations will not be bound in war by the conventions they have made in peace. But this is an argument against all international law, not to mention its reducing the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris to folly. The distinguished men who met on that oc casion, did not think so badly of their own country or of other countries, as to imagine that any civilised nation would agree, as they all did, to pronounce privateering abolished, and, yet, when war broke out, would disgrace itself by issuing letters of marque. If there can be honour among thieves, surely we may hope for it in belligerent nations. But more than this ; what is solemnly acknow ledged as binding international law, consists of the rules which experience has taught nations that it is best for them, even in war, to abide by. Nations quite understand that they cannot, any more than individuals, be permanent gainers by availing themselves of every present advantage. By all means let not commercial blockades be given up until full discussion has satisfied the intelligent men of all countries, that even in war they da not repay the blockading nation for what it suffers from them on the whole. Sneers and contempt only prove the ignorance and conceit of those who use them. They certainly do not admit of refuta tion. Argument, however, under the pressure of the Cotton Famine will go far towards settling the question. What is to be thought of the astounding docu ment recently published in the columns of the Kolokol? An address from the Russian officers in Poland to his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE. Is it authentic ? Can it in any conceiveable way be authenticated ? For the honour and credit of the Russian army we earnestly trust that this may prove to be in some way practica ble. Not a signature is affixed to this address. It comes forth quite anonymously. But never was truth more plainly spoken right out, than in this extraordinary communication. It be gins by saying :—" Your Highness,—The Russian army in Poland is in a strange and insupportable position ; it has to choose between being the exe cutioner of the Polish people, or refusing obedi ence to its chiefs." And it adds,—" Soldiers and officers are tired of being executioners. This office has become detestable to the army. To charge un armed crowds, to persecute people praying in the churches, to arrest by-passers in the streets, to keep the Poles in a state of siege because they love Poland—all this becomes daily, in the eyes of the army, more and more inhumane, and there fore criminal." After continuing some time in the same candid strain ) the Address goes on frankly to ask.—" What shall the army, with its present spirit, then do ? It will not only not stop the Poles, it will unite with them, and perhaps no force will be able to stop it. The officers have not the pOwer nor the wish to do so. The army does not want to be a traitor to the Russian people, but before all it does not want to be an executioner, because that is dishonest, and soils the Russian name. Your High ness ! your duty is to save the army. There is but one way of accomplishing this task—to cease the vexations and persecutions of the Poles; not to force them into a rising; to suspend the state of siege; to let Poland organise herself freely, according to the wishes and views of the Polish people. You must persuade the EMPEROR into this change if you will annihilate the otherwise inevitable and im minent danger." By no possibility could words be plainer than these words; more comprehensive, more comprehensible; more signal, or more significant. What will be said of this document by the supreme authorities of Russia, by the Imperial Prince to whom it is addressed, and by the mighty Auto crat with whom he is thus manfully asked to intercede. The issuing of this bold and startling' address is hardly less amazing a pheno- menon in Russian Poland and in Russia Prcper than the Handwriting upon the wall of the palace at Babylon in the midst of the orgies of BELSHAZZAR. Mene, Tekel, Upharsin"—there are distinctly shining the awful and luminous characters! Among all the patriot-statesmen that may yet approach either the presence of the Grand Duke CONSTAN TINE or that of the Emperor ALEXANDER 11. him self—is there none with heart, and valour, and conscience enough to explain distinctly to the PRINCE and the CZAR the import of this ghastly intimation The ,Count ZAMOTSBI, ;had he been allowed to remain a brief while longer at Warsaw, or afterwards at St. Petersburg, might not inaptly have enacted the part of DANIEL the Pro phet. As it is, however, the warning but just now addressed, th roug h t h e G rand Duke CONSTANTINE, to the au t ocrat ALEXANDER, is so very plain, and so glaringly significant th a t it nee d s no t one sy ll a b le in the way of explanatory comment. Some of th e minor incidents --- - of great wars are generally mo re i nteresting exhibit more individual than the impor tant movements. Th ey skill or courage, and we more easily f o ll ow an d comprehend them. The exploits of STUART a n d " Stonewall" JACKSON are pre-eminently of this stamp—the raid at the back, first of AITLELLAN then of PorE, with the capture of the personal cm fort sand conveniences of the latter, will serve for a story in America many a long day, and so will the last very clover and bold raid of STUART into Pennsylvania, and his riding fairly round the whole rear of the Federal army, crossing the Potomac higher up 071 the right, and re-crossing it, laden with spoil, nearer Washington on their right. For two or three thousand men at most thus to gal lop their horses tired—mount fresh Pennsylvanian steeds, change their ragged coats and worn out shoes at the expense of Pennsylvanian militia stores, load a thousand spare horses with like spoil, and then give the slip to all who were watching for them, was surely a firet rate achievement. Another incident of a totally different kind, araonpt the last arriyula, occured at New Orieung. It is the formation, and bringing into active service, the " Gardes d'Afrique" in tint city. They consist of free coloured people, whom (en. MOORE had called out, but whompeneralßumm first put in the field. When seen by the correspondent of the New York paper they were marching iroudly along a street with their bayonets fixed, being in charge of some prisoners of their own colour He justly comments on the style in which any prediction of such a result from Secession would lave been met in New Orleans two years ago. Another kindred fact corroborates the statements lately made from Port Philip,aear New Orleans, that slavery had practically ceased around New Orleans. A delegation of sl Ives, Iron an old and wealthy planter, waited on General EILEPLEY, and asked to be received as citizens. Their request was granted. They told the General they had come in search of freedom. They and their fellow servants were all leaving their masters, and they wished to improve their condition. How were they to do so P They had no desire to go on working without remuneration. General SHEPLEY consulted with BUTLER, and the result was that they and their old master agreed on the wages he should pay them. A good deal of interest is felt as to the working of the experiment. It is thus that the residence of the Federal arms on the confines of Slavedom, will teach the South that their slaves are like other hpman beings, and will sap the institution by proving its uselessness. In consequence of the vacancy of the Metropo litan See of Canterbury the sittings of the Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of that province could not be con tinued in the ordinary manner to the day named in the Royal Writ of Prorogation, inasmuch as the Royal Writ is addressed to the Archbishop himself. It is usual, upon the appointment of a new Metropolitan, for a Royal Writ to issue authorising him to revive the sittings of the Con- vocation. THE CHANCERY VACATION.—The Chancery vacation ends this day, when causes will be entered for hearing. The arrears are very trifling. The lists will be now increased, and as usual Vice Chancellor Wood is ex pected to have the largest number, and when the list is too heavy a transfer is made to the other courts. Printed affidavits will be used next term for the first time. CHANCERY REFORM.—On Saturday, the Ist November, a new act of Parliament respecting the prac tice of the Court of Chancery will take effect. It gives the court power to postpone or refuse the application of reme dies within its jurisdiction until questions of law and fact on which the title to such remedies depended had been ascertained in one of the courts of common law. It is now enacted that the Court of Chancery may itself determine every question of law and fact incident to the relief sought. That court may, however, when such matters can more conveniently be heard at the assizes or in London or Mid dlesex, direct an issue on the subject. Nothing in the act is to alter or affect the power of the judges of the Court of Chancery to sit with the assistance of a judge of one of the common law courts. The procedure of the Court of Chan cery of the County Palatine of Lancaster is now assimilated to that of the High Court of Chancery. SCULLERS' RACE FOR £5O.—A scullers' race came off yesterday which had been looked forward to as much more interesting than it proved, inasmuch as Edward May, late of the Times Unity Rowing Club, who has been before the public some years, was matched to row Thomas Royal, a waterman, of Westminster, who has only competed twice before. Royal won as he liked. William Smith O'Brien is on the point of leaving Ireland for an indefinite period to seek in foreign travel some relaxation from cares and annoyances that have of late pressed heavily upon him. The Dhaka Prakasha translated by the Indian Reformer says that a Brahmucharya, who pretends to pre dict the issue of cases in the civil and criminal courts, is thriving on the success of his imposition at Burrisaul. He is a great favourite with litigious old gentlemen. Some of the Zemindars pay him a fixed salary every month for pre dicting the results of cases. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—This morning, about 3 o'clock, the premises of Mr. Weeks, stationer, 43, Queen's road, Bayswater, were discovered to be on fire. On the inmates being aroused they found the staircase in flames, but the building being low they were rescued, although in almost a state of nudity. The engines attended, but the fire was not got under till the house and its contents were completely destroyed, and two houses adjoining damaged. The premises of Mr. Garner; trimming manufactme,, 28, Hart's lane, Bethnal-green, and those of Mr. Mills, haber dasher, 2, Robertson-place, Stockwell, were considerably injured by fire during the night. On Sunday the house of Mr. Fox, hatter, 26, Widegate-street, Bishopsgate, was also much damaged by fire. By an escape of gas at the General Post •office on the same night about 12 o'clock, that build - was set on fire, but the fireman being present, the fire was quickly extinguished, the damage done being trifling. THE LATE WILL FORGERIES.—Luther Yeates, who, it will be remembered, forged a number of wills in which the property of the late Admiral West was con cerned, was yesterday sentenced, at the Central Criminal Court, to penal servitude for 20 years. THE MANCHESTER BANK.—Yestez day Andrews, the manager, who stands charged with frauds to an im mense extent, was placed before the magistrates at Man chester, and remanded. He was admitted to bail. A PRUSSIAN DLIMOLLARD.—A Porneranean work man, named Maasch, has lately been detected, by accident, in the course of a murderous career closely resembling that of the notorious Frenchman Dumollard. He has, together with his accomplices, of whom his mother is one, committed 13 murders. On one occasion he murdered at Cursdorf a miller and his family, consisting in all of six persons. He baffled all the researches of the police, and was detected at last by mere chance, A Berlin correspondent, describing the facts revealed on the trial, says :--" Iwo farm labour ers of the village of Warsin, near Stargardt, were one morning walking together on their way to their work in the fields, When it came on to rain. For the sake of greater shelter against the wet, one of them proposed that they should proceed to their destination for the rest of the way by a path leading through the woods. This being agreed on, the peasants had not been long in the forest when one of them espied at some distance through the trees the upper half of the body of a man sticking up out of the ground. Their hearts leaped to their mouths. One started off with all the speed he could put forth, while the other, more self -possessed, retreated more slowly, keep • ing his eye fixed on the object in question, which gra dually sank into the earth. The peasants instantly made known to the owner of the estate the strange thing they had witnessed. The police were sent for, and a number of persons, with all despatch, proceeded to the mysterious spot which was pointed out by the labourers. At first it seemed as though the men must have deceived themselves, or were carrying on a practical joke; for at the spot indicated then appeared to be nothing like a hole in the earth, as the grass covered the ground all round about. On doter investiga tion, however, a slit was found in the grass in the form of a square. It was but the work of an instant to discover that this was the top of a trap-door, covered with turf. On forcing this open and descending, a large cavity was disco vered, from which, however, the late occupiers had already fled. This cave was found to be the home of tho wretch Maasch, who has been condemned to death, together with four others. ACCIDENTALLY ITAI4IGEb.—A little boy, 12 years of age, the son of a farmer in the neighbourhood of Merthyr, was found hanging in the stable on Friday morning, and quite dead. Several suicides having occurred in Merthyr of late, affording subject for much conversation and discus sion, it is supposed that the lad suspended himself from one rung of the ladder to see what the sensation was like, his foot slipped, he was unable to regain the step or call, and so insensibility came and then death. No motive can be given that he should commit suicide. FEES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—An alte ration is about to be made in respect to the payment of fees in the House of Commons on what may be termed " Pri vate Bill legislation." A recently issued report of the house on standing orders revealed a state of things, hitherto a mystery to the public, with regard to the enormous fees paid on private and local bills. It seems that an unopposed bill will cost £3od, of which about £2OO is expended in fees, and when a bill is opposed, which is generally the case in railway matters, the fees are large. Such an impression did the evidence make on the select committee that they strongly recommended a reduction in the fees, and that it should take effect as early as possible. It is probable that at the commencement of the next session the recommendation will be acted upon. Before the committee Mr. Jones, the clerk of the fees, gavo evidence and disclosed how a certain Chancellor of the Exchequer very adroitly " put his hands upon" some £170,000 to make up a good budget. Tn the last two years there had been an overplus in the fees corn pared with the expenses, but for six years there had been a deficiency of somewhere about 1:10,000 a year. Last year the expenses of the House of Commons amounted to £51,000, and the fees to £76,000 giving a surplus of £25,000, whilst in the year before the expenses were the same, and the fees £57,000; so in the words of Mr. Jones there was no great surplus, we paid our way. The officers of the house were transferred to the consolidated fund in 1845, and in the opi nion of Mr. Jones the fees for the last six years, with the exception of the last two years, had not paid the expenses of the establishment. Another question was raised before the committee as to th e pr i nting of all the documents connec t e d with the Pri va t e Bi ll Department. Hitherto such ma t ters have been w r itt en for the committees, such as short-hand writers' n o t es; b ut the evidence g i ven was in favour of printing, and th e matter will no doubt be brought before the House o f C ommons and decided by the Speaker. It would appear thot printing will shortly supersede in a great naettguro writing, P.RINCESS'S THEA7.RE. A change in the performances has been so far made that another of Mr. Sheridan Knowles's plays was performed, the "Hunchback" being substituted last Light for " Love." There can of course nothing new be said of this well-esta. Wished play itself, but the caste was novel, at least to these boards. Miss Amy Sedgwick made 'her first appearance at this theatre in her well known character of Julia, which she performed so many times at the Haymarket Theatre on making her debut in London. If Miss Sedgwick has gained in appearance since her first performance it must be affirmed that she has lost some of the girlish expression and appear ance. Nevertheless her personation is an extremely effec tive one, and elicits all the points of this very telling part. Mr. Marston played the hunchback, Master Walter, with great feeling, giving to every line its significance, and con sequently thoroughly secured the attention of the audience, which was remarkably attentive, and seemed to be deeply interested. Mr, Vezin, as Sir Thomas Clifford, manifested that thorough mastery of the character which enabled him to give it with a power that seems unconscious of its exer cise. This actor is fast making his way, by his excellent judgment and fine natural talents, to that popular appre ciation he so well deserves. Miss M. Oliver was extremely pleasing as Helen; and Mr. Roxby amusing as Modus; and the celebrated scene of coquetting on her part and bashfulness on his was worked to its extremest point of laughter. Mr. Belmore lost no opportunity of showing the inanity of Fathom in its extremes!: folly, and obtained a corresponding amount of laughter. Mr. Shore was the Lord Tinsel, and Mr. Cathcart Wilfred; and thus the cast was in all respects well filled. The management seem to have faith in Mr. Sheridan Knowles, and announce his play of " The Love Chase," in which the new actress, Miss Constance Aylmer, plays Lydia, Miss Amy Sedgwick Constance. and Mrs. Marston the Widow Green. We are glad to find the house full, and the audience very applausive. !LAT ES r NE WS. INDIA. (By Telegraph from Jubal.) BOMBAY, OCT. 12. The bill of indictment against Capt. Smales has been thrown out by the grand jury. The cotton market has recovered since the receipt of telegrams announcing the defeat of the Confede rates in Maryland. Shirtings firm. Copper dull. Malwa opium, 1,570 rupees per chest. Exchange on London, 2s. Oid. Government Securities.—Four par Cents., 921; Five and a Half per Cents., 112. Freight unchanged. CALCUTTA, OCT 11. Shirtings unchanged. Copper dull. Rice quiet. Exchange on London, 2s. Old. MADRID, OCT. 27. The Epoca of to-day publishes news from Mexico to the 14th, stating that President Juarez had taken possession of the church property, and forbidden the priests to wear sacerdotal robes. The Mexicans were fortifying Puebla. CASSEL, OCT. 27. The first sitting of the Chambers was held to day. The elections of 47 members were approved. This evening M. Nebelthau and M. Ziegler were unanimously elected, the former as President, and the latter as Vice-President. Both declared that the Chambers were fully constituted for the dis cussion of all Parliamentary affairs. The Government Commissioner stated that the Government would do everything in its power to render the task before the Chambers a work of ALHAMBRA PALACE. Last night a new " sensation" artiste appeared here in the person of Olmar, whose advent to London has for the last month bean most mysteriously announced. Olmar is a young man apparently about 26 years of age, and for some time past he has been the " star" at the Cirque Im peratrice, where he has acquired the reputation of being the first gymnast in the world. The performance takes place on a series of ropes, with horizontal bars attached, all of which are placed at an elevation of 80 feet from the floor of the building, and consists of flying leaps and other won derful feats, all of which he performs with the utmost grace and precision. Olmar is most certainly a miracle in the art of balancing, and such power, agility, and suppleness could only have been attained after years of incessant practice. During the time occupied by his performance he appeared perfectly self-possessed, and never attempted anything in which he did not thoroughly succeed—indeed the chief characteristic of his exhibition is that a feeling of perfect safety seems to pervade the audience. It is to be hoped that during his stay in London he will not let applause tempt him to execute unpractised novelties—for in that lies the danger of his performance. As it is, it is a perfect wonder, and quite enough to satisfy the most enthusiastic in the gymnastic art. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The second of the five supplemental nights of the Italian Opera season at the "old house," was marked yesternight by a good attendance, and the excellent performance of Tietjens as Lucia, in Doni zetti's well-known opera. Giuglini, as Edgardo, sung the despairing victim of the Scottish feud with delightful sweetness and expression, if not pathos. Badiali was ener getic and artistic in the ungracious part of Enrico, and the orchestra under Arditi was well led, though often too loud in its accompaniments. The remainder of the cast does not call for comment. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—The concert of national melodies announced to take place on Tuesday evening next, will give an opportunity to the large number of visitors now in London, to hear some of the most popular and truly national melodies of the United Kingdom, performed by a chorus of 400 voices, and accompanied by a band of 20 harps, by the most eminent performers in the metropo lis. Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Laura Baxter, Miss Palmer, and Mr. T. Lawler are the principal vocalists. A NEW ORATORIO.—We understand that Mr. John Francis Barnett, the pianist, has just completed his oratorio of "Lazarus," and competent judges, it is said, speak highly of its merits. We some time ago copied from the German papers most flattering notices of a portion of the work which was performed at Leipzig, but we shall no doubt have an early opportunity of forming a personal opinion with regard to it, as the Sacred Harmonic Society will probably introduce it to its friends in the metropolis. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the week ending Oct. 25th the visitors have been as follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 38,883; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (admission to the public 6d.), open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 6,413 ; total, 44,296. From the opening of the museum, 3,494,446. THE LAST NOVELTY RECEIVED IN THE EXHIBI TION.—Yesterday an important addition to the fire extin guishing apparatus at the disposal of the firemen in the Great International Exhibition was made In the form of a new patent steam fire-engine, placed near the Cromwell road entrance. This engine, which is by Shand and Mason, of Upper Ground street, Blackfriarseroad, is similar to one belonging to the London Fire Brigade, that was worked before the Jury (Class Bth) on the Ist of July last—the report of the jury lately published summing up as follows : —" The steam pressure was well sustained, and the engine continued working the entire day without accident, con cluding in the evening by throwing a good vertical jet." Upon looking at the official fire reports at Watling-street, the head station of the fire brigade, it will be found that this engine has worked most successfully at all the large fires that have since occurred. Messrs. Shand and Mason have, since the trial in Hyde-park, made great improve ments in the boiler of this machine, so that in the engine now in the exhibition, steam of 50Ibs. pressure can be readily obtained in 12 minutes from lighting the fire, cold water being used, and at this pressure effective work can be done—the fell working pressure being from 80M. to 1001 b, on the square inch, when 200 gallons per minute ie pumped through an inch jet pipe to the height of 150 feet. The weight of this engine does not exceed 33 cwt., and this, with the hose and firemen, is conveyed rapidly to a fire by two horses. It is to be hoped that this engine will not be called into requisition during the short stay it is to remain in the Exhibition, as the most dangerous period with regard to fire will be when the packing and removing of the goods is going on. Captain Bent and the firemen under him are to be congratulated at having such a powerful agent at their disposal. MORE CAPTURES BY THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER ALABAMA.—LivERPooL, Oct. 27.—The ship Tonowanda, from Philadelphia, which arrived to-day, reports that on the 9th of October, at 4 p.m., in lat. 41, long. 55, she was captured by the steamer Alai:time. (290). Captain Julius was taken on board, and found there Captain Harmon and etc*, of the late bark Wave Crest, from New York for Cardiff, and Captain Johnson and crew, of the late brig Dunkirk, from New York for Lisbon, all prisoners and in irons on deck, their vessels hae-Ina been burnt two days prOVidna. The next day the prisoners Wre transferred to the Tonowanda, add Captain Julius alone remaine t on board the Alabama as hostage. On the 11th of October they captured and burnt the ship Mancheeteee from New York foi Lifierpool. Her captain and crew were rchlcr pat on board the Tonowanda, *hioh C4tain Julits was no* informed was a cartel. No more priies Were takeit till the evening of the 13th, and there being every appeateleu t ue of thick weather, Captain Julius was put on board the Tone Wanda and allowed to proceed, after having given a ransom bond. All the captains, officers, and awn are paroled prisoners of war. LAUNCH OF A Nett IRON- CLAil.—On Thnrsday, October 9, another floating battery or iron-clad vessel, of the Monitor class, was launched at a yard near New York. This one—the Montauk—is 200 feet long, 45 feet wide, 12 feet 6 inches deep, 11 feet draft in fighting trim, and of 1800 tons. Her turret is 21 feet in diameter in the inside, and it is made of 11 plates of iron, each one inch thick— three inches more than are on the turret of the original Monitor. it is designed to have within it two It -inch gens, which are already made and ready for service. H er anc h or ' is carried in a well forward, so that it can be dropped or raised without exposing the men. The vessel is bulkheaded, and framed more strongly perhaps than any craft afloat; I and her deck beams, which aro exceedingly heavy, give 19 inches thickness of nearly solid timber, which has a shell-proof covering of iron one inch thick. The sides of the hull are covered with five inches of iron-plate —half an inch more than protect the Warrior ; and it has for backing the entire width of the deck timbers which extended below the part of tho hull which can be reached when the vessel is in action. The rudder and propeller, as in the original Monitor, are not where they can be reached by the enemy. The screw is 12 feet in diameter, has 20 feet pitch, and two boilers provided with a surface condenser furnish the steam to propel the engines, the cylinders of which are 40 inches in diameter, and 40 feet stroke. This is the fourth of the nine which the Government contracted for after the fight between the Monitor and the Merrimac/ that are now afloat, One was launched in this harbour two or three weeks ago, one at Boston, and another at Wilmington, Delaware, since October 1. All these will be ready for service by the middle or latter part of Nov., and the remaining four are so far advanced that they will probably be finished by January 1. These, with the Mo nitor, which is undergoing repairs at the Washington Navyyard, the little Nan gatuck , and e w hi c h has just been re fittedquipped with a 15J-pounder Parrott at this port, the Galena, and the frigate Ironsides, which are off Fortress Monroe, will place at the disposal of the Go vernment by the end of the present year no less than 13 formidable iron-clads. —Correspondent of Manchester Examiner. Importing Tea without colour on the loaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usaal kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, 4 4 11 Y 8 good qiiko, S old 41 packets by 2,2Bo_AgeAto peace. FRAN CE. BOURSE, October 27.—The arrangements for the approaching settlement already begin to occupy the attention of speculators almost to the exclusion of anything in the shape of new operations, and the amount of business has been consequently rather limited. The absence of any fresh accounts from Greece rather excites an idea that the former ac counts have been much exaggerated, particularly as regards the reported abdication. Stock has been rather offered, and Threes, for the Account, have receded to 70f. 90c. Mobilier has fallen to 1,190 f. The Railway Share Market quiet, but some lines are rather lower. The market left off as follows : 41 per Cents. 9B 50 Do. end month.... - Bank Shares 3240 7E- - Credit k oncier 1260 Piedmentese Fives Italian Loan 72 80 Roman Austrian .. — 3 per Cents Do. end month 7l 35 New 3 per Cents ~ -- -- 'Do. end month.... Credit M0bi1ier...,1225 Do. lend month.... Spanish Threes 52 25 Home Debt HA ILWAYS • Cash. Account. Orleans lO4l 50 .. 1050 Northern Nevi ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1180 .. 1181 25 Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian .... Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona .. 870 - .. 871 25 540 - .. 540 - 557 50 .. 557 50 380 - .. - - 502 50 .. 502 50 622 50 .. 622 60 550 - .. 550 - 622 50 .. 622 50 352 50 .. 353 75 THE REVOLUTION IN GREECE. The events which have just occurred in Greece have created considerable sensation in Germany, more especially at Munich and Vienna. A letter from the latter capital, dated 24th inst., says : " While the English Ambassador, Sir Henry Bulwer, was telling every one, during the few days he stayed here, that he was going on leave to London, he received a de spatch from his Government, ordering him to return to the East at once. He goes direct to Athens on board one of Lloyds' steamers, It is impossible for us to say how the present revolution may end, but the presence of so ex perienced a man as Sir Henry Bulwer, who will, moreover, have an English squadron at his orders, allows us to fancy that no great extremes will be gone to. However, it will not be possible to leave the question of the succession in Greece long in suspense, if 'public opinion in Greece is to be satis fied. It is probable that France will not like the English ambassador to settle the question entirely by himself at Athens; she will have herself represented there by some man of note, and so will Russia ; and the discussions which will arise between these diplomatists may turn this Greek question into a very serious European one." La Palm has the following : _ "The report is current today that the two most likely candidates for the throne of Greece are the Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince Alfred of England. It must, however, be understood, that according to the terms by which Greece was constituted in 1830, the intervention of the Powers interested became necessary. We have reason to believe that the intervention, exclusively diplomatic, has already attracted the attention of some of the Governments interested." La Patrie publishes the following as the actual strength of the French naval division in the East:— "The steam-frigate Zenobie, Captain Devout, carrying the flag . of Rear-Admiral Touchard, in command of the division. This frigate was at the Pirwus when. the revolu tion took place. The consorts of the Zenobie are the Nar. val, lfiG h. p., commanded by Lieutenant Macaire, the Biche,and the Enmenide. " Our squadron of evolutions, under the orders of Vice- Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, arrived on Saturday at Toulon from Ajaccio." la Patrie gives the following list of the forma ,ion of the Greek Ministry : General M av rapaiehaelis—Minister of War. M. Zaimis—Foreign Affairs, M. Deligeorgis—Justice. M. Caliironas—lnterior. M. Diamandopoulos—Marine. ---- - M. Marghinas—Public Instruction. M. Coum - ondouros—Finances. BARON 711IERRY AND LORD PALMER- STON AT SOUTHAMPTON. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVEI6ING. His Excellency Baron Thierry paid a visit here to-day, td iftspeci the docks and commercial facilities of the port, in refereilde to A steam-packet communication between Southampton aid Trieste. After the inspection, the baron was iiiiited'to'a' bauqUet by Mr. J. R. Stebbing, the pre sident of the °bomber of Commerce, in the reading-rooms of that establishment. The banquet took place at 2 p.m. About thirty gentlemen were invited to meet tl2e baron. Hia EAcellency stated that he had not seen Southampton for thirty yeatS, nnd was surprised at its pfogress as a corn: ' inertial port. He expressed himself pleased at 114 facilities for trade; and said he should dO atll in his power to estab lish a more ifitiniste commercial union between Austria and England, At about 5 p.m., just as the pgriy:wad about to break vp Lord Palmerston and the Hon. W. Coner rode up to the Chamber of Commerce. His lordship heard tbilt Baron Thierry was inSouthanipton, and rode over from Broad- land tp see Mtn, and on inquiring at the baron's hotel he found that the latter was then at the Chamber of Commerce. The president, the mayor, and other gentlemen went to receive bis lordship. On entering the reading-room Lord Palmerston and Baron Thierry greeted each other most cordially. His lordship's health was drunk, and in re turning thanks he spoke of the advance which free trade had contributed to the commercial and agricultural interests of this country. The opposition to it had, ho said, been most powerful, but it had yielded to the force of public opinion in this country, and to the will of the reigning head of France. With regard to Austria, its riches in mineral and agricultural produc3 were immense, but in sufficiently developed. Nothing more fortunate ld happen for the statesmen of Austria than that they should be led to see the bncfits of freedom of wnienletercne;ion of was not one of those who believed that tho commerce annihilated war, but it tended to durauw:clroesveerntthede bonds of friendship between nations, and t p p.tOD. was . to invite war. His object in coming to South= Baron Thi err y to Broadlands. His lordshiwpirlelmleaaivneedsoabuothui: an hour, when he took leave. The baron ampton for Browllands to-morrow. —_,--- THE EASTERN FISH ERIES. During the late gales considerable damage was inflicted on nets, gear, &e. off the eastern coast, but only one Greatood. price Yarmouthbs lugger i s known to have been lost. This was the Am; which was run down by a French vessel. The fish la n d e d at seYar mouth during the last fcw days have atitts;r,ohmutltlhoeiiros. to qualsity23hpaesrbleaesnt (13, 200 fie good, fish). . 8 In F a b r l o a l m v i e n ra cl g an td Lowes toft it is stated that operations have been much interrupted by t h e ap late a appear t t o o r m b y e • weather, entertainedapprehen sions as to the prospect of the seam RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIAN. The thirty-second report of the directors, to be submitted at the half-yearly general meeting on Friday, is accom panied by reports from Mr. Power, Mr. Sibley, and Mr. Grant, showing the progress made during the half-year ended the 30th June last, and the state of the works on their respective divisions at that date. The total number of miles opened on the 30th June last was 639. In the Ben gal division, the average length of line at work during the half-year ended 30th June was 3481 miles. The gross traffic receipts for the half year ended 30th June last have been £218,773 2s ld, against £174,674 19s 8d in the preceding half-year ; and the net receipts £111,884 5s Bd, as compared with £80,199 15s 4d in the preceding half-year. The net traffic receipts from the opening to the 30th June last have been £799,709 18s sd. The locomotives and rolling stock are in good order. In the North-west Provinces division the average length of line at work during the half-year ended 30th June was 262 miles. The gross traffic receipts for the half-year ended 30th June last have been £80,439 2s 11d, against £79,323 lls 5d in the preceding half-year; and the net receipts £36, 271 5s 10d, against £49,729 19s 6d in the preceding half-year. The net traffic receipts since the opening of the line for public traffic have been £165,193 17s The locomotives and rolling stock are in excellent condition. VALUABLE LIFEBOAT SERVICES. LYTHAM, MONDAY NIGHT. The lifeboat on this station belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution has again rendered most important service in saving a vessel and her crew from destruction. Yesterday, at about three p.m., the schooner Ceres, of Arbroath, attempted to come into the port in a fresh breeze from the westward and a heavy sea, but being a stranger, and unable to make out the buoys, she ran upon the Salt house Bank. The vessel struck heavily and sustained a great deal of damage. The lifeboat of the National Life boat Institution at Lytham was immediately launched to her assistance. They soon reached the Echoorter, where the ' captain and crew were induced to remain by their vessel, which theywould otherwise have left, and attempt to bring her off next tide. With the help of the lifeboat they were fortunately successful, and succeeded in beaching the schooner in a place of safety. The pumps had to be kept going all the way. It is only justice to add that under the excellent manage ment of Mr. John Edmondson, and an aotive local commit tee, the Lytham lifeboat is always found in first-rate order, and ready for instantaneous service. During the past four years she has been instrumental (under God) in rescuing the following shipwrecked crews : —Ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U.S., 14; brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth, 9 ; saved the schooner Turner, of Preston, and crew of four men ; brigantine Hannah Jane, of London, 7; schooner E. D., of Salcombe, 6; brigantine Robert and Henry, of Dundalk, 6. Also saved the following vessels :—Schooner Philanthropist, of Aberystwyth ; smack Princess Royal, of Preston ; schooner Chance, of Preston; and schooner Ceres, of Arbroath. THE HEBREW OATH. At a coroner's court held yesterday at the Lon don Hospital, before Mr. John Humphreys, the question as to the proper method of taking the Hebrew oath, which, since its previous ventilation at the same institution, has excited, it is understood, no little attention amongst members of the Jewish persuasion, was again the occasion of an animated discussion. Mr. David Hyman Byte, the house surgeon of the London Hospital, having taken the oath, uncovered, upon the English translation of the Bible, and merely substituting the words " So help him Jehovah" for the ordinary form of "So help him God," was proceeding to give his evidence, when a juror, who was a member of the Hebrew persuasion, said, with great earnestness—l protest against the manner in which Mr. Dyte has taken the oath. It has not been taken according to the proper form, and is, in point of fact, no oath. The Chief Rabbi has decided that the manner in which Mr. Dyte has taken the oath is not correct. Mr. Dyte said that he had already given his rea sons fully for believing that the sacred obligation of an oath was not diminished by his not having a hat on when he took it: His convictions with re spect to the subject were unchanged, and he need only say that the oath was perfectly binding on him. The juror, however, continuing to protest, the coroner said that the law upon the point was clear. If a Mahommedan were to come before him and say that a certain mode of taking an oath was binding on his conscience, he would be bound to believe him, and to administer the oath to him in that manner, and not to prescribe another. Mr. Byte had distinctly stated his conscientious belief that the oath as taken was binding, and there was not the slightest reason to doubt that it was so. Tne juror said that he could not agree with the learned coroner. Since the discussion of the sub ject on the previous occasion the Chief Rabbi had given his decision totally adverse to the views ex pressed by Mr. Dyte. After some further remarks Mr. Dyte proceeded 'with his evidence, and the subject was allowed to drop. MARKETS-=-THIS DAY. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4los Od; clover, do., £3 10s to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 14s to £1 18s per load. Supply moderate. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.---Meaiow hay, £1 16s to £4 lOs ; clover, £3 10s to £5 los Od ; and straw, £1 14s to 11 18s per load. A slow demand. . WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £ll6s to £4 108 Od; otovei, do., £3los to £5 15s; and straw, £1 148 to £1 18s per load. Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a better inquiry for the finer descriptions since the delivery of the letters by the Overland. Mail, and prices are well sustained. SUGAR.—The market has continued dull, without, how ever, any change of importance to record in quotations. In the refined market there has been rather more animation, and full rates are current. CorrEE.---Only limited dealings have been entered into ; full prices, however, are demanded for good and fine de scriptions of colonial. RICE.—For the better quotations of East India there has been a fair but not active demand, at about late prices. SALTPETRE,—Business continued inactive, and the feW bargains recorded have been at slightly reduced rates. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited very little and the few dealings recorded have been chiefly of a speculative character. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 47s 3d; December, 47s 6d; and spring delivery, 478 9 c l per cwt. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Oct. 28.—Wind this day at noon—North - Westerly; light breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Essex, from London, for Melbourne ; Leda, screw steamer, from London, and left for Dublin ; her Majesty's ship Victoria and Albert, from Woolwich; Speedy, from the Channel Islands. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Eclipse, for the Westward. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—Commerc e, from New York. Louou FOYLE, Oct, 28.—Arrived—Jura, steamer, fron l Qaebec. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning- Arrived—Lily, from Guernsey; Gipsey, from Simes. Passed—Britannia, from CadDizE,AfLor, Tuesday Morning. London. , committed a murder- The plague st Wilmington, North Caroline, is increasikre, in violence. The Jewish citizens of that place , now at Charlotte, have contributed 1,100 dole. to the reli e f of the sufferers. against breaking MURDEROUS ATTACK.. --On Friday afternoon lag five privates of the 2d battalion. of Coldstream Guards, now ooinisgan attackisono nduotyn one t o fWtihnodsroory royal keepers ouhtioosntinnugt.s,ththemeyin Windsor Great Park, named Mortlake, whose Life is despaired of. Irritated on the day came with five of their comrades, saying ~ y named ditowisn BthLICPPt°TeSCeSd You are the fellow vie want," and immediately knocked hi while on the ground kicked him i n the m down, and inbygehttiisne: most savage man ner about the bead and body, his skull being hi s front teeth kicked out, lie was fractured, and removed to his home at Old Windsor, where he received L i on , but now lies in a most dangerousprompt surgical atten tion, have already been apprehended, state. Two of th e barracks, by sending cut picket and the officers at. the vouring to apprehend the ethers, GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE BAROMETER.--Ag: the great depression of inst. seems to havethe barometer on the 19th and 20th: following attracted some attention, we insert the note, gister at Culloden furnishes to us from the Meteorological R 191 h, • 606 of an ino :_-- it Th4 barometer fell rapidly during the 19th, the recorded heighthw'asl4 hours, and at 11 o'clockheatiror,iivoes depression of the only 28 570. This wast on au ; mercurial column, and lower than occasion since felloc to 28.541 inches, and on the 21st Jan. and 27th Feb. of that year, to 28.335 and 23.285 inches respectively. Low as these readings are, they were exceeded by several even still lower in previous yeas; but the most remarkable and greatest depression of all, within the last 21 years, occurred on the 27th Dec., 1852, on. which occasion the barometer fell .939 of an inch in. 13 hours, aud sank to 27 995 inches. No particular storm accompanied this most unusual state of the barometer in this latitude ; but England was visited by a most severe ands estruJive hurricane. As all the b:rometrical rending s ove given have been corrected to the temperature of 32 deg, Fahrenheit, and reduced to the level of the sea, they can easily be compared with any taken elsewhere On the repective dates.--Intvross Ourier , ,