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

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis del Franchi. By Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckatone. THIS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. nW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI, ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billing-ton ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Billing-ton. And (12th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter•past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M. Wilton. - • After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. - - THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, oonsisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eve: written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform T VVICE EACH EVENING, fn adds • Lion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.07. WIND, South-Westerly; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 52m.—Afternoon, sh. 13m, To-Moußow-Morning, sh. 34m.—Afternoon, a. 56m. THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1859. We are no alarmists ; but on the other hand we are not insensible to our position, either as to the probable or the possible. As a nation begirt by the ocean we are safe only while we keep the com mand on that sea which is at once our safeguard and our only hope. We say only the more empha tically, because if we cannot keep the invader off, not only one enemy but a myriad of invaders will gloat on the spoil of old England's labours and ac cumulations for centuries. As prudent people we should not risk the possibility of this issue, and as a provident community of commercial adventurers we should not throw away even a chance in favour of the probable. Well, then, our true policy is to take care of ourselves, and be prepared against all and every chance to the best of our ability. The best of friends sometimes quarrel from inadvertence or mistake. But it often happens that where old foes affect to make matters up for the present, it is only for the present, in order that one or other may find it convenient to work out its long-cherished ambition, fairly be lieving the end in view to be urged on by destiny. Now, it is a well-recorded fact that the Emperor NAPOLEON considers his mission to be prompted by fate, and whether he sneceed r not. still he must „- its stern eeriest. it is not a matter of choice, but one of dire necessity. He feels that " There is a hand we cannot see, That beckons him away; There is a voice we cannot hear, That bids him not to stay I" And, acting on oracular mysticism, he feels bound to work out his destiny. His great uncle has left him a heritage such as few princes, if ever any, left to his posterity before. And now, having by arts which we shall not enlarge upon, attained his ends up to the present time, why should he falter on the very threshold of the promised boon ? It were cowardice both in a manly and moral sense. That he is not deficient in the one may prompt him more readily to disregard the other. For, as all men must die, why, to hesitate in an enterprise suggestive of immortality were too much for hu man nature, and would never be a stumbling-block to well-primed ambition. To do or die, is the motto ; and if one could do it even in the very death, what a charm of glory spreads out before his dissolving vision !—He will attempt it ! We have copied from the very intelligent corre spondent of the Times, in Paris, some remarks on the relative state of our Navy, as compared with that of France : and his reflections on things as they are, and as they are likoly to be, entirely con , cur with our own. Nor is the communication of their correspondent at Marseilles of less impor tance. Now, in the face of circumstances, as detailed by these gentlemen, and our own know ledge of facts—facts as palpable as one's own hand wnile writing —we say that our re spected friend, Mr. COBDEN ; is very much at fault in supposing that this country is or can be safe by believing the assertions or even promises of thssewho deal in blandishments until they are ready to show. forth ! No ! England can never be, and will not be safe to wait on sufferance. She must be prepared at whatever cost, for it is far better to spend much than to lose all. That she has wasted a great deal through inadvertence or cupidity by worthless servants is no reason:why she should not look sharper into her own affairs in future, and make up for the past by prudence and a due regard to her exigencies hereafter. We have great faith in the 'wisdom, f ores i ght, and practical ability of the present Surveyor of the Nav y , Sir B. W. W ALKER, who has prov e d himself most indefatigable in the restora tion so far of our Navy ; but much remains yet to be accomplished. Instead of wasting oceans of money on land fortifications, let us increase our floating batteries, which can be made available everywhere along and around our coasts, whereas the fixed Mar tello towers serve only as beacons which the enemy will avoid, while our steam an other vessels can meet the invader on an element over which he cannot scamper as he would on dry land. The anomalous position of Lord BURY was last evening brought under the consideration of the House of Commons by Colonel FRENCH. Con sidering, the peculiarity—we are almost disposed to believe the unprecedented peculiarity—of that position, we cannot feel any surprise whatever that the attention of the Legislature should have been directed to the subject by the hon. gentleman ; and that, with a view to settle at once, if possible, a matter intimltely and immediately affecting the organisation al Parliament, Colonel FRENCH should have appealed (as he did appeal) yesterday to the Right. Hon. the Speaker for his decision, or at any rate for his (the Speaker's) opinion. At the outset of these (as we cannot help thinking them) ex tremrly reasonable inquiries on the part of the hon. -and gallant membe:, the circumstances of the , singular case referred to were very lucidly and suc cinctly recapitulated. Colonel FRENCH recalled to the recollection of the house, in the first instance, how at the last general election Norwich, after a severe contest, had returned its old mem bers, Lord BURY and Mr. SCHNEIDER. How, not long afterwards, the former accepted office under the new Ministry, a petition having meanwhile been presented against both members upon the charge of bribery and corruption. How, notwith standing a momentary hesitation as to the correct ness of issuing a new writ while the petition against the former election was still pending—a new writ was so issued—a second election did take place at Norwich—Lord BURY being again re turned. How two additional petitions—(also upon the ground of bribery) were then presented against that "second" return of Lord BURY—were thereupon referred to the Committee by whose members the first petition was about to be formally scrutinised—but were only so re ferred to that Committee, upon the express understanding that they could not, according to statutory provisions, take those petitions (in re spect, be it remembered, of different elections) into their consideration simultaneously. By so doing, indeed, the Committee would have been contra vening the order expressly prescribed to be followed out by the Act of Parliament. Finally, Colonel FRENCH reminded the house how it was that—in obedience to the order laid down in the Act of Parliament—the petition relating to that first (double) election was examined into by the Com mittee, and how the Committee had at length but very recently decided, after due deliberation, upon perfectly irresistible evidence, that both Lord BURY and Mr. SCHNEIDER were proved guilty, through their agents, of the grossest bribery, and were (therefore) declared to be unseated accord ingly. "Now," continued Colonel FRENCH, coming at length to the point, and putting it just as pointedly as it could well be put before the House, and before the Speaker, " now, the 36th section of the Corrupt Practices Act enacted that no candidate who should be declared guilty of bribery or treating should be capable of being elected or sitting for the same place during the Parliament then in existence ; but the case of Lord Bury was a very peculiar one, because when he ac cepted office he was capable of being elected, no declaration that he had been guilty of bribery through his agents having been made against him by a committee." The query addressed to the Speaker, thereupon, by the hon. and gallant gentle man was simply this, " whether the decision of the committee that both Lord BURY and Mr. SCHNEI DER had been guilty of bribery at the general elec tion did of itself void the second election of Lord BURY, or whether the noble lord, like Baron ROTHSCHILD when he was first elected for the city of London, though capable of being elected, could neither sit nor vote in the House." Hereupon—before the SPEAKER could express any opinion upon the matter—one of the highest and most respected legal authorities in the House of Commons, the right hon. and learned member for the University of Cambridge, himself in all likelihood to be Mr. SPEAKER'S successor, volunteered—we conceive very generously, though he had the modesty to do so apologetically—volun teered to interpose between the house and the SPEAKER, " because," as he himself said, "he thought that the question, involved as it was in so many difficulties, was hardly one respecting which they ought to appeal to the right hon. gentleman." Before apologising thus gracefully, however, for what he termed his intrusion, Mr. WALPOLE stated the actual position of things between Lord BURY, the House itself, and the Norwich Election Committee, as clearly -- pies position could be described in spoken or written language. He observed that :—" The Act of Parliament in such a case was impera tive, and declared positively that any person who had been found guilty of bribery by himself or his agents should be incapable of sitting for that place during the then existing Parliament. It, therefore. required no action on the part of that House to pre. vent Lord BURY from taking his seat as soon as he was thus declared incapable of sitting. If the noble lord ventured to sit and vote he would sub ject himself to penalties, and if the House took notice of his presence it would immediately, recog nising the law of the land as prescribed by the Act of Parliament, order him, through the SPEAKER, to withdraw. Under no circumstances, therefore, could Lord BURY attempt to take his seat except at great peril. Then came the question what was the House to do respecting the seat thus declared void. If Parliament continued sitting but little difficulty would arise. The second petition would come on in its order, and the Election Committee would decide whether the candidate who claimed the seat on the ground of bribery committed at the former election was or was not entitled. A a matter of course, when that was determined the question whether a new writ should issue or not would also be determined. At present, however, that question, if asked, would be attended with great difficulty, because if the House decided that a new writ should issue for both seats they would by anticipation be deciding against the candidate who had claimed the seat. It seemed to him, there fore, that there was only one course which the House could properly take, namely, to allow the writ to issue for one only of the seats ; or, if they thought fit, they might withhold both writs. The point was a new one ; and though he believed that the statement he had made was con sistent with the law, the mode in which the House would act upon the law was a matter which would depend upon all the circumstances of the case." We have given the opinion of the right hon. gen tleman verbatim, because, as he very justly observed himself, 11w point is a new one, and because it is one we cannot but think of very con siderable importance, involving as it does, and, as we have before remarked that it does, a question intimately and immediately affecting the organisa tion of the House of Commons. Neither did Sir G. GREY, nor, for that matter, did even Mr. Speaker himself appear to be in any way obliged as its happens either to Colonel FRENCH for calling the attention of the House to the anomalous position of Lord BURY, or to Mr. WALPOLE, for explaining his sentiments as to the course which the House ought to pursue under the circumstances. As to the Speaker, thus quoth he—" If the right hon. gentle man (Mr. WALPOLE), had not interposed it would have been my duty to have informed the ga Don member that the subject which he brought before the House was not one of privilege. With regard to the question which he proposed to me—namely whether, after the decision •of the Election Com mittee, Lord BURY conld sit in the House, I should have requested him to examine the Act of Parliament, which is very definice and distinct upon the subject. That act, and not an).- thing which could fall from me, would have been the proper guide for the opinion of the house." The sententious answer given in these words was expressed with what appears to us somewhat unnecessary petulance : but to that opinion, of course, in common with the As ho touse andsir the country, we bow respectfully. GEORGE GREY, the arrogance of his tone in reply ing, elicited from Colonel FRENCH a reproof dic tated by a very natural feeling of indignation —the hon. and:gallant member observing that "he thought he had a right to complain of the lecturing tone of the right hon, gentleman, who, considering his position in the House, ought to take a little trouble to soften that tone." The cause of all this is sufficiently obvious. The tables have been turned so entirely upon the immaculate maligners of the Derbyites—that we don't wonder very much they should be very sore and occa sionally ill-tempered. Besides arrogance like that shown by Sir GEORGE GREY is becoming a mere matter of course. We all remember— some even with painful vividness—how rough shod every one in the House and out of the House was ridden over a couple of years ago by the Palmerstonians It is satisfactory to find that the life-blood of the metropolis has flowed more equably during the past week—according to the pulsations audible through the Registrar-General's stethoscope. In stead of the mortality for the past week being raised by nearly 600, as compared with its prede cessor, it has been diminished by nearly 200. The preceding week, the week ending the 23d of July, had shown a total of 1,605 deaths in the metropolis. The week ending on the 30th ult., or last Satur day, shows an aggregate of 1,419. Although, however, the comparison of those two weeks shows a diminution of 186—this last week, as compared with the corresponding week in the ten , years previous (having due regard in our estimate for the increase in popula tion) shows an excess still of no less than 157 above that average. Yet, remembering that the mor tality has now for more than a month been steadily increasing and increasing, week after week, until it attained, as we have seen, that frightful aggre gate in the last week but one, of 1,605—it is at least consolatory to find the aggregate dimin ishing again, during the last week, by 186 altogether. The diminution, of course, is attributable mainly to the fall of the quicksilver in the thermometer. The mean temperature of the air, which, as the Registrar-General's report re minds us, was 67 degrees in the first week of July, 71 degrees in the second, and 69 degrees in the third, dropped again last week to 67 degrees— and hence the decrease in the amount of the mortality. Whatever the immediate causes for this decrease, the results were in an inexpressible degree satisfactory. During the last week, nevertheless, there were 16 deaths from diphtheria, 23 from smallpox, 36 from scarlatina, and as many as 382 from diarrhoea. Of cholera or of choleraic diarrhoea the report tells us that whereas during the last week but one there were no less than 39 deaths—during the last week the deaths from these causes have not exceeded a total of 19. One of the five adult deaths included among these 19 instances of cholera or choleraic affections is stated by the report to have been thus returned—" On July 23, at Kensal•green gasworks house, an en gineer, aged 43 years. diarrhoea (18 hours), Asiatic cholera (3 days), collapse (48 hours)." It is like a glimpse of that dread pestilence that might have decimated this dense population of 3,000,000 during these oppressive summer heats ; but that ha ;not—through the mercy of Divine_ Providence. Our gratitude for the which mercy ought in reason to be evinced now, among other things, by our zeal in taking rational measures of prevention—by has tening forward—for the metropolis, . the main drainage—for the Thames, its effectual purifica tion ! SQU,4DRON MATCH FOR PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP. COWES, AUG. 2. The following schooner yachts were entered for this race, and started with a fine breeze from the westward :—The Cecile, 190 tons, the Marquis Conyngham ; Lotus, 188 tons, Earl Vane; Magnolia, 105 tons, Sir H. Beecher; Zouave, 103 tons, R. Araben, Esq. ; Eugenie, 92 tons, R. Frankland, Esq. The match was very prettily contested, but the Zouave proved too fleet for the other yachts, and she came in a victor by twenty minutes, the Cecile being second. The band of the Waterford Militia played on the Parade during the day, attracting thousands of hearers. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchangeon. London is 25.05 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng lish Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4191 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.2.1 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 2 10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1101 -1 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte rest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa tion of gold from the United States. Intelligence was received yesterday of the arrival of the steamer Northam at King George's Sound on the 30th May, with the London mail of April 18th. She sailed for Melbourne on the 31st. The liquidators of the Western Bank of London have given notice of a return of £2O per share. It is esti mated that fully £4O will be ultimately returned on each £5O share, It appears that the Government contemplate carrying out certain suggested alterations in the issue of the smaller coins by the introduction of coins of bronze or mixed metal, a bill having just been introduced to render all exiisting enactments which are applicable to the current copper coin, applicable to coins of the new description. A Bill has been introduced by the Government to enable the funds of Penny Savings-banks, or of Provi dent institutions, to be invested in the ordinary savings banks, without restriction as to amount. Hitherto cha ritable and provident institutions, with the exception of friendly societies, have not been allowed to invest in savings banks at the rate of more than £lOO per annum, or beyond an aggregate of £3OO. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—A clergyman of the Church of England, the donor of the Great Exhibition Prize Essay, has offered 50 guineas each—one for England, and one for France—for the best essay on the immense importance of a close union of England and France, both for their own interest and welfare, and for the peace and happiness of the world, with suggestions on the best means of making this union perpetual. The Right Hon. Lord Brougham and Vaux, and the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, have kindly consented to be th e a dj u di cators o f the English Essay. The - Indian statement of Sir C. Wood last night harmonizied with the expectations previously entertained of the financial requirements of the current year. The belief was that a further debenture loan of £6,000,000 or £7,000,000 might be demanded, and it appears that the amount proposed (exclusive of the £2,000,000 remaining to be issued of the last loan) will be limited to £5,000,000, to be obtained in instalments up to April next. As this will leave a surplus of about £1,000,000 at that period the state ments is, if anything, rather less favourable than had been anticipated. ROBINS'S AUCTION Rooms.—lt seems that the oldest auction rooms in London, we mean those under tho Piazza in Covent•gorden, and occupied alone by the Messrs. Robins and their predecessors for upwards of half a century, will, before long, hold a place only in the records of the past. The "hammer" has fallen upon the last "lot" in these ancient rooms, and another and more formidable im plement will shortly be brought into use there, for the old premises are to be cleared away to make room for a spa cious hotel, which is immediately to be erected in their place. - MEETING OF GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, AND WATCHMAKERS.—Last evening a public meeting of the members of the above-mentioned trades took place at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of taking into consideration the necessity of forming a trade company for the assurance and protection of these trades against robberies and burglaries now so frequently occur ring, and by which these trades are victimised. A resolu tion was agreed to " That a company be formed to be called the Goldsmiths' National Assurance and Protection Society, having for its object the insurance of trade stocks against burglary, the rendering of legal and other assistance to members of the trade in cases of fraud or robbery, and also the goneral interests of the trade at large." FORTIFICATION or INCIIKEITII.—The following communication from the War Office has been received by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, in answer to the memorial recently forwarded relative to the defence of the Firth of Forth :—" War Office, July 29.—Sir—In reply to the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Edinburgh, forwarded to this office by the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to state, for the information of the Char.- ber, that measures are about to be taken for commencing a battery on Inchkeith for the protection of the Firth of Forth, a step which the Government has determined upon in the confidence that the city of Edinburgh will produce a corps competent to man and work the guns.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ItrroN. The Chairman, Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh." 4- 41 TO. I • A. 4 , !;/' 4 7 • •*` a - / 4:0 "' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1859. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 3. The Monitezir of this morning contains the fol- lowing : In consequence of the Emperor's decision of the 27th July, the army of observation on the Rhine has been dissolved, nevertheless the divisions of infantry and cavalry which are assembled at the Camp of Chalons, and those which compose the camp at Elfant will remain established (constitues), the first under the orders of General Schramm, and the other under General Maissiat. Nothing will be changed at present as regards the other divisions in activity which formed part of the army of observation. VIENNA, AUG. 2. Prince Richard Metternich leaves to-morrow for Paris, and is the bearer of the answer of the Em peror Francis Joseph to an autograph letter of the Emperor Napoleon. The Emperor will receive to-day the Marquis de Bonneville, Envoy of the Emperor of the French. MARSEILLES, AUG. 2. Advices have been received from Rome to the 31st ult. The Duke de Grammont has been sum moned to Paris in order to confer with the Empe ror, and has already taken his departure. General Goyon has been proclaimed a Roman noble by the municipality. Another extraordinary meeting of the Cardinals has taken place. A list of new Ministers is circulating. Numerous Roman volunteers to the Sardinian army have been authorised to return, receiving assistance (secours de troupier). FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 2.—The market has been buoyant on the Rente, owing to large purchases which have been forced on several parties for the settlement of their accounts. Threes have been done at 68f. 90c., and are now at 69f. 35c.; the settlement of the share account has gone on easily. Mobilier varied from 840 f. to 835 f. ; Lombardo- Venetian, 565 f. to 567 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 565 f. to 570 f. ; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,365 f.; Lyons, 875 f. to 877 f. 50c. ; Southern, 515 f. 50c. to 520 f. ; Nor thern, 935 f. to 940 f. The market was firm at the close, when the following were the quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 97 'Credit Foncier 651 25 Do. end month .. 97 1361gian 43 — 3 per Cents 69 25 Piedmontese (5) .. 85 Do. end month 69 50 Roman B5 50 Bank Shares 2850 Austrian Credit Mobilier 837 50 Do. Account ..... 841 25 Spanish Threes — Home Debt 4l 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 936 25 .. 932 50 New ditto.. 817 50 .. 815 7 Lyons and Mediterranean 873 75 .. 877 50 Geneva — 530 Southern Western 555 555 -- Eastern Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. ; money, 25f sc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 94c. RUSSIA. A grand naval review was held at Cronstadt on the 23d July by the Emperor Alexander. The fleet, which was drawn up in two lines, consisted of 21 men-of-war and frigates, chiefly steamers, and a number of gunboats. The screw frigate Grand Admiral, recently constructed in America for the Emperor, excited particular attention. Only four years since the Russian navy possessed only one screw frigate, the Palkane, which remained sta tionary at Cronstadt. The following are the names of the vessels passed recently in review : Ships of the Line—Cesarevitch, Prokhor, Vola, Constantin, Sinope, Viborg, Orel. Frigates, Corvettes, &c.—Grosiachtchii, paddle frigate ; Khrabril, do. ; Calevala, corvette ; Posad ao. ; Kamtetiv,tha, paddle frigate; Ilia Mou rometz, screw do. ; Generale-Admirale (Grand Amiral), screw do. ; Svetlana, screw do. ; Olaf, paddle do. ; Rasboinik, clipper ; Naezdnik, clipper; Standarte, Imperial yacht. TURKEY. A letter from Erzeroum, dated July 17, says : " The town of Erzeroum is entirely destroyed. The shocks have continued day after day till only a few houses are left standing. The Porte has sent a pacha to distribute relief among the survivors, and he brings with him 10,000 purses (X 40,000). He is also to control the conduct of the governor, but everybody knows what will come of that—nothing whatever. Erzeroum will never recover from this dreadful catastrophe. In two months the weather will get chilly, and the inhabitants will all leave. The result will be a loss of 30,000 persons to Tur key for the benefit of Russia, who receives them with open arms. Russian propagandism makes great progress here, and all along the shores of the Black Sea, by means of a continual traffic in pass ports. Any one may be turned into a Russian by the following process :—A raya (Greek or Arme nian) goes to the Russian consul at Trebizond (where this Rnssianising process is carried out on a large scale), gets his passport vised, then takes the Russian steamer to Redout Kalee, and goes on to Kutais, where he has his name inscribed in a register kept for the purpose, takes the oath of fidelity to the Emperor Alexander, and receives a certificate valid for the whole interior of the empire. Provided with this document, the raya returns to Trcbizond, calls himself a Russian subject, and is acknowledged as such by the consul, notwithstand ing the ukase which requires a residence of three years on the Muscovite territory to become a Rus sian. The journey,takes about a fortnight, and may cost 10 roubles (40f.) Turkey is well aware of the evil, but takes no steps to provide a remedy." AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Etna, from New York on the evening of he 22d ult., arrived this morning, with 214,000 dols. in specie. C_HINA. The following is an extract of a letter from an English gentleman in China : SHANGHAE, MAY 26. We expect Mr. Bruce up by next mail, and he will probably proceed very soon to Pekin, where he will very likely remain some time. As soon as the ratifications are exchanged trade will commence ; in fact, sub rosa, it has commenced at several new places, particularly northward, in Shantung, where there arc already said to be two or three ships, sent by some of our leviathan commercial firms, and which mysteriously disappeared from this with miscellaneous cargoes on board. There have been one or two admirable proclamations issued by the native authorities ; one especially, on the occasion of some merchants who, with Captain Shadwell, our senior naval officer, were on a trip up the river, being insulted and attacked in a village. On their return it was reported to the district magistrate ; the ringleader was taken, bambooed, and then ex posed in a cage in front of our custom-house every day for some hours, till begged off by Captain Shadwell. A proclamation was then issued which would have done credit to an English magistrate , explaining to the p eop l e that because foreigners differ from themselves in language, dress, Bze-, they must not be mobbed and insulted ; and that neces arily different cli mates and different nat i on re quire a difference of costume, and p ar ticularly for bidding the,ue of th e o ld wor d s f or a foreigner, v i z ., " foreign d ev il" and " barbarian. " Mr. Alcock, the C onsu l -General for J a pan, ar rived in her Majesty' s s hi p S ampson t h e o ther day, and leaves for Japan t o -d ay. The tra d e w ith that country began with a great spurt ; but i t i s e vident now it will not be on a very large scale. W e go . t alall they had to give us i n every shape co mparat i vely cheap to us, though doubtless at higher prices than they had been in the h a bit o f receiv i ng , and some a f ew people mad e enormous profits, thoug h to small extent. Everything has now risen 200 per cent. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood's .31agazzne. There is a new story in this month's number called " Felicita,' which gives pro mise of being one of great interest, as yet the plot is only roughly sketched, but there is great skill displayed in the portraiture of Felicita, even in this early stage.. The young girl suddenly transplanted from the quiet English home to an Italian dwelling, feels naturally strange and un settled, and this is aptly described. In an article on " Lord Macaulay and the Highlands of Scot land," there are some forcible remarks made on the unfair manner in which he speaks of the land to which his grandfather belonged. After citing some of the sentences that occur in the history, which are most extraordinary, the writer goes cn to say —" Alre cannot allow this gross caricature, this shameless libel, this malignant slander, this par ricidal onslaught, by a son of the Highlands on the people and the land of his fathers, a race and a country which has furnished heroes whose deeds in every quarter of the globe have been such that their names awake a thrill of admiration in every heart that is capable of generous feeling, to pass un noticed." After dwelling further on the topic it is truly said, that such writing is not history. It must be a matter of general regret that so distin guished a man should so mar the effect of his bril liant powers by exaggeration of the most intolerable kind. It is mentioned as a curious coincidence that the son of a Highlander and a Quakeress, is the libeller of William Penn, and the lampooner of the Highlands. There is an article on the Peace, there are some wise reflections on the defences of the country, and it is curious to observe how correct were the predictions of the war which appeared in this magazine for March. There is one argument on the subject of the war with France, with which we cannot agree, however. It is said that the policy of Napoleon is never to make a long war, and that the chances are against our succeeding at the beginning of the strife, although in prolonged hostilities we must triumph, that it will be the policy of Napoleon "having humiliated us in the first rush of the contest to make up matters again." This may be true, but while one remnant of national spirit survives in England such will NOT be our policy. Faulty arrangements, and negligent com manders, may occasion a temporary defeat, but when it is said there is " a strong party in this country who, for the sake of their yarns and cali coes, will be quite ready to make peace under such circumstances," it may be answered,—There is a stronger party who will never submit to such indignity ; but who will, having engaged in a war, however reluctantly, fight on till victory crowns their arms—till the soldiers of France shall find in them the sons whose fathers met their fathers at Crecy and Agincourt. The demagogue who advo cated such a policy, or the Minister who pursued it, would not find his position a very enviable one. No Crimean management will be tolerated in a national crisis, but we have as yet no proof that we have ameng us such degenerate descendants of heroic ancestors, and until convinced of it, we would rather believe that politics and prejudices would be forgotten in the hour that bade us prepare for the advent of the foe, and that the only rivalry that then existed would be who should prove the best defenders of their country. There is a contribution entitled, "The Haunted and the Haunters; or, the House and the Brain," which is a very remarkable production, and bears evidence of deep thought and .high imaginative powers. It will be a treasure trove for the lovers of the marvellous and the 'mys tic, and all who desire to peruse a chronicle im bued with a mysterious fascination cannot do better than study its legendary lore. " The Master of Sinclair : Narrative of the '15," furnishes some strange intelligence, and is worth attention. " The Luck of Ladysmede" is continued, and becomes more stirring in its incidents in these chapters, and therefore the reader is more interested. In the paper on " London Exhibitions—Conflict of the Schools," there are some just criticisms on various works of art ; and, in conclusion, a hope is ex pressed that the Royal Academy has in the present year seen its worst ; "that a truce has been signedto extravagance ; that so the simple beauty which is in nature, and the sober strength which is in man, may be won for our country's art." Dublin University Magazine. The first story is called "Artist and Craftsman." It is well written, and the author evidently has some purpose to work out in the details of the nar rative. Some effective scenes are introduced, and the description of Mark Brandling is a good one; and there is also discrimination displayed in the account of Digby, who is a fine specimen of his class, and reflects as much credit on his patrician order as a man like Mark is an honour to the middle station. Clara's character is as yet hardly developed, but she gives promise of being some thing more than a mere singer, inasmuch as she has feeling to understand the influence, and spirit to enter into the higher beauties of her profession. " Our Foreign Policy" contains reflections on Mr. Stapleton's new work on " George Canning and his Times." It is an article that well repays perusal. It presents a spirited review of the policy which distinguished Canning, and the general state of affairs during the momentous epoch when he shone so bright a star in the political constellation. It is truly said " that no minister will ever play false to England who represents her to foreigners as she is. This was the distinction of Canning's policy ; it stands out for this reason alone in the hi▪ story of the last half century. His likes and disli▪ kes were intelligible re intelligible ; he liked what was English and dis liked what was unlike." Further on, it is stated that the present day can see no successor to Canning in his high and brilliant attainments, but that if "we cannot have the great man, we can have the same policy that he so distinctly marked out for others to pursue." If the reader does not altogether agree with the eulogiums passed on the subject of this criticism. He must be impressed with the skill and ability which distinguish i:s pages and the lofty spirit of independence which characterises its language. This is not a ti me w h en the statesmen or the writers of the day should depart from the old established rules that have guided the course of enlightened rulers in carrying out the principles of our constitution, in which, as is here stated, " the great politic a l problem of maxima and minima has been solved, if it ever can be solved on :earth, given the grea t es t amount o f personal liberty to allow the least amount of public license." There is a new story ca ll e d " A W oman ' s Sacrifice," w Inch is effecti ve l y wr it en, an d w hi c h in its next instalment will probably contain a tragic denouement. We are presented with a fifth num ber of that smart series of sketches called the "Season Ticket," . which is admirably adapted to the taste of the admirers of wit and humour ; this division is named " John Bull and his Di g gin's." The anec dote about Dr. M'Neill is very entertaining, and gives ,, a fair speciiipen of the style of thi▪ s paper. " The Royal Academy" takes a retrospect of the works of art whose merits and demerits have en gaged the cont em pl a ti on o f so many during the last few months. It is, on tke whole, written fairly, and convey s a go od general impression of the exhioition to those who have not seen it. In the observations on the, final paper, " Growling at Peace," general dissatisfaction is expressed at the recent occurrences ; but the writer seems to imply . _ that no advantage could finally have been gained to the cause of freedom by any interference on ~e part of a despot. Dr. M'Coshs. article . on " Sir William Hamilton's Metaphysics" is carefully written, and will interest. the . studious, in who will agree with what is here said, that these volumes " a master spirit has spoken, and wi▪ ll com mand attention." Fraser's Magazine. , " Shirley " contributes an interesting paper on " The Batons of Buchan,which'a title borne by the was famous of old in Comyns. It is a name the north; and the ancient family who claimed it, w hose greatness in Scotland, says Buchanan, was never equalled before or since, numbered among its members many historical names. All their glory and authority are now things of the past. " For two centuries the chiefs of this great house were among the Magnates Scotice. Not many families been ore uerl of the sam e im So p me ortance chance have reference m in an old swept away. chronicle, a brief and confused page of the Scottish peerage, a few crumbling ruins along the shores of the northern sea, is all that remain to us of a house that vas once more powerful than the Crown." Leaving these records of olden days, we come to an ess ay especially adapted to the toil and harass of modern life. It is by the author whose discursive meditations have often ' pp eared in Fraser. He takes for his subject "Hurry and Leisure," and there is much truth and sound sense in his obser vations. The little time really ga;ned by over exertion, the refreshment and invigoration of occa sional leisure, the food for thought and feeling gained by relaxing a little the forced march so many of us keep up, are all set forth ; and though he strongly advocates the necessity of work in order that we may enjoy leisure, he feels that at the pre sent day the opposite caution is the more needed. The hig h-p;essu re system so generally kept up among professional men and men of business, has produced many sad results in the breaking down of gifted minds, or the premature decay of physical powers. There is much truth in the advice given by the writer to a young friend beginning his parochial life :—" Consider for how many hours of the day you can labour Without injury to body or mind; labour faithfully for those hours, and no more. Don't pretend that you are always Working ; would be a sin against God and nature if you were. Say frankly, there is a certain amount of work that I can do ; and that I will do ; but I must have my hours of leisure." Many pleasant reflections on various branches of his subject are interwoven with these remarks, and the essay will well repay the reader's perusal. " Holmby House" continues, and brings us to the flight of the Queen and the battle of Naseby. Another story, " Sword and Gown," is proceeded with, and strews some thorns on the lovers path of roses. Grave compli cations appear to be likely to arise in the plot, and as each of the chief characters is pursued by en avenging Nemesis, the reader has not much right to expect a pleasant conclusion. " Alpine Litera • ture" is the title of a very agreeai)le paper on some of the volumes of travels which have lately re corded the wonders of the Alps. " A Candid Man" furnishes us with some " Thoughts on Re served People," in which he sets forth the advan tages and superiority of a controlled and reticent nature, frankly admitting that he does not belon g to that class. There may, however, be a difference of opinion on this point ; for, however, great the advantages of self-possession and reserve on some occasions, there are attractive qualities inseparable from a frank and open nature. There are articles of varying merits on other subjects, and the number is on the whole an interesting one. Colburn's United Service Magazine. At the present moment, when the subject of the national defences is so much under discussion, the contents of this magazine possess unusual interest. " The Defence of London," " Our Military Orga nisation," and " The Admiralty—Old and New," are among th 3 articles which treat most directly of the topics of the day. A comparison of the cha racters and careers of the two Napoleons will pro bably attract many readers. From Camp to Quarters," relates some of an officer's experiences of life in India. " Notes on Military Science" are continued, and give some details of the battles of Agincourt and Bosworth. The fourth chapter of " The History of the Campaign of 1848 in Lom bardy" records the repulse of the Austrians at Goito, the storming of the Monti Berici, the loss of Rivoli and the subsequent pause in the cam paign. A paper entitled " A Professional Visit to Portsmouth "is well worthy of perusal. It sets forth strongly the necessity of our naval efficiency, and traces the evils and defects at present existing to two primary causes—prejudice and ignorance, " prejudice on the part of the officers and those officially connected with the service, and ig norance—but too often the offspring of indif ference—on the part of the public." Other questions of national importance are discussed in this magazine, which presents the reader with a considerable amount of practical and authorised information on topics which at this time are press ing much upon public attention. The editor's port folio and the military and naval intelligence, to gether with a list of the stations of the army and navy, are as usual, given at the conclusion. Co/burn' s New _Monthly Magazine. " Coming Again," by the author of " Ashley," is a continuation of those tales that have represented so forcibly the sad destiny that waited on the for tunes of the Lord of Pommeroy. The present instalment is not quite so effective as the others ; it chiefly relates to the terrors experienced by certain of the inmates of the Abbey on beholding the ghost of the murdered master. Alice cannot attract much interest in consequence of Living been so weak as to consent to a union with one so repul sive as Guy, and also her faith in Rupert could not have been very secure, or she would not have be lieved what was told her against him. " Notes on Noteworthies" has for subject this time Christina of Sweden, which is, as may be supposed, a very interesting one, and which, it will be found, is well done. This is one of the best features of this magazine—the custom of chronicling every month the details of the life of some distinguished per sonage. The accounts are for the most part given in a manner which displays considerable research and ingenuity. The interesting series entitled " Stereoscopic Glimpses," has for its sixth number " Johnson at Streatham.' The verses are remarkable for their descriptive power of the place, and for the thoughts which the twilight suggests of other scenes and forms of long ago, whose shadowy presence haunt the hours of evening. The article on the Treaty of Villafranca is the political one of the number, but it does not throw much light on the subject, and appears to disagree with the neutrality policy, which, it re marks, has deprived us of a glorious opportunity of keeping France in check ; but we are not informed as to the particulars of the lost chance;which will puzzle many readers to discover for themselves. Some stories are continued as the tale of the Princess Sophia and " My friend Pickles," and the paper on " Frederick the Great and Voltaire" is full of information and enlivened with anecdote. Bentley's Miscellany. " Abroad and at Home," is the title of the open ing paper, which gives a brief sketch of the present aspect of affairs on the Continent and in England. " Onida" contributes another of his love stories, of average merit and interest. It must be confessed that he always maintains the superiority of honest affection over the T.Ainerl'eo,l accumulation of we a lth. in his e - mangle," treats of the Mk Didactic on s ho n o d, el. Io v sence of the mo ra l, and recommends to the n that tim i s t i v e shouldpre - be inferred rath er than forced upon the reader to the injury of the T ai h tistic construction or natural this 3 v of au tale. t t h h o e r t introduces, and cult m iv a a n t y ed umanerdoushiqsuoptaletaiosnans pleasant and Bthalzac,"render his articles attractive r s e t a y d l e e r ' s. A paper on " Honore de traces his literary career, and dis cusses his capabiliti es . " Th e Barred-up Rooms" is the title of the continuation of the story of Blanche Level. The mystery of the attempted murder is explained, and the affair is satisfactorily arranged, but the story is not a pleasing one. " The story of Francesco Novello da Carrara" is continued, but the real subject of the memoir is not reached as the writer is occupied by a preparatory description of the troubled state of Italy, torn by internecine conflicts and distracted by the plots and intrigues of her rival rulers. The life of the subject of this memoir is an interesting episode in the history of " The Italian Peninsula," and is well worthy of reproduction in this form. Dudley Costello pro ceeds with his story of " Gurney, or Two Fortunes." A paper on " Armes de Precision,' discusses the merits of various descriptions of fire-arms. An article on " Alexandre Dumas in the Caucasus," contains some amusing accounts of that executive writer's adventures among the wild tribes of the Cossacks. Walter Thornbury contributes a ballad on Madame de Pompadour which, we regret to say, has little to recommend it. The Universal Review. There are some excellent articles met with i n thi s magazine, that on " Alpine Books and Al p i ne T r avelling," is most appropriate at the present time when so many are hastening away to enjoy the luxury of change of scene and respite from toil, in the far famed regions of the Alps. In the course of these remarks many books are referred to, which have lately appeared on the subject, conspicuous among which is an admirable one which has recently been published, entitled " Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers," in which no ordinary opportunities occur to the traveller who seeks information, or the stay-at-home who desires amusement. Other works of a superior class are mentioned, and the general style of this paper is such that there is every reason to suppose that the hope expressed at the conclusion will be realised, that" some out of the multitude who in the course of a few weeks will be scattered over the mountains and valleys of that mag nificent land, may derive from the perusal of these pages, hints by which the pleasure or profit of their journey may be increased." The article on Mr. Gladstone is an excellent one, and it is emi nently distinguished for a high standard of prin ciple, which, at the present time, it i s so desirable to see inculcated. When so remark a bl e a man as Mr. Gladstone displays not only indiff erence to public opinion, but indifference to that consistency of conduct which places a man on such a vantage ground as enables him to direct and control the community, it is a subject of general regret, and his late actions have certainly not redounded to his credit as a statesman. It is truly stated that the Conservative party has a right to be indignant with the conduct of Mr. Gladstone. He defended their Reform Bill, and " after having declared, b y his last vote of all, that he considered them en titled to the confidence of the country, he turns round immediately and joins a set of men whose conduct, if Lord Derby did merit the confi dence of the country, is simply infamous, who are only to be vindicated from the grossest and most reckless selfishness on the supposi tion that Mr. Gladstone was totally in the wrong both in his support of the Reform Bill and his op position to the vote of censure." It is subsequ ent ) , . stated that ":common fairness demands that, 'Air. Gladstone should speak out like an Er t c s and let us know what are his real reasons ; for that, as no sacrifice that can be wen was required of him in taking office under 'ti Conservative Go vernment, and innumerable ones exist in his doing so under a Liberal one, his conduct towards his quondam friends and associates is not just. The writer concludes this forcible article by declaring that " the unpopularity of Gladstone a t O xford is not to be wondered at, and that th e i nstincts of seven or eight hundred cultivated and hihis is gh-s true; irited young men are not to be despised;' T and that conduct is seldom to be admired which c annot attract the sympathies of the yo ung , w h o regard little the conventional superiorlties of life, but whn , ,e highest implilses ale kindled by the dis play of generous feelings, and who can always appreciate the spirit of self-sacrifice, and the noblest actions that adorn and elevate humanity, with more fervour than is to be met with in the time worn wayfarer of the crooked paths of the world. Among other subjects noticed, there is Tennyson's new work, of which a favourable impression is re" corded ; and a criticism of the Musical Season pre sents a paper worthy of attention. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. FIRST B.A. EXAMINATION, 1859 —The follow ing is a list of candidates who passed the First B.A. Examination for the present year : First Division.—Hermann Nathan Adler, Uni versity; James Samuel Beale, University; Richard Charles Browne, Kings ; Charles George Burleiglif private tuition; William Lant Carpenter, Univer sity ; Robert Chignell, private tuition ; Walter Cash Clennell, private t u iti on ; F ran k Sh e ppard Durham, private tuition • Thomas Garrett, City' of London School ; Albert Abraham Goldsmid, University ; Edward Thomas Goldsmid, St. Cuth bert's ; Alexander Mario Grant, Mr. Sprange, Bridge-road ; Alfred Spalding Harvey, private tuition ; Alfred Holborn, New College • Ernest Wm.. Hughes, Regent's-park ; William Frith Hunter, private tuition ; Robert Russell Hyatt, University;. William Jardine, Regent's-park ; Thomas Edwin Jevons, University ; Charles Bankes Laxon, Uni versity ; James M'Kenzie, private tuition ; Charles; Trice Martin i University ; James Richardson Pear less, private !tuition ; Thomas Robert, private tui tion ; William Bridges Row, private tuition ; Thomas Claye Shaw, private tuition ; Robert Tuck, Spring-hill ; Edwin Waterhouse, Univer sity; Theodore Waterhouse, University; Rayner Winterbotham, University. Second Division.—H. E. Allen, Spring-hill; Thomas Barker, Trinity, Cambridge; Frederick. Barnes, Spring-hill ; Henry Richard Fox Bourne, King's ; George Bullock, private tuition ; Richard Watson Butterworth, Huddersfield ; James China side, Homerton • Edwin Wrangles Cl ar k e , Spring hill ; Wm. Clarkson, Cheshunt ; John Thos. Cock., private tuition ; William Henry Cross, Unieersity John Edwin Pete r Davey, Liskeard Grammar School ; Samuel Bevan Davies, private tuition.; Charles Buckley Dolman, St. Gregory's Downside , ; Samuel Elliott, University; Frede-icz. Geo. Finc'ti, Wandsworth Collegiate School; Henry Charl es Fox, Regent's Park and University; Wm. Walk er Fox, private tuition ; James Galloway, Lancashi xe Independent ; John Frederick Hall, Wesley, Slic af field ; William Fred. Hardwick, Lancashire Ind [e pendent ; John Allenby Hobson, University ; G , eCh Balderston Kidd, Ecclesall, Sheffield; Charles Fo re cutte King, Bramham ; Henry Joseph Lansdo-.01 private tuition ; Darnton Lupton, University ; . 7 .0 . 0hn Mimes, Airedale ; Cha r l es A . Mines, Spring;-hill; Philippus Albertus Myburg, University ; James Fender, University •, James Rayner, Mr. Sprange, Bridge-road; Paul Rochford, St. Gregory's, Down.. - side ; David Rowlands, Independent, Brecon, An thony Thompson, Spring-hill ; Thomas Watson, private tuition ; Arthur Alliott Wells, University; Astley Samuel Weston, University. THE BALLOT SOCIETY.. The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held at the offices, in Guildhall-chamber rs• Basinghall-street, on Tuesday ; Mr. C. Marsde Esq., in the chair. Major-General Thompson, M Whitehurst, Mr. S. Harrison, Mr. Wickham, 111. - Elt, Mr. Le Maitre, Mr. Francis Clowes, M. Ma Of and Mr. W. C. Dawes were present. Subscriptio as of £5 from Mr. Felix Slade, £5 from Mr. Man, a ad £2 2s. from Mr. G. H. Whalley, M.P., Pet ( sr borough, were announced. John Jones, Esq., of Tachddeiling Bala, Merionethshire, was elected a member of the council. Major-General Tho m p sc then rose, an d i n a f ew well-chosen words express( 4 his tribute to the memory of Mr. Thomas Prou t,, late treasurer of the society, and proposed the fo !- lowing resolution :—" That this committee, on Vaa occasion of its first meeting after the lament ( is decease of their colleague, Mr. Thomas - Prou t, desire to record on their minutes, and to express tv his family, their sense of the irreparable loss whic this society and the cause of reform in general su tarn by the decease of Mr. Prout. The committ, gratefully acknowledge his unwearied devotioi his self-denying exertions, and his generoi is liberality on all occasions to this society, and the I feel bound to acknowledge that in the earlie et and most critical periods of the society's exi 13' tence, its continuance depended on the sacrific es cheerfully made by their departed friend. Ti be committee further desire to record their sense of t he disinterestedness evinced by Mr. Prout throng h' out his long political career ; and they feel they cannot better close this imperfect tribute to the memory and services of their colleagues tb nn by expressing the feeling that the best monum ent they can raise to his memory is to continue s and increase every possible exertion until ay., ballot becomes the law of the land, when amon gst thosl 3 who contributed to the success of th' cause of electoral purity and freedom the name', of Thom to;-1 Prout will d eserve dl y b e p l aced the highest rani Mr. Samuel Harrison seconded. the resolutio which was supported by Mr. Whitehurst, unanimously adopted. Directions were g ive respecting the promotion of the ballot at the cot a . ing elections, and it was resolved to ask Mr. Edw James, M.P., to call the attention of ment and of the House of comnion:" to the corra l 1)- tion prevalent amongst the cons tituencies, as prow( by the evidence taken beforei the election cot r mittees, and to urge . the the Gover; 0-- the necessity of adoptin_g the° b ve a r ll n o m t ent to consid FATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, Aug. 2.—There has b a fir oft en( l ance of buy ers i n the cloth -halls een to-day, a and, cot r sidering the amount of seasonable cloth in the hall Olt a satisfactory amount of business has been don ic• The tone of the trade continues firm, and the man 11 " facturers are well employed. Some of the clot h" dressers are working over hours. Wools are ve: / tight, prices still inclining upwards. MANciIEsTER, 2d.--The market is now rath er, quieter th an at the close of last week, but gre a t stea diness prevail s i n nearly all departments, at 10. in some there is still an upward tendency. TI le principal activity is in yarns, though the transa c" tions have not been numerous to-day. For Chip 1 3 and for Germany there is a fair demand, and ve; ri full prices have to be paid, the supply being limite a; For India the inquiry has rather slackened, al Ici the buyers for the home trade are also cautiot is' The prices demanded are still rather beyond wh A t p ur chasers are in c li ne d to pi-ve and the am oun t 0 f ~ busin ess i s curtailed by this circumstance, besii [o i which, spinners are so well engaged with previc al' orders that new contracts cannot readily be und , a" taken. Advices from Calcutta are unfavourable to much business in cloths for that market. In nea - rif t all d escr i pt i ons of piece goods for India the mar'. Ice„ is inanimate in appearance, but producers for all markets are well engaged, and there appears to 13 ' no givin g way i n quotations in any instance. On the whcle, therefore, th e market is strong, 511 t quite devoid of excitement. 31-n. LABOUCHERE'S RETIREME brf FROM THE HOUSE OF CO.IIIMONS Mr. Labouchere has issued the following add :,v era to the electors of Taunton on his retirement fi:% the House of Commons : " Gentlemen,--Her Maj es t y h aving been r,r ciously pleased to signify her intention of cal beg me to the House of Peers, I am about to vacate s the seat in Parliament which I have so long hel d your representative. 3. take l eave of you with the strongest feelings o f gratitude and attachment. D Yi your favour I have been - a mem b er of the How is Commons for about 30 years. I shall always re member with pleasure the courtesy and kind xiee c l which, during that long period, I have experic nee' from you without distinction of party, as TH(4I a ° the generous and cordial support which I h ave . rig ; ceived fr om my personal and olitical iends. • gives m e sa ti sfaction to reflect that, as a fr Ifeighb(ll It I may still hope to have frequent e w you, and I assure you that I shall intercou rs always tak a t o warm interest i n all that concerns the good na and prosperity of Taunton,._ I am, gentl emen , y o u obliged an d faithful servant, " 11. LABOUCHERE.". " Stoke-park kdost 1." A letter from Frankfort states that in the lii sitting of the Germanic Diet, in addition to the ;re port of th e m ili tary committee on the garrison; °h Rastadt, one Was presented on the constitution'. 41'i Hesse Cassel. That constitution, accorded by i Elector nine years ago, has not yet received a lei Te 0 sanction. Th e Elector required that it should 1 ' guaranteed by th e Di et, but the Diet would not gt 1$- rantee it until t h e Hessian Chambers should lit li re expressed their opinion. The Chambers, after lo discussions, proposed various modifications, wh: Ic were submitt e d to the Diet. But years have past " 3a since then, and it is only now that a report on I said modifications has been made. The report proves in general of the propositions of the Cha bers, but on some secondary points sides with 1 Elector. It declares that the Diet ought to fp.. : 1 • rantee the constitution provided th e El ector a .12, the Chambers accept its recommendations. 1