The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-30 00:00:00

-- - WINTER. —NO GENTLEMAN during the Winter should be without one of MACDOUGALL'S FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAKS, tnlvvrsally acknowledged to be the most comfortable, useful, and gentlemanly upper' Garment now in use, either for Town wear, or the Rail, the Coach, Riding,'Driving, and Walking. They are made of Scotch Tweeds, in every . variety f Plain Colours, and very pretty Mixtures : also in dark Grey and Black, for.Clergymen's wear. Good useful qualities from.... 265. to 365. The best do. do. 38s. to 50s. The Height and Size round Shoulders is sufficient measure. Patterns and price per post, free. Any number of Cloaks forwarded in four days from date of order, free to London. D. MACDOUGALL , THE ROYAL TARTAN WAREHOUSE. INVERNESS. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Tyne and Mr. W Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan 'Fyne, hiss M. Prescott, Mr. Ferdi nand Glover, Mr. 11. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Bargeman, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR. D'AMOUIt : Mesdlles. L. 3lichelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, LIVING TOO FAST. And MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. Concluding with THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIr; EVENING will be performed THE RIVALS. Mr. Buckstone and Miss Reynolds. A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE, in which Ferea Nena will appear. With WI fITE BA I ri` AT GREENWICH. John Small, by Sir Wna. Don, Bart. And ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commetx.e. at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE , Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. WOO ING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST: Miss Swanborough. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE Shoreditch. A brilliant Night's Entertainments. 2nd Night of " Christmas Eve," and a new Original Drama, by the author of The French Spy, on Wednesday next. To commence with the Adolph! drama of CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame Celeste and Paul Bedford. Followed by THE LITTLE SUTTLER. Madm. Celeste, supported by the Company. To conclude with the burletta of LABOUR LOST, in which Mrs. It. Ilonner will perform. No advance in the prices. AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. By Special Desire, for Five Nights longer. THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of KING RICHARD THE THIRD ; or, The Death of 'White Surrey, reproduced with all its origi nal splendid effects. yhe Duke of Gloster, Mr. Holloway ; Richmond, Mr. H. Phillips. Followed by SCENES IN THE ARENA, and a variety of inimitable feats of Equitation by those talented artistes, Madame Blanche, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Fleurette, Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Mr. W. Cooke, jun., &c. On Saturday next will be produced, for the first time, a new grand Spectacle, with most peculiar effects, entitled LIFE IN THE' EAST ; or, The Sepoy Revolt, embracing the entire strength of this vast Hippodramatic Temple. No fees to box-keepers. The art of riding taught. Commence at seven. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that 'the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Ball, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them seh•es, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. '''Trie MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual al Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 30. THERMOMETER ? IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.35. WIND, North-Westerly; moderate, with cloudy weather, and rain in the morning. THE SUN. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER_3O, 1858. Knowledge is beginning to drop in upon us frOm - British Columbia as to the manifold capabilities of the new Colony. The picturesque and animated descriptions of the scenery of Fraser River, trans mitted to the Times by the special correspondent of our contemporary, carry us away in fancy to the opposite shores of the great North American Con tinent. We each of us, as we read, make one of the little adventurous expeditionary party. We are, in imagination, among the number of Governor DOUGLAS'S "most obedient." And the 'more we learn of the sayings and doings of his Excellency —as we suppose he may now be designated—the more readily disposed are we to accord him our sympathy, and, to a very considerable extent also, our unaffected admiration. Here, evidently, was an official in many respects deserving of being noted as the right man in the right place. Governor DOUGLAS has—with an error of judgment now and then, not very surprising under the circumstances —been "up " to the emergency. Suddenly sur prised in the midst of the comparative stag nation of one of the monopolist-company's set tlements by the abrupt outburst. of a terrible gold fever, the shrewd, intelligent, keen witted, Scotchman fairly took Time by the forelock—assuming at once the position of autho rity in which he has since been formally installed by her MAJESTY'S Government. His course in this unexpected position being adopted clearly and solely upon his own responsibility. To his aid in the crisis he brought a sound judgment and a comprehensive experience. He manifestly knew perfectly well those he had to deal with—whether from without or from within—whether Yankee roughs or Indian squatters. And without any mate rial or physical force at all to back him, the gallant-hearted old Company's officer took the high hand—issued his proclamations, full of pro hibitions, penalties, and prospective punishments. Wherever there was a feud, or the prospect of bloodshed and insubordination—there Governor DOUGLAS was himself personally, bodily, speaking to the marauders face to face, reasoning with them, threatening them in case of disobedience. The Goyernment would do this and that—the Govern ment would enforce such and such regulations— the Government would at all hazar maintain right, preserve tranquillity. The Government, this formidable, domineering, authoritative, inexorable Government, being to all intents ( 1 an purposes, just-- Himself individually. Happily for the brave old Go vernor, he has very soon obtained sure and solid sup port from the Imperial Government at home. The Company's servant has become the servant of the Crown—the representative of the SOVEREIGN Sappers and miners—engineers civil and military —seamen and marines—judicial and ecclesiastical functionaries—have already gone out, or are fast going out, to support the hitherto insulated autho rity of his Excellency. And meanwhile he is still energetically sustaining the bold front, attitude, character he assumed so very promptly upon the first emergency. Honour to Governor DOUGLAS for the vigour and resolution he has thus spontane- ously and judiciously manifested. He has already, by his frank and manly policy, inscribed his name . , 4 44 1 ? , '.. .I. /.- 7," !, de ''' '''''' 34i'1Lt.7;4 : 16, 4 1111111 AIIIII ~ ,Atati..i 4 •; - ; ~-----% ,zio ~a , hi,: Tr Nl'' l' 11l th' o 1 . . ';,, , :‘,14 1 , ' -ROIT t„, their country. It is a s if a large, comprehensive, existing circumstances. We have, in anc )ther part of our impression, given an analysis of the various parties of which the new Chamber is comp oscd. Of course the calculation at present must be regarded as hasty and rough, but we have no doubt that when fairly tested in the Chamber, it will be found to be substan tially correct. It will be found that the " old Conservative party," once numerically formidable, has been reduced to little more them a fifth of its former strength. In the last chamber it possessed 120 adherents, in the present 25 is the outside estimated number. But although this party gave a certain degree of support to the Manteuffel Government, it cannot be assumed that they will follow him in opposition and comparative disgrace, more especially as two members of the present Cabinet, viz., FLOTTWELL, Minister of the Interior, and VANDER HEZDT, Minister of Trade, are generally supposed to be included in its ranks. The moderate Liberals command by far the greatest weight both in numbers and talent. They are nolless than 135, and it is on their side that the popular enthusiasm has been most strikingly dis played. VON AUERSWOLD and VON PATON, MCM- bers of the Cabinet, are amongst the prominen members of the party, and they will yield a generous support to the Government of the PRINCE REGENT. In this they will be ably assisted by the independent Liberals; although, should any reactionary measures be attempted, they will main tain the independence on which they so justly pride themselves. The Manteuffelites are insignificant in number, and their courage is depressed by the decisive de feat they have sustained in so many different direc tions. There are also the Catholic party and Poles. It is quite certain, however, that the Minis- try will stand so long as it acts in a bona fide and straightforward manner. Perhaps we may not•be able to antfcipate as many important changes under existing circumstances, as if the PRINCE REGENT were King and not merely Regent. It is, however, more than probable that the policy pursued will be such as to cause the Prussians to respect themselves, and to elevate their country to its proper position n the scale of nations, from whence it sunk in con. .equence of the vacillation and indecision of FRE- DERICK WILLIAM. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE may become the leader in a new movement, connected, indeed, with the Church-rate question, but one of far deeper conse quence. It may be remembered that the honour able member gave notice at the close of last session of a bill to place the frzsehold of parish churches in the hands of the paiishioners instead of those of the parson. The matter it seems, is not to be allowed to sleep. We see by the Dissenting journals that a meeting of the council of the " Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control" was held a few days ago, at which the subject was seri ously taken up. We gather from the discussion and the resolutions that Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S bill for the complete abolition of Church-rates is to be introduced again as early as possible next ses sion, and pushed on with the utmost vigour which the forms of the House permit ; and, that on that measure the society, and Dissenters generally, intend to coxcentrate their strength. But it appears ley mean also to provide against a second defeat in he Lords. They have but too good reason to expect it. Our hereditary legislators have shown them selves so utterly indifferent to the wishes of the people and their constitutional representatives, on all questions of ecclesiastical liberty, such as the Jews Bill and the Marriage Law, yielding only to coercion, that the opponents of Church-rates can but anticipate their peristency in the same head strong course on the question which interests them. What, in that case, is to be done ? The anti- Church-rate men have two strings to their bow—incessant agitation in their previous modes, and the proposal of new and more complete schemes like that of Mr. DuNcomnE's. .appily the Church-rate battle is not like that for the Jews. It has a locus standi in every parish in the kingdom. It is a subject of in terest almost everywhere. The opponents of rates have already triumphantly banished them from the most populous and intelligent parishes in the king• dom, and the battle is extending itself year by year to the ignorant and priest-ridden country parishes. Every now and then we are hearing of a Church rate being refused, or, if not refused, contested, in hitherto quiet parishes; and whether the pro -rate party are vanquished, or triumph by open voting indelibly upon the # irst page of the History of Sir EDWARD LYTTCI. N'S new colony of British Columbia. The Liberal eau si has, triumphed in Prussia. The policy inaugur ated b.. j the PRINCE REGENT will be fully and fail supported, The people are at last properly re, tkreserited, The indifference that so long pm': died has passed away. The electors feel and um /et 'stand the vast importance of the privilege confidt Ti 1 o their hands, and are re solved to discharg e t heir duties honestly and independently, in the manner that will best pro- mote the welfare, p - :( ,sperity, and happiness of and most successful measure of Parliamentary reform had been ea reied, and that every man entrusted with the franchise had voted with his conscientious opinio , is. The opposition is reduced to the most attenuated dimensions. Herr MIN TEUFFEL, who was a semi -dictator, has now but an humble following. His leading supporters have been repudiated by their constituents, and that even in what were ." heretofore considered the strong holds of the pa r ty. Nor is this result in any degree ascribable 1 o Ministerial influence. Strange to say, many Go' Jrnment employes exerted all their energiesaiJainsttl Le Governmen t, in the hope possibly of bringing back that which was so unhesitatingly and so properl3 - dismissed by the Prince. The facts may be bi :iefly comprised in the statement that Prussia has now a real Parliament, fairly re presenting the ivants and wishes of the people ; formerly it was a. mock representation, which was infinitely worse than none at all, inasmuch as it saved the Minister for the time being from a portion of the responsibility that would otherwise have devolved on him. 'Had another of a similar character been elected it would have brought re presentative Governs ne , at into contempt and dis repute, and probably h ave, ere long, led to its total suppression, and the re turn to a despotic rule. The late election, hol - ;- ever, gives hope for the future of Prussia. The pet rple have shown themselves to be worthy of the . franchise, and have asserted their independence boldly and constitutionally. The leading Liberals have been returned for many different places; some have obtained the confidence of five constituencies; others of three or four, and almost all by decisiv le majorities ; while those of the other party who succeeded barely gained their seats. Of the who'ke 350 members, not more than GO to 70 can be nirmbered with the Opposition, and even these cannot be regarded as thick and thin opponents of the Government. Perhaps if they had greater stren.gth, they might pursue a more decided course t han they can venture on under and by the influence of the parson and the squire, they equally succeed in damaging the Establish ment. They save their own pockets a few pence, which they ought in equity to pay, but they em bitter the feelings of their neighbours against the whole system of worship and ecclesiastical manage ment which they wish to uphold. Let the Lords do what they will, the amount obtained for Church rates will become less and less every year, the parishes which pay them fewer, and the aversion of people to a wealthy but mean and exacting Esta blishment stronger and stronger. The retention of Church-rates by the Lords is in fact the retention of weapons in the hands of Dissenters. ".Wise and fairminded Churchmen see this, and readily, there fore, back Dissenters in their efforts for abolition. The longer the Lords fight, the less they will have to fight for : the question will be decided in the parishes. But the alternative proposed by Mr. DUNCOMBE is an excellent one, and we really could wish that Church-rate abolition should be carried in that form. The proposal is "to transfer the freehold of the parish churches and churchyards from the par sons to the representatives of the parish." There can be no serious difficulty in carrying out such a plan as this. The great merit is, that it at once provides for the repair of the church by the parties using it, and makes the parish, as it ought to be, master of its own property. It answers the ques tion pressed on us by the pro-rate party--" How will you keep the national buildings, for such parish churches are, in repair ?" We have always replied, By requiring those who worship in them rent-free to keep them in repair, just as all Dissenters keep in repair the places they have been at the expense of building. Mr. DuNcomnE's bill shows the way in which this duty may be enforced on the congregation. The churches are national property only as belonging to each parish in the nation—let the parish, therefore, as locally representing the nation, have the freehold of the churches. The re presentatives of the parish will then be able to make terms with the worshippers in the churches. They can, for instance, stipulate for the repair of the building, and its insurance against fire, if the parson and his flock continue to use it ; or they can demand an annual rent from them, adequate to meeting such charges. Or, what would perhaps be the best plan of all, they might be authorised to sell the church, for a nominal consideration, to the existing congregation, to be at once fairly placed in trust for their use and that of their successors. We must confess that when we first saw the pro posal, though it pleased us, we thought it a very daring one. The longer, however, we looked at it, the better we liked it, and we think it will, when understood, prove very popular. It is a great nuisance now to have rural deans and archdeacons and bishops telling parishioners what they shall do to the churches ; and to have the parsons masters in this matter of the parish, by the aid of these ecclesiastical potentates. On the proposed plan the parish will be master of its own church and church yard. It will repair its church according to the dictates of its own practical good sense, and at the cost of those who use it. It will be, pro hac vice, the clergyman's master, not his slave ; it will be eccle siastically free ; it will be able to put an end to all unseemly burial ground disputes, by allowing all persons to inter according to their own re ligious ceremonies, charging only such a uniform fee as shall keep the ground in proper order, and leaving the clergyman to take his fee for his own services. Probably a multitude of vexatious squabbles would be at once got rid of by putting the parish in its proper place, and confining the clergyman to his also. The incumbent would, of course, be relieved from the repair of the chancel ; indeed, every one would have his own and pay for his own. . Elsewhere ,will be found a: most interesting record of the religious rites and ceremonials by which the heroic Poles in this country yesterday celebrated the twenty-eighth anniversary of the Polish Revolution. Under any circumstances the occasion would have been deeply interesting : it was rendered especially so, however, yesterday, by the inspiriting oration delivered immediately after the requiem mass, by the brave Count ZAMOYSKI— noble words addressed in earnest tones by the speaker to his exiled compatriots. It was placing upon the tomb of Polish liberty a wreath of itn• mortelles. HAYMARKET THEATRE. , The theatre-loving public has for some years past been aware of the existence of a Sir William Don, a real bona fide possessor of the bloody hand of baronetage, who has adopted the calling of a low comedian ; and with no attempt at pseudonym, has been " starring" in the full honours of his rank at colonial and provincial theatres, and even at some of those far-off homes of the drama, which, though well managed and lucrative, but rarely come into the regu ar critical ken. Last night, however, this gentleman made his appearance at the Haymarket Theatre, playing the part of John Small, in Mr. Maddison Morton's broad farce of " Whitebait at Greenwich." John Kemble's criticism on the tragedian who came up from the provinces to supersede him with a London audience---" Well, sir, he is a very tall young man I"—may, without the least question, be applied to Sir William Don, who stands about six feet four inches in height; his face, when " made up" theatrically, is gro tesquely telling, reminding one much of the late Mr. Liston, and he uses every effort, legitimate and illegitimate, to ex tort the mirth of his audience. But granted all the fun of imitating Buckstone, of talking about his size, and of gagging in word and gesture whenever there was a chance the rqsult urrived at is, that .Sir William Don is no more than a smart amateur, whose physical endowments stand him in good stead, but who has not the mental qualifica tion necessary to become a tolerable actor. The Count and Countess de Flahault and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault are expected at Coventry House, in a few days, from their seat in Scotland. The Hon. W. E. Duncombe, M.P., and Mrs. Duneombe have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, from their seat in Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere arrived at Bridgewater House last evening, from Hatchfoill House, near Cobham, Surrey. The Earl and Countess Craven and family will come to town on Thursday from Ashdown Park, Berks. The Earl of Shelburne arrived at Lansdowne souse, last evening, from Bowood. Frances Countess of Waldegrave and Mr. Har court, M.P., will leave Strawber.ry Hill in a few days, for Newnham Park, Oxfordshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli have returned to Grosvenor Gate, from a visit to Baron and Baroness M. de Rothschild, at Mentmore, Bucks. ' Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have ar rived at Cambridge House from Broadlauds. Lord and Lady Colchester arrived at their resi dence in Berkeley-square, last evening, from Brighton. DEATH OF MR. HARVEY COMBE.—The Sheffield Daily Telegraph says :—We regret to have to annpunce the death of this well-known sportsman, which took place on the 22d instant at his residence at Cobham. Mr. Combe, :who was in the 74th year of his age, was the head of the great brewing firm of Combe and Delafield. DEATH OF THE MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS.- Intelligence was received on Wednesday of the death of the Marchioness of Hastings. This event took place at Rome, whither the Marchioness had just gone from Malta 5o see her son, the young Marquis, who was ill. She was ;eized with apoplexy, and expired after half-an-hour's ilness. A RACE JUDGE'S DUTY.—Mr. J. F. Clark, the race judge, has in his wanderings this year decided 550 races, for which 3,373 horses ran. Of these races 18 were dead heats, 85 were won by heads, and 55 by necks.— Sunday Times. PENINSULAR MAILS.—The Peninsular and North African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Warrior, Capt. Cooper, leaves London on the Ist of December, carry ing a ship-letter mail for Lisbon, Cadiz, Mogador, and Canary Islands, and is in correspandence for mails and pas sengers with another of this company's powerful steamers plying regularly between -Lisbon and Madeira. Letters will be in time, if posted by 11 o'clock a.m. on the morning of the Ist of December, addressed outside " per steamer Warrior," LATEST NEWS. THE BRAZILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. We copy the following from the Manchester 41 61tardian of to-day : RIO, OCT. 14. " Business in imports is extremely dull, and priQes have suffered a material decline, particularly in prints and gray domestics, which are arriving in quantities too large for the demand. Arrivals of coffee arc unusually small for the season, and 4,900 reis to 5,000 reis are demanded for American descriptions. Stock 70,000 bags. " The Bank of Brazil has reduced discount to 10 per cent. Still great distrust exists among capi talists, and unpleasant rumours are afloat. " Freights and exchange the same as per Avon, SPAIN. The squadron sent by Spain to the coast of Morocco consists of nine steamers, carrying from two to six guns each ; in all, 29 guns. The com mander is Don Segundo Diaz de Herrera. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. BOURSE, Nov. 29.—The market has been buoy ant to-day, and prices steady, owing to the situa tion of speculators on the eve of the liquidac Threes have been done at 74f. 50c., and are - n,w 74f. 70c. ; Mobilier varied from 1,050 f. co 1,060 f. ; Austrian, 653 f. 75c. to 657 f. 50c. • Orleans, 1,410 f. to '1,412f. 50c. ; Lyons, 880 f. B`,3f. 75c. ; Southern, 590 f. to 592 f. 50c. ; Northern, 1,002 f. 50c. to 1,005 f. ; and Eastern, 70;:f to 707 f. 50c. The following are the last qua' .tions II per Cents. 96 ~ Do. end - . 3 per Cents " 74 50 Do. end month 74 50 Bank Shares 3175 Credit Mubilier 1042 50 Do. Account Credit Fonder 675 Belgian 41 .... Piedmonteso (5) 94 50 Roman 95 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 42 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 842 50 .. . 845 Lyons and Mediterranean 880,; .. 882 50 New ditto . • • Geneva 630 .. 635 Midi Southern Western 615 .. 615 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London:at sight, paper, 25f. 1.21 c. ; money, 25f. 11c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 970. ; money, 24f. 92,1 c. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. A letter from Corfu, of the 23d says :—" The Perseverance, troop-ship, sailed last evening with the 3d Buffs for Alexandria, en route for Calcutta ; their departure from this place was much regretted. The Terrible, with Mr. Gladstone, from Trieste, is expected to-morrow. Our island was never so full of English families as this winter, and others are expected." PRUSSIA. The results of the elections in Prussia are even more favourable than was announced by telegraph. The majority of the constitutionalists is over whelming. The National Gazette of Berlin, whose liberalism is of a more advanced type than that of the Government, thus classifies the successful can didates : Ministerialists Advanced Liberals 95 Conservatives 39 Catholics 3B Poles Feu dalists The Feudalist party, which had the upper hand in the last Chamber, has suffer,ed most, and is com pletely defeated. The Kreuz Zeitung, the name of which that party often bear, laments in its issue, of the 27th, that territoriatinflu.ence has almost every where had to give place, pfrsonal qualifications in these elections. The Democrats have for the most part abstained from :the elections. Neither Rod bertus, Schulze, Delitsch, nor Jacoby, names so familiar in 1848, have presented themselves to the constituencies. But, on the other hand, the party of real progress in Prussia is represented in the Chamber by a large number of its ablest champions. There are George von Vineke-Hagen, whose con stancy and force in debate sustained the cause of Prussian liberalism in its darkest days ; Count Schwerin-Putzar (returned for five places), formerly for six years President of the Chamber, moderate, but firm and true, and honoured of all parties ; Simson, President of the National Assembly at Frankfort ; Heinrich von Arnim, the Foreign Minister in 1848, and subsequently an imprisoned victim of the Manteuffel Ministry, having offended by the publication of a pamphlet ; and others of scarcely inferior note. A more promising Chamber with which to renew the experiment of parliamentary government can hardly be imagined. The members have not been returned under the influence of any violent tem poraryexcitement. Extreme parties are represented in it only by inconsiderable minorities. The nation has understood from the words and acts of the Regent that he wanted a really representative assembly, and that he did not propose to dictate to the electors, and it immediately returned to politics, from which it had retired, disgusted by the hypo crisy and unreality of M. Manteuffel's pretended constitutionalism, and elected a Chamber which it believed will prove worthy of its authors and its vocation. THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA'S DECLA RATION TO HIS MINISTERS. The Hamburger Nachrichten publishes the fol ow ing as the full text of the address which the Prince Regent on a recent occasion addressed to his new Ministry : " Gentlemen,—After having passed through a serious crisis, I behold you, for the first time, as sembled around inc—you, gentlemen, who inspire me with that confidence that I do not hesitate to select you as the prime councillors of the Crown. Moments of this description appertain to the most serious incidents in the life of a Sovereign, and I, as Regent, feel it all the more keenly, as-unfortu nate circumstances have called me to the position which I now occupy. " My devotion towards my King and master, so cruelly tried, made me hesitate long upon the best means of bringing back the symptoms which I had observed under his Government to a more healthy state, without hurting my brotherly feelings, or tainting the solicitude and fidelity with which our King exercised the government of the country.' " If I have finally resolved to change the council lors of the Crown, it is becauso all I have selected share my opinion —viz., that neither now nor ever can a question arise of a rupture with the past. All that is required i s t o restore and improve with a gentle hand wh a t ever errors or usages contrary to the wants of the age have inadvertently slipped. in. " You all admit that the interests of the Crown and of the country are inseparable ; that the wel fare of both rests upon a healthy, strong, and con servative basis. The great secret of Statecraft is to find out exactly those wants, to understand them, and to meet them, and, to do so, all extreme measures ought to be avoided. " Our task is no easy one, for a movement has for some time manifested itself in public life which, if it can in part be explained, still in many points presents traces of ideas wilfully exaggerated, to which it will be necessary to oppose a calculated, legal, and even energetic line of action. We must faithfully keep what has been promised without giving up improvement ; we must boldly put aside what has not been premised. " Above all things, I wish to guarantee you against this stereotyped phrase—' That the Go vernment must allow itself to be driven more and more towards the development of liberal ideas, be cause they would prevail in despite of it.' fhis is precisely the point where what I called Statecraft is applicable. When every act of the Government bears the stamp of truth and consistency, a Go vernment is strong because it has a good con science, and with a good conscience it has a right to oppose everything that is evil. "In our home affairs, which appertain to the Ministry of the Intetint tit Agriculture, we I have been thrown f rom one extreille td 'since 1848. • From a communal regulation, 4),-",-`t was meant to introduce without preparation s y,.. tem of self-government, we have been throl , ;a back to ancient Institutions, without taking int , 3 account the wants of the age, which would out to us the desirable middle pat: i " It will be necessary to realise i m p rovements or this head. But we must first of all allow to rer.Aan what has just been re-established, so as not co provoke dis content and new anxieties, which !cannot fail to be baneful. 1/ " The finances of the count_have within the last eight years been retri, .ved from a very sad condition in such manner that not only is the budget fairly balanced, bu it shows an excess of income ; but it is not psgible as yet to provide for all the wants which WAtni fest the mse l ves i n every branch of the Admir;4tration. • " If, two years si:,;,ce, modifications had been made in the projects of. - new taxes which were proposed, those taxes wou,',d have been voted, and the press ing wants of tie country would have have been satisfied for rears to come. One of the principal problems of the future will be to find the proper means for prti,, , iding for those wants. And the first consideration to be looked to here is to ascertain exactly the amount of taxation which the country can bear. " Commerce, industry, and the means of commu nication, .which are so intimately connected there with, have taken an extension which was scarcely to have been expected. But here again certain limits are necessary, lest we be blinded and carried away by prejudice. Before, as after, considerable means must be provided for the highways of com munication, but they must be proportionate to all the other wants of the State, and then it will be time enough to have recourse to credit. " Justice has always knoWn how to make itself respected in Prussia, but such important changes have taken place in the form of justice that it must be our task to imbue every class of the population with the sentiments of truth and equity, so that every jury may render a just verdict. "Of all the questions of the day the most diffi cult as well as the most delicate one is the question of religion, because on this ground much bad seed 'has been sown of late. Imprimis, the most perfect possible equality must be maintained between the two Christian confessions. " In both Churches a serious opposition must be made to every tendency which has f?r its object to make religion the cloak for political designs. In the Evangelical Church we cannot dissimulate it— an orthodoxy has arisen which is not compatible with its fundamental principles, and which, conse quently, has hypocrisy for a companion. That orthodoxy has raised obstacles to the salutary ac tion of evangelical union, and we were on the point of beholding the dissolution. " It is my firm will to maintain that union, and to propagate it with every possible regard in a con fessional point of view, as prescribed by decrees rq lating to that subject. To realise this plan it will be necessary carefully to select, and in part to re place those who are to be its organs. " All hypocrisy, sham piety—in a word, all reli gious semblances which are but the mask for selfish views—must have that mask torn off as much as possible ; the true spirit of re ligion reveals itself in a man's actions. This must not be lost sight of, and a line of distinction must always be drawn between a man's actions and religious ostentation, " As regards the Catholic Church, its rights are fixed by the Constitution. No extravagances be yond shall be tolerated. Public instruction must be directed with the conviction that Prussia ought to lead intellectual sway by the establishment of su perior colleges and schools which shall provide the necessary education to all classes of the population without raising those classes beyond their sphere. More liberal grants must be made for this purpose. " Prussia is indebted to the army for her greatness and development. It is because the army was ne glected that a catastrophe occurred to her and to the State—a catastrophe gloriously effaced by the re-organisation of her forces at the time of the war of independence. " A 40 years' experience and two other short episodes 'of war have called our attention to many an arrangement which is faulty and must be re formed. To do so political quiet and money are re quisite, and it would be a great fault to pretend to boast of a cheap military organisation which when it came to work would not be up to the mark. The army of Prussia must be powerful and held in high esteem, so that when needs be she can throw an important political weight into the balance. I have yet to speak of the political position of Prussia tow ar d s f ore i gn St ates. Prussia ought to be on friendly terms with all th e grea t P owers, without being influenced from without, and with out binding her hands too much by treaties. Friendly relations ought at the same time to be kept up with all the other Powers. " In Germany Prussia must make moral conquests by a wise legislation at home, by upholding all moral elements, and b 3, seizing upon all elenients of union, such as the Zollverein, which, however, must un dergo a reform. "The world must be made acquainted that Prussia is ready to protect right everywhere. A firm, con sistent, and if necessary energetic line of policy, allied to wisdom and prudence, must procure for Prussia a political importance and a position which she never could obtain by her material power alone. " To follow that path, and to do so with honour, I need your assistance, your counsels, w hi c h you will not deny m e . :hay we always be of one mind for the welfare of our country and of Royalty, by the grace of God !" AN AGED LOTRARIO. An amorous old gentljnan is the stock property of the farce writer. He fails in real life. On the stage his asthmatic sobs may make whimsical contrast to the fervent sighs of the favoured lover, and it is in accordance with all prece dent that just before the curtain falls he with draws his pretensions in favour of the happier swain, and bestows his fortune upon the youthful pair whose course of true love he had for a moment ruffled. But in real life an old gentleman in love is apt to move more disgust than laughter. His false and ridiculous position does not gather round him the most virtuous of mankind ; and, if the veil which covers his private life is suddenly torn off, an ancient Lothario is likely to be found mixed up with a somewhat doubtful set of people. At a certain time of life a man ought, as the French say, "to accept his position." Of course we are bound, in the interest of morals, to protest against all amatory perjuries, but if a gentleman appearing to be on the shady side of 60 should set up as a lady-killer, the sight is not likely to be edifying to his friends, or to obtain for him the respectful confidence of those who are placed under him. The Hampshire magistrates have been engaged in disentangling an imbroglio occasioned by the loves and woes of a Commanding Officer of Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry. Colonel Horne, while taking his morning constitutional in the neighbourhood of Winchester, had the mis fortune to be smitten with the charms of a lady whom he encountered "at a stile." With mili tary promptitude he accosted his fair captivator, and, after surmounting obstaeles mo re or l ess im portant, he succeededin establishing what the lady afterwards termed a "slight acquaintance." He was rewarded, however, for his promptitude and pertinacity so far as this—that the slight acquaint ance extended to visiting her at the house of her §tepfather, and writing her letters, wherein he says that she is his " own darling," and, he is her " own Horne ; " and that she must " bring her sweetest kisses " with her, for he, monopo list as he is, " shall want them all." 'What the progress made was we are not teld; perhaps the damsel was laughing at the pretensions of her gallant but not juvenile admirer, and was amused to see an old gentleman " spooney." It was not to be expected, however, th a t h er f r i ends would see this matter in quite the same light. Her stepfather was one Roe, and he seems to have been at once the hardest and the softest of his name. Oddly enough, lie appears, from the fact of Colonel Horne coming to his house and writing a large bespeak of kisses, to have arrived at the c onc l us i on t h at the Colonel was trying to seduce hi s s t ep d aughter. it is just possible . that this m a y h ave b een the Colonel's in tentio. n, and we m us t a ll ow M r. Roe to be the best judge of the fa c t s ; b u t th e course of action he adopted after arriving at this conclusion was of the softest possible character. If the cruel step father was determined to interfere with the loves of this interesting couple, it might have been expected that the hardness of his heart might have communicated itself to his boots, and that he might have kicked the enterprising veteran out of his house. If his indignation was not equal to so decisive an act as this, he might at least have warned him by letter not to disport 'his dangerous fascinations in the vicinity of his household; and he might have disclosed to hi m . that his incon siderate commission for an unrestricted quantity of kisses had been treacherously intercepted by " Miss Norgott," and w as th en in the stepfather's keeping. Roe, however, pursued no such straight forward course. He; first of all, seems to have been smitten with a morbid desire to know the strength of Colonel Home's regiment, and then the age of that too gallant officer. For this appa rently very insufficient purpose he forgathered with the privates of the regiment, and Heated them with brandy-and-water and beer. The thirsty warriors drank his brandy-and-water and drained his tankard, but they were not in the secret °" . 4 their Colonel's tlge: They could tell their • entertainer that the old gentleman had seen 33 se' Cif , active warfare, an ,1 had been knocked about in the Offfoe War, but the !Ixact date of his nativity was not in. Mt regimental books. But, to satisfy' Mr. Roe, they made s gueo ; they put him at the age they thought he looked,. j boldly stated his age at 62. Roe having got this „,:ous piece et in tdrination, writes two anonymous letter; one to Colonel Horne and another to General Scarlett. The letter td the Colonel complained, not of his attention to Roe's Ntepganghter, but of his /logging his men and reducing his sergeants, and warned liliit that for these causes he was likely to be 'poisoned or she, The letter to the General was in the same strain ; net a word about the young lad,y, but all about the cat-o'-nine-tails. The letter of floe was caviare to the General, and we confess we find it not quite easy to explain. It was handed over to the Colonel, and the Colonel com manded that both letters should be read at the head of the regiment; and, although he perfectly knew With the author was, offered five pounds for the discovery Of the writer. Having thus opened the public scandal, he proceeded to ventilate it thoroughly by summoning Roe before the Mayor of Winchester and a full Waft of magistrates to answer the charge of having excited the soldiers of the regiment td commit an act of mutiny. The only tittle of proof in support of such a charge was, that Roe had said to two soldiers over their beer that he wondered no one had attempted the life of the flogging Colonel. There wzs no excitement to mutiny in the two letters, or, if there were, it was caused by the Colonel ; for no one heard of them till the Colonel read them. The Win chester magistrates were not 'of opinion that the homicidal propensities of tin English soldier are so strong that he will rush away to kill his officer because a stranger happens to say that he wonders a flogging colonel is not killed. The colonel was not more fortunate in his law than in his love; the stepfather Was liberated, and the colonel's hapless passion has become as public as that of Petrarch. The most inconceivable part of this foolish affair is the taste of Colonel Horne in making the public the confidant of his bonnes fortunes. As to Roe, his folly and baseness were of that intensity which defies all comprehension. The whole affair is ex quisite in its absurdities—the irresistible old Colo nel, lithe and enterprising in his age, the laughing damsel facile in flirtations, the moody father-in-law vapouring to himself of a melodramatic revenge, never to 'become a reality, and those delightfully characteristic soldiers, ready to drink the health of anybody who , would pay for the liquor, and de ciding to tell the stepfather a fiction to save them selves the trouble of finding out the fact. It is very amusing, but these tableaux ridicules are not con ducive to good discipline. Old gentlemen will have their follies, but it is scarcely advisable to indulge them at the head of a regiment. Colonel Horne has earned - a little season of quiet ; after 33 years' active service a little leisure and half-pay might do him good. So devoted an admirer of the sex must have a stock of sonnets that require polishing, and half-pay might, 'as a sanitary discipline, diminish the fervency of his inconvenient pursuits.—Times ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLUTION. Yesterday being the 28th anniversary of the Polish Re volution of 1830, the Polish exiles resident in London attended a funeral mass, performed by the Rev. Emericus Podolski, at the Roman Catholic chapel, Sutton-street, Soho-square, for the repose of those who fell in that national struggle. In the course of the day a meeting was held at Sussex-chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, where General Count Zamoyski, who, finding himself in England, had hastened to join his countrymen on this occasion, spoke as follows : Gentlemen;—Since the opportunity is unexpectedly given to me of meeting you here on this day of commemoration of our last attempt for the recovery of our national indepen dence, I think- I may at once enter on a question, on the settlement of which, to a considerable amount, depends the future condition of the civilised world : Does the present peace between the West and the North of Europe promise to be a lasting (S•ne ? or, shall Russia soon amain set it at defiance ? In that case, is Poland likely to be again studi ously kept out of the struggle ? or is there sufficient ground for expecting that the coalesced 'powers of the West will then turn at once to Poland as the best means of stopping the aggressions of Russia on Europe ? It is superfluous to insist on the utter insecurity of any interest placed within the range of Russian aggression. It may answer official necessities to show that, after such a sacrifice of lives and moneys, the end for which it was incurred was realised by a lasting peace; but in reality no one believes it, whether he derives his information from State papers or simply . rests on his private judgment and good sense. That Russia, by the awakened watchfulness of all Governments, is prevented from any immediate outbreak upon Europe, or that the suppression of serfdom in her dominions, which com mands the sympathy of the civilised nations, may cause her prolonged domestic e m b arrassmen t, no one ill deny. But it is no less certain that this social reform, when accom plished, will double Russia's power, double her means of conquest, and that the lust for it in her population will only be increased by delay, and by the remembrance of the humiliation which she suffered. from the rashness of a vanitous sovereign, and the neglect of her traditional vile ness in foreign intrigue. No statesman deserving the name—no man the least read in modern history and gepgraphy—can doubt that another conflict is, in in the course of time, inevitable between a new overflow of the Northern Power and such governments of Europe as shall either escape from its vassalage or resist the temptations of dividing the spoil win. it. A doubt can exist only as to whether that conflict will come on a little sooner or a little later, and as to whether it is advisable, laudly and permanently, to acknowledge the coming danger. or preferable to meet it by secret preparation and by a pre tended confidence in the improved disposition and policy of Russia. To us, gentlemen, that difference matters little. To us, who have known prolonged trials and shown some perseverance in them, it suffices to see that the western powers of Europe must once more draw the sword for the sake of their own safety and independence, and that the Government they have to encounter remains the one which is our principal foe. But, among us, it is a frequent matter of complaint, that the Governments of the west showed such great indifference to our misfortunes, and'evinced such wonderful blindness, when at war with Russia, in neglect ing to call at once the Poles, forming a large portion of her dominions and of her armies, to join and unite against their oppressor. It may be on our part a just complaint, and one which reflects on the feelings and on the clearsightedness of statesmen otherwise renowned.. It permits us to distrust the future decisions of men of the same nations and school ; but they, in their turn, may inquire into a question which we, Poles; are called upon to answer, and which, if settled one way or the other, draws at once the line both of our present duties and of our future destinies. That question, gentlemen, is mot one for a Pole • but it certainly awakens great doubts in th e m i n d s o f a ll who are not Poles, like ourselves. They all doubt whether our nation at large still retains the memory of her past independence, so as to be ready once more to put all at stake for its re-assertion. They admit of discouragement among us as the consequence ofso many and apparently vain efforts and sacrifices. , They sup pose that, like other nations of the present age,our nation longs for material improvement and peaceful pursuits. The least indication of a more humane or simply less cruel dealing on the part of the Governments undix which the Polish na tion is placed ,is enough to make them eagerly inquire whether, by consenting to her present fate, sho would notbest secure its further improvement. If we show them that such a notion is nothing but a mistake, that the change does not bear upon any of the conditions which ase the necessary safeguard of a people's moral and material improvement ; we are sus pected, if not reproached, with being hot-headed, and run ning after dreams. If, on the contrary, we conditionally acknowledge that it is the stern but urging duty of the best among Poles not to reject means, .if offered, and however insufficient, by which good may be partially effected—the acknowledgment is at once interpreted as a proof that we despair of ever being rescued from foreign domination, and that the time is over when it was the subject of unanimous abhorence among Poles ; it is made to prove that the Polish nation is extinct, and that, if not contented, it is resigned to its fate, and, at all events, it is no more that brave, that devoted people, ever ready for generous sacrifice, unsur passed in its qualities for a national war, and which, other wise, might on a future 'contingency have been associated as a valuable ally to other nations contending for indepen dence and international law. Now, gentlemen, to overcome doubts with which we are thus assailed, our paramount duty is to show that we are neither extravagant and sanguine in our Rxpectations nor desponding and resigned to our present,conditions that whilst we can place no in rulers whose object it 'must necessarily be to deprive us, as a nation, of everything that constitutes the very life of a community and its title to respectamonm ' men, we, on the other hand, are ever ready for any peaceful and unrelenting effort which a chan g e in the conduct of our oppressors may render more attainable; we have to show, and to put beyond all doubt, that whilst our countrymen in Poland have our best sympathies and wishes, and our hearty admiration for whatever, by energy and perseverance, they may add to the welfare of their fellow countrymen or take off from the burdens which weigh upon them —we, • who have preferred exile, never doubt their attachment and fidelity towards any national interest. But upon us, the exiles, devolves the task of serving those interests which are more of a national and political charac ter. In the fulfilment of that duty, we feel certain of the approbation of our countrymen at home , and kno w that , they expect us unceasingly to recall n, t i o ts th or the nations ns and and th; go vernments of Europe the violated is unflinching fidelity of her son s to her national indepen dence. That duty is the necessary complement t of those which our brethren in Poland are called upon perform. What they do at home and what we endeavour to accomplish abroad forms but one total, and constitutes the present life of Poland, a life which, under the will of a merciful God, will ultimately prove to have been the best, though labo rious, preparation for liberty and independence. And now, to conclude, let me turn once more to the noble country of whose never failing hospitality we presently partake. Among its eminent qualities, let me call more particularly your attention to its daily increasing feeling of the high responsibilities which Great Britain's immense power throws upon her. It has now, in the eyes of every Briton, become a national duty to contribute to the im provement of the human race, and mainly to preserve jus atleittintas o e f q tl n ie ot lVO t r o l d 1 1 an , h a a s t a t i n e 'l int a t s i e o c n u r o i f ty t h a o in s my friend the Duke of Argyle, who sat in her Majesty's Cabinet during the Late war, recently said in public. As an answer to certain abstract and visionary notions of per petual peace and isolation from all foreign matters—as an answer to the imputation of the late war having been en tered upon by Great Britain rashly and uselessly, my noble friend appealed to his audience, and .received unanimous applause, when he stated that the feeling of the immense majority of the British people was rather that the war with Russia ought to have been declared sooner, than that it had been declared too soon. I think it may safely be added that the feeling of the same majority on the unex pccted termination of that war was, and is to this day, that it had ceased not too late, but too son. Such being the disposition of the British nation, her Government, it cannot be doubted, will not hesitate to call Poland to co-operation when again at war with Russia, provided we ours, :Ives put it beyond all d oubt that Poland is not only ready for every effort and sacri flee, but, what is no less essential, that it will know how to maintain its national independence iwhen restored to its rank among the nations of Eurc pc, Col. Wiercir .ski, Mr. N. F. Zaba, Major C. Szulczewski, and several other gentlemen also delivered appropriate ad dresses, Eiffel' which .the meeting separated. LAW INTi 7 LLIGENCE.-( - THIS DAY.) COUR T OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sit, t ings at Nil 3i Prius before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) BRUIT V. THE El -STERN COUNTIES R AILWAY COMPANY. Plaintiff ~ vas ch ief engineer and superintendent of the Eastern - uni o n :5 ',away Company, at a salary of £BOO a-year, and on tllle amalgamation of this co m p any w ith th e Eastern Couniks l'tailway, a t an a ddi t i onal salary of £l,OOO per annum.. P. laintiff claimed £2OO and £196, b a l an ce of two years' salary :8,55-6 : and sep ara ti m , a l so c l a i med i n addition one and a ha. per cent. upon th e expenditure of ir repairs done annually o. vi the line at th e ra t e o f £ 67, 5 00 a year, and £60,000 of ne. v works.-besic/ies extr a w o r k an d extra remuneration for wo rk and labour don e w ithi n hi s i scope and duty as engineer, .n terms of hi s agreement an d appointment as engineer of :he company, amounting to about half a million of money, ,besides opp os i ng bill s i n Parliament. The defendants pleaded general isetie 3. The Attorney-General (Sir Fitzroy K oily, Q.C.), laid the case before the juryin an eloquent spee ch of upwards of two hours, and afterwards called witnesses' 4 o prove the case, which will likely occupy the whole oft his; day. DIVORCE COURT'. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) MARCIIMONT V. MARCHMO . NT. The petitioner (Mrs. Marchmont) was for ' a judicial sepa ration on the ground of cruelty. The pleas were a denial of the cruelty and condonation. THE VERDICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY., (Before Mr. Coriunissooner Fano.) THE MURDER IN ,GLOUCESTER STREET. THE ADJOURNED INQUEST-(T "HIS DAY.) killed the man. When I went down stairs the flr,st time I found the kitchen door closed, so I kicked out one of the panels, and afterwards I went up stairs to get some•thing to force the door with, when, on returning, I found the prisoner on the stairs. I then took him to the station. By a Juror—After I had broken the pannel of the kitcl len door the prisoner pointed his pistol at me, and said, you are a dead man if you enter here." By Mr. Lewis—The pistol was in the prisoner's harld when I apprehended him. By the Coroner—l did not examine the pistol to gild whether there was a cap on it. The charge was drawn b y the inspector at the station. I don't know whether thetv had been an attempt to discharge the weapon. Sergeant Brown, 10 E, said—l was at 17, Gloucester street at a-quarter past 11 in the morning. I went at once tl the kitchen. I saw the deceased lying on the floor with his throat cut, and the prisoner Toomes in custody of the last witness. I did not find the pistol, but it was given to me by Mrs. Savrge. There was no cap on the nipple, but X found one on the kitchen table in the state which I now . produce it. (The cap had been placed on the pistol in a bad position, and had been struck 'off without exploding.) I told -him then he must consider himself in custody. On his way to the station he said, " It's an unfortunate job for me the pistol did not go off ; that's what made me use the razor." The charge in the pistol consisted of powder and ball. By a Juror—When the pistol was given to me the ham mer was down. Inspector Witham, E division of police—l saw Toornes at the station. The pistol was given to me-by the witness Webb. I drew the charge. The hammer was down, btzt the cap was off the nipple. The charge consisted of powder, one ball, and two pads of wadding. There was the usual quantity of powder. I have ascertained that the pistol was bought in Upper-street, Islington, on the Tuesday morning. On the way to the police court the prisoner said to me, " The idea of two women and a man being in the house." I said you had better not say anything to me as I must repeat it before the magistrate, an d h e sa i d, " Well, I did it." A Juror—l think we ought to have the person here who sold the pistol. Inspector Witham—The prisoner himself told me where he bought the pistol. The Coroner—Have you discovered where he purchased the razor. Witness—tes, sir, in Gray's.inn-lane, aboUt a quarter of an hour before the the murder. sir ? Coroner (to Mr. Le w i s )—Have you any witnesses to call, Mr. Lewis--:No, sir; not at present. The Coroner—Then that closes the evidence. Gentlemen of the jury, in accordance with your desire, I forwarded your request to the authorities at the Home Office, and the following is the answer I received to the communication : Whitehall, Nov. 27, 1858. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Walpole to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst., and to inform you that the request which you enclosed upon the jury empannelled to inquire touching death of Charles Cantly, Mr. Walpole has informed the ;Commissioners of Police that the officers may? consistently with their duty, take Edward Toomes, a prisoner on remand, charged with the murder of Charles Cantly, before the adjourned inquest on Tuesday next, on their way to the police court, for the pur pose of being identified. But I am to add, that Mr. Wal pole's instructions have been given to the police upon the strict engagement made in your letter, that they shall after wards be allowed to remove the prisoner, in performance of the obligation which the law clearly imposes upon them to take him before the magistrate at the hour fixed by the warrant of remand. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON. Gentlemen, I don't think that there is any desire on the part of the Home-office to prevent prisoners attending before the coroner. I think it arises from the magistrates of the county, who govern the House of Detention, they believing that they had no power to remove a prisoner except under an order of the committing magistrate. But I de hope that as the Secretary of State has now exercised the power vested in him by law, that some steps will be taken to make some alterationin the orders now in force, as T think it indispensable that a person who is accused of taking away the life of another should be present during an investigation which so closely affected his life. By the advice of Mr. Lewis the prisoner reserved his de fence. The coroner having summed up, the jury, without the slightest deliberation, returned a verdict of " Wilful Mur der," against Edward Townes. A vote of thanks to the Home Secretary (Mr. Walpole) for his kind consideration of the application of the jury was agreed to unanimously. The jury, at twenty minutes to three, after an hour and a half's deliberation, entered the Court and delivered the following verdict : " We find that Mr. Marchmont was guilty of cruelty to his wife, and also that the cruelty was not condoned." THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK- IN RE HUMPH: EMT BROWN. To-day was appointed for the .consideration of the certifi cate alb.° bankrupt, who was mho of *the dirietora of the. Royal British Bank. Mr. Linklater said he appeared for the assignees of the bankrupt, and for the assignees of the Loyal British Bank, and had been instructed to oppose the petition, but it had been suggested that, considering the great Lumber of wit nesses who would be called upon, the great expense which would be incurred, and also taking into consideration the length of time. Mr. Brown had been impriso tied, that the opposition should not be pressed, but that they should con sent to the bankrupt having a certificate of the third olass, after such a suspension as the Court might think fit. Ho (Mr. Linklater) therefore had to ask for an adjournment that the assignees might consider the suggestion. Mr. Bagley, for the assignees, consented, as it would be impossible for Mr. Brown, as he was at present, to bear the expenses he must otherwise necessarily incur. The adjourned inquiry into the eircumstavekes attending the death of Charles Curtly, was resumed this l'uorning, at the Harpers' Arms, Theobald's-road, before Mr. Wakley, the coroner for Middlesex. The utmost interest was excited on this occasion 1.1 con sequence of its having been rumoured that the Secretary of State for the Home Department had grave direction; for the prisoner to be present. Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, attended on the part of the prisoner, Edward Toomes. After the preliminaries were gone through, Mr. Wakley ordered the police to bring in the prisoner, and in a few minutes afterwards Edward Toomes entered the room, having a police constable on either side and wearing hand cuffs. He appeared to be a little confused, but in about 10 minutes from his appearance he relapsed into that state of indifference and unconcern that has characteria ed hi , e con duct ever since the act was committed. Mr. Steggall, the surgeon, was first called; an id in answer to questionsput to him by Mr. Wakley, said—.l have made a post mortem examination of the deceased since the jury last met. I have no doubt whatever but that the &ceased died from the effects of a wound in the throat. It com menced on the right side. The external and internal jugu lar vein and the carotid artery were completely severed. Elizabeth Hodgkin—l positively identify the) prisoner as the person I saw in the kitchen of 17, Gloucester-street standing over the deceased man Cantly. I saw a pistol in one hand and a razor in the other. By Mr. Lewis—He made no resistance when ho was taken into custody. Thomas Webb, a police-constable in the E division, said he took the prisoner into custody last Tuesday week about half-past 11 in the morning at 17, Gloucester-street Queen's square. He was on the kitchen stairs. He was alone. He said, when I took him into custody, "I havo done what I intended to do." I took Toomcw back to the 'kitchen, where the body was lying on the ground. Toomes pointed to the razor lying on the dresser, and paid, " I did it with that razor." I did not ask him with Wl!iy he had THE SUN, LONDON, JESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1858