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rrHEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Under the Management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, MARITANA. Characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott, Mr. Ferdi nand Glover, Mr. George Honey, Mr. J. G. Pato", Mr. Bar tleman, Mr. Kirby, and liarrit3oll. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR. D'A.MOUR : Mesdlles. L. Mich el ct, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of KING JOHN. King John, Mr. C. Kean—Constance, Mrs. C. Kean. preceded by the Farce of AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstorte. Tuts ETENING will be performed LONDON ASSU BANtE: Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, &c. lIE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. ADA ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST : Messrs. Selby, Parselle, and Miss Swan orough. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And MT AUNT'S HUSBAND ; Mr. Swanborough, Mrs. Selby, Miss Ternan. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. The New Tariff : Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Galleries, 6d. Great and Extraordinary Sensa tion p roduced by the new and b r illi an t Deeorations—Splendid Act Drop— Chandelier—Appropriate Chandelier—APPropriate Scenery. Durinc„ the week the new and succe ssful drama of THE BATTLE OF BOTHWELL BRIG. With THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, comprising the evolutions and equitations of the first Professors in the world and their unequalled Stud of Horses. To conclude with a Farce cal for le ookin d FAMILY JARS. No fee bg. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERT, 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 Hall, 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 selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The 3ivercit ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, Nov. 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER --3O' iB. Wniv, Northerly ; fresh, with dull hazy weather. THE SUN. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1856. Next session will, we hope and believe, call forth all the energies of the Independent Liberals. They will hold the reins of power in their own hands— will be the judges to decide on the conflicting claims of the several candidates for office. That a Reform Bill will be brought forward by the Government is certain. The intimations that have already been given—the hints thrown out, prove, beyond the possibility of doubt, that Lord DERBY will appear in the field as a Reformer. But what will be the extent and nature of the anticipated measure? That is the great, the all-important question. Will it be merely a plausible excuse, to " keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope?" or will it fairly enter 'on the great questions on which the voice of public opinion has already spoken trumpet-tongued, and on which the popular mind has been earnestly set ? Such a proposal would establish the Government of Lord DERBY firmly in office. But should there be any holding back— any refusal to keep pace with the advanced intel ligence of the age—the prestige achieved during the past session will be seriously deteriorated, if not absolutely foifeited, and once more there will be a scramble for place and power between those whose chief desire will be to give as little as pos sible to the people. Lord PALMERSTON,I too, will probably produCe his long-promised bill, no inkling whereof was suffered to ooze forth, probably for the very good reason that the Noble Lord did not know his own mind, and had not exactly decided on any of its provisions. It is notorious that nothing was pre. pared, that not a line was drawn out of what was to have been the great measure of the session, and " the Leading Journal" was throwing out many hints as to the propriety of postponement, and the impossibility of carrying a Reform Bill together with our India bill, and other pending measures. The ex-Premier had grown over-confident. He fancied that his party was too powerful to allow of the possibility of any serious defeat ; that because he chose to call himself " liberal," albeit without any real claim to the title, the independent party were , bound to yield unreasoning ;obedience, and to submit to any amount of snubbing and contumely which he might think proper to heap upon them. The mere hint of resignation would, he supposed, be sufficient at any moment to bring the waverers back to their allegiance; or, even if he should go through what de deemed to be the farce of resignation, that he had only to stretch forth, his hand again and take possession of office, whenever he liked to do so. In deed, it seemed to be rather a good joke than otherwise ; for, as he imagined, it would speedily bring the insubordinate members of the party to a due sense of their situation, and induce them to obey the Ministerial behests " with bated breath and deep humility." For once he reckoned without his host. The odious " Conspiracy Bill" had alienated every true hearted Liberal, and the thorough pluck of Lord DERBY and his colleagues commanded the respect and admiration of the House and country, and gave all that was required—viz' ~ a fair and impartial trial. Great was the delight of the community at the change. Impending aliaeulties were satisfactorily and honourably adjusted. Important concessions were made. Faith was kept Nnt • h respect to the Income-tax, and a budget introduced that was the approbation of men of all classes in society, a n d o f every shade and variety of political opinion. The sma ll instalment of Reform granted by th e aboli tion of the "property qualification" gave immense popularity to the Ministers. It was shown that they were not refusing a universally required ame lioration, in order to get credit for it as part of an otherwise meagre measure. Auspicious augur i es were gathered from the fact, and sanguine hopes were entertained that arse h DER first Reform Bill, BY, who was one of the Minister s who pd te w it forward to its legiti - ould be the man to carry mate extent. The settlement of the Jewish disabilities giving to Baron ROTHSCHIL D th e seat for which he had been kept twelve years waiting by the self-styled Liberals, was another great feather in the Minis terial cap. It was said that it was forced upon them, and that if they possibly could they would ha7e refused the boon. But this, at least, is cer tain, that it vas by their means that the Jews re ceived 44111414°11 to the Legislature,_ Bpd that the injustice and disabilities under which a body of loyal men had so long been labouring, were re- moved, and it is by RO means clear that the diffi culty would have been surmounted had Lord PALMERSTON remained in office. An admirable measure for the future government of India was also carried successfully through Par liament, which transferred the Government of that mighty empire from the East Company to Queen VICTORIA. An admirable Council was appointed to assist with their advice the new Secretary of State. Some had been elected by the directors of the moribund Com pany, and the choice met general approval. The nominated members were equilly unexceptionable. Indeed, it was universally admitted that in the new Board the Ministers had been fortunate enough to put the right men in the right places. Mr. WYLD, then, was fully justified in declaring that more had been accomplished by the present Ministry, during the part of a session that they were in power, than by their predecessors during the many years that they were in office. So much for the past. The country is now looking anxiously onward, and speculating on what will be the tenders from the rival parties. There must be a great extension of the franchise—that is inevitable. The constitu tional theory is, that there can be no taxation with out representation. Every man who contributes to the national revenue, directly or indirectly, is entitled to a voice in the framing of the laws, or in controlling the public expenditure. Almost every male adult would, according to this theory, have an irresistible claim to a vote, but some re strictions have been imposed, and. although great relaxation should take place, some security may still be required to show the fitness of the party. Every person paying any direct tax or rate should, as a matter of course, obtain a vote ; and Mr WYLD'S suggestion, that every person able "to read and write" should also obtain the fran chise, is worthy of attentive consideration. Nothing would give a greater stimulus to educa tion, or inspire the rising generation with a desire to improve their minds, in order that they may cease to be political ciphers, and have voices in:the government of their country. There must also be a more equitable distribution of the electoral districts. It is too ridiculous to say that 180,000 voters should return more than half the members of the House of Commons, while more than four times the number return only a minority. Indeed Mr. BRIGHT has shown that little more than twenty representatives have as many constituents as the favoured 330, who can carry anything they desire, and place or overthrow an administration. The Ballot is, however, the most important of al the -demands that have been put forward. No extension, no redistribution of the franchise can be satisfactory unless full protection be accorded to the voter in the discharge of the important trust confided to his charge. The public mind is intently set on that, and without its concession nothing will be acceptable. Lord PALMERSTON and Lord JOHN RUSSELL have proved themselves the inveterate opponents of this just and salutary change, and it now remains for Lord DERBY and his coadjutors to show that they are more willing to meet the wishes of the community. We invite attention to the communication from "An Old Soldier and Politician," which will be found in another part of this day's impression. He very properly insists on a limitation of the du ration of Parliament, in order that hon. gentlemen may retain a more lively sense of the responsibility they owe to their constituents. Perhaps the best plan would be that one-fourth of the elected should relinquish their seats every year, so that there would be an entire change every four years. Our correspondent's letter will well repay perusal. We earnestly invite public attention to a letter from an energetic, consistent, and indefatigable monetary reformer on the all-important question of currency reform. Mr. HAMER STANSFELD has lost no opportunity of recording his deliberate and well-considered opinions against the mon ster grievance that too frequently paralyses the national industry, and leads to periodical convulsions in the money market, and passes, by a regular cycle, through all the phases, from mania to panic, and back again from panic to mania. There is no person whose contributions and arguments in favour of a free trade in currency have been more convincing than those of Mr. STANSFELD, and we always rejoice to give insertion to anything from a respected and valued collaborateur, on a subject in which he is so com pletely at home. Mr. STANSFELD'S letter is addressed to the President of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce. It shows that the wishes and intentions of that important and influential body have been frus trated, and that the views which they desired to be represented to the Committee on the Bank Char ter Act have been—no doubt unintentionally-- suppressed. The Leeds Chamber has, to its honour, boldly entered on the question usually voted a bore, and it' passed two resolutions that reflected great credit on its members. Although its trade was in the soundest and healthiest condition, the clear headed men engaged therein perceived that they would be involved in the greatest difficulties but for the suspension of the Act and the indispensable violation of its stringent regulations. They ac cordingly passed the following resolutions, which ought to have been printed in letters of gold, viz.:— " let. That the clause in the act which limits the Direc tors of the Bank of England to an issue of £14,000,000, excepting against gold, ought to be abolished, and that the directors should have a discretionary rower to exceed that limit as necessity may require. " 2d. That the Bank directors should also be allowed to issue £1 Bank of England notes, convertible into gold in London, in times of pressure and difficulty." These resolutions strike at the very root of the act of 1844. Its very essence is to enhance the issues whenever there is an abundance of bullion in the Bank coffers, but to starve the currency whenever there is a partial deficiency. It is, there fore, doubly mischievous, and produces the alterna tions between 1 and 20 per cent., so dear to the hearts of the " hard calculators." When money is cheap it adds to the abundance : the Bank is bound to purchase from every vendor at £3 17s. 9d., and is compelled to force its paper on the market at almost nominal rates. Great excitement is thus produced, when everything would remain quiet, if the directors were allowed to exercise their discretion, and to follow the promptings of their experienc e an d judgment. Fourteen millions of money against paper may at one time be too much, but it is far more likely to be too little. The undue inflation of the currency is mischievous, because it inevitably leads to a ' collapse, and produces the other extreme. The directors, however, cannot help themselves, and they are exposed to a series of almost daily lectures from Printing House -square, because they will not erst aside prudence and stimulate the excitement to the highest pitch on this ' account, and the country are greatly indebted to them for refusing to listen to the insidious eoun " hard calculato r ." • se of the organ of Si n ce the pe riod of £14,000,0 00 agains t Is t securities was established, the the that the faxed issue • country has m ore th an that the intern a l t ra d e fdooruebiglend.comAmnderwcee obfelitl7.l.s,,e was increased in a still, greater ratio. Thq repre sentative and measure of value which was at one time amply sufficin ,nt for every demand is therefore now altogetb er inadequate. The de mand has been more filo, n doubled, but the supply remains stationary. Bice difficulty—hence the distress, which ec iuld only be averted by a copious issue of note s, many of them of such convenient denominati .ons as wo u ld ena bl e th em to take the place of sove - reigns. In 1825 the accid dal discovery of a box of £1 notes saved the Ba nk fr:, ) m closing its doors, and the nation - fro;-the wildest con fusion and genero.,i distress. Lord ASHBUR TON explained the magical effect of the discovery. Vie declared that " the credit of the Bank for all i domestic purposes was perfect." So it is still, anal so it has been during the times of Kr•eatest distress and difficulty. Never was a bank )te objected to. All that was required was that Mere should be a sufficient supply to meet the IA ;ants of the people. The worthless rags were lways acceptable. As we have repeatedly at tatted, the issue of twenty millions of £1 notes ould economise an equal amount of gold. Indeed 11 fr. JAmEs WILSON, late Secretary of the Treasury, d eclared that it would produce an equal result to t - 1 he discovery of twenty millions of gold in the entre of England. We trust, then, that the Leeds Chamber of Com a terce will follow up its valuable resolutions, and t'h at other bodies of a similar character may t horoughly investigate and arrive at sound con asions respecting a question incomparably the )st important that could be ventilated, and on wt Lich the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of the ins dustrious population of the United Kingdom mainly depend. Calamities, sometimes, by the very excess of eirhorror, are productive of certain advantages. They illustrate in an unmistakeable manner the necessity of precaution and the feasibility of measures for the prevention of their recurrence. 'There have been two or three catastrophes recently both by sea and land, precisely of the same charac ter— catastrophes so frightful in their magnitude that they startle society into a vivid recognition of the fact that there really exists aperpetual liability to their occurrence. But with the demonstration of this truth comes the consolatory conviction that by the adoption of certain rational precautions that lamentable liability may be appreciably diminished. There was very recently, for example, the de struction by fire far out at sea of the German emi grant ship the Austria—with the total loss of her numerous passengers, and the all but total loss of her crew. The horror of that calamity still lives in our remembrance like a nightmare. It is still vividly present to our imagination. Those hundreds of our fellow - creatures huddled together in a corner of the deck with the flames gra dually eating a way towards them—narrowing the space in which they were crowded upon each other—scorching them more and more fear fully—driving them one upon another, until, with the intensity of the burning heat, and the pressure of the throng, the wretched victims dropped one by one, or in agonised clusters, into the fathom less ocean beneath. All this wholesale death arising from the fact that the boats had been stove in, capsized, or otherwise rendered useless by the suicidal rush into them of the panic stricken men, women, and children, at the first outburst of the conflagration. Supposing measures of precaution to have been adopted betimes, with a view to the pre4ention of this mad rush to the boats—supposing the crew to hale been well organised, each man going to his appointed place at the period of emergency, the passengers being methodically told off into the various boats in succession, the vast majority, if not the whole, of the unfortunate creatures now gone might at this very time be surviving. Precautionary measures of this kind could, under the direction of a vigorous com mander, be readily taken by a few simple an ticipative - arrangements. It does not appear to us at all impracticable to render the recurrence of these destructive rushes to the boats almost im possible—and this without in any way impeding the free and proper working of the ship. A light but strong moveable framework might be contigu ous to every boat upon the ship—a framework capable of being moved out at the first alarm, and firmly locked into position, as a barrier against undue pressure. One by one, at a wicket entrance, the passengers might be admitted—one by one they might be placed in order in the boats—one by one the boats themselves might be lowered with a regularity and precision like that of clockwork. Together with these very possible and reasonable arrangements there might be secured, besides ample boat accommodation, an abundant store of life-preservers. There is nothing in all this in any way extravagant: the thing might readily be done —it might be rendered compulsory in every passen ger-vessel leaving our shores—the men on board a ship might be periodically drilled to the working of the system as a portion of their regular exercise. There is plenty of idle time out at sea. That idle time might be as well occupied —a portion of it—in this way as in any other. The idea, at any rate, is well worth taking into consideration. The recurrence in the case of the Eastern City of a like casualty to that which resulted in the total destruction of so many of our hapless fellow-creatures on board the Austria, has but very recently brought this dread peril again before the public. There is no reason at all why efforts in the way here suggested might not be attempted with a view to the diminution of a danger so truly awful in its character —one, more over, so constantly affecting our national interests and home affections as a great maritime and mer cantile community. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 4. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stan ley arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit, and dined with her Majesty ; Col. the Hon. R. Bruce, Major-General the Right Hon. J. Peel, and Major-General Sir Harry Jones had the honour to be included. The Queen and Prince Consort walked in the Home Park this morning. The Princesses Alice and Helena rode in tho Riding house. The Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Mary Bulteel have succeed the Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily Cathcart as Maids of Honour in Waiting. Major-General the Right Hon. J. Peel returned to Lon don in the forenoon, and Major-General Sir Harry Jones left Windsor for Sandhurst. A deputation from the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union, consisting of Mr. Abbiss, Mr. Sibley, Mr. Badger, Mr. Fisher, Mr, Wood, Mr. Hill, Mr. Saunders, and the Rev. T. Wiltshire, together with Mr. Bowring, Clerk of the Union, had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Sotheron Estcourt yesterday at the office of the Poor Law Board. _ The Right Hon. T. NV. Henley left London on Wednes day evening for Brighton. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, yester day, from the Governors of Ceylon, Mauritius, Hong Kong and Malta. A deputation of the Red Sea and Indian Telegraph Com. pany waited on the First Lord of the Admiralty yester day, consisting of Mr. Marshman, the chairman of the company ; Mr. W. H. Stephenson (official director) ; Mr. W. Dent ; Capt. Hall, R.N., C.B. ; Mr. Eric C. Smith, Mr. Lionel Gisborne (engineer to the company), and Mr. C. L. Peel (secretary). . . .. ZN, , - • _ •-•,;0 , I• MA ( • , ' •,,,,,.. -.- 'AV Wit) : .049IMMAs • ~,,,,,.t. ~,,,,. ~ -, %,:,-;',..„, fr_, 4111111, - ~ , au 'Ron ' \ •N, 1 -- - , - , :i4re ........______:*:..- , ''.•-•-•„-- ymb,43,07, • ' -",„.• 4... ~.. ...._. . 1 . .„ THE S ! SN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5 , 1858. LATEST NEWS. PRUSSIA. THE CHANGE OF MINISTRY IN PRUSSIA. BERLIN, THURSDAY. The Ministers Von der Heydt (Trade), and Simons (Justice), have received an offer of seats in the administration which the Prince of Hohen zollern is forming—an .offer which, however, they have declined to accept. The Prince's acceptance of a commission from the Regent to form a Cabinet was made known to his colleagues by Baron von Manteuffel on the 3d. The old Ministers remain in office until the Prince's arrangements are completed. In the new Prussian Ministry Prince Hohen zollern is President of the Council; M. Schleinitz, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. Bethman-Holl weg, Minister of Public Instruction ; and General Bonin, War Minister. The rest of the present Mi nistry will, it is said, retire, as soon as the arrange ments for supplying their places are completed. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Moniteur publishes a report from the Prince Minister of Algeria, proposing that all past or future transactions for the sale and transfer of landed property between one Mussulman and another, or between a Mussulman and a dew, shall be regulated by Art. 3 of the ordinance of the Ist October, 1844, and Art. 17, of the law of 16th June, 1851. These articles state that no sale or transfer of landed property in Algeria consented to by a native for the benefit of a European can be attacked on the ground that the sale of such pro perty was prohibited by the Mussulman law. Among the various reasons put forth by the Prince Minister in his report in favour of the present measure, he mentions that, in many instances, property had been sold, and after it had undergone various im provements, and been considerably increased in value, the sellers had come forward and claimed its restitution on the simple reimbursement of the original purchase money, urging in support of their claim that the sale of such property was prohibited by the Mussulman law. In some of those cases the purchaser, says the report, had been obliged to deliver up property which had become twenty times more valuable since it had been in his possession. The report is followed by an Imperial decree carry ing out the system recommended. A letter from Manilla states that the Spanish troops destined to co-operate with the French in Cochin-China sailed from that port on the 27th Aug. for the Huo-nang group of islands, about sixty miles from the coast of Tonkin, which had been fixed on as the rendezvous. The Spanish forces consisted, as already stated, chiefly of Tagal troops, with two battalions of riflemen, a detach ment of cavalry, and one of artillery of the royal army. Twenty-one transports were employed to convey the troops, and others were to follow with ammunition, provisions, tents, clothing, &c. On the evening preceding their departure a solemn mass was celebrated in the open air in presence' of the troops, and was attend. N 1 by the Captain-General and other authorities. BOURSE, Nov. 4.—Rente has been offered, owing to the deliveries of stock which have been pressed on the market for the liquidation ; on• broker alone has delivered 575,000 f. of Rentes, that is, for a capital of more than 13 millions of francs. Threes have been done from 73f. to 72f. 90c. ; Mobilier, 910 f. to 915 f. ; Lyons, 876 f. 25c. to 877 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,340 f. to 1,342 f. 50c. ; Southern, 563 f, to 566 f. 25c. ; and Eastern, 705 f. to 705 f. 25c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. 95 90 Credit Fonder.... 650 -- Do. end month Pelgian 41 ....... 3 per Cents 72 85 Piedmontese ( 5 ) .. 931 Do. end month 73 Roman 94 25 Bank Shares...... 3150 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 925 Do. Account .., .. 923 75 Spanish Threes 46 60 Home Debt 42 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. Bl5 • • :2738 75 75 .... 620880 = Lyons and Mediterranean Now ditto Geneva Midi - . • Southern Western 607 50 .. 607 50 Eastern Grand Central — .. Sardinian 452 50 .. 450 Austrian -------- _ _ Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7ic. ; money, 2,5 f 5 0 .; three months, paper, 24f. 921 c. ; money, 24f. 871 c. A Belgrade letter says :—" The question of de ciding whether functionaries and ecclesiastics should be permitted to sit in the great popular assembly of Servia came on lately before the Senate, and was resolved in the affirmative. The place of holding the meeting has led to a difference between the Prince and the agent of the Porte. The former desires to eit at Kragajewatz, be cause the proceedings could not be free at Belgrade, in consequonce of the presence of a Turkish garri son. The matter remains undecided, but it is said that the Scrvian Government has addressed a note to the great powers on the subject, complaining that the rights guaranteed to it have not been duly regarded." A letter from Bagdad of the 19th ult. states that the Arab tribes of the territories between the two branches of the Euphrates, after having been de feated several times by Iskender Pacha, had made their submission to Omer Pacha. In one of their combats with Iskender Pacha they lost 300 men, of whom three were sheiks, and in another 100 horses, 4,000 sheep, and 1,000 oxen were captured from them. Several superior officers, and amongst them the Arab colonel, Bou Maza, distinguished them selves in the engagements. Omer Pacha was not expected back to Bagdad until about the middle of November. A letter from Berlin, of the 2d, states that it was not doubted that the Prince of Hohenzollern Sig maringen had accepted the task of forming a Ministry in compliance with the wish of the Prince Regent, but that it was not certain that he would himself remain permanently in the Ministry as President. The Prince is father of the Queen of Portugal. The Belgian journals state that the Minister of the Interior, M. Rogier, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. de Briere, had left for Wurtemberg and that the object of their journey was to visit the agricultural schools of that kingdom. Tho Madrid journals of the 31st ult. did not all appear, that day being Sunday, and the con tents of those which reach us are confined to notices of the elections. The Leon Espanol had been again seized. We learn by the Milan Gazette that the Arch duke Ferdinand Maximilian, who has now re turned to the capital of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, received on the 28th ult. Count Castel lani, one of the gentlemen who propose accompany ing Count Freschi on his journey to Asia with a view to attempt the regeneration of the silkworm in Europe by the importation of new species from the East. H.T.H. had upwards of an hour's con versation with Count Castellani, and evinced the deepest interest in the undertaking. CHURCH-RATE CONTEST AT HAWARDEN.—At the general meeting of the parishioners of Hawarden, held im mediately after the destruction of their ancient church by an incendiary, a resolution was unanimously adopted that the parish would raise £l,OOO by means of two rates towards the sum required for rebuilding the edifice, the patron and the rector agreeing to raise by themselves and their friends the additional amount necessary for completing the work, say £4,000. The latter part of the engagement has been duly observed, and the parish has paid one moiety of the rates, but to the second rate an opposition has just been raised. The numbers, however, at the termination of the scrutiny on Tuesday were:--For the rate, 280; against, 165—ma jority, 115.—C/inter Cburant. THE LEEDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE BANK COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I send to you, as one of the warmest advo cates of Monetary Reform, the enclosed letter to the President of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, as illustrative of the bias of the Chairman of the Bank Committee, whose report reads more like the speech of a counsel for his client than the summing up of a judge. You mark truly, in your Tuesday's edition, on the vast importance it would be, were John Bright, whom I am to call my per sonal friend, to turn his honest mind and splendid talents to the consideration of the Money Question. Were he to give the same assistance to the destruc tion of the monopoly in money—the mere instru ment of exchange—which he did to the monopoly in corn, he would find many of the evils of which he complains vanish; and that the same necessity would not exist for the working classes to emigrate, and seek in banishment to a foreign land the necessaries and comforts of life which they cannot find at home.—l remain, Sir, Yours sincerely, HAMER STANSFELD. The Grange, Burly, near Otley, Nov. 4, 1858. TO DARNTON LUPTON, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE LEEDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Dear Sir,—Not finding in the evidence of Mr. Smith, who was deputed by the Leeds Chamber of Commerce to appear on their behalf before the Bank Committee, any reference whatever to the excellent resolutions passed by them relative to the Bank Charter Act, I beg to call your attention to the false position in which the Leeds Chamber of Commerce are placed by the omission. The following extract is from their minutes : " BANK CHARTER ACT. " This Chamber having been requested to depute some gentleman practically conversant with the working of the above act and its effects on the monetary system and trade of the country, a meeting of the Council was held on the 12th of May last—Darnton Lupton, Esq., the president, in his place—when, after considerable discussion, the meeting passed a resolution in favour of the following views : " Ist. That the clause in the act which limits the Directors of the Bank of England to an issue of £14,000,000, except ing against gold, ought to be abolished, and that the , directors should have a discretionary power to exceed that I limit as necessity may require. "2d. That the Bank directors should also be allowed to issue £1 Bank of England notes, convertible into gold in London, in times of pressure and difficulty." The first resolution virtually recommends the repeal of the Act of 1844, as the clause restricting the Bank of Eng land to an issue of £14,000,000 against securities is the very essence of that Act. The Leeds Chamber of Commerce, in passing these reso lutions, have, in my opinion, distinguished themselves be yond all other chambers of commerce, having pointed out therein the principal cause and cure of monetary panics in this country ; and their views, representing those of Leeds, the metropolis of the important manufacturing district of the West Riding of Yorkshire, having been requested by the Bank committee, are entitled to be properly recorded on their minutes. That this has not been done appears to have arisen from the circumstance of Mr. Cardwell, the chairman, a staunch supporter of the Act of 1844, having had a private interview with Mr. Smith previous to his examination before the committee. It may be the privilege of chairmen of committees of the House of Commons to have such interviews; but if so, it is a practice liable to great abuse. What would be thought of the conduct of a chairman of Quarter Sessions holding private interviews with witnesses previous to a trial, and yet such were held, in more cases than one, by the chairman of the committee appointed by the representatives of the people, to try the vitally important cause of "the Country versus the Bank Charter Act and its respondent, Lord Overstone." It is but human nature that a chairman, having a strong bias in favour of certain opinions, would, under such circumstances, however un consciously, shape his questions to a witness in such a man ner as to elicit answers which would meet his views and omit those which would not. Should not Mr. Cardwell, as an impartial chairman, have put questions to Mr. Smith before the committee so as to have given them the opportunity of recording on their minutes the resolutions of the :Leeds Chamber of Com merce, which were known to Mr. Smith, and doubtless communicated by him to Mr. Cardwell, and are not the public entitled to know what passed in the private inter view as well as what occurred before the committee ? What chance was there for the public, after witnesses had passed through such an ordeal, to obtain a just verdict on the trial of "The Labour Interest versus the Money Interest," and with a select committee holding its meetings with doors closed to the public—with two Bank directors amongst its members, sitting in judgment on their own monopoly with two other members selected expressly to watch over the interests of the joint-stock and private banks of issue—with three bankers besides the Bank directors— with a Peelite for a chairman, who was a party to the in troduction of the Act of 1844, and is still a most strenuous supporter of it—with three other members of the committee similarly situated, or who voted in favour of the act on its former trial before the committee of 1848. With such com bined adverse influences what chance was there for the pub lic of a just verdict ? Are they not warranted in denounc ing such a jury as packed—such a committee as "a mockery, a delusion, and a snare ? The testimonies of Mr. Smith, a partner, Messrs. Becketts and Co., and one of the oldest and most respected banking firms in the country, are entitled to great respect, and in its condemnation of the Act of 1844 is most valuable, corroborating views which I have long entertained and published, . .. ... . . . . __ He bears witness that the act is inoperative in ordinary times, and fails in times of pressure and panic ; that it in duced a want of confidence which caused money to be hoarded ; that although in the district of Leeds, in 1857, there was no excess of credit to any great extent, no ac commodation bills, as far 'as he could find out, and not one in his own bank, that trade was apparently very sound, and there was not the slightest reason to apprehend a panic ; that only one failure in the district connected with the crisis occurred; yet that, if the Treasury Letter sus pending the Act had not been issued on the 12th of November, the entire commercial body of this important district "must have gone to the wall." His views, nevertheless, should be regarded as those only of a private banker, interested in the monopoly of issuing notes, and not as those of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, from which, in some respects, they widely differ. The Leeds Chamber of Commerce wished the clause re stricting the issue of the Bank of England to £14,000,000 to be abolished, and a discretionary power to be given to the directors to exceed that limit as necessity may require. Mr. Smith wishes the clause to be retained, but a discre tionary power to be given by law to the Government to exceed it in times of pressure. Mr. Smith also wishes, as a private issuing banker, that the period fixed by the list for taking the averages of the issues of country bankers should be altered, so as practi cally to add to their issues 15 per cent. more than they dare at present issue for fear of the penalties imposed by the Act for exceeding the authorised amount. These wishes of his are almost identical with those ex pressed to the committee by Mr. Rodwell, the chairman of the Association of Country Issuing Bankers. This body wished their own issues to be practically enlarged to the amount intended by the act, by altering the period for tak ing the averages ; but they would forego their fair claim, and " continue the provisions of the act precisely as they now stood, rather than open the whole subject for public disoassion." Foremost amongst these provisions is the clause restrict ing the Bank of England to an issue of £14,000,000 against securities, the keystone of the work of monopoly; but, as regards this point, Mr. Smith so far differs from them, that he would allow the Government to enlarge and strengthen it, when no longer able to bear the pressure of the super structure of commercial liabilities. Mr. Smith is warranted in giving his own views, from the nature of his appointment by the Leeds Chamber of Commerce. He is asked by the committee (5,575), "You have been deputed by the Leeds Chamber of Commerce to come and give evidence before this committee ?" and he answers, " They passed a resolution requesting me to come here. I was not at home at that time. It was done, therefore, quite ignorant of their intention." Of course, under such an appointment, he was not committed to re present exclusively the views of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce. The following questions respecting the propriety of an issue of one pound notes were put to him, not by the chair man, who must have learnt from Mr. Smith that such an issue was recommended by the Leeds Chamber of Com merce in time of pressure and difficulty, but incidentally by another member of the committee, Mr. Cayley—( s ,7 so ). " You have asked with regard to the year 1825, when there was only £1,260,000 of bullion left in the coffers of the Bank, do you remember that in spite of that low state of bullion, the panic was relieved by the issue of a number of one pound notes ?" "Yes, perfectly" (5,751). " That, in point of fact, was analogous in principle to the extra issue which was empowered by the Government Letter ?" " It supplied the place of bullion, and would do so again ; it would do so at any time." The Leeds Chamber of Commerce hav e a duty to dis charge—they owe it to themselves and to the public, to ascertain and make known how it happened that their deli berative resolutions respecting the Bank Charier Act were suppressed, and never reached the Bank Committee. Not doubting that they will faithfully discharge this national duty, and place themselves in the right relative to this all-important question, I remain, dear sir, yours sin cerely, HA.MER STANSFELD, The Grange, Burly, noir ()den Nov. 3, 1858. GOVERNM T EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's EN Emigration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the 4th inst., the Commodore Perry, 2,143 tons, to sail from Liverpoo l for Melbourne, Victoria, at £l3 13s. )d. per statute adult, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such day as the CoramissionerS way appoint between o le 10th cud 17th December. - AN OLD SOLDIER ON REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A fair number of our Parliamentary great guns have already fired off, and many more will probably shortly follow. Most of them will, I suspect, have shown themselves to be loaded with blank cartridge, and little can be expected from them, before the war season commences in February next, when, it is to be hoped, they will throw in their round shot with good effect, and that the pro mised Reform Bill will not end in smoke. A chief in gredient in it ought to be, in my humble opinion, the Vote by Ballot. But, sir, I have not, as yet, observed that any speaker has touched on that point, which I consider equally essential—the dura tion of Parliaments. Now, sir, it..is much more pleasant to a newly-elected member to say to his friends—" Now, I hope to be able to represent you for many a year to come," or to think that he has a good chance of doing so, and thus (to use a com mon phrase) to snap his fingers at them, than to have the reflection that he will have to appear among them again at the end of three years, at furthest. An argument frequently used against this change is, that the average duration of Parliaments is not above three years. This, I think, should have no weight, for we have known them to run on till six years' duration, one, not many years back, to its seventh year. I will not, however, touch on historical periods, but confine myself to expressing my opinion that our present system is totally wrong, and is only maintained by the objection our public men have of speaking or writing on what may be termed " a self-denying ordinance." To go to another point—that which I commenced with—of great guns. No one has come out so strongly, and whose speeches atßirmingham have been commented on by you so forcibly and so justly as Mr. Bright's : I presume to make a few remarks. Is it not strange that he—the apostle of peace at any price, the intense hater of war and all its paraphernalia— should have gone to Birmingham, of all places in the kingdom, the very focus and hot-bed of every thing that produces the means by which war is carried on, and among constituents who are chiefly employed in the construction of every deadly weapon —cannon, swords, rifles, &c. How is it, I ask, that Mr. Bright can so outrage his feelings and his opinions as to ask for the suffrages of such destroying hands. Your faithful servant, AN OLD SOLDIER AND POLITICIAN. The Welsh Hills, Nov. 3, 1858. LITERATU.RE. Lives of the Queens of Scotland. By Agnes Strick land. Vol. VII. Blackwood. and Sons. Another volume will bring to a close this noble series of historic biographies. It will comprise within it the lives of Elizabeth Stuart, QUeen of Bohemia, and of her daughter Sophia, the Electress of Hanover, upon whom, as our annals relate, the succession to the Crown of Britain was settled by Act of Parliament. It is especially observable that the conclusion of the life of the Electress Sophia brings these historical biographies down to a period contemporaneous with the reign of Queen Anne, the narrative of whose career, it will be remembered, complete* the record of " The Lives ofthe Queens of England," by Agnes Strickland. So that the range of the companion series, now rapidly approaching its completion, will be directly parallel with that of its brilliant and classic predecessor. Already this remarkable contribution to our national annals has so nearly advanced towards its termination that we may speak of it as a work virtually completed. So far as relates to the Queen's Regnant of Scotland, it is, in fact, at this moment brought to a conclusion—the current volumes relating the last mournful incidents in the career of the beautiful and unfortunate princess whose memory survives as that of the most roman tic of all the Scottish Sovereigns. Miss Strick land's narrative of the death of Mary Stuart is, beyond any question whatever, the most eloquent, the most touching, and the most authentic ever yet penned by biographer. It is impossible to read it without emotion. The scene, the person ages, the incidents, all rise up before us as we turn the leaves—as vividly as though we really saw and heard them—as though they were events not of three centuries since, but of yesterday.• The piety of Mary's death is placed beyond the possibility of doubt. Her patience, her meekness, her tender thought for others rather than for herself, all these ' pathetic evidences of her perfect submission to the decrees of Divine Providence are displayed eenspi cuously for our admiration. During the breathless moments of preparation upon the morning of her most inhuman execution, we hear resounding melo diously that exquisite impromptu prayer, " well known," says Miss Strickland, "to have been ex temporised by the Queen" during her last devo tions : " 0 Domino Deus ! Speravi in to ; • 0 care me Jesul nunc libera me. In dura catena, in misera Fens., desidero : Languendo, gemendo, of genu flectendo, Adoro, imploro, ut Micros me 1" Exquisite words of tender and pathetic sup plication—words that may thus be echoed back in the vernacular : " 0 Lord and 0 God I have hoped in thee. 0 Jesus, sweet Jesus, now liberate me ; In sorrow I languish, in chains and in anguish, Lamenting, repenting on lowly bent knee, Adoring, imploring -0 liberate me 1" It is difficult, looking back at this infamous crime —the murder of Mary Stuart by order of the Eng lish Queen and Government—it is difficult to say whose conduct appears the most cruel and inhu man among those who, either directly or indirectly, participated in its perpetration. The brutal and fanatic Earl of Kent fills us with abhorrence. The harsh and unrelenting bigotry of the Dean of Peterborough excites in our mind, as we read on; feelings of half-incredulous amazement. None can recal to mind without a shudder the pitiless spite with which Elizabeth vowed that her rival should die the death, confirming the de claration with an oath, " Yea, by G— !" Few can remember without mingled emotions of scorn and horror the callous and implacable hardihood with which Lord Burleigh ordered all the arrange ments for the execution. It is Consolatory to remem ber that if the creatures of the English Queen were thus covering themselves with infamy by aiding with inhuman zeal the atrocious work of official assassination—the faithful dependants of the Royal victim were in some manner redeeming human nature from this infamy by their evidences of deathless devotion. The tragic spectacle revealed to us through this sombre loophole of history is one, in truth, eminently calculated to excite our pity and our admiration. There are tears in the annalist's voice as she tells the tale to us anew ; and, beating our breast like the wedding guest in the poem of Coleridge, we needs must listen to the words of the sorrowful narrative. " Sadder and wiser" we close the volume--grateful to the pro found research and vivifying eloquence of Agnes Strickland. Remembering; while we lay the book aside, that according to those closing lines of Caussin, Queen Mary's French biographer—" So long as there shall be eyes and tears in this vale of misery, there shall be tears distilled on those Royal ashes, and the piety of the living shall never cease with full hands to strew lilies, and violets, and roses on her tomb." And the perpetuated grief is wholesome purifying and elevating. Olim meminisse juvabit. A Summer and Winter in the Two Sieilies. By Julia Kavanagh. author of " Nathalie," " Adele," &c. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Miss Kavanagh's clever historical works and sparkling novels have long since obtained for her a high rank among our feminine writers. She has now ventured into a new sphere, and has given us her impressions of Southern Italy—a task for which her cultivated artistic taste and unusual knowledge of ancient history especially qualify her. Her de scriptions of the loveliness of Italian skies and scenery are glowing and enthusiastic ; indeed pro saic readers will be tempted to say they are almost too much so ; at least there is too much reiteration of the artistic delight in the wonderful effects of colour, and the influences of a southern sky. Nevertheless, the enthusiasm o f th e authored in-. spires the reader with something of the same feel ing; and those who have visited these beautiful and traditionary regi ons w ill rev i ve their first im pressions while revisiting them in Miss Kavanagh's pages. A lengthened stay at Sorrento enabled her to make the acquaintance of a poor Italian family, and she gives us some pleasing domestic details of industrious and home life an d management of these and frugal people. The management of silkworms, the olive trees and vineyards, and the simple girl's wonder at the marvels unfolded to her by the foreigner, come in pleasantly among the visions of ruined temples and lonely plains. The historical lore of our authoress is something uncommon for a feminine writer. She has all the misdeeds of the Roman Emperors, and the comments of Virgil and Horace, always ready for reference or illustration. Her familiarity with the native tongue, too, helps her very much in gaining an insight into national character. When she leaves classics and his tern however, for political economy, she is is not so successful, and her logic shows more of her own country's eloquence and Italian enthusiasm than of sound English common sense. All who love the beautiful in art and nature, who prize the reminiscences of antiquity, must ever regard Italy as a consecrated land; all who love liberty and re spect independence, must feel sympathy for the position of her people without despising the national character. But it is too much to depre ciate the glorious privileges of a great and free country, to speak with scorn of all the advances of modern civilisation, in order to represent the Italians as a happy and contented people, far our superiors in all the real ends of government, and not possessing political rights or national education, because they do not wish for them, With all the food they care to have cheap, with the priests to disseminate religious knowledge among the lowest, with brotherhoods and sisters of mercy to tend the beggar and the sick, with the festivals of the Church for recreation, what need they care, she asks, if ti police inspector objects to the portrait of a man with a beard, or a public officer openly sells justice for a dish of stewed fruit ? Miss Kavanagh in dignantly says that, thanks to the religious societies, so far above our charitable institutions, starvation is unknown ; but she tells us, a little fur ther on, of a lady fainting from want while present ing a petition to the Queen, who, greatly affected, ordered one of the gentlemen of her household to give her a hundred ducats, of which the poor lady received ten. She takes every opportunity, while professing to decline entering on the subject, of depreciating English laws and customs, and many a scornful allusion to the want and ignorance among us does she introduce. Doubtless poverty and crime are plentiful among us , ---doubtless ignorance and vice are deadly enemies to our labouring population; but while we own the evils existing, we endeavour to mitigate them ; and because we make no secret of our drawbacks and boldly face and attempt to remedy what is wrong, we are told that the Italians are far better cared for and more contented than our English labouring class. To talk of a " lurking resentment, of which the farsighted prophesy with dread and terror the fatal outbreak" among us, and directly after to speak of the Neapolitans as " physi cally happy and socially free," is simply absurd, and Miss Kavanagh, in her anxiety to claim respect for the land of art and classic memories, has altogether departed from plain facts, and lost herself in a maze of inconsistent sophistry. True lovers of Italy will rather own the wrongs and sufferings of her people, and wait in patience till Time brings the oppor tunity to help her to regain her lost independence and departed freedom. Apart from this question, there is much to engage and gratify the reader. The description of the buried cities, though not novel, is always inte r e s tin g ; and though the same associations must arise with almost every visitor, yet the account of each one's impressions has some thing new and striking. With all Miss Kavanagh's enthusiasm and knowledge, we cannot think she has displayed her abilities to such advantage as her former works ; and now that, as she mourn fully tells us, " a year of light and splendour is over," we trust she will again turn her attention to that department of literature in which she espe cially shines, and give us a companion picture t , o the sprightly " Adele" or the heroic " Madeleine.' 111 U s I C. Six Songs for Leisure Ho — urs. By Thos. Plumptre Methuen. Cocks and Co. The composer of these Six Songs is distinguish able at once among the average throng of his con temporaries by his originality and tenderness. Turning the leaves, running our hands over the keys, " lifting up our voice" as he bids us—we not only hear but feel that beyond mere musical acquirements he has great musical endowments-- that beyond his scientific and manipulative skill he has melody and he has pathos in its expression. Although these songs by Mr. Methuen number only half-a-dozen altogether, they are so various in their merits that they have taken in a wide range of his abilities as a musical composer. As a very diversified and harmonious collection they will be right welcome in many a boudoir and drawing room ; and once welcomed in either they will often and often be transferred from the drawer of the canterbury to the folding stand of the piano. However varied the tastes of the different songsters who may search this little cluster of ballads for plea sure, it will be strange if any fail to find among the six here grouped together one or two destined long to be ranked among their especial favourites. The first song in the collection is one that Mr. Knight himself might feel honoured in having attributed to him, and the words of which Mr. Chorley might not disdain to have penned— ,, The Aged man was Sitting"—written by the Rev. H. H. Methuen. We read it—we sing it—and it haunts our remembrance. Dainty and aerial is the second ballad " When the breath of English Meadows," taken from " The Baron's Little Daugh ter." The third, enigmatically entitled " I would not bring thy dial back"—(words by the composer) chants earnestly and impressively—. Old age is weaving for thy head Its crown of hoary hair, And gems of love and tenderness Are richly studded there. But thou hast sought a diadem More costly in the sky, And we will rest content below While thou art crowned on high." The fourth song—its theme selected from Sacred Poetry, " Sweet Evening Hour "—is dulcet and meditative. The fifth—who does not remember the delicious verses ?—is an exquisite rendering in song of those lovely lines of Tennyson— " Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea, Thy tribute wave deliver, But not by thee my steps shall be For ever and for ever." It is not the first time these beautiful stanzas have been set to music, but they have never Wore been set to music so gracefully, tenderly, and deliciously. This one song alone ought to secure to Mr. Methuen a wide and enduring popularity. The . sixth, completing the series, " Speak ! Smile I Sing !." written by Charles Kent, author of Aletheia, repeats in many .. tender tone and cadence, no less than in the simple, but dexterous beauty of the accompaniment, the mastery of his art by the composer. Gladly shall we welcome from the gifted hand of Thomas Plumptre Methuen some other group of melodious compositions. Mr. Arthur Gordon, third son of Lord Aberdeen will accompany Mr. Gladstone as Secretary in his mission to Corfu. Mr. Gordon was for some timb precis writer at the Foreign-office, and also acted as Private Secretary to his father while Prime Minister. Lady Lytton, says the Both Chronicle, has re turned from the continent, and again taken up her abode at Clarke's Hotel, Taunton. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, accompanied by their two sons and the Princess de Salerno, arrived at Dresden, from Vienna, on Sunday, on a visit to the ex" Queen Marie, who resides in a villa near the city. The Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, who has been called by the Prince Regent of Prussia to form 3 new administration, is the father of the young Q ue en of Portugal. He abdicated his petty sovereignty a few years ago in favour of the King of Prussia, the bead of the house of Hohenzollern, and obtained by the King's order the title of Highness with the prerogative of a junior prince of the royal family of Prussia. He is a lieutenant-general in the Prussian service, and commandant of the Dusseldorf mili tary division. He is brother-in-law to the Marquis Pepeli of Bologna (the grandson of Murat, King of Naples), whose bold and clever pamphlet on the mismanagement of the- Papal finances was lately noticed with so much commen dation. The Prince Hohenzollern Sigmaringen is under stood to be a member of the moderate liberal party. TIIE OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MAILS.--The Post master-General gave notice yesterday, that the Niagara would take out the next overland Australian mail, and that ship mails will be made up in the General Post-office on the morning of the 10th inst for New York and Newfound land, to be forwarded from Galway in the Prince Albert steamer. THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 4.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Indus, Capt. J. Weeks, sailed hence to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria. She takes out the India and China mails, 123 first-class and 31 other passengers, a full cargo, and 877 boxes of specie, jewellery, &c., value £238,583 65., con signed as follows :—Bombay, silver, £42,380; jewellerft £247 lOs ; Ceylon, jewellery, £336 ; Madras, silver, £15,000; gold, £1,270 Ifs. ; jewellery, £1,216 15 s . ; Calcutta, silver, £30,400 ; jewellery, £2,749 10s. ; Hong Kong, silver, £96,206 7s. 3d. ; jewellery, £603 ; Shanghai, silver, £47,960; jewellery, £243 13s. 9d. Total, silver, £231,946 7s. 3d. ; gold, £1,270 108. ; jewellery, £5,366 Bs. 9d. Among her passengers are Lady F. Somerset and daughter, Deputy- Assistant Commissary -General Mills ' Mrs. and Miss Mills. for Malta; Si r H arry Fl etc h er, for Alexandria ; Capt. G. Fireman, Staff-Assistant-Surgeons Crean and Marshall, for Madras ; Captain and Mrs. Pixley, Captain and Mrs, Syme, Paymaster M'Donald, for Calcutta ,• Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Smith, for Hong Kong, &c. The United States mail steam-ship Vanderbilt, Capt. Lefevre, also left to -day for New York, with the German, French, and E n glish mails, 150 passengers, and a full cargo. She has been detained a day beyond her proper time, in eon ghroerkdoelin, &c., tbe re w nd e e s r e e r d . n se e r es e s n ary ce of by th t e mebi rep n a g irs ° ground the The screw steamer Bavaria, Capt. Taube, arrived from Hamburg this morning and sails early on Friday for New York, with between 300 and 400 passengers and a large cargo. The Royal Charlie, a small craft of 38 tons burden, Capt. Rowley, sailed from this port yesterday, full of cargo and stores for Trinidad, to take up her station as a " sugar drover." She is the property of a West India planter, and was built by Messrs. White, of Cowes. The captain is ac companied by his wife and a crew of three men. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Valetta, Capt. A. Kellock, leaves at 7 a.m. on Friday for London to be repaired. THE LATE ROBBERY OF 970 DOLLARS.—At the Liverpool police court yesterday (Thursday) Timothy Kirby, first officer of the American ship Patterson, wft s brought up on rema n d, c h arge d w i t h having stolen97o dol lars from a seaman namod Harding, on board the ship while on the voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. The facts of the case appeared in our paper last week, and after the examination of an additional witness yesterday, who -swore to seeing the prisoner with several 5 dollar gold pieces the same evening-as the Patterson arrived in the Liverpool docks, Mr. Mansfield sent the prisoner for trial at the sections,