The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-10 00:00:00

SALMON, ODY, and CO. most respectfully in form the public that their PATENT SELF-ADJITST INC. TRUSSES afford more ease and security for the relief of Hernia than any other instrument for the purpose. They will answer for right or left side, requiring no under-strap or any galling bandage. Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of the body one inch below the hips. A female attends by appointment from 10 to 2.—Manufactory, 292, Strand. -rHEATREROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENlNG,'Auber's grand Opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS M r. The characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Henry Cons, Mr. Bartleman, Mr Terrott, and Mr. W. Harrison Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR D'A3IOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacehi, and Pasquale. I_IOYAI PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. IfIIIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed (third time), TSB TALE OF A COAT. Mr. Charles Mathews. Afkr which, THE DOWAGER. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. Followed by THE ETON BOY. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, kc. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THE ATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST Messrs. Selby, Parselle, and Miss Swan ;ugh.. After whist' THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS : Messrs. G. Selby, J. Eland, J. Clarke, ho. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. Astounding and Expensive Parisian Engagement- THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be presented THE WOODMAN'S HORSE, introducing a treble company of equestrians and the finest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, W. Cooke, Anson, Francis, Mark Howard, Anderson. Followed by the inimitable SCENES OF THE ARENA, in which Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Miss Katc Cooke, and Madlle. Blanche will appear. After which, Madame Amille Maurice, from Paris, will make her Terrific Ascent from the Stage to the back of the Galleries. Mons. Maurice will also have the honour to introduce his extraordinary Dogs. To conclude with A MISTAKEN STORY. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. • Galleries, 6d. Private Boxes from £1 ls. to £ 2 2 s. and upwards. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respeettully 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 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 MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SuN Orricz, Nov. 10. THERMAIMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30 . 40. Wmr, South-storly ; light, with foggy weather. The inauguration of the new Lord Mayor was yesterday celebrated under peculiarly auspicious circumstances. Every one Ny as anxious to honour, not merely the high office, but the popular man—to pay homage not only to the Civic Monarch—the first magistrate of the greatest city of the earth — but to DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE. An energetic and upright citizen, who had by indefatigable industry, unimpeachable integrity, and abilities of a very high order, won his way onward to the distin guished situation which he now occupies with credit to himself, and advantage to the inhabitants of th© British Metropolis. The old adage declares that " the rolling stone gathers no moss." The LORD MAYOR has afforded a powerful illustration of the benefits arising from devotion and fidelity to his first employers. It is MIT than forty years since DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE was articled to a highly-respectable legal firm in the City. By slow but sure degrees he rose to be the head of that firm, and, although so many years have elapsed—although he is approach ing the termination of his sixth decade—no one could ;mark the healthful glow upon his cheek, the vigour, activity, and energy displayed on every occasion, without feeling that he was in the prime of life—that happy condition that combines' vast experience and matured judgment, and which gives the physical power to carry out whatever the will dictates. The Lord Mayor was elected unanimously by his fellow-citizens. There are, of course, differences of opinion on political questions. It is well for the nation that such is the case. It prevents the stag nation of ideas that might otherwise occur, and preserves a healthy action in the body politic. Strange to say, there was no one to oppose the election of DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE! His name was hailed with enthusiastic applause, and perhaps never has there been a chief magistrate of the metropolis whose advent to office was hailed with more auspicious auguries than that of the present wielder of the civic sceptre. As a member of the legal profession, of long standing, the Lord Mayor may be regarded as the right man in the right place—where so many important questions about civic rights and civic privileges have been freely ventilated, and where the advice and assistance of the first magistrate of London must be anxiously sought for by any Minister, no matter what may be his political engaged with his colleagues in considering and maturing the details of those measures of legal social, financial, and political improvement, which he hopes by the commencement of ne A session to be enabled to submit to the impartia' judgment of Parliament, and which, as he subsequently stated, will " be conceded in a spirit of not endeavouring to serve eithewthis or that section of the community, but the whole people not to legislate for the high or the low, for the rich or for the poor, but for the well-understood benefit and advantage of all classes." This is the true principle, and if Lord DERBY faithfully observes the principles he has so ably laid down ; if he acts, not for party but for the community at large, the true-hearted Liberals, in whose hands the decision of the important ques tion at issue between the Governments of Lords DERBY and PALMERSTON is placed, will give an honest and just judgment, in accordance with the principles which will prove alike beneficial and acceptable to the public. LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, Nov. 9. By a notice published by the National Bank of Austria, the old notes of the bank of 1,000 florins will from this date be exchanged for new ones at the rate of 105 for 100. MADRID, Nov. 9. The Correspondencia Autografa affirms that, in consequence of the diplomatic conferences on Mexi can affairs, the difficulties will be settled in a man ner suited to the dignity of Spain. Stocks closed yesterday at 3 per cent. Interior, 42.65 ; 3 per cent. Deferred, 30.93. session for improvements in various institutions and local districts. Among other measures a reform of the Penal Code and Courts of Justice will be dis- cussed. . .. .. 6 . - .1, • . • ::. , , t '1, -- -ii ' L ., .ii•At, 4 . of . , .. t ' ~'.,_,'::,..' pook -c 'mg .., 7- •.,: , .4 - 41■11L 0... ~.$‘ 0 %,,-.,: , ..., ,, i ii.t,p iiiiiep s, ~(-..„._. 4‘e , ,. Alik 1 ._ . _ , ,„ , , .',l , T; ir.' ; -',. .. . ' ' ` s -11211-41. ' -, V,, ~, THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1858. SMYRNA. - views. The Lord Mayor can speak for himself. He is no automaton in the hands of a subordinate official. The same tact and talent that made him the ac credited representative of a very important and influential body —the Licensed Victuallers of the United Kingdom —will also enable him to obtain justice for the Corporation claims, whatever they may be. He has invariably, throughout his career, been a sincere and consistent Liberal. We shall not, however, at present dwell on this point, or cite the easy proofs thereof. At present his important position puts every party effort out of the question. He is to act for the 'nation, and more especially for its capital, -without - reference to any particular class or interest. p Her MAJESTY' S Ministers paid the just t r ib u t e o f respect to the new civic Sovereign. We believe that few members of the Cabin et were 'absent on the very interesting and important occasion. Th e Premier was, of course, the party to detail, so far as was deemed exped i ent, the view s and intentions of the Government. He could not take the words from her MAJESTY'S lips, or explain clearly and explicitly Session. But he th e programme for the next could fairly expatiate on our political relations, both at home and abroad; on our domestic and foreign prospects ; and these are so very satis factory, that we need scarcely refer our friends to the speech of the Noble Earl, which will be found in another part of our impression. There_ is one statement, however, to which we must call more particular attention. He declares that he is actively, daily, and asaiduouBl7 If our knowledge of the globe denies us the hope of any more regions to discover, we are cer tainly opening up to view much that has hitherto remained impenetrable in many a remote island and continent. No future navigator, however gifted or adventurous, can set forth in unknown seas, like COLUMBUS, in quest of a new world, hitherto un dreamt of by geographers. No aspiring sea cap tain can any longer speculate upon the possibility of emulating JAMES COOK, in finding what the historian of Europe, by a marvellous Scotch bull, has called (vol. I. tout. p. 9), a " fifth hemisphere." Our globe has again and again been circum navigated. Sailing vessels and steam vessels, paddle wheels and screw propellers have put a girdle round the earth as completely, though per haps not so swiftly, as PUCK the lyric Mercury. Fairyland has been banished from the earth by the researches of the hydrographer. PRESTER JOAN has been banished from his dominion. El Dorado has resolved itself into a gold digging. We have lost at once the Ultima Thule and Atalantis. There are only a few icy regions still remaining to be penetrated in the Arctic and Antarctic circles. Even the North-West passage has been traversed, thanks to Sir ROBERT ITCLURE. Not another undiscovered island remains anywhere upon which a second SELKIRK could be shipwrecked—to be monarch of all he surveyed, to cloth himself in skins, be startled.by savage footprints, to pursue par rots, and eventually have some new DEFOE for his biographer. A glance at one of the latest editions of MERCATOR'S Chart will show that hardly any where on it are any longer discernible those vague spots, left dubiously to conjecture, in which poets might place the fabled regions of Tempe, Arcadia; and the Hesperides—or the wilder haunts of the Cyclops, the Centaurs and the Anthropophagi. Besides the eternal wintry scenes already alluded to, here at the North Pole, there at the South Pole—there are still, it is true, parts of two or three of the Great Continents. But even these are being fast penetrated. Central Africa is being laid open by the daring researches of Dr. LIVINGSTONE. Central North America has promise for, as of not only being traversed, but colonised and cultivated by means of the inter course soon inevitable between Canada and Co lumbia. So, too, will it be at our antipodes, over the whole of the interior of that vast island, or rather continent, of Australasia, by means of the intercourse to be ultimately established between points as remote from each other as Port Philip and the Gulf of Carpentaria, as Shark Bay and Port Macquarie. A spirit of commercial enter prise is at length abroad, such as will, in the natural course of things, render our traders as familiar with the centre of Papua and of Borneo as they must soon become with the heart of the two great islands of New Zealand--sEahei Nomane, and Tavai Poenamoo. Let it be recalled to mind for a moment what have actually been the achieve ments in this way effected by Anglo-Saxon enter prise within the brief intervals of this last twelve month. Scarcely had the satisfactory close of our last rapid and successful war with Persia given us the security for more friendly intercourse with the inhabitants of Teheran and Ispahan, of Bagdad and Bassora, than the triumphal termination of our second great conflict with Chini, has obtained for us a substantial guarantee that our civilising influences may now be enabled to advance beyond the frontiers of the Celestial Empire, from the Yellow Sea to Mongolia, from the Gulf of Ton quin to Thibet. And no sooner have glad tidings to this effect reached our shores than they are fast followed by what is almost more startling, and in some respects scarcely less satisfactory intelligence —news, that is to say, of the pacific treaty recently entered into by Lord ELGIN with the Japanese. Hitherto it has been familiar, even to that wonderfully accomplished ignoramus (supposed to know nothing, expected to know everything)—the Schoolboy—that Japan, during all these past cen turies, has remained almost more exclusively than even China itself under a sort of taboo to the rest of the civilised world. Advisedly we say the civilised world ; for the Japanese, though cut off from intercourse with their fellow creatures, have, during many past generations, been very far re moved from a state of barbarism. It would be ridiculous to doubt the fact of their being in a manner highly civilised—to entertain a like doubt in regard to the long-vanished Etrurians. And now, for the first time in the history of the two countries, there is to be a permanent, recognised, organised intercourse between England and Japan. Diplomatic agents are to be exchanged between them. A Japanese ambassador is to reside at London, an English Ambassador at Jeddo. There is to be perpetual peace and amity between her Britannic :NIAJESTY and the TYCOON of the Japanese. The principal ports of Japan are to be opened to British commerce Hakodadi, Kanagow a, and Nagasaki on the Ist of July, 1859 ; Nipon on the Ist of January, 1860 ; Hiogo on the Ist of January, 1860. Both in Japan and China Christianity is henceforth to be recognised and respected. This remarkable treaty between the English and the Japanese—a treatry comprising within it many other important articles—was signed on the 26th of August, 1858. It is written in English, in Dutch, and in Japanese. The version in Dutch is to be regarded as the original, from which the two others are translations. It is to be ratified within one year from the date of its signature by the contracting plenipotentiaries. It will take rank assuredly among the word's most notable docu ments. It is the latest and not by any means the and of the and swift humanising advance i hither nfiu e and n ce s of thither Eur oo European e t a h n e beneficent civilisation. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. By Imperial decrees Rear-Admirals Lugeol and Penaud have been promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral, and Capitaines de Vaisseau Paris and Du Bouzet to that of Rear-Admiral. Also, Vice-Admi ral Odet-Pellion has been named Prefect of the 2d Maritime Arrondissement at Brest, and Vice-Admi ral Lugeol to the same post for the 4th Maritime Arrondissement at Rochefort, in the room of Vice- Admirals La Place and Montagnies de la Roque, who have been admitted to the section of the reserve. By decrees in the Moniteur the number of Coun cillors of State on ordinary service hors sections is increased from 15 to 18, and MM. Pelletier, Secre tary-General of the Ministry of State ; Gautier, Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Household of the Emperor ; Cornuau, Secretary- General of the Ministry of the Interior ; and Serveux, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance, have been named to complete the latter number, there having been one vacancy. The Moniteur also publishes a decree naming five jndges and two supplementary judges to form the Mises en Accusation of: the High Court of Justice for the judicial year 1858-59 ; and the same num ber for the Chambre de Jugement of the same court. The nominations are all made among the judges of the Court of Cassation. Another decree makes sundry promotions and nominations in the magistracy in different parts of France. A military friend writes from Corunna, under date the 2d of November : " We have just been favoured with a visit from the midshipman son of the Queen of England, Prince Alfred, accompanied by an English military 1 officer and the Rev. Mr. Luke Onslow. The , Euryalus, Captain Tarleton, in which the Prince is, as I understand, proceeding for a cruise in the Mediterranean, put into Ferrol last night, and remained there while his Royal Highness came over here in the Spanish war steamer Santa Teresa. As his arrival at Ferrol and his inten tion to come here had been telegraphed, the garrison was put under arms, and he was received at landing with all the honours due to his rank. The Captain-General of the province conducted him in his carriage to the Palace, escorted by a squadron of Dragoons, and preceded by a detach ment of the same. " The Prince and his companions expressed a great desire to see the ground on which the ever memorable battle Of Corunna was fought, and which cost the life of England's most distinguished General. The Captain-General accompanied his Royal Highness and suite in open carriages to the scene of that bloody fray, escorted as before, and attended by all the Staff on horseback. " The village of Elvina was the key of the posi tion which General Moore had taken up to protect the embarkation of his army, and here it was he lost his life as he was repulsing the desperate at tempts of the Fernch to get possession of it. Here Marshal Soult had his name engraved on a rock in testimony of his appreciation of the military talents and courage of his antagonist in that fierce fight. This village was of course a prin cipal object of attention, the more so as from it may be seen what was on that day of renown for the British army the entire field of battle. The scene was rather imposing. A scion of the Royal House of England come to visit the spot where the bones of many, a British soldier are mouldering, and to pay the tribute of his homage Ito the great general who fell there gloriously. The day was lovely, and the ground towards the city, which is about three miles from Elvina, presented a beautiful panorama. The bay, which . is in the form -of a horseshoe, has the pretty little city of Corunna, with its quaint old-fashioned buildings and tall church spires, on .one shore, while the other is dotted with country houses half hid amid orange groves and vineyards, now glowing beneath the bright beam of an autumn sun. The Prince and his companions seemed charmed with the whole scene, though, perhaps, the memory of the past might have thrown some shade over it. " They afterwards visited the mausoleum erected to the memory of General Moore, in the gardens of San Carlos, and lingered for some time on the spot, and then, to use the words of our countryman on the same hero, " They left him alone with his glory:" " The Prince and party returned to the Captain- General's residence, and, after partaking of luncheon left for Ferrol, and, still accompanied by his excel lency, returned on board of the Santa Teresa under a Royal salute. So ended this interesting visit of the English Prince to the resting place of him who fought and fell in defence of the Crown so nobly worn by his Royal mother." Snow fell the whole of Saturday last, and during a part of the night, at Strasburg. Winter ap peared to have set in with great severity on Sunday, but towards evening a south wind sprung up, and the mass of snow in the streets was changed into a mass of mud. Snow fell at Lyons likewise on Sunday, and con tinued on Monday, and dUring the night a smart frost set in. A violent north wind, with intense cold weather, was experienced at Marseilles on Saturday. A great number of ships which were ap proaching the harbour were caught in the gale and forced to take refuge in the ports of Cassis and La Ciotat. A large lugger which sailed from Marseilles in the morning was cast on the rocks near the Ca talans, where it was dashed to pieces. The crew saved themselves in a small boat attached to the lugger. BOURSE, Nov. 9.—The market has been very animated. Prices at first improved, but large sales for realisations afterwards taking place caused a momentary reaction. -The market now again rally ing, Threes, after having been done at 73f. 90c., declined to 73f. 75c., and are now at 73f. 80c.; Mo bilier varied from 970 f. to 975 f. ; Austrian, 657 f. 50e. to 658 f. 75c .; Lyons, 881 f. 25c. to 876 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,375 f. to 1,370 f. ; Southern, 575 f. to 573 f. 75c. ; Northern, 990 f. to 985 f. ; and Eastern, 710 f. o 707 f. 50e. The following are the last quota- ions: -- li per Cents. .. • . 96 Credit Foneier 655 Do. end month .. 96 25 Belgian 4} — 3 per Cent 5....... 73 70 Piedmontesa (5) Do. end month... • 73 65 Roman 95 Bank Shares...... 3155 Austrian Credit Mobilior .. 970 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 960 Rome Debt — -- A letter from Smyrna of the 24th ult., in the Presse d' Orient, gives the following details of the accident which attended the arrival of the Curacao steam frigate at Smyrna, on board of which vessel Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had taken his passage : —" At the moment when the frigate was entering the outer roadstead, an Austrian sailing vessel was leaving, bound for Trieste. The Curacao ran into this vessel, carried away her bowsprit and mizen mast, and stove in her bows. In disengaging her self from the Austrian ship the frigate grounded on the Hermus sandbank and stuck fast. The English Consul at Smyrna, on hearing of the acci dent, waited on Rear-Admiral Clavaud, command ing the French squadron in the Levant, and requesting him to send assistance. The application was immediately acceded to, and the Eclaireur steamer was ordered to the spot, but as yet she had not been able to haul the frigate off. The Austrian vessel was towed back into the harbour by the Alexandria."steamer, which happened to be coming E git t in L oy fromd' s MB. BRIGH2"S SPEECH AT Elk MINGIIA3.f. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In a leader of your paper;of the sth inst., you invited attention to a communication from " An Old Soldier and Politician," and on perusal I find him surprised that Birmingham, of all other places, should send Mr. Bright to represent their _ .. interests in Parliament. Depend upon it, Sir, the gunmakers of Birming ham know their own interests—they know that if we had a Government whose avowed policy is peace at any price, that we would find ourselves con stantly at war, thus securing for themselves, along with the profession to which your gallant corre spondent belongs, a monopoly of the foreign trade of the three kingdoms. Your gallant correspondent concludes by im puting to Mr. Bright an outrage of his feelings and opinions by asking the suffrages of the gunmakers of Birmingham ; and this compels me to stand as. counsel in defence of Bright; and as it is the custom of counsel to consult the interests of, and not their clients, and I will not depart from the general rule, what I am about to add in defence of Mr. Bright is sufficient, I am sure, to justify any enlightened jury in Great Britain in acquitting him of the grave charge made against him. The defence is, that these very men, these gunmakers, &c., are instru mental in maintaining peace, by constructing can nons, swords, rifles, &c., which are then put into the hands of our gallant soldiers, and sent on board our wooden walls ; and if we had enough of these, and men to use them, and ships to put them in, would we not then have peace, not at any price, but at a reasonable yearly expenditurd ? And what nation is there that would then dare to engage in war with us ? Or, if we had had an army and navy worthy of Britain before the outbreak of the Russian war, would not the £100,000,000 been saved, and the still more precious 40,000 lives, and all the other sad consequences of that war, so ably described by Mr. Bright himself, have been spared .to us? I would ask any jury of Englishmen(or Scotch men either), your gallant correspondent, or I would even ask Mr. Bright himself to acquit himself of the charge of having outraged his feelings and opinions by asking the suffrages of the gunmakers of Birmingham, seeing that his avowed creed is " Peace at any price." I would take - this opportunity of giving my as sumed client an advice gratis—an advice which, if he takes it, he will gain the great object he has in view, to stand as the champion of the labouring man in the House of Commons. I advise him to inquire into the cause of the panic that we had this time last year, when so many thousands of. work men were thrown out of employment, or on half time, in every large town in the country, and when we were only saved from national bankruptcy by the breaking of the law. Let Mr. Bright set about it in earnest, and inquire into the working of the currency laws, and it is possible that he might be the means of saving the country from another panic, by casting his oratory into the scale of the currency reformers, and weighing. up tte bullionists, who are at present wallowing in wealth screwed from the very life's blood of the working man. I will feel obliged by your inserting the above in your valuable journal, and I am, sir, yours respectfully, A SCOTCHMAN. Leith, Nov. 9, 1858. GAROTTING IN DALSTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. THE LORD MAYOR' It was a mistake to pit Gog and Magog under lock and key. If we a re to have, an animal Show i boys and in the streets of London wh r sh C:uld it not be - a 'tti' good one ? If the interests of the 11 t. , servant-maids are to be consid ered on eac2. suc cessive 9th of November, why not give them a downright good Show,—one which, if inferior to the entertainments at Astley's, might be consi dered equal to a good Surrey spectacle ? There really was no reason why the traffic of the town should be interrupted for the sake of such a dull prosaic affair as the Lord Mayor's Show of rester day. The little boys saw through the deceit, and could not be reconciled to the absence of the accus tomed splendour. What was it to them that the Beadle of the Worshipful Company of Tallow chandlers ventilated his dignity in the East wind ? or that the Watermen who followed that remark able functionary held up to a none -admiring world " the banner of the arms of Mr. Alderman Fern comb ?" and " the banner of the arms of Mr. Alder man Humphery ?" We have seen far more splendid results achieved by a first-class advertising van. Messrs. Farneomb and Humphery—most respect able gentlemen, no doubt—could scarcely hope that the world cared to be indulged with a sight of their coats of arms. Gratifying as such a display might have been to persons of well-constituted mind it was difficult to discern in the crowd yesterday any emotion than disappointment. The procession was merely an aggregate of such units as we have already described. In place of the tallowchandlers you had the wheelwrights ; in place of the wheel wrights the plasterers ; in place of the plasterers the innholders, each section preceded by its appro priate Bumble, and each displ a y in g " banners of the arms of Messrs. Aldermen So-and-So." As a spec tacle, then, the thing was a decided failure, and therefore we say again, if we are to have a show, let it be a good one of its kind. Let us have the men in armour, especially the men in chain armour, from the Tower—the champions, the squires, and every adjunct of the olden times preserved in such a way as would satisfy the critical manes of poor Charles Lamb. It may be a question if it be worth while to interrupt the business of the principal thoroughfares of London even for so gorgeous a result as that of an ancient Lord Mayor's Show, but surely such a miserable display as'that of yes terday can scarcely 'find a defender. Something might have been . said in favour . of the former pageant as a relic of the olden time—as a spectacle intertwined with ,the childish associations of so many excellent people that the 'suppression of A might have caused annoyance and disappointmenti. This was all very well as long as the Shaw retained any feature of antiquity ; 'but now that it has been carefully divested of all pretensions of this kind this argument fails. We much doubt if the Society of Antiquaries, or even a grand jury of London goinanef would vote for the continuance of the Lord Mayors b,Show if it is to remain what it was but yesterday as it draggled uncomfortably along the streets in the cheerless east wind. The very pickpockotS were not in good heart. The Show, however, is but:the shadowy precedent of the substance, which is the Mayoralty itself. It is a very remarkable instance of the vitality of such institutions in England that the Civic Mayoralty should have survived the many assaults which it has encountered. .Just as it is on the point of do ' struction some accident ever intervenes to give it a fresh spell of life and a little longer tenure of power. At the beginning of last session it szemed ready for its doom, and, had not an Italian gentleman taken it into his fervid head to assassinate the Emperor of the French, it may be questioned if the banner o • of .Messrs: Aldermen This and That would yester" day, have been given to the breeze. There was the report of the commission, and the bill of the Home Secretary, and all the machinery in gear to put' the Lord Mayor's house in order, when the Ministerial Change occurred, and the evil day was again put off. It will be curious to watch the action of Lord Derby's Government in this Matter when they have had time to forget the extravagant compliments of last night. Is Mr. Walpole prepared to follow in his predecessoi e footsteps, and to bring in a remedial bill in pur suance of the suggestions of the commission ? he ignore those suggestions altogether, treat the report of the commissioners as a nullity, and lees° it to another hand to carry it out ? This would be a terrible confession of weakness—as, on the other hand, it is a great proof of strength when a Minister is fennel willing to deal with an abuse which can still number influential defenders. The evils of the present system are universally acknowledged, save by the few persons who are directly interested in its support; but, though they are few, they ar e in earnest. The story of the London Corporation is just that of the East. India Companyy, upon 2 1 ' smaller scale. True it is that the Mayor and his c ivic councillors do not assume to wield the authority of the nation over millions of the Queen's subjects, but they do assume to be the chief municipal authors" ties in this huge metropolis, whereas the true area of their jurisdiction is but a very small section of it. The consequence is, either that the Lord Mayor and Corporation affect to represent about one million and three-quarters of people whom thee do not represent ; or, if not, seven - eighths of th population of London are without municipal autho rity altogether. If the exercise of such au thority be good for one-eighth part of London, why sh ould, it not be good for all ? If it be useless for seven' eighths of London, why should it be suffered t ° exist in the remaining eighth? It is prepostero us to speak of the Lord Mayor—as the guests at th e Guildhall always speak—as the Chief Magistrate ° I London. He is simply the Chief Magistrate ° f what may, speaking-comparatively, be taken as ea inconsiderable section of it. It might be unwis e to vest in the hands of any one individual t h e, chief authority over the whole of' London ; but is clearly absurd to consider the magistracy o f the City as the magistracy of the whole town. We real want more Mayors and Corporations, or we may want no Mayor and Corporation at all ; but ter ," tainly we do not wantlto reverse the old geome tric' axiom and solemnly affirm that a part is g reater than the whole. It is clear enough, even as far as the City is coot cerned, that the Mayor and Corporation are De" elected from the most eminent citizens. The re, presentatives of the liverymen of London they me,: be, but they are not the representatives of the g rea ; merchants and bankers---.of the intelligence an wealth of the City of London. It may be said the, gentlemen of that class do not care to be tr ouble with civic dignities or oppressed with civic respea' sibilities. Perhaps not, as matters stand at present but with a change of circumstances their sick might be very seriously modified. Again, it shou ld be remarked that the City of London is perhaps most uninhabited quarter of this great metropolt' if by the term " inhabit " be meant to have on e home in -0-particular place. The banks, and ware houses, and - counting-houses of London are desert, after usiness hours. They , are left in the chargi of a few caretakers. The citizens of London are 0 ,, to their suburban villas, and to other quarters o f th,t' town where their families reside, and where the own non-worldnghours are invariably spent. 11',. at the attendance at the City churejaes on a S ued' and ask, where are the citizens ? It cannot be th,; l e this quarter of the town should much long er permitted to act upon the extraordinary assuel: tion that the City is London, as the City was 14,0 don when the members took refuge there from tvlo tyrannical dealings of the First Charles. In O l t shape or another the question must shortly be fold with, and men are anxious to see whether ; Derby will have the nerve to take it. up.-0/I°-. ft THE LATE COLLISION BETWEEN THE RECORv-d OF NEWCASTLE AND THE BAR.—At a recent meeting,a , the Newcastle and Gateshead Law Society, the late preT, e ) ings between the Recorder of Newcastle and the bar (Ny'',, ll ., were reported in the Sun) came under discuss' ,0 and the following resolution was adopted :---" That t".,, society has observed with much regret that, since the g,E; pointment of W. D. Seymour, Esq., as Recorder of,, et a borough, the ancient usage as to the holding of the gen 0 , quarter sessions of the peace, burgess and non-burgess 001_0 and jury days for the trial of causes on fixed and cer,e) days, has been departed from. That the former usage well known and understood by the public as well as pl o p torneys, and suited admirably the convenience of the . 13 0 That the change introduced by the present Recorder in 1 00 , respect is productive of much inconvenience. That thei.e, ciety entertains a strong opinion that so long as the Diu' 0 4 and Northumberland Sessions are holden as at presentLo Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays of the sessions mnof the Wednesdays of the same weeks seem t he proper dig s _ 0 0' holding the Newcastle Sessions as heretofore. That the,d cretaries be instructed to memorialise her Majesty's S e ; l tary of State for the Home Department to re-establis h confirm the former usage ; and that they do also coin N ° l cate these resolutions to the mayor and co r p oration of -0,,,De castle." That the best acknowledgments of this sociel'ij, conveyed to the Law Association of Bristol for the 'rill° some manner in which they received and entertaine d 0 ,0 1 members of this society who attended the late aggrlioo meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Asseci s de ' at Bristol; and likewise to the right worshipfu l the 11,,'e„opi and the solicitors of that city for their distinguished n' e re' tality, as well'as to the president, vice-president, and sttel', taries of the Law Association, for their courtesy and t ion to the strangers, as duly communicated to this we' A • EXECUTION OF MEER AMANUT ALl.D.';jjeo. private letter from India states that Meer Arnanut Subadar Major of the Grenadier Regiment Scindie° ll o7 tingent, who was elected, on the breaking out of the 04, General-in-Chief of the Gwalior Contingent, and 101° n ew , cessfully drove back our troops under Windhalm on Cawnpore, was captured and hanged very recently. it the strange facts connected with this great BautinY be recorded that this leader was regarded for toe years as a most devoted and trustworthy officer, ,a singularly attached to the British Government alia_ vos tol d European officers under whom he served ; yet be; fe e b o ; chosen chieftain of a fine body of troops whose 7%00 1 4 was marked in the first instance by the massacre° _4.. eras women, and children in the Moorar cantouraw' Scindia's capital, T PRINCE OF WALES. (From lag night's Gazette.) War-Office, Nov. 9 BREVET. His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wale and Duke of Cornwall, to be Colonel in the Array. We regret to learn that a great affliction has fallen upon the Hon. Mr. a nd Mrs. Henry Fitzroy, in tils su dden death of one of their sons. The Baron R o th schild was prevented being present at the Lord Maygr's banques last ovailZ by t ili 4 144 °"llt' RAILWAY 5. Cash. Account. Orleans 1370 .. 1367 50 Northern . 990 , . 990 New ditto. ~ . B3O ~ 830 Lyons and ditt 0. ... New ditto Geneva Midi Southern - , , 572 60 Western Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 460 -- .. 457 50 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c.; money, 25f Tic. ; three months, paper, 21f. 95c.; money, 24f. 92ie. BELGIUM. The Legislative Session of the Belgian Chamber was opened on Tuesday by the King in person. After expressing his satisfaction at the internal condition of the country and its friendly relations with foreign States, his Majesty alluded to various measures that would be brought forward during the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1858 SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains nothing of importance, and the other journals are chiefly occupied in discussing the elections. Several gen tlemen of the press have been returned ; and among them are M. Egana, ex-minister, proprietor of the Espana, for a district in the province of Vittoria ; M. Alfaro, principal editor of the Fenix, in the province of Albacete ; and M. Rascon, proprietor of the Clamor Publieo, and during many years one of its principal writers, in Alicante. Colonel Verdugo, who had obtained some notoriety from having been stabbed by an ex-police spy, has been elected in the province of Albacete. The squadron which the Government intends to send to cruise off the coast of Riff is to consist of the steam frigates Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Ulloa, Castilla, Santa Isabel, Pizarro, Volcano, and Vigi lante, and the screw corvette Buena Ventura. Prince Alfred left Ferrol on the 4th for Lisbon in the Euryalus frigate, which was escorted by the Spanish steam frigates Santa Teresa and Narvaez. The Peninsular Correspondence says : " A paragraph has gone the round of the papers, to the effect that a document has lately been dis covered in the archives at Seville, which will de cide the pending question between France and Brazil with reference to the limits of Guyana, some doubt concerning which had been occasioned by the obscurity in the wording of a clause in the cele brated Treaty of Utrecht. The Brazilian empire, as successor to the rights of Portugal, maintains that the Vicente Pinzon, mentioned in the above mentioned treaty, is the river now called the Oyapock, while France as firmly contends that it must be the Carvassapouri. The document alluded to is said to be so conclusive in favour of the French claims that a certified copy of it has been, forwarded to the Tuileries." The Vienna journals announce that Baron de Kellersperger, Vice-President of the Government of Milan, has been nominated Governor of Lower Austria, in the room of Baron Eminger, deceased. A letter from Berlin , states that Baron de Man teuffel, the ex-Minister, is about to retire to his country seat, and to remain there some time. It says also that he has respectfully declined to accept the title of Count and a seat in the Chamber of Nobles, offered him by the Prince Regent. Baron Wedel-Jarlsberg, the newly appointed Swedish Minister at the Court of Russia, left Stockholm on the Ist by steamer for Abo, in Fin land, on his way to St. Petersburg. He is accom panied by Capt. Oscar de Bjoernstjerna, military attache to the Legation. Russia, which had been represented at the Swedish Court by General de Bodisco, and aftertvards by' Aamiral von Glascnapp, has no longer a military plenipotentiary at Stock holm. The Archbishop of Cologne has ordered prayers to be offered up that the approaching elections " may be agreeable to God," and in a pastoral letter has recommended good Catholics to take an active part in the elections, by voting for men who are notoriously faithful to God and are devoted to the country and the Prince Regent. The Belgian Royal family came to Brussels the day before yesterday to receive the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and their children, and the Princess of Salerno, mother of the Duchess, and their suite, coming from Germany. There was a family dinner at the Palace, and on the following morning the Royal visitors left en route for England. "It has been remarked," says the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, " that a vast number of Turks and Christians from the Levant have been for some time past buying up arms here, paying , dearly for them, and sending them off to the East. The object they have in view has not transpired." H.EALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The present return shows a rather high morta lity. In the two previous weeks the deaths were 1,143 and 1,133 ; in the last week ending Satur day, November 6, they rose to 1,217. The mean temperature of the air in the first week of Novem ber was 6 deg. lower than in the latter half of October, and to this cause apparently the increase of mortality is due. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond ing with last week was 1,028 ; but as the deaths now returned occurred in a population which has increased, they can only be compared with the average when the latter is raised proportionally to the increase—a correction by which it becomes 1,130. The comparison shows that 87 persons died last week who would have survived if the average rate of mortality, as found at this season in former years, had prevailed. If the deaths of last week had been according to the rate of mortality that prevails in autumn in the healthiest country districts of England they would have been 770, and the actual excess above this limit which the return exhibits, amounting to 447, is therefore to be referred to causes that are only or chiefly found in operation in London and other city populations. Scarlatina reached its highest point in October, and was stationary during the greater part of that month. It is satisfactory now to mark a decrease in its mortality, the deaths having fallen from 156 to 138. Last week it was decidedly more fatal in the northern than in any of the four divisions of the metropolis. Fifteen deaths from scarlatina occurred in Marylebone, of which more than half were recorded in the sub district of Christchunh; 13 were returned in St. Pancras, 8 in Islington, 8 in the subdistricts of Kennington and Brixton, 4 in that of St. Paul's, Deptford. A shoemaker and two of his sons died of diphtheria at 209, Bethnal green-road within a period of six days. The increase of the deaths in the present return over those of the previous week, which has been shown above, arises principally from bronchitis and pneumonia, the former of which rose from 83 deaths to 128, the latter from 77 to 99. Last week the births of 890 boys and 916 girls, in all 1,806 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848- 57, the average number was 1,535. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.212 in. The barometrical readings were high, their daily means having been above 30 in. throughout the week. The highest reading was 30.45 in. on Sunday (Oct. 31.) The mean temperature of the air in the week was 43.3 deg., which is 2.7 degs. below the average of the same week in 43 years. On Monday, the coldest day, the mean temperature was 8.5 degs. below the average. The thermometer ranged from its lowest point 28.2 degs. on Monday, to its highest point 53 degs. on Wednesday ; the mean daily range was 15 degs. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperarure was 4.1 degs. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER , TUESDAY.—The market is rather firmer to-day than on Friday last, and for 20's to 30's water a little higher prices are asked -by spinners. The real amount of business is small ; buyers think prices must bo yet lower. Some kinds of cloth are dearer; but, on the whple, no chEuiLe can be noted. CEMETERY. Six,—May I trespass on your valuable space to warn the public against those notorious and hitherto tob successful villains known as garotters, who, taking advantage of the dark evenings, have re commenced their ruffianly practices ? About six o'clock on Friday evening last, having just passed a dark turning in Myddelton-road, Dalston, I was suddenly seized round the neck from behind, and, being but a middle-sized man, was lifted com pletely from the ground on to the breast of the assailant, whose arms, so tightly encircled my neck that utterance was rendered quite impossiblo: struggling only, served to increase the suffocation and consequent exhaustion. While in this disagree able position two men came up, and, after waiting a few moments, till all resistance on my part had ceased, one of them tore away my watch and chain, of considerable value. They would doubtless have proceeded to rifle my pockets had they not feared interruption. On being released, and on recover ing sufficient breath to raise a cry of " Stop thief,'' I perceived three men making off in different direc tions, down the bye-streets of the neighbourhood. I regret to add they all made their escape. •Al though too dark to distinguish their features, they were apparently well dressed. As usual in all such cases, no policemen were within call. Life preservers, or weapons of any description, I am afraid, are of little or no use in such encounters. A better lighting of those streets which do not" contain shops, and a larger supply of police for lonely neighbourhodds, are the_ only effectual remedies. Now that these vagabonds have taken to a respectable style of dressing, it is by no means impossible that an affair of this nature might be mistaken by a passer-by for a,mere frolic. Gentle men who' are in the habit of walking from the City to their residences in the suburbs would do well to change their route from time to time, as these cowardly blackguards doubtless, in many instances, lie in wait for their prey. Enclosing my card for your satisfaction, I beg to subscribe myself, A VICTIM. Nov. 9, 1858. THE DESECRATION OF ST. 3LII►I7N S Last evening, pursuant to announcement, a public meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras was held in the spacious Vestry Hall, calculated to hold 2,000 persons, for the purpose of giving expression to opinion as to the recent revoltinc , desecration of the dead in the cemetery of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, at Camden-town. The time announced by the placards for holding the meeting was half-past seven o'clock, but long before that hour every available part of the hall was filled, and the platform and gallery were crowded, not only by the clergy and gentry of the district, of all denominations, but by a large num ber of elegantly-dressed ladies. The Rev. J. Fitzgerald, the incumbent of St. Stephen's, Camden-town, was called to the chair, and was supported by the Rev. J. K. Jennings, M.A., the Rev. A. W. Yarrow, 8.A., Mr. Church warden Cameron, Messrs. Farrel, Garvey, Furniss, Streeton, North, Sheffield, Part, and the leading and influential ratepayers of all parties in the parish. The Reverend CHAIRMAN, in opening the busi ness, explained away any impression which might exist that he was acting in opposition to the Bishop of London in this matter. He was happy to say that the bishop was in no way way responsible for the faculty for the removal of these bodies, and which had led to the frightful desecration f the dead which had occurred in their locality. That faculty had been obtained by false affidavits and untruthful representations to the consistorial court of the diocese. He would not say that the vestry of St. Martin's and their inventive vestry clerk had tole a falsehood in asserting that there had been no desecration of the dead, but they all knew and had seen for themselves that there had been one of the most gross outrages on public decency ever perpe trated. (Applause.) The Rev. A. W. YARROW moved—" That the occupation for building purposes of the Camden town Cemetery (belonging to the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields), and the consequent excava tions and removal of vast numbers of coffins and hu man remains, notbeing justified, by any public neces sity or benefit, but being principally for the purpose of making up to the vicar of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields the deficiency of his income caused by the closing of the eemetry, is a wanton desecration and an unholy interference with the sanctity of the grave ; andthat the manner of the removal (by breaking into the coffins with pickaxes, and casting the remains and broken coffins into:one common pit), is an outrage on decency and the - feelings of the survivors, as well as a dangerous public nuisance." (Loud applause, and tremendous excitement followed the reading). He said this revolting - desecration of the dead on the part of the vestry of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, was most disgraceful, because it had been p er p e • trated by fraud and misrepresentation. (Hear.) It had been done to reimburse the vicar of St. Martin's his fees upon funerals, and it was a most unholy course, and he did not altogether exonerate the bishop from the proceeding. Burials had taken place within:even the last three years, and notwith standing the statements of the vestry of St. Martin's and their inventive vestry clerk, Mr. Dangerfield, he begged to state that bodies had been buried in this identical spot of ground, for he had buried them there himself (vociferous cheering). Mr. Henry North seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously amidst loud accla mations. Mr. M. A. Garvcy moved the second resolution —" That the Act of Parliament conferring powers to build on parts of the Camden-town Cemetery was obtained on the express representation (as appears by both the title and preamble of the Act itself) that those parts had never been made in the part abutting upon Bayham-street ; that such representation was false, the truth being that several hundreds of human bodies had been interred therein; that, building leases having been contracted for a faculty was afterwards obtained for removing all the coffins and human remains, upon a representa tion (as appears by recitals in the faculty) that they consisted of the coffins and remains of paupers and others removed to that place 30 years ago from Charing-cross ; that such representation also was false, the truth being that numerous other inter ments have from time to time taken place there ; that this meeting is, therefore, of opinion that the powers of building on the cemetery and removing the dead have been solely acquired by means of false representations, and that it is the bounden duty of the vestry of St. Pancras to prevent it by all lawful means. The resolution was carried unanimously. ,Mr. Christian moved, and Mr. Furniss, amidst tremendous applause, seconded, the following resolution :—" That the thanks of the parishioners are especially due, and hereby given, to the press of the metropolis, for. the able and manly manner in which they have reported and written on the sub ject of the late revolting desecration of the St. Martin's burial ground, Camden-town ; and that the conduct of the police force on the same occasion has been characterised by its usual forbearance and urbanity." Mr. Stretton and severalother gentlemen having addressed the meeting, the resolution was carried unanimously : An enthusiastic vote of thanks was given to the chairman, who, having responded, this unanimous meeting broke up at a late hour. DEATH FROM AN OVER-DOSE OF IPECACUANHA. Mr. Wakley, the coroner, was engaged for some time yesterday afternoon in an inquiry relative to the death of a woman named Hannah Barnett, aged 48 years . , the wife of Mr. William Carnett, residing at 1, Keppel-street, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, Who died on the morning of Friday last from the effects of a powder composed of compound ipecacu anha, which it is stated she had received as a medi cine, being an out-patient of St. George's Hospital. Mr. Carnett, deceased's husband, stated, in answer to the coroner, that his wife had been an out-patient of St: George's Hospital, and produced the paper of admission to that effect. She had been supplied with medicine from the hospital, and to the test of his knowledge and belief the ipecacuanha p Ywders formed a portion of it, as he was not aware of their having come from any other place. On the morn ing previous to her death she informed him that she had taken one powder and the half of another, as she thought it would do her good. She was suffering from dropsy at the time. Eliza Phillips, a lodger in the same house, stated that the deceased came down to her room between 10 and 11 o'clock in the morning of the Et.nie day and said, " I believe I am poisoned, for I have taken a powder and a half, and I feel so sick. I think it was too much." Almost immediately after wards the deceased became very drowsy, and witness had some difficulty in getting her to her own room, where she was laid on the bed. As she became worse, and her face assumed a livid appear ance, witness at once sent for Mr. Faxon, a sur geon in the neighbourhood, who arrived in a few minutes. • Mr. Faxon stated that on his arrival he found the deceased laboUring under what appeared to him to be the effects of opium. He directly administered emetics, including three quarts of coffee Cshe was also continuously walked about the room until 8 o'clock at night, when he came away. He saw her again at 10 o'clock, and at half-past 3 o'clock on Friday morning he was called to the house again, but upon his arrival he found her dead. He subse quently made a post-mortem examination of the body, and found the heart three times its natural size, and the liver was in the same condi tion, weighing at least ten pminds. In the abdo• men he found six quarts of water, which produced a corresponding debility in the surrounding organs. On being asked by the coroner as to the cause of death, Mr. Faxon replied that he attributed it to the opium contained in the ipecacuanha she had taken, and which amounted to 32 grains. He here handed two packets to the coroner, one containing 36 grains of what he believed to be compound i pecacuan ha, and the other 16 grains, the remains of a full powder. Both papers were without written directions. • The coroner said he could not believe that such powders were sent from an hospital in such a care less manner. He recalled the husband, and asked him if any proof could be procured that his wife had these powders from St. George's Hospital ? Mr.. Carnett replied that he had no evidence be yond the statement of his wife to him to that effect, and having seen her with the hospital letter con stituting her an out-patient. The room was cleared of strangers at this point, and upon re-admission, the coroner and jury had deemed the case too important for disposal at this stage. The powders were sealed up and handed over to the custody of Mr. Faxon, the surgeon ; after which the proceedings were adjourned for the purpose of a more searching inquiry into what scemf at present a very singular affair. At Alais (Gard) three evenings ago cries of " Murder !" were heard in a house in the Rue Sabatier, and when the neighbours rushed in, they found the occupier of it, a man named Cazotte, struggling with and trying to stab a young man named Vidal. They rescued the latter, and found that he had already received seven stabs, which, however, it is believed , will not be mortal, and they gave Cazotte into custody. Vidal, it ap peared, some time ago paid his addresses to Cazotte's daugh ter, but in consequence of some squabble with Cazotte about money matters he broke off with her, and married another young woman. Cazotte was greatly exasperated, and vowed vengeance ; but after a while he said that he would forgive Vidal. On the day in question he met him in the street, and invited him to his house to seal a reconciliation over a bottle of wine, but on arriving there he seized a knife, end, as described, attempted to murder him, M.R. LEVER IN PARIS. Mr. John Orrel Lever, the founder of the Trans. atlantic Steampacket Line from Galway to America, is now here, accompanied by a deputation of gentle. men, for the purpose of completing the arrange ments by Which telegraphic communication will be made-from all parts of Europe to any part (possessed of telegraphic stations) of the American continent in six days, at a fixed price. Mr. Lever is about to explain to this Government the ad vantages which France would derive by adopt ing the line for the transmission of their mails, merchandise, and passengers to America and their possessions at St. Peter's, Newfoundland, where they have fishery rights. At present this school for the French navy, which is appreciated and fostered by the Home Government is placed at least 20 days from communication with France, but as Mr. Lever's line is to carry the British mails to St. John's, Newfoundland, his company could deliver the French mails at St. Peter's in seven days from Paris, thus placing the French Government in an equally advantageous position with the British. This Government is already alive to the import ance of steam communication with other parts of, the world, and they understand the certainty with which increased commerce follows the regular, frequent, and rapid transmission of mails to colo nial and foreign countries by the shortest routes which the geographical position will allow. It is evident that, in these railway days, all transmarine mails and passengers should in all cases, as far as practicable, be carried by land to that point of em barkation which secures the shortest and most rapid passage of the ocean. For, while a speed of 40 miles an hour is attained by . railways, in the pre- sent state' of ocean steam navigation the average is, I believe, 15 miles an hour. This consideration is with progressive Governments a sufficient rea.san for employing those means of rapid communication independent of the additional security to life and properity which is attained by the diminished time they are exposed to the dangers of the sea. The first element requisite for the selection of the best Trams atlantic packet station for Europe is that it be the most western point of the great frontier, and this essential element has been ac corded by nature to Ireland. On the western coast is the haroour of Galway, which is directly access ible by railway and steam communication to the whole of Europe, and where Mr. Level- has already demon stated practically that America is only six days distant instead of 12. An increase in the ex ports of Great Britain has always followed her es tablishment of mail steam communication with foreign countries ; and although we can only there refer to England for examples of these results, yet is no reason why the same effects should not follow any similar effort which may be made by other countries. When the mail steamers commenced running to the Brazils in 1851, British exports to that country had remained stationary for som e years ; but immediately on the establishment of a steam service the exports increased in the first year by a large amount, and in seven years double.— (From the Paris Correspondent of the Times, Nov. 10,1858.) SHOW. . , has acti qui pre am, fea inn the ad , lar cre dir car jut B; of Iv