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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EIIpTING, OCYOBER 20, 1860. BENSON'S W ATCHES.' " Perfeation ci m haniam. BZarniugrose. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. • Send 't stamps for flenson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every cons t ruc tion of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom.free by poet, or to India and the Colonies tor bs. extra. 33 ant 34, Ludcratc,-hill, London. E.C. Established 1749. 11_.? 01/AL ENGLISH_ OPERA, COVENT ' v PYNE and GARD Mr. EN So W . HARRISON, —under the Manag le Lessen. ement of Miss LOUISA THIS EVENING, LURLINE Messrs. H. Wharton, H. Corri, G. Relley, and Mr. W. Harrison ; Miss Leffbr, Miss Albertazzi, and C Miss Louisa Fyne. onductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYIVIARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING the nertorraanceP will commend with the new comedy, DOES HE LOVE ME ? Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, E. Villiers, and Buckstone ; Miss Amy Sedg wick, Miss Florence Haydon, and Mrs. Wilkins. Followed by a new comedy, entitled ROM ONCE AND RE XLITY. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, W. Farren, , and John Brougham ; Miss Florence Flaydon; Mrs. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclercqs. Commence at 7. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING. the performances will commence with Sheridan Knowles's admired Comedy of TIII. LOVE CHASE. Principal characters by Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. Neville, Mr. George Vining . , Mr. Henry Butler, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Kate Saville, and Miss Gou genheim (from the principal Theatres of America, her 12th appearance in England). After which, a petite comedy, entitled G Johnstone, and TO THE MILL. Mr. Forrester, Mr. G. Vinin, Mr Miss Rose Howard (the popular American actress and voca list, her 3d appearance in England). MIDDY ASHORE : Harry To conclude with THE Halcyon, Miss Lydia Thompson. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. ra. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Great Success of the new Drma, by Dion Bonreicault, Esq., " The Coileen BalSrl."—Miss Agnes Robertson every even- ing. THIS IiTVENING,, THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss NV oolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and ttlrs. Billing-ton. After which, THE COLLEEN DAWN. D. Bourcicault, D. Fisher, Billing,ton, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. BilWigton, and • Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC lIATH CHARMS. Fisher. Mr. David - Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open trom 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 28. ; Family Boxes,'Cl. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.: Front Circle Stalls, • Pit Stalls, 20.; Pit, is. 6 d. ; Am p hitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d: iietluz Manager-111r. Win. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. • Tmmense success of Fitzball's new Spectacle of ROBIN Hoon, pronounced by the Press and the Public the most beautiful and interesting Hippo-Drama ever produced at this Theatre. This Evening*, the entertainments will commence with the new Spectacle, in Three Acts, entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or, the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; Allan-a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Pritchard. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day, including Mdlle. de Berg and Mr. James Cooke. Doors open at half -cast 6, pertormance commence at 7. Bob-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. (IANTERBUR CONCERTS. HALL EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. Norma ............. ..... Miss RUSSET 4 L. Adalfrisa ... Madame MARIA, (Her first apoearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting* of Seventeen Per formers, organised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, &c. Prin cipal Nero Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS. Balcony, Is ...Hall, 6d. THE WEATHER.--BUN OFFICE, Our. 20, 1560. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—this day at noon. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—highest since noon yesterday. BARomETEu-30.08; rising rapidly. WlND—Westerly ; fresh and squally, with fine weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 24m.—Afternoon, sh. 48m. To-Atoßnow.-Morning, 6h. 13m.--Afternoon, 6h. 42m. , ' , t.. b • .I ' l:t ‘ , 4 ;1 . • • - THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 20, 1860. What credit is to be given to the statement of the Courrier do himanche, which, our readers will find in the telegrams, a little time will show. Why a letter from London should be the mode of pro mulgating. such a story it is not easy to guess. It may be for the convenience of the journal under the present press-laws of France, or for the con venience of the Government, or it may be an in vention, like so many set afloat in Paris, just to see what would be said. If Baron HUBNER be in Paris, it would not seem to need an English letter to apprise Parisians of the fact ; and if his business be to sound M. TIIOUVENEL and the EMPEROR on the subject of Austrian intervention in behalf of the POPE and the BOURBON, we are not aware that any one here is specially in the secrets of Austria. There is indeed one family which probably knows a great deal about the intentions of Austria—a family which has lately been visiting its German relations, some of whom are deeply interested in Austrian matters. But we imagine that family is a little too highly placed to gossip on such matters with those who show their letters to a Paris news paper editor. That another Ambassador has arrived in Paris we know. Count PERSIGNY is there, having left us expressly for the purpose of seeing whether he could set things straight between M. THOUVENEL and the EMPEROR, and if not, help him, in his own person or that of another, to a Foreign Minister more to the EMPEROR'S mind. So far it looks well, since we can hardly suppose M. PER SIGNY, the old friend of Polish liberties too, will not carry with him much of the feeling towards Italy which be may have naturally imbibed in this country. Still we confess we do not like the com bination of several circumstances. There is—the Warsaw meeting—the return of our Court from its Germ an f raternisations—the strengthening of the French army at Rome, and its placing part of the POPE'S territory which has been emancipated under his hated rule again —the great increase of the Austrian forces on the Po and the Mincio —some of those forces crossing the river, though into territory belonging to Austria— and the assurance with which Austria is arresting and imprisoning, without trial, persons suspected of patriotism, or, which is the same thing, disaffec tion to the Government of Vienna —and, as much as anything the apparent hesitation of the King of SARDINIA and the Piedmontese soldiers in thdir progress to Naples. All these things look, it must be owned, the wrong way; and it is remarkable that the Paris papers have been sedulously chro e nicling every threatening. movement of Austria, or even inventing such movements for her. We had hardly written the last paragraph when, like JOB'S messengers, another telegram co mes , with " official" information that the Courts of St. Petersburg and Turin had recalled their respective Ambassadors. We may suppose that the recal of the Prussian Ambassador is to follow ; if so, the last clause of the previous telegram, that Austria would make her action conditional on that of Russia and Prussia, will have important meaning. It will be inferred that Austria was aware before hand that these Powers meant to give her their moral support at least. 6uch aro the auguries under which the meeting Itt-W arliaw is initi.ited! Now, then, England to the re s „, l This country MUST speak out, if the dangers are ghat they seem tip be, or it will be all over with our Gov,mnment. The one thing which all defenders of the: session have had to say in its d e k tice was, that 'Parliament was so thoroughly English, that it was, for the session, more intent on Italian liberties than on our own—woe to Ministers if they do not, then, at once tell Austria that if she moves towards Southern Italy or across the Po at all, our Mediterranean fleet shall demolish Gaeta and co-operate with GARIBALDI and PERSANO. England will not hear—let Lord JOHN RUSSELL know it—of any attack by Austria on emancipated Italy being a " just cause"—it could not even think defence of the Quadrangle just. But after the manner in which the Premier and the Foreign Secretary spoke in Parliament last session, let them be assured that this country looks to them to forbid any inter vention for Bourbonism and Papal rule by Austria. If Austria, however, moves—let her take the responsibility of a European war, in which we trust Austria herself will go utterly to pieces, free nations arise out of her fragments; while to France, if she does her duty, and as a well deserved punishment for the selfishness of Prussia, we should hardly grudge, if the inhabitants really approved, a rectification on the Rhine itself. In regard to the Royal Conference which should commence to day at Warsaw, one thing, at least, is very remarkable. Not a mortal living for a moment supposes that it bodes any good to subjects. Here are three Royal Personages all claiming a right Divine to be shepherds of the people ; they meet ; they consult ; they will separate ; and no doubt the object of the consultations is, how they may shear their sheep most safely; and of the separation, to pro ceed warmly or violently, as they may have advised each other to the process of shearing. Anyhow the fleece is universally understood to be the object. A fleece partly golden in the literal sense of the word—and partly so in a figurative one—for the golden prize of these mortal deities is the most ab solute rule over the greatest number. Happiest of the three the one who can say, sic volo ; sic jubeo to the greatest number of millions—for so they esti mate rank in their little circle. At the same time, to do them justice, they acknowledge the brotherhood of Absolute Power in very small kingdoms. The hereditary monarch of a small duchy is an object of deep interest to them, if his subjects desire to share his power, and would limit or regulate it by free institutions. It is, of course, quite another thing if any of the greater Powers swallows up, or inediatises any of these minor ones; then one little divinity is but absorbed by a greater, and enjoys a sort of Hindoo beatification. A totally different thing that, to a divinity being somewhat narcotised by the mere mob born to obey. The people keep their place still when they pass, KING and all, under the equally absolute power of a greater King. They set no dangerous, because contagious, example of popular liberty. Probably no one doubts that the aspect of Europe in regard to popular movements is a chief reason, if not the chief one, for the meeting of to-day. Fear of what Louis NAPOLEON might dream of, and at last accomplish, is unquestionably one of their motives for laying their Royal heads together; but 'even that is inseparably mixed up with this question of popular right and popular measures to obtain them. Prussia chiefly, and Bavaria and other minor States, have most to fear from any movements by France for the rectification of boun daries. But neither Prussia nor any German State would have anything to fear from any Boundary Rectifier, if the people of those States had been dealt with honourably and fairly by their masters. The really German people, indeed, we believe, as well as their masters, would resent • I and resist French rule; But still, they have one aid all been cheated by their Sovereigns, who pro mised them free constitutions if they would rise to expel the French; and who, when they had done it, retained their despotic rule. Prussia, besides, has really French provinces who care little for the Germans, and who would as soon be French men as Prussians if the Emperor's Government were not more despotic than their own. It is the uneasy state of the subjugated and wronged peoples which gives all his strength for annoyance to the French Emperor. He has con trived to disseminate the notion among the suppressed nationalities that he is friendly to their liberation, All the provinces of the Austrian Em pire imagine that if there should be a general move ment he would, so far as circumstances allowed, be found on their side. They have seen, it is true, the idea for which he went to war in Italy, carried out by GARIBALDI and VICTOR EM3IANUEL, not by himself, there. Still he, unquestionably, with whatever design, gave Italy the start it has now obtained ; and it was something, something consi derable too, to have said before all Europe, and backed it by an army of 200,000 men, that nationality was not a mere visionary idea, but one worth fighting for. Were England in the condi tion of Hungary, Croatia, Transylvania, we may add of Bohemia and the Tyrol, we too should look with no little hope to the man who did so much in Italy in the name of the idea which we should then be so eager to realise. - We should be ready to make excuses for the short-comings of Villa franca, and perhaps to credit him with half of what has followed since, little as he deserved it. Hence it is, as we conceive, that the Potentates of Warsaw are now racking their royal brains with the double question—How to keep Louts NAPOLEON within his present boundaries, and how, at the same time, to keep their subjects out of the demand, and most of which . lib e rties which th e y have been taken violently from them by the pre sent monarchs, or by their not remote an cestors. They assemble, indeed, like three robber kings, in the very centre of their great territorial robbery. A Romanoff, a Haps burg, and a Hohenzollcen, fitly represent the original atrocity of the partition of Poland, and their meeting in its ancient capital seems intended to proclaim to all Europe, and to all the upheaving nationalities especially, that they glory in the crime of their ancestors. Stolen crowns it seems are sweet—a few years' possession sanctifies the crime ; and grandsons can glory in what their predecessors did not deny was simply an act of violence —indeed the female ancestor of the HAPSBURG of the day had conscience enough to weep over the folly, as well as the crime, into which she had been seduced ; for MARIA THERESA had the instinctive perception of a w oman , that Poland was a valuable ally to Austria—her first defence against Russia, and against the growing power of ambitious Prussia too. All that, however, has passed away—the children now to the third and fourth generation glory in the sins of their fathers—may they only, in the language of Ho their fathers visited uponly t lrit, have the sins of hVeml In the present state-of Hungary and Italy, it is 11'e monarchs should be alarmed. The former refuses to be cajoled. One of the most singular proofs of the madness of the oppressor being that Catholics there heartily join the Protestants in de manding for the latter their historical franchises ; and one of the last accounts from Hungary tells us that the plausible but treacherous Patent has been again, in a solemn meeting, almost unanimously re fused by the Protestants. In Italy, all things are against the Absolutists. They see there the whole country ej ecting its hereditary Autocrats, and in the most orderly way placing themselves under' Constitutional Monarchy, the very thing desired by every fragment of the Austrian Empire, and by every State of Germany. That they will lay their plans to prevent, if possible, the contagion spread ing into countries which they . have so well prepared to receive it ; that they will, if they dare, even attempt, through'Austria, something reactionary in Italy, we may be quits certain. They will do what they can, and dare, to erect a bulwark against the ever strengthening moral and physical forces of the popular cause; and, only too happy will they be if they could send GARIBALDI to his little island home again, or even to South America, and make VICTOR EMMANUEL King again of his old territory only—minus, of course, Savoy and Nice. The Brothers CHEERYBLE were—we may all now be quite certain of this—no impossible crea tions of the generous imagination, the large and noble heart, the vivid fancy, and the exquisite genius of England's greatest Humourist. It is not only that reference may still be made to the late Messrs. GRANT, of Manchester, as not unworthy prototypes of the twin friends and employers of young NICHOLAS NICKELBY and old TOM LIMKIN WATER—but that we can point to a Merchant Prince actually still, thank GOD, living and breath ing amongst us, not a mere memory, but a veritable substantial existence, in the person of the head partner in an honoured Lancashire firm, known as the Messrs. BROWN, SHIPLEY, and COMPANY — that we can point to the two Brothers CHEERYBLE rolled into one in the form of that good citizen of the British Empire, WILLIAM BROWN, the mer chant of Liverpool. It is quite impossible, we believe, to read any o. the accounts published in our columns of Mr. Wm. BROWN'S recent doings at Liverpool without ex periencing a sympathetic glow of pride in the mere fact of that man's history as a fellow-countryman, or without regarding his name with sentiments of peculiar and profound admiration. " The kind it boasts its titled hosts— They cannot vie with these, The merchants of old England— , The seigneurs of the seas!" And assuredly, remembering what has now been actually accomplished by WILLIAM BROWN of Liverpool, we may echo, not inappropriately, these concluding words as well as those opening words of the noble patriotic ballad of the late Lord STRANGFORD :- " Then glory to the merchants Who shall do such deeds as these, The merchants of old England, The seigneurs of the seas 1" Recollect what precisely has been the gift of WIL• LIA3I BROWN to the mayor, corporation, and bur• gesses of the town of Liverpool ! A Public Library and Museum—a library already holding 30,000 volumes—a library capable, as it at present stands, of holding 100,000 volumes—a structure covering very nearly 4,000 square yards—having cost its one munificent donor, during the process of its erection, the good round sum of £40,000 sterling ! That is certainly a noble gift from a private citizen to his fellow-townsmen. We don't wonder that Liverpool made much of the occasion of its pre sentation on Thursday last, the 18th of this present month of October. The marvel would have been had the townspeople not displayed all this un wonted enthusiasm—for the incident was altogether unprecedented. It was only fitting, among other events of the previous day, that the working men of Liverpool, in proffering their testimonial of grati tude to WILLIAM BROWN, as their great Public Benefactor, should have enabled themselves by the graceful choice of their tribute to do so thus effec tively: saying in so many words—" We respectfully present for your acceptance—first, a silver shield bearing upon it a view of that temple of civi lisation which you so generously purpose hand ing over to your townsmen to-morrow ; second, we hand you a clock, which, while it chronicles the progress of time, will, we feel assured, never indicate that hour in which the name of WILLIAM BROWN will cease to be held in reverential estimation." And it was something, too, in recog nition of Mr. BROWN'S civisism and of his ser vices, when Lord BROUGHAM-himself one of the most venerable and illustrious benefactors of his age and of his country—should afterwards have risen (as he did) in the presence of the assembled multitude, and have thus spoken emphatically of the incident which he had hastened (we grieve to think at what inconvenience to himself) to witness and applaud : " I have come," said Lord BROUGHAM, " at only a trifling personal inconvenience from having been exceedingly unwell; and, indeed, I come contrary to the orders of my medical attendants, but I could not resist the strong desire which I felt to be pre sent at a meeting held in honour of my most esteemed friend, your munificent—not only bene volent, but munificent fellow-townsman ; for without that wisdom and good sense and discretion which have directed his great munificence, his generosity, unexampled as it is, would not produce the effect which PROVIDENCE designed it to have ; but I consider that this is unexampled in the history of human nzunificence, not only in the amount, but in the perfectjudgment, the true wisdom, which has di rected Mr. BROWN'S generosity." Extraordinary though that tribute is—one all the more extraordi nary as falling from the lips of Lora BROUGHAM—it is unnecessary to add that it is in no one particular exaggerated ; it is the simple statement of a simple truth—the act of generosity here spoken of is " un- exampled in the history of human munificence." Honour then say we to this good citizen, honour to the fair fame of WILLIAM BROWN of Liverpool— ESTO PERPETUA. ROYAL ENGLISH . OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN: Last evening the English version of Verdi's " II Trovatore" was performed at the above theatre for the first time this season, for the purpose of intro ducing to the public three new performers. Madame in Palmieri,the charactersA lr. of Leonora, o n a or r a an , c c o e u , n a tn Luna,Mr. T. andDistin, Fer rando. c o if; A e r z , u e t e o n o , a a appeared H f e o n r r y t h H e a fi i g r s h t M he is p s ar L t time in t personated Manrico. Madame Palmieri, a young lady of considerable personal attraction, possesses a very powerful and brilliant voice, with much dra matic feeling. Her version of Leonora is certainly one of the best we have met with on the English stage. Madame Palmieri's success was complete. The fair debutante was unanimously applauded throughout the opera; and the well-known " Tacea la notte"—was redamanded with enthusiasm. Mr. Alberto Lawrance was also very favourably re ceived. This gentleman has a very strong baritone voice, and sings with genuine feeling. Mr. Distin, although his voice sounded somewhat too weak for so large a theatre, made a creditable appearance as Ferrando, and Miss Leffler did her best as Azucena ; but this very arduous part, which requires great acting even more than good singing, is at present quite beyond the histrionic means of the promising young contralto, who, it should be remembered, is a novice on the stage. Mr. Henry Haigh, who is greatly improved as a vocalist since last season, sang the familiar " Deserto sulla terra," " Ah si ben mio," and "Ah the la morte," very sweetly and gracefully, winning for the latter air an enthusiastic encore. The band, chorus, and misc e" scene merit the highest praise. We understand that the Prince and Princess Leiningen have signi fied their intention of honouring the Royal English Opera with their presence this evening. NEW THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII,—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and suite, honoured the performance at this theatre by their presence last evening. SIIIPWRECKS,—TYRELLA, DUNDRUM BAY, OCt. 18.—A large American ship, the Martha Whiteman, of Richmond, United States, from New York to Glasgow, stranded this morni;g at two o'clock, during a heavy gale of wind and rain, in Dundrum Bay. The disaster took place about six miles from the new lifeboat station of the National Lifeboat Institution. Horses were put immedi- ately into requisition, and the lifeboat, on her carriage, transported to the place of danger. On arriving there, however, the tide had nearly ebbed from about the ship, and it was found that her crew had been previously brought ashore in a Coast-guard boat. Captain Ridge, R.N., of that service and his men were most indefatigable in their exer tions on the occasion. This lifeboat, the cost of which was presented to the institution by a benevolent lady, has only ~''-.,,, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr, Reuter's office : OFFICIAL. TURIN, OCT. 20. The Russian Ambassador at Turin has been re called. The Sardinian Minister at St. Petersburg has been recalled. PARIS, OCT. 19. The Courrier de Dimanelte publishes a letter from London asserting that Baron Hubner is in Paris on a special mission to prepare the French Govern ment for an early intervention of Austria in Italy, and to ascertain whether the Emperor Napoleon would agaidafford assistance to Sardinia. The Courrier de Di manche says : " Up to the present M. Thouvenel has not given a decisive reply. It is asserted, however, that Austria would only make an attack against Sardinia in the event of her obtaining the moral concurrence of Russia and Prussia. TURIN, OCT. 19. The Chambers were closed to. day after an ad dress expressing homage and gratitude to the King had been voted. A deputation from the Chamber will present the address to his Majesty. PERUGIA, OCT. 19. Addresses to King Victor Emmanuel and the Emperor Napoleon are being signed at Orvieto. These addresses already bear several thousand signatures. TURIN, OCT. 19. According to advices received here the vote o Sicily will be taken on the 29th instant. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 13. The Levant _Herald says : " Prince Couza will demand from the Porte the removal of the Central Fokschani Commission to Bucharest, and permission to found a Roumain order, with power to confer decorations. The visit of the Prince to Constantinople will last a fortnight. " Financial reforms will immediately be carried out. Official salaries and the civil list are to be reduced 200,000,000 piastres. " The fall of Riza Pasha is expected, charges of great corruption ,having been made against him. He is supported by M. de Lavalette. He recently made a large present of diamonds to Madame Thouvenel." BERLIN, OCT. 19 The Prince Regent leaves Warsaw to-morrow morning. Baron Schleinitz, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, being indisposed, will be repre sented by the Under Secretary of State, M. Grunert. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 19, The _Mandels Effeetenblad states that at the meeting of the New Granada bondholders the modified proposition of the Granada Confedera tion was agreed to by 57 against 51 votes. The English counter-proposal was not submitted to the vote. FRANCE. The Imperial Exaquatur has been accorded in the following cases :—Consuls-General : M. Mag netto, for Sardinia, at Nice, and M. Louis Gobbi for the same power at Lyons. Consuls :M. Schlenker, for Grand Ducal Hesse, at Lyons; M. Kestner, for Frankfort, and M. Telesforo Llerena, for Peru, at Havre ; M. Provenzal, for Sardinia, at Bordeaux, and M. Gonzalez de Escalante, for Spain, at Marseilles. BOURSE, Oct. 18, Two o'Clock.—The market has been heavy as far as regards the amount of business done, but prices have up to the present time been well maintained at the rates of yesterday. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f 90c; Mobilier, 703 f 75c; Orleans, 1,368 f 75c ; Northern, 976 f 25c ; Mediterranean 918 f 75c; Austrian, 486 f 25e ; Lombard, 483 f 75 The following are the last quotations : 41 per per Cents 95 60 Do end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 90 Bank Shares 2845 Credit Mobilier 706 25 Do. Account .. 706 25 Credit Fonder — Belgian 4f — Piedmontese Fives 79k Roman 79 Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto BB5 Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva 920 - 355 - .. 920 - .. 355 - Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lort,ba.rd 505 - .. 506 25 561 25 .. 562 50 610 - 638 75 387 50 .. 386 25 487 50 .. 487 50 485 - 487 50 ITALY. A Turin letter of the 16th, in the Constitutionnel, says :—" I am informed that very important mea sures were adopted in two long sittings of the Council of Ministers held lately, and at which were present MM. Mancini, Maesari, Cordova, and some other political personages of Southern Italy, who left Naples immediately after. It is said to have been resolved that, as soon as Victor Emmanuel advances to Naples, a new Provisional Govern ment, with M. Farini at its head as Dictator, will be appointed there, with a Ministry, the formation of which will be confided to M. 'Mancini. That Government, as soon as the work of annexation shall have been accomplished, is to retire, and will be succeeded by an administration composed of a civil governor, in the person of the Marquis de Villamarina, and a military governor, General de La Marmora. At the same time the title of prince and the rank of general in the army is to be offered to Garibaldi, but this would most probably be merely a formality, as it is likely the Dictator would decline the offer. It was also decided, it is said, that Count Cavour should immediately join the King in order to accompany his Majesty in his solemn entry into Naples. I have also been assured that the President of the Council has himself announced to some of his friends in the Chamber that he should take his departure towards the end of the week." RUSSIA.. The Journal de &Saint Petersbourg has the follow ing on the subject of the interview at Warsaw : " So many false reports have been published in the European press relative to the approaching in terview, and so many absurd opinions have been expressed on the subject, that thanks ought to be given to those who throw some true light on the mattEr. We must in the first place observe, that if we have paid but little attention to what has been published about this interview it is be cause it has been scarcely worth the trouble to read the articles, and that the writers who have taken this meeting of sovereigns for the text of their alarmist dissertations, of their gloomy prog nostics, and of their predictions of the revival of 1815, simply insult the political intelligence of the august persons whom their suspicions did not reach, and who had no need to be defended. If anything can be said beforehand of this in terview- it is that it must remove from the peace of Europe all perils and unfavourable chances, and that its result can only be an understanding on which the whole of Europe must congratu late itself. A good feeling between Sovereigns brings nations together and removes war to a distance. teen on this dangerous station - three or four weeiS. HOLYHEAD, FRIDAY.—Last night, about eleven o'clock, we observed rockets and blue lights shown from the Breakwater light-ship. The Coastguard boat was quickly launched and despatched, and the lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was soon afterwards away. It was found that the barque Cherokee was an chored close to the Clipera rock, and a schooner still fur ther to leeward ; wind, a moderate gale from the westward. Assistance was offered to the barque, and declined; but seven hands were put on board the schooner, but after wards withdrawn, as it was not considered prudent to weigh just then, and the wind was abating, so that there was no fear of her safety. Although in neither case were the services of the lifeboats needed, yet the quickness with which each boat, in the middle of the night, arrived at the scene of danger satisfactorily show the promptitude with which the means provided by the Lifeboat Institution are now made available, even on the most remote parts of our coast, to save life from shipwreck. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine and received certificates to practise on. Thursday last :—Frederic Charles Bailey, Nor wich ; Thomas William Orwin, Birmingham ; Wm. James Lancaster, Barnsley, Yorkshire; Frederic Base Watts; and William Jas. Thomason, Royal Navy. Jas. Savag e, Hull School of Physic, also on the same day passed his fi rst examination. The 0 esterreichische Zeitung ofto•day contains an article, in which the writer maintains thal Austria is not impoverished, but naturally he fails to make good his thesis. State domains and railroads have been sold, hun dreds of millions of florins have been spent for warlike pur poses, Government stock bearing 5 per cent. interest is at 61, the metallic currency is at a premium of 32 per cent., and it is therefore absurd to say that the nation is as rich as it was formerly. As it may be urged that it is the wealthier classes who most feel the fall in the price of Go- vernment stock and the deterioration of the currency, it may be as well to observe that poor and rich now have to pay 13211. for what is worth but 10011. ABOLITION OF PASSPORTS IN SWEDEN.—The Swedish public were agreeably surprised by the appearance in yesterday's official gazette, Oct. 10 (the Post-och Inrikes Tidningar), of a Royal Ordinance, dated September 21, by which the system of passports is entirely abolished in Sweden. This ordinance repeals formally all existing laws relating to passports, and enacts that henceforth no such document shall be required, either on entering or on leaving the country, or for travelling in the interior. Although passports for some time have been virtually abolished in many of the German States, no formal regulation to that ' effect exists in Germany or elsewhere. Therefore Sweden is the first continental country where such a law has been passed. This being the case, the matter is of sufficifilt im portance to call the world's attention to the feat as an example to be followed by other Governments. In 1857 a very liberal Customs' tariff was adopted by the Diet. In both these respects—free trade and exemption from the pass • port nuisance—Sweden has of late made great steps in advance of most, if not all, continental States, as becomes a country where a free press has long been one of the funda mental institutions, and constitutional liberty is as old as that of Great Britain herself. HEREFORD CATTLE.—A great sale by public auc tion of cattle belonging to Mr. Rea, one of the first of Here. ford breeders, took place at Menaughty on Tuesday. The auctioneer (Mr. Russell) stated at the sale that for the last 20 years Mr. Rca, at the Royal Agricultural and all the principal shows of Hereford cattle in the kingdom, had taken upwards of 200 first-class prizes, and sold a great number of animals for exportation to Australia, Jamaica, and America. There were about 150 lots, and the prices fetched were in some cases high, though not extravagant. The highest figure was £157 10s. for a bull, " Sir Benja min," and the total sum realised was nearly £3,000, some of the lots being withdrawn in consequence of the lateness of the hour and the departure of a portion of the company. THE GLEANER'S BELL.—Recently, at the ancient town of Great Wakering, in Essex, with some friends, I found the sexton or bell-ringer just about to enter the church tower for the purpose of tolling the bell. It was then on the stroke of 6 o'clock p.m. Thinking there was to be weekly evening service, we proposed retiring, as we had not come to pray, but to pry into the curiosities of the place. The old man told us to stay, as he was only going to ring for the gleaners, and added that he did this regularly dur lug harvest time, at sunrise and sundown. Is this custom common to all counties of England ? How far back may it be traced? And is it simply to be ascribed to the want of watches and clocks in bygone times ? Or is there a sacred token of prayer and praise attached to it ? Notes and Queries. HEALTH OF THE DUKE OF NORFOLK.—WO are sorry to hear that the illness of his Grace the Duke of Nor folk has taken an unfavourable turn, and that his recovery is considered scarcely possible. The duke still remains at his villa at Littlehampton, as it is not thought that he would be able to bear being moved even so short a distance as to Arundel Castle. He has received the last rites and sacraments of his Church from the hands of one of the London Oratory: Tho duchess is unremitting in her at tendance on her husband's sick bed. THE BATTLE OF VULTURNO.—It was no unfitting spot for the closing act of such a struggle. The prize of victory—that fair city of Naples itself—was almost in sight of the combatants. Close at hand, and on one edge of the battle -field is the splendid palace of Caserta, in which the ancestors of the young King had held royal state for more than a century past. It is the masterpiece of Vanvitelli, and amongst the most magnificent of Royal residences in Europe. Those who have visited the spot will_remember the gardens with the cascades, and how the casca d es are so arranged as to represent quaint combinations of statues and mystical emblems. The forests of ilex be hind the palace swarm with game, and herein it was that the ancestors of the young King—being themselves Kings of Naples—used to take their pastime, and divert them selves with the slaughter of wild animals, when the affairs of state no longer claimed their attention: Francis 11. all but played his last throw for empire in his own park.— Once a Wee!;. THE AGAPEMONE AGAIN.—Mr. Hodder, the fighting man of the. " Abode of Love," having failed in his mission to wrest Mrs. Price from her husband at Glaston bury, Mr. Charles Verriour, the resident lawyer in the in stitution, has been commissioned to undertake the task of separating man and wife once more. Mr. Verriour on Fri day visited Glastonbury, and made his way to the house in which the Rev. Lewis Price and his captured lady have taken up their residence. Mr. Cruse, the land lord of the dwelling, opened the door, and at once re cognised the close-shaven applicant as a follower of Henry James Prince. As soon as the door was open, Mr. Verriour placed his foot so as to prevent its being closed, and asked for an interview with Mr. Price. Ho was told that Mr. Price had resolved to hold no further communi cation with the fraternity, and that anything ho wished to say must be said through the ex-Agapemonite's solicitor. The lawyer kept up a conversation with the landlord outside the house for some time, hoping probably to attract Mrs. Price's attention. Over and over again he asserted that he only desired to see Mr. Price, and would not avail himself of any opportunity to speak to the lady. Mr. Cruse eventually left the Agapernonite in the street, and in less than a minute afterwards the ambassador of Mr. Prince was detected clandestinely conversing with Mrs. Prince through her bedroom window. As soon as this dis covery was made the landlord's indignation was aroused, and he followed the lawyer to the George Hotel, where a phaeton and horse were waiting, and on the way thither and at the inn exposed the man with extraordinary earnest ness. The foiled commissioner of the Agapemone deemed it wise to leave Glastonbury with all haste. Our corre spondent states that there is no blame to be attached to Mrs. Price in this matter, and that she is "very comfort able." —_Bridgewater Ifereury. BURSTING OF A LOCH KATRINE WATEEPIPE.— On Wednesday morning one of the waterpipes which convey the water from Loch Katrine to Glasgow burst in the vil lage of Maryhill, a few miles from Glasgow. Information was despatched to the district inspector, who was in a short time at the scene of the accident, but he had to proceed to Garscube-bridge to put off the water, and the consequence was that a considerable time e l a p se d before the very great discharge of water could be stopped. The quantity of water which escaped was, we may say, tremendous, and in a short time flooded to the depth of three or four feet several of the houses in two of the streets in Maryhill, much damage being of course done. The water rushed violently down a steep bank into the river Kelvin, making ravines and rugged channels in the streets, and carrying off the.kerbstones and causeway indiscriminately before it. In several places the water collected into large ponds, and a number of pigs nar rowly escaped drowning. Considerable damage was done to gardens, avenues, and houses. A number of workmen are busily engaged repairing the pipe. —Scotsman. This England of ours stands out amidst conti nental troubles, in virtue of the fact that more than in any other country all men are equal before the law. Every man according to his faculties may rise by industry and per - severance ; and if genius, perseverance, and favourable cir cumstances meet together, a day labourer m a y a tt a i n t o any position under th Crown. Ia virtue of this conviction, all men are contented, because the door is opened for better ing their position, and lord and lout dwell together in har mony, and the lout is content, having few aspirations.— Once a Week. A TRUE ESTIMATE.—There are people, and they numerous, who have an idea that inventors are a thought less, wasteful race, who throw away their own property and that of their neighbours in absurd schemes. No doubt, there are numbers of these imaginative schemers, without judgment : but what then? In other departments of life we have unsuccessful merchants, and quack doctors, and mock musicians, and mechanical poets, and pretenders of all sorts ; and why should the realm of mechanical invention be without them ? The fact remains the same, that this our England waged a contest of years against the whole conti nent of Europe banded under the elder Napoleon, and came off victorious, the cost being mainly contributed from the earnings of the steam-engine, and spinning machinery, and power looms, and other appliances. It was Watt, and Crompton, and Hargraves, and such men, the never weary ing inventors, who were at the root of the winning of this great fight, in the service of humanity, pulling down the false prophet who broke down old despotisms to make a worse despotism of his own.--Once a Week. NEW INVENTION.—A hand-loom weaver at Dun fermline, named Charles Lawson, has completed the inven tion of a machine for weaving Brussels and velvet-pile car pets and tablecovers, which is likely to cause a revolution in these branches of manufacture. The peculiarity of the machine is that it can be applied to any plain cloth web, raising the weft to any length, and in case of velvet-piles cutting the loop in process of weaving. By this process any variety of colours can bo introduced without waste of material, the pattern being formed entirely of the weft, which, instead cf being shot across the whole breadth of the web, is inserted only where shown in the pattern—thus. a dozen different colours can be woven as economically as one. The process is described likewise as producing cloth quicker than by any of the old machines. The inventor has taken several years to bring his invention to a practical issue, one groat difficulty having been the fixing of the weft, so that it will not pull out after the pile is cut, in which he has now completely eucceeded,—Scotsnm. TIIE AUXILIdRY LETTER CARRIERS. THE VOYAGE OF THE BRITISH LEGION. GIBRALTAR, Oct. 6,--The Emperor, with the second detachment of Garibaldians on board, arrived here to-day, after a fine passage. We started from Southend on Saturday 12st, and on Sunday after noon arrived off Deal, where Capt. De Bohan, naval aide-decamp to Gariballi, went on shore with the intention, it is understood, of proceeding to Italy overland. Before leaving the ship the captain pre sented the colours, inscribed with the names of " Italy, Victor Emmanuel, and Garibaldi" to the regiment, accompanied with a brief exhortation never to desert tbem. It may not be uninteresting to your readers if I give you a brief sketch of the nature of our daily life on board. At 6 a.m. the bugle sounds and we all turn out to wash and dress, an operation attended with some degree of difficulty and inconvenience , inasmuch as mast of us are ratherindifferently provided with the ordinary utensils, looking-glasses being unknown, and hair brushes considered effeminate. We have one luxury, however, generally rather a scarce one at sea, and that is plenty of hot water, which we obtain from the condensing engine—a little personal exertion, interspersed with hand-to-hand skirmishes with buckets and cans, generally diversifies thiS proceed ing very cheerfully. At 8 o'clock the bell sounds for breakfast, and everybody rushes helter skelter to the cook's galley, where a supply of coffee, bis cuits, and salt pork or beef is obtained, the allow ance for dinner being served out at the same time. The guard also mount duty at eight, sentries being posted at each cabin and at every gangway, &c. This duty, by the way, is considered very distaste ful, and various are the " dodges" tried to escape it. Occasionally a select party will be discovered en sconced behind a pile of casks doing their morning pipes, and are summarily marched off as victims ; occa sionally a Volunteer who is flattering himself his hiding-place is perfectly secure is tapped on the shoulder by a sergeant who asks him if he has had his beer, if not he must go on the quarterdeck to receive it. The victim innocently proceeds there, and is immediately seized upon for sentry duty. At 10 o'clock the different companies parade at their respective posts, and receive an hour's drill. At 12 the bell sounds for dinner, which consists of the aforesaid salt beef or pork, with either pudding or soup; after which everybody adjourns to some elevated portion of the ship, and smokes until 5 o'clock, when tea is served out. During the afternoon we amuse ourselves with cards, chess, draughts, and all sorts of extemporised games. After tea we collect in little knots all over the deck, and sing and dance to the ac companiment of the bugle until 8 or 9 o'clock, when the night-guard is mounted, and we retire to our respective bunks, where we generally sing, or rather yell and shout, until 11 or 12, when everybody is generally tired out. Gymnastics of all kinds are much in vogue, and the Volunteers may be seen crawling about the yards, and hanging head down wards from the ropes. This, however, has recently been prohibited in consequence of an accident which occurred to one of them. He had reached the top mast-yard, a height of 50 or 60 feet, and as a speedy way of reaching the deck commenced sliding down one of the ropes, proceeding head first, with a view of giving proper effect to the achievement. Unfortunately, when about half-way down, he let go his hold, and fell heavily on the deck, his descent, however, being slightly impeded by fall ing across another rope. He was much shaken, and it was found necessary to remove him to the hospital. The uniforms and accoutrements have all been served out, every man being provided with two su its, consisting of a red tunic with green facings, and a pair of blue trousers with a red stripe down the legs. The undress con sists of a light tunic with green facings, and trou sers of the same colour. The rifles and ammuni tion have not yet been served out, and probably will not be until we land. We had a full-dress parade yesterday on the quarterdeck, and the effect of the uniforms, with the sun shining upon them, was very pretty and picturesque. Having been formed into square, Major Styles addressed them. He said, as they were now rapidly nearing Gibral tar, he considered the time had arrived for him to tell them that they were now soldiers, and he trusted they would cheerfully submit themselves to military discipline, as without that it would be impossible for them to maintain their reputation as Englishmen and soldiers. He was an Englishman himself, and believed they would all do their utmost to assist him in main taining their ancient renown, and in carrying to a successful issue the cause in which they had embark ed, If any of them had any cause of complaint either against him or any of the officers, he trusted they would speak out then, and their grievances, if they had any, should be redressed ; if, on the other hand, they considered they had been well treated, he hoped they would all write home to their friends in England and tell them so. The gallant Major con cluded amid loud and prolonged cheering, after which " God save the Queen" was sung, and we all adjourned to the universal pipe, together with a good supply of Burton ale. To-day, as we approached the Rock of Gibraltar, orders were given for every one to appear in plain clothes, not even a red cap to he allowed to be seen, conse quently we are all on deck in mufti, our personal appearance, so far as attire is concerned, certainly not being improved by the voyage. It is considered necessary to make as little display as possible, hence the above order. We expect to leave Gib raltar to-night for Capri, from which place I shall send further details of our progress. It is satis factory to state that, with the exception of one or two cases, the health of the men generally is first rate, none of them having suffered in any marked degree from sea-sickness. c. TILE VOLUNTEERS' BATTLE CALL. Sons of the old heroic dead 1 Whose deeds embalmed in story, Tell of a nation's life-blood, shed To form a nation's glory ; Hear ye yon distant thunder peal ? War's footsteps onward creeping ; Mark ye the flash of fire and steel, ' Through yon dark cloudlet peeping ? Sure as the dawn precedes the day, That war-cloud rolls along our way, And English guns, an d Englishmen, In fire, must rol it back again I Up I for your lives with blade and brand, Shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand, A living wall of valour stand, In name of God and Fatherland. Sons of the chiefs I who won this land Of old, with crimsoned sabre ; Sons of the elder, mightier band— The ancient chiefs of labour ! The pride of birth, the pride of toil, Both feed the patriot-spirit, And both shall slumber in the soil Or e'er they disinherit Our brave old count y of the place She's gained by strength of arm and race, And still shall keep, though tempests roar, And waves despotic lash her shore. Up ! for your lives with blade and brand, Shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand, A living wall of valor stand, In name of God and Fatherland. Sons of the old storm-beaten kings I Whose empire was the ocean— Whose memory like an anthem, rings On lips of pure devotion ; Ye have not lost the Saxon nerve That brought us vict'ry ever— When was a Briton known to swerve ? Old Ocean answers " Never 1" Long hath our glory swept the seas, Free as the curbless mountain breeze — Come death, come ruin, ere the foe Shall lay our sea-born glory low 1 Up 1 for your lives, with blade and brand, Shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand, A living wall of valour stand, In name of God and Fatherland. Sons of the brave I Proud France assumes Our ancient strength departed She'd carve a million Frenchmen's tombs To own us lion-hearted ; For, come when will the bloody day That lights the fires of battle, We'll meet her legions in the fray And drive them back like cattle ; As would have done, in former years, The band of Briti sh Volunteers, But heaven reserved for our grea l t need Th e immortal glory of the deed Up I for your lives, with blade and brand, Shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand, A living wall of valour stand, In name of God and Fatherland. G. LINN:MIS BANKS. LYNCH LAW IN ARKANSAS.—FORT SMITH, AR KANSAS, Oct. 4.—This afternoon, about 3 o'clock, a man named Martin H. Gilliam, alias William Owen, formerly of Johnstown, Bates county, was hung at this place for horse -stealing, in the presence of a large concourse of citi zens. He was arrested some weeks since, and an effort made to bang him, during which he jumped away from the rope, and was shot down while in the act of making his escape. His wounds were serious, and medical treatment was afforded. As soon as his injuries would admit of his being removed he was taken to the County Goal at Green wood, whence he escaped last night, and, to facilitate his flight, stole another horse, but was retaken this morning at Van Buren and returned to this place, where summary punishment was again determined on. He was led to a tree with the fatal noose adjusted round his neck. Seeing no hope of escape, he confessed his guilt, manifested con trition for his past deeds, sought forgiveness at the Throne of Mercy in a f ee li ng prayer, and earnestly called cn those present to be admonished by the example before them. Ho was then swung tip, and the tragedy was concluded. Scarcely had these proceedings ended when another pri soner was brought into town charged with the same offence. He was examined in the street, confessed the crime of which he was accused, and hurried to the fatal spot, and soon swung by the side of his brother in crime. The second victim was a Choctaw half-breed, named Shoat. Tle bodies will not be taken down till to-morrow. The citizens have become greatly incensed again st horse th ie ves, as of late their offences have been bold and numerous, and the operation of the law on this front i er is kalowia to be slew and meortain,-11 7 etv York .llerald. It will be within the recollection of the public that a short time ago a deputation, composed of what are called, in Post office ph raseo l og y, " auxiliary letter carriers," waited. upon Sir It. Carden, at the M ans i on H ouse , f or th e purpose o f bringing to his notice, and that of the public, what assumed to be, and, from the faots, undoubtedly was, a gross breach of faith on the part of the Post-office authorities towards them. It seemed from what was stated that a great number of young men who were employed in different country districts as a ux ili ar y l e tt er car riers, for which they received 10s. per week in con nexion with their own occupations, were brought to London upon the understanding that they were to be employed at the General Post-office as sorters, and to do other business, for which they were to receive 15s. per week. For this miserable stipend they were expected to be at the General Post-office at six o'clock in the morning, and to work for three hours, and they had then to rec ommence a t f our p.m. and continue till eight, but the inducement was held out to them that they should eventually receive permanent engagements, which would en title them to about a guinea a week. Upon the faith of these representations, it appeared that a. number of young men broke up their little estab lishments, came up to London, and went on for a considerable time performing the laborious duties required of them, in the hope that they should shortly receive a permanent engagement, and the complaint they made to the worthy alderman. was that, without any notice, they were informed that instead of being paid 16s. a week, they would in future only receive 10s. A great many of them were married men. They felt that it was impossible to subsist upon this miserable allowance ; and, as the only remedy that appeared open to them, they resolved upon coming to this court, in order that their grievances might be brought before the public. Sir R. W. Carden, who happened to be the presid ing magistrat e u p on th e occas i on, li stene d atten tively to the statement that was made to him by the applicants ; and, alth oug h h e h a d no power t o interfere in any manner judicially, he stated that he felt the interests of the public were to a consi derable extent involved in the matter, and he di rected that a communication should be made to the Post Office authorities, calling their attention to the complaint that had been made, and thus afford ing them an opportunity of giving any explanation, or of contradicting the statements that had been made if they were in a condition to do so. In con sequence of this communication some of the superior officials of the Post Office waited upon Sir Robert, and he explained to them the nature of the state ment that had been made, and at the same time said that although, strictly speaking he had no business to interfere, still, when a representation of such a character was made by persons who, although in a humble condition of life, were undoubtedly men of unimpeachable character, and whose services, honestly performed, were of great importance to the public, he felt himself hardly justified in refusing to listen to them, and thought the better course was to endeavour to ascertain whether there was any foundation for the complaint, or at all events not to let the matter go forth to the public, without affording an opprtunity for explanation or of con tradiction, if the facts would warrant such course. The Post-office officials who attended in conse quence of this communication from, the Court did not attempt to deny any of the facts that had been stated, and the bargain, as represented by the appli cants, was admitted. The only excuse or answer that was set up was that a few of the men had received permanent appointments and that pro bably some of the others would do the same in a short time. Sir R. Carden expressed an opinion that the men had not been quite fairly dealt with, and at his suggestion they drew up a most respectful memo rial to the Postmaster-General, giving a detail of the grievances of which they complained, and re questing him to interfere in their behalf. The result has been one certainly not looked for by the public, and it does not appear to have been attended by any benefit to the men themselves. It appears that for a considerable time no attention whatever was paid to .the memorial in • question, although it was worded in the most respectful manner, and did not contain a single expres sion that could have given offence. The first no tification that was received by the memorialists was that a number of them were sent for to the principal inspector's office, and an endea vour was made to discover who were the " ring leaders" or "spokesmen" upon the occasion of the proceedings at this court, but finding that this in formation could not be obtained, the men were told that by their insubordination they had rendered themselves liable to immediate dismissal. A few of them were subsequently actually dismissed, and among these it appears was one who stated that he had to assist an aged mother in the country, and that he could not do so upon the miserable pay of 10s. per week, and as a further punishment seve ral of the men were placed at the bottom of the list for promotion. THE 31A1.9R TO THE CITIZENS. (Prom the Norfolk. News.) Fellow-citizens,—l cannot retire from the prominent position to which I was called nearly twelve months ago, without discharging a duty which circumstances seem to force on me, and which my convictions will not permit me to leave unperformed. One evil afflicts our city, which almost all deplore, but which hitherto has defied every effort to put it down. Nor wich, with so many historical claims to respect, and so many present means of earning distinction amongst the cities of England, is famous above them all for party bit terness and party corruption. Every good citizen confesses this with shame, and sighs for a change. In Parliamentary matters, it is obvious that there are great principles at issue, concerning the government of the country and its foreign policy. In that arena it is the duty of every man to avow his distinctive political prin ciples, and to defend them, by fair means, to the uttermost. But in municipal affairs there are no such questions at issue—the functions there are not legislative, but purely administrative Consider for a moment. The Corporation has to appoint and regulate the police; to superintend sanitary measures; to maintain, and keep in a proper state, the gaol, the city halls, and the public cemeteries ; to repair, light, and un derdrain the streets ; to protect the navigation ; to manage the Corporate estates, and maintain the Corporate rights in regard to markets, tolls, and dues. With which one of these have political or party considerations the smallest con nection? The judgment of every one of you answers un hesitatingly, that those all are matters with which politics have nothing to do, and with which " party" cannot inter meddle without causing damage to the city and injustice to individuals. An experience of nearly 20 years in these matters enables me to affirm that the spirit of party in our municipal affairs is an unnatural intrusion, and au endless source of mischief. The city's interests sustain damage from this ha three most noticeable forms : _ Ist. There is an annual demoralisation of the Ward con stituencies, to keep or gain the ascendancy ; and the result deponds entirely on the purchase of venal voters. 2d. Costly and disgraceful contests deter the most re spected citizens from interfering in Corporation affairs, drive the best men out of the Council, and bring in others not to be for a moment compared with them. .?d. The keeping alive of the struggle for ascendancy en courages distrust and jealousy, and prevents that hearty and harmonious co-working which would tend so much to the general advantage. I propose, then, that you, the citizens at large, should insist that the Corporation shall be henceforth non-political, and that each party shall abandon its pretensions to an ascendancy. If this principle once receive your sanction, it can easily be realised in practice. Your representatives will gladly carry out your wishes, and the evil which has distressed us so long will die without a struggle. The best men amongst us, whatever their politics, will then be the foremost in our local government, and our influential men will unite in every effort to raise and im prove the city. Who can estimate the good which would result ? We have seen in our Volunteer Rifle movement, in our Musical Festival, in many of our noble charities, what Norwich can do when her sons join hand in hand, and all their hearts are as one. Greater results, and more glorious by far, are in store for us, if we extend this spirit of fraternity to all our city's affairs. It can be done. Pray let it be done ! Prouder than of any other thing should I be, to have the honour of its initiative. The richest vines are, it is said, produced on the site of exhausted volcanoes. So would it be with us. Party fires havinc , burnt themselves out, there would arise from our native soil results in which we should all rejoice. A kindly spirit would pervade the city, the turmoils of faction would cease, our municipal affairs would be much better managed, and on complain of i n j ustice. In such a state of things greater would be our satisfaction than in m iserable triumphs won by corr u pti o n, or in a party ascen ne how could much dancy lased on the denial of our brotherhood I Fellow-citizens! If you respond to this appeal, as I am sure you will, you may rely upon it that the cheering prespect to which I have pointed may be realised, and all that you wish can be done. lam ready to obey your call, whether it be to lead the way or to follow. Your obedient servant, J. HENRY TILLETT, Mayor. Guildhall, Oct. 17th, 1860. Complaints have been made that, on aceount of the usual order from the Lord Chancellornot having reached the office of the Accountant-General, holders of Bank Stock whose dividends are paid through the Court of Chancery have not been able to receive them at the ordinary time of payment, and will have to wait until the court meets in November,