The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-25 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES: " Perfection of mechanism."-:—Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL EN GLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. tinder the manaavynent of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be performed THE TROVATORE. Mes s rs. w. Harrison, Santley, Walworth ; Miss Parepa and Miss Pilling. Conductor, Alfred Mellon, Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. Vir. H. Payne, 11. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan, and M on s. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with MALLOW E'EN. After which, THE BACHELOR OF ARTS. Jasper (his original character), Mr. C. Mathews. Followed by a new Comedietta, entitled THE LATE LAMENTED. And MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee., Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING. the perfnnnances will commence with a new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder, Meadows, Shore ; Miss Wadham and Mrs. C. Young. After which. a new farce, in one act, entitled NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. To be followed by THE MASTER PASSION. Messrs. Ryder, G. Melville, Graham, R. Cathcart, Garden ; Miss C. Lee ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. N" THEATRE - ROYAL, * ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establislienent arc strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.—SOIe Lessee and Dire3tress, Madame Celeste.—The Public is re spe:tf ully informed this Theatre will OPEN for the Winter Season on MONDAY, Nov. 28, With a new and original Drama Fantastique, written by a popular author, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Full particulars will be duly announced. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S, THEATRE, Kinz-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Plenlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. - - THIS EVENING, a new Comedy, LONDON PRIDE ; or, Living for Appearances. Messrs. R. Robins, Barrett, Charles Young ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, awl Nelly Moore. After which (9th time) a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with A DEAD SHOT. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. As TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Continued successful career of the new Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI ; Illustrating the principal events in the Life of the Great Italian General. Supported by a Powerful Company, including the fallowing popular favourites :—Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis Belmore, Raymond, Miss Kate Carson, &c. - Great Dramatic Tableux—Full Stud of Trained Horses—Scenes in the Circle by the Star Equestrians of Europe, John Henry Cooke, Madlle. Marguerite„ Miss Rosina, and the world's wonder, Little Menoni, also, the Extraordinary Performing Elephant—Clowns, H. Croueste, Roweila, French Pierrots, Gymnasts and Acrobats innumer able, concluding with the exceedingly laughable Comic Ballet called LOVE'S VAGARIES. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY - EVERY EVENING.--The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Se!ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists -Messrs. Georme Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. 'l'. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BON HEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THE WEATHER._STJN OPPICE, NOVEMBER 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during tae night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.. Smith-Enittorly; rnthpr frokh, with dull hazy weather. We shall have snow before long. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, lh. 56m.—Afternoon, 2h. 16m. To-moußow.-Morning, 2h. 36m.—Afternoon, 2h. Mm. diR ,' , , ;7) '''-: :‘ , , • ';',- ;. -: .tH 7 7 -;",' ' ' ' - -, \ i l l I ...'",. . AO' --, .-; ..-:;,:,','", t ~,,, -,,, 1..<; ,a,'.13-:c-,,-) ..., • --- ' 1 ' 11 " „,,, - "e 7. • -,, 0 7. , ~ , f bt,olr . 1k; t •,* ....I":,r.t.': ___,-0 , ....--.. THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 25, 1859. The signed treaty of Zurich has struck the first nail into the coffin of peace. But the Imperial undertaker has not yet dug the grave deep enough to hold the ghost of Villafranca from attempting a " bloody" resurrection in vindication of Italian liberty. VICTJR EMANNUEL has paid two millions ster ling by way of smart, money to Austria as the price of Lombardy. That .is only the first instal ment, for there are four more to follow of the same amount—making up ten millions in all ! Verily, a princely price for freedom, and without any gua rantee from further molestation but Austrian per fidy ! And this is the manner in which Italian independence is to be juggled by Imperial domina tion ! Wait a bit. The concoctors of Villafranca are not yet out of the wood of wizardom. Europe has not yet assented to their dogmatic ratifications, nor will the Italians go to sleep under the assur ance of safety from the Imperial Conspirators. There is no faith in them. A rumour has been set afloat that our Ambas sador, Lord COWLEY, is coming over with a pro position for mutual disarmament by England and France! Is this another dodge such as was attempted to beguile Austria before beginning the " war from the Alps to the Adriatic ?" It looks very like it. We have hardly yet begrn to Arm—we are only preparing in self-defence for fear of accident; and prudence whispers that we are quite right, for to be fore-armed is to be fore warned, judging by the Past. We are no CASSAN DRA% but we hope that our Government will take no heed of such suicidal proposition ? Has the patriotic fervour lately pervading the land opened the eyes of our well-armed neighbour ? We rather suspect it has, but as his conduct has put us to the enormous expence of taking better care of ourselves, we may as well finish out the work we have begun, before we relax a jot. He sees that we are in real earnest, and he well knows our spirit in a cause that concerns not only our own national safety, but the independence of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. NAPOLEON will respect our freedom the more he finds us able to assert it, and so will others too. Let him disarm if he please. We can take care of ourselves without paying too dearly for his friendly and mock-economic advice. The historian of Europe has now very effectively pointed the moral of the Rifle Corps and adorned the tale of the Volunteer movement. Th& compre liensive and earnest speech delivered by Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, as recently as the nieli; be fore last, in the City Hall of Glasgow, will, before the week is well out, have been read far and wide throughout the United Kingdom. It will be found, upon examination, to have been an argument worthy alike of the time, the place, the speaker, and the occasion. It was introductory of the first resolution, at one of the most remarkable among these patriotic demonstrations. That resolution— almost a paraphrase of the familiar axiom, si vis pacem para bellum—being simply to the effect "that this meeting, while earnestly trusting that friendly relations will continue to be maintained with foreign States, is at tile same time impressed with the conviction that the surest means of avert ing the danger of war, and continuing to our beloved land the blessings of peace and commercial prospe rity, is a thorough and Complete system of national defence." • So fully is Sir ARCHIBALD impressed with the imminence of this great necessity, that we find him in the midst of his harangue boldly pro pounding, among other similar suggestions, one to this striking effect, that the pay of our tars and our soldiers should, by a single stroke of the pen, as it were, be very 'nearly doubled. Economists though we be, we must nevertheless confess that a propo sition thus hearty and resolute comes.to us quite refreshingly after all the niggardly cheeseparing pr)posals dinned into our ears from session to session for a long while past, by the peace-at-any price advocates of retrenchment. There is no mere insinuation of his crotchet by Sir ARCHIBALD ALisoN, but he has it fairly out in a few plain words, and easily comprehensible figures. " The first step," he says, "I would take in this matter would be at one blow, and without the least delay, to raise the pay of the soldiers and sailors and the militia from ls. id. to Is. Bd. or 2s. a day. If you do this," he adds, " for the military, and do the same for the royal navy, you will find that the ships of * the line will be filled with sailors, and you will find that the ranks of the regular army will be filled with able and valiant men, and you will have no difficulty whatever in raising such a force as is requisite to defend the country." Nor does he content himself with this plain speaking, or with this one daring proposition. He imme diately goes on to add, " The next measure that I would propose is this:—We are told that it would be very expensive to do that; that the country cannot afford it_; that it is abso lutely necessary to attend only to a volunteer force, and not do anything with regard to the regular army. I will say here that lam as great a friend of the volunteer force as any man alive, but we are told that the country cannot afford to pay their troops and their sailors in such a way as to gain an effi cient body of men. I may state that I have gathered from a Parliamentary return issued the other day that, since the year 1814, we have repealed taxes to the amount of £31,500,000, £10,000,000 being the double income-tax. That we all know. There remains, therefore, £21,800,000 that has been given up since 1814. Now, one-fourth of that sum would raise the pay of our soldiers and sailors to an adequate amount, and would put us in a state o comparative security." Conscious, in the very act of breathing these words, that the suggestion they convey may sound somewhat exorbitant in these days of - political economy, Sir ARCHIBALD simplifies the matter into a mere question as to a very obvi ous and instantly appreciable alternative. "What," he asks, " in comparison with the restoring of those indirect taxes in a question of pounds, shillings, and pence, is the danger of being conquered by the French?" And as if those words were not suffi ciently —in fact, only too frightfully sug gestive, the Historian of Europe dips for a few moments into his own abundant store of infor mation by way of bringing the probabilities home at once more poignantly to general apprecia tion. " I will just give you," he says," one or two facts to let you know what you may expect if the French ever conquered this country, in addition to the horrors of war and the massacre of men." Thereupon we listen, with what complacency we may as a people having money in our pocket, to such astounding details us to the liapolccmi n. wars, as that Lisbon was mulcted in 180 S to the tune of £4,ooo,ooo—Milan, •in 1796, to the tune of £Boo,ooo—Venice, shortly afterwards, to the extent of £2,soo,ooo—and Prussia, in 1806, to the enormous amount of X 24,000,000! But at last, by way of crowning illustration, Sir ARCHIBALD mentioned, pertinently and very much to the purpose, indeed, on Wednesday, whon addressing himself to the good citizens of Glasgow, How, in 1812, NAPOLEON wrote, in a letter to DAVOUST (that Marshal then being in Hamburg), "If you had shot six of the principal merchants of Hamburg, on the day you entered, it would have been well ; but as you have not done that, you must just make them pay for it, and, therefore, I require you to lay hold of 200 of the principal merchants, and keep them as hostiges for the payment of 50,000,000 francs," equal to £2,000,000 sterling. A sum, Sir ARCHIBALD reminds his Glasgow audience, which was actually in 1806 levied forthwith upon Ham burgh, a city then eontaining within it no more than 80,000 inhabitants. By consequence, the historian intimated to his hearers that the imposi tion was equivalent, to all intents and purposes, to the mulcting the city of Glasgow at this moment of £10,000,000 ! " You see," he says, "at what price the peace at any price gentle men would purchase their salvation." Therefore, it is that Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON expresses his earnest hope, as an economist, that we may foster the Royal Army and the Royal Navy at the very time that we are forwarding with all the patriotic ardour in our power the old militia movement and the new Rifle Corps movement. What he aspires to see realised in this way, he tolls us very plainly. He hopes that the period is fast approaching when' we shall have thirty sail of the line in the Channel as our regular Channel Fleet—fifteen sail-of-the-line in the Medi terannean-100,000 regular troops in Great Britain and 80,000 militiamen ! Let us add to this list a naval reserve of 50,000 men, and scattered all over the country, in efficient corps, an aggregate of from 200,000 to 300,000 rifle volunteers. When all this shall have been realised, then, but not till then, we may cry—" Hold, enough !" Then, but not till then, we may regard the national defences as hav ing been duly cared for and properly organised. One formidable truth is admirably put by Sir ARCHIBALD when he says, " A force that would bring 100,000 men together instead of 20,000, which could be done now in front of London, would not be sufficient, unless it were supported by a great force in the rear, for the French, if they once got the command of the Channel, could throw as many men over in a week as they brought to fight at Solferino. But," he adds imme- diately afterwards, " if there is a sufficient and adequate volunteer force in the country, then I say we may be altogether invincible." This should, in truth, be the one ambition of all our fast multi- plying rifle corps—to come in aid, if need be, of Om regular troops. And it should be the one thought held at this moment by the nation at large in patriotic remembrance! The Earl and Countess of Hard.wielce and the Ladies Yorke and Lord‘Royston have arrived at Hatfie:d House, on " a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of 'Salisbury, frornlVimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Ducht ss d'Aumale have left Orleans House, Twickenham, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness a Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts. His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess d'Apponyi left Chandos House, on Wednesday, to join the cirlcle staying with the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield. The Birmingham Cattle and Poultry Show, the first of the principal annual exhibitions of fat stock, &c., opens or, Monday next, and that of the Smithfield Club on the Tuesday in the week following. VOLUNTEEP NAVAL CrOILPS. TO TIME EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At present every one is turning his atten tion how to resist a probable fOreign invasion, and rifle corps and artillery corps are springing up like mushrooms, in all parts of the country, and thousands are flocking to the standard in defence of their homes. Though I do not doubt the ultimate result of any such attempt, yet an attempt might (if the enemy had command of the sea), in the, first instance, prove succcessful, and London, as well as a large tract of country, might fall into the enemy's hands, and be given over to plunder to a half-savage soldiery, and property to the extent of two or three hundred millions sterling destroyed, and the enemy might then retire with immense booty ; but, even pre suming that the volunteers, with the assistance of that very small body of men, the army and the militia, were able to defeat the landing of some 300,000 or 400,000 French troops, where would all our splendid colonies be if our, navy was , defeated and driven off the ocean ? Where would India be, that country which, when we were at peace with every other nation on the face of the globe, took all the strength of Britain to put down the terrible rebellion there, and which is e- en now a slumber ing volcano ? Where would all our other colonies be ? With, perhaps, the exception of Australia and Canada, all would be lost, and perhaps for ever y Aye, in spite of all our brave volunteers. What would Britain be without her Colonies ? She would fall to the rank of a third class power, somewhat after the fashion of Spain and Holland. Presuming it possible that Napoleon would be so imprudent as to attempt a landing with a large body of troops, and did actually succeed in landing some of them, we at the same time having a more powerful fleet of fighting vessels than he, his situa tion with those he landed, would be worse than that of his uncle at Moscow, for he would have no com munication whatever with his rear, and no means of retreat; but it is simply absurd to say that he could land 200,000 men before we could bring up our fleet to prevent the most of them, the trans ports would be mere slaughterhouses for the troops when exposed to the fire of line-of-battle ships, and those who had succeeded in landing would not be much better than prisoners. No one knows the madness of the attempt at throwing a large army across the Channel in pre sence of a more powerful hostile fleet than his own, better than Napoleon himself. The uncle did not try it, nor yet will the nephew. He will first strik e a blow for the mastery of the seas, and if he is vic torious there, he will then attempt an invasion, but if he is defeated he will give up the idea, if he really has any. I say, then, it is therefore to our wooden walls we must look to uphold our national renown. " Britannia rules the waves !" At least we once did. We are essentially a maritime people. We have our Volunteer Rifles and our Volunteer Artil- lery Corps, why, then, not have our Naval Volun teers? I mean by that, those who would give their services on the same conditions as the rifle and artillery volunteers. It is in the Navy that the services of the volunteer is most wanted. Some may say, that is all very good, but you, will gst none to enrol themselves in that service. If the movement were gone into in earnest in the proper quarter, and seconded by those noblemen and gen tlemen who are in the habit of enjoying aquatic sports by enrolling themselves as members, I ven ture to say that the Naval Volunteer Caps would soon be the most:popular of the three services, and I should not at all be surprised if great numbers deserted from the Rifles and Artillery to join the Naval :Corps. If the Government stationed vessels at the principal seaport towns along our great extent of seaboard for the purpose of training the volunteers, I believe that in a very short space of time we would have that great difficulty solved—the best, but not only the best, but the cheapest mode of manning the Royal Navy. Of course the volunteers would require to be dis tributed among the different vessels of the fleet in a certain proportion to the sailors. I would propose to confine the drill of these volunteers to gunnery and sword exercise, as it would, in these days of steam power, be a useless waste of time to teach them to "reef a topsail in a gale of wind," and besides that sort of exercise might damp the ardour of a number who would otherwise join the service. A great part of their exercise could be gone through either on shore or in harbour, and on 'the Saturday afternoons they could go out to sea and, practise with the great guns. If we get several thousands of these volunteers trained, who could work the guns well, and in a case of boarding, who would perhaps not be much behind their shipmates, the real British Tar, I say we have gained something worth having ; and in these days of telegraphs and railways, within 24 hours of a hostile fleet leaving Cherbourg we could have all these volunteers rattled up by rail . and drafted on board the fleet at Portsmouth (or where ever the fleet might be lying) and be prepared to meet the enemy on our own elemext. Not being a practical naval man myself, I cannot expect that all I have said in the carrying out of the project would meet the concurrence of naval men, I therefore refrain from trespassing further on your valuable space, by going into minute details, my object being merely to bring the subject before the public, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, and which may, or may not, be taken up, improved, and acted upon in the proper quarter. I may mention that I would have troubled you some time ago with these remarks, but I have al- ways been expecting to hear some suggestions on this important subject, from some more influential quarter than from an humble SCOTCHNIAN. Leith, Nov. 23, 1859. [Our patriotic correspondent seems to overlook or forget that we are raising a reserve volunteer corps of seamen to the number of 30,000, but we cannot have too many Naval Volunteers, and his suggestion, therefore, is worthy of all praise. —ED S uN.] RUMOURED DEATH OF NANA SAIIIB.—A post script in the Lahore Chronicle of the 13th ultimo says : " We have just received the following intelligence of the death of Nana Sahib from our Oude correspondent. The letter is dated the 7th of October, 1859 :—' Important news has just come in that the Nana died in the Bluing valley (in the Nepaul frontier) on the 2d current. His followers have all dispersed in several gangs. Baneo Madho of Bys warrah is very unwell, and it is apprehended he will not survive long.' " Similar statements however have several times appeared in the Indian papers, followed in a few days by a contradiction. DEATH OF PROFESSOR GEORGE WILSON.—A deep sense of regret and bereavement spread through the city on Wednesday with the melancholy news of the death of Professor George Wilson, which took place at a late hour on Tuesday evening. The loss of a man so kernel and able in his own department, and so universally regarded with esteem and affection, is no common one to the city, or even to the omntry ; and it is apparently heightened by the circumstance of his removal at a time when the pros pects of his usefulness were greatly , extending, as his talents and laboxrs were being more fully appreciated. The technology class this winter was an unusually large one; and the Industrial Museum, in which Professor Wil• son took so great and paternal an interest, seemed to have passed through all the initiatory difficulties, promising soon to take its place among the most prominent institu tions of Edinburgh. Professor Wilson, whose health, at all times extremely delicate; had been further weakened by overwork, died of an inflammatory attack of about a fort night's duration, though - it did not assume a serious aspect till within a day or two of the end.—Scotsman. . A SMITHFIELD. CLUB CATTLE. SHow.—Yesterday the galleries of the Baker-street Bazaar were thrown open , for the reception of Implements, &c., to be exhibited at the ensuing' Smithfield Club Cattle Show, and a considerable number of specimens have already - bden received: The en tries rife so numerous that every-available space will be oc cupied. The last day 'for their reception will be Thursday next.. The cattle will conga-is -0 a large number of animals now exhibiting at the Birmingham Cattle and Agricultural Show, and the entries which lave been made must be in the slieW-yard by Saturday, the 3d December. The pri vate view is fixed for Monday, the sth. - - - - - • At Moelfia, on the 23d. instant, the body of Dr. Hatch was found with £l5O in gold, a watch,'and other articles. A male body was also found, having in its rockets a receipt for a registered letter for Win. liolandson from David Bell, and some gold, Two other male bodies were found, one supposed to be that of John Walsh. A feMale body was picked up, with £37, some keys, a pair of spec tacles, an earring, &c. The divers got £1,200. A male body, with " W. Emery" marked on the drawers, and with £2 7s, Gd. ; and two other bodies not identified were also found. On the 23d, in consequence of the heavy swell on the beach, the divers iverc-n3t able to work. • THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY EVENING; NOVEMBER 25, 1869, AVT E S NE W The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TRIESTE, Nov. 25. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer Australia has ar rived here with advices from Constantinople to the 19th inst. A large number of shipwrecks have take place in the Black Sea. Pacha, President of the High Court:ofJustice, has been suspended from' his place. Saffetti Pacha, late Minister of Religious Institutions, has been appointed. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Marquis de Bourquency has received from the Emperor of Austria 'the grand cross of the order of St. Stephen, the insignia of which were accompanied by a letter of the Anstrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, regretting, in the name of his Sovereign, the definite retirement of the Marquis de Bourquency from the post of French ambassador at. the Court of Vienna. The Marquis de Bonneville has received at the same time, from the Emperor of Austria, the Grand Cordon of the Order Of the Iron Crown of Lom- bardy. Baron Meysenberg and Chevalier Jocteau have been raised to the dignity of Grand Officers of the Legion d'Honneur. Count Caroly and Chevalier Desambrois have received from the Emperor of the French gold snuffboxes, with the portrait of his Majesty set in diamonds. The other members of the Austrian and French missions have also received decorations according to their rank. The Moniteur of to-day announces the appoint ment of the Marquis de Moustier to the post of Ambassador to the Emperor of Austria. BERLIN, Nov. 25. The health of the King of Prussia has so far improved that his medical attendants have ad vised his Majesty to remove to the Isle of Wight. It is believed that this advice will be followed. CASSEL, Nov. 24. The Second Chamber has, by a vote of 32 against 8, resolved upon addressing a memorial to the Federal Diet for the re-establishment of the Con stitution of 1831. FRANKFORT, Nov. 24. In the sitting of the Federal Diet of to-day the Plenipotentiary of Hesse Electoral acceded to the proposal of the committee, and granted some con sessions in reference to the wishes of the Chambers, but persevered in maintaining the Constitution of 1852. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The sailing frigate La Vengeance, armed on 'late, has just left Lorient with 400 marines on board under the command of Chef de Bataillon Demenech Diego. She is bound to China, and will only call at the Cape. The Vengeance will be folloived in a short time by the Andromaque, with a similar number of marines. A Paris letter, in the Nord, says : " It wits stated a few days ago that letters of invitation for the Congress would be sent off im mediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the peace of Zurich. That exchange has taken place, and the copies of the treaties belonging to France have arrived in Paris, and nevertheless the letters have not yet left. This delay has been, it is said, caused by some formalities of detail, and it has been also stated that the attitude of .Eng land and Austria is not unconnected with it. The former of these powers has again insisted on obtaining an assurance that the Congress will con fine itself to receiving and enregistering the wishes of the Italians, whatever they may be. France, in accepting the delegation of the !Regency to M. Buoncompagni, even in the limits traced 'out to the authority of the Sardinian statesman, proves once more that she in no way intends , to impose her will on Italy, and that she contents herself with the right of advising—,-a right which no one can refuse her, and of which England herself makes a very ex• tensive use. It is generally thought that the de parture of Lord Cowley for London is to be attri buted to this state of things. As I have already announced, the different powers will be represented in the Congress by their Ministers of Foreign Affairs. A exception will, however, take place with regard to England; Lori John Russell will be replaced by Lord Granville. THE BOURSE, Nov. 24.—The market has been very firm with an upward tendency. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 10c.. improved to 70f. 20c. Mobilier varied from 777 f. 50c. to 780 f. Austrian, 551 f. 25c. to 553 f. 75c. ; Lombard, 546 f. 25c. to 547 f. 50c.; Orleans, 1,367 f. 50c. to 1,370 f. ; Lyons, 885 f. to 887 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations :- 41- per Cents. .... 95 90 Credit Fonder Do. end month I Belgian 4i 99 25 3 per Cents. 7O 10 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 70 15 Roman B6 50 Bank Shares 2875 Austrian . 85 Credit Mobilier 780 Spanish Threes .. 44i, Do. Account ..... 778 75 Home Debt 431 RAILWAYS. ' Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 950 .. 951 25 New ditto 837 50 .. 837 50 Lyons and Mediterranean BB6 25 .. 887 50 Geneva Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 4lO .. 407 50 Austrian Lombard ' . AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Arago steamer, Captain Lines, has arrived at Cowes with New York mails of the 12th inst. She brings 112,000 doll, for England and 700,000 dols. for France. Her dates from Vera Cruz are to the Bth. The expedition of the Liberals under Meija against Tehuacan, Ouzaba, and Cordova had proved lost 600 men ; 1,000 mus k ets an d 12 cannon were , 'without firing a gun. Meija a disastrous failure captured by General Ninon, without the loss of a single soldier. Marquirja undertook to escort 2,800,000 dols. to Topic, but appropriated 600,000 dols. of them to himself, detained the balance at Guano Juato, and issued a pronunciamento in favour of Santa Anna. The British and French Ministers had protested against Marquirja's conduct. A despatch of the 11th, from Washington, says that the Government had received important de. spatches from the English Government relative to the San Juan difficulty, expressing an'earnest de sire to settle the question; the details proposed had not then bee n ma d e k nown, but it was believed that there was no longer any danger of any serious difficulty between the two countries. Exchange at New York, on the 11th, was good at 110 to 1101 on London. There was a fair demand for railway shares on the Stock Exchange, and better prices by 9 to per cent. paid, though the market closed dull. State stocks steady. Movements in flour extensive, and prices par tially advanced. Good inquiry for cotton at full quotations. SIR joIIN FoanEs.—This eminent 'author and pbyLician, having lately suffered from severe illness, has intimated hi, intention of retiring from active life. On the 30th instant the furniture of the house in Old Burlington stre:t is to be sold by auction. Sir John has generously presented his very valuable medical library, numbering about 3,000 volumes, to the Marischal College, Aberdeen, where he received his early education. He graduated in medicine at Edinburgh in 1817. LITERATURE. Rocks and . Shoals. By Captain Lovesy. 2 vols. Wes t erton, Hyde-bark-corner. We meet with a most lively_ and entertaining story in these volumes, and the knowledge of the world which the author possesses in an eminent degree imparts an air of reality to the narrative which enhances its merits. There are many characters met with, some of whom are sketched with decision and point, and we meet with every variety of disposition in the actors who enact their role in this drama of existence. The interest is not confined to the fortunes of the hero, for there are many of those mentionad who attract attention from their peculiar styles, and engage the notice from their strange adventures. Mrs. Ursula Walmsley is very ably described as a miser, and she demonstrates the lesson so often shown in the career of such unhappy and misguided mortals. After a life of penury she died without a friend, and her misused concealed treasures proved a source of contention and strife among the survivors. It was - satisfactory that they at last came into the possession of one who was calculated to make a good use of them, but Geoffrey Hibblethwaite had an arduous struggle before the golden prize was won. Sir Henry Farnley is an effective illustration of the fearful ,consequences that so often ensue ffom the dangerous and delusive course of life - he followed. The crafty designs of Mr. Hawker, and, the deadly schemes of Mr. Lockyer are also admi rably pourtrayed, and the retribution of avenging justice that overtook them both is a strikingfea ture in the work. On the whole, "Rocks and Shoals" may be looked upon as an ingeniously constructed story, and the reader who desires an exciting sketch cannot do better than peruse its pages. Extremes. By Emma Welcher Atkinson. 2 vols; Smith and Elder. This is a peculiar style of book, not so much adapted to the general reader as to a particular class. The story is related in an agreeable manner, and cannot fail to amuse ; and the dissertations on the serious subjects are written in a very sensible manner. The authoress points out the follies of extremes in religion, carrying fanatical ideas to excess, and spurninc , all forms from an exaggerated self-sufficiency. Frank Halstead, the hero, is a young clergyman, who, with excellent principles and the best intentions, commits many grievous errors, which militate against his own interest in a personal manner, while they impede his progress in his vocation, and seriously injure the cause to which he is sincerely devoted. It is a relief to the reader to make the acquaintance of a man like Mr. Leatham, who is a worthy minister of the Church, and whose beneficial advice is of vital service to the infatuated and misguided Halstead. Margaret Langley, the heroine, is a delightful heroine, and in her many wanderings and sad ad ventures in the world in which she was a friendless adventurer, she displayed a spirit of self-reliance and ineependence that was of essential service to her, at the same time that she was of a gentle and unas suming nature in herself, only the pressure of cir cumstances compelled, her to action. Lady Aston is a powerful sketch of a wordly lady, who dis played some of the worst qualities that could dis grace a woman. Sir Henry Aston was superior to the rest of his family, and his determined devotion to Miss Langley was a proof of the discernment of his character,,while it did honour to his spirit in spurning the restraints of worldly conventionalities. He was unfortunate, however, for Margaret was married to Halstead, and the story of their lives, hitherto so gloomy, ends with a brighter prospect. The introduction of George Heseltine and Annie adds to the interest of the narrative, as their simple annals aae naturally described. The Minister's Wooing. By H. Beecher Stowe author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," &c., with illus trations by Phiz. Samson Low and S ons . - The appearance of a new work from the pen of the able exponent of the wrongs and s u fferings of the negro must necessarily excite considerable in terest. The readers of the present work will have little cause to lament a deterioration of power, though it is in an entirely different channel, some thing totally opposed to the character of her former productions, though evidently the result of consi derable care and thought. The strength is sub dued; the story depends more on the evolution of character and the portraiture of a peculiar sect than on heartstirring records of oppression, or scenes of tragic force. Nevertheless the book possesses great interest for thoughtful readers, and will afford them matter for reflection. It will not probably be so extensively read as her former works nor so great a favourite among cabual and unthinking readers ; but those who have the inclination and capacity to peruse it steadily and to reflect upon the new sphere of life and thought to which it introduces them, will probably value it highly. Besides all its logic_ and discussion, there are some touches of nature, some vivid portraitures of mental emotion, that show how wzrm are the writer's sympathies with suffering, and how little her cold theological doctrine has been able to interfere with the comprehensive humanity of her nature. She has endeavoured, she tells us in her brief introduction, to paint a style of life and manners which existed in New England in the earlier days of her national existence. Some of the principal .characters are historic, and the leading events of the story are founded on actual facts, although arranged and varied for the purposes' of the tale. Colonel Bun, Dr. Hopkins, and other celebrities of the time are introduced. The minister, whore wooing is the subject of the story, is an excellent man, who in ' spires the reader with interest and respect, not withstanding his intricate doctrines and interference with Mary's love-dream. He lodges with the Widow . Scudder, a notable New England housewife, pos sessing largely . the gift of " faculty " which New England women hold in such high esteem. Her only daughter, Mary, is a charming character. With a warm and loving heart she combines large powers of reflection and a turn for speculative theology. Her earnest religious feelings. make her a dutiful pupil and fervent admirer of the Minister, who is a sincere and highly excellent man, and combines much practical benevolence with his theoretical perplexities and problems. He has espoused the cause of the negroes,:thereby forfeiting much worldly wealth by giving great offence to some influential members of . his congregation. Mrs. Scudder, a devoted follower of the doctor, and a ready believer of his most difficult doctrines, sees with delight his growing love for Mary. Mary, however, has loved f ro m childhood, a merry, thoughtless, good-hearted youth named James Mervyn, who does not at all. belong to the rigid school of the doctor and Mrs. Scudder. He is the youngest of a large family, strictly , brought up, and has always been looked on as a scapegrace. He is the idol of his mother, who is a highly-gifted woman, of a sensitive, nature, one of those on whom the deadly influence of Calvinism falls like • a blight. She is convinced that she has no part with the " elect," and goes about her duties with mourn ful resignation. Her husband, who is a strict Cal vinist, is little comfort to her, and her secret conso lation is her youngest ehild,James. Mrs. Scudder is uneasy at the evident attachment of the youngiseople, but James goes to sea for three years, which re lieves her mind, After a considerable time, during which many other events take place, news is brought that his ship has been lost. Great is the grief of Mary, and great the agony of his mother who believes that her son is lost for ever. Her tortured mind nearly gives way, and she breaks out into a vehement attack on the religion in which she has been brought up. Husband, friend, and minister can give her no comfort, for they share the same dismal theory. At last Candace, a faithful old negress, who is a prominent character in the tale, breaks through the dreary theology that can find no word to soothe 4 mother's sorrow, and with earnest pathos in her rough untutored language, she tells of Him who, on the Cross thought of his suffering mother. She assures her, afflicted mistress that "there's a dreadful mistake somewhere" in her religion, an opinion in which the reader heartily concurs. After the lapse of time, and the influence of resignation have dulled the keen edge of sorrow, and Mary is again calm and cheer ful, the Doctor finds courage to speak. Mary, surprised and disappointed, yet loving him with childlike affection, and , anxious to please her mother, consents to become the minister's wife. Grand preparations are accordingly made by the housewives of the neighbourhood, when the sudden reappearance of James Mervyn, a week before the wedding, throws every one into perplexity. Mary is too honourable to break her promise. The Docto,• had never known of the early love. Mrs. Scudder is anxious the marriage should take 'place, so poor James Marvyn is sadly puzzled how to act. At last Miss Prissy, a neighbou:, and quite a character in her way, cuts the gordian knot, by tellin , s the doctor all. He at once refuses to accept `Mary's promise and all is happily settled. So ends the story', whose chief purpose as the writer tells us, is to disnlay the state of New Eno.- land in her earlier days. Many other characters are introduced, all sketched with Mrs. Stowe's peculiar skill. Some passages are full of force and beauty, like the pages on sorrow in the twenty fourth chapter, and many touches of humour, and happy sketches of domestic scenes soften and re lieve the graver portion, The work will probably not be so popular as Mrs. Stowe's former tales, but it shows, no diminution of ability and is interesting from its portraiture of a state of soc i ety and'feeling b so opposite to our own. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. Proposed Bill.—An act to require from Members returned to serve in Parliament a Declaration against Bribery, Treating, and undue Influence. Whereas, notwithstanding the laws now in force for preventing corrupt practices in the election of members to serve in Parliament, such practices having been proved to be extensively resorted to by candidates, their agents, and other persons in their interest at such elections ; and whereas it is expedient that more stringent and effectual provi sion should be made by Parliament for the preven tion of such corrupt practices, and for better secur ing the freedom of election ; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Par ment assembled, and by authority of the same, as follows : Section I. That every person who shall in future be elected and returned a member of the House of Commons shall; before he shall sit and vote after the choice of a Speaker by the House of Commons, make and subscribe at the table of the House the following declaration : "I (A - . 8.) do solemnly and sincerely declare that I neither before, during, nor since my election for (the county, division of a county, borough, univer sity, cinque-port, as the case may be), have directly or indirectly, by myself, or any other person on my behalf, given, lent, or agreed to give or lend, or offered, or promised to procure, or to endeavour to procure, any money, or valuable consideration, or any office, place, or employment, to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce any voter to vote for me, or refrain from voting against me at my said election, nor have I paid; nor will I repay by myself, or by or through any other person, any sums of money corruptly given or promised by any agent or other person in respect 0,. my election ; nor have I corruptly, by myself, or by, or with, or through any person on my behalf, or by any other ways or means, at any time, either before, during, or since my e l ec ti on , directly or indirectly given, or provided, or caused to be given or provided, nor have I been accessory to the giving or proziding, nor have I paid, nor will I pay, wholly or in part, any expenses incurred for any meat, drink, or entertainment or provision to or for any voter in order to be elected, or for being elected, or for the purpose of corruptly influencing any voter to give or refrain from giving his vote at such election. Nor have I, directly or indirectly, by myself or by any other person on my behalf, made me of, or threatened to make use of, any force, violence, or restraint, or inflicted, or threat ened the infliction, by myself or by any other per son, of any injury, damage, harm, or loss, or in any other manner practised intimidation upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote for me, or refrain from voting against me, or on account of such person having voted at my said election; nor have I. impeded or otherwise, interfered with the free exercise of the franchise of any voter at my said election. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be lieving the same to be true. And by virtue of the provisions of an Act made and passed in the 23d and 24th years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to require from mem bers returned to serve in Parliament a Declaration against Bribery, Treating, and undue Influence." And such declaration and subscription here inbefore directed to be made, shall be entered on a parchment roll, to be provided for that purpose, by the Clerks of the House, and shall be filed and kept by them. " Section 11. And be it further inacted that any person who shall make and subscribe to any such declaration as aforesaid, knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and, upon conviction, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and be incapable of serving as a member in Parlia ment for ever after. " Section 111. And be it further enacted that if any person who shall in future be elected and re• turned a member of the House of Commons shall sit or vote as a member of such House before he shall have made and subscribed such declaration as aforesaid, his election shall be void, and a new writ shall bc issued to elect another member in his room." (From the Times.) Mr. Edwin James has opened ground for the ensuing parliamentary campaign by circulating a proposed bill " to require from members returned to serve in Parliament a declaration, against bribery, treating, and undue influence." The bill carries out its title with that superlative and redundant phraseology usual to those who wi s h t o d o by wor d what is difficult or impossible in deed. We cannot say that it adds anything to the usual idea of a self-purging declaration, or suggests any security which shalt redeem the bill from the usual charac ter and fate of well-intentioned measures. It ex hausts, indeed, all the possible modes of corrupt action, and even includes under its terrible ban some that elude mortal apprehension. For our part, we cannot understand how a man can do a thing after an election in order to obtain a vote in it, though this is one of the crimes distinctly and emphatically denounced by Mr. Edwin James. The only conceivable meaning it will bear is, that if a member of Parliament should either do any kind ness whatever for a constituent, or show the least coldness to a man who had not voted for him, he shall be liable to the extreme penalties of the act, which are imprisonment for two years' hard labour, and exclusion from Parliament fo,r life. Now, it is quite possible that a man like Mr. Edwin James may be incapable of stirring a step, writing a line, speaking a word, or giving a look in favour of a voter, not only before or during an election, but even after. It is quite possible that no mortal eye may be able to detect any difference in his bearing to a warm supporter or a bitter antagonist. But that is not the real qUestion, or the true test of this measure, even in the case of a Marylebone elector. Would the public-houses of that borough be open ? Would Mr. E. James's supporters find themselves utterly excluded from the benefit of those kindly mediations with the heads of departments now ex pected from members ? With regard io the coun try at large, our misgivings as to the working of the measure are even more serious. There are many such declarations known to the law, and they are always either wholly inoperative and swallowed as a matter of course, or they are simply traps for tender consciences, giving the free and easy an advantage over the scrupulous. The declarations required in the way of church " secu rities" under the Catholic Emancipation Act have been laughed at by agitators, have kept out some excellent .men, and have been generally explained away, and in practice altogether forgotten. We believe that everybody would now wish they had •never been required. There are declarations against what is called simony in the Church of England, which do not prevent acts of this character. The only effect is that when a living is to be sold some body buys it for the man who wants it; and, if the sale takes place during a vacancy, as a scrupulous man will not make the declaration, an unscrupulous man gets the living cheaper, just as you pay less for a piebald horse, or one with a rat tail. The clergy are further required to make certain annuzl declara tions, intended to secure full residence, and the per formance of other duties. The conscientious, of course, keep a diary; the others don't. But, after all, these declarations can only come under the general character of purgative oaths, which modern, legislation has wisely reduced to the smallest num ber possible, from an extreme distrust of their effi cacy. It is, indeed, contrary to the English notion 'of law and justice, that a man should be compelled either to criminate himself, or to 'purge himself, or to plead in any fashion, unless there be a proved and recognised ground of suspicion. Mr. Edwin James has made his declaration so elaborately searching and comprehensive that we cannot see how any man can take it without winking at something or forgetting something. If so, public opinion would soon hit on a view which would emancipate not only one member, but all; and the nabob who had paraded his money-bags through the town and bought men at £5O a-head would take the declaration, and jus tify himself by the example even of Mr. Edwin James, unless the next election for Marylebone be very different from the last. The question is one not of words, but of acts ; and we have to consider what actually takes place at an ordinary election, of which an ad mirable exa m pl e i s detailed' in our columns to-day. As soon as the candidate is introduced to his committee he communicates to them his earnest desire and solemn determination that there shall be no bribery, treating, or undue influence of any kind. They assure him that they are quite of the same mind, and that nothing of the kind shall occur as far as they are concerned. He goes through with the election, or, at least, may go through with it, with out once putting his hand into his pocket, or letting anybody else do so, or committin g hi mse lf t o th e least exercis e of Parliamentary influence. If he uses his eyes and ears, he must become painfully aware of an cxpcndituregoing on upon his account, but he feels that the less he knows about it the better; and, if he does recognise it, it is to deprecate it witfi the utmost energy of language. When all is over, some body, it matters not who—perhaps his lawyer, per haps a man lie never saw Lefore—tells him that his political friends will suffer a loss they cannot afford unless he can help them out of it with £2,000 or v 5,000, as the case may be. What is he to do ? Is he to let his zealous and too open-hearted, open handed friends, be ruined on his account ? That I would be simply atrocious. He cannot think of it. So he storms nd raves, reasons and sentimental• • denounces and invokes the interference of the Lea, lature ; declares he ne ver said a word to justifypsi; extravagance ; is quite resolved that nothing!)l,,Lto sort shall ever occur again, and ends by fling in iP the fellow, just to save him and' his friends from ruin, a cheek for the required amount. Il as bribed anybody before the election, or at it, or afte; - ie Has he done anything to obtain a vote ? HHa employed anybody to do a single illegal act he authorised or countenanced a single On the contrary, he has expressed,the strongest his dignation at all that has been done, and i hands of it altogether. Cannot he make I Edwin James's declaration ? Of course,, he C a ;,' every word of it. fie has already made t dred times, most freely and spontaneouslb 'l° before, at, and after the election. He has g l c ve r away money, he knows, and he does not altogetneo, illegal ae.t_. like the people he has given it to • b u t that doe s compromise him with what has to; done. 'Why' a man may pay the c h a i rma n of his committee i , X 50,000, and make Mr. E. James's declarati on with a clear conscience. Our most laudable and conscien tious expenditure is that which is intended to say e others from the consequences of their own folly °, crimes. We pay large sums to reformatorio, PeTr tentiaries, hospitals of all kinds, institutio ns , ' e t orphans and widows left d es titute by imprev iue u r and generally unprincipled people. We Pal sons' gambling debts a n d our wives' milliners bills. Of course, we don't thereby sanction ani. of these things, even tho u gh we go on rePe.lii ing the process twenty ti mes , and vowing iv e.wi rs never do it again. Depend on it, our legislate a will always be found equally tender-hearted i, placable with their political families ; and thel e : claration will no more check the gushings ef 13 , 6 ,; tical benevolence than it will the infirmities of P. paternal instinct. LETTER OF M MAZZINI 1 7- 0 114.10 BICASOLI. -pp The following is a copy of a letter which 14. Mazzini has addressed to Baron Ricasoli: — " Sir,—l have been informed that you have of your possession a letter of m i ne con t a ining a Ph lu r i ge military operations in Perugia, which has give n to persecutions and annoyance. Were Ito address mys e lf so l e ly to you inj. °llr t character of Tuscan Mini s t er , it might be sualcl in to assure you that the lette r i n question conee r n o t no way the affairs of Tuscany; that it &oo appeal in the least to th e T uscan f unc ti o naries ; li it does not threaten either government or for to But I prefer addressing myself to the patriot--,, the man who loves to confer with his friends 01.: do with mine—of the unity of Italy as the only ar o and end to be atteined by the present movement".o proposing this movement I mean to indicate the only operation which not only can accomplish the °vi v a, in view, but also of saving Tuscany from an ine,_i o able restoration. You profess to know as cer1.0..., fact (which is far from proved as yet) that I :C t i b u i r t Victor accepts the fusion of Central Italy; an d , the acceptation since the treaty of Villafranoo equivalent to ,a declaration of war you ba ve t ot much perception not to behold. The revolution 01 100 be extended, or it is useless ; localised it hec ° _ r o powerless. Central Italy is lost if it does not at o n c e fix its basis upon a foundation as sure and strong that of the government. The elements which c a w pose the strength of Central Italy are conderen e et ti disunion, the columns commanded by Gen. threaten mutiny if nothin g b e d one to prevenb er • a very natural thing to happen with volunL e o4 from Ombria, the March of Ancona, and Ve, n e l ;o g who fight with enthusiasm, if, instead of ,u,j o g soldiers of Parma and Bologna, they were figu' no t for their own rights. Revolution which does, it press forward the cause, can only serve to retard by many years Land the elements which cen,W oo . the strength of Tuscany are undermined by disc tent, which originates in a great measure frotn.oo duke's party. By throwing the volunteers in active service they would remain steadfast with ea hope of promotion—by keeping them uneruP l° Y o f they will ferment—they do ferment—and eln e, sr . these days th e y w ill g i ve t h e signal-for civi l ;der Our late masters are wa iti ng for this result in ( ' to be able to cry out to Europe—Behold! tild " The election o f G ar ib a ldi as act i ve c hief vi°, 00 be accepted with en th us i asm, and i f tha t activ47lol universally d es i re d b e w i t h held much longer, t to give, as you w e ll k now, f resh cause of d i sco ntent, , the regular militi a . B e f ore the retaking ofP er : fi let Rome herself, compelled at present to remain Too will rise—the soldiers forming the outposts be- Pontifical army will join our columns—a,t z f,O tween Perugia and the Abruzzi there is 110 _ 4 t u f i7he resist us. Eight or ten thousand men - v"a c ily• name of. Garibaldi, and the movement in i - L - fi al which has been prepared for a long time, and re for explosion at a moment's notice, would e c c re v the insurrection of tha whole state. The in su i . tolf Hon of the state would swell the movement in:. t i o d to such proportions that its chiefs would be en to to to treat on terms of equality as from Pe s Nr , power, for the move must bring the King 01 - dinia once more upon the field of action. • tSi "France can no t t a k e up arms without bring upon herself a war w i t h the whole of EuroP e '' ' Germany, Russia, England. a " These thi ngs I s h ou ld h ave told you, e l l, A men who have b een c h osen to rule the co untry 0 instead of treating us like enemies and forcirlook to abandon ou r coun t ry , you had been l e d to I t 30 upon us as men wh o l ove It a l y, an d f or the le r in years have 'been endeavourin g to e d u cate .he r b• those sentiment s o f un it y without which she lost once more. " The propo s iti on I now ma k e may be consider as imprudent, b u t cannot b e considered gui lt /WO have sought no other aim th an un it y . It for, alone that I have fought so l ong. I have a'uf e . been, and, ever shall b e , unitarian in princii )le ic h fore anything. Those who know me may rep that me with many faults, but will acknowledg e my soul is too proud to stoop to falsehood. t the " I speak not f or myse lf w h en I sa y that h to persecution of exiles i s a s h ame an d r epro/ pp Tuscany, and w ill i n j ure t h e cause beyond 0, paration. Those exil es h ave r i sen s i nce Villafrs n roo l for the sole p ur p ose not of disturbing the iP te l oa government of the Country, which they adnure' which is necessary to ensure its respectabilitibr the eyes of Eur o p e , b ut merely in the hope e ' roo l holding an equal energy imparted to the ne e , the that relations of the Government, for I am sure te o ot restoration will b e tried, and our task is to Pr, p io, it, without a n y f ore i gn or forced and imposed "'WI Great numbers of vo l un t eers h ave en listed, 111 t o would do so were it not for the persecutions which they are subjected. theos " I have felt th e necess i ty of telling you ; t he things and of ex p os i ng to you the feelings I ) " L o a man who loves Italy an d na ti ona l un i on b e tter to his life.—Believe me, signor, yours obliged, a " GIUSEPPE MAzziNi• " --,' ,01 A e -° rre: PERILS OF RAILW AY T RAVELLING ." spondent of a contemp orary writes Some months was seeking a second-class carriage at the Shoredite ll l itelf minus. A pretty young lady attracted my notice by P e ,..„, e st. informing me that th ere was room i n her com Par''"" o politely pushing open the door at the time. As son i ne eli was seated oppo s it e t o h er s h e pulled to the d oor , as 'eta' as to say th ere were enough. We started, I veil' anent, beco m i ng engrosse d i n my newspaper, s he 8 10 having no one'in the carriage but myself to speak t. e ', her , the carriage very narrow , an d f eare d I was crowchnr, i s and 1 moved b ac k as f ar as I cou ld . In a f ew momein,ded, still felt her dre ss aga i ns t me, an d soon was really mom` being pressed by her. Now, I confess with sham e Lions, youngbeing a man, I felt a little vanity at her atoll and , and I yielded temptation so far as not agai n v n it to from her. In half an hour a gentleman got int,.; e x ; from the lady's face, , was not an agreeable she looked vexed. • However, our silly eonduct pr° e ,r;„ she through ou t t a ki ng the lead. At length the gen"- • X observed us, a n d my companion, blushing crimson at be s i n a3 discovered, very wick e dl y drew herself away from 9 140 flying to the opposite silo said I had insulted her. „or she found, moreover, that she was known to the third ev io te she became very indignant and screamed for the tr s c ,„ . stop—that she had been most grievously assaulted, a' e her cannot tell you, Sir, my confusion. I durst not eha r g o elci with being the first to commence—how cowardly it w o o e r have looked I and upon reac hi ng the term i nus her, b,nren---- was informed — no t b y t h e lady, but by t h e gentajko how infam ous l y I h a d insulted her. He flew at me ed r ay tiger, thinking I h a d rea ll y ru i ned h i s sister—enlas' e alt new hat over my eyes, and being much bigger than ny is aul and assisted by th e o th er passenger, gave MO suc h an t has punishment that I shall never forget it. They wer; 3 o to going to giv e me i n t o custo d y ; but upon my aPPerlo't" her, she said that s h e wou ld g l a d ly have (riven me - 1 1, in charge of the police, b u t was too bashful b to ill:Pt' court of justice to prosecute ; and so I got off." j u te& RAILWAY STATISTIC3.—B y a re t urn just P r h - t the on the motion of Mr. Henley, M.P , it is shor n t l o t of grand total amount of ra il way capital authorised hY, was Parliament previous to the 31st of December, £287,908,636 by shares, and £98,273,070 by loans i og by £5,253,792 was authorised by shares, and £2, u s loans. The total capital and loans thorised P a r e . "s - M,7 6 '• the 31st December, 1858, was £392,682,781 ; any of the capital was not receiving, nor entitled to reee'' ds on preferential idend or interest. The total &Lid* Wes the the share capital amounted to £6,161,099 ; £61,854' I dive . the stock receiving, or entitled to receive, preferentia. ,sbto lend or interest, to the amount of £829,331. T h e t0t 6 1 g 3 u 179, of companies at the end of 1858 amounted to 1: 8 ,.. 1 1 3 7,5 01 and the interest thereon payable to £3,591,148. X 3-4 "' ovraY was the total sum which at the end of 1858 the r 307 ,243 companies had raised by shares or loans, and £ 67, o t e inea the total amount which at the same period they r bt ,bares,_s en Power to raise, either by existing or by new loons. The total amount expended on railroad works and rolling stock was £287,800,208. The total length. of lie capital appropriated by Parliament for the cons 31 s t °f of lines, for which the powers for the compulsorYPaiw ol of land have been allowed to expire previous to the were December, 1858 ; with ou t th e exerc i se o f su ch Pow ers, „. respectively 2,534 miles, and £11,082,954. „ e sv A n inq" THE FATAL REVOLVER ACCIDENT.--- mo tin was held yesterdaytst the Lord Raglan Tavern, S t * . 41 . 01 le-Grand, pn the body of Alfred Howell, aged 17 Ye s 7 ja oa_f death took place under thc, circumstances describe cid otiw Guildhall Dolieo report yesterday. Verdict — " death."