The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-27 00:00:00

FAREWELL SEASON OF MR. CHARLES KEAN AS MANAGER OF THE RO YA I. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— This THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY next, the 2nd October, with the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. To be followed by — THE MERCHANT OF vEmcV, which play will_be Perthrmed for a Fortnight, and then with drawn for.the production of Steaks ore ' s Historiad Tragedy of KING JOHN, which will be revived on Monday, 18th October. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Under the Management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Balfe's ROSE OF CASTILLE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott: Mr. Fer dinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement : Mdlles. Zilla Michelet, Pasquale, and 3lorlacchi. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE RIVALS Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, W. Farren, &c. ; Miss Reynolds. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADALL QUI VER. I'erea Nena. With THE KING'S GARDENER. • And JOHN JONES. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the New Comedy of EXTREMES ; or . Men of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett ; Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the Ballet of THE RENDEZVOUS, In w);•ich the Lauri Family will appear. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. RUYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND:; Mr. Swan. borough, Mrs. Selby, Miss Ternan. After -iihich THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs. C. Selby, Bland, and J. Clarke, &e. Follower.: by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERB URY HALL, Westminstek-road.— OPEN EvRT EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are , t .ngaged for the performance of Selections from all the popultn- OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, G LEES, • DifETS, 4 t,c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, mi ss ,cl,,i, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, M rs . L awrence, an d . Irs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonalunans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones:. J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L Hime, Mr. liadse.', Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and 3lr. St'-. Albin. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianofot l'e, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director , M. 'rr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Supper s , ite., 1. . 1 ittll2 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor L egs respectfully to announce tnat in the month of October, GALLERY, A FINE ART:I now in courfic of gonstruction, vv.;ll be thrown open in con flexion with the above Hall. THE,WEATHER.-SuN OFP's. E, SEPT. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SR. &DE. 66—highest since noon yesterday.: 58—lowest this morning and during the . night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.83 WIND, W.S.W. ; light, with dull weather. THE SUN. MONDAY.'_ SEPTEMBER 27, 1858, The Battle of the Boyne, or of Boyne-hill, is, we suppose, over. Five commissioners, and a Bishop's Chancellor have acquitted the Rev. RICHARD TEM PLE WEST of having committed any ecclesiastical offence, in the legal sense of the phrase. Had it been a civil offence that was in question we should have had to record that a magistrate had refused to commit for trial, or that the grand jury had ignored the bill. In a preliminary inquiry, under a special act of Parliament, evidence having► been heard in favour of the charge, and also evidence re butting it, six gentlemen, of more than ordinary qualifications as a jury, have declared that there is not even "prima facie ground for instituting fur. ther proceedings "—a majority only of the Bishop's commissioners was required, but they were, in this case, " unanimous ;" and 'they were unanimous for what may be called a ,triumphant acquittal, even setting aside the evidence of the nculpated indi vidual, which, with,the exception of a few not very desirable "non nu ricordos," was of course unequi vocally in his own favour. It is, therefore, a somewhat curious question, how it can be that such a verdict should not give universal satisfaction. A Doctor learned in the civil law presided. Counsel on both sides were heard, and examined and cross-examined witnesses on either side—the woman, the questioning or " confessing" of whom was the subject of investiga tion, was fully examined, so was her questioner or " confessor." The inquiry was in open court, and in the sufficiently roomy court-house of Maiden head, and the Commissioners sat, through a good staff of reporters, before all England. Yet we are told that the cheers and the expressions of disap probation balanced each other ; and, what is more, they will probably balance each other throughout the country--very likely throughout the press of the country too, though we strongly suspect that the general sentiment might be expressed by such phrases as—" Clever Bishop ;" " Well•-selected Com missioners ;" " Lucky Mr. WEST ;" " Well, he and his sort will be a little more careful now." We must freel/Y confess, however, utterly un learned as we are - in'ecclesiastical law, and knowing " the !canons" only as an antique of which we have merely turned over the pages to see what they could be about—we must confess that we should think there was not ground for an indictment of the rev, gentleman for a legally ecclesiastical offence. We think it probable that, had we our selves been competent to sit on a commission for the trial of a " clerk," that we too must have said not guilty, or, better still, as the Scotch would say, " not proven." The case resembles one of every day occurrence in all the courts of the kingdom_ ► % • aaj.4, , 5„„.6u1.m4 , • , \ 1i '; ,For 4 .1)P:6IT :ICU't\ N44' a case in which the accused is seen to be - not a ••••••••••••• that we could wish him to be, and the evidence sufficient to make us wish we could strain it a little, and "to do a great right do a little wrong"—but in which we feel it better far that a delinquent kind of man, perhaps an actual delinquent, should escape, than that law or evidence should be strained by judges or. juries. Doubtless the feeling of half the audience in court was much of this kind. They might not think the Commissioners had violated their duty, but they felt that there was, somehow, a wrong without a remedy ; and they were very certain that, as the clergyman of Boyne-hill, Mr. RICHARD TEMPLE WEST was the wrong man in the wrong place. We do not like to reopen at any length the details of the evidence. Mrs. AROLD, the woman in question, had, by her own admissions in court, been guilty of violation 3 of the seventh commandment (the Anglican Confessors' favourite commandment); but it is commonly remarked that persons guilty of one kind of sin, especially of sins of sensuality, are by no means on that account more prone than other sinners to lying and perjury ; and we must say we cannot help crediting the Woman's first story, and that part of her evidence which accorded with it. We had lately, according to the express verdict of a jury, a case of forgetfulness on the part of a Baronet, and we know not why " Clerks in holy orders" may not be as oblivious of inconvenient facts as Baronets "in commission of the peace." The parish squabbles, and their bearing on the conduct and veracity of the different individuals concerned, it it impossible for strangers to appre ciate. It appears as if persons had been discussing the affair, and encouraging or blaming the wo man, till she mi, ght have said things apparently contradictory to some of her first statements ; but all the more should we be disposed to credit these first statements. They were self consistent, did liot leave the marks e' an invented s t or y, and in the most important of these the woman persevered to the last. We can hardly doubt, when file woman asserts that the rev, gen tleman told her not to tell her husband, and the clerk denies that he did so, which is to be believed. No one can doubt which had most to gain by false, or, we would rather say, jesuitical evidence, nor which could most easily invent some mental justi fication, or devise some mental reservation, to serve the occasion. We can affirm nothing, certainly, of either party, nor could the disapproving audience in court; but we apprehend their feeling was— we put more faith in the uneducated, rough woman, than in a confessed admirer of the Church of IGNA TIUS LOYOLA. The evidence, however, must be left to make its own impression. We care neither to defend the woman nor to condemn the clergyman ; we ask our readers, however, whether the whole state of things out of which the case arises is not disgrace ful ? Little might have been thought of Mr. WEST'S catechisings of married women on the seventh commandment, had he been a man of different antecedents. It is not impossible that a zealous Ranter Teacher might have dealt even more plainly with the woman, and yet it would not have occasioned the same suspicions and ill-will, and would have been probably dif ferently understood by Mrs. ARNOLD. What was taken for prurient curiosity in one case, would have been thought plain rough honesty in ,the other. The Ranter would have been taken for a John the Baptist—the clergyman seems to have been taken for a Jesuit. The bishops and our clergy ought better to know the English character. An honest rebuke of sins, ever since England has had an ecclesiastical history, has always been, or ultimately become, a favourite with the people ; but the secret working out of mortal ,frailties by popish or popish-minded confessors is a thing utterly de tested by us since the Reformation gave liberty of thought and tongue. If Mr. WEST really did not go beyond the bounds of clerical faithfulness, if he really did not say to the woman what he did not wish her husband to know, then let him, and his incumbent and bishop too, learn the lesson, that to be a Romanising churchman is to be a distrusted man. WITHIN the last five weeks the bullion in the Bank of England has increased by no less than £1,689,455, or from £17,444,600 to £19,134,065. The notes unemployed, or Bank reserve, have been augmented in a still greater ratio, the addition being £2,093,410, or from £10,771,940 to £12,865,350. There has thus been a steady in crease in the Bank assets of nearly £340,000 per week of bullion, and £420,000 in unemployed notes. And this will, in all human probability, go on until the reduction of discount by the Bank— which it must submit to, unless satisfied to " con tinue altogether without business"—tempts men into wild speculations, and eventually brings about a mo netary panic and scarcity of money, so dear to the hearts of " hard calculators." This rapid and steady increase is the more remarkable, inasmuch as it has occurred at the period of the year when, owing to various causes, there has usually been a heavy pressure on the Bank resources, and more earnest demands for money. Under ordinary circumstances there is a gradual reduction in the stock of bullion and the reserve of notes from August until Novem ber, and nothing more clearly indicates the de pression and general inactivity of trade than this reversal of the ordinary phenomena perceptible in other years. The Bank must therefore force its notes into cir culation if desirous of paying handsome dividends to the proprietors of its stock, to whom the Direc tors owe their first duty. It signifies little that a change must be produced by these operations, and that, when the period anives for repaying the oblika tions thus contracted, money may be at a very dif ferent price, that the severest depression must in evitably follow the wildest speculation. That dis tress, however, is the harvest of the hard calculators. They profit by the sufferings of the industrial corn 'nullity, and so long as they can realise large addi tions to already overgrown fortunes, they heed but little the distress and misery occasioned to their fellow citizens. The Times, as their organ, the recognised ex ponent of their selfish and unpatriotic views, would encourage the temporary mania. It says, "If the public are so wild and ignorant that they must inevitably fall into intoxication under such circum •gtances, and suppese that because temporarily there happens to be a large supply of money, there can never again be any want of it, they will not be come wiser that it is in the power of the Bank Di rectors to regulate these matters." The moral to be deduced from this reasoning may easily be anti cipated. The Times adds, " Let discount pursue its spontaneous course down to 1 per cent. or up to 20 without the intervention of Chancellors of the Exchequer, and, although a few bitter lessons must meanwhile be encountered, our people will at last become as rational on this as on any other point. - The practical effect of this doctrine is, that no protection should be given to the heedless and un wary. They must take care of themselves in this wicked world, and cannot justly complain if they should be victimised by more skilful operators. They should receive no state protection. There should be no attempt to deprive trade of its gam bling and speculative character. Whether discount be 1 or 20 per cent. no efforts should be made to preventthose extraordinary fluctuations in the value of money, which, as Mr. COBDEN truly declared, have occasioned greater evils, pecuniary, social, and moral, than the failure of all the banks of issue that ever suspended payment ; and yet that very Mr. COBDEN voted in support of the bill which occa- sioned those very fluctuations of which he so bitterly complained. That the Act of 1844 was the exciting cause of these fluctuations cannot for a moment be doubted. For 140 years—from 1704 to 1844—the rate of dis- count was never more than 5 or less than 4 per cent., save for a short time in 1839, during one of the periodical panics that have followed the Act of 1819. It was then raised to 6 pm- cent., but in January, 1840, was again restored to 5 per cent., and remained between that and 4 per cent. until after the passing of the Bank Charter Act. It is needless to say how great have been the alterna tions since that time. Mr. GODDARD, an eminent merchant in Lancashire, a thorough and consistent Free-trader, exhibits the following pertinent inter rogatory to the currency quacks : " Have not fluc tuations in prices in the value of property, and de rangements in trade, been much greater than at any former period, even under unlimited irrespon• sible issues of paper money ? Have we not wit nessed the wildest speculations and the severest _depressions ?"' This is undoubtedly a deplorable fact. As Mr. GODDARD prophesied, there has been "no security in trading transactions," and the pro ductive classes have been periodically exposed to the most frightful adversities. The freedom advocated by the Times is, however of a very one-sided character. There is to be no interference with the rate of discount, but currency is to be subjected to the greatest restrictions. Notes payable on demand cannot be issued save under certain stringent regulations, and to an extent by no means equivalent to the wants and exigencies of the country in time of pressure. Monetary reformers must, therefore, endeavour to get rid of the Act of 1844, which has so greatly aggravated the evils in critical emergencies, and when that iniquitous law has been abolished, .it will be comparatively easy to set aside the Act of 1819, by providing really national notes, of conve nient denominations, which being made receivable in payment of taxes and every state charge, will answer every domestic purpose, and permit the £50,000,000 of gold now circulating from hand to hand, to be rendered available for foreign trade. The wear and tear of the gold coinage, as well as the interest thereof, will thus be saved to the country. But even that tangible gain will be trifling when compared with the establishment of a circulating medium, adequate to the wants and exigencies of the industrial population of the coun try, and which will not be permitted to be either in excess, or in a great deficiency. The Honourable Gentleman the Member for Gateshead can find no cause for "criticism or com plaint" in regard to the doings hitherto of her MAJESTY'S Government. That at least was the explicit intimation given on Thursday last by Mr. HUTT to his constituents. The occasion was a municipal banquet presided over by the Mayor of Gateshead, over against N ewcastle-upon-Tyne. Politics not being even ostensibly eschewed as at the Cutlers' Feast down at Sheffield, where Hon. Members like Mr. MILNES . and —OEBUCK con trived, nevertheless, to speak pretty distinctly upon : - a variety of party questions, toasting their per• sonal friends and doing their political foes brown, simultaneously—Mr. HUTT directed his remarks, and the attention of his hearers point blank upon the past and future of the bERBY Administration. It was while doing so that the Liberal Represen tative of Gateshead gave utterance to the before mentioned sententious and satisfactory observation. It is not so long after that a political antagonist can find 'it possible to avow, in the hear ing of his own supporters, that he really discovers no great occasion to criticise or com plain when reviewing the conduct of Minis ters—particularly when the avowal comes after the close of an unusually difficult, stormy, and agitated session of Parliament. It is obvious that such an acknowledgment can only by possibility come as the sequel to the continuous and syste matic display of extraordinary prudence on the part of a Cabinet. Insomuch has this manifestly been the case, in Mr. HUTT'S estimation, of recent events, that all we do by way of lengthening out his remarks upon political matters generally is to—indulge in a variety of the most whimsically and gratuitously absurd conjec tures well imaginable. He implies the probability—though accompanying the intima- tion with a cherished hope to the contrary-- that the coming Reform Bill includes all the points of the Charter. No such great boon, however, to our thinking, if it did—provided only that the Ballot were given at once, and universal suffrage were insured gradually and progressively. Another fantastic hypothesis submitted to his constituents by the Member of Parliament for Gateshead was that in which he looked forward to the proba bility ere long of Oxford dubbing as D.C.L. the Emperor of CHINA, "that almost mythical personage." A political speech made up of such small talk is at any rate satisfactory, so that it indicates the gay good humour consequent upon a rather happy conjunction of circumstances. A Ministry, for example, so extremely well-behaved , all things considered, that it is difficult to find any where cause for picking a quarrel with it. Our second war with China summarily and most satis factorily disposed of. European alliances pre. served. Hopes of Reform even of ultra reform perceptibly reviving. The Indian insurrection dying out under the iron heels of our victorious soldiery, common in healthy action—and so forth. Until, blase with the national good for tune, charmed by the monotonous tranquillity of the nations of Christendom; the member for Gates head is actually fain, at last to lament that we have somehow fallen upon times—" rather dull and un interesting ! " Thank Heaven, at least, say we, that the public journals are no longer attractive by reason of the romantic interest arising from dis asters and misfortunes. THE GALWAY AND AMERICAN STEAM PACKETS. Since the first ship was placed on the line, even with all the disadvantages of haste, accident, inex perience, want of necessary shipment accommoda tion here, and other drawbacks, the Lever line has proved a decided success. See already what these vessels on the Lever line have done, and what they have prospect of doing. The Propeller, as beauti ful a ship of her size as ever we have seen, though not a first-class ship, made on her outward trip from here, heavily laden with passengers and cargo, one of the fastest voyages on record across the Atlantic. She left Boston on the 21st inst., on her return voyage, full of passengers, and as much cargo as she could take. We learn from the steam ship Anglo-Saxon, which arrived in Liverpool last night, that the officers of the Propeller had been honoured with a public banquet in Boston. This speaks for American sympathy. We have. already said enough about the pre-eminently successful voyages of the Prince Albert. The Pacific has also completed a most successful voyage, having arrived in New York on the 4th inst., and landod her passengers all safe and well. Advices have been already received by the indefatigable local agent here, W. H. Butler, Esq., of the consignment of freights to go per Indian Empire of bale goods from Manchester, also advices of large quantities of whisky, porte r , an d pro visions from Dublin ; of case goods, linens, muslins, thread, sailcloth, &c., from Belfast, Lisburn, Ban bridge, and most of the manufacturing districts of the north of Ireland. Now, as to what is being done among ourselves, we may state that on Monday several directors of the Midland Great Weste rn Railway arrived here by special train with a view, among other objects for facilitating and increasing traffic, of laying down a line of railway from their ter minus to the.duck, The directors who came down were—Mr. John Ennis, M.P., chairman of the com pany ; Sir P. Nugent, Bart. ; Mr. Gaynor, Mr. La Touche, and Mr. Nangle, of Garresker-house. They were accompanied by Mr. Forbes, manager ; Mr. Cabrey, chief engineer, and Mr. Boylan, with hi s assistants, commenced laying out the line, and we have reason to know that it will be proceeded with as soon as possible. When completed it will form a chain in the breakwater, of the construction of which, by the aid of the Government grant, the company are sanguine, but the announcement of which, it is thought, is delayed for prudential reasons.—Galway Vindicator. THE QUEEN'S RETURN.—It is expected that the Court will return from Balmoral about the 15th of October. The weather continues highly favourable for dear-stalking, but the Prince Consort has not been so successful in the forest this year as he was in former seasons. TILE PRINCE OF WALES' FIRST STAG.—ThePrince of Wales killed a fine stag in the forest of Balmoral on Tuesday. The deer was brought home in the evening, when the Queen surveyed it, congratulating the Prince on the success of hi:, rifle. A party of eight Billies with torches then danced a reel in honour of the occasion and in presence of the Royal household, after which the health of the Prince was toasted by the company. The Chvn:!clior of the Exchequer has conferred on Mr. Henry Parr, the son of Mr. Edward Parr, the author and editor of various literary works, an appointment in the War Department. Her Majesty's Theatre is advertised to be let on lease. We do not, however, despair of the fortunes of this noble establishment, whose artistic and aristocratic prestige will always render it a favourite house with the public. PRINCESS'S.—Mr. Charles Kean re-opens this theatre for his farewell season next Saturday evening, when the magnificently mounted and finely acted play of " The Islereb.ant of Venice" will be performed. LATEST NEWS. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 18. The news of the conclusion of the loan has, as might be imagined, produced a considerable im pression on the money market. In less than a week the pound sterling, which was varying be tween 173 and 178, went down to 149, and bills to the end of the month even to 140 piastres. Since then a slight reaction has taken place, which may be looked upon as the death struggle of the ayio.. teurs, who try to make the most of their last mo- ments. The following are the terms of the concession which was granted to the Banque Generale (Suisse) and a number of English capitalists represented here by Messrs. Wilkie : " Art. 1. The Government of his Majesty the Sultan grants to the privilege of establishing a Bank of the State in the Ottoman Empire, of forming a company for this purpose, and of raising the necessary capital in shares. , This Bank will be called the Bank of Turkey. " Art. 2. This Bank will be under the surveillance of his Majesty the Sultan, in order that the principles of this con cession as well as the general laws of the empire be main tained. " Art. 3. This concession is given for 30 years, and one year before the expiration of this period the Imperial Go vernment will be at liberty to announce its intention of dissolving this bank, paying to it in full the capital as well as interest of all the sums which it may owe to this said bank at the expiration of the concession. The bank engages on its side to liquidate all its debts, and to withdraw all its bank-notes in circulation against metallic. "Art. 4. The central point of this establishment will be at Constantinople, but the bank will be at liberty to esta blish, with the authorisation of the Government, branch banks or agencies in all parts of the empire where the com merce might require them, and special regulations concern ing the circulation of notes and other operations of these branch banks will be adopted in concert with the Imperial Government, and published. "Art. 5. This bank will have the right of doing banking business—that of discounting and making advances on all kinds of securities; buying and selling bills, receiving de posits, and giving bank post bills. " Art. 6. The direction of the bank will be in the hands of a council composed of a governor, a vice-governor, four censors, and 24 directors, of which six must be Turkish subjects. The governor, vice-governor, and two of the censors will be named by the Government, the rest will be named for the first three years by the concessionnaires and after that by the majority of the shareholders according to the statutes of the bank. Two-thirds at least of these directors must reside at Constantinople. The absent direc tors will have the right to be represented in the bank Council by proxies. 0 Art. 7. The bank will publish every month, in one or more Turkish and French newspapers of Constantinople, a statement of its position. " Art. 8. The accounts of the said bank will be examined and balanced every six months, in order to declare the dividend, and these accounts will be likewise published in the newspapers. "Art. 9. The statutes of the said bank will be drawn up and submitted to the approbation of the Imperial Govern ment one month from the opening of the bank. " Art. 10. The capital of the said bank will be £1,000,000 sterling, with the permission to augment it to £2,000,000 or £3,000,000, with the consent of the Govern ment. The bank can only begin its functions when the capital of £1,000,000 shall be paid down ; and this payment must have been made six months after the firman of con cession has been delivered to the concessionnaires against a caution-money of £20,000 sterling. "Art. 11. The said bank will have the exclusive privi lege of issuing :bank notes, which shall be a legal tender in Constantinople, and in all parts of the empire where branches or agencies shall have been established. These bank -notes will be payable to the bearer at his demand in metallique in the bank-office at Constantinople every day except Sundays and fete days, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The bank-notes, which will be put into circulation according to the regulations mentioned in Art. 9 by the branch establishments, must come from the Bank of Constantinople itself, and will be payable in specie where they have been issued---that is, by the said bank. The bank will have the right of issuing triple the amount of the cash in hand. As an exception only, for the first year, the bank will emit notes but for double the amount of its bullion, unless the remaining third be represented by Ottoman securities in its portefueille. " Art. 12. The Government engages not to issue any sort of paper money, nor to accord or allow the exercise of any such privilege in the empire to any person or company during the term of the concession. "Art. 13. In case of any divergency in the interpreta tion of some clause of the present concession, the case shall be submitted to arbitrators, named in equal numbers by the Government and the concessionnaires, and in case that the votes should be equally balanced an umpire will be named. "Art. 14. The bank will be entirely exempt from taxa tion on the part of the Government. The bank will accept no bill or security negotiable in Turkey which has not on it the Government stamp. "Art. 15. The Government will publish a law for the punishment of any person who might change, falsify, or imitate the notes, or affix the. ordinary seal of the said bank, or who should defraud th 4 said bank. " Art. 16. The Government will afford military protec tion to the bank, as well as its branch establishments. "Art. 17. At the request of the Imperial Government the bank shall take charge of the receipts and payments of the Government like the public banks in Europe ; and it will keep a separate account of all transactions of this kind. For all advances which it might make for the Government' in anticipation of the revenues the said bank will receive Treasury Bonds at from 30 to 90 days' date according to the choice of the bank, which bonds will bear yearly interest of 6 per cent. " Art. 18. In exchange for the Imperial firman of con cession the conceBsionnaires pledge themselves, as a security for their execution of the contract, to pay down in the hands of the Turkish Ambassador in England a caution money of £20,000 sterling in money or in Ottoman securities, to be deposited in the Bank of England to the credit of the Turkish Government. This caution money will be restored to the concessionnairo as soon as the Bank shall have begun its functions at Constantinople. "Art. 19. The said bank must begin its activity at least six months after the handing over of the Imperial firman of concession or the caution money will be forfeited. "Art. 20. The Government will give to the said bank, on lease, gratis, the ground necessary for the construction of a convenient bank building. At the end of the conces sion this ground will go back to the Government, which will refund to the bank the cost of the building. " Art. 21. It is agreed that in case at any time during the concession the Bank should lose one-third of its capital, (which God forbid!) the Government should have the right if it thought it necessary, to oblige the bank to liquidate within a reasonable space of time." The German Journal of Frankfort says :—" We learn from a good source that all the Powers which signed the treaty of Paris have addressed a collec tive note to Austria relative to the act of the navi gation of the Danube. This note mentions the points which must be modified, and in what manner, in order that the convention may be sanc tioned by the Conference of Paris which is to meet in the course of the autumn." We have received Turin journals of the 23d, and those of Milan to the 22d, but they contain little of interest. M. Lanza, the Minister of Public In struction, provisionally intrusted with the depart went of Finance, is now ih Savoy, inspecting the works in progress for rectifying the bed of the Are: The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, in alluding to the conspiracy said to have been discovered at Naples, states that Duke Prota, and Prince Camillo Caracciolo, son of the late Prince Torello, who was a Minister under the Constitution, have disappeared. The poet Nicolo Sale and two journalists have been arrested. A Naples letter of the 21st says :—" There is nothing of consequence going on here. The grand procession of Pie di Grotta,' of which I sent you an account, has been the only bustle in this city for some months past. Their Majesties, after the cere mony, went back to Ischia, where they have passed the hottest months of summer for the benefit of its mineral waters, and to-morrow, after visiting the cathedral, to pray at the shrine of S. Gennarsi, and to witness the liquefaction of his blood, they leave for Gaeta for, it is said, the winter. As to politics, the King does not appear to think of them, and laughs at what he hears reported in the newspapers abroad." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1858. lINNINSIM _ 1 FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY. The journals of Bordeaux state that Prince Napoleon has passed through that city on his way to Biarritz. A Paris letter, in the Nord, says that the object of the Prince's visit is to confer with the Emperor on the subject of the note in the Illoniteur on the customs reforms in Algeria, and at the same time to submit to his Majesty a decree nominating prefects and sub-prefects in that colony. Rear-Admiral Jurien de la Graviere has received orders to return to France from the port of Ragusa the difficulties respecting Montenegro, for which he was sent to the Adriatic, being terminated. A letter from Bucharest, in the Gazette she Midi, says :—" The revolutionary party having had communications with Kossuth - and Mazzini, had formed a conspiracy to effect a rising in the country, which they hoped might lead to compli cations and fresh changes. Happily the Wallachian leaders of the movement perceived that they were going to open a dangerous gulf for themselves, and they were able in time to put a stop to the revolu tion which would soon have broken out." BOURSE, September 25, Two o'clock.—The mar ket has been very buoyant, speculators for a fall having been obliged to prepare for their liquidation by large purchases of Rentes. Threes, after hav ing been done at 72f. 80c. improved to 73f. 10c. Mobilier varied from 950 f. to 965 f. ; Austrian, 667 f. 50c., to 682 f. •50c. ; Lyons, 880 f. to 882 f. 50c. ; Southern, 600 f. to 605 f. ; Eastern, 740 f. to 745 f. ; and Northern, 985 f. to 995 f. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 96 Do. end month .. Credit Fonder 670 Belgian 4/ Piedmontese (5) Roman 921 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 3 per Opts 73 D. end month.... 73 10 Bank Shares. 3lOO Credit MobiHer 900 Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 835 835 Lyons and Mediterranean BBl 25 .. 883 75 New ditto Geneva 660 .. 665 -- Midi Western 645 .. 645 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian 677 50 .. 680 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 25f. 171 c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 2&c. ; money, 25f. TREATY BET'? TEEN CHINA AND EN. GLAND. SUMMARY OF THE TREATY BETWEEN HER MAJESTY ANI ) THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.—SIGNED AT TIENT-SIN, JUNE 26, 1858. Art. I. Confirms the is eaty of Nankin of 1842, and abrogates the suppler a entary treaty and general regulations of trade. Art. 11. Provides for the appointment of am bassadors, ministers, or cither diplomatic agents on the part of either country at the Court of Pekin and St. James's. Art. 111. Contains provisions for the permanent establishment of a British Minister, his family and suite at Pekin, and the forms to be observed in his communications with the, Imperial Government. Art. IV. Makes arrangements for the travelling and the transmission of the correspondence of the Minister and the employment by him of special couriers. Art. V. The Emperor of China consents to nomi nate one of the Secretaries of State, or some high officer to transact business with the British Minis ter, either personally or in writing, on a footing of perfect equality. Art. VI. The same privileges are to be granted to the Chinese Minister in London. Art. VII. Consuls may be appointed in China, and may reside in any of the open ports, and their official rank and position as regards the Chinese local authorities is determined. Art. VIII. The Christian religion, as professed by Protestants or Roman Catholics, to be tolerated, and its professors protected. Art. IX. British subjects to travel for pleasure or trade into all parts of the interior, with pass ports from their consuls, countersigned by the local authorities. The regulations as regards these passports are determined. The provisions of the article not to be applied to ships' crews, for the due restraint of whom regulations are to be drawn up by the consul and the local authorities. No pass to be given to Nankin, or cities in the hands of the rebels. Art. X. British merchant ships are to be allowed to trade up the great river (Yang-tsz), but in the present disturbed state of the Upper and Lower Valley, no port is to be opened for trade, with the exception of Chin Kiang, which is to be opened in a yedr from the signature of the treaty. When peace is restored, British vessels are to be admitted to trade at such ports, as far as Hankow, not ex ceeding three in number, as the British minister, after consulting with the Chinese secretary of state, shall determine. Art. XI. In addition to the present ports New Chwang, Tang Chow, Tai Wan (Formosa), Chow Chow (Swatow), and Kiung-Chow (Hainan), are to be opened, and the right of residence and hold ing landed property is conceded. Art. XII. British subjects are to make agree ments for landed property at the rates prevailing among the people. Art. XIII. No restrictions to be placed on the employment by British subjects of Chinese subjects in any lawful capacity. Art. XIV. The hire of boats for transport of goods or passengers, without the interference of the Chinese Government. The number of boats not to be limited, and no monopoly allowed. If any smuggling takes place, the offenders to be punished according to law. Art. XV. All questions in regard to rights of property or person between British subjects to be subject to the jurisdiction of the British authorities. Art. XVI. Chinese subjects guilty of any crimi nal acts towards British subjects to be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the law of China; British subjects committing any crime in China to be tried and punished by the consul or other public functionary according to the laws of Great Britain. Art. XVII. Determines the mode of procedure in the matter of complaints on the side either of British or Chinese subjects. Ait. XVIII. Provides for the protection of the persons and property of the British subject. Art. XIX. If any British merchant vessel in Chinese waters - is plundered by robbers or pirates, the Chinese authorities are to use every endeavour to capture and punish the offenders, and to recover the stolen property. Art. XX. Wrecked or stranded vessels, or vessels under stress of weather, are to be afforded relief and security in any Chinese part ; and the crews are to be furnished by the Chinese, if neces sary, with the means of c9nveyanco to the nearest consular station. Art. XXI. Chinese criminals taking refuge in Hong Kong, or on board of British ships, shall, upon the requisition of the Chinese authorities, be given up, the same also if taking refuge in the houses, or on board the vessels of British subjects at the open ports. Art. XXII. The Chinese authorities to do their utmost to arrest Chinese subjects failing to dis charge their debts to British subjects or fraudu lently absconding, and to enforce recovery of the debts. The British authorities to do likewise as regards British subjects indebted to Chinese. Art. XXIII. Debts incurred by Chinese at Hong Kong must be recovered in the Courts of Justice on the spot. If the debtor should abscond, and should possess real or personal property in the Chinese territory, the Chinese authorities, in concert with the British Consul, are to see justice done between the parties. Art. XXIV. British subjects shall pay on all merchandise imported or exported, the duties pre scribed by the tariff, but in no case shall they pay other or higher duties than the subjects of other foreign nations pay. Art. XXV. Import duties to be considered pay able on the landing of the goods, and duties of export on the shipment of the same. Art. XXVI. The tariff fixed by Article X. of the treaty of Nankin to be revised by a commission of British and Chinese officers, to meet at Shang hai, so that the revised tariff may come into opera tion immediately after the ratification of the treaty. Art. XXVII. Either contracting party may de mand a further revision of the tariff and of the commercial articles of the treaty at the end of ten years ; but six months' notice must be given, or the tariff is to remain in force for ten years more, and so at the end of each successive ten years. Art. XXVIII. It is agreed that within four months of the signature of the treaty, the Chinese collector of duties at ports already opened, and hereafter to be opened to British trade, shall be obliged, on application of the consul, to declare the amount of duties leviable on produce between the place of production and the port of shipment, and upon imports between the consular port in question and the inland markets named by the consul ; and a notification thereof shall be published in English and Chinese. British subjects may, however, clear their goods of all transit duties by , payment of a single charge, the amount of the charge to be cal culated as near as possible at the rate of two-and-a half per cent. ad valorem duty, and it is to be fixed for eath article at the conference to be held at Shanghai. The payment of transit dues by com mutation is in no way to affect the tariff duties on i mpor t s or exports, which will continue to be levied separately and in full. Art. XXIX. Regulates the amount of tonnage desritish merchant vesse l s of more than one hundred uß and fifty tons burden to pay at the rate of four mace per ton; if of one hundred and fifty tons and under, at the rate of one mace per ton. Vessels engaged in the coasting trade, or clearing for Hong Kong from any of the open ports, shall be entitled to a special certificate exempting them from ail further payment of tonnage dues in any theo pendaptoerotfohfeCr porthina f c o l r e • a a ra p n e c r e. io d of four month s f rom Art. XXX. The master of any British merchant vessel may within forty-eight hours after his ar rival, but not later, depart without breaking bulk ; in which case he will not be subject to pay tonnage duep. No other fees or charges upon entry or de , parture shall be levied. Art. XXXI. No tonnage dues to be paid on pas senger boats, or boats conveying luggage, letters, articles of provision, or other articles not subject to duty, All cargo boats, however, conveying mer- chandise subject to duty, shall pay tonnage d ues once in six months, at the rate of four mace per register ton. Art. XXXII. The consuls and superintendents 4 customs to consult together respecting the crecti° ll of buoys and light ships, as occasion may demand. Art. XXXIII. Duties to be paid to th e anther rised Chinese bankers, either in syce or in foreign money, according to the assay made at Canton July 13, 1843. Art. X XXIV. Sets of standard weights and measures to be deli vere d b y t h e super i ntenden t of customs to the consul at each port, to secure an' formity. Art. XXXV. British merchant vessels to be 14 liberty to engage pilots to take them into and' the open ports, and to convey them out, after they have discharged all legal dues and duties. Art. XXXVI. The superintendent of c ustoms shall depute one or more customs officers to go ld a British merchant ship on arriving off one of the, open ports. Th e y s h a ll stay either in a boat e t their own or on board ship ; their food and expens es shall be supplied from the Custom-house, a nd they shall be entitled to no fees from the master or consignee. Art. XXXVII. Ships' papers, bills of lading , &c., to be lodged in the hands of the consul 24 hours after a rr i va l, an d f u ll particulars of the vess el to be reported to the superintendent of custom s within a further period of 24 hours ; omission to comply with this rule within 48 hours punishabl e by a fine of 50 taels for each day's delay. Th e total amount of penalty not to exceed 200 taels. master responsible for the correctness of the mow fest ; and false manifest subjects the master to fine of 500 taels, but he will be allowed to correct any mistake within 24 hours, without incurring penalty. Art. XXXVIII. If the master shall begin to discharge any goods without the permit from the superintendent of customs he "shall be fined'' tans, and the goods discharged shall be confiscate d wholly. Art. XXXIX. British, merchants must apply t e the superintendent of customs for a special permit to land or ship cargo. Cargo landed or shipped without such permit will be liable to confiscation. Art. XL. No trans-shipment from one ve ssel t° another can be made without special p erm i s sion , under pain of confiscation of the goods trans" shipped. Art. XLI. The superintendent of customs shall give a port clearance when all dues and duties have been paid, and the consul shall then return the ship's papers. Art. XLII. If the British merchant cannot agree with the Chinese o ffi cer i n fi x i ng a value on gn°ll,l subject to an ad va l orem d uty, each party shall call in two or three merchants, and the hi g hest price at which any of the merchants would pin' chase them shall be assumed to be the value of th° goods. Art. XLIII. Provides that duties shall be charged pon the net weight of each article, making a re; duction for the tare weight of congee, &c., and regulates the manner in which the tare o n anY articles such as tea shall be fixed. The British merchant may appeal to his consul within tiventr four hours. Art. XLIV. Upon all damaged goods a fair re' duction of duty shall be allowed, proportionate t ° their deterioration. If any disputes arise, thel shall be settled in the manner pointed out in t he clause of this treaty having reference to articl es which pay duty ad valorem. Art. XLV. British merchants who have ported merchandise into an open port and pa duty, may reimport their goods under certain r e ' gulations, without payment of any additional duty; British merchants desiring to re-export duty-pa d imports to a foreign country to be entitled, unde r similar regulati ons , t o a d raw b ack-certificate, w hich is to be a valid tender in payment of customs duties Foreign grain brought into a Chinese port in a British ship, if no part has been landed, may be re-exported without hindrance. Art. XLVI. The Chinese authorities at the ports to adopt the means they may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering from fraud or smuggling. Art. XLVII. British merchant vessels not to resort to other than the ports declared open ; not unlawfully to enter ports, or to carry on clandes tine trade along the coasts. Vessels violating this provision to be, with their cargoes, subject to con fiscation by the Chinese Government. Art. XLVIII. If a British merchant vessel be concerned in smuggling, the goods to be subject to confiscation by the Chinese authorities, and the ship may be prohibited from trading further, and sent away as soon as her accounts shall have been adjusted. Art. XLIX. All penalties or confiscations under the treaty to belong and be appropriated to the public service of the Chinese Government. Art. L. All official communications addressed by British diplomatic or consular agents to the Chinese authorities are henceforth to be written in Eng; lish. For the present they will be accompanie d by a Chinese version, but it is understood that in case of there being any difference of meaning be" tween the English and Chinese text, the Englis h Government will hold the sense expressed in t he English text to be the correct sense. This provi sion is to apply to the present treaty, the Chine se text of which has been carefully corrected by 0 ° English original. Art. LI. The character "I" (barbarian) not to be applied to the British Government or to British subjects in any Chinese official documents issued by the Chinese authorities. Art. LII. British ships of war coming for no hos: tile purpose, or being engaged in the pursuit 01 pirates, to be at liberty to visit all the Chines e ports, and receive every facility for procuring Il e " eessaries, or, if required, for making repairs. Th e commanders of such ships to hold intercourse with the Chinese authorities on terms of equality an d courtesy. Art. LIII. The contracting parties agree to con cert measures for the suppression of piracy. Art. LIV. Confirms all advantages secured to the British Government by previous treaties, and stipulates that the British Government shall parti cipate in any advantages which may be granted by the Emperor of China to any other nation. Art. LV. The conditions affecting indemnity for expenses incurred, and loss sustained, in the matter of the Canton question, to be included in a separate article, which shall be in every respect of equal validity with the other articles of the treaty. Art. LVI. Ratifications to be exehahged within a year after the day of signature. A separate article provides that a sum of two mil lions of taels, on account of the losses sustained by British subjects through the misconduct of the Chi nese authorities at Canton; and a further sum Of two millions of taels on account of the expenses of the war, shall be paid to the British representative in China by the authorities of the Kwang Tung province. The arrangements for effecting these payments to be determined by the British representative in con cert with the Chinese authorities at Kwang Tung• The British forces are not to be withdrawn from Canton until the above amounts are discharged i n full. A TRAIN ON FIRE.—,On Saturday last about two o'clock, the population of Splottland, neap raidly increasing suburb of Cardiff, were thrown into a grstate of excite merit, by seeing a luggage train 'on the South Wales Ball" way approaching fr om N ew p or t , i n flames, which asce nd ed a considerable height. The train was brought to a stand still between Splott and Adamstown ; all was done by the people who were att rac t e d t o i t that could be done, and the fire was confined to one van only. From information w e have received , . it appears that this van was the last in the train, and in it were confined some eight or ten rams of a very valuable breed, worth ten or fifte en pounds each. H ow th e van caught fire has not` been satisfactorily ascertained, but it is strongly mispeeteut that the man in charge had been smoking, and tha from ignition originated either through a spark the pipe or a Lu c if er match dropped on the floor of the van; The poor animal s were roasted alive! Their fat ran ou t of the van blazing on the sleepers of the line, and it was only through the activity of those who rendered assistance that the sleepers were prevented from taking fire. As soon a t the burning carriage could be detached from the train was pushed slowly along by means of iron bars whiLsn.tll, was being extinguished, in order th a t th e f a lli ng fire lava; he put out as it fell on the sleepers, which was done by sou being thrown upon it. The whol e of the woodwork of the van was consumed, and the iron work was so heated that it could not be touched. The fat of the animals as it IV upon the line quickly cong ea l e d i n l arge ca k es , and their remains when pulled out of the burning van present de horrible sight,—Cardif Guardian. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan non, arrived this morning with advices from New York to the 15th of September, and 669,422 doll. in specie on freight. On the 15th, off Sandy Hook, the Africa passed the screw steamship Vigo, bound in ; on the 16th she spoke the Persia, also bound in ; and on the 19th she exchanged signals with the ships Alex ander Edmond, bound westward, and the Eliza Ann, bound eastward. The steamship Propeller left Boston on the 14th for Galway. The Vanderbilt and Bremen had arrived at New York ; the latter vessel had damaged her ma chinery. Since the arrival of the military at the Quaran tine station on Staten Island everything had be come quiet. The soldiers and citizens were on ex cellent terms. In the Lower Quarantine there were 20 vessels from infected ports. Her Majesty's ship Tartar was at Kingston on the Ist inst. Both the Governor and Bishop of Jamaica were unwell. A violent storm which oc curred on the 28th ult. did great damage in the parish of St. Ann. The deaths from yellow fever at New Orleans on the 13th were 98. The epidemic was extending at Charleston, Savannah, &c. A deputation from the Convention of Venezuela had arrived in New York to invite General Paez to return to his own country. It is stated that the General would/comply with the request. It is stated in the Washington correspondence of the New York Herald that the United States' Go vernment pyrposed thanking the Russian Govern ment for the courtesy exhibited by its Mini s t er i n China to , Mr. Reid. The Star of the West had arrived at New York With 'the California mails of the 20th ult., and nearly 1,700,000 doll. on freight. Her Majesty's ship Alert was at Panama on the 3d inst. From San Francisco we learn that a fire at Sonora on the Bth ult. consumed 40,000 dols. worth of pro perty. The Presbyterian church was destroyed. Large numbers of adventurers were returning from Fraser River. There had been a great destruc tion of property by fire at Georgetown, El Dorado county. There was an increased inquiry for money at San Francisco. The receipts of gold dust from the interior continued as customary. The markets were abundantly supplied with merchandise. From Victoria, Fraser River, our advices are to the 14th ult. Accounts from Fort Yale are to the 11th ult. Up to one week of the latest dates from the mining region the river remained too high for ope ration on the bars. This had caused great despon dency among the people on the banks of the streams, who were waiting for the waters to subside. About the sth August the river began to fall, and on the 11th, our latest date, many miners had been work ing on the bars for several days. The yield of gold was very rich. The lowest accounts put it down at 7 dols. and 8 dols. to the man per day ; the highest at 50 dols. 'and 75 dols. Provisions were plentiful in the mines, and comparatively cheap. In Victoria there was felt a stagnation in business. Real estate was unsaleable. The market had been overstocked with goods from San Francisco, and com mercial transactions dull. No rich " dry diggings" had yet been discovered to any extent. The miners were pushing up towards the head of the streams, and now that the waters are subsiding they will experience less difficulty on the way. Letters from Grey-town, to August 30, state that the river San Juan had overflowed its banks and had caused great damage. Some few natives were drowned. The Nicaraguan soldiers who were at Fort Castilla have abdicated the fort through fear Of being drowned within it. A letter from Greytown says,—" The commander of the Saranac, before leaving San Juan del Sur, drove the Nicaraguan troops from that place, as well as at Virgin Bay, and appears to have orders to open the route, or clear it preparatory to open ing it. President Martinez has been hardly pressed by Lamar for the sum of 6,000,000 dols. as indem nity to American citizens." It is stated in letters from Puerto Cabello to the 30th ult., that ex-President Monagas and others of his Administration were still detained, but would depart for England in a few days. The English naval officer on the station had had to resort to severe threats to carry out his instructions. The Bogota correspondent of the New York Herald announces the arrival there of the French envoy, with strict instructions to remit to France for punishment any Frenchman who may speak against him or his Government. The Granadian Government had, however, refused to listen to an such proposal. Advices had been received from the city of Mexico to the 2nd inst. In obedience to instruc tions, Mr. Forsyth, the United States' Minister, had suspended diplomatic relations with the Mexi can Government. Tampico had surrendered to the Liberal forces, who were assisted by 400 frontiers men and the revolutionary party in the .city. Vidaurri, at the head of 10,000 men, and abund antly supplied with the sinews of war, was on his march to the capital. Several engagements be tween the opposing forces had taken place, in one of which Miramon was defeated. The English steamer from Vera Cruz reached Havannah on the Bth inst., bringing a very large number of political exiles from that unhappy country. From Havannah we have advices to the 10th. Molasses 5 to 6 rials. Freights dull. Sterling exchange, 15 per cent. Exchange via New York, 311 per cent. There has been great mortality at Havannah among the coolies received by the Dutch ship Cornelia, Zoon Hoft, 151 days from Swatow. She lost 210 on the voyage, and delivered 378 alive. They were dying at the rate of 12 to 16 per day. _ At New York the tendency of the Foreign Ex change Market was upwards. Bankers' bills on London were firm at 110, with no Active demand. The Stock Market had suddenly made a down ward movement. DEATH OF THE LATE ENGLISH CONSUL AT JASSY. —On the 29th of. August Mr. S. Gardner, for more than 20 years her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Jassy, in Mol davia, and youngest son of the late Mr. Henry Gardner, of Liverpool, died. During his long residence in Moldavia Mr, Gardner had endeared himself to all does, t~_ in ti P 1 me Lo: pl.( ha' Orj Ma Ex( Diti PR Bra Por Rth Spa T ur