The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-14 00:00:00

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanboronah THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to ICO guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 31, Ludgate-hid, London, E.C. send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. ROYAL EN(;LIS3I OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. ruder the manazetnent of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINOR A 11. Messrs. Santley, H. Corti, St. Albyn, and W. Ha rrison. Misses Pilling, MIA_ Wall, and Miss Louisa I'yne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier ron, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at 8 o'clock. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. TUTS F,TENING the performances will commence with AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Miss Amy Sedprwick. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. 3lessrs. Buckstone. Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, NEN. Willdns, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliara. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TFTTS EVENING, the performances will commence _with LOVE'S TELEGRAM -I. To Ix - , followed by a dramatic tableau In Watteau colours, by J. It. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FOR CUNE. To conclude with TILE TWO POLTS. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. - Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss Kelly. After which, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past SlX—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 establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, THE WIDOW'S WEDDING. After which the successful Ballet Farce, by John Oxen ord, Esq., entitled MAGIC TOYS, support d by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa, in which Messrs. C. Young, Barrett, A. Denial, Francis; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Clara St. Casse. Eliza Arden, C. Ranoe, Lydia Thompson, and a numerous Corps de Ballet will appear. Reduced Prices—Gallery, ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. Commence at 7 o'clock eIANTERBUR v HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con certs), the extraor .inary Violin Pertormances of the cele brated Infant DELEPIER.II.II FAMILY, and the usual 'Vocal Concert. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Tforlson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Crrtchfield, 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. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Seectlon from Meyer beer's new opera of DINORAH. TIIE WEATHER.—Strm OFFICE, OcroßEn 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.68. WIND, Northerly and Westerly; light, with dull wea ther. - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 2h. 57m.—Afternoon, 3h. 13m, To-Moßuow-Morning, 3h. 29m.--Afternoon, 3h. 4Gm • f 7 ='; ' • •• a & Orr "r„;3•+4.t .,., I•II o op( ) " t 1 - •. "'•V ' THE SUN. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1859. The intelligence received by this time from the mouth of the Peiho, both at London and at Wash ington, can hardly fail to allay whatever irritation may naturally have been excited in the United States and the United Kingdom by the very dif ferent news coming to England and America im mediately prior to this from the north-eastern shores of tho Pacific. Nothing, we all know but too well in this country, nothing could possibly have been more calculated to endanger the peace between Great Britain and the United States, than the insolent predatory incursion made by Ge neral lIARNEv's filibusters upon the disputed soil of the little island of San Juan. The occupation of that island was in direct and flagrant violation of one of the first articles in the law of nations. It was nothing less than an insult of the most unpro voked character, offered by the Commander-in- Chief of the American forces in that locality, to the British Crown, actually then claiming over that very island of San Juan the inalienable rights of Sovereignty. It was a matter of notoriety indeed in both hemispheres that the rival claims of Eng land and the United States, to the possession of San Juan, remained at that moment, had remained un happily for months past, a problem committed for solution, if possible, and that, moreover, at as early a date as might be in any way - xacticable to joint commissioners duly ap pointed by the respective Governments. Sud denly tidings were brought to us that while the Commission was yet in deliberation upon that Gor dian Knot the lawless sword of General HARNEY had been abruptly drawn 'from the scabbard, awl that it had been endeavoured, by a foul blow from that pitiful little buccaneering brand, to sever the knot in twain, after the fashion set according to PLUTARCH, by a certain King of Macedonia. The particulars brought by the last mail or two from Victoria, in Vancouver, have only tended to en hance the inignation felt in England at this unjus tifiable attempt at spoliation,aml direct infraction of a mutual and perfectly amicable arrangement. Gradu ally, bit by bit, we got to know the worst of it. We learnt that the sixty-six men first landed upon the Island of San Juan from American war-vessels, had been rapidly increased to the number of five hundred. We heard that fortifications were being constructed. We read of batteries raised, of guns mounted, of ammunition and stores accumulated — of an admirable site for a city having been coolly marked out—of the whole surface of the island having been yet more coolly given over to a nume rous and mushroom squatter population. Not one ingredient was wanting to embitter the cup prof fered to us—a cup brimmed up with insults and provocative of indignation. s—while G o - Happily—in the midst of all thi vernor DOUGLAS was there, with admirable skill, I tempering an inflexible regard for the dignity of the British Crown, and f or the inviolability of British interests, with a moderation beyond all praise, and a temperate bearing entitled to our fullest admiration —there came news from the Peiho vividly reminding es of those bonds of fraternal sympathy and affection knitting to gether the pop ulation of the States and that of the old immemorial fatherland- The Ame rican flag-officer in command of the United States' squadron off the mouth of the Peiho acted towards our wounded fellow -country men there in that scene of our recent disaster, and in the very midst of the late calamitous slaughter be fore the Tabu fortifications, in a manlier calculated to sweep out of mind the recollection of a dozen ii,kaNEYs, acted in truth as became a loyal ally of chistdronB magnanimity. The treat ment of our wounded officers, and our sailors and marines on board the United States ship the Toey-wan, on the night after the sanguinary repulse of our ten gunboats off the Taku forts, will not speedily be lost to the recollection of Englishmen. An additional and a very acceptable light, however, has now been thrown upon these incidents by means of an official commu nication, which will be found in another column of our impression of this evening. The docu ment referred to is no other than the despatch written off the Peiho River on the 4th of July by Admiral JOSIAH TATTNALL, flag officer of the United States squadron in the Chinese waters, the despatch formally addressed by him to the Secre tary of the American Navy at Washington. From this deeply interesting narrative of the late trans actions on the coast of China, we learn that the feeling of cordiality—a cordiality throughout fra ternally spontaneous in its character— has been reciprocal out there to the fullest extent between the Americans and Britishers. What is yet more, it now turns out, from the American flag officer's own showing, that the Britishers in point of fact took the initiative in its manifestation at the mouth of the Peiho ! Authorised so to do, or at any rate encouraged so to do by the coincident opinion of the American Am bassador Mr. WARD, the flag officer of the United States squadron decided, he tells the Secretary of the Navy, at Washington, "to enter the river we had known as the Peiho in the steamer Toey wan as far as the barricades, as though igno norant of access having been refused the English and French." This, we must premise, was prior to the disastrous conflict under the walls of the fortifications. "If the forts," wrote the American nava( commander, "should fire acmes our bows to bring us to, we would anchor and commu nicate ; if into us, having no guns, we would retire and act accordingly." The manner in which this plan was attempted to be carried out will be found minutely described in the despatch, elsewhere given in extenso. Sufficient for us if we come at once to the incident it gave rise to, and which we are here anxious to particularise. "We had ap proached," writes Admiral TATTNELL, to within three hundred yards of the first barrier, at which point, should we not be fired on, I had proposed anchoring, when we grounded, and failed in all our efforts to back off. The tide was falling fast, and our situation was critical, not only from the facility with which the batteries might demolish us, but, as we were on the edge of a steep bank, from the probability of the steamer falling over and filling." The position was ob viously eritical. When, continues the American Commander, " I at this moment received from Admiral JAMES HOPE an attention and kindness which must place me under lasting obligations to him. Although he had reason to think that she would be fired upon by the forts, he sent a gunboat to my aid, with the message that, had he known of my intention to pass up, he would have furnished me a pilot, and that he expected to see me fired on. The gunboat failed in her efforts to extricate me, and there being, as I have said, a probability of the Toey-wan falling over and filling, the admiral de spatched a second gunboat to me, placing her en tirely at my disposition, with the handsome and generous offer that I should hoist on board of her the American ensign and my own personal flag. I declined the offer, with a just appreciation, how- ever, of the personal kindness to myself and the delicate compliment to our service. The Toey wail was more fortunate than I expected, and a favourable wind having sprung up, we got her off at high water." This incident was certainly worthy of commemoration. Remembering it—we cannot wonder when we read further on in the despatch, after the result of the treacherous Chi nese ambuscade has been recounted, we cannot wonder, we say, to read there, in the simple words of the American naval commander —" I held a consultation with Mr. Ward, and he agreed with me perfectly that, under all the circumstances of our position with the English, and the aid the ad miral had tendered me the day before, than to tow the boats to his relief." And, yet later,—when the fighting is all over—" After anchoring I thought of the admiral and his chivalrous kindness to me the day before, which, from an unwillingness to in trude upon him when he was preparing for action, I had in no way yet acknowledged." Whereupon the American flag-officer accompanied by his flag lieutenant pays the old English admiral a visit, as he lies there severely wounded on the quarter-deck of the Cormorant. It is immediately upon having mentioned this complimentary visit that the Ame rican pays this noble and deserved tribute to the gallantry of Admiral HOPE—" The Cormorant after this was sunk, and the admiral shifted his fag to a fourth vessel, the Coromandel (a thing I believe, I unprecedented), thus evincing an indomitable va lour under very disheartening and almost hopeless circumstances." Well might Sir JOHN PAKINGTON —who " had the honour of appointing Admiral HOPE to the command in the Chinese Seas,"— " selecting him solely because he was well known as a man of ability, and an officer of great experience and skill"—observe—(as the right hon. baronet did observe yesterday down at Worcester) that " It was unnecessary for him to add that he (Admiral IIorE) was a man of the most undaunted bravery !" And cordially will every Englishman echo back the heartfelt wish expressed by the ex• First Lord of the Admiralty, that there upon those Chinese coasts that gallant old tar may speedily have an opportunity of proving to the world that he is in truth, " what every man in the British Navy knows him to be—a distinguished ornament to the service"—brave amongst the brave—driven back, it is true, the other day, but not conquered ! We have now had seventeen days of the weary examinations of candidates, agents, sub-agents, and bribed voters at Gloucester, and only about a week less of it at Wakefield, and what does the country really think of it all? We may as well ask now; for how much longer the costly work is to go on it would puzzle even a Chancery lawyer to predict, or even to conjecture. Inquiry into the election of 1857 will plainly follow that into the election of 1859 ; and if commissioners do not weary of what we may presume is well paid work—indeed, for justice' sake it ought to be so—or if the Gloucester public does not tire of furnishing evidence, there seems no reason why the inquiry should not run back to the date of the Reform Bill at least ; or even for the five centuries and a half during which the old city has had the privilege of sending re presentatives to the Great Assembly of the nation. 'Wakefield is but a mushroom borough, and we will leave it for the present, as it comes under another category. It owes all its electoral merits and de merits to its birth—being begotten by the Reform Bill of a West Riding town constituency, and it may be worth while to inquire how much of its original sin, which seems to have been great in deed in amount, it owes to either parent. The old Episcopal city, then, and its electoral doings shall have a glance first. And one thing is plain enough on the face of the evidence, that the old city is like so many other bodies, it has two leading parties, and a third which holds the scales. - _ Perhaps we should rather say the steelyards, for as this party shifts its position, this way or that, it can overbalance the heaviest weight on the other side, not by its intrinsic weight, but by its position. Our House of Commons is, index d, in much the same plight ; but there those that can turn the scale are the independent members. At Gloucester, and in similar constituencies, it is the venal who decide. There are a host of boroughs in the same position. Respectable and earnest political prin ciple on both sides; but the most despicable indif ference to every thing but money pronounces whether the principle of Forward or of Standstill shall be represented in our House of Commons by Gloucester. No one professes to doubt the de basing tendency, in regard to all parties, of such a state of things. Whichever principle be best, putting it up to auction must deprive it of all its moral, intellectual, and political value in regard to the bribers as well as the bribed. The latter, though the lowest educationally and socially, are confessedly the least guilty of the two ! We are by no means sure that they are not the less corrupted by the system. Respectable citizens are now driven, not to understand and argue for their political views, but to hunt up a rich candidate, and to use his money in bribery or evading the laws of the land, and demoralising their more needy fellow-townsmen. It is also clear enough, as the Commissioners will probably report, that there is no substantial difference between Whigs and Tories. The venal electors, who are estimated at from 150 at the lowest to 400 at the highest, in a constituency re gistering about sixteen hundred voters, are bid for with equal zeal by both parties. Each party thinks it has a majority of those not to be bribed —each lays on the other the blame of beginning the bribery at each election ; and probably each has generally found some plausible case on the opposite side which has led them to fear that if they did not purchase freely their antagonists must beat. Wo think, however, it is pretty plain that, as ono wit ness said, under an election by Ballot the Liberals would win. The people naturally are on the Liberal side, but Liberal politics are not worth their weight in gold. There can be no doubt that if neither side had bribed at the last election, the Liberals, not Palmerstonian Whigs, but Ballot Liberals, would have been the winners by a con siderable majority. One fact we commend to Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S attention. All parties scout the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act. Sir WILLIAM HATTER, Mr. PRICE, the lately unseated candidate, and Mr. LOVEGROVE, Sir R. CARDEN'S legal agent for con ducting his election, are all agreed that it is a sham —a blind—and was intended to be so. We may add that Lord BROUGHAM himself, in his recent speech at Bradford, said, as plainly as the occasion permitted, the same thing. Mr. PRICE tells us that, " When he saw that every clause suggested for the amendment of the Corrupt Practices Act was objected to on both sides, he looked upon that Act as waste paper—as the mere homage of vice to virtue. It was never intended to have any effect in checking corruption, and he had always felt a sort of contempt for it. It was useless frombeginning to end, and he had never heard any member say it was of the slightest value." Worse indeed than that; for the money formerly spent in chairing processions, &c., was now spent in other ways —what other ways Gloucester too well knows. Sir WILLIAM HATTER himself declared that he did not know the requirements of the Act ho helped to pass, and his reason was, " that it was practically useless." That is, Sir WILLIAM looked well to it in its passage through the house ; and having taken good care it should not spoil his trade, did not trouble himself to re member its provisions. And the shrewd Gloucester lawyer, Alder man CARDEN'S agent, what says he? "After his consultation with counsel, and with his ether experience of elections, he believed the Cor rupt Practices Prevention Act was mere moon shine. The Act might be made much more stri-s -gent if there was any real intention on the part of the Legislature to put down bribery ; but in his opinion no such intention exists." And what says Lord BROUGHAM, in his remarks of a judicial kind, on the subject of electoral corruption —remarks to which we shall advert more dis tinctly ere long :—" Some good would assuredly be done by requiring a very stringent declaration from all members on taking their seats, as I and others—my friend Sir JOHN PAKINGTON among them—have frequently suggested : a solemn decla ration that they not only did not know, but had no reason whatever to suspect, that any corrupt prac tice had been used on their behalf at their election, and that they had furnished no money for such practices, and would pay no expenses which had been thus incurred. If it were enacted that no voter should be employed for hire in any capacity, a declaration could not be made by any man having the least regard for his reputation, if either he or his agents had been guilty, either directly or indirectly, of bribery." Yet such a clause as this our legislators refused to pass ! Why they refused cannot be doubtful. Simply and solely for the same reason as they refuse to adopt the Ballot. They have bribed, and they mean to bribe. There is and can be no other reason for their hostility to such a declaration and to the Ballot. We should have both were they honestly opposed to bribery. We shall have, however, a word or two more to say soon on Lord BROUGHAM, Gloucester, and the Ballot. ARRIVAL OF TILE QUEEN AT EDINB URGH. EDINBURGH, THURSDAY NIGHT. The Queen and the Royal family arrived here at twenty minutes after six o'clock this evening. Her Majesty alighted at St. Margaret's station, and drove through the park to HolyTood under a salute from the Castle heights. The Duke of Duceleach, General Viscount Melville, and Sheriff Gordon were in attendance to receive the royal The Duko of Newcastle accompanies her Majesty as Secretary of State in attendance. _ _ The Queen left Balmoral at half-past ten, and took the railway at Banchory at half-past twelve o'clock. The royal party lunched at Stonehaven, and arrived at Perth at four o'clock. The whole railway journey of 177 miles was run in less han six hours. 111 h Cawkwell, general manages of the London and North-Western Railway, has charge of the royal train. At ten o'clock to-morrow the Queen will leave Edin burgh for Loch Latrine, in the Trossachs, to inaugurate the opening of the new waterworks for the supply of the city of Glasgow. The weather is fine, and promising wall for a very inte resting ceremony in the midst of some of the finest scenery in the world. It is now definitely arranged that the Prince of Wales will arrive at Oxford onMonday next, to commence his studies at the university. His Royal highness will be accompanied by Colonel tha Hon. Robert Bruce, Governor of the Household, and suite. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to town last night from Lytham Hall, Lancashire, where he has been staying on a visit to Colonel and Mrs. Talbot Clifton. The Princess Anatole Bariatinsky and family have left Grillion's Clarendon Hotel, for Paris. The Earl of Moray, Lady Margaret Stuart, and the Hon. George Stuart leave the Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, this day, for Scotland. It is with much pleasure we learn that Messrs. Caldecott, Sons, and Willeocks have given the handsome sum of 23 guineas to the London Warehousemen. and Clerks' Provident Association, Andrew Caldecott, Esq., having kindly consented to become one of its patrons. party. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, OCT. 13. M. Dabormida, Minister of the Exterior, has left for Paris. The Piedmontese troops garrisoned at Piacenza have been sent to Parma. The inquiries at Parma continue. PARMA, 0cT.13. Fresh arrests of persons suspected of having taken part in the murder of Count Anviti have taken place. The Procureur-General and the Juge Tnstructeur in the case have been suspended. The townspeople have begun to deliver up their arms. Public tran quillity prevails at Parma. The National Guard and all classes of the towns people are signing an address of thanks and ad hesion to the Dictator Farini, for the energetic measures he has recently taken. The conscription has ended very well, only two cases of non-compliance having occurred, and these in the province of Piacenza. BRUSSELS, THURSDAY. On the occasion of the visit of the Emperor at Bordeaux most of th© Italian residents in the town were arrested during his stay, but were released after his departure. These arrests were made on accoant of a despatch having been received from the prefect of Algiers, stating that four passports had been stolen from the Sardinian Consulate in that place, with which four Italians had started for France and passed thr3ugd Montpellier, where further trace of them was lost. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Several alarming rumours circulating on the Bourse, viz., the outbreak of a revolution at Rome; a conflict between the English and French naval forces in the Tangier waters ; and the departure of Baron de Bourqueney from Zurich; have been semi-officially contradicted. TRIESTE, OCT. 13. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer, just arrived, brings advices from Constantinople to the Bth inst. The commission of inquiry has held its last sit ting, the result of which is not known. One of the accomplices, Monastir Pacha, has been brought to Constantinople. It is reported that Deschaffir Pacha his fled to Corfu. The publication of the Levant Herald and the Presse d' Orient has been prohibited. The Emperor Alexander was expected at Odessa on the 29th ult. A fresh arrival of 661 emigrants from Circassia at Constantinople has taken place. An American frigate has arrived at Jaffa, de manding the extradition of the originators of the murder committed there three years ago. The Turkish Government has recently effected great improvements in the commissariat of the army. The Austrian Meta Hies fell yesterday at Vienna 21 per cent. ; at Amsterdam, lk per cent. ; at Frankfort, 1 per cent. ; and at Berlin, .1 per cent. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 14. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the monthly returns of the Bank of France to yester day, Oct. 13. We give the most important items, with the corresponding figures of last month en regard : Oct. Sept. Coin and bullion, Paris...—. ,221,369,480....210,066,155 Ditto ditto branch banks 367,856,209....350,143,278 Bills discounted, Paris 216,034,821. .245,265,860 Ditto branch banks 258,338,825. . 287,0.13,451 Notes in circulation, Paris and branches 702,079,175. 733,983,675 Treasury deposits 186,606,371— .176,277,85. Private deposits, Paris ..182,801,473....255,835.690 Ditto branch banks Advanced on public securites 17,951,509.... 28,123,200 Ditto by branch banks 13,960,900.... 14,539,400 Advanced on railway securities 49,975,500....120,196,859 Ditto by branch banks 32,833,700.... 30,204,050 The Oloniteur also publishes a decree extending the powers and the sphere of action of the Prefect of the Seine. The Constittitionne/ publishes an article, signed by the secretary, Bonifae, stating that the only question remaining to be settled at Zurich is the Lombard debt, the contracting powers being agreed signing o f th e treaty is sn expected, all otlier points . an a th e T heearly questions not settled at the Conferences will be submitted to a Congress, the assembling of which all the European Powers ar:, agreed upon. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Emperor and Empress, on their way to Bor deaux on Monday, on arriving at the station of La Motto on the Bayonne railway, proceeded by the La Teste line to Arcachon. Unfortunately, one of the most violent tempests known on the coast for many years had prevailed during the whole night, and was still raging when the Emperor and Em press arrived. The lake of Arcachon, which com municates by a narrow channel with the sea, was dreadfully agitated, and the winds caused great ravages in the adjacent pine forests. The trium phal archas, flags, and other decorations with which the town had been ornamented in honour of the Imperial visit were blown down. In spite of the violent wind and the beating rain, the Emperor and Empress went through all the pro gramme prepared for the visit, with the exception of an excursion by steamer on the lake, which the violence of the waves rendered too dangerous. Amongst other things, their Majesties visited the chapel, which, being exceedingly old, is held in great veneration, and is situated on a most pictu resque site. When at Arcachon, the children of the fishermen offered the Prince Imperial a small ship, beautifully made and rigged. The Prince, who seemed much pleased with his present, brought it away with great eare. BOURSE, Oct. 13— efiss as fter became inut h having e av a isn r hgo e p freely short te o oteffin e me open eed e ddoa, done ene i r t d: h some tpsrt6ioc:efks. receded. e n e c g d e r d o e e t e h d r of r h c m u r e r n es i e t Austrian,Mob il i er declined s46 f. 25 e from 8o ° 1 e l r 2 e s c c e . d e t o d t i t: B 2 6 1 9 . 1. 5 0 2 c s . c ; ' 540 f.:; Lombard, 551 f. 25e. to 545 f. ; Lyons, 906 f, 23c. to 897 f. 50c.; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,350 f.; ENorthern,astern,s 7 2 930f,1. 5 to oc . 9 2tOo 5 6 f. ;7f. o Southern,se. T 51 he of.t o followingso .5 f.; were the last quotations:— 41 per Cents. 95 Do. end month — 3 per Cents 69 50 Do. end month 69 Bank Shares 2825 Crtidit Mobilier 777 50 Do. Account Credit Foncier 690 Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) Roman B5 75 Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt 42 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 932 50 .. 925 New ditto • 820 .. 820 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO .. 890 Govas3o .. m Southern Western 560 .. 555 Eastern 670 .. 665 Sardiniau 407 50 .. 405 A us t r i an Lombard .. _ Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f 11c.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 95e. SPEECH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN. The 10th Norwegian Storthing opened at Chris tiania on the 6th, when his Majesty King Charles XV. delivered the following address : " Gentlemen,—Since I last saw myself surrounded by the representatives of the nation, a painful loss has fallen on us. The Norwegian people have bewailed with me the death of a king and of a well-beloved father. In again find ing myself in the midst of you, the first word which I utter [is that of deep and sincere gratitude for your sympathy, as my firet act will be to renew to you vice race the oath which I have already taken in writing, as your king, and which has sealed the bonds long uniting me to the Norwegian people. " I swear and promise before God to govern the kingdom of Norway conformably to its constitution and its laws " May God give me strength to accomplish my solemn engagement, as he enabled my father to perform his 1 Jus tice and truth guided his reign, and justice and truth, as well as the gratitude of his people, attest how he directed his efforts towards the object he had in view, and how far he succeeded in attaining it. " It is a consolation for me and for his people to throw a retrospective glance on the years of happiness, of progress at home, and tranquillity abroad, which his wisdom and experience secured to two fraternal nations, whose union he consolidated with impartial regard to their mutual rights ; but from that past there emanates, at the same time, a serious appeal to me and to his people to continue to follow in the path which he marked out, and which, when king and people walk hand and hand, leads to internal force, to re spect for self, and esteem for others. "Like my father of glorious memory, who in addressing, for the first time, the Storthing of Norway, expressed the certainty of finding in the representatives of the nation that love of country, that harmony, and that enlightened co operation which are necessary for the progress of society, I on my side feel the same persuasion that the representa tives elected by Norway will unite themselves to me and to my Government with the same zeal and the same fidelity in our efforts for all that may contribute to increase the prosperity and the welfare of the State, to maintain your liberty and your independence, and to preserve intact the respect due to the law ; for it is the law which forms the foundation of the social edifice. " Let us then devote our efforts to the future, and con firm the progressive development which the past has be queathed to us. The experience of nearly half a century justifies our hope that Providence will deign to continue to bless our labours, and that the Norwegian people, with that devotedness which it has transmitted as a patrimony to the Royal family from the time of the august founder of the dynasty, and with the confidence and attachment to their sister nation which forms the real strength of the union, will continue to develop that energetic spirit which is in herent in it by marching towards the object worthy of a noble people—that of extending the benefits of the progress of intelligence, of consolidating the social state, and of dif • fusing prosperity and happiness among all classes of society. You will always find me ready to second your efforts in that respect. " You will receive with joy the communication which will be made you of the increase of the Royal family by the birth of my nephew, and in that happy event, which adds an ulterior guarantee to the succession, you will find a fresh mark of Divine goodness. " Both on my accession to the throne and since, I have received from the foreign powers the most satisfactory proofs of friendship and good feeling. " The report which will be laid before you on the situa- tion of the kingdom will make you acquainted with the pro gress of the country since your last session ; and by the communications which I shall make to the Storthing, I shall call your attention to the objects which, during the present session, it will be necessary or desirable to introduce or to prepare in the interest of the public weal. "In now declaring the sittings of the Storthing of Nor way to be open, I implore Divine Providence to guide and bless your labours, and I give you the assurance of my royal affection and kind feeling." GERMANY. Baron de Seebach, Minister of Saxe Coburg Gotha, has issued the following reply to the despatch of Count Rechberg, relative to the Duke of Saxe Coburg's speech on the proposed reforms in the Constitution of the German Confederation : " To COUNT DE TRAUN, AUSTRIAN CHARGE DE AFFAIRES AT DRESDEN. " Sir,—You sent me, with a note dated the 6th inst., a copy of a despatch from his Excellency Count Rechberg dated the 4th, and in which Count Rechberg, alludes to a :declaration published at Gotha, as also to the words spoken by his Highness the Duke, my master, in reply to a deputation which read to him that declaration, and handed him said address, and in which Count Rechberg says that his words are equivalent to a revolution of the federal pact. " Acknowledging the receipt of that document, I have at the same time the honour, after consult ing the wishes of his Highness the Duke, to make the following reply to that despatch :—' As the words of his Highness prove, which have been printed in the public journals, they concern only the address which was read and presented to his Highness.' Count Rechberg says, that the decla ration mentioned in the address places the Aus trian Empire, as regards its relations with Ger many, on the same footing as Denmark and the Netherlands. _ _ _ " I cannot suppose that Count Rechberg is serious in attributing to his Highness the Duke, my mas ter, such a view of affairs, especially as his High ness has given a ccnvincing proof, on the occasion of the late war, that his Highness, far from placing the Austrian Empire on the same footing as Den mark, was ready to take up arms for the guarantee of the provinces of Austria not included in the German Confederation. He, therefore, could not have conceived the idea that the German provinces of the Empire do not belong, and ought not to belong, to Germany. " Count Rechberg declares that his Highness cannot deny that the object of forming a pretended new party implies the absolute disavowal of rela tions based upon treaties which exist between his Majesty and the other Princes of the Confedera tion, and he adds that any approval of the tenden cies of such party are equivalent to a renunciation of the federal pact. "I protest formally against this interpretation of the sentiments of my master. " Whatever may be the object of the party alluded to by Count Rechberg, not only the subjects of his Highness the Duke, but his Highness the Duke himself, have the right to exact, when they express the wish or the hope of a reform of inter national law, that no one should suppose that such reform should take place except with the assent of all parties interested. " It is not ten years since the Imperial Govern ment formally asked the German Governments to participate in a reform of the Federal Constitution ' and proposed modifications which, as regards some German States, would have led t o a serious diminu tion of the privileges granted to them by the Vienna Congress. " Perhaps the Imperial Government will take into consideration that, besides Austria and Prussia, there are 18,000,000 of Germans who not only arc not satisfied with the Federal. Constitution, but the majority of whom look upon it with regret, because it lessens the esteem felt for it abroad, and does not offer sufficienfineans to provide efficacious support to any member attacked, or to the nation itself." ----- Baron Seebach concludes as follows : g, His Highness the Duke, considering any change which would not harmonise with the interests of the Imperial state as out of place, being personally attached to his Imperial Majesty, being intimately connected with the destinies of the Austrian mo narchy by the possessions of his house, would have many reasons to desire the grandeur and power of Austria, if reasons of patriotic interest did not speak louder. " The present state of things cannot last much longer. His Highness, the Duke, has nothing dearer to his h ear t th an to see the German Diet in a position t o p o i n t ou t the bases upon which, con sulting the interests of his Majesty and . those of the rest of Germany, the Confederation m ay be placed upon a footing to render it capable of self defence. " The fusion of various parties which have hitherto been at issue on constitutional doctrines, this fusion which is theresAuultstorfia a roused in movemenGer many—this sympathies which the struggle sustained by b imana ting from the desire to give efficacious support to Austria, might even now, show that it was m ore deserving of Austria' s approval than her displeasure s . However this w i ly be, thi is the sense in which his Highness the _ uk Prince, i e u nderstands the esent he feels that move ment, and as a German h e cannot look upon t in any other light, as a member of the German Confederation.' S "DE EEBACH. " Gotha, Sept. 14, 1859." ITALY. • The Eco della Borsa of Milan announces that the banking house of Nosea and Barocco, at Milan, b as subscribed 100,000 fr. d towards Garibaldi's fund for purchasing muskets. • By order of the Modenese Government, the re maining works of Fort Rubiera, situated between Reggio and Modena., are to be demolished. A letter from Rome of the 6th says : "The despatch of Cardinal Antonelli to the Mar quis de la Minerva, which is dated the Ist, states that after so many acts of striking hostility against the Holy See from the Government of Piedmont, the Pope thinks it necessary to break off all diplo matic relations wit h that power, and has ordered his passports to be sent to the Piedmontese repre sentative. The Marqu is -received this d e s p a tch at La Rufiinella, near Frascati, a: al replied that he would lose no time in q uittin g Rome. The Marquise has just deposited t he archives of his legation at the French Emb ass y , and will leave to-morrow llia n mor ning. A wish had been ex p r essed to k General Cout e d a e Ilemons t ra tion in his honour, but Goyon addressed the following note to his officers: The Chargé d.'Affairs of Piedmontcal has re ceived his passports f rom theP ontiti Government. He desires a manifestation in his favour, which would be a political act. Our duties here do not allow us to tolerate external manifestations. The C l eneral of Division, knowing the nobleness of character of his brave subordinates, has himself warned M. de la Minerva that he should prevent or repress any manifestation of the kind. If, there fore, this warning should be slighted, our action must be the more rigorous that it would appear to imply a doubt of us, which neither can nor must be without its being known what such a course would cost.' Since yesterday the palace of the Sardinian Lega gation has been frequented by a host of persons, who have gone to visit the Marquis de la Minerva. The French gendarmes guard all the approaches to the palace and patrol the streets in order to prevent any public manifestation. M. de la Minerva, it is said, has written to the Ambassador of France to complain of the French general for having informed his officers that he (M. de la Minerva) desired a demonstration on his departure, and that it was their duty to prevent it. The letter was drawn up in such sharp "terms that the Duc de Grammont con tented himself by writing that he had no reply to give. The Sardinian Minister intended to leave the Papal States by a steamer touching at Leghorn ; but in obedience to orders from his Government, he is to return by land." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 11. The State balance-sheet for the administration year (Verwaltungsjahr*) 1858, which has to-day been published, is in substance as follows : " The ordinary receipts amount to 274,502,177f1. Tho sums raised by means of direct taxation were—land tax, 62,689,071f1.; house tax, 12,186,493f1.; trade tax, 9,545,066f1.; inheritance and legacy tax, 48,79911. ; income tax, 9,800,6615, ; and sundry other direct taxes, 219,3031 ; making a total of 94,489,4831 The sums produced by the indirect taxes were—tax levied on the necessaries of life on their passing through the gates of the different cities (ear zehrungs Stetter), 40,647,03711.; excise, 19,530,470f1.; salt duty, 28,647,12111.; tobacco duty, 26,401,5871 ; stamp duty, 31,613,5321 ; State lottery, 6,896,558f1. ; post depart ment, 2,234,208f1. ; customs, 2,475,1771 ; stamping metals, measures, weights, &c., 88,817f1. ; sundry duties raised in the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, 246,00111. ; duty on gunpowder and saltpetre, 9,037f1. " The amount of revenue produced by indirect taxation was 158,792,548f1. The revenue from State property of various descriptions was 4,469,807 ft The surplus of the sinking fund, 9,981,25111. ; and sundry receipts, 6,769,088f1. " Tho extraordinary receipts—the principal item in which is 5,661,0201, as indemnification for the loss suf fered by the State domains in villenage and soccage—wero 8,038,5461 Thus, the total revenue during the year 1858 was 282,540,723f1., being 15,755,124f1. less than it was in the preceding year. " The ordinary outlay of the State was 315,037,101 1 ; the expenses of the Court were 6,689,0471 t. ; the mainte nance of the Chancellerie of his Majesty, 42,146f1. ; the Council of the Empire, 231,47611. ; the Conference of Minis ters, 33,548f1. ; the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 2,150,581 11 ; the Ministry of the Interior, 26,136,570; the Ministry of Finance, 25,043,9011 ; the Ministry of Justice, 15,630,024f1. ; the Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Education, 5,684,484f1. ; the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works, 18,439,74311. ; the War Department, 96,162,0611 ; the Naval Department, 5,655,0001 ; the Supreme Police, including the gendarmerie, which figures for 6,774,98811. 10,033,060f1. ; the book-keep ing, and sundry other inferior departments, 7,142,17911. The interest on the National Debt was 95,963,2791 ; the extraordinary outlay for the army was 3,985,4831 As the total expenditure was 319,022,5811, and the total revenue but 282,540,72311., it follows, as a matter of course, that the deficit was 36,481,86111." The foregoing figures tell their own tale, and plainly show why the State balance sheet for 1858 was so long kept back. If the deficit during 1858— a year of peace—was 36,481,8611, what is it likely to be in 1859 ? Immediately after the famous speech made by the Emperor of the French to Baron Hubner Austria began to arm, and the balance-sheet of the National Bank for the month of September would seem to indicate that the extraordinary expenditure of the State during the first seven or eight months of the year was between 130,000,00011. and 140,000,0001 For the moment I am unable to say what im pressio • n the State balance sheet has produced, but the probability is that it will induce the nation loudly to demand the privilege of exercising some control over the expenditure. Extravagance is the principal cause of the disorder of the finances, and it is not unlikely that if the revenue was half as large again as it is, certain parties in the State, who appear to have no correct idea of the value of money, would manage f 6 plunge it into debt and difficulties. * It begins on the Ist of November and ends on the 31st of October. t One of the items is 1,495,35511., which was paid by young men of an age to bear arms as th e pr i ce of exemp tion from military service. In 1857 they were 2,414,9771 more. BOMBAY AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Indus steamer, Captain Weeks, le 4 f t t h FRIDAY MORNING. . SOUTHAMPTON October She 4th; Gibraltar, 9th. has arrived. Alexandria, September 30th ; Malta, She brings 76 passengers, 22 packages, specie not stated, 948 bales Her Majesty's ships Exmouth, Renown, Scourge, Firebrand, Banshee, and Caradoc were at Malta. At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships Marlbo rough, Edgar, Princess Royal, Conqueror, Victor Emmanuel, Centurion, Orion, Neptune, Doris, Scylla, Cadmus, Vulture, Lapwing, Coquette, and Quail ; and a French fleet. Exchange at Gibraltar on London, 51.18 ; Paris and Marseilles, 532 ; Genoa, 535. The crew of the schooner Rhoda, of Milford, which sprung a leak and sunk on the 15th ult. GO miles from the island of Sardinia, were landed at Gibraltar on the Gth inst. by the Hanoverian brig Cornelia. The Rhoda was laden with maize, from Ibrail for Cork, &c. Accounts from Tangier to the Gth inst. state that no arrangement could yet be come to of the pending difficulties between Spain and Morocco. There were two Spanish men-of-war at Tangier. It was reported that the Moorish Minister for Foreign Affair!, had ultimately refused to accede to the fur ther demands of the Spanish Government, which compromise a pecuniary indemnity for the expenses incurred by Spain. The population at Tangier were in a very excited state, looking at the rupture as complete, and ex pecting hostilities to -zommence shortly. The schooner Sparrowhawk, of Portsmouth, put into Gibraltar on the Gth, leaky, and would have to discharge for repairs. The brig Lebanon, of Shields, sprang a leak on the 22d ult., 35 miles south of Alicante, and foun dered. The captain and crew were taken to Gib raltar by the barque Stentor. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING. The new steamship, Captain Von Stanten, has arrived at Cowes from New York, and gone on to Bremen. She brings mails of the Ist inst., 107,300 dols. in specie for England, and 198 passengers. Oct. 1, near Sandy Hook, passed the steamers Karnac and Circassian ; 2d, at noon, the screw s t e amer Teutonic, hence for New York, lat. 40.37, N., long. 69.21 W. ; 4th, 1at.43.25, long. 57.20, the American ship Elizabeth B rown ; s t h , l at. 45.14, hag. 51.57, the British ship Collector; 12th, lat. 49.41 long. 8.30, the Hamburg brig No. 37 ; and this day, off the Start, the Hamburg bark No. 257. The news by this steamer is of the same date as that received by the Nova Scotian. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT. The steamer Borussia, bringing the same dates as the New York, has just arrived in Cowes Roads. A very brilliant display of aurora borealis was observed at Southampton on Wednesday night, and it had such an effect on the telegraphic wires, that communication between that town and London was stopped for three hours. This, we are informed, is always one of the results attendant on this singular phenomenon, although we have not seen it noticed before. PETERSBURG TRADE.—The steamer Atlantic, Marshall, from Cronstadt, arrived in Hull early yesterday (Wednesday) morning, with a large cargo and 13 passen gers. She left Cronstadt last Thursday evening, and has had easterly winds the whole passage. Trade was very dull ; freights were bad and scar ce ; many sailing vessels and steamers leaving in ballast.—Eastern CountieHerald. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. —The following members of the College having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted li cen ti ates in midwifery, at a meeting of the board on the 12th inst.—viz.: Messrs Alfred Stoke Newin g t on, di ploma of membership John Joseph S w i n d e ll , Whetstone, datedHor Horsley Bossy, gr. 1 1859 ; Middlesex, Aug. 1, 1159 ; Charles Henry, Elliott, Swan River, Australia, March 12, 1858; Thomas Parkes, Wool- March 11, 1859 ; Th omas John Hughes, W wich, July 19, 1859; Joh n B r i dger Cottenham, Cam briodoglewsilleihre, ' March 21, 1859; and Edward Vernon titter tersola, Baal:a-bill, May 16, 1859. WEST AFRICA. (From the West African Herald of Aug. 19.) . _ The Sunbeam ant Rainbow, after coining clown from the Niger, returned on the 25th ult. The Rainbow bad brought down a quantity of oil, which has been transhipped on board the Ethiope, while she was staying at Bonny. At Bonny the natives have recently killed and eaten four men, prisoners they had captured from the interior. The oil paid on account of the fine imposed by the Consul had been sold by public auction. Season very severe as regards wind and rain. Oil not veity plentiful within the last month, and pfice very The bar very rough. On the 27th ult., four men, belonging to one of the ships, were drowned while coming in for the pilot. A fifth man was saved after being 21 hours in the water. The district of Abrah, in the interior, is very quiet. Muranoo is administering the Government of Doonquah, and Otoo has returned to Abrakrampa. One of the great mischiefs occasioned by the dis turbance in this district is the breaking up of the Wesleyan Mission school at Doonquah, which was first established, we believe, in 1847, and was flourishing. There were 47 scholars in August last, when it was broken up. It is reported that the Rev. Mr. West, the superintendent of the Wes leyan missions in Guinea, will visit Doonquah shortly, with the view of re-establishing the school. On the 10th inst., a canoe was capsized crossing Lagos bar, and two white men (names not ascer tained) and a coloured lady from Sierra Leone drowned. Since the foregoing accident another more terri ble has happened in the same place. Lieutenant Hope, R.N., commanding her Majesty's steamship Brune, the second master of that ;hip, the gunner's assistant, with 15 Kroomen, were all lost by the canoe which carried them swamping as it crossed the bar. The Snanish war frigate Ferrolana, conveying the new - Governor, Brigadier D. Jose de la Gan dare, had arrived in Fernando Po on the 28th of July. His Excellency was accompanied by his wife, two daughters, and an English governess ; 150 sol diers, with a civil staff for the administrative juris diction of the colony, were likewise in his suite. On the Ist of September the new Governor was proclaimed, and a Royal decree, issued by Donna Isabella, was read in the Government House, in presence of the Spanish and British authorities, and which provided for the first attempts at colonisation of the island. One of the advantages of this, as far as outward commerce is concerned, would seem to be the reduction of the harbour dues at the port of Clarence, whose name has been changed to that of Santa Isabella. The ravages of the yellow fever at Sierra Leone had very much subsided, after sweeping away nearly one-half of the European population of the colony. PAYMENT OF THE DIVIDENDS. The payment of the dividends which commenced this morning seems likely to aggravate in a more than usual degree the difficulties of persons in search of investments. Already the dealers were short of most kinds of securities, political perils having long rendered them timid, and now a class of purchasers are coming into the market who almost always, without -reference to any external considerations, steadily invest their accumulations as they come to hand. Will such operators continue to absorb Consols at 96, or be driven to a choice in some other direction ? App aren tl y, t h e former will be the case, and we may therefore soon witness the anomaly of prices being attained higher than those of the Ist of January, before the French promise of an Empire of Peace had been changed to the system of making war for an idea. True, the railway stocks present a total half as extensive as that of the national debt, but th ese h ave advanced, and will, of course, contin ue t o a d vance proportionately with Consols. It is the absence of new channels, either actual or in prospect that is the peculiar feature. There will be no lack of Indian securities, since it has just been officially announced that fresh gua rantees for Indian railways will be granted to the old companies as fast as they can be applied for, but with that exception there is nothing likely to be introduced. Continental loans, American and Canadian railways, English steam companies, or foreign or colonial public undertakings with Go vernment guarantees, are the only other things that could present themselves, and none of these would be accepted. The cupidity of all foreign borrowers has been carried to the point of self defeat. By stimulating the London houses that have a monopoly of the management of such matters to bid against each other for the sake of the commission until the price leaves no chance of profit to any outsid e su b scr ib er , th e various nations have thoroughly sickened the public with all such p Russian u lar tito Govern ment among capitalists, was the . lasta nif that proposals. retained bpyo Hence,s s t b e ea, lrecentalthough oau g l ho positiona n t h w a o s rs c e on th tr a i n ve t d ha t t o n p f u t t he it o s t e h lf e , r. Sardinia, and most of the other powers are eagerly Russia i is still in want, and Austria, hoping for some opportunity of appealing . to us, none of them are likely to be listened to. America, which might at this juncture have afforded the most suitable field for the em ployment of British capital, to the advan tage not merely of the two countries, but of the world, is at present not to be seriously named as a competitor for our financial confidence. Her speculative securities were thought a year or two ago to have reached the point of greatest disfavour, but the past twelve months have shown that such was not the case. New York writers will probably attribute this to any but the true cause, yet they will scarcely attempt to demonstrate that British capitalists, to whom national prejudice is little known when the safe acquisiti on o f an extra one or two per cent, interest is in question, have ever manifested any want of credulity so long as even credulity could hold on. Canadian investments, owing to the latest experiences of the Grand Trunk and Great Western railway lines, are not much re moved from the or di nary American category. English steam companies an d corporate undertak ings of all kinds ha ve lik ewise left experiences which, at the b es t, cannot be said to offer tempta tions for furth er ventures. Lastly, there is the question of foreign or colonial enterprises with Government guarantees. As regards the colonies, Ceylon, among th e m i nor ones, has furnished an unsatisfactory example in the case of her railway company ; while, with respect to Austral i a, mos t persons will concede that, however favourably her resources may be viewed, she has, in the amount of debt already created, or announced as intended to t b h e e extent created, ofg honeer populationtothemaximum that, looking at be war ran t e d . Against pub,lwic works in countries und er G overnment guarantees an insur mountable prejudice prevails which stands at present as th e s t rongest commercial reproach against the Engli s h name. Thus, for instance, Brazil, simply relying upon her own credit, can borrow money in o ur mar k et at a l i ttle over 41 per cent., but if she gives a guarantee of 7 per cent. to a railway company upon a sum which by London directors and contractors may be declared amply sufficient to cover all possible contingencies the shares fall to a heavy discount. The public will trust the B raz ili an G overnment, but will not trust their own leaders. This class of guar,antees must therefore for the most part be considered at an end, and although it appears that the Dutch Chambers contemplate something o f t h e kind for railway purposes, it seems improbable that that or any other respectable Gove rnment will, after the experience of Brazil, choos e t o run the risk of allowing their financial reputation to be damaged by encounter ing prejudices which in reality have no foundation except against our own people. Thus we arrive at the conclusion that no outlet of any magnitude for our s upera b undant means is likely for some time to off er i tself, and that Consols and ordinary railway stock m ust continue in increased demand until the commercial prosperity of the country takes a turn, or new signs of war create alarm, or prices have attained the mania point, when the public, now so discreet, will rush into any novel imposture that may be concocted for them. — Times' City Article. REMARKABLE TIDAL OCCURRENCE.—This day week a remarkable occurrence took place in the Truro river, which excited the astonishment of those who happened to obse rve it . A rush of Water was seen rapidly ascending. from Malpas, thre e f ee t in height, which advanced until it reached th e head of the river.- It was not low water at the time, but there was no tido on. The " bore" having reached the head of the river, dispersed almost as quickly as it had come. About a quarter to ten—four hours later— a.second rush occurred, but this time it was only two feet high, and the water, as in the previ o us case , i mme di a t e ly subsided. A third visitati on occurred at a quarter before five o'clock, the rush being three feet high this limo. In its passage up it caught a heavy laden barge at Malpas, which it floated up to Higher Newham. A fourth rush took place in about three-quarters of an hour ; but the "bore" thi s t i me was only about a foot in height, and barely reached B ossawen-bridgo on the one side, and the Bowling -green on th e o th er. Thi s was t h a l ast of these singular phenomena that was observed, and the water having qu i c k ly subsided, the r i ver ha s s i nce th en b een un disturbed by anythi ng out of the ordinary and natural course. The occurrences have, as might have been ex pected, excit e d th e special wonder of the shipping interest on the river, and some in gen i ous th eor i es h ave b een sug gested to account for the phenomena. At Penzance, on Tuesday morning, the barometer had fallen, there was little wind at S.S.E., the sky wore a very leaden appear ance, and the atmosphere was very dense, accompanied by much rain and some fierce lightning.. At the pier there was a sudden motion in the sea, producing a considerable s ttf, and causing the vessels and boats to be afloat one mi nute and aground the next,— West Briton, a 3 a THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1859