The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

irnE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, ISA CONSE.RVATIVE ESDEMO NS TRATION IN SEX. SUDBURY, SATI7RDAY. The annual meeting of the Hinckford Conserva ti-Te and Agricultural Club was held last evening at Castle Hedingham, near this town. The muster of the members was considerable, and there were no le. , s than five lo cal M.P.'s present—viz., Mr. Perry IVatlington, who presided, Mr. Charles Du Cane, the Right Hon. W. Beresford, Mr. T. S. and Mr. P. 0. Papillon. There were also mustered about the chairman Mr- Ashurst Majendie, Sir W. Bowyer Smijth, late M.P. for South Essex, Major Du Cane, the Rev. J. Cox, and several of the local clergy. The usual loyal toasts having been given from the chair, Mr. PAPILLON, M.P., pro osed "The Bishop and p Clergy of the Diocese," observing that he was quite sure the members of the association, as true Church men, valued highly the union between Church and State. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. H. MAJENDIE, in responding to the toast, said the state of the Church was in some re spects highly encouraging. Restorations were being made of ancient churches, while new churches vieing almost in splendour with older buildings were rising through the piety and munificence of private individuals. Educat ion was also making rapid strides, and so far all se emed well. At the same time, Churchmen could not close their eyes to the fact that danger awaited the Church of England, as measures 'Reply affecting her welfare were every year brought forward in the House of Commons. He referred to the bill for the uncondi tional abolition of church-rates and the Endowed Schools Bill, and he feared that those measures would again be brought forward ; and if they were, he believed the Conservative party—and especially those members of it who were now pre . sent—would standby the Church. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Army and Navy." (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman observed that we had been called a nation of shopkeepers ; perhaps in a certain sense a nation of shopkeepers we were ; and if Mr. Bright should have his way a nation of shop keepers undoubtedly we should be. (Hear, and laughter.) The rulers of our country had, how ever, he was glad to say, wisdom enough to see that a sense of the higher interest would not al ways lead men in the right direction, and that it was sometimes necessary to control indivi duals by force, as well for their own sake as for the sake of the public generally. We had had, as Englishmen, a great mission to perform. We had peopled distant portions of the globe; through our colonies we had spread abroad our language, laws, and religion ; and it was our duty to see that those colonies were properly and efficiently protected. It was our duty, for instance, to secure - to our fellow countrymen in India perfect safety and protection, to enable them to carry on the Government with firmness and effect ; and, if we wished to retain our present position in the - scale of nations, we must look well to our national defences at home, and see that danger from without was impossible. No one, he presumed, believed that ifs. foe did get a footing upon the shores of Englad he would be able to re tain his hold. No one who knew the character and resources of England could entertain this idea for a second; but, nevertheless, it was our duty to pre sent such a front to those who did not know us well as would remove the idea of an invasion from , any mind which had formed ambitious designs in the matter. (Hear, hear.) Major Du CANE replied, and observed that, while he believed courage would never be found wanting in the naval and military services, what was now required was an educated courage, and anything which was likely to place the soldier on a proper footing tended to give him still greater confidence in himself in the hour of need. England had dur ing the last few years gone through very great and serious trials, and there might be one yet in store for us which would tax our utmost energies. He did not wish to place too much reliance on idle rumours, but when this feeling got a deep hold in the nation it demanded respect. It might be satisfac tory.to state that within the last few day the com missioners appointed to inquire specially into the state of the defences of the country had made a visit to Harwich—a circumstance which showed that the Government were fully alive to the im portance of the subject. The volunteer corps which were being raised would enable all to become dis ciplined soldiers ; and by this means if the hour should ever come when the utmost strength of the country was required, every one would be enabled to add his mite to the great means of protection which he felt confident the country would ever afford. Mr. ASHURST MAJENDIE, in a speech of consi derable length, proposed the next toast, the " Mem bers for North Essex." (Loud cheers) Referring to the church-rate question, Mr. Majendie said it was painful to see the Prime Minister pronouncing • a judgment as to the opinion of the people of Eng land which was not supported by facts. If a meet ing were called at the Tower Hamlets, at which the abolition of church-rates and other taxes was suggested, the proposition would probably be car ried by acclamation ; but such a course would not be in accordance with the opinions of the people of England generally. The people of England, he believed, were attached to their Church, and, how ever free trade might prevail on other points, they did not desire to see free trade in churches. The Church of England was the poor man's Church, — the ancient Church of the people—and great credit was due to Mr. Du Cane for his exertions in support of this view of the matter. (Hear, hear.) The Conservative party no longer ruled the country, but the Conservative party was not gone, and never would be gone as long as true principles prevailed in the country. The Conservatives were now the most powerful party . in England ; and he believed Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli were ready at any time when called to office to obey the commands of their Sove reign. But for a strange combination of parties in the house the country might now have been in pos session of an honest Reform Bill, but it was other wise determined. As to Mr. Bright, who was an important member of what was, after all, a very small party, it might be considered, perhaps, that he was a dangerous person; but there was such good sense among Englishmen that he (Ar. Ma jendie) was sure they would not be led away by the idle clamour of a powerful demagogut The times of Charles I. were a melancholy period of our his tory, and resistance to arbitrary power might be considered necessary ; still the execution of the King was a national crime. But how did Mr. Bright speak of it? Why, in one of his speeches he said, " You know that one Monarch came to a very sudden and unpleasant end at Whitehall, be cause he would not give up any portion of his ab solutism." What an infamous, scandalous, base, low, mean sneer was this ! There were, he (Mr. Majendie) believed, true noblemen in the present Government who would not propose to her Ma jesty to admit such a person as Mr. Bright into her councils ; if they did, those he addressed knew the spirit with which such an insult would be re ' ceived. Mr. Bright had also attacked that impor tant portion of our constitution—the House of Peers—wh© had never condescended to give an answer to him. He (Mr. Majendie) believed the people looked to the peers and the gentlemen of England as their truest supporters, as they had ori ginated laws for their benefit and resisted the con duct of certain of the manufacturers, who looked to nothing but their own gain. Mr. Bright asked with a sneer, " Where is the British constitution ?" and said lie had never seen it ; but Englishmen had the benefit of seeing it ever before them, and he (Mr. Majendie) trusted that by the blessing of God they might ever enjoy their privileges. It should be remembered that a noble person who underwent a tyrannical persecution some time since for expressing a hope that some measures of liberty might be given to France referred to England, as the land of freedom, quoting the lines sun.- on the occasion of a visit of the. Queen to a provincial town: "Now pray we for our country That England long may b The holy and the happy , And the gloriously fre." (Loud cheers.) 1 Mr. W. BERESFORD,rising M.P., on to respond, hon. was warmly applauded. The ri g ht gentleman said, since the association last net a very eventful year had e l a p se d. Much of what had occurred in that short time might well be scrutinised and exa mined. In the first place, a very extreme and strong Reform Bill had been brought forward, not by those who Would be the most fit and appropriate promoters of such a measure, b ut by the lea the Conservative party i n t h e H ouse of Commos of Commons. Those leaders had e' previou s ly to their accedine , to office in 1858 opposed every innovation in our re presentative system, but they nevertheless brought f o rward a strong Reform Bill. That bill e l)' rodu^ d a dissolution of Parlia:nent ; when th e new house met a further result was a change of Govrm ue nt. and, therefore, he might fairly state that much which was eventful had occurred within the last 12 months. He did not approve—and who with straightforward views could have approved P—the course which was taken to arrest the progress of the Ministerial Reform Bill. (Hear.) He had felt it his duty to stand by Lord Derby, and to vote with his Government against the resolution of Lord J. Russell, not because he was enamoured of the Reform Bill which was under discussion, but be cause he plainly saw—and it was evident to the meanest cap acity—that the object of Lord J. Russell , - was to drive the occupants of the Treasury benches his n_arri ) . .ave the youth asked the extremely simple from their position, and to appropriate their places yet e Wu:vent question— to his own party. On a retrospect of the last few " What did they kill each other for? Nay that I do not know, quoth he, years he (Mr. Beresford) reg rettedto at b a e n o a bl a i i g s e t d in t c o But 'twas a famous victory." t s ay that he could n ot see a very great difference between a Conservative and a Liberal (Laug'hte r.) Great things were heard before Parlia- Government when they were in actual possession, ment , rsnl about Conservative bribery and corrup and insta.lled. Conservatives in power were all for lion % out as far as the battles of the committee-rooms progress, and in that enlightened mode they not only anr' a the archteological researches of Glocester and talked, but acted extremely liberally. They actually ves a keficld had yet proceeded, the Liberals had suf proposed and passed the very measures which they fered very considerable damage by the blowing up had vituperated, and of which they had shown the of their owes magazines—(laughter) ; and he trusted danger. Again, it ems only fair to say that the that, for sonee time, at least, the last had been heard Whigs when in office frequently assumed an ex- of the Pharisa,:cal vau ntings of the impure defenders tremely Conservative front and p osition. Long of Parliamentary purity. The country was tby disquisitions on Liberal-Conservatives and Conser- Lord 1. Russell that the production of one reform Bur y had been heard from Whig Trea- bill—which, whatever miht genuine been its demerits, sury benches ; and in the late session—and partion- was at least framed in a and honest spirit larly towards the close of it—he heard many mem- —was not enoug'h, but that second bill should hers on his own sid e de p recate any proceeding have been introduced. The noble lord came into office adverse to the prese nt Government, as the Conser- shortly afterwards, and, with scarcely a syllable of vative element in the Cabinet was very predominant. explanation, the subj ect of Parliamentary reform was For his own part, instead of hailing with pleasure quietly postponed next session. Again, Lord this approximation to the same creed between an- Palmerston, although not a single despatch had been tagonistic parties, who for a century and a half published on the subje ct, declared that Lord Derby's had held diametrically opposite opinions upon poli- foreign policy had been unsatisfactory, and that it trial matters and political conduct, he viewed it was dangerous to the honour of England that the with some suspicion and alarm. It arose, he feared, management of foreign affairs should be any longer from a dereliction of principle, through an over- intrusted to Lord Mahnesbury. Things would be weening desire to obtain power. In his opinion, safer, perhaps the noble Lord thought, in his own one of the strongest and best elements of a good hands, although of his reckless meddling policy in government in this country, and the best security China two years since it was to be feared we were for our free institutions, was the existence of two reaping the fruits in the sad disaster on the banks of contending parties in the State, each thoroughly the Peiho. No sooner, however, was the noble lord embued with a faithful and conscientious belief in, again seated on the familiar cushions of the Treasury and firm adherence to, its own views, each convinced benches than he declared that, as regards foreign that it was decidedly right, and that its opponent policy : the Ministry would be at, only too delighted to was decidedly wrong. Ono party thus became a tread in the footsteps which their predecessors had check upon the other, and the impartial umpire be- chalked out for them. (Laughter.) Every one must tween the two was the great body of the governed admire the Protean dexterity with which the noble who upheld those who promoted principles and ob- lord could change his tone in so short a time. jects most in accordance with general public (Laughter.) But it was said when the present Mi opinion. When this system of popular rule was nistry came into office, " See the breadth of the allowed fair play, and developed itself, the country basis upon which they are established ; they have was well governed; but with an amalgamation or some of the Conservative element in them as well approximation of parties successive changes of as the Radical, and as the time goes on, and they Administration occurred Government upon the get quietly settled down in their places, the ulterior other ; a good and strong was out of tendencies of the one will be overawed and kept in the question; and each Administration, no matter check by the moderate counsels of the other." He from which side it might be drawn, was forced to (Mr. Du Cane) had every desire to accord to the take up the views and projects of its predecessors, present Ministry that fair and honest trial which without its members adhering to their own was so generously recommended on his retirement ideas and putting forward what they thought from office by Lord Derby, and he deprecated with best for the country. He was afraid he had his right hon. colleague frequent Ministerial digressed somewhat in these remarks, but he felt changes ; but when they were told about the Con deeply the serious character of the state of affairs to servative element in the Palmerston Ministry, let which he had called attention. (Hear.) The resolu- them see what it amounted to. He did not deny tion of Lord J. Russell being carried put a close to that, looking at the past, the present Ministry was the Ministerial Reform Bill ; but it did not put a entirely destitute of a Conservative element ; but close, as the noble lord had hoped, to the Govern- since its accession to office its members had been ment of Lord Derby. That Administration had the strange dissemblers of their love for Conser disagreeable alternative before them of either sue- vatism, if, indeed, they had not kicked it down cumbing to the crafty device by which they were stairs. But little of the Conservative element had defeated, or of appealing to the verdict of the coun- been seen in domestic legislation, and more than try. They chose the latter alternative; but upon once the cloven foot of Radical ascendancy had been the assembling of the new Parliament a junction of apparent. Take, for instance, the Endowed Schools adverse interests — into the amalga mation of w hich Bill and the Church-rate Abolition Bill. He it was not his province to inquire—placed Lord would not pause to comment upon the unblush- Derby's Government in a minority on a direct vote ing manner in which Lord Palmerston and Lord of "No confidence." He (Mr. Beresford) voted with John Russell scattered to the winds in a few the minority, and he had not repented of the vote brief moments the principles which for upwards of which he then gave. He had not approved all that a quarter of a century they had espoused with re , Lord Derby had done and was doing ; what was gard to church rates as essential to the welfare of more, he could not agree with that noble lord's Ad- the State ; but he would ask where was the Con ministration in muc they had conceded ; but he servative element of the present Ministry upon that wished to give them what they had not obtanied— memorable occasion. Mr. Gladstone, when a poli viz., fair play, and he owned also that he had a titian unattached, had a few weeks before declared firm and, he trusted, a conscientious dislike to that his confidence in the Government of Lord Derby ; constant and eternal change of Government whic h but where was the well-known eloquence of M. was now the order of the day. It was, moreover, Gla ds t one as a Cabinet Minister, in defence of the worthy of remark that although the foreign policy Established Church ? One of our most amusing of Lord Derby's Government was much impugned dramatic writers had introduced in a well-known when they were responsible for it, yet, as soon as play a celebrated statesman of the time of Queen they were no longer answerable fur it, the succeeding Elizabeth whose profound wisdom was so apparent Minister on his accession to office publicly declared upon his countenance that he was only required to his intention to proccced in the same course: (Hear.) appear upon the stage to look solemn and serious Therefore, as far as the foreign policy of Lord and to shake his head. The Conservative element Derby's Government was concerned, he (Mr. Beres- in the present Cabinet was of a very similar Eliza ford) was :fully justified in giving them the confi- bethan character. It was in effect said to Mr. Glad dence which they deserved. Again, Lord Derby's stone, "Yon look so wise and profound, and the Government on acceding to office manfully and at wisdom and the depth of your intellect are so legibly once attended to the defences of the country—a most depicted upon your countenance, that we will not important subject, in regard to which they did their trouble you to speak upon this question, but look duty. Lord Derby's Government not only attended solemn and serious and go into the Conservative to the general national defences, but also augmented lobby while we carry on the work of Church spolia the naval preparations of the country, and used every tion. You can thus gull your Conservative friends meals to develop our maritime resources; and if into the belief that they are still quite safe, as there England had a proper and efficient fleet she need fear is a Conservative element in the Government." noenemy. (Hear.) Nextseseion,probably, the policy (Laughter.) With regard to reform he (Mr. Du of the new Government would be fully developed, Cane) did not think that the question should be and among the measures which would be brought made a mere stalkinghorse by which this or that forward no doubt a Reform Bill would be the most Minister might be hurled from office till, the pas prominent. He should wait till he saw the objects sions and feelings of the people being thoroughly of that bill and the means by which the latter were aroused, we were forced from the path of wise to be secured before he gave an opinion on the sub- statesmanlike progress down the precipitous slope ject ; for it would ill become him before he saw the of democratic innovation. He believed it to be a details to hint the course which he should pursue Conservative policy to inaugurate changes in our in regard to them. Last year an attempt was made representative system in acoordance with the grow to elicit his opinions in regard to the then coming ing civilisation of the country; but let so grave a Reform Bill. He declined, however , to be the n sub j ect be a p proached with calm and impartial de drawn out; and if he did so with regard to the bill liberation. How any Cabinet in which Lord John brought forward by the Conservatives, he thought Russell formed the connecting link between that he might justly claim the same permission with re- ardent democrat Lord Palmerston and that sturdy gard to the bill to be brought forward by those who Constitutionalist Mr. Milner Gibson could concur might naturally .be supposed to be more ardent re- in the provisions of a Reform Bill might be a mat formers. The unjust attempt at the total and un- ter for curious speculation—(laughter)—but he conditional abolition of church rates was, however, (Mr. Du Cane) trusted that the forthcoming mea a clear and recognised subject. It was useless to sure would be such as to secure the approval of look at the details or the way in which such iniquity moderate thinking men, and yet afford a settlement and spoliation were to be carried out ; his opinions of the question for many years to come. To such on the subject were distinct, firm, and unalterable. a measure he should be only too happy to give his He looked upon the scheme of church-rate abolition active co-operation ; but if the democratic element as an effort to take away from the Church property in the Cabinet prevailed, it would be the duty of which had been recognised for years as belonging the Conservative party to rally its united forces in to it, and which had been given by our ancestors to defence of the institutions of the country. It was those sacred fabrics in which we adored our God, essential that a fair balance should be preserved of and in which our forefathers were buried. Let Con- the elements of education, intelligence, and pro servatives stand by church rates ; and, if they were perty, and at the same time it would be right to to be defeated, let the good old British man-of-war admit within the franchise the most deserving of still have her colours flying, her courage up, and the working classes. But in the face of the late her determination undaunted. (Hear.) Upon one disclosures at Gloucester and Wakefield, and in the more subject he wished to say a few words—viz face of the warning addressed to the country the motion made last session for throwing open the through the medium of the builders' strike, lie office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland to Roman Ca- would never give his consent to any measure which, tholies. That scheme, of course, with his Protestant like the proposals of Mr. Bright, treated the eon ideas, he did not much admire; and he thanked God stitntion of England as a mere matter of arithmetic, there was still in the British House of Commons a and admitted the working classes to the suffrage strong Protestant party, who were determined to in mere numerical masses. (Cheers.) If one class resist the plan. The exclusion of Roman Catholics were made the sole depositaries of political power, from the woolsack both in Ireland and England was it was perfectly evident that the same combinations one of the few conditions inserted in the Relief Bill which trades' unions could form for the purpose of as a safeguard against the many immunities granted overawing masters numerically, could be formed by to Roman Catholics in that measure. He could not see constituencies for the purpose of overawing mem the irreproachable conduct which the Roman Catho- hers of Parliament—(hear, hear)—who would not be lies had displayed during the last few years which so able as the masters to protect themselves. (Hear, required that they should be conceded fresh immuni- hear.) With regard to foreign affairs, the hon. ties. The Protestant party resisted the measure, gentleman said if Italy, free from the Alps to the and their ardour was somewhat damped in that re- Adriatic, was permitted to enjoy the blessings of sistance when Mr. Disraeli rose and proposed that constitutional government, then he would fain be the whole affair should hs referred to a select corn- lieve that the inscrutable man to whom the destinies mittee. For his (Mr. Beresford's) part, he cons- of France were committed wished—especially tak dered that to refer Such a matter to a select com- ing into consideration the recent amnesty—that, so mittee was an aekhowledgment that we might far as he was concerned, his empire should be based make any concession which the aggressive policy upon peace. But a man whose power was based of Rome might ask for. By the determined oppo- upon 500,000 bayonets was not absolute master of sition offered to the scheme the promoters were ob- his situation; he must find occasional vent for the liged to withdraw it, notwithstanding the encore- military ardour of that vast host upon whom he leant ragement they received from an unexpected quer- for support; and, absolute as his power might be, ter; but they threatened to produce it again next and great as might be the force of his own intel session, and lie alluded to the subject now to draw lsct, he could not himself, by the force of his own the attention of constituencies to it. The feelings solitary will, oppose the inclinations of a united of the people of England were all right; but they nation. There were some who thought that the required to be reminded of these insidious maneeu- conclusion of the peace of Villafranca was but vres, and he trusted the Protestant constituencies of the prelude to a rupture with England, and others England would jog the memories of their repre- again laughed to scorn the very idea of a French • itatives—a course which was always attended invasion, and treated it as a mere bugbear to frigh with a certain weight and effect—if they wished to ten children; but he thought it was possible to be protected from a fresh aggression from Rome. preserve a medium between those two extremes. The right hon. gentleman, after congratulating the We did not know whether the whole French nation meeting on the continued success of the association, were burning to wipe out the disgrace of Waterloo, resumed his seat amid loud cheers. but we knew that it was essential for the position Mr. Du CANE, M.P., who was very cordially re- of this country and for the protection of her vast ceived, said the association held its meeting at a commerce and colonial possessions that she should time of no great political strife ; but the general remain mistress of the seas. We were on terms of aspect of political affairs was far from being devoid alliance with France and friendship with Russia, of deep interest. Since the last gathering the and he trust d that this state of affairs might con country had gone through one of those periods of tinue; but let us remember the memorable advice political excitement so devoutly wished for by the given, by Lord Lyndhurst, and not be content t re. young aspirant who had a seat to gain, and so de- main in dependence upon the forbearance of any voila,- detested by the cunning old stager who had power, relying solely upon our own vigour and in a seat to lose—he mean t, o f course, a general glee- telligence. Let Mr. Bright or Mr. Cobden devote tion, which in Essex had reduced the goodly pro- their great intellectual powers to the correction of portions of Liberalism to a mere skeleton. It was any Waste of the public money in the dockyards, well said of that uncompromising champion of Re- and they would earn for themselves the thanks of a form, Mr. Bright, that upon his own platform at grateful country far more than by attempting or - Huddersfield or Birmingham he roared like a very genic changes in its institutions; but let the House lion ; but that within the walls of the House of Corn- of Commons hate bona fide ships and men as a quid mons he became transformed into a sucking dove, pro quo upon such retrenchment. (Hear, hear.) In the case of a late Reform demonstration at Chelms_ The hon. gentleman then briefly touched in approv-, ford the Reform champions who then appeared corn- ing terms on the rifle corps topic ; and, adverting menced by being sucking doves ; and, if the same in conclusion to the prospects of the Conservative test was applied to them as to Mr. Bright, it might cause, declared that he, fur one, would never allow possibly be f oun d th a t i n the House of Commons his ative hue of present Conservative resolution their reform ard our . like the courage of Bob Acre. to be sicklied o'er with the would ooze out of their fingers' end. (Loud laugh- , fur the future. (Loud cheers.) ter.) Next March, possibly, there might be another The CllAium kN ' in giving combination, and another cunning resolution to sociation," said . liewa s favourable to party organi stave off a settlement of the reform question fur an- setions, ho believed they tended to secure an other year. The Government of Lord Derby, on the efficient performance of the business of the State. reassembling of Parliament, was met with a direct He had no doubt to,vl/4hich existing party he who was sin challenge; and considering how often, during its cerely attached to tile institutions of the brief reign, its adversaries had kept up a bombard- country should belon c e•• ' and he believed the Censer ment upon the outworks of tae Treasury, he did vative creel was more in accordance with the best not know that they had any gre- t right to testify interests of the State than thepolitics of these who any considerable amount of surprise at so summary talked so largely about intelligence and the progress o a proceeding. But the vote and the evidence upon of reform. Conservatism was much more strongly which that vote was moved were very different represented in the House of Commons now than matters; and the whole affair reminded him of a when Lord Derby accepted office last year, no other poem which he read in his ch ildhood, and in which Administration being possible in consequence of the a veteran soldier was represented giving an eloquent quarrels of his opponents. Lord Derby's conduct description of the horrors of war and a well-fought merited liberal treatment from his opponents, but battle-field to his grandchild. At the conclusion of how was it returned ? Why, when his accession to to Gisborne. and here, for want of a better place to give my entertainment in, I availed myself of a small brewery in course of construction, using the empty barrels for seats, and making my dressing-room in a large vat. However, the brewery stands in au open field, and to get to it you have to jump three ditches and balance yourself on two planks. The night of opening proving very wet, I cannot say that thy audience was very large or very dis tinguished. Opera cloaks and Gibus hats were not very numerous, and my family and myself had to be carted from the hotel at some distance opposite to the door of the brewery. I had, how ever, as fine an audience of well-drenched bullock drivers as I suppose were ever assembled to an entertainment in Australia. office had served their purposes, they intimated to him " Our sections are reconciled, and we now want your place. It is true that you came to the relief of the country at a critical period ; it is true that you appointed men of intelligence to fill the public offices ; it is true that you introduced. a Reform Bill ; it is true that you maintained neutrality in the Italian war; but we want your place." He (Mr. Watlington) maintained that the doctrine held by Lord John Russell that it was not necessary to ' produce a reason for this course, simply because Mr. Burke had said that it was not, was monstrous and insulting to the people of England. But all the Liberals did not think reason superfluous in the matter, and some of them gave their reasons, and very bad reasons they were. The Liberals imputed the increased strength of the Conservative party to the most corrupt practices in the elections ; but the disclosures which had. been made would not put the immaculate Radical party in the most favourable possible light ; in fact, the evidence adduced. con victed the Liberal party of the grossest bribery and corruption. With reference to the present pro spects of Conservatism in the House of Commons and the country generally, he believed that the Con servative cause had benefited greatly by the reform tour of Mr. Bright last year. His extreme lan guage, his thorough-going Radicalism, his open hostility to some of our most cherished institutions, including the House of Lords, and his declaration that no measure of reform would be satisfactory without the ballot, had alarmed many professed Liberals, and gained converts to Conservatism. The Conservatives ought, therefore, to feel much indebted to Mr. Bright. (Applause.) The Rev. J. Cox acknowledged the toast at con siderable length. The rev. gentleman said he en tirely differed from Mr. Beresford in what his right hon. friend had said as to the fusion of parties ; so far from this being the case, he thought the line of demarcation between the Conservative and so-called Liberal, or Whig Radical party was never more dis tinct than it was at present. Conservatism meant the maintenance of the institutions of the country in King, Lords, and Commons, while the Liberals now raised a cry of Parliamentary government, which meant the government of the House of Com mons only. He had in vain endeavoured to procure an explanation of the " phrase civil and rel:gious liberty ;" but it appeared to mean opposition to the Church. (Laughter.) The real battle-ground about to be taken up was, he thought, the church-rate question, which involved the separation of Church and State. Mr. Miall and the political Dissenters did not deny that this was their object ; and Mr. Drummond, the able member for Surrey, had also correctly described the church-rate agitation as a war a ;la outrance against the Established Church. Mr. MILLER, M.P., for Colchestea, responded to the toast of " The Members for the Essex Bo roughs," and observed that no one felt more deeply than he did the importance of maintaining the Conservative cause and resisting those innovations for whith the present age was characteristic, and which he feared would, if they were not firmly op posed, overthrow us both in Church and State. Mr. PAPILLON, M.P., also very briefly responded. A few other toasts having been given the pro ceeding terminated, From Gisborne I came to Melbourne, where, at the Olmypir; Theatre, Mr. Coppin has lately been giving a series of performances for the benefit of the charities at that place. His return to the stage has been considered by some of the newspapers to be a breach of good faith with those who elected him to the Legislative Council. We have had a Handel Festival in Melbourne. It came off at the Exhibition Building. On the first night there were selections from " Samson," "Judas Maccabeus," and "Israel in Egypt," and on the second night from the " Messiah." The great star of the evening was Mr. Farquharson Smith, who has returned from his trip to Calcutta with his pockets overladen with golden inohurs, and his fine voice considerably improved. He talks about visiting England. Should he go there he will make a sensation, for he is twenty times a better singer than when he left, PROFESSOR ANDERSON IN AU:7- TRALLL The entrance to the Theatre Royal has been con verted into an enormous Cafe for the million, and entitled "'The Vestibule." It is ornate with foun- thins, vases, and pictures, lighted with large gas " sunlights," and furnished with marble tables, and velvet-covered chairs. The proprietors, Messrs. Spiers and C. Pond, are two of the most enterpris ing men in the colony. I am going to India, and when you receive this I shall probably be half-way to Bombay. I wished to give some fin al performances in the city, but found it very difficult to get a place. I offered Mr. Brooke £l,OOO for a month at the Theatre Royal, which he declined. I could have taken the Princess's Theatre, but nobody would guarantee that I could get out of it as safely as I could easily get in. Then there was the Hippodrome, but the carpenters wanted £l9O to pit down a floor and build a small stage. Mr. Hingston hunted up Melbourne for a fortnight, whilst I was playing elsewhere, but was unsuccess ful, and I have therefore concluded an arrangement to play in dramatic pieces for six nights, at the Olympic. GREAT BALLOON VOYAGE IN AMERICA.-EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE. (From the Watertown Reformer, Pennsylvania.) John A. Haddock, who accompanied La Mona taro in his late alarming ascension on the 22d ult., al Watertown, Pa., has performed the duty of historio grapher of the voyage. At the signal "Let go all,' they started at 20 minutes before six p.m., with the thermometer indicating 84 degrees. After an ascent and flight of eight minutes the ther mometer showed a fall of 24 degrees, and the voyagers found it necessary to put on all their extra clothing. At 650 it was dark and they descended in a wood, fastened the balloon to a spruce tree, and remained in the basket, chilled with rain and cold till morning. In the morning, aided by the warmth of the sun acting upon the gas in the balloon and by throwing over almost everything, theballoon was again caused to ascend, but it took a northerly course, and it was again made to descend in a lumbering country, where it was left lashed to a tree. A piece of a pork barrel, bearing a Montreal brand, assured them that they were in Canada. From this point we give Mr. Haddock's narrative until they reached the cabin of some lumber men on the Rospetong river. This settled the question that we ware in Canada, for I very well knew that no Montreal inspection of pork ever found its way into the interior of New York State. We travelled all day, Friday, up the unknown creek, which kept its general course to the south of west, crossing it about noon on a float ing log, and striking, on its southern bank, a " blazed" track, which led us up to a deserted timber road, lying on the opposite side from a large lumbering shanty. We hoped one of the lumber roads might take us out tJ a settlement, but after travelling up them all until they terminated in i the wilderness, we concluded to cross the creek to the shanty, and stay in it all night. La Moun tain got across safely, but my weight was gieater than his, and the raft let me into the stream. I sank in all over, and swam out, though it required all my strength to do so, and on reaching the bank I found myself so chilled as scarcely to be able to stand. I took off my clothes, wrung them, and we proceeded to the shanty, w hero we found plenty of refuse straw, but it was dry, and under a pile of it we crawled, pulling it over our heads and faces in the hope that our breath might aid in warming our chilled bodies. I think the most revengeful, stony heart would have pitied .our condition then. The weary hours of night at last wore away, and we held a new council. It was evident, we reasoned, that the creek we were upon was used for " criving logs in the spring season." If, then, we followed it to its con fluence with the Ottawa, or some stream which emp tied into the Ottawa, we would in time get out the same way the timber went. The roof of the shanty was covered with the halves of legs, scooped out in a manner familiar to all woodmen. These were light and dry, and would form an excellent raft. Why not, then, take four of these, tie them to cross pieces by withes and such old things as we could find around the shanty, and pole the structure down to that civilisation which a saw log ought to be able to reach. Such was the course we adopted. We dragged the logs down to the creek, and La Mountain tied them together, as he was evidently more of a sailor than myself. We got under way, and as we pushed off a crow set up a dismal caw ing—an inauspicious sign, and ominous of the great trials and sufferings in store for us We poled down stream about 10 miles, and came abruptly upon an immense pine tree, which had fallen across the stream, completely blocking the passage of the raft. No other alternative was - left but to untie the pieces and attempt to push them through un der the log. This was at last done ; tied the raft together again, and poled her down stream. To-day we each ate a raw frog, all we could find, and began to feel that we were hungry. But there was no complaining—our talk was of the hopeful future, and the civilisation we hoped yet to reach. Down the creek we went into a lake some two miles long, and into which we of course supposed the stream passed, having its outlet at the lower end. We followed down the northern bank, keeping always in shallow spots, so that our poles could touch the bottom, until we arrived at the bottom of the lake, where we found no outlet, and turned back upon the southern bank in quest of it. On reaching the head of the lake we found that the current of the creek turned abruptly to the right, which was the cause of our losing it. We felt happy to have found it again, and plied our poles like heroes. We passed, during the day, the spot where we had first struck the creek, and where we had made a slight landmark, which might afterwards aid us in finding the At lantic, should we ever wish to do so in order to get her out.. At night we did not stop, but kept the raft going down through the shades of awful forests, whose solemn silence seemed to hold the unrearealed mystery of our darkening future. About 10 o'clock it began to rain again. We stopped the " vessel-," and crawled in under some " tag " alders, on the bank, where our extreme weariness enabled us to get, perhaps, half an hour's sleep. Rising again (for it was easier to pole at night in the rain down an unknown stream than to lie on the ground and freeze), we pressed on for a couple of hours, until about three o'clock, when pure exhaustion induced us to stop again. This time we found a spot where the clayey bank lacked a little of coming down to the water. On the mud we threw our little bundle of straw, and sat down with our feet drawn under us, so that our bodies presented as little surface as possible for the rain to beat upon. But we could not stand Such an uncomfortable position long, and •as the daylight of the Sabbath broke upon us, we were polling down the stream in a drizzling rain. At eight o'clock we came to a place where the stream canoned—rushing over a stony bed, down a steep descent between high rocks on either bank. To get our raft down this place we regarded as hopeless. We tied up, and examined the shore. Here, again, we found un mistakeable evidence of lumbermen, as they had evidently camped at this point to be handy, by the attempts they were doubtless obliged to makito get the timber down the canon. The rapids were about a third of a mile long, and in all the rapids of Black River there is nothing so wild and romantic as these. We descended the bunk, and thought it best to try our luck on foot. After travelling about a mile we found a bank so tangled and rugged, and ourselves so much exhausted that locomotion was impossible. So we concluded to go back, and if we could get the raft down a piece at a time, we would go on with her; if not, we would build as good a place as possible to crawl into, and prepare for death. In a letter dated Melbourne, August 17, 1859, the Professor says :—By the last mail but one I sent you a letter from Bendigo, descriptive of things thea trical here at the antipodes. As I have rambled over some ground since then, and am back again in Mel bourne, I will now trouble you with another epistle, in which I will endeavour to chronicle a few of the events that have recently occurred, and describe some of the places in which I have lately been. Bendigo, where I performed two months since, has four places of amusement, the Haymarket Thea tre, the Shamrock, Abbott's Lyceum, and the Vic toria. The Haymarket was built by Mr. Coleman, a gentleman who once had an entertainment in England which he entitled " Masks and Faces." It is a wooden structure, and holds about 1,000 people. Like most of the theatres out here, it is attached to a hotel, and both theatre and hotel ,were, at the time of my playing there, in the occupancy of Messrs. Howard Vinson and T. P. Brower. The last-named of these gentlemen is the brother of Mr. Brower, who was once one of my com pany at home, and has himself, for some time past, been the manager of the San Francisco Min strels. Mr. Vinson is an American actor, whose wife (Miss Kate Ward) endeavours to rank as a " star" in Australia. Mr. Howard is a Manchester man, not connected with the profession, but well acquainted with colonial life, and so sharply colo nial in his dealings that he contrived to get posses sion of £lO of my money, which I could not see the justice of his possessing. They publish nightly at the theatre a thing called "The Curtain," in which they put what they like, without asking leave con cerning any one who may be at the theatre, and by-and-by send in an account which rather sur prises yau. The one presented to me was of this character, and as I demurred to paying it Mr. Howard coolly took possession of the amount from amongst the money in my money-taking box. They have a little sharp practice at home, but nothing to what they indulge in out here. The second place of importance as a theatre in Bendigo is the Shamrock, where you get dancing and singing, as well as a " nobbler," for sixpence. Four or five years ago the proprietor, Mr. Heffer nan, paid £l4O per week salaries to performers, and charged nothing whatever for admission thereto. Abbott's Lyceum is a very nicely-fitted up place with a small stage in the rear of a large American bar. It has been recently occupied by Mrs. Butler, the widow of Samuel Butler, the tragedian. The Shaksperian Readings given by this 'lady proved utterly unattractive in Bendigo. To use an illus tration which Mr. Farquharson Smith used the other day when telling me of his recent Indian ad ventures, "If you would but just throw a summer sault over the piano they would be in extacies ; " but then don't read Shakspere to the Bendigonians. Their fourth place of amusement, the Victoria, is below criticism, being merely a place for the delec tation of the roughest of the strange assemblage con gregated in Bendigo. They call the township in which the places of amusement are situated by the name of Sand hurst, Bendigo being the title of the district. All around Sandhurst there are "gullies," as they are termed, or valleys, between the hills, burrowed everywhere by the gold-seekers. Each of these gullies is a little township in itself, and has its dis tinct place of amusement in the shape of a large saloon attached to a hotel. There are Eagle - hawk Gully, Iron-bark Gully, California Gully, Lead horse Gully, and I do not know how many else be sides. Then there is Epsom, with its own little theatre at Kangaroo Flat with its concert saloon. From Bendigo, I went down to Castlemaine and played a fortnight at the Theatre Royal there, which, together with the hotel adjoining, belongs to Messrs.byngelland Rainer. The theatre is sub stantially built of brick, holds about 1,500 persons, has a good stage, and was opened not many months ago by Miss Mary Provost, a Californian trage dienne, who has achieved popularity in the colonies. After ruining my magic here for ten nights to very crowded houses, I gave " Rob Roy" in an entirely new form. There was no company, and I therefore had recourse to my own family in order to place the piece on the stage. It was impossible to play it in its entirety, so we made selections from the various scenes. I " doubled" for Rob Roy and the Bailie, and you will wonder how I managed to do that, but done it was. My son played Rashleigh Osbaldistone and Captain Thornton ; my eldest daughter impersonated Mattie, Francis oAaldistone, Diana Vernon, and Helen INl‘Gregor ; while a relative of mine, Mr. Robertson, was the Dougal. There was a very crowded house, and the performance appeared to give the greatest satisfaction. a bagatelle-table ttooKhyinniseetolft.l, large room at the Royal Hatelin Kyneton which dignified by the name of the Theatre Royal, but as K~•r.e`.on is full of churches and schools, is quiet in its demeanour, and rejoices in its propriety, I preferred going to a newly-built room called the Athenmnin, and found reason not to regret tl at e Ky n Black c I Forest , stopped that I had made the riq,ht selection. I performed four Lb by n A d i e r a. Emden, and d e n, Liverpool li e brother . o d E e m n d d nights to full houses, and then moving down towards 0 I T y menp miles i i l n es L t o h n r d o o u n g gave at on th e e entertainment juiletioniiotci a , t k t .e h p e t . 11 the Black Forest brought .cn'loVfh thei m ls e t From Castlernaine I drove down the road as far as Tarradale, and stopped to give my magical per formance thcr.: in Mr. Johnston ' s hotel, the price of admission was five shillings. The room had nearly 400 people in it on each of the two nights that I played. Where they were stowed, or how they found a seeing place, I scarcely know. The stage was the smallest on which I had ever performed. Opposite it were three windows ; these were thrown open, and some drays put aside. The late comers were admitted at the door on payment, passed up the room, and out of the windows, and then stacked up on the er tys in the open air. If they did not have the best Ore for seeing, they at least had the coolest, and as they seemed to enjoy it, I suppose that it was nothing very much out of the way for them to be so accommodated. Many of them had ridden 14 or 15 miles to see me. The hotel . was full in every room, and while some had their night's sleep on the billiard tables, others arranged . them selves in rows bef“re the fire in the kitchen. My son found a bed on the stage, and Mr. Hingston had town on the road down to Melbourne. 'There . is isa all agricultFal We went back, and after examining the stream attentively, concluded to try to get the raft down. We at one commenced, and I freely confess this is the most trying and laborious work of a life of la bour. The pieces would not float over a rod at a time before they would stick on some stone which the low water left above th e surface, aril then you must pry it over in some way, an d pass i t along to the next obstruction. We were obliged to get into the stream, often up to the middle, and there I se veral times fell headlong—completely using up our compass, which now frantically pointed in any di rection its addled head though desirable. The water had unglued the case, and it was ruined. After long hours of such labour we got the raft down, and La Mountain again tied it together. Passing on, in a')out an hour we came to a large lake—ten miles long and six miles broad. Around it we must, of course, pass until we should find the outlet. So we turned up to the right, and pressed on with as much resolution as could be expected. To-day we found one clam, which I insisted La Mountain should eat, as he was weaker than myself, and had eaten little or nothing on the day we went up. Around we went into all the inden tations of the shore, keeping always in shal low water. At last we stopped at a place we thought least exposed to the wind. We lay down upon the cold ground, having lifted up the end of our raft, so that the wind might not drift it away in the night. We were cold when we lay down, and both of us trembled by the hour like men suf fering from a severe attack of the ague. The wind had risen just at night, and the dismal surging of the waves upon the shore formed, I thought, a fit ting lullaby to slumbers so disturbed and dismal as ours. By this time our clothes were nearly torn off. My pantaloons were slit up both legs, and the waistband nearly torn off. My boots both leaked, and our mighty wrestlings in the canons had torn the skin from ancles , and hands. La Mountain's hat was gone; the first day out he had thrown away his woollen drawers and stockings, as they dragged him down by the weight of the water they absorbed. We slept little. It really seemed as though, during the night, we passed through the horrors of a dozen deaths. At day light we got up by degrees—first on one knee and then on the other—so stiff and weak we could hardly , stand. Again upon the almost endless lake we went, paddling round its shore for an outlet. About 10 o'clock we found a broad northern stream, which we thought was the outlet we were seeking, and we entered it with great joy, believing it would take us to our long sought Ottawa. Shortly after entering the stream it widened out and assumed the form of a lake. We poled up the westerly shore for about seven miles, but found we were again deceived. On our way up Mr. La Moun tain sang these pretty lines :- 6 ‘ Cheer up your hearts, my men; Let nothing fright you; Be of a gallant mind— Let that delight you." His voice was hardly above a whisper, but the song was a source of great comfort to me. His, in deed, was a gallant mind, which the extraordinary hardships and dangers of our position had not daunted. But when we found that all the weary miles of our morning travel had been in vain, and had to be retraced, my resolution certainly failed me for a moment ; I sat down upon my end of the raft, and felt like shedding one tear of genuine regret. Yet we felt that our duty, as Christian men, was to press on as long as we could stand, and leave the issue with God. It had now been full four days since we ate a meal. All We had eaten in the meantime was a frog a piece, four clams, and a few wild berries, whose acid properties and bitter taste had probably done us more harm than good. Our strength was begin ning to fail very fast, and our systems evidently about to undergo an extraordinary change. I did not permit myself to; think of food—thoughts of a well-covered table would have been too much. I thought over all of poor Strain's sufferings on the Isthmus of Darien, where he, too, was paddling a raft down an unknown stream, but never believed he could stand half the amount of suffering he did. Besides, he had means to make a fire—we had none. He was upon a stream which he knew would lead to the sea and safety—we were upon waters whose flow we knew really nothing of, and were as much lost as though in the mountains of the moon. But we " could not give it up so," and took fresh courage as troubles appeared to thicken. Well, we turned the raft around, and poled her back towards the place where we had entered this last lake. We had gone about a mile when we heard the sound of a gun, quickly followed by a second report. No sound was ever so sweet to me as that. We helloed as loud as we could a good many times, but could get no response. We kept our poles going, and had gone about half a mile, when I called La Mountain's attention to what I thought was smoke curling up among the trees on the s id e o f a hill. My own eyesight had begun to fail me to an extent that I could not depend upon it when a long steady gaze was necessary. He said it was smoke, and that he thought just below it, on the bank, was a bark canoe. In a few moments the blue smoke rolled gently, yet unmistakeably, above the tree tops, and we felt that we were saved. Such a revulsion of feeling was almost too much for us. We could hardly believe our senses, - and credited anything favour able to our condition with the utmost caution. Our bitter disappointments had taught us that lesson. We paddled the raft with the ends of our poles directly across the lake, near, perhaps, three-fourths of a mile wide, and made for the canoe. It proved to be a large one, evidently an Indian's. Up the bank I pressed, leaving La Mountain at the canoe to cut off a retreat by the Indian, in case he was timid and wished to avoid us. I came at once upon the shanties of a l u mbering wood, and from the chimney of the farthest building a broad volume of smoke was rising. I halloed—a noise was heard inside, and a noble-looking Indian came to the door. " Vous parlez Francais ?" was my eager in quiry, as I grasped his outstretched hand. " Yes, sir, and English too." He drew me into the cabin, and there was the head of the party, a noble hearted Scotchman, named Angus Cameron : I immediately told my story, that we came in a balloon, were lost, and had been four days with out food, asking where we were. Imagine my sur prise when he said we were 150 miles due north of Ottawa, in the dense uninhabited forest, whose only limit was the Arctic circle. In a word, we were nearly 300 miles in a due north course from Water town, in lat. 47 deg. After entertaining his unexpected visitors two days, Mr. Cameron took them, together with his own part' of four, to Desert, in a canoe. On the way back, within half a mile from the bank of a creek, the ballom was found, so much torn as to render the idea of getting it home hopeless. At Desert, John Backus procured some Indians to take them towards Ottawa, which they reached on Mon day afternoon. At Ottawa they were hospitably entertained by Robert Bell, editor of the Citizen, and by Mr. Joseph Aumond. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Oct. 22. (Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-jurige.) Three sisters, named Julia, Ann, and Kate Nash, were indicted for stealing a cup and saucer, value £4, the property of Abraham Joseph; a reticule, value £3, the property of Edward Charles Spurin ; and six scarves, value £2, the property of William Russell. Mr. Cooper prosecuted. Mr. Sleigh defended Ann and Kate. Julia pleaded guilty. The prisoners, who bore a remarkable likeness to each other, it appeared went to the establishment of Mr. Joseph, an importer of works of art, No. 92, New Bond-street, on the 27th of September, and after inspecting the gallery with the air of lady connnoisseurs (they were fashionably dressed) left without making any purchase, but having given a good deal of trouble by asking about a thouand and one questions. They had scarcely left the premises, when Mrs. Joseph mentioned to her son Felix something and he immediately missed a valuable cup and saucer of Eastern manufacture from a table, close to which the prisoners had stood, and he went after them. He followed to IN ood stock-street and Oxford-street, and back to Bond street, when he got a constable. Julia then left the other two, and seeing Mr. Joseph, said to him, tre mulously " Oh, what did you say the price of that was ?" and the next moment, Ann threw the cup and saucer away into some dust, and they were smashed. They were then all taken into custody, Mr. Sleigh was cross-examining the witness, who deposed to this, when the learned judge and the jury suggested that the case was one that could not be contested, the evidence being beyond. dispute. Mr; Sleigh said he certainly felt that the Me was hopelessly against his clients, and in fact he had advised them to plead guilty. The Jury then found them guilty. A former conviction was then proved against all three for a similar offence, for which they were each sentenced by this court to twelve months' hard labour. Mr. Cooper then stated that there were two other cases, and the prisoners seemed to have been doing a considerable trade in this way ; in fact, there could be no doubt that they were most accomplished lady shoplifters. When they were taken, the pro perty relating to the other cases was found upon them. Julia slipped a box with a child's alphabet in it on to the pavement, from under her dress, and a new leathern box she had in her hand ; these er stolen on the same day, with four other articles from Mr. Spurin's, 37, New Bond-street, by the three together. .On the 24th of Sept( mbee the three of them favoured Mr. Russell, of Burling ton-arcade, with a visit, and after purchasing a pair of stockings, they walked off with two par cels of silk scarves, some of which were found at where they had been lodging with a sister, who had been doing all she could to keep them honest, by setting up a school and getting employ ment honestly in various ways. When the police man took them they tore up duplicates, and the fragments being compared, they were found to re- late to other articles, which no doubt these light fingered and fashionably-dressed " ladies," had pil fered from other tradesmen's shops. Mr. Sleigh s Lid this was not only an unaccount able but most extraordinary case. The prisoners were the daughters of a most highly respectable verson, new dead, who had given them the educa tion of ladies, and they were really not only edu cated, but accomplished women. They were under no pressure from want, they had no urgent necessi ties to contend with. Since they had been out of prison one had been in a situation as a governess, another had been aiding a fourth sister in a school, and the other had been dressmaking. But it seemed that they had the penchant for stealing, which had been termed Kleptomania. He could not possibly understand the inducement by which they had been led into such courses. All he could urge in their behalf to the Court was, that the thefts they had committed were to no very serious extent, and that they had not paid their visits to jewellers or other shops where much more valuable articles might have tempted them. The prisoner Julia said it was she alone who took the cup and saucer, her sisters knew nothing of it. The others said that was true. A fourth sister, living at 13rompton, who seemed deeply affected, was called, and bore out what Mr. Sleigh had said. She could not account, sbe said, for her sister's propensity for stealing. Julia, it bad long been suspected in the family, was not exactly right in her head. The learned Assistant-Judge said the Court could make no distinction between this case a nd any other, if it did, it would rather be to the dis advantage of the prisoners. They, by their appa rent superior condition of life had thrown tradesmen off their guard, and had committed theft in a way that showed they were not new to such practices, besides they had each had the serious warning of twelve months' hard labour; As that had not deterred them a severer punish ment must be tried. In the opinion of himself and the bench the suggestion of a mania fcr steal ing was, at least so far as this case was concerned , not to be regarded in the slightest degree. Here were three persons, sisters, going about and plun dering shopkeepers in all directions., The respecta bility of the prisoners did not at all affect the opi nion of the court any more than if they had been of the lowest class of offenders with whom the court hed to deal. The duty of the court was to protect the public and punish crime, and the sentence upon each of the prisoners was three years' penal ser vitude. The prisoners then affectionately embraced each other and were removed. The fourth sister was allowed an interview with them. COUNTRY MA RICBTB. LEICESTER-OCT. 22. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, with fair show of other grain. Prices—White wheat, 44s to 48 0 —red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone; a very good inquiry for fine barley, grinding, 28s to 30s ; malting, 33s to 40s per qr.; the oat trade was _dull, at quotations ranging from 25s 38to 33s per 24 stone. Beans a fair sale, at 48s to 52s per stone. Fine flour, 31s 1 Seconds, 32s 1 Thirds, 30s per 20 stone• NORWICH—OCT. 22. Here, to-day, there was rather a full attendance of the trade, and a firm feeling. There was a fair show of who" and prices for both old and new were at rather better rates: The supply of barley was moderate, and prices at a boil , late rates. White wheat. 46s to 48s I Red wheat 40s to 44 0 Malting barley....42s to 47s I New malting barley3Bs to 4 40 Distilling do .. ....22s to 27s I Oats.. 24s to 2 80 Flour, 303 Od to —s per sack from the miller. GLOUCESTER—OcT. 22. At our market there was rather a large attendance, nlla a firmer trade was done. Prices were at fully the curreT, des of this day se'nnight—viz., English white wheat, 4 ° to 47s ; red, 42s to 44s per qr. Foreign maintains its value. Barley is in free request for malting purposes, the sees ° having now, since the cold weather, set in in earnest. NOTTINGHAM—Ocr. 22. We had a small attendance at to-day's market, and s supply of grain. The extreme prices of last week, howevy" were maintained, in some cases rather higher. Maltiq barley a small show, with no material change in pricelj. grinding sorts a fair supply, and is lower. Oats a sor show, and dull sale, at previous prices; beans unchange" Super. flour, 33s to 39s ; fine, 29s to 33s per 20 stone STAMFORD—OcT. 22. At our market yesterday wheat obtained no advance ° n it last week, with a small show. Business very fair. Bov e ' went at the extreme prices of last week fur fine qualitiot Other sorts rather easier to buy. In other grain not inne /h doing. Wheat 42s to 45s I Oats.. 29s to 96 White do 46s to 48s Beans 4os to 424 Earley 38s to 458 Ditto, old ........46s to 46/ CAMBRIDGE—OcT. 22. There was a tolerable supply of wheat, and, with A rat her . steady feeling in the trade, white moved off at 44s to 46.; red, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. A fair proportion of in fers , barley at market; malting, 40s to 44s ; grinding 25s to o to per 30 stone. Oats at 180 to 24s for new ; old oats, ^ -4 80 —s. Beans in limited suply, and a heavy sale—new , et t to 40s ; old, —s to —s pee' 38 stone; peas, 36s to 42s Pe 36 stone. NORTHAMPTON—OcT. 22. A 141 At this corn-market wheat was in fair supply, an d t• t o at about late rates—prices ranging from 40s to 48s for Avo d° and 40s to 43s per quarter for red. There was a fair trs t passing in barley. Oats, with a slow demand, quoted t. 24s to 325. Beans, old, 48s to 50s ; new, 36s to 40$. 111- ' 30s to 36s ; malt, 64s to 68s. DUBLIN—OcT. 21. 10 The market was fairly supplied. Wheat of all cian l - 1 1e i met a brisk sale, and fully supported -late rates. 13 1 r t. moved off readily at fully the currencies of Tuesday 'I A In oats a fair business done, at late rates. Indian COri ) small demand. g. d. g. d. 1 Wheat, white 22 6 to 26 0 Do., red 2l 0 to 24 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 d. s. d. °' 6 Do., new ll oto 12 0 Bere . l3 e to 1 ," 1 6 Itapeseed 2O o to 2 ' 6 Oatmeal l2 6 to 1 4 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are despatc W by evening mails from London, and M by morning Inalig._ by evening mails from London, and M by morning 1 11 " - Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch _Port of ~t ie . of Mails. Despatch. " ......., A.ustralia and Mauritius, via N ov. Southampton Nov. 12, M Southamp. ,-- 4 Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New Oc t ' 2/ Canada, & c. (by Can adn. pekt ) York Cape of Good. Hope, Ascen- Oct . 2 2 8 5 , , E E LLilvveerrppooooll.... Ot. - g o x , 00 ,1 sion, and St. Helena Nov 5, E Devonport China, Penang, and Singa - verclU e pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles , Oct. 26, E Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Oct. 27, M Southamp. V fly 1 6 Honduras and Blewfielos .... N0v.17, 31 Southamp. '" . India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, ~, ra lle via Southampton Nov. 4, 31 Southamp. °. e 27 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- nct.‘ 23 ampton Oct. 27, M Southamp. - 4 Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, Nov, 6 and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Oct. 27, 31 Southamp. i Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via rill ie Southampton Oct. 27, DI Southamp. ove ,27 Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Nov. 2, M Southamp. No d Newfoundland Nov. 4, E Galway .... United States and British N Oct.Oet. 2216% E s L o iv u e th rp a o ni dl i . 0ct .. .! y 9 Ma deira, and Teneriffc Oct. 24, E Liverpool. • NOV .". Rest DAimt teo C l o cb a ay s Coast .y o SfAp British 'f'reikecat? —.packet) West India, Califolnia, Vene- .. zuela, Chili, Peru , Grey - 1 town, New Granada , Sze. Nov. 2, 31 Southamp , y , in " [ADVERTISVIANT.] — HoIIoway's Pill s and Oin e f il tt e' C ons umption is almost invariably p rece d e d b y great 6,0 y—cough, loss of appetite, and flushes. The altere,ieg and tonic influence of Holl oway ' s i nva l ua bl e reree . ,," o . operates like a charm in subduing these formidable sYI,O toms. A course of th ese p ur if y i ng pills shou ld a t onc e o t commenced, and at the same time Holloway's Ointel should be briskly rubbed at least twice a day over the b f a te - r and chest. The ointment is more effective when used sponging with warm brine and well drying. The c° 11 2, - tter effect of this treatment is marvellous, a change for the is observed within a week—and the improvement ete t ` ea til progresses. The appetite returns, the shortness of W i l e , ceases, and the harassing cough soon vanishes altoget BIRTHS. GOLDIE.—On the 19th inst., the wife of the Rev. Chal• Goidle, of Colnbrook Paronage, of a daughter. • D 6 PENN.—On the 19th inst., at 8, Napier-street, St oke, vonport, the wife of Major Penn, It.A., of a son. st, PATTISON.—On the 22d inst., at 18, Boundary-roaaj John's-wood, the wife of Henry John Pattison, solicitor, of a son. WESTMORLAND.—On the 21st inst., at 15, Porche3tef° square, Mrs. F. G. Westmorland of a son. MARRIAGES. LENEY —FREMLIN.—On the 18th inst., at Watering b lf Mr. Alfred Leney; of the Phoenix Brewery, Do ver, l , son of Charles Loney, Esq., of Wateringbury, to Cil„,,as rine, eldest daughter of Mr. James Fremlin, of the place. PO WER—MOOII.IIEAD.—On the 20th inst., at St. I l rf., Church, Dublin, Deputy Commissary-General Power, C. 8., to Martha, daughter of John Moorile Esq., of Aunagh-ma-Kerrig, co. Monaghan. EATHS. •fe ° f ALEXANDER.—On the D 9thinst Sophia Elizabeth, a'l Ith Boyd Alexander, Esq., of Ballochroyle, and Souii and sister of the Right Hon. Lord Broughton, G CO CooxE.—On the 20th inst., at Deloe, near Rook " Kent, John Henry Cooke, Egg., barrister-at-law. CUnTIS.—On the 23d Sept. last, at Trinidhd, West 1 11(1 ,:f0 Roger Wm. Curtis, Esq., third son of Admiral Sir lA.' Curtis, Bart., of East COsham, Hants. c°ler FOWLER.—On the 21st inst., Mrs. Fowler, of 9 , .- terrace, Pentonville, aged 82. i rrr MERRYWEATHE N R.—On the 22d inst., Compton -- -8 weather, of Booth-street, aged 37. ,h a elt RAPHAEL.—On the 17th inst., at Parts, Henry 1144 ' Esq., of Tavistock-square, aged 61. 0 LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Y°' 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The &n Office, 14° ,.., Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Now Niddleaex, Monday, October 24, 1859.