The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-16 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLL Sil OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. llarrisot t.—The public are respectfully in formed that this new and a,gant Theatre will be OPENED for the first ENGLISII 01'ERA SEASON on MONDAY, Dec. 20, when will be presc 'sited an entirely new and original Opera, by Mr. W. Belle, e retitled BATA. ELLA ; or, TH.NI POWER OF LOVE. Playhouse prices. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 1_ u Under the Managenlevt of Mr. C harles Kean. THLS HVENING will be presented Shaksperc's Play of KING JOHN. King John, Mr. C. Kean—Constance, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, entitled THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING will be performed a new Comedy, THE TIDE OF TIME. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale ; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter. A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE in which PereaNena will appear. TITE TODDLES. Sir Wm. Don, Bart. And 4%. DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Conunentz at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE , Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST : Miss Swanborough. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sale Lessee Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with the successful gorgeous Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN THE EAST; or, The Fugitives and their Faithful Steed: concluding with a Grand National and Allegorical Tableaux. After which SCENES IN THE ARENA, introducing Mr. W. Cooke, and his beautiful horses, Mr. Runnels, Madame Blanche, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Fleurette, and the first male and female equestrians in the world. Dress Circle, 3a. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is, ; Galleries, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The I'roprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selv es, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so masked a sense t;ion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will ptrform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SVN OFFICE, DEC. 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.18. WIND, Southerly ; fresh, with cloudy weather. THE SUN. THURSDAY. :DECEMBER 16, 1858. 111 r. WILLIAM HUDSON GUERNSEY, otherwise Mr. WELLINGTON GUERNSEY—for, like other great men, he indulges in a high-sounding alias—has reason to rejoice at the very' lenient view taken by an English jury of the matter laid to his charge, who accepted as law the various objections raised by the learned and ingenious Sergeant whose ser vices he was fortunate enough to obtain. It was not denied that he had 'abstracted very important documents from the Colonial-office ; that he had betrayed the confidence reposed in. him by his friend, Mr. MILLER, the sub-librarian, and that in a manner that might have seriously com promised the future position of that somewhat incautious gentleman ; that, " actuated either by a feeling of anger and disappointment, or a silly desire to bring before the public the information he had obtained possession of," he had occasioned the publication or these very important neva-taw,. But the animus furandi, the intention of stealing, was denied, and the jury, probably influenced by the consideration that the papers taken away pos sessed no nominal money value, and that no specific sum had been demanded from the Editor of the Daily News for the information, gave the accused thq benefit of the point, which, as we have already stated, had been overruled by the learned judge. We cannot, however, conceive a more dangerous principle, or one that should be more promptly negatived. In the olden time the bill-stealing fraternity contrived to evade justice by purchasing the stamps and paper on which these valuable securities were written. A man might have been charged merely with the larceny of a piece of paper value one-halfpenny, when it really rendered all parties thereto liable for tens of thousands of pounds. However, although the nominal amount charged did not exceed the smallest coin of the realm, it rendered the accused liable to severe punishment. The expiation would be proportioned to the real not the legal measure of the article purloined. The Legislature removed the gross anomaly - where documents bearing a money value were concerned. But others, which might be of vital importance, which might occasion the greatest mischief, :either to the nation or to individuals, remain within the former rule, and the only charge of larceny that could be preferred would be for the paper on which they were written. Mr.' WEL LINGTON GUERNSEY had unqnestionably taken this paper. He did so surreptitiously and furtively. At the time when he was found standing near the table on which the despatches were placed, he said to his friend, " I am not prying into your secrets;" and when Mr. MILLER was deeply annoyed at the trouble in which he was involved, declared that the man who had obtained the despatches must be a scoundrel." The chivalrous Mr. GUERNSEY", the ex-Provost-Marshal of the Turkish Contingent, with just appreciation of the magnitude of the offence, emphatically added, " lie must indeed be a blackguard, it might have cost you your situation." And this was to the friend with whom he was on terms of close inti macy, and who placed implicit reliance on his honour and integrity. We cannot conceive any offence of a more serious character than that which had been committed by the accused. The undue publication of such docu ments might produce very untoward compli cations, leading to a war in 'which thousand s of lives and million 3 of mon e y might have been sacrificed, for the purpose of avenging the anger and disappointment, or satisfying the silly desire of ' Mr. GUERNSEY of bringing such interesting information before the world. Anger and folly have produced mischief in all ages, and if they are to be adopted as excuses we know not who can be held responsible. Some important facts have, however, been elicitel by the trial. The Government and all the Govern ment employes have been completely absolved from any complicity in the publication. But it has been proved beyond the possibility of doubt that there was great laxity in the custody of very im portant State papers. At the private printing office 25 copies only were ordered, but 28 Were printed; one as P. voucher for the btationery-office, 4 -* -; ~; 44, kt-,54), , • ,4Nt i hot .- j all -r l. • ." 411/6,•,* ;1 , 3 - Pq' DR° • ," ; • r ' t- °~ another to file, and a third to make up the even number. How easily might one of these extra copies be abstracted for a time, and how difficult would it be to bring home the crime to the offender if he only took the precaution of copying it out. Again, Mr. MILLER, when he received these pri vate and confidential documents, only deemed it necessary to place them on the table within arm's length of the desk at which he wrote, putting a heavy book over them. They remained on that table day and night, without even being placed under lock and key. Many persons had . come into the library on office business during the period of the receipt and abstraction of the despatch, although there were no other visitors than Mr. WELLINGTON GUERNSEY. The room, too, was cleaned out by a housemaid, but still papers of im mense consequence remained on the table, subject to the inspection of any one who had the curiosity to lift " the heavy book." Mr. MILLER did not even take the precaution to count the number of copies which he had. He had unbounded faith that all would be right, and that was all that he considered essential. We trust that the painful lesson which has been taught by Mr. WELLINGTON GUERNSEY may be turned to advantage in every Government office, and that there will no longer be such opportunities afforded to angry, disappointed, or silly gentlemen of producing great mischief by their petulant folly. We confess that we cannot quite enter into the feelings of those who applauded a verdict which in our judgment was alike opposed to law and fact. Mr. GUERNSEY has received the benefit of the doubt, and we trust that he will not again be im plicated in any charge of a similar character. Many affect to be altogether ignorant as to the probable character of the new Reform Bill about to be introduced to the notice, and eventually passed, with more or less modifications, through both Houses of Parliament. The Right Hon. Member for Kidderminster even goes to the length of assert ing that he can't for the life of him form as much as a conjecture as to the general aspect of these prospective revelations. The Times, as in duty bound, says pretty much the same thing altogether, though not quite so explicitly. Now, in all this we cannot but recognise a good deal of affectation and disingenuousness. As to the leading charac teristics of the new Reform Bill, if not each of them as plain as a pikestaff, they are undoubtedly all of them within the scope of a very ordinary amount of sagacity—so as clearly enough (if we will any of us but exercise a little common sense for the nonce) to be predicated. It signifies, comparatively speaking, nothing whatever from which particular party, or section of a party, the Reform Bill emanates—whoever lays the new bill before Parliament must, as a matter of pure necessity, impart to it at the very outset two or three perfectly distinct and wholly unavoidable characteristics. First of all, it must embrace—whether it be the Govern ment measure laid upon the table of the Lords by the Earl of DERBY, and upon the table of the Com mons by the Right Hon. Member for Buckingham shire, or whether it be the opposition measure pre paring under the auspices of Mr. BRIGHT and his supporters—in either case, it must embrace an ex• tension of the electoral franchise more or less con siderable and comprehensive. Secondly, it must equally, as a matter of course, affect the distiibu tion and the relative proportions of the different constituencies. There are other almost equally obvious portions of the coming measure that might be safely calculated upon as pretty nearly certain —certain at any rate as to their presence (in the bill) though not of course as to their exact proportions. The opposition measure under Mr. BRIGHT'S auspices will be, beyond a doubt, bold and slashing in the scope and daring of its innovations. The Government measure will equally, beyond a doubt, be formed under the sobering influence of Ministe rial responsibilities. Nevertheless, in despite of the repressive tendencies of that overwhelming and ever-present sense of responsibility, much may not unreasonably be anticipated_by the more advanced advocates of reform from a Ministry who, during the last session of the Legislature, frankly ac cepted, in obedience to the exigencies of the time one of the long-cherished hobbies of Chartism—the removal of the Property Qualification. Beyond this we are tolerably secure that the Cabinet of which the chief minister is the STANLEY of 1832 one of the shining lights of which is the STANLEY of 1858—will not egregiously disappoint the hopes of the great mass of the intelligent population. The leader of this Cabinet in the House of Commons, moreover, is too sagacious a politician delibe rately and elaborately to prepare an overthrow for his Government by participating in the concoction of a scheme of Reform unpalatable alike to the people and to the Parliament. Among his col leagues, likewise, it is encouraging to remember that there stands forward conspicuously in the person of the Colonial Minister, one who was a practical reformer twenty years ago, onelwho, like his political chief, directly participated in carrying the last Reform Bill through the House of Com mons, besides personally sharing with him in has tening through that House the great and humane measure of Negro Emancipation. Under the auspices of statesmen such as these— men at once of sagacity and experience—there is reason to believe that the projected Reform Bill is being prepared with a rational and dispassionate regard, above all things, to the exigencies of the time and the wishes of the people, and not merely with an eye to "the predilections of party and the dictates of expediency. Beyond, far beyond, how ever, the extension of the suffrage, beyond the re vision of the electoral districts, beyond each and all of the various divisions of the Great Question of Parliamentary Reform, there is one which we are firmly convinced will be the turning point of the Government. There is one word which is the Shib boleth of all reforms both in and out of office—and that is the Ballot. It is the mot of the whole move ment. Whichever among the great parties in the Legislature frankly and distinctly pronounces it, declares for it, and accepts it, will therefore be re cognised as 'the rightful possessors of office—will then hold securely within their grasp the func tions of a protracted tenure of the:power and prero gatives of Administration. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, Col. Foster, commanding the Engineers of the South-West District, and the Rev. George Prothero. A deputation on the subject of municipal borough boun daries extension had an interview with Mr. Secretary Wal pole yesterday at the Home-office. The deputation con sistea of, from Banbury, the Mayor, Mr. Richard Ed munis, Mr. Alderman Draper, and the Town Clerk ; frow Falmouth, the Mayor, Mr. J. B. Moorman, and Mr. Al derman Carne; from Grantham, the Mayor, Mr. E. L Hough, the Recorder, and the Town Clerk ; and Mt. W E. Welby, M.P., and the Hon. F. J. Tollemache, M.P.' Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, yester day, from the Governors of Tasmania, South Australia New Zealand, Labuan, and Malta. AUSTRALIA. (By Electric and International Telegraph.)—FALMOVTH, Dec. 15.—The Orwell, Weyn ton, arrived off Falmouth on Wednesday, 84 days from Port Phillip. She has on freight 84,070. ounces of gold, and brings 74 passengers. She landed the mails and 12 passengers. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1858, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's Office : MARSEILLES, DEC. 15. The Presse d' Orient explains that Namik Pacha, the Governor of Jeddah, having invited to dinner the Cadi and ten of the principal merchants, re tained them as prisoners. The Journal de Constantinople declares that the administrative crisis on account of the Principali ties is ended. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 15. Her Majesty the Empress Dowager is still suf fering from cough, with expectoration. Fever still continues, but is less violent. (Signed) KARELL, FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Prime Minister of Algeria has received from General Devaux, Commandant at Constantina, report on the progress made in boring Artesian wells in the part of the Sahara belonging to that province:— " The document states that in the Eastern Sa hara, from Biskra to Tougourth and Onargla, there were several oases which were formerly in a flou rishing condition, but the villages built on them have now fallen into ruins, and caravans proceed ing towards Central Africa can no longer find there water and provisions. The borings which have been terminated on the line crossing the Oued- Rir from Biskra to Onargla lead to the hope that those oases will be restored to their ancient ferti lity. Since last year the quantity of water that has sprung forth has more than doubled, and now forms a large stream in the most scorching part of Algeria.' During the season of 1857-58, five bor ings were executed, which supplied a flow of water of 9,583 litres a minute. Four others are in course of execution, but although they have already reached a greater depth than those above mentioned, the water has not yet risen. The basin of the Hodna, in which the five wells have turned out so favourably, is very well suited for the estab lishment of a colony of Europeans. The fertility of the soil is most remarkable, the yield of wheat being 40 for 1, and the health of the workmen who have been engaged in the borings has always been excellent. At Sidi Sliman, about 16 miles from Tougourth, the oasis was in complete decay; the palm trees had been cut down ; and three wells, which had supplied the village with water, were completely dried up. Now there is a fountain which yields 4,000 litres of water a minute, and the place will soon be restored to life and fertility. The new well is bored in such a situation that the irrigation of the whole oasis can be readily effected. Houses are being rebuilt, and the inhabitants, who had been dispersed among the villages in the neigh bourhood are returning. During the last two years, 15 Artesian wells have been undertaken, of which 11 have perfectly succeeded; of the other four, two lead to the expectation of giving a large supply of water, and the other two will be at least as good as ordinary wells. During the season 1858- 4859, the well of Metkaouack will probably be completed, and new searches for water will be made in other parts of the basin of the Hodna, as well as between Temarin and Onargla. At about eight miles from El-Hadji'ra are the ruins of a large village. Some experimental borings are being made near the spot, and in the event of their being successful, the journey of the caravans towards Central Africa will be materially facilitated. The relations with the Touaregs will become more regular and frequent, and an advantageous com merce may be established between the French possessions and those tribes who attend all the markets of Central ' Africa. The effect produced on the natives by these works has been very bene ficial, and they show themselves deeply sensible to those primary benefits of civilisation. A part of the water from the wells has always been reserved for the poor ; a schcik who endeavered to deprive them of this favour was dismissed, and that ex ample was sufficient to prevent a recurrence of the offence." The report concludes by stating that, if the oases scattered over the part of Africa above alluded to be restored to prosperity, powerful means of action for the future development of the colony will have been prepared. A letter from Toulon states that the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is expected there towards the end of the present week from Nice, and that it is even said that the prince will proceed to Paris to visit the Emperor and Empress. ; BOURSE, Dec. 15.—Business has been very limited, and the market has been rather depressed. Threes have been done at 73f., and are now at 73f. 15c. ; Mobilier varied from 972 f. 50c. to 980 f. ; Austrian, 640 f. to 642 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,390 f. to 1,392 f. 50c. ; Northern, I,ooof. to I,oolf. 25e. ; Lyons, 875 f. to 880 f. ; and Southern, 585 f. to 587 f. 50c. The following aro the last quota tions :- 41 per Cents..... 96 50 /Credit Fonder.... Do. end month .. Belgian 4f lOO 3 per Cents. 72 90 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 72 95 Roman 93 Bank Shares. 3065 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 970 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 970 Home Debt 43 50 said in other quarters that his Majesty is resolved to follow up his great work, and to realise it in spite of every obstacle. Admiral Putiatine has arrived here direst from Paris, and has been received by the Emperor." INDIA. (From the Times' Correspondent) BOMBAY, Nov. 13. I take the opportunity offered by the departure of H.M.'s steamer Auckland, Capt. Stephens, for Aden, to correct and complete the narrative of the campaign. I have one important correction to make at the outset. It was not Tantia Topee who nego. tiated with Capt. Kerr for a surrender, but the Nawab of Banda ; the error arose simply from a substitution of names in the telegraph message conveying the news to Bombay. It is to Captain Kerr and the Southern Mahratta Horse that credit is due for turning Tantia Topee from the plunder of Bhilsa. Such is the terror attached to Kerr's name, that when the rebels learnt his arrival at Hoshungabad they turned finally from their course, and directed their steps towards the Nerbudda. Capt. Kerr, with 350 men, arrived at Hoshungabad after a march of 38 days, from Kulludghur. In that short space of time he traversed 650 miles of country ; he crossed five rivers and countless nul lahs, all swollen by rains ; he toiled through the black soil of the richest cotton country in India, where made roads are not yet in existence, and at a period when all traffic even by bullock carts is at a stand. At Hoshungabad orders awaited him, in obedience to which he marched (Oct. 30) to Bhilsa, taking a bridle path through the hills. On the Ist Nov., after a morning march, he learnt that Tantia Topee had crossed the Nerbudda, and with rapid decision he retraced his footsteps to Hoshung abad, where he arrived the same nght, thus forcing three marches into 24 hours. The greatest excite ment prevailed in the town when he entered it ; the population were in a panic, the shops closed, and the Europeans and troops were moving into their in trenchments as if Hoshungabad were in immediate danger of an attack. There were really no grounds for such exaggerated fears, Tantia Topee having a wholesome dread of attacking any place guarded by regular troops. His army, reduced to 4,ooo—viz., 2,200 infantry, all mounted on ponies, and 1,800 cavalry of the Bengal Irregulars and Gwalior Con tingent, was dispirited and weary. The men, over loaded with jewels, discontented, and cursing their officers as the authors of their present misery, were in little humour to fight. The 'horses and elephants were much worn by fatigue and want of food. Their ammunition was exhausted. In fact, their condi tion was well nigh desperate. They arrived on the north bank of the Nerbudda at a point 50 miles east of Hoshungabad on the 30th Oct.,the very day on which Kerr marched towards Bhilsa. On the 31st they crossed the river, and on the Ist of Nov. they proceeded south to Sohagpoor, the Rajah of which place had promised them assistance. Kerr, with his 350 sabres, knowing the advan tage of decision, and the effect which even a small body of men would create, proceeded at once to So hagpoor, and saved it from the enemy, who, on hearing of his approach, went on to Futtehpoor, about 18 miles westward. One great advantage had been gained by Kerr's movement. Tantia Topee, not knowing the scanty force opposed to him, and unwilling to face it, was cut from the direction of Oomrawuttee and the Deccan, while in his rear the country through which he would have to pass if he desired to take the direction of Nagpore was one of the wildest of Central India, inhabited by the pri mitive race of the Goonds, who might become de termined enemies if their cupidity became excited by the prospect of plundering the treasure at the disposal of the so-called Peishwa's army. Through that country, which comprises the eastern spurs of the Kudhya' and Mahadeo ranges, there were no roads. The paths leading towards Nagpore were impracticable to elephants and camels, and led through at least three defiles well known to the natives as being only passable for infantry and horse in single file. To cross this tract Tantia Topee would have to proceed cautiously and slowly, and might thus give time to a column from Nagpore to cut him off. At Sohagpoor a servant of the Nawab of Banda was caught in the act of posting two letters, one addressed to Sir Robert Hamilton, the other to Captain Kerr, offering to surrender if protection were granted to him, declaring that he was prisoner in the hands of the Rao and Tantia, and that he was tired of rebellion. The truth of the latter state ment was very properly doubted by Kerr, who sent back the servant with this answer—that no promise could be made except that of a fair trial. Having done this, and his confidence having been increased by the intelligence of the low condition to which the rebel army had been evidently reduced, he advanced :on the 2d Nov. ten miles to Hutwas, and reconnoitred Futtehpoor, eight miles in his front. The result was not encouraging; he found that the place was still . occupied by Tantia Topee, that it was situated on rocky ground intersected by deep nullahs, that in its front was thick rocky jungle 21 miles deep, and consequently that an attack by cavalry was impossible. The only posi tion to be assumed seemed to be one of expectation. Gen. Michel was advancing from Bhilsa with Lock hart's and De Salis's brigades, and would reach the Nerbudda on the 6th. Tantia would not venture on attacking, and might lose valuable time by hesita tion. Possibly he might retire into the Putchmur ree Hills, and there he would be so enclosed that, although it would be difficult to attack him in front, he would suffer severely from hunger. Hopes were still entertained that the Goonds might be raised against him, and that the friendly assistance of the Rajahs of Futtehpoor and Sohagpoor might be neutralised. Delay, however, was ill suited to Kerr's temper, and on the 3d he tried the effect of a march on Futtehpoor. The result was, that Tantia Topee retired into the hills, and Futteh poor, which might have been held with ease, was abandoned by the enemy, and Kerr encamped there under the very trees which had served on the previous night to protect the dusky bodies of Tantia and his men. The Rajahs were cowed by the retreat of the latter, and came in to explain their conduct, which, after the explana- tion, still remained inexplicable. On the 4th Kerr intended to advance to Kopoor Kurin, four miles in his front, at the foot of the hills into which Tantia had retired. Several sepoys, caught with arms in their hands, had been shot. Great efforts in the meanwhile had been made to concentrate troops round the rebels. The Kamptee force, comprising Madras infantry, artillery, and cavalry, and the Nagporp Irregular Horse, moved out on Nov. 7th, while Brigadier Hill had orders to bring the detachments at Aurungabad, Baitool, Ellichpore, Mominbad, and Hingolee to a common centre at Oomrawuttee. . Lord Elphinstone is here, having come down from Matheran to be present at the swearing-in of Mr. Ellis, as successor to Mr. Hart, and to receive Sir P. Grant. P.S., Nov. 13.—Letters from Capt. Kerr. dated Kopoor Kurin, Nov. 4th, have just been received. They say that it_was impossible for the cavalry to follow up Tantia Topee through the Putchmurree hills, the jungle being impracticable for cavalry, and the paths, being scarcely broad enough for horses. Gen. Michel was at Hoshungabad on the Bth, and had despatched Parkes with a force of cavalry and artillery to Baitool. It was supposed that Tantia would make westward towards Mooltye, a place a little to the southward of Baitool. When lastheard of he could not have been far from Sindwarra, whose Rajah would, it was said, assist him. He had money, and with it had already been able to assem ble a new force of Rohillas from the Nizam's country. From Scinde a telegram informs me that the fort of Rewarree was taken by Brigadier Eveleigh (Nawabgunge, Cawnpore) on Oct. 9th, with the loss of only 2 Europeans killed and only 3 wounded. Madhoo Singh, of Ameethie, surrendered to Major Bonner, the civil officer accompanying the Com mander-in Chief. If this surrender is the effect of Her Majesty's proclamation of amnesty, it is a most hopeful and significant fact. COLLISION AT SEA.—GLASGOW, Wednesday.— The morning journals have the following in their second edition :—" The steamtug Glowworm, belonging to the underwriters, came into collision with the tug Champion last night off the Cumbries, when the latter went down, drowning the master, engineer, pilot, and firemen. The un fortunate men are all married, and belong to Greenock. The Champion was owned by the Greenock Towing Com- Puy," ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SAND- HURS7'. The result of the first competitive examination of the Staff and Cadet Colleges was publicly an nounced on Tuesday, the 14th inst., by the Com missioners of the College. The Commissioners present on the occasion were—General Sir George Wetherall, Adjutant-General; Major-General Sir Harry Jones, Governor of the College; Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, Deputy-Quartermaster-General ; be sides the following officers :—Major-General Ca meron and Colonel Elwyn, Council of Military. Education ; Colonel Chapman, Commanding Engineers at Aldershot ; Colonel Kennedy, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Aldershott ; Colonel Rochfort Scott, Lieutenant-Governor ; Colonel P. Macdougall, Commandant of Staff College ; Colonel W. Napier, Superintendent of Studies ; and the other officers of the College and many visitors. The Commissioners having inspected the gentle men cadets on parade, proceeded to examine their drawings and those of the officers of the Staff College, comprising landscape and military draw ing, fortification, surveys in the field, and military reconnaissances, with which they expressed their satisfaction. They next proceeded to the Riding School, and witnessed the riding of the gentlemen cadets and the officers of the Staff College, which was very good. After this they adjourned to the board-room, where the real business of the day began. The Vice-President of the Council of Education, Major-General Cameron, then announced to the officers of the Staff College the result of their examination, as follows :—Captain Petiie, 14th Regiment ; Major Gamble, 4th ; Major Carey, 40th ; Captain Wilson, 55th; and Captain Branfill, 4th Light Dragoons. The five officers belonged to the old senior department, and were declared to have passed so creditable an examination as to induce the Council to report them to the General Com manding-in-Chief as qualified to be attached to the Artillery and Cavalry, in order to complete the course as prescribed by the new regulations qualify ing an officer for the Staff. The rest of the officers of the Staff College were declared to have passed their first yearly examina- tion in such a Manner as to lead the Council to expect that they would complete their course satisfactorily. The Vice-President of the Council took this op portunity of thanking the Commandant of the Staff College and the professors for having so ably carried out the plans of the Council of Education. The result of the competitive examinations of the gentlemen cadets for commissions was next an nounced in presence of the whole College. The following , gentlemen cadets were declared to have gained their commissions : Marks. Pearson 7,243 Haly Kemmis • 6,045 Scovell Anstruther Watson 5,682 Beckwith Roband 5,402 Greerson Simmonds 5,160 Heyland Gunter Marks Deere 4,830 Trevillian 4,190 Terrot Salmond Wilson Hickson Pardoe Foster Ewing Brander Harris Two of these cadets, Mr. Hickson and Mr. Haly, both being responsible under-officers have had their commissions antedated to the 6th of November last, in consequence of her Majesty having honoured' the college with a visit on that day for the first time. Thus, then, it appears his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief has presented the Royal Mili tary College with 22 commissions this term. This has been the first trial of the competitive examination, and under the able superintendence of Major-General Cameron and other members of the Council of Education, it must be pronounced as most successful. _ _ _ _ Sir George Wetherall, in an able address to the cadets, begged to assure them, in the name of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief (who was unavoidably absent) how much he had the interests of the college at heart, and that it gave. him (Sir George) infinite satisfaction to express to them personully the duke's feeling on this occasion. He then presented the certificates to each of the gen tlemen cadets who had obtained commissions, and most heartily congratulated the two senior under officers, Hickson and Haly, on their good fortune, which they merited from their high character. The Commissioners then repaired to partake of the hospitality of the Governor, Major-General Sir Harry D. Jones. Thus ended most satis factorily the first trial of the new system of competitive examination (at the Royal Military College) under the able superintendence of the Council of Military Education. The Royal Bride, auxiliary screw steamer, the property of Messrs. Milnes and Kington, of Bristol, made her first passage from this country to Melbourne in 89 days from Plymouth._ AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard mail steamer America sails from Liverpool for Boston and Halifax on Saturday. The Liverpool Post-office box will close on that day at 1 p.m., with late fees at 2 p.m., and on the landing staße at 3 p.m. RAPID RUNS OF LIVERPOOL CLlPPERS.—Yester day (Wednesday) the Aberdeen clipper Robin Hood, be longing to Mr. James Beazley, of Liverpool, arrived at Start Point, for London, having made the extraordinarily rapid run of 96 days from Foo-chow-foo, and 68 days from Anjer, against the monsoon. Information was also re ceived at Liverpool of the arrival at Melbourne, in 76 days, of the clipper Morning Light, from Liverpool. The United States steamer Fulton left Cowes yesterday for New York, with the American mails. Advices were received yesterday of the loss of the ship Lady Hodgkinson, Captain Young, on the coast of Malabar, while on her voyage from London to Bombay, with 361 soldiers. The telegram adds that she was " likely to go to pieces," but that the troops, crew, and part of the cargo were saved. This vessel, registered 946 tons, was built at Sunderland in 1853, and since that period has traded between London and the East Indies. Her classffi cation'at Lloyd's was A 1 for 13 years. The Finance Committee of the Council of India have engaged the ships Red Riding Hood, Ardbeg, and Clive, for the conveyance of stores, respectively, to Bom bay, Calcutta, and Madras'. _ The accounts from India are bad for the shipping interest. The aggregate burden of the vessels seeking freight in the Calcutta river amounted to 2.50,000 tons, and the charge to Liverpool and London had fallen to the un precented rates of between ss. and 10s. for heavy goods (saltpetre, sugar, &c.), and 20s. to 255. for light. At Bom bay there was an equal glut, and cotton was being taken at 20s. In the China waters the estimated supply was 300,000 tons, and few vessels were getting cargoes. At Singapore matters were in a similar position; and at Java there was capacity for 45,000 tons all disengaged. As the vess els ar riving. from England with troops were ready to take any price for return freight there was little prospect of improve ment. THE BANKRUPTCY OF DAVID HUGHES.—lntelli gence has been received by the mail which arrived in Lon don yesterday from Australia, of the success of the measures taken to prevent this bankrupt, whose frauds have created so much sensation amongst the profession and the public, from getting off altogether unscathed. It will be recollected that he absconded in the name of Dyer, with his wife and family, on board the Red Jacket, which sailed from Liver pool on the 20th July last, and the news of his departure, which soon transpired, was the first intimation of anything wrong. Proceedings in bankruptcy were then instituted against him, and mast strenuously res i s ted, b u t the cr editors }ying succeeded in defeating the opposition, full powers were sent out by the next Australian mail, and for which one day's time only was left, in the hope of intercepting the funds it was suspected he had taken with him, and a most exciting race must,unknown to one another, have taken place between the Mail and the Red Jacket, in which the latter, notwith standing her speed and the long start of 26 days, was des tined to lose by so close a shave as 21 hours only, the Mail arriving on Monday the 11th and the Red Jacket on Tuesday, the 12th of October, at Melbourne. The agents of the creditors, on receipt of their instructions, had ken every necessary measure to ensure success, and imme diately the telegram of the Red Jacket being in sight reached them; they proceeded in a steamer alongside, and aGer a strict search for the delinquent, who had resorted to a hiding-plitee•in the vessel, he after some show of resist ance came to a parley with his pursuers ; and upon hand ing over to them all his boxes and money, he was allowed to depart with the wearing appearel, and sufficient to keep his family from starvation on landing. It is understood that great credit is due both to the solicitors here (Messrs. Lowless and Nelson), and to the agent they employed out there (who is a son of a very old member of his profession, Mr. Jones, of Crosby-square„ for the energy with which the bankrupt was followed up, and which has led to this success. It appears that the present mail from Australia has brought the first £720,000 of the Victoria 6 per Cent. Debentures, which are to be put upon the London market during the next four years to the extent of £7,000,000. They are consigned to the London and Westminster and London Joint-Stock Banks by the following six tanks in Australia, who have entered into a contract with the local Government—viz., the Union Bank of Australia, the Bank of Victoria, the London Chartez e I Bank of Austral a, the Bank of Australasia, the Bank of New South Wales, and the Colonial Bank of Australasia. These establishments will also be represented here by their respective agents, who will form a committee to de2ide a s t o th e terms to be ac cepted from time to time. The minimum price fixed in the contract is 105, and the analogous securities (" Victoria Government 6 per Cent. Debentures"), previously on'the London market, are quoted in yesterday's share list at 112 to 11A.., including a half-year's dividend due in January. It was understood that the present debentures were to be sold at the rate of £150,000 per month, dating from October last, in which case only £150,000, and not £750,000, should now be offered, to be followed by £150,000 in each succeed ing month. Whether the incessant feeding of the market at this rate will allow any likelihood of the existing quota tion being maintained will be a matter for einsil ration on the part of buyers. The contract betwec n the banks and the Government thus far merely includes the supply for one year—£l,soo,ooo; but from railway works contem plated it is to be presumed the whole £7,000,000 authorised will be required within the period named, of four years, and that the arrangements will therefore be prolonged. The banks are to receive a commission of 1 per cent., besides I per cent. brokerage on all sales, and are to be employed to pay the interest, for which they are to be alllowed i per cent. They are also to have the negotiation of the Govern ment bills to be drawn on London monthly during the con tinuance of the sales,—Timee city Article. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. 842 50 .. 840 Lyons and Mediterranean BBO 877 50 New ditto Geneva .. Midi Southern Western 605 .. 605 Eastern Grand Central — Sardinian 420 Austrian -- - .. 620 -- Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f. 10e.; three month:, paper, 24t. 971 c.; money, 24f. 95c. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Bucharest, of the 4th, says : "The judicial examination into the attempt on the life of M. Mane has been commenced, but nothing relative to the proceedings has yet trans pired. Rumours are, however, current that accord ing to the evidence of the servants, and the inspection of the house, no trace of any projectile has been found, nor any apparent damage having been caused. Some marks are, it is true, visible on the ceiling, but some persons affirm that those had been there before the attempt. However obscure the affair may be, the Caimakans persist in representing it as most heinous, and do not hesitate to attribute it to political causes. It is on the ground of this crime, as well as by bringing forward such faCts as the posting up of placards at the doors of the ministers, that they have called for the adoption of the most violent measures. They seem to wish to establish an idea abroad that the country is in a disturbed state. Long instructions relative to the elections have been published. That they should put restrictions on the electoral rights does not at all surprise the Wallachian people; but what astonishes and afflicts them is that those instructions should have been approved of by the foreign consuls to whom they had been previously submitted. Up to the present time, scarcely 100 electors have inscribed their names in this city, and the same backwardness has been observable in the rural districts. If this apathy should continue, the retrograde party will gain the advantage." RUSSIA. A St. Petersburgh letter of the 6th says : " By order of the Emperor, prayers of thanks-, giving have been offered up in all the churches of the capital for the great diminution of the cholera. Rumours are in circulation that the central com mittee on the emancipation question' intend to propose the abandonment of the original pro gramme of the Government, and that the nobility may be allowed to regulate the affair themselves. Should that be done, it is certain that the greit reform would be postponed sine die, and the inten tions of the Emperor paralysed. It is, however, PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 12th says :—" Not withstanding what has been said, the Military Cabinet of the King, which was charged withwhat is called personal affairs, is to be suppressed. In fact, the present Minister of War made the sup pression of it a condition on his entering the Mi nistry. It is said that the present chief of that Cabinet, General de Manteuffel, is to be nominated Military Plenipotentiary at the Court of Russia— Baron de Laen, who now exercises those functions, having begged to be relieved. Although the cross' party neglects no means of preventing the introduction of civil marriages, a decision has been unanimously come to in the Council of Minis ters that a bill for establishing such marriages shall be presented to the Chambers, and the Prince Regent has given his consent. This bill will pre vent clergymen from refusing to marry divorced persons, and thereby oblige such persons to wed abroad. It has been rutnoured that M. de Schlei nitz is to leave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and be succeeded by M. de Pourtales. The rumour is unfounded, but it is probable that M. de Pour tales will be nominated ambassador at Vienna." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies had again been occupied in discussing election matters. Some objection was made to the return of a gentleman named Loring, elected at. Malaga, on the ground that, though born in Spain, he was the son of a North American, and was therefore not a Spaniard ; but as it appeared that he had formally announced his intention, at the age of 21, to become a Spaniard, which is all that is required by Spanish law, he was by 117 votes to 11 declared duly elected. In the course of the discussion, Marshal O'Donnell, in consequence of insinuations made against the Cabi net, entered into political considerations, and gave a graphic sketch of the difficulties which his pre decessors had met with in attempting to carry on the Queen's Government with a Parliament com posed of a number of petty factions, each following a leader who could neither command nor obey. He was, however, called to order by the President, M. Martinez de la Rosa, who said that as the Cham ber was only discussing election questions, it would never be definitively constituted, if political speeches were allowed to be made respecting the details of every doubtful election. The Premier acceded to the observations of "the President of the Chamber, and stated that he hoped that as soon as the answer to the Queen's speech should come under debate his adversaries would renew their attacks. In the Senate the verification of the nomination of certain new sena tors was proceeded to. The Cabinet was about to present a bill to sanction the subventions granted to railways. Advices from Belgrade of the sth state that the elections in Servia have for the most part termi nated, by the choice of candidates opposed to the Prince. Order was nowhere disturbed. Traders and agriculturists have been generally returned. The clergy are preparing a petition, complaining that they have not been admitted to electoral rights. The Nord of Brussels states that the Empress Dowager of Russia is not so seriously ill as has been stated ; her Majesty, who 'continues exceed ingly delicate, is merely suffering from a severe cold. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer La Plata, Capt. Weller, has arrived with the West India and Pacific mails. Her dates are from Jamaica, Nov. 27th; Deme rara, 25th; Tobago, 25th ; Trinidad, 25th ; Grey town, 17th ; Berbice, 25th ; Barbadoes, 26th ; Gre nada, 26th ; St. Vincent, 26th; St. Thomas, Dec. 2. La Plata has 45 passengers; 804,631 dols. in specie, jewellery value 2,304 dols., 322 bags of cocoa, and sundries. Her Majesty's ships Imaum, Cuba, Devastation and Leopard were at Jamaica. The ATtrato, with the mails of the 17th ultimo, arrived at St. Thomas on the 2d inst. at 6 a.m., all well. Dec. 11, in lat. 41 52 N., long. 29 42 W., sig nalled an English barque showing third distinguish ing pendant, No. 3,107. On the 13th, in lat. 46 16, long. 17 34, an English ship, from Calcutta, show ing third distinguishing pendant, No. 4,127. On the 15th, off the Lizard, at 8 a.m., passed a barque with rudder gone, in tow of a steamer. Off Port land signalled an English ship showing thi r d dis tinguishing pendant, No. 496. Trade continued dull at J ama i ca, ow i ng to t h e increased supplies of Halifax an d A mer i can pro visions. Railroad traffic had been suspended in con sequence of damage, done b y the h eav y ra i ns , an d the difficulty experienced in bringing produce to market had enabled holders of coffee and pimento on the spot to obtain full rates. Sugar was in good supply, and prices exhibited a further downward tendency. The Legislature was steadily proceed ing with business, but of no general interest out of the colony. The session was expected to close by the end of the year. Heavy rains had inundated several parts, damaging the crop s , an d sweep i ng away cottages, with their inmates. Seven were drowned in St. David's parish, and several lives were lost in Manchester. Slight shocks of earth quake were felt on the 18th and 19th. Intelligence from the' mining districts was satisfactory. Fever was prevalent. Her Majesty's ship Leopard arrived at Jamaica on the 24th, from Greytown, with a large number of sick on board. At Grenada the Legislature had adjourned to February after three days' sitting. Some of the financial questions gave rise to warm discussions. There had been no lack of rain. Sugar-making prospects were good. Cocoa was coming into mar ket briskly. The weather at Demerara had been very wet for some time past. It was feared that the sugar crop would be late this year, and scanty. The river was full of shipping, and freights low—from ls. to is 3d. No papers received from the Spanish Main and the Windward Islands. The Barbadoes Legislature was in session, but nothing of interest doing, The new naval Commander of the French fleet on the West India and Gulf of Mexico station, Rear-Admiral Penaud, arrived at Martinique on the Bth ult., in the steamer I'Ardent, from Brest, and on the 10th embarked in the steamer Lucifer for Vera Cruz to join his flagship, the Cleopatre. During the last fortnight_ of October 729 emi grants from India arrived at Guadaloupe. The news from the South Pacific is very unin teresting. The location of the Santiago and Val paraiso Railroad was going forward, and it was expectedthat its construction would soon be actively carried on. _ _ . Accounts from the interior and the South in re gard to the coming harvest are favourable. The mining news from Copiapo i s sa ti s f ac tory. • Business was very dull at Valparaiso, and the scarcity of silver coin was much felt. At Callao some excitement was felt about Ecuador, and exten sive preparations were making to prosecute the war with vigour. An extraordinary bill had been presented to Congress, and was expected to pass into an Act, 'imposing to recognise and pay all the debts of Vivanco during the Revolution, to recog nise all the officers of the army and navy in their full grades, no matter of what party, and pay all arrears due since out of commission, and all exiles to return home to Peru. Business was rather dull and not much doing in charters. Some vessels had been taken for Mauri tius, to load guano for that place. SINGULAR ADVERTISEMENT.—" The gentleman who rescued two ladies from insult some time since on the Donnybrook-road will find something addressed to him at the office of Saunders's Newsletter." What this advertise ment, which appeared in the Times, as in Saunflers' News letter and the, Constitution, could refer to furnishes matter of much gossip and surmise both in this city and Dublin. The incident is one at once romantic and mysterious. More than a year ago a gentleman of this city had the honour and satisfaction of being enabled to rescue two young ladies in the neighbourhood of Dublin from the offensive conduct of a person in the garb of a gentleman, and of giving him the punishment which he deserved. A few days ago, when he had almost forgotten the circumstance, ho received through an unknown hand an envelope containing a hand some diamond ring, with an intimation that it is designed as a tribute of thanks for his chivalrous conduct en the oc casion. What adds to the interest of the story is, that the parties are wholly unknown to each other ; the ladies know not the name of their deliverer, nor is the gentleman aware of the names of the ladies who have shown so delicate and tasteful a remembrance of the service which he had it in his power to confer,—Ork Constitution. H.R. BRIGHT AT EDINB URGH. EDINBURGH, DEC. 15. This evening Mr. Bright addressed a intetingii the Music-hall, Edinburgh, on the subject of l'ai! liamentary reform. The hall, accommodating about 2,000, was crowded to excess long before the com mencement of the proceedings, and at least an equal number were unable to gain admission. Mr. Duncan M'Laren presided, and it was intended that the other speakers should precede Mr. Bright, but the intense pressure in the meeting, and the difficulty in otherwise obtaining silence and order, induced theth to give place to the-speaker who had attracted this vast meeting. Mr. BRIGHT, after some preliminary words, said • that this great meeting was, with probably few exceptions, favourable to Parliamentary reform, and that opinion in favour of reform was held apparently universally by all classes of the people. They could scarcely find a statesman—he meant of the official class—who was against it, even were they to advertise and offer a reward for him. He referred to the successive Governments of Rus sell, Aberdeen, and Lord Palmerston as having all been pledged to Parliamentary reform, and said that, more amusing still; they now found the only Government possible, representing the Conservative party, without pressure on them, engaged in pre paring a measure of reform, and putting one ingre dient after another into it, in the hope of offering to the country something that Parliament and the country might approve. He hoped that it would not be of that sort of feast it was said sometimes the Spanish host set before his guests, consisting of very little meat and a great deal of tablecloth. This unanimity had not arisen from popular clamour. The people had no large or menacing meetings like those in 1831. There had been no breaking of windows, and the carriages of hostile persons had not been pelted and overturned in the streets. This change in opinion had arisen from another cause—from the steady pressure of the growing power of the people. What was it that they now wanted? They were not conspirators—they had no secret societies, and their correspondence was not opened at the flome-office. They had no object but to discuss the question in great meetings like this. They wanted to extend the political power of the people. In doing so they must necessarily diminish the political power of certain small classes in the country. There was a time when the Crown in England' was absolute, and from adherence to abso lutism one English monarch came to an unpleasant end, and another was driven away ; but the ques tion between the Crown and the people had bee n settled. They did not now propose to limit the power of the Crown, but they did propose to limit the power of the aristocratic classes, and to do that, not by injuring them, but by allowing public intel ligence, public interests, and fpublic virtue to play their part in the legislation of the country. They proposed simply to carry a little further the prin ciples of the Act of 1832. He had never been one who deprecated that measure. It was a measure full of great results, and one great result was this, that it settled for ever the question whether the people should be contented with a fraudulent and sham representation, or whether they were entitled to demand a real representation, such as they were met to demand that night. Mr. Bright then adverted to the various features of the bills of 1852 and 1854, and said the great object of these bills was that there should be less oP the individual influence of smaller classes, and more of the in fluence and power which in every free country mist rest in the great body of the people. Their object in the present movement was precisely the same. He proceeded to defend the proposed rating franchise as the only just and practicable mode of extending the suffrage, and contrasted the condi tion of the people now as compared with 60 years ago. He would, however, let them into a secret. It was not that the ruling classes did not think the unrepresented classes intelligent enough that they would deny them the franchise. The more in telligent they became, and the better instructed in public affairs, the more would they dread the time whenpolitical power was extended to them. The illiterate, depraved, or careless could be managed by cajoling or by force ; but it was the intelligent, hard-headed, instructed, thoughtful, re solute citizens that the privileged classes did not like. Mr. Bright then entered into the question of county representation, with a view of showing that a £lO occupancy franchise could not introduce a lower class of voters than a £5O tenantry of land. After some remarks as to burghs to be disfranchised and seats to be reapportioned, he adverted to the Times newspaper, which he contrasted with the Great Eastern tossing about in the Bay of Biscay without compass or chart ; but said that, as the Times usually went with the stronger, the moment it found the people in earnest it would be as zealous and as entirely with them as it was in 1832. The Times had asked him why he did not produce the details of his bill ; but, though itself professing to be a great public instructor, it had never put the clauses of its own bill into a leading article, and it had never asked Lord Palmerston when he was in office to explain the exact clauses of his bill. All he could promise the Times was that whenever he spoke on the subject he.should make his audience under stand what were the principles he thought should guide any measure of Parliamentary reform: He then alluded to Mr. Newdegate's challenge to him on the subject of county . representation. That gentleman was laborious in statistics, but most feeble and confused on any question of principles- He asked that gentleman if he knew anything of the constitution of the House of Loids, or of the origi nal objects of the hereditary peerage. Now, he should like to ask this question—Did the House of Lords represent the land and tenantry on their land, or did they only represent their own indivi dual interest ? If the former, what came of the question of county representation ? If the latter, on what ground were 400 individuals to set them selves up against the will of 30,000,000, and reject year after year, as they had done, beneficent and excellent measures passed by the representatives Of the people—a veto which for 150 years the mo narchy had not ventured to exercise ? The view' of Mr. Newdegate would compel a complete change in the constitution of the House of Lords, and the Lords were at this moment sufficiently se vered from the people in political opinion, as was shown in the fact that not even a single Liberal Peer had come forward to sympathise with them in their present movement. But suppose Mr. Newde gate's views were carried—the party in the House of Commons which sympathise with the House of Lords made much more numerous and powerful, what would be the result ? It might not con e in a day, but with the Lords and the majority of the Commons separated from the political opinions of the people, as the House of Lords now was, the es trangement would become greater, and they would be on the high road to changes in their political in stitutions which certainly he did not wish to sect but which those who called him rash and innovating would tremble even to think of. He did not wish to overturn the institutions of our country, but NY 1 1 ! for preserving as far as possible the ancient land; marks. He was charged with being too much an advocate of peace abroad. He was not less an ad vocate of peace and order and security at home- Why was it that we had peace in our country now ? It was because our legislation since 1842, and particUlarly in 1846, had tended to spread comfort and plenty and case throughout the homes of the people. We, he said, who gave five or seven years—the best years of our lives —to carry the question of the Corn-laws, have done more for the peace and the security of this realm than all the peerage have done during our lifetime; and now we ask for a great change—a change fol lowing up a change. Six and twenty years ago we based our propositions on just principles. We arc warned by the experience of the past. Our measure shall be moderate in its strength, but it shall be irresistibly strong in its moderation ; it is calculated to unite all orders of men within this realm ; and I believe that it will give additional freedom and greatness and happiness to the people of this country. I have come to Scotland deputed to ask whether you will join this movement, and when I recollect your history, and when I think et your' character, a n d w h en I see th e th ousan d s yin°, are here to-ni . ght, I feel beyond dispute that I shall not ask in vain. Mr. Bright was throughout heard with great attention, and was frequently and warmly ar plauded. Mr. PRICE, secretary of the London Reform At sociation, then addressed the meeting ; after which the CHAIRMAN made a few remarks. A resolution pledging the meeting to the prig' ciples of Mr. Bright's measure was proposed an d carried. Thanks to Mr. Bright and the chairman COi l ' eluded the proceedings. DEATH OF DR. J. L. COMSTOCK.—Dr. John I" Comstock, widely known as the author of valuable text' books on Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, &c., died at Har i " ford, Conn., on Sunday, Nov. 21. He was a native , Lyme, Conn., served in the war of 1812, and devoted ma n y years to the preparation of school-books. His 44 Nata r Philosophy" had a sale of half a million copies. Dr. Cp l stock was noted for great mechanical ingenuity. Ile 111 ! io the most of his own apparatus, and could work in meta and glass with great skill and, neatness. He was a ve r e 'df good draughtsman, and drew most of the diagrams oraploY in illustratin his works.—N ew Y or k Evening Post. A LONG SHOT.—A new gun, invented by Messr' t Armstrong, of Newcastle, has been satisfactorily tested Shoeburyness, the projecting power of which compiet c yt distances that of any piece of ordnance hitherto known• an elevation of 33 degrees it has sent a 3 9 1 b. shot a distanc e of 9,600 yards, or more than five miles. The same raniV, has been attained by a n i ne -p oun d er , weighing 16cwt. , similar construction.- NON The Loml Englan, is robe about tl account has al at the tiOn 0 Which : manner and oth Permanl 80 tirces, Slightes such as remove created The ( ° l llices Abou the Ban Chili on t hus ere A mei has take p., i. 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