The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-13 00:00:00

• OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT - t GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA DYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE NIGHT DANCERS. Messrs H. Haigh, 11. Corri, G. Kelly, Distin, and Lyall • Madame Palmieri, Miss Albertazzi, Miss Leffler, Miss Thirlwall, and bliss Huddart. And a Ballet of Action Ambuscade. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half -past. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Leamee, Mr. J. B. Backstooe. THIS EVENING the pertormances will commence with THE BABES IN THE WOOD. After which, BON AND COX &id THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leoleroqs. Commence at ROYAL PR INCE S S'S THEATRE...— Lessee and lklpbszer, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, an Adaptation of Victor Hug,o's cele brated Play of RUY PLAS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. when Mr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian renown, will make his 15th appearance on the English stage, supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, Meadows, Garden, Graham, Raymond, Morland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris ; Miss Rose Leclercq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded byISUSAN SMITH. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (2d time) an entirely new drama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or, THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal characters by Mr. Henry ?Terille, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Villiers, Mr. G. Vininry, Mr. Forhster, Mr. Campbell„ Mr. Clifford, Mr.:J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. After which, THE PEPS OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. The Music by Mr. George Loder. Principal characters by Mr H. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. J. Morris, Miss M. Ternan, Miss Neville, MissHudspeth, Miss Stuailb, Miss Turner, Miss Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To conclude with PERFECTION. Mr. H. Neville, Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. John Rouse, Mrs. John Rouse, and Miss Rose Howard. - Commenoe at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster, Engagement for a limited number of nights of Miss Agnes Robertson and Mr. Dion Bourcicault, who will appear ; every evening in the highly successful Drama of "The Colleen NAM." THIS EVENING, THE'RITLE BRIGADE. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss Wocrigar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Bourcicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stenhenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, ,Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. David Fisher. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes,-41. pit, Amphitheatre, ls ; Gallery, 6d. Orchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, 4s. n Circle Stalls, 3s Pit Stalls, 25.; A c ting M anager—Mr. Wm. Sinn. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand Spectacle of ROBLN HON). This Eyenincr,, the hig,hly successfbl new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by E. Fitzball , Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducinz the Stud of highly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, &e, a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin - Hood, Mr. John Prit chard. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by the celebrated Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome and :their: Troupe, of unequalled performers, &c., including the' incomparable Young Charles Duerow, the Greatest Wonder of the age. Doors open at half-Fast 6, performance Commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 . Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. Norma ...................... Miss RUSSELL. Adaleisa .................... Madame ➢IARIA, (Her first appearance:: in this country.) Atter which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting of Seventeen Per formers, organised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, Szc. Prin cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Jos Brown, G. W. Pell, 11. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGFIMANS. Balcony, ls, —Hall. 6d. THE WEJITHER.-Sux OVPICE, NOT. 13, 1560. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE, 44 —highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.59. WlND—South-Easterly ; light, with fine mild weather./ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, !lh. 722m.—Afternoon, lh. 45m. To-monnow.-Morning, 2h. Bm.—Afternoon, 2h. !32m. LONDON. TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 1860. The Cabinet Council convened this afternoon, at the official residence of the Prime Alinister, is in a manner the nucleus, as we may call it, of a cluster of great Ministerial opportunities. Let us hope that events will show that these same opportunities have neither been overlooked nor neglected when recognised, by the high advisers of the SOVEREIGN. At this reunion, it should be remarked, the Administrators of England have been brought together exactly midway between the annual pro rogation and re-assembling of Parliament. During the interval which elapses (every recurring twelve month) between these two important events, a weightier responsibility devolves, as a matter of course, upon the Ministers of the Crown, as the conservators of the honour of the country, and as the regulators and directors (unembarrassed, for a while, by the co-operation or interposition of the two Houses of the Legislature), of the gigantic, yet delicate and complicated mechanism of our Constitutional Government. At home and abroad -- in regard to the policy of this country—they are necessarily in a great mea sure as supremely " monarchs of all they survey" as SELKIRK on his desert island: they are thus in a great measure collectively as a Cabinet, and thus also are they each of them peculiarly and individually in the conduct of the affairs of their respective de partments. The only moderating influences indeed which can be said to affect the councils of her MAJESTY'S Ministers during this long period of independent action, apart from the authority of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, are those derived on one hand from the remembrance that with the return of February the Legislature of the empire will be again brought together, and u pon the other (this influence being always more urgently felt, because absolutely unceasing in its evidenees of activity and of vigilance) from the un sleeping watchfulness, and the bold and ever audible voi ce of Public Opinion as enunciated through es e , Kress. if Ministers, therefore, are thus annually allowed, during very nearly one-half of the year, viz 9 from the end of August until the beginning of February, a show•of more than ordinary independence, an appeamnce almost, as one may say of actual irresponsibility —their burden of respon sibilities, both collective and . individual, are in truth only, as we before intimated, enhanced in stead of being diminished ; they • nre never for an • instant independent either of that Public Opinion w hich perpetually envelopes them, as it were, like an a tmosphere, or of that Coming Sessi on , which m ust always haunt the conscience of a C a bi net, almost like a sense of remorse, during the whole o f the five or six months' interval of the winter vaca tion. At any ordinary Cabinet Council convened ex actly midway between the last and the next session of Imperial Parliament, one might not unreason ably presume that the Ministers of the Crown must necessarily, if only from the mere circum stance of their assembling thus exactly midway between those two (to themselves especially) impor tant events—that Ministers, if for no other reason, at any rate for that, must be impelled then espe cially to take a more than usually comprehensive, and impartial, and attentive survey of the position into which the policy of the country, both at home and abroad, had by that time been brought under their Ministerial guidance, or, it might be, even in spite of their Ministerial guidance. 'I he Cabinet Council of this afternoon, however, . ,r• , ii,vt: . . I , r it# : j pillg , ...,: ~A . tijo r . .. , 1 t I ,r 4 ' ~...; '''_ -'_.* i t L•jir_ '4 " .4.1* tr . , -"-- -''4 ` ti). 'i' • ''. \ .Oar0 ...:‘ " 44 ' 44 ;' , 111" : •- - '.• • '': " 1.1 '-(`,' :'. - 4 `' ~ 4 ..' tili p -.... " '0. , ,,, , ' - --' '' • ' ' '2: Zi.k.., A r' ‘l , Nit : THE SUN. marks no ordinary epoch either in regard to_the interests of this nation alone, or in regard to the combined interests of all the other portions of Christendom. Our Ministers are brought together this day, alike upon the morrow, and upon the eve manifestly of events, some of them at least alto gether unprecedented. In respect merely to what has been termed, not altogether inaptly, and cer tainly, in the absence of any better phrase, very ex pressively the Balance of Power in Europe, what is the latest and most remarkable spectacle that we have been called to witness, that we are actually now witnessing, in furtherance of the great work of its readjustment ? The spectacle of Another Great Power rising into existence out of the chaos of many small and hitherto bitterly antagonistic principalities ! And assuredly, in reference to the rise and consolidation of the New Kingdom of Italy, her MAJESTY'S Ministers have nothing what ever to reproach themselves with—their whole ' policy in regard to the self-solution of the Italian Difficulty being expressed in the one simple and comprehensible and, by this time, perfectly familiar phrase of non-intervention. In respect, again, to another matter of exceeding delicacy that might not unreasonably have been expected to embarrass if it did not, in fact, absolutely bewilder, the Coun cils of the Administration — in respect, we wean, to the manly reconcilment of an unbroken alliance with France, of the reconcilment of this unbroken alliance with the development and rapid reorganisa tion of our national defences, military and maritime, and not one of these defences only, but all of them, as General PEEL finely, because truly, says, VOLUNTEERED! In respect to the al most problematic reconcilment of those two apparent opposites—here, too, Ministers have nothing whatever to reproach themselves with, on. the contrary, they have every reason to indulge in self-gratulations, they have every cause, at this moment, to exult in the happy issue as yet of their judicious and hitherto most successful policy. The blessings predicated so very abundantly from the operation of the Commercial Treaty between our selves and our French neighbours have certainly yet to begin dropping in upon us—and we are still left to the last, dazed by the wholly unlooked for, and even now entirely enigmatical phenomenon of the Great Apostle of Free Trade sojourning, during the best part of a year in an obscure office some where in a back street of Paris negotiating —what in the name of fortune ? why, nothing less than a Treaty of Reciprocity, and what is more, one that turns out, when it is looked at more closely, only nominally and not actually a Treaty of Reciprocity ! The Reciprocity being—(we are reduced to the neces sity of the Bull in order to define what is other wise altogether indefinable)—the Reciprocity here being all on one side ! and as we have again and again shown, that side (the wrong side of the hedge for us) ours ! Admitting all which, however, one must allow even here, even in regard to the Treaty—as one admits in regard to the blunder of any well-inten tioned but indiscreet friend that one is yet sincerely interested in and attached to, in spite of his blun dering—it was all no doubt meant well ! Nay, we will even go so far as to admit, it may turn out to be the small end of the wedge, the very small end of the wedge of Free Trade that time may eventually drive ." home," so as to topple down at last the giant Blunderbore of French Monopoly. However this may be in regard to the Treaty, nevertheless, there still remains intact the Anglo-French Alliance—so wholly uninterrupted that our soldiers have been advancing together, side by side upon the battle-fields of China, carrying the Royal banners of VICTORIA and the Imperial Eagles of NAPOLEON up to the very gates of Pekin —while at home here, our National Defences are already so far developed in their progress towards a more perfect organisation that already we may laugh to scorn the notion of any invasion being attempted, even by a world in arms. Not without effect have we spent in a year of peace upwards of thirty millions upon our War Establishments. Not without effect, has that clarion of patriotism been sounded which has called together within a few months our National Guard of 170,000 Rifle Volunteers. While Ministers have thus been enabled, happily, during their Cabinet Council this afternoon, to look towards the future without any excessive solici tude, and to look back to the past not without a very reasonable sense of complacency or self gratulation—let us hope still that they will Rot have separated before resolving that all due honour shall to-morrow morning be paid to the glorious and imperishable memory of one of the most heroic citizens who ever reflected honour upon the annals of England. Let us hope that Ministers will have resolved this afternoon, before the close of their Cabinet Council, that the Guards, both foot and horse, shall attend the coffin of the Great Sailor from Kensington to West minster Abbey, and that the park guns shall fire a salute in Farewell as the grave receives all that is mortal of that grand old Earl of DUNDONALD. While the other notabilities of the day are pub lishing their views on public matters, in ovations at Agricultural Meetings, Mechanics' Institutes, Volunteer Prize Meetings, and hospitable gather• ings at the Mansion-House, Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, long silent, slips quietly into print through a private letter, which we must suppose he permitted to become public. We must sympathise with the Hon. Member in finding that he cannot do the work of a talking and long session, and repeat also his Autumn Reform crusade in the provinces. It cannot be denied that he pleaded the cause of revi sion of the constituencies with extraordinary ability and vigour; and that he advocated well a large extension of the franchise. But the members for the small boroughs were too many for him. Whigs and Tories gladly availed themselves of their numerical strength, and the petty boroughs by favour of Mr. DISRAELI, and of Lord JOHN RUSSELL too, held their own. As to the suffrage, it was too plain that the great body of the opera tives cared nothing about it. An effective move ment on their part would have been the easiest thing in the world ; but they moved not. If they were poli tical serfs they at least wore their chains unwillingly; and a futile strike for one hour a day less work was of more interest to them than to become full citizens of their country. For the hour, which they could not get, thousands subscribed money and thousands starved. For the right to vote in the election of Representatives to Parliament hardly a voice was raised, hardly a meeting was held ! Could we believe the negroes of New Orleans so indifferent to their rights, it would not be easy to get up the steam for emancipation. Then, not only were the operatives indifferent to the offered privilege, hut those who possessed it were but too glad to find them so, Employers of labour, above all, shrunk from seeing their single v ote overwhelmed by those of the tens and hundreds whom they employed. We have little doubt that even such Radical and benevolent masters as Mr. F the member for th e W est Riding, ari R d A ; I I: C .T RS ITT SALT, YRiding, the member for Bradford, we re not ill-pleased that the cry for universal suffrage, very near it, did not take. They, to or b in e s s o u m re e , t e h ven g with the ballot, would be pretty cer- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING; NOVEMBER 13, 1860. tain of the hearty votes of these hundreds of work men ; still, we imagine, all these great masters would rather not have to court their work men. Mr. BRIGHT, therefore, found that in the very class to which he belongs there was, at least no zeal for the enfranchisement of operatives. His present letter is, for the most part, a very clever appeal to the masters through their aversion to strikes. To a master manufacturer it would be better to be out-voted than to have all his hands turn out, and most probably, too, on quite insuffi cient ground. The letter is in reply to one who, like himself, is a great patron of popular educa tion, but who has been disappointed in its results ; and chiefly it would seem with its not teaching the men not to know better than to strike. Mr. BRIGHT, in reply, adverts to the ignorance of all classes on the subject. "It is not," he says, "to be expected that the workmen in our population should be wiser than other classes, and we know well that other classes have, whenever able to do it, enforced combination prices, and endeavoured to make a scarcity in the articles in which they have dealt. The fact is that among all classes there is a lamentable ignorance of the laws which ought to regulate labour and trade, and that the study of political economy is totally neglected in the educa tion of the whole people. At this moment the views of a large portion of the highest class—l mean highest in position, in wealth, and in scholar ship—are wholly unsound on these subjects, and, making allowance for difference of circumstances, they support precisely the same principles as those contended for by trades' unions." He shows how naturally the workman supposes that to force higher wages from his employer is obviously for his inte rest ; and that anything is fair in the fight with capital. But Mr. BRIGHT now turns to the em ployers, and says there is ono cause of this evil for which you are greatly responsible. Your system of political exclusion of the working classes, a system purposeiT maintained by you, has harrowed their thoughts and sympathies. You have trained them to look only at those immediately over them. You have accustomed them to think of only two classes, those who employ them and themselves ; and consequently you have to bear the brunt of every conflict. In addition to this, you have prevented that enlargement of mind which would enable them to perceive, that combinations, either of masters or of men, must, in the vast ma- jority of cases, be to their mutual injury. "They are shut out from the political world ; they are told that they ought to have, and shall have, no opinion and no voice in the direc tion of public affairs; that they are an igno rant and a dangerous class; and that what are called the institutions of their country would not be safe if they were permitted to take any part in them. The inevitable result is that these men, growing every day in information, and in restless ness and discontent, rather it may be with their social than their political condition, and growing also in numbers and in the means of organisation, maintain a contest with the only authority they see and feel, namely, with their employers, who are to them almost all they know and comprehend of superior power and of governmental control." This is, assuredly, clever hitting ; and it is as cleverly argued out in what follows. He seems also to ask the suffrage of the Right Hon. BENJAMIN DISRAELI himself; for, tacitly, he appeals to his description of " the two nations," and we should not be surprised if the Right Hon. Member for Bucks did not really suggest this argument to Mr. BRIGHT. " The fact is,"—he says— " our system of political exclusion has this effect; it makes of the working classes a nation, separated by a gulf passable only by few of them, from that other nation to which the existing Con stitution pretends to give, though it does not honestly give, political power. There is thus no real amal gamation of classes. The class receiving wages is shut out from the questions and the interests which occupy the minds and engage the energies of the em ploying class. Its members are limited to the consideration of their own individual, and local, and class interests ; and their mental activity is devoted to something like a servile war, because everything that is broader and greater is excluded from their view." His hopes do not seem to be very sanguine as to any early adoption of his views ; but he States well what he conceives the result would be. He sees a direct connection between an equal civil and political position for all classes, and the cessation of strikes. "I do not," he re marks, " expect in our time that these deplorable transactions will come to an end, but I am per suaded that they would occur much more rarely, and be attended with less of bitterness and of that obstinate folly which now so often distinguishes them, if the wall of partition between classes were broken down by the admission of the great labour interest' into the rights of citizenship. Then the same questions would interest us all ; the same grievances, where grievances exist, would be seen to affect us all ; the same great public ob jects would stimulate us all; and instead of being, as we now are, two nations in one country, having different ends and adverse sympathies, we should have objects and parposes in common, to the incal culable and permanent gain of the whole people." It will not be denied that there is weight as well as ingenuity in these observations. It would be easy, of course, to picture quite another side ; but it is not easy to deny that full political rights, pro tected too by the ballot, must do much to enlarge the minds and thoughts of many who now have no direct interest in anything but work and wages. The Parliament of Victoria, after a protracted session of eleven months, has at last come to a definite settlement of the Land Question. The Legiaative Assembly, with great good sense and moderation, having waived two minor points on which a short time back they seemed resolved to make a stand, viz., the settling of competing appli• cations for the same allotment of land by " lot," instead of limited auction, and the extension of deferred payments to three-fourths instead or one-half of each allotment. But the members of the Council proving obstinate, and, in fact, want ing some concession to be made to 'give them an excuse to pass the bill, the Legisla tive Assembly having in reality gained the victory could afford to be generous, so that this long-vexed question is at length settled, and on the 18th September Sir HENRY BARKLY affixed his signature to the death• warrant of Land Jobbery and Squatter monopoly. Henceforward land will lose its fictitious value, and bona fide pur chasers will be enabled to buy land at the upset price of one pound sterling per acre ; or, better still, to take it on lease at a rent of:one shilling per acre per annum, with the right to purchase within the time specified in the lease. Three million acres of public land are to be thrown open for selection by the Ist of November, 1861, at the uniform price of £1 per acre, and the contracts have already been taken for the survey of more than a third of that quantity, besides a considerable tract of country already surveyed and open for selection. We take the following summary of the Land Act from the Melbourne _Herald of Sept. 25 : " The first 11 clauses deal with lauds reserved for public purposes, and other preliminary details. AU other waste lands are to be classed as special and L T country lands. Special lands include all lands within given distances of towns, cities, villages, railways, rivers, and sea-margin. Country lands include all other waste lands, and may be sold by selection at the uniform price of one pound per acre. Country lands are to be divided into allotments of from 80 to 640 acres, and each allot ments is to be subdivided into two equal portions. These subdivisions may be taken up by free selec tion at the uniform price. Three millions of acres are to be surveyed as soon as possible, so that the whole extent may be proclaimed as open for selec tion within twelve months from this date. Appli cations for subdivisions are to be lodged at places appointed, and the full amount of the purchase money is to be deposited at once. Thus, for forty acres forty pounds must be paid down. Re ceipts must be given and secrecy preserved by the officer who receives the payment. On the day appointed the applications are all to be opened publicly. If there be only one applicant for an allotment, of course he gets possession without further trouble. If there be more than one applicant for an allotment, a limited auction is to be held, at which the appli cants, but no other persons, may bid against each other. Unsuccessful applicants receive back their deposit moneys. The selector of an allotment may elect to purchase it at the waif= price, or to rent it at one shilling an acre per annum, with right of purchase within the time specified in the lease. Unsold lands within the area proclaimed may be taken up in allotments to the extent of 640 acres at any time, upon payment of the uniform price. Certain conditions of improvement and occupation must be complied with by all lessees of public lands on pain of forfeiture of lease. At the expiration of a lease the lands may be sold as special lands. No compensation is to be given for improvements made on rented lands, but buildings, etc., may be re moved. 4 When one-fourth of a proplaimed area has been taken up, the remainder may, until selected, be used as commotage by the settlers. Stringent penalties are instituted against all attempts at land jobbing. Every transaction under the act must be genuine and tirect. Sold lands must be improved up to a certain amount under a penalty of taxation. Special lands are to be sold by auction as at present, at an upset price of one pound per acre. These ere the main provisions, or " popular" clauses )f the new act. They afford, as will be seen, facilities for agriculturists without much capital to enter on the occupation of small farms on almost nominal terms of rental. The rest of the Act is Decupied with details of a more technical or strictly legal kind.' The incubus which pressed so heavily on this rich country is at length removed, and the inhabitants of Victoria may now look upon the falling off of the gold returns with comparative indifference. The wealth and prosperity of the, colony must not hence forward be dependent on its mineral produc tions, although there is no danger of that failing, but upon the vast agricultural capa bilities of a fertile soil and genial climate. Gold is, after all, but the representation of value ; ern is the staple of life. The impulse which the passing of this measure will give to trade will be immense. Employment will now be found for thousands who are at present out of work, and although wages will no doubt come down the working man will be the gainer, for constant work at reasonable wages is far more advantageous than high remuneration vrith uncertain employment. THE PRINCE OF WALES. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, 11 A.M. The paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon, which left Portsmouth on the Bth, and P'ymouth at noon on the 9th, returned to the Sound this morning. She has been above 120 miles from'south-west of Scilly, but could see nothing of the Hero. Has experienced very severe weather from the eastward. THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ellora, Capt.. Joy, with the heavy portion of the above mails, b as arrived here. She brings 87 : passengers, £1,420 in specie, 124 packages of sundries, and 2,609 bales of raw silk of the value of X` ;50,000„ On the Bth in sit. the Ellora spoke the French barque Pensha, which requested to be repurted at Lloyd's. Gibraltar Exchanges on London-90 days, 50 5-16. THE UNITED STATES. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY. The Liverpool i , New York, and Philadelphia Company's screm r steamer City of Manchester, Capt. Mirehouse, from New York on the 27th ult., has arrived with 150,000 dols. in specie. She experience dt heavy easterly gales on the pas sage. She passed 1 the Arago on the 31st ult. Her news has I )een anticipated. DRURY-LANE TREATBE. A new drama in four acts, entitled " A Story of '45," was produced at this theatre last night with success. The story relates to the last Jacobite plots and rising of the year 1745, tad every advantage has been taken of the period to produce in tableaux the pictures of the times which Hogarti has left us. The plot of the piece is very complicated, bit of course poetical justice is worked out in a very clever ms,nner. The chief part, Sir Andrew Silverton, was admirably sustained by Mr. B. Webster. He has per haps had parts that have better fitted him, but for force and elaboration his Sir Andrew may be compared to any of his former triumphs. Toole as the low, grovelling, villainous serving -man, acted with great effect, and Paul Bedford has a part—a jolly, beer-drinking sergeant of grenadiers—which suits him to a nicety, Miss H. Simms sustained the leading female part—the daughter of the suspected Jacobite—with her usual talent and ability. The subordinate parts aro all very excellently fillet. At the fall of the curtain the applause was loud and en thusiastic, in the must cf which Mr. Webster announced the play for repetition every evening till further notice. The " mounting " of the new drama reflects the greatest credit on all concerted—Mr. Beverley, as the scene painter, Mr. Tully, as the masical director, and Mr. Loxby, as the stage manager. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. We are delighted at having it in our power at length to offer Madame Celeste our sincere congratulation, on her having achieved a most brilliant success in the drama, " Adrienne, or the Secret of a Life," which was produced at this theatre last evening. The work itself has considerable merit ; the performers, one and all, exertedthemselves to the utmost ; the nose en scene, as it always is at this elegant place of amusement, was replete with taste and accuracy; and last, though not least, the scenery was worthy that highly talented artist, Mr. Callcott. Madame Celeste even surpassed all we have hitherto witnessed in her represents • tion of the heroine Adrienne. From the commencement of the drama to its termination, the kudience seised every point which presented itself, and expressed their admira tion by constant bursts of applause. At the end of each act the whole of the artistes were called for. On the fall of the curtain this was repeated, and they presented themselves en masse, after which Madame Celeste was most vociferously demanded, and, on presenting herself, was received with the most unfeigned and unanimous marks of approbation, the whole pit standing and waving their handkerchiefs a perfect ovation, for which the amiable lessee gracefully bowed her acknowledgments. No sooner, however, had Madame retired than the whole house, with one voice, demanded the author (Mr. Leslie), who presented himself, introduced byMadame, and received the warmest congratulations of the audience. We propose recurring to "Adrienne," which is too in teresting to be thus shortly dismissed, when we will take that opportunity of entering fully into the subject. In the meantime we heartily congratulate Madame Celeste on the production of certainly the most favourable specimen of a drama which kas been produced for many years. A GOOD CONUNDRUM.—" Why is it impossible to insure Louis Napoleon's life ?"—" Because no one can make out his policy."--Manchester Guardian. A letter from Chambery states that a rather heavy fall of snow took place there in the evening of the 7th. Sir John Bowring and his young bride are now at the Hotel du Louvre, on a wedding tour. Mr. Vincent Wallace, the eminent composer, is said to be labouring under a severe attack of congestion of the brain. WINDSOR THEATRICALS.—SOIIIO of our contem poraries, who, be it observed, are considered au courant des affaires theatres et de la cour, have announced that the Windsor theatricals will begin on the 26th inst. with " Ici on parle francais," and "Masks and Faces." This is an error, as we learn from a source not to be disputed, that the first representations will be " Daddy Hardacre," and the farce of " B. B." The entire direction is entrusted to Mr. Doane, and Mr. George Ellis has the appointment of stage and acting manager, of the duties of which he ac quitted himself so satisfactorily during the management of Mr. Charles Kean. The Courrier de Marseilles announces that it is seriously intended to suppress passports. The Govern ment, it is said, is dis-csod to comply with the wishes ex pressed by the Councils-General of France on that subject for many years past. Everybody admits the inconvenience of the clumsy system, which has ceased to offer any advan tage since the discovery of the electric telegraph and the establishment of railways, FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. .12.—The market opened with an improvement on the closing rates of Saturday, but sales for realisation n afterwards set in, and prices again receded. For the Account, Threes, which commenced at 70f 60c, are now at 70f 30c; Mo bilier, 775 f; Orleans, 1,396 f 25c; Northern, 992 f 50c ; Mediterran.ean, 947 f 50c ; Austrian, 524 f 25c; Lombard, 497 f 50c. The Bank of France has raised its rate of discoung tto 4 per cent. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 96 Credit Fonder 920 Do end month.... 96 05 Belgian 4/ 3 per Cents .....,. 70 15 Piedmontese Fives Bl 25 Do. end month..... 70 25 Roman Bank Shares ......,.2905 Austrian Credit Mobilier...... 767 50 iSpanish Threes 49 25 Do. Account 768 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans . . Northern 990 987 50 New ditto 9OO 896 25 Lyons and Med iterranean 913 75 .. 912 50 Geneva Southern Western .... Eastern Sardinian....... Austrian Lotrbard a 493 75 .. 492 50 HOP DUTY. This morning a very large deputation from the hop growers of East and West Kent, Sussex, and other placers, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, :in Downing-street, to urge the right hon. gentleman to defer the payment of th e last instalment of the hop duty of 1859, which becomes payable in a :few days, until November, 1861. Sir BROOK BRIDGES having introduced the deputation, Mr. BERESFOB D HOPE proceeded to present the memo rial to the effect above stated, and remarked that the blight of the present year, and the late unfavourable weather for the growth of hops compelled them (the growers) in order to escape ruination to ask the favour embodied in the memo rial. They did not ask any favour with respect to the duty payable on - the hops grown this year, as they wore perfectly willing to pay the Excise duty on that the moment it became due. Mr. CARTER, of East Kent, said the blight had been so great this year that no grower had any stock to sell. Mr. JEREMIA H SMITH, on the part of the hop growers of Sussex, also Urged the necessity of granting the prayer of the memorial ists. The CHANCE Lion of the EXCHEQUER asked whether any of the gentlemen present were aware of a case in which so long a postponement of the collection of the duty as that now asked for had been granted. A member of the deputation said in the year 1822 one half of the duty was finally surrendered, and the other half postponed for two years. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asked whether it was considered that the present crop was the smallest sine 3. 1822. Mr. Donsex replied that it was not, but most undoubt— edly it was one of the worst since that time. Another gendaman said they could not dispose of the , little crop this year at any price, the quality was so bad. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Govern - ment would carefully inquire into the circumstances ( their case, and he would take the earliest .opportunity making their decision public. The deputation then withdrew. The "Bohemian Girl" is in rehearsal at her• Majesty'a Theatre. General Count de Groeben, on his Teturn to Berlin from his journey in Syria and Palestine, tas had an_ interview with the Prince Regent, to whom he presented a• report on the situation of those cowp.tries, "After the deputies had, as they thought, concluded their labours, a very pressing message arrived from Mr. Cobden to send over a party competent further to assist the commis sion in connection with cotton fabrics. Your deputies en deavoured to secure the services of a qualified gentleman from several of the leading firms in Manchester, but with out success ; and the message being most urgent, Mr. Slagg undertook, at great personal inconvenience, the fatigue of another visit, the importance of which can scarcely be over rated, as will be seen on reference to his minute of the same annexed. " MALCOLM Ross. HENRY ASIIWORTR." On the Ist October, the gentlemen named as representing Manchester, assembled in Paris with the following, who had been deputed from Glasgow :—Messrs. S. R. Brown, Hugh Beckett, David Anderson, George Thomson, and Gavin Walker. " As a preliminary proceeding, the deputies agreed to ac* upon the conclusion already notified to the public, that it was the desire of the French Commission now sitting to procure the advice and assistance of those who were prac tically acquainted with the various branches, to enable them to determine upon a scale of duties upon the imports of cot ton and other British manufactures which in their opera tion in France shall have the threefold effect of conferring upon the consumer the benefit of cheapness, of affording gain to the public revenue, and, having regard to existing interests, supply a salutary impetus to the enterprise, the capital, and the ludueti - y of France already embarked in the production of the articles in question. The deputies urged, in accordance with instructions, the propriety of ad valorem duties being adopted, and it was only on this being declared as generally impossible that they proceeded to consider in what other mode the duties could be levied to mutual ad vantage." On the 2J October the deputies, soon after assembling, proceeded to meet M. E. Baroche (son of the Minister of State), who, they were informed, "had devoted six or eight months of his time to the study of the cotton branch of manufacture, with a view to acquit himself as the exponent of the interest involved in the case of the spinners and manufacturers of France." Having before them many samples from Manchester and Glasgow, the deputies entered into a long discussion with M. Baroche. The deputation " insisted very strongly that all grey goods of 2oz. or up wards per square yard should be admitted at one rate of duty charged by the pound weight, and all lighter goods at a duty which should be ad valorem." M. Baroche ob jected decidedly to the simplicity of the arrangement pro posed, and he maintained his adhesion to " a scale which he claimed to have discovered," for levying duties "upon the investigation of fabrics by length, weight, and count of threads. The use of the glass by the Custom.houseofficers he considered to be indispensable, and the largeness of the number of officers required in the service quite unimpor tant." He "hoped that seven-eighths of the Manchester goodswould come in underthree classes, and that, in order to effect this, some light grey fabrics might suffer a little." His views were to the following effect : " That sewed muslins would be ad valorem. " That all mixed fabrics should be charged by weight, at a low rate of duty. " That all dyed goods or goods composed of dyed yarn should be charged first the duty that they would be charged in the grey, and have a low supplementary duty, to be charged by weight for the dyeing. "That the same process would be applied in the case of printed geods, but with this difference, that five colours and under would be admitted at one rate, and those having above five colours at a high rate. The supplementary duty to be charged by the yard." Upon this scheme M. Baroche admitted that the French would now receive the raw material at the same cost as the English ; and he urged that " low rates of duty were in tended," it being desired " not to impose duties that would throw obstacles in the way of trade," nor had the French Government "in view the prohibition of any article, or any intention to exact the full limit of 30 per cent." The duty to be imposed, he said, was "solely for revenue, and to a certain extent to afford protection to the native manufac turers." The deputies selected samples to illustrate their own views. 4 On Wednesday, the 3d ult., the deputation having met M. Baroche, who was accompanied by M. Herbet, the for mer gentleman "introduced the subject of cotton yarns," erhe;iagdwhshai:s. suggesting "a separate rate of duty upon each euceere 10 numbers." He would take Mr. Ross's highest quotation as the basis. Mr. Ross, of course, protested that t . is was very unfair ; but M. Baroche endeavoured h to ar f a o c r t t e dy f his position by "quotations of an e xceptional Messrs. Houldsworth, Messrs. M4Connel, a n e d f Mr. Thomas om ro a lu s Clegg." Mr. Ross explained that then lass o the usual pro ductions of the market, but were Of " extra quality, and therefore exceptional, more particularly in the case of Mr. Clegg." M. Baroche was inexorableob.l.tA.hse taAovidiereauthgbled yarns M. Baroche agreed to accept Mr. Ross's prices of low u oss numbers, consideredan d to b undohis tariffo Mr. Baroche proposed to charg for duty upon per 100 yards ; and he indicated a mode of valuation that appeared, on the whole, to be unobjectionable. As to goods, Isl. Baroche said that, as a rule, the French Government were unwilling to entertain the ad valorem system. The deputies insisted that th e eas i est mo d e o f levy i ng the duties would be to adopt a uniform rate per lb. we ight : and they suggested that all grey goods should be classed into two categories—those of 2oz. and above per s quare yard at a price to be fixed ; those below 2oz. at an a d valorem duty. M. Baroche admitted that by his scheme, dye i ng , printing, &c., would be subjected to a slight supple mentary duty; and he endeavoured elaborately to support his proposition. Referring again to his plan founded on counts of picks and lengths and weights, M. Baroche said that he had tested its accuracy by 2,000 samples, and that he intended to submit it to the Commissioners that evening. He stated further, that grey clothes would be classed in two, three, or four categories, embracing all descriptions of the cloth. After an interval of an hour, the deputies assembled to discuss M. Baroche's plans and views ; but the members only "became more and more confirmed" in the belief "that his scheme wee too minute for all practical purposes, and therefore altogether unsatisfactory." Accordingly, the de puties considered how they could supply information to Mr. Cobden "whereby he might be enabled to coun teract the mischievous tendency involved in the scheme of M. Baroche." Mr. Ross undertook the yarn depart ment; and he justified his valuations by a tabular state- Jaeut, exhibiting 1‘ strong ground for rejecting, as nn- Mr. Banks presented on Saturday the Gth, " his state ment of the prices of cotton yarns, and the values in Eng land and France were carefully compared, showing as they did that they were nearly alike in both countries when the charges of transit were included. The comparison on which the deputies rested most confidently was upon Nos. 21 and 36 single, and on Nos. 70 and 140 double, being the only yarns of which French samples were furnished for comparison to the Manchester deputies." The deputation had to regret that while English firms published so many prices-current of yarns, they could not hear of one pub lished by any French commercial firm ; so that they were "thus enable them to carry out the comparison to other counts besides those named." The results of the compari son were pressed upon Mr. Cobden, "who was much pleased with the disclosure, and appeared quite alive to the exact position in which the matter stood." Mr. Cobden specially pressed for some of the deputies to remain and assist him ; and Messrs. Ashworth, Slagg, Anderson, Thomson, Brown, and Beckett promised to do so. Mr. Banks promised to send samples of all other French counts to Manchester for examination by Mr, Ross, if such a course should prove to be necessary. The report contains a compendium of the tables relied upon. M. Baroche's plan of classification was laid before the deputies by Mr. Ogilvie on the Bth October. "After due consideration of this plan, the deputation came to the con clusion that it was quite unworkable, and would if adopted lead to endless and vexatious errors. They entirely repu diated it, and recommended Mr. Cobden to insist upon the simple plan they themselves had furnished." On the 9th, after consulting with Messrs. Cobden and Ogilvie, it was arranged to see M. Baroche, and to endea vour to effect a compromise between his plan and that of the deputation. M. Baroche came at Mr. Cobden's request ; but he had a previous engagement, and promised to come again next day. Several of the deputies agreed to make a longer stay in Paris in order to facilitate the business instead of alerting for home that day as they had wished to do. At the meeting on the 10th, M. Baroche and Messrs. Cobden, Ogilvie, and Mallet were present. M. Baroche gave further lengthened explanations, but he persisted in his plan ; and he " would listen to no modification of it which would dispense with the use of the glass, or would effect a reduction of his categories from 20 to three or four, as proposed by the deputies." White quiltings, he said, would be admitted ad valorem ; and upon mixed fabrics a very low duty would suffice, " as the French feared no competition in this class of goods." Again, M. Baroche stated that "in the light class of cotton goods we must calculate on having a higher rate of duty in proportion than in the higher qualities, as the French manufacturer required more protection in this class of goods than in the heavier. This matter, as affecting a large proportion of Manchester, but more particularly Glasgow productions, was considered of sufficient importance to bring it under Mr. Cobden's special notice, with a view to getting him to exert his utmost influence to establish such a rate of duty in this class of goods as would at least allow of a competi tion between the French and the English producer." Having now been engaged more than ten days, the depu tation considered that they had "left on record in the hands of Mr. Cobden a systematic arrangement, of great simplicity, by which they conceive a large amount of com mercial intercourse might be conducted ;" while M. Baroche h'td drawn up a plan, "of which he expressed a very con fident opinion that it would be found unexceptionable." It was on the 10th of October that the fourth and last in terview was held with M. Baroche; but after it had lasted more than two hours, it was brought to a close as "one entirely hopeless of any results." Subsequently it was sought to demonstrate to M. Chevalier and Mr. Cobden "the utter absurdity as well as injustice of any attempt to establish a system of Customs' investigation of cotton fabrics based upon the counting of threads by a glass!. Amongst other cases, these were submitted :—Two fabrics specified as belonging to the same category would be entered at the same rate of duty, although one was valued in the market at 4 : 1-d. and the other at 2d. a yard. Two fabrics of like nature as demoted by the number of picks or threads would stand as dutyable, one in the ratio of 10 and the other in the ratio of 55 centimes per kilo. Every step only confirmed the deputies as to the superiority of the mode of classification submitted to Mr. Cobden about the 4th of October. In c onsequence of Mr. Cobden's urgent wish, the deputies / not again to-day, to see if anything could be done to facili tate the general business of their visit : or in default to give further information to combat M. Baroche's plan to sup port their own. "After an interview with M. Chevalier, it was stated that nothing further could be done until Tues day, the 16th; and as Mr. Cobden is now possessed of all the facts that the deputation could give him, they deter mined to return home, leaving him to fight the battle." T.HIS DAY'S MARKETS. S i f NEWB (REUTER's TELEGRAMS.) NAPLES, Nov.-07 The King has visited the hospital for wounded volunteers, and distributed relief. Garibaldi has been appointed a General of the army. The siege works against Gaeta are being actively carried on. NAPLES, Nov. 10. King Victor Emmanuel leaves tomorrow for Sicily, and will return on the 17th inst. Great festivities are to take place on the 18th inst. General Lamarmora has been entrusted with the military reorganization. Garibaldi, in his farewell speech, tells his com panions in arms to be ready to follow him again, as it is likely that a fresh conflict will break out in Italy in March, 18(31. Garibaldi says that one million of men and arms will ba wanted. The King, it is said, intends mobilizing 20,000 National Guard of the city of Naples. TURIN, Nov. 12. An otficial decree appoints Farini Lieutenant- General of the King at Naples. There is no news from Gaeta. VIENNA, Nov. 13. The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day publishes a statute organising the provincial representation of the Tyrol. The same journal contains a decree definitively appointing General Ragenfeld as Field-Marshal and Minister of War. An imperial resolution cancels all written warn ings remitted to the journals up to the present time, thereby relieving them from the legal con sequences of the same as set forth in the press law. ROME, Nov. 9. An extraordinary Council of the Cardinals took place yesterday. The secret committee has collected the votes of Rome on the question of annexation. BRUSSELS, NOT. 12. The opening of the Chambers by the King in person has been countermanded, on account, it is said, of his Majesty being indisposed. ROME, Nov. 10. The Neapolitan troops entered the Papal States through treachery on the part of their Generals. The Pope has sent for their relief 50,000 Roman scudi, and• General Goyon 80,000 rations. The troops are now distributed amongst the Roman provinces. They will be sent by the Papal Go vernment to their own country. To-day 900 Pontifical prisoners returned from Sardinia. General Goyon, it is said, considers his posi• tion untenable. The Papal Government has everywhere again denied that the P 4 )pe will leave Rorr.e. Public opinion is strongly against Mgr. Merode. A detachment of :Irish Zouaves is being organised. The report of 'General Lamoriciere is being printed. Rome :is tranquil and awaiting future events. THE TREATY OF COMMERCE. ,SPORT TO THE MANCHESTER CHA/sIBER OF COMMERCE. We are now enabled to give to our readers an abstract of that important document. The deputies from the Chamber consisted of Messrs. Roes, Henry Ashworth (president), John Cheetham, and John Slagg ; to whom were added Messrs. Benjamin Armitage, B. Stratton, and Edmund Ashworth, jun. The report consists mainly of the minutes of proceedings in Paris, from the Ist to the 11th October inclusive ; but they are introduced by the following statement : "It is now some months since the names of several of the directors of the Chamber have been set apart and them selves liberated to undertake such services as might be required of them in regard to the arrangements of the treaty now pending for the introduction of cotton manufactures into France. " The deputies have now to report that upon two occa sions they have been called upon to visit Paris ; first in the month of July, and again during the present month of October; and although the terms of the treaty have not yet been made public, they feel assured that they will not again be required to render any further aid in this matter. "Upon both of these visits they have been joined in their labours by a deputation representing the Chamber of Com merce of Glasgow ; and they have the gratification to ac knowledge the very efficient and harmonious co-operation they have received from these gentlemen. " Front the intercourse which took place during the visit of July, it appeared that the leading object of the Commis sion then sitting was to obtain general information on the economy of manufactures, whereby to aid their decisions in regard to the demands of the revenue to be derived from imports, as well as to enable them to deal with the demands which were being raised by the proprietors of a protected manufacture. " On their last visit to the French capital, they were in vited to enter into those other considerations of the subject which had relation to the market value of yarns and manu factured goods, not alone for the purpose of promoting com merce, but as affording information which would be avail able in determining upon the tariff, and the amount of pressure to be laid upon the consumer. "They were also consulted upon the practical arrange ment which would be necessary for the classification of yarns and manufactured fabrics, so as to facilitate the regulations of entry and other proceedings for customs purposes. " The deputies have been fully aware of the delicacy of the mission they have been permitted to undertake, and they consider it due to the Chamber to report that, in accordance with the conditions of appointment, they have carefully abstained from involNing the estimation cf the Chamber; and that they have, as individuals, and at their own ex pense, undertaken the responsibility of the advice and other proceedings, which they have ventured to submit to the Commissioners touching the important questions at issue. "Referring to the minutes of their proceedings it will be found that they have placed on record their disclaimer of all participation in the exploded doctrine of protection,' but that they were quite willing to enter into this deliberation, and to afford any aid in their power to carry out the treaty in the spirit in which it had been conceived. " After having bestowed, during many weeks of absence, a very devoted attention to the subject, the deputies have returned from Paris most fully convinced of the existence of great earnestness and good faith in the contracting parties, and the deputation from Glasgow has most fully concurred in the pleasing duty of expressing their sense of the very patient and polite attention which they have received from Mr. Cobden and his colleagues, Mr. Ogilvie and Mr. Mallett; and they honour the feeling which has prompted Mr. Cob den to devote so much of his valuable time to promote more widely the commercial intercourse betwixt the two countries, and sincerely trust that his labours will be crowned with success. " MiLcoL3.l Ross. lIENny ASHWORTIL. JOHN SLAGO. fair, M. Baroche's idea of selecting, as he had done, the highest quotations as his basis." The other members minutely investigated samples of goods, entering into ana lysis of prices and weights in corroboration of previous sug gestions. The results were handed to Mr. Cobden at the close of the sitting, at five o'clock ; and during the evening the deputies learned that M. Baroche's scheme was deemed "minute, diffusive, and complicated." The deputies re solved to oppose it to the utmost. Tho deputies submitted patterns of cotton manufactures under four classifications for revenue purposes. The fol lowing was the scheme, with appended remarks:— "Class No. 1 : Consisted of shirtings, domestics, prin ters, long cloths, T cloths, sail cloths, tent cloth, madapol lams, in all their varieties comprising, as they conceived, 75 per cent. of the weight of the entire cotton manufacture. No. 2: Consisted of jacconets for printing, India mulls, and other light medium fabrics, constituting about 10 per cent. of the bulk of manufacture. No. 3 : Consisted of velveteens, moleskins, velvets, cords, dimities, and quiltings, being about 10 per cent, of the manufacture. " No. 4: Consisting of fine plain muslin and jacconet, book, hair, cord, and damask, comprising about 5 per cent. of the manufacture. " The four classes above noted form the entire cotton manufacture of Great Britain. " The above classes may be characterised as follows, in relation to the fabrics and their market value . " Class 1: Consists of goods weighing over two ounces per square yard. The cost of the raw material varies from 6d. to 61. d. per lb., being an average of 61d. The cost of the manufacture varies from 51d. to 9d., and the selling price from 12d. to 15d. per lb.—Note : Upon a reconside ration of the subject of this class, and to meet as far as practicable the views of M. Baroche, it was agreed to ar range the above goods class No. 1, and place them under two categories. Those weighing 11 kilos. per 100 square metres in one category, and those weighing from 6 to 11 kilos. per 100 square metres in another. " No. 2 : Consists of goods weighing under 2 ounces and over an ounce per square yard. The cost of the raw mate rial is an average of 7id., the cost of manufacture about 12d., and the selling price is from 12d. to 21d. per lb. "No. 3 and 4 : Consist of goods principally cf a fancy character, and extremely variable in quality and cost, so much so as to defy all our attempts to arrange and classify. "The above classes Nos. 2,3, and 4, consisting of about 25 per cent. of the cotton manufacture of Great Britain, are obviously so far beyond all our power to reduce to order or arrangement for purposes of Customs revenue, that we do conclude at once there is no other course for them but the ai valorem system of entry for Customs taxation." At the meeting on Friday the sth, Mr. Banks, an Eng lish agent, residing in Paris, was introduced. That gen tleman had " obtained from yarn agents in Paris samples of French spinnings, which Mr. Ross undertook to examine; and having compared them, with regard to quality and price, with similar yarns in England, it appeared that any heavy percentage of. duty superadded to the expense of transit, could not possibly lead to business." To make this information more complete, Mr. Banks promised fur ther information on the next day. In the course of a con versation upon grey goods, the Glasgow deputies proposed " that the finer division should be divided into two parts— say all goods between loz. and 2oz. per square yard to form one division, and all under loz. another." Mr. Mallett re ported that the suggestion of two divisions had that morn ing been submitted to M. Rouher, Minister of Commerce, and colleague of Mr. Cobden, and that he had promised for it his most attentive consideration. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £2 108 to £5 108 Od ; clover do., £3los to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 183 per load. Trade dull, at drooping picas. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow hay, £2 10s to £5 108 ; clover, £3 108 to £5 153 Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £2 Os per load. A slow demand. WRITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £5 lOs Od ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, 103 to £1 16s per load. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very quiet, both buyers and sellers deferring their operations till the public sales, which take place to-day. SU GAR.—There has been more inquiry for refining qua lities, and high rates are demanded by holders. Grocery descriptions are steady, and in the refined market a steady business has boen done at full rates. _ COFFEE.—The demand has been inactive. Good and fine qualities of plantation Ceylon, however, maintain previous rates. Tho stocks on hand, compared with those of the same period of last year, show a deficiency of 1860 tons. RIM—For East India descriptions there has been a good demand, and late prices have been well maintained. SALTPETRE.—OnIy a limited inquiry has beon experi enced, and no change can be recorded in values. TALLOW.—The market has been quiet, and, owing to the large arrivals of foreign, prices have sh own rat h er l ess buoyancy. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 60s 6d, and spring delivery 61s per cwt. BURNING OF THE CONNAUGHT.—A subscription has been cofumenced for the purpose of presenting to Capt. John Wilson, of the Minnie Schiffer, a picture of the'rescue so gallantly effected by him of the whole of the passengers and crew of the burning steamship Connaught. The com mission to paint this picture has been intrusted to Mr. O. W. Brierly, the eminent marine artist. Captain Leitch, of the Connaught, who has just returned to Eng land, has had several interviews with Mr. Brierly, and has f am i;:bcd that gentleman with particulars of the catas trophe which will enable him to present a faithful record of a scene at once so honourable to Captain Wilson and so interesting, to the people both of England and America. '4 l