The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-19 00:00:00

WINTER. —NO GENTLEMAN during the Winter should be without one of MACDOUGALL'S FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAKS, Universally acknowled , 2 - ,ed to be the most comfortable, useful, :Jul gentlemanly upper Garment now in use, either for Town wear, or the Rail, the Coac', Riding, Driving, and Walking. They are made of Scotch Tweeds, in every variety f I'lain Colours, and very pretty Mixtures : also in dark Grey and Black, for Clergymen's wear. Good useful qualities from.... 25. to 30s. The best do. d 0..... 3Ss. to 50s. The Height and Size round Shoulders is sufficient measure. ; Patterns and price per post, free. Any number of Cloaks forwarded in four days from date of order, free to London. D. MACDOUGALL, THE ROYAL TARTAN WAREHOUSE. INVERNESS. HE AT RE --ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—Under 1 the Management of • Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W Harrison. Tuts EVENING, Auber's grand Opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS : The characters by Miss Louisa Pvne, Miss Susan Pvne, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Henry Corri, 3lr. Bartleman, Mr, Terrott,'and Mr. W. Harrison Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR iyAmOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michclet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. IOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. .1) Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. T lIIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MAC BET H. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 11 Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, USED UP : Mr. C. Mathews. After which, THE HANDSOME HUSBAND: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. MY MOTHER'S MAID. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. I_)OYAL .STRAND THEATRE. ..cti Lessee, ' lAirectress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST : Messes. Selby, Porsche, and Miss Swan borough. After which TIIE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS : Messrs. C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, &c. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, _ _ _ Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. Astounding and Expensive Parisian Engagement. THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be present THE WOODMAN'S HORSE, introducing a treble company of equestrians and the finest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, W. Cooke, Anson, Francis, Mark Howard, Anderson. Followed by the inimitable SCENES OF THE ARENA, in which Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Miss Kate Cooke, and Madlle. Blanche will appear. After which, Madame Amile Maurice, from Paris, will make her Terrific Ascent from the Stage to the back of the Galleries. Mons. Maurice will also hate the honour to introduce his extraordinary Dogs. To conclude with A MISTAKEN STORY. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Galleries, ed. Fritate Boxes from LI Is. to £2 2s. and upwards. 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 DAY 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 Proprietor 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 selves, 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. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICZ, Nov. 19, THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BARomErEn.-29-92—a sudden rise. Wrso, S.W. ; light, with dull rainy weather. The wind changed in the night, with rain. THE SUN. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1858. A five hours' address, at a primary visitation by our Metropolitan, certainly claims a few minutes comment from ns. Moreover, the Right Reverend Prelate, although addressing himsQlf to clergymen, and to upwards of a thousand of them it is said, yet distinctly mentioned that most of his topics had equal interest for us of the laity. And if he had not so said, we could not have overlooked his cond() ad clerum ; as ladies read tales about hus bands, and husbands novels about ladies, so we lay men must naturally be a little curious to see how our chief Presbyter would lecture our Parish Priests. For one thing, then, we are well pleased to see our Bishop so little of a Priest himself, and so disposed to put other priests in their proper places. The first article in our Apostle's Creed being " I believe in no Priest," at least in no human priest, it is satisfactory to find the head of our London clergy so free from the worst and most degrading of all superstitions. Speculative points of theo logy are wholly out of our province, but the prac tical point—whether any mortal can be a mediator between us and our GOD, whether sacramentally or otherwise our future salvation is in his hands—this is a point to which the friends of liberty can never be indifferent. There may be, and are, noble indi vidual exceptions, but the mass of men can never be faithful to liberty if they have sold first their consciences to a priest. We know of no country where the people believe in priests possessing powers derived from on 'high superior to those ordinary men, where liberty has taken firm hold. We never could have become what we are had we remained a Popish nation. The confessional and sacramental powers derived from apostolical suc cession, are fictions, faith in which is incompatible with the higher exertions of intellect, and the free energy of a nation. All Europe and America are witnesses to this plain fact. Quite apart, therefore, from its theological interest, as public writers and politicians, we read with no little gratification our worthy Bishop's views on this great subject. The best glories of England would soon begin to fade, if the contemptible Romanising of a few young curates, and some old enough to know better, should seriously influence the community. The Bishop, indeed, spoke kindly to these clerical harlequins, but he spoke his mind pretty plainly—more plainly than his double-tongued predecessor would have done. The Bishop favoured us with his views on a sub ject on which we have long held but one opinion— Church -rates ; and on this matter at least we shall not be thought to trench on theological grounds, the arguments for and against them being but too secular. To be sure, we do think compulsion for religious purposes a very irreligious thing, but the whole affair has now becom e one for the QUEEN, Lords, and Commons to settle. Ths Bishop has some natural affection for the dear old rates, but he manifests also, a kindly consideration for the preju dices, irrational, as he deems them, of Dissenters. As t " men have irritated themselves into a belief that they have a e sTievance in Church-rates, it is politic, it is Christian, fully to consid er th e i r feel in gs."., Politic it certainlyis, for if Churchmen do power to consid er not consider them men have the for themselves ; a power they are using every year more extensively. As to its being Christian, we are sorry to believe that clergymen have rarely shown much inclination to sacrifice money or power, by whatever means, obtained, even if obtained by in- fectious burial grounds until public opinion was thrown into the scale with Christianity. It is so in the matter of Church-rates certainly. Public opinion, as represented not only by the press, but also by a large majority of our half- reformed House of Commons, has pronounced again st them, and it is a consolatory thing for the clergy that they may do a Christian thing, by obeying the - voice of the people. Like us, and we suppose like her MAJESTY'S Ministers themselves, the Bishop is quite in the dark as to what the Government measure is to be. He has little hope that Parliameut will ever help him to recover the power of levying rates in those parishes which have already refused them. There certainly lives not the statesman who dare venture his present or future chance of power in such a; 11 attempt. He would as soon think of restoring "Ciro tection. What can be done the Bishop does not know. He half thinks that landlords might be will ing, if legally empowered to do so, to charge their estates with the maintenance of the fabric of the Church. What, however, is to be the actual plan he cannot say. The present one, he owns, has con fessedly its inconveniences, and, therefore, he is quite ready " for any good alteration which can be suggested," and wishes it to be as conciliatory as possible to those who are not members of the Church. This is kind, to be sure ; but, for our part, we can see no plan, except that of unconditional aboliti9n, not open to insurmountable objections. To that plan we know of but one objection—viz., that those who want the use of the national build ings called churches must then keep their own house wind and weather tight. The worthy Bishop, and his fellow-mourners over the sick bed of Church rates, seem ever to forget that the larger half by far of the worshippers in this country already per form this extraordinary feat, and make this prodi gious sacrifice for their religious worship. Not only Dissenters, who are more than half the actual wor shippers, but all those who worship in the nume rous churches built by voluntary subscription, and in the parish churches where rates have been re fused, do keep up their own buildings. Every little Methodist ccmnunity, in every little country parish, does it. To us, therefore, it really partakes of the ludicrous to hear our brother Churchmen thus potter ing about the ruin of their parish churches. Would any of these weeping Churchmen suffer their own church to go unpainted, unwhitewashed, and to be as pervious as BURKE'S rhetorical cottage to the wind and rain." The good Bishop himself, however, has no fears at the very worst. He expresses his full con fidence that come what may, the churches in his diocese will be kept in good repair. He warns his clergy that all must depend on the Church being true to itself. If Dissenters are unrea sonable, the sons of the Church will be but so much the more liberal, and make up all deficiencies. Of that we. may all be sure enough. We cannot, however, think with the Bishop that it is unrea sonable in Dissenters to refuse to join some Churchmen, in seeking to retain power to enforce Church-rates on their fellow-Churchmen. The Dissenter cannot consistently do this. He objects to all compulsory taxation for religion. He cannot, therefore, honourably vote for permitting some Churchmen to tax others. He might then be justly taunted with getting rid of injustice to himself by inflicting what he thinks injustice to others. On the contrary, he holds that if Church men are willing to pay what is wanted, a compul sory rate is useless—that if they are unwilling, it is wrong. He leaves it to Churchmen to settle how they will raise _the money they want, but he cannot be the man to vote compulsory powers into their hands. They may carry this by their own strength if they are strong enough, but ho cannot help them to do it. Scarcely a week elapses that some one or more of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Court do not find reason to complain of the system which enables an angry creditor to incarcerate an unfortunate debtor at his mere will and pleasure. The man may have acted in a perfectly straightforward manner—his troubles may have arisen from casualties which no degree of prudence on his part could have averted ; but still he may be compelled to endure severe punishment before trial, and possibly be detained for an indefinite period, debarred from the opportunity of earning money for himself, until his friends can provide the means of carrying him through the Court. A man is proverbially a bad counsel in a cause in which he is personally concerned--he is a still worse judge when either his interests are engaged or his passions excited. The nation, however, encourages his vindictive feeling. It provides gaols and gaolers and turnkeys to confine the prisoners, who, if destitute of the means of supporting existence, must be provided for at the expense of the country. Every ratepayer is, therefore, interested in stop ping the system. If a man desires revenge, it should be made an expensive luxury, and he should be compelled to pay at least for the support of his victim, if not to contribute something towards the necessary expenses of the establishment in which the prisoner may be detained. It is true that a person liable to arrest may obtain protection until the day of hearing, on filing a petition and schedule, with all due forma lities; but the process is costly, and it is not every person who can find £lO or £l5 to provide the necessary outlay to his solicitor. Should he fortu nately possess the required sum, he is more disposed to give it to the creditor, in order to obtain some temporary indulgence. Should he not do so, it is made a ground of complaint against him. Indeed, it may be regarded as a general rule that few men seek the protection of the Court until their pockets are emptied, and friends can be found to provide the requisite funds. Bankruptcy, although in many respects affording complete relief, is an expensive luxury, alike dreaded by debtor and creditor. The embarrassed trader cannot himself petition unless he has £l5O avail able to pay for the working of the Court. And a very recent judgment has decided that a petition, even by a bona fide creditor, cannot be sustained if put forward at the instance of, or in collusion with, a bankrupt without assets. If there are ample funds to meet expenses, the bankrupt will pass with flying colours, unless some strong case can be established against him, but woe to the shabby wretch whose estate will not pay every Court claim. The dividend, in which the creditors are chiefly concerned, is a matter of comparatively tri vial importance. If it be but the fraction of a penny it will suffice, provided all be right in other re spects. In this respect the Insolvent Court is far superior. Whatever can be realised from the estate is fully and fairly divided with comparatively trifling deductions. It would be well that there should be an assimiliation of the powers of the two courts, in which the good parts of both would be preserved, and the objectionable set aside. Neither tribunal can be spared. There is ample business for all. The first important point, so far as insolvency is concerned, is to regulate the mode by which a debtor m a y be b rought within the jurisdiction. At present, until he has been arrested and remained some three weeks in prison, no creditor can take any step, save to arrest or detain his person, or levy an execution on his goods. The former course, as we have stated, is alike unfair and useless. TL e latter goo an undue advantage to the sharp prac titioners—the " hard calculators," who care nothing what may be the consequences either to the debtor, or the remaining creditors, provided they can obtain their full pound of flesh. The possibility of securing this advantage has frequently led to the ruin of many, who could have eventually struggled through their difficulties, and paid 20s. in the pound, were it not for the anxiety to obtain priority, which the present state of the law necessarily occasions. The alteration so urgently required is, that any judgment creditor, whose claim has remained a cer tain time unsatisfied, should be entitled to bring the debtor before the Court, and that he should be compelled to surrender, under penalties analogous to those now provided against absconding bankrupts. He might then be examinedtouching his estate and effects, and directed to file accounts within a cer tain specifiedtime. There would tken be the regular hearing, as at present, and if it appeared that he was deserving of censure, a fitting punishment might be adjudged. This would exactly meet the justice of the case, and not allow the matter to re main, as at present, a mere matter of chance, de pendent on the caprice of possibly a single creditor. Wherever afi. fa. was levied on goods, it should be regarded as an act of insolvency, the money be brought into Court, and the defendant ordered to surrender as in bankruptcy. No solvent man will suffer his property to be disposed of by a sheriff's sale ; and the mere fact may be regarded as prima facie evidence that the interposition of the Court is required. Such a provision would alike defeat the designs ofthc sharp practitioners and of fraudulent debtors, who might wish to secure the whole of their property for themselves under colour of legal process. If it were once practically established that no legal sanction could be obtained for such proceedings--that the onlypossible way would be to bring the entire case before the Court, and fairly distribute the property between all the bona fide claimants, the relations between debtor and cre ditor would be greatly improved—there would be greater fairness on the one sido, and more indul gence on the other. The assets, whatever they might be worth, would be equitably divided, and no one could have any motive either for oppres- sion or evasion. There should then be no imprisonment for debt, save under the judgment of a Court of competent juris diction, and any sums realised under a sheriff's sale should be lodged either in the Bankrupt or Insol• vent Court for equitable division, according to the position of the defendant ; and either Court should be enabled to grant a certificate, which would com pletely free the insolvent debtor, and liberate him from the millstone which now hangs about his neck, and paralyses his energies —knowing that he cannot save money as a provision for his advanced years, or for his family, without being liable to be again called before the Court, and have all his affairs ripped up and exposed to the community. This is a most demoralising provision. It is a direct incentive to improvidence, inducing a man, who has had the misfortune to have been once an insolvent, to spend his earnings as fast as they are received —to shun any investment, of which he may at any moment be deprived, or to incur debts sufficient to cover the amount, and which, under the existing law, have priority over those contained in his former schedule. These are matters that must be attended to in any measure that may be brought forward. There are many others worthy of notice, but these are leading features of any bill for the amendment of the law of debtor and creditor. •- . ",:51, • , • V- 4 1 C , ..• 4 :'Oll4 ' grappoo?S• 41' , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1858. THE BOMBAY NAIL. On the 22d of September information was re ceived of the advance of about 3,000 of the enemy under Moosah Ally, in the direction of Gooshen gung. A force marched out from Lucknow to meet them the same evening. It consisted of her Majesty's 23d and 88th, with the police cavalry, and a horse battery. The enemy were found to have posted themselves in the fort of Sullumpore, about 28 miles from Lucknow. Our guns were then brought within 400 yards of the fort before they opened fire. After a short cannonade the infantry charged and stormed the place. It was found crowded with people ; they were driven from point to point, and dispersed in every direction. Above 1,000 bodies were counted after the affray was over. .On the evening of the 4th, a portion of her Majesty's Bth and 80th, with two 5-inch mor tars and Hudson's Horse, marched out to a place called Sandeela, nine miles from the city. After capturing the village of Pamoo, four miles from the place previously named, they pursued the enemy for 10 miles over very difficult ground, where every point was disputed. Nearly two days were occu pied in a series of running fights, when the rebels were at length entirely dispersed, about 1,000 of them being slaughtered and four guns captured from them. We had two European officers wounded and seven privates . , five hussars and four of the police were killed, and twenty of the latter and forty-four of the former wounded. A second action occurred on the same day, and at no great distance. Captain Dawson, of the police, who had been com pelled to retire into entrenchments, was strengthen ing his position and sorely pressed by about 6,000 of the enemy with eight guns. Brigadier Barker was sent out from Lucknow to relieve him, with a portion of her Majesty's 88th, with two 8-pounder guns, two 51-inch mortars, 250 police cavalry, and-400 foot: Tho,troops were all mounted on ponies supplied by the commissariat, and were thus enabled to make a very rapid march, arrivin _ • perfectly fresh at the scene of action. He found the enemy, now mustering 12,000 with 12 guns, posted to the north side of the town. They were immediately attacked and defeated with great slaughter, having fled in the direction of Jamoo. Betwixt the 18th of September and 2d of October, 3,500 of the enemy are supposed to have been killed near Lucknow, and 18 of their guns taken. The two actions on the sth must have brought the tale of slaughter up to close on 4,000. While these things were going on immediately around the capital, operations of an equally active nature were in progress at Nawaubgune. On the 4th of Oct. a force under Col. Eveleigh, consisting of 300 of the Ist Sikh Cavalry, four guns, and a party of her Majesty's 20th mounted on mules and elephants, proceeded from Nawaubgunj to relieve Hussmut Alli, a friendly chief, beleaguered in Mcean Gune by the insurgents. They approached the town on the side opposite 4to that from which the enemy were battering it. They did not seem to expect our approach, and we crept round upon them covered by groves of trees, nearing them unper ceived. When within easy range, we opened a brisk fire upon them from the artillery, dismounting one of their guns. Our troops immediately charged, when the enemy broke and fled in all directions. Two hundred are supposed to have fallen ; two of their guns and the bulk of their ammunition fell into our hands. We had one man killed and four wounded. The country on the frontiers of Oude is still•disturbed. There are believed to be above 100,000 men still in arms against us, but they are daily coming in. They seem to have lost all heart and purpose. When they are brought for a little to a stand, 5,000 of them are quite ready t o run _ _ away before 500 assailants. It seems to be under- LATEST NEWS. We have received by extraordinary express, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our usual letters and papers. The following is the summary of the Bombay Standard of October 25 : CENTRAL INDIA. Though a part of the following intellingenc was sent home by the extra mail of the 11th, we take up our narrative where it was left off in our sum mary of the 9th. On the 2cl of October Tantia Topee captured Esaughur. On hearing of Captain Mayne's' approach he quitted on the 6th for Chundaree, taking with him the treasure and guns. This fort, like the other, had been left in charge of Scindia's troops, who seemed all along to sympathise much more with the rebels than with the English, who had just restored their master tolhis throne, and the rebels were accord. ingly at once admitted within the walls, with scarcely a show of resistance. Hearing, however, of Colonel Scudamore's advance, Tantia once more decamped, and made for Pichore, near Jhansi, of which he got possession. Finding us still at his heels, he now turned off to the Serus Ghaut on the Betwa, on the road betwixt Jhansi and Sultanpore• Here the position of the rebel chief was by no means free from danger. Advancing from Seronj, that iserom the south; was General Michel's force , and from the north-west Smith's brigade, whilst at Pichore, is, more to th e wes t war d again, Parke's N eemuc h b r i gade, Mayne w 4 that s having joined Michel's corps. Tantia sams him self to have felt his insecurity, for he divided his force. Whilst the Nawab of Banda made his way south to Mungrowlee, where General Michel caught and worsted him, Tantia Topee retired to the Betwa, and began to cross the- river at a ghaut seven miles north-west of Tal Behut, intending evidently to retire in the direction of Tehree. But General Michel seems to have had excellent infor mation of his movements ; for, having crossed the Betwa, probably near Mungrowlee, he came up on the 19th with 'Tantit' Sindwah, within 40 miles of Tehree. He took them completely by surprise. They numbered 10,000 ; they were utterly de feated, with the loss of four guns, between 400 and 500 being slaughtered. Colonel Liddell had meanwhile headed Tantia, and forced him back on Tal Behut. The rebels obviously proposed to re cross the Betwa, while Liddell moved on Tal Becut, and Lieutenant Kerr, with his Southern Mahratta House, was moving on Assingabad Bhilsah. Turning now to General Michel, we find that he arrived at Mungrowlee, on the 9th, at eight a.m. When waiting for their tents, and about to encamp, with horses unharnessed, the alarm was sounded. After a trot of half a mile our cavalry found the enemy's horse, from 1,500 to 1,800 strong, formed in line across their front. At the:distance of about 500 yards the guns were un limbered, when the first shell fired knocked over five or six of the insurgents. Our whole four guns now opened with shell, killing some 60 or 70, and com pelling the rest to retire on the main body, posted three miles in the rear on a plain covered with jungle. Our line advanced, the infantry in front, the Lancers on the left, and the 71st and 92d High landers in skirmishing order. When within 400 yards of the main body, it was seen formed on the right of a village with dense jungle all around, two guns on their right, three in their front, and one on the left. They withheld their fire till we were within 400 yards of them, when they opened all their guns with round shot and grape, firing wildly over our heads. The 92d charged, and captured the guns, killing the gunners at their posts. We then unlimbered, and opened with shrapnel on their main body, commanded by Tantia Topee in person, the Rao Saheb - and Nawaub of Banda. The enemy fought with desperation, but were unable to stand before the practice of the Royal Artillery; when our infantry again charged, and captured six more of their guns. We should, in all likelihood, have been able to cut them to pieces had we been better appointed with cavalry, but with the excep tion of a detacnment of the 17th Lancers, the whole were with Gen. Smith. The fighting lasted from nine a.tn. to two i.m. OnIS - two of out 'lien 'were killed—one of the 71st and one of the 92d Highlanders, who, having been sent to the rear wounded, were cut to pieces by some rebels hid in the neighbourhood. After a day's rest, General Michel resumed the pursuit. He overtook the enemy on the 19th, at a place called Sindwah, and, after a severe action, routed them, capturing, as above stated, four more of their guns. OUDE. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last night another version of a French piece, which was produced at the Adelphi some time ago, under the title of " Our French Lady's Maid," was introduced, and met with complete success. The Haymarket adaptation is entitled " My Mothees Maid," and the principal parts were sus tained by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. The plot turns upon the tribulations of a young gentleman, who, having been tarrying on a flirtation with his mother's maid, finds himself, at the moment of forming a matrimonial alliance, involved in a most embarrassing predicamegt by the obstinate opposition of the indignant domestic and her threats to expose his indiscreet gallantry. The attempt of the maid to carry her threat into execution by producing a miniature of her young master is frustrated through the mistaken exhibition of a policeman's linea ments in its stead, thus giving an opportunity for turning the tables on her. In treating the character of the impru dent admirer of his mother's maid, however, Mr. 'Webster and Mr. Charles Mathews differ very widely; Mr. Webster giving more weight to the impersonation, and almost a serious interest to the perplexity of the victim of youthful indiscretion ; while, on the contrary, Mr. Charles Mathews leans to a fantastic and extravagant breadth which places it entirely in the region of farce. Mrs. C. Mathews sus tained the part of the heroine very effectively. The applause at the fall of th e cur t a i n was unanimous. The 'Marquis of Donegal, accompanied by Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley and Mrs. Henry Wells, has left town for his seat near Uxbridge. The Duke of Rutland has arrived at Belvoir Castle, from visiting Mr. A. and Lady Elizabeth Drum mond at Cadlands, Hants. Lady Laura Meyrick has returned to town, from visiting the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland in Ysrkshire. Lord Itedesdale has nearly recovered from the effects of his recent accident in the hunting field. His lordship is expected to be able to go out with his hounds early in the ensuing month. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of r Lord Ashburton with (Miss Stewart Mackenzie, youngest daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, and grand daughter of Lord Seaforth, was performed by special li cence yesterday afternoon at Bath-house, Piccadilly. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Bath, and a select party were present at the ceremony, which was performed in the drawing-room. The Bishop of Oxford officiated at the religious solemnity. The Ladies Proby, Miss An struther, and Miss Dawkins acted as bridesmaid on the occasion. A dejeuner, to which 30 relatives and friends were invited, followed. Lord and Lady Ashburton left town at 2 o'clock for the Grange, Hants, to pass a few weeks, before departing for a tour in the East. MARRIAGE OF LIEUT.-COLONEL ALISON.—The marriage of Lieut.-Col. Alison, late Military Secretary in India to his Excellency Lord Clyde, and eldest son of Sir Archibald Alis on , B ar t., Possil House, Lanarkshire, and Miss Black, only daughter of the late Mr. James Black, was celebrated at St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Glasgow, yesterday forenoon. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. Bishop Trower, the bishop of the diocese, as sisted by the Rev. Mr. Oldham, minister of the chapel. SIR E. B. LYTTON.---:-The secretary of the Conser-, vativelubyesterday received the following communications from the Lord Rector :—Colonial-office, Nov. 16, 1858. Dear Sir,—You will already have received by telegraph my acknowledgment of the great honour I am so proud to re ceive. Pray convey to the university and its members the expression of my heartfelt appreciation of their kindness, and assure them that it is no small pleasure to me feel that, for another year, my connexion with the University of Glasgow is to remain unchanged.—Yours, most obliged and faithfully, E. B. Lytton. G. Lang, Esq." We append the telegram alluded to in the foregoing letter :—" I accept with pride the high honour conferred upon me by the students of Glasgow University."—Glasgow Daily Mail. Mr. William Smee, who for nearly twenty-eight years filled the post of chief accountant of the Bank of Eng land, died yesterday at the age of 83. He had been more than 57 years in the service. FIRES. Two fires at manufacturing :premises occurred near Halifax on Wednesday morning last. One occurred at the carpet works of Messrs. John Crossley and Sons, Dean Clough Mills, and the other at the cotton-mill of Messrs. Bottomley, cotton-spinners, Ripponden. In the foriner instance, by the aid of fire-engines and other means, the fire was soon checked, and the damage done was only to the extent of £l,OOO or so, which is covered by insurance. In;the case of Messrs. Bottoimley, although the flames were prevented from extending to what is known as the New Mill on their premises, the Old Mill, the building in which the fire broke out, and a largo quantity of machinery and cotton were destroyed. The origin of neither fire has been positively ascertained. Messrs. Bottomley were insured in the Royal Insurance-office. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The Guildhall, still refulgent in all the glories of Lord Mayor's Day, was last night taken possession of by the licensed victuallers for the purposes of their grand annual charitable ball. It is needless to say that the ancient hail made a magnificent salon de dame, or that its appearance was most striking and brilliant when fully illuminated, and thronged with happy and gaily dressed company. The arrivals commenced at half-past eight, and from that hour until eleven there we s a constant in-potiring of the votaries of Terpsichore, who were soon seen to be busily engaged in all the complicated move ments of the modern waltz and polka. The music of Adams' band was well selected and admirably performed, and Mr. Frampton made a most efficient master of the ceremonies. Amongst the company, which was exceedingly numerous, were the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, and most of the leading members (with their families) of the Licensed Vic tuallers' Association. The refreshments, provided by the London Tavern, were excellent and abundant, and nothing was wanting to render the festival as pleasant to the parti cipators as it is to be hoped it will prove beneficial to the valuable charities in whose behalf it was originated. The amusements did not terminate until a very late hour. stood on both sides that it must be so, and we at tack them with the utmost audacity, without the slightest regard to the proportion betwixt the as sailants and assailed, in perfect confidence of vic tory, our enemies betaking themselves to their heels after the first fire, as a matter of course. ROHILCUND. This province still continues disturbed, and there are still supposed to be about 12,000 of the enemy in the field against us, with about 30 guns. On the 6th Oct. Brigadier Sir T. Seaton received informa tion that the enemy were advancing on Shajehan pore. Soon after, Faddy's police battalion found themselves compelled to retire on the approach of about 200 of the rebel cavalry. Brigadier Seaton now advanced with a force consisting of the 60th Rifles, seven companies of the 82d, a squadron of Carabineers, two squadrons of Moultanees, 200 Sikhs, and a light field battery. They came on the enemy at daybreak ; they immediately attacked and dispersed them, capturing a couple of guns, and leaving only one in their possession. There seems to have been a number of lesser affairs in the neighbourhood before the victoryof General Seaton, but we are somewhat imperfectly informed both as to dates and particulars. SAUGOR. General Whitlock's force is now broken up into detachments. A division of guns, a squadron of the Lancers, and a squadron of the Hyderabad Contingent, started from Newgong on the sth, with a view of watching the movements of Tantia Topee. A larger force was to follow in a few days after wards. Brigadier Munsey's column was to garrison Nowgong. Brigadier Carpenter was at Nagode in •hopes of securing Rada Govind, a rebel leader of importance in the field in that neighbourhood, with betwixt 4,000 or 5,000 men under him. The whole garrison in Saugor had thus been reduced from 2,000 to 300 infantry, with four guns, and no cavalry whatever. The darogah of the late Rajah of Banda had delivered himself up to Mr. Mayne, the collector and magistrate. He was hanged on the 28th. The provinces were so scarce of silver money that the local treasuries were authorised to issue paper currencies to the extent of £40,000. Both at Calcutta and Bombay great preparations are made for the proclamation of the Queen's assumption of rule. Illuminations on a grand scale are to be made. It is curious, however, to notice the apathy of many of the servants of the defunct East India Company, who seem to think it indecor ous to rejoice at the mew order of things, being in mourning for the deceased corporation. We have received more troops. The Earl of Balcarres came in with draughts of the 18th, 33d, 57th, 86th, S9th, and 95th. The Clifton Belle, with draughts of Royal Artillery, 3d Dragoon Guards, Bth Hussars, 14th Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers, 51st, 56th, 57th, 71st, 72d, 83d, 89th, and 92d. The Government steamer Zenobia, came in from Aden and Suez with 350 of her Majesty's 91st; and the Oneida with the 6th Enniskillen Dragoons. The 18th and 33d are ordered up country from Poona. Lord Elphinstone is at his country place, Matheran. The ex-King of Delhi has been sent to Calcutta under an escort of Carabineers. Success has attended a fight which occurred on the Bth of October at Powayne, in Rohilcund. The rebels on this occasion attacked the garrison of the place, but were repulsed, with a loss of four killed and 19 wounded. Another action, near Shahje hanpore, on the same day, resulted in a loss to the enemy of 300 killed and two guns. In Behar, General 'Douglas has regularly opened the cam paign by the occupation, on the 20th inst., of Jugdespore, which the rebels had evacuated. Letters from Goonah, of the 11th, mention that Colonel Robertson was oonsidered somewhat better, and in a great measure out of danger. He was about t• proceed to Seepree, where the change of air would, it was hoped, benefit him. He was so utterly prostrated by jungle fever as to be unable to stir, or even to write to his nearest kinsfolk. From Camp Suhjanee, 28th Sept., 7.10 p.m.—From Capt. Rattray, to Calcutta and Patna, to Secre tary to Government of Bengal and Commis- sioner !. " Colonel Sawer's column marched yesterday from Behta to Suhjanee ; the 3d Sikh Cavalry and Bengal Police Ressalah, under Lieutenants Broughton and Baker, were sent round with a view of getting between the enemy and Peroo. At Suh janee the enemy opposed in force, mustering some 1,000 men, the cavalry drove them out into the open, and they turned and charged home, pursuing and cutting them quite into the jungle, killing a rebel native officer, and 80 or 100 men. Great praise is due to Lieut. Baker, who commanded. Loss, Ben gal Police Cavalry, 1 sowar killed, 14 sowars wounded, and 9 horses wounded. 3d Sikh Cavalry, Lieut. Chickins, Indian navy, and a volunteer, severely wounded."— -Englishman, Sept. 30. As we were going to press we received the Cal cutta dak of the Bth, and with it a letter from Buxar, of the same date, giving an account of a dour after a rebel named' Mahger Roy, who had been plundering the villages along the -banks of the Kurrumnassa, and in which we very much re gret to mention that Capt. Nason, of the Military Train, and Capt. J. S. Douglas, 4th Madras Light Cavalry, were both killed.—Delhi Gazette, Oct. 13. COMMERCIAL. REPORT OF THE BOMBAY MARKET PROM 9TH TO 24T OCT., 1858. The monsoon season is now considered to be finally over. Otfr money market is easy. Four per Cent. paper is at 86, and Fives at 93:. The cotton piece goods market showed some little quietude a few days before the departure of last mail (9th Oct.), but upon the arrival of the last advices from home it soon assumed its wonted activity. The amount of business done has been to a fair extent, and our stock is very small. Consequent on the near approach of the De wallee holidays theie will be less doing in the ensuing fortnight. IMPORTS. Grey Shirting, 40 inch, of all descriptions, in very good demand, 81b. attracting most attention. 45 Inch—All de scriptions in inquiry. 6 and 71b. scarce, and better ix price by two annas. Madapollam in fair inquiry. Long Cloth—All descriptions in good demand. 45 inch. green end, 101 b., scarce, and advanced two annas. Domestic-40 inch of heavy make in very good demand, and scarce ; others in fair inquiry. quT. Cloth-41b. in very good demand ; other s i n mo d erate in iry. Jacconet—All descriptions in very good demand, Drills arl) in fair inquiry. ;Mlills in demand, and scarce. Bleached Shirting and Madapollam—Up to middling in good demand; higher dull. Satin Spots rather dull. Twills— one. Turkey Red—Plain, 28 yards, in fair demand ; 24 yards, dull. Twill and mull are both dull. Fancy Goods—Grey and bleached dhoties, lappets, and checks and striped bleached mulls, are all very dull. Lappet Scarf—Dyed velvet, mulls and madapollam, and bleached lawns'aro dull, as also book muslin. Cotton Yarn—The market has been active, and a good demand exists for both water and mule. Stock very small. Prices on 20's, 40's, and 50's mule, and 30's water, ha ve advanced. Dyed Turkey red and green rather dull, and former prices declined a little. Orange in good demand. • Metals—English bar iron is looking dull, as also square nail rod. Round nail rod is in good demand, as also hoop and bolt. Sheet has further declined, holders realising to arrive. Swedish bar in good demand. Steel in tubs dull, and declined a little; faggots maintain last value. Lead, in bolt, sheet, and pig, no change. Tin plates in demand. Spelter very dull, and declined, as also quicksilver. Copper —sheathing, bottoms, and bolt& in fair request, and main taining their last value. Bra z i er ' s a n d til es i n demand at a decline in price Nails very dull. Red Lead in fair request, at slightly advanced rates White of good quality is also in good demand Saffron—ln very good demand. Cochineal continues dull; there is no demand from the interior. EXPORTS. Pepper—Bhutcol and Tellicherry very small in stock, and only used for local consumption ; value remains as be fore. _ _ Coffee—Of Mocha and Berbera 2,500 frazels only have arrived; prices in consequence very high. As only 490 Nunes have found buyers at Rs. 11 for the former and Rs. 13 for the latter description. Malabar is looking dull and slightly declined. Saltpetre—Very dull, and declined to Rs. 8 to 14 for Scinde. • Munjeet--Dull. Hemp-•Rajapore and Ghatee declined a little. Of Calicut there is scarcely any in the market, and the quotations are consequently nominal. Wheat—Surat, Rs. 18 to 21; Katha, Rs. 13 to 14 ; Ghatee, Rs. 161 to 19. Fresh supplies coming in but slowly. Myrabolum—None. Coir Yarn—Fresh supplies have arrived. No. 1, Rs. 44 to 46 ; No. 2, Rs. 35 to 40. Loose coir declined to Rs. 38. Cotton Wool—The market has been very fun, and since the arrival of the last English mail prices have advanced, Fresh supplies are coming in daily, and large quantities are expected to arrive as the fair season has set in. Oils—Castor, Rs. 2 11-10; cocoanut, Its. 3 1; tee'', 2 10-16 and dull. Sheep's Wool is in tolerable demand, and the natives are making occasional purchases. Good quality scarce: Opium—The market is firm, and prices have advanced. Indore Rs. 1,345; Mundleiser Rs. 133.5. Tonnage—Rates of freight have declined to 15s. to £1 per ton to London and Liverpool for cotton and seeds. To China Its.. 4 per candy nominal. Exchange on London has continued its upward are course, and Bank bills offering at 2s. 013-16 d., fi rst class Local Credits at 2s. od., and Document Bills at 2s. ld. to 2s. lid : On Calcutta, 60 days' sight, 99; ;30 d ays ' , 99k . On Madras. 30 days' sight, 991. On China, 218. The following telegrams were received at Mr, Reuter's office this day : MADRID, Nov. 18. Government hastens the preparations for sending troops and material to Havannah. The Three per Cents, closed 42 55 ; Deferred, 3 MARSEILLES, Nov. 18. M. de Thovenel has arrived here. The Presse d' Orient states that the Sultan had received M. de Thouvenel in solemn audience, and expressed to him his best thanks for having always laboured for the maintenance of friendly relations between France and Turkey. FRANCE. The Moniteur contains a decree relating to the supply to be kept in reserve by the bakers. The principal article obliges all the bakers in the towns mentioned in the appendix to the decree to lay in a stock equivalent to their manufacture of bread during at least three months. The second article confers the duty of determining—after con sultation with the Municipal Administrations— 1. In what periods of time the reserves ought to be collected ; 2. Whether they shall be in grain or flour, or both conjointly. BELGIUM. A somewhat serious incident occurred in the sit ting of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on the 16th inst., on the discussion of the project of an Address to the King. At the commencement of the sitting Count de Theux rose and declared that the project of the Address was not drawn up in the usual style of such documents ; that it , contained insinua tions insulting to the minority and a personal provo cation against himself; he was, therefore, charged by his political friends to declare that the Opposition was resolved to abstain from the discussion. After making this declaration, M. de Theux and a great number of members of the Right left the Clamber. The debate was resumed and the ensemble of the project voted by a majority of 53 votes against 9. On the names of members being drawn to present the Address to the King, that of M. de Theux was among the number. The Address has meantime been presented, and a gracious reply received from the King. THE WEST INDIA MAIL FALMOUTH, Nov. 18. The royal mail steamer Magdalena, Captain Abbott, arrived here on Thursday afternoon, short of fuel, bringing the South Pacific and West India mails. She left Jamaica Oct. 25, and.. St. Thomas's Nov. 1.. She has on freight 911,306 dole., 332 serons of cochineal, and 36 passengers, among whom are the Lord Bishop of Jamaica, and Col. Wright, R.A., and wife. The Magdalena experienced very severe weather on her passage. FILL4BUSTERING. The President of the United States has issued he following proclamation : " Whereas, information has reached m e , f rom sources which I cannot disregard, that certain persons, in violation of the neutrality laws of the United States, are making a third attempt to set on foot a military expedition within their territory against Nicaragua, a foreign State with which they are at peace. "In order to raise money for equipping and maintaining this expedition, persons connected therewith, as I have reason to believe, have issued and sold bonds and other contracts, pledging the public lands of Nicaragua and the transit route through its territory as a security for their redcmp tion and fulfilment. " The hostile design of this expedition is ren dered manifest by the fact that these bonds and contracts can be of no possible value to their holders unless the present Government of Nicaragua shall be overthrown. Besides, the Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of that Government in the United States has is,ued a notice, in pursuance of his instructions, dated the 27th inst., forbidding the citizens or subjects of any nation, except passengers intending to proceed through Nicaragua over the transit route from ocean to [ocean, to enter its territory without a regular passport, signed by the proper Minister or Consul-General of the republic resident in the country whence they shall have departed ; such persons, with this exception, will b e s t oppe d and compelled to return by the ,same conveyance that took them to the country. " From the circumstances the inference is irre sistiblethat persons engaged in this expedition will leave the United States with hostile purposes against Nicaragua. They cannot, under the guise which they have assumed, that they are peaceful emigrants, conceal their real intentions, especially when they know in advance that th e i r l an di ng will be resisted, and can only be accomplished by an overpowering force. This expedient was suc cessfully resorted to previous to the last expedition, and the vessel in which those composing it were conveyed to Nicaragua obtained a clearance from the collector of the port at Mobile. Although, after a careful examination, no arms or munitions of war were discovered on board, yet when they arrived in Nicaragua they were found to be armed and equipped, and immediately commenced hos tilitics. " The leaders of the former illegal expeditions of the same character have openly expressed their in tention to renew hostilities against Nicaragua. One of them, who has already been twice expelled from Nicaragua, has invited, through the public newspapers, American citizens to emigrate to that republic, and has designated Mobile as the place of rendezvous and the Juan del Norte as the port to which they are bound. This person, who has renounced his allegiance to the United States, and claims to be President of Nicaragua, has give n notice to the collector of the port of qobile that 200 or 300 of those emigrants will be prepared to embark from the port about the middle of Novem ber. _ _ " For these and other good reasons, and f or the purpose of saving American citizens who may have been honestly deluded into the be lief that they are about t o proceed to Nicara gua as peaceful emigrants, if any so there be, from the disastrous consequences to which they will be exposed, I, James Buchanan, President of the United States, have thought it fit to issue this m y proclamation, enjoining upon all officers of the Government, civil and mil i t ary, i n their respective spheres, to be vigilant, active, and faithful in sup pressing these illegal enterpri ses , an d i n carry i ng out their standing instructions to this effect, and exhorting all good citizens, by their respect for the laws, and their regard for the peace and welfare of the country, to aid the efforts of the public autho rities in the discharge of their duties. "In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed, by these presents. Done at the city of Washington this 30th day of Octobe r , 1858 , an d of the independence of the United States the 83d. " JAMES BUCHANAN. " By the President. . " LEWIS CASS, Secretary of State. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Commission charged to inquire into the question of immigration met for the first time to-day. It is composed of Prince Napoleon, MM. de Per signy and Barbaroux, Senators ; Chasseloup- Laubat and Baron de Richmond, Deputies ; De Parieu, Vice-President of the Council of State; Leplay Langlais, Muvergier, Armand Lefebvre, Councillors of the State Beranger, President of the Court of Cassation ; Charles Giraud, ex-Minister ; Bayle Mouillard, Counsellor in the Court of Cessa tion ; Baron Brenier, Vice-Admiral Penaud, Cap tains de Montravel and Guillain, of the Imperial Navy ; and Feri Pisani, the Secretary, Aide-de- Camp to the Prince. THE COMTE DE MONTALE3IBEBT Rs. ( • Charles Forbes, Comte de Montalembert, ir 33 horn in Londo n on th e 10 t h of March, 1810. -13 e is the representative of an old family of Poitee' Ind his father was a peer of France, and Ambassa for at Stockholm from the Court of Charles S: His mother was an Englishwoman. At the outset )f• his career h e was an advocate of the union o.', Catholicism and democracy, of which Lamennai s was the apostle, and was one of the editors efl journal founded to advocate that union, called, D'Avenir. He subsequently commenced a sort ?' 3rusade against the University, and opened 111 April, 1831, in conjunction with MM. d e Coils Ind Lacordaire, a school called the Eeele, Libre. Hi s oppos i t i on to the existinil Government brought him at last before the Police Correctionelle ;" but during the process hie 'ather died, and as M. de Montalembert then he; -ame a Peer of France, he clai me d th e r i g ht ei Being tried by the Upper Chamber, by which he was condemned to a fine of 100 f. His defence pre' nounced before the Chamber may be considered as the beginning of his political career, but he 1 05 prevented, by his not having attained the legal age )f 30, from taking his seat until 1840. The condo; nation of Lamennais by the Pope greatly increased he severity of M. de Montalc mbe orthodoxy, and' both by writing and speaking, he made himself thenceforward known as the great champion e.f Catholicism. H e pu bli s h ed his famous " Life of Eh' mbeth of Hungary" in 1836. In 1842 he strone, opposed the ed uca ti ona l measure of M. Villemain,:ana n 1843 he published his " Catholic Manifesto." Il e narried in 1843 the daughter of a Belgian Minister , Mademoiselle de Merode, and after a short absence from France he returned to deliver in the Chamber of Peers his three celebrated speeches on the liberty :)f the Church, the liberty of education, and th e liberty of the monastic orders. In 1847 he este; blished a religious association to work in favour e" the Sonderbund. He also made himself notorious, for the a c ti ve par t h e took on behalf of oppressed nationalities, and on the 10th of February, 1848, he had a solemn funeral service celebrated at Notre Dame to the memory of O'Connell. After the esta" blishment of the Republic., M. de Montalembert Iva; elected a member of the Constituent Assembly and there acted sometimes with one and sometimes with another of the parties that divided the Assembly , He was opposed to th e measure for again requiring, journalsto furnish sec ur ity , to the continuance of the state of siege, and to the admission of Loins Bonaparte. But at the end of the session he sun; ported M. Dufaure in a bill for the restriction a' the press, and was loud in his approval of the French expedition to Rome. He was re-elected by the department of Doubs for the Legislatiye Assembly. He there distinguished himself prln" cipally by the part he took in preparing the lad to restrain the suffrage within narrower limits, hi his frequent encounters with M. Victor Hugo, his only rival in o ra t ory, and by his defence of the, President. Wh en t h e coup d'etat came he protested strongly against the imprisonment of the Deputies, hut he neverthel ess was named a member of the Consultative Commission, a distinction he declined , and was elected, in 1852, i nto the Corps Legislatif• As a French biographer laconically, but happili , expresses it, "il y representait presque Opr sition." At the last election, in 1857, he was de feated in the Department of the Doubs bf the Government candidate, an d h a d since retired from p u bli c li fe until this article in the Correspondent brought him again before the world. Of course M. de Montalembert is pat! Liberal after an English fashion. But we cannot doubt that years a n d exper i ence h ave taught Ilium something. And especially as regards England, no one can now be a more zea l ous, discriminating, and firm friend t o everyt hi ng that is English than N• de Montalembert. No one, also, can doubt that he is one of the first men in Europe both as a writer and as a speaker; and both by his eminence and his great inte res t i n li terature and education he ls, among the leader s o f th e French Academy, of which .he was elected a member in 1852.—Carl tinental Review. COUNT ifONTALEMBERT ON ASTON PARK THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BIRMING.HAIL M. de Montalembert concludes his remarkable pamphlet by pointing out the happy result of benevolent establishments and institutions for the instruction of the poorer classes, and, citing th e example of the People's Park at Birmingham' He says, the little girl of the charity school de posits her mite side by side with the bank-notes of the rich manufacturer. The sum required i 5 soon collected ; the domain is purchased ix the name of the new association ; the old mansion, care fully restored, is destined as a permanent exhi bition of the arts and manufactures of the district. and the great park, with its trees the g ro wth of centuries, is transformed into a place of p rome nade and recreati on f or the families of the working classes. Then, but only then, when it is necessary to inaugurate this happy conquest of an intelligent and courageous initiative, they send their request to the Queen ; for all these little municipal repub lics set the greatest importance on showing that royalty is the keystone of the arch. "All that great association, so proud and so sure of itself, knows well that it has nothing to fear from that sovereign power which is at once its erace ful ornament and its faithful representative, and which in turn has nothing to dread from the active spontaneity of its subjects ; which does not pretend, to hinder a n y emanc i pat i on, any development 01 individual independence ; which does not impose submission on energy, nor silence on contradiction; and which, in truth, is no other than liberty wear ing a crown. The 15th of June, 1858, the Q u een obeyed this touching appeal. She came, and 60,000 working men hasten to meet her, issuing in myriads from every indust‘rious hive of the districts of the black country —that is, from the counties of Stafford and Warwick , where coal mines feed the great mineral works. They offer her the affectionate homage of their happy faces, of their free souls, and of their manlY efforts for aggrandisement and freedom. The Queen traverses that mighty crowd of an enthusiastic population, and opens the new museum. She bestows knighthood on the Mayor of Birmingham Sir John Ratcliff, now elected by his fellow-citizens for the third time, by touching his shoulder, according to the ancient ceremonial, with a sword lent to her for that purpose by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county. She then causes to approach her the eight working men whom their comrades had indicated as the most usefully zealous in the common work, and says to them, " I thank you personally for what you have d o ne to preserve this ancient manor, and I hope that this people's park will be for ever a benefit to the work ing classes of your city." As she was leaving, 40,000 children of the free national schools, and of various creeds, ranged along the way as she passed under the great oaks which had perhaps seen Charles I. beneath them ; and they chanted to gether with an accent at once innocent and impas sioned, which drew tears from many of those who who were present, a hymn in lines, rude perhaps, but the burden of which was— " Now pray we for our country, • That England long may be The holy and the happy. And the gloriously free.* REWARDS FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA• ; Rewards for saving life at sea, recently awarded by the Board of Trade, to the undermentioned, viz. To S. B. Gorn, chief boatman, coast-guard sta tion, Fraserburgh, Malcolm Fletcher, John Good ridge, and John Cormack, boatmen, £1 each ; to ' William Stephen, William Noble, Andrew N o ble (pilots), and John Strachen, ship -carpenter, 10s. each, in consideration of their services in saving the crew of the Prussian schooner Fortuna, of Greifewald, which was driven on shore during a hurricane, on the beach between Fraserburgh and Cairnbulg Head on the Bth ult. To Richd. Corcoran, Bartholomew Mahoney, and James Penman, commissioned boatmen, and Bar tholomew Leyden, boatman, coast-guard station, ' Wexford, 30 s. each • and to Thomas White, John. Furlong, John Howlin, Thomas Delaney, Patrick Kelly, countrymen and fishermen, 255. each, for saving the crews of the schooner Sisters, of Milford, and brigantine Sir Donald Campbell, of Newry, wrecked on the coast of Wexford, Oct. 19. To Win. Johnson, beachman, North Yarmouth, £1 ; to James Saunders, Benjamin Bernard, and George Rurabold, beachmen, North Yarmouth, 12s. each ; and to James Baker, coast-guardsman, 10s. ; for services rendered in saving four of the crew of the schooner Queen, of Grimsby, wreck e d o ff Yar mouth on the 18th lit. The Emperor of the French has awarded a silver medal of the first class to Messrs. John Waterson, Thomas Harrison, Joseph Harrison, Daniel Lace, and John Kenan, five fishermen belonging to the Isle of Man, for having rescued the captain and three men of the French ship Le Jeune St. Charles, which was wrecked on the Isle of Man on the Bth of April last. A first-class silver medal to the tollowing per sons : James Callopy and Daniel Shea, coast uardrnen of her Britannic Majesty's ship Eagle ; John Staples, mate of the barque Providence, of Bridgewater ; Henry Score, Lively, of B r id gewater; and mate of the barque Inigo Jones, fisher man at Porthcawll ; for having saved the crew of the French ship Le Medias, wrecked near Porth cawl,