The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-17 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA DYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, DINORAH. Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Leffler, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. T. Chapel, 31r. H. Corr', Mr. St. Albyn. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half -past. 11117i.EATR g-ROYA,L, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baekstone. THIS EVENING the nertornianoes will commence with the new comedy, DOES HE LOVE ME ? Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, E. Villiers, and Buckstone ; Miss Amy Sedg wick, Miss Florence Haydon, and Mrs. Wilkins. F o llowed by a new comedy, en titled ROMANCE AND REALITY. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, W. Farren, and John Brouznam ; Miss Florence Haydon; Mrs. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leelereqs. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Brilliant and decided success of the celebrated Comedienne, Miss Gougenheim, from the principal Theatres of America. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, the performances win commence with THE MIDDY ASHORE : Harry lalcyon, Miss Lydia Thompson. After which, a comedy, written by Dion Boucicault, Esq., , entitled THE IRISH HEIRESS. The new Scenery painted by Mr. William Callcott. Principal characters by Mr. George Vinin,g, Mr. Henry Neville (his 9th appearance in London), 11Ir. John Rouse, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Lyon, Mr. H. Butler, Miss Kate Saville, Miss Hatton, and Miss Gougenheim (her 9th appearance in England). To conclude with the romantic drama of THE ABBE VAUDREUIL, in which the celebrated Dancers, the Misses Marie and Annie Collinson, will make their 9th appearanc e in London. The Abbe Vandreull, Madame Celeste. DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYA L, - 31 - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. virebatzr. Great Success of the new Drama, by Dion Bourcicault, Esq. "The Colleen Bawn."—Miss Agnes Ilobert=on every even. ing. THIS EVENING, THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith, D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss VV oolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Ars. Billington. After which, TIIE COLLEEN BAWN. C. D. Bourcicault, D. Fisher, Billino - ton, Falconer , Stephenson. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC lIATH CHARMS. Mr. David Fisher. D o ors open at half-past 15—Commence at 7. IBox-offioe open from 10 till g. 5. No charge for bookin Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Bogus,_ Orc h es t ra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4 s. ; Front Circle Stalls, es • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, I. 6 d .: Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, id: Acting Manager--Mr. 'Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITTIFATRE.- _, 7‘.. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Immense success of Fitzball's new Spectacle of ROBIN flooD, pronounced by the Press and the Public the most beautiful and interesting Hippo-Drama ever produced at this Theatre. This Evening, the entertainments will commence with the new Spectacle, in Three Acts, entitled ROBIN HOOD or, the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; Allan-a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Pritchard. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day, including Mdlle. de Berg and Mr. James Cooke. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CONCERTS. C A NTERB UR Y HALL EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. Norma , Miss RUSSELL. Adalgisa Madame MARIA, (Her first appearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consistinzof Seventeen Per formers, organised expressly for this establishment, for the Terformance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, dzc. Prin cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS. Balcony, ls, Hall. Cd. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, Ocr. 17, MO. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—this day at noon. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—highest since noon yesterday. BknomnTEß-30.0 ; rising rapidly. WlND—Westerly ; moderate, with fine sunshiny weather, It began to brighten up yesterday afternoon. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. tsie DAY.—Morning, 3h. 9m.—Afternoon, 311. 31m. To-Aionnow.-Morning, 3h. 53m.—Afternoon, 4h. 16m. Italy. The French at Rome—this is the great illegality, the great infringement of the nationality principle of the present moment. VICTOR EMMANUEL, in entering the States of the Church and the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, has, it is acknowledged, set aside diplomatic law or usages. But VICTOR Em- MANUEL, has, it is equally acknowledged, acted on the sacred ground of the fundamental. rights of peoples. He has annexed no State—he has entered no State, in which the vast majority of the people were not eager to accept his monarchy and to send their representatives to his free Parliament. When the rights of the people and technical diplomacy mme into collision, that the latter ought to be tossed aside with contempt,.is what no liberal, no reason able man will deny. Here is the fair justification of the King of PIEDMONT for all he has done ; he needs no other. But the French at Rome are purely unwarranted intermeddlers and obstructors. They have neither diplomacy nor fundamental principles on their side. No one asked them to go to Rome ; least of all the people. They went for the glory of the thing ; for the sake of buying the aid of the Roman Catholic clergy in France ; and, that they , might match themselves with the Austrians—at that time masters of the Legations. They went, to the disgust of their own soldiers, who were compelled, indeed, to fight for their national flag, but who openly murmured at being led to the subversion of a sister Republic and the reinstatement of the odious temporal rule of the POPE and his Cardinals. They went to be resisted to the last by GARIBALDI and the brave people themselves, and installed themselves there in defiance of every law, human and divine—indeed by the law of the bayonet only. And as their title was originally bad, so twelve years of ministering to ecclesiastical oppression have not improved it. For this long time have the French been acting a part little more justifiable %than that of the Austrians. They have imposed a ruler on the people ; they keep him there. They held the stirrups to his Holiness in 1848, they hold his Holiness in the saddle in 1860, and prevent the subjugated Romans from rearing, and plunging, and pitching his Holy Majesty to the ground till this hour. Is this the position for " generous Frau t ce," as Count c AVOUR terms her, to occupy ? Is it worthy of her to be the vicarious oppressor of a feeble— a very small people ? For she is surely as responsible for all the deeds of ANTONELLI as if she perpetrated them her self. And yet M. THOUVENEL, through hi s f r iend BONIFACE of the Constitutionnel, actually lectures the King of SARDINIA for invading Naples at th e req uest of the Neapolitans ! France, w h o forces herself on the Romans that she may force a Sove reign on them, takes to task a Sovereign who does to a people that have turned out their tyrant King, and invoke his aid as a patriot King. But what now is to be done with LOUIS NAPO LEON'S Frenchmen. There they stand between Northern and Southern Italy, keeping Italy out of her capital and the Romans out of their primary rights. They are even increasing their numbers. Till lately they did keep within unlucky Rome. The country around welcomed the Sardinians, and began to breathe. But all of a sudden they begin to increase their numbers —to put garrisons in the adjacent towns, and one of their last move ments is to reoccupy Viterbo, to compel the Sar dinians to leave it, to restore the Papal rule, and ;he conaequence is that the better part of the citizens have felt obliged to emigrate to some part of free What 6to be done with than. Neither GARI- I3ALDI nor the king of SARDINIA can attack them, tho more cowardly, therefore, their conduct. They are the very marplots of Italian unity. Austria • ...k4i.... - • A 4 ' - , I- I A. ict. .. 3, -.. 4 - , ~,.7 .- 4 4, t ' '" lifit zvalk, Zez i 4 g1 . ;;;.0.L., ' : 471 , :',." ---,4,9 . i . •14 0 . ::. . 4". .4 - „,,, , , ' .., THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 1860 occupies a corner of the country, but these intru sive Frenchmen occupy its very heart. Louis BLANC, wiser on this subject than on some others, observed the other day, very pertinently, at Glas -1 gow— . " As to the question itself, it appears to me that the great difficulty lies in the presenoe of French soldiers in Rome. I cannot help thinking that to attack the French soldiers in Rome would be, on the part of Gari baldi, a step of a nature perhaps to imperil the causs of Italian independence. On the other hand, it is impsssible for Italy to become a united nation with Rome as its head — its heart, the Eternal City, continuing to be the stronghold of despotism, the den of Popery. No and the great ques tion is, how are the French soldiers to leave Rome ? Un fortunately, this is a great difficulty, because the French ruler, as such, is interested in preventing the formation in the south of Europe of a mighty nation ruled by principles incompatible with those on which bis own power is known to rest. He is interested in preventing the formation of a mighty nation capable of counteracting, on the continent of Europe, the influence of despotism as exercised by such governments as Russia, Germany, and I am sorry to say, France." He then asks, What is to be done ? In reply to this inquiry, Count CAVOUR, who also says, — Our star, gentlemen, will direct us to look upon the Eternal City, upon which five and twenty centuries have accumulated all glorious memo ries, as destined to become the splendid capital of our Italian Kingdom," replies,— "It is a question which cannot be solved by the sword alone ; moral force must aid in the solution," and the chief moral means he relies on he thus describes :—" I think the solution of the Roman question must arise from the conviction which will daily gain ground in modern society, even in the great Catholic society, that freedom is highly favourable to the spread of true religious feeling. This truth, I feel confident, will soon triumph." We confess we have some fear of the early triumph of what seems to Britons so elemen tary a truth. Even Irishmen, who ought to know it well by long experience, could be found enlisting men to suppress liberty in Rome itself ; and if men who have been nourished and brought up in absolute freedom cannot yet perceive its advan tages to the cause of un-hypocritical Religion,— how can we expect that Continentals, bred and brought up in civil and religious serfdom, will soon perceive them ? We believe the millennium itself will come before Popes and Cardinals will believe that freedom is the best nurse of religion. The Count affirms, and we believe it, that there is more lively and sincere religion in Piedmont than there was twelve years ago—that is, that true reli gion has increased just in proportion as the clergy there became subordinated to the State, subjected to its laws, and driven from the care of temporalities to the cure of souls. " You may have," he says, the confirmation from all the venerable pastors of this capital, although this diocese had not an en lightened prelate at its head, as befell to the lot of other cities, where the bishops well knew how to reconcile the precepts of freedom with the canons of religion. When this opi nion shall generally prevail, as it soon will (since the conduct of our army, the behaviour of our high-souled Sovereign will have a tendency to confirm it), when it shall take root in the minds of other nations, in the heart of modern societies, we feel assured that the great majority of enlightened and sincere Catholics will acknowledge that the august Pontiff who is at the head of our religion may exercise his office in a far more free and inde pendent manner if he be guarded by the love and affection of 22,000,000 of Italians than defended by 25,000 foreign bayonets." But Rome will need other aid for her deliverance —the public opinion of Liberal Europe, and not least of England must come to her aid. Louis BLANC said at Glasgow— "It is my impression that it must depend on you to impel the British Government to obtain from Louis Napoleon the withdrawal of the French sol diers from Rome. Public opinion, firmly declared on this particular point, would have a great effect, not only on the British Government, but on the French ruler himself, be cause he is evidently anxious at this moment to keep fair with Great Britain ; and if he were convinced that the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome is a conditio sins qua non of friendly alliance with England, it is my opinion that he would be wise enough to withdraw his troops from Rome." We are inclined to think he is right. In the critical state of the continent, Louis NAPOLEON cannot well dispense with our friendship, if not alliance. He quite understands how enthusiastic the people of this country are in the cause of Italian liberty; he could feel it as no attack upon him that we should demand his ceasing to in tervene in Italy. He has repeatedly declared that Europe would not endure his permanent occupa tion of Rome, and he could at any time declare that the occupation must cease. When once, therefore, FRANCIS 11. is clear out of the way, and when nothing breaks the continuity of Italy, from north to south, but battalions of French foreigners--then will be the time for England to agitate for the withdrawal of the French army from Rome. The intelligence from China is, everything cons dered, in the highest degree satisfactory, The Allies had landed at the mouth of the Peiho on the Ist of August, at a place called Peh-tang, and in a skirmish with the Imperial cavalry had scattered the Chinese as utterly as might have been confi dently predicted. Their attack upon the Taku Forts, when the last accounts left, was then in active preparation. So that by the next mail we may anticipate the receipt of news of a decisive character. Those Taku Forts, situated but a few miles 1113 the river Peiho, will be the first stage on the road to Pekin—a road of some 150 miles in length that the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the British expedition will not be very long, we may rest assured, in traversing. The delays that have already occurred in the opening of the campaign of this Third Chinese War are of themselves guaran tees that we shall not very probably see much further procrastination. The plans of the Com manders-in-Chief, both military and maritime, are by reason of those delays ali the more likely to have been by this time thoroughly matured. Before September could have arrived the Anglo-French expedition must in all likeli hood have appeared under the walls of the Imperial City—resolved this time at least not to do things by halves, not to consent to any supplemen tary compromise, but to bring to a final issue the long continued misunderstanding between the Europeans and the Chinese Government. It is in no malignant spirit but simply in, the interest of humanity itself thot we insist upon the necessity of our requiring expiation in the first instance from those faithless and treacherous Asiatics upon whom we have now once again been constrained by their own heinous perfidy to make war. For the calamities that this new war has brought down upon them, they have only to thank themselves. In the matter of this renewed conflict England and France are wholly guiltless. The circumstances the n or northern h e i i . n n which the struggle now raging along coasts of China originated are only too vividly in ovr painful recollection. The relatives of those of our gallant sons who were barbarously murdered so many long months ago by the dastardly accomplices in that ever infamous ambuscade pre pared to bar the passage of the European , LATEST .N EIN . Ambassadors on their progress towards their I peaceful destination, the relatives of those brave but ill-fated men are yet mourning over their ruthless assassination. It is that monstrous and almost unparalleled crime that the Allies, now, we doubt not, either before or actually in Pekin, have gone sword in hand to avenge. Cer tain are we that the, troops under Sir HOPE GRANT will give good account of the Asiatic foes by whom they may be encountered. The probabilities of the rapid triumph of our arms are enhanced, of course, by the extraordinary coincidence that the Empire of China is being formidably assailed at one and the same time from without and from within—by foreign assailants, aided by all the overwhelming forces of modern civilisation, and by infuriated multitudes of lawless and fanatical revolutionists. The twofold shock cannot but bewilder the councils and shake to its very foundations the gigantic fabric of that ancient system of despotic Government, nominally presiding over nearly one entire moiety of the human race—that is, over no less stupendous an aggregate than four hundred millions of men. Upon the morrow of the audacious attack adventured upon by the Tae-pings upon the mercantile capital of China—Shanghai— upon the very morrow, so to speak, of that daring assault—the forces of the Western Allies were to begin their advance upon the Imperial metropolis, • with a view to the cap ture of Pekin and the seizure of the chiefs . of the Government. The Chinese EMPEROR and his advisers were consequently finding themselves simultaneously assailed by foreign war and by civil war—by the forces of a fanatical Revolution and by the far more formidable forces of European Civilisation. The inevitable result of all which it would not be very difficult to predicate. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, OCT. 16. Letters from Naples explain the offer of resigna- tion made by the pro-Dictator Pallavicino, which has since been withdrawn. The Republicans accused Pallavicino of having prevented the enrol ment of volunteers. Garibaldi, yielding to their influence, was about to dismiss his Ministers, and to convoke a Provincial Parliament for the 11th of November, but he was opposed by public opinion. Advices from Perugia state that the Papal au thorities had dismissed many functionaries at Viterbo. The emigration of the inhabitants of Viterbo continued. " Caserta, 6th Oct." NAPLES, OCT. 16. The Pro-Dictator has resigned, and will leave to-night. The Ministry has also resigned. Garibaldi desires an Assembly to approve the voting ; also one for Sicily. Great agitation and discontent prevail. Strong patrols of the National Guard parade the streets. NAPLES (via Marseilles), OCT. 13. Yesterday, in consequence of the resignations tendered by the pro-Dictator Pallavincio and his Ministers, the National Guard went to Garibaldi and represented to him that disturbances were im minent. The Dictator ordered them to fire on any person shouting in favour of a Republic. The patrols which were afterwards sent through the streets were saluted with shouts of " Down with Mazzini ' " Down with Crispi !" The Dictator has published a proclamation, in which, after announcing the approaching arrival of Victor Emmanuel, he says :—" Let us be ready to receive the man whom Providence has sent us There will be no more discord. 'ltaly Una' and 'King Victor Emmanuel Galantuomo' may be the perpetual symbols of our regeneration." kcircular of the Ministry, expressing the same ideas, has also been published. CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses have been issued by Lord Palmerston for a Cabinet Council on Satur- day afternoon, at the noble Viscount's official residence in Downing-street. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael (brother to the Emperor of Russia), accompanied by her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess, yesterday honoured the establishment of Mr. Hancock, of Bruton street, with a visit, and were graciously pleased to favour him with their commands. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke subsequently honoured the establishment of Messrs. Poole, in Saville-row, with a visit. _ _ . Despatches from Sicily announce that a decree had been issued, ordering the vote on the question of annexation to be taken on the 21st inst. This had given great satisfaction. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary purpose to leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, early in the ensuing week for Brighton. The Duchess has engaged Brunswick House, and contem- Flying columns had been despatched into the provinces of Sicily to enforce papment of the taxes. plates a sojourn of a month or six weeks. His Excellency the French Ambassador (Count de Persigny) has been on a visit to Viscount Palmerston al Broadlands, Hants. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY The official Prussian Gazette contains a leading article upon the interview at Coblentz, in which it says :—" The cordial relations which have ever existed between England and Prussia will continue to exist if the two countries do but mutually un derstand their true interests. The Marchioness (Dowager) of Lothian and Lady Alice Kerr have closed their visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall, and gone to Newbattle Abbey, near Dalkeith, N.B. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwilliam have returned to Wentworth House, Yorkshire, from visiting the Countess (Dowager) of Mor ton, at her seat near Edinburgh. " These relations have be 30MC more deeply rooted and have acquired increased firmness and extension by the conference at Coblentz, and by the ready ex change of views which then took place between the leading statesmen of the two countries. In view of the present great complications in the Eu ropean political system the more satisfactory it is to be enabled to state that there was a coincidence between the views and opinions of England and Prussia on the great and important questions of the day." The marriage of the Hon. Charles H. Maynard, only son of Viscount Maynard, with Miss Blanche Fitz- Roy, second daughter of Henry Fitzßoy, Esq., of Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire, was solemnised on Saturday last at the parish church of Hartwell. Owing to the recent illness of the bridegroom's father, the marriage was con ducted in as quiet a manner as possible, only a few of the bride's friends being present. After the ceremony the kappy couple left for Easton, Lord Maynard's residence in Essex. READING ELECTION.—RETIREMENT OF MR. LEFEVRE.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. J. Shaw Lefevre, one of the four candidates for the representation of the borough of Reading in Parliament, issued an address to the electors, in which he announced that ho no longer in tended to contest the representation. METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAYS.—At a meet ing of the Paddington vestry yesterday, Mr. Whitter in the chair, to consider a proposal by Mr. F. Train to lay down street railways in certain thoroughfares of the parish, it was agreed to inform Mr. Train that the highway committee and that meeting were not at present prepared to sanction such a measure. The article thus concludes : " While the Warsaw interview is a proof of the good understanding of Prussia with its Eastern neighbours, the happy results of the interview at Coblentz proves that Prussia understands how to cultivate the highly important interests by which she is bound to England." DEATH BY DROWNING.-Mr. Carttar, the coroner MADRID, OCT. 17 for the Surrey district, held an inquest on Monday evening at the George, George-street, Blackfriars, on the body of Mr. Thomas Trotruan, jun., who was drowned on Sunday, the 7th inst., by falling overboard near Hungerford-bridge when in a skiff with his father and two brothers. After a long consultation the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. On the arrival of the Qucen at the Puerta del Sol, at Madrid, a young man armed with a small pistol attempted to shoot her Majesty. The pistol, however, missed fire. " The young man is believed to be insane." THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.—This extraor dinary subterranean work is fast approaching to completion. At the Paddington end of the line several temporary bridges have been erected across the roads, formed of wood, for the VIENNA, OCT. 16. transit of vehicles, in order to give the men employed in excavating the earth ample space to form the tunnel for the rails being laid down. All along the distance, from this point to King's-cross, numerous shafts have been sunk, both for diverting the sewers, and for forming the sub-railway. At the end of the Marylobone-road, near the Edgwaro-road, and adjoining Lisson-grove, many houses have been pulled down for the construction of the line. At King's-cross, the progress has been more rapid than in any part between Paddington and the ter minus in Farringdon-street. Between the " Cross" and Bagnigge-wells-road, a large number of houses have been taken down, and the debris has been cleared away, these not having been sold as usual by auction, but by tender to Messrs. Pullen and Son, the company's auctioneers. In the same way many other houses will be disposed of, when, upon their removal, the railway will be rapidly proceeded with, some time being necessarily required for the construc tion of the sewer. RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PARA. GUAT.—The French papers continue to manifest consider able interest in the dispute between this country and Paraguay, of the merits of which they take a view the oppo site of that held by Lord Palmerston. La _Patric, of the 9th, in referring approvingly to the opinions expressed by the Paraguayan journals on the questions of international law involved in this unfortunate difference, shows how pre judicial it is to the commercial relations existing between Paraguay and the European States,_ and expresses its regret that the mission to London of the able plenipotentiary, Senor Calve, who has been received with such distinction by the Emperor of the French, as was General Lopes some few years ago, has not yet availed to bring it to a satis factory conclusion. La Patrie quotes Asuncion jour nals of recent date to show that, notwithstanding the uncertainty with regard to the future which these pro tracted negociatiens have necessarily created, Pre sident Lopez continued to push for ward his various schemes for the improvement of the country. The railway , works were being actively proceeded with, and a fine pro menade had been commenced on the banks of the river, which will be one of the most important and useful adorn ments of the capital. The seminary conducted by M. Fidel has given such satisfactory results that the Government have authorised there periodical conferences on philosophy, theology, and canon law, which have been inaugurated with much success. A literary review, all the editors of which will be Paraguayans, was about to appear, under the auspices of the Government, and supported by the former pupils of the public schools. General Lopez, to whose amicable offices in recent negotiations the prospects of peace in the now re-united states of Buenos Ayres and the Argentine Confederation are so much indebted, had re turned to Asuncion. Trade was increasing, and, altogether the indications of progress werehighly creditable to a coun try whose entrance into the family of nations is of such recent date THE ENGLISH FUNDS.—The increased depression in the English funds yesterday morning seemed chiefly consequent upon the heavy demand for discount both in the open market and at the Bank of England. In the latter case many of the applications are believed to have been prompted by a desire to provide sgainst the possibility of an advance being made in the rate from 4 to 41 per cent. at the weekly court on Thursday. Owing, however, to the exceptional character of the operations that have caused the pressure now observable, the general opinion is that no such step will be adopted. If the Bank were to act upon the plan of merely following the market from day to day they might probably now obtain 41 instead of 4 per cent. ; but, as un der ordinary circumstances th e y rare l y make chaeges ex cept when there is some definite prospect that the new rate will be maintained at least for a few weeks, they will pro bably hesitate on the present occasion, since our existing terms are 1 per cent. above these prevalent throughout the continent. At Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfort, and Brussels the charge is now 3 per cent., and at Hamburg it is only 2 per cent. So long as this disparity shall continue it will be impossible to expect any excessive demand on this side, such as would warrant an upward movement. On the other hand, the heavy character of the grain shipme n t s i n pro gress from New York and Spain and the port of the Baltic and Black Sea are such as to discourage all h o p e t h at the money-market during the remainder of the po year ine slin x Ifavourable harvest vourablo mani fest any tendency to especial ease.—Times' City Article. Contrasting the present state of the stock and daisstcoyuenart,ntlharekseetTselrvie effectsththat at causedth e c byorr harvest and the apprehension of further withdrawals of r l t e h s o e r u v g e h h so e o ß 4O a o n o k b ia n l e l x i o c n e s w s a s then of specie are x st l r , o s n o g o l , 37 00 s 0 ht a 'w nd n' the A the figur's in the last return, the rate of di scount was as low as 2/ per cent., and Consols w ere at 98 to f , or 3 / per cent, above the final quotation of this evening. The French funds, on the contrary, are now within a half per cent, of the price at which they then stood.—Times City Article. It is understood that the advises from Melbo urne by the present mail state that the long-promised payment of the shareholders of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway will take place in full, with interest, next month. For the credit of the Government of the colony of Victoria, itis to i be lipped this announcement will be realised. The dates from Adelaide, South Australia, reach to August the 25th. Trade in every department is repre sented as being extremely dull. The pastoral and agricul tural interests continued to make progress. The northern line of railway had been opened as far as Kapunda, about fifty miles from Adelaide. Copper remained firm at £9B per ton. The price of Burrs Burrs shares was £147. The local banks were buyers of bills on England at par, and sellers at 2 premium. The Oesterreichische Zeitung announces that Counts Nadasdy and Thun have resolved upon quit ting the Ministry. ITALY. MUNICH, OCT. 16 The official Neue 111unchener Zeitung publishes a telegram, dated Turin, loth inst., asserting that great consternation prevailed among the members of the Cabinet, as the ambassadors of Russia and Prussia had remitted formal protests against the Sardinian invasion of the kingdom of Naples. The Russian ambassador (adds the telegram) sig nified, in addition, that in the event of no attention being paid to his protest, he should demand his passports. The Commission of the Piedmonteso Senate ap pointed to report on the Annexation Bill, has declared in its favour, and proposed an order of the day in honour of Garibaldi and the volunteers. M. Matteucci is to draw up the report. The deputations of the municipality, magistracy, and influential persons of Naples were received by King Victor Emmanuel at Grottamare on the 12th. M. Borghi presented the address of the munici pality, and M. Valla of the magistracy. The King replied that he was ready to accede to the wishes of the Neapolitan; as soon as they should have manifested them by a free and -spontaneous vote. A letter from Santa Maria, of Capua, of the 10th, says : _ _ "At noon to-day the truce granted at the request of the Royalists expires, and it is probably the fore runner of a capitulation, as so frequently happens. On the other hand, we know positively that only a part of the army obstinately persist in wishing to fight, while the others are of quite a different opinion. The greater majority of the forces have already retired to Gaeta with the King, and the troops which were posted outside along the Vol turno have been ordervd to re-enter Capua." The Official Journal of Naples, of the 7th inst., publishes the following decree - - - " Baron Jacopo Coppola is named Minister of Finance. M. Henry Nicola, Treasurer-General, will undertake provisionally the functions of Director of Finance, in the place of M. de Cesare, whose resignation has been accepted. Lieut.-Gen. Desauget is named Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the city and province of Naples, in the place of General Mariano d'Avala, appointed to other functions. The powers conferred on pro vincial governors by the decrees of the Bth and 17th Sept. are annulled. The governors remain in vested with all the powers attributed to intendants by the laws in vigour. If in extraordinary cases there should be any necessity for conferring on any governor exceptional powers, they will be given in writing. The office of Secretary to the Dictator ship is suppressed. All assemblies, under the name of clubs or circles, for political purposes, are for bidden. All infractions will be punished in ac cordance with the provisions of the penal laws in vigour. " G. GARIBALDI." The Official Journal of Naples publishes the decree which convokes the electoral colleges of Southern Italy. It commences as follows : " Italy and Victor Emmanuel : " The Dictator of Southern Italy, on the propo sition of the Minister of the Interior, deliberated on in the Council of Ministers, decrees :—Art. 1. The people of the continental provinces of Southern Italy shall be convoked in colleges for the 21st inst. to accept Gr reject the following Plebiscite : The People will have Italy one and indivisable, with Victor Emmanuel constitutional King, and his legitimate descendants.' The vote will be expressed by Yes or No, by means of a printed bulletin. Art 2, All citizens who have attained the age of 21, and enjoy all their civil and political rights, are entitled to vote." Several other articles follow, regulating the mode of voting, and other formalities. The following proclamation has just been ad dressed by Garibaldi to the citizens of Molise, " Glory be to the brave men who know how THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 11360 to defend from the wolf their homes, their wives, and their children ! Glory to the children of Molisa ; they have fought and conquered at Isernia! Shame be to the people who fiy at the approach of the assailant and abandon everything ! When they return to their houses their wives ought to spit at them and avoid them as cowards ! Italians ! When you fight you are always con querors, and when you have decided to combat the foreigners who devour you under one pretext or another, they will not wait for your approach. To arms ! All able-bodied men of the Italian Peninsula! To arms ! You have four months to accustom yourselves to warlike life. In the fifth, in March, 1861, will resound throughout all the Italian land the hymn of liberty and of regenera tion. " G. GARIBALDI. The Paese of Naples announces that Gen. Sal. zano has had a conference with Garibaldi for the purpose of arranging a capitulation of Capua. The Dictator is stated not to have accepted the terms, _ _ since he wants the capitulation to comprise both Capua and Gaeta. The Turin Gazette states, on the strength of a tel'gram from Naples, that Gen. La Masa has been seriously wounded in the course of the siege opera tions before Capua. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that Monsignor Ramazzotti, patriarch of Venice, has published a long pastoral, ordering solemn prayers for the Pope, who, he says, " has been despoiled of his States, and perhaps is no longer able to save himself by flight from his protector." We have received the following from a cor respondent at Rome : " There are at present about 12 000 French troops in the Papal States, and it is said that 10,000 more are to arrive. A cordon is to be formed round Rome, from Carneto to Valetri. Civita Vecchia, which is being strongly fortified, of course bars all approach from the sea. This oc cupation does not, in the slightest degree, interfere with the communications between Garibaldi's army on the Volturno, and the Sardinian forces in Umbria and the Marches. Two columns of the latter are marching towards Naples, through the Abruzzi, ono by the Lake Fucino, and the other a little more to the eastward. It is expected that both corps will be before Capua by the 20th Oct., and then must come that battle which will decide the fate of Francis II." The Giornale di Roma of the 9th publishes a letter from General Schmidt to the Cardinal Secre tary 'of State, bearing the date of Altdorf, Sept. 28, in which the General gives a detailed account of the taking of Perugia on the 17th ult., and declares that he does not consider himself released from his oath of fidelity to the Holy Father, and trusts his services may be again required. The Espero of Turin has already spoken of a cir cular note addressed by King Victor Emmanuel to all his representatives accredited to Foreign Courts, explaining and justifying the entrance of the Pied montese troops upon the Neapolitan territory. A Berlin letter confirms this fact, by stating that the Prussian Cabinet has received the note alluded to. What answer the Prussian Government would give, had not transpired ; but' the general opinion was, that it would reply to the Sardinian note by a simple protest, and would resist the urgent solicitations made by the Cabinet of ' Vienna to induce it to recall the Prussian Minis ter, M. Brassier de St. Simon, from Turin. As to Austria, it is well known that she has no re presentative at Turin ; consequently, if the Cabi net of Vienna should wish to address any protest to the Cabinet of Turin, it will be obliged to employ the agency of Prussia. FRANCE. Several of the Paris journals advert to King Victor Emmanuel's proclamation in terms of appro bation, and among them the Opinion Aationale, the Presse, the Pays, and the Nouvelle. We sub join an extract or two from the latter journal : " We do not find it ill that the Italians should do for themselves what we have done for ourselves. The pretensions of Austria to Venetia are, after all, not more respectable than those which she formerly put forward to Lorraine and the Nether lands. Made up of fragments of territories and of races of other nations, it is the destiny of the empire of Austria to see destroyed, from century to cen tury, an arbitrary aggregation which may have been maintained for a certain time by princes of genius, and by a despotic regime, but which at bottom is contrary to the nature of things. As to the other problem, that of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope, it is, Re confess, of a much more delicate nature, and concerns the general interests of Christendom. On this point we shall be reserved, as in these great questions we do not separate ourselves froni the policy of the French Govern ment. We may, however, observe that, in the Church itself, opinions are greatly divided on the principle of temporal sovereignty. We know fer vent Catholics who do not share on this point the doctrines of the Gazette de France, the Monde, and the ..4 nu. de la Religion. We believe, however, for our part, that a centre, a government, and an administration, would prove of great utility to the development of Catholicism ; and let it be borne in mind that we do not treat these questions as philo sophers or Voltairians." The apathy which the Pepe and the persons about him have evinced ; in the critical conjuncture now pending is spoken of in the following terms : " It is to be regretted that the Church itself does not aid Europe in these delicate circumstances. The perils which surround the Papacy ought to inspire better those who pretend to serve it. Rome is no longer tenable for the Holy See with the pre rogatives of temporal power. To exist by the force of foreign bayonets, and to feel continual detesta tion for those to whom one is under obligations, is not to live. There is no situation worse for the Holy See than that in which the force of events and the obstinacy of its counsellors have placed it. The protection of Austria brings on it the hatred of Italy; the protection of France, we know too well, is not in harmony with its tendencies and its sympathies ; and the Vicariate of Victor Emma nuel is more odious to it than anything else. Is it not time to quit this situation, and to adopt some resolution 9" We find the following in the Constitutionnel : " Certain journals, styling themselves royalist, offer at this moment a very strange spectacle. To attack a king they select their insults from the vo cabulary of the worst times of the revolution. For instance, in the Anti de la Religion and the Gazette de France we find the following epithets applied to the King of Sardinia.—' Corporeal King," Gari baldian King,' Crowned Brigand.' 'The King of Piedmont sinking the Royal dignity lower than he had already done." Such is the degree of shame less impudence which the Government of this Re igalantuomo has reached,' &c. Such are the odious insults which royalist journals fling at a king! We are not surprised at their blaming and attack ing the Piedmontese Government ; but to disgrace their columns by such ecurrilities,to have recourse, in defence of the altar and the throne, to the pas sionate and outrageous language of Pere Duchesne is a scandal, which we should not have expected from writers who announce themselves as the de fenders of religion and monarchy." BOURSE, Oct. 16.—The market has been more buoyant, and a fair amount of business has been done at improved quotations. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 68f 95c., are now at 69f 121 c; Mobilier, 712 f 50c; Orleans, 1,372 f 50c Northern, 97M; Mediterranean, 920 f; Austrian, 488 f 75c; Lombard, 483 f 75c. The following are the last quotations : 41 per per Cents 95 60 • Do end "month 95 75! 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 15 Bank Shares 2850 -H Credit Fonder Belgian 41 — Piedmontese Fives 79 25 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes 4B 75 Home Debt Credit Mobilier 715 Do. Account 713 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. . Orleans 1370 .. 1387 50 Nort herr, New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 920 Geneva 355 .. 355 Southern 507 50 • . 508 75 Western Eastern Sardinian 390 .. 3 8 7 50 Austrian Lombard -• 486 25 .. 486 2a COUNT VAYOUR AND BARON WINS- PBARE. The following is Baron Winspeare's reply to Count Cavoar " The occupation of the Realm of the Two Sicilies by the Piedmontese troops, mentioned in your Excellency's com munication addressed to me yesterday, is a thing so mani festly contrary to the bases of every law and right, that it would seem idle to lose time in demonstrating its illegality. " Whether we consider the deeds which have preceded this occupation or the ancient and close ties of kindred and amity existing between the two Crowns, this invasion is so strange and new in history that the generous mind of the King, my august Lord, could hardly be induced to think it possible ; and in fact, in the Protest which General Casella, his Minister for Foreign Affairs, addressed from Gaeta on the 16th of September last to all the Representatives of friendly Powers, there transpired the confidence of his Majesty that his Sardinian Majesty never could or would have sanctioned the acts of usurpation perpetrated under the aegis of his Royal name in the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. A ‘: It is equally superfluous for me to show to your Excel. lercy how that solemn act, together with several prociama. tions of my august Sovereign, and with the heroic efforts sustained under the walls of Capua, give an irresistible con tradiction to the strange argument of the de facto abdication of his Majesty which I, to my surprise, read in the Afore- said note of your Excellency. " Anarchy prevailed in his Majesty's dominions, owing to an overpowering revolution, the future disorders of which could easily be foreseen by all men from its beginning, and it was in vain that the King my Lord fora long time proposed to his Majesty the King of Sardinia to eo-operate with him in holding it in check, to prevent its going beyond all bounda ries, and endangering by its excesses the true liberty and independence of Italy. " In the fatal hour in which a State of ten millions of men defends with the sword the last remnant of its histo rical self-government it would bo idle to inquire by whose deed that revolution acquired gigantic proportions, and how it succeeded in carrying into effect the greatest part of its contemplated disorders. "In a short time that Divine Providence whose most holy name was invoked by your Excellency will pronounce his judgment in the last battles ; but whatever may be His final decree the blessing of Heaven will certainly never rest Upon those who prepare to violate the great principles of social and moral order, affecting to stand forth as executors of a divine mission, and public conscience itself, whenever free from the overbearing power of political passions, will be able to call by its true name a deed of usurpation which was begun by cunning and achieved by violence. . . " The courteous reception I met With on the iart of this generous and loyal people, whose pleasing memory will be for ever engraven on my heart, forbids my further proceed ing with my vigorous and severe strictures on the acts of the Government of his Sardinian Majesty; but your Ex cellency will understand that a longer residence of his Sicilian Majesty's representative in Turin would be no less inconsistent with the dignity of his Majesty than with international usages. " While, therefore, I solemnly protest against the said military occupation, and against any other usurpation of the sacred rights of his Majesty the King of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, undertaken or to be undertaken by the Government of his Majesty the King of Sardinia; and while reserving to the King Francis 11., my august lord, the free exercise of this sovereign power of resisting these unjust aggressions and usurpations in that manner that may seem to him fit, and to make those public and solemn acts which may best contribute to the legitimate defence of his Royal crown, I prepare to leave this residence as soon as I shall have put an end to the arrangement of some private business of his Majesty relating to the succession of his august mother of holy memory. " Before quitting Turin I shall have the honour to pre sent to your Excellency M. de Martino, Secretary of Lega tion, who will remain charged only with conveying to your Excellency those further communications which the Go vernment of the King my Lord may still be disposed to address to the Government of his Sardinian Majesty. " Allow me, in the meantime, my Lord Count, to take leave of your Excellency, thanking you for the courteous manners which you always used in our personal intercourse, and renewing the expression of my high consideration. "BARON WINSPEA.RE. " His Excellency Count Cavour, President of the Council of Ministers, Minister for Foreign Affairs, &c., Turin." REALTII OF LONDON DURING THE; WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week ending Saturday, Oct. 13, the deaths registered in London were 1,008. In the 10 years 1850-59 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,018, but as the present return is for a population which has annu ally increased, the average with a view to compari son should be raised in proportion, a correction which will make it 1,120. Hence it appears that the deaths in the present return are less by 112 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality had prevailed. The mortality from small pox continues low, the deaths from this disease re corded in the last week being only 3. 42 deaths occurred from diarrhea, 41 from scarlatina, 39 from measles, and 10 from diphtheria. Two widows died, one at the age of 90 years, the other aged 94 years. The death of a boy, aged one year, is re ferred to " cholera Anglica ;" and a boy, aged 9 months, died from choleraic diarrhesa. A man, aged 50 years, died of tetanus at the Strand Union Workhouse ; and the death of a widow, aged 43 years, is reported to have been accelerated by want of the necessaries of life. The violent deaths re corded were 31. Last week the births of 876 boys and 813 girls, in all 1,689 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the year 1850-59 the average number was 1,578. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.750 in. The highest barometrical reading was 30.062 inches on Sunday, the lowest 29'396 inches on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 45.8 deg., which is 5.8 deg. be low the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest point attained in the week by the thermometer in the shade was 60.0 on Sunday, the lowest was 32.4 deg. on Friday. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 27. 6 deg. The m ean dail y range was 13.3 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 52 3 deg. The . difference between the mean dew - point temperature and air temperature was 4.0 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, complete saturat ion being represented by 100. Rain fell on three days of the week. THIS DAPS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day has been but moderately supplied with English wheat, chiefly in very poor condition. Good dry qualities have sold steadily at quite Monday's quota tions, but for other qualities the inquiry ha 6 been much re stricted at irregular currencies. The show of foreign wheat has been very extensive. For most kinds there has been a steady inquiry at fully last week's prices. Floating cargoes have commanded rather more attention. . _ We have to report a good consumptive inquiry for bar ley at extreme rates. The show of samples was small. Good and fine malt commanded extreme rates, and other kinds were steady in price. There was a good demand for both home and foreign grown oats at extreme rates. Both beans and peas, from their scarcity, were held for more money. The transactions in flour were to a moderate extent, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat s. F10ur.660 English 590 120 350 • 3 0 1 Irish Foreign 7,820 3,560 I 14,910 1,870 sacks 6,050 brls. BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are in steady r equest at full p r i ces, but other kinds move off slowly at late rates. D ut y , £35,000. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade gene rally rules heavy, as follows : Beef, 2s 6d to 4s Od • mutton, 3s Od to 4 s 4 d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; pork, 48 4d tO 5s 6d per 81bs. by the carcase. Bailor Coxies DEATH.—The death of Mg r. Coeur B i s h o p of Troyes , was caused b y an at tack of para lysis. ' The venerable prelate had gone to Charpont e to spend he a fewdends with M. de Truch y . On the (la.y-- f his ea had goneay t o his own apa rtment before dinner, having asked Mme. de Truchy for a certain book which he wished to look at. On h er return with it, she found the bisop lying on the ground, with his head supported on a chair, his mouth drawn on one side, and his voice almost gone. Medical aid was sent for, but it was of no avail. The bishop was able, though with difficulty, to confess, and, after receiv - i ng extreme unction, became spee c hl ess, and in a few hours a ft e r expired. THE RECENT FIGHT BETWEEN CRIITCHLEY AND Goss._OxronD, TUESDAY At the Quarter Sessions held at Oxford, yesterday (Tuesday), before J. W. Hen -1 ley, Esq., M.P., chairman, and a full bench of magistrates, , Joseph Goss, John Tyler, Henry Crutchley, James Welsh, and George Irown, surrendered and pleaded guilty to hay ing broken the peaceattherecent prize-fight at Checken• of Oxford. don, in the county Mr. Oripps appeared forth' , prosecution, and the pn'soners, a lth oug h pleading guilty, had the services ef eminent' counsel, viz., Mr. Sawyer for We Goss and and Mr. Jac,;Gon for the others. The learned gentlemen both addressed the bench before sen tence was p assed, P and averted violence h a d be en used on the occasioi: the fact that no tion, and suggested teete that the object of the of the fight in ques tion, met by nrosecution would binding the parties over to ;: e1) The Chairmanthe peace. having regard to the fact that nu' was used, sentenced each of the prisoners to seven. . da7 o s' s violence imprisonment, and ordered them to find security Or 44.. each, to keep the peace for 12 months. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Edinburgh, Capt. Kennedy, which left New York at noon of the 6th inst., has arrived. She brings over 200 passengers and 17,000 dole. in specie. She passed the City of Baltimore on the 7th inst. Her news has been anticipated. THE BALLOT. The following circular has been issued from the offices of the Society for Promoting the Adoption of the Vote - by Ballot, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street " DearSir , —Bydirection of the executive com mittee, we beg leave to lay before you a statement of their recent proceeding* and an explanation of the plan of operation which they desire to adopt during the coming autumn and winter. For the ast six months it has been thought expedient to. transfer the society's operations from out-door agi tation to Parliament itself, and the committee have been instrumental in causing the question of free and protected voting to be frequently enforced on the attention of the legislature. By the latest report of the public petitions committee 87 petitions in favour of the ballot, bearing 13,733 signatures, have been presented to the House of Commons during the session. Those petitions were generally adopted. by the places from which they came at the in stance of your committee ; they exceed in number the petitions for any other measure of reform, and are exclusive of a large number of petitions pray ing for the ballot with other measures. " The subject of protected voting was first brought before Parliament in the late session by Mr. Duncombe's motion in favour of trying the ballot at Gloucester and Wakefield, on which a short but animated debate' occurred. The motion was opposed by the Government, and therefore, defeated. Mr. Duncombe received the _ support of several members who are opposed to the ballot as a mea sure of universal application. A resolution in favour of the ballot was proposed in the House of Lords by Lord Teynham; Though unsupported in. debate, the noble lord received the support of seve ral peers who were faithful friends of the ballot in. the House of Commons. Mr. Berkeley's annual motion was supported by a great majority of the liberal members and by several conservatives, and was opposed by the Premier, and a majority of the• cabinet, who were again content to be saved by their opponents from a defeat by their friends. The debate was not satisfactory, as our opponents re solved to put down all discussion by noise and in terruption, and of course succeeded. The majority against the motion was larger than usual, but that is attributable not to the defection of friends, but to the fears of opponents, who took more trouble to muster their forces than ever they took before. " A select committee of the Honse of Commons was appointed on the motion of Mr. Edwin James, M.P., to inquire into the prevalence of corrupt prac tices at elections, and as to the necessity for further preventive legislation. The majority of that com mittee were opponents of the ballot. Mr; Berkeley was omitted from the list proposed by Mr. James,, and the addition of his name was proposed by Mr. T. Duncombe, and successfully resisted by Mr. Edward Bouverie, M.P., the chairman of the com mittee. Your committee petitioned to be heard by witnesses before that select committee ; their prayer was refused, and the subject of intimidation, the master evil of our present system of election, was scarcely mentioned during the inquiry. Your com mittee were instrumental in causing the examina tion before the select committee of Mr. Childers, M.P., and Captain Clarke, R.E., as to the success of the ballot in Australia. All the most experienced commissioners in the recent inquiries at Gloucester and Wakefield expressed strong opinions in favour of the ballot, and generally the evidence taken before the select committee decidedly strengthens the case for its adoption. The ballot as practised in Victoria was proposed in the select committee by Mr. Ayrton, M.P., as one of the measures to be re- commended to the house. That proposal was nega tived. The measures recommended by the select committee are ridiculously inefficient for the purpose in view: No further legislation on the subject under their auspices occurred during the session. " Mr. Wyld, M.P., brought before the house the . questiOn of protection to the voter by moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws and practice as to taking votes at elections ; the Government did. not 'oppose that motion. The bill was brought in, and your committee finding it on examination to, be a satisfactory measure, being in fact the ballot as administered in AuStralia, gave the bill their best support. It wasliut the late period of the session and the pressure of the 'Government business which prevented the furtlier progress being made with the measure. Your committee trust that Mr. Wyld will reintroduce his bill early in the next session. Had the Government Reform Bill been proceeded with, your committee were prepared for an attempt at the proper stage to make the ballot part of those measures. One prin cipal cause of the failure of the reform bills your committee deem to have been the omission of the ballot. Mr. Cobden, it will be remembered, some years ago predicted that failure would attend any attempt at a further reform of Parliament of which. the ballot was rot part. " The close of the session sets your committee free to resume their out-door agitation, which they are anxious to do on an extended scale. There are upwards of twenty-four boroughs, in which, for the purpose of obtaining such an expression of public opinion as may secure the votes of their members in favour of ballot, meetings should be held and tracts sent to each elector. It is desirable also to spread information on the ballot amongst the county con stituencies, to whose political welfare the measure is of such vital importance. In addition to such agitatioN, every election which may occur should continue to be made the occasion of imparting to the constituency instruction on the question of the ballot. This plan of operation which your committee desire to carry out cannot of course be accomplished if they be not entrusted by their friends with the necessary funds. Over the expenditure of the society your committee ex ercise a very rigid control, being desirous of econo mising your funds so far as is compatible with the efficient conduct of the agitation. The success' of the society depends upon the incessant utility of the committee, and involves a considerable expen diture of time and money, the usefulness of the society will, therefore, be co-extensive with the. means it possesses. The recent proceedings of the committee, though attracting less notice than outdoor agitation, involved large expenditure, in correspondence with constituents in order to secure the presence of members, and in communications to members to obtain their attendance at the various stages of the measures supported by the committee. About 18,000 letters were issued and. paid by your committee during the session. We subjoin a statement of the total amount received and expended from the formation of the society to the present time. You will bear in mind that the money contributed to this society is strictly de voted to the purposes of agitation. No payment is made to members of the committee for writing or speaking on behalf of the society, the bare tra velling expenses -of deputations only being paid. The only paid officers are an assistant secretary and a clerk, at extremely moderate salaries, and the outlay for rent of offices is equally low. Your. committee direct us to solicit a con ti nuance of your pecunia r y support, and your co-operation in. rai ng the sinews of war , and to remind you that ' no t render them more effectual aid than by collections in your own neighb our h oo d . si you can-. ri s of any amount, however sm a ll, ma d e in each lo calit y , where we have resident s ubscribers promotingsuscript i 0 or correspondents (and these are to be found in every funds ne cessary to elicit su c h an unm i sta k ea bl e pa rt of the country) would soon raise the expression of that public opinion in favour of the ballot which everywhere exists, as would secure at an early period the triumph of our cause. " Thanking you for your past support, and con fidently relying on your hearty co-operation for the future,—We beg leave to remain, dear sir, yours faithfully, "F. HEN RY F. Ii3RKELEY, Chairman. • " EDWARD C.WHITI:HURST,Vice - Chairman. " CHARLES HENRY ELY, " SYDENHAM NODES, Treasurers. " MARK E. MARSDEN, ) " JOHN F. BONTEMS, HOn. Secretary." --- FINANCIAL STATI;XENT FROM FEB. 14, 1853, TO A re;, 14, 1860. Total subscriptions and donatitflis received and promised between these dates ............ £4,475 18 10 Total amount expended between the same dates—in office rent, salaries, stationery, printing, postages, expenses of meetings, and travelling expenses of deputations ........ 4,313 17 6 GENERAL LAMORICIERE.--A meeting of Catho lics was held last night (Tuesday), .at the Hanover-square. Rooms, for the purpose of promoting a testimonial in the. shape of a sword of honour to be presented to General La moriciere ; Mr. J. P. Hennessy, M.P.,loccupied the chair, and there were present a number of Catholic clergymen and gentlemen. Resolutions were passed, authorising a subscription list to be opened, and requesting Sir G. Bow yer and the Very Rev. J. O'Neal, V.G., to act as trea surers. The Rev. J. Doherty and M r . N. W. jiodges were appointed honorary secretaries. A committe." was formed, and amongst those who consented to act were Lord Fielding, Sir G., Bowyer, General Tyler, Mr. Hennessy; M.P., Mr. H. W. Wilberforce, It. Berkeley, Esq., R. Motor teith, Esq. (Carstairs) , and the Revs. Canon O'Neal, Morris, M‘Dynnell, Sing, Dr. Gilbert, &c. It was stated that a number of other influential names were expected to be added. A'list of subscriptions amounting to a consi siderable sum was read, and the secretaries were directed to advertise the same in the daily and weekly journals. THE CAUSES OF DISHONESTY. — The chaplain of Florsemonger-lane Gaol has been carefully studying the causes of dishonesty. In his annual report to the Surrey .justices, which has been printed, he thus presents the re sult :—" From my experience of predatory crime, founded upon a careful study of the character of a great variety of prisoners, I conclude that habitual dishonesty is to be re ferred neither to ignorance, nor to drunkenness, nor to poverty, nor to overcrowding in towns, nor to temptation from su rrounding wealth, nor, indeed, to any one of the many indirect causes to which it is sometimes referred, but mainly to a disposition to acquire property with a less de gree of labour than ordinary industry." The italics are the 'rev. author's. ~~