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THE ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE, and Journal of the MILITIA and VOLUNTEER FORCES. —On Saturday, January 7, will be published, price 6d., the First Number of a New Weekly Paper, under the above title, devoted to the discussion of questions relating to the Mili tary Services and National Defence, and the diffusion of authentic information upon these subjects. The Army and Navy Gazette will be edited by Jr. W. 11. IlussELL, LL.D., Special Correspondent of " The Times." Temporary Office, 11, Bouverie-street, Pleet-street. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHAN AND NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Pinner. Patron—His Royal Highness the I'rince Consort. The anniversary dinner, to celebrate the foundation of this institution, will be held ac the London Tavern, Bishops,,sate street, on Thursday, the 22(1 instant. Charles Dickens, Eeq , in the Chair. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have kindly con sented to attend. Tickets, One Guinea each, to be obtained from any of the Stewards, or at the office of the Institution, 81, Cheapside. ALFRED LENCII SAUL, Secretary. Dec. 13, 13r9. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the manazetnent of Miss L. Pyne and 31i. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINORA H. Messrs. Santley, IT. Corri, St Albyn. and W. Harrison ; Miss Pilling,iMiss wall, and Miss ! Louisa Prue. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. -- Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W.ll - . I'ayne, 11. Payne. F. Payne, Marie. Lequin e, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan and Mons. Vimdris. Doors open at hall-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LeSSee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. THIS EVENING the performances will oommenoe with A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. After which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION, Mr. and Mrs. Char:es Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. And A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL PR IN CE S S's THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new drama: entitled HOME TRUTHS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Leeereq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder, Meadows, 11. Bland, J. G. Shore ; and Mrs. C. Young. • • After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. N EW Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, l3illinzton, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ler bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. - So!e Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called THE KEY UNDER THE DOOR-MAT. Messrs. James Vinning, Jno Rouse, &c. ; Mesdames A, H. Hatton and Julia St. George.. To be lollowed by the new Drama Fantas+ique, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, J. John stone. F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate Saville, A. Burdett. and Madame Celeste. Po conclude with ST. MARY'S EVE. Madame Celeste and Mr. Rouse. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being. open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, A DEAD SHOT. With A DAY AT PARIS. Miss L. Thompson and Mr. C Young. After which TH F. CHATTER-BOX. Messrs. Barret, Bra zier ; Mesdames F. Matthews, Murray, and Eliza Arden. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supportld by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Cassc, &c. Reduced Prices—Gallery, id ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ante commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING. the grand melo-dramstic production, by Tam Taylor, Esq. ' called GARIBALDI ; illustrating the principal events in the Life of the Great Italian General. To befollowed by New and Transcendant Equestrian Talent of Young 3lenoni, supereminent in his somersaults and inap proachable—The brilliant Lady Rider, Miss Emily Cooke — Tee Wonderfully-schooled Dogs and Monkeys, and Intelli gent Elephant—Amazing ~Erial Rondines by John henry Cooke, the first horseman in the Universe—Equestrian Blind Man's Buff—Vaulting Ambition, by the treble-headed Won- Delavanti and his admirable Protegees, varied by those heralds of fun, the Clowns, Mimes, and Drone. To commence ai 7. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips C ANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- -EVERY EVENING.—The 3.fusic of Verdi's Opera a MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con. certs). And a Grand Se ection from Meyerbeer's new opera o DINORAII. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Georie 'Tolson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), %V. T. Crithhfield, and Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. R'ISA TION FLEUR' S celebrated PICTURE of the lIORSE FAIR is now added to the already mag,niflcent Collection of Painthrs in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery' is open from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 15, THERMOMF.TER, IN THE SHADS. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 31—this day at noon. BARolmrzit-29.98. WIND, Northerly; light, but cold and frosty. Some snow in the night. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 24m.—Afternoon, sh. 49m, To-moßuow.-Morning, 6h. 14m.L-Afternoon, 6b. 40m t f • ifr .) ~,„.: , *N. ft.+,7 .. , ,- Too , , _,,.... V 1 'P't '-4,,,,zil . c, i : (~ -<----‘ *C. ~., ~,,,,, -rg .... ... ~ , , " • ;:- .1 , - (."^ IDS 4 .91! - ..' e ij -,--S ' ' '' ' l ~0...,_ 7g41.101.011 --' • " --- `s> 1.. --- , b) p 1 0 1.1,,,_„...„ ;t.,j, ,;•••,,,4....„.„.. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 1859. The Congress seems to be the leading feature of French opinion just now. What is the Congress to do? It is a mockery on a large scale, for in reality nothing food for the interests of humanity will result from a meeting of parties each pre-deter mined to outdo his fellow-congregationist. The Emperors of France and Austria have had a sudden, and, as it would seem, an unpremeditated meeting at which they talked—shook hands and parted—each thinking himself the cleverest of the two. That meeting at Villafranca was only a sort of decoy duck to lure either or both of them to their doom. There was no sincerity in the compact— it was merely a " sell " to gain time—and now that some months have been wasted with the same purpose, they affect to get the stamp of Europe to seal the folly of their Imperial doings. Sorry are we that England should have been caught in the foreigners' snare, but judging from the past of Lord PALMERSTON'S pliability, we cannot be much surprised at anything from his clever, thimble rigging hands. , He is professedly one of the best political j o k ers , and possibly one of the slyest poli tical rogues in Europe, or out of it. None but himself could be his parallel save a gentleman who finds abundance of work for clerical denunciation. It was but yesterday that the representative of 'the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH drove up in affected state to present his credentials to the Emperor of the FRENCH, accrediting him to the Congress, for the supposed purpose OI settling the affairs of Eu rope. Why, it was but last January that the Emperor of the FRENCH thought it suitable to his plans to unsettle the then existing state of affairs; and now, finding that in his Im perial wisdom he had not only unsettled other people, but himself to boot , he is trying hard to hark back" with a view of trying his hand again: But it won't do. A man may be toa clever by half, and Emperors are not exempt from the frailties of humanity, nor can they plead immunity from their conse quences. The Prince DE METTEhNICII made a formal speech on delivering his letters of cre dence; and the Emperor NAPOLEON made a rigmarole reply equally insincere but equally ---- satisfactory. Really these mockeries, imperial though they be, serve only to bring the high ones of the earth into merited contempt. Mr. COLLIER has pledged himself—if no other M.P. shall anticipate him in so doing—has formally pledged himself to bring forward next session in the House of Commons, upon the proposal for the re-imposition of the Income-Tax, a specific proposi tion for an amendment in the shape of a resolution to the effect that a distinction shall henceforth be made between incomes that are permanent and those that are precarious. It has often been threatened. Let us hope that this time the gene- rous intention may be actually realised. If an amendment like that be forced upon the considera tion of the Committee of the whole House in Supply —if this one beneficent resolution be but adopted by a just and reason able majority of the popular representatives, the sting will be taken from the Income-tax—the one great and perpetual objection to its continuance as a means of revenue will be removed—the grand est step of all will at once have been boldly taken towards the substitution of direct for indirect taxa tion, towards the transformation of the Income-tax into a tax that might be more correctly designated a tax upon Property. Than the present mode of levying the Income-tax nothing could possibly be devised more detestably harsh and cruel in its injustice. Its cruelty and its harshness are matter long since of flagrant no toriety. The tax as at present imposed admits of no word of palliation, of justification, of extenua tion. Often as the injustice of the scheme of imposition has been illustrated, it has perhaps never yet been illustrated more vividly and unanswerably than it was a few months back by the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield. In commenting upon this painful theme Mr. ROEBUCK, upon the occasion we refer to, spoke distinctly and avowedly in his capacity as a pro fessional man. He spoke from a poignant remem brance of his own bitter experience. Stricken down himself by disease in mid-career, and doomed to a long interval of severe suffering, during which it would have been idle to dream of anything like systematic and persistent attention to the duties of his learned and laborious profession, Mr. ROEBUCK had thus forced upon his attention a distressing opportunity of appreciating the injustice of the Income Tax, as at present imposed, inflexibly upon all incomes alike without the shadow of a shade of a distinction between those which are permanent and those which are precarious. A conference, insisting upon the cruelty and in justice of this uniform, and therefore most unequal, mode of levying the Income-tax, was held (as will have been observed doubtless by many through our impression of yesterday), on Tuesday evening, at the London Coffee House, by a small num ber of the members of the Property and Income tax Association. It was during the course of his remarks, while presiding over this meeting, that Mr. COLLIER formally pledged himself . in the manner we have already specified. Thereupon fol lowed a discussion on the part of several of the most conspicuous members among those assembled —a discussion in every way curiously significant— and one the peculiar drift of which may be the most readily, as well as the most briefly and accurately, indicated by our particularising one after another three resolutions. Rather, perhaps, we should say, the one resolution and the two amendments submitted successively, the original resolution and the first amendment unsuccessfully, the third and last (being the second amendment) suc cessfully to the consideration of those assembled together on Tuesday. The original resolution then (ultimately withdrawn) ran in so many words as follows : namely, " That this meeting is of opinion that the present mode of charging one uniform rate on all classes of income (except under Schedule B), is manifestly unjust, and hereby pledges itself, in anticipation of a proposal to re impose the tax, to endeavour to obtain such a re duction in the charges on trades and professions that the amount chargeable thereon shall not exceed one-half the amount levied on property, especially as the amount charged on occupiers of land (Schedule B), has been only half the amount chargeable on the trading portion of the community ever since the iwome-tax was first levied in 1842." Unacceptable in this form to the majority of the meeting, there came next the first of the two amendments in the manner following—i.e., "That while it may be advisable, taking into account the present enormous expenditure of the country, to levy a property-tax as a permanent source of revenue, the tax on precarious incomes derived from trades and professions should not be reim posed except under circumstances of great emer gency, especially as such incomes are in most cases essentially contingent upon the health of the parties on whom the tax is chargeable, and many other vicissitudes, to which property is not liable." Rejected no less summarily than the original resolution, this first amendment was (hardly we should say upon second thoughts) almost we might say, at the first blush, negatived. After a little bewilderment that at one moment boded ill for the passing of any resolution or amendment at all, the ensuing amended resolution was eventually, " with only one dissentient voice," carried, to the effect—" That this meeting is of opinion that the present mode of charging one uniform rate on all classes of income (except under Schedule B) is manifestly unjust, and hereby pledges itself, in anticipation of a proposal to reimpose the tax, to use the most strenuous exertions to secure its re adjustment upon the footing of a fair and just dis tinction between permanent and precarious in comes." Than which, all things considered, no hatter resolution could have been proposed, seconded, and carried under the circumstances. But few Financial Reformers can have any reason able objection to make to it—but few will fail to look with interest to the time when at the right moment for his proposal in Committee in the House of Commons, Mr. COLLIER. shall redeem his pledge to the Property and Income-tax Association. The Norwich Town Council can hardly imagine that their repudiation of their duty will hush up the whole of their notorious case. An investiga tion must be made into the whole business, electoral and municipal. The latter is a clear case. It is denied by no one that the Nor wich Tories fell into a trap, if trap they will have it to be; but had they not been poaching for votes, lured by the bait of eight \Tory aldermen dependent on a single vote, they would not have fallen into the trap. It was, in deed, a trap of their own making. They had bribed in the wards till one doubtful vote was all they needed. They would give £5OO for it—and the halves of three £lOO notes, and number of four £5O notes were placed in the hands of the bribed. Of this there is no manner of doubt. As little doubt is there that the strongest suspicion has fallen I on two or three magistrates of Norwich, of being mixed up, more or less, with this transaction ; cer tain it is that one of these magistrates, a highly re spectable man, declined to give evidence, because it might tend to criminate himself; and that an , other, if not more, were more or less directly ... SUN, LONI)01, THURSDAY EVENING, ` DECEMBER 15, 1859: pointed at by his refusal to furnish the evidence demanded. And what is the issue? The Town Council de clines to carry on the prosecution, and openly throws it on those gentlemen who care about pure elections; and that although their own privileges are so grossly invaded, that an attempt was made, demonstrably made, to bribe one of their own body ! What would the House of Commons, what would any respectable representative body have done in such a case? But this was not all. The magistrates implicated, in the opinion of all, by the previous proceedings, actually voted when the case came on again before them—voted so as to save themselves, if they were guilty—voted for the non-commitment of the accused—for refusing counsel for the prose cution a locus standi—and for the defendant being merely held to answer any accusation preferred against him. Will the Lord Chancellor tolerate the continuance of such magistrates on the bench ? If he does, will the House of Commons not refresh his memory ? And will not steps be taken to have Norwich Whigs and Tories dealt with according to their deserts, be they what they may ? Can no commission be issued, after all, to unveil the iniquities of Norwich elections? LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams hare been received at Mr. Iteuter's office : PARIS, WEDNESDAY. To-dat, at two o'clock, Prince Metternich pre sented his lettres de creance. Two court carriages and 6ix conveyed the ambassador and his suite to the Tuileries. At the Place de Carousel a battalion of Chasseurs of the Guard and a battalion of infantry of the line, with music and standards were drawn up. The chamberlain and the master of ceremonies conducted the ambassador into the salle du trove. PARIS, DEC. 15. The Moniteur of to-day says:— Prince Metternich, in presenting his lefties de creance to the Emperor, delivered a speech, in which he said : " The Emperor of Austria had commanded him most particularly to convince the Emperor of the high price he attached to his personal friendship, adding that it would be agreeable to his Majesty to see the completion and consolidation of the relations of good understanding and intimacy, with which the general interests of Europe are so closely con nected." The Emperor replied : " I have the firm hope that the relations which have been so happily re-established between the Emperor of Austria and myself cannot but become : mere friendly by an attentive examination of the interests of the two countries. Since I have seen the Emperor I attach a great value to his friend ship. The sincere agreement between us will be facilitated by the choice of a representative whose conciliatory spirit is known, and who has so many titles to my confidence and to my esteem." The Emperor has received the Prince d'Orange. The Moniteur also contains the following : " Yesterday the Prince Jerome Napoleon has again been attacked with inflammation of the lungs. His state was very grave, and caused serious apprehen sions. The Emperor and the Empress have visited his Imperial Highness." The Patric of this evening says :—" Count Lavradio and Count Paira Pereira, the Portuguese Ambassadors at London and Paris, will represent Portugal at the Congress. M. Mon, the Spanish Ambassador, left yesterday for Madrid, and will return to Paris to assist at the Congress. GENERAL SCOTT EN ROUTE TO SAN JUAA. _ The Alia California sent a special reporter along with General Scott on the steamer Northerner, who gives a very interesting account of the trip, and lets the public into some important matter s con cerning General Harney. We make the foil owing extracts from his letters : " General Scott and suite enjoy the tri p ama zingly. The gallant veteran takes his seat early of a morning on the guards; and receives the atten tion of all. Ile is scrupulously polite to the ;sisters, who pay him marked. attention. In addition to Colonel Thomas, Colonel Lay, and Dr. Crane the General's suite, Col one l N orman , on an Artillery inspection, Colonel Sands, of the Quartermaster's Department, accompanied by his estimable lady, and Major Mackie, of the Assistant Adjutant- General's Department, are on board. Tho latter two officers are destined for Fort Vancouver, as witnesses at the court-martial of Major Wyse. " Colonel Norman's tour is one of great import ance, as his duty consists in suggesting improve ments in that arm of the service to the Secretary of War, and to report on the efficiency of our forces in the north. "-The General and suite use the captain's cabin for meals, as the General's infirmities prevent his ascending and descending to the usual places. On Thursday he and the staff, aided by Captain Dall, were busily engaged in poring over charts, &c., but since then nothing of an official character has trans pired ; we are destined, however, for Port Towns end, and not Fort Vancouver, as was at first stated. From casual conversation it is impossible to state what the action of General Scott will be. He an ticipates meeting with Commissioner Campbell at Fort Townsend, and will not aet until after a con sultation on all points at issue. " The General's evenings are passed playing whist, a dummy game, he taking the dummy and generally beating his opponents. lie states that he has enjoyed the trip amazingly, the roughest weather experienced being to-day. Dr; Crane in. forms me that the General's health has manifestly improved, and that he has no doubt that the voyage will add ten years to his life. The General says it is his last worldly journey, and he trusts it may prove a benefit to his country. " We are all in doubt as to the probability of the Oregon people being informed of the distinguished visitor's approach, but trust that the army folks will enjoy the surprise. " The General's valet is no inconsiderable person age, though he is a fool to his master—one is a giant, the other a dwarf. The latter hovers around the General as a wasp does around a cow. Why great men should thus secure such puny efforts I know not, but our dwarf is a consequential person age. He dresses the General, brushes around him with a wisp, dusts him off, seizes his hat, and brushes up the General's few remaining gray hairs, wipes the nap of the hat, replaces the same, and the whole duty is conducted in silence. These attentions are repeated three or four tiaras a day, and the General takes the same as a matter of course ; and the little tiger, with his gray military cap and ga rotte collar, struts around as important a person as any on board. " At 2 a.m. we ran in some 100 feet of the float• ing-dock at Fort Vancouver, and Colonel Lay, Dr. Crane, and Captain French pulled off for the shore. They duly reached the Quartermaster's, where they found some of the officers just preparing to retire. The news was duly communicated; and what a general scampering ensued! Sleep was out of the question, and although it is not expected that a sol dier could be surprised at his post, all hands, from General Harney down, were somewhat taken aback. The inquiries after home and friends, and the why and wherefore of the trip, consumed the residue of the night, and after reporting to General Harney the aides returned. By 8 o'clock on Friday morning the ship swarmed with uniforms. General Harney and Staff, the officers of the station, and many from other quarters on business at the fort, came on board, and three hours s )on passed away. The offi cers, some 19 or 20 in number, are a remarkably fine-looking body of men, and I cannot see why Uncle Sam keeps his best-looking men at such out of the way posts. It may be, however, to keep them out of mischief or harm's way. " Among those on board I noticed Capt. Wallen, who has returned from an expedition to Utah. The garrison is on the qui wive, and more officers are ex pected, as Major Wyse's court-martial is to be held on Monday. It is said that the Major is always in hot water; but garrison life is not only so mono tonous, but such a mass of punctilio, that a little hot water is agreeable for a change. Gen. Harney is almost as tall as General Scott, with a diminu tive blue cap stuck like a tassel on the top of his white head, and looks every inch a soldier. He seems to take the visit of his superior as about the only means which will justify his actions, and the officers—mind the officers—are in hopes- that the force at San Juan Island will be increased. The .only result that I can arrive at thus far is, that no thing be known and no course decided on until General Scott reaches the disputed territory. We leave for Portland, and Colonel Norman joins the General's suite, Colonel Sword and Major Mackall remaining to attend the court-martial. " Friday, Oct, 21.—We left Fort Vancouver at half-past 11 a.m., with General Harney and Staff on board. They accompany us to Portland only. Mr. Commissioner Campbell, who is coming over land via Colville, is hourly expected, and despatches have been left for him to join the Commission at San Juan. The latest news from the disputed ter ritory is that the British have withdrawn their naval force, save the Satellite. Affairs remain in state quo, and Mr. Custom House Inspector Hubbs has been adding some new complications to the im broglio by refusing permission to land some effects for the English resident magistrate. It is now de finitely understood that no plan of operations can be decided on until we reach our destination. " Portland, Oct. 21.—We arrived at the wharf at balf-past 1 p.m., and of course the whole city poured down to the wharf, where the veteran was received by the cheers of the multitude and the ringing of all the bells. Mr. S. J. M'Cormick, the mayor of the city, despite the rain, which, by . the way, shortly ceased, mounted, for the first time in the memory of man, a beaver plug, and rushed around unlike most heads of corporations. A cannon was brought forth and located at the head of Broadway, but the salute was not fired until after 2.. o'clock, at which hour a procession was formed, headed by the mayor, Mr. A. B. Hallock, President of the Common Council, and J. M. Fan sycle, chief engineer of the fire department, with the various heads of the departments, and delega tions in uniforms from the fire companies. " I find that the visit of Gen. Scott gives great satisfaction to the people of this locality. Gen. Harney is not popular at Portland. Some changes he ordered in his department are the grave objects of offence (of which I shall speak more in detail when I arrive at the whole history thereof), and his removal would give satisfaction to many. While the General (Harney) is unpopular with the people I cannot see that he is looked upon with favour by the officers of the army, and I fear Gen. Scott's ar rival has afforded many a secret satisfaction. Tier ney seems in good spirits, but he is remarkably taciturn I think. his eye glanced around furtively, as if he was in search of some one who could un riddle the whole affair. In plain language, Harney does not know where he stands ; and, what is stranger still, he will not for some weeks. " efind that opinions differ widely with the Ore gonians on board in reference to the San Juan affair. While all admit that the Canal de Hare is the southerly line of the treaty, all do not justify Gen. Harney's course in the armed occupancy of the San Juan or Bellevue Island. It is denied that the causes assigned for his action are facts; it is denied that American interests were interfered with, and it is denied that the rights of an American were threatened with the rigour of British law in rela tion to the notorious pig shooting scrape. These aro facts, however, which will be substantiated, or allegations which will be refuted, on investigation. A legal gentleman of Oregon fame informs me that the belief is general that the whole matter was got np by a speculator, with the view of makin g a few hundred thousand' dollars. The same gentle man, who has already conversed with Governor Douglas on the vexed ques tion, views the whole matter as a squatter difficulty, magnified by the ill advised and officious conduct of a tow persons clothed with brief authority. All these matters, of course, I shall become better advised of when I reach the disputed territory, but I give them now so that circumstance s may refute or establish. " Although no thing can be known of General Scott's intentions, it seems conceded that no settle ment can be arrived at unless tho troops are with drawn, or a joint occupancy agreed on. " Much surprise has been created by General Harney's abrupt departure from Portland. lie left in the steamer Northerner about 3 o'clock pan. on Saturday, remarking that he would shortly re, turn, but' took the river steamer to Vancouver.. When we anchored at Vancouver on Sunday, no. , thing was seen or heard of him by General Scott and the inference is that ho is in high dudgeon. On Saturday previous to his departure he indelged in one of his characteristic outbursts ; hut he was swearing at himself; and little notice was paid thereto. The General is not popular, and, althotiah the officers under him do the best they van to hide their own impre§§jolis tißcl feelings, • Tfear he is not even respected. "The San -Proncino Times of the 24th of last month contained a letter from the Camp at San Juan, which, notwithstanding the fuss it has. created, contains it §VP II ,AsI C;orisiderablii truth. I do not know the author, but he is suspected to be Lieutenant Ihrie, who has recently resigned. I say suspected, rather than hinted, for the author ship is generally attributed to him here. While I cannot find anyone willing to deny the charges, there seems to be a great unwillingness to admit them on this score. The writer, not content to speak for himself, gives what he terms the opinions of all the officers under Harney. They object, and with good reason too, to his expressing an opinion in their name. In such matters there is a great lack of unity in the army, as self characterizes almost all their individual efforts, and the members are only anxious of being spoken of as a class when generalties are concerned. " No one is so sensitive as an army officer when individuality is concerned, and he desires to speak for himself alone. The report is current that Lieut. Ihrie has resigned, and on the promulgation there of, the expression of individuality has grown. Lieut. Ihrie, had he spoken of his own behest, and an his own authority, would have been entitled to greater credence, as his brother officers could then have been enabled, should they see fit, to su3tain him. The plain matter of fact is, that great dis content pervades the whole military department, and General Scott's advent is hailed on all sides as providential, for difficulties will be remedied with out delay. " Tuesday, Oct. 25.—We arrived at Port Towns end at eight o'clock this morning, and took the town by surprise. Colonel Lay was:ordered to Vic toria by a revenue cutter, Jeff Davis, Capt. Mason, which will sail at dusk. The steamer Julia, Capt. Bushnell, arrived at half-past 10 o'clock with co lours flying, having heard of General Scott's pre sence via Portland, Steilacoom. Colonel Norton left for San Juan on his inspection of artillery, and the Julia sped for Victoria, to inform them that the great, Pacificator had despatched his answer to Governor Douglas. General Scott remained on board and went up to Olympia, and will return to his post to-morrow, and when he expects the Mas sachusetts, Captain Fauutleroy, to be ready to re ceive him. His arrival was unexpected, and his welcome was hearty cheers, but to-morrow he will receive a salute." THE GAIRSOPPA FALLS, NEAR HOLVORE. It is curious that a fall six times the depth of Niagara should remain almost unknown. From the village of Gairsoppa, reached by a river of the same name, the writer was carried for twelve miles up the Malimuneh Pass, and reached the Falls at Bungalow about three and a half hours after leav ing the top of the Pass :-- "An amphitheatre of woods, and a river, about 500 yards wide, rushing and boiling to a certain point, where it is lost in a perpetual mist and in an unceasing deafening roar, must first be imagined. Leaving the Bungalow on the Madras side of the river, and descending to a position below the river level, you work your way care fully and tediously over slippery rocks, until you reach a point, where a rock about twice the size of a man's body, juts out over a precipice. Resting flat upon this rock, and looking over it, you see directly before you two out of the four principal Falls ; these two are called the Great Fall' and the Rocket.' The one contains a large body of water, the main body of the river, perhaps 50 yards across, which falls massively and apparently slug gishly into the chasm below, and the other contains a smaller body of water, which shoots out in suc cessive sprays over successive points of rocks, till it falls into the same chasm. This chasm is at least 900 feet in depth, six times the depth of the Niagara Falls, which are about 150 ft, and perhaps a quarter to half a mile in width. These are the first two falls to be visited. Then move a little below your first position, and you will observe first a turgid boiling body of water of greater volume than the Rocket Fall, rushing and steaming down into the same chasm, this is the third fall the ' Roarer ;' and then carrying your eye a little further down you will observe another fall, the loveliest, softest, and most graedul of all, being a broad expanse of shallow water falling like transparent silver lace over a smooth surface of polished rock into this same chasm; this is ' La Dame Blanche,' and the White Lady of Avenel could not have been more graceful and ethe real. But do not confine yourself to any one place in order to view these falls ; scramble everywhere you can, and get as many views as you can of them, and you will be unable to decide upon which is the most beautiful. And do you want to have a faint idea of the depth of the chasm into which these glorious waters fall? Take out your watch and drop as large a piece of rock as you can hold from your viewing place, it will be several seconds before you even lose sight of the piece of rock, and then even it will not have reached the water at the foot of the ,chasm, it will only have been lost to human sight ; or watch the blue pigeons, wheeling and circling in and out the Great Fall within the chasm and looking like sparrows in size in the depths beneath you. But you have yet only seen one, and that not perhaps the loveliest, and at least not the most comprehensive view of the falls. You must proceed two miles up the river above the falls and cross over at a ferry, where the waters are stilll and smooth as glass and sluggish as a Hollander, and proceed to the Mysore side of the falls, walk , ing first to a point where you will see them all at a glance and then descending as near as you can to the foot of these, to be drenched by the spray, deafened by the noise and awe-struck by the gran deur of the scene and by the visible presence of the Creator of it, in the perpetual rainbow of many and brilliant hues which span the foot of the chasm." PRINCE ALFRED AT CORFU. The Euryalus, Captain Tarleton, cast anchor in the harbour, at 10 o'clock on the morning of the sth. At half past two p.m. Prince Alfred, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Mundy, Captain Tarleton, and the Rev. W. Onslow, landed at St. Nicelo, under a salute from the ships in the harbour and the guns of the garrison. A guard of honour, Major- General Sir George Buller, the garrison staff, and the heads of regiments and departments, received his Royal Highness at the landing-place, and conducted him through a dense crowd to the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, where he was received by another guard of honour and his Excellency Sir Henry Storks, the members of the Senate, and the dignitaries of the Greek church. At four .p.m., the prince, accompanied by his excellency, drove into the country, and on their return about sunset walked through the town, where active preparations were being made for a general illumination, which took place soon after their return to the palace, on entering which the prince was repeatedly cheered by the assembled multitude. At night the public streets and thoroughfares were tastefully lighted, particularly the public offices, the theatre, the pub lic fountains, the houses of the British residents, foreign merchants, and consuls at Corfu. The band of the 14th Regiment played in front of the palace, where the prince remained during the night, until 9 o'clock, when they were relieved by the band of the Corfu Philharmonic Society. Goodwill and harmony seemed to prevail among all classes, the delighted spectators were gratified, and the pleasant scene concluded about half-past 10 by a display of fireworks in front of the palace. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT--(THIS DAY HOUSE OF LORDS. This day Parliament was again further prorogued. At two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, and the other Peers named in the Royal Commission, took their seats in front of the throne, and "her Majesty's faithful Commons" were summoned. The officials of the House of Commons having made their appearance at the bar, the Royal Commission was again road, and The LORD CHANCELLOR then, in the terms of the Royal Commission, declared the Parliament prorogued until the 24th of January, 1860, then to meet for the consi deration of various divers important affairs. ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir, —My attention has been called to a letter from Lord Raynham on the subject of the Royal Benevolent Society, which appeared in yesterday's papers, containing a mali cious and most cruel libel on myself. May I appeal to your sense of justice to favour me with space in your journal to give the charges therein made my most unqualified contradiction ? Not the slightest ground exists for the accusation of dis honesty. So far from absconding, I resigned at Lord Rayn ham's own request, on grounds which he approved, and explained the reason which necessitated my sudden depar ture. The accounts were audited and signed within three weeks, and the books balanced to the day of my leaving ; and, with regard to the injury done to them, it occurred after I left England, to my deep regret, without my know ledge or connivance, of which fact Lord Raynham was well aware. It is wholly inconceivable how a nobleman in , Lord Raynham's position should seek to shelter himself from the charge of excessive expenditure (fully authorised by himself), in the audited balance sheet from July, 1857, to July, 1858, by an attempt to cast a stigma on me in regard to an occurrence which took place nine months after. I would ask you, sir, and the public to -withhold their judgment until I shall be advised as to the course I ought to pursue for the further vindication of my conduct. I may be allowed, in conclusion, to express my surprise in reference to your police report, published this morning, that a magistrate should allow statements to be publicly made seriously affecting the character and conduct of absent persons, respecting whom there are no charges or any ma terials before him for decision, and which would only be properly admissible if followed up by an application for his magisterial interference. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, G. F. SHEPPARD, Late Secretary, Royal Benevolent Society. Dec. 14. The Earl of Elgin has left town for Broom Hall his lordship's seat in Scotland. The noble earl will not re turn to London until about the 10th proximo. The marriage of the. Earl of Hopetoun with Miss Iteynardson is fixed to take place on Tuesday, the 3d of January. The Earl, and Countess of Clarendon are staying at the Grove, near Watford, where they intend to receive company during the Christmas holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will leave town early next week for Broadlands, where they intend to receive a succession of visitors during the Christmas holi days. The Earl and Countess of Euston have left town for Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire. _ _ ✓ The Dowager Countess Cowper will leave Pans hanger on the 19th inst. for 'Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary will leave Cambridge Cottage early in the ensuing month to make a series of visits in the provinces. The Duke de la Fosse has left Fenton's Hotel for Paris. - ----- The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are entertaining a large party at Hatfield House, Herts. The Marchioness gives a grand ball to the nobility and gentry of the county to-night at Hatfield. The Marquis de Lavalette has left Fenton's Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville have arrived at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, from visiting Lady Olivia Sparrow at Brampton Park, near Huntingdon. Lo ;(1. Frederick and Lady Augusta Hallyburton arrived at Kensington Palace a few days since from Scot land. Married yesterday, by special license, at Curzon Chapel, Curzon-street, Mayfair, by the Rev Henry Brooke Boothby, vicar of Lissington, in the county of Lincoln, George John Warren, Lord Vernon, to Frances Maria Emma Boothby, only daughter of the late Rev. Brooke Boothby and the Hon. Mrs. Boothby. Lord Holland remains in a very critical state at Naples. His lordship's life was despaired of a few days since, but his disease has since partially yielded to medical skill. The Earl and Countess Fitz william are surrounded by a family party at Wentworth House, Yorkshire. The Countess (Dowager) of Morton and Lady Gertrude Douglas have joined the circle. We (Brighton Gazette) are happy to hear that the health of Lady Palmerston has so much improved during her sojourn at the Brighton residence of Lord Leconfield, that the noble Premier contemplates taking a house hero for the remainder of the winter. _ _ Count du Val de Beaulieu has left the Brunswick Hotel fur Paris, en roiete for Belgium. The Count and Countess Meehleshevski have also taken their departure from the seine establishment. _ . Count Bela Szechenyi and Count Odon Szechenyi have arrived at Fenton's Hotel, from Vienna. The Right lion. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert will leave town in a few days for Wilton House, Salisbury - . Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., and Mrs. Baring have arrived at Torquay from visiting Lady Molesworth at Pen- carroty. age, An named A A L ii F ;i eSsAtleLwOaßr arrived ve g d i rl at , abou tthisr t l o 9 n years d a o y f b in y it te i th ste G an las ier ga la w se , a r r ia , stol. known as the " Bristol C a l e donian Society." It appears f ß r e ni lfa ß st ri , aSshsoechAiatdionbeienn B t rrai Bristol that she had been three years and nine months at sea as a s lana a B i l l ty o h r d , oi s ins h oo i u p v_ p e7 d a e ad i v n toy t y h ha e gtxe n . a fa m ll e ibn o eg f w T fra o as t m a gu S cali t t e ee wart. Her ,sex was as onyarSdatus on ces; and talking in all the lingo and technicalities of seafaring lifts, for which she still possesses t4,e strongest passion. Her friends reside in Glasgow, whither aaie wit.* bound, but her birthplace was Malta, 'where tier father ap4 sg i cp a soldier,-2071hern Whig. AUSTRIA. On, the Bth inst. the Birado, which is published in Szegedin, in Hungary, received a written warning " for continually bringing out invidious and violent articles, which:are calculated to bring about a hos tile feeling betwern the nationalities." Persons who have seen and spoken to members of the Cabinet during the last few days say that they firmly believe their new ordinances have done a great deal of good; but they would hardly enter tain such an opinion if they could hear what passes in the city. The Government, by its " cowardly" ordinances, has lost the respect of the Viennese, who appear to pass a great part of their time in making ribald jokes at its expense. A person who came from Prague the day before , yesterday states that the Bohemians are nearly as discontented as the Hungarians. Trade is every where stagnant, and the Bohemians doubtless find it very difficult to get money with which to pay their taxes. It is at length settled that Count Rechberg is to be present at the opening of the Congress. Baron von Meysenberg, who went to Zurich with the late Count Colloredo, will also go to Paris, and remain there as second Plenipotentiary when the Minister- President returns to Vienna. The day for the de parture. of Count Rechberg is not yet fixed, but he I will probably leave for Paris soon after New Year's-day. There is a great agitation in Baden against the Concordat, although two-thirds of the inhabitants of that Grand Duchy are Roman Catholics. It daily becomes more evident that the wholesale im portation of Jesuits into Germany has given great offence to its enlightened inhabitants. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the sth inst., in forms us that the difficulties which have arisen be tween the committees appointed by the provinces which desire to constitute themselves into delibe rative assemblies and the Government, which is op posed to such a measure, have not yet been ar ranged. The deputies lately renewed their demand in an address to the Emperor himself, in which they expressed their determinationito engage themselves on honour, and if necessary by oath, not to occupy themselves with any question but that of the eman cipation of the peasants. The Emperor has not yet made any reply. In the meantime the idea is spread ing among the population that they have a right to, a share in the government of the country, and is gaining ground in the most distant provinces of the empire. The Government is proceeding with cal culated circumspection and delay in its political and social reforms, but at the same time it is adopting very energetic measures for successfully converting the cash deposited in the Bank into Government stock. The new Treasury bonds which are to be issued next month will secure 5 per cent. interest to the holder. Accounts from Stockholm, re ceived in St. Petersburg, state that the Government contemplates raising a loan of £1,000,000 for the construction of railways. Some of the Ministers recommend that a larger sum should be raised in order not to have occasion for a second loan. A resolution has been submitted to the Swedish Diet by a clergyman named Jansen, enacting that the entire Swedish clergy shall henceforth have com plete control over all printed papers or pamphlets circulated by hawkers, and that, moreover, severe punishment shall be inflicted on all laymen who shall discuss religious subjects without first having been examined tnd authorised by a Protestant clergyman. The proposition was unanimously adopted, and some members proposed even more stringent measures. GOVERNMENT EMIORATION.— Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners will receive tenders to-day (Thursday) for two vessels—one to proceed to Table Bay, Cape of Good .Hoe, an another to Sydney, New South Wales ; the forme p r t © d ready for the reception of passen gers on the 24th of January, and the latter to be ready on nt suc h day as the Coraissioners may appoint between the Ist and Bth of February. SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN GLASGOW.-0 2 Monday morning, a carter named Thomas Robertson, in the employ ment of Mr. Dugald Napier, contractor was engaged cart ing bags of grain froratheEdinburgh an Glasgow Railway station to a store in James Watt-street. In the court front ing the store the bags are carried up to the different stories by means of a rope, wa s on his cart ()eking on the bags, and when the horse which is drawn by a hor se. Robertson got the order to start, fte hook by some means caught hold of his clothes, and he was suddenly carried to a height of three stories. Here kedisenga,,ed himself by some means from the hook, and losing his 7/old he was precipitated to the ground. It is not expected that he will recover.—. North firilish Mall. WOMEN'S WORK.--If half, or one-hundredth por- Hen of the time bestowed by ladies upon following., with monotonous labour, those lines and figures which may now be bought in any country shop were given to invention, in • stead of servile imitation, what a new and glorious era would dawn upon our m anufacturing world ! So soon as figures of beauty becAtio so common as to be exhibited in the windows of every shop, they ought surely to be left to mere anechanisai to multiply and carry out. The higher orders of taste and Away should then invent others, fresh from thoss cultivated and expanded minds which have en joyed the advantage of observing what art has accomplished at different thaws .4.4 in different region s of the globe, as well as of what -nature Gtliibits under its most favourable aspects. go soon as machinery fit able to take up any kind of work, or even ,•:•ci floe nas the poor are all to make a trade of it, the hand that is iiL4 hbiiged to labour should lay i down, and take up soinetliioggeW 44c1 better. So soon, also, as sciett.ee has invented fresh dyss or now m aterials the same hands should assmre the of fi ce of assortmont into fresh patterns and ii.aw combinations of such c o lors ail e d e i r ; iipioyl matarials, keeping always tiie upon the iiiv:blest work, and thus m aintatigng, y a Jun. A l balance, the true iiecw.oinv of labour. Ladie., efig lika eld of amusement ; here is a wide nob: A 93 tr.() — a . . . hi high 11 8 1 1 Y .highest agency il*eillincta.al amusement, too , for ` all the ri i 1 . engaged wt tjw //volitive process all the p ne pes ef art must be called au it, 4,4 is 0.9 N4strtlctiou of some thin.. which. shall afford lasting p . easur9 atic,i iloproyement 3 pi) tip beholyr.—oicc a ll 7 celA „.. .._ _ ._. ._... __ . . HER MAJESTY'S SHIP NILE IN A STORM. The Cork Constitution has the following account of the return of her Majesty's ship Nile to that port, after encountering the dreadful gale on Wed. nesday last : " Krumour was circulated in this city on Friday that her Majesty's ship Nile, 90, which left this port for Plym ou th on Wednesday for the purpose of undergoing repairs rendered necessary by the in juries received by her recently while on her voyage to Halifax, had been lost in the gale of Wednesday night. As the vessel was in some mea sure crippled and not too well able to bear such a gale, some anxiety was created by the rumour, but it was set at rest by a vessel which arrived here and reported having passed the Nile on Thursday. The rumour, however, was not entirely without fbunda tion. The Nile had received such bad usage that she was compelled to bear up for this port, which she entered on Sunday morning, and is now at anchor in the roads. It will be remembered that when she put in here the week before last, it was mentioned that her rudder was so damaged as to be all but useless, and was the immediate cause of her coming back from the Banks of Newfoundlond, which she had reached on her voyage to Halifax. While here, strong bands of iron were fastened around it, and it was made apparently secure enough to admit of the vessel being taken over to Plymouth for repairs. On Wednesday accordingly she steamed out, but during the night was exposed to the fury of the gale which, amounting almost to a hurricane, then raged. The iron bands which were put to secure the rudder burst, and the vessel could not by any means be got to wear. The storm blew right against her, and she wait driven within nine miles of the shore at Bantry, so close that the breakers could be plainly heart lashing the rocks, and at one time, on a cast of the lead being taken, there were only seven feet of water under her keel. Sixteen fires were lighted, all steam was got up, and every effort was made to force the ship against the wind. This was so far successful that she was kept from running ashore, but on account of the dis abled state- of the rudder, she could not be worked up to her destination, but drifted away into the AtlantitrOcean. After running in this help less way untirhoon on Friday, it was resolved to put the vessel about and make for, this harbour. This was accordingly carried into effect, but so far had the ship been driven that, notwithstanding steam being used and all sails set, with . a fine breeze aft, it was Sunday morning before she made this har bour, and she went into Ballycotton Bay before she could be got to wear. From the time the vessel left this until her return she did not make 30 miles on her proper course, and for some time on Wed nesday night so fearfully did she roll and so much water went down her hatches that it was nearly 5 feet high on the lower deck. Nothing but the un flinching gallantry of the captain and steadfast de votion of the crew could have saved the vessel during the night of Wednesday, which was really dreadful. During the whole of this period. Captain Wilmot never left the poop, and this may be said of the two former gales the vessel encountered, when he exhibited the same watchfulness over his charge. On those occasions his humanity to the men was as much remarked as his cool, calm courage. At one time some of the crow were ordered by one of the officers to go aloft and cut away a torn sail which was flapping about, but the Captain forbade their doing so, it bring a most perilous act in that fearful weather, declaring that not a man should be endangered if he could prevent it. Many acts of the same thoughtful kind have been narrated by the men, with whom he is evidently a great favou rite, It Is understood that Captain Wilmot has been appointed to the command of the screw steam. ship Sanspareil, 70, now being fitted out at Devon port, and that the. crew of the Nile will be turned over to her. The Sanspareil will then, it is stated, be sent to this port to. replace the Amphion as guard-ship. After repairs the Nile will be de spatohed to her original destination, North Arne.; rica and the West Indies." TILE SPANISH ARMY IN 310.ROCCI A letter from an officer of General Echague'S corps d'armee gives the following details of the en gagement of the 25th :—At five in the morning, four Companies of the regiment of Madrid Chasseurs marched towards Sierra de Bullone to reconnoitre. Suddenly upwards of 500 Moors were seen rapiali advancing. These were followed soon by others , and altogether they amounted to 4,000. The Spaniards immediately fired, causing great havoc among the enemy ; but, seeing that they were Ow' ing with great alacrity, Echague ordered an attack with the bayonet, when the army div id themselves into two bodies, one to resist the charge of the Spanish infantry, the other to attack the re doubt that had been built a few hours before. Tile first body was completely routed by the charge of the Castilian Chasseurs, and fled in confusion to wards the mountains. The other body was 111°11 numerous, and their fire was concentrated exclu sively on the defenders of the redoubt. Echague ordered a square to be formed ; and , a t the impetu" ous charge of the Moors, the soldiers of the square retired. The enemy, imaginin g that th e y were flyin . g rushed impetuously against the squar e, which, open- More ing itself of a sudden, disclosed a ba tter y . than 200 Moors perished. Another division cane then, and prevented the Moors from escaping. Tb• fight became a horrible butchery ; the Moors threg' away their muskets and fought with t heir pecliar. long daggers, called gumias." The Spanish sol: diers found themselves quite at home in this sort o; struggle. They also threw away their rifle e s sou seized their navajas. Nothing could equal th fer r city of the combatants. My friend says it is qu ite impossible to form an adequate idea of this fight. One Spanish soldier slew three Moor s with his (' h ot knife, aid yet he had his face dreadfully cut bra gumias. Many had their entrails hangi n g on t Neir legs, and went on more fiercely than e ver. shot was then to be heard. Spanish artillerylgell' chasseurs, and even officers were fighting knife is hand. 200 Moors were killed in this s avage 01 1ib t and nearly 1,000 fearfully wounded. T he spanm— loss was also very great. THE SOCIETY OF ABTS. place, R. Wygram Crawford, Yesterday a meeting of the above society E xcl ., in the c 11 147 b el The paper read was " On the Great Eastern," Hawes. The author began by giving a 9 of the rise and progress of ocean steam Davig e ns He could not say when Mr. Brunel first ad o l 3 ' no idea of building so large a ship, but there Ive s h a doubt it had long occupied his mind, and tho,t t s. exact mode of carrying it out was gradual l Y A nl io .4 I tared as he built the Great Western, des i l B l 2 e : 1_7.! ant 1835, and the Great Britain, designed in 1851 he designed the Great Eastern. I n the O r bi u former his leading idea had been to imPr c ' le ' shortening and rendering more certain the coultior nication between America and England. The aut Mr. gave some account of the assistance afforded te a to " Irunel by Mr. Scott Russell, which eTtleare have had special reference to the particular ' curve of to be adopted, on which subject his opinion "di. „it great value. After giving some deta ils of the the „d mensions and general construction of the 0 111 P,,,,' s ae author alluded to some observations that belll:thirtrti relative to the want of provision for weroullt. to saloons on her passage to America, in refers f o r i/ .t which he urged the fact the vessel was built &Tiiot Indian trade, and in his opinion it was ve r Y, e lll r esta to be regretted that the concessions to ot her in&, than those of the shareholders, and perher Jo. sire of exhibiting this great work to our sat' sire lantic friends, should have been allowed to dt , her departure on the voyage for which she w ,.. iiii hielt signed, for which she was fitted, and front ” cot a alone any commercial results to the comPa n Y oar be realised. He drew attention to the r e l op elements of strength and safety which , t ° tested possessed, which had been so rernarkablyfforded by the recent accident ; the advantageleiorevit by the combination of the paddle sea u`,, e Tee,. and her steadiness when compared sets. He thought we might fairly exP e . c r i 0 0 2 of 15 knots an hour would be attained, W"'"i gl a rgea ll 1 1 paratively small consumption of coal, for of .. - orse passenger ships averaged 11 knots, wi th er the power of 1 to 3 or 4 tons of burthen , 7 — ho re. Great Eastern to run 15 knots had but pas' power to 81 tons burthen. The comfort tnytior sengers would necessarily be much greater, ° w ok. amongst other causes, to her much g reater Loa with oth er ness. In conclusion , Hawes drew ntten nv the national importance of this great undertaTi be Both the present short routes to Ind ia c °11 4 . 8 or stopped or materially endangered hi Frao other Powers—the charges for pose n era ;04 very high, and the discomfort very gre at, h lowe r he thought, with the Great Eastern, nille-bt th rate would be remunerative. He had no dol w het other vessels of the same class would be 1;4 1 1 , 3 w as her power and speed were fully proved; of /fence impossible to calculate what an element 01 o ffence and defence, what new sources of wealth, 7 10 f0 r,,.."` v ionhi rte rit' thus be opened to us. The great ship India and Australia that which the Great nv:. 00 0 ,00 4 in 1 838, did for America, viz., reduce the d. 0 : 6 ,01 , between these great colonies and depen d s ir e, to England, to the increased security o f the elgt eor e2 the promotion of arts, manufactures, a n coraiw and to the advancement of civilisation nna g vto government all over the world. gos aer• A discussion ensued in which Captain log o, son, Messrs. Davis, J. G. Frith, L. S• art. H. Scott, I. Topham, and the Chairman, tow' . ).i4l° 21118 DAYS MARKETS• CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. --• ea t , will! -- ' 1 1 ^i; 43. 1 110 ''‘‘ barley, 35s 10d; oats, 21s sd; rye, 32s 10d ; i l ~,t t d 4it ld; and peas, 39s ld. , oi i ' t o THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheal, A N , ta l , „or barley, 36s Od; oats, 21s 94 • 29a Ekl • beano , ' ' 0 1 rye, ) , 0 4 peas, 38s 10d, h a 123 492; , j oi ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.--W" e t 4•11 : ' Fr li i barley, 106,046; oats, 13,116 ; rye 69; beans; 61" - ' ~ti . • 3,669 quarters. ' : I, ' 'Ol - ,vol 4 -' , f METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAitICWI. The supply of beasts in to-day's market 'vas o°7 th:ho even for the time of year, and the general qual i , t 1 t o o iff stock was prime. For all breeds the demand ralcui4sp; at .a decline in tho prices realised on Monday 154 o ' ri ; 81bs, the top quotation being 5s per 81bs. we ,.. • supplied with sheep, and the mutton trade was 0 01; tive, at barely stationary prices. Prime small terras c4l;fw- 1 , stead a ily, other kinds of veal slowly, on f cows, i t late °ormer • us had dull inquiry for pigs and mulch rencies. d• " Primccrs-wool do. 4 , 0 6 6 4 4 1- 3 me. S'thdown do. ° 0 !I Large crse. calves 4 . g 10 5 - Prime small d 0... 4 slo Large hogs ...... 0 0 Smal porkers .. • . 4 g piO an d q uarter •old stor Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. 4.! Ci:ae. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxea 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Suckling calves, 18s to Vs , 23s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. ata ßeasts 3 Sheep .......... 6, Calves 2:51 Calves ........ . 0 OR ..... Pigs o 3 o lg B s h e e a s e ptrs ........ ...... . Vitria-or; 360 Pigs .............. 0.1.0 --.... MEAT MARKETS. of 0 01 3 . NEWOITE AND LEADENHALL. -- The supplies _,, fa' • are extensive, and an average business is doing, 7,6111' s i d lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 30 2d t ° , s o 6 i• lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 45 8d ; poll , ' ,1 1 4i to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. re Ir'w % SouTuALL, Dec. 14.—The supply of beasts }ro te 13 large, and the trade generally ruled steady, l', s d to 4 5. ,,, prices :—Beef, frian. 3s 8d to 6s 2d ; rautton, 0 6 oto ~, 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; pork, 48 Od to 55 Od P er ?'" ''. sink the offal.' DILA Pi oPtoo ROMFORD, Dec. 14.—Our market was hea vy i they W with stock, the quality of which was good, and . ) , - 861 P' ruled firm, at very full prices : Beef, fromg..A , 004 , 5s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to 0 .L'_`';' ir olg• ) 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81Ds r 0 20 to g 6ll . ling calves, 14s to 19s ; quarter old store Pig s, - , „,ili each; mulch cows, £ l4 Os to £lB each. ' 4 . 1 11 4 r , i.f . 1,1 HanAdirstMraAw,lt£lClE4TsSt.c. ,v 79,,,, . t_t 'dun - - ,/ £3 SixosrrtnorizsLnos.—; Meadow hay, I 2 10s to PA u- , r , low ' Trade firm. $ i A fair demand. WIIITEC A H N AI D, 4 ,,. 0104; .1 £3 lOs to £5 Os ; .—Meadow hay, £2 12s to 0 1 r ifoa. ,i EL._an:ieadstroaww::l;iotgot£l 90 Y or e woo ~: £3 10s to £5 5s ; and straw, fa 4s to £1.°8:j5I;) ci°lBf/ 11 bury, o u l r n y ' : .. 3 i in na: Supply good, and trade rathcl ........______ _ totbrins at aftSernWoFo.AnitslNirGHleNnrOyFsiTalgieEr NEealVt JrUDGE.--- ii.r.batic'' r j t j e:: l , duced to the Lord Chancellor, K in htir p7iva: 0 001 - of the Court of Common Pleas, in the room of th i'• 111. P., showing his havin g been appointed one of teue,..to/dr, . Justice C row d e r, and took and 'subscribed the oaths.,iir ; A RAILWAYS. —A return moved for by g ed r an ' 70' • ° rsis tbe rtii i ‘ vsf showing the sums of money pended under powers granted by Parliament to _ t i o , 314 companies, from the date of their incorporatiora t;_nde of December, 1857, in England, and Wales, S tria 01 Ireland, respectively ; also, the number a nd de for win, , sl ) AR* persons employed on each of the railways oPtin 1 7 par: • A at that date, &c., was published yesterday. It ugi boas . i of a Parliamentary paper, but no grand , w aft o s se/ - t o tals 101,0 be :. cast up by the compilers, so that no gene . ....pa arrived at without a long and tedious arithinerissk., The information, however. is patent to those Who to refer to the details respecting single coraponei