The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches, ROYAL E -LISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINO R A H. Messrs. Santley, H. Cord, St. Albyn, and IV. Harrison. Misses Pilling, T wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Leggin% Pasquale, Pier- Ton, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at 8 o'clock. T if EATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. Tlll EVENING the performances will commence with THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. C. Mathews. And PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Commence at /. j~UYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TIM F. - VENT:VI, the performances will commence with LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. After which, PUSS ; or, Metempysychosis. Miss L. Keeley. To be followed by a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J , R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELP HI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed la ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss Belly. After which, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Stagg,ers, Mr. Paul Bedford. • Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Bon et :Br , . nren from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor fer bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROY AL 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 passel gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAAM Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. After which the successful Ballet Farce, by John Oxen ford, Esq., entitled MAGIC TOYS, support:d by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Cease, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. At ter which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY Ole LYONS. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Commence at 7 o'clock. Asm E Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee ...Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant reception of the New Historical Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI, sustained by a New Dra matic Company, full Stud of beautiful Horses, Characteristic Costumes and Picturesque Scenery. Engagement for a limited period of the Great Delavanti troupe, Gvmnasists par excellence ; also, Little Menda, the most Wonderful Juvenile Equestrian in the World. Scenes in the Circle by Star Riders and talented Equestrians. Terminating with a Laughable Farce. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH• Combo Vocalists -Messrs. Georze Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. r. Critchfleld, and E. W. 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. THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, OCTOBER 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the tight. 42—this day at noon. __ ._ BAROMETKEtr-29.42. WIND, Northerly. OCT. 24. THERMOMETER, TN THEI SHADE. 42—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAnomwrzu- -29.43. WIND, North-Westerly ; light. Sharp frost in the night. The thermometer was down to 27 at Islington. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 12h. 4m.—Afternoon, 12h. 27m, To-Monnow-Morning, 12h. 49m.—Afternoon, 1. 11m, The territorial demarcations upon the map of the world are still being revised industriously as they have been modified now continually from time immemorial. MERCATOR'S Chart perpetually re- quires republication. It presents to view an ever changing series of outlines. And, if there are no longer nowadays those wholsale transformations which in past ages have, at intervals, startled not simply this island from its propriety, but a whole continent, or even a whole hemisphere—the changes still are hardly less frequent, less distinct, or less appreciable. An entire kingdom no longer dis appears from the surface of Europe, as in that memorable instance when Poland was clean obli terated at one fell swoop from amongst the Brea' powers of Christendom. New states no longer start into existence, like those ruled for a brief period, now scarcely half a century since, by the mushroom Kings of Etruria and Westphalia. But changes there are, nevertheless—alterations in the frontier lines of Europe, of Asia, of Africa, of America, very recently either actually effected, boldly attempted, resolutely threatened, or ener getically in preparation. It was only the other day, for example, that the boundaries of the king dom of Sardinia-were suddenly stretched in an easterly direction so as to embrace the whole of the fair'and beautiful plains of Lombardy—the boun daries of Austrian Italy thereupon of course con tracting proportionately to the borders of Venetia, or, at any rate, to the immediate vicinity of the Quadrilateral. It was only a month or two back that we learnt, by our advices from British Columbia, that the United States' troops had posi- tively made a flagrant incursion upon the disputed territory of the island of San Juan ; and erecting fortifications there, had summoned around them, by way of additional security for the retention of the spot of ground seized, the lawless complicity of a squatter population. From the opposite extremity of the globe there comes to us again, but very recently, disastrous tidings of that outrage perpetrated by the flagitious Chinese at the mouth of the Peiho, which necessitates a new expedition on the part of England and France. An expedition certain to re sult in the occupation either permanent or tempo rary (more likely the former), of new tracks of land hitherto belonging to the Chinese Government, but henceforth particularly likely to apper tain to our already vast and scattered colonial empire. And now from the fourth quarter — (for Europe, Asia, and America have already as will be seen furnished us with vivid illus trations enough of the subject upon which we are here descanting)—from Africa there now comes to us the long looked for news that war is no longer simply imminent, but that it is by this time abso lutely declared, between Spain and Morocco. The grievances long rankling between the two last mentioned powers have been at last brought to what has for months past been suspected would prove the one inevitable crisis—resulting in, what it has now resulted in, namely the throwing away of the pen and the drawing of the sword, or in other - words the open declaration of hostilities. The sig nal for this has been the death of the late Sultan or Emperor of Monocco, and the advent to p f • ~.."4 %; tz. A t , , Ditorr • „!... lll ' "'"• THE SUN. MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1859. power of his imperial successor. Almost all we can understand here in England in regard to the dispute is that Spain complaieing of certain acts of piracy on the part of the Moors demands something more than an ordinary indem nification—insists upon something in the shape of territorial aggrandisement at the expense of Morocco. To this the Emperor of MOROCCO objecting—war in the neighbourhood of Ceuta is the consequence. In two of the territorial charges referred to as either attempted or probable—those probable in Asia and attempted in America—Eng land is directly involved. She is a prin cipal. She has here to act on the defensive —there on the aggressive ; defending her own rights in regard to San Juan—assailing China by way of extorting reparation or expiation from that barbarian power. In regard to the prospective African changes, and the more important changes already - accomplished very recently upon the European Continent, Great Britain has hitherto maintained a position strictly neu tral and observant. There are limits, however, to this system of neutrality and observation. And upon her MAJESTY'S advisers devolves, of course, the responsibility of looking well to it, that those limits are not weakly passed, to the detriment of tke national dignity, and the derogation from the national honour. The respon sibility is now wholly and entirely, it will for some months yet continue to be wholly and entirely, Ministerial— now that Parliament is not sitting down at Westminster. There is no longer any chance whatever of what Lord JOHN (for a purpose) talked of so very bouncingly before the commenc ment of grouse shooting, viz., an autumnal session. Saturday last witnessed, at Windsor Castle, the further prorogation of the Lords and Commons, by Her MAJESTY in Privy Council, until the fifteenth day of December. The beginning of December means here, of course we all know, the beginning of February—until the arrival of which customary period for the commencement of the parliamentary session, Ministers will hold affairs absolutely in their own hands. Let them look to it however— how they acquit themselves during the intervening period : for when the legislature has again met they will have to give a strict account of their stewardship. They will have to explain the discharge of their responsibilities in the matter of Reform, in refer ence to the Italian' Question, the Chinese Question, the San Juan Question, and even in regard to the course pursued by them in their policy as affected by the outbreak of hostilities in Northern Africa between Spain and Morocco. As though for the very purpose of giving Minis ters a gentle reminder of the formidable strength of the Opposition by which they will be confronted in February, there approaches on Saturday next, the 29th inst., that grand banquet to be given at Liverpool to the Earl of DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI, and others of the formidable leaders of the power ful and doubly powerful, because thoroughly united, party of the Conservatives. The renowned Hinckford Conservative and Ag ricultural Club, has just held its annual meeting ; indeed, a whole batch of Agricultural Meetings have been filling the columns of the country papers, for few of which it is practicable to find room in those of the London journals. The Hinckford Club has little need to take, formally, the name of Conservative, for what are all agricultural societies but Conservative societies—and Conservative they will be until the farming tenants are emancipated —Conservative in the sense of preserving for their landlords all the privileges the latter will strive to retain, till the force of public opinion shall compel them to take their stand on their personal and their class merits. We do not disparage the country gentlemen and their tenantry. They comprise some of the best material that Englishmen are made of; but it is not so good as it might be. It wants the seasoning of a little more intellectual wind and weather. It is much the bet- ,er, already, for free trade and railroads, and for _ , having had a little more intercourse and competi- tion with the rest of the world. The landlords and farmers of to-day are not what they were a quarter of a century ago, and quite of a different stamp to those who vegetated on their broad acres fifty years ago. Still there is great need for improvement ; and nothing would bo more towards it than the Ballot,—the boon which every farmer desires, but the accursed thing in the eyes of every landlord. It will be a glorious start for agricultural intelli gence, when country gentlemen shall be obliged to canvass for the votes of their tenantry, not by steward's orders, but by arousing their own minds to convince the awakening minds of their emanci- pated serfs. At Hinckford, as conic: but be expected, all was Conservatism to the backbone. Mr. JOHN BRIGHT got cut and thrust from almost every speaker ; w e thought, indeed, that more honour was done to his puissance than Conservative prudence demanded. It is not easy to depreciate a man and at the same time to show yourself so anxious to parry his attacks. Church-rates abolition was denounced with all the warmth with which southerns in America would denounce slavery abolition, tl• e clergyman's brother taking the lead on behalf of the more modest reverend. " The Tower Hamlets might vote abolition of church-rates and of other taxes too, but the people of England were attached to their church, and however free trade might prevail in other points, they did not desire free trade in churches." Great concern was expressed that the Prime Minister and Lord JOHN should throw over board the views they had held for a quarter of a century. We strongly suspect, however, that were the question of church-rates put to the ballot the honest farmers of Essex would vote by a large majority that every man should pay for his own church. Our old friend W. 8., of course, was there, and Mr. Du CANE, who is getting a littla reputation ak a county speaker ; the Rev. J. Cox also was not wanting to his old reputation. The reverend gen tleman ventured, for he always ventures something, to differ from his lay colleagues. He thinks the line of demarcation is becoming stronger than ever be- tween the Conservatives and the so-called Liberal party. The latter want Parliamentary Government, the former standby the good old institutions of King, Lords, and. Commons. He prophecies that the real battle-ground about to be taken up was the Church rate question, 'because it involved the separation of Church and State. The Church -rate war was in reality a war a la outranee against the Established Church. We would advise our Conservative friends to be a little more cautious on this subject. If, in deed, the existence of the Establishment be bound up with Church-rates its days will not be many. Church-rates are certainly doomed, and it will be folly for the friends of the Church to argue that tithes and rates must go together. They may very ; soon be glad to reverse such arguments. The Conservative Members spoke in what we may term the old style and the new. Mr. BERES FORD did all that might become one brought up in ' the days of the good old King, and Mr. Du CANE, one who had stretched his ideas rather in the school of Post-Reform Bill Conservatism. The former was angry with Lord DERBY for having proposed such a Radical Reform Bill as that which really turnEd rHE SUN, LONDON' MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1859. him out:of office ; he it was, however, who deplored that the old landmarks were effaced; that there were in reality not two parties now ; that Conser vatives in office turned Liberals,and evcn passed the measures of those they had formerly opposed, while the Whigs really behaved better than might be expected when they took their turn. We must confess our agreement with the staunch out and out Conservative in this ; we are as much dis posed to complain us he is, only in the opposite direction ; and we agree in the opinion that had Lord DERBY retained office, we thorough-going Liberals should have got more from him than we now shall from the two Whig Lords. We are pretty confident that real Liberals can now succeed only by the utmost indifference to the solicitations of the two great parties. The " Independents" hold the scales in their own hands, and it is for them not to trouble themselves about which party is in or out, but which will give them most for their votes. Mr. Du CANE naturally adapts his course more to things as they are ; he, too, could not see much practical difference between the two parties, indeed, when the present Government bad ejected the late one, he could but recal the verses he had learned in his childhood— What did they kill each other for ? Nay, that I do not know,' quoth he, Bat t'was a glorious victory."' He was for giving a fair trial to the present minis try ; he, indeed, believed it to be a Conservative policy to inaugurate changes in accordance with the advancing civilisation of the day,—" But how any Cabinet in which Lord JoHN RUSSELL formed the link between that ardent democrat Lord PAL MERSTON, and that sound constitutionalist Mr. MILNER GIBSON, could concur in the provisions of a Reform Bill, might be a matter for curious speculation." We await with quite as much curiosity as Mr. Du CANE the result of Cabinet councils, on the New Reform Bill. If we may speculate without being laughed at, on such a matter of chance, we should say, that it will give us scarcely any more—if any more — Reform than Lord DERBY offered; only it will be dished up in a little different form. It will not enlarge the constituency more than Mr. DISRAELI proposed to do, and it will not any more than he, propose to make the farmers of the Hinckford Club ?olitically independent of their landlords. But, Lord JOHN'S Reform Bill, whatever it gives, will not give liberty to farm tenants ; whatever it takes away, it will not take away the power of the wealthy to coerce and bribe electors. It may give us sham extensions, for every extension will be a sham which does not give the electors it creates full freedom from all unfair influence. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny have arrived at St. Leonard's-on- Sea, from Tunbridge Wells. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff and family arrived at the Prussian Legation, Carlton House-terrace, on Saturday, from Tun- bridge Wells. His Excellency the Count d'Apponyi arrived at the Austrian Legation, at Chandos House, on Saturday, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts. The Duke and Duchess of Argyle and family are expected at their residence on Campden-hill to-morrow from Inverary Castle, N.B. Lord and Lady Carbery have arrived at Cox's Hotel, from the Continent. The Baron and the Baroness de la Ronciere le Noury have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street. The Hon. P. Campbell Scarlett, her Majesty's Envoy in Tuscany, and family have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, on a visit to Lord Abinger at Abin- ger Hall. The Marchioness of Bath and Lady Louisa Thynne have left town for Gosport. The marriage of the Earl of Dalkeith with Lady Louisa Hamilton is fixed to take place on the 10th proximo. The Countess of Kenmare has arrived at Far rance's Hotel, Belgravia, from Great Malvern. Lord Seymour, who, after his lengthened tour in the East Indies, and on his way home, visited the scenes of the late war in Italy, has been suffering from a low fever, but is, we are happy to learn, much better. Colonel and Mrs. St. Quentin have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood:' Mr. Henry B. Baring, M.P., and Mrs. Baring have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, on a visit to Mr. B. Simpson at Babworth Hall, near Retford. _ _ Mr. Robert St. Aubin, R.N., is appointed her Majesty's Consul to the Society Islands, resident at Raiatea. CARDINAL WISEMAN.—We are enabled to state that the health of his eminence is improving, but is still such as to render the most complete rest imperatively neces sary. The cardinal's medical advisers hope that a continu ance of complete rest will enable his eminence to undertake the journey to Rome, as originally intended, without risk of over fatigue.— Weekly Register. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON BOARD H.M.S. HOGUE. —On Friday morning, a lad named Guilford, while em ployed aloft on board this vessel at the Tail of the Bank, Greenock, fell from the foretop on to the deck, a depth of upwards of 50 feet, and sustained severe injuries on the head, and both arms broken. He was attended by the medical officer of the ship, and hopes aro entertained of his recovery. AMERICAN MAILS.—On Saturday'last the British and North American Royal Mail steamer America sailed from the Mersey for Halifax and Boston with the United States and North American mails and 145 passengers. On Wednesday next the steam ship North American will be despatched from Liverpool for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian mails. The box at the Liverpool Post-office will be open on that day till 9.15 a.m., and on the landing stage till 10 a.m. THE 'WEATHER IN LIVERPOOL.—The tempera ture at Liverpool, which had been very moderate for some time past, took a sudden change on Friday, when it became excessively cold for the season, and it seemed as though winter had commenced. The morning was ushered in by a frost, which continued throughout the day. Snow and hail fell in considerable quantities during the night, and at intervals on Saturday, followed by a thunderstom at night, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning._ F MAZZINI AND THE GARIBALDI F UND.—Mazzini Ln Spain. has subscribed 200 f. to the Garibaldi fund for purchasing o a million muskets ; his subscription was accompanied by the following letter :—I send 200 f. as my contribution to General Garibaldi's fund, to which I feel sure that all wb.o share my political faith will hasten to subscribe. The name of Garibaldi is a guarantee that these arms will not be em ployed merely in the defence of Cattolica and the Mincio. The sacred unity, of our country, violated by every idea which does not embrace the whole of Italy, from the heights of the Tyrol to the Sicilian Sea, is an article of faith for him as well as for us. The arms, then, are to be used for us. It is essential that, rapidly fraternising in this subscription, Italians should display a manly resolution, and separate themselves finally from that unseemly collection of opti mist coward who look for liberty and nationality from hypothetical conferences between foreign sovereigns.— G lUSEPPE MAZZINI. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.—It would appear that for the conveyance of newspapers the steam packet companies cannot compete with the Post-office, and we are afraid that the charges of the former are on too high a scale. As an in stance, we may mention that we received this week an open package containing 237 copies of the Melbourne Argus. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's charge for its transmission to Melbourne amounted to 305., but had the same number of papers been forwarded through the Post office via Southampton, the cost would only have amounted to 19s. 9d. Newspapers and periodicals are, according to the company's tariff, professedly conveyed at a greatly re duced rate.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette. A strange death took place yesterday in the Rue do Rambuteau. A boy named Julien L—, fourteen years of age, apprentice to a confectioner, who had always been of a remarkably cheerful character, had to go into the cellar for some bottles, and was heard singing gaily in de scending. As he did not appear for some time, another ap prentice went down after him, and found him hanging by the neck by his pocket handkerchief to a nail, and quite dead I As he could have no motive for suicide, it is sup posed that he had tied himself by the neck to see what the sensation of hanging might be, an I that by accident the stool on which he stood upset, and left him suspended. AN EXTRAORDINARY CABLE.—Messrs. Brown, Lennox; and Co., of Millwall, the manufacturers of anchors and cables for the Admiralty, has just completed upwards of 40 fathoms of what is probably the largest cable that ever was made. It is to be used for mooring the large floating coalship in Malta hasbour, and is of sufficient strength to hold it . i ti to .w le i thh t t h ehee p a ecrroa l oet i tfu n olag e ernh - ed o eie f ssen a - to b fa a bwol t l t ewe l a s ittethhah s ee t or e luo. a aft m r cg4l s ae h i she t i te p ii. nn.s hjge employment lashedpanchor,slroownwniet a strength h sf elt sideieonarCome this I m \ plloancge,to coathehersrdiinrkeetlwyeti:heyinhavenotaiieentthheairn pp This facility would be very i v l aluable in time of u s p u b i t e o l l: e l 1 . 1 1 . 2 2 7 ew y in t o . ch 3 e: q e rs. On Wednesday last weighing no attended the w th o e r kssu supervision i osaw of t A la i i r s . l e v n i enormous cable t her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich .ca he ble tested under Mr. G. smith of master smith of Chatham dockyard, Leing also retsseenii. the an admirable arrangement of combined steam and i by dra By lic apparatus, devised by Mr. W. Roberts, the foreman of the works, the pressure was run up to the maximum testing strain of 187 f tons in a very few minutes, the cable sustaining it without affording oven the slightest evidence that it was being subjected to such a high degree of ten sion. This, however satisfactory, was not surprising, inas much as the cable is supposed to be capable of bearing twice the test-strain without injury. The small steam engine which works the hydraulic apparatus is so arranged as to do all the heavy work of pulling the cables on to and off the testing platform, and afterwards to run them out to the wharf for shipment.—mechanics' Magazine. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MADRID, OCT. 23. The Cori espondencia Autografa announces that the corps d'armee destined for operations in Africa will be most likely organised about th 3 middle of this week, when General O'Donnell will take his departure. The same correspondence says, we do not yet know if the Spanish Consul at Tangiers has arrived MADRID, OCT. 22. Government has declared to the Cortes, in the sitting of to-day, that it was going to declare war with Morocco. This declaration was received with great enthusiasm. All political parties, the Senate and the Congress, have offered their support to the Ministry. The articles of the newspapers expregs the same patriotic feeling. OCT. 21. General O'Donnell announced at the sitting of the Cortes to-day that the Spanish Government had ordered its representative at Tangiers to take his departure. It is expected that Government will communicate to-morrow to the Cortes that war has been declared with Morocco. BRESLAU, OCT. 22. It is asserted that the Emperor of Russia will not proceed to the Austrian froxtier, and likewise that his Majesty will not have an interview with the Emperor of Austria. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Prussia and the other Royal Princes proceed early to-morrow morning to Ohlau to meet the Emperor Alexander. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 20. The news of an intended interview between the Czar and the Emperor of Austria is without foundation. ROME, OCT. 20. His Holiness the Pope returned to Rome this morning. A great crowd was assembled on his passage through the city. ZURICH, OCT. 21. Count Colloredo has not been restored to con sciousness. His physicians have lost all hopes of his recovery. VIENNA, OCT. 22. The Austrian Gazette says :—" Baron von Hub ner, Minister of Police, has tendered his resigna tion, and the same has been accepted. Baron Thierry, ministerial councillor in the Department for Foreign Affairs, has been appointed Minister of Police in his place. The new Minister has sum moned the editors of the different newspapers to his office, ana has notified to them in a friendly manner that the Ministerial programme of August last has been modified. The retirement of General and Aide-de-Camp Count Grunne is also announced. MARSEILLES, OCT. 22. News from Alexandria to the 19th inst. has been received. After the Viceroy had communicated to the con suls the resolution respecting the Suez Canal, they resolved upon notifying to their countrymen who are employed on the works at Suez to leave the place before the Ist of November, the Porte hence forth assuming the responsibility of the undertak ing towards Europe. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY. The Emperor will receive to-morrow M. de Les seps and the board of management of the Suez Canal. It is said that the editor of one of the semi official papers has received orders to prepare a lead ing article, in which the object of the Emperor of the French in demanding a European Congress will be fully explained. That object is to have the article in the Treaty of 1815 rescinded which ex cludes the Bonaparte family from all power in France. The production has been two or three times revised and corrected, and is expected to ap pear before long. Gen. Dabormida has left Paris far from satisfied, it is said, with the French Government. Previous to his departure he had an " animated" discussion with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is re ported to have observed that, to carry out his pre tensions, he should first have 300,000 men to make war on Austria. People in Paris who are always looking out for an event which might cause a disagreement between the Governments of England and France have to-day pictured a serious - dispute which is to take place in the Straits of Gibraltar. Because Spain is unable to obtain satisfaction frim the Moors, and because there arc two squadrons near at hand (English and French), it is concluded that some difficulties must arise which arc to end in nothing short of war between England and France ! Now the fact is tkat England and France have both used their good offices to prevent hostilities, and take the same views re garding the dispute. According to official tele graphic despatches the Spanish Government has informed the Foreign Ministers at the Court of Madrid that Spain is about to commence hostilities with Morocco, final negotiations having failed. Morocco, or Merakach, the ancient capital of the empire, having been ruined by disastrous wars and depopulated by the plague, is now only the shadow of what it formerly was. Leon l'Africain says that "it is a city larger than Paris, where the King has his palace, which is more sumptuous and more mag nificent than any other in the world." At the com mencement of the 17th century Morocco had a po pulation of 61)0,000, it now scarcely reaches 30,000. The city was founded in 1073. Its walls, which attest its former splendour, embrace a circumference of six miles, and are pierced by 11 double gates flanked by towers. Gardens and ruins fill up the greater part of the ground within the walls. The modern city is similar with regard to its architec ture to the other cities of the empire. Its streets are narrow and irregular. The houses are composed of a court with galleries round it, which lead to long narrow rooms, the windows of which rarely look into the street. Many of the houses are built of stone, but the great majority are constructed of a kind of mortar composed of sand, lime, and earth, which is beaten hard together between planks placed on each side of the wall as it is being built. There are several large open squares or market-places in Morocco, but like the streets they are neither paved nor sanded. There are several mosques, the principal ones being that of El Koutoubia, El Mouzin, that of the Bentons, and that of Sidi Belabess, the patron of the city. The palace of the Sultan is outside the walls of the city. It consists of a group of vast buildings surrounded by pleasure and kitchen gardens. There is also a mosque, and large courts where the Sultan gives his p i u s blic empire. closedAa tt Morocconight audiences. h t a Like Hue, the capital of Cochin China, ofwal walls. The the Th b e u j i l e d w i bungs g a s r f e o r n m o t a w complete l t e labyrinth in t the which is surroun d e d d t ab h ykd e y auaird o iwn. c egu T t p h, y e a N s v p gh e o e l l e al:Uarter e t Jews e e Twhs M e a t a tailors r deby in Morocco . alhl Satur day,tinm e a I t: anddg(lllMoors e o o t r o h r es oo which nn ll y exercise the trades of I shoema cers, carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, and weavers of haiks and gondouras." BOURSE, Oct. 22.—The market has been steady, but with little business doing. It is reported that Ceunt Colloredo is dead, and that the signature of the two last treaties will of necessity be postponed for a fortnight. Threes opened at 69f. 40e., and rallied to 69f. 55c. ; Mobilier varied from 773 f. 75c. to 780 f. ; Austrian, 545 f. to 547 f. 50c. ; Lom bard, 551 f. 25c. to 553 f. 75c. ; Lyons, 906 f. 25c. to 910 f. ; Orleans, 1,362 f. 50c. to 1,367 f.. There were rather more offers towards the close, as a tele gram from Madrid announced that the declaration of ware with Morocco was to be notified to the Cortes this day. The following were the last quotations : It per Cents. .... -95 —lCr6dit Fonder Do. end month. ——l Belgian 4t 3 per Cents. 69 501Piedmontese (5) Do. end month 501 Roman B4 • fran Sharqs 2825 Credit Mobilier 780 Do. Account Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt 42 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 933 75 .. 933 75 New ditto 825 .. 825 Lyons and Mediterranean 9ll 25 .. 910 530 Southern W es t ern 570 .. 570 Eastern Sardinian 412 50 .. Austrian Lombard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 111 c. ; money, 25f 10c.; three months, paper, 21f. 96c.; money, 24f. 94c. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The Ripon steamer, Captain Field, has arrived. She left Alexandria October 9th ; Malta, 13th ; Gibraltar, 18th ; and brings 110 passengers, £215 in specie, and a cargo of oranges, raisins, silk, flax, and sundries. _ . _ Admiral Mundy's fleet was at Malta, and Ad miral Fanshawe's at Gibraltar. _ _ The Princess Royal left Gibraltar for England on the 17th. _ . The French and Spanish squadrons continued off Algesiras. Our Gibraltar correspondent, writing at 4 p.m. on the 18th, says :—" We learn just now, via Spain, that the declaration of war against Morocco has bee❑ made." Letters of the 17th from Tangier state that the Spanish Consul was expected to strike his flag in the course of the day, and war was considered to be inevitable. One of the boats of her Majesty's ship Coquette was upset in the surf off Tangier on the morning of the 14th. The crew all picked up, but one man has since died. The Delta steamer, hence on the 12th, arrived at Gibralar on the 17th, and proceeded. Very boisterous weather had been experienced on the coast of Morocco at Tangier. _ — The brig Lord Palmerston, from Marseilles, for England, laden with Indian corn, had run ashore off Tarifa, and, after discharging part of her cargo, was got off and taken to Gibraltar in a very leaky state. She would have to discharge. THE TREATY OF ZURICH. Le Nord of Saturdey publishes another version of the Zurich Treaty as coming from " a respectable source," and expresses an opinion that this is the true one. It will be seen that this new resume is much less detailed than the other. The following is the text of it as given in Le Nord:— " The treaty regulates the conditions of the ces sion of Lombardy to the Emperor of the• French, who reserves to himself the power to transfer both the rights and obligations to the King of Sardinia. " France engages that Austria shall be paid a sum of about 100,000,000, of which a quarter is to be paid down at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty. Moreover, a part of the Monte-Lombardo-Venetian debt will be saddled upon the new possessor of that province. " A special commission will fix the precise limits of the frontier ; the boundary line opposite Peschiera must be 3,500 metres across. " There are other minores arrangements concern ing Lombardy ; jurisdictions, rights of citizenship and naturalisation, religious congregations, abroga tion of certain contracts, payment of pensions, &c. " The treaty contains articles concerning all the points touched upon by the preliminaries at Villa tranca. " The rights of the Dukes are reserved, and not only those of the Dukes of Tuscany and Modena, but those also of the Duke of Parma, of whom no mention was made at Villafranca. "The Pontifical Government will be advised to grant reforms in order to assure tranquillity in' the states of the church and to consolidate his power. "There will be an Italian confederation, and in order to assure the inviolability and independence of the Italian states, their moral and material pro gress, and their internal and external security, there will be a federal army. The two Emperors will favour the formation of this confederation. Venetia will form a part of it on an equal footing with the rest of Italy. " The Pope to be honorary president. " There is also an amnesty, but rather a restricted one, since it only extends to those who took part in the last movements in the peninsula." THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. For some time past this building has been under going an internal renovation, so that one two of the entrances have been occasionally impeded through the operations of the workmen. A few days will now see the completion of the work, which is at present in such an advanced state of execution as to afford a tolerably accurate idea of its general design and effect. The old plaster has been entirely removed from the panels of the arcade, which has been replastered and adorned with very gay and elaborate specimens of fresco painting, designed by Mr. Sang, and executed by Mr. Been sen, a foreign artist, recently from Munich. The work is, no doubt, altogether very creditable to the former, but we think it must appear obvious at first sight that colouring of such vivid brilliancy as exhibited in the azure ground of the various panels around the building, and in the tints of the fruit clusters that hang festooned so gracefully from the different national, insignia, is quite un suited to withstand the effects of this damp northern climate, together with that of a London atmosphere. The variegated tracery of the roof is in a more sub dued tone, and presents a very pleasing and grace ful appearance. Above the west and principal entrance have been placed the Gresham arms, those of Sir Thomas Gresham, the founder of the institu tion, in combination with the arms of the Mercers' Company, to which he belonged, together with the city arms. On the panel of the ceiling immediately within this entrance are the Royal arms. To the right are the national arms of Sweden and Nor way, and proceeding around by the right the fol lowing national and distinguished arms are embla zoned on the various panels in the following order: —Prussia, the East Indies, Australia, Brazil, Ame rica, Portugal, Naples, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Austria, Holland, followed by those of Branden burg, Hamburg, and Lubeck, conjoined with and succeeded by those of Hanover, Bavaria, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Sleswick-Holstein, China, Tur key, and Russia. On the upper corners of the panels crests of various members of the Gresham committee, under whose direction their di will be is mainta found ined, have been placed ; names recorded on a granite slab which occupies the south west corner of the building. The ceilinc , panels are interspersed with the Gresham, the Mercers, and the city arms, together with the mottoes of the two latter, Honor Deq" and " Domine dirige nos," in numerous designs and combinations; while above the statues of Elizabeth and Charles 11. the Royal arms are again conspicuous. These are the prin cipal features of the decorations, which add greatly to the appearance of the building. We believe fur ther that several important alterations have been made more directly conducive to its comfort and to the increase of those business facilities which it was originally intended to afford. Yet, while the directors deserve all praise for what they have done, there is one matter wherein they have been shame fully remiss. There is one prominent object that occupies the centre of the area within the arcade on which" decay's effacing fingers" have fallen some what heavily, and which we could not think had escaped observation until, aftor careful inquiry, we were told no instructions had been received con cerning it. We need scarcely say we allude to the marble statue of our Most Gracious Soverign. The figure itself is, perhaps, worthy of being preserved, though the absurd pedestal on which it is perched looks like that of a large chess-man. The state of the former is disgraceful. The soot and dust collected on the top of the head of the figure within the tiara have oozed out owing to the rain, and on each cheek have imprinted a dark streak. The ingenious artist, in placing the sceptre in the grasp of the extended right hand, has Affixed it to the wrist :of the figure, where it still sticks, though the fingers of the hand have unfortu nately dropped off. This matter, we feel certain, wily requires public notice to be promptly attended to. We should be glad to see the statue repaired and placed on a more tasteful pedestal, or, what would be much preferable, removed altogether. The Queen of Hearts. By Wilkie Collins, author of " The Dead Secret." Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. Those who delight in ingenious stories that are detailed with consummate skill will find a most attractive study in these volumes. This author certainly excels in his peculiar style, and the hair breadth snares and escapes of his heroes and hero ines are like the tales of old romance, and resemble the marvellous chronicles of an earlier age. Most of these sketches have appeared before the public in periodicals, but they are well worthy of reproduc tion in a more lasting form, and in these compila tions they will meet the attention of many who are as yet strangers to their merits. The story which is the connecting link to the ten records is not of much import. It is chiefly conspicuous for the great ingenuity with which the narrators of the events are contrived to appear mixed up with the characters they describe. They were three brothers, living together in retirement after the fever of life's busy meridian was over, and the only auditor of their wonderful compositions was a young lady, styled, from her fascinating qualities and peculiar attractions, the Queen of Hearts. Of these gen tlemen were a lawyer, a clergymen, and a doctor, and hence they were sure to have been mixed up with all that human nature can endure of suffering, sin, and sorrow. There is an immense variety in the pages of this book. Perhaps the most fearful in its thrilling horror of the tales is that mysterious one of the " Dream — Woman." " The Parson's Scruple" is also to be noticed from the natural way in which the events occurred. It is in this that the skill of the novelist is revealed by those nice touches of domestic life, and those apparently trivial incidents, upon which, however, the fate of our existence often depe nds. " The Black Cottage" is another impressive narra tive that cannot fail to excite the interest of the reader to the utmost pitch. It is here introduced as the tale of a young girl alone by night and in peril of her life in a cottage on a dreary moor. She displayed a courage that would have been remarkable in the strongest man placed under such circumstances, and it is a relief to the mind when she reaches a friendly shelter after her perilous flight on that dreary moor. Taken altogether, these volumes may be fairly recommended to the general readers of romance, while, from their skill and ingenuity, they may be welcome to many who are not professed novel readers. " The Queen of Hearts" is most likely to prove a general favourite, and to gain a numerous circle of admirers, thus enhancing its author's already wide-spread popularity. Reading and Teaching. By. Mrs. Richard Valen tine, author of " Beatrice," &c. William Tegg. This little volume will be most acceptable to both parents andpupils. It consists of explanatory con versations on the Parables, in language and style suited to a child's comprehension, which teach the lessons even the youngest may draw from them. It is an encouraging fact for those who make use of them that these explanations were given verbally to a real little Honora, and the ease with which she comprehended and applied the teaching suggested that it might be equally useful to others. The introductory chapter tells us of Honora's mother's promise to her little girl that she shall be permitted to commence reading the New" Testament with her. While she is considering how best to fulfil this promise a friend joins her, whom she consults on the subject. Mrs. Ross advises her friend to commence with the study of the Par ables, aptly observing that such was the manner in which the great Teacher himself taught an ignorant and unlettered people. The conversa tions are admirably adapted to impress the minds and hearts of the young, and as it is of the greatest importance that early lessons on such subjects should be clear and simple, the plain and lucfd style is a great recommendation. The volume is inter spersed with pleasant conversations held on Sun days by the little circle at Selby Manor. The work is admirably adapted for reading with young children or for private reading for young scholars a little more advanced. In both cases it is full of suggestive instruction, and in this respect is equally valuable to teachers and pupils. Bentley's Quarterly Review. No. 111. Bentley's Quarterly Review is now a recognised member among the leaders of the world of serials. It has at once taken its stand among old and long established contemporaries, and shares the dignity and divides the attention belonging to Reviews which fought their way into literary eminence under the banners of Giffard, Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, and their brilliant coadjutors. Much of this sudden success is doubtless owing to the alteration in the times. The newcomer is reaping from the labours of others, and the remarkable (104 which esta blished the earlier Quarterlies has given a prestige and reputation to this style of literature which has not been suffered to fall off. It has certainly much to attract those who are indifferent to light and fugitive productions, while their press of occupation prevents them from reading those more solid and standard works better adapted to their taste. One of Lord Macaulay's Edinburgh Essays has often the condensed information to be found in a bulky volume, though within the compass of a railway journey's reading. The third number of Bentley's Quarterly fully maintains the reputation of the two preceding ones. It opens with an article on " France and Europe," which will repay perusal, although the reader may be disposed to differ from some of the opinions. The author considers that the clue to the mysterious and perplexing policy of the Em peror of the French is to be found in his desire to break up the European alliance which was formed against the first Napoleo n. He is of opinion that the Turkish question was " fanned into a quarrel," and the war was undertaken, on the part of the French Emperor, in order to detach Russia from the anti-Nepoleonic alliance. The Italian cauipaign was next commenced, and one of its principal objects, according' to this theory, was to sow dissension between England and Austria, by evoking the English sympathies in favour of Italian liberty. It now only remains, says this in genious reasoner, to break off the alliance between England and Prussia, which, accordingly, will be the next object to be attained. The ingenuity of this hypothesis is worthy of commendation, but on some of the author's points we differ from him en tirely. He slights altogether the miseries result ing from Austrian misrule in Italy, as he asserts that the two worst governed States are both under native Sovereigns. In drawing his conclusion too, we cannot but think he attaches unnecessary im portance to the maintenance of our German alliance. We imagine that Wellington's army would have been more missed than Blucher's on the eventful 18th of June. But the writer strongly protests against the policy of isolation. He is even afraid of our carrying neutrality too far, and depriving ourselves of allies in the hour of danger. • The great difference between the fate of Prussia and England in the last European war was entirely owing, he considers, to the difference between the comman ders. " Had there been a Nelson at Jena, and a Brunswick at Trafalgar,- Prussia would have escaped five years of bitter bondage, and we should now have been able to enlighten Mr. Bright, from actual experience, as to whether it is cheaper to let the French army into England, or to keep them out." This is saying too much, for all his marvel lous generalship did not avail the first Napoleon, and the instances are not few in history where the abilities of commanders, and the force of invading armies have alike yielded to the wrath of a determined people. "M. Guizot's Memoirs" furnish the subject for another article on French politics, which gives credit to the ex-Premier for a higher degree of public spirit and principle than all of his acts testify. A plea sant paper on " Surrey" records the peculiarities of the county, and does full justice to the beauty of its scenery and the archaeological interest of its asso ciations. An essay on the " Connection of the Phi sical Sciences" takes a hurried view of an ex tended subject. The relations between the sciences, which every fresh discovery and every advancing step in knowledge tends to confirm and develope, is a question of such importance, and such widely ex tending influence, that it is difficult to compress its consideration into the limits of an article. The treatise before us, however, gives an interesting summary of the chief branches of the question which recent inquiry has originated or confirmed. The laureate's new work receives a discriminative criticism, in which the critic renders full justice to Mr. Tennyson's career as a poet whe has influenced his time. The delightful volumes which Alpine travellers have recently given to the public form the topic of an interesting paper, in which the writer commends the neglected groups of the High Alps of Dauphine, the Bernina range, and the group round Mont Iseran, to the attention of the adven turous travellers of the Alpine Club. M. Care figue's defence of the morals and manners of the Court of Louis XV. receives a well-merited censure. It is lamentable to see an author of reputation eon • descend to such a task. An article on " British Field Sports," full of attraction and information for sportsmen, brings to its close an interesting and well-written number. THE BALLOT.—Sir Maurice Berkeley hit the nail on the head when he told the Gloucester Commission that all they were doing would be vain without the punishment of the briber. But so subtle are the contrivances of cor ruption, that even the punishment of the briber would not suffice without the additional check of the ballot. Let the corrupter,know that he is both liable to pains and penalties. and to diappointment to boot, and these combined consi derations may deter him from effence, and counsel him to take some heed of the uses made of his money.—Examiner. I Love the Summer Blossoms. Ballad, composed by J. W. Cherry. Flowers, Sweet Flowers. Song written by Andrew Park, composed by W. R. Montgomery. I Dream of Thee. Composed by Stephen Glover. There's Light behind the Cloud. Sacred song, by Mrs. Mackinlay. Trois Amusements de l' Opera Luisa Miller. Par J. T. Stone. Willie, we have Missed You. Arranged for the pianoforte, by Brinley Richards. The Bloom is on the _Rye. Arranged by Brinley Richards. D'Almaine and Co., New Bond-street. Some of these musical novelties will be very acceptable to the amateur. The two first on the list are pretty ballads, suited to a voice of moderate compass and a vocalist of average ability. " Flowers, Sweet Flowers," has the advantage in sprightliness and originality. "I dream of Thee," written by Maurice Gottheimer, and composed by Stephen Glover, belongs to the favourite class of sentimental songs, but the melodious Rccompani ment redeems it from insipidity. " There's Light behind the Cloud," is a sacred song, in which the moral purpose of the writer is more worthy of com mendation than either the verse or the music. The airs from Luisa Miller are simply and prettily arranged for the piano by J. T. Stone. The third air is the most melodious, but they are pleasantly varied in their character. Mr. Brinley Richards has arranged the favourite air which the Christy Minstrels have made so popular, as a mor ceau for the piano. It is less formidable than many of his arrangements, and is likely to become a great favourite among our fair pianists. Sir Henry Bishop's well. known air, "My pretty Jane," has also been arranged by Mr. Brinley Richards, under the title of " The B loom is on the Rye." This arrangement is more elaborate than that of " Willie, we have missed you," but it is in the composer's characteristic style, and those who are accustomed to his peculiarities will find no great difficulty in acquiring it, while the beauty of the air will well repay them for the task. SIR JORN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The experience of Capt. M'Clintock is to great in all Arctic matters that, on such account alone and saying nothing of my sincere esteem for him, I should hardly venture to publicly put for ward any opinion different to his. Indeed, to do so is more than likely to get my remarks considered in a way not perhaps complimentary to myself. But, sir, the cause of our long lost countrymen is as p)werful within me now as it has been for yeare past ; and though my experience has not been equal to that of Capt. M'Clintock in Arctic service, it has been equal to most men, and surpassing many men in a knowledge of mankind in a wild life abroad, and in circumstances where compelled to d-- pond upon self alone. Hence I do still most earnestly plead for those of the crews of the Erebus and Terror, whom I firmly believe to be yet alive amongst the Esquimaux. In the name, then of the friends and relatives of Sir John Frank lin's petty officers and seamen as yet unaccounted for I beg your insertion of this letter in their be half. Perhaps you may differ with my view of the question; but, sir, consider how very many times strong opinions have been given by eminent men that nothing more than what was discovered in 1850 would ever be heard of the lost expedition. Consider how many said they went everywhere bid there where it appears they did go ; and, also, how many more utterly repudiated the locality where it is now proved they could have been found. Therefore I again, and again urge the extreme probability that some may yet be found alive, and assuredly that stronger facts than any we yet have may be discovered respecting them. My arguments at present would be too long to trouble you with. I have long studied this ques tiorr, and have carefully analysed the whole of the blue-books upon the subject. Briefly, however, let me say , that it is well known one or two of that lost crew werg inclined to a life amongst the Esquimaux. I have a strong idea where they may be found. 1 1 have always had the same idea, and the various rumours obtained through the wild tribes on the coast of continental America all refer to something corroborationg the view I take. I believe the whole party never would, and never did, attempt the " barren grounds" on the Great Fish River. A number of individuals seeking subsistence would not find it—a few might ; but a number of individuals going thither with supplies from a settlement could get along. Thus I con sider that very speedily after reaching the south part of lung William's Island they divided into three, or perhaps four, detachments. One to Back's River, and so across to inhabited ter ritories ; a second westward, and thus accounting for those strange statements most of us are familiar with ; a third, eastward; while a fourth may have gone back to the ships, or tried to do so. As for the natives and their information, I have never yet found a wild man give the real truth when his interest or his fear leads him to the in stinct of self-preservation, in hiding what may pos sibly, as he thinks, hurt him. All experience of the Esquimaux tells us such is peculiarly so with them. Then, too, we know they are superstitious (instance the accounts of all voyagers) ; hence much of what now seems a mystery in their not visiting certain places. But a still more prominent fact strikes me—it is this. All who have been met by Captain M'Clintock, Dr. Rae, or Mr. Anderson , refer to some other tribes who have been with or seen our lost friends. They themselves, personally , were wholly ignoraut. But where is that other tribe ? Rather, does it exist ? and is it not proba ble that they have all a more correct knowledge about the matter than they choose to say P As to food for our countrymen, it must not be forgotten that salmon is there in abundance, and the places where it could be obtained were well known to Mr. Blanky (the sea -master of the Erebus) and to others. Mr Anderson's expedition was, I am informed , too poorly equipped to do what could now be done by a people's expedition, if sent out. I am pre; paring a plan to submit to all calm-thinking and humane minds. This I will shortly lay before the publie. Meanwhile, I once more urge the plea I now put forward; and with a hope that my voice may not altogether be in vain, I am, W. PARKER SNOW. St. John's-hill, New Wandsworth, Oct. 22. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil en gineer, late of Duke-street, Westminster, was proved in the London Court of Probate by the four executors therein appointed—viz., the widow, the eldest son, Isambard Brunel, Esq., Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.C.8., and Dr. Seth Thompson, M.D., the personalty being sworn under £90,000. He thus disposes of his property :—To his eldest out Isambard, he leaves an immediate legacy of £2,50 0 , and a further sum of £12,000 at the expiration Of five years after his (the testator's) decease, he re' ceiving in the meantime £450 a-year during that period; to his other son, Henry Marco, £2,500 im mediate, and £B,OOO in five years, £3OO a-year 111 lieu of interest; and to his daughter £4,000, sub ject to conditions on marriage. He leaves 1110 books so that his eldest son may make a selection) but leaving to his younger son all his drawing° , illustrations, maps, plans, and such books as nisl, be of assistance to hi m i n hi s pr o fession of a eicl' engineer ; the remainder of the books, together with all articles of virtu, plate, jewellery, trinkets and the whole of the furniture, he leaves to his wife , and also a life interest in the residue of his pro perty, and at her death it is to be divided into ten parts—five-tenths he leaves to his eldest son, four tenths to his youngest, and one tenth to hi° (laughter. To Sir Benjamin Hawes he bequeaths 151,100, and to Dr. Thompson £lOO. The will we° witnessed by R. Elsdale, solicitor, 3, Whitehall' place, and S. Bennett, 18, Duke-street, Westmin" ster, and bears date the 3d of December, 1858. The will and two codicils of the Right Reva Thomas Carr, D.D., late Bishop of Bombay, an since Rector of Bath, was proved in London, o n the Ist of October, by his son-in-law, Sir John Wither Awdry, Notton, Wilts, and the Hon. Sydney Rope r Curzon, of Tooting, Surrey, the executors ; the Pra.er sonalty in England was sworn und er £B,OOO. o e bequeathed to his wife all his plate, jewellery' pictures, furniture, carriages, house, and money a" his banker's. The residue of his property he leave° equally between his son, the Rev. - William Carr , 8.A., of Kurrachee, in India, and his daughters, Elizabeth Catherine, the wife of the Rev. Willies Kew Fletcher, M.A, Ch ap l a i n o f th e PresidennY.l,ll Bombay, and F rances Ell en L a dy Awdry, the wif e of the said Sir John Wither Awdry, and to the children. The will is dated the 9th of Auglls,t' 1851. The fir s t co di c il, 1852, and the last codicil, the 11th of January, 1856. The will of the Right Hon. Charlotte S u sannah Dowager Baroness Suffield, who died on the 15t 1 of August, was administered to on the 18th install, by her uncle,_ the Right Hon. Robert John Lor,..au. Carrington, the sole executor ; the personalty "re sworn under £20,000. Various specific article s jewellery are left to personal friends, and the resi due to her relatives.—lllustrated London News. Sir John Dean Paul and Mr. Strahan were re' leased on Friday from Woking prison, after having under. gone four years' penal servitude.