The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINORA H. Messrs. Santley, H. Corn, St. Alk,rn, and. W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, TErl wall, and Miss Louisa Fyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier ion, and Mus. Vaudris. Commence at S o'cloet ri`kiEA T RE-110 YA L, A YMAIMET. Mr. J. L. Coast:me. TRU; EVEI7ING the performances will commence with TFIE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. C. Mathews. And PAUL PRY. Mr. and s. C. Mathews. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TH EATRE.-- - Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Ti-trs EVENING. the performance will commence with HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. G-. Melville; Ghost, Mr. Ryder ; Ophelia, Miss Carlotta Leelercq. To be followed by a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. TEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL J.. 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A ROW ON rug PREMISES. Mr. David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Miss B. Simms, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billing - ton. After which, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND lIIINGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss IC. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at sev en. Box- Ofiloe (men 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—W. Wm. Smith. 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, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. After which, the new Comeditta, entitled CUPID'S LADDER. Reuben, Miss Lydia Thompson. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supportA by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, 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 ha lf- p ast six; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough TILTS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Commence at 7 o'clock A s TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant reception of the New Historic tl Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI, sustained by a New Dra matic Company, full Stud of beautifuLllorses, Characteristic Costumes and Picturesque Scenery. Engazement for a limited period of the Great Delavanti troupe, Gymnasists ar 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. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George !Tolson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, 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.-STJN OFFICE, OCTOBER 29. TIIERSIOMETEIt, IN THE MAIM 55—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noor. BAnomETExt-29.36 ; a fall of nearly half an inch. WIND —Westerly; fresh, with fine cool weather HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 31m.—Afternoon, 3h. 50m. To-Moanow-Morning, 4h. 9m.—Afternoon, 4h. 28m. •.. - V ~74' . — 7, 4 ~ ..-,.. V k " . V1'...0.U - 1. if - q 4 !') ' 4,... ~.:_,,,,-...,,r::..)..., t 1 ' " o• , A -milt: , iNge -- - '-; ,e 4 .., -.2: A p rr e— „ 4 . -4 - r ... . 4.1 -- rt,- ..., ~; '' 61 ..,:'.. , • ' l, ~"-). -.„,____\ - „ - 4' -., . ~„i -. ' biE-1; . ~, - I& • 1' 0. -, -,„,0 16 ,1,0 I T , V , . ....:2.- . .., • - 0 ~. THE SUN. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1859. The magnificent tribute of respect and admiration offered on Wednesday to Lord BROUGHAM by the inhabitants of his native place, the good city of Edinburgh, is not likely to be very soon forgotten. Even if viewed simply in regard to what it was, it can scarcely be lost very soon to remembrance. But recollecting what it led to, it can hardly be ob literated very easily from the memory of the more intelligent and patriotic part of the population. The occasion itself was sufficiently remarkable. It was a banquet offered to the noble and learned lord in the eighty-second year of his laborious and illustrious life, in recognition of his great services and his great achievements—in how many different characters ? As an orator. As a man of letters. As a lawyer. As a philosopher. As a philanthropist. As a statesman. As one who had made laws, and had helped to administer them. As a critic and an historian, As a scientific discoverer, whose re searches have been prosecuted with indomitable energy and unila,ging perseverance up to this pre sent period, when he is upwards of eighty-one years of age, from the time he was a stripling of seventeen ! Recollect some of the most noticeable among the prolonged labours of Lord BROUGHAM in these diversified characters. Recollect that as an orator he has attained not simply a high but the highest rank in the Walhalla of Rhetoric—that he has produced not one but several distinct and memorable masterpieces of oratory that are worthy of comparison with the most brilliant efforts of the greatest masters of eloquence of modern times or of the ages of classic antiquity. As a man of letters he has written with singular brilliancy upon almost all of the various departments of literature. As a reviewer in the Edinburgh he occupied from its ' outset one of the most feared and conspicuous places—goading Lord BYRo-N, by richly merited sarcasms, to the first display of his extraordinary genius—upon one occasion when there was a dearth of copy in the hands of the printer, writing almost the whole of one of those quarterly volumes swathed in blue-and-buff. As a lawyer his career has been such•that he takes rank at once as incom parably the greatest law reformer England has ever had. His labours in that capacity have been truly herculean. Insomuch that the noble and learned lord himself good-humouredly acknow ledged on Wednesday that the mere enumeration of his bills and acts " forms"—[we give the noble and learned lord's own words, together with the interruptions elicited by them from his hearers] forms a very cumbrous volume—cumbrous in all respects — (laughter)—diflieul t to buy— difficult to re?d—l won't say difficult to remem ber if you have read it." (Renewed laughter.) As a philosopher his labours have been such during upwards of sixty years that they have com manded tl:e culogium of one of the most remarkable among the living chiefs of science—the panegyric of Sir DAVID BI:EWSTEIt in his life of Sir Isaac NEWTON. As a philanthropist, even if we could forget his splendid, exertion; in behalf of the great principle of popular education, it would be enough if we were to bear in mind his glorious suppression of the slave trade by the effectual device of branding it as a felony. As the Lord Provost admirably rem,irked on Wed nesday, when giving the toast of the evening— " His is the proud distinction of having most powerfully contributed to bring to successful issue those measures which great and wise and good men had long been labouring, to accomplish for 'the purpose of abolishing the accursed traffic in human blood, and of raising Great Britain to the high and noble position of being, along with ber dependencies, the abode of the free, and the free alone." While as to his educational achievements, those, certainly, do not need, as, from their nume rical abundance, they would certainly render diffi cult, any explicit and consecutive enumeration. It is instructive in regard to those labours, by the way, to bear in remembrance that it was appropriately from the lips of. Lord BROUGHAM years and years ago that emanated the famous boast that the schoolmaster was abroad! The expression, long since become, proverbial, was first uttered by the noble and learned lord during his ever memorable Speech on Reform—his Speech among Speeches upon Reform, when HENRY BROUGHA3I was M.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire. " Field-Mar shal the Duke of WELLINGTON," said Mr. BROUGHAM, "may take the army, he may take the navy, with all the powers of the Executive he may array himself; but I fear him The schoolmaster is abroad, and I will trust to him armed with his primer rather than to the soldier with his bayonet." And assuredly for that very fact of the schoolmaster being abroad we are indebted, as ,a nation, to the very man who uttered those now familiar words more than to any other man of our generation. Apart, however, as we have already intimated wholly and. entirely apart from the memorable character of the banquet itself, it is most memor able, for inasmuch as it drew forth from the heart of the venerable judge, orator, annalist, critic, lawgiver, statesman, philosopher, philanthropist, those thrilling words of warning to the nation at large upon which we have already in these columns (namely, on the very morrow of the banquet) deli berately and earnestly commented. What are those burning words of his with which he closes the allegory of the Tempter, the Father of Lies, tempt ing France with the Laurel, England with the Golden Apple (of discord), tempting them both as speciously as the arch Fiend tempted our first parents in Paradise? It is just after he has imagined the British Empire crying out as with one voice " Avaunt Satan" to the most sordid and glittering of these allurements that Lord BROUGHAM adds in regard to the great Tempter, " But he is unabashed ; he is of infinite perseverance, and never despairs ; he is of infinite pertinacity, and of infinite resources also. So he tries another trick — What are you afraid of ?—and I wish he may be as certain to have no listeners in this—What are you . afraid of? Nobody is going to attack you; there is no chance of any attack ! Why should you spend so much of your substance in making preparations for your defence—preparations so costly and alto gether useless ? I think some few will listen to that. But the great body of the people of this country—high and low, rich and poor, of all ranks, of all parties, of all descriptions, of all sects—must know and must feel in their hearts' core that it is the most dangerous of all the tempting—is the most perilous of all the Fiend's advice, and that there is but one safety for this country, and that is to be prepared by sea and by land, in every way in which an attack is possible, however un likely, so that every attack may be made not only utterly impossible to succeed, but also impossible to be attempted—and I verily believe that there never was a more universal feeling of assent in this coun try to any one doctrine than to this, that we don't distrust our neighbours—very far from it—we trust them, but we trust ourselves a great deal more—and that we do the best thing—the kindest thing both for those neighbours and for ourselves, in being completely, absolutely prepared for what ver may happen." GOD grant that these solemn recommendations may be acted upon betimes. And then England may laugh to scorn both the wiles of the Tempter and the glamour of his temptations. not The triumphant return of Lord BROUGHAM as Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh has just now capped the climax of grateful admiration proffered simultaneously by his alma 'nate?. and his birthplace to the venerable and illustrious octo genarian. GARIBALDI is now taking the part which becomes him. What a noble man he has proved himself to be ! Ready, on the side of Liberty, to obey or to command—to take any post which the occasion requires—in each of them quite above all mean jealousies, intent only on the same patriotic object—his fatherland's independence. There is not a single man in the present struggle in Italy in whom all Europe feels more personal interest than it does in GARIBALDI. Every account of him received through :niividuals wins the hearts and commands the respect of all, while his pu4lic acts equally call forth admiration of his genius for command. Count CAVOUR and his master are admired and respected, the Emperor of FRANCE is thought of as an impassive impersonation of fate, FRANCIS JOSEPH is detested as a Hapsburg and pitied as a lad ; but GARIBALDI is both admired and loved. This great and amiable patriot is now in the very position in which he is needed—the Ro magna. Hard work will the Holy Father and his Swiss mercenaries have to eject bim and the soldiers he has gathered around him from thence. In fifteen days, he tells us, he makes a brave Italian into a soldier ; and he seems to have the peculiar power, too, of making Italians brave. He and they now plainly see that the trust of Italians must be in themselves. Louis NAPOLEON may or may not be at heart well affected towards their complete liberation from all foreign power and influence, but the treaty of Zurich has made it plain to them all that he must act, as if he really desirei the return of the Duke and the Italian Confedera tion—Austria being the strongest member of it. It is clear to all, therefore, and to none more so than to GARIBALDI, that Italian arms can alone win Italian freedom. If the emancipated States are strong enough to hold their own against Austria, they may be set free. If their front is such that oceans of patriot blood must flow before they would submit again to the old despotism, the old des potism will not be again forced upon them. Three documents from GARIBALDI'S pen have ap peared in yesterday's and to-day's papers, and they all show that the hero of Italy is awake to the de mands of her position, and that he does not shrink from making them. He has accepted, as we saw yesterday, the presidency of the National Society— a society which has already done very much. Despite Austrian spies and gold, it prepared the population, this spring, to second the efforts of GARIBALDI at the foot of the Alps, and has for- warded numerous volunteers—the business on which it is chiefly intent, and on which it is working suc cessfully. GARIBALDI points to Greece, fighting for six years, and America, for fourteen, to gain their liberties ; and reminds the Italians that, now, after only a few months' struggle, their cause has the sympathy of all Europe—he might have said of all freemen throughout the -world. In the proclamation which appears to-day, he appeals to the country on behalf of the families of needy volunteers. lie demands for the wives and children of those who leave their homes to fight for their country's freedom that the country shall regard them as its charge. Ho calls on the municipalities to save the soldier from anxiety for those he has left behind. GARIBALDI is a wart for - THE SIM, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1851). with a heart. He has heard, in his ranks, sons deploring the necessities of aged parents, husbands of their families; and he writes at once to the wealthy and to the corporations to regard them as the patriot's pledges of his love for his country, and to cherish them as such. Such leaders arc the men to win the hearts of :those :they command :by sympathy with their present feelings ; and we trust he will not fail to elicit the contributions—we will not call it charity —which he asks. The Italians must respond to large demands. Let them rejoice to do so when the demand is for muskets to shoot those who have shot them down hitherto like beasts, and for kindness to those whose husbands and sons have left them in difficulties, that they may fight for the common cause. But the proclamation to the Neapolitans will, we trust, be the most effective of all, we mean in the work of getting rid of despots, or at least of despotism. Thoir young Monarch had the best of opportunities. Ho followed a detested, perjured, disloyal father, one who had disgusted even intel ligent men in his own dominions, and even every Court of Europe. True, he did mend things a litt:e,but the Chambers have not been convoked as by law they ought to have been, on the death of the old KING, and the odious police are still in power. The country is still fettered hand and foot. GARIBALDI appeals to these downtrodden men to look at the present position of things. We have flogged the Austrians, he says, the Austrians, your former terror—we have flogged them everywhere. "We have seen them run like rabbits—seen them fly in terror, and beg their lives of those whose brothers, parents, and friends they had basely assassinated. We have seen the vile miscreants fly before the comrades of UGO BASSI, CIVEAGIII, and CICER UACCHIO, and ask their lives with a base ness unmistakeably Austrian ; and yet of those who surrendered, the Italians did not kill a single one." But where :were the Neapolitans all this time. " The shout of victory was heard in every dialect except yours, and yet—we knew it—your hearts beat high in the cause of your country." All knew their goodwill was with the combatants for freedom, though they were absent in body ; but, this time—says GARIBALDI—you will be with us in both." And, appealing to names which would stir the hearts of any Neapolitan, he declares all the machinations of priests and Sove reigns vain, for " Our brethren of the south have clasped the hands of our brothers of the centre and north ; the sons of the PROCIDAS, and the MAS SANIELLOS, and the PEPEs, have grasped the victorious right hand of the soldier of Palestro and San Martino." What England will think of this we know. Not only Lord JOHN RUSSELL, but Lord ABERDEEN and Mr. GLADSTONE will rejoice to see Naples likely to arouse itself. GARIBALDI will not, we imagine, appeal in vain, and France must join with us in bidding all would be interveners stand by and let the Neapolitans bring their KING to his senses, and liberate their country. AYBSIIIRE ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. For Sir James Fergusson For Mr. Campbell Majority 46 LATEST NEWS. PARIS, OCT. 28. A great fire has taken place to-day at the palace of tha Senate (Palais de Luxembourg). The Salle de Seances has been completely destroyed. Four persons were dangerously injured. The gal leries, the mustum, the library, the throne-room, the archives, the historical apartments, &c., are all saved. which was threatened by the successive encroachments of the Austrian Cesars. Does that mean that France, by her devotedness, now aspires to exercise a kind of effective tutelage over Europe? Certainly . not. She is not igno rant that a protectorate, however full' of abnegation it may be, is a servitude in disguise for the Power which accepts it, and a perilous charge for the one which exercises it. France, far from yielding to that ambition which is attri butable to her, has always recommended Europe to watch over h:r own interests." The writer then suggests to the other Powers of Europe, that in place of trying to keep down the expansive force of France, as formerly, they should endeavour to utilise it by formally assigning to her the rank which belongs to her among other nations. Such it declares, would be one of the great acts of the Congress. The article concludes in these words : " The Imperial Government formed a right opinion of France when it assigned to her the part of absolute distin terestcdness which sho has followed for the last 10 years. She alone is, in fact, capable of raising herself above the material preoccupations and the selfish ambitions of this positive age and of lavishing her blood and her treasure solely for the triumph of an idea. France, in times of agitation and of anger, has been able to move all Europe by showing herself as the soldier of violence and of revolution ; but now France may tranquillise her, sinco she has revealed herself as the soldier of civilisation and of national right." THE BOURSE, Oct. 28.—The market has been steady, but without much animation. Threes have been done at 69f. 40c. and 69f. 50c. ; Mobilier, 772 f. 50c. and 777 f. 55c.; Austrian, 540 f. and 542 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 547 f. 50c. and 550 f.; Lyons, 910 f. and 911 f. 25c.; Orleans, 1,360 f. and 1,362 f. 50c.; Southern, 507 f. 50c. and. 508 f. 75c. The fol lowing were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 95 Credit Foncier 690 Do. end month .. Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents. 69 40 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 69 45 Roman B4 Bank Shares 2835 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 771 25 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... -776 25 Home Debt 4l/ PURCHASE OF COAL BY THE ADMIRALTY. (From the Times' City Article.) The following letter relates to the plan pursued by the Admiralty for the purchase of coal. It is known to represent the feeling of a number of re spectable firms : " London, Oct. 28. Sir,—We observe that in your Money Article of to-day you say, with reference to the shipment of coal to China, that no tenders have as yet been called for by the English Government.' " Further than this, we have reason to believe that there is no intention on the part of the Admiralty to invite com petition for the supply of the fuel requirements in those waters, for the simple reason that it has been the custom to employ an individual favoured by the Storekeeper-General, as agent in these shipments, to the exclusion of those who make this trade their particular study. " During the late war in China this course led to con siderable diseussiin, and was with soul© little difficulty brought under the notice of Mr. Corry, the then secretary of the Admiralty (letters addressed to him not having reached him until copies were placed in his hands by a member of Parliament), and it was hoped that such an un fair arrangement would not have been again repeated. It is now, however, reported that the orders are being given and executed by instalments through the same channel, so that unless public opinion can be brought to bear upon the autho rities the business will be most unjustly done, privately and covertly, the element of healthy competition being entirely excluded. If the Government require such an amount of tonnage as to render the announcement of their actual wants undesirable, and should the matter be considered too im portant to trust entirely to the firm sending in the lowest tender, let the Admiralty send a notice to all the well known shippers, that offers of single cargoes or otherwise will be considered, and the business given to those who can control the tonnage without an injurious monoply. Wa are, sir, your obedient servants, " COAL SHlrrEas." Sir E. Balwer Lytton has returned to England, and we are happy to state that the right hon. baronet is in the enjoyment of perfectly recovered health. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury have left Broadlands for their seat, St. Giles, Dorset. The Countess of Kenmare has left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for the Bristol Hotel, Brighton. The Countess of Caledon has left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for her mansion in Carlton-house-terrace. Viscount Palmerston arrived in Town on Thurs day evening, from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. His lord ship returned to Broadlands, yesterday afternoon, where her ladyship is entertaining a select circle. Baron and Baroness de la Ronciere le Noyry have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. Sir R. Peel has arrived in town. Lady Emily Peel is expected in town to day, from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. _ _ The Right Hon. W. F. and Mrs. Cowper are staying at Blenheim House on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and will shortly leave for Broad lands on a visit to Viscount and 'Viscountess Palmerston. Sir George and Lady Grey have arrived at Howchin's Hotel from a tour of visits. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gilson has arrived in London from his seat in Suffolk. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has returned to town from Hawarden Castle, Chester. _ _ . Sir Peter and Lady Fairbairn have arrived at lowchin's Hotel from their seat, Woodsley House, Leeds. Captain Lambert Turner and Mrs. Turner have left Howchin's Hotel for Brighton. We have to announce the demise, somewhat suddenly, of Mr. A. K. Oom, of the Foreign-office, who died on Thursday night, at Tunbridge Wells, from bron chitis. Mr. Oom had been attached to the Foreign-office, having been appointed a clerk in the mixed British and Spanish Commission in October, 1823, and became one of the senior clerks of the Foreign Department in December, 1845. GLOUCESTER ELECTION COMMISSION.—This in quiry proceeded on Wednesday and Thursday. Tho evi dence was of a similar character to that with which the com mission has been occupied for so many days. On Wednes day Mr. Tef.aton, solicitor, who was concerned for the Conservatives, denied the truth of a statement which had been made that lie had bribed the father of one of his clerks, named Dee, to vote for Sir R. Carden. Mr. Richd. Helps, Mayor of Gloucester, and late agent for Mr. Hope, gave an account of the expenses of various elections in which he had been engaged. On Thursday the evidence was of the same description. Many electors who had re ceived bribes were then examined. Between 30 and 40 ' witnesses, many of whom had been bribed by the Conserva• tives, were examined. Yesterday morn than 30 witnesses were examined, all of whom admitted that they had re ceived bribes. When their evidence was concluded, Mr. Commissioner Vaughan announced that so far as the exa minations in Gloucester were concerned, the inquiry was closed. There were some few points still in dispute, and it would be necessary to hold one meeting iu London to examine witnesses further as to those matters, of which due notice would be given. lle thanked the inhabitants of Gloucester for the forbearance they had shown during what was frequently a very painful inquiry, and also the agents on each side for the assistance they had afforded, and the authori'ies for the accommodation provided. Mr. D. N. Walker, on the part of the Liberals, and Mr. Lovegrove, for the Conservatives, acknowledged the impartiality and ability with which the inquiry had been conducted, and the proceedings terminated. ►SALMON FRY FOR AUSTRALIA.—The Tweed Commissioners have agreed to grant permission to take from the Yarrow and Ettrick a quantity of this year's salmon fry to send out to Australia for artiEcial propagation. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 932 50 .. 932 50 New ditto Bl7 -50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 907 50 .. 908 75 Geneva 520 .. Southern Western 565 .. 56 5 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard ..... . 548 50 .. 485 75 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 11 ic. ; money, 25f 10c.; three months, paper, 24f. 96c.; money, 21f. 94c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 24th state that the enthusiasm created by the declaration in the Cham bers of war against Morocco was so great that an ex commander of a battalion of the National Guard had waited on the President, in the name of that body, to solicit permission to raise a corps of volun teers, and they add that the Minister had inti mated that the Government would most likely grant it. The army to act against Morocco has been formed into five divisions, one under General Echague of three brigades; the second, under Gen. Zabala, of four; the third, under General Itos de Olano, of four ; the fourth, under General Prim, of three; and. the fifth, of cavalry, under General Galiano, of two. The artillery to be sent with the expedition has been definitively fixed at 68 pieces. Marshal O'Donnell, commander-in-chief of the ex pedition, was to leave Madrid in nine or ten days ; he is to have, it is said, the power of making promotions as he pleases up to the grade of colonel. Several changes in the unform and equipments of the expedition have been made, and the officers had been ordered to provide themselves with revol vers. The Correo Autografa states that some little delay in the formal proclamation of war in the Gazette had taken place owing to Spanish subjects in Morocco not having obeyed, so promptly as had been expected, the injunctions given to leave the country with their families and pro. perty. The cholera continued to prevail in Alge siras, and an officer of the staff had died of it, never• theless the journals affirm that the sanitary condition of th 3 army in that place is " highly satisfactory?' An artist named Van Halon, several photographers, and a literary man had been ordered to ac company the expedition in order , to, perpetuate. the remembrance of its high deeds, The fi nancial measures presented by the Minister of Finance to the Cortes propose a tax on the sale of real property, an augmentation of the stamp duty, and in case the army be fixed at 100,000 men, power to increase the land tax up to 12 per cent., and the tax on manufactures and commerce up to 10; it further proposes that all public functionaries who receive from 3,000 f. to 16,000 f. shall be subjected to a stoppage of 8 per cent., and those who receive larger amounts, to one of 10 per cent. ; also that the floating debt shall be fixed at 140p0p0 reals. 711 E NAVY. It is expected that the vessels fitting out at Ports mouth to reinforce the squadron in China will sail for their destination about the 2d of November. The Mars, 80, screw, Captain Strange, got under weigh yesterday morning from Spithead, and stood out to the south-east, but was recalled by signal, and shortly afterwards re-anchored at Spithead. The Ringdove, 6, screw despatch vessel, Com mander Craigie, steamed out of Portsmouth Har bour yesterday to the measured mile in Stokes Bay for the purpose of testing her altered screw. On this occasion the screw had its; edges or corners re moved from each side of the blades, rendering the latter parallel. On the last trial with the screw in its common form the results gave a speed to the vessel of 10.385 knots, with 86 revolutioni,• while the results of the present trial, with a greater num ber of revolutions, gave the ship less speed, the re volutions reaching 921, while the speed of the ship was a trifle over 101 knots. The vibration, with the engines running at 921 revolutions, was greater than on a former trial ; but on reducing the number of revolutions to that made on the former occasion the vibration was about the same. At the conclu sion of the trial the Ringdove returned into the harbour to complete for sea. Her Majesty's line-of-battle steamer Irresistable, 80, which was launched at Chatham on Thursday, is ordered to be fitted with her engines and machi nery at Sheerness. The interior of this vessel had been undergoing preparations for the reception of the machinery for some time previously to her launch, so that little time will be lost in gettingher engines on board, a considerable portion of the ma chinery having already arrived from the factory. The Scylla, 21, Captain Rowley Lambert, left Gibraltar on the 18th of October, for Tangier, and on the 20th embarked Jewish families, in all 250 people, and conveyed them the same day to Gibraltar. Tangier was nearly desolate, the in habitants all leaving, as the Kabyles were ex pected to make a descent on the town; and, if so, there would bo a general massacre. Off Tangier were the Vulture, Quail, and Cadmus. At Gibraltar were the Marlborough, Conqueror, Centurion, Ed gar, Orion, Victor Emmanuel, Neptune, Scourge, James Watt, Doris, Lapwing, Wanderer, and Scylla. The screw steamship Hero, 91, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Elliot, the Algiers, 91, Trafalgar, 91, Aboukir, 91, and Melpomene, 51, arrived at Portland on Wednesday afternoon from the west ward. The Vulcan, screw troopship, Commander Strode, in Portsmouth Harbour, has sent down her topsail yards, an order having been received from the Ad miralty to have them fitted with Cunningham's topsails, and his patent reefing gear. The Stork, gunboat, tender to the Excellent, gunnery ship at Portsmouth, has been taken into the steam basin at that port to be fitted with one of the cupola furnaces for the filling of hollow shot with molten iron. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—G. B. Newton, assist.- surgeon, to the Woolwich division of Marines ; W. H. Cruise, assist.-surg., additional, to the Fisgard ; C. B. Lamb, assist.-surgeon, to the Illustrious ; J. F. Stoddart, assist.-surgeoU, to the Nautilus; Alex. Wilson, acting third-class assist.-engineer, to the Royal Albert; and G. E. Foote, third-class assist.- engineer, to the Simoom as supeehumerary. AFRICA. The last accounts from the western coast of Africa have brought the news of the death of Gueza, King of Dahomey. The following are some details concerning that country : Dahomey is a military State, founded about the commencement of the 17th century, and occu pies all the space comprised between the mouths of the Niger and the Volta and the last slopes of the Kong. Notwithstanding this important ex tent, it only contains 200,000 inhabitants, of whom 180,000 are slaves. At Dahomey the year is di vided into equal parts. The first half is taken up with warlike operations, and the other part is de voted to fetes and public ceremonies. The war, pro perly speaking, is nothing but a hunt after slaves made by a regular army of 12,000 soldiers, •of whom 5,000 are women; but when the King leaves his capital for the wa.! one-fourth part of the popu tion of his kingdom accompany him. The capital, which is called Abomey, is about eight miles in cir cumference, and surrounded by a deep ditch. There are six entrances, which are merely passages of earth constructed across the ditch. One of them is reserved for the exclusive use of the King, and the others are open to all his subjects. Over each gate are placed a number of human skulls, and in the interior of the city there is a high pyramid formed of the skulls of men and animals. The King's palace is in the centre of the city, and the houses of the inhabitants are scattered about here and there without any order. The principal fete is that called the Yqe-ah-ek-beh, or the payment of the troubadours. There are at Dahomey a cer tain number of poets of either sex, whose only oc• cupation is to sing the exploits of their Sove reign, and that employment, which descends from father to son, is very lucrative. At the above fete the King publicly distributes recompenses to ,the troubadours according to their respective merits. All the fetes are attended by human sacrifices, which take place on a large platform erected for the pur pose, and are ornamented with banners of different colours." AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING The Teutonia, steamer, Captain Hen,len, from New York, October 15, has arrived at Cowes, and proceeded to Hamburg. Her advices are anticipated. She brings 764,316 dols. in specie for England, 69,000 dols. for France : and 4,000 dols. for Ham burg; 39 passengers for this port ; 102 for Ham burg. On the 16th of October she passed the Ham monia, steamer, hence to New York, in lat. 40.26 N., long. 67.20 W., all well. On the 17th spoke the British ship Flora, from Genoa, bound west, in lat. 41.19, long. 63.17 ; and on the 27th spoke the British ship Eleanor, from Bombay, for Liverpool, 15 days out, in lat. 49 28, long. 11.20. Some insurances were effected at Lloyd's yester day on the bullion by the Royal Charter at 25 per cent. THE AMERICAN ESTIMATE OF MACMAIIONISM. —The " Committee," who(' - or they may be, of the MacMahon testimonial humbug, have offered a reward of £lO for a suitable design for their toy sword, with which the descendant of the murderer of " St. Thomas, of Canter bury," is to be presented. In the meantime, a New York newspaper thus gives us a clue to Brother Jonathan's opinion of this precious torn-foolery :—" Blind Toadyism —Our excellent adopted citizens, the Green Islanders have one peculiarity—they annex every man of eminence who happens to have a Mac or an oto their name. They even swear that a Mac'erel is an Irish fish; an O'Nein is an Irish vegetable. They have just discovered that the Duke of Magenta, whose name is Macmahon, Macmahony, or Make my honey, is an Irishman ; and though his fathers, grandfathers, great grandfathers, and great great grand mothers into the bargain, have been Frenchmen (Paddy says) for two hundred years so these poor infatuated Celts will have it that MacMahon is a genuine Tipperary bog trotter. And the result is, that these silly fellows have sub. 'scribed 2,000 dollars to send to the Duke of Magenta a horse. Far better to send him a jackass—it will be cheaper, for they need. not go out of their committee for a prize specimen 1" CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. Per Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.) _ The Panther, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at noon this day (Friday). The mails left for London at two p.m. The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, left Malta for Southampton on the evening of the 25th inst. BOMBAY MAIL. The Jedda, with the next incoming Bombay mail, left Aden at midnight on the 19th inst. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Times' Paris correspondent says :—" I have received the following important document from a friend in Italy. It is. a letter addressed by the Emperor of the French, on the 20th inst. to the King of Sardinia, and the perfect authenticity of which I have no hesitation in guaranteeing : " Monsieur mon Frere,—l write to-day to your Majesty in order to set forth to you the present situation of affairs, to remind you of the past; and to settle with you the course which ought to be followed for the future. The circum stances are grave ; it is requisite to lay aside illusions and sterile regrets, and to examine carefully the real state of affairs. Thus, the question is not now whether I have done well or ill in making peace at Villafranca, but rather to obtain from the treaty results the most favourable for the pacification of Italy and for the repose of Europe. " Before entering on the discussion of this question, I am anxious to recall once more to your Majesty the obstacles which rendered every definitive negotiation and every defi nitive treaty so difficult. " In point of fact, war has often fewer complications than peace. In the former two interests only are in pre sence of each other—the attack and the defence ; in the latter, on the contrary, the point is to reconcile a multitude of interests—often of an opposite character. This is what actually occurred at the moment of the peace. It was ne cessary to conclude a treaty which should secure in the best manner possible the independence of Italy, which should satisfy Piedmont and the wishes of the population, and yet which should notwound the Catholic sentiment or the rights of the Sovereigns in whom Europe felt an interest. " I believed then that, if the Emperor of Austria wished to come to a frank understanding with me, with the view of bringing about this important result, the causes of anta gonism which for centuries had divided those two empires would disappear, and that the regeneration of Italy would be effected by common accord, and without further blood shed. " I now state what are, in my opinion, the essential con ditions of that regeneration:— " Italy to be composed of several independent States, united by a federal bond. "Each of these States to adopt a particular representa tive system and salutary reforms. " The Confederation to then ratify the principle of Italian nationality ; to have but one flag, but one system of Cus toms, and one currency. "The directing centre to be at Rome, which should be composed of representatives named by the Sovereigns from a list prepared by the Chambers, in order that, in this species of Diet, the influence of the reigning families sus pected of a leaning towards Austria should be counter balanced by the element resulting from election. "_By granting to the Holy Father the honorary Presi dency of the Confederation the religious sentiment of Catho lic Europe would be satisfied, the moral influence of the Pope would be increased throughout Italy, and would enable him to make concessions in conformity with the legitimate wishes of the populations. Now, the plan which I had formed at the moment of making peace may still be carried out if your Majesty will employ your influence in promoting it. Besides, a considerable advance has been already made in that direction. " The cession of Lombardy, with a limited debt, is an accomplished fact. .‘ Austria bas given up her right to keep garrisons in tho strong places of Piacenza, Ferrara, and Commachio. "The rights of the Sovereins hive, it is true, been re served, but the independence of Central Italy has also been guaranteed, inasmuch as all idea of foreign intervention has been formally set aside; and, lastly, Venetia is to become a province purely Italian. It is the real interest of your Majesty, as of the Peninsula, to second me in the develop ment of this plan, in order to obtain from it the best re sults, for your Majesty cannot forget that I am bound by the treaty; and I cannot, in the Congress which is about to open, withdraw myself from my engagements. The part of France is traced beforehand. " We demand that Parma and Piacenza shall be united to Piedmont, because this territory is, in a stragetical point of view, indispensable to her. " We demand that the Duchess of Parma shall bs called to Modena ; r'ri Thattry , shall b Tuscany, e territory, restored to the Grand Duke Ferdinand ; " That a system of moderate (sage) liberty shall be adopted in all the States of Italy ; "That Austria shall frankly disengage her elf from an incessant cause of embarrassment for the future, and that she shall consent to complete the nationality of Venetia by creating not only a separate representation and administra tion, but also an Italian army. " We demand that the fortresses of Mantua and Pes chiera shall be recognised as federal fortresses ; " And, lastly, that a Confederation based on the real wants, as well as on the traditions of the Peninsula, to the exclusion of every foreign influence shall consolidate the fabric of the independence of Italy. " I shall neglect nothing for the attainment of this great result. Let your Majesty be convinced of it, my sentiments will not vary, and so far as the interests of France are not opposed to it, I shall always be happy to serve the cause for which we have combated together. " Palace of St. Cloud, 20th of October, 1859." In the foregoing will be found the substance of the programme which is to be laid before the Con gress. The King of Sardinia has had time by this to reflect upon it. What may be the opinion of his advisers I cannot, of course, determine, but on the first view it appears to merit the serious consi deration of every moderate and impartial man. Whatever may have been the aspirations of the Italian people, elevated by the success of the war, it is certain that the changes referred to in the Emperor's letter are such as a year ago would have amply satisfied the ~ ,rishes of the Italians. I may observe that the participation of England in the coming Congress, though not improbable, is not yet definitively settled. The Emperor is most desirous that England should associate herself in the work, and it'remains for our Government to decide whether the " regeneration of Italy," as shadowerl forth in the preceding document, is worthy of their co-operation. Prince Napoleon arrived„yesterday morning at the Palais Royal on his return from England. He appears to be much satisfied with the attentions he received from all classes of persons with whom he came in contact. The Constitutionnel contains to-day a conspicuous article on the affairs of Italy, evidently from an official source. It represents the views of the Em peror, who still calls upon the great Powers to assist France in considering what are the best means of consolidating the peace of Europe. The Constitutionnel observes :—" In 1815 the Powers of Europe took their revenge on France, and yielding to the dictates of a long pent-up resentment, assigned to France a less dis tinguished position than she merited. That course was a grave fault, for if we were to be punished we ought not to have been humiliated." The article is liberal, and reminds the world that France will respect the will of the people of Europe. This is a salutary change from a policy too prominently set forth of late in the Pays and other Government journals. The Constitutionne/ says : In order to fulfil the mission which the Emperor's Go vernment proposed to itself, two roads were open before it. Either it should have renewed the gigantic struggles of the beginning of the present century, raise the whole of France, fall on Europe, and once snore exhaust both ; or, what was more difficult, but more noble, it had to change this mandate of vengeance into one of devotedness ; might defend the independence even of those who had conspired against that of the country, and no longer separate the grandeur of France from that of Europe. It is well known on which of those two alternatives the Emperor's Govern ment decided. What did it go to the East to effect ? Re-establish the bala nce o f power in Europe. which was compromised by the illegitimate pr e p on d erance of Russia. What did France go to Italy t o carry out Without doubt, to take in hand the cause of an allied nation, but abovo all to save that equilibrium of the political world THE ARMY. The ceremony of decorating a private soldier be longing to the 31st Regiment, at Chatham, with a silver medal which, with a gratuity of £5, had been awarded him by order of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief for long and meritorious ser vice, took place at Chatham barracks yesterday afternoon, ,in the presence of the whole of the Indian depots belonging to the 2d Battalion of In fantry at that garrison, to which the 31st depot is attached. The troops having been formed on the parade-ground, Private J. Woods was called to the front of the battalion, when the medal was pre sented to him by the Colonel commanding, and afterwards fastened to his breast by Capt. Roney, the Adjutant. Private Woods has been upwards of 20 years in the service, and has always borne an irreproachable character. In addition to his good conduct medal, he is decorated with four other honours for service in the field, having been pre sent in the campaign in the Sutlej, Cabul, and in the Crimea. The gratuity of £5 will be deposited for him in the regimental savings' bank until he takes his discharge. The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander Power, will embark the following troops at Portsmouth this morning :—For Corfu-2d batta lion 2d Foot-1 officer, 51 men, 1 woman, and 3 children. 2d battalion 4th Foot-1 officer, 20 men, 2 women, and 1 child. For Malta-2d battalion 22d Foot-2 officers and 50 men. 4th battalion Rifle Brigade-10 men. For Gibraltar-3 women and 1 child. After embarking the above the Perse verance will proceed to Pembroke, where she will embark 3 officers, 1 officer's wife, and 151 men of the 2d battalion 15th Foot ; and afterwards call at Queenstown to receive 8 officers, 150 men, and 2 women, of various regime n t s f or Gib ra lt ar , Malta, and Corfu. The Kerry regiment left Liverpool on Tuesday evening in two divisions—one in the Windsor, Capt. Williams, and the 'other in the Trafalgar. Both vessels had to withstand the terrible weather in the Channel during the entire of Tuesday night, when it was blowing a gale. Shortly after 11 on Wed nesday the Windsor arrived at the North Wall, Dublin, having on board 17 officers and 326 non commissioned officers and privates. After landing they formed on the quay and marched to the King's bridge terminus, whence they departed for the camp at the Curragh. Much apprehension was enter tained for the safety of the rest of the regiment, as the Trafalgar did not make her appearance for a considerable time after the Windsor had landed her proportion of the troops. But all fears were set at rest by this fine steamer, after having encountered the full fury of the gale, appearing in the bay at 3 o'clock, and steaming up to the point where she had to wait for the returning tide. She came along side the North Wall shortly after 7 o'clock, with 17 officers, and 280 rank and file on board. It being too late for this division of the regiment to proceed to the Curragh on Wednesday night the soldiers were marched to the Linen-hall Barracks. CIIANCELLORSHIP OF EDINBURGII UNIVERSITY. EDINBURGH, FRIDAY EVENING. The General Council of the University of Edin burgh met to-day, in the Music Hall, at 12 o'clock. Sir David Brewster, Principal, presided. Professor Christison nominated, and Sir George Clerk seconded, the Duke of Buecleuch as Chancel lor of the University. The Solicitor-General, se conded by Dr. Alexander Wood, proposed Lord Brougham. The speaking lasted till 2 o'clock, and the roll of 1,393 members was then called over, which occupied the meeting till nearly 5 o'clock, the doors of the hall being meanwhile strictly closed. The numbers as intimated were— Lord Brougham. Duke of Buccleuch. Majority for Lord Brougham ... 235 The result was received with loud cheers by the supporters of Lord Brougham, and a large crowd waited the result outside. . 654 . 419 In the evening Lord Brougham's election was celebrated by the ringing of the bells of the city churches. At 7 the Council again met to elect an assessor to the University Court. Lord Neaves, seconded by Professor Syme, proposed Sir John M'Neill ; Dr. Douglas Maclagan, seconded by Mr. Morton, pro posed Solicitor-General Maitland. The numbers were— For the Solicitor-General Sir John M'lsTeill Majority -88 THE STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Oct. 28.—Various influences have affected the market favourably to day, and there has been more business doing. A telegram from Calcutta to the 29th of September has been re ceived, stating that no improvement was percep tible there, but yet there has been a great many offers for India goods, and there is an evident dis position among buyers to renew operations. One cause of this is the fear that the early frost which has shown itself here will have extended to America, and may have affected the growing cotton crop. This bas already led to a large demand for cotton this week at Liverpool, where the sales have reached 87,000 bales in the six days. Another cause is no doubt to be found in the startling news from the United States, that an insurrection has broken out among the slaves. Such intelligence will necessarily create much uneasiness here, and at once send up the price of the raw material in hand. However that may be, we have more busi ness. Longcloths, T•cloths, and printers are in fair demand, and there is more inquiry for shirtings and other roods for India, so that both home con sumers and exporters are in the market at th e same time, and there is an increased general demand. In yarns there has been a growing firmness in price since Tuesday. Some reather heavy b us i ness h as been done in water twist for China, and the buyers of yarns for Germany are more active. The yarn market generally is more active. SIR GEORGE GREY. Yesterday afternoon a numerous and influential deputation of merchants and others interested in th e trade and prosperity of the Cape of Good 1 - 1 0 Pe , residing in this country, waited upon Sir Georg e Grey, the late Governor of that colony, who is again re-appointed to the office, at Hewchin's Hotel, St. James's-street, by appointment, to present to him the Address recently agreed to at the meeting at Gresham House, Broad-street. Among the gentlemen composing the deputation were Mr. J. R. Thomson, Mr. Godlonton, Mr. G. Leethorn Browne, Mr. Searight, Mr. W. Foster , Mr. R. Pormsett, Mr. Hamilton Ross, Mr. G. Bushell, Mr. P. and Mr. M. S. Vanderbyl, Mr. Cawood, Mr. Mosenthal, Mr. C. J. Busk, Mr. Sax- 011 Mr. Henry Hobinson, and others. Mr. J. R. THOMSON presented the address to hi s Excellency, which he said proceeded from a class 01 men in this country connected with the OaPe , and most deeply interested in the progress of the colony. They desired to avail themselves of the earliest opportunity of waiting upon Sir George with an expression of their regard and gratitud e for the great and important services rendered 1 1 him to the colony in his private as well as public capacity of governor of that settlement and its de pendencies. They deeply sympathised with, and entirely concurred in, the regrets so universal* ? expressed by the colonists at his recall, and they entertained a strong hope that their petitions for his re-appointment might be granted. They wer e moved more deeply to cherish that hope, because, whilst they could rejoice in the confident faith that the internal improvement and progress of t h e colony, so much promoted during his administra tion, was henceforward guaranteed to it through the, numerous excellent instititutions and important public works initiated and promoted by him, the); could not profess to believe that sufficient time had been allowed so to mature and consolidate the frontier system of the colony, that its author an founder could be so suddenly removed without danger, not only to colonial but to imperial ill' teresta. They begged him to accept their since? congratulations to Lady Grey and himself on 111 3 safe arrival in England in the enjoyment, they trusted, of improved health, and they assured Ill° of their best wishes for their continued happine e ,,, 9 wherever the future lot of his Excellency anaLaaJ Grey might be cast. Sir GEORGE GREY said—Gentlemen, I feel veri grateful to you for the w a rm expression of got will with which you have welcomed 'Lady G re g and and myself, upon our arrival in En g l an d. gratification I felt at the manner in wo''''a my services at the Cape of Good Hope ki t s been appreciated by so many p ersons resaT i t in that colony was to me a r i c h rew ard l e o any exertions I had been able to make promote its welfare. That gratification, he"; ever, is now much heightened by my finding, fro r , your address, in ho w f avoura bl e a li g ht those ES vices have been vie we d b y many in this country' In reference to the wishes you have expressed tilt o I may be able to resume the government of ta t colony of the Cape of Good H o p e , I may s t a te that the Duke of Newcastle, sho r tly a ft er assum ing tl duties of Secretary of State for the Colonial Defg".„ ment, decided upon not carrying o u t m y conte c r o . plated immediate removal from the office of vernor. His Grace wrote to me, no tifying t' u t his intention entirely of his own accord, vilth ° o any solicitation to that effect having been int i bi to him by myself or, in as far as I am aware , Jo any other person whate ver . B u t his Graqj letter did not reach the colony until I had quit: 4 it. I had originally felt sensibly the distinet i c ;i, of being selected by him for so difficult a R,,„A tion as that of th e G overnor o f th e C ape of ur`7 o Hope ; but n ow I f ee l s till more gra t e f u l for It promptitude with which he has wished to ran me in that offi ce . If, th en , c i rcumstances e l . of my shortly returning to the Cape of Good to the ordinary incentives to fulfil wry duty b, Majesty, which are in themselves strong ennagof I shall now have added a sense of the neeessitl i i r my justifying the Duke of N ewcas tl e i n the o f able estimate he has formed of th e v alue Of lie services, and yourselves, and the c o l o nists, in L et . estimate which you have formed of my past folly tions. It will be very difficult to do this succes s after the expectations which the kindness of Y, e n . o . selves and others has created. I can only that strength may be given me to accomplish 14/ I strive earnestly, as I will do, to perform nly_rfer to a colony, the interests o f w hi c h I have n". several years exerted my se lf t o the utmost advance. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LATHAM BROWNE said it was ex..--133S el iff gratifying to the deputati on t o l earn fro° to George that ther e was a prospect of his returniogont the colony, the news of which would be carried o f by the next mail, which would leave in a d e t o ff two. He asked when the d e p u t a ti on would k officially that Sir George meant to return. ,y,atter, Sir GEORGE GREY slid, so f ar as the , s or, could be arranged, he con s id ere d it s ettled nu te d (Cheers.) He could truly say that to be seP. 9 " r t he from so many projects that were going on 11 : 001 t colony had been extremely painful to him. ,„600 1 frightened him now m os t were the exP ec " - tfietil which the kindness of th e d e p u t a ti on i n duced to entertain. 1 The deputation then took l eave o f hi s Exne loo l i -e ff or with whose cordial reception th e y we re nine"' tified. ANOTHER STORY OF A SCOTT'S° BANK. rcr A bill of complaint has just been filed by a e 7S holder in th e Edi n b urg h an d Gl asgow B a nk ag,"c rl iti the chairman and joint managers. Thel es Article gives the following account : Ca lled , From February, 1850, to 1858, Mr. John ~ono constantly purchased shares in the Edinburg' f - t he Glasgow Bank, on the strength, as he avers, ° ,',o3g reports submitted at each meetino., until his 11 , ° ` - j a j oi ( amounted to about £6,000, of which sum he with claims restitution from those whom he chare s p - g id having squandered it. The bank had e e ;ach Edinburgh and Glasgow, with directors ia " 0 4 city; its capital was £1,000,000, in £5 shar es ' 11 0 the usual provisi ons , to which some persons , : T ot fancy that honesty can b e secure d b y an abu complication of l ega l restra i nts, attac h s omup ilh "„70 1 / portance, were ma d e to prevent improper aar:diel; to the directors or others, and to compel the wl up of the ba n k on t h e l oss of one•fourt h o f the -Dot tal. But it is a ll ege d th at i n 18 50, w h en the announced " a large and steadily increasing, 6 v et ness," and reco mmen d e d an annua l di v idend 01 ,„;,/0 cent., free of income tax, th ere was a n over"` ;00 sum of £737,001, which had been received b ttijelt persons or firms, none of whom could mee t to engagements. Two of these, who were inde" ; ; 0 01.• the bank £290,099, had a c t ua ll y passe d into 'f - the vency prior to the dat e o f thi s mee ti n g, e ,i e btli amount proposed to b e wr i t t en o ff f or ban, Tie was £11,457, " leavi ng a reserve f un d o f £l o ° , aen. During each successive year the ruin became gr'ftiel but the repo r t s , even when they confessed Pl ig ht losses, always stated that they were such as 1 1 0 0 0 easily be retrieved, and that the current bu e „ . the was most extensive, safe, and profitable. 117116- 8 0 1 shares declined the ' bank ' made large purchasett eto these constantly figured in each balance-sheet." good assets, under the head of " stock investrae'tbe On one occasion, when a shareholder wrote t c/ t et secretary, intimating his intention to point °oto a general meeting a false st a t emen t in the r e SO O the bank sent their law agent to him to 0 1. ' 0 0 the whole of his shares at par, and tlius to p rey his attendance. Th roug h ou t th e w hole el t or time the bank was in debt to its London 0 5 0 0 and was kept ali ve so l e ly by a w il° lBs 9 f system of re-dis coun ti ng . Y et in February , age —only four months before the final st °1 ;1;80e 0 —when an acknowledgment of some heavY:, „we had become unavoid a bl e , an d it was deemed idbe client to recommend that the £5 shares sh° ll atri' reduced to £2 10s. each, this necessity Was - deli' buted only to the discovery of old-standi n g p ro' ciencies, and it was announced that under to, e cou oa posed arrangement the bank would be in a for and satisfactory condition," that the busir les- ati.r the past year had been " most profitable and ; si% factory ; and that, although a dividend of onil rge t per cent. was recommended, a considerablYi la At distribution might have been fairly deelareo• the same time, the chairman, Sir W. Johnst ° , ll :oo, commended the shareholders not to sell their 6 :;ocet but to buy more, and concluded with the ass, ° . - c le • "We have revealed everything; we have "iihree. clean breast of it," or words to that effect d the months later there was renewed alarm, a n baflg shares again began to fall rapidly, when tu c a sys°, sent out a circular assuring holders that the r , ot ina no ground for it, that everything was in D',;:it the position;and that nothing was required 1 " - ec ete cordial support of the parties interested t° % t it i t "continued" prosperity. This caused a rise, v ine was only temporary, an d i n th e course of aho u „l s t , weeks the bank had cease d t o ex i s t. On the', ha d June, 1858, the chairman reported that t heJ bid s been compelled t o ma k e an agreement under 11 5 ,150 their affairs would b e woun d u p by the Clyelesipee Banking Company, and the shareholders 1 10° ,,, learned that the whole of the assets have b e sorbed, and that there will be no return to til e any sum whatever. r° ore li ea LEATHER LEGGINGS FOR SOLDIERS.-- • s sa confidently assured that no official order has yet beenliiiio Tipon this subject, and that when it does, it will 11° o car c : for its object the employment of ani m al hides, ne t , job' and dear enough, but, in all prob a bility that al e sst substitute, " vegetable leather," th e di sco very of th e nu ey." Spills, tho well-known army con t rac tors of St o p United Service Gazette, I