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BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."•—Mornin Post. - - Gold Watches • 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 3:3 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. lend 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlel on Watches ROYAL - ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and 31r. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be performed SATANELLA. Messrs. W. Hari ison. Santley, G. Honey, H. Corri, St. Albyn, Miss Cruise, Pilling, and Louisa Fyne. Conductor, Alfrei l Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Mons. Vandris Doors open at hall-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. After which (by desire), PAUL PRY. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. . THIS EVENING, the tiertormances will commence with a new drama, entitled THE MASTER PASSII)N. Messrs. Ryder, G. Melville, Graham, It Cathcart, Garden ; Miss C. Lec'ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by A 'WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris, Shore, Frank Matthews, and Miss C. Leclereq. After which, a new farce, in one act, entitled NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. Whhlicomb, Meadows, 11. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. To conclude with the Divertissement from LOVE AND FORTUNE. • E W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL -A-1 Sole Proprietor and Hanager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Killington, C. J. Smith, Ebume, Moreland; Miss Woo: gar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, caned DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. .7. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six —Commence at seven. Box- Mice open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All tees to servants of this establishment arc strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theltre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, anew Comedy, LONDON PRIDE ; or, Living for Appearances. Messrs. Leith Murray, Barrett, Charles Young; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, and Nelly Moore. Atter which (first time) a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TFII4: SWAN AND EDGAR,. Messrs. Barrett, Francis, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with A DEAD SHOT. Mr. R. Cockrell. Reduced Prices—Gallery, tid ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at halt-past six ; perform • ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Extraordinary prosperous career of the new historical Drama, in four Tarts, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARI BALDI. New scenery -Magnificent Militar. Tableux.— Supported by a Powerful Company—Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis, Belmore, Raymond, Miss Kate Carson, &c. The Scenes in the Circle will be sustained by the best and most talented Equestrians of the day, Mr, John Henry Cooke, Miss Rosina Marine. Marguerite, and a host of British, French, and American talent—Little Menoni, the wonderful Juvenile Equestrian—Facetious Clowns, Parisian Pierrots, and Ec centric Drolls -terminating* eac'. Night with the comical and mirth-provoking Ballet entitled LOVE'S VAGARIES. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CIANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera o: 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 Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. I`. Critchfield, and E. W. Hackney. Several interestinz 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 eights of the metropolis. RoSA BON HELTR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 9 am. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THEIWEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 1.5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45 —highest since noon yesterday. :39 —lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.26. Wr,,m, North-Easterly; light, with fair weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, sh. 25m.—Afternoon, sh. 52m. To-MORROW-Morning, 6h. 21m.—Afternoon, 6h. 12m. THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1869. Mr. lIENRY BERKELEY has been making another of his broadly humorous speeches to his old con stituents. Whenever the hon. gentleman rises to deliver a harangue, whether it be in the House or out of the House it matters nothing, we are cer tain there will be a great deal of laughter. As certain of it as though the occasion were a thea tricil dinner, and the orator Mr. BUCKSTONE. The senior member for Bristol can hardly open his lips, but his expectant auditors are immediately upon the broad grin. The reporter who has to record his sentences in flying hieroglyphics has to jot s "down pretty frequently with his quiverin g pencil the symbols expressive of laughter, loud laughter, roars of laughter, and so forth ad libitum. There is no end of his " good things ;" they drop out in sprinkles, in showers, in cataracts, like the towers and sweetmeats out of the inexhaustible hat of the great M. HOUDIN, Magician and Am bassador Ihe quaint sayings of 'Mr. HENRY BERKELEY, too, are about the oddest as well as about the most abundant his anecdotes if not always the most apt are certainly the most comical and the most frequent anywhere to be gathered from the rhetorical dis• plays of a member of Parliament. Listening to him is about the next best thing to witnessing one of those extra-extravagant farces known generically as Adelphi Screamers. It is an illustration visible and audible of MILTON'S couplet— " Sport, that wrinkled care derides, And laughter, holding both his sides." The speeches delivered by the member for Bristol during the last few years in the House of Com mons alone, if collected together, and published separately, would make a very respectable lest 800k —particularly if supplemented to these Parlia mentary " Broad Grins" there were printed also, in the form of facetious Addenda, the speeches de livered elsewhere by the hon. gentleman upon the same theme upon the hustings, upon chance plat forms, and upon the occasion of all sorts of after dinner displays of his political drollery outside the walls of the Legislature. Precisely of this last-mentioned kind was the speech last Monday delivered by Mr. BERKELEY upon one of those admirable annual gatherings of the societies formed for the perpetuation of the fair fame of that good citizen of Bristol, EDWARD CoLsToNt, the large-hearted, open-handed philanthropist ! That same COLSTONE whose oharitable Blue-coat School • down there in that old western sea-port gave educa tion, among many thousands of obscure' scholars, very nearly now one hundred years ago, to that " marvellous bey who perished in his pride," poor, erring, bright - eyed, wonder - working THOMAS CHA'TTERTON. Rather an unpropitious occasion that, one. would think, for a comic speech upon party politics ! Not so, however, by any means to Mr. HENRY BERKELEY. It was said of the late incorrigible punster, GILBERT A'BECKETT, Author, among other literary burlesques, of the Comic Histories of Rome and England and of the Comic . Blackstone's C: , mment:zrice, that he could have written a funny article at a moment's notice upon anything in the wide world from a chimney-piece to a Gothic cathedral, from SHAKSPERE to the musical glasses, from pitch-and-toss to man slaughter. Mr. BERKELEY has about an equal facility in stringing together droll sentences by the hour in return for any toast you may please to men tion upon any occasion that ray possibly arise out -, ~,,, .„,,,..,•,, -, a w Abgg • -- .l — Ct‘--,2\ tfr ..- ._.%,:;•;.-. i ii ii - - --7,, .:*,' 0/ , .4 'llk t. -- ' 4 ' 41'4:: "I‘ovr , :;•i* t' ' ',- .i; Wlt" - of the chapter of accidents, a charity dinner or an electioneering banquet, a marriage feast or a laico clerical lunch at a bishop's visitation.. He showed this facility of his once more to perfection on Mon day at Bristol. And all through his speech he was particularly hard upon the Tories ! In fami liar parlance, he was down upon them over and over again. They were his chief butt. And as some people have only to wink to provoke a shout of laughter, Mr. BERKELEY had only to sound this butt of his, as it were, no matter how lightly, with his knuckles, to elicit fresh explosions of merriment. He had a congenial audience, and this audience ho certainly on Monday fooled to the top of its bent. Sometimes his jokes had so peculiarly a local application that the richness of them is rather lost upon any other pallate but that of a Bristolian. Now, for instance, in one part, he unbends a good deal, he takes his audience fami larly by the button hole with ono hand, and with the other, digs it playfully in the region of the small ribs, cracking his jocular bit of fun the while thus colloquially and comfortably : " I will ask you," he says to his brother Bristolians, "to walk with me to the Dolphin dinner. (Laughter.) There is no doubt a splen did and goodly company. There are assembled the beautifnl ladies of the city, who have been desired to attend in full dress—(laughter)--at least, so we are informed by a supplementary ad vertisement from Mr. AIKEN, by which both the gentlemen and ladies are desired more especially to attend because Mr. Aiken has got a duke. (Loud laughter.) Yes, according to this advertisement there is the promise that his grace the Duke of BEAUFORT—a most excellent gentleman, I wish he was here—(hear, hear)—is to attend at the Dolphin dinner; and, moreover, it says not only have they a live duke with a coronet on his head, but there is to be also Sir Frederick Wm. Slade (Laughter). " Walk up, ladies and gentlemen ; walk in"—(renewed laughter) —says Mr. Aiken, "here, gentlemen you shall see what you shall see —(loud laughter)—a real duke with a coronet on his brow, and a live lawyer stuffed with straw." (Roars of laughter.) And so they have gone to the Dolphin to see it. I hope sincerely they will pass a pleasant evening. I hope that their funds will be increased from what they were last year. I hope— no, I will not hope that Mr. Phippin has sent his old port there, because that is said to be very powerful port. (Laughter.) But Ido hope that they may have excellent wines, excellent viands and a most pleasant evening." The particular richness of this evidently high-seasoned joke is rather lost, somehow, we say, outside the limits of the city and county of Bristol. As again that smaller joke, that yet sounds, even to Londoners, in some mysterious way, very comical nevertheless, when Mr. BERKELEY still ringing the changes with his sly knuckles upon his big butt of Toryism, says of the Tories a little later on—" They have cut everything, I say. Why, they have even cut old NIBLETT and the White Lion. (Cheers and laughter.)" Poor old NIBLETT, whoever he is, and his queer heraldic companion, the white lion aforesaid ! We can only wonder who they may both be, with a sympathetic smile upon our fea tures, while the Bristolians are recovering their breath and wiping their eyes to listen to the next waggery from their senior member. It is rather an old joke, by the way, talking of the loaves and fishes, and of wild beasts tasting blood, merely so as to whet their appetite ; but these exceedingly stale little chips of fun are swallowed with a relish by the Bristolians when applied by their senior Member to their old foes the Tories: We cannot help wondering, however, even as Liberals, when Mr. BERKELEY says of the Tories—" They have tasted the sweets of office lately. It is dangerous to let wild beasts taste blood—(laughter)—they always become mischievous, and I have always observed that Tories get vicious when they have once had a taste of the Government loaves and fishes. (Laughter.)" —We can't help wondering, we say even as Liberals, whether the same maxim precisely might not, just within limits of possibility be applicable to our dear old friends the Whigs ? That is a capital j )ke, however, and one, by the way, rather wide in its applicability, that Mr. BERKELEY makes a few minutes after wards, in allusion to the invariable and absolute repudiation of anything like bribery and corrup tion by any one accused of either within the walls of the Imperial Legislature. We must give it again here in its entirety. It is well worth repetition. And it is this—" There is a farce," he says, " I have seen for twenty years in the House of Commons exceeding all belief. Such a horrid state of corruption is proved in some borough —men have been bought wholesale. Mr. So-and-So is supposed to know something about it. He comes into the House in a grave and florid manner, he Looks around him, and he says—that is, he makes a declaration by which be states that we are mistaken, What is it, after all ? If any gentlemen are iere who frequent the theatre they must have seen >he farce of 'High Life below Stairs,' in whica here are a couple of rascally servingmen, who as- sume the titles of their masters, the one being my Lord Duke,' and the other ' Sir HARRY.' (Laugh ter.) My Lord Duke is given to telling lies, or, speaking more politely, to romancing a good deal. Sir HARRY each time contradicts him flatly. When- ever he does so, my Lord Duke draws himself up, lays his hand on his heart, and says, Upon my honour;' on which Sir HARRY raises his hand to his hat, takes it off his head, and says, ' Oh-h-h.' (Laughter.) Now this is what 1 have seen acted in the House of Commons over and over again. The candidate says, ' I come to declare that I have not - been guilty; I know nothing of this corruption, upon my honour.' (Laughter.) Oh-h-h! (Laugh ter.) And there the farce ends, and we all know it to be a farce, because we cannot fancy it to our selves that any third person would go and pay money to elect a man to Parliament for his own pleasure." Now all this really is admirable fun— and it is so funny because it is so true ! Yet, beyond either the fun or the truth of it, is is unquestionably we must every one of us admit this when the [angbing is all over and we are beginning to lock grave again —it is unquestionably also very dread ful. It is an evil that imperatively demands eradication. Here in truth is "something rotten in the state of Denmark." It demands the surgical scalpel for its excision. There is but one remedy we do honestly believe—but one effectual remedy And that remedy —we might almost call it an Irish echo of Mr. BERKELEY'S own name— The Ballot ! or it. Our advices from Gibraltar, up to the 9th inst. inclusively, seem to throw a little light at last upon the firing so often heard there from the Signal Point in the direction of Tangier. " The Moors," we read in the Gibraltar Chronicle of the sth, " continued to practice by firing from the guns of the forts at a target, which fully accounts for the heavy firing heard in that direction for the last two or three days." It is only, therefore, like Admiral NAPIER's signal to the Baltic fleet—" Sharpen your cutlasses!" It , sounds very warlike—but is not war. It. may end, after all this firing at the targets, merely in smoke— with the smoke of the explosions. Otherwise, however, there come to us from that THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 18b9. north-western corner of the Great African conti nent, if not " News of Battle," rumours indicative of the approach of some sanguinary col lision between the Moorish horsemen of the Sultan of MOROCCO, to the number of 12,000 troopers, under his Majesty's brother, MULAI HASSAN, and the gathering forces of the Franco- Spanish battalions. Certainly the military ardour of France ought to be satisfied, one would think, with her other wars immediately passed, immediately present, or immediately possible, without turning mendaciously in the direction of these shores with a view to an insolent invasion of the land of liberty trod by 26,000,000 Englishmen ! There is the Italian war, really and truly, not by any means over yet—with GARIBALDI strong in his own prowess and the love of the Italian multi- tude, with VICTOR EMMANUEL xirtually king at this moment of the chief part of the Roman Penin sula, with Venetia waiting but for the signal of insurrection, with the dogs of war yet straining eagerly, for their next run upon the strong fortresses, like greyhounds in the slip. There is the new war (in alliance with England) to be waged now very speedily once more upon the recreant Chinese ! The French armaments, both military and maritime, preparing to take their departure thither at somewhere about th© date of the 15th of December. There is, moreover, this threatening onslaught (in conjunction with the Spanish soldiers under O'DONNELL) upon the haunt and covert of the Riff Pirates—the empire of the Sultan of MOROCCO. Italy, and China, and Morocco, one might fancy, would glut the maw of any war dog of them all, even though he were three-headed like Cerberus. But the Eagle of France has proverbially a very keen, even, be it said, an insatiable appetite. Even during the days when it was chained and tamed in banishment, being supplanted for a comparatively brief interval by the pugnacious Orleans bantam,— even during the days of old King LOUIS PHILIPPE absurdly dubbed by his sycophantic advisers the NAPOLEON of PEACE—even then when the national symbol of France was nothing more than a cock— but a cock, remember, perched upon that " coign of 'vantage" Power—did not BERANGER, even BEE ANGER, sing in vain. " Co-co-coquerico I France remet tons chako I Coquerico, coquerico I" The symbol of our neighbours at this present junc ture, however,being neither the white cockade of the Bourbons, nor the monarchial cock of the Orleans dynasty, but the imperial eagle, and the conquering and warlike tricolour of the Revolution—Eng land is bethinking herself betimes of her de fences by sea and by land. She has already a noble fleet cruising in the Channel; and she is fast mustering, drilling, and organising, corps by corps, her new National Guard of what may number up at last 300,000 skilled riflemen SUSSEX HALL. - MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. Last night a lecture was delivered at the above institution, in Leadenhall-street, by Mrs. Thomas, on " The Writings and Genius of Eliza Cook." It was, on the whole, despite the difficulty that attends all such undertakings, a very successful affair. Mrs. Thomas displayed great skill in the arrangement of her discourse, and she appeared to give much satisfaction to her numerous an d highly-respectable audience. She was listened to throughout with marked attention, and at intervals, as she excited the interest and awakened the enthusiasm of her hearers, she was warmly applauded. There is always something very attractive in the proceedings of a Mechanics' Institute to those who are interested in the improvement and elevation of the working classes. Among all the triumphs of literature it is to be questioned if its brightest suc cess is not achieved when its reign is extended over the toiling thousands of mill and faotory, whose aspirations wore admirably alluded to by Mr. Disraeli in his eloquent address at tho Manchester Athenaeum. " Amidst the toils and triumphs of your scientific pursuits, upon you there comes the undefinable, the irresistible yearning for intellectual refinement." The influence of poetry is universally recognised. Its sphere is not neces sarily confined to the narrow limits of classic schools. Highly prized and appreciated as it may be there, it has other and not less fervent worship pers, who bend at the altar of Nature, if not at the shrine of Art— " Thanking God whose boundless wisdom made the flowers of poesy bloom, In the forges' dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom." Lectures like that of last night afford an unmis• takeable evidence of the great progress that has taken place in the cultivation and intelligence of the community at large. In order to appreciate in any degree such a discourse there must have been previous study to refine the taste and mould the understanding. The illustrations that Mrs. Thomas presented were well calculated to impress her meaning on the minds of her auditory, and sh e may be congratulated on the success of her attempt to evidence the remarkable powers of the authoress whose works she selected for criticism. She could hardly have chosen a more fitting theme on which to descant before. the members of a Mechanics' Institute than when she analysed the writings and paid tribute to the genius of one whose sympathies have ever been warmly expressed on behalf of the classes who form its votaries, and who has averred it to be the highest object of her ambition, as it is the crowning triumph of her fame, that she should be called the Poetess of the People. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a select party at dinner on Sunday evening at his apartments in St. James's Palace. • Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary have left Canibridge Cottage, Kew, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. His Highness the Prince Leopold Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen, accompanied by Baron de Muyernfisch, has left Maurigy's Hotel on a visit to her Majesty,at Windsor Castle. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar have arrived at their mansion in Portland•place from Scotland. Emily; Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset have arrived at their residence in Hill-street from Badminton. The Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley have arrived in St. James's-square from Know*ley Hall. His lordship remains at Knowsley. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad stone returned to London yesterday from the Deanery at Windsor. GLASGOW UNIVIiRSITY.—The election of Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow took place yesterday, when Lord Elgin was chosen by a majority of all the Na tions—the total nur:dbers being, Elgin, 553 ; Disraeli, 411. The arran4ornents connected with the approach ing Liberol banquet at Rochester are completed. It is expected. that 1,000 persons will be present. In addition to Mr. k. W. Martin and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, the two mr,mbers for the city, it is understood that Mr. A. J. Otway, tae Secretary tf the Admiralty, Mr. Bernal Osborne, and other influential gentlemen con.necttd with the Liberal party will be present. . , - • ' THE HON. HENRY STANLEY.--It will be re . membered that some weeks ago several paragraphs appeared in the London and provincial newspaper, stating that - the Hon. Henry Stanley, son of Lord Stanley of Alderley, had during his travels deserted the religious faith of his ances tors, embraced the doctrines of Mab.ommedanism, and, in fact, identified himself with the manners and superstitions of the East. However absurd and incredable the state ments might easily have been supposed to be, yet there was nn air of particularity and circumstantiality about them that made them pass current as truth. But though no au thoritative contradiction has previously beengiven to them, we are enabled positively to state that the calumnious ru - pleura are utterly void of foundation. Mr. Stanley, like many other intelli4ent English gentlemen, has mixed with the in habitants of th 3 countries thrOugh which he pasd, with a desire to b ecome thoroughly acquainted with their manners, burguag,e,habits,.and religion ; and in his intercours With the natives, may have assimilated his costume somewhat to their habits. But that he had become in anyway imbued with their religious ideas, is wholly a calumny, at which Mr. Stanley must necessarily feel hurt and indignant.: We un derstand that that gentlemen, who is or was recently at Siam, is about to return home shortly, and with unabated regard for the creed and institutions of his native land.— j Macclesfield Omni'. . . FAREWELL SERMON CF THE BISHOP OF COLUILBIA.-(TIIS DAY.) This morning dere was an overwhelming congregation at the parish church of St. Sawa's, Piccadilly, who had assembled for the purpose of hearing the last sermon in tended to be preached by the Righl Rev. Dr. George Hills, the newly-consecrated Bishop of British Columbia, prior to his departure for his distant docese. The Litany ser vice having been read by the Rev. J. E. Kempe, M.A., the rector, the bishop preached m admirable sermon, in which he described the dangers re well as the safety of a missionary life. In England thr clergy enjoyed prestige, luxury, and wealth, which were sad snares in the minis terial path. The missicnary's life though full of difficulties and dangers, was infinitely safer than this. Besides this, it was full of honour, for it war the missionary's duty to clear away those awful superstitions and pollutions by rea son of which the dark habitatirns of men were filled with cruelty. Gladly would he toner the heart of some one pre sent to go forth on such an errand, and that ho might cry out in the fullness of his love, Lord, send me." He called upon all present, whether adapbd for missionary life or not, to support this newly-foundid mission in a spirit of true Christian sympathy. There were many things is the new land before him calling for pa tience, forbearance, and charity; and whilst he would not cease to declare unto the reople amongst whom he was about to minister the whole Gospel of Christ ; and while he would preserve intact the puriy and simplicity of Gospel truth, ho had this strong faith,that though the result of his work might not be seen in his own time, it would be seen some day, for the Gospel was rut a mere speculation, and its faithful preaching could not b.) in vain. What a joy was this, to be the means of delivering a whole nation from the bondage of sin—a work in which he might be the instru ment of filling the courts of Heeven with those whose blessed portion should not be taken away from them for ever. Having alluded to the pain of parting from home and friends, the Bishop concluded with an eloquent appeal on behalf of his now mission. Tie Holy Communion was then administered by the Bishops of London, Oxford, and Columbia, who afterwards proceeded to the Mansion House, where the Lord Mayor presided over a very large meeting, specially called by his lordship, in aid of the work in British Columbia, on the requisition of many of the leading mer chants of the City of London. THE EASTERN FISHERIES.--The herring fishery is being pursued with varying success. The quantity taken has fallen off, but the quality has improved, and prices have advanced to some exteat. Mr. George Anthony, a well-known and highly respected artist at Manchester, died, we regret to say, from the effects of gastric fever, yesterday. Mr. Anthony, though not so well known as some of his brother artists in the pro fession, woo a man of highly cultivated tastes, and stood high in their estimation as an art-critic. He was the author of Art-Criticisms, which appeared for many years in one of the leading Manchester papers under the signature of " Ga briel Tinto." His death will be a source of sincere grief to a numerous circle of friends, and to none more than those among his brother artists. RAMSGATE.—We have not seen so much activity for several years past as prevails in the Ramsgate harbour at the present time. A walk round it reminds one very forcibly of the London Docks. There are vessels discharg ing their cargoes at all points, and it is difficult to find storage for all of it. The late storms have made a great many lame ducks to come in, so that there is full em ployment for shipwrights. Another source of employ ment for our labouring poor is the herring fishery. The quay side of a morning is now all bustle and excitement on the arrival of the boats with their cargoes.--Kentish Gazette. A NATURAL PHENOMENON.—In Ceylon, a per son standing with his back to the sun, then near the hori zon, will see his shadow projected over the dewy grass, each particle of moisture throwing out a double reflection from its concave and convex surfaces ; the effect being that of a halo of intense brilliancy round the head of the shadow. It is plausibly conjectured that the Buddhists thence de rived their idea of the agni, or emblem of the sun, which t s o u r s i e n u o l tui p t u t s r e t he h the h e a a l of l o they B e y u h d a d s h , e a , rep t h r e o s u e g n h t e i d n it t a heir s a inability Literary Gazette. THE VALUE OF A Kiss.—At the New Bailey Court, on Saturday, Henry Grattan was charged by Nancy Forrest with having assaulted her in a railway carriage, on the way from Rochdale to Manchester. He put his arm round her waist and kissed her on the cheek, and attempted to repeat these familiarities notwithstanding her resistance. Mr. Trafford said such conduct could not be allowed, and any person brought before him en such charges would be severely dealt with, otherwise it would be unsafe for " un• protected females" to travel on the railway. The defendant was fined 40s. and costs, in all 50s.—Manchester Guardian. Raw* OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about par. and the short exchange on London is 25.10 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng lish Mint price of. £3 17s. 101 d. per ounee for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about 3-lOths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore at about the same price in Hamburg as in London. .The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 110 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte rest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa tion if gold from the United States. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER.—Capt. Dodgin, late of the 20th Regiment, committed suicide by shooting himself on Saturday evening at his lodging in Panton-street, Haymarket. He had been for 15 years in command of the police of the Island of Barbadoes—a service of considerable responsibility, and requiring great energy. After this long term of service he was, it is said, dismissed by the local authorities without a retiring pension, and this treatment is thought to have preyed upon his mind, for in latter days ho was much depressed. SUICIDE IN THE HOUSE OF DETENTION BY A WATERLOO VETERAN.—Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, it was discovered in the House of Detention that a prisoner, named John Dulan, had committed suicide by hanging himself with the strap of his hammock, and when found it was evident he had been dead some time. The de ceased was 72 years of age, arid fought at Waterloo ; latterly he had Leen in wretched circumstances, and was committed a few days since, on remand, from the Marylebone Police court to the House of Detention on a charge of pot stealing. During his incarceration he was cheerful and lively, and evinced nothing which in the remotest degree could have led to the supposition that he was in a disposition of mind to commit self-destruction. He had no pension for his ser vices, which extended to seven years under Wellington. ANOTHER DRINKING FOUNTAlN.—Yesterday morning a drinking fountain of a very light and chaste design was uncovered in Regent-circus, and handed over to the care of the parochial authorities of St. Marylebone for the use of the public, by the philanthropic originator of the movement in the metropolis, Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., at whose expense it was erected. The fountain occupies the centre of the base of the upper or northern arc of the circus, and seen from a distance appears nothing more than an ornamental lamp-post, the pedestal of which is open at the aides. Within the open space the stream flows as if from an ordinary funnel, and the conduits are so arranged as to prevent the water which may be spilt from making the sur rounding ground wet and sloppy. The Rev. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Wakefield, and several other gentlemen connected with the Drinking Fountain Association, were present al the ceremony. THE ROYAL CHARTER.—It has already been announced that the owners of the Royal Charter have given £250 in aid of the sufferers, but the following com munication shows how earnest is the desire of our towns men to mitigate—so far as pecuniary assistance will do so— the sufferings which have resulted from the sad calamity, and to reward those who have rendered efficient service to the survivors :—" Liverpool, Nov. 9, 1859.—Dear Sir— Enclosed you will find £lOO, one-half of which we must beg you will distribute among the poor of Moelfra. Tho other half we beg you-will accept yourself, as we feel sure that in the late deplorable accident to the Royal Charter you have, through your kindness of heart, been put to some expense. Begging to return you our sincere thanks for the attention and unwearied exertion you have made in providing for the distress of the surviving relatives of those lost, we are, dear sir, yours very truly, GIBBS, BRIGHT , and Co. The Rev. Stephen Hughes, Moelfra.--.Liverpool Mercury. SHOCKING BRUTALITV.—On Thursday last, Charles and Wiliam Bennett, labourers in the employ of Mr. Fisher, fanner, Snav ,e were charged with assaulting Sarah Waters, of Willesborough. The prosecutrix, who was very lame from the injuries she had received, deposed that she met the two prisoners on the previous day at the Kent Arms Inn, in charge of a waggon. She was going to Bromley-green, to be housekeeper to a person there, and she asked them if they would give her a ride in their wag gon as they were going in that direction. They consented, and she started with them between three and four o'clock. When near Kin,s , snorth, they made indecent proposals to her, to which she refused to accede, when they said if she would not she should get down and walk. They did not stop the waggon, but obliged her to jump out; In conse • quence of which she fell, and one of the wheels passed over her. Dr. Carter told th e prisoners they had rendered them• selves liable to a fine of £2O or six months' imprisonment; bu he and Mr. Barra had decided to mitigate it to a penalty of 60s. or three months' with hard labour. It was ver for- tunate for them Mr. Gibbs and the other gentlemen came up, or the prosecutrix might have been seriously injured or killed, and they would have had to answer a far heavier _ • --- charge. The prisoners were unable to pay, ab.d were com mitted.—Sussex Express. ARRIVAL mom SETIASTOPOL.—The ship Friends, Captain Turner, arrived in port on the 25th instant, from Sebastopol, after a rnn of 84 days, encountering very heavy weather, which had the effect of greatly prolonging the voyage. She brings 180 pieces of cannon (some of which weigh 5 tons), and 237 tons of bones. We learn from the r , „ _ ....... ..... ___ __ captain that the town and fortress of Sebastopol yet bear numerous indications of the late dreadful struggle. In the harbour, where 71 men-of-war and other vessels were sunk, the American exploring company are busily engaged in raising the Russian fleet. 300 men are employed daily by that company, and they have up to the present time raised 33 of the 71. The largest of the ships they are blowing to pieces, and the entrance to the harbour is now made quite navigable again. In the town itself little has been done in the way of restoring the dilapidated and shattered ruins of the once fine and noble mansions, hospitals, and large public edifices, and it is doubtful whether anything ever will be dune, at least before the lapse of another generation. The only thing accomplished is the rc-construction of a few Churches, and the putting into good condition the various graveyards containing the remains of those who fell in that memorable campaign. The Malakoff is a complete ruin, marvellous even in its desolation. Both here and at Inker if: e u r te mi G ss o i v on erm to n c e o n i t lec is t man the_ground is still strewn with bullets, and a corps of Jews, who have centiseted with the Russian Government tended to build a church be seen daily with hooks And rakes t u rning up the earth tion of their soldiers are bu - ried, just close t,o e for their leaden treasure. In altogether in ruins eration of their privi ,p,s(32:itdttearpeedr de br is of the greats. kind, n m o a r y . lies, who have made them i o nk n what erulan t . s r i o t: -covered. With the money realised in Ibis v.,: A* it is in of those who are employed in a place' where There are few, hoNvev Sebastopol the hospitals, .onc w e e o a t th g e r r ea p t r m oo a f g . ni T tu h d e e, p ar rin e c n ip o a w l of the city,—Xogrrn Counti es or partly occupied by some poor fami lies, consists of the fami lieser., scattered about the outskirts portion of the residents in raising the sunken ves sels.ti 3 tralfl. LATEST NE WB. The following telegrams have been received a Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, Nov. 16 A Paris semi-official correspondence contains the following :—The message received from Turin stating that the Prince de Carignan did not confine himself to the refusal of the regency but undertook to offer a substitute in the person of M. Buon compagni has produced a very bad impression here. It was stated that the Government of Sardinia had not followed the wise counsels offered by the Go vernment of France, as expressed in the letter of the Emperor to the King. It is questioned by what right Sardinia undertakes to prejudge the decision' of the Congress in naming a regent for Central Italy, and thus by his nomination assuming that the Duchies were already annexed to Sardinia. This proceeding is contrary to all custom and not in accordance with the rights of the people. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following : The Senators Rouland, General Lelievne, Saulcy, the Archbishops of Bourges and Toulouse, and the Bishops of Nancy and Limoges took the oaths of allegiance to the Emperor last Sunday at Com piegne. MARSEILLES, Nov. 15 Advices have been received from Naples to the 12th. It is positively stated that it is the wish of the King of Naples to be represented at the ap proaching Congress. Orders have been given to the Neapolitan Embassies to deliver passports to all Neapolitan exiles who may demand permission to return to their country. ROME, Nov. 12, His Holiness the Pope has consented to send a representative to the Congress. According to ad vices from the Romagna, the Provisional Govern ment of Bologna is abundantly supplied with money. FLORENCE, Nov. 12, General Garibaldi, with several battalions, had marched towards the frontiers, in consequence of a rumour that disturbances had taken place at Ancona. This rumour, however, turned out to be without foundation. It is asserted that the volunteers under the com mand of General Mezzacappo have demanded per mission to march against the Papal troops, and it is difficult to restrain their ardour. TURIN, Nov. 16. It is said that the Sardinian Chambers will be summoned to assemble before the Congress meets. The question of the annexation of Central Italy to Sardinia will be fully discussed, and numerous addresses from the people of the Duchies will be presented in order to give additional weight to their cause. TRIESTE, Nov. 15. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the sth inst. A reduction of the civil list, amounting to 6,000,000 only, and a diminution of the salaries of the employes have been decided upon. The Porte has addressed a memorandum to the Powers which have signed the Treaty of Paris. Kabula Effendi has returned from Crete. It is said the difficulties there have been settled. Said Pasha has been appointed Governor-General of Widdin. All the Redifs have been dismissed, and sent to their homes. News from Smyrna, of the sth inst., states that Sir Henry Bulwer had arrived there, en route for Salonica and Vole, to meet Prince Alfred. Letters from Athens to the 4th inst. announce that the protecting Powers have claimed from the Greek Government, on account of interest due, a yearly payment of 900,0Qq. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer Bombay, which ran ashore a few days ago on the Illyrian coast, near Unie, is afloat again. HAMBURG, Nov. 15: The elections of the burgesses of the city are concluded, the result being entirely in favour of the Liberal party and in opposition to the Conserva tives and the Corporation Committees. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING — . The Constitutionnel contains an article upon the Regency of Central Italy, signed " Grandguillot," which asserts that, previously to the Italian war, France had desired a Congress; and defends the propriety of European intervention on the following grounds : " What has not been said about the right of intervention ? Great satisfaction has been expressed on the other side of the Channel at its having ceased for Italy. Note has been care- fully taken of the successive declarations of the French Go vernment to the effect that it will not suffer any, and will not claim for itself the power of making an abusive use of hat right which it has taken away from Austria, It is, however, the very persons who unreservedly ap plauded these glorious words who now dare to blame Pied mont for not having intervened in Central Italy. We know well that both in France and elsewhere there are persons who will maintain that the intervention of Sardinia in the affairs of the Duchies took place long ago. But in so doing they make, in our opinion, an intentional confusion of facts. Piedmont, no doubt, has not remained indifferent to the memorable events which have changed the political condition of Central Italy. She has exercised the influence which her devotedness to the common cause and her recent victories justly give her. In what limits and with what measure has that influence been exercised ? We are not called on to examine that point at present, and it is suffi cient to state that the influence has thus far been exercised by the same right as that by which France, England, and other Powers have exercised theirs. But if the Piedmon tese Government hal not declined the Regency offered to the Prince de Carignan the influence would have ceased to be legitimate ; it would have changed its character and have become a positive intervention. "In an exclusively Italian point of view, the conduct of the King of Sardinia has been even still more logical, and the resolution which he has adopted still more necessary. Yes, it is to be regretted that on the eve of the Congress the different Assemblies of Central Italy should have voted, first of all, the annexation to Piedmont, and next the Re gency of Prince do Carignan. We must have the courage to say that if on these two occasions these Assemblies have not failed in patriotism, they have failed in political intelligence. What signified in reality that double vote? Simply this—that Italy no longer confided in the wisdom of Europe; that sho even distrusted her decis sions, since sho forestalled them ; and that, having be come mistress of herself do facto, she would, if neces fiery, dispense with tho sanction of international law. But nothing, absolutely nothing, justified that distrust of the future resolutions of the Congress. Let Italy be con vinced of this fact—that the Congress of which she is now advised to decline the jurisdiction can alone achieve and sanction her deliverance. The Congress alone has the power of consenting to the territorial arrangements which may be useful to her new organisation." With respect to the possible restoration of the former Princes, M. Granclguillot observes :- 4 , What has alarmed the Assemblies of the different States and precipitated their double vote is the fear of seeing the restoration of the former Sovereigns. But that restoration was a counsel, not a menace. France has declared a thou sand times that it should not in any case be impo se d by force—and must she declare it again? Therefore, let Italy have no apprehensions on that head. In the name of the fraternity of races which un;tes her to Italy—in the name of the blood shed for the same cause on the same field of battle--France adjures Italy to remember that calm is the force of nations which are really worthy of the name, and thannatience is the apprenticeship o f lib erty. " THE 13 ,,TRsE, Nov. 15.—The market has been rather more anini;l•ted. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 85c., improved to 70f. ; the Mobilier varied from 7601. to T 851.; Lyons, 8861. 259. t 9 890 f. ; Orleans, 1,365 f. lowing:were the last quo 41 per Cents. 95 40 Do. end month 3 per Cents 7O Do. end month 7O Bank Sharos 2850 Credit Mobilier 785 Do. Account to 1,367 f. sco. The fol ►tations : Credit Foncier Belgian 41- Piedmontese (5) Roman B6 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 43 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto B2B 75 .. 830 Lyons and Mediterranean BB6 25 .. 888 75 Geneva 530 .. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 4lO .. 407 50 Austrian Lombard ... - Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 97 c. ; money, 24f. 95c CANADA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Anglo-Saxon has arrived with th© Canadian mails of the sth. The Grand Trunk Railway traffic returned for the week ending October 22d was 60,046 dols., against 54,879 for the same period last year. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Anglo-Saxon passed the Countess of Lon don, Irene, Albion, Cambria, and Great Britain (supposed) in the St. Lawrence, on the 14th, off Tory Island ; the Wisconsin, Flora, from Ports mouth ; St. Lawrence, America, Mamelon, Alcy one, Reliance, and Sarah, from Liverpool ; China and Ailsa, from Cardiff ; Delia, from London ; Boreas, Earl of Selkirk, and Hope, from Limerick ; Bacchus, from Neath ; Jenny Li n d, f rom Water ford; Augusta, from Ardrossan ; Marchioness of Queensberry, from Hull ; Favourite, from Shields ; Derwent, from Pwllheli ; Dykes, from Maryport ; Eliza Pirie, from Grimsby; British Tar, from Glo eester ; and Devereux, from Trale—at Quebec. The Jenny Lind, from Waterford, at Quebec, re ports passing the ship Helen, of Liverpool, from Quebec, for Warrenpoint, waterlogged and aban doned. The Bacchus, from Neath, at Quebec, picked u eight French seamen at sea belonging to the Fren6 brig Josephine, of Grandville. THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Pera, Captain T. Jamieson, arrived at Southampton at three p.m. yesterday, with the heavy portiou of the above named mails in charge of Mr. J. Ronayne, of the General Post-office. She brought 80 passengers (44 first-class, 27 second, and nine children), among whom were the Hon. Col. Caine, Lieut. Buckle, Lieut. Darling, R.N., from China; Lady Maxwell, from Penang; Col. Butler, Col. Swinton, Capt. Colton, Major Deering, Lieut. Letti, Lieut. Stapleton, Dr. Martin, Dr. M'Lutta, Captain Fletcher, Lieut. Huddlestone, Lieut. Harrison, Major Camprie, Capt. Watson, Lieut. Creagh, from Calcutta, Madras, and Ceylon. Her freight list comprised seven packages of valuables, one package of jewellery, 1,392 bales of silk, 426 boxes of dates, 64 packages of tusks, 43 ditto of teeth, 214 boxes of fruit, and 199 packages of general merchandise. The Pera has had fine weather during the voyage home. She spoke the following vessels :—Nov. 10, the brigs Corunna and Unanimity; 11th, the screw steamers Orontes and Odessa, the brig Canterbury, and the barque Penelope; 12th, the Royal Mail steamer Tyne. At Alexandria, the usual Egyptian fleet. Her Majesty's ships Scourge, Argus, Banshee, Caradoc, and Vigilant were at Malta; also the Pen insular and Oriental steamship Alhambra. At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships Marl borough, Caesar, James %Vatt, Conqueror, Scylla, Agamemnon, Orion, Edgar, Cadmus, Coquette, Neptune, Victor Emmanuel, Centurion, Doris, Fly ing Fish, and Quail. Also the French frigate Londre, and a Portuguese steam corvette. The French squadron, under command of Vice- Admiral Desfosses, consisting of five ships of the line and a paddle-wheel sloop, were off Algesiras; and the Spanish squadron, under command of Brigadier Herrera, consisting of one sailing ship of the line and one frigate, one paddle-wheel frigate, two paddle-wheel sloops, and a screw gunboat, were in Algesiras Bay. The schooner Hawk (of Shields), James Smith, master, sprung a leak on the Bth inst., and foun dered the next day at 2 p.m., 60 miles east of the Rock. The master and crew (five in number), arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of the 10th, in the dchooner's boat; they had scarcely been able to save anything but what they stood in. The Hawk was 70 days out from Ibrail and last from Constan tinople, with Indian corn for Cork. The Gibraltar Chronicle, of Nov. 7, says Advices from Tetuan of the 2cl inst. state that the greatest consternation prevailed there both among the wealthy Moors and the Jews, although at that date there was no ground for it ; on the con trary, after the occurrences on the day of the Mouette's departure, Ben-el-Hadj, the Bashaw, took the most efficacious measures for preventing the re petition of similar outrages, and, in consequence, no further insults have been offered, or attempts made to pillage the people who proceed to the Martin (place of embarkation). The general opinion is, that no more robberies will be committed, as Ben el-Hadj has pledged his word not to allow the Kabyles to enter the city. " The Moor have been seized with so great a panic that, by the Sncra Famiglia, which left this last week, they forwarded to Gibraltar a great number of boxes containing jewels and other valuables ; and the most influential amongst them availed themselves of the favour dispensed by Mr. James Hay, the British Vice-Consul, and Mr. Nahon, the French Chancelier, to send their pre cious gems to Gibraltar in the war vessels which had arrived to embark the Vice-Consols and the subjects of their respective nations. " A rumour was current on the Ist, the truth of which, however, was not vouched for, stating that a soldier, known as a servant at the Spanish Con sulate at Tetuan, was caught by the Moors of Angera. He was coming from Ceuta with a letter which he tore to pieces immethately ; and, being pressed to reveal the reasons of his errand, he alleged that he was fully innocent, and was not at all from Ceuta. " Orders had been received on the 28th by tho Commanding Royal Engineer at Tarifa to erect seven bakeries on the island belonging to that port, and at the same time to construct stores large enough to contain provisions, &c., necessary for the expeditionary army. " A letter of the 31st from Tarifa announces that all communication with that fortress by sea is prohibited." LITERATURE. The Constitutional Press : A Review of Politics, Literature, the Church, the Drama. and i" e Arts. New Series. Saunders, Utley, and Co. 0 There is much to attract notice in this niagsz le , from the varied subjects of its contents , and fre_": the great ability which, for the most part, guishes them. The continuation of the story' " Hopes and Fears," is very interesting, and p,08,.. sesses that peculiar charm which so eminently h 3 "f e ttle racterises the works of this authoress. Few 0 o f writings of this class can claim so large a s i l e ir popularity as that which appertains to the of Redeliffe," Heartsease," Sze., and i -t is, theri, fore, a great advantage to the readers of this Pe i : o odical to be enabled to peruse a new story' 13 5'_'_ t fascinating an authoress. Phoebe, who is the tar s disto(l), delightful character in the work, is one of ga te ', bright creatures who impart a radiance to. 13,"4 around them, and ever looking at the best side ofthl.o seek to draw sweetness out of woe, sures are redoubled by the innocent zest with„liclear they are enjoyed. The second pert of the ' an d of Lyssel," brings the record to a conclusion, go the story that is revealed by the occasional gihiToe, of his diary is a most mournful and touching;re There is pathos in the simple life that is n ar .. chronicled, and the joys and sorrows of thaV io , sonage arc so truly pictured that we gaze W it t hat while vt_ail terest on the delineation, and feel an attractionl n ot the gay records of the worldly votary eel% u a. posess. The career of Mr. Hendall, thew first eventful, was chequered by deep sorrows. 1- ` l ' etu a. wife, to whom he was dee e ly attached, wasp r u a turely removed from him, also his eldest so 1 ; o youth of high promise. His second wife , W d care of his family and devotion to his interestshohraso endeared her to him, was removed from hi s , ra to many long years before the summons called Ja . i throu his rest. When his long ministry of six t Y °u gh years was over, he was enabled to look thr i n to the chances and changes of his life with na ree w ish the the past, and with h o p e i n t o the future. s hall that in years to come, when sorrowing hearts how weekly pass my grave, that it could tell them tha t soon it will all be over the a gony, we d, seemed undying, the d rear y years that followed' axe, how soon these years will bring them whet f' to the borders of th e land which is very far ° h ish yet so near. Truly th a t i s a com fortable tex t ! ay .' says,—" The fashion of this world passeth " The Shams of th e D a y, an d th e latent truthsk,es represent," is an exce ll en t ar ticle, which t . a le , of clear view of some of th e mos t prominent folio the the day, and expres ses man y ',lamest ideas, ° ' , the topic. On the subject of "Popular Preaellir;,g; s et. writer is particularly felicitous in his renlar A i' fort as ting forth in impressive terms the vari e : be which this school of eloquence assumes. ,eretit lowing passage on the style of the ;Ir e ' s —no proprietor of a new tabernacle, cannot fail to IP the notice of the intelligent reader : o btain " The means by which this influence has beenin have not been legitimate, in reference to the high e a to r of which it is professed that they aro exerted; Ye t, r, e rt 0 5° the stories which an unprecedented success has r c oll. to, and which h ave b een circulated at clubs, one I ,el iave t versation, and even printed and published, have, N re viou s jeux d' esprit upon a popular topic. We no real foundation, and must merely rank as lap for instance, that on any occasion the preacher of ru, ° l , o , l oli' Tabernacle, in exposing the abomination of the Ine" tan gin -palaces, ever used the following form of mid i l out its tion Gin I—let us spell the word, and try to flnu, s ore meaning —G, N. Yes, truly, gin—a snare ! 1 , 4 1 $ of for your souls. And what else to be got at thoselia,Lud S t evil ? 'What else ?—why rum ! Let us try ou r ta re i t spelling again. R, U, M. Ah ! I see, r eust jaides Ito round to look at it—it is a deceitful enemy that •t rend' f But now we have its secret, we have turned l u rder' and we get M, U, R I. M, U, R I ? the first half of n t l iers is The murder of your immortal souls ! ! told" donot behev;ising something else still that they a ge t there, as J. arg,,a w ith Brandy. Ay, B ran dy ! an d w h e th e y are well u' it, their souls:aro ready branded for h-11 w ords 1° "We do not believe that these woe the veli B oot which our palatial establishments for the sale of us the spirits were denounced, although the formula has gQb,, lag of clubs, and evening parties, and has beer' , 4. 0 da not believe either that the orator, veterate anecdote-mongers, warranted authentic, . 11 for practical illustration, ever slid down the polished ri t' a tion rail of his pulpit stairs, to exhibit to his CO striking image of the ease and rapidity of the uu course of sinners, or that he laboriously climbeci.l l tb ° by the same route, to exemplify the difficulV. we de, straight, but steep path, of faith and virtue. l' ll l lo-rtli' not believe this, because we have seen the veil f or 5 n 'h cr in his enthust iiso7.o/ in question, and are convinced that it would not f by 1- 6 ment support the performance of such evolutions very substantial ' personnel' of the reverend orator•"ocer not believe that the eloquent preacher of the h i m s elfP e 1 ° descended quite so low as this, in order to bring „Oaf the level of the comprehension's of some of his congref. but, or to keep alive the flagging attention of o thero J ess ive doubtless, many tricks of colloquial style, such a s , familiarity of add ress , or su dd en an d unexpeete" us° Q. a trite or vulg ar c h arac t er h ave b een made abun dan for those purposes." wh ich 4, one False Step" is a most melancholy tale; coos evinces in an effective manner the fearfai e .. t i e a quences which are sure to ensue from a der 11,cebi from the path of duty. In the paper oat he „ r ks nese Question," there are some sensible reahlwace the difficulties that attend the alliance with that in that quarter, considering the possibi I r if_ A a t exists of our friendly relations being home, while our united forces are o qb rau ce ing abroad. It truly states that entirely turned her alliance with us in the Crimea, s hare to her own purpose, and robbed us of our a„u`,, e l a st of glory. France claimed all the honour t o _ ecot ly operations in China. France has more jo iy shown in her championship of the cause d ledg es ' how little she regards truth, honour, an a l es al disto in the presence of self-interest. She 111,or care paws for her own purposes ; allies are ' ehes paws and her victims. The lessons she tea Whig very serious ones. It will bo well if t he ues tioaf Ministry, divided on this and every other q waa to is enabled to turn them to profit. Chin a ir „ f obis Lord Palmerston a source of politica l triuluso leaning to the Emperor of the French a the political discomfiture. He has now to cot: lll9 ' n to elements of loss and gain, a ticklish task, , e , ce For men who can be "a navvy at A pus it riffs' humorous papers there is one in prose . om, „The directed Letters," and one in verse, e ntit-tea, ua t is New Quixote," which is a spirited s ketch, _l' so me very entertaining. It bears reference to 1 ,0 o.; 3 recent transactions at Gloucester and 1-% f und the which the enthusiast here chronicled a rid purity of his immaculate party rather saPiel ar gee beheld to his consternation that some of tile. L 4,. "we made against the enemies were broughtni'ver, to his own friends in a most unsatisfactor.,,m:, ' s we ll The concluding article on "Political Polls_ sta te of written, and contains some truths on th,°_',. ea real the present generation, which are, it is to 0 51 0 ,!,.. e the to . sin u' agg le too true, however much those who wish best of things may try to hush them ugana_e new them. On the whole, this new series 01, iona hle periodical bears ample evidence of uclu,s, l ' Cre dit ability to enable it to hold its place wi!' ; ', t hose among the best of its contemporaries, wins pro whose political tenets are in opposition 'PP.:L. wa vy fessions, must acknowledge its superiority 1" s peet et instances. It has, therefore, a goo d P!°,hat the success, and it deserves it, for the , fact ra ise spirit with which it is actuated is evident', 1,_"„ old t°' ini aph , the the standard of national honour, to mote portance of social morality, and to p rone interests of literature and art. Ali tici~ STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, Nov. 15.—There has been rather below than over an average attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls this morning; and the same may be said as to clothiers. All things considered, the season of the year and the small variety of new goods offered in the public markets, a fair amount of busi ness has been done. The general condition of the trade continues steady, and prices are firm. MANCHESTER, 15th.—In yarns there has been a good business this morning for all markets, anal prices have advanced another 4- d. per lb. upon the rates of Friday last. The principal foreign buyers have been those for the markets of Germany, India, and China, most of whom have operated freely. The home trade have also done a good deal of business, and almost all counts and qualities of mule twist, including fine spinnings, are in request. For water twist there aro also some heavy con tracts in hand, and 60's doubled and upwards par take in the advance of prices. In cloths there has been less actual business than this day week, but the inquiries made with a view to operations have shown more fully how extensive were the pur chases of last week. Mercantile men of some ex-' perience say that they never recollect the market so bare of stocks before. Domestics, which Lave so long been neglected to an extent that left prices barely remunerative, and in many cases not equal to the cost of production, are now exceedingly scarce and difficult to buy. Lang-cloths, T-cloths, and printing cloths are also scarce, with manufac turers in many cases engaged for months forward. A BOY SHOOTING AT A FEMALE IN LEEDS.-At the Leeds Town Ila en Monday a youth named Samuel Johnson, cloth-dresser, Charles-street, was charged with having tired a pistol at Miss Jane Woodhead, daughter of Mr. Woodhead, &c., Chorley-lane. Shortly after nine o'clock in the morning, Miss Woodhead was walking towards Caroline-street, when she met the defendant and two or three other boys. As she approached them, the defendant, addressing his companions, said, " Watch me fetch this lass down to the ground," and suiting the action to the word, he presented a pistol and fired into her face, the powder nearly blinding her and greakdisfiguring her face. Miss Woodhead screamed out, and a man who was passing, named William Kenrick, observing what had oc curred pursued the mischievous lads, who, however, reached Mr. Booth's factory, in Chorley-lane, where they were working. Policeman Griffin apprehended Johnson, and found two pistols in his possession. In his defence, the de fendant stated that he was not vware there was a cap on the pistol when ho fired. Ho was remanded until the next day, in order that the medical man who had attended. Miss Woodhead might•be present. STATE OP ITALY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN' SIR ,--Lord lette t r of , Lord Brougham allows me to transti lit 1 you the enclosed copy of his reply to the addressed to him on the sth inst. on the 0 1 1i e° ive W " w g ere Italian affairs, and I shall be glad if you good enough to give to my letter. to his reply the same publicity which You •ot servant, —Your obedient ELLENBOB4OOII. Southam Delabere, Cheltenham, Nov. 14. 8,1859: "Browgham , Nov. 0 , • ii e x. tt ~..• -my dear Ellenborough,—You might AV CA go od pe . ct h that I should agree with yon in hearty wishes _es for the independence of Italy. t V ill I can only repeat what I said at the grca a be burgh meeting t'other day, that, whatever 111 , 1,0 _my opinions upon the real cause of the war 11, c sta te 1 had fully given in our House), it had led toga wet of things which affords the Italians sonic Pnsid,d, of success, provided foreign interference is es take .and that the best practical course for them t ( . 3 0 1 is a . n union with Sardinia, although I re tayb ro. , ofn d ion upon the conduct of that Power. WI 0 0- ° pr to Gen. Garibaldi, I confess my hoPe s ° lad ti s . an . or guerilla action are somewhat slender.f,. are 'UHT , as I do, his great qualities, as far as Ir' oo , acquainted with his public conduct and coancqato But I recollect that those Powers with vill°ln, ttahleio bat differed are said to have a preference for grn a ' .er kind of cause which he inclined to favour.. sire all to events' I am sure neither you or I would desire and I wish we may not have to mourn over have the peace of Europe at large disturbed e' for the sake of Italy. " Believe me, my dear Ellen borough, "Ever H most sincer. B youo , , 0 if ly- nouGll,ol. the fit of Henry Kelly, WATERMAN'S BENEFIT. —On Friday for performances at Astley's Amphitheatre will before -,for 1- w i l es° brethren of the oars and sculls have determined t 6 i. Y wor o [heir late leader ; and, to render the complitaa:i'll poi marked, all the celebrated watermen on the rtvc r i f oce ° the ex-champion of the oirport sonally assist in the representation of tht musican, blicio "The Waterman," each man wearing his coat i a s i t l e becci i on the occasion. Mr. Augustus Brahara and M's , l or T oo Isaacs have kindly given their services in the po ls tivt i th e 'rug and Wilhelmina. Other popular vocalistii sivg he' popular negro melodist, Mr. E. W. Mackney,'," tween the pieces.