The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-22 00:00:00

~, . ~. On Thursday will be published, WILL HE DO WITH IT ? By PISISTRATUS CAXTON, Author of "My Novel," &c. Originally published in " Blackwood's Magazine." Four Volumes, Post Octavo, price £2 2s. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. WHAT ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, wider the sole Manacrement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison.—The public are respectfully in formed that this new and el,gant Theatre IS :\(./W OPEN for the first ENGLISH OPERA SEASON THIS EVENING Dec. 22, when will be presented an entirely new and original Opera, by Mr. W. Halfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE rowER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. After which the National Anthem. Commence at Seven, OYAL - PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ) Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. T if IS HVENING will be presented Shalcspere's Tragedy of MAC BETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a now Farce, in one act, entitled THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lesvee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. Ting EVENING will be performed a new Comedy, THE TIDE OF TIME. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale ; Mesdatlll23 Reynolds and Poynter. A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE. In which Perea Nena will appear. THE TOODLES. Sir Wni. Don, Bart. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commenic at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Will be Opened for the season on CHRISTMAS EVE, Fri day, Dec. 24, when will be produced a new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The new and zor geous scenery by Mr. William Callcott. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rocrors, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, and a numerous Corps de Bal let will also appear. After the Burlesque a new Comic Pantomime, replete with new'tricks and mechanical devices, entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles Lauri ; Itarlaquin, Mr. John Lauri ; l'antaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. The Performances will commence on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday with the Comedietta of TOO MUCH FOR. GOOD NATURE. A Morning Performance of the Burlesque and Pantomime on Boxing-day, to commence at two o'clocky precise' ; doors open at half-past one. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Lessee and Directress, Misa Swanboronh. THIS EVENING, THE RULE OF THREE. ' After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. THE LITTLE SAVAGE. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee ...Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN INDIA ; sr, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. After which SCENES IN THE ARENA, introducing Mr. W. Cooke, and his beautiful horses, Mr. Runnels, Madame Blanche, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Fleurette, and the finest troupe of equestrians in the kingdom. To conclude with the Farce of SHOOTING THE MOON. A famous, magnificent, and matchless Christmas Panto mime on Boxing-night, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUNCHAUSEN ; or, The King of the Pumpkins, unprece dented for comicality and splendour. Two Performances of the Pantomime on Boxing-day, viz., at Two and Seven o'clock. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is, ; Galleries, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road,— Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters •and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Ball, the New Fine Arta Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. • TR addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OPFICI% DEC. 22, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.20. WIND, Westerly ; rather fresh, with sunshine, and showery weather. THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1858. The appeal of M. DE MONTALEMBEUT to the Imperial Court has been duly heard and disposed of. No question can now remain as to his right to reject the pardon tendered to him with such extra ordinary rapidity before the question of his guilt or innocence was legally determined. It is only, in Great Britain that persons, proved to have been improperly convicted, are compelled to accept a pardon for the gross injury inflicted on them, and to have the brand of criminality for ever affixed to their names. M. DE MONTALEMBERT, conscious of having com• mittcd no wrong, refused to rest under the unme rited accusation. He stood on his constitutional rights as a French citizen, and it is something to show that there are still men of that Spar tan resolution who prefer the vindication of their honour to exemption from unme rited punishment. The result of the appeal is, that the decision of the inferior court has been modified, although not altogether annulled, as it ought to have been. He has been acquitted of by ar the most serious of the three charges preferred gainst him, viz., of having made an attack upon the principle of universal suffrage, and the rights which the EMPEROR held of the State. Thesevere castigation of the back-stairs influence, and of the servile sycophants who infest the precincts of the Court, was, however, deemed to be " exciting hatred and contempt of the Government." And the praise of British institutions was " violating the respect due to the laws and the sacredness of the rights sanctioned by them." Nalf the term of imprisonment has been remitted, and the illustrious convict will only be liable to three months' in carceration, in place of six. The pecuniary penalty, however, remains the same, and 3,000 francs, or £l2O sterling, must be paid for the grave offence of praising England and the English. IVe regret to find that there are British journals which have thought .proper to censure the manly and straightforward course adopted by the French patriot. The Times considers that " his persistence was evidently a false step." That it " simply re established the Emperor's line of attack, and compelled him, against his will, to adhere to his original intention." Now this is the very reason that. M. DE MOITTALEMBERT was not only justified but " imperatively required to adept the course which he pursued. For once arbitrary power was at fault. Despotism was exposed in all its hi4ous deformity; and the sole question was, whether it should be permitted to retrace its footsteps, to wriggle out of the trap into which it had deli berately entered, or to endure the full effect of the moral pillory which it had so fully deserved. We con ceive that it was essential on M. DE MONTALEMBERT to contend for the small balance of constitutional freedom remaining to his countrymen, and which was grievously imperilled in his person. So far as . his convenience was concerned, it might have been impolitic. It would have saved him- trouble and expense if he had consented to hug his chains or kids ..,„.., ..........4..... v .;,.. i,5.5........,,, ,-,...,i,,.4.4-40001,...., ...„.t.7,..... ~„,.., „.., 4,...., h X 1 , 74 ' c.., " c • - ri oi4 '': ','W` : - .'.N .'":7--, i -*". :4 ,, ,::,, , :, ,, , , ,: • '' ' ' • the rod that was held in terrorenz over him, but with- ' out any intention that it should be applied. But he was the representative of an important section of his fellow citizens, He meant, as the Daily News truthfully remarked, "not the petty martyrdom of a prison, but that liberty which the pardon aimed at him would have destroyed even more than the judgment of M. BEE.THELIN." And should the FM-, PEROR be so ill advised, or rather so indiscree,c, as to permit him to suffer the penalty he has so nobly braved, the value of his testimony will be increased a thousandfold, and the name of DE MONTALEM BERT will become a household word in France through all succeeding ages. But will that penalty be inflicted ? We think not. The EMPEROR has too much sound practical sense to be guilty of such an act of folly. M. DE MONTALEMBERT received the Imperial pardon for an act of which he was declared to be guilty by an inferior tribunal. A superior one has acquitted him of a portion of the charge, and only partially confirmed the judgment. It has exonerated the accused from the most serious part of the indict ment. Can the EMPEROR then, or his advisers, sanction the penalty for the minor offence, when the graver one was remitted ? As to the pecuniary part of the sentence that would easily be disposed of. It would be raised a hundred times over in penny subscriptions in England. But NAPOLEON is far too shrewd to allow the question to be venti lated, or to have the subject of the MONTALEMBERT fine discussed in every house in the United King dom. The imprisonment is, however, a more serious matter. That might damage the health of the champion of popular rights in France. It is scarcely possible, however, that any degree of per sonal spite could sanction that confinement. It would, indeed, be to give a triumph to M. DE NIONTALEMBERT, w hich would place his persecu tors in a position more degrading than that which they already occupy. Thanks to the energy of Mr. BnrGnT, the agitation for Reform is developing steadily in the provinces.. The popular tribune has appeared now in succession at Birmingham—at Manchester—at Edinburgh—at Glasgow. He has addressed large audiences at each of these great seats of learning or of industry. He has spoken better and better upon each occasion upon the grand theme entrusted by the country to . his eloquent advocacy and resolute championship. The movement is one which vividly recalls to mind the days :of the glorious agitation of the Anti-Corn-Law League—the agitation that gradu ally woke the millions from a trance of apathy, and led eventually to that ever-memorable and beneficent victory, when the foe capitulated, when the great stronghold of monopoly was in one night delivered up, the gates thrown open, the garrison marching out with all the honours, under the leadership of the Commander-in. Chief. Another gifted orator now withdrawn (only for an interval, we will yet hope), into privacy, was then the undisputed Captain of the conquering forces. Insomuch was his pre-eminence recognised on all hands that it is matter of history how Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the hour of his noble and magnanimous acceptance of the Free Trade Principles, accorded the merit of the triumph achieved by those principles distinctly and explicitly, in so many words, to " the unadorned eloquence of RICHARD COBDEN." The Honour able Member for Birmingham (then Member for Durham) occupied, at that time, the distin guished position of COBDEN'S first-lieutenant. Together they traversed the country, far and wide, appealing, with their tongues of persuasion, to the right reason, to the patriotism, to the consciences of the whole industrial population, both manufacturing aid agricultural. But they by no means monopolised public attention, they had not the ears of the people exclusively to themselves. They had the aid, more or less frequently throughout the whole course of the agitation, of voices as stirring some of them as the tone of a trumpet, the vo ices of orators and logicians like WILLIAM Fox, and CHARLES VILLIERS, and GEORGE THOMP SON, and PEYRONNET THOMPSON. The eloquent crusade was led by RICHARD COBDEN, having JOHN BRIGHT upon his right hand—but the onslaught upon Protection was conducted also by a crowd of other powerful champions of Free Trade, such as the men whose names we have but just now particularised. ' At the present moment a similar course of agita tion has been set on foot—a movement in favour of certain reforms in the representative system, a series of comprehensive root-reforms in the organisation of Parliament. But, in the conduct of this new agitation one man alone stands forth conspicuously upon the public platform. The Lieutenant of yesterday is the Com mander-in-Chief of to-day. Second in the advo cacy of Free Trade in 1845, Mr. BRIGHT is not only first in 1858 in the advocacy of Parlia mentary Reform, as an orator in the provinces, but he stands forth, as yet, in a manner insulated. And nobly is this solitary man doing his work as a theoretical Reformer. Differ from him we do utterly and entirely upon many great public questions—but upon the great question of all just now—the paramount and vital question of Parlia mentary Reform—we go with Mr. BIGHT, cordially thoroughly. Dissentient though our views are upon other matters, in the matter of Reform they —for the most • part—are in perfect ac cordance. And recognizing the devotion with which Mr. BRIGHT, upon the very morrow of his recovery from a severe and protracted illness, throws himself, heart and soul, into the popular cause as in the fullest sense of the phrase, an Ad vanced Reformer, we must needs accord to him all possible honour and our sincerest sympathy. It must encourage him to know that this agita tion for Parliamentary Reform begins under far more encouraging auspices than ever did the eventually triumphant agitation in favour of the Free-trade principles. There you might have counted almost, upon one hand, the places that, really sympathised with the new movement. Whereas now—it would be difficult to say, not only where there is any single locality, but where there is positively any one solitary individual, avowedly opposed to the Reform of Parliament. It would be well for the cause if these Reform Speeches delivered by Mr. BRIGHT, in his tour of the provinces, were collected together and scattered broadcast over the country, in the separate shape of a revised and authorised publication. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield are at present on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioniiss of Abercorn at Baron's Court, County Tyrone. The Earl and Countess of Craven have returned to Ashdown Park from a tour of visits. The noble earl and I countess are entertaining a select circle of friends. The Countess Dowager Spencer arrived in town a kw days since from Worthing. Her ladyship has taken a house in Eaton-place for a term of years. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor are entertaining a select circle at their seat in Wales. The Earl and Countess Spencer are still on the Continent, and are not expected to return to town until early in March. The Earl and Countess of Norbury have arrived at elaridge's Hotel from Valence, near Edenbridge, Kent. Lord and Lady Forester have left town, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at Bro a d_ land!). , Li LATEST NEWS. 7NIONTALEMBERT'S APPEAL PARIS, TUESDAY. The Chamber of Appeal for matters of Correc tional Police was summoned for this day to decide on an appeal by the Count de Montalembert against a judgment of the Tribunal of Correctional Police for Paris, of the 24th November, by which he was condemned to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 francs, as author of an article inserted on the 25th October in the Correspondant. The Court assembled at a quarter past eleven. M. le Consciller Treilhard made the report of the case. Immediately afterwards M. Dufaure spoke on behalf of M. de Montalembert. The Procureur- General, M. Chaix d'Est Ante, supported the deci sion appealed against, and M. l3erryer replied. The Court, after having retired to deliberate, de livered its judgment, in which it declared M. de Montalembert guilty of exciting hatred and con tempt against the Government, and of an attack on the respect due to the laws, and on the inviolability of the rights which they have solemnly conferred. It acquitted him of the charge of having attacked the principle of universal suffrage and the rights and authority which the Chief of the State derives from the constitution. The Court, in conclusion, condemned M. de Montalembert to three months' imprisonment, a fine of 3,000 francs, and the costs of the appeal, and fixed twelve months as the period within which these payments must be made, under penalty of further imprisonment. The Court rose at a quarter before eight o'clock. The following telegrams were received at Mr, Reuter's office this day : PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22. The Emperor visited the Grand Duke Constan tine yesterday. MADRID, TUESDAY, DEC. 21. The Senate has approved the address in answer to the speech from the throne by 103 against 28 votes. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. A Paris letter in the Independence of Brussels states that three commissions have been formed of members of the Superior Council for Algerian Affairs. One which has already been mentioned is to occupy itself with public works ; a second will have to examine the question of railways in Algeria; and a third will be charged with questions relative to colonisation and the delimitation of land. The same letter states that it is in comtemplation to establish on the coast of Africa a superior func tionary with the title of General Immigration Commissioner, and who will be charged with the surveillance of these operations. He will have under his orders four inspectors invested with similar functions. The Siecle has a new version about the alleged circular and verbal notes of Count de Cavour : "Notwithstanding the assertion that neither exists, it must be remembered that there is no smoke with out fire. It appears that since the Eastern war the Sardinian Minister of Foreign Affairs has been having lithographed every month, instructions Which are not destined for publicity, but which he sends to the diplomatic agents of Sardinia abroad. It is said that it is in these private instructions he painted in dark colours the situation of Italy, whilst at the same time he declared that nothing had occurred calculated to change the coolness be tween Austria and Piedmont into.open hostility." BOURSE, Dec. 21.—A brisk rally has taken place to-day on the Rente and principal securities on a report that the scheme of a new Bank of Credit was to be abandLed, or at least constituted with restricted attributes. Threes improved from 73f. 10c. to 73f. 35c. ; Mobilier, 970 f. to 982 f. 50e. ; Austrian, 635 f. to 638 f. 75e. ; Orleans, 1,387 f. 50e to 1,392 f. 50e. ; Lyons, 878 f. 75c, to 882 f. 50c. Southern, 585 f. to 590 f.; and Eastern, 697 f. 50e. to 700 f. The following were the last quotations : 4 per Cents. .... 97 -- end month Credit Fonder Belgian 4} — Piedmontese (5) Roman 93 Austrian _ . 3 per Cents 73 15 Do. end month 73 2.5 Bank Shares 3005 -- Criditslobilier .. 980 -- Do. Account ..... 982 50 Spanish Threes 47 75 Home Debt 43 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . lOO5 .4—• .. 1005 -- New ditto. 845 .. 845 Lyons and Mediterranean B7B 75 .. 880 New ditto — • • Geneva 620 .. 625 Midi • • -- Southern Western 607 50 .. 610 Eastern . Grand Central — • • —-- Sardinian 420 • • 415 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 2M. 111 c. ; money, 2.5 f. 9c. ; three months, paper, 24t. 971 c. ; money, 241. 95c. THE EAST. The Journal de Constantinople publishes a decree of the Sultan, making the following nominations, one or two of which hare been already spoken of :--" Ali Pacha, at present governor of Djeddah, is confirmed in that post; Mahmoud Pacha, who had been named to the post of Djeddah, is appointed governor of Kurdistan ; Ali Kiamily Pacha, governor of Kurdistan, is appointed governor of Damascus ; and Nedjib Bey is named Caimacan of Allaia, near Aidin." " Accounts from Alexandria," says the Pays, " state that Captain Pullen, of the Cyclops, will be replaced in his temporary functions of English Commissioner at Djeddah by Mr. Septimus Walne, the English Consul at Cairo. Captain Pullen had been charged by the Admiralty to make a hydrographical survey Of the Red Sea, and he was engaged in that operation• when the massacre at Djedclah took place. Since that period his surveys have been sus pended, and it is to enable him to continue them that he has been replaced. Abdallah Pacha, the new Scheriff of Mecca, lately assembled the Ulemas and the principal Mussulmans, and addressed them in a very animated manner. He declared that they were labouring under a serious error with regard to the European Powers; Who, he said , wished to destroy neither the Mussulman religion nor the tomb of the prophet. He assured them that they bad no cause for uneasiness, as they would never be disturbed in their religious belief, and that any ono attempting to interfere with it would be severely punished; but he added that they must on their aide respect the Christians, any aggression against whom would be energetically repressed, and the authors of it brought to justice. This address is said to have produced a great effect', SYRIA. A letter from Beyrout (Syria), of the 26th ult., gives the details. of the outrage on the Archbishop of Sour, which we have briefly mentioned by tele graph :—" Two days ago Mgr. Athanasius, the archbishop, proclaimed the use of the Gregorian calendar for the Greek Catholics of his diocese. In the evening at -vespers, -while the prelate was officiating, eight or ten individuals, sailors and fishermen, rushed on him, dragged him from his seat, stripped him of his pontifical robes, and after driving him and all the priests from the church, closed the door, and carried off the key. The arch bishop confined himself to addressing a few mild words to his assailants, but what be said remained quite unattended to; The local authorities instead of interfering, referred the matter to the governor of Beyrout. M. E. de 'Lesseps, the_ French consul general, and Mgr. Valergo, the patriarch and dele gate of the Holy See, demanded that a striking satisfaction should be given to the archbishop, and a public functionary has been sent to Sour to have the culprits arrested and brought to Beyrout, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 858 where an examination will take place. The change in the calendar appears to have been the only cause of this outrage, and the archbishop, before deciding on the alteration, had received the assent of up wards of 4,000 of his flock." LOSS OF THE BRITISH SHIP PANTA LOON-ATTACK ON TILE PIRATES. Yesterday the following communications were received at Lloyd's from the Admiralty, respecting the late wreck of the British ship Pantaloon, near Swatow, which, it will be remembered, was after wards boarded by pirates, who fired at the helpless crew, plundered her of her cargo and stores, and then set her on fire : Admiralty, Dec, 18, 1858, Sia,—l am commanded by my Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, to send you herewith, for the information of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, a copy of a letter from Captain Leckie, of H.M.S. Fury, dated the 18th of October, reporting the proceedings taken by him to compel the restitution of 2,200 bags of sugar, stolen by Chinese front the English brig Pantaloon, when stranded at Swatow, the Mandarin of the district having reported his inability to enforce the return of the sugar, and having requested as3istance.---I am, sir, your most obedient servant, H. CORRY. To Capt. Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. steam sloop Fury, Swatow, Oct. 18, 1858. SIR,—I have the honour to report, through you, for the information of the Commander-in• Chief, that, previous to your arrival at this port, I had necked an application from Mr. C. Bartow, agent for Messrs. Dent and Co., also from the Chinese merchants at Swatow, a duplicate copy of which I enclose, asking assistance to recover a cargo of sugar taken by pirates from th e E ng li s h s hi p Pantaloon, wrecked on the south side of this river, in the typhoon of the 21st of Sept. last, the crew having been fired upon and driven away. I placed myself in communication with the man darins of the district, in which the village named Sow -ah-Pow is situated, and learned that this vil lage was entirely inhabited by pirates, whom the mandarins could not control—that the sugar, some 2,200 bags, of the value of about 12,000 dols., of which 3,000 dols. was underwritten by the firm of Messrs. Lindsey and Co., in Hong Kong, was stored in the pirates' village. The mandarin sent to acquaint me that he had sent 20 of his police to enforce the sugar being returned, that his men were beaten, and that he had not force enough to attack the village, which contains about five or six thousand inhabitants and about 2,000 houses, and requesting my assistance. I arranged to meet the mandarin on the morning of the 16th of October. Matters had arrived thus far when you arrived in her Majesty's ship Magicienne, when, being your self on the sick list, you kindly placed your forces at my disposal, giving me command of the whole. The armed force left her Majesty's ship Fury in two columns, at six a.m. of the 16th, and after a pull of an hour and a half, advanced up the creek leading to the rendezvous appointed by the man darin of the district. This was exactly abreast of the village. Whilst waiting the arrival of the mandarin (who, the Chinese interpreter said, was afraid to come), a brisk fire of gingals and match locks was opened on the boats from the long grain and a house that afforded cover to the assailants. At the same time a very large force was seen, with immense banners flying, strongly posted on a rocky eminence between the village and ourselves. The nearest approach the boats could make to the village was 1,200 yards. I waited until the fire of the enemy became decided, when we opened with spherical case on the heights before the town, and cleared by the fire of our rifles the cover near the spot chosen to land. At eight a.m. I landed with the Marines and half the crews of the boats, leaving the other half of the crews under Lieutenant P. H. Sharp, to be ready to bombard when he should have received orders. Previously to this I had been informed, by the vil lagers on the opposite side, that the pirates had heard we were coming, and had sent their women and children away the day before, and were quite prepared to receive us. I determined then to give them a severe punishment for having plundered an English vessel, as well as firing upon our boats. The whole landed force, under the respective officers, advanced in open skirmishing order, havin formed as well as the nature of th e groun d would admit, the enemy retreating from ruined houses and from each point affording cover. The heights were soon in our possession, and we advanced to within fifty yards of the nearest houses. I then sent orders to the boats to open with rockets and shells on the town, and I have never before seen such excellent practice as they made. By this time their fire had slackened, and as I did not intend to burn the town, thinking they had suffi cient punishment. . . . . We remained an hour after the enemy's fire was silenced, and hundreds were leaving the town. I then returned without molestation to the boats at eleven a.m. Before leaving the creek I sent a letter to the heads of the village to say that I had spared their town, to give them a chance of delivering the sugar, and this morning I received a note, replying that the sugar. should be returned immediately. I was much pleased with the steadiness and discipline, as well as with the conduct of the whole force en gaged. The Magicienne's division being under the command of Lieutenant J. C. Loady, the Fury under Lieutenant A. F. Marescaux, and the Marines under Lieutenant 11. B. Lewson. I regret to re port that two seamen belonging to the Magicicnne, named John 0. Hearne and Henry Bidder, were seriously wounded. It was not my intention at all to fire upon the town, unless the mandarin considered it advisable. They opened fire on the boats and. wero well pun ished.—l have, CHARLEs LECKIE, Commander. To Captain Vansittart, C.B. Lord and Lady El°lto will return to town to•day, from a tour on the Continent. Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Berg have left the Brunswick Hotel for Paris. Baron Striihmer has arrived at the same establishment from Berlin. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli have returned to town, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley Hall, and yesterday morning left Grosvenor•gate for Torquay. The Right Hon. J. W. Henley returned to Lon don yesterday, from Brighton. Sir William Somerville is staying on a visit to the Earl and Countess Fortescue, at Castle-hill, Devon. Sir William will shortly leave for Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Percy have left Guy's Cliff on a visit to the Earl of Beverley, at Torquay. It is reported at Plymouth that the Channel fleet will remain during Christma.4 in Queenstown, and then repair to Lisbon. The Birmingham Journal states that Mr. &hole field, M.P., is expected to return to this country, from America, in January. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.-- Tuesday, Dee:lL—Admission on payment, 357; ditto by season tickets, 262 ; total, 619. THE LANGUAGE OF LADIES.—PIain is the strongest word in the feminine vocabulary to express ill looks. Some think it mild, but it is powerfully though delicately expressive. That which is plain is conspicuous. It means, therefore, remarkably ugly. A lady never calls a bull-dog plain, or a baboon. That would be too severe.— Punch' Almanack. ... CHESS.—The extraordinary- meital exertion of playing eight games at the same time, without seeing the board in any one instance, was effected at the Paris chess club on Saturday night by M. Hurwitz, without any ap parent difficulty. The rooms were crowded with amateurs, anxious to witness the feat, among:them being the Duke of Brunswick, Prince Galitzin, Count de Casablanca, M. Andersenn, &c. The play commenced a little after seven, and terminated about half-past two. • The result WAR that the blindfold player won six games and lost one, the re maining one being a draw. At the end M. Harrwitz was loudly applauded, and warmly congratulated by the per sons who still remained. He seemed but little fatigued, was in excellent spirits, and was heard to say that he thought he could play a dozengames together just as easily as he had done eight. SINGULAR AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A Circumstance occurred in the village of Emhurst a few days ago, ending unfortunately in a most melancholy manner. As Mr. George Crittenden, blacksmith, was pruning a gooseberry tree, he received a slight puncture from a thorn on the third finger of the left hand, through a hole in his glove, of which no notice was taken till the second day, when the finger became painful and much swollen, the in flammation extending to th.:: shoulder. It continued to get worse, and mortification succeeded ; he was attended by Mr. C. Harris, surgeon, of Northiam, who did every thing skill could suggest. Amputation was considered im practicable at the advanced age of the sufferer, and the poor man died from the effects on the 10th inst., just seven days after the accident occurred. The deceased was in the 82d age.—Sussex Advertiser. year of his EXPLOSION OF GAS.—PROBAI3LE Loss OF LIFE. —Yesterday morning, between four and five o'clock, a ter rific explosion of gas took place at Mr. Frederick Cutler's, No. 340, Euston-road. It appears that, owing to some defect in the gas-pipes in the front room on the first floor the gas had escaped, and the smell becoming exceedingly strong, Mary Bosworth went• down stairs with a lighted candle into the parlour, the gas became ignited and ex ploded, burning the unfortunate woman in a dreadful man ner. - She was conveyed to the hospital, and remains in a precarious state. The engines of the London brigade were promptly in attendance, and, owing to the exertions of the firemen, the fire, which at one time assumed an alarming aspect, was soon extinguished, but not until con siderable damage was done. The loss will fall on the Phoenix-office. THE MYSTERIOUS CASE AT NORTH SHIELDS. — From a careful inquiry thltt was made at North Shields of the bones dug up from under the foundation of the old house in Tyne-street, in that town, on Saturday, the con clusion has been. come to that they could not be the remains of John Margetts, if they are human bones at all ; and an impenetrable mystery once more falls over the old story of 35 years. It is needless opening out an old controversy. It can never be definitively settled whether Margetts was seen alive after the winter's morning that he disappeared or not. As-has been said, this is one of those unresolved mysteries which appears to have passed away beyond the pale of human judgment, and " let the dead past bury its dead,"=—Xeiccast/e Chronicle. • - • PRUSSIA. A communication from Berlin says:—" Under the preceding King, it was the custom for the heir presumptiTe to the Crown to be present at the sittings of the council of ministers, and at the deliberations which take place at the different Ministries, in order that he might be initiated in the management of public affairs. In order to facilitate this study, a particular functionary was attached to the person of the Prince Royal, who studied with him. As the education of the Prince Royal was more particularly military, it was indispensable to have recourse to this plan in order that he might be instructed in administrative and political matters, and it was thus that the present King and the Prince Royal were initiated in public business. It is now decided to attach a functionary of the kind to Prince Frederick William, and the Regent has selected a councillor of the Regency of Coblentz, a man not of noble family, who formed part of the circle of the Princess of Prussia." SPAIN. The Peninsular Correspendenee says :—" The Spanish fleet which is to act in case of hostilities against the Moors is to remain at Algesiras till the result of the negotiations with the Court of Fez is known." A letter says that the departure of M. Rios Rosas, ambassador at Rome, had at last been fixed for the 19th, and that he is specially charged to endeavour to obtain the Pope's consent to the sale of ecclesiastical property subject to the condi tion of giving the Church consolidated stock for the proceeds. As the Archduke Charles Louis, brother of the Emperor of Austria, was a few days ago visiting a church at Rome, the horses of the carriage which had conveyed him there took fright, started off at a furious rate, and fell into a sleep excavation. Although the Archduke was not in the vehicle, a thanksgiving service for his escape was celebrated four days back in tho cathedral of St. Stephen, at Vienna, and it was attended by the Emperor and Empress of Austria and by all the Imperial family. THE INDIA, CHINA, AND PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, Captain Steward, has arrived, with the Peninsular, and also the Pera's, mails and passengers. She left Gibraltar on the 15th, Cadiz the 16th, and Lisbon the 18th ; she did not call at Oporto or Vigo. The Alhambra brings £3,000 in specie, 251 boxes oranges, 500 boxes almonds, 60 boxes indigo, and sundries The Pera spoke the Ceylon steamer on the 12th, 140 miles east of Algiers, and at 11 a.m. on the 13th, 150 miles east of Cape de Gatte, her Majesty's ship Euryalus ; all well. Gibraltar exchanges on London, 50; Paris, 5 26 ; Marseilles, 527; Genoa, 5 30. The American barque Celestia had arrived at Gibraltar with damage, having been in collision 60 miles from Madeira with the steamer Great Bri tain, from Liverpool for Melbourne. The barque Southerner arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th with the master and five men of the American barque Kate Wheeler, abandoned at sea leaky ; men picked up in lat. 37 30 N., long. 4 10 W. remainder taken by a British barque, bound to Bombay from Liverpool. The Kate Wheeler was laden with marble from Genoa, for Boston. The French Government steamer Coligny had left Gibraltar, following in the wake of the Spanish expedition to the Riff coast. Lisbon exchanges at three months were quoted on London at 53}, paper over, and something done at 534 ; Paris, 5 35 ; other places unaltered. Heavy sales of stock and bank shares ; Three per Cents. registered at 461 to 461 ; Coupons, 45 ; and Marton, I- ; Deferred, 30 to 31 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 8 to 81 pm. ; Oporto ditto, 24 to 25. The blue-book respecting the French claims had .been published at Lisbon, and a debate in the Lower ,House commenced on the reply to the King's speech. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE ARRESTS. Matters continue nearly at a Standstill, and since Saturday last the authorities seem to have made but little progress in the unravelment of the plot—for a plot there undoubtedly has been, though, its pre cise objects are as yet by no means made clear. The Northern Whig, of yesterday, has the annexed statement in connexion with the Belfast arrests : " Up to the hour at which we write (Sunday night) not an additional particular in connexion with the arrests of seven day . p 4. - 9 . Can be placed before the public, so far as the movements of the authorities are concerned. Both on the part of the Crown and the legal idvisers of the prisoners there seems to be an extraordinary iesire to abide the events which may turn up in the course of time. Than this nothing can be more dangerous to the harmony-and the peace of the community, and there' seems to be on both sides a want of confidence in the merits of their respective cases. We are informed that Mr. Tracy has personally visited the authorities of Dublin Castle for the purpose of receiving instructions with respect to his future course of action in this case. Provided that this interview has taken _place, and provided that a magistrate, conversant with Belfast and Belfast police life, cannot see through this sup posed conspiracy, what useful service, under any circurn stancea, may he expect from other p ersons tota ll y unac quainted with the town, or the political and religious tone which:pervades its inhabitants ? If there has been a blunder made—as we fear there has been—Dublin Castle is the very last place to seek for an antidote ; and we would rather desire to see our local magistracy bearing themselves the burden of. the result—whatever it may be—than appealing to higher authorities who can know nothing whatever of the circumst:.nces of the case. We have not yet learnt the result of Mr. Tracy's visit to Dublin Castle. The public, however may prepare themselves for some extraor dinary disclosures in the course of the next, few days. It may be that the prisoners at present in the. County Gaol may be brought before the Petty Sessions Court, and that they will, upon certain evidence, be returned for trial. Of this, however, we have not the least hope, inasmuch as the Crown would have long since, _prosecuted had they good grounds to prosecute upon, But, supposing that the prisoners should be returned for trial, have the authorities the least prospect of conviction in any one case ? supposing they know far more than - the public have yet learned, and believing that they have information which none others than themselves are in possession of, why do they not meet the case boldly in the face ? Why does Mr. Tracy visit Dublin Castle? Why do the constabulary seek after Kearns? And, Why do the whole party who had charge of these arrests appear to be in the utmost state of doubt and confusion ?" In the Belfast police -court yesterday Mr. John Rea, solicitor for the persons under arrest, applied to the stipendiary magistrate (Mr. Tracy) to know when there would be a public investigation into the charges preferred again s t th e 17 prisoners now in Antrim gaol, and suggested that Friday would be a convenient day. Mr. Tracy, however, declined fixing any particular day, and would make no pro mise as to time. After some sparring between the solicitor and the stipendiary the following convee sation ensued : " Mr. Rea—l hope the magistrates of the county or the petty sessions district will get notice of the time of holding the inquiry, for I should consider it my right to address them, for the purpose of sbewitig that these persons should not be returned for trial. From all I hear Ido not think , there is evidence to warrant it. Mr. Tracy—You cannot have heard anything of the case. Nobody knows anything about it except myself and the parties with whom I have communicated. "Mr. Rea—l would not address yoit now, only that it is the current opinion that the Crown has had sufficient time to investigate the matter. "Mr. Tracy—They are not prepared at present to inves tigate the case. I cannot be hurried into it, and there is time enough between this and the assizes. It is in my power to remand them day after day as long as I consider necessary for the ends of justice. I cannot have any per sonal interest in the matter one Way or the other. " Mr. Rea said, he was sure his worship was just as much opposed to the Orange systeinOs to the Riband system. " Mr. Tracy replied that the Orange system had nothing to do with it. " Mr. Rea said, he thought it was a counterpart of the Orange system, and was surprised to find that it had any connexion with the Phumix Club. " Mr. Tracy—The charge is clearly defined in the statute. The charge imputed to then is belonging to an illegal secret society, and I do not want any remarks made about any other society. No other society has anything to do withit. " Mr. Rea—Part of my defence is that they are no worse than their neighbours. If your worship would fix Friday for it-- "Mr. Tracy—I cannot fix any day. I have several matters to do in connexion with it that I cannot explain. It is a very simple inquiry, I take it. " Mr. Rea—l believe the British Constitution has left. Belfast this last week. " Mr. Tracy—lf these people had their way in Beirut the British Constitution would have very little to do in it in a short time. " Mr. Rea—Maybe we would have a far bettor one. I have a clear duty 'to perform, and I like to perform it, against the Crown, because I do not think it has done its duty to the people. " Mr. Tracy—That exhibits a very amiable propensity. "Mr. Rea—l do not forget their serviced to myself, and I intend to repay thera.,, THE NAVY. A court-martial was holden yesterday on board the flag-ship Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try Captain Thomas H. Mason, and the master, Mr. Edward Maunder, of the Curacoa, 31, screw, for getting that ship ashore at the time of being 111 attentiithee bil Lad qratford tle itedeliffe, in the Mediterranean. After the depositions of the seve ral witnesses the captain read his defence, and the master placed certificates before the court, which Was than gleared j Mid on being re-opened, the c o urt having taken into consideration the whole of the circumstances, did only recommend Capt. Mason and Mr. Maunder to be more careful for the future. After a short interval the court re-opened to try Lieutenant Barnadiston, of the Curacoa (he being officer of the watch), for running into and coming into contact with the Austrian brig Positivo, which vessel was on a wind, and the Curacoa at full speed. It appears that the Curacoa had ported her helm at the time, seeing that the brig was keeping her luff and clone on a wind ; but observing her to pay off, the Curacoa shifted her helm to starboard, and shortly after the collision took place. There are many more witnesses to examine, and in all probability the case will take up nearly another day. The prisoner is defended by his friend Mr. James Hoskins, of Gosport. The Court was composed of the following members— Rear 'Admiral Superintendent Grey (President) ; Captains the Hon. Joseph Denman, George Henry Seymour, George T. Gordon, Robert Harris, Richard S. Hewlett, Mr. Hellycr, deputy judge advocate (officer of the court), and First Lieut. Robinson? of the Victory. Argus, 6, paddle, Commander Herbert F. W. Ingram, is under orders for sea, and, weather per mitting, will go out of Portsmouth Harbour to-day for Channel service. The Dee, 4, paddle, Master Commander Thomas C. Pullen, and the Rhadamanthus, 4, paddle, Master Commander Frederick R. Sturdee, troop and store slips, having discharged their respective freights in Portsmouth harbour, will leave for Woolwich this morning. THE ILLUSTRIOUS.--As it appears the contradic tion we gave to the report that Captain Harris was seriously ill has not reached some quarters where the erroneous report was read, we have great pleasure in repeating that the gallant captain is in the enjoyment of perfect health. DEATH OF VICE ADMIRAL P. J. DOUGLAS.— This gallant officer (whose death has just been an nounced) received his commission as lieutenant on the 11th June, 1804, and served in the boats of the Beaver at the capture of five vessels in the Elbe in 1805. He served also in the Franchise at the de struction of batteries at Curacoa ; commanded a boat at the capture of the French privateer General Ferand, off Jamaica, in 1806 ; he was appointed commander 17th Feb., 1807, and served at the cap ture of the Raposa brig of war, of 12 guns and 95 men, when he was wounded ; also at the capture of the Spanish schooner of war El Carmen, off La Guayra. Was in command of a tender, and beat off two privateers of superior force. Commander of the Reindeer, and captured five vessels of war in four months ; and formed part of the squadron at the destruction of forts and shipping at Samana. Commanded the same vessel in the Walcheren ex pedition. He was promoted to captain, 26th Nov., 1811, and served as commodore of the Jamaica squadron in 1838-39-40, and was importantly en gaged in the Gulf of Mexico, where he was twice commander-in-chief. He obtained his flag rank as rear-admiral, 7th January, 1848, and vice-admiral 3d July, 1855. Vice-Admiral Douglas was ap pointed to receive the good service pension. on the 21st July, 1856, and was gazetted in 1806 for his valuable services. By the death of Vice-Admiral Douglas, a vacancy occurs on the list of flag officers on reserved half pay in receipt of a service pension, value £l5O, and which is in the nomination of the First Lord of the Admiralty; and should Sir John Pakington adopt the course taken by the former Lords of the Admi ralty in appointing one of the officers on the active list of vice-admirals to the vacancy caused by the death of Vice-Admiral Douglas, the following pro motions will take place : Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White C. R. D. Bethune, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue G. R. Mundy to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain T. Henderson (1840) to be Rear-Ad miral of the Blue. Captain F. D. Hastings and G. Hathorn become Rear-Admirals on the reserved half-pay list. By the promotion of Captain Henderson a cap tain's good service pension reverts to the patronage of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Captain L. T. Jones, C.B. (1840), a recipient of the good service pension, is now the senior captain for promotion. THE AirllfY. EXAMINATION OF CAR TS AT THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. The half-yearly examination and distribution of prizes to the gentlemen cadets of the Royal Mili tary Academy, Woolwich, took place yesterday. The event was more than usually interesting, Col• E. L. Wilford, R.A., the governor of the institu tion, having previously received an intimation to the effect that his Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief intended to be present on the occasion, and the usual arrangements were also carried out for the inspection of the troops in gar rison. His Royal Highness arrived at Woolwich at half-past 11 o'clock, and proceeded to the Royal Artillery Barracks, where he was received by the commandant, Major:General Sir W. F. Williams, and a numerous staff of field officers. Shortly after 12 o'clock his Royal Highness, accompanied by the commandant and staff, rode across the Com mon to the Royal Military Academy, and the arrival of the distinguished party was greeted with a Royal salute of 21 guns. The whole of the gen tlemen cadets, comprising theoretical and practical classes, were assembled on the parade ground in front of the building as a guard of honour under the command of Capt. E. A. Williams, R.A., second captain of the military branch of the institution, and the band of the Royal Artillery was stationed near. His Royal Highness, accompanied by his aide de camp Lieut.-Colonel Clifton, Major-General Cameron, C. 8., vice-president of the council of military education ; Major-Gen. Portlock and CoI. Elwin of the council of military education ; Col. Wilford, governor of the institution ; Major-Gen. Sir IV. F. Williams, and other distinguished officers of various branches of the service, then proceeded to inspect the cadets, who were drawn up in review order, and his Royal Highness and staff subsequently took up a position at the flagstaff, when the several classes of cadets went through a series of evolutions in a masterly style, the manual and platoon exercises being under the direction of Gentleman Cadet Anderson, who performed his task with such tact and skill as to elicit the marked approbation of his Royal Highness. After performing a series of gunnery exercise, the gentlemen cadets assembled in the spacious dining hall, where it was arranged that the distribution of prizes should take place. His Royal Highness, in appropriate terms, pre sented to Gentleman Cadet Anderson a handsome sword for exemplary conduct; and also to Cadets Woodward, Johnston, Haig, Caroll, &c., prizes, con sisting of mathematical instruments and valuable books, for marked proficiency. His Royal Highness then addressed the officers, professors, and cadets, in most impressive and instructive terms. His Royal Highness observed, the duties which the cadets now assembled might hereafter be called upon to perform were of a nature which demanded the highest consideration and required the utmost perseverance and energy with regard to their pre sent studies. He was happy to find that these qualities had been evinced in no small degree by the gentlemen cadets during the past half-year. He would strongly impress upon the, cadets that it was only by persevering in their scientific studies, even after they had obtained their commissions, that they could hopo to turn to good account the education they, had received at that institution. He was certainly gratified by his visit on that day, and should look forward with pleasure to future visits. His Royal Highness and staff then pro ceeded to the residence of the Governor, and par took of refreshments ; and after a subsequent brief inspection of the Royal Foot Artillery, returned to town. THUNDERSTORM. — A unusually heavy storm of lightning .!.nd hail for this period of the year occurred at Gloucester on Saturday last. The day commenced with an increase of temperature, the barometer falling fast, and there was a strong gale from the S.S.E. till noon, when the wind shifted to S.W., rain having fallen inces santly, producing -23 of an inch. At noon the rain ceased, and up to three o'clock the sun shone brightly, increasing the maximum temperature to 52.5 deg. The sky became overcast at 3.30 and flashes of lightning appeared in the S.W. After a short lull a huge black nimbus was blown . directly over the city, and aft r a vivid flash of lightning and heavy thunder a tremendous storm of hail descended, driven by furious gusts of wind. The sky became quite black, and zigzag, globular, and sheet lightning of a vivid rosy-blue, colour flashed at short intervals, immediately followed by awful peals of thunder. A man was struck by the lightning in walking along Westgate-street, and was insensible for a few moments, when he recovered. By about 4:30 the storm had passed over, though rain continued till 5.0.. The greater part of the evening was bright. A con siderable quantity of glass has been broken by the hail. Such storms as these, when they occur at this season of ill?, year, are generally precursors of severe and lengthened frosts, MR. ARIGHT IN GLASGOW. GL NS GOW, TUESDAY EVENING. This evening Mr. Bright addressed the citizens of Glasgow in the City-hall, which was densely crowded, the rate of admissisn being respectively ls. and 6d, The meeting consisted principally of members of the middle classes, and was evidently drawn together from motives of curiosity. Mr. W. Buchanan, M.P., filled the chair, the Lord Provost of the city having declined to occupy this post. Mr, BRIGHT was received with great applauss. After some remarks he said they were there to discuss a great constitutional question, and to con ' cider how far they might with security extend the liberty they had received from their fathers. They might have liberty with monarchy, as they had in this country, and they might have a monarchy without liberty, as there was in many nations of the continent. He alluded to the definition of free dom by William Penn, and said that nobody now attempted from the multiplication table to prove that the House of Commons represented the people of England. He had been told that he used the same facts and figures in his addresses, but what if he had used other facts and figures when the case was the same ? He then alluded to the number of full-grown men who were unrepresented, being 5,000,000 out of 6,000,000. Suppose he were to assemble all the men in this country upon a Scottish heath, which he would hardly do oven in imagina tion, for fear of disturbing those sacred animals the grouse, the Constitution would say to 5,000,000 of these men "We don't want you, you may return to your homes, and the million which remains will do your business for you." He alluded to the large number of members returned by small boroughs, and said it was impossible to devise a system more cumbrous and untrustworthy than that which now existed. As to the representation of property, he found that in Edinburgh and Glasgow there was tax able property to the amount of £7,800,000, and now there were 101 boroughs in Great Britain and Ire land whose taxable property was £7,434,000 ; and while Edinburgh and Glasgow returned only four members, these :small borougts returned 126 members to the House of Commons. Whether they took numbers, wealth, or industry, all came to the same result,—that the people were most inade quately represented under the present system. He had addressed a meeting at Birmingham—did they recollect the howl of astonishment that was raised on account of it ? He did not wonder at the expres sions of Tory papers calling themselves Liberal. These journals seemed to have been manacled by the triumph of 1832, for they were not now so far ' advanced as at the time of the Reform Bill. He had been told that the sentiments he had uttered at Manchester were more moderate than those uttered at Birmingham, and that those uttered at Edinburgh were still more moderate than those at Manchester ; but it was impossible to compare the speeches at Birmingham with the two or three that followed, and to discover the slightest abandon ' ment of any statement he had uttered on the first occasion. Did these men suppose that he would have the effrontery to stand before thousands of his countrymen, and that he came there to speak merely the temporary sentiments and the passions of the hour? Nearly the same sentiments were uttered long ago by the Earl of Durham. He then explained, as before, his system of household suffrage. If they were not permitted to do this great act of justice to the operative classes, better let them remain as they were. He was willing to enfranchise that class of persons called lodgers, who were already, to a small extent, voters in Scotland, and they might be admitted by re ducing the rent in accordance with the principle upon which these persons had paid and were en franchised. He was ready to extend the 40s. fran chise to Scotland. He had not spoken of the ballot at Edinburgh, and it had been insinuated that he had changed his mind. He considered the ballot absolutely indispensable in an extension of the suf frage. Ho presumed that any Reform Bill would draw a line and disfranchise the burghs tinder it. Were they content that Edinburgh and Glasgow, with their immense population, should be repre sented by only four members, while there was a population not greater which returned 50, 80, or 100 members ? He was not bound to state the limit that ought to be taken, but he was afraid that the limit which should be taken would not be taken. It was possible that Government might attempt a measure, which, while seeming to reform, might leave the question as unsatisfactory as ever. But he maintained there could be no real reform except upon something like the basis he had laid down• The numbers under his rating franchise had been much exaggerated. In Edinburgh it had been de clared by competent authority that the constituency would be increased from 8,000 to 17,000. He was satisfied that if they now changed the representa tion, although it might not be done without the destruction of a Ministry or two, and possibly a couple of elections—he was satisfied that, should they treat the great body of the people with gene rosity, before 20 years passed the course of generosity in 1859 would be found to be the path of absolute wisdom. He then spoke of the law of entail. The land in Scotland did not belong to the people. Let no man say he was going to assail any body of landed proprietors in Scotland ; he spoke only of the system, which arose from legislation diametri cally opposed to all those principles of political economy which they struggled for many years to place on the statute-book, in the shape of legislation for matters of trade. Was there any reason why land should not be as free as machinery, ships, household furniture, or the goods and manufactures in their warehouses ? He had travelled from the rising to the setting of the sun upon the lands of one man, and found there few tenants and little agriculture. There was little social freedom, little industrial freedom, and less political freedom in districts such as these. He did not wish to enforce the division of land, but he said the laws of primo geniture and entail, which were intended to keep vast estates in one hand through generations, and prevent the dispersion of land, which had been found so beneficial in other kinds of property, were most pernicious, not only to agriculture, but to all other classes of the country. He then spoke at some length upon the extravagant expenditure of the Govern ment, and upon the selfish and unpatriotic manner in which foreign affairs were conducted. The people of this country knew as little of foreign affairs as did the people of Russia, Austria, and France. He also spoke briefly of the horrors of war. A Scotch Duke, rather a sprightly peer, had taken him to task for what he had said in a speech. He (Mr. Bright) questioned the enterprises abroad while the people of Ireland could only earn a shilling a day, and a great many people in the Highlands had only a meal of oatmeal. What was the answer ? It was that oatmeal was a wholesome diet. If he had said that the Duke's dogs were fed on oatmeal at Inverary Castle, the answer would have been perfectly satisfactory. He denied that the Lords were against war. If they had sorrowed for war they never told their grief. He compared Great Britain to Egypt, and the Foreign•office to an Egyptian temple in which there were serpents and creeping things, in defence of which the British fleets were traversing the world, and their children's blood was shed _ like water. Reform in Parliament w ould change all this. Notwithstanding there was much in the country to be proud of. He then spoke at considerable length on the extravagance of the Government. Freedom in land, he said, would produce as much benefit to the country as the abo lition of the corn laws. Mr. Bright sat down after speaking an hour and 50 minutes. Resolutions were passed in favour of his sehen 3 e of Reform. REPRESENTATION OF BRECON.—Th e if h Sheriff has received the writ for the election of amember or this county in the room of the late Sir Joseph Bailey, an d has fixed this day week for the election. The only candidate in the field is Mr. Godfrey Charles Morgan, son of Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar, who in his address to the con stituency avows himself favourable to "timely, prog,ressi v l yet well-considered, measures of financial and politic s +i On the subject of church-rates he says,. "ho hopes to see such a measure shortly introduced into Parliament as will secure the maintenance and repair of the fabrics of the established church, and finally alfrty all th e irritated feeling whi c h now unhappily prevails," No °PP c ' sition is threatened. 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