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THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 9, 1859. Mr. BRIGHT is not so very much like his own name, either as a Reformer or as a Financier, but what he occasionally requires a little delicate polishing off. His dulness sometimes indeed as a logician only needs for its recognition the merest momentary reflection. To hear him, whether it b e on the platform of a tavern or from between the first and second bench below the gangway in the House of Commons, you almost, in spite of common sense, in defiance of your dearest convictions, deem him to be (while you are listening to him) quite unanswerable. It is not that he is in the smallest degree what you would term plausible. If you want to know a speaker exactly answering to that description—if you want to hear a debater who is the very incarnation and embodiment of plausi bility—go and listen to Sir JAMES GRAHAM. And you will then recognise at once in the bland voice, the persuasive air of candour, the genial and allur ing affectation of calm and placid " unbosoming," what is plausibility in a sense (just as you may feel disposed to use it) either strictly Pick wickian or purely Parliamentary. Now Mr. BRIGHT has nothing of all this, he has none of these sleek and oily characteristics. He gives you simply the effect, as you hearken to his tellin periods, of one who is decidedly a hard ;litter, but of one who is merely a hard hitter by reason of the force, and strength, and vigour, and vitality of his own convictions. He pelts his opponents, not simply as Lord GEORGE BENTINCK used to do, with dry dates and drier statistics. He deals in figures, of course, as reason requires, more or less abun dantly, as indeed best becomes a commercial man talking in an essentially commercial age to an audience (wherever assembled) for the most part as commercial as the epoch or as the t spaaker. But beyond figures, far, immeasurably beyond figures, Mr. BRIGIIT deals in facts, hard, solid, sub stantial, adamantine, indestructible facts. So at least they seem to you as you hear them hurled about ore rotundo, by that bold, plain, candid reasoner with the voice of an auc tioneer• and the gesticulations of a schoolmaster. Listening to him you feel as if you had only to lis ten. His arguments must be accepted as the utter ance of infallibility. His statements are made, each of them, with an emphasis as though one after another they were given solemnly upon oath. Added to all which, the orator has his very " pre sence" in his favour, while you look at him as he speaks, and certainly (in spite of yourself, what ever your opinions may be) "listen delighted." That comely, frank, beaming face of his you feel to be a fair specimen enough of the bluff cosntenan, - c of a freeborn Englishman. His nationality t looks forth even in. the luxuriance of his whiskers. It is JOHN BULL as much as it is JOHN BRIGHT you have before you— only it is JOHN BULL without his top-boots and his cord hunting-breeches, JOHN BULL in seemly broadcloth. Every sentence almost, when Mr. BRIGHT has fairly warmed to his argument, " tells" with the ring of a sledge-hammer. We have heard him speak in the House of Commons, when, for nearly an hour at a time, his every successive sentence has been followed by a cheer ! Those cheers resounding now from one side, now from another = now from the Opposition, now from the Government—now from both sides toge ther. Without being the scholarly rhetorician that Mr. GLADSTONE iS, or a consummate master of all the arts of debate like Mr. DISRAELI, er an ornate and accomplished elocutionist like Sir BT:LWER LYTTON—Mr. BRIGHT is beyond all manner of question the most effective and telling speaker within the walls of Parlia ment. During the time that he is speak ing then and there —he is perfectly triumphant. It is only afterwards, upon calm consideration, that you begin to see distinctly the perversity of his logic and the shallowness of his arguments. A considerable modicum of both, of the shallow ness and the perversity, was laid bare in these columns only yesterday. It was not only that we ourselves last evening scrutinised the last dis play made by Mr. BRIGHT as a reasoner— our allusion has reference rather at this mo ment to the keen and searching analysis of Mr. jouN BRIGHT'S latest financial fallacies by Mr. E RN _v.ST JONES, the Chartist. You may observe the drL't and purpose of Mr. ERNEST JONES'S very earnest reasoning—as opposed to Mr. BRIGHT'S recent arjuments in regard to taxation—at the very outset. " The Manchester school," says the Chartist leader, " has issued a financial programme in favour of direct taxation, much of it, like the corn-Zaw repeal agitation, very good as far as it goes, but practically merely a decoy to draw the people off the right political scent. For this purpose the finandalist speeches are highly spiced with political allusions. We are told that we have a class Parliament, that the rich impose taxes to suit themselves, and spend them to sub serve their own interests. All very true. But if the assertion proves anything, it is manifestly the necessity of an altercation in the electoral law, and . that a financial reform agitation before a suffrage agitation is simply putting the cart before the horse." Now there is nothing spurious in this mode of putting the matter plainly before the public: It is a common-sense view of what may be called Mr; BRIGHT'S initial fallacy in respect to taxation and reform separately considered: " But we will sup pose," continues Mr: ERNEST JONES, " that by getting up a great agitation under false pretences Messrs. BRIGHT and COBDEN could force from the Government a reform in the system of taxation, of what benefit do the working classes suppose this would be to them ? I repeat that the result could be obtained only by holding out false hopes to the people—hopes of plenty of work, high wages, and cheap food. Would these, I ask, flow from direct taxation, or even from Government ? Nothing of the kind, un less other and most radical reforms accompanied the financial change. Labour, like everything else in this country, up to the very soul of man (as witness the sale of livings and patronage), is an article of barter. If taxation decreases in amount, prices fall in amount; and if prices fall in amount, wages do not remain stationary—they fall in proportion. Invariable experience has proved this. Nay, the presumption from such experience is, that they fall disproportionately. Of what avail to the working classes is, then, low taxation and cheap Govern ment, unless the demand for labour be increased, or the supply of labour diminished ? Not the slightest." Now, all these—while they may bo sneered at as the words of a Chartist Leader—are (nevertheless, at the same time also, as surely and certainly) the words of common sense. It is the same throughout the whole of Mr. ERNEST JONES'S communication. To the which communication we would particularly commend the calm and serious scrutiny of both the electoral and non-electoral part of the community. The two meetings which were held in the metro polis on Wednesday cannot be considered in any sense as antagonistic, but there was a weighty dif ference between them. That of the morning was for the middle class leaders of the people, that in the evening for the people. Both were, we believe, honestly and earnestly in favour of obtaining all they possibly could for the people, but the gentle men who met in the Guildhall at one o'clock, con vened by circular, laid chief stress on an Extension of the Franchise ; the people who met at half-past seven at the Whittington Club demanded as the primary necessity, the Ballot. We watched care fully the spirit of both, and we are bound to con fess that with the spirit of both, so far as related to their ultimate objects, we could heartily sym pathise. But in regard to immediate objects there was the weighty difference that the first was chiefly occupied with the question, What can we fairly expect from the present Govern ment ? the second with the question, What is the first thing we ought to insist on with any Government ? The first dissussions, therefore, were tinged throughout with the lights and shades of Cabinet and party difficulties. The latter ones were conducted in the daylight of a good cause, un modified by petty and party considerations. It is almost needless to add that the-. straightforward ness and simplicity of the evening work made it in finitely the more pleasant. In the morning there were staunch advocates - of manhood suffrage present, among them Lord TEYN HAM, who, by a very happy illustration, showed that the money qualifications proposed might even involve the absurdity of a man losing his vote because his intelligence was the very reason for his being summoned from the town to the country, it being his qualification for work to which our rustics arc not as yet equal. The speech of that meeting was, of course, Mr. BRIGHT'S. He has already advocated what we may consider a household suffrage for boroughs, between which and manhood suffrage there is no serious practical difference. To this he still adhered. But the question of the moment is, How shall such a bill as the Government will introduce be dealt with ? What, therefore, may we fairly ask of the Govern ment according to their own professions ? Mr. BRIGHT answers the question thus. When Parlia ment was on the eve of dissolution, Lord JonN, to whom chiefly is intrusted the charge of the Govern ment Bill, offered the disfranchisement, partial or entire, of about thirty boroughs, with a £6 franchise for the boroughe, and a £lO franchise for the coun ties. Those were, therefore, their offers to the coun try. With these offers before it, the country gave them a majority sufficient to displace the existing Ministry ; and if they do not retreat at all from , 1 these offers, they must be held, constitutionally, to have acted honestly, and so far to deserve support. They asked the country—will you accept those! BENOON'S WATC H E S. " Perfect:ln of mechanism." --Morning Post. Gold Watch,: Silver Watches' 33 nd It, i'..udg-ate-hill, London, E.C. send 2 stamps for Ilensoi.:'s Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. ROYAL EN SLISH OPERA, COVENT -GA RDEN. Under the management of Tyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, sATANT,' , LA. Messrs. SAlifleY, Corti, St. Allyn, G. Honey, and W. Harrison ; Miss Pilling. and 3.11.•, , 3 Louisa Pyrn.. Conductor, Mellon. Ballet LA FIANCEE:. Ilessm W. 11. Payne, 11. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, .Pierron, Clara Morgan, and Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Comm once at 8 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY TIANE.-TIIIS EVENING, PROMENADE CONCRItT, conducted by Mr. Manns, of the Crystal Palace. Concerto commence at S. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENINPr the performances will commence with A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. After which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Mr. and Mrs. Charies Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. And A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING. the new drama,' entitled HOME TituTtlS. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lec'ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Petite Comedy entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder, Meadows, 11. Bland, J. G. Shore; and Mrs. C. Young. After which, Mons. Espanosa (Premier Danseur Comique), will appear, with Madlle. Nariquita, assisted I , y the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the 'Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NtiRSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Salm' ; Miss L. Keele/ and Mrs. Weston. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI , Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs' B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing scats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. — Sole Lessee and Directress, Madathe Celode. THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called THE KEY UNDER THE DOOR-MAT. Messrs. James Vinninr, Job Rouse, &c. ; 3lesdames A, H. Hatton and Julia St. George. To be followed by the new Drama Fantastique, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Principal characters by Messrs. ".V. Lacy, J. Vining, .T. John stone. F. Villiers; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth, Kate Saville, A. Burdett, and Madame Celeste. Po conclude with ST. MARY'S EVE. Madame Celeste and Mr. Rouse. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, A DEAD SHOT. After which, THE WINTERBOTTOMS. Jeffrey, Mr. Charles Young. • After which THE CHATTER-BOX. Messrs. Barret, Bra zier ; Mesdames F. Matthews, Murray, and Eliza Arden. To be followed by the new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps de Ballet. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-of ice open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING, the highly-popular and prosperous Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBA rmr illustrat ing: the principal events in the Life of the Great Italian Ge neral. Supported by Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis Belmore, Ray mond, Miss Kate Carson, &c. -The Novelties in the Circle will consist of the most exhilarating displays of Scenic Horse manship—Re-appearance of the peerless horsewoman, Miss Emily Cooke, in brilliant and classic poses on a swift Steed — Full Stud of Beautiful Horses—Scenes in the Circle by John Henry Cooke, Herr Hartz, the Devil Rider ; Misses Clarissa, Rosins, Francisco. and La Petite Eleanora—Wonderful Per forming Elephant—Comical and Extraordinary Parisian Dogs and Monkeys, from the Cirqw?. Impera.trice, Paris.— Gymnastic Professors —Facetious Clowns. To conclude with a laughable Farce called CLEAN YOUR BOOTS. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MICBETII (now first made public in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Se-ecticm from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists --Messrs. Georze Trolson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. 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 sights of the metropolis. RASA BONHEITIt'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSt FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is °pea from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, DECEMBER 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 42-10-west this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.53. Wirtz), North-Easterly; light, with fair weather. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 47m.—Afternoon, lh. 10m, To-moßßow.-Morning, lh. 33m.—Afternoon, lh. 55m .0? i„..,....„„.„-„,., . 1 1 - WE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1859, terms, or ine of our opponents ? The country replied —yours. It seems, therefore, but fair to support them, if they give the country what the country accepted lay the majority it gave them. It cannot be denied that this reasoning is plausi ble. To a considerable extent it is just: The cowl ! try could have demanded more at the election, and if it has not done so; it seems unfair to ask more than was offered and accepted. So reasoned Mr. I3nimrr, and so apparently the meeting generally reasoned with him. The resolutions, however, went much further. They fully maintained the old prin ciples of the society, and affirmed that any of these half-hearted compromises could never be regarded as a settlement by the country. In a great part of the speaking it was also strenuously asserted that the Ballot was an essential of any Reform Bill worth having, and that suffrage extension without it was but extension of temptations to corruption, and of electoral bondage rather than of electoral freedom. What we gathered from the meeting was, that those most likely to know the counsels of Government ex pected no more than the extension of suffrage above mentioned—that they thought such an extension would give them a better footing for the advocacy of the Ballot and other reforms ; that Ministers must be confessed to be honest if they per formed what they had promised; and, that if they did so, all Liberals ought to give their support to the confessedly very defective Reform Bill, regard ing it as the instrument of obtaining something better. As we have decidedly advocated not ac cepting less than this at the hands of Lord DERBY, although we certainly think Whigs ought to do much more, we shall not be amongst the opponents of any instalment of Reform. But we have, nevertheless, reason for heavy com plaint. For £2 we shall have turned out a Govern ment which would have carried its bill through the House of Lords. The Tories, when pronounced unworthy of confidence, offered us an £B-franchise in boroughs; Lord JOHN and the Whigs say £6. Very likely the Tories—Mr. HENLEY and Mr. WAL ' POLE almost certainly—would have accepted the £6 too. At best, however, we have changed a Govern ment, with so many advantages for carrying a bill, for one at the mercy of the Lords, for £2 per vote. Was this worth while ? But the meeting at the Whittington Club was the supplement of the day's work. That meeting declared plainly and broadly that the Whigs were bound to give us something for which it was worth while to change Admini strations. The Whigs, it was justly held, were bound to do something better than make a higgling advance of 40s. on a Tory offer, to which advance Tories were probably willing enough to come up— and what should that advance be ? What, when three-fourths, or two-thirds at least, of the Liberal party are pledged to the Ballot P What, when the want of the Ballot has deprived the counties :of their liberal element almost entirely, and converted our yeomanry into political serfs of the landlords ? There was not, nor could there be, more than one answer to that question. The Ballot is the grand point with every sincere Reformer. And Colonel THOMPSON, in a speech worthy of his best days, and Mr. WHITEHURST, and Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, in eloquent and earnest speeches, demanded from the Whigs this first element of electoral independence. The Whig leaders, we think, are wrong, politi cally as well as morally wrong. They must rule by the help of the Tories, or by the strength of the people. They are now seeking to maintain their posi tion by the aid of both Whig and Tory combinations. We hope they will find themselves mistaken. We should like a Reform Bill this year, but we should much better like to see a liberal Ministry which re fused the Ballot kicked out of office. Theywould richly deserve it. 'Wakefield, Gloucester, Norwich, are sam ples of some hundred more boroughs like them, which, though not indicted, imperatively demand the Ballot. The political Zahara of the coun ties imperatively demands it, to call forth some thing like life—where the Ballot would be like an irrigation of liberty on arid plains; and the majority of Liberal representatives in Parlia ment equally demand it. The Corrupt Praetices Prevention Act—declared by Sir A. HATTER him self to be a dead letter, expires this year, and if the Ballot be not offered in its place, we heartily wish the Whig Ministry an ignominious exit from office: We are therefore pleased to see that the Ballot Society, having laboured long and actively in the country towns, has resolved to open a cam paign of public meetings in the metropolis. We have, it is true, but one anti-Ballot member, Lord JOHN RUSSELL ; but we ought to give our moral support to the most important of all reforms, and we ought especially to make the City too hot for Lord JOHN RUSSELL if he persevere in refusing the universal demand for the Ballot. SUEZ CANAL. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times, but it has not yet made its ap pearance in that journal : SlR,—Your estimation of the probable commer cial return of a canal across the Isthmus of Suez is such as I have always entertained and expressed in public. But in your reference to the animad versions of the French press against us on this sub ject, you appear to overlook that it is the declara tion of Lord Palmerston in Parliament that has given grounds for the impression on the part of the French that we oppose this project on selfish and exclusive grounds, because Lord Palmerston, admitting that a Government had nothing to do with the commercial part of the question, has always founded his opposition to it upon the alleged " standing policy of England in the East for fifteen years past," and ,has declared that it would give France an impolitic advantage over, this country in a prior start on the road to India. It is this avowed doctrine which I have often ventured to oppose, and against which I had the honour of dividing in company with Lord J. Russell, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Mr. Mih , ner Gibson, members of the present Government; which has afforded the French' public the opportu nity of imputing to us a selfish policy ; and I beg leave to suggest that the true remedy would be the disavowal by Lord Palmerston of his continuing to entertain those opinions. I don't know whether you will be disposed to publish a letter impugning the political views on this subject of a statesman with whom, it would appear, you sympathise more than you sometimes agree; but I am certain that, if you do not, you will afford your readers a very one-sided view of the real cause of the occasional ebullition of feeling of the French public and press towards us on this subject.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, C. DARBY GRIFFITH. Devizes, Dec. 5, 1859. LETTERS FOR NORWAY.—lnformation having been received that the packet communication between Denmark and Norway has ceased for the winter, the mails for Norway will be forwarded through Sweden until further notice. During the petiod of the conveyance of these mails via Sweden, the rate of postage upon letters addressed to Norway will be ls. sd. the half ounce, and so on, according to the scale for charging inland letters. This rate comprises both the British and foreign postage on letters addressed to Norway, and constitutes the whole charge to the place of their destination, and it may be either paid in advance or the letters may be forwarded unpaid at the option of the sender ; except, however, in the case of registered letters, the postage upon which, as well as the registration fee, must be paid in advance. By command of the Postmaster- General, ROWLA.ND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec. 9. RUSSIA AND CHINA.--The following is an extract of a letter dated St. Petersburg, Nov. 19 (Ist December), and received yesterday :—" A courier arrived to-day, in 42 days from the Amoor, with great news. The Emperor of China has given the Russians notice to quit, as he had never authorised the cession of territory, and had only just heard of the settlement. Meanwhile the Russian Embassy at Pekin is 'sealed up' in its palace." LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received a' Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, DEC. 9. The Itloniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the previous return : INCREASED. Cash ... Treasury balance ..... .. •• • ..39 - DECREASED. Bills discounted not yet due ..15 3-5 ~ Bank notes 2 7-2 ~ Current Account 24 3-5 ~ Advances PARIS, THURSDAY. The adhesion of Spain to the Congress has been received, and M. Mon will be her second plenipo- tentiary. Baron Schleinitz will, it is asserted, decidedly sip at the Congress as representative of Prussia. TOULON, THURSDAY. The Dryade alone had sailed for China on the sth inst. The greater part of the remaining vessels are getting under way for the same destination. CASSEL, DEC. 8 The Ilessische Morgenzeitung announces that the proposal •f MM. Frott and Kendell, to solicit the Elector's consent to the re-establishment of the con stitution of 1852, in conformity with the joint declaration of both Chambers in July, 1857, has bent referred by the First Chamber to a special cora.; mit tee. STETTIN, DEC. 8. The directors of the Society of Merchants of this place have resolved to-day to promote before the proper authorities the proposals of the Bremen body of merchants concerning the protection of private property at sea in time of war, and alao to call upon other commercial bodies to take similar steps. DRESDEN, DEC. 8. The Dresden Journal of to-day publishes a semi official article on the subject of the Conferences at Wurzburg. The article says that as there is no unity between the great German powers, the Con ferences tend to satisfy the general wish for a more vigorous and energetic attitude of the Federal Diet. The numerous and great results which have been obtained at Wurzburg will soon become perceptible. The Conferences had nothing to do with any pro posal for a change in the Confederation. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. Advicos have been received from Constantinople to the 30th ultimo. A ministerial crisis had been brought about by, the dissensions between Fuad Pasha and Riza Pash. Fuad had tendered his resignation, which was refused by the Sultan, but a permanent agree ment between the two ministers appeared impos sible. Fuad Pasha was the only minister who con tinued to oppose the Suez Canal. M. Thouvenel and Baron P . rokesch, the Ambassadors of France and Austria, had made joint representations in favour of M. de Lesseps, and the adhesion of the other continental powers to his scheme was expected, as the language of their Ambassadors was extremely favourable. The Grand Vizier was endeavouring to work out reforms, but the combination to reduce the paper currency was prevented by the insufficiency of the means at the disposal of the Treasury. The retention of from 20 to 30 per cent. Of the salaries of the employes in the superior public esta blishments, and the taxation of licences, had been ordered. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Bulletin des Lois publishes an Imperial de cree which divides the budget of 1860 by chapters. The credits opened to the Ministers for the expenses of 1860, amounting to the sum of 1,824,957,778 E, are apportioned as follows :--Ministry of State, 11,778,400 f. ; Justice, 27,633,595 f. ; Foreign Affairs, 10,740,600 f. ; Interior, 158,003,575 f ; Finance, 946,221,375 f. ; War, 339,458,744 f. ; Marine. 123,503,143 f. ; Public Instruction, 67,430,736 f. ; Public Works, 101,460,100 f.; and Algeria, 38,727,540 f. THE BOURSE, Dee. B.—The market has been again buoyant, and prices have improved. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 95c. and 70f., im proved to 70f. 30c. ; Mobilier varied from 822 f. 50c. to 825 f. ; Austrian, 567 f. 50c. to 670 f, ; Lom bard, 565 f. to 567 f. 50c.; Lyons, 927 f. 50c. to 940 f. ; Orleans, 1,420 f. to 1,435 f. ; Northern, 975 f. to 982 f. 50c. ; Southern, 528 f. 75c. to 532 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 660 f. to 667 f. 50c: The following were the last quotations:— 4} per Cents. .... 96 60 Do. end month .. Credit Foncier 700 Belgian 4} — Piedmonteso (5) Roman B4 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 43 50 3 per Cents . 70 30 Do. end month.... 70 40 Bank Shazyl 2900 CTiciit Mobilier B3O _ Do. Account 832 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans' 1425 .. 14.35 Northern New ditto B6O .. .865 Lyons and Moditerranean 937 50 .. 940 Geneva 550 .. 560 Southern Western 5BO .. 582 50 Eastern - :.. 665 Sardiniaa Austrian Lombard . 570 .. 570 - • Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25L 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c. ; money, 24f. 931 c, EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria n dated Nov. 26, says— Among the common virtues of every-day life there is none, perhaps, the inculcation of which upon the Oriental mind will appear so difficult as that of habits of punctuality and order and of a true ap preciation of the value of time. But, hopeless as the task may appear, it seems likely that altered cir cumstances are about to force the lesson upon the people of this country. In England, among other results that have flown from the introduction of railways, one, perhaps not the least in importance, has been the cultivation of the habit that already existed, to a degree of punctiliousness which in the coaching days of old was far less necessary and, indeed, altogether undreamt of. In Egypt the same causes are at work, and in all probability they will powerfully contribute in process of time to produce in that respect a complete revolution in the constitution of the native mind; while, fortu nately for the general public, foreign interests being engaged in the railways, and influence from abroad thereby brought to bear upon the depart ment of Government intrusted with that important administration, the great requisites of order and re gularity will probably be attained without their being forced upon us by the lessons of hard and bitter experience. Mr. Davidson, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's superintendent for the Mediterranean sta tions, has with this object just paid a visit to Egypt, during which he has had several inter-' views with the Pasha, and has obtained sundry reforms and improvements upon the mode in which the tra ffi c of this railway is conducted. Among other things, a second regular pas senger train will henceforward daily run upon the lino, whereby not only a very material benefit is conferred upon the public generally, but the necessity for special trains for the purpose of transit is lessened, thus diminishing a source of possible danger which, upon a single line of railway more especially, is always more or less to be appre hended. Those among your readers who are per sonally interested in the Egyptian transit will also, doubtless, learn with satisfaction that for the future, none but European drivers are to be employed upon the trains conveying passengers through the country. I am informed that the Peninsular Company have taken the opportunity to urge upon the Viceroy the expediency of converting the present single line into a double one ; but financial difficulties are in the way', and although the railway itself, from its pros perous condition, would enable the Government to offer ample security for any advances that might be required, such an arrangement is one which the sensitive anxiety of foreign Governments for the neutrality of the Egyptian Railway will hardly permit. This question of financial difficulties forms, in deed, a standing and growing evil, to which atten tion can hardly be too anxiously directed. The annual revenue of the country, it is well known, amounts to nearly £5,000,000 sterling, which, after deduction of the light tribute of £280,000 payable to the Porte, remains at the absolute disposal of the Viceroy for defraying the charges of the Govern ment and for his own ;personal expenses. And yet, with this splendid income, not only is the Treasury always empty, but the Government is gradually plunging more and more deeply into debt. According to the most moderate compu tations, about two millions sterling are due to European merchants for supplies of different kinds to the Government and to the Pasha's house hold. The greater portion of that debt is in the form of bonds having three to 12 months to run, and - bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. At the present moment they are negotiated on the market at a discount of from 15 to 17 per cent. per annum. Hitherto these bonds have been met with regularity, and this, together with the knowledge of the vest resources of the country, will render it pos sible for the amount to be largely increased. But the weight is sufficient to be already sensibly felt by all classes. A new tax upon the land has been pro posed, and I believe actually carried into effect, which, although of itself sufficiently light, must weigh considerably upon the agricultural popu lation of Lower Egypt, already suffering from the failure of this year's grain crop; Throughout the whole of Egypt, moreover, the imposition of a new tax, and the well-known embarrassments of the Government, are rousing the ever watchful and suspicious fears of the population: The people are more than ever afraid lest they should seem pos sessed of any superfluous wealth, and these fears, to a far greater extent, no doubt than their actual poverty, are manifesting themselves by a reduction in the consumption of foreign goods, which is be coming more and more apparent to the European merchants of Alexandria, who, notwithstanding an immense diminution in imports, and in the face of unusually small stocks in the hands of country dealers, behold their warehouses encumbered with goods, and sales reduced to an almost incredible extent. There is, perhaps, no man in Egypt who manifests a more sincere desire for the promotion of the well being and prosperity ofhis subjects than the Viceroy, and none among his countrymen will, in conversa tion generally, exhibit a truer and more intelligent appreciation of its wants and of the true interests of his people; but, unfortunately, in his acts he is more apt to follow out the designs of those by whom he allows himself to be surrounded than the dictates of his own good sense. For some days past he has been much engaged at Cairo with festivities of•welcome to his little son, Toussoun Pasha, who has just returned from his usual summer excursion to Europe. A banquet was given to the chief functionaries of the Govern ment, which wound up with toasts and speeches in Turkish, the whole conducted according to the most approved models afforded by the great British in stitution of public dinners. Said Pasha delivered a speech, in which he dwelt upon the progress made by Egypt And the Ottoman Empire generally towards the attainment of a standing among the civilised nations of the earth, exhorted his hearers to further the good work by every means in their power, yet while doing so he gave way to certain feelings of despondency; the glory of Islam throughout the world, he said, seemed to be rapidly waning ; its people, he feared, could never overtake the nations of Europe, and far less keep pace with them in the march of improvement. He concluded with ex pressions of the hope he rested upon his son, in whose honour the entertainment was given. Little Toussoun Pasha is now about seven years of age. He has acquired from his English nurse, and through his frequent visits to England, a per fect knowledge of our language, which, indeed, ho speaks more fluently than his own mother tongue. He has just now been placed under the charge of an English tutor, and, provided only that he can be kept sufficiently apart from the mischievous in fluence of the harem, there is fair prospect that he will grow up with enlightened and practical ideas, the good effects of which may yet become widely manifest, should he one day succeed to the inheri tance of his family. TURKEY. The lndependance of Brussels publishes, on autho rity which it declares worthy of credit, the follow ing statement of the ameliorations about to be in troduced by the Turkish Government : " 1. The reconstitution of the finance system, which is to be submitted to a control offering the necessary guarantees against all kinds of abuses in the fiscal management of the different adminis trations. 2. A just and equitable augmentation of the revenues of the State and retrenchment of every useless expense. 3. Improvements in the different branches of the administration. The first of these articles is already in course of execution, and the rate of exchange has fallen considerably. The Government has come to an understanding with •the principal bankers of Constantinople to keep the rate of exchange at 110 piastres per pound sterling for ten years, in consideration of a commis sion. This operation will not take effect for six months yet, and meanwhile the Government engages to withdraw from circulation about 250 millions of paper-money. There is also question of establishing a bank with a capital of one million sterling, which should have the exclusive privilege of issuing notes to the amount of three millions sterling. We are assured that the nego tiations On this subject in London have been fully successful. These combinations are certainly cal - culated to restore the credit and finances of the . empire, so deeply compromised of late. It can hardly be doubted that, enjoying as he does the full confidence of the Sultan, the efforts of the Grand Vizir will triumph over all obstacles, and everybody anticipates great things from his well known energy and talent." ROYAL CHARTER.—Further amounts of gold in bars and sovereigns have been received fr om th e wreck of the Royal Chartr, and the whole have been forwarded to London. The total, consisting of about £lBO,OOO, was re ceived at the Bank yesterday afternoon. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CURATORS.—We (North British Daily Mail) understand that the election of the patrons of the University will take place next week. The University Court will hold its first meetng on Monday, and will elect three members of the curatorial body. The re maining four will be elected by the Town Council on the following day. Mr. Gladstone will attend at the meeting of the court, but his visit here at present is of a purely busi ness character. It is expected, however, that Lord Brougham and Mr. Gladstone will both visit Edinburgh about Easter, when they will deliver inaugural addresses to the University. THE SOUTHWARK hIPROTEMENTS.—In addition to the new street now in course of construction, leading from the High-street, Southwark, to the Blackfriars-road, it is confidently stated to be the intention of the Metropolitan Board of Works to carry out the original design of extend ing the Dover-road, in a nerth-westerly direction, from its terminus in Blackmaa-street. According to the old plan the street will commence opposite St. George's Church, passing along tho Mint on the north side, crossing Red 'cross-street into Queen-street, thence, across the South wark-bridge-road, will diverge towards the north-west " Norfolk-street, and crossing Union-street, near Pepper street, will fall into tho street now being constructed be tween Ewer-street and Gravel-lane. This route will be found extremely convenient to vehicles and heavily-laden waggons passing from Kent and S urrey t o C ovent - gar d en a nd Farringdon markets, and will have the effect of lessen ing the traffic over London-bridge ; and the expense of con structing it will be comparatively trifling, the improvement pasaingthrough low localities AMERICA. The Milted States' mail steamship New York arrived at Cowes yesterday. She left New York on the 26th ult. Her advices are mostly antici pated by those of the Hungarian, published on Wednesday. A New Orleans telegram of the 25th ult. says:— "The steamshipiTennessee has arrived here with Vera Cruz dates of the 22d inst., and 36,000 dole. in specie. Minister M'Lane arrived there on the 21st, but. remained on board the Brooklyn in con sequence of his family being sick. " The report that Marqueza had pronounced in favour of Santa Anna was without foundation. The report of his seizure of the con ducta is confirmed, but that of his escape is contradicted. Marqueza says that he is using the money to save the country from the Yankees, aid promises to return it from the first duties received at Tepic and Mazatlan, which ho intimates he intends retaking. Miramon was at Queretaro, waiting for • the liberals, who threatened the capital. Dobiado had been defeated at Guanatjuato with heavy loss. An American officer who was With him was shot or assassinated. Cobos had captured Cajaco, and the liberals there had disbanded. The Picayune's correspondent re ports that the French fleet will soon blockade Vera Cruz. Miramon, at the suggestion of the French Minister s is to open Alvarada as a port of entry. Insurance policies are to have a blockade clause in serted in them. Miramon also proposes simulta neously attacking Vera Cruz. ." The Savannah and one French and one Spanish brig of war were at Sacrificios. A severe gale had caused several small vessels to run ashore. " The legislature of Texas has authorised the Governor to call out all the troops necessary for the protection of the frontier. The Governor appointed Capt. Ford commander of the troops, and he started for the Rio Grande on the 18th, with orders to arrest Cortinas and his band. The Brownsville reports created intense excitement throughout Texas. The sthall town of Gonzales raised 200 men in two days to proceed to the scene of disturbance. Cortinas had returned Deputy-Sheriff Campbell to Brownsville unarmed against the wishes of his own men. Gen. Houston recommends the legislature to authorise the raising of a regiment of mounted men to pro tect the frontier from the Indians. Brownsville, on the 'l9th, was still clo se ly b es i ege d, an d the expe dition was preparing against Cortinas." • MR. BARRY'S EXPOSITION. Last night Mr. Rarey gave another exposition of his mode of treatment for the subduing wild and vicious horses, at Allen's Riding-school, Seymour place, Bryanstone•square. Although the price of admission was fixed at a high figure, the spacious building was crowded in every part; a large num ber of theaudience consisting of agriculturists now on a visit to the metropolis on the occasion of the annual Christmas Exhibition of the Smithfield Cattle Club. Precisely at half-past seven Mr. Rarey entered the space railed off for his opera tions, and announced that he had two animals which, if they answered to the description he had received with them, would afford good subjects for illustrating his mode of treatment. After the renowned Cruiser had been introduced, the first new subject, a bright brown mare, was led from the stable and as she passed judges of horse flesh were loud in their praise of the beautiful points she possessed. Mr. Rarey, previous to the com mencement of his operations, informed his audience that the mare then before them was the property of a gentleman named Lang, and the bad quality of so beautiful a specimen of the brute creation was the objection she had to any person saddling and riding her. For a few seconds Mr. Rarey stood by the mare's shoulder, and having, as he termed it, 'became acquainted with the animal, he endeavoured, in the neatest and nimblest manner possible, to retain his seat upon her back without success ; he then applied his short strap to one of her fore legs, and gave the maro a turn in her new position. Of course she squeeled, reared, and plunged very violently for a moment or two, but on the other leg being limbered up she went over on her side, and allowed Mr. Rarey to commence his treat ment without the slightest objection. By degrees Mr; Rarey familiarised the mare with the saddle, and after mounting and remounting four or five times she allowed him to retain his position on her back, but at the same time showing that she was anything but pleased ' with the proceeding. He then tried her at a gentle trot, but again she reared and plunged with great violence, but pn this occasion the only thing remarkable was the ✓erlacity with which Mr. Rarey kept his seat, his efforts proving him to be one of the finest horsemen of the day. Finding her endeavours to rid herself of her companion vain the mare succumbed, and was led out.of the space by a straw:attached to the bridle, amidst the loudest cheers. The next subject was by far the most dangerous of the two; it was a strong powerful grey horse, addicted to the most dangerous of all vices—biting. The owner of the horse sent his character with him, which, on being read to the audience, stated that the animal was the most dangerous and vicious animal he had ever met with. Three times he had bit his groom in a very dangerous manner, and on one occasion so seriously that for three weeks the poor fellow was the inmate of an hospital. When the horse was given into the hands of Mr. Rarey it wore a strong iron muzzle—a very wise precau tion, as before the talented operator had time to commence his mode of treatment he made an attempt to give him a taste of his quality. The fore legs of the horse were strapped up in the usual manner, but the kicking and plunging in this case were ten times more violent than in the former sub ject. For ten minutes the horse resisted all attempts to put him on his side, fighting the whole time with the utmost desperation, lashing, rearing, and snapping his teeth with great violence. All parts of the area were traversed, but at last the horse suc cumbed, and down he went perfectly exhausted. It was now twenty minutes to nine o'clock, and the muzzle still on the savage but nearly exhausted brute. Mr. Rarey now seized the horse by the muzzle, and a desperate encounter again commenced, the object being to let the horse know that it was in the hands of its master. This contest having con cluded, Mr. Rarey commenced getting on good terms with the " Southern brute," and at eight minutes to nine, just eleven minutes from the time the horse went down, ho removed the iron muzzle and placed his hand in the horse's mouth without the slightest injury. After fondling, patting, and stroking the recumbent steed, to which acts of kind ness it seemed_ not at all insensible, it was allowed to rise, and, as in the former case, was' led before the audience by the aid of a straw. Mr. Rarey informed his audience that he did not expect the horse was entirely cured of its vicious pro pensity, but he said he felt confident that with kind and proper treatment, and a little patience, the horse would soon forget its bad habit. The applause that followed this announcement was enthusiastic, and after thanking the ladies and gentlemen pre sent, Mr. Rarey withdrew. It would be superflu ous at the present time to enlarge upon Mr. Rarey's system ; sufficient, therefore, to say, as a conclusive proof of the great and marked interest it has excited, that it has received the approbation of the highest and noblest in this and all other coun tries the eminent horse-tamer has visited. We (South-Eastern Gazette) have been informed that the Governme n t i n t en d t o en l arge the cam p a t Shorn eliffe, by purchasing the land belonging to Mr. Bayly and Jesse Filcher, Esq., abutting thereto, su as to accommodate altogether 10,000 men. Experience has proved it to be the healthiest camp in the kingdom. BURGLARY AND ROBBERY OF £1,580 AT BRAD FORD.—Between the hours of eight and ten on Wednesday night, the dwelling of Mr. James Farish, in St. James's square, Horton, Bradford, was entered by thieves and robbed of £1,500 in gold and £BO in provincial notes. Mr. Parish is a retired shopkeeper of independent means, and a Widower, with one servant. It had been arrang,ed that the evening girl, Betsy Ledgard, should go out on Wednesday sr:vant, in company with another young woman, to an exhibitian of a diorama in the town, and that Mr. Parish should remain in the house. She accordingly went out shortly after seven o'clock, but she had not been gone long before Mr. Parish,. changing his mind, locked up the house and went to that of a friend at some distance. On returning, shortly after ten o'clock, the servant found the kitchen door open and the house in perfect darkness. In her alarm, as she says, thinking Mr. Farish was killed, she ran back and called in several neighbours to her assistance. It was then discovered that the house had been entered through the kitchen win dow ; every door which was locked had been opened, and the money of Mr. Parish, as before mentioned, had been stolen from a tin box (which had been broken open) in a drawer in his bedroom. The window s ill was bespattered with blood, as if a thief had cut his hand in breaking the pane in the kitchen window; and a joiner's chisel, which was marked with blood, was left behind. The police have in vain thus far endeavoured to discover the thieves. Mr. Parish had for some time past advertised money to lend to approved borrowers, imprudently giving his name and address, COMMERCIAL SWINDLERS. (From the Times' City Article.) Among the peculiar features of the past two years has been the general extension of commercial frauds and forgeries, by parties well acquainted with mercantile usages, and who, perhaps , ha ve been thrown out of more dignified modes of exer cising their talent by the break up of the great swindling " firms" in 1857 which had previously enjoyed the support of provincial banks and dis count houses. Annexed is another illustration : " Sir,—As a very old subscriber, arid a merchant of 20 years' standing in the city, I venture to request you to give publicity to the following ingenious mode of swindling, re cently adopted at Madrid. " Two or three Chevaliers d'lndustrie' of some social position, enough to give them respectable references, adopt three different signatures, representing as many different commercial houses, and procure, subsequently, the esta blishment of a "sham" house at Lisbon, on whom they can draw, and remit—by aid of the three Madrid signatures — apparently negotiated paper to London. "The next stop is to find a victim in our credulous city, and this is generally a matter of ease where so many com peting commission houses are anxious for business. The modus operandi is the following : " Paper on Lisbon, respectably indicated,' with case of need' on, &c., en rgle, is sent to the London house selected as the victim, and they are drawn against the same remit tance at 90 days' date—not as a banking operation, that trick would be too s h a llow--but as a facility to enable the Madrid house to despatch on consignment a stated quantity of wool within a very short period. "The London house, in expectation of all beimg benefit° and in hopes of gaining a couple of hundred pounds' oonr mission, accepts in good faith. Need 1 tell my more vigi lant commercial brethren that when the bills at Lisbon fall due they are not paid, and also that when those on. the London victim are presented he has received no wool, but learnt that the parties who defrauded the takers of the bills at Madrid are enjoying themselves in Leicester-square ou the proceeds ? " I enclose my card in proof of my good faith as regards the above statement, which I have no doubt the comraorkal community as well as myself will have reason to be thy' ful to see publi s h e d i n y our co l umns , w ith the additiona l information on my part that parties trading with Spain nia.7; be furnished with p roo f s o f th e sw i n dl e an d the names ea the swindlers at the office of "Your obedient servant, THS VICTI3f." " Austinfriars. E.C., Dec. 7. SPORTING IN AUSTRALIA.—The great race for the championship of the Australian colonies was run on the Ist of October, before a concourse of 40,000 person•-• the largest multitude ever assembled in Australia. T i winner Buck) es a Victorian horse, and was Se el y named in the betting. On THE DRAUGHTS MATCH AT GLASGOW: - ~ Wednesday two games we re pl a y e d, one o f w hich w,asw c r by M'Kerrow, and the oth er resu lt e d i n a d ra w. 'ri Z e l l three hours were occupied i n con t es ti ng th e galne_,!* - 8 ; M'Kerrow won. Th e ma t c h now stands—Me M'Kerrow, 5 ; with 16 games yet to be played. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The dates from this c,olonY by the present mail are Adelaide, Oct. 19. Busines s. %oil tinuos in a healthy state ; b u . stocks have increased i n s e articles to an extent mu c h a b ove th e wan t s o f that colo n y The pastoral interests h a d encoun t ere d h ar d s hi ps a nd lor a The from great drought. Th e G overnor o f th e Co lony. hsl.l The Parliament director was of in recess. prison . Adelaide to make expl ora ti ons i n th e nor thern dist'!'" at Aix having du r 11:1 g fete the last few days observed some mysterious. 112 °_,Y era f rs es amongst the condemned p r i soners, w h o are k e pt aPeA' stor the others, endeavou re d t o di scover t h e cause ; and 8 ....% by day, on looking thro ug h a h o l e i n A d oor o f their ward, by which he could see with ou t b e i ng seen, h e perc eived 4 i oi • named Bentajou, who is under sentence to hard lah°_, llr b i s h life, cutting a hole in the wall with a piece of il"°.,.„.n' t the had evidently been pulled from his bedstead, Iv', or de other prisoners stood near him. The director seil_"; .a • tachments of gendarmes and troops, and they he v el m ete fixed, secured all the prisoners before any resistance denly entered the place with swords drawn and °N .- CO re be attempted. Bentajou and some others of the prix were placed in irons, among them the two Greeks sent' to hard labour for life for a murder at Marseillea An extraordin ar y a ff a i r ( says G a li g nani e 8 . A senger) has occ urre d a t Ch adapeau, in the CoreB_4.arl a y• physician of a neighb our i ng v ill age was satrmenhada in the morning of Sunday to see a led , ' °' • te 011 peau, and as h e k new t h at she had b een enc. cin But or seven months, he took with him a mid wife ' after to his surprise, on entering her chamber, she, t his you examine my wound ordering the servants to leave, said, "I- ha ritieted night discharged a gun in my abdomen, and have Th e eore a wound, which causes me to suffer horribly 1 B u d J ./1 00$ the gun you will find there!" The physician in a u enee stated washaving o t bf she etehne haddilady'sch discharged discharged r gselgdipoapienfretswo.ththheoeoguii:nwsxbtsberyforoopermtue ,:janintioniniutaethiniaisi ing room found en the floor a gun which had the aPr, near it trigger with her too, and that she had spect the gun in order that there might be matter. The doctor found the wound a grav e °ll hour,, • spite of all he could do the lady died ill a fen ot it° 'I hough she was conscious to the last, alma g a e - el maitth l e slightest explanation as to her reason f or , er To he r suicide, neither did she leave any letter or P e r; s terYt 88 family and friends, her motive is a complete n!J t o coin • she was loved by all, and appeared to have nothltnLt f r au nrattio doeuhlianondthebi plain of. Her husband had been two days e„held ll home. He was sub-prefect of Brives in 184 9 , 11 " eys ignee• higher position under the Government of Gen. C , gin THE TEA TREE IN INDIA.—Afr. Henry Ma nn -0 enterprising gentleman who left China about five • Ye. BrB , oo 7 .l .e. rT2eilipeorMt mileseflraa has introduced the tea tree to Southern India, havlue s hing• upon above tGh GovernmentahtTasahnolaetpeleil‘napttuiaotbniloisnohfie;d6soanitneoilliett,s6wil an exposure to the north-east, and contains a h° .,,,t th! plants. The ground occupied is about four ac.7l r oost plantation is on a slope. The forest land is fou r leaf suitable for the plants. It now only remains to test_ _ vow and to procure skilled manufacturers. This the I te e , bet ment were asked to do by the Conservator of Fe t he t h e hi' the application has been refused on the grounds 0 iv en ter' expediency of Government interference with private a prise. The importation of skilled manufacturers 0,1 _,, a te lation will not probably be ventured upon by any _ l' ;fl tbe individual for many years. The cultivation-of tea an . , 0 hill districts of India seems to be spreading fes'z eko lse• these are the localities recommended tor Euro p ean ._ tot % tion, we may yet see India rivalling China in this _l,OO and sturdy Anglo-Saxon pickers depicted on theta instead of almond-eyed, long-tailed men of China. 4 ' Hurkaru. the reeri IMPROVEMENNTS IN PARIS.—FroM of the Prefect of the Seine to the Municipal. Co_ut e ,„' . n f appears that the number of houses demolished in Pa r t g 39 whit% .., the course of the present year has been 7 24, the / 18/11 of were taken down after expropriation , that is, by _ em o t ed cipality, and 385 by the owners. Th e number el by i l from 1852 to 1858 having been 3,625 (1,897 number exPrePr 0 tier, 1,728 voluntarily), it follows th at the total._ltaseic demolitions in the last seven ye ars is 4 349 . t: pears that in the course of the p resent year 1,430 he lB - 8 th have been been built, and that from 1152 to 0 e re , total of 9 617. Th e constructed was I'lB7, giving a , .. e ,_,, thie port likewise states that in the houses demolished e year were only 6,025 lettings, whilst built there are 8,204. It further appears from sad arrondissements of Sceaa% ins, report that in the p f tu ear of _ a n.. Saint Denis, which form part of the re ec _tha bean the demolitions in the course of the present yp,,,!:,"l:tid 302, and in the six years preceding 2,7B4—total, r ii n) and that the number of new constructions this y_ea__ , V 2. 4,987, in the six years preceding 22,905 —total •Zi here ha l l SCOTCH MARRIAGE SPECULATIONS. commissions. been upwards of 40 marries among the non-con ~ _„, arr i v al officers and men of the 78th Highlanders since _tn i e l ' a i ve beau in Fort George. About one-half of the nunioe_r_ ronan dint contracted without the permission of the w e't en are no• officer. The consequence of this is that such _ . 7 3 7 0f cours e, entitled to the privileges of a barrack-room, ease, and pig can only follow the regiment at their own e thew who ° result with fo f do for lodging. The opposite is the as ked a thin their commanding - officer's consent. As a r as ked in rage in the female mind for marriage, one was e she eng a g ' roof local market, held for hiring, if she wo uld answered in the affirmative, and, after the us ua l ,lh e ut n as to ability and knowledge of the work she ,w . "' she askete undertake, was asked what wages she want • .„ Bo wer• what place it was to. " Campbeltown,” was as e r; wits a ura s She then said she would require no wag s - t e h' s 78th, Were ohs of soon getting a husband from among . ous. lye ha ; staying in thaevillage. The girl was quite Bert rl wel t notbut ale gl . not heard how the engagement terminated, been there tiar'; ' to service in Campbeltown, and had only to cu le °` days, when, as she predicted, she was contra cted .„. ee red br, the corps. Another female, a few days ag o , r wa nted. fore the commanding officer of the regiment ,,alL__n wort be directed to her husband, to whom she_ h . ag,,D e _F„...irneu re two days previously, and who belonged to, b t o T t a i , She had her marriage lines along with her, g i rl the 11 as to a false name. A parade was formed, so when, altil°6 llP an opportunity of singling out her husband,_ on big uppe r or. his beard was shaved, and the bulk of ha i r Bonn; but unf , _ considerably lessened, she recognised the . * o i is t!:l tunately he had another wife in the garn He bai.been inners end of a spree, or rather the result. II _,, ser i t i es , . r. to his first wife for several years. The aw' 0 4. 8. , aura e —inve rt d• the understand, are investigating the case. — • .thstan in g OCEAN MAIL CONTRACTS.—NotV/1 the Committee feeling excited by the evidence furnifehed to creinent pear *scoure. rise on Steam Contracts respecting the di to every enterp c. veringly shown by the Government to Anita calculated to demonstrate that the mail the t eor pool _. could be carried on without a subsidy, rm' had to address esone New York Steam Company have again 0 have been tre i tt; plaints to the treasury, which appea t • again only 00 1 ' 1 ' 4 with little regard. This company is the company without a mail grant, and, although .. 7,, s e t . ment, it possen a wl. reed% ad a penny from the G9vern tin the Atlantic on Y e r ecor d.. present momenta tonnageneviga g line, en d, ~,,. tote 1,509 tons net registerless than the Cunard t r General , ni e ' - Il s e ing to the report of . the latePostm ve e the Postmaster-General, that service A e at a speed very little inferior to granted without only, however, was the Galway contraet h the - for although , the their being allowed to compete it, should no. - received 'adistinet intimation that such _ facilities case, but there still seems every disposition to TT° i h wing ~-e end by 1.1 ' • pecan' to their subsidised rivals, which must _ .e _,,,, ri o from the field. In April last they .adopted tl c l I"' e• euccess•et, .Li rove -- qua. ing at Cork harbour, and this havi contract,. el, variation was forthwith made in the Cuna rd at thle p e a enables those vessels to compete with them th dian ard, point, while it is further understood that Thongre Bt h or Company have arranged a similar system. of both. theso Gov ni e .1 ship, however, is that the vessels o a.. _ 4 t h e ir .*. ment lines are able to take advent . 0 " em i g ratiol Government Liver pool grant to escape from the like the ort laws. The Canadian line, which, its chief suPP I) , and New York Company, den ves under this ruiforoo from steerage traffic, will, it is said,without deteationiAt; enabled to embark their passengers d a y Or 11 Z av a s of the Government supervision at all ho which r the TreasillYetuew and, in the face of this privilege, eorts of indeeen ue ets ere absolutely refused to the unaided st e.,- if the Liverpool steare ..h terprise, it will be marvellous Should, however,_rove still enaled to work on at a profit. offered them w u t; th• be the case, the discouragement t üblic, since wile earcoll most valuable in its results to p 1 . ont it Will 6 o b ° before Par lain thus entire question shall come additional evidence vi .e._ .a be possible to resist the h national resources ohaliV; afforded of the waste of t o nt carried out an n ro per 0 subsidising system as at prese . mstancee it is P c on' 'touching on these circu ~7 . , be bat volves. In . ce has from tho nst t but y admit that the Cunard servi credit upon the countrY, win g fel to reflect 0 ,. fie ducted in away the eneral question lau has nothing to do with . 3 ,g„... , , r . i le. play to all parties. 2' one Ceti 4t c The Itre st( - Mes 'III the .bo.trted ni 6 p b. Adabart : tentue a"utryla. bzaz hit ch, j tr in t in 1 yes legs Nver lit 6 quie