The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-27 00:00:00

ROYAL EN6LISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINO R A H. Messrs. Santley, H. Corti, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Tirtri wail, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier tOn, and Mons. Vandris. • - - - - Commence at 8 o'clock, THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. C. Mathews. And PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. After which, PUSS ; or, Metempysychosis. Miss L. Keeley. To be followed by a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, gly J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. nW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A ROW ON PILE PREMISES. Mr. David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Miss H. Simms, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington. After which, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Er. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this eitablishment are strictly prohibited. -•- Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. After which the successful Ballet Farce, by John Oxen lord, Esq., entitled MAGIC TOYS, support el by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half—past six; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Mies Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR ; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE - VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Commence at 7 o'clock ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant reception of the New -Historical Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI, sustained by a New Dra matth Company, full Stud of beautiful Horses, Characteristic Costumes and Picturesque Scenery. Engagement for a limited period of the Great Delavanti troupe, Gymnasists par excellence ; also, Little Mends, the most Wonderful Juvenile Equestrian in the World. Scenes in the Circle by Star Riders and talented Equestrians. Terminating with a Laughable Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CNTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS. - - EVERY EVENING. —The 3Lusic of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first wade public in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera Of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. TILE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETEIL-29.90. WlND—Northerly, light breeze, with showery weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 13m.—Afternoon, 2h. 33m. To-Moßnow-Illorning, 2h. 53m.—Afternoon, 3h. 12m. • 4 4" 1 . , -4110, t e/ •t • , . C, = THE SUN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1859 A quarter of a century has elapsed since Lord BROUGHAM'S last appearanca in his birthplace— the ancient and loyal, the learned and classically beautiful city of Edinburgh. Yesterday, he was once more entertained there by his fellow-citizens, and after the banquet, in the hearing of one thou sand persons, delivered another of those remarkable orations by which he has of late been very signally demonstrating the intellectual as well as physical vigour that, after a most lengthened and laborious life of more than eighty-one years, may still survive undimmed and undiminished in the heart and brain of an octogenarian. It was in no exaggerated or hyperbolical strain that the noble and learned lord, casting a retrospective gl . ance at the outset of this harangue down the perspective of his experiences, avowed that he considered this invitation and this reception as " one of the two greatest honours that bad crowned a not very short and a ♦ory varie gated life." Adding, by way of explanation, that " his being chosen to represent the great county of Tork was the other"—that the grandest of all the constituencies, both by the extent of its area and the number of its population, having, by an ever memorable act of electoral independence, selected HARRY BROUGHAM simply and solely as a man of rare genius to be its representative. No wonder ord BROUGHAM still counts, among all the many brilliant_ triumphs of his long life, as second to none other, his victorious return as M.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire, for the express purpose not only of the advance ment, but also, and peculiarly, for the reform of Parliament. Yet appreciating to the uttermost that great tribute to him, in attestation of his popularity, Lord BROUGHAM hesitates to attach to it, as a per sonal triumph dearly cherished to the last in his memory, any superiority of importance when com pared with this his latest triumph in his native place, his reception at the banquet spontaneously offered to him by the citizens of Edinburgh. He simply classes the two honours together, and speaks of them, as we have seen, as " the two greatest honours" that have crowned his life— placing them side by side —giving to neither of them precedence. Although we have as yet but the merest epitome or telegraphic abbreviation of the speech delivered yesterday by the noble and learned ex-Chancellor, in return for the toast of his health upon its being befittingly proposed by the Lord Provost, in the name of the citizens of Edinburgh—we can recognise without much difficulty, even from this hurried synopsis, the scope of that full report which the next post will bring more rapidly at the heels of the flying telegram. Deeply and pro foundly impressed above all things just now, as a politician, by the miserable disclosures recently made of the systematic venality evidenced by so many of the large constituencies, Lord BROUGHAM almost at the very commencement of his address found it impossible to avoid referring "to the in stances of gross bribery and corruption lately dis closed in England, and expressing his great gratifica tion that in Scotland electoral corruption did not exist at all." Directly afterwards adding, with much solemnity, that until this corruption was thoroughly and effectually extirpated with a strong, steady, and unflinching hand, the Constitution of this country would be on its trial—as was intimated four or five years ago very preposterously by the PRINCE CYN SORT in reference to the contrast of our great representative system with the Continental schemes of Arbitrary Government. The Constitution, even now we cannot quite regard, with Lord BROUGHAM, as, in any way, so to *Teak, • really upon " its trial"—in regard to the venality and corruption recently dis closed to be so rife, and requiring, indeed, such vigorous extirpation. The representative system, if you will, is on its trial, so far as relates to the necessity of its modification. Hence the clamour for Reform, which has been the bone of contention among Parties session after ses sion, during the chief part now of the 10 years last past ; and the scrambling for and wrangling over which has in reality led to so many abrupt changes of Administration. That the Constitution would sur vive this imaginary trial, however, Lord BROUGHAM yesterday declared that he for one entertained no doubt whatever ; and this simply he appears to have added, because he had every reliance upon the corruption itself being completely extirpated. The learned Lord's own device, for its extirpation, we know. It is simple enough, in all conscience, and certainly upon the ♦ery face of it wonderfully well calculated to prove eminently effectual. Our facetious Punch, if we mistake not, through the cunning pencil of TENNIEL, illustrated the poignant reference made upon a former and a very recent occasion by Lord BROUGHAM, to his own triumphant demonstration of the absolute efficacy of the plan hinted at — namely, when, as the Old Reformer, he rendered participation in the Slave-trade Felony ! Let but that trenchant scalpel be applied to this long fes tering gangrene in our representative system—and we shall have less chance in future of hearing any one talking about the Constitution being upon its trial—be he a Royal Highness or an ex-Chancellor. Extending his glance, however, beyond the ocean borders of our own land, Lord BROUGHAM yesterday referred, as was indeed but natural in this momentous crisis in the affairs of Europe, to the actual situation and future prospects of the Italian people in their struggle for independence. Whatever might have been the occult motives for the war, whatever may have been the secret signi ficance of the " idea" in which it originated, that is on the part of France, or rather of her imperial ruler, NAPOLEON 111., the noble and learned lord expresses his conviction that even so far " a certain amount of good has come out of it "—a very great step having, according to his view, been made through the late campaign towards the political emancipa tion of the Roman Peninsula. Lord BROU&HA3I acknowledges thereupon explicitly that his own especial aspiration in their regard is (ia regard to these brave Italians) " to see them under the King of SARDINIA, as the only practicable mode of insuring their independence." Then follows this impressive allegory— an apologue, so to express it, sufficiently suggestive in its way, even though it is through the stenographic medium of the terse telegram, that it can alone as yet be regarded. " Alluding to France,"— queth the telegram, echoing these thoughts of Lord BROUGHAM in acid thrills through the tele graphic wire from Edinburgh to London—" he pictured the great tempter holding out before that nation the laurel, the emblem of warlike glory, and expressed his hope that the French would not be deceived by it ; and he described the tempter as likewise offering to this country the apple, the emblem of the fruits of the earth, and trying to lull this country into a false security, leading it to abandon its preparations for defence. In this last he knew that the tempter would fail. This coun try, he said, did not distrust its neighbours, but it trusted to itself. Their duty was to be prepared by sea and land in every way in whien an attack was possible, so as to render it impossible not only that the attack should succeed, but that it should be attempted. We did the best both for our neighbour and ourselves by being com pletely and absolutely prepared tor whatever might happen." Let England lay those words to heart and weigh them well in her innermost conscience. They are words of wisdom and prudence. They are words dropped from the lips of of " an old man eloquent," who—whatever another old man (not at all eloquent) may think or feel upon these sub jects of vital import to _the country and the Consti tution—has certainly been in no way injuriously influenced in his patriotism or in his judg ment by any imperial blandishments either at St. Cloud or the Tuileries. It may be that these imperial blandishments possess in some mysterious way an additional seductiveness when lavished in the more sylvan regions of Compiegne. Whatever the cause of it they manifestly do act differently upon Lord BROUGHAM and Lord PALMERSTON. The latter overweeningly courtly and conciliatory in his manner, presents a marked contrast to the former, who remains to the last, through all, above all, and beyond all, heart and soul, body and genius a right-down, uncompro mising, independent Englishman ! Our lengthened reports elsewhere will show at a glance only too plainly how disastrous has been that fearful gale of yesterday. Telegrams brought tidings to Lloyd's before nightfall from all the out ports of the stranding of more than seventy vessels, accompanied, in too many instances, with a deplorable loss of life. The coast-railways have been, in several places, carried away, or so far destroyed as to interrupt the regular course of traffic -- v - as for example along the coast-lines near Exeter and Hastings.. But, above all disastrous and deplorable, is the news brought to us from Liverpool of the loss of the splendid ocean steam-ship the Royal Charter, near Bangor, in Muffa Red Wharf Bay, with the loss of some 429 souls, out of the 450 who left Melbourne on the 26th of August on their homeward voyage from Australia. Eleven out of those 450 appear to have landed at Queenstown—all the rest, passen gers and crew (with the exception of ten, who are said to have been providentially saved from the wreck) have, since the landing of those eleven at Queenstown (according to the brief and some what confused accounts yet received) most lamentably perished. The Royal Charter is said, besides this, to have carried down with her half a million of gold—according to one of those who, fortunately for them, landed at Queenstown, 79,000 ounces. As the report adds, however, " The gold will, of course, be easily recovered, but, alas ! not so the poor people who have perished." The gold even to the amount of 79,000 ounces, even if en tirely lost, is but of trivial value, remembering those four hundred and upwards of our fellow-creatures who have thus died together within sight of the old fatherland! The precise locality in which this catastrophe occurred is described as a spot situated two or three miles to the westward of Puffin Island, in the Isle of Anglesea, and six or seven miles to the north-west of Beaumaris. The precise time of the fatal shipwreck cannot as yet at least it appears to be accurately estimated —the telegraph having been seriously injured, and the railway itself, in fact, bodily washed away at parts on the line between Chester and Birkenhead. Altogether our impression of this evening con veys but a melancholy record of lives lost, ships stranded or foundered, and property to an immense amount irrecoverably destroyed. Parliament was this day formally prorogued, in the House of Lords, until the 16th of December. Sir C. R. Rushout and the Hon. Lady Rushout have left Fenton's Hotel for Brighton. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1859 k LOSS OF THE LATEST NEWS. appointed Count Carolyi first plenipotentiary in his stead. A supplementary credit of 500,000 f.. has been opened to the Minister of the Interior for secret service money. The Bishops of Strasburg and Mende have ordered prayers to be offered up for the Pope, in all the parishes and religious communities of their dioceses. In Belgium, the Bishop of Tournay has also ordered prayers for the Pope to be offered up in all the churches of his diocese ; and the Bishop of Ghent has addressed a letter to the Bishop of Orleans, ex pressing approbation of his protest in behalf of his Holiness. It is not the case, as stated by the Pays, that Captain Bourgeois, of the Imperial navy, has gone over to England to arrange about the China expe dition. He has gone over to buy some large transports. Rumours have of late been current here of a split in the English Cabinet. Lord Palmerston. is said to be opposed to Lord John Russell on the Italian question. The noble Premier, according to what is stated here, is disposed to accept the treaty of Zurich as a proper settlement of the Italian diffi culty, while Lord John refuses to hear of a Congress on such a basis. Ido not myself attach the slight est importance to this rumour, but they are so gene rally circulated here that it is impossible not to notice them. The Presse to-night says :—" Accord ing to Paris report Lord Palmerston will carry the day; and, according to the rumours which reach us from London, the odds are in favour of Lord John." BOURSE, Oct. 25.—The market was steady at the opening, but afterwards became heavy. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 50c., receded to 69f. 30c. ; Mobilier varied from 770 f. to 767 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 542 f. 50c. to 540 f. ; Lombard, 550 f. to 548 f. '75c.; Orleans, 1,362 f. 50c. to 1,360 f. ; Lyons, 908 f. '7sc. to 907 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 4f per Cents. 95 Credit Foncier.... 690 Do. end month — Belgian 4f . lOOl 3 per Cents 69 35 Piedmonteso (5) .. 83 25 Do. end month 69 35 Roman ' B4 Bank Shares 2835 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 770 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 770 Home Debt 42 THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. :PER PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.) The Bengal left Aden for Suez on the 15th inst., she was delayed at Point de Galle for the Ganges (the China steamer) which put into Trincomalee short of coals. The Ceylon arriced at Alexandria on the 17th instant. The mails will probably be delivered in London on Monday next. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office:— BERLIN, OCT. 27. The Tuscan deputation entrusted with a mission to the Courts of Prussia and Russia has left for Warsaw. Several particulars having been published concerning what was accomplished during their stay at Berlin, the Prussian Gazette contains to day the following remarks :—The statements pub lished by the papers concerning the reception of the Tuscan deputation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs are in the essential parts inexact." The Prussian Gazette lays particular stress on the fact that the deputation was not received officially, be cause the Tuscan Government has not been recog nised by the Prussian Court. The interview be tween the Tuscan deputation and the Minister for Foreign Affairs was strictly private ; neither were the particulars of the interview destined to be made public. MADRID, OCT. 25. The rumours which have been current concern ing a peaceful settlement with Morocco are without any foundation. Generals Zabala and Serrano and other chiefs of the army take their departure this evening. General Olano will leave on Saturday. The Spanish Consul was still at Tangiers on the 24th instant. PARIS, OCT. 26. At the request of M. Mon, the Spanish Ambas sador in Paris, Marshal Randon, the Minister of War, has placed materials of war at the disposal of the Spanish Government, and has declared that the Emperor will support the military operations of Spain in the war against Morocco by advances made in a similar way to those made to Piedmont during the late war. It is asserted that the Emperor will pay a vis : to the King of the Belgians. The Patrice of this evening says : Their Majesties will stay at Compiegne from the 30th of October to the 30th of November. There s no foundation for the rumour that the Emperor of Austria is expected at Compiegne. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia will visit their Imperial Majesties during their sojourn at Compiegne. The Queen of Holland arrived yesterday at St. Cloud. 12 10 r.m. The Bourse opens without any material altera' tion. Rentes, 69f. 45c. 3 15 P.M. Rentes close at 69f. 35c., showing no alteration as compared with yesterday ; but in railway shares a slight decline has taken place. MADRID, OCT. 24. The Spanish Consul gave notice to the Moorish Government on the 19th inst. that he was about to quit Tangier immediately. Marching orders have been given to the troops which are to join the expeditionary corps d'ar»2ee. A decree appointing Marshal O'Donnell to the command-in chief of the military forces is expected to appear in the official Gazette of to-morrow. The Marshal will start at the end of the week. General enthusiasm prevails among the people. Hurricanes are now prevalent in the Straits. MARSEILLES, OCT. 26. Advices have be&n received from Constantinople to the 19th inst. Four chiefs of the late conspiracy have been con demned to death—nkmely, Hussein Pasha, a mufti, a colonel, and an individual who was to have killed the Sultan. These condemnations had provoked a fermentation among tho populace, and direct threats of revenge had mysteriously reached the Palace of the Sultan. The executions have been delayed. The Sultan has written a letter to the Ministers reproaching them that the reforms have been incomplete. Kibriali Pasha took office yesterday as Grand Vizier. He was formerly a pupil at the College of Saumur, in France. Modi fications of the Cabinet are expected. All the conditions under which Kibriali Pasha stated he was willing to enter the Cabinet have been accepted. The Montenegrins have began again to commit great atrocities against the Turks; the members of the commission for the settlement of the boundary question escaped them quite by chance. A con spiracy has been discovered at Aleppo, and arrests have taken place. ZURICH, OCT. 26. The Austrian Plenipotentiary, Count Colloredo expired this morning. TURIN, OCT. 2G. The Minister of Justice has tendered his resigna ,ion, on account of the Court of Cassation being ransferred from Turin to Milan. The statement has been confirmed that several Deputies held a meting yesterday in order to solicit the Government to accelerate the armaments and to pursue energetically the work of uniting Central Italy. BRESCIA, TUESDAY. The Austrians. have evacuated five Cantons of the district of Gargnano, on the Lago di Garda. The enthusiasm of the inhabitants is very great. CASSEL, OCT. 26. The Second Chamber in a secret sitting of yester day resolved, by 21 against 15 votes, to take into consideration the proposal of the member M. Herr kin to present an address to the Elector for re establishing the Constitution of 1831. The pro posal was referred to a committee to make a report on it." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Captain Baron Clement de la Ronciere le Noury has been appointed to the command of the French squadron in the Levant. A Paris correspondent of the Nord says :—" The conviction seems general here that at any moment new incidents may arise, which will require all the attention of the Government. Despatches have consequently been sent off to Vienna to hasten the selection of a successor to Count de Colloredo, in order to close the conferences of Zurich as soon as possible. The Patrie tonight contradicts the report of the visit of the Emperor of Austria to Compiegne. En revanche the Queen of the Netherlands has arrived at St. Cloud on a visit, and Princess Maria of Leuchtemberg will attend the Cotnpiegne fetes. Count Colloredo, you will have heard, died at Zurich yesterday. The Austrian Government have ROYAL CHARTER AND FOUR HUNDRED LIVES. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. From Mr. W. H. Gardener, who left the Royal Charter at Queenstown (his wife coming on with the vessel), along with about 10 passengers, we learn that the vessel had about 450 souls on board, and 79,000 ounces of gold. She left Melbourne on the 26th of August. The cabin passengers numbered 60 ; among those on board were Edwin Fowler, John Murray, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Murray, three children, and aunts, Walter Nugent, La Fargur, Rufford Welch, Mellor, Watson, a captain who had lost his ship on the Feejee Islands, Mr. Woodruff; the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, wife, and four children ; Mrs. Nahmur (a consul's wife), Mrs. and Miss Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, two daughters, and a son ; Mrs. Tweddale, Dr. Grundy, Mr. M'George, Rev. Mr. Hodge (who had been presented with a purse by the passengers), Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Fen wick and children, Mrs. Hutton D. Hatch (of Farnham, Surrey), Mr. Pilchcr, wife, and two children; Mrs. Beams, Dr. Wright (surgeon of ship), Mr. Emery, Mr. S. T. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Grove, Mr. Carew Taylor, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Morse. These perions were from Adelaide, Syd ney, Melbourne, New Zealand, and. Tasmania. Capt. Taylor, commander of the Royal Charter, had been presented with money for a testimonial. A communication from Moefra, Oct. 26, says : " The Royal Charter was wrecked last night in a terrific gale from the N.N.E. All hands lost ex cept, accoyding to my judgment, 25 ; all the officers lost excepting the carpenter and boatswain's mate." The communication, which was interrupted, is now complete. The pilotboat No. 12 is now in the river. A passenger from Holyhead reports that yester day a part of the breakwater was washed away, and that a vessel had been in collision with the Great Eastern. No damage, however, was done. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING:. The public will learn with overwhelming grief that the splendid vessel the Royal Charter was totally lost yesterday, in Muffa Red Wharf Bay, near Bangor. The melancholy intelligence which nached us late last night was brief, but we fear that it was only too true. Of upwards of 400 persons on board only 10 are said to have been saved. There is some hope, however, that this is an exaggeration ; but under any circumstances the loss of life, it is to be feared, has been immense. The Royal Charter, it was supposed, had about half a million of gold on board. The gold will, of course, be easily recovered, but, alas ! not so the poor people who have perished. The place where the vessel is understood to have been wrecked is not unfavourable for diving opera tions in calm weather. The precise time when the disaster took place is net known, for the telegraph had ceased to work, and so destructive has been the storm along the coast yesterday that the Chester and Birkenhead Railway had been destroyed in two places ; between Conway and Holyhead an embankment has been washed away, and near Rhyl about a dozen yards of the line had been completely washed away, and 100 yards damaged, the passengers having to walk in the first case two miles, and in the last half a mile to get to the train on either side of the disruption. At Penmaenmawr 20 dead bodies had been washed ashore. The bay in which the catastrophe has occurred is two or three miles to the westward of Puffi❑ Island, in Anglesea, and six or seven miles to the north-west of Beaumaris. It has a shallow sandy beaCh for several miles, and with promontories at each end of the bay ; the country around is wild and few houses are about. The Liverpool pilot-boat No. 12 is reported to have been lost, with all hands. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 27. A telegram has been received here from Bangor stating that the Royal Charter, from Melbourne, which touched at Queenstown on Monday on her way to Liverpool, has been wrecked in Red-wharf Bay, and that many lives have been lost. She would have a large amount of specie on board, but the quantity is not yet known, as she brings late ad vices. Red Wharf Bay is situated about three miles to the westward of Puffin Island, Menai Straits, and six or seven miles to the north-west of Beaumaris. With the exception of the bay, which is very sandy and shallow, the coast is rocky and bold. The place where the vessel is understood to have Leen wrecked is not unfavourable for diving opera tions in calm weather. The Liverpool pilot-boat No. 12 is reported to have been lost, with all hands. Some portions of the rails along the Menai Straits are reported to have been washed away, and some of the telegraph wires have been blown down. LITERAI'URE. Beatrice, or Six Years of Childh oo d an d Youth. By Mrs. S. Valentine. Tegg and Co. The accomplished authoress of "The hansom," and " Kirkholmo Priory," and other novels which some few years back enthralled the public has again, we are rejoiced to see, resumed her pen. Her re cent works are of a less ambitious, but in reality of a not less important character, being addressed to the young—a department of literature in which some of our celebratea writers have not disdained to engage, witness'the tales of a Grandfather of Walter Scott and the charming stories of Maria Edgeworth. Accord ing to the saying of that shrewd observer, " Let me write the people's ballads, and let who will make the laws," so we would say, let the literature of the young—the books that are to influence the plastic mind and the impressionable heart—be of the highest character, and the press of another genera tion must of necessity be elevated in sentiment, and purified in tone. One of the first elements of sue • cess in works of this nature is interest. That is an absolute essential. To be beneficial they must te attractive. "To be good and disa.groable," it has been happily said "is high treason against virtue," and the didactic homilies to which an unwise care at one time confined the youthful reader, only served as a stimulus to a forbidden curiosity which was too likely when occasion offered to seek gratification in unworthy channels. We are wiser now—all novels, as such, are not absolutely excluded from the juvenile library, and a book for the young is often found to exceed in interest and ability far more pretentious volumes. Of this attractive cha racter is " Beatrice," the story of six years of the childhood and youth of a little girl from India. Her various faults and virtues, and the happy influ ences of her education, with the varying adventures that befell her, are most naturally portrayed. Her perilous imprisonment in the unknown passage will enthral many a youthful heart. A number of different characters are the companions of her history, foremost among them Mary Grey, the little village girl, whose character and adven tures are hardly less interesting than those of Bea trice. One suggestion we might hint to the fair authoress, that, if attended to, could only enhance the value of her future productions, namely, to avoid as much as possible whatever is beyond the comprehension of young readers. as the occasional remarks in French, and even in Italian, that are to be met with in the pages of " Beatrice," which is in other respects a charming juvenile tale, and one well calculated to become a favourite. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—FILEY, Oct. 26.—Last night beetween nine and ten o'clock, the sloop George and Mary, of Hull, drove on shore opposite Filey. It was at the time blowing a heavy gale of wind from the eastward. The vessel failing completely to beat off from the shore, having previously lost her jibboom, drove from her anchors. She immediately afterwards showed signals of distress, being at the time a quartar of a mile from the land. The lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was immediately manned by 13 men and launched; and just as the vessel was taking the ground the lifeboat reached her, and took off the whole of the crew in safety. The gallant crew of the lifeboat have been promptly paid by the so ciety, £l3, for their valuable services. This station was only a few days ago visited by the lifeboat inspector of the society, and is reported to be in excellent order. Probably there is no sin.;le lifeboat in the United Kingdtfta which has saved more lives than the Filey lifeboat, RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 932 50 .. 932 50 New ditto Bl7 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 9lO .. - . 910 Geneva 520 .. • 520 Southern Western 565 .. 565 Eastern ... 672 50 .. 672 50 Sardinian 415 .. Austrian Lombard . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 111 c. ; money, 251.10 c. ; three months, paper, 2lf. 960.; money, 24f. 94c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals publish a plan of campaign for the intended expedition to Morocco, which is rather amusing, from the cool manner in which the various proceedings of the Spanish forces are mapped out. After stating that when once the campaign is opened no time should be thrown away in besieging places in a regular manner, but that they should be set fire to by means of shells and rockets, which would compel an immediate surrender, the writer continues : The following table indicates in a few words the opera tions which the Spanish army ought to effect on the coast of Africa, and their approximative duration :—Conveyance of the expedition to Ceuta, and landing and organisation of the columns, 9 days ; march from Ceuta to Tangiers by the Kassar, 2; attack on Tangiers by sea and land, capture of the place and stay in it, leaving troops on departure, 2 ; march from Tangiers to Larache, by the Madrones and Arcilla, 8; attack of Larache by sea and land, taking of the place, and stay there, 3 ; march from Larache to Mehedia by Marmora, 3 ; attack of Mehedia by sea and land, taking of the place, and stay there, 6 ; march from Mehedia to Rabat, 1_ ; attack of Rabat by sea and land, capture of the place and stay there, 5 ; march from Rabat to Mequinez, 3; attack and capture of Mequinez, 3 ; march from Mequinez to Fez, 2 ; attack of Fez, capture of the place, and conclusion of a treaty of peace between the two countries, 8 ; return to Rabat, the point of defini tive occupation, 6. Each of the above places should have a contribution levied on it, according to its wealth, and which may be regulated as follows :—Tangiers, 10 millions of francs ; Larache, 2 millions ; Mehedia, 2; Rabat, 2 ; Me quinez, 4 ; Fez, 40 ; being in all 60 millions. When the Spanish army shall have proceeded along the coast, and pene trated to Fez, the Holy City of the empire, Spain would have nothing to gain by a prolonged occupation ; but it would be an immense advantage for her to occupy Rabat defini tively and in a strong manner, by converting it into a free port, like Gibraltar. All the caravans which do not pass by Tangiers, Fez, and Morocco come to Rabat with the productions of Africa, where they exchange them for mer chandise of different kinds. Itabat would be an excellent mili tary position to serve for the starting point for an expedition against Fez or Morocco, if such an operation should become necesary to secure the execution of the treaty. An annual tribute of 10 millions might readily be exacted by Spain from the Emperor of Morocco. In the event of the expedi tion not taking place, in consequence of the Emperor pro. mising a complete satisfaction, the Court of Madrid ought nevertheless to exact as one of the conditions of acceptance of that reparation,' the exchange of 'Rabat for Melilla, for the reasons above-mentioned." PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The usual light performances of this theatre were last night put aside, in order that the full tragedy of " Hamlet" might be produced, to give Mr. George Melville, an actor of consider, b:e provincial cele brity, the opportunity of testing his abilities as the world-renowned Prince of Denmark. Mr. Melville has several requisites for the highest grade of the profession he has chosen, and nature, though not completely bountiful, has furnished him with many requisites of a first• class tragic actor. His stature, though only just the middle height, is removed from the insignificant, and is so moulded as to give him a graceful and manly appearance. His face and features are pleasing, and are capable of consider able expression ; and, above all, he has youth on his side. lie is well acquainted with stage busi ness, walks, dresses, and looks well, and outwardly has all the requisites of his art. He seems also to be a scholar, and to read with much judgment and taste. _ _ _ " Hamlet" has been so often and so variously in terpreted by the greatest commentators, and it has been so often performed by the greatest actors, that it beconfes the most difficult part a debutante can . undertake. Mr. Melville's interpretation of the chameleon-like character is, in the main, one we think just. His principle is to bring out the youth, tenderness, and melancholy of the Prince, and to never lose sight that he was heir-apparent to the Danish throne. He succeeded best, therefore, in the colloquial and the didactic portions of the play; and recited the hackneyed soliloquy of " To be, or not to be," much better than he did the passionate one of " Oh ! what a rogue and peasant slave am I," which Garrick held to be the touchstone of an actor's capacity in the part. He recited the injunc tions to the actors, and expressed his regard for Horatio, better than he gave the semi-madness of his interview with the Ghost, or the frenzied declaration of love for Ophelia over her grave. Mr. Melville is not defieient,in energy, for, on two or three occasions, he fairly roused the audience to enthusiasm. He has excellent taste ; mimics no celebrity ; hankers after no intent meanings or new readings, and is always judicious and sensible. In _ _ all this we thank him, for imitators and would-be profound interpreters have so long infested the theatres, that it is much to get a sensible actor who plays, at all events, from his own notions and his own feelings. The part of Hamlet is so long, so complicated, and requires such sustained powers, that we recol lect no actor who fulfilled all its requisites; not even the elder Kean, who in his prime vas the nearest to a true delineation we have ever seen. Mr. Melville is young, practised in, and• evidently devoted to his art; and there can be no doubt will prove a great acquisition to the metropolitan stage. The house, which was well attended, was evi dently much interested in the performance, and ex pressed its frequent approbation very loudly. Mr. Melville was called at the close of every act, and at the conclusion of the play received the very cordial approbation of the audience. A new drama is an nounced for Monday, in which he is to take the principal character. GREAT FIRE AT ANTWERP.—On Sunday a fire burnt down ono of the wings of the Royal Arsenal, at Ant werp. One or two persons lost theirlives, and severalwere injured, It is not known hew the fire was occasioned. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL TILE EARL OF TVALDEG.RAVE. We regret to have to announce the decease of Vice-Admi ral the Right Hon. William, eighth Earl of Waldegrave, C. 8., which melancholy event took place on Monday night, at his residence at Hastings. The deceased William Waldegravo, eighth Earl of Wal degrave, and Viscount Chewton, Baron Waldegrave, and a baronet of the United Kingdom, fourth son of the fourth Earl of Waldegrave, was born at Navestock Hall, in Essex, on October 27, 1788. He had the misfortune to lose his father while yet in infancy—that nobleman dying while on a visit to the Earl of Aylesford, in Warwickshire, leaving his widow with four sons and one daughter, Lady Maria Waldegrave, subsequently married to Mr. Micklethwait, of Cossy Hall, Norfolk. Of the sons, George, the fifth earl, was unfortunately drowned at Eton, and was succeeded by John James, the sixth earl, who entered the army and served in the Peninsular war, and also in the short cam paign ending with the battle of Waterloo. The third son, Edward, also was in the military service, and after sharing in the disastrous retreat of Sir John Moore, was drowned.in the wreck of the transport in which he was returning to England, on the Manacle Rocks, near Plymouth. William, the fourth son—the subject of this memoir—was educated at Eton, and chose thenavy for his profession. Mr. 0' Byrne, in his " Naval Biography," gives the following account of his career :—" Mr. Waldegrave entered as'a first-class boy on board the Theseus, 74, Captain John Bligh, bearing the flag of his uncle, Lord Radstock, and then fitting at Spithead, August 11, 1801. Removing in January, 1802 (he had already attained the rating of midshipman), to the Medusa, 32, commanded by Sir John Gore, he con tributed in that ship, after cruising in the Mediterranean, to the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of the fourth off Cape St. Mary, sth Oct., 1804 ; and to the detention, in the ensuing November, of the Matilda, 36, a ship laden with a cargo of quicksilver worth £200,000. In the early part of 1805 the Medusa con veyed the Marquis Cornwallis, as Governor-General, to India, whence she effected her passage home, a distance of 13,831 miles, in the wonderfully short period of 82 days. Mr. Taldegrave served with Sir John for a few more months in the Revenge, 74, in the Channel ; but in June, 1806,:he joined,: at Plymouth, the Royal George, 100, flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth. On 29th July following he was made lieutenant of the Sirius, 36, Captain William Prows°, on his former station, the Mediterranean, where he was appointed 12th Dec., 1808, and 11th April, 1809, to the Ocean, 98, and Vile de Paris, 110, bearing each the flag of Lord Collingwood. On the night of the 31st October in the latter year we find him serving with the boats of a squadron under Lieutenant John Tailour at the capture and destruction of the French armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, armed Xeber, Normande, and several merchant vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas, after a desperate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded. As we learn from Lord Collingwood's public letter, he dis played on that occasion the spirit which was inherent in him, and having been the first volunteer on the service, he was sent home by his lordship with his despatches. He arrived at the Admiralty 29th of November following, and three days afterwards was promoted to the rank of com mander. He was next, 6th of July, 1810, appointed to the Melpomene, which, after Gen. Massena's retreat from be fore Torres Vedras, assisted in carrying the British army, under Gen. Hill, across the Tagus, and with a post cap tain's commission, dated Bth Mareh, 1811, he was appointed to the . Macedonia, also on the Lisbon station, which he left on the 7th June, 1811, returning to England." On the 10th August, 1812, , Captain Waldegrave married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel Whitbread, by the Lady Elizabeth Grey. This introduced him at once into the politics of the day, and the character of that inde pendent statesman gave the bias to his mind which ever after remained with him, namely, a general determination to support Whig measures, but not to be a party man. On Mr. Whitbread's untimely death he was unanimously elected to fill the vacant seat as member of Parliament for Bedford during the minority of his brother-in-law, which he held till the dissolution of that Parliament in 1818. His noble mother, who, in the course of a long widowhood, had administered her son's property in the most exemplary manner, being now dead, Captain Waldegrave, about the year 1821, settled in Somersetshire, as agent to his brother under trustees, and in this county he is remembered with respect by his fellow-magistrates for his unwearied at tention to his duties as a justice of the peace, and with affection by the poor for his unfailing readiness to hear and redress their grievances. The colliers speak of him as the first gentleman who made himself personally ac.. quainted with their mode of life by descending their pits and endeavouring to improve their condition. On the 7th of Feb., 1829, Captain Waldegrave was appointed to H.M.S. Seringapatam, 46, on the South American station, and was sent by the Admiralty to investigate the state of the islands of the South Pacific, and report upon their conversion to Christianity. Subsequently he acted as senior officer in the Pacific from May, 1830, till April, 1832. The imme diate result of this voyage showed itself in his settling down in London on his return to England, and devoting his energies to the promotion of the temporal and spiritual in terests of seamen, and the spread of the Gospel among the heathen, whether at home or abroad, and he became an active member of societies formed for these purposes. At the end of seven years he was appointed to the command of the Revenge, 74 (May, 1839), and took a distinguished part in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, under the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford and Sir Charles Napier. The latter he assisted in concluding the peace by which the war between Turkey and Egypt was ended. On the 18th Dec., 1840, he was nominated, with the rest of the captains in the Syrian war, a Companion of the Bath. In Sept. and Oct., 1841, ho was senior official officer in the Bay of Tunis, with the Ganges, 84, and the Implacable, 74, under his orders. He obtained the captain's good service pension in 1842, and returned to England in March of the same year. On the Ist Oct., 1846, he acceptea the rank ur lo tired rear-admiral, in accordance with his long-expressed opinion that older though still vigorous men should make room for younger men in the service. In the same year he succeeded to the family dignity as eighth Earl of Walde grave on the death of his nephew, and having been a widower since 1843, married Mrs. Milward, of Hastings, which place became henceforward his principal residence. The loss of his eldest son, Viscount Chewton, who died on the Bth of October, 1854, of wounds received at the battle of the Alma, was a blow to his health from which he never re covered. The Queen expressed her most gracious and deep-felt sympathy at the death of Lord Chewton, in a letter which was most graciously worded and most grate fully received. Gradually and most reluctantly one active pursuit after another was relinquished, till in 1866 he was unable to attend in the House of Lords. The late Viscount Chew ton left E k t his death (by his wife, daughter of Captain Bastard, R.N., of Sharpham, Devon shire), one son, William Frederick, born on the 2d March, 1851; and another son, Henry Noel, born on the 14th Oc tober, 1851, a few days after the death of his noble father. Tho late earl is succeeded in his title and honours by his grandson, the above William Frederick, now ninth Earl of Waldegrave, born on the 2d of March, 1851. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT OXFORD. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has now been at the University a week, and he may be considered to have fairly entered upon his career as an Oxonian. His resolution seems to be to conform to the rule of his college, and to conduct himself in nearly all respects like its ordi nary members.' He has been a regular attendant at such of the lectures as have yet taken place,' though the term being yet so young, most of the professors only begin their labours in the course of the present week ; and so far, un like many of his less illustrious colleagues, he has " saved his fines," by being at chapel punctually at eight o'clock every morning. One difference made in his favour is that instead of occupying rooms in college, the prince is allowed to keep up a residence in the city, a privilege that is never accorded to any but royal undergraduates. When the late Marquis of Waterford was at Christ Church (the prince's Alma Inter) he made great efforts to secure a similar con cession, but in vain ; and ordinary undergraduates are re fused even to be allowed to take lodgings out of the Col lege untirthey have matriculated at least one term. Any day the prince may be seen walking along the streets in his cap and gown, almost unattended, or strolling in the quadrangle of Christ Church with his brother under graduates, among whom he is very popular; and he seems equally disposed to submit to college discipline, and to bear his share in college sports. He seems inclined too to give his patronage to city entertainments. Mr. Charles Dickens gave readings at the Town-hall on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and at the first reading (" The Christmas Carol " and " The Trial from Pickwick") the prince and his suite were present. On his attaining his 18th year on the 9th proximo, the event will be celebrated in Oxford with great rejoicings. The prince will remain at Oxford for nine months, and before his departure the beau tiful new museum in the parks will be opened by the Queen in person. In the same week the commemoration will be held, when his royal highness will probably be admitted to the honorary degree of D.C.L. COWES, ISLE OF IP (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent leaves Norris Castle for the season on Friday next. DESTRUCTIVE GALE AT RYDE.—A violent storm of wind and rain, attended with thunder and lightning, passed over the Isle of Wight on Tuesday night: Many trees fences, and chimneys were blown down, and a considerable part of Ryde Pier destroyed. COWES AND NEWPORT RAILWAY.—A number of men are employed on this line. The first sod was turned in the field adjoining Mr. Bannister's ropewalk, but the tunnel which is to pass under the Newport and Cowes road, Mill Hill road, and the grounds of West Hill House is not yet commenced. The Cowes terminus is to be in Carvel-lane, within a few yards of the High-street and the steamboat pier. The houses in Chapel-lane, and part of Carvel-lane are to be pulled down, and a new street, 60 feet wide, is to be made from the High-street, passing by the Catholic chapel, to the entrance to Northwood-park, GOVERNMENT G UARANTEBS. The recent remarks of the Chancellor of the Ex" chequer at the Great Eastern banquet, on the sub ject of Government guarantees to public undertak ings have awakened attention. Mr. Gladstone pointed out that the unsatisfactory returns of rail way investments have tended to produce a novel and, as he believes, mischievous tendency in the public mind to abandon the principle of self-reliance and to make an assault upon the national purse whenever any fresh project is deemed desirable, and as guardian of that purse, to say nothing of the moral considerations involved, he claimed the sym pathy of his hearers for the task he has continually to perform of resisting such importunities. To this he is undoubtedly entitled, and he may also demand the thanks of all persons of vigour and judgment not only for the firmness of his course, but for having alluded to the evil. There is one part of the philosophy of the matter, however, which has never yet been sufficiently recognised. The refusal of the public to place confidence in the promises or management of private directors is perfectly prover and natural. It is simply a result of hard experA ence, and one at which—seeing that there is always a hunger for good investments—they have arrived with the greatest reluctance. We have for some time been at that pass at which all public under takings of magnitude must be declined unless Go' vernment security can be obtained. The lesson is painful, but as wholesome as it is painful; and , instead of putting an end to it by granting the re quired aid, it is the business of the Government to let it work a cure. That cure will consist in the whole herd of modern company-mongers being thrown out of occupation, while individual capital ists endeavour to effect single-handed, or by means of the untrammelled superintendence of some one whom, from long personal knowledge, they can thoroughly trust, such public improvements as may be within their power. Nothing could be more un palatable to the parties whose trade is thus liable to be spoiled ; and the cry for Government guaran tees was chiefly raised by them in order that they might still lead the public, by getting from facile Ministers something that should excite the conff . dente which they could no longer win in any other way. The clamour, in fact, was simply to keeP, such things practically in their old channels ; an the history of several recent companies—home and foreign—shows the extent to which it has succeeded. Let any further compliance be sternly refused; let the public be told that if they want invest ments they must find men they can trust, or keep their money idle, and the requisite individual will be found, just as in all other exigencies of life the right characters rise up when events have reached the stage at which they are a neees" sity. Those who have shown the greatest talent► . combined with that capacity for faithful labou r which springs from the steady consciousness of duty, will then so me times c o me into th e place of those who are di s ti ngu i s h e d on ly by a grasping self a fluent kna c k at all th e platitudes of public meetings, and an unlimited faculty of ma.' ing promises for the f u t ure , an d o f j us tifying disowning the past. Thi s i s th e goo d t o publie morality that Mr. Gladstone, and such as thin with him, may help to achieve. The change will be slow, but it is worth the patience of y ears , WV - ever mortifying it may be meanwhile to conteia: plate the great things that might be done, but tha t must be deferred, for lack of co-operative faith, t° another epoch. Yet, as all rules have exceptions , there is a conclusion to be guarded against in t h i e sweeping deductions to which we are thus le d ' Although the principle of Government guarantF c , is wholly uns ou nd, an d ra di c ally i n contradictio n to the habits tliat have made England what she I t the nation must not use this plea in order to throb upon individuals the risk of purely national under takings. There has for years been a reprehensi?, tendency' in this direction on the part of lea(1 06 statesmen. Go to them on some question involving simply the consideration whether the Governme nt w . honestly pay a certain sum or undertake a cer tain liability for a purely national want, and thl will meet . y ou w ith a th rea db are l ec t ure on t' s ,, i desirableness of individuals being induced to supp l y it by privat e en t erpr i se ; j us t as if th e propriet% of certain l an d s you m i g ht propose to dr ill r should meet you with a pompous reproof f i ( 3 ) if outraging the principles of political economl, ii l, asking him for a p ecun i ary con t r ib u ti on . In the same spirit, whenev er an y t o t a ll y imfirovia financial outlay, which may have been uPT fill to the people and ruinous to the subscribers , celebrated by a demonstration, some m e mbers , 0 a the Government are a l wa y s f oun d to l au d schemers who have instigated the folly for t' " patriotic" marvels they have achieved. The ° .. . 01. ; rupting consequence is that the community T: o taught to regard as eminent benefactors those v/:, have enabled them to gain a great advantage ,u.T O the impoverishment of individuals. This desire of T Government to get benefits at the cost of famillesir requires to be controlled quite as much as the ell site desire on the part of promoters before a health position can be assumed. If the Government th i n a speedy communication with India, either by t el graph or railway, via Suez, the Euphrates, til t Cape, or any other route, on the ground that a might add to the security of our empire or saps million or two per annum of political expenditw;e or if they deem an instantaneous correspond s b e with the United States or any other country t° of sufficient political importance, apart from s ce commercial considerations, with which they b a nothing whatever to do, to warrant a certain pee n ' niary risk on the part of the two nations, it is t heir business to say so, and fairly to volunteer the P a e .; ‘ .. mein. van rue oiner - nana, tney reel called toe press any opinion as to the propriety of individu a a a being drawn into such hazards they s h ou ld, ieste of trying to assist delusions, c ond emn by every P os. sible opportunity all premature steps, and P.re tt ., o t the mercantile doctrine that the true patriot is one who throws great enterprises back by eget?, cally outstriding the demand of the h our and brut ing them into financial disrepute, but who CO l. h i . tinually makes a steady on war d move wheue l .. ... e confidence has been justified by previous success' Times. BANQUET TO LORII B.ROUGII4O* „ - EDINBURGti, WEDNESDAY EVENING' 4 The banquet by th e c i t i zens of Edinburg h to I°Bo,. Brougham took pl ace t hi s even i ng. About 65 0t 1r down to-dinner, an d a b out 4 00 lad i es an d gen men were present as spectators. The LORD PROVOST having in appropriate lair. page proposed "the health” of the noble lord, LORD BROUGHAM rose t o reply ani:d manifes ts tions of great enth us i asm and delight. He sr" l- • e considered this invitation and this reception as a of the two greatest honours that had erowse▪ ig not very short and a very variegated life. l " . f i c being chosen to repr esen t th e great county o f .„ was the other. He referred to the instan t of gross bribery and corruption lately disclose c t s t England, and e x p resse d hi s great grat i f i cat i o n in Scotland electoral corruption did not exist at. n Until it was extirpated with a steady, unflinchlo4,; and strong h an d t h e const i tut i on of th i s co uny e would be upon its trial. That it would servic e entertained no doubt, b ecause h e en t er tained doubt that that corruption would yet be en t ' f il i e , extirpated. He ad ver t e d, i n a ff ect i ng terms, Oiast many changes that had tak en pl ace s i nce his . 4 . appearance in Edinburgh, 25 y ears ago , anu 4;g pressed his pain to thi n k th a t h e was t h e survi-o.e, now of nearly all his private friends. One cha ff o.; however, he found of a more happy description he had survived those rancours and d e l u sions se party which then to some ex t en t preva il e d, delusions which allowed no merit in an adverse to —and admitted no fault in a friend. Referring.Te the affairs of Italy, he said that whatever ine tl o f had origin a t e d th e l a t e war a certa i n am oun% o good had come out of it—a very great step had biell.o ; made towards the i n d e p en d ence o f the Rl' the people ; and his- hope w a s t o see th em u nder o f King of Sardinia, as the only practicable mod e oe , insuring their independence. Alluding to Fraz,l,_ re , he pictured the great t em pt er h o ldi ng o ut be i lli o that nation the laurel, th e em bl em o f war' o pt glory, and expressed his hope that the Fren,e, would not be deceived by it; and he described 1;0 tempter as likewise offering to this country n a apple, the emblem of the fruits of the earth n o, trying to lull this country into a false security , ' c o . ing it to abandon its preparations for def eli n ia In this last he knew that the tempter o° " os t fail. This country, lie said, did not dis`l,4 its neighbours, but it trusted to itself. Their ",„ f or was to be prepared by sea and land in everY, ', it in which an attack was possible, so as to rende r d, impossible not only that the attack should sne c u e „. - 0 but that it should b e a tt empted. We did the "s• both for our neighbour and ourselves by being c ; c) , t bt pletely and abs o l u t e l y prepared for whatever re"°ot happen. (Hi s L or d s hi p was received througo%o with great applause.) Among the toasts of evening were—" The Education of the PeeP` e of proposed by the Lord-Advocate ; " The C01 ° , 4 . Justice," pr o p ose d b y L or d B rougham ; " The ' lish Bar," b y P ro f essor A ytoun ; and among its other speakers were the Duke of Argyll, Prete 6 Pillans, Mr. Robert Charn'iers, and others. 91• 4 ' VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PR I NCESS O F A. f,TT S —Preparations aro being made at Windsor Castle for the c o ception of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Frt n e at Frederick William of Prussia a n d su it e , who will arr" of Windsor shortly before the 9th pros., for the purPoc t v being present at the grand b anque t i n h onour o f the 'b l oc day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales• o i o illustrious visitors will not return to Prussia befer® of end of November, in order to b e p resen t at t h e ce lebrati o _ the birthday of the Princess R o y a l on t h e 21 s t o f that Pon