The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-09 00:00:00

TATRHEE-RYAL, DRURYLN—Under the Management of Miss Louisa - Pyne End Mr. W garrison. THIS EVENING (Last Time), Balfe's ROSE OF CAS TILLE : Miss Louisa I'yne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Pres cott ; Mr. Ferlinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Bar tlemau, and Mr. IV. Harrison. Conductor-31r. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEI3 D'AMOUR 3lesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacehi, and Pasquale. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of KING JOIIN. King John, Mr. C. Kean—Constance, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, entitled THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE RIVALS. Mr. Buckstone and Miss Reynolds. A new Spanislt Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE, in which Perea Nena will appear. With WHITF.BAIT AT GREENWICH. John Small, by Sir Wm. Don, Bart. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commente at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST Miss Swanborough. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. The Lessee has the honour to call public attention to thepro duction of a new grand military and equestrian drama, on Saturday, Nov. 4, for the first time. T HIS EVENING, and during the week, will be repeated a new grand Spectacle, entitled LIFE IN THE EAST ; or, The Fugitives and their Faithful Steed. Written expressly for this amphitheatre by Mr. It. Phillips, and embracing the entire strength of this vast llippodramatic Temple. Princi pal characters by Messrs. lt. Phillips, Holloway, J. Anson, Mark Howard, Francis ; Miss Dowton, Miss Weston, &c. Followed by the inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, in which Messrs. IV. Cooke, Runnels, W. Cooke, jun.; Mes dame Blanche, &c., will go through their unrivalled feats. No fees to box-keepers. The art of riding taught. Commence at seven. Carriages at Eleven. - Prices of admission :—Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, ls, Galleries, , fat ; Private Boxes, from £1 is to £2 2s and upwards. Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Callery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters .and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist- Musie hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the COntinent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—Stng OFFICE, DEC. 9. THERMOMETER, IN TUB SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. B AROMETER-30 .36—rising. WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with foggy weather. THE SUN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1858. The Hon. MILNER. GIBSON addressed his consti tuents at a crowded meetin g on Tuesday, the Mayor presiding. We may probably take his views as those of the working Radical members of the House of Commons, the men who think not of theory only but of action, and who ask not only what is perfection, but what can we do? After justifying his upsetting the PALMERSTON Admini stration, in which business he took so prominent a part, aid declaring :that he would do it again if the circumstances should ever recur, that indeed he thought the Tories getting an "innings" had been of considerable service, and would do considerable good in the political training of the Whigs themselves, he came to the grand question which must now be the question of the next six months at least. Every one who speaks in public, and of course Mr. M. GIBSON, must de liver their views on Reform, and Mr. GIBSON is in the very position to do so ; he is the old colleague of one of the three Reform Bill-makers for 1859, and he has a Radical constituency. Is Reform wanted? What sort of Reform would we have ? And how is any Reform Bill to be car ried ? These, says Mr. GIBSON, are the three im portant questions, and the last is practically the first one. Radicals, in their now quasi official capacity, feel the difficulties of office. They have to look obstructions in the face. We therefore find Mr. GIBSON, like Mr 'BRIGHT, insisting on the necessity of compromise. Those who wish to go a little way must be content to go a little further ; those who were prepared to go a great way must . be content to stop somewhat short, and thus, by fair compromise, a valuable mea sure might be carried. The Bill of 1832 was car ried in that way. What we want is a real House of Commons as well as a _House of Lords. A house returned by the people, and not nominated by the Lords. This is the gist of the question fairly stated. At present the aristocracy possesses the whole of one house and nominates a majority of the other. Let the QUEEN and the people, through their representatives, be substantive powers in the State. We are pleased to notice that Mr. M. GIBSON decidedly asserts the absolute necessity of the Ballot to secure us fair representation. He dwells, indeed, on the importance of removing the anomaly that four millions out of five millions of adult males should not be represented, and avows himself in favour of giving the working classes a much larger share of political power; but he will on no consi deration forego the Ballot. Many, he observes, think it an unimportant question : "he held it to be vital to freedom of election in a country like this." He might have said", in almost any country under heaven. So numerous everywhere arc the unfair influences which may be brought to bear on electors, that if the object be that per sons shall " do their own voting," and not the voting of those whom they do not wish to displease, the Ballot is the only known means of enabling them to do it. " They might depend upon it," Mr. GIBSON truly enough observed, "there was no real ground for opposing the vote by Ballot but a fear of the existing constituency of the country." With these views we entirely concur. So far from deeming the Ballot a "mere convenience," as some Reformers talk, or a device of cowardice, as those talk who are too great cowards to face the free votes of the people, we believe it to be, of all the reforms now demanded, the one which is b y far the most important. It would create hundreds of thousands of independent electors out of the present li m i ted constituency—out of men who now either do not vote, or who vote under fear or influence; and it would thus substitute election by the electors—that is, by the people—for nomination by the peers and the wealthier classes. The Duke of BEDFORD may enjoy the pleasure, so rarely known, of experiencing political gratitude. He has always, we believe, been noted, like his political and agricultural friend the late Earl of LEICESTER, for his political liberality, never con straining his tenants to vote against their prin- . ( S . , • - kil(-4 0 N ,,,vr.o.ut.N4, 25.. 0 '''' ' • . df • =7l[C*l 4.. A.P4 % , . i. , • • AO. A . , 4. T'a, -L , it • .... Val ,'''' •\ 11" - 4 111 0 1 1/ \ll • ;tr:', - ._tr,..'411116k4,; ~ic e , -;•,'' 0 ~....____ __•llL i:•il, ' . - .04 , ,: , , ',. Nt , ~;::: ..:', • - --jP-• ' ''' " -- - - ciples. This is, doubtless, an easier virtue for a Liberal than for a Tory landlord. The middle classes, amongst whom farm-tenants rank, are the strength of the Liberal party ; left to themselves but a small minority of them would be Tories. The landlord of Liberal politics hI, little need, therefore, of self-denial in bidding his tenants to vote as they please. The pleasure of landlord, and that of tenants, in this instance, coincide. A practical reason, by the bye, why Liberal landlords need not be hostile to secret voting. They would lose nothing by it of personal influence, and their cause would gain materially in the counties at large. The fact alluded to in our first observation illus trates the truth of these remarks. Last Wednes day a public meeting was held in the Town-hall of Woburn on the subject of the Ballot. The Town hall was lent by the Duke for the purpose, and the assembly was a large one. There has been, for a month or so past, considerable excitement on the subject, in Woburn, in consequence of a lecture de livered some time back by Mr. WHITE, to prove that the Ballot was immoral, " because all secrecy was so." Lord CHARLES RUSSELL presided at the lecture delivered by Mr. WHITE, which, though a clever one, and unanswerable, if his starting point were conceded, could not be termed more than clever, since no one could allow that concealment itself is wrong, especially when the wickedness of others compels us to have recourse to it. If so, indeed, the whole system of expedients generated by the necessity of honest men protecting themselves against rogues would be wrong. The immorality of secrecy and concealment is indeed a doctrine, we should say, hopeless enough to preach to a nation distinguished almost equally by the seemingly incompatible qualities of reserve and out-spoken- ness. As Mr. WHITE was to be present at the meeting and a deputation from the Ballot Society to take the lead, the small town of Woburn was not a little excited. It was known that the DIV was not the man to be the least aggrieved by either a warm defence of the Ballot or a warm attack on it. His own family had walked, in Parliament, into dif ferent lobbies on the annual motion, and never, therefore, was the question put to a fairer test— " What do small agricultural towns think and wish on the Ballot ?" All were free to speak and act as they pleased, and we may add, we believe, with truth, that every elector present—and every per son who hopes to become an elector by virtue of Lord DERBY'S or JOHN BRIGIIT'S Reform Bill, or by Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S, as may yet be the case —that they all felt assured that under the Duke and his family they should not need the Ballot for themselves. Well, after the deputation from the Ballot So ciety had had full scope—after Mr. WHITE had replied—after the deputation had rejoined— and after a brisk fire of lively ques tions had been kept up for some time and with much spirit, and apparently to the great entertain ment of all—after all came the voting—and it cer tainly was a model vote—" That although this meeting feels that if all landlords were equally liberal with his Grace the Duke of BEDFORD the necessity for the Ballot would be lessened, it still feels that its adoption is most important, and that any Reform Bill which does not contain a provision for secret voting will be unsatisfactory." Who will say, after this, that the Duke's political clients at Woburn are wanting in political gratitude ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL will, however, permit us to remind him of the weight which this vote should have with him. It is the Abbey town itself which has voted for the Ballot. He has repeatedly, and we believe with perfect honesty, insisted on the value of our small agricultural boroughs, asserting that they possessed a peculiar character, and a considerable number of independent minds. He would, we suppose, rather group than abolish them. Woburn is just one of the small places which his Lordship would like to have representa tion, in some way, with other places of a similar class. Now, Lord JOHN may see, if he will, how one or his own favourite class of towns thinks on the important question of the Ballot. He will allow, wa are sure, that not one small agricultural towr in a hundred is better qualified to ask his ac ceptance of their opinion as a representative opinion than Woburn. It is free to vote as it likes under the RUSSELL family—its inhabitants have fewer personal reasons to desire the Ballot than those of almost any small town in the kingdom—yet Wo burn advertises Lord JOIIN most distinctly that his Reform Bill will not satisfy without the Ballot. It is surely worth his while to review his opinion and position on the question, when Manchester and Woburn unite in their demand. His Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands has been confined to his residence in Lowndes-square for the last ten days with an attack of rheumatism. His Excellency the Saxon Minister has returned to town from the continent. _ . . The Duke of Buceleuch and the Earl of Dalkcith, M.P., have arrived at Montague House, from Boughton House, Northamptonshire. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are expected in town early next week from Ainwick Castle. The Marquis of Hartington has left town for Vienna. The Earl and Countess of Craven have left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Verulam, at Gor hambury Park, Herts. The Earl of Beverley has left Portman-square for Torquay. His lordship has recovered from his late in disposition. The Earl and Countess of Bective are on a visit to the Lord High Commissioner, and Lady Young, at Corfu. The noble earl and countess intend to return home for the meeting of Parliament. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have arrived at Baron's Court, county Tyrone, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Cam bridge House on Tuesday for Broadlands. The funeral of the lamented Lady Clementina Villiers will take place on Saturday. Her ladyship's mor tal remains Will repose inthe family fault at Middleton. Baron Lichtenstein has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Germany. The Baron von Hargen has taken his departure from the same establishment. Sir Hamilton and the Hon. Lady Seymour have left town on a visit to Mr. and Lady Charlotte Egerton at Mere Hall, Cheshire. Lady Peel has arrived at her residence in White hall-gardens. Sir Charles Rushout and the Hon. Lady Rushout have left Fenton's Hotel for Sezincot, Gloucestershire. LIVERPOOL, Dec. B.—The screw steamship Kangaroo, belonging to the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company, sailed to-day for New York with the United States' mails, 140 passengers, and a full and valuable cargo of fine manufactured goods, a considerable portion of which were Irish fabrics. On Saturday the Cunard Royal mail steamship Persia sails for New York with the Canadian and United States' mails. The Black Ball Australian passenger ship Marco Polo arrived to-day from Melbourne, which port she left on Sept. 3. She has on board 47,000 oz. of sold, valued at £185,520, and 113 passengers. ARRIVAL 01' AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—The Black Ball clipper, Marco Polo, arrived in the Mersey yesterday (Wednesday) from Melbourne, which port she left on Sept. 9th. She brings 47,900 ounces of gold, equal to about £185,520, and 113 passengers. The voyage was protracted by the recent heavy gales, and also some very rough wea ther in the early part of the voyage. By the last Austra lian mail only four gold ships were advertised for sea, but by the anival of the Dover Castle at London, in the early w d an a e y da , w; th oth e l o ci n lal l te y taev v r e ev s se e:i l see s ilbo n , part of th e wee k, and the Marco Polo at Liverpool, yester ounhwowaietevaseebra;uawitreltlht hne not e et J b a dr n e o t tg. a n s muchedp the te m gold, b Or r r If the Janet left at h er a p po i nted date, Aug. n 30, she is now over 90 days at sea, and may be looked for every day. THE FOG.—A very heavy fog pre va il e d i n Lon don yesterday. From a very early hour the darkness n cessitated the lighting of gas in all th e o ffi ces and shops. F on the liver Was entirely suspend e d, and the street the fog appeared to us thicker and darker th an any fog traffic was considerably impeded. At some pe r i o d s o f t h e day we eve r rouexaber to have observed in Louden, THE SUN, lONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1858. LATEST NEWS. grams have been received at Mr. Renter's office offieetete MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. Advices have been re ceived from Constantinople to the Ist inst. The ambassadors of the Great Powers have met in conference, during two consecutive days, to de bate on the critical state of the Principalities. There is an extrarirdinary movement and activity among the mem'oers of the diplomatic corps. The reserve of the arnay in Asia has been called out. Notwithstand'lng the arrival of a part of the loan, contracted in England, the Turkish troops have not yet received their arrears of pay. There is also a delay in paying the salaries of the public functionaries. An incredible stock jobbing is going on with the deeds of the Seraglio debts. Adviccs from Persia state that a distinguished reception had been given to the French military mission. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. Advices have been received from Lebanon to the 25th November. Notwithstanding the death of several of the insurrectional chiefs and the submission of the Syrian tribes, disagreements and disorder increase continually, and the inhabitants of Syria implore the protection of the European powers. A fight has taken place near Damascus with a horrible slaughter of the Mutualis (a Syrian tribe) by the Nomades. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 7. According to news from the Caucasus the Cir cassians have been defeated at Bagnado. During September and October 4,600 Circassians, with the Naib Schago and his brothers, have gone over to the Russians (emigres chez les Russes.) GENOA, DEC. 7. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia has left for Villafranca. A distinguished reception was given to him by the authorities of Genoa. MADRID, DEC. 8. Marshal O'Donnell declared yesterday that the Government has resolved to preserve the Constitu tional system. Three per Cents. closed 43 65; ditto Deferred, 31 45. HANOVER, DEC. 8. The Ministry has been again defeated. The Second. Chamber has rejected, by 44 votes against 36, the law presented by the Government to in crease the income-tax. The following was received at Mr. Reuter's office from Naples, by letter : "NAPLES, DEC. 3. "I have to communicate a fact not yet noticed by the press. " The King of Naples had, it is stated, some time ago, asked the Cabinets of London and Paris to allow his ambassadors to be sent to those places, in the hope that their visit to Queen Victoria and the Emperor Napoleon, would tend to re-establish di plomatic relations which would facilitate the send ing of ambassadors to Naples by the Courts of St. James's and the Tuileries. " The English and French Governments not hav ing sent any reply, it was feared that things would remain in static quo. But the English Cabinet has now quite unexpectedly sent an answer. I have been told that Lord Malmesbury's despatch is to the following effect : " The Government of her Majesty has seen with satisfaction that his Majesty the King of Naples is anxious to renew diplomatic relations, which had been broken off. " The English Government hopes that the King will facilitate the means of doing so by no more refusing to the present Cabinet a measure analogous to that which was taken when Lord Palmerston was at the head of the Ministry. "The treaty with the Argentine Republic has not been ratified or carried out. Could not the King find any other means to apply those mea sures of clemency which he thought of at that time ?" Mobilier varied from I,ooof. to 990 f. ; Orleans, 1,405 f. to 1,400 f. ; Northern, 1,005 f. to I,ooof. ; Lyons, 886 f. 25e. to 882 f. 50c. ; Southern, 595 f. to 590 f.; and Austrian, 652 f. 50e. to 650 f. The market rallied again before the close, when the following were the quotations : it per Cents. 96 50 Do. end month 96 60 3 per Cents. 73 05 Do. end month 73 35 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 997 50 Do. Account Credit Fonder 675 Belgian 4i . — Piedmonteso (5) 94 Roman 93 25 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — RAILWAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans Northern , lOOO .. 1002 50 New ditto 842 50 .. 845 Lyons and Blediterranean 835 .. 885 New ditto — . • Geneva 625 .. 627 50 Midi —•—• • • Southern Western 612 50 .. 610 Eastern 7OO .. 700 "'— Grand Central — . . Sardiniaa Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12ie. ; money, 25f. 10e. threo:pontha, paper, 24f. 951 c. ; money, 24f. 95c. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 3d says :—" A part of the suite which accompanied the King and Queen to Meran have returned to the capital. General de Gerlach soon after waited on the Prince Regent and delivered a letter from the Queen. Different versions were in circulation as to the contents of this letter. It is said by some that the Queen complains bitterly of the changes which the Regent has effected among the high functionaries of the State, and particularly of the speech made by the Prince to the ministers, and in which, it may be remembered, he alluded to the faults committed under the preceding Government. The Queen, it is said, observed in her letter that it was rather premature on the part of the Prince to pronounce such an opinion while the King ova still alive, and might at any moment resume the reins of Government." The Emperor of Austria on the 2d received the Archbishop of Vienna, who took leave on his de parture for Rome, where he goes to receive the hat of cardinal. His Majesty also received the reign ing prince of Leichstenstein, who had arrived the day before from his country seat at Eisgrieb. DEATH OF JOHN SEED, ESQ. We have this day to note, with no ordinary €36 - row, the death of the proprietor and editor of this journal. There is always something especially sad in recording in his own paper the last notice of one who has long watched over its interests, and in this instance that peculiar feeling which almost in variably makes the relationship between the editor and the sheet In which he sends forth to the world his every-day thoughts, was powerful in the ex treme. Only a few weeks have rolled away since Mr. Seed was busy in the maze of mercantile events, collecting material for his paper, and criticising with scrupulous attention every single note of pass ing events, in order to ensure perfect accuracy in the statistical department of the journal. On Mon day, the Bth ult., he took suddenly ill, and was obliged to leave the office long before his usual hour. Some partial rally of the system took place about ten days ago, but the change was only tem porary, and he gradually sunk, until an early hour on Thursday mo-ning last, when his death took place, leaving a wife and six children, the youngest only a few weeks old. Of Mr. Seed's abilities as a commercial journalist, we can speak in terms of unqualified eulogy. There was about his entire habits a matter of fact system of action, and at the same time a spirit of keen inquiry, which invested him with peculiar fitness for the discharge of his duties as editor of the Mercantile Journal. The greatest man that wielded power over the local press —he whose remains have been suffered to rest without a single line to record the name of the tenant who sleeps in that silent grave—once said that the conductor ora paper should be as careful of the authenticity of his editorial matter, as he would be of the statements he uttered in his capa city as a private gentleman. The important aphor ism seemed to rule in all the details of Mr. Seed's commercial literature, and the result was to bring out week after week, in the columns of his paper, a mass of mercantile in formation, which, for variety and truthfulness, could not be equalled by any pro vincial journal in the United Kingdom. The following grace:ul compliment to the memory of the late Mr. Seed appeared in the Northern Whig of Saturday : "In our obituary column of yesterday we had the melancholy duty of recording the somewhat sudden demise of this bishly-respected gentleman. Mr. Seed, though still in the prime of life, had long held an imnm 'cant position in the commer cial affairs of thiS town, and, as an honourable and stra;ghtforward man of business, he stood deservedly, hi3h in the estimation of his fellow citizens. The title, however, by which he will be more especially remembered. in relation to his public character, is that of Editor of the Belfast Mercantile Journal. Ey his exertions and adap tive talents, he not only raied that paper into considerable popularity with the mercantile pub lic, but he, at tha same time, did good service to the commercial status of Belfast. From the first day on which he took charge of the Journal—even to the latest exertion of his official duties—he in fused a new spirit into the dry details of mercantile statistics, and ultimately stamped the paper with the character of an authority on all subjects con nected with the history of Ireland's trading enter prise. So far, therefore, as an exceedingly valua ble department editorial labour is concerned, the death of Mr. Seed leaves a blank in our local literature which will not easily be filled up. On leading points connected with the industrial pro ducts of this country the late respected gentleman was remarkably well informed. He possessed an intuitive taste . An: statistics, and the bent_of his mind was 'peculiarly fitted to give full play to his idea on the questions in which he took such interest. " The merchants o Belfast will redily recollect with what. zeal Mr. Seed took un the case connected with 0117 export 4 rade, and dealt with it in a style that called forth . the attention of . the ' leading journal.' In the Board of Trade Returns, Belfast is usually cet don n as exporting about £70,000 or £BO,OOO a year. The actual value cs.:' all our exports has averased nine reill'ons for the last six years; but, as the vast proportion of these expm is are sent via Liverpool, and not direct, the latter-named port gets credit for every pound's worth of goods sent fzom thence, as i the total had been the result of local industrial enterprise. Mr. Seed put this quection into its legitiniute shape, andhad he never done a greater service to our mercantile character that one act is worthy of the grateful recollection of the inhabitants of Ulster's capital. In private life Mr. Seed was a gentleman in every sense of that com prohensive. term; and one of the best of all his practical virtues was that of never forgetting an act of friendship. " It is no di:.,closure of private arrangements for us to gratefully acknowledge that the late Mr. Seed was,.fo • very many years, connected with the Northern -Whig in its trace repor Is and commercial news, and that we have frequently been indebted to his pen, for many valuable and important contri buiions on local commercial Copies.—Beyast Mer cantile Neivs. LITERATURE, Maiden Sisters : a Tale. By the author of "Dorothy." Parker. Written in a si m pl e s tyl e , there is m uc h t o c h arm in the stories of this author. The one before us is very melancholy, an d th e re ader nat ura ll y f ee l s in dignant at the autho rs o f such needless suff er i ng as the unfortunate young heroine endured. Ellen Kerr was i n d ee d t o b e pitied, chiefly for h av i ng had her education so wofully neglected, and her mind, which was not naturally strong, totally un prepared and unfiaed for struggling with the world. The conduct of her elder sister was indeed a crime. She knew that the young girl she tyran nised over, however yielding and helpless she then seemed, would one day have to take her place as a responsible member of society, and her sin was a grievous one, in stifling all expressions of feeling, and in destroying all efforts at self-knowledge. There must be a fearful reckoning on the great day of ac count against those who pervert their powe r s t o such unworthy ends, and thus trifle with the soul that is to live for ever. Norah is a delightful char acter—the only really estimable one in the family ; for, in consequence of the crushing system employed, Ellen's energies were so paralysed, that we can hardly form an opinion of her real capabilities, and she appears almost a nonentity, not daring to assert an opinion of her own, and occasioning sorrow to others and misery to herself by her weakness and cowardice. Col. Oliphant has some striking quali ties, but he is hasty and suspicious, and he was very much to blame at the last for sacrificing his own happiness, and still more that of Ellen, to false pride and offended dignity, when he might have reflected that Anne Kerr was his enemy, and she was sure to tyrannise over her young sister. It is not surprising-, considering her delicacy of consti tution, that the continued sufferings and the harassing recollections should have done the work of the destroyer, and sent the persecuted young girl to an early grave. It was not likely that the har dened heart of Miss Kerr should be alive to any kindly feelings of regret ors ympathy, at such sor row, so meekly borne, and. so fair a life un timely withered, but in the still times that will intervene in the most busy life, her conscience must have risen up in judg ment against her, for her actions admitted of no palliation. Lord John Oakleigh is a weak, irresolute man, who might have created great m'schief had not Ellen been so straightforward and true. Cecil, his sister, is a charming character, with no pretentions, and she maintains her ascendancy over the regard when we find her no fashionable acquaintance of the hour —b u t a true friend, and under no very pro mising circumstances. A sad page from life's his tory is here placed before u s , an d i t w ill i nterest some from its pleasing styl e an d natura l descrip tions. The spirit with which the author is actuated is a noble reverence for the pure and the good, and thus the work possesses a merit ap ar t f rom it s at tractivqbstory, in its skilful delin ea ti on o f soc i a l evils, arising from prejudice and pride, and may be regarded as a successful attempt to combine in struction with amusement. Hanworth. Originally_ published in Fraser's Magazine. J.W. Parker. Those who have read this tale in the pages of Fraser's Magazine will be glad to meet it again in a more connected form.. It is a story of English social life very pleasantly told. The characters are varied and cleverly drawn, their individuality is pre served, and many of them are lifelike. The two chief characters, Margaret and Edith, though attached friends, become unconscious rivals, and the unimpressionable hero, who has defied the attractions of all fair heroines, unfortunately makes a mistake in his selection, and receives a comewhat ungenerous rebuff. The two friends are the most prominent figures in the .te en e, but there are many others. Lord Hanworth himself is an, attractive character in spite of his want of penetration, and a slight degree of self-satisfaction. Mr. Stirling does not divide the interest appertaining to the hero at all. Mr. and Mrs. Charlton, the poet and his wife, are charming . characters, and Mr. Vernon is a quaint and original portrait. Sir Simon Howell, the prosy and pompous country gentleman, is ably sketched, and his wife is a fair sample of a cor rect and mediocre woman of the world. Lady Middleton, her spirited friend, is a sketch often met with in the pages of fiction, as well as in society. Many minor figures are introduced, such as the lady who enjoyed her friend's troubles, and who fill up the scene. The story is an interesting one, though depending more upon the develop ment of character than the excitement of events. The conclusion is a little too abrupt, and the reader would have been more satisfied if it had seemed less hurried. It is agreeable volume, nevertheless, showing some knowledge of life and character, and will add pleasantly to the shelf of fiction in many a library. BUMOU.RBD TRAGEDY IN AMERICA We have great satisfaction in being enabled to contra dict, on the authority of the latest intelligence received from the spot, a report which has been copied into several Eng lish journals from an American newspaper, to the effect that three English gentlemen, younger sons of the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Westminster, and the Earl of Shaftesbury, had been murdered while on their journey across the Prairies from the Mississippi to the Red River. The story seems to have originated in the murder of two Canadians who were killed in a drunken quarrel with a tribe of Sioux Indians in that country.—Morning Post. THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—VALENTIA, Dec. 6. — The shore end of the cable has been laid and a splice made with the deep sea-line, five miles out at sea. Capt. Kell, who has been laying this portion of the cable, and has been here since the middle of October, leaves for London to morrow, but expects to return in the spring to underrun more of the deep sea-line. The schooner Stag, which arrived here on the 26th of October with seven miles of shore cable from London, leaves immediately with all the spare cable and stores. Mr. Collett is the only member of the Atlantic Telegraph staff left, and he is to remain in charge during the winter. _ _ A ' I4ERICAN . MAILS.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Kangaroo left the Mersey at half-past 12 yesterday (Wednesday), for New York; with the United States mails, 140 passengers, and a full and valuable cargo of fine manufactures, a consider able portion of which were Irish linens. The Cunard steamship Asia sails for New York on Saturday, the 11th instant, with the usual mails. Letters received at the Liverpool Post-office until ten a.m., with late fees till eleven a.m., and on the lauding stage until twelve noon. MAILS FOR SWEDEN:—Notice has been issued from the General Post-office that the packets conveying mails once a week between Grimsby and Gothenburgh, under a contract with the Swedish Government, are about to cease their voyages, the last vessel being appointed to sail from Grimsby on the morning of the 11th instant, after which date, therefore, no mails can be sent by that route until the re-opening of the navigation next spring; of whieb, due notice will be given, SARDINIA. The Opinione of Turin states that the Sardinian Minist of War has justvisited the fortifications of Casale, and found them very far advanced. The same journal states from Lombardy, on the other hand, that the greatest activity reigns in the arsenal of Venice ; that the number of workmen there has been doubled, and that warlike stores of all sorts are being brought in. It adds that several arrests have taken place at Milan, and that 17 students have been, arrested at Pavia, where several houses have been searched for arms many of which have been seized. The garrison has been increased by a field-battery. It has already been stated that the Archduke Charles Louis, brother to the Emperor of Austria, lately visited the Pope. The Opinione of Turin states that he is formally entrusted with a political mission, the object of which is to obtain permission from the Pope to occupy some new point of the Legation with Austrian troops, in order to be pre pared against an outbreak. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Moniteur publishes an official notification from Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, Commander in Chief of the French and Spanish forces in Cochin- China, to the effect that on and after the Ist of September, 1858, the bay and river of Tourane and the port of Cham-Callao are declared in strict blockade. All vessels attempting to force the blockade will be treated according to the usages of international law. A telegram has been received in Palls, an nouncing that Mehemed-Djemel Bey, Ambassador from the Porte to the Court of France, had embarked at Constantinople to return to Paris. A second telegram received in Paris, announces the arrival at Alexandria of Mahmoud Pasha, the new Governor of Jeddah, who was appointed to that situation at the recommendation of M. Thou venel, the French Ambassador. The Turkish Government desired that Mahmoud Pasha should reach Jeddah previous to M. Sabatier, the French Consul-General, leaving that town. M. de Mornard, French Consul at Salonica, has arrived in Paris on leave of absence. The ,Moniteur also publishes a report from Mar shal Vaillant, approved by the Emperor, appointing a committee to examine into the' best means for improving the manufacture of fire-arms in France. Marshal Bosquet, we regret to say, is again in a very unsatisfactory state of health. The last accounts from China (says the .Pays) announce that Baron Gros, the French Envoy, who had left Shanghai on the 25th Sept. for Japan, on board the steam corvette Primauguet, accom panied by the Pregent, steam advice boat, had 'arrived at his destination. He was received in the most distinguished manner by the Japanese Govern ment, and after negotiations, which had been carried on with the best feeling on both sides, had signed a treaty of amity and. commerce with that power. BOURSE, Dec. 7.—The market continued buoyant, and with a further advance of prices at the opening ; but the sudden rise induced sales for realisation, and caused a slight reaction.. Threes, after having been done at 73f. 40c., are now at 731. 20c. ; FEARFUL RAILWAY COLLLSIOX. A coliision, involving injury to several passen gers, happened on Monday evening during the fog at the Lea Bridge Station of the Eastern Counties Railway, about the same time as the ucfortunate event on the North London, and, as will be seen, arose from the want of proper precaution in run ning heavy goods trains in such weather close in the re: A- of passenger trains. As this section of the line passes over the Hackney and Tottenham marshes, the fog, if poscillle, was more dense than in the adjacent suburb: ; so black was it that the drivers could scarcely discern the funnels of their engines, and all the signal lamps were blank to them until they were 'within a few feet of where they were fixed. It appears that a train which had left Shoreditch terminus about four o'clock, broke down somewhere between Lea Bridge and Tottenham Station, blocking un the down line to all out-going traffic. The five o'clock express was brought up, and on the approach of the 5.10 tram from London to Hertford, it was stopped at the Lea Bridge Station. This was followed by the Enfield train from town, which left Shoreditch at 5.20, and as the H4r . .ford t-a:n occupied the line in the station, the Enfield train was brought to a halt on the London side of it. What precautions were taken to communicate by telegraph to Stratford of the break down and of the blockage of the trains, so as to prevent any further trains,. especially gcods, being sent on, until the obstruction was removed, has not transpired, but from the sad consequences that followed it would appear that if any orders were forwarded they must either have been mis understood or most seriously disregarded. The Enfield. train had been standing scarcely five minutes, as we were informed by a person who was on the spot, when the passengers were alarmed by the noise of a near approaching train at their rear, and ere they could do anything to protect themselves a most serious collision took place, partially demolishing the hinder carriages. One of them was a first-class, in which was Mr. Sin clair, one of the superintendents of the line, who was seriously cut and hurt about the head. A third class, which was filled with clerks and others from the City, suffered the most. The end compartment was shattered in, and almost every one of the occupants met with some in jury. Mr. Gee, a person of independence, living in Green-leaf Lane, Walthamstow, was found almost in an insensible state. Besides a contused wound on his head he had sustained a severe injury in his back. The density of the fog added to the difficulty of extricating the wounded passengers . and removing them to a place of safety. They were at length got to the Greyhound Tavern, ad jacent to the station, when everything wa done to alleviate their pain. Mr. Pinchin and other surgeons from Walthamstow were in attendance as soon as practicable. Most of the passengers, after their wounds were dressed, were forwarded to their respective residences, but Mr. Gm's condition was such as to render his detention at the tavern all night necessary. The train which caused the col lision was a heavy goods' train, for Norwich, drawn by two of the large engines, and why it was allowed to leave Stratford so soon, in such. dense weather after the Enfield train had passed, before the pre caution was taken of asking Lea-bridge " whether the line was clear," seems unaccountable. It is stated by the company's officers that the Enfield train was protected at the rear by four fog signals, the furthest of which was 800 yards up the line, and that the goods train had passed over them ; and if they really we-...e so placed, for there are doubts, it is difficult to conceive why the train was not brought to a stoppage within that distance. The board of directors met yesterday afternoon to investigate the unfortunate occuirence. Mr. Robertson, superintendent of the line, was exa mined on the matter, but the result had not been communicated. The following is a list of the per- sons hurl : Mr. Gee, Green-leaf-lane, Walthamstow, injury to back and contused head. Mr. Sinclair, one of the superintendents of the company, injury to the head. Mr. Jones, Tottenham-green, i n t er nal injury. Mr. Hunt, Marsh-street, Walthamstow, contused face. Mr. Rolph, Walthamstow, injury to leg. Mr. Atkins, Tottenham, injury to face. Mr. Richards, Higham-hill, Walthamstow, contused head. Re - r. Mr. England, of Marsh-street, Walthamstow. Mr. Nelson and son, of Mark House Corner. Mr. Whittingham, secretary to a land society, residing at Walthaustow, injury to legs, THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The question as to the replacing of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable is likely to be decided in a few days. The company have rfiatle application to the Govern- Molt for a guarantee of 4 per cent. on £537,000, subject to the same conditions as that of. the Red Sea line, and this has been backed by memorials signed by the leading firms, not only of London, but of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, Hull, Glasgow, Paisley, and Norwich. Supposing it to be granted, contracts will immediately be concluded for a new cable, and any negotiations that may be thought de sirable with the American Government will subsequently be entered into. No attempts can be made, with any prospect of success, to lift the old cable until the return of calm weather at the end of April or May, and, even under the best circumstances, the expectations with regard to the operation are not favourable. Meanwhile it has been definitively ascertained that the existing damage was not at the shore end. The laying of the new end has been completed to a distance of 12 miles out from Valentia, and the portion taken up was found to be in a perfect condition for all electrical purposes. Experiments lately under taken by a person previously unconnected with the enterprise strongly support the original infer ence, that the main fault is about 270 miles from the Irish coast, at a depth probably of 900 fathoms. There 'is also a fault on the other side, which is thought to be about. 300 miles from Newfoundland. Currents, however, still continue to be received, although of a kind so feeble and uncertain as to be useless for any practical purpose. At present the telegraph is in charge of Mr. Henley, who is manufacturing an apparatus such as his expe• rience on the spot leads him to think may yet possibly lead to some results, but in no case could there be ahope of achieving permanently any satisfactory communication otherwise than by an entirely new line. After the unanimous expression of opinion, not merely by the commer• cial towns but the people at large, that the work is one the nation should not allow to fail, it may be presumed there is little doubt of the required help being accorded, subject to such stipulations as may protect the general interests of the public. Among other provisions some modifications in the construc tion of the Board might, perhaps, be advantageously demanded. FRANCE AND THE ENGLISH PRESS. An elderly gentleman of some literary accom plishment has put himself at the head of a forlorn hope of the abject and the timorous, in an attempt to circumscribe the outspoken freedom of the English Press. The letters of Sir Francis Head, though in terms addressed to a distinguished cotem porary, must be regarded as an indirect attack upon all those English journals which, with less literary power it may be, but certainly with not less bold ness of language, nor with leas strength of convic tion, have spoken what they have felt to be the truth of the Emperor and the Empire. This sin cerity and plain speaking are repulsive to the taste, and distressing to the nerves, of the accomplished valetudinarian. His sense of propriety is offended ; his nice perception of what is due to the comity of nations is outraged ; above all, his apprehensions excited up to the panic point. Trembling with suppressed disgust and pale with coscealed terror, the old man of the " Bubbles" and the "Fagots " adjures us to be gentlemanly, and silent, and base. " For God's sake, gentlemen, whatever you may think and feel, don't express it. The Emperor and the Empire are no business of yours. France has chosen the one and likes the other. No other government is possible there. If an evil (which for my part I don't believe), it is a necessary one. Remember, too, that this Imperator is the master of 400,000 legionaries. The French nation is irritable. The French soldier is impetuous. London is defenceless. Beware." Such is the quintescence of the Head letters. Sweep away the nugce and the focci, and this remains. This is the plausible baseness whose echo is now great in all Clubs, and whose sound has gone forth into all the regions of servility. These are the sentiments which everywhere find ready currency with the elderly and the selfish ; with the cold egotists whose gods are comfort and cent. per cent. ; with the feeble and contracted natures to whom the vigorous play of free institutions is a bewilderment and a terror, which they would gladly exchange, though they shrink from the infamy of the avowal, for the silence and order of servitude. Now, then, let us tell, not these men, for they are incapable of conviction and unworthy of argument, but those who may have for a moment been misled by their fallacies, why the free Press of England cannot, without base treason to its highest func tions, proArate itself before that image of iron and clay to which they offer up their feeble and fulsome incense—the homage of meanness and fear. What is it that we mean when we talk of the free Press of England? The free Press of England is the free expression of the moral sense of England—not of the conventional basenesses of society—not of the guarded unmcaningness of diplomacy—not of the solemn and measured conclusions of administrative power—but of those deep convictions and of those high instincts which reside, and by God's blessing will ever reside, deep in the heart of this people, whose proud prerogative it is and ever has been " to teach the nations how to live." The free Press of England is charged with the, function of acting as chorus in the eventful drama of European history ; as Tribune in the complex polity of modern civilisa tion. The free Press of England cannot without base recreancy to the high duties thus cast upon it, consent to assist in silence at the triumphal pro cession of the successful conqueror of a nation's liberty. Where public outrage is done to freedom —where the landmarks of ancient right are defaced and trampled down—where the expression of free thought is made a crime, and the admiration of -free institutions the passport to a prison,—there the free Press of England, under pain of forfeiting all that has made it a power and a shield, is bound to speak boldly and aloud. It is its imperative and solemn duty to proclaim to Europe that the moral sense of England protests against t ese things. It is there for the very purpose of m king that iapro test. Itis of high concern for th e ture of Europe that such protest should be made. 'What would be come of the hopes of the nations it the only power that can speak out, among the only people that dare speak out, should look on calmly acquiescent at each evolving scene in that great drama of force and fraud ? Are the old gentlemen who button themselves up in the placid ignominy of comfort content with the prospect of the Empire every where and England nowhere ? Is even their fright ened Ancient, the literary blower of " Bubbles" and collector of " Faggots," resigned to such a future? If not, let even these men for once seriously bethink themselves of the mighty force of opinion in regulating the destinies of the world. If the English press had accepted the empire and its con sequences in silence, what would have been the inevitable conclusion of Europe? Simply this—that the foremost free State of the modern world had no real value for her own institutions—cherished, in fact, an intimate conviction that orderly despotism was preferable to turbulent freedom. Let these opinions be once firmly established, and the moral influence of England as a paramount power in the world's history is at an end for ever. It is our freedom that has made us great, and our freedom that keeps us so. It is the general conviction that we treasure this freedom, that we would shed the last drop in our veins before parting with it, that gives hope and vigour to our only natural allies — the friends of liberty throughout the world. The press of England is charged not only with the maintenance and defence of English freedom, but with the hope of the world's future. A function thus grave is not to be discharged without gravity and earnestness. What the heart feels deeply, the tongue and the pen will express manfully and boldly. It is caly thu fribblers - of fashion or the sycophants of slavery who are offended with the outspoken utter ances of a deep conviction, because their phrase ology may lack something of the emasculate repose " which marks the caste of Vere de Vere." There is another consideratien not altogether to be forgotten. It is not only the ruled but the rulers who have a deep interest in the maintenance itself stands this salutary free dom of s p eech. Power stands greatly in need of the untrammelled expres sion of free opinion as a corrective to those excesses which, if uncorrecte d, lead by e an unerring Nemesis to one of two conclusions—universal degeneracy or universal revolt. The great historian of the De c li ne and Fall of Rom e has noted it as one of the worst aggravations of the old world's splendid servitude, that the bounds of the Imperial d espo ti sm were conterm inous with the limits of human civilisation, so that the victims of . tyranny had no re f uge or asylum from its pursuit. It may we ll b e d ou b te d whether it was not at least as g rea t an ev il th a t ov er that vast region there brooded the enforced silence of stifled opinion and enslaved thought. The excesses of tyra nny were uncheck ed b y the voice of opposition ; the extremity of servitude found no solace in th e f ree d om o f remonstrance or complaint. When the Roman world was one wide scene of leaden peace and languid contentment; when material prosperity was at the highest point; when all was luxury and ease and enervating voluptuousness ; when no free thought stirred the languid air, no free voice broke the abject silence, then the Utopia of enlightened despotism, of or dered and regulated obedience, seemed to be realised on earth. But we know the issue of these things. It was no healthful calm that then held mankind tranquil, but a fatal trance. The faculties and energies of the race dwarfed and dwiitcliA tinder the superincumbent shadow of the Imperial throne. The manly virtues died away in an abject deliquium of self-contempt. The Roman world dozed and rptted into corruption, with the rescripts of living Emperors for its lrtw', and the Worship of dead Emperors for its religion. But is our Europe ripe for this degeneracy P Have the heroic struggles of the past, the restless ten dencies of the present, the irrepressible hopes of the future, no other goal than this ? Is the ialoclern world prepared to precipitate itself into this " Alia vious pool" of silence and torpor ? We know that it is not. Here and there, even in this land of free dom, the dotage of senile selfishness may fold itself in its cloak of comfort, and sink resigned to this in glorious death. But the base contagion has not spread. The heart of this people is sound, and its spirit is fearless and strong. Elsewhere there may be torpor and apathy,' but there is health and life left here. As we think and feel, so shall we speak and write. As journalists and Englishmen we re spect in others the privileges we exercise ourselves. Leaving the Bubble-blower and his admirers to the well-earned contempt of freemen, we hereby tender our thanks to the great Journal which has never more nobly exerted its power and eloquence than in confronting, against the most dangerous and insidious despotism of modern times, the bold ex pression of Engish indignation and the broad prin ciples of English freedom.—Daily News. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The wisdom of the course adopted by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton in entrusting . an important mission to Mr. Gladstone is already justified by the results. The last mentioned gentleman arrived in Corfu to wards the end of November, held communication with the principal authorities, addressed the lonian Senate, received a reply, and had within the lapse of a few days produced a favourable im pression upon those with whom he came in con tact. The people seem generally gratified at the dignified yet conciliatory policy of the British Go vernment, and instead of clamouring for imprac ticable schemes, or evincing an unwillingness to co-operate in a well-meant endeavour to improve their condition, display an anxiety to aid the Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary in his investi gations. In fact, the anticipations formed by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton in seeking the valuable assist ance of Mr. Gladstone, have been fully realised. The reputation and the lofty attainments of the member for the University of Oxford command the respect of the lonians, of all classes, and they feel convinced that in entrusting such a mission to a statesman whose character is so well known and appreciated in Europe the Government were ac tuated by a sincere desire to find a satisfactory and therefore an honourable, solution of the 'difficulty. In reply to the unjust remarks of captious critics, a few days since, we explained the nature of Mr. Gladstone's mission, showing the question raised in the dispatches, fraudulently obtained and hastily published, did not come within the scope of the same. Mr. Gladstone, in his temperate and judi cious speech to the lonian. Senate, clearly enforces this view. After some preliminary remarks on the nature of his commission, the anxiety of her Ma jesty for the welfare of the lonian people, and the embarrassments that have heretofore from time to time beset the action of the institutions established under the Treaty of Paris, he proceeds to explain the actual terms of the relationship existing be tween Great Britain and the lonian Islands, and the objects of his mission, in these words On the one side the British protectorate over these islands, on the other the substantive existence of the lonian state and its title to constitutional government, having their respective roots in the Treaty of Paris, are derived from a source higher than the will of any single state, whether sovereign or subordinate. They form a portion of the pub lic law of Europe, They cannot be infringed or altered by any authority , inferior to that from which they flow. It is, therefore, readily to be understood, alike from the terms of the commission and from the reason of the case, that my , mission avoids every ulterior quer:tinn that could derogate from the relations in which, by the concert of so many great states, England and the islands have been reciprocally placed. The liberties guaranteed by the Treaty of Paris and by the lonian law are, in the eyes of her Majesty, sacred. On the other hand, the purpose for which she has sent me is not to inquire into the British protectorate, but to examine in what way Great Britain may most honourably and amply discharge the obligations which, for purposes European and lonian, rather than British, she has contracted." There are certain sapient authorities who pretend that the Ministerial interpretation of the treaty by which England wields the protectorate over these islands is altogether untenable, and they will doubtless not abandon their error on account of its exposure by Mr. Gladstone. The majority of the public will, however, receive the clear and just ex position given by the honourable gentleman in preference to the prejudiced views of dissatisfied writers.. It is not. therefore, to upset but to deve lope the advantages of existing institutions, to find a remedy for what is bad, and to - strengthen what is good:that her Majesty has been pleased to ap point, and Mr. Gladstone to accept, this important mission. England, as the protector of the lonian Islands, wishes to ensure the welfare,and repose of ,their inhabitants, and with that view will do any thing consistent with her own dignity as well as with that of the lonians themselves. Any viola tion of the obligation of existing treaties could not 'be for a moment entertained, and those writers who have attempted to misrepresent both the intentions of the Government at home, and the objects of Mr. Gladstone's mission, will find in the proceedings before the lonian Senate a complete refutation of the fallacies which they have put forth, and the severest condemnation of their unconstitutional proceedings. Information andrcoun:il do the state of the islands and the laws are sought by Mr. Gladstone, and more particularly information and counsel that may assist the protecting power in the benevolent object for the attainment of which a Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary has been specially appointed. The President of the lonian Senate responded to Mr. Gladstone's appeal for aid and co-operation, promising that every information, every document and assistance that might be required, should be readily furnished. Thus, in a short time, the way has already been paved-for a better understanding between Great Britain and the lonian Government and people, as evinced in the reception accorded to Mr. Gladstone, and in the favourable impression the honourable gentle man has made upon members of all classes, both those who have had personal experience of his mo deration and sincerity, and those who only know of them from the report of others. A difficulty' encountered in this manner may be said to be half conquered, and we venture to augur the most auspicious results from this much-maligned mission. A better feeling is rapidly springing up amongst the lonians themselves, and we have reason to believe that many are already convinced of the folly of advo cating impracticable schemes while the British Government displays such a strong desire to do everything to promote the welfare and to protect the liberties of the inhabitants of these islands, placed under its care. At a public levee, held by Mr. Gladstone at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, the attendance of the respectable portion of the inhabitants was, in spite of very unfavourable weather, most numerous ; and the honourable gen tleman is hourly growing more popular, and win ning golden opinions from the lonian people of every shade of opinion and rank in life. It is more than probable that a satisfactory solution of this perplexing and ion g-agitated question will be amongst the servicei rendered by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton during his career at the Colonial-office. The influence of a better and more enlightened policy in th's department of the Government has already made itself felt, and we can hardly wonder at the annoyance and harsh criticism of the ad mirers of the old system of red tape and routine. What they declared to be an insuperable obstacle is speedily removed, and by the eXercise of common sense, impartiality, and sound principles, even the most formidable perils are overcome. Had the late Ministry remained in office the lonian difficulty would in all probability have gone on increasing , until either menace or calamity suddenly aroused. public attention to the matter. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton had the sagacity to perceive that prevention is infinitely better than cure, and determined to put an end tt, a state of affairs at once unseemly and embarrassing. Hence the origin of iM r. Gladstone's mission, from which the happiest results are already anticipated. The English Go vernment, by entrusting to this., distinguished statesman so delicate a task, have convinced even the lonians themselves of their desire to render justice, and whilst maintaining the integrity Of treaties, to place their institutions upon a firm and satisfactory footing, and to secure to them those blessings which invariably follow a rigid enforce ment of righteous laws. A chronic condition rei agitation is not favourable to progress and prosperity , and none have suffered more than the lonian people from the idle and useless clamour-raised against the tartish protectorate. THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—A memorial has been forwarded to the Lords of the Treasury fromthe Manche s ter Chamber of Commerce, praying them to afford immediate assistance towards the laying of a new telegraphic cablea between Great Britain an d N or th AMerica, either by. guarantee upon fresh capital subscribed, or by a subsidy In aid of renewed op e r a ti ons , or by suc h other means as in their wisdom may appear best calculated effectually to secure the cleared object, NONI D uriN. presentei Which is the close others ar annual v dents. prospects at home during tli be g i ven all the 131 correspon a marked proprieto is a l so 4 operation The la: to thi s d, continue e °nBequer Witnessed B peeie, an not with th e expo th ere is r 13 ank of About Xi which, w rate infl u days. 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