The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-15 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, liitURY-LANE. — li nder -I- the Id auPgement of 31i:,s . Louisa Pyne and Mr.' W Harrison. THIS EVENING, Auber's grand Opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS : The characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. A. S t. Albyn, Mr. Henry Cord, Mr. Bartlemau, Mr, Terrott,/and Mr. W. Harrison Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR D'AMOUR Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. fIOYAL if.RINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be pre MACßETHsented Shakspere's Tragedy of . M Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, rs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. . THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. -THIS EVENING will be performed (sixth time), THE TALE OF A COAT. Mr. Charles Mathews. After which, THE DOWAGER. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. Followed by THE ETON BOY. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Acc. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. _ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN ;EARNEST: 'Messrs. Selby, Parselle, and Miss Swan borough. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followad by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS : Messrs. C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, &c. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. Astounding and Expensive Parisian Engagement. THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be presented THE WOODMAN'S HORSE, introducing a treble company of equestrians and the finest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, W. Cooke, Anson, Francis, Mark Howard, Anderson. Followed by the inimitable SCENES OF THE ARENA, in which Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Miss Kate Cooke, and Madile. Blanche will appear. After which, Madame Amile Maurice, from Paris, will make her Terrific Ascent from the Stage to the back of the Galleries. Mons. Maurice wilt also have the honour to introduce his extraordinary Dogs. To conclude with A MISTAKEN STORY. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Galleries, 6d. Private Boxes from £1 ls. to £2 2s. and upwards. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of - Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Ball, 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 ingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE:SITADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BA-nom-ET ER-29 . 48 - a great fall. INTINn, Easterly ; strong fresh gales, with dull, cold weather. Nov. 15. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BA - RoIa:TER-2612—a sudden rise. WIND, Easterly; -fresh, with cold fine weather. THE SUN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1858. We have had another telegram from Alexandria, bringing dates from Bombay to the 25th October, and Aden to the 22d November. They are of the nival character. Again we hear of .TANTIA ToPEE making gigantic but hopeless efforts to retrieve his position, so far as natives are concerned, but flying before, or defeated by, the British troops, whenever they can overtake what may literally be designated as his " flying brigades." There is still extraordi nary energy displayed by this man. He has re ceived defeat after defeat, been deprived of guns and ammunition, and his troops scattered and dispersed throughout the jungle and wild passes of the district ; but within a few days they are again recruited with marvel lous celerity. He is again enabled to menace every native who may be supposed to be friendly to the British rule, and, still more extraordinary, to find all the materiel of war to replace that of which he had been deprived so shortly before. At one moment he is levying many lacs of rupees on native bankers and merchants to prevent the confiscation of their effects, and the next destroying a contumelious town or district which is either un able or unwilling to comply with his exorbitant de mands. We now hear that, after burning Esanghur, he encountered SCINDIA'S troops, the fight lasting three days, and the indefatigable rebel eventually entering Chundaree—after the loss, however, of 800 General MI HET, however, subsequently encountered him at Moorgow Dey, and again at Scindwas on the 19th October, and entirely routed him, capturing all his guns. Had we cavalry to follow up our successes to their legitimate conclu sions, their total destruction would speedily be effected. This, however, will be remedied ere long, and then the rebels will be brought to a true sense of their situation. Indeed, we may believe that the beginning of men. the end of the rebellion has at length arrived. Lord CLYDE is slowly but steadily bringing up his • forces, and forming his strategetical arrangements with so much skill and judgment, that he will be enabled to ensure not merely the defeat, but the destruction or surrender of the insurgents. There must, of course, be many instances in which, from the extraordinary activity of the enemy, and their knowledge of the jungles and wild passes of the country, scattered parties may be enabled to escape and to maintain a species of guerilla warfare for a brief period. But no formidable body will remain united to offer any combined resistance to our troops. Lord CLYDE possesses that which is perhaps the first quality of a great commander. He is chary of the lives and of the health of his soldiers. Never hesitating to encounter any danger, either person ally or otherwise, for which an adequate return can be obtained, he will not be guilty of that fool hardiness: that too frequently sacrifices valuable lives without any beneficial result. He well knows that the climate during the sickly season is fraught with greater peril to Englishmen than the weapons of their opponents: He therefore allows a short respite to the rebels, in order to economise his own resources, whereby he will, when the proper time arrives, be enabled to accomplish far more than if he had recklessly and rashly taken the field, as some of his censors would have desired. Fast young officers and even grave civilians may criti cise what they arc not capable of understanding, but we depend on tho cool brain and daring valour —the happy combination for which Lord CLYDE is so justly celebrated, and which will doubtless, ere long, be more powerfully illustrated than at any former period of his brilliant career. The task which he has to accomplish is unquestionably one of a very arduous character. Although the British arms have triumphed in every quarter ; although no division or brigade of the rebels has been enabled to meet them in fair fight, or to maintain its position on a field of battle, still there are a number of zemindars and chieftains, who fancy that they are too deeply compromised to entertain any hope o' tardon. Of cours , - they look to these matters an Asiatic point of view. They cannot conceive the British system of tempering justice with mercy, of distinguishing between shades of guilt, or believe any consideration will be shown for a fallen foe. These men have great local power and a large number of devoted followers. And it is far more desirable that they should be won back to their allegiance, by comparatively gentle means than that there should be many sanguinary examples or general confiscation of property. We must remember that the people and chieftains of Oude are differently circumstanced from any others with whom we have to deal. They have not owed a prolonged allegiance to the Anglo-Indian Government. Many had not even giveu in their adhesion to the just and necessary decree that de throned their imbecile Sovereign. There was certainly a broad and striking distinction be tween their case and that of the mutinous Sepoys—who had proved " unfaithful to their salt," and displayed the deepest ingratitude against those by whom they had been clothed and fed, and who had treated them with extraordinary kindness —making ample allowance for every prejudice and jealous suspicion that seemed to be part of their natures. The latter have no claim for indulgence, but the former may be treated with lenient con sideration whenever they are disposed to make unconditional submission. But there is another, and a very important class in Oude, who have not yet elected the colours under which they are to fight—who have not com mitted themselves one way or the other—who have preserved what may be termed a species of " armed neutrality," ready to adopt the Pickwickian maxim of " shouting with the largest mob," or casting in their lot with the strongest party. The moment Lord CLYDE is enabled to take the field , these men will be enabled to declare themselves, and then they will join with greater energy even than the British troops in hunting down the defeated rebels who have been conquered by British prowess, skill, and bravery. What is the most damaging difficulty with which advanced Reformers have to deal ? We reply America and France. We wish not to write a dis paraging word of either country—one is allied to us by blood, and by political institutions, on the whole. similar; the other by the friendship of our Go— vernment with her ruler, and by the altered tone of our people generally towards the French people. Yet it is an undeniable fact that when Radicals ask for anything like Universal Suffrage and the Ballot, or for a fair apportionment of members to population, or even to voters, we are immediately pointed to America and France. And not only that, but the reference is felt to be an inconvenient one. Our Transatlantic cousins, and our allies across the Channel, if they see accounts of our pub lic meetings, must have observed how every Tory obstructive uses them as warnings, and how nearly every Radical, Mr. lons BRIGIIT, perhaps, who is never very measured in his assertions, excepted, is unable to convert the warning into an encourage ment. The Radical leaves such political meetings of speeches, wishing that, for his argument's sake, America and France either presented a very dif ferent aspect, or that they were scuttled for four and-twenty hours. He could, we may allow, if you give him time, make out that his arguments for thoroughgoing Parliamentary Reform were sound and practical after all, but he feels that his shield is so cumbrous that ere he can bring if into posi tion, the audience regard him as having received an awkward stroke. He may feel that he is not disabled, but if he is to be victor at last, the meetiny thinks he was down and undermost in that round. This ought not to be. The Great Republic, at, least, ought to furnish us with an illustration on which we might declaim by the hour respecting the advantages of the utmost conceivable political liberty ; and France, La Belle France, ought to show us, close at hand, in a different race, and as a sort of experimentum crucis, that in an old Euro pean state universal suffrage and vote by ballot bestowed on the people at large such liberty as they had never enjoyed under their old, arbitrary monarchs, or under a constitutional monarchy with very limited suffrage, and open voting. As we have just observed, it is altogether the reverse. If these political arrangements would conduce to political freedom here, we must ascertain the pro bability of such a result from anything but the experience of the Empire and the Union. In the former, we see that, against the political arrange ments of the day, " not a dog may wag his tongue," much less one of the most gifted of Frenchmen venture to describe them in comparison with those of our own country. Nowhere throughout the world do we behold all liberty of action more cora. pletely fettered, and all expression of opinion, ex cept cuckoo iterations of " Napoleonic ideas," more effectually interdicted than in the great nation whose electors count their numbers by tens of millions, and give their votes in freedom from the surveillance of any one. Universal suffrage and the ballot are in France compatible with, as some would say, the foundation of a despotism over body and mind the most revolting to Englishmen which they can well conceive of. Hence the force of the allusion. Indeed, few speakers who make it like to develop its force ; to do so they must, more strongly than we could wish, deal in vituperations of our distinguished ally. With America it is the same, but with a difference. We see there a despotism to which that of France can hardly be compared—a despotism over a race, now native—a race which has the misfortune to be of a colour diverse to our own, and a despotism so extensive, so complete, and, on the whole, so cruel and immoral, as to be without parallel in any Chris tian or civilised country. We see this despotism rampant in what are called, and what used to be, the Free States. Voters there by the million sus tain the slave power in all its enormities, even while those very Free States are politically sub jugated by the slaveholders of the South. In this country free Englishmen, under monarchical insti tutions, and with a suffrage extending to but one in seven, compelled the emancipation of their slaveS in the distant South. In America the guilty South borders on the Free North, and yet the latter is unappalled by the iniquity, and votes in its favour. And, besides this public moral delinquency, it is notorious, first, that the Emperor Mob dictates to genius and honesty what it shall be allowed to givo to the world through the press ; and, secondly, that Governmental corruption surpasses the worst ever heard of in our own country. The jobbing and purchasing of votes for private bills in the lobbies of Congress is attested by its own investigations ; and the universal bribery by means of all the Government salaried appointments, down to the very village postmaster, is a practice openly re sorted to, and which no party is strong enough to break through. We must own, then, that if an extended suffrage and the ballot would Americanize or Frenchify our institutions, we sh ou ld, un lik e Mr. BRIGHT , say —hav e no thing to do with th em We apprehend the true answer to all such argil- ments is, that we are neither Frenchmen nor Americans, but Englishmen. Even the " leading journal," which for the last few weeks has given - T. *-U • ,4, 4 - ( ' L.2l f3l.- l, - - , •• . % ; CZ ' leto T km 1m t 7. • ONI StTN, LONDOIN, MONDAY -- EVENING, NOVEMWFR 15, Ft,P. i:ididations of discovering from which quarter the 1 is likely to blow most strongly in the spring, acknowledges the weight of this truism—that it is, indeed, a weighty fact, and not a mere truism. The Times does not now tremble at what even a rating suffrage would do, because it would be conferred on Englishmen ! We hold this to be perfectly sound argument. We have a national character. Even our comparatively illiterate operatives share it with the alumni of univsrsities and the wearers of coronets. Rascaldom has as small a proportional territory among the poor as among the rich. You could never induce a company of little English trades men, likely to want such an office, to put their votes into a ballot-box to turn out any honest but humble postmaster. They might try and get the situation for their man were it vacant—they would consider it fair game then ; but they would not think it fair to turn a neighbour out. Englishmen, as a body, have the strongest possible feeling in favour of what is fair, and the clearest perception of what is so. This would keep them from American shabbi• ness of the kind alluded to. Indeed, in regard to the servility of Frenchmen, so keenly satirised by M. DE MONTALEMBERT, and the mob tyranny of American democracy over the press and over Congress itself, English nobility and love of fair play are equal safeguards against both. No as sembly, whether of rich or poor, of workmen or their masters, could be called together in England which would not refuse either to part with their own liberties or to take those of others. LATEST NEWS. INDIA. STEAM YACHT - FOR .EL HAMI One of the most beautifully proportioned of the many noble steam yachts which have been con structed in this country for various European Princes made her first trial;trip down the river on Saturday. The result of the trial was in the high est degree satisfactory, and fully justified the great expectations which had been formed of a vessel built with such care and fitted with enginss of such power and peculiar construction. The Cleopatra has been built for Hami Pasha, son of the late Vice roy of Egypt, and the Prince on the occasion of whose recent marriage with the Sultan's daughter such prodigious sums were expended in fetes, pro cessions, and jewellery. The young Pasha, it may be recollected, paid a very brief visit to this country, for the first news which greeted him on his arrival at Southampton was the announcement of the death of his father, and that a successor had been installed in his absence. On the receipt of this melancholy intelligence his Highness immediately returned to Constantinople, where he has since resided, and wherehe has concentrated his efforts with an energy and vigour not often seen in the princes of any country, and hitherto quite unknown in Asia, on the careful management of his immense estates and the development of commerce in the Levant. Though now only 23 years of age, the labours of his Highness have already borne fruit. His estates in Egypt, the richest and most extensive in that country, are de voted entirely to the cultivation of corn, cotton, and sugar, and his trade in the Levant has increasato an extent thathas necessitated his building some power ful merchant steamers on his own account. Two of these vessels were built here by Mr. Scott Russell, and the speed, power, and capacity of those ships gave such unqualified satisfaction to the young Prince that he at once commanded that gentleman to build him a steamer, for his own private use, of size and speed sufficient to enable him, from Con stantinople, to visit his Egyptian property in any weather. The model first sent out to the East for the approval of this merchant prince is said to have been a faultless specimen on a small scale of what such a yacht should be. This, however, was altered to suit certain requirements and Turkish notions, and the changes were of a nature that affected that great speed that would otherwise have been at tained. The vessel was positively limited to one funnel, and its fire box surface thus diminished ; the diameter of the paddlewheels was also reduced, and in order to give increased cabin accommodation abaft the lines of the stern were enlarged. Never theless, Mr. Russell undertook to build her as required, and =to guarantee a speed of not less than 16 statute miles per hour—a guarantee the trial of Saturday redeemed easily. The peculiar shape of the ship is that so well known as Mr. Russell's wave form, and she is constructed on the longitu dinal system, which adds such strength to vessels when most subject to strain. The strength and advantage of this peculiar mode of structure has been carried out to its fullest extent in the Great Eastern, though a further exemplification of its important use might have been found, if need were, in the trial of Saturday, when, though the Cleopatra was worked by powerful engines and driven at a speed sometimes of 17 miles an hour, the vibratory motion was scarcely perceptible even in the saloons nearest to the engine-room. The whole ship is, of course, of iron. Her extreme length over all is 202 feet, breadth 21, and 101- feet deep. When laden with three days' coals her draught aft is only five feet, and forward only four feet seven inches. Her appearance in the water is singularly graceful and striking ; in fact, forward she makes the nearest approach to the exquisite lines of the Royal yacht Fairy of any vessel we have seen. The general effect of her slight, grace ful form would certainly be improved by two slight funnels instead of one rather large one, but the latter has certainly been made the best of, consi dering that one funnel was made a positive condi tion with the builder. The great novelty, how ever, of the vessel consists in her being fitted with engines of perfectly new construction, known as Scott Russell's Patent Three Cylinder Engine, and which are so great an improvement on the old plan that their general adoption both for screw and piddle vessels is now certain. Some of our readers probably recollect having noticed during the launch of the Great Eastern a small engine in one of Mr. Scott Russell's sheds, which was flitted with three small cylinders pointing inwards from a circle, and which all iv r..'ked upon on s bearing. This engine excited the interest and admiration of the con course of engineers drawn together to witness the stupendous operations of the launch to a de gree second only to that which was evinced towards the great ship itself. The value of the improvement was instantly seen and appre ciated, though it was then thought to be better adapted to screw than paddle engines. Mr. Scott Russell's first application of it, however, has been to a paddle steamer, and the success of the improve ment is most marked, though it is still beyond a doubt that engines OR the same principle fitted to a screw propeller would give even more important and more decided advantages. It has been long known that these cylinders would give the most uniform and effective development of the power of steam machinery, but the complexity that would result from the employment of these several engines, with all their crank shafts and appendages, has hitherto prevented their general adoption. In the case of the Cleopatra's engines all complexity has been removed, and three cylinders are applied through a single crank in such a manner as to occupy smaller space and have fewer working points than usually go to form an ,ordinary pair of engines. The practical result is the the uniformity ,of action is manifest. The rapidity of the stroke is increased, the steam is worked with economy, and the ship attains a high velocity, with a small con sumption of fuel. In the Cleopatra the condensers and air pumps are on one side of . the vessel, the engines and cylinders on the other. The latter, in fact, are placed in the centre of the vessel, so that their whole force is exerted directly over the keel. Thus, no matter how she rolls, both the paddle that is buried in water and that which is completely out of it move with precisely equal velocities, and one source of considerable d.anger to ordinary engines is entirely done away with. On Saturday the perfect ease with which all parts of the machinery worked was admired by . the engineers connected with marine steam engines who were on board. Though small, and of a nominal 150 horse-power, they work up to 900 horse-power, with a consump tion of 21 cwt. of coal per hour. The vessel moved rapidly down the river in spite of a strong head wind and tide, the engines going 40 revolutions per minute, and the result of six runs at the mea sured mile, now against wind and tide, and then with it, gave an average of rather over 1.61 miles per hour. During these runs the engines only va ried from 40 against the _wind to 42 revolutions with it, excepting at the first run, when sufficient way was scarcely on her at starting, and when the ' engines only marked 38 revolutions. This run, however, was reckoned with the rest, and the ave rage of the whole gave the high speed we have men 'tioned. During two runs she was going over 17 miles an hour, and both with the tide and against it turned completely round in twice her own length. Altogether it was one of the most satisfactory trial trips we have witnessed for some time. The saloons for the accommodation of the Pasha and his suite have been fitted up with the most exquisite taste and richness by Mr. Crace. That at the after part, for the accommodation of the ladies of the harem, is a little bijou. The vessel is commanded by Capt. Johnstone, who has superintended her equipment, and who will take her out immediately to Constan tinople. dI _ _ MANCHESTER ELECTION.—The Mayor of Man chester has received the precept for the election of a repre sentative in the room of the late Sir John Potter. The nomination is to take place on Wednesday morning. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM—MEETING OF WORK ING MEN AT MANCHESTER.—A meeting was held in the Free-trade Hall, on Saturday evening, "to give the inhabi tants of this city, electors and non-electors, an opportunity of expressing their sentiments on the important subject of Parliamentary Reform." Such was the announcement issued "by order of the Working Men's Provisional Com mittee." The room was crowded at an early hour, the admission being free. The majority of those present were working men. Alderman Heywood. presided, and on the platform were Mr. Thomas Bazley, Mr. Edmund Potter, Councillors Runiney, Fildes, and Barlow ; Dr. John Watts, Mr. J. A. Nicholls, Mr. S. Pope, &o. Mr. Edmund Potter, Mr. Bazley, Dr. Watts, and a number of working men ad dressed the meeting in favour of reform, the direct tenour of the speeches being an advocacy of the ballot and man hood suffrage. At the conclusion three cheers were pro posed for Messrs. Gibion and Bright. FATAL ACCIDENT ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. — On Saturday, Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at Westmin ter Hospital on the body of John Jones, aged 70, who came by his death under the following circumstances. The deceased was passing overWestminster bridge, and when near the south side his foot slipped and he fell into the roadway. At the same time a waggon laden with about three tons of hay came along, and before the driver could stop, both fore and hind wheels passed over him, injuring him so severely tti.t he expired shortly after i. the hospital from the effects. It further appeared that the wheel of the waggon did not have the skid on while coming down Pe hill, which prevented the vehicle being stopped sooner. A verdict of "Accidental death" was re turned, accompanied by a recommendation that waggons, &c. should have the wheels skidded while coming down the hill. A VERY ANCIENT COIN.—We translate from the "Deborah :"—An opulent Israelite in the vicinity‘of Selina, Alabama, possesses a silver shekel, coined in Judea,_ 1750 years a t ,o. ce It is of the size of half a dollar-piece, but its silver is only worth 15 cents. It has been for 530 years in possession of the same family. At the time when -the ske!cel was coined, Judea was a Roman province, and Roman money was current. However the Israelites had the privilege of coining their own money, because they were not permitted to throw pagan coin into the chest of the temple, in which offerings for sacrifices were deposited,— Jewish Chronicle, OFFICIAL DESPATCH. The following telegram, dated Malta, from Mr. Acting Consul-General Green, was received at the Foreign-office, Nov. 14, 8.30 p.m.:— " ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 10, 1858. " The steamer Bombay arrived at Suez, from Bombay, on the Bth inst. Dates—Bombay, Oct. 25 ; Aden, Nov. 2. " Brigadier Smith's column was at Essangur on the sth October. Town had been set on fire by the rebels under Tantia Topee previous to their leaving it that morning. ' Another detachment of Tantia's troops attacked Chanderee, and were met by Scindia's troops, the fight lasting three days, and it is reported the rebels lost 800 men. Tantia entered there on the 9th October, Capt. Fenton and the police evacuating six hours before. Gen. Michel afterwards encountered the enemy at Moorgow Dey, and again at Scindwas, on 19th October, entirely routing him, and cap turing all his guns. Want of cavalry alone has prevented the total destruction of this formidable mass of encampments, still estimated to be 14,000 strong. The difficulty is now being remedied by some valuable levies of Southern Mahratta horse. " Successful actions were fought - near tucknow on the 4th, sth, and Bth of October, in which the rebels are described as utterly purposeless and dis organised, and are said to have been destroyed in great numbers. " The Bombay newspapersfreport that, in spite of the disturbances, the country continues to enjoy an extraordinary degree of commercial prosperity, and that trade is increasing in amount and improving in profitableness at a rate almost incredible, The accounts of the state of health among the soldiers are very satisfactory. " ARTHUR FANSHAWE, Vice-Admiral." The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : FRANKFORT, Nov. 13. The final resolutions of the committees of the Federal. Diet were to the effect that the declaration of Denmark of the 9th September, and the confi dential communications of M. de Bulow, are un satisfactory, and that the committee of execution be invited to make suitable proposals. It was after being informed of these decisions that the King gave orders to notify to the Diet his recent ordinances abrogating the constitutions of Holstein and Lauenberg. MADRID, Nov. 13. Escosura and Nocedal have been defeated in the elections at Barcelona and Toledo. Government has been successful almost everywhere. An earthquake has taken place at Seville, by which several buildings were damaged. Advices from Portugal state that the Archbishop of Braga has issued a circular, in which he advises the people to subscribe for the benefit of the French Sisters of Charity. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Imperial oxequatur has been granted to the following I—Consul-General—M. de Crusenstolpe, for Sweden and Norway, at Algiers. Consuls — MM. Jules Robert, for Switzerland ; Barroil, for Portugal ; Hoffsmith, for the Brazils, at Marseilles; Vicesimus Turner, for the United States of America, at Tahiti ; Doney, for Portugal ; De Griffon, for the Papal States, at Bourdeaux ; Noury, for Por tugal, at Rouen; Ignacio Garcia, for Peru, at Bay onne ; Halembourg, for Buenos Ayres, at Boulogne sur-Mer. Vice-Consuls—MM. Lonquety, for Prus sia, at Boulogne-sur-Mer ; Jaime Salcedo de Esca lente, for Spain, at Toulouse ; Bourdet, for Sweden and Norway, at St. Malo ; Vico, for Tuscany, at Ajaccio ; and Dufilhol, for Prussia, at Lorient. The trial of M. de Montalembert is postponed from Nov. 17 to Nov. 24, in consequence, of M. Berryer being unable to attend the court on the former day. BOURSE, Nov. 13.—The market continues buoy ant, but the 'advance in prices was somewhat checked by sales for realisation. Threes have been done at from 74f. 75c. to 74f. 55c. ; Mobilier, from I,ooof. to 995 f. ; Austrian, 655 f. to 650 f.; Northern, 1,005 f. to 1,002 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 880 f. to 877 f. 50c. ; Southern, 590 f. to 588 f. 75e. ; Eastern, 720 f. to 715 f. ; and Orleans, 1,392 f. 50c. to 1,387 f. 50c. The following are the last quotations :—.,- 41 per Cents. .... 97 Credit Foncier 665 Do. end month .. 97 25 Belgian 41 99 75 3 per Cents 74 50 Piedmonteso (5) .. 96 Do. end month 74 65 Roman 95 --- Bank Shares 3150 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 995 Spanish Threes Do. Account • 998 75 Home Debt 42 RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans ____. •• Accoun Northern lOO2 50 . _ New ditto 842 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean BBO New ditto Geneva Midi . Southern Western 625 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 462 50 .. Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. le.; money, 25f 5c.; three months, paper, 24f. 921 c.; money, 24f. 90c. AUSTRIA. A letter from Trieste of the 7th says that, in con sequence of the pacific turn which the affairs of Montenegro havelaken, the Austrian Government had recalled the squadron which was in observation on the coast of Dalthatia, and that it had arrived at Pola. It consists of t wo steam frig , ttds, the Bel lena and the Danube, and four smalle r vessels. A letter from Vienna, of the 9th, states that in consequence of the intervention of the Minister of Finance the directors of the National Bank ha, resolved to revoke the measure relative to the pay mend of a premium for the exchange of old notes for new ones. The letter adds that the principal banks had promised the National Bank to suspend for a time the export of silver in ingots. The Emperor has left for Prague, accompanied by three of the ministers, Baron Bruck, Count von Thun, and M. von Bach. SPAIN. MADRID, NOVEMBER 11 The Correspondancia Autografa announces that Government has received despatches from General Concha, stating that two naval divisions had left for Tampico and Vera Cruz to demand restitution of a sum of money and the release of the Spanish subjects who are prisoners. This despatch is rather inconsistent with another dated a day earlier, in which it was affirmed that the Mexican question was advancing towards a solution satisfactory to the honour and interests of Spain. The Minister of England, and the Charge d'Affaires of France had had an interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the affairs of Mexico. INSPECTION BY HER MAJESTY AND THE PRINCE CONSORT OF TIIE MESSRS. GERMANN'S NEW PROPELLER. —Mr. Germano and his sons having invented and recently patented a new propeller, intended to supersede the screw and 'paddles, were commanded on Saturday last to exhibit their model of this ingenious invention before her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and Major-General Grey, on the arti ficial lake which winds along the slopes at the north side of Windsor Castle. The model, with boiler and engines com plete, was not more than five feet by one, and by a com munication with the rudder from shore it was propelled in any required direction in a most satisfactory manner. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort ex pressed their surprise at the peed attained by so small a model, and pronounced the invention exceedingly clever and ingenious. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 13. Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Leiningen, his Highness the Mahara jah Duleep Singh, the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Col. the Hon. R. Bruce, Sir James Clark, and Major Teesdale, R.A. ; also, the Earl of Malmesbury-, Lord Bloomfield and Sir James Hudson, who remained at the Castle after the audiences, and Lady Bloomfield, who arrived in the afternoon on a visit. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh took leave of her Majesty, and returned to London. The following visitors also took their departure :—The Earl of Malntesbury, the Prassian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, Lord and Lady Bloomfield, and Sir Jas. Hud • son. Her Majesty held a Privy Council in the afternoon. Present—His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Right Hon. Major-Gendral Peel, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Lord John Manners, tho Mar quis of Exeter, and Earl Delawarr. _ At the Council Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Thursday, 18th Nov., until Thursday, 13th January. The six Crown members of the Medical Council were ap• pointed. _ The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The following had audiences of her Majesty : The Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Derby, Sir John Pakingion, Major-General Peel, and Mr. S. Walpole. Colonel Tache, from Canada, was presented to the Queen at an audience, and received from her Majesty the honour of Knighthood. Lord Raglan and Mr; J. Ormsby Gore were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Excellency the Ambassador of Franco and the Duchess of Malakoff came to town to-day from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kimbolton Castle. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess de Bernstorff arrived in town on Saturday from visitin t glia Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have been surrounded by a distinguished circle at Kimbolton Castle. His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Duchess of Malakoff, the Earl Cowper, Count and Countess Blon doff, and Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, have been among the guests of the noble duke and duchess. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch have left town for Boi,vhill, Selkirkshire. The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, General Peel, Sir J. Pakington, Lord J. Manners, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, returned to Londoa, on Saturday afternoon by a special train on the Great Westtra Railway, after attending the Quren's Privy Council at Windsor Castle. The Earl of Malmesbnry left Whitehall-gardens on Saturday to join the circle visiting the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kimbolton Castle. The noble earl will return to town to-day. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have arrived at ShugsboronEh Hall, Staffordshire, from the noble earl's shooting quarters in the north of Scotland. Lord and Lady Harry Vane arrived in town on Friday, from visiting the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland at Newton House, and left town on Saturday for their seat, Battle Abbey, Sussex. Lord and Lady Saltoun are receiving company at Pilorth, the family seat in Aberdeenshke. His lordship has just purchased a house in Hereford-street, Park-lane. Lady Noel Byron (widow of the poet lord) has left Claridge's Hotel for her residence on St. George's terrace. The Dowager Lady Truro has arrived at her residence in Eaton-square from a tour on the Continent. Sir William and Lady Middleton hare arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-place from Shrubland Hall, Norfolk. Mr. and Lady Mary Craven are prolonging their visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French at Corn peigne, andare not expected to return to England until the close of this week. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—At the court at Windsor, the 13th day of November, 1858, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in council, that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 18th day of November instant, be further prorogued to Thursday, the 13th day of January next.—Gazette. The Prince of Wales has been made a colonel in the army. It was at one time contemplated that the heir apparent should go through a course of military training at the College of Sandhurst, in the same manner as Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and, in a modified degree, this arrangement may yet be carried into effect ; but we believe the precedent of George IV., when Prince of Wales, will, in the main, bo followed in the present. instance. Incon veniences, which must be plain to everybody, would have followed any attempt to make the heir to the Crown do a subaltern's duty in any regiment. But, in the case of Prince Arthur, it will be different ; he will be trained a soldier, and, after the example of his great uncle, the Duke of York, will go through all the regimental grades of the service ; like Prince Alfred, in the navy, he will begin at the lowest grade, and, as soon as he is old enough and has got sufficiently forward with his studies, the country may expect to see this young prince pursuing his education at Sandhurst like any other cadet.--Court Journal. Prince Alfred is expected shortly to visit Roche fort in the Euryalis. It has been intimated to the autho rities that the royal middie desires not to be received with the honours duo to his princely rank. Miss Arabella Goddard is engaged to M. Gus tavus Le. Geary, the eminent tenor singer, of Dublin, for a series of concerts in that city, Cork, and Limerick, the first week in February, in conjunction with other artistes of celebrity.—Era. At Paris " Il Barbiere" has been produced at the Italian Opera, with Sigs. Mario, Corsi, and Zucchini, and Madames Alboni and Congelini, in the cast. Report says that Mario sings better than ever. It is stated that M. Berlioz has written a new opera to his own libretto. Mr. Phelps's son has, it is said, written a very clever and amusing farce, entitled " A Tenant for Life." We understand that the piece is entirely original, and reflects great credit on the dramatic skill and humour dis plyed by this young author. Mr. Montague Williamson, the husband of Miss Louisa Keeley, has made his debut at the Theatre Royal, George-street, Cork, as an amateur. Mr. Charles Dillon has also been performing at this theatre with considerable success. Madame Ristori is preparingthree new characters for her next season's campaign in Paris—a " Cassandra," in a play written for her—a Fornarina" in a new art drama, with (of course) Rafaelle as hero—and Paulina in a translation of Corneille's " Polyeuete." • The Sunday Times says that overtures have been made to Mr. Charles Kean to undertake the management of the Italian Opera House, Covent-garden, after the termina tion of his lease of the Princess's, in July, at which period the opera season would be drawing to a close. Mr. Kean has not, as yet, acceded to the proposal. We (Era) regret to announce the death of Mr. Henry Lee, late of the Theatres Royal, Drury-lane, Olympic, &c., after a protracted and painful illness. The deceased will be remembered by playgoers as a most pains taking and conscientious performer, while his private cha racter had rendered him a valued friend to a large circle of the theatrical profession. ENGLISH OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN.—The approaching English Opera season at Covent Garden will be inaugurated at Christmas with every prospect of bril liant success. Her Majesty has testified her interest in the undertaking by commanding the reservation of the royal box, while the example of her patronage has been eagerly fillowed by the principal nobility. An engagement with Mr. Sims Reeves, our great English tenor, has been for some time in negotiation. Mr. W. Beverley is superintend ing the execution of the scenery of the pantomime, which is founded on one of the most popular of our nursery tales, and is the joint production of Mr. J. V. Bridgman and Mr. Sutherland Edwards. Mr. W. H. Payne will personate the chief character in the opening, and the humour and agility of the " renowned Flexmore" will illustrate the comic scenes. HONG KONG, Sept. 27.—Albert Smith has been giving at the club his entertainment (Mont Blanc) ; the audience was very numerous. He leaves for England by to-morrow's mail. LITEI?ATURE. The Edinburgh _Review. No. CCXX. An extremely elaborate paper occasionally prosy, but more frequently sparkling and anecdo tal—leads off the Whig Quarterly just pub lished with a consecutive history of the " Granville, Portland, and Percival Administrations." It is in continuation of the article given in a previous num ber at the turn of the winter 1857-1858—in refer ence to the Ministerial changes between the resig nation in 1801, and the death in 1806, of the " Heaven-born Minister"—Mr. Pitt. The present contribution to our administrative annals termi nates, of course, at the murder of Spencer Percival, on the 11th of May, 1812, by the ruffian Belling ham—an event immediately followed by the erec tion of a commemorative monument to the dead Premier in Westminster Abbey, by the award of an annuity of £l,OOO to his eldest son, of another an nuity of £2,000 to his widow, and by a sum of no less than £50,000 to be distributed among his child ren. Remembering that some of the greatest re forms effected of late years have been secured not only under, but. by Tory Administrations, it is ra ther amusing to notice the supercilious phrase we have italicised in the closing sentence of this paper, here subjoined : "In the meantime, the Whigs, led by Lord Grey in the Lords and by Mr. Brougham in the Commons, had during these administrations been the steady advocates of sound, enlightened, and liberal principles, with respect to retrench ment of expenditure, taxation, currency, education of the poor, colonial slavery, religious toleration, mitigation of punishments, amendment of the law, and parliamentary re form ; and, on their accession to office in 1830, they com menced a series of practical measures which have been continued to the !present day; which the interposition of Conservative Ministries has not been able to interrupt; and which, on the whole, have been crowned with greater suc cess than even their authors had ventured to anticipate." The measures of reform " not interrupted " by Conservative Ministries, including among them the repealof the Test and Corporation Acts, the passing of the Act of Catholic Emancipation, the gradual ,reform of the tariff, and the final repeal of the Corn Laws—all these being, in fact, the achieve ments, not of Whig, but of Tory Governments. The next article—being a treatise upon Criminal Pro cedure in Scotland and England—revives to recol lection the extraordinary trial in the July of 1857 of Madeleine Hamilton Smith, accused of having murdered by poison Pierre Emile l'Angelier. The review of " Birch's History of Ancient Pottery" opens with these curiously suggestive observations : " There are few things which we are less accustomed to associate the idea of permanence and indestructibility than with any kind of earthenware. Crockery seems made to be broken. The earthern jar in the fable is the very type of fragility; and we have all had painful experience how rapidly theplates of our best dessert service and our prettiest tea-cups disappear; how surely, even the most careful housemaid will, on some unlucky day, find her mistress's favourite china ' come in two in her hand.' And yet, de spite of housemaids—whom we take to have been of much the same slay in all ages—there is scarcely any record of past civilisation so permanent, hardly any sign of the habi tation of ancient races so indelible, as the remains of their pottery. The explanation is simple. It is indeed easily broken, but not easily destroyed. The fragments remain, because no one cares to gather them up. They are thrown aside as worthless ; they cannot be melted down like gold or silver, or burnt into lime like marble; they do not oxidize or decay under the influence either of the atmosphere or the earth ; and there they lie, neglected and forgotten by succes sive generations till they attract the eye of the antiquarian in some distant age. All visitors to Rome will remember that a considerable hill—the Monte Testaccio—is composed of nothing but broken earthenware ; and the site of ancient Alexandria is covered to a great depth with the accumu lated fragments of pottery of all ages, from the foundation of the city downwards. In this country there is hardly a spot once occupied by the Romans, which has not yielded with more or less abundance the red Samian ware, characteristic of that people ; while the much more ancient sites of cities in Italy—cities that had perished long before the Romans rose into power, and of which there does not now remain one stone upwi another—are still identified by broken pottery, the infallible indicator of bygone civilisation." "'Binocular Vision" is the theme and title of a charming scientific chapter, proving beyond the shadow of the shade of a doubt the validity of Pro fessor Wheatstone's claim to be regarded as the in ventor of that exquisite little optical contrivance known as the stereoscope. The following is the emphatic close of the reviewer's argument "Sir David Brewster has claimed for himself to be the first to apply photography to the stereoscope, for the pur pose of obtaining accurate binocular representations of liv ing persons, sculpture, architecture, and landscape scenery. It had never been proposed,' he affirms, 'to apply the re flecting stereoscope to portraiture or sculpture, or, indeed, to any useful purpose.' But we have before us ample evi dence that Professor 'Wheatstone had made all these appli cations long before Sir D. Brewster's invention of the lenti cular form of the stereoscope ; and photographic pictures adapted to the reflecting stereoscope were sold, to our own certain knowledge, by London opticians, as far back as the year 1845. Not merely, therefore, as having originated the idea on which every form of the stereoscope is based, but as having carried out that idea in the construction both of the reflecting and refracting forms of the instrument, as having developed all its most important applications, and as having furnished a theory of its operation which, if not entirely complete and satisfactory, is based, we are satisfied, on the only sure foundation—the full recognition of the share which the mind has in the interpretation of visual sensations,—we have not the slightest hesitation in affirming that Professor Wheatstone is entitled to all the honours which the scien tific world can award to the discoverer of a new principle in philosophy, and to the gratitude of the general pubhc for the large addition which has be/in made by his ingenuity to its sources of enjoyment." , " The Earls of Kildare" are celebrated by another critic in a courtly essay upon the history of the Geraldines. " Mr. Gladstone's Homeric Studies " , are then weighed in the critical balance by a ripe scholar, who admires and appreciates with admir able discrimination the learned labours of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, now on his way to the lonian islands as Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary. A butterfly is next broken upon the wheel in a brief review by the Edinburgh of the ephemeral story of " Guy Livingstone." " The Slave Trade in 1858," and a note in answer to Mr. - Froude's reply to a former review' of his History, complete the current number of the Edinburgh. 3fackenzie's Book-keeping for Solicitors. Bvo. pp 156. Law Times Office. An admirably concise and easy system ofbook keeping for solicitors and others is here presented in the form of a compact volume, penned by one who can write with great lucidity and draw upon a large experience. Mr. Mackenzie, the author of this useful and reliable work—a work destined, we believe, to be henceforth accepted in his profession as an authority—is a solicitor himself, and has en joyed the advantage of superintending the employ ment of this familiar system of his own during the better part of half-a century in the offices of some of the most respectable firms in our metropolis. Prefixed to the explanation which forms the pith and marrow of the work are some extremely accep table observations upon single and double entry, and upon the general principles of book-keeping, together with a few remarks upon the history of accounts and book-keeping, besides an explanatory introduction. Appended to the whole is an exposi tion of commercial and monetary terms, in which O. meaning of every word in general use in the commercial world is elucidated—sometimes, cer tainly, it appears to us, rather superfluously, as in the instance of cash, coin, balance, &c.---though, at others, very graphically, as in the case of invoice, freight, demurrage, &c. Supplemented to these are other pages containing observations on accounts, remarks on the subject of interest, &c., and a variety of useful arithmetical and tabular memoranda. Altogether this little volume is one which may well claim a place upon one of the handier book shelves in the offices of both our merchants and solicitors. Agricultural Chemistry ; By Alfred Sibson. Rou: ledge - . This work gives a familiar explanation of the chemical principles involved in the operations of the farm. It is written by Mr. Sibson, the first assistant in the laboratory of the Royal Agricul tural College, Cirencester, and has a preface by Dr. Augustus Vordcker, Professor of Chemistry, which highly commends the treatise. It will interest the scientific student as well as the practical farmer, and will be found both interesting and useful to a large class of readers. The Law of Wills Executors, and Administrators. By W. Holdsworth, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Routledge. The Useful Library . of Mr. Routledge has just included a particularly useful volume. Many per sons may wish to make a will or have occasion to prove one, and have to fill the office of executor, without caring for the expense of legal advice. This little volume gives them a barrister's directions for one shilling, certainly an unusually moderate charge, and it is written in a plain and practical style. At the end a collection of legal forms of wills, codicils, directions, and declarations are added, which will be of much practical value. The work is both cheap and comprehensible, two quali ties not often found in legal matters. Nature and Human Nature. By the Author of " Sam Slick." 1 Vol. Hurst and Blackett. This new edition of " Sam Slick's" popular work will be an acquisition to the lovers of fun and humour. Mr. Justice Haliburton's writings are so well known to the English public that no commen dation is needed. The volume before us has another recommendation in the fact that it is the first volume of a new series to be issued by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, which is intended to form a standard library of cheap editions of popular mo dern works. Each work will be comprised in a single volume, price five shillings. The one before us is very handsomely bound, illustrated by Lecei, 'and the paper and type . are excellent. It is in every way suited for a library edition, and as the names of Messrs. Hurst and Blackett warrant the character of the works to be produced, we have no doubt the project will be immediately successful. Homely Ballads for the Working Man's Firoeide. By Mary Sewell. Smith and Elder. This little volume is simple and pleasing in style, and its purpose is excellent. During many years of friendly intercourse with her poorer neighbours, the authoress tells us she has often observed the poetry in a book to be the first part which draws their attention, and that she believes that there exists among the working classes, generally, an instinctive love and appreciation of simple descrip tive poetry. She justly considers the cultivation of this taste as of great importance to those whose lives are passed in constant drudgery and unrefin ing toil. She therefore offers her contribution to the working man's store, and no doubt it will prove very acceptable. The moral is excellent, without being brought too prominently forward, and the ballads tell of the joys and troubles of everyday life. The only fault that can be found with them is that the transition is occasionally too abrupt from poetic expression to almost ludicrous simplicity. This does not often occur, and we hope the authoress will give us more of these Homely Ballads, which are likely to afford both gratification and profit to the class for whom they are intended. The Art Journal. No. XLVII. The three plates in the November number are of average merit, and pleasing, though not unusually impressive. The first is " The Jager's Wife," from a picture from F. Foltz, in the Royal collection ; the second is a pretty landscape, from a picture by Berghem, also in the Royal collection ; and the last is an engaving of Mr. Baily's - statue of the late J. W. Turner, R.A. The prose part of the work is as interesting as usual. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall continue their " Book of the Thames," taking us this month past Greenwich and Woolwich, and giving us graceful little vignettes of the Dockyard, the Hospital, and the Naval School. A paper on " Windsor and its Historic Associations," com mences a series which affords full scope to the talents of the writer and the artist. The engrav ings are very pleasing, especially those of Win chester Tower and Dewer Meadows. The series on " British Artists" devotes the fortieth number to Frederick Tayler, and gives an interesting account of his works, with numerous illustrations. There are several other illustrated articles, and all the variety of artistic information usually afforded to the readers of the Art Journal. The Amateur's Magazine. Fryer, Bouverie-street, This serial is published with the intention of supplying a medium for bringing before the public the works of non-professional writers. Many am bitious aspirants for literary distinction will wel come the appearance of such a magazine, which will no doubt be quite equal in ability to many older and more limited publications. It contains stories, sketches, poetry, reviews, and satires ; and, considering that the number before us is only the second, we may anticipate with confidence that the Amateur's Magazine will be an acquisition both to authors and readers. The Wild Flowers of England. Houlston and Wright. This charming little serial will be completed in twelve numbers, and will form a most attractive volume. It is written by the Rev. R. Tyas, M.A., and each part is illustrated with a coloured group of flowers, by J. Andrews, F.R.S. Our old friends and simple favourites appear in all the dignity . of Latin names and Linnean classes, but the descrip tions are more comprehensible, and the poetical quotations apt and graceful. All who love the flowers of the field, as well as their more elaborate brethren of the garden and the conservatory, should. secure this little work. The Welcome Guest. Part VI. Fleet-street. This is a cheap and comprehensive weekly maga zine—excellently adapted to family reading. Tales, sketches, poems, and all sorts of entertaining articles are given for one penny weekly. Gustav' Freytag's successful work of " Debit and Credit" is being printed in it, and one or two of Longfellow's short poems are given, so there is some really standard literature included. It is in nothing more remarkable than its contemporaries, but appears to be quite equal to them ; and as the demand for these publications is increasing, no doubt it will occupy a permanent place among the cheap family journals. 211 E FRANCO-SPANISH EXPEDITIOY TO COCHIN CHINA. The Moniteur publishes the following report re ceived by the Minister of Marine from Vice Atha, ral Rigault de Genouilly, the Conuriander in Chief of the expedition in China : " Bay of Tourane, Sept. 17. " Monsieur le Ministre,—l have the honour to inform you that the orders of the Emperor have been executed as regards the capture and occupa tion of the forts of Tourane. The French naval di vision, which had. been joined by the Dordogne, and by the Spanish steamer El Cano, having on board 450 troops from,the Philippine Islands, left Yu-li-Kan on the morning of the 30th ult., and an chored at Tourane on the evening of the following day. On Sept. 1; I sent - a written summons to the governor of the forts to deliver them up, and gate him two hours to consider of it. Not receiving any . reply I attacked all the forts which command the anchorage, and the two built by French engineers, which defend the entrance of the river. All the po sitions pointed out - for the different vessels were taken up in perfect order. The moment the signal to commence firing was seen at the masthead of the Nemesis all the vessels opened their broadsides. At the end of a vigorous cannonade of half an hour the forts which defend the anchorage were silenced. Detachments from the Nemesis, the Phlegethon, and the Primauguet, under the command of Capt. Reynaud, immediately landed, scaled the walls, and carried them, amidst cries of Vive l'Empc reur I' I accompanied this column. A short time after the Spanish and French troops landed, and formed them into line close to the forts. While these forts were being attacked by the large vessels, three of our gunboats, the Mitraille, Fusee, and- Alarme, and the Spanish steamer El Cano, cannon aded the forts at the entrance of the river. The easternmost of those forts blew up in about half an hour after the commencement of the attack, and the greater part of the curtain was thrown into the ditch. After having personally reconnoitred, under the escort of a company of Spanish Chasseurs, place suitable for a camp near the largest of the forts, I therein established all the French troops under the command of Lieut.-Col. Reybaud, and Spanish battalion under Col. Oscaritz. The prin. , cipal works were occupied. by the seamen under the command of Capt. Ribourt. Although I had taken the precaution not to move any of the troops until sunset, and they had only two hours' march, the heat was so severe that several of the soldiers died from fatigue. In the night of the Ist Sept. Commandant Reynaud, assisted by the Sub-Engi neer and Hydrographer Ploix, sounded the south western part of the bay, in order to be able on the following morning to bring the gun-boats close to the western fort, which still held ont. At day break the five gun-boats, the Alarm, Avalanche, Dragonne, Fusee, and Mitraille, and the Spanish steamer El Cano, under the direction of Capt. Rey naud, had taken up their new positions, and m_ abont half an hour after their fire had been opened., the fort blew up. Immediately afterwards, Com mandant Jauregniberry advanced up the river at the head of a flotilla of armed boats, which had re mained stationed near the Eastern fort. The Dra gonne and the El Cano then left the Bay of Tourane, and anchored near the camp, between the peninsula and the island of Cham: Callao, thus covering the left of the expeditionary corps, which had its right supported by the Eastern Fort. Being strongly fixed in this position, I waited the ap proach of the Annamite army, which according to information collected by our missionaries was to march on us with a force of 10,000 men. Up to the present time this army has not made its appear-, ance. The Western Fort and all other works were, previous to the attack, in a perfect state of repair; all of them were mounted with very heavy bronze and iron guns. The former are the most numerous, and in general they are very fine pieces. All of them are fitted with the elevating screws, and the whole materiel is far superior to any we have seen in China. The Western Fort, in additioa to its armament, contained a number of bronze six and nine-pounder field pieces, and they are all mounted on high-wheeled carriages, well suited for th e bad roads of the country. All the bronze guns have been removed on board the vessels, but the iron ones have been destroyed. I have put aside two magnificent bronze pieces, one to be presented to the Emperor and the other to the Queen of Spain. The small arms found are not worthy of remark; all of them are the common muskets manufactured in France and Belgium. The powder, of which we have taken a considerable quantity, is of English manufacture, and has probably been purchased either at Singapore or Hong Kong. All the pre parations which had been made show that the Annamite Government expected an attack." CRCSSED CIIEQUES.—A soldier's red coat, when photographed, becomes black as a crow ; would it not be wise for us to cross our cheques in red ink instead of black, and Indeed any document relative to money transactions whereby forgery by photography would be neutralised? 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