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ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. Astounding and Expensive Parisian Engagement. THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be present 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 Medile. Blanche will appear. After which, Madame Amile Maurice, from Paris, will make her Terrific Ascent from the Stage to the back of the Galleries. Mous. Maurice will 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 is . to 1:2 2s. and upwards. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. WINTER. —NO GENTLEMAN during t he ' Winter should be without one of 3IACDOUGALL'S FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAKS, Universally acknowledged to be the most comfortable, useful, and gentlemanly upper Garment now in use, either for Town wear, or the Rail , the Coah, Riding,, every Driving, and Walking. They are made of Scotc h Tweeds, in variety f Plain Colours, and very pretty Mixtures : also in dark Grey and Black, for Clergymen's wear. Good useful qualities from.... 265. to ifs. The best do. do. .• .. 38s. to 50s. The Height and Size round Shoulders is sufficient measure. P a tterns and price per post, free. Any number of Cloaks forwa derd in four days from date of order, free to London. D. MACDOUGALL, Tule ROYAL TARTAN WAREIIOUSE. INVERNESS. THEATRE -ROYAL, ])RUBY-LANE.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W Harrison. THIS EVENING, Auber's grand Opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS : The characters by Miss Louisa l'yne, Miss Susan Pyne, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Henry Corri, Mr. Bartleman, Mr, Terrott, and fir. 11. Harrison Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR D'AMOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. ROYAL "PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, LIVING TOO FAST. And ,MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, USED UP : Mr. C. Mathews. After which, THE HANDSOME HUSBAND: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. MY MOTHER'S MAID. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. • _ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Symnborough. THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVign - IN EARNEST: Messrs. Seib!, Parselle, and Miss Swan borough. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS : Messrs. C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, &c. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. C ANTERBURY 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 sion 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- In Music 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. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 20. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.08. WIND, W.S.W. ; light, with sunshine struggling through fog. Sharp frost in the night. THE SUN. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1858. Lord CLYDE is gradually drawing his net closely round the rebels, and few will have strength or cunning sufficient to slip through its meshes and escape the severe penalties in store for the most grievous offenders. The hot and sickly season has passed away. The proper time for action, so long and so anxiously looked for, has arrived. The British leaders are gradually concentrating their forces from opposite directions, keeping the enemy in the centre, so that they are completely sur rounded, headed, in fact, in every direction whither they might direct their flight. The avenging Nemesis, which so long has tracked their footsteps, must speedily overtake and inflict exemplary punishment for their faithless treachery and cold-blooded and heartless cruelty. They have had but little rest, even during the period when they fondly imagined they would have been safe from British pursuit and British indignation. But the deliberate murder, mutilation, and even worse than murder, of helpless females and innocent children had excited their countrymen to the highest degree. There was nothing which they would not brave—no peril they would not encoun ter—to punish the miscreants who had acted with such diabolical atrocity. Every man was in fact animated with a lion's strength and a lion's courage, and it is sufficient to say that the leaders were worthy of their followers. We have repeatedly stated that the weather was by far more formidable than the weapons of the enemy. This assertion has received a melancholy verification in the casualties that occurred to the truly gallant Highlanders when, under General MICIIEL, pursuing TANTIA TOPEE, it is said, and we fear with too much truth, that no less than 200 died, or were placed hors de combat, from sunstroke, while hastening to the scene of action. The baggage, too, fell into the rear, and a considerable portion thereof was captured by the insurgents. But, despite all these untoward events, although they beheld their wearied brethren sink ing at almost every hundred yards, the indefatigable and indomitable heroes pressed onward, and achieved a victory of no ordinary magnitude and no ordinary importance. It may be, and has been, said that General AlIenEL was wrong to press forward with such extraordinary haste. But it was of immense con sequence to deprive the rebel chief of the prestige which his temporary success at Esanghur and Chundarce had conferred on him. Had the contest been delayed, the insurgents would have received a vast accession of strength, which might have caused greater difficulty and dsnger to our troops. There were, in fact, two actions, in each of which the English victory was of the most complete and decisive character; all that was want ing was cavalry, to cut off the fugitives and cap ture their treasures. This want will be partially supplied, inasmuch as Li euten a nt KERR, with 600 Mahratta Horse, and ILAI 's 1i th Lancers, have already passed into Central India, although by dif ferent routes. They will be enabled closely to follow up the first triumphs, and perhaps the Generals TANTIA TOPEE, the Navrab of BAND k, and the RAO SAHIB may no longer be enabled to e scape the earnest pursuit that will be enegetically perse irered in whenever a favourable opportunity may arise. General ROBERTS, who has already performed such brilliant exploits, is pushing onwards to join General MICHEL ; while General WilinocK is stopping a gap in another direction, and even with a diminished and divided force will prevent any movement of the enemy in that quarter. We may consider that matters in Central India are in a very satisfactory condition, and that, as we have t . 44, " l i•D „,, ~,,1411 / 1• MA 4 s p u / e r , talk A r ie 4.1 Oak : ." A .$ rs DR IT • ^ll,r , • already stated, " the beginning of the end" has arrived in that important district. In Oude various columns are steadily concen trating, in expectation of the opening of the campaign. Lord CLYDE seems resolved to break the neck of the rebellion, south and east of Luc know, before entering on Upper Oude. We may trust to the valour, tempered with discretion, of the gallant Highlander, and feel certain that he will also do his work completely, and with the greatest economy of the lives of his sol diers. He has already been assailed for this cautious prudence, which, however, may be regarded as the very highest qualification that can be displayed by a commander. Others have but to obey orders, to follow their instructions, and to show an ex ample of fearless courage to others, but the Chief must look at everything; and every life unduly sacrificed, without an adequate object, will cast a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He has already gained the applause of his Soy -- REIGN, and of the Parliament and people of the United Kingdom, and he may well afford to despise the snarling of the captious critics whom nothing can content, and who eze resolved to find fault with everything. We may now anticipate exciting intelligence by each successive mail. The time has arrived for de cisive action, and the golden opportunity will not be wasted or misapplied. As we have frequently intimated, the moment it is ascertained that the waverers can join the stronger party, they will be anxious to exhibit their zeal in the strongest light, and to render real service against their country men who are more deeply committed than them selves. When once it is found to be their interest to conciliate the conquerors, and that they can re ceive efficient protection, many steps will be taken, of the results whereof it is as yet impossible to form an accurate estimate. We shall, however, soon learn more, and we have no doubt that the most sanguine anticipations will be completely , fulfilled, if not exceeded. There have been so many misrepresentations on the subject of secret voting in America, that it will probably be interesting to many of our readers to know the facts of the case, with a few opinions also, from an intelligent American. The Chairman of the Ballot Society having learned that CHARLES ANDERSON, Esq., of Cincinnati, Ohio, was particu larly qualified to give them full and impartial in formation on the working of the Ballot in the States, wrote to that gentleman requesting a reply to a few principal questions. Mr. ANDERSON'S long letter shows that he was a very suitable person to apply to, since he is conversant with the working of both systems, began life where open voting was the practice, and was prejudiced against the opposite system, and writes throughout in the con siderate but measured manner which is its own evidence that truth, not special pleading, is his object. Probably mast Englishmen imagine that Vote by , Ballot is universal in the Union. It is not so, how ever. The Slave States generally adhere to open voting ; a fact in itself ominous enough to us. Kentucky, in which Mr. ANDERSON was born and brought up, for instance, adheres to exclusive viva rove voting. He left that State, therefore, about the time he obtained his majority with strong prepos sessions in favour of open voting, and attributing all the manly virtues of Kentucky men to that system. The observations and experience of the other system in Ohio in maturer life completely changed his opinion, and he writes— "My early antipathies to the Ballot system hare been more than overcome"—the italic s are his own. And he mentions that this was the case, notwith standing his belonging to the Whig party, " whose wealth ought naturally to have made it suffer mo i st, if not alone, through this independent voting of the employee-classes." An important fact is that, in the numerous States which adopt the Ballot, it is not left to current legislation merely. It is not a law which, enacted one session, can be repealed the next; it is embodied in their constitutions, and can be repealed only by the same authority which placed it there—by the whole people voting against it, assembled in special convention for that purpose. It has been thought too important to be left to the representa tives for the time being. Special attention is due to the fact mentioned by Mr. ANDERSON, that the reason for the adop tion of the Ballot - has always been the principle it involves—" that every man should do ISIS OWN VOTING." It is acknowledged that there are in cidental advantages, such as the shortness of time required for voting, the order and quiet, and others, and that there are, also, disadvantages ; but in America it is the principle of the Ballot which caused it to be a clause in the constitutions of nearly all the States, and which retains it there: Indeed, the writer thinks that the preponderance of the lesser advantages is on the side of open voting. It is the principle which makes it of such import ance to all r ight-minded men. It seems that in America, as here, it is by no means those alone who are in dependent circum stances who most need the protection of the ballot. " Men, in the fear of losing social standing or per sonal friendships, and all who lack moral courage of any kind or degree, and from any cause, need this screen over their vanity, their good nature, or their pusillanimity, as much as the veriest paupers in the land." We imagine this representation will suit England as well as America. Indeed, Mr. ANDERSON, after enumerating all the conceivable advantages of open voting, adds—" All these amount to nothing with me, under the convictions I have on the inherent and irremediable vice which, like a cancer in the heart, ' a rank corruption mining all within, infects - unseen: " Mr. ANDERSON bears his unequivocal testimony to the universal practice of bribery in those Slave States,where open voting prevails; and this, notwith standing his partialities are with the manners and habits of the South. In all the populous districts where it prevails, open voting " leads regularly and inevitably to the direct, absolute, and most corrupt purchase of votes," the practice being, he says, so universal, that both parties, like the accu sers of the woman taken in adultery, are afraid to cast the first stone, The means taken to insure the success of the bribes are so open and shameless that he is ashamed to particularise them." On one side of the Ohio bribery is rife, universal, and unblushing; on the side on which he lives, though possessing no superiority in general morals, it is never heard of. As to the liability of the Ballot to abuse, he has not seen it, and thinks it impossible that ingenuity could be a match for such legislative provisions as would be easy to in troduce, if fraud were attempted. Mr. ANDERSON concerns himself chiefly with the facts he was asked to furnish, but he modestly gives his opinion upon two points. The Ballot, it is said, does not secure secrecy in America, and before some elections the votes have been calculated very closely. He replies that no one ever dreamed of prohibiting any man from declaring his opinions, an d in communities where all, or nearly all, the voters, felt independent enough to do go before the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY' EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1858. elections, of course, the result of the Ballot could be pretty nearly anticipated. Again, he notices the famous argument of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that the suffrage is a trust ; and it seems rather to amuse him. lie says in America they consider it to be a right ; and in the sense in which it may be - called a public trust—that is, a trust to fulfil one's duty as conscientiously as pos sible on behalf of the public—the whole question is, how that public trust will be most conscien tiously discharged. " The trust is that he shall exercise his best judgment, and give his voice, as to the candidate or the measure ; it is not that his landlord, or tyrant, or tempter, acting for his own private gain, and having already independently discharged his own quota of this great trust fund, shall superadd to his real vote the sham vote of this his trustee, and perhaps of a hundred others like him." Such are some of the principal facts and opinions furnished us by an evidently very impartial and intelligent observer of the Ballot, and of open voting in the States of America. They are quite original on the part of the writer ; for, as he ob serves, the objections alleged in this country are not heard of there. Indeed, he observes, that were any one to propose to a State convention to omit the Ballot from their constitution, it would be looked upon as a piece of waggery. Our readers may safely enough dismiss from their minds as irrelevant all the arguments against the Ballot drawn from America. The unquestioned success there for the purposes for which it is wanted, and the fact that it is Free States which prefer it, Slave states which dread it, are broad facts, which should tell their own tale. FORCED MARCHES IN INDIA. A letter dated Bombay, Oct. 25, says—" For the purpose of swelling the force destined to re duce the rebels of Central India, General Roberts has been placed on the divisional Staff of Bombay, and the'division under his command is under orders to join General Michel. This measure will throw such a force into the districts now occupied by rebels that their rapid reduction may be con fidently anticipated, nor can it be said that the con centration thus obtained is unnecessary. The ex perience of the last year has shown that English troops cannot successfully pursue insurgents like those under Tantia Topee, whose treasure and baggage are under the care of cavalry, and who are far less encumbered with impedimenta than Europeans, because their food is of the simplest kind, and easily found at every camping place. Such being the fruits of past experience, it is obvious that the proper course to be pursued in attempting the final annihilation of the rebels is to head them in several directions by moving xumerous columns on every point where the enemy is likely to pass. To effect this a larger force is required than our Generals in Central India have up to this time been able to command, and in this view the junction of the Rajpootana field force, whose presence is no longer required on its old cam paigning ground, with the division under General Michel, is most desirable. " That European troops cannot keep up a vigorous pursuit in this climate has been made painfully evident by the losses which General Michel in curred in his effort to intercept Tantia Topee at Rajghur. With the particulars of the action at that place you have been for some time acquainted,but it has only been known lately at what sacrifices this victory was achieved. General Michel lost 200 Highlanders, dead or hors de combat from sunstroke, and he forced the marches so severely that his bag gage fell gradually to the rear, where it was cut off and carried awaypiecemeal by the insurgents. Mili tary men will, I think, agree that it is better to let the enemy escape than to jeopardise by rash haste the safety of supplies on which the health, nay, the very existence, of European troops depends. Apart from these considerations, however, General Michel must be allowed the credit of having kept up with his enemy as closely as the nature of the localities would permit ; and, while he has incurred the heavy losses mentioned, he has dealt the enemy two very severe blows, calculated in a great measure to pro strate his strength and impair his efficiency for fur ther efforts." Our able contemporary, the Continental Review, has just now published a very truthful „and most happily-timed translation of the famous pamphlet recently penned by M. de Montalembert. It extends to 64 pages Bvo, and is preceded by a brief explanatory notice in regard. to the approaching State prosecution, in Prance, of the gifted author of this very brilliant and masterly record of an Indian Debate in the English Parliament. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers were:—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Secre tary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir E. Buiwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. THE MONTALEVBERT ARTICLE.—The article re cently written bp the Count de Montalembert, which has given rise to so much discussion in this country, ant is at this moment the subject of a State prosecution in France, has just been published in the form of a pamphlet by M. Effingham Wilson, of the Royal Exchange, under the title of " Montalembert on Constitutional Liberty." MADAME ItISTORI IN DAIVGER.--An attempt to poison Madame Ristori, and so revenge the wrongs of the Austrian representative on the stage, Holophernes, is men tioned in a letter from Parma. This villianous act took place at Reg gio, in the Modenese territo r y, w h ere s h e played a part in which a poisoned bowl was to be quaffed. Genuine poison had been infused into the mimic draught of hellebore, which the acuteness of her senses gave her warn ing not to swallow. Nit% Nelson Lee is engaged by Mr. Harrison to supply the principal comic scenes for the pantomime to be produced on the 27th of December at Covent -garden. One scene, expressly for Flexmore, is spoken most highly of, and expected to create a sensation.—Ere. Lord Panmure has returned to Brechin Castle.— We (Edinburgh Courant) are sorry to hear that his lord ship has had a slight attack of gout since his appearance in Dundee. Sir W. B. O'Shaughnessy, the superintendent of electric telegraphs in India, has been congratulated by thl supreme government of India for having completed the electric telegraph line from Kurrachee to Bombay, and for laying down the Ceylon cable across the Gulf of Nlanaar, signals being sent across at the latter place with ono call. - CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS AND THE RAGGED SeHooLs.—A very interesting spectacle was presented at the Free Trade-hall, Manchester, on Saturday last, en the occasion of the last performance of Christy's Minstrels. Some hundreds of the pupils of the Ragged, Lancasterian, and other free schools, accompanied by their teachers, re ceived gratuitous admission ; and the exuberant manifes tations of delight exhibited by the children was a sight that will not soon be forgotten. The hall was crowded. This act of kindness, we need not add, has augmented the poallarity of this talented troupd in the northern provinces. EXPULSION FROM A CONVENT.—An interesting looking girl, Margaret Heaton by name, wes yesterday brought before the Liverpool magistrates under the follow ing circumstances. A police officer, who passing along Brownlow-street at an early hour the same morning, found her sitting on some steps and in great trouble. She has been turned out of a convent, she said, established by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, in Prince Edwin-street, Everton, and which is also used as a penitentiary. During the hearing of the case, yesterday, it Was elicited that the prisoner had been somewhat irregular in her life, and that her father had placed her in a convent (depositing a sum of money towards her maintenance) with a view to her re formation. In reply to the bench, the girl said she was expelled because she had bean talking of the "things of this world "to some of the other inmates. The bench, after advising her to lay her case before the priest of the district, dismissed the prisoner. THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS.—We are informed that an order from the Horse Guards has reached the Com mander-in-Chief in India to send' home the gallant 78th Highlanders in the beginning of next year, if their services can be dispensed with, and that it is probable February next will witness the departure from India of one of the finest regiments which ever served in the country.—Boat bay Telegraph. IMPORTS OF FOREIGN CATTLE.—The following cattle were imported into Hull in the week ending 16th inst. :—From - Rotterdam, 60 oxen, 4 cows, and 5 calves ; from Zwolle, 14 cows, 103 calves, and 25 sheep ; from Amsterdam, 4 calves; from Antwerp, 5 calves; total, 60 oxen, 18 cows, 117 calves, and 25 sheep. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT WESTON PARK.—We are very glad to be authorised to state that the Ladies Lucy and Hailiet Bridgeman are progressing as favourably as the severe nature of their injuries admits of; and strong hopes are entertained of the recovery of both the sufferers. The Earl of Bradford and Lord Newport are slightly injured in the hands, but well in health. Lady Newport is unin jured, and as well in health as the circumstances of the accident to her noble sister-in-law will permit. MAILS FOR SWEDEN.—lnformation having been received that the steamship London, under contract with the Swedish Government for the conveyance of mails be tv, een London and Gottenburg, has ceased running for the winter, no more mails for Sweden can be forwarded by that vessel until the re-opening of the navigation next spring, of which due notice will be given.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary, General Po;it-office, Nov. 17, 1858. General d'Orgoni, whose departure for the Birman empire has been announced, 'carries out a brief from the Pope, which appoints tho bishop who superintends the missions in that country legate of the Holy See. The brief, which is written on gold, and is enclosed in a box made of citron wood of precious workmanship, is to be read to the Emperor in solemn audience in presence of the prelate and of the general, LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, Nov. 18. The ,Tournal tie Constantinople announces the ar riyal of a reinforcement of 12,000 men for the army of Arabia. M. Thouvenel has arrived and leaves this even ing for Paris. Count Lallemand remains charged with the French embassy at Constantinople. The Presse d' Orient states that at M. Thouvenel's audience to take leave, the Sultan thanked him for having always endeavoured to preserve good rela tions between Turkey and France. The English and French Commissioners arrived on the 12th at Jeddah on board the Cyclops. Namick Pacha, to whom information of their arrival was forwarded, returned immediately from Mecca to Jeddah. The French commissioner landed at once ; the English commissioner remained on board. There were three English ships of war in the roadstead. MADRID, Nov. 19. Government hastens the preparations for send ing troops and material to Havannah. The Queen will open the Cortes in person. The French frigate Theophile has been lost near Cadiz ; eight persons were drowned. The Three per Cents. closed, yesterday, 42f. 50c; Deferred, 30f. 95c. BERNE, Nov. 19. The advocate Scharz, a Radical, has been elected member of the Government. A despatch from St. Petersburg says :—" A subterranean telegraph has been laid in the Mi nistry of the Interior, which will thus be put in communication with all the networks of telegraphs in the empire." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. It appears that the short-hand writers for the newspaper press will be prohibited from taking notes, either with pencil or with pen, during the trial of M. de Montalembert ; and that any one found doing so will be summarily ejected from the Court, An imperial decree, published in the Moniteur, publishes, under the guarantee of the City of Paris and under the authority of the Prefect of the Seine, a special Caisee charged with the financial part of the great public works of the city, and which is to take the title of Caisee des Travaux de Paris :—The duties of this establishment will be to settle all indemnities due , for expropriations or damages caused in the execution of the said works ; to pay all the expenses of them after due verifica tion, and on the production of the usual vouchers, signed and ratified by the Prefect of the Seine. There shall be paid into this Caisee all the proceeds arising from the sale of any of the disposable part of the expropriated ground and from the produce of the materials of the houses demolished, and any other funds accruing in the course of the execution of the works. A special account is to be opened for every separate operation, and the sums paid or received shall be duly entered therein. A copy of these accounts is tobe delivered every three months to the prefect for verification ; and at the comple tion of every operation a generil account is to be made out. The Caisse des Travaux de Paris will have the power of issuing credit-notes to meet the requirements of the service, but only within the limit fixed on for .each issue by the Municipal Council, and approved of by Imperial decree. All the expenses attendant on the Caisse are to be de frayed by the city, and the institution will be managed by a director. His duty will be to superin tend the proceedings of the cashier, to propose the annual budget to the prefect, and to deliver at the end of the year a report on all the operations of the Caisse. The cashier is held responsible for the regularity of all the payMents and for his accounts, and must furnish a sufficient guarantee deposit, for which the usual interest will be allowed. The nomination of the director rests with the Minister of the Interior, on the recommendation of the prefect, and that of the cashier, with the prefect himself. A consultative committee, presided over by the prefect, and composed of the governor of the Bank, the director-general of the Sinking Fund, the director of the general movement of the funds at the Ministry of Finance, and three members of the Municipal Council, will be called on for its opinion on the different financial operations of the Caisse, and to examine the accounts presented every year by the director." The Minister of the Interior is charged with the duty of seeing the decree properly carried out. BOURSE, Nov. 19.—The market has been rather unsettled, but prices have been maintained, not withstanding considerable sales for realisation. Threees have varied from 74f. 80c. to W„ and are now at 74f. 85c.; Mobilier, 1,047 f. 50c. to 1,040 f. ; Austrian, 657 f. 50c. to 656 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,407 f. 50c. to 1,412 f. 50c. ; Northern, 1,007 f. 50c. to 1,012 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 887 f. 50c. to 892 f. 50c.; and Southern, 592 f. 50c. to 593 f. '7se. The following arc the last quotations : ti per Cents. 97 75 Do. end month 9B -- 3 per Cents Do. end month 74 80 Bank Shares 3155 Credit:Mobilier - Do. Aceount 1032 50 Cr6dit Fonder 680 Belgian 4 . 99 75 Piedmontese (5) 95 Roman 95 Austrian Spanish Threes 46 Home Debt — LkILIVA:fS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 847 51 .. 845 Lyons and Mediterranean BB7 50 .. 886 25 New ditto Geneva Midi Southern Western 627 50 625 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 460 460 Austrian - _ _ - - .. 637 60 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c.; three months, paper, 24f. 950. ; money, 24f. 921 c. The Gazette of St. Petersburg has an article on the affair of the Charles-Georges, in which, on the subject of immigration in general, it expresses opinions almost textually the same as those in the Emperor Napoleon's letter to his cousin. The writer in the Russian journal could not have known at the time of the letter in question. The following is an extract from the Russian article : " We know that the negro, when he is free, never thinks of abandoning his country, and con sequently the idea of contracting an engagement to labour beyond the seas can never occur to him. We know also that there are very few free negroes on the coast of Africa. There are, however, some residing on the coast who may be good sailors, but who do not like agricultural labour. What then is done 'to obtain labourers P Application is made to the native princes, to the toenes, who, by the continual wars they carry on amongst each other, obtain troops of slaves. It is these petty kings who supply the French dealers with what are called the free blacks. We are aware that Europeans may pretend that in purchasing blacks from the kings on the coast they are zealous pro moters of civilisation. But this argument resembles that by which slave-dealers formerly defended their traffic. Do we not,' said they, ' save the slaves from certain death ? Do we not make Chrtstians of them by sending them to the sugar, cotton, and coffee plantations ?' Thank God, however, this fallacious argument has never been admitted, it has been shown that in reality the demand for the black merchandise excited the native princes to in testine struggles, in order to procure slaves. And who can affirm that what is called the free engage ment of negroes would not, by taking more con siderable proportions, produce similar results ? It seems to us that in this affair it is indispensable to reassure public opinion ; it is necessary at least to elucidate and thoroughly examine this question ; in a word, it is necessary to unfold to Europe all the operations of this trade, and its results both on the coast of Africa and in the colonies, which have need of labourers. The interests of humanity and the honour of civilised nations are directly con cerned in this question. A letter from Bucharest says :—" The provisional council, appointed by the Porte, has just dismissed at one blow nine out of the seventeen prefects in the principality, and a regular razzia among the ,judicial authorities is being prepared. A circular has been addressed to the department of the inte rior, interdicting any meeting of the electors, either public or private, until the lists have been pub lished. The Russian and Prussian consuls have protested against these arbitrary measures." The electors of Pallanza (Piedmont) have elected M. Raphael Cadorna, brother of the Minister of Public Instruction, to represent them in Parlia ment. This seat was formerly occupied by the minister himself, who has now been elected presi dent of the deparmental council of Novara. The college of Ceva has elected M. Grattoni, the Government candidate. The inauguration of the Elizabeth, or Weitern of Austria, railway took place on the 19th. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's steam ship Magdalena, from St. Thomas's, has arrived with the following dates : Greytown (Mosquito), Oct. 18 ; Carthagena, 26th ; Kingston (Jamaica), 25th ; Jacmel (Hayti), 28th ; San Juan (Porto Rico), 30th ; Berbice, 25th ; Georgetown (Demerara), 25th ; Tobago, 24th ; Port of Spain (Trinidad), 25th ; Bridgetown (Barba does), 27th ; Grenada, 26th ; St. Vincent's, 26th ; St. Lucia, 28th ; Martinique, 28th ; Guadaloupe, 29th ; Dominica, 28th ; Antigua, 28th ; Montser rat, 28th ; Nevis, 28th ; St. Kitt's, 29th ; Tortola, 30th ; La Guayra, 28th ; and St. Thomas's, No vember 1. This steamer also brings mails of the subjoined dates from the West Coast of South America : Valparaiso (Chili), Oct. 1 ; Coquimbo (Chili), Oct. 2; Arica (Peru), Oct. 7 ; Islay (Peru), Oct. 8 ; Callao (Peru), Oct. 12 ; and Payta (Peru), Oct. 16. She brings on freight 332 serons of cochineal, 31 casks of coffee, 124 bales of sarsaparilla, 64 packages of pimento, 6 cases of tortoiseshell, 10 eases of sue cades, 2 barrels of wax, 60 bales of bark, 52 pack ages of sundries, and 911,306 in specie. Among her passengers is the Lord Bishop of Kingston (Jamaica), from Jamaica. The outward mail had not arrived when the Magdalena left. On leaving St. Thomas's for the first two or three days the Magdalena experienced a very heavy northerly swell, caused by the extraordinary wea ther which prevailed in the West Indies from the 19th to the 20th; the wind at St. Thomas's blew with great violence from the south-south-west (which is very unusual at that port). The packet from Nassau had a violent gale from the north-east, and reports from the islands and Jamaica are that the winds were heavy from all quarters. We, therefore, imagine a hurricane must have been blowing to northward and westward. Several vessels have put into St. Thomas's dismasted—and there is a report that seve ral vessels have been lost. The Magdalena had fine weather until the Bth, when the weather became unsettled with an increasing breeze from the north-west, with a heavy north-west swell, and troubled sea ; on the 9th, wind veered to the southward and westward, with strong breeze before midnight to northward and westword ; violent squalls; on the 10th, wind the same, blowing a mo derate gale, heavy beam sea. 11th. Strong gale, with heavy squalls, very high sea running (ship under double-reefed foretopsails). 12th. Same weather; passed a brig scudding under reefed fore sail (lat. 41.27, long. 29.15) 13th. Same weather wind shifting to S.W.; heavy cross sea on, ship rolling heavily. 14th. Gale still from S.W., and havling to S.E. towards noon, when it blew with terrific violence (ship under close-reefed foretop sail) ; heavy confused sea, passed a sloop towards midnight, wind hawled to the eastward. 15th. Gale moderate, still a very heavy confused sea. 16. Passed the American ship Cheshire. The Northern States of the Republic of New Granada are in a very distressing condition, in con sequence of its political troubles. The governing party are exercising the most despotic sway over their political enemies, who, to save their lives, are obliged to migrate with their families to other parts of the Republic. Partial anarchy prevails, and must become general unless more power is vested in the President, who is a talented and re solute man, and one of the few able to govern his country in peace. The Federation is satisfactory in the United States; its effects in New Granada are deplorable, which is a proof that only a strong Central Government is adapted to that beautiful but unfortunate country. The capital (Bogota) is tranquil, its inhabi tants beholding with indifference the depreda tions committed in the immediate states, and when they hear of the most atrocious murder, their reply is, it is a Delito Politico, and as a matter of course the assassin is set at liberty, and in a few weeks becomes again a useful member of society. Such a state of things is truly appalling in a country where they boast of its civilisation. The trade throughout the country is dull, without any prospect of reaction. BARBADOES. A strong feeling in the favour of the extension of the suffrage evinces itself, supported by influential members of the present House of Assembly. A measure bf this kind is desirable, combined with an increase in the representation, so as to give more influence to the commercial interest, and to promote the equitable adjustment of the taxation, of which the land at present bears but a compara tively small proportion, for the.benefit of, in many instances, those who are the bane of any country they are connected with, namely,—absentee pro prietors, and the landholders in general. The crops have suffered severely from the great deficiency of rain this season ; it is generally be lieved that the sugar crop will amount to but little more than half of the last year's produce, and although a more generous rain may improve the cane, no amount eon now compensate for the past. The island has been particularly free from sick ness of every description for, some, months past. With regard to the weather a rough breeze would even have been a novelty, while the temperature has been excessively high, frequently in Bridgetown as high as 92 deg. Far., and in the coolest outskirts generally in the day 88 deg. A heavy swell disturbed the Caribbean Sea from about the 11th October to the clay the homeward packet sailed on the 27th, breaking on the coast from about S.W., and continued during the whole of the passage of the packet film Barbadoes to St. Thomas. At Martinique the waves broke with ex cessive violence against the face of the rocks, ex hausting their fury in clouds of spray. The atmos phere during this time was comparatively calm, and but little rain fell till the evening of the 29th, when there was a considerablefall, accompanied with great mist, so much as to prevent the packet from making St. Kitt's for more than an hour, although paddling in the immediate vicinity at that time ; this passed away before morning, and the sky afterwards re sumed its clearness. At St. Thomas, it was found, on the arrival of the packet on the 30th, that a storm had been experienced in the more northern latitudes, one or two vessels having been brought into that harbour greatly disabled. Reverting again to the immediate concerns of Barbadoes the planters generally have a very high sense of the advantages to be derived from the aids science uow places at the disposal of agri culture, but have certainly no very clear idea of the means by which her ends are accomplished, and, although the island in this respect may not be very far in the rear of improvements, yet, as chymistry and geology have no resident representatives on the spot to stimulate their inquiry, their progress, as compared with European States, will necessarily be retarded. Agricultural engineering in its several branches is but inadequately represented, and it is therefore little to be wondered at that but slow pro gresp in their mechanical appliances is made. Agricultural societies arc, however, being deve loped, and, no doubt, those institutions will be glad to avail themselves of the assistance that talent can afford, if it is presented to their choice on the spot. Barbadoes, indeed, from its geographical position and favoured circumstances of climate, soil, and population, may be made a grand centre of im provement to all the islands of the Caribbean Sea, while at no remote period, a great part of the South American continent may be made to contri bute, by its intercourse with the Eastern world, a great share in its accumulated prosperity ; and this will greatly depend on the foresight of the inha bitants, the enlightened co-operation of the Govern ment, and a more enlarged view by a section of the community of the interests of all. There is to be an Industrial Exhibition at Bridge - town, including an Agricultural Show) the first of the kind), towards the middle of December. CANADA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail screw steamship Anglo-Saxon, with the Quebec mails of the 6th inst., was off Donaghadee at 6 o'clock this morning. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE 47th REGIMENT. Aldershott yesterday afternoon was the scene of an interesting episode in the history of a most gallant corps. The tattered relics of the banners of the 47th, the flags which have so often led the men through bloody days of victory, were ifor many laid by for ever, and the regiment received new, but less historic standards from the hands of Sir James Yorke Scarlett. The ceremony was very interesting, and there was a fair muster of officers and ladies and gentlemen to witness it, and the number of spectators would unquestion ably have been much greater but for the Weather. The weather at Aldershott is never to be lightly encountered, and yesterday it was of the most un favourable kind for out-of-door spectacles. A fog of the densest nature shrouded everything from view, freezing all it met, covering every branch of the lofty firs with a crust of ice, as if the trees had undergone a process of silver-plating. The icicles hung from the telegraph wires like drops of crystal, and every part of the extensive moor that could be seen—though that, certainly, was very little—was caked with ice so thoroughly that even the minutest thorns upon the gorse and heather were sheathed with congealed fog, and white as snow. The effect of this, especially upon the firs and larches that stood mere trees of frost, and clattered down a shower of icicles with every breath that stirred, was very pretty. But with this the attraction ended, for on the heath itself the unhappy wayfarer was exposed to the worst aggravations of a November day, and the wind and fog and froSt so concentrated their keen energies upon him that but few were inclined to brave the passage of the common. On the whole, therefore, we were not surprised to find fewer spectators present than is usual at such a ceremony. We think, indeed, the 47th may esteem it as a considerable compliment that any were there at all. The presentation took place in the south camp, in the open space in rear of the officers'quar ters at the permanent barracks. Here the regiment paraded in line at two o'clock. All were in full marching order, and it would be difficult to men tion any corps in the service which could have presented a better or more soldierly appearance than did the 47th yesterday. The 47th Regiment was first raised in Scotland by Col. Mordaunt, in 1740. It remained in that country till the breaking out of the Rebellion, in 1745, when it formed part of the force under the well-known Sir John Cope, of ballad notoriety, and was engaged at the battles of Prestonpans and Falkirk. It was sta tioned in Scotland after the " troubles" till 1750, when it was ordered to Nova Scotia, and remained till engaged, in 1755, in the expedi- Von against Forts Beausijor and Gaspareau. In 1759 it formed part of the attacking force at Que bec. and the (bath of the gallant Gen. Wolfe took place almost at the head of the regiment. It is said, indeed, that Wolfe died in the arms of some of the soldiers of the 47th, and Wolfe's partiality for this fine- corps was so well known that the regiment for many years was called by the honourable sobriquet of " Wolfe's Own." The 47th returned from Ame rica in 1782, when, by command of his Majesty, it received the title f the Lancashire Regiment. In 1803 a 2d battalion was formed, and in 1806 the Ist battalion embarked for the East Indies, but was in tercepted at the Cape of Good Hope and sent as part of the expeditionary force to Buenos Ayres, under Gen. Beresford. Here it was engaged, and distin guished itself at the taking of Maldonado and storming of Monte Video, and when operations ceased in South America the Ist battalion was em barked thence for India. In 1809 the services of the 2d battalion ;were required at Gibraltar and in 1810 it marched to the defence of Cadiz. In 1811 the flank companies were engaged at the battle of Barossa, and the 2d battalion was employed in its full strength, under Col. Sherrett, in the desperate defence of Tarifa, where a garrison of only 1,800 men successfully resisted and repulsed with loss an attack of a French corps d'armee 10,000 strong. In the retreat from Burgos, under Lord Hill, the 47th was employed in covering the movement and bring ing up the rear. In the discharge of this dangerous duty . it had to defend a bridge against the advanced division of the French army under Marshal Soult. The bridge had been mined, but the mine missed fire, so the regiment had to remain and defend it until dark, which they did successfully, though with a loss of upwards of 350 killed and wounded. At the victory of Vittoria the 47th was hotly en• gaged, and was afterwards selected as part of the force to besiege St. Sebastian. In the memorable storming of this fortress the regiment lost no less than 17 officers killed and wounded, the command of the regiment devolving on a young lieutenant. After this the corps was employed in all the subse quent operations till the conclusion of peace. In India the Ist battalion was engaged in the province of Malwa, in the Mahratta campaign, in 1818 ; in the Persian Gulf in 1819, and throughout the Bur mese War till the proclamation of peace. Through the whole campaign in the Crimea the 47th served with the 2d Brigade of tie 2d Division, under Sir De Lacy Evans. At the battle of the Alma, owing to the very winding nature of the river, they had to cross it no less than three times, under a tremen dous fire, ere they could close with the enemy, and here the old regimental colours were perforated with two round shots. In the great sortie against the 2d Division on the 26th of October the 47th particularly distinguished itself, and still more so on the memorable sth of Nov., when it shared the bloody laurels of Inkermann with the Guards and the 49th. In the attack on the Quarries and the final assault on the Bth Sept., when the whole brigade was under the present colonel of the 47th (Col. Haly, C. 8.), the regiment was equally for ward, losing in the whole campaign 15 officers and 334 non-ommissioned officers and men, exclusive of deaths from disease or privation. At the battle of Inkermann Colonel Haly was severely wounded, and only saved from under the very bayonets of the enemy by the gallantry and devotion of his men. For distinguished courage in saving his commanding -officer on this occasion, Private M'Dermond, still in the ranks of the regiment, was decorated by her Majesty with the Victoria Cross. Iri June, 1844, the 47th was the line regiment spe eially sent to Windsor to be reviewed by the Em- peror Nicholas, and in June, 1854, it was one of the first regiments reviewed by the Sultan, at Scu tari, before the troops moved up to open the cam paign against Russia. The regiment yesterday, as we have said, formed in rear of the barracks in line. At right angles with it on the right were a detachment of artillery and of the 2d battalion of the 15th Foot. On the left, similarly formed, were detachments of the North Down Rifles and Stir lingshire Militia. In the centre the old colours, wreathed with well-earned laurels, were unfurled for the last time, with their faded rags just moving in the damp breeze. Still amid all their remnants the glorious names of Vittoria, Peninsula, St. Se bastian, Tarifa, Ava, Alma, Inkermann, and Sebas topol were clearly legible, for the chances of war had left these brilliant records of the regiment's I d a a ; g nimp then u ne \y c a o i r l e u d. On rs n the a centre little opfytrhaemi square, of d verym s brighta to and very i n ic e h w -lo r oelgc i ultin p that is rich-looking, course, attern but made according , of rather less than half the size of the old ones, and evidently formed on the pattern of the small French tricolour. These at first looks poor beside the am ple folds of the old colours, but the reduction in size is a great improvement, as any one will admit who has ever seen a young ensign staggering along under the colours on a windy day, like the small boats one sees overcrowded with sail and in danger of capsizing. Soon after 2 o'clock General Sir J. Searlett came upon the ground, and was received with a general salute. A prayer having been read by the chaplain in the centre of the square, General Scarlett took the new colours and gave them into the hands of the majors of the regiment, by whom they were given in turn to the kneeling ensigns. General Scarlett then addressed the troops, but among the spectators who were behind him and far removed scarcely a word was heard, though the gallant veteran,it was evident, spoke with a powerful voice, and was clearly audible to the troops in front. After a few words from the Chaplain-General, and a brief acknowledgment by Col. Haly, the new colours were taken to the grenadier company and trooped—that is, marched round and exhibited to each company in the regiment under a general salute. The old colours were then brought forward and saluted for the last time, the band playing God save the Queen," ,as they were taken off the ground. We believe it is intended that these glorious relics shall rest from their labours in the nave of Man chester Cathedral. Marching past concluded the ceremony, the officers of the 47th giving afterwards a grand de jeuner to some 200 guests as an appropriate finale to the proceedings. The Camp at Aldershot is in admirable order just now. The effective strength of the troops there is a little over 10,000 men of all arms. Part of the cavalry barracks have at last been occupied by the 10th Hussars. The other troops in camp consist of detachments of Engineers, Military Train, and Horse and Foot Artillery ; the 9th Foot, 2d batta lion of 15th, 36th, and 47th Regiments, with the East Kent, Oxford, Stirling, and Ist Staffordshire Militia; and the West York and North Cork Rifle Militia. It is mere justice to the latter regiment to state that since its arrival in camp it has been remarked for its uniform good conduct and good order. It bore the same high character when sta tioned at Aldershot some two years since. Yester day the 2d battalion of the 13th Regiment, 1,000 4itrong, came into camp from Winchester, and in a few days the 2d battalion of the 15th will leave for Corfu. THE OVERDUE OCEAN STEAMERS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ceylon, Capt. R. W. Evans, which was com pelled to put into Falmouth for coals and from stress of weather, arrived here this morning. She brought the Calcutta and China mails, which were landed at Falmouth, as also were some of her passengers, ,the remainder coming on to this port in the Ceylon. The screw steamer Saxonia, Capt. Ehlers, which left New York on the Ist inst., arrived this after noon. Her news is, of course, anticipated by the Europa. The Saxonia has 144 passengers, of whom eight are for this place, 40 for Havre, and 96 for Hamburg, for which last-named port she has 600 tons of merchandise. She has come into dock far a supply of coal, and will then proceed to Bremen, her Havre passengers being despatched to-night by the r?,gular packet-boat. From the Ist to the 4th inst. Saxonia experi enced fine and pleasant weather and light easterly winds. After that she encountered strong gales from the east and east-north-east during the entire passage. On the 15th and 16th it blew a perfect hurricane, and the sea was running tremendously high, which obliged the ship to be hove to for 36 hours, after which the gale moderated, but there was still a high sea running, and the weather was foggy and unpleasant. She made the Needles at two p.m. to-day, with fine frosty weather and light E.N.E. winds. While running between Sable Island and Cape Race the Saxonia passed a large quantity of parts of wrecked ships ; one of them appeared to be part of a quarterdeck, painted black, with a white rail and stanchions. From the 20th degree west longi tude to the English Channel she passed numerous ships, all bound east. During the voyage the Saxonia spoke the follow ing ships :—Nov. 3, at 4 p.m., in lat. 40 30 N. long. 68 40 W., she signalled a large ship, supposed to be the Sarawak, showing a black cross in her foretop' sail ; at the same time passed the Bremen barque Coriolanus ' • 14th, at 7 a.m., signalled the British brig Tyne, bound east, in lat. 50 2 N., long. 16 55 W. ; 16th, at 7 a.m.., in lat. 49 3 N., long. 12 W., during a gale, saw a Bremen barque showing No. 173 ; 18th, off the Lizard, passed the Hamburg barque Alphonso. THE "KING" OF DELHI. The following account of the departure and pro gress of the State prisoners from Delhi to Calcutta will be found highly interesting :—The ex-King, his family, and attendants, were brought from their place of confinment at an early hour on Thursday morning and packed in their several conveyances , drawn up in line on the piece of road leading from the Lahore-gate of the Palace to the Grand Trunk road, where their former guard of the 2d Bengal Fusileers made them over to a troop of her Ma jesty's 9th Lancers, told off for the duty. This was done in the presence of Mr. C. B. Saunders, Com missioner of Delhi, Lieutenant Ommanney, the officer in charge of State prisoners, and some other officers who happened to be present. A squadron or two of the Lancers then trotted off as an ad vanced guard, and the cortege commenced moving. The first palanquin carriage contained the deposed monarch and his two sons, Jewan Bukht aad Shah Abbas (the latter a youth, the son of a concubine) , the carriage being surrounded by Lancers on all sides. Next followed a close carriage containing the Begum Zeenut Mahil, with whom were Jewan Bukht's wife, her mother and sister, and an infant. The mother and sister of Jewan Bukht's wife were allowed their choice of either going or remaining at Delhi. They , preferred the former. The third carriage contained the Taj Mahil Begum, another of the ex-king's wedded wives, and her female at tendants. Next followed five magazine store carts with tilted tops, drawn by bullocks ; these con' tained the male and female attendants, four in each cart, a party of Lancers accompanying each. 10 this order the cavalcade progressed very well until more than half the distance across the bridge of boats had been accomplished, when all of a sudden one of the bullocks in a magazine cart, probably discovering the nature of the load he was assisting across the Jumna, and finding it infra dig. to do 0, displayed his sagacity by a violent attempt to deposit his worthless burden in the river. As, the companion bullock's understanding was not of the same calibre, he pulled in the opposite direction , and only one wheel of the cart, along with the re fractory bullock, descended into the boat, a lamp post luckily placed preventing a complete capsize. This little event delayed the line 20 minutes or half-an-hour, when the cart and bullock having been replaced, the cavalcade recommenced its move onwards, and reached the encamping ground at Ghazee-ood-deen-Nugger without further accident or delay of any kind. The band of the 2d Fusi leers played the Lancers out of Delhi, and by half past 3 a.m. they were clear of the city. In camp , the principal prisoner and his two sons occupy ar hill tent. A soldier's tent, with kunnaut enclosure is provided for the ladies of the Zenana, and two pals for the servants ; the whole surrounded by IL high kunnaut enclosure. The prisoners are securely guarded by dismounted Lancers, armed with swords and pistols, both inside and outside the enclosure , while pickets from the Police Battalion are thrown out beyond. The horses of the Lancers, a whole troop, actually on duty over the State prisoners , are kept ready saddled, and the enclosed camp is very judiciously pitched between the Lancers and Kaye's troop of Horse Artillery. Lieut. Omman ney's tent is pitched just outside the enclosure. BY all accounts the prisoners are cheerful, and the women may be heard talking and laughing behind their screens, as if they did not much regard their departure from Delhi.—Delhi Gazette, Oct. 13. - Information has becn received that part of , the tribes of Ouled Kebir, Ouled Aydoun, Ouled Aled, and some others of the province of Constantine rose in revolt $ few days ago, and attaoked the Caid Ben Restan. A com bat ensued, but the result is not stated. The general com manding the province immediately collected troops to chas tise the rebels. Major Melchior, of the Imperial French Artil lery, who was charged with the presentation of the 1211). howitzer L'Alliance to the Queen, at Windsor, on Thursday vis:ted the milit ary establishments at Woolwich. He was accompanied by Major Andrews, who has recently been honoured by the Emperor with the distinction of the riband and cross of the Legion of Honour. The major's appear' ance on the ground attracted considerable attention, no t only from the circumstance of his being the envoy of our august ally, but also from the evident fact of his having borne an ample share in the hardships and dangers of the Crimea, having suffered the loss of his right arm at the memorable siege of the Malakoff. EXTRAORDINARY POLICE REGULATION AT BOS TON.—At the conclusion of the police cases at Boston to Friday last, Mr. Hubbert, who was one of the magistratel. on the bench, asked Mr. Waghorn, the superintendent of police, whether it was true that the force had been ordered by the Watch Committee to attend church every Sunday? —The Superintendent replied that it was.—Mr. Hulbert: " Then I must say I think such an arbitrary proceeling ig a disgrace to the borough, and calculated to bring on u s the contempt of the country, if we, as magistrates, do not pro test against it. It is an infringement on the liberty of the subject."—Mr. Smyth : " It will be remembered, I dare say, that I brought this subject before the bench several months since, at which time I understood the men were com pelled to attend the church, and it was then resolved by the bench that the men should be at liberty to attend what place of worship they might choose. I had no idea that the order would be rescinded." -- The Superintendent : " When I read the order to the men I told them that if any of them had been brought up DiB - and they informed me to that effect, I would lay the same before th e W a t c h C o M m i tte e."—Mr. Noble . Why inquire at all as to what they have been broug ht u to ? Men' s o pi n i ons sometimes diner very widely from what they were b roug h t up to. "—M r. Coup l an d : " Eve' soldiers, if Roman Catholics, are allowed to attend their_ own place of worship."—Mr. Noble : " Yes the Duke of Cambridge h as ver y recently expressed himself in str'Filf terms on this subject."—The Mayo r : "If any application is made on the subject, it must be made to the Watch Con Mittee." gyro the Subject clropped,—,VainfQrd Naomi. ar be th ha ha. lth be, br4 del St,