The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-26 00:00:00

, ROYAL::ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.— Under the Manw A rement of Ikl i ss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harri son, Sole Lessees. SPECIA.L NOTlCE.—Production of a new lec.,endary ro mantic opera,ty Mite, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. The music composed by the popular English composer, Billie. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. J. Wharton. Mr. G. Kelly, and T. Distin. Conductor, Mr. A. Dlellon.—Doors open at 7 ; commence at half-past 7. OYAL- ENGLISH. OPERA, COVENT 'Ii, GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA TYNE ard Mr. IV. II RETtiON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE AMBUSCADE. The new operetta, THE MATtRIAGE OF GEORGETTE, aNliss I.ollitAft Fyne and Mr.THE Corri.H conclude with NIGT DANCERS. Messrs To slob,' Cort, G. Kelly, Distin, and Lvall ; Madame P a lmieri, Miss Albertazzi, Miss La th '', Miss •Thirlwall, and Miss Huddart. Conductor -31r. Alfred Mellon. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half -past. ------- 1 1 EA TitTRN-I.{4IYAL,_ HAYMARKET. Leases, Mr. J. B. Buekstonc. 'pin is 'EVENING the performances will commence with TRE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclercqs. After which, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Followed by THE LION SLAYER. To conclude with ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. VOYAII PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- 1 • Teases and Manatrer , Mr. A. Harris. TUTS EVENING, an adaptation of Victor .Tine - o's cele brated Play of RITY BENS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq• t when Mr. Fechter, the faYourite actor of Parisian renown. will make his f.,6thnppP4rance on the Enzlish stae - ,e, supported by Messrs. W. Lacy. Meadows, Garden. Graham, Raymond, Moean(l,- Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris ; Miss Rose Leclercq, Mrs. Weston; and Miss Heath. To be preceded by SUSAN SMITH. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, THE PE rs OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Watt Callcott. The 'Music by Mr. Georre Loder. Principal chers by Mr F. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. .1. Morris, Miss M. Tertian, Miss Neville, Missllndspeth, Miss Stuff rt ss Lydia , MIS 4 Turner, - Miss Dotrzlas, 3liss Annie Collinson, an M Thompson. Alter which. a new Drama, entitled HANDY ANDY. Messrs. Carnpbell, Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers, Butler, and John Drew (his first appearance) ; Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss HudWth, Miss M. Ternan, and Miss Neville. Fo ll owe d by the new dr ama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or by Mr. THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal charaßters Henry Neville , M r. John Rouse, Mr. A. B u tler, Mr. V illiers, Mr. G. Vininz, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell„ Mr. Clifford, Mr J. Johnstone ; errs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To commence at a quarter to 7, on account of the lerg,rth of the entertainments. p L I I 'VFW TgRATRE-ROYAL. .„, %!r. 13e V. WehPtQr En,affement fora limited number of nights of Miss Agnes Robert-on sni Mr. Dion Floucicault, who will appear every eyenin, in the highly successful Drama of "The Colleen BEtWn." T TIT'S EVF,NING. HE RIFLE BRIGADE. Messrs. W. Smith, D. Fisher, C, Selby, Miss W oalg,ar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Roneicault, D. Fisher, Killington, Falconer, Stenhenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. mi sg Armes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Killington, and Mrs Chatterley. To conclude with ICI ON PARTY FRANCAIS. bIe:49TA. J, L. Toole, C. Selby, Billington," Mrs . Chatterley, Miss K. Kelly, ac. Doors open at half-nast 6—Commence at 7. Box-ollce open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes. .0 25.; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, is. ; Front Circl e Stalls, Ss. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit,ls. Rd. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d: ActinT Manso,•er--Mr. Wm. Smith. . _-. ~.., .. ~_ 4 ~. • *NA A STLEY'S ROYAL AM PHITHEATRE.— -4 _IL proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Notice.-7n consequence of the vast preparation necessary for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing Lions" in the new Spectacle, their ap pearance is unavoidably postponed until MONDAY next, December 3. This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood; introducing the Stud of highly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, &c, Allan a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit ch To a. rd be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by the celebrated Madame Newsome, Mr. James NeWSOMe and their Troupe of unequalled performers, he., including the incomparable Young Charles Ducrow, the Greatest Wonder of the age. Concluding with a laughable Farce. T` m ors open at half - Fist 6, performance commence at T. Bag-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager —Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBURY HALL HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENLNG, • A Grand Seleetion from the opera of NORMA Norma ...• ...... Miss RUSSELL. Adaloisa ......... .. Madame MARIA, (Her .first appearance in this country.) Alter wlfich (for this week only) th vocal lOPI ANS, consist ing; of Seventeen Performers of and In Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Nerzro Delineations, Anecdote., Ace. Principal Nef,rro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. • Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGIIMANS. Balcony, IA, Hall. 6d. The friends of the French EMPEROR have always ' assured us that if he could with safety confer con stitutional liberty on France he would do it to morrow. Now they seem to think that fugitive day has really arrived. Constitutional liberty has so far dawned on France that we are to be sure the sun must soon be above the horizon. The dawn, such as it is, has certainly followed very quickly on the first breaking of the day, for it is hardly eight-and-forty hours since we had the in timation that liberal changes were at hand; if the daylight follow the dawn, with anything like the same quickness, France will not be, what it now is, about the most despotically governed country in TIIN INTEATHEIL—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 25, MO. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 36 —lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this day at noon. B2ato3IETER- 29 . 51 . WIND —Easterly; light, with &ill cold weather, with rain in the ?-lernoon. Nov. 26. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 38 --highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 37—this day at noon. BAROMETER- 29 . 43 . WIND —Easterly ; with rain. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.-7 , lorning, 12h. 14m.—Afternoon, 12h. 33m. To-molutow.-Morning. 12h. 53m.—Afternoon. lh. 13m. Europe. We desire to view in a friendly spirit any approaches to Liberal Government. Let us see what these are fairly worth—what can be done through them to make intelligent public opinion powerful in France ; what to insure that the country should have a voice in its own Govern ment legislation ; what to attain the desirable result that the Monarch should reign but not rule ? The exordium is rather imposing. The elect of the Grace of GOD and Universal Suffrage wishes to mark his confidence in the " great bodies of the State," which he created, and therefore proposes to give them " a more direct participation in the general policy of the Government ?" The way in which he proposes to do this is—he first authorises the Senate and the Legislative Corps to vote an Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. Next a discussion of the Government projects de loi is to be permitted, and lastly, he proposes to allow the publication of debates in a fuller form. These concessions s9em fair on the surface; but, overlook ing the ugly fact, that they are not made because, as in England the " Great bodies of the State" felt their rights and demanded them from the Monarch, but because the Monarch finds the great bodies so worthy of his confidence that he can trust them— passing by this—we find every precaution taken that the great bodies shall exercise their new pri vileges under proper surveillance. Government commissioners are to attend the discussions, for the purpose, it is said, of making the necessary expla nations; but may they not also have an eye on refractory members. Then, again, the Government still reserves to itself the initiation of all the bills, as we term them, which will be discussed by the Legislature ; while in regard to the reporting, if we understand the scheme rightly, the Government will provide the reporters, the President of the Assembly will supervise their work, it will appear then in the 3loniteur, and finally he furnished in extenso to the other journals. Of all this we may say, everything depends on its working. One of our contemporaries , professing to have the advantage of spe cial knowledge of the EMPEROR'S intentions, understands all in the most hopeful sense. We are told that it is the announcement of au assimilation of French to English liberties. All is to be " under derstood" in the most constitutional sense. It is " understood" that hostile amendments to the ad dress are to be considered as a bar to the further employment of the Ministers whose policy is cen sured ; and i t is also understood that the report of the debates is to b Miserably short as be a "full statement" of them. even then the French system approach to constitutional Go would be of any vern ment, were the above view correct, which we we should acknowledge that ie h a ve no means ropo : f a d nyi concessionsng, mi g ht be the coin n e t enliberty i he l p e nt of something like political n If the Ministry can be made responsiblen France. to public opinion, and if the speeches of a small but honest and able Opposition can be fairly published, we in England well know the potency of even these simple means, and should certainly be disposed to hope the best from them. The hold the EMPEROR 1.,...;.,, ... I_, , . ----% ..,.,:. . ' •I ' .8 . '`-'*'" ' - - ;14 - e 14,1, ,, ,;.. 9 ' ,,;, '", - A-4'i,'";, S.'. ' 2 l ;l ',' -' ''' • - -i '" • ' - z, l'''', i 4 , l i.' -' . . , . ~'~ ~~~ ,;~~,~. .;~`~ THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 26, 1860. The intelligence from China is certainly suffi ciently startling, now that the telegram has brough us news from the allied head-quarters, only eight miles distant from Pekin, down to the date of the 23d of September. It tells us that the Chinese had then taken as prisoners of war, and carried off to Pekin, not only Captain BRAB kZON and two of FANE'S Horse, Messrs. DE NORMAN and ANDERSON, but, with these, three civilians of no incon siderable importance—Mr. BOWLBY, Mr. Loeir, and Mr. PARKES—the Times' Correspondent, the Secretary to Lord ELGIN, and her Bri tannic MAJESTY'S Consul. Gladly will every one learn what we earnestly trust may be the next tidings received in regard to these gentlemen, that they have been released by their captors in answer to the imperative requisition of the noble Earl out there as the Queen's Ambassador and Plenipoten tiary Extraordinary. `ware of the rumours that were flying about, late OR Saturday evening and throughout yes terday, t ' n the effect that the half dozen im portant 'pr isoners of War above named had been barb uo ly murdered by the Chinese—it is profoundly consolatory to learn now by tele gram that not only are those reports altogether unfounded, but that 'these Prisoners of War we have just mentioned were, on th i c contrary, when the last despatches left, being well treated by the Pekinese. Their speedy release, moreover, is really and truly—so far as we upon no w can judge from facts indisputably- r ecord—all but a matter of absolute certainty. And we cann ot but regard the probabilities thus hopefully for the few shall here in a s i mp l e reasons weword or two first place—ther e particularize. In the were rang e the Allied forces actually' within of the w ith all the re_ outposts of Pekin, armed adorn civilization, in- 1 sources and. weapons of mo e luding ao2g these the terrible ARMSTRONG ra gu ns! There were those Allied Force s actually but eight miles from Pekin —and w ithin the very week of the capture of these sis: En„olishme n the Chinese had suffered two successive defeats h , eac of them of eansidaralale magnitude. O n the 18th of September at Chang-I , ia-wan, and again on the 21st of September at Jang-cyan--upon each of these occasions-30, 000 Tartar horsemen were completely routed by the soldiers of France and F.na:le.nd. And while the Allies themselves in these two sharp contests had only eighteen icounded_TWO THOUSAND TArtars had been KIL LED, and FIFTrY Chinese guns had been taken as trophies of victory! It was upon the morrow of of the second of these signal defeats, and while the Chinese themselves were sending a flag of truce to the Anglo-French victors, then advancing with has on the two bodies is such at present as to insure those formidable ARMSTRONG field-pieces (as we that he shall always have an immense majority, \ have said) to within range of the outposts of the except possibly, in the case, that even an Emperor capital—it was at this moment and under these might prefer to throw on the Legislature the work circumstances that the three soldiers and the three of ejecting some particular minister whom he would important civilians before enumerated, were unex- rather dismiss indirectly than directly. The Senate nomination and iu his ow n p a y ; and pectedly "pounced upon by the watchful Chinese is his own and carried off as prisoners of war to Pekin. They even his Legislative Corps, elected by universal appear to have been engaged at the moment of suffrage, consists, in great part, of persons nomi their seizure in c hoosing camping ground, when Dated directly, as candidates at least, to the the net, being suddenly drawn round the little in- constituents, by the Government. Slow, in sulated group, the Chinese must have been rather deed, must be theprocess of forming that invaluable overn ment, an effective opposition. elated to find that th e y had actually taken at o ne aid to all good g "haul"—with Capta in BBABAZON and two of Long , w e fear, will be the time during which most FANE'S Horse, the Times correspondent ! the Secre- of the dissentients will be afraid to speak their real tarp of the English Ambassador !! and the Consul sentiments -, or, perhaps, before many will even REIGN !!! So far as the Chinese dare to differ in opinion from the master of 600,00 of the British SOVEREIGN 0 b a yonets th e mselves were concern ed in this litheincident, inl a magnificent coup ! Sc, far as B ut what, it may be asked, is the political signi it was certa y the ficance of these concessions , be t he y real or only her MaJEsTY's Am bassador was concerned on co ntrary— the sudden w ithdrawal from him (into a a rent? Werather think that the course of t hin g s pp both at home and abroad inclines the EMPEROR Pekin) of his Private Secretary, and still more of that able and intelligent Consul,whom he must have t o utilise, as far as he can, the support of the people. Since the Italian war he has had far less found almost essential tohim, for the facile conduct of his negotiations — their bein g thus abruptly snapped to fear from all the parties opposed to him Orleanists and Legitimists, especially, seem almost up and carried away a s p risoners of war within the walls of the Chinese capital, must assuredly to to acquiesce in their eclipse, since the great military him (Lord ELGIN) have been in the highest degree feats of the Imperial armse reason ton the o plains of' Lora (to say the very least of it) embarrassing and in- hardy ; he has now littl f convenient. His lordship's instant reply, however, will trouble him in the Chambers. to the Chinese flag of truce bringing to him But another party has become very troublesome. the provisions for a new treaty of peace, was Ultramontanists, headed by several noisy and viru one in every way calculated, we ma y be quite sure lent bishops, and by v e France a second Emp eror o f that, to put an end to this temporary difficulty, w hat they could to in gi the person of the POPE. ratef and to lead to the return safe a nd sound to the allied head-quarters of our six cap tured fellow- to b e s ure, to one who in point of fact, one noted layman, have done Ungul men they, has done so mu ch both for them and the POPE -- but when were an y countrymen. Our ambassador , simply demanded the release of those six per- c l erg y grateful for anyt hin g short of supre sons as a sine qua non before the opening mac) , over both the bodies and Fouls of men ? up again of any negot iations! This, recol- The EMPEROR, with good reason enough, wishes he has lect, with our forc es there—before Pekin ! the civil power to be supreme ; given This with 30,000 Tartar cavalry routed by our the bishops several lessons lately ; they had one on troops on the 18th, and 30,000 more Tartary cavalry Peter's pence, another on their political pastorals; routed on the 21st of September ! The French a third, more instructive than all on which we lately carrying with them as they advanced their terrible commented, has just issued fro advantageoff rifle Armstrongs that have already become (and no EMPEROR being their sole master, and wonder) the terror of the Chinese ! The Government of the priest being first a citizen, then a at Pekin meanwhile being so far brought already to priest. is the last move of all really in the a consciousness of the imminent peril of its position same direction ? Does the EMPEROR think that to that the Commissioner now appointed by it to open elevate the layman in the scale of political power, up, if possible, fresh, and, it is hoped, final negotia- as in England, fs the surest means of counterwork tions, appears to be no other than the own brother ing a hierarchy ? of the Emperor, Hein-fung. Under these circum- If again he looks abroad, he sees all his neigh stances, it must be sufficiently obvious, at a glance, hours moving of necessity in the direction of liberty. what the probabilities are as to the release, in per- Italy he, himself, has enabled to inaugurate a great feet safety, of the six gentlemen now heard of as in constitutionally governed kingdom ; and Austria durance among the Chinese. However satisfied itself is obliged to propose such measures for the any of us may be, however, upon this point, we representation of the empire, as but two years ago shall all of us indubitably be right glad when the she would have scouted as visionary—measures, mere probability shall have become a positive cer which if adopted just as FRANCIS JOSEPEE has tainty. As a foretaste of the indemnity—as a sort proposed them, would confer more power on the of whet to the national appetite for compel- Austrian States to express, and perhaps give effect sation, comes that little intimation towards to public opinion, than will be enjoyed by France the close of the telegram,—" Tea to the value of even under the new arrangements. LOUIS NA £250,000 sterling taken at Chang-kia-wan." POLEON would, under these circumstances, be one The latest morsel of intelligence dates down to of the most isolated despots of civilised Europe, if the 4th of October, at Shanghai, bringing news he did not admit some degree of constitutional that the rebels were seriously threatening Hang liberty into the working of his system. There chow. The incoming mail (that may be now looked might even be danger from the comparison his own for very speedily) would bring the tidings down to people would make of their position with that of the ensuing day (the fifth of October) at Shanghai, inferior countries. and nine days later still (i.e. to the 14th of Octo ber) at Hong Kong. As to this country, the effect of these proposals will all depend on the sincerity with which they are carried out. Since 1852 there has been no sym pathy, but the reverse, between the people of Eng land and the Government of France. :We are unable not to hate despotism. It may be a national weakness, but the fact is undoubted. And just as an anti-Slavery policy in the United States will most certainly better our feelings towards that country, so as rapid an approach as possible to constitutional liberty on the part of the French Government will better the feeling between the English people and the EMPEROR. Every Eng lishman would rather be well abused by a free speaker in a French House of Commons, than have fifty letters to "my dear PERSIGNY" about good intentions towards us, and in timacy with our Premier. We like to to tell others all our minds, and to hear others tell us theirs too. We can be hearty friends when we all know each others' thoughts ; we have then the basis of confidence, though it is, often enough, the basis of agreeing to differ. But we cannot confide, cannot therefore be friends, when we are ever sus pecting some mysterious plot ; especially when all that we know is, that the one man who rules as well as reigns in France, labours above all things to be strong enough to invade our shores, and makes us pay £35,900,000 a year to make sure against him. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary leave Brighton an Thursday next, for Cambridge Cottage, Kew. Prince Louis of Hesse and his Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, with their suites, have left Maurig,y's Hotel, on a visit to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle. The Prince and Princess Kotchoubey and suite have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. His Excellency the Austrian Minister arrived in town on Friday, from Plymouth, and has since left town, accompanied by the Countess Apponyi, on a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at Staf ford House St. James's, on Saturday, from Trentham, the Duke of Sutherland's seat in Staffordshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury arrived in town on Saturday from Folkestone, axd will leave town to-day for Dunmore-park, near Falkirk, on a visit to the Countess of Dunmore. The Countess Dowager of Cawdor has arrived at Burwood, Surrey, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, where her ladyship will remain some months in retirement. The Countess Estella has arrived at the Bruns wick Hotel, en route for Scotland. General Le Comte A. d'Essen, Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Russia, has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from St. Petersburg. Lord and Lady Wodehouse have left town on a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. Lord and Lady Ashburton are expe'cted at Bath House to-day from a tour of visits. Lula and Lady Rokeby left Montagu House a few days since for Brighton. - - LORD DERBY.—The health of the noble chief of the Conservative party, we rejoice to say, is quite re-estab lished, and the opening of Parliament will find him leading the Opposition with his accustomed vigour and sagacity, and with that chivalrous patriotism which is acknowledged even by his opponents. We need hardly add that the noble earl never had the slightest intention to retire from the leadership of the great party with whom he has been so long associated, and who are so devoted to him as their chic F.—Pass. The Hon. Julian Fane, now Secretary of Legation at Vienna, is appointed Secretary of Embassy to the Aus trian Court. Lord Augustus Loftus is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Berlin. Mr. Henry Lockwood, paid Attache at Constan tinople, is appointed paid Attache to her Majesty's Mission at Stockholm. The Hon. Henry 'Wodehouse is appointed paid Attache at Constantinople. The Queen has conferral the honour of Knighthood an Jean Edouard Ramond , E s q., First Puisne 'Judge of the Supreme Court at the Mauritius. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. CROLY.—A Sunday c(n)udtemhp. ° I a r a r hood of his own reside nce, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. The rev. gentleman had on l y left home a few minutes, and was seen walking apparen tl y in g ood health, when he s taggered, fell, and almost i mmediatel y expired. Tidings of the melancholy even t soon reached the parishioners of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, an d the dee p est sorrow was ev inced. The bell of the parish c h u rch was tolled for an hour. The ref. gentleman had b een rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, for 25 years, and was much res p ected by his flock. We believe that he was to ha ve p reached in the church which ho had so long adorned wi th h is el o q uence asc rdyiedannounces on satiuday that itf,e this rn oo d n is i t n inF h u e is n h e e i d obolir divine. yesterday. At a late hour on Saturday night other and hurried arrangements were made for the services. ON, MONDAY ESENING, NOVEMBER 26, HO . E SUN, LOND THE LATE LIEUT.-COL. ROBT. MACDONALD, C.B. —ln Lieut.-Col. Macdonald another Waterloo veteran has passed away, at the advanced age of 82. This officer com menced his career in 1797, as ensign in the Strathspey Re giment of Fencib'e Infant/ y. On its reduction he entered the Surrey Rangers as lieutenant in 1799, and solved in North America. In 1803 he was appointed ensign in the Ist Royals, and in the same year be sailed with the 2d bat talion of that corps for the West Indies, where, as brigade majcr to Brigadier-tieneral Nicholson, he was engaged at the siege of Fort Bourbon and capture of Martinique in 1809. In 1812 he joined the 3d battalion Royal Scots in its retreat from Burgos, and served in the Peninsular cam paigns of 1813-14 ; was engaged at Osma o n the 18th, and the battle of Vittoria the 21st of June; at the successful assault on the Convent of St. Sebastian on July 17; and, though severely wounded on July 25, at the assault on the town, on Aug. 31 he volunteered to the breach in command of two companies of the Royals, ordered in advance of the Ist Brigade, .sth Division, and was on duty in the town during the conflagrat ion, and present at the surrender of the Castle of St. Sebastian, Sept. 8. The wound received at St. Sebastian subsequently compelled him to use his left hand in wilting : For his conduct at this siege he obtained the rank of major on Sept. 21, 1813. He was engaged at the passage of the Bidassoa, on the 7th of October ; at the battles of Nivelle, on Nov. 10, end the Nive on Dec. 9, 10, and 11, 1813. The gellent officer assisted in repelling the sonle from the citadel of Bayonne on April 14, 1814, and served with the 3d Battalion Royal Scots in the campaign of the Netherlands, 1815. He was present and engaged, on June 16 and 18, at the battles of Quatrebeas and Water loo. At Waterloo, Colonel Campbell, commanding, being wounded early in the afternoon, Major Macdonald tookthe command of the 3d battalion. Here, near the close of the action, being exposed on an eminence rallying his men, he became a mark, and fell wounded by a ba'l in the hip, and was for a time leZ.; for dead, but was ultimately conveyed to Draw:win For these actions he was made a Companion cf the Order of the Bath, and received from the Emperor the Order of St. Anne of Russia, After commanding for some time the 35th Foot, the deceased officer, compelledlby ill-heel th, in 1831 reluctantly quitted the service, receiving in 1849 away medal,withfive clasps. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP SHANNON.— A handsome monument has been erected on Southsea-common, Poi ts mouth,*by the officers and crew of Her Majesty's ship Shan non, to the memory of the late Sir William Peel, captain of the Shannon, who died in India of a wound received at the head of his indomitable Naval Brigade during the Sepoy mutiny. The monument is a square pillar of polished red granite, on the four faces of which are inscriptions, with I base, cap, and cornices of gray Aberdeen granite, the whole surmounted by a trophy of flags and naval emblems in bronze, cast from a gun taken at the capture of Lucknow, and which was afterwards presented to the Naval Brigade by General Lori Clyde, then Sir Colin Campbell. On the nor:h side is the following inscription :—" Sacred to the memory of Capt. William Peel, K.C.8., and Capt. Thomas ' Grey, R.M., Mr. 11. P. Garvey, mate, Mr. M. A. Daniel, midshipman, and the seamen and marines of the Shannon's Naval Brigade who fell employed in the North-West Pro vinces of India during the mutiny of 1857-8.. As a tribute of their gallantry this monument is erected by the officers and men of her Majesty's ship Shannon. 1860." On the west side—" The Shannon's Naval Brigade, with six 8-inch guns end four fieldpieces, left Celcutta for the North-West Provinces Aug. 1857. Served at the battle of Kedjiva, Oct 29, 1857; relief of Lucknow, Nov., 1857 ; defeat of the Gwalior Contingent, December, 1857 ; Battle of Kula- Nudde-bridge, January, 1858 ; capture cf Lucknow, March, 1858; and returned to the Shannon, August, 1853." On the east and south sides the inscriptions relate to the pre sentation of the gun from which the trophy was cast, and give the numbers of the brigade who fell in action, were wounded, or died of disease during the campaign. It is in tended to inclose the monument with guns taken during the Crimean campaign, in which also Sir Wm. Peel, with many of the Indian Naval Brigade, had formerly distin guished themselves. The 'Work has been executed by Messrs. W. and J. Freeman, of Westminster, THE ARMSTRONG GUN.--A very extraordinary and serious accident occurred on board of her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent, in Portsmouth harbour, on the 16th inst., which has been the subject of anxious delibera tion among the naval scientific officers of the port. The men were at practice with the 42-pounder Armstrong g an,which is still under trial before final introduction to the service ; on the word being given, and the lanyard pulled as usual, a concussion took place, which instantly proved to those standing about that something had gone wrong. On exami nation it was found that the handles of the heavy vent piece which blocks the chamber of the gun were blown completely off, and passing along the deck to a distance of over 50 feet. they shuck and shattered the bulkheads of the sick bay, and smashed the bottles therein. It was evident that the breech sc:ew was not "home,'' and therefore that the vent piece had not been properly jammed up; but the most extraordinary part of the whole affair was, that the vent piece itse' f, which is loose, had not been blown out of the chamber. and that the wrought iron handle should have been wrenched off instead. At the time of the accident an experiment was being made to ascertain the time in which five rounds could be fired at a target 2,600 yards distant, and this particular shot fell about 1,500 yards short, the force of the powder having been wasted by the chamber. The very setious question, therefore, a - tisee. how far these guns are adapted for rapid firing, when, although there is risk at all times, the danger then necessarily increases in a multiplied ratio. The want of ramming home of the vent piece may arise from the slightest bit of the flannel cart ridge protruding over the lip of the chamber, and therefore intwining itself between the flat surfaces which ought to meet with mathematical precision; or firm)) , happen at any time from a little caked po eedee, or grit, in seite of all precau tions. Some shot are of higher gauge than others, and take mere ramm i ng home into the chamber, which might, end probably would not, be pe nelved in the heat of action. It is not a vet y uncemmonthing inthe Armstrong field-pieces for the vent-piece to fly out altogether ;or want of tighien ir g the breech screw; end although, from its great weight, it was, in the first hem y g an s, propy_ed +o place the vent-pieces in the chamber sideways. yetthe NS isdom of droppingthem in pet penaicvlarly is now apparent ; far otherwise one acci dent such as this might sweep a dozen men into eternity, The flaw in the construction is i3y no means irremediable; and it is very fortunate that attention has been so promptly called to it; as before the general introduction of the gun into the navy, either by means of a slot, or a flange, or a groove or some such situp e mechanical contrivance, the matter must be remedied. It is of paramount importance that oar sailors should have unlimited confidence in the fearful weapons which science and experiment are together forging for the maintenance of our power and prestige throughout the world.—Army and Navy Gazette. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Yesterday wit nessed a complete transformation in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East, all the decorations which Mr. Bevan King the rectorno highly prized having been swept away under a monition directed by the Bishop of London to the churchwardens. The super altar has been removed, and there is row only a low table, covered with a red cloth; all the crosses have been taken away ; the credence table no longer stands in il i a place; indeed every concession has at length been wade to the poputir will. To such an extent has the work of demolition proceeded that Mr. Han sard, the clergyman who was licensed by the Bishop to the sole charge of the parish dm ing Mr. K'ng's absence, has ' considered that the changes made involve a violat'on of his agreement with Mr. King, and has declined any longer to dtscharge the ecclesiastical duties in the parish. In conse quence of this state of things, the Bishop had to provide for the services of the church yesterday, and they were taken, both mowing and evening, by t'ie Rev. Edward Parry, M.A., Rector of Acton, his Lordship's chaplain. At the mot eine service there were few persons present, but in the evening the church was crowded, bat those present were perfectly elderly, and there were none of the indecent manifestations of fcelrg which have been so frequently displayed. KIDNAPPING AND MURDER.—In America, the Chteego .I ) ,.ess and Tribune of the 2fith ult. states that Jerry Boyd, an honest, indust• ions, and inoffensive coloured dravman ef Galena, Illinois, where he had led a sober and reputable life for twenty years; his wife, Mary Boyd, whom he had bought out of slavery with money earned by the sweat of his brow • a girl, also coloured, but also free, aged 12 to 14, who lived in Jerry's family ; and a white child that Mary took care of for a poor woman at service, were enticed away from their homes two or three weeks ago by a couple of persons, upon the pretence that the threw oldest persons of the party were to have profitable and pleasant employment on a farm and in a hotel at Des Moines, lowa. They were last seen in Johnson County, of that State, in a covered waggon, going westward. A few days after their departure from that county, the body of a man was found by the roadside near where they were last seen, and from papers in his pocket it was plain that it was the body of Boyd, and that he had been murdered. News of his death went back to his friends in Galena, and then for the first time a suspicion that the party had been kidnapped for sale into slavery was excited. That suspicion grew into a certainty by further develop • ments, and the people wno used to see Boyd every day at his work, earning honest bread, offered, though he was a mulatto, a reward of 500 dollars for the apprehension of the villains who had committed a double crime, and de spatched two trusty men to follow the criminals up. The kidnappers effected a sale of their victims in Nlissouri, but before the money was paid over, one of the negroes, Mary Boyd, revealed the whole truth, in consequence of which the kidnappers and murderers were arrested. Their names are John Goodwin and Peter I. Bolton. One of them, Bolton, the first captured, was committed to gaol in St. Joseph, under a charge of kidnapping, in default of 2,000 dollars bail. The other Goodwin, was taken charge of by the gentlemen from Galena, who brought him within 40 miles of Hannibal, Missouri, on their way to Galena, where he slipped his irons, and jumped from the car win dow while the train was running at the rate of 13 miles an hour and escaped. Mrs. Body states that when the party had travelled three days out from Galena, they encamped by night about 16 miles from lowa city. Here some movements made by Goodwin and Bolton excited the sus picion of her husband that all was not right, and he loaded his gun and revolver in the presence of' the kidnappers. The next morning Goodwin and Bolton held a consulta tion, Goodwin urging the necessity of getting rid of Jerry by killing him. While Jerry was sitting down near the waggon, Goodwin stepped up to him, saying "Jerry, I am afraid ef you," and fired, first shooting him in the breast and then in the head. The murder was committed in the presence of Mrs. Boyd and the mulatto girl. A LITERARY ARTISAN.—One of the artisans em ployed in the wheelers' branch, royal carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal, has published an exceedingly cog mendable work, under the title of " Chips from the Block," being a summary of intelligent and useful information to working men of his class. Although closely engaged at his daily employment from 6 in the morning till 6 in the even ing, he has succeeded in writing and bringing through the press a book which cannot fail in being extensively circu lated among those for whose benefit and instruction it was compiled. The work is dedicated to Col. Tulloh, superin tendent of the department, who, having consented to for • ward a copy for the inspection and approval of the Queen, last week received the following reply :—" Windsor Castle, Oct. 2S. —My dear Tulloh,—l have had the honour to present to her Majesty the Queen Mr. Knell's book, which seems to be written in an excellent spirit, and to be full of practical good sense. I have received her Majesty's commands to request that you will present him with the enclosed cheque for £lO in token of her Majesty's approbation of his praiseworthy occupation of his time .—Sincerely yours, C. B. Prune's." The under mentioned communication was likewise received on Satur pfa'aasirtchteo-1 day, from the War Department, on the same subject : " War-otlice, Pall-mall, S.W., Nov. 9.—Dear Colonel Tul loh, Sir Benjamin Hawes desires wn to send you the toq. accompanyingufulalAyipresentt,rotj sv:t.l(,l ‘vl Knellul. amneeuopsfolatpTchactLet teul l atbr, . and Manufactures, kes 0 whirr t i. o r,, b ask ci Ti you o,lci' contains. t, o a , ii bn Sic." . ; so, Yours kind uhres contained Dr. Andrew Ifire's sth edition of the "Dictionary ted ele w g i a t n h tly 2,o b o o o un en d g i r n alr t l h n e g •e s e . Ilt l i s :1 ? .; Benjamin The fly leaf bears the subjoined testimonial, writtete. by Sir Hawes, Under -Secretary of State for War:— "The gift of Sir Benj a min Hawes to Henry Thomas Knoll, la aelinr Av l e dgment of the pleasure he has received from reading hi s essay tin social sci9Acet—Nov, 9, 1860." .n Rome. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN CHINA. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 26. A telegram has been received from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, dated this morning, and stating that the allies were within six miles of Pekin on the 23d of September ; that on the 18th and 21st they had completely defeated the Tartars near Tangchow ; that Mr. Parkes had been taken prisoner and sent to Pekin ; and that the rebels had retired from Shanghai to Hangchow. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) HEAD-QUARTERS, EIGHT MILES FROM PEKIN, SEPT. 23. Mr. Boulby, Tinzes correspondent; Mr. Loch, secretary to Lord Elgin ; Mr. Parkes, Messrs. De Norman and Anderson, of Fane's Horse ; and Capt. Brabazon, have been made prisoners whilst en gaged in choosing camping ground. They have been taken to Pekin, where they are well treated. Engagements were fought on the 18th and 21st September at Chang-kia- wan and Sang-cban. On both occasions 30,000 Tartar cavalry advanced, and were completely routed by the allies; 2,000 Tartars were killed, and 50 guns taken. The allies had only 18 wounded. The Chinese have sent iu a flag of truce, with the provisions for a treaty. Lord Elgin demands the release of the prisoners before negotiating. The Emperor's brother has been appointed chie commissioner to make peace. Tea to the value of £250,000 sterling was taken at Chang-kia-wan. SHANGHAI, OCT. 4. All is quiet. The rebels are threatening Hang than. JAVA, OCT. 14. The Dutch troops at Banjermassing have been thrice repulsed by the rebels. POINT DE GALLE, Nov. 1. Sir Charles Macarthy assumed the governmen of Ceylon on the 22d October. TURIN, Nov. 24 The municipality of Ancona has opened a sub scription for the construction of a war vessel which the March provinces will offer to the Marine of State, in commemoration of the annexation of those provinces to Sardinia. NAPLES, Nov. 24. The news contained in a Marseilles telegram, published by the French papers, that disturbances in the Neapolitan provinces had been repressed by force, is completely false. Many persons who have escaped from Gaeta have taken refuge at Pozzuoli and Baja. It is rumoured that Francis 11. is ill. ROME, Nov. 24 At the request of the King the whole diplomatic corps have quitted Gaeta. They arrived yesterday The Pontifice.l Nuncio and the ambassadors cf Austria, PrusLia, and Russia have received the grand cordon of the order of St. Januarius from the King. VIENNA, Nov. 25. The official Wiener Zietung of to-day says : "The war report of General Lamoriciere con. .ains the following passage : " A person who is fully competent to know wrote me from Trieste that 11 Austrian vessels were about to cruise towards the south of Ancona, in order to prevent the blockade of that place.' " This part of the war report requires rectifica tion. The news it contains could only proceed from an ill-informed person." AGRAM, Nov. 23, The principal inhabitants of this city will hold a Conference to-morrow, in order to settle the details in reference to the approaching elections to the Diet, and the question of the relations between Croatia and Hungary, PESTH, Nov. 25 The administration of Hungary has been every where reorganised, with the concurrence of the most eminent men of all parties. Contrary to the reports in circulation, the Con ference which is to meet at Gran in order to arrange the mode of election to the Hungarian Diet, will assemble on the 10th of December next under the presidency of the Cardinal Primate of Hungary. The congregation of the Comital of Pesth will assemble on the Ist December, under the presidency of Count Carolyi, who has accepted this office. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, with the heavy portion of the above mails, arrived off Hurst Castle Telegraph Station at 1.25 a.m., FRANCE. CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The following Imperial Decree is published in yesterday's Moniteur : " Desiring to afford to the great bodies of the State a more direct participation in the general policy of our Government, and a marked proof of our confidence, we decree : _ . " Art. 1. That the Senate and the Corps Le gis latif shall annually vote an address in reply to our speech at the opening of the Chambers. " Art 2. This address will be discussed in the presence of the Government Commissioners, who will give the Chamber the necessary explanations of the interior and exterior policy of the Empire. " Art. 3. In order to facilitate to the legislative body the expression of its opinion in the prepara tion of the laws and the exercise of the right of amendment, Art. 54 of our decree of March 22, 1852, is put in force, and the regulation of the legislative body is modified in the following manner : "Immediately after the distribution of the pro jects of law, and at the day fixed by the president, the legislative body, before naming its commission, assembles in secret committee, a summary discussion is opened on the project of law, and the government commissioners take past in it. The present dispo sition is applicable neither to projects of law of local interest, nor to cases of urgency. "Art. 4. In order to rentler the reproduction of the debates of the Senate and the Legislative Body more complete, the following project of a senatus consulte shall be presented to the Senate : " The reports of the sittings of the Senate and the Legislative Body drawn up by the secretaires redacteurs under the authority of the Pres i each Assembly, are addressed ev er y eve /l ino to ent the d of journals. Moreover, the debat es of every sitting are reported in short-hand and inserted in extenso in the official journal of the following day.' Emperor will " Art. 5. During the se ssion the name the ministers without po rtfolio to defend before the Chambers, in concert with the President and the member of the Council of State, the pro jects of law of the government. " Art. 6. The ministry of our -household is sup pressed ; its functions are joined to those of the Grand Marshal of the Palace. " Ar The ministry of Algeria and the Colo nies is suppressed. The administration of the colo nies is united with the Ministry of the Marine. "Art. 8. Services which do not directly belong to public instruction or the special establishments of the University, are withdrawn from the Ministry of Public Instruction, and placed among the func tions of the Ministry of State. " Art. 9. The Stud Department is removed from the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, and placed among the functions of the Ministry of State." The decree also orders some changes in the func tions of the Ministries of Public Instruction,Works, Agriculture, and Commerce. ." Art. 10. M. Chasseloup-Laubat has been ap pointed Marine and Colonial Minister. " Art. 11. Marshal Pelissier has been appointed Governor-General of Algeria. " Art. 12. Admiral Hamelin has been appointed Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. " That part of the public service which is not directly connected with public instruction, as well as the special establishments of the University, are ,ransferred from the Ministry of Instruction to that of the State. " Art. 13. The Ministers without portfolios have the rank and treatment of the Ministers with func tions; they form part of the Council of Ministers, and are lodged at the expense of the State. " Art. 14. Our Minister of State is charged with he direction of the present decree. " Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, " Nov. 24, 1860. "By the Emperor. " The Minister of State, A. WALEWSKI." BOURSE, November 24.—The market has shown some little indecision to-day, owing to the Minis terial change announced in the Moniteur.• There was, however, but little fluctuation in prices. Threes opened at 70f 10c, or 5c below the closing price of yesterday, and were afterwards done at 70f 50c ; Mobilier are quoted 761 f 75c ; Orleans, 1,391 f 25c ; Northern, 988 f 75c ; Lyons, 911 f 25c; Austrian, 516 f 25c ; Lombard, 488 f 75c. The following are the last quotations : ft per per Cents 96 10 , Credit Fancier 9lB 75 Do end month.... — 1 Belgian 41 9B 25 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 30 Roman Bank Shares 2950 —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 770 I Spanish Threes 491 Do. Account 772 50 ; noire Debt " NAPOLEON. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1390 .. 1388 25 Northern 985 .. 986 25 New ditto 892 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 908 75 .. 912 50 Geneva 405 ---.. 405 Southern 523 75 .. 523 75 Western Eastern Sardinian Austi 'an Lombard .488 75 .. 490 AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette publishes the following Im perial decree : " Considering that the present egio on silver causes perturbation in the circulation of copper coin, and considering that it is necessary to satisfy the urgent wants of the retail trade, it pleases me to order, after having taken the advice of my Minis ters, and of my permanent Council of the Empire, that the issue of monetary notes in all the provinces of the Empire, with the exception of the Lombardo- Venetian Kingdom, shall be submitted to the deli berations of the general assembly of the Council of the Empire in its next sitting, in the' following terms :—Art. 1. Monetary notes shall be of the value of 10 kreutzcrs, a new Austrian money, and shall be received in all payments of less than a florin in the public treasuries of the said provinces. Art. 2. The general treasury shall remit the monetary notes to such other public establishments, enmmuneg, and private persons as may explen a desire to have them in return for an equal sum in bank notes. Art. 3. The total amount of monetary notes which must only be issued in proportion to the most urgent wants of circulation, cannot exceed 12,000,000 florins. As soon as the want of means of exchange in the retail trade shall no longer exist, the monetary notes shall be withdrawn. Art. 4, The falsification or forgery of these notes shall be punished with the same penalties as thole of paper money. Art. 5. The present measure is placed under the control of the Commission on the Public Debt. Art. 6. The Director of the Ministry of Finances is charged with the execution of the present ordinance. "FRANCIS JOSEPH. " COUNT RECHBERG ; DE PLENER ; RANSONNET. " Schoenbrunn, 17th November." According to recent accounts from Austria, the greatest inconvenience has long prevailed in all parts of the Empire from want of specie, which is so scarce that it can hardly be said to exist. A great sensation was produced by the promulgation of the above decree, inasmuch as by creating notes for the low sum of ten kreutzers (little less than a sou each), the Government proves that the penury of the Treasury is so great that it cannot even make an issue of copper coin. The lowest notes in Austria have hitherto been of one florin (2fr. 50c.), but it was the practice to tear them in two 'or the purpose of giving change. 111 R. M.P„ ON REFORM. ® The Glasjow ilerald publishes a correspondence between Mr. Alexander Drew, of Glasgow, and Mr. Bright. Mr. Drew; it appears, desires to know from Mr. Bright himself whether or not he has done a certain amount of raischiLf to the cause of reform, as alleged in some recent speeches delivered lin the west country by Mr. Bouverie, M.P. In Ireply, Mr. Bright writes as follows : " Rochdale, Nov. 19,1860. " Sir,—l can only refer you to my published speeches for what I have said on the question of reform. It is a mistake to suppose the possessors of power in this country can be persuaded to part with it, or to share it with the people, by smooth words. If Mr. Bouverie is dissatisfied with my mode of arguing the question, he may give us a sample of his mode—we shall see if he succeeds any better. Ido not recollect that he has ever shown any earnestness with re gard to it, and it is not unlikely that he may not like earnestness in others. Twenty years ago we were charged with strong language and great severity when discussing the question of the corn laws. The country surely knows by this time whether our accusations were well founded or not at last it was only by the help of a famine, which killed thousands and exiled hundreds of thousands, that we pre vailed. We were then charged with creating hostility be - tween classes ; and yet now everybody knows that nothing in our time has done so much to remove discontent, and to put an end to the war of classes, as the abolition of the corn law. I suppose the present holders of power will wait till some accident brings a hurricane about them, and then they will yield without honour what they now retain without right. With regard to your proposition as to fixing a mini mum of wages, I have only to say that I think the scheme wholly impracticable, and that any attempt to do what you suggest could only lead to confusion. How could a mini mum of wages be fixed, without fixing a minimum of prices? And who could do this, not for this country only but for the world? Is it possible that any rational man can believe that such a measure is possible ? And how can a Scotch man, living in the city where Adam Smith lived and wrote, believe it ?—I am, respectfully yours, "JOHN BRIGHT." FRENCH FINANCE. (From the Honey Market Review.) Now that the attention of the commercial commu nity in this country is in an especial manner directed to the operations of the Bank of France, it may be considered a fitting moment to take a brief glance at the financial position and the fiscal burthens of the French nation. We will confine ourselves to citing a few pregnant figures :—ln the year 1814 the National Debt of France was £50,646,108. In 38 years, that is to say in 1852, it had increased to £213,825,492. It is now L356,883;871 ; so that in the last eight years it has increased no less than £143,058,379. In 1855 the annual charge of the public debt of France was stated to be £9,000,000, whilst in January of the present year it was ad mitted to be £16,000,000, and is probably much more. We have not space to enter into, nor the full particulars of, the manner in which this large in crease has arisen in so short a space of time. In France the financial secrets of. the Government are well kept. But it is a terrible feet that in the face of the unprecedented amount of taxation with which France is at present burthened, it is even now necessary to add largely, year after year, to the national debt. During the same space of 40 years the English national debt has undergone several alterations, sometimes rising and sometimes falling, but it is at present very little more than it was in 1820, when it stood at £790,000,000 ; whilst the charge on the debt has considerably lessened. It may convey a lesson to those who complain so bit terly of our system of taxation if we place in juxta position the account of the revenue derived from the taxes of the two countries. It will be seen that France actually outstrips us in the amount of her revenue from taxation. At the same time, it must be borne in wind that the figures do not include any local taxation, which in many towns in France, as here, is considered very great. It is especially heavy in Paris. "REVENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR 1860. 1. Income-tax 2. Stamps 8,040,091 3. Crown lands .. .. 4. Customs 24,391,084 5. Excise 6. Post Office 3,310,655 7. Miscellaneous £71,104,127 " REVENUE OF FRANCE FOR 1860. 1. Direct taxes, land, house, personal, and patentee 118,800,000 2. Stamps and doma ; nes .. 14,300,000 3. Woods, forests, and Fisheries.... 1,500,000 4. Customs and tax on salt .. 9,100,000 5. Excise 19,500,000 6. Post Office .. 2.300,000 7. Miscellaneous £73,000,000 It must be difficult—nay, impossible—for France to continue for any long period the immense sacri fices she is now called upon to make. Unless the heavy load of taxation which she is forced to bear be speedily mitigated, the efft cts will be most lamentable. There is a point beyond which na tions, any more than individuals, cannot carry their expenditure without tempting ruin. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. On Saturday the spacious area of the Baker- street Bazaar was entirely cleared for the reception of the various specimens of stock, &c., intended for exhi bition at the ensuing Cattle Show, to take place on Tuesday, the 11th, Wednesday, the 12th, Thursday, the 13th, and Friday, the 14th December. The amount of prizes given this year are quite upon a par with those of any former years, and the show will consist of 42 classes, namely :—Four to the Devon breed, four to the Herefords, four to the short horns, two to the Sussex breed, two to the Norfolk or Suffolk polled breed, two to the long-horns, two to the Scotch horned, and two to the Scotch polled breed ; two to the Irish, two to the Welsh, and three classes to the cross or mixed breeds, making a total of 29 classes devoted to cattle. The sheep will be divided into nine classes, three being devoted to long-woolled breeds, three to the short wools, two to cross breeds, and one to short-woolled breeds not being Southdowns. The pigs will be divided into four classes, namely : Pigs of any breed not exceeding four months old, above four and not exceeding eight months, eight and not ex ceeding 12 months, and above 12 and u nder 18 months old. There will be six gold a nd 42 silver medals awarded by the club, in addition to the money prizes, to the exhibitors of tbe best speci mens in the various classes, and the silver medal of the club to the butcher who makes the largest amount of purchases from the show yard. Notwithstanding the death of the Duke of Rich mond, the pens of Southdowns already entered in ear his name will be sent to the show by the present lte du and who last y was duke, and will enter into competition with those of Mr. John Rigden, of Hove , for many years the a,nietcaegsoanfaisl the Earl of Leiceste r, Lord Berners, t the at a. being the ke, hon. resident. Lord s tWhealmsinagrqt7of Huntley, the Earl of Hardwick, the Earl of nobilityYarborough, are Lord Faversham, and others of thealso amongst this year's compe titors, as well as the Prince Consort. Some cri terion will no do u bt b e f or med of the probable c h a racter of the S m ithfi e ld show, from that which p recedes it at Birmingham, as on former occasions , a very large number of animals are entered for both shows. 7.11 E SERIMETER. This is an apparatus newly invented by M. Fro ment, for testing the tenacity and ela s t icit y of silks of different sorts. The dynamometrie portion of the apparatus is composed of a small thin and very flexible lamina of steel, horizontally fixed in its centre. Its extremities are connected by two small rods to a single shaft rising to some height, and having its upper extremity finely split for the purpose of fixing the thread to be tested. When this thread is subjected to traction, it causes the la mina orsprin g abovedescribed to bend,and this motion is communicated to the hand of a dial-plate. When the thread snaps, this hand remains at the point to which it had been brought by the effect of the trac tion. The other portion of the apparatus, by which traction is effected, is a piece of clock work which descerds by its own weight. It is provided with a pair of pincers, into which the other end of the thread is inserted. By means of this apparatus M. Persoz has been eiabled to make experiments on the tenacity of various silks, the _results of which he has communicated to th e Societe Imperiale d'Ae cl:matation. Thus, the threads testul being all of the length of balfametre, M. per,oz shows that the tenacity of the Calcutta cocoon is represented by 5.3, Teneriffe 5.2, while those from Avignon and Prus sia were 12 and 12.9 ye l. s 2 p . e B c ; tiv l e 4 l . y 4 : that l3. ; of an N d eu l i 2 lly 9. ma rked 8. The elastiacli t.ye conclusions sorts u h s e i s o e ns de r i p v e e r d m f e r t o r m e T w h a e s f r e e l s l p e e vc c i t e i;ely ge 9 n . 9 e these experiments are interesting:-1. The male - cocoon yields a finer and more te nac i ous s ilk than the female one 2. Ihe same slecies reared on dif ferent soil and in different climates does not yield threads of the same tenacity, Th e latter fact, M. Persoz thinks, snould induce the Societe d'Acelima tation to undertake experiments for the sake of de.- ermiin with precision the effects whica soil and climate, as well as the kind of food, produce on the silk-worm. VENETIA. The Ausburg Gazette publishes the following proclamation, which is being distributed among the people on the coasts of Venetia and Dalmatia : THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF VENICE TO TAE VENETIAN SAILORS. Venice, Oct. 25, 1863. Sailors of the Venetian coast,—The time is come for you also to do your country good service. Whether you are in the merchant service, or serve against your will on board Austrian ships, you cannot but see how degrading is your position. The Austrian fleet is no longer that which was called Royal Venetian, and had both Italian sailors and Italian officers. Now Germars alone com mand, while the unhappy Italian sailors are obl;ged to serve under the stick. The Italian fleet, which you have heard thundering beneath Ancona, will also deliver poor Ven ice, an d in this fleet alone should y ou ser ve, Venice has neither navigation nor trade, nor mo to pay her sailors, and she can do nothing for them till she is made free. F or this reason even man, erchant se amen had better serve on board NeapolitAn conese, and Genoese stea mers, under the ili coloured flag, so as to return as conquerors to their and prosperity r t e h P e r e a s r e mt armies of Vic t o I own country and assure the liberty youngest and most have of Venice. Send, at least, the in the experienced amorg you to Italian navy as so many do in Emmanuel and Garibaldi. Wnen Italy is free we an d yards—we will will return to our arsenals rd of which the • a numerous war fleet, on boa sailor of Venice shall win honour as in the almy days of Venetia ; and we will have merchant. shi to en cal e nterprises w hielshall en gage in the commer - fill i rich us. -Venetian Sh ips shall the ports of the rt shall again be ' East, and comfo enjoyed by the sailors' families. It a ly expects much f rom th e bold seamen of the Venetian coasts—from you who for ma d e the Don of St. M so long I are respected and Victor feared. I,olg li v e Emmanuel, King of Italy! Garibaldi! Lon• Long live of . Free Admiral Pe-sano, the conqueror Ancona ! Venice for ever ! eY GAETA. A letter in the .3loniteur de la Flotte, dated 22d inst., says— " The French squadron, under Vice-Admiral Barbier de Tinan, is still at anchor at the same place —that is to say, in the middle of the roadstead in front of Gaeta, at a distance of five or six miles from Mola di Gaeta, and nearly opposite the Marine 'District, the theatre of the last affair. " The Piedmont ese squadron has not approached nearer Gaeta. It seems to have renounced the idea of attacking the town by sea. It is no longer commanded by Admiral Person°, who has left for Naples. The French squadaon has its full number of vessels, with the exception of Le 'rage, which is stationed at Messina, and the two despatch boats Mouette and Prony, which are moving about from point to point." 31 Zi''E The a have col Week. ceedingli hands of At m ar durin g t: improvet 'goods markets and yarn I U, but fi Piece goc has conti ing cause In the y E bu s i ness of the le Preparati South St any chap The easier rate of d reaction a eal lSeS ai 11 1 the co Surprise ann°llnel lie, conse tile bills Iltpressii conarnoth 11 lieu' ter discount Ploy the continue' easier qt to a very before ar Of Engla The s Will talc+ Alexand ailver fo A call is due to railw a y In th business *t n . 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