The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

of 13 5 3 of cod r# ' DO * 1 #1 IIONEY MARKET AND COMIVIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the oScial List.) Business don• 4 1,,r;er Cent. Consols Annuities 9OA 90 0 1 141 9. Stock 'Nols lor Account, 12th October 9Ol a I chequer Bills, 24d. I 2d. £l000. la'li ) re , ' st r o of , 00 0 0361 X5OO 5 p I 4 5 p par Small . E xchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent Ditto 1859, ~ ... 99/ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Illtzilian Bonds 5 per Cent. t %dor Bonds tenad a Bonds, 1i per Cent. ...... ....... tir i„ Quads Bonds, Deferred 1 k eziegn 3 per Cent. t, e.Plvian Bonds, 44 per Cent...., . . . p uitto for the Account 77 'Danish Boudg, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. D• itto Passive 4 ' itit,h Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the account ,bitte New Scrip, 4 per Cent. ve nesuela Bonds, 41 per Cent. Ditto Deferred, 1i per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. teg ar s 4. 0' 1° 00' 4 1 1 )0f' thereif o 0g " tuitrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 GU. 2.. ..... 67 68 Mich Exehinge, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull ...... 65} THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for the Ace oust . CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed / erY heavily, and with some irregularity in t ric es) which - were Id. per lb. low er than last " ee k• The sales were 6,000 bales, 1,000 for ex t--comprising, in addition to A mericans, 500 E gyptian 61d. to 7/d. ; 1,200 Surat, 31d. to Md.; 444 8 0 Sea Islands, 11d. to I s. B d. per lb. The 1, -- waY Share Market was active, at a slight ad vance. The letters by the Boomerang, from Au stralia, ha ve p ri not been yet delivered, but the dates are old. The bullion on board is about 68 , 0001 . , and the 44 Y Wharnclifle, from Sydney, has 6,5001. 4 t the half-yearly General Court of the proprie tors of the Bank of England, held this day, a divi dend of 4 per cent. for the half-year, without do c4tion for income tax, was declared. The nett pro fits of the half-year were 587,032/. ss. 3d. i ' l :ter th e pa y men t of the dividend, the rest would 1 ' 3 ,023,050/. 7s. Gd. The divide nd bein g a g reed b, the Court adjourned. The anomalous position of the M one y Market, a nd the ra pid alternations that are experienced , st. " o e ould rivet the attention of the merca ntile classes 25 f the working of the Bank Charter A ct, if onl y st. erthe purpose of future action, since, whatever 10 4 Y be said of the expediency, nay, the absolute .t 0 4 t • e ceSSity of adopting the course lately pursu ed b y 50 the ßank we may at least go back to first causes, and r t. lee k for some elucidation of the wisdom of t he la w St. v. compels such a course. At the present St. m oment no impartial person can feel any anxiety t . ,uout th e position of the Bank, or the amount of St. ; i t % bullion, except so far as respects the obligation St' f ader which it labours to keep a given sum in 12 Zeeie, and to contract its circulatio n . In other" t ° e tdewhen, in the natural order of thin gs , cas h would 16i easy, the legislature, by its enactments, ordains st ".t it shall be made scarce.. While this state of ,airs 20 ,_ exists, we must be prepared for that fitful .11A mxiet which results at the bare idea of bullion st' le aving us, whatever the object , o r however soon 20 th 12 'Paid bullion could, without effort , be expected 10 I t again. All banks, as dealers in money, will Bt. ' 4 4 lip its value when the demand incr eases, and 50 Merchant will object to their so doin g ; 25 it is the artificial and exaggerated strain 25 u iell the restrictive laws induce that Z llleys and dissatisfies. To - day, according to g z 2 , e confident predictions hazarded in some St. ratters, the minimum rate of discount at the SEAta. il mik of England was to be raised to 5 p er cent . ; 25 100 greater ease being experienced in all quarters, e arrivals of silver being considerable, and the 50 le tters from Paris indicating a more sober tone 20 411 ,, °Tag the speculators and less doubt among ca v,. `talists, the measure has not been adopted. We t ii ghilenge a ny one to say under our present system , ~.° W ever, whether the advance will be made in days or six weeks, or whether it will be made at all ; but if derangement is to e nsue from ir e Purchase of the customary quantity of foreign Nitt, and the remittance to Turkey of a loan g ua- Miteed7 by our Government and fostered by o u r na tional bank, the sooner the " screw " is turned ili a better. better. Turn it to the utmost our bond with , 111 'key must be fulfilled, and so the merchant is m ade to suffer. This day upwar ds of 480,0001., 1 1 l efly in silver, is exported to India and China, out ing future remittances will proba bl y be smaller, h ,_ /ti ng to the check given by our ti g hter mone y rket. The splendid weather now experienced ill insure the most satisfactory results to harvest 4 ours, even in the latest districts. 1 The English funds have been much firmer , an i mprovement () : ) of tto g per cent. having occurred in which are 90 to a for present transfer, and to for account. Cash is easier, and in l e ss de mand in the Stock Exchange, while the fall in 'ensols has brought forward a few buyers for in ,,etinent. Exchequer Bills are stea dier at 4s. pr emium. East India Stock has been d ealt in at 28 . Exchequer Bonds have recovered to 1 pm. The Foreign Stock Market has be en firmer, ~ 'lthout any great activity. Spanish New Deferred ' 44 been well supported, at 19i and the Passive ;N. Peruvian 41 per Cents. have been quoted . Equador Bonds have been at 4i, and Grenada at 18i. Turkish 6 per Cents. are up t o 94, and th e a Scrip is par to ± prem. Ve nezuela have been do ne at 27. k4_ l' he following are the nominal p rices of forei g n : t 'eke :—Grenada Deferred Bonds , 18 to 20 ; 211 to ; Peruvian, 76 to 78 ; Deferred, to 59 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish Three l II * Cents., 38 to 381 ; and ditto Deferred , 19 to 151. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 20 20 r° this day, are in round figures as follow : 100 1855. 1854. Great £28,136 £23,257 100 4 at Western ii Qrth-Western bolith.Western . 1 30 ton 17,545 15, 8 2 2 100 4 , Idland 'o n lith-Eastern 25,346 20, 264 too `' a ledo n i a n G reat Northern neashire and Yorkshire 22,282 21,769 N orth-Eastern 5 r jtailway Shares have been higher all round. 5 U 6 ltledonian are up about 10s., Eastern Counties 20 N orth Lancashire and Yorkshire 7 s. 6 d. t o 10s., 4 Western and Great Western 10s., and South 20i 'astern, Midland, and North Stafford in propor -1101- The foreign lines are very quiet , b ut nomi- I°° 4 %ally about the same. The Grand Trunk of Ca- 100 d ada are i dearer. 100 100 Lusitanian Mine are rather lower. Colonial Gold I ve been done at i discount. The Joint Stock 14B ank Shares have been at improved rates. Ca 114da. Company's Shares have been supported at ' 4 e rise, and British American Land are at very l 411 11 rates. Ts 74 1 _ HANGO MASSACRE.—Dr. Easton, surgeon , R. N., Mr. Sullivan, Master's-Assistant, who were cap- 50 ' l lted in the Cossack's boat at Hango, were exchanged 204° 4t. Odessa on the 18th inst. This day, it will doubtless be remembered, is the firs t 100 I' 'llivenar of the memorable and glorious victory of 1 0 0 the • Alma. „ 100 ‘- , ITT OFFICER OF HEALTH.—Dr. Challice, of South - 20 ,;ark, has offered himself as a candidate for this offic e, the by th e Government appointing Mr. Simon to be 20 medical adviser of the Board of Health. bThe whole of Mr. F. L. Popham's racing stud—Wild 2 50 0 4 4 Yrell excepted—will be brought to the hammer at 50 Me Park-corner in the course of next month. 100 The New York Picayune has the following :—"lt is wo 14 id that L ong I s l an d, i n the neighbourhood of North port,/11„ is sinking at the rate of 4 inches per day. We do 1 4 wonder, when we recollect how many delinquent 4 crib ers we have in those parts." fee ITY REGISTRATION.—The Revising Barrister pro vor`ed yesterday with the revision of the lists of tenane rs _ if ueoo is the respective wards. The revision of the list 100 o lhe liv ery t erm i na t e d as f o ll ows : -1 claim allowed ; objections ; sustained, 96 ; failed, 12 ; struck out r.-' ll ° Revising Barrister, 9. Most of the objections 25 z t e allo we d without discussion, and no point of inte- 25 k d uring the morning. The Court wpm adjourned till -Cl4clay. ' 150 20 50 20 25 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. t:lloging Priam' this day. 24 - 16 3i - 41 ... 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The Court of Directors of the Governor and Comg )any of the Bank of England held their general court • this morning. At 12 o'clock precisely, the chair was to ken by T. M. \Vaguelin, Est. The minutes of the last court having been real. and confirmed, The GOVERNOR, in opening the proceedings, sal I that t he present was a general court, and was also one of the uarterly general courts held in accordance wit .11 the charter. The nett profits of the half-year ending )n the • 31st of August last were 587,0321. ss. 3d., makir ig the amount of the Rest on that day 3,605,1701. 7s. 6d. ; and that, after providing a dividend of 4 per cent., the Rest would be 3,023,0501. 7s. 6d. The court therefore proposed that a dividend of that amount be now made of interest and profit for the half-year ending Aug. 31, without deduction on account of income tax. The directors had, in accordance with the suggestions of many inluen tial fndividuals, determined upon the establishing of a SVeot•end branch of the Bank of England, ; and while they thought a great amount of convenience woul d be afforded to that locality by such an establishment, they also thought it would be a source of profit to the Bonk. After such a resolution had been come to, the next ~ ping to be done was, to ascertain the best locality for this new branch, and Anglesey-house, Saville-row, had been decided upon as possessing the greatest amount of ader vantages, and the premises had accordingly been taken by the Bank authorities, He bad great pleasure in moving the resolution in accordance with the statement he had just made with respect to the dividend. A. resolution to the effect that a dividend of 4 per cent. of interest and profit for the half year ending the 31st of August last, without deduction on account of income tax, was then agreed to. Mr. TITE inquired whether the premises in Saville row were freehold, or were the directors merely tenants ? The GOVERNOR replied that the premises were free hold. The dividend warrants were then declared to be pay able on the 11th of October next. The GO7BENOR, in acknowledging the usual vote of thanks, said he would take that opportunity of stating that which he should have done in the observations he had first made. It was that business would commence at the new branch in Saville•row on the Ist of October. The proceedings then terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN BE JAMES SMITH. This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was described as of Philpot•lane, tea dealer. The balance-sheet commenced March, 1853, and ended May, 1855, and showed debtor to creditors, 908/. ; profits on separate trade, 619/. ; amount drawn out to firm, 601. ; debtors, good and doubtful, 4371. ; property estimated to realise, after deductions, 2911. ; trade expenses, 323/. ; amount paid to creditors of Smith and Croft in excess of receipts since November, 1854, 3241. ; personal expenses, 741. ; law expenses, 201. ; losses, 341. ; deficiency at commencement, 801. . . The bankrupt obtained his certificate. IN 1111 F. GADD. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was described as of North-street, Chichester, grocer and merchant. The balance-sheet commenced October, 1853, and ended July, 1855, and showed—Debtor to capital, 1131. 16s. 7d.; creditors, 1,2361. 6s. 3d.; ditto holding secu rity, 1,2111. 2s. lid.; wages paid in full, 41. 95.; profits, 8851. 15s. 6d.; creditor by good debts, 2491. Ge. 7d.; doubtful, 321. 7s. 4d.; property in the hands of creditors holding security, 18001.; trade charges, 817/. 15s. 7d.; interest, 831. 7s. ld.; law costs, 741. Is. 6d.; personal expenses, 3251.; losses, 581. 14s. 7d. Mr. Matthews appeared for the assignees. The examination was adjourned to allow the assignees time to investigate the accounts. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Sept. 20. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) A the sitting of the court, upon the application of Mr. Dallantine, the case of Isabella Mary Jolly, who stands charged with the murder of her mother, Isabella Jolly, was postponed until next session. Frederick Moul who was acquitted in this court yes terday afternoon, was again indicted upon the same evi dence for obtaining money by false pretences from the Times Insurance Office. The jury acquitted him. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) Henry Watts, 3S, coachman, was indicted for the wil ful murder of Sarah Watts. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark prosecuted, and Mr. Parry and Mr. Francis defended. The facts of the case, which Mr. Bodkin opened to the jury as one of manslaughter rather than murder, have been recently fully before the public. The prisoner, atthe time of the occurrence, kept a beer-shop in Spring-street, Paddington, and deceased, who was spoken of as a most exemplary character was his wife. Upon Satur day the 14th of July the prisoner, who was drunk, had been chastising his son for some offence, when the de ceased interfered, and said that the prisoner had better do his duty to the children and send the boy to school. Upon this the prisoner struck her several times with the same cane, in consequence of which she began to cry, upon which he abused her and turned her out of the bar. She then tried to go up stairs, but he went up before her, and upon her reaching the landing he either struck or pushed her down the stairs, and she fell to the bottom, and became partly insensible. She was then taken into the room of a lodger upon the ground floor, and placed upon the bed. The prisoner followed her in, and again ill-used her, but was finally gut out of the room,and the deceased remained there for about two hours, when, feeling better she left the room,and was assisted upstairs into her bedroom. Almost directly afterwards a scream and a fall was heard, and upon the lodgers in the house going upstairs, they found her lying senseless, and the prisoner ill-using her. They again placed her upon the bed, and tried to keep prisoner from getting at her ; but he succeeded, and repeatedly dragged her:from bed, and struck, kicked, and beat her head about the floor. He said she was drunk, and not fit to live, and that he would do for her. This conduct he pursued from the middle of the afternoon until late in the evening, when the lodgers, finding that the poor creature was in a dying state, begged the prisoner to send for a doctor, but refused, and said she might die and be d—d. Finally a Dr. Reece was sent for. Prisoner abused him, and in his presence again tried to ill-treat the poor woman, who was then in a dying state. Prisoner said he would not let Dr. Reece attend her, and sent one of his children for Dr. Forbes. Dr. Reece then got her into bed and left her in the care of the lodgers. The prisoner then again dragged her out of the bed, shook her, beat, kicked, and pinched her. Finally, Dr. Forbes came, and from that time the prisoner was prevented ;from assaulting her. Dr. Forbes found her quite insensible, in which state she remained until Monday night when she died. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to be transported for 14 years. The six navvies and the woman convicted yesterday of the riot at PeDge-common, were brought up for sen• tence, and severally ordered to be imprisoned for terms varying from 9 months to 4 years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. GUILDHALL. James Hurley, aged 63, was brought up on remand before Sir P. Laurie, charged with having several pieces of silver spoons in his possession supposed to have been stolen. Police Constable 115 stated that on Friday evening, from information he received, he went up to the prisoner in Barbican, and asked him if he had some silver spoons. He replied he bad, and said be picked them up in Fins bury-square. He took the prisoner into custody, and found four spoons in his possession, broken in half, with the crest erased, and 11. 18s. 110. in money. The pri soner endeavoured to dispose of the spoons at the shop of Mr. Benham, refiner, Barbican. Lawson, the beadle of Leadenhall•market, said the prisoner had been forbidden the market from his pilfer ing practices. He believed he was a returned convict. The prisoner admitted he had been transported, but it was 25 years since. Sir Peter Laurie, however, discharged the prisoner, ordering the spoons to be detained by the police. pde.t RLTLWATI. 100 A.bordeen ...... 8. A.mbg. Noting. Bost. and Eastn. all Belfast & Ballymena.. all irming. Wolc s i rh, d!i Stour Valley 29? . Birkbohd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cone. 19 Do., £20..... all Rlyth & Tyne origin:. £25 (issd. at £4s)' 1 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. Ols. Carmarthen and Car digan al., Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall 1i Ciieff Junction 45 Duolin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Abor deen Junction all Do. N.!w ...... 100 East Al:glian all pastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock ..- 100 Ds., B. Sto.ek 8? Do., New 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgov all Edinb. and Peeblos.. Edin. Pr th & Dunde , 9 Forth & Clydo Ju , all Furness all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. Wester 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth . &West.(lre. ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eastern , all Lancaster & Carlisle 14F, Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksh Do., WO. aiding Un. all Liv. Crsi y. &South pt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond . Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 5i Do.lo/. Sh. ,M&B 0 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Wostn 1 47i Do., £5O '3B Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Col °rain , all Lndndrr7. & 100 Manch.Shef.& Linde all Do. Shares, No. 82s. Do., Man. &Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do.llirmng. &Derby all Midld. G. West. (Ire, ) all Do. Half Shares ‘ll Newcastle & Carlisle 233 Nwpt.Aberg. &Fide, 8 Newry &Enniskiller all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3i Northn.Counties Un 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guarantee ] 100 N. Eastern—Berwiel , 20 Do. do. Extension „. 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London all Do. New £lO 311 e N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn.. 17:: North Staffordshire.. all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton S Portal:Louth 100 So..etish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shropshiro Union all South Devon y) South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Due 5 Do 14 Staines,Wok. &Wok all Stockton & 164 Stockton & II rtlepl. 100 Taff Vale ... 9 Do. £lO shares....... 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 Thames Haven Docl and Railway Ulverstono & Lanes all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limericl all West Cornwall. 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London all Wimbledn & Croydon 25 St. 20 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 Business done this day. 4 ex d OW 13 9i i g 10 x d 56i i 7} 7611 ti # i I 9641 4 9 2 4 i i 3 83 i 66 i B I 10, i 58i i 91 101 15 141 24i i fi i FOREIGN. 10 5 20 18 20 20 33 10 20 2,11 Antwerp&Rott , rdam 4 Belgian Eastn. June 10 Rulers to Graissessax 4i Bombay, I3aroda , and Central India,Scrii all Demerara 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. 5 P.C 10 Do. Extension... all Do. 4;i t , p. c. Eds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 17. Gd. Tk of CanadaAis all Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben ) con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Franc.; all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 per cent 2 Do. Extensions....,. all Do. d 0... 13 Great Luxembour, Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations all Gt.WosternofCanad Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56... all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Conat. & Basle all Lucca 4 Pistoja 5 p.e pref 10 Lyons and Geneva :1 14 Lyons & Mediterran. ail Madras 10 Do. New 1311 Maria Antonia all Do. do. Now all Namur & Liege (witi, JOINT-S' all I.knatralasia interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Slis.late Char leroi and Erquelinet guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22M. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bdp (fmy. B. & Arns. Shs all NorwegianTrunkPre' 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans ali Paris and Rouen... 15 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 itoyalSwedish all Sambre and Meuse_ all Do. 5A p. cent. Pref. 2s. Scindo all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) el West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 18 Western of France 16 Wept. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4' Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 30 City 25 Colonial 20 (Commercial of Lond. all English Scottish and Australian Chart._ all Lond. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia 5 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Wales ' all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 rrovincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & gold Imp Co all 'kiutli Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New .., 19 U ivn9l 10‘4. "I- WESTMINSTER. MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY A MAN ON HIS WlFE.—This day Thomas Todd, a coal-porter, No'. 33, New Peter street, Westminster, was placed at the bar before Mr. Faynter by policeman B 85, charged with awaiting Maria Todd, his wife, by violently striking her, so that her life is in danger. The constable stated that between 11 and 12 o'clock last night he received information that the prisoner had committed the most violent assault upon his wife. He went in search of him, when on taking him into custody witness told him that be was charged with inflicting a serious wound on his wife, by kicking her. He observed that he only pushed his wife. Witness took her to the Westminster Hospital, which institution she is unable to leave in consequence of the severe injuries on her person. Tho prisoner observed that his wife had an old wound from which she suffered the loss of blood, and which arose on her confinement six years ago. Mr. Paynter said, that what ho had now referred to was much against him, as he must have been aware of the situation his wife was in. It is a very serious charge against you. The prisoner was remanded. THE THIRD GUARANTEE. A letter from Vienna of the 14th, in tho Consti tutionnel, says :—" When, during the Conferences of Vienna, Prince Gortschakoff incessantly re marked that it was impossible for the Czar to com promise the dignity of his crown, M. Drouyn de l'Huys exclaimed one day quite indignantly : 'Do you then think that the Emperor Napo leon 111. can compromise the military honour of his nation ? It is you who have provoked us, and you must submit to the consequences.' The inter pretation of the third guarantee laid down by the Western Powers reposed entirely on the sense of that reply. It is that which explains why Austria, who had so many times declared that she thought herself interested in the solution of the third guaran tee, quite as much as the other powers, could not decide on accepting the formula presented by France and England, who in addition the general interests of Europe had to protect the particular honour of their arms. In other words, Austria as much as the Western Powers admitted the urgency, for the general interest of Europe, of putting an end to Russian preponderance iu the Black Sea by means of the reduction of the Muscovite naval forces ; only as the amount of that reduction there existed between the arrangement proposed by the Cabinet of Vienna and that demanded by the Courts of the Tuileries and St. James's a difference of about six vessels of war. The fall of Sebastopol giving ample and vast satisfaction to the military honour of the Western Powers, the question of the third guarantee returns into the domain of the general interests of Europe, on the ground of which it is almost impossible for France and England not to obtain, not only the moral assistance, but the active co-operation of Austria. The immediate consequence of the taking of Sebastopol and of the destruction of the Russian vessels of war sheltered in its port, is to have completely re moved the divergence which existed between what are called the Austrian propositions and the exigences of the Western Powers. While the latter persisted in reducing the naval forces of Russia in the Black Sea to four ships of the line, four frigates, and a proportional number of smaller vessels, and vessels not armed, Count Buol, in the sitting of the 4th June, laid before the Conference of Vienna the following combina tion The Russian plenipotentiaries and those of the Sublime Porte will propose to the Confer ence, in common accord, the equal effective strength cf the naval force which the two Powers will keep up in the Black Sea, and which must not exceed the actual number of Russian vessels now afloat in that sea.' Now, that the victorious eagles of France float on the ramparts of Sebastopol, there does not remain a single Russian vessel of war to which can be applied the term afloat,' which served, as the basis of the interpretation which the Cabinet of Vienna would hat , * desired to apply to the third guarantee. The propositions of Austria being no longer of any practical applica tion, there is no need to add that the Court of Vienna will probably be the first to abandon them, in order, in concert with France and England, to seek for a new combination for the solution of the third guarantee. Such is the great practical utility of the maintenance of the alliance of the 2d De cember. I think that it is sufficiently proved that the third guarantee has now returned into the sphere of a question of European order. As it equally interests all the groat powers, it may be added, without exaggeration, that it interests Ger many even more than France and England, since the Danube, the vital artery of the commerce of Germany, falls into the Euxiue. It much less be comes the Western Powers to offer peace than it belongs to Europe to exact it from Russia. The most narrow party.spirit alone can still maintain that the third guarantee only looks to the satisfac tion of the amour pro pre of France and England, since to reduce the Muscovite power to just limits is at once to guarantee the independence and the integrity of Turkey, and to consolidate the politi cal equilibrium of Europe." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 19.—Wind this day at noon, light airs from the southward and westward, with fine clear weather. The Gondola, from Salonica to Queenstown, which was reported on the 17th Sept. as not having been heard of since her sailing from the former port, was passed by the Energy on the 27th May, and by the Bells, of Blyth, off Malaga, on the 9th June, but no further intelligence of her has been received. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 19.- - Wind S.—Arrived.—Hopo (s.s. tpt. 64), from Balaklava, &c., and left for Deptford ; H.M.S. Perseverance, Gib-altar, and left for Deptford ; Dee, Woolwich. Sailed—Black Sea (s.s. tpt. 196), for Deptford. Off the port - Ariel, from Moulmein, for Ant werp ; Domingo, La Guayra, for Hamburg ; Mary Ann, Baltimore, for Bremen ; Elizabeth Hamilton, Newcastle, for New York. PLY MOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Fanny, from Prince Edward's Island. Sailed-11.M.Str. Alecto, for the West Coast of Africa; Blenheim (store ship), Cri Inca. FALMOUTH, So pt. 19.—Wind variable —Arrive2 —Con trasto (s.), from Shields for Constantinople. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGBA.PH.I SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey ; Maria Maude, Cadiz. Sailed—Black Boy (s ), for London ; Matilda, Newport ; Williams, Newcastle; Dispatch (s.), Jersey ; Atalanta (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursiay Morning. Wind W. Arrived.—British Queen, from Bombay ; E. Z., New York ; General Taylor and Ellen Maria, St. John'3, N. 8.; Margaret, Havre; Gauntlet, Crimea ; leoni, Maceio ; Corrido, Paraiba ; Driver, Now York ; Egyptian, Alex andria ; Clara, Lisbon ; Auguste and Victor, Rouen. Sailed.—Golconda, for Coquimbo; Harvest Queen, New York. KINGSTOWN, Sept. 19. Arrived.—Albion, from Antigua. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 13. Wind, N.N.W. Sailed.—Willielinina, fur Leghorn. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) • DEAL, Sept. 20, 9.50 a.m. Wind light and variable. Passed.—Robert and George, from Belize, for Dundee. Ancbored.—Jobn Laud, from London for Genoa ; Pan dora, London, for Constantinople. Passed.—Black Sea (s.s. tpt. 190), from Malta, for Lon don ; Ethiope (s.s.), Africa, for London ; Black Boy (s.s . tpt. 173), the Crimea, for London. VESSELS SPOKEN WITT. The Dispatch, of London, for Algoa Bay, July 28, in lat. 3N, long. 25 W. The Marchioness of Londonderry, bound south, Aug. 2, in lat. 11 N, long. 27 W. Tho John Henry, from Callao to Queenstown, Aug. 21, in lat. 36 N, long. 44 W. The American ship Westmoreland, standing to the west, Sept. 5. The John Russell, homeward bound, June 27, 50 miles southward of the Cape. The Thomas Mitchell, in lat. 31 S, long. 26 W. The Georgians, of Bristol, for Akyab, May 3, in lat. 12 N, long. 88 E. The schooner Elizabeth, bound for Algot). Bay, Juno 4, in Ist. 26 S. The Lyon, Aug. 17, standing east, off Sable Island. 'The Red Rose, of Arracan, for Liverpool, 120 days out, Aug. 20, iu Ist. 31 N, long. 41 W. CAPTAIN WILLIAM PEEL, RN.—Yesterday a congra tulatory address was presented to the gallant officer, in the Town-hall, Tamworth, on his return to his native country from the Crimea. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of the assembly. The town was decorated with much taste, and the population made a real holi day on the joyful occasion. THE ARMY WORKS CORPS.—The detachment of the Army Works Corps which left yesterday for the Crimea will embark at Marseilles probably to-day, in the steamer which conveys General Simpson's despatches to Mar seilles, and should arrive at Sebastopol in little more than ten days hence. Their services will doubtless be required in whatever new positions the army may occupy. Another detachment, numbering 250, will be ready for embarkation on Tuesday next. The Army Works Corps already in the Crimea is more than 1,000 strong. The shipment of specie by the Peninsular and Orien tal steamer Nubia amount to the heavy total of 486,0501., of which 34,5851. is gold for Alexandria, Ceylon, and Bombay, and 451,4651. silver for Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. BRIGHTON.—House agents and others engaged in letting house property state that the demand for houses in first-rate situations is on the increase ; and that we are likely to have a good season, if no unforeseen cir cumstances should arise to mar it. The Marine drive in the afternoon is now delightful. The sea for the last day or two has presented the glassy surface of a lake, scarcely ruffled even by a ripple ; and the numerous craft on the water have imparted great animation to a scene that is not exceeded in beauty under an Italian sky. The almost innumerable excursionists that daily flock into the town bring our bathing machines and pleasure-boats into constant request, and just now the bathing ia delightful,—Brigktot Gazette. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (Font the Mornin7 Post of this day.) Although the name of Sebastopol, even by the de struction of Sebastopol the town, has secured to itself an imperishable remembrance, it has ceased to occupy the large space in public attention allotted to it, with out intermission, for eleven months. Odessa, near the Deeister, Nicolaieff on the Boug, and Cherson, still more East, upon the Dneiper, have superseded much of the interest attaching so recently to the great "standing menace "—a menace no longer. Nay, the solicitude of spectators has been transferred, in the Crimea itself, further north. Baksh'eSherai, Sinapheropol, and Perekop are now the words "to conjure with." But still there glares upon the canvas the mime of Mackenzie's Heights, much nearer to the present basis of operations. Ad hering to our acknowledged purpose, we will abstain fir the moment from strategic disquisitions of too close a character. What could they serve ? A strong conviction, over and over again considered, might be right ; but the impression of it, in the present pos ture of affairs, would be useless for practical purposes— surplusage if the plan which is the subject of it ho now, as we think it in process of execution —and worse than this, if it has been put aside for the sake of other and very different operations. Let us turn, then, to that vast and not altogether un profitable margin of topics which the conflict presents to our notice. Omer Pacha has entirely missed th e later glories which crowned the Crimean expedition. We will not add that he did not expect them ; but it appears to us that the very opposite of everything which could be said of General Cenrobert is true of Omer Pacha. He is good as first, and, of course, good when alone. With others, and even with orders, he seems to feel himself out of place. As to his proposed scheme of campaign, how strangely accu rate has our former calculation proved I Many times we said, in reference to the Asia Minor war, that either side, by throwiug itself on the enemy's commu nications, must gain a prize. There would, of course, be hardships ; but victory would yield liberal indemni ties. We minutely indicated the peculiar reasons which in that region rendered such strategy advisable, and, indeed, iniallible. We finished that more special enu meration by a reflection of an exceedingly common place character, which was true of Armenia and Georgia only because it is true of every land. On two accounts, we observed, it is good to interpose between an enemy on the defensive and his communications ; "first, you get his caravans—and, secondly, he loses them ; so that you feed on his famine." Well, Omer Pacha proposes to land in Mingrelia, somewhere between Soukourn-Kaleh and Redoubt-Ka leh, probably at or about Anaklia. Yet, Kars is iii vested, far to his right, and a little behind even. How is this? Why does he not fly to the relief of liars? Why does he not propose to make the Russians raise that siege ? Why is not his first anxiety to break the leaguer ? So would ask, and so have asked, the steady ne, se who think they know how a campaign in Asia Minor, or a campaign anywhere else, ought to be ma naged. The answer is simple. Omer Pacha wants to bring General Mouravieff to Constantinople. He there fore goes to the rear of the Russian position—not being afraid of what that Russian General can effect against him in the field, and being quite sure that no more cer tain means could be adopted to release Kars from a ll stress and pressure. The advantage of getting Scharnyl to come down from Khosbek, And the mountains of the Caucasus, with his " caterans," is also worth consideration —although purely collateral. Then Imeretia lies before the new corners and their Highland allies ; Akhabzik is threatened ; Georgia is insecure ; even the connection with the Caspian is by no means a certainty. As to Kars, it may laugh at its assailants. All our somrnent4, for some months past; are fulfilled mad authenticated to the letter. We have, with less fullness, occasionally di-cussed the properties of the Rus sian soldier. We have nob spoken of him in a derisive spirit. We have been mindful of facts. The Russian sol dier has many noble qualities ; if he fights in a bad cause, he does not know it. lie did not make the cause ; his Government will have to answer for his long and patient sufferings— his humble and obedient endur ance. It would,' moreover, be a serious error to over• look the vast expanse of mood and bog, and morass, and steppe, and desert which that docile and faithful serf traverses before hu can come face to face with his adversary. Undoubtedly, he is inferior in constitution to the children of the West ; but it is not wholly thi s in feriority which decides the battles in which he is en gaged, or consigns him to an adverse fate. It is partly his previous fatigues. And are there none in Asia Minor ? No great soldier, from Alexander down, ever looked at Asia Minor except as a stepping-stone. And, although most of the Russians are wafted to that place of action in boats through the Caspian, they find enough to try their nerves and to wear out their courage, their spirit , , and their health, in the marches of Gulistan, be fore they come to Armenia at all. Only three generals, we think, in the entire course of history, ever led troops of naturally inferior physical organisation against their betters with success. Those three generals were Pyrrhus, Eumenes, and Hannibal. The second Eumenes, by far the ablest lieutenant of Alexander the Great, was once obliged to deceive his soldiers respecting the nationality of the adversaries whom they soon afterwards utterly routed, and whom they would not even have confronted had they known those enemies to be Macedonian soldiers. Hannibal made the Genie and the Matritanians vanquish their future conquerors, the Italians ; and Pyrrhus rendered Greeks successful against Romans in the field. General Mouravieff commands Russians against Turks ; but the Turks are commanded by Omer Pacha. THE DESTRUCTION OF ST. JAMES'S PARK. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,—An Income Tax-paying correspondent of the Timcs askq, Who is it ?—by this query desiring to ascer. thin "by whose authority and at whose suggestion the gardens of St. James's Park are about to be unneces sarily bisected ?" The authority can of course be none other than that of the Right Honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, First Com missioner of Works. The suggestion is an old one, as was disclosed by some plans laid before Parliament some years back, and emanated from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who assumes to be, as Lord Campbell described it, an Alter Ego of the Sovereign, and claims, as guardian of his son's future interests, to interfere in all matters connected with what is by courtesy called Crown property. Your Radical baronets, like Sir Benjamin and his predecessor, are ambitious, and their wives still more so. Their first object in life aims at the social position and convenient emoluments of office, and will not allow their moral courage in defence of public interests to interfere with their main desire to make things pleasant as to themselves at the Palace. Nothing but an Arhus pub lic and their voice, the press, will be able to defeat the macceuvres by which such operations as that in ques tion, and fifty others in other departments, aro now set going under irresponsible meddling. Queen Caroline, the wife of George the Second, con templated some such similar project, and asked the Minister what might be the probable cost. Sir Robert Walpole replied, " Only three Crowns, madam." A little plain speaking on the part of our responsible gover nors would anticipate a deal of mischief now brewing, and of which the parties whose peace is chiefly concerned seem to be altogether ignorant. As, however, our offi cials neglect that duty in common with the adminis!ra Live details of their posts, it is the press which must dis charge the task, and make known the deep offence which certain proceedings have engendered in the mind of an observant public. Income Tax-payer complains chiefly on the score of expense ; but it is the tricky way in which these schemes are attempted, and the Parliamentary and metropolitan recess is taken advantage of, which is ten fold more disgusting, and involuntarily reminds one of. the small chicanery of German diplomacy. The plans and estimates for any such alterations as now threaten to destroy St. James's Park ought to have been laid before Parliament, and thoroughly examined, understood, and approved before the work was com menced. The dodge now, however, put in practice is to begin and carry out a plan, without notice, so far as to make its completion all but inevitable. No plan or vote was at any rate brought before Parliament honestly giving notice of this project, and Sir Benjamin must be held responsible for any unauthorised and unconstitu tional exercise of his power. The press alone can now prevent the mischief. Thank God it is in this country still free, and that Princes are morbidly sensitive of its influence. I am, Sir, your constant reader, ANGLICUS. - The friends of the late Lord Robertson, one of the judges of the Court of Session in Scotland, will be gratified to see his lordship's name and reputation so well sustained as they have been by his son, Brevet- Major P. Robertson, of the 4th (King's Own). Oel.Y a few months ago this gallant officer obtained his com pany "for distinguished services," and he has now re ceived his brevet majority on the same grounds. SERGEANT BRODIE, OF THE FIRST ROYAL DRAGOONS. —This n on-commissioned officer appeared on the parade of the Invalid Depot on 'Wednesday morning, with a number of others who are discharged from the service, for the purpose of being informed the amount of their pensions • and as the case of Serjeant Brodie was one of considerable interest, not only amongst the officere, but also with many gentlemen of the neighbourhood, they were very anxious to bear how the Government intended to deal with him after what had taken place. On the previous evening large bets were made that the H orse Guards coutd not and would not dare to give him less than what he was entitled to, namely 2s. per day, for the services he has rendered, and the very excellent character he has borne for the last 19 years he had b een i n the re giment, 17 of which a serjeant. Such service alone e him e t u o r p t r h i e s e receipt of r l t s i e . id. t h per n ay es p t the l e g s eannsdiown.ortThnyo man is only allowed the paltry pittance of Is. per day, besides the loss of his position and business, whilst the adjutant who ordered the troopers to knock him down, who was the principal and tr promD e of the duel, has been allowed to sell his ow • and n commission pocket the money, and rewarded with a captaincy in the Turkish Contingent, worth MI, a- year , —Mo rning year.— orning - oPer. (THIS EVENING.) CESAREWITCH. 8 to 1 agst Robgill (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Ragerthorpe (taken) 25 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken) 50 to 1 agst Peter Flat (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ringdropper (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ephesian (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) POST•OFFICE HOTEL STAKES. I'ourgeois Biron Cherry Brandy Three ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. Byrsa First Fly Shelah Seven ran. WILTON HANDICAP. Gamelad Catherine Parr Van Winkle . Five ran. LATEST BETTING. WILTON HANDICAP. 5 to 4 agst Lady Bird (taken) 6 to 1 agst any other 1074 1.11 451 i 31 3 56 41 331 2/ AM . Mr t C 4 ht SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S. MANCHESTER RACES. .Y . 2 .3 .1 . 2 ▪ 3 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) This afternoon the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held at the Euston-square station, Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., in the chair, for the trans action of the ordinary business of the company, to re- ceive the report of the committee of shareholders, and transact the business left in abeyance at the last half yearly meeting. The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, and the minutes of the last meeting, the re port of the directors, and that of the committee of share holders, already published in The Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN moved the reception and adoption of the report of the committee of proprietors, and in doing so said—lt might appear to the proprietors desirable that it should be done by the chairman of the committee instead of the chairman of the directors ; but there had been that harmony of working between the direc- tors and the committee that the former considered the motion might be rcoved. by their chairman, especially when it was recollected that the appointment of the com mittee was suggested by the directors, and approved of by the proprietors. The committee deserved the best thanks of the proprietors for the diligence with which they had laboured for the benefit of the shareholders, and he therefore hoped the result of their labours would be acceptable to them by the unanimous adoption of their report. He should not enter into the detai!s of the report, leaving that to some one of the members of the committee, and would merely add that the com mittee on meeting the board this morning had suggested it was desirable they should be con tinued as a committee until the arrangements theysug- Bested with the London and North-Western Railway were perfected, which the directors consented to, with the approval of the shareholders. Mr. HEALEY, in the absence of the chairman of the committee, seconded the motion. He hoped the report would be found sufficiently explicit, and not require any enlargement from him. He believed the committee had arrived at as favourable a conclusion a,s could be under all the circumstances. Several questions were put to Mr. Maley with re ference to the position of the company and the basis o: the arrangement suggested with the London and North- West , rn Company (fully explained in the report), which were satisfactorily answered by the above gentleman. The committee's report was unanimously received and adopted. The CHAIRMAN then moved two resolutions, to the effect that the arrangement with the London and North- Western Company, of which the basis was stated in the report of the committee of shareholders, be, and the same is hereby, approved of, and that the directors be authorised to carry out the same, and concur in any deed or instrument to complete the same, with such mo difications as they might think fit. That the committee of shareholders continue their services and assist in car rying out the arrangements. Mr. HEALEY seconded the resolutions, which were unanimously agreed to. The meeting then proceeded with the ordinary bus ness. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, called attention to several points of detail, contrasting it with the past and the future prospect of the company. He took a cursory view of the traffic during the past five years, the last half-year giving only an increase of 635 persons over that of 1854, which was to be attributed not to any opposition by a more favoured route, but from those causes that had affected all the lines of the kingdom—the pressure of the war. The absence of the military from Ireland had made a great difference in the numbers of persons travelling to and from that country (officers and their friends visiting them), giving a decrease of 2,2791. Bs. for passengers on the line, and 2,7221. 18a. by the boats. In the goods department there had been a steady increase during the half-year ending June 30, 1855, compared with 1854, of 27,378 tons, and of rates amounting to 5,6311. 15a. The increase of expenditure had been 1,1311., giving a net increase of 4,6001. against the falling off on the pas senger traffic. During the time he had filled the chair the passenger traffic bad doubled, and the goods traffic had trebled. He next adverted to the accounts, which he said bad been presented in a more extensive manner than formerly, at the request of the proprietors. He entered into the details of increase and deerease of ex penditure, and in reference to the items for law expenses and compensation for accidents, said that juries returned their verdicts in such cases rather in accordance with the rank of the person who met with the accident than by an estimate of the carelessness of the Company who might have occasioned the accident. When first he accepted the chair, he felt there was only one way by which they might hope to receive a dividend— hat of increased rate, and from them an increased divi dend. (Hear, hear.) In the rapidity of the develop ment of the resources of the line he had been grievously disappointed, although he bad never for a moment doubted what they were, and if he had been thrown out a little in his sanguine expectations of an earlier realisation of his ardent hopes and wishes, he learnt from the report of the Committee of Shareholders there was still a hope of their future satisfactory development. (Hear, hear.) He looked forward to the arrangements about to be carried out between the company and the London and North-Western Company as the best that could be done for the interest of the shareholders of the Chester and Holyhead line, which ought never to have been a separate undertaking from the London and North-Western. He believed the true problem to be solved by railway companies was, to get as much as they could out of the public, but not to ask too much, and deter them from using their lines, which would not be doing business at the best advantage. He felt, when in business, if he could not get a good profit it was best to be satisfied with a moderate profit—but one he always would have, which he thought also applicable to railways. He next adverted to the effect rates had upon dividends, contrasting the English with the Continental lines, explaining that the latter paid better dividends on account of the small cost of their construction, and the fostering care they met with from the Government, whereas in this country the cost of construction was high, and the policy of Parliament to wards railways oppressive and suicidal. After a few other remarks with reference to the London and North- Western Railway and the Chester and Holyhead Rail way, and the works constructed at Holyhead, and again impressing on the meeting his belief that the arrange ments they were about to enter into with the London and North-Western Company would be for the benefit of the shareholders in the Chester and Holyhead Rail way, concluded by moving the resolution he had pro posed, which, having been seconded, was, after a very short discussion, unanimously agreed to. A dividend of 12s. 9d. on the original preference shares was agreed to. Thanks were then voted to the committee of share holders and to the chairman and board of directors, and the theetiug terrailtated! THE REGENERATION Of EUROPE. The &tele has some well-Timed remarks on the neces sity of making the most of the result of the war in which the allies are engaged. The following passages are de serving of attention :—" The campaign of the Crimea, so gloriously crowned by the taking of Sebastopol, throws back the Muscovite power for more than a cen tury. We are now far from the embassy of Menechi koff and the passage of the Prutb. If there is now an invalid 'in the case it is not the ally of the 'Western Powers.. The fall of Sebastopol changes nothing in our (the Sicdc's) policy. ' Before the triumph of the allied armies we demanded that ideas of civilisation and liberty should be the great ground of support, and we now ask it more than ever. We demanded that England and France should not allow themselves to be tricked with impunity by the Germanic Powers - we now repeat that demand more strongly than ever. Before the fall of the city in which Russia had placed her principal means of universal subjugation, we de clared that a durable peace could not be founded on the four guarantees ; we proclaimed those guarantees to be insufficient, And as not preserving Europe front new and savage aggressions on the part of Russia. We now proclaim that opinion more strongly than ever. Before the conquest of the great Muscovite arsenal we pleaded the cause of nationalities ; we said that it was not only necessary to have pledges in the Black Sea, but also on the coast of Asia, and in the Baltic ; we mentioned the names of Poland, Finland, and of Italy; we now do so more than ever. Before the arrival of the event which resounds throughout the world we did not fear to say :—There is more in this struggle than a circum scribed war, more than a political war between State and State, and that the regeneration of Europe was en gaged in it. We now assert it more than ever. In a word we have nothing to change in what we have said and writ ten." The present moment, the Siccle declares, is the very best that can be selected for the allied Powers to act : " It is not in the first moment that Russia will feel the enormity of the losses ; her national pride will sus tain her. Already the German journals publish very proud expressions made use of by the Czar. Let us allow them to say and write what they think proper, but do not let us lose time. It is now the moment for rendering to the success of France, England, Italy, and Turkey, all that that a d vantage can produce. A war of civilisation has been undertaken. It must be followed up, in a complete manner, for the benefit of that civili sation wherever it is suffering. In Turkey there has been, in the first place, admitted for ever liberty ofes science, civil equality has been founded, and Ottema unity formed. By a system of effective guarantees, all recurrence of the events of 1553 have been also pre vented. There are also to be repaired the faults of two centuries, and to raise up heroic Poland which has been reduced to furnish its most precious blood for the triumph of the policy of Peter the Great. The part which belongs to Italy is also to be thought of ; Piedmont did not fight for herself alone at Traktir and at Sebastopol. She there represents Italy ; stipule tions must, therefore, be made for Italy. Before the vic tory the revision of the map of Europe was talked of with confidence ; it now may be spoken of with power, and with a certainty of being obeyed. After all, it is only by im posed on complete revision of these treaties which were on us in our disasters that a really durable and glorious peace can be acquired." The Sieele then argues that everything it recommends is perfectly easy of accomplish ment:—`° It will be, perhaps, said that we require too much, and that we wish to lead the country into adven tures ; our only wish is that the sacrifices it makes shall benefit civilisation. To those who accuse us of seeking for what is impossible we would reply by the fall of Sebastopol. It was also said that we impelled the Powers of the West to imposaiblities when we were the first to point out the Crimea as the grave of Russian in fluence. Well, then ! Let us be believed when we say that everything is now easy to France and England ; they may re-establish in their rights all the nations who have been sacrificed to the ambition and the exigences of the strongest ; supported by the sympathies and the grati tude of nations they will form an indestructible alliance, but let them always have present to their minds that true axiom, that in war, in policy, and, in fact, in all affairs of life, it is necessary to know how to profit by the moment." TESTIMONIAL TO SIR CIJAS. NAPIER. A numerous meeting of the friends and admirers of Admiral Sir C. Napier was held on Monday evening, at the Three Compasses Tavern, Silver-street, Golden square, to consider the best course to be adopted to raise the necessary funds for a testimonial to the gallant Admiral Sir C. Napier. Mr. James Homes took the chair, and, several gentleman having addressed the meeting, the following resolutions were passed, approv ing of a public subscription, and the following address : "Fellow-countrymen,—ln the commencement of last year, Admiral Sir Charles Napier, a lean well known for deeds of naval daring, was appointed by the Govern ment to command the Baltic fleet on an expedition against Russia. He accepted the command, stating that he was about to try a new power in maritime war fare, namely, steam, and that the country must not ex pect too much from him. He found shallows, rocks, and granite batteries to contend with, and soon became aware that the enemy would not give battle on the open sea, but skulked under cover of their fortifications, which his ships were too large to approach with a chance of success. He, therefore, quickly laid down a plan of ope rations requiring the services of gun-boats and mortars. The Admiralty did not furnish him with these, but highly approved of his sagacity and discretion—qualities which they the more praised in him, since his valour had been called rash by the enemies of his appointment. Until October he continued the blockade, in universal credit and honour. During this time he had disciplined a fleet manned by raw sailors , surveyed more than 2,000 m iles of coast, had stopped the Russian Baltic trade by such a blockade as in those seas had never been done be fore, had made charts of and buoyed all the intricate na vigation of the numerous gulfs and inlets, and had taken observations which wi.uld have rendered success certain early this year had his requirements been attended to. At length, when the false news of the capture of Sebas topol arrived, he was goaded to expose her Majesty's fleet to almost certain destruction. This he refused to do, thereby showing a moral courage not less remark able than the other attributes of his name. It was sought then, on the part of authorities wholly incompetent to regulate the naval affairs of this nation, to crush an ad miral whom neither orders nor contradictory reports could cause to swerve from his duty to his country. When he brought home the fleet, without a single loss, after doing all that has been recounted, he was ordered peremptorily to haul down his flag; he was treated with indignity, and assailed with reproach. Smarting under the unme rited censure, he asked for a court-martial, or at least an inquiry into his conduct. This was refused, because the authorities—having failed to satisfy the people, through the results of their own ignorance, apathy, or connivance with the advocates of non-injury to Russia —wished fora scapegoat, and selected Sir Charles Na pier. It was sought to prove that he bad be e n th e cause of comparative inaction ; and this was attempted by the unscrupulous perversion of his letters and reports, and of the whole facts of the case. In the midst of this oc curred the disgraceful attempt to purchase his acquies cence in the sacrifice of his own name and reputation by the offer of an empty and degraded order of merit.' Sir Charles refused this. He waited until no injury could be inflicted on his country by the publication of documents, and then broke through the miserable shackles of routine, and has earned thereby the ever lasting thanks of the nation, by showing how her in terests have been sacrificed. " Fellov l / 4 -aountrymen,--Sir Charles Napier has always shown himself the enemy of official incapacity ; there fore this sacrifice was doubly gratifying to those whose acts constitute them the friends of _Russia. To save the stronghold of the enemy, and at the same time to blast the reputation of one of our bravest and best admirals was a master-stroke of cunning. It shall fail, through you. If the Admiralty could not furnish the requisite materials last year they might have done so early this. But a second season's cruise has been less effective than the first, since Napier succeeded in destroying Bomar sund, and Dundas has failed to destroy Sweaborg, the only act of importance that was attempted. What was done there was effaced by the adoption, on too contracted a scale, of Sir Charles Napier's own plans and sugges tions, after the summer had been wasted in doing no more than be had already done ; not only his experi ence, but that of his subordinates, Chads, Plumridge, and other brave men, having been dispensed with. eyour i t ? " Fellow-countrymen,--Magna Charta has declar ed that 'no man shall suffer wrong wit hout redress.' The e w n r l o y n b g e i t r i e fl d i c r t e e s d s e upon t p h u e b p l i e c e m p l e e n . b y s u u n e j h u i t T authority b can ts precedent i l n f fl n ic e t t e , d ye tt u po w n il S i ir leave children ; for hencefor th a brave and honest man shall have far more fear to servo his country than ever an y Englishman felt i n combating with her worst enemies. a Charles Napier. melancholy "National honours should flow from the Crown, as Iright, as it is is, however, a constitutional a natural duty of impartial justice . siltc7Tld be rendered by the law. I t Englishmen, to see that honours be fitly awarded, and that, above all, injustice be not done to men who have done their duty to their country." Att er some further discussion it was det erm i ne d th a t a ne u publicie g week, s f h u o rt u h ld era b n e c h e el o d f , tohe o na bect in view and, a j - early day in the after some further dis c us sion, the meeting separated. The address and resolutions were extens i ve l y c i rcu - e eet i n i g n circu lated throughout the metropolis yesterday, and it is stated that in many of the provincial towns the subject is warmly taken up, Sheerness alone baying promised to contrioute 2001. in furtherance of the object. RUSSIAN RECEPTION OF THE NEWS OF THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. On the receipt of the intelligence of the fall of Sebas topol Mr. Gladstone retired into his bed-room, and locked the door. Sir James Graham wept. Mr. Cobden, who was at tea, ordered the things taken away. The honourable gentleman was taken ill in the course of the night. Mr. Bright s topped his ears with cotton, that h e might not hear the ringing of the bells. Lord J. Russell scratched his head. Ki n g Otho, of Greece, shook in his shoes. Bombs danced with rage for a few moments, and then broke out into a violent perspiration. The Emperor of Austria, who was writing an auto graph to the Czar Alexander, ground his teeth and tore the letter to pieces. The King of Prussia was seized with a vertigo. When he recovered he expressed himself very unwell, and called for brandy and water, of which beverage his Ma jesty drank several glasses, crying mor e and more pro fusely over each, and was ultimately carried to bod,— , I Puma.