The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-09 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Daily News of this day.) Having failed to press the leaders of the Peelites into his service, certain ill-advisers of the Premier would have him try the efficacy of temptation on some of the secondary personages of that party. The names of Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Frederick Peel have been tentatively put forward by the gossips of the Government, as candidates not to be despised for the Cabinet offices now vacant. Had any serious thoughts been entertained of converting the Colonial Department and the Post-office into political lumber-rooms, the manner in which the first hints of such a proposal have been received would, we suspect, be sufficient to extinguish the absurd intention. Mr. Frederick Peel and Mr. Cardwell are types of a class of whom the fewer wo have in posts of responsibility the better. Punctual and precise in the performance of routine _duties, they are sure to be found utterly wanting when placed in a position where independence of thought or promptitude and vigour of action is re quired. Diligent and dull, they are fit only to oc cupy situations where a precedent may be found in the pigeon -holes for every little matter that is to be done. But to guide a great department of the public service they are incurably wanting in all the intellectual and moral qualities that are indis pensable in those who aspire to play the part of statesmen. If it be true that, with a pardonable excess of modesty, Lord Stanley, in declining the Premier's recent offer, volunteered the assertion that were he to join the Government " he could bring to it no accession either of character or fol lowing," how much more truly might the same he said of the advancement to Cabinet places of poli tical nonentities like Mr. Cardwell and Mr. F. Peel ? It is not thin blue books in breeches, but stout-hearted men, ready and willing to give a valid reason for the faith that is in them, that the present Administration stands in noel of, and whose adhesion it must somehow secure if it would not speedily and irretrievably fall. _ There are, we are told, seine men in the Govern ment who have the sense to see this matter in its true light, and who would have Lord Palmerston embrace fearlessly the opportunity that circum stances now offer to conciliate the mass of opinion throughout the country,. to which lie has hitherto shown himself too indifferent, and whose indifference to his fate as a Minister he way one day have to regret. The great body of advanced Liberals of every shade and degree viewed with undisguised astonishment and disgust the total disregard of representative claims in the first formation of the Government. They-saw in the Cabinet nothing but a cabal, formed out of the socond•rate men of a few aristocratic circles. With the single exception of Sir William Moiesworth, they looked in vain for any representative of their sentiments and interests ; and, now that he is gone, they view in the residuary members of the Cabinet, nothing but the old oligarchic stocks, upon Which, if branches of a very different nature can not be engrafted, no ,promise of good fruit need be hoped for in future. In a word, the Commons want to be represented in the Cabinet by men of their own class, or by men who have given solid and substantial proof that they thoroughly sym pathise with them. Needy peers and glib orators quality, who petronise some further extension of popular rights at a period indefinitely postponed, • end why meanwhile want to raise a little political capital for purpoees of personal jobbing, may call th Whigs, and may pass for excellent pe ticians and clubs and coteries ; but a score of such men in a Cabinet would not win for it an hour's popular confidence. Years of steadfast ad veceey of the rights and wishes of the eaany, not holiday talk in Parliament or at the hustings, can alone secure the confidence to which we refer. W. 13 this that constituted the claim of men like the 1 ite Charles Buller and the lamented Sir W. Melee worth to be heard and heeded in the councils of the state. And it is on the like account that we should rjoice to learn that there was at length a disposi tion to concede their rightful place of pre-eminence • to tried servants of the people like Mr. Charles Villiers and Mr. Roebuck. The former, indeed, has for some time filled . the post ofJudge-Advocate; but, if report speall truly, there is now a disposition to promote him to a sphere of Niger usefulness. As regards Mr. Roebuck, we have heard with re gret (we wish we could say with surprise), that a subordinate office incompatible with Parliament was lately offered to him. It is superfluous to say • that it was promptly spurned, as a mere golden gag, sought to be thrust into a mouth whose utter ances had often been too truthfully telling for the convenience of an exclusive and incapable Minis - try. Bet the elevation of the learned member for • Sheffield to some post of dignity and influence in the Administration, even though it were not, in the first instance, accompanied by the offer of a seat in the Cabinet, would be another matter, aril would be so regarded by hii constituents and nu: merous admirers throughout the kingdom. (From the Times of taxis day.) On the two seas which wash her coast Russia has neighbours at whose expense she wishes to push her empire until it reaches the shores of a more open ocean. Happily for the world, the keys of the Baltic are held by nations which, if weak in population and wealth, are still of the hardy northern-Stock of Europe—proud of their history, tenacious of their rights, and anxious only for an opportunity to withstand the Power which has formerly wounded and still threatens them. In a geographical sense only do the Scandinavian penin- sulas correspond to Roumelia and Anatolia, but this similarity of position and the advantages it plainly offers have from' the beginning of the war drawn the attention and sympathies of the West to the two nations of Sweden and Denmark. There is reason to believe that the Swedish people espe cially reciprocate any feelipg which is inspired by the aggression of St. Petersburg. Causes are, in deed,: not wanting whioh should instil a most ear nest 'dislike and fear. Not half a century has elapsed since the great province of Finland, with its capacious harbours and seafaring population, was - wrested from the feeble band of the last Gus tavus. Men still living can remember Ehrensward, the last Swedish Governor of Sweaborg, and his treachery. Since those days Russia, without haste, but without pause, always vigilant, never rash,' has advanced in the path of conquest. She has; not yet struck the blow, but she has taken meanse that whenever it should fall her victim should be' powerless for resistance. Bomarsund was her ad vanced post ; what it was a year since we know ;' what tim e would have made it we may well guess. ' But another and more covert scheme has' been conceived for the co speedy posses s i on of an conquest Atlantic port. Th e t o of Swed e n Proper. the Czar knew must be left cessors ; but withi n hi s own day and his sue- O yhe might see a n the Russian navy slowly r i s i ng Atlantic sea board. The plan of the C zar is well related in the letter from " A Norwegi an ," which we publish t o da y,Russia has no port from which she can pass ab once into the ocean except Archangel, but an' advance westward through the most northern part of Norway would g ive her fine harbours, - -during the greater part of the yea r , and place o p en ceher at once in the position of an Atlantic Power. For ttio Aouve of intrigue and aggression by which this eied'ivas•to be obtained we refer our readers to th e letter itself. That the habits of migratory tribes in the wastes of the extreme North have been made a pretext for interference by the Russian monarch is a sufficient proof that the religious zeal which kindles the flame in the South was a policy rather than a principle. It is almost a caricature on the events with which we are acquainted to find the crossing of the frontier of Finland by the Norwe-' gian Laps made a cause of warlike preparation against the whole realm of King Oscar. As there _can b e no d ou bt of the sympathy of iSsveden for the allies and their cause, it remains to determine how these common views and aspirations can be developed into action. Nowthing one is clear,—that to draw such a St a t e into war without th e Arm purpose of carryin g on th e con t es t un til the enemy be disabled for revenge, would be gross political immorality. Sweden by herself is weak, but she can supply the allies with much that they ant,--ports close to the enemy's s h ores , supp li es and shelter for troops during an eight months' winter, a l ar g e army of her own, and a mu ltit u d e of craft fitted for the navigation With her assistause could strike a speedy and 'fatal blow at Russiau We I : ll vir s lr in the Nortb,—with out her l air that ere do I) 3 r t ake of the natur of a foray ;we may destroy, cannot establish; we may lame the enemy f or if e a, but cannot we ask, it must b cripple him for futurity, den, therefore do her part, and give us all this alliance the understanding that she shall be against all eventualities. If we seek this e and obtain it, there can be no m ore talk of having done enough, of military honour bein6 satisfied, and peace being now only a questi oi r l for diplomatists. We shall have deepened the character of the struggle, and from limitation passed on to repression. It is, therefore, with no blindness to the consequences that we regard this momentous compact. If the nation be in earnest the prosecution of the war sternly,_ resolutely, and at any sacrifice, be the determination, and not the boast of the English people—if an overthrow, once for all, of the European enemy be their real end and aim' then let th em see k t h e a lli ance w hi c h wi!l givethemstrwagth for a great and successful effort. General Canrobert is at Stockholm, and his ob ject is, it is said, to draw closer the bonds Which -unite Sweden to the Western Powers. There can be little doubt that his mission extends to the in- YittitiOn to an active alliance. So far, therefore, as ~ uc.,_ the Governments of France and England are con cerned, the project has evidently been approved, and it is now for Sweden to choose her course. Far be it from us to press any State to an incon i siderate step. If Sweden join the allies, she will doubtless have fixed her destiny. She will be the last, the nearest, the most unexpected foe of the northern despot. Hence she will incur his deepest and most unquenchable hatred. She will have the ! honour, but she will also have the danger, to be an advanced post of civilisation. For a century to come the first blow of any renewed aggression must fall on her, or on the Turkish empire. Hence it is no light matter for her statesman to ponder. Let them reflect wisely and well. If, however, they do this we have little doubt of their decision. They will see that theirs is a land which Russia covets and must have, if she can work her will. The experience of past times may tell them that deference and conciliation, neutrality and treaties, rigidly observed, will have no power to avert the danger. They may fear less to offend the Czar when they know that, angry or appeased, his pur pose is the same, and that the wars of Russia, actuated by selfishness and greed of conquest, have seldom risen in motive even to the poor dignity of revenge. On the other hand, placing aside I all considerations of justice, national spirit, and human liberty, Sweden may look to a high position and great material advantage by choosing a manly course. The country will be brought into closer connexion with the West, and its geographi cal isolation will be counterbalanced by its political importance. On the question of support the Swedish Sovereign and people may cast away ap prehension. If we know anything of our country men and our allies, we feel sure that neither England nor France will draw Sweden from its strict neutrality without a firm resolve that it shall suffer nothing for having dared boldly in a good cause. If her alliance be asked, she may accorl it with a full conviction that it is recipro cal and sincere, and tkat it will last, through failure and victory, until the end be attained. Of the immediate military results we will say little, but they have been equally appreciated by the hopes of the Western nations and the appre hensions of Ru•ssia. Our enemy is at present well defended by distance and the rigour of almost polar winter. For this reason be is able to leave the protection of the Baltic coast to a small army supported by the militia of the provinces. Whole divisions of his troops are one after another marched down to the South. But with a strong hostile force on his frontier the con ditions of the war would be very different. The population of Sweden, though not large, is essen tially fit for war; her soldiers are among the best in the world ; her seamen are accustomed to the waters and to the vessels in which they can be best navigated; the gnu-boats on the coast are numerous and efficient : by the use of these aids we might well within a twelvemonth occupy great towns, if not provinces of the enemy, after having destroyed the chief naval stronghold of the North, awl seen the fleet of the B a lti c s i n k i n t o th e depths, that which was the p r id e o f Ni eo l a i e ff an d Sebas topol. But these must be the acts of au alliance which is not yet formed. To its conclusion we earnestly call the attention of all who are earneAt in this contest, whether they be actually belligerent or have not yet emerged from under the spell of neutrality. ( Front the Morning Post of this day.) Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, will arrive in London during the first week of December, to visit her Majesty, and, we may say in perfect truth, to visit also the British nation, to whom he offers this mark of alliance and cordiality while offering it to our gracious Sovereign. It is no journey incognito, no private step of courtly polite ness or mere personal amity, retreating from the gaze and declining the sympathy of persons in a less elevated sphere. This will he a year marked by au interchange of royal and imperial civilities, both in England and in France, under circirn stances which impart to Majesty its most exalted attribute, and require from it - the most interesting of its functions—that of solemnly impersonating at a moment of deep importance the united will of a great nation, within view of all, and amid the open demonstrations of their satisfaction and cencar retie°. Early in 1855, after a half dozen centuries of warfare between England and France, an Enperor Napoleon came to our shores, not with fho sword i n hi s grasp, b ut to clasp ie hand of our Queen in a national friendship, for which the word alliance is too weak, and of which no precedent could be found in the relations of States with one another at any former period of the world's history. Men took some time to realise to their belief what would have previously been re jected by their imagination as too chimerical ; but the mighty changes which the Imperial visit brought so sensibly home to the public intelligence of both countries are now deeply comprehended. In due time the courtesy was returned, and once more the world saw between the two most puissant of all living Sovereigns those magnificent greetinge ie which, however, the magnificence was by far the least noticeable and least significant element. A single year would be rendered sufficiently re markable by two incidents which, in a thousand times that time, will not have passed away from the memory of mankind. Yet the same twelve month is destined to witness another event of the like purport, occasioned by the same dangers, fraught with the probability of similar consequences, and evincing in the Allied Powers, not only the continuance and persistency of the spirit manifested on the former occasion, but the progress of that spirit—its spread, its propagation, and, indeed, the increase of its intensity, in proportion to the widen ing of its area. We are not afraid to say that, me morable and strange as was the Emperor Napoleon the Third's welcome in this country, there is in the circumetaaccs under which King Victor Emmanuel has now to receive our hospitality something which may, iu an equal degree, inspire reflection, and, perhaps, in a greater degree, justify wonder. Let it be remembered that the visit, which we have the pleasure to announce, is a public visit ; and that it is as the honoured, and truly efficient, ally of Queen Victoria, and of this nation, in a war of prodigious magnitude, that the high-spirited young King of Sardinia will present himself amidst the crowded streets of London, and enter the royal palaces of England. Other Kings—and even this year one such—have come to our shores, and have received the civilities to which their personal rank entitled them, with no more interest, or pur pose, or meaning in their arrival than what might be inherent in their own individuality. Very dif ferent was the third Napoleon's arrival ; very dif ferent will be Victor Em manue l' s . Diffrent even must we consider such meetings from th ose w hi c h politics, technically understood, have occasioned in this century at Vienna—or accident and success a t PariA. Different, again, far different, from those prompted by motives of pleasure in a travel ling Prince, or arising from the natural opportuni ties of consanguinity. In Napoleon the Third we beheld France. In Victor Emmanuel we shall behold Sardinia. These brilliant and glittering visits to England are not the effect of mere court liness, nor of technical politics, nor of the acci dents which chequer dynastic negociations—they are national exchanges of confidence, affection, and resolve, solemnly made in the face of the world, by those invested with the majesty of their respective countries. And, if we look closely at the situation in which the youthful and valiant monarch of Sar dinia will appear amongst us as the guest of Eug land—te we examine with attentio n w h a t th e na ture of th a t v i s i t is, for the success of which his brave, i nte l ligent, sensitiveness (anxious to note h ey watch their sovereign's 'mum rous conduct ia or is not,ereowll and highly civilised subjects will w f i a t r h th re ei honourable actheid. vbil _ Englishmen)—ifwe consider all a this narrowly, it w ill b e perceived, as we have alread hintedthat the interest attaching to this Italla y n ' Potentate's arrival on our shores scarcely yields, under the pe ' culiar circumstances of the cas e , to that which we so justly felt when we hailed our Ally the French Emperor in the spring of this year. The spectacle of Napoleon in London, and yet an E mperor; made plain every mind the eternal clos e o f many fatal and inveterate hatreds . But, as in that of individuals, feelings magnanimity conditions. It therefore, for readily than is easier, ( ~n a . mmitv ati a great nation to display wisdom and great. I n gaz i ng than for a little nation to become not - on Napoleon we could forget the marv e ll ous career of the individual ; in beholding Vi c t or pretensions to our wonder Emmanuel, who has no on this account,i France was in we shall be reminded at least of the marvellous career of a people. political disorder ; b u t Italy was politically dead. We recognised in Napoleon the great man to, whom the foremost pow er on th e Continent oflook Europe tine owed its regeneration ; b u t we may e in person of Victor Emma nue l, u p o n the fortunate Pri nce w h o represents, i f we may so spea k, a na tional resurrect i on. We shall take future occasion to speak more fully of the singular interest claimed by •s kingdom from all who sympathise with the honourable ambition of a gallant people ruled by a public spirited Sovereign. Sure we are that this last will find among us thhearty welcome lie has a right by . 'IV l I so many titles. ere a the Kings of E like • good ' Europe him, it would be well for Continental Monarchy. MM. Cavour and D'A 1* • zeg io with other distin guished nobles of i• • • ' Sardinia, will accompany his Ma jesty, who will be attended by a retinue befitting the significance and solemnity of the occasion which brings him from his sunny realm to tbe.Courts of Napoleon and the English Queen. H e viii p t -6 e through Paris to London, making his first sojourn with our Ally before partaking of our Lospitaaity THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY . EVEN IN G. NOVEMBER 9 1855 In the capital of France no pains will be spared to show him honour, and to testify the sense felt of his noble policy. We, at least, ought not to be behind-hand in rendering his reception worthy of the interests which ho represents ; and, certainly, no Englishman could more opportunely occupy the post of First Minister at such a moment than Lord Palmerston, of whose policy, one of the most che rished objects, and one of the most perseveringly pursued endeavours, has every beet to open up to Sardinia that fair field and free course in which she is making the swiftest strides towards pros perity and glory. But we need not insist ; there is no danger of a lukew arm gree ti ng h ere for the Piedmontese monarch ; and we have no doubt that the day when Victor and Victoria meet on the territory of the latter will long be remembered by the civilised world. (From the Morning Chronicle of this day.) All political events are tending towards a disso lution of Parliament. Lord Palmerston is evi dently struggling in the net spread for him by the factions • and ho will sooner or later be compelled to breakthrough it by an effort of vigorous deter mination. Another reading of his recent proceed ings would exhibit him in the position of a man, desirous of providing himself with a sound and valid excuse for a line of conduct on which he had already resolved. He cannot proceed in the pre sent Parliament, if he does not procure assurances of support from some influential section of the House of Commons, or at least unless he renders a certain threatened Coalition impossible. Hence his efforts to strengthen himself, either through the Tories or the gentlemen below the Ministerial gangway. Hence the otherwise inexplicable pa tience with which he continues to hawk about t .vo of the highest offices of State. A dissolution of Parliament is opposed by some very sincere and well-meaning persons, from a fear that it would give scope for the machinations of those political intriguers who aro endeavouring to lash the public up to a war fever. This objection is only partially well-founded. Violent articles in newspapers do not constitute public opinion, which acts upon principles wholly independent of such incentives. So long as the present House of Com mons remains in the enjoyment of its functions, so long will such violent appeals to popular pas sions furnish weapons to those desperate intriguers, who are seeking a majority by profligate combina tions. They pass, in fact, for public opinion, only until the reality is made known. But an Appeal to the People would destroy that temporary drawback to a sound judgment by the whole Nation on the great - question which must soon be discussed. One great evil of our present system is, that enough confidence is not placed iu the people at large, while too much attention is be stowed on those who profess to represent their feelings. That foreign Statesmen should allow these noisy intriguers to impose upon them is not -,urprising, but it is scarcely credible that person ages in high places hero at home should share iu that delusion. Those who mix much with different classes of the people do not believe that they are actuated by the savage thirst for war attributed to them by a pnrtion of the Press. On the con trary, they are known to take a sober and steady view of the question, and to desire a continuance of the war, not for its own sake, but only that ita legitima,te objects may be attained. Although Lord Palmerston is no longer in the prou I posi tion lie held in the latter days of the Coalition, ann the e trlier ones of the present Ministry, still his mime and policy are to intimately associated with the dignity of the nation, as involved in the ' struggle with Russia, that there can be but little doubt as to the result of a general election. What is now desired is, that the policy of the Government and the tone of the House of Commons shall be in accordance with the real sense of the nation. As the present House is constituted, this is impossible. Lord Derby boasted not long ago of Lis compact phalanx of three hundred mem bora, whom the Tory Chiefs look upon as so many troops ready to follow them through any political manoeuvre they may contemplate. The gentlemen who are avowedly of the Peace Party are equally well organised ; and as they are all bent on light ing the mere battle of power, even at the expense of the honour of the country, a result might be produced wilich would be very prejudicial, although arrived at in strict mcordance with con stitutional forms. There is a precedent for this state of things which is suitable to the present crisis. We all remem ber the circumstances under which Sir Robert Peel took office towards the close of 1841. Al though it was not he who dissolved the Parliament at that epoch the result was an almost unprece dented majority in his favour. Ho lad carefully abstained from pledging himself to any particular pplicy, but was generally supposed to favour the prevailing dogmas of the Tories as Lord Palmer ston is now, by the greater portion of the public, believed to be a war Minister, and a sincere hater of Russia. In effect, the Parliament of 1841 was favourable to a species of Dictatorship, us the only mode of solving the difficulties of the time ; and Sir R. Peel was the Dictator chosen, because he was believed to be the most powerful, sound, and saga cious, as well as the best informedamong the states men of his age. Armed with this immense moral power, Sir R. Peel was enabled to carry those silu tary improvements in our commercial system which staved off menacing political and social dangers, and ultimately to repeal the Corn Laws. England requires at the present moment a Minis ter who shall be practically in the position held by Sir Robert Peel at that epoch. Without for one moment instituting a comparison between him and Lord Palmerston, it may be said that they had one advantage in common. Lord Palmerston is the only statesman of the day who could even hope to rally round himself the popular confidence, in the sense in which it was accorded to Sir Robert Peel. He might not command a majority so large as that which placed that Statesman in the proud position of Dictator of the affairs of his country, but he would at least have a Parliament purged of the factious elements which now impede the wholesome action of legislation and government, and which would discharge its functions under the moral control of public opinion. Lord Palmerston's personal ambition would of course be advanced by such a triumph, but it would not be for his sake that the people would rouse themselves. Delusions, once very strong, on the subject of his fitness to conduct the affairs of the country, have now been to agreat extent destroyed, and it is rather the name of the Premier abroad than his real services at home, on account of which he would be empowered. His appointment to form a Government was a manifesto that the nation had discarded the policy of Lord Aberdeen for more vigorous courses of action. The same influ ences which then bore him into office still remain in full force. As there is no other Statesman of the day who could conduct the present war, and the consequent policy of the country, with so much prestige, so also there is not ono who could with so much authority and fearlessness adopt a more moderate course. The noble lord himself would seem to be conscious of the responsibility imposed upon him by his antecedents and his present posi tion. Nothing short of such a conviction could induce a proud man—a 3 proud iu his personal cha racter as he is of the traditions of his order—to bear the humiliation he suffers from the repug nance of the chiefs of other parties to coalesce with him in the Government, and by the restive and capricious conduct of the House of Commons. He is not the first Prime Minister of this counrty whose freedom of action has been impeded by an anomalous veto, permitted, though scarcely recog nised, by the Constitution. If such an influence were exercised, and he were to succumb to it, he would set a dangerous example, which might be used, at some more critical period, to disturb that balance of the three estates of the realm, upon' Which depends, theoretically at least, the whole some action of our political system. Whether Lord Palmerston's rumoured applica tions to the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sidney Herbert do or do not result in the same failure that attended his offer to Lord Stanley, is a mat ter of very little consequence to the country. Lord Palmerston may shrink from adopting the ex treme course of dissolving Parliament, until he has tri e d every poss ibl e com bi nat i on of parties in the exi s ti ng house. At a general election, some of those rni either oi vigorously will wiedisappear, while others will b e muc h weakened. At a ll events, th ere w ill h ave b een a fair and. clear t es t o f p u bli c op i n i on , an d , if i t sho u ld result in a Ministerial majority, Lord powersPal tfoullconc ltrd e e to himselfpu s hat ewith war, or an hououra,ble peace. reflection is The m(Pc:rvernrethefl Morning Ilera la of this day. ) - curse of a cow.waytgdi posi tion of affairs, the more rea.lsvyoennatpoptehaersptroeasepnpirehen still throws its that the .curse is a blunt and sturdy councils of England. and un-English diplo macyTqlering influence over the b character war au l which negotiation, good sense about our a'evetwaettendedeetlii nation. We w hich prevents either from not understand the mixtureoonf hasel.n being 3 effective. This to combine that thl the cause of have made war in the spirit of negotiation, all attempt tdisastershe have negotiated in the temper of hostility, we have dallied over our warlike operation' ' - b . e We cause fools have been dreaming that the efforts of secret diplomacy might bring about peace. W e e failed in our attempts at negotiations be secret have entered upon them with views that are only to b e reconciled with war : hence it is that in diplomacy we luoie only made Qurselveo absurd, and ii w ax we have done nothing worthy of the sacrifices it has cost. It is very easy—we are not sure that it is any popular—to decry this language as unpa triotic, and to claim a monopoly of patriotism for these who flatter the pride and pamper the self conceit of the people. We have never denied the taking of Sebastopol to be a splendid and a great achievement—we have held that achievement to be the glory of England equally with France, and we have laughed to scorn the folly of those who, in the face of deeds of unexampy heroism, tell us that the fame of the British arms is dimmed. But we have asked, and we ask again, what is its value in practical result ? How much nearer has it brought us to any object which any man will assign as the natural object of a campaign? It is one thing to admire the bravery of our troops; it is another thing to believe that this bravery has been used so as to produce practical results. The two greatest nations of Europe have now been two years at war with Russia ; and what have we done ? We have battered clown some stone walls on the islands of the Baltic, we have cap tured a martello tower at Kinbourn, and we have driven the Russians from the south side of Sebas topol. These are our advances against an empire that extends over one-third of the habitable globe. If every two years aro to bring us similar successes we may look upon it that we have provided for ourselves and for the next generation half a cen tury's playing at war. Russia can afford to lose a Sebastopol every two years, and a Bomarsund every two months. The play upon both sides may be au expensive one, but Russia, in the long run, will bear the cost at least as well as ourselves. And were the amusement to be protracted for fifty years matters would be left pretty much in the status quo. Our blood, we confess, is stirred when we think of the results of our two years' warfare—of our wasted treasures—of the sacrifice of unspeakably precious lives. Empires have been conquered and dynasties overthrown at less cast than we have in curred in captures of which we can scarcely tell the good. Let no man, we repeat, tell us, that in speaking thus we decry the heroism of those who have been recklessly sacrificed in an aimless strife. Bravery may b© displayed in the defence of the most worthless position, as in keeping the key of an empire. The serjeant who closed the gates of Hougoumont at the critical moment at Waterloo would have done as brave a deed if he had been shutting the door of a mess room against burglars. Brave deeds in war are only valuable as they lead to a material position. • Neither will any one suppose that we are adopt ing the cant arguments of the craven faction who would counsel us that the war ought to be aban doned as a hopeless one. We can trace all our evils to the one source of the coward spirit of diplomacy presiding over the councils of war. Our hostile enterprises have been all diplomatic demon strations. Not one of them has been undertaken with the true motive of strategic design. We have fought against Russia to convince and not to con quer. We assailed Sebastopol because some secret information told our wise Ministers that if once Sebastopol was taken Russia would bo ready to negotiate. We sent a noble fleet to the Baltic because we imagined that the appearance of the grand flotilla in those waters would bring the Czar to terms. Our troops were sent to the East, not to fire a shot in anger, but to help Austrian media tion by a nol very respectable military parade. No wonder that engaging in a war in such a spirit we have but little but endless protocols to point to as the result. This was the war (I !) policy of Lord Aberdeen. There is too much reason to fear that the same po licy at this moment is paralysing our efforts, and that the victorious arm of our generals has been stayed because some secret assurances are given that projects of peace may be entertained. We yesterday stated some of the reasons that led us to this conclusion. We adverted to the sparing of Odessa, the withdrawal of the expedition against Nicolaieff, but, above all, to the utter absence of that preparation which is indispensably requisite if we purpose during the next summer to do more than dawdle through another six months of useless and aimless fighting. It will not do for Lord Palmerston's friends to throw out hints, as they are doing, that he is not master in his own Cabinet, and that other in fluences control his energy and his sincerity in the war. Were all they say of him true it would not mend his position or diminish his responsibility. Nay, it would increase the latter, as it makes him, for the sake of place, the tool of others. But upon the whole Cabinet the responsibility must jointly fall, and more heavily upon its chief. The Minis ters who will trifle with this war, and not Mr. Gladstone or Mr. Bright, aro the true party of Rusiia in this country. They are dispiriting the national ardour and wearying out the national en thusiasm. If we are to have a real and earnest war against Russia there is no sacrifice that can be called for to which the British nation will not readily submit to carry it on. But we are a little impatient at having all thA innnrivAnipnepa of war without the compensation of its high and inspirit ing object. We aro not satisfied with real taxes and a ehain war. Nay, we cannot wonder, if this system of diplomatic hostility is carried on, if men the most anxious for the honour of England will at last prefer the terms of the most humiliating peace to the intolerable and constant degradation of weak and aimless hostilities. We make these observations in no spirit of party. The crisis is one of true peril to the country. If, during the winter, we are once more to wait upon the diplomatic follies of continental despots—if we are to dispirit tho national enthusiasm and let down our national dignity by Being entangled in the meshes of private negotiation —we believe that next year will witness the old result. We shall come out of diplomacy without honour, to take the field without success. At last, surely, the time is come w h en , if we are to strike at Russia, it must not be with the blind boxer's blows. The duty of the English Minister is now to form the plan by which Ru ss i an p ower can best and most speedily be reduced. It is his duty to call upon the nation to put forth all its energies to execute that plan. The Minister who is now turned aside from this by the low considerations of Cabinet convenience, or drawn off from it by the delusive offers of a hollow mediation, will, unless the people rescue the country from him, be an swerable for the loss of England's place among the nations of the world. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--Nov. 8. GUILDHALL.—DanieI Slater was charged before Sir R. W. Carden with stealing a pair of boots from the Salutation Tavern,"Newgate-street. Mr. Thomas Ru - dkin said—He managed the business of the tavern for his mother. He engaged the prisoner as a porter about three weeks ago, but finding he did not suit, he discharged him last Saturday. From information he received he had him apprehended. Henry Turner, a butcher, of Newgate Market, said he saw the prisoner walk out of the Salutation Tavern about 6 o'clock the previous morning with the pair of boots under his arm, and none on his feet. He came out of the side in Rose-street. Wm. Bailey, a detective officer, said be took the pri soner into custody the previous evening, and found the boots in question on his feet. He also found on him four cards for a raffia for a pair of boots, to take place on Monday at the Cheshire Cheese, Mount Pleasant, Gray's inn-road. Sir R. W. Carden said this was a new mode of getting rid of stolen property The prisoner said those cards di•d not relate to the same boot 4. Sir R. W. Carden asked him how ho got in ! Mr. Rudkin said he knew the usual hour of opening the front door, and must have watched that opportunity to get in. Sir R. W. Carden said it was evident he went there for sornethin,g else besides boots, but was disturbed. The prisoner :aid he acknowledged taking the boots. He went there for hoots only, becauFe his own were bad, and he did not want to put his parents to the expense of a new pair. Sir R. W. Carden said it was a most serious offence, and he should therefore send Lifn• to the House of Cor rection for three months. Mary Ann OJX, a respectably-dressed middle-aged woman, was place lat the bar before Sir R. W. Carden, charged with knowingly uttering two forged 5/. Batik of England noses. James Soar, an assistant to Mr. Wm. Bickley, a man tle and shawl warehouseman, of No. 7, Ludgate-:street, said that on Wednesday the prisoner went to his shop and bought a mantle of the value of 355., in payment of which she tendered a 51. Bank of England note. 1I wrote her address at the back of it, and passed it to the shopwoman t) take to Mr. Bickley for change. Mr. Bickley did not like the appearance of it, and told wit ness to ask the prisoner if she had any small change. She said she had not, and Mr. Biekley gave the change for the note to the shopwoman, who gave it to the pri. soner, and she left the shop with the mantle in a brown paper parcel. He was certain the prisoner was the per son who passed the 51. note. Sir R. W. Carden (after looking at the back of the note)—There is a sum put on the back of this note, and marked as if it had been paid into the Bank of England with other money, and received there as good, and then allowed to come out again. It is one of the deepest schemes I ever heard of, but they who did it did not know that the Bank of England never make a re-issue. Josiah Scott, an assistant to Messrs. Thomas Baker and Co , silk mercers, of 3 and 4, Ludgate-street, said, when he went to business on Thursday morning last he saw a parcel directed to Mrs. Cox, No. 5, Union-street, Borough-road. As there was some suspicion about the Si. note she tendered the previous evening to Mr. W. Cooper, an assistant in the same service, ho took the par cel himself to 6, Union-street, Borough-road, and there he saw the prisoner, who showed him into a small room, and tendered him a Si. note. That produced was the one. He said he had not change with him, but that if she would allow him he would take the note back and send her the change in less than an hour, After 001314) hesitation she consented, and he took back both the note and parcel, which contained a flounced dress and lining of the value of 2Gs. He then sent the apprentice, whose nava() was on the note, to the Bank of England, and he brought it back marked forged. The prisoner called for her change about eleven in the moraing, when be showed her the note, and she said it bad been given to her by a sailor who had been staying with her, and she thought it was a good one. At his request she accompanied him to the Fleet•street station-house, and to the inspector she gave the name of the sailor who had given her the note, but said he bad sailed for the Crimea. He left her and the note with the inspector. Mr. Joseph Bumsted said he was inspector of notes at the Bank of England. T e two notes produced for 51. each were both forged. IF Sir R. W. Carden—The signature is very good. Mr. Bumsted—lt is, Sir Robert. Remanded. Sir Peter Laurie said he had received the following letter, but he could really give no advice upon it any further than to publish it, and by exposing such a nefa rious system prevent others from being similarly duped : "The Old Hall, Wellington, Salop. " Sir,—From art advertisement in the Shrewsbury Chronicle of London papers at half-price,' I was induced to send to the address of Daniel Tobias Jackson, 65, Upper Ground-street, Great Surroy-street (or City News room, or 9, ➢larchmont-street, Brunswick-square, all addresses being given), the sum of 21. 9s. for the Times and two copies of the Illustrated London News. I re ceived six copies of the Time.; and two numbers of the illustrated London News. This is about a month ago, and I can get no more or hear aught of Daniel Tobias.' " Will you excuse me asking your advice of how to proceed in such a case.--I am, &c., "To Sir Peter Laurie, Knt." " EDWARD CRANA.GE, BOW-STREET.—A young man, named James Rus sell, in the empliy of Messrs. White and Fairchild, gni cers, of 63, High-street, Through, was charged by the Post-office solicitor with stealing newspapers. Mr. Sculthorpe, deputy-controller at the General- Post office, stated that the prisoner's employers kept a branch receiving -house, and the prisoner assisted in sorting and despatching the letters and newspapers posted there. Having reason to suspect that he had been in the habit of intercepting newspapers, and sending por tions of them (the inner sheets) to his father, a farmer, of Layton, in Essex, witness desired that any letters or pap( r 4 so directed should be stopped at the General Post-office, and brought to him for his examination. In pursuance of ;;here directions a newspaper, addressed to a Mr. Russell, Warren Farm, Leyton," and having a penny stamp affixed to it, was delivered to witness on the 6th inst. Oa opening it he found it to be a copy of the Times of the previous day, minus the outer or ad verti,ing sheets. He then proceeded, in company with Inspector C and Peake, the Post-office constable, to the shop of Messrs. White and Fairchild, where they found the prisoner behind the counter. Witness asked him if he had bought any newspapers lately or sent any away, and he replied in the negative ; but when witness produced the paper addressed to Mr. Russell, the pri soner at once admitted that the direction was in his handwriting. He was then asked how he came possessed of the paper, and what had become of the outer pages or "supplement." After giving some evasive answers, he stated that the paper was the property of Mr. White, and the other portion of it was somewhere in the house. A pretended search arse ma le for it, and eventually the prisoner produced it from behind a tea cannister. It was then found that the paper had been originally addressed to Mr. Wharton, of Sheerness, and still had the penny stamp upon if. The prisoner now confessed that he had stole the paper from the letter box, and that he had been in the habit of doing the same sort of thing for six months past, about two or three times a week Wit ne e; asked him if he had not also stolen some letters ? He replied that he had cot, but admitted, in answer to another question, " that when a pretty girl had come add posted a letter at the office, he bad occasionally opene I it out of curiosity, just to see what it was about ; but he bad invariably sealed it up again and despatched it with the other letters." The outside of another copy of the Times, addressed to Mr. R. Thornton, of Felton, Northumberland, was found in the prisoner's room. This paper bore the impressed stamp. Miss E. Wharton, of L awn-place, Lambeth, the young lady who addressed and posted the first paper referred to in evidence, was called to identify the same, and the offi cers stated that about 301. was found in the possession of the prisoner, who said he got the money by successful. betting. The prisoner, who offered no defence, was committed for trial. Mr. Fairchild thinking it highly probable that the firm had been robbed from the facilities afforded the prisoner, owing to their great confidence in him, applied that the money found on him should be detained, at least for the present. Mr. Hall said he had no power to make any order upon the subject. LA.MBETII.—It will be in the recollection of our readers, that on Monday last the churchwardens of the district church of St. Matthew, North Brixton, obtained a summons in this court against the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, incumbent, upon a charge of having committed irregu larities iu the matter of certain funeral foes charged to parties residing out of the parish, and making false en tries in the parish register in connection therewith. Yesterday a good deal of surprise was excited in court by the appearance of Dr. Vaughan, who made applica tion to Mr. Elliott fur a summons against Mr. Malby, sexton of the district church, upon whose evidence prin cipally the summons against Dr. Vaughan himself was granted. Tho ground of the present application was perjury, alleged by Dr. Vaughan to have been com mitted by Malby in a recent action brought by Dr. Vaughan in the Lambeth Coenty Court, fur the recovery of a sum of money lent by him (Vaughan) to Malby, when the latter was, upon his own showing, in a state of distress. Upon the trial Malby swore that Dr. Vaughan bad not lent him the money as asserted. The summons was granted. Ann Harper, a fashionably-dressed young woman, was brought up for final examination, on a charge of attempting to pick pockets at the Waterloo Station of the South-Western Railway. From the statement of Inspector Thomas Bent, it ap pears that on the evening of Wednesday week he saw the prisoner came up the steps, and get on the arrival plat form, at five o'clock, and as the passengers got eut of a train that had just arrived, she, after saying something to the person who was with her, mixed with the crowd. Suspecting her object, be watched her closely, and saw her put her hand into the pocket of a female. She did not take anything, but that she was there for the pur pose of committing felonies there could be no doubt. - Mr. Solomon, Who attended on behalf of the prisoner, said she wag a member of a most respectable family, but had been seduced and brought to town by a gentleraan who had deceived her. Tho Magistrate said there could be no doubt that the prisoner was at the railway station for dishonest pur poses, and he should therefore commit her to the House of Correction for three months. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a court was held. Alderman and Sheriff Rose said he wished to know who was responsible at the present moment as governor of Newgate, for the safe custody o f p r i soners comm i tte d to that gaol. He asked the question, as two prisoners were in the daily habit of being taken from that gaol for the purpose of attending examinations at the Court of Bankruptcy, and in the event of an escape, instances of which had before occurred, it was desirable to know who was responsible to the Sheriffs and to that court. Alderman WIRE—Mr. Cope is governor of Newgato, and the sheriffs are rewonsible. Alderman ROSE—Is Mr. Cope still responsible ! Sir P. LAURIE—Yes, until another governor is ap pointed. OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF NEWGATE. Mr. WOODTHORPE read a report from the gaol com mittee, stating that after an examination of the testimo nials of the different candidates for the situation of go vernor of Newgate, they were of opinion that Mr. J Wetly rhead was best qualified to fulfil the duties of that office. Sir P. LAURIE said he considered the committee had made an excellent selection. Sir H. MUGGERIDGE tbought the committee had so• feeted the best man. On the motion of Alderman WIRE, the report was agreed to, and the election was fixed to take place at the next Court of Aldermen. The Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor Elect (Alderman Salomons), and the chief officers of the corporation then proceeded to the Guildhall, where the Lord Mayor Elect was sworn into his new office. The hon. alderman was loudly cheered at the conclusion of the ceremony. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a special court, which had been summoned at a late hour the previous night, was held in the Egyp tian-hall, Mansion-house. CLOSING OF THE PARIS EXHIBITION. The LORD MAYOR said he had convened the court im mediately upon the receipt of a letter, of which the fol lowing was a translation : "Paris, Nov. 6, 1855. "My Lord,—H. I. H. Prince Napoleon, President of the Imperial Commission, has desired me to invite your lordship, as also the members of the Council of the City of London, to be present at the ceremony of the closing of the Universal Exposition, which will take place on the 17th inst., at 12 at noon. Will you oblige me, in your answer, by stating the number of seats of honour and ladies' seats that you may desire to occupy ? —Accept, my lord, the assurance of my high consider ation. (Signed) A.IILET DUFOUR, The Secretary General. "To the Right Hon. The Lord Mayor of the City of London." Deputy DAKIN moved—" That this court acknow ledges with grateful feelings the honour of the invitation conveyed to them by the letter from the President of the Imperial Commission of the Universal Exposition, ad- dressed to the flight Honourable the Lord Mayor, awl authorises the Town Clerk to communicate such ac knowledgment. That the members of this court who may purpose to attend, with or without their ladies, do communicate their intention by two o'clock on Saturdaj next, and that such names only be forwarded by the Town Clerk, and members not so communicating will be assumed as being unable to attend." Mr. H. LLOYD seconded the motion, which, after a short discussion, was carried unanimously amid applause. The court then adjourned. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—TIIIIRSDAY. A blank afternoon—the main body of subscribers being at the Liverpool Meeting. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. THURSDAY. The Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for two-year-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, &c. One mile. 5 subs. Mr. Daley's Cineas, by Touchstone or Epirus, 5 yrs, Bst 31b, 201. ( Ro ok) 1 Mr. Hawkins' Mary Anne, 3 yrs, Tat 21b, 201 (T. Cliff) 2 Cherry Brandy, Excitement, and Miss Allen also ran. No betting. Won in a canter by two lengths ; very bad third. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for two• year-olds ; colts, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 81b ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; allowances if entered to be sold for less. T.Y.C. 7 subs. Mr. T. G. Henderson's Ceres, by Planet, 7.4 2:b, 201. (Withington) 1 Mr. Whittaker's Chere Petite, 7st 11b, 20/. (Bates) 2 Mr. Saxon's Pretty Girl, 7st 11b, 20! (J. Forster) 3 Vine, Baroness, and Gamester also ran. Betting--2 to 1 agat Gamester, 3to 1 agst Pretty Girl, 4to 1 ag®t Baroness, sto 1 agst Ceres. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third. The start gave much dissatisfaction, Game-ter being left at the post. The winner was bought in for 50 guineas. The Sefton Autumn Handicap of 5 SOTS each, with 100 a ; certain winners extra ; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. One mile and a half. 40 subs. Mr. Brawn's Speed the Plough, by Cotherstone, 5 yrs, 6:t 51b (Bray) 1 Capt.Skipworth's Fanny Fern, 3 yrs, Sat 211 (Challoner) 2 Mr. Saxon's Mary, 3 yrs, 6st The following also ran :—Mr. Sykes, The Early Bird, The Chicken, Dame Judith, Whalebone, ilerezina, Cossev, Nell Gwynne, and Prince Plausible. Betting-3 to 1 agst Speed the Plough, 4to I. agst Mary, 6 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes, 7 to 1 agst Fanny Fern, 9 to 1 agst Cossey, and 100 to 7 agst Prince Plausible. Won easily by two lengths ; a length between the second and third ; Prince Plausible was a bad fourth ; The Chicken was fifth, Cossey sixth, Mr. Sykes seventh, Paine Judith eighth, Early Bird ninth, Nell Gwynne and Whalebone next. Berezina was pulled up, and did not pass the chair. The Ilelter Skelter Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weight, allowance, &c. ; winners extra. One mile. 8 subs. Mr. T. G. Thompson's Billingham, 4 yrs, 7. t 31b, 101. (Withington) 1 Mr. Saxon's Shelab, 2 yrs, sst 31b, 101 (Fordhani) 2 Mr. S. Jacobs's Victory, 6 yrs, Bst 51b, 101 (Charlton) 3 Master Slender, Bobby Taft, and colt by Surplice out of Lady Mary, also ran. Batting-2 to 1 agst Shelab, and 3to 1 agst Master Slender. A fine race in, won by a neck ; bad third. The Surplice colt turned round at starting, bolted over the rails, and threw his jockey. The winner was sold to Mr. E. Clark for 64 guineas. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for two -alds and upwards ; the winner to be sold by auction for 1201. ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, &c. Second to save his stake. T.l .C. 5 subs. Mr. Morton's Meta, 2 yrs, sst 61b, 201 (Challoner) 1 Mr. Langshaw ns Hippona, 2 yrs, sst 61b, 201. (Fordhatn) 2 Mr. Evans's The Sandboy, 3 yrs, 7st, 20/...(Bearpark) 3 Mr. White's J o h n o ' Bruges, 4 yrs, Bst 21b, 2.01. (BoHand) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Hippona, and 3to 1 each agst Meta and Sandboy. Won by three lengths ; four lengths between the second and third. The winner was bought in for 54 guineas. The Scurry Handicap of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 20 added. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 17 subs. Mr. Leach's Prince's Mixture, by Malcolm, 2 yrs, sst 21b (car. s,it 41b) (Cresswell) 1 Mr. Wilson's Plausible, 3 yrs, 6st (Fordham) 2 Mr. R. Walker's Biron, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Mundy) 3 The following als) ran :—The Assayer, Dear-Me, Cherry Brandy, Jokn o' Bruges, Laura Selina, Question. able, Nell Gwynne, Chere Petite, Pera, Primrose, and Oyster Girl. Won by a head. Owing to the incompetency of the starter, this race was most vexatiously delayed for nearly three-quarters of an hour. SHREWSBURY RACES.—Noy, 13, 14, AND 15. The following weights were publithed on Wednesday, Nov. 7 : The Shrewsbury Handicap. About two miles and a quarter. Age st lb Muscovite 6 9 4 Caroline (bred in Ireland) a 8 12 Mr. Sykes... 5 8 7 Early Bird 4 8 0 Speed the Plough (iuoin. 14lb ex.) 5 7 13 The Nabob 6 7 12 Ariosto Pumicestone 4 7 11 Rifleman Poodle Domino 4 7 3 Quince Jack Leeming St. Andrew Mishap Lady Vernon 5 6 Il Lough Bawn a 6 10 Homily Titterstone The Chicken 3 6 8 Brother to Grey Tommy 5 6 7 Trio Ellermire Diana 4 6 5 Pantomime Lord Alfred Gamekeeper 4 6 4 SECOND DAY Weights for the Grand Annual Steeplechase. About four miles. Age st. lb. Bourton a 12 0 Caroline a 11 7 Frank Pricksrd a 11 0 Jean du Quince., a 10 7 Peter Maley a 10 0 Rosa - alo 0 Escape Minerva Garland a 9 12 Star of England a 9 12 Emigrant....... a 9 12 Teddesley Sailor 6 9 10 Dieppe Thirkleby Tchernaya a 9 6 Fenman 6 9 5 Age kis lb Fenman 6 6 4 Morning Star Bracken 4 6 3 Miss Allen 4 6 2 Fanny Fern (inc 51b extra) Poleetar 3 6 1 Mary 3 6 1 Imogene Simony 3 6 0 Cossey Saraband Surgeon-General. 4 5 12 Battle St. Clare Lady Bird 4 5 Medal _ -- 4 5 10 Cato Firebrand Brinklow Fulbeck 3 5 9 Yorkshire Grey 3 5 9 Baterfelto. May Boy Ethelbald Prince Plausible 3 5 5 The Cropper 3 5 5 Nell Gwynne Elastic Age et. lb. Louis Napoleon a 9 4 Cato Odiham a 9 3 Maltnesbury ...... a 9 2 Jemmy the Black 6 9 2 Bullfinch Innkeeper 5 9 0 Gannymeda a 9 0 Taffy Sparchford 5 9 0 The Hunter (late Moor) a 9 0 Pldrold ......... 5 9 0 Leda ............ a 8 12 Motley ......... 5 8 12 Voucher 4 8 12 Spot .............. 4 8 9 THIRD The Column Handicap. AL DAY. )out one mile and a quarter, Age st lb Typee Caroline Mr. Sykes 5 8 7 Early Bird 4 8 5 Acrobat Nabob ' Purnicestone Nathan Welham 5 7 7 Humboldt Lo Juif Lough Bawn a 6 11 Titter:rtone a 6 11 Lady Vernon 5 6 10 Flatterer Ihe Chicken Mary 3 6 7 Ellermire ...... 3 6 6 Master Slender 6 6 5 Postulant Diana 4 6 5 Trio Br to Grey Tommy 5 6 4 Bracken 4 G 3 Whalebone Boer Miss Allen 4 6 3 Imogene 3 6 3 Polestar 3 6 3 Lord Alfred Age et lb Dame Judith 3 6 3 ISaraband ... 3 6 2 Catherine P arr , 5 6 2 Rowdy Gamekeeper Foxhunter 4 6 0 Cossey Yorkshire Grey 3 5 13 Claret 3 5 12 Torn Burke 3 5 12 Battle 8 5 12 Lady Bird 4 5 11 Surgeon General 4 5 11 St. Clare Medal 4 5 9 Joshua 3 5 9 Jenny Wren 4 5 9 Palmerston Elastic 3 5 3 ' katerfolto Fulbeck 3 5 8 L'Addio 3 5 S Man-of-War May Boy 3 5 6 Pettic , )at The Cropper Nell Gwynne Prince Plausible 3 5 2 Redemption Roving Betsey Copeland Nursery Han , et lb Wasp, by Sting (bred in France) Diego C by Gabbier darn (1845) by Heron 7 7 La Victirne Byrsa Blue Rock Sauve-qui-peut Mountain Breeze Little Bird Napoleon Piccaninny Preston General Windham 6 11 British R eme dy 6 10 Shelah Sparrow Hawk Adam Bobby Taft 6 6 Swalcliffe 6 4 Duly Florence 6 4 ()here Petite ficap. About one mile. st Prince of O range lb 6 4 Alfred .... 6 3 Sacrifice filly Spinster Grey Pyrrhus 6 1 Sir Tatum The Dresser Staffordshire Nan Posthorse Merrywing C by Van Tromp— The Wren Queen of England 6 0 Elfrida The Shadow C by Thistlewhippir —lona ... The Caledonian Plumpton Maid 5 6 Laverna Primroso Maid of the 4 12 The Lune Ludlow Races will take place on Friday, Nov. 16. ADVANCE OF RENTS.—The present high prices which agricultural produce is commanding will not, if general rumour is correct, long continue to flow altogether into the pockets of the farmers. We understand that save. ral of the tenants of some of o , e lar ‘ ze 'a , lllerds in the West Riding have lately seen unmistakeable symptoms that an advance in their present rents is likely to tak e place,-.L eeds Mercury. Country Market F.. DERBY SAIITEIFIELD.—Nov, 6. A better supply of fat beasts; with an improved demand, and most of the animals disposed of. The sheep pens well filled, without alteration of price. Fat calves scarce, and very dear. A moderate supply of fat pigs, which were well sold. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6ci to 6Aci ; mutton, bid to 7d ; lamb, 7d to 'Tit! ; veal, 7d tc lid per lb. ; pigs, lOs 6d to lls Od per score ; rough fat, 6s 6u to Cs per 141 b.; hides, aid to 44d per lb ; calf-skins, 3! -1 t 9 51 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Nov. 7. A large supply of grain to-day. Sales heavy for all sorts and wheat again up in price. Wheat, top, 4s up, and en the average 2s up. Barley, top, is down—average, 4d down. Oats on the top 2s Bcl down —average, 2s id down. Beans on the top Is up— average, is id up. AVERAGES 'ER IMPHRIAL QUARTER. Wheat £4 6 0 7-12ths. Do. new -12ths. Barley -12ths. Oats 1 10 11 8-12th. Beans BOSTON —Nov. 7. Wheat met a fair consumptive demand, at an advance of frilly 2s per quarter. Oats firm at previous rates. Barley, boans, and peas in request at slightly enhanced prices, say 13 per qr. Prices :—Wheat, red, 67s Od to 84s Od; white, 81s Od to 86s Od . extra, 88s Od. Barley, 33s Od to 41s Od. Oats. 20s ,to 325. Beaus, 505 Od to 57s Od. Peas, 495 Od to 56s per qr. NEWARK—Nov. 7. We had a good attendance of farmers to-day, with a full supply of grain of every description. Wheat advanced is to 2s per qr. Wheat, white 86s to 91s, red 80s to 85s; barley., malting 40s to 445, grinding 36s t o 38s; oats, 24st. 34s to 375, 22st. 32s to 31s; beans, 54s to 58s; malt, 70s to 725; peas, 486 to 50s ; tares, 76s to 80s per qr. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signtfles that the mails are sent from the General Post-oft/et ky the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) ) aF whcn made ui From what Wnen COUNTRIES, in General Post- Port due In Mice, London.. Disp a t c h e d. England. Amcrica(byllrit.pack)h :very Friday Liverpool . trnerica. (by United Ste packet) •••••• •• • • Liverpool Nov. 19 America (by U. State: packet) .. • • ••• •• • • Southemptoi. Australia (via South. ampton), ........ lid ••••• ••• • • • • Southampton Nov. 19 Ditto (via Marseilles) N ••• •• • • •• • Dover ...... Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............ Uncertain Africa (West Coast) ..N 13d of the month .. Plymouth .. Nov. is, 4, 24,& 30 of In-Dover .... • Alexandria ........ —AI 4th & 20th of mon.lsout hampt on Bahamas ...........M 17th of the moat) Southampton Belgium ............N Daily.. .... • • • • • • Dover ...... Brazil ..............m 9th of the mouth.. Sou thampt or. Nov. 16 Buenos Ayres )th of the month.. Southampton Nov. lb Cape of Good Hope ..N Various ports'Uncertain Cape of Good Hope .. Cape de Verde 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Channel Isles.. Mon.,Wed.,Bffrld. Southampton Tu.Th.f at. M 2d &17th of month nouthampton China ; Once a month.... Nov. Constantinople N ig , ,13, 1 8• 2 3,r2b Pover Constantinople .th ?te 20th of mon. Southampton Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily .... • • Dover Twlecdally Egypt (see India) France ... M & N Twice daily • • Dover ...... Gibraltar ...... ;4, 7,17, 20, 27 -fm Southampton Oct. 25 Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southlnipton llarriburgh ..........N.Tuesday & Friday, , London Havannah ail2nd of the month Southampton Nov. 16 Holland M Dover pails Honduras of the month .Southampton ,16thofinOn India (viaSonthampt.)lll;4th & 20th of mon.! Plymouth .. Nov. 20 India (via Marseilles)M ,9th& 25th of montinDover lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover...." Ireland ........M & NiTwice daily ...... 1 11oly head . ... 'Twivo en s Lisbon."... .• .• 7,0, 17, Et 27 of m•lSouthampton Oct. 26 Madeira .... ....2,1;9th of the monthlSouthampton Nov. 15 Madeira of month •• I Liverpool Malta (see India) Malta IS. &28 of mort,lDover r. Nov. 4 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico ............M 2nd of the month., S oat h aMpten Dec. 2 Naples s thl s th2sthofmon. Dover New Granada 21 & 17th of month Southampton New Zealand ;By private slip .. Various portsDneertale Papal States ,sthlsth2sthonnon. Dover ...... Peninsula .... M ;7 thl7 th27thofmon. Southampton Peru PA 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton Port Natal ..........N . By private ship... Various ports UneertSlo sthlath2sthofmon, Dover ...... Tuscany sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover Venezuela ..........3412d8c 17th oimonth South amptonl l & 6 mtnt Van Diemon's Land (see Australia) ....•• •• •• West Indies .... 11 ....'2d& 17th 01 month Southa m pton I & 16 mon SouthamPt" Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will be de spatched on the following day, with the exception of the Indir (via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch( d U • preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The tone of the market has been animated to-day, and prices were at a slight advance. Midland. 61, 1—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 211—Caledoni an , 29—L on d on and North-Western, 94-- Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7N—Dutch Rhenish , d.— Great Weste rn o f Canada, 2 2 8—St. Helen's Stock A, 37-- South Eastern, 171—North British, Cl. Bs. 9d. MANCFLESTER, Nov. 8. STOCK EXOHANGE.—Tho market has been rather active to-day, without any change in prices. Leeds, 75I—Mid lands 64i—She ffi eld, 214—Ea4 Lancashire, ?ref. Fifth s, par—Great Western, 51/--London and North-Western. 941—Dover, 17 s. l6—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 84 Pref., 91. BIRMINGHAM, NOV. 8. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—There was a firm business to. day, with quotations generally steady. Great Western, Stour Valley Guaranteed Stock, was done at 5 3—Mid. lands closed at 64 j —Shropshire Unions, 42i. LEEDS, N•T. 8. STOOK EXOHANGE.—The tone of the market has been flat to-day. Up to one o'clock only two transactions —on o in Lancashire and Yorkshires at 75i, and one in Midlands at 64i. DUBLIN, Nor. 7. STOOK EXOTIANGIL—Three per Cent. Console, 871 11 — Ditto, for Account, November 15, 8711—New Three per Cent. Stock, 884 884—Ditto, for Account, Nov. 15, 88a-- Midland Gt. Western and Royal Canal, (501. paid), 48 Great Southern and Western, of 1001., 98i 11 mo.— Hibernian Bank (251. paid), 33—City Debs., 921.6.1, 84 1 - —Dublin and Ki ngs t own, 1001., 98;1—Mining Co. of Ire land, 13,1—Bank Stock, 2IN THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN THE KING'S COUNTY.--- Mr. Beecham is represented to be going on favourably, and hopes are entertained of his recovery. A letter from Moate says :—"I am glad to be able to 6tate that Edward Beecham is going on well—much better than could have been anticipated from the nature and extent of the wounds ; still the case is one of great danger, and the result very doubtful. Ile received two shots ; the first was a ball, which passed through the neck, from the left side to the right, wounding the windpipe ; the second was square shot, which wounded him in the face and d:fferent parts of the body." LADTERTISEMENT.I—We quote some interesting cures with out medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta, Arabica Food : Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revaleuta Arabica Food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Re,- Valenta Arabica Food. —James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612.- Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's ex cellent Levalenta Arabic,. Food has cured her, after all Medicines had failed; of indigestion, bile, great nervous ness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered, In canisters, lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lls. ; 1211), 225, The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-oolco order. Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; also at 182, Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street; 330 , and 451, strand; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High street Camden-town ; 18, Pall. mall; 7, Pall-mall-East; 132, Now Bond-street ; 24, Mot comb-street ,• 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit street; 21, Cockspnr-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; Churelivard: 6, Edward-street, Portma.n-square. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the sth inst., at Brighton, the wife of James H. Slater, Esq., jun. At Norwood, Surrey, tho wife of T. Tapling, Esq., of 105, Wood-street, London. Or A DAUGHTER. On tbo nil i ns t., at 44, Green-street, Grosvenor•square, the wife of Frederic Weber, M.D. On the 7th inst., the wife of Mr. Win. Bagg, of 63, Gower-street, Bedford-square. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at East Molesey, James Criswick, Esci o f Grove House, East Mole se y, t o A nne Peerless, of Ouft'on, Suffolk. inst., at St. G eorge ' s, nanoTer-square, G. Harrell, of Sudbu r y, S u ff olk, to Bossy Amy Young, d a ughter of Z. Young, RAI., of T w i ckenham. a th ° E 8 3 (1 '1 . ? DIED. On the 6th inst., at Bognor, Sussex, Sir Jerks StraceY. Bart., ;Ted 84. On the Bth inst., in Bury-street, St, James's, General Buller, aged 83. On the 7th inst , at Teignm ou th, S ou th D evon , F rances Cecil, wido w o f the late Hon. Philip Henry Abbot, E (mond Ron of Charles, first Lord Colchester, and grand-daughter of Henry, fifth Duke of Beaufort. On the 7th inst., at 34, King-street, Snow-hill, C aro li ne Anne, th e second daughter of Mr. Thomas Neighbour, aged 19. LoNT)OI 7, Printed end Puhliseil by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, No. It, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, IA the eettlity of FridaY, November 9,1855. 1, •