The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-01 00:00:00

EY MARKET AND L: OM MER CIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK, The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily at 51d. for fair Upland, 6d. for fair Mo bile, and 6d. for fair Orleans. The sales were estimated at about 8,000 bales, including 1,500 for export and on speculation. The Railway Share Market was steady, closing with a firm feeling. The Bank of England return for the week ending the 24th ultimo, presents some important changes. The bullion has rather materially diminished, and the increased amount of the other securities shows the greater activity which has prevailed in the dis count market. The payment of the loan instal ments will account for the alteration exhibited in the public deposits. Active Circulation Decrease Bullion Decrease Rest £19,050,900 371,330 11,139,937 123,287 3,236,502 15,605 4,798,954 688,824 11,529,385 642,639 962,483 19,736 10,339,848 215,000 18,651,439 864,289 5,492,645 253,115 Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Increase •• • Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase At the opening of the Paris Bourse yesterday, there was much animation amongst buyers and sellers in Rentes for the December account, which resulted in a rise of sc. in the 3 per Cents. and 25 centimes in the 44 Stock. In the Share Mar ket there was a great demand for Credit Mobilier Stock, which caused an advance of 40 fr., realising at the close of the day 1,335. The monthly table shewing the average prices of wheat throughout all France, has been published for November, which gives within one centime the same average prices per hectolitre current in Octo ber. The latter was 32f. 69c., and the former is 32f. 70c. There is, however, a great variety of prices in the different provinces. Those in the Western and Midland departments have ruled high while a sensible fall is manifested in the markets of Alsace and others. In Paris the rise has been steadily maintained. The weekly receipts on the French railways shews a steady increase on the corresponding week of last year. On the Lyons and Mediterranean this is 172,627 f. ; North of France, 246,631 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 188,762 f. ; West of France 188,762 f. East Old Concession 33,725 f., and New do, 30,575 f. By telegraph from Spain we learn that General Espartero in replying to the committee of manu factures in the Cortes sittings on the tariff question, told them not to decide upon the new law project without having previously ascertained the results of the Catalan Commission. From New York, par steamer Arago, the intel ligence does not contain any features of particular importance in connection with monetary or com mercial affairs. Speculative securities were at full quotations, and some of the favourite railway undertakings further tended upwards. Foreign dry goods were dull. During the week ending Nov. 16, the imports were valued at $1,200,000, against $571,122 in the same period of last year. The shipments of bullion direct from London, during the week ending Thursday last, comprised 41,330 ounces of silver, and 61,271 ounces of gold. The Shipping Statement, made up by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, gives the amount of tonnage on the berths during the month for the various ports of Australia as follows :—Hobart Town, 1,918 tons ; New South Wales, 7,710 tons ; Melbourne and Geelong, 16,874 tons; Adelaide, 4,769 tons ; Swan River, 1,520 tons ; New Zea land, 2,680 tons. Public Securities have ruled steady to-day, but the transactions have been circumscribed. The Bank retnrn has had no influence, notwithstanding it is regarded as rather unfavourable, and the market Was maintained by money purchases. Consols, after being 881 # and 88k /, closed at 88i to 88L both for transfer and account. The January quo tation is 89# Exchequer Bills have been heavy, / I z., Bs. to 4s. discount. The New 3 per Cents. brought 881 b. Foreign Stocks have ruled steady to-day, but, except in Turkish Bonds, which, after rising to 8 3 3 / 4 and 84 closed at 83#, there was very little activity. The New Scrip is likewise firmer, being 3to 24 discount. Spanish 3 per Cents. have ad vanced to 391, the New Deferred to 2 0 i and 20 #, the P ass i ve t o 6/ and 6g, and the Certificates to „ 4 1 - - Mexican Stock has been quiet at 19 /, and , r-quador at 5 to 51. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, G/ to 7 ; Mexican, 191 to 19f ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per Cents., 14 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 86 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 201 to 201; ditto Three per Cents., 3 9i to 392 ; ditto Certificates, 4# to 41 ; ditto Pas- Save, 6k to 6i. Some flatness has been observable in the Railway Share market, resulting more from the paucity of business than from any other cause. Norfolk rose 10s., but Great Western declined to that amount. Eastern Counties continued heavy. Antwerp and Rotterdam were firmer, and also Great Western of Canada. Mining and Banking Shares have ruled steady, but Canada Land Shares have not attained the highest prices of yesterday. Rather a large busi ness has been done in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam at slightly enhanced quotations. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Prom the Ofscial List. ) Btisinou don 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... BBl 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es 894 1 4w 3 por Cent. Annuities India. Bonds, 21000 . — Ditto under £lOOO 2 d Co aso Is ' for Account 8 93 i i I Eze hequer Bills, lid. 1)1000 ' , at nail • 1) RIC:E OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO: K. b :clual for Bonds Lfoxi i :an 3 per Cent. Samli nian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 8 P %la ish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39/ ) )itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ) )itto for the account. 2oi 3 . 1 )itto Passive Sp. tui.th Committee Cert. of Coup. wit fun 4i p o Tu. 'kith Bonds, 6 per cent — 1 )itto for the Account B3 i 1 4 33 L !itto Small C itto New Scrip. 4 per Cent. D itto for the account 3 21 Dividends on the above payable in London. Consols TWO O'CLOCK. 89i 1 - Ditto for Account (January) 89.3 t LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) LorDoN, Dec. I.—Wind this day at noon, /sLw. by W. ; light, with fine doll weather. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. A.rriv ed—La Poule, from Cherbourg; Despatch (s.), Jer ; Pet, Newcastle Charles Stewart and Cicely, Sun. "rizind ; Argyll (s.), Carentan ; Atalanta (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. _ R rind N.N.W. A ..y r i ve d—J u dith, from New Orleans; Wilson Kennedy , QF , ebec ; Enterprise, Alexandria. Sailed--Trinity yacht, for St. Michael's. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 29. - Wind E.N.E. •,,,,h-rrived—Araaranth, from Akyab ; Prima Donna a nd ' l3 -"Jiry Marsden, Syra. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.51 a.m. Wind W. ; tide, half-ebb; hazy. Arrived, Nev. 30.—Ellen, from Honduras. Dec. I.—Earl of Shaftesbury, from Malta. Sailed—Amazon, for Adelaide ; Gwalia, Swan River; Ulysses, Calcutta; Isabella, Sydney. DEAL, Saturday, 9.31 a.m. Wind N.W., li g ht and hazy. Passed, Nov. 30 —Aerika, from London, for Charles. ton, U.S. On the 23d the Diet of Mecklenburg rejected by a ma jority of 38 voices to 23, a proposition providing for the accession of Mecklenburg to the German Customs Un ion. M INEEL—At this season of the year it is no uncom mon t thing to find a degree of languor in the mining mar ket., for which no palpable reason can be assigned, and "nipared with a few previous weeks, business since our mat has not been very extensive, or very active. Of the few mines in demand it is difficult to find seller 3, and actual business has been more confined to low priced and al )eculative shares, in which many transactions t r 4 qu .)ted.—Mining Journal of this day. St. 110 j a :0 I a' I a 2' 0 I si 0 al 0 a] 5 a! 5 20 al 10 al 10 ,1 40 41 20 I li 20 1: .11 30 11 20 A 1 20 11 1.00 25 21 25 ti LOU i 71 LOO I 9.] lo I, 5 • 5 20 L 4 al, 20i ai 100 ft] 100 al (CO ai 10 1 0 - 1 a ?A 1 20 20 1 20 1.1 31-i al la . al .>0 4l t(; po 20 al 10 al 20 a] 30 al 20 11 20 al 20 1 all 4 a] 20 al 1.0 al 20 5e .. 1 al 20 I a] 20 1 li 8i r., 1.0 20 1 20 al 20 ‘,l 40 I -.di 100 1 50 100 5 1 100 t 100 21 20 .1 50 21 100 51 50 11 100 21 100 31 20 11 20 al 25 al 100 i 51 25 al 25 al (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RilltWATs. losing Prices yesterday. A Ambg. Nottng. Bop? and Eastn. all 3alfast St Ballymena,. all j3lrming. Wolverh Stour VsHoy e ihd. Lanosk, Cheshiro Oboe, dt Birk. £5O and £25 Cone Do., ..... „ 11 I tiyth Tyne origina . £25 (issd. at XV. O Bristol and Exeter... 0 Caledonian s. Carm. and Cardigan ▪ Chester di Holylie.a.. , .11 Cork and Bandon II Cork, Black, 4 Pas 8 21i 2 3f - 3j 7i - 8 16 - 15 13 - 4 9 - 8 St. 10 St. 10 10 61 Ai al 50 al 20 a] 80- 85 55i 56 11 -1 12 o• ...'" ••• 20 1 , Corn;mll... 10 all Do. A 10 8 Do. B 10 1i Clieff junction.... 50 45 I)uoiin&BelfastJunc. 25 all Dun. P. & Jnc. El, all Do. N.w St. 100 East Ang1ian...... .. All Eastern Counties. . St. 100 Mast. 'Tninn, St. 100 De., B. S toot ..„.. 2 S Do., New A...... 25 7 East Kent St 100 :':ast Lancashire St. 100 341inbnrgh &Gimp , 10 all Edinb. and Peebles St. 100 Edin.Prth &Durd.- 10 9 Forth & Clyde Jrn:. 5 0 all Furness `0 all Do. Extension 100 Glaseow&S west 'll Groat N. of Scotlnd. Groat Northern... 1••Vp . • .-... ... •• ••• 4i 5 - 6 11 - 12 84 8i 26 28 16 - 18 €8 - 69 4') - 51 91. - 16 - 17 77 - 79 6 - 64 88 - 72 - 74 - 19 20 'lO2 104 49 50j Do., A. Stock.. Do., B. Stock Gt. SUL &West. (Ire Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk 11 Irish Scuth-Eastern. 11 Lancaster & Carlisie 4i Do., Thirds .. ...... . 7 i l Do. New Thirds...... )0 I LAncash. andYorks' . 4 1D9., Wet. Riding I T it. 1.11 Liv-Crstiy.&South; t 611 London & Blackvar.ll 10 Lon.l. Bright &S.C , t. 10 Loud. and N. WeitltS7 [6 Do, Fifths 5i D0.101.3h—1if&8...0 24 Do. Eighth . LOO London andS. Westi. 1••• Do., £5O 43 Do. £4O. 11 Lndnclrry& Col end 11 Ludnclrr - -. & Enulai, 0 Mancli.S!ief.k Liuch .11 Do. i Shares, No. 2s. +'.., Mar. & Lin. ITt 1 Metropolitan )0 Midland )6 1 , 0. Birmng. & Deft ill Midld. GI. West. (Ira al ; )o. Half Shares al Newcastle & Carlisle al Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrti 5 Newry & Enniskille. .11 Newry Warrenpoilm and Rostrevor 10 Norfolk 70 • 75 6 7 6 7 1 , 761 774 8 6i 94 - 96 93f - 94 - tk i - ii -- i 86 • 87 , 7 i 6 d, 6 6 d fci 63i 36 - 38 ; e. .... - 11 45 - 47 3i Nortlin.Connties tin 0 North British 26i ,_ 27 16 all North Devon, No. 1 16 all Do., No. 2 8 all Do., A Deferred 8 all Do., B Guaranteed it. 100 N. Eastern-13orwie 25 20 Do. do. Extension 25 13 Do.do.G.N.E. ?uroh 50 s!) Do. Leeds.. 00 67 - 68 8i - 8 d 5 4ael 1.14 12 441 45i 92 - 97 Do. York .1 North London "!.&S.Wstrn.,Flarn , - stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshir l / 4 worth Western di N. &S. Westrn. Juno Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. )x, Wore., & Wolv. 8 ;'ortsraouti, o ash Central Scottish Midland 41iropshire Uu'on • South Devon ;' South Eastern .11 South Walee Vrksh. & Riv. Dr►n i)o 4f - 54 21 - 23 'OO 104 73 75 43 45 1 0) .1i 57. 584 ' 304 311 5 - 3d 2d part 4 , :ainos, Wok. &Wok ' tockton & Darli lb it,,•:kton & Hartlep Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. !I Hay. P.& R. Ulyerstone & Lancs. .11 Vale or Neatb... al Waterfd. & Kilkenny 11 Waterford&Limeriek ',ll West Cornwall. 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace 11 Do. A... 3 Do. B West London Wimbledn & Croydon , f• i isl 19 21 4 -- 6 SHARE MARKETS. 3i - 2id 3 2 d par 6 1 - 35} -35 i 9 - 10 p 20k -21 A liii - 10 14 - 15 GO -65 80 - 85 ' 31 - 3iP 5 id ip 3 - 3t 2/ - 3 23 -23 i - 2 p 98 - 100 110 - 115 112 117 102 - 104 22 - 23 109 - 114 ... - ...a 5 i - 6iPi 18 - 191 r 7 9 4 - 5.} 41 - 4 351 - 351 1 llt - 12 k - 64 - 74 454 - 46 a : io ... ''''' PW 18i —19 i 2# —24 d 2i 84 • •• .... - ... - pm 3} - 29i - 303 18 - 19 BANKS 91 :3 54 - 56 i ---- i'd : 60. d ''' ••• 16 7 IF4 17 - 13 2 - 1,1 ... - par -- 2P ••• '.'. ••• ..-. - . . ••• --- ••• 36 - 38 38 -- 40 52 - 54 ... -- .... ••• . m.. .r 39 - 41 73 - 75 8 9 30 a 31 V. 7 0 ,1, "Cnit Do. 5 p. c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes gi an Eastn. June Rezi ars to Graissessak• Bombay, Baroda, India.gcri7 Do. Demerara flntch Rhenish Eastern of France ~ Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p c Do. Esl.ension Do. do. do., '59, do.. IGd. Tk of Cana,(l2.A is 1,0. St. Lawrence SI Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben. eon. into Stk. till '6. 1 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Cautral of Fran- Gt Indian Peninsulb guar. 5 per cent... . Do. Now 5 por cent Do. Extensions... • great buxembour Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad ciharps Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do.. '62, p.'56... Do. do., '76, p. '6O - do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. ITAke Const. St Basle MOM and Turnhout Lyons and Geneva - Lyons di Mediterran Madras Do. Now Maria Antonia IDo. do. New Namur di Liege (witl. interest) — Do. (ea interest) Northern of France. D 0.291. Shs Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (finy.B.dt Anis. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg Do home and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations 'Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Prof Scin6 D 0... Southern of France_ St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5)1 per c. Pref„, Western of France_ Do &Aland QUINT -B'l ' A. ,, atntlivo Bank of London .. 'I , . Col. tik..sz ... .1 , zritiih N. Americas 5 f %hand. Bank of Asi,. fink. of India, Australia, & Clain* ie City .............. ................. Commorcial of Lond. blng. Scot. & &us. Cht. ,11 Loud. Chats. Bk. of kustralis 5 Ditto New Dendon and County. 0 rind. &E. Bnkg. Corp. 0 London Joint Stock 0 Loud. & Westminster ;5 National Pro.of Eng. 10 Do. Now ;2', National of Ireland. al New South Weal 11 Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 ?rovincial of Ireland 11 Do. Now 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg k Grad Tmp Co 0 Royal British 111 ~ ~ ti Australia 11 I Tu;on of Australis, 24 13 ,, . New ......- , Union o:' London _1 A I :?! 22 2b t. St. St. St. qt. .2 I al it. Ili 20 al 1.1.4 al St. 10 t 20 11 1 5 4' 4.1 -1; 10 15 a] (X Al 2r al tO 1 IC it. IL St. St. 13 l' 2,0 10 THE grYN; LONDON 3 SA.TVRDAY _EVENINM DECEMBER 1, 1665. bINES 4SEPe IX Kr., ! . r V TEE KING OF PRUSSIA'S SPEECH. I RAISVIATO. LOAXIH , , T 7 o m p an 08111. r yestrr tay. this ay . The following is the full text of the King of Prussia's speech on the opening of the Cham bers :-- "Illustrious, noble, and dear Gentlemen of both Houses,—l rejoice at beholding again assembled round my throne the representatives of the country, and bid you, from my full heart, welcome. The new session commences under circumstances the increasing import tahneceatotfenwtihoinchofhamsyaGlreoarcleyr,n . I redleygurepeo,no6cnculinicgd, as heretofore, a powerful support in your exertions. " Above all things, I am grieved at the increased price of the most necessary articles of food, which is to be attributed to the unsatisfactory result of the late har vest in many districts of the country, and to they, impe diments to traffic caused by the war ; on the other hand, an alleviation may be looked forward to if, with God's blessing, the hopes are fulfilled which the favourable promise of agricultural produce and increase of pro duction justify. Until then I confidently hope that a careful continuation of free traffic, founded upon previ ous experience, and a wise economy, combined with the never-failing private charity which exists with us, will help to lessen the weight of the high price of food. "The continiml extension of artificial roads (kunst strassen) and the incessant activity of industry promise to the working classes additional opportunities of remu nerating labour. Certain branches of industry suffer, it is true, under the pressure of high prices. On the whole, however, the general activity of commerce is undisturbed, a..d the prospects of industry are satis factory. A striking proof of tide is to be found in the favourable results of the postal and telegraph services, and in the increase of railway traffic. It has given me satisfaction to lay the foundation stone to the important completion of the railway system of my kingdom. "At the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations at Paris Prussian ind ustry was worthily represented in the departments of art, agriculture, mining, and com merce. " For a long time the want has been felt for regulating on a footing becoming the circumstances of the day the police and municipal system in the eastern provinces, giving it a more solid basis. Projects for this purpose will be submitted to your consideration. Projects will also be laid before you fur bettering the district and pro vincial regulations of the western provinces. "The budget for the next year, which will be laid be fore you, will show a happy prospect of an increase in receipts, and offers an additional proof of the order which prevails in our finances. The maintenance, with your sanction, of the taxes already imposed will enable a ba lance to be drawn between receipts and expenditure, and provide for the increased wants of the State, and enable the vigorous continuation of important useful undertak- SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock 90 - 93 95 - 100 PRUSSIA. iii : 132 BERLIN, Nov. 29.—T0. day being appointed for the opening of the two Chambers here, the King opened th em i n person i n th e lite Saloon of the Palace. Before eleven o'clock, the time appointed for the ceremony of opening by the King, the two galleries of the White Saloon of the Palace were filled, the one by the numerously represented corps diplomatique, and the other with the wives or families of the members of the two houses and a numerous attendance of everybody of note or eminence. 103 - 105 1121 -- 13 ...xd 1121 1176 A few minutes after 11 o'clock the King entered the saloon, the President of the Council having just previously left the Assembly as though to fetch him. The Ministers were already stationed in a line to the left of the Throne ; the Princes and Adjutants who followed in his Majesty's suite occupied th e c h a i rs ( or rat h er s t oo d in front of them) to the right of it. The King en tered the saloon in full general's uniform, and car rying his helmet in his hand, which he waved to and fro in acknowledgment of the " Es lebe der Konig hock !" which was given in a poor imitation of our three times three. After mounting the throne, I the King received the written speech at the hands of the President of the Council, Baron von Manteuf fel, and read it in a distinct but somewhat thin voice, after having first put his helmet on his head. It was perhaps owing to the presence on this occa sion of men who have themselves formerly been Sovereign Princes, and of others whose fathers were so that the King to-day did not first seat him self on his throne before commencing to read his speech, and evidently it was in reference to those gentlemen that the speech itself, instead of com mencing with " Gentlemen," began as follows— " Illustrious, noble, and dear Sirs of the two HouQes of the Diet." (The King's speech will be found in another column.) 24 - 24 8) id it 55 57 ••• 1 28 - 7f - i 44 3 - 2i i 30 - 31 83 -- 85 ings which have beeh already commenced.. '• The continuation of political complications has also made it necessary this year for me to maintain my army, if not on a complete scale, as in former years, still on a footing of increased preparation for war. I was enabled to do this by the bill passed on the 7th of May of the present year, which sanctioned an extraordinary credit for that purpose. My Ministers of Finance and of War will lay before you the special papers relating thereto. "Gentlemen, the conflict between different European Powers, the commencement of which I had to deplore last year from this very place, still continues, to my most sincere regret. Our fatherland, however, still continues to be the abode of peace. "I trust in God that it will remain so, and that I shall succeed in preserving the honour and standing of Prussia as a great Power without inflicting upon our country the heavy sacrifices of war. " I ani proud to be able to say that I know of no people so well prepared for war or more ready for sacri fices than my own, whenever its honour or interests are really in danger. This proud consciousness, however, imposes upon me the duty, while abiding faithfully by obligations already contracted, not to enter into further engagements, the political and military liabilities of which are not to be estimated beforehand. " The attitude which Prussia, Austria, and the Ger man Confederation have assumed by common consent gives a solid security for the further maintenance of that independent position which, with upright good wishes for all, and an impartial appreciation of circumstances, is equally conducive to the attainment of an equitable and lasting peace. "Gentlemen, the serious aspect of the present makes it a duty fur us all to devote ourselves fully and unre servedly to the interests of our country. You will have shortly to fulfil this duty at the coming deliberations, the result of which is of great importance for all and every one. . . . . "I am convinced that you are all actuated by this feeling and that the blessing of Him will not be want ing t your acts who in Ills almightiness and justice decrees the fate of nations." - „ been carried en by sea, since the departure of the allied fleet, but it will servo to re-open the land communica tion 4, suspended by the bad state of the roads in conse. quence of the autumnal rains. They are still working incess an tly in the d oc ky ar d s on the construction of gunboats and other small ves sels ; it is generally hoped that in case the enemy's fleet ftturns next spring they may make at length some attempt at resistance. Together with the Emperor, the first order of the day issued by him whilst on his journey has also arrived. It is dated the 9th of Nov. from Bakshi-Serai, but contains merely a long list of subalterns promoted to the rank of captain. Generally, a great deal of promotion is going on at present, especially in the fleet ; numbers of petty officers and masters' rnatesare being made officers. Once upon a time they seldom reached this grade, but now it is the natural result of the gaps made by the war. Our latest news from the army before Bars is dated five weeks back, and we do not know whether the siege is still going on or not. It is certain that, shortly after the unfortunate assault made by the Russians, the greater part of the irregular troops left the army and re• turned to their homes. It is probable that the very first intelligence announcing the appearance of Turkish troops en the Caucasian territory will determine the rest of the militia to follow that example. THE ARREST OF COLONEL TURR. (From the Daily News of this clay.) If an article in the Morning Post of yesterday, on the arrest of Colonel Turr by the Austrians, is a true exposition of the view taken of that case by Ministers, the British Government are about to plunge into a very quagmire of infamy. A " strong remonstrance," we are told, has been sent to Vienna ; "some satisfactory explanation" is de manded ; " the French Government has backed" the English remonstrance. To talk of a " satisfac tory explanation" is tamely to submit to the out rage and insult offered to the English Government and nation by Coultt Corouiui. Apolog' and re ' paration are the least that can be demanded. The immediate extradition of Colonel Turr, and the re call of Count Corenini from Wallachia, will bo compensation slender enough for the gross and wanton insult to which England has been sub jected. Until such compensation is made the dip lomatic intercourse between England and Austria ought to be suspended ; Sir Hamilton Seymour's departure for Vienna ought to be postponed. It is a matter of not the slightest consequence whether Colonel Turr was a deserter or not. In justice to an honourable, amiable, and accomplished man, we repudiate the dishonouring epithet ; but even if he were a deserter, his claims upon the protection of the English Government would not be one iota weakened by that circumstance. He was received into the service of England ; he was sent by an English military authority into Wal lachia upon an important mission for the English army in the East. He has been brought within the range of danger by English authorities, and it is the duty of English authorities to take care that he sustains no injury that they cau ward off from him. Any private individual who should send one of his agents on a perilous journey, and callously abandon him to his fate when made captive by inveterate and bloodthirsty enemies, would be branded as a dishonest man and mean-spirited poltroon. If the British Government act as we have supposed a private individual to do, they must incur yet deeper reprobation, and the national character must suffer from their poltroonery. The Al orning Post blames the Austrians, not for what they have done, but for the manner in which they have done it. The obvious intention of the Austrians to insult England adds indeed to the offence, but it is merely an aggravation, not the essence of their crime. It is alleged that "by ca pitulations betwe en th e various Great Powers of Europe and the Sultan, the Sultan concedes to them jurisdiction and power over their own sub jects in his dominions." These capitulations were entered into to enable the Great Powers to protect their subjects, not to oppress them. The right of jurisdiction over their own subjects in Turkey was conceded to the Great Powers, in order that those of their subjects who might be accused of committing delicts in Turkey, might be assured of a more fair trial than they could have looked for before the cor rupt and lawless tribunals of old Turkey. They do not invest the consular authorities of European Powers in Turkey with power to arrest for offences alleged to have been committed out of the Turkish dominions. They are not even equivalent to a treaty for the extradition of fugitive criminals. And even if they were, politic•al refugees (offenders if you will) have always been placed by civilised nations in au entirely different category from ordinary crimi nals. Again, it is alleged that " by the special provi sions of the treaty, in virtue of which Austria holds military occupation of Wallachia and Moldavia, full authority and jurisdiction are given to Austria in Wallachia and Moldavia over all Austrian subjects, military and civil." But the Austrian authorities are not empowered by that convention to seize upon every individual they mayplease to call their subject. They must first prove that he is such, and then claim his extraditio n , l eav i ng hi m a t perfect liberty until the Porte shall have decided whether their claim is well founded. It may reasonably be doubted whether Colonel Turr can with any pro priety be called an Austrian subject. Unheard, and without a trial, the Austrians have condemned him to death and hung his name upon the gallows. He is au outlaw—he is civilly dead in Austria. Can a Government claim fealty from a man whom it has stripped of the protection of its laws ? Can it exercise jurisdiction over a man who in the eye of its law has ceased to exist ? By the act of the Austrian Government Colonel Turr has ceased to be an Austrian citizen ; and by the act of the British Government he has been adopted as a citizen of Great Bri tain. Even though the Austrians possessed civil jurisdiction in the Danubian Principalities over their own subjects (which we deny), they have no title to exercise jurisdiction there over an adopted subject of England. ft Austria was entitled, as the Morning Post maintains it was, to insist upon the extradition of Colonel Turr by the Wallachian authorities, it was equally entitled to demand the extradition of Kossuth ; it is equally entitled t 3 demand the extradition of Omer Pacha, and almost all his best officers. The English Government took great credit to themselves for supporting the Sultan in his generous refusal to deliver up Kossuth and the exiles in his train. Yet Kossuth had no claim upon them beyond what every great man suffering in a noble cause has upon all gene:ous nations. Colonel Turr has this claim upon them, that he was their servant, and that it was in obedience to their orders he entered a country which we are now asked to believe was no asylum for him. If the English Government do not insist upon the immediate liberation of Colonel Turr, and if they remain on cordial terms with Austria, how can they expect to escape the suspicion of having sent him to Wallachia in order that the Austrians might be enabled to catch him ? The German Powers complain loudly that Eng land has enrolled deserters from their armies in her Foreign Legion ; and that consular and other accredited agents of England have been cognisant of such proceedings. Can we expect that, under such circumstances, the soldiers of the Legion will consent to be despatched to a theatre of war where they may be called upon to act in the proximity of German armies, if Colonel Turr is abandoned to his fate by the English Government ? The King of Sardinia is at this moment among us on a friendly visit. Ho has boldly and cordially taken part with the Allies in the war ; and _as suredly ho has not by that step diminished himth hostile feelings with which Austria regards and his people. If the English Government aban don Colonel Turr to his fate, the Sardinian d mraceful Mo narch will read his own doom in truckling to Austria. We quoted y w es between Vie th() Moniteur a story of an intdersveier th3 terday from ter at the Inva tor Emmanel and a Sardinian lides touching in the highest degree, the tale was e notwithstand ing the ' inflated verbiage 1/ . What would the clothed by the official journiave said had Victor Emperor of the French t I Corovini, asserted his Emmanuel, like upon his deserters wherever he right "to seize found them ?" .• already reaping the fruits of the The country comparative apathy by by which it has endured the We warned the people of Eng land Jersey outrage.b inning that it was not the Jersey from the refugees that were eg aimed a t t ; that their persecu tion was but an experimen upon the temper of the to try whether they were likely to English people, tolerate the withdrawal of English pr o t ec ti on from e xiles o f more note—of whom continental despotism e ntertains a .deeper dread. The feelers thrown out, to see whether the English people will endure a base and cowardly desertion of Colonel Turr, is only another step in the same dirty path. If the instant liberation of Colonel Turr is not insisted upon by the British Government, they will become a laughing-stock, a hissing and a scorn for all tho nations. And the English people must share in thair degradation. Darwin, speaking of conscience, has but too truly said : Hear him, ye nations ! hear this truth sublime — He who allows oppression shares the crime. MAGNIrICENT PHENOMENON. Last evening, about seven o'clock, an extraordinary p h e nom enon was ob served in the heavens. A ball of fire suddenly a pp eared in mid air, and darted along in a straight line over abut a third of the sphere, leaving behind it a tra il of va p ou r , like the tail o f a comet. It then burst like a rocket, but without noise, falling in a shower of sparks, which, however, instantly disappeared. The phenomenon was wholly different from ordinary meteoric appearances, and formed a spectacle at once sublime and awful. -5- 0 I 71 11 Bedford and Met shley 0 Backghamsh. 0 Clydesdal .T‘ , . 11 Col. 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Gt North', Lancash& Yorkeh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stoat. & Darlings Do flt.Westn. PREFERENCE zi UAR E,7•4 108 -- 108 80 85 90 92 93 - 95 15 - 16 -- 6 par 111 124 ••.1 "'... 57 59 iI -- 114 104 - 106 98 - 103 p 9j ar - - 90 - 85 - 85 - 9i - 164 10 - 69 - 18 THE WAR BEGINNING IN EARNEST. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21.—The Russian jour nals rarely contain leading articles generally re stricting their communications to recitals of occur rences more or less garbled. The Northern Bee, however, Las just published one of these exceptional papers. It is headed " The War Beginning in Earnest," and quotes as a motto the memorable words of Kutusoff—" The loss of Moscow is not the loss of Russia." In the outset it lays it down as au invention of the French and English press that the Russians were conquered on the Bth of September, and that the Allies had taken Sebasto pol ; proceeding : For from which side and at what time did the enemy enter the city?' Which Russian regiment was compelled to lay down its arms or retreat? Where are the trophies of victory, the hundreds of cannons, heaps of standards, masses of prisoners ? Of all this there is not a ves tige, and the truth is that the allies were so intimi dated that they did not venture into the city, after it was evacuated by the Iluesian troops, for three whole days, and then only with the greatest precaution and with fear and trembling. It was only fur the purpose of no longer serving uselessly as a target to the enemy who were approaching the walls every day more and more, that the Russians crossed over to the north side, just as one changes one's dress or selects another path. 'l7O be sure, it was a pity to put aside the beautiful purple dress of Sebastopol, but it is only for a time, and the Czar will soon give it another one, far more magnificent than the former, and the genius of Todtleben and his com panions will weave it at their leisure and without a seam. No joy has been expressed at the so-called ♦ictory by the Western Powers, neither by the English who were com pletely beaten, as they have been in every action since the commencement of the war, nor by the French, who are now i❑ a rendition to quote the well-known words of Pyrrhus. The sole trophies of England and France are black crape and mourning dresses. The armies of both fought without any reason, and solely by order of their respective sovereigns, who give them no protection or consolation under their misfortunes, by which they are reduced to the verge of despair ; whilst Russia, on the other hand, attacked without any cause, fought gallantly for honour and self-preservation. Such a difference in the moral element of the two con tending parties cannot fail to terminate eventually in fa vour of the Russian arms, which was only at a momen tary disadvantage, because it had not sufficient railroads, nor guns of such extreme range as those of the enemy. Whoever puts forth other reasons for the misfortunes that have hitherto befallen us is worse than a traitor to his country, for even the enemy acknowledges the heroic bravery of the Russians, and the superiority of our artil lery and the scientific attainments of our engineers. At first it was supposed in the West that by obtaining possession of the south side of Sebastopol they had gained everything, and are now the more surprised to find out their error, and to see that the war has in reality only just commenced—a war which cannot possibly re flect any gory on the governments who brought it on, and can only end in their total prostration. Even now the blood of their own subjects is not sufficient for their insatiable ambition, and they are obliged to have re course to all sorts of shifts to obtain men from other nations. With S ,rdinia the contract of sale has been concluded, and Olozega will no doubt be easily pur chased ; but it is still a question whether the brave Cm- Chan.; will allow themselves to be sold. The loan of 1,500 millions of francs is no proof of patriotic senti ments, for it was nothing more than a jabbing specula tion of mostly Jewish bankers to suck out the resources of France and leave her bound hand and foot, when she will find out to her cost that the empire, instead of the promised peace and plenty, has brought nothing. but war and desolation on the unhappy country. England has sunk low, both in the estimation of Russia and France. Turkey is unable to move under the weight of the French and English pro-Consuls. How different is the ease in Russia, where the Emperor never abuses his power, and the people never suffer from tyranny and the cold egotism of their rulers. The Czar and his people are indissolubly united, whilst the first reverse of fortune will not fail to break up the alliance of the enemy. But it is not only behind stone walls that the Russians can fight. Their present circumstances in the field are just as favourable. Our troops are now in the open country, for that is the natural scene of action for their valour, but the enemy do not dare to attack them, preferring to sit down and entrench themselves. The enemy are not able to undertake anything of importance, and their po sition is far from being so favourable as they would make the world believe. In the beginning. of the war a great part of Europe was no doubt unfavourably disposed towards Russia, who has, however, now no enemies except Louis Napo leon (who ought to love Russia, which is the natural ally of France) and England and the democrats, who also hate the French Emperor. Prussia and the whole of Germany stand firm on our side. Austria is become cautious, and the other states will come to their senses in time, for Napoleon's overbearing conduct in Greece, Turkey, Rome, Sardinia, Spain, Naples, and all Italy, as well as towards England, whom he leads by the pose, show sufficiently that he follows the traditionary policy of the first empire. The Russians are still in possession of the n orthiside of Sabalopol, and even if we should lose it the enemy have gaMed nothing by it, and would net be able to march into the interior of the country. A few attempts may be made to effect a hauling at points of no import ance, such as Kertch and Eupatoria, but the most im portant places on the casts are effect;vely protected and perfectly safe froin any attempts of the enemy. They may come again with more ships, but they will be received by the Russian gun-boats, and we can await their coming without any alarm. A letter of Nov. 20, from St. Petersburg, says The Emperor returned here last night, after an ab sence of nine weeks, and will probably again take up his residence in the winter palace. It is to be hoped that his presence will restore some animation to public life, which seems extinct. The winter has already inter rupted the communications, which might otherwise have .tusi. e this day. 81 55i 6 lti 8 i i pm 76j / 7 61 6i 93i 4 3763 i 4 i 3i 46i 6 11i 11 58 7i 231 i 1 7# 17 16i st:l too St. 1.00 161 5 St. loin St. St. St. 100 DP. 5 fpor ct pref... St. 100 Do: Way. Val. 6p c St. 100 North British St. iti 17 (NT. E. Percy, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do L 3 Do Leeds 6 p.e :No./ 9 De. do. Quarters 4' [0 Do.irork H.& S. Pm. Xll North Staffordshire k) Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls. 6 p.c 11 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. ll 3cot. Cent. , New Pre, 11 south Devon Do. fixed, 4,4 per am( 11 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. &LI St. 00 Do. 4i per cont 10 all Do. Fixed 4} pc sh 20 all 3. Wales (Ina. 4p. 0 20 all Do. do. 4i p. 0 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.o.Guar I 25 all gtock.& Dar. ,sp. c 25 15 Do. do. do 12i all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 P.O. till July 1, '56 5 4 6 w,itend. & Kilk. 6p c 94 - 96 ••• • 12i 13i Par 214 - 22, 9) - 93 9 - 04 ... -- ~ ... -• i 4•111•11 .21 - 2; 95i 4 5i MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). COVENT GARDEN. There was a steady business doing in our market to•d ay as follows : FRUIT. —Pine apples, English, 4s to 7s per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ; hot-houss grapes, 3s Od to 6s Od per lb foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 2s Od to 4s Od each peaches, 2s Od to 6s; nectarines, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; apples, is Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, 2s Od to 53 per half sieve; plates, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, is 6d to 510 d per doz.; common plums, 03 01 to Os Od per sieve ; cherries, Od to Od per pound ; lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100 ; oranges, 5s to 108 per 100; 81- berts, Os to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 10s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 8d to 10d per 100; figs, Os 9d to is 6d per doz. ; stra 4-berries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle. VEGETABLEb.—Greer, is 6d to 3s Od per doz. bunches; Savoy cabbages, 9d to is 6d per dozen ; red ditto. 3s to 5s Od per ditto ; brocoli, 6d to is 6d per doz. ; potatoes, 853 to 115 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas, 3s to 5s Od per bushel ; broad beans, is Od to is 9d per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 5d per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each ; garlic, cid to Os 81 per pcund ; spinach, 1s 6d to 2s Od per sieve ; old onions, 45 to 5s per bushel ; new ditto, Os 01 to Os per doz. bunches; leeks, Id to 21 per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-raddisti, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 21 to 3d per bunc h; celery, Os 91 to is 3d per bunch ; endive, is 3d to 2s 3d per score; beet, is 01 to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, Os 61 to is 01 per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is 3d to is 91 per pottle ; artichokes, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; cabbage lettuces, 91 to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes, is to is 3d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 61 per 100; Brussels sprouts, Os Od to Os per half sieve ; capsicums, is 01 to 2s per 100; walnuts pickling, 6d to is per 100; cauliflowers, s to Os Od per doz. NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; Geese, 5s 01 to Os 6d each ; Ducks, 2s Od to 2s 9d ; wild ditto, is 3d to 2s Od ; rabbits, 8d to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, is 91 to 2s 91 ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s Od ; Capons, 38 01 to 4s Od ; Hares 2s Od to 3s 6d; Grouse, is 91 to 2s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 3d to is 9d each ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 61 to 12s 6d, and English lls 6d to 15s Od per dozer lbs. English Eggs, 9s 01 to 10s Od ; French ditto, 5s 01 to i s Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 33 NI to 4s 61; mutton, 3s 6cl to 49 6(1; veal 3s Bcl to 4s 6d; pork, tia to 58 per 81bs. WHITECHAPE.L. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 6d ; veal 33 6d to 4s 6d ; pork, 33 8d to 5s 9d . per 81bs by the carcase 'BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s Od to 21s ; Brills, 3s 01 to 10s each y Salmon, 2s Gd to 3s Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 12s each ; Soles, 3d to is 6d per pair; Eels, 8d to 18 per lb; Lobsters, I s 6d to 3s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oy sters, 20s to —s ' • Natives, 60s to 64s per b s h ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 3s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon, Bloaters, is Od to Is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 4s Od to 5s per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s 6d to 103 each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz. ; Pike 6d • Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 4s Od to O s ; Mullets, Gd to is 6tl ; Plaice , 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb; Flounders, is 6d to Os per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to Hid; of household ditto, 9d to laid per 4lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4d to 4id ; 801 b to 881 b, 44d to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4611 to 5d ; 961 b to 1011 b, 5d to 50 ; 104 to 1121 b Sid to 6d ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 6s 5d to Os Ocl ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; ditto, full, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 7s 3d ; Bents, 4s 6d to 58 3d ; Half-breds, 4s (Id to 5s 3d ; Downs, 3s 4d to4s 4cl; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIRLD.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 6/ 6s ; clover ditto, 4l 15s to 7/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s Od to 1/ 1810 d per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 10e; clover do., 4/ 188 to 6 188 ; and straw. 1/ 5s to l' lOs per load. Both bay and straw sold steadily, at frill quotations. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6 6s; clover do., 4/ 12s to 7/ 7s ; and straw, li 4s to li 101 per load. Trade steady, at full quotations. 'Do.. 8 12k lk I:: 0 •OS ..... 99 8 1031 x d PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS--A CUBE FOR INTE PIPRItANCF. TO THE EDITOR Or THE SUN. SlR,—Whilst the prevalence of temperance, a ♦ice which is rapidly sapping the foundation of the duties and virtues of humble life, is deplored by the thoughtful and philanthropic, and whilst the pulpit, the bench, and the press censure, condemn, and satirise it, there exists in the reflections they offer and the remedies they suggest a wonde-rful sameness as regards the absence of intnse diate remedy. An evil tarnishing the lustre of bravery, chilling the domestic hearth, and decimating the workshop to fill the workhouse and the gaol, is most grave they say, and must need a grave remedy. By these, no doubt, excellent instructors, reforms, social and educational, are pointed out, but it would need at least the period of a generation to accomplish them ; meanwhile the terrible evils of a career of gross inebriety are less unchecked amongst the present adult and rising generation. Grave, however, as the evil is, its remedy does not alone lie with the schoolmaster; though an ample field is open for his energy, it is not to his exertions alone that we must look for reform, nor yet to the divine, the moralist, or the legislator. Such directors are doubtless essential guides in the actual business of life, but to drink cr to abstain is not the actual business of any life. Drinking, understood in its obnoxious sense, is re sorted to as an amusement, a relaxation, or rather as the miserable substitute for such ; not as the substitute of evening classes, or other t.cholastic agencies, but , if amusement in its simple and primary meaning —via., agreeable and diverting excitement. Excitement is a want of our nature, and th:et required, while free from vice, should be diverting, so as to ca ll i nto play the livelier and lighter faculties of the human mind, and agreeable because no exertion, or only such as is conson ant to a frame that has already accomplished a day of toil as compatible with it. If we would reclaim, we must amuse. The fact is, in this respect, we are a dull people. With thrice go population of Paris the people of London have not half her recreations, whilst our public amusements want largeness and grasp, both in conception and detail, being hitherto, with but few exceptions, in the hands of in dividuals, who, touching them solely with pecuniary motives, are content to follow each wayward move ment of the public taste. In Greece, in Rome, in Europe, mediieval and modern amusements for the public have ever been held of such national importance as to have their management in cluded in the domestics policy of the State ; whilst the Olympic games furnished the epoch common to all Greece, excellence in those contests conferred an honour to be cited by after generations. Rome regarded equally her A mes as national, confiding their management to her Adiles, patrician magistrates honoured with the dig. nity of the Curule chair. Amusements on a scale arid in a spirit analogous to these, but in unison with and subordinate to the aspira tions and sentiments of our era, are, in fact, the true and ready antidote to this ghastly epidemic—intemperance. To accord, however, entirely with our national charac ter these amusements must not be the offspring of gover mental interference, since our Anglo-Saxon habits lead us to view with jealousy all that tends to trespass on the domain of private enterprise. Their management must combine so much of artistic excellence as shall make them attractive—of commercial energy as shall make them competitive and enterprising, andof dilettante supervision as shall. control and directthe other elements ---- -preserve to the undertaking its most important cha racteristic, the elevation and improvement of the public taste. in their p ro f ess i onal staffs, Nor need s uc h a com bi nation be regarded as utopian, since som e o f our purely philanthropic institutions pre sentgo- vernors, all the el ements as need f u l to i nsu re the success, botb comm erc i a l and moral, of the class o f entertain ments so much requ i re d ; and it is ev id en t such combi nations could b e di rected to public relaxat i ons . The subject i s a l arge one, b ut I con fi ne myself here secre taries and to indicating the want, trusting that, in these days of spirited and philanthropic enterprise, the means may be found of supplying it.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, AULUS POSTUMIUS. [We neve r urge d so foolibh an _ argut nent, and have more than once recommended the panacea of our cor respondent as a likely remedy for the evil we, in cotumon with him and others, deplore.—En. SUN.] CO WES, ISLE OF WIGJIT.—Nov, 30. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ---- - ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE —A general meeting of the members of the R.Y.S. will take place on Tuesday next, at the Thatched House Tavern, to decide on taking•, or declining to take, Cowes Castle for their future club-house. The members are divided in opinion. Their present club house will accommodate a greater number than the Castle will. If the Castle is taken a new ball and dining.room must at least be built, and more bedrooms ; besides which the old house has a never-failing spring of water, from which the whole fleet is supplied—add to which that the present club house is in the very centre of the Parade. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.— Her Majesty and suite are expected to arrive at Osborne ou Saturday, the Bth Dec. The stay will not exceed a fortnight. A TURTLE CAPTURED 'WITHIN THE WIGHT.—Some of our sailors have this week succeeded in taking a turtle weighing 143 lbs. It was first seen off Osborne about a fortnight since. THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—The directors of this society have given notice of their inten tion to offer their estate at Gurnard, West Cowes, to the members during the present mouth of December, in acre and half-acre plots. CHURCH RATES. [FROIi A CORRESPONDENT.] CARMARTIIEN, Nov. 30.—The Anti-Church-rate party have won a victory to-day. The poll has just closed, with a majority against the rate of 104 ! These are what are called personal votes, and until the poll is ana'ysed it cannot be known what the real ma jority is, as man y voters have a plurality of votes according to the amount of their rating. William Morris, Eiq., one of the borough naaoi strates, after having spoken strongly an d we ll aga i nst resorting to a poll and in favour of a voluntary effort to supply the needs of the churc h , , prop ose d t h at no rate should be granted. This was seconded by the well-known adv oca t e f or t h e Mr. James Bagnall, abolition of Church rates, and support e d b y L ewis Mor ris, Esq., who filled the civic chair for the last two years. A. force-. of hands was held up against the vote, but a poll was insisted upon by the adverse party, and the glo rious result is as above. LEEDS, Nov. 30 . —W e have tio• alteration i n th e wool len trade ; ;t continues very quiet, but not more so than is usual at this season of the year. There have been very few buyers in the town during the current week, and only a limited business has been done in the warehouses. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm has elected as foreign members M. Leverrier, director of th e Observatory of Paris, a foreign associate ; and Sir R. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London. MU DER IN WATERFORD.— On. Sunday morning last the body of Edmond Cronican was found on a bye road at Kilwatermoy mountain. The back of the skull was smashed in, and the left side of the face broken to atoms. A verdict of wilful m ur d er h as b een returned against three persons, named. William, Mary, and Ilanora Conway. The alleged inotive for the murder is, that the deceased, Edmond Crtinican, as caretaker, was obliged to summon William Conway to petty sessions twice within the last month for trespass of cattle. LITERATURE. The Song of Hiawatha, By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. David Bogue. Opening this new poem by Professor Longfellow with eager expectation, we have closed it with the bitterest disappointment. Yet there will probably be those among the more infatuated admirers of our author's genius —such are the diversities, or, as we should rather call them, the perversities of taste and judgment—who may regard "The Song of Hiawatha" with wondering. admiration. As there have been astounding individuals who,tosay the least of it, have affected delight with the "Casa Guidi Windows" o f Mrs. Browning, and the " Egeria" of Dr. Mackay, and the "Maud" of Mr. Tennyson, and the "Christma s Eve and Easter Day" of the author of " Paracelsus." When everybody else endowed with a particle of discernment has viewed these later offshoots of " Apollo's laurel bough" with regrets both poignant and unaffected—sigh ing for the days when, in lieu of such mystical twaddle and didactic dullness, their senses were gladdened with the music of some tender love chaunt from " Kat:lrina to Camoens," or of some resounding " Voice from the Crowd," or of some lovely glimpse of the green shams of "Sumner Chase," or of some trilling, thrilling, dainty, deli cious snatch of melody from the delectable sceretas of " Pippo. Passes." Woe is me ! the times are gone by when we could listen to such songs as these from the lips of our contemporary poets. Instead of which we are doomed to hearken to bedlamite caterwaulings, such as provoked from the humo rous indignation of the bard of the Scottish Cava liers the incomparable spasmodic satire of " Fir millian." And the contagion has floated alas 1 it seems all the way across the broad Atlantic, in fecting even the vigorous and masculine intellect of our hitherto lucid and delightful Longfellow. The incoherent, and as it seemed to us here and there profane, if not actually blasphemous, mystery of The Golden Legend," constituted the first notes of discord from that noble and majestic orgat —the poetic genius from which had previously emanated the animating intonations of " The Psalm of Life," and the hexameters of " Evange line." And now follows a harsher discord still in this prolonged and discordant howl of " Tho Song of Hiawatha." A song written from first to last in octo-syllabic verso without rhyme —or rea son ! The dreariest example of a wholly in tolerable monotony ! Altogether the scene opened up to the reader's view by Professor Longfellow, through the lattice of his new poem, instead of being some verdant depth of a " forest primeval," with " the murmurin g p i nes and the hemlocks, " or some breezy mount a i n crag, high up am ong th e clouds echoing back the clarion-cry of "Excelsior" —is, so to speak, after all, little better than a grey, level flat, or, as the Poet Laureate has it in that one dismal verso— " A level waste, a rounding grey." Such to us literally is the aptist s3mbol of " The Song of Hiawatha." The catalogue of Homer's ships was as nothing to the list of jaw -breaking tribes celebrated here and there in this strangely uninteresting production by Professor Longfellow. Listen to him, for example, as he sings almost at the commencement his Red Indian Epic of Hia watha— "Down the rivers, o'er the prairies, Came the warriors of the nations, Came the Delawares and Mohawks, Came the Choctaws and Camanches, Came the Shoshonies and Blackfeet, Came the Pawnees and Oinawbaws, Came the Mandans and Th;cotabs, Came the Hurons and Ojibways " Whew ! enough in all conscience—we break off in sheer exhaustion. However, let us try again— " nothing venture nothing have "—a little further on by way of quotation : the poet is chanting the glories of the " fat and lazy" Shawondasee— " He it was who sent the wood-birds, Sent the Ov'ehee, the rob:n, Sent the blue-bird, the 0 waissa, Sent the Shavvshaw, sent the swallow, Sent the wild-goose, Wawa, northward, Sent the melons and tobacco, And the grapes la purple clusters " Whew ! again we draw breath and pause in our transcription, following the hero a little later on, when— " Forth into the forest straightway All alone walked Hiawatha Proudly, with his bow and arrows ; And the birds sang round him, o'er him, Do nut shoot us, Hiawatha!' Sang the Ooechee, the robin, Sang the blue-bird, th Owaissa, Do not shocA us, Hiawatha !' Up tbe.oak-tree, close beside him, 'Sprang the squirrel, Adjidautno, In and out among the branches, Coughed and c h a t tere d f rom the oak-tree, Laughed, and said between his laughing, `Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!' And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat erect upon his haunches, Half in fear and half in frolic, Saying to the little hunter, 'Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!' And so forth, and so forth —over and ever--in (we must fairly and bluntly out with it at once)— " damnable iteration I " The poem throughout is one long series of repetitions, odiously dull and drearily monotonous. Hero they are taken by chance from any single page we may open the book at by way of apt, though purely accidental, illus tration. Say page sixteen : " Could not bear the heat and laughter, Could not beetr the merry singing, Stamped upon the crusted snow drifts, Stamped upon the lakes and rivers. Made the snow upon them harder, Made the ice upon them thicker. To come forth and wrestle with him, To come forth and wrestle naked. IVrestled all night with the north wind, Wrestled naked on the moorlands. Till his fainting breath grew fainter, Till his frozen grasp grew duller. To the kingdom of W a b asso, . To the land i , f the White Rabbit, Hearing still the gusty laughter, Bearing Shiugebis, the diver. In the drowsy dreamy sunshine, /24 the never-ending F tuumer." All at page sixteen--iterations, repetitions, “plen tiful as blackberries." Opening this book again haphazard, at page eighty, we find— " Little heeded he their jesting, Little cared be for their insults. • . . . . On his head were plumes of swan's down, On his heel wore tails of foxes. . . To the sound of flutes and singing, ,, To the sound of drums and voices. " Surely sufficient ! Moro than sufficient. The monotone which seems, as it were, to be the veri table key-note of the poem, becomes wearisome be fore many pages have been turned-0, BO weari some ! We throw the book aside at last, sick to the very heart of Wawa the wild goose, and Shrt shu-gah the blue heron, of Mushkoda sa th e grouse, pa n u de k h ews etoiw, of 3 , nci aik the plover, of R was i nd and Pau puk-ke ii and eke of Hiawatha. S( - dance e l sew h ere i n searc h t.forrreoliwel afteras we l t a u m r n u lamentable n o ta r ble and unexpected an in fliction—sorrowful that a man so eminently gifted with poetic genius as Prof essor L ong f e ll ow s h ou ld , h by onourabl e u t o h u e ra i b ss i u e of Hiawath a ," e re o p .f such .utation a production as this "Son g so depl ora bl y d amage hi s hi g h and ---- „ VACANCIES, APPO INTMENTS , AND P ROMOTIONS 111 TIM CIVIL SERVICE.—Home Department—The office of Resi dent S ub - Inspector for Ireland is vacant by the death of Mr. J. P. Hudson. War Department—Mr. Seymour Thellusson has been appointed Private Secretary to Col. Mundy. Mr. Win. de Burgh has been appointed Private Secretary to Mr. F. Peel. Ordnance Medical hDepar t ment—Senior Surgeon Alexander Ogilvie, M• D s y t ,h l . been appointed Deputy-Inspector-General ofl it: the British Museum—A Nacancy has been created.ted Books, office of Keeper in the Department of r: i r r u; ner. C oas t by the death of Mr. Leopold James . • (a) has Guard —lnspecting Lieutenant John Cole man to command the been removed from Stranraer, previously removed from Strangford district, vice R. Wilcox, Chief Officer Thos. C. Hodgson hies Lieut. J. Strettrell, B•, ieviously removed. Kingsdown to Walton a._ W.GC.PFovrsyth has been appointed The office of inspecting lieu tenantremoved. Commander W. inspecting Commander. b y the death of Lieut. Cha.s. Blytb. Guard Station, Killybegs, county has been appointed a clerk ii Donegal,o f i t s h e v a C c c s a e s t t Customs—Mr' T' Exports Office in London. Mr. R. the Imports and appointed a clerk in t h e J ' Offi erquer a ce Keane has been I ffan has London. Mr. J. A been appointed a clerk in Dicks. Mr. E. Wastall has been appointe i n Lon , Delany the L mdon a clerk in the Long Room in Lond on. M r. C. H. Wood. ley, has been appointed a clerk in the Comptroller Geue. rat's Office in London.—Civil Service Gazette. THE CIVIL SERVICE IN THE EAST.--Mr. G. Craig, Cbief Accountant, Land Transport Corps, and Tempo. rary Commissariat Clerk IL Rivaz, have joined the staff of the army.; - . Deputy Assistant Commissar General J. W. Woodley, h as o b tained the acting rank of Assistant Corunaissary-General from Sept. 1. Colour Sergeaer;nt:d Pringle, a res, vice Royal Sappers and Miners, has been PP Deputy Assistant Commissary of Engineers'tito Clerk. Nicholls, deceased. M. J. M'Kettrick, Ordnancetlnspector has joined the staff of the army. Assistant taxi of cholera on the IGth of Nov.n the 170, and Dispen. General of Hospitals Alexander M‘GrliocPrtuindgYied at Scu day.—Civil I Fier Beveridge died of cholera. on the ' Surgeon Wood died of cholera o same 1 Service Gazette. 8; 4 .8 I al FOR. , IGN. 71 301