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This day Is published, and sold by 0. Brown, at the Ballot SoclestY, Offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basin hall - street, London; Re printed from the " Manchester Examiner" and " Times ;" Stereo type, pp. 28 ; price Threepence, or a copy bv post tor four stanaps —a large allowance on 13 copies at the Publisher's ALLOT, AGAINST THE BALLOT, WITH THE ANSWERS. By the Author of the " Catechism on the Corn Laws." FURNISHED 11011 S E. --To be LET, situated in one of the best streets, close to Warwick-squa, Belgrave road, containing drawing-rooms, dining and breakfast rooms, six bedrooms, including servants' room, excellent kitchen and cellar accommOlation, with convenient pantries. The furniture is good , having been only a short time in uSe. The house will be let for three months at the rate of 3001. a-year, or for six months at the rate of 2501. a-year, or for nine months at the rate of 2001. a-year, and will be found likely to suit any family requiring,a moderate town residence for either of these periods. Applications in writing, may be addressed to No. 20, Parliament street, Westminster. London, Nov., 1855. mJIJLLIEN'S CONCERTS. - ROYAL • ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Seventh ap pearance of Madame Gassier.—Second appearance of Herr Kcenig.— The Programme for TdIS EVENING (Monday, Nov. 12) will in clude :—Herold's Overture, Zampa ; Quadrille from Le Comte Ory ; the Andante from Beethoven's Symphony in C Minor; "Ah non Giunge," and Valse by Venzoni, sung by Madame Gassier ; the An dante from Roch Albert's Swiss Symphony ; M. Jullien's New alse, La Belle du Village; Solo, Oboe, M. Lavigne; the British Arzny Quadrille (for the last time but one), assisted by the Military Bands; Grand Operatic Selection from Les Huguenots ; Solo, Cornet a Pistons, by Herr Kcenig ; the Allegro Vivace from Mendelssohn's Scotch Symphony ; the Moant Blanc Polka ; Solo, Flute, by Herr Reichart ; Galop, Zouave Pas de Course ; God Save the Queen ; Partant pour la Syrie, &c. Prices of admission :—Promenade, upper boxes, amphitheatre stalls and amphitheatre, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d, ; private boxes, 123 , 11 . Is., and 1/. I Is. 6d. Places and private boxes to be had at the box-office of the theatre, and of the principal musicseliers and librarians. On Wednesday next, M. Jullien's Now Descriptive Mi litary Quadrille, entitled the Fall of Sebastopol, will be performed for the first time. N.B.—The theatre being let at Christmas for dra matic performances, the Concerts (after the present week) can con tinue for three weeks only. THEATRE ROYAI , DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AN IMPUDENT PUPPY. After which, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. E. Ed. gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Glyn, Mrs Selby, Miss De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, FLkYMARRET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. Villiers, Compton, and Howe; and Miss Swanborough and Miss Cashman. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclade with A KISS IN THE DARK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CLuus." BEAN. THIS EVENING Will be presented THE WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by essrs. F. Matthews, D. Fisher, Cathcart, Everett, and Miss Reath. After which, THE HEIR AT LAW. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMP 3. TITEALTRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, WI7I be performed MARIE DUCANGE ; or, The Jersey Girl. Folliwed by VALENTINE AND ORSON. After which, the Farce of TUE £lO3 N )17E. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Lessee. Mr. J. TT. Anderson, 13, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased :attractions, and success in equal ratio VIII, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will o orcsente4, with entirely New and Magaidcent Appoint m Int% NIAGIC and AINTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two pirts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startlin; illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. ITALY AN-lIDUR, ;VI ril TtIE SPIRIT being the most surprising anl interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of nay theatre. Revival, in an im2roved form, of the astounding novelty which startled London 10 years ago. the GREAT GUN TRICK. 1 Prices of a•lmission:—Private. B)Xe3, I/. I Is. 61. and IL Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 43.: Drees 113xe3, 33 ; Upper 110X0i, 23.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6.1. No Half-price. Box-offUe open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past Ono. R)YAL OLYIIPIC THEATRE. Tllig EVENING. Will be presented PLOT AND PASIAION. Characters by Messrs F. R.lbson, Emery, G. Vining, Leslie, J. H. White, IL Cooper, and Franks ; and Mrs. Stirling and ➢li<s Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MER qAID. To conclude with A BLIGHTED BEING. 11,0YAL 3T.RANO THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING. Will be parlbrmel THE RAGPICKER. OF rAnrs. Followed by NITOCRIS. To conclude with THE LADIES' CLUB. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITiIEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Appearance of the World's Prodigy, Mlle. CLEMENTINE SOULLIER. Mr. William Cooke acquaints his kind patrons that during his re cent visit to the French capital he formed an engagement, for a limited number of nights, and upon exorbitant terms, with the first Equestrienne in the world, Mlle. Clementine Soupier, who 'will appear THIS EVENING. There will be acted the Military Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS TOPOL ! With the WONDERS OF TIIE CIRCLE ; Mr. J. 11. Cooko's FLIGHT OF THE BRIDGES, and other entertainments. got-o Ten ooln from Eleven tll.l Four. Stale Manager, 3fr. W. W Equestrian Director, 31 , , cool , '" jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TTIg DAY—Morn. 6 min. aft. 3—Evening 22 min. aft. 3 0-Sfonnow—Morn.4 t min. aft. 3 —Evening 4 min. aft. 0 THE WEA.TFIER.—SIIN OFFICE, Nov. 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53 —hie,est since noon yesterday. 51 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51. —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'29. WIND, S.P.—Li g ht, with fine sunshiny weather. NOVEMBER 12. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 49 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'26. WIND—S. to S.S.E.—Light, with dull, murky weather ( 44N ~\ nfl LONDON, MONOAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1855. The halcyon dream of a lifetime has at length been realised in these later days—in our own for tunate generation. England. and France, united together by the bonds of a solid and sacred alli ance, are fighting, as all the world knows, nowa days, under their blended banners, the holy Battle of Liberty and Civilisation. Their Sovereigns, by a happy conjunction of names—TICTORIA and NAPOLEON. Their common foe, the great enemy of European enligh tenment. The proximate Cllll9 of, the struggle, the defence of a weak and friendly State, outraged at once by the assaibnent of its rights and the invasion of its territories, by the insolent aggression of a barbaric empire, whose pride has, during a century and a half, been perpetually trembling as it were-3. sword-of DAMOCLES over the nations of Christendom. It is something worth living for to be enabled to look back, as we may now, from the November of 1855, to the period of those terrible and stormy wars by which thepresent century was inaugurated. To remember the seemingly implacable hatred by which the two greatest nations of the world were then animated in regard to each other—and to contrast that bitter animosity with the cordial brotherhood through which their interests are now known to be identical. "It is thirty-five years" said the French Ambassador, M. le Comte nn P ERSIGNY, on Friday, speakin g t o th e c iti zens of London, under the roof of their ancient Guildhall—.« i t i s thirty-five years since the great Emperor NAPO LEON expressed his regret at being unable to con quer the prejudices of the two peoples, and at n o t being able to g ain the friendship of Engl an d . What great things,' he exclaimed, `we could do together 1' " Those " g reat things," as M ons i eur De PERSIGNY added, are now actually being ac complished. Yes—Waterloo has at length in deed been avenged. The deplorable blunder of the m i scalled Holy Alliance has at length indeed been expiated. The prejudices of the two peoples have at length indeed been vanquished. The day dream of the glorious exile of St. Helena has at last been realised. England and France are united in the same holy cause, fighting no longer face t o face, but s id e b y s id e , s h e dding their blood and squandering their treasures toge ther in the sacred cli a - m • Plenship of European Free dom, and modDrn Civilisation. Let it be remembered , n ow that all this was no mere ale aspiration with the conqueror of Ma • rwjgo aw l Austerlitz.. Let it n o t be forgotten, at.tlie pru6ei - it f4.wilient lookwg back forgotten to THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 12, 1855, friend of religious liberty, and what Catholics owed to him as a most efficient advocate of Catho lic emancipation, yet the selfish moan Toryism of Conference Methodism, and implacability of an offended Cardinal, are understood to have caused the loss of the election. The odiousness of eccle siastical pride and ambition were never more re voltingly exhibited. In common with some of the best English Catholics, he had denounced the " Papal aggression"—all his vast services, services which had indeed made " the aggression" possible, were wholly forgotten ; the spite of priestcraft knew nothing of gratitude for the past ; he was put under the ban ; and an ambuscade of Catho lic electors were kept till near the close of the poll. These tools of the priest and the priest's master, were to plump for his exclusion, reckless of the disgrace, if they could by so doing turn out the friend of Religious Freedom, although ad mitting thereby one who was thoroughly opposed to: Catholic liberties if, on the contrary, the " old Colonel" would in any event be returned, they were to vote for him, and save their credit as Liberals ! Of course, the Ballot would come in aid of malice and hypocrisy like this. It would, however, in Bradford, even with the present con stituency, have defeated the nefarious conspiracy by liberating the votes at the mercy of the great iron-founder, and of other wealthy Tories. Were the suffrage universal, or approach ing to it, with the Ballot, honest politicians of genius, like the General, could be returned for fifty places with ease. As to the pamphlet before us, judiciously pub lished by the Ballot Society for the almost nominal price of threepence, it must have great weight with thinking men, while those whose political reading must be entertaining as well as instruc tive, will not want the desired condiment here. The numerous persons who are well acquainted with the writer's power of striking the fire of wit from apparently unpromising topics, will not need any literary recommendation from us. The General has often reminded us in this respect of one of our most remarkable old writers on quite a different class of topics—FULLER, the Church historian who, while never weary himself of those parts of his subject which in themselves are as dry and barren as a Russian steppe, spontaneously and naturally enlivens them—even dry catalogues of names—with his jovial humour. You dare not pass over a page from which in other writers the running title would deter you, for fear of losing a hearty laugh. It is much the same with the General's " Catechisms" and " Fallacies ;" while he is hunting through every nook and corner in the sophistry or unconscious blunders of clever opponents, you may not venture to take a short cut anywhere for fear of losing some of the best of the sport. The General bimself is no bush fighter. He always meets his man openly, fairly setting down his uncurtailed argument, and placing his own answer in a parallel column. Every reader is made a second to both parties, and sees with his own eyes all fair, nor is it difficult for him to see afterwards whose shot has told. The Fallacies are taken from the Edinburgh Review, from the speeches at the last Bath election, from the debate on the Ballot in the House of Commons, and from the late SYDNEY SMITH'S well-known Whig article on the Ballot, with a notice of a few unfatherod fallacies. Each receives its distinct reply, yet varied as are the forms of the errors exposed, and epigrammatic and pointed as each reply is, you soon find that you lose much by reading, the first time at least, as if perusing a book of pro verbs. There is a concatenation of reply, and a preceding stroke of humour or wit has so pre pared for the greater effect of those which follow that the reader who would thoroughly enjoy this eiposuro of solemn-faced political special pleading must read consecutively. Much of the " an swerer's" vigour is wisely put forth in answer to the great Whig wit; a wit who never employed his rare talent so unfortunately, and whose argu ments have been the stock in trade of ante-Ballot Whiggism ever since. The epigrammatist is, and we think judges less liable to suspicion of parti ality than ourselves would agree with us, fully a match for the wit. To every man of literary taste, whatever his opinions on the Ballot, the duel will be one of no little interest. General THOMPSON does not forget his old feli citous adaptations o f some homely illustration as deee" will long be re membered. Almost the an answer to a host of falla cies. Noah's ark, the s r a a m t e trap, p a t r the isb yp flowera played ed corn-law bby rpalers "sealing letters" i n thi s pots, tract. It meets you when you are least thinking of it, as the amusing yet convincing exposure of some stately and pretentious fallacy. The prac tice of clubs and courts'-martial is also worked against the aristocracy in the most novel and telling modes. We need not tell those who are familiar with Colonel Tsomrsort's former writings that they will not find here the " old thing over again for the hundredth time," aid nothing but "stereotyped arguments." Nothing here is ste reotyped b pro ceeding, b u t the work of the printer, a very judicious we should think, on hi s part. Where so much is quite of novel interest, yet can never req uire alteration, it is w orth while to save the cost of re p eated compositions. His Royal Highness Prince Albert having been ap plied to, on behalf of the Pl y mouth School of Art, for donation, has replied, through the Hon. C. B. Phipps that when 125 /. have been collected his Royal Highness will add the other 25/. to make up the sum required. The health of the Countess Fortescue, who is at pre. sent at Castle Hill, Devon, continues to improve. The Earl and Countess Grey are at present entertain ing a select circle of visitors at the family seat, Izlowick hall near Alnwick. The noble earl and countess purpose remaining at Howick-hall until the week before the re assembling of Parliament. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon from Hornby Castle, near Catterick, Yorkshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely arrived in Paris, on Thursday last, from Bavaria. The Marquis of Downshire has taken the mansion, No. 24, Belgrave-square, formerly the residence of the late Earl Ducie. Viscount Palmerston left town on Saturday, for Broad lands, Hants. The Viscountess Melbourne and Y. countess Jocelyn and family are at present staying on a visit to the noble viscount and viscountess. Lorn Dunkellin proceeds from the Crimea to India, as secretary to the new Governor-General. Captain Daniel, of the Bengal Cavalry; Captain H. Teerich Fitzhugh, of the Royal Artillery; Captain A. Hunt, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Captain Macdonald, 93d High landers ; and Captain Bouverie, 35th Bengal Native Infantry, will be aides-de-camp to his lordship. Sir Roger Palmer and family have left their seat, Cefu Park, North Wales, where they have been reaiding since the close of the London season, for Kenmure Park, county Dublin. Sir John and Lady Crewe and Miss Lovell have left the Clarendon for Calk() Abbey, ne ar Derby. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., has taken Lady Stuart De Rothesey's mansion, on Carlton House Terrace, for a term of years. SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday.—The Peninsular aad Orien tal Company's screw steam-ship Nubia, Capt. Powell, left this day for the East Indies. She will be stationed on the route from Calcutta to Suez. She was heavily laden with coals and stores, and previous to her departure her speed was tested at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. She averaged upwards of 11 knots per hour. The scree/ steam-ship Alma, Captain Grainger, of the same com pany, will leave on the 26th inst., and proceed to the same destination. MAGNITUDE OF RUSSIA.--Russia is the greatest un broken empire for extent that ever existed, occupying vast regions of Europe and Asia, an d nearl y one-sixth of the habitable globe. It is 41 times the size of France, and 138 times that of England. Yet it was too small for the ambiti on o f Alexander who is reported t o have said," I insist upon having the' Baltic to skate up on, the Caspian for a bathing-place, the Black Sea as a wash-hand basin, and the North Pacific Ocean as a fish- P 2 n d: " He encroached on Tartary for a p asture, on Persia and Georgia for a vineyard, on Turkey for a garden, on Poland for a farm, on Finland and Lapland as hunting -ground, and took North America as a place of banishment for offenders, records of history, that as the thrice-elected ruler of France—thrice elected, strangely enough, as his Imperial successor was to be some fifty years afterwards—NaroLeeN strove, more than once, personally, by certain memorable efforts at con ciliation, to effect in his time that very alli ance which in ours has, thanks be to GOD, at length been happily accomplished. Recollect ! —immediately the suffrages of the French people had consecrated the daring act of the 18th 19th, BRUMAIRE, nominating NAPOLEON BONA PARTE the Chief of the Consulate, he, as First Consul, wrote with his own hand to King GEORGE 111. that famous letter dated the 26th of December, 1799, in which he urged upon the Monarch the advantage as well as the glory of an instant and permanent pacification. Recollect, too—how five years afterwards, when he had just been raised to the supreme dignity as Emperor, elevated on the shield of the popular suffrage, ' anointed by the hands of the Pontiff, and crowned with the crown of CHARLEMAGNE, NA POLEON, again with his own hand, addressed a second and more urgent letter to King GEORGE lll.—the celebrated letter dated the 27th of Ja nuary, 1805—in which, while "conjuring" the English Sovereign not to refuse " the happiness of giving peace to the world," the Imperial Hero wrote with so much grandeur and dignity, " Though Peace is the wish of my heart, yet War has never been adverse to my glory." Re member, moreover for these things should not be altogether forgotten—that to neither of these memorable letters of NAPOLEON was any answer ever vouchsafed by the Sovereign to whom they were addressed : any more than was there an answer of any kind returned to the other historic epistle, penned by the same hand, on the 14th of July, 1815, and addressed to the Prince Regent, from on board the Bellerophon. Howbeit, all these things are, nowadays, essen tially of the Past, as we can at length afford to remember, without only poignant regrets, regard ing them as calamities altogether irreparable— rather let us say, in these wiser and happier times, with sentiments of gratitude to the dispen sations of an overruling PROVIDENCE. For already, as we have remarked—Waterloo has been most nobly and magnanimously avenged by France—the so-called Holy Alli ance has been most nobly and magnanimously expiated by England. The two great peo ples are united at last in a solemn, sacred, and solid alliance. The day-dream of the Great NA POLEON is a day-dream now no longer. It is a reality—an actual event, which, thanks be to GOD, has in our own times been accomplished. It is no longer—" What great things we could do " —but " What great things we are doing to gether 1" The Exile of St. Helena, even in his ashes, is an exile no longer—reposing as his heroic dust has done, for these fifteen years past, upon the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French ' people, whom he loved so well : the ancient ani mosities of France and England buried with him, as our present Prime Minister nobly desired they might be, as far back as the May of 1840, upon the occasion of the Em peror NAPOLEON'S second and more memorable sepulture. England and France becoming more recently, ,in the fullness of time, Allies so true and intimate that, as the French Ambassador ob served on Friday evening, in the Guildhall of London, "No human power can any more sepa rate them !" His Excellency adding, in conclu sion, " And when we bear in mind that the union of our two countries, the one supreme in mari time affairs, the other in military, constitutes the greatest power that has ever existed, we may await in complete security the issue of this War." The issue of this gigantic and memorable War, which the despicable peacemongers of today are vilifying as so deplorably iniquitous and so no toriously unpopular. Iniquitous ? Its origin and its object are at once its noblest vin dication ! Unpopular ? Let Lord PALMERSTON appeal directly to the popular feeling of England as the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. has already done to that of the French multitude—and a decisive answer may be given forthwith to the babbling of these undiscerning or unpatriotic demagogues. The appeal made by our ally to France was finan cial. Let ours be Parliamentary. It will be equally cogent. The touchstone with our neigh bours, the test, the criterion, call it what you will, was the Loan. Let ours be the immediate dissolution of the present Parliament. The result of such an appeal cannot be questioned for a single instant. It is already apparent, indeed, through the willingness evinced by the nation at large to submit to any burthen, so that the just and popu lar War upon which it has deliberately adven tured be only carried out henceforth vigorously, energetically, thoroughly. England is spending upon this War, just now, upon an average, 1,000,000/. sterling every week. France is said to be disbursing each week yet more enormously : above 1,500,0001. it is calculated. Neither of the two countries complains under the infliction. The commerce of both flourishes uninterruptedly. France indeed has twice asserted her ardour for the prosecution of the struggle in a way altogether unmistakeable, namely, by the unexampled promptitude and prodigality with which her citi zens accepted the terms of the two last Loans prof ferred to popular competition by the Imperial Government. Let England be afforded at last in her turn some kindred opportunity. Let this opportunity be afforded us, we repeat, by the instant dissolution of the Imperial Parliament. The craven Peacemongers say that the War with Russia is unpopular. Let them be answered. We want Mr. ConDEN to learn whether the War is popular or not from the lips of his consti tuents of the West Riding of Yorkshire. We the huckstering demagogues of want the electors of Manchester to decide to the heart's content of Mr. BRIGHT whether their s ympathies are with the heroes of the Crimea or with our-- mon who would change the throne into a cotton these They epsrceespentrte Star a to y b ar e d of England. Let the t d b r e a a c l d e l anareneedrtsht the appealed to for a decision. They country be of tke fair fame want an answer. Let them have it. Never would a British Statesman g o to the country with an election-cry so potent as that indicative of the twin cause o f—the Russian War and the French Alliance. HEAVEN send Lord PALMERSTON may not disappoint those excellent gentlemen, the Peacemongers, by allowing Christmas to pass by without his having first of all seized this to him, to England, to Europe, inestimable and gold en opportunity. We earnestly hope that the mismanagement of the War since the capture of Sebastopol and during the winter may not form the subject of a protracted inquiry in the approaching session. In some respects we have certainly profited by our dearly bought experience. It •18 very improbable that our soldiers should have to encounter such extraordinary privations and hardships as thoso which operated so injuriously to the health and comforts of the parties last year engaged. Thanks to the indefatigable and judicious exertions of Co lonel A/Pit/Luang and . the Land Transport Corps, the men will no longer be enduring the tortures of TANTALUS—starving in the vicinity and prospect of abundance. The hospital arrangements and commissariat are also decidedly ameliorated, al though we believe there is still room for improve ment. But in some very important matters, we still go on at the old jog-trot pace—we seem still desirous of sparing the enemy in the most vital points, as if Russia could be conciliated, or induced to listen to any arguments, to give weight to any considerations, save those of imperative ne cessity. It is true that - 7re have captured Sebas topol and destroyed the Black Sea Fleet of Russia—that we have captured Kinbourn, wit nessed the destruction of a fort at Otchakoff, and destroyed a considerable quantity of stores at Sweaborg. But are these things all, or even a moiety of what we could have accomplished if really in earnest ? Certainly not ! We should scarcely have been contented with half measures at the Baltic Fortresses, and permitted Cronstadt and Helsingfors, Revel and Riga to remain un touched. The Hango Massacre should have been fully avenged on the very spot where it was perpetrated ; the scene of the atrocious out rage should have witnessed the condign punishment of the offenders ; and even St. Petersburg, as well as sundry other dis tricts, should have learned, to their cost, how powerless was the AUTOCRAT to avert the penal consequences of his own gross misconduct. These would have been salutary, although painful lessons, and would no doubt have greatly conduced to — what is the object of every true English heart—a speedy, honourable, and enduring peace, which can only be founded on the unequivocal humili ation of the enemy, and the decided diminution of the strength that has been so grossly abused. In the East the determination to spare Russia, and to afford the means of prolonging the contest, has been as clearly testified. The destruction of Sebastopol was an imperative necessity, which no degree of influence could set aside. But what has been done since that time ? We have taken Kinbourn---.made a demonstration against Nicolaieff, at least to the extent of taking soundings in the Boug, and showing that the Rus sian Portsmouth was completely at our mercy ! But there we stop. In place of taking due ad vantage of the golden opportunity, and following up our first success to its legitimate consequences, we remain contented for the time being, with hav ing indicated the weak point, and thus drawn atten tion to the steps necessary to render the menaced arsenal a second Sebastopol, capable of offering a vigorous and obstinate defence to any future at tacks. The Russians have afforded unequivocal proofs that they are not slow to profit by such hints, and we may feel well assured that should ne gotiations unfortunately be resumed during the winter they will not fail to take ample credit for the assumed invincibility of the towns to which we have exhibited such extraordinary forbearance —a mercy so, cruel to our own troops and to our over-burdened taxpayers. The mismanagement at the Horse Guards also remains without any attempt at improvement. We have seen one of its evil fruits—as rotten at the core as an apple of the Dead Sea. One of our bravest Commanders, who de servedly enjoyed the entire confidence of the army and people, has been, by an instance of un due favouritism, compelled by a regard to his own character, to retire in disgust from the Crimea— to sheathe the sword that has been so frequently and so beneficially used in the service of his country. These are not the times when a " carpet knight" of limited experience should be pitchforked over the head of such a man as Sir COLIN CAMPBELL because he was a Guardsman, and his father had been " a Gold Stick in Waiting !" GOD save the mark ! The insult is one not merely given to Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, but to every distinguished officer whose claims were, at least, as high as those of Sir WILLIAM CODRINGTON. We cannot, therefore, feel astonished at the ►ery natural ex pression of indignation that has been exhibited, or that many officers of rank and position should have deemed it right to express their opinions strongly on such a gross abuse of patronage. Field-Marshal Viscount HARDINGE is, of course, the party nominally responsible. But we trust that the person really accountable may be shown up in the stringent investigations that cannot be avoided, and that the cleansing of the Augean stables that have so long defied all purification, and the placing of the military system of Great Britain on a sound and wholesome footing, may be one of its fruits. Such an outrage as the promotion Of Sir WILLIAM CODRINGTON Oyer the head of Sir Court CAMPBELL requires very decided conduct on the part of the people. We have confidence in Lord PALMERSTON, but it is essential that his bands should be materially strengthened to enable him to grapple with the monster grievance of the day—to control the in fluence so dangerous to the constitutional liberties 1 1 and the interests of Great Britain. If the cry of "an ill-used man " has been potent enough, according to Mr. &OPEL; to drive him from the field, and to enable Sir CHARLES NAPIER to walk the course for South wark, the same cry ought most certainly to give an uncontested seat somewhere to Major-General TcromrsoN. No public man of equal ability and integrity has been half so ill-treated, and by those, too, who owed him a debt of gratitude, An ad mirable pamphlet from his pen, " Fallacies against the Ballot, with the Answers," has just at this moment reminded its of the claims of the veteran Free-trader and Reformer. It is a disgrace to our electoral constituency, and a proof of the ne cessity of the protection afforded by the Ballot, that a politician to whom his country is so deeply indebted, and who was, when in the House, one of its acknowledged ornaments and of its most dili gent members, should not be now a Member of Parliament. To think of the number of noodles and dummies returned by Lord this and Lord that, while such men remain excluded, is enough to make us blush for our constitution. With all due deference to Prince ALBERT and his Trinity House plea for despotism, our constitution is much more on its trial when contending at elections with the political roguery and tyranny of our plutocracy and aristocracy, than when engaged in a foreign war. Indeed, in reference to the latter, the chief practical obstruction at present is the peoplewant o a f House of Ballot. Commons Th elected The prosentoue by h is t th e e creation of aristocratic bribery and intimidation ; and Free Trade energy, and its sympathies with despotism and cotton, have played the game of Russia, and ruinously enfeebled the policy of the War. haveA compelled the pe op l e l ast year Ministers b to d o their duty, elected and other persons to let Ministers alone. would The General, naturally enough , adverts at the close of the pamphlet to his own rejection in a borough where a majority of fully twenty to •ne voted for him at the hustings, as a proof of the adaptedness of the present system to give full effect to the screw. We regret to believe that, in addition to the usual screw, another influence, the most malignant of all, was the immediate cause of the disgrace incurred by the borough of Bradford. Notwithstanding what Methodism owed to his immediate ancestors and to himself, as a firm LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, Nov. 10. The Jourdain has come in, with accounts from Constantinople of the Ist inst. Admiral Lyons had arrived there ; and Admiral Bruat was expected on the 10th, with all his sail ing vessels, bringing 8,000 of the Imperial Guard, on their way to France. The news from the Crimea is to the 27th ult. The Russians have erected new batteries to answer the Allied battery called the Bilboquet, but with no effect. The fire of the allied batteries against the northern forts, as well as that of the latter against Sebastopol, was very warm. The troops had returned to their cantonments from the Upper Belbek. The country there was becoming impracticable; but more troops had been sent to Eupatoria. The garrison left at Kinbourn by the Allies consists of three French battalions, supported by artillerymen. The main body of the expedition has just come back to Eupatoria. 50 - vessels, laden with corn, from the Sea of Azoff and the Black Sea, had passed through the Bosphorus. The latest accounts confirmed the statement that Omer Pacha was marching on Mingrelia. MADRID, Nov. 9. Maned, the well-known Carlist Chief, and several of his band, have been taken prisoners. No further bulletins of the cholera are pub lished. The Government has laid before the Cortes a bill to abolish the practice of farming out the salt and tobacco monopolies. THE ALLIES IN THE CRIMEA. ( From the Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald. HEIGHTS OF BALAXLAVA, OCT. 30. Monday next will be the anniversary of the glo rious battle of Inkerman ! Should the Russians again attack us as they did on the sth of last No vember they will at least not take us by surprise, and will most assuredly be beaten as thoroughly as before. Our men are burning to have another brush with them. Strange to say, several English soldiers who fought at Inkerman, and some of whom, it is said, wore officially reported as killed, have this week returned to the Crimea in M.H.S. Agamemnon, which vessel, with many of our gun-boats, is still at anchor at Kamiesh. At pre sent these poor fellows are detained as close prison ers in camp till courts-martial can sit on them, according to the rules of the service. One of these men is Private Alexander Mackenzie, of Perth, a private in the 42d Royal Highlanders, who was taken in the plain of Balaklava on the 29th of December last, when returning to his own regiment, after visiting his brother, who was sta tioned in the front before Sebastopol. It was night, and missing his road, he unfortunately fell into the hands of three Cossacks, who unexpectedly pounced upon him, and on his running away, being un armed, knocked him over the head with a lance, stunned, and took him prisoner, and so be re mained till a week ago. On his capture he was . placed in a hut for the night near Tchorgoun, and next day taken to head-quarters. Altoge ther, he says, he was treated well enough, especially at impheropol, where he got some white loaves ; and at and after leaving Vronish, and during a journey of some 1,300 miles he had little to complain of, receiving plenty of black bread (2 lb. a-day), and soup twice a-day, as well as 20 kopecs a-day in money. Good white bread was purchaseable at 2 kopecs the lb., 10 to 15 eggs for 3 kopecs, and good meat 21 kopecs per lb. The Russians would not allow Mackenzie to write any letters, excusing them selves by saying that pens, ink, and paper were very dear. At one place he met a Scotch gentleman called Christopherson, and some English in Kerekoff, among whom were a Mr. Eldred and a lady, of whose kindness he speaks highly. He reports that Odcssa is strongly fortified, with plenty of " mud batteries," but neither there nor elsewhere did he observe much drilling going on. There is very little news in camp. lam going into Sebastopol to-day to see the new French batteries, which have been erected for the especial purpose of showering iron compliments upon Fort Constantine. The firing during the week on both sides has been heavy, except upon one brief occasion. For hours we seldom hear a shot. This is the case to-day. The Highlanders are erecting their huts rapidly, and in about a fortnight may occupy them, owing to the energy of Sir Colin Campbell, who, to expe dite business, pressed native arabas and other con veyances into the service with an energy worthy of a Scottish chief " of the good old time on the borders." Some of our sporting men are divided upon the question whether Sebastopol is yet taken or not. This is the subject of many bets ; some arguing that as we have the city itself, the place is taken ; while others contend that as the enemy occupies the northern forts, Sebastopol is not yet captured. The harbour of Balaklava is very full of ship ping ; many vessels are still in the roads, and un able to find a berth inside in the tiers, while seve ral have prudently (for November gales are at hand) weighed and departed for Kamiesh and Kazatch. _ ..............._. . The .. Scots Greys gave a dinner in camp at Kadi- Kenny, on Thursday last, Oct. 25, the first anni versary of the Battle of Balaklava. The banquet was given by the non-commissioned officers of the Greys to the non-commissioned officers of the In niskillings. COL DE BALAKLATA. P.S. After riding over to head-quarters to post my first despatch I accidentally fell in with an antiquary of the first water, and in a state of in tenEe excitement, owing to the news th a t h as j us t reached him of a curious discovery in this part of the new military road from Balaklava towards Sebastopol. While excavating, several " crocks," the height of a tent, have been suddenly discovered, and a cave. Not only human bones are turning up, but interesting gold and silver articles of various descriptions. The rumour is true, and I despatch these few lines to say you shall soon hear more from me on the matter. Nearly a whole regiment will to-day be engaged in further excavations. Let me add, as my pen is in my hand, that the docks of Sebastopol are now mi ne d, the parts num bered off, and in a day or two we are to be treated to "a blow up" that will somewhat astonish the Russians on the north side. General Crauford arrived in the Crimea yester day. The quidnuncs say he is to succeed General Simpson as Commander-in-Chief. FRANCE. The following paragraph occupies the first place in yesterday's Moniteur : " When measures of general utility are adopted by the Government, they who are in anywise in convenienced by them give vent to recriminations, and often with a view to their own interest, and in a spirit of malevolence, circulate rumours of a change in the ministry. It is in this way that rumours of this description have within the last few days been spread abroad. In censuring these devices with the severity they deserve, we declare that the rumours of ministerial changes aro wholly devoid of foundation." A decree in the Moniteur of Saturday makes the following diplomatic appointments :—Baron Bro ther, Councillor of State, to be Minister Plenipo tentiary at Naples, vice M. Delacour, named Coun cillor of State ; M. Lefebvre, Councillor of State, to succeed B aron B ren i er as director of the funds and accounts of the Department of Foreign Affairs; M. Benedetti to be Director of Political Affairs, at the Department of Foreign Affairs, vice Lefebvre ; Count do Monttessuy, Minister Plenipotentiary at Florence, to the same post to the Germanic Confederation, vice the Marquis do Tallenay, who retires on a pension ; the Prince de Latour d'Auvergne, Minister Plenipotentiary at Weimar, to succeed the Count do Monttessuy at Florence ; and the Viscount des Meloizes Fresnoy to succeed the Prince de Latour d'Auvergne. A grand banquet will be given by the city of Paris, at the Hotel de Ville, on the 17th, to Prince Napoleon and the Imperial Ccmmission of the Universal Exhibition. After the banquet there will be a reception in the salons of the Hotel de Ville. The Commandant-in-Chief of the French naval forces in the Black Sea, in concert with the Eng lish Admiral, has fixed the 20th instant, as the period when all neutral vessels must return from the Sea of Azoff if they desire to escape being caught in the ice and detained there all the winter. The entrance to the Sea of Azoff will be closed to merchant vessels on that day. The authorities of Paris continue to prosecute the butchers guilty of infractions of the ordinance of the Prefect of Police relative to the assize of meat. RUSSIA. The luvalide Busse, of the 4th, announces the loss of the Russians in their unsuccessful assault on liars to have been 6,527 men. Three generals, it is added, have since died of their wounds. The Gazette of the Senate of St, Petersburg pub lishes an Imperial ukase, authorising the recruiting offices of the empire to register recruits oven when they belong to provinces not comprised within their respective jurisdictions. This measure is intended to render the operation of recruiting more expedi tious. The Emperor has lately given Gen. Luders the regiment of Praga ; this is looked on as a very peculiar mark of favour, seeing that Gen. Luders has not as yet been in active service in this war, and this regiment is one that had distinguished itself the most in the defence of Sebastopol. It is expected that a much more important part in the campaign than has hitherto been the lot of General Luders will shortly be assigned him. A letter from Odessa, of the 30th, in the Aus trian Gazette, says :—" Accounts from Nicolaieff state that the Boug has been rendered impassable below that place by the sinking of vessels laden with stones and sand. The same has been done in the Dnieper, below Kherson. The Allies are con structing batteries at Kinbourn, in which they are mounting some ships' guns of very large calibre. The French troops which occupy it are 3,000 in number. All the inhabitants have quitted 0 tcha koff, and are encamped in the plains near it." TUSCANY. Accounts from Tuscany represent the financial embarrassments of the Government as becoming very serious. The last report of the Minister of Finance on the budget of 1854, which was believed to be a very favourable statement, showed an increased de ficit of 2,000,000 scudi, which, on a gross revenue of 36,000,000, is no inconsiderable sum. This de ficit is said to have been caused principally by the expense incurred by the Austrian occupation ; but whatever the cause is, it seems the Impiegati are in arrears, and the Government was obliged to raise a loan of 4 millions to stay the murmuring, and the way in which this has been done will be found edifying to all Ministers of Finance. It appears then that the Minister of Finance wrote from Florence to the Governor of Leghorn to get the loan made, and the Governor, instead of employing the house of Batogi, which usually undertakes these affairs for Government, applied to other parties who agreed to furnish the sum required at 5 per cent. When Batogi heard of this he went to Florence, and com plained to the Minister that he had been unfairly treated. Whereupon the Minister told the Governor he must break his agreement and employ Batogi. This he did, but Batogi after all could not make up the money, so the Governor was at last obliged to revert to the first parties he had engaged with, but who then raised their terms to 8 per cent., and with this was obliged to close. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 4th. The Gazette announces that the province of Lerida has become completely freed from insurgents, and that the French Customs offi cers of Arles-sur-Teeti had arrested two Carlist chiefs who were just about to cross the fron tier, and had found a large sum in French gold in their possession. In the Cortes, the Mi nister of Public Works had brought in a bill authorising the Government to concede by pub lic competition the railway from Madrid to Sara gossa, by Guadaljarra, Signenza, Calatayud, and to give a subvention at the rate of 240,000 reals for every 1,000 metres (1,093 yards). The line is to be terminated in five years, and is to be conceded for ninety years. In the event of no one offering to execute it, the Govern ment is to commence the works with a credit of 260,000,000 reals, which sum is to be raised by an issue of shares bearing 6 per cent. interest, and enjoying the privilege of being accepted in pay ment of purchases of national property. The 4th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. This day the United States Mail steam-ship At lantic, Captain West, which was to leave New York with the usual mails from the United States on the 31st ult., arrived off Holyhead at 12.30 noon. She is expected in the Mersey this evening. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Atlantic has arrived, with advices from New York to the 31st ult., and $630,000 in specie. The Union had not left New York on the 31st itt., having put back to repair machinery. Th Washington correspondent of the New York Herold writes on the 23d "Letters of recall have been sent out by the State Department to Mr. Buchanan, not immediate; but to be used when in his judgment the interest of the public service will justify his leaving London." He writes again on the 29th— "There are, I see, some doubts expressed about the advent of a new Ambassador from Russia, but I repeat that it is a fixed fact. He will bring, besides his regular credentials, a confidential communication from the Czar, of the most important character, relative to the terms on which alone Russia will consent to a peace. What I now state will be known to the public in a few weeks. " Russia mediated between Great Britain and the United States, and now the United States may mediate between Russia and the Allies. " She does not ask American mediation, bt.t will ac cept it, and will at once:indicate her terms, which as I stated in a former communication, will embrace such vast eommercial advantages for all the world that the in dustrial classes of France and England will clamour for their acceptance as soon as they are generally under stood." The George Law had arrived at New York with the California mails of the sth October, and $1,670,477. The J. L. Stephens had reached Panama with $1,184,399, $213,992 of which were on English account. The crops would, it was predicted, prove abun dant, and business generally was taking a still more prosperous turn. Accounts from New Grenada report the banish ment of General Melo. — Nicaragua was in a wretched state, owing to the c ivil dissensions of the people. Business was at a stand still. Colonel Kinney expected a reinforcement of 900 settlers from Alabama and Mississippi. The Colonel had concluded a treaty with the Indians, by which he would be enabled to penetrate to the i x terior in safety. Advices from Mexico report the resignation of President Albarez, and the appointment of General Comonfort. At New York the threatening aspect of mone tary affairs in England and France was still the most profound topic of discussion in financial and trade circles. ARRIVAL OF THE ST. LOUIS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The United States mail steam-ship St. Louis, with the American mail, arrived this morning. The St. Louis left New York on the 29th of Oct., at four p.m., and arrived off Cowes this morning at five a.m. She brings three days later advises, a cargo of flour, and $610,606 in specie. The steam-ship Union, which left New York for England on the 20th ult., after being two days at sea, w as compelled to put hack owing to the breaking of her shaft. The mails were transferred to the St. Louis, and another smaller mail was made up, which this vessel also brought. On. the 2d inst., at 9.30 a.m., in lat. 45 50, long. 54, the St. Louis exchanged signals with a British barque, showing No. 5,830, second distinguishin g pendant; Nov. 5, at 11.30 p.m., in. lat. 48 17, long. 40 51, passed a steam-ship bound to the west ward. _ _ The Ariel and Hermann bad arrived out. The New York papers are silent on the subject of enlisting recruits for the Crimea in the United States, in which it was reported our minister at Washington hal taken a part ; and the matter ap pears to have died away. A question relative to the purchase of prize ships is now being discussed. The following article upon this subject is taken from the New York Times : "The French consul at the port of Boston has given official notice to our citizens that the title to ships of a hostile nation, which they may have acquired by pur chase since the beginning of hostilities between the allies and Russia, will not be recognised by his Govern ment. This attempt to erect the peculiar and local law of France and to announce the general rules of inter national law in r es p ec t to the purchase of belligerent ships by neutrals on thi s s id e of the water, i s one which might intimidate a w ea k nat i on, b ut w ill quiteh av e r a contrary effect here, th oug h t h e pro b a bility o f th n government ever b e i ng pu t i n a pos iti on t o enforce , is its principl e s, so f ar as th e U n i te d States are con very remote indeed. Th e R uss i an s having destroyed the best part of th e i r nava l f orces , are not ture any French s hip s , an d if th e y did there likely to cap here would be a very bad market for them. "Some three months since Mr.eram n pt r . oryont,ernriotwrebsty ing und e r the stigma of having violated u assisting in enlistments for the Crimea, called for the opinion of our Government upon this very question. Upon that occasion the Attorney General of the States after reviewing the whole subject in a very learned and masterly manner, concluded as follows: " Upon full consideration, therefore, of all the rela tions of the subject, there remains no doubt in my mind as to the right of a citizen of the United States to pur chase a foreign ship of a belligerent power, and this any where, at hoMe or abroad, in a belligerent port or a neutral port, or even upon the high seas, provided the purchase be made bona fide, and the property be passed absolutely and without reserve ; and the ship so pur. chased becomes entitled to bear the flag and receive the protection of the United States.' " Whatever room for doubt there may be as to some of the details of this opinion of Mr. Cushing, as upon the right of purchase of belligerent ships and property while in transit u on the high seas—and upon this point Ame rican jurists have intimated a contrary opinion —upon the main point, upon which a position is taken directly repugnant to that of the French consul at Boston, we believe he is sustained by most authoritative writers, as well as by reason and good sense. " It is difficult to justify, to an unsophisticated mind, the distinction which the usages of war have established between the private property of an enemy's subjects on the high seas, and the same property on an enemy's territory. In the former case the property is seized as a lawful prize ; in the latter it is respected and remains inviolate. "Perhaps the tendency of the present age to soften and moderate the harsh practices of war will result in the abrogation of this questionable distinction and lead to a general respect for private property, whether on the ocean or on the land, by all civilised belligerent powers. It is a matter of just complacency and pride to Americans that the efforts of their Government on all subjects affecting the common interests of nations have been uniformly exerted in this liberal direction ; and it cannot be doubted that, should difficulties arise between ourselves and France in consequence of their conflicting views as to the legality of the purchase of belligerent ships by neutral nations, the rights of neutrals will find, as heretofore, an uncompromising and dauntless cham. pion in the United States." Later news has been received from Havannah to the 23d October, by which we learn that Morales, who was sentenced to death by the military com mission, has received commutation of his punish ment, through the clemency of General Concha, to eight years in the chain-gang, to be served in Havannah. Business was good for the season ; 50,000 boxes sugar yet to find a market. Freight scarce and declining. The French war steamer Acheron had left on the 23d, for a cruise to the westward. The health of Havannah was perfect. The Havannah papers contain nothing in the least degree important.. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, OCt. 29. The past week has been one of very considerable ex citement, resulting on Thursday in a general breakdown of prices, under a feeling of distrust among the operators for a rise amounting almost to a panic. The next day brought with it a reaction of 1 to 2 per cent., but on Sa turday the leading speculative stocks closed in the after noon nearly as low as they were forced on sale on Thurs day, viz.: —Erie, 49g- ; Reading, 87i ; Galena, 1151 ; Michigan Central, 93i • Southern Michigan, 92 ; Illi nois Bonds, 76 ; Cumberland Coal, 25 ; Transit Com pany, 16 ; New York Central, 88k. The money market through the week was fairly sup plied with means for discounting business paper. The banks took a large share of the short bills offered by their mercantile customers, at 7 per cent., and the bill brokers were buyers of three and four months' dates at Bto 10 per cent. We heard of some transactions at six months at 12 per cent. The sudden fall in prices at the Stock Exchange brought in a considerable amount of orders on Friday and Saturday, though not sufficient to check the depression at the very close of the week. De mand locals at banks were not readily had, nor were the leading outside lenders prepared to do much for the brokers. The foreign houses, that generally have means placed in this way, find their calculations partially dis turbed by the stringent turn in the London and Paris markets, and have resorted to larger shipments of gold than they had expected to use in October. The market for exchange is not active, but rates are steady. The supply of bills is considerable, with but a moderate demand from remitters. Sterling is Bto 9i, with little or nothing doing above 9 per cent. France s 5.22- to 5.171. The foreign trade returns for the week, at the port of New York, are again favourable in the export move ment of breadstuffs, which reaches 969,721 dole. against only 152,871 dole. same week last year. The following is the comparative statement of the ex ports of the principal articles of domestic produce and miscellaneous goods for the week, and corresponding week of last year : 1854. 1855. . Value. uantit - Value. Cotton ' Quanti bales 24 $112,313 5,435 $9,979 Flour, bushels 11,416 89,660 70,903 622,441. Corn meal, brls and tces Wheat, bushels - -- 153,378 316,993 Corn, bushels Pork, brls 2,483 31,231 1,188 23,189 Beef, brls Bl9 1,255 407 6,509 Total produce Ntiacellaueous 309,003 1,253,873 1,242,398 542,777 Total for the week 1,562,876 1,765,175 FLOUR AND MEAL. -State and Western brands are moderately inquired for by home dealers and shippers, while they are coming forward and being offered for sale with less freedom. Hence prices display renewed firm ness and regularity. The speculative demand has par tially subsided, but without occasioning any uneasiness among factors. The sales which have been effected have been mostly at rates within the annexed range :- doll. dole. Ordinary State Straight State Favourite and Extra State 9OO to 9 25 Mixed Western Common to good Indiana and Michigan 8 874 to 9 124 Fancy Michigan 9OO to 9 25 Common to Good Ohio 9 875 to 9 124 Fancy Ohio 9 12 b 9 375 Extra Ohio Extra Indiana and Michigan Fancy Genesee • 925 to 9 50 Extra Genesee 9 50 to 11 25 GRAIN.-Wheat of passible quality is in limited sap ply and good request, at upward tending rates. Other kiwis are plenty and depressed, being partially unnoticed by purchasers. Canadian white (nominally), 2 dole. 12c. to 2 dole. 20c. ; Western white, 2 dole. lac. ; ditto red, 1 dol. 85c. to 1 dol. 95c.: Southern white, 2 dole. 15c. ; and ditto red, 1 dol. 80e. to 1 dol. 95c. per bush. Rye is dull and heavy, being mom freely offered, while it is but in slack request. Barley is rare and inactive. Oats are in better supply, and ars now obtainable at 48c. to 49c. for Western, and 46c. to 47c. for State, per bushel. Corn is in moderate demand at about previous quotations ; Western mixed at 94c. to 97c. for very in ferior to strictly prime per bushel, mostly within the range. COTTON is firm at the following prices :- NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION. Uplands. Florida. Mobile. N.O. & Tex. Ordinary B4 8/ 8 9 94 9a Middling 9 Middling fair 95 9 10/ 10 Fair Freights are again firmer, with engagements to Liver pool of about 20,000 bushels, at 11d. to 12d., in ship's bags, closing at the higher rate ; rosin, in lots, at 3s. 6d to 4s. ; and 1,000 bales cotton at 5.16 d. To London, 6,000 bushels grain at 14d. in ship's bags, and som rosin at 4s. 6d. per 3101bs. To Bremen, 3,000 bushels , grain at 24c., and 300 bales cotto n a t l c . T o A n t werp , 250 bales cotton at ie., to fill up. The Skipping List gives for three days :-" Freights are without material change, though, if any thing, a firmer feeling pervades the market. For Great Britain there is less available room than last week, which, in view of slightly increased offerings of breadatuffs, has enabled shipowners to obtain the advantage again. Transient vessels are scarce, and command ready employment at remunerative rates in all directions : this is particularly the case with large ships adapted to the cotton trade. There is a scarcity of ton nage in all the leading ports of the Union, and the pro. bability of continued heavy exports of the leading staples of the country does not warrant the belief that there will be any material increase, at least for some months to come. We understand that some of our shipowners, who have vessels employed in the war service, have re• ceived offers from the Allied Governments of a renewal of their charters, but at a slight reduction from the ori ginal rates, and that some of them, having refused to accept any abatement, have been notified that their ships would be continued in the transport service for an inde. finite period, under a clause in the old charters. A tr. legraphic despatch was received yesterday from New Orleans, stating that all the unengaged ships in that port had been taken up to load cotton for Liverpool at 4d. The engagements to Liverpool include 140,000 bush. grain, closing at 11d. to 114 d. in bulk and ship's bags ; 3,000 bales cotton, 9.321. ; 1,500 boxes cheese and 500 pkgs. butter, 40s. ; 1,800 bbls. lower rate ; and by the Atlantic, 532 tcs. lard and 60 or 70 cases india rubber goods, 90e. ; and 600 bbls. apples, ss. To Lon don, 3,000 bush. wheat, 150, in ship's bags ; 30 boxes indiarubber shoes, 355. ; and 380 boxes spermaceti 555.; the nominal quotations for turpentine are ss. to spermaceti, 6d. per 2801 b., and rosin is 4s. 6d. per 3101 b." DESTR tr9Ti John's,vE r o o ct u o rr b L e .t r 7 w . e—i learn n th advises att from St. awful fire had broken out about seven p.m. on the pre- FolfaE the I 2mOt br h E of w v ious Tuesday, and raged till two a.m. next day, burni ng out several hundred fishermen's families in all, ab ou t 1,100 tenements. H EALT H OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON.--We STO h a ppy to be enabled to state that the health of the bishop of the diocese continues to amend. His lordship i s progressing, though slowly, towards recovery.-- John Bull. MARINE DISASTERS, &C.—Liverpool, Friday,—The Windermere, arrived here from Singapore, had on board the captain and crew of the ship Hampton, Humphrey, from Shields to New York, which was fallen in with at 11 a.m. on tho 27th of October, lat. 48 N., long. 13 W., in a sinking state. The crew was immediately taken off, and the Hampton foutdered at 4 p.m. same day. The Joseph, from Ostend, in beating up the river this morning, ran into the Helios, from New Orleans, at anchor, and lost bowsprit, &c. The Helios did not re ceive any damage. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re. turn for the week ending Nov. 3, 1855 £6,037 8 10 Corresponding week last year 5,586 1 2 Increase in 1855 ,, ll £431 7 8