The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

DECLARATION' OF PROFITS. TNDISPIITABLE LIFE POLICY COM- PANY , —Chairniari, Lord' Viscount S TORRINCTON ,— The nest Division of Profits will be made in June, 1856, and those assured on or before the 31st of December, 1355, will participate one year earlier than th ose assured after that date. A reduction of 25 per cent. has been made on the premiums of all Policies of 5 years' standing. ALEXANDER 11.013,E1 1260 N, Manager. 72, Lombard-street. London BURGLARY. 2200 REWARD. —On the Night of Friday, the 26th of October inst., 1i55, Oakland Rouse, Cricklewood, Kilburn, near London, was robbed, among other things, of 21. ss. Ed. in money, some silver Teaspoons, Threaded Shell Pattern, engraved with a Lion's Head, and the Initial " g,” and the Motto, " Prudentia et Animis." of the Wetks of a Drawing-roo m Clock, purchased of Silver, of Hatton-Garden, and of 3 Coats, one black twilled Waterproof, another black cloth, with velvet collar, and the other a dark brown driving coat of thick fine cloth. Whoever will give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the Thief or Thieves, shall receive the above Reward, on applica tion to Mr. Steele, Solicitor, No. I, Lincoln's-inn-flelds where, or at the premises, or to the police, all i n f ormation is to be rendered.' THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS 'EVENING. Will be performed THE POOR GENTLEMAN. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, E. Villiers, W. Farren, Howe, and Compton ; Mrs. Poynter, aid Miss Swanboreugh. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN. OY.tt PRINCESS'S TLIEATRE, OXFORD-STRL+ ET. trader the Management of Mr. Cronus lEzAw. THIS EVENING • Wlll be presented JUDGE NOT BY APPE ARANCES. After whsch, THE WONDERFUL WONTAN. Characters by Mews F. Matthews, D. Fisher, Cathcart, Everett, and Mils Heath. To conclude with THE CRITIC. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he performed THE WHITE MR*: OF THE PEPPERS, Gerald Pepp , r, Mr. Hudson; supported by Messrs. Moreland, P, Bedford. Phellrn, Miss Kate Kelly; Afag,delene, Miss Laidlaw; Agatha, Miss Wyndham. After which, the Farce of THE ..£lO3 N)TE. Followed by BETSY BAKER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, IS, Norfolk -street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIN AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, - - - - Will be presented, with entirely New and Nfagnificent Appoint mants, MAGIC and MTATERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF AN-HOUR wfur TILE SKR' being the most surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. Revlva', in an Improved form, of the a3toundlnx novelty which startled London 10 yeArs ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK! Prices of admission:—Private 13>xe3, 11. I Is. 64. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress 3s ; Upper ISoxes, 21.; Pit, li.; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-ofllee open from It to 5 dilly. Grand Niornint; Performance on Satarday Next at Two o'Clock Doors open at Helf-past One. RJYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. TIIIB EVENING, Will bo presented PLOT AND P kSiIONT. Characters by Messrs. F Robson, Emery, G. Vining, Leine, IL White, 11. Cooper, and Franks ; and Mrs. Stirling and Miss Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MERNIAID. To conclude with A BLIGHTED BEING. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction or Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will ba performed THE RAGPICKER OF PARIS, Followed by NI TOCR IS. To conclude with TILE LADIES' CLUB. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The vivid and tremendously real Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS TOPOL ! After which the JEUX EQUESTRES DE L'ARENE, or Acts In the Circle, with that miraculous feat, Mr. J. H. Cooke's Saut du Pont, or Flight of the Bridges. To conclude with a BALLET D'ACTIOV, with a variety of Prin cipal and other Dances, by artistes of celebrity. ISox-office oven from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, SD. W. Cooke. jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 1 min. aft. 12 To-Monnow—Morn.2o min.aft. 12 —Evening3B rain. aft. 12 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 6. THERIMMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48 —highest sinco noon yesterday. 48 —lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day at noon. BARGISETER, 30'15. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine November weather. g i br g , 1 ~ A_ ~~ ~~~ t §AIII. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1855. Recent intelligence from the United States goes far to prove that the very discreditable, nay more, the highly criminal, electioneering trick of Mr. Attorney-General CALEB CUSHIYG has by no means answered the expectations of the parties to the scandalous manceuvre. Office at any price, or on any conditions, seems to have been the sole end and object of the step. For that he would have been willing to inflict permanent and serious damage on the best interests of his country-- f to have embroiled it in war with its best customers —men springing from the same stock, and speak ing the same language as its own citizens. It is needless to speculate on the results of such a war, for any war undertaken without adequate cause is unjustifiable, and must prove highly prejudicial to the welfare and prosperity of all parties con cerned. • We can scarcely suppose that Mr. Attorney- General CUSHING contemplated "going the whole hog," and proceeding really to extremities with England. Although we have no very exalted opinion of his political morality, we cannot, in common charity, believe him capable of such atrocious guilt. No ; we believe that • his wish was merely to create an excitement by means whereof ho might secure a few ad ditional votes, sufficient to turn the scale in favour of the party with which ho was workinr , and with which his own political existence was identified. He might possibly have thought that his blustering and bullying would have succeeded, and that concessions would be made flattering to the vanity of some short-sighted electors. H e might also have imagined that, with the aid of those by whom he was supported and stimulated in the reckless and culpable course on which he had entered, the difficulty could have been re moved at any time he and they thought proper, when. the object fur which it was undertaken had been accomplished. But he ought to know the danger of tampering with so perilous an element a•R Popular passion, and considered that it has too frequently been the fate of those who "sowed the storm to reap the whirlwind." He could not answer for the result of the very doubtful experiment on which .he ventured, and even under the most favourable circumstances the consequences must be very mischievous. There can, therefore, be no possible excuse for his mis conduct, and the least punishment which it can l'encive will be the failure of the contemplated gain, and the substitution of a man of sounder sense, higher attainments, and unblemished poli tical honesty, in the elevated position for which he is so clearly disqualified. But, thanks to the good sense of the high minded people of America, there are already un equivocal indications of the complete f a il ure o f the nefarious scheme. Our transatlantic brethren well know that no insult was contemplated—that there was nothing which could justly arouse their most sensitive feelings. If there had b een an error, it was promptly and handsomely at one d for. At the very first intimation not only was there an immediate apology, such as an honourable Tha n might offer, and another equally honourable rec eive, but the objectionable practice was at once discontinued. Lord CLARENDON' declared that he had given to his agents the most stringent instructions not to violate any municipal law, and that if there bad been any violation he deeply regretted it. This should have been sufficient for the most captious and querrulous, particularly when accompanied by the cessation of the matter complained of. But Mr. CALEB CUSHING could only see in the instruction " not to violate any municipal law " a deepe r i n j ury, a more inexpiable offence. In that opinion he will THE SUNS not receive the sanction or support of any right minded or honourable man—no matter whether he be arrayed under the same standard with the Hards" or " Softs," Whigs or Democrats, Temperance or Anti-Liquor-Law men, or Know- Nothings. The proceedings of Mr. CUSHING must be equally objectionable to the true-hearted men of all sides, and we may well leave him to the retributive justice that must await him at the hands of his own countrymen. The Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool has spoken clearly and intelligibly in reference to the all-important question of the Currency. Its mem bers, sound practical men of business, have seen the serious injury inflicted on their own interests, in common with that of the entire community, by the ♦ery impolitic and inequitable restrictions imposed by the Act of 1844 ; and as the time _when its provisions must again be considered by the Legislature is rapidly approaching, they have very judiciously "ventilated" the question, so that it may be fairly and correctly brought under public notice. The Council of the Chamber, in answer to the numerously signed requisition presented to them, pointed out one very important failure in the act. They show clearly and distinctly that al though the convertibility of the note be main tained, the reserve of 'totes may be completely exhausted, and that the claims of the depositors are totally disregarded ; that the issue department may still retain a largo stock of bullion, while the Bank itself was wholly unable to satisfy the claims of those having legitimate demands on its assets. They truly state that "in the event of such an assumed contingency the Bank of England, under the provisions of the Act of 1844, is powerless to afford any facilities to the commer cial world, and that (although the originating causes be not precisely parallel) the same calami tous crisis as that of 1847 may again be wit nessed 1" They might have gone much further. They might have stated that in such an event, and should the Government interference be desired, the convertibility of the notes should inevitably fail. For let us suppose that the Bank, through the insufficiency of the reserve of notes, was com pelled to dishonour the cheques of its customers ! That such an event was possible is established by the testimony of Mr. JONES LLOYD (now Lord OVERSTONE) himself, who stated before the Com mittee on the commercial crisis of 1847', " that the Bank was only saved ftom suspension by the Government letter of the 25th October." Such an emergency may again arrive, and then, we repeat, what would become of the much-vaunted converti bility of the bank note ? There would, of course, on the first stoppage of payment, be a regular closing of the concern. Notes would no longer be payable at the Bank premises, although they might be forced as " legal tenders" throughout the country. Supposing that there were at the time of stoppage eight millions of bullion in the bank coffers. But under the act there would be twenty-two millions of notes in circulation, towards which there would be 4-11ths, or about 7s. 3d. in the pound. But would not the depositors have an irresistible claim to par ticipate in the assets ? Most unquestionably they would so, and the dividend might thus be dimin ished to something less than ss. in the pound on all its liabilities. The natural conclusion is, that inasmuch as the security of the deposits may be greatly en dangered by a rigid adherence to the ptorisior l s of the act, and as the notes must share the same fate as the deposits, the convertibility of the notes is really greatly hazarded by the very en actments intended to secure it against any and every risk ! This is a strictly logical con clusion ; and we defy any bullionist to impeach the accuracy of the premises. It is, in fact, a repetition of the old myth, of which varieties are to be found in every laud, almost in every district, that the dreaded evil is produced by the very means adopted to counter act it. We leave the bullionists "to crack this nut," requesting an answer to the simple and in telligible interrogatory, What would be the effect on the currency of the inability of the Bank of England to satisfy the demands of depositors ? It is quite possible to be carried along so fast and easily as to lead you to fancy the rate you aro travelling at is actually slow. In such a case, of course, the error into which you have fallen is corrected by reflection on your arrival at a point which you had deemed far distant. Some such delusion we are inclined to think is a little too prevalent as to the progress of railway com munication in this country. Justice, we are of opinion, is hardly done to the great body of rail way proprietors throughout the kingdom in rela to their magnificent achievements. Barely a quarter of a century has elapsed since railway operations were commenced, and if we wish to form a tolerably accurate notion as to how they have been carried on, we have only to pause for a moment and look around us. And what is the result ? Why, from one end of the country to the other, we find a perfect network of railwa communication, the loops of which are yearly being drawn closer. In achieving so desirable a result, it may be asked what have railway proprietors not had to contend against ? Moun tains have had to be tunnelled, hills to be cut, valleys to be arched or elevated, rivers to be spanned, and thousands of miles of rails laid evenly down, to say nothing of the factious or interested opposition which has been surmounted. And now instead of being borne slowly along by driblets and at unfrequently recurring intervals in stage coaches, waggons, or canal-boats, the population are whirled daily along the rail by myriads in every quarter of the kingdom, so that a youth of 30 has seen more and knows more of the aspect and customs of the country than his great grandfather, his grandfather, and even his father, at thrice his age. How grandpapa would have stared had he been told that a system of communication, which could be carried on at the rate of a mile a minute, would be so far in vogue in 1854 peastooplbel A e per sonally made use of by 111,000,000 yet the prophecy would have been verified by the event. A system which has attained to such magni tude in so brief a period could hardly fail to be encumbered in its progress with some de fects. When, however, the difficulties which railway directors have had to encounter in the discharge of their onerous duties are taken into consideration, surprise will rather be excited that legitimate causes of com plaint have been so few. It was not the develop ment of an existing system they were entrusted with ; it was the creation of a new, the merits and demerits of which could only be ascertained by trial. On the one hand shareholders were eager for high dividends, and on the other the public clamoured for comfort and safety with cheap rates. In this dilemma whom had they to look to for support but the officials in their employ ? And these officials, from the highest to the lowest, were necessarily new to their work. Every pro fession, trade, and species of labour almost contri LONDON;, TUESDAY EVRNINCI, NOV_EMBER 6 1855. ' buted to the staff. As a matter of course there were accidents, some unavoidable, and others arising from carelessness, sometimes on the part of the passengers who suffered by them, oftener on that of the minor officials. The public, natu rally enough, demanded that every possible pre caution should be taken to ensure their personal safety ; and, not quite so justly, attributing a large portion of the accidents to the smallness of the force employed, that the number of minor officials should be increased. Yet in 1852 there were nine or ten officials on the average on every mile of railway open, a number increased to twelve in 1854. The fact, as we now, know, was, two-thirds of all the accidents of importance arose not so much from the quantity as the quality of the individuals employed. In vain might the directors pay the closest attention to the safety of their carriages and the solidity of their rails, if the human machines to whom the carrying out of their arrangements was confided failed in their duty, whether from carelessness or lack of intelli gence. The want all along has been a larger number, or rather an entire body, of conscientious and intelligent officials. And now that the railway system has invested in it no less an amount than 300,000,0001., yields an annual revenue of 20,000,0001., and employs a force of 90,000 man, the necessity for the moral and mental culture of the entire body of officials being stimulated to the utmost becomes too manifest to be insisted on. Under these circumstances, the public will be gratified to learn that an important step in this direction has recently been taken. An association, entitled the " Railway Club," has been formed in Man chester, the object of which is to facilitate com munication between the higher classes, as we suppose, of railway officials throughout the kingdom—to enable them, in other word; to ex change in kindly intercourse with one another the results of their daily experience, so as to arrive at the required data for the perfect development of the great railway system. A development which can only be secured by the aid of an intelligent body of officials, and which will involve not only due consideration for the interests of the shareholders, but also, what our readers will care most about, for the physical and commercial interests of the public. An association of this sort, with such objects in view, we cannot but wish success, while we congratulate it on the brightness of its prospects. the Ambassador of England, the Minister of State, Count de Mornv, and Baron de Rotlischi!d. Tile Emperor - yesterday gave an audiene at St. Cloud to the dbeiralier Paleocapa, Minister of Public Works at Turin, who cam• to Paris to be present at the deliberations of the International Scientific Commission on the subject of cutting through the isthmus of Suez. The Minister was presented to his Majesty by the Marquis do Villa Marina, the Sardinian Minister. We read in the illoniteur Gen. Canrobert embarked on the Ist inst., at Lubeck, on board the steamer Gothiod, for Stockholm. In every part of Germany through which he has passed, and particularly at Hanau and at Hamburg, the populations of the towns gave him a bona fide ova tion. At Lubeck the most enthusiastic cheers hailed his arrival and accompanied him to the place of embarkation." A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels, says that, on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess de Brabant to Paris, Count de Wa lowski, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. Magne, Minister of Finance ; M. Troplong, President of the Senate ; and Marshal Magnan, Coin fnander in-Chief of the Army of the East of France, re ceived the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold. BOURSE, Nov. s.—The following are the latest quotations : Cash. fr. e. 4i per Cents 2O 20 3 per t Cens 64 80 End of Month. —f. —c. Cl 70 N . ew Loan 65 80 Bank Shares... LATEST NF ~,~ MARSEILLES, MONDAY EVENING. The Euphrate has arrived ; she left the Crimea on the 27th of October, and Constantinople on the 29th. Her despatches will be forwarded at 8 p.m. MARSEILLES, NOVEMBER 5. The Sinai, which was expected on Saturday, but had been compelled to put into one of the Sardinian ports, arrived to-day. She brings accounts from Constantinople to the 25th ult.• An English steamer had advanced high enough up the Boug to reconnoitre, Nicolaieff. She states that there were numerous vessels in the port, and that it was strongly fortified. Odessa is still blockaded by the allied steamers. The bad weather interrupts important opera- tions in the Crimea. Fort Constantine continues to fire on any groups of curious persons in the southern part of Sebastopol. The fire of the Russians nearly set fire to the French line-of-battle ship Ulm, but she received timely assistance from the admiral's ship. The Allies are increasing the vigour of their fire in order to silence Fort Constantine. Omer Pacha, from the last accounts received, was still at Soukoum Kale ; he was preparing to march on Kutai. His operations have been impeded by the sickness which had broken out among the Tunisian troops which form part of his army. Kars is still closely hemmed in, but was ex pecting to be soon revictualled. General Wil liams has made every preparation for an obstinate defence. The price of wheat has nearly doubled at Trebizond. Provisions and fuel are very dear at Constantinople. By a despatch from Prince GOrtschakoff of the 2d inst. we learn that General d'Allonville, after his return to Eupatoria on the 29th with the mixed corps d'armee of the Allies, remained there two days ; and on the Ist inst. again left Eupa toria. The Prince says that the enemy halted for the night at Karagurt and Saki, from which it would appear that General d'Allonville is ad vancing by another road than that which lately took him to the Russian entrenched position at Tchobatar. Karagurt lies about nine miles to the north of that place. In a telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg the return of the Allied corps d'armse to Eupa- toria on the 29th ult. is ascribed to the appre- hension of its generals that it would be attacked on its flank. The bead-quarters of General Luders, com mander•in-chief of the array of the south, are re moved from Odessa to Nicolaieff. If the .Augsburg Gazette be as well informed on Russian subjects, as it is well disposed to Russian interests, the Czar has not been able to provide for the defence of Nicolaieff and Kherson without 'withdrawing a portion of his army from -the Crimea. The Gazette states that the Ist brigade of the 14th division of reserve, a corps which took part in the defence of Sebastopol, has marched to Nicolaieff, and artil lery had also been detached from Prince Gortscha- koff's army, with the same destination. The Danube of Vienna states that the corps of Grenadiers, which for a considerable time was stationed at Perekop, has marched to Simpheropol in a strength of eight regiments. It has not hitherto taken any part in the present war. If on this account it be admitted that the regiments are of their normal strength, the corps should present an effective force of about 28,000 men. " It is commanded," says the Danube, the sole authority for the statement of its advance, "by Generals Plitutin, Scherkoff, and Kryloff. The Grenadiers are accompanied by their division of artillery under General ICorniloff. The position of the 7th division of cavalry, which left Poland simultaneously with the Grenadiers, is unknown." According to Le Nord, Admiral Bruat has ad dressed a letter to the military authorities of Odessa, in which he complim en t s th em very highly upon the heroic resistance made by their countrymen at Kinbourn. For three days the firing against the three forts on the spit was heard at Odessa, Kinbourn being distant from that city only forty miles as the crow flex. 'VIENNA, Nov. 5. The Minister of Finance to-day sent a notice of the ratification by the Emp eror o f th e con cession of the Commercial and Industrial Bank granted to M. Rothschild, to the Princes Furten berg, Scharzenberg, and Anesperg, and Count Chotck, and Louis de Haber. The capital of the Bank is 100 millions of florins. HAMBURG, Nov. 5. Au order has been received at Kiel for all English line of battle ships in the Baltic fleet to return to England. Four have already quitted Kiel. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Vienna, in the Gazette de la Bourse, says :—" The news that the Austrian Go vernment had decided on sending General Letang to Constantinople to take part in the negotiations relating to the Principalities, appears well founded. The organisation which it is intended to bestow on those provinces is to have but a temporary charac ter, and the Western Powers reserve to themselves the right of revising it after the war. But there is no doubt that the measures now adopted will greatly influence the organisation of the country." The Journal de Francfort states that it is con sidered at Vienna that military events have taken a turn which must soon place in a stronger light than ever the necessity for the Germanic Confede ration to act with energy as a collective power in the Eastern question. The Bocrsenzeitung says that the Austrian troops occupying the Princi palities are to take up new liositions before the commencement of winter. The army corps of oc cupation will be considerably reinforced. The Military Gazette of Vienna pretends to have received from Trebizonde the news that, in his re port of September 30, the Turkish commander of Kars, Vasif Pacha, declared that he could not bold out more than three weeks unless he received reinforcements and supplies. Upon this Omer Paella immediately gave orders to send to Kars 12,000 horses, with provisions. It remains to be seen whether this re-victualling corps succeeded in reaching Kars. According to the same corre spondence, Prince Bebutoff had arrived before the place with 14,000 horse, and a fresh assault was thought imminent. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor left Paris this morning for Fon tainebleau, on a shooting excursion. Amongst the personages invited to accompany his Majesty are COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 5. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this rnoining. Lord Raglan had an audience of the Queen to deliver the Insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath worn by his father. The Earl of Westmoreland, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Raglan, General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and Capt. W. Peel, R.N., left the Castle to- day. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith arrived in London yesterday for the purpose of attending the Cabinet Council. The Duke of Cambridge had an interview with Vis count Palmerston yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. General Sir R. Gardiner arrived in London yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governors of the North Amer'. cfm Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Despatches were also received from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Viscount - Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Claren don, Lord Pan mure, Sir Charles Wood, the Right lion. R. - Vernon Smith, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Ilarrowby. The Council sat three hours. D.RURY-LANE THEATRE. Married for Money last night again attracted us to Drury-lane Theatre. Without exception, we think that this three-act comedy is one of the most complete things that we ever saw. In the way of plot it is perfect ; and with respect to the acting, what can be compared to the Mr. Mopus of Charles Mathews ? Great as was his delineation of Sir Charles Coldstream in his clever drama of Used Up, it is entirely thrown into the shade when compared with that of Mr. Mopus. We advise all true lovers of good acting to avail themselves of the opportunity of witnessing one of the greatest things yet done by this incomparable artiste. The grand Egyptian spectacle, Nitocris, we are glad to see,- still continues highly attractive. The house was crowded. BAY MA.RKET THEATRE. Last night Miss Cushman appeared as Meg Merri lees, in the favourite musical drama of Guy Mannering, and elicited the usual enthusiastic applause that in evitably attends her representation of the witch of Darncleugli. The performance of this lady in Guy Mannering is so well known and appreciated, that to say one single word on the subject would be a work of supererogation. After Mr. Harris's clever comedy of The Little Treasure, we last night had a re vival of one of the old Haymarket cemedittas, entitled Lodgings for Single Gentlemen. The part of Colonel Staumore was excellently sustained by Mr. W. Farren, and Mr. E. Villars made a capital Postlethwa!te. Miss E. Chaplin and Miss A. Vining as Prattle and Mrs. Greville acted in their usual clever stylt., mil elicited loud and frequent applause. The house was both fully and fashionably attended. LYCEUM THEATRE. Notwithstanding Mr. Anderson, or the Wizard of the North, as he styles himself, has been nightly displaying his powers of magic at this theatre for upwards of 10 weeks, his powers of attraction appear to be rather upon the increase than on the decrease, and last night the house was as densely crowded as on the first night of commencing his entertainments. The great novelty of the evening was the gun-trick, in which Mr. Anderson allows a volunteer from the audience—on this occasion a soldier in the hussar uniform—to load a rdie and fire at his hand. The trick was very neatly performed, and elicited most enthusiastic applause, Mr. Anderson not appearing in any way to tamper with the ball, which is in the first instance passed round the theatre for the exa mination of the audience. The other performances also went off with their usual eclat—the exposure of table rapoing meeting with the deepest attention. We do not pretend to say whether the means adopted for produc ing answers from tables, bells, &c., are the same as those of the professional rappers or spiritualists, but they are certainly very ingenious, and should be seen by every person who feels the slightest curiosity upon the sub ject.—Morning Post. SURREY THEATRE. A new drama, in three acts, was produced here last night under the title of Love and Honour; or Soldiers at Rome—Heroes Abroad. It is from the pen of Mr. J. E. Carpenter; and although somewhat late in the field, ap pears to be intended as a kind of piece d'occasion, the in cidents b e i ng l arge l y m i xe d up with the recentstirring events of the w ar . Th e part o f G eorge St. Clair, was ably sustained by Mr. Creswick, and Miss Saun ders made a very interesting Jessy Gray. Of course there is an underplot, Mr. H. Widdicomb (the popular low comedian of this establish ment) is the main support thereof. This gentleman, as a waiter driven to enlist as a drummer by the indifference of a coquettish chambermaid, possesses much comic humour, and made the utmost of his part. The piece was completely successful, and the multitudinous pa triotic and valorous sentiments with which the di a l ogue is plentifully interlarded found responsive echoes in the enthusiasm of a Surrey audience. PRICE OF SILVER. —The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 604 d. per ounce, being a further decline of id. T he dollars have disposed of at the previous price of 592 d. per ounce. NEW GRANADA BONDS.—At a meeting of New Gra nada Bondholders, held yesterday, M r . J. D . p oces presiding, the report of the Spanish American Committee in relation to the position of the debt and the Peruvian Bonds lately remitted in part liquidation of arrears (an abstract of which appeared in The Sun of Saturday) was unanimously adopted. SOUTHWARK.—We learn from an address of Mr. &Jovell's that that gentleman has retired from the con test. A meeting of his friends is announced to take place at Deptford. Whether Mr. Scovell intends to be present at the meeting, to explain the circumstances and reasons of his resignation, we have no means of learning. SIGNIFICANT BEQUEST.—It is stated in the Law Re view for the present month that Mr. Joy, a " victim of Chancery," has bequeathed 300/. to the society for the " amendment of the law." 3190 _Roman Credit Mobilier ll7O Austrian Belgian Fives 93 xcl. Spanish Threes Piedmontese Bl 75 Home Debt RAILWA YS--ZOR CASH. ir. C. C. (Mason llO5 Western 765 Northern Lyons_ Meditertanean 1220 Grand Central 537 50 Lyons Geneva — Testo Cette 667 50 Austrian Com. 703 75 THE BALTIC. KIEL, Nov. 2.—The arrival of the ships of war from the Gulf of Finland continue. Yesterday, the Royal George, 120, Captain Codrington, and the Cressy, 80, Capt. Warren, anchored in this harbour, and they have been joined this morning by the Edinburgh, 60, Captain Hewlett, and the Nile, 00, Captain Mundy. , Most of the Russian cannon have now been re moved from Bomarsund, and shipped by transports to England. Before shipping them an experiment was made for testing the strength of some of them. They were charged with Nibs. of gunpowder and two shot, earth was then rammed into them up to the muzzle, and when discharged they showed no symptoms of being in any way injured. They have been cast from Swedish iron, which is exceedingly tough, and it is well known that the greater part of the heavy ordnance of Prussia and other nations is made from that material. As they will prove ser viceable either in their present condition, or still more so if cast into mortars for the campaign of next season, it is well that they have now been secured. Another letter from Kiel says :—" According to accounts from the neutral ports of the Baltic, nothing has yet been decided as to a naval division of the Allies wintering in,these parts, in order to be ready to arrive more rapidly in the spring be fore the Russian ports in the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland. Neither has any measure yet been adopted by the Western Governments calculated to indicate that they intend to leave a number more or less considerable of their vessels of war in the neutral ports of the Baltic during the win ter. In the meantime, the season is advancing, and every day the navigation is becoming more dangerous ; so we shall soon learn the decision which will be taken on the subject." In the evening of the 26th the Blenheim, Capt. Hall, arrived at Nargen. The Blenheim has been very busy at Hango, and has had frequent en counters with the Cossaks who hover about the place. She discovered and brought away with her 17 very beautifully cast iron guns, about 27 cwt. each, and two mortars ; they had been hidden in some shallow water evidently with a view of being recovered. She also found an immense quantity of grape and canister shot buried in the soil, and a bombproof magazine built below the surface of the ground ; it was a little knocked about at the top, on purpose to lead to the suppc sition that it was destroyed with the forts, but to prevent any such mistake Captain Hall blew it up. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 2.—There is neither political nor local news of the least importance. The rumour that al attack has been made on Nicolaieff still prevails, and Greek mercantile houses profess to have learned from Odessa that the Emperor Alexander left Nicolaieff just six hours before the bombardment commenced. That no guarantee can be given for the correctness of such intelligence need hardily be said. It is expected that Sir Hamilton Seymour will soon come to Vienna. DENMARK AND THE UNITED STATES. HAMBURG, Nov. 3.—There is some reason to be, Hove that, after all, Russia has accepted the office of mediator between Denmark and the United States, and proposed, as an adjustment of the diffi culties, that Denmark shall cede her island of St. Thomas to the United States for the sum of five millions of dollars, and total exemption of Ameri can ships and cargo from the future payment of the Sound dues. Although the colony is of no value to Denmark in a pecuniary point of view, rather causing an expense than bringing in a surplus, yet Denmark is said to have declined the proposal out of consideration to the Weston! Powers, to whom such an acquisition of territory on the part of the Americans, so close to their own West Indian pos sessions, cannot be desirable. A letter from Berlin of the 2d, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Different journals have spoken of offers said to have been made by Russia at Vienna, through the Prussi an C a bi ne t, with a view to the resumption of negotiations. All these reports are without foundation. We can positively affirm that, far from making offers of peace, Russia is decided on continuing the war with all possible energy." According to the orders of the King of Prussia, Prince Frederick - Wiliam, son of the Prince of Prussia, is henceforth to take part in the sittings of the Council of State, and also in the business at the different ministries, in order to become initiated in public affairs. A letter from Berlin, of the 2d says :—" The members of the old nobility of Prussia still refuse to take their seats in the First Chamber on the opening of the approaching session, unless the Go vernment shall consent to restore the privileges (exemption from taxation and militaryservice, &c.), of which they were deprived in 1848. Negotiations were recently undertaken between them and the Government ou the subject, but they led to no result ; the King, however, has ordered that they shall be resumed." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 5.—A card has been sent round to common rooms stating that Mr. C. Gainer, M.A., of St. Mary Hall, now of the University of Paris, and late of the Universities of Pisa and Vienna, is a candidate for the Aldrichian Professorship of Chemistry in the University. The only other candidate in the field is Mr. Brodie, 8.A., of Balliol College. In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday, the Bth inst., at 2 o'clock, the form of statute on the subject of the dress of servitors, which was promulgated in con gregation on Tuesday, October 23, and accepted by con gregation on Thursday, the let init., will be submitted to the House. In a congregation to be held immediately afterwards the statute defining the duties of the Professor of Rural Economy, which was promulgated in congregation on the Ist inst., will be submitted to the vote of congregation. THE CAPTURE OF KINBOURS. ( From, IcSterCla?f•S The Minister of Marine has received from Ad miral Brunt the following report, dated the 18th of October, which completes the details of the capture of the f6rtress of liinbourn previously sent by telegraph : " I have already had the honour of transmitting to your Excellency a first summary of the opera tions of the allied squadrons on the 17th October. " All the information I have collected since that date, in order to obtain an exact knowledge of the part taken in these operations by each vessel under my command, has only confirmed the first impres sions under which I drew up the telegraphic des patch forwarded on the evening of the 17th to Varna. "The floating batteries, effectively supported by the mortar-vessels and gun-boats, after an engage ment of three hours, completely silenced the fire of the fortress of Kinbourn, which mounted 50 cannon and mortars. " This fort having been reduced, the two other works the Russians had constructed further to the north, and armed, the first with 10, the second with 11 canncn, could only uselessly prolong the resist ance. From their construction, however, being more modern and better planned, they could have sustained the fire of the other vessels of the squad ron for a considerable time ; but, taken in reverse by the frigates and gun-boats which had passed the Strait of Oczakoff, they were also compelled to yield to the fire of the numerous artillery that was crushing them. "In short, I attribute the speedy success we ob tained, in the first place, to the complete invest ment of the place by land and sea ; in the second to the fire of the floating batteries, which had already made several practicable breaches in the ramparts, and the aim of which, directed with ad mirable precision, had sufficed to shatter the most solid walls. Everything may be expected from these formidable engines of war, when they are led into fire by officers so distinguished as those to whom the Emperor had intrusted the command of La Devastation, La Lave, and La Tonnante. " The navigation from Odessa to Kinbourn pre sented some difficulties to ships drawing such a depth of water as the Montebello, the Wagram, the Ulm, and the Jean Bart. The course of these vessels was carefully buoyed by the frigates, cor vettes, and steam advice-boat s o f th e squa d ron. " ut, whatever were the obstacles I had anti cipated from a season already far advanced, I had full reliance on the intelligent zeal of the captains and officers, and no less in the spirit of the crews. " The generous emulation of the two allied squadrons, the mutual confidence of their chiefs, and the co-operation of the brave troops with whom we are united by the memory of so many toils borne in common, I also regarded as infallible pledges of success. " BRUA T. " THE WHITE SEA. (From, the Montieur of Nov, 4.) The Minister of Marine has received a despatch from Captain Guilbert, of the frigate La Cleopatre, commander of the French blockading squadron of the ports of the White Sea, dated the 29th October. It states that the French and English commanders had made it a rule to stop and destroy all Russian coasting vessels, but to allow boats that appeared merely to belong to the different localities to pass freely. Having afterwards learnt that these boats had been employed to transport 2,000 muskets to different points on the coast, almost under the eyes of the ships of war, it was resolved to forbid the navigation of the sea to every kind of vessel, how ever small—a determination that was afterwards . rigorously carried out. The commanders of the allied force had resolved to attack the important villages of Soumet, Kerret, and lima ; but, understanding that all the Go vernment stores and vessels had been removed since last year, the plan was abandoned. The other villages, though they had been supplied with arms from Archangel, did not appear much disposed to use them ; they were, besides, utterly defenceless, and quite at the mercy of the allied squadron. The inhabitants were at first willing to sell fresh provi sions to the ships ; but, on the appearance of an order from the Government threatening with the punishment of death, or exile to Siberia, all who held any intercourse with the vessels of the allies, the people di-played a decided. hostility. Besides these measures of terror the Russian Govern ment excited the religious fanaticism of the igno rant population against the allies, describing them as a savage and impious race ; medals were also distributed among the people, which they were told would preserve there from the bullets of the French and Eugl:sh ; and they were promised a liberal indemnity for all losses they might sustain from the Allies, provided they fired on them from ambuscades, or wherever they could surprise them. No neutral vessel has attempted to enter the White Sea since the arrival of the blockading ships; but several Russian boats, taking advantage of the thick fogs and the dark nights of autumn, have attempted to reach the Norwegian coast. Nearly all of them were stopped ; 60 vessels have been captured. The commerce of the White Sea has been entirely , destroyed ; an export and import trade that em ployed in the aggregate 148,000 tons of shipping has been suspended. The cold had continued to increase in intensity from the beginning of October, the land at the date of the despatch was covered with snow, and masses of ice were floating in tho rivers, As the naviga tion of the White Sea would soon be suspended, the commanders resolved to quit it. The two squadrons, between which the best understanding has existed throughout the blockade, loft on the same day. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 5. The Rev. Dr. Whewell, Master of Trinity College, was this day elected Vice-Chancellor for thf, year ensu ing. The sermon at the University Church was preached by the Rev. F. Gell, Fellow of Christ's College, and the Latin speech in the Senate-house was delivered by the Rev. A. G. Day, Fellow of Caius College. THE CLAIMS OF THE GOD-CHILDREN OF BRITISH WORTHIES. The following letter, signed " Common Sense," ap pears in ,a contemporary : "Nineteen of the most distinguished literary charac ters of the present day have appended their names to a petition to the British public on behalf of Johnson's god daughter and her sister—aged and distressed women. They beg for an annuity of 401. a year for them. The poor sufferers are septuagenarians, who cannot in the course of nature live many years. Almost all the sub scribors to the petition-are wealthy men, or, at least, men in easy circumstances—bishops, deans, members of Parliament, successful authors, and the like. Two guineas a year from each of them will render Johnson's god-daughter and her sister comfort sole during the poor remnact of life which remains to them, and, if these benevolent intercessors will condescend to take my ad. vice, I strongly recommend them to pay that sum and say no more about the matter. The occasion is not worthy of the machinery thus put in motion.. There is a risk of making charity ridiculous by the step now taken. A line must be drawn somewhere in recognising such public claims, and it surely is but reasonable that it should be drawn where blood relationship ends and god relationship begins." THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The Herald of this morn ing closes a characteristic article on the elections in the following language : "As for the election, there is plenty of time yet to speculate upon its probabilities, the results of which, in any event, will require a regular and definite reconstruc tion of parties in 1856. We have never had se many parties and factions and mixed principles and politicians at work, and never a smaller promise of any great achievement, than in this forthcoming election. Let us c , msole ourselves as with a quack panacea—that if it does not cure the patient it won't kill him." This picture is just. There has probably never been an election where so many divers interests were jumbled together. First, there are the Bards, or National Democrats, disowned by the Adminis tration altogether, but in favour with the Soutb, with whom they harmonise on the question of slavery. Then there are the Softs, or Administra tive section of the Democracy, whose views in regard to slavery meet with l ess f avour i n t h e S out h. The Old Whigs also have come to life again, and are to day to nominate their candidates. The Republicans to whom the Whigs surrendered only a month since, have selected their candidates from both Whigs and Democrats, and have planted themselves only on the issue of the extension or non-extension of slavery. The Temperance party and the Anti Liquor party had each its list of candidates ; and, last of all, the formidable Know-Nothings—so that, in the midst of the confusion, it is very diffi cult to forsee the result. Whatever it may he, it will have a great influence upon the national Presi - dential nominations next year. The elections in Kanzas have resulted as was pre dicted. The pro-slavery ballot on the 2d returned General Whitfield to represent the territory in Washington ; and the anti-slavery election of the 9th has chosen Governor Reeder to represent the same constituency in the same place. Consequently, Congress will now be called upon to settle this question. The latter party have also elec t ed dele crates for the purpose of forming a State Constitu tion which will probably be completed, with a clause prohibiting slavery, before Governor Reeder leaves for Washington. This is a bombshell that promises to blow most of the other business of the session quite out of sight. The Mormons also still give some trouble. Brigham Young, their chief and head, husband of 70 wives, and whose concubines are scattered throughout the settlement, has given out that no soldier shall be quartered among them. With many lamentations over the fall of faithful sisters, he has declared his purpose that the tempter shall enter their Paradise no more. The newspapers say, with how much truth I cannot say, that the President wishes Colonel Steptoe to return to Utah as Governor, and that he refuses to do so unless supported by a sufficient number of Government troops. Tile payment of the last 3,000,000 drawn for by Santa Anna's Governm en t under the Gadsden treaty has been made a question of in Washington. Each party naturally wishes the money. I am not aware whether the question is yet decided. Gene ral Alvarez has been chosen President of the Re public by a decided majority, and it is said that his entrance into the capital will be resisted by force. A rumour was prevalent in Mexico that the revo lutionary Generals intended to claim the protecto rate of the United States. The American Minister had issued the following denial : " Legation, United States, Mexico, Sept. 22. "The rumour which has disturbed the sympathies of the two opposing political elements of Mexico, now in fearful strife for the sovereignty of the republic, and which seems to have received embodiment in a secret treaty of alliance and protectorate, published and repub lished in several of the journals of the capital, demands some notice from the undersigned. Though its first an nunciation, and through a foreign periodical, was suffi cient to have created distrust, endorsed as it was with a repudiation from a liberal press, yet it was not until it 3 f:,.blication was detected, and the source and desigu whenc7 , it emanated were expo;ed, that the charac`.ec which the report merited was given to it by the opposing journals. This devolves tie slroz-cre n obligation on this 19gation, whose duty—and which has been most ETC; edly observed.—was to preserve a neutrality between the two contending Powers for the legitimate supremacy, to deny most unequivocally that any propositions for an alliance and a protectorate between the two republics have ever been entertained, or even meditated, by the . Government of the United States. " The diplomatic relations between the United States and the Government which has so recently abdicated were suspended before that event, and there has been no Opportunity for legalizing their renewal, as is well known and understood by this community. With the chiefs of the different departments and States pronouncing for the plan of Ayutla, and which seems now to have achieved a triumph, there has been no communication, by either messenger or in writing, as to what intimate relations that revolution, in its consummation, desired to maintain with the United States, as it was well knowla to each and to all that the American Minister accredited at Mexico could only hold an intercourse and treat with the legitimate sovereignty in a government de facto. It is due, however, to th ise chiefs, and to many respected and distinguished members of the party they now re present, and with whom I have been in the enjoyment of social, but not frequent, intercourse during my brief residence at this capltil, that there never was an inti mation that even a close alliance, involving a protec torate or annexation, could either be sought or was in any degree desired. On the contrary, one and all manifested great sensibility on the denationality of their country ; and the opinion was common on both sides that even the possible necessity of such a result to the present revolution must be regarded with distrust by both Republics. This legation cannot, however, testify as much for some who profess loyalty to the Cor. servative power, and who have made suggestions favour able to an American protectorate ; but always with the melancholy and distressing conviction that Mexico, after 30 years of internal convulsions, presented the struggles of a people incapable of self-government ; and that to rescue Mexico from anarchy there was now a necessity to seek protection under the wings of a neigh bouring Republic, that had so signally demonstrated its capacity to consu►nmate its 'Declaration of Independence' in tranquillity and advancement. "As the diplomacy of the American country, whose high trusts are in the keeping of this Legation, is truth, neither veiled nor disguised, it has felt the imperative obligation to speak it through a free and public press, that the United States shall not be mistaken or misre presented on an occasion when the responsibility of maintaining her integrity and honour abroad devolves on the undersigned. "JAMES GADSDEN." --.• There was a large fall in the stock-market yes terday. Erie declined 13, New York Central 24, and other stocks in proportion. The recent news from Europe, and the great and continued ship ment of gold to France, have disturbed the mar ket and left it for the moment in the hands of speculators. The ship men t o f spec i e con ti nues, made principally either as remittances by parties haying draughts to mature, or on speculation for a suspension in France. Well-informed business men also assure me that other and secret influences outside of the currents of trade have been felt for some time in the American financial world draw ing the specie towards Europe. The official weekly bank statement of to-day exhibits an im proved condition on the returns of last week. The specie reserve has increased 1,321,945 dols., and the deposits 1,236,745 dols. This would probably restore confidence, were it not for the caases which I have indicated above. This great shipment of specie ($900,000 by the Union and $700,000 already known by to-morrows steamer), and when the rates of foreign exchange admits no profit on the operation, check the return of confidence. The export of breadstuffs is for the time being light. During the week just closed the exports from this port alone amounted to over $2,000,000 (400,0001.) There are plenty of orders yet unfilled, but the market has advanced beyond their limits. There is, however, a great abundance of breadstuffs in the interior and on the way to New York. The total exports of breadstuffs and provi sions up to June 30 were returned at $36,696,131, being $29,205,109 less' than in the year before. Since then our new crop has come in, and, under the influence of the short crop in France, our mer chants look for an advance over last year. Mademoiselle Rachel closed her performances in New York last week. Pecuniarily it is represented as very successful to all concerned. The Italian Opera troupe of this season comprises no performers of European celebrity, except Madame La Grange. Miss Louisa Pyne and the London Harrison troupe are singing in English opera at Niblo's, to full houses. Among the novelties is an American opera, founded on Washington Irving's story of Rip Yan Winkle, the libretto by Mr. Howard Wainwright, which has met with great success. THE KING OP' PRUSSIA AND THE THIRD GUARANTEE. A letter from Vienna, of the Ist, in the Consti utionnel, says.:— " When after the fall of Sebastopol, the greater por ion of the press of Europe declared the question of the .bird guarantee to be virtually decided, I took care to state that such was not the opinion of the French and English Cabinets, both of which, as well before as after that great achievement, were determined that the prin ciple of limiting the Russian naval forces in the Euxine should obtain the firm support of all Europe, and should constitute one of the principal conditions of peace. I have reason to believe that a recent note of the French Government was couched in that sense ; and I therefore consider it a useful act to show that the determination of the Western powers relative to the third guarantee is perfectly in conformity with the principles and practice of the rights of nations, and can be justified by precedents borrowed from the diplomatic annals of Russia het self. A singular saying is attributed to the King of Prussia relative to that guarantee, when General Wedel returned to Berlin to lay before his so vereign the progress of the negotiations entered into last winter with the Court of the Tuileries. The object in view then was to conclude between Prussia and the Western Powers arrangements analogous to those of the treaty of Dec. 2, in order to allow the Court of Prussia to take part in the conferences of Vienna. M. Drouyn de l'Auys insisted, above all, that Prussia should sub scribe to the interpretation of the four guarantees, as set down in th e memorandum of Dec. 23. General iVedel, not venturing to take on himself to adhere to that de mand, returned to Berlin, to lay the matter before his sovereign. King Frederick William merely said in re ply:—' They want me to strike a deadly blow with my own hand at royalty, in asking me to impose on the Ems perm- of Russia, in the application of the third guarantee, conditions altogether incompatible with the dignity of his crown rni with the plenitude of his sovereignty.' Afterwar Is, Prussia somewhat modified that declaration, but the partisans of Russia do not cease to maintain that every limitation of the naval force of that power would be an interference with the rights of sovereignty of the Czar. It was the same argunun% which the Russian plenipotentiaries brought forward at the conference of Vienna in the memorable sitting of Apra 17, and which was rejected in the most absolute man, er by M. Drouyn de If my information is correct, the fallowing was the language employed on that occasion by the French statesman in answer to Prince Goetscht,k : ---` According to your account, Monsieur le Princs, we are only seated round teis table to le trn on e hat condition; Russia will be glad to sign pr a e with us. Ido not accept either the part which you would thus reserve to your own Government or that which you would attribute to the Western Powtre. Do we ask any of you ? Not at all. It is you who, seeing your flag driven from th e Bl ac k S ea, o f which we are the absolute masters, come to ask our permission to re turn there, for we only require four French vessels of war an I an equal number of English and Turkish ones, to keep the Black Sea in a permanent state of blockade and to exclude you even from it. And because we will only consent to admit your flag there under guarantees demanded for the general interest of Europe, you ex claim and say that we wish to attack the dignity of your Government. Of two things one—either assert your dignity by boldly opposing your flag to ours in the Black Sea, or frankly accept the legal consequences of defeat.' It was impossible to better replace the ques tion on its true ground, than M. Drouyn de l'lluys did, by making it to turn solely and exclusively on the prin ciple of the right to which according to the axiom qui sun jure utitu;', nemini facit injuriam, the question of dignity, admittingit to be involved, always remains subore dinate in international relations. Ido not think that there could be imposed on a sovereign and independent state a condition of peace more d( grl ding or more dan gerous than that which Nies insisted on by Russia by means of the treaty of Adrianople, by stipulating in ler own favour the power of m aching an army at any time across any part of the Turkish territory with out the authorisation of the Porte. When formerly the Congress of Vienna determined to throw open all the navigable rivers which separate or traverse various states, Holland for the Rhine, and the Italian states for the Po, did all they could to evade the enactments of Art. 109 *of the final act of the Congress of Vienna, which referred to the matter. But the other European states, Russia included, held firm, and insisted on the stipulations in question being carried strictly out, as such a line of conduct was evidently for the publio good. There is a striking analogy between what the Allies of the 2d of Decemb er , in the interest of the political balance of p ower, now demand from Russia as the third guarantee, and what the Congress of Vienna realised fur the interest of general commerce as regards the navigation of the rivers. It is that principle on which the Allies now act, and which they hope to have confirmed as the public law of Europe." CLERICAL MORTALITY.—During the past week the Rev. Gerard Many, Rector of Mawgan, in Cornwall, has died, an d a strange fatality appears to attach to this living. There have been three rectors within the space of eight years, all cut off by premature and sudden death The father of the late incumbent was thrown from his carriage in the year 1847, and killed on the spot. Hit successor, the Rev. Mr. Crockford, a fine healty looking young man, died very suddenly, in 1851, at the age o . 36. The late incumbent, who died a few days ago after a very short illness, was only in his 24th year.