The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

, EIES. the 12th it A. t rose, •essed have ;sting next great n the one ltoge- Glas• -Yes tined I the trans. igton- 1 exe from litect. Dmpli• ges at ) este bee, acts and I. to 3pol, es to n be MONEY MLA KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool cotton market, yesterday, closed heavily, with a downward tendency, and prices of Americans were again in favour of the buyer. All other kinds without remarkable change. The sales ►ere 6,000 bales ; 500 for exportation, comprising 120 Pernam and Marauham, at 6gd. to 7gd. ; 80 Bahia, at bid. to 61d ; 200 Egyptian, at Md. to 7d. ; and 1,000 Surat, at 31-d. to 4, 1 2 d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, but steady, and prices were a shade dearer than on Saturday. The report of the Singapore markets, dated the 16th of August, describes them as having been more active, but still without any large amount of business doing. There was a small advance in prices. Produce was quoted at high rates. Tin was unusually scarce, and had advanced to unpre cedented prices. The letters from Canton refer to the stoppage of Chinese emigration to Australia and California as having exercised a most prejudicial influence on freights, and occasioned a complete glut of vessels. The ship George Slen has arrived with South Australian accounts of the 13th April, but they were of old date ; and it is not yet ascertained whether there is any gold on board. By way of Ceylon there are advices as late as July 13 from Melbourne, and they are of some im portance. The ship Mermaid left that day with 85,872 ounces of gold, or, according to another statement, with nearly 100,000 ounces. This large shipment being completed, the demand for the precious metal had fallen off temporarily, and the latest price paid was 3/. 17s. The banks were disinclined to take the sovereigns coined at Sydney, and this occasioned some incon ♦enience. Money was abundant, and discounts were expected to be lowered. At Sydney the de ficiency in the revenue was to be made up by in creased duties, some being doubled. The number of arrivals reported at the Custom House during the last two days has been exceed ingly large, comprising vessels with valuable car goes from nearly every part of the world. There are among them a food many corn-bearing ships, and likewise several from Australia with wool, and from Sierra Leone and the Coast of Africa with gold dust, ivory, and other valuable pro ducts from India, China, the United States, Mexico, Peru, West Indies, Germany, and Spain. A clip per, from Oporto, brings 23 cases of specie, value not stated. In consequence of the statement in some of the French journals that the Bank of France, owing to the extended operations of its branches durtng the last two or three years, had scarcely sufficient capital, the belief prevailed in Paris that the Go vernment would sanction an increase of its capital. There would be no better means of aiding com merce, as an addition to the paper circulation could then be made, even in a manner to satisfy the most fastidious. According to the list compiled by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-home, the tonnage offering outwards to Australia is very large. Last week 12 ships, of 8,154 tons, cleared out from London to the southern Colonies, and there are still on the berth 22,000 tons for Victoria alone. Extreme heaviness has prevailed this morning in the English Stock Market, notwithstanding the favourable character of the advices from the Crimea as to the alleged retreat of the Russians from the north side of Sebastopol. The continued demand for money in the " House," and the belief that there will be a good supply of Consols from the large banking establishments, if not from the Bank of England itself, prevents purchases. On the other hand, discount wants are being circumscribed, and we are advised this morning that the ship Mer maid from Australia had on board nearly 400,0001. in specie. She may now be expected here almost daily, and is to be followed by another well-known vessel, which will be certain to secure a good freight. The amount mentioned as being on board the Mer maid is so large that it would not surprise us if it turned out that there had been some mistake. Consols opened at 88i rather sellers, but are now 88i for money. The prices for October have been 881 to and are now 88l to A. Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. discount to ls. prem. India Bonds are 2s. prem. _ . _ The Foreign Stock Market has been sympathising with Consols, and there is generally a downward tendency. The value of Buenos Ayres Bonds, how ever, is well maintained, and has been up to 55. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been quoted 99) 2 Grenada Deferred Stock is at 61 to 6i. Sardinian are steady at 84/. Spanish Deferred have been 191. Mexican are 21i 1. The amount for the dividends .is 45,500 dollars per Magdalena steamer. Turkish Bonds have been down 1 to per cent., being 85i to 86. The Scrip is 11 The Bank of England offers great facilities upon the latter, treating it the same as a British security with respect to loans, &c. Dutch 21 per Cents. are at 65. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexi can, 211 to 21i ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 75 to 77 ; ditto Three per Cents., 55 to 57 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 37/ to 381 ; ditto Three per Cents., 191 to 191 ; ditto Certificates, 4± to 41 ; ditto Passive, 41 to 5. The quotations of all the principal Railway Shares are heavy, and the dealings comparatively unimportant. In one or two instances, however, there is apparently more firmness at the present moment. The Paris and Lyons are higher again. Great Western of Canada are flat. Mining as well as Banking Shares attract scarcely any notice, and Canada Land are weak. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLUt; . ( Prom the Obicial List.) Business dons 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities BBi i India Bonds, £lOOO .. .. — Ditto, under 21000 2 Oonsols for Account, 12th October BBl i Exchequer Bills, • 24d 2d. £lOOO £5OO 3d Ipl 3 dlp Small . 3dlpt 3 d 1 p Exchequer Bonds 1858,3 i per Cent.... 99 Ditto . 1859, ~ ~. 99 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. itnenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 53 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Msxican 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account B4i Spanish Bonds, 3 - per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account 194 Tarkith Bends, 6 per cent — Ditto for the account SS i a 6 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. . Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Onil — Ditto for the Account 65 HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto for the Account BBi i LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY.) (nu ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday liornin Arrived—Despatch (s.), from Jersey ; Shamroc k g. 5.,, Dublin ; Elizabeth, Portsmouth ; Anne, Newp or t r...w ( Leith; Elizabeth, Cardiff; Ondine (s.), Dubln. " Janie Sailed—Courier (s.) and Transit (s.), for Jersey; Am , ance (s.), Havre ; Shamrock (s.), London ; Georges, Cher bourg. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. fine. Arrived.—Uncle Joe, from Charleston : Cathedral, Et. John's, N.B. ; Eagle, Laguna ; Helena, New York ; Ago noria, Calpe ; Merlin, Denis; Ann, Santander; Annie, Maranham. OlL—Jane Glassin, from Quebec ; Paramatta, Africa. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 30. Wind N.W., light. Arrived.—Ella Reed, from Porto Rico. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind N.W. • tide four hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived. —_Alice, from Denia; Queen Victoria, Kezia, and Fea r Not, Guernsey ; Marco Polo, Rouen; 'Wildfire, Balakl ava ; Sunbeam, Villa Nova; Nonpareil, Denia; Marian Moore, Calcutta. Sailed.—La Hogue, for Sydney. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.31 a.m. Wind W. bY S., moderate and cloudy. Passed.—Tweedside, from Cadiz, for London; Duke of Northumberland, Sydney, for London, in tow. Anchored.—Havoc, mortar vessel, from Sheerness, for the westward. Sailed.—York Town, for New York ; Oriental, New Orleans; Alice, Newport; Laura, Guernsey; Aurora, Trieste. LONDON, Oct. 2.—Wind this 10 day at noon, N.W. ; 20 ;ht, with fine weather. 20 25 St. 20 St. 25 81 2s .?0 LO 10 t. 10 it. 25 10 5 20 18 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAY/. rioting Prices yesterday. 24 - 25 3f - ... 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Stour Valley 296, Birk.,Ahd. LanesL. di Cheshire Jnnct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £2O all Myth 81. Tyra original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian ,61s. Carmarthen and Car digan al. 'Chester dx Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, di Pass 16 Cornwall 1 Ciieff Junction 45 Du olin &BelfastJunc all DundeePerth&Abel Been Junction all Do. Nom 100 East Avglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock ..... 100 Do., B. Stoat Do., New A. 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth &Dnrdeej 9 Forth & Clyde Ju. J. all Furness. all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. Wester 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 'OO Do., B. Stock ... .e • 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eat.l,ern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14Y, Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Lducasb.andYorks), Do., Wt t. Riding Un. all Liv.Crs y.&Southpt all London & Black wal 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths _ _ Do.lo/.5h.,111&E..,C 2 Do. Eighths _ . 100 London andS. Westu 47:i Do., £5O i 8 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrr”. & Ennlsk. 100 Manch.Sitef.k Litwin all Do. e Shares, No. Sts. Do., Man. & Lin. tin 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby all Midld. G. West. (Ire.) all Do. Half Shares till Newcastle & Carlisle 233 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor .00 Norfolk _ 36 Northn.ConntiesUn 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., h A Deferred all Do., B Guarantned 1.00 N.Easteru—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch all to. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London all Do. New £lO :31 iF N stead, and City Jn.. 176 North Staffordshire.. al , North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton .... 8 Portsraouth 100 Ses,Li;ish Central Seottishlldidland WO Shropshire Union a South Devon 110 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. 6z Riv. Dun 5 Do Staines, Wok. &Wok a'l Stockton & Darlin JP; StcAtoll & 11...rtlepl 1(X) Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares I*X) Do. Pref., No. 1. 21i Thames Haven Dock and Railway tilverstone & Lanes all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all WaterfordbLimeri all West Cornwall. 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London all ,Wimbledn & Croydon tai AlltWOrpaitOtt 46 Belgian Eastn. Juno 10 Beziers to Graissessa , , 4i Bombay, Baroda,anf , ' Central India,Scrii all Demerara 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. 5p c 10 Do. EY t.ension all Do. 4 p. c.l3ds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 17i Gd. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence St Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Franc , all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 6 por cent. 2 Do. Extensions...... all Do. .. 13 Great Luxembourg Constituted Sharee all Do. Obligations all Gt.WasternofCanad Shares ... all Do. Ms., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56... all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all D. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca &Pistol& 6 P.O prof 10 Lyons and Geneva I 14 Lyons dt Meditorran all Madras 10 Do. Now 31i Maria Antonia . all Do. do. New . all Namur dt Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do.2ol.Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22i/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B. & Ams. Shs. all NorwegianTrunkl're' 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen... 15 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 5 RoyalSwodish all Sambro and Meuse all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 2s. Scindo all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A).- 0.1 West Flanders all Do 5i per c. Pref 18 Western of France 16 Wait. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand JOINT-S i Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart Load. Chart. Bk. of Actu3tralla Ditto New London and County London Joint St ock 7 Lond. & Virezi na i natec " National Provi ncial of England Do. New ........... N a tional of Ireland„ New South Oriental Bank si Corporation Provincial of Ireland BANKS. 86 - 88 id—par i d ldis 53 - 55 p 30 25 20 an • •• ...' ... 20 10 20 35 10 22i all all 16i -17 i 19i -- 20 d i 1 d 38 -- 40 ••., ... s 4 • 35 - 36 40 -. 52 ill Do. New .............. -- 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. Ec Gold Imp C 0.... all South Australia ...... 40 41 all Union of Australia... 68 2iDo. New ........ 8 - 9 19 4011 of IdAd sl ew ••• me 8131111161 done this day. ex d FOREIGN. 5 5 5 20 20 33i 10 20 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EvENING, OCTOBER 2 1855 LINES LEASED T FIXED RENTALS SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE MAGA ZINES. I Paid. 1 Leasing Company losing ?rims yesterlity. Baseness this day. ( Front the Morning Post of this day.) That attack of the Redan, which brought to our arms so many of the honours of battle without the more con tingent glory of victory, has the same mysterious cha racter which characterised the attempt of the 18th of June, the issue of which so weighed upon Lord Raglan's mind that an indisposition from which be ought to have recovered, and which was apparently leaving him, be cause mortal. We, too, hold the interests of our heroic army paramount to every consideration connected with that army ; and the instant we felt assured that .a man fit to lead it in the style of Marlborough, in the style of Wellington, had been discovered, that instant we would counsel the appointment of such a commander. An army is not made for the General, but for it, for the army, its General is sought and chosen. We are not anxious, then, to invert the order of these vast interests and values ; all we want is that justice and fairness be not forgotten in the unkind and indiscriminate acerbity of disappointed national pride. When Lord Raglan was announced to be no more— immediately after the receipt of a message which repre sented him as almost recovered—the sudden exigency compelled a rapid selection of his successor. Much bad been said—much urged with heat and energy--about the folly of nominating men whose proofs were chiefly associated with our home service, or remitted back through 40 years, to an early and a doubtful period of practical warlike probation. Those who were known in India, it was urged, ought to fix our attention. India was our constant gymnasium. What said our officers in that quarter ? For whom was their voice ! In whom had they confidence ? Meanwhile, time pressed hard, and General Simpson was appointed. Now comes the great trial of the Bth inst. He, like General Canrobert, would be only too glad to yield a place which he never wanted to occupy, and which he accepted with reluctance, if not with misgiving. But why with misgiving ? This requires a few words. The English army is small compared to that of our valiant friends, the French. In the severe labours of a period of adversity, now passed away, it sufficed not for all the duties which were embraced with such a brave and large hearted spirit. The little army was relieved ; its posts were curtailed—and were shifted. Any place would answer ' • any place was acceptable ; neither men nor General would demur to our holding any one of those stations of which all must be held. That somebody or other must be at a particular spot was quite enough for us. Why not the English ? Now, we had a more rocky ground through which to trench than fell to the lot of the indomitable men who made their approaches to the Malakhoff. From this two consequences followed. First, we pushed the advance more slowly ; and, in the second place, we were forced to content ourselves with a narrower line of excavation. When the day of assault arrived, that is the day when our more numerous Allies were ready for their attack, it seemed right that we should defer to those who were more forward ; it seemed shameful that we should clog their movements. But were we also ready ? No. How is this ? Fewer men and a harder soil. And how not ready ? We were farther from the enemy, and our paral lels were so narrow, that supports, reinforcements, and reserves were unable to form effectually therein. Then why attack at all I There was the point of honour. There was, moreover, the diminution of the pressure upon those who would assail the Malakhoff, and who had before helped us so well. Have we said enough ? The French columns, who sprang into the Kerniloff Bastion, had only from 12 to 20 yards to clear. Their supports, who swarmed upon their track, had wide trenches in which to form—bays, so to say, in the parallels, easily won out of a less rocky ground. And if our storming party was numerically weak, let thejeader fix it well in his head that they constituted "a forlorn hope," and the smaller such a band is (after reaching the needful number) the better. They had besides 215 or 220 yards to clear, instead of about 12 ; and the 12 to which we allude were not swept by artil lery, whereas these 200 yards were terminated by a raking cross-fire of grape throughout their whole interval. Another point is still more important ; the Redan was not like the Malakoff, a closed fort, but open behind ; and those whom the sudden French attack found card playing and dice-throwing in the Malakhoff, came rush ing by hundreds into the Redan. Meantime the Mala khoff enclosure became a citadel to its conquerors, while our forlorn assailants of the Redan stood in its pointed exterior angle, or salient, exposed to the broad line of fire which its base, or " hypothenuse," flung out ; cut off from support, and far from their own unfriendly, be cause narrow, parallels. It is wonderful they held their ground so long. But for them, the Malakoff might not have been taken. They died not "in the arms of victory," but they helped to secure it. It is considered a great thing to win victory, or to aid in its winning, for the sake of honour ; what shall we say of those devoted hearts who aided in its winning without the honour, and without a hope of it ? As to General Simpson, let all who judge him first put themselves mentally in his place. Blackwood.— The eleventh instalment of the charming romance of "Zaidee" brings us at last to that crisis in the plot in which the great secret of the story trembles on the verge of revelation. So imminently, indeed, that the poor little brown Zaidee that was, grown now, after the lapse of these seven years of concealment, into the beautiful Elizabeth Cumberland, half meditates running away again, and hiding herself this time if possible effectually from the chance of recognition. The truth is—Mary has become the betrothed of Percy Vivian, the Great Author ; and Percy, in one of their lovers' "confidences," has told the whole ro mantic history of the family to the adopted sister of the unknown Zaidee, the heroine of the narra tive. The incidents recounted in the present in stalment take place at Malvern, whither Mr. Cum berland's family have removed after a brief sojourn in London, subsequent to their staying for a while at " Sylvo's-place ' ' where they see the wonderful Mr. Mansfield. Why they go to Sylvo's-place at all is to us altogether unaccountable. Nothing comes of it. We aro just toll that they go, and that they return, and are then hurried with them through town to the heights of Malvern. There it is that Percy woos and wins Mary Cumberland. And there it is that poor beautiful Elizabeth Cum berland otherwise Zaidee Vivian suddenly wakens to the terror of being discovered by Percy, and carried back after all her unavailing self-sacri fice to be the wealthy heiress of the dear old Grange in Cheshire. The next part will probably brin g the whole story to a conclusion. " North and the Noctes," a tribute from Maga to the shade of Christopher, opens the October number of Black wood. It is a strange rambling comment upon the introductory volume (recently published) of Pro fessor John Wilson's Noctes Ambrosiance —the earliest and, all things considered, the greatest of the glories of old Ebony ! This we say in no for getfulness of Warren's "Diary of a Late Physici an," or of his glorious " Ten Thousand a-Year !" Any more than in failing memory of Lytton's exquisite " Caxtons," or of his immortal chef dceuvre " My Novel !" These, however, be it remembered, were merely conveyed to us through Maga. Black wood's Magazine was only in their regard the revered medium, the glorified vehicle for their first publication. They never constituted an integral portion of Maga herself bone of her bone and flesh of her flesh—as was, in very deed, the case with Wilson's inimitable " octes !" They, as works, were simply presented to us, we repeat, through Maga. It, whether as an entire masterpiece, or originally as a piecemeal pub lication, was Maga herself Maga in all her terrors and with all her charms—Maga in her wit and her wisdom—Maga sublimated and trans figured. Samuel Philips with his coarse but vigor ous " Caleb Stukely "—Douglas Jerrold with his queer fantastic " Men of Character "—Thomas Barham (the laughter-moving Ingoldsby) with his " Cousin Nicholas "--cum cceteris paribus were at the best but brilliant contributors to Blackwood. Professor Wilson—without ever having been its editor—was its veritable impersonation. As he himself in his proper person was the indubitable incarnation of that " king of men," rare old Chris topher North. His crutch was the sceptre of Maga. His great laugh of derision was her thun der. His flashes of wit her lightning. Remem bering all which, we turn with interest to Black wood's own tribute of love and admiration for his memory, and read the paper " North and the Noctes ' through to the last word, and close it— strange to tell—only with a sense of bitterest dis appointment. The reason for which may in some measure be discernible through the date appended to the article by its writer, viz., " Camp before Sebastopol, Ist September." A date which, in our eyes, looks like an insufferable affectation. As though the nameless contributor said to us—See what a clever fellow I am, to be cracking jokes like this in the midst of the roar of a bombardment. When all the while, to ourselves, the flippant chatter of the contribution reads like a heartless impertinence, scribbled by vanity in the midst of the blood and tears of a strife such as the world has seldom before witnessed. Bearing in mind where it was written, we have scarcely pa tience to listen to the errant gabble of this most gossipping and garrulous of commenta tors. He pays due homage, of course, to each of the three grand interlocutors of the Noctes —North, and Tickler, and Shepherd ! He speaks of the three great masters of humour in these modern times in England, as no other than Chris topher North, Sam Slick, and Charles Dickens. And so forth. But the article, though clever here and there, is altogether an egregious failure. Not so Major Hamley's " Story of the Campaign," the tenth portion of which brings us this month later down than the battle variously known as that of the Traktir-bridge or of the Tcheinaya. Besides the last-mentioned there are two other " continua tions" in Blackwood for October—part two of " The Baltic in 1855," and part two of " Books for the Holidays." In the last-mentioned of which serial contributions there is a delicious sketch of the seekers of praise, who pester the life almost out of any well-known writers for the magazine of maga zines. We could almost fancy the sketch to have been drawn in burning lines by the caustic pencil of Professor Aytoun ! as we could positively swear to it that the learned Recorder of Hull, and no other, is discernible a little further on in "An Old Contributor at the Sea-side." We can hardly mistake the bold hand of the master, any more than his subtle humour, his keen and watchful observa tion, his sly, quaint drollery, and (with evidences like these too) his reverential awe (when occasion permits) before Nature and her God. Other con tributions there are—a paper on " Centralisation," one on " Modern Light Literature," and another descriptive of a journey made by Vedette from " Madrid to Balaklava"—enough in regard to all which is said by their mere enumeration. Some what curious, by the way, it is to find in this one number of Blackwood no less than three separate articles, dated by their writers from the Camp before Sebastopol ! (From the Times of this day.) The election of Mr. Alderman Salomons to the im portant and honourable office of Lord Mayor of London is too significant a circumstance to be overlooked even amid the all-engrossing topics of the war. The Alder men and Livery of London ought to be pretty good judges, we think, of what constitutes a citizen, and they have elected to the chief civic dignity — to the office of Lord Mayor—Mr. David Salomons, Alderman and cooper, who was, indeed, elected Sheriff of London and Middlesex 20 years ago, but who is nevertheless a mem ber of the Jewish persuasion. It seems hard to deny the full rights of citizenship to a class one of which is chosen Lord Mayor of London. That the Jews, moreover, are good citizens—that is to say, peaceable, orderly, and well-disposed—has never been denied, and the honour now conferred on Mr. Alderman Salomons is precisely that which has always been regarded as the peculiar re ward of civic industry and success. Nor can the Jews be charged with any want of wholesome conservatism. The Lord Mayor Elect, in returning thanks for his election, himself observed that he trusted we should still find "that a desire for the maintenance of all old institutions was consistent with popular rights, and, above all, with the rights of conscience. It used to be said that the emancipation of the Jews would "uncluistianise the country." We do not, as we remarked once on a former occasion, see how this argu ment, on which so much stress has been laid, can be better met than by an appeal to facts. We say, without fear of contradiction, that those opinions by virtue of which the emancipation of the Jews has been advocated cannot convey any indication of laxity in religious feeling on the part of the nation, inasmuch as, so far from being attended with any manifestations of religious indiffer ence in general, they have, on the contrary, been coin cident with marked and unquestionable improvement. In proof of our words we refer to open evidence. Let any person look around him, and compare what may be termed the religious aspects of society at the present time with what might have been seen in times past. To deny the progress exhibited in this respect would be impossible. In every quarter may be observed churches recently erected or in process of erection, or old churches restored by the most careful and zealous renovation. To judge by such testimony, one might almost imagine that there bad been some great revival of religious feeling— some awakening of the public mind. From the statistics of the last census it appears that betwe en the y ears 1801 and 1831 there were built 500 new ch urches, and that between 1831 and 1851 no fewer than 2,029 were added to the existing number ; while of the total estimated oust of 9,087,0001. incurred upon these fabrics, no less than 7,423,5711. was contributed by private benefaction. The numbers and funds of the various societies organised for religious purposes would furnish evidence still more remarkable. To take a single examples—the Church Missionary Society, which for the firs t ten y ears of its existence—i. e., from 1798 to 1808, had not ab ove 1,5001. yearly incense, has now 12 0 , 0001. We ne ed not, however, multiply these quotations , as the obse rva ti on of every reader may convince him of the truth of our argument, and of the fact that religi ous feeling has been strengthened, and not impaired, during the progress of political liberality. With such evidence before us there can be no grounds for apprehending that opinions f a vourable th reli g i ous toleration would be unfavourabl e to religious truth. Conscience, said a great man, is God's province, mean ing that it should be regarded as beyond the cognisance of man. If this principle could only be carried _out at the cost of sincerity or zeal, it would be deplorable in deed, but fortunately no such perils are in the way. Look at the instance furnished in the case of Ro man Catholic emancipation. Did that concession make the nation less Protestant I We venture to say that never could there have been a more genuine, hearty, or uni versal expression of real Protestant feeling than was called forth 21 years after the Emancipation Act by the Papal aggression in 1850. No observer of that demon stration could ever have doubted that England w as Pro. testant to the backbone, and we believe that the Chris tianity of the nation is just as little liable to be affected by the emancipation of the Jews. In the present day we can show our zeal for religion by other methods than those of excluding from civil privileges those who differ from us in belief ; nor is it likely to be considered that the city of London is in a ny degree l ess Christian th an it was before its chief magistrate was a Jew. What was shown by the election o n Saturdaywas not tbat th e electors were indifferent to Christianity, but that they were unwilling to allow a difference in re ligious beli e f t o exclude a fellow-citizen from the honours which he bad deserved. The Dublin, of course, has its say about " The Plan of the War," and says it well. Disapproval is expressed of the past, and useful suggestions made for the future. " The Fortunes of Glencore" ad vances three chapters (the last sufficiently exciting) without making much progress. The writer of " The Civil Service" regards the late semi-official plan of reform somewhat distrustingly, andintimates that desirable as competitive examination may be, more will be required to cure the evils that prevail in the service, and which have been productive of so much mischief. " Notes of a Yacht Cruise from Forth to Clyde" will be interesting to amateur sailors. In " The Dramatic Writers of Ireland, No. V III.," we are presented with nervous sketches of Thomas Moore, the Rev. C. R. Maturm, and Sir Aubrey De Vero, Bart., and notices of their dramatic works, the productions of the latter studded here and there with rich poetic fancies, being exclusively confined to the enacted drama. A paper on the " Origin of the Russians" is quite apropos at the present time. A lady contributor, Mary C. J. March, supplies some stirring lines ; besides which there is a variety of matter of a more or less entertaining nature. Colburn's United Service.—" The Disastrous Storming of Sebastopol " is the subject of severe comment. " The attack," it is said, "was not only a mistake : it was a botch, badly planned, badly directed, and wholly unsustained. ' What is now wanted for the conduct of the war, the indignant writer declares, is secrecy, or at any cost a practi cable administration at home, and the reconstruc tion of the War Department, which, with the Ordnance, should be placed in the charge of an experienced soldier. Nothing like leather! Exeunt Lord Panmure and Mr. Russel of the Times ! In addition to a number of professional articles will be found an interesting description of one which was witnessed in " The Woolwich Arsenal and the Marshes," on the occasion of the visit of Lord Panmure, Mr. F. Peel, and Mr. Monsell, and the other of "Liverpool Twenty-five Years Ago," (a continuation). The editor, in his " Portfolio," suggests that the Duke of Cambridge has fairly earned a Field-Marshalship, and that the claims of Sir G. Brown, Sir J. Burgoyne, and others who have distinguished themselves during the siege of Sebastopol, should not be overlooked. BRITISH GERMAN LEGION. — Last Sunday, being the day fixed for the public thanksgiving to the Almighty for the brilliant success of the allied armies in the East, the troops of the German Legion in camp at Shorncliffe, amounting to about 3,400 men, paraded for that pur pose, under the command of Colonel Wooldridge. The different regiments formed one hollow square. The prescribed prayer was read, the Tc Deign was sung, and a most impressive sermon was delivered by the chaplain, Immediately afterwards the greater portion of the offi cers of the force accompanied their gallant commander to the established c hurch at Saudgate, where they joined the English congregation in returning thanks for the vic tories gained by their brave comrades in arms. The offi cers and soldiers of the First Brigade of Infantry, while bitterly disappointed at not having had the good fortune to be present upon the memorable occasion for which they assembled to celebrate a feast of thanksgiving, have hearts that can feel for the desolated hearths of those who fell in this glorious struggle. They have added one of the brightest pages to the annals of the foreign Legion by coming forward, one and all, officers and men, of their own free and accord, to give their Sunday's pay for the benefit of the widows and orphans of their English comrades who fell at the capture of Sebastopol. This noble conduct on the part of our foreign soldiers needs no comment ; it carries with it its own force, and will no doubt be deservedly appreciated by every English- Inane Bentley's Miscellany presents its accustomed variety, an article on the fall of Sebastopol leading the way. "Woman in Turkey" describes the un enviable condition of the sex there. " War Critics" demonstrates that discordances of opinion in rela tion to the war have not been confined to ama teurs, but have at once as amusingly and painfully been exhibited by military authorities. "The Wehr Wolf of Wilton-crescent " is an amusing and somewhat extravagant contribution by Dudley Coitello. " Another Passage in a Dark Story possesses a painful and suggestive interest. "Music and Song " is the title of a charming ode by T. E. Carpenter. Some instructive particula rs are given„ respecting " Nicholaief, Kherson an d Perecop. In connection with the former, it would appear that though it is the seat of immense storehouses and dockyards, in which all the Russian fleet in the Black Sea is built, and which give support to a population of 10,000 or 12,000 souls, the timber for ship-building comes chiefly down the Dnieper, and thus has to be conveyed down to the sea before it can be passed into t he Bug, and upwards to Nicolaief. " The town of Nicolaief was, before the war," we are told, "q uite undefend ed , except I by a wall, built, not for military, but for police London &' N. West.' L.&N.W. Caledon E. Un. & E. C Gt.Nrtnn. Caldonian. Do Gt. Vrestnl Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NM' IDo Do S. Easton Do Peto & Co. 'orfolk.. 'L.& N. W. & Midid 'Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.. 1 1 En. Coun. 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Registered 5 Trust do L.Co.U.Can — 140 lAndi 131 w. all all all all 115 13 Pm Pm 72r ." purposes, to prevent peculation and smuggling." Among the remaining contents are " Prosings by Monkshood," the essayist under consideration being the Rev. Sydney Smith, who, of course, is very courteously treated, as he deserves—the prosing on him being far from drowsy. .New Monthly.—" The Crimea and its Inhabi tants," and " Russia and the Russians," are useful contributions to the literature of the war. "Country Newspapers and their Editors " portrays with graphic skill and considerable fidelity the inner life of a country newspaper office, and the trials and grievances of a country editor. Th e wr it e r is evi dently a knowing hand, and doubtless personally conversant with what he describes. Some pleasing lyrics are contributed by T. W es t war d. " C r i me and Petty Offences in the Eighteenth Century," . and " Things as they are America," will repay perusal. " France and its Hopes "is the title of a thoughtful article by Cyrus Redding, in which a dispassionate view is taken of " things as they are," and of the probabilities of the future. "The Grave at the Alma," verses by J. E. Carpenter, and " The Fountain Beaulieu," by G. W. Thornbury, will have numerous admirers. The " Prebendary's Daughter," a painful story, " Notes on Literature in France," and " A Diary of a First Winter in Rome, 1854," may be also noticed. Sharpe's London.—" Dr. Oliver's Maid," by Silverpen, is continued to the satisfaCtion of the reader—as also the history of "Lorimer Little good, Esq.," (cleverly illustrated by George Cruik shank,) and the story of " Harry Coverdale's Courtship ;" " Minor Inventions and Improvements" is one of those subjects which may safely be treated at greater length than in the present number, and, when treated as it is here, is generally acceptable. "My First and Last Turkey Hunt" may be pointed out among other amusing contributions. Newton's London Journal of the Arts and SciQnces.—The systematic refusal to extend the grant of patents to the colonies is the subject of the opening paper, the anomalous position of in ventors in Canada having recently been brought under the notice of the United States House of Representatives by the Commissioner of Patents in his annual report just published. Besides a second notice of the so called new metal alumnium the number contains the usual record of inventions as applied to the arts, with illustrations. The Merchant's Magazine contains a notice able review of the constitution and powers of the Bank of England, the judgment displayed by its managers (in increasing the tate of discount), and the present position of the country in a financial point of view. A paper on " Speculation in France" is also deserving of attention. The Amateur.—Hope and Co.—The third num ber of a lively aspirant for popular favour. An entertaining magazine likely to find itself a place in the list of successful serials. LITERATURE. The Battle on the Bosphorus. By F. C. Armstrong, author of " The Two Midshipmen," "The War hawk," &c. 3 vols. Newby. This is a very interesting romance, and displays skill in desiga and spirit in execution. The time in which the events occurred is as far back as the fourteenth century, and the hero is a young Corsi can knight, of the name of Paoli, whose bravery, energy, and generosity are worthy of the events of the age of chivalry, and whose adventures are of sufficient interest both in peril and variety to com pete with the achievements of the knights of old. He was singularly unfortunate, but although beset by secret foes as well as menaced by open enemies, he contrived to elude their vigilance, to escape from their devices, and to overcome them by his skill and prowess. In Venice he met with one of his hair-breadth escapes, for he was taken to the dun geons of the Inquisition, and had to face the dread tribunal. He was banished for three years, owing to the intervention of friends, instead of a more awful sentence. He had already engaged to join the fleet then preparing to encounter the Genoese, under the command of Admiral Pisani. A vivid description is given of the battle that subsequently took place, in which Paoli performed many feats of valour. After this public glory, however, many private calamities ensued. He and his faithful squire were waylaid, and it was not till some months had elapsed that they were able to effect their escape from their deadly and determined enemies. The most interesting and exciting por tion of the narrative is that which narrates the ex ploits of Paoli in Venice. He proceeded there in order to gain news of friends, among others the beautiful Agnes Alirand, to whom he was be trothed, and who, with her father, had disappeared in the confusion then reigning at Venice. He did not meet them, but heard tidings of them, and finally he was reduced to the most imminent dan ger, and had to resort to wonderful contrivances to escape from the place. The bravo who befriends him is an attractive character, and his self-posses sion and adroitness are almost incredible. This obstacle surmounted, and Paoli at liberty, again trouble came in the perils of Agnes and her father, who were taken prisoners by Campaldino, the enemy who had before seized Paoli. It was with great ingenuity that Paoli and his brave friends made their way to the fortress , and disposed of the fierce assailants of the island of Lwraja. In the course of the narrative a variety of scenes, adveu tures, and personages are introduced, and much is explained and detailed of Italian life at that epoch. The sisters, the cousins of Agnes, are pleasingly introduced in the first visit of Paoli to Venice, when at the house of their father, a wealthy mer chant, he was received with kindness when an exile, and introduced to his future career. Some of the events are of a stirring nature, and of an ex citing interest, and are described with a force and energy that makes them appear life-like and actual. Giacinto Paoli is well calculated to adorn a tale of romance, from the circumstances of his position, the superiority of his nature, and the spirit that actuated his career. The Priest's Niece; or, the Heirship of Barnulph. By the author of " Lionel Deerhurst." 3 vols Durst and Blackett. Though not laying claim to any degree of unusua merit, this story may at least boast of some origi reality. It is wild and singular, and in many re spects strikingly improbable. The actors comprise a long list of individuals of several generations. The scene is laid by turns in Scotland, India, and Ceylon. The heroine who gives the work its title does not appear till the third volume, or at least she is mentioned in an earlier portion of the work, but is stolen f.com her parents and is supposed to be drowned. Her adventures are too complicated to explain, although we may mention that " the Priest's Niece" is not the niece of Frere Colpa, as supposed, but the heiress of Barnulph. The termination of her elaborate history is her murder at her bridal by a fanatic Moor, who persisted that she had dedicated her to Heaven in her infancy, and that she must be a nun. The reader, however, is not at all sur prised by this tragical termination of the heroine's story, for it is quite simple and natural compared to the extraordinary entanglement of murders, mistakes, secrets, plots, crimes, threats, maledic tions' and mysteries which he has before encoun tered. The names of the dramatis personce are suffi cient to occasion bewilderment to any ordinary un derstanding—Nial, Zied, Fionne, and Siward being among the heroes, and Neno one of the heroines. It is quite a relief to meet with Mary Aylsfort, though she is not so attractive as Ellen Duinue, the unknown heiress. The point of the story in connection with the heirship of Barnulph is, that an old Baron having been incensed by his sons opposing him at the time of the civil war left all his estates to the females of the family, and uttered an anathema against any of the male heirs who should attempt to possess them. This legacy is productive of much misery to all c oncerned, and at the conclusion of the tale the family,wtehaery, ill so many misfortunes, sell fromt hoes the fated property passes away _of Barnulph. The concluding volume of the story is the most interesting. Although that presents some glaring improbabilities; it is more connected in its incidents, and is written in a less exaggerated style. The author does not want invention, but the work seems written hastily and without caro. In a nar rative of modern life we do not expect to meet the names and incidents of bygone ages. The writer should either give us an historical romance in which his tragic scenes and excited speeches would not appear out of place, or content himself with depicting modern life as it really is and under more usual nomenclature. Of either of these he a ppears capable, though no doubt his present effort will prove attractive to many readers. The lovers of the marvellous and romantic will pro bably welcome his exciting scenes as a delightful contrast to tamer and less startlinc , romances, and the style will very likely appear to them full of eloquence and feeling. But it is not the novelist's place to gratify such tastes, but to elevate them ; and such, we trust, will be the future object of the present author, who will, no doubt, one day produce something far superior to the history of the Heirs of Barnulph. Sporting Adventures in the New World. By Lieu tenant Campbell Hardy, R.A. Hurst and Blackett. To sportsmen, naturalists, and lovers of nature her more romantic moods these volumes will prove unusually attractive, positively fascinating, indeed so varied, novel, and exciting are the ad ventures and scenes they describe. Hitherto the interior of Nova Scotia has been comparatively a sealed book. Judging by the barrenness of the country round the capital of the colony travellers have formed most erroneous notions respecting it, and the tide of emigration has passed contemptu ously, so to speak, by it westward. Yet in no part of America is there to be found scenery more ro mantic, object of sport more numerous and varied, and proofs of fertility more incontestible than greet the eye within forty miles of Halifax. The colony would appear to be one of the most interesting • and promising we have heard of, and the public are indebted to the author for his description of it. Mr. Hardy, it would appear, has a taste for moose hunting, and in search of this animal penetrated the fine forests of Acadia, forded its streams, played havoc with its salmon (and such salmon !), trout, partridges, wild ducks, dxc. ; confronted its bears and wolves, and was tormented by its flies. The objects of hiq search continued, we are sorry to say, with one or two exceptions, to escape him. This, however, is little to be deplored by the reader, since a vivid description of the mode of moose hunting is given ; and the work could hardly have been more entertaining, and possibly might have been less instructive, had he been more successful. Adopting a judicious plan, the author dotted down the particulars of each day's adventure, and the result is a work which will be welcome in any circle, and be regarded as a new -f oun d treasure in. many. Directions for tackle flies, &c., and a cata logue of the birds of Nova Scotia are appended for the use of sportsmen and naturalists. Market Gardening Round London. By James Cuthill. Hamilton and Adams, Paternoster-row. The Kitchen Garden. By E. S. Delamer. Rout ledge and Co., Farringdon-street. These books are equally cheap and useful. The first, by Mr. Cuthill, the celebrated strawberry grower of Camberwell, condenses an unusual amount of instruction, grounded on iong scientific expe rience, which any tyro in the digging and sowing department may readily and practically act upon. It has the excellence of being alike serviceable to the commercialist who may produce for Covent garden, and to the amateur who prides himself on his home-grown dish of early peas. Mr. Cuthill fairly claims the extensive patronage he enjoys on the score of his persevering and intellectual ad vancement of general horticulture. The work is a mere pamphlet, but of considerable intrinsic value. " The Kitchen Garden," by E. S. Delamer, is more elaborate in its character, and gives an excel lent Gardening Calendar for the months. The full descriptive treatment of herbs and fruits is inte resting even to those who may have no notion of gathering their own gherkins and gooseberries, and we can cordially recommend both these publications as welcome additions to general household book shelves. The Irish Quarterly Review. W. B. Kelly, Dublin. "Tennyson and his Maud " is the opening subject of the article. The characteristic of Maud is said to be " Maudlin semi-insanity"— words meaning nothing worth remembering, and a disjointed tale of love and blood, to be discovered after close and laborious application to the text. "John Baynim," a biography, is continued, and the reader is presented with a record of one of the most distressing periods of the painful career of that thrilling writer. The Life of "Sydney Smith " furnishes a number of extracts, and ample justice is otherwise done to the career and character of that patriotic, witty, and conscientious divine. " The Poets of America," are the subject of a second delightful paper. Those reviewed are— Whittier, Poe, Read, and N. P. Wells. Whittier is described as pre-eminently the American poet ; " the poet who reflects the magnificence of his country in the majesty of his verse, who embodies all the iron vigour and enterprising sport of her sons in his nervous ringing language, and all the bold, lofty, and free aspirations of her statesmen in the unbending and devoted love of freedom which breathe through his works like the sighing of the wind through a forest of his native pine trees." " Our Soldiers at Home and Abroad " points out the defects of our military system, and has for its moral, " The duty of greater generosity (of a pecuniary nature) to the soldier, who will pay back the boon on the battle-field with his best blood." The remaining article of general interest is one on " Alison and his History," in which the reviewer does battle with the historian on Irish matters, and tells him "a bit of his mind." ROYAL CREIVORNE GARDENS. This evening the veterans of the past and the aspirants for future glory will probably meet in these delightful gardens, as we understand that the boys of the Duke of York's School, with their military band, and the Pen sioners from Chelsea Hospital, are invited to partake of the general amusements, and to celebrate the victories which have so lately taken place before Sebastopol. To morrow there will be a grand military fête, when Sebas topol will again be stormed and captured on a giant scale. The few autumnal nights still remaining will afford ample entertainment to those desirous of witness ing the close of a very delightful season. SURREY THEATRE. An entirely new set of performances were introduced last night at this theatre, three new entertainments be ing produced—The Flower Girl and the Convict Marquis, a piece in three acts •, Emigration, or Home in the West, a piece personal to Mr. McVicker, the American come dian ; and a ballet, entitled Terror in a Tub, introduc ing Mr. Flexmore and Mademoiselle Auriol. The Flower Girl and the Convict Marquis is a piece hot from the French oven, where such dramas are produced in batches ; and with a freshness and novelty that seem to baffle the ingenuity of our native dramatists. The authors of the _Plower Girl have contrived to make a very interesting story, and though they are thoroughly melodramatic in their treatment of the tale they have given a reality to the personages and marked charac teristics to the dramatis personcc, that, avoiding the ex ploded cant, render it really interesting. The chief characters devolve on Miss Marriott as the Flower Girl, and Mr. J. H. Rickards as the Marquis, and they have not only great personal claims to repre sent such a manly hero and such a womanly heroine, but act with much spirit and finesse. Miss Marriott is a young lady possessing talent. She was greatly appre ciated and justly applauded. Mr. Rickards has a fine manly person. Mr. Vollaire, as the villanous old notary, justified the repute he has attained for enacting old men. It is a careful and forcible personatior. . Mr. Width combs and Miss Emily Sanders enact the low comedy of the piece. They are both excellent performers in this line of character. The drama is in all respects well acted, and put on the stage with the care that is now universally manifested at this theatre, and it was re ceived enthusiastically. The American drama of Emigration, is a vehicle for Mr. McVicker, the Arnericah comedian. The ballet, however, was the great feature of the evening. Flexmore—the inimitable Flexmore—exhi bited his unrivalled skill under exceedingly favourable circumstances. His grotesque attitudes combined with extraordinary agility, flexibility, and—strange as it may appear—grace, for every movement was the perfec tion of grace, showed that he had n o competitor in the walk which he has chalked out for himself, and in which the mantle of Grimaldi, with double power, has descended on his shoulders. He was ably s upported, as on many previous occasions, by Mdlle. Auriol, whose light and picturesque dancing never appeared to greater advantage. Terror in a Tub would have succeeded under any cir cumstances, but with such support its triumph was complete and decisive. We congratulate the enterprisimg lessee on having been so fortunate as to secure the in exhaustible services of these great artistes. We are con vinced which procured so great a treat audience will be duly appreciated by those fo that a whowere Surreyth e d liberalitya therebyu i enabled to afford an enthusiastic reception to these old and highly meritorious favourites. THE OPENING OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Yesterday the medical schools in connection with the various metropolitan hospitals were occupied by in augural addresses from the principal professors. It is a fact worth mentioning that the number of new students at most of the hospitals has far exceeded that of any former year. At Guy's Hospital Dr. Gull delivered his introductory lecture at the commencement of the session, in the theatre of the hospital, which was crowded with stu dents and members of the profession. At Westminster Hospital the introductory lecture at this, the oldest metropolitan hospital supported by vo luntary contributions, was delivered by Mr. C. Brooke, M.A., F.R.S., one of the surgeons of the hospital. At Charing-cross Hospital Dr. Hyde Salter delivered the introductory lecture to a crowded audience, both of students and strangers. At King's College the inaugural lecture was delivered by Dr. Lionel Beale, of Carey-street, professor of phy. Biology and morbid anatomy. At London Hospital the inaugural lecture was deli vered by Dr. Andrew C larke. At St. George's Hospital there was an address to the students at this hospital, the professors adhering to the old practice of addressing the students and distributing the prizes in May. At University Colle g e Hospital the inaugural lector© at this hospital will be delivered this (Tuesday) after. noon, by Professor Williamson, F.R, S. A new weekly newspaper in modern Greek, and en titled " Hymera," has just appeared at Trieste. THE PENNY PRESS.—An Edinburgh newsboy, who was crying th e Daily Something (or Nothing), popped his head into a house in the Old Town, and muttered his " Only a penny ! S econ d Editi on ! Latest News," &e. &. 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