The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-31 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed TIM BEGINNING and THE END. Cha ractereby Messrs. Rogers, Chippendale, and Hove ; Miss Cushman, nd Miss Swanborough. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with FIStI OUT OF WATER. ROYAL PRINCE43'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHABLU MEM THIS EVENING W1:1 be presented JirDGE NOT BY APPEARANCES. After w hich, KING Kean. HENRYIII. Queen Katherine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, r. C. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPM. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ceeste. Tars EVENING, Will be performed RORY O'NIORE. Characters by Messrs. Hud son, P. Bedford, ^. Selby, Parselle, T. Bland, Garden, &c. ; Mims Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, & c . Followed by BETSY BAKER. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. 'ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, vAorc and MY:iTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two art;, by Professor Anderson. After which. the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF AN-110tIR wan( THE SPIItIT 4 , being tha most surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 100,000 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes. U. lie. Gd. and 11. Is.; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.: Gallery, Gd. No Half-price. Box-office open from II to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Neat at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. R3YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will bQ presented PLOT AND PAS - iION Characters by Messrs F. Rlbson, emery, G. Vining, Le3lle, .T. 11. White, U. Cooper, and Franks.; and Mrs. Stirling and Mks Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MERMAID. To conclude with A BLIGH CED BEING. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, SAM PATCH. Followed by N I TOC R ES. To conclude with SIMPSON AND CO. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPIIITHEA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Coeval with its excitement is the prodig!ous success of the new Spectacle. Deafening acclamations attend Mr. J. 11. Cooke's mira culons " Flight of the Bridges." TuIS EVENING, Tha new Spectacle de Guerre, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL I After which the improved SCENES in the CIRCLE, with Mr. J. 11. Cooke's astounding feat, the Said da Pont, or Flight of the Bridges. To conclude with an incentive to cachinnation, in a Humorous FARCE. it,,x-otlice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. WO3t. Equestrian Director, Ur. W. Cooke, lun. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIA DAY—Morn 26min. aft. s—Evening 48 min. aft. 5 T.)-MORROW—Morn.I4 min.aft. 6 —Evening 40min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, Oct. 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. r 4 - highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —tl.lB day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'48 —rising rapidly, though it still rains. N.E.—Fresh, with continuous rain and very dirty weather. It has now rained, with scarcely any in termission, for 60 hours. r." 11, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1855. The Peace cry seems t• be a kind of political A DULL A M'S cave, wanting, however, some DAVID as a recognised Captain. All the distressed, all the discontented, all the bankrupt politicians, and every man who has run away from his master, put in there ; and a strong band they might be could 1• _L_ to any efficient leader. Fortunately for the great interests of England and of Europe they are united only in their enmity ; they quarrel with each other almost every foot of the way till they arrive at the Government which at once repre sents the wishes of the cinutry, and keepa them all out of OffiC3. GLADSTONE and DISRAELI, COBDEN and the Marquis of GR A.NBY, BRIGHT and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, EDWD. t,Tr ALL, Esq. , of the Nouonformi3t, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, M. P., of bishop-making notoriety—certainly DAVID'S A.dallamites were a homogeneous frater nity compared with these. Against Lord PAL MERSTON they are one. Let them but overthrow him, and hardly a pair of them could act together. Just now the whole party seems to be iu great heat ; the more frank relieving themselves in rather Pickwickian style, the more cautious " nursing their wrath to keep it warm." Pos sibly the dread of a dissolution, should they prove too restive next session—possibly the consciousness of their antagonism to the con victions of their country men, and possibly com mercial and party reasons in connection with the others, make them very uneasy. Unable to ob tain to any extent the support of the newspaper press, they resort to the pamphlet, the placard, and to any kind of benevolent or social meeting, and get a hearing at least, and generally a cour teous one. It is, however, remarkable that, while the vast majority opposed to them give them credit for honesty and good intentions, they are but slow to return the compliment ; too frequently assert ing or insinuating that their opponents are dis honest, and reckless of the country's blood and treasures. There is one trick so continually reiterated that, transparent as the illusion should be, their repeated paintings may almost prevent its being seen through.We refer to their p i c t uring always in the strongest, not to say exaggerated, colours, the horrors of the camp, the hospital, and the assault ; the loss in money and life, the inter ference with commerce, the price of food, and then charging all these horrors and evils on those who would continue the war. They present themselves thus to the public as the humane and the considerate party. They emphatically arc the people who shrink from bloodshed and wanton waste of property ; the people who feel for the widow and the orphan, for the sick and the wounded. Their hearts alone sicken with the sad details which in a week or two follow the telegraphic announce ment of a great success. None but they realise that Russian ser f s leave weeping wives - and mo thers, as well as our own soldiers. They clamour for stopping immediately the immediate cause of all these sorrows—therefore, they alone have tears to shed for them. We need not inform our read ers that, however convinced they themselves ara that the War must be c arried on, they all f ee l th ese things as deeply as the so-called Pea.ee Party ; we be lie ve more deeply. courage, whether c i v il or military, is not less tender-hearted than timidity. Hearts the stoutest to bear social and pecuniary sacrifices at home, or to rush on heedless, for the moment, of the fallen and wounded, when the occasion re quires not the sympathies, but the energy of the man, are just the hearts which most overflew with the gentler feelings of humanity. So far from allowing to these peace gentlemen a monopoly of the humane feelings, we are conscious to ourselves that they but feebly picture ours—only we have no party object t o serve, while we have a s tern and self-denying duty to perform. A most unworthy artifice of these peace man, also, is that of turning all their denunciations of the horrors of war against their own countrymen. The Q. E. D. of each string of arguments against, war in the abstract is, therefore, you, the Allies are the guilty authors of all these horrors. Now, this is gross misrepresentation, or begging the question at least. The question being who is guilty of the bloodshed, they assume that the parties second in the field are so, or at least that they are so if they do not " stop the War " at the wish of the peace orators. Their one-sidedness is never relieved by a sentence denunciatory of the selfish, unscrupulous, and cruel ambition of the CZARS. It would not serve their purpose to paint honestly the crime and the criminals against which and whom Europe must protect herself. Exhibit CATHARINE, ALEX ANDER, and NICEOLAS in their true characters, brand their deeds with the stigma they merit, and develope their inevitable aim, and all their former declamation would be forgotten as irrelevant to the issue. Do we then really need to be reminded what it is we have gone to war for ? Was it merely to get the Russians out of the provinces and the Austrians in, or to get a right to dredge the mouth of the Danube? Are we to be denounced as the guilty parties, because such achievements will not satisfy us. If these gentlemen be honest, let them denounce the villains who first outraged the peace of Europe by occupying a neighbour's ter ritories in a time of profound peace. The savage wretches who, in 1833, their people applauding, had trampled out in blood and exile the last hopes of Poland as a step to the seizure of Con stantinople. Who, as another step to the same international felony, delivered the free Hungarians into the demon fangs of Austria ; enabling that brutal coward to become the hangman of the brave, that CZ A its might anon do their pleasure at Constan tinople, no Austrian daring to forbid. Let them denounce the villains who have girded their whole Empire round with territories deprived of their liberties, and conquered them by a succession of frauds and violence almost unparalleled in history. Let them denounce the shameless conquest of the Crimea by CATHARINE, and the nefarious equip ment of Sebastopol by NICHOLAS. Let them expend some of their eloquence on the wrongs of Circassia, and of Persia, of the Tartars and of Turkey, of Poland and of Sweden ; Then, indeed, we might believe them to be not mere special pleaders, or partisans, but men who opened their eyes to both sides of the great ques tion of the day. _ We have just seen three great domestic culprits sentenced to an ignominy worthy of their deeds. Yet while we all commend, nay admire, the un swerving firmness of the Judge, who of us could suppress feelings proportionably as strong as those which revolt from the miseries of war ? We ad mire, because we feel that the temptation to Baron ALDERSON to merge the judge in the man was almost greater than we could ourselves have resisted. But what was the guilt of these three criminals compared with that of the CZARS and their tools, who, while revelling in immensity of territory, turned both Chur,ch and State, Army and Navy, diplomacy abroad and serfdom at home, into so many instruments of insatiable ambition and despotism. If penal ser vitude or transportation be the just reward of those who defrauded their neighbours of their money, what is the due of villains who have robbed country after country of its indepen dence, of its liberty, of its noblest blood for exile, and its humbler blood by conscrip tions—conscriptions for perpetrating fresh rob beries ? It may suit certain politicians to have "divers balances," but it does not suit the JUDGE of all, and ought not to suit us. Unless Sir JJEAZii J. grossly misused, there is no ignominy too great to inflict on the proud ambition of those rulers, and the people upholding their rule, who have, ao cording to these patrons of ambition themselves, have caused the death of half a million of men. An example ought to be made of the CZARS which should prevent another war of conquest, another plot against an independent nation for ever. Not only should we discard all unjust notions of say ing the dignity of the greatest criminal in Europe, but we should remember the 'villain we have to do with is a highwayman as well as a swindler. He must be enfeebled as well as degraded. There is safety in no other course. We must imprison him by restoring to liberty the countries he has de prived of it. With Poland, Finland, Bessarabia, the Tartars, Circassians, Georgians, Armenians, and Persians restored to freedom, the CZAR would not easily again burst his fetters. The first at tempt would be repressed. Nearly forty French political exiles have been ordered to quit Jersey on or before the 2d of November. This is a very important and decided step—one that will be earnestly canvassed through out the civilised world, and on which the real facts of the case may be either grossly misrepre sented or receive very considerable additions. I is therefore very desirable that the facts should be accurately known, so as to preclude the possibility of any misconception, and that every person should have authentic data on which to form a correct judgment. At first sight the measure looks badly. England has always afforded hospitality to political re fugees from all other nations. It is a sanctuary, the privilegeswhereof have everbeen very jealously and vigilantly guarded ; and we venture to assert that no true-hearted Englishman would,* under any circumstances, or at any cost, sanction any violation or infringement thereof. But there are reciprocal duties on the part of those who claim refuge at our hands. They must conform to the laws of the country, and to the well-known and recognised conditions of the protection which they are compelled or fled it expedient to seek. They must for the timeitbandon all undue intrigues against Governments with which the protect ing Power is on terms of amity. Eng land is a sanctuary for every person accused o f merely political offen f c o e but it be forces, oonoootiogcapnlnootts ii icuorn;loeurstetdo the peace a pea ' c ' e cie o n f " the world, and which, if to proceed, would b® very p re j u di c i al to sthueffedlrveelfare of society ; which might also engage their hosts in transactions neither useful nor justi fiable, and for whwricoh dot n ot ask that our guestshe people of the c oun t ry have no fancy. seeinshall change their opinions, mat ters against which they oorboarcnqouie powerful 11 tes timony and endured exile, b ut we have a just right to demand that, while sojourning in the British do minions, they shall abstain f rom overt acts or demonstrations calculated to aflo r d reasonable grounds of complaint and remonstrance to other Governments. They must not attempt a wild licence, inconsistent with. rational liberty, and which no Englishman could be justified or tole rated in assuming. Now, it seems clear beyond the possibility of doubt that the Jersey refugees have greatly trans gressed the well-defined and clearly-understood limits of their position. They have not been satisfied with mere protection from those who w ould bring them to a very staingent reckoning for past transactions, but seem desirous of "opening a new account." The fiat step was the publication of a journal, certainly not intended merely for the refugees, or even the inhabitants of Jersey, or of Great Britain, but for secret circulation in France, into which it was to be smuggled for the purpose of overturning the existing Government. Bad as this was, it might not have been particularly noticed had it not been for a most indecorous and unjustifiable epistle to the SOVEREIGN of Great Britain, which excited the well-merited condem nation of every well disposed inhabitant of Jersey and of Great Britain. For this the responsible parties, three in number, were very properly ordered to leave the Island, and those for whose evil passions they had catered, totally forgetting the character with which they were indued, had the indelicacy to publish an ad dress to the British Government, openly advocat ing the doctrine of assassination, and with an insolenct tone demanding that they should share the fate of those who had already been ordered to quit. They have been taken at their word, and must ' forthwith depart from the sanctuary whose privi leges they have abused, from the host whose hos pitality has been received with insolent abuse. They have themselves invited the proceeding by the concluding paragraph of their epistle, and cannot complain at the necessary consequence of their own misconduct. But what is that ? They are not given up to chains or incarceration, or surrendered to an avenger eager for their blood. A week has been given them to set their respective houses in order, and to make all necessary arrangements for seek ing another domicile, where they can act without let or hindrance. If during that interval they promise to abstain from further impropriety we venture to assert that the submission will receive all due consideration. If not, they know the result, and must submit to the inevitable conse quences. It is said that " extremes often meet." We have lately seen some striking instances of the accuracy of the adage. It is difficult to conceive how there can be any concert or collusion between an autocrat and professed democrats ; but if the latter had been striving to play the game of their great opponent, they could scarcely have adopted a course better calculated to achieve the object. The agents of the CZAR are active in their vocation. His emissaries are spread through every land. They have worked in America, and have not overlooked even the Channel Islands. It is our duty to resist their machinations where ever, or however, they may be revealed, and to meet them decidedly, whether they assume the shape of a declaration from political refugees or instructions to a subordinate from a Yankee A t torney- G eneral. The agriculturists of Leicestershire, whether they are enlightened enough to discover it or not, have reason to exclaim—" Save us from •ur friends," for certainly more indiscretion has rarely been shown in the intended promotion of the interests of a class than has just been displayed by one who would pass off and believes himself sincerely enough, we dare say, to be their friend par excellence. As every one knows, who is at all acquainted with the agricultural body throughout the king dom, reticency of a certain sort in relation to their crops has become a marked feature in their charac ter. Inquire at whatever period of cereal growth you may, in any season, or from harvest to harvest, what their prospects are, or what sort of success has attended their labours, and the odds' are you get a reply by no means satisfactory to your understanding. Is the weather a little frosty 7 „ __z - Anctfrnvari far wanf. of unnw. Is the weather open I—destruction awaits the young shoots in spring. Is the spring genial at the commencement ?—it won't last ; had it been more "backerly” the prospect of a good harvest would have been better. Is the spring • stormy ?—it's high time we had fine weather. Is the summer early, does the sun shine awhile with unintermit ting warmth and radiance ?--.the crops will be ruined for want of rain. Does the soil drink in with grateful lips the gentle pattering shower for a few days successively 7—the crops will rot in the ground, and prayers must be said by the vicar for fine weather. Has every prophecy and expressed apprehension been exploded by the thick ranks of waving shoots in every field ? there's a danger of too much straw. Is the pe riod of harvest at hand, and the growth rich, but not rank I—it will be all very well if the ears will fill. Are heavy crops of grain waving luxuri antly in mellow brightness before the sickle there's many a slip between the cup and the lip ! Are the abundant crops safely har vested ?—doubts are expressed as to the yield. Is every available verbal demurrage expended ? The inexorable agriculturist shakes his head, and, if hard pressed, screws up his lips to prevent a rising smile. Satisfied or dissatisfied, ho still %mist grumble, and keep, as far he can, the public in the dark. Not a few causes have contributed, and continue to do so, to perseverance in this in dulgence—the want of leases among others—not withstanding it has long ceased to be productive of a more than temporary, or, in the long run, of a profitable effect. The more enlightened public have listened to the cry of " wolf" too long to attach much importance to the cry, and smile after witnessing a good harvest to witness the farmer endeavouriag to conceal the greatness of his content beneath cynical wrinkles, much as the silly bird i' the story essays to escape observation. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1655. Mr. RICKS could not fail to be aware of all this, and yet, with an imprudence not easily to be surpassed, he must publicly admit its correct ness, and urge the farmers of the district into perseverance in their old course. If they want to prosper, he in effect tells them they must go on withholding information as to how many acres they have devoted to cereal growth, or what has been the yield, so that the ignorant people may be entrapped into giving high prices. Tells them this iu the ear of an anxious public ; nay, carries his imprudence so far as to clinch his counsel by bidding them " look at present prices, and say whether it was probable they would do better, or even as well 1" Tells them so much while the price of the quartern loaf is distressing anxious housekeepers, and bread riots in Hyde park excite the apprehensions of the timid with regard to the coming winter ! Pestilent advice enough, but more injurious friendship that which exposes to destruction the goose that lays the golden egg. He could not be content with their enjoyment of a good thing obtained at the expense of the suffering masses,,but he must let the cat out of the bag, and make the public as wise as himself—must make it known that the present eicefatrtsefsrapuodeukleent.tly T ob h t e a r i e n ,s ed a fin fr d i s en i t d s w fo a r y i y n o t u o th high price of grain i s art i f i cial, and that the extra pr agriculturists of Leicestershire 1 It is quite as well, however, that the truth has th us come ou t, for the proof thus being afforded o f t h e i mpol i cy of so hucks terin g and im moral a procedure will re A al lrea s suspicions were Already y te of the case, o a r s e s to trik t i i n le g. be all as the corn ma rket is be g innin g to show. entertained Henceforth it will be more difficult to gull the public. The agriculturists as a body, convicted on their own testimony, of being systematic im postors, will not henceforth be believed, but will ot reatly deceived, to be compelled, if we are n g give the information they so selfishly withhold, under severe penalties. The public, of course, will be gainers by the change, while, alas, for poetical justice, the agricultural body will not be losers, for though the public suffer, and the farmer gains by an artificial rise, the latter, generally speaking, nowadays, is not ultimately the better, the explosion of the bubble being followed by a corresponding depression. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 30.—8 y the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata, Captain George Weller, with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, in charge of Lieut. Scriven, R.N., Admi ralty agent, we have dates from _ . Vera Cruz Oct. 5 Tampico Sept. 30 , Havannah Oct. 10 ' Santa Martha Sopt. 26'' Greytown Carthagena Colon — 111 Jamaica — 121 - .. , Trinidad Barbadees — 13 Grenada — 11 St. Vincent's — 14 St. Lucia ... Antigua — 13 Montserrat Nevis — 14 —1 3 1 St. Kitt's Jaemel POAO Rico Demerara 15 - 101 St. Thomas's ..... .... 16 La Plata brings 36 passengers, among whom are Governor Macintosh, Baron Danmier, Lieutenants Davies, O'Shaughnessey, Governor Power, and Fisher, General Belsier, &c. ; and on freight $866,5 in specie, precious stones, &c., value— say, 174,0001. sterling—viz., on account of the Mexican dividends, $16,034 ; from th e G u lf o f Mexico, in gold and gold-dust, $334,581 ; silver, $381,355 ; specie, &c., $40,000 ; platina, $91,285; precious stones, $3,300 ' • and a cargo consi s ti ng o f 136 serons of cochineal, 9 serons of jalap, 101 cases of cigars, 45 bales of tobacco, 2 casks of coffee, 29 bales of sarsaparilla, 12 cases of tortoiseshell, 4 cases of succades, 535 bales of bark, 11 bales of merchan dise, 17 plants, and 50 packages of sundries. There is very little news of interest by this ar i rival. At Jamaica everything continued dull as far as regarded trade. The Legislature was to meet on the 16th inst. The news of the fall of Sebastopol had been received at Jamaica, and had caused an immense excitement. Our correspondent, writing on the 12th inst., says— " The city was beautifully illuminated last night, and the'display of flags on the occasion exceeded anything of the kind ever known in Jamaica. The enthusiasm of the people is unbounded on account of the fall of Sebas topol. The news has been received with universal satis faction here, and we have had a display of magnificent rockets every night since. This feeling appears to per vade the people throughout the island. Beyond this matters continue much the same as when the last packet left. A salute of 42 gins was fired at Port Royal as soon as the packet arrived with the intelligence." The Jamaica papers state that the city was par tially illuminated for several days in succession, and the people exhibited every sign of exultation. A patriotic song has been composed for the occa sion, and was being chanted about the streets. The island was healthy. The reports from the mining districts are very satisfactory. In breadstuffs there ' was a considerable decline, which could only be checked by a suspension of importations. Sugars were not in sufficient supply to satisfy the demand, ' and had rapidly risen to 20s. and 235., and were 1 ' likely to maintain th o se rates. Pimento was dull. For core there was no demand whatever. The flour-market had declined, and sales of Phila delphia and Baltimore brands had been made at 465., and New Orleans at 455. per barrel. Ex ' changes on London were quoted, for bills at 90 ' days, at 1 per cent. premium; 60 days, 1i premium; 30 days, 2 premium. i The following vessels were in Kingston harbour : —Barks—The Eweretta, Jane, Wanderer, and Hebe. Bri g s The Express, Commodore, and Elizabeth. Brigantines—The Eureka, Telegraph, and Timothy Crosby. Schooners—The Heudrina, Margaret Musson, and Endeavour. Her Majesty's ships Imaum, Arab, Termagant, and Buzzard were at Jamaica. From Greytown WO learn that Colonel Kinney had resigned the government. Her Majesty's ship Eurydice left Greytown on the 3d inst. for Bluefields. At Demerara the Court of Policy met on the Ist inst., and discussed the various clauses of the New Harbour Regulation Bill, which was afterwards ordered to be published for general information. The Court was then adjourned sine die, in conse quence of the absence, through indisposition, of the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General. The following are the stations of the Royal Mail intercolonial steam-ships :—The Clyde Derwo.,, .„„ A Oa- Ulaci at Trinidad ; the Prince, at Honduras ; the Teviot, at the Spanish Main. The Atrato had arrived out at St. Thomas's, and was waiting the arrival of the next mails for England. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT, 30. The Rorft4 dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of kept, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Prin cess Royal, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lieut.-Colonel T . yrwlaitt and Major Purves, Equerries in Waiting to the Dcke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Mr. Gibbs. The band of the 2d Life Guards performed during the dinner. The Queen's private band afterwards played in the cq.tle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon al the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Pal tnerston, the Lard Chancellor, Earl Granville, Sir G Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Pam:su re , Si r C Wood, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby The Council sat two hours and three quarters. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morn. lug; from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. THE WIZARD'S TREASURER. We have been taught to believe that wizards have under their sway a troop of familiars whose assistance they command to early out their most potent spells, but we never imagined that amongst those famili ars th ere was a treasurer having no idea that they or their master could enjoy the substantial blessings of this earth. But it appears that we are mistaken, and that there is one wizard at least, one who has lately been astonishing the public at the Lyceum, who, amongst his other devilments, has found the means of abstracting so much of the precious metals from the pockets of the people as to make it necessary that his chief familiar should be invested with the office of treasurer. This in dividual, too, whether he be of this earth or not, it would appear has gained the esteem of a large number of private friends. Accordingly . he was invited to meet a number of gentlem en p rinc ipally connected with literature and the drama to dine with them at Mr. Gurton's, in Old Bond-street, on Monday last, when the chair was occupied by Mr. W. T. Haywood, supported by Mr. Paul, Dr. Darling, Mr. Nimmo, Mr. Bayley, and between twenty and thirty other gentle men. At the conclusion of the usual toasts the chair maiaddressed the guest of the evening (Mr. Hingston) in neat and appropriate terms, and presented him with an elegant teles co p e, on which was engraved, " Pre sented to Mr. E. Peron Hingston by a few fri en d s , London, October 29, 18;i5." Mr. Hingstnn acknow ledged the compliment paid him in a speech of great humour, and the company broke up at an early h our , many of them having professional engagements to at tend to. TLe Earl of Eglinton's party, at Eglinton Castle, has separated, and the noble earl has gone on a tour of visit +. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Stonor have arrived in Whitehall gardens, from Stonor Park, near Henley on-Thames. Mr. and Mrs. Augustus F. Thistlethwayte have ar rived in Grosvenor-square, from Novar House, N.B. Lord and Lady Olivia Ossllston have arri ve d at Chil lingham Castle, near Worley, with the intention to pus the autumn there. I‘IILITARY PRISONERS.—In consequence of the crowded state of the military prison at Fort Clarence, Rochester, it has been found utterly impossible to make room for any more prisoners in that large establishment, and Capt. Manners, the governor, has been compelled to give notice to the authorities that he has not room for any others.—Soutlt Eastern Gazette. THE MISSING CLr.RGYSIAN.—Every search has been made to discover the retreat of the Rev. Mr. Farmer, but hitherto in vain, and not the slightest tidings have been heard of him. It is now generally reported and currently believed, that for some unexplained reason the rev. gentleman had suddenly departed fur the continent. —Worcester herald. THE FIRE !ND Loss or LIFE AT DOCKHEAD.—Yes terday, Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest at the King John's Head, Bermondsey, on the body of Frederick Smith, aged one year and ten months, who lost his life by a fire which destroyed his father's premises, No. 3, Dockhead, as already repo r t e d in The Sun. After a long investigation the jury re turned a verdict that the deceased wa,3 burned to death in a fire accidentally caused. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—The slight appearance of relief in the money market encouraged a larger amount of business in cotton at Liverpool on Monday, resulting in somewhat enhanced rates for the raw material. Al though felt, intrinsically, to a much smaller extent in the Manchester market, the influence of the two causes com bined has produced a somewhat less, despondent feeling here than has been exhibited for the past few weeks. THE CHOLERA IN MILLBANK PRISON. Yesterday morning, Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held a long inquiry at Millbank Prison on the body of a pri soner named Wm. Upson, aged 27, who died of Asiatic cholera, making the fourth who has died from that disease during the past week., The jury returned a verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera," and unanimously ex pressed their opinion that every attention And kindness had been shown by the prison authorities. LATEST NEWS. HAMBURG, OCT. 30. A despatch from St. Petersburg, dated this day, states that, after making several demonstra tions in advance, the enemy retired finally on the 29th to Eupatoria, finding his left flank contin ually threatened. The fleet at Kinbourn numbered sixty sail. BERLIN, OCT. 30. A new ukase by the Emperor Alexander has ust appeared. It orders a general levy of 400,000 men for active service, to repulse the imminent attacks of the enemy. HAMBURG, OCT. 29. Some English ships have effectedreconnaissances in the Gulf of Pernau. A number of the enemy's vessels were burnt, and a steamer had bombarded the batteries of Gamle-CArloby. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY. Generals Bosquet, Trochu, and Mellinet have arrived on board the Christophe Colombe. The Simois has brought news from Constanti nople to the 22d. The Presse d' Orient contradicts the report of supplies for 40,000 French having bo3n collected at Silistria ; they are intended for the Turkish army of the Danube. From the Crimea the news is to the 20th. The fire of the Allies is inactive. Three new batteries have been erected, opposed to the Northern Forts. The movements of the armies in the field are kept strictly secret. The symptoms of evacuation by the Russians, which are many, delay the arrange ments for attacks on Forts Constantine and Catherine. The Sardinian division, with the English and French cavalry, have returned to our lines on the Tchernaya. An order of the day of Admiral Bruat, dated Oct. 18, says that the surrender of Kinbourn has opened a large field for ulterior operations. He bears testimony to the cordial co-operation of the two fleets. He also notices that October 17 was the anniversary of the naval attack on Sebastopol. MADRID, T ITESDA Y. A decree regulating the floating debt has been issued. Two hundred millions of paper are to be issued, bearing interest, and to be taken if offered in payment of taxes. The Carlist band of Tarragon is destroyed. Its chief is a prisoner. A law relative to the subvention of the theatres has been presented to the Cortes. THE OPERATIONS ON THE DNIEPER. A supplement of the Invalide Russe,, of the ObSt October, publishes a continuation of the series of telegraphic despatches forwarded from Niculaieff to St. Petersburg, by order of the Emperor : NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 20, 11.50 r.ir. "Up to half-past 6 this morning the enemy uca undertaken nothing new, and remained in Ilse posit,l.L, 1.411014 VI-- a with the greater part of their force near the Spit of Kinbourn, to the west and south, and 36 ves sels, steamers, and gun-boats in the road of Oczakoff. "At half-past 7 thirteen gun-boats and five mortar-boats ascended the estuary, and at half past 10 entered the Bong. At noon they were followed by six steamers and three new gun-boats. " All these vessels proceeded up the stream, and anchored at some distance from its embou chure. A part of this force was detached and directed towards the mouth of the Dnieper ; another continued to ascend the Bong, preceded by rowing boats, taking soundings of the river. " At half-past 3, when the flotilla had arrived opposite the Volosch-kaia point a field battery we had posted upon it opened fire on the ad vancing vessels, which stepped, and returned it. The cannonade continued on both sides for more than an hour. The enemy's boats then retired, descended the river, and rejoined the rest of the force anchored off the embouchure of the Boug." THE CRIMEA. We read in the Journal de Constantinople : SEBASTOPOL, OCT. 15. This day, three divisions of the Sardinian army, under the immediate command of the General-in-Chief La Mar mora, have loft for the interior. This expeditionary corps takes provisions with it for three days ; and I know, from a good source, that orders have been famed at head-qnarters to have rations prepared for three days more. A few hours later, an English division, under the orders of Gen. Sir Colin Campbell, accompanied by the High land Brigade, commanded by Gen. Cameron commenced its march for joining the Sardinian troops. I cannot tell you exactly where these expeditionary corps have been sent to, bul intelligence has been received that the Ru - sians were evacuating all the points contiguous to our own, and destroying all the roads in their rear. This is, perhaps, what has led to our movement in advance. This new attitude of the enemy, who app2ars decidedly as if he wished to concentrate his forces in the interior, has likewise caused our generals in chief to modify their plan with respect to Sebastopol. They have given up all idea of cannonading the North side, and our batteries have not even been removed. On their side, the Russians, no doubt for making their retreat, fire with redoubled vigour against the south side, but they do us no harm. The curious and the tradesmen who have permission to walk about the town, are alone liable to any injury from the enemy's fire. Seven of the latter, whose shops are at Kamiesh, are are all that have been bit by the Russian projectiles. The French army now occupies all the plain and all the outlets of Baidar, but really it is no very agreeable place. Only conceive that directly you cross the Tcher naya it is impossible to find a drop of water, notwith standing the heavy rains that have fallen lately, so that the expeditionary corps are compelled to carry even water with them. True, and by way of compensation, the Russians suffer from the same inconvenience ; but then, although we can take with us provisions in abun dance, I do not tlink the enemy has the same facilities. At this moment the most profound quiet pervades the camp. Every day, as usual, each regiment supplies its contingent of the fatigue party for making roads. With the exception of this occupation, less laborious than being in the trenches, nothing turns up to vary the monotony for our brave soldiers, who impatiently expect the signal for marching to the front. It is very possible that we shall not have iso wait long for this signal, and I may soon have some great news to send you, for we are be ginning to draft off the patients on a great scale from the French and English ambulances, and these drafts have hitherto been invariably the short prelude of affairs. Twelve hundred Sardinians return to their country— they are all wounded men nr convalescents no longer fit for duty. They are to be immediately replaced by fresh troops expected fi.om Genoa. The Sardinian :army has just experienced a very griev ous loss. The brave general, Montevecchio, who so won derfully survived a frightful wound, died on the 12th from the effects of a slow consumption, attributed to this very wound, which, though healed to all appearance, had deeply lacelmted the inside. His obsequies took place on the 13th, in the midst of an entire Sardinian army. The allied armies were also represented there in the funeral procession of this valiant soldier, whose rare merit they had been enabled worthily to appreciate. The body of General Montevecchio was buried in the old cemetery near Kamara. It is decided that General Simpson is to invest Mar shal Pelissier with the Grand Cordon of the Bath, con ferred on him by the Queen. There is a strong rumour that the Anglo-Turkish Contingent is to be sent to Kaffa. The liberated soldiers of the class of 1847 are begin ning to embark on their return to France ; but I ought to say, in praise of the se b rave f e ll ow s, who have served throughout this trying campaign, that a geed third of them wished to remain under their colours. THE WAR IN ASIA. A letter in the Cologne Gazette, dated Vienna, Oct. 26, states that a report was current in (ion- LtAntinople on the 16th that General Mouravieff's army had commenced its retreat across the Arpats tchai. Russian officers who were made prisoners in the late affair at Kars have stated that the attack upon that fortress was undertaken solely in consequence of direct orders from St. Petersburg. The Journal de Constantinople gives the follow ing news from Asia Minor : " We have received news from Soukoum-Kale, which announces that the Serdar-ekrem Omer Pacha has shifted his head-quarters to this city. The troops of Osman Pacha's division had successively arrived from the Crimea. On the 4th this division bad advanced, with Ferhad Pacha, who commands the outposts, as far as the station of Soukoum, on the way to Kutais. " We receive letters from Trebizond, which inform us that the Sedar-ekrem Oulu. Pacha has just cleared his camp of all its invalids, and of those attacked by fever, sending them to the healthiest spots of the province, , where their recovery will consequently be more rapid. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. Viscount Vilain XIV., Belgian Minister of Fo reign Affairs , has arrived in Paris. The Moniteur announces that General Canrobert has left Paris on his mission to the Court of Stock holm, the object of his journey being to hand to King Oscar the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. BOURSE, Oct. 30, Half-past Three o'Clock.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. ft. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O —f. —e. 3 per Cents 64 25 64 20 New Loan — Bank Shares 3200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1137 50 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 Home Debt 32i RAILWAYS-70R CAM. fr. c. o. Orleans Northern Lyons .«...1110 New Ditto 750 Nlediterranean 1205 Grand Central 533 -.- Lyons Geneva 660 Teste Cette 662 50 Austrian Com.. ..... 691 25 RUSSIA. La Presse of yesterday evening has a letter from St. Petersburg in which we find the following pas sages : ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 10.—Things are going on badly ; the political atmosphere is desperately heavy, and we may say now more than ever that there is " something in the air." We no longer refrain from speaking of events, and looking at them in their gloomiest aspect. Notwithstanding , the presence of the court, which did not accom pany the Emperor on his excursion, we dread no longer the eyes of the Galakhoff company, or the ears of the Dobbelts and the Orloffs. The scandalous affair about the Baron of Rosen and Prince Dadian opened the late Czar's eyes to the immense administrative and military depreda tiors, which surpassed all that the imagination can conceive in the way of scandalous extortion, and that, too, in a country where these tradi'donal vices are inherent in the habits 'of public life. The Emperor inflicted a blow on the guilty, who committed the error of allowing themselves to be caught in the act, and of going too far. But abuses of this sort have not been extirpated on that ac count. On the contrary, the following is an in stance that induces every one to believe that they have never ceased to prevail. In the returns of the Russian army there had always figured the equipment, pay, munitions, and supplies for a force of 18,000 men, a so-called divi sion of reserve, which ought to consist of one or two companies from each regiment serving in the Great Caucasus. This division was employed in keeping the outposts among the mountains. They made a great fuss about the little forts built or building for it, and which were garrisoned by small detachments from the main body in conformity with the regulations. One day General Woronzoff, the Emperor's Viceroy in the Caucasus, set out with a princely suite for the purpose of inspecting these 18,000 men. He reached a village and commanded a superior officer to order the detachments of the division to assemble for the purpose of being reviewed. He was told in reply that all the forts were situated in'the mountains at considerable distances in spots diffieult of access, and that three weeks would at least be requisite for collecting these troops. General Woronzoff could get no accommodation at all in the village where he had stopped, and, not wishing to inflict on himself a prolonged fast, he retraced his steps without pressing the point any further. Whoa the campaign in Asia was ordered by the Emperor Nicholas, General Mouravieff, seeing this contingent of 18,000 men figure on the army list, took it also into his head to go and ascertain the state 01 Loeb. tiuu F o. mcs, anf n fnr nF the mountains, but he took very good care not to have a whole court in his train, as his predecessor had ; only one aide- de-camp went with him. Having come to a village, General Mouravieff sent for the colonel, and mentioned to bim his wish to in spect the divisior. The latter declared to him that, considering the difficulties of the ground, it would take a good month before he could inspect any thing. " What does that matter," replied the general, " I will wait." Now, from the inspection that he made with his accustomed activity, the Commander-in-Chief of the army in Asia arrived at the conclusion that the forts had never been built, and that the men only existed on paper ! Consequently for the 25 or 30 years that war had been waged in the Caucasus, the Russian Government had been paying enor mous sums for the pay and keep of an imaginary division for the construction of chimerical forts, true castles in the air. Judge by this one fact of the millions squan dered away, and of the military power of this great empire, which for so long a time had believed in the existence of regular armies, well trained and inured to war, but which vanish upon closer in spection. You already know the fate of Kinbourn. They are in serious alarm here about Kherson and Nico laieff. The Emperor has confided the defence of the latter place to General Todleben. Although he has been killed already several times by either the newspaper press or the telegraph, the young general of engineers is in excellent health, and his wounds are completely healed. They depend greatly on the skill of which he gave such proofs during the siege of Sebastopol. A correspondent of the Constitutionnel sends, from Odessa, as an extract from the jcurnal of that city, the order of the day which General Luders addressed on the 9th instant to the army of the south, respecting the incorporation of the drus chines. It is as follows : Considering the present conditions of the war, it has pleased the Emperor to ordain : The druschines of the mobile defence of the empire, belonging to the first levy, will serve to reinforce our armies and will be attached to the regiments, so that they will strengthen the third and fourth battalions (of each regiment). In virtue of this arrangement, 23 druschines (23,000 men), from Smolensk and Moscow, have already arrived being for the most part under my command. These new troops, called by the eacred will of the Em peror to the defence of t'ieir country, have hastened sin cerely to accomplish their sovereign's will, and at the same lime to satisfy those feelings that animate all loyal subjects, by joining the ranks of warriors armed in de fence of the faith, the Czar, and their country. We must admit that the druschines who have reached us are but little adapted for the profession of arms, if we compare them with our old regiments. But it is for us to finish the work begun, and we will accomplish it with zeal and patience. Twenty druschines (20,000 men) have come to com plete the regiment of the 15th division of infantry, of the 11th division of reserve, and of the 9th division. I am convinced that all, from the general to the dier, will receive these young soldiers as brothers, com rades, and fellow-countrymen. Let no gibe nor humiliating word be addressed t them ; on the contrary, let the warriors who have aban doned their peaceful labours and their families, in order to respond to the call of the Czar, obtain deep and en tire consideration. I order the chiefs of division, of brigade, and the com manders of regiments, to direct the instruction of the militia in a manner not to disgust by useless drillings men to whom military discipline is a novelty. We must make the service agreeable to the militia. There is no occasion for their learning the theory in perfection. It is enough for them to know to handle their arms, and to go through the exercises of the chaFseurs and riflemen, and especially to shoot at a mark. The rest will come in good time, when we shall be more at leisure. The officers of the militia will devote themselves more closely to the service. They have nearly all of them served, and many of them have been under fire. They will consequently have no difficulty in remembering the past. This order will be read in front of the assembled com panies, squadrons, batteries, and druschines. I am persuaded that every man in my army corre shares the sentiments which animate me, and that he will endeavour to co-operate in the common work. The Commander of the Army of the South ' A.D.C. General LIIMIRS. THE BALTIC FLEET. (From, the Times Correspondent.) OFF REVEL, Oct. 23.—Since my d es p atch dated the 16th inst. the only circumstance connected with passing events in the Gulf of Finland worth recording is the receipt of information that, in consequence of the departure for England of the block ships and gun-boats of the allied squadrons, the Russians, feeling confident that no further hostile diversion against any of their ports would be made during the present campaign, have got ready for ;service a flotilla of row gun-boats, for the purpose of making, during the night, an unexpected attack on the ships at anchor off Nargen. To counteract these intentions of the enemy, the senior officer, during the temporary ab sence of the Commander-in-Chief, felt it incumbent on him to direct that the look-out men stationed at the lighthouse on Nargen island were to notify to him by certain signals (which it would be im prudent to particularise) the approach of any ves sel having a suspicious appearance ; also that each ship was to get a spring from abaft into the hawse holes, to retain it there in readiness for being affixed in cases of emergency ; to have ready for instant service during night time a por tion of guns, the pivot ones on the upper decks inclusive ; and, in the event of a surprise on the part of the enemy, the steamers to weigh anchor and close with the senior officer's ship to receive orders. Hence should the Russians be bold enough to show fight at any hour of the day or night they will meet with a warm reception, and be speedily compelled to retreat within shelter of their forts. The English division of the fleet, which com prised 104 sail, is now reduced to one-half that number. Of the French squadron the only ships in the Baltic are the Tourville, flag-ship, Duchesne, and Pelican despatch steamer. The Ajax left the Aland isles a few days since, homeward bound ; the Edinburgh parted company yesterday at 8 a.m., with instructions to touch at Hango, and thence, in company with the Blenheim, to proceed on their voyage to England, calling at Kiel to replenish their stock of coal. These will be followed shortly by the Nile and Cressy, first, and then by the Royal George and Majestic. The squadron under the orders of Rear-Admiral Seymour is hourly ex ' petted here from Seskar, and will gradually be sent home. The Retribution, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Baynes, has returned to Ledsund, after a long cruise in the Gulf of Bothnia. She visited several of the ports on the Swedish coast, where her pre sence afforded infinite delight to the residents, whose hospitality to the officers was unbounded. The proceedings iu this division. of the fleet dur ing the past week, although devoid of interest, must not be omitted in my report. Oct. 17.—Top-gallant yards were crossed at 8 a.m. The hired steam transport Royal Adelaide returned from Seskar. Her remaining stock of provisions were transferred to the Cressy and Royal George. The Edinburgh was ordered to complete with coal. Oct. 18.—No signal has been made to-day, nor any arrival or departure taken place. Oct. 19.—Blowing fresh from the south-west ; nothing stirring. Oct. 20.—Sails loosed at 8 a.m. Steam-transport Jupiter arrived from Seskar, a working party from Cressy employed in disembarking her provisions. All condemned stores to be sent on board her for conveyance to England. At 1 p.m. the French line-of-battle ship Duchesne came into the road stead from Faro and the Duke of Wellington from Elgsnabben. The weather having a threatenin g aspect, and a strong breeze setting in from the southward, topgallantmasts were struck. Oct. 21..---The Locust arrived from the Gulf of Bothnia at 2.20 p.m., the Vulture from Dantzic at 3.50 p.m., with despatches for the Commander-in- Chief, and letters for the fleet ; and the Geyser from Seskar with a collier brig in tow at 4 30 p.m. The Edinburgh was ordered to prepare for sea. At 5.30 p.m. the Vulture weighed anchor to con vey despatches to Rear-Admiral Seymour, and letters for the various ships under his orders. Oct. 22.—The Edinburgh, Captain Hewlett, weighed at 7 a.m. for Hango, Kiel, and thence to proceed to Spithead. The Driver's crew were exercised at the great guns, firing shot and shell at a target. Gorgon ordered to complete with coal. At midnight the Majestic, 80, Captain J. Hope, C. 8., arrived from Seskar—Captains and Com manders ordered to attend a court martial, to be holden on board the Royal George, on Wednesday next, at 9 a.m. Oct. 23.—Topgallantmasts and yardq were sent aloft. The Imperieuse, 50, Captain R. B. Wat son, C. 8., arrived from Seskar at 10 a.m. The Driver takes the mail to Dantzia at 5 p.m. All the large ships of the fleet are to leave the Gulf of Finland for England the first week in November. DANTZIC, Oct. 28.—The Driver left Nargen last Tuesday afternoon, and arrived here at 11 o'clocklast night. Captain Gardner reports that during the last five days a perfect hurricane has been raging in the Baltic, and with such violence, that for two whole days his vessel only made an average rate of about one mile in an hour. Their weekly trips to Dantzic, although very pleasant in sum mer, and acting as an excellent preservative against ennui (a malady rather prevalent in the fleet), are still at this time of the year often a very disagreeable, and sometimes even dangerous, occu pation. It is, however, not improbable that with next week the conveyance of mails between here and the fleet will cease, at least for this season, the A apstnatelies beinf in future sent to Ki e l. In my letter last week ventures to express nu opinion to the effect that it would be next to im possible for the fleet to maintain its present posi• tion in the Gulf of Finland for more than a fort night, or, at the most, three weeks longer. Ten days of the given time have already elapsed, and the probability of the correctness of my opinion has already been considerably strengthened, if not, in a great measure, corroborated by letters teceived this morning, wherein it is stated that a part of the fleet (most probably the large line-of-battle ships) are expected to leave Nargen for Kiel about the end of the present week. The division under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Sey mour, K.C.8., hitherto stationed at Seskar, joined the flag of the Commander-in-Chief at Nargen on the 24th instant, so that, with the exception of Admiral Baynes's squadron (which still remains at Aland Islands), and the few vessels absent on de tached service, the whole of the fleet is now as sembled at Narrn. SWEDEN. In Sweden the question of the Western alliance becomes every day more and more canvassed. Since last year the journals have asked whether Sweden was to unite herself to the West ; what was the most opportune moment for doing so ; and what would be the position of Finland if taken away from Russia. These questions have been lately treated at length in a pamphlet recently published at Stockholm, and entitled "The policy of Sweden in the war of the Western Powers with Russia, and the question of the constitution of Finland, in a distinct state." The conclusions come to in this pamphlet are thefollowing:—"The policy of Sweden cannot differ from that of Europe, that is to say it must tend to form a counterpoise to Russia. This cannot take place except the threw Scandinavian states—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—are united together under the same Government and form ono single State, preserving their distinct constitutions. Sweden cannot take part against Russia unless she can look forward to the formation of a union of the North, guaranteed by the Western Powers." THE PACIFIC. PANAMA, Oct. B.—The Pacific Steam Naviga tion Company's Royal Mail steamer Bolivia, W. B. Wells, commander, arrived here this morning. Her dates are—Valparaiso, Sept. 15 ; Coquimbo, Sept. 16; Caldera, Sept. 17 ; Cobija, Sept. 19 ; Iquique and Arica, Sept. 20 ; Islay, Sept. 21 ; Pisco, Sept. 23 ; Callao and Huacho, Sept. 26 ; Gamma, Sept. 27 ; Payta, Sept. 29 ; Guayaquil, Sept. 30. She also brings 267,00 dol. in specie, 650 pack• ages of cargo, and 24 passengers, among whom!. are General Belzu, ex-President of Bolivia, and suite. HIE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ON THE SCARCITY. - The Belgian Moniteicr publishes the following report, addressed to the King, under the date of Oct. 25, by the Minister of the Interior : " Sire,—When the price of provisions is high, the people regret to see them turned aside from their natural destination, and always seek the intervention of govern ment to prevent manufactures absorbing articles which are necessary fur public sustenance. Thus, at this time, there are demands from all sides that the manufacture of starch should be limited, without considering that such a measure would immediately injure the various work men who live by working at industrial occupations in which the use of starchy matters is indispensable. Your Majesty is aware that corn and potato starch are neces sary in manufactures, whether as the basis of glue, for preparation of paper, the stiffening of cloth, &c., and surely no one would contemplate putting serious ob stacles in the way of important fabrics by which thou-. sands of workmen live. " All that can legitimately be done is to encourage to the utmost every effort to replace by other substances the feculant matters which are now used in manufac tures. Experiments have been made with that view, and, if I have been well informed, in some cases not without success. g , Everything seems to promise that well-conducted investigations will be able to point out some non-alimen tarywhich m ay b e a d vantageous l y substi tutedsufubstrsatnarceeh, starch. I believe, Sire, that it will be useful to encourage such researches, and I therefore have the honour of proposing to your Majesty to offer a reward of 10,000 francs to any inventor who may find means of attaining the above results. " P. BEDECKER, Minister of the Interior." This report is followed by a royal decree of the same date, which authorises the Minister of the Interior to dispose of a sum of 10,000 francs, to be taken from the funds allotted to the home budget far the encouragement of industry, for the purpose of instituting a prize for the discovery of a non-alimentary substance to replace the use of starch in industrial occupations in which the hit ter is at present employed. Another royal decree, of the 25th October, prohibits the export of buckwheat.