The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-22 00:00:00

RONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCL CITY, Two o'Owtip; The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, and prices of Americans were id. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by exporters, and 6,000 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed steadily at a slight advance on the current rates of Monday. The accounts from the colonial produce markets at Antwerp, Hamburg, and Amsterdam report :steadiness in prices, but a limited amount of busi -less doing. The advices from Rio to the 14th September, although somewhat more favourable, had produced little effect on the coffee market, for although prices were lower there, yet the advance in charges and freight raised the cost at the port of entry to much about the same as previous quota tions. In the sugar market the favourable advices from London have assisted in arresting the down ward tendency in prices, and the merchants were holding on for full quotations. Advices from Constantinople to the 13th inst. state that a further delay had occurred in the re ception of the projects submitted to the commission for the foundation of a National Bank and tenders for a loan. It was understood, also, that when they did assemble to discuss the various proposals, there was some uncertainty of their accepting any of them. This supposition had caused the share holders of the National Bank, proposed by the Galata merchants, to make advances for the pur- pose of a fusion with the Ottoman Bank of London, which it is said were declined. The latter com pany, it is reported, had made similar proposals to the house of Rothschild previously, which were not accepted. At a meeting of the shareholders, held in Paris, o the Alliance Bank, it was stated that the result of the first five months' operations was a profit of 7,4451. ss. 10d., after the deduction of current ex penses. The report of the directors of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company has been issued. This is to be presented to the forthcoming meeting, and it details the operations which have been car ried out since the shareholders last assembled. The length of line now open is 88 miles, viz., 32 from Bombay to Callian, 17 miles from Callian to Was eund, and 39 from Callian to Campoola, the traffic receipts on which are deemed encouraging. The rates of exchange for three months' bills on the principal cities of the Continent yesterday afternoon were in several instances rather flatter, but no material alteration took place. The market for English Securities is rather buoy ant,,,, and th e t ransac ti ons h ave b een numerous . continued purchases are made by the public, Which strengthen the quotations, but the specula %dealing is still of an undecided character. There 18 a good demand for money in the " House," and rather fuller rates are current for the tempo rary accomm o d a ti on . C onso l s f or t rans f er h ave bee n_ 91 i I, and 921, while for account they have been 92 to and 921 I. The present values are 92 to 9 2k, and 921 I respectively. The New Three Per Cents. are 911 the Reduced 901 911, and the Long Annuities (1860) 24 15-16 the. Ex :equer Bill s rema i n at 3s. to 6 s . prem i um. Th e "cis are 981 ; and India Bonds are Bs. pre- Miura. Bank Stock is 2124. In the Foreign Market business is dull, but Turkish 6 per Cents. are firmer, having been 884 89 i and 89,1. 1. The 4 per Cents. are 99. Rus sian 41 per Cents. 961, and Belgian 44 per Cents. 99 . Grenada New Active have been dealt in 4.22 i, and Buenos Ayies are 83. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 71 ; 211 n Peruvian 41 per Cents., 74 76 ; ditto 3 • Per Cents., 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 4 3 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 108 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i 42 ; ditto Deferred, 23i 24; ditto Certificates, 41 51; ditto Passive, 6i 1. The Committee of Spanish American Bond holders have received the following communica tions respecting the Venezuelan Foreign Debt : " VENEWISELAN DR BT. " 11, Austin-friars, Oct. 21, 1856. " The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders 'lave received the following communications : " Moorgate-street, Oct. 18, 1856. gl ' Gentlemen,—We beg to hand you annexed - for your informationl the translation of a letter we have received 'r° l ll Mr. Jacinto Gutierrez, dated Caracas, 24th ultimo, a nnouncing on behalf of the Government of Venezuela the IPPointment of new commissioners for the negotiations in .1.42nd0n with r e spect to the foreign debt of that country. — 'I e have the h onour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient lervants, (Signed) " FRED. HUTH AND CO. 4Li The Committeee of Spanish American Bondholders, Austin-friars. " ' " Coy) ` Republi c o f Vene z ue l a,, - Caracas, Sept. 24, 1P56. Gentlemen,—By order of his Excellency the Pres.i gent of the Republic I have the honour to inform Y OUR % )I :cler that you may be good enough to transmit it Imme glately to the Committee of Bondholders, that the Govern _lnent,.en the 12th of this month, has resolved to name new v°,natnissioners, who, in place of Messrs, Pardo and Co. and 114. Fortunate Corvaia, may continue, in London, the I,o_g(!tiation which has for its aim the regulation of r eign debt. These commissioners will set out un doubtedly by the packet of next month. to I hope, as I said at the beginning, that you will hasten lake know n t o th e committee the contents of this des- ilae ri as soon as you receive it.—l am. your obedt. servant, (Signed) " JACINTO GUTIERREZ. Messrs. F. Huth and Co., Fiscal Agents of Venezuela in London."' There is a slight increase of business in the Railway Share Market to-day, but it is principally ,_ (3f a specul a ti ve c h arac t er , mos t o f th e l ea di ng li nes, 40 wever, are at improved rates, viz., about to 1 ter cent. C a l e d on i an ; Edi n b urg h, P er th, an d "doe ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-West ern, and South W es t ern i m proved fully 10s. ; ' ri ghton, 11. to 11. 5s ; and Great Northern Stock, 2/ . ; Great Western, North-Eastern Berwick, ss. Gr eat Western of Canada have been dealt in to aolue extent at 23 to 23g, being an improvement of about ss. Eastern of France are 37t, and Born bay and Baroda 19k. 'Very little business has been done in Joiht- Stock Bank Shares, and prices have shown but little alteration. British North American realised 67 . Commercial of London, 28/ 29. London and Westminster 461, and Union of Australia 641 65. There have been few transactions in Miscel laneous Shares. Canada Government 6 per Cents. advanced 4, being 1121 1. London General Omnibus Company declined to 3!„ and Peninsular and Oriental Steam were 67,1. 1:1111TISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Irons the Official List.) sank Stock .. a-tn • ,1 1 ,••• done ... 212 i 11 1 k 3 per cent. Red uce d Annuities 9l 90 l 1 1 per Cent. Console Annaitief, , 2 1i 2k scw 1 net. rent k n nu ities Per Cent. Annuities 1144 Long Annuities, expire stb Jan. 1860... 2& 1 1 . 5 1 - 6 16 Jan.,Ditto 30 Years, expire sth 1860 3 ~. Ilitto 30 Years, expire _ sth April, 1 885 l7 15.16 18 4.4 "iR Rends, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 8 p 1 Co nsols for Account 92 k Exchequer Bills, 24d. 2 4 p £lOOO E5OO .. 6 3 p 6 3 p s mall Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cont. Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. tr azilian Bond s. 5 per Cent. look 100 oDitto Account nto S flue itto nos A all ... yrea Ditto Account Bonds . ___. , .. per C en t . - .... . Grenada N ew Active, 2 83 1 Portugues e Bonds per Cent. 5 per Cent., C on , 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent D....... 44 .......... . kissi au B on d s, 1822, £ St., . 5 per Cent . itto 4i per Cent. ... ......... i nisi Bowls, 3 p er C ent . Ditto New Deferred, ?, per Cent, llitto Passive T ritith Ronda, 6 par cent ................ nitto Account . Ditto Small . I)itto Guaran nt teed, 4 per Cont. ............ Di tto Accou ................... ...... ........ P 9 1 lle Dl 'tens I n th e a b ove navahle In Londer, k l lgian, 21 per Cent,, ex. 25 franc s .• ...... Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs ...... 99 THREE O'CLOCK. j)7 T " ^l,4 ,n2oney 92 1 tto, a cconnt, November 6 Bg4 x d 89 Th. Co Year's intPreet mme rcial Bank of Londo n w ill pay the half on the Co rporation of Montreal Si x per Cent. Loan. la 124 r: AleYerbeer bag been named honorary dewy of M usic of Florence. member of S'IIARIS MARKETS. Gl ~)~ 1100 all all 100 100 5 24! 100 •11 f - mi-TIS DAY.) .naILWATII. 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A special meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held this afternoon in the Council Chamber, Mr. Thwaites in the chair, to "consider the Report of the Engineer of the Board on the whole question of the Northern and Southern Drainage, with comparative estimates of different points of outfall, and modes of dis posing of the sewage." Mr. NICHOLAY presented a memorial signed by 74 of the inhabitants of the southern division of Essex, and representing 250,000 acres of land, or an extent of 400 square miles, in favour of the scheme of Mr. M'Lean for making the sewerage available for agricultural pur poses, and not pollute the river with it. A memorial was received from Mr. Morewood, of Islington, in support of his plan for the Main Intercept ing Drainage of the Metropolis, but a motion that he be heard in support of his plan was lost by a majority of 18 to 10. Mr. lows asked to be allowed to withdraw bis motion, " that the outfall of the drainage works be at Sea Reach," which was objected to by the meeting. Mr. lows then declined to proceed, and Mr. WRIGHT moved the adoption of the resolution. Mr. DALTON seconded the motion. Mr. Hows rose to explain his conduct, when Mr. LESLIE rose to order. The motion was too in definite. It did not state which side of the river the outfall should be. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting could afterwards decide that question if they agreed that the outfall should be at Sea Reach. Mr. Hows said that eventually Sea Reach must be the limit of their operations, and he urged its adop tion now as being the best and cheapest course for the board to adopt. His only wish to postpone the mo tion was that every other project should be first dis cussed. He considered it unfair for London to get rid of that that was a nuisance to London, pollute the Thames, and lay that nuisance at the doors of their nearest neighbour. If they carried the sewers to Sea Reach, he felt satisfied the agriculturists in its neighbourhood would pay the board a good price to tap the sewer and use its contents for manure, but be bad no wish to rest the motion on that, but the necessity there was to carry the sewerage to Sea Reach. Mr. DoULTON said the course now proposed was un precedented in their proceedings, viz., the objection of the board to allow a member to withdraw his motion. The object was no doubt to allow members present to come to a decision at once on the motion. (Hear, hear.) No valid arguments had been brought forward in opposition to the outfail being at Sea Reach, except. ing as , regards the costs. (Hear, hear.) His objection to the outtall above Sea Reach was the necessity of re servoirs, whereas there would be a convenient discharge at all hours of the tide at Sea Reach. He defended the course he had pursued on this question, which was to endeavour to effectually carry out the object they had in view. (The hon. gentleman referred to some remarks of a personal character made on him on a former oc casion by Mr. H. L. Taylor, which caused the latter to rise to order. The chairman then inflicted a very just rebuke on all the members relative to their dealing in personalities, which he said caused ill-feelings and an opportunity was watched to retaliate.) The work they had in hand should be done thoroughly. He thought it would have been better had the motion been postponed until a decision had been come to on a motion on the paper by Mr. D'lffanger. Mr. SNOW moved that the motion should not be put. Mr. WARE seconded it. The amendment was lost by a majority of 19 to 15. Mr. LESLIE said that the cost of going to Sea Reach by Mr. Bazelgette's plans would be 4,718,400/. (Hear, hear.) The question for the board to consider was the best outfall, and after that, if Sea Reach was so--as he believed it was—to seriously consider whether they could not get there as effectively and at a cheaper rate than that proposed by the en gineer. The object of the motion was to burke the eon sideration of this outfall, and say that it should not be at Sea-Reach, not even if it could be shown a saving of two millions could be effected in the route taken. (Hear, hear.) That saving in the expense might be effected by their taking the outlet at Sea Reach on the Surrey and Kent side, instead of on the other, as proposed by the engineer. Such a plan would relieve the Thames of the sewage of the intermediate towns. Their existence as a board depended on their deci,ion on this motion, viz , whether they were the representatives of rate-payers or a small section of the board. He condemned the meeting of a private committee in that room one hour before the time of meeting to devise operations and entrap votes against having an outlet at Sea Reach. Such conduct, he said, was disgraceful, and he protested against it. The CHAIRMAN said he knew nothing of such a com mittee, nor did the officials. Mr. Howe—l admit it. Mr. LESLIE urged on the board not to come to a vote on the motion haAily, for they might ulti mately have to go against their will. He hoped the Board would affirm the motion. Mr. CARPHAEL said that he was still of opinion that andt e monstrous engineer's so planhe scheme." H go to Sea Reachoi the was Board a ‘ ‘ wild to He call ed come to a decision o n th e ques ti on . Mr. BRISTOW did not wish to exclude the Board from taking advantage of an outfall at Sea Reach, and he moved an amendment that the board do not approve of the 4th plan of the engineer, with reference to this out fall. The hon. gentleman characterised the plan as one of the engineer s. The CH AIRMAN sa id i t b a d b een attr ib ute d to hi m, an d he took th at opportun i ty Of stating it was not, but that it w as th e engineer's. (engineer) Mr. BAZ ELGETTE said that the outfall at Sea Reach did not originate with him, but was the sug gestion of a member of the board. He thought it de sirable to provide a plan, in consequence, for the infor mation of the board. There were great difficulties attend. ing its execution, but be was prepared to stand by his plan in an engineering point of view, and that the estimate of the cost was as economical as possible. Mr. BRISTOW then pressed his amendment. Mr. WILKINSON seconded it, but The CHAIRMAN ruled it was out of order. Mr. Wrrucursorr said he should oppose the motion. Mr. LESLIE then moved an amendment that " the out fall be not at Sea Reach at the point indicated in the 4th plan marked D. The CHAIRMAN ruled that was out of order. Mr. SEELEY moved that the outfall should be at Sea Reach at the point indicated on the 4th plan. He moved it to vote against it. Mr. WILKINSON seconded the amendment on the same ground. With the consent of the meeting, the amendment was i C t il to Alß b l e U n N eg t a h ti e v n e dp,uwt hiitchtorerecetsmtehetiodgis,chaanrdodaet made a substanti ve mot i on. e pint D. elaTtehde Mr. D'IFPANGER moved— " That this hoard are prepared to adopt a. plan for the discharge of the sewage of London east Of Gravesend, provided they are successful in obtaining such a contribu tion as may hereafter be agreed upon, towards the cost of the extension of the work beyond their jurisdiction, from sources independent of those raised within the metropo litan area." If Government refused this aid, the board would stand better in the estimation of the ratepayers. lie saw gentlemen had made up their minds and were determined to negative everything but one plan. (lieu, hear.) lie believed that at present the board were acting in the wrong. Mr. BRISTOW seconded the motion. It was the natural right of the metropoli3 to drain into the Thames .....(hear) --but that right had been taken away by the pressure of an overgrown population, and an act of Par lament, which paid that the entire Pevrerage of the me• tropolis should be taken at a distance from the metropo lis, so that it should not be detrimental to health. The motion did not pledge the board to anything, and did not interfere with the feelings of the board not ' to take the sewerage further from the metropolis than I they were obliged to. (Hear, hear.) The board no doubt thought it too expensive and too far to convey it beyond the limits required by the Act of Parliament and 4 0 to Sea Reach, unless a contribution was made to wards the expense. Mr. Der uty HARRISON said the board would take the sewage below the limits of the metropolis, but not fur ther, without assistance ; but ho objected to the motion because it pledged the board to take the sewage beyond the limit required by the act. He de fended the holding a meeting of the members ')efore the regular hour of business, on the ground that it was necessary to or g anise something like action after such a lengthened p eriod of inactivity, and he hoped to be supported in a proposition he should ulti mately make to the meeting. He also objected to their going to Sea Reach, because it would prevent them hereafter deodorising and utilitising the sewage of the metropolis. Tie suggested that the outfall should be within 14 or 15 miles from London -bridge, and that it be referred to the engineer to propose a plan and esti mate for carrying it out. The hon. deputy then read several resolutions he should put as an amendment to the motion before the board, to the effect that the out fall should be b e t ween 14 and 15 miles from London bridge, being at a distance of between two and three miles from the boundary of the metropolis on the. south side of the river, and of between eight and nine miles from the boundaries of the metropolis on the north side, and that it be referred to the engineer to prepare plans and estimates accordingly. That the plan before the board be adopted and pre sented to the chief Commissioner, and that it be intima ted to him that the board has had under its considera tion other plans for discharging the sewage into the river below Gravesend, but that as it would cost the in habitants of the metropolis between one and two mil lions, without any corresponding benefit to meet the wishes of the people of Kent and Essex who reside on the banks of the river, the board declined to entertain such schemes unless the Government rendered assistance. That the Chief Commissioner be also informed that the board had had under its consideration divers proposals for deodorising the sewage so as to ; render it perfectly innoxious to the River Thames, but as that class of operation did not appear to have been devolved on the board by the act of Parliament, the board therefore declined to enter into such a scheme. Mr. WRIGHT moved the previous question, which was carried by a large majority. Mr. LEsraig moved— " That it is neither the duty, nor is it expedient that this board should embarrass itself with deodorizing or sewage manure schemes, but, on the contrary, to proceed under the clear, int e lli g ible, and imperative law laid down in the 13ith section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, viz., ' And such board shall make such sewers and works as they may think necessary for preventing all or ,ny part of the sewage within the metropolis from flowing or passing into the River Thames in or near the metropolis, and shall cause such sewers and works to be completed on or before the 3 kst of December, 1860: " Re recollected the old Commission of Sewers trying the sewage manure scheme. They expended 8001., and the surplus returns in wheat, oats, hay and other agri• cultural crops was 17s. 10d.—whicb, by the bye, they never got. After some discussion, Mr. WRIGHT moved that the question be not put, which was carried. _ Mr. CORRIE moved to revoke the resolution of the board of 6th October, 1856, by whic1;;; " noti;;: " That the engineer's report, so far as it relates to the ntfall at B on the plan, be adopted," was negatived. the general impression out of doors was that the Board of Works had as yet done nothing, and which they had confirmed by their votes that day. By agree ing to his motion the board showed they had done some thing. The outfall he proposed at Erith marshes was below the limits of the metropolis. The feeling that should pervade the Board should be to discharge their duties at the least possible expense. Where he proposed to have the outlet would not, he was certain, be a nuisance to any of the villages and towns on the banks of the Thames. Ile great argument against going to Sea Reach was, that it would be throwing away more money than was necessary. If a work of that magnitude was necessary, let ethers join in the expense with the inhabitants of the metropolis. By adopting his motion the object of the act of Parliament would be attained. Mr. BIDGOOD seconded the motion. After some farther discussion, Mr. DOULTON said they had something to do besides carrying the sewage beyond the limits of the metro polis, ♦iz., their duty,' that of effectually draining the metropolis. The act stated that the discharge should be at a point where the discharge could not flow within the limits of the metropolis, and the engineer, in his report, stated that it must flow within the limits of the metro polis certain periods in every month. He opposed the motion. After some discussion, Mr. Conno, in reply, said that Sir B. Hall rejected the first plan, because the outlet was within the limits of the metropolis, and not because a certain amount of sewage would reflow within the limits of the metro polls certain days of each month. The motion wasiagreed to by a majority of 25 to 10. Mr. WILKINSON moved— " That it be referred to the engineer to moda l ; his plans for the drainage of the metropolis in the two following particulars: On the south side- , ---By providing the neees• awry works for deodorising the sewage, removing the solid residuum, and discharging the deodorised water into the Thames, at such spot near the Dept ford Creek as he may. think most expedient. On the 'north side, by providing, in lieu of the extension lines and reservoirs below the River Lea, the necessary works for deodorising the sewage, and for removing the solid residium and discharging the deordorised water into the Thames, at such spot near the proposed pumping sta tion on the River Lea as he may think most expedient, and that he furnish estimates for such deodorising works." Mr. CRELLIN seconded the motion. Mr. Deputy HARRISON moved an amendment to the effect that the plan B (Erith Marshes) be adopted, and presented to the Chief Commissioner, with an intimation that the board had had other plans under cmsideration for the discharge of the sewage below Gravesend, which would add one or two millions to the outlay, not for the benefit of the metropolis but to meet the wishes of the inhabitants of Kent and Essex, residing on the banks of the river ; but that, if the Government would provide the additional expense, the B ,ard would under ake the works. Mr. CARPMAEL seconded the amendment. After some diseuQiiion the amendment was carried by a majority of 24 to 7. The original question to " farther consider the report of the engineer of the board on the whole question of the northern and southern drainage, with comparative estimates of different points of outfall, and modes of dis• posing of the sewage," still remains in abeyance. The business of the board shortly after terminated. The Earl of Cardigan, after completing his tour of in spections, as Inspector-General of Cavalry, goes to Dean Park, Northamptonshire, to receive a succession of dis tinguished guests. The long-expected monster bell, to be placed in the Clock Tower of the New Palace at Westminster, has at last arrived at its destination, uninjured. It is now being raised from the billy-buoy moored by the side of Westminster-bridge, and will shortly be placed on a temporary erection in order to test it before its being filially placed. The Gazette d'Aix-la-Cltapelle announces that M. Felix Pyat, who was lately arrested in that city for making use of a false name in a passport, has been sentenced by the tribunal of police of Aix-la-Chapelle to four weeks' imprisonment. A petition for the dissolution of the Justice Assurance Society is expected to be heard before Vice• Chancellor Kindersley on the 3d November. According to a telegraphic message received from Odessa, dated the 20th October (new style), the expor- tation of corn from C-Iheislc--a port opposite Taganrog, on the eastern side of the Sea of Az,ff—has been protn lilted. It is also alleged that an expectation prevailed that the prohibition will be extended to all the ports in the Sea of Azoff and Black Sea, in consequence of the scarcity and high prices of provisions. Amongst the notices of marriage posted up at the mairie of the first arrondissement of Paris is that of M. Emile de Girardin with Mlle. Wilhelmina Brunold, Countess de Tiefenbach, daughter of Jean Brunold, de ceased, and Anna, Countess de Tiefenbach, widow by a second marriage of Prince Frederick of Nassau. The Journal de ,St. Petersburg of the 12th p u bli s h es the programme of the solemn entry of the Emperor and Empress of Russia into that city, after the coronation ; it is the same as that which was adopted at Moscow. A letter received from Berlin of the 10th announces the arrival in that city of General de Kisseleff, the Rus sian ambassador at Paris. It says also that the Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia intends to leave St Petersburg on the 20th to make a tour in part of Ger many. Sir John Stewart, Bart., of Ballygawley-house, county Tyrone, late of the Inniskilliug Dragoons, and a survi vor of the Crimean campaign, is shortly to lead to the hymeneal altar the eldest daughter of Georg e P owe ll , t s h e i s G I r a a d n y d , of Kilmanock-house, 2l)lct'T'luchigeelinetD•oni:mond returned to Corfu on the 2d, having been absent five weeks in the GrueltfuaornnfdeCdwoanisnctahilwedithuptiolne did not anewec to his Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Is b l y es and suite, to visit the interesting places on. the borders of the gulf. THE CHARGE AGXINST STOWELL.— Yesterday at the bills wtha ey . informer,w Aer Ache e h e J t S o u u r r p y r : against e:a i r i r i i c3 s t l t: S u e c L u o t s w r :e 4 l e i l i recognisances, they were estreated, and returned by the Clerk of the Peace to the Sheriff. CRIME IN WlLTS.—Notwith , tanding that there has been a treat inereaae in the population during the past 15 years, there has been a very great diminution in the number of offences committed. The total of offences in 1841 was 1,133, cost to the county, 4,3421. is. Bd. In 1856, 601 ; c°st to the country, 2,4741. 15s. 4d.— IlTil tc Standard. THE RIGHT MAN.—The man who was "struck with astonishment," without resisting it, has been sent to the nut peace convention. 64i 9 4 i i 6 3 4 1061 1014 24 2 a 103 i 21 3i i 32i i 2 77 51 791 i 80 70i 564 11i 12 311 13k 1 23 11 f 211 51 23f 3 71 1 2U i 104 10 6 51 ONE POUND REWARD.—LOST on the Morning of the 18th instant, believed between the Euston nie el, Euston-squ ire, and the Lond An and North-Western Hail. way, A GOLD BREAST PIN, figure of a Chinese in Gold, carryine on Ills back a small square Stone. Whoever has found the above, and will bring it to Mr. BERESFORD, Railway-station, Euston square, shall receive the above r,ward. THE SUN, LO N i)ON, WEDNESDAY EVE T r G, OCTOB Ett 22 i 856 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Dal.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioners Goulburn and Holrosd.) • THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. To-day being appointed for the further considleration, of the question of adjudication in this case, the court. was crowded by persons interestee. It will be remem bered that on Monday last their Honours, after hearing. counsel in support of the petition to annul, stated that their impression at the time was that the adjudication ought to be confirmed, and therefore would not call upon, the other side to argue the point. Their. Honours now gave judgment. Mr. Commissioner Holroyd said that this •was a case which had been argued on Monday, and a qu es tion arose of very great importance, not only to the commercial community, but the interests of the creditors. The com pany had been adjudicated bankrupt, and a petition to annul had been presented by four directors aird tb.ree other parties. In a very elaborate judgment, in 'which his Honour referred to the principal arguments used in opposition, gave it as his clear opinion that the cor spany had committed an act of bankruptcy on the Sth of 3ept., before the appointment of the official manager, which did not take place until the 13th of that month. The directors had been served with a writ of summons at the suit of a creditor, and had not complied with the Act of the 7th and Sth Victoria, c. 111, which. pointed out that if the directors did not, within one month after the service of the summons, either pay, secure, or compound for the debt to the satis faction of the creditors, or make an affidavit that he bad a good defence to the action and entered an appear ance, it should be deemed an act of bankruptcy. Pro ceedings had been taken by two creditors under the 7th section of 7 and 8 Tic. o. 111, but the directors had not. complied with the requisition of the Act ; he was on all the points urged clearly of opinion that the adjudication must be confirmed, and it was to be regretted that the assignees had not been advised to take the initiatory steps which they could have done under the 4th section of the Act, and brought the case into this Court. Mr. Commissioner Goulburn concurred. The adjudication was confirmed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THAMES. MURDEROUS AiseuLi.—Ann Bayley, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with assaulting and wounding Mary Willis, an elderly Irisb. woman, of No. 6, Elbow-lane, Shadwell. The complainant, who was in a weakly condition from loss of blood, and whose head was enveloped in surgical bandages, said the prisoner was fighting with another of the same class as herself last night at a late hour. The witness knocked down her adversary, and trampled upon her. Witness went to the assistance of the female who was on the ground, and was about to take her indoors, when witness took up a quart wins bottle and struck her on the head with it. She fell to the ground, and was insensible for some time afterwards. She had been under medical treatment for several hours, and had lost a good deal of blood. Mr. Selfe—And your head was cut open, I suppose Witness—lt was, sir. Mr. Selfe—Did the prisoner say anything when she struck you with the bottle ? Witness—She said, " Take that, you Irish b—h. I owe it to you, and now I'll pay you." Catherine M`Cartby confirmed the evidence of Mrs. Willis. The prisoner said that during a row the bottle was thrown by a sailor, and struck Mrs. Willis on the head, then rebounded and struck another female under the ear. Mr. Selfe sentenced the prisoner to one month's im• prisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, Oct. 22.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; light breeze and fine. _ __ . ..... .... .... . . PORTSMOUTH, Oot. 21.—Wind E. S. E.—Arrived. —Prince of Wales, from New Zealand. Sailed—Comet, for Ma deira. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived H.M.S. Caesar, from Portsmouth. Sailed—Hercules, for Cal cutta. _ _ . . FALMOUTH, Oct. 20.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived.—Argo, from Mogador ; Alice, London, for Rio Janeiro. Sailed— Preciosa, for Pernumbuco. NEWPORT, Oct. a- Wind E.—Sailed—Mary Seaton, for Sierra Leone; Holsatia, St. Thomas; Danietta, Rio Janeiro. - --- CARDIFF, Oct. 21.—Wind N.B.—Sailed—Adelaide, for Rio Janeiro ; Independence, Bahia. SWANSEA., Oct. 21.—Wind E.S.E.-Arrived— Appleton, from Cuba. ST. DAVID'S. Oct. 21.—The lEronian, of Aberayon, struck on the Horse in Ramsey Sound, and was towed to Porthrnylg,an, where she sunk, and is likely to become a total wreck. LIMERICK, Oct. 20.—The Jane Brack. arrived here, re ports that the Queen, of Hull, from Quebec, was seen going on shore on the 24th ult., at Cape Horn (Anticosti), and it was feared she would become a total loss, as it was blowing hard at the time. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 21.—Arrived—Chilian, from Mon treal. Sailed—Mary Holland, for St John's. VALENTlA.—Arrived—Falcon, from Halifax for Liver pool. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Hamburg, screw steamer, from Hamburg ; Maria Whitetield, Sunderland ; Esperance, Carentan ; Sandyfoot, Shields. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday ➢lorning. Wind S. Arrived—Rattler, steam ship, from Lisbon; Cheshire Lass, Oporto. Sailed—Tanisconata, for Santander ; Princella Eliza, Rochefort. . _ _ QUEENSTOWN, Oat. 20. Wind E. Arrived—Fanny Metchison, from Rangoon. Sailed—Martha Mills, for Alloa. WATERFORD, Oct. 20. Wind S.E. Arrived—lndia, from Quebec. DUBLIN, Oct, 21. Wind S. Sailed—Waterwitch, for Buenos Ayres. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Wind E., tide three hours' ebb, fine. Arrived, Oct. 21.—Christina, from Wismar ; Agin court, Bombay ; Rita, Patras ; Norway, Cronstadt. Sailed.—Grace Longstaff, fur Antigua Walmer Castle, Port Phillip. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.47 a.m. Wind S.E. ; light and fine. Passed, Oct. 21.---Mary Black, from London, for Gib raltar ; Nina, from London, for Mexico ; Helene, from Sundsvall, for Southampton. Sailed.—Walter Hood, for Sydney ; Gosforth, Calcutta; Grace Darling, Boston. MARKET NEWS.—., rhis ray.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was very moderate, and in poor condition. For all kinds we had a dull inquiry, and Monday's prices were with difficulty supported. The imports of foreign wheat continue liberal. That grain changed hands wholly in retail quantities, at un altered quotations. The demand for floating cargoes was less active. Barley sold heavily, and grinding parcels were lower to purchase. The malt trade ruled steady, on former terms. We hail a dull inquiry for oats, and damp parcels were rather easier. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. AbtRUMS =III WSIII. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1 Oats. noun I English .. 3,160 2,380 950 1,820 Irish •• .• 3,220 1 45 Foreign I 12,220 1,110 • 19,830 1)118. BOROUCH HOP. About an average business is doing in our market, at last week's prices. WHITECHAPEL. The trade generally ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s to 4s id ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 53 Od; pork, 3s 6d to 5s 4d per Sib by the carcase. " We are able to announce," says the Nicuwe &Um.- dantsche Courant, " that Messrs. J. R. Carmichael, pre sident of the Submarine Telegraph Company at London, and J. W. K. de Lseuw, captain of Engineers at the Hogue, have addressed the King, with the view of ob taining the concession of the establishment of a eubma marine line between the coasts of England and Holland. The chief object of this second line is to secure for the commerce of Rotterdam the advantages already enjoyed by Amsterdam, viz , a direct telegraphic communication with the capital of Great Britain." GENERAL SIR lincar ITALKETT.—ITANOVER, Got. 18. —Death and old age are fast thinning ,the Hanoverian army of its veterans who took so distinguished a part in the Peninsular war. It was only a few months ago I had to report the decease of General Sir Julius Hart mann, and now another officer —an Englishman by birth—is on the point of quitting the service. This is General Sir Thigh Halkett (brother to the late Sir Colin Halkett), Inspector-General of the Hanoverian Infantry, who has tendered his resignation with the intention of retiring to Scotland to pass the rest of his days there. Sir Hugh Halkett joined the King's Ger man Legion when very young, accompanied it in all its campaigns, and distinguished himself on all occasions by his personal bravery. In Spain he executed a most gallant exploit by taking a French general prisoner in front of his own corps. After the war the general entered the Hanoverian service, in which he has re• mained to the present day, having attained there the highest military rank. - He is also a G.C.Ef. and I S.C.B. ,"118. OLIVEI1?4, M.P. On Tuee;eay, the 21st inst., a large meeting was held in the To en Hall, Pontefract, to receive Mr. Oliveira, one of the.. members for the Borough, and after some ob servatio ss made by the Chairman, Mr. OLIVEIRA spoke as follows :—Gentlemen, when last I addressed you in this hall, we were ent.aged in the prosecution of a great struggle against one of the fere most Powers of Europe, in defence of the rights of an ancient ally, whose existence, as an independent State, was threatenei by the advance, of a neghbour, whose traditional policy for centuries had been the gradual, but entire acquisition of the territory, and the final extinc tion of the Ottoman empire. The power of Russia had graderally increased until her military resources became a mer.ace to the rest of Europe ; armies trained to the highest state of discipline, more numerous than any in ternal exigencies rendered necessary ; fleets of gigantic proportions, useless but for aggressive objects ; arsenals of military and naval stores, which had been the labour of years to construct and concentrate, the very strength of which was a secret to the rest of the world. The at titude of defiance assumed by Imperial Russia towards the Ottoman Porte proved beyond doubt to the rest of Europe, that, in the opinion of the late Emperor of Russia, the time had arrived for prosecuting a design, the accomplishment of which bad been dictated by his ancestor Peter ; steadily kept in view by the Czars from his time, and had become in the minds of the people a prophecy, the fulfilment of which was a mere question of time. A dispute about the holy places, and the pro tection of the Greek Christians in the Principalities, led to the first overt acts of aggression. It is no iejustice to charge the late Emperor of Russia with the undoubted design of possessing himself of the shores of the Bospho rus and the capital of Turkey. His conversations with Sir Hemilton Seymour, and his undisguised interference with the affairs of Turkey, left no doubt as to his real purpose ; and his known determined character, added to the immense warlike resources which he had accurnn tated, proved to Europe that the decisive blow was about to be struck. The Western Powers at length re solved to check the advance of Russian ambition, and if Austria and Prussia bad cordially united with France and England, it is more than probable that tee great calamity of war might have been avoided. The Go vernment of Lord Aberdeen was accused of want of vigour and resolution. I was always one of those who approved of the wise and prudent course adopted by the Governments of France and England, by endeavouring to, avert that greatest of human evils, and I feel assured 'AIM it was that very forbearance which, when war became inevitable, imparted to it the popular and uni versal support which it met with from all classes of the people. Only one short year since the country resound. ed with the cry of prosecuting the war with vigour. Never were sacrifices submitted to more cheerfully than were those which the war imposed upon all classes ; and the sad disasters of 1854, with the terrible loss of life and treasure in the Crimea, only served to stimulate the whole nation to those great efforts which brought forth, at the commencement of the present year, an army well equipped and equal to any service, as well as a naval force the like of which the world had never seen. The spirit of the British people rose equal to the emergency, and when the first faint accents of the acceptance at St. Peters burg of the Austrian Proposals reached this country incredulity was mingled with disappointment. Ido not exaggerate the temper of the nation when I say that an all but universal will resounded amongst all classes, that one campaign, and one great effort on the part of Eng land, were necessary to vindicate the greatness of the country, and put a termination to the contest, which should be alike durable and satisfactory. The Congress ' met at Paris, and all the objects for which arms were taken up were obtained. The Allies, acting with an expedition as remarkable as the good faith which dic tated their conduct, evacuated the enemy's territory, and in removing their armies and fleets from the scene of action presented to Europe a splendid proof of their dis interestedness and generosity. It is impossible to view the noble conduct of France and Sardinia, in connection with Great Britain in that important conjuncture, with mit seeing in the future alliance of those countries the best guarantees of peace, as well as the great benefits that must accrue to mankind by the union of such en lightened nations. Russia, on her part, in reference to giving up Kars, Ismail, and Reni, and the rectification theßessarabian frontier, exhibited some signs of her accustomed temporising policy, and the retention of the Island of Serpents seemed to show the reluctance with which concessions requiring an abandonment of territory were acquiesced in. But the dignified and united aspect of England and France speedily removed all apprehension upon those points. It is to be hoped from the generous expressions of the Emperor Alex ander, that a piece which inaugurated his reign may be durable, safe, and beneficial to all the parties to the treaty and a blessing to Europe. Let us not for get, however, that to be prepared is to be safe ; and I hope that no Government will hereafter lose sight of the para- mount necessity of maintaining such forces, naval and military, as will cause Great Britain to be prepared for any emergency that may arise, without those lamentable sacrifices which were made at the commencement of the war just terminated. This, I feel assured, is the true interest of the country, and will in the end prove the most practical economy. In glancing at our relations with other countries, 1 am sure you will agree with me in the gratification I feel at all differences with the United States having been adjusted. Disastrous and terrible as any war must be, how fatally would the great cause of civilisation, of commerce, of international friend • ship suffer from so unnatural a confitet as a war betw,en the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon raoe. It is fearful to contemplate the evil consequences that would spread over the world by such a calamity. Without go ing into the causes of the disagreement upon the recruit. ing question, and that of theblayton-Blilwer Treaty, in reference to Central America, I must say that Lord Palmerston showed a forbearance, mingled with dignity, which warded off what for some time assumed the ap pearance of a most unmanageable difficulty; and Mr. Dallas, as the messenger of peace, fulfilled his mission in a manner worthy of his high character. The aspect of Italy is too grave to be passed over in silence, government, tyranny, and oppression have long exercised their withering influences over the greater portion of chat fair and fruitful soil. It is difficult to say how far foreign countries are justified in attempting to enforce iberal ideas or institutions upon other States. The ex perience of our days, since the time of Canning, shows out little advantage in the propagation of institutions un suited to foreign people. Intervention, as a general orinciple, is most objectionable—and has usually been re warded with ingratitude by the very parties benefited. It is to be hoped that the noble example of Sardinia may pread, and that the fine countries—the seats of ancient Liberty and refinement —the cradles of the arts and ciences—and amongst the moat productive in the agri cultural riches of the earth, may partake in the general spread of prosperity and happiness which a well regu lated liberty has given to other nations of the world. This must be a work of time, and can hardly be Loped for at the hands of the imbecile rulers who now posess those countries. Danger to the peace of Europe may arise out of this question, and serious complications follow. But if France and England are united, and pur sue a vigorous and just policy, freat benefits will be the inevitable consequences to those oppressed people, with out exciting the active sympathy of absolute govern ments. For these object, as well as others, I have already pointed out that Ettgland must be in a position to maintain and carry out, it necessary, by force of arras, the great principles thus advocated. Gentlemen, I will now turn to home affairs. During the last session of Par liament a great deal of activity wasexhibited at the com mencement, and a great variety of measures were intro - duced ; but at the end we find a very small amount of business actually done. When Parliament first met, the attention of the Government and the country was di rected to the prosecution of the war. Peace came sud &oily upon us, and a universal suspension of busi ness appeared to come over public men. The Go vernment prepared for a great struggle, had been devising the means for placing the character of the country upon the highest footing, when suddenly they found themselves engaged in revising and diminish ing estimates, decreasing materially every branch of the public expenditure, and in every way devising eco nomical measures. Our present Chancellor of the Ex- chequer has accomplished the transition from a war to a peace budget with consummate ability. His prudent adjustment of the burtheus of the war by so small an addition to the permanent debt, and a continuance of BOMB necessary taxes, meet with very general support. Whilst Parliament was sitting, and Min►sters were en- gaged in the important arrange►uente brought about by the peace, a❑ active, though d►scomfited, Opposition did ❑ot fail to add its feeble efforts to endeavour to embarrass her Majesty's Government. Several motions were brought forward with a view to these purposes, but in all cases they were defeated ; and the policy of Lord Palmerston was vindicat'd by large majorities iu the House of Commons. Amongst the measures that were checked was the Passing Tolls Bill, which was opposed by powerful local interests, and referred to a select committee. The measure itself is too good and equitable to doubt its entire success next session. The Church rate question, in which you take a deep interest, made great progress. Sir W. Clay's bill passed a second reading with a majority of 221 to 178. Its ultimate success, however, was prevented by a proposal to intro duce clauses, which had the effect of defeating it. Next session the measure will be reintroduced ; and I trust it will meet with success. Two measures of great public utility were passed—namely, the Jolnt•Stock Companies Bill, and the Partnership Amendment Bill, both having important bearings upon commercial affairs. The Go vernment have intimated their intention to issue a pro gramme of all their proposed measures for next session, by which time will be saved and due consideration given to the progress of legislation. I have given to Lord Palmerston's Government my cordial support, and shall continue to do so. Although not possessing any great amount of etrengtb, there is no party in which the coup try has equal confidence. I think I may point to my public conduct whilst your representative, and to all the votes I have given in the House of Commone, as being most precisely in unison with the opinions I ex pressed at the hustings when I sought your suffrages. I shall pursue the wet course, and whenever the time comes to solicit a renewal of your confidence (which cannot be distant), I shall do so fearlessly, and in the entire conviction that I have used the trust confided to me with a due regard to national interests, your local rights, and an honourable adherence to those opinions which won me your support. You are aware to .t since I have been in Parliament my inquiries and exertions have been more especially directed to one question. 1 have always thought that it would he conducive to the real interests of the country, and to the progress of sound and useful legislation, that public men should, instead of dabbling in many topics, c nfine their labours to those subjects which have formed their serious study and observation. Now it happens that my pursuits and occupations for many years past, by very extensive tra vels and association in foreign 'countries, led me to pay especial attention to international commerce, and to the growth and use of wines as artic'es of agriculture and commerce, their effects upon the human constitution as stimulants, and the great results that might flow from their introduction at a low duty upon those friendly and reciprocal relations, which in the cause of peace as well as national prosperity we desire to maintain with other countries. You will have seen that I have not failed every session to bring the su t ject under the notice of the House of Commons, and upon all public occasions, whether at home or abroad, I have advocated the measure upon the ounde4 principles of morality and political economy. As a means of increasing the revenue I feel sure that it would be very successfu!. It would, no doubt, diminish the consumption of spirits', and +o my opponents argue that it would damage the spirit merchant and the publi can ; my answer is, that those very parties would be ' fully indemnified by adopting the sale of wines, as in other countries. We require all the cereal produce of the country for the susteliance of the people. So that the agricultural interest would gain by it. The malt- Eters and brewers need have no alarm, for it has been proved that a very increased consumption of beer is consistent with wine at a cheap price in England, as in former times. But the great result, the crowaing benefit is the stimulus it would impart to our manufacturing and shipping interests, in creating a demand for all those articles which our working population can produce superior in quality and cheape r in price than other count. true Tale., for instance, the m anufactures of the West Riding, Leeds, Sheffield, and Bradford. Turn again to Manchester and Birmingham, and the potteries of Staf fordshire; see what vast interests may be promoted by opening ports to the free reception of those goods. Well, I believe the way to accomplish this is by a judicious, a gradual, and a large diminution of duty, not upon wines only, but upon every article of foreign produce, which can minister to the wants, necessities, or gratification of the English people. And by so doing recollect that we render the chances of war more remote. All nations will hesitate to imperil the great fortunes and inter ests of their people embarked in commerce, spread over the various nations of the world. Every mer chant ship that sails upon the ocean, every transac tion of interchange of produce between countries, are so many links in the chain which bind us together in peace. Upon these grounds, therefore, I think the question I advocate has large and important bearings upon the Prosperity of our country ; and in those views I am supported by many able public men ; and I have found in Francs, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal, amongst the enlightened statesmen of those countries, strong sympa• thies towards an increase of commercial relations by a reduction of tariffs. It may have been gratifying to you to have seen the reception given to me last month is the south of France, as showing the sympathy which exists between public men on both sides of the Channel on the great principles of international amity and commerce. One of the greatest of French statesmen presided upon that occasion, M. Michael Chevalier, and gave expres sion to the noblest sentiments in proposing the health of our gracious Sovereign, Queen Victoria. I feel per suaded that the Government of this country, following the footsteps of Sir R. Peel, would do well, now that we have peace, to reduce considerably all existing du ties upon foreign produce, wherever the principle of re c'procity can be obtained. I believe this to be one of the most practical and expeditions means of increasing the national revenue, and of lessening the burthens of taxation. In 1840 the tariff comprised 1,052 articles on which duty was levied. By Sir R. Peel's measure of reform,' in 1842, and other minor reductions in 1846, 1847, and 1848, this long list has been reduced to 466. Still it is found that our imports from foreign countries, as well as revenue, increase largely. There is, cense. queetly, every encouragement to pursue the same wise course. Gentlemen, my efforts in Parliament, as before the public, will be direct e d to a re du ct i on o f i mport ' duties and the closest commercial relati ons b e t ween Great Britain and foreign countries. You will ever find me also giving my best support to measures having for their object the moral, social, and educational improve merit of the people. THE QUARTERLIES. The Ediviurgh Review. No. COXII.—The most attractive and interesting among the ten contributions making np the contents of the newly published number of the Edinburgh is beyond all doubt (to ourselves at least) a most genial, though occasionally caustic, criticism on the "New Poets "—nine in number—whose verses the old Whig Quarterly recognises as " the latest poetical growth of English Literature." In testimony of the genial and appreciative tone of the review, (rather in particulars than as a whole), we may briefly specify the agreeable and encouraging com ments of the Edinburgh criti3 upon each of the nine "New Poets" (one a piece to the Muses), whose writings are here analysed. The Edinburgh reviewer says, then, of SYDNEY DOBELL, for exam ple, that in Balder "he proves himself to be not only a rhetorician in his verse, but by nature a true poet." He says, in regard to ALEXANDER SMITH, that his Life Drama "abounds with remarkable verbal beauties," " true thoughts," "piquant touches of description," " brilliant phrases," and. passages "displaying a certain largeness of hand ling," d:c. He says, in reference to PHILIP BAILEY, that his Festus " contains enough poetry to have set up a dozen minor poets." He says of GEODGE MEREDITH (most truly!) that in his verses called Love in the Valley, he has pro duced "a little poem of singular sweetness, truth, and originality." lie says of "OWEN MERILITH (nOin, de phone, not de guerre, as our critic, by a common vulgarism, bath it), that " in the Earl's Return and Queen Guenevre he has given us two admirably descriptive pieces." He says of WILLIAM ALLINGHAM that in his idyl of the Music Master he has "produced a love-story in which singular tenderness, simplicity, and purity of feeling are combined with a peculiar national colouring." He says of MATTHEW ARNOLD that he has "no living superior for combined culture and fine natural feeling in the matter of versifica tion." He says of "V" (another nom, de plume, meaning, as the reviewer here explains, Mrs. Clive, authoress of " Paul Ferroll") that she displays " the co-existence of the synthetic and analytic modes of looking at things," &c. Finally, he says of GERALD MASSEY that " the most fastidious tastes will be the most charmed with such verses as those (of his) called That merry, merry May," ; and that while his lyrics "have already gone through several editions, some of them deserve their popularity." As things go iu the world of letters— crowns of bay (such words as these') for the nine young poets whose volumes are thus particularised by the grand old authoritative Edinburgh. Some few of them are treated at the same time rather severely :—" Our" purpose here having been rather to excerpt the good things said of them than those words of harsh depreciation which abound only too largely for young poets struggling upw ar d s in sear of a reputation. In some particulars, for example Mr. Dobell is f rowne d d own, M r. Smith is ridiculed, and Mr. Bailey sneered at. While in reference to some of their yet more youth ful contemporaries, less is said in commendation th a n their writings, to our thinking, aro entitled to—all things considered. We cannot but regret, for instance, that the exclusive ~.character in which the nine " New Poets " are here regarded, namely, as " Poets " precluded the reviewer from making any mention whatever of that Arabian Entertainment (in prose) by George Meredith, called "The Shaving of Shagpat," through which that young author revealed such remarkable powers as a humorist, and as a writer of must affluent imagination. While as to the last upon this list of "the tuneful nine"---Mr. Gerald Massey—it happens very unfortunately that the criticism iu the Edinburgh _Review appears (as ill luck would have it) just before the publica tion of Mr. Massey's new volume of poetry, " Canis crook Castle," a volume in which we have already had time to note lines of exquisite beauty and feeling, su c h as t h ose relating to the death of a little child—dearly beloved—dead and gone in her "babe virginity !" Agreeable, h owever , w ith a ll its short coming, and genial (as we have proved) with all its causticity, is this criticism upon " New Poets" in the new number of the Edin burgh. As for the remaining articles in that cur rent number of the Whig Quarterly, we have left ourselves no room for their minute analysis. The first is a comprehensive, though at the same , kme rather superficial biographic criticism upon he Life and Writings of F r a n cis Arago." Another carries us in a single sweep, as it were, over over " Sinai, Nubia, and Palestine." Another the Courts of " P rus sia, Saxony, and Bavaria." The former of these two contribution s havin g refer ence to the travels of Messrs. Stan le y and Burt on ; the latter to the " Geschich to der Deutschen nue of Dr. Vase. There is a parti all y comme ndatory t notice ,ila of w h D ol e ly e c a o ri n d d oollinator e' u notice of y s s " Geographical Botany," " Perversion." A gossiping chapter in relation t o " Alpine an Travellers," and an Mont Blanc, • ecdotal paper of a more ch fi nite kind & c., passes in review sundry weighs the balance between the merits and detwrits of " Beaumarchais." Besides all which we have a review of M. De Tocqueville's " France before the Revolution :" the closing, and yet he it said, too, in another sense the leading article of the Edinburgh this quarter, being one itt rz ,‘ The Political Crisis of the United States," a pa p er , to say the least of it, very seasonable. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.--LIVERPOOL, Tuesday-- The owner 3 of the White Star line of Australian Packets (Messrs. 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